Say what would happen if these people changed their way of living

 

1

This girl never eats as much as she would like to, but she doesn't mind it, because she wants to be in good shape. She spends more than an hour a day doing aerobic exercises. In addition she takes long walks and never goes to bed later than twelve o'clock. She doesn't smoke. She must keep in shape because of her job. She is a successful fashion model. Her job is both interesting and well paid, and she doesn't want to lose it. There's another reason, too. She's going to try her luck in an international beauty contest. So she's learning to speak English and play the piano.

 

 

What would happen if she ate as much as she wanted,

                            if she didn't take enough exercise,

                            if she went late to bed and smoked?

 

Could she take part in a beauty contest

             if she didn't speak a foreign language,

             if she didn't play a musical instrument?

 

2

This man has got a family and a job, but he may lose both in the near future. The thing is he doesn't know how to plan his daily routine, so he never has enough time to do his work well. He always puts things off for another time. That's the reason he hardly ever keeps appointments and is often late to work. So it's perfectly natural that his colleagues don't find him reliable and prefer to deal with somebody else, not him. His wife and he often quarrel. Nobody's pleased with him, and he isn't pleased with himself either, but he can't do anything about it. That's the whole trouble.

 

What would happen if he began to plan his daily routine?

Would it be easier for him to keep appointments and do things in time?

Would other people be more pleased with him?

Would he be more pleased with himself?

 

 

Ex. 7. Continue the chain of statements as in the model

Model: First student: If we didn't have any lectures today …

       Second student: If we didn't have any lectures today, we'd go to a café.

       Third student: If we went to the café, we'd order a nice meal.

       Fourth student: If we ordered a nice meal, we'd enjoy it.

 

Ex. 8. A Personality Quiz

 

Ask your group-mate the following questions. Check the answers and tell him or her what sort of person he or she is. (Don’t be too serious about the conclusions.)

 

1. If the people living next door to you always made a lot of noise late at night, would you:

A. telephone them and complain

B. start making a lot of noise yourself

C. say nothing and start looking for another flat

2. If a waiter served you with a luke-warm soup in a restaurant, would you:

A. complain to the waiter

B. say nothing but not leave a tip

C. say nothing and never go there again 

 

3. If you noticed a friend lie to you, would you:

A. tell your friend about it

B. start lying to the friend yourself

C. pretend not to notice

 

 

Mostly A’s: The person is honest and straightforward. He (she) might be either very popular or very unpopular.

Mostly B’s: Theperson feels strongly about certain things but he (she) is worried what others might think of him (her).

Mostly C’s: The person is quiet, tries to hide emotions. It is very difficult for the person to form a lasting relationship.

 

 

Ex. 9. Read the situation. Develop these ideas.

The man got the sack. The facts are:

· The man overslept and was often late.

· He drank a lot.

· He lost interest in his work.

· He became lazy.

· His incompetence irritated everybody.

· He couldn’t cope with his work.

· He didn’t want to change his way of life.

 

What would have happened if he....?

Ex. 10. If your group were going on an expedition to a desert island what would each of you do (take)?

 Interview your friends to get a picture of imaginary life there.

Questions for ideas:

 

1. Would you try to build a house? What kind of house would you project? For how many persons?

2. What do you think would you eat? What foodstuffs would you take?

3. Would you miss your home and your relatives? What photographs would you take with you?

4. If you had a portable record player what records would you take?

5. Would you insist on taking a portable radio set or a TV set? What programmes would you tune to?

6. What books would you take? Why?

7. How long would you stay on a desert island?

 

Ex. 11. Write a paragraph on a) what your life would be like if you lived in the 22^nd century;

b) what your life could have been like if you had been born in the 18^th century.

Ex.12. Students in turns give their reactions to the following picture situations.