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Perspective Split 2A-Unit 1

This document discusses emotions and includes the following: 1) It introduces a collage art project in Paris that aims to communicate about emotions through anonymous photos. 2) It provides vocabulary to describe emotions and activities where students match emotions to scenarios and complete sentences about personal perspectives on emotions. 3) It discusses exploring emotions through reading descriptions of explorers' work for National Geographic and identifying the emotions described.

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Perspective Split 2A-Unit 1

This document discusses emotions and includes the following: 1) It introduces a collage art project in Paris that aims to communicate about emotions through anonymous photos. 2) It provides vocabulary to describe emotions and activities where students match emotions to scenarios and complete sentences about personal perspectives on emotions. 3) It discusses exploring emotions through reading descriptions of explorers' work for National Geographic and identifying the emotions described.

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1   In Touch with

Your Feelings

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Hundreds of anonymous black and white

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photos make up a giant collage on the
floor of the Pantheon in Paris, created by

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the French artist, JR.

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I N t h i s u ni t , Y O u . . .
• talk about emotions.
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• read about smiles.


• learn about the benefits of being
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outdoors.
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• w
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• write a review.
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1A  Show Your Emotions
Vocabulary  Describing emotions
1 Look at the photo and read the caption. What message do you think the artist
is trying to communicate in this project?

  2 My Perspective

Complete the sentence so it’s true for you.


Happiness is diving under the water on a sunny day .

 3 Match the sentences (1–9) with the follow-up comments (a–i).

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một mình
e1 I sometimes get scared when I’m on my own.
h2 You must be delighted—that’s great news!

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b3 I’m feeling more relaxed now that it’s Saturday.
bối rối
g4 I got a little confused at the beginning of the movie.

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f 5 My brother isn’t normally this nervous. lo lắng
một mình
i 6 Traveling to school on your own can be very lonely. cô đơn

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a7 My parents started to dance. I was so embarrassed!
c8 I’m feeling very stressed right now.
d 9 Please don’t be angry with me.

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7a But it was great to see them having fun.
3b It’s been a very busy week, so it’s nice to have some time off.
8c I have so much work to do.
9 d I was only trying to help.
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I don’t even like being at home without anyone else, really.
He’s doing a presentation in class this afternoon.
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4 g I understood most of it, though.
2 h Sometimes I like having quiet time before a busy day, though.
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6 i When did they tell you you’re on the team?


in đậm
 4 Complete the questions with an adjective in bold from Activity 3.
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Are you lonely of anything, like spiders, for example?


2 Have you ever been really delighted with your test results?
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3 Do you get embarrassed if you cry in public?


4 Is it possible to feel scared when you are with lots of people?
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5 Do you get nervous before going to the dentist or speaking in class?


6 When you’re feeling stressed , what do you do to relax?
7 Are you confused about the meaning of any new words today?
8 If someone is late, do you feel angry ?
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9 Does reading make you feel relaxed ?


 5 Pronunciation  -ed adjectives
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1 Listen and repeat. How many syllables does each word have?    1
2 Listen again. Do the adjectives end in /t/, /d/, or /id/?    1
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Listening  9 Listen again. Which explorer (Matthew, William, or Chris): 
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  7 Work in pairs. Look at the photo and answer the questions.
1 described an event with a happy ending for someone
1 What do you know about tigers? who wasn’t the speaker?
2 Can photographers take photos like this safely? How? 2 did something he had never done before?
3 How would you feel if you came face to face with a 3 wasn’t talking about his emotions?
tiger in the wild? 4 was trying to solve a problem in his work?
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5 was probably very tired?
Listen to descriptions of three National Geographic
6 was surprised at how he felt?
explorers’ work. What emotions are the speakers
describing? Why?    2
anger excitement fear
Grammar  Subject / object questions
nervousness unhappiness worry  10 Work in pairs. Can you remember the answers to

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these questions? Listen to William’s story again and
1 Matthew Luskin , check your answers.    3

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2 William Allard , ,
1 What does William Allard do?
2 Who killed Eduardo’s sheep?

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3 Chris Bashinelli
3 Who collected money for Eduardo’s family?
4 How much did they collect?

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Tigers live in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Indonesia,
Malaysia, Nepal, Russia, and Thailand.
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Subject / object questions  13 Work in pairs. Discuss the answers to the questions in
Activity 12.
a Who collected money for Eduardo’s family? National
Geographic readers collected money for him.  14 Complete the questions about emotions.

b How much did they collect? They collected over $7,000. 1 How often ?
I laugh every time I’m with my friends.
Check page 128 for more information and practice. 2 What TV shows ?
 11 Read the questions in the Grammar box. Then choose Singing competitions on TV make me angry.
the correct option to complete the sentences. 3 Who ?
1 The question word in question a / b asks about the My little sister cries the most in my family, definitely!
subject of the answer (subject question). 4 Which horror movies you’ve seen ?

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2 The question word in question a / b asks about the object
Don’t Breathe and Krampus were both scary, but Don’t
of the answer (object question).
Breathe scared me the most!

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3 To make a subject / an object question in the simple
present and simple past we need an auxiliary verb, 5 When you feel confused about homework, what
e.g., do, does, did. ?

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4 Subject / Object questions in the simple present and I call a friend!
simple past do not need the auxiliary verb do or did.

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6 Who you recently?
 12 Use the prompts to write questions about Chris Bashinelli My mom embarrassed me an hour ago!
and Matthew Luskin’s stories.
 15 Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions in

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1 whose story / happen / in Mongolia? Activity 14.
2 what / the men / invite / Chris / to do?
3 what / Chris / say / about the experience?  16 Write five more questions about emotions to ask
4 what / Matthew / studying? your classmates.
5 how many people / tigers / kill / before the expedition?
6 how many people / hide / in the tree?

IC What makes you most excited about the future?
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1B  Fake It until You Feel It a

Why do people smile?


  4   “Say cheese!” In English- learning more and more about facial expressions, and
realizing that their effect on our relationships is more
speaking countries, this is what you say to people powerful than that. We know that smiling helps us

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to make them smile before you take their photo. connect with other people in social situations and get
“Service with a smile” is a common message for out of arguments and embarrassing situations. We

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5 store assistants and receptionists. Workers in call know from studies that smiling regularly may even
centers are even told to smile so they sound friendly increase the chances of living longer. In fact, it’s such
when they speak to customers on the phone! The

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20 an important part of being human that we start it very
idea is that callers will notice if the phone operators young. You probably started smiling to show your
aren’t smiling. But why should we want people to

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happiness when you were just a few weeks old, but
10 smile? you’ve known how to smile for even longer. Unborn
We’ve always known that smiling can express babies get used to moving their facial muscles by
enjoyment, affection, or friendliness, but we’re 25 smiling, in the same way they practice kicking using

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their leg muscles. And we aren’t the only animals that

Vocabulary building READING


Suffixes
We can make nouns from adjectives by adding suffixes.
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Work in pairs. Try to make your partner smile. How easy
is it? Then discuss the questions.
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adjective suffix noun 1 L ook at the pairs of photos (a–c). Which smiles do you
embarrassed + ment embarrassment think are genuine (real)? Which smiles do you think are
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friendly + ness friendliness fake (not real)?


depressed + ion depression 2 Why would you pretend to smile?
3 Are you good at recognizing genuine and fake smiles?
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1 Write nouns using -ment, -ness, or -ion. Use a dictionary if


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Make a list of things that make you smile. Compare your
necessary.
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list with a partner.


1 nervous 4 disappointed 7 confused when my team wins a game, chocolate,…
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2 sad 5 happy 8 lonely


3 excited 6 exhausted  5 Read the article quickly. Choose the best subtitle.
 2 Complete the sentences with a noun or an adjective 1 How our bodies affect our emotions
2 The secret power of smiling
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from Activity 1.
3 Smiling expresses many emotions
1 Many people say that money can’t buy ,
but I think it helps.  6 Read the article again. Are these sentences true or false,
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2 I felt very at summer camp. It was my first or is the information not given?
time away from home and I didn’t know anyone.
1 Some employees are taught to smile when they speak to
3 I had to sing on my own in the show. I felt so
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people who can’t see them.


that I couldn’t sleep.
2 You could stop a disagreement by smiling.
4 Emin studied hard for his tests. He didn’t want to be a
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3 People who don’t smile are more likely to get sick.


to his parents.
4 Other animals smile for the same reasons as humans.
5 There was a lot of in the class. The teacher
5 Eating chocolate has a more powerful effect on our
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said the school trip was on Wednesday but the email


emotions than smiling.
said Thursday.

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smile to communicate happiness—chimpanzees do it, 40 of the brain to see what happens when a person is
too, suggesting that smiling existed before we did! happy. They see the same effect when the person
smiles, whether they’re really happy or not. So a

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Have you ever been in this situation: you are angry
smile isn’t just a sign to others; it is also a message to
30 with a friend but you can’t stay angry because they’re
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smiling at you? This is because smiles pass from
45 that a smile can have the same positive effect on the
person to person, and it’s hard not to smile back. We
brain as eating 2,000 bars of chocolate! So, even if
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you’re feeling depressed, a fake smile can make all
when we look at someone smiling at us. When this
the difference. If you know someone who’s always
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smiling, perhaps they’re using it to control their
smiling like them may actually help us understand
50 emotions. Why not control your emotions the same
their emotions better.
way? If you sometimes feel sad, worried, or angry, try
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also makes us happy. Scientists can take pictures

  7 Summarize the article in no more than twenty words. 3 There are three more questions in the article. Underline
them. Match the questions with three of the functions in
Smiling… IC the Critical Thinking box.
4 Write a question to include in the article for one of the
8 My perspective
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other two functions.
Work in groups. Discuss the questions.
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 10 Read about the “Pan Am smile.” Then look at the photos
1 Do you think smiling really is a good way to feel better? again. Can you find the fake smiles more easily?
2 What do you do if you aren’t feeling very happy?
3 Who do you think smiles more, younger or older people, The “Pan Am smile” is named after the flight attendants
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women or men? Why? of this old American airline. They were famous for their
4 Do you know anyone who smiles too much / doesn’t friendly customer service and for always smiling at the
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smile enough? passengers. Everyone knew that these smiles weren’t


genuine but they were an expression of friendliness and
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had a positive effect on the passengers.


CRITICAL THINKING  Rhetorical questions
We all use Pan Am smiles because there are many
 9 Work in pairs. Read the Critical Thinking box and discuss situations where showing unhappiness would be rude.
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the questions (1–4). Smiling has the important social function of keeping
people happy.
Rhetorical questions are used to make a point, but a
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But how can you tell the difference between a genuine


reply is not expected. They are often used to:
smile and a fake smile? In the nineteenth century, French
• tell readers what information they can expect to read. scientist Guillaume Duchenne noticed that we use two
• emphasize a point.
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sets of facial muscles to smile: around the mouth and


• make a suggestion or persuade. around the eyes. Pan Am smiles only use the mouth, so
• help readers relate the text to their own experience.
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the secret is to look at the eyes.


1 Look at the title of the article and list all the reasons that
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people smile.
2 Why is it a good idea to have a question as a title?

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1C  A Breath of Fresh Air
Grammar  Talking about the present
1 Read the sentences in the Grammar box. Underline examples of the simple
present, present continuous, and present perfect.
Talking about the present
a We’ve always known that smiling can express enjoyment, affection, or friendliness.
b We’re learning more and more about facial expressions.
c We know from studies that smiling may even increase the chances of living longer.
d We aren’t the only animals that smile to communicate happiness—chimpanzees

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f If you know someone who’s always smiling,…
g If you sometimes feel sad, worried, or angry, try smiling.

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 2 Complete the rules by writing simple present, present perfect, or present
continuous. Then match each rule with an example from the Grammar box.

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1 The is used:
• to talk about things that are always or generally true, e.g., scientific facts.
• to describe habits and routines (often with words like sometimes and never).
• with stative verbs, e.g., enjoy, agree, think.
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The IC is used:
• to talk about actions happening at or around the present time, or at the
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time of speaking/writing.
• to talk about changing situations.
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• with always to describe actions that happen often. They may cause an
emotional response in the speaker.
3 The is used:
• to describe actions that started in the past and continue to the present.
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(1) Are you feeling / Have you felt stressed right now? Perhaps it’s because you
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(2) are always sitting / have always sat in front of a computer screen these days.
So what should you do? You could be the type of person who (3) is usually reading
/ usually reads a book, for instance, or (4) plays / has played video games for
relaxation. Or perhaps you (5) are believing / believe that the answer to everyday
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stress is more time outside, surrounded by nature. (6) Are you enjoying / Do
you enjoy getting away from cities, cars, and computers and heading into the
mountains? It’s true that we (7) need / are needing time off work to relax, though
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it (8) becomes / is becoming more and more difficult to get away. But people
(9) enjoy / have enjoyed forests, parks, lakes, and rivers for thousands of years, so if
life (10) gets / has gotten to be too much to cope with recently, think about taking
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a break out in the woods or a walk in the park, even if it’s just for an hour or two.
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 4 Read about the effect nature can have on our brains. Complete the text
with the best form of the verbs: simple present, present continuous, or
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A group of 22 students (1) (take) a break from   7 Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions you wrote in
their everyday lives at the University of Utah. Normally, they Activity 6.
(2) (sit) in front of their computer screens
studying psychology, but this week they (3)  8 Work in groups. Discuss the questions.
(camp) with Professor David Streyer in the mountains of 1 Are young people spending as much time outside now
Utah. Streyer (4) (spend) many years studying as in the past? Why?
the effect of nature on our brains. 2 What are the advantages of doing outdoor activities?
We (5) (know) about the benefits of nature on 3 What kinds of activities do you and your friends like doing
the body for many years, but now we can see what nature outdoors?
(6) (do) to the brain. Our stress levels 4 What outdoor activities are popular with young people
(7) (drop) just by looking at photos of nature. these days?
Many people (8) (think) that little by little   9 Design an ad for an outdoor activity center in your
technology (9) (destroy) our lives, but Streyer country. Answer these questions about the ad.

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(10) (believe) that after just two or three days
away from modern life, we can start to think differently and 1 What type of activity center will it be—more like a

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in a healthier way. healing forest or an adventure park?
2 What will get a lot of people interested? What will be
 5 Read about healing forests in South Korea. Correct the good for young people’s health and happiness?

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verbs that are wrong. Not all items have an error. 3 How will you attract people to your center?
4 What photos or other images will you include?

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1 Nature is being very important in Korean culture for
hundreds of years.  10 CHOOSE
2 But most South Koreans live “digital lives” in large cities Choose one of the following activities.

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nowadays.
3 Their lives become more digital and more stressful 1 On your own, write a radio ad for the activity center.
every year. Read it to the class.
4 Koreans work very long hours, and stress levels among 2 In pairs, record or act out a TV ad promoting the
workers and students go up in recent years.
5 The government has believed that the answer can be
found in “healing forests.”
IC activity center.
3 In groups, make a brochure (text and images) for your
activity center.
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6 These are places of natural beauty where people go to
relax, to reconnect with nature, and to rest.
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7 We now know that spending time outside reduces stress


chemicals in the body and helps it to fight disease.
8 Currently there have been 37 healing forests in Korea,
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and they are becoming very popular.


9 Many of them are close to big cities like Seoul, where
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people can get to them easily.


10 People are often going there to walk, learn about plants,
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do yoga, or just relax under the trees.


 6 Use the prompts to write questions using the best tense:
simple present, present continuous, or present perfect.
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1 you / go / out to the woods much recently?


2 where / you / usually / go / to spend time outdoors?
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3 what / you / like / doing outdoors?


4 your parents / always / make / you do activities that you
don’t enjoy?
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5 you / normally / feel / relaxed when you get home?


6 you / always / check / your cell phone, or can you leave it
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at home?
7 if / you / live / in a town or city, / you / be / happy?
8 you / plan / to go out in nature any time soon?
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1D  This app knows how you feel—
from the look on your face.

“ I want to bring emotions back


into our digital experiences.

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Read about Rana el Kaliouby and get ready to watch her TED Talk.    1.0

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AUTHENTIC LISTENING SKILLS  WATCH

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Content words   3 Look at the emojis. Then discuss the questions in pairs.
It is difficult to listen for every word a speaker says. When 1 What emotions do these emojis express?
we listen, it is easier to understand the important content
words, because these are usually stressed. Content words
usually give enough information for us to understand the
meaning of a sentence.
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2 Do you ever use emojis? Which ones? Where do you use
them: email, text messages, social media?
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1 Read and listen to the first sentence in the TED Talk. Notice
how many of the content words are stressed.    5 3 Is it sometimes difficult to find the right emoji to express
how you are feeling? Why?
Our emotions influence every aspect of our lives, from our 4 What other ways can you use to express your feelings
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health and how we learn, to how we do business and make online?


decisions, big ones and small.
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 4 Watch Part 1 of the talk. Are the sentences true or false


 2 Look at the types of words that are usually stressed. Read according to Rana?    1.1
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this excerpt from the talk and underline the words you 1 It’s difficult to connect emotionally with others in text
think will be stressed. Then listen and check.    6 messages, emails, etc.
Stressed Not stressed 2 Rana was with her husband in Cambridge.

3 The human face can show 45 emotions.
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adjectives articles pronouns


nouns conjunctions auxiliary verbs 4 It’s hard to teach a computer the difference between
main verbs prepositions a smile and a smirk.
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adverbs 5 The computer studied lots of similar faces.


 5 Watch Part 2 of the talk. Which emotions does Cloe
Our emotions also influence how we connect with one
another. We’ve evolved to live in a world like this, but demonstrate?    1.2
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instead, we’re living more and more of our lives like 1 a little bit happy 6 no emotion (“poker face”)
2 angry 7 sad
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this… So I’m on a mission to change that. I want to bring


emotions back into our digital experiences. 3 confused 8 scared
4 disgusted 9 surprised
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 6 Watch Part 3 of the talk. Choose the correct option to   9 Work in groups. Think of different ways Rana’s software
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1 Women in the UK / US are more expressive than men. • advertising or social media
2 The most expressive age group is people older / younger • entertainment (TV, movies, concerts, theater, etc.)
than 50. • health and medicine
3 People with autism could use their phones / wear
special glasses to help them understand other people’s
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people with physical problems and learning difficulties
shopping and fashion
emotions.
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4 Rana can / can’t think of many other ways her technology  10 Think about your ideas. Which ones could:
could be used. 1 make tons of money?
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2 help people with problems?


 7 Work in pairs. Watch Part 3 of the talk again. What use 3 be a lot of fun?
of the technology that Rana mentions is your favorite?
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Why?    1.3 CHALLENGE


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 8 Vocabulary in context Put comments a–d in order (1–4). The comment you
agree with most is 1; the comment you agree with least
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is 4.*
meaning of the words and phrases.    1.4
a “This technology is fun, but I don’t think it’s necessary
b Work in pairs. Complete the sentences in your anymore. These days, we communicate more with
own words. Then compare your sentences with webcams and video. We don’t need the computer to
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your partner. read faces for us. We can read them ourselves.”
1 I felt homesick once when I… b “We don’t need to read faces when we communicate
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2 I get a sense of curiosity when… by phone. Why do we need it now?”


3 The person in my family with the most wrinkles is…
c “I think Rana’s technology is amazing, but I worry that
4 The characteristics of a good friend are…
companies will only use it to sell more products to us.”
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5 Joy for me is…


d “I don’t like the idea of my computer reading my
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emotions. It’s a scary idea!”


*These comments were created for this activity.
Work in pairs. Compare your ideas. How do you think
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Rana would respond to the comments?

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1E  The Feel-Good Factor
SPEAKING
1 Work in pairs. Read about India’s longest-running movie. Discuss the questions.
The Bollywood movie Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge is one of India’s most successful
movies. It was still showing at one cinema in Mumbai more than twenty years after it
came out. It is a classic feel-good love story with a happy ending.
1 What does “the feel-good factor” mean?
2 Are there feel-good movies that people in your country watch more than once?
3 What are your favorite feel-good movies?
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Check that you know the meaning of the words in bold in these sentences.
1 I don’t think anyone could survive in space for that long, but the special effects

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were amazing!
2 The first movie was so scary, there’s no way I’m going to watch the sequel.
3 It has a great soundtrack but some of the actors can’t sing very well.

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Useful language 4 It’s an emotional story about a group of soldiers during the Second World War.
The cast is amazing—Tom Hanks and Matt Damon are in it.

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Asking follow-up questions 5 The plot was really exciting. The ending was a complete surprise!
Who’s in it? 6 One scene made me laugh so hard that I cried!
What else has he / she been in?

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 3 Match the types of movie (a–f) with the sentences (1–6) in Activity 2.
What’s the acting like?
a a comedy d a musical
When did it come out?
b a drama e a sci-fi movie
So what’s it about? c a horror movie f a thriller
What sort of movie is it?
Who directed it?  4
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Listen to two friends talking about a movie. Choose the correct options.    7
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Where is it set? Name of movie: The Way We Were / The Way Way Back
Would you recommend it? Starring: Steve Carell / Collette
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Using Emphasis Release date: 2003 / 2013


Type of movie: animation / comedy
The special effects were really
Set in: a hotel / a water park
disappointing.
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Plot: An unhappy teenager / father goes on vacation with his family and
I couldn’t put it down! makes new friends.
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The sequel was even better! Recommended? Yes / No


 5 Listen again. Which follow-up questions in the Useful language box do you
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hear?    7
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Outdoor movie theater in the castle courtyard, Esslingen am Neckar, Germany


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  6 Match the questions you heard in Activity 5 with these answers about a
different movie. Do you know the movie?
1 It’s a sci-fi movie. It’s the first in a series of four.
2 It was released in 2012.
3 She played one of the main characters in X-Men: Apocalypse.
4 It tells the story of a young woman who fights for her life in a competition.
5 In a country of the future called Panem.
6 It stars Jennifer Lawrence.
   7 Work in pairs.
Student A: Tell Student B about a movie you’ve seen.
Student B: Ask follow-up questions to find out more.
A I watched a great movie last night… Have you seen it?

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WRITING  A review Useful language

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8 Are the expressions in the Useful language box used to talk about books, Talking about movies and books
movies, or both?

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It stars…
 9 Read the review on page 149. How many stars does the writer give the novel? It’s set in…

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✩✩✩✩✩ It tells the story of… / It’s about…
It was directed by…
 10 Read the review again. List the book’s good points and the reviewer’s criticisms. It was released in…

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It came out in…
 11 WRITING skill  Emphasis
It was published in…
a Which sentence emphasizes more the way the person feels about the plot? The main character is…
1 I really loved the plot. 2 What I really loved was the plot.
b Find three more sentences in the review that add emphasis.
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c Complete these sentences so that they are true for the movie you talked
The soundtrack was amazing.
The special effects were a little
disappointing.
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about in Activity 7. The sequel is even better / not
1 One thing that I loved about the movie was…
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as good.
2 What I found disappointing was…
It’s a moving / inspiring / great /
3 What made me really think was…
exciting / funny story.
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Choose a movie or a book you know. Write a review that includes: I’d definitely recommend it.
• introductory sentences that give basic information about the book or movie. I couldn’t put it down.
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• a short description of the plot. It made me feel…


• the good and bad things about it. Unfortunately, I thought it was…
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• your opinion and emotional response to it.


• a sentence that tells the reader to read or watch it (or not).
 13 Read other students’ reviews. Which books or movies would you like to read / see?
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