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Facebook" website "Talking about your neighbours Ranking famous people 2s good/bad neighbours Talking about different ways of making contact Roleplay: phone messages. Talking about your school days Describing afavoulte teacher | Taiking about schoois in your town Comparing schools now & in the past ‘Choosing a language school Roleplay asking for information Did you know? The English language Roleplay: solving problems|na shared Nat ‘Discussing emigration Did you krow? The United Kingdom ‘ompating Newcastle to tonns in your country Roleplay rections Discussing relationship styles | id you know? Wedding wacitions Tnventing afin dialogue ‘Communication activity: reeling lim stores ‘eseribing an imaginary evening out witha famous person iseussng the soca ite otierent age groups fn your county Talking about tourism in your eaunty Planning improvements n your town for tourists Describing the best/worst hotel you have stayed in Did you know? 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Present perfect simple work ee 78 Hard work Verb allocations (wort) TE Jobselection p70 | Present perfect simple with | Adjectives nouns Ste BB Space tourists p78 ‘SC Great ideas p30 Pradictions 2 maybe, probably, certainty, et) Present tense in future time clauses (fist conditional | ‘Compound nouns _with number ‘Adjectives with iniiives “Ema website acaesses Contractions 2 | Word stress 2 ‘8D Help! p82 Sey ‘9A What's on p56 Passe Computer actions “ing & ed adjectives _W programmes Passive with agent Fins ‘9 Language reference p94 ‘10A Animal lovers 995 Present perect simple ‘been & gone es snith for & since 108 Stress p98 | Present perfect simple For ntnished time TOE marathon men pi00 | Present perect simple with | Sport ao 10D Decor, doctor p102 Coe omgs TA Tings 7308 Infinitive of purpose ‘body a heath Personal possessions "110 Fashion victim p08 ee "T2A around the world 5136 Prepositions of movement Phrasal vars Modals of obligation Clothes se te (presenttime) sa Denes LAC Camden Market 110 | Modals of obligation = (pasttime) = oe oe 11D Looking good p1i2 fit, go with 8 suit as Let's dance pie Global Engtish p20 Relative clauses | Countries & languages Unit reviews pias | British & American accentsra Reading & Listening wo have met ceebities L Descriptions of gadgets YR Agreariiee? BEE Aisin fonts snd acm TE Araelo programme about entertainment in London Re Oscars night JL Four people buy tickeis on the ph TR The unites states of animals TR Anaicle about stress TL Aeurs report Ranulph Fiennes & Mike Stroud. “L_ two.coctors' appointments Two people talk about things they wanted wien they were younger Dialogues ina clothes shop TE Anewsrepor about the American adventurer, SteveFossett JB Anenalldescibing Wnldad cambal BR English as an international Language — no problem, OK? | ‘Deciding wnat qualities are needed for diferent jobs Describing festival err | Describing & guessing jobs Talking about yout expeiiencas of work Desctbing an imaginay fe Talking about finding a job in your town Bolepleys carours advice Talking bout scence tion Mins | Talking about how you use eomputere id you know? Computer games inthe US Talking about entertainment in London & your town Bid you know? Leisure actives inthe UK "Talking about going tothe cinema Acting a scene from avatar Roleplay: at the box office Descriting = concen Taking about pels @ animals id you know? Sporn Austala Roleplay at the doctors Describing a favourite possession |_Communication acti: describing & guessin Discussing lates & appearance Giving & presentation on shopping in your town _Did you know? Shopping Londo Roleplay ina clothes shop Discussing Famous explrers Pianninga ‘found thewerd' mp Talking about festivals Talking about the English language In your country Three dialogues ats party Discussing global issues id you know? Ox in the Workbook) Aletterof application Anote giving Instructions Aoview of frm A story 2 A description of a Favourite possession Anopinion ‘compositionVOCABULARY & SPEAKING: family & friends 1 Match the words in the box to the definitions, aunt "best ridud “clase colleague cousin daughter grandfather motherin-law pet neighbour nephew niece Toommate son son-in-law uncle neighbour a person who lives very near you a person you wark with an animal that lives with the family your male child ‘your aunt's (or your uncle's) child ‘your brother's (or your sister's) daughter your closest fiend 8 your daughter's husband 9 your mother’s (or your father's) sister 2 Work in pairs. Write definitions for the other words in the box. 3. Think of four people who are important to you. Then, work in pairs. Tell your partner as much as possible about these people. Tara is my niece. She is nineteen years old and she studies at university READING 1. Read the article about two families, Match the photos A-D to the stories. 2 Read the article again and answer the questions, Where was Vera born? Where is her husband from? What's her son's name? Where is the Shona family’s new home? How many children are there in Judy's family? ‘What is the family home when they travel? ‘What is the youngest child's name? Where was the family’s first show? Vera Shona = ‘Vera was born in Clapheim, south London, Her parents were. bath criginaly from Zimbabwe, but came to England to work. ‘Aller school, Vora sticiad! nursing at South Bank University, 5. Atunivefsty, she mict her future husband, Faral who wes bot th Zinbabwe and who was alco @-nurss, The couple got Tarred and two years later, they hadl a baby boy, Moyo. They then decided to go and ive in Zimbabwe. “Both Paral anid | wanted 18 go hak to aur roots,’ said Vere, They foun! bs, 10 with a medical charty én eft Loridon to‘begin thelr nw life ina ema vilege in the north of the county. Vera and Fara run a health centre, but fis the only Bulg in the village with electricity Vera's son travels to a seco village 10.99 0 school. Judy Boehmer Sty had her fst chi, Adar, 27 years ago. She nw hes four sons ate Seven dauohters and a pel dog, Bosoo, but she ‘wants more boys. Judy and her husbiand, Lary, Ive in Atianta, Georgie, bit they also have a 10-metie-long motor home, 20. The family sometimias travels more than 40,000 kilometres @ sear for ther work The chien do nol go to echeal, but they sludy sthome with thelr parents. The Boehmers are a cirous famiy and al the chitdren take part in the show. They do diferent kinds of juggling anc’ Margaret, the youngest, stands on ‘one isa in fer mothers hand. The frat show of he Boehmer Family Jugglets was at a theme park in Jowa, ancl they now gerform all over Anierica. Glossary juggle vb keep objects moving through the air by catching them and throwing them back in the alr ‘roots 1 the place where you come from originallyeye ut the two families? 4 Do you think that the life of these two fa ‘800d forthe children? Why or why not? GRAMMAR: questions with to be ‘We miake questions with the verb to be by sing the verb befare the subject, YeyNo questions “Ts she married? ‘Were you a! scool yestertay? Short answers } We can answer ye auestons with short answers, Yes, Lam. No, Pm now Yes shel, Na, she tne. Yes, he was. No, he wasn’t “Yes, they were No, they meren'e Wh- questions ‘We can put question words before the verb. ‘Where were you born? ‘What és her daughter's name? © See LANGUAGE REFERENCE PAGE 14 B Are you married? a Yes, I was. Is your family very large? Yes, itis. ‘Were you born in this town? ces, there are, Is your father a good cook? No, I'm not Are your parents from this town? e No, he isn't Are there many people with the { No, they aren't, same name as you! Change the answers to the questions in exercise 1 so that they are true foryou. Rearrange the words to make questions. How many people are there in your familvt 1 are family how in many people there your ? 2 are names their what ? 3 are how old they ? 4 are hobbies their what ? 5 bom parents were where your ? 6 family in is person the who youngest your ? 7 family holiday last was when your ? 4, Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions in exercise 3. SPEAKING 1 @ 1.1 Usten toa description of atypical English family. 3 Put the topics in the order that you hear them, Children How many children are there? What are their names? How old are they? What are their hobbies? Family pet Is there a family pet? What is it? What is it called? Food When does the family eat together? What is thelr favourite food? Weekends and holidays ‘What does the family do at the weekend? What do they do in the holidays? Parents ‘What are the parents’ names? How old are they? What are their jobs? What are their interests? Tv ‘What ate the family’s favourite TV programmes? Work in pairs, Think about a typical family in your country. ‘Make notes using the questions in exercise 1, Work in groups. Describe your typical family to each other.1B) Where are they now? SPEAKING “A true friend is toe best possession in the world’ 1 Translate the proverb above into your language. Are there any similar proverbs in your language? 2. Work in pairs. How many different ‘ways can you complete the sentence below? A true friend .. always listens to you. makes you laugh. knows you wel VOCABULARY: verb collocations (friendship) Put the text in the correct arder. each other very often, but we keep good friends. We come from similar David is one of my oldest backgrounds and we have a lat friends. We were at college together. We didn't get jn common, He lives in Spain now, so we don't see in touch by phone and email C1 on well at frst, but later we became ae @ 1.2 Listen to the recording to check your answers. Complete the questions with a word in bold from exercise 1. ‘What sort of people do you ‘on well with? 2. How often do you and your best friend each other? 3. Doyou a lot in common with your best friend? What? 4 How do you in touch with friends in other towns oF countries? 4 Workin pairs, Ask and answer the questions in exercise 3. LISTENING 1. Work in pairs. Look at the photo. Choose one of the people in the photo and describe her/him to your partner. Your partner must decide who you are describing. 2 You are going to listen to a woman, Christine, talking to her husband about the photo. Before you listen, read the sentences and decide if they are true (1) or false (9) 1 The two gitls on the left are sisters. ‘The girl with red shoes (Christine) was fourteen years ol. ‘The photo was taken in 1973 4 The boy with the guitar (Nicholas) was Christine's boyfriend, 5 Christine is now married to Nicholas. ‘The girl with blonde hair (Helga) was in love with Nicholas, 2 Helga was Chiistine’s best friend 3 @ 133 Listento the dialogue to check your answers. Correct the false sentences.GRamMak: questions with auxiliary verbs it simple & past simple ‘make questions in the present simple and past simple with sn auailiary verb (do/does/did) and the infinitive, We put the liary verb before the subject and we put the infinitive after subject. _qvetion word auxiliary subject do ‘you does he did they infinitive liver ‘want? atrive? forms other verb forms (for example, present continuous, can, will) ly have an auxiliary verb and a main verb. We put the verb before the subject and we put the main verb after auxiliary subject, are you can we will we infinitive doing? meet? know? © See LANGUAGE REFERENCE PAGE 14 1 Complete the questions with an auniliary ver from the box. What your best friend's name? Where she/he live? What she/he do? ‘Where and when When you first meet? the last time you met? Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions in exercise 1. Look at the text below. Some of the text is missing. Prepare ‘questions to ask about the missing information. ¢ Smith left schocl in 1976. She studied (1) __ (Wat) University and then got a job (2) —__ (Where?). When was in America, she met (3) (Wo) at a party at the ‘House. He worked for (4) —_ (Who’). They started going jer and they got married (5) (When). They now (6) —__ (How many?) children. Christine and her husband ive (7) (Where). She works for (8) (Who?) and s writing (9) (What). Christine wants to get in touch (10) —— (Who?) and promises to reply to all emails, ‘A: Tum to page 129. B: Turn to page 127. ‘Ask and answer the que: missing information. exercise 3 to complete the Where are they now? | 48 PRONUNCIATION: contractions 1 1 @ 1.4 Listento these contractions. donot > don't did not > dida’t what is > what's 2. Make contractions from these words, 1 doesnot 3 thatis 2 hehas 4 was not 5 were not 6 whois 3 @ 1.5 Listen to the contractions and repeat. SPEAKING 1. Correct the grammatical mistakes in the questions. Who you did read about? Is she/he be married? How old she/he ist How many children does she/he has? Where she/he is living now? ‘What do she/he do? Work in groups of four, A-D. You are going to read about the people in Christine's photo. ‘A: Turn to page 126. C:Tum to page 129. Bs Turn to page 127. D: Turn to page 131. Use the questions in exercise 1 to find out about Christine’s old friends. Who do you think Christine will get in touch with first? Dip you know? 1. Work in pairs. Read the information about social networking sites and discuss the questions. facebbook™ is one of the most popular websites in Britain with over twenty-five milion users. Most of them are aged between 13 and 29 and itis slightly ‘more popular with women than with men, People use the social networking site to keep in touch with friends and to make new ones. they share photos, audio and video clips, and play online * Have you got a similar website in your country? © Are you still in touch with friends from your last school?ic | Neighbours SPEAKING 2 Read the article again and answer the questions. 1. Work in pairs. Ask and answer these questions about your : ae 1 Now many pele voted er Cher, What are their names? 2. What kind of house did Cheryl Cole + What do they do? live int * Where do they come from? 3 How often does she travel between * Are they good neighbours? Why or why not? Britain and the US? 4 What part of London does Jamie Oliver live int READING 5 How near is his house to a park? 1. Read the magazine article. Put the information in the correct arder 6 What sort of neighbours does he have? Si People do not want to live next door to politicians. 3. Which famous person in the article Cheryl Cole was the most popular person in the poll would you like as your neighbour? Jamle Oliver lives in a fashionable part of London, i Many British people know a lot about the lives of TV celebrities Cheryl Cole did not have any neighbours in her last house. Jamie Oliver lives with his family l asked 1.000 people in Britain this question. The winner of the poll was the TV celebrity, model and pop singer, Cheryl Cole, with 31% of the vote, Many people in Britcin know very itis chou their neighbours, but they often know aie the lives ofTV celebrities, especially those on realty 'V shows. The Briish public obviously between homes in London and the United States, and she fies fo keep her address a ‘The fop man in the poll was the TV chef, Jamie Oliver. Olver lives in the fashionable a ‘of Primrose Hil in norih London, with his wife and chilsren, It is @ quist ond beautiful residential creo, five minutes from one of Loncion's best parks. His neighbours include film slars ike Jude Law and Ewan McGregor the supermodel Kate Moss, a5 well as paiiicicng ‘and bankers. Neighbours describe Oliver as a friendly helpful neighbour ... put na one casks him fo help with the cooking! Glossary celebrity n a famous sports or TV person, poll n a kind of vote where people are ‘asked for their opinions public 1 people in general ‘The British tke attractive TV personalities ‘and cocking, but. it seems, they do nat ‘want fo live next door to poliictans.There wos not a single politician inthe top swenty nomes. 10| Cheryl ColeGRAMMAR: how & what questions © See Lancuace REFERENCE PAGE 14 Complete the questions for the answers below. er ee sala een 90s LE weit) usually drive quite fast, especially on the motorway. ee eee es ‘My father’s hair is grey. ES Tknow my teacher very well, ek usually have dinner at about eight o'clack. rise cee ae have six cousins. erg don't like pop music very much, but I like everything alse. Work in patrs. Ask and answer the questions in exercise 1 You have new neighbours and you want to know more ‘about them. Write four questions that you would like to ask. Use the prompts below to help you, What time ...? What kind of ..? How much ...? How many ...7 How often ...? How old... ‘Work in pairs and compare your questions. Which is the most interesting question? Neighbours | 1¢ PRONUNCIATION: the alphabet. 1 Lookat the three lists of letters. In each list, the letters use the same sound. Choose a letter from the box to complete each list. Lift By Higieneck. 2% BODE PTY BAP RSLS IM NIT LR 2 @ 1.6 Listen to the recording to check your answers. 3 @ 1.7 Now listen to the other letters from the box and repeat after the recording. 4 @ 12 Listen to alistof the six most common surames in Britain and write them down, 5 @ 1.9 Nowlisten to the recording to check your spelling. SPEAKING 1. Make a list of five famous people from your country (film stars, musicians, politicians, sports stars, ‘V personalities, artists, business people). Now put the people in your list in order (1 = best neighbour > 5 = worst neighbous). 2 Workin small groups. Talk about the people in your list, and explain why you think they would be good or bad neighbours.1p | Making contact SPEAKING READING 1 Work in pairs, Discuss these questions. 1. Read the advertisements on page 13 and put them + Which of the ways shown in the photos below do you The faunerouns tse most often to contac other people! * Accommodation «Which do you preter? When and whyt + gl language lessons * Jobe 2. Think of the last three phone calls that you made. © Making friends + Who did you call ftend/busines cay ; '* Why did you call her/him? (to give some news/ask a 2 Pe advertisements again and answer the wae auestions, 1 What does Mary tact {planed my brother Beans Re no wel at ia ei TR ae 2 What the name ofthe recruit agen? eter 3. Where des Mike vet {Bhaed my fend, Karen, benuse Jwanted ta mite her 4 Wren are the Kung Fa classes? What does Patel want Work pais and compare your answers. 6 How much does the rom near London Bridge cost 2 Where can you get fee acommodaton! & What language can you practi on Thursday FUNCTIONAL LANGUAGE 1: phone numbers —_ evenings? 1 @ 1.10 Listen to.a phone message and choose the 3. Imagine that you are in London and you want to best ending, a, b orc. improve your English. Which advertisements would ‘you choose and why? 1 To listen to the menu, press es a @ b) 1 2. For general enquiries, press I@@O@ COO 3 Kate's home phone number is a) 0307 775 3046 b) 0307 755 3846) 0307 755 3046, 4 Kate's mobile number is a) 0477 320188 b) 0877 328118 c) 0477 321880. Look at audioscript 1.10 on page 133 to check your answers. 3. Work in pairs, A and B. You are going to practise saying phone numbers. A: Turn to page 126. B: Turn to page 128. Listen to the phone numbers your partner says and write them down,i AY Beauiiluls weve. Sonu pen crete ae crohns Cais cia ies Sasa cated “May Sha 07127207 New friends. english gertieran wold like to ‘meet new peopleom al overthe world, | Ineress: cinema, concerts, pubs. lamina languages. Patric Trotter 0906 641480 - /? ston Nap f £600 par manth + bi, 4 = S05 1 rte } “renporay ork le are urge ook fer feMpETY —s a syoar r : has @ 1.11-1.14 Listen to four phone calls. Match the calls 1-4 to the advertisements A-H. Which caller does not leave a message on an answering machine? © 111-4.16 Listen tothe messages again and answer the questions. ‘What is Davina’s phone number? ‘What is a good time to call her? “What is Bella's phone number? ‘What is her family name? What is Ruby's number? ‘Why does Sara want English lessons? Making contact | 10 FUNCTIONAL LANGUAGE 2: phone messages 1 @ 1.15 Listen and complete the phone messages. ‘This is 641480, I'm afraid there's no one to take your call right (1) —_.. Please leave your (2) and (3) after the tone and 1 call you back, Ah, yes, hello, Mr Trotter, my (4) — is Davina and Ym (5) in your advertisement. Could you call me back, please? Any time before Stuart here. Pm not home at the (6) leave a (7) after the beep. Thanks. Hell, good moming. (8) is Bella Moot, that’s Moor - M- double 0 - R'm (9} about the Kung Fu classes. You can eall me back on my (10) that’s o147 so please 2. Write your own answering machine message. Use the language in exescise 1 to help you. 3 Workin pairs, A and B. A: You are going to telephone another student. First of all, decide why you want to call them. Use the language in exercise 1 and in the Useful language box below to prepare what you want to say. Listen to the message on their answering machine and then leave your own message. Bi: Anather student is going to telephone you, Read out the answering machine message that you have prepared and then listen to the message that your partner leaves. Write down their name, phone number and any other important information. 4 When you have finished, change roles, Then change partners and repeat the task with other students in the class.Language reference GRAMMAR Yes/No questions Questions with to be before the subject. verb subject Is he French? Are you married? ‘We can answer these questions with short answers, Is he French? Yes, he is. ‘Are they married? No they aren't. ‘We make questions in the present simple and past simple with an auxiliary verb (do/does/did) and the Infinitive without to, We put do/does/did before the subject and we put the infinitive after the subject. auxiliary subject infinitive Do you. Uke pop music? ‘Does she ve in London? Did she enjoy the party? ‘We can answer these questions with short answers, ‘Do you like pop music? Yes, Ido. ‘Does sive live in London? No, she doesn't, ‘We make questions with the verb to be by putting the veeb ‘Questions with other verb forms AL ather verb forms (for example, present continuous, can, wil) aleady have an unitary verb anda main verb. We put the auxiliary verb before the subject and we put the rain verb after the subject auxiliary subject. main verb Are you Ustening? an we start? will she phone? ‘We can answer these questions with short answers. Are you listening? Yes, Iam. Can we start? No, we can’t. Will she phone? No, she won't Wh- questions ‘We can put question words before the verb, The most ‘common question words are: wit, whic, when, where, why, who and how. Whar is her daughter's name? Who was your fst boyfriend? When did they arive? ‘We can combine how and what with other words to begin questions, adjectives (ar, of, pop, tall) adverbs (often, weet) How | such (much money, much tite) many (many chien, many cousins) How ola is rat? | How often do you travel by tai? How many CD’ does he have? What | un (colour, ime, ete) Kind of sor of/pe of What colour is their car? What time is 12 | What kind of pizza do you thetFUNCTIONAL LANGUAGE Phone messages “This is 0307 775 3046. ‘This is Kate Woods, ‘You fave reached the voicemail of. ank you for calling . im afraid there is no one to take your aall right now. rot homne/in the offce at the ert, jyoar name land number laivour message This ts a message for... snuerested tn calling about later |the beep tke tone, Prap(eh! /"kaz(a}né Paea3( Format fada(y Porat asdaty 'hazband) 8) La nef! dni! /pesront! ‘pet! Jaen sn mt Sato eat? ‘keep in touch with — Jkip m taf wid ($0) phr neighbour n C** — /nerbott} roommate nC umm Other words & phrases accommodation n U'**/9koma' deta)’ advert(isement) mC /ed'vaie)fsmanty appointment nC *** apautmaay background C** /ekgramdy Pie | load! | Pooks! | ldo | Po! | aint) | celebrity C+ libra charity n C/U" Aero! circus nC ss(Qkos! ' clothes pl*** —Adauba! college G/U *** Alli concert nC** Ponsa contact v *** ‘ont disiret eC ** fds doll nc ‘dol! dress C** (ies! filekesat/ ‘imeil” enquiry nC ‘aahvan experience n U** —A'spartons! expert c * fekspxin fanne + ‘fen! ‘ejymab(ay fit adj = aw fatn c+ ‘Ales! flowery adj avae guitar n C** ‘ltaxey health n+ Mela’ hobby nC obit housework nU hava ware include *** nud judge nc ** (asad! jugele v oo laugh v *** os lovely ad lav ‘male adj *** ‘meal! meat U*** i ‘medical adj * medio) member C*** ——/memibae) message nC "** mess) model n C ma ‘motor home nC Fmoutatt) hou nurse n ¢ ** inst! obviously adv #** — fobviaslif opinion n C*** abn perform y *** ‘pakoHfo(em! pink ed ‘mk politician nC** poston! pall ¢* ‘paul! popular adi*** ——popultyt practise v** ‘pes! prefer v ‘ey press v=** ‘pres! private aj *** ‘pean pubnes* ‘abt public w+ “abies ‘quiet adj *** Aewarat! recent act * ‘isto eeruinment agency n C /nkrutont ‘exds()as repalt v* ‘npeoe result 07" ‘naa nu ‘hr! seat! ‘eatey Seton! ‘ou! ‘similar adj *** fsmmla(ty simple ad * fsmptoW soap opera nC ———_aup apa! satinue* ‘sat ‘surprise n C/U *** solr) praz! temporary adj ** ——ftempyear/ terrible aaj Nenbo theme park nC kim pak open eae eee tone ac? ‘oun traditional adj*** l(a? typical adj *** Scpik(@yl } ‘jnteae st a{ridg(oyntlir fyuzatey vilidsy /vorsmenl! aw ‘ve sa ‘vedi ‘mat! wander’ Abbreviations noun sti something vy verb C countable adj adjective uncountable adv adverb pl plural sb somebody singular * the most common and basic words very common wards * ily common words 152a | School days VOCABULARY & SPEAKING: adjectives with prepositions 1. Which sentences have a positive (+) meaning and which have a negative (-) meaning? was good at mathematics. + J was bored with my school. ~ Twas afraid of the older children, Twas fond of my science teacher. was Interested in science and technology 1 Was terrible at arriving on time. I was keen on sports and swimming. I was worried about my grades. 6 SNe De Think about your experience of school. Change the sentences in exercise 1 so that they are true for you. 3. Work in pairs. Compare your sentences. Were your experiences similar or different? LISTENING 1 @ 1.16-1.18 Listen to three people talking about their school days. Match the speakers 1-3 to the topics arc below, a my favourite subject b_ my favourite teacher ¢ my problems at school 2 @ 1.16-1.18 Listen to the recording again and complete column A with a phrase from column 8. A B 1 Tnever missed. a good grades. 2. Lalways got b_ my exams, 3° [was terrible at my homework, 4 [failed d._his lessons, 5 Imever did © that school. 6 Ididn’t want to leave {most subjects. 3 Did you have any similar experiences at school? GRAmmakr: past simple 1 Complete the table. Look at audioscripts 1.16-1.18 on age 134 to check your answers. past simple [infinitive | past simple hate ao study | 6) Histen | (2) talk 6 eave | (3) teach |) love @ uy @ 2 Now put the verbs in the table into four groups. a Regular verbs: infinitive +-ed listened. Regular verbs: infinitive +-d © Regular verbs: infinitive ending in -y > i+ ed regular verbs: ‘We make negatives vith didn’t (ded nor) + infinitive Tdidn’t want to teave school. ‘We make questions with did subject + Infinitive ‘Where did yom go ta school? Did you like school? © Sce LANGUAGE REFERENCE PAGE 24 3. Complete the dialogue. Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple. ‘A: Where (1) dtd you 20 (you / go) to schoolt B: My father (2) (work) for a multinational company and we (3) (tive) in lots of different countries, so 1 (4) (go) to five different schools, A 6) (vou / enjoy) your school days? B; No, 1 didn’t, Not really. 1 (6) (not have) many friends because we (7) (not stay) long in fone place. I (8) (leave) one school after six ‘months! 9) (vow / do) well in your exams? Yes, I did. Because I (10) (not / go) out with friends, 1 (11) (study) a lot in the evenings and at the weekends, I (12) (not / get) top srades, but I (13) get) a place at Cambridge University ‘What was that like? (14) Yes. 1 (15) 4 Work in pairs. Write a similar dialogue. (you / like) ier (chi) it was great.PRONUNCIATION: regular past simple verbs EB 1.19 when we say regular past simple forms, we usually add the sound iv’ or to the infinitive. We do ot need an extra syllable. Listen to these examples. nd ypen upon! > jove /w! > sey fra) > opened fou loved flava tried trad ifthe infinitive ends in tor /d/, we do need to add extra syllable (1) when we say the regular past, form. Listen to these examples. ant (wont) > wanted /wontd decide ii'sme/ > decided /d'sudil @ Putthe verbs in the box into two groups: no ext syllable (NS) and extra syllable (ES). a By School days | 28 SPEAKING 1. Do you know any films or TV programmes about schools and teachers? 2 You are going to talk about a teacher that you really liked, Use these questions to help you. What was the teacher's name? Where did she/t ow often did you have lessons with her/him? What did she/he look like? bby did you like her/im? Do.you remember a particular moment with this teacher? © What happened? 3. Work in groups. Describe the teacher that you really liked to your group.| 2B | Irish schools SPEAKING 2 @ 1.21 Listen to the recording to 1 Work in pairs. Discuss these questions. SVRESNCUr amen 3. Change the sentences in exercise 1 so * Are there any big differences between the schools in your town? Gate ‘Are some schools better than others? If so, why? + What is your idea of a good school? READING VOCABULARY: education 1. Read a magazine article about 1 Complete the sentences with a word fram the box. education in Ireland, Match the sca aia paragraphs 1-4 to the headings a—d “age certificate “compulsory punishment resili’ Sex’ System below. 1 Some schools in England are for boys and girls and some are single = a Rich and poor, boys and girls 2. In the English education there are private schools and state b A success stor schools. © School subjects 3 Some subjects, like English and maths, are until the age of sixteen Traditional teaching in England, English children must sometimes stay in class at break as a. 5 The minimum leaving in England is sixteen, but most students continue for another two years 6 There is no leaving in England, but many students take ‘A level’ exams when they are eighteen. 7 School students in England get their exam in the summer holidays after they leave schoo! aioe ae ireland now has one of the best education systems in the world, Clas sizes are stall, czam reals are good and most children aze happy to stay at school after the minimum leaving age of sixteen. It is easy to forget chat the pitute used tobe very different (aie For yeas, ireland had one ofthe most complicated education sjstems inthe world, There were many different kinds of school, but most of them had a lot in common. Classes were large and the teaching was very traditional. As in many. countries, teachers used to hit the children if they made mistakes (the government tanned corporal punishment in 1982) (3) Parents used to pay for ther children's education and, 28a result, there were schools forthe rch and schools forthe poor, Boys and gts went to different schools and studied differen subects, Nowadays, most schools ae fee and only about half the schools are single-sex n-many ways, education lk now a woman's world. Gals do better than boys in their exams, more girls po to university and ost teachers are women, Aer aRen Cy @ a look at schools i Ae the end of secondary school, students take their final exams (the ‘Leaving Certifieate’). Compulsory subjects ate maths, ish and English. In adétion, they sist choose two or tice extra subjects. Some ofthese, ike business organization, help to prepare them for the world of work. This is very different from the past when Latin, Greek and religion used to be the most important subjects.ead the article again and find one piece of ‘Information to show that each statement is true. “The exam results are good. ‘yeland has a good education system, aching in Ireland used to be very traditional ‘iGsh boys and girls used to have very different experiences of school. | Siucation in Ireland is a woman's world. fish students study many different subjects. ‘Ace there any similarities between education in Ireland ‘2nd education in your country? scat the sentences about a famous irishman. ie the sentences using used to + infinitive, family used to be very poor, family was very poor. {a child, he was called Jonny O'Keeffe ‘went to a famous school, the North Monastery didn’t like his school missed lessons, in’ do well in his exams. spent a lot of time playing pool. 9 are the sentences about Jonathan Rhys Meyers actor), Bono (the lead singer in U2) or Colin Farrell ‘actor)? See page 128 for the answer. ish schools | 28 2 Look at the sentences below. Replace the past ple with used to where possible. used to be ‘The writer, Frank McCourt, was 4 a teacher. He wrote a book called Angela's Ashes, He was born in New York. His family moved to Ireland. His family didn’t have much money. His father told funny stories to Frank, Frank loved listening to his father. Frank won the Pulitzer Prize for this book about his childhood. 3. Write six sentences about yourself when you were at primary school. Begin three sentences with / used fo .. ‘and three with / didn’t use to PRONUNCIATION: irregular past simple verbs 1. Underline the word in the groups 1-4 below which has a different sound from the other words in the group, 1 bought caught found thought 2 came gave made said 3. broke drove lost spoke 4 fet knew = met_—_ went 2 @ 1.22 Listen to the recording to check your answers. SPEAKING 1. Think about schools in your country now and in the past. How are they different? Make notes, using your ‘own ideas and the ideas in the box to help you. 2 Work in pairs and compare your Ideas. Are schools now better or worse than they used to be? Schools in my country used t0 be very different. For example, 1s2c | Red faces SPEAKING & READING 4 Embarrassing situations Work in pairs. Which of the situations below is the most embarrassing? How many more situations can you add to the list? ‘You are wearing the wrong kind of clothes (eg to a party). ‘You do really badly in a test and everyone knows ‘You fall asleep in a public place. In front of other people, your parents say something about you that ‘you don’t want the other people to know. ‘Your telephone rings at the wrong moment, eg in an exam. ‘Your stomach makes a strange noise. Read the messages from an internet discussion group and match them to three of the situations in exercise 1. 4G Poug 20 Aprit In October last year, I was working at a school in (Cambridge and it was only my second month in the job. Aono ba math ead eth ae ta 1g twas a good chanoe to gt to kraw my new calaagues the party was on 91" October, (tou ives ae went to costume hie shop and got a witch's ‘opened the door and looked et mé as if | wes compltely mad. J wearing normal clothes! Doug ‘Tamsin 26 April . it was the end of torn in June and the students were doing and, as ual beter th Saf the exar | tl he tides ‘phones and so on. Iw walking up and dew Bativeen the ‘own phone rang. That was bad enough, ange ‘80 much that she fell out of her chai. Tamsin Kelly 3 May Worst moment? It was one day last May. When | ick well But it was a boautfl day and el aa an exerse to 60 ard sat cov at my desk. Kw fot ard Bs window are fl esleep, | probably slept for only two or three minutes. Then ‘the chidren were laughing and the headmaster Was Fortunately, Ne was very sympathetic tern them was teeing il KayRead the messages again and answer the questions. ‘Why did Doug's head teacher organize a party? Why was Doug looking forward to the party? Why did he wear witch’s clothes? ‘Why was Tamsin in an examination room? ‘What was special about Tamsin’s phone? Why didn’t she turn off her phone immediately? ‘Why did Kelly decide to go to work when she ‘wasn't well! Why cid Kelly wake up? ‘Work in pairs. Describe an embarrassing experience ‘that happened fo you or someone you know. AMMAR: past continuous he past continuous to describe actions in” ala particular time in the past. Were were you working in October last year? was working at a schoe! in Cambridge, — ‘she feeting ill? Yes, she was. / No, she wasn't. se the past simple for actions that interrupt the ous in he past continuous, : avalking up and down when ray phone rang, SEE LANGUAGE REFERENCE PAGE 24 “Complete the text. Put the verbs in brackets into the “past simple or the past continuous. Look at the pictures A=C on page 132 for one minute. Then work in pairs. Turn to page 127 and answer the ‘questions. ‘Work in pairs. Ask and answer questions about what "you were doing at the times below, “Bhieen minutes ago ‘one hour ago "at six o'clock this, moming * at eleven o’elock last night + at three o'clock last Saturday © at this time last week What were you doing fifteen minutes ago? Tuas having a cup of coffee Red faces | 2c SPEAKING 1. Work in groups and look at the two lists below. Read the sentences and decide which list they belong to. 1 Speak in front of their friends about funny things that they did when they were younger. 2. Don't say hello to their friends when they visit your home, 3. When their friends are visiting, speak with your mouth {ull of food. 4. Tell them (in front of their friends) to wear clothes that they do not like, 2 Now discuss how parents can embarrass thelr children and how children can embarrass their parents. Add three more sentences to each list. 3. Present your lists to the rest of the class.2D | Which school? SPEAKING 1. Workin pairs. You and your partner win first prize in a competition, Read the information and decide which city you both want to study in Ce eet geet lare pee aa eee ae) VOCABULARY: school facilities 1 Look t the advertisement for an English school Match the words in bold tothe definitions below: = library a place to borrow or read books a restaurant/café in a place of work ‘money you pay for a professional service place or position teaching, that you can change they have done this job a lot hey have professional exams/qualiffcations List three important things for you In choosing @ language school 3° Work in pairs and compare your lists. »| Victoria School of English “The Vitor Schoo! has» central locaton nent the Opera Howse. Our qualified and experienced techs provide {op salty tuition with leible imerables. The soo has an ultra-modern moltrmedia centre with 20 PCs. enguage iaberstory anes ibrary The schoo! has sts oy cafeteria and an exeting soil programme Speci fees for incrvationl scudensWhich school? | 20 ENING SPEAKING 4.23 Aman is asking for information about a 41 Workin pairs. You are going to plan an evening school. course in a French language school. Listen to the Use these questions to help you. ialogue and underline the correct information. + Where is your school? What is it called? © What kinds of courses does the school offer? * Who are the teachers? © What facilities does the school have? ‘© How much do the courses cost? * What is special about your school? 2 Find another pair and work in groups of four. Find out about each other's schools. Snes 2 330-430 | DID You know? HH io / 12 115 weeks ‘1. Work in pairs. Read the information about the English : i language and discuss the questions. oe the words in column A with the words from sm B to make phrases. B 2 activities b class form e speakers 4.23 Listen to the dialogue again to check your 5, ONAL LANGUAGE: asking for ation ange the words to make questions, ee rhe ee could Ihave some tnformation about your sctao!?* Do many people in your country study English? Why do they study? ‘+ What English language examinations do people take in your country? + Do you know anyone who has studied English in an English-speaking county? Did they Uke it? could information have school [ some your? could courses me tell you your? class how in many students? mners classes. do for have you? ‘lasses. the time what? does how last long the? jes any are social there? couse the much are how? ok at audioscript 1.23 on pages 134-135 to check answers.GRAMMAR Past simple ‘We use the past simple to talk about past actions and states. ‘The actions and states are finished. Left schoot in 1989, Then I went to university Tliked rock music when I was a teenager ‘We often use a time expression with the past simple, {or example, yesterday, last week, in 2003. ‘saw Jofn yesterday. ‘We léved in Brussels in 2003, tked love > ioved 2. When the verb ends in -y after a consonant, we change the -y 10 ed sudy > studied try > ted 3° With some verbs that end in a consonant, we double the consonant, plan planned stop > stopped (Other verbs in this group include: admit, chat, contro, drop, nod. occur, refer, regret, rob, mansfer and tap. Many common verbs have iregular past forms. car >ate go>went ‘leave > left Used to ‘We use used zo to talk about past states and past actions that happened many times. My family used to live in Rome. We used to go out for a meal every Saturtay. ‘We can always use the past simple instead of used fo, but ‘we cannot use used to for actions that happened only once. ‘We used to live in Rome. = We lived in Rome, ‘My family moved back 10 London tn 1995, Non Biche tortures Bde panto 2| Airave & Negative ' ! “used to, ‘like He/she a se a Gibiuseto stk fh Question i 5 7 i A Did he/sheyit set school you/ehey : cca Did you use to like School? Yes, Lid, J No, aida, Past continuous ‘We use the past continuous to describe actions in progress at a particular time in the past. We often use the past continuous to describe the background situation of a story, It was the end of term and the students were doing their past ened of term now We often use the past simple and past continuous together. We use the past simple for actions that interrupt the actions inthe past continuous. was walking into class when my phone rang. (its walked into class, Second, my phone rang.) ‘We cannot normally use stative verbs inthe continuous form, See page 44 for alist of common stative verbs. She knew that he was happy. Not Shea kino er Allirmative & Negative 1 was ae He/Shejtt wasn't Sa fee talking on the phone, YousWerthey “i / Question Bi i ‘he/she/it talking on the phone? ‘were youswerthey i ‘Short answer ‘Wete you talking? Yes, was. / No, [wasn't ‘Were they working? Yes, they were. //No, they weren't We make the past continuous with was/were+ infinitive ing, Ifthe infinitive ends in a consonant +-¢: tive > living ‘With some verbs that end in a consonant, we double the ‘consonant. See thelist of verbs in group 3 in the past simple above. When“FUNCTIONAL LANGUAGE Asking for information (Please) could I have some information about. 7 Could you tell me about ..., (please)? uch is/are? ‘sired av) Prox} wad! fond ay) gud av intrstd a ‘kin Aerab(al a wasid abaut! Pork “ks uria! ‘soto “kam pals! ‘om pute Jes! Hesk Jedivkexiayo ‘axiom’ ogzmeminer(aya dg zeny ‘sk'spranst’ He ay ‘get 9 lets! Jared’ Jed masta) ‘pedroismas! Med af | Prams) | | | Arggwids lahore? licen ends) leaving certificate nC isn (multinational a so(iufkow company nC *** lesson nC *** ‘Mes(a)a! competition n C*** location nC ** ‘oversea complicated af ** mixed sex ad fimiss seks) 0d adj °° ‘multimedia centre r € jmsitimidio costume nC (an exam) = slopes s (an exam) v °° jpos! ‘enjoy » private school nC prawot sty tng ad °° (corporal) ‘testopioven) ‘exible adj punishment nU* —pangimany ght x C pupil nc *** Pelton fun aa °* qualification C* — /4wolutfkey(ain’ funny ad *** registration form nC /pedgisueyton BRC eemestoon Government nC *** result ec “+ ‘feta! fe eet single sex adj 'sma(a)l seks? "i secialprogamme/ “suff Sean activity 2 C J'provgraem! " ue ao iakiwod (all inelsive adj state school nC tertskucl) | ealousadf® Seaness— fespaeay) | minimum adn teencoee ‘rsa; miss (a esson) v *°* timetable n C mam, texb(a yl ‘mobile phone mC tuition nu ‘Ajwgiayal | atlve ne = siiversiy mC un | nonmal a eer | of course adv *** | organize / School subjects | organi» | painter nc antnU*** fae | Pooln oe biology nw ‘inion rovide © Gresien U ‘ate [own ce history n U=** hist(a}eid | nalenc** ins nv. ami | shopping bag 1. C Latina U Pwcin’ | allly adj * snathematie ‘ymloimths!; stl adj ** (cnaths) n 0 ‘mais’ sympathete a) music n U *** fmjucaak! ultra-modern adj ‘eligion n U4 inid3¢a)n “witch 1 C selence n***a! wor technology n U*** —ekanind) "(about sbsth)v #=* Other words & phrases accent nC * feks(a) actually adv *** —kafuol’ ‘and so on phr ‘end seu oo anyway adv *** ——fenkwew’ a8 usual pr far usual! (fall asleep adj** —{l) ast anv ** ‘ben! Ddehaviourn U*** —orhenia( ‘borrow v** Foor? care (about sb) 0 °°" kea(e/ lub nc + Alb! choose b =** ‘uz! Aan) ‘kamp(a}nid J kompa'tyf(a)n) *womplcke ‘aul ‘ju! ‘bcos! ins ‘esata ksi ‘aa fon Mie ‘gg! anva(ament! ‘ace Phage ‘m8 ‘i aio? ‘ot mktusw! ‘see! fname ‘ms 9 Tex) ‘saa fun! ae “Ansx(einnayl lov koxe}s! atten Premia(ry’ pu Ipod! oul ‘eul! PSopmy beg! Peale Payjupd ‘ smpa' donk? ‘alto'mndote)a! Ft? Pas 253a | Flatmates VOCABULARY: house & home 1 Doyou live in @ house ora flat? What do you like most about your home? Discuss and compare your answers in paits, 2 Complete the sentences with house or home. 1 What is your _fome_ town like? 2. At what age do people usually leave in your country? 3. How do you feel when you are away from 4 Is your mother a wife or does she have another job? 5 How much usually give you? 6 What time do you usually get evenings? 7 Who does most of the cleaning and the other swork where you live? work does your teacher in the 3. Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions in exercise 2. PRONUNCIATION: /h/ 1. Find two words in the box that do not begin with the sound st. 2 @ 1.24 Listen to the recording to check your answers. 3. How well can you say the sentence below? Tama larelre ilar [elf] and Hampshire hurricanes hardly ever happen. 4 @ 1.25 Listen and repeat. 26 LISTENING 1 @ 1.26 Listen to two friends talking about their home life, Choose the correct altemative to complete the summary of the dialogue. Ali lives with (1) friends / his family but is unhappy there. Ali shares a room with (2) his brothers / rwo friends, and he also hhas two cousins staying with him, He finds i difficult to @) sleep / study at home, He wants to move in with his ftiend, Charlie. Charlie shares a flat with (4) fis cousin / four other people All and Charlie agree to (5) do some shopping / go to a café and then to go to look at Charlie's flat, 2 @ 1.26 Listen to the dialogue again. Choose the best definition for the phrases, a orb. 1 Tough. a) That's difficult b) That's easy. 2 W's driving me mad. a) Itmakes me angry. _b) It makes me sad. 3 1 don’t want to put you off. a) don’t want to encourage you. b) don’t want to discourage you. 3. Work in pairs. Discuss these questions. * What do you think Ali should do? ‘What are the advantages and disadvantages of living at home when you are a student? ‘Do most students live at home in your country?2AMMAR: countable & scountable nouns with e, any & no LANGUAGE REFERENCE PAGE 34 the nouns in the box countable (C) or countable (U)? Flatmates | 3a 2. Choose the correct words to complete the dialogue. ‘Mum: What's the (1) problem / problems, Alit You look really unhappy at the moment. All: There's 2) any / no problem, Mumm. Mum: Yes, there is, What's the matter? (3) Js / Are your teachers at college giving you a lot of (4) homework / hiomeworkst Ali: No, it's not that. But you knaw I've got (5) any / some very important exams in two Weeks .. ‘Mum: Yes? ‘Well, I can’t find the (6) time / times to study. I don’t get (2) any/ no peace in my room with the others there. 1s really hhard to work. ‘Mum: I'm sory. [ know what you mean. There realy tsn’t (6) any / some space in the house when we have guests, is shere? ‘Ali: Mum ~ I'm thinking of moving in with (9) any / some frends. ‘Mum: Oh, you can't do that! I know, I've got (10) ar / some idea. ‘Why don't you do your (11) work / works with me in the living room? 3. Work in pairs, A and B. ‘Ac Turn to page 127, Look at the picture of Charlie's living room, B; Turn to page 129. Look at the picture of Charlie's living room aftera pary. How many differences can you find? Are there any plants in your picture? ‘There are some plates on the floor fiey hve there ‘There's no rug in this picture. ives eine SPEAKING 1. Work in groups of three to five. You share a flat with the other students in your group. There are some problems and no one is really happy. Read your role card and decide what you want o say to your flatmates. At the end ofthe discussion, make a list of four rules for the flat so that everyone is happy. No smoking in the flat. ‘A: Turn to page 126, B: Turn to page 128, : Turn to page 129. D: Tum to page 130, E: Turn to page 131. You are sitting in the living room with your flatmates, Student ¢ begins the discussion, ‘There are some things I want to tatk about...3B | Migrants READING 1 Ona piece of paper, write everything that you know about Scotland, You have twa minutes, Now work in pairs and compare your Ideas. 2. Match the words in the box to the definitions 1-6. Giiigiants “inlthigeants inibes _setilers invaders colonies 1. countries, or parts of a country, that are controlled by another country 2 large groups of related families 3 people who come to live in a country from. another country 4 people who enter another country with an army 5 people who go to live in a place where not many people live © people who leave their country to live in another country 3. Read the article and put the sentences a-e inthe gaps 1-5, 2 We can stil see the origins of many Scottish people in sumames like Macleod (Grom Norway) or Sinclair and Bruce (from Franee). FS This continues today and over 50,000 Scotland: THe PEOPLE The first pcople of Scotland belonged to wvo tribes called the Picts and the Britons. Most of the Picts lived in the north and east ofthe comntry. The Britons ocenpied the south and the area thot is now called England, Both tribes, 5 spoke & Celtic langnage that is related to Irish and Welsh, ‘Then ehe Romans invaded. (1) In the 5* century, some Irish tribes began settling in ‘the country, The Romans called these people the Scors, and later their new country was named after them. Two 20 centuries Iter, Anglo-Saxons (many of them were from Germany and Holland, but some also came from Denmark) also settled in the south, and their language was an early form of English, A century later, Viking invaders from Norway also founded colonies, Most of these were in the 45. north and the west. Much liter, many people from France also arrived. (2) —— Immigration to Scotland increased in the 19% century, especiily from Ireland. (3) In total, about 20% of the population probably have Irish origins. But in the 20.20 cenmey, new immigrants began to arrive. Most of them come from Pakistan and India, bur there are large communities from China and Poland, (4) Scotland has a population of about five million, but there are about 30 million people of Scottish origin around the 25 world in north America, Australia and New Zealand ‘Most of these families left Scotland in che 19% century and some of them gave their names to the towns chat they founded, (5) __ There are, for example, 75 places in the world called Hamilton (a common Scottish : surname] Like most European counties, Scotland is 4 multicultural society. |& Alter this invasion, some of the Britons {married Romans and began to adopt Roman customs. S Glossary adopt rb start using 2 new or different way of doing something found vo start an ‘organization or ent eee cial perSPEAKING Migrants | 38 2 Make true sentences using the phrases in the table. 4 Workin pairs. Discuss these questions, * Did many people leave your county in the past? Why did they leave? Where did they go? + Do many people from your country live abroad = Do you know anybody who lives abroad? If'so, why did they go? = What do people from your country miss when they ate abroad? Pasko evince © Sez Lancunce RereRENcE Pace 34 Jn four of the sentences below the word of is sissing. Insert of where necessary. Many the passengers on the Titanfe were leaving ‘for a new life in America. “Most the Scots in America came in the 19% century, “Most Afro-Americans live in the southern states the industrial cities, munities. Phere aren't many places in California that do not a Spanish-speaking community. ome the first immigrants to America were Dutch, ‘Nor many the new immigrants to America come om Western Europe. ‘There are many Koreans and Japanese in LA. people in this country people in this town students Not many | | the students in this bins class ar my feiends Most | o¢ | my work colleagues are difficult to understand, are married. are very interesting, arrive late. don't have much money, drive a nice car. have a job, Uke their work. live near here, our English lessons | need English at work. speak two or three us languages. 3 Workin pairs and compare your answers Dip You KNOW? 11. Work in pairs. Read the information about the United Kingdom and discuss the questions. © Write the capital cities on the correct places on the map. © What do you know about the different countries in the Unived Kingdom? ei Teen The United Kingdom is Great Britain and Northe The flag of the United King zen Union Flag, (Capital Cities of the UK Carat « Lendon Belfast « Esinourgh3c |Home town VOCABULARY: towns 1. Look atthe words in the box. Put the words into these groups. public transport types of accommodation nightlife, culture other Can you add any other words to the groups? 2. Imagine that you are going to live somewhere new. Which things are most important for you? READING 1. Imagine that you are going to live in ‘Montreal. Read the web page opposite. Choose which area (Verdun, Outremont or Old Montreal) you would prefer to live in. why? Work in pairs and compare your answers. 2 Read the web page again. Which part of Montreal do the sentences tefer to: Verdun (), Outremant (0) or Old Montreal (01)? om ‘There are a lot af cars Te doesn’t cost a lot to live here. has the best places to eat isn’t dangerous. It’s a good place for outdoor sport, ‘There isn't much to do in the evening, There are a lot of cultural activities, ‘There isn’t much cheap accommodation, 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 5 30 GRAMMAR: quantifiers 1 Look again at the text about Montreal. Find the expressions in the table below and complete the examples with nouns from the text. cu © See Lancuace REFERENCE PAGE 34 2. Here is some more information about these places. Choose the correct expression to complete the sentences. Verdun 1 There are a fot of / much cheap flats 2. There are not many / not much hotels for tourists 3 There are a inte / afew big factories, Outremont 4 There's not many / not muck crime 5 There are a lot of / too mnch French speakers 6 There is not many / not maich unemployment. Old Montreal 7 There are too many / too much cars. 8 There are many / too mucit things to do for children, 3. Write six sentences about your town. Use a different quantifier in each sentence. SPEAKING 1. Tum to page 127 and complete column A. 2. Workin pairs. Ask questions about your partner's town. Write the answers in column B on page 127. 3 Compare your answers. |fyou described the same town as your partner, did you have the same answers? Ifyou described a different town, which town is the better place to liverHome town | 3c (Din iaiininiiuiniiing dl alidaldadaaidaiaioticnaiusiaia Bee oe ce ane : living in Montreal Old Montreal We live down by the river. i's _Quiremont has many advantages. True, there are too many tourists 42 poor area and there's 2 lot ‘The best restaurants in town, and there's too much traffic, The ‘of crime, but the shops are ‘the most beautiful park and Metro doesn't cake you into the good and there area few good the biggest houses. You feel centre of Old Montceal. There is ‘estaurants, The shopping area safe here. You meet interesting, _a little crime 1h the area, but aot Ts ot very aitfactive, but tis Important people and it’s good too much. But why am | being 50 changing. Public transport is for business. There are no: many negative? Old Montreal is the only excellent and we'te near the city. Japanese restaurants and we place to be, There are 2 lot of centre. in the surimer, Verdun is do very well. When we're not Good bars and restaurants. There the place to be. The river here is working, we like having a coffee are excellent museums {if you ‘eally beautiful and you can have outside one of the cafés. We don't like that kind of thing), an (MAX® Pichcs in the park. There isn't | have much time to enjoy the cinema, an interesting park to enough nightlife for us, so we go area, but we like going up to the go rollerblading in the summer fo the area near the university for park at Mount Royal sometimes. or ice-skating in the winter, What | that. Accommodation is cheap! The only problem, really, is that more do you want? just one big “SRICITTE COFFIN @ ecRwaRD vir —-YOUNEed to speak French in this problem: not enough cheao flats. es ne part of town (and we don't, I found the last one! | Went to know more? $i} Kinaworo wernt omen Je. LAZARIDIS computer “i Want to know more? o4 programmen : ye Want to know more? ist)| 3D | Lost! SPEAKING 1. Read the information about the city of Newcastle, 2 Work in small groups. Aare there any towns or cities in your county that are similar to Newcastle? In what ways? Bilbao is near the sea. Ic also has a famous football team... Nev North-cast England. C ers ‘Old Roman town, 19” century industrial Vocasutary: places in a town t Label the map below with the words in the box. Are the statements below true (1) or false (Fy? Correct the false sentences. ‘The art gallery is opposite the library. ‘The bars and restaurants are near the river. ‘The cathedral is opposite the stadium. ‘The opera house is next to the castle. ‘The shopping centre is between the art gallery and the ‘bus station, ‘There is a Met station not far from the stadium. Do you have these places in your town? Where are they?USTENING & FUNCTIONAL LANGUAGE: Girections © @ 1.27-1.29 Listen to three dialogues. Two football Supporters want to get from the football stadium in Newcastle to the train station. Answerthe questions, ‘Circle on the map the places that they walk past. Bo Kate and Ali get to the station in the end? @ 1.27 Listen to the first dialogue again and complete the sentences. right, straight on. the fist street on the right. the road, past the Metro station. to the end of the road. | Watch the phrases in exercise 2 to the pictures A-F, 4 Work in paits, A and B. You are atthe train station in Newcastle. ‘A: Choose a place you want to go to, Ask B for directions. B: Look at the map and give A directions, | ouestions | ie | wheres the | ‘anol yon ell me | way te. I 018 1 | xcuse me, Prepositions behind between ed mi frentof opposte PRONUNCIATION: to 30 Listen to the pronunciation of the word to (ita) in the middle of these phrases. ‘+ interesting place to visit © difficult to give directions * next to the castle 2 Look at audioscript 1.27 on page 135. There are four ‘examples of to In the middle of a phrase. Find them and underline them. 3 @ 1,31 Listen to the recording to check your answers, 4 Practise saying the phrases with the short pronunciation of to (to). | Selfassessment (tick) |G Lean deserihe a town in my count | ean understand and give directions. | 1 1 can use prepositions when giving ditections, [33GRAMMAR Countable & uncountable nouns Countable nouns ‘Most nouns in English are countable. We can count them ‘They have both a singular and plural form for example, one house, two houses Isa new house, He's got nwo houses in London. ‘A small group of countable nouns has Imegular plurals (child/chiaren, man/men, woman/women, fooy/feet, tooth/teeth, mouse/mice). Uncountable nouns Some nouns are uncountable. We eannot count them, For example, we cannot say two omewerks. They only have a singular form. Twant to do my homework, ‘Some nouns can be both countable and uncountable ‘The uncountable noun refers to the thing In general; the countable noun tefers to a particular example of it, Crime is a problem in many cites, (uncountable: rime in general) Sherlock Holmes solved hundreds of erimes. (countable: particular crimes) Determiners Some & any ‘We use some and any to describe an indefinite quantiy of something. We can use some and any with both countable and uncounjable nouns. ‘We usually use some in postive sentences "ve go some biseits. (countable) He's going to buy some milk. {uneountable) ‘ie usually use any in negative sentences and questions Mark doesn’ ike any vegetables. (countable) ‘haven't got any money. (uncountable) Hlave you got any apples? (countable) | Bo you have any advice fr me? (uncountable) No \We use no with both countable and uncountable nouns A positive verb +o has the same meaning asa negative verb + ary. There are no bisais, ~ There aren't any biscuit, (countable) {have no time. Cdon't have any time. (uncountable) | Quantifters ‘We ean use quantifiers before @ noun to show how much of something there is, There are too many tourists in this town. know @ few good restaurants near here We do not ave mur ite. ‘We do not usually use much in affirmative sentences. We use a lo of instead. There's @ lot of work to do. No Fheresmmuel- work, Some, many & most We can use some, many and most with or without of. ‘Some of my friends are working, ‘Most of tte people I know are very interesting. ‘Many people spend their holidays abroad, ‘Most days, Ido some homework.CTIONAL LANGUAGE ctions: where's the ‘me, caryeoutd you tel | please? me the way t0 how do F get to the end of the road/street. the frst/secona street on the tot Worp List House & home (be) away from home pir get home phir home town nC homework 1 * ousewife nC housework n leave home phr Towns accommodation n U** ant gallery nC barat? bridge nc** bus station nC castlenC** cathedral nC church nC" nema 2. ¢** crime n C/U *** ceulture n U*** fan cr? industrial ay "** library n C*** Metron C ‘museum no*** nightclub re ¢ nightlife n U ‘pera house nC park nc ** pollution n u** Public transport n restaurant n C*** roundabout nC shopping centre nC stadium nC studio ne ** theatre mC" traffic n U9 tam nC train station n ‘okomsden(o! tego ‘hay? oats ‘as sterol Pasta ‘ade! Asin sama ‘aim eae) ‘Me ‘easton Harbrot otro! Jeuiaiony foams) ‘nant! Fopioy haus! feat ‘paingien! ‘ble ranspoii fresiayont! raondo but! ‘op sense ‘elon! ‘ojo! eae eke rem ‘re ‘eo Other words & phrases abroad atv *** adopt v* area nC cash ns century 2c" cheap adj *** ‘sora! coal nUt colony nC community 2 C*** countryside n.U** custom n diny aqj*** discourage v drive (sb) mad v emigrant n C encourage 9° flatwate nC flag nC found »* guest n C7 hang on v immigrant € ‘immigration x U independence n U** invade v invasion nC migrant nC rufticaltoral ad normal a *** occupy v*** ordinary adj *** originn ** outdoor aa owner nc *** passenger n C** peace nU"** pienie mC population m C**= ‘put (sb) off » roller settle v skating a U sala nc space n U7" ‘ough adj ** sourist n C** ‘ibe nC ‘win nc* ‘aul! Aclaai alma ante sand! stony Asti ‘ais kandy) ‘dear (3) med! erigran! damian Mt mei! ‘Aiea! ‘tuna ‘gest ee great gre)! gn pends! esaugront? lta” nod) mC okjupa put (5b) of ‘reola(ryblenday Psa Pskestay sous! ‘speis! As Poors Arab ire 35SPEAKING & READING 1. Work in pairs. Answer the questions. © Do you agree or disagree with the quotations below? Explain your reasons. * What Is your definition of love? 2 Do the quiz opposite. Then read the analysis of your relationship style, 3. Doyou agree with the results of the quiz? Why or why not? GRAMMAR: present simple Rearrange the words to make questions. # 1 do do frlends with what you your? 2 being like do other peaple with you? 3 cities do friends have in other you? 4 away do from how much home spend time you? 5 daytime do in the do what you? 6 day do every how many send texts you? 7 do doing like on own what you your? 8 do have kind of parents relationship what with you your? 2 Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions in exercise 1. 3 Make the sentences true for you using words and phrases from the boxes. Sa | Tae cwly | fome [a [as coer” | (ema |, ma el a from time to time 1 get up late in the morning, 1 go for 2 walk in the afternoon, 1am tired in the evenings, have dinner in a restaurant. 1 read before I go to bed. 1 visit friends at the weokend. . ‘Make questions from the sentences in exercise 3. Begin: How often do you .. ? Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions. PRONUNCIATION: final -s 1 @ 1.32 Listen to the pronunciation of the final -s in these words. There are two ways of pronouncing the letter-s at the end of singular verbs and plural nouns. friends streets il goes lives days isi likes wants books 2 @ 1.32 Listen and repeat, 3 How do you pronounce the final -s in these words? knows Teams maps spends talks writes facts parties problems questions states things 4 @ 1.33 Listen to the recording to check.True False FE = sly enny or me to show ny folgs to other peone Bat oy shar peop ch me very mech Bark or ry stucies ae more importer then my coca Iie. SS esieeties prefer to spend my free time on my own, Dees ctacce tends ao are good fun tobe wih De erre to tre. | ivan excuses when | dort feel ke ging out. Bae 2 coc cetatonshp wth my parents. BS often cake tomy pares about my ends, PSs check ry personal amas more than twice « dey Biseechi | canahiays rly on my Friends TS ts oF frien, tt | do nt nave mery vry close ends Bees tckes re long tir to make new rien, Bp cht my trends usually understand me. Breet in ove very acy. 55 = wary he | co not ee my friends fore ong ine. Po esa Het ven people stand too close to me Sipe el ry secrets to people that | do rot krow wel, Teena wth ny rans ty te, Tae rect Behn oreo ras 2 Sa ir) Fay 9 Beer 0 oto con ry es er seas oc 6 wes Bry rind wy err pen eve See es ver ier ssw wee 5 eboue arguments vith my friends, calculate your score, Look ONLY at your ‘true’ onses. Are they mostly green, blue or red? Mes! ~ a secure relationship style de wi cecuse relationship style usually feel confident and safe in Fe eltioships. They thnk positively about thei frends, thet Bpetees ana themselves, They often find it ecyto make frends, but Bact worry about being alone for ime to ie. Mostly blue — an envious relationship stvle sacs elena ya an cle wor hat exon, TS happen in their relationships, They want to be close to other people Peso len thy nd i ciel tram other, Thy do hot Ie postive opinion aout herve. Tir raaronahipa with Bo pope can be very up and down ‘Mstly red — en avoidant relationship style Heats with an svotdant relationship style lke tobe independent. They “sont lays wnt oF nsed to he clove to other people. They have Friends Se Sey kno that relationships donot aay ast forever Mae often Sto hide their tre fecingsVOCABULARY & SPEAKING: weddings 1 Find these things in the photos. 2 Complete the description of English weddings with words from the box, The (1) — usually takes place in a church or (2) —.. after the ceremony, the couple and their (3) go to the (4) __,, where they drink champagne and eat the wedding cake. Later on, at the wedding meal, che best friend of the groom makes 2 (5) ‘The married couple often leave the party early to go on their (6) w @ 1.34 Listen to the recording to check your answers. = Describe a wedding that you have been to. Use these questions to prepare what you are going to say, ‘Who got married? Where and when were the ceremony and the reception? What did the bride and groom wear? Who did you go with? How many guests were there! Who were they? Was there any music at the wedding? What did you eat and drink? Did anyone make a speech? What did they say? Did anything interesting or unusual happen? 38 | READING 1. Marriage is a thing of the past. Do you agree? Work in pairs. Explain why or why not. 2. Read the magazine article and find out ifthe writer agrees that marriage Is a thing of the past. IF YOU ASK ME... Sue Carey disagrees with her university professor [1) More and more people are livin together and having children without getting married, she told tus. The number of divorces is increasing al the time. Ti doesn't matter if you are single or married, she said ‘with a smile of victory. ‘The prison of mamtiage belongs ‘a an older generation!’ (2) But now, twenty years later ~ is mariage dead? You do-not need to think about it for long: go to any newsagent and look at the magazines on sale On the eover of every popular magazine like Hello! someone is geting married. Or maybe someone is ‘getting diyoreed. The stories sell the magazines and, in thousands of offices around the world, people are sitting around and Tooking 2t the wedding photos of the rich and famous. @) Inthe UK, people are waiting until they are ‘older to get married, but the number of weddings Is actually increasing, True, divorces are also going up, but people ate geting married again, for a second, ‘third ot fourth time, 4) tn the year after university, went 19 the Weddings of four of my friends. My own (List) ‘arsiage was two yeats later. We wani to read about ‘marriage, look at films and photas, and do it eurselves, appears that we can’t get enough of It. Sozry professor, but the conclusion seem clear: marriage Is very much alive and wellWedding bells | 42 3 Read the article again and put the sentences a-d inthe 5 More and more women in England keep / are keeping gaps 1-4 their own name when they get married 6 Do you ever talk / Are you ever talking to your Marriage is certainly changing, mn ee Matriage, said one of my professars at university, My eifisenl doein't ie 7 WHT er Ber vaaiees It doesn’t matter / is not mattering if you're married "She sounded sure of herself and we all agreed - of, at hci Fes app maticnng hor et least, nobody disagreed. |@ The simple fact is that most of us believe that marriage 3. Look at the picture of a wedding reception on Js good for us. page 130. Prepare five questions with the present continuous about the picture. Work in pairs. Discuss these questions, How many people are dancing? 4s marriage changing in your country? How? PCH hohe 3 At what age do people usually get married? ae PEE What are the advantages and disadvantages of getting married? 4 Workin pairs. Close your books and ask your partner the questions you have prepared. RAMMAR: present continuous Dip you know? ‘use the present continuous to talk about things _ 1. Workin groups. Read the information about wedding traditions in Britain and America and discuss the questions, ‘Are they the same in your country? ‘= What wedding traditions do you have in your country? Complete the sentences. Put the verbs in brackets into the present continuous. : co a Wot cot ‘Excuse me! I (try) to work! (tell) you the truth. ( promise. a eed aren pret uceinse eh (hold) up a red card. Imagine a situation for each sentence, Who Is The ores ane SEETE Wet NDE DORE Me MeO Bests! Where are the? sh ae TUR ls desea Choose the correct verb form to complete the sta a8 Corsaro alae ner sabes iste Pe. ‘sentences. ‘The bride throws a bouquet of flowers in the air and ‘other single women try to catch it. The woman who i renee UK weiing vray cose /iscoing oct nea ye & “iecan se the Pincess now - she wears/ swearing |p He BI a gon ct the weg ae together ‘beautiful white dress. ‘After a wedding, the groom carries the bride into their Brine Jam song ctroce, tmp atoms. (A Su ceacriuee/intwscrcshe ecg es ng. the teft hand, [39SPEAKING 1. Look at the photos from three films. What do you think is happening in each photo? 2 Workin pairs. Choose tone of the photos and prepare a short dialogue (three or four lines long) to go with it. 3 Perform your dialogue in front ofthe class. The other students, must decide which photo you have chosen, LISTENING 1 @ 1.35 Listen to a woman talking about the film in the poster. What kind of film is it? 2 @ 1.35 Listen to the recording again. Answer the questions. Write A (Amanda), | (\ris), G (Graham) or M (Mites) ‘Who lives in England? ___ Who lives in America? Who has split up with her boyfriend? —_ Who decides to swap homes? Who doesn’t know that his partner is cheating ‘on him? — 6 Who does Jasper visit? Who does Iris go to England with? Look at audioscript 1.35 on page 136 to check your answers. 3 Ifyou have seen this film, did you lke It? IFyou have not seen this film, would you like to see it? Why or why not? 40‘tthe movies | 4¢ VOCABULARY: relationship verbs 1. Complete the phrases in columns A and B with a word from the box. A B 1) He asked ler and she didn’t want to get martied him. 2 He was crazy her and b_ she was love with him, too. 3 They had a big argument —__ something and then they split 4 They had a lot common and they went a date to the cinema. They went together for a long time but e they fell love very quickly. 2 Now complete the sentences in column A with a phrase from column B. Sometimes there is more than one possible answer. 3 Work in pairs. Use the expressions in exercise 1 to talk about people you know. ‘My brother, Lewis, asked my best friend, Stephanie, owt FUNCTIONAL LANGUAGE: telling stories =n we tell a story informally (for example, personal stories, or the cof a film), we often use the present simple, ‘meets Miles and they get on very well, but Miles is also crazy about ne else. q Work in groups of four: pair A and pair. Pair A: Turn to page 126, Pair B: Turn to page 131 Read the story of the film twice and then clase your books. Now practise telling your story together. Swap partners and work with a student who read about a different film. Tell each other your stories. RONUNCIATION: (1/ & /iz/ 1.36 Listen tothe recording and repeat the words inthe table. live leave think teeth sill street rich feel it meet Underline the sounds // and /i‘In the film titles below. @ 1.37 Listen tothe recording to check your answers. at4D | Going out SPEAKING 1 Workin pairs, Discuss these questions. © Which famous person would you like to spend an evening with? Why? © Where would you like to got * What would you like to do during the evening? LISTENING 1 @ 1.38-1.39 Listen to two dialogues. How well do the people know each other? Why are they telephoning? 2 @ 1.38-1.39 Listen to the dialogues again and complete the information 1 Nancy and Sebastian met at a friend’s house on of last week, 2 Sebastian is going to his parents’ ‘Saturday. 3. They agree to meet at a café on Sunday at halt past anniversary on 4 Jason usually goes __ on Sundays. 5 He agrees to join his friends for 6 Sebastian thinks itis going to after their meal on Sunday. 42 FUNCTIONAL LANGUAGE: invitations & suggestions 1 Choose the correct verb form to complete the invitations and suggestions. Invitations and suggestions 1 Would you like go /ta go / going 2. Shall we go / to go / goug 3 Why don't w it ny dOnt We 80/10 60/ Bote anemat 4 How about go / 10 80 / going 5 What about go / to ga / going 6 Do you fancy go/ to go / going 7 Let's go / 10 go / going Responses, OK that’s @ good idea. Yes, why now? Td rather .. (+intinitive) Td rather not Td love to, but fm affatd tm busy ‘That's very Kin of you, Dut to the cinema, Look at audioscripts 1.38-1.39 on page 136 to check your answers Complete the sentences. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form.Complete the dialogue in exercise 2 with the sentences ac. Pd rather not. 'm not too keen on clubbing, Pa rather go for a plzza, If that's OK with you. That's very kind of you, Lucy. I'd love to, but I'm afraid Pin busy on Monday: ‘Work in pairs. Practise the dialogue. Jmagine you are a famous person (alive or dead). Decide what you like doing when you go out forthe fevening. ‘Work in palrs. Try to make arrangements to go out fogether. MMAR: prepositions of time month {én faraary) yest (in 20s) season (in the summer) the momang, the cfernoon, the evening day(s) (on Monday, on Mondays) dates {on ?* June) ‘Monday morning, Tuesday evening time (ae 3 o'clock, at dinner téme) night the weekend WD Sez Lancunce REFERENCE PAGE U5, Going out | 40 1. Complete the sentences with in, on or at. ‘We met Friday Febnuary 14", He called me —___ Saturday morning, ‘We had our first date ___ the evening. I saw him again Monday and Wednesday. I met his parents the weekend. [asked him to marry me —_ Sunday evening. ‘Our wedding is March - on the 14*1 Complete the sentences with in, on or af and a time expression, In my country/town the most popular time to get martied is people usually have dinner most people go on holiday the best time to go shopping Is the best programmes on TY are the roads are really busy Gi, a eonaanions ‘Work in pairs. Compare your sentences, SPEAKING 4. Work in groups. Describe the social life ofthe following groups of people In your town 14-15 year-olds 18-21 year-olds 28-35 year-olds 65-75 year-olds Now compare your ideas with the ideas of students from other groups. Which age group has the most fun? Useful language i varies (= its not always the same) depends (on...) On the whole. (~ usually/generally) 2 What about you? Are you the same as most people inyour country? Self-assessment (tick 7) 5 Team invite someone to go out and respond to invitations, ae Lean make and respond to suggestions. © {ean discuss social activities, 3GRAMMAR Present simple | We use the present continuous to tal about things that are ‘We use the present simple fo talk about habits and things | ‘/M4PPewing now or around now. Shatrersigenesally abieavetris What are you doing? I'm cooking « meal, Biss a nncbenairs a ‘My husband's working very hard at the moment. ‘Mark comes from Anstralia. | "Present continuous ‘We can also use the present simple o tell a story informally, {or example, personal stories, ar the stary of a fil. She doesn’t know his real name, but they seem to have « | {ot ir common and they get on really well ‘We make the present continuous with is/are + infinitive + sng. There ate some spelling exceptions. See the notes The present simple with {yeu/we/they has the seme form gn past continuous on page 24° as the infinitive. We usually add -s to the verb with the third n | | | person singular, (he, she and i]. There are two groups of _S€€ Base S4 for more informatlon about the present / | exceptions. cookout 1. We add es to verbs that end ino, -s, sh, -ch, x Stative verbs she watches he goes it finishes ‘We cannot normally use stative verbs in the continuous 2. We change -y to -ies in verbs that end in -y. form. Here are some common stative verbs. she studies he caries it lies agree appear believe belong cost disiike Frequency adverbs & phrases eee renee at te rea | | ‘We can use frequency expressions withthe present simple HAA endl own refer remeber seem | to talk about how often something happens. ee es We usually put single words (reer rare: sometimes. fen. dee pieecanaeion i usually, generally, ae Deore cn verb, Puertans Det, Not tsmecnder toned He aun wales wp ae Do you usualy ep ei Te the verb so be, me put these words ater the ver She ts always tired. i ‘They were never late. l ‘We can put phrases (once a week, twice a month, every yew) a te bang or he ed of he sentence, | esancoriee ‘Twice a week, he goes to English classes. us|=positions of time Responses Other words & phrases perc ee San OK. anxious ad * Peakfos! pee ia ee Yes, that's a good idea. average adj ** Jeev(adnids! season (tn the summer] soumaee volt ys" ‘vod! periods of time (in the 1990s, 4 basic adj *** ‘esa in the 20% century, Tdrather + inflative ealeulate » ** Pralkule! ‘in the holidays) Aid rather not. i cheat (on sb) v * Afi the moming, the aftemoon, ‘love to, but im afraid Fm busy, | Check » "= net Renn ‘That's very kind of you, but ele Co) ad)s02 Aaa communicate» * jew BPs cease Wesweafa Weinert | Meeps, apa on Mondays on my bide, Sogn Is pte give aeason, conGson C** Aaron on Christmas Day) cover nc Mev dates (on 7 Jue, on Friday 13°) WORD LIST dead adj *** ‘ed ‘Monday morning, Tesday disadvantage nC" — /dusadventeds! evening Weddings axcusen HI raion mC *** —jdgemareio ele a uke rome n.¢ ‘oom Plondeys in general something | nite © ‘ad Tnelligen! adj ** neds? Be Moule Wesscon bridesmaid nC raudemerd’ invent v** fi wort (singular) to talk about either secemony n> sermon! jacket n C** falgckd ns in general, orone particular champagne n U ——fempem’ «== magazine 2 C** maple a church C*** fe matter v*** ( Estitays Monday, Ts | groom nc oraz! newsagent n C sjueds(2n0 Biren | hoe eee fey ; | honeymoon mC ai prison n Ce pra Tin seeing the doeor: | mariage CU ** iy professor n ‘pra'feso(ey time (ae 3 otek, at dinnertime) Syst wc es ae wi po right reception nC* ——nbpffan’_———realise / reallae v °° ala! the weekend registry offee nC Fred 'ofs) referee n C ro’ holiday periods (at Zaster, ring mc *** ‘omy rely on (6b) v= lan on speech mC epg romantic ad} ‘rau'meak! Wedding cake n C/T /waliy kek’ secure af * ‘orhjvary shame n U* ‘eum! smilenGv'* smal’ Relationships meee irae? ask Gb) out pir fast) ay) ERE a aes Pliksewl haw! het nC it (sb) pir ene rad beintove with him ae wnt ae ios! (Gb) ptr victory mC ** kaye divorce n ¢* sas! jitations & suggestions firmiac” Ronni . | with (sb) ‘phr So ‘get married to (sb) ptr get mid ta ue + infinitive 0 (Out) on a date hr ou (at) on > Danae gece don’e we + inative.. 0 out with (Sb) phr_—fgso aut wit? ‘about + verb + ng have an agument ew 20 ‘about + verb + ing . about (sh) per ‘a(fjqjomant ne fancy + verb + ing? saul! ‘have (sh) tn ‘a 1 koman! common phr pannern ¢* patente! split up phr ‘spt ap! INCTIONAL LANGUAGE5A | Tourist trail SPEAKING 1 Work in pairs. Discuss these questions, ‘© What time of year do tourists come to your country? ‘Which parts of your country do the tourists go to What do they o there? READING 1. You are going to read an article about the place in the photo. Which of these words do you think you wil find in the article? Explain why or why not. 2. Read the article and say ifthe sentences are true (1) or false () Cortect the false sentenc 1 Machu Picchu was builtin 1911 2 Itis extremely popular with tourists. 3. The only way to Machu Picchu is on 4 Ana Redondo thinks there are 100 many tourists, 5 Tourists leave their rubbish on the nea Teall 6 She thinks the cable ear is good for Machu Picchu, 7 Ana's organization is trying to stop the cable car 3. Underline the arguments for and against the cable car. Who do you agree with? 10 20 30 THE RVINS OF MACGHY PICCHU. lor centuries, the Inca city of Machu Picchu was lost in Fe Jungle. Then, in 1911, the American explorer, Hiram Bingham, discovered the ruins of th most extfaordinary places in the world, The bridge, the mountain views and the beaut are all absolutely breathtaking, ity, It is one of the ty ruins, the Inca ul river valley below Today itis also onc of the most popular tourist destinations in the ‘world, Many people choose to follow the Ince Trail, a centuries old path of 43 ka that takes three or four days on foot. Others take the train and then a bus for the last part of the journey. Now a hotel company is going to build a cable car to the top of Machu Picchu. "The cable car is good news for Machu Picchu,’ says a company spokesman, ‘There are going to be a lot more tourists and that means more jabs for the local people. Looking after the ruins is expensive, With the extra money, we can spend ‘more on looking after them. However, the plan is not popular in Peru. Ana Redondo, 2 tour guide, explains the problem. “There are already more than 300,000 tourists that go to Machu Picchu every year. The Inca ‘Trail is crowded and dirty with old tea bags and water bottles everywhere. The new cable car is going to bring 400 tourists every hour! The company is also going to build a large hotel and tourist centre with souvenir shops, fast food restaurants and so. on, Itis the end of Machu Picchu.” ‘Ana is an activist who belongs to an organization that wants to save Machu Picchu, She says that the organization is going to stop the company’s plans, ‘Tomorrow we are meeting government ministers. Next week some people from UNESCO! are coming here to look at the plans. Next month we are organizing an international conference. We are not going to stop until the cable car idea is dead.’ United Nations Education! Sclentifie and Culkural (OrganizationWOCABULARY: compound nouns ‘We can often put a noun together with another word te make a compound noun. Compounds nouns are ‘sometimes written as one word, sometimes as two ‘words and sometimes with a hyphen in the middle The'e are no rules, so use a dictionary if you are not end dinner party Tshirt le again. How many compound nouns can you name the objects in the photos below? h words from column A with words from column B. scheck your answers. B bag book camera cand glasses kit knife light pack phone spray. stove 2 dictionary to find out if the compound nouns are fen as ane or two wards, in pairs. You are going to walk the Inca Trail to chu Picchu. You can take six objects from the photos ‘you. Decide together which ones you are going take. Tourist | 5a GRAMMAR: future 1 (future plans) 1 2 3 4 5 6 3: ‘We can use both amvis/are going t0+ infinitive and the present continuous to talk about plans in the future, The new cable car is going t0 bring 400 tourists every hour. Soite people from UNESCO are comting here. ‘Often we can use either form, but when we want 10 show that the plan is more arranged/fied, we use the present continuous. ‘The company is going to build a large hotel. (This is their plan.) ‘Tomorrow, we are meeting government ministers. (he plan is fixed in our diaries.) © See LanGuAGE REFERENCE PAGE 54 Rearrange the words to make questions. after are do going are get going home how to today you? cooking dinner evening is this who your? anything are at doing the weekend are birthday doing for next are going have holiday next your? lesson the to what you? you your? to when you what Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions in exercise 1. Use the expressions in the Useful language box to help you. Useful language ‘Tm rot sure. haven't decided yet. ‘depends Imagine that you are the mayor of your town. How can you make your town a better place far tourists? Work in paits. Think of six things that you can do to improve your town for tourists. Tell the rest of your class, your ideas, We're going to build a new airport 47towncentre LJ near tho sea LJ i) ia eer restaurent =] i swimming pool L] sauna Q @ Qo free parking 8 a crac) Perea oS Look at the list of room and hotel facilities again. Choose the four most important facilities from the list for the fallowing people: A famnily with two children staying at the hotel for (wo weeks for their summer holiday. A business person staying for three nights at the hotel for a conference. ‘A-couple staying one night at the hotel, They aze going to arrive late and leave early the next day, What are the most important room or hotel facilities for you? Explain your reasons. For me, an internet connection is the most important because ‘What is the best (or worst) hotel you have ever stayed. in? Work in pairs. Ask and answer these questions. How long ago was it? ‘Where was it? How long did you stay? ‘Why did you go there? Who did you go with? What was the hotel like? Wes there anything special about the hotel? cr ante shower satalite TV ® intemet connection Dooooooo LISTENING 1. Look at the photo of a hotel in Brighton (in the south of England). Would you lke to stay there? Why or why not? 2 @ 1.40 Two people went to the hotel for the weekend. Listen to the recording and tick (v) the problems that they had broken lift 4 cold shower 5 3 dirty bathroom 6 no central heating room too small unfriendly hotel manager 3 @ 1.40 Listen again and put the events in order, They found another not Gl They arrived atthe hotel. They gave their key tothe woman at reception They had a cold shower. © They paid for the room. 5 They went to get their bags 5 they went to the cinema 4 How much can you remember of Nicki and Gavin's experiences? Tell their story.‘Grammar: future 2 (will) {ise will (1!) + infinitive when we decide something at the pment of speaking, fix the shower this evening, OX? (He is deciding now.) ‘use am/is/are/going te ~ infinitive when we have already made decision, going to see a film at che cinema, (She decided some time SEE LANGUAGE REFERENCE PAGE SH plete the sentences with “il and a verb from the box. ouside the cinema at eight o'clock? Yes, OK. 1___ you later. Bad, can 1 borrow the car for the weekend? 1____ about it me when you artive, OK? OK, 1___ you a call at does this word mean? 1 you later: are a friendly hotel manager. Some guests have some problems. pat do you say? sorry, sir. I'l send someone to look at it TV is making a strange noise. need to get up very early in the morning, but we don’t have an clock. 's no water in the minibar. Sus room simells of cigarettes. It's hozrible. very hungry, but the restaurant is closed. door to the gym is locked, 's a spider in the bath! plete the dialogue between a guest and a hotel manager with ‘tl the correct form of going to. Excuse me, I (1) —— visit the old part of town this, afternoon. Can you tell me the way? Yes, no problem. I (2) give you a map. Is it for? No, not far, Do you want to walk or take a bus? I's a nice walk. Oh, well, { (3) —— wall, 1 think. On if you like, T (4) —— take you in my car. 1 (5) do some shopping this afternoon, ‘That's kind of you. Thanks. When (6) (you) leavet About four o’clock. Great. I see you here at four o'clock. OK. | (8] —— see you later: 481 Listen to the recording to check your answers. Then work in and practise the dialogue. Aweekend break | 5B DiD You know? 1. What do you think the connection is between Las Vegas, the Eiffel Tower and ‘a waterfall? Read the text to find out. [eso pelea fas Fourteen ofthe Ue otal in the world and more than 125,000 hotel rooms, Many of the 37 tourists who come here every year come to see the hotels. The Rio Hotel, for example, has an Ipanema beach, ‘waterfalls, four swimming pools and sixteen restaurants. Atthe Venetian Hotel, you can take agondola, and ‘you can climb the Fiffel Tower or visit the He Asoo 2 seth hotels, which have everything you elearee bars, restaurants, sports centres and pools, concerts, ‘eon youre Thea Ze thing to visit i... more 2 Workin pairs. Discuss these questions. © What else do you know about Las Vegast * Do you know anybody who has been there? Would you like to go? ‘© What famous hotels are there in your ‘country? Why are they famous? 491 Read the web page and match the photos A-H to the different types of holiday 1-4 in the website below. 7 2 si 4 5 6 Meet the Inca Gold Grand Arctic Ice aase Shojo White Water Follow the Canyon Avisit by Discover the Explore the Kayak down trail of the Paragliding and submarine to Jamaica and Pacificisiancs the Katun Rivet conquistadors. sky diving in wreck under Puerto Rico of southern and discover America's Wild the Arcticice-—_of Christoper Japan in the the ancient West Coiombus company of Peruvian cities Scuba Safari Experience the beauty of the seas of Borneo Titanic Times An unforgettable dive to the wreck of the Titanic Dolphin Days Swim with the dolphins of the Behamas Route 66 ‘An incredible journey trom Chicago to Los Angeles by Harley-Davidson Mountain Memories Cycling through the Volcanic valleys of Reunion Island Mach 2 Fly a Russian MiG-29 jet and see the world from above the clouds FE Looking for something different? HOUDNNS We have the holiday for you. Monster Party Looking for the Loch Ness monster (includes visits to whisky distilerios) Feast of Lanterns Experience the magic of the Hungry Ghost Festival in Malaysia, Yeti Hunt ‘Two weeks in the high Himalayas on the trail of the yati Great Wall Explore the villages and temples of Mongolia end northern China Mayan Treasures See the lost Mayan Pyramids in the rain forest of Mexico. Alexander the Great Follow the path of Alexander the Great through the historic cities of Turkey Shojo ghostsMatch the paragraphs A-D to the types of holiday 1-4 in the web page advertisement on page 50. {'m really looking forward to riding the motorbike. [ hope to go with a fiend, but if he hasn’t got enough money, | intend to go alone, I've got 42 brother in Los Angeles and I plan to stay with him when T get there. ‘We woud like to learn some Chinese hefore we go, because we want to meet lots of people when we're there. My wife is looking forward to seeing the wall, but I'm more interested in finding out about the people ‘who live in that part of the world. J know it’s going to be difficult s0 1 plan to do a lot of practice on my Dike before | go. | intend to take a lot of photos of the volcanoes and the animals and everything. I hope to get some pictures of the monkeys. ‘want to have an exhibition of the photos when I get back, | would realy like to see the monster, but ft doesn't matter too much. 1'm also interested in seeing Scotland and I plan to visit the village ‘where my father was horn, My husband is looking forward to tasting all the different whiskies. ‘Which of these holidays do not interest you? Why? JOCABULARY: verb patterns ‘Choose the correct form of the verb to complete the sentences. Thope to find / finding the yet. intend to take / aking some Turkish lessons. Pm very interested in leern / learning more about the yet. Pm looking forward to swim. / swing with the dolphins. Iplan to spend / spending two weeks in the jungle 1 want to visit / visting the old temples J would like to read / reading more about Alexander. Find the phrases in bold in Reading exercise 3 to check your answers. Choose one of the holidays from the advertisement. Prepare answers to these questions. ‘Which holiday do you want to go on? ‘Would you like to go with another person or alone? ‘Why are you interested in that holiday? ‘Do you intend to prepare for the holiday in any way? ‘What do you plan to take with yout What are you looking forward to most in the holiday? What do you hope to do when you are there? Now work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions. PRONUNCIATION: silent letters 1 Girclathe silent letters in the words below. 1 casfle 6 receipt 2 climb 7 ghost 3 foreign 8 Wednesday 4 hour 9 whole 5 knife 10 wreck 2 @ 1.02 Listen to the recording to check your answers. 3. How many more words can you think of with silent letters? SPEAKING 1. Two friends from Australia are coming to visit you for a week. Itis their first visit to your country. You are going to be their guide. First of all, decide what you intend todo with them. Look at the list and use ideas of your own. visit different parts of the country things to do and see ‘means of transport places to stay places and things to eat people to introduce them to ‘Things to do on the last night 2 Workin pairs and discuss your plans. Then tel the rest ofthe class. [sa5p | Planes SPEAKING 1. Work in pairs. Think of a long/interesting/boring/ frightening journey you have been on. Describe your joumey. VOCABULARY: air travel 1 Find these things in the pictures. 2 Putthe phrases in the correct order. 1 Fasten your seat belt and wait for take-off {Z) Book your flight and get your ticket, 1 Get om the plane and find your seat. (1 Go to the airport terminal. Show your ticket and passport at passport control 1 Go to the departure gate and show your boarding card Gi Go to the departure hall and into the duty-free shop. 1 rack your bags) Pat your hand luggage in the overhead locker 5 Go through security 7 Go to the check-in and check in your luggage s2| LISTENING 1. Describe what is happening in the pictures above. Use the vocabulary to help you. 2 @ 1.43-1.45 Listen and match the dialogues 1-3 to the pictures A~C. 3 @ 1.43-1.45 Listen to the dialogues again and choose the correct answer, 1 What is the passenger's seat number? a) 21a b) 234, ©) 23F 2 When does his plane board? a) 1200) 12.15 1230 3. What is his departure gate? a)2i b 31 aa 4 Where is the passenger going? a) Dublin —_b) Glasgow ©) London 5 What can't he take on the plane? a) his comb —b) his jacket _) his mobile phone 6 What does the male passenger ander to drink? a) coffee) hot chocolate ¢) tea 7 How much does the drink cost? eso 0) 3.50 ©) €4.50 FUNCTIONAL LANGUAGE: requests PRONUNCIATION: intonation 1 There are many ways of asking for something and asking another person to do something. Look at audioscripts 1.43-1.45 on page 137. Undertine all the requests. Then find different ways of responding to the requests and complete the table opposite.‘glass of water Pal tike coffee (ooun) Td tke to ave a receipe me) Can 1 please caer see your passport Twonder if Teoutd infinitive) an you standl aver here Conta you infinitive) Find five more mistakes in the dialogue and correct them. ta geri Excuse me, FA like a cup of coffee, please. I'm aftaid but we're not serving drinks any more, sit. The plane is going to land in about twenty Oh, please, could I just have a cup of caffee? Please! afraid that’s not possible, sir. Could you to fasten ‘your seat belt and close the table in front of you, please? Well, OK. Et, | wonder if could [ go to the toilet before we land Yes, of course. But can you being quick, please? © 1.46 To make polite requests, we always say please. Friendly intonation is also important. Listen to these two sentences said in different ways Excuse me, could I have a coffee, please? (Can you stand over here, please? Pranes | 50 4 @ 1.46 Listen and repeat 5 @ 1.47 Listen to the requests, Puta tick (¥) If they are polite and a cross (x) if they are not. 1 Excuse me, can I have a window seat, please? 7 2 Could I get past? 3 | wonder if [could have another glass of water, Please. 4 Can you sit down? 5 I'd like a black cotfee. 6 Could you put your bag up there, please? 7 Can 1 see your passport, please? 6 Work in pais. Practise the dialogue in exercise 2. Remember to use friendly Intonation, 7 Work in pairs, A and B. You are going to do two roleplays. Roleplay 1 A: You are a passenger on a long-distance flight. You want to request some things from the fight attendant. Decide what you want to ask for. Use the ideas on page 129 to help you. B:You are a flight attendant, Help the passenger, Roleplay 2 ‘A: You are a flight attendant. One of your passengers is very dificult. Look at the ideas on age 131 and choose some of the problems. B: You are a passenger. Listen to what the flight attendant asks you to do. Self-assessment (tick ¥) O 1ean understand information in conversations at airports. Beas G1 Tan make requests on 2 plane and respond £0 ‘them, 1 Tean describe a journey I have beenLanguage reference GRAMMAR Going to ‘We can use going to + infinve to talk about plans in the future, The action has been decided before the person speaks. We're going to save money t0 buy a fat. ‘Tm going to buy a present jor Amanda. 1's her birthday: When we talk about future plans with the verb go, itis normal to ‘drop’ the infinitive, to go, ‘fm going to the cinema this evening, Not fe gigs to-go-to-theciema-ther evening. Present continuous for future ‘We can also use the present continuous to talk about future Plans. We can often use either the present continuous or going to without changing the meaning, but when we want to show that the plan is more arranged or mote fixed, we use the present continuous. ‘The teachers are gotng to ask for more money. (This is their plan.) We're meeting the managers atten on Monday. (The plan is fixed in our diaries.) See page 44 for more information about the present continuous. Will + infinitive | We use will + infinitive when we decide something at the ‘moment of speaking. Don't worry. 11d ask my friend to fix te window thés ‘afternoon. (She is deciding now.) ‘We sometimes use will to make offers, 1 you like, PI take you in my cor. FUNCTIONAL LANGUAGE | Requests | Te tike + noun. Td like to + infinive . Can I + infinitive... ? Could 1 + infinitive .. (please)? Twonder if Teoutd + Infinitive .. ji Can yous intinitive 2 Coutd you + infinitive ...2 Responses Yes, sure, Yes, ofcourse. Yes, certainly, Um afraid that Ym somy, but When we say no 10 a request, i is polite to give a reason,Woro List ‘Compound nouns luggage n ok pek! ootfrend! kerb katy ‘Paempmyges sow! Pht kate Penate) patie ‘sinsterd kw fe a “oad oké ‘mst sprev Pout foun! pensait ‘slip bea! “keem(oya Pata) bow ‘abvendont! Foote)? Poon kar Pook ‘jek ‘ajekan Hapa fo( Adjust Mas(ayn! a ‘et! hl ‘hae ngs end! ‘okey ‘Moga! puvatr bed! ‘pei Fpsndsa() Fpasspae ‘passport lonltrol! iu ‘sit bel ‘siijerati/ ‘sikjoorat ganar ‘ret off ‘sting ‘res Hotels ait conditioning n U central heating n U countryside n U** facility n C*** gymnc itn e+ location nC minibar nC room service n satellite nC * sauna nC shower 2 C> single aa +" twin aj vacaney nC Verb patterns be interested in + verb + ang *** hhope to + infinitive === intend to + nfttie oe look forward to + ‘verb + «ing plan to + infitive want to + infinitive *** would like to + ‘inftive! este) kandifloiay’ sentra hit ‘otra? fsa Hegum it ou kero an bate ‘ra ‘sees! Pseiola fsoma PSauatey /sing(o) vant Pverkna Po ntrstd ew ‘roup ta! ited ta! ‘uk Exkwolr Ad tw (plea ts! font ty ved Tak 2 Other words & phrases activist 2 C afterwards adv ** ancient adj ** beach nC ** beauty nU** bella c** breathtaking adj ‘build v=" calm ad capital nC" climb v + cloud a c** comb Cv comfortable adj ** crowded adj * depend v *** destination nC * discover v *** disllery nC dive a Cv Peeks! asoyevateied eanj(o)av Poin Pj el oro esky? dle un Pepe ‘Mam ‘fRlaud! ‘kau! Pksmfab(o) Proud! ‘idtpend! {destine(o)a! Héskavatey disor ‘sare dolphin n ¢ exhibition n ¢** explore v= extraordinary adj * extremely adv *** festival nC fee forest ne set changed phr ghost nC ve up v band in» historic aa horrible adj * hunt 2 0 ice nus? in advance phr incredible adj jatnce journey 2 ¢ *** Jungle » G/U key n C+" local adj * lack v=* Juxury no magi n U* map nc metal n C/U *=* mind v*=* sinister n C** monster nC ‘motorbike nervous ad) ** abject nC organization nC *** path 0" receipt nC rubbish m U* runs n pl search v “+ shout v sign nC smell n Gf + souvenit nC spider nC spokesman nC stairs mpl ** submarine nC temple tirow v trail nc | teasure n G/U valley nc" view nc*** volcano nC wall nc waterfall nC wreck nC ‘alin! sekstoyw ‘ik'splonry” ‘ik’stro(r}da)n( ri ‘ism Pesto ‘Be! Hons ‘(get tfemndsd’ ‘gouw ‘aww ap! Ahead i Abi'storiks Shorab{ajl! As! ‘as! Jin aes! ‘aerial ‘sed Fesstenv ‘ésang(a sk ook ‘sk abort ‘med! ‘mp! rmet(a ‘man /'mmista(ry J'monsta(ry ‘ mavna) bak! ‘I nadeyas! Jobdgekt) 1 a(@goea (a! ‘po desl eaba ema! | ‘sew! iss! ‘uid ‘sam ‘sexe J suswa'ne(e)! Aspaidey * spksron! ‘ste! | “sbmarin’ ‘empto ru ‘el? nese eld au Aolkemau! ot wat fl ck! [ss6A | Junk food VOCABULARY: food 1 Look atthe items of food from America. Tick () the items con the shopping list that you SPER Tag can see, pia 2 How often do you eat the food MeRumcg on the list? Which of them do Punic you think are ‘unk food’? ere og READING Pe 1. Look at the photo of Elvis Presley. What sort of food do you think he liked? 2 Now read the book review. While you read, put a! next to the facts you find most surprising. eee apt e here are more than 400 books about Elvis Presley. There are books J sree tis msi hs ins, iste, ls dat, his religion = and M his food. There is the Presley Family Cookbook, Te Elvis Presley Cookbook, Elvis” Favorite Recipes, and now Eating the Elvis Presley Way 5 What makes this book different? To begin with, this is not a cooikbook. You can find recipes here, but this book is the story of Elvis’ life, It is the story of the food that he ate and the people who cooked it for him. ‘And an extremely interesting life it was, 100, ‘The food in the first two or three chapters is quite normal ~ baby food, 10 boring school dinners, army meals when he was doing his military service, that sort of thing. But later, when Elvis was rich and famous, it isa very different story. With all tie money in the world, Elvis chose to cat like a child. Elvis got up late and his first meal of the day was breakastat five o'clock in the afternoon: bacon and eggs, or sausage 435 and eggs. After that, it was snacks: pizza and hot dogs, hamburgers and fries, chocolate and cakes ~ all day and every day. Elvis even had a fridge in his bedroom for his favorite snacks. ‘As the years passed, Elvis eating problems became really serious, One day, when Elvis was going to the White House to meet the President, he 20 was feeling a bit hungry and ate 250g of chocolate and then 12 donuts im his taxi. Another time, he ordered a large ice cream for breakfast He ate it quickly, ordered a second, a third, a fourth and a fifth before falling asleep again. Elvis’ last meal before he died was four seoops of ce cream with six chocolate cookies. ] 25 Hvis was an extremely unkappy man 1s food andthe drugs that he took made him feel good, but killed him in the end. 1's a fairly sad story, but a fascinating one, too.Read the review again and say ifthe sentences are true M orfalse (F. Correct the false sentences. ‘This is the first hook about Elvis Presley and food. It is different from the other books about Elvis and. food. ‘is eating problems started when he was a child Hie had breakfast early in the morning, He ate a lot of junk food. ‘He had food in his bedroom. ‘The President gave him a large box of chocolates. Elvis didn’t like ice eream very much, Complete the definitions with an adjective from the review. When someone is f ‘name. AL ‘Your f dest ‘You feel h___ when you want to eat. ‘When you are unhappy, you feel s___. When you have a problem, you are very worried ‘about it a lot of people know their story, place or person is very interesting, thing or person is the one that you like What else do you know about Elvis Presley? Why do you ‘think that Elvis had eating problems? MMAR: modifiers ‘make an adjective stronger or weaker with a We put this before the adjective Weak bit hungry Medium quite jaily —— very SEE LANGUAGE REFERENCE PAGE 64 Underline examples of modifiers before adjectives in ‘the book review. Use them to complete the examples in the language box. Junk food | 64 2 Put the modifies sentences. in the correct place in the Burger Faralse is always busy. (very) like The New York Donut Shop but the service is slow. (abi 3. [think that the chicken burgers at The Alabama Chicken are good. (realy) 4 The fast food shops on Main Square are expensive, (airy) The hot dogs at The Happy Sandwich are nice. (gute) ‘The Magic Hamburger in my town is popular (extremely) 3° Make six sentences about places where you can eat out in your town. Use modifiers and adjectives. Here are ‘some more adjectives that you can use. SPEAKING Hard 1. Do you know any ‘theme’ restaurants like the Hard Rock Café or Planet Hollywood? What is special about them? Have you ever been to a ‘theme’ restaurant? What was ke? 2. Work in pairs. Plan your own ‘theme’ restaurant. Use these questions to help you. ‘+ What is the theme of your restaurant? (sport, music, cinema, a famous person. a country, a historical period, etc) What is the name of your restaurant? What kind of food and drink do you serve? What does the restaurant Iook like? Do the waiters and waitresses wear uniforms? What kind? What kind of music do you play? How much does a meal cost in your restaurant? 3. Describe your restaurant to other students in the class. Decide which restaurant is the best. 376B | Slow food ekoye bs PMA Cabal acy ETE) find out if you are a foodie. How tong is a typical meal in How many of the following do How often do you spend. ‘your home? you eat at least once a week? more than one hour preparing a) less than 30 minutes a) crisps. a meal? b) 30-90 minutes 1) chips a) less than once a week ) more than 90 minutes c) chocolate biscuits b) once a week How often do you eat in front _¢) microwave dinner ) more than once a week of the TV? How many recipe books do How often do you go to a : a) less than once a week you have? restaurant (not fast food or ‘b) once a week a0 pizzal)? c) more than once a week b) 15 ‘a) less than twice a month : ¢) more than 5 b) 2-4 times a month | €) more than 4 times a month SPEAKING 2 @ 1.48 Read the passage below and then listen again. Underline the Incorrect information and explain 1 Work in pairs and do the quiz. Take it in turns to ask aiicecag the questions. (A foodie is someone who enjoys eating (or cooking different types of food.) i radio presenter is in Bologna, nat Rome. 2. Now turn to page 128. Add up your points and read the description for your score. Does it describe you well? ‘The radio presenter is in Rome, an Italian city where people eat Spaghetti Bolognese. Spaghetti is a specialty 97 Bologna, Bolognese sale from supermarkets is made WhoIs the biggest foodie’ in the class? fcom many different ingredients, Itis very similar to Ragu sauce. Ragu is quicker to prepare. ‘Slow food’ is a movement that started in France in LISTENING 1997, {1 has members in about twenty countries and they are interested in making food more enjoyable and 1 @ 1.48 Listen to part of a radio interview about food ‘more waditional. in Italy. Choose the best title for the programme. How to make Bolognese sauce Fast food in Italy Slow food in Bologna ‘Tagliatelle or spaghet 3 Doyau agree with Maura that good food is slaw food? Why or why not? What traditional foods are there in your country? What parts of the country do they come from? ‘Spaghetti Bolognese (spaghetti with a sauce made with tomatoes, meat, onions and herbs) 58 |CABULARY: adjectives (opposites) complete the words by putting vowels (a, e, j, 0, w) in spaces. Then match the adjectives in column A to ir opposites in column B. B amt b s_mpl_ © stale a nrm_t e b_r_ng Sithy f 1rd el barn g -nh__Ithy ‘an adjective in exercise 1 that you can use with swords below. ye dancing marriage song teacher film person picture place read food fruit diet eating food lifestyle se an adjective from exercise 1 and think of five gs you can describe with that adjective. +k in pairs. Tell your partner the five things. Your yer must guess the adjective that you chose. INUNCIATION: word stress 1 41.49 Listen to these words and count the bles. 2 viby healthy 6 complicated difficult 7 simple enjoyable @ artificial 4 modern 9 traditional 5 important rk the stress in each word and say the words. o ‘heal / thy @ 1.49 Listen to the recording again to check your “answers, Sow food | 62 GRAMMAR: comparatives ‘We use the comparative form to compare two things or people. 4 “We make the comparative of short adjectives withthe adjective +-er (+than). slow > slower The service in the restaurant was slower than usual 1 When the adjective ends in -e, add -r, nice > ricer The sauce is nicer with spaghett. 2 When the adjective ends in -y, remove the -y and add ~ier, easy > easier It's easier than you think. 13 with some adjectives you need to double the last consonant. big > bigger Can we have a bigger table, please? ‘We make the comparative of longer adjectives with more + adjective (+ than). I's @ more traditional recipe. Food is more interesting than that. There are two very common imegular comparatives. good > better (than) bad > worse (than) © sce Lancuace REFERENCE Pace 64 Correct the mistakes in the sentences. nore traditional ike traditionater A cooking recipes. Juice is healthyer for you than beer Chinese food is more interesting English Bologna is hoter than London. ‘teal sauce is gooder than sauce in a bottle The Spanish often eat more later than the Dutch. Pizzas are more cheaper than steak and chips. x Use comparatives to complete the sentences below about your country. “The food in my country is ___ than American food. ‘The food that we eat is than 20 years ago. Fast food is becoming ‘These days, people want to eat food. it’s to eat in a restaurant than at home. Restaurants are than they used to be. Work in pairs. Compare your sentences. 3. Workin pairs. Tum to page 130 and look at the pletures. How many differences can you find? 59Can you imagine getting up in the morning without a coffee for breakfast? What is a good meal without a coffee at the end of it? Coffee is probably the world’s favourite drink, but most of us never give it a second thought. How much do you know about coffee? The Turks gave us the word coffee and the Italians gave us espresso and cappuccino, but Finland is the biggest coffee-drinking country in the world, Coffee originally came from Ethiopia, but Brazil and Colombia are now the most important coffee-producing countries ‘There are more than 100 different varieties of coffee bean and Jamaican Blue Mountain is said to have the best taste However, the most expensive coffee in the world (at $660/ Kilo) is Kopi Luwak. An Indonesian cat called Paradoxuras is especially fond of coffee beans and Kopi Luwak is made from its droppings! We all know coffee addicts — people wha can do nothing in the moming until their second or third cup of coffee. The most famous coffee addicts in the world were probably the French writers Balzac (40 cups a day) and Voltaire (more than 50 cups a day). Beethoven was also a coffee lover — he always counted 60 beans for each cup of coffee thar he made. ‘The most fashionable coffee bars in the US serve ‘coffee art’, Artists in California draw leaves, hearts and other designs in your coffee SPEAKING 2 Read the article again, Explain the connection between coffee and the countries below. Brazil is an important coffee producing country * What is your favourite drink? 1. Work in paits. Discuss these questions, : 1 Brazil 5 Jamaica Where and when do you drink itt * Bayoupretr tenor cfet How do you niet «2 *alnd——_«§ The Ue sates (white/black, strong/weak, with/without sugar) ae anes: + What drinks are traditional in your country? elongata | READING 1 at the beginning, =o : 2 kinds, sorts =v. | 1. Read the magazine article about coffee. Match the | ee ie ee ee | Rhobae a neti pareyapti te 4 people who cannot stop taking a drug =a | 60|Coffee break | 6c superlatives 3 Workin pars. Choose the correct answers, in the quiz. ike supetatve form ooo 3 things or FF a @ i550 ustontornerecorsingto check your answers, adjective test 5 Workin palts. Think of places you know p cheapes where you can drink (cafés, bars, hotels, ae ci ke sisal aaa Ese B the bltert using supertatives, You ean use adjectives © the happiest from the box or think of your own. and ts the biggest coffeedrinkingcownty inthe world en tte superlative of longer adjectives veth the+ mast + atone fee a ive. near to the school traditional most itueresting the most traditional ‘most expensive coffee in the world is Kopt Lawak. Contre! Café is the nearest café to the school, are two very common irregular superlatives, > the best — bad the worst amaican Blue Mountain as the best taste Dip You Know? SEE LANGUAGE REFERENCE PAGE 64 1. Read the information about Starbucks™ and discuss the questions. Find six examples of superlatives in the article about coffee, Gomplete the sentences in the quiz. Put the adjectives in brackets is cee sn Hho the superlative form. Amazing Food Facts (expensive) meal in the world was in Bangkok in 2007. For their food end drink, the 15 diners paid a)£75,000 _b) £100,000 _ c) £180,000. a eee Ee ae a (9000) caviar in the world comes from ®) the Caspian Sea) Lake Titicaca in Bolivia + How many ofthe following can you find ) the Eastern Mediterranean. near where you live? (avge) restaurant in the world isin Syria t seats ‘burger King” Dominos Pizza 2)2,500 _b) 4,000 _ ¢) 6,000 people. Wiagen Dazs® Kentucky Fried Chicken™ MeDonalds® —Starbucks™ (big) donut in the warld was macs in 2007. it was BySm —_b)6m__ c) 10min clameter. + What other big food chains do you know? * What do you like eating or dining in dong) hot dog in the world was made in Japan. It measured a) 6m __b} 25m __c) 600m. (o0euEr) fast food in Britain is a)hamburgers b) pizzas _c) sandwiches. these places? heaiq) tomato in the world walgneo a)3.5kg b)5kg c) Bkg. Scientists think that ___ (oo) soup in the world was made from a} crocodiles 6) dinosaurs _c) hippopotamuses.6p| Class meal SPEAKING 1 x 3 VOCABULARY: eating out 1 Workin pars. Look atthe types of restaurantin the box and discuss these questions. oo . = i‘ in ¢ romantic restaurant vhich type of food have you tried? ‘ ae Which do you like best? ape f ‘Which ones can you find in your city/town? Join Manu and Gérarc, k ‘our French chefs, for a true French cooking ‘What restaurants do you know in your town? Which is: the best? the most fashionable? the most popular? the cheapest? Which restaurant in your town would you choose for a class meal. Why? 31/05/32 BRose 03 Jean-Paul Look at the restaurant bill and find words that match your waiter today 15 ome | ; ad co main course ‘(eassoulet) 5.00 ae _ | Pane ees! ie a fixed choice of two ot three courses = ___ _ _-. | am Service charge 80.08 the most important pact of the meal = __ z How much do you pay for the items on the bill in restaurants in your town? Is La Vie en Rose more or less expensive?LISTENING & FUNCTIONAL LANGUAGE 1: making a reservation @ 1.51 Listen to a woman booking a restaurant and ‘complete the booking form. ‘Customer name Number of people —— Tue / Wed / Thu / Fri / Sat 12,00 / 12.30 / 1.00/ 1.30 / 2.00 7.00 / 7.30 / 8.00 / Evening: 8.30 /9.00 / 9:30 Day: Mon unchtime: @ 11.51 Listen to the dialogue again. Undertine the ‘words that you hear. Gan / How may 1 help yout Tid like to book / make a booking for a table. Jes for ten people. / There'll he ten of us. What time suis you / woud you ker “es, certainly, we can arrange / do that for you. Could I take / you give me your name, please? (OK, T've got / made a nowe of that We are looking / look forward to seeing you ‘Work in pairs. Practise making a restaurant reservation, “Take it in turns to be the customer. Choose the day, the ‘ime and the number of people. Begin ike this: ‘Good afternoon. This is... Can I help you? ONUNCIATION: emphatic stress G 1.52 Listen to these phrases and notice the stress. ' Be oo } or seven, Nine ; Practise saying these phrases in the same way. Friday evening. Not Thursday evening, T's Ms. Not Mrs. ‘Good? It was excellent! ‘No dessert, thanks. Just coffee, @ 1.53 Listen to the recording to check your answers. Class meal | 60 LISTENING & FUNCTIONAL LANGUAGE 2: in a restaurant 1 @ 1.56 Listen to three extracts of a dialogue in a restaurant. Answer the questions. L_ Did everybody arrive at the same time? 2. What did the people order to eat? 3° What did they think of the meal? 2 @ 1.54 Listen to the dialogue again. Put the sentences in the correct order. Are you ready to order? ‘That was delicious. Can I take your coats? Could we have a bottle of mineral water, please? Thave a reservation for ten. people. Let me show you to your table, Shall we get the bill? No starters for me, thanks. 1ooBoo0 3. Work in groups. You are going to act out a short sketch inva restaurant. Decide what kind of restaurant itis and who the waiteris. Useful language Woutd you like. 2 [hse i oe en td tike.. | Rave te billjto see the menu He mi got... 2 | Be | a eacaenehnain ts) it hae, the billthe house white Self-assessment (tick ¥) 5 Tcan understand general and specific information in ‘2 phone conversation. Gi 1 can make a reservation in a restaurant, Gi team order a meal in a resiaurant, Gi Lean use emphatic stress to correct information. 6GRAMMAR Modifiers ‘We can make an adjective stronger or weaker with a modifier, or example, quite, ver. Weak abit ‘Medium gaite fairty ‘strong very ‘really extremely | feet bit sad. ‘ie usualy eat quite healthy foo. it's an extremely expensive restaurant. Comparatives & superlatives We use comparatives to compare two things or people, We se than to join the two things we are comparing, ‘Fresh sauce is healthier than sauce in bottes. ‘This computer is faster than the old one. ‘We use superlatives to compare more than two things oF people. We often use in after a superlative. He is the richest man in England, ‘They serve the best hamburgers n our cow. With short adjectives, we usually add -er/est. Z me When an adjective ends with -y after a consonant, 64 Wen arf co ple ta ola sae seco Soba ore | | | We can make negative comparisons with less/ite test. FUNCTIONAL LANGUAGE Making a reservation rd tke to book a table for... Certainly, Madam/Six What tice would yon tke? Far how many people? Could 1 ake your name, please? We took forwant to seeing you. Tm afraid we're fully booked. In the restaurant Can I take your coats? Let me show you to your table. Would you tike w + infinitive 7 Pd tke to + infinitive Have you got + noun? Could we have + noun? Fithave + noua,Pekan! Pie Ponte Porekfoa’ Jerk! Skaviacey ik sp ‘Mfokiou Peo Peukbukd eu Aanspl Beau! at Houma ‘eg! “ref fa! ‘frat! em bt)! seb! ‘rot doa (ats kr ‘algo fen f! ‘em sii ‘ai matkea vers! “pits ‘poteion! resapi! selod) sode)ber pas(tayhn! ‘sek stra)? Moge(ey Jismasaut Arogatnye’ Eating out bill a cor course nC *** dessert n GU* diner nC ‘main ca service n U** service charge 2 C ne set menu C starter nC waiter C waitress nC so Resto! besten ‘ama mem keh! ssw! Psx(eis! Penns airs ‘sot ‘menjus Fst) wena) wets! Other words & phrases addin € alcohel nu * amy nc ** axial ad * autenle a bedroom n ¢ boring adj ** box nce? baler chapter mC chemical n C*=* costume nC count v°** customer n ¢*** delicious aaj * diameter nC daw y=" droppings n pl drug n C°* face nC *** fascinating adj * flavour ne* foodie ¢ ftosh el °° fridge mc * healthy adj ** heart n ¢* ally military service n 07 movement n €* occasion nC *** order v * plant 2 C=" Feta! ‘etka Poi Fado (0 ‘yen "bedrusn’ oar! ‘Toke! ower ?fena6 Peemsl(o ‘kos! ‘aww ‘eastmat! darlin! ‘darecnita(eyy ‘aes opine! ‘eg! ‘es ‘hesmneuayy (flerva(ey (edd ‘ies! ‘ial ote ‘hate! ee ‘it? angst avi ‘mex(r}kat/ mes Aomulat(ayri ‘ker oi(eXio( ‘plant presenter nC progress n U * ‘scoop nC shopping list nC special adj *** speciality nC stale adj supermarket n C* taste niu *** taxi n variety weak ad} weigh v=" Papo meta! rss! feist! ‘erat sik swe! 67A Work experience SPEAKING 1 Read this description of a job. What is the job? 1 work for the government and I deal with ~ everything! | work in a beautiful office in Washington. 1 work with lets of different people. It's very well-paid. 11's also temporary. What do I do? ‘Think of another job and make three sentences about it. ‘Work in pairs, Read your sentences to your partner. Your partner must ‘guess the jab. VOCABULARY: work Si IS w 66 Choose the correct wards to complete the sentences, ‘Many film stars had very different jobs / works before they started thelt acting careers / jobs. Madonna hated her career / work at a donut shop, but she needed a Job / work, Brad Pitt had a career / job as a dancing chicken outside a restaurant before be began his career / job as an actor. ‘Tom Cruise was thinking of a career / work in the church before finding job / work in the movies Complete the sentences in column A with a phrase from column B. ‘At the donut shop, Madonna was in charge She was fired Brad Pitt used to work ‘When he was young, he was often out For a time, Tom Criise earned He was responsible ‘Workin pairs. Talk about someone you know who Js out of work. does not need to earn a living. hhas an interesting career. rhas had lois of different jobs. hhas a very responsible job, loves/hates her/his work My sister is out of work. She lost her job when her company closed. She's finding it very difficult 10 get ‘another job, B a b of work. as a model. for cleaning the tables. from the job, of the coffee machine. a living in a New York. restaurant LISTENING 1 @ 2.1 Listen to three people ona radio talk shove. They are speaking about famous people they have met. in their jobs. Match the speakers to the stars. Valerio a Brad Pitt Michelle — b Tom Cruise Tony © Leonardo DiCaprio Tom Hanks © Madonna £ Angelina Jolie @ 2.1 Listen to the talk show again. Complete the sentences with Valerio (V}, Michelle (M) or Tony (1). can’t remember a star's name, comes from New Jersey. —— is Australian, lives in Santa Monica. thought the stars were cute. thought the star was very ‘works as a customer service assistant, Have you ever met anyone famous?th Grammar: present perfect simple ‘We can use the present periect simple to talk about ‘our experiences. We often use it with ever and never. ‘Have yor ever met anyone famous? Yes, I've met Rafaet Nadal. Toe never visited England. use the present perfect simple to focus on the ‘experience, not when or where it happened. If we it t0 give more details, wo use the past simple. ‘ve met Rafael Nadal. met hire in. New York in 2010, © See Lansuace REFERENCE PAGE 74 [2 What are the infinitives of the past participles in the Put the verbs into two groups: regular and iregular. earned done regular irregular Complete the dialogue. Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the present perfect simple. you ever (hear) of Thomas Mapother IV? No, |____ (newer / hear) of him. Who is het E He's an actor. He (raake} loads of famous flms. Well, 1___ (never / see) a film with him in it. E What about Mission tmposstble? It was on TV last Bight. you ___ (sex) it? bit that —_— (be) with Tom Cruise 4h, but Thomas Mapother 1V is Tom Cruise's real ‘same. He (change) it before he got famous. Work experience | 7a 3 Workin pairs. Practise the dialogue, 4 Workin groups. Take it in tums to make questions using the prompts below. ifthe answer is yes, ask more questions to find out the deiails. Have yon ever driven @ sports car? What kind of car was it? + drive /a sports eat / in an expensive restaurant © find / anything interesting in the street have / a temporary summer job live / ina different town Jose / your job © stay / ina five star hotel + work / in an office © win /a prize or a competition 5. Now tell the class about the people you spoke to. Helen and Job have both had a summer job, but Helen worked in @ restaurant and Jot worked for his father PRONUNCIATION: /ee/ & /a/ 1. Undertine any six words in the table below. past simple // past participle /a/ began’ begun drank rank ran mun sang sung swam swum @ 2.2 Now listen to the recording and tick () the words you hear. When you hear the six words that you have underlined, say Bingo. 2. Workin pairs. Say a word from the table in exercise 1. Your partaer must say if they hear a verb in the past simple or a past participle. Ti aa7B | Hard work VOCABULARY & SPEAKING: verb callocations (work) 1. Put the sentences in the correct plac diagram. You apply for a job. ‘You finish-your-stadtes. You get promoted, You get the job. You go for an interview. You go on a training course. 3 @ 2.3 Listen to the recording to check your answers. ‘4 What kind of work have you done? Describe your own ee experiences, using the expressions in exercise 1 READING 1. Read the first paragraph of the magazine article opposite What do the two women have in comman? 2. Read the rest of the article and decide if the sentences are true (1) or false (P). Correct the false sentences. She describes her experience of looking for work. Tc was difficult to find a job, She had some money problems. She enjoyed her experience. Put the diaty extracts a-d into the gaps 1-4 in the article. 4 Finally, finally, my unemployment benefit cheque artived and I went to the post office to cash it. At the same time, 1 paid the gas and electricity. I've never felt so happy! bb T went for an interview at the Jobeentre today. Mr Mills, my and no move interviews. This is the hardest four weeks I've fever had and I realize how lucky 1 am, I really hope Pat finds a job soon. I've done half of the month, I wanted to go out with some fiends, but I haven't got enough money. interviewer, gave me application forms for six jabs. © Tomorrow I return to my old life. My job, my home, my car 2 Complete the text about Pat Side’s experience of | 4 Workin pairs. Discuss these questions. ‘work with the verbs in the box. ‘+ What is unemployment benefit (line 15)? How much is unemployment benefit in your country? Is there an unemployment problern in your country? fhen Pat Side's children (1) finished their studies and @) ‘home, Pat wanted to find a job. She @) ‘no qualifications, so she (4) on a training course to become an assistant in a home for retired people. After the course, she (5) for many different jobs. She ©) for a few interviews, but it was six months before she (7) a job. She (8) good at her work and, ‘vo years later, she (9) promoted to ‘senior assistant’. She also (10) a small pay rise. Unfortunately, the home 10 closed a year after that and Pat (11) her job.