David Byrne “In the Future” 11th both (LITENING)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngVGxYLRrZ0

Knee Play 12
In the Future

In the future everyone will have the same haircut and the same________________.
In the future everyone will be very ____________from the starchy diet..
In the future everyone will be very thin from not _______________enough to eat..
In the future it _____________be next to impossible to tell girls from boys, even in bed.
In the future men will be "super-masculine" and _________________will be "ultra-feminine."
In the future half of us will be "__________________ ill."
In the future there will be no religion or ________________________of any sort.
In the future the "psychic arts" will be put to practical use.
In the future we will not think that "nature" is ______________________.
In the future the weather will always ______________the same.

In the future no one will fight with ___________________else.
In the future there will be an atomic war.

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In the future ______________will be expensive.
In the future all material items will be ______________.
In the future everyone's house will be like a little ____________________.
In the future everyone's house will be a ________________ entertainment center.
In the future everyone but the wealthy will be very ________________.
In the future everyone but the wealthy will be very _________________.
In the future everyone but the wealthy will be very __________________.
In the future TV will be so good that the printed word will ______________as an art form only.
In the future people with boring _______________will take pills to relieve the boredom.
In the future no one will live in _______________

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In the future there will be mini-wars ____________on everywhere.
In the future everyone will think about love all the ________________.
In the future _______________and other decisions will be based completely on opinion polls.
In the future there will be machines __________will produce a religious experience in the user.
In the future there will be groups of wild people, living in the___________________.
In the future there will be only ______________money, which will be personalized.
In the future there will be a _________________society.
In the future ______________will only get to go home once a year.
In the future everyone will _____________ home all the time.
In the future we will not have time for _______________ activities.

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In the future we will ______________"work" one day a week.
In the future our _______________ will be shriveled up but our brains will be bigger.
In the future there will be ________________ people everywhere.
In the future people will live in _______________.
In the future no one will be able to ______________TV.
In the future the _________________ will be killed.
In the future everyone will have _______________ own style of way-out clothes.
In the future we will make love to anything ________________ anywhere.
In the future there will be _________ much going on that no one will be able to ___________
track of it.

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The future of work 11th form (both)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8Yt4wxSblc

Listening exercise: 7th form

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qq2ZMPT3KuQ

1. What colour is the schoolbag? (10 points)

1 Blue 2 white 3 red 4 black and white 5 brown

2. What is the first object he keeps in his schoolbag? (10 points)

1 a book 2 a notebook 3 a ruler 4 a binder 5 a rubber

3. What is the third object he shows us? (10 points)

1 a notebook 2 an ipod 3 a mobile phone 4 a satchel 5 a purse

4. The yellow object is: (10 points)

1 a sandwich 2 a cream cake 3 an organization folder 4 a comb

5. How many pockets does the yellow object have? (10 points)

1 two pockets 2 thirty pockets 3eleven pockets 4 six pockets 5 only one

6. The next object, that one in dark blue, is: (10 points)

1 a radio set 2 a t-shirt 3 a letter from France 4 an agenda or planner

7. In the second compartment of his satchel he has a book because (15 points)

he likes __________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________

8. Then he takes out a blue object. What is it? (10 points)

1 It’s a pencil case 2 it’s a video camera 3 It’s a shaving-machine 4 a pencil-sharpener

9. Make a short list of smaller objects he carries in his satchel: (15 points)

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

7th form My happy ending

1. Fill in these gaps:

So much for my happy ending

Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh…

Tet’s talk this over It’s not like we are dead _____________ it something I _________?

Was it something you ___________? Don’t ______________ me hanging

In a city so ______________ Held up so _______________ On such a breakable thread

You ____________ all the things I _______________ I _______________

And I ________________ we could ____________

You were everything, everything that I ________________

We were meant to be, ___________________ to be, but we ______________ it

And all of the _________________, so close to me, just fade away

All this time you _______________ pretending

So much for my happy ending

2. Decide whether these statements are true or false. Correct the false ones.

1 Avril and her boyfriend are finished True False Correction 2 She doesn’t know why they are finished True False Correction 3 She doesn’t want to talk to her boyfriend True False Correction4 He was her dream boyfriend True False Correction

11M an application letter

To be used as a listening/reading exercise

DRAW A CIRCLE AROUND THE CORRECT ALINEAS:

1 The tutorial is about

A) how to find a Job B) how to get more money C) how to write an application letter D) how to complain about an undesired job E) how to become rich in forty lessons

2 In order to get a job, the A) last impression B) first impression C) best impression is the most important.

3 Brevity, clarity and sincerity are the secrets

A)to keep calm and quiet in the interview. B)to produce a cover letter of excellent effect of a cover letter C) to face the first job interview D) to get rid of a job the quickest possible

4 To show you are being sincere, you must:

A) sleep well in the previous night B) write clearly, without mistakes or grammar errors C)do some research on the company you are intending to join.

5 On top left of your letter you should:

A)insert your address and telephone number B)insert your best school marks C)inform about your musical preferences D)write your father and mother’s names

6 Your letter should include

A)only one paragraph B) three paragraphs C)more than five paragraphs, in order to inform about everything you need

7 The second paragraph should provide information on:

A)Interesting people who work in this company B)the difficulties you are having to find a job C) your work experience, education and qualifications D)your daily routine

8 It is important to

A)introduce some people’s names as references in the third paragraph B) explain clearly you are the best choice for the job C)refer to your intellectual capacities and your excellent physical aspect D)specify clearly the names of your party and football team.