Task 2 Write a short text about you can / can't do (3-4 sentences). Playing a musical instrument
1.Can you play the musical instrument?
2.What instrument can you play?
3.Do you like it? Why?
4.Do you have a favourite musician who plays this instrument very well?

what it is, ask some of the questions in the Com- Pronunciation prehension check above. On the tape you will hear some phrases we use to agree and disagree with each others’ opinions and experiences. Listen and repeat. How long have you been collecting? Development In pairs, discuss your pet hates, and the pet hates of members of your family and friends. Use the list to give you ideas. Discuss in pairs, and 3. ‘Pet Hates’ give your opinions and experiences. Listening [T.3] Vocabulary Bank: life style, to bear, to be crazy about, to dislike, to Most people have something in particular that they dislike doing – be fond of, to hate, to be keen on, to mind maybe getting up early or waiting in queues. We call these things ‘pet hates’. A. Some friends are discussing their pet hates. Listen to the II. A Couch Potato dialogue and answer the following questions: 1. How many people are talking? 2. Are they enjoying themselves? 3. Are the speakers students or working women? 4. Do they all hate paying taxes? 5. Do they hate going to the cinema? B. Read the list of pet hates. Listen to the cassette again and put a tick by the pet hates the speakers mention: 1. cleaning the bath 10. having to wear smart 2. queuing for the bus clothes to work 3. cooking cabbage 11. playing sports 4. cleaning fish 12. going to the dentist Are you a couch potato? 5. being late 13. doing exams 6. going for interviews 14. eating out alone VOCABULARY & READING 7. going to see their bank 15. meeting people manager 16. getting up early 8. paying tax 17. cleaning the lavatory 1. Look at these words to express likes and dislikes. Put them in 9. queuing for the cinema order from positive to negative. all right awful boring brilliant dreadful dull exciting fun С. Now underline your pet hates. You will need this for the great nice OK relaxing superb terrible terrific wonderful Development exercise. 81 82 2. Look at the leisure activities in the box below. What's your opinion of them? Use the words in the box in 1. 4. Work in pairs. Decide how energetic the activities in the box in 2 football tennis cricket do-it-yourself (DIY) fishing are. Give them a score from 1 (= lazy), to 10 (= energetic). gardening entertaining shopping going to nightclubs watching television reading painting bird-watching LISTENING [T.4] train spotting playing cards swimming running walking 1 . Listen to nine people talking about what they like doing. Put the number of the speaker by the activity in the box in Vocabulary and I think football is boring. reading 2 which they like doing. Which other leisure activities do you like and dislike? 2. Work in pairs and decide how old each person might be. Which person or people would you describe as a couch potato? What 3. “Are you a couch potato?” is about leisure activities. Read it and else did they say about their leisure activities? choose the best definition for a couch potato. Listen again and check. 1. Someone who enjoys energetic sports and active hobbies. FUNCTIONS AND GRAMMAR 2. Someone who takes little or no exercise, and who spends their free time doing very little. Adverbs and adverbial phrases of frequency 3. Someone who doesn't like doing sports but is active in other Adverbs of frequency usually go before a full verb, but after be or ways. an auxiliary verb. 4. Someone who likes indoor gardening. I always spend the weekend doing housework. She sometimes likes playing cards. Are you a couch potato? I am often out in the evening. Centuries ago, people didn't have much free time, because everybody I’ve never enjoyed football. was working too hard. In Britain in the nineteenth century, people had I hardly ever go to the cinema. more spare time, but because the Victorians hated relaxing and doing nothing, they invented football, rugby and cricket. People took up Here are some common adverbial phrases of frequency. They usu- more gentle activities too, like gardening, bird-watching and train spot- ally go at the end of a clause. ting, and it was even possible simply to watch a sport and give the im- every day, week, month, year, two days, other day, now and then pression that you were actually doing something. Gradually, leisure once/twice/three times a day, a week, a month, a year activities have become less and less demanding and most people have most days, mornings, once in a while a variety of more or less energetic interests and hobbies But 83 84 I don't mind spending Saturday with the children. SPEAKING AND WRITING 1. Work in groups of three or four and find out if there are any Verb patterns (1): to or -ing couch potatoes in your class. Like and love + -ing means enjoy doing something.