general, with work projects and with relationships. This will change your life because it will help you to simplify. Now, the next habit may sound strange. It’s
kindness. Yes, kindness is a habit and it can be cultivated. Focus on it every day for a month and you’ll see profound changes in your life. You’ll feel better about yourself as a person. You’ll see a change in the way people react to you. How do you develop a habit like this? First, make it a goal to do something kind each day. At the beginning of the day, figure out what your kind act will be and then do it. Then, each time you interact with someone, try to be friendly and compassionate. Finally, try to go beyond small kindnesses to bigger acts of compassion – volunteering to help those in need and taking the initiative to relieve suffering. And finally, daily routine. It’s so simple, but
creating a daily routine for yourself can make a big difference in your life. The best routines, I’ve found, come at the start and end of the day – both your workday and your day in general. That means, develop a routine for when you wake up, when you start work, when you finish your work and at the end of your evening. How will that change your life? It will help you have a great start to your day and finish your day by preparing for the next. It’ll help you focus on what’s important, not just what comes up. It’ll help you make sure you get done all the things you want to get done. And that can mean a lot. Now, I’m going to go on to talk about how each habit can be …
009 Workbook Unit 1 Listening
A Listen to four extracts and write the number of each against the topic. There are two topics you will not hear about. Extract 1 Voice: It could be that your life has changed and that when you first went into the line you’re in, your situation was very different from what it is today. You may, for example, have been single then and now have a family. The crazy schedule or the frequent travel may not suit your new lifestyle. In this case, you should look for something more ‘family friendly’.
Extract 2 Voice: Some people would say it’s so they can live together, but many couples already do this without tying the knot. Having children might be a good reason, but again it can happen outside wedlock. Many couples claim that it’s all about commitment and making things official, but that doesn’t sound very romantic. Are these people just trying make it harder to walk away when the going gets tough? No – I think there’s only one reason and that it’s all about divinity. Couples must feel that something bigger than the two of them is bringing them together.
Extract 3 Voice: Most importantly it allows you to get your priorities right. Nobody on his or her deathbed ever said, ‘I wish I could have spent more time in the office.’ Life goes whizzing by, and we are usually so busy worrying about what’s ahead that we have no time to enjoy what’s here now. Wouldn’t you love to have the time to do what you want to do, when you want to do it and say goodbye to the tyrannical boss that says you can’t?
Extract 4 Voice: My husband and I decided long ago that we were perfectly happy with our lives, and that we just didn’t need the burden of parenthood. I remember watching a documentary about a couple in the southern states of the US or somewhere – they had 16 children. We just looked at each other and didn’t need to say a word.
010 Workbook Unit 1 Listening
C Listen again as you read the tapescript. [Play
009 again]
011 Unit 2 Vocabulary 1
Pronunciation check Listen and mark where the stress falls in these related word pairs. 1 biology / biological 2 character / characteristics 3 parent / parental
Listen again and notice how the syllables that are not stressed are often produced as weak forms.
012
Unit 2 Speaking 2
C Before you start talking, listen to two students talking to the examiner. Which student do you think performs better? Why? Speaker 1 Student: Can I just check something? Examiner: Yes, of course. Student: I know look like is about physical characteristics. Is take after more about personality and habits?
Examiner: Yes, that’s right. Student: OK – and your upbringing is how you are educated?
Examiner: Mm, not really educated – more about how your parents treat you and show you how to live.
Student: Yes, I understand. Examiner: OK, are you ready, then? Student: Yes, I want to talk about my friend Ivana. She looks like her mother – she has her eyes and her smile. They are both very pretty. I think so anyway.
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