Personallnspiralion

Personal Inspiralion

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lIocabulary

Grammar
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8 Simple present: be

Couniries
Nationalities

Introducing yourselt and others

Talking about nationality

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Grammar

Functions

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and Skills

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Do you really
speak Chinese?

10 Simple present

. You're standing on 12 Present progressive

my lool!
Relative pronouns:
who/that

Talking about states and routines

Listening tor personal information
Writing about routines

/ / chats

Describing what's happening now

Talking about what people are wearing
Writing descriptions of people

Syllable stress

1 1 doe..
1 1 watches

Likes and dislikes

Routine aetivities

Clothes
Colors

Phvsical description
Aetions

What's the
producer's job?

4 Integrated Skills
Personal Protiles

adjectives
and pronouns
Possessive 's and s'
Simple present and
present progressive

Culture 1

20 Welcome to the U.S.A.

It's the nest

street party

Spelling Chain

Star File

Grammar

Functions

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22 Comparative
superlative

and
adjectives

2 We should stay
if:tog.ether

24 should and shouldn't

3 Ilove going to

26 Verb/Preposition

Prepositions

street fairs
4 Integrated Skills
Celebralions

!I

eat
break

of place

gerund

Pronunciation

and Skills

Isl llixty

Talking about likes and dislikes

Talking about ahili'v
Listening to

Syllable stress

Tapies and details

!SI

Carnival
City attractions

shirts

New YearAround the

World article
Choosing the best ansvvers: New
Year's Eve in the United States
Interviewing
Description o! a celebraton
, 1,,'
Learning words;
Sel! assessment

Review Units 1-2

32

Grammar

& Vocabulary

California
Progress

Vocabulary

Giving adviee
Talking about city facilities
Completing a questionnaire

30 Projecl Music Festival File

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Inspiration Extra

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and
ries

Personal information
Useful expressons

Making comparisons
Reading an article about two carnivals
Writing about cities in your country

28 Consolidation

Clr""<
al

Conneeling ideas: magazine interview

Checking details of personal information
Intervievving
Personal profile
Finoing the rneaning;
Personal phrasebook

18

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Expressing possession
Talking about what people do, and aboul
what they are doing now
Listening lo match obs and definitions
Writing a description of what's happening

Re,

16 Consolidation

Inspiralion Extra

14 Possessive

Check

Dreamin'

Consolidation & Extension

Social customs
City facilities
Likes and dislikes
Abilities

New Year's Eve

Useful expressions

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Functions

and Skills

Pronunciation

Vocabulary

34 Simple past: affirmative

and neuative

Talking about past events (1)

Reading about a historical event
Listening for mistakes
Writing a diary entry

Idl designed
Itl laughed
IIdl invented

Buildings and plaees

Inventions
The life of a famous
person

36 Simple past: questions

and snort answers
Adverbial phrases of
time

Talking about past events (2)

Listening to match actions and times
Talking about weekend activities
Writing a diary entry

Syllable stress

Famous plaees
Daily activities
Adjectives

Oid you have

fun?

What was he
doing?

38 Past progressive
Why? because

Deseribing what was happening

Asking for and giving reasons
Listening to a deseription of an aceident
Writing about a lucky escape

Integrated Skills
Biography

40 Consolidation

Reading Topies and time referenee: William

Shakespeare biography
Listening Dates and numbers: biography of
Charles Dickens
Speaking Exchanging information
Writing Short biography
Learner Independence Word association;
Words and topics

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Transportation

Personal informatiCilIil
Jobs and
oeeupations
Useful expressions

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Inspiration Extra

42 Projecl Stars of the Past File

Culture 2

44 Hello New York!

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Grarnrnar

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Functions

Pronunciation

and Skills

Vocabulary

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with iflwhen

1'11miss him

48 will/won't: simple
future

3 You spoke too

fast

.,s0 Adverbs of manner

4 Integrated Skills
TV programs

52 Consolidation

Making predictions
Reading a magazine article

Ir / will
lil w,'1I

Relationships

Talking about the way people do things

Doing drama exercises
Writing about a character in a soap

Syllable stress

Adverbs
Television

Reading Topics: Classic Soaps TV guide

Listening Choosing the best answers:
conversation about a soap
Speaking Interviewing
Writing Description 01 a TV program
Learner Independence Word combinations;
Grammar words

Inspiration Extra

54 Projecl TV File

Review Units 3-4

56 Grammar & Voeabulary

Congratulations 58,

Making a TV
program
Digital cameras

Talking about eause and effect

Describing how things work
Writing about people's personality

46 Open conditional

1 If people
forgel...
2

Consolidation & Extension

Game Link-up

Song Do Wa Diddy Diddy

Consolidation & Extension

Progress Check

Communication Activities: Student A 60 Sludent B 62

Grammar Summary 64

WORKBOOK SECTION 68
Word Lists 118

Pronuncialion 122

Irregular Verbs 123

CO-ROM vocabulary exercises 124

Soap operas
Useful expressions

~ LOOK WHAT YOU CAN DO!

Match the communicative functions (1-8) with the pictures (A-H).
1

TALK ABOUT ROUTJNES ANO JOBS

TALK ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE ARE OOING NOW

EXPRESS POSSESSION

MAKE COMPARISONS

TALK ABOUT THE WEATHER

DESCRIBE PEOPLE'S PERSONALlTY

TALK ABOUT PAST EVENTS

ASK ABOUT PAST EVENTS

1 Put the words nto word families.

THE GRAMMAR YOU KNOW!

Do these exercises and review the grammar from American
Inspiration for Teens 2.
1 Complete with the correct form 01the simple present er
present progressive.
1
2

Anita usually __
swimming on Friday. (go)
It's after school. Carlos and Steve __
basketball. (play)

3
4

It's Saturday and Ryan __

his father in the backyard. (helP'~
__
you __
the music? (enjoy)

5
6

I __
the name of this songo (not know)
How many friends __
you __ ? (have)

2 Write sentences using comparative adjectives.

1
2
3
4

So Paulo/big/than Rio de Janeiro

I think math/difficult/than history
your computer/expensive/mine
Brazil/hot/Russia

3 Complete with the past simple 01these verbs.

find
1
2
3
4
5
6

know

COFFEE SHOP

run

see

visit

MOVIE THEATER

~
&

play

I __
this pen in my bag yesterday. Is it yours?
Carlos __
Florida last year.
Ryan __
soccer with his friends on Saturday.
She __
all the words of the songo
He __
ten kilometers this morning.
They __
a proqram about Ellis Island on TV last night.

Name the punctuation marks.

@)

SCHOQL

:>"..

@
SHOPPING

1m

PARK

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CENTER

LOOK WHAT YOU CAN DO!

Match the communicative functions (1-8) with the pictures (A-H).
1

TALK ABOUT FUTURE PLANS ANO INTENTIONS

ASK FOR ANO GIVE REASONS

TALK ABOUT LlKES AND DISLlKES

MAKE COMPARISONS

MAKE ANO ACCEPT/OECLlNE OFFERS

TALKABOUT POSSESSIONS

ASK ABOUT PRICES

ASK FOR AGREEMENT

1 Put the words into word families .

THE GRAMMAR YOU KNOW!

Do these exercises and review the grammar from
American Inspiration for Teens 2.
1 Write sentences using the gerund.
1
2
3
4

I/Iove/go to the movies

Ryan/like/paint
Olga/hate/skateboard
you/like/swim?

5
6

we/enjoy/play chess
she/not mind/walk to school.

2 Choose some or any.

1
2

Nancy is going to buy __

vegetables.
Would you like __
potatoes?

3
4
5
6

There aren't __
cups on the table.
Let's have
sandwiches for lunch.
I'm not going to eat __
cheese.
Are there __
harriburgers on the barbecue?

3 Complete with tag questions.

2 Name the animals.

1
2
3

Carlos is Brazilian, __
?
Steve is hungry, __
?
Anita and Rosie are friends, __

4
5
6

You're thirsty, __
?
We're good at math, __ ?
Sara is talking to Oiga, __

3 Name the food.

e Simple present: be
e Introducing yourself and others

e Talking about nationality

VACATION CONTEST
WIN A VACATION IN THE U.S.A.!
Call us with your answer today.
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The capital of the US is

A
2

B Washington, D.C.

Los Angeles

B 400 million

300 mili ion

B the Mississippi

the Missouri

The population of the US. is

A
3

New York City

500 million

The longest river in the U.S. is

the St. Lawrence

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PRESENTATION

(j)

Read and listen.

COMPREHENSION
Answer the questions.

1
2
3
4
5
6
7

Where is lack frorn?

What is the name of the Colombian gir]?
Who is from Moscow?
What is the name of the American boy?
What is the name of the girl from California?
Where is Pedro from?
What is the name of the Brazilian girl?

8
9

Who is from Texas?

Who is the TV2DAYhost?

SPEAKING
Ask and answer questions

about the people in the photo .

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fj
.

DO YOU REALLY SPEAK CHINESE?

Simple present
Talking about states and routines

OPENER
Who is in the photo?
Where are they?

PRESENTATION

(i)

Read and listen.

SAllY
CAROl
JACK
CAROl
JACK

Oh, look at those birdsl llave them!

Do you? I don't like pigeons at all.
So what things do you like? How about computers?
No, l never play on computers.
I don't play on my cornputer, l chat with people online.
That's different. What about movies?

CAROl
SAllY
CAROl
JACK
CAROl
JACK
CAROl
JACK
SAllY
JACK

I don't often go to the movies.

Ido. l go to the movies on Saturdays-after

aerobics.

Oh, l do aerobics. too---every Tuesday. My mom

COMPREHENSION

teaches aerobics.
And what languages do you speak?
Oh, let's see-Italian, French, and Chinesel

True or false? Correct the false sentences.

Chinese? Do you really speak Chinese?

3
4

Carolloves pigeons.
lack doesn't like computers.
Sally goes to the movies every Tuesday.
Sally and Carol do aerobics every week.

Carol's mother teaches aerobics.

6
7

Carol speaks Chinese

Iack knows a joke about btrds.

Of course noto lt's a [oke. silly!

Oh. l know a good [oke: Why do birds fly south in
winter?
l don't know. Why do they fly south?
Because it's too far to waJk!

1
2

RAMMAR
Complete.

PRONUNCIATION

(i)

Listen and repeat.

Simple present
I
to the movies on Saturdays.
She loves pigeons.
Carol
Italian.
What languages __
you speak?
Do you really __
Chinese?
I __
n't play 00 my computer.
She __
n't speak Chinese.

Isl chats

IV does

IIV watches

drinks
eats

knows
loves

chooses
finishes

Now listen and write these words in the correct

column.
goes likes plays relaxes speaks teaches

* We use the simple present to describe states,.tt,

routioes, aod regular actioos.
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GAME
Practice spelling.

GRAMMAR PRACTICE
Complete the sentences with the correct
form of the verbo
1

Sally

2
3

She
Carol

4
5

lack
with people online. (chat)
He
on hs computer. (not play)
Carol and Sally
aerobics. (do)
they
lots of rnovies? (see)
Carol
Chinese? (speak
Why
birds
south? (fly)
you
the answer? (know)

7
8
9
10

Correct! One point!

pigeons. (Iove)
to the movies 00 Saturdays. (go)
computers. (not Iike)

SPEAKING
Ask other students and complete the chart. You can write
the questions first!

Do you play soccer every week?

Find someone who ...

LlSTENING
Listen and complete the sentences.

WINNERS' WORLD

Name

doesn't play soccer every week.

drinks tea for breakfast.
doesn't do aerobics.
speaks three languages.
often watches TV
doesn't go to bed late.
often calls friends.
doesn't chat online.

10 WRITING
Look at the activities in exercise 9, and write sentences
about what other students do and don't do.

Now write five sentences about yourself.

____

goes swimming every Friday evening.

____

speaks four languages.

____

loves hip-hop and rapo

____

likes computers and loves hamburgers and

French fries.

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YOU'RE STANDING ON MY FOOT!

e Present progressive

e Relative pronouns: who/that

Describing what's happening now

OPENER
Look at the photo and find these as quickly as possible.
a badge
a guitar
a street

e a bag e a camera
e flowers
a hat a jacket a map
performer
an umbrella

PRESENTATION

(j)

Read and listen.

The TV2DAY group is sightseeing in San Francisco.

BEN

What's happening?

CAROL

Greg is tel!ing everyone about San Francisco.

I can't see a thing.

BEN

Who's Greg?

CAROL

Our tour guide. He's standing next to Laura.

BEN

What are Pedro and Dani doing? Oh, look,

He's the one thats

theyre
CAROL

wearing a TV2DAYbadge.

holding hands!

No, they aren't holding handsl She's helping

him with his camera.

BEN

Let me seel

CAROL

Owl You're standing on my footl

BEN

Sorry. Hey, what's that man doing?

CAROL

Who do you mean? The street perlormer?

BEN

No, I'm talking about the tal! man who's

standing behind the gir] in the red hat. Lookl

CAROL

BEN

ls he helping her?
No, he isnt helping her. He's putting his hand
in her bag. I think he 's taking her wallet.

COMPREHENSION
Match the questions with the answers.
There is one wrong answer.
1

Who is standing next to Laura?

ls Max wearing a TV2DAYbadge?

Are Pedro and Dani holding hands?

Is Dani taking pictures?

Is Dani helping Pedro?

What is Ben doing when Carol says "Ow!"?

4
Complete.

Present progressive
You're standing on my foot.
He's
her wallet.
They're holding hands.
What
they doing?
he helping her?
He __
n't helping her.
They __
n't holding hands.

Where is the tal! man standing?

What is the tal! man doing?

Sehind the girl in the red hato

No, she snt.

e
d

Yes, they are.

He's putting his hand in her bag.

Greg.

. .. the tal! man who's standing behind the girl..

No, they aren't.

He's the one that:s wearing a TV2DAYbadge.

No, he isn't,

He's standing on her foot.

:' ;:~p;:e ejlh" ,h, m,",l lo mf"

Yes, she is.

* We use the present

progressive to talk about

temporary events and what is happening now.

Relative pronouns: who/thaf

a
__

GRAMMAR PRACTICE

Write sentences using the present progressive.

Look at the photo 01the group. Ask and answer

questions about who the people are.

Ben/wear/anorange jacket

Who's Dani?

Bm is WeaY1j an oYaJ'/jeJacket.

1
2
3
4

Creg/talk/about San Francisco

Max/visit/the U.S. for the first time
Max and Laura/look/at the map?
Pedro and Dani/not hold/hands:

5
6
7

the tall man/steal/the girl's wallet?

the street perforrner/play/the guitar
lack and Sally/watch/the street performer

Ben/not listen/to Greg

SPEAKING

Who's Max?

..

Clothes
hat e jacket e jeans e pants e shirt e shoes
sneakers e sweater e sweatshirt e top e T-shirt

Now ask and answer questions about what people

are doing.

LlSTENING
Who is the tall man? What is he doing?
What happens next?
Now listen and see i1you are right.

PRONUNCIATION
Listen and count the syllables. Mark the stress.

WRITING
Write sentences describing the people in the photo.
Don't write their names!

camera e guitar e happening e orange

performer e sightseeing e video e wallet

camera 2
Now listen again and repeat,

Now give your sentences to another student.

Can he/she guess the names?

WHAT'S THE PRODUCER'S JOB?

o Possessive adjectives and pronouns

o Possessive 's and s'

o Simple present and present progressive

Expressing

possesion

1
Which of these can you see in the photo?

bangles e a briefcase e a dog e glasses

lights e a magazine a pigeon a scarf
a street performer sunglasses trees

COMPREHENSION
Give short answers to the questions.

PRESENTATION
Read and listen.

GREG
CATHY

OK, everyone-come and meet my boss, Cathy

Rosen. She's a TV2DAYproducer.
Hi! I hope you're having a great time! Now it's
the actors' coffee break, so 1 can tell you
what we're doing. We're making a program for
TV2DAYabout tourists in San Francisco. Today

MAX
CATHY

CAROL
CATHY

we're looking at a problem for some touristspickpockets.

Excuse me, what are "pickpockets"? '
Pickpockets steal things from people:s pockets
and their bags. They're a problem in lots of cities.
What do IJOU do? I mean, what's the producer's
job?
The producer is the person who's in charge of
the programo I make sure that the program is
good. and that it isn't too expensvel Hey, Greg,

CATHY

you're drinking my cofteel

Are you sure it's yours?
I know it's mine.

GREG

You're rightl It has sugar in it. Ughl

GREG

Who s Greg's boss?

2
3
4
5
6

What is Cathy's job?

What is Cathy's program about?
What do pickpockets do?
Whose coffee is Greg drinking?
Whose coffee doesn't have sugar in it?

SPEAKING
Look carefully at the photo. Ask and answer questions
about these things.

red bag glasses map purple scarf

bangles e notebook e TV2DAYe badge
briefcase e gray skirt

"Whose is the reci bag?!lf

.
Whose are the glasses?

SPEAKING
Look at the photo. Ask and answer.
Greg's coffee?

Is it Greg's coffee?

1
2
3

Carol's watch?
Cathy's notebook?
Laura's bangles?

Max's briefcase?

5
6

Greg's glasses?
lack's magazine?

LlSTENING

(t)

Listen and match the words for jobs with their definitions.
1
2
3

The producer is the person who ..

The scriptwriter is the person that ..
The cameraman is the person who ..

4
5
6

The director is the person that ..

The actors are the people who ..
The stuntmen and women are the people that ...

a
b
e

has the camera and shoots the film.

play the different parts.
tells the actors what to do.

d
e

is in charge of the 1V programo

do dangerous things, like fights and car crashes.
writes the 1V programo

PRONUNCIATION

(t)

Listen and repeat.

GRAMMAR

break e case e eat e great e make

mean e meet e play e speak e steal

Complete.

Possessive
adjectives

Possessive
pronouns

my
your

ours
yours
his/hers theirs

our
your

his/her

Possessive 's and

the producer's job

the actors' coffee break
people's pOCkets..

GRAMMAR PRACTICE
Complete with possessive pronouns.

break

the producer e the cameraman

the director e the actors

These aren't our magazines. They're their magazines.

These magazines areri't
oThey're
o

It isn't her camera. It's his camera.

The camera isn't
. It's
They areri't your sandwiches. Theyre our sandwiches.
The sandwiches arent
. They're
o

...

What does the producer do?

. - . ~ ~ .>~

What is the producer doing?

his . lt's hers .

This isn't your map. lt's my map.

The map sn't
. lt's

/el/

eat

Ask and answer questions about these people in the

photo. Use the simple present and present progressive.

It isn't his coffee. it's her coffee.

The coffee isn't

!i/

10SPEAKING

S'

Singular noun
Plural noun
Irregular plural noun

Now write the words under /i/ or /el/ in the chart.

Then listen again and check.

11 WRITING
The cameraman is talking to Paula on his cellphone.
He is describing what is happening. What do you think
he is saying? Write at least five sentences.

we makiJ1!!afro!!ram about fickfockets. rhe adors

are havinq their coffeebreak ami ..

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PERSONAL PROFILES
INTEGRATED SK/!!S

FIVE MINUTES
WITH ... DANI
Dani is one of the winners of our U.S. vacation

cantest, What's she like?

Find out here!

Where do you live?

In Porto Alegre in Brazil, but now l'm staying at the Bridge
Hotel in San Francisco.
What are your favorite clothes?
It depends. 1often wear jeans and a sweatshirt,
but 1Iike short skirts in the summer.
What is your favorite
(1)

English word?

And your favorite colors?

(2)

What makes you angry?

People who don't Isten.
What makes you happy?
Sunshine and blue skies!
How do you relax?
(3)

What languages
(4)

do YOu speak?

Is there someone very

important to you?
What do you mean? Do 1have a boyfriend?
I'rn not telling you! But my mother is very
important to me.
Is there something
do every day?
(5)

special you

What are you reading at the moment?

A book in English called
L. A. Winners. It's great!

Ask another student the questions in Five Minutes with ...

Dani. Write down the answers.

:::_ess: What languages does Dani speak?

What are her favorite colors?

READING

SPEAKING

ead Five Minutes with ... Dani and complete the answers
with sentences a-e.

WRITING
Look at the profile of Ben. Match the information in each
paragraph with the questions in Five Minutes with ... Dani.

b
e

Portuguese, of course, and I'rn learning French.

That's easy. Pink, pink, pink. And then black!

listen to music.
Now write a three-paragraph
interviewed in exercise 5.

d
e

"Cool." Americans say "ccol" all the timel

That's difficult. Let me think. I know. J try to help
someone every day.

LEARNERINDEPENDENCE
7

Now listen and check.

Here are Max's answers to some of the
same questions. Which questions?
1
2
3
4

Different people learn in different ways. What is your

favorite way of finding the meaning of a word? Put these
ways in order from 1-5 (1 = best, 5 = worst).

Good music.
People that dont tell the truth.
I play the guitar.
My girlfriend. I'rn looking
forward to seeing her again.
1 bike five kilometers
before breakfast every

profile of the student you

Use a blngual dictionary.

Use an English-English dictionary.
Ask your teacher for help.
Guess from the texto
Ask another student.

Now compare with another student.

morning.

Make your own personal phrasebook. Choose English

expressions from this unit that you want to learn and
write the translation next to each expression.

Phrasebook: listen and repeat these useful expressions.

Then find them in this unit.

LlSTENING
Read this profile. Then Jisten to an interview with Ben and
correct the six mistakes in the profiJe.

(i)

That's different . Of course noto

It's a [oke, silly! Ow! Let me see!
Hey! Excuse me. What do you do?
You're right! It depends . What do you mean?

BEN SERRANO
Ben is a winner from the U.S., and he's from Las

Now write a four-line dialogue using one or more of the

expressions.

Vegas. He's 17 and lives at home with his parents

and slster, Rose. His favorite
and his baseball

are shorts

colors are red, white, and green,

word is "Ves!" Nothing

angry, and his trlends

Whaf

doJOu do?

B 1m a secret a!Jent.

cap.

Ben's favorite
and his favorite

clothes

makes him

A Rea!~?
B Df caurss

110t.

/t's a"oke, stl~!

make him happy.

Ben relaxes by playing

with his dog DJ in
the park. He speaks
English, of course, and
he's learning
His friends
important

French.

are very
to him,

and he's missing

them while he's in
San Francisco.
Finally, Ben
watches

TV for

half an hour
every evening.

Unit 1

Communication

Student A page 60
Student B page 62

Activity

2
Work in a group and look

Find out information

again at pages 16-17. Then

about the stars,

for example:

make a list of your favorite

stars. Choose two or three to
write about.

Birthday

Work together

Favorite TV program

and make a

Star File about the stars. Read

Favorite movie

Favorite food/drink
Favorite colors
Something

Favorite music

Favorite day

special

it carefully

Favorite clothes

mistakes.

Mistakes

Their Web site

and correct

Draw pictures

any
or find

photographs

from magazines

or

newspapers

for your file. Show

your Star File to the other groups.

SPELLING CHAIN

Form two teams.

Student 1 from Team A says and spells a word of

five or more letters.

Student 1 from Team B must say and spell a word

that begins with the last letter of Team A's word.

Student 2 from Team A continues .

Teams score one point for each word they spell

correctly. AII words must have at least five letters.
If a team cannot continue;they lose a point.

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Pocket P-O-C-K-E-

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ugar S-U-G-A-

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EXTENSION lor language

development
515 TV2DAY
the characters in the photo on pages 8-9.
six questions and answers.

J\1axfrom?
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THIS IS TV2DAY
Look at this conversation. Write similar
conversations about famous people.

A
B
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Ht5 namc is MichaelJohnson.

/5 he Ausirakan?
No, he lsn't. Hes American.

LESSON 1
Choose two friends or members of your family.
Write sentences about:

what
what
what
what

MJ

they love
they do on weekends
they never do
languages they speak
moiher lovesrocl: music.

SSON 1
ok at the conversation on page 10. Write two
sentences each about Jack, Sally, and Carol using
e simple presento

- rv lovespijeons.

She 30es to the movies ...

SSON2

LESSON 2
Look at the photo in Lesson 1 on pagel O and write
sentences about Jack, Sally, and Carol using the
present progressive. What are they doing/wearing
and where are they standing?

Sally ispoinft1j ia the fijeons.

Shes wearin3 ...

ok at the photo on page 12-13. Write questions

and answers about what people are doing/wearing.

'Yhats Laura dOI1j?

shes lookl1jat the map.

LES SON 3

Look at the photo on page 14-15. Write questions

and answers about these things.
blue jacket white shoes cellphone magazine
coffees red hat watch gray sneakers

whose is the blue/acket?

/t's the vft.yectors.
ESSON 3
ake a list of clothes and other things that people
wear. Use the photo on page 14-15 to give youideas.

jacke~ sUJ1jlasses,...
ESSON 4
Look at the TV2DAY profile of Ben on page 17. Write

a similar profile of Dani using information from the

interview on page 16.

Dani is OUyioinner from Brazil. and she kves in Porto

Ale3ye. Hey favoyite clothes..;

LES SON 4
Look at Ben's profile on page 17. Write a similar
profile of yourself (in the third person singular)
for the TV2DAY magazine.

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READING
Read tne U.S. sightseeing guide and match
the places with the photos.

Welcome to
the U.S.A.
A Golden Gate Bridge
There are wonderful views from this beautiful bridge, which
crosses the entrance to San Francisco Bay from the Pacific
Ocean. You can also take a boat trip under the bridge.
It's 2.7 kilometers long, and its two towers are 227 meters

E The Capitol
Washington, D.C. is the capital of the United States,
and the Capitol is the tallest building in the city. The
U.S. Congress meets in the Capitol, which stands on a
hill at the east end of Pennsylvania Avenue. The White
House, home of the U.S President, is at the other end
of the avenue. The Capitol is open to visitors all year
except on Thanksgiving

Day, Christmas Day, and New

Year's Day.

tall. When it opened in 1937, it was the longest and tallest

F The Grand Canyon

suspension

The Grand Canyon in Arizona is probably the most

bridge in the wortd. It's the most popular man-

made tourist attraction in the U.S.

'

popular natural attraction in the U.S. The Canyon is

about 440 kilometers long, up to 24 kilometers wide,

B Walt DisneyWorld Resort

and, in some places, it's 1,800 meters deep. The

People travel to Florida from all over the world to visit Walt

south side is open all year, but the north side is only

Disney World Resort. The site in Orlando covers 121

open from mid-May to mid-October

square kilometers and has four huge theme parks with

snow. The Canyon gets very hot in summer, with

because of winter

fantastic rides and lots of other attractions. Don't miss the

temperatures

of up to 40C!

exciting evening circus show by the Canadian company

Cirque du Soleil.

C Hollywood
This part of Los Angeles is the center of the movie industry.
You can take a bus tour and see the homes of up to 50
movie stars! And at the Hollywood Wax Museum you can
see models of famous people, from movie and TV stars to
rock singers.

D Times Square
This New York "square" is in fact a triangle between
Broadway, Seventh Avenue, and 42nd Street. Famous for
its theaters and huge advertising signs, it's always crowded
with tourists. You can usually see street performers herebut be careful of pickpockets!

G Georgia Aquarium
Meet sharks face to face! This exciting aquarium
opened in Atlanta in 2005 and has over 100,000 fish
and other sea creatures. It holds thirty million liters of
fresh and salt water and is the biggest aquarium in
the world. lt's new, it's fun, and it's open every day of
the week.