Work in pairs or groups of three and discuss the questions. 1 What do you think of the different thinking strategies? 2 Which strategy represents the way you usually think and make decisions? In pairs, discuss which verbs you think go with 1–9. Then check your ideas in the introduction and article. 1 m decisions 4 l to your heart 7 b ideas 2 s problems 5 l at the facts 8 d solutions 3 t your intuition 6 c up with a new plan 9 h a meeting Look at the two extracts from the article. In which sentence is the situation: 1 realistic and possible? 2 unrealistic or impossible? A If you change how you think, you will make better decisions. B If humans were perfect, we would never make mistakes. Complete the patterns for real and unreal conditionals. 4 Vocabulary Decisionmaking 5 Grammar refresher Real and unreal conditionals 6 a b 1 2 Real conditional Unreal conditional if + , + infinitive if + , + infinitive You can replace will and would with other modal verbs e.g. can, could, may, might, should. For examples of conditional sentences with modal verbs, go to Grammar reference. 1 Grammar reference and practice, p. 187 rc2yr7 32 Work alone. Add a suggestion for your life and for Austria, then complete the notes. Think about which conditionals to use. Which ideas are realistic and possible for you? Which are unrealistic or impossible? Suggestions Positive consequences Negative consequences Your life: take a summer job travel in the summer holidays have more money Austria: reduce the driving age to 16 host the Olympic Games Discuss the suggestions in class. Do you agree about the consequences? Listen to Simon, Lydia and Yelena talking about their new business. What kind of business is it? What are they discussing? Listen again. Who: 1 is running the meeting? 2 suggests opening an additional room? 3 is not happy about doing more hours? 4 comes up with new ideas? 5 has prepared something? 6 is a bit negative about all the ideas? Which thinking strategy do you think each person is using? Why? 7 a b Listening 8 a Yelena, Simon and Lydia b c Language skills Extras Explore 6 Sorting things out 71 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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