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OBJECTIVES THE WAY =a forand since; a, an, the, or no article : W = ie = A R N “ebrabout ining READING 1 Workin pairs. Write down words that come to mind when you think of these places. a youth dub | a summer camp | a school sports ‘i Baap . iat have fun (yay) make friends dlo meaning thi 38 a eo drama learn to do Where do you think they are? Read and listen to the article. For each question, Girclé) the correct letter A, B, C, or D. 1 Whatis the writer doing inthis text? ‘A. Describing a summer school he started in 2005. 8 Explaining how to send a child to Tinkering, © Talking about the U.S. school system. D Talking about Gever Tulley’s programs for kids. 2 What does the text say about safety at the school? ‘A. The schoo! is too dangerous for kids. B_Nochild has ever had an accident. © Children have never hurt themselves badly. The schoo! doesnt give information about that, 3 What reactions to Brightworks have there been in the media? ‘A. They have compared itto Tinkering School B_ Most of them have been positive. © There hasn't been any reaction. D_ Most of them have been negative 4 What effect has the school had on Tina Cooper? A Ithas changed her opinion about school B Ithas given her exciting and boring times. © Ithas made her more interested in San Francisco. D Ithas encouraged her to ask more questions. Which thing might Gever Tulley say in a presentation te parents about the Tinkering School? ‘A Weare trying to do our best. We offer your kids a balance of things they wil like doing and things they will have to-do. B_Icanguarantee that your son or daughter will learnto builda roller coaster, a rope bridge, atree house, a motorcycle, and a boat. Kids can learn a lot by doing things in teams ‘We gjve them materials and tools. They plan and make things D_ All the articles in newspapers and magazines say kids are more motivated here than at many other schools 4 Gever Tulley is a computer scientist from California, In 2006, he started a summer program for chitdren | called Tinkering School. The idea was that children can | learn important skils for life by building things together. + Gover Tiley and his team help the children think big | and create plans for innovative things they want to | build. Children have made fantastic things since the school stated. They have built a roller coaster. They have made a tope bridge from plastic shopping bags. ‘They have made tree houses, wooden motoroyoles, and boats. ‘At Tinkering School, children get all kinds of materials, like wood, metal, plastic, nails, and ropes. They get lots of real tools, too, such 2s knives, hammers, screwdrivers, and power crils. Some children have cut themselves when using a knife or hurt their fingers when using a hammer. Tinkering School has been around for many years now, but nobody has ever suffered a serious injury in all those years. This is because there are strict heelth and safety regulations they must fclow. The children aways lear how to use the tools safety, and they must wear the right clothing and protection at alltimes, Gever Tulley’s ideas have worked very well. A lot of children have gone to his summer schools over the years. In 2011, Gever Tulley and a colleague decided (SHOT OUITKOIIE CAT erode e CeTL ESTE OTe e ease BTHINK VALE Learning for life 1 Read the statements. Check (/) the things that you think kids are likely to learn at Tinkering School and Brightworks. 1 Everyone is different, and that’s a good thing 2 Teamwork i important to achieve things in life. 3. When you use a tool, you have to be careful 4 Itisimportant to be friendly and help others. 5 Itisvery important in life to eat healthy food. 6 Mistakes ace important. We leaen from them. to create a “real” school, called Brightworks, in San Francisco, The school is very small ~ it only has 20 students, aged 6 to 13. Brightworks is based on the same principles as Tinkering School, Since it started, Brightworks has been written about a lot. Most of those articles have been very posttive. They have praised the quality of the school. They have found the children are more motivated than at many other schools. But sinoe the beginning of the school, there have also been critical voices. Some people have said that childten are not jeamning enough at Brightworks, They feel that students and teachers are just “playing around’ all the time. ‘The students at Brightworks seem to love thelr schod!. We spoke to 12-year-old Tina Gooner. She has been a student at the schoo! since last October. “Since | started here, I've never sat in a ‘normal’ class with a teacher” she told us. "But it's been a very exciting exoerience. I've worked hard at my new school for eight months now, and there hasn't been one single moment when | found it boring. Before, | was bored pretty often,’ 2 Compare your ideas with a partner. 1 think they learn how tobe careful with tls, Why? The text says there are strict Yes, Lagree health and safety regulations. with you, 3 Discuss these questions. 1 Which ofthe values from Exercise 1 do you think are important to lear? 2 What would you add to your personal list oF “important values to learn"? 39 GRAMMAR Present perfect with for and since 1 Look back at the article on page 39. Underline all the sentences in the present perfect. 2 Complete the sentences below with forand since. Then complete the rules. 1 Children have made fantastic things the school started. 2. Tinkering School has been around many years now. RULE: Inthe present perfect, we use ot totalk about a period of tie. 02 toreferto the point in time when an action started, J 3 When do we use for, and when do we use since? Complete the chart with the words and phrases the list. ‘ementh | fast-summer | your birthday | yesterday ayear | 2014 | calledyou | along time many years | days | Friday | an hour for _amonth since last sununer 4 Complete the sentences. Use the present perfect form of the verbs and for or since. vi (be) at my new school last December. 2 Hilary (not see) Michae! several weeks. 3. They (not write) an email three months 4 He (ive) in this town, “= longtime sl (have) this camera Iva 10. 5. Write sentences using the present perfect with for orsince. 1 Theyaare in the youth club. three hours) 2. Joanne and | are good friends. (elementary school) 3. She plays on the volleyball team. two months) 4 I don't hear a lot from Sandra. (last October) > VOCABULARY School subjects [DEE] Match the school subjects in the list with, the photos. Write 1-12 in the boxes. Then listen and check, 1 science (physics, biology, and chemistry) 2 music | 3 art education | 4 drama 5 industrial arts | 6 geography 7 English | & PE (physical education) 9. IT (information technology) 10 math | 11 history | 12 Spani 9g %.. “d., #. , y —= > — Answer the questions. Take notes. Then compare your answers with a partner. 5 A 1H 1. Which are your favorite subjects? Which don't you lice? Why? 2. Which of the subjects are you studying this year? 3. How longhave you studied each subject? > Work in pairs. Match the activities with the photos. 1 make afire | 2 spend a night outdoors | 3 climb a tree RENAN Which of these things have you done? Tell your partner. Listen to David talking about a book his father has just read. Which of the activities in Exercise 1 do they talk about? Listen again. Mark the sentences T (true) or F (false). 1. David is babysitting his little brother. 2. David thinks the book his father read is nonsense. 3. The book says children should spend an hour blindfolded alone. 4 Davids not sure his dad wil acer 5 Nick drove the car straight into a tree, 6 David thinks Nick will enjoy showing that he can make a fre Nick drive FUNCTIONS Asking and giving / refusing permission 1 Put the dialogues into the correct order. Write the numbers 1-4. DAD Yes? DAD I'mafraid Ineed it myself right now. NICK Will you let me use your laptop? NICK Dad? ANNIE Can | watch the soccer game tonight? [ANNIE Can |ask you something, Mom? MOM Yes, of course you can MOM Go ahead. 4 THE WAYS WE LEARN 4 drive a car | 5 spend an hour blindfolded. Mark the sentences AP (asking permission), GP (giving permission), or RP (refusing permission). 1. Will you let me use your camera? Yeah, sure. Of course | wil 2 Can! borrow your bike? No, sorry. Ineed it 3 Can luse your laptop? Yes, you can, but | want it back tomorrow. 4. Is itOK if borrow this necklace? Yeah, but be really careful with it, OK? GEIS) Work in pairs. Act out short conversations. Ask each other for permission. You ‘can use the ideas here or come up with your own, use histher tablet | come with himfher borrow $20 | copy his/her homework get some help with homework 41 READING 1 Look at this picture. Think about the questions and compare your answers with a partner. 1 What does the picture show? 2. Where in the picture is the brain? 3. What does the brain do? Learning is brain change | mg Sees apace 2 Match the words with the meanings. Write the numbers HETRAIN TO THIN 1-5. Then read the text to check your answers. Learning about texts 1 tostore | 2 acontainer | 3 aweed 4 anerve cell | 5 toconcentrate Choose the best description of this text. a tothink very carefully about what you are doing A. anadventure story to entertain the reader btokeep things for use in the future B_ anad to sel the reader something © awild plant that growsin a garden ©. amagazine article to give the reader 4. itcarties information between the brain and the body information D alletter to persuade the reader to do something © an object used to carry or store things 3 Read the text again. Mark the sentences T (true) or F (false). Choose the title that best sums up the 1 The text compares the brain to weeds. content of each paragraph. There is one 2. The brain's a system of neuronal networks that can change, extra ttle, The brain a fantasticcomputer ‘What people believe about the brain How to make your brain stronger (Our brain isa growing system 3. Whenever we learn something, a change happens in our brain, 4 We can't really make our brain stronger. 5 Beingable to do difficult tasks is good for the brain GRAMMAR a, an, the, or no article 1 Look at the sentences from a magazine article. Underline o, on, the, and the nouns these articles are with, Then go through the sentences again and ile the nouns with no article, Fnally, complet the ‘with o, an, the, ~ (no article). Food is important for your body. But did you know that the food you eat is important for your brain, too? Here: isan example: sugar, Sugar tastes good. But he sugar from sweets can create problems. Your concentration and your memory get worse. What can we learn from the example here? I's better to eat an orange ora banana than to eat chocolate, because that's good for your brain and for your body. RULE: We use . or + a singular countable noun when the itenerreader doesnt know exactly which thing we are talking about. You can have an apple or a banana. Wehave a new car. ° + noun when ts clear which thing) or person’ aoe aegis The apples in this pie are from our garden. iene % + plural countable noun or Acct cen we ae talking about things in general Bananas are sweeter than apples. Chocolate isn't good for you. Complete each sentence with a, an, the, or ~ (no article). © Sheis a _ good student. 1 Sheeatsalorof ___fruitand _vegetables. 2 book that you gave me was really good. 3. Thave___ idea. Let's watch __new Beyonce video. 4 Inever drink __ coffee — Ihate it. 5 like lots of sports, but __sport like mostis tennis Complete the text with a, an, the, or 1 9 People need to drink. Of course, always? ___ good choice. * your brainis>_water. 6 drink you can get, but” be fresh and clean. are horrible. orange juice and? ___ apple juice are very popular, but they are not range juice has alot of sugar init, so don't drink too much oft. The best drink for lass of wateris the best water that you drink needs to E> 4 THE WAYS WE LEARN VOCABULARY Verbs about thinking 1 Usea dictionary to make sure you know the meaning of these words. toconcentrate | to remember | to think toimagine | to wonder | to believe to guess | torecognite | to realize to suppose 2 Choosethe correct words. 1 The task was very difficult. had to remember/ think for along time. 2 Come on, don't be silly. | don't believe / realize in ghosts! 3. Canyou imagine /concentrate how great itmmust be to live on the beach? 4 When the teacherasked the question a different way, | supposed / realized that | knew the answ 5 Did they really say they are moving to New York? | don't suppose /believe it! 6 Ihave not seen her for six years. | don't think would realize / recognize her. 7 Ihave no idea what the answer's just have to imagine /quess. 8 Iwasso tired that | found it hard to think / concentrate on the test. 9 Have you ever wondered /supposed why haven't called you for months? 10 Ifwe want to get there faster, l wonder / suppose we should take a tax Lek Utes) Word stress Go to page 120. oo 3 BEENSINA Work in pairs. Ask and answer questions. 1 Are there any places where you can think really wellor not wel all? 2. Does music help you to concentrate or make itdiffcult for you to concentrate? Does it matter what kind of music itis? 3 In what situations can you imagine things really well? Do you find it dificult to use ‘your imagination sometimes? 4 Doyyou find it difficult to remember things sometimes? What sort of things? 5. Do you believe in life on other planets? ‘What do you suppose the people there took? Prick page 9 a A day in the life of ... 1 Look at the photos. What do you think a typical day for a student at each of these three schools is like? Read and listen to check. Alexander, student at a dance academy in ‘Moscow, Russia I've been at this dance academy for three years. This is « typical day for me: | get up around eight otlock, have a quick breakfast, do my hair, and get into my dance clcthes. | arrive at the school ‘round 8:45, just in time for the warm-up before class. My first class, classical ballet, starts ot 9:00 and finishes at 10:30. | then have a 20-minute break. | eat a banana on the ‘way fo another building. As soon os | arrive there, my modern dorce class starts. It runs until 12:15. Then | have © 45-minute lunch break. Inthe afternoon its classical ballet again, thea ‘gymnastics to sirengthen my muscles. | get home around seven, and 'm usually very tired ‘On Saturdeys, | only have a one-and-c-halF-hour ballet class, ‘and on Sundays I'm free. Ethan, college basketball ployer from Chicago, U.S.A My doy starts at 8 a.m. wih the weight training program. We do a ten- minute warm-up and then it's hard work for 50 minutes. At nine o'clock my classes start. When we have an away game, we can't do much schoolwork. When we are back ot school, we have to work harder than the others. But I'm not complaining ~ I've been on the team for more then © year now, and it’s cool | have a break between 1:00 and 2:30. | try to take only 30 minutes for lunch, and the rest I use for studying, The aftemoon is full of dasses and pradice At night | have to watch videos of games. | have to read books about basketball and study for my tests, foo. When I Finally go to bed often nearly midnight - 'm completely exhousted! fll, drama student from Sydney, Australia 6:45: I'm not good ai geting up early. Three alarm clocks = ai 6:30, 6:40, and 6:50. a : Voice training, Important for an actor. 8:45: Gyrnnostics ~ like it. It helps me concentrate better and makes me feel good. 9:30: Singing and dance workshop. I's hard ‘work, but it gives me energy. Music and rhythm, Love il 11:00: Firs breok — deink, drink, drink — ‘wales, of course. No drinks with sugar in them. Makes the body and the mind fred. THIS: Performance workshop. Hard work Our teachers are awesome, but they tel ‘you when you make mistakes! 12:30: Lunch break ~1 eat nuts and fruit, or a salad ot one of the cafés nearby. | never eat carbohydrates, you know, pasta or other heovy stuf 2:00: A lecture about acing, for example, how fo move on the stage, what lo do with your hands, etc, Not always easy to concentrate after lunch. 3:30: Short break. | try not to fall asleep. The day has been very tiring! 3:AS: Voice training workshop, dance praciice, and singing 6:00: Evening rehearsal. We practice for a performance ai the end of the semester. We're doing a musical this time. Hard work and great fun, 9:00: | go home. 10:00: Zzzz! 2 Read the article again. Complete the sentences with Alexander, Ethan, or Ella, 1 often studies for many hours at night. 2 knows very well what to eat and what todrink 'slife is more relaxed on weekend is free in the evenings. learns about body language. accepts that other students sometimes have to work less. 3. RISENIINNN Read the article again. Find words or phrases with the following meaning. © make my hairlook good (story 1) 4o my hair 1 gentle exereises you do before doing a sport to prepare your body (story 1) WRITING ‘An email describing your school routine 1 Read this email from your friend in Miami. Then answer the questions. 1 How does Kylie feel about her new class? 2. What does Kylie thnk of Luis ancl why? 3. Does Kylie think you have less school work than her? How does her work for school compare to last year? 5 What subject does she get a lot of homework for, and how does she feel about it? 2 Underline sentences in the email where Kylie writes about these things. What tense does she use inthe sentences you underlined? Why does she use it? ‘a asks how you feel about your new school b talks about Luis' father € compares schoo! this year to last year d_ talks about the amount of homework this year 3 Put the words in the right order. Write the sentences. What tense are they in and why? 1 new/ too/class/ kid / There's / amy Jin 2 aweek /at /fourtimes / come home /5:30/1 3. love / projects /I/cass But/ the /do/ths/in we 4 Match the four paragraphs of Kylie's email with the content. Paragraph 1 a_Kylie'snew class Paragraph2 © b _arequest torte soon Paragraph 3 _anintroduction Paragraph work this year compared tolast 4 THE WAYS WE LEARN 2. avery traditional type of dancing (story 1) 3. tomake something stronger (story 1) 4 exercise that makes the muscles stronger (story 2) 5 agame thata team plays at the other teams place (story 2) 6 almost midnight (story 2) 7 extremely tired (tory 2) 8 a formal talk given toa group of students (tory 3) 9 food such as bread, potatoes, or rice (tory 3) 10a type of class where you learn something practical (story 3) 11. the action of entertaining other people by dancing, singing, etc. story 3) 5. Read Kylie's email again. Write notes ‘own ideas on how: your ‘to answer the question in her introduction to describe yournnew class (new school? classmates?) to compare your work this year to last year's to say how you feel about your subjects (any subjects ‘you particularly like/don't ike? Why?) you could finish your email (What do you want to know from Kylie?) 6 Writean email to Kylie (about 200 words). Look at your notes from Exercise 5 and make sure you include all your ideas. Make sure you use the present continuous when necessary. Hi there! | hope this finds you well, | haven't heard from you since the. beginning of vacation. Are you enjoying your new schoo!? lam, big time! I'm in a class with all my friends egain — Emily, Kate, James, and all the others. There's a new kid in my class, too. His names Luis, end he's tom Bogota in Colombia, His father is working in the U.S. for a year, and the whole family has come over. He's cool. We have lots of fun together. But of course, it's not all fun. We have important tests this yoar, 60 there's a ot of work to do. I'm spending more time at school than last year, and | come home at 5:30 four times ‘a week, We're also getting a lot more homework, especialy for technology and design. But I ove the projects we doin this class! Well | guess i's not so diferent for you. If you have some ‘ime, I'd really ke to Know wnat Ife at shoo! Is ke for you. ‘And remember, please, you have a friend in Miami who ‘would really like to hear from you more often! Write soon! kyle 45 AMBRIDGE ENGLISH: Preliminary B THINK EXAMS READING LISTENING Part 2: Matching EEE Part 2: Multiple choice 1 These people are looking for a movie to watch. 2. DEBE Listen to the conversations. For each Below are six movie reviews. Decide which movie, question, check (/) A, B, or C. A-F, would be most suitable for these people. 4" What Sly bin athe ted + Dawn loves thinking about the future. A eggs mik,andbread | | How will life be different? She's a huge fan of movies that are set ina time many years from nov. But she doest' really : 8 milk,bread, and apples © eggs, milk, and apples enjoy movies that ae too frightening 2 What time isit? 2. Paulas job is very boring, so when she A 6:00 8 630 < 700 gets home she hikes watching a good 3) Howdld Brtaniger towade, action movie with lots of special effects, 1 fatshe not afanof sc She als kes A walking [_| 8 bybus |_| ¢ bycar movies with some exciting parts, too. 4 Which dass did Fred enjoy most? A science || B history || ¢ music 3. Keith s a romantic who enjoys a goodlove tory, butit must have a happy ending, He doesn'tlike serious movies very much, andlikes to have a laugh, too. 5. When is Tom's brother’ birthday? 7 A the 17th || B the 18th | | ¢ the 19th 4 Usaisnotreally a fan of fiction and only watches movies about real life. She is interested in anything from history to nature to science as long as she learns something from it. Using the most advanced camera Imagine waking up in @ house that is rot A speeding train fs going to crash into a technology in the word, this documentary the house you went to slzep in, Imagine nuclear power plant, and no one can stop fakes us to places tht have never been not recognizine your children — even it. Or can they? Special agent Ryan has ‘med before. From deep under the sea though they all seem to think you ae their an hour to stop the disaster, but there's to inside the human body, tis movie ‘mom, This fascinating sci takes us to. _a problem —he has.a bomb ted around contains some ofthe mest amazing ‘future world where people buy and sell ‘his walst Car chases, explosions, and images you wil ever so. ‘momaries, ‘amazing special effects — this trite has ital (Ciciennsaererer In 1936 Edward Vill decided to give up Ever since school, Jack and Jl have been being king after less than @ year so he best tends. But now they are in het ‘The year is 2080 ard forthe ast tn could be with he woman he loved, This twenties, and their flings are changing. years Eat has been in contact with ‘movie revisits one of the mast popular Is either of them brave enough to se alons. Today isthe day that ve finaly “royal stories" ofall time and mixes fact that they ate faling in love? Wil hey co welocrne them to our planet. How wil ey ‘and fiction to create an interesting drama. something about i? Of cours, i i all change our ives, ancl are they realy as Iti keep audiences entertained but (OK in the end inthis likeable but sily friendly as they seem? One ofthe scarest probably upset many historians. rom com. ‘movies you wil se tis year. TEST YOURSELF UNITS 3&4 VOCABULARY Complete the sentences with the words in the list. There are two extra words. believe | comedy | documentary | guess | IT | news | realize recognize | science | sence fetion | thriller | wonder 1 Our teacher, Mr Lake, knows everything about biology and chemistry. 2 It’s strange that Maggie isnt here.|____ where she's 3. Were going to makea computer game in_____class next week 4 [really wantto see that ‘movie about people Iving on the moon in 2040, 5 Therewasa show on TV last night ~ the funniest show I've ever seen! 6 Ididn't know the answer so Ihadto 7 There was an interesting show last night~a_____aboutthe history of my country. 8 Myfather always watches the ‘on TV to see whats happening in the world 9. Itseleven o'clock! Wow! | did't itwassolate 10 'msurehe saw me, but he didn't say hello. Maybe he didn't me LC Ww GRAMMAR 2 Complete the sentences with the words in the list. You need to write the correct form of the verbs. best | better | bus | for | since | the bus 1 Ourschool has beenhere ___ more than 100 years. 2. I'mtired, | don't want to walk. Let's go by 3 Wewere late because arrived 30 minutes late, 4 Thisisthe ice cream Ive ever tasted. 5 Mymom’s worked in the same company 2008. 6 She plays the guitar than me. Find and correct the mistake in each sentence. 1. Cant have a glass of a water, please? 2. We've lived here since three years. 3. He runsmore quick than me. 4 It’s important to eat a lot ofthe fruit to be healthy. 5 The movie isnt as good than the book. 6 It’sthe most bad party I've ever baen to. a FUNCTIONAL LANGUAGE 4 Write the missing words. Choose from the words in the list. afraid | can | go | hand | help | of | OK | would 1A |.use your dictionary, please? B Sorry, l'm Ii using it right now. 2 A Isit____if use your computer? B Yes, of course, ahead. Cw 3A Doyouncedany ? B Well yes, that be great. Thanks! 4A Joe? Thisis heavy. Can youlend me a 2 o course, Mom, Gv meth eves bags! my score [_T rer) ers) 47 el ALAA A LEARN GRAMMAR 3° dk Trina wants to ask her friends some . , . questions for a school project. Complete them Present perfect with for and since EEE) with the present perfect form of the verbs, 1% Complete the sentences with for or since nds aicdbataitenenscay 1 Howlong have you lived _(lve)in yourhouse? 2 Whats your best friend's name? How long 0 Matt has worked asa computer game tester ‘Ounce for three years. 1+ Tvelived inthis house 2on B Howlers lahat isto , m 4 Whats your favorite possession? How long 2 We've only had our pet rabbit sixweeks. Toa me 2 Lauren has played the guitar in the band she was 16 years oud. 4 kik Lookat the table and write the answers to 2 aiktectec beanie raorettn Trina's questions. Use the present perfect and for or since. 200 years! 5. lve written poems Iwas ten years old, a = = & Charlotte has been on the team 2013,s0 J 1 [renyears | 2010 three months she has been a soccer player fenye : na 2 | Sarah, 2009 | Harry.2012 [im along time 7. Joshua has played tennis he was four 3 | five years 2012 September years old. He was born in 2004, so he has played 4 | bike, six months | dog, two years | laptop, May tenni i “ene Ia 1 Emily has lived in her house for ten years. 2 dok Write sentences, Use the affirmative or . negative form of the present perfect and for ; or since. 4 © Thomas /not see / grandfather ! two months Thomas hasn't seen his grandfather 1 Jack fortwo months. 2 1 Steve and Jane /be singers five years 4 2. Sophie / not play / soccer / she broke her leg 1 Dan 2 3. Harry [not be /in class /a longtime 3 ‘ 4 Sam /not go /to the dentist /a year 5 kik Answer the questions in Exercise 3 for yourself 5 Morgan and I be/ friends / we were kids 1 2 & They /notsee/ a movie/ more than a month 3 ‘ 7 We/ not go Jon vacation / wo years 36 a, an, the, or no article 6% rcl@) the correct words or -. Yesterday lwent to %fheV an park. Igo there alt, so know 'a/the park very well [sat on 2a /the grassand startedtto read my book Then lots of the /~ things started to happen. You can do many thingsin the park, but “he /~ bikes arer't alowed. There was 5a/the boy on ‘a/the bike who was riding on the path. ’~ Pork ranger / The park rangerstarted to run after °a/ the boy on the bike, but she couldn't catch him. ‘There were three small boys playing '~/the football in the park, too, and when one of them kicked *9/ the ball it hit "a /the boy on the bike, and he fell offSo the park ranger got him! I think thisis "an / the example of *-/the luck! — good luck for the park ranger, but bad luck for the boy. 7 Complete the text with o, an, the, or ~ (no article). Peoplehave kept? _—_cats as pets for thousands of years. Cats are! good example of how? animal can help? people, by catching* rats and $ rice, for example. Thisisprobably ® most important reasonancient people had? cats. These days, many people have a cat at home, but they only keep itfor® pleasure. Sometimes the cat sits on? ‘owner's chair or knee, and the owner gets? pleasant feeling when that happens. 8B x Read the sentences. Check (/) the four that are correct. 1 [love the dogs. Oo 2. Isawa beautiful dogin the park yesterday. [_] 3) The dog in the park was bigger than mine. [ 4 Itwas standing beside the very smalldog. —[_| 5. I think the small dog was a Chihuahua. [ 6 I think the dogs make really good friends. Oo 7 There are many differentsizes of the dogs. [ 8 | sawa picture of the biggest dog in the world. [_} 9 tick Read Exercise 8 again. Change the four incorrect sentences so that they are correct. 4 THE WAYS WE LEARN GET IT RIGHT! © alanvs. no article Leamers often use alan where no article is needed and no article where a/an is needed. ¢ Thad a great time with my friends last Saturday. X thod Complete the sentences with a/an or— (no article). Ihave a pet cat. Mybrother works as chefina hotel. Doyouneed tobook hotel? Ile on vacation all next week. Jam student at the University of Wisconsin, Weneed information about this urgently. would ike to buy desk and chai Word stress eee) Goto page 119. r 7 38 VOCABULARY physics science PE (physical education) Spanish art education biology School subjects chemistry TT (information technology) ~ — industrial arts hi \ ae. English drama geography Verbs about thinking tobelieve (in) to recognize to.concentrate (on) to remember toguess to suppose toimagine sethank torealize — Key words in context away game Our teams from Memphis. Tomerrow were plying an away game in Nashvile encourage _His parents encouraged himto be a doctor, but he really wanted to be an actos. exhausted After working hard for 12 hours, she was exhausted, motivated He doesrt like his job, so he isnt motivated to work hard. performance twas his fist time on the stage, and he gave a great performance. planet The nearest planet to Earth is Venus safety Safety is very important in schoo's, and thats why children aer't allowed to do anything dangerous. strengthen | dda lot of exercises to strengthen my arms. teamwork We all work very well together — i’ great teamwork! tool CComputersare an important tool for scents warm-up ‘The players have a ten-minute warm-up before the game begins. weight training He stated weight training lst year, and now he can lit 150 pounds workshop We went toa one-day workshop on "How to take care of your dog youth club The youth clubin our town isa great place for teenagers to hang out after schoo! School subjects EEH 1 %* — Putthe letters in order to make school subjects. © You probably need a piano if youre a cium) teacher. music 1. Welearn how touse different computer programs in our information (thecloongy) class. 2 Our (reggyhoap) teachers don't need maps now that there’s Google Earth, 3. Wehave our (stichryme) classes in one of the science labs. 4 Our Spanish teacher comes from Havana. She never speaks (shéling) in class 5 Acalaulatorcan be useful in a(tham) dass. 6 really enjoy (troyish) lessons when they're about people, not just dates. 7 Our (amard) teacher has been on TV and acted in a movie! 4% Lookat the photos. Write the subjects. 4 THE WAYS WE LEARN Verbs about thinking & 3% Find nine more words about thinking. w{R|ulo T|G/klolal/R clo cle[N{ ti Rialtfe s|GiF{c[mMji[Kielely|s c|tlelujele|elalsle|t ifH{cfeimM{ifafefifals mii[n{s(e@felcirfelvie nN{[sf{sje{el|v|zfy]Kle c{kfc[cefr{rfefel[nfale lfF{vfuls{xfo]Lfo}K]e n{sfulplefo[sfelcl[rie ujo[m|a{wlo[ni{olelRr Mi R{efclo[c|Nni1f{zfelc 4. i Complete the text with the words in Exercise 3, Do you°believe __ in the idea of morning people and night people? Ido. ve alvays foundt difficult to Ne in the morning | can never 2r anything when we have atestin the morning. why schools don't startin the evening. 4 night people would love that. Can you 5. starting school at 8 p.m.? Great! We could sleep all day! But | hate studying at night. morning people would You can always’r morning people ~ they're so cheerful in the mornings and don't seem to°r that night people don't want to talk! So, am la morning person ora night person? You can %, cant you? 5 ek Read and answer the questions. 1 Doyoubelieve everything you read in magazines? 2. What kinds of things do you remember easily? 3 What time of day do you concentrate best? 4 What do you imagine you will be in the future? 39 READING 1 (ENS Cirde the correct ‘words. Then check your answers in the article ‘on page 39 of the Student's Book. 0 Tinkering School has aGumme/ winter program. for kids. 1. Atthe school, kids lear life skils by writing texts / building things together. 2. Some children once bult a bridge using rees/ shopping bags. 3. Kids at the school don't sufer serious injuries because there are health and sofety regulations / they can't use knives or hammers. 4 The "real" school, Brightworks, has 6-13 /only 20 students. 5 Most newspaper articles about Brightworks have been critical / positive. 6 Some people think the kids at Brightworks don't Jearn / play enough. 7 Since she started at the school, Tina Cooper hasn't had to work hard / has never been bored. 2. Read about Sunaina’s first day at a new school in a new country. Answer the questions. 0 How did she feel about the school at the end of the first day? She couldn't wait to leave, +. What things made her feel bad? 2. Whatsurprised her most about the school? 2 How does she feel about the school now? 4 Whathas she learned from being at this school? 3° Read the text again. Match these phrases with the correct places (A-H). allat the sametime but Isat by myself missing my mom and dad but that wasnt possible took a deep breath and to the class allkinds of get to know me “ Sunaina’s family left india and moved to the U.S. when she was 13. She had to start anew school... remember it really well. My parents drove me to the school and eaid goodbye to me. | (A) walked into the school. I didn'tknew what fo feel, Iwas excited and ‘scared and nervous, (B). There were lois ofother kids around, They were already in croups of friends, but none of them said hello or anything, It was @ strange fecling for me, like I didn't really belong there. I wanted to be somewhere else, (C), ‘The first thing Thad to do was register, so [went toa room in the school that hada sign saying 'Administration.” Suddenly, | fet like I was some kind ofcriminal They started asking me (D) questions, ‘Then I went offto my first class. ‘My first class. Wow, that was horrible, Maybe it was because my hair or my clothes were different, but ‘everyone just locked at me in such a strange way, ‘And just like when [ arrived, noone came to talk to me, Incredibly, that's never happened, No one has ‘ever taken the time to ) or like me. [have friends, because I made the first move to meet people. ‘Maybe the worst class that day, though, was science ‘The teacher wasn't too bad. She introduced me (F) and showed me where to sit. But the other etudente? ‘They looked at me like I was a guinea pig or something they were going to use for an experiment, Ihated. every minute, ‘Then there was a break, and [ wentto sit somewhere alone, (G). But I thought they'd want me to keep trying, 0 I tried to be more pesitive in the next class. Not so| good, though. Everyone talked to other students, (H), Atthe end of the day, I couldn't wait to get out of there, But as time passed, things have gotten better. Now Tm doing fine, and I get OK grades. I've leaned * lots of things — but not whatthe teachers teach. Ive > learned that I'm strong and brave. I've learned that !\'9\(° ‘will succeed even if'some things aren'tthe way Lwant 5 them tobe. Ss EO Obs, Yoru) 4 Underline two or three things Sunaina says that you find interesting, 5. Write two questions that you'd lke to ask Sunaina, Then write what you think she'd say in reply. 0 Q What's your favorite subject at school? A Science: ike IT, to 1a A 2Q A 4 THE WAYS WE LEARN DEVELOPING WRITING An informal email 1. Read the email. Check (/) the things Jed talks about. HiTaria, 1. Diwheteioboutcnmilhe How's it going? Good to get your last email it was fun to read. lied hearing about your life, your routine, and stuf, 2 Thethings he likes towatch on TV {80 | thought | would tell you about mine 3 Homework that he doesn't like So, what can | tell you? Most weeks are the same as other todo \weoks, realy, I guess that's true for everyone, though. 4 Aparty for his birthday Monday to Friday, well, they'e scheol days, so that’s a kind of routine, You know, get up at 7:30, go to school at 8:45, come home at 4:00 and de homework, then eat dinner and 2 Read the phrases from the email. G0 to bed. But lots of things make every day cifferent, so | Match them with the words that have don't mind the routine. Every day there are different classes been left out. at school and different things on TV in the evenings. Even ‘the homework is different sometimes! © ...goodtogetyourlast emai. [b 1 ssh recently ‘Anyway, | wonder how you're ding at your new school everything going wel L Everything going well? I'm sure it is - you know how to make 2... any chance you can come? new frends and get involved with things, ight? 3... would be great to see youhere. By the way, my 1th birthday is next month (Saturday the 4... really want tohear from you 12th) and we're having a party. Any chance you can come? asensene Would be great to see you here. Let me know, OK? So, what was | saying about routine and things? Yeeh, right, al homework and Ihave some, s0 Im going to stop. Realy by ewes want to hear from you soon, OK? ak “Tako caro, dls ded © Isthere 3. Read the email again. Find these phrases. 4/ Write an email to an English-speaking friend (0. What Jed says instead of How are your: (150-200 words). Your friend wants to know Hows it geing? about your weekends and your routines. 1. Twoways that Jed starts to talk about a different © Think about how to start and finish your email. topic and Think about how you can make your email 2 Three ways he checks that Tania is following friendly and chatty — for example, asking what he's saying : ‘questions to check your friend is following what you're saying andlor leaving words out to sound and ‘more informal 3 How he ends his email: ing tip: writing an informal emai © People email each other to send news, ask questions, get simple information, or just to keep in touch. Very often, people write asf they were talking to the person they/re writing to. People often speak in short sentences, and they write in short sentences, too. Start your email wth a general How are you? question. Do you know other ways of saying Howare you? Tell the reader right away what youtre writing about and why. In speaking, people use phrases lke you know and right? to "get closer" to the listener. You can do this in an informal emai too. © Find a nice, friendly way to finish your emai, for example, Take care or Allthe best or (if you know someone very well) Love, 4 42 LISTENING 1 EDN Listen to the conversations. Match each one with a photo. There is one photo that you don'tneed. mw 2 ECBEEI Listen again and answer the questions. CONVERSATION 1 0 Where does kylie want to go? She wants to go to the restroom. 1. When does she have to come back? CONVERSATION 2 2 Whatis the git's project about? 3. Where isthe gil going to show the photos? CONVERSATION 3 4 Whereis the boy's laptop? 5 When can he use Jo' laptop? DIALOGUE 1 Put the conversations in order. 1 HEETRAIN TOTHi [7] GIRL Excuse me. Is it OK if try this shirt on? [Jit Really? OK. Can take a size 6, too? [ [iat Ok, thanks. [J sir. I thinkso. Thisis size 4 [_] WOMAN Well, think itmight be too small = for you [[] WOMAN Ofcourse youcan. Here's size 6, Let me know when you're finished. [] WOMAN Of course. Do you have the right size? 2 7] MARK —_Jamie,can | ask you something? MARK Great, thanks. Oh one more thing, [I] MARK Well forgot to charge my phone. Can = Itake yours? MARK That'swhat | thought you'd say. Oh, well. Tanks anyway. MARK Can | borrow your jacket tonight ~ you Know, the white one? [JAMIE Sure. What isi? JAMIE Sorry,no way! My phone goes with me everywhere. [JAMIE Yeah, go ahead, I'm not wearing it JAMIE Something else? What is it? _—_ Learning about texts d the text about Sunaina on page 40 again. Circle) the correct option: A, B,C, or D. 1) Where would you find this text? A 8 Ina magazine € inanewspaper ‘onawebsite D in anadfor the school 2. Whatis the main purpose ofthe tent? A 8 c > to complain about bad schools to describe a personal experience to entertain the reader to persuade readers not to change schools, 2 Whatis the best title for the text? A B 8 D ‘What | learned in a school that I didn't like My first day at school Good and bad teachers How to do wellina new school CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH: Prelimina Help with reading: identifying text purpose 1 Read the texts. What is the purpose of each one? O Ureadanartce about the Tinkring School ecenty, and my first thought was that it was joke, Hor cana teacher tell parents that ther lden should do dangerous things? The ‘worlds dangerous enough already. Weneed te make it safer place, not amore dangerous on. One thing know fr sured ‘neve alow my daughtertodoany of thethingsGever Talley says cilren should learnt do! tesnowmy daughter’ second year at th schoo can oly say thatshe'sthehappest iin the wold, and wee the happiest patents. Shesleared somany things. She loves paiting and creating ad she'sbecomea thoughtful gil who wants to undestand ho things work. ny view evry schooin the ‘weld should be Tinker soo. Text 1: ~] totellastory to praise someone or something to criticize someone or something Tip: identifying text purpose Text 2: _] totella story to praise someone or something to criticize someone or something Understanding what the purpose of atexts can help you alot with reading. Here are some strategies: @ Look carefully at the text. What pictures are there? What does the title tell you? Is the text handwritten, G@note)? Where would you see a text lke this? (in a newspaper © Think why the writer has written the text. For example, does th ~ entertain the reader? ~ inform the reader about something? ~

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