Special Topic: Complaining (It's too easy! It's too hard! It's not exactly what I want!) What’s Your Pet Peeve ? PEEVE \'pev\ n 1: an annoyance : a mood of resentment : a distinctive complaint : annoyance, irritation, nuisance, irritant, bother, aggravation Here are a few different kinds of Pet Peeves: Traffic Peeves : Tailgaters Why so many people have to tailgate, leaving only a hair's length between your car and theirs, no matter what lane you're in and no matter how fast you're going? Workplace Irritations: When people change the settings on the copy machine and don't change it back to normal Social Transgressions: People who let you embarrass yourself and don't tell you For example, when your zipper is undone or you're trailing toilet paper on your shoe and people think they're being polite by not saying anything Product and Packaging Stupidity: Opening a big box of cookies to find smaller boxes inside and then even smaller boxes inside those boxes Language Use and Abuse: Overused Slang/Language “What did you on the weekend?” “Nothing special, I took a rest.” Internet Irritants: Dead Links/Webpages All those 404 File Not Found errors 1) Questions - Ask and answer these questions with your partner What's this article about? Do you have any of the pet peeves mentioned in the article? Which? Why does it bother you? Can you think of more pet peeves for each category? Use the chart to help: Traffic/Drivin g Work Social/Friends Products/Food What is your biggest pet peeve? Why does it bother you so much? Language Internet/Tech Special Topic: Complaining (It's too easy! It's too hard! It's not exactly what I want!) What’s Your Pet Peeve ? PEEVE \'pev\ n 1: an annoyance : a mood of resentment : a distinctive complaint : annoyance, irritation, nuisance, irritant, bother, aggravation Here are a few different kinds of Pet Peeves: Traffic Peeves : _ Why so many people have to tailgate, leaving only a _ between your car and theirs, no matter what lane you're in and no matter how fast you're going? Workplace Irritations: When people change the on the copy machine and don't change it back to normal Social Transgressions: People who let you _ yourself and don't tell you For example, when your is undone or you're toilet paper on your shoe and people think they're being _ by not saying anything Product and Packaging Stupidity: Opening a big box of to find smaller boxes inside and then boxes inside those boxes Language Use and Abuse: Overused Slang/Language “What did you on the weekend?” “ .” Internet Irritants: Dead Links/Webpages All those File Not Found 1) Questions - Ask and answer these questions with your partner What's this article about? Do you have any of the pet peeves mentioned in the article? Which? Why does it bother you? Can you think of more pet peeves for each category? Use the chart to help: Traffic/Drivin g Work Social/Friends Products/Food What is your biggest pet peeve? Why does it bother you so much? Language Internet/Tech 2) I just hate it when - Complain with your partner about these places -What are some things you can never find at these places? Never do? Never see? Etc -What are some of the inconveniences and annoying things that happen at these places? -Who can you complain to about the problem? Would it help? (at) the beach (at) the swimming pool (on) the street (at) a restaurant (at) the supermarket (in) an airplane (at) home (at) a movie theater 3) Role-play! Choose one situation with your partner and write a short, interesting, and creative role-play A The item you ordered on the internet looks nothing like the picture Call customer service and complain B You just bought a new car and you've gotten flat tires in days Go to the car dealership and complain C You are on a package tour Your tour guide isn't doing a very good job, he's not taking you to the places you want to see, and he isn't giving you any free time Complain to him or his boss D Your husband/wife/boyfriend/girlfriend is so lazy Complain to a friend and ask for advice Useful Language: I’m afraid I have to make a serious complaint There seems to be something wrong with I can’t tell you how sorry I am I’m so sorry, I didn’t realize I wish it never happened Well, I’m afraid there isn’t much we can about it I'm not satisfied with 4) It's all your fault! The class will be divided into teams, Team A and Team B You think the other team is to blame for the problems Accuse the other team Make excuses to defend your team Useful language: Look what you've done! I'm not to blame because _ / It's not my fault because _ I had nothing to with that, it was you! 1) Burning mother's birthday cake 2) Running out of gas in the middle of nowhere 3) Causing a violent bar fight