Vocabulary for IELTS - Lesson 4 - Life, leisure

Vocabulary for IELTS - Lesson 4 - Life, leisure

by Ngọc Nguyễn

​Life

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​1.1 Write your answers for the following questions

​1. Do you think people work too much nowadays?

Open Ended

​1.1 Write your answers for the following questions

​2. What do you like to do to relax?

Open Ended

​1.1 Write your answers for the following questions

​3. What is your idea of a perfect day?

Open Ended

​1.1 Write your answers for the following questions

​4. How would you describe your attitude to life?

Multiple Choice

1.2 Now listen to four people answering these questions and decide which of the words in the box best describes each speaker.

SPEAKER 1

• pessimist

• realist

• optimist

• risk-taker

• careful

Multiple Choice

1.2 Now listen to four people answering these questions and decide which of the words in the box best describes each speaker.

SPEAKER 2

• pessimist

• realist

• optimist

• risk-taker

• careful

Multiple Choice

1.2 Now listen to four people answering these questions and decide which of the words in the box best describes each speaker.

SPEAKER 3

• pessimist

• realist

• optimist

• risk-taker

• careful

Multiple Choice

1.2 Now listen to four people answering these questions and decide which of the words in the box best describes each speaker.

SPEAKER 4

• pessimist

• realist

• optimist

• risk-taker

• careful

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​ups and downs

​the mixture of good and bad things in life or in a particular situation or relationship

​live life on the edge

​to have a life with many dangers and risks, especially because you like to behave in an extreme and unusual way

​positive outlook

​the attitude to life and the world of a particular person, group or culture

​live life to the full

try to gain a lot from life by being always busy and trying new activities

​1.4 Make a note of any of these words and phrases that apply to you and then answer the questions in 1.1 again.

​1. Do you think people work too much nowadays?

​2. What do you like to do to relax?

​3. What is your idea of a perfect day?

​4. How would you describe your attitude to life?

Open Ended

​1.4 Write your answers for the following questions

​1. Do you think people work too much nowadays?

​2. What do you like to do to relax?

​3. What is your idea of a perfect day?

​4. How would you describe your attitude to life?

​Vocabulary note

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Note the difference between life and living. Life is used to refer to the period between birth and death, living is used to refer to being alive, make a living refers to earning money.

​once in a lifetime

​used to describe something special that is not likely to happen to you again

​all walks of life

different types of jobs and different levels of society

way of life

the manner in which a person lives:

Ex: ​She loved travel, meeting people from other cultures and finding out about their way of life.

​lifelong (adj)

​lasting or existing all through your life

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