Students Book

5 Pronunciation
/n/ thin and /ŋ/ thing
CD3 T20 and T21
Turn to page 111.
violet
rock rose
6 Listen
a
CD3 T22 Listen to Dan and Joanna talking about flower
remedies. Match the flowers 1–6 with the problems a–f.
1 heather a feeling like there’s no hope for the future
2 honeysuckle b feeling very frightened all the time
3 rock rose c always living in the past, feeling nostalgic
4 violet d being very self-centred
5 gorse e feeling exhausted a lot of the time
6 olive f often feeling proud of yourself
gorse
olive
b
CD3 T22 Listen again and mark the statements T (true)
or F (false). Correct the false statements.
1 Dan is taking medicine because he’s very tired.
2 Dan doesn’t believe in flower remedies.
3 Flower remedies are more for curing the mind than the body.
4 You take a flower remedy by adding drops of water to it.
5 There are more than 40 flower remedies.
honeysuckle
7 Vocabulary
Feelings
a Match the adjectives 1–6 with the definitions a–f.
1 panicky a not paying attention
2 homesick b thinking a lot about the past and imagining that it was better than the present
3 inattentive c worried or frightened
4 absent-minded d wishing you were at home
5 over-anxious e tending to forget things because you are thinking about other things
6 nostalgic f too worried about something
b Complete the sentences with adjectives from Exercise 7a.
1 He was so that he didn’t notice that he’d left his umbrella on the bus.
2 When I travel, if I get a bit , I just phone home. It’s so easy these days.
3 Her children make a lot of noise in the garden, but she doesn’t notice. She’s completely .
4 My parents are always talking about when they were young – they’re so about the past.
Vocabulary bank Turn to page 117.
8 Speak
a Work with a partner. Discuss the questions.
1 What do you think about flower remedies? Do you think they work?
2 Can you think of two friends or members of your family who have problems? How do they feel?
3 Which flower remedies do you think might help?
b Now discuss your ideas with another pair.
heather
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