7 Nobody wins (II) Speaking

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deliver = de -li -ver Talk time Syllables English words are made up of different parts. These parts are called syllables. Words have one or more syllables. deliver = de -li -ver 1 2 3 4

A1 Practise these words. 1 one syllable: hit case brain solve 2 two syllables: harmful ancient famous moment 3 three syllables: finally character newspaper skeleton 4 four syllables: education experiment responsible motorcyclist 1 2 3 4

A2 Say these words. Write the number of syllables in the brackets A2 Say these words. Write the number of syllables in the brackets. The first one has been done for you. abacus ( ) Greece ( ) escape ( ) kangaroo ( ) footprint ( ) apologize ( ) own ( ) television ( ) calculator ( ) damage ( ) 3 1 2 3 2 4 1 4 4 2 1 2 3 4

A3 Look at the syllables below. Make them into words as in the examples. Show each syllable with a hyphen (-). 1 syllable: own 2 syllables: car-toon 3 syllables: de-li-ver 1 2 3 4

Speak up Lost on Planet X One day, Captain King and Lam, the pilot, were flying in their small spaceship when it crashed. They were about 250 km from their base (see the map at the bottom). They were not hurt, but their radio was broken. It would take them about five days to walk back to the base. They saved the things listed below from the crash. However, they could not carry them all. 1 2 3 4

an electronic calculator a pair of sunglasses a camera a first-aid box a map of Planet X a rope a rubber boat a tent a torch an axe an electronic calculator a pair of sunglasses a five-litre can of petrol 2 guns 4 blankets 10 boxes of matches 10 one-litre bottles of water 12 cans of soft drink 20 lunch boxes 25 gold coins 1 2 3 4

Choose eight things to carry with you. Work in pairs. Pretend that you and your partner are Captain King and Lam, the pilot. Choose eight things to carry with you. Arrange these eight things in order of importance (that is, put the most important at the top of your list, the second most important next, and so on). Then tell the class about your list, using the pattern below to help you. Shall we take …? Yes, let’s take that/those. No, we don’t need that/those. We need … because we must … We must … Therefore, we need to take … 1 2 3 4

We have decided to carry these eight things. Hi, everyone We have decided to carry these eight things. First, ______________________________________. Second, ____________________________________. Third, _____________________________________. Fourth, ____________________________________. ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ Eighth, ________________________________. Are there any questions? we will take the ten one-litre bottles of water we will take ten lunch boxes. (That’s enough.) we will take the map of Planet X we will take the rubber boat Fifth, we will take the rope. Sixth, we will also take the ten boxes of matches. Seventh, we will also take the two guns. we will take the first-aid box with us 1 2 3 4

Mini-dictionary crash v. /kræʃ/ hit an object or vehicle, causing damage A truck went out of control and crashed into the back of a bus. crash n. an accident in which a vehicle hits something, for example another vehicle, usually causing damage and often injuring or killing the passengers A girl was killed yesterday in a car crash.

Mini-dictionary base n. /beɪs/ a place where an army, a navy or an air force operates from; the main place where you live or stay or where a business operates from After the attack, they returned to base. The company has its base in New York, and branch offices all over the world.

Mini-dictionary petrol n. /'petrəl/ a liquid obtained from petroleum, used as fuel in car engines, etc.

Mini-dictionary decide v. /dɪ'saɪd/ think carefully about the different possibilities that are available and choose one of them It’s up to you to decide. I can’t decide what to wear. She decided (that) she wanted to live in France.