American English File 1 Student eBook

1. VOCABULARY: verb phrases 

a. Do people in your country go to fortune-tellers, or use fortune-telling sites on the internet? Why do you think they do this? Do you believe in fortune-telling?

b. What pictures can you see on the fortune-teller's cards? Match the cards and verb phrases.

(__) become famous 
(__) get a new job 
(__) get married 
(__) meet somebody new 
(__) fall in love 
(__) get a lot of money 
(__) have a surprise 
(_A_) be lucky 
(__) travel 
(__) move to a new house 

2. PRONUNCIATION: word stress

a. Look at the words from a story. Which four are stressed on the second syllable?

ar|gue   be|lieve   boy|friend   fa|mous   for|tune 
fu|ture   i|dea    lu|cky   mar|ried   mon|ey   prob|lem 
ques|tion   sur|prise   to|day   trav|el   wor|ry 

b. 10.13 Listen and check. Practice saying the words.

3. READING & LISTENING 

a. Look at the photos and the title of the story. What do you think it's going to be about? 

b. 10.14 Read and listen to Part 1 of the story. In pairs, answer the questions. 

1. Who does Jane want to see? 
2. Who is going to tell her about her future? Why? 
3. Why couldn't she see very well?

c. 10.15 Listen to Part 2. With a partner, complete the information. 

1. Jane has a problem with her __________.
2. She chooses __________ cards. 
3. Her first card means she's going to be __________.
4. Jane asks the fortune-teller if she's going to __________ with her boyfriend. 

d. 10.16 Read and listen to Part 3. In pairs, answer the questions. 

1. What's the second card? What does it mean? 
2. Why is this a problem for Jane? 
3. What's her third card? What does it mean? 
4. Who's Jim? Where did Jane meet him? 
5. What do you think the fourth card is going to be? 

e. 10.17 Listen to Part 4. With a partner, complete the information.

1. Her fourth card means she is going to ____________ her boyfriend and go to ____________ with Jim. 
2. Very soon they are going to ____________.
3. Jane asks if she is going to be ____________ and the fortune-teller says ____________
4. She pays the fortune-teller ____________.

4. VIDEO LISTENING 

a. 10.18 Watch or listen to Parts 1--4 of It's written in the cards again. What do you think is going to happen? 

b. 10.19 Now watch or listen to Part 5 of the story. In pairs, answer the questions. 

1. Who was the fortune-teller? 
2. Why did he pay Madame Yolanda £100? 
3. What's the fifth card? What does Madame Yolanda think is going to happen? 

5. GRAMMAR: be going to (predictions) 

a. Look at the two sentences. Which one is a plan? Which one is a prediction? 

1. She's going to be very lucky. 
2. She's going to go on vacation next week. 

b. Grammar Bank: be going to (predictions) 

► We can use be going to + verb (base form) to make predictions (= to say what you think or can see is going to happen in the future). 

10.20

I think it's going to rain.
You're going to be very happy. 
I'm sure they're going to win.

Exercise a: Write predictions for the pictures.

be   get   have   make   play   send

He's going to play tennis. 
1. ______________ dinner. 
2. ______________ a nice day. 
3. ______________ the bus. 
4. ______________ an omelet 
5. ______________ at emil.

Exercise b: Complete the predictions with be going to and a verb.

be   buy   not finish   forget    have(x2)    not like   not pass   sleep   snow    win

It's very cold. Do you think it's going to snow ? 
1. You're driving too fast! We _______________ an accident! 
2. She isn't a very good student. She _______________ the exam. 
3. Their new album is great! A lot of people ________________________ it!
4. I have a lot of homework. I ________________________ it tonight.
5. They're playing very well. I think they ___________________ the game. 
6. Look at the time. We __________________ late. 
7. Oh no, it's a horror movie. I know I ____________________ it. 
8. He didn't write down her address. He ____________________ it. 
9. The baby's very tired. She ____________________ well tonight. 
10. Tokyo is a wonderful city. You _____________________ a great time there. 

c. Write four predictions, about the weather, sports, your town / country, and you. Use I think... going to... 

I think it's going to snow tonight.

d. Compare your predictions with a partner. Do you agree? 

6. SPEAKING

Role-play fortune-telling. 

A Look at the ten cards in 1. Secretly, number the cards in a different order (1-10). 
B Choose five numbers from 1-10. 
A Predict B's future using those cards. 
B Ask for more information. Then change roles.