2 People are people（二单元）

2.a:what; that

b:2 … what he told me. 3 … him seem rude is that he never says ‘please’ or ‘thank you’. 4 … you should remember is that everyone makes mistakes. 5 … I find really annoying is that he never stops talking.

OPTIONAL ACTIVITY

1c 2b 3a

3.a:1 Sophie, 2Charlie, 3Waseem, 5Iago, 10Brittany, 11Chelsea 13Stephan

b:1 sympathetic 2smug 3shallow 4 careless 5witty 6pushy 7scatty

6.b:B C A D

d:1 Practical jokes, e.g. the walnut jokes. 2 An almond, a toy car and a note. 3 Jack’s maths teacher. 4 A wireless mouse. 5 He was confused, then he found it very

funny. 6 She hates it. 7 She left a note on his windscreen saying that his car had been damaged. 8 He said it was very educational – every time someone switched it on, he went into another room to read a book. 9 That if a man says he is honest, he is a liar.

7.a:2 playing 3playing 4to move 5going

b:a gerund, an infinitive; a gerund; an infinitive

c:1a= I stopped doing something else in order to drink my coffee.

1b= I was drinking my coffee and then I stopped doing it.

2a= I bought the book in the past – I remember that I did this.

2b= I remembered what I had to do, so I bought the book (I didn’t forget).

d:different

e:1 B 2A 3C 4D

gerund, infinitive

f:2 to help 3 to invite 4 seeing 5 surfing 6 to talk 7 being 8going 9 to phone 10 to give

8.a:Nick and Amy are fighting because Nick says Amy’s backpack is in the way. Jack thinks they should sort it out and make friends again. Lily thinks they are both being a pain.

b:1 F (She always leaves it on the floor.) 2 T 3 T 4 T 5 F (He wants them to reach an agreement about the argument.)

9.a:1 Nick 2 Lily 3 Nick 4 Amy 5 Jack 6 Jack

a3 b6 c1 d5 e2 f4

b:1 Mind out 2 I’d have thought 3 don’t look at me 4 and so on 5 No chance 6 can do

without

11.b:1c 2e 3d 4a 5b

c:The others think that Nick is out of order. Although he compliments Lily on her interview with the principal, he then says it’s thanks to him that the show went well.

12.a:personality: disorganised, cheerful, honest, lazy

appearance: smart, tall, handsome, wavy, plump, slim, scruffy

c:first paragraph: a general description of the party

second paragraph: basic facts about Harry

third paragraph: Harry’s appearance

fourth paragraph: Harry’s personality

d:He’s average height. His nose is quite small.

f:He said loads of nice things about Olivia. He listened to her problems and he gave her some good advice.

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1.Grammar

a: 2 My friend, who wants to become a psychologist, loves helping people. 3 This is the book that our teacher was talking about. 4 Many experts will attend the conference

where new theories will be presented. 5 Our neighbour, whose daughter lives in

Portsmouth, is going to the UK soon.

b:2 What makes him seem friendly is that he’s always singing. 3 What you should remember is that noone is perfect. 4 What I find really annoying is that Paul always interrupts when I speak. 5 What I’ll never forget is that she gave me a really nice smile.

c:c 2 phoning 3 to have 4 apologising/to apologise 5 to invite

2. Vocabulary

a: 2 a 3 f 4 e 5 b 6 c

b: 1 sympathetic 2 smug 3 careless 4 charming 5 witty The mystery word is ‘pushy’.

How did you do? 

Students work out their scores. Check how they have done and follow up any problem areas with revision work.