Speakout Second Edition, Advanced, Workbook, Clare A., Wilson JJ., White L., 2016

Speakout Second Edition, Advanced, Workbook, Clare A., Wilson JJ., White L., 2016.

   Speakout 2nd Edition is a comprehensive six-level general English course for adults that has been developed in association with BBC Worldwide and BBC Learning English The course integrates authentic video from popular BBC programmes into every unit and builds the skills and knowledge learners need to express themselves confidently in a real English-speaking environment.




Take that smile off your face.
Are you too nice for your own good? When I had my first job as a waitress in a restaurant, I soon learnt that the best way to get myself out of trouble was to smile sweetly at every possible opportunity. ‘I’m so sorry,’ I beamed, when I dropped the plate on the floor and it smashed into smithereens. ‘There must have been a misunderstanding. I’ll sort it out straightaway,’ I smiled, having served chicken kiev to a strict vegetarian. It came naturally. Smiling was a necessary part of the job, dealing with customers - but when I look back at the experience now, I can see that what I was actually doing was desperately covering up for my own inadequacies, my incompetence. I had no idea what I was really supposed to be doing, so I’d smile nicely and hope I would get through the day alive. And it quickly became a habit that stuck.

In fact, it’s a habit that has stayed with me for nearly twenty years. Recently, I interviewed a group of top businesswomen about what they felt was the key factor in their success. Was it their acute business acumen, their nerves of steel in the boardroom, their ability to spot an opportunity when it arose? I was completely caught off guard and quite taken aback when one woman, Miriam, a highly successful manager of a top football club, explained to me how she had survived and prospered in a particularly male-dominated environment. ‘You have to learn to stop smiling,’ she said. ‘You don’t need to make people like you all the time. You just have to do your job and do it well. And the job isn’t just about being nice.’

CONTENTS.
UNIT 1 ORIGINS.
UNIT 2 OPINION.
UNIT 3 PLACES.
UNIT 4 JUSTICE.
UNIT 5 SECRETS.
UNIT 6 TRENDS.
UNIT 7 FREEDOM.
UNIT 8 TIME.
UNIT 9 INSPIRATION.
UNIT 10 HORIZONS.
AUDIO SCRIPTS.
ANSWER KEY.

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