Module 1
Lessons 3 and 4
Student’s Book pages 8 and 9
Reading
1 Work in pairs. Do you ever get stressed? What kind of things make you feel stressed?
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2 Read about how three people relax or deal with stress. Do you relax in the same ways as any of these people? Discuss with a partner.
A
Zainab: Every time I have exam preparations, I get very stressed and worried. I always wonder whether I will have time to study for all the subjects. I know that I will pass all my exams, as usual, but I always aim at getting high grades. Sometimes the stress that I experience stops me from concentrating on my studies. Mum is very patient with me and she knows very well the kind of stress that I go through before every exam. So she helps me to prepare a well-organised revision timetable, and that makes me feel more confident. I also make sure that I get enough sleep, and I go for a walk every afternoon, which helps me to relax.
B
Andy: I work in a bank in the City of London. I earn a lot of money and have an interesting job, but sometimes I feel really stressed. I travel to work by train, but it takes three hours every day, which is very exhausting. To forget all the stress of the day, I go running after work. Jogging is a great form of exercise. I immediately stop feeling so tense and begin to relax.
C
Waleed: I love my job as a doctor! It makes me really happy to see how patients improve, and most of them are very grateful to the hospital staff. Sometimes, though, we have to make difficult decisions about people, which can be very stressful. Stress is something all doctors have to live with. We usually have to work long hours, and sometimes I get upset if a person is very ill. When that happens, I think about all the positive things that have already happened to me that day, and it makes the situation seem a lot better.
Answers
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Pronunciation
3 Listen to the words in the box. Notice how the underlined letters are pronounced. Listen again and repeat.
subject stress stop through improve grateful |
Comprehension
4 Read the three paragraphs again and answer the following questions.
1 Complete the following table in your notebook using the information from the three paragraphs.
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Zainab |
Andy |
Waleed |
Who is this person? |
a student |
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What makes this person stressed? |
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How does this person deal with stress? |
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2 In your opinion, which way of dealing with stress is the most useful among the ones mentioned in the three paragraphs?
3 What other types of stress can you think of? How do you think they could be dealt with?
Answers
1 Zainab: a student; exams; prepares a well-organised revision timetable / gets enough sleep / goes for a walk every day in the afternoon;
Andy: an employee in a bank; his job / travelling to work; goes for a run after work;
Waleed: a doctor; working long hours / making decisions; thinks about positive things that have happened
2 Students’ own answers
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Zainab |
Andy |
Waleed |
Who is this person? |
a student |
an employee in a bank |
a doctor |
What makes this person stressed? |
exams |
his job / travelling to work |
working long hours / making decisions |
How does this person deal with stress? |
prepares a well-organised revision timetable / gets enough sleep / goes for a walk every day in the afternoon; |
goes for a run after work |
thinks about positive things that have happened |
Speaking
5 Work in pairs. How do you relax?
A: I play sports and spend time with my friends to relax.
B: I read a book and bake cakes for my family.
Answers
Students’ own answers
Vocabulary: Adjectives
6 Read the adjectives in the box. Which words have positive meanings and which ones have negative meanings?
happy grateful worried stressed tense great confident upset |
Answers
positive: happy, grateful, great, confident
negative: worried, stressed, tense, upset
Speaking
7 Read the adjectives from the box again.
When do you experience these feelings?
A: I feel tense when I have a big project.
B: I feel worried when I am late.
Suggested answers
A: I feel great when I have worked hard on a project.
B: I feel upset when I don’t remember to say ‘thank you’.
Writing
8 Write two paragraphs about two activities you and your family do together to relax.
Answers
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Module 1
Lessons 3 and 4
Activity Book page 7
Vocabulary
3 Complete the sentences with adjectives from the box. One adjective is not needed.
worried confident great grateful |
1 Mariam was upset when her best friend went to a different school.
2 I’m so __________ for my sister. She won the reading competition!
3 I’m really __________ about my dad. He’s very ill.
4 I felt very __________ on the day of the exam because I had studied very hard.
5 Jogging is a great way to stop feeling __________.
6 Patients are always __________ to hospital staff.
Answers
1 upset
2 happy
3 worried
4 confident
5 stressed
6 grateful
4 Complete the sentences with your own ideas.
1 I feel stressed when ……………………………………………………. .
2 ………………………………. helps me to relax.
3 My friend gets upset when……………………………………. .
4 I’m always grateful when people………………………………………. .
5 ……………………………….. makes me confident.
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Reading
5 Read what Nadia says about how she relaxes and answer the questions.
I am studying Civil Engineering at university. I love the course and I’ve studied hard, but my final exams begin tomorrow, and I’m very nervous. When I revise for the exams, I work long hours in the evenings, but I think it would be better if I studied more in the morning rather than late at night. Staying awake at night makes me very tired. To give myself a break from studying, I go for a run in the evenings. Doing sport makes me feel much better and less stressed. I also play the piano, which is a great way to relax. It makes me more able to concentrate when I’m studying.
1 How does Nadia feel at the moment?
She feels nervous.
2 What does she do in the evenings when she’s revising?
3 What does she do to take a break from studying?
4 What makes her feel better?
5 How else does she relax?
Answers
1 She feels nervous.
2 She works long hours in the evenings.
3 She goes for a run.
4 Doing sport makes her feel better.
5 She also plays the piano to relax.
Grammar
6 Write three sentences about the text in exercise 5 using the Second Conditional. Then, write two other sentences about you when you are studying for your exams. Use the Second Conditional.
1 If Nadia didn’t have exams, she wouldn’t feel nervous.
2 ……………………………………………….
3 ………………………………………………
4 ……………………………………………
5 ……………………………………………
Answers
1 If Nadia didn’t have exams, she wouldn’t feel nervous.
2 If Nadia studied more in the morning, she wouldn’t work long hours in the evenings.
3 If Nadia didn’t go for a run, she wouldn’t feel better and less stressed.
4 Students’ own answers
5 Students’ own answers
Module 1
Lessons 5 and 6
Student’s Book pages 10 and 11
Listening strategies
Listening for information
• Before you listen, use visual clues like pictures to predict content.
• Read the questions to help you focus on the needed information.
• While listening, focus on getting the information related to the questions.
Listening
1 You are going to listen to a patient speaking about his experience at the Lung and Sleep Centre in Amman. Look at the photographs. What is the difference between the two? What do you think happened?
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2 Listen to the patient speaking about the Lung and Sleep Centre and answer the following questions.
1 What is sleep apnea?
2 How did the Centre help this patient sleep better at night?
3 Do you know anyone who suffers from a sleeping disorder? How do you think this Centre could help them?
4 How far do you agree with this statement? ‘Sleep centres are a waste of time and people should work out their problems with insomnia.’
Audioscript
I first went to the Lung and Sleep Centre in Amman when my friend Kareem told me about it. I was suffering from a lack of sleep. I later found out that what I had was called sleep apnea. I involuntarily stopped breathing during my sleep, which woke me up all night. It also caused me to snore and many times face insomnia. Insomnia is the inability to fall asleep. I felt so uncomfortable that I used to have a hard time falling asleep at night.
The Centre helped me deal with these sleeping disorders. I went to the Lung and Sleep Centre at the beginning of the week, and by the weekend, I was ready to go back home and have a good sleep. They taught me to live healthily and exercise regularly to monitor my breathing. At the Centre, I also learnt that the position in which I sleep is important. It makes sure I am getting enough oxygen into my lungs to breathe well. Taking enough oxygen in while you sleep is important because it keeps you well rested and healthy. Since my visit to the Centre, I have been sleeping much better and feeling more energetic during the day.
Answers
1 Sleep apnea is a sleep disorder that causes you to stop breathing in your sleep.
2 It taught him to live healthily and exercise regularly to control his breathing.
3 Students’ own answers
4 Students’ own answers
Vocabulary
3 Complete the sentences with the correct words from the box. One word is not needed.
lack snores insomnia inability disorders monitored apnea |
1 I can’t sleep well because my brother …………. very loudly.
2 The doctor …………. the patient’s oxygen levels all night.
3 A ………….. of oxygen in the lungs can affect your sleep.
4 Sleep ………….. happens when there isn’t enough oxygen going into your lungs.
5 Sara went to the Centre because of her …………. to sleep.
6 I can’t sleep at night and I feel tired all day because of ………… .
Answers
1 snores
2 monitored
3 lack
4 apnea
5 inability
6 insomnia
Comprehension
4 Listen again and complete the sentences.
1 He would involuntarily stop breathing during his sleep, which …
2 Insomnia is the …
3 The Lung and Sleep Centre helped him deal …
4 Taking enough oxygen in while you sleep is important because …
Answers
1 woke him up all night.
2 inability to fall asleep.
3 with these sleeping disorders.
4 it keeps you well rested and healthy.
Quotation
Read the quotation. Do you agree with it? Why / Why not? Translate the quotation into Arabic.
Early to bed, early to rise, makes you healthy, wealthy and wise.
Benjamin Franklin, leader of US independence (1707 CE–1790 CE)
Answer
النوم مبكراً والاستيقاظ مبكراً، يكسبان الإنسان صحةً وثرؤةً وحكمةً.
Speaking
Speaking strategies
Giving advice
• Read the texts one by one and make notes or write words to remind you.
• Check your notes and make sure you understand. Consider your reply.
• Use the proper terminology, for example If I were you, I’d ...; You could …; One thing you could do is ...
5 Work in pairs. What advice would you give to the three people who have these problems?
1 “I spend all evening doing my homework, and I can’t relax before going to sleep.” (Husam)
2 “My small children often wake up at night, so I am always very tired.” (Salma)
3 “I am old and my wife is ill. I find it hard to talk to people about my problems.” (Laith)
Answers
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Reading
6 Read the text below about Husam, Salma and Laith. Is your advice from exercise 5 mentioned in the text?
How to relax
Husam spends a lot of time on his homework. His parents are worried because they think that he is studying too hard and that he’s not getting enough sleep. The problem is that Husam finds it hard to relax. Husam needs to stop work at nine o’clock each evening and read in bed so that he can relax.
Salma has two small children. They are usually awake at night, so she often feels exhausted. She needs to nap at the same time as her children, after lunch. This is how she can make her life much less tiring.
Laith is old and lonely. His wife has recently become ill, and he’s very sad. When people try to help him, he doesn’t communicate well with them. He needs to talk to someone and share his feelings so that he becomes less stressed.
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7 Read the text above again. Write sentences about the text using the Second Conditional.
If Husam got enough sleep, he would be able to relax.
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Listening
8 Listen and complete the diary entry. Do you think a diary is usually written in a formal or an informal style?
Audioscript 6th July; 5.30 pm
We had an exam at school yesterday, so I felt very stressed in the morning. In fact, I was terrified! None of my friends believed that I was nervous because they said that I looked so relaxed. I think that was because I’d done so much revision by the time the exam started – I knew everything! So actually, I feel quite confident about my results.
Answers
1 stressed
2 terrified
3 nervous
4 relaxed
5 confident
Speaking
9 Write some notes about something that happened to you yesterday. Tell your partner.
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Writing
10 Write a diary entry about what happened yesterday. Use the diary entry above as a model. Then share your work with the class.
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Module 1
Lessons 5 and 6
Activity Book pages 8 and 9
Reading
7 Read the following text about sleeping difficulties. Match the headings with the paragraphs. You do not need one of the headings.
1 How can insomnia be treated?
2 What effects does insomnia have?
3 What are the causes of insomnia?
4 What is insomnia?
A ..........................
Many people around the world (1) ………… suffer from insomnia. For many, the problem is getting to sleep; others have no difficulty falling asleep, but they then (2)…………… in the early hours and cannot get back to sleep.
B......................
The most common cause of insomnia is (3)………….. . Other common causes include illness, caffeine intake and noise. Insomnia is more common in older people.
C.....................
It is important to treat the causes of insomnia instead of using medicine. If you suffer from insomnia, you need to deal with the issues and anxieties that (4)………….. you stressed. You need to establish a set routine, so that you regularly (5)……….. and get up at the same time. Recent research (6)…………. that taking a bath can help you go to sleep. Also, doing more exercise during the day and having a warm milky drink before bed (7)…………… help you relax, too.
Answers
A 4
B 3
C 1
8 Read the text again. Use the words in the box to complete the text. One word is not needed.
has shown wake up suffer apnea are making go to bed can stress |
Answers
1 suffer
2 wake up
3 stress
4 are making
5 go to bed
6 has shown
7 can
Grammar
9 Complete the following sentences with a defining or non-defining relative clause. Remember to add commas where necessary.
1 People who……………… suffer from insomnia.
2 Besides stress, insomnia can be caused by many factors which ……………….
Answers
Suggested answers:
1 People who find it difficult to fall asleep suffer from insomnia.
2 Besides stress, insomnia can be caused by many factors, which include illness, caffeine intake and noise.
10 Write two sentences suggesting ways to treat insomnia. Use the ideas from the text in exercise 7 or your own ideas. Start your sentences with expressions like How about, What about and Why don’t you.
1…………………………….
2…………………………….
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Writing: A night-time story
11 Write about a dream you have had.
1 Think about the setting of your dream. Is it a real or imaginary place? What can you hear, see and smell? Note down some descriptive adjectives. You can use these ideas:
• the biggest
• the most unusual
• the most wonderful
• the most beautiful
• the ugliest
• really frightening
2 What people, animals and/or objects are in your dream? Make notes about their appearance and characteristics. Do you appear in the dream?
3 What happens in the dream? Use adverbs and linking words:
• Suddenly
• To my surprise
• First / Next
• Then
• In the end / At last / Finally
12 Now write your dream.
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13 Give your dream a title. Read it to the class. Which is the nicest dream? Which is the scariest?
Page 9, exercises
11–13 Students’ own answers