ELEMENTS

UNIT WALKTHROUGH

The second page usually features a final output task—such as a quiz or role play—to practise the language from the lesson.

SPEAKING

What a wonderful world!

1 In which country is it impolite to arrive at someone’s home an hour late?

b Brazi l

a Switzerland

c Greece

2 When you have dinner in Argentina, when is the best time to talk about business?

a soon after you sit down

c after some polite conversation

b after the meal

3 A family in Egypt invites you to their home for dinner. You eat and get full, but the host offers you more food. Do you accept?

b Yes, but you only eat a little.

c Yes, and you eat everything on the plate.

a No.

4 At a business meeting in South Korea, you give your host a small gift to say thank you, but he refuses it. What do you do?

b You insist he take the gift.

a You say you are sorry.

c You keep the gift.

5 In India a friend invites you to have a curry at her home. What’s the best way to eat it?

a with your right hand

b with your left hand

c with both hands

6 In which country do students sometimes knock on their desks to show that they enjoyed a lecture?

a Vietnam

b Germany

c South Africa

7 What do people throw during Thailand’s New Year Songkran festival?

a flowers

b money

c water

8 In Bulgaria, what does it mean when someone nods their head?

a yes

b no

c I love you.

9 In China, what’s the most polite way to point?

a with a closed fist

b with an open hand

c with a thumb

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