day 7: how to thrive at a xmas party
⚒️ Skills: reading
🎄 Days left until Christmas: 18
🎄 Days left until Christmas: 18
how to work with the article
1
Preview: Look at the title and subheadings (Master Small Talk, Make a Good Impression, Dress With Finesse). Ask yourself:
- What kind of advice do you expect?
- Which section looks the most useful for you personally?
2
Read the article once. On the second read, highlight or note down:
- 3 useful expressions
- 2 etiquette tips that surprised you
- 1 sentence you completely agree with — and 1 you don’t
3
Vocabulary Focus: Choose any 4 expressions from the text and:
make a graceful exit, be a good guest, elevated look, “it’s been so brilliant to catch up”, undercurrents of office politics
- rewrite them in your own words,
- write one example sentence for each (from your life).
make a graceful exit, be a good guest, elevated look, “it’s been so brilliant to catch up”, undercurrents of office politics
4
Your Party Strategy: Write 4–6 sentences answering:
- Which tip from the article would help you the most at a real party — and why?
- What’s one piece of advice you would add based on your own personality?
- Use at least two expressions from the article in your answer.
the article
you can save this file on your own device
