Meeting someone new

What's in the lesson

1. 1Warm-up
2. 2In this lesson
3. 3Guess the words (1)Vocabulary exercise
4. 4Guess the words (2)Vocabulary exercise
5. 5Check the wordsVocabulary
6. 6Check your understandingReading comprehension
7. 7Listen: interview tipsListening comprehension
8. 8Use the new wordsVocabulary exercise
9. 9What does it mean?Grammar exercise
10. 10Find should and shouldn'tGrammar exercise
11. 11should for adviceGrammar rule
12. 12Good adviceGrammar exercise
13. 13Problems and adviceGrammar exercise
14. 14Say it right: shouldSpeaking practice
15. 15Help me, please!Speaking practice
16. 16Let's discussDiscussion
17. 17Wrap-up

Homework

1. 1Homework: closest meaningVocabulary exercise
2. 2Homework: your sentencesVocabulary exercise
3. 3Homework: find the mistakeGrammar exercise
4. 4Homework: advice for a friendDiscussion

Words

• first impression/ˌfɜːrst ɪmˈpreʃn/

  what you think about a new person when you meet them

• eye contact/ˈaɪ ˌkɑːntækt/

  when you and the person you are talking to look at each other

• confident/ˈkɑːnfɪdənt/

  feeling sure about yourself and what you can do

• nervous/ˈnɜːrvəs/

  a little afraid or worried about something that is going to happen

• polite/pəˈlaɪt/

  nice to other people: you say please and thank you, and you don't interrupt

• trust/trʌst/

  to believe that someone is good and will not lie to you

• handshake/ˈhændʃeɪk/

  holding someone's hand and moving it up and down when you meet

• interview/ˈɪntərvjuː/

  a meeting with questions, to decide who gets a job or a place at a school

• background/ˈbækɡraʊnd/

  the part of a picture or a video that is behind the main person

• on time/ɑːn ˈtaɪm/

  not late: exactly when you planned

Two slides from the lesson

Warm-up

Let's talk about meeting new people.

1. How do people usually say hello to someone new in your country?
2. What did you think of your best friend when you first met?
3. Have you ever had a job interview? How did it go?

Grammar rule

should for advice

should / shouldn't + the base form

	Example
Positive	You should arrive early.
Negative	You shouldn't look at your phone. (shouldn't = should not)
Question	Should I wear a suit? — Yes, you should. / No, you shouldn't. What should I do?

should is the same for every person (he should, not he shoulds), and it takes the base form: not should to go, not should going.

Use

Use should to give advice: something is a good idea. Use shouldn't for a bad idea. Ask for advice with Should I…? or What should I do?

I think you should… and I don't think you should… sound softer and more polite: I don't think you should wear jeans. (I think you shouldn't wear jeans is correct too, but it is less common.)

should is advice: you can choose. For rules, we use have to and must (unit 14).