Intermediate Class 1  (low)

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Listen to the Podcasts by clicking on the KEEP READING button Below A: Excuse me, is this seat free? B: Yes, sure. Sit down. Ah he's lovely. Is he yours? A: Yes, yes. He's a she actually. Miranda. B: Three months? A: Three and a half. How about yours? B: Stephen. He's four months. Did you have a bad night? A: Yes, Miranda was crying all night. You know, that noise gets to you. It drives me mad. B: Do you know what you need? These. A: What are they? Earplugs? B: Yes. Earplugs! When the baby starts crying, you just put these in. You can still hear the crying, but the noise isn't so bad and it's not so stressful. A: That's a great idea! Who told you to do that? B: It's all in this book I've read. You should get it. A: Yeah? What's it called? B: It's called Commando Dad. It was written by an ex-soldier. He was a commando in the army and it's especially for men with babies or small children. It's brilliant...

Talking point: Life-changing events This week's talking point is  life-changing events . Before getting together with the members of your conversation group, go over the questions below so that ideas come to mind more easily the day you get together with your friends and you can work out vocabulary problems beforehand. Here's a list of some life-changing events a person can go through. Which ones have you gone through? Think of someone you know who has gone through some of the events you haven't experienced and talk about the difficulties this person had to face. What are the three most significant life-changing events? Why? And the least important? Would you add any other life-changing events to the list? How different would the list have been 100 years ago? Think about yourself now and how you have changed in the last 10 years. You can talk about these topics: work - leisure - attitude to life - daily routine -  money - family - relationship a year studying ab...

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2 a. Listen and answer the ten questions using for, since or ago. Do not write full sentences. Examples: for about 11 months since May 2015 11 months ago b Now try to write down the exact whole question to each of your answers.

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Do the  Preparation T ask first. Then watch the video. Next go to  Task  and do the activity. If you need help, you can read the transcript at any time. CLICK HERE TO DO THE PREPARATION TASK While you watch:  Take note of Sarah's (the interviewee's) achievements to do with a managee situation, France and Spain and winning a big contract. Writing:  Write down the three achievements that you've just taken note of.  Business Notes In the interview Sarah is asked some difficult questions, but these are quite typical, standard interview questions. Here are a few more: Why do you want to work for us? Give us an example of a time when you did not meet your goals or objectives? Give us an example of a situation where you faced conflict or difficult communication problems and how did you deal with it? Where do you see yourself in 5 years time? What would your current manager say are your strengths? What do you think are yo...