WARM-UP VIDEO FOR LINKING BETWEEN WORDS

Instructions. What do expressions 'thinks so', 'sees someone' and 'last summer' have in common? The sound /s/!In fast speech, these expressions might be difficult to catch because they last sound of the first word links with the first sound of the second word, and so they sound more like 'thinkso', 'see someone' and 'lasummer'. Listen and fill the gaps with two words that link together.

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Exercise. Complete each gap with suitable words and expressions you hear from the video.

discussion. But the place to begin, really, is to say that I'm interested in success and what (1) ………….. people and organizations incredibly productive and effective and why other people, perhaps, are (2) ………….. . And at the end of the day, what I want to know is how can every person in this room own a face that looks like this? ADAM GRANT: No, but it's a good guess. Probably you've never heard of him. I hadn't heard of him either when I came across (3) ………….. . Although I later found out that he invented a word that was uttered by my college roommate every day for four I'm going to submit a few sketches for Madonna, but I'm going to do my best work for Jimmy Breslin. And that's really where my work is needed, (4) ………….. few people are wanting to contribute good ideas there. And George ends up writing this amazing skit. vulnerability and humility that establishes a connection. I think that Lincoln was really clever about it, too. He knew that his appearance (5) ………….. easy to laugh at, but also that it was not going to call into question his competence. And so it (6) ………….. that he could easily be a little bit vulnerable about. There's a classic study that shows why this works. you care about my best interests as whether you're competent and capable and assertive. And again, I think this (7) ………….. that often works really well for givers as they communicate. This willingness to defer to other people, to show an There are students who actually only come to school two or three days a year. And she was just exhausted by (8) ………….. who wouldn't listen. And somehow she managed to turn that around and actually intelligence measures are to "Give and Take." So you can find very, very bright givers, very bright takers. There (9) ………….. evidence. Russell James, an economist, has actually shown the smarter you are, the more you give to charity, even after Because in certain cultures I have the feeling that the more senior or the more professional you are, [? public ?] vulnerability might be seen (10) ………….. quite [? narrative ?] intellectually. ADAM GRANT: Yeah, I think there's a huge cross-cultural It's always a real delight and honor to have the chance to speak to Googlers. (11) ………….. of you already know this, but if I knew that a company like this existed I probably never would have gone into academia.

Key: Look at the key and say aloud the script from the video to improve your English.

discussion. But the place to begin, really, is to say that I'm interested in success and what (1) (makes some) people and organizations incredibly productive and effective and why other people, perhaps, are (2) (less so) . And at the end of the day, what I want to know is how can every person in this room own a face that looks like this? ADAM GRANT: No, but it's a good guess. Probably you've never heard of him. I hadn't heard of him either when I came across (3) (his story) . Although I later found out that he invented a word that was uttered by my college roommate every day for four I'm going to submit a few sketches for Madonna, but I'm going to do my best work for Jimmy Breslin. And that's really where my work is needed, (4) (because so) few people are wanting to contribute good ideas there. And George ends up writing this amazing skit. vulnerability and humility that establishes a connection. I think that Lincoln was really clever about it, too. He knew that his appearance (5) (was something) easy to laugh at, but also that it was not going to call into question his competence. And so it (6) (was something) that he could easily be a little bit vulnerable about. There's a classic study that shows why this works. you care about my best interests as whether you're competent and capable and assertive. And again, I think this (7) (is something) that often works really well for givers as they communicate. This willingness to defer to other people, to show an There are students who actually only come to school two or three days a year. And she was just exhausted by (8) (these students) who wouldn't listen. And somehow she managed to turn that around and actually intelligence measures are to "Give and Take." So you can find very, very bright givers, very bright takers. There (9) (is some) evidence. Russell James, an economist, has actually shown the smarter you are, the more you give to charity, even after Because in certain cultures I have the feeling that the more senior or the more professional you are, [? public ?] vulnerability might be seen (10) (as something) quite [? narrative ?] intellectually. ADAM GRANT: Yeah, I think there's a huge cross-cultural It's always a real delight and honor to have the chance to speak to Googlers. (11) (Because some) of you already know this, but if I knew that a company like this existed I probably never would have gone into academia.

Sources: 

Channel: Talks at Google. Adam Grant: "Give and Take", Authors at Google: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-egUK2zaZlo

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