2. UnitOverview In thisunitstudentswilllearnhowto use gerunds: In everysituationthatnouns are used in: subject, object, subjectcomplement, objectcomplement, object of preposition Afterpossessives In both active and passiveconstructions In present and pastforms
3. Vocabulary Perceive: tothink of someoneorsomething in a particular way. Simplistic: treatingdifficultsubjects in a waythatistoo simple. Long since: ifsomething has longsincehappened, ithappened a long time ago. Catch up on: to do somethingthatneedstobe done, thatyouhavenothad time to do before. Counterpart: someoneorsomethingthat has thesamejoborpurpose as someoneorsomethingelse in a differentplace.
5. Vocabulary Punch a time clock: to record the time thatyoustartorfinishworkbyputting a cardinto a special machine. Put in: tospend time or use energyworkingorpracticingsomething. Karaoke: theactivity of singingtoespeciallyrecordedmusic for fun. Jerk: someonewhoisstupidorwhodoesthingsthatannoyorhurtotherpeople. Wilderness: a largearea of landthat has neverbeenbuiltonorchangedbyhumans. Chauffer: to drive someone in your car.
6. ComprehensionQuestions Whydoesn’ttheauthorlikethetraditionaldescription of friends as either true or false? He recognizes at leastsixtypes. What are theauthor’ssixtypes of friends? Conveniencefriends, special-interestfriends, long-time friends, cross-generationalfriends, part-of-a-couplefriends, and “best” friends. Whyis Bill importanttotheauthor? He is a father figure and mentor.
7. ComprehensionQuestions Who are Amanda and Gretta? Theauthor’swife and thewife of a friend. Whois Ken? One of theauthor’stwo “best” friends.
8. DiscussionTopics Do youthinkit’spossibletohave a true friendshipwith a person of theopposite sex? Isitpossibletobe “friends” withyourparents? Whataboutbeingfriendswithyourteacherorsports coach?
13. Quick Pairwork Categorizethesesentencesaccordingtowhichpatternstheyrepresent in the charts: I washavingdifficultyfinding a subject for thismonthcolumn. I alsorememberedlearning a rhyme. I seethat my perceivingfriendship in thiswaywasprettysimplistic. I triedtakingthe bus. My brother’spassioniskayaking. We can go for monthsoryearswithoutcontactingeachother. Weenjoyjustcatching up oneachother’sactivities. It’ssomeonewhodoesn’tavoidtellingyouwhatyouneedtohear. Other times wejustlikebeingtogetherwithoutsayingmuch of anything.
16. Quick Pairwork GotoAppendix 12 on page A-7. Look throughthelist of verbsfollowedbygerunds and choosefiveto base sentenceson. Writesentences and exchangethemwithyourpartner.
