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V. to react n. reaction
When someone tells a joke, we react by smiling, laughing and nodding. He reacted badly when I told him to improve his work.
Q: How do dogs react to cats ? A: Dogs react to cats by chasing them.
Q: How does a football crowd react to a goal ? A: By cheering./A football crowd reacts to a goal by cheering.
Q: What is the most surprising thing your government has done ? A: The most surprising thing my government has done was going on war in Iraq.
A: It was mixed./The public reaction was mixed.
Q: If someone scratched my car, do you think shouting would be an over-reaction ? A: Definitely not./If someone scratched your car, shouting wouldn't be an over-reaction.
A: I think it would be an over-reaction.
Q: Have you ever reacted angrily to a question ? A: Yes, I have reacted angrily to a question.
Q: Was your reaction justified ? A: I don't think so./No, my reaction wasn't justified.
Q: What kind of machines react to a. fingerprints ? Some computers react to fingerprints.
b. temperature ? A thermometer./A thermometer reacts to temperature.
c. light ? Solar power things, for example a solar power calculator.
v. to tend+ inf.n. tendency A tendency is a characteristic. eg. She has a tendency to get aggressive when criticised.
If you tend to do something, you often do it and it is typical of you. eg. He tends to talk too much when he’s nervous.
Q: When do people tend to get: People tend to get big-headed when they've had lots of success.
b. excited ? Maybe when they are on holiday./People tend to get excited when they are on holiday.
c. aggressive ? I think when they've drunk too much./People tend to get aggressive when they've drunk too much.
Q: How do you think men and women differ when it comes to: Men tend to be happy just to drift along from day to day but women want to know what's going to happen in the future.
b. careers ? I think men are more ambitious than women although I could be wrong.
c. children ? Men tend to want children when they are young but women sometimes want to have a career. Q: What annoying tendencies do children have ? Children have a tendency to cry a lot.
Q: In what situations do people tend to over-react ? I think people tend to over-react when they've been drinking.
Q: When the demand for a product falls, what tends to happens to the price ? When the demand for a product falls, I think the price tends to go down.
Q: Give me an example of something you tend to do when you are… a. stressed ? When I'm stressed, I tend to lose my temper easily.
b. drunk ? When I'm drunk, I tend to be very aggressive and loud.
c. tired ? I tend to just watch TV./When I'm tired, I tend to just watch TV.
d. in a really good mood ? I tend to laugh and smile all the time./When I'm in a really good mood, I tend to laugh and smile all the time. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unit 6
v. to feel like + gerund/noun
I’m in a lazy mood, and I don’t feel like working.
Q: Do you feel like going out tonight ? A: No, not really./No, I don't feel like going out tonight.
A: Just staying at home and watching TV./I feel like staying at home and watching TV.
Q: Have you ever felt like being really rude to someone ? A: Yes, I have./Yes, I have felt like being really rude to someone.
A: I just told them to be quiet.
Q: Would you call in sick just because you didn’t feel like going to work ? A: Yes, I would call in sick because I didn’t feel like going to work.
Q: Do you eat whenever you feel like it ? A: No, I tend to have three square meals a day.
Q: When do we have to socialise even though we don’t feel like it ? A: We have to socialise even though we don’t feel like it when we have to go for dinner with somebody.
n./adj. middle
Q: Do you get sleepy in the middle of the afternoon ? A: Yes, I do./I get sleepy in the middle of the afternoon.
Q: What do you feel like doing ? A: I just feel like having a nap.
Q: Have you ever been woken up in the middle of the night by a noise? A: Yes, I was woken up last week by a noise.
A: Yes, I think it was the foxes in my garden.
Q: Was it difficult to get back to sleep again ? A: No, not really. I dropped off immediately.
Q: Give me an example of someone you know who is middle-aged and/or middle-class ? A: My auntie is middle-aged and I think she's middle-class, too.
Q: What’s in the middle of: A core is in the middle of an apple. b. an eye ? A pupil./A pupil is in the middle of an eye. c. your living room ? A: A coffee table./A coffee table is in the middle of my living room.
Q: Which of your fingers is the longest ? A: The middle finger is the longest.
Q: Have you ever ended up in ‘the middle of nowhere’ ? A: Yes, I have ended up in ‘the middle of nowhere’ when I fell asleep on the bus.
A: I was supposed to be going home.
n./adj. average
Q: What’s the average number of students in this lesson ? A: The average number of students in this lesson is around 10.
Q: Is today’s attendance above or below average ? A: Below average./Today’s attendance is below average.
Q: On average, how many pages of new work do you study a day ? A: On average, we tend to study around three pages of new work a day.
Q: Are you an above-average student ? A: I hope so./Yes, I am an above-average student.
Q: Where does the average family tend to go on holiday in your country ? A: The average family tends to go on holiday to the beach in my country.
Q: What percentage of these lessons do you attend ? A: I attend 90 per cent of these lessons.
A: Yes, I do./Yes, I think that’s a good average.
Unit 6 Date: 2015-12-24; view: 678
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