When you are 70, how do you see yourself?

Warning When I am an old woman I shall wear purple With a red hat which doesn't go, and doesn't suit me. And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves And satin sandals, and say we've no money for butter. I shall sit down on the pavement when I'm tired And gobble up samples in shops and press alarm bells And run my stick along the public railings And make up for the sobriety of my youth. I shall go out in my slippers in the rain And pick flowers in other people's gardens And learn to spit. You can wear terrible shirts and grow more fat And eat three pounds of sausages at a go Or only bread and pickle for a week And hoard pens and pencils and beermats and things in boxes. But now we must have clothes that keep us dry And pay our rent and not swear in the street And set a good example for the children. We must have friends to dinner and read the papers. But maybe I ought to practice a little now? So people who know me are not too shocked and surprised When suddenly I am old, and start to wear purple.

HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR STYLE?

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GIVING OPINIONS AND DEBATING

PRONOUNCIATION IS IMPORTANT

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URBAN TRIBES

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DOES APPEARANCE MATTER?

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SPEED DATING (FAST DATE)

PERSONALITIES

SHORT HORROR STORIES

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WORK - A JOB INTERVIEW

CONTENTS FOR THE END-OF-COURSE TESTS (SUBJECT TO POSSIBLE CHANGES)

Writing:

Two texts of 180-200 words.

FOR AND AGAINST ESSAY possible topics:

-Alternative medicine

-Fossil fuels

-Abortion

-Social networks

-Mass tourism

-Man-made climate change

LETTER OF COMPLAINT possible topics:

-To a hotel

-To a travel agency

-To a package holiday tour operator

-To an online shop

-To an internet provider

Speaking
Monologue: preparation time 3 minutes. You can take notes. Presentation time: 4 minutes. The topics are the same as for the writing test.

-Do you think abortion is ethical?

-Do you think there is an alternative to fossil fuels?

-Do you think alternative medicine works?

-Do you think climate change is an invention?

-Do you think social networks are dangerous?

Dialogues: preparation time 3 minutes. Presentation time 5 minutes. These are the topics:

-DEBATES FOR AND AGAINST:

-Alternative medicine

-Fossil fuels

-Abortion

-Social networks

-Mass tourism

-Man-made climate change

COMPLAINING: A FORMAL LETTER

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HOW WILL PEOPLE TRAVEL IN THE CITIES OF THE FUTURE?