1 Unit Lessons for life Opener 1

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• Ask students to work in pairs to discuss the question.
EXAMPLE ANSWERS
Sarah Curtain = principal – King’s College
60 nationalities, 33 different langs
Coffee at Student’s Union: 11 – 12.30, today
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• Play the recording again. Students listen and check
their answers to Exercise 3. Let them compare
answers in pairs before checking with the class. In
feedback, explore why the student hadn’t included the
information in the notes.
ANSWERS
Only ‘relevant points’ are included in the notes. In other 
words, only facts, times, dates, places, useful information, 
etc., but not opinions, welcoming remarks or perhaps things 
the student may only need to remember for a short period 
of time, e.g. the fact that there is coffee after the talk.
Writing skill 
using abbreviations
5a
• Ask students to work in pairs to read the notes again
and find the abbreviations. Let them compare answers
in pairs before checking with the class.
ANSWERS
reg = registration
a.m. = in the morning
p.m. = in the afternoon
uni = university
i.e. = that is
UK = United Kingdom
docs = documents
incl. = including
OS = overseas
sts = students
approx. = approximately/
roughly
hrs = hours
p.w. = per/each week
e.g. = for example
IT = Information Technology
sthg = something
NB = please note (that)
1st = first
etc. = and so on
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