II. Discussing the text. Think of situations in which it would be appropriate to say the following

Think of situations in which it would be appropriate to say the following.

Match the words to make up word combinations.

Use the following expressions in contexts of your own.

Study the following words and use them in contexts of your own.

I. Vocabulary work

Simply Divine

HOME READING

Task 1. Below are the first lines of three jokes. Match them with the other lines which have been jumbled up.

IV. Additional tasks

III. Follow-up activities

1. Agree or disagree: Working on the Emergency Ward of a city hospital is an exhausting, often frustrating experience.

2. Describe the work of the Emergency Ward from the point of view of a) a patient, b) a visitor, c) an intern, d) a senior.

a. A man goes to see his doctor and says, “Doctor! Doctor! I can’t stop shaking.”

b. A man says to his doctor, “Doctor! Doctor! Will I be able to play the violin after the operation?”

c. A man speaks frantically into the phone, “Doctor! Doctor! My wife is pregnant and her contractions are only two minutes apart!”

1. “No, you idiot!” the man shouts. “This is her husband.”

2. And the man replies, “Not really, I spill most of it!”

3. “Great!” the man says. “I never could before!”

4. “Is this her first child?” the doctor asks.

5. The doctor asks him, “Do you drink a lot?”

6. “Yes, of course,” replies the doctor.

Pin down, rebuff, apprehensive, petulant, fat chance, pouting, bow to the inevitable, poke about, lurk, scrape through, plausible.

To rebuff smb’s conviction, to pin down the exact moment, juggling of priorities, to take zero notice, to feel faintly apprehensive, to feel racked with embarrassment, to scrape through a test.

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editor distinction restaurants eyes home area

1. What’s bitten you?

2. Our circulation is on the up.

3. I’m just not an outdoor type of girl.

4. So I take it you’re interested.

5. If there’s no beginning to her talents, there’s certainly no end to her demands.

6. You can’t let go of it now.

7. Only if you insist on perceiving it that way.

8. You’re so pretty, and funny, and clever. I just don’t understand why you’re throwing yourself away on him.

1. Read the required extracts from “Simply Divine” by W. Holden and consider the questions.

1. What do we learn about Jane, her personality, occupation, relations with Nick?

2. What are Jane’s responsibilities at work? Describe the people she has to work with.

3. What are editors of glossy magazines like?

4. Did Jane come up to the Fabulous editor’s expectations?

5. What does Jane do to cheer herself up when she’s depressed? Does the gimmick work?

6. Can we call Champagne D’Vyne a typical celebrity?

7. What attracts the public about Champagne?

8. Do you believe what is printed about Champagne in magazines is actually what she says to the journalists?

9. Will Champagne get married to one of her celebrity friends?

10. Describe Jane’s friend Tally? Would you expect Jane to have a friend like this?

11. What solutions to Tally’s problem are there?

2. Can we call Champagne and Jane opposites? Prove it. Do you believe such opposites could “attract”?

3. Comment on the “supermarket flirting code”. What is it? Do you believe such a code exists?

4. Make a list of words that Champagne confuses and recall the episodes in which she uses them. Did it lead to embarrassing consequences?

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