Unit 2 - Daily Life

Descriptors

Learn job vocabulary.

Read a text about an unusual job: "Life in Space".

Study daily routine vocabulary and adjectives to describe jobs.

Study question forms and learn about adverbs of frequency.

Listen to people talking about their work and their daily routines.

Review what you have studied so far.

Write a jobs puzzle for your classmates and compare your daily routines. (This is an optional activity designed to give you extra writing practice.)

Tell your tutor about a typical day.

Practise finding out travel information.

Study pronunciation of different types of questions.

Find out more about life in space and read jokes about jobs. (This is an optional activity designed to give you extra reading and writing practice.)

Write about your job or a job you would like to have.

Talk to your tutor about the unit and the topic you wrote about in Tutorial 2.

Review the work in the unit.

Send us your feedback on this unit.

Test what you have studied in this unit.

Practise the language you study in this unit, and improve your reading, listening and speaking skills.

Wordlist

assemble

assemble (v)

to put together; to join all the pieces to make something

blood

blood (n)

the fluid in human and animal bodies that circulates from the heart

colleague

colleague (n)

a person you work with

crew

crew (n)

the people who work on a ship, plane or spacecraft

fit

fit (adj)

if you are physically fit you are in good physical condition

heat

heat (v)

to make hot; you normally heat food before you eat it

laptop

laptop (n)

a small computer you can carry with you

outside

outside (adv)

in the open air; if you work outside this means you don't work in a building or enclosed place

plate

plate (n)

what you put your food on before you eat it

repair

repair (v)

to fix something that is broken

sleeping

sleeping bag (n)

a bag or sack to sleep in (for example, when camping)

spoon

spoon (n)

a utensil you use when you eat soup, ice cream, etc.

strap

strap (n)

a band of material to hold one thing to another; things like bags and watches have straps

towel

towel (n)

a piece of material which people usually use to dry dishes after washing them, or to dry themselves after they have a bath or a shower