Unit 2

What’s your cell

phone number?
• Asking for address
• Asking for telephone numbers
• Writing an informal business e-mail
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Joe: I’d love to. What’s your address?

Renata: It’s 22, Palm Street, apartament 37.
FIRST MOVE Joe: And what’s your cell phone number? In case I get lost.
Renata: It’s 234-3756.
1. Match the two columns. Joe: Ok. Oh, what time is the party?
Renata: Any time after nine.
1. marital status a. 998-8976 Joe: Alright. See you later.
2. week days b. Saturday and Sunday Renata: See you!
3. cell-phone number c. 45, Oxford Street
4. weekend d. married, single or divorced 2. Discuss these sentences with another student. Are they true or false?
5. address e. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday, Friday a) The jacket is in Joe’s locker.
b) Renata lives in a house.
2. What’s your favorite day of the week? Why? c) Renata does not have a phone.
d) The birthday party is in the afternoon.

Presentation GRAMMAR
Let’s celebrate! 1. Study the questions and answers in the box.

Questions Answers

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How old are you? I’m nineteen.
What’s your phone number? It’s 234-9889.
What’s your address? It’s 234 Portland Street.
What time is the party? It’s at 8 pm.
Where’s your jacket? It’s in my car.

2. Practice the conversations. Use who, what, what time, how old or where.

a) A: _ ✍ are the car keys?

B: They’re in the office.

✍
b) A: _ ’s your phone number?
1. Renata and Joe are having a snack at the school cafeteria. Listen to their B: It’s 989-6745.
conversation.
c) A: _ ✍ is your address?
Renata: It’s really cold today. I’m freezing! B: It’s 234 Convent Road, apartment 3-B.
Joe: I have an extra jacket you can wear.
Renata: Where is it? d) A: _ ✍ is your Spanish class?
Joe: In my locker. I’ll get it for you later. B: It’s at 3 o’clock.
Renata: Thanks! By the way, it’s my birthday today.
Joe: Really? How old are you? e) A: _ ✍ is your sister?
Renata: I’m eighteen. Can you come to my party tonight? B: She’s 30.

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3. Read the information about Peter Birch. VOCABULARY

name: Peter Birch The family

age: 35
1. Study Bill’s family tree.
occupation: doctor
address: 230 Palm Road, apartment 34
Grandfather Grandmother Grandfather Grandmother
marital status: single

4. Look at the questions and answers about him.

A: What is Peter’s occupation?

B: He is a doctor.
Uncle Mother Father Aunt
A: What’s his address?
B: It’s 230 Palm Road, apartment 34.

A: How old is he?

B: He is 35 years old.
Brother Sister
A: Is he married?
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5. Now look at the information about Helen and Mark 2. Complete the sentences. Write the answers in your notebook.
a) Marisa is Bill’s mother. Her brother is Bill’s _ . ✍
b) Linda is Marisa’s mother. Linda is Bill’s _ . ✍

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name: Mark Stewart name: Helen Biggs
✍
c) Jack is Bill’s father. Jack’s sister is Bill’s _ .
age: 29 age: 45 ✍
d) Julia is Jack and Marisa’s daughter. She is Bill’s _ .
occupation: web designer occupation: teacher
address: 389, Pecan Street address: 100, Jackson Avenue
CONVERSATION
marital status: married marital status: divorced

1. Draw your own family tree. Include brothers, sisters, father, mother,
6. Pair-work. Ask and answer questions about Mark and Helen. uncle, aunt, grandmother and grandfather.
Student A
Follow the model: Look at Student’s B’s family tree.
Student A Ask questions about one of his / her family members.
What is Mark’s occupation? Student B
What’s his address? Answer the questions.
How old is he?
Is he married? Have conversations like this:
A: What’s your uncle’s name? A: What’s his address?
Student B B: His name is … B: It’s …
What is Helen’s occupation? A: What’s his occupation? A: Is he married?
What’s her address? B: He’s a … B: Yes, he … / No, he is single/divorced.
How old is she? A: How old is he?
Is she married? B: He’s …

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Step 1: Choose your company’s name.

READING Suggestions: BMC Coorporate; St. Godin; Baker&Brothers Limited

1. Read the following e-mail message between two colleagues who work Step 2: Choose the headquarters’ city:
for CPV Industries. Suggestions: London; Paris; Buenos Aires

Step 3: Choose a hotel in this city.

Suggestions: Grosvenor House Hotel (London); Hotel Marignan
Champs Elysees (Paris); Intercontinental Hotel (Buenos Aires)

Step 4: Choose the hotel address.

Suggestions: 923 Buckingham Palace Road (Grosvenor House);
12 Rue De Marignan, 08 (Marignan Champs Elysees); 809 Moreno
St (Intercontinental)

Step 5: D
 ecide on the time and the day of the week of the first meeting.

Step 6: Inform your cell phone number.

Hi Jim,
Step 7: U
 se the following model to write your e-mail. Use your notebook.
How are things in Brazil? Is your passport ready yet?
Singapore’s just fabulous. I’m at the Sheraton Hotel, at 456
Cosmos Road. It’s just one block from CPV’s headquarters. Our
first meeting is at 9:00 am on Tuesday.
Call me when you get here. I’ll meet you at the airport. My cell
phone number is 398-7878.
Have a great trip,
Larry

2. Read the e-mail again, and discuss the questions with another student.
a) Where is Larry now?
Hi _ ✍
How are things in _✍? _✍ just fabulous. I’m at the _✍ Hotel,
b) Where is Jim now?
at _✍ Street. It’s just one block from _✍’s headquarters.
c) What’s the name of the hotel?
d) What’s its address? Our first meeting is at _✍ on _✍. Call me when you get here.
e) Is it near or far from CPV’s headquarters? I’ll meet you at the airport. My cell phone number is _✍.
f) What time is their first meeting in Singapore? Have a nice trip,
g) What’s Larry’s cell phone number? _ ✍
WRITING

You are visiting the headquarters of your company. Write an e-mail to a

co-worker who is in Brazil. Follow the steps:

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LISTENING AND PRONOUNCING • Hotel • Museum • Restaurant • Supermarket

• Library • Park • School • Theater
The vowel sound schwa • Mall • Post Office • Station • Travel agency
The vowel sound in the word “up” is the most frequent vowel sound in American
English. It is called the schwa sound.

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1. Look at the words in the box. Which of these words are pronounced
with the schwa sound?

just good

come too

but own

play put

car us

2. Look at the pictures below and identify the places in exercise 1.

2. Listen to the sentences (a-f). Which of the words in italics are pronounced
with a schwa sound?

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a) Nice to meet you. A B
b) Are you a new student?
c) It was you, not me.
d) I’ve got you.
e) He’s ready to go
f) Is it your notebook?

3. Read and listen to the phrase below produced by Dr. Thomas Eugene

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Lovejoy III (Roda Viva n. 1494). As you listen to it, follow the intonation C D
contour (on top), which corresponds to the rising and falling of the voice.
The schwa sound appears in five of these words. Which ones?

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E F
Say, up until fifteen years ago.

VOCABULARY EXPANSION

Places
1. Listen to your teacher and repeat the words.
• Airport • Book store • Cinema • Drugstore
• Bakery • Church • Club • Hospital 3. Which of these places do you usually go to?

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