Inter_Talking about milestones

In your country, what is considered the most important event in one's life?

• the birth of a child
• marriage
• buying a house
• graduating
• getting promoted
• starting a company
• scoring well on an exam
• finding the love of your life
• getting into a great university
• finding a good job

Name three important milestones in your life so far(so far - the past until now).

• went to the college
• graduated from the university
• got my first job
• met my girlfriend

Have you experienced any of these milestones?

• graduating from university
• being hired for your first job
• getting married
• having a baby
• getting promoted
• retirings

Which of the defining moments do you look forward to?

• I look forward to getting promoted
• I look forward to getting married
• I look forward to retiring
• I look forward to being hired for a good

Listen to three people talk about their defining moments. What words do they use to describe them?

First speaker：own home，become depend
Second speaker：good job ，family
Third speaker：First job，graduate，good mark

• preparation
• independence
• achievement
• success
• significance

Help your teacher fill in the rest of the chart.

Talk about your accomplishments.

• Student A:Tell Student B about one of the significant milestones in your life so far.
• Student B:Tell Student A how your own defining moments are the same or different.

Today we ...

• talked about life's milestones.
• compared different forms of vocabulary words.
• described our defining moments.

Before you go ...

• What is the next milestone you expect to experience?
• Some defining moments can be negative. What difficulties have changed your life?