Review 8 · Units 22–23

What's in the lesson

1. 1Warm-up
2. 2In this lesson
3. 3Remember these?Vocabulary
4. 4Match the wordsVocabulary exercise
5. 5Ben's new yearVocabulary exercise
6. 6Listen: Smart LivingListening comprehension
7. 7Grammar from units 22–23Grammar rule
8. 8Grammar checkGrammar exercise
9. 9B1 in review: find the mistakeGrammar exercise
10. 10Say it naturallySpeaking practice
11. 11The B1 conversationSpeaking practice
12. 12Let's discussDiscussion
13. 13Wrap-up

Homework

1. 1Homework: match the wordsVocabulary exercise
2. 2Homework: your sentencesVocabulary exercise
3. 3Homework: grammar from units 22–23Grammar exercise
4. 4Homework: a message to your teacherDiscussion

Words

• trend/trend/

  a new fashion or way of doing things that many people follow for a time

• wage/weɪdʒ/

  the money a worker is paid, usually for each hour or each week

• synthetic/sɪnˈθetɪk/

  made by people from chemicals, not from natural things like cotton or wool

• toxic/ˈtɑːksɪk/

  poisonous and dangerous to people, animals or nature

• sustainable/səˈsteɪnəbl/

  able to continue for a long time without hurting the environment

• impulse buy/ˈɪmpʌls baɪ/

  something you buy suddenly, without planning or thinking about it

• mindless/ˈmaɪndləs/

  done without thinking, without using your brain much

• attention span/əˈtenʃn spæn/

  how long you can keep your attention on one thing

• meaningful/ˈmiːnɪŋfl/

  important and useful, with real value for you

• consume/kənˈsuːm/

  to use something, like food, energy or media

• generation/ˌdʒenəˈreɪʃn/

  all the people born at about the same time

• concentrate/ˈkɑːnsntreɪt/

  to give all your attention to something

Two slides from the lesson

Warm-up

Before we look back at the last two units, and at the whole course:

1. What is the last thing you bought that you really love?
2. What was the last video you watched online? Was it worth your time?
3. Which lesson in this course did you enjoy most? Why?

Grammar rule

Grammar from units 22–23

Unit	Grammar	Example
22	linkers between sentences: however, therefore, moreover, in addition, as a result	Maria keeps her phone in a drawer. As a result, she finishes her homework faster.
23	uncountable nouns: advice, information, news, homework, furniture	Thanks for all your great advice. (not advices)

Two things to watch: a period or a semicolon before however, not a comma (…closet. However, …), and no a / an and no -s with uncountable nouns (some furniture, not a furniture or furnitures).