look around ? look at ? look back ? look for ? look to
Example sentences:
1. Tom always looks around and waves when he leaves the house.
2. Look at me when I’m talking. I need to know you are listening to me.
3. Mary looked back on her time at school and remembered her friends and the fun they had then.
4. My mother is always looking for her keys.
5. I look to the future with excitement as we are moving to a new city next week.
2. Coming into Lesson 2
2.1 Listening 1: Single child vs. many children
2.1.1Directions:Listen to May Wong and Annie talking about brothers and sisters. Find out who has got siblings and who thinks that a noisy dinnertime is terrible.
2.1.2Directions:Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F).
True False
[ ] [ F ] 1. May Wong is happy to be an only child. [ ] [ F ] 2. Annie doesn’t want to be an only child. [ ] [ F ] 3. Annie has four siblings.
[ T ] [ ] 4. May Wong wants siblings.
[ T ] [ ] 5. May Wong finds her parents’ questions
terrible.
[ F ] [ ] 6. Annie is better at school than her sister. 2.1.2 Single child vs. many children
Directions:Work with a partner. Listen again and find the answers to these questions.
1. What are Annie’s two main reasons for wanting to be an only child?
She doesn’t like waiting to use the bathroom in the morning and it is always noisy at meals.
2. What are May Wong’s two main reasons for wanting siblings?
She would have somebody to talk to and her parents wouldn’t concentrate on her too much.
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