1. Good morning.

a) Good morning.
b) Im fine.
2. What do you do?
a) I am a businessman.
b) I learn English.

3. How are you going?

a) Im going to the library.
b) Fine, thanks.
4. How do you do?
a) Yes.
b) How do you do?

Look at the business cards.

What information do these cards give you?

Monique Bresson
ROBERTO ANGELINI
Consultant
Export Wine Sales
Bacchus SpA
Via della Pergola 76
50132 Florence
Tel: +39 (0) 55 53 75 866
Fax: +39 (0) 55 53 75 867
Email: r.angelini@bacchus.it

Bresson Translation Services

(London, Paris, Rome)
MB Offices
46 Chapel St, London SW1 8QW
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7579 5979
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7579 5998
Email: m.bresson@mbtrans.com

Wine & Dine

International Magazines Inc.

James Turner
Wine Journalist
15 Honeywell St, London EC41DT
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7331 8582
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7331 2281
Email: turnerj@winedine.co.uk

Listen to the conversations

and answer the questions.
Dialogue 1
1. Does James know Monique?
No, he doesnt.
2. What does Monique say to James and what is
his reply?
How do you do?
How do you do?

Dialogue 2
1. Why is Monique at Vinexpo?
She is with the Vinexpo translation service to
translate for a group of Italian wine producers.
2. What does she ask James?
What do you do?

Dialogue 3
1. Why does James want to meet Monique later?
Because he has a job for her.
2. When do they arrange to meet?
At 7 oclock that evening.

Listen to the conversation between James

and Monique. Tick the correct answer.
1. What does James do when he goes to the wine
regions?
sales conferences
He attends

interviews people
gives presentations

Listen to the conversation between James

and Monique. Tick the correct answer.
2. How often does James travel to Italy?

once a year
He travels to Italy

twice a year
2 or 3 times a year

Listen to the conversation between James

and Monique. Tick the correct answer.
3. Where does Monique live?

London
She lives in

Paris
Rome

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

Study the examples

She lives in London.
I often travel in Europe.
Do you have time for dinner?
Does James know Monique?
I dont work for Wine &Dine magazine.
He doesnt speak French.

Present Simple
Use the.................................to
talk about long-term
situations and routine activities.
Positive form:
I / we / you / they + V-infinitive

V+s / V+es
He / she / it + ............................

Negative form:
I / we / you / they + do not (dont) + V-infinitive
does not (doesnt) +V- infinitive
He / she / it + ..................................
Questions:
Do
..................+
I / we / you / they + V-infinitive?
Does
..................+
he / she / it + V-infinitive?
Short answers:
Yes, S + do/does. / No, S + dont / doesnt.

always

100%

usually
often
sometimes
seldom / rarely
0%

never

Position:
-After to be, modal verbs, auxiliary verbs
-Before the main verbs
Examples:
I
Peter

can

always

get up at 6.45.

usually

play football on Sundays.

Mandy has sometimes got lots of homework.

Susan is

never

late.

Listen to the examples.

In questions beginning with do/does, the voice goes
up at the end.
In questions beginning with question words, the
voice goes down at the end.

Listen to the questions and write a

1. Do you travel a lot?
2. How often do you come here?
3. Do you speak French?
4. How often do you go to Italy?
5. Do you work here every year?

or b

Listen to the questions and write a

or b

6. Who do you meet here?

7. Where does he live?
8. Does James speak Italian?
9. What does Roberto do?
10.Which languages does Monique speak?

writes
1. Roberto...............................articles
on wine. (write)
doesnt import
2. Monique..............................wine.
(not import)
meet
3. Roberto and James always.......................a
lot of important
people in the wine business at Vinexpo. (meet)
doesnt live
4. Monique............................in
France. (not live)
dont speak
5. The Italian wine producers......................French.
(not speak)
travels
6. James often..................to
France and Italy. (travel)

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

Monique / speak / Italian?

Where / she / work?
James and Roberto / write / about wine?
James / work for / Wine &Dine?
Roberto / know / Monique?
James / live / Italy?
He / love / his work?
Where / Moniques parents / live?

Group A: Read the Editors letter and write 5

questions.
Group B: Read the Visitors profile and write 5
questions.

edition (n)

a special edition

specialize in sth. specialize in French wines

wine-producing country
rate I rate her above most other players of her age.
cuisine: a style of cooking
interpret (v) interpreter (n)
translate (v) translation (n), translator (n)
commute (v) commute regularly to Paris

Read the other text.

Practice in pairs. Ask and answer the questions.

Add frequency adverbs to make true sentences.

1. I get up before 6 a.m.
2. My teacher goes to bed after midnight.
3. I drive to work.
4. I am late.
5. My friend uses a computer.
6. I speak English to colleagues.
7. My boss travel on business.
8. We are early for English classes.

Write three sentences about your daily routine.

Connect the questions with the answers.

Why are
you going
out?

How old
are you?
Where do you
come from?

Its
mine.

At 4
oclock.
To buy a
newspaper.

How much
does it cost?

What do
you do?

Spain.

Im a
journalist.

When does it
leave?
Im 35.
Whose
book is it?

$20

Wh- Questions allow a speaker to find out more

information about topics.

When?
Where?
Who?
Why?
How?
What?
Which (one)?
Whose?
Whom?

Time
Place
Person
Reason
Manner
Object/Idea/Action
Choice of alternatives
Possession
Person (objective formal)

How much?
How many?
How long?
How often?
How far?
What kind (of)?

Price, amount (non-count)

Quantity (count)
Duration
Frequency
Distance
Description

Write questions for the underlined parts.

1. They live in Dijon.
Where do they live?
2. He goes there three or four times a year.
How often does he go there?
3. They meet at Vinexpo.
Where do they meet?

4. She visits them in June.

When does she visit them?
5. They meet important people at Vinexpo.
Who do they meet at Vinexpo?
6. He writes about wine.
What does he write about?

Ask your partner about his/her lifestyle.

Example:
S1: How often do you go to the cinema?
S2: Sometimes.

LEISURE
SURVEY

How often do you...

Learning
Vocabulary

Add 3 or more words to each group.

employee

employer
meeting

colleague
salary

Work
experience
office

Add 3 or more words to each group.

journalist

interpreter
architecture

accountant

Jobs
secretary

webmaster
economist

manager

Add 3 or more words to each group.

uncle

parents

aunt
Family

nephew

niece
grandchildren
brother

sister-in-law
cousin

Complete the verb groups.

a phone call

an appointment
a cake

progress

a speech

a choice

Complete the verb groups.

breakfast

a meeting

a party
some tea

a holiday

Use AT with precise time

Use IN months and years and periods of time
Use ON with days of the week, with specific
calendar days

her birthday

night autumn lunchtime

Christmas the afternoon
5 July
2001 10am Tuesday morning midday

Complete the word map.

coach
car

motorbike

ferry

travel

holiday
train

plane

Complete the word map.

camping
walking

swimming

holiday

activities
horse riding
sightseeing

sunbathing

Word pair
SEND

a business trip

MEET

an email

MAKE

a meeting

DO

a visitor

ATTEND

a job

tall

expensive
short
cheap
easy
difficult

hard-working

lazy

happy

hot

sad

cold

flexitime
Gi lm vic linh hot

to commute

She commutes from Oxford

to London every day.
unemployed
suitcase

quiet

> < noisy

Bengali

Japanese

Spanish

The worlds most

important languages

Mandarin Chinese

German

Portuguese

English
Russian

Arabic

Hindi

Listen and fill in the missing languages

and the numbers of speakers.

The worlds top

Spoken as a first

ten languages

language by

1. Mandarin Chinese

726million
............................
377million
............................

2. English
Spanish
3. .....................................
4. Hindi
Arabic
5. .....................................

266million
182million
.............................

6. Portuguese

181million
165million
.............................

7. Bengali
Russian
8. .....................................

158million

Japanese
9. .....................................
German
10......................................

162million
.............................
124million
121million

80%

: eighty per cent

2bn

: two billion

1.1bn

: one point one billion

1/2

: one / a half

3/4

: three-quarters

5/7

: five-sevenths

Introductions, greetings and

goodbyes

Shaking hands
when people meet sb for the first time
when they meet again after a long time

Good morning
Good afternoon

greetings

Good evening

Good night

to say goodbye / end a

conversation at night

Listen to the 3 conversations and tick the

phrases you hear.
1. Excuse me, are you...?
2. May I introduce myself?
3. Im... How do you do?
4. Nice to see you again. How are you?
5. Hows the family?
6. Id like to introduce you to...
7. Pleased to meet you.

Greetings and
Responses
How are you?

Very well, thank

you. And you?

Pleased to
meet you.

Pleased to meet
you, too.

Greetings and
Responses
Hows life?

Please call
me James.

Hello, are
you Roberto?

Not too bad,

but very busy.

Then you must

call me Luigi.

Yes, thats
right.

Listen to the conversation between Monique

and James and tick the phrases you hear.
Nice to see you again.
I must go now.
It was very nice meeting you.
I look forward to seeing you.
I really enjoyed meeting you, too.
Have a good trip back.
Thank you, and the same to you.
I hope to see you again.