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Pe, ‘gradable and ron-radabeacecves: adverts, Intenstving adverbs; acct word order, Portfolio 2 relate clauees; relative clauses wih prepostons; 2 Reading a competion about iepratoal peopl weorcenrai presence cos a aciectves descrbng places ‘3_Well-being pia Portfolio 3 PEO paalve cared acces; connotation: postive |_lnvoductay Ht; stject and verb version, iverson © Readlg a roposa fr gym membership ie fd negative charectr adjectives, eal Word bing actu Witig puting forward leas in propose rasa ve: eat; euphemisms 4 Civilised Porttollo 4 PeS Tews colocatons; ear synonyms Tur ver forms phases eterno the tore, Rend Webaa post fur in tho past Wrlting ways o organo dscusson wet It’s Just a jobt pea Portfolio 5 pee word balding (pei with matple meanings; | _refleie pronouns (ellen pronouns (2) ‘Resding on arice iB F Verb + five with 10 orb +g: ve + Real Worl conesatonl strategies Wing personalising lnguoge a Inti wth ovr); vr-taun colocation; expressions connected to work 6 Ask the public p20 "[Forttotio 6 p60) ‘Words wy Gere but read meanings ward pars | ways ol comparing mal and formal ways of ‘eaeing eters of complaint ‘comparing; adverbs; poston of adverts; Wing feats of eters of compan teu phrases amatc vers 7__Laying down the law p34 Portfollo 7 p72 phrases wih gt phrasal nouns metaphors ‘ondtonals: basic tors; condioras nortan ams; Reading a Book ow ‘passive fos; Impersonal ope sructres Wing cohesive donces ‘eal World finciens and inionaon of questons ‘What's stopping you? p39 Portfolio 8 p78 pirases wih tne; wherever, wtaeer, whaler le; | wi ony past verb ms wit resort rue Reading anormal onal ‘word bulng 2: sues meaning Weng ritrmaanquage 9 Cash aa V[Ferttotio © 78 ‘rice and ost; wo uldng (3): rodocve sues; | simple continuous spl v continous: vets win Rasdlng an aoa lal awe and economies Answer Key plewit 10 The key to success p49 ‘ferent meanings; aan te, of no ace; anv one; Wrling connecting words in uideiesfistuctons; fem afow, quit afew ‘questions as headings Real Word presenting Intormaton \[eatono 10 ew tons ‘Accurate Writing pea ‘subeedver agreement reew, modal verbs (: Reading description of scene ‘unctons; modal vets (2: levels of certainty about —_‘Wrling descriptive language in naratves the past, present and ture Advanced Reading and Writing Progress Portfolio p881 Let’s talk Language Summary 1, Student's Book pt17 1A Make a good impression Communicating Read what Martin, Ros, Maggie and Nigel say about communication at work. Choose the correct word/phrase for each gap. {'m a talkative person. | know that. | love 1p). and the first thing I do when | get to work is have a ® with the people who sit around me. | suppose people could accuse me of just *, about stuff — last night's TY, the price of food and so on. For ime, it just makes the day go more quickly. People think I'm arrogant at times. | tend to*____ when I'm in meetings and that can annoy people. But sometimes | do with the best of intentions. As a lawyer, | _ With people who are in stressful i's better situations. If two people are about to *. to stop the situation before it goes too far. Vm uncharacteristicaly quiet at work because I'm in an open-plan office - there are no walls. So | tend to”......... a lot of people's conversations. The guy who sits next to me is constantly ®.____. with his siend (on the phone. It can be terribly embarrassing. ‘And then five minutes later, he starts a friendly - Its awful! ‘conversation with me — almost ® | a ‘Most people think I'm quite shy but | just don’t talk that much. about the love lives of famous people, or who is or isn’t getting on with who, isn't my thing. One thing | hate is people who"... (One of my colleagues spends all day moaning about how much work she's got to do. | spend most of my time trying to avoid _______. with her in case she thinks V'm interested 1a) bickering @) chatting). rowing 22) talk ») row chat 3 a) witteringon ) buttingin —)_overhearing 4a) buttin ») witteron chat up 5 a) getintouch 6) makeeye —«)_come into contact contact 6 2) havearow —) bicker grumble 7) gossip about) overhear «)_come into contact with 8 2) bickering —_b) gossiping «)_wittering on. 9 a) havingarow b) chatting «chatting me up 10 a) Chatting») Overhearing ¢) Gossiping 11 a) buttin ») grumble «) gossip 12 2) chatting up») makingeye ¢) gettingin contact touch Past Simple and Present Perfect Complete each pair of sentences with the same verb from the box. Use the Past Simple in one sentence and the Present Perfect Simple in the other. tbe make hear do fini 1a) Ihaven't seen her since we .were.. kids. ») I've hardly seen him since he .‘sbeen. unwell. 2 8) As soon as I ___ __ any news from the hospital, I'll call you. 8) AS SOOM AST enn was an accident. aa. _. my best to finish everything today, but by six o'clock I was shattered. »L. two exams today but there are still two more to do this afternoon. 4) We _.. a lot of progress on the project this month, but the deadline isn't until the end of January. ) The company .. = month but it wasn't enough. __ the noise, I knew it a lite profit this 5 a) When she talking to Peter, we can have a quick meeting. ») When she _.. talking to Peter, we had a quick meeting,g j Fer © Read the interview. Choose the correct verb form. ‘Making a bad impression Nancy Turnbull is the Director of Human Resources for a large multinational > company. She ‘worked/has worked in human resources i a large multinationals since 1990. She ‘started/has Started her first job when she left university and Soon dlscovered/has soon discovered she had a talent for ‘reading’ people. During her time in the business, she estimates she ‘saw/has seen over 3,000 potential candidates and probably 50 times &s many CVs. So what makes a bad impression on her? A lack of initiative “As soon as the interview *started/has started, I'll ask candidates the same question: ‘What do you know about this company?’ There's always a brochure about the company in reception. Last week a candidate ‘waited/has waited for 20 minutes in reception before his interview. During that time, he “did/has done nothing except stare out the window. Every company needs people who use ‘dead’ time as productively as possible.” A lack of clarity “Sometimes a candidate “talked/has been talking for quite some time and you realise you haven't really understood anything they've said since’he or she *was/has been in the room. Usually the problem is that they didn’t understand the question when you "asked/'ve asked it and they failed to ask you to explain further.” A lack of interest “The most successful candidates that 1 “interviewed/'ve interviewed in my career have always made me fee! like I was the one being interviewed! As soon as they've sat down, they "asked/'ve asked me questions about the job and the company. They sound genuinely interested in the job and not just the salary, of course!” 1A Read situations 1-5. Then use the prompts in brackets to write a sentence with the Past Simple or the Present Perfect Simple. 1 Its the afternoon. You started your homework this morning and by midday you were halfway through. Then you took a break for lunch. 2) (1/ finish / half of my homework so far.) ») (1/do / half of my homework this morning)... 2 Martin is company chairman, Sometimes he isn't popular, as he’s trying to make the company profitable, 4) (He's upset alot of people since he / be 7a the company) ... 6) (Hes made a lot of changes since he / join / the company.) is 3 Pablo and Maria started reading books in English in January. It's now November and they finished their fifth book today. 2) (During the last year, they / read / five books in English.) _.. he 6) (During the summer, they / read / two books in English.) ... 4-101 p.m, Max went for three job interviews this morning, and he has another this afternoon. Amy went to one interview this morning, 2) (Max / have / three interviews today.) ) (Amy / have / one interview this morning) 5 Calvin passed his driving test last year. Since then, he’ been saving for a car. 2) (As soon as he / save up / enough money, he’s going to buy a car.) ») (As soon as he / learn / to drive, he started saving.)1B Friends - the new family? Prepositions and phrases @ Replace the underlined words/phrases with prepositions and phrases @ 2) Fl in gaps 1-3 wit hese from 1 ett ae ee My sie a | are good at "ecommsiion th ech ate and we speak on the phone reasonably regularly. "Typically, one of us wil phone perhaps once a fortnight, But | know that we usually-do it “without thinking about it rather than because we really want to speak to tach other. From time to time, I'l forget’ to call her Fintentionally, the long run ‘because | know we won't have much to say. ‘The problem is that we aren't “similar in the way we think at all and apart from,our parents, we, have litle “in the way of shaced interests, "For short periods of time, we sometimes might speak quite frequently. ‘But that's usually *decause of a need, for instance family things, rather than anything else. Occasionally, (1 call her for advice ~ for instance, ‘when [feel *Ldon't have the experience to deal with something and | think she can help. | really hope we don't end up "not speaking with tach other in the future. Aithough | don't particularly worry about it nw, | can imagine that “after a long period of time, we'll both probably regret it if we do. Cleft sentences: what and it clauses Complete the conversations using the words in brackets. 1A You're late. Did you run into bad traffic? B No, (1/ home / left / what / my / happened / wallet / was /at) and had to go back. 2A Aren't you hungry? ® Not really, no, (What /late / lunch /a/1/ had / was / happened) touch because | was in a'meeting most of the day. 3A Did you first meet your boyfriend at work? 8 No, (happened / was / he / chat up / tried / to / friend / my / what) ) Fill in gaps a)-i) with these in a bar but she was already seeing someone. words/phrases. 4-4 Have you been in touch with Liz recently? ew : 8 Not really. (of / periods / through / go / we / happens /is / What / daily / chatting) Looe a rth ly 1g) [ seein yrs “5 manic ap 5 A Why are you and Tom always breaking up? phases Pn feu B (happens / weeks / get on /a/ for / few / well / What / is / we) common hat = ll cae =F ans and then we always fall owt about something silly.Cy ‘Complete b) so it has the same meaning as a). 1 2) Ltold him something. It was a secret. ) What 1. 2 a) 1 get on best with my aunt. ) The person ___ 3) Td like you to do something, Call me as soon as you get home. +) Something ra 4-4) Itannoyed me that she didn’t call. ) The thing that... 5 4) They're splitting up because of constant bickering. b) Their constant bickering nnn 6 a) Those cars went out of fashion because they were environmentally unfriendly. 1) The reason cere 7) This is what I did: I got in touch with all his friends. ») What I did ... 8 a) We grew up in this house. ») This house is 9 a) This is what happer ») What happens is... she witters on until I stop listening, Rewrite sentence a) to emphasise the underlined information. Use it + be + who/that. 1a) Liz hasn't been well for some time but Lonly heard about it ‘yesterday. ) .hizhasn’t been.well for some time but it was.onty.. esterday that Lheard about it... 2.) They say that women gossip a lot but the men gossip more inour office. ») They say that women gossip a lot but .. 3a) dont mi onmy nerves. b) don't mind her rudeness but ier rudeness but her constant wittering gets: 4) Nobody had told me anything so Lknew about the ‘problem only by overhearing them. ) Nobody had told me anything so 5 4) Everyone thinks Jane dumped her boyfriend but he ended the relationship. +) Everyone thinks Jane dumped her boyfriend but 6 2) I knew she wasn't happy but | didn't realise how upset she was until you told me. b) I knew she wasn't happy but .... 1B a) Correct the mistake in each sentence. 4) Itare normally my sisters who 1 talk to about anything serious, ») Then, what my brother does is to go upstairs and watch television. ) What I really respect about they is that they are supportive in everything I do. 4) It they that matter to me most. ‘¢) What it happens is we get on well for about two days, ‘Its this year when is going to be the biggest challenge. b) Fill in gaps 1-6 with the corrected sentences a)-f) from a). Friends or family? 6 ~ winou a doubs, my fends. only see my family at Christmas ~ at my brother's house. '_.¢)_. . On day three we start to bicker about little things. ?. . And we don't see him for the next six hours. °. I've invited everyone to my house for a change! 99 ¢ ¢ Tove my friends, of course. But 1 really love my family. *......... «I'm really close to my parents and both of my sisters. *_........ . There are just ‘some things you can’t talk to your ’ parents about. © @+ REAL WORLD + REAL WORLD + REAL WORLD+ REAL WORLD + REAL WORLD. REAL WORLD + REAL WORLD + REAL WORLD Sayings QIEB ‘) Make sayings with these words. 1 gained / Nothing / nothing / ventured . 2. twice / bitten / shy / Once 4 wasn't / Rome / day /a/in/ built . 6 out/ mountain /a/ make / Don't / molehill /a/ of . 7 Ine / Better / never / than 8 mouth / before / brain / Engage . b) Complete these conversations with the most appropriate sayings from 12). 1A The next time he asks me to do‘a simple job’, Tl know what to expect. 8 You will. .Once.bitten. twice.shy... 2A Tcant believe he didn’t lock the door. We could have been burgled! 8 Well, we weren't. So 23a [just butted in without thinking. And now shes really upset. a ‘4-4 I can't believe how long they've taken to redecorate, I just want to move in! 8 Be more patient. .. 5 A Hes got all these ideas about building extensions and we end up doing nothing, 8 My husbands the same, I always tell him: 6 A Twant to ask for a raise but what if he says "no"? » There’ only one way you're going to find out. Remember: _. 7 & Personally, | couldn't stand working in an office. ® Me neither, But she seems to like it, I guess 1@ Favourite sayings ) Explaining and paraphrasing @ Fill in the gaps with the phrases in the boxes. {nother words Which isn’t to say that ‘What I'm trying to say JUUA It looks like our server’ down. Did you know? Tom Eh? You know I'm not technical, Julia, qua Sorry. ' is our website isn't working. JoM Ah, OK. Call Softwire ~ they manage the website. ‘The owner is Dan, but Phils the brains behind the company. Dan’ unintelligent but . need to speak to Phil. Tom Exactly Ju put it simply what this means is put it another FIONA Economic conditions mean we need to make adjustments to the company. And wwe need to cut costs. Way, MARK. some of us are going to lose our jobs! FIONA I'm altaid so, To *. need to make about elght people redundant, What | mean by that Which is to Which basically means manie ‘I'm told you're a newspaper journalist, Who do you work for? paut I'm freelance. | work for everyone! mane Everyone? for lots of different newspapers and magazines. Mani Ab, is that like a temporary job? PAUL Sort of. It not unusual in my profession. . va SAY lots of journalists are freelance. © Accurate Witting -> 1 and 2 p84 £D_Reeding and Witing Portfolio 1 p542 Remarkable! Language Summary 2, Student's Book 6120 2A Exceptional people © Gradable and non-gradable adjectives; adverbs @ Choose the correct words. 1 His achievement was utterly/extremely superb. 2 She's an extremely/entirely busy person. Read sentence a). Then complete sentence b) with an intensifying adverb from box A and a verb from box B. tly completely deeply 3 The taste was utterly/realy strong. = 4 [felt totally/stightly tired. eB Sreexets f., bebives enjoy ic mpieelip | remeribess ji 5 Their story sounds extremely/absolutely awful. 6 Her knowledge of history is fairly/utterly huge. 1a) I love biographical films, 7 Las rather/fully surprised by what he had done, ») He _. biographical films, 8 This exercise is totally/very impossible. 2-4) Tthink Martins absolutely right ; 8) SE with Martin, Intensifying adverbs (ZEB 3-2) I really wish I had listened to her advice. Read the article and choose the correct ») He. not having imensifying adverb. tw ter aaiviee 1 3 cer i caro) qa sony 4 a) [have a clear memory of meeting him. 2 a) completely ) vividly ——¢)_strongly ates i 3 a) bitterly highly) deeply +H saa = ee . cKeee capi a ity 5a) In my opinion, creative talent in children must be 5 a) extremely vividly ) strongly encouraged. 6 a) completely b) deeply firmly ») He . P van in encouraging 7 a) thoroughly») quite 9 distinctly creative talent in children, | may be exceptional but Twice a year Some *......... believe that the (Officer of the Order of the British in the UK honours aystem is ridiculous, David Empire) but wanted a knighthood so around 3,000 — Bowie, the musi who tured down that his wife would get the title ‘Lady exceptional a knighthood in 2003, said “I seriously Dahl’. people are don’t know what it's for.” Having also Many of the refusals, however, are at awarded a refused a CBE (Commander of the least in part a form of political protest. title, award or British Empire) in 2000, it seems Stephen Hawking, the scientist, was medal to reward aspects of charitable work, service to an industry or even a specific act of bravery. Most ss unlikely he will ever accept any honour, ‘Some people must have * frustrated = with — the government’ attitude toward scienti funding over the years. Hence, he people, of course, are regretted refusing an award the first turned down his knighthood. delighted to receive recognition and time because they later accepted one - _ Clearly there are a variety of reasons ‘enjoy,sesing theirnames in the. examples miclude tne autnor Granam why people might do this ana not even papers and; mecting the | Queen. However, every year, about $0 people refuse an award. Normally, these are keptysecret but recently a list revealed ‘over 300 famous people who have said “Thanks, but no thanks” to Her Majesty. Greene and the film director Alfred Hitchcock. Others have been *, disappointed with their award and have refused it because they expected something better. Roald Dahl, the children’s author, was offered an OBE good friends ’____. agree on the subject. Mick Jagger from the Rolling Stones is now ‘Sir Mick’ after accepting a knighthood in 2003, However, bandmate Keith Richards refused his CBE and said, “It's not what the [Rolling] Stones is about, is it?”2A Relative clauses Relative clauses with prepositions Join these sentences, replacing each * with a relative clause. Make necessary changes. 1 Anex-soldier * has become the oldest person to be awarded a PhD by Cambridge University. He is 91 years old, ‘Anex-soldier.wha is 91,years old has become.the oldest person.to.be awarded a PhO. by. cambridge. University... 2 Colonel Michael Cobb's PhD * is called The Railways of Great Britain: A Historical Atlas. He began it in 1978, 3 The examiner * said, “It is a remarkable piece of scholarship.” The examiner marked Michael’ thesis. 4. The ceremony * will be attended by 40 members of Michael’ family. It is being held in Cambridge. 5. Michael got his first degree at Cambridge at Magdalene College *. He studied mechanical sciences in the 1930s. 6 The Reverend Edgar Dowse * is the oldest person in the world to recelve a PhD. He received his from Brunel University in 2004, aged 93. 8) Complete these sentences with whom or which and these phrases. applied aquired three-yeors-experience- have great admiration the Nobel Prize is named | complained was very tall | invested went bust the film Twenty-One was based he never came back 1. The job for ...which Lapplied required three years... experience. 2 My first teacher, Mr Turner, is someone for .... 1 PETSOM 10 nan 4 He set off on a mission from 5 The business in . 6 This is the book on 7 Dynamite was discovered by Alfred Nobel, after b) Rewrite the sentences in Sa) to be less formal. 1 _Thejob.which applied for required three years... experience, Make these sentences more formal by rewriting the phrases in bold, using relative clauses with prepositions. to which he confessed 1. The murder whieh-he-confessed-to was merely one of his awful acts, 2 1 would like to introduce someone who I owe my life to. 3 The person who I was in correspondence with seems to have left the company. ‘4. The day that he died on is now a national holiday. 5 His wife, who he always collaborated with, was at first given little credit for the discovery. 6 She loved charity work, which her life was dedicated to, 7 The room which we are standing in is where Anne wrote most of her diary. 8 The politician who millions are protesting about is a strong candidate for president. Choose the correct words. 1. She’ got three brothers, one/all of which/whom 1 ‘went to school with. He was incredibly intelligent, 2. Tima big fan of hers, She’ released two albums as a - solo antst, both/most of which/whom Te got on CD. 3 Tcan't stand Where I work, My office is full of gossips, neither/none of which/whom 1 get on with. 4. He just isn't a very convincing actor, I've seen him in two films recently, neither/both of which/whom I've particularly enjoyed. 5 I'd read several of his books, none/al of which/whom I'd thoroughly enjoyed. So I was really looking forward to this one, 6 I was disappointed when | heard you weren't coming. However, Marta had invited over 50 people, few/most of which/whom | had met before.2B Memorable places Adjective word order QED @ Complete the table with these adjectives. fur middle-aged turquoise Norther European. ancient phenomenal frustrating gigantic West African, minuscule beige polyester stainless steel tiring | etdety Mediterranean pinkish immense ‘What do you think about it? How big is it? How old is it? What colour is it? Where is it from? What Is it made of? Put these words in order and add aan, Use the table in 1. 1 clay / Moroccan / ancient / vase anansient. Moroccan clay vase. 2 island / Atlantic / tiny / stunning 3. modern / inspiring / building / glass... 4 peaceful / town / medieval / medium-sized ...... 5 tropical / brownish / huge / fish. 6 colour / beige / Victorian / inoffensive 7 material / greyish / stone / attractive Sara ‘These phrases have too many adjectives. Rewrite them by putting the underlined in a separate clause using with or in or a relative pronoun. + asmart, young, dark-haired and blue-eyed man .-a.smert young man with dark hair and blue eyes. 2 a breathtaking, early, signed and dated painting by Picasso ian metal and wooden sculpture 3a massive, old It 4 a miserable, tiny, one-bedroomed Z0s-built flat 5 along, black, white-buttoned wool coat Verb+ing and past participles Correct the mistakes in these sentences. 1 1was a little worrying about calling her so late. 2. Can you listen for one minute without bute in? 3-1 found the level of security on to enter the building quite worrying, 4 The prize, establish according to the wishes in Alfred Nobel’ will, is awarded every year. 5. Passengers to leave on the 7.30 flight should be ready for embarkation at 7.00, 6 I can’t help to gossip when 1 get bored at work. Participle clauses These sentences are taken from a story you will read in 7. Choose the correct connecting word. 1 @When | waited for the kettle to boil in the kitchen at my office, I listened to everyone chatting over their coffee. 2 Because/So we were faced with a night sleeping in the car, we started the long, Journey home. 3 While/After we had rung numerous other places, and even a campsite, we were fecling more stressed than when. we had left. 4 When/After we think about that weekend, even months later, we still fail to see the funny side. 5 We were bickering for over an hour, when/so we didn't notice how low we were on petrol. 6 We agreed a short break was a good idea, so/because we packed a small suitcase and set off on Saturday morning. 7 Sofif you looked at it from the outside, the house looked fine. 8 After/While | overheard them swap plans, T couldn't help feeling a little envious. 9 The owner of the hotel was dressed entirely in black, so/because he didn't Took the friendliest of hosts. 10 Because/After we hadn't thought that hotels would be full, we hadn't bothered to book anywhere.©: ~ a)sj) from 6. Rewrite the sentences in § using a participle clause. @ a) Waiting ..for.the kettle.to boil in.the kitchen at.my. office, Listened ta.everyone.chatting.over.their.coffee. ») Faced Having rung a. ad. Read the story. . The topic of conversation was holidays. . My wife and I both had too much work to think about a long summer holiday. But what about a long weekend in the country??......... By early afternoon, we were enjoying a pienic a few hours’ drive from the busy city in which we live, Late in the afternoon, we started to think about somewhere to stay. - The nightmare began. We must have stopped at over ten hotels, none of which had any spare rooms.*,__.. . Finally, we passed a small house with the sign ‘Rooms Vacant’ in the window. * However, once inside, we started to fel distinctly nervous.” . Our room, which clearly hadn't been occupied for some time, was filthy, Within a quarter ofan hour we were bak in the ca again . But the nightmare wasn’t over. ° Eventually the ear stopped and we realised what was wrong. To cut.a long story short, we got home at around 6 a.m. on Sunday morning and slept the entire Complete these sentences with a present participle, 4 past participle or a perfect participle (Having + past participle). Use the verbs in the box. flick spend play: seve look after lose wake up need three months in Poland as a |. knew how hot it could get in the summer, 2 sone OF AN OIE recon player, records can sound richer than CDs. 3 -a-nsnssne through a glossy magazine, | came across an article on responsible tourism. _ some time alone, he headed off to the country. 5 ze and sugar, its a refreshing drink. at dawn and been unable _. with ice, crushed limes to get back to sleep, I decided to go exploring, 7 a . I knew how terrible she felt. my passport before, carefully, furniture of this quality should last you a lifetime. These sentences have a different subject in each clause. Rewrite the underlined clauses so that the meaning is clear. 1 The Argentinian hotel owner and | were able 19 ‘communicate, having studied Spanish at school. was able.to.communicate.with the Argentinian... hotel awner, having studied Spanish at schoo... 2 Not looking where he was going, the car knocked him down. 3, Watching the rain from the safety of our hotel room, the street soon became flooded. 4 Butting in every five minutes, Lhecame deeply ‘fcustrated with Jenny’ arrogance. 5 Michacl made me {eel unappreciated, having worked day and night on the report.Adjectives: describing places (29 | There are few places Feeling the need to get away from it ll? Replace the derlined with these words. , With the combination of ‘The Orkneys are a group of islands just @ ee ee wan mess words: breathtaking natural of the northeast coast of mainland ee a aks = scenery and numerous I meandering golden unspoilt medieval | prene sr NUE | unique cosmopolitan diverse Scotiand offers. 4) Whether you are seeking historical adventure, cultural entertainment or simply solitude and peace in a directionless and purposeless tour through the highlands, the country offers a wealth of attractions. . meandering . +) In the latter, the dating from 6Q0AD to LSQ0AD Edinburgh Castle dominates the skyline perched on top of an extinct volcano, me ¢) One of their main attractions are the ‘unusual and special prehistoric standing stones. 4 Northern Scotland is one of the most unchanged and undamaged parts of Britain, ¢) In fact, it has some of the most stunning yellow in colour stretches of sand in the world, S : i senna ) Its varied and different and spectacular scenery ranges from the Highlands to the moors and FOCHS anne #) Glasgow and Edinburgh, Scotland's capital, are the two largest and most inisrnational CIEIES, cen Reading Read the website and fill in gaps 1-7 with a)-g) from 1 : ‘Wit its reputation for temperamental stretches from and unforgiving weather, you may @ Read again. Are these sentences true (T), Ben Nevis, the highest hhave assumed Scotland is devoid of false (F) or the website doesn't say (DS)? ‘mountain in Great Britain, beaches. * . St andrews, on to the windswept Shetland the east coast in Central Scotiand, 1 [Edinburgh Castle is Scotland's most islands, some 150 kiometres the gnst oa Cana Stan popular tourist attraction. from the most nartern tof Reaches whch famously featured 2 [[] The Orkneys have only been inhabited Including, inthe opening sequence ofthe imrecent times, ‘of course, Loch Ness. Oscar-winning film Chariots of Fe. 3 [151 Andrews has a long tradition of golt 4 [Loch Ness is the largest Scottish lake. Krown as the lowlands, Souther ScoUand is the mest populated area 5s [|scotland has surprisingly good weather, _f the country. «In the former, the Kelvingrove Art Gallery ‘housing works by, Y ‘is the country's premier museum and art gal 6 [C]scottancls best art gallery isin Glasgow. Song eters Da Ronda Bata © Accurate Writing > 3 and 4 p84 & Reading and Writing Portfolio 2 p57 2Positive character adjectives ‘What character adjective is each question asking. about? Complete the crossword. ‘Across (9) 1 Is late and you're in bed and you hear a noise downstairs. Would you go down and investigate? 4 You've failed your driving test three times and the lessons are costing you a fortune. Would you try a fourth time? 5 Your decorators can only come when you are at work. Would you give them a key? 7 Its very late and you have just finished a report, at work which you need to give to your boss tomorrow morning, You know you need to read it through one last time. Would you do it? 8 You arrive at a restaurant and everyone is dressed more smartly than you. Would you stay or go home and change? Down (4) 1 You've been searching unsuccessfully for your wallet for a few hours but you're sure its in the house. Would you cancel your credit cards? 2 You suddenly receive a large bonus at work and you know your best friend needs some money. Would you give him/her anything? 3. Its Friday. Your best friend has just won two lickets abroad for the weekend and wants you to go. Would you go? 6 You're having a good time at a party and the last bus home leaves soon. Afier that, you would have to get a taxi, Would you leave now? ' | 3 Well-being Language Summary 3, Student's Book p124 3A Being confident Connotation: positive and negative character adjectives @ Complete 1-9 with these character adjectives. reckless extravagant tight-fisted gullible arrogant finicky obstinate timid impetuous 1. You might think what you did was brave but I see it as reckless... You could have been seriously injured. 2. Tve never seen Jim compromise about anything, He’ the most vu person I've ever worked with, 3 Idon't understand how some people believe a random ‘email telling them they've won a lottery they never even bought a ticket for! How is that? 4 Lwish you wouldn't be so ene With presents. I can't afford to give you expensive things and | feel so embarrassed. 5 QUE CAI $0 eonnnsnsnn She rarely goes outdoors! 6 We made too much fuss over our kids and food. Now they're teenagers they're terribly... about what they eat 7 Lused to be .. but ve learned to think carefully about decisions and their consequences. @ Isabel failed the exam but | find it hard to feel sorry for her. She's so «she hardly did any revision, 9 Ud like to say my father is careful with his money Dut in fact, he’s just... Match each negative adjective in 2 with the more positive adjectives from 1. vennnenen OCKOSS.... courageous. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 93A Introductory it CR @ Rewrite these sentences using introductory it + verb + adjective. 1 That they werent fired was very fortunate. 2 Grumbling to your boss is pointless. 3 That the meetings are arranged this week is imperative, 4. Working with someone so demanding can be difficult. 5 To assume he would be safe alone in the house was wholly arrogant. 6 That only a few weeks ago she had no experience is astounding. a) Read the first part of the article, Fill in gaps 1-6 with introductory it and the correct. form of the verbs from A and phrases from B. A weroot not be emerge frighten be surprise that she wae justtightisre ‘nota situation that continued for long everyone to see him lose his temper that he was going through a messy divorce me to see her get out something I'd ever want to experience — b) Read the second part of the article. Fill in gaps 7-12 with the correct form of the verbs in A + introductory it and phrases from B. A notin not find can't bear resent find prefer B_ when came into the ofice after the weekend difficult to understand at all ‘when she was offered the job when-people- make amistake ame SonnncTr funny to ask people the time when the office was more boring TE Colleagues from hell! iy Wei a people to tell us about the worst people they've worked with ... Tonce offered my neighbour lifts to work because we work in the same office. | knew she had a reputation for being thrifty, but " itsuened out that she.was just tight-fisted | ‘After the first week, I expected her to offer something towards my petrol costs, However, on Friday night, as I dropped her | offin front of her house, *._..._. 4 and wave goodbye without a word - not even a ‘thank you". Fortunately, T got anew job about a month later - nowhere near my old office. Jused to have a nightmare -| boss - he was terribly obstinate at times. And when he didn't get his own way, you knew it was going to be a bad day.“ He would shout at people and storm out of meetings, slamming the door behind him. He eventually got fired for his behaviour and later ® Looking back on the situation, | feel sorry for hi "t don't mind it ven peoplemake asulstake and admit it. However, | once had a colleague who was totally ir incompetent and nothing was ever her fault. Then one day she applied for a ‘managerial position in another er deperment Alot of people = Someone even se “Thad Zeclbapie once who was a real ‘joker’, She ® go g when they were carrying cups |; of coffee. | lost count of the number of times | saw people pour LL. drinks on their shoes. |" i ‘She'd always arrived early and would have done something ‘amusing’. Once she plugged the keyboards | ‘| on our computers into different machines. Hilarious. Some | people thought she had really livened up our department. " ' «She was such an idiot!3B A happy, healthy life Phrasal verbs: health Tick (V) the correct sentences. Then correct the mistakes. 1 [got stung by a wasp on my arm and it started to swell it up. 2 There's some kind of flu going around that everyone’ going down with. 3 He’ got some kind of food poisoning ~ he must have picked up it on holiday. 4 Helen picked up a cold a few weeks ago and she still hasn't got it over yet. 5 I'm taking some drugs which the doctor put me on. 6 My nose has been blocked up for over a month! 7 She came out on a rash after eating some shellfish. @ Read the email and rewrite the underlined phrases © using the correct form of these phrasal verbs. ng Pl Puton godowmwith swellup getover \ come out in go.around pickup not be blocked up HiSuo, Sorry | haven't emailed in a while, 've been ‘recovering trom flu again! You wamed me that having a young baby woukd be lke this and you were right. There always seems to be some kind of itiness “being passed around Eveline's nursery and within a fow days she *calches It And then all of us “pocome liluith the same thing. | can't remember the last time my nose "was clear! ‘To top i al, in tho showors at swimming on Saturday, | noticed that ‘spots had appeared. on Eveline, Chicken pox! Fortunately, 1 had it long ago but Clare, poor thing, hadn't and by Sunday It was cloar she'd got I too. We read on the intemet that itis ‘quite dangerous for adults and terifyingly It can cause the brain to “get larger! Anyway, she saw the doctor yestorday ‘and he didn't seem concerned — though he “has oiven her some kind of anti-viral drugs. ‘Anyway, how are you? I'm in your area in a few weeks 80. ‘maybe we could meet up for lunch? Assuming Clare and Eveline are better, of course. Dino x Subject and verb inversion (EB Complete the sentences with the correct phrase from these pairs. she-mighttave/might she have I've met/have met $0 do if does me, too Sotam/Soam! thas she gone down/she's gone down Here she comes/Here comes she There goes the man/There the man goes | either am UNeither! am 1. Have you any idea where .she might have.. picked itup? 24 I'm not feeling 100 good. ee ae 3 A [don't know where the assistant has gone. 8 een» We ean ask her now. 4 Never .. someone who wittered on so much. 5 4 I'm coming down with something, | think. 5 si « Tve been feeling awful all day. 6 | wonder if a with the same thing Thad. (aan _... 1 told you about, He was really rude to me 84 Itannoys me when people take the week off just because of a cold, 5 Fill in the gaps with one or two words. 4 Lean stand going on diets ad eee my husband. However, we both enjoy running. 2 She asked Me if ee -nnmnnnnn the time. | told her it was around half past two. a the bus. Have you got your ticket ready? 8 Yes, but I don't think that’ our bus. 4-4 Tim getting a bit overweight, BA litte, perhaps. 5 Hove green vegetables and fortunately, son both of my children. 6 A Have you any idea what arriving? 8 He should be here around six.Inversion CED @ 4) Rewrite these sentences. 4) Lonly give in and have one when it a special occasion. Only when iene ») Restaurants have only recently started to print nutritional information on their menus. Only TeCeM EY ene en 4) Idon't decide which restaurant to go to till I've satisfied myself there are some healthy options. Not until 4) You should never feel forced to have a starter and a main course. On no account .. ¢) almost never order something without asking for it to be changed in some way. Seldom ... 4) People almost never eat out as healthily as they should, Rarely 2) I didn’t really realise how much sugar is added to these drinks. Liule +) It will slow you down and also help you enjoy your food more, Not only .... — b) Read the article. Fill in gaps 1-8 with the rewritten sentences from 6a). @ Rewrite these sentences using the phrases in the box. Not only Seldom Inno way Not until Nowhere Only on You wont find better food anywhere, Ws greasy and tastes of nothing, We only eat out on special occasions. i E i 2 : q : g ei z = 5. We didn't know how expensive it was going to be till we got the bill, 6 Burgers could never be described as healthy. Staying healthy while eating out + There are just too many tempting things on the menu, But It is possible. And here ‘are some simple tips that might help. ‘+ Eating outs not the time for being a timid ‘consumer, 7 For example, instead of chips, | might request a baked potato or if something i fried, Il ask for it to be grilled. Be assertive! enn « However, this can be misleading. If something is low in carbohydrates it isn’t necessarily [ow in fat, * Many restaurants with a website ndude a menu with information about ingredients.‘ + Lsed to lave a cocktail before my meal Then someone told me how unhealthy they were. Now| have a small gas of wine or aight beer. + Give your brain time to realise your stomach is full and drink plenty of water during your meal, a If the starters have a bigger range of healthy dishes, order two ofthese instead. + Skip desserts." “Triple Chocolate Mountain ‘Meltdown’ may sound delicious but twill probably treble the calories in your entre mealEuphemisms @ Correct the underlined idioms. getting ona bit Now I’m 'geing-up-ebit | often feel *below the ime when I listen to my grandchildren talking to each other ~ especially the teenagers. They seem to talk in a different language! It doesn’t help that I'm a little hard to hear too. When I ask them to explain what they're talking about, 1 always get the funny feeling that they’re being a little efficient on the truth, Anyway, expect I was the same at their age! ‘The youngest ones are simpler. I've got two three-year-old grandsons ~ twins ~ and although they can be “a bit of an armful, I love spending time with them. At 75, 1'm officially a ‘superior citizen which means | can travel on public transport in Britain for free. This is really useful as our car has "seen healthier times and 1 was finding driving and parking quite “determining. Apart from my hearing, my health is reasonably good. From time to 1 feel "below the climate but it usually passes within a day or two. | do feel the cold ti more than 1 used to. I have the heating on quite a lot as otherwise, the house gets "a bil atthe chilling side. My teenage grandchildren always say my house is like a sauna! 3C It’s the way you say it Being tactful @ a) Make sentences with these words. a) you / looser / better / pair / I / would / think / suit /a ) night / early / an / get / to / plam ») could /a/ detailed / it/ Frankly, / been / more / have / bit. Jwas 1, 4) was /It/ side / short / the / on / bit /a. oy better / seen / Ive / designs . 1) you/ were /1/ if down @ interesting / i ty 1t/Touder/ bit /a/ being / wi b) Fill in the gaps with sentences a)-h) from 2a). erererer 1es / was / of /at / It / sort . 1do/ could . Do my legs look fat in these? Honestly, what did you think of my speech? Very fanny! + But then again, people do get bored when they go on. ‘What did you think of that article I sent you? - But it went on too long, ‘What do you think of my new mobile? «Or perhaps I'm getting a bit hard of hearing! Do you think the music is too loud? - Its quite late, Do you fancy going out for a drink later? Sorry. - It been a challenging week, to say the least. ‘What did you think of their new kitchen? -vunon - Lmean the cupboards didn't look particularly strong, did they? Did you manage to read my report? Sorry it was quite short, YES. enaenene » YOu had a month to prepare. © Accurate Writing -> 5 and 6 p85 & _sRiatling and Writing Portoite'3 p60,4 Civilised ae) : Language Summary 4, Student's Book p127 Zo a / guag ry fe P _4A Society and the media News collocations (ZEB Future verb forms (EB Read the guide to handling publicity and Choose the correct answers. If there is more than one correct choose the best word to fill in the gaps. answer, what is the difference in meaning? 1 Did you know ........ a press conference today? How to stay famous by using the press 4 heS holding») hes going to hold ¢) he'll hold Difference: un - © Read all the tabloids andthe"... 2 We. a press release as soon as reporters from the magazines every day? Can you find tabloids are here. something about you that isn't quite true? 4) ‘Ibe issuing») ‘Whave issued ¢) issue Ifyou can,?... .. apress?.......... and tell Difference: ... people how hurt you are by what has been 3 Those glossy magazines are just full of celebrity trivia written about you, And then announce T know. 1... buying them, your Intention to * for libel 4)’'m going to stop») am stopping ¢) ‘ll stop Difference: = 4 Do you think it... the front page? 2) will make») will be making «makes * Its almost always good to... the headlines, but you don’t want to page too often. The public will Difference: 3 sci become bored if you’... to muc! 5 We cant run this story. I... time to check the facts. #)won'thave 6) ‘mot having «won't have had ‘+ Make a large and ‘anonymous’ charitable Difference: .... donation, And then make sure the tabloids 6 The story is completely untrue and .......... them for libel, a”... about you being the a)helll have sued b) he'll sue ¢) he’ going to sue a press Difference: immediately, saying that you wish 7 They happy seeing their names all over the papers. no one knew about it. Afterall, you say, a) wont be 6) aren't being won't be being Phrases referring to the future 12) sparkly) shiny) glassy Tick () the headlines tha tlk about a future eve. 22) grb —b) hold = g) take 34) reunion +) meeting ¢) conference 4 a) charge 6) arrest’ —¢) suc Sa) hitb) strike) punch INF ATION TO GO BEYOND 4% SOON}. = 64 crate) do oiaake '3 .ENERGY PRICE RISE DUE TO ‘ARROGANCE OF MINISTERS"... 7a) facet) front) first 8 4) deliver 6) collect ¢) receive ++{LIBEL ACTION SUCCESSFUL - THOUSANDS SET TO}... 9) treatment 6) coverage «) reporting {BENEFIT £5004 10 a) run. b) produce ¢) make eo 11 a) tale b) story @ chronicle 12 a) Issue b) Provide) Give out 13 a) release b) statement ¢) comment 14a) hunt 6) take seekaa Rewrite headlines 1-7 in 3 as full sentences. There is sometimes Fill in the gaps with the correct form of more than one possible answer. 1. .fs.the prince about to get married again’. 2 3 4 5 ‘ 7 Read the stories and choose the correct future phrases. ‘Some people feel that the newspaper industry is onthe ° + ‘potnt/brink ofiverge complete collapse and that within ten , years, we are “sure/about/due to get our entire news diet from the Internet and television. While the popularity of online news "1s bound to//s likely/certain rise, it does not necessarily follow that readers are “due/likely tofon the point of abandon newspapers altogether. ‘Since Interest rates *be certain/certain/are certain to rise ‘ext month, politicians ‘ae hold/to hold/are to hold an emergency ‘summit on the economic problems. The topic "sets unikely/due to get 80 much coverage that newspaper | ° editors must be on the verge of tarder/to order/ordering extra | | ain Paper for their morning print runs. a Rewrite these sentences using one of the phrases in brackets. 1. We launch our new website next month. (set to/sure-to) ..We're set to. launch our new website next month.. © 2 We probably won' finish before July. (unlikely to/not due to) 3 They're publishing a new edition very soon. (bound to/about to) 4 He will almost certainly be late. (bound to/set to) 5 Their new album will definitely be a success. (on the verge offcertain to) 6 We're landing at 5.30. (bound to/due to) 7 Her business is going bust in the near future. (verge ofilikely to) these phrases. abouetor Mord sure /include set /grow likely / face sure / take betenswer unlikely / be due / take place verge / complete verge / quit 1 The actor is .about.to.hold.. a press conference about his court appearance where he Js.teanswer. a charge of dangerous driving, 2 Space tourism ata significant rate over the new few decades and all the major airlines ... an interest, ime Minister .. say several insiders. However, whatever happens over the next few weeks, the government =a difficult election in May. 4 The Brazilian player i his transfer to the Premiership club. The list of his demands .. a weekly salary of nearly £200,000. 5 A-vote on the new law .. aL the House of Lords this evening. However, as opposition is growing daily, it successful. Tick (7) the correct sentences. Then correct the mistakes, 1 The actor set to be the star and director of the third part in the series. 2 Crying quietly, she was on the verge of tearing up her application. 3 The newspaper, about to celebrate its 100th birthday, is due to close. 4 The stories likely to receive more publicity over the coming months, 5 The amount, is due to be announced this week, is believed to be triple the estimate. 6 Markets are on the verge of collapse, 7 I definitely won't have finished it by the time he’ arriving, 8 The new stadium will have been build by 2011.4B Cities and tecnnaledy Near synonyms @ a) Read the first part of this article about mobile phones. Fill in gaps 1-6 with these words/phrases. amostrecent rising people ~--| focused concept ‘who have, DVD players (84%) or computers (80%). “The *.. that within my lifetime! + ‘weld have the kind of penetration we have today is ° unimaginable,” says Martin Cooper, 79, the . _-- Motorola researcher who invented the portable cell phone in 1973. es But it companies. To keep revenues * big carriers are *.. rot all good news for mobile phone ay the ‘mostly on stealing ‘cach other's existing customers and getting mobile ‘users to spend more on ringtones, streaming music and other add-ons, a b) Replace words/phrases 1-6 in ta) with these words/phrases. idea on the increase concentrating consumers 1 latest. a Read the second part of the article, Match eight pairs of near synonyms from the underlined words/phrases. 4 The bulk of thé *un-mobiie phones ~ fall into three aa the credi-challenged. (Thee acualy’ inmates ~but companies haven't Parents aren't gure about their ~ tapesally because they pay the bil: suggest that so far half of the USA's 28 million 8- td 14year: olds have their own handsets. Fear of an enormous demand for payment also concerns the elderly, But increasingly, they are convinced it' good to have a phone for emergencies. For consumers without bank accounts, prepald phones have been a particularly popular alternative to having a contract Lately, charges have come down significantly and companies now offer a better variety of phones and numerous methods of putting credit on the phone. As a result, qumbers indicate that prepaid phones are the fastest-growing segment of the market. 8) eee f a) ......children: kids. te de 4. Future in the past (ZED i \© ‘Choose the most appropriate ending for each sentence. 1 L was about to go home ... 4 and arrived justin time, +) when I realised I didn't have any keys. 2 We were going to move out of London ... 4) but then Ruth was offered a great job in the City. +) and we are looking for somewhere near the coast 3. Rick and I were supposed to be going out that night ... 2) and I was really looking forward to it, +) so 1 had a really good time, 4 Itwas to take five years to complete the building ... 4) and it was never completed. ¥) and it would be opened by the Prime Minister himself. 5 I thought it would be impossible to buy a house ... 4) so 1 expect I'll always be renting +) but somehow I did. 6 Lwasn't going to tell you yet... 4) so dont ask me again. +) but I cant keep the news secret any longer. @4B Read the article about predictions. Then fill in the gaps with these phrases. would be needed — wouldn't have was to see. were supposed tobe weren't we going to be would pass were about to have Hasn’t the future been disappointing? ‘According to Henry Ford's prediction made in 1940;.we san Whizzing ‘around in flying cars by the 1950s. My vehicle is stl femly stuck tothe road. About 15 years ago wer oe OUF TIVES revolutionised by Virtual reality: There's nothing ‘Virtwal'-about my reality, I'm afraid. And it's not very revolutionary. And finally, by the turn of the CONEY, nennenen living on the moon?.'m happy here on Earth but it would be ‘comforting to know there is an alternative. However, there's a fortunate side to the unreliability of predictions, too, In the 1970s it Was predicted that just five computers worldwide. Now, in the USA for example, 8096 of households own one, For many of my generation, life without the Internet is unthinkable. Even Alexander Bell somewhat ‘underestimated the success of his ‘telephone: His dream was that “One day, there will be a telephone in every American city” Before he died In 1922, he ® over a milion of his most famaus invention in use al cover the world. Worst of all, according to the New York Times in 1939, the average US family *... sauctime for this new thing called ‘television’ and that soon this craze year aae « Imagine: instead of slumping in front of the box every evening, | ‘would have had to read a book - or even talk to my parents! ‘AS 8 wise man once said, “Prediction is very difficult, especially if i's about the future.” Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the words/ phrases in brackets and a verb from the box. You do not need to change the form of the verbs in the box, say speak get discover tell bbe delivered rive turn 1. Nobody imagined that one day he .would.rua.. the whole company. (would) 2 Vm sorry U butted iM. een YOU something? (be about to) 3 Thy venmnene all the building work by Monday as thats when the painters were coming. (be supposed to) 4 We... nve years later that we'd been living next door to a criminal. (be to) 5 Your present .. think its got lost, (be supposed to) 61 samen 0 Mars house but it looks like Clare's taken my Keys. (be going to) 7 Its lucky you warned me as 1 hhim everything. (be about to) 8 I thought 1 .. last week but 1 .. here on time but I found a shortcut to avoid the traffic, (wouldn't) 91 to him many more times before his death in 2006. (be to) 10 Computers offices into paperless environments but it hasnt happened heret (be going to) Rewrite the phrases in bold using the words in brackets. 1 Thad planned to call him very soon but then you rang, (about to) _-A.was about.to.call him but then you.rang.... 2 We had arranged a meeting at one o'clock but she didn't tum up. (supposed) 2 Ke was my intention to leave early and get the four o'clock train. (going) 4 Hadn't you intended to be working at home today? (supposed) 5 The train was on the verge of leaving when we arrived. {about to) 6 We intended making our final decision that evening. (going)