English Unlimited HTL 1, Schulbuch

We’re interested in the same things Listen to Michael talking about Roberto. 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) Listen again. What else does Michael say about Roberto? 1 He is / isn’t very outgoing. 2 He loves cross-country hiking / swimming in the sea . 3 He has already hiked along the coast of Cornwall / across Sicily . 4 His mother / father told him about Cambridge University. 5 He is intelligent, but also lucky / hard-working . Look at sentences A–I. Which is about: 1 how often you see or contact each other? 2 how close your relationship is? 3 how similar your interests are? A We don’t see each other a lot. F We like different things. B We get on really well. G We spend a lot of time together. C We’re interested in the same things. H We’re very close. D We can talk about everything together. I We don’t know each other very well. E We get in touch maybe twice a year. 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 occupa- tion? Actually, I’m a student. 14 Listening ty5p5s 5 15 a b 16 Vocabulary Relation- ships 17 Speaking a http://www.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 Language skills Extras Explore 1 People in your life 17 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv