LEARNING OBJECTIVES

COMMUNICATION GOALS VOCABULARY GRAMMAR CONVERSATION STRATEGIES LISTENING / PRONUNCIATION READING WRITING
• Get reacquainted with someone • Tourist activities • The present perfect • Use “I don’t think so.” to soften a Listening Skills Texts Task

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UNIT negative answer • Listen to classify • A poster about world customs • Write a description of an interesting
• Greet a visitor to your country • The hand ° Statements and yes / no questions
• Discuss gestures and customs • Participial adjectives • Say “I know!” to exclaim that • Listen for details • A magazine article about non- experience
° Form and usage
• Describe an interesting experience you’ve discovered an answer verbal communication
° Past participles of irregular verbs Pronunciation WRITING BOOSTER
• Use “Welcome to .” to greet • A travel poster
Getting ° With already, yet, ever, before, and never someone in a new place
• Sound reduction in the present
perfect • A photo story
• Avoiding run-on sentences
Acquainted GRAMMAR BOOSTER • Say “That’s great.” to
Skills/strategies
• The present perfect acknowledge someone’s positive
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° Information questions • Relate to personal experience
° Yet and already: expansion, common errors
° Ever, never, and before: use and placement
• Apologize for being late • Explanations for being late • The present perfect • Apologize and provide a reason Listening Skills Texts Task

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UNIT when late • Listen for main ideas • A movie website • Write an essay about violence in
• Discuss preferences for movie • Movie genres ° With for and since
genres • Adjectives to describe movies • Say “That’s fine.” to reassure • Listen to infer • Movie reviews movies and on TV
° Other uses
• Describe and recommend movies • Wants and preferences: would like and would rather • Offer to repay someone with • Dictation • A textbook excerpt about violence WRITING BOOSTER
“How much do I owe?” in movies
Going to the • Discuss effects of movie violence
on viewers ° Form and usage • Use “What would you rather
Pronunciation
• A photo story
• Paragraphs
• Reduction of h
Movies ° Statements, questions, and answers do . . . ? to ask about preference
Skills/strategies
• Topic sentences
PAGE 14 GRAMMAR BOOSTER • Soften a negative response with • Understand from context
“To tell you the truth, . . .”
• The present perfect continuous • Confirm content
• The present participle: spelling • Evaluate ideas
• Expressing preferences: review, expansion, and
common errors

• Leave and take a message • Hotel room types and kinds • The future with will • Say “Would you like to leave Listening Skills Texts Task

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UNIT of beds a message?” if someone isn’t • Listen to take phone messages • Phone message slips • Write a paragraph explaining the
• Check into a hotel ° Form and usage
• Request housekeeping services • Hotel room amenities and available • Listen for main ideas • A hotel website reasons for choosing a hotel
services ° Statements and questions
• Choose a hotel • Say “Let’s see.” to indicate you’re • Listen for details • A city map
° Contractions checking information WRITING BOOSTER
Staying in • The real conditional • Make a formal, polite request Pronunciation • A photo story • Avoiding sentence fragments
• Contractions with will
Hotels ° Form and usage with “May I ?” Skills/strategies
• Draw conclusions
with because or since
° Statements and questions • Say “Here you go.” when handing
PAGE 26 someone something • Identify supporting details
GRAMMAR BOOSTER • Interpret a map
• Use “By the way, . . .” to
• Will: expansion introduce new information
• Can, should, and have to: future meaning
• The real conditinal: factual and future; usage and
common errors

• Discuss a car accident • Bad driving habits • The past continuous • Express concern about another’s Listening Skills Texts Task

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UNIT condition after an accident • Listen for details • A questionnaire about bad driving • Write a paragraph comparing good
• Describe a car problem • Car parts ° Form and usage
• Rent a car • Ways to respond (with concern / • Express relief when hearing all • Listen to summarize habits and bad drivers
° Vs. the simple past tense is OK • Rental car customer profiles
• Discuss good and bad driving relief) • Direct objects with phrasal verbs Pronunciation WRITING BOOSTER
• Use “only” to minimize the • A feature article about defensive
Cars and • Phrasal verbs for talking
about cars GRAMMAR BOOSTER seriousness of a situation
• Stress of particles in phrasal verbs
driving • Connecting words and sentences:
Driving • Car types • The past continuous: other uses • Use “actually” to soften negative • A driving behavior survey
and, in addition, furthermore,
and therefore
• Driving behavior information • A photo story
PAGE 38 • Nouns and pronouns: review
• Empathize with “I’m sorry to
hear that.” Skills/strategies
• Understand from context
• Critical thinking

• Ask for something in a store • Salon services • Indefinite quantities and amounts • Use “Excuse me.” to initiate a Listening Skills Texts Task

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UNIT conversation with a salesperson • Listen to recognize someone’s point • A spa and fitness center • Write a letter on how to improve
• Make an appointment at a salon • Personal care products ° Some and any
or spa • Discussing beauty • Confirm information by repeating of view advertisement appearance
° A lot of / lots of, many, and much
• Discuss ways to improve it with rising intonation • Listen to take notes • A health advice column
• Indefinite pronouns: someone / WRITING BOOSTER
appearance • Use “No problem.” to show you • A photo story
Personal • Define the meaning of beauty
no one / anyone
don’t mind an inconvenience
Pronunciation
• Pronunciation of unstressed vowels
• Writing a formal letter
Skills/strategies
Care and GRAMMAR BOOSTER • Use “Let me check” to ask • Paraphrase
Appearance • Some and any: indefiniteness someone to wait while you
confirm information • Understand from context
PAGE 50 • Too many, too much, and enough • Confirm content
• Comparative quantifiers fewer and less • Apply information
• Indefinite pronouns: something, anything,
and nothing

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 COMMUNICATION GOALS VOCABULARY GRAMMAR CONVERSATION STRATEGIES LISTENING / PRONUNCIATION READING WRITING
• Talk about food passions • Nutrition terminology • Use to / used to • Provide an emphatic affirmative Listening Skills Texts Task

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UNIT response with “Definitely.” • Listen for details • A food guide • Write a persuasive paragraph about
• Make an excuse to decline food • Food passions • Negative yes / no questions
• Discuss lifestyle changes • Excuses for not eating something • Offer food with “Please help • Listen to personalize • Descriptions of types of diets the differences in present-day and
GRAMMAR BOOSTER yourself.” past diets
• Describe local dishes • Food descriptions Pronunciation • A magazine article about eating
• Use to / used to: use and form, common errors • Acknowledge someone’s efforts habits
Eating Well • Be used to vs. get used to by saying something positive
• Sound reduction: used to
• A lifestyle survey
WRITING BOOSTER
• Connecting ideas: subordinating
PAGE 62 • Repeated actions in the past: would + base form, • Soften the rejection of an offer • Menu ingredients conjunctions
common errors with “I’ll pass on the .” • A photo story
• Negative yes / no questions: short answers • Use a negative question to
express surprise Skills/strategies
• Use “It’s not a problem.” to • Understand from context
downplay inconvenience • Summarize
• Compare and contrast

• Get to know a new friend • Positive and negative adjectives • Gerunds and infinitives • Clarify an earlier question with Listening Skills Texts Task

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UNIT “Well, for example, . . .” • Listen for main ideas • A pop psychology website • Write an essay describing
• Cheer someone up • Terms to discuss psychology and • Gerunds as objects of prepositions
• Discuss personality and its origin personality • Buy time to think with “Let’s see.” • Listen for specific information • A textbook excerpt about the someone’s personality
• Examine the impact of birth order
GRAMMAR BOOSTER • Use auxiliary do to emphasize a • Classify information nature / nurture controversy
WRITING BOOSTER
• Gerunds and infinitives: other uses verb • Personality surveys
About on personality
• Negative gerunds • Thank someone for showing
• Infer information
• A photo story
• Parallel structure
Personality interest. Pronunciation
• Reduction of to in infinitives Skills/strategies
PAGE 74 • Offer empathy with “I know what • Understand vocabulary from
you mean.” context
• Make personal comparisons

• Recommend a museum • Kinds of art • The passive voice • Say “Be sure not to miss .” to Listening Skills Texts Task

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UNIT emphasize the importance of • Understand from context • Museum descriptions • Write a detailed description of a
• Ask about and describe objects • Adjectives to describe art ° Form, meaning, and usage
• Talk about artistic talent • Objects, handicrafts, and an action • Listen to take notes • A book excerpt about the origin decorative object
° Statements and questions
• Discuss your favorite artists materials • Introduce the first aspect of an • Infer point of view of artistic talent
opinion with “For one thing, . . .” WRITING BOOSTER
• An artistic survey
The Arts • Passive participial phrases GRAMMAR BOOSTER
• Transitive and intransitive verbs • Express enthusiasm for what Pronunciation
• A photo story • Providing supporting details
someone has said with “No • Emphatic stress
PAGE 86 • The passive voice: other tenses kidding!” Skills/strategies
• Yes / no questions in the passive voice: other tenses • Invite someone’s opinion with • Recognize the main idea
“What do you think of ?” • Identify supporting details
• Paraphrase

• Troubleshoot a problem • Ways to reassure someone • The infinitive of purpose • Ask for assistance with “Could Listening Skills Texts Task

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UNIT you take a look at ?” • Listen for the main idea • A social network website • Write an essay evaluating the
• Compare product features • The computer screen, • Comparisons with as . . . as
• Describe how you use components, and commands • Introduce an explanation with • Listen for details • An internet user survey benefits and problems of the
° Meaning and usage Internet
the Internet • Internet activities “Well, . . .” • Newspaper clippings about the
° Just, almost, not quite, not nearly Pronunciation
• Make a suggestion with “Why Internet
Living in • Discuss the impact of the Internet
GRAMMAR BOOSTER don’t you try ing?”
• Stress in as . . . as phrases
• A photo story
WRITING BOOSTER

Cyberspace • Expressing purpose with • Express interest informally with

Skills/strategies
• Organizing ideas
in order to and for “Oh, yeah?”
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• As . . . as to compare adverbs • Use “Everyone says . . .” to
introduce a popular opinion • Relate to personal experience
• Comparatives / superlatives: review
• Say “Well, I’ve heard .” to
• Comparison with adverbs support a point of view

• Discuss ethical choices • Idioms • The unreal conditional • Say “You think so?” to reconfirm Listening Skills Texts Task

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UNIT someone’s opinion • Listen to infer information • A personal values self-test • Write an essay about someone’s
• Return someone else’s property • Situations that require an ethical ° Form, usage, common errors
• Express personal values choice • Provide an emphatic affirmative • Listen for main ideas • Print and online news stories personal choice
• Possessive pronouns / Whose
• Discuss acts of kindness and • Acknowledging thanks response with “Absolutely.” • Understand vocabulary from about kindness and honesty
° Form, usage, common errors • Acknowledge thanks with “Don’t
WRITING BOOSTER
context • A photo story
Ethics and honesty • Personal values
GRAMMAR BOOSTER mention it.” • Support ideas with details • Introducing conflicting
Skills/strategies
Values • should, ought to, had better
Pronunciation • Summarize
ideas: On the one hand; On the
other hand
PAGE 110 • have to, must, be supposed to • Blending of d + y in would you • Interpret information
• Possessive nouns: review and expansion • Relate to personal experience
• Pronouns: summary

Grammar Readiness Self-Check page x

References page 123
Grammar Booster page 126
Writing Booster page 143
Top Notch Pop Lyrics page 153

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