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11.3
UNDERSTANDING CULTURES
LISTENING
1
You are going to listen to two people talking about
mistakes they made while visiting Spain and Turkey.
What do you know about the culture and people of
these two countries?
2
11.3
Listen to the two people talking. What
mistakes did they make?
3
Listen again and complete the sentences.
1
My wife
there by
dolmus
.
2
I
the money and
it to him.
3
He
not to get on his bus again. I
by
dolmus
…
4
I’d
the orientation programme because I’d
been to Malaga …
5
… my hosts had
me up at nine o’clock and
that I’d
them …
6
They
lots of different dishes.
7
They nearly fell off their chairs laughing and
forget about eating any more food.
4
Work with a partner and discuss the questions.
1
Have you ever made any cultural mistakes?
What were they?
2
What mistakes do visitors to Bahrain
sometimes make?
GRAMMAR
REPORTING VERBS
5
Look at the verbs you wrote in Exercise 3 and add
them to the table.
verb +
to
+ infinitive
offer
,
promise
verb + object +
to
+
infinitive
invite
,
advise
verb +
-ing
form
consider
,
deny
verb + preposition +
-ing
form
talk about
,
agree on
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Language reference and extra practice, pages 126–149
6
We often use verbs like the ones in the table to
report speech. Report the bold parts of the sentences,
using some of the verbs from the table.
1 She encouraged me to study my heritage.
1
‘
You should study your heritage
.’
2
‘Yes, I think
I did sound a bit rude
.’
3
‘
We really must treat everyone equally
. It’s really
important.’
4
‘
You really should think about it for a few more
days
.’ ‘OK, I will.’
5
‘
Don’t come into my shop again
! I’ll phone the
police next time!’
6
‘
I shouldn’t have left university early
. It was a
stupid move.’
7
‘I haven’t done anything wrong.
I’m not going
to resign
.’
8
‘
I’m sorry I was so late
.’
7
a
In groups of three, look at your prompts and make
sentences.
Student A:
turn to page 156.
Student B:
turn to page 159.
Student C:
turn to page 162.
7
b
Now say and report your sentences. Student
A reads a sentence to Student B, who reports it to
Student C. Then change roles.
A:
I’ll take notes and photocopy them for you.
B:
Henri offered to take notes and photocopy them for me.
<P11.3.1>
Spain photo
•
A group at a table in a Spanish restaurant (could be
outside), obviously at night, table laden with food.
See original edition, page 116.
<P11.3.2>
Turkey photos
•
Photo of a dolmus (Turkish minibus-taxi) with a
group of people getting into it or out of it, including two or three
British / Americans
See original edition, page 116.
