B Match the people 1-4 with the rales 9)-3. FIRST THERE WAS SPEED DATING 1 Novac ba) therapist ‘THEN SPEED FLATMATING .. AND NOW 2 Shapiro client 3 Jones. ¢) founder SPEED 4 Bersch SHRINKING: ‘A THREE-MINUTE CURE? © Are the statements true (1) oF false (F)? Underline the words/phrases in the article that helped you, 1 New Yorkers prefer to spend more time with theie therapists than with their friends. F 2. Shapiro works at a university 1 New Yorkers ae famous for spending more time wih their therapists, o shins than ‘wen mele ends. Wneer at's tue pen to dost, but wih me ara [ — Zz | < a a 4 9) 7) of speed shrinking the/ find they have mee time le fr their personal fe 3. Inspeed shrinking, the therapist aed ene ooh fn i pacha a wl gets paid cash 2 "ou only have three minutes to ay your problem and get ecvce sad Ana 4 Alotof people don't want to tell Nowe, the fk pero | spoke to wh Loved at fot apoed stinkin the reporter what theie problems ‘ent. Thats so you dort waste time going int dtl are. 2. thee snc vert fs fret thot sere is be taped ke seed doling 55 Nae thinks that Jonec'saduies ic patipants have the opportunity to seek the advce of eight ferent disappointingly unoriginal thera, each roviding a theee-minute session, Soed shrinks the 6 Many of the therapists participate brainhdof Susan Shap, a protessor af journalism who has alsa wnten In order to get more business. book on the subject. Shapiro stumbled across the dee afew yeas ago when 7 Bersch doesn ke how noisy t she here was locking fora new therapist nd fund a way ory out several gett soneies. ee ee 8 People sometimes can't hear each 4. This evenicg’ ever, held in a unis lecture hal ree and has other because they talk too softy, atrcted along queve of people hoping to tnd a quick cue for thei ‘ " emotional uandanes. Many of those atening are uring oak about 1D Find words in the article to match thai ocr to anyone but the therapists, but problems seom fo run the definitions 1-8. fxm ram broken reltonahips, to anxiety about work and mene, to s2neral depression, as well sa varity of phobias. Advice lends tobe succinct and practical 35 suits the format '5"Ym,eally unhappy ia moos’ Novac tls therapist Adan Jones." wih "et become attr, but row fel stuck in his postion | have at ak alow your dreams Jones fl im. You may end up poorer, but you won't have the regret of not doing what you ely want odo Jones's dice 1 the way that something is organised (or designed (paragraph 3) format 2 idea or plan that one person has ‘thought of (paragraph 3) hay seems egal but Nowa says he's satis "ike his sje he 3 found by chance (paragraph 3) seemed to understand and care explains Noa. actualy ooking fra ——— new traps and bs a weat way to ty cut eg of hem taser ne 44 aimcut situations where you {6 Thats actualy why many therapists tke partin he event, ones el us. cannot decide what to do thsi great arco new clans And i's 2 gd way or me adverse (poragreph 4) ry new bok ust have onthe tbl ont of me and eet ing my sessions 5 Strong unreasonable fears of 7 Some ofthese seeking dic aren't ently happy wih he oat Peep particular things (paragraph 4) "ee! set-conscous Buh he ou Bz n the rm that smetimes 6 leary expressed ina few words reac th kof stig, hd to imaginn hat any cou chy (paragraph 4) tavezdropenanhar asson. Sometime, Bye ky tbo abla a her the person sting oppose thet 7 ajobina particular organisation (paragraph 5) L.A Read the heading and tick the best summary, a), b) or ¢). 8 secretly listen to another person's ‘Then read the article and check. conversation (paragraph 7) a) Its about a service where overweight people can lose weight ‘quickly by It’s about service where people can get advice from a theeapitt ina shat time 1) l’s about a service where people get help making thei lives simplerWelAN TOWN PERSONALITY 2 A Correct the mistake in each phrase. ‘0 1 I don't know why you say hes down-on- earth. 2 I never plan what | say, m very spontaneously 3 Fabio tends to keep himself in himself. don't see much of him because 4 My colleague Bilis a real person person, a wWother people seer to think ri quick and wit because ofthat. by you can tell he enjoys company because hhes such a good laughter. ©) I think he's @ real computer gawk and he's ‘not very practical W) ic arsives ot work eaily ain leaves early — hhe'sa morn person and Im not. B Match the sentence halves. GRAMMAR DIRECT AND INDIRECT QUESTIONS 3 Make the therapist's questions with the prompts. 1 Wi / you / come / see/ me / today? A Wh hae you comet se me txday? B: | keep getting headaches. 2 What / these headaches / ike? Absolutely terrible 3. What / cause / the headaches, / think? ing about money 4 What / think / about / moment? That clock. 5 that clock/remind / you / anything? & Yes, money 6 Why/ that? 3: Because Imm paying by the minutel L's ston now. 7 OK./ How /like / pay / cash / credit card? a 4A Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar. ‘meaning tothe first Use between two and five words, including the word given. 41 Could you introduce us tothe director? | wonder ifyou could introduce 2 How much did your camera cost? Do you mind me 3. What do you do exactv? Would you mind docxactly? 4 Isitreally worth upgrading tothe new smartphone? WHETHER Falke to know worth upgrading to the new smartphone. 5 Which platform does the Eurostar ran eave from? TRAIN CCanyou tell me which platform —_______ from? 6 What will he do when he discovers the mistake? 00 What da you when he discovers the mistake? WONDER us to the director CAMERA cost? TELLING B (B)1.1 Listen and check. Then tisten and repeat, paying, attention to the polite intonation, WRITING AN ADVICE FORUM MESSAGE: LEARN TO EDIT FOR ACCURACY '5 A Read the forum question and reply below. Use the correction code to mark the mistakes and then correct them. Correction code: ‘sp =speling v= verb form P= punctuation r= grammar wos word order ww = wrong word stestyle Can anyone helping 2 ve just got my essay to ‘write about personality but the articles I've found are too ste dificult for me to read. Then | realised the real problem is ‘my poor vocabulary. When | reed ‘Quickly I can't Understand the real meaning of the article and the only way | can understand itis by using my dietionary all the time. rm reading 80 slowiy i's going to take me about three weeks to finish the writing» , \What can do about my English vocabulary? 'm worried so Sa ST 9 bee ee ee eee eee ae Se oe eee Tayortaetonmienseowant ne ee ae eee eee ee eaorer eae a B Write a reply from Justine to Marta (120-150 words). Thank her for her suggestions, say which you think are most useful which you wil try and what other ways of learning vocabulary you are going tory.WelIN TOWN FEELINGS LISTENING 2 A B)12 Read the advert and listen to the interview. ‘Number the pictures A-C inthe order the dreams are ‘mentioned LA Putthe letters in the correct order to make words and phrases. The first letter of each word is underlined. 1 (made my) amcuthsnotr 2 grevthoonme 3 nigaskh (ike a leaf) 4 (wish the earth would) allswemouwp stomach tum 5 darkaww 6 livedeer 7 safoteudorc (my wits) 8 gnicafsatin 9 radtsfruet 10 seedprism B Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words and phrases from Exercise 1A. 1 My audition was terrible, | was so anxious | was 2 You look totally disgusted. You look ike your “Theyre only oysters! 3 Ifind volcanoes really Ive read lots of books on the topic. 4 Lost my place in the middle of giving the presentation, It was really embarrassing - |just wished the me up, 5 We went to Cairo to see the exhibition, but it was closed. | was realy 1 6 My wife came into the shop when I was buying her some perfume, It was quite ‘and | had to hide what | was doing, 7 Seiji had been missing for hours, so his parents were ‘enormously when they ‘ound nim safé and Sound. 8 When the plane started bumping up and down | was, Iwas really frightened, thought we were going to die. 9 You have a great singing voice. 'm realy 20 1as quite worred about die vest yesterday. I thought Id failed it, so was ‘to find out that Ta got top marks. C Which of the sentences in Exercise 18 contain ies (quite totally, etc) that can be replaced by DREAMS &yxn2eoeenss seve ayo wanted tote but rover COMER easare= etracrnay ts special ous! CRU Esse B Listen again and circle the correct answer. 4 What did the frst client want? 2) to.appearwith a rock star in alive concert ») people to recognise her talent © toplay in front ofa large number of people 2 Why does Owen Winters find his job at Dreams Come True easy? 2) It's similar this previous job ) He has worked in business for many year. He knows alt of people in the music business. What ic the caret ahi the aipareenie Might? 2) the name ofthe client who wants to fly b) the financial details ofthe flight where the plane comes from 4 How did the person with Tom Cruise make-up feel about the experience? 2) He loved all the attention. b) He didnt enjoy it ©) He did ike the bodyguards '5 What happened to the woman who wanted to go into space? 2) She couldn't afford ita First but now she ca. 1) She was originally disappointed but now ales going to achieve her dream. © Ithas taken Dreams Come True a long time to plan and organise the tip. Listen again, How many ofthe dreams mentioned are connected with pop culture (P), transport (T) or history (H)?VIN PRESENT PERFECT 13 complete the sentences with the present perfec or pas simple form ofthe verbs brackets 1 Isthese something you have cvs wanted (always want) to do but somehow trever manage) a? 2. Not longa our company delet whe sm 31 (work a a production manager in the film business for many years, till just a few years ago. 4 Hema (the concert / cos ast year? Che cost/ go upsince then? 5 What other dreams (you / make) comet enti? 6 We {just finish) working with 2 elas who wants To Fy acai the Ala Ocean on Supersonic aetopiane 7 Oneclent wanted to yin space bu that wasnt possible backwhen she hist (request B simcetnenit— cranny peopl ta ge Bib ace (have) (want) to be a rock (become) possible for 4 Complete the conversations with the present perfect or past simple form of the verbs in the hex. speak forget leave happen notask be (x2) et back see have (x2) stay _go 1 anyone my pen? 8: What does it look like? A It'silver. fm sure | itonthe table before we. ‘lunch 2a you ‘o Fiers today? Br No, and | her yet if she wants to ‘come out with us tomorrow 3A: Hi, Suzie, When you rom holiday? Br A few days ago but! slraady ie There ‘over 300 emails in my inbox! AA: sympathise! The same thing after my break 4 A: Dayou know anyone who fur B: No, thankfully. What about you? A Frank, away from school lact \week as one of the other kids a fever but it was a false alarm, B: Yes, so far everyone in my family OK el NTO TIES WORD BUILDING: NOUNS 5 A Complete the quotes with the noun form of the words in capitals. fe isnever withouta reason, but seldom with a ead one’ Benjamin Franklin, US President ANGRY 2 “The chief enemy of s “good” sense’ Pablo Picasso, Artist, CREATIVE 3 “There isno such thing as pure pleasure; some always goes with it! Ovid, poet Anxious 4 “Most things i life are moments of pleasure and a lifetime of ; Photography is a moment of and a lifetime of pleasure Tony Benn paltican EMBARRASSED 5 There can be no deep here there isnot deep love’ Martin Luter King cviright activist DISAPPOINTED 6 ‘lever completely lst my I would be frightened half to death? Paul Lynde, actor NERVOUS 7 “Prayer isnot an old woman's idle _ Property understood and ‘applied Is the most potent instrument of action’ Mainotma Gondtieader and activist AMUSED 8 “Hen loze more conquests by thelr own than by any virtue in the Ninon de LEncos writer AWKWARD 9 life of isinevitable for any Joyment ie winning” ‘Chuck No, American football coach FRUSTRATED B Tick the quotations you agree with and puta cross next to those you don't agree with.VOCABULARY Mee ADVERTS POLITE ENQUIRIES: 4. complete the adverts with the words inthe box 2 correct two mistokesin each sentence [retndobe neppioue fer wT) CSC: he engi ora sration made Saree nel 2 was wandering is that would be possible, 2 Would thera be any chancer of get the rame price for the following weekend? CIRCUIT TRAINING 4 Lam really grateful you could make an exception. '5. Would your mind saying me why it's so complicated tochange? 6 Doyou me mind asking what is your name? 7 Will you mind transfer me to your supervisor. in LY TWO PLACES LEFT! up now. 3 (B13 Listen to the intonation ofthe enquires. polite P) or impolite (N. i$ 1) Pp 5a) » personal a 7 es details on za » 6a) » this form and a ® a pay the deposit today! 2) » non ' LEARN TO \! MANAGE ENGUIRIES 4A Putthe words in the correct order to make sentences. TRY THIS 2) transfering / yu / mind / would / me / AMAZING APP ‘New Life-organiser app is now available for Android users. by that /just / dificult, its / be / sorry /t0/ © a/me/with / minute / bear / There isa free for the first month, 1) question, / keeping / you! you/ Ive / one /If/ Fan more / not /, €) you/ keep /to/ sorry / GUYS ner G ALS aus script on page 74 Tck the sentences above Tickets available for matinée performance — due to limited two” -one deal