UnitSixteen Lifestyle (II) PartAMicro-listening PartBMacro-listening PartCOral Practice PartDHome Listening

Listening for the Main Idea Listen to the following passage three times and supply the missing words in the blanks. Most 1)______ agree on what a 2) _______ family lifestyle is. The man goes out to work. The woman stays home and takes care of the children. The man 3) ________ things around the house and decides what car to buy. The woman does the shopping, 4) ________ meals and decides how to 5) ________ the house. Most people also agree that lifestyles are cooking and cleaning. More couples 7) _________ taking care of the children. 8)_______________________.

Listening for the Main Idea However, recent survey results have some surprises. For example, women spend about three hours a day cleaning, shopping and cooking. 9)_________________________.Mor e women go out to work, but they also do most of the housework. 10) ______________________________ _____.

Conversation 1 A Survey A Survey Conversation 2 I Want to See the World

Listen to the conversation and choose the best answer to each of the questions you hear after the conversation. 1. a. Do a lot of shopping for designer shoes. b. Sing karaoke. c. Eat lots of Italian pasta. d. Study Italian opera. 2. a. Sightseeing around Madrid. b. Beautiful scenery at the beach near Barcelona. c. Bullfights. d. Flamenco dance in Seville.

3. a. She loves traveling. b. She is going move to Europe. c. She is both a dreamer and a practical businesswoman. d. She will be a successful businesswoman in ten years’ time.

Listen to the passage and decide whether the statements you hear are true about Bill. Put a tick in the brackets for a true statement. 1.( ) 2. ( ) 3. ( ) 4. ( ) 5. ( ) 6. ( ) 7. ( ) 8. ( )

Communicative Function: Invitations Your lifestyle is your way of living which reflects the attitudes and values you support. It covers virtually every aspects of your life from your choice of a major or a job, and your ambitions in life to your concerns on important issues of the day; from your hobbies, your relationships with family and friends to your spending habits. Naturally, individuals from different cultures, social backgrounds or age groups have very different lifestyles. It is, therefore, always interesting to talk about people’s lifestyles. How do you ask others about their way of living and the ideas behind it? How do you talk about your own lifestyle and explain why you choose it? In the box below you’ll find some sentences and structures that you can use when talking about college students’ lifestyle.

How to Eat Less Listen to the passage three times and supply the missing words in the blanks. 1. What should a person do to be slim? Follow a ____________________ program. Eat a __________________ after the exercise. Have lunch in the park or __________________ _______________ with your ____________ meal.

2. What shouldn’t a person do if he or she wants to be slim? Don’t buy food which is ____________________. Don’t have lunch in places where you are ______________________________. Don’t _____________, _____________, or ____________ while you eat. Don’t watch ______________________ on TV which will _________.