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6 That needs fixing.
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What's wrong with
i
t?
A What can be w(ong w i
th these things? Put these wotds in the coffect categot i
es.
{Most words go in more than one category.)
b i
ke b l
ouM3 car carp43t chair g l
asses plate s i
nk tablec l
oth
B What is wrong w i
th these th i
ngs? Use the words i
n part A to write a sentence about each one.
1. JM-CJlc.iS�.bed- o• 2. __________ J. __________
There'sascmtchonth?cat
**4. ---------- s. ---------- 6. ----------
- - 8. - - - - - - - - - - 9. - - - - - - - - - -**
plate Car sick Blouse
tablecloth
Blouse
bike
bike
car
glasses sick
car
bick
chair
car
carpet
glasses
chair
plate
tabletclock
The blouse is stained
there's a stain in the blouse
The carpet is stained
there's a stain in the caspet
The bike is dented
there's a dent in the bike
The sick is leaking
There's a leak in the sick
The shair is scratched
There's a scratch in the chair
The plate is cracked
there's a plate crack
the tabletclock is torn
tabletclock
there's a torn in the tabletclock
the glasses are scratshed
there're a scratch in the glasses
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Problems, problems, problems!
A Scan the articles in Consumer magazine. Who would read articles like these? Why?
George's Class Ttip �
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Diane's Vacation
George Humphrey is a Spanish D i
ane G l
eason Is a clothing designer l' I-. \
teacher at Crockelt. College in f
in Cincinnati, Oh i
o. For her vacation I
Duluth, M i
nnesota. Last year, last yeai·, she decided t.o go somewhere
George took his summer class £rom she had never been -the soulhwesi.em
Duluth toMadrid, Spain. AL the end of pa.rt. of the U.S. When she an
f red at the airport
the SilMveek t 1ip, George and the twenty i
n Phoenix, Arizona, she rented a beaotiful red
siudents had a delayed night. at the a i
rport convmt i
b l
e for her trip. She p1a:nn�l t.o drive
in Madrid when they were coming home. from Phoenix to the Grand Canyon to go hiking
Because of the six.hour deJay in Madrid, with friends for a rew days. After she left the
they missed their p l
ane from New York to airport, Diane spent the nightin PhoenL'X. The
Minnesota. Evoryone had to stay at a hotel next moming, D i
ane d i
SCO\fe:red that someone
in New York Cit¥, and they an spent a lot had stolen the car from the parking lot. She called
more money tlw1 they had expected. They the. c.-·u-.remaJ agency , and che.y told her she wa.'i
were also more than 24 hours late when they responsible for the cost ofu,e car because she
fmally got back 10 Duluth. When George. had left the keys in it. They would not let. he.i- rem
asked the airline office in New York to pay another car until she paid for the stolen one. Diane
ror the i
r hotel and restaurtult bills, the didn't know what to do. She went back to 1he mo1e l
airline refused. and contacted Conswnc�·magazine.
George contacted Con,,.unu
w magnijne. We We eaHed the rental ageney, and they to l
d us that
talked to a roprose.mative of the airline office D i
ane had not bought specia l
insurance for a stolen
in Madrid and discovered 1h.at. in Etirope, car. We to l
d lhe agen�
ane needed he l
p:
airlines must pay for delays -but that doos she was all alone and feeling worried and depressed
not apply to airlines in the U.S. However, about what happened. The agenCJ• suggested that
because 1he delay first. occurred in Madrid, we contact Diane's credit. card company. We d i
d,
George and each studenl received 400 euros. and Lhey told us I.hat Di:me was protected because
GeorgQ wasvery pleased, especial l
y for his of hercrodlt. card. Thej
en
students. I
n his email to us, George wrote car !
By evening, D i
ane had rentedanothercar from
that he believes the law regard i
ng airline the s.-une agencyand, that n i
ght� she had d i
nner at
delays needs changing i
n the U.S. the^ Grand Canyon with her^ friends.
8 Read the a,t i
cles a.nd complete the chart. Did Geo,ge and D i
ane ,ece i
ve money?
Unit
1. George's
Problems I
What Consumer magazine did I
Rece i
ved money?
Yes No
__.d..eJay inMadrid (^) □ □
tr i p
- Dian�'s
vacation
□ (^) □
Complete the conversation. Use keep, keeps,
need, or needs with passive infinitives or
gerunds of the verbs given.
Jack: Guess what? Someone broke into my ear last n
i
ght!
Mia: Oh, no. What d
d they take?
Jack: Noth
i
ng! But they d
i
d a lot of damage. The
l
ock
_ M'""'"'"'fi'"'s'-'to..,_.b,.e,.re"lpl"a,.
l
reu;,,.J"'
(repa
i
r). And
the w
i
ndow_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
(rep
l
ace).
Mia: It was probab
l
y some young k
i
ds hav
i
ng "fun."
Jack: Yeah. some fun. I think they had a party
i
n my car
The seats
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ __
(clean).
Mia: How annoying. Does the car drive OK?
Jack: No, ;, feel$ strange. The gears_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
(st
ck). so they_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _(fix). And the brakes
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ __ (checi() right away.
Mia: Well, I guess you're
l
ucky they d
i
d n't steal
i
t
Jack: Yeah, luck
y
me.
Write about something you bought that had something wrong with it.
In the first paragraph, describe the problem. In the second paragraph,
explain what you did about it.
�. I bo<Agllt ..., t,;p,-..so n>o.dline. W,,ile I Wd.S �np,,.,:i:"'9 it, I CO«ld. SU it Wo.5 o.t,�
d.M>�. The gws <0.ro../e .,o.5 c11ifl,<d. dnd. n� to be r�. And. to n>ol:e motters
worse, t:he. mo.d1U'lt le.o.ked.!
I tool: it bo.ck to the s!o<e. I wo.5 .,orritA, beco.<Ase. the m.w,i,,e ho<i. beUI on sat,., dnd. I hoA.
tost "'ij •�- lucJcilij, the. ci.eric di<tn't o.5k me. for it. She s<li.d. ., tot of wston>ers hoA.
rtw>% ho<i. the so.me p,-�, o.nd. she go.ve me ., btlur mo.cl1i,,e o.t the so.me pric.e.
Unit
needs sta be replaced
needs sta be cleaned
needs to be silcked
needs sta be fixed
needs to be checked
I bought a pair of pants, and I didn't realize until I got home that it was ripped,
I realize it needs to be repaired, so I sewed it up and it was like new.
(:
Paul will fix it!
A Match each prob l
em w i
th the repair needed.
ITEM PROBLEM
1. d
i
shwasher doesn't work f
2. DVD player DVD is stuck __
3. speakers w
i
re i
s damaged (^) _ _
- dresser^ mirror is cracked
- stove (^) meta l
door is scratched __
6. table legs are loose
_
_
REPA I
R NEEDED
a. t
i
ghten and glue the
l
egs
b. repair the w i
re
c. remove^ the DVD
d. repaint the door
e. rep l
ace the mirror
I. check the motor
B Write a sentence descr i
b i
ng each prob l
em. Then add a sentence descr i
b i
ng the
act i
on needed to fix it. Use pass i
ve i
nfinit i
ves or gerunds.
- Toed i
shwasherdoefin'twort. Themat.Qr^ oeedGtobechecked
Themor.ar needscheckine-
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s.
-
C Th i
nk of three i
tems you own that are damaged (or were damaged) in some way,
Write a sentence descr i
bing each prob l
em. Then wr i
te another sentence
describ i
ng the action needed to fix i
t.
2.------------------------------------
That needs fixing.
l
c
e
d
b
a
DVD is stucking, needs to removed
The DVD to needs remove
The speakers are the wire damaged; The wire needs to be repair
the speakers needs to repairing the wire
