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Information regarcing prices, travel timetables, and other factual information gven in this work scomect at the time of fist pining but Cambriige University ress does not guarantee the accuracy of such information thereater,: HH CAMBRIDGE HH CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH QD CNivensrry press QI Linguese Assessment Cambridge English EM PO ints ok nT’s BOO Adrian Doff, Craig Thaine Herbert Puchta, Jeff Stranks, Peter Lewis-Jones with Graham BurtonLesson and objective ‘Grammar IT EI Soy ‘Unk T Communic r Geting stand Tek about sharing things on your phone 1A Askend answer personal questions Queston forms Common adjectnes Sylabes and word sess Sentence sess 1B Takabouthow people communicate Presentsimpleand Adverbs Long and stor vowels present continucus 16 Greet people and end conversations Sentence svess Greeting peooke; Ending corvesation 1D ite personal email i Review an exension Mare race WORDFOWE ke ‘2 Waveland Turan Geng stated Tk a2 hoy sctvtes 2A Takeout pct hice Pastime Tearsm ecendings 2B esrb teu aumeye Pastcontrunus TYavelcolestons Sentence ses vows sounds | ' 20 Askforifrmatn ine pubic lace Joining erds ‘oki fo itrmatin in a pi ace 20 Wier big | Review and extension More practice WORDPOWER off 7 is Money Sting stared Tak ba. shopine IA Takeboutexatercescfmeresiy Present prctor past mated ie ae Coleen 3B Takstoutspendirgard sang Present pectth ust, Money Sound and patina 3 morey area a ot 36 Tak ope inshons Senonce sess Taino peor hogs Pape the i 20 Vite an update esi | Review ant ennsin Nore race wororawe just t Tn See ie Seting stared Tak sbost nesnes = 44k Takstowtyour pensforceleratons Pesentcotnucus Cthesarc)——_—Sound and spating going 0 ana rg Sesronce 48 Penadyatinacty wil nent? 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‘Shopping fora present malt update on rising money | Four moncogues: aig money fr fexchanty Interview: May Bal ‘Au bog: Indian wedding | ‘Conversation: Mike and Hary in Tokyo tcl: Life in eumbers ‘Arranging o meet: bithday dinner ‘Thre monologues: solasing ‘Two eral: iitatons Three monologues: wrk Infogranhic: The hepplest obs | Three intoniews: future careers ‘ile: Planning a safe future Leaving wrk eary t CCorwerstion a sume oo Email Job appcation Ace: How to cal with it's litle problems ‘Twointeniens: Sharks saved my life Arce: Sharks saved my life (Par. 2)/ Skylving accident (Pan t) Aovisng a trend ike Advice fr earners frets Three monologues: problems Writing Sr Getting o know ean cer Personal questions Ways ofcomruricaing Sentonces abut communcaing eee conversations; Showing interest sane eecingintouch Personal ema Correctrg mistakes “Types of holiday: A holiday you enjoyed Retelinga news ston: Problems on journeys ‘Askng fr iformation ina pubic place; ‘Askng fer mere information wing Dogs are aes “Tel bog Linking weds | Experiences of generosity ‘Spending and saving money ‘Sentences about spending “aking t people in shops; ee CCharatng your mind — Charts Update ema Peraarephing Fture pans; Preparations for special occasions “Tokyo hight Planning day oat cy Making arrangements; Making time to think Notes on 2 cty you know well What makes people happy at work: Job quaites and requirements Workplace rules Your future career; The future word of Predictions finding a job / werd of work werk fiers and sugpestions; Reassurance Summer jobs Job application Organising an emai Common problems and possibie ‘Advice ona commen problem sours kone or pei seam st Enver eefenes Sores about Nols tata crac vent craratc eels ski ond ein aie ee Stoning moaty ce Message ing avo inne dein ‘eas and ging exampiesLesson and objective Cam cor Con Ser UT Oi z si 2 ating stated Tak stot ferent generations TA Talkaboutfechanging evens Comparalves and Lie vents with get ‘superiatives 78 Describe changes in ifestle Used to/cidn'tuse to Heathand fitness Saunt and sping: used to Now go to Grammar Focus 1A on p.142 d © Pronunciation Listen to the questions in the tables in 4a, Underline the stressed words @ Put the words in the correct order to make questions. 40 /like / what kind of music / you? 60/ what /your parents / do? grow up / did / you inthis area ? ae you / how 01d? have / you /do any hobbies ? speak /any one languages /you do? oanene { Gil Listen and check. Underline the stressed words. g CP Ask and answer the questions in 4e. EW SPEAKING @ Write down six questions that you would like to ask other people in the class. You can use questions from this lesson or your own. Think about: = home + work += the weekend ‘+ relationships + interests = travel ‘© education + people you know «something else? b CQ Work in small groups. Ask the other students the questions you wrote in 5a. Then ask for more information, Do: 2 eae eS No, I live 20 km away. ‘Oh, how do you get here? By carfee eee eet Facebook re 1 B MOY ATIIC) ee ee ee es EM READING AND LISTENING 7 a Cb How do you communicate? Do you do these things with your friends and family? If not, what do you do instead? + send birthday cards to fiends + wre blog + send postcards from abroad + wrt letters by hand ‘+ make plans with friends by email + cancel plans by text or instant message + telephone friend to invite them somewhere | aways send birthday cards, | cont. | we ‘happy birtnaay on Facebook nee “Facebook means | don't b Read the introduction to the article and anything.’ the line in green under each photo. What Tn BI nto Facebook do you think the missing words are? Fs Esme usetu for birhays, that kindof hing When | check my Facebook page, ttl me whose birthday itis. So | never forget and | canjusturte a message on © Read the article and check your answers to 1b. Answer the questions. 1 Why does Julie think her friend will cancel? ‘their wall, And when people have 2 What des Facebook help Ginto remember? ‘'d profer a phone call to | Hanews—maybe naw baby 3 Why is Marc writing a blog? e sr something —you cen write a 4 Whhy does Claudio preter sending instant comment straight ava. ee | AbSOIMIY hate it when frends cancel by text message fs so rude as , d © Listen to four speakers. Match iy fond Surana Riotiag alpina ss a Joe them with the topics they tlk about. tet cae night But HIE | easier than sending Tara blogs and emails. does. I'm waiting for her text mes- Magéa —telationships an text messages sage now, tm studying in Now Yrs, away Chr’s important days and Faceoock 4 trom my famiy, And wil rm here Mike plans anc text messages Imwting blog sony frends and amily at home know my news. |G ke puting a ny shotes on there because people leave comments Most of ny ‘renés use Facebook but preter = vwtng log, ig easy to 1 CB Which ideas do you agree with? soar rqucar tara + Ws rude to cancel by tex. separate emai + It aght io finish 2 eatonship by text + Facebook the perect pace to say ‘Congratulations? * love to get postcards and letters, @ @MM Listen again. Is each speaker happy or unhappy about the use of technology? WhyiWhy not? ‘| just send an | normally communicate with people by instant message because they're free, I've even fnishad relationships with irfrionds by IM. In fact, I mainly do that. know is nat the best thing to do —but t's better than a lot of shouting and crying. Some of my frionds don't even sand a message Thay ust stop all communication and wait for her to realise 710 thoy'r not intrested.VOCABULARY Adverbs 2 Look at the fSHIBEREE ecverbs in the text. ‘Answer the questions. 1 Which adverbs make another word stronger? 2 Which adverbs make another wordless strong? 1b Look at the sentences and complete 1-4 with the frequency adverbs. | generally just senda text. | hardly ever get cards or presents from friends, | mainly finish relationships by IM. My daughter rarely calls me, 100% always normally 1 2 ‘often sometimes 3a 1% ¢ @ilm Pronunciation Look at the words in the table. Do the letters in bold make long or shart vowel sounds? Complete the table headings. Listen and check. Repeat the words. vowels vowels i alnays pretty | nonmlly especially hataly particularly awiul often gorgeous sometimes alright | never rude lovely d Cima Listen and repeat the sentences. | absolutely hate rude people. | particularly enjoy geting letters. thik Facebook is fairy good. U hardly ever send postcards | generally text my friends. I'm realy into blogs. I'm pretty sure my mum can't use Skype. | mainly see my fariy at weekends. @ Cb Change the sentences in 2d so they are true for you. Then compare your sentences with a partner. unit 1° GRAMMAR Present simple and present continuous @ Look at these sentences. Which are present simple? Which are present continuous? present. 1 [like puiting ell my photos on my blog, 2 When | pian something | sand a text. present. 3 Tim waiting for her text message. 4. She's writing 2 blog so we know what she's doing, b Match sentences 1-4 with these uses of present simple and ‘continuous. ‘We use the present simple to talk about: + habits ard routines] + feelings and permanent stuatons (] ‘We use the present continuous fo talk about: ‘actions right now [] + temporary actions round now L] © > Now go to Grammar Focus 1B on p.142 EA SPEAKING Cl Ask and answer the questions. Give reasons for your answers. How often do you ...? + ‘send @ messege to your boss or teacher to say you are sick share important news on Facebook read Engish-language websites send an e-card instead of areal card buy presents for people online start conversations with new people write emai in English call friends end relatives on Skype send video by instant messageae aa TCO RU Lae Ty eed eee eee oe eo @ Showing interest HELISTENING In your country, what do you normally say and do when you ... + first meet somebody new? ‘+ meet someone you know well? We hug and kiss We shake hands and say 1b Look at the photographs. Do you think the people in each photo know each other well? Why? ¢ GIR Watch or listen to Part 1 and check your answers to 1b. d @amM Watch or listen again, Ate sentences 1-5 true (7) or false (F? Correct the false sentences. 1 [The last time Rachel and Annie saw each other was si years eo. 2 [Annie lives along way om the tow centre 3 Ll Rachel and Mark got married a yar ago. 4 [annie has @ soyriend 5 [JRachel, Mark and Annie decide to 0 10a restaurant together. ri2 FAUSEFUL LANGUAGE Greeting people a ©SNE Complete the sentences from Part 1 with the words in the box. Listen and check your answers. meet you nose toscoyou bythe way are you these days 1 Long time 1 4. Where are you living 7 2 How 5 My name's Merk, 3 Great 6 Nice to. 1b Look at the phrases in 2a. Which can you use to speak to ... ? 1 someone you know —--2._someone you are meeting for the frst time ¢ @MMA Listen and note down some possible replies to the phrases in 2a, Do you know any different ways to reply to each phrase in 2a? d Work in pairs. Take turns saying the phrases in 2a and replying. EX CONVERSATION SKILLS Showing interest a @lMA Listen and complete the conversations from Part 1 with the adjectives in the box. fantastic lovely good nice 1 Long time no see! How are you? \'m great, TESTERS! Great to see you, We live on Compton Road. Op — Mark's my husband! Husband — wovr! ifm 4 Would you both like to come? Yeah, SSSR Briliant Let's go, b Look at the conversations in 3a. Do the iGHIHEHEG phrases give information or show interest? © What kind of word completes each phrase 1-4? Choose the correct form from the box. adjective + noun adjective 1 Whata+__! 3 That sounds + 2 Hows! 4 Thats ++ news, d Work in pairs. Take turns to tell your partner about yourself. Reply using the phrases in 3c. something you did atthe weekend # some news whet job you do / what you are studying these daysunit 1 EA PRONUNCIATION Sentence stress [USEFUL LANGUAGE Ending conversations a GINA Listen to the sentences. Notice the @ @AEM Listen and complete the phrases for ending a words with stressed syllables. conversation. | think itwas about sic years ago! 1 We really must ive on Hampton Street 2 twas really nice to yo ; My name's Mat, by the way. 3 Itwas great to ___ you again, An ‘Mark's my husband! 4 Yeah! We must soon | I'm going tothe café down the 5 helio to Dan for met to meet Leo, my aavfrend b Which phrase in 6a do you use when you say goodbye bb Look at the sentences in 4a. Which words to somebody you have just met? have stressed syllables — grammar words or words that give information? © Put the sentences in the correct order to make a conversation B [10h, that’s fine. It was great to see you. EALISTENING a Not far from nere, Look, I'm sorry, ut | really must go. I'm late for a meeting, a SB Look at the picture from Part 2. Who is the A [i] Den, is that you? fourth person at the café? Does he know Rachel ‘A Cea! | thnk | ast saw you at John's wedding. How are you? and Mark? A You, too! I'll give you a call! B (1) |'mfine. And you? Where are you living these days 8 (JH Sarah! Long time no see! SPEAKING @ D Communication 1¢ Student A: go to 7b below. Student B: go to p.129. Student A b Read card 1. Think about what you want to say. © Start the conversation with Student B. Use your own name. b © What do you tink they wll talk about in Ald. YOuste waking down te sweet an you see yur end the café? In pairs, think of three things. Then gene watch or listen to Part 2. Were you right eee ¢ @IBEM Watch or listen again. Answer the questions. your own idea * ister to-your friend's nens and respond Do Rachel and Mark have plans for next week? os a What job does Rachel da? Who helps Rachel atthe shop? ae ratios Raa eee Now look at card 2, Listen to Student B and reply What does Mark do? eee What is Annie doing atthe weekend? Why do Rachel and Mark leave? ‘What suggestion does Annie make before they leave? EY vo meet collengue forthe fistime + soy nto you ae 5 ave some information: * yur fies in buling © Your own idea + lsten to what your new colesgue says and respond + sey goosiye G Yseee - . () Correcting mistakes I’m sending you some photos i D AY CST Tae EM SPEAKING AND LISTENING EAREADING a ©’ Read the messages 1-3 and answer the questions. a Simon is @ student from England. Look 1 What do the (BINH phrases mean? at his pictures from Salamanca in Spain. 2 Deo you ever send or receive these kinds of message? Who tofiom? Wry? __- What do you think he is doing there? b Read the emails and check your ideas can't seem to Did you fre you OK? We in 2a, Which email is to his ... 2 ‘Sein wits BL ny last aver ere ern you. Call me! text? fora tong ime. Dftiend Blake DJunele and aunt Cyounger sister Mika © Who does Simon write to about these subjects? b GMA Listen to Nina and Chris talking about keeping in touch with SUbiects: friends and family. Who is better at keeping in touch: Nina or Chris? *_‘the weather ‘© what he does in the evenings ¢ GINA Listen again and answer the questions. ‘+ the family he is staying with 1 Why doesn't Nina send many emails? z pedi neetcee! 2. Why does Chris phone his mother so often? ee 3 How often does Nina phone her parents? d 4. When does Nina prefer to tll her friends her news? 5 a Answer the questions about Simon's i When does Chris send photos by email? aa 1 What does he say about speaking Spanis How often do you keep in touch with family, 2 Why do you think he says diferent things and friends? Circle the correct adverb for you. about this toeach person? a always generally sometimes rarely Think about: 1 a family member who lives ina diferent place 2. a friend who you dont see very often 2 Tee Which of these do you do with each person? Write the fist letter oftheir name, + talk on the phone or Skype + send emails or messages ‘send pictures, video or web links hardly ever keep in touch + moot fora chat 2 (2B Work in pairs. Talk about your answers to 1d. Irarely keep In touch with people. Inever have time to. {eneraly keen in touch with iy family. | enjoy sending. {sometimes send photos to my sister Jane. Usually pictures of. Isend my friend Alex web links 6 Interesting articles. { ©’ Which of these opinions do you agree with? 1 ‘i's rice to see photos of what your fiends are doing, 2 "You don't have to keep in touch with people all the time. 3 “‘ITyour parents wory a lot, ou should phone ther.’ 14unit 1 Hope you're both well and you're enjoying the summer. WRITING SKILLS tim in Salamanca, in Spin. Tiss photo | tcok of the old cet cs 5 its a beautiful ot town, a you can see Correcting mistakes ‘As you know 'm learning Spanish a the moment." doing a tvo- mon Spanish course here, so my Spanish is slowy improving, The a Look atthe pairs of sentences A-D classes ae very good and we also watch Spanish im, Which pair has mistakes in... ? Its prety hot hee, butt’ nice and cool in he even Love to al & Derammar [punctuation marks, Simon speting Cicapitaletters ‘A. 1 Hove youre both well and youre enjaying the summi 2. Ate you having a good time in Berin, How's tooing? Ave youhaving a good time in Brin? eFe Nees crens iscsi Here are some photos of my group onthe Spanish course. We're al frm Fee veaisaich ifferent countries, so we usually speak English when we're pots | Perrine not very good for my Spanish! Anyway, 'm having @ area time here ane © 1 Ihaving a great time here and the time the time's going much too quicly. There are lots of good cafés here anc wo usvally all go out inthe evening together. A What's Bertin ike? Send me some photos! See you back at college next ‘month Di Simon ‘Boing much too quickly. She speak English quite good, but we are Usually speaking Spanish together. Her are some fotos of my group on the Spanish corse, 2 We're all from diferent countrys, so we usually speak English, ''m sending you some photos of the family 'm staying with in Salamanca, Br’ Match the rules with mistakes in five of the Rey gota daughter te sar age as ou fhe name's Baca. She © sentences in 3a (A1-D2). ‘peaks English quite wel, but we usually speak Spanish together. She 1. The present continuous is formed introduced me to some of her friends and | speak Spanish to ther, too ee a B some ofthe time, not always! How's your job inthe supermarket? Hc 2 When we leave cuta letter, we write an " ope 2. When wo loave cut a letter, we writ you're not working too hard and you're saving lots of monay/?l apostrophe * 9 rophe 3 We use the present simple to talk about habits. 4 Ifaword ends in -y, we change it to -iesin the plural 5 Place names start with a capital letter. © Correct all of the mistakes in the sentences in 3a. Check your answers in Simon's emails, EAWRITING @ Write an email to a friend or family member who you don't see very often, Write about: = how you are ‘= what's new for you (the place you'e living or the people you're spending time with) ‘© what you're doing these days b Work in pairs. Exchange emails and read your partner's email. Circle their mistakes and write these letters at the end of the line. * grammar — + punctuation marks P © spelingSp «capital letters L © Work in pairs. Correct the mistakes in your ‘emails together. Read other students’ emails. Which email is he most interesting? Why?UNIT 1 Review and extension GRAMMAR a Put the words in the correct order to make questions. right / did / go out / you Fast ? where / you / last / weekend / go / cid ? kind of / like you / what / do TV programmes ? do / this school / know / who at/ you? you how / play / sport J often / do ? you do / what / at weekends / do / usually? tired /you Fare / today ? b QQ Ask and answer the questions in la. © Complete the conversation with the present simple or present continuous forms of the verbs. JACKIE. Hi Mum, MUM Ch, hi Jackie. Nice of you to call. You + (not cal) very often! JACKIE Oh come on, Mum! |2___ (work) really hard at university at the moment, I never |___ (have) time to iw And | *___ (Send) you emails all the time. MUM | 5____(like) to speak to you and hear your voice, that’s all, Your sister ©__ (call) me every weekend. JACKIE Well, we ?__(speak) now. But the world @_ (change), Mum! Some of my friends never ® (phone) home, They just !°__ email) or send a text MUM | preferred how things were in the past EAVOCABULARY a Complete the sentences with the correct adjectives. 1 The fim was a lke the ending. 2 We ate some really d 3 They've gota nice house, but they live in 2 realy u —¥ part of town. 4/Itwesa!_______ day, so we decided to go to the beach, 5 I bought ag —— ——_—_s new dress to wear to my friend's wedding 6 He listens to reals —___ any of the bands. 7. This summer, the weather here was h — rained all the time. 8 Thisisa p_ warn and sunny, | don’t know b Choose the correct answers. 1 | absolutely/ fart love football. 2. My parents lve abroad. | rarely mainty see them. 3 think American fms are absolutely! really good, but they're ‘not brilliant. 4 | normally! particularly go for a run once or twice a week. 5 really! fairly hate rock music 6 love all sports, but tennis is especially! normally good. ¢ (AB Which sentences in 2b are true for you? "16 —— tat the beginning, but | didn't ‘food atthe party —— t day for a walkin the park it's so @ Match sentences (1-4) with replies (2-0). 1 Dive gota jacket lke yours. 2 [D)What was the film like? 3. Ll enjoy visting counties with a at of history, 4] We can go for walk later if you lke Greece. Yes, that would be great And italy! Me too, Yes, this styles popular at the moment, I thought it was alright, but my friend hated it b Match the expressions in bold from 3a with the meanings (2-), a what was your opinion of © siniarto © ifyou want for example © Complete the sentences with the words in bold from 3a 1 A Isyour university different from others in your county? No, fs —— most of the others. We can meet tomorrow. (OK — come to my flat for a cofee. Do you want me to bring something tothe dinner party? Yes. Bring something sneet, some ice cream. ‘We went to that new restaurant yesterday. nae d We often use fike with the verbs /ook and sound, Look at the examples. ‘= saying people or things are similar in looks lke his brether~ theyre both al with black hal | think this new sang sounds ike The Beats. ‘= saying what you think wil happen It looks like it might rain — i's very cloudy. + giving your opinion from what you heard or read | spoke to Sara yesterday. It sounds lke she had a realy ‘5000 holiday. Complete the sentences with the correct forms of Jook ike or sound like. 1 ft their ist album. I really like it 2. Sam invited Tor tothe party. So it____he' come. You don' your sister. She's very tl 4 That was the last bus, It___ well have to walk Bea ARM LS} How wall did you do in this unit? Write 3, 2 or 1 for each objective. 3 =very well 2=well 1 =not so well CAN eS es 2 ‘Ask and anewor personal questions o Talk about how you communicate o Geet people and end conversations o o Write a personal emailGETTING STARTED a C® Lookiy ARETE) HI READING AND LISTENING 2 Ask and answer the questions. 1 Where do yo ke to goon holiday? 2. Do you like to try new things on holiday? What? 3 Can you think of any kind of holiday you wouldn't enjoy? Read Yes Man changed my life and answer the questions, 1 What is Danny Wallace's book, Yes Man about? 2 What did Richard do after he read Yes Man? Read Day One and Day Two and then answer the questions. Day One 1 Why did Richard go inta the travel agent's? 2 What holiday did he book? 3. Did he book the kind of holiday he usually likes? 4 When was his fight? Day Two 1 Why did Richard go to the beach? 2 How was the weather? 3. What did he buy at the beach? 4 What is he going to do on Day Three? How does he feel about it? ‘2B Would you like to try water skiing? Do you think Richard will enjoy it? 1-5 true (7) or false (FY? Correct the false sentences. “The class bogan witha lesson before they went out to sea. Richard felt fine when they went out on the boat He found it dificult to stand up on the water skis. He hated water skiing When he got back to the hotel, he went to bed. f 2 can you think of a time when you were surprised you enjoyed something? EAGRAMMAR Past simple: positive Underline the past simple form of these verbs in the article become feel decide start ask do change have want get see sleep go arrive give b Which verbs in 2a end in -ed in the past tense? How do the other verbs change? You can find a list of irregular verbs on p.176 © Complete the sentences with the past simple form of the verbs in brackets. 1 |___asa waiter fora day, for no money. (work) |___a day fishing with five Greek fishermen. (spend) |_——ata beach party unl sic in the morning. (siay) |_—a dancing competition. (win) |_—the same boat trip three times. (take) |___ swimming at midnight. (go) @imma Listen to Richard describing day three. Are sentences etre ea aces eee ree YES MAN Cd 3 ek Ae eee es ad story of a year in the life of author, Danny Wallace, Before Danny Wallace became the Yes Man’, his life was boring and he felt old. So he decided to make Pee cree ey eames Saree eu coe whole year. From the day he started, Reece nee had all kinds of adventures, (eran oe sae the book, | Wanted to change my life Urea ceo oe uae eet eam ie ea Piers a me LISTENING a @EM Which of the activities in 2c do you think Richard enjoyed? Tell a partner. Listen and check. (@HEM Listen again. What is Richard’s last question? Do you think he will say yes or no? Why? ¢ lm Ask and answer the questions Do you ever say yes when you dor't want to? When? 2 Would you ike to be a “Yes Man’ for a week? Why / Wry not?{started on Saturday moming, At 10 am, | got my frst question. | saw a paster in the window of a travel agent's It said, “Tred?” (Wes | sient badly the night before, so | was tired). Under this, it said, ‘Do you naed a holiday?” (Yes, definitely.) So | went in. The travel agent asked me where | wanted to go. But before | could answer, she said, “Somewhere hot?" | don't ike hot weather, but | said, “Yes.” "A beach holiday? Maybe in Greece?” | don't ike the beach. | prefer cities. But | said, “Yes. "What kind of accommodation? A hotel? Ora..." {hate tals, but before she could continue said, “Yes.” Five minutes later everything was ready. My fight was the next day. {arrived at my hotel onthe islan of Zante at lunchtime. It was very, very Not. | just wanted to check in and unpack my suitcase, but the receptionist said, “We have a minious tothe beach in ten minutes. Do you want to g02" You know the answver| gave her tt was about 40°C atthe beach, Luckily, | brought suntan Iotion. A man came towards me: “Sunglasses? Do you want sunglasses?’ {had some in my bag, but | sald, Five minutes later, another man came: "‘Beautiul a, sir?” ‘ried nat to look at him. Three hours later, |had two pats of sunglasses, three hats, a ‘watch and a woman's necklace ‘twas difficult to carry al my newr things back to the minibus. | decided: no trips tomorrow, just rest. When I got back, the receptionist asked, "Did you like the beach?” "Oh, there's a water skiing course tomorrow. Do you want me to book a place for you?" Ican't swim very well and I don't lke the sea. | wanted to cry EXGRAMMAR Past simple: negative and questions @ Complete the sentences with the words in the box. was didn't did_ weren't 1. Some of my experi very good 2 |___ike the mosquitoes that bit me. 3 ___ you have a good week? 4. What your favourite thing? Look at the sentences in 4a and answer the questions about the past simple. 1 Which sentences inciude the verb be? 2. How do we make negatives and questions © with the verh be? © witn other verbs? BD Now go to Grammar Focus 2A on p.144 PRONUNCIATION -ed endings @ GME Listen and tick (7) the verbs which have an extra syllable when we add -ed, change > changed [] play > played need > needed [] ask > asked [J decide > decided E] vant > wanted —E] start > started T] b Complete the rule with two sounds. -ed/endings are pronounced with an extra syllable id! after__ and only. ¢ GIDEA Which of the verbs + -ed in the box have the extra /id/ syllable? Listen and check waited included arrived locked watched shouted smiled stopped ended believed TEA VOCABULARY Tourism a (22 What useful holiday items can you see on these pages? What else do people normally take? b> Now go to Vocabulary Focus 2A on p.133 SPEAKING Think of a holiday you enjoyed. Think about your answers to these questions. ‘= When aid you go? ‘© Where did you go? Was ityour frst ime? How long did you go for? Who cid you go with? ‘What kind of accommodation did you stay in? Did you do any sightseeing? Who cid you meet? Did you bring back any souvenirs? b C2 Tell your partner about your holiday. Listen to your partner and ask questions.2 Everyone was ena Can Travel collocations ravel. Which dounit 2° EX GRAMMAR Past continuous READING AND SPEAKING @ GIG Listen and complete the past continuous @ QB Read the headlines and look at the pictures. verbs in the sentences, What do you think happened to the travellers? Lt when | eft the nouse. 2 When | boarded the plane, all the other passengers 5 for me Did you mean 3 |___— my book, when one ofthe fight Cc °2 attendants spo tome 1 me aa, apri? stared Swedish tourists miss their destination by 600 km b Underline the past simple verbs in sentences 1-4 in 3a, © Look at the sentences in 3a again and answer the questions 1 Which action started first in every sentence? (past simple or past continuous?) 2 Think about when and why the past continuous action stopped in each sentence, Write the sentence Coach passengers asked to eee ene get out and push ‘stopped because of the past simple action. = stopped some time after the past simple action. [JL] D> Now go to Grammar Focus 2B on p.144 @ ©Ha Pronunciation Listen to the sentences. Notice which words are stressed. 1 ites ining 4 We were diving fast 2 ttwasn* ining. 5 We weren't diving fast 3 Was it raining? 6 Were we diving fast? b B Communication 28. Student A: go to page p.127. { @lEMA Listen to the sentences in 3e again. Do the Student B: go to p.128 vowel sounds in was and were sound the same in , all the sentences? ¢ Cb Tell your partner your story. Use the questions to help you. & CREA Listen to five more sentences. Do you hear © Where were they going? was, wasn’t, were or weren't in each? ee ees a es b Complete the sentences withthe past continuous -ymtwen inten! ware onnelsyn or past simple forms of the verbs in brackets. CO eee oe 1 The rain (eave) the statian, when |___ (eas) | was on the wrona train, 1 Qh which journey do you think was worse for the 2 When | (travel) around Australia, travellers? |__ (ose) my passpon. 3 |__(run forthe bus when my beg ——(oren) __@ Think of a time you had a dificult journey. Think about and elim things (al) out your answers to these questions, a ee ee + Where ware you going?» ‘What went wrong? (top) working 2 How were you traveling?” + What happened in the end? 5 Someone (tea) my bag wren : | —— (stand) in the queue for a ticket. { CQ Work in small groups. Tell the group about your journey. Qe Have you had any similar experiences to those in 3h? Yen | was traveling to Fold, we welted for ten hous Inthe port. Then they sent us to a hotel “weit oe? g CB Who in your group has had the worst experience on ... 7 ‘What did you do? > + aplane + attain + a buscra coach “ Actual there is one i worthing. What / How / & How often ... ? d Cm swap roles. Do the dialogue again. unit 2° LISTENING a CB Look at the picture from Part 2. Why do you think Annie runs back to the assistant? b @)ES Watch or listen to Part 2 and check your ideas. What mistake did Annie make? What is her last question? ¢ CQ Have you ever made a silly mistake like Annie? What happened? SPEAKING 4 D Communication 2C Student A: go to 6b below. Student B: go to p.128. Student A 1) Look at Card 1. Think about what you want to ask (2) You need to book a train ticket. + G = first tran to Manchester /in the morning? + how often / trains to Manchester? + £ two adut tickets? + pay by card? + where /leave luggage? + where /the waiting room? © Listen to Student B and reply. Find out the information you need. Now look at card 2. Start the conversation with Student B. Say ‘How can | help you?" £2) You are a tourist guide in Warwick. + castle sin the centre of town + opening nours 10 am-6 pm + prices: adult £30.60, child £25.80 + buy tickets atthe castle or online tours every hour + Visitors can bring food, but many places to buy foodSkills for Writing Pee Linking: and / but / so /because / when This city is different, but very friendly GI SPEAKING AND LISTENING @ CA Look at the pictures of Indonesia. Ask and answer the questions. 1 What can you see in the photos? What do you know about Indonesia? Have you been there? Would you like to gothere? Why / Wry not? 2 a PIMA Listen to Karen talking to her nephew Tim about Indonesia, Answer the questions. 1. Why is Tim phoning Karen? 2. When did she travel to Indonesia? 3. Which ofthe things in the photographs (a-e) in 1a does Keren describe to Tim? ¢ GimEE Listen again and answer the questions. How i Tim planning to get to his hostel? What were the problems with Karen’s fight to Jkarte? 3. How does Karen describe Indonesian tac jams? How did Karen feel about the stor in Indonesia? Why cidn't Karen wit o blog? Sa Ask and answer the questions. 1 Doyou te a blog or diary when you travel? Do you kaw ymeone who does? you Ike reading other people's blogs? Why / Why not? 2a @ Read Tim's travel blog about arriving in Jakarta, Indonesia. Tick (¥) the topic he does not write about. * his fight to Jakarta + the people * animals * food the weather + tourist places © the traffic =e Indonesian Adventure JAKARTA - EVENING We've arrived and it’s really exciting! It was a long flight. but I slept most of the way, so I’m not tired. When I got off the plane, I noticed the heat first —32 degrees! It’s really humid, because this is the rainy season, Everything they say about the roads in Jakarta is true! When we left the airport, there was a huge traffic jam. Ittook a very long time to get to the centre of town. We got a taxi to the hostel (Where we're staying). The taxi driver was very friendly, but he didn’t speak much English. 1 just showed him the address of the hostel on a piece of paper and he brought us here. I think we paid him too much, because he seemed very happy when he drove away! Sam's telling me to get ready to go and eat, so Thave to finish now — more tomorrow.b Read the blog again and answer the questions. What did Tim do on the fight? Why was the journey tothe city centre slon? Why did Tim think the taxi river was happy? \What did he think ofthe food atthe restaur ‘What did he see in the Old Town? EX WRITING SKILLS Linking words @ Read the examples and answer the questions about the linking words in bold, 1 I slept most of the way, s0 I'm not When | got of th Iwas really fr The taxi driver w Engish, ided to have nasi goreng because its the Indonesian rational dish ry frencly, but he didn't speak much Which word do we use to ... 2 say two things happen at the same time add a similar idea add a diferent idea give the reason for something ive the result of something b Find and underline more examples of the linking ‘words in Tim’s blog. > JAKARTA - THE NEXT DAY! Sam and I had a delicious meal last night in a small local restaurant — we were the only tourists there, so it seemed to be a place for local people. I decided to have nasi goreng because it’s the Indonesian national dish. It was really fresh and full of flavour. I felt tired when I got back to the hostel and fell asleep immediately. ‘Today we visited the Old Town. There are lots of old buildings in different styles. They're very attractive and very different from anything you see in the UK. I took a lot of photos © Put but, when, so or because where you see A in the sentences 1 We were very tired, A we went straight to bed 2 Awe got io the hotel, | unpacked 3. Itwas the middle ofthe night, a the strests were completely empty restaurant looked small and cheap, A the food was We gave the waiter $5 0 the service we We ran into # shopping excellent. ntre A the storm began. ‘We went to the National Museum A we wanted to Understand more about the county’ history ‘Weiried to check in, & we were very eatly and the desk was closed. a You're going to write a blog. Choose one of the topics. + a holiday experience your first day doing something new (for exemple, starting a new course or job) + anew place you visited recently Make notes. Think about: you were ‘= how you felt ‘= what you saw and Write your blog. Use some linking words from 3a. d Work in pairs. Read your partner's blog. Do they use linking words? Is it similar to your blog?UNIT 2 Review and extension ‘@ Match the general meanings of off (a-c] with the ‘groups of sentences (1-3). ®, © © GRAMMAR the verbs inthe box. ask not get learn mect need not spend wear 1 We alot money, because everything was very cheap. | 1 We bocked an early fery, so we set off at 5 am. 2 She the bus driver for directions, OK, I'm off. My train leaves in ton minutes. 3. |__to change my ticket before | got on the train The traffic lgnts turned green and they drove of. 4 |___the bus home, because | didn't have any money. lasked a man for directions, out he just walked off 5 He his new shirt to the party The piane took off half an hour early. £ SP eee oe eae 2 The airline has 20% off tickets to New York 7 |___hrow to surf when | led in California He fll aff tne chair and hurt his back Can you cutoff piece ofthat cheese for me? eee Why don't you take af your coat? It's not cold here. had a terible journey. | walked / was watking to the tain slaton and it started raining. And then the tain was twenty minutos late. When came / was coming, | found / was finding a seat by the window. Some girls ‘played / were playing music on ther mobiles, but it was great music. That was OK, but read / nas reading my book when te ain Sarrved /was = arivingat the next station. Two people gt on and a man ’sat/ 3 I hate itiwhen people don't switeh off their phones in the cinema, | tred to call him, but his phone was att, | was tired, so | turned off the TV and went to bed Match sentences (1-8) with replies (2-H). ‘nas siting coun next to me anc he started talking loudly on his: 1 Theres 10% oft if you buy today mobile. He *told / was telling someone about his new car, his 2 Is that your phone? What happened to it? job — everything! He was stil talking when the train 2got / was 3 Whyis itso cold in here? gettngin tothe station 4 When are you of? | try some of that sausage? Can you turn off the rai, please? We took off an hour late. 0, do you knaw who hit your car? It fell off the table. Of course. I" cut off piece for you Mi take two, please, In five minutes, What time did you land? No, they drove off before | saw them, No, Im fistening toi The heating’ of. EA VOCABULARY @ Match the clues (1-5) to the words. suntan lotion sunglasses backpack foreign currency guidebook map passport suitcase 1 You woar or use these two things when it's sunny. 2 This is money from anather county, 3 These two things give you ideas of where to go. 4 You normally neod this to travel internationally. 5 You pack clothes in these two things when you go away. ¢ SW Work in pairs. Cover a-h in 3b and try to b Complete the sentences with the verbs in the box, remember the replies. change checkout do get go away set off travel around ‘We hope tothe world next year. ‘You need to a visa if you want to visit Cina ‘You will have time to some sightseeing later. ‘You nood to trans at Frankfurt for Berlin Beal aaah) How well did you do in this unit? Write 3, 2 or 1 We want to for the weekend later this month. for each objective. ‘We —_ very early, because our train was at 6.30 am. 3=very well 2=well 1 =notso well We need to of our hotel before 10 am 1 CAN Talk about past holidays Describe difficult journeys ‘Ask for Information in a public place Write a travel blog oGETTING STARTED a Cl Look at the picture and answer the qui 1 think happs re there any kinds and women shop ‘0 SB What are your three favourite thingsjto-spend money on? Her me ideas: + beauty = holiday + food and drink plain your ans\ a partner,eee es ese i ae Have you ever helped ES teeta e eee eee GENEROSITY DAY Everyone knows that 14 February is Valentine's Day, a day when people spend money on cards, flowers and romantic meals for the people they love. But did you know thet 14 February is also you think it's @ good idea? Would you Generosity Day? It's a chance to do something like to try it? What would you like nice for someone you don’t know. For example, to do? buy a stranger a coffee, smile at ten people you see on the street or give someone who looks sad a hug! So this year, why not do EE READING a AR Look at the picture. What are the people doing? How do you think they're feeling? Why? b C2 Read about Generosity Day. Do ¢ Read the Share the LOVE forum, Which people mention ... ? + helping other people eiving help from other people What kind of help did each person. mention? 4d Work in pairs. Read the text again, What do the BIBRIBEES words and phrases mean? @ CQ Which writer in the forum do you think is the most generous? Why? Have you ever done something nice for a stranger? What did you do? something a bit different? Has a stranger ever helped you in any way? Write and let us know. 1 SALLY_IM, Last week while | was running, | fell and hurt my knee quite badly. A few moments later, an older woman. stopped in her car. She helped me to stand up and drove me to the corner shop to get some ice. Then she waited until my husband came to get me. It was the nicest thing BISt#BRGEE has ever done for me. 2. @HELPHAITI have been to Haiti three times to SISMGNInTESEMGER and | am paying for a young man to finish his high school there, He's doing really well. He just needed someone to give him a chance. | am not rich, but with my credit card anything is possible. a NEILSO (On my fiftieth birthday, | was in a queue in a café and | noticed that everyone looked really stressed. | decided, to buy drinks for everyone in the queue and | AVENE WAiIFESSTAIbIGIID, too. It was great to see everyone's faces — | IMielestivehnallismile p "28 ©) A THATGEORGEKID 26. Strangers have helped me lots of times, and I've helped them too. I've GIWERPPEOBIETHFECHONS, I've picked up hitchhikers ... A few weeks ago, I made a new friend when | called 999. | saw this guy lying on the street and I tried to wake him up, but Tcouldn’t. The ambulance came and he's OK now. He thinks I'm BR), but | just did what was right. 5 MAYA FLOWER I've never seen a serious accident, so I've rover had the chance to SEVSISOnIGOnBSIG, like George. But often help strangers: for example, | buy meels for fHORIBIGSS people and | iINBIEWail my old clothes to charity. I try to be generous in small ways that don’t cost anything, like listening to people when they are lonely, or making a joke when people look bored.GRAMMAR Present perfect or past simple @ Complete the sentences with the verbs in the box. Check your answers in the forum. saw do decided been done seen 1 | have to Hait three times. 2 jew weeks ago, |___a man iying in the sire 3. Ie never serious accident. 4 On my fiftieth birthday, |____ to buy drinks for everyone, 6 Have you ever __ something nice for a stranger? What did you __? b Which sentences in 2a are present perfect? Which are past simple? OD Deresent pertect OO Drast simple © Underline the time expressions in the sentences in 2. Complete the rules with the time expressions from the sentences. We can use the present perfect to talk about past ‘experiences in our whole ives, nat ata particular time. We often use adverbs lke ‘We use the past simple to talk about a particular time in the past. We often use time phrases like —___ dB Now go to Grammar Focus 3A on p.145 © Complete the questions with present perfect and pest simple forms of the verbs in brackets. 1 you ever __ anything for a charity? (do) What —— you? (do} 2 you ever __ a stranger somewhere? (drive) Where —— you them? (drive) 3 you ever food fora homeless person? (buy) What you for them? (buy) f GIB Listen and check. Ask and answer the questions with a partner. VOCABULARY make / do / give collocations @ Complete the phrases with the verbs make, do or give, 1 __atiend 3 volunteer work someone smile something nice joke well (at schoolwork) 2 someone directions something away someone a tip someone a hug, b Check your answers to 3a in the Generosity Day text and forum. Try to guess the meaning of new phrases. Check your ideas in a dictionary. ¢ Cab Which of the things in 32 have you done this week? UNIT a LISTENING a © Read the information about Philip Wollen and answer the questions. 1 What was Philip Wollen's job? 2 Why did he leave his job? 3 What co you think Philip Wollen hes done with his money? Listen and check your answer to question 3. Philip Wollen was once ‘very succesful barker. However, afer he became rich, he had a life-changing experience. On his fortieth birthday, he lft his job in banking and decided o give ‘vay all his money. It is Pilip’s ambition to spend all hs money ‘before he dies bb @IHEA Listen again and answer the questions, What size are the charties that Piip helps? 2. How mary charts has he helped? 3. How did the Morning tar orphanage begin? 4 How did Philip's money help Morning Star? 5 What does the Moring Sta’ first child do now? 6 7 What kind of animals do Edgar's Mission help? \What do they try to teach people? ¢ CA Would you like to give money to the Morning Star or Edgar's Mission? Why / Why not? SPEAKING a Civ You are going to find out about the generosity In your class, Walk around the class and find someone who has done each thing in the grid. Ask more questions. ‘buy something for astranger carry aheawy bag fora suanger sendsomeonea suprisecift leave aig tip ina restaurant ssl a a sanger ‘ake a lost object back tomeke them smile tothe cwner Go volunteer work ‘ep someone who was hurt tavemoney to chanty show the way alos stranger ay for all your friends ive away comething food o drinks youtlise toa fiend Have you ever bought something for a stranger? Yes, | have. Once: I paid for a man's ‘rain ticket.MATA eeU STN eam toialk ahont spending and saving money ee ee ees salary this month oo HE VOCABULARY Money a QB Do you think saving money is easy? Why Why not? b Work in pairs. Read the saving tips. What do the [ighiighaa SAVING TIPS words and phrases mean? Pee Maureen, Wigan © B Now go to Vocabulary Focus 3B on p.135 Always look for SBB@iaN@HeRS on food inthe supermarket and go shopping for Coches during the Sales EAREADING AND SPEAKING fou onges a Read What kind of spender are you? and choose the answers Don't land money to people — (a, b or c) which are true for you. sometimes they don't eilbaaan! rc Jane, Menchestor b (2 In pairs, compare your answers. Are they similar? Open a second BaRREGESIRE and put in some money into & every month (2B Check your results on p.130. Do you agree with the results? SPENDER ARF YOU? ae | What do you think about credit cards? Do you know how much money you ‘a They/re great. | can buy what I want even when. have in the bank? | don'e have any money. ‘a Not really. If my credit card works, then b They can be useful if you are careful with them. Vm happy. ¢ They're a bad idea. I's better not to have them. b Not exactly but | know I have enough for the month, ra ‘You want to go on holiday. What's the best idea? Yes, of course. | checked my balance five Look around for special offers on the Internet. © Go just for two or three days and sleepin a tent. 6 eae a What do you mean? money every month, ‘You've lost your camera. What do you do next? 2 Buy a new one. le was a bit old anyway. } ¢ lswveall my spare Look for a good second-hand one ine ere — Use the camera on your mobile phone. pee” ie is true for you? a Your basket Is fll of expensive food for dinner tonight! You have fifteen packs of coffee. It was on offer! \ { You're at the supermarket check-out. Which statement You've chosen the basie things and nothing more.UNIT 3. ELLISTENING ¢ @REH Pronunciation Listen to how the following words spelt with jand y are a 2B Look at the pictures of the three people. Who do pronounced. Then listen again and repeat. you think isa... ra big spencer Oi non spender just yet 1 sman spender Ce a isin youne f IE Put the adverbs in brackets in the correct places in the sentences. Then listen and check 1 Ite spenta lot of money on a new pair of lasses. (just) 2 bought a new mobile last month, but Ive lost it. (elteady) 3 | nged some winter clothes, but | haven't had time to go shopping. et) 4. I've bought a card for Mother's Day (already) 5 | bought some amazing snces last year, but haven't worn ther. (yet 6 Ive seen a special offer on a holiday online, but | haven't decided to buy it (ust, ye) b @iREM Listen to the people being interviewed. Check your ideas & Change four sentences in 4f to make them in 3a. What has each person bought? true for you. ¢ GIEM Listen again and answer the questions about hh ©2@ Compare your sentences with a each speaker. partner, 1 Whats he/she saving for? 2 How does helshe fee! about borroning money? Ive just spent a ‘ {ot of money on my 4 CW Look at the ideas from the listening, Do you agree eee with the speakers? 1 ‘don't want to owe money toa bank.’ Really? I've just spent 2 “Everyone should save for when they're older! 2 lot of money on my car. 3 “Life's too short to worry about money! Tero key (i GRAMMAR SPEAKING be ac zs Present perfect with just, already and yet awakened ecursteteadenetey . @ Complete the sentences with the past participles of the verbs. = Ce ronnie a z ‘ ‘+ Are you saving up for anything at the moment? RSEy aoe aera What for? How much money do you need? 4 5 ie iia eit a a ‘+ What things do you spend a lat of money on? re pero How do you fel about the amount of money you € : FI spend on these things? i b Ga Listen and check. What tense are all the sentences’ See ene eee \ © Look at the sent 4a, Then complete the rules with just, ford to? Where? Why are they expensive? ey areedy and yen nen complete the rules with JUS «Do peopecftn ask fr cscount in shops in your \ ‘country? How about in markets? Are you good at ~ Use to say something is complete, often earlier than setting discounts? S wwe expected + Does anyone awe you money atthe moment? 1 Use to say something happened a shor time ego, |W? When do you think theyll pay you back? Use nats to say something is not complete. dB Now go to Grammar Focus 3B on p.146 ‘aN CNM see ON OT re Ua ae ene Ear LISTENING a © Do you enjoy going shopping? Which of these things do you like shopping for? Why? © food + gifs + clothes + books Ike shopping for clothes. ‘hate it. think it's les fun. really boring, but I like ‘buying books. b 2B Look at the pictures of Mark and Rachel shopping. What do you think they are shopping for? ¢ © Watch or listen to Part 1 and check your ideas. d Cm In pairs, look at the products 1-4. Answer the questions. 11 What do you think each product is used for? 2 Would you buy any of the products for someone you know? 3. Would you like to receive any of them as 2 present? e @lGa Watch or listen to Part 2. Which of the products in the pictures do they buy? { @iiEm Watch or listen again. Answer the questions. 1. Why doos Mark think ‘Football in atin’ is a good present? 2 Why does Rachel disagree about the ‘Footbal in a tin? 3 Why doesn't Mark like the weather station? 4 Why does Merk decide not to buy the be "y bank? g © Work in pairs. What do you think of the present they chose? Do you think Leo will ike it? a USEFUL LANGUAGE Talking to people in shops 2 ©IBEA Complete the phrases from Part 2 with the words in the box. Then listen and check “anything sort cheaper looking take do_help show 1 cant__ yor Pi Pen ea rere b Answer the questions about the phrases in 22 3. Are you looking for in particula 1 Which phrases did the shop assistant say? 4 What of thing does he lke? 2 Which pivase explains why they are in the shop! 5 What doesit__? 3 Which phrases mean they want to see another & Doyou have anything __? rod 7 Could you us something else? 4 Whien pase asks for information about a praduet? 2 Wel__it 5 Which ohrese means ‘We want to buy this one” 32uNIT 3° Ey PRONUNCIATION CONVERSATION SKILLS Changing your mind Sentence stress @ Look at the underlined phrases in the sentences. Do the two phrases mean the same or are they different? a Notice the stress, (On second thouahis,| relly think we should get something sport. 1 This looks perfec ‘ActualyL think I'l put it on my creit car 2 Were any hae for Leo, i Cl Work in pairs. Take turns to change your mind, b @aHEA Listen again. Answer the Start with I'd like. Sosa 1 acoffee-acup cftea a 1 How many syllables does each 2 take the bus — get a tax collet: sentence nave? 3 asandwich—a salad OK, 2 How many stressed syilables does 4 go for 2 drive - go fora walk each sentence have? 5 watch TV put some music on 2 Dowe say the unstressed syllables 6 a fist-cass ticket - a normal ticket in sentence 2 quickly or slonly? ‘On second thoughts, fd preter ¢ NE Listen and complete the acup of tea eet 2 ieee eS BEARING Communication 3¢ Work in groups of three. Students A and B: you are buying a present ~ go to p.130. Student C: you are a shop assistant — go to p.127 present ___ ___ brother. 4 Doyou have this —___ different size? 5 Wi cast fix a money USEFUL LANGUAGE Paying at the till a @MGE Watch or listen to Part 3. What does Mark change his mind about? b @itm Watch or listen again. Complete the questions with the words in the box. “put your receipt enter your you like next, please 1 Who's nee) 2 How would __to pay? 3 Can you ‘card in, please? 4 Can you ______PIN, please? 5. Here's your —__ ¢ Ci Practise the conversation from S Part 3. Take turns to be the shop Sees assistant and the customer (Mark).Skills for Writing Pee NEAR TN MrT ea Caer vironment and the countrys know? What doUNIT 3° EAREADING EAWRITING SKILLS Paragraphing @ Anita and her team at work support the National a Match the descriptions with paragraphs a-d in Anita's Trust. Read Anita's email. Why is she sending the email. email? Tick the correct reasons, pial cena tes eral 1 Ltosay thank you 2 Line introduction 2 Cto apologise 3 EJhow the team raised money 3 Ctotel! people how much money they have raised 4 Finfarmation about the National Trust 4 Eto tet people about how te team raise money 5 Eto tell people ebout what the National Trust do b What information does Anita include in the 6 [to ask people for money introduction? What does she mention in the closing Paragraph? © Put the paragraphs below in the correct order to make Hello everyone, an email We'd like to thank everyone for their help over the past few months raising money for the National Trust. We've successfully raised £500. Most of you know one of the ways we raised gO money, because you bought our cakes every Wednesday! But we'd just like to let you know about the different things we did. We also sold our old books, DVDs and clothes online. And, every Friday, we each paid £1 to wear casual clothes to work. Many of you have bought tickets to our ‘Quiz The National Trust will use the money to repair and Pizza’ nights. Others gave their unwanted historic buildings and keep them open for [7] | clothes to the very successful ‘Clothes Market’ the public to visit. I's interesting to see how in March. We really hope you enjoyed these people lived in the past - some of the rooms ‘events. Your money and time will help Oxfam to and furniture in these bulldings are beautiful continue their important work. Visiting a historic building is a really enjoyable thing for a family to do at weekends, and another way to help the National Trust continue | their excellent work. ‘Thanks again for all your help. Please look out (Oxfam will use the money on projects around the world to help people have happier and healthier lives, Last year, they helped 13.5 million people. A small amount of money can make a big chango. For example, just £18 can give free health care to a mother and her baby. Would you like to help us raise more money for (Oxfam? Just email me and I'l tell you what we're planning next. Thanks again for all your help. for our next event. Anita Webb (and team) This email Is to say a big ‘Thank you!” to 1 | everyone who has helped us to raise money for Oxfam over the last few months. We have now raised £750. Resources Manager EA writing @ Choose one of these emails to write. 1 Write about a real experience of raising money for charily. ‘Write to the people who gave you money to thank them. Tell them about how much money you raised, how you raised the money and about the charity. 2 You and some frends have ralsed £1,000 for a charity ‘at work/school. Write to everyone who helped you to say thank you. Tell them about how much money you raised, how you raised the money and about the charity. Plan the email. Use four paragraphs. What information will you put in each paragraph? © Write the email 1b Read the email again and answer the questions. 11 Soap email with a partners Resagh eee 1 How did the team raise £500? email. Are there four paragraphs in the email? 2. How wile Natoral Trust spend the money? What information is in each paragraph? 3. Whatis another way Art's coleagues can hep the National TsUNIT 3 Review and extension GRAMMAR ‘a Put the words in the correct order to make questions. 1 you / bought / ever / have / something you didn't need ? 2 phen you /a stranger / have / money ! 10? 3 ever | to/a very expensive restaurant / have you / been ? 4 ever I driven / you / an expensive car/ have? lost / ever /you / money / have /on the street ? b CW® Ask and answer the questions in 1a. © Complete the text with the present perfect forms of the verbs in the box. do go have help raise run spend My colleague Andrea is really generous, She |___a lot of work for charity. She 2 two marathons and from that she 3__lots of money for different charities. She *___some time in foreign countries — she © to India to help build 2 school, At work, she ©___ me a ot when | 7 problems. d Put the adverb in brackets in the correct place, ‘A Have you spoken to John? (yet) B Yes, he's calied me. (just) ‘A Did you ask him about the party? B Yes, he's bought the food. (already) AA Great. haven't been to the shops. (yet) B Have you decided what music to play? (already) A Yes, I've made a list. ust) @ © Practise the exchange in 1d. EAVOCABULARY @ Complete the sentences with the words in the box. directions hug Joke something volunteer 1 My mum was very upset, so | gave her a 2 gave the woman ta the tourist office. 3. | want to do some work for a charity this summer. 4 He made a___and everyone laughed 5 always try to do rnice at weekends, b Match questions (1-5) with answers (a-e). 1 Hen you lend me ton euros? 2 []How did you affore your new car? 3 EhWhat are you saving up fr? 4 [bid you get iscount on your new bike? 5 []Have you got the mney you owe me? 4 Anew laptop. | wantto buy one in the sels. Sorry, no. just spent it on my electri il © gota loan! No, you won't pay me back! «Yes, twas on special offer 36 2 Look at the different meanings of just (in 1-4). Read the example sentences. Match the meanings of justin sentences a-d with meanings 1-2. LL=2 shor time ago Ye just got home from work. I need a res! 2D) = ony He doesn't understand money. He's usta child 3s almost rot {ran tothe station and I ust caught my train 4D = s000 Hang on! 'm just coming The tickets cost just afew dollars. Im just frishing this email ~ Il be ready in one minut. © Sor, he's just left—he was here a minute ago. You can just see the sea from my window, butts very far anay b Match sentences (1-5) with replies (a-). 1 []She looks just like her sister, 2 [JI think the books cost just under £10. 3 ithe fights three hours long 4 ive just about finished my wrk 5 [Look at that rin a Yes, theyre £980. | checked Yes — we got home ust in time! «That's good, We need to leave in five minutes. 4 Really? It was just ever two hours when I went 2 Ofcourse they're bins! © Complete the sentences with expressions from 3b. 1 Michele leaves home at & am and arrives at work at 825. Ittakes him half an hour to get there. 2 Steven looks his brother - they're both tall and. they've both got black hair 3 | normally arive when | get a train or plane. I never arrive early! 4. My electricity bil is always ___€50. This time i's €51.20, 5 The new university building is four lessons there next month. ready — we'll have lb Workin pairs. Make sentences about your life withthe expressions in 3b Baa Pasta How well did you do in this unit? Write 3, 2 or 1 for each objective. 3=very well 2=well 1=not sowell 1 AN Tat about expences of enero Tat about pending and saving money Talo peopl in shops Wt an uate ena ooooMeO aOR hairdresser’s tomorrow Ap HI VOCABULARY Clothes and appearance CW Look atthe pictures on these pages, Answer the questions with a partner, illic cetera ee 2. Would you hk to woar any ofthe cles? 2: Ae there ary clones that you would never wea? Why? 1b D Now go to Vocabulary Focus 4A on p.135 LISTENING a 2B Look at the pictures of Marta and Craig below. What events are they at? What are they doing in the pictures? b @1ES Work in pairs. Read sentences 1-6. Do you think Marta or Craig is speaking? Write Mor C. Listen and check. 1 []We'e going to stay the wile night — unt they serve breakfast 2 [this year one of my favourite Dds i playing 3 Li they're going to make a special cream trom turmeric 4 Em not ging to see Monisha until the ceremony begs. 5 [Clim meeting te others at 7 pm 2o we can start queuing & Elm riencs are anivng earty tomorrow to help me get rea. ¢ IME Listen again and answer the questions 1 Why does te college organise the May Bal? What special about Mat's dress? Why is Marta going to stay at home on Saturday? What happens atthe end of the May Bal? What ae Crags guests ging to do with the special crear? When do the wedcing day celebrations start and fish? Hoty does Craig describe the clothes hes gong to wea What happens atthe beginning ofthe weding day? d CB Ask and answer the questions. 1 What's the biggest party you've ever been to? 2 What's the best wedding you've ever been to? ee es eee eee! ene run fvree re cad EX GRAMMAR Present continuous and going to a Read the sentences, Are Craig and Marta talking about the present or the future? 1 My friends are arriving early tomorrow 2 'm not going to leave the house on 2 'm going to stay the whole night 4. A beautician is doing our make-up. turday, Look at the verb forms in bold in the sentences, in 3a, Answer the questions with present continuous or going to. 1 Which sentences are about future plans with other people? 2 Which future plans are ust ideas, not already arranged? © By Now go to Grammar Focus 4A on p.148 d @ilsa Pronunciation Listen to five speakers. Which speakers pronounce going fo 'gauintal? How do the other speakers say it? @ Answer questions 1 and 2 for each future time in the box. today this week this weekend this summer this month next year 1 What are your plans? Who are they with? 2 Heve you arranged anything yet? { Civ Tell your partner about your plans. ‘When are you going? tim going to Brazil this summer.(Quinceanera. their fifteenth birthday - the Insome places, such as pparts of Mexico, the father or another relative gives the girl her first pair of high heels asa symbol of becoming a ‘wornan. The birthday git, or quinceatiera, often gives out fifteen candles, one to each LATIN AMERICA, THEUK Ce eee Your 100th birthday isa big. day for girls in South day in any country, butits re Cer is ‘even more special in the UK- you get a card from the Queen! Don’t forget to ether know though - the ‘Queen is a busy woman, 50 you or your family should apply before the big day. Each card she sends contains a personal sreeting - when twins reach ‘100 years old together, each VIETNAM of the fifteen most important one gets slightly different Imagine sharingyourbirthday — Peopiein herlife te message The oldest person ‘with the whole country! 4 ; InJapaneveryonehasa who has ever received a ‘That's exactly what happens ‘Thentheretsamealand Gay offto celebrate the birthday card searedie every yearin Vietnam. The dancing. The quinceafietd’s worid’siggesttwentieth Queen was 16 years Old Vietnamese don’t celebrate on aS CE birthday party. the day theywere born. Instead her father “The second Monday of everyone gets one year older on January every yearis the same day - Vietnamese New ‘Coming of Age Day’ or Year's day or ‘Tet’ People don’t ‘seijin no hi’ - the day all sive birthday presents, but twenty-year-old Japanese children receive red envelopes become adults. with money inside. Children greet older people with the phrase, ‘Long life of 100 years? Tetis the biggest celebration of the yearin Vietnam — and it can last for a week. Everyone takes to the streets to make as much noise as they can and there are fireworks and lion dances. READING a (Ab Ask and answer the questions. 1 Do you celebrate your birthday? What do you da? 2 Do people in your county celebrate any specific ‘ages? Which ones? b Read the article. What do the numbers refer to? (Sometimes there is more than one possible answer.) 1 15 20 100 © Read the article again and answer the questions, which celebration do people 1. wear clothes they can't afford te 2 need ta request something 3 both give and receive something 4 have a party that goes on for sever 6 ays ‘wear special shoes Tot go to work so they can lebrate ‘Men wear suits and girls ress in beautiful kimonos, which they often have to rent or borrow because they're so expensive. A ceremony is held in the local government office and afterwards the new adults can party with their friends and family. 1d (-B Work in pairs. Answer the questions. 1 Which celebration n the text did you find most interesting? Why? 2. What other celebrations are important in your country? Which is, your favourite? weddings «local festivals + family celebrations EASPEAKING @ Work on your own. Write down three events you are going to in the future. Use the list in 4d for ideas. “= work/school/university events + birthdays + religious festivals and new year ‘2B Now work in a small group. Ask each person questions. Ty to guess the three events they are going to. (You can't ask; What isthe event?) tim going with When ig)» In August. my boyfriend. Fare you the Get Who are you 2 ing with? happening? ae x34 Shall we go to the market? EELISTENING a (2B Ask and answer the questions. ieee vet neat ote ett er a there? Would you like to go? Way / Why not? 2 Look at the places 1-6 in Tokyo Highlights. Which would you tke to visi? b © Mike is visiting his friend Harry in Tokyo for one day. Listen and answer the questions. 1 Which places in Tokyo hignlights do they decide to visit? 2 Which three other places do they decide to wit? SIE Listen again and answer the questions. 1. Why do they decide not to goto the Imperial Palace? 2 How does Harry describe the noodle restaurant? 3 Why do people do cosplay? 4 Why is Akihabara a good place for Mike's shopping? 5 Where will they do karaoke? 6 Why does Harry want to goto the fish market at night? d CB Do you think they chose good places to visit? Did they choose any places you would not like to visit? EXGRAMMAR will / won’t / shall a © Listen to the sentences. Complete the sentences with the words in the box. it _won't_ shall 1 Sowe goto Disneyand then! 2 ___we star with something to eat? 3M | want to look for a new camera. H |___take you to Alchatera, then, 4. Don't worry - you miss your flight! 5 —___I come to your hotel in about an hour? b Are Mike an Harry talking about the present or the future? What are the full forms of ‘I/ and won't? eat RR ee) ero © Adjectives: places © Match the sentences in 2a with the uses of will and shall. Write the numbers. We use willand won’ Lmake promises [1D meke decisions while we are speaking We use shailto (imate offers make suggestions dB Now go to Grammar Focus 4B on p.148 @ A Pronunciation Listen to the sentences. Is the vowel in bold pronounced /o/ or /au/? LI want to vst the museum 2 We wan't have time tos hing { @ima Listen to the sentences, Circle the comtect answers, 1 We want to /won'tcome back next year 2 ‘They want fo/ won't stay in the same hotel again 3. | want to / won't go for a walkin the park. 4 They want fo/ won't see the market, 5 You want to / won’ find a table at that restaurant. 6 | want to / won'ttake you to see the castle @lDWAL Listen again and repeat. 1h Dy Communication 48 Work in pairs, Student “fam Ac go to 9.131. Student B:goto5.132. 4hVOCABULARY Adjectives; Places (@54 Listen to Mike and Harry's conversation. PaleciictiiiclesnienseskWiateratitie) What was Mike’s favourite part of the day? opposites of the Mighilighied adjectives? choaee| the adjachvest nme baa b @iHEza Listen to the last part of the conversation, 24 What is the problem? What does Harry suggest? tiny quiet ugly > ¢ Cl Would you stay another day? Why / Why not? 1 The palace is nice but it’s so BRE 2 Ws HBB park so it's always really nice, 3. Everyone goes to look atthe BIBI lowers. d 2D Are there any cities in another country that you would like to visit? Is there any city you would like to live in? Which? b Match the opposite adjectives. GASPEAKING 1 ()modern 2 Elnign Your partner is going to visit you for one day in a city you know 3 Dlindoo ¢ well. Make notes on: 4 Emegnifcent outdoor + places tovisit +» where toeat + what todo in the evening 5 narrow © low 6 Cnoisy f ordinary b QW student A: describe the places to your partner. Student B: choose which places you want to visit. Agree on 2 MHA Listen and check. Underline the plan for the day. Then swap roles. stressed syllables, (OK = I'l take you SEEZA Listen again. Repeat the words. 8 ee soen to the National Cinema ot Plea ; ‘Museum. I's huge Oi Work ina small group. Think about eee places you all know. Can you think of one That sounds good. place for each adjective in 4b? ‘iere’s on outdoor iit market ¢ CW Describe each day out to the class. Vote for the day out you icenaeene like the most. ‘swimming pool near ie hel is realy noisy,Everyday English PVR CaN UTA RSC ELISTENING Cw Do you make arrangements with people by phone? What kindof things do you arange? b @ilza Watch or listen to Part 1. Why does Annie call Rachel? ¢ IA Watch or listen again. Answer the questions. 1 Why can't Rachel come on Wednesday? 2 What is she doing on Thursday’ 3. Which day do they agree fo have the meal? ‘4. What time do they decide? 5, What does Annie want Rachel to bring? EA USEFUL LANGUAGE Making arrangements Look at the phrases. Which phrases are for inviting? Which are for responding to invitations? Write 1 (inviting) or & (responding), 1 [Would you ike to come round for a meal? [D]Are you doing anything on Wednesday? [we can't do Wednesday. [Z]How about Thursday? [Tris wook’s realy CJ wnat are you doing on Monday? [wat time stall we come round? 8 [| Would you like us to bring enything? 3 OK for you? sy for us b Gia Listen to how Rachel and Annie replied to each question. Make notes. What different replies could you give? ¢ @HA Complete the gaps with words from the box, Listen and check, hhow about shall | are you doing (x 2) is that OK would you like can’t do_ busy ‘A \___anything tomorrow? 2___ to come round for coffee? Be for you? No, the weekend's realy® ‘on Monday next week? B Nothing ~ I'm free. What time ® Ak Any time in the moming tomocrow. the weekend? &@__ for me. What ”___ d 2D Work in pairs. Practise the conversation in 2c. Change the details. ‘Are you doing anything! can't do on Friday? Would you like to. Friday. 0 to the cinema? Learn to make social arrangements ee ots EX CONVERSATION SKILLS Making time to think @ Lock at the examples from Part 1. Underline the phrases Rachel uses to give herself time to think 1 Oh, that sounds nice. Il ust check. No, we can't do Wednesday. Sor. 2 Thursday... hang on a minute ... no, sory 3. Just moment ... Nothing! We can do Monday. b Gamma Listen and repeat the phrases in 3a ¢ 2m Work in pairs. Take turns to make an invitation. Check your phone / diary before you reply. Use the phrases in 3a, Do you want to ‘come to the cinema ‘on Saturday? Saturdey .. hang on ‘minute ... yes, that ‘would be great!EALISTENING a GRE Look at the pictures. Where are they? Do you think Leo likes his present? Watch or listen to Part 2 and check your ideas. b Gili Watch or listen again. Answer the questions 1. Why does Mark want to go fora run tomorrow? 2 What does Rachel ind out about L 3. What do Mark and Leo arrangs to da and when? ¢ (2B Ask and answer the questions. 1 Do people in your country usually open ther presents ‘when the giver is there? Why / Why not? 2 Doyau ever receive presents you dont like? 3. Do ou think you ae good at choosing peso s for poople? EX PRONUNCIATION Sentence stress a ©\HEA Listen to two sentences from Part 1 Answer the questions We can do Monday. We can't do Wednesday 1 Which word is stressed more - can or can't? ng or short? b @\HEM Listen to the sentences. Complete the rule dont really like sport anit stand fo You really didn’t need to Negative aunliary forms are sometimes f always stressed ¢ GEM Listen and repeat. anit do next week. We don't have time, wor't be late, could see you torn We didn’t go ta the pert We can come at si ai IGSPEAKING a B Communication 4¢ Work in pairs. Student A: go to 6b below. Student B: go to p.132. Student A b You want to invite Student B for dinner one evening Look at your diary. Complete your diary with plans for three evenings. Decide what you want Student B to bring to the dinner. er Wocnesday — Lin Fide e=@ Satay Sunday Need guests to bing ¢ 2® Call and invite Student B to dinner. Arrange an evening for dinner. Try to arrange it this week. If you can't, arrange it for next week. Tell Student B what to bring. G CHECK YOUR PROGRESS ‘You can now do the Unit Progress Test.mM II SPEAKING AND LISTENING a SAD How often do you do the things inthis list? Who do you do them with? * have party gout fora coffee or 2 meal go ut and do samething (for example, see a flim) + do sport (for example, go swimming oF play football) «vite people for a meal at your home + go fora walk b Cl Which of the activities in 1a do you do to... ? + celebrate a bithday «celebrate the end of term + meet new friends + spend time with old friends + spend time with colleagues SIEEL Listen to three people. ‘What is each person going to do this weekend? 1 Susanna 2 Barbora 3 Sien 1d ©AEB Listen again and answer tt questions. ‘Susanna 1 Why doesn't Susanna ike partes at home? brate her 3 What is she going to wear? Barbara 4. Why doesn't Barbara like cooking for people at home? 5 Why does she prefer cooking things together? 6 What's Barbara going to make for the barbecue on Saturday? ‘sven 7 What does Sven say people do at parties? 8 What does he prefer to do with friends? Why? © What is he going to do att © Cb wnich person are you most similar to? Why? SSCS Cm ree aes CRTC) Ee ee EAREADING Barbara sent emails inviting people to her barbecue, Read the emails and answer the questions. 1 Has Barbara seen Martina recently? 2 When isthe barbecue? 3 What do Martina and Bill need to bring to the barbecue? b Who do you think Barbara sees more often? How do you know? Hi Martina, How are you? We haven't seen you for ages! Hope you're well ‘and you're enjoying your new job. This is ust to say that we're having a barbecue at the weekend. Are you free on Saturday and, if $0, would you ike to come? People are going to arrive around eight o'clock. Everyone's bringing something for the barbecue. Do you think you could bring something? Itwould be lovely to see you and have a chance to chat. Best wishes, Barbara HiBil, How are things? | hope the cycling trip went well - you had good weather for it! ‘Are you doing anything on Saturday evening? We're having @ berbecue and inviting a few people. Can you come? It'd be great to see youl Everyone is bringing something, Wel make some salads, but could you bring some meat for the barbecue? Love, BarbaraEAWRITING SKILLS mviting and replying @ Look at the emails in 2a again and complete the table. [alt narina ‘Type of phrase ‘Asks how the alher person is | 1 How ar | Email to ei 5 How? ‘Asks if helshe is free ‘Are you (on Saturday? | 6 Invtes hiner to.come? 7 Says she wanis to see himher | 4 It to see you. @ itd to see you! b Read the replies to Barbara's emails. Which is from Martina and which is from Bill? How do you know? Who is coming to Barbara's BBQ? Hi Barbara, Nice to hear trom you. Yes, I'm fine, but I'm very busy. The job's grea, but nave to work very hours. Thanks for ivting me on Satudsy Pn |r that evening and love to come. let OK bring my daughter, Stephanie? We don't eat meat, but we'll bring some vegetables for the barbecue. Hi Barbara, Yes, we had a great time, but my legs stil hurt! inds great, but I'm 'm really sorry, the BBQ sou afraid | can’t come. Thanks for asking I love 10, put 'm staying with my sister at the weeken I'm looking forward to seeing you and having a ime! ee you soon anyway. Hope you have a nice time! x |] good chat. | Allthe best, © Underline the phrases in the replies that each person Correct the mistakes in each of the sentences. uses to: Use the emails in this lesson to help you. 1 say thank you 1 You like to come to my birthday party? 2 say yes to an invitation 2 Thanks that you invited me to your wedding. 3. say no to an invitation Its afraid I can't goto the cinema with you. 4 plvea reason 4 ave to came, but I'm busy that weekend, 5 talk about the nex time they'll meet 'm looking forward to see you tomorrow, EA WRITING @ Work in pairs. You are organising an activity at the weekend. Write an invitation to anather pair of students, Include these points: ask them how they are invite them to come say where and when the event is tell them what they need to bring b Swap invitations with another pair. Write a reply to the invitation, Include these points: + say thank you «+ decide ifyau can go (If you can't go, give @ reason.) + add a comment ora question © Give your reply back to the other pair. Look at their invitations and replies. Have they included these points? + said clearly where and when the event is + used the correct language forthe invitation + used the corract language to reply ta the invitation omy, 46 UNIT 4 Review and extension HI GRAMMAR a Complete the sentences with the correct form of going to and the verbs in the box. ‘buy g0 travel _meet not take watch 1 |_—afilm at the cinema soon. 2 ‘They around South America this summer. 3 Sile and Sean on holiday by the sea next summer. 4 |___an English exam this year. 5 She something from the shoos after work. 6 We some friends for lunch tommorrow. b Complete the conversation with the present continuous forms of the verbs. ‘A \___(you J do) anything this Saturday? B 12 (go) to my sister's in the evening. She 7 (have) a party,“ (nt do) anything inthe afternoon. ‘A Great! |°___ (have) a barbecue. Do you want to come? Tina and Matt §___ (came) B Sounds gocc! Do you want me to bring anything? ‘A Well, | ”____ (make) vegetarian food. Is that OK? B Yes, that's great ¢ (2B Practise the conversation in 1b. 1d Complete the text messages with will, won't or shail. Hilt'm almost at the cinema, !|___(1/ get) the tickets when | arrive. 2 @/ get) you something to eat or drink? Try to be on time Hi.*___()/ have) a lemonade please. «_~G/ eat) something later.» (we /g0) for coffee after the film? | promise *__(/ be) late! Send EA VOCABULARY @ Where do these clathes and accessories go on the body? Write the correct numbers. OD tens bvecelet earrings te scarf high heels sandals sweatshirt top I ‘racksuit I Ey oO oO oO oO o oO o —6) b CW Talk about the clothes and accessories you are wearing, 1 We'te really looking forward 2m looking after my friend's tour holiday in Florida cat while he's on holiday. 3 I didn't know the address, 0 | looked it up online. 4 He doesn't look very well — maybe he's got a cold, 5 | was only inthe city an hour, so! didnt have time to look around, 2 Cis a place an see the things in it b Clappear, seem (tee! happy and excited about future event 4. Eity to find information in a book or ona computer e Cleivea person or animal what they need b Choose the correct answers. 1 ealy lke looking after/ up young children. 2 Vm really looking after! forward fo the weekend, 3 Lalays look up / outa film online before I see it 4 | spend too much time looking at/ to social media sites. 5 | alays look for! to special offers when | go shopping, 6 | look ook tke tired when | don't get much sleep. 7 love looking arcund'/ up clathes shops. ¢ CQ Work in pairs. Which of the sentences in 3b are true for you? BAL AMA a LS How well did you do in this unit? Write 3, 2 or 1 for each objective, 3=very well 2 = well IAN . Talk about your plans for Plan a day out ina city Make social arrangements Write and reply to an invitation 1 = not so well Oooo}DIBA Look at the picture of people at work What do you think their jobs are? Listen and check your ideas. b Cle wnat are the good things about their jobs? What are the bad things? | © Ch Wny isthe man stretching his arms up? What do you think he’s saying to his colleague? (2 Work in pairs. Have a conversation using your ideas in ¢. Take turns being the man Stretching his arms and his colleagueUe ESS ‘We spend most of our time at work. When we're not there, we're probably thinking about it. But what makes us happy at work? And which workers are the happiest? Here are twelve of the happiest and least happy jobs in the UK, according to the City & Guilds ‘Career Happiness Index. Prenat ans ' S00000008 2 SOOOSOOS plumbers S6000000 scientists eoeoeee doctosanddentsts SSSSOOO. lawyers e00eee — e008 teachers, OO8888 a 888885 SO888S iT workers S088 a S885 THE HAPPIEST WORKERS: WHY THEY'RE HAPPY 87% 79% 76% 69% 65% 64% 62% 59% 58% 55% 49% 43% fy | have to work long hours eke a sears eR Cod oo fet eat Vv) Sar EEVOCABULARY Work ‘2 2B Look at the photographs. Which jobs can you see? b 2b Work in pairs. Make a list of as many jobs as you can. You have one minute. © BD Now go to Vocabulary Focus 5A on p.136 READING a ‘So what makes us happy at work? What you do in your job and where you do itis very important: + 89% of gardeners feel their work is Important and useful. Only 35% of bankers feel the same, ‘CB Work in pairs. Read the first part of the article: The Happiest Jobs. Where do you think these jobs go in thelist? bankers gardeners, hairdressers nurses accountants (C® Check your ideas on p.127. Are you surprised? Why? / Why not? Make a list of ideas with a partner. Read the second half of the article. Was your list correct? “B What do you think makes people happy at work? (Ql Work in pairs. Answer the questions. 1. Da yeu knaw anyone who does any of the jobs in the article? How do they feel about their job? 2. Which job in the article isthe mast similar to your (future) job? Did anything in the artcle surprise you? Was there any information that you already ken? 4. Do you think the resuils would be the same in your county? wr 4 82% of gardeners said they use their skills every day, compared to only 35% of bankers, 4 89% of gardeners said they like their working environment, but only 24% of bankers said the same. The people we work with matter: # The most important thing of all is that other people value your work. 67% of all workers put this first 4 Most workers said that good relationships with colleagues are important, Scientists get on best with their colleagues (907) More money doesn’t make us happier: 3 61% of workers said that it Is very Important for them to earn a good salary, but... % Workers who earn over £60,000 a year are the unhappiest. % Self-employed people earn less but are much happier at work (85%) than people who work for a company. "48 J Why not? Ets 7Ap}o'Hink heir works important and useful. 67% use their skills every day. ssa ws Only 7% 2e"h20r9" thelr jobs. 86% seen well with their colleagues. Gio 89% ink their workis important and useful. B5% are self-employed.LISTENING a (2 What do you think these people like about their jobs? 1 Alisha, nurse 2 John, electrician 3 Miriam, banker b GBB Listen to Alisha, John and Miriam and check your ideas in 3a. ¢ GIBB Listen again and answer the questions about each person's job. 1. What quaitications, experience and other abilities are necessary for the job? 2 What is aficultabcut the job? d CW Which of the three jobs would you prefer to do? Why? Would you be good at it? unit 5 J EsRAMMAR must / have to / can Look at the sentences. Match the underlined words with the meanings. 1 To become a nurse you have to do well at school 2 You don't have io wear a suit or go to many meetings 3. You cant relex because if something goes wrong, you lose money. this is not necessary b = this is nat allowed or nat possible his is necessary b Compare the written rules from John and Aisha’s workplaces with the things they said. Complete the rules below. eae (You cant it 2 patient on \ your own, Nurses must not lift patients without another nurse present. /, You always have to switch off the mains power. Electricians must switch off the ‘mains power before they start work Inwitten English, we use: to say that that something is necessary to say that something is not allowed or isnot possible © B Now go to Grammar Focus 5A on p.150 1d C® What do you have to do if you work in these places? What can't you do? + office» restaurant © bank «school Ina school, you can't leave children on thelr OWN. yes anc you have to wear a suit. © Write rules for the people who work in each place in 4d. Use must and must not. Teachers must not leave children on their own Teachers must wear a suit EASPEAKING @ C& Choose five of the jobs from the list. Think of three advantages and three disadvantages for each job. * Trvorar + engoser + nuse pit * poecfonr + receptions! + Secetay b CQ Which job do you think is the hardest? Which job is the most interesting? : out tney have to work ieee long noir An they cont veto rave 9 univers a degree. And they can find a job quite easily. 49)Pee es ees 34 eee OL OL Pe ra II SPEAKING a 2B What can you do if you need a job? Where can you go? Who can you speak to? b Match the worries 1-3 with the situations in the pictures. 1 [1] Misay something stupid on my fist day. 2 Fy wont find a jt enjoy. 3. CF) They ask me realy dificult questions. Perio) Sonos ted il la ¢ 2® Have you ever had any of the worries in 1b? Tell a partner. EALISTENING EAGRAMMAR will and might for predictions ‘a MBB Listen to three people talking about finding work. Where are they? Who is the most positive about finding work? Who is Look at the sentences in 2b again. Then the least positive? inderline the correct word to complete the rule about will and might. ‘We use willand might to make predictions about the future wind won'tare more less sure than sight and might not v b BD Now go to Grammar Focus 5B on p.150 b @m Read the predictions each speaker made. Listen again. What reasons do they give for each prediction? © Write 2 positive response to each worry in ea 1b, Then compare with other students 1 Twon't be easy to find a job I'l enioy Whose responses are most positive? 2 I don't think Il get an interview. Iwor't find ajob , Youmight:find something Mareo Meno. really interesting 3. Tm sure Il make some really useful contacts 4. | might get a job today! dB Communication 58 If your partner has Kate got a job: go to p.130. 5 | might not get my perfect job If your partner does not have a job: go 6 Im sure Ilfind some kind of work. to p.128. ¢ Cle Have you ever been to a careers fir? What was it like? "50Beenie 4 cs ‘ EA VOCABULARY Jobs -B Find the jobs in the photos on the page. Aewsoen Oo one Jerecr Do you know anyone who does these jobs? by Naw en ta Uerbt ences on Bec Choose your future career carefully Oe ee a eee aro" y — experts are predicting big ¢ @xa Pronunciation Listen to the words. Changes in the jobs we'll do in the How does the speaker say the consonant sound next ten or twenty years. Some 1 in the part of the words in bold? jobs might disappear, but others peice will become more important. snusielen Apel The Internet will have a big effect. People already choose to do alot of d GEMM Listen to the words. Which words have their shopping online, so there won't the /f! sound? Underline the letters. bbe as many shops, and there won't a bbe many jobs for shop assistants qualification question information Benes estar dates eter machine experience change staff might lose their jobs, because La” people will send everything by email @ Practise saying the words in 4c and 4d. finother job that might disappear because of technology is photo EAREADING processors - the people who print photos. This is because most of us keep a (2B Look at the jobs in the photos. Answer the our photos on our computers now and ‘questions with a partner. never print them. Also, there might not be as many jobs for builders as there are today. 3D printers will 1. Which js do you think might cisapoear in the future? pre sha soon make parts of buildings or even whole buildings in 2. Which jobs do you think there will be more of in the future? just a few hours. So which jobs are safe? Now read the article and check your ideas in 5a, E Caniputet progammiens “4 henvited sae eee ee none, but now there are lots of them and there will be even more in future because almost all jobs will need computers. * Environment protection officer ~ there will be a lot of new Read the article again. What will happen because of these things? + online shopping + environmental ‘green’ jobs as environmental problems get more serious. + sending emails problems * Carers ~ people will live longer and we'll need carers to look + digital photos + ving longer after us in old age. + 3D printos| + studying onine * Online education manager ~ many students will take online courses. There will be jobs for people to create and organise SPEAKING the courses, 5 And of course, we will still need actors and a CB Work in small groups. Look at the predictions. | musicians to entertain us, lawyers to argue and Do you think these things will happen in your fans ieee Dee lifetime? Why / Why not? 13D printers will make parts of buildings or whole ouldings 2 People wont print photos any more. 3 There won't be many shops. 4 There won't be any huge offices. People wll generally work at home. 5 Companies will pay the bosses less and other staff mor. 6 A nortnal working week will have four days, not five b Work alone. Write three new predictions. ¢ © Read your predictions to your group. Do they agree?ANS ee ee Pe es DOSES Cae CR cue fore ues HELISTENING a Ca When was the last time someone asked you for help? Who was it? What did he / she ask? b C2 Look at the picture of Rachel and read the text message. How is she feeling? Who is the text from? What's the problem? ¢ @EAB Watch or listen to Part 1. Answer the questions. 11 What does Tina think Rachel should do for Annie? 2 What does Tina offer to do? 3 Wy is Rachel worried about leaving ear'y? 4 How are they going to deal with the problem? 1d © What would you do in Rachel’s situation? Would you call Annie or go and see her? Why? EA CONVERSATION SKILLS Reassurance a @UHB Watch or listen again. Match the sentences with the responses. 1 [But | canttleave you here on your oan 2 [Weve sti got so much to do 3 iit means you wont be able to leave early today (10k, wel if you're sure. Nevermind Of course. sno problem be fre! Dot worry about it Oh, it doesnt matter b GlEma Why do you think Tina uses the expressions in bold in -d? Listen and repeat the phrases. ¢ (2B In pairs, look at situations 1-6. Take turns to apologise for the problems. Respond with expressions a-d in 2a. 1 You can't help your partner this weekend, You lost your partner's book. You have to cancel the dinner party You don't have the money you owe your You can't came to the cinema tonight ‘You're going to be late forthe party it doesn't ‘matter. EALISTENING @1Bi Watch or listen to Part 2. Which jobs will Tina do before she goes home? 1 Dnsh ofthe flowers 2 Ci) start the order for Mrs Thompson 3. [ster the order forthe birthday party 4 5 [take out the rubbisn 6 take the order for te wedding 52unit 5° USEFUL LANGUAGE TSPEAKING oO in i ffers and suggestions 2 2B Work in groups of four. Choose one of the two a @B Listen and complete the sentences. ey ais ag 10. finish things here, if you want. A work meeting 2 [)Why you tell me what we still need to do? 3 (JI finish off those flowers? * book meeting room 4 [Would you me to prepare some of the + arrange hotel for guest from advertising company + book tani office orders for tomorran? 5 Dtu with that order for Mrs Thomason. 6 EjMaybe you sar onthe order for thet big birthday pay. 7 (do 0u went ‘when | eave? 8 [How taking her some flowers? 9 ChWny —— deal wat tis? . colleagues from other to take out the rubbish b Look at the sentences in 4a again. Mark them : O (offer) and $ (suggestion) ¢ CP Work in pairs. What offers and suggestions could you make in situations 1-4? Use the A surprise birthday party for a friend phrases and your own ideas. Vil. Why don’t I/you...? Shall ...? + buy food ard dri Would you like me to... ? Maybe you should .. How about .. 7 Do you want me to... ? Sand aaa ee + book somewhere for the party 1 It’s raining. Your friend has to walk to the station, but doesn't have an umbrella 2 Your colleague has to write a report for her boss before the end of the day. There's nat enough time, 3. Your friend wants to go for a meal. You don’t like the restaurant he suggests. 4 You see a tourist. She's lost her bag and doesn't have : any maney. Why don't dive you to the a b CQ Work with a partner in your group. Look at the list of things to do for the event you chose. {Add three more things. I PRONUNCIATION ¢ CB Work in your group again. Now you have to Sentence stress: vowel sounds organise the event. Make offers and suggestions to decide which person in your group will do a stant r which job. ‘Gila Listen to the phrases from 4a. para, Are the fipfligiitedl modal verbs stressed? 1 BEBIL nish off those flowers? 2 MOU you lke me to prepare some ofthe orders for tomorrow? 3. You IRI start with that order for Mrs Thomason. 4 Maybe you BABIIM start on the order for that big birtnday party b @MB Listen again. Which vowel sound do you » Unit Progress Test hear in each of the modal verbs? CHECK YOUR PROGRESS © Practise saying the sentences in 5a.Skills for Writing 1 am writing to apply for a job company. Pee ao ‘SPEAKING AND LISTENING a C2 Have you ever had a summer job or a part-time. jab? What was if? Did you enjoy it? b QW Read the job adverts. Which jobs in the adverts could these sentences describe? 1 You have to stat early in the morning. 2 [You need to be good with money. 3 You nesd to like working fast. 4 i nice because you can talk to people. 5. Youve to be good at explaining things. 6 [lYoucan earn extra money from tins ¢ ©2B Work in pairs. Answer the questions about the jobs in the adverts. 1. Which job would you most keto do? Why? 2 Which job would you leas ike to do? Why? 3. Which job would you do best? Why? 1d @iBaa Listen to two students, Penny and John, and answer the questions. 11 Which jobs in the adverts are they talking about? 2 Do they lke the jobs? Why / Why nol? @ @\BED Listen again and choose the correct answers. 1 John has hasn't worked inthe café before 2 John likes / doesn ke working quickly. 3. John sometimes’ always makes £20 in tos 44 Penny has / hasn't worked ina café befor. 5 Penny is/ isnt going to apply for the job. Situation Vacant alent required to work for 0 market research orien our ofices. Good pay work when You Free training programme. Pea ene east eee bce: to eee customer-Q.net RN ALRTAROAIE| [eto wctnteatvorncnsoes® je tr stirs Deu a Join our team and ear re consrouneeso Wc i nou ra ed Deke ere chec! ‘al preiek Maese esses | fish counters. Good pay and we Secececenereen rman | fates BAREADING Read Penny's job application. Are sentences 1-4 true (D) or false (FY? Correct the false sentences. 1 [She tells them she has worked in cafés before, 2 [she saw the ad in the newspaper. 3 she can't work this summer, because she's studying. 4 [she wants to know how much she will eam. snes Dear Sir/Madam, Sa wp Lam writing to apply for the job of barista at the Cuba Coffee Company, which you advertised on ‘your website. Jam available to work in August and September. ‘A job with you will be an exciting opportunity for me to learn new skills and to work in a new environment. | have a lot of experience of working in a team and helping customers at Saveco supermarket, My experience of working in a fast, busy supermarket will be very useful for this job. attach a copy of my CV with details of my past ‘employment. Could you please send me information about the salary and working hours, and also more details about your training programme? ® 100k forward to hearing trom you Yours faithfully, Penny Longwell lam a student at the University of Manchester and | GgHy Penny's email in 2 has seven parts. What does each part ofthe letter do? Csays why she’s writing [lasts for more information about the job Li cescrites documents she's sending with the email Clones the emai looses the email [says why she wants the job and describes her exper [Clsays what she's doing naw ang when sne can werk ITING SKILLS Organising an email b Look at sentences 1-5. Which ones are about ... 7 © what you are doing now» past jabs + skills |.am good at working ina team. Ihave experience of working in a restaurant. ‘am currently working as @ seles essistant in a bookshop. am studying engineering in Madild | speak fluent English, © What are the missing prepositions? Complete the sentences, 1am writing to apply the job barista, 2 ama student __ the University of Manchester 3 Ihave a lot experience ___ working a team, 4 Wook forward hearing from you. Put the parts of the email below in the correct order. = Yours fithfully, z Comm) 1 woul like to work for your company, because it would boa goed opportunity for me to improve my communication kills Uhove thre year’ experience of sles. {om currently working as 0 sales assistant in @ clothes shop. EAWRITING A job application Read the adverts on Jobsearch.com. Choose one and write an email applying for the job. Include these parts: © open the email say why you are writing + say what you are doing naw say why you went the job + describe documents you are sending + ask for more information + close the email Work in groups. Read the applications together. Which student would you give each job to? Why? Get a holiday job sa guide for English-speaking tourists to your town. You will need: ‘8 good level of English knowledge of your focal town or area ‘We're looking for people to work on an international holiday camp for children aged 10-15. You wll help organise activities and trips, and speak English withthe children. \We prefer someone with experience of working with children. We need people to serve and deliver pizzas in the evenings and at woekencs. ood pay and conditions, Must have driving licence. Contact: jabs OmegapizUNIT 5 Review and extension GRAMMAR @ Choose the correct answers, 1. Employees must not use their computers to send personal emai, “We use our computers to send personal email.” fayhaveto —(b)don'thaveto—(c) can't 2 Employees can leave the building at lunch time. “We stay in the bullding at lunch.’ (a)must (b) don't have to (c) can't 3. Employees use social media “We can't use social media at work.” (a)must not (b) must (c} don't have to 4 Employees make local phone calls on company chones. “We don't have to use our mobiles to make local calls a)can (bd) can't (c) must Employees —___wear a shirt and te. ‘We have to wear a shirt and tie.’ fa)can—(b) must not (c) must Match sentences (1-5) with meanings (a-c). 1 Ltwont be afcut fr me to find ajo. 2 Cithink it finish university next year, 3 5]! might work fora bank one day 4 Ci find a good job in the USA. 5 CE} might not find a jb like in my home tov completely sure b faiey sure not sure ¢ SB Which of the sentences in 1b are true for you? EA VOCABULARY ‘2 Choose the best jobs for each person (1-7). ‘accountant carer hairdresser IT worker journalist politician vet | really ike working with animals, —_ | enjoy helping older people. Ihvent to tell people what's happening inthe world, —__ I'm good with numbers. — [ike meeting people and helping them look good. Iwant to make my country a better piace. —_ | enjoy working with computers. —— b Cl Which jobs would you like and not like in 2a? © Match the sentence halves. 1 Ltn my jb, 1 have to work 2 E]my job's interesting, because | have to make 3 LE] don't have a boss, because Im 4 Elenioy being in my office. We're lucky that we have 5 [i'm tes atthe end ofthe day, because | deal with a. seltemployed very long hours a ice working environment. 6. important decisions every dey @ ts of serous problems. 56 Look at the sentences. Which word (job or work) is countable? Which is uncountable? 1 H've got a really interesting job. 2 I'm looking for work at the moment, b Match the uses of work and job (1-4) with the meanings (a~d). 1 90% of gardeners fee their works important and useful 2 5] We spend most of our time at work 3 [7] tve gota lat of jobs to do at home this weekend, 4 Ei lenioy my course, bu ts hard work 2 when you use lats of energy to do something the activity or activities you do for your job activities you have to do, often without getting money the place where you work © Match sentences (1-3) with replies (a-c). 1 [Why isnt my email working on this computer? 2 Ls the medicine from the doctor working? 3 [1] Ian’ work this out. Do you know the arsswer? 2 No, tsa very difficult question. b I don't know. Maybe there's a problem with the Internet. © Definitely. | feel much better. d Complete the sentences with work or job. 1 I'm painting my apartment at the moment. Its a lat of hare 2 I'mstarting a new 3. My mobile doesn’t ____when I'm inside this building, 4 I've got an important __to do at home this weekend 5 | leave earl on Fridays. 6 ‘The education system in my country doesn't 7 know 2 lt of people who are trying to find 8 | can't____out how to dawnicad this application form. soon, © Complete these sentences with your own ideas. 1 I can't work out 2 | would lke to get a job 3. Two jobs | need to do this week are 4... makes me happy at work, 5 I need do some hard work 6... doesn’t work very well ‘Cl Compare your sentences in 3e with another student. mata Cel aSy How well did you do in this unit? Write 3, 2 or 1 for each objective. B=very well 2=well 1 =not so well I CAN .. Tak about what people do at work Talk about your future career Make offers and suggestions Write a job application OOoBo 3] See co | De | Deed | eed i GETTING STARTEDMB READING a EAGRAMMAR Imperative; should b You should have a break 2® Look at the problems in the pictures. Does anyone you know have any of these problems? How could you solve them? Tell a partner. Read the advice. Which four problems in the pictures is it for? Complete the headings 1-4. Read the advice again. What is the advice about these things? Make notes. 1 = music +15 minutes 2 « rules + apile 3 + breaks + rewards 4 + screens + mik ‘Ad Cover the article. Use your notes. Try to remember the advice in the article. 2B Do you think the advice in each paragraph is useful? Why / Why not? Complete the sentences with the correct verbs. Check your answers in the article, 1 Turn on the TV or to music while you clean. 2 You should to drink less coffee and smoke less, too. 3 You shouldn't for hours without. 4 Don't break Match the sentences in 2a with the rules. Tove advice, we use infinitive dont itive subject + should + iniritve i subject + shouton + inte D Now go to Grammar Focus 6A on p.152 58 devices with bright screens before you go to sleep. Lear to give advice on common problems ee! Pee cerca encod How to deal with life's ‘You don’t have any money, you never finish anything you start, your house is dirty, you can’t ind a good job and your whole life is terrible. Well, maybe it isn’t that bad! If you'd like to improve things, we can help. Here are our top ways to deal with some of life's little problems. © laa Pronunciation Listen to the sentence. Is the vowel sound long or short in the words shouldn’t and use? You shouldn't use your mobile phone before you goto sleep (© Listen to the sentences. Do the letters in bold have the long vawel /us/or the short vowel /ol? ‘You shouldn't use your computer all day, Look for new ways of doing exercise, Find a good time of day to study. Choose the healthiest ‘oo. Reed 2 baok before you goto sleep. f Practise saying the sentences in 2e.Learn to enjoy cleaning and tidying. People ‘who enjoy this usually have clean homes, ‘Tum on the TV or listen to music while you clean. Start by cleaning every day, but only for fifteen minutes. When the 15 minutes are finished, you should stop. Don’t worry if things aren't perfectly clean. Do a little bit of leaning every day and in a week your place will look great. < It’s important to give yourself rules. When ‘you go out with friends, decide how many ‘imes you will look at your phone ~maybe ‘only two or three times in an evening. Ask your friends about how they feel. If they have the same problem as you, put all of your phones together, in a pile and out of the way. That way, no one can look at their phone and you can all enjoy each other's company, € ‘The machine we use so much for work — our computer ~is the same machine we often ‘use to have fun. So control how you use your ‘computer. If your problem is that you check your email every five minutes, you can get programs that stop the Internet from ‘working for a period of time you choose. Use this time to focus on your work. But you shouldn’t work for hours without a break. Work for 25 minutes, and then have a five- minute rest, Rewards are really important, too. Have a biscuit or get some fresh air every hour or so. First think about your body. Exercising regularly will help you to fall asleep more easily. You should try to drink less coffee and smoke less, too. These bad habits keep you awake. Don't use devices with bright screens, for example, your mobile phone, before you go to sleep. They make your brain think that itis daytime, instead of night, Read a book and drink a cup of warm milk or herbal tea in UNIT e VOCABULARY Verbs with dependent prepositions @ Complete the sentences with the correct prepositions from the box. at abo (2) with to on What is a problem you have to deal every dey? o you listen __ music while you clean? How often do you look. your phone? What stops you concentrating —— your work? Do you think your work at weekends? Who can you ask problems at schaol or work? b C2 Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions in 32. Match the sentence halves to make advice for twa problems. 1 [Dont borrow money 2 forthe sees to buy expensive things 2 Cy Only spend money 5 for riends! meals when 3 [Don't pay pee an things you really need. 4 [1 Youshouis wait from fiends because creates problems. 5 You shud ak a © of ways to save energy. 6 Or ieee eoe , ork or hoa fl of 7 (7 You should think 8 o ‘energy. 8 [ Eata good breakfast h toa doctor about how soyou ate you te d Giz Listen and check your answers in 3c. Which two problems is the advice for? @ Cover one half of the sentences in 3c. Try to remember the advice, EA SPEAKING a B Communication 6A Student A: go to p.130. Student B: go to p.132, b CB Work in pairs. Choose one of the problems and write some advice. ‘| feo really stressed before exams. ‘I'm not creative enough at work. ‘+ I don't laugh very often I never finish anything | start. ‘| always lose important things. Qa Workin small groups. Present the problems and your advice. Whose advice is the most useful for you?ia | was very frightened 'Y -ed / -ing adjectives a VOCABULARY Look at the pictures on this page. How do you think the people are feeling? Make a list of words. b Read the sentences and answer the questions. Johan's day atthe beach was very relaxing ‘fer 2 day at the beach, Johan was completely celaxe ‘2 Which adjective describes how he feels? . Which adjective describes the thing that makes him fee! lke that? © B+ Now go to Vocabulary Focus 6B on p.137 EA READING AND LISTENING @ CB Have you tried scuba diving? Would you like to? How do you think you would feel if you saw a shark? b C® Match the words with a-f in the pictures. Use the words to describe the scene. diver Clstert (scuba diver (Blthe surface F]preathe (u) Creer Clair © Read Sharks saved my life. Which sentence is true about Caroline's experience in Egypt? 1. She went scuba diving to deal with her feer of sharks. 2 She was afraid, because she went scuita diving in very deep water. 3. She got lost when she was scube diving SHARKS SAVED MY LIFE | stated scuba ding because | was Some peopl suddeniy fee very happy. interested in sharks. learnt how to ve ther people get conised, anc they don't in England, but English waters were very know wich ways up or down dsappointng. So! decided to ty the Red) | mped in and folowed my instuto. Seain Egypt. When we got down tothe ree boked “The diving there was much more at my dng wath se how dap we inoesting. saw so many becutful fh, were. Iwas shocked to se we wer at 40 including sharks. ter afer days, _metest was scared and vs breathing Foes) rvyinstctr suggested a tip to very quick, | ought to myse Dont the Shasb Shagra eeto swim use all your ic Breathe iow!’ But was vith the sharks thee realy ightened an couldnt sow my We went outin ancl fishing breathing down, boat and asec him, How was realy wored about mya How deepis the water? Noten. much ci nee? Di rave enough? ‘0 metres, he sald thought, remember loking up a the int. ft “Good, | can do that but cant tried, and ust wanted o go back upto 0 below 30 metres Icidn't the surface fest. But knew thatif you go, eve ary experience upto fast you can get the bends and de ep diving, and intoribe pain. was thinking, Dont go up. knew thatbetow oul di” But my heart was seyng, ‘Go 30 metves people up! Go up| oked for my nsractor. ut offen fel strange, cou get his ato, eee Reece Se eeCesi Read the article again, Answer the questions with a partner. 1 Why did Carctine go to Egypt? 2 Why old she ask the instructor how deep the water was? 3 How did she feel when they got to the reef? Why? 4 Why dnt Caroline to go back up to the surface of the water fast? ‘> What do you think happened next? How do you think sharks saved Caroline's life? @\EEH Listen to the rest of the story and check your ideas in 2e. @lPER Listen again and answer the questions. 1 What happened after Caroline saw the sharks? 2 How did Caroline ‘eel wnen she was back on the fishing boat? 2 How has the experience changed Caroline? (2B Ask and answer the questions. 1 Were you surprised by anything in the stay? 2 Doyou think you would feel the same way as: Caroline if this happened to you?tosee todo tobe toget 1 I didnt really know what 2 just wanted out ofthe water 3. lwas happy ve. 4 Hooked at my diving watt how deep we were, b @pm Listen and check. © Match the sentences in 3a with the rules. 7 We use to + infinitive: LISTENING [Dtogveareason (Jatt adjectues re [latter certain verbs Jatt question words a OB You are going to hear about another experience. Look at the words in the box. What. 5 i a d @zam Pronunciation Listen to the sentences from 3a again co ee Which part of the infinitive Is stressed ~ to or the verb? parasite) 6 DOTHAN VTE EERE hang free ()_pullalong_ lucky @ Look atthe article in 2c again. Underline another example Be for each use of the infinitive in 3c. : b GIBB Listen to the interview and check your f B-Now go to Grammar Focus 6B on p.152 ideas in 4a. Choose one topic to talk about in each pair of topics ¢ @EM Look at the interviewer's questions below. 1-4 below. Think about what you will say. Listen again and make notes on Aaron's answers. 1 + an interesting place you've visited. Why did you go there? (to ..) 1 What happened to you? ‘= an important course you've done. Why did you do it? (to...) 2» atime when you decided to do something, but then changed your mind. What was 1? ‘+ a time when you tried to do something dificult. What happened? 3 * atime when you didn't know what to do or where to go. What did you do? ‘= a problem that you dict know how to deal with. What happened? 4 © someone you were surprised to see somewhere. Who was it? Where did you see the person? = + some information you were shocked to hear What was it SPEAKING a CR Do you know about a person who has had an experience like the situations in this lesson? Try to think of a time when someone: + rad a dangerous or frightening experience + had 2 lucky experience leamed something from a ficult stuation + chenged a lot because of an experience «had an experiance that made them very happy. How did it happen? What went wane? How did you feel? Did the others help you? 6 Did that experience stop you from jumping? d SP Tell Aaron's story with partner. Use your notes to help you. b Prepare some notes about one experience you talked about in 5a. Use the questions to help you. ‘© What was the person's situation a the time? What exactly was the experience? ‘© How di the person feel? ‘+ What did other people do? ‘© How dic the experience change the person? CP Work in new pairs. Tell your pariner about the experience ‘ Choose the best story to tell to the whole class.Everyday English What do you think I should do? ees oe were LISTENING a. Ww When you have a problem, who do you prefer to talk to about it? b CW Look at the picture. Annie is telling Rachel about some bad news. What do you think the news might be? ¢ @IREA Watch or listen to Part 1 and check your ideas. EA CONVERSATION SKILLS Showing sympathy feels sory for Annie? Watch or listen again and check. 1 How awful 4 Im realy sorry to hear thal 2 That’ terribe 5 That's shame. 3. What a pty Look at the two phrases in 2a that Rachel didn’t use. Would you use them in a similar situation or in a less serious situation? © @)BEH Listen and repeat the phrases in 2a. d CR Work in pairs, Take turns to give bad news. Respond with the best phrases from 2a * your boyfriend /gifiend forgot your birthday + you broke your leg playing fottall + You missed your train and waited two hours for the next one + you spent hours preparing dinner and then burnt the food ‘= someone stole your phone and money when you were on holiday 62 (EEA Which of the phrases did Rachel use to show she ELLISTENING a @)BEN Watch or listen to Part 2. What advice does Rachel give about ... ? 1 Annie's boss 2. Anmie's coleagues 3 Mark 4. changing jobs b IBRD Watch or listen again. Which advice in 3a does Annie disagree with? Why? ¢ CW Which of Rachel's advice do you think is most useful? What else could Annie do? PRONUNCIATION Main stress @ @IEEE Listen to the sentences. Underline the word in each sentence that Rachel stresses the most, Did you ask when you're going to lose your job? Maybe there'll be other jobs there. You work in marketing, right? Mark works in marketing, too Changing jobs could be 2 good thing, b Why does Rachel stress the words you underlined in 4a? Choose the best answer. 1 to show more sympathy 2 none of the other words are important 3. the underlined words are the most important © @WHEH Listen to 4a 1-5 again and repeat. d CQ Practise the dialogues with a partner. Stress the underlined words. LA We're meeting a 4 pm B | know. But dont know where! 2 A I'm really busy at work atthe moment. B You workin a bank, right? 3. A (used to work for 18M, Beal? | used to work fr IBM, too! 4 A I dont think tsa goad time to change jobs. B 'm not sure. | think thera are lots af interesting jobs out there.EW USEFUL LANGUAGE Asking for and giving advice a @IREA Listen and complete the phrases. Asking for advice 1 {60 you think | should do? 2 Do you | should speak io him about it? Giving advice BE get all the details fst 4 think you speak to your boss again 5 think ts @ —_toask. 6 |___wory too much 'b Look at Annie's responses to Rachel’s advice. Which phrases show that Annie doesn’t agree with the advice? 1 I don't think that’s 2 good idea, 2 | suppose so. 3 I dont think | should do that. 4 You're night. ¢ GIGI Listen and repeat the phrases in 5a and 5b. d Complete the dialogue. Then practise the dialogue with a partner. ‘A | just heard | didn't get that job. I'm really disappointed. What do you 1___| should do? B I'm realy sorry to 2 that. But | wouldn't too much - you'l find something soon, ‘A 14___ so. But 'm surprised, I thought the interview went very well B Well then, I think you ® write to the company: them for some information about your interview. ‘A | don't think 7's a good idea. They won! want to give me information lke that B I think i's a good #___to ask. I've done that before and the information can be realy useful 1A You're °____ Ill send them an email tomorrow. GALISTENING @ @IBED Annie is worried about Leo. Watch or listen to Part 3 and answer the questions. 1 Why is Annie worries about Leo? 2 What explanation does Rachel give? b Cm Ask and answer the questions. 1 What other reasons could there be for Leos behaviour? 2 Dou think Anni is right to wery? unit 6° ‘SPEAKING @ You are going to tell your partner about something bad that happened to you. Read the cards 1-4 and choose a problem. Think about what you want to say ‘Someone stole your bag in a café ‘+ What was in the bag? ‘+ What were you doing when the person stole it? ‘+ Who do you think stole it? ‘+ How did you feel? ‘= What problems will you now have without your bak? £2) You failed an important exam. + What wes the exam? ‘+ Why was itimportant? ‘+ Did you think you would pass? ‘+ Who else will be upset that you failed? You had an argument with your best riend + Do you normally argue with your best frond? + What was the argument about? + How dia it start? + Do you want to contact your fiend again? £4] Your boss said your work wasn’t good enoueh, What work was i? ‘+ What did your boss say exactly? How did you fee? Do you tink ths wil create problems for you inthe future? ‘@ Student A, tell your partner about what happened. Student B, show sympathy and give Student A some advice 2B Now swap roles. ‘® Did your partner show sympathy? Was their advice helpful?Skills for A ain Pee ae cy aurea | often worry about tests and exams LISTENING AND SPEAKING Are these situations connected to work or study? Write work (W), study (S) or both (8) 1 Ly cling exams cr tsts 2 Ey] doing presentation 3 L] managing other people 4 [2] making business decisions 5 FJ leaming to communicate ina foreign language 6 [1] reading atthe books on a booklist b © What problems do people sometimes have in the situations in 1a? Chloe PER Listen to Chloe, Bob and Marisa talking about problems with work and study. Complete the first row of the table. Chloe Bob Marisa “What's the main problem? What are the details ofthe problem? What advice has she/he had from friends or family? d GIEEH Listen again and complete the table. @ OR What advice would you give to Chloe, Bob and Marisa? EAREADING po de ‘et Sevim oeiay 12.25 ~t a Eliza teaches English. She has a wiki for her class where students Dear Eliza, can write and ask for advice. Read {think my reading and listening Sevim's message. What does Sevim 1 are alright for my level, butlim want help with? worried about my speaking. | don't feel very relaxed when | speak English and I want to improve. Do you have any ideas? © Read the text again. Are sentences — Thankyou 1-5 true (7) or false (FY? Correct Sevim the false sentences. 1 L Eliza always felt relaxed about speaking Turkish 2 [1 Eliza thinks language learners should try nat to meke mistakes. 3 [1 Eliza says Sevim should use English with the students in her class. 4 ( Sevim can pay extra to go toa chat group atthe study centre. 5 [1 Eliza thinks you can pracise speaking onthe Internet. b Read Eliza's reply. How many suggestions does Eliza make? "64UNIT 6° EAWRITING SKILLS Linking: ordering ideas and giving examples Eliza uses words and phrases to order information in her reply. Notice the underlined example. Est ofall, don't worry about making mistakes. Underline three more words in the message that order Eliza's ideas 1b Read the advice on studying vocabulary for an exam. Add words and phrases where you see @ to order the information. ‘A you can study vocabulary ists at the back of the course book There are also some practice exercises there to help you. you should test yourself on the words you have studied. For example, you can try writing down all the words you can remember ‘about a particular topic.“ you can work with another student and test each other. If you both speak the same language, you can translate words from your language into English. it's a good idea to try and think about the words you've learned and use ‘them in a conversation the same day. Ths s@ very active way of studying vocabulary. © Read the text in 2b again. Notice the Iilgilligimfed expressions Eliza uses to give examples. Cover the text and complete the sentences. 1 its 2 good idea to use only English in class 2 You can join a conversation group, —— the chat grours inthe study centre. 3 —_., there ate lots of websites where you can find speaking partners from all around the world Match the sentence halves. 1 [1 You can download apps to help you study. For as DVDs, podcasts and online videos, 2 [There are lots of ways to practise listening, such b instance, there are lots of books and magazines in the study centre 3 [1 tts easy to get extra reading practice. For © example, | use the Cambridge Advanced Leamer's Dictionary on my phone. Sd Eliza ony 108 EA WRITING Hisevim, ‘Thanks for your message and tm glad that you wrote to me for ideas, @ Work in pairs. Read the ideas for Sevim remember when | was learning Turkish, | felt embarrassed about about how to improve her writing, Add speaking. could remember lots of words and | knew grammar three more ideas to the list. rules, but speaking was difficult. now feel alot more relaxed about speaking, so here are some ideas that ve taken from my own + plan your ideas before you write experience. ie + ask another student to check your grammar First of al. don't worry about making mistakes. Other people wil sil ‘understand you and they probably wort notice your mistakes, Secondly, remember thatthe only way to learn to speaka second language is by speaking. Use every chance you geto speak. ‘Foreiample its a good idea to use oni English in class and not . speak to other students in Turkish. You should also try practising new vocabulary and grammar we learn In las by repeating itat home, ‘Next, you should think about extra speaking practice outside the : ‘classroom. You can join @ conversation group, SuehaS the chat groups Inthe study centre. They are freeto join. Finally, you can also practise speaking online. FOFINSEANE, there are lots of websites where you b Work in pairs. Write a message giving ‘ean find speaking partners from all around the world, advice to Sevim. Make sure you order your hope this helps you and please feel free to talk to me after class next Pe AIT IIT = © Work in groups of four. Read the other Best wishes, pair's message to Sevim. Does it contain za similar ideas to your message? Are the ideas ordered clearly? Are there examples?UNIT 6 Review and extension GRAMMAR a Complete the exchanges with should or shouldn't. 1 A lcan't sep. B You drink coffee in the afternoon. 2. A My desk is messy. B | think you tidy it at the end of every day. 3A I'm addicted to TV. B You waich mare than two hours a day. 4A I dor't have time to keep fi B You try to walk for ten minutes every day. 5 A Idon't have much money. B I don't think you buy so many clothes. 6 A | don’t knaw many people where | Ive B | think you join a club or a sports team. b Change the advice in 1a into imperatives. 1 Dorit drink coffee in the aftemoon. © Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the verbs in the box. do drive find go learn meet 1 Do you think people in your country should __ mote exercise? 2 sit difficult parking where you live? 3 Da you need to the shops today? 4 Do you think everyone should a foreign language? 5 Isiteasy new people where you live? 6 Do you know how __? d CW Ask and answer the questions in 1c. EA VOCABULARY ‘4 Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the verbs in the box. arive ask borrow concentrate deal spend 1 Sometimes | find it hard to___on my work. 2 What time did you at the arport? 3 She the waiter forthe bil 4 We car froma friend for the day. 5 They too much money on food last month. 6 |___with a lot of diferent people in my job. b Choose the correct answers. 1 [elt so relaxed / relaxing during my holiday. 2 The news was really shocked / shocking. 3. I needed to rest after my tired tring day. 4 I had a really amazing! amazed time in the city. 5 Is very annoyed J annoying when you have to queue. 6 I was embarrassed / embarrassing when | fell over ¢ $28 Talk about when the situations in 2b have been trve for you. 66 Match sentences (1-2) with the replies (2b). [_] I think you should stop lending money te your friends. b [| | think you should explain the problem to your boss. Pare err eestor b Which verb + fo combination in bald in a is a way of giving? Which is a way of communicating? © Look at the sentences. Add the verb + fo combinations to the table. 1. You have to pay a lot of money tothe government when you start a new business. 2 She wrote tothe newspaper to tell thern what happened. 3 | sold my car to my brother-in-law. 4 | always read to my children before they go to sleep. 5. She deseribed the building to her friend, but he couldn't find it 6 She brought flowers to her mathar to say sory Communicating explain to ac lento d Where does to come in the sentences? Tick the correct answer. 1] before the object of the vert 210] afer he ctect object and before he indiec object © Put fo in the correct places in the sentences. 1 They sold their house some friends from anather country. 2 When Steve described his holiday his friends, they were amazed 3. Please bring something to drink the patty. 4 read the joke my friend, because it was funny. 5 Tara lent an umbrella her neighbour, because it was raining 6 2 Did you write the letter the bank lke | told you? | expiained the problem the company, but they didn't help me, 8 | paid the money for my course the schaol last week: f Write five sentences about your life using the verbs + fo from the table in 3c. Bata gaia) How well did you do in this unit? Write 3, 2 or 1 for each objective. 3=verywell 2 IAN... : tire avicown common mols ned eta Ak fo and giv tee ‘Write an email giving advice ell 1 not so well eCGETTING STARTED 2 ‘2 Look at the picturWRU RIEU Ce AS Sekar eee a ice ever been pees READING a C2 Look at the pictures. Which of the people are famous in your country? What do you know about them? b Read the quotes. Which person is talking about these life events? 1 DD istanting a tamity 2 the body getting older 3 becoming a celebrity 4 Blmaking tims 5 Ereadinga ite chenging novel b Brad Pitt “Lalways thought that if | wanted to have a family, | wanted it to be big. These days Ihave very few friends. | have a handful of close friends and | have my family. | am the Fappiest Ive ever been’ © Read the quotes again. How did the life events in 1b change each person's life? 4 Ql Which quote do you like most? Why? a Nelson Mandela “When I closed that book, | was a different a GRAMMAR ‘man. It improved my powers of thinking and Comparatives and superlatives _seif-conirl, and my relationships. eft prison ‘more informed than when | wert i @ Complete the table with the BHI comparative and superlative forms from the quotes. Examples Superlative Examples shot [adj+er | shorter “the adj + est the kindest adjectives er ?the_—_ adjectives |adj—-y+ ier | funnier the adj —-y + jest | the siliest ending in y healthier 3the long sore adj |ore important | the most+ aj Hidgtibecktn ice yeatarel adjective ‘sometimes I see the chimps, and sometimes | don't... 'mmnot as the most politely fit as Iwas, so if they're way up ai atthe top of the mountain, it's dificut.” ‘more+ adv |more easily | the most + adv adverbs E b Read Jane Goodall’s quote again. Match sentences 1-2 with the meanings a-b. 1 Elam not as its vas. aI havent changed. equally it now 2 Elam as it as was. Ive changes. im ss ft now © By Now go to Grammar Focus 7A on 9.154 d Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the adjectives end adverbs in brackets. 1 Mylifeis____than it was five years ago. (good) 5 This isthe town I've ever lived In. (large) 2 Ym the I've ever been. (confident) 6 My home is these days. (tidy) 3 I learn than when | wes younger. (siowy) 7. work now then | did five years ago. (hard) 4m not as as | was a year ago. (busy) B I speak English than | dd a year ago. (good) @ GEM Listen and check. Practise the sentences. { Cli Are the sentences in 2d true for you? Why? Mylife is better Well, Ihave my than it was five Why? own fat, but stil see years ago. my friends and farnly all the time too. 68“My parents are really proud. My ‘ater is happy, because now he soes that am fore famous than Ban Ki-moon, the secretary-general of the United Nations, He was the Korean before me." | © Rupert Grint You grow up mofSguGR tan other eenagers ELLISTENING a C2 Read about two famous people. Do you know anything else about them? How do you think their lives were different before they became famous? fae Born: April 19, 1972, Paulista, Brazil Fivaldo isa Braziian ax-foctbaler. He has played for some ofthe biggest teams in the world andin two ‘World Cups. 5 Born: July 8, 1846, New York, USA Sylvester Stallone is an American ‘ctor, writer and director. He Is most ‘amous for his roles in the Rocky ‘end Rambo fs. b EE Listen to the stories of the two people. Which information did you already know? ¢ IBM Listen again. Are these sentences true about Rivaldo (A), Stallone (S) or both men (B)? Compare your answers with a partner. 1 Dis if was cifcut when he was young 2 [)atone time in his tif, ne could ford to buy food. 3. ]He sold something that he loved 4] He wanted to forget about his career ater asad event 5 [He was stil poor after ne got the job he wanted 6 Some people di not believe he could bea big sar 7 [kis success happened very sudderiy 8 F]ke cared about something ese more than money d CW Ask and answer the questions. Which parson had the mos ificut you think? 2 Do you know about any other people who stared life poor and then became rch? rience, do but ve become less Independent, because people do everything for me.” EXVOCABULARY get collocations @ ©EEH Complete the sentences with the correct form of the phrases in the box, Listen and check. getajob getanoffer get paid get rich 1 Sylvester Stallone couldn't as an actor. 2. Rocky won an Oscar and Stallone 3. Rivaldo from Paulstano foctball club. 4 He didn't____ much and he sornetimes walked to training, b B Now go to Vocabulary Focus 7A on 9.138 Gi SPEAKING @ 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 2 Work in pairs. Tell your partner about the person you chose. ¢ CW Ask and answer the questions. Look at the life events in the box. get a place at university get engaged get married have children get rich get ajob get old 1 Which ofthe life events have you experienced? When do you think you will experience the other events? 2 Which lfe events do you think change people the most? How do people change? = ooITM TS er) HUN HB READING a CP Look at the photographs fram the 1950s. How do you think daily life was different then? Think about: ‘= men J women / children * food and drink / shopping / work / health and b (2 Read sentences 1-4 about the 1950s. Do you think they are true (7) or false (F)? Compare your answers with a partner. In the 19560, . 1 [)pecple were thinner than they are 2 Epecpie spent more time atthe gym than today 3 E]people lived longer ives than they do today 4 [people smoked more cigarettes than today. ey. © Read the article, Check your answers to 1b. d Read the article again. Answer the questions. 1 In the 1950s, what cid the government say should drink? 2 How is government advice about food diferent tocay? How much time do UK women spend on a diet these days? How did women in the 1980s exercise? Why do people put on weight more easily today? In the 1980s, when did peoole vist the dactor? Which health problems are more common today? Why didn't people stop smoking in the 1950s? Whereis illegal to smoke in the UK? ple @ CB Think about the information you have read. Do you think people are healthier now than in the 1950s? Why / Why not? "10 ee ce eae cased © used to © Health collocations People didn’t use to worry about how mary calories they ate. The govemment advised people to eat meat, cheese, butter, cereal and bread every cay, They also recommended two glasses of milk a day. Today the advice has changed. They say we should eat more. vegetables and less meat, cheese ‘and butter. But we don't listen. Not many of us alaliealiniiclet 60% of us are now overweight. In the UK, the average wore will spend 31 years of her lite BEIGE. For 2 man, its 28 years. Most women used to RESBIIGISHERE| naturally by doing housework ~ the average housewife did three hours of housework every day. They didn't need to go to the gym to [OSSINGIGH and gai Today, busy working lives make it harder to get enough exercise. Inventions like washing machines, freezers and cars have made ur lives easier, so i's now much easier to [SURSRIWEIEunit 7* EXVOCABULARY Health collocations @ Work in pairs. Look at the [IBHNMIE! phrases in the article. Which do you think are ... ? 1 good for your health 2 bad for your health b @BwH Complete the sentences with phrases from the article. Then listen and check 1 He, because he was doing so much exercise. He decided to smoking, because it was a very expensive habit ‘After my holiday, | was five Klos It easy tof you workin an office and dont get any exercise. I'm very heathy — |___ by running everyday. | was a for years, but then | decced to stop, I never do any exercise but 'm thin because |__. ‘She's again — this time she's only eating bread and carrots for a week |__—two —_~ anima hair and bee stings. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Which of the ideas in 2b are common in your country? Do you think people are generally healthy in your country? Why / Why not? 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 didn use to know it was dangerous Women used to do three hours of housework every day. They didn use to go to the gym. Health c People didn't use to live as long as wwe do today. Hospital operations were much less common and people oniy used to go to the doctor wnen they were seriously il. Today, we live longer, but \ve have new health problems. In the 1950s, most kids drank milk and ate 1b Look at the sentences in 3a again and complete the rules, MOOI avenace ace at DEATH Totalk about something that was diferent inthe past we use + infinitive. problems. The negative is ____ + infinitive. but more people } | ¢ @IEH Pronunciation Listen to the sentences in 3a. Notice the pronunciation of used tfo/ju:stal. Does the pronunciation change in [And the numger of people who have Bere eaincer diabetes is also increasing. because Le eee eee DB Now go to Grammar Focus 7B on p.154 Cigarette: ‘Smoking used to be very popular The big Holywood stars lke James Dean and Audrey Hepburn all smoked on screen. In the UK, 80% of adults were FEBURRERIOKBIS. People just didn’t know how dangerous it was and didn't try to HIVBIUBISHIORIA. Today, we ail know the dangers, and it's now illegal to smoke in public places lke offices, schools and restaurants © Complete the sentences with used fo and a verb in the box. walk be think spend not suffer not eat 1 When Iwas a child |___ to school every day. 2 When Iwas a teenager, my parents | was lazy. 3 |___from allergies, but now | do. 4 People in my country alot of fastfood, but they do now. 5 6 |_ more time outdoors than I do now. ‘The health service in my country better than itis now. sutpeen ger teetees lee) { Cm Change the sentences in 3e so they are true for you. Compare your answers with a partner. used to go to school on foot. SPEAKING D Communication 78 Work in pairs. Go to p.129.Everyday English a ERT Rug Pree eee cc Peo ts VOCABULARY At the doctor’s a 2 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 serious stomachache the flu a rash b 2B 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. + get a prescription from a doctor take pills or other medicine have some tests goto the hospital go tothe chemists have an operation puton cream EALISTENING a @IEH Watch or listen to Part 1. Answer the questions. 1. Why has Leo gone to the doctor? 2 When aid the problem star? © Watch or listen to Part 1 again. What other information does the doctor get from Leo about his back problem? Compare your notes with a partner. ¢ (2® Ask and answer the questions. 1. Do you ver suffer from the same health problem as Leo? 2 What couses it? 3 What treatments would you recommend? USEFUL LANGUAGE Describing symptoms a @\zE Complete the phrases with the words in the box. Then listen and check. exhausted all the time back painful get to sleep 1 My hurts 2 Its very 3 lant 4 5 tthurts Heel (FS 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 itchy sick When do people get the symptoms in 3a and 3c? Talk about your ideas with a partner. People feel sick Some people when they eat bad feel sick on car food. journeys. LISTENING a @IBEN Which treatments do you think the doctor will suggest for Leo? Put a ¥ or a x. Then watch or listen to Part 2 and check your ideas. 1 Lstayin bea 2 Fado the things you normally do 3 stayin the same position for along time 4 Eibdo some exercise 5 [take pil forthe pain b @IBEM Watch or listen again. Are sentences 1-6 true (7) or false (F)? Correct the false sentences. 1 [teas eng to the gym alta the moment 2 [Jeo sits down a lot for his job. 3 Theo isnt taking anything ior the pain. 4 Feo has to take two pills every two hours 5 [Leo shouldn't tke more than 24 pls in a day. 6 []Leo might need to see the doctor again ina week.CONVERSATION SKILLS Showing concern and relief Look at the underlined phrases in the conversations. Which phrases show that Leo is ... ? 1happy with what the doctor says 2 worried about what the doctor says Doctor dont think its anything to worry about, Leo Phew. That's good to hea Doctor But you should’ stay in bed ~ that's not going to help Leo Oh dear. Really? actor | really don't think its anything to worry about Leo Whata relief b @©2BeA Listen to the phrases in 5a. How do we pronounce phew? Repeat the phrases. ¢ Qk Work in pairs. Take turns to say the sentences. Respond using the phrases in 5a. student 1 I dort think ts serious 2 think youl ned to see another doctor 3 You shoul fel better in 48 hours Student B 1 need you to take afew tess 2 Your fats definitely net broken, 3 think ts ust cold, not the fa [GIUSEFUL LANGUAGE Doctors’ questions a @IBER Match the doctor's questions with Leo's answers. Then listen and check 1 (So, what’ the problem? []When ci this probe str? [Where does it hur? [can Ihave a look? [2100 you do any [are you taking anything fo the pain? 2 3 4 5 ise? 6 7 [do you have any allergies? b q f @ About three of four days ago, Here, This area Yes, I've taken some aspirin No, I dont think so, sure, Well, | usually goto the gym, but | havent been recently Well, my back hurts b @IEEA Listen to the doctor's questions. Choose the best answer (a or b) for each question. 1 2 Yes, velaken some tablets, My leg hurts. 2 a No,nototen bb Yes, ofcourse, 3 a Igorunning, b Iwork nan ofee 4 a Notmuch, can't eat fish. 5 a lfesltiredalthetime. _b_No, nothing 6 a Alyy About a week ago, 7 a Ithurtsalt b Here — under my arm, unit 7* PRONUNCIATION Tones for asking questions a ©BEB Listen to the questions. Does the doctor's voice g0 up (7) or down (\) at the end of each question? 1 So, what the arobiem? 2 When ald this problem start? 3 Where does it hur? 4 Can Ihave @ ook? 1b Which question in 7a does the doctor already know the answer to? Complete the rule. ‘= In questions where the speaker Goesn't know the answer, the voice usvally goes up / down, ‘+ In questions where the speaker knows the answer, the voice usually goes up / down © Listen to the questions in 7a again and repeat. EA SPEAKING a 2B Work in pairs. Student A: you are a doctor. Listen to your partner's health problem and give advice. Student B: choose a health problem from the pictures and explain the problem to your partner. Give details. gp mae reg — I - When dic , “What's the this start? Isee... | problem? = Ie gota Yesterday. After ‘stomachache. dinner. But it happens uit often. b SW Swap roles. Student A: choose a new health problem. Se BgAY TIGR att a age After that, | decided to make a change eee: HLISTENING AND SPEAKING 2 CQ What kind of things do people sometimes want to change about themselves? Think ot cone example for each area. + dict + study + money + exercise + bad habits «relationships b © Listen to Jeff, Silvia and Lucas. What change did each person try to make? Were they successful? ¢ GABE Listen again. Complete the table. ‘What was their problem? How did the problem happen? ‘What did they change? ‘Wheat wasis the result of the change? 4 Think of something you would lke to change in your life. Make notes about the questions. 1 Whats the change? 2 Why do you want to make the change? 3. How could you make tho change? 4. What co you nope the su wil be? LIVING 1O CHANGE ‘About three years ago, | used to smoke and | was overweight. ‘was really unfit and | didn’t fee! very good about mysetf, $0 1 Talking obout how you got even better! @ (2 Work in pairs. Talk about the changes you would like to make. | think I should eat less fast food. How: ae decided to make a change, you eatit? ‘TOBEGIANNAT | cave up smoking which wasn't too difficult. READING But then |strted eatng instead of smoking, and I stated putting on alot of weight. | was getting heavier and heavier and | wasn't doing any exercise. I'm about 1.78 m tall and my \weight went up to 98 kg, So, A@Hfal | decided | needed to start exer'sing, oo. Simon wrote about a change he made for the Living to Change blog. Read the blog and answer the questions, 1 What was Simon lke before he made a change? What kind of exercise did he start doing? 1 When | was at secondary school | 3 What was the result? used to enjoy running, so | thought ‘that would be an easy way for me to get fit. i, | could only run for ‘about thirty seconds and then | had towalk twas terrible, So that's how got started =I went for walks and every few days | made the walk abit longer 1b 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 smoking [He started exercising before he stopped smoking. 3. He chose running because he iked it when he was younger. 4 (te found it ificut to run when he started 5 [JWhen he hurt his fect, he was pleased to have 4 break from running. 6 [)He now thinks he might enter 2 running race. 74WRITING SKILLS Linking: ordering events 2 Complete the rules with the words in the box. Use the BIGHIIBHIES words in Simon's blog to help you. tobegin with after that at fist after awhile soon then in the end To show the order of events we use ‘or to talk about the fist thing that happened. or —_ or —_ or ___ to mean next — forthe final action, event or result b Which word in 3a means ... 1 after a shot time 2 after a longer time period © Complete the text with words and phrases in 3a. | stopped drinking coftes, , I got headaches and really missed it (This isthe first thing that happened.) , | started drinking just one cup 2 day. (This is what happened next.) he headaches stopped. (This i what happened a short time later.) , | started drinking green tea during the day. (This is what happened after a longer peried of time.) |orgot to make coffee in the morning one day. (This is what hapoened next.) , realise | didn't need coffee at al (This isthe last thing that happened.) ‘RARERERHIE, | began feeling fiter and that's when I started to run and walk. But then, one day, | fell ‘over and hurt my foot when | was running and | had to stop for about two weeks. | was surprised how much | missed it However, when | started again, twas much easier ‘than | thought. 88, | found I didn’t need to walk ‘any more and | found | could run further and further Iie fi, | was able to 90 for a 10 km run without problems. Ive lost almost 20 kg and | now ‘weigh ust 80 kg, | feel so much better and I'm planning to run a marathon next year. These days, instead of spending all my money on Cigarettes, | spend money on going out or buying Complete the text with the time Use each linker once. ‘after that soon in the end to bogin with after a while then About a year ago, | was walking near a river and | slipped and fell in. I couldn't swim and | was really frightened. | was lucky because a friend was there and she helped me. So | decided that | needed to lea to swim. 1, [hated getting into the water at the swimming pool. My teacher told me to take a shower before getting in, so | was already wet. This was a good idea. 2 , ound it easier to get into the water. 3 _ | started with very easy exercises like putting ‘my head underwater. [elt 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 a long time. 5 _ it got easier and | made good progress. 6 learnt howto swim. '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! EAweiqING @ 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 = work relationships b 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 dlfficult? What was easy? 4. Did anything you didn't expect happen? 5 What happened in the end? How do you feel about it? © 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 others articles. Did you write about similar topics? Did your partner use time linkers? x 7UNIT 7 Review and extension EB GRAMMAR @ Complete the sentences using the comparative and. superlative forms of the words. 1 Top speed: Kawasa 130knvh, Shumika 140km/h, TTR LB04rwh ‘The Shumika is fasver than the Kanasa, but the TTR is che fastest (fast) 2 Room price: Grand Hotel 80 euros, Hotel Central 100 euros, Hotel Europe 130 euros ‘The Hotel Central is ___the Grand Hetl, but the Hote Europe is (expensive) 3. MP3 players: Soundgood °**, MusicPro ****,iListan ** The MusicPro is the Soundgoad, but the iListen is, (2008) 4. Number of fans in the world: Border FC 20 milion, DK Jets 100 milion, AK Dynamo 200 milion Dk Jets are ___ AK Dynamo, but Border FC is (popular) b Complete the text with the correct form of used to and the verbs in the box. plan not be buy not open not have see ‘Thirty years ago, we !___any big supermarkets in my town. ‘There were some small shops and |2___ everything there. | liked it because | always °___ people | knew, soit was very friendly, But itwasn't perfect - there +___a it of aitferent products. And the shops ®___ on Sunday or late in the evening, so 1° __ my week carefully. EAVOCABULARY a Complete the sentences with the words or phrases in the box. to know a place intouch onwell paid 1m going to get with an old friend this week 2 I get much more naw than in my old job, 3 Id like to got ata university in a different city ‘4. When | was younger | wasn't very close to my parents, but now we get —_. 5 I got____ most of my close friends when I wes at school b Match the sentence halves. 1 Cll goruming twice a neek'o keep overweight 2 E]mbectty now, but used tobe bona dit 3 Ll pretertodo exercise than go ‘fit 4 [Alot more people today rave weight 5 [Wen | studya let, loffen puton alleges 76 Is change a verb or a noun in sentences 1-8? 1 just want to change into something a bit more comfortable 2 Ihave a dificult tain journey to work | have to change twice and take a bus. 3 You've elven me the wrong ehange —| gave you $10, not $5. 4 ve changed my mind — I'm going to stay in tonight. 5 | took the shirt back tothe shoo and ehanged i for anather one, 6 | always keep some change in the car to pay for parking 7 We normally go shopping on Saturdeys, but we're playing football for 2 change. 8 Could you change my €20 for two €10 notes, please? Match the words in bold in 3a with meanings a-h. Vers 2 L)getott a train, bus or plane and get on a different one b LJreturn something and get a new one ¢ [Jputaifferent clothes on FJexchange money for diferent notes or coins © D)make a citterent decision Nouns 1 Ly because you want a new experience Lcoins fh [the money 8 shop assistant returns to you Complete the sentences with the words or phrases in the box. change trains change my mind change some money keep some change the right change change into for achange change 1 always In my pocket, 2 normally ccomforiable clothes when I get home in the evening, 3 Ihave to ‘on my way home. 4 | normally go io the mountains, but this year 'm going on a beach holiday © think its better to before you go abroad 6 I dont often after Ive made a decision. 7 Ws easy to something after you've bought itin a shop. B When | buy things, | always check the shop assistant gives me —_ Qa winien ofthe sentences in 3e ate true for you? Baa Cea ta) How well did you do in this unit? Write 3, 2 or 1 for each objective, 3=very well 2=well 1 1a ‘anslodiastisasa iss pee ec irs eee nat so well oooo|; Bee ESS UTS Pau een cic) Dae eeu Cea Eee say Dai ing about the yours os pint Cin pis, ask and answer the ques u think this painting means 1 Where can u think ofthe painting aay remMy favourite book is based RUC Ce EE VOCABULARY Art and music a Qh in pairs, match pictures 1-10 with the types of art and music below. LWseries novel poem (Bisculpture Earchitecture film [photograph [=] painting latbum ~ Fciassicat mu: b GH Listen and check. Listen again and underline the stressed syllable in each one. Then listen again and repeat ¢ (2 Which kinds of art and music are you interested in? EAREADING a CD Look at the pictures and titles of each thing in the article Six of the best, biggest and most popular Which of them have you read, seen or listened to? Do you like them? b Read the article, Which things ... ? + took many years to become popular «has sold more than any other + people have committed 2 crime to own! © Read the article again and add the missing sentences a. ‘2 But the most popular single novel is much older. b ts so popular that, in 2012, over 160 baby girls were named Khaloesi — the name of a character in the show. But now most people recognise the famous da da da daf introduction He was wrong it sold aver ten million more than tat. fe The author sold the story for only f twas taken by Vincenzo Peruggia, an Italian who wanted to return itt Italy d Work with a partner. Look at the BIGRIBINGE words and phrases in the article, What do they mean? @ Cb Are you surprised by any of the things on the most popular list? 78 dollar. eee eee ee) poe ee rh PI cry a yee eat of the best, IX Teter clit es L y Michael Jackson Aithe time Jackson started writing his Dest-seling album, Miler he was upset because his previous album, Off the Wal, hadit won a Grammy award. He wrote on the mirror in his room that his next album would sell 50 million copies 1 Even today aroun! 130,000 G6 are sold In the USA every year. G) Themestfanas discal mus eethoven's Fifth Symphony When Beethoven was alive, his ith Symphony’ wasn’ his most popular piece ofmusic. “Inthe twentieth century the rst four HBAS were used by other ‘musicians to make electro dance, hiphop, surf rock, rock and rol and disco tracks. La Gioconda (which is called the Mona ‘Lisq-in English-speaking countries) was not always so famous. Itonly became really WeIURAGIEN when it was stolen from ‘the Louvre in Paris in 1011. >__‘The painting was found two years laler and itis row kept behind glass to protect it.The most popular novel ATale of Two Cit ‘Many people think that the WeSISelling book of al time is ‘one ofthe Harry Potter books Ins true that al the Hany Potter books together have sold about 450 milion copies. *__A Tale of Tio Citios was writen by Charles Dickens in 1850 and has sold 250 million copies It tells the story of group of ordinary people during the French revolution (3) The most popular film Shawshank Redem ‘The most popular fl ever dida’t make much money at the cinema. The Shaveshank Redemption only became opi later on video, DVD and TV. The film - wots est Fin’ on the website TMDb— wasbased on a bookby Stophen King > The most popular TV series ... Ag Game of Thrones The number one TV series on IMDb is eurrently Grime of Thrones ‘The fantasy dram was also the most illegal downloaited series of 2012 and 2018 — people around the world couldn’ wait to sei, so they downloaded the prograsnme as soon asit was shovn in the USA. © unit 8 EX GRAMMAR ‘The passive: present and past simple @ Look at the sentences and answer the questions. ACTIVE Charles Dickens wrote 4 Tale of Tao Cities in 1859. PASSIVE A Tale of Two Cites was written by Charles Dickens in 1859, 1 Is the information in the same or different? 2 Which sentence is about the book? —_ Which sentence s about the writer? 3. How does the verb change in the passive? What are the two parts of the verb form? een active and passive sentences the b B Now go to Grammar Focus 8A on p.156 © Underline five more examples of the passive in the article, (There are seven more altogether.) EA VOCABULARY Common verbs in the passive 2 Complete the sentences using the past participles of the verbs in the box. Not all the sentences are true. set (a story somewhere) design (a building) paint (a painting) base (a film on a book) perform (a piece cf music) play (a character) ‘arte (songs, music) direct (a film, a TV show) 1 All the songs on Thriller were written by Michael Jackson. When Beethoven's Fifth Symphony was. for the firs time, the audience didnt like it very much. 3. The Mona Lisa was by Michelangelo, 4 The 2012 Batman film The Dark Knight Rises wes (on the book A Tale of Two Cities, 5 The main character in The Shawshank Redemption was by Morgan Freeman. 6 Game of Thrones is by Peter Jackson, dractor of Lord ofthe Rings. 7 The Farry Potter stories are in Britain in the 1990s. 8 Casa Mild was by Salvador Dall b @IBea Which sentences from 4a do you think are true? Tell a partner. Listen and check. SPEAKING @ Complete the sentences so they are true for you. My favourite album is, A painting | like is The best book Ive ever read was ATV show / film Ive seen more than ance is song | sometimes sing is ‘A poem | studied at school was A sculpture / building which is famous in my country is. b Civ Talk about your answers to 5a in small groups. i... Eee lLI’ve hated ray) Pee eee Car Cee STEM RCSLT ea SPEAKING 4 CB How do you know when someone is lying? Think of three different ways and tell a partner. Think about: = what they say + voice eyes * body b CW Do you know any games where you have to le? LISTENING a © Listen to the introduction to a radio show called T’can’t believe it! Answer the questions. 1 What topic are the players going to talk abou? 2 How many les will each player te b Michael, a player on 1 can’t believe itl, is going to talk about, Usain Bolt. What do you know about him? ¢ @PEA Listen to what Michael says. Which of the sentences 17 do you think are his two lies? Tell a partner. 1 Usain Bolt isthe fastest man in the world His team mates call him ‘Giraffe! Runners as tall es Usain don't usually win He’s held the world record for the 100 metres and 200, He was the first person to win both races in two Oly He forgot tote his shoes in the 100 metres final in 2012, He slowed down atthe end of the 100 metres final in 2012 1d @izmaa Listen and check your answers to 2c. @ (2B Look at the men in the ather two pictures. Answer the questions. 11 Where do you think each man is from? 2 What sportactity is each man doing? 3. What world records do you think they broke? { GHB Listen to Alice and Neil talking about the men. Check your ansners to 2e © Listen again. Answer questions 1-2 about each man. 1 How aid he became famous? 2 What has he cone since? h CX Compare your notes with a partner. What do you think the lies about each man are? Tell your partner Konishiki Yasokichi Captain Joseph Kittinger Lie 1 Lie 1 Lie 2: Lie 2: SIA Listen to the next part of the programme and check your ideas in 2h j CB Which of the three record breakers in the programme do you think is the most interesting? Why? 80GRAMMAR Present perfect with for and since Look at the sentence about Konishiki Yasokichi Does he have a radio show now? He's had his own radio chow for many years. b Complete the rule with the words present and past. ‘We can use the present perfect to tak about something that stared in the ___and continues in the —_. © Look at two more sentences from the listening. Choose the correct words. Then complete the rules. 1 Kittinger has held his record for/ since over 60 years! 2 He's been in the Jamaican Olympic team for/ since 2008, With the present perfect: + we use to say he time period, eg fen minutes, three years. + we use to say when something started, e.g yesterday, a year ago. dB Now go to Grammar Focus 8B on p.156 © Complete the sentences with the past participles of the verbs in brackets and a time phrase with for or since. Write four true sentences and two lies. 1 ve Give) in my housefat 2 (we (be) a student here 3 I've (have) my mobile pho 4 ve (know) —_ 5 I've (want) 6 le (own) my (2 Read your sentences to a partner. Can your partner guess which two sentences are lies? VOCABULARY Sports and activities Look at the pictures on the page. Which sports and activities can you see? Make a list. (Qa Have you ever tried any of the sports in the pictures? Would you like to? Now go to Vocabulary Focus 8B on p.138 UNIT ey EASPEAKING @ You are going to talk about sports and activities. Make notes about (1-4) first. 1 A sport or activity you do when you do it who you do it wth © why you like it 2 A sport you are a fan of why you like it + how jong you've been a fan ‘any teams or players you ike 3. Asport or activity youve tried, but you did't like * when you tried it + why you didn't ike it 4 Assport you hate watching ‘= why you don't like it ‘© when you started hating it 2 Work in small groups. Compare your interests and experiences. Which person in your group are you most similar to? ve hated rugby since {played it at school Its really boring.Everyday English eres rotator canon Mr SCN El ema) HELISTENING a 2B Do your friends sometimes do any of these things? + not call you back + sit unexpectedly ‘not reply to text messages or emails, IFyes, does it annoy you? Do they do anything else that annoys you? b @aEH Look at the pictures. What do you think is happening? Watch or listen to Part 1 and check your ideas. ¢ © Watch or listen again. Answer the questions. 1 What excuse does Leo give first for not calling? 2 Is Annie happy wth Leo's frst excuse? What does she ask him? 3. What excuse does Leo give next? 4. What did Annie think the problem was? 5 Why doas Leo say he was working so much? 6 Does Annie think this was a goad idea? 1d ® Work in pairs. Answer the questions. 1 When was the last time you apologised to someone? What happened? 2 Do you think its necessary to apologise if. ? ‘= youre ten minutes late when you meet someone + you forget someone's birthday ‘+ you don't reply to someones text message the same day you have to cancel because you're ill EAUSEFUL LANGUAGE Apologies and excuses a © Listen and complete the sentences from ¢ @IERM Complete the phrases Annie uses to accept Part 1. Leo's apologies. Then listen and check. 1 'm_______ haven't cated you 1 tdoesn't 2 |_—eallor send you a message 2 Well, i's not your 3 |___——tocall you, but couldnt find my mo 3 Don't _—_aboutit 4 | te make you wory 4. No realy its 5 |___tocall you after | went othe doctor. 61 ‘work that much. { ©iBm@ Listen and repeat the phrases in 2e. 7 No, no excuse § CB Work in pairs. Take turns to apologise for the b Inwhich of the phrases in 2a is Leo ...? situations and to give an excuse. Respond and 1 apologising accept your partner's apologies. Use ideas from the 2 giving an excuse boxes or your own ideas. ¢ @HA Listen and repeat the phrases in 2a. Situations «= aing late fora meeting Complete the excuses with words from 2a, + not answering an email Lt going to text you, but ditt have my phone forgetting to pay back some money 2 |___—totell you, but I forget. 3 |___wotk atthe weekend, becouse my boss Excuses asked me. + btscftrafic dirt get paid 4 |____to be so nude. + very busy + missed the bustain | came to your party, because | was ill 82EVPRONUNCIATION Tones for continuing or finishing a © Listen to two sentences. Does the voice in the underlined parts (1-4) go down then up ($A) or down (SI? | was going to call you, but my phone was dead A 2 | meant to call you, but | had to work lot 5 4 b Complete the rule When a speaker wants to show that they have something more to say, their voice often goes down then up / down, When a speaker wants to show the information they're giving hes finished, their voice often goes dawn then up / down. ices. Do you think each speaker has finished or has something more to say? 1 I didn't see John 2 won't have time tomarrow 3 Iwas going to tall you what happened 4 Idi call her EALISTENING @ GEKA Watch or listen to Part 2. What does Leo agree to do? b GIERA Watch or listen again. What are the three other suggestions Annie makes? Why doesn’t Leo like them? ‘Suggestion 1 Leo's response: Suggestion 2 Leo's response: Suagestion 3. EX SPEAKING a Cb Work in pairs. Look atthe sentences. Who might say each one? “Yo stil haven't given me the report | asked you to do. "You were driving 70 km an hour The speed limit is 50 km.’ ‘Ym at the café. Where are you? Is everything OK?" sie tan What excuses could you give for each situation in 5a? "You can’t sit here unless You order something.” “You forgot to uy milk again.” b ¢ Cb Swap partners. Take turns saying the sentences from 5a to your partner. Apologise and give an excuse. Whose excuses are better? Youstill haven't ‘given me the. lim sorry. 1was. report | asked ata meeting all you to do. morning. [just didn't have time. ‘That's OK. It's ‘not your fault. But Ineed it this week, CHECK YOUR PROGRESS - Leo’ response: ¢ 2B What do you think of Annie’s suggestions? Can you think of anything else to suggest? ‘You can now do the Unit Progress Test.Skills for a4 ee eae aac og BW ECR CLs oS aa ad 1 couldn't put the book down LISTENING AND SPEAKING a CB Look at the book covers. What do you think the stories are about? b Read the summaries of the stories and match them with the book covers. Are they similar to your ideas in 1a? 1 Ina small village, Megan and Huw fll in love, But Hur has fo go abroad and they meet again 50 years later ‘A man in Florida is out in his fishing boat ‘and a hurricane is coming, His daughter ‘must tell him before i too late land, a woman is murdered. A man ed from prison and the police think he is the murderer... butis he? IHEA Listen to three people talking ‘about the books. Answer the questions. 1. Who has finished the book and who is stil reading? 2 What do they think about the stories? d © Listen again and answer the questions. “Two Lives Nhy does the man leave the vilage? What has happened while he ‘away? ye of the Storm 3. Did everything in tis story happen in real lifer 4. What does the girl do to try to save her father’s life? ‘APuzzle for Logan 5 Why do the police think the prison murderer? 6 What does Inspector Logan try to do? isthe @ Think of a book you are reading or a book you remember. What happens in the story? Make notes about: + the characters + the kind of + wnat hap} what you itis s/ the main points ink / thought about it £ (2B Work in small groups. Talk about your book and say if you liked it. Have any other students read it? Would they like to read it now? 84EAREADING @ Read the online reviews. Match them with the books in the pictures. b Co The first reviewer gave the book three stars good). Haw many stars do you think the other reviewers gave? HOME NEWS REVIEWS REGISTER 1) ees This book is quite exciting. Even after the first few pages you want to know who killed the woman, and you don’t know until the end. I's Sl {HFREEH and the characters are really interesting and SSAUISHE. However, the story is quite HGRAIROIRSIGW because there are so many different people, so I didn’t enjoy it as much as I expected. This is the best book I've ever read in English! It's a beautiful story, although it’s also very sad and it made me cry. The man and the woman are §OHUEH characters and they are described very well. You can really understand how they feel. I definitely recommend it! This book is OK, but it’s BE BiAMIRGAE. The story is quite interesting and it’s easy to read. However, it’s AGENERMERCINE, because you know from the start that the girl and her friend will save the git!’s father from the storm and they will all live happily ever after. I also thought the characters were albitlll. In real life, people are not good and kind all of the time! really enjoyed this book. It was interesting to read and it describes Edinburgh very well, so you can really imagine what the city and the people are like. Although the story is (uiteeomiplicated, you should keep going because the ending is very clever. You can’t guess who killed the ‘woman until the very last page. I S6ulante put tie book! {GW until I got to the end! I can recommend it unit 8° EX WRITING SKILLS Positive and negative comments; Linking: although, however 2 Look at the [igilighif2@ phrases in the book reviews. Are they positive or negative? Make two lists. b Look at the examples and answer the questions. The characters are really interesting and realistic. However, the story is quite hard to follow. The characters are really interesting and realistic, although the story is quite hard to follow. 1 Do the words however and although. ? a. jin similar ideas contrast two aifferent ideas 2 Which word...? begins a new sentence bb joins two ideas in the same sentence © Underline four examples of however and although in the texts. d Where can although come in the sentence? 1 onlyin the middle 2 atthe beginning or in the middle @ Look at the two sentences in comments 1-4. Join the two sentences in each comment using however or although. There is more than one possible answer. 1 I can recommend the book, It's dificult to read, 2 The story is 2 bitboring. The characters are interesting, 3 san exciting story. Its not the best stoy I've ever rea 4 its jon, Its based on a tue stoy EA WRITING @ Think of a book you've read. (Use the one you chose in 1e or a different one.) You're going to write a review of the book. Answer the questions. 1 What are the good and bad points? Think about: the characters, the story + the descriptions 2 What phrases in 3a can you use to describe the story? 3. How can you use however or afthougi to jin your ideas? Use your ideas in 4a to write a review of the book and give a star rating (1-5). © Work in pairs. Read your partner’s review. Check their work. Does it do all these things? Tick each box. tell you about the characters [Blaive « description ofthe story [Bluse however and aitnough correctly d Read other students’ reviews. Choose a book you would like to read and tell the class why. x 55UNIT 8 Review and extension GRAMMAR @ Complete the text with present and past simple passive forms of the verbs in the box. nat perform show write love sell direct film ‘The two most popular DVDs ever are very different. The best- selling DVD is Finding Nemo — eight milion copies ‘onthe first day itwas available. Most ofthe voices for the main characters 2 by famous actors, but they *___ by dren all over the world. Pulp Fiction — the second best- selling DVD ever — is a much more adult fim, It___ by (Quentin Tarantino and it in Los Angeles. I's an unusual film, because the action *___ in a strange order ~ you see the tend of the story at the beginning, Audiences loved the acting; ‘most of the characters ?____ for the actors who played them. b a Work in pairs, Deseribe a film you like © Complete the sentences with the active or passive forms of the verbs. 1 This sculpture in 1870. (create) 2 He some very famous photographs. (take) 3. The flm on a true story. (base) 4 Spike Johansen the film while he was stil a student, iret 5 The author ___ the story in a single day while he was on holiday. (write) 6 The car____ by a company in Mian. (design) d Correct the mistakes in these sentences. 1 We lve here since 2014, 2 She's studied English since two years, 3. Ie had my job from 2010. 4 They'e been football fans ll their lives, 5 We've been married for 2012. 6 I oved their music since | saw them at a concert VOCABULARY @ Complete the sentences with the words in the box. “poem scupture series concert architecture ‘There's 2 famous in an art galery near where I lve ike lve music, so | goto at least one ___ a month like Game of Thrones. | can stil remember a | wrote when | was a chit. 1 2 3 I watch a let of TV. 4 5 | dont realy lie then my town, b ©® Which of the sentences in 2a are true for you? © Complete the names of the sports and sports activities. 1 sn__h ih reir Gf Mamet See oe orate WS eins epee EEGs begs)? sal @ Match the sentences with by (1-4) with the meanings (a-d). Have you heart the new song by Arcade Fire? CCan | pay by credit card? ‘You need to bring the car back by eight o'clock. He was standing by the window looking at the rain. near or next 10 using created or written not later than Match questions (1-5) with replies (a-e). 1 [Are you going to read your speech from a card? 2 [can | borrew a pen? 3 Et aion't understand your text message. 4 Elan you recommend 2 good italian restaurant here? 5 ECan putts jacket in the washing machine? ‘There are a fen, but | think Leonardo's is hy far the bes. No, going to learn it by heart. Yes, of course. Oh, hy the way, did you speak to Siva? No, you need to wash it by hand, Sar it was for someone els, | sentit to you by mistake. Which phrase in bold in 3b do we use to start talking about something different? Match the other phrases in bold in 3b with the meanings (1-4) without wanting to without using a machine ‘much more than anything else so you can remember it without reading Rane Complete the sentences with expressions from 3b. 1 Hello! Are you enjoying the party? My name's Mark, 2 Vim sorry, | turned on the washing machine ow I can't stop it 3. This form doesn't work on the computer, 0 I'l have to complete it 4 think thats the best film in the cinema atthe moment, 5 When Iwas at school, we learnt poems repeated them to the class. and and. (iv what is something you ... ? ‘+ know by heart » dobyhand « often do by mistake * REVIEW YOUR PROGRESS How well did you do in this unit? Write 3, 2 or 1 for each objective. 3=very well 2=well 1 I CAN Talk about music, art and erature Talk about sports and leisure activites Apologise, make and accept excuses Write a hook review nat so well ooo00; ren es) hes GETTING STARTED 2 CB Look at the pictCO Ma ecm) Cle TOR Amey HE VOCABULARY Degree subjects a Clb Ask and answer the questions. Do most people in your country go to university? What are three popular degree subjects? 2 sit important to goto university? Why / Why not? b GIBB Look at the pictures. Match the university degree subjects with the pictures. Listen and check. Ow — Cdeme [medicine lat — CApsychology engineering [Blousiness management CJeducation 2 Are the subjects in Lb common degrees in your country? Why do you think people study each subject? EA READING AND SPEAKING a (2B Read the introduction and look at the names of the degree subjects in the article. Which degrees have you heard of before? What exactly do you think students learn in each of the degrees? bb Read the article and check your ideas in 2a, Underline the words which tell you what the students study. W Discuss the meaning of any new words you underlined in the article with a partner. ay Leam to talk about future possibilities eo < Dee eects tenes te 2® Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions. 1 Which jobs do you think people can do with the degrees in the article? What kind of companies could they work for? Could they be seli-employed? ich degree inthe article do you think would be the most useful in your country? Which would be the least useful? 3. Which degree would be the most fun or interesting for you? Which would you do well at? Are you thinking about going to university? Do you think mathematics, physics and history sound boring? Well, ‘there are a lot of unusual degrees that you might not know about. Here are some of our favourites. degrees Football Studies Students lear about football and business, society and the media They also study sports injuries and coaching. You don't need to play football to apply — there won't be any footballs inthe exam room. CO esate ‘Yes, you can do a degree in oranges, Jemons and limes! Students learn how to grow citrus fruits, which includes alot of chemistry and biology. You'l get really healthy from all hat fresh fruit! oan Not ready to grow up yet? Then Seana desien toy for cldren But dont Thin ie wil be easy fst becase you fee te word toy" Stenson thls course study child psychology, 3D design and mechantal engineering ating cake or biscuits is probably something you do for fun. But for students doing this course it's part ff smdying. Students learn abut ‘chemistry and how to manage production, There isa bakery atthe university, so students can practise ‘what they're learning.uNiT* VOCABULARY GRAMMAR First conditional Education collocation: cations: @ @IE Listen to the sentences and complete the missing words. Look at the words and phrases. Which 1 im going to have a big party! refer to good students? Which refer to bad 2 oon, Ill miss the deadine students? Write Gor 8. 3 | might fll the year if she —___ me more time. 4 5 ee ae Ifthe questions too hard, I might be OK. leieees (seer \'m sure I'l get the grades | need if|___hard Drevise [hana an essay nite Look at the sentences in 5a. Answer the questions and b BD Now go to Vocabulary Focus 9A on p.139 complete the rules. 1 Are the students talking about the present or the future? 2 re the events possible or certain to happen? LISTENING 3 What tense are the vers inthe /fclause? Complete the rule to talk about a possible future situation. a GIBB Listen to five students talking about We use if+ subject + their studies. Which speakers have good We use a future form to talk about the result of this situation study habits? Which have bad study habits? ee eee © DB Now go to Grammar Focus 9A on 9.158 b GiB Listen again. Which speaker ... 7 d © Pronunciation Listen to the sentences. Notice the pause (i) between the two parts of the sentences, [has just finished all their exams im) eiieereelaeertnee| 1 Ifitrains this weekend, Il stay at home. 1 2 3. [)has ta make an important decision 4 2 If don't study hard, | might net pass the exam. is finging it ficult to complete a piece 3 IF see you after class, 11 give you the book ria 4 If Lwake up at 10 am tomorrow, i'l be in trouble at work. (el cotcaarreteeeet rey nares a 5 If Ihave enough money next year, /! I'm going to buy a new car. at university @ IEG Listen again and repeat. ¢ C® Which students in 4a are the most Einiiantened tenant 1 Look at the sentences in Sd again. Change the second half of the sentences so they are true for you. & 2 Work in pairs. Student A: read a sentence from 5d. Student B: ask an ifquestion. How many exchanges can you make? renee ‘You might think that students who do this degree Just listen to pop music all day But that’s not true. Pop music involves the science ‘of sound, production and ‘engineering, Sudents get lectures from some really ‘important people in the muse instry TASPEAKING @ Think about your own future. Write down four important plans that you have. Think about: ‘jobs + hobbies ‘+ relationships + travel b 2B Work in small groups. Tell the group your plans. ; . Listen to the other students’ plans and ask if questions. Ceramics you ike using your hands, then a course in ceramics might be for you. Students ae for you. Stude earn hove to produce all Loner yeaa kinds of ceramies— from Bee fine art to dinner plates. ‘They don't write any essays all their grades are for ‘exhibitions oftheir work.| managed to stop RSI IDI SPEAKING AND LISTENING a CB Which of these situations do you find easy? Which do you feel shy in? ry pieces fs STs eo Eee Peters BIG pena tien ences'abau hy people Do you think they are true (7) or (A) false? 1 [)More people are shy now than inthe past. 2 [shy people are not interesied in talking to other people. 3 D1 Technology lke the Internet can help shy people, 4 [Shy people often have negative ideas about the future ¢ IEE Listen to an interview about shyness with Dr Lamb cn a news programme, Check your answers to 1b, GHB Listen agzin, What does Or Lamb ‘say about ... ? 1 when shyness becomes @ problem 2 why technology may cause shyness 8 the worres shy people nave 4 haw she reps shy people @ SB What do you think of Dr Lamb's advice? What de you do if you feel shy or nervous? 90 Leam to describe actions and feelings So eon ee eT BRREADING a CA Are you interested in the lives of celebrities? Why / Why not? Which celebrities are you interested in? b 2B Look at the pictures of the celebrities in the article. Which problems from the list do you think each celebrity had? ‘amiy disogreements language prcblems shyness not finishing choo bulving Read the article. Check your answers to 2b. Lay Gaga is famous fr her unusual clothes ‘and amazing performances. But she says she's actualy very shy and she avoids ‘meeting other artists. She says," might not be sty with people that know, but wth people that don't know Iam very shy? Michael Phelps Michal Phels was bulied at shoo Othe elon laughed at his big ears an ong arms ~the same fog ams with which he won 18 olympic gold medals. But Peps says the experience hoped him to bocome a ampin. 1 kind of tug att non he sae.‘ think it mado mo stronger going through hat Salma Hayek \When Mexican actos Salma Hayek moved to America, she coun spak English. So aso nas dyslexia, so she found it difficult to read and write. But Sama fused ogo up. Sho lomodt spank English icy en inies than a year she wasn her frst Egish-Language fim, She says, Some pelo read realy fest but yu ask them questions etcutd Cover the article. Can you remember who these sentences are about? He often wears dark glasses and a hatin public He went to university to do a degree in business. He has managed to win six Oscars. Other children laughed at his big ears and long arms. She learned to speak English quickly. She avoids meeting other artists Read the text again and check. € Answer the questions in pairs. 1 Who does Lady Gaga fee! shy around? 2 Does Salme Heyek think its better o read a sit uicky? How dia bulyjngaffet Michael Pholps'scarear? Did Johnny Depp want tobe famous? Wy did Peter Jackson leave schol young? What cid Benicio Del Tor’ father want him to do? 2B Who co you think had the most difficult problem to deal with? Do you admire any of the celebrities? Why / Why not? Johnny Depp Johnny Depp one ofthe most recognises actors inthe wor But he doesn't enjoy being famous. He ofton wears dark tases an hatin publi He ‘says, I'm shy. | hate fame. I've done everyting | ean tsi? Peter Jackson ‘When Peter Jackson - the director of Lord of The Rings — was nine years ol, he saw the 1933 ‘film King Kong, and from that moment he was always thifiking/@boutinaklng films. He Tevediising the family video camera and at ‘only 16 he left school just Wanted t0.get ‘out of schoo! and into job, any job, so that | ‘could Stasi money forthe next piece of ‘film equipment’ Without going to film school he thas managed to win six Oscars and he thas remade King Kong with a $207 milion ‘dollar budget. Benicio Del Tore sear winner Boicio Dol Toro came from a family of lawyers. His father wanted him to become a lawyer, too. He went to university to do a degree in business, but before he fished he (cided toTeave to study acing. But Del Toro doesn’t regret not finishing university. My dag wanted me to go to lew school part-time and work on my acting the rest ofthe time. But couldn't oo that. "had made up my mind to become an actor’ UNIT * GRAMMAR Verb patterns @ Look at the sentences below. What verb form follows the underlined verbs? 1 He deciced to leave to study acting. 2. He loved using the family video camera, b Look at the table and the IBBINBEEEY words in the article. Complete the table with the verbs. Verbs follovied by to+ infinitive | Verbs followed by verb + -ing decide © B Now go to Grammer Focus 9B on p.158 EA VOCABULARY Verbs followed by to + infinitive / verb + -ing @ Find four more verbs in the article that are followed by to + infinitive or verb + -ing. Add them to the table in 3b. b Cl Work in pairs, What do the verbs in 4a mean? © BD Now go to Vocabulary Focus 9B on p.139 EX SPEAKING Choose five topics from the list below. Think of an idea for each one. Write key words in each of the boxes, for example: voit parents ‘A place you've arranged to goto Soon. Something you regret doing when you were younger. Something you promised to do but dic Something difficult you managed to do recently. Something you're avoiding doing atthe moment. ‘Something you forgot todo that was very important ‘A place you would recommend visting in your town or city Something you enjoy doing when you have some free time, Something that you miss doing. [asin] b CB Work in pairs. Try to guess your partner's ideas from their key words. Use the words in bold in 5a to ask questions, ‘Are you avoiding visiting your parents? Did you forget to visit your parents?Everyday English Who’s calling, please? HELLISTENING a CB Ask and answer the questions. 1. How offen do you use the phone to talk to friends and family? How long are your calls? 2 When do you speak to peoole you don't Know an the phone? 3 Have you ever spoken English on the phone? Who did you speak to? Did you have any problems? 4 Do you ever find speaking on the phone aifficult? When? b @iEWA Watch or listen to Part 1. Who is Annie trying to call? Is she going to call again later? ¢ @ENA Wetch or listen again. Answer the questions, 1 Why cant Annie speak to Mark? 2. What does Anne ask Mark’ coleagu odo? 3 What does Marks colleague ofler to do? “What wo pices of information does Marks colleague ask? EA USEFUL LANGUAGE Telephoning people you don’t know a GIEKEL Complete the sentences with the words in the box. Then listen and check, ‘available back calling got there possible put speaking take 1 Is it___to speak to Mark Riley? 2 Viljust you through. 3 Is Mark? 4 tim afraid he's not 5 Can|___a message? © Who's __, please? 7. This is Annie Morton 8 Shall |ask him to call you __? 9 Has he. jour number? b Which sentences in 2a do you use if ... ? 1 you are calling 2 you have received a call © Which sentence in 2a do you use ... ? 1 to say that you will connect the call 2 ta say that someone else is busy 3 ta ask for the caller's name 4 to suggest a future call d (2B Work in groups of three. You are a caller, a receptionist and a colleague. Use the expressions in 2a to have a conversation like the one in Part 1 92 Perec ete Piece fob seats 4 EALISTENING a ©IEMA Watch or listen to Part 2. When do Annie and Mark arrange to meet? bb GIEEA Watch or listen again. Answer the questions. 1 How is Annie feeling about her work situation? 2. What has Annie done about her work problems since she talked to Rachel? 2 Why does Mark suggest Annie comes tothe ofice? 14 Why does Rachel want to speak to Ma? EAUSEFUL LANGUAGE Telephoning people you know a ©EMH Listen and complete the sentences. 1 Hi, __ Annie? 2 Hi, __ Mark here. 3 isnowe 7 4 Sorry, can |_____ back? Sao 2 oe b @IEMA Correct five mistakes in the conversation. Listen and check. A Ohi, are you Bernice? B Yes? A its Andrea here B Oh, hi A Is now a free tm B Well, 'm a bit busy. Can | call you? ‘A Sure. Call me back when you're fee. | B Yeah, fine. But I've to go. Speak you soon, A OK, bye, ¢ (2 Practise the conversation in 4b with a Partner. Use your own names,EX CONVERSATION SKILLS Dealing with problems on the phone 2 @EMA Listen and complete the exchanges Mark Rachel exlened you | reso ‘Annie Sorry, Mark, !__ oking for 2 ‘Annie How about two thirty tomorrow? Mark Sorry, % tomorrow? Annie No, wo thi. Look at the completed exchanges in 5a. Which phrase do you use ... ? to say that you didnt hear what someone said Lito check that you heard what someone said correctly unit GIPRONUNCIATION Main stress: contrastive a @IEMH Listen to the exchange. Which of the underlined words is emphasised most strongly? Mark Sorry, was thet three thirty tomorrow? Annie No, two tht b Why does Annie say the time differently? Choose the best answer. 1 because she doesn't understand what Mark said 2 because she is correcting what Mark said © Work in pairs. Complete the questions about your partner. If you don't know, guess. 1 Were you born in? (place) 2 Isyour birthday in __? (month) 3 Doyou live in__? (place) 4 Do you come to class by —__? (transport) 5. Do you have a mabile phone? (make af mobile phone, e.g, Samsung) 6 Do you prefer to listen to_? type of music) d Cm Ask and answer the Were you questions in 6c. Correct bom in Macric!? any mistakes your partner No, Iwas born makes about you. in Valencia. SPEAKING @ C2 Work in pairs. Choose one of the situations and have a telephone conversation. Caller 1 Call reception and ask for Mr Taylor. 2 Call your friend to arrange a trip to the cinema. 3 Call your friend about the trip next week. 4 Call Mr Colson’s office. Ask him to call you back. Person receiving the call 1 Mr Taylor isnt in, Take @ message. 2 You'd prefer to go toa restaurant. There's someone at the door 3. You're very busy and you can't hear very well 4 Answer your colleague Mr Golson's phone. Take a message. Hello. Is it possible to speak Imatraid he's toMr Taylor? not in. b (QW Swap roles and have a conversation for a different situation in 7a. GSkills for Writing See © Avoiding repetition OTTERS Sea II LISTENING AND SPEAKING Look at the different ways of learning and answer the questions. ‘= reading about a topic «+ na classroom with a teacher ‘ Isteningto someone explain « one-to-one with a teacher = wou work «studying on your own, ‘= online or with an ap 1 What different ways have you experienced? 2 Are there any other ways you can think of? 3 Which ways do you prefer? BER Listen to Janina and Roberta talking about online ae) learning. Who is worried about online learning? Why? Jakubowska ¢ @EMD Listen again. Are the sentences true (7) or false (FI? Correct the false sentences. 1, [Janina's going to do'an online course next year. 2 Robert prefers learning ina classcoom. 3-H] Roberta likes to choose when she studies. 4 Roberta couldn't meet her teachers during her online course. 5. Roberta iked reading the students’ online profes 6 [Janina needs te have excellent IT sil forthe course. 7 E}anina must do the introduction course very soon. TELL US ABOUT YOU Hello, everyone. My name's Janina and '’m daing @ psychology degree here in Birmingham. '’s a great course and I'm really enjoying it although it's hard work. I've just finished my second year, so Ive got “AS left the hardest one! | was born in Poland, but | came to live in England when | was about eight years old. | speak English and Polish, but 'm better at writing in English than in Polish. HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THIS COURSE? I'm really looking forward to learning about online courses. “HR completely new tome. I think my IT skills are a bit poor so 1 Cad Make a list of good and bad points for studying in class with a teacher and studying online. in class with a teacher good points bed points good pints @ CQ Work in small groups. Talk about your ideas. Decide which kind of study you prefer and tell the group. caine pee Se Se eee, YY D0 YOUDO WHEN YOURE NOT Gonzalo. What do Janina and Gonzalo have in common’ Fras a ee aaa | work there one night in the week and all day on Saturday. “iG moans I don't have a lot of time for myself, but that's OK. Janina Gonzalo een b Read the profiles again. Make notes and complete the table. degree subjects | languages wean forcong |S ieeeResources. News Contact us Hi, everyone. I'm Gonzalo and | come from Mexico. Next year, | really want to do a busine degree. I've already got one in sports science. I did it here in Mexico City, but °f was in English ‘and not in Spanish. I'm sure you've already ‘guessed that | can speak Spanish as well as English ~ “its my first language after al. HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THIS COURSE? If pass this onling introduction course and an English test, hen I'll get a place on a business degree programme. I'm excited about being in Moxico, but studying with people in the UK! Bs really cool. WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU'RE NOT STUDYING? | work as the manager of a gym, and that’s why | ‘want to do the Business Administration degree. Some day I'd like to own it, or“ that is similar. In my free time, | watch sport. I'l watch any sport and I'l ry anything, but my favourite sport is football. | also have a girfriend, Claudia, Luckily, she likes football to0, s0 lean watch matches with "REE! WRITING SKILLS Avoiding repetition Look at the sentences. How is the second sentence different from the sentence in Janina’s profile? Underline the different words. My name's Janina and I'm doing a psychology degree here in Birmingham. My psychology degree is a great course and I'm really enjoying the course, although the course is hard work. Why didn't Janina use the sentence above? b We use different pronouns to avoid repeating information. Notice the highlighted words in the profiles. Find and underline the information the pronouns replace. © Look at these sentences from Gonzalo’s profile. What is the difference between the pronouns it and one? work as the manager of a gym and that's why | want | to do the Business Administration degree. Some day | Vd like to own it, or one that is similar. | ee erenneenneialienienenmeeeemme Read Muneera’s profile and change the figBilighited words to pronouns. Muneera | Farzath | TELLUS ABOUTYOU . | Hello, everyone. My name's Muneera. *AGRSBFS's an Arabic i name and “MMUHEEIE means ‘brilliant’. | have a degree in International Studies, which I did in English, Arabic is my first language, but | can speak and write English wel. Live in Kuwait with my family ~ my father, my mother and my two brothers. “SAVASHIY ll work in my father's electronics shop, HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THIS COURSE? Im looking forward to this course and | hope SSUES will help me to study online more easly. “Siding enling is something | find quite sifcut WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU'RE NOT STUDYING? In my free time I ike seeing my friends. often go to the cinema with *RAVEGREE. One of "FIBMAS, Asminan, is also taking this course, so you'll meet “Aamifiai here too! EAWRITING @ Write a student profile about yourself for an online English language course. Use the same headings as the students on this page. Make notes. = Tellus about you ‘© How do.you feel about this course? = What do you do when you're not studying? 5 Write your student profile. Make sure you use pronouns to | avoid repeating information.