SPEAKING

U n i t 1 Talk about a life change

Tell the story of a man’s life
Learn to find out information

LISTENING
Listen to a radio program

Changes
about two women who
changed their lives
Understand short,
predictable conversations

READING
Read and predict information
in a story

WRITING
Use paragraphs to write
about a change
Write a blog/diary
 1.1 2A Complete the sentences with the phrases in
bold from the text in Exercise 1B.
think about doing a different job.
1. I some mes .....................
Stuck in a rut 2. I really enjoy traveling, but I wouldn't ...................
another country to live.
3. I want to ..................... my job, and ..................... to
studying.
4. I need to speak English because I want to
..................... a be er job. I ..................... working as
GRAMMAR used to a famous journalist.
5. I should ..................... a pay raise before I buy a new car.
6. I would love to ..................... different countries.
VOCABULARY verbs + preposi ons
2B Check the sentences you agree with. Work in pairs
and compare your ideas.
HOW TO talk about a life change
page 33 PHOTOBANK

VOCABULARY verb + preposi ons

1A Work in pairs. Discuss. Would you like to change

TIP
There are many phrases with prep
osi ons in English.
osi ons in your
anything in your life? What would you change. Why? Keep a page for phrases with prep
verbs +
1B Read the text and circle the correct answer to notebook. Write the examples of
you think of any
complete sentences 1-3 below. preposi ons in your notebook. Can
other examples?
Saturday 7p.m.
Radio Highlights: Life Change
r job? Do you do the
Are you bored with your life or you LISTENING
're stuck in a rut, and
same thing every day? Perhaps you
.
it's me to look for something new 3A Look at the photos on the next page. What life
drea m about changing changes do you think these women have made?
Every year thousands of people
their jobs and start a new
their lives. Many want to give up 3B 1.1 Listen and check.
or learn a new skill. Lots
career, or move into a new house
ething different like 4A Read sentences 1-10 below. Are the sentences
of people say they'd like to do som
e to a new country. But true (T) or false (F)?
travel around the world, or mov
their dreams. Around Anita
only a few people actually follow
ple in the UK think 1. Anita worked long hours in an adver sing job.
holiday mes a quarter of the peo
holiday finishes, they 2. She was nearly thirty years old when she decided
about changing jobs, but when the
ers wait for an to change her life.
just go back to work as normal. Oth
it never comes. We talked 3. She wanted to travel around the world.
opportunity their whole lives but
id of changing their lives. 4. She gave up her job to follow her dream.
to two women who were not afra
5. She worked on a farm in South America.
Listen to their stories on Life Change.
Jasmin
1. To be stuck in a rut means: 6. Jasmin worked more than a hundred hours a week.
a. to work/live in a boring situa on which never 7. She looked a er children in a hospital.
changes. 8. She played the piano well when she was a child.
b. to work/live in the same place for many years. 9. She started piano lessons and learned to write songs.
2. Most people who think about changing their lives: I0. Now she plays her own music.
a. change one thing.
b. don't change anything. 4B Listen again to check.
3. When twenty-five percent of people in the UK go 5 Work in pairs. Discuss the ques ons.
on holiday: 1. Do you think it was a good idea for the women
a. they have ideas about changing their jobs. to make these life changes? Why/Why not?
02 b. they want to move to another country. 2. Would you make any changes like this yourself?
 7B 1.2 Listen to check. Repeat the sentences.
7C Change the sentences so they are true for you.
Compare your sentences with other students.
page 43 Drill 1.1 - 1.2 - 1.3

SPEAKING

8A Make a note of three things that have changed in

your life in the last ten years. Think about your
appearance/home/work/studies/free me.

8B Work in pairs. Discuss. How have your lives

changed?

WRITING paragraphs
Anita Jasmin
9A Read about Ryan’s life-changing decision. Put
the sentences in the correct order to complete the
GRAMMAR used to paragraphs.
Paragraph 1
6A Read sentences a-c and answer the ques ons. One of the best decisions I ever made was to go
a. Anita used to work in adver sing. 1
back to school. ......
b. Jasmin didn't use to have me for anything else. I've always thought that being a teacher would be
c. Did you use to play the piano? interes ng. ......
1. Did Anita work in adver sing in the past? So I went back to college and did a teacher training
2. Does she work in adver sing now? course. ......
3. Did Jasmin have me for leisure ac vi es in the
Before that, I was working for a company, but I didn't
past?
enjoy my job. ......
4. Does she have more me for these ac vi es now?
5. Does ques on C ask about the past or present? Paragraph 2
1
Doing the course wasn't easy. ......
6B Look at your answers to ques ons 1-5 above and
underline the correct alterna ves to complete the rules. Now, I have a teaching qualifica on, and I'm doing
the job I've always wanted to do. ......
Rules: So I used to study in the evenings. ......
For example, I had to work to earn money, and find
1. Used to describes a habit or situa on which was
true in the past but it is not the same now. You me to do coursework. ......
can also use the present/past simple with the
9B In each paragraph find sentences which:
same meaning.
2. If something used to happen, it happened once/ 1. contain the main idea
more than once. 2. support the idea
3. finish or conclude the paragraph
page 26 LANGUAGEBANK 9C Write about a decision which changed your life.
Write your story in paragraphs. Use sentences to
PRACTICE introduce and support the idea and conclude the
paragraph.
7A Find and correct the mistakes. There are mistakes
in four of the sentences.
One of the best decisions I ever made was .............
1. When I was a child I used to bike to school
.................... .
yesterday.
I wanted to .......................... . So l .......................... .
2. My brother always used listen to heavy metal
music. .......................... wasn't easy because .......................... .
3. My family used to live in a different city. But .......................... . Now, I .......................... .
4. I used to stay up all night dancing. Now I get red
at I0 p.m.
5. We didn't used to have any pets.
6. We used to go skiing on vaca on last year. 03
 1.2
The Great Imposter
GRAMMAR purpose, cause and result
3. The bullet was very close to the soldier's heart.
Demara studied from a book so that he could save the
VOCABULARY colloca ons man's life. He removed the bullet and the soldier lived.
In fact, while Demara worked as a doctor, none of his
pa ents died. But in the end he became too successful.
HOW TO use phrases to connect ideas
What happened?
ds recognized him
a. He appeared on TV and his frien
d in a newspaper.
b. His photo and false name appeare
READING c. He became a movie star.
Read 5 to find out →
1 Read the defini on
of imposter. Do you know 4. Demara didn't go to prison because people thought
any stories about people
he was a hero. Instead the police released him and.
who ‘pretend to be
gave him extra money to say 'thank you' for his great
someone else’?
work! But later the police arrested him for a different
im.pos.tor, imposter: /ɪmˈpɒstər/ - noun - someone who pretends to
be someone else in order to trick people
crime.
(from Longman dic onary)
What did he do?
2A Look at the movie poster. Who do you think this a. He robbed a bank.
man pretended to be? b. He pretended to be a policeman.
2B Read the story. As you read, stop at each ques on c. He pretended to be a teacher.
and, with a partner, guess the answer. Then read to Read 2 to find out →
find out.
3 Work in pairs and discuss the ques ons. 5. Demara became famous because of his great work
as the ship's doctor and his photo appeared in some
1. Why do you think Demara did these things?
newspapers in Canada. The mother of the real Dr Cyr
2. Do you think he was a good man?
saw the photo. She knew this was not her son, so she
3. Do you think people like Demara should be punished?
told the police and they arrested him.
1. Ferdinand Waldo Demara was probably the greatest
imposter in history, He was born in the USA in 1921. What happened next?
As a young man he pretended to be a doctor, an a. He went to prison.
engineer, a lawyer, a university professor, a soldier, and b. He didn't go to prison.
a sailor. Demara's greatest adventure was during the c. He escaped to Europe.
Korean War. Read 4 to find out →

What did he do?

a ship. 6. In 1951 Demara pretended to be Dr Joseph Cyr
a. He pretended to be a doctor on (a real doctor) so that he could work on a ship. The
ernm ent.
b. He worked for the Korean gov soldiers loved him! He cured their illnesses, he pulled
.
c. He pretended to be a poli cian out bad teeth and he performed difficult opera ons.
Read 6 to find out →
He had his greatest moment a er a soldier was shot.

2. Demara pretended to be a teacher and the police What did he do?

ed the soldier.
caught him. He spent six months in prison. A er this, a. He jumped into the sea and help
ier.
he played one more role. He appeared in a 1960 movie b. He pretended to be the dead sold
ra on that save d the
(called The Hypno c Eye) to make some money, ac ng c. He performed an ope
as a doctor. But real fame arrived in 1961 when soldier's life.
Hollywood made a movie of Demara's life. Read 3 to find out →
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 6. I'd love to spend me abroad so/to/because
VOCABULARY colloca ons experience another culture.
4A Match 1-7 with a-g to make colloca ons (words 7. I'm going to take an exam so/to/because I have to
that go together). study a lot.
8. It's difficult to be an imposter so/to/because you
1. cure a. successful/famous
2. make a b. a role/a part in a movie can never relax.
3. save c. movie/documentary 6B Are any of the sentences true for you? Work in
4. become d. a crime/a murder pairs and compare your ideas.
5. be arrested for e. a man's life/money 7 Work in pairs and take turns. Student A: make
6. spend f. illnesses/people sentences with phrases from A. Use the past simple.
7. play g. six months in prison/ me abroad Student B: complete Student A's sentence with
phrases from B and so, to or because.
4B Work in pairs. Retell the story of Demara's life
A: I went to the movie A: I studied my notes ...
using the colloca ons above.
theater ... B: ... because I had an exam.
B: ... to watch a movie.

TIP
Many words come in pairs, e.g. cure
illnesses,
A

go to the movie theater

B
have an exam

read
become famous. When you hear or study my notes become a nurse
e the m in you r not ebook. Think
colloca ons, writ
make. want to help people can’t drive
of other words that go with play and
gree
go to the doctor get a Master’s de

GRAMMAR purpose, cause and result like traveling invite her to a party

5A Complete sentences 1-3 with so, to or because. go to universi feel sick

ty
Purpose (the reason for an ac on) love listening to music
1. He appeared in a 1960 movie ................ make some phone my friend
money. bike to work watch a movie
Cause (it makes something happen)
2. Demara didn't go to prison ................ people buy an iPod become a pilot
thought he was a hero.
Result (the consequence of something) page 43 Drill 1.4 - 1.5
3. She knew this was not her son, ................ she told
SPEAKING
the police.
5B Check your answers in the text in Exercise 2B. 8A Discuss the ques ons below.
5C Look again at the text in Exercise 2B and find 1. Why do people tell lies about their life?
more examples of so, to or because.
2. When might you tell a lie?
page 26 LANGUAGEBANK 8B Work in pairs. Read the situa ons below and
discuss. Would you tell a lie in these situa ons?
PRACTICE Why/Why not?
1. An employee at your company is bad at her job.
6A Underline the correct alterna ve.
She tells you a secret: she used false documents
1. I'm taking an English course so/to/because improve (CV and references) to get her job. The boss asks
my speaking. you about her.
2. I'll do many jobs in the future so/to/because I like 2. Your best friend introduces his new friend to
to try different things. you. You don't like his friend because he doesn't
3. I'd like to become famous so/to/because I'm going listen or care about anyone else. Your friend asks
to study ac ng. for your opinion of him/her.
4. You need to communicate well so/to/because 3. A friend buys a designer bag for $50 from a man
become successful in your job. on the street. She says the bag usually costs $300
5. I'd like to make a movie about my life so/to/ so she bought it. You know the bag isn't a real
because I've had many great experiences. designer bag. She asks if you want one. 05
 1.3
Can you tell me ...?

FUNCTION finding out informa on

VOCABULARY facili es

LEARN TO check informa on

READING

1 Work in pairs. Discuss the ques ons.

1. Is there a university in your town? What can you
study there?
2. Would you like to study in another country?
Why/Why not? 1. borrow a book
2. buy pens, paper and notebooks
2 Read the text and answer the ques ons.
3. register for a new course
1. What do Chinese students think about studying 4. buy a snack
abroad? 5. find informa on about where you are staying
2. How many Chinese students are there at US
universi es? 3B Work in pairs and take turns. Student A: say a
place. Student B: say what you can do there.
It's a different world A: What can you do in a photocopying room?
ation which says, “Read B: You can make photocopies.
There is a Chinese saying about educ
And this is exactly what
1,000 books and walk 1,000 miles.” 3C Discuss. Which of these facili es can you find in
Rep ublic of Chin a are doing. There
students from the People's your language school/university? Where are they?
students at US universities.
are now more than 300'000 Chinese Which of them do you o en/never use?
to the US? “It's difficult
So, how do students feel about coming
tol University.
at first,” says Yi Lina, a student at Bris
the food , the people. But step by FUNCTION finding out informa on
“Everything is very different:
account, get a cell phone
step, it gets easier. You open a bank
It has been a great 4A Make ques ons with the prompts below.
contract, and start talking to people.
experience.” a. Where / register for my course 1
........
Where do I register for my course?
b. Where / the study center ........
VOCABULARY facili es
c. What me / the library open ........
3A Match 1-5 with the places in the box. d. Can / help / find my classroom ........
e. Where / use the internet ........
study center - bookstore - cafeteria - library f. Where / buy a notebook ........
sta onery store - main recep on - classroom g. Where / get a new student card ........
photocopying room - accommoda ons/welfare office h. Can / tell me/ where/ go ........
lecture hall- registra on desk
( for informa on about … )

4B 1.3 listen to the situa ons. Number the

06 ques ons above in order you hear them.
5 Listen again. Are the statements true (T) or
LEARN TO check informa on
false (F)?
1. The registra on desk is in the main recep on. 9A 1.4 Read and listen to the different ways of
2. The study center is next to the cafeteria. checking informa on in bold below.
3. There is internet in the library. Extract 1
4. The library is open from ten un l five every day. B: Do you know where the main recep on is?
5. You can get a new student card from the main A: Sorry?
recep on. B: The main recep on.
6. Room 301 is on the third floor on the right. A: Oh, yes.
7. The sta onery store is upstairs.
Extract 2
8. The welfare office is next to the sta onery store.
C: It's next to the cafeteria.
6 complete the phrases with the words in the box. A: The cafeteria? Where's that?
Extract 3
can - excuse - have - need - help - me - kind
A: Do I have to pay?
D: No.
Ge ng a en on
A: So it's free for students.
¹ ……………. me, …
D: Yes, that's right.
Could you ² ……………. me?
Can you tell me where/what …? Extract 4
E: It's open every day, from 9 a.m. un l 6 p.m.
Asking for informa on A: Did you say “every day”?
Where ³ ……………. I get/find/buy …? E: Yes, that's right. Every day, from nine in the
When can I use/ start …? morning un l six in the evening.
What ⁴ ……………. is the library open? Extract 5
What me do the lessons start? A: I need to find out about my accommoda ons.
Can I …? Can you tell me where to go?
Do I ⁵ ……………. to …? I: Accommoda ons? I think you have to go to the
Is it free/ open/ near? welfare office.
I ⁶ ……………. to find out about/ speak to … 9B What are the speakers doing in each conversa on?
a. Repea ng the key words/phrases as a ques on
Thanking someone b. Asking a checking ques on/asking for repe on
Thank you so much. c. Rephrasing
That's very ⁷ ……………. .
9C 1.5 Listen and repeat the phrases in bold in
page 26 LANGUAGEBANK exercise 9A. How does the intona on change?

7 Find and correct the mistakes. There are two 10 Work in pairs. Role-play the situa on below.
mistakes in each conversa on. Student A: you are a student. You have lost your bag.
Student B: you work at the recep on desk.
1. A: Excuse to me, where's the bookstore?
B: There's one around corner. Student Recep onist
2. A: What me do the swimming pool open? Explain the situa on.
B: During the week it opens on eight o'clock.
On the weekend it opens at nine. Find out exactly what happened.
3. A: Can tell me where to get a student card, please?
B: You need going to recep on. Ask what you need to do.
4. A: Where I can get a coffee?
B: There's a cafeteria over there, next the library. Explain that he/she needs to go to the welfare
office and complete a form.
8 Work in pairs. Student A: turn to page 39.
Student B: turn to page 39. Ask where the welfare office is.

Give direc ons.

Check that you understand what you have

to do/ask for repe on.

Repeat any informa on.

07
Thank the recep onist.
 1.4 Lookback
Verbs + preposi ons Colloca ons Finding out informa on

1A Complete the phrases with a 3A Underline the correct 5A Put the sentences in the
suitable preposi on. alterna ve in sentences 1-8 correct order to complete the
1. What do you dream .......... below. conversa ons.
doing in the future? 1. The doctor cured/cared me. Conserva on 1
2. Would you like to travel ......... 2. This hero rescued/saved my life! a. Excuse me, could you help
3. Some mes businesses can 1
me? ........
the world? Which countries
would you like to visit? become/develop very b. Thank you. And what's your
3. Have you ever given .......... a successful. surname? ........
hobby? Why? 4. My friend Jack spends/goes c. Do you have a registra on
4. Would you ever move .......... a most of his me watching TV. form? ........
different town? Why/Why not? 5. She lost her job a er being d. Your course? OK. Do you
5. Are you thinking .......... arrested by/for a crime. have a registra on form? ........
making any changes to your 6. The criminal spent/passed ten e. I need to find out about my
life at the moment? What are months in prison. course. ........
they? 7. I played/was the role of Hamlet. f. Sorry? ........
6. Would you like to go .......... to 8. I would like to build/make a g. Oh, yes. In my bag.
your last school for a day? movie. Here it is. ........
3B Work in pairs. Add another h. It's Gorski. ........
1B Work in pairs and take turns. i. Yes, of course. What can I do
sentence to sentences 1-8 above.
Ask and answer the ques ons. for you? ........
The doctor cured me. Then I married
Used to him! Conversa on 2
a. To the recep on? ........
2A Make ques ons with the Purpose, cause and result b. The swimming pool opens at
prompts. Begin with Did you use eight o'clock. ........
to ...? 4A Match 1-8 with a-h to make
c. OK, thanks. Is it free for
When you were a child: sentences.
students? ........
1. you / work / hard / school? 1. I went to the library last week
d. Yes, that's right. ........
2. you / eat / fast food? 2. I helped my friend
e. Thanks very much. ........
3. you / spend / me / 3. I wanted to eat out
f. No, it's not free, but it's
grandparents? 4. I studied
cheaper if you have a student
4. you / get / ill / o en? 5. I put my feet up and watched
card. ........
5. you / have / special friend? TV so
g. Yes, show your card to the
6. you / play any sports? 6. I called some old friends to
recep on when you come
7. you / travel to school / 7. I went to bed late because
in. ........
public transporta on? 8. I went to a mee ng
h. Eight. OK. So, do I have to
8. you / live / different place? a. to improve my English. bring my student card? ........
b. I was at a party. i. Excuse me, could you tell me
2B Choose two or three of the
c. to discuss business. what me the swimming pool
ques ons above and write two
more related ques ons. d. hear their news. opens? ........
e. I could relax.
2C Work in pairs and take turns. 5B Work in pairs and prac ce
f. to find a book.
Ask and answer the ques ons. the conversa ons.
g. because she had a problem.
A: Did you use to work hard at h. so I went to a restaurant.
school?
B: Yes, I did. 4B Work in pairs. Choose four
phrases from 1-8 above. Make
A: What subjects did you use to
ques ons to ask what your
enjoy?
partner did last week.
B: I used to enjoy art and drama.
A: Really? Did you use to get A: Did you go to the library?
good exam results? B: Yes, I did.
B: Well, most of the me ... A: Why?
B: To find a book.

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