MONOLOGUE ADVANCED 2
09. CAREERS AND STUDYING
1. Say what you see. Be sure to include the vocabulary you have seen in class (make a definition if it is possible):
be sacked at work
to be a control freak
a menial job
to be stretching oneself
to find something emotionally draining
to get on the job training
2. Make sure you use connectors and linking words or phrases: although, in spite of, therefore, consequently, including, on the contrary, etc.
Review this in: Connectors
3. Once you have said something relevant about the pictures you are looking at, connect them with the topic you have learnt in class.
(Remember that the pictures are "an excuse" to make you talk about the topic, the specific vocabulary and what we have seen in class.)
- to get a promotion, to find something rewarding, to get a raise, to get promoted, to struggle to cope, ...
- other jobs and their peculiarities (for example, a paperboy)
- the importance of education
4. You may connect the topic with your personal experience. (The previous step was more general, and this one is more personal.)
I remember once when I got my first job ...
5. Try to use grammar structures appropriate to your level (for example, use some conditionals, passives, etc.).
10. TRANSPORT AND TRAVEL
1. Say what you see. Be sure to include the vocabulary you have seen in class (make a definition if it is possible):
hatchback
(a type of car that has an extra door on the back)
right-hand drive
(it is designed to be driven by someone sitting on the right)
dent
(a hollow or dip in a surface, as one made by pressure or a blow)
sports car
(a small fast car, often with a roof that you can take off)
baby seat
(child safety seat, for children under 2)
GPS
(it's a global positioning system)
2. Make sure you use connectors and linking words or phrases: although, in spite of, therefore, consequently, including, on the contrary, etc.
Review this in: Connectors
3. Once you have said something relevant about the pictures you are looking at, connect them with the topic you have learnt in class.
(Remember that the pictures are "an excuse" to make you talk about the topic, the specific vocabulary and what we have seen in class.)
- how to rent a car (possible things to have in mind).
- what things you can add to a car
- what an insurance should include
- what types of car accidents are most common
- causes of car accidents
- how to diagnose problems with your car
- how to report a car accident
4. You may connect the topic with your personal experience. (The previous step was more general, and this one is more personal.)
I remember once when I rented a car to go to ...
5. Try to use grammar structures appropriate to your level (for example, use some conditionals, passives, etc.).
12. HEALTH AND MEDICINE
1. Say what you see. Be sure to include the vocabulary you have seen in class (make a definition if it is possible):
to cough
(to expel air abruptly and explosively through the partially closed vocal chords)
to pass out
(to collapse, faint)
to swell up
(to grow or cause to grow in size, esp. as a result of internal pressure)
a broken leg
(a fractured leg)
to get a fever / to have a fever
(an abnormally high body temperature, accompanied by a fast pulse rate, dry skin, etc.)
high blood pressure / low blood pressure
(the pressure exerted by the blood on the inner walls of the arteries, being relative to the elasticity and diameter of the vessels and the force of the heartbeat)
2. Make sure you use connectors and linking words or phrases: although, in spite of, therefore, consequently, including, on the contrary, etc.
3. Once you have said something relevant about the pictures you are looking at, connect them with the topic you have learnt in class.
(Remember that the pictures are "an excuse" to make you talk about the topic, the specific vocabulary and what we have seen in class.)
- body parts and diseases
- health and humour
- medical tourism
- going to the doctor / taking a patient's history
4. You may connect the topic with your personal experience. (The previous step was more general, and this one is more personal.)
I remember once when I ...
5. Try to use grammar structures appropriate to your level (for example, use some conditionals, passives, etc.).