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The document discusses a listening exercise about people describing life-changing moments. It provides five options for life-changing moments: being made redundant, gaining media attention, meeting 'Mr Right', heading the wrong way, and losing something special. Speakers are to be identified based on their described life-changing moment. The document also discusses idioms and phrasal verbs related to changes.

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Objective Proficiency Pag 10

The document discusses a listening exercise about people describing life-changing moments. It provides five options for life-changing moments: being made redundant, gaining media attention, meeting 'Mr Right', heading the wrong way, and losing something special. Speakers are to be identified based on their described life-changing moment. The document also discusses idioms and phrasal verbs related to changes.

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1 Ring the changes

Listening
2 1 02You will hear five different people talking
about a key change in their lives. Tick each speaker’s
life-changing moment. There is one extra that you
will not need.
life-changing moment 1 2 3 4 5
being made redundant
gaining media attention

Speaking meeting ‘Mr Right’

1 Everyone goes through changes, whether by choice heading the wrong way
or because of something outside their control. Talk losing something special
about changes that have happened to you or might
stepping in for someone
happen in the future, relating them to these phrases.
r a change for the better 3 1 Listen again to check your answers. Then
02
r the earliest change you can remember choose one of the speakers and describe what
r a new location happened to him or her.
r a change of direction in your life
r a change of heart
Which two phrases above are examples of idioms? Vocabulary
Find a third idiom on this page.
Phrasal verbs

Idiom spot Exam spot


At C2 level, you need to understand and use phrases and
Phrasal verbs are tested in Parts 1, 2 and 4 of Paper 1.
idioms where the meaning is not transparent. You will
Remember that their use is generally informal, so they should
probably know the individual words used, but this may not
be used with care in Paper 2, where the tasks mostly require a
help! Some examples of common idioms are given below.
more neutral or formal register.
Choose the correct option (a or b) to complete each definition.
These idioms are used in the Listening section.
EXAMPLE: If something happens out of the blue, it is
a) unexpected b) creative. Answer a)
You will already have come across many phrasal
1 When things fall into place, events happen to a) change verbs, but now you need to add to this knowledge.
the order of a list b) produce the situation you want. If there are gaps in your learning, try to fill them
2 If something goes downhill, it a) gradually becomes worse
b) picks up speed.
in. How many phrasal verbs can you come up with
3 If something is on the cards, it is a) likely to fail b) likely to from the recording in 2? Remember that some
happen. phrasal verbs contain two particles rather than
4 When you are talking about a change in your life and you say
the rest is history, you mean that a) it happened a long time one (an adverb and a preposition), as in the last
ago b) you are sure that people know what happened next. example.

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