MCR) 1 aT ee Cee ee D: i ever been hae EE READING 2 CB Look at the pictures, Which of the people are famous in your country? What do you know about them? bb Read the quotes. Which person is talking about these life events? 1 DD staring a famiy 2 Che tody gesting older 3. Llbecoming a celebrity 4 making tims 5 Llreasing a ite-changin b Brad Pitt "always thought that #1 wanted ‘ty have a family | wanted itp be big. These days Ihave very few. friends | have a handful of close ‘ends and have my family. | am 3 novel the happiest I've ever been.” © Read the quotes again. How did the life events in 1b change each person's life? d Cam Which quote do you like most? Why? 6 Nelson Mandela “When | closed that book, | was a different GRAMMAR rant nprowed my powers of thinking and Comparatives and superlatives _selroontrol.and my relationships. |e prison ‘more informed than when I went in.” a Complete the table with the Highlighted comparative and superlative forms from the quotes. Comparative [Examples ‘Superlative Examples short ‘adj+er | shorter the adj +est the kindest adjectives 2 2the ‘adjectives adj y+ ler | funnier the adj —-y+ jest |the sitest - ¢ Jane Goodall, Primatologist ‘more-+ adj | more important the most + I get back twice a year, and sometimes I see the chimps, and sometimes I con't... Pn not as fitas | was, so if they're way up atthe top of the mountain, it's difficult? ‘more + adv | more easily the most + ack b Read Jane Goodall’s quote again. Match sentences 1-2 with the meanings a-b. 1 [lam notasfitastwes. a I haven't changed. I'm equelly fit now 2 Fltamastitast was b ve changed. 'm less fit now. © BD Now go to Grammar Focus 7A on p.154 d Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the adjectives and adverbs in brackets 1 My life Is than it wes five years ago. (good) 5 This is the town I've ever lived in. (large) 2 I'mthe —_I'veever been. (confident) 6 My home is these days. tidy) 3 I earn than wnen | vias younger. (slowly) ? | work now then | did five years ago. hard) 4 Imnotas___as Iwasa sy) 8 (speak English than I did a yosr ago, (good) @ HM Listen and check. Practise the sentences. { CW Are the sentences in 2d true for you? Why? My We ts better Well, Ihave my than twas tive Govind ‘own flat, but | stil see ee my friendls and! femiy al the time too. 68LISTENING a C2 Read about two famous penple. Do you know anything else about them? How do you think their lives were different before they became famous? Born: Api 19, 1972, Paulista, Braz Fivaldo =a Braziin x footballer. 5 He has olay for some ofthe fiagest teams in the world and ir two Word Gus. 5 Born: Jy 8, 1945, New York, USA ‘Sylvester Stallone Is an American actor, writer and direcios He is most ‘famous for his roles in the Rocky ‘anc Rambo fms. b @iBEM Listen to the stories of the two people. Which information did you already know? ¢ NEM Listen again. Are these sentences true about Rivaldo (R}, Stallone (S) or both men (8)? Compare your answers with a pariner. 1 LNs ie was dificult when he was young, 2 LAtone time in his tife, ha eculdn’t afferd to buy food. 3 [De sold something that he loved, 4 [Die wanted to forget about his career after a sad event. 5 [He was stl poor after he got the job fie wanted 6 [Sane people did nat believe he could be a bg star. 7 [Dhlis success hapooned vey suddenly 8 [He cared about something else more than money. d OD Ask and 1 Which person you think? 2 Do-you know about any other people who started life pac ‘and then became rich? 'swer the questions. 2d the most difficult experien: Rupert Grint “gow MEI nob ese --- bul ve becom less hudependent, because people do everything for me.” f PSY “My parents are really proud. My fathers happy, because now he sees that | am fF TOUS ren Benkimoor sexta awl | of the United Nations. He was | ‘the maséfamous Korean before me” | (FER Complete the sentences with the correct form of the phrases in the box. Listen and check gota job get anoffer get paid get ri 1. Syivester Stallone could asian actor, Rocky won an Oscar and Stallon Rival from Paulstano football club, He didht__ much and he some 1s walked to training, b BD Now go to Vocabulary Focus 7A on p.138 EASPEAKING @ Think of a person you know and put their most important and interesting life events in order on the timeline. Use expressions with get and any other events you like. b CW Work in pairs. Tell your partner about the person you chase, ¢ CB Ask and answer the questions. Look at the life events in the box. gota place at university get engaged get married have children getrich get a job get old 1 Which ofthe life events hav you think you will exper 2 Which life events do rienced? When do SS eeeCTT May mr eee a ered TPA Vo ee HBREADING a CP Look at the photographs from the 1950s, How do you think daily life was different then? Think about: + men / women / chittren ‘© food and drink / shopping / work heaith and exercise b CB Read sentences 1-4 about the 1950s. I Do you think they are true (77) or false (FI? People didn't use to worry about how many calories they ate. The (Gar ipares cur strenerenithia partes ‘government advised people to eat meal, cheese, duller, cereal and bread every day. They also recommended tno glasses of ilk a In the 1950s, ... ‘day. Today the advice has changed. They say we should eat more | pooale were thinner than they are today veortorketara hots yest deed Clpecple spent ore time athe gym than fend butter But we donisten, il an they do toda. Not many of us Bate 60% of us are row orecwoist inthe UK, the everage womsn © Read the article. Check your answers to 1. wil spend 31 years other ite BABII. For & men, es Read the article again. Answer the questions. 28 years. smment say pacple 1 Inthe 19605, what gi th ixereise ‘should drink? Most women used to RESBIRISREBE naturally by doing housework is government advice about ‘ood diferent today? the average housewife did three hours of housework every meh time do UK wemen spend on a cet dey. They en" need to goto the zvm 0 [SREB ond Ee these days? “Today, busy working ios make fe nardor to got enough oxcriee. How dic women in the 1960s exercise? Inventions lke washing machines, freezers and cars have made Why do peosle pt on weight more essiy tay? Our ies easier, so its now much ecsier to jE inthe 1960s, when cid people vist he doctor? Which heath problems ere more common today? Why dic’ people stop smoking inthe 19506? Where sit legal tosmoke inthe UR? wauams @ 2B Think about the information you have reed. Do you think people are healthier now than in ‘the 1950s? Why / Why not? 70unit 7° VOCABULARY Health collocations Work in pairs, Look at the [MIBHIighiled phrases in the article. Which do you think ate ... ? 11 good for your hath 2 bad for your health b @lBm Complete the sentences with phrases from the article. Then listen and check. 1 He, because he was doing so much exercise. 2 He decided to smoking, because it was a very exsensive habit 3. Atter my holcay, | was five Klos 4 tS easy to if you work in an ofice and dont get any exercise 5 imvery healthy — |__ by running every day. 6 | was 2 for years, but then | decided to stop. 7 never do any exercise but 'm thin because | 8 She's again - this time she’s only eating bread and carrats for a week, 9 |___two animal hair and bee stings. ¢ CB Which of the ideas in 2b are common in your country? Do you think people are generally healthy in your country? Why / Why not? d Work in pairs. Find and underline all the words and phrases in the article related to health. Add them to the lists in 2a, GRAMMAR used to Look at the sentences about the 1950s. Are these things the same or | different today? Smoking used tobe very popular. People dint use to knaw t was dangercus. th care People didn't use to live @s long 2s we do today. Hospital operations ware Ht census oe desis we ten enlarge , Tome ete en NEY earn eros Td we Ihe longes but weave en heath pct nthe ‘ 2950s, most kids drank milk and ate: Look at the sentences in 3a again and complete the rules. a cans mperterees ination fe etn in te_—_+ ite wine ory Ce eAieao ante but more (FR people . ¢ © Pronur ion Listen ta the sentences in 3a. Notice the EVEBIEIRES to various foods today. {jusstal, i CE ovens for te Page clo ae eerie diabetes is also increasing, because more people eave ‘ Ci “Smoking used tobe very popular. “The big Holiwood stars lke James Dean and Aucrey Hepburn all smoked on Sereen. In the UK, 80% of adults ‘vere RSGUAESHOHBES. People just cidnt know how dangerous it was and rt ‘ey (0 VIGOR. Todey, we et snow tre dangers, and i's now ilegal to smoke in public places ike offices, sohools and restaurants, Now go to Grammar Focus 7B on p.154 © Complete the sentences with used foand a verb in the box. walk be think spend not suffer not eat 1 When { was a chilé |___ to schoo! every day 2. When Iwas a teenager, my parents | was lazy. 3. |___from allergies, but now I do. 4 People in my country a lat of fast foad, but they do now. 5 6 |__ mare time outdoors than Ido now. The health service in my country better than itis now. pipet sete { Ch Change the sentences in 3e so they are true for you. Compare your answers with a partner. l used to goto school on foot. SPEAKING D Communication 7B Work in pairs. Go to 9.129.a TEM aU It hurts all the time hel a ket Pe eee = HE VOCABULARY At the doctor's a “W Look at the health problems in the box. Which have you had in the last six months? backache a cold a temperature a broken leg aserious stomachache the flu arash bh CW What do people in your country do for each of the health problems in 1a? Choose ideas from the list and add more of your own ideas. ipton from a doctor peta presc + take pills or ether medicine + have some tests © goto the hos + gotothe chemists pputon cream EALISTENING 2 (BED Watch or listen to Part 1. Answer the questions. 1 Why has Leo gone to the doctor? 2. When oid the problem start? b @)gR Watch oF listen to Part 1 again. What other information does the doctor get from Leo about his back problem? Compare your notes with a partner. © CB Ask and answer the questions 1 Do you ever suffer from the 2 What couses if? 4. What treatments would yeu recommend? sme health problem as Leo? EA USEFUL LANGUAGE Describing symptoms a @)Ha Complete the phrases with the words in the box. Then listen and check. exhausted all the time back painful get to sleep 1 2 3 4 Iehurs 5 Weel b @ iB Listen again and repeat. © Make eight more phrases with 1-5 in 3a and the words in the box below. when | walk uncomfortable concentrate arm run terrible itetly When co people get the symptoms in 3a and 3c? Talk about your ideas with 2 partner. People fee sik some people when theyestoad feel sick on car food. joumeys. LISTENING a EM Which treatments do you think the doctor wil suggest for Leo? Put av or x. Then wath or listen to Part 2 and check your ideas. 1 D)say in bed 2 [ido the things you normaly do 3 (]stay in the same position for a lang time 4 Eco some exercise 5 [take pls fore pain b @IBEA Watch or listen again, Are sentences 1-6 true (7) or false (F9? Correct the false sentences. 1 [Jeo s going to the gym a lot at the moment 2 CEteo site down a ot for his job. [hed isnt taking anything fr the pain [te hasta take two pis every tuo hours, [Bite shouldn't take more than 24 lls in a day {Flt might need to see the doctor again in e weekCONVERSATION SKILLS Showing concern and relief Look at the underlined phrases in the conversations. Which phrases show that Leo is... 7 1 happy with what the doctor says 2 worried about what the doctor says Doctor | don't think ts anything to worry about. Leo Phew, That's goad io hear Doctor Put you shouldn't stay in bed — that's not going, tahelp Leo Oh dear Realy? Doctor | really dont think its anything to worty about, Leo What relict! b MBE Listen to the phrases in 5a. How do we pronounce phew? Repeat the phrases. ¢ Cl Work in pairs. Take turns to say the sentences. Respond using the phrases in 5a. ‘Student A 1 don't think it's serious, 2 I think youl need to see another doctor. 3 You should feel batter in 48 nous, ‘Student B 1 I need you to take a few tests. 2 Your foat's definitely not broken 3 | think its just a cod, not the fu USEFUL LANGUAGE Doctors’ questions a HB Match the doctor's questions with Leo's answers. Then listen and check. 1 80, what's the problem? 2 ]wnen i this problem start? 3 Where does i hurt? 4 Clean have look & [do you do any exerese? 6 [_]Are you taking anything for the pain? 7 Flo sou have any alergies? 4 About vee or four says ago bb Hero. This area, & Yes, Ive taken sore aspinn No, cont think so, © Sue Wel, usualy gp tothe gym, but | Raver been recent & Wel, my back hurts, b ABER Listen to the doctor’s questions. Choose the best answer (a or b) for each question. 1a Yes, eteker sore tablets, 0 My leg hurts. 2 a No, notoften, bb Yes, ofcourse 3 2 Igorunning. 1b workin an office 4a Notch. bb Icantteat sh 5 2 fee! tredalthetime, No, noting, 6 a Alldey b About a week ago, 7 a tthutsalt bb Here—under my am. unit 7* PRONUNCIATION Tones for asking questions a @lBEE Listen to the questions. Does the doctor's voice go up (7) or down () at the end of each question? 1 So, what's the problem? 2 When did this problem star? 3. Where des it hurt? 4 Can | have 2 look? bb Which question in 7a does the doctor alrezdy know the answer to? Complete the rule. 1 In questons hers the soeeker doesn't knoer the answer, the voice usually goes up / down. ‘+ In.questions where the specker knows the answer, the voice usually goes up / down, € Listen to the questions in 7a 2gain and repeat. EX SPEAKING a OB Work in pairs. Stucent A: you are a doctor. Listen to your partner's heaith problem and give edvice. Student 8: choose a health problem from the pictures and explain the problem to your partner. Give details. ae ‘this start? | see. ‘problem? : Ive gota Yesterday. After stomachache. dinner. But happens ‘quite ofen. b ‘22 Swap roles. Student A: choose a new health problem. Piva ect cee Ca x a Oo —EeEeeeeee 7STS Com Tare ee ; eo RUC eR ORCC Rene BELISTENING AND SPEAKING @ (28 What kind of things co people sometimes want to change about themselves? Think of one example for each area + det = study = money + exercise + bad habits» relationships b GEER Listen to Jeff, Silvia and Lucas. What change did each person try to make? Were they successful? © BED Listen again. Complete the table Jeff Haw did the problem appr? What did they change? What wasfis the result of the change? Think of something you would like to change in your life. Make notes about the questions. 1 What is the change? 2 Why do you want to make the change? 3 How could you make the change? 4 What do you hope the result will be? iraigeteoti hae you got even better! CHANGE ‘About three years aap, | used to smoke and | was overweight. e (2) Work in pairs. Talk about the changes you would like to rake. 1 think | should eat | was really unfit and | didn’t feel very good about mysett, sa less fast food. How often do decided to make a change. you eat it? TSIBEGIANE | gave up smoking which wasn't too dificult. READING But then | started eating instead of smoking, and I started puting on alot of weight. | was geting heavier and heavier and | wasnt doing any exercise. about 1.78 m tall and my weight went up to 98 ka. So, AAAI | decided | needed to start exercising, too Simon wrote about a change he made for the Living to Change blog. Read the blog and answer the questions. 1. What was Simon Ike before he made a change? 2 What kind of exercise did he start doing? 3. What was the resul? When | was at secendary school I used to enjoy running, $9 thought that would be an easy way for me to get fit. ATi, I could only run for about thirty seconds and zhen I had towalk. twas terrible. So that's how | got started = I went for walks and every few days | made the walk a bitlonger, b Are these sentences about Simon true (7) or false (F)? Correct the false sentences. 1 []Simon had problems with his weight just after he stopped srrokin. 2 [He stariec exercising before he stopped smoking. 3 [He chose running because he was younger. 4 ()He found it ficult to run wren he started 5 [When ne hur his foct, he was pleased to have 2 break rom running. 8 [T]He now thinks he might enter a running rac itwhen 74EA WRITING SKILLS Linking: ordering events @ Complete the rules with the words in the box. Use the FIBBIEEFED words in Simon's blog to help you. tobegin with after that at first after a while soon then in the end To show the order of events we use 0) __ to talk about the fist thing that happened, to mean next _— or the final action, event or result b Which word in 3a means 1 aera short time 2 after a longer time period © Complete the text with words and phrases in 3a, | stopped drinking cote. | got headaches and really missed i (This & the first thing that happened.) | started drinking just one cup a dy. (This is wnat happened next.) 3 ___ the headeches stopped. (is is what happened a short te lator.) | started drinking ereen tea during the day. (This is wnat happened after 2 fonger period of time.) | forgot to make coffee in the morning one day. (This is what happened next.) 6 —__, realised | cicn’t need cotter at all (This is the last thing that happened.) aun eens ‘ARERGRAMIIE, | began feeling fitter and that’s when | started to run and walk. But then, one day, | fell ‘ver end hurt my foot when | was running anc | tad to stop for bout two weeks. | was surprised how much | missed it! However, when I staried again, it was much easier ‘than | thought. S66f, | found | didn't need to walk any more and | found | could run further and furs e id, | was able to go for a 10 ‘km run without problems. I've lost elmast 20 kg and I now ‘weigh just 80 kg. | feel so much better and Im planning to ‘un amarathon next year. These days, ‘instead of spending all my money on unit 7* d Complete the text with the time linkers in the box. Use each linker once. after that soon in the end to begin with after awhile then About a year ago, | was walking near a river and | sligped and fellin. couldnt swim and I was really frightened. | was lucky because a friend was there and she helped me. So | decided that I needed to lear toswim, 1 hated getting into the water at the swimming pool. My teacher told me to take a shower before getting in, ol was already wet. This was a good idea. 2 [found it easier to get into the water. 3 started with very easy exercises like putting my head underwater. I felt a little bit stupid. But my teacher made it fun and we laughed a lot. 4 | found it easy to put my head underwater. Learning how to breathe in and out underwater was, difficult and it took @ long time. 5__ it got easier and I made good progress. 6 Heart how to sutim. I'm not a great swimmer, but I'm not afraid of the water like | used to be. And I'm a lot more careful near the river now! EA WRITING @ You are going to write an article for the Living to Change blog. Think about a difficult change you made or something difficult you tried to do. Choose ‘one of these topics or your own idea. = health = money ‘= education bad habits = wor = relationships Make notes on your ideas. Use questions 1~5 to help you 1. What did you want to do? 2 How did you star? Did your plan change? 3. What was difficull? What was easy? 4. Did anything you did't expect happen? '5. What happened in the end? How do you feel about i? Use your notes to write an article about the change you made. Use time linkers to show the order of, events. Work in pairs. Read each other's articles. Did you write about similar topies? Did your partner use time linkers? x 73UNIT 7 Review and extension GRAMMAR Complete the sentences using the comparative and superlative forms of the words. 1. Top speed: Kawasa 130k, Shumika 140m, TTR 1504rwn The Shumika is faster than the Kawasa, but the TTR is the fastest (ast) 2 Roorn price: Grand Hote! 80 euras, Hotel Central 100 auras, Hotel Europe 130 eures The Hotel Central is —_ Europe is (expensive) 3. MP3 players: Soundgood ***, MusicPro ****, iListan *7*** The MusicPro is the Soundgoos, but the iListen is — (goa) 4. Number of fans in the world: Border FC 20 milion, DDK Jets 100 millon, AK Dynamo 260 milion DK Jets are AK Dynamo, but Border FC is (popular) Grand Hotel, but ok b Complete the text with the correct form of used to and the verbs in the box. plan not be buy notopen nothave see Thirty yoars ago, wo !___ any big supermarkets in my town, ‘There were sore small shops and | 2 verything there. | Jiked it because | always °___peaple | knew, so it was very friendly. But it wasn't perfect — there “ a lot of different jwothcis Arete shops —— on Sura or tet ‘evening, so | © _____ my week carefully. VOCABULARY 2 Complete the sentences with the words or phrases in the box. ‘aplace Intouch onwell paid to know 1 Frm going to get____ with an old friend this week. 2 I get much more now than in my old ob. 3 I'd like to got____at 2 university ina diferent ot 4 When I was younger I wasi’t vey close to my parents, but now we gst © | got____ most of my close ‘rionds when I’ 2s at school. b Match the sentence halves. 1 Cll gorunning tice a waek tm keep @ overweight 2 Em reatiy now, but used to bs b ona dict 3 Li prtesto doerercise than go ‘it (Alot more oeopie tocay nave 5 EWnen | suey 2 lt, loan puter € 76 a Is changea verb or a noun in sentences 1-87 1 | justweant to change into somathing a Bit more comfortable. 2 Ihave a difficult train journey to work — I have to change twice and take a bus. Youive given me the wrong change | gave you $10, not $8. lve changed my mind — I'm going to stay in tonight | 0k the shirt eck to the shop anc chamged it for another one 6 always keep some change in the car to pay for parking. 7 We normally go shopping on Selurcays, bul we'e playing ‘ooteall fora change. 8 Could you change my €: (0 notes, please? bb Match the wores in bold in 3a with meanings a-h. eres 2 LJestofa train, bus or plane and get ona diferent one tb Llreturn sometting and get anew ore Galpin arson 4 CJerchange money for dierent notes or coins © Coke a different decision Nouns £ [because you want a new experienc & Leoirs fh [the mor a shoo assistant returns to you © Complete the sentences with the words or phrases in the box. cchange trsins change my mind change some money keep some change the right change change into fora change change 1 Lalways in my pocket. 2 I normaly comfortable clothes when | get home in the evening, 3 Ihavato on my wey home. 4 | normally gota the mountains, out this year Im going on a beach holiday 5 think its batter to before you go abroad 6 con't often after Ive made a decision, 7 W-easy to something efter you've bought iin a shop. @ When | buy things, | always check the shop assistant gives me ¢ © Which of the sentences in 3c are true for you? Bea aCe tas) How well did you do in this unit? Write 3, 2 or 1 for each objective. Bevery well 2 = well ICAN... ‘Talk about life-changing events Describe health and lifestyle changes Talk to the doctor Write a blog about an achievement 1 = not so well OU