Unit 1 People

An explorer in Majlis al Jinn Cave, Oman

Photo by Stephen Alvarez

F E AT U R E S 1 Look at the photo and the caption. Where is the explorer?

What is the photographer’s name?
10 Explorers
2 1.1 Listen to an interview with an explorer. Match the
How a husband and wife answers with the questions.
are both explorers 1 What’s your name? a The UK.
2 Where are you from? b Stephen Alvarez.
12 A family in East Africa 3 What’s his name? c Richard Turner.
The story of a famous 4 Where’s he from? d He’s from the USA.
family
3 Talk to students in your class. Ask and answer these questions.
14 The face of seven Hello. What’s your name?
billion people My name’s …
Facts and figures on the
world’s population
Where are you from?
18 World party I’m from …
How big is seven billion?

What’s his/her name?

His/Her name’s …

Where’s he/she from?

He/She’s from …

TALK ABOUT X ASKING QUESTIONS X FRIENDS AND FAMILY X FACTS ABOUT COUNTRIES X INTRODUCE YOURSELF 9
WRITE X A PERSONAL DESCRIPTION
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speaking asking questions

1a Explorers

Listening Grammar be
1 Look at the photo of two explorers. Where are they from? (am/is/are)
2 1.2 Listen to an interview with an explorer. Are these 5 1.2 Listen to and read the
sentences true (T) or false (F)? interview with Mike Burney from
Exercise 2. Circle forms of be in
1 His name’s Mike Burney. 5 She’s a photographer. each sentence.
2 He’s from the USA. 6 Mike and Sally are from Wales.
3 He’s married. 7 They’re twenty-six years old. I: Hello. What’s your name?
4 Sally Burney is his wife. M: My name’s Mike Burney.
I: Are you from Great Britain?
M: Yes, I’m from Wales, but I
Vocabulary personal information travel all the time.
3 Add the underlined words from the sentences in Exercise 2 to I: And are you married?
the table. M: Yes, I am. My wife’s name is
Sally. She isn’t at home at the
First name moment.
I: Why? What’s her job?
Surname
M: She’s also an explorer and we
Age thirty-five often travel together.
Job/Occupation explorer
I: Is she from Wales too?
M: No, she isn’t. She’s from
Country Canada.
Marital status single I: Are you the same age?
M: No, we aren’t. I’m thirty-six
Relationship husband
and Sally is thirty-five.
4 Add information about you to the table in Exercise 3.

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6 Look at the forms you circled in Exercise 5. Which forms are 8 1.4 Mike Burney is at the airport in
a) affirmative, b) negative, c) questions and d) short answers? Auckland. Complete the conversation
Look at the grammar box and check your answers. with the correct form of be. Then listen
and check.
X BE (AM/IS/ARE)
C = Customs officer, M = Mike Burney
Affirmative
I’m (am) a student.
C: Good afternoon. 1 you in New
You/we/they’re (are) married. Zealand for work or a holiday?
He/she/it’s (is) from Canada. M: For work. I 2 an explorer.
Negative
C: I see. What 3 your address in
I’m not (am not) a teacher. Auckland?
You/we/they aren’t (are not) married. M: We 4 at 106a Eglinton Road.
He/she/it isn’t (is not) from the USA. C: We?
Questions and short answers M: Yes, my wife and two children.
What’s your name? They 5 with me.
6
Where is she from? C: your wife also an explorer?
Are you from Great Britain? Yes, I am. / No, I’m not. M: Yes, she is, but she 7 in
Is she single? Yes, she is. / No, she isn’t. Auckland for work. She 8 on
For further information and practice, see page 157.
holiday.

7 Pronunciation contracted forms Speaking

a 1.3 Listen. Tick (✓) the form you hear. 9 Work in pairs. Ask your partner about
1 ’m ✓ am his/her:
2 ’re are r
à
STU
OBNF
BOE
TVSOBNF
3 ’m not am not r
KPCPDDVQBUJPO
4 ’s is r
DPVOUSZ
5 aren’t are not r
NBSJUBM
TUBUVT

6 ’re are
7 isn’t is not 10 Introduce your partner to the class.
8 ’s is
Rosana’s from Chile. She’s twenty-three.
b 1.3 Listen again and repeat the sentences. She’s a teacher. She’s single.

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