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1Intermediate Salon Preparation Sheet
Intermediate Salon List:
1.
Finding the Truth.
2. TV
Adverts.
3. What Makes A
Friend?
4. Information Sharing.
5. A Foreign Delegation.
6. Callers and
Receptionists.
7. The
Passive Voice.
8.
Speculating.
9. Stereo
Types.
10. What Have You Done?
11. Answering questions well.
12. Then and Now.
13.
Consequences.
14. Points of
View.
15. The Art of Persuasion.
16. Functions Swap.
17. Quick Thinking.
18. Asking Questions.
19. Staying Heathy.
20.
Showing Interest.
21. The World of
Work.
22. Summarizing And
Reporting Back.
23. Life
Changes.
24. Similar or Different?
25. Talking about Role Models.
26. Pronunciation and Intonation.
27. The Survival Game.
28.
What‘s in
the Papers?
29. A dangerous
world
30. Figurative
Language.
31.
It‘s a
Mystery.
32. Parents and
Families.
33. The Future Could be
Bright.
34. A Victim Of Crime.
titions, Luck and Horoscopes
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Salon 1
Review these words
and phrases:
Morals
ethics
interrogation
interrogative
dilemma
historical
Pilot
drug dealer
Michelangelo
Beethoven
Soldier
Politician
Exercises
Define the
following words:
Lie
White
lie
Moral Dilemma
Provide an example of each; for
example:
Lie
–
I asked her if she did her
homework and she said yes; however, her teacher
told me she did not do it.
She told me
a lie!
2. White
Lie
3. Moral Dilemma
Interrogation
In an
interrogation, people ask questions to determine
the truth. For example:
Last night I saw a move.
What movie did you see?
When
did the movie begin?
Who was in the
movie?
Where was the movie theatre?
How much was the movie ticket?
Please make five questions
for the following statement.
e.g. Last night we stayed at home.
Salon 2
Discuss the
following questions with a friend:
What
does the word image mean?
Why is image important to us?
Which companies have the best image?
Why?
Who is your
favourite spokesperson?
Why?
Write 10
sentences describing your favourite TV ad.
Include information about
the main idea, why you
like it, and
what you see and hear while watching it.
Salon 3
Review
these words and phrases:
Confidenttrustworthy
outgoing
timid
punctual
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Inquisitive
athletic
ambitious
r
eserved
well off
Creative
free spirit intelligent
social background
Describe
yourself.
Use
10
adjectives
to
describe
yourself
and
state
why
or
show
that
it
is
true
in
your
response.
Examples:
I am
not very athletic because I rarely play sports.
I am very confident. I always feel that
I will do well.
I am not
outgoing. I am really shy around strangers.
10 Self Descriptions
Salon 4
Review these words
and phrases:
Slip
biscuit
board of
directors
typist
marital status
tortoise
Musical
instrument
thriller
canary
bachelor
whiskey
owner
Exercises
We can
often use stem sentences to complete make many
possibilities. For example:
The people who work: at McDonald‘s are
tired of eating hamburgers.
in the street
often get dirty.
at the bank like to see all
the money.
Think of some
examples.
I always seem to be _________
________________________________________________.
___________________________
______________________________.
_______________
__________________________________________.
A beach holiday
can ______________________________________________
___________.
_______________
__________________________________________.
___
__________________________________________________
____.
3.
Cleaning
your
_______________
__________________________________________.
______________________
___________________________________.
<
/p>
________________________________________
_________________.
4.
The cheapest
way to
______________________________________________
___________.
_______________
__________________________________________.
_________________________________________
__ ______________.
5.
Some people
think
________
_________________________________________________.
___________________________
______________________________.
___________________________
______________________________.
Salon 5
Discuss
with a friend:
Where is good to visit
in your city?
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How can you get a realistic
picture of a new city?
How
can you really understand what it is like to live
there?
What is important
when you are hosting guests to your city?
Have you ever been to another
city/country?
How
comfortable were you?
What
made you more or less
comfortable?
Make a list of 10 places
you would take an official delegate to visit in
your city.
Salon 6
Review
these words and phrases:
Receptionist
clarity
control
extension
formal
informal
Put through
hold on
take a message
request
contact
On fire
mechanic
manager
toothache
hairdresser
Making requests on the
telephone
When speaking on the
telephone, it is best to be direct and to the
point. Do not explain your whole story or
give lots of background information.
Simply state your name and your purpose (My name
is Tom and I want
to buy two tickets to
Wuxi on Saturday). Any extra information just
wastes everyone‘s time.
Practice giving the pertinent
information for the following situations:
You
are
in
a
restaurant
and
you
see
two
men
beating
an
old
man
in
the
alley
across
the
street.
What
information do you need to give the
police? Use your imagination…
Name
Location
Crime
Number of
Perpetrators
Description of
Perpetrators
Number of Victims
Description of Victim
Urgency
You wish
to book a hotel in Sanya for you and your family
for the first week in March. What information do
you need to ask the hotel?
Name
Date of Stay
Length of Stay
Number of Rooms
Size of
Rooms
Room Location (on the beach?)
Special Considerations
Salon
7
―Shakespeare wrote ?Romeo &
Juliet‘‖
―‘Romeo & Juliet‘
was written by Shakespeare‖
The second sentence uses the ?passive
voice‘. Why do we often use the passive
voice?
Change
the following ?active‘ sentences into ?passive‘
ones:
David
cooked dinner.
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The mechanic fixed my
car.
They built the church
in 1380.
The driver picked
me up at the airport.
A
Policeman helped him.
Salon
8
Think of some inventions made in the
last 100 years. What are they and which do you
think are the most
important?
Salon 9
Review
these words and phrases:
punctual
tolerant
romantic
respectful
hard-
working
emotional
outgoing
nationalistic
well-dressed
humorous
lazy
sophisticated
hospitable
talkative
sociable
serious
quiet
formal
aggressive
polite
rude
arrogant
ignorant
casual
People often use adjectives to describe
characteristics of certain groups.
The diplomat is a very formal woman.
He is a very serious professor.
The tv game show host is a sociable
man.
Use ten of the
adjectives in the list above to describe different
groups of people and WHY it is true. For
example: The librarian is a quiet man,
he rarely talks at work.
Salon 10
Review these words and
phrases:
Present perfect
simple
continuous active
passive
jumble
sensible
Annoy
overwork fancy
traditional
bring up
cardinal
Exercises
We use the following to discuss
activities we started in the past and continue to
do today:
I‘ve been
[ACTIVITY
- ing verb ending] since
[APPROXIMATE DATE]
I‘ve
been exercising three times a
week
since the spring of 2003.
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I‘ve been living with
my husband since we were married in
2001.
Write two
sentences using the model, and answer the
following questions:
1. ___
__________________________________________________
______________________.
Why
do you do it?
What is an advantage?
What is a disadvantage?
2. ____________________________________
_______________________________________.
Why do you do it?
What is an advantage?
What
is a disadvantage?
We use
the following to discuss an activity we often did
before but do not do now:
I was
[ACTIVTY
–
ing] between
[DATE] and [DATE].
I was studying in
university between 1998 and 2001.
I was
working in a restaurant between June and
September.
Write one
sentence using the model, and answer the following
questions:
____________________________
_______________________________________________.
Why did you stop this activity?
Do you want to do it again?
Salon 11
Compare
the Overemphasized answer and the Avoidant answer
with the effective answer.
How are they different?
What can you learn from the effective
answer?
How can you use
this to answer other difficult questions?
What are your weaknesses?
Overemphasized
: I am not a
good manager.
Avoidant
: I always get my
work done on time. When other people drop the
ball, sometimes I get frustrated
with
them.
Effective
:
I
prioritize
continual
growth
and
improvement.
An
area
on
which
I
would
like
to
focus
is
managing
others
who
have
different
expectations
from
me.
What
needs
to
be
done
in
order
to
complete
responsibilities
is
intuitive
for
me,
so
I
am
learning
how
to
give
better
direction
to
others
who
are
not
self-motivated.
Find an English word that is the
opposite of each of these negative ways to answer
questions:
Negative
Vague
Dangerous
Disrespectful
Unbelievable
Positive
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Dismissive
Exploitative
Scattered
Concerning
Frightening
Evasive
Too much information
Dangerous judgment
Salon 12
Review
these words and phrases:
Used to do
previous
a long time ago
past life
ages ago
Current
currently
present
presently
modern
Exercises
There are several ways to
describe actions in the past and current actions.
Practice using them below.
Used To
Used to is to
describe things you did before but don‘t do now.
For example: I used to play the b
ass
but now I
do not.
Write 3 things you used to do in the
space below:
Present
Perfect Continuous
The present perfect
continuous [has/have + been + verb(ing)] is to
describe something that started in the
past and continued up to now. They have
been talking for the last two hours. I have been
working at my
company since June. She
has been cooking for her family all day.
Write about three
activities you started before and are currently
doing.
Salon 13
List 5 consequences for each of these
things:
new laws
Pollution
scientific developments
price increases
Extinction
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Salon 14
Review these words and phrases:
Opinion
point of
view
thought
controversy
compromise
Exercises
We
often use certain phrases when we state our
opinion. For example, what do you think about
university
students having part time
jobs?
My opinion is that
university students should not work because the
job distracts from studying.
I feel
that university students should work because it
helps prepare them for jobs after university.
State at least two of your
opinions to the following questions:
Do you think that women should retire
at 55?
Do you think it is okay for high
school students to date?
Do you think
mothers with very young children should be allowed
to work?
Salon 15
Here are some tips for giving a
persuasive speech:
Look the
audience in the eyes
Speak with passion
–
emphasise important words
Use gestures to support speech
Pitch the voice
–
highs and lows reduce the risk of sounding
monotone
Pause just before an important
word to add emphasis
Ask rhetorical
questions e.g. What‘s the problem? The problem
is…‘
Use
stop-
start repetition e.g. ?Just take a
moment to look at the results. The results
are…‘
Contrast words / ideas
e.g. ?It makes a difference for tomorrow,
today‘
Have you
ever made a speech before?
What did you talk about? How many
people did you speak in
front of?
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Salon 17
Review these words and phrases:
cat
dog
turtle
elephant
lion
cat
tiger
bear
human
dolphin
shark
whale
angry
happy
violence
jealous
war
flood
drought
plague
eagle
owl
bat
penguin
doctor
psychologist
priest
poet
archaeologist
sociologist
historian
paleontologist
helicopter
airplane
bus
bird
novel
newspaper
magazine
radio broadcast
What‘s the most interesting thing that
you‘ve done in your life?
Write 5 sentences
describing your experience.
What does it mean to exaggerate?
Salon 18
Look at these
sentences, they are all answers to questions:
Around 4 o‘clock
It‘s a ve
getable.
Not much, just killing time.
Thailand, for 2 weeks.
He‘s
not here at the moment. Would you like to leave a
message?
I don‘t think so,
but you‘d better have an X
-ray to be
sure.
Light blue.
Almost,
I‘ll email it you this afternoon.
Think of some questions
which go with each answer.
Salon 19
Write a definition in English for these
words:
needles
allergies
false
teeth
smoke
vitamins or mineral supplements
acupuncture
sleeping pills
dentist
migraine headaches
stress
backaches
medicine
mental health
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surgeon
junk food
blood type
addiction
donating your
organs
stitches
sprained your ankle
broken a bone
burned
black eye
operation
fear of hospitals
fear of
the sight of blood
donating blood
cosmetic surgery
reflexology
binge drinking
stigma
Salon 20
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Salon 21
Discuss with a friend:
What
is job mobility?
How would it feel to
be laid off?
What is profit sharing?
Some companies use performance
appraisal, what does that mean?
What is
a compensation package?
What is a
pension plan?
What does it mean to be
on probation?
What‘s time off ?in
lieu?‘
What is clocking in
and out?
What is net income?
gross income?
What expenses can people sometimes
claim?
What is career advancement
training?
What safety equipment should
manual workers wear?
Why would someone
take an internship?
What is flex time?
What would make the perfect workplace?
Salon 22
Review
these words and phrases:
Summarize
summary
witch
wizard
miserable
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poison
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