1. Escuche la pista entera. Es alguien contando un cambio de vida. Después conteste.
- ¿Cuánto tiempo había ejercido antes del cambio?
- ¿Qué habría sido si se hubiera quedado?
- ¿Qué tres cosas hizo al cambiar de vida?
- ¿Qué opinaron sus padres?
- ¿De qué se arrepiente, y con qué matiz?
Ver soluciones
- Eleven years
- She would probably be a partner by now
- She sold the flat, retrained as a carpenter and never looked back
- They said she was throwing away a well-paid career
- She sometimes wishes she had done it ten years earlier
2. Complete con la forma correcta. Vigile si el deseo es sobre el presente o sobre el pasado.
- I wish I ___ that flat when it was still affordable. (buy)
- She wishes she ___ a little more free time these days. (have)
- I wish my brother ___ answering my messages so late. (stop)
- If only they ___ us about the change in advance. (tell)
- It is time you ___ your own decisions about this. (make)
- I would rather we ___ this in front of the children. (not discuss)
Ver soluciones
- had bought
- had
- would stop
- had told
- made
- did not discuss
3. Suavice cada frase con lenguaje vago del registro que se indica entre paréntesis.
- The presentation was a disaster. (informal spoken)
- It costs two thousand pounds. (formal written)
- There were forty people there. (neutral spoken)
- He works in marketing. (informal spoken, uncertain)
- Come at seven. (informal spoken)
- The project is finished. (neutral, written or spoken)
Ver soluciones
- The presentation was a bit of a disaster.
- It costs in the region of two thousand pounds.
- There were forty or so people there.
- He works in marketing or something along those lines.
- Come at sevenish.
- The project is more or less finished.
4. Hable en voz alta dos minutos por consigna. Grábese, escúchese y vuelva a hacerlo.
- Describe a turning point in your life and what led to it
- Say three things you wish you had done differently, and why
- Explain how your life would be different if one decision had changed
- Give somebody advice about a decision, without sounding categorical
- Describe the stage of life you are in and what comes next
Ver soluciones
- Su propia respuesta. Se esperan compuestos de la lección dos y al menos una oración compleja, no una lista de frases cortas.
- Su propia respuesta. Se espera «wish» con pasado perfecto en las tres, y no «I wish I would», que es agramatical consigo mismo.
- Su propia respuesta. Se espera un condicional mixto: condición en pasado perfecto y consecuencia con «would» en presente.
- Su propia respuesta. Se espera lenguaje vago hablado, «sort of», «a bit of a», «or something», y no una orden directa.
- Su propia respuesta. Se espera léxico de etapas, «settle down», «empty nester», «retirement», y aproximaciones con «-ish» o «roughly».