TALK THE MUSIC! VOCABULARY e) Politics bores many people _ Underline the words that describe how someone feels amazing boring delighted puzzled embarrassing excited frightened surprised Complete the sentences below with words from the list a) Discussions about the weather are extremely boring b) I find talking about money problems with strangers very _ c) She was quite when her car broke down on a country road at midnight d) He was _ to see us because he hadn’t received our message e) Some of the new medical techniques are really _! f) I was to hear about your wedding plans Rewrite the sentences with adjectives ending in –ing a) Stories of the supernatural fascinate me Stories of the supernatural are fascinating READING Read the passages A to G and decide which question they all answer a) How you like to spend your evenings? b) What are your favorite conversation topics? c) What topics you avoid discussing? Underline the adjectives in the passages which describe how people feel about these topics of conversation local politics personal relationships travel football What adjectives describe these topics? food world news money music _interesting b) Opera doesn’t interest me at all _ c) Rock music excites people of all ages _ d) Watching television relaxes me _ Which passage(s) is/are closes to your ideas? Write down adjectives you would choose to describe the topics in activity and A Well, we talk about all sorts of things, but we usually end the evening discussing local politics Most of us are interested in the community, so there’s always plenty of talk about Some people even get a little mad, but we never have serious arguments Harry C We keep away from religion and politics If you want to create a friendly atmosphere and help people feel relaxed, there are many other things which are more likely to interest everybody Travel, for instance, is a good icebreaker Rick E Our conversation are usually about daily life and people we meet We don’t talk about the world news because it is so depressing Money is another subject we avoid because it can be embarrassing Linda G We are all crazy about jazz The music scene is really exciting because there are so many exciting new bands around today so we never get bored with it We don’t talk about much else really Except sometimes our personal relationships – boyfriends, that sort of thing Eva B Lots of different things We try to avoid talking about personal relationships Most people get embarrassed if the conversation becomes too personal, so we tend to keep it on a general level Alan D Well, we seem to spend a lot of time talking about food It’s something that we all enjoy It’s one of those universal topics that most people find interesting Mary F Football is a favorite subject since most of us are really into it We get very excited when there is an important game on People who don’t know us well are often very surprised to hear us arguing They don’t realize that it is just good fun Chris GRAMMAR Complete the sentences with a question tag a) Well, we aren’t doing very well, _are we? b) You are sure she’s coming, c) You like staying up late, _ d) It’s not them again, e) You don’t really expect me to agree with that, _ f) Today is Monday, _ WRITING Write a short paragraph in answer to one of the questions in Reading activity Agree or disagree with the following statements If you disagree, write sentences expressing your opinions a) Jazz is the most relaxing form of music b) Modern rock music is really noisy and boring c) Only old people like opera because they can’t understand pop music d) There are no interesting music forms today e) Music that is violent and racist should be banned