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I. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line. There is an example at the beginning




 

My favourite (0) composer is Chopin and I am fortunate FAVOUR

enough to have a friend who is also a very gifted __________ (1). PIANO

As a __________ (2) musician, she believes strongly that PROFESSION

__________ (3) ability is mostly something you learn, not MUSIC

a __________ (4) that you are born with. She thinks that CHARACTER

__________ (5) students can improve their ability enormously. INDUSTRY

I feel really __________ (6) when I hear my friend perform ENVY

and the ecstatic __________ (7) that she gets from her RESPOND

audience at the end of a __________ (8). Both the public PERFORM

and __________ (9) agree that she is one of the country’s most CRITICISE

talented __________ (10). The huge amount of money she earns ART

gives her the __________ (11) to do almost anything that she likes, FREE

which I, as a humble __________ (12), cannot compete with. POEM

 

II. 1) Many English prefixes have a specific meaning. Match up the following with their meanings:

1) pre- a) in favour of
2) post- b) many
3) pro- c) not
4) anti- d) new
5) non- e) before
6) ex- f) against
7) neo- g) former
8) multi- h) after

 

2) Which of the prefixes above commonly precede the following words?

1) European; 2) industrial; 3) nuclear; 4) lateral; 5) wife; 6) conformist; 7) terrorist; 8) communist era; 9) fascist; 10) essential; 11) media; 12) payment; 13) specialist; 14) government; 15) national; 16) war.

 

Speaking 1 MIND OVER MATTER

Answer the following questions:

· Do you think many people suffer from being depressed?

· Do you think you need to go to specialists to learn more about yourself and change your life patterns?

· Do you think dreams reflect what goes on in everyday life?

 

I. ARE YOU ASSERTIVE ENOUGH IN TODAY’S DIFFICULT WORLD?

1) Do you buy things you don’t really want because it is difficult to say ‘No’ to the salesperson?

2) Do you hesitate to return items to a shop even when there is good reason to do so?

3) If someone talks in a loud voice during a film, play or concert, can you ask him/her to be quiet?

4) Can you begin a conversation with a stranger?

5) When a friend makes an unreasonable request, are you able to refuse?

6) Can you ask favours or make requests of your friends?

7) Can you criticise a friend?

8) Can you praise a friend?

9) When someone compliments you, do you know what to say?

10) Do people tend to exploit you or push you around?

 

1. Note down your answers to the questions. Mark the answers which show that you are unassertive.

 

2. Requesting and refusing politely

‘Would you mind’ + verb(ing)…? ‘Do you think you could’ + verb…? ‘I’m sorry, but I’m afraid…’

With a partner, work out what you would say:

- to some people who started whispering in a concert

- to a friend who asked you to lend him/her $20

- to a stranger in a bus queue after waiting for ten minutes

- to a friend who lets her child stay up till very late in the evening

- to a friend who has just got a job he/she has always wanted

- to a friend who says ‘I like you in that colour, it suits you’

- to your boss who asks you to stay late and do some work for him/her for the fourth time in one week.

II. ASSERTIVENESS TRAINING

The world contains many people who don’t recognize their own strengths or who have learnt to act in inferior ways because they believe themselves to be inferior. They find it impossible to express emotions like anger or tenderness. They follow the wishes of others and hold their own desires inside themselves. Because they have no control of their own lives, they become increasingly unsure. They become ‘unassertive’. Often a victim of unassertiveness does not recognise it as an emotional problem. From passivity and fear, he or she justifies it with excuses: ‘If I answer him back, he’ll be angry with me…’ ‘Unless I do what she wants, she’ll leave me…’ ‘Why bother to try? I’m bound to fail’. This is the sort of behaviour you learn, and you can unlearn it. You can find the answers to your problems in a scientific technique called Assertiveness Training (AT), through which, by changing your actions, you change your attitudes and feelings towards yourself. Just as you have trained yourself to be neurotic, you can teach yourself to be normal.




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