Unit 10

Your Free Time

OBJECTIVES:

Explain the benefits of leisure activities

Describe Hobbies and other interests
Compare your use of leisure time
Discuss the risk-taking personality

Introduction
Does technology always live up to its promises?

Cars were supposed to make it easy to get away from it all.

Television was supposed to bring families closer for quality time together.
New household appliances were supposed to increase free time and cut
back on time spent doing chores.

But the reality is that none of these promises made by the inventors
have really happened.

In your opinion, what technological advances do save us time?

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Sound Bites
How do you spend your time?

This job is really getting to me!

Are you kidding?

You would benefit from taking some time off (Rest and Relaxation)

I can catch up on my work.

I have too much work to do.

A little Rand R would do you some good.

You cant be serious

Im up to my ears with paper work.

This job is creating a lot of stress for me

I can get ahead with my work

You need to just take it easy.

You nee to take a break and relax

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Conversation Snapshot: Collocations

Play Games

Play chess
Play video games
Play Ping-Pong

Do Fitness activities

Do karate
Do aerobics
Do yoga

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Do handcraft

Do embroidery
Do wood carving
Crotchet

Have hobbies

Raise rabbits
Restore antiques
Collect coins

Word Skill: Adverbs

Use an adverb to modify a verb or adjective. Many

adverbs are formed by adding ly to an adjective:

Creative

Creatively

Emotional

Emotionally

Financial

Financially

Intellectual

Intellectually

Physical

Physically

Social

Socially

Spiritual

Spiritually

Karate challenges you physically.

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Grammar Snapshot: Order of Modifiers

When using more than one modifier (adjectives,

determiners etc.) you must keep this order:

1st Determiners (articles /pronouns): a, an, the, this, my, etc.)
2nd Ordinals: First, second, twentieth etc.
3rd Quantifiers: one, a few, some, many.
4th Adjectives: Small, back, big etc.
5th Nouns (student, door, book, etc.)
My first few beautiful, antique, Italian, crystal, wood tables.
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Order of Adjectives
When using adjectives before the noun, follow this order:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

Size (small, big)

Opinion (pretty, stupid)
Age (old, young)
Shape (round, square)
Color (black, red)
Origin (American, Chinese)
Material (leather, silk)

A beautiful miniature vase /A small fragile cup

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Reading: Is Technology Killing Time?

Read the article on your summit book and answer

the chart:
Promise

Reality

Whats the authors main point about technology

today?
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Vocabulary: Ways to Talk About Fear

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I cant wait to
go hang
gliding

I wouldnt dare
go hang gliding

Skydiving
doesnt scare
me a bit

Skydiving scares
the life out of
me

Theres
nothing like
surfing

Theres no a
chance I would
go surfing

I cant get
enough of
white-water
rafting

You wouldnt
catch me whitewater rafting

Bungee
jumping is no
sweat

Youd have to be
out of your
mind to go
bungee jumping

Writing: Comment On Anothers Point Of View

When you write
to critique or
comment on
anothers spoken
or written ideas,
present your
reasons logically,
using connecting
words to give
reasons and to
sequence your
ideas:
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Because
This is why
Since
On account of
First of all
I also
In addition
Finally