Ask: What were the best things about being a child? What were the best things about being an adolescent? What are the best things about being an adult? Students discuss in pairs. Some answers will be elicited on board ICQ: Do we write? Do you take notes?

Students look the word bank on page 40 via AI, ensuring their enter correct prompt, and notate on their notebooks. Ideas are contrasted

Listen for the main idea. Listen. What would be the best title for the lecture? 25 10 min Go over the instructions and the three possible titles with students. Tell them to listen for the main idea in order to choose the best title. Play the audio. Have students compare their answer with a partner.

In this exercise, students listen to another portion of the lecture. Go over the instructions and make sure students understand that they need to write the letters of the items listed in D in the In the past or Now box in row 2 of the chart in C. Go around the class (or a portion of it), having each student read one of the items a–g. (Most of these were introduced with the Vocabulary on page 32.) Play the audio once, and again if necessary. Check answers with the class.

Discuss the following with a partner. Ask for a volunteer to explain what summarizing is. Then read through items 1–3 with students, including the sentence starters in item 1. These items may be challenging to students. While students discuss them, check in with pairs to make sure they’re sticking to the task and moving through it at an appropriate pace. You may want to set a time limit for each item or announce when pairs should begin on the next item.