유닛 23: Great expectations!
First conditional
유닛 고르세요
- 1Nice to meet you!
- 2What to wear
- 3Like this, like that
- 4The daily grind
- 5Christmas every day
- 6Great achievers
- 7The Titanic
- 8Travel
- 9The big wedding
- 10Sunny's job hunt
- 11The bucket list
- 12Moving and migration
- 13Welcome to BBC Broadcasting House
- 14New Year, New Project
- 15From Handel to Hendrix
- 16What's the weather like?
- 17The Digital Revolution
- 18A detective story
- 19A place to live
- 20The Cult of Celebrity
- 21Welcome to your new job
- 22Beyond the planets
- 23Great expectations!
- 24Eco-tourism
- 25Moving house
- 26It must be love
- 27Job hunting success... and failure
- 28Speeding into the future
- 29Lost arts
- 30Tales of survival
세션 3
What will the baby be called? Will it look like the mother or the father? What will it be good at? We listen to some excited parents-to-be talking about their babies.
엑티비티 1
If he takes after me...
Parents-to-be
These three people are all expecting children. Listen to them talk about what their children might be like.
To do
Try to answer these questions while you listen:
- Who is good at maths and science?
- What is the name of Sue's husband's grandfather?
- Who has ginger hair?
문서 읽고 엑티비티를 하세요
Dave
My wife's in the family way - she's seven months pregnant and we know it's a boy. If he's anything like me he'll be good at football, rugby, cricket - he'll be a fantastic all-round sportsman - it runs in my family. My wife's the intelligent one - if he takes after her he'll be good at maths and science and all that kind of boring stuff. But if he is into education and not the sports, I won't be disappointed - I'll help him develop his natural skills.
Sue
My husband and I are expecting our second child. If it's a girl, we'll name her after my mother, Penelope. If it's a boy, my husband wants to call him Archibald after his grandfather. I think it's quite a strange name though. If it is a boy, I think I'll make a list of other names for my husband to choose from. If we do call him Archibald, he might have trouble when he goes to school. Children can be very mean, and I don't think that will change in the near future. I think he'll have a much easier time if we call him something normal, like Eugene or Lesley.
Mark
It's very exciting - my wife's due in two weeks, so we'll be hearing the pitter patter of tiny feet very soon. If our daughter takes after my wife's side of the family, she'll have dark hair. But everyone on my side of the family is ginger. I'll be quite pleased if she is ginger too, but I don't mind if she isn't. As long as she's healthy and happy we'll all be very pleased.
Did you get the answers right?
- Who is good at Maths and Science? Dave's wife.
- What is the name of Sue's husband's grandfather? Archibald.
- Who has ginger hair? Mark, and everyone on his side of the family.
Time for a grammar recap...
We use the first conditional to talk about possible future situations (or 'conditions') and their possible results. We use if with present simple to talk about a possible future situation, and will with an infinitive to talk about its possible result.
If I visit London, I'll stay with friends.
We can use when instead of if to show that the future situation is definitely going to happen. We can use modals (may, might) instead of will if we are less certain of the result.
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True false quiz
8 Questions
Which of these statements are true and which are false?
도움
엑티비티
Which of these statements are true and which are false?
힌트
Who is good at sports - Dave or his wife?Question 1 of 8
도움
엑티비티
Which of these statements are true and which are false?
힌트
Look at Dave's last sentence.Question 2 of 8
도움
엑티비티
Which of these statements are true and which are false?
힌트
If it's a girl, she wants to name her after someone.Question 3 of 8
도움
엑티비티
Which of these statements are true and which are false?
힌트
What does Sue think of her husband's favourite name?Question 4 of 8
도움
엑티비티
Which of these statements are true and which are false?
힌트
What did Sue say about children?Question 5 of 8
도움
엑티비티
Which of these statements are true and which are false?
힌트
When is his wife due to have her baby?Question 6 of 8
도움
엑티비티
Which of these statements are true and which are false?
힌트
What kind of hair does Mark's wife's family have?Question 7 of 8
도움
엑티비티
Which of these statements are true and which are false?
힌트
Look at the last two things Mark said.Question 8 of 8
Excellent!Great job!네 안타깝군요이번 점수입니다:
End of Session 3
That's it for this session. You've listened to people talking about their babies using the first conditional. You’ve also seen some useful language for discussing families, skills, names and appearance.
Join us again in Session 4 when we go global! You’ll find out about the cost of having a child in different countries, and we'd like to hear from you about childbirth traditions where you live.
이번 세션 문법
First conditional
We use if with present simple to talk about a possible future situation, and will with an infinitive to talk about its possible result.If I visit London, I'll stay with friends.
We can use when instead of if to show that the future situation is definitely going to happen.
We can use modals (may, might) instead of will if we are less certain of the result.
Session Vocabulary
parents-to-be
people who will soon become mothers or fathersexpecting
(here) waiting for a baby to be bornginger
(here) dark orange in colourin the family way
(informal) pregnantfantastic
very goodruns in my family
a quality that many people in the family havetakes after
is similar to an older relativenatural skills
things someone quickly becomes good atcall him after (someone)
give him the same name as another person in honour of themdue
(here) expected to give birthhearing the pitter patter of tiny feet very soon
pregnant
