Rosa is writing an informal email to her pen pal Stefan. She introduces herself, stating that she is 19 years old and from Monterrey, Mexico. She works as a receptionist at a hotel and studies English in her free time. Rosa speaks Spanish and a little English, and wants to improve her English for her job and travel. She has a large family including three brothers aged 14, 13, 10 and a sister aged 6. Rosa enjoys music, cinema and football, which she watches on TV with her family on Saturdays.

1. G present simple ::TI
2 V common verb phrases
P consonantsounds
..•-------~ Do you watch TV?
What programmes do you like?
lO' When Natasha meets Darren ...
1 READING 2 GRAMMAR present simple ITl
a Natasha and Darren want to meet a partner on the Internet.
Look at their pictures. How old do you think they are?
b Natasha e-mails Darren and he answers. Read their e-mails.
Then cover them and complete the sentences with Natasha
or Darren.
1 _-"D"-,a",r-,-r",,en-,--_
is 30.
Natasha and Darren meet for lunch
2 lives in north London.
3 works for a magazine.
a 2.4 Cover the conversation and listen.
4 works with computers. What does Darren say about ... ?
5 likes burgers.
• alcohol . sushi • his mother
6 likes the cinema.
7 doesn't like fast food. b Listen again. Complete the conversation.
8 likes [apanese food. D Hi. Are you Natasha?
N Yes,and you're Darren. ice to you.
Dear Darren, D Sorry I'm late.
My name's Natasha and I have a tlat in north London. I'm 28 and N No problem. Would you like a glass of wine?
I work for a magazine. I like music, good food and the cinema.
Please write. D No, thanks. 1 don't alcohol. Mineral
Natasha water for me.
D What's this?
Dear Natasha,
N Sushi. It's fantastic. Don't you it?
Thanks for your e-mail. I live in London too. I'm 30 and I work with
computers. l.et's meet for lunch. Do you like burgers? I know a D No, 1 . Sorry.
good burger restaurant in north London ... N food do you like?
Darren
D 1 usually at home. My mother's a
very good cook.
Hi Darren,
N Do you with your mother?
Sorry, I don't like burgers, but llave Japanese food. Friday at 1.00
in Kiku? lt's a Japanese restaurant in Pond Street. D Yes,I do.
N Oh. Does your mother work?
D Yes,she _
11 H; Natasha
~K. See you on Friday.
N Where does she _
11 D She in a supermarket.

2. c Complete the questions and short answers with do, does, and don't.
__ you like sushi? __ your mother work?
No, 1 __ o Yes, she __ o
What food __ you like? What __ she do?
d O p.124 Grammar Bank 2B. Read the rules and do the exercises.
3 LlSTENING
a 2.5 Listen to the rest of the conversation. Is the lunch a success © or a disaster @?
b Listen again. Complete the chart with ./ (yes) or X (no).
Natasha Darren
likes computers X
watches TV
goes to the cinema
smokes
c In pairs, ask and answer questions about Darren and Natasha.
Does Darren like computers?
~es, he does.
4 SPEAKING
a Imagine you want to meet a new partner, and you go to an agency.
Look at the Meeting People formoWhat questions does the interviewer ask?
b 2.6 Listen and check. Listen again. Copy the ~hm.
Meeting People
Meet a partner who's right /Or. ou e In pairs, roleplay an interview at Meeting People.
A You want to meet a partner.
What / name? NAME
B You are the interviewer. Ask A the questions and write the
How old /? AGE answers in the formo
work / study? OCCUPATION d Change roles.
Where / live? TOWN
5 PRONUNCIATlON consonant sounds
/ have a car? VES O NO O
What languages / speak? LANGUAGES
keys girl tie shower television right
/smoke? VES O NO O
a 2.7 Listen and repeat the words and consonant sounds.
What music / like? MUSIC
What TV programmes /
b Practise saying the sentences.
TV
like? Ik/ Karen likes coffee.
Igl Greta goes to golf classes.
What food / like? FOOD
ItI Tim eats out on Tuesdays.
1J1 Natasha likes sushi.
What newspaper / read? NEWSPAPER 131 Mick usually watches television.
Irl Ricky reads Russian writers.
What sports / play? SPORTS
6 2.8 SONG Jj Something Stupid

3. An informal e-mail / letter WRITING
To practise your English you can write to a 'penfriend' in another
country. You can find penfriend websites on the Internet.
D 0
From: Rosa [rosamarquez@hotmail.com]
To: Stefan [stefan7541200@moebius.ch]
Subject: Hi from Mexico
Hi Stefan
1 My name's Rosa. 2 I'm from Mexico, and I live in Monterrey. 3 I'm a receptionist at
a hotel. I study English in my free time.
4 I speak Spanish and a little English. 5 I want to learn English for my job and to travel.
6 I have a big family. I have three brothers and a sister. 7 My father is a builder and my
mother doesn't work. My brothers and sisters are at school. 8 My brothers are 14, 13,
and 10, and my sister is six. 9 I'm 19. .;
10 I like music, cinema and sport. I watch football on TV with my family every Saturday.
Please write soon.
Best wishes
Rosa
a Read the e-mail. Match Rosa's information with these questions.
Do you have a big family? O What are your interests? O
How old are you? O Why do you want to learn English? O
What languages do you speak? O What do the people in your family do? O
What's your name? OJ Where are you from? O
What do you do? O How old are your brothers and sisters? O
b Look at the letter. How is a letter different from an e-mail?
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WRITE a similar e-mail or letter to your teacher. Answer questions 1-10 in a.
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