Prime Time 6, Coursebook mit Audio-CD und DVD

Useful phrases Explaining It’s like this: … . • This is all due/down to … . • Why is it that … ? • … is connected with … . • That is exactly why … . • That is why … . • The trouble is … . • The question is … . • The reason for … is … . Expressing disagreement What a … thing to say! • That’s nonsense! • You can’t be serious! • How can you say such a thing! • That’s rubbish! • Do you really believe that? I don’t. • You can’t just … . • That’s childish. Suggesting I would suggest … . • What about … ? • Have you considered … ? • Whatever you do, you mustn’t forget to … . • You could … . • How would you feel about … ? • What would you say if … ? • Have you ever thought of … ? • You do realise … ? • Why don’t you just … ? • If I were you … . • It might not be a bad idea to … . • Perhaps one solution would be to … . • There’s nothing to stop you from … . • You only need to … . • You’d have no choice but to … . Speculating As far as I know … . • Well, I’m not sure but … . • Well, I’ve never thought about that before but … . • I imagine … . • I guess … . • I suppose … . • This looks to me like … . • maybe • perhaps • possibly • probably • It’s quite likely … . P Self-assessment Tick the appropriate boxes. Reading Can recognise significant points in straightforward newspaper articles on familiar subjects. I understood the text without help. I had to guess the meaning. I had to use a dictionary. I did not understand the text. Writing Can write personal letters conveying simple information of immediate relevance, getting across the point he/ she feels to be important. I could write the text without help. I reused phrases from the text. I had to look up words/phrases. I could not express my ideas as wanted. Listening Can understand straightforward factual information about common everyday or job related topics, identifying both general messages and specific details, provided speech is clearly articulated in a generally familiar accent. I could understand everything. Sometimes I had to guess the meaning. I could only understand parts. I could hardly understand anything. Speaking Can briefly give reasons and explanations for opinions, plans and actions. I could express my opinion without help. I was sometimes lost for words. I had to make notes before I started. I could not express my ideas clearly. Find suggestions to help you on the CD-ROM in this book. 147 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv