1 Unit Lessons for life Opener 1

: No, I gave up making them years ago.
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a
: Whereabouts are you from?
b
: I live in Lublin … in the east of Poland.
a
: Really? I don’t know Lublin.
b
: No, I don’t think many people have heard of it.
a
: So, what’s it like? Is it a good place to live?
b
: Well, it depends. The suburbs aren’t very interesting,
but the old town is nice and because it’s a university
town, it gets quite lively at night.
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Unit 1
Lessons for life
Unit 1 Lessons for life
1e
Your first day
Lesson at a glance
• writing: taking notes
• writing skill: using abbreviations
Writing 
taking notes
1
• Ask students to discuss the questions open class or in
pairs. In feedback, briefly elicit ideas.
EXAMPLE ANSWERS
Situations in which you may write notes: in class, in a 
presentation, in a work meeting, studying or revising, 
when taking ideas from a book about a specialist subject 
(e.g. gardening, decorating), taking a telephone message, 
noting down something from a radio programme
What notes consist of: shorthand symbols, abbreviated 
words, phrases that miss out articles and other 
unimportant words, drawn lines and annotations
What you do with notes: write them up as a report, use 
them to write an essay or dissertation, use them to pass 
on information, store them to keep information
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• Tell students that they are going to listen to an extract
from a talk at a university orientation day. Ask students
to read the student notes carefully. Set a focus question
for this: What is a buddy system? (a system where second-
year university students help new students to find out
where things are and what to do).
• Play the recording. Students listen and complete
the missing information in the student’s notes. Let
students compare answers in pairs before checking
with the class.