2. BE A BABY
GO TO
PRIMARY
SCHOOL
GET
MARRIED
HAVE
CHILDREN
BE A
TEENAGER
RETIRE
GO TO UNIVERSITY
FALL IN
LOVE
GET OLD
DIE

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Nouns:
(during sb’s) childhood
(From, during) Early age/ years
(young/old/last/previous) generation
Generation gap
Turning-point
• Adjectives:
 childish
Mature
Grown-up
Eg: The day I decided to change my career was the big turningpoint in my life
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Verbs:
Grow up
bring up
develop
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To leave school/home
To get engaged/married/divorced
To change schools/jobs/your career
To have a baby/children
To move house

4. Idioms:
 in the prime of one’s life ( = in one’s early years)
Eg: In the prime of my life, I gained a lot of prizes
 vim and vigour (= energy)
Eg: During my adolescence, I used to always have so much
vim and vigour
 Expressions with” life”
1. I’ve worked hard all my life.
2. You should start a new life.
3. Stay healthy! It’s a way of life.
4. Ben spent his whole life learning English.
5. I’ll love you in all my life.
6. My grandmother had a very full life.
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Verbs
Reminisce (about)
Recall
Remind (sb of smt)
Nouns
(vivid/ fond/ vague/ unforgettable/ dim) memory
Adjectives
Haunting (beautiful in a way which makes you feed sad and
remember for a long time)
Nostalgic (remember happy times in the past)
Idioms
A memory like a sieve ( a bad memory)
A living memory (during the time that anyone still alive can
remember)

6. Collocations and phrases connected with
remembering
 On the tip of my tongue
⇒ I can almost remember it but not quite
 Doesn’t time fly?
⇒ Time passes so quickly
 It really takes me back
⇒ It reminds me of the past
 It’s still fresh in my mind
⇒ I can remember it clearly, like it was yesterday
 It all comes flooding back
⇒ I suddenly remember it really clearly
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Nouns
Ancestor
Period / phase
Adjectives
Ancient (very old)
Antique
Contemporary (belonging or occurring in the present)
Preceding (coming before in time)

8. 1.
Do you miss anything about your childhood?
2.
How have you changed since you were a child?
3.
Did you have a happy childhood?
4.
What is the best year of your life?
5.
Are you still in touch with your childhood
friends?

9. Examiner: Are you still in touch with your childhood friends?
Julia: Some of them, yes. We’ve all moved on and have very
different lives now, but it’s nice to catch up from time to time
and reminisce. Childhood friends feel almost like brothers and
sisters and there’s something special about that relationship

10. 1. Describe a recent event that made you happy
You should say:
 when and where it was
 who was involved
 what happened
and explain why it made you happy
2. Describe a childhood memory
You should say:
 When it happened
 Who was involved
 How you felt at the time
And explain why you remember this particular occasion
3. Describe a historical place you’ve visited
You should say:
 Where it is located
 What it looks like
 What is used for
And explain whether this place is popular with tourists

11. Topic card 1: A recent event which made you happy
 When and where: my friend's birthday party, last Saturday evening,
we went for a meal in an Italian restaurant.
 Who: there were about 10 of us, he invited some close friends and
work colleagues, most of them were people I've known
since university.
 What happened: we met at the restaurant, I gave my friend a present
and a birthday card, we ordered some food, while we ate
dinnereveryone chatted, after the main course the waiter brought
out a cake and we sang 'Happy Birthday', everyone went home quite
late.
 Why it made me happy: it was great to get together with old friends, I
had some interesting conversations, it was a good opportunity to
catch up with what my friends had been up to, it was a nice way to
wind down after a hard week at work, the food was delicious, I went

12. Topic card 2: HAPPY CHILDHOOD MEMORY
I’m going to talk about a happy childhood event that I remember, and that event
was my 13th birthday. It was 10 years ago now because I’m 23. My birthday is on
the 7th May. What happened was my parents surprised me on my birthday by
telling me that they were going to take me to a theme park that is a few hours
from our house. I’d never been before - it had only been open a few months and
they knew that I really wanted to go. As I recall it was a Saturday that we went.
They didn’t tell me until the morning when I woke up that day. My whole family
was involved in the event. The theme park was really amazing. There was a huge
roller coaster which I remember was really scary but still excellent fun. One
particular thing I remember is the ghost train. My younger sister was not allowed
to go on the ride because she was too young and she was really upset and jealous
of me and by brother! How I felt really depended on what I was doing.
Obviously I was excited the whole day, but I remember that I felt really
exhilarated when I was on the rides such as the roller coaster, and scared but still
excited on the ghost train. The reason that I remember it so well is that I had
been so desperate to go to the theme park and I’d been talking to my friends at
school for ages about how I wanted to go. So it was so great when I found out that
I could. Also I remember it so well because all of our family was together. My Dad
was pretty busy most of the time with his work so we didn’t always have much
time to do things together when I was a younger. So for these reasons, this was a

13. 1.
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5.
What do you think we can learn by studying events of
the past?
What important events do you think might take place in
the future?
What’s the most important event in your country’s
history?
Who was the most important person in the history of
your country?
What was the most important world event during your
lifetime?

14. 1. Examiner: What do you think we can learn by studying
events of the past?
John: I think we can learn a lot by studying history. Just as
individual people learn from their mistakes, societies can learn
from the mistakes made by previous governments or leaders.
For example, from what I've read in the newspapers, many
economists are looking back to the time of the Great
Depression, around 80 years ago, in order to understand the
financial crisis that is currently affecting many countries
around the world. Even if we don't always learn from
mistakes, I think it's fascinating to study history because it
gives us an insight into who we are and where we come from.

15. 2. Examiner: What important events do you think might
take place in the future?
Lucy: It's really difficult to predict what will happen in the
future; most of the big, historic events of the past
would have been impossible to foresee. For example, I
don't think that anyone living 100 years ago could have
imagined that people would one day walk on the
moon! If I had to guess what might happen in the
future, I'd like to think that scientists will invent cures
for diseases like cancer, and we'll all live longer.