C_] Born to first-generation Chinese immigrants, Jung says her parents gave her the will to suc- ceed. She got a job as a retail trainee at the Neiman Marcus department-store chain after graduating from Princeton University. Jung was less than thrilled by the job and told her parents she was thinking of quitting. Her parents were shocked. “The Chinese don’t quit,” they told her. “You learn more from bad than good experiences — that’s how you grow.” Jung told the Financial Times: “| don’t think I’ve ever let the word leave my lips again.”TIEMPOS VERBALES - En inglés | write books SIMPLE Yo eseribo libros tam wrt ‘books CONTINUOUS —_Yoestoy excyblento Thave written books thave been penrecr iting books CONTINUOUS —Yohe estado szerfolendo I wrote books Yo eseribtibros twas writing books Yoestaba escribiendo Thad written ‘books Yo habia escrito ioros Thad been, writing Books Yo habja estado ‘eteriblendo. ti 1 will write books Yo eseribiré libros 1 wl be wetting books Yo estaré fi {will have been Siriting books Yo habré estado ‘eseribiendo’ nAmanazazmesHello. I'm the Simple Present. You know me well. You've been using me since the first day you began to study English: I'ma student, He's a student. Remember those days long ago when you first started studying English? When you think of me, the Simple Present, think of the sun. The sun does the same thing every day. It rises. It sets. It rises. It sets. Over and over. That's what I talk about — things that are the same every day. I talk about timeless truths, like The sun rises in the east. And I talk about habits, like I get up at six-thirty every morning, The tricky part of me is that darn al -S: The sun rises. The sun sets. I'm really pretty easy to get along with except for that troublesome Final -S!PRACTICE Reading and speaking 1 Look at the pictures. What's Colin’ job? [EEEB Read and listen to the text COLIN BRODIE FROM DUNDEE ‘Hello! My name’s Colin Brodie. I come from Dundee in Scotland, but now I live and work in London. I have a very small flat near the centre. Llive there with two friends. I'm a waiter and Tm also a drama student. I work part-time in an Italian restaurant. I eat Italian food and I drink Italian and French wine. I don't drink beer. I don't like it. I speak two languages ~ Spanish and French, but I don't speak Italian. And I dor't play sports. I want to be an actor?‘2 Read about Andrea and her sons. Hi, my name’s Andrea. I'm a businesswoman, and I'm from Paris. I'm married and I have two sons. Their names are Pierre and Jean. Pierre is five years old, and Jean is four, They're interested in football. I'm not interested in football. I'm interested in movies and learning English. | study English because | want to watch Hollywood movies in English. Underline the correct names to show who the information below is about. ‘You sometimes need to underline more than one name. a businesswoman ‘Andrea » married Andrea © five years old Andrea 4 interested in football Andrea «© intorested in fims Andoa Pierre Pierre Piene Pierre Jean JeanA DAY IN THE LIFE OF ELLIOT MADDOX + oa He gets up at six” clock _and he has a shower. He has breakfast at He leaves home at and he goes to work by taxi. He has lunch (a Coca-Cola and a sandwich) in his office at He always works late. He leaves work at in the evening. He sometimes buys a pizza and eats it at home. He gets home at He never goes out in the evening. He works at his computer until He always goes to bed at He watches television in bed.ELLIOT lives in New York. He’s 22, and a computer millionaire. He’s the director of netstore24-7.com, a 24-hour shopping site on the Internet. This is a typical day for him. ill = DW Ww 5 AM. = a cs He gets up at _six 0’ clock _ and he has ashower. He has breakfast at He leaves home at and he goes to work by taxi. He has lunch (a Coca-Cola and a sandwich) in his office at He always works late. He leaves work at in the evening. He sometimes buys a pizza and eats it at home. He gets home at He never goes out in the evening. He works at his computer until He always goes to bed at He watches television in bed.= a _ © He gets up at _six 0” clock _ and he has ashower. 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He leaves work at in the evening. He sometimes buys a pizza and eats it at home. He gets home at He never goes out in the evening. He works at his computer until He always goes to bed at He watches television in bed. [8] pe PROFILE | ELLIOTMADDOX IPRACTICE Lois dy 1 Bet Maddox ses ote Her dy re 2 Renda caplet tet Lois Maddox nn cero ha and friends. Lois maddie 25 and se an at. She (2) fae inasmall house by the ean ape (Cod. Masachusets. She alway (2)__ lat, atten lock the morning Sbe(2) a bigbeafast cfg ad toast and then She (a) tothe bench wth er dog. When she (3) _ home she 6). er studi uneven deck inthe evening, ‘he never(7)____lunch. but she anys (@)___abg loner and she often (tenes. ‘er dona she wsual (20). or(3) the piano. Sometimes she (02)___erbrather tn NewYork St (23) tebe very teat neo tw lock inthe maming. [EEDD tenance,a Work with a partner. Read about Lee Track 01 (page 8, Student Book) 0:43 | Hello, My name’ Lee and 'm from Taipei. I'm an office worker and {'m interested in martial arts. [have two brothers - Ken and Eric. They arent interested in martial arts Eric's interested in reading and Ken's interested in music - he’s a Di. 'm not married but | have. girlfriend. Her name's Tina and she's interested in martial arts, too, | study English for my job, and because | want to make new friends,4 Match the questions and answers. 1 How do you come to school? a. They start at nine otlock 2. What do you teeforbeeny {In an office in the centre of town, 3. Who your favourite band? © Bybus. 4 Where does your father work? 4. Notalot. About © 5 Why do you want to lear English? © Idon'thave a favourite. like alot. {6 How much money do you have on you? f Thee. 7. Whattime do lessons start at your school? 8. Because its an international language 8 How many languages does your teacher speak? h Toast and coffee Listen and check. Practise the questions. ‘Work with a partner. Ask and answer the questions about you. Check it ; | 5. Tick (V) the correct sentence. 1) What do you do at the weekend? 4 (1) Idon't drink beer. I don't like. (1 Where do you do at the weekend? (1 I don’t drink beer. I don't like it. 2) L) Who is your boyfriend? Be Onn este otros us slot of homework @ ( when is your boyfriend? ] Our teacher gives we alot of homework. 3 LJ How many money do you have? 6 CJ She loves me and I love her. [1 How much money do you have? (She loves my and I love she.2 Lifestyle In the modern world, we do May pkg Si es rn eice. We mot have yoga ch Sop teenager from STENME er spend cme with, minha, talking about her 054 four family and friends. For people practice T practise every morning befoe fn the Slow Movement, this crazy. 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(get up) at 7o'clock every morning and . ssepares.......(prepare) breakfast.She ...:lea08...(clean) our house and ..!°°%°.... (feed) our dog.She ..co0%s....(cook) well. She (like) listening to the radio and watching soap operas on she <88 nollie. (not like) washing our dog. She usually P88... (meet) her friends at home and she ...94¢9......(make) delicious cakes.She .i:....(be) the best mom and I ..ov8..... (love) her very much.My father's name .is....(be) Peter.He ..iS...(be) 35 years old and he jis..... (be) fat.He (work) at a factory.The factory _.makes....(make) cars.My father | !K°S (like) watching football matches on TV but he can't play football.He always ..!2°S__... (take) a shower at 7:30 and . leaves... (leave) home at 8:30.He . gets.on...(get on) the bus and . .avrives...(arrive) at the factory at 9 o'clock.He really . likes, ..(like) his job but he doesn'teqmot earn) much. He cames.back(come back) home at 7 o'clock in the evening and . plays....(play) with me.I love him as well. I have got a brother and a sister. Their names ..ate..(be) Meg and Chris.Meg .is....(be) 13 years old and she ..'S....(be) a college student.She is..... (be) very intelligent.She ...(study) 5 hours a day. She can speak three languages, English,Russian and Spanish.Chris (be) 15 years old and he | i2....(be) a high school student.He ..(not be) very intelligent.He .. .-(fail) all his Maths exams.Healways ..meets...(meet) his friends and . sides...... (ride) his bicycle.He never ...does........(do) his homework.He . Jikes..... (like) eating fast food but he .doesn't. (not like) vegetables. Our dog's name ..is....(be) Brian.It can speak well and walk on two legs.It gets.up (get up) late.It . likes ...(like) watching television and eating meatballs but it ..hates...(hate) bathing.It never (catch) cats because it ...'S...(be) afraid of them. (drink) milk or fruit juice but I never . drink (drink) tea.After breakfast I . ..(check) my schoolbag and ... say.......... (say) “Good Day” to my parents.I leave, (leave) home at 8 o'clock and ..“2ilfor (wait for) the school bus for 10 minutes.I .geton....(get on) the school bus at 8:10.I fi (listen) to music with my friends in the bus.Iat school at 8:30.School siats.....(start) at 8:40.I .!s!¢0. (listen) to my teachers carefully and 0....(study) alot. ..h2ve.......(have) lunch at 12:10 in the cafeteria. After school T 99.22¢....(go back) home by bus and I ost f{..(get off) the bus at 4 o'clock. 209°... (change) my elothes and 00 2t...(go out) at 4:30. (go) to the playground ‘and . s!8V....(play) football with my friends.We .tave.....(have) dinner at 8 o'clock. After dinner I ..°...(do) my homework and . watch ..(watch) cartoons.I usually ...a0....(read) a book between 9:30 and 10 o'clock. rarely .Wil¢.....(write) a letter to my aunt in Manchester.T iKS......(like) drawing pictures and painting them.I always ..2°.....(go) to bed at 10:30. love my family.Every week, we match two of our members and they meet fora date at a restaurant. This weeks couple are Ben and Emma. We talk to them about their date, What do youtike about Emma? pari butshe hes and worn Do you ike the same things? Manchester ifn but Emma What does she do in the evening and atthe weekend? Where das she goon holiday? ma peste Spann ‘What do you tke about Ben? es good looking and ena ‘Do you ike the same things? Bar Bes computer games bu | dont He plas guar na oup and we Thethesare ype music We both Te ool 1s family importaneto Ben? Wevery rnp Ben come lowes iden ‘wnat doos he doin the evening and atthe weekend? Hechecshesudente rmework and he watches TV. We both ove fms and msc ‘Ande plays tenn hess eb note good. He play kar eauhesgese ‘Where does he go on holiday? Het a university teacher and he bat lov be beachREADING COMPREHENSION | A] | like to go out for a walk every day if possible, but | don't always have the time. It's not that I'm busy, sometimes I'm simply lazy. When | do go out, though, there is usually one route that | take that takes me about two hours to complete. While | walk | listen to music, or sometimes to an audio book in a foreign language. It's a great way to learn and to pass the time! Sometimes | go to the park and do some people watching, and | suppose some of them watch me too as | walk by listening to music and maybe even singing out loud. | wonder if they think I'm crazy? Other times, | head toward the city and lose myself in the streets. Since | don’t have a car, this is a good way to get to know the city, though | must admit | still don’t know a lot of street names because the signs with the names on them are cn the sides of buildings. 've always thought that wasn't really the best place to put the sign with the street's name on it because it's not a very convenient place to look, especially if you're driving. They really should look into a way to make those signs more visible