Talking about someone you know Listen to Michael talking about Roberto. How do they know each other? Now listen to Donna talking about Tanya. How do they know each other? Complete the profiles with the missing words. Name: Roberto Nationality: (1) Age: 19 How you know the person: We were together on (2) Relationship now: (3) Past school: the International School in Rome Present occupation: student of mathematics at (4) Name: Tanya Nationality: (5) Age: (6) How you know the person: She was an au pair for my family. Relationship now: (7) Past occupation: (8) Present occupation: (9) Replace the highlighted words in 1–5 with these words to make new sentences. 1 We were friends at the language school. 2 We were on the same English course. 3 We were au pairs in Brighton. 4 He was my teacher. I learned a lot from him. 5 She was my boss during a summer internship. Media task. Go online and find information about a famous person. Prepare to talk about this person for two minutes. Don’t forget to use adjectives and adverbs. Work in pairs. Tell each other about the people you have chosen and why. occupation [+OkjE*peISEn]: noun a person’s job or regular activity. What’s your occupation? Actually, I’m a student. 11 Listening 7ab8fj 5 a b 12 good friends 13 Vocabulary How you know people classmates private tutor handball team colleague neighbours We were classmates at the language school. 14 Speaking a famous_people.com ■■ person: nationality, age, why you like him / her ■■ person’s past: school career, occupation(s) ■■ person’s present: occupation, private life (married? / children? …) Think about: b c Michael Roberto Tanya Donna Language skills Extras Explore 1 People in your life 17 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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