1. Upper-Intermediate Lesson 27
Stress advice
Upper-Intermediate Lesson 27

2. Today we are going to learn:
Language to describe annoying and stressful situations
Phrases for recommending and giving advice

3. What kind of people annoy you
What kind of people annoy you? How do you manage to communicate with them? What annoys you the most about your town? Have you ever tried tackling this problem?

4. Glossary: to end up: to finally be in a particular place or situation
to get away with sthg: to manage to do something bad without being punished or criticized for it
to mess up: to spoil something

5. Glossary:
to put up with: to accept or continue to accept an unpleasant situation or experience, or someone who behaves unpleasantly
to go on about: talk too much

6. Can you remember a situation when you messed up with something important? Did you manage to get away with doing something illegal? Is there something in your life you don’t want to put up with anymore? What do you usually go on about when you’re with your best friends?

7. Complete the sentences:
1. lf my boss carries on behaving like this, I'm going to _____ having a nervous breakdown. 2. I just can't _____ my colleagues at work: they’re extremely annoying. 3. lt drives me mad the way she _____ her family problems all the time.

8. Complete the sentences:
4. The dry-cleaners have completely _____ my cashmere coat: just look at it! 5. I dont know how the restaurant can _____ such awful service! They should be closed down!

9. Answers:
1. lf my boss carries on behaving like this, I'm going to end up having a nervous breakdown. 2. I just can't put up with my colleagues at work: they’re extremely annoying. 3. lt drives me mad the way she goes on about her family problems all the time.

10. Answers:
4. The dry-cleaners have completely messed up my cashmere coat: just look at it! 5. I dont know how the restaurant can get away with such awful service! They should be closed down!

11. Match:
1. to hit a raw nerve 2. to tread on thin ice a. to upset someone by talking about something they are sensitive about b. to do something risky that might have risky or unpleasant consequences

12. Match:
3. a no-no 4. to put one’s foot in it c. to do something embarrasing or offending accidentally d. something unacceptable or undesirable

13. Answers
1a 2b 3d 4c

14. Giving advice and recommendations:
The best advice is (not) to…
What you should always do is…
The most important thing to do is…
I can’t stress enough how important it is to…

15. Giving advice and recommendations:
Whatever you do, don’t…
It’s never/usually a good idea to…
One idea is to…
One thing you could do is…
You definitely/really should...

16. Give advice on the following:
your best friend can’t put up with her boyfriend;
a colleague messed up at work with an important report;
an elderly neighbour thinks her children want her to end up in a retirement house.

17. Today we have learned:
Language to describe annoying and stressful situations
Phrases for recommending and giving advice