Unit 1 Hello

David Doubilet in the

Pacific Ocean, Australia

F E AT U R E S 1 1 Look at the photo. Listen and read.

Hello! I’m David.
10 People
People from National 2 1 Listen and repeat.
Geographic 3 Say your name.
12 People and places Hello! I’m María José
.
Photos from National 4 Work in pairs.
Geographic
Hello! I’m Dani.
14 Phone calls from
New York Hello! I’m Lee.
Phone calls from
New York

16 My top ten photos

A video about National
Geographic photos

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 listening introductions • vocabulary the alphabet • grammar be: I + am, you + are •
speaking introductions

1a People
Listening
1 2 Listen and read.
1 2 3
D: Hello. I’m David. D: Hi! I’m David Doubilet. D: Hello. I’m David Doubilet.
M: Hi. I’m Mireya. M: Hello. M: I’m Mireya.
D: Mireya Mayor? D: Oh! You’re Mireya! D: Mireya?
M: Yes. M: Yes. I’m Mireya Mayor. M: Yes. M–I–R–E–Y–A.
D: Hi. Nice to meet you.

N A T I O N A L G E O G R A P H I C P E O P L E

David Doubilet Mireya Mayor

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Vocabulary the alphabet 5 Work in pairs.

Student A: Say the letters.
2 3 Listen and repeat. Student B: Say the word.
Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg
C–H–A–I–R
Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn chair
Oo Pp Qq Rr Ss Tt Uu
Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz yes

3 4 Say the letters. Listen. Write the

6 6 Listen. Write the names.
letters.
1 Paula
A B F I O Q R 2 Bryan
H C L B U 3 Simon
D 4 Anna
J M W
K E N 7 Work in pairs.
Student A: Spell your name.
G S Student B: Write the name.
P X
T Z Grammar be: I + am, you
V + are
BE: I + AM, YOU + ARE
4 5 Listen and repeat.
I’m Alex.
a b You’re Mireya.
(I’m = I am, You’re = You are)
Now look at page 158.

8 Write I or You.
board book S: Hello. I ’m Sandra.
c d
K: Hi!
S: Oh! You ’re Kim!
K: Yes, I ’m Kim Smith.

Speaking my life

9 Listen and read. Speak to other

7
students.
chair desk
Hi, I’m Carlos.
e f Hello. I’m Sonia. Nice
to meet you, Carlos.

Nice to meet you, Sonia.

door
window

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 reading people • vocabulary countries and nationalities • pronunciation word stress •
grammar be: he/she/it + is • vocabulary numbers 1–10 • speaking a quiz

1b People and places

Reading
PEOPLE AND PLACES 1 8 Read and listen.
2 Write the words in the table.
Photo 1 Photo 2
Name Katya Lukas
Country Russia South Africa
Nationality Russian South African

Vocabulary countries and

nationalities
3 9Write the words in the table. Listen
and check.
Egyptian Mexico Spanish
1 the United States
This is Katya. She’s from
Moscow. It’s in Russia.
Katya is Russian. Country Nationality
1 Brazil Brazilian
2 Egypt Egyptian
3 Italy Italian
4 Mexico Mexican
5 Russia Russian
6 South Africa South African
7 Spain Spanish
8 the United Kingdom British
9 the United States American
10 Vietnam Vietnamese

4 Pronunciation word stress

Listen and repeat the countries.
10
Copy the stress.

Brazil Mexico

Grammar be: he/she/it + is

BE: HE/SHE/IT + IS
2 He from Russia.
This is Lukas. He’s She is Russian
from Cape Town. It’s It in Russia.
in South Africa. Lukas
is South African. (He’s, She’s, It’s = He is, She is, It is)
Now look at page 158.

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5 Look at the photos. Write He is, She is or It is. 9 Look at the table in Exercise 3.
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1 2
Listen. Say the country.
‘seven’ Spain

10 Look at the table in Exercise 3.

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Listen. Say the number.
‘Spain’ seven
Tran Juan

3 4 Speaking my life

11 Work in pairs. Do the quiz. Listen

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and check.
Baseball is Russian.
False. It’s American.

Krishnan Marina

1 Tran is from Hanoi. She is in

Vietnam. She is Vietnamese.
QUIZ
a r o u n d t h e
TRUE OR
FALSE?
w o r l d
2 Juan is from Seville. He is in
Spain. He is Spanish.
3 Krishnan is from Chicago. He is
in the United States. He is
American.
4 Marina is from Milan. She is in
Italy. She is Italian.
6 Write the information. Show your partner.
You
01 Baseball is
Russian. 02 Pasta is from
South Africa.

Name María José

Place Veracruz
Country Mexico
Nationality Mexican
7 Tell the class about your partner.
This is Kira. She’s from France. She’s French.
03 Jaguar is
British.

Vocabulary numbers 1–10

8 Write the numbers (1–10). Listen
11
and repeat.
0 zero
one
4 four
five
8 eight
04 Flamenco is
from Italy.

1 5 9 nine 12 Work in pairs. Write an ‘Around the world’

2 two 6 six 10 ten
three seven quiz. Write four sentences. Test the class.
3 7

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 reading phone calls from New York • listening phone numbers • grammar my, your •
vocabulary greetings • speaking greeting people

1c Phone calls from New York

Reading Vocabulary greetings
1 Read Phone calls from New York on page 15. 7 17 Write the expressions in the correct
Underline four countries. places. Listen and repeat.
2 Read again. Write the names. Bye Hello
1 Nelson is a teacher.
2 Ramon is Mexican.
3 Anne-Marie is from Canada.
4 Nina is Indian. Good morning.

Listening
3 15Listen to Anne-Marie. Tick (✓) the Good afternoon.
phone number (a or b). Hi.
1
Hello .
a 718 730 7121 b 718 760 7101
Good evening.
4 16 Listen to Nelson. Write.
1 work phone number 555 736 3100
2 home phone number 555 340 2583

Grammar my, your

Goodnight.
MY, YOUR
What’s your phone number?
My phone number is 718 760 7101.
Now look at page 158. Goodbye. See you later.
2
Bye .

5 Write my or your. 8 Listen to two conversations. Write

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R: Hi. 1 my name’s Ramon.
the numbers (1 or 2).
N: Hello. I’m Nelson.
... Bye, Anne-Marie.
N: Ramon, what’s 2 your phone number? Fine, thanks. And you?
R: 3 My work number is 917 275 6975. Good morning, Ramon.
N: Thanks. What’s 4 your mobile How are you?
number? I’m OK.
R: It’s 917 398 9763. Goodnight, Ramon.
N: Thanks.
9 19 Listen and repeat the conversations.
6 Work in pairs. Ask and answer questions.
Speaking my life

10 Practise the conversations in Exercise 8

with your class.
Good afternoon, Vicente. How are you?
mobile work home
number number number

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P H O N E C A L L S F R O M N E W Y O R K 
T H E T O P T E N C O U N T R I E S
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2
the
United
Kingdom

My name’s Nina. I’m a student.

I’m in New York. My family is in
India. I’m Indian.

My name’s Anne-Marie. I’m in New

York. I’m a student. I’m Canadian.
My family is in Canada. Canada
is the number 1 country for
international phone calls from
New York.

My name’s Ramon. I’m a doctor.

I’m in New York. I’m Mexican. My
family is in Mexico.

My name’s Nelson. I’m Brazilian.

I’m a teacher. I’m in New York. My
family is in Brazil.

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