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SELLE STU) Te rye) ey fom m example, Barack Obama, DH RIO TID VG xX Olle we evarwanamos net a|Ti|GijoMi/P| tele Bimic ‘+ There aealsomeny ferrous ©. en, inciding the actors Daniel ‘ary Potter ond ‘txt Complete the sentences with the appropriate life stage words. Natalie Borman. They havent 1 Many y. a still ive with their parents tary brothers or sisters, because they can’t buy a house. * Joana Maria Vives ts When you're tio years old, you're att Netorce Sets! specel(@) Everyone in the fomily is very happy when a b. 4 Whenyou'teas « yoousuallp + PaulVincont nas a soecil oativa too. Hie don't work and you often have grandchildren © brother i the fi ster Vin Dies * Set 5 M. Bmw people aren't young but they Daemon ieueres aren't ol, either. eee oh 6 When you're at it’s often a difficuletime, You aren'ta child, but you aren't an adult either. The family Vocabulary extension sririz 3. Yi Match the family names in the box to the 5 Complete tho definitions with the words in doscriptions. There are two words that you do the box not need. childhood ~ couple - elderly aunt - cousin - father-in-lew - grandmother orphan retired » separated widow grandson» groat-grandmother ~ mother-in-law niece = stepfather » wife 1 An isa child with no parents, 2. When you are married but don't live together, 1 Beth is your mum. She's your dad's ito 2 Your father’s sisteris your. ns 3 Whon wo say that a porson is. ; 3. Your sister's daughter is your it's polite way to say that person is old 4 The son of your daughter is your 4A is two people who are in a 5 Your uncle's son is your romantic relationship. 6 Your wife's mothers your 5 Someone who is oe doosn't work 7. The mother of your father’s father is your Hor Becrura there ok . oA _--~ is awoman whose husband 8 Your patents are divorced and your mother is married eee again Her new husband is your 7. ‘The time when you are a child is your 2) UnitiReading Match the pictures (ac) to the types of argument G-3). 1 Anargumant between friends 2 Anargument with a parent 3 Afemily argument eee Exam tip: Answering multiple-choice questions Ifyou aren't 100% sure of the correct answer, eliminate first the answers that are clearly wrong, Then reed agein the part of the text that the ‘question refers to and choose the correct answer. 2 @BD Read the article and choose the best answers. 1 What does the author say about arguments in femilies? a Teenagers almost never agree with their parents. It's very common for teenagers to argue with their mum and dad. Teenagers often argue with their brothers and sisters. 2 Most arguments botween tecnagers and parents occur because .. ‘a teenagers don't listen b_ parents don't explain their opinion well € teonagers don't get what thoy want, 3. What is it important to do when you ask your parents for something? a Give the reasons for your request. b Ack politely ‘¢ Compare your situation to your friends’. 4- In general, what has @ positive effect on your paronts’ reply? a You give them examples of how your behaviour is positive, b_ Youofferto help them, € You say that you deserve a positive reply. 5 What isn't a ‘magic formula’? ‘a. Listening to your parents’ reasons. b Asking nicely Following the author's advice. ya ea ee ‘fm o eenager and | never have arguments with my patents.” Does this desciibe you" IF does, you'te one ina nilloa! But for most teenagers, isagreemenks wih porerts ‘are an inevitable part of family ile. So, whet can we do about them? ‘When you have saws wih your parents i's often because you want something but hey aren't wiling to give itto you geting permission to sleop.ayer a a friend s house, coming back home later then you nermally do, ete: The question is whal do you do when they say ‘no’? Firs ofall, don’t get angry! Your parents erent saying no to moke you feel bod. They have their reasons. So, listen to them. Ifthey don't give you an explanation, ask them ~ poliely is important to understond why they're saying ‘no’. Secondly, you need fo explain why you're asking for something. Don’t vst say, for example: ‘Con | have o new smartphone?’ Give o reason why: All my fiends have {great phones and | feel bod because mine is eal terible. Also, lean use alot of opps because my phone hesn't got enough memory.’ When your patents undorsiond why you're asking for something, the possbily of geting a positive reply from them goes up! ‘Thirdly, you need to show tha! yeu deserve what you're coking for. Imagine that you osk for a new phone, but Yeule spending al you seaman then rot hard o predict your parenis’ reply! But the sivation is Sehr ay ae on {© smartphone but they're very expensive. Con you please give me tome pockst money if help more in he house?” So, listen fo your parents’ reasons, explain why you wan! omothing, and show why you desorve it. This sna magic formula, but helps. Good luck! Match the underlined words in the article to the meanings. 1 behave well, soit’ fairthat a good thing happens to you - 2 spend the night ata friends’ house 3. money you get from your parents - 4 very bad arguments pace 5 nothaving the same opinion eens 4. Which of these ideas agree with opin the text (A), clearly disagree with opinions in the text (D), or are not in the text at all (N)? 1. Get angry when you don't get what you want. AIDIN 2. Choose the right time to ask for something. AIDIN 3. You need to understand your parents! point of view. AIDIN 4. Don't compare your parents to your friends’ parents, AIDIN 5 Insist if you gat ‘no’ for an answer the first time. AID 6 Offerto do something positive. A/D/N vnGrammar in context 1 Present simple and present continuous State and action verbs 1 & Choose the correct alternative. 1 Mydad piavs/s playing football twice a week. What do you do/are you doing now? My mum and dad don't like/arentt liking past. Josh doesn't govisn't going to schoo! every day. | don't have/'m not having breakfast at the moment 6 We don't enjoy/aren't enjoying this film. Let's watch another one. 2. tet Write the sentences in the present simple or continuous, Be careful with the spelling! 11 /swim / at the moment my dad / drive / to work now 3. my sister/ often / study /in her bedroom my grandfather / watch / TV in the evening 5 we/lie/on the beach / now 6 Matt /ski/in Italy / this week 3. ‘ev Complete the sentences with the present simple or present continuous form of the verbs in the box help + need - not understand + walk » work 1. Mysister can’t come out at the moment because she me with my homework 2 Why you so fast? Slow down! Sarah always ina café on Sundays Can you repeat that, please? I 5 Cant help you? you. anything? 4. tif Complete the dialogues with the present simple or the present continuous form of the veri given. Give short answers where necessary. 1 A: Buongiarno, signorinal Bt SOM, orem nomen (HOt Speak) Italian, 2. A: Can I speak to the head teacher? B: No, she - (talk) to someone now, 3h (your mum dad / make) a curry at the moment? Br Yes, they nsnnanen They sone (love) curry! (Matt / study) now? _—- (revise) for an exam. (your mum / finish) work late on Mondays? 2105 SO ene SO . vom (WORK) NOW. 6 A:Who (sing) in the kitchen? B: That's my mum and my sister. They... (love) singing together at home while they sn (€00K), 5. tefrty Complete the article with the present simple or present continuous form of the Verbs in the box. finish - got up (x2) - go - make = miss say « start + stay + notwant rotlive + Beni 17, He's from Borin, n Germany. But he @. there this Wenner tha faniy in Sen Diego (Caltomia| because he @.- wes " toa Amercanhigh school He en VEY Yat SEVEN because achoois thers (e).~ —— at egnt Whiene (®. parents in Germany (9). = ther lunch, because its four o'clock inthe aftemoon cover thet (h) my family sometines; = Ben bat ee rve San Diego. ts greatard! (0. alotot friends: ‘clock Grammar challenge t+ 6 Find and correct the mistakes. One of the sentences is correct. 1 aekiitas av easey et hia ome 2. Sarah has her books with her today? 3 Whyyouand Sam are walking to school today? 4. Does your sister ply in the basketball team? 5 We are having two bikes at the moment. 6 Mydad’s loving playing the guiter.Developing vocabulary and listening Noun suffixes -ment, -ion, -ence | 3 Write the noun form of these words. 1 adolescent (edi) argue (v) confident (adj) - connect (1) different (adj) embarrassing (adi) enjoy (u) explain (v) 7 improve (.) =a 10. independent (edi) MW pormit (v) : 12 solve) 2. tevrr Complete the text with the words in the box. Sometimes you need to make more changes to the word. confidence » different » discriminate » improve + inform + permission = situation « solution Women in society We can say with (a)... - thatthe position ‘of women in the workplace in the UK is better than before. Inthe past, some married women needed ‘their husbands (b) ro work The ©. cof women is different nowadays; in 2017, for example, 78% of women of working age were employed. However this (8) -mev-mn fOr women in the world of employment isn't complete. According toa 2019 report, theres. ae) between men and women’s salaries in the UK (women em about 8.98 less than men). One way to combat gander @ ~ at works to show transparency over pay and so, in the UK, companies with over 250 workers row publish (), that shows how big the gender pay gap* is. Making sure all employees have ‘equal opportunities is part ofthe (h).. tothis problem. Reed ° a 3 +f Listen to five teenagers talking about their families. Choose the correct alternative. 1 Gregis from a bia/small family 2 Charlotta has got a cat/doa. 3. Mike has got a stepbrother/stepsister 4 William isdsn't at home in the holidays 5 Amy's mum is a doctor/teacher 4 @BDsr+5% Liston again. Match the people (1-5) to their situations (a-f). One answer is not necessary. 1 Greg 4 William 2 Charlotte 5 Amy 3 Mike wi doesn't live with his/her mother but sees her quite often. bb sometimes has arguments with his/her friends. © sometimes sees one of his/her parents inthe day. d_ is popular at school. @ doesn't get the bus to school. f has problems after he/she gets up. ernie 5. Dothe young people you've just listened to agree (A) of disagree (D) with these statements? 1. Greg: ‘Being from a big family has its good and bad points. 2. Charlotte: ''d realy like to have some brothers and sisters.” A/D 3. Mike: don’t like living with my stepmother, A/D 4 William: ‘Boarding schools are & terrible idea!” AD 5 Amy: ‘I hope my mum doesn't teach me next year!” A/D Vocabulary extension ww 6 We add the suffixes -er, -or and -ist to make nouns that describe people. We usually add -er and -or to verbs and -ist to nouns. Write the nouns for these words. Use your dictionary if necessary. photograph a guitar invent economy train design — football 10. direct z 1 clean 12. build . 1 2 3 4 5 science 6 7 8 9Grammar in context 2 Articles 3. grvir Complete the article about Will Smith's Complete the sentences with a/an or the. Family with a/an, the or'=(forno article). 1 boy in that photo is very tall! 2 My stepfather is professional guitarist. 3. My brother has got new bike 4 My mum works for international compary. s girl behind you is Rob's sister. 6 Myuncle’s single. He hasn't got. wife. Christopher NolaM if nnn dtOCtOr OF The Dark Knight. 8 My best fiend wants to be economist 2 rr Complete the famous quotes with a/an, the or ~ (for no article). Meet the Smiths co) Earth gose round) Will Smith is (a). international fin ©. Sun: He's famous for). fimes ike Ak nde)... ‘animation Spies in Dis He's @). sband of Jada Pinkett 9a Copernicus ‘Smith. She's (e). actor, too. They've ac . : two chisren,vadon() Dov and Wlow a erences a 3M). The actors and@) ul iibllils yourself. reyverene. life is about eau yourself: oa George Bernard Shaw ) popular web talk sNyou guess who its her sdenis aso very n and has his fad ‘TO BE.; NOT TO BE, (n) Smith family has (0). thatis@ _question.” ery common sumame but i's @). exceptional family va Wiliam Shakespeare ie Grammar challenge x 4. Rewrite the sentences that are incorrect, ‘One of tho sentences Is corract. 1 Mysister loves Indian food, 2. Italian people thet | know are very friend ga Caldern de la Barca ee en 3 My family is usually going to the shopping “9 Me bs) contto atthe edhe! 4 Is weather in England hot? oa Victor Hugo 5 Does your dad cook now? © MEW many becouse hey . Tear apex Wemen. 6 The vegetarians don’t eat meat. because they ore curious.’ 7 My uncle doesn't come for lunch today. va Oscar Wide - Unit1Developing speaking Asking for personal information 3 Which of these questions do you ask a person your age when you meet him/her for the first time? What's your name? Do you live near here? Are your parents divorced? Do you like spor? Have your parents got a lot of money? How old ara you? 000000 2 © x Listen to the dialogue between Sam and Laura. Decide if the sentences are True (T) or False (F), Laura has got a brother and a sister. T Sam has got one child, T Sam plays football very often. T Laura doesn't like football T Laura is bad att They both like maths. rst Put the words in order to make questions from the dialogue. Add question marks. 1 or/ you / sisters / got / Have / brothers / ny 2 about/ you /What 3 football / play /often / you / How / do 4 like / Do / Football / you do /wockond / you / the / do / at /What 6 subject / your/ school / What's / favourite PLE eD @BD + Read and listen to the questions. Write Up if the intonation goes up at the end and Down if the intonation goes down at the end. 1 What's your favourite sport? 2 Doyou like pasta? 3. Howoften do you play the piano? 4 Has your dad got any brothers or sisters? 5 What do you usually do in the evenings? 5 srr Complete the pronunciation rule for questions. In questions where the answer is Yes or No (@. Do you like basketball?), the intonation goes @ upldown at the end. In questions where the answer is not Yes or No (@.3. How often do you play basketball), the intonation aces (b) up/down at the end. Exam tip: Answering questions about pertonal information When the examiner asks for personal information, don't just answer Yes or No and don't give avery short answer. The examiner wants to see how well you speak English. A short answer doesn't show this! Also, the examiner wants to see that you can take an active role inthe conversation Srvvyx Write the answors to these questions. Give long answers. Practise saying them IF possible, record yourself. 1 Have you got any sisters? 2. How many brothers have you got? 3. How old are your mum and dad? 4 Doyou like schoo!? 5 What's your favourite school subject? 6 How often do you do homework? 7 What do you do in the evenings? 8 What do you like doing in your free time? weDeveloping writing » An informal email 1 eve > a Use shor formsot idaver — {Gare Kate mom Ednburghin Scotland Plesse letmetatyouabout myst Imis.Negotenesstar Stes WWendsnesswoying | (Gaxtheother ‘atuniversity now, so don't see her very often. My dad's person questions an engineer and my mum works in a hospital. and encourage What about your family them to reply. Putrtormation : > tnirytaetme doa ot ot spon((Byor neschoat about efferent rugby teamandl pay forthe tootbal teSmat my loca Use the present topiesin different paragrephs. ‘simple to talk about sports centre, toolfmaiso in abancwith some friends Sel uaaly from schoo! Wete not arest bu(@eTemprovng hat ‘about you? What do you co when yourer'tat schoo” Use the present Al school like ll the sclence subjects ~ ouhnon, ‘continuous to biology, chemistryand physics. Andi like maths, too. describe wnat's mot sokeen onal the other subjects 4B! hope to happening now. become an engineer one day. ike my daci How about ‘you? Which subjects do you Ike ding at school? ‘Aniynay, that's al for now. I need to do some horneworkl Writing reference tease write back soon! Althebest Kate | fe Kate is a teenager from Edinburgh in the 2. vy Find and complete the expressions that UK. Her schoo! has a ‘sister schoo!” in Poland. Kate uses to do different things. Read her email introducing herself and tick () tacinfonuctoncte inhces: 1 To say what che wants to do in the email Lu t a m ' 1 ihectarnly Oo 2 Toask Javier for information 2. her fiends O Qo ees 3. her hobbies O 2. Tochange the subject 4. her favourite music a A 5 subjects that she likes Oo 4 Toindicate that she's finishing te 5 Toaskfora reply p. w. suo! 6 Toend the email 3. tr Complete the different parts of the email with the correct words. Beginning () My name's Ni about (€).... I like painting and dancing. (d) =~ ©). you? vanes Me tell YOU End (0—--—-- that's all for (@) Please (h) 0. Best (J nnn 10StL Task Ca a a Imagine that you are the person below. nO) Write an informal email introducing yourself SSA ERI SEL ai to a teanager in another country. Write Sena re ean ye abot i60serds Dear (Maya) or just Hi = We use contractions like I'm or Ive. © Wecan use emeticons like :-) or 8 Prepare * We can use the word anyway to change the 4 Write notes to invent your new identity! oes * Toreply to an informal email we can use: Family: = Thanks for your email, t was great to hear from you, How are things?, | hope you're well. To finish an informal email letter we can use: That's all for now, Bye for now!, Write back soon, All the best or Best wishes. Tea Hobbies: . 7 ‘School subjects (ike / dislike 5. Use this paragraph plan in your email: Say hello. Paragraph I: Introduce yourself Paragraph 2: Talk about your family. Paragraph 3: Talk about your hobbies. Paragraph 4: Talk about school subjects. Paragraph §: Ask the other person to write back. End the email Write & Write your email. Use your notes, the paragraph plan, the writing model on the opposite page and the Writing bank above to help you. & Check 7 Read your email and complete this checklist. 1 {followed the email plan. used some of the informal email expressions in the Writing bank, | asked the othor person about their life two or three times in my email. used contractions. used the present simple and continuous correctly. used the right number of words. aan en Q00000 Eye LUESESIcY MOLE ETET VN Unit 1YUN END Xe) 04 Vocabulary in context Crimes ‘Wy Choose the correct alternative. 1) There was a murden/buralary.at the house next door yesterday, but thay didn’t take much. 2 Be careful when you open messages from people you don't know, Cybercrime/Vandalism isa veal donger these days 3 There are 2 lot of police at this port because suggling/shaplifing often happens here 4 Look at the news! There was a bank kidnapping/ robbery in town last night! 5 Don't go.outalone in this area at night. Mugaings/ ‘Acsons are a real problem around here 6 The police think that the fire at the mansion was @ case of cybercrime/arson ftr Complete the puzzle with the names of criminals. | via L fs 6 k 7 DR s R * yey [ele R n]_ [sf F ‘rsrvy Complete the sentences with a word describing a crime or a criminal 1 Did you hear about the steal 100 cans of cola f who tried to. ym the supermarket? The cause of many forest fires is attacked a senior citizen in the street last night. 4 Whena takes places in your house, it's important to tell the police. 5 Last night, police arrested at the port. They had 20kg of gold in their van. 6 There's something wrong with my computer. Do you think a is controlling it? Unit 2 Detective work érv Complete the sentences with the verbs in the box. analysed - charged - investigated - proved questioned - searched for 1 Detective Parker: ‘evidence and, when she found it, she it 2 The police 20 cases of robbery last week. 3. They. the suspect and then they him. 4 The man his innocence, so he was free to go. trirty Complete the news stories with the correct words. Police are investigating a (@)xa-n----—--- oF arson eae ee eae year plese Couteer tiem The) wanted speak veal One After police questioned Joe Lyons of 16, Moncar Avenue, they (©). =~ him and @ thim with burglary. Lyons is nowy in prison. He protests that he is innocene and says thar he can (e) aie Police confirm that the actor Marsha Noble is not a @. in a case of diamond smuggling, Ms Noble says the media (g), her without evidence. at aa Vocabulary extension tirv: Write the verbs from the nouns. Use a dictionary if necessary. 1 robbery vandalism murder hacker mugging kidnapping smuggling burglary witness 10 suspectReading Reading and using a dictionary Dictionaries are very useful but don't depend on a dictionary too much, For example, when you are reading, don't use the dictionary to look up every ‘word you don’t know. You don’t need to understand ‘every word in a text to do the exercises or to understand the general meaning. Only look up ‘words which seem important or appear frequently. 1. Read the article quickly. Choose the best title (i-4). 1 How to become a detective Oo 2. Lie detectors: detective's bestfriend? = 3. Truth and les oO 4 How to question suspects oO Investigating case and questioning a witress. \Orpertians you havea suspectin front ofyou and Youre tying to work out fyou wentto charge them. n both ‘cases. ouhene toanswer a fundamental question-ere they ‘oling he uth? What lugs can youlookforto Nalp you? ‘One thing you cen dos to careful analyse each person's ‘agiines. Lets say tret youre nterviewng someone ‘who wasata orme sceneby chance. This personasnt teal got anyreasons to give you afalse acca of what happened. They haver't go:a mote. However, maging thet youte questioning the ve of someone viho's suspected ot burolary. She tale you that nar rusband ‘was.ithher at the time ofthe cme, Do youbeleve he? It's possbile that she's tellng the truth Butwhatif she's protecting hor husband? Maybe hos guilty! Maybe there's scientific way t discover a person's Iyig:the poygrerh, or le detactor. Ths a machine that ‘analyses the pirysial reactions nz person's body while ‘theyre answering a svies of quections; fr examrplo, ‘changesin thelr pulse end respiration, The ideals, bia ‘changesin the Doay showr stress, which is asin that ‘someone srotteling the truth However, do polyarana tests work? There's a tof disagreement about this “The American Polyorapn Association says thar they workin 90% of cases. However. the cpinion of mary peycholagts, atnough polygraph tests are god at Na eel te ys Grammar Write the complete sentences with the verb in the present simple or continuous. 1 my dad / not cook lunch / now 2 Rachel / know / your brother? 3. I/notspeak / to Josh / at the moment 4 1/not play / tennis / very often 3 Complete the dialogue with the present simple. or continuous form of the verbs in the box. not do - explain ~ go ~ have (x2) - not know ~ remember » say » not think » understand Uncle: How (a) things at school, Liam? Liam: Oh, OK, uncle Dave. But! @) 4 very well in maths. Uncle: 1(0. oO. 1h).. Maths isn’t easy! oO Photos: That's a good question! |G) - _. so! what you my time at school. Uncle: Find and correct the mistakes in each sontence. Two sentences do not contain a mistake. 1 Doyou like the classical music?.... 2. I'mplaying basketball twice @ week. 3. Are Matt and James doing an exam now? 4 My mum isn't doctor. 5 Are you having a lot of frionds at school now? 6 Mymum doesn't get up late at the weekend, Complete the text with a/an, the or ~ (no article). ‘a brother or sister born at the same time as you 2 person in your family Unele: Have you got a good maths teacher? Nyaa re oT DSW ising) Me Wistinewa2Yes/pe/avery.nke anc shes got (c). = Italian friend who has 0 (9) sensnnuthings clatly But a ae herr): arveraity | restaurant is near our house and (f). © the answers food there is great. There's (g). very tothe questions! nico waiter 2th). restaurant. He always gives us (0. special price! Vocabulary | Complete the words to make different life 3 Match the words (1-4) to the definitions (a-d), cages 1 twin, on Tce 2 relative 2 tadular 3 partner 3 ~e8 4 single 4 a person that you are in a relationship with a= b ¢ d Who are these people in a family? 1. the brother of your father - the brother of one’s husband 4 orwite your father's new wife ss your sister's daughter the man a woman is married to the father of your father the daughter of your aunt the son of a grandfather's daughter eVonaw {2 person who isn'tin a relationship, Use the suffixes -ence, -ment or -fon to make nouns. 1 explain different improve ‘ergue solve ‘embarrass: ‘enjoy confident eNounonGrammar = 1 Complete the sentences with the past simple, past continuous or used to form of the verbs. given. Use used fo where possible. i ioe (watch) a detective programme when | heard a loud noise. 2 Jack's bil inne (NO BA) ‘outside his house this afternoon, Slee «(not enjoy) the concert last week. 4 Martha. @o)to ‘Turkey for a holiday turce 2 year when she was achild, 5 Who. “ (youlsee) last night? (your dad/like) “stories about detectives when he wes younger? 2 Complete the sentences with the present continuous, present simple, past continuous, past simple or used to form of the vorbs in the box. Use used to where possible. come - do - smell » spend - study - walk 1 AtTO.am yesterday, | at school, 2. My brother was telling me about his day at school when my dad. oo home. Vocabulary 1 Complete the sentences with the correct words. 1. The police arrested three s.. 2 Vow . threw paint all over the man’s front door. 3 The police are collecting e. forthe case, 4 The punishment forthe t amounts of money is usually prison. 5 There was ab... ~-at the house next door last night. 6 The detective suspects those men robbed the bank, but she can't p.. oflarge 2 Write words for the definitions. They are all crimes or criminals. 1. somebody who causes fires 2. taking a person and asking for money to return them... 3. somebody who attacks another person to steal from them, 4. damaging property 5 the crime of illegally copying software, films, ete. 6 somebody who steals from a bank... Something cooking dinner? 4. Whon wo saw Glon, Ella and I. -ow through the shopping contre. Mysister... alotof ‘money on clothes, bur he doesn’t do that now. 6 Please be quiet. | my homework. good! Is your mum Find and correct eight mistakes in the story. One day, when | was walking to school. ! was seeing something unusual, A woman was singing and a lot of people watched her. | wasn't recognising her, so I continued on my way to school, but when I arrived, nobody used to be there. Half an hour later, all the other students come. They talked about a surprise concert by ‘ourmusic teacher in the street! She's an opera singer in the past! And she still sang very well! I watch a video of her singing now. (eee B ges 2a 6 Be 7 a Complete the text with the present simple form of the verbs in the box. break - look + search « turn « work In this story, there is a mysterious theft when someone (@) into. a museum, Adetective ) ~ into the crime. He asks lots of questions and he (¢) out that a woman called Emma Higgins is the criminal The detective (d). ~forevidence that Higgins did it. He can’t find anything, but when he suddenly (e).. - up at Higgins’ house, she admits she is the thief. Write the noun form of the verbs. solve accuse analyse argue prove improve arrest evoununa coxplain = Units 1:2 E 3 5 i @ 2 Cumulat3 PLURILINGUAL Vocabulary in context Languages, countries and nationalities 1. $y Find twelve countries in the word search. aluls|tlefolc[a[N[olale su|t|H e€/rielelulelelo witiela rioleiuls|s|ifa tlale[ele[e|v[eitiwitlR Tlalaltlo[n|ololulilale zi [zlalelalmlaleltiale e titi) alelalnixitjuln Rl Alt|tiefeiR|tlelals|t unfife efelalt yin tlt alo|mlelx|i|cloolp Rin njolal|tlulelm|i|clal ia ojo|mielultlelalr|ijalo trtr Write the nationalities of the twelve countries int. 3. trerye Complete the Culture quiz with countries, nationalities or languages from 1. AROUND THE WORLD © Inecapitalot is Vienna. Peorlespeak. there, Thecapta of is Buenos At They speak there, “The pyramids and the River Ni nportant partot culture. Th inthat country, © Most of ne Amazon rairforestisin. ‘They speak. there, a sll European couniry with ‘very high mountains. 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Ms Bolton told us out/aff because we weren't listening, 6 My Spanish isn’t great, but | get off/by.Reading Reading for general information ‘The first time you read a text, read it quickly to understand the general meaning. Don't worry if thore are words that you don’t understand. You can lookat the text in more detail the second time you teadit 1. Read the article quickly. Match the titles (1-4) to the paragraphs (A-D). 1 Apossible solution 2 2 Whyall languages are important... 3. Languages are disappearing! 4 Isita problem? Geet eas AR@UND HAVE @NLY @NE SOS: Languages are dying! @ Voupropaby know nat. every year, some piant anc arimalspecies cisappear forever). Exoerts ink that 40% ofthe languages that exstat the ‘moment are in denger of disappearing. Andithey estate that one enguape diseppeats every two neeks! The cause ofthis is simple: oarerts ingome communities don't speek ther mathe. tongue to ther chicren. As. resut. they never ple itup This's happening al over the world. (2).. In Australia, Tjupany $ alanguage tat has only ‘ten naluaspaacers @ some peopie think althis doesnttmatter. The world ‘changes, they say. Bore, pecple usedto travel by horse and send telegrams for urgent messages. @).-Noone wants to go back to atime when these things didnt ext. The sameis true for some languages, they say... But wry try to keep them alvenw whenvery few people use ther? © tase se goodiquessire, but ners a good ancwer tothem When we lose a language completely we lose our asilty to understand winole commaniies and cutures that nelped to buid the werd before us @.... The questions what can medotopreserve allofthese endargeredanquages? Now. there's an cxganisation that's decicatedto doing precisely tis: The Endangered Language Project the ELP). © TheeLp wich storedin2072.ise ectvelynew project. @)...tsaim s Serpebut ambitious 10 Collect exarncies of languages that are in danger ~ both tex examples end auelo or video. Aude and \ideo are veryimportant because many of tiese languages dontthavea writen form. (7)... Wh rote, eople who vant tolearn practise 0° rseanch them cane the websites aunique.seludy library. 'san unusual ard wonderfulicea! 2 @B Read the article again. put the sentences Into the correct places in the text (1-7). There Is ‘one extra sentence that you do not need. a In this way, the organisation can preserve these languages online In short, we lose part of our history. But why are plants and animals disappearing? d_ Now they go by car, train or plane and send emails or instant messages. ‘2 However, did you know that the same thing is happening with languages, too? F Google, the technology company, created it. These languages were useful when whole ‘communtties used to speak ther, h For example, in Italy, only about 2,000 people stil speak a language called Cimbrian. 3. Match the underlined words in the article to the meanings. 1 leaming without a teacher... 2 someone who speaks 6 particular language es their First language neo 3. first language investigate / study 5 leam 2 language without formal study... 4 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in 3. 1 Approximately 15% of the world population are nnnnnnnnnnnene Of Mandarin, 2 Alico’s children went to primary school in Germany, so they... German without any problem, 3. Learning a language by demands a lot of effort. 4 Alinguist... —--» the structure and use of language. 5. There are 41 million people (13% of the population) in the US whose is Spanish, emer 5. Write ifthe statements are facts (F) or opinions (©) according to the text. 1 Forty porcent of existing languages are in danger of disappearing, F/O 2. Tjupany is a language which has only 10 native speakers, F/O 3. Why try to keep languages alive now when very few people use them? F/O 4 When me lose a language completely, we lose our ability to understand whole communities and cultures. F/O 5 Many of the languages that may disappear don’t have awritten form. F/O 6 The ELP projectis an unusual and wonderful idea. F/O —Grammar in context 1 Countable and uncountable nouns a few, alittle versus few, little | tr Are these words countable (C) or uncountable (U)? 6 ter Complete the sentences with few, Choose the correct alternative. a few, little or a litte. 1 homework = C/U 5 mugger cru 1. Have we got any apples? ‘Yes, we've got 2 explanation C/U 6 information C/L eet 3 language C/U “Pw c/u 2. I'mnot making any progress in Spanish! | 4 adolescence C/U 8 thief clu Garren wry: wrntevananith 3. Thereare. things that | like 2. trex Complete the sentences witha, an or no article (-). ‘Think if the nouns are countable or uncountable. 1 Have you got... confidence in your abiltios? 2 Thad... argument with my sister last night. 3. arson isa very serious crime. 4 Is... memerisation a good technique for learning languages? 5. It's important to write with... accuracy. 6 Can you think of ...good translation for ojala? some, any, much, many, a lot of, a few, a little 3. tht Choose the correct alternative. 1 Have we got some/any cheese? How much/many questions wore thero in the exam? A lot affMuch people study English. only know a feada little German. There aren't some/any dictionaries inthis classroom. Does Will know a few/a litle words of Japenese? ousen 4 trtr Complete the table by ticking (V) the correct boxes, Look at some as an example. Plural jative / Peuraable | Uncountable | Affirmative | Qosatve! some |v v v any much many alot of afew alittle 5. frie Complete the text with the correct quantifiers. Use the table in 4 to help you. EXPLORE + 2.MIN READ India - the plurilingual country ‘After you spend (a), time in nia, you quickly iscover tat people there speak ¢b. cifterent languages. total, nia has 23 official languages - that’s o. vv languages! Many speak English as their ‘second or thd language, but only (d).. people have it as their fist one. For about haif the population, Hinct is the first language. (¢)....... ether important languages ‘are Bengal, Marathi and Telugu. There aren’tF. "100% accurate statistics forthe total number of languages in the country. However, its probably over one thousand! READ MORE + BP os more than strawberries and cream. It's delicious! 4 We've got milk, but not enough for breakfast. 5 ‘Can you understand this text?" ‘Not very wll. Thor aF nvnnrnne Words that 1 don't know. 6 There's difference between Irish and British English. They're basically the some. Grammar challenge fr 7. Find and correct ten mistakes in the text. Hive in some smell village. There aren't much people in the village. There are ‘only a little houses and shops and there isn't any café. However, the shops sell a basic things. There are a little buses during the week and on Sundays there aren't some, My village is @ place with a little action and a few things to do! | hope | don’t spend litte time there in the future!