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Unit 22 :
The commute Home and running errands
Intermediate
Summary
To be able to learn how to manage time wisely.
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- Brain Storm : Share your ideas with your teacher. Try to make sentences.
How do you manage your time at work and at home?
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Vocabulary
Repeat the following words and phrases with your teacher and use them in a sentence.
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- quitting time(phr)
- signal(v)
- merge(v)
- stop-and-go(adj)
- stalled(adj)
- fridge(n)
- checkout stands(phr)
- bagger(n)
- load(v)
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Story
Read the story aloud with your teacher.
It’s five o’clock and it’s quitting time. I put a few files into my bag, grab my mug, and say goodnight to the rest of the people in my area. I go to the parking garage and get into my car. I signal my turn onto the street and drive toward the freeway on ramp. I merge as best as I can onto the freeway, which is always a bit of a hassle at this hour.
Traffic is stop-and-go all the way from downtown. I hear on the radio that there’s a stalled car in fast lane near La Brea, backing up traffic all the way to Hoover. I decided to get off the freeway and to take surface streets for the rest of the trip.
I need to make a stop on the way home. I know that the fridge is empty, so I decide to stop by the market. I get there and I pick up some French bread, a bag of apples, a few bananas, some pasta, tomato sauce, and a cooked chicken. Luckily, they have a lot of checkout stands open, and I get through the line pretty quickly.
I thank the cashier and the bagger and push my cart to my car. I open the trunk and load everything up. Just then my wife calls me on my cell phone. She was going to be a little late getting home and asks me to make something for dinner. Tonight, I will be the cook.
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Let’s practice
Arrange the jumbled letters to come up with a word. Definition of the word is given as your clue.
1. nalgis
to make a movement, sound, etc. that gives information or tells people what to do
2. germe
to combine or join together,
3. dellast
to delay taking an action
4. edgrif
a piece of kitchen equipment that uses electricity to preserve food at a cold temperature
5. adol
to put a lot of things into a vehicle or machine
6. aggrbe
a person whose job is to put your shopping into bags for you in a shop
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Discussion:
Share your ideas with your teacher.
- What are the advantages of owning a car?
- What are the disadvantages of owning a car?
- Who usually do errands at your home?