English Unlimited HAK/HUM 3, Schulbuch mit Audio-CD und CD-ROM (mit Handelskorrespondenz)

Anything good on TV? 8 Media around the world 01 LANGUAGE SKILLS EXPLORE LOOK AGAIN EXTRAS Do you watch TV with other people? What happens if you don’t want to watch the same programmes? Listen to Paul and Rebecca talking about what’s on TV. 1 What does Rebecca want to do? 2 What does Paul want to do? 3 What are their plans for later? Which sentences A–C from the conversation are about: 1 a time up to now? 2 uncompleted activities happening now or around now? 3 things that are always true or happen all the time? a LISTENING 6 TCD 1/02 b GRAMMAR 7 Talking about the present Listen to the recording again and look at the highlighted expressions in the box below. 1 Which group of expressions is used to talk about: a habits? b things you like? c things you don’t like? 2 Which expressions from column 3 do the speakers use to talk about: a current habits? b past habits? 3 Which expressions can be followed by: a a noun? b an -ing form? c an infinitive? 1 I’m a big fan of … I’m really into … I prefer … to … I ’d rather … 2 I’m not a big fan of … I can’t stand … I’m not keen on … I find … really irritating . 3 I hardly ever … I tend to … I ’ll … I used to … What TV and radio do you like? In pairs, discuss and compare your viewing and listening habits. Use expressions from 4. 1 Do you like the same types of TV and radio programmes? 2 Have your habits changed much in the last five years? Examples: I’m a big fan of reality TV shows. I tend to listen to the news on the radio. Get together with another pair and compare with a new partner. VOCABULARY 4 Habits and preferences a SPEAKING 5 b A Present simple B Present progressive C Present perfect simple Do you read books? I read magazines. I don’t like watching films more than once. What are you doing ? I ’m trying to read. I ’m not reading anything at the moment. Have you read it? We ’ve seen it before. I haven’t looked . Grammar reference and practice, p. 184. Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv