Lesson A How's your memory?Lesson B Strange dreams Vocabulary Link These people are at a college reunion. Read what the people are saying. Pay attention

Lesson A How's your memory? Lesson B Strange dreams

Vocabulary Link

These people are at a college reunion. Read what the people are saying. Pay attention to the words in blue.

College reunion

1. Hey, do you know this song? It reminds me of our senior year. It was really popular then.

2. A: Hi, Sherry. Do you remember me? B: Yes, I know your face, but I forget your name. Is it Bill? I’m sorry. I have a bad memory.

3. In my junior year, I studied in Vienna. I have great memories of that time. I did so many fun things.

4. In Professor Smith’s class, we memorized a lot of poems. I still know them.

5. Is that Jared Grant? I don’t believe it! He was so thin in college!

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1. What does the picture in the former exercise remind you of?

2. Are you good at memorizing telephone numbers?

3. What kinds of things do you sometimes forget?

4. Are your memories of childhood mostly happy, or mostly unhappy? Give an example.

5. What’s a good way to memorize new English words?

6. Do you usually believe what people say? Why?

Vocabulary Link

Ask and answer questions. Use the underlined words in your answer.


Keys

It reminds me of my old classmates.

I am not good at memorizing telephone numbers.

I sometimes forget where I have put my keys.

My memories of childhood are mostly happy because …

A good way to memorize new English words is to use vocabulary cards.______________________________________________________

I usually believe what people say because …

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College reunion

Speaking

Here are some useful expressions for talking about degrees of certainty.

I don’t think so.

very certain 100%

Are the tickets in your desk?

Yes, they are. I think so. Maybe. I have no idea.No, they aren’t. I don’t think so. I’m not sure.

Expressing degrees of certainty


not certain 0%

Expressing degrees of certainty

Useful Expressions

Speaking


Practice the conversation with a partner. Underline the expressions of varying degrees of certainty.

Mia:Justin:Mia:Justin:Mia:Justin:Mia:Justin:Mia:Justin:

Come on, Justin. Let’s go. The concert starts in an hour.OK. I’m coming.Do you have the tickets?Yes, they’re here in my jacket. Oh, wait a minute.What’s wrong?I can’t find the tickets. They’re not in my pocket.Oh no! Where are they? Are they in the desk?I don’t think so.Try to remember. Maybe they’re in your backpack.Wait … I found them. They were in my other jacket. Let’s go.

I don’t think so.

Keys

Speaking


Memory game. Look again at the picture. Study it for ten seconds.

I don’t think so.

Speaking


Work with a partner. Ask and answer questions, and see who remembers more. Use the expressions of different degrees of certainty.

Information for practice

Questions about the picture

Are the people at their twenty-year college reunion?Is there a band playing at the reunion?Are there six men in the picture?Is there a professor in the picture?Is there a bottle on the table?Are two people holding plates? …

I don’t think so.

Communication

The house in my dream

Follow the instructions below.Student A: Your partner is going to read to you. Listen. Write notes in the chart.


Places in the house Notes

The outside of the house

The living roomThe kitchen

The bedroom

Student B: Read the text below to your partner. Read slowly.

Imagine that you are asleep. You are having a dream about your ideal house. Imagine that you are standing outside your house. Look at it. What does it look like? What color is the house?How big is it?Now you are in the house. You walk into your living room. What does it look like?How do you feel in this room?Next, you are in the kitchen. What does it look like? Is anything happening in the kitchen?Finally, you are in your bedroom. What does it look like? How do you feel in this room?

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Switch roles and repeat activity in the above exercise.




Describing your house

Possible meanings

Color: Size: Furniture:

light blue, pink, white, yellow …big, small, spacious, medium-sized …sofa, bookshelves, lamps, fridge, big screen TV, microwave, stereo …

The outside of the house: The living room: The kitchen: The bedroom:…

This is your personality.This room shows your feelings about other people.This room shows your hopes for the future.This room shows your feelings about love.

Communication


Think of a strange dream you had. Tell your partner about it. Then switch roles.

Dreams and memories: I had an amazing dream that … I had a terrible / weird nightmare that … I dreamed (that) … … I clearly / vividly remember that … I don’t quite remember, but … I can’t remember exactly, but …

Useful Expressions

Communication



Think of a strange dream you had. Tell your partner about it. Then switch roles.


Last night …When I was a small kid …After I saw Peter, …Last week ……

I swam to Europe and bought cheese and swam back home.On a dark street, I realized a large dog was following me. It ran

toward me, but I couldn’t move.I was on a beautiful boat. The sun was warm and the ocean was

really blue. I jumped into the water and began to swim with the fish.

I was in a strange park where a flock of birds attacked me. It was really weird.

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When Strange dreams

Communication


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Lesson A How's your memory?Lesson B Strange dreams Vocabulary Link These people are at a college reunion. Read what the people are saying. Pay attention