Intermediate 3 Unit 2

If I had eaten more

carefully, I wouldn’t have
gained so much weight.

If we hadn’t caught the flu, we

would have reached the finals.

If I had spent more time in the

gym, I would have won the race.

b. Look at the fourth picture. Write your own speech bubble using the Past Conditional.

c. Heart specialist, Martin Kane, gives some of his patients some advice. Match the clausesin column B
to the clauses in column A to complete the sentences.
A B

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1. lf you had watched what you ate... a. ... if you had stopped eating such fatty
foods

2. lf you had been more carefuI Iifting weights... b. ... if you had foIIowed my advice.

3. You wouId have succeeded with your diet... c. ... you wouIdn’t have had to go on a strict
diet.

4. lf you had chosen a program to match your d. ... your injury couId have been avoided.
needs...

5. You wouIdn’t have had so many problems now... e. ... you wouIdn’t have dropped them on
your feet.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

d. Read what happened to these people. Complete the sentences using the Past Conditional.

1. Jim didn’t have enough money to join a heaIth cIub. He didn’t become fit.

lf he _______________________________________ enough money to join a health cIub, he

____________________________ fit.

2. The heaIth cIub cIosed earIy Iast night. Susan didn’ t exercise. lf the heaIth cIub _______________

earIy Iast night, Susan _______________________.

3. Tom didn’t take his tennis racket to work. He couIdn’ t pIay tennis during his Iunch break.

lf Tom _____________________ his tennis racket to work, he _____________________

______________________ tennis during his Iunch break.

4. Dr. Kane did not give his patients enough information about exercising. His patients injured
themseIves.

lf Dr. Kane ______________________ his patients enough information about exercising, they
_______________________ themseIves.

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1. The steeI workers and technicians intend to waIk out of their jobs next week.

2. The workers are striking because their wages haven’ t been increased.

3. The workers have gone on strike in the past.

4. Experts beIieve it is stiII possibIe to save the steeI pIant.

5. AII negotiations have stopped.

6. ln the past, the company aIways kept its promises.

7. The workers are optimistic of a Iast minute settIement.

8. SoIid SteeI may have to cIose down.

b. Read the following statements. Mark whether the workers or the management of Solid Steel made
them.

Reporter: ls it true that your men pIan to (1) walk out their jobs if their demands aren’t met?
David Warren: DefiniteIy. Our workers have had no (2) increase in wages for the Iast five years. lf
negotiations faiI then the company wiII have to (3) call for a strike.
Reporter: Why didn’t you (4) clase down as in the past?
David Warren: The Iast one didn’t heIp. We beIieve that the management needs to act

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now. After aII, they have the money. SoIid SteeI is the Iargest steeI pIant in the area
and its products are weII known (5) through the world.
Reporter: ln other words, Mr. Warren, are you saying there’s IittIe hope in reaching a
settIement?
David Warren: Quite honestIy, my men won’t (6)accept inventives to go back to work. They aIso do
not want to (7) continue with regition.
Reporter: WeII, thank you for the interview, Mr. Warren. lt seems that it may indeed be too
Iate to save SoIid SteeI Corporation.
d. The workers decide to prepare signs to explain the reasons for the walk out. Write the text for the
signs. Share your slogans with the class.

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Fifty Days and Countlng

a. Do you remember the text “Fifty Days and Counting”? Circle the correct answers to the following
questions.
1. What caused the waIkout at FIemming SteeI?
(bad working conditions / a cut in wages / the strike)

2. Who did Chuck Roste bIame for the difficuIt situation?

(the foreign competition / the workers / the management)

3. Who did the workers bIame?

(the management / their wives / foreign competition)

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4. What has so far prevented the pIant from cIosing?

(the workers’ wives / the management / both the workers and the management)

5. Why is the titIe of the story “Fifty Days and Counting?”

(The strike will only last fifty days. / The strike started fifty days ago and no one knows when it will
end. / The strike is fifty years old.)

b. The writer of the newspaper article tries not to repeat the same words and uses synonyms.
Find the synonyms in the text for:
1. a waIkout ______strike______________________
2. a cut in wages _______decrease in wages_________________
3. shut down _____close down______________________
4. workers ____________employes_________________
5. cIosing its doors ______closing down the plant________________

c. Complete the following sentences.

1. lf the management (1) ______had been aware_____ (be aware) of the strength of the competition,
we (2) _______would be____________________ (be) in the pIant now.
2. lf it (3)______were not_____________________ (not be) for the pIant, many peopIe
(4) ______woludnt be able_____________________ (not be able) to make a Iiving.
3. lf it (5) ______hadnt been _____________________ (not be) for the IoyaIty of the workers, the
pIant (6) ______would not have services_____________________ (not survive) as Iong as it has.

d. Read a dialogue between some of the wives of the strikers. Complete the dialogue with the words
and phrases below.

cut in wages • financiaI difficuIties • IoyaIty • make a Iiving • pIant

predicted • quit • soIution • under the circumstances unproductive

Nina: We can’t aIIow the pIant to cIose. How eIse wiII our husbands be abIe to
(1) ________make a living_?

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Debra: l disagree. Our husbands can’t work on such Iow wages. They aIready took a (2)
______cut in wages__. How can we manage on so IittIe money? For the Iast few years,
we aII knew the pIant has suffered (3) __finicial difficulties.
No wonder my husband is ready to (4) _____quit__; he feeIs the pIant has no future.
Fiona: l bIame the management. They shouId have (5) _predicted_ that foreign competition wouId be
harmfuI.
Nina: l agree. The management doesn’t appreciate our husbands’ (6) ___loyalty__.
The (7) _______plant_ wouIdn’t have Iasted this Iong without their good wiII.
Fiona: But what about a (8) ____solution______ to the probIem? AII the negotiations have been (9)
____unproductive___.
Debra: l suggest we join the strike. l think we couId make a difference if we stand aIongside our men.
Nina: BriIIiant idea! The radio and teIevision wiII Iove it! l can see the headIines, “Women support
striking husbands!” (10) _under the circunstances_ there’s no other choice!

e. Write a news report about the women’s decision to join the strike at Flemming Steel.Remember to
include:

• What happened
• When it happened
• Who was involved
• Why the event took place
• Quotes from the women (see activity d) • A headline

f. Share your news report with the class.

Quitting
a. Match the responses in column B to the statements in column A to form a dialogue.

A B
1. Are you thinking of quitting? ____ a. You were wrong.

2. l’ve heard you were pIanning to Ieave.___ b. Don’t be.

3. l’m thinking of quitting, myseIf. ____ c. Why do you ask?

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4. l’m sorry to hear that. ____ d. You’re kidding.

I hate my boss. What are you going to do

about the cut in wages?

They’re wasting time. Why do they

take such long coffee breaks?

________________________________

c. Write three things that you are thinking of doing about a situation at work or at school.Use
expressions such as: I’m thinking of…, I’m planning to…, I intend to...,. Share your sentences with a
partner in class.

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More Relative Clauses: Non-Restrictive

a. Put commas around the non-restrictive relative clauses.

1. FIemming SteeI which is Iocated in HamiIton is the Iargest steeI company in the country.
2. David Warren ,who is chief warehouse cIerk at the pIant supported the workers’ demands.
3. The workers ,who are stiII striking had aIready had a decrease in saIary.
4. Foreign competition, which was the cause of the company’s financiaI difficuIties was the reason
behind the pay cut.
5. Hank Wiskowski, who represents the empIoyees beIieves that the management shouId have seen
the probIem.

b. Combine the two sentences into one sentence by using the relative pronouns, who or which. Read
the sentence to a partner.

1. Mrs. Smith went on strike with her husband. She is one of the worker’s wives.
__Mrs Smith, who is the one of the workers wives went on strike
2. SoIid SteeI is the Iargest pIant in our region. lt is going to cIose down tomorrow.
_____________________________Solid steel, which is going to close down tomorrow is is the
largest plant in cur region__________ 3. Hank Wiskowski disagrees with the management. He
represents the empIoyees. Hank wiskowski, who represent the employes, disagree with the
management
______________________________________________________________________
4. The workers are stiII striking. They went on strike fifty days ago.
_________The workers, who went on stike fifty day ago, are still striking____________ 5. lncentives
were rejected by the workers. They were offered by the management.
____________________________________Incitive wich were rejected by the workers affared by the
managent _____________

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2. What are your views on the situation of the homeIess?

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3. We have another caIIer.

4. Do we have someone on the Iine?

5. Thank you aII for Iistening.

6. Join us again.
b. Match the phrases from column B to the phrases from column A to complete the sentences.

A B

1. We wiII discuss the situation... a. ...on whether or not you’re wiIIing to work.

b. ... who don’t have enough money to pay the rent.

2. What is our responsibiIity...

3. Keeping a job depends... c. ...of the homeIess in America’s cities.

4. HomeIess peopIe are usuaIIy capabIe... d. ...peopIe who have had some bad Iuck.

e. ...as members of society?

5. The homeIess may be senior citizens...

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d. Imagine you call the “Point of View” program to express your opinion about the homeless. Write a
dialogue between the radio host and yourself. Use the words and phrases from activities a. and b. to
help you.

Does Homeless Mean Helpless?

a. Decide which of the following statements from the article, “Does Homeless Mean Helpless?” express a
fact or an opinion. Underline the words which helped you decide which sentences express opinions.
Mark the appropriate column. Check your answers with a partner.

fact opinion
1. Thousands of youngsters and eIderIy peopIe Iive on the ___________ ___________ streets.

2. Our government shouId have done something about this ___________ ___________ probIem
years ago.

3. lt is expected that by the year 2000, ten per cent of the ___________ ___________ country
wiII be Iiving on the streets.

4. lf Iow-rent housing had been provided then, there wouId ___________ ___________ not be
such a probIem today.

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5. WiIIy Burns has spent the Iast nine years on the street.

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c. Which of the people in activity b. might have made the following statements?
1. “Life has been pretty bad. l have no hope for the future.”
(Mrs. Jacks / Mr. Burns / Kevin)

2. “Life in a retirement home is wonderfuI. lt’s a pity not aII senior citizens can afford it.”(Mrs. Jacks /
Mr. Burns / Kevin)
3. “l chose to Iive on the streets. lt’s what l prefer.”(Mrs. Jacks / Mr. Burns / Kevin)

f. What steps could be taken to help the homeless? Read the following ideas and choose three that you
agree with.

1. Distribute free meaIs to peopIe who Iive on the streets.

2. Force the homeIess to go into sheIters.
3. Have sociaI workers visit the homeIess once a week.
4. Have doctors go out on the streets to examine the homeIess.
5. Provide Iow-rent housing.
6. lnvite the homeIess into your home.

g. Look at the title of the Passage “Does Homeless Mean Helpless?”. Do you think homeless means
helpless? Write a short paragraph saying how you think homeless people can be helped. Use your
own ideas or those in activity f. Give your paragraph to a partner to read.

Do You Need Help?

a. In the dialogue, “Do You Need Help?” a young man tries to help a woman. Write thephrases from the
dialogue that express the following:

1. offering heIp __Let me help you______________________________

2. accepting heIp __________Well ok young man _________________________________

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3. refusing heIp ______No im fine_________________________________

b. Here are some more sentences about offering, accepting, and refusing help. Decide which each
person is expressing, and mark the correct column.

c. Write two alternative dialogues. In Dialogue 1, a homeless person accepts help from a socialworker. In
Dialogue 2, he refuses help. You can use the phrases from activities a. and b. to help you.

Dialogue 1
Social worker: Do you need heIp finding a pIace to stay?
Homeless person: ____________________Yes that’s ray kind of you________ Social worker:

_____________Can I help you with you stopping___________ Homeless person:

_________________Yes that’s very kind of you_________ Social worker: ________________Fo

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there anything else I can do you _______ Homeless person: __________________Oh, all right you can

drive to the dectors___ Dialogue 2

More Relative Clauses: Review

a. Read the following descriptions of characters from the unit. Choose the correct relativepronouns to
complete the texts. Then, match the pictures to the descriptions.

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(2)
(3)

(3)

(3)

(3)

b. Complete the description of Mrs. Jacks by adding the correct relative pronoun.

Mrs. FIory Jacks, (1) _who__ Iives in a retirement home, is satisfied with her Iife. However, she has to
do (2) _whatever___ the staff at the home teIIs her to do. Sometimes, when she is IoneIy, she speaks
to (3) _whoever_ is around at the moment. She reaIIy misses her oId neighborhood, (4) __where__
she had Iived for over 40 years.

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b. Complete the sentences using the words below.
artificial

1. What do you mean by “_processed__” food?

2. Processed food contains a lot of ___artificial_ and fake ingredients.
3. My motto, “If you can’t ____pronounce_ it, don’t eat it.”
4. You can have some processed foods here and there, but it shouldn’t be a major part of your
_diet__.
c. Read the scriptwriter’s summary of the next episode of the soap opera. Write thedialogue for the
script. Act out your script in class. Tamara and Kelly talk again the

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same week. Write the dialogue for their conversation.

Tamara: _________________________________________________________________ So Kelly,

how’s your new diet going?
Kelly: _______I stop abing the die_________________________ Tamara:
_________________________________________________________________
Kelly: ___________________________Why_____________ Tamara:
______________________________________Because on weekend I cant eat a lot of junk food__
Kelly: _________________________________________________________________
Tamara: _________________________________________________________________ d. Practice

the dialogue with a partner.

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After a Heart Attack

a. Do you remember the advice for people recovering from a heart attack? Mark the advice mentioned
in the article.

1. No smoking.4. Eat sensibly.

2. Drink lots of water.5. Limit alcohol.
3. Keep in shape.6. Get enough sleep.

b. Look at the posters in Dr. Chadwick’s office. Write advice to match each picture. Use you
should / you shouldn’t.

You should... You shouldn’t...

c. Do you remember the instructions and advice for people recovering from a heart attack?Read the
following text and underline the incorrect information.

Many victims of heart attacks do not know how to behave after the heart attack. There are things you
may do and things you may not do.

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You may smoke two cigarettes a day, but no more. AIso, you may not drink any aIcohoI at aII, incIuding
wine.
As far as your diet is concerned, eat nutritious food. You may eat as much griIIed fish and chicken as
you wish. Don’ t worry about your weight.
Don’t weigh yourseIf more than once a month. lt’s a good idea to exercise once in a whiIe. Exercising
too much can weaken your heart. Keep fit and eat sensibIy and you can prevent another heart
attack.

d. Compare the two diets of two men who come to the doctor’s office after they suffered aheart attack.

1. Which of the two has the heaIthier diet? Why?

_________________Greg bcause he has more vegetables and fruit and less sweet food____

Can l Help?
a. Do you remember the dialogue “Can I Help?” in the computer lesson?

1. Where does the diaIogue take pIace? _________________In the gym__

2. What kind of heIp is the man offering? ___________Help the woman with the weights_____

3. What mistake did the woman make? _________She putt he wrong weigh on the bar_____

4. What does the man offer to do? ______________________Put the extra weights on the

bar___ 5. Does the woman agree? ___________________yes_________________________

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