1. UnitThirteen Dating (I) PartAMicro-listening PartBMacro-listening PartCOral Practice PartDHome Listening

2. Accepting and Declining You’re going to hear a passage about “ Making a Date” hear three times. Listen carefully and fill in the blanks below with the exact words you from the recording. To make a date is 1) ______________________________ of the opposite sex. It is usually used 2) _______________________. In many Western countries, including the United States, 3) _______________________________. People of all ages make and go on dates. 4) ___________________________. When making dates, 5) _____________________________________.

3. Conversation 1 This Has Been a Really Nice Evening This Has Been a Really Nice Evening Conversation 2 Dating in Brazil

4. Listen to the conversation and complete the answers to the following questions. 1.What did Bill think of Kate when they met for the first time? He thought Kate might be _____________, who just ____________but _________________. 2.What did Kate think of Bill when they first met? She thought Bill might be a joke, sort of _____________________________ because he __________________________________.

5. 3. What seems to be the difference in behavior between Bill and Kate on their first date? Kate was _____________around new people, while Bill talked a lot when he ____________. 4. What seems to be true about Bill and Kate the first time they went ? _____________________________.

6. Listen to the conversation and write down answers to the following questions. 1. From what age do young people in Brazil begin during? _______________________________________. 2. What is dating in Brazil like? _______________________________________. 3. What do young people in Brazil usually do on dates? ________________________________________. 4. Who pays for the expenses when a boy and a girl go on dates in Brazil? ________________________________________.

7. Making Appropriate Responses I’ve got two tickets for a basketball match tonight. Would you like to go with me?_________________________________________ Can we have lunch together. _________________________________ Johnny and I are going hiking this Saturday. Would you like to join us? ________________________________________________________ Do you feel like going skating with me? _________________________ I had a wonderful time tonight.________________________________ This has been a really nice evening. Thank you for inviting me out. ____

8. Making Appropriate Responses From what age do young people start dating in your country?____________________________________________ Where do couples usually go on dates in your country? ___________________________________________________ Who do you think should pay for the expenses when out dating, the boy or the girl? ___________________________________

9. Love at First Sight You’re going to hear a story three times. Listen carefully and fill in the blanks with the information you get from the recording. Can you imagine that a couple met for the first time on 1)________? That’s the story I’m going to tell you. A local radio station ran 2)________________ called “3)__________”. Joel Emerson, 4)__________________________, was voted as the most eligible bachelor. Three hundred 5)______________ women rushed to the phone to 6)_____________________________. Lisa Bunyan, a 22-year- old girl, was chosen to become his wife. Before their wedding they had 7)______________________________. That’s when Joel 8)______________ on the radio. 50,000 listeners witnessed the 9)________________ moment when 10)______________. Joel’s mother was 11) ________________ but the bride and groom told a local newspaper that they knew 12) _______________.