Unit 1: B1 Coursebook Audioscripts
Unit 1: B1 Coursebook Audioscripts
Audio 1.4
Unit 1
P Hello and welcome to Great Books of Our Time.
1.1 Do you live in the past, present Today, we're talking about the book, What I talk
or future?
about when I talk about running by Japanese
Exercise 2b novelist, Haruki Murakami. Here to tell us all about
it is this week’s reviewer, Maria Corbett. Maria,
Audio 1.1 & 1.2
thanks for joining us today.
spend time with relatives
M My pleasure.
do some exercise, do housework, do the shopping, P So Maria, what’s this book about?
do some work, do homework M Well, it’s about running but it’s also about
stay in for the evening Murakami’s life. He talks about why running and
writing are important to him.
make future plans, make a to-do list
P And why is running important to him? Why does
eat healthy food he run?
have an early night, have fun, have a good time, M Well, it’s certainly about keeping fit, but, er, it’s
have a family meal, have a lie-in more than just that. For Murakami, and I suppose
for many runners, it’s often about getting better at
go to bed late, go on a trip, go shopping
something. He says he doesn’t really enjoy team
chat with friends online sports, you know, playing soccer or baseball,
M Well, no, not really. He says he sometimes thinks and our winters are so long and cold. I don’t mind
about the weather, and he occasionally gets an cold weather, but when the temperature goes down
idea for a book. Actually, he says he usually to 35 below zero, well, that’s another story!
doesn’t think about anything – he just runs. Oh,
3 Gina from Rio de Janeiro
and he nearly always listens to rock music!
My favourite season here in Rio is summer. I’m an
Exercises 6a & b English teacher so I have long summer holidays
when I can relax and spend time with my children. To
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be honest, I prefer spring weather to summer
1 He sometimes thinks about the weather.
weather. Summers here are extremely hot and
2 Once or twice a year he does a triathlon.
humid. We get a lot of thunderstorms then too, but
3 It is often about getting better at something.
actually I quite like watching storms. Another thing I
1.4 Speaking and writing love is New Year’s Eve, which of course is in the
middle of summer here. There’s an amazing firework
Exercises 4 & 5a
display on the beach. I don’t go down there because I
Audio 1.7 can’t stand large crowds, but we have a great view
1 Faisal from Dubai from our apartment.
walks and picnics in the desert or in the city’s 1 I’m not keen on swimming in the sea in the
beautiful parks. summer.
2 My favourite winter activity is fishing.
Also, the sea’s wonderful in the winter. I’m not keen
3 I really love catching fish in the sea.
on swimming in the sea in the summer. The water’s
4 I’m really interested in photography.
too warm and there are sea snakes and other nasty
5 I’m really into watching ice hockey.
animals. In winter, it’s safer and fresher. My favourite
6 I don’t mind cold weather.
winter activity is fishing. I really love catching fish in
7 I prefer spring weather to summer weather.
the sea and then cooking them on a barbecue on the
8 I quite like watching thunderstorms.
beach.
9 I can’t stand large crowds.
2 Marek from Alberta
Review
I love autumn, when the days are sunny but cool. I’m
really interested in photography and autumn’s a great Exercise 3
time for that as the leaves are a beautiful golden Audio 1.10
colour. In late autumn, we get our first snowfalls and
1 When you clean the floor, is this homework or
the snow looks amazing against the bright blue skies.
housework?
Also, I’m really into watching ice hockey and autumn
2 Are your relatives your friends or your family?
is when the new ice hockey season starts. The only
3 If you have a lie-in, do you get up early or late?
problem with autumn is that it comes before winter,
4 If you are online, are you on the internet or the E Well, er, I want to change how the street looks.
telephone? P Hmm … but why’s that important?
5 Is healthy food good or bad for you? E Because I’m interested in the way people see the
6 When you write a to-do list, is it for the future or the world people watch and ask questions
past? when I’m working. Also, I want them to walk on
7 Do people go clubbing in the day or at night? the paintings, become part of the art.
8 Do you need more energy for football or chess?
P Laxman Rao is a tea-seller and a writer in New
Unit 2 Delhi, India. So Laxman, please tell me about
your work.
2.1 Street life
L Well, every day I serve tea at a stall in central
Exercises 3a & b Delhi – it’s crowded and noisy, but my job for the
Audio 2.1 & 2.2 last twenty years! I also write novels and plays in
Audio 2.3
P Finally, Harry Bakewell is a street cleaner from
P Good morning and welcome to the show. Today,
London in England. Good morning, Harry. Could
we’re talking to three very different people about
you tell us a little bit about your job now? Do you
their work outside in the street Edgar
work alone?
Mueller, an amazing 3D pavement artist, Laxman
H Yeah, I do, but I work in a very lively
Rao, a tea-seller, and Harry Bakewell, a street
neighbourhood and I know everyone, so it’s fine.
cleaner. So, first of all, Edgar, why do you think
There’s plenty to do and all kinds of people to
3D pavement art is so popular nowadays?
chat to, so it’s never dull! I have to be careful
E The art happens outside, so people can enjoy the
though, because every now and then, my boss
art on their way to work – they don’t have to go to
checks my work and I get in trouble if I’m chatting
art galleries or museums to see it. They love
or drinking tea when he arrives!
getting close to the art and exploring it.
P And what hours are you working today?
P Your painting, Ice Age, was 330 square metres
H Well, er, today I’m working from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.
and broke a world record. Why do you do such
P And how do you find this work?
huge paintings?
H Well, er, I work in a pedestrian area near the city stuff, not even a cloth or a dustpan and brush! It’s
centre, and we do have a huge problem with my first experience of house-sitting and I’m finding
rubbish so it’s hard work, but I prefer working it quite hard to relax. My friend doesn’t have much
outdoors and I’m not embarrassed about my job. stuff at all, but I’m the opposite: I have loads of
The people who drop their rubbish on the stuff and I miss all my things. Also, there’s
pavement instead of putting it in the bin should be nowhere to put my clothes – no wardrobe or chest
embarrassed, not me! of drawers in the bedroom. I’m quite surprised
about that.
2.2 Home life
3 I’m enjoying living with friends, and the room here
Exercises 6a & b is OK. I mean, it has all the basics − you know, a
bed, a desk, bookshelves and a wash basin. But I
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honestly can’t believe how much I’m missing
1 It’s something that you see in the street.
home! I really hate not having my own washing
2 It’s something that doesn’t move.
machine, dishwasher and fridge! I also miss our
3 It’s something that birds sit on.
big, comfortable sofa and satellite TV with all the
channels. It’s surprising because I never usually
Exercises 8 & 9
think about these things, but now I can’t wait to go
Audio 2.6
home for Christmas!
1 The house where we’re staying is huge. I suppose
they always say things are much bigger in the 2.3 Vocabulary and skills
States, don’t they? They have some beautiful development
things. I love all the candles in the bathroom and
Exercises 1b & c
the soft, white towels – oh, and the Egyptian cotton
Audio 2.7
sheets on the bed are wonderful! It’s a really lovely
place, but I’m still missing certain things from E How do you find city life then, Mike?
home, such as my own bed and even my duvet! M Oh, well, I’ve only been here for a few weeks. But
Also, one thing which I don’t like – they don’t have to be honest, I’m not enjoying it at all.
believe in such a big place, and a bit disappointing M I think it’s because I’m from a small town in the
for me, as I love cooking. Another thing which country, but I just can’t get used to it. Everybody’s
2 I’m staying at my friend’s flat for a couple of M Well, for example, nobody’s ever on time for
months – looking after it whilst he’s away. It’s really anything. I was at a business meeting last week
modern and I absolutely love the bathroom! The and three of the six people were late!
wash basin looks like a sheet of paper, and, at first, E That’s because public transport here is so
I couldn’t even work the taps! There are no rubbish. I was on the way to the city centre
carpets, just white rugs everywhere. I don’t really yesterday and the tram just stopped for half an
like them because I’m so worried about spilling hour. That’s life.
something – especially as I can’t find his cleaning M But it’s crazy. There are so many people who
come here on business, but if you can’t get to M No, er, it takes about ten minutes, I should think.
your appointments on time, you’ll go somewhere T OK, thanks very much.
else to do business. And another thing – I always
get lost. This city’s like a maze. Exercise 4b
E But you’ve got a smartphone. If you get lost, you Audio 2.9
just look it up on the internet. Come on, Mike, T Excuse me, is this the right way to the library?
maybe you come from the country, but you know G Yes, well, you’re on the terrace now, so you need
how to use a smartphone! to go through the drawing room and cross the
M And the tourists! You can’t move. I was in Bath garden. It’s in the corner on the left by reception.
Street the other day, trying to get to a business You know – where you come in.
appointment. All the tourists and shoppers – I was T So I need to go through the drawing room, cross
blocked. I really don’t understand why they come the garden and it’s next to reception?
here on holiday. G Yes, that’s right. You can’t miss it.
E Probably because of all the great museums, art T Thank you.
galleries and shops! I love all the people here, all
the different nationalities, all the buzz … Exercise 5a
M The buzz?
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E Yes, I feel excited all the time. I love it!
1 Excuse me, is this the right way to the library?
2.4 Speaking and writing 2 Keep going until you reach the crossroads.
T OK, so left at the George Roundabout. he floated down towards the desert in New Mexico,
M Yeah. Then take the second right into Serpentine everybody shouted and jumped up and down. They
Road and right again into Station Road. You’ll see were so pleased he was safe. His mother cried with
T Great, thanks very much. Baumgartner landed on his feet. He was so happy to
be safe that he fell down on his knees.
Unit 3
A few days later, he told a TV reporter his next goal
3.1 The man who fell to Earth was ‘to go faster than the speed of light’. It was a
joke, of course.
Exercises 1b & 2
Audio 3.1 Exercise 8a
Hello, and welcome to Making History, the
Audio 3.2
programme where we look back at human
1 watch – watched
achievements that have changed history. And it was
2 look – looked
on October the 14th 2012, that Felix Baumgartner, a
3 lift – lifted
pilot from Austria, made history when he became the
4 land – landed
first person to go faster than the speed of sound.
5 dive – dived
Eight million people watched live on YouTube as
Baumgartner made the amazing jump out of a Exercises 8b & c
balloon from a height of 38 kilometres above the
Audio 3.3 & 3.4
Earth.
1 start – started
Baumgartner’s journey started at 3.16 p.m., when the
2 work – worked
large balloon slowly lifted him up into space. As he
3 decide – decided
went up, he tweeted from his phone: ‘Live from
4 move – moved
space! World, you are beautiful!’
5 need – needed
At 5.37 p.m. it was time to jump. He slowly moved his
seat forward out of his capsule. He sat still and
looked down for a few seconds. He didn’t think about
the beautiful view or breaking the speed record. He
had only one thought: ‘I want to get home alive.’
3.2 Going up … One man’s lift 3 What was happening when you got home
nightmare yesterday?
4 What were you doing this time last week?
Exercises 1b & c 5 Where were you working or studying five years
Audio 3.5 & 3.6 ago?
Positive: in a good mood, pleased, calm, excited
3.3 Vocabulary and skills
Negative: guilty, scared, nervous, exhausted, development
embarrassed, disappointed, confused, lonely, angry,
Exercise 6a
anxious, stressed
Audio 3.9
Exercise 2 When a word ends in -t or -d and the next word
1 Come ON ... Traffic lights ... TURN GREEN ... ‘lift going up’ sounds like ‘lif going up’
Come ON ... I’m going to be so late for my
‘second floor’ sounds like ‘secon floor’
meeting!
2 David! Look! Those cows ... They’re ... They’re ‘it isn’t coming’ sounds like ‘it isn coming’
coming ... They’re coming towards us! Run! Sometimes this happens with -t or -d inside a single
3 Oh no! I don’t believe it! The restaurant’s closed. word.
Now where are we going to go?
‘politely’ sounds like ‘poli-ly’
4 Well, here I am … on my own in a foreign country.
I miss my friends and family so much. I know I can ‘friends’ sounds like ‘friens’
Skype them, but it’s not the same.
5 Good evening ladies and gentlemen, and welcome
Exercise 6b
to ... oops ... that’s my phone ... I’m so sorry! Audio 3.10
6 Yes! I’m on holiday! No more work for two whole 1 behind me
weeks! 2 first floor
7 Oh dear. It was Jake’s birthday yesterday and I 3 next stop
completely forgot! I didn’t ring him or anything. 4 don’t look
Now I feel really bad! 5 fastest lift
8 I'm really sorry, I can’t speak now. I’ve a job 6 old people
interview in five minutes. Argh! Wish me good luck. 7 second time
I really need it! 8 stand back
9 cold morning
Exercise 9a 10 World Cup
Audio 3.8 11 I found this
1 Was it raining when you went out this morning? 12 lift going up
2 What were the other students doing when you
came to class today?
P Many of us use lifts several times a day without R A funny thing happened this morning. I was on the
really thinking about it. But if you watch what train on my way to work and there was this young
people do in lifts, you’ll see some very interesting woman sitting on the seat opposite me. She was
behaviour. Here to tell us more is psychologist, Dr dressed quite smartly; she was obviously
L Yes, that’s right. Lifts are very interesting social she wasn’t wearing a jacket – she was just
spaces. When we’re alone in a lift, we act wearing a white blouse and a skirt. So, anyway, I
normally. But when another person comes in, was feeling a bit thirsty so I got some juice out of
suddenly we behave strangely. my bag. It was one of those little cartons of juice
Next time you’re in a lift, watch where people that comes with a little straw. I was drinking it –
stand. If there are two people, you stand in and it was a blackcurrant fruit juice, a kind of dark
opposite corners. If a third person enters, you purple colour ... Anyway, I don’t know how this
change position quickly and make a triangle. Four happened, but suddenly the straw just jumped out
people and you make a square, with one person of my mouth and a little stream of purple juice flew
in each corner. A fifth person will probably stand up in the air and landed on the woman’s white
magazines this afternoon, and hopefully get ideas for S Uh-huh, sounds great! And how did you find
a new post. Then I plan to finish work early today. I’m everyone?
going to see my sister later on and perhaps have an L Well, it’s much easier these days with the internet.
early night. I found a lot of people through Facebook. In fact,
a few of us are meeting next Saturday at seven
So now it’s ten o’clock in the evening. Well, I can’t lie,
thirty if you’re free?
I’m really looking forward to being back online
S Yeah, sounds great!
tomorrow! I missed social media so much at work,
but I do feel differently about it now. I felt so much
Exercises 8a & b
more relaxed today and really liked spending more
time with family and friends, having interesting Audio 4.3 & 4.4
conversations with colleagues, and a bit more time 1 I’m going to take some photos.
for myself. So, in future, I’m going to change a few 2 I’m going to book a live band.
things and think more carefully about my internet
4.3 Vocabulary and skills
use. I’m not going to deal with work emails outside
development
work, I'm not going to waste as much time online and
I’m not going to check my phone all the time! Exercise 3a
Audio 4.5
Exercises 7a & c
When a word ends with a vowel sound and the next
Audio 4.2 word begins with a vowel sound, we sometimes add
S Hello. a /j/ sound or a /w/ sound to link the words.
L Hi Sophie, it’s Lucas.
I go [w] out
S Lucas, I haven’t spoken to you for ages! How are
you? do [w] a challenge
A Hi, it’s me! Thanks for your messages. Are you B No, I don’t think so. Why?
OK? How was your week? A Do you fancy coming round for dinner?
M Yeah, it was good thanks, a bit tiring with work. B That sounds great. Oh, hang on, did you say
A Yeah, yeah, I’m fine thanks, busy week too. So, I A Yes, is there a problem?
was wondering, do you still fancy doing something B I’m sorry, but I can’t make Friday. I’m meeting a
M Yeah, yeah, that’d be lovely. How about you? Are A No problem. How about Saturday instead?
personal
2 Omar
ordinary
My favourite possession is my smartphone. It’s just
special
an ordinary one, nothing special, but I use it all the
time, for making calls, writing notes, sending emails, comfortable
checking stuff on the internet – everything, really. It’s
valuable
so useful I can’t imagine life without it. It’s very thin
and light, so it’s easy to carry around. And it’s got a 5.3 Vocabulary and skills
plastic cover to protect it. development
Exercises 7a & c
3 Helena
Audio 5.4
My favourite possession is this ring. It’s antique and
A I’ve got some things here that I don’t think we
it’s gold. It’s not very valuable – not worth much
really need. Maybe we could get rid of them?
money – but it’s very special to me. It was my
B Like what?
grandmother’s. She gave me it before she died. It’s
A Well, like this Japanese knife that you bought. It
got a dark blue stone with a black spot on it so it
takes up so much space in the drawer and it’s not
looks like an eye. My grandmother believed it gave
very useful.
her good luck. I love it because it reminds me of her.
B Not very useful? It’s essential!
It’s really, really small – tiny, in fact. She obviously
A Essential for what?
had very small fingers!
B For chopping vegetables!
A Erm … how often do you chop vegetables?
4 Marcus
B Not very often.
My favourite possession is a round box. It’s made of A Exactly! Let’s get rid of it.
a kind of pale grey metal. It sounds strange, but I B Ooh, no, I’m not getting rid of that!
A Oh. OK then. And then there’s this bag of yours. S Oh, yes, I know what you mean. It’s called a voice
B Keep it. It was a present from my mother. recorder. You use it for recording meetings and
A But you never use it. interviews and things?
B You never know … one day I might. C Exactly! That’s what I’m looking for! I’m a student,
A I don’t think so. It isn’t suitable for work, and it isn’t you see, and I want to record my lessons with it.
… S Ah yes. Good idea, yes … but no, I’m afraid we
B Keep it. It’s quite fashionable, you know. don’t sell them here. Why don’t you try the
A I … yes, it’s fashionable, but it isn’t really ... well, it electronics store around the corner? They
isn’t really ‘you’, is it? probably sell them.
B But it’ll be a disappointment to her if we throw it C OK. I will do. Thanks!
away.
A She’ll never know. Anyway, I’m not going to throw Conversation 2
it away. We can give it to somebody. Somebody S Morning.
will like it. C Morning.
B Fine. S Can I help you? Are you looking for anything in
A Now, what about this e-book reader? We don’t particular?
use it any more. C Yes, erm, do you sell, er … Ah, what’s the word?
B You are not throwing that away. It cost us a lot of Sorry, I’ve forgotten the word in English. Er …
money. They make light.
A We can’t keep everything, you know! We’ve got a S Do you mean a light bulb – an electric light bulb?
newer model now, remember? We don’t need this C No, no, no. It’s not electric. It’s … Ah, what’s it
old one. called? It’s long and thin, like a stick, and you
B But it’s in very good condition. burn it and it gives light. You need them when
A Well, that’s fine. We can sell it. Get some money there is no electricity.
for it. I’ll put it on eBay tomorrow. I’m sure we’ll get S Ah, you mean a candle!
a buyer for it. C Yes, a candle! Of course!
B Alright then. S Yes, we do. They’re over there on the left, next to
the matches.
5.4 Speaking and writing
C Thank you very much.
Exercise 2 S You’re welcome.
Audio 5.5
Conversation 3
Conversation 1
C Excuse me. Can you help me? I’ve got a problem
S Hi, can I help you?
with, you know, with mosquitoes in the apartment
C Yes, I hope so. I’m looking for … erm … one of
where I’m staying.
those little machines. I don’t know the name, but,
S Oh yes, it’s a very bad time of year for
er, you use it to record things.
mosquitoes!
S How big is it?
C Yes. I’m looking for something … I don’t know the
C Oh, er, it’s quite small. It fits in your hand or your
word in English. It’s a thing which you put into the
pocket. It looks like a mobile phone.
wall, you know. You plug it into the electricity point B A grater!
and the mosquitoes don’t like it and they go away.
Do you know what I mean? Unit 6
S Yes, yes, I do. A mosquito repellent plug. Yes, we
6.1 The quiet revolution
do have those. If you’d like to follow me, I’ll show
you what we’ve got. Exercise 3
C Great. Thank you. Audio 6.1
1 I share a flat with another student called Max. The
Exercises 3a & b
thing about Max is that he likes everything to be in
Audio 5.6 & 5.7 the correct place. So he always washes up straight
1 You use it to record things. after eating, puts the dishes straight back in the
2 It looks like a mobile phone. cupboard, never leaves anything on the floor …
3 Exactly! That’s what I’m looking for! you know. He even puts his books in alphabetical
4 I’ve forgotten the word in English. order in the bookcase! The other thing about Max
5 What’s it called? is that he never, ever tells a lie. So for example, if
6 It’s long and thin, like a stick. he doesn’t like something I’m wearing, he’ll tell me
7 I don’t know the word in English. he doesn’t like it. But then when he says he likes
8 It’s a thing which you put into the wall. something, I know he really means it.
9 Do you know what I mean?
2 My younger sister Lena’s in her last year at school.
Review
She’s one of those people who’s good at
Exercise 2 everything. She gets top marks in most of her
subjects. And the thing is, she doesn’t even try
Audio 5.8
very hard. I’m not saying she’s lazy – she does
1 large, tiny, amazing, thin
work but, you know, she’s just a natural. She’s also
2 heavy, pale grey, blue, dark brown
a real people person. She’s always at parties or
3 metal, valuable, leather, plastic
out with her friends. Sometimes I don’t see her for
4 comfortable, useful, gold, ordinary
days!
5 antique, brand new, old, light
times, we feel lucky to have so much work, so of Number five: your grandmother’s mother is your
course we don’t mind putting in the hours. great-grandmother. So that’s G-R-E-A-T
grandmother … and we join the words ‘great’ and
Exercises 8a & b ‘grandmother’ with a hyphen, a little line.
Audio 6.2 & 6.3 And finally, number six: your aunt or uncle’s child is
1 My sister’s cleverer than me. your cousin and that’s spelt C-O-U-S-I-N.
2 My brother isn’t as confident as my sister.
Question two, number one: the word for two married
3 I’m taller than my parents.
people – or two people in a relationship – is a couple.
4 My youngest brother isn’t as lazy as I am.
Number two: a child with no brothers or sisters is an
6.2 A Long Way Home only child.
Exercise 1 Number three: two children born on the same day are
Audio 6.4 twins. Half brother and half sister have a different
meaning: your half brother is a brother who has
Number one: your male child is your … what?
either the same mother or the same father as you.
Number two: your mother’s or your father’s sister is
Number four: a mother or father who looks after their
your … what?
children alone is a single parent.
Number three: your sister’s or brother’s son is your
Number five: The word for the people in your family is
… what?
relatives. Your parents are just your mother and
Number four: your mother’s father is your … what?
father.
Number five: your grandmother’s mother is your …
And number six: if you take a child into your family
what?
and the child legally becomes your child, you adopt
And finally, number six: your aunt or uncle’s child is the child.
your … what?
Number seven: before you get married, you get
engaged; that means you agree, formally, that you
Exercise 2
are going to get married. You get divorced only if
Audio 6.5 your marriage goes wrong. Get divorced means
Here are the answers to the quiz: legally end your marriage.
Question one, number one: your male child is your And, finally, number eight: a woman who is married
son and that’s spelt S-O-N. to your father, but isn’t your mother, is your
Number two: your mother’s or your father’s sister is stepmother. We can also say stepfather, stepson,
your aunt. And that’s spelt A-U-N-T. stepdaughter, stepsister and stepbrother. Your
mother-in-law is your husband or wife’s mother.
Number three: your sister’s or brother’s son is your
nephew and that’s N-E-P-H-E-W. And finally, question three: pronunciation. Listen
carefully.
Four: your mother’s father is your grandfather and
that’s one word, grand G-R-A-N-D father. One: father-in-law /ɔː/; aunt /ɑː/. The sound is
Four: father /ɑː/; daughter /ɔː/. That’s a different A Well, he knew he was on the train for about 14
hours. He knew the speed of Indian trains. So he
sound.
knew his village was about 1,200 km from
Adopted /ɪd/; related /ɪd/. That’s the same. Kolkata. He drew a big circle on a map around
Kolkata and every night for four years he sat at
And number six: divorced /t/; separated /ɪd/. That’s his computer, looking at satellite images of the
landscape. Then suddenly he recognized a
different.
waterfall, where he played as a child.
And that’s all the answers to the quiz! Now add up
B Incredible!
your score. How did you get on?
A So he travelled to Khandwa, the village near the
waterfall. He got to the village and found his old
Exercises 4b & 5
house …
Audio 6.6 B Wow …
A I’ve just listened to a really interesting programme A But his mother didn’t live there anymore. But
on the radio. some neighbours helped him to find her. Can you
B Yeah? imagine the meeting? Apparently she couldn’t
A It was an interview with a man who lost his mother speak for some time. She believed her son was
when he was a boy and has recently found her dead after all these years.
again after twenty-five years, using Google Earth. B What an incredible story!
B Really? How did he do that? A Yeah, he’s written a book about it. It’s called A
A Well, this man – his name’s Saroo Brierley – was Long Way Home.
from a small village in India. When he was only B I’d really like to read that.
five years old, he was on a train with his older A Me, too.
brother. He fell asleep and woke up 14 hours
later, alone, in Kolkata.
6.3 Vocabulary and skills
B So, couldn’t they take him home again?
development
A Well, no, because he didn’t know the name of his Exercise 2a
village. He was too young. So he lived on the
Audio 6.7
streets of Kolkata. After a while, he was adopted
When we speak quickly, we sometimes don’t
by an Australian couple from Tasmania.
pronounce parts of words. This is especially true with
B So he moved to Tasmania?
very common words, like the linkers and, but,
A Yes, and he says in the interview that he has
because, so and for example.
always been very happy in his new family. He’s
done well in life, he’s been to university, he’s ‘but’ sounds like ‘bt’
‘because’ sounds like ‘cos’ 8 Because it means you’re really enjoying your food
…
‘for example’ sounds like ‘frexample’
Audio 6.12
1 pleasant, unpleasant 3
2 usual, unusual A Hi Tanya, it’s me. I’m on the train. Listen, I’ve got
7 fair, unfair A Yeah, yeah, I’m fine. But I’m going to be very late
8 friendly, unfriendly home. I’m not going to be back in time for the
6 Sorry, what was the name again? everything you hear. The truth is that we use all of
7 Is there somewhere we can leave our luggage? our brain. We don’t use all of it at the same time,
8 I’ll get someone to help you with that. but even for a small action like moving your little
9 What time is checkout? finger, we use a large part of it.
P Not true, then?
Review
DF I’m afraid not!
Exercise 6 P Alright, now my next question is are boys’
brains bigger than girls’ brains?
Audio 7.8
DF Surprising as it may sound, this is true! At birth,
A I’d like to check in, please. The name’s Samson.
the average brain of boys is 12 to 20% larger than
B OK, Mr Samson, that’s a single room for two
that of girls.
nights. Could you fill in the registration form,
P Really? So, does that mean boys are more
please?
intelligent?
A Of course. Is Wi-Fi available in the room?
DF Er, no, it doesn’t.
B Yes, but there’s a small charge for it.
P OK, next question can you remember things
A I see. And what time is checkout?
better if you listen to classical music?
B You have to leave your room by 11.00 a.m.
DF Ah, you’re talking about the ‘Mozart effect’. Many
A OK, great.
people bought classical music CDs after hearing
B Room 604. I’ll get someone to help you with your
this myth in the 1990s. According to research,
bags.
however, it isn’t true. But who knows, you might
enjoy the music anyway.
Unit 8
P Absolutely! My next question is can babies
8.1 The amazing human brain learn more than one language at the same time?
DF Oh, definitely. Many children grow up in bilingual
Exercise 2b
homes and can speak two languages equally well.
Audio 8.1 In fact, some research says that speaking two
P On today’s programme we’re talking about the languages can actually improve your brain.
brain. The brain is an amazing organ. It can learn. P Ah, interesting. And what about this Is the brain
It can remember. It can think. But there are many able to repair itself?
myths about the brain: stories a lot of people DF In some cases, the brain can repair itself; in other
believe, but which are not true. My guest today is cases, the brain isn’t able to repair itself. It
neuroscientist, Dr Gerry Fernandez. depends on how serious the problem or brain
DF Good morning. damage is. So this is sometimes true and
P … and I’m hoping he’ll be able to tell us what’s sometimes false.
true and what’s not. P Right. OK, thank you. And my final question for
DF I’ll certainly do my best! you today is can computers read our minds?
P OK. So, first question is it true that we only DF No, of course they can’t! But it’s an interesting
use 10% of our brains? question, because scientists believe computers
DF Ah yes, the 10% myth! This is one of the most will soon be able to scan our brains and put our
common myths about the brain, but don’t believe
thoughts into words. They won’t be able to 7 I’m terrible at remembering people’s names.
understand the thoughts though.
8.3 Vocabulary and skills
P So how will that help us?
development
DF People will be able to dictate letters and search
the internet just by thinking. Exercise 2a
P Oh, I see. Brilliant! And that also means people
Audio 8.5
with speech problems might be able to
1 They went out when it started to snow.
communicate just by thinking.
2 This smells like chocolate.
DF Exactly.
P That’s amazing! Well, thank you Dr Fernandez for Exercise 2b
helping us separate the facts from the myths.
Audio 8.6
DF My pleasure.
When a word ends in a consonant and the next word
will soon be able to scan our brains and put our ‘the sound of it’ sounds like ‘thesoundofit’
thoughts into words. They won’t be able to
Sometimes words that end and start with consonants
understand the thoughts though.
are also linked the same way.
P So how will that help us?
F People will be able to dictate letters and search ‘let’s leave’ sounds like ‘letsleave’
2 ‘Care’: it’s a very short and simple word but it e It’s a very short and simple word but it means a lot.
means a lot. It sounds very open, as is everybody f It makes me think of young flowers and crisp,
who cares. sunny spring mornings.
3 ‘Happiness’: this is my favourite word because I
like the sound of it. It makes me feel good when I Exercise 8a & b
hear it. You have to smile when you say it and it’s Audio 8.10
one of the first words that I learnt in English. 1
4 ‘Octopus’: when I started learning English at the A Shh, don’t make a noise. It’s really late. You’ll
age of 10, my dad always helped me with my wake the children.
homework and I thought his English was very B OK, I’ll be as quiet as I can.
good. Then one day I was telling him all the new
words we’d learnt that day in class, and when I 2
said ‘octopus’, he just looked at me and said, A It says here in the newspaper than more than
‘Octopus? I’ve never heard that before. What is 60% of young women don’t do enough exercise.
that?’ I got very excited: this was the first time in B Is that because men generally do more sport than
my life I knew something and my dad didn’t! It is a women?
wonderful moment in any child’s life, and ‘octopus’ A I don’t know – it doesn’t say.
has been my favourite word ever since.
5 ‘Probably’. Why? Because it’s the best answer to 3
give when you don’t want to answer a question or A Oh, I don’t know what to do – I hate making
make a decision. decisions!
6 ‘Blossom’: I really like the word ‘blossom’, because B I always make a list of the advantages and
I think it sounds as gentle as the thing it disadvantages, and then decide.
represents. It makes me think of young flowers and
crisp, sunny spring mornings. 4
7 Snow - because I like the quiet snow world. It’s A Oh no, I’ve made a mistake – look.
white and clean and I love freezing weather. Also, I B No you haven’t, you’re doing it really well.
remember having fun when I was a child and it A Well, I don’t think I’ve done a good job.
snowed.
5
Exercise 5
A Right, that’s it … I’ve done the washing-up, the
Audio 8.9 ironing and the hoovering.
a Then one day I was telling him all the new words B That’s great, darling. Would you like me to make
we’d learnt that day in class. you a cheese sandwich and a cup of tea?
b Snow – because I like the quiet snow world. It's A Yes, please. Can I have a piece of cake, too?
white and clean and I love freezing weather.
c It’s one of the first words that I learnt in English. 6
d It seems full of possibilities leading to a bright A I’ve just read a book about Mark Zuckerberg.
future. B Isn’t he the man who started Facebook?
A Yeah, they say he made billions of dollars before A I said, I saw them a few years ago in Germany
he was 30. before they were famous.
B Sorry, what did you say? I can’t hear a word.
8.4 Speaking and writing
A Oh, never mind. It’s too noisy in here. I’ll tell you
Exercise 2 later.
Audio 8.11
Exercise 3
1
Audio 8.12
A Hello, Thomas Smith.
B Hi there, it’s Helen. I’m just ringing to let you know 1 You’re breaking up.
A Hello? Hello? Are you there? You’re breaking up. 3 Please could you speak up?
Sorry, what was that? 4 What does she mean by ‘the literature’?
B Oh sorry, I’m on the train. I keep losing the signal 5 Sorry, I’m a bit lost.
so we might get cut off. Can you hear me now? 6 Sorry, what did you say?
A No, no not really, it’s a really bad connection. 7 It’s too noisy in here.
instructor will check your fitness level and will then Exercises 3b & 5
divide you into two groups, beginner and
Audio 9.6
intermediate.
P Can you explain – how exactly were you using
A Right. Sounds good. I was also wondering about
social media?
the weather. The course is outdoors, isn’t it? It’s in
I Well, I was using it in two different ways. There’s
a park. What will happen if it rains or snows? Will
the photography, which is my work, so I depend
you cancel it or will it be indoors?
on Facebook and LinkedIn for business, as I work
B Erm, no. With MovNat you need to practise your
for myself. But then I also use it to keep in touch
skills in all weather conditions. That’s part of our
with friends and family.
philosophy. The course will take place outside,
P When did you realize there was a problem?
whatever the weather. If it’s raining or snowing,
I A friend asked me how often I checked social
the experience will be even more exciting!
media sites. I counted and it was up to twelve
A OK. So is it necessary to book a place, or would it
times an hour.
be alright to just turn up?
P That’s quite a lot. And how did you free yourself
B No, you’ll definitely need to reserve a place before
from it?
you come. The courses are popular and places
I So, firstly, I looked at how I used social media
are limited. In fact, there are only two or three
during the day, you know, things like which sites I
places left in November. Would you like me to
visited, and for how long ...
book you onto the course now?
P OK, well, that sounds like a good start.
A I just need to check I can make those dates. Then
I Yes, it was. I was shocked at how much time I
I’ll call and book.
spent each day on Facebook and LinkedIn. So,
B OK. Don’t miss your place though!
next I thought ‘I have to do something about this’.
A No, I won’t. I’ll get back to you as soon as I know.
Actually, I really believed in my ability to just stop.
B OK, sounds good. Speak to you soon, I hope.
P And did that work?
9.3 Vocabulary and skills I Absolutely not! It was much more difficult than I
development thought. I tried, but I just couldn’t do it.
P So, what did you do next?
Exercise 2b
I So then I tried a special app you can use on your
Audio 9.5 tablet. It’s called ‘Self-Control’, and it tells you not
P Hello. This morning we’re talking about social to look at social media sites. But then I got a
media. Ilaria di Genaro is a freelance professional smartphone, and didn’t put the app on the phone,
photographer. She’s worked for newspapers from so …
all around the world and she depends on social P … so you were checking Facebook on your
media for her job. Last year she started to worry smartphone a lot!
about spending too much time on it. She realized I Yeah, all the time. I was just spending so much
that her average day consisted of checking social time doing it. But finally I thought of a good idea
media sites up to twelve times an hour. Ilaria, and that was to give money to a local charity
welcome. every time I looked at Facebook or LinkedIn.
P And it worked?
I Yes, it did, because I was giving the charity a lot manage to get in!
of money − a lot! So I stopped and I now check P I think you should see a doctor if they get any
social media a couple of times a day, and my worse.
emails maybe three times. I still give some money C Right, OK. Well, thanks very much for your help.
to charity, but not quite as much.
3
9.4 Speaking and writing
D Hello there, Joseph Erickson?
Exercises 3 & 4a P Yes, I'm his father. My son’s had a terrible
accident and I think he’s broken his arm.
Audio 9.7
D How did it happen?
1
P Well, we were at a children’s party and he ran into
D Hello, please have a seat. So, what can I do for
a wall. He put his arms out to try and stop himself,
you?
but he was going so fast and …
P Well, I’ve had an accident and I’ve hurt my back.
D Let me take a look, Joseph. Oh yes, it’s definitely
D OK … and how did you do it?
broken. We call that a banana arm. He must try to
P Actually, I was lifting some heavy suitcases out of
keep still and we’ll send him for an X-ray straight
the car when it happened.
away.
D I see. Well, if you just want to lie down on the bed
P Er, I’m so worried, he’s in a lot of pain.
over there, I’ll take a look. Tell me if it hurts. Right,
D Don’t worry, we’ll give him some strong painkillers
well, I don’t think it’s anything serious, but you
before he goes for the X-ray.
should take it easy and you mustn’t lift anything
P He was having such a great time before it
heavy for the next few days. I’ll give you a
happened. I feel really upset.
prescription for some tablets. Please take this to
D Well, I don’t think you should feel bad. He was
the chemist’s next door.
only having fun …
P OK, thank you very much. Oh, and how often
should I take the tablets?
Exercise 4b
D It’s two tablets three times a day before meals.
Audio 9.8
C Yes, have you got anything for insect bites? 3 Have you got anything for insect bites?
Something has bitten me all over my arms and 4 You could try this cream, which should help.
They’re quite red and sore, aren’t they? You could 6 How can I help you?
try this cream, which should help. 7 He must try to keep still.
C OK, thanks, I’ll try it. 8 I don’t think you should feel bad.
1 So this is a Sacher Torte. It’s probably the most These are called vegetable spring rolls.
famous food from Austria. As you can see, it’s a Cover them with strawberry or raspberry jam.
kind of chocolate cake. It’s quite plain, really, and
My favourite are the sweet ones.
it’s got apricot jam in the middle. On the top and
sides it’s covered with dark chocolate which has a There are many different sorts of spring roll.
nice, bitter taste. It’s often served with thick cream. You can eat them at room temperature.
2 OK, so this is a tagine. It’s a kind of stew. There
There are several types of tagine.
are several types of tagine. This one is quite a
typical one – it’s made with pieces of lamb cooked
Exercise 6b
in a thick sauce with onions and spices. The tagine
has some honey in it, so it tastes quite sweet. The Audio 10.3
all the time. Would you like another juice? this morning.
C Oh yes, please. Thank you. C Well, you smell it.
W Yes, you’re right, sir. It doesn’t smell fresh. I’m
2 very sorry about that. I’ll bring you another one.
C Excuse me? Erm … there seems to be a mistake C Er, no. I’d like to order something else, please.
in the bill.
W Oh, is there? Exercise 3b
C You’ve charged us for two coffees and we only Audio 10.7
ordered one. 1 Could you possibly bring me a cloth?
W Oh, I’m terribly sorry. I’ll get you another bill. 2 Don’t worry. It’s not your fault.
C OK. Thanks. 3 There seems to be a mistake …
4 You’ve charged us for two coffees …
3 5 I’m terribly sorry.
C Excuse me. Could I have another glass, please? 6 I do apologize.
This one’s dirty. It’s got lipstick on it. 7 Would you mind waiting …?
W Oh, yes. So it has. I do apologize. I’ll get you a 8 Don’t worry about it.
clean one. 9 I’m afraid I can’t eat this …
C OK, thanks very much. 10 I’d like to order something else, please.
4 Review
C Excuse me. I’ve got a bit of a problem. I didn’t Exercise 4a
know that you only accept cash and I don’t have
Audio 10.8
enough on me.
1 My favourite snack food is pão de queijo, which
W Yes, it does say ‘No credit cards’ on the door.
means ‘cheese bread’ in English. They’re baked in
C Yes, sorry. I didn’t see that. Could I … is there a
the oven and they look like little balls. They’re a
cash machine near here?
popular snack and breakfast food in Brazil and
W There’s one a few minutes down the road.
Argentina. They’re delicious when they’re warm.
C Would you mind waiting while I go and get some
2 Churros are my favourite snack. We often eat them
money out?
for breakfast in Spain. They taste a bit like a
W Not at all.
doughnut but they’re long and thin. They’re fried in
C OK, I’ll be back in a few minutes. Sorry.
oil and then they’re covered in sugar. They’re really
W Don’t worry about it. That’s fine.
nice if you dip them into a cup of thick hot
chocolate.
5
C Excuse me. I’m afraid I can’t eat this fish. It smells
funny.
W What do you mean, sir?
C I mean it smells funny. It doesn’t smell fresh.
W But it is fresh. It was delivered to the restaurant
we can do to make the world better is to make would make us ‘super intelligent’?
P Thank you, Alessandro. And our next guest is and we need all the brain power we can get!
Pilar Jimenez from Spain. Pilar, you have 60 P True, but do you think it’s likely that scientists will
PJ The world would be a better place if everybody drug? Isn’t it rather a crazy idea?
learned how to dance salsa and danced salsa M No, not at all. You can already buy drugs to help
every day. Why? Because when you dance, you you to concentrate more and to improve your
forget about your problems. It also makes you mental energy. This is just the next step.
Audio 11.7 bit about the big circle of children that he’s made.
P Good afternoon, and welcome to another in the S Well, that’s actually made of 26 different children.
series ‘Fantastic Holidays’. This week, we’re It took him around six months to make and weighs
looking at a very unusual place to visit. Steve … I don’t know, about fifteen tonnes. And
Jones is going to tell us all about it. So, Steve, because it’s so heavy, he couldn’t put it all down
P Now, tell us a little bit about the special place you wasn’t easy, but he didn’t give up! I think he spent
visited. Why did you go there? about a week underwater you know, moving sand
S Well, you see, I’ve always loved the sea and and rocks.
diving, and this is a new and really unusual P That’s amazing, and I think I’d really like to see it!
underwater place to visit, so I thought it would be S Yes, it’s really worth a visit.
perfect for me. P Well, thanks for coming into the studio, Steve. If
P You mean you have to dive to get there? you are interested in going to this wonderful
S Yes, that’s the only way to see it because, you underwater sculpture park, you can find more
see, it’s an underwater sculpture park. It was built information on our website …
I Er, excuse me, do you have time to answer a few So, yeah, that’s right, no one has much privacy
questions? these days – not even in their own homes!
M & P Yeah, OK.
I Some media experts are saying privacy is dead in Exercise 5a
our 21st century world. Do you agree? Audio 11.10
M Well, maybe, yeah. I certainly tell my friends a I’m afraid I disagree.
everything online! What do you think? b I’m afraid I disagree.
P Yeah, that’s a good point. All my friends keep in
touch through Facebook, too. But, recently I went Exercises 5b & c
to a concert and I had to dance on stage. I was so
Audio 11.11 & 11.12
embarrassed, and when I got home, someone, I
1 I’m sorry, but I don’t really agree.
don’t know who, had posted a video of me
2 Yeah, but I don’t think that’s true.
dancing on YouTube! My worst nightmare and I
3 I take your point, but I’m not sure about that.
had no control over it. Personally, I don’t like that,
4 True, but there are other ways to look at it.
so yeah, I agree, perhaps privacy is dead!
I OK, thanks very much … Review
Exercise 3b
I Excuse me, could I ask you a question? Do you
think privacy is dead? Audio 11.13
L Pardon? The forest fire in the woods of the northern provinces
I Do you think privacy is dead? is the second natural disaster to affect the region
L Oh, I’m not sure about that. I haven’t really after last June’s floods. The area also has very high
thought about it before. I think we live our lives unemployment, with around 40% of under 30-year-
online these days, so I take your point, but we olds out of work.
don’t share everything and it can be very helpful Yesterday, we heard that a multinational company
in business, you know, to network, contact other has decided not to build a new factory here. People
people, but, I don’t have strong views on this had hoped this would create jobs in the region. When
really. they heard the news, many young people wrote
I OK thanks … angrily on social media.
5 I take your point, we do spend more time in contact understand a maximum of 1.6 people talking. If
with people now, but we still have quiet moments. somebody else is speaking, then we can’t listen to
that voice in our head. That means we can’t work
Unit 12 well and research has shown that the noise in
open-plan offices can reduce productivity by 66%.
12.1 The working environment
P And then there’s the opposite problem. Open-plan
Exercises 5 & 6 offices can be too quiet, if everybody’s doing their
P I’ve been a newspaper journalist since 2001. I conversations. Justin Simms again.
enjoy my job mostly, but … I really don’t like the J Some companies have recently started to use
office where I work. It’s huge and there are about something called ‘pink noise’. Pink noise sounds
60 of us in here. We all sit here, we hear the same like falling rain or wind in the trees. It’s played
noises, we breathe the same air. I’ve worked here through speakers and provides background noise,
for five years. Or at least, I’ve tried to work here. which covers the sound of other people’s
But it’s not easy, and here’s why … conversation and also covers up the sound of
offices? To find out more about open-plan offices, P So if open-plan offices can be a problem, are
I spoke to architect, Nicky Delaney. there alternative solutions? In the last few years,
P So, Nicky, tell me – how long have we had open- break out areas, where people can have informal
plan offices? Is it a new way of working? meetings, have become more and more popular.
N Well, no actually. Open-plan offices have been In next week’s programme, I’m going to look at
around since the late 19th century. The first ones this new flexible working environment. Till then,
appeared in the USA and were like schools, with it’s goodbye from me.
12.2 The changing face of work I So, just to introduce myself. I’m Philippa Hart,
head of HR here at Canadian News Online. As
Exercises 2 & 3 you know, we’re a new company and we’re
Audio 12.5 looking to build up our team of sports writers.
1 I work for an advertising agency. I’m a director and D Uh-huh.
my job is to advise clients about their advertising
campaigns. I spend a lot of time in meetings – I
Exercises 6a & 7a
attend five or six meetings a day, sometimes more. Audio 12.7
And they’re usually at the clients’ offices, not at my I So, on with the interview … First of all, tell me,
own, unfortunately. I often have to give Danielle, what qualifications have you got for this
presentations at the meetings, so it can be quite job?
stressful. I also entertain clients a lot – you know, D Well, I’ve got a university degree in journalism,
take them to restaurants and sports events, that and that included not just newspaper and
sort of thing. It sounds like fun, but it’s difficult to magazine journalism but also radio, TV, and of
relax when you’re with clients. I’d prefer to be out course online journalism.
with family or friends. I guess I’ve just been in this I OK, good, and how much experience do you
job for too long. have? In sports journalism, I mean.
2 I’m a restaurant manager. I work for a large D I’ve worked as a sports journalist for six years. My
restaurant in Las Vegas and I manage a team of first job was working for a local newspaper in my
fifteen people. One of my main roles is to recruit town. I worked there for two years and then I
and train new kitchen and waiting staff. I also do a wrote for a teenage sports magazine. I’m currently
lot of paperwork. For example, I write a report on writing for a popular ice hockey magazine called
food sales at the end of every evening. I often don’t Shoot.
get to bed until after two in the morning. It’s tiring I Yeah, I know it well. So, why do you want to work
work, but I love it! for this company?
3 I’m an administrator at the law court. I work in a D Well, I enjoy my present job, but I’d like to write
team of four people, who I really like, and we run about a range of sports, not just ice hockey. Also,
the day-to-day business of the court. So we set I’d really like to get into online publishing.
times and dates for court cases, answer phone I Sure, sure. And what are your strengths and
enquiries and deal with emails. It’s not the most weaknesses?
exciting job in the world and I don’t expect to stay D Mmm, that’s a difficult question. Strengths … well,
in this job forever, but I’m very happy to do it for I’m creative, I can work quickly when I need to,
now. and I’m good at interviewing sports people – you
know, getting them to say interesting things.
12.4 Writing and speaking
Weaknesses … I find it hard to say no sometimes
Exercise 5 when people ask me to do things. That means I
sometimes have too many projects. But I’m
Audio 12.6
working on that.
I Hi Danielle. Come in. Take a seat.
I Sounds good. And what’s your greatest
D Thanks very much.
Exercise 1
I leave my house at 8 a.m.
Exercise 1
I am crossing the road now. We are having dinner at 8 p.m.
She is enjoying the music. He isn’t meeting anyone this evening.
We aren’t shopping at the moment.
Exercise 2
GR2.2
Is he staying here for two weeks?
1 The woman who took the photos is my aunt.
Are you going to finish your food?
2 The blog that he writes is really interesting.
3 This is the shop where Susan bought her laptop GR5.1
from. 1 He works for an American company.
2 We waited for an hour, but he didn’t come.
GR3.1
3 I bought a tablet and a smartphone yesterday.
1 The plane took off half an hour late, but landed on
Was the tablet expensive?
time.
4 Neil Armstrong walked on the moon in 1969.
2 I didn’t sleep very well last night.
5 Could you open the window, please?
3 Did you fall down the stairs?
6 Museums are more interesting than art galleries.
GR3.2
GR5.2
Exercise 1 1 I need some money to pay my bills.
I left the airport in a taxi. 2 Do you have any Chinese coins in your collection?
We didn’t buy a ticket. 3 There are a few receipts in my wallet.
I was walking in the mountains. 4 I don’t carry too much cash with me.
We were planning our holiday yesterday evening. 5 Do you have enough change for the bus?
He wasn’t sleeping at 1 p.m.
GR6.1
Exercise 2 1 Pilar is smarter than I am.
Did you get cold in the sea? Yes, I did. 2 I’m more creative than my brother, but less
Were you doing something nice? No, I wasn’t. creative than my sister.
3 Mrs Fiore is the most patient person I’ve ever met.
GR4.1 4 They are the least sociable students in the class.
I enjoy swimming in the morning. 5 Evan isn’t as confident as me.
He hopes to win the competition.
They go jogging every evening.
GR6.2 GR8.2
Exercise 1 Exercise 1
I have travelled around the world. 1 Teachers must be qualified.
He hasn’t met our cousins. 2 He mustn’t be late.
Have you talked to my brother? Yes, I have. 3 I have to study tonight.
4 Do you have to get up early tomorrow?
Exercise 2 5 He doesn’t have to fill in a form.
I travelled around Asia five years ago.
He didn’t meet our cousins in 2011. Exercise 2
Did you talk to my brother? Yes, I did. 1 You can leave your books here, if you like.
2 Can they wear their own clothes at school? No,
GR7.1
they can’t.
People will use public transport more.
3 You can’t enter this room, it’s for staff only.
Public transport might be more crowded soon.
4 You mustn’t tell anyone about this.
GR8.1 GR10.1
Making an omelette is easy.
Exercise 1
I avoid shopping in supermarkets.
1 The human brain can think creatively.
2 Computers aren’t able to feel emotions. GR10.2
3 Can you remember her name? No, I can’t. The best pasta is produced in Italy.
4 Is he able to take part in an experiment? Yes, he The vegetables aren’t cooked enough.
is. The restaurant was given an excellent review.
The cars weren’t made in this country.
Exercise 2
1 She might not be able to remember our number. GR11.1
2 I won’t be able to pass this exam. If my country was richer, I wouldn’t want to live
3 We will be able to talk to robots in the future. abroad.
If we found a cure for malaria, millions of lives would
be saved.
If people didn’t drive, the air would be cleaner.
If we used solar power, would we save money?
GR11.2
People used to send telegrams.
We didn’t use to have a TV.
GR12.1
Ford has made cars for 110 years.
I haven’t worked since my accident.
GR12.2
I’m here to see the manager.
He called me to arrange a meeting.