‘with CD-ROM/ CAMBRIDGE Audio CD 'P 1A A global language QUICK REVIEW © Talk to five other students. Find ‘wo things you have in common with each student, Tell the class about two people you spoke to. Who owns 1 More people speak English than any other language, but according to English language expert David Crystal, non-native speakers now outnumber native speakers by three to one. “There's never before been a language that’s been spoken more asa second language than a fist,” he say. By the end of last year, the Vocabulary Language ability ©) a choose the correct words in these phrases. Check in Language Summary 1 {}}) pll3. 1 any Gast language(s). umber of alt English peaks in Asia 2 be bilingual in/at had reached 350 milion. And according eahe ice to the British Coun nten years time ake pape an ontat bition people wil study English and about Seen ae half the werla’s population wl speak it. 6 know a litie/few words of hehehe ee tie 7 cant speak a word of/with. 2. Wy such enthsiasm for Engh? Ina 8 can have/make a conversation ‘word, jobs. “We ahvays tell students they i. reed ‘wo things to succeed ~ English and 9 speak some... , Buti computers” says Chetan Kur, manager 4 lowbit rusty of a language school n Dei. For the 10 pick up/off abit of . on middle csses in ini, English can mean holiday a pied jb ina cll cet Ad he story isthe same in ther parts ofthe world. b) Choose five phrases from 1a) ‘Ata Toyota factory inthe Czech Republic, Use them to make sentences about Renate yourself or people you know. Tanguage ofthe lananes, French and Czech ‘My fist language is Russian. Se Hey has rihre oe Coe, ¢) Work in groups. Take turns to tke Samsung and LG Philips, have stated tell each other your sentences, Ask follow-up questions if possible. Reading and Grammar a) How important is learning, English in your country? Why? b) Read the article about learning English around the world. Match hheadings a)-d) to paragraphs 1-4. 3} Leam English 24 hours a day ) A changing language «An English-speaking world 4A passport to employment 1 A life of learning Vocabulary language ability Grammar the English verb system English? 3. The way that people study English is also changing. In South Korea, for example, the national government ‘has been building English immersion schools all over the country, where ‘teenagers live in an all-English environment for up to four weeks at a ‘time. In these ‘English villages’, students ‘check into their accommodation, go shopping, order food, go to the bank, take ‘cooking classes or acting lessons ~ all in English, And they seem to enjoy the ‘experience ~ when we visited one acting class, a student was pretending to be the film star Orlando Bloom, to the obvious amusement of his classmates. However, these new English speakers ‘aren't ust learning the language ~ they're changing it. There are hundreds of different types of English in the world today, such as ‘Hinalish, the Indian mix of Hindi and English. New words are being invented every day all over the. ‘world As David Ciystl says, "No one ‘ows English now, What happens toiti® ‘onthe shoulders of all of us.” sRead the article again. What does it say about these people, numbers, things and places? rative speakers 350 millon 2 billion a cll centre Toyota Samsung 80% South Korea Hinglish [Helo with Grammar 2 © 3) Look at the article again. Match the words/phrases in blue to these verb forms. Present Simple tell Present Continuous Past Simple Pest Continuous Present Perfect Simple Present Perfect Continuous Past Perfect Simple Present Simple Passive ast Simple Passive b) Fill in the gaps in these rules with continuous, perfect, simple or passive. © We usually use... verb forms to talk about things that are repeated, permanent or completed © We usually use _..verb forms to talk about things that ‘are in progress, temporary or unfinished. © Weusually use _.. verb forms to talk about things that cconnect two diferent time periods (the pas andthe present, etc) «We usually use. _verb forms when we are more interested in what happens to somebody or something than in ‘who or what does the action ©) Look at the verb forms in pink in the article. Which are activity verbs? Which are state verbs? Then choose the correct word in this rule, «We dontt usually use activty/state verbs in continuous verb forms. ) Check in Language Summary 1 {7}! p14. 4A Vocabulary and Grammar © Work in pairs, Name the verb forms in bold in these pairs of sentences, Discuss the difference in meaning between a) and b) in each pair. 1+ a) They studied Portuguese for three years ») They've studied Portuguese for three years, 2.) Kemal often watches DVDs. ) Kemal’s watching a DVD at the ‘moment, 38) Jo did her homework when I got home. ») Jo was doing her homework when 1 got home, 4 2) She teaches English 8) She’ teaching English while she's in Berlin 5.) When we got there, the class started 5) When we got there, the class had started, 6 a) Antonio repaired his car last week. 1) Antonio’ car was repaired last week. 4) Read about Michelle’ language learning experiences, ‘Choose the correct verb forms. Grey ve started studying Spanish alter | 2yent/vas going to Argentina on holiday last year: 1"never ‘been/never went to South America before 4nd I couldnt speak a word of Spanish. While | ‘had travelled/was travelling around the country, | Spicked ip/was picking up enough words and phrases to get by. 1 old/was told that my pronunciation was/was being quite good, so when I got hhome 1 *decided/was deciding to learn ‘Spanish property. A friend Srecommended/ was recommended a school and I "go/'ve been going there for about six months. 1 "always enjoy/'m always enjoying the lessons and the language "teachesfis taught in a ‘communicative way. I "thnk'm thinking that 1 ¥'m leaning/ ve leamed a lot since | started es not all fun, though at the moment 1 *study/'m studying for my first exarn! b) Listen and check. CF Tum o pi0. Follow the instructions. @a 1B My first week QUICK REVIEW Think of something you: did last weekend; have done recently; have been doing for a long time; do every week; were doing at nine o'clock last night. Work in pairs. ‘Take turns to tell each other about these things. Ask follow-up questions. Vocabulary Education a) Work in pairs. What is the difference between these words/phrases? Check new words/phrases in {7} » p13. 1 astite school, a private school 2a univétsity, a céllege, a campus 3 an undergraduate, a graduate, a postgraduate adegree, a Masters, a PhD a vtor, a ecturer, 2 professor a tutorial, a seminar, a Ieetare fees, a student Idan, a scholarship a subject, a course, «career {PL « We only show the main stress (+) in words/phrases, b) Choose eight words/phrases in 1a) that are connected to you or people you know. ¢) Work in pairs. Take turns to tell each other why you chose those words, Ask follow-up questions. T chose a lecture because | went {o-an interesting lecture yesterday (Con? what was it about? ) Listening and Grammar eC 4) Worle in groups. Discuss these questions. 1 Have you, or has anyone you know, been to university or college? Did youthey enjoy it? What did youthey study? 2 What problems do you think students have during their first week at university? b) [97 Look at the photos. Mia and Tim are university students, This is their first ‘week. Listen and tick the things they talk about. a lecture transpon problems © food © accommodation «getting lost ‘money courses they're doing «weekend plans {;3F9 Listen again. Fill in gaps a)-h) with one word. 11 MA Tm 21 mia 3.1™ mia 4mm mia 5 ma ™ 6m Mia Vocabulary education Grammar uses of auxiliaries Help with Listening contractions Review verb forms You went to Professor Lees geography ®._._ yesterday, didn't you? Yeah, but I didn't understand very much. Neither did I. And its huge campus ~1 keep getting " Yes, so do I. Yesterday I was walking around for ages looking for the. ‘Wel, at least you found it im the end. Maybe you should get a 4 Vid have a. _! My brother’ done that course, He graduated last"... Did he? Has he found a job yet? ‘And what are you studying? Geography and economies. Most people think economics is really but I dont. Anyway, do you live here on campus? No, I dont. 1 was told it was really".| Help with Grammar. § Q sous vi roms Help with Listening @ a) Look again at Tim and Mia's sentences in 3 ‘Name the verb forms in blue. didn’t understand - Past Simple ') Which of the verb forms in blue in 3 have auxiliaries? Which vo verb forms don’t have auxiliaries? 6) Complete these rules with be, do or have ‘We make all continuous verb forms with: + verbsing We make all perfect verb forms with + past participle. ‘We make all passive verb forms with + past participle Inthe Present Simple and Past Simple we use a form of. to make questions and negatives, We also use modal verbs (will, would, can, could, etc.) as auxiliaries: IM (= wil) do my best. @) Check in|) plis. ‘OTHER USES OF AUXILAREES a) Look at these other uses of auxiliaries. Match the phrases in pink in 3 co a)-f) 2) a question tag didn't you? ) an echo question to show interest 6) to agree with somebody with 50 or neither 4) to avoid repeating a verb or phrase «) a short answer to a yesno question 4) to add emphasis b) Cheek in (11 pills. In spoken English we ofien contract the auxiliaries am, are, is, have, has, had, will and would. We also contract negatives (dont, wasnt, wont, etc.) a) (PF) Listen to these pairs of sentences. Which do you hear first? 1 a)She's made it.) She made it. 2 a) Hed starced it. _b) He started it 3 a) You're taught it.) You taught it 4 a)I'velostit. bj Lost it 5 a) Well watch it, »] We watch it 6 a)Iwont buy it. 6) I want to buy it Bb) {.)) | Listen and write six sentences, You will hear each sentence twice ©) Work in pairs. Compare sentences. Which auxiliaries are contracted in each sentence? @ ~~ 1B Vocabulary and Grammar a) Mia and Tim meet again in the cafeteria the next day. Fill in the gaps in their conversation with the correct positive or negative auxiliaries. Use contractions where possible. ™ Mia Hi, Mia, "Have you had lunch yet? Yes, 12... « But Lean stay and chat for abit. THM Great! So, what #.... you do lastnight? Mia Well, 4... going to go out with some friends, but Tin the end. 16... catch up on some sleep, though. I was in bed by 10.30! TM It... been a busy few days, it? MIA Yes, i, And 12, need my sleep! TIM Me too. Er, what "...... you doing this evening? Mia ™ ma mw Ma rm Nothing special. Why #........ ou ask? Well, 13... going to see a band, M4. you? That sounds fun! So... you fancy coming along? Yeah, sure. Call me later. Heres my number. Thanks, Oh, by the way... you find your lecture yesterday? ma Yes, 117 And 18... ) {iffy Listen and check. _... even need a map! ‘Change these sentences to avoid repeating verbs or phrases, 1 Idont speak German, but my younger brother speaks-German, does Jan didnt go to college, but his sister went to college My parents haven't been there, but we've been there Penny doesnt like golf, but her brothers like golf. We're not going out tonight, but theyre going out tonight. 6 Tom enjoyed the play, but| didn’t enjoy the play 2) Work in pairs. Choose one of these situations ‘or invent your own. Then write a one-minute conversation between the people. Include at least five different uses of auxiliaries from 4e) and 5a) two students who are sharing a house two friends who ate lost on their way to 2 party a couple trying to decide where to go on holiday two students talking about their school, college or university 1) Practise the conversation with your partner tantil you can remember it. a) Work in groups of four with another pair. Take turns to role-play your conversations. Guess the relationship between the people. 4) Role-play one of your group’ conversations for the class.1c Making the grade QUICK REVIEW \Write four interesting things about yourself or people you know. Work in pais. “Take turns to say your sentences, Respond with an echo question and @ follow-up question. A 've been scuba diving a few times. 8 Have you? Where did you go? Vocabulary verb patterns (1) Skills Reading: Under exemination; Listening: Exam stories Help with Listening sentence stress and rhythm Review verb forms; echo questions Reading and Vocabulary @© a Work in pairs. Discuss these questions. 1 Do you think exams are a good way to test students knowledge? Why?/Why not? 2 What do you think is the best way to revise for exams? b) Read the artice, Is Jeremy Harris for or against exams? Why? Under . examination Jeremy Harris looks back on his experiences of school exams. a) Read the article again, Tick the true sentences, Correct the false ones, 1 He didnt sleep the night before his maths exam, ‘The writer talked to his classmates before his maths exarn. He thinks children have to do too much writing in exams, He doesn't think that everything children lear at school is useful, He wants his daughters to leave school at 16 He uses his knowledge of maths 2 lot in his daily hie 1b) Work in pairs. Compare answers. tts been years since [las did an exam, but the memories of my O Levels* are still \ disturbingly fresh. T a remember staying up all night before my maths exam, trying to learn dozens of equations by heart. The nest day I avoided sting next to my fiends on the school bus and refused to tak to anyone outside the exam hall in case they made me forget everything T'd learned. When the teacher finally alowed us to pick up our pens, I immediately wrote dow the equations in case I might nneed them during the exam. 1 dida't, of course, but 1 still have nightmares about the whole experience. Back then I never stopped to think if exams were a good idea, but now that my twin daughters are doing their GCSES*, Tm beginning to wonder whether exams are actually worth doing at all. Why do wwe sill force kids to sit in an overheated gym and write until their arms fall off? Isa three-hour memory test really a good way to find cout how much children know? Kids always end up forgetting almost everything they learn at school anyway (Can you remember the secondaw of thermodynamics cor who invented the light bulb? T thought not) Personally regret spending so much time at school learning things Tye never needed to know since ~ and these days ‘you can find out everything on the Internet anyway. OF course, I still encourage my daughters to take their GCSEs seriously and I expect them both to continue studying next year. Bmily hopes to become a journalist and P'm trying to persuade Julia to go to medical school. They're both very bright, but they find it hard 10 concentrate. They usually study for half an hhour and then stop to call ther fiends or watch TV. Howeves, we all know that qualifications help people get jobs, and a graduate in the UK will earn nearly twice as much as someone who left school at 16, So I pretend to believe that exams are a good idea, and I always remember to wish my daughters luck before each one. By the way, I did manage to pass my maths © Level, but since then nobody's cover asked me to do caleulus or draw a graph, The way T see it, f vou need to add up a few numbers, Uy using a calculator. So maybe it’s time to stop testing bow much children remember and teach them to be beiter human beings instead. 0 Lilt = exarns that 16-year-old in the UK took before 1968 SOCSEE = ox that 16-year olds in the UK take nov =— | Kelp with Vocabulary © 4) Look atthe verbs in blue in the article. Write the infinitive forms of these verbs in the table, avoid | + vebeing refuse | + infinitive with to + infinitive b) Write these verbs in the table in 22). Some verbs can go in more than one place. could would rather prefer keep let start seem should don't mind continue finish forget love hadbetter like pay hate plan convince miss enjoy decide ¢) Look at the verbs in pink in the article. Match the verb forms to the meanings. 1 remember + verbsing 2. remember + infinitive with 10 2) remember something that you did before 8) make a mental note to do something in the future 3. stop + verbsing 4 stop + infinitive with to «) stop something that you were doing 4) stop doing one thing in order to do something else 5 try + verbsing 6 try + infinitive with to «) make an effort to do something difficult 4) do something in order to solve a problem @) Checkin {97°} p13. Work in pairs. Student A) pl04, Student B ~) p107. Follow the instructions. in a dictionary. cuffs cheat packet money an oral exam b) Work in pairs. Look at pictures A and B. ‘What do you think is happening in each one? ©} { 1) Listen and check your answers to 5h). or) | tpi iting 5%) IF) Listen again. Waite six words/phrases to help ‘you remember each story. b) Work in new pairs. Take turns to tell each other one of the stories, Include as much detail as possible. a _ In spoken English we usually only stress the words that give the main information, This gives English its vatural rhythm. a) £27.) Listen to the beginning of the first exam story. Notice the stressed words. My wérst exam mément happened when | was caught chéating by my mium after a history exam. Iréally liked history classes, but I didn’t have a very gdod mémory. 'b) Work in pairs. Look again at 7a). Which parts of speech are usually stressed? Which are usually unstressed? adjectives stressed possessive adjectives - unstressed €) Look at the next part of the story. Which words do you think are stressed? So on the mérning of the exam I wrote loads of important facts and figures on the insides of my shirt culls, I made sure that I got to the exam room really early so T could sit at the back. 6) (510) Listen and check €) Look at RI.6, pl43. Listen to the stories again Notice the sentence stress and rhythm, Work in groups. Discuss these questions. 1. What was the last exam you did? How did you feel before, during and after it? 2 What was the hardest exam you've ever taken? 3 Have you ever done an oral exam? What was it like? 4 Do you know any other interesting or funny stories about exams? If so, tell the group, 1C Vocabulary and Skills€ 1D) Evening classes QUICK REVIEW eee Choose five ofthese verbs and write sentences about yourself: stop; avoid: persuade; emember, refuse; try help; end up; hope; encourage; pretend. Work in pairs. Take turns to say your sentences. Ask follow-up questions. {A stopped smoking last year. 8 Well done. How did you manage it? © Work in groups, Discuss these questions, 1. Where can you do evening classes in your townkcity? 2 Have you, or has anyone you know, ever done any evening classes? If so, which ones? 3. Look at the advert. Which two evening classes ‘would you like to do? Why? a) { AP) Listen to a conversation between two friends, Kim and Sue, Tick the evening classes that Kim is doing, ») Listen again, Answer these questions. 1. How long ago did Kim and Sue last meet up? 2 What did Kim have to do in her last creative writing class? What did she get for her birthday? Which class does she find difficult? Why does she find the evening classes helpful? Who does she go to her dance class with? iow long is Sue going to be in the USA? | RealWord ~~ \We often use short questions to keep conversation going and to show interest e@ a) Fill in the as 7 short. sais 1-10 fa these words, wing vik men ‘tk wea Me wy che & 1 How’ it .going.? 6 What are you doing? 2 Whys ? 7 Such 2 3 Like... exactly? a How. ? 4 How do you.....? 8 Inwhat 2 5 What the teacher ....? 10 What... of dancing? b) Fill in the gaps in these parts of the conversation with a preposition. kim go every week. sue Really? Who? sue Tm off to the USA on Sunday. kim Are you? How long......? Fu « Wealso use echo questions (kim it really difficult, actually. sue Is it?) and questions with question tags (IS been ages, hasn't i) to keep @ conversation going, ©) Check in| ///h) plls. Evenine classes October 2nd = ie aeseihteese lity NEAT OTs (e Thal cookery Yoga — beginners Computer skils~ intermediate Real World keeping a ‘conversation going Help with Fluency sentence stress and rhythm Review verb patterns: echo questions; question tags Barnwell Gollege of Further Education on We 38 Sansertans ecien Hi Digital photcorephy Pattey Sasa intermediate Painting with watercolours Creative ving Yoo — intermediate Baloom dancng eat photogaphy Tewelly making | Fim studies Ga (579 Listen to eight sentences. For each sentence you hear, complete these sh | Me eer 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 How long 2 8 Who ? b) (4) ) Listen and check, Are prepositions in short questions stressed or unstressed?| | 4) Read the next part of Sue and im’ conversation. Fill in the gaps with one word, First, Im going to my cousin's wedding in Seattle k "Ate. you? Who ®.......? My brother, Frank. I'm rather nervous about the whole thing, though. x Really? How?__..? Frank and } don' really get on patticulanly well, k How do yout 2 5 Er, we tend to argue quite alot. Yes, families can be difficult, 31 they? And what &,. are you doing? 5. After the wedding I'm going on a trip that my friend Brads organised 7 you? What of trip? 5 We're going walking in the Rockies, x How long?__._.? s. Five days. Oh, I can't wait! b) (ULE) Listen and check, fer Look at R110, pl44. Listen again. Notice the sentence | stress and rhythm. | b) (2 Work in pairs. Practise | the conversation in RL.10, p44 until you can remember it. Then close your books and have the conversation again. Try to use natural sentence stress and rhythm, TIP « © = pronounciation. | | wee ‘Work in new pairs. Have two conversations. Use these ideas or your own. Ask each other questions to keep the conversations going. your work or studies a problem you have a place you love going to something interesting you've done lately © your plans for next weekend something you are/aren't looking forward to 1 Review oe 4) Fill in the gaps with these words. Then use phrases 1-7 to make true or false sentences, about yourself. (7) At bit few up by of in + 'm fluent jn. 2 Lonly know a... words of 3. Pd ike to be bilingual 4 Tcant speak a word 5. Tused to speak some ... , but its a____. musty now. 6 Van get... in 7 Ipicked a bit of... when b) Work in pairs. Tell your parmner your sentences. Guess which sentences are true, Ce Work in pairs. Underline and correct the incorrect verb forms in these sentences. 1 Yesterday I've spent an hour in the park. It was very relaxing 2 Pmneeding a new dictionary. Host mine last month. 3. My English is quite good. earn it since 2004. 4 lost my English book last week, but it handed in at reception last night. 5. Kim was back from Italy since Monday, She had a great time, 65 realised that I meet Samir before. 7 My sister phoned while I talked to John. to education. [')} 4 ttilauor tutorial __ cpmusa ©. guraated g. leervetr 1 crhholssiap —s, exergd a 1) Work in pairs. Compare answers, Then think of six more ‘words/phrases connected to education. ¢) Tell your partner about your education 4) Write the words connected = RCUSTEESS PURO Language Summary 1, pt13 GQ choose the correct words. {i ‘A "Did/Have you ever studied a subject you haven'r/dich’ ike? 8. Fdid/was study IT for a year, ‘which was a bit boring, You work with computers, o/don*t you? 1k Yes, | ¥am/do. I write software. 8 *4re/Do you? "Didn'/ Wasn't your father work for a software company? A No, he Sdidn'i/wasr’t actually, but iy brother *does/is. 1 'm/nas {going to work for the same company, but I Mdidh't wasn't in the end - G Fittin the gaps with the correct verb form. [/! 1 tomeet/meeting a) He remembers... me in 2001. 8) Lforgot..... Jo atthe airport. 2 totelltelling a) Texpect them me soon. 1) Tregret...... them about that 3. todrink/drinking a) I've stopped... coffee. 1) Ipersuaded him... some water. 4 totaik/eaking 4) She refused... to me. 8) Lavoided .._t0 him, 5 tobelbeing 2) Ipretended ._..._ asleep, 1b) Tkept woken up. 4) Tick the things you can do in English, Ica alk tout my language abit. can tlk about education | can ask and answer detaled questions about the present and the past. | can understand an aticle which ‘exoresses a specific point of view. | can use short questions to keep @ conversation going effectively. b) What do you need to study again? See o0-R0M {YEE ©2 Time for a change Vocabulary expressing frequency Grammar present and past habits, j repeated actions and states Review keeping 3 conversation ' going: present and past verb forms QUICK REVIEW #¢@ ‘Work in pairs. Take turns to tell each other what you did last weekend. ‘Ask each other short questions and try to keep each conversation going for two minutes. A/ went camping. B Did you? What was it like? Reading, Listening and Grammar 4a) Read part of a web page on health, Try to fill in gaps 1-4 with these percentages. Many people are confused and 25% 33% 50% 70% ‘worriad about somthing that shouldbe one of i's greatest ) Work in pairs. Compare answers. Then check. pleasures ~ eating. recent survey on p59. done in the USA has shown that: 6) Do you think a similar survey done in your 1 ____ of aut are confused country would produce the same results? by reports giving dietary advice. eee 2. believe that heathy eating GQ A) Look at the photos of Cassy and Ted, two tients Vaan fae bey ata > feel guilty when they eat people who took part in the survey. Who do you think says sentences 1-3 and who do you think food they enjoy. says sentences 4-62 +e want the goverment + Every day when I get home from work, Pll have to advise them on what sot of food a coffee and half a packet of chocolate cookies. ‘they should or shouldn't eat. 2. Lknow what I like and T eat what 1 like. 3 My moms always telling me what | should and shouldn't eat, 4 But when I was a teenager I'd get up in the ‘morning and go straight to the cookie jar: 5. Lused to be addicted to chocolate chip cookies = my mom used to hide them from me. 6 And then I read a lot of books about health and nutrition, and I knew I had to change. b) [82 Listen and check. Tick the sentences in 2a) when you hear them. ¢) Listen again. Answer these questions. + What does Cassy say about French and American eating habits? Has Cassy’ attitude to food ever changed? Who is healthier, Cassy or her mother? Does Ted ever eat things that are unhealthy? Why does he check food labels all the time? ‘What does he say about Japanese and American cating habits? 4) Work in pairs. Compare answers. Whose attitude to food is most like yours, Cassy’ or Ted8?6 Help with Grammar 600 oo a) Look at the verb forms in bold in sentences 1-3 in 2a). Complete these rules with Present Simple, ‘will + infinitive or Present Continuous. © Weuse the, to talk about present habits, repeated actions and states: © Weoften use the... with always to talk about present habits and repeated actions that annoy us or happen more than usual We can use to talk about repeated ‘and typical behaviour inthe present. We dont usually use this verb form with state verbs for this ‘meaning b) Look at these sentences. Which talks about repeated and typical behaviour? Which talks about a future action? 1, Sometimes Ml eat things 1 know are unhealthy 2 Tonight I'l probably have a burger. ©) Look at the verb forms in bold in sentences 4-6 in 2a). Complete these rules with Past Simple, would + infinitive or used to + infinitive. We nse the _ a) talk about past habits, repeated actions and states. We can use to talk about past habits and repeated actions. We dont usually use this verb form with state verbs. U0, & We dont use used to or would + infinitive for something that only happened once: In 2008 1 gave up smoking. not -2003-Fused to-gve up-sioking @) Check in {7 | pie. Look at these sentences. Are both verb forms possible? If not, choose the correct one. 1 Last night I'd have/(GaDtwo burgers for dinner and used to fel/ feta bit sick afterwards. 2 Trarely drink coffee now, but at one time i’ be/ ‘used to be my favourite drink 3. I seldom pay attention to government reports about food because they'd change/they re alvays changing their advice. 4 Iwaléft wa to work just forthe exercise and | frequently go/em going to the gym. 5 Occasionally /eati/eat vegetables, but only because I'l knowl now they're good for me. 6 always worm always worying about my diet 7 Once fused te try tried not adding salt ro my food casted awfull 8 When I was younger, ait set lite/ wouldn't lke cofee 2A Vocabulary and Grammar 4) Read about Ted’ parents, George and Kath. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Sometimes there is more a than one possible answer. Before we * got. (get) ‘married, Kath and 12 (live) in Boston, Then in 1996 we',....... (move) to New York, where we‘. (have) a small apartment, Back then more often than not we... (Stay) at home in the evening because we€...... (not have) much money. Ted says that 17__.. (always go on) about how poor we... (be) then, but its true. For example, every so often we?........ (buy) Ted a burger asa treat, but Kath and 1... (never eat) out. But now that we" (have) more money we ®........ (go) to restaurants quite @ lot. In fact, most weeks we = (cat) outat least wwice. Most of the time we x4 (go) to local restaurants, but once in a while (rive) up to Boston and go to one of our _ (love) (think) (always George favourite restaurants there. I really Boston and every now and again 1” about moving back there, but Kath tel) me thats unrealistic. bb) Work in pairs. Compare answers. Vocabulary Expressing frequency 2) Put the words/phrases in bold in 4 and 6a) into these groups. Check in {775} p116. lower frequency rarely higher frequency frequently ») Write four true and four false sentences about your ‘eating habits. Use words/phrases from 68). ) Work in pairs, Tell each other your sentences. Guess which of your partner’ sentences are true Posy eeely yeleetenil Make notes on the differences between your life five ‘years ago and your life now. Use these ideas or your own. «sleeping habits work or study free time activities taste in musiefilms! time with friends TV programmes places you have lived annoying habits and family sport and exercise }. a) Work in groups, Discuss how your life now is different from your life five years ago. Use language from 3, b) Tell the class about the person whose life has changed the most @528 Life’s different here =| Sve chenres Review present and past habits QUICK REVIEW ee Write three sentences about your friends’ present and past habits or routines. Workin pairs. Take turns to tell your partner about your friends. Ask follow-up questions if possible. ‘Are any of your friends similar? A My friend Maria's always complaining about her job. B Really? Why's that? Vocabulary Feelings and opinions a) Look at the adjectives in bold. Then choose. the correct prepositions. Check in £7 p116. 1 Tm temified forA@Plying, 2 I'm fascinated by/for other cultures. 3 L always get excited of/about travelling to new places. 4 I'm usually satisfied for/with the service I get on planes, 5 I'm shocked by/with how little some people know about my country. 6 I was quite disappointed in/of the last place I went to on holiday. Sy 7 Iwas impressed offby the facilities at the last hotel I stayed in. f; b mn d adi estraen Letter from abroa in my country by Peter Taylor 9 My country is famous for/about its historical buildings. 10 I'm very fond of/with spicy food. 11 P'm not sure about/for the need for so many security checks at airports. 412 I'm sick offat the weather we've been having Tve always been fascinated by Mexico, even as a child, So 1 was excited about coming here from Canada asa foreign corespondent, and since [arrived I havent been diseppointed in anything. Its such a wonderful county full of colours, sounds and smells tht are so diferent from those aes e back home, Before I came here, dread thet b) Tick the sentences in 1) that are true for you. Merion hada much slower ace o if thn Canad - but soon realised they weren't talking about Mexico Cty. Weking up early a ie ead ee ane enough fo avoid the 7 aan. to If pan. rush hour wasn't easy at fist, x —— butnow "Pm used fo getting up at 5 asm. every day, Carmeaainng) “Really? When was the [fis arrived I was absolutely trill of beng ina car. This sa ty ( esti you fewt ) of 20 million people and it fees lke they're ll on the road at the 7 — same time. But dont get me wrong fm relly impressed with the way Reading and Grammar Mexicans dive they're amazing. And of course there are rules ofthe " ni . ‘oad - it just takes a while for 3a foreigner to get used to them. © Lok a he photo, Which ety do you think For example, Ive leaned to ignore talc ighs. For months I this is? Why? ‘annoyed every traffic cop in Mexico City by stopping at red lights while they were desperately trying to keep the trafic moving, Also L wasn’t used to people driving so close fo me, Infact you cant get a Mexican tortilla between one car and another! ‘a foreign correspondent the rash hour ‘Yes, driving in Mexien City is educational and exciting - and it's ignore atortila a pedéstrian certainly a lot Jess dangerous than walking! | have to admit that 51 still haven't got used to being a pedestrian here. Can you {imagine how dificult it isto cross the rad inthis city? Pll never get used te doing that! b) Check these words/phrases with your teacher or ina dictionary. ) Read the article, What does the writer think is the hardest thing to deal with in this city? i And 2 for diving her, 'm slowly getting used o it - but when } ifoo | 4) Read the article again. What does Peter Taylor say about these things? 2) his job 64 tral lights 5) the rash hour othe distance between cars 6) Mexican drivers) walking in the city ) Work in groups. Discuss these questions. 1. How does the traffic in Mexico City compare to the traffic im the capital city of your country? 2 Do you drive in cities very often? Ifso, do you enjoy it? Why2/Why not? 3 Have you ever driven in a foreign country? If so, where? What was it like? F Frin-Iceland Help with Grammar eG ) Look at the photos of Peter’s colleagues and the places uy eee where they work. Then fil in the gaps with the correct a ok at phrase I in the article. Answer positive or negative form of be used to or get used to these questions, Sometimes there is more than one possible answer. 1 Did Peter find it difficult to get up at 51 “ainotneslin atthe ca = like its rude to blow 5am. when he first arrived in Mexico? soared nae eee eeeegg eee eeeeee eee 2 Isit difficult for him now? 2 Ttwas hard We Used fo _ just eating rice for breakfast b) Look at phrases 1 and 2 in the article. Complete 3 1a am aed #- sleeping in daylight, so | find it diffieult these rales with get used to and be used 10. in the summer when it never gets dark. mts obtingae «ugha gE an gp are familiar an longer strange or difficult —it has these-alphabere. 1 ee 5 The summers here arent very warm and I aylaas.tdeedl 18- temperatures of about 30°C in the summer. + Weuse 10 talk about things that 6 Vaud ive pA UKd finding my way around new places using become familiar, less strange or less difficult 4 mép, bit I cant read the mape here. over a period of time, ) Work in pairs. Compare answers. Who said the ©) Look at phrases 16 in the article. Choose eae the correct words/phrases in these rules. Seatenees MAGN, Maret errs Afier be used to and get used ta we use G@ 4) Make four sentences about your family using be used to the infnitve/verb+ing or get used to. After be used to and get used io we can/can't bb) Work in pairs. Compare answers, Are any the same? Use 2 noun or a pronoun. 4) Match phrases 1~6 in the article to these forms of be used to or get used t. ) Present Simple 1 © Waite five ofthese things on a piece of paper. Don't $) Present Continuous write them in this order. oo something that ou Si Wihennaiaie are used to doing during the week 7 afi in don't think youll ever get used to will have to get used to in the future €) What is the difference in meaning between ‘would find it impossible to get used to werent used to doing at one time, but you are now are getting used to at the moment these two sentences? 1 Jused to live in Mexico City. 2. mused to living in Mexico City. Checkin p1a7. ‘) Work in pairs. Swap papers, Take turns to ask your partner about the things he/she has written. ‘Ask follow-up questions if possible. 1) Tell the class two things you found out sbout your Listen and practise. partner. 'm ised to Ijurstal gétting tip at § ash every day. =QUICK REVIEW ¢0 6 Write three true and three false sentences about yourself using these adjectives: terrified: fascinated, excited; disappointed; ‘fond: sick, Work in pairs. Swap papers. Guess ‘which of your partner's sentences are true, ‘Ask follow-up questions about the ones that are true: Why are you so terrified of spiders? Reading and Vocabulary OF Work in pars, Diseuss these questions. 1, How do you remember appointments, things you need to buy, peoples birthdays, etc? 2 Do you usually do everything you plan to do each day? If not, why not? G@ al check these words with your teacher or ina dictionary. aprarity an interption procrstinate dread b) Read the article about how to manage ‘your time efficiently: Match headings a)-i) to tips 1-9. 4) Make lists tip 2. b) Listen to your body clock. , ¢) Find out how long things take 7 4) Choose your priorities «) Leam to say no 5 4) Combine several activities &. 4 Don’ procrastinate hy Allow time for mistakes 3 ') Dont aim to be perfect .. ¢) Read the article again. In what way can you: 1 help your memory? 2 prioritise? 3 be sure of what you can achieve in a certain time? 4 avoid doing things that others should do? 5 approach a job that you don't want to do? ) Workin groups. Discuss these questions. 41 Which of the tips surprised you? Why? 2 Which do you already do? 3 Which would you like to try? Why? 4 Which dont you think would be useful? Why not? ec Managing my time greatly, depending on the lime of day. There ae moring people and those who work better in the afternoon or evening. Therefore try to do things ata time of day to suit the type of person you are. | Timely tips rte Vocabulary word building (1: sutives Skills Reading: Timely tips; Listening Saving time Help with Listening linking (1): consonant-vovel links; linking t/ sounds Review feelings and opinions 1. Dort rly on your 7 Puting twice as . memory alone. pe un much effort ( T35285000 } Witea'to do! | into a task may list for each day, © Pi" C~*** only achieve a CO preferably the | @ Lenk improvement i right before or —@ Siqres and perfection is unattainable. | | frst thing inthe i So dont be too critical of = | morning. 6 hm yoursel and arn to recognise | : ‘when enough is enough. } eerie crderto do Otherwise youl ust be wasting | | things. You can use colours, faba ne i | _rumbers or letters to signa wich i things on your stare the most i urgent or important: f there's @ ceadine, write donn the dete you on reed to finish the task by. fi 3. Things dont always go B | according to pan. Experts i | suggest hat mistakes and A interruptions wil tke up 50% ofthe time you have avaible. This may mean you have to I reconsider the number of tings A Sov ha orignal hoped tao,” ® OM. me | ‘A. When you do routine tasks, time your test whie youre traveling | yourset doing them. This alows onthe bs, or ust mentaly rin /____.you.to plan your time more through things you'e trying to | | Tealstcally. lear hie youre nthe shower © 5 you are 9 When there's a job you really realy NOM AFRAID ) "dead doing, dont keep puting | convinced it ff Make thoes in it by that what you breaking itinto smaller tasks. Do. | 7 have todo is essential, them one ata time and set a | twill be easier to say no time iit. Ths is to things that you are not caled te ‘Smss responsible for and to peorle cheese Li who make unexpected demands method’ -. & ‘on your time. Remember, saying = et fl no isn't always a Weakness. . ‘ 6 People's energy levels differ f—_— [rote wth Wocaboiay 95 wees @ a) Work in pairs. Complete the table with the ‘words in bold in the article. verb | noun | adjecti prefer | preference | preferable ¥ deci isive | ovate | orgrely | eee — Team | veal reality t real A comince | conviction | ena | =| responsibilty if ole respensivy | ‘weaken | freak i ‘weakly | improve | 8 Feed improves = i lik crtiealy jon | recognisable) recognisably b) Look at the table again. Do we use these suffixes for verbs (V), nouns (N), adjectives (ADJ) or adverbs (ADV)? ence N -able ADJ ly ion ive -ate “ity al ism ic ally -ed ing -ilty ible -en -ness -ment ise ©) Look at the verbs in the table. Which verbs | change their spelling when a suffix is added? decide +9 decision d) Check in £7 p16. } a) (25 Co Listen and practise. Notice how the stress changes. prefér préference préferable préferably 'b) Work in pairs, Take turns to test your partner on the word families in 3). mpm) (‘manmai Cores) (epee Listening Listen to Nancy and Jake. ‘Which three time management tips from the article does each person talk about? Write their names next to the headings in 2b). Which tip do they both talk about? © o ~ 2C Vocabulary and Skills a) £27 Listen again, Tick the true sentences. Correct, the false ones. 1 Nancy didn't use to buy all the food at one time. 7 2. She uses her computer to make lists. 7 3 She still tries to make the perfect sandwich. 4 Jake found all of the time management course helpful F 5 He doesn't like the idea of multitasking 7 6 He agrees that you shouldnt aim for perfection. 7 ) Work in pairs. Compare answers. ‘We usually link words that end in a consonant sound with words that start with a vowel sound, In Eitsh English, | ‘when a word ends in ror -e, we only sy the /t! sound ‘when the next word begins with a vowel sound. 2) { 327 Listen to these words/phrases. Notice the linking /r’ sounds. 1 later later,,,on more -—more,,,often 2 far far,paway 5 another another.,,bour | 3 better betier,,,idea 6 sure sure,,about b) (72) Listen again to the beginning of what Nancy says. Notice the consonant-vowel links and linking fl. | ve been running a sandwich delivery service in the | centre, of the city fo, Ove, ,.8 year. When J first started} | wasted loads of time because | wasn't at all organised. | ) Work in pairs. Look at what Nancy says next, Draw | the consonant-vowel links and linking /t/sounds. | After I'd started making the sandwiches I'd realise that]! hadn't got everything I needed for all the different | fillings. That meant I'd have to spend another hour in the supermarket or even a couple of hours sometimes! 4) Look at R2.4, p14, Check your answers. €) | Listen again and read what Nancy says. Notice the linking, } Look at p11, Follow the instructions.D | see your point : QUICK REVIEW ¢¢@ \Wrte three verbs that can be made into nouns, adjectives and adverbs. Work in pairs. Swap papers with your partner. Take turns to tell your partner what the nouns, adjectives and adverbs are for each verb. © Workin groups, Discuss these questions, 1 Were your patents strict about food and meal times when you ‘were a child? Ifo, in what way? 2 What kind of things do children eat these days? What don't they eat? G A took at the photo. Where are the people? What are they doing? b) ~ Listen to James (Jenny's father), Hazel (Harriet’s mother) and Lily (Liam grandmother) talking about children’s eating ‘habits. Answer these questions. +. Who thinks that parents should be strict about children’s cating habits? L 2 Who doesn't agree with being strict? } 3. Who doesn't have a strong opinion on the subject? J c) Work in pairs. Fill in the gaps with James, Lily or Hazel. 1 _X...is having trouble persuading his/her child to eat 2 _# believes the way to encourage children to eat is to make meal times fun, 3 #: and. don't let their children help them prepare food. 4 and _ #. agree that letting children help you cook slows things down. s _/ ‘and __ [agree its important that boys learn to cook. €) Listen again. Check your answers. Real World discussion language (1): agreeing and disagreeing politely Help with Fluency linking (1): consonant-vowel links inking /r/ sounds Review word building (1): suffixes 8) Look at these sentences. Are they ‘ways of agreeing (A) or disagreeing (D)? 1 Idonit know about that. D 2 1 cant really see the point of forcing kids to eat). 3. Oh, do you think so? 4 see what you mean. 5 Oh, L wouldn't say that. f 6 see your point 7 I suppose that’ true, actually 8 You might be right there. 4 3. That’ a good point 10 Well, I'm still not convinced. 11 Well, I can’t argue with that. A- 2 Tsuppace you got pin there We often follow an agreement phrase with but to challenge the other person's opinion: [see what you mean, Iout I hin it much beter to let them eat when they want. 1) Cheek inf) plz.@ | | 6 ¢é a) Fill in the gaps inthis conversation between James, Hazel and Lily with words from 33. 1 tink children under eight should go to bed a seven, AP you think 39? Why not let them go to bed when they've tired? } dont? about... Kids never admit they're tired 4 Theta? Yes, think seven o'clock is @ good bedtime forall young kids. 3 Yout..be...__ there H Well, 15... really the _.. of forcing kids to go to bed. 4} But if you dont, parents never, hhave any time on their own. 1 18... what you H Well, 'm7__ not. my kids were ail in bed at seven, Ved never see them, 1 But if they're up late they get bad-tempered, J Yes, you can't b) (92) Listen and check. Who do you agree with most? vith Help with Fluency nerd Wea ot finKsea at a) (757 Look at R2.7, p45 Listen again and notice the linking. b) © Work in groups of three, Practise the conversation in R27, ; 145, Take turns to be James, Hazel and Lily. Try to use natural linking and rhythm. 4) Look at these sentences. Think of at least two reasons why you agree or disagree with them. 1 TV makes children violent. 2. Children under ten shouldnt be allowed to have mobile phones. 3 Friends give the best advice. 4 20's good age to get married ) Work in groups. Diseuss the sentences in 62) SaaceS SESE EISSESESESESEEaOaaaS } Look at the song | Complicated on p02. Follow | the instructions. 2 REVIEW anuege summary 2, p16 © 2#) Look at the underlined phrases. Tick the correct phrases. ‘Change the incorrect ones. 1 I used to go out with friends last night. 2 Tmusually waking up at 7 a.m. 3. Pd have pets when I was a child. 4 Occasionally Tl stay in at the weekends, but I normally s0.0 5 Tmalways lose things I didnt use to watch as much TV as Ido now. 'b) Make sentences 1-6 in 1a) true for you. I didn't go out with friends last night. ) Work in pais. Tell your partner your sentences. Work in pairs. Find four things that you have in common. Use these words/phrases. {17 rarely more often than not seldom once in a while ‘occasionally most weeks frequently every now and again 4) Fill in the gaps with a preposition. | 1 Tm excited ._____ moving house. 2 Vm afraid were not satisfied nom the service 3 Tn not aware any problems. 4 Wete very fond... dogs. 5 He was disappointed his results. 66 Tim impressed .... the food. 7 Tm sick .___. waiting for her. 8 They're not sure the colour. 9 Jon$ famous... being late 10 Tm shocked the price of houses 17 She's terrified the dark. 12 He always been fascinated magic tricks. b) Work in pairs. Compare answers. Progress Portfolio oe 4) Use phrases 1-7 to write sentences about your friends. is getting used to will never get used to has got used to is used to will have to get used to never got used to tock along time to get used to b) Work in pairs. Tell each other your sentences. Ask follow-up ‘questions if possible G a Workin pairs. Student A, look at the words in ist. Write all the words in each ‘word family and mark the stress on each word. Student B, do the same for list B. A B responsible preferably itis recognition originally weakness improve decide ») Swap papers with your partner. Do you agree with your partners answers? ¢} Take turns to make sentences with one word from each word family’ on your partner’ paper. 4) Tick the things you can do in English | can talk about the frequency of Present and past habits and states | can express my feelings and opinions about everyday situation. 4 can talk about adapting to strange or aficut situations. |can understand an article giving advice. | can agree and disagree potty with others and explain wy. bb) What do you need to study again? CRED @QUICK REVIEW eee ‘What is your opi Vocabulary Types of crime, criminals and crime verbs © A Tick the crimes you know. Check in {4} p118. rbbery theft birglary rigging shoplifting ssrmiggling kidnapping fraud bribery misder Sson Vandalism IGoting. terrorism b) Write the criminals and the verbs for the crimes in 1a) if possible, Check in {77 plis. robbery -> robber, 1ob ¢} Work in groups. Discuss these questions. 1+. Which of the crimes in ta) do you think are: very serious, quite serious, not very serious? 2 Which crimes are common in your country? Which aren't very common? 3. Have you, or has anyone you know, been a victim of ‘rime? Ifso, what happened? Reading and Grammar Da} Read the questionnaire. Choose the best answers for you 1) Work in pairs. Compare answers, Check on 159. How honest are you and your partner? 3 It’s against the law 3A’ Honesty n of these things: computer games; designer clothes; ‘graffiti; mobile phones; reality TV? Work in paits. Take turns to give your opinions. Agree or disagree with your partner and give your reasons. Vocabulary types of cime, criminals and crime verbs Grammar second conditional alternatives for if Review agreeing and disagreeing politely VP i if someone asked you if you were honest, you'd probably say yes, But are you reclly as honest as you think? Answer these ‘questions and find out! 1 Imagine you found some library books thal were due back eight ‘months ago, would you retum them® ) I'd take the books back i! didn't have te poy a fine, b) No way. I'd probably try to sell hom. | ¢} I'd foke them back, evenif had 0 poy a fine. 2. Suppose « cosh machine gave you twice as much money as you cexked for, would you keep iI? ‘o} Yes, would. Ifthe bank found ‘out, | could say I didn't count i b) No, | wouldn't That would be thett | if really needed if, | might keep it. 3 Imagine you saw a ten-year-old boy shopitting, would you fella socutity guard® Listen again and check. Were your versions of the story correct? Vocabulary crime and punishment Grammar third conditional Help with Listening third conéitional Review types of crime, criminals and crime verbs 4) Fill inthe gaps in sentences 1-5 with these words, Which stories are these sentences from? rote trovble un over alarm 1 If the woman had shot the men, she'd have been in serious 2 Ifthe men hadn't away, she could have killed them. 3 Lwouldnit have been too happy if the 4 If it had been me, I might have let a.....on the car. 5 ‘What would the of the car have done if he'd seen im? b) Work in groups. Discuss these questions. 1 Is gum crime a big problem in your country? 2 Are ordinary people allowed to own guns in your country? Do you think they should? Why?/Why not? Help with Grammar» G 4) Look at sentence 1 in 4a). Answer these questions. Then choose the correct words in the rule. 1 Did the woman shoot the men? 2 Did she get into serious trouble? We use the third conditional to talk about realimaginary situations in the present/pat. b) Look again at sentence 1 in a). Which verb form is in the if clause? Which verb form is in the main clause? ¢} Look at sentences 2-5 in 4a). Answer these questions. + Which modal verbs can we use in the main clause to mean ‘would perhaps”? 2 Is theif clause always first in the sentence? 3 How do we make questions in the third conditional? @) Checkin pla ‘had woken me up,oO» | Hip wih Listening’ Listen to these sentences, Notice the contractions (Pa, youd, etc.) and the weak forms of have and had. 1 fT known about it, 'd have /av/ come 2 If you'd told me, I could have /av/ helped you. i 3 She wouldn’ have /ov/ been upset if you'd called her. 4. If Fred had fod/ studied harder, he might have /a passed. b) (7! Listen and write five sentences. You will hear each sentence twice. j Listen and practise. Copy the contractions and weak forms. | wciulen’t have /av/ mét her. - If hadn't géne to the party, Iwculdn’t hhave fav! mt her 4) Read about Jims terrible evening, Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the verbs in brackets, 1 It might have been, (might be) beter if} (take) the bus to Juliets party lastnight. 2 Mary (tel) me she was going, 1 ot (Could ask) her fora lit. a1 (not park) in the street if (know) there were car thieves in the area sat (not leave) my car unlocked, the thieves (might not steal) it 5 Mary (not give) me a lift home, I don't know where | (stay). © My parents (be) very worried if (not come) home lastnight b) Work in pairs. Compare answers. What happened to Jim last night? How did he get home? — 3B Vocabulary and Grammar a) Read about an unsuccessful robbery. Answer the questions, Jn 2005 two men tried to rob a gas station in Poulsbo, Washington. They told the salesgirl to put all the money | - fiom the cash register into @ bag, but they didn’t realise that there were only eight dollars init, They drove away with the money, but soon got lost because they weren’t from that town and they didn’t have a map. They finally drove into a gas station to get directions, Unfortunately for them they'd driven back into the same gas station. The salesgirl bad called the police, who were interviewing her when the robbers retumed, 1. How much money did the robbers steal? 2 Why did they get lost? 3. Where did they end up? 4 Why had they gone there? '5 What do you think happened to the robbers? b) Look at the text in $a) again. Write four sentences about things that would, could or right have happened if things had happened differently. Ifthe salesgirt hadn't opened the cash register, the robbers might have hurt her, ) Work in pairs. Compare sentences. Are your partner’ sentences correct? @ 4) Make notes on six interesting things that have happened in your life. Write them in the order they happened. 1998 passed my medical exams 2002 met Pedro at my cousin's wedding b) Make third conditionals to describe how life would have been diferent if these things hadn't happened. fd failed my medical exams, {might have become a teacher. CO) 4) Work in pairs. Take tus to tell each other about the things you wrote in 108), Ask fllow-up questions if possible. 1) Tell the class two interesting things about your partner’ past. @-3C_ Identity theft QUICK REVIEW Think of one yesterday. Decid things. Work in pai Reading and Vocabulary ‘Work in groups. Discuss these questions. 1, How many things do you carry ‘with you that have personal information on them? 2 Do youever use your creditcard | Help with Vocabulary." in] ire at ens con the Internet? If so, what for? 3. Do you know anyone whose credit card has been stolen? If so, what happened? a) Work in pairs. What do you know about identity theit? b) Compare ideas with the whole class. () Read the advert for a law firm. How many of the things you dliscussed are in the advert? 4) Work in the same pai. Compare answers. eee he pose (Ope identty theft onus every six minutes ‘The criminal doesnt necesarly take money from your bank aocount and noone tals your wallet or burgles your hous, And you ‘know nothing abou it uni you eta ered card statement showing you have bought a eras been to Tait or spent 1,000 on a ere suit You certainly did't apply tothe tank fr anew acoount, but you've got one anu someone's been wting bad cheques in your name. This can add up to thousands of pounds, which you havet gt. Who do + you complain to and what exactly do you ‘been buying things in your name and le you ‘with the bill anda very poor cedt ating ~ that you did: last year; last month; last weekend; hat would have happened if you hadn't done these ‘Take tums to tell each other your sentences: started university last year, If hadn't, might have gota job in a bookshop. © Bea the advert again. Find answers to these questions. Vocabulary verbs and prepositions Skills Reading: Protect your identity: Ustening:A lawyer-client meeting Help with Listening weak forms Review third conditional + How might you find out that you're a vietim of identity theft? 2 Why has it become easier over the years to steal someone's identity? 3) What information can someone get about another person from the Internet? 4 How can Cabott & Spencer help prevent identity theft from happening? eeoanen Bee ‘complain about? Someone you don't know has lawyers. @ a) Look at the verbs in pink in the correct prepositions. 1 spend sth .. shysth 2 insist. sth 3 explain sth... b) Look at the verbs in 4a) again. Which have an object before the preposition? ¢} Look at the verbs in blue in the correct prepositions. 4 apply coon SbIStH none sth 4 shout sb sih 2 complain... sb.-sb/sth_$_ apologise Sin sth Stalk sb Shit 6 depend cnr SISA nnenn Sth | ) Check in (REY pls. } tity, aM. but who's going to believe you? You could {ngs on talking tothe police about i, but even ifyou manage to explain the problem to thom, they usually aren't interested unt they came to question you about crime you haver!t committed, You contact the bank and creditcard companies daily, and end up shouting at everyone for not sorting it out. ‘They apologise to you forthe stress you mast be experiencing then tel you not to worry about it~ ther fand department's ooking into ‘it. Meanwhile you have to cope with more bills and more threatening leters from company article. Fill in the gaps with the 4 WOTTY enn Sbisth | 5 cope. Sbsth | | 6 provide sb... sth | article, Fill in the gaps with the In today’s worlé we depend on credit cards for everything, We buy things onthe Internet ot cover the phone and haprily give our eredit card details. And we ely onthe banks and credit cad companies to safeguard our sccounts from fraud But just how easy is it to steal someone's identity? Easier than you right think! The traditional way is to ste cr make a copy of someones creditcard, ving licence, ot. However, have days Inundreds of databases exist online with etiled information about your persona if ‘rious companies can provide other people ‘with your address, professional history, bank account details and so on, There's even software that will pve people acess to your © personal deta within minutes, “a ma Cure Cons wen Beeé 4) Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the pre 1 2 0 ? 3C Vocabulary and Skills verbs in brackets and the correct positions. Have you applied. for, any store cards recently? (apply). Do you usually paying ‘when you and a friend go out for a meal? (insist) What do you most? worry) Have you... anyone recently? If so, what did you. a ? (apologise) Listening Which person in your life do you ; ; most? (depend) a) (555 Listen to Bonnie Meads conversation with her lawyer. How do you usually a ‘ick the things that she talks about people who annoy you? (cope) + legal advice « how the problem started ‘What do you most like .......... money her friends’ reaction «how her identity was stolen * 2 (spend) © her parents’ reaction ¢ how much money is involved * ‘When was the last time you .... * her work situation «how she’ tried to deal with the problem peti cee bb) Listen again. Answer these questions. Has anyone .. ve voce You this ‘Who has been sympathetic to Bonnie's problems? ‘Why did she have to take time off work? How did she first find out that something was wrong? 1 ‘week? (shout) 2 3 4 What happened when she went to the police? 5 6 ‘When was the last time someone had to nn Something -.°.. you more than once? (explain) : ‘What happened when she told the bank to close the new accounts? 19 Who do you ns. 00 the phone \What problem was there when she called the mobile phone company? regularly? (tall) 12 What kind of information do people RRR TENTED have to their bank js! when | Helo wit listening” Sosaeseasoneee they open an apcamnt? (pravide) © a Work in pairs. How do you say the strong and weak forms 1) Work in pairs. Take tums to ask and of these words? answer the questions in 58) Ask follow-up questions if possible. can was were has have are do. you at. for ‘At Cabot & Spencer we offer comprehensive identity thf protection. We wil check al the information held about you on the internet every inquiries about your credit details, opened a ew bi change your adress, we will contact you immediatly. Then you can act quickly before you getanuge bill, a bad credit rating ~ oF even end up in prison, of to from as and that some a the your 'b) (/20) Listen and check. The strong form of each word is said first. Notice the schwa /a/ in the weak forms. ©) Work in pairs. Look at the first part of Bonnie's conversation ‘with the lawyer. Which words do we hear as weak forms? tawren Good afternoon, Ms Mead. Come in@aDtake@seat. Firstly Td like to say how sorry am that this has happened. BONNIE Wel, thank you for seeing me so quickly I've been trying to get some legal advice for ages, but I was getting nowhere day. If we find that anyone has made yank account in your name or tried to | | | wawyer Glad I can be of help. @) Look at R3.5, p145. Check your answers 6) {1 Listen to and read the conversation again. Notice how the weak forms and sentence stress give English its natural rhythm. Work in groups of four. Student A - pl05. Student B -) p108. Student C > 110. Student D -> p11]. Follow the instructions.\ 3D) Do you need any help? : Real World making, refusing and accepting offers i Help with Fluency sentence stress and weak forms (1) Review verbs and j QUICK REVIEW White four verbs that are often followed by prepositions. Dont write the prepositions, arn ats. Sap paar Tt tus to ae sentence th each of your partes ‘vetbs and a preposition. Are your partner's prepositions correct? Prepositions @ a) (EEF Listen to Bonnie talking to her sister, Helen. @© Workin groups, Discuss these questions Put these topics in the order they are first talled about 1 Ifyou have a problem, who do you usually ask for help? «a trip to Paris «a threatening letter 1 2 When was the last time you offered to help someone? « Bonnie’ filing system ¢ Bonnie's meeting with i ‘What was the problem? Did che person accept your Helen’ children the lawyer ; help? b) Listen again. Make notes on the topics in 2a). ©) Work in pairs, Compare notes. Which topics did you both make notes on? | Beal Weld e a) Fill in the gaps with the words in the boxes. making offers Moot What Let ike don't help "Would. you like me to (come round)? 2th. me (gether tng for you). | Would it if Gorted tout for youye | Why «08.41 (look ater the kids)? i yak a bed up for you). you. 0 ¢(VnG7___ if | (picked the kids up from school)? | refusing offers | ie I better manage eailer offering Nas bg 4 i No, thanks. fsa. phone them myself 1 9 No, don't worry. 14 be 8.4 if (| brought the Kids back here). No, that’s OK. I can ®. bbe mind dint could ‘re you sue you wouldn't "esau? Tanks. That'd... a great help. Well, it'd be wonderf if you #1 A long 2s yOU Man l non nd, b) Look at the sentences in 3a) again. Which verb forms follow these phrases: Let me... , Would it help if... , Why dont... , What if... , thanks for... ,Pa better... and It'd be easier if... ? ©) Check in (3/58 pl19. [pratenseons Listen and practise. Copy the stress and polite intonation, Would you tke me to céme rund? 4) Bonnie is moving house and Helen’ husband, Nigel, offers to help. Work in pairs. Write conversations using these prompts. Use language from 3). 1 NN /like me f help / move tomorrow? Would you like me to help you ‘move tomorrow? 8 / sure / not / mind? N No, of course not 8 Thanks, That / great help. Nv Why /1 come over this evening and help you pack? It/ wonderful / could Let help / pack those files No, / worry 1/ better do those myself N Well, what if/ carry / these heavy things downstairs for you? 8 /long / you / mind N Not at al. Then 1/ pack up the ‘computer and printer, if like. 3 No,/ OK. It/easy/1/ sort / those out. b) EEE) Listen and check. Help with Fluency: Carey ene a) £55) Look at R3.9, pl46. | Listen again and notice the sentence stress and weak forms. { b) £2 Work in pairs. Practise | the conversations in R3.9, p46 { ‘until you can remember them. | Then elose your book and have the conversations again. Try to ‘use natural sentence stress and | ‘weak forms, ‘Work in pairs. Student A - pl06. Student B -} p109. Follow the instructions. 3 Review @© arindten crimes. TBURGLARYM EMTHETRVBM RUWLLHSALU RRFOOEONTG SDROTFNDMG PEATCTEAPI QRUIKMULDN KIDNAPPING ZLEGFRASVH BRIBERYMSX b) Work in pairs. Write the criminals and the verbs for the crimes in 1a) if possible. €) Write second conditionals, using these prompts, 1 Alfyou / see / some people robbing a shop, what / you do? 8 As long as the robbers / cant / see me, I call the police. 2. A Suppose you / can / work for any company in the world, which / you choose? 8 1/ like to work for H&M provided 1/can / have free clothes 3 Almagine you / have / the chance to learn a new skil, what /it be? BIf1/ can/ afford it, 1/ learn to fy. 4A Supposing you / be /a Journalist, who / you most Tike / interview? 8 1/like / interview Prince William providing I/ can / ask him anything ) Work in pairs. Compare answers. Then ask each other the questions. Answer for you. Choose the correct verbs." 1 arresttake somebody for acrime acquit/commit a crime findifine somebody (£500) send/acquit somebody to prison take/charge somebody with 6 find/convict somebody guilty 7 give/commit evidence 8 give/take somebody to court Language Summary 3, pt18 ©} Correct the mistakes in these third conditionals. + It might be better if you'd left yesterday. 2 Ifyou would flown last Monday, it would have been much cheaper, 3 If you'd asked sooner, I can have helped, 4 What you have done last night iffshe hadn't given you a lift? 5 T wouldn't come if you hadn't asked me. G 4 choose the correct preposition ‘When was the last time you 1 applied for/to a new passport? 2 talked about/to your job? 3 insisted to/on speaking to the manager? 4 worried fofsbout travelling? 5 apologised for/at being late? 6 spent a lot of money to/on ‘a present? 7 shouted on/at somebody? 8 provided somebody forwith your bank details? 9 complained tofabout something? b) Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions in 2). Ask follow-up questions. PRS EOL UY Ea) Tick the things you can do in English. | can talk about crime and punishment. | ca talkin detail about imaginary situations inthe present and future, | can talkin detail about imaginary situations inthe past. | can understand a text about problems in everyday ite. | can make, refuse and accept ofers politely. 1) What do you need to study again? ae) @4A Urban legends QUICK REVIEW eee \Work in pairs, Student A is organising a party. Student B is moving house. Take turns to offer to help your partner: A Would you like ‘me to help you pack up the kitchen? Decide whether to refuse or accept your partner's offers: B No, don’t worry, can manage. Vocabulary Phrasal verbs (1) © a Woricin pairs. Guess the meaning of the phrasal verbs in bold in these questions. Check in {| p120. 1 Do you always remember to pass on messages to other people? 2 Do you ever make up excuses to avoid doing things you don't want to do? Have you ever been to a party that turned out to be really boring? Has a bomb ever gone off in the capital city of your country? If you saw a man running away from the police, would you ity to stop him? 7 Do you find it easy to work out what's happening when you watch a fli in English? {#8 Do you get nervous just before « plane takes off? 9 Do you know anyone who's been knocked out? How long did it take this person to come round? 'b) Work in pairs. Take turns to ask each other the questions in 1a). Ask follow-up questions if possible. Reading, Listening and Grammar Read the beginning of an article about urban legends. Answer these questions. 1. What is an urban legend? 2 Where can people read urban legends? 3. Are urban legends ever true? 4 Why do people chatige some stories? 3 4 What would you do if you ran over a cat in your street? 5 6 It must be true, I read it on the Sere he Disney, aig oy is it 8 tald again and again, often by people saying that they happened to ‘a friend of a friend’. These days they're often passed on by email or collected together on websites. Most urban legends are stories ‘that people have made up, but not always. A few turn out to be completely true, and others are based on actual events, but have been changed to make them sound more interesting or shocking. For example, have you heard the one about the dead kangaroo, the falling cow or the exploding house? ® 4 Telling stories _@ Vocabulary phrasal verbs (1) Grammar narrative verb forms; Past Perfect Continuous Review making, refusing and accepting offers | 2) Check these words with your teacher or in a dictionary, yacht thecrew rescue sink getridot abug. insécticde 'b) Work in pairs. Look at pictures A-C of famous urban legends. Guess what happened in each story. ©} (7) Listen and check your ideas.@ a) (1) Listen again. Fill in the gaps with one word. ‘THE DEAD KANGAROO STORY 1+ In 1987 the world’ best sailors. were competing in the America Cup yacht off the coast of Fremantle. 2 One day, one of the ‘went for a drive in the outback and accidentally ran over a 3 While the sailor was taking some 1 the kangaroo came round, THE FALLING COW STORY 4 The boat had been sailing in calm waters when fell from the 5. Eventually the pilot of a transport plane told the ‘what had happened. 6 Before they took off from their Siberian airbase, the plane’ had stolen some THE EXPLODING HOUSE STORY 7 A-woman from had been trying to get rd of all the in her home for years. 8 She put all the bug in her house, but unfortunately she hadn't read the 1) Work in pairs. Compare answers. Do you think these stories are true? Look at p159. Check your ideas, | Help with Grammar G 4 Look atthe verb forms in bold in sentences 1-3 in 4a) Then complete these rules with Past Simple or Past Continuous. Weuse the... for completed actions in the past. These tell the main events of the story in the order that they happened, We use the _-----fora longer action that was in progress when another (shorter) action happened. © Wealso use the for background information that isnt part of the main story b) Look at the verb forms in bold in sentences 4-8 in 4a). Are they in the Past Simple, Past Perfect Simple or Past Perfect Continuous? trad been sailing — Past Perfect Continuous ©) Choose the correct words in these rules. ‘We usually use the Past Perfect Simple/Continuous for an action that was completed before another action inthe past. ‘We usually use the Past Perfect Sinple/Continuous for a longer action that started before another action in the past (and often continued up to this past action. ¢) Fill in the gaps with had, 'd, verbsing or past participle. How do we make these verb forms negative? PAST PERFECT SIMPLE PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS subject + had or ..+ subject +____ or d+ been + ®) Check in pli. 6 ’) Listen and practise, Copy the stress and weak forms. The boat had /ad/ been Mini sailing in calm waters. — 4A Vocabulary and Grammar a) Read another famous urban. Jegend. Choose the correct verb forms. A few years ago, Robert Monaghan, from Ballymena in Norther Ireland, “Gedhad had a very bad day. He “erossednas crossing the road near his Thome whén a van Mit/was hitting bien While he ‘was getting/got to his feet, another car Yan him over/was runing him over and then Sérove away! trad driven away. Some people who "walked had been walking past Sstoppediwere stopping to help Rober. ‘They Swere calling/had called an ambulance and *helped/tad helped him to his feet, When the ambulance “had been anvng/arved, everyone “steppedwvas stepping back ~ everyone except Rabert, who dit reaiselwasnt realising what everyone “waited/had been wating for and was run over by the ambulance. b) Work in pairs. Compare answers. How many accidents did Robert Monaghan have in one day? GQ Fillin the gaps with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Sometimes more than one verb form is possible. 1 1 knew. (know) that Rory. (try) to find a news job for ages. 2 My brother... (call) while (vaich) the football 3 Robin and Cecilia _____(not go cont) together for very long when he._.(prgpose) to her. 4 When I...i.7., (get) home, 1 nnn (Tease) that I eave) my mobile at work 5 By the time the others (ative), we (already wait) for over two hours. © While Angela. (walk) home, she (aneet) an old school fiend that she... (not see) for years. © Workin pairs. student A p04, Student B- p107, Follow the instructions. @i, 4B Magical novels eine Vocabulary books and reading Grammar defining, non-defining and reduced relative clauses Tiga) Review ratrative verb forms QUICK REVIEW Work in pairs. Choose two of the urban legends from lesson 4A, Take turns to tell your partner what you remember about each one, 1 ‘One Bunsired Years of Solin by the Colombian author Gabriel Garcia Marquez is the novel that ‘made magical realism popular around the world. Ic tells the story of seven generations of the Buendia family who live in an isolated South | ‘American village called Macondo. This is a place where supernatural happenings are part of everyday life ~ Vocabulary Books and reading e a) Tick the words/phrases in bold that you know. Check new words/phrases in {\! 2. p120. 1 Do you usually read fiction or non-fiction? 2 Whats your favourite novel? Have you got copy of it at home? snes i ‘i 3 What’ more important to you in a novel = at one point everyone living in the village suffers from both insomnia and amnesia, Many the characters or the plot? | eee reen eaeet characters also have magical qualities. One man, whose i ‘ebetalin a ” i 7 girlfriend is ‘the most beautiful git] ever born’, is always Eee eee oat followed by hundreds of butterflies, and people who die autobiography: early inthe story often return as ghosts, 6 Whats your favourite litera 7 7 Which books ae besser athe moment? The book has doves of charac, Do you like browsing in bookshops? which can make the plot difficult 10 9 Do you usually buy paperbacks or hardbacks? follow, but a family tree helps you work 10 Do you ever flick through magazines at stations cout who's related to who. This brilliant rapa? novel which Mérquez says is based on his childhood meniores of living with 1) Work in pars. Take tums to ask and answer the his grandparents, as sold over ten {questions in ta). Ask follow-up questions if possible. million copies worldwide Reading and Grammar The House Of Ue SYIHts was the first novel weitten by the Chilean author Isabel Allende. I tells the story of three generations of women whose lives are changed by their country’s politics, The women’s story, which takes place in an unnamed South ‘American country, begins when the granddaughter, Alba ‘Trucba, finds some diaries that her grandmother Clara wrote 50 years earlier. As a child, Clara realises she can see GQ A L00i at book covers A and B. Have you read these books? If so, what did you think of them? b) Check these words/phrases with your teacher or ina dictionary. sblitude magical ralism Isolated supernatural amnisia a bitterly aspirt acoup Ce 8) Work in pairs. Student A, read the review of One Hundred Years of Solitude. Student B, read the review of the future and is able to predict almost Shai her The House ofthe Spirits. Find answers to these questions. eee ana a om al esdaieo aera eEatten ‘Whereis the story set? TTrueba, who builds her a large house in the country. The Which family is the novel about? house is full of ghosts and spirits, which advise Clara on how to deal with family problems, The story takes place at a time when politcal groups are batting for control ofthe country ~ a fight that How many generations ofthis family ae in the novel? ‘What ‘magical’ things happen in the novel? How are the author’ grandparents connected to the novel? ends in a bloody coup and political b) Work with your partner. Take tunts to ask and a neve, Tis mons novel, whieh AES smawer the questions in 3). as a letter to the author's dymg anc grandfather, is considered 2 classic of o Read and listen to the reviews and check te maser Bae ‘your partner's answers. How many things do the two novels have in common? ee 4— | Help with Grammar G2) Look atthe defining relative clauses in blue and the non-defining relative clauses in pink in the reviews. Choose the correct words in these rules. Defining/Non-defining relative clanses tell you which person, thing, etc. the writer or speaker is talking about. Defining/Non-defning relative clauses add extra non-essential information. 1) Look again at the defining relative clauses in blue. Answer these questions, 1. Which words (who, which, etc.) can we use for: people, things, possessives, places, times? 2 Do we use commas (,) with these relative clauses? 0) Look at the underlined defining relative clauses in these sentences. Why can you leave out that in sentence 22 1 It'sthe novel thet made magical realism popular around the world 2. She finds sorme diaries (that) her grandmother Clare wrote 50 yeas ear. 4) Look again at the non-defining relative clauses in pink. Answer these questions. 1 Dowe use that in these relative clauses? 2 Can we leave out who, which, ete.? 3. Do we use commas with these relative clauses? @) Look at these underlined reduced relative clauses. What are the verb forms in bold? What types of word can we leave out? 1... everyone (who is) living inthe village suffers rom both insornnia and amnesia. 2... the first novel (that was) written by th 1) Check in {> p22. The Alchemist by the Brazilian author Paulo Coelho isa story about following your dream. It's about a shepherd boy named Santiago, T.who. travels from his home in Spain to Egypt hoping to find some treasure *._... is buried near the Pyramids. He meets many people 2... are travelling along the same road, but nobody knows ‘the treasure is hidden, However, Santiago eventually meets the famous Alchemist, the only man alive #........can turn lead into gold. the treasure 7___.__ he's been looking for can only be found within himself. This powerful tale, 8 has been translated into 61 languages, has sold over 30 million copies worldwide. Its success helped Paulo Coelho, %..... other books include The Fh Mountain and The Valkyries, to become the bestselling Brazilian author has ever lived. Finally, the time comes ©. Santiago realises that | i 4B _ Vocabulary and Grammar @ a) Look again at the reviews of books Aand B, How many more relative clauses can you find? b) Work in pairs. Compare answers. Are they defining or non-defining relative clauses? @ a) Look at book cover C. Have you read The Alchemist? If so, what did you think of it? h) Read the review of The Alchemist. Fill in the gaps with who, which, etc if necessary. One gap doesn’t need. 2 word. 0) Work in pairs. Compare answers. Then change two of the defining relative clauses in the first paragraph into reduced relative clauses. d) Which of the three books would you most like to read (or read again)? Why? Goin these sentences using defining, non-defining or reduced relative clauses. Use commas where necessary. Sometimes there is more than one possible answer. 4 Yesterday I met a man, The man ‘owned a bookshop. Yesterday | met a man who owned a bookshop. 2. Thisis the room. I wrote my first novel in this room, 3 Clive McCarthy was my English teacher, He writes biographies now. 4 That the woman. Her first novel became a best-seller 5 I threw out some paperbacks. 1 hadn't looked at them for years. 6 lost my copy of The Alchemist. It had been signed by the author. 7 I saw an old lady, She was sitting outside the library. 8 [found some old books. They were hidden behind @ cupboard. © Workin groups. Group A plot. Group B- p107. Follow the instructions.mz 4C Very funny! QUICK REVIEW ee @ \Write six words/phrases about books and reading that are connected to you in some way. Work in pairs. Take turns to tell your partner why you have chosen these words/phrases: chose ‘browse’ because I ove browsing in bookshops. Vocabulary connecting words: reason and contrast Skills Reading: April Fool Listening: A practical joke Help with Listening predicting what comes next Review books and reading: narrative verb forms: Reading and Vocabulary © Workin groups. Discuss these questions 1 Which TV programmes or comedians make you laugh? 2 Whats the funniest lm you've ever seen? 3 In your county, is there a day when people play practical jokes on each other? If so, a) Check these words/phrases with your teacher or ina dictionary. fool drip whistle ahoax a harvest a nylon stacking ) Work in pairs. Look at pictures A-D. What do you think ‘was the April Fools Day joke for each picture? ¢) Read the article. Check your ideas. when is it? ‘ost people know that April 1* is, called April Fool's Day beeause people often play practical jokes on each other on this day. However, itts not just friends and family you have to beware of - big companies, newspapers and TV stations also do their best to fool the public. In 1998 Burger King published an ad in USA Today ennouneing a new item for their menu - the left-handed ‘Whopper. This was the same as & normal Whopper, apart from one thing the burger itself was rotated 180° s0 that the ketchup would drip ‘out of the right side of the burger instead of coming out of the left ‘The ad fooled thousands of people, despite being published on April Fool's Day. And in 2002, the British supermarket chain, Testo, advertised a ‘whistling carrot. The ad explained that the carrot had been genetically engineered to grow with air holes down the side so that it would start whistling when it was fully cooked ‘These two adverts are relatively recent, whereas Britain's most famous April Fool hoax is much older. Tn 1957, the BBC documentary series Panorama showed Swiss farm @ Fill Fool! workers pulling spaghetti from ‘spaghetti trees’. The programme told viewers thatthe farmers were enjoying an excellent spaghetti harvest due to a very mild winter. As spaghetti wasn't very common in the UK at that time, meny people belioved the report, Hundreds of viewers even phoned up to ask where they could bbuy their own spaghetti trees! Another famous April Fool's Day joke, this time from 1962, comes from ‘Sweden. It was announced on the news that it had become possible to watch colour programmes on black and white ‘TVs because of some new technology the TY station had invented. People ‘were told to pull a nylon stocking over the screen go they would be able to watch the programmes in colour. Since almost everyone in Sweden had a black and white TV in those days, hundreds cof thousands of people tried to do this, ‘even though the news was broadcast (oa the moming of April 1* ‘You might think that people were more easily fooled back in those days. Nevertheless, you should be careful next April 1° this time the April Foo] might be you!— r é@ 4) Read the article again, Answer these questions, +, Would the left-handed Whopper have tasted the same as a normal Whopper? 2 Where did the BBC say spaghetti was grown? 3 Why did so many British people believe the spaghetti story? ‘4 Why did so many people phone the BBC? 5 How many Swedish people tied to convert their black and white TVs to colour? b) Which story do you think isthe funniest? Do you know any other April Fools Day stories that have been in the newspapers or on TV? SAN TSAI ue 4) Look at the words/phrases in bold in the article, Waite them in the table. giving | because reasons | 1 eiresig | however | contrast | WWE © We can also use these words/phrases for ‘expressing contrast: except for (= apart from), | in spite of (= despite), although (= even though). 0) Which wordsfphass in) are followed by: | 1 a clause (subject + verb + ...)? because i 2 a noun or verbing? apart from | ¢) Check in (7E¥ p120. } Rewrite these sentences using the words/phrases in brackets. Change other words in the sentences if necessary. 1 love motor-racing. My wife thinks its boring (whereas) Nove motor-racing, whereas my wife thinks it's boring 2 Joe paid for everything. He didnt pay for the taxi. (apart from) 3. We wanted to go to Canada, The flight was t00 expensive, (However) 4 Ann went out for a run. It was raining, (despite) 5-1 went for a walk. I didnt watch TV. (instead of) 6 He stayed up late, He didnt have to work the next day. @s) 7 The match was called off. The weather was bad. (due to) 8 Most people don't understand, Il explain it again, (since) 9 We enjoyed the film. It was very long, (even though) AC Vocabulary and Skills: Listening €) Check these words/phrases with your teacher or in a dictionary. Gril astunt digilp the local ccuncl b) {TEP Listen to two friends, Kevin and Dave, discussing ‘a practical joke. Make notes on these things. a) when and where the practical joke took place b} the people who played the practical joke «) the other groups of people invelved 4) how the practical joke worked 6) Listen again. Tick the true sentences. Correct the false ones, Dave’ brother Alan went to Birmingham University. Daring Rag Week children raise money for charity. ‘Alan and his flatmates bad only had four hours’ slep. ‘They called the police from their home phone When the police arived, the workmen ignored them. When the workmen and the policemen realised what had happened, they were very angry 7 Alan and his friends didn’ get caught. {Helbiwit listening sc EG @ ) Work in pairs. Match words/phrases 1-8 to meanings a)-h). When we hear. ‘we know thatthe speaker is g0ng 10 ~ 1 Actually, a] say something that certain is true 2 Anyway, | | i «correct something thatthe other b) say something that someone else tld him/her 3 Apparently, WL | person said 4 According to | 4) return to the main topic (al «) tell you something good or fortunate | 5 Meanwhile, 6 Intheend, | #) move on toa cfferent/new topic 7 Lucky, | a] tell you the conclusion ofthe story 8 By the way, |) introduce something happening at ‘the same time, but in a diferent place b) (9149 Look at R4.¢, p147. Listen again and underline the words/phrases from 72). Notice what the speaker says afier each word/phrase. ‘Turn to p10, Follow the instructions.Vocabulary ways of exaggerating Real World saying you're suprises ‘or not surprised Help with Fluency sentence stress Review narrative verb forms (4D) How was your day? QUICK REVIEW ee @ ‘Think of an interesting or funny story about something that happened to | you, or to someone you know, at school or on holiday. Wark in pairs. Take ‘turns to tell your stories. Try to keep talking for at least two minutes. 4) Guess the meaning of these informal sentences for ‘exaggerating. Then do the exercise in ( {1} p120. 1 Tm speechless. 2. Tm dying for a drink, 3 I'm over the moon. 4 Tim scared stifl. 5 I'm starving, 6 Tm going out of my mind. 7 Ikcosts a fortune @ [tsa nightmare, 9. Ws killing me 430 It drives me crazy. 11 Te takes forever. 2 Itweighs a ton. b) Choose five sentences from 12). ‘Think of a present or past situation in your life for each sentence. 6) Work in pairs. Take turns to tell each other about your situations. Ask follow-up questions. 1 don't usually have lunch, so 'm always starving when I get home. 1 got stuck in atric jam lastnight: Ie took forever to get home. G@ AU) Listen to Ellen telling ‘her husband, Steve, about her day. Tick the things she talks about. «their holiday plans «something they've bought recently «Elles computer car repairs a problem with their son 4 doctor’ appointment Ellen brother the garden b) Listen again. Make notes on the things in 2a) that Ellen talks about. ¢) Work in pairs. Compare notes. Who has the most information? 4) Fill in the gaps with these words/phrases. | saying you'e not surprised \ ro wonder honest. bet would't imagine saying you're suprised believe eatth must news. éing | don’ * believe. it! | ram not surprised, to be®.22. You... be joking! 11S you were. 1 | wal, | You're». (you've got a virus) Why on 4 (doesnithe | Well, he would say that, °_,... he? listen to me)? Yes, Lean ™ ‘Wow, that’ fantastic 5, 1) Look at Steve’ questions a)—d). Then answer questions 1 and 2 and choose the correct word in the rule, 2) Hadh‘t they promised to be here today? 'b) Didn’t you instal that anti-virus software? «Have you hada good day? «| Did you ask him round this weekend? +. Im which questions does Steve not know the answer? 2. In which questions does he think he knows the answer? «We often use postve/negatve auxiliaries in questions when we think we know the answer. 6) Check in (7/51 p22.6! the sentences in 38). Copy the 4 (2 Listen and practise surprised intonation in the first five sentences. 1 don’t believe it! a) Look again at 1a) and 3. Then fill in the gaps in the rest of Steve and Ellen’ conversation. s e s c Guess "what ? ve been promoted! Wow, thats fantastic?! Yes, I'm over the}... about it 14__ imagine, 5___ wonder you look so happy Tim really pleased for you. Thanks. And I get a 40% pay rise! You're §___! Anyway? they going to give the job to Stuart? Yes, they were. But m not ® they didn, to be®....... He was really angry when he found out, though, Te he was. And we'e going to Florida this weekend to celebrate. You"... be joking! That'll cost b) (7°07 Listen and check, Help with Fluency. Ayton ai Look at R47 pl48, Listen again and notice the sentence stress. b) (2 Work in pairs. Practise the conversation in R4.7, p148. Take turns to be Steve and Ellen. Try to use natural rhythm and sentence stress, a) Imagine you've had a very good or a very bad day. Make notes on what happened. 6) Work in pairs, Take turns to tell each other about your day Use language from fa) and 3. Look at the song I Heard it Through the Grapevine on 102. Follow the instructions. 4 Review Fill in the gaps with the correct form of these phrasal verbs. (51 ruil away cunbover come round knock Sit take ofwor out go off make up. passon tum out 1 Inearly _, a dog today 2 Please. this message to he. 3 Heused to... lis of excuses for being late 4 He was sm a fight. It was five minutes before he 5 What time does your plane ? 6 The bomb... at 9am. 7 Stop that man. Hes ! 8 Tcant hhow to turn it on, 9 The party... well in the end. e 4) Read the story. Find eight more incorrect verb forms and correct them, got ‘When I get home lastnight I was feeling tired so I decided to stay in. While | was watching TV I was hearing an explosion nearby, a {Tum out to see what fppenr As soon as I was getting outside, Thad beén seeing’a lot of smoke coming from a neighbour’ garden. I went round to see if he'd been alright and luckily he was fine Apparently, he'd béen buming ‘some rabbish and he hasn't realised that there was an aerosol can in one of the bags. Of course, when it was hitting the fire, it exploded b) Work in pairs. Take turns to say a sentence from the corrected story. Do you think your partner’ sentences are correct? CF Work in pairs, What is the Aifference between these words/phrases? |? 1 fiction, non-fiction 2 a novel, a biography 3 the characters, the plot 4a paperback, a hardback 5. browse, flick through Language Summary 4, p120 Choose the correct words. Sometimes both are possible. The Kite Rurmer, Yahichiwhere is set in Kabul, is about the friendship between two boys 4who/thar grow up together. Amir, hwhotrhose mother is dead, is brought up by his father and his father’ servant, \ Ali, Hassan, 4uho/that is Al's som, is Amir’ bestfriend (One day, Sahen/where the two boys are trying to win a kite race, Hassan is attacked by an older boy and two of his friends, Amir, Suhofthat sees the attack, hides "wherewhich the older boys can't see him, Many years later Amir, Swhasefuhich guilt has always haunted him, risks his life to save Haassan’s son from the same person Swho/that had attacked Hassan all those years before. 2) Complete the sentences so they are true for you 411 like most fruit, apart from 2 Even though T 3 Teouldnt .. last week due to 4 Since Leant.. ,Thave to 5 Whereas my best friend ..,1 1) Work in pairs. Tell each other your sentences, EES. a) Tick the things you can do in English. 4 can tll story and give extra detell where necessary. {can understand summaries describing the characters and plats of novels 1 can talk about books I've ead ‘cen use connecting words to join sentences and clauses. |can understand spoken narrative ‘can express iferent levels of £ suprise b) What do you need to study again? OE @BA Keeping koi QUICK REVIEW ¢ 06 Think of four interesting or surprising things about you or people you know. Work in pai. Take turns to tell each other these ings and say you're surprised ‘or not surprised. Ask follow-up ‘questions. A My brother can't ridea bike. B You're kidding! Why didn’t he learn? Vocabulary Animals e 4) Tick the animals you know. Then do the exercise in fF) p123. atiger an dagle acibcodie algopard a bee arabbit asnake abitterfy a spider pinot agidfish amesqdto ashark bear awhale 'b) Work in pairs. Try to match the animals in 1a) to these sentences. There is sometimes ‘more than one possible answer: This animal 1 isa fish that can bite you ‘shark 2 isa mammal that lives underwater. 3 is a bird with colourful feathers. 4 is an insect with wings.. 5 is reptile that might poison you 6 has stripes and a long tail 7 has spots and sharp claws. 8 builds a mest to lay its eggs in. 9 has fur and lives underground. 410 ntakes honey and can sting you 11 is sometimes hunted for its skin 2 makes a web out of silk 13 is often kept as a pet. ¢) Compare answers with another pair, Check new words in bold in Oly p23. Vocabulary animals Grammar ways of comparing Reading and Grammar e@ a) Work in groups. Discuss these questions. 1 Which animals do people keep as m pets in your country? 2 Has your family ever had any pets? If-so, what? 3 Do you think fish make good pets? Why?/Why not? 'b) Read the article, Answer these questions 1. Why are koi such unusual pets? 2 Did the writer buy any koi? Why?/Why not? ¢) Read the article again. What does it say about these numbers? Did any of the numbers surprise you? 89 £10,000 £250,000 £15000 £75 5 ) Would you like to own some koi? Why?/Why not? [oar Soeee e@ 4) Look at the phrases in pink in the article. Write them in the table. abig difference | farmoreaddictive than small difference | almost as much as as beautiful as no difference JP! «We can also use muchia lt with comparatives to talk about a big difference and a bita litle to talk about a small difference. b) Look at the phrases in the table in 3). Do we use the adjective or its comparative form with: than? as... a3? ¢} Look at the phrases in blue in the article, Answer these questions. 4, Which phrase means the others were half the size? 2. Which two phrases describe something that continuously changes? 4 Which two phrases mean that one thing depends on the other? ) Check in [%) pl24. @ (544 (2 Listen and practise. Copy the linking and weak forms They 2800) beaut an bitters. Review saying you're surprised or not surprised | | | |ohn Wilkins goes in — search of the world’ "most expensive and collectable fish. “Keepers? Annual Show, I didh’t ‘understand how people could take fish 0 seriously, However, the more I leaned "about koi, the more interested I became. As | one expert told me, “Collecting ko is far more . addictive than you might think. They'se as beautiful as butterflies and very calming to watch.” Freddie Mercury, the lead singer of Queen, would have agreed ~ che pool in his specialy-buit Japanese garden was hotne to 89 koi, ‘which cost up to £10,000 each, ‘At the show I met koi enthusiast Jean Kelly. “Koi ate getting more end more expensive” she told me. “One recenly sold for £250,000." I was shocked — thats almost as much as T paid for my house. “Well, chat was « record,” admitted Jean, “The normal price is nowhere near as high as that.” ‘Nevertheless, serious collectors can pay up to £15,000 for a full-grown koi, which is nealy as expensive as 2 new BMW, and the bigge they ate, the more they cost. The cheapest] could find were £75 each, but they were only about twice as big 2s my goldfish Jean wasn't impressed by some of the koi on sale ether. “Actually, these koi arent any nicer than mine,” she commented. “They'e slightly bigger than the cones I've got, but I paid considerably less than this” When I asked her why she liked koi so much, she replied, “They'e just so amazing to Took at, think of them as livin jewels” Although T wast quite as enthusiastic a8 Jeun, I did consider buying one. ‘Then I remembered tha all but 5 of Freddie Mercury’ koi died when someone. accidentally turned off the electricity supply to their pool. Jean assured me that ‘with all the new equipment avaable the survival rae was getting better and better, and that looking after koi was no harder than taking caze of any other pet. However, in the end I decided to stick with my goldfish. Theyre not nealy as ‘beau as kai ~ but theyre a great deal cheaper to ceplcel G @) Read about cats and dogs. Choose the correct words. ° People often argue about whether cats make better pets *asAGhan) D cogs, While dogs axe nowhere %ar/near as independent *as/than cats, they tend to be a “big/areat deal friendlier. Cats can be Smore/as destructive than dogs and are ¢more/much Wikely to damage the furniture. It's ‘more/far easier to look after a eat but dogs are ®considerably/almost better at protecting your property Generally the 8smallismaller the dog, ¥the/as easier i isto take care of. In fact, dogs get "lazylezer and *lazy/lazier as they get older and don't need "neariy/elmast as much exercise, 80 an old dog i, ha po/as hander to look after than a cat ~ and theyre both ten es ela ersten cae ae —_> b) Which animals do you think make the best pets? Why? BA Vocabulary and Grammar Rewrite these sentences so that they have the same meaning, Use the ‘words in brackets. Sometimes there is more than one possible answer. 1 Kol live much longer than goldfish, (anywhere near) Goldfish don't live anywhere near as long as koi 2 Most butterflies don’ live quite as long as bees. (nearly as) 3 Snakes are much less dangerous than people think. (not nearly) 4. A spider’ silk is five times stronger than steel. (nowhere near) 5 Lions arentt quite as big as tigers. (slightly) 6 Bears live half as long as elephants. (ewice) 7 A blue whale’ hear is the same size as a small car. (big) 4) Complete these sentences with your own ideas. 1 The older you get, 2 The harder you study, 3 The more you earn, 4 The fitter you are, .. 5 The more children you have, b) Work in pairs. Compare sentences, Do you agree with your partner's ‘sentences? Gettin: ) Work in paits. Choose two places, two people or two things that you both know well (cities, actors, actresses, bands, restaurants, etc). b) Work on your own, Write five sentences comparing the places, people or things you and your partner chose in 2). Use language from 3. Tokyo isn't any more expensive than London. I think Reese Witherspoon isa far better actress than Cameron Diaz. a) Work with your partner. Take turns to say your sentences. If you don’t agree with your partner, explain why not. b) Tell the class two things you disagreed about @aa 5B The global garden Vocabulary plants and gardens Grammar future verb forms; Future Continuous Review ways of comparing QUICK REVIEW e¢ 6 Write three true and three false sentences comparing yourself to how you were five years ago, Work in pairs. Take turns to say your sentences, Guess if your partner's sentences are true or false: ‘Al'm nowhere near as fitas | was five years ago. B I think that’ false. Vocabulary Plants and gardens 2) Tick the words you know. Then do the exercise in (72) p123. herd seeds a bulb pétalspillen apot avine bush ahedge alavn a.géenhouse andrchard 2 ower bed atrée trunk roots abrench leaves atwig +) Close your books. Write all the words comnected to plants and gardens that you can remember in one minute. ) Work in pairs. Compare lists. Who has the most words? Take turns to explain the meanings of the words on your lists. Reading, Listening and Grammar 2) Work in pairs. Look at the photos of the Eden Project. What kind of place do you think it is? What do you think you can see and do there? 1) Read about the Eden Project. Check your ideas, ¢) Read about the Eden Project again. Answer these questions. 1. How many different Biomes are there? 2 What can you see in the Warm Temperate Biome? 3 What do you think the alm of the Eden Project is? 4) Would you like to visit the Eden Project? Why?/Why not? Listen to two friends, Emma and Diane. Tick the topics they tak about. 6 Emmaé daughter «- Emma’ husband's job Emimaé family’ holiday the Eden Project parking problems a TV documentary someone’ birthday teavel arrangements L “The Eden Project in Cornwallis a spectacular global garden that tells the story of mankind's dependence on plants. This unique conservation project has recreated three of the world’s climate zones ~ or ‘Biomes’ ~ and filled them with trees, bushes, flowers and other plant life from all over the planet. In the breathtaking Humid Tropics Biome, which is also the world’s largest greenhouse, you can experience the sights and smells of the world’s tropical rainforests, while the Warm Temperate Biome contains a wide variety of Mediterranean, Californian and South African plant species, including vines, citrus fruit trees and cotton plants. ‘There's also a 3o-acre Outdoor Biome, where you can learn about plants that have changed the world and those that could help us create a better future, There are guided tours, ‘workshops for adults and children, and even live concerts during the summer months. *) Listen again, Fill in the gaps in these sentences with two words. She’ been working feally hard. and I think she’ going to pass them all We're staying ina,___...1n Padstow for a week. Wee going to take Katy to the... Oh, 'm sure he'll have a ss No, dan’ worry, Ill take a is on BBC2 and it starts at ‘Actually, we'll be driving through up on the way. Just think, this time... Project together! .-50 we can pick you we'll be walking around the Eden| Hep with Grammar ' G evune vers roams 4) Look at the future verb forms in bold in sentences 1-6 in 4, Match them to these ‘meanings. 1a personal plan or intention ‘re going to take 2 an arrangement with other people or organisations. 3. a decision that is made atthe time of speaking 4-2 fixed event on a timetable, calendar, et. 5 a prediction that is based on present evidence (something we know or can see now) 5 prediction tha isnot based on present evidence b) Which verb forms do we use for each ‘meaning in 5a)? FUTURE CONTINUOUS ©) Look at the verb forms in bold in sentences 7 and 8 in 4. Match them to these meanings, 1 something that will be in progress ata point of time in the future 2 something that will happen in the normal course of events, without any particular plan or intention 4) Fill in the gaps for the Future Continuous with be, verbsing or will subject + or M+ ut @) How do we make the negative and question forms of the Future Continuous? Checkin p25. C' Wel be civing thrdugh yourvitage. EMMA I spoke to Diane. '6 aut emma Don't worry, 5 be seeing/ see her at my yoga class Pau 5B Vocabulary and Grammar {> Listen and practise. Copy the stress. 4) Read Emma’ conversation with her husband, Paul, later that day. Choose the correct verb forms. DYShe'l come to the Eden Project with us. Ob, that’ good. Which day 2will we go/are we gong? emma Thursday. And there’ a programme about it on BBC2 on Saturday at 7.30. >Well be having/ Well have dinner with your parents then Mma Oh yes, | forgot. OK, “'l ecord/t'm going to record it and Swell watch/nve'e watching it when we get home. Fine. By the way, 6” going to buy/'l buy a video camera at the weekend. | thought itd be nice to take cone on holiday with us. EMMA Tina has one she never uses. Is brand new too. Maybe "shell lt/she's gong to let us borrow i. Well its worth asking, give/'m giving her a ving tomorrow. P/lask/'m going to ask her then Good ides. Anyway, where's the babysiter? The film "starts/is going to startin half an hour. "We're rmissing/We're going to miss the begining. ma Ob, Tim sure *se'l be/ste's being here soon, b) Work in pairs. Compare answers. Explain why you have chosen each verb form. ¢) (222) Listen and check. a) Write sentences about your plans and arrangements for the next few weeks. {'m meeting my sister for lunch next Monday. This time tomorrow be pleying tennis. +) Work in pairs. Take turns to tell each other your sentences. Ask follow-up questions if possible. Make notes on what life will be like in the year 2050. Use these ideas or your own, families and children films, TV and the Internet English around the world schools and education the environment people lifestyles travel and transport scientific advances 8) Work in groups, Discuss your ideas from 9. Give reasons for your opinions. Which ideas do you all Yes, think youre probably eight. } 1) Tell the class two things that your group agreed about.PUTTS @ made notes on in 3b), oe ‘Work in groups. Discuss these questions. e@ a) Check these words with your Vocabulary back referencing Skills Listening: The history of perfume: Reading: The history of flowers Help with Listening homophones Review plants and gardens; animals QUICK REVIEW ¢¢ 6 ‘Work in pairs. Student A, write eight words connected to plants and gardens. Student B, write eight words connected to animals. Take turns to define ‘the words on your list. Your partner guesses the words: A They're part ofa tree. B Leaves? A No, they're underground. B Oh, you mean roots. Listening 1 Do you ever wear perfume or aliershave? If so, which one? 2 Have you ever bought perfame or aliershave for anyone else? Ifs0, how did you choose which one to buy? 3 How many different perfumes or aftershaves can you name? Are any of them advertised by celebrities? teacher or in a dictionary. tomb afeast soak a glove ascent afégance wax b) Work in pairs. Look at the photos. ‘What do you know about these people? ©) Try to fill in the gaps in these sentences with the names of the people 1 _... was buried with perfumed oils. 2 ‘was given perfumed gloves. 3 named a perfume after the fifth sample she was offered. 4 __........used one or two bottles of perfume a day. © Homophones are words that sound the same, but have different 5 had a perfume named after him, spellings and different meanings (theirithere, would/wood, etc). e a) (79 Listen toa lecture about the history Ce a) Look at the first sentence from the lecture. Choose the of perfume. Check your answers to 2c). correct homophones, : Although we still don't really ‘nofknow how our sense of » See et sence ee smell works, 2hour/our love of perfume goes back a very ae ee : long 2welgh/way, notes on topics 5-8. Faas b) £70) Listen to ten sentences from the lecture. Choose 2 the perfume maseam in a the comect words in each sentence 3. ingredients in perfumes 1 aflu ) flew 6 a)new ty knew 4 how to choose a perfume 2 a}through 6) threw 7 a) there ater 3 a)pear 6) pair 8 a) wear b) where ; Poses 4 a} wore) war 9 a)weather whether 7 wénaal poten 5 ajsemt —W)scent_ «10. a) buy by | 8 how to look after perfurne ¢} Work in pairs. How many more homophones can you | think of? { ©) Tell your partner about the things youReading and Vocabulary @ 2) Check these words with your teacher or in a dictionary. ciliate abtant abotanical gin conftti_ clingy b) Work in pairs. Student A, read about tulips. Student B, read about roses. Answer these questions. 2) Where and wien were these lowers frst cultivated? ) When did the lowers reach Western Europe? @) How was a botanical garden important in the flower’ history? <) When and where were these flowers very valuable? «) What does the article say about the colours of these lowers? ¢) Work with your partner. Take turns to ask and answer the questions in 6b). 4) Read about your partner’ flower. Are his/her answers correct? Which facts are the most surprising? where, one, etc. to refer back to people, places or things that we have mentioned earlier. @ a) Look at words/phrases 1-10 in bold in the article about tulips. What are they referring to, a) orb)? 1 a)Central Asia 6) tulips 2 a} valleys ») tulips 3. a} Turkey 1) Central Asia 4 a) the 11 6) the time of the century Otioman Empire 5] n Holland ») in Germany 6 a) the thieves ») the bulbs 7 a)in 1634 +) in 1594 8) the bulbs +) the people 9 3) sold their homes») became tulip growers 10 9) tulip ) colour b) Look at the article about roses. What do words/ When we speak or write, we ofien use words like them, | | phrases 11-20 in bold refer to? | ¢) Work in pairs. Compare answers. Then check in (55) pl2a. Ga Workin pairs. You ae going to design a new perfume or aftershave. Discuss these ideas. « for men, women or both «type of bottle/packaging ‘