lifestule English for work, socializing & travel Elementary Coursebook Atribord & Asociados C/ Cristébal Bordit,, 35 - 28003 Madrid Tel, 91 535 86 36 - atribord@atribord.com arate SELF-STUDY CD-ROM WITH MP3 AUDIO FILES Irene Barrall & John Rogersott UT Lou) Unit ed Pee ere eed 4 Presentsimple be | Countries pS | Requesting p8 From start to finish rarrtvalal ps 9 pas 2 Present simple 1 Special Showing interest. | Are youa people Getting pit cceasions pd. | pi4 person? p15 together Present simple: Getting together 10-15 questions p13 after work p12 3 Present simple 2 Jobs and people | Same ordifferent? | Choosing a ea jos pi7 ple p20 candidate p21 pig-2i lke, love, hate p18 | Atwork p18 : 4 ‘Adverbs of Telling the fime | Waysof saying ‘no’ | Arranging to meet We're all frequency p23 p25 26 p27 different Prepositions of time p22-27 p25 Review 1-4 28-29 5 Comparative Time of yourlife | Offeringhelp p34 | The best way to Time of your life | 2dectves p30 p33 help? p35 p30-35 ‘Superlative adjectives p33 6 thereis/ there are | Prepositions of || Asking for help Welcome to the Youarehere P27 place p36 10 trade fair p41 p36-41 | Imperatives p39 Directions p38 7 Countable and Food and drink | Making ‘Asking about alate. uncountable nouns | p43 suggestions p46 | products pa7 selling Fae Describing A247 someand any p44 | products p44 8 Modal verbs: can, Health problems | Giving instructions | Surviving in a Aquesion of | Pavet© should pa? | pa? p52 strange city p53 survival Model verbs: Means of 048-53 question forms p51. | transport p53 _ | Review 5-8 54-55a ig Ca Word Focus | strategies eau) 9 ‘much/ many,alot | Home sweet Reacting tonews On the move pét Favourite places | °f/ 0% of p57 home p58 p60 56-61 have got, need / if need to p59 410 Post simple be p63 | Somethingisnot | Telephoning p66 | Customers’ Finding solutions | too + adjective / right p64 expectations p67 962-67 not + adjective + ‘enough pod 1 Past simple 1 Taking about | Asking questions | Completing a CV "i (regular verbs) p69 | the past p69 p72. p73 3 Past simple 2 a. (irregular and questions) p71 12 Present continuous | have + noun What do you call Company Gatting away | P75 prs it? p78 presentation p79 74-79 Present continuous | Present tends corpresent simple? p77 p77 Review 9-12 80-81 13 willfor predictions | Money p83 Responding p& | Investing money Money matters P&S borrow and lend ee 82-87 First conditional p85. | p84 14 Future plans: going | Working ina Making itberter | Cooperating and Teamwork to pé? team pas p92 competing p93 088-93 to~r ing? 991 play, go.or do? 29 15 Present perfect p94 | Positive and ‘Checking Life experiences aie: Hove youever..2 | negative information p98 | p99 , i responses p9% p99 Future arrangements | Time expressions | Explaining needs | Planning a trip p105 ( is) | forthe fu "04 ° (present continuu thefitue | p Take a break by on p100-105 who and which Film and music 5103 pto2 | - Review 13-16 pi06~107 Information files 108-123 Audio scripts p124141 Grammar reference p142-160| Prosent simple be Personal information Communication strategies Requesting 1B nteraction From start to finish Present simple be Speaking: Meeting new people BD Greet the person next to you and say your name. You ‘ean say somathing about yourself, too. Hello, 'm Rita. ’m from Russia, Hil My name's Peter. 'm from Germany. !'m a hairdresser. Listening: Meeting at a fashion trade show 13) 1.1 Listen to some people at an international fasion trade show. Match the narnes wih the jobs, 1 Paul Alexanders a bodyguard, designe 2 Pamela Elson isa journalist. 3. Jackie Yang is a 4 Vietor Se EB») 1.2 Read the article below. Then listen to Matt ‘and Paul. Find two differences between the text and the conversation, Paul Alexander is @ designer for a company called City StarThe company’s i headquarters are in Vancouver, Canada, Pal is Canadian, bt he isn't from Van 4 his wife Ana are originally from \ Ottawa. They aren't together at the fashion show this evening because Ana is at the Stanley ‘Theatre. She's an actress.fi Grammar: Present simple be GB Look atthe table below and complete the examples, Look at exercise 3 if you need help. Present simple be: positive (+), negative (-), questions (2) + Hi, 'm(= am) Matt Heyns. ~ I'm not (= am not) a journalist. You're(= are) Canadian. You aren't(= are not late, don't worry. He/She'__(=is)from He/She?__(=?_) Toronto. from Vancouver. We're(=are) at afeshion We*__(~ arenot) at trade show. the theatre. They/r0(= are) nthe They aron't(=°_) fashion business. together 2 Am | late? Are you from Spain?_Is he/she a model? ‘Are we late? Are they together? In speaking; we often use short frrs(m, re, arnt ish, We often use them in informal writing, 00. Ay ticompany enh Merits ts Are those models Italian? Yes;they’re. Yes, they are. ‘Are you Turkish? Yes-tim. Yes, Lam. >> For more information on the verb be and short forms, see page 142. Gi complete Pamela Elson's website profile with forms of the verb to be. Use short forms whore possible. Hit My name Elson. 1 Pamela ‘Australian ive in Sydney but |>_ y from Perth originally. As you know, !t___a supermodel. Dan, my husband, ® Australian, too. He °___ a fashion hairdresser, so we ?____‘often together at fashion shows and film festivals, International fashion shows in Singapore and China ‘great, but shows in small Australian. towns *___ very interesting. My life ™___very busy, so we "!_at home very often. Gut I ike to spend time with Dan. We 12____ both interested in sport, in different ways. 17 really interested in aerobics and surfing”. ‘And Dan? Well, Dan “always in front of the TV watching football .. Ohyes, men '>_all the surfing: riding on big waves in the sea on a special board Word focus: Countries GB Work in pairs. Look at the flags. How many countries can youname? 3) 1.3 Listen to a radio programme and number the tight countries in the order in which you hear them, ° ©e [00 |Oc0 [e000 | 000 Spain | Russia [Japan | Canada | Austria | the USA France | China | Brazil | italy | Turkey Germany Poland Mexico Qatar 93)14 check your answers. Then pace saying the werd BD Work in pairs. Look at the list in exercise 7. Tell your partner what your three favourite countries are. Speaking: Greetings and introductions Precise tis conversation wth some other people in the group. Make sure you remember thelr names. A: Hello. My name's. &: Hi tm A: Nice to meet you B: And you." fom How about you? A: Really tm from (to) Tim {e)___-And you? What your job? B: I'm a(n) _ (too). What's your name? DD Work in pairs. Make mini conversations about ‘countries and nationalities. Student A: Turn to File 1, page 108. Student 8: Turn to File 31, page 116.T) Personal information a Reading: Arriving in the UK BD Work in pairs. Before arriving in the UK, visitors. from outside Europe have to filin a card for UK Customs. Make a list ofthe personal information you think they need to give. ‘+ surname (= family name) first name Bi Read the article and try to guess the correct answers 1-5. Visitors to and from Britain very year, about "10 / 30 / 50 million Listening: Numbers and letters visitors come to Britain. About Gi Tick 7) the numbers that you remember. Do not write the 50/60/70 per cont of them are from ‘numbers! Then add tothe lst other numbers that you remember. France, ireland, Germany, Spain, Italy ned th mee and the USA. my Passes y Over 20 / 40 /60 per cent of all + my creditcard number * ny. umber visitors to the UK come for a holiday or ane I ONTer enn oR to visit friends and relatives, and ¥ eae tere y 415 / 25 / 36 per cent travel on business. ‘+ mybest friends age jsitors from outside Europe sometimes find it strange that they 99) 14 Listen to how you sey thse phone numbers and ema need to fill in a ‘landing card’ before addresses. Then listen again and practise saying each number or ntering the UK. But they just need address after you hear it to give basic personal details: family Phone numbers: Email addrosses: name, forenames*, sex, date and place 3498175 ahmed@yahoo.com of birth, occupation*, nationality, (0495 122566 'aurie brown @ntiworld.com address in the UK, and a signature*. (00.44 607 9487843 bressangftiscalt ‘nd what about British tourists, by the way? Where do they go? The Write down three phone numbers. Work in pairs and dictate the ‘top destinations* for British tourists numbers to your partner. Then check that the numbers are correct. are usvally ... Spain, France, the USA, Ireland, Italy and Germany / Australia / BB sett arrives in a new country and goes to a job centre. Put the lines India! of his conversation with the secretary inthe correct order (3 to 10) forenarnes: first names 1. We need your personal detail for ou files. First, whats your name, : ‘ocupation: job please? signature: your name when you write it 2 Jeff Loyd ina special way at the end of a letter, on @ hae cheque, ec _ Sure. That's LLOYD. Sorry, could you say that again? L:L.O.¥.D ... Thanks. And what's your phone number? -E-F-E Fine, Great. Could you also spell your surname for me, destinations: places that people travel to — 61.9)15 tisten and underine the - ‘ please? covet answers 1-5 nto ara = Gh Acthesestatementstue Mor fase (fr? «308467. Correa the ones thet ore wrong — How do you spetsel? 1 About haf ofalvistorsto Brin are fom the 77 custone mote hing Wht your email adcess? USA, 12 {tsjlloyd@gmail.com 2 Tours om non-Euopeancountisfilines 13. Grea thanevon ‘pecia orm bore entering he Uk 3 Younced tovnteyourhome adskesson he J) 1.7 Nowrten tothe conversation and check your answers landing cod {D Work in pairs. Practise the conversation in exercise 8, Use your own 4 Japan, Brazil and Russia are not in the top five personal detail destinations for British tourists.Speaking: Personal details {D complete Membership Card 1 with your own details. Then, work in pairs. Student A: ask your partner questions and complete Card 2 with his/her details. Then Student B does the ‘same. When you have finished, check that all the details are spelt correctly. 1 2 {B some questions are too personal-it depends who asks them! Look at the questions below and the different people. Tick (7) the boxes where you think it is alright for a person to "ask you the question, and put a minus sign (-) fit is not alright. Do not answer the questions. Your aunt or | Yourboss | Aneighbour | Your teacher | The police | Your doctor uncle How old are you? ‘Ase you married? Are you happy? ‘Ave you worried? ‘Ne you a very religious person? "re you in good heath? Write down five numbers that have a special meaning to you, Then work in pais. Ask questions to find out why those numbers are important to your partner. A: 14. Mm... I tyour house fe tree sentences giving personal information about pees J. Two sentences should be true and one B: No, isnt it about your chron? Yes! My deughter is 14 years old Bn choyListening: The right person? BD Work in pairs. You fy toa strange city. Somebody you do not know will pick you up at the airport. What problems can happen? Add your ideas to tis list. + you arive ata different terminal + you have no local contac telephone number 13) 18 A criver rom Gi Electronics spiking up a Vlora the sirport. Listen to their conversation. Whats the probiem? 3 ») Listen again and complet the sentences 1 Could you ____me? 2 Could | have your name, 3. What 4 0 yo 2 ___ Nicola is your first name? Yes, that's 5 Here, ___me help you with your luggage. Sr | Respond Could Ihave your email |, Of course. It's keiko@ address? hotmail.com Can you spell yourfirst_|) Its HAZEM, name for me? 'm sorry but | can't. There's an important meeting this, Could you pick up Jenny at the airport, please? shertoon | Can you say that again, | No problem N | please? — When we ask someone edo someting for we aon tse an Por Could? We often add please at the end, ‘When we don't know the other person, or we ack for something big, we use Could you ...? more often than Can GB complete these requests with Could !or Could you. tell me how to get to the city centre? {ill inthis registration form, please? have @ room on a non-smoking floor, please? 1 2 3 4 ___ show me your registration badge? 5 ___have aprogramme in Russian? 6 open that window for me, please? Bi match each request above with the appropriate reply. a Yes, of course. Its hot today! b Here you are Sure, And forhow many nights? d_ Woll, it’s a long way i think t's best to take a tax fe Yes, but I think my details ae already on your computer. f I'm sony, all our programmes are in English Speaking: Asking for help Bi Work in pairs. Take turns to make and respond to requests in different situations. Student A: Turn to File 2 page 108. Student B: Turn to File 32, page 116, Think of some requests that can be useful in class. ‘Add them to the ls. Student— Teacher Could you say that again, please? Could you write (that word) on the board, please? Student - Student Can | borrow your pen, please? Can | use your dictionary, please? B Workin pars. Compare your iss of English clas reaueetReminder Me es ae) Cesare I'm a hairdresser. ee We often use ‘re not and ‘s not instead of aren't and isn't. Eee a UO gatcnes Toss a coin to move. He square, tails move ro 2 Follow the inst, Board game: A day ata trade show Play @ game in pairs or in threes, You go to a fashion trade show to ‘make some business contacts and to see some of your favourte ‘models. The first person to finish the game is the winner. nex 3 ifyou lang landed on Me oe ena! yes. ‘Are you a designer? Yes, lam. Nee ene ens with no. eee Tears ads, move one uctions on each square, on a square so before, move on t new square. START Registration Desk | The recepsionist asks Could you spell your some for me, pease? ‘What dayou say! “The reteprionisc asks Whats your work tdlephone numbert ‘What do you say? The receptionist asks Whats your home ‘addresst What do you oy ° YYourwant 29 goto the caferena. You dorit now where itis. Ask @ <:*) You are dee caterer ‘eis would ke an espresso, What do you sv Youwak upto oe someone ineresting, Say hello’ and invoduce yousel You need to make an urgent eal, Oh no! Yur phone barcery vet Penalty: spellyour name backovards. es Yo You drop your coffee! Penalty Choose shree people in (> @- Acksomeone two ‘questions about themselves your fay, Say wha +O. see You hav ho business cards on you! A Penalty:Councin Sevens 10 707,14, © ~< Askyour teicher evo | personal questions bout themsehes. Dont be 0 persona Cree Qe ‘Tellsomeone tree things about yourself success! | Braain manager vanes co do business ‘with your company. ove forward three squares > © - You fish ‘conversation with | someone. Ask ortheir Oat os Sorsoe saan: |] Someone akan ich counties aein || youand astm i todays Telthem | | ray. What do you sat [che names ofeight | ne iv éounties : RED 5Present simple 1 Word focus: Special occasions G Workin pais Match each pecs occasion (1-6)t0 a picture AE) Then tll ach other which three special occasions you like best. 1 ‘a college reunion 2 ananniversary 3 @) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ED Work in pairs. Tell each other how you prepare for 2 abinhday wrap — clean and decorate do cook invite book send special occasion in your family For a wedding we cook a lot of special food. 4 awedding reception 5 New Year & ( e BB match the verbs with the correct words and phrases, Use a dictionary if necessary. alot of shopping friends and relatives presents cards a restaurant the house special food new clothes Reading: Everybody's birthday BB inthis magazine article, Linh Tran, 2 marketing manager from Hanoi, talks about New Year in her country. Find out which of the things in exercise 2 Vietnamese people do before or during New Year New Year in Vietnam inVietnam, our New Years not on 1 January ie takes place® iat January or early Februsry epends on the moon, andi fant three days oF more. We cal his footie Tat Its elso out spring festival, and itis the top event of the you. - ‘We propareforTét weoks before. We do 2 lott shopping because shops close during the eae ations We also clean and decorate the house sae ey clothes fr the enidfen and cook special rolisy f0. (On Now Year's Da, chen wear and ish the parents and grandparents 2 happy new arer Then they ecelve a ed envelope with ‘ucky oot y init We baleve ed i 2 hidky colour, but We Gort use white o: black decorations. “Ttis also everybody's birthday, because in Vietnam you are one year old on the day when You heir new clothes celebrate your frst TEt! after Now Year's Day, we visit friends and relatives. t ‘Mary people go to temples, play games, or watch {ragon dance's and ather street performances. ‘And during Tét, we don't say bad things and we don't do bad things! lace: haps jes to happen fr period of HemeBi These statements are false. Look at the article again and correct them, 1 Tétlast three wocks or more 2. People clean and decorate their clothes before Te 3. Children get a red envelope with a photo of their ‘afandparents init. 4 People believe white is 2 lucky colour 5 On New Years Day, people visit friends and relatives, 6 After New Year's Day, peaple don't go out, Grammar: Present simple 1 BB Look at the table, Then look at the article again to complete the examples. Present simple with |, you, we and they (+, -) We use the present simple to talk about .. 1 things that we'do regularly. ‘WYou/We/They buy a lot of food before New Year. Jn Vietnam, shops '__ during New Year celebrations. 2 long-term situations. Wou/We/They live in Vietnam, 3 things that are generally tru. Poople?___ for Tét weeks before. To forrn negatives, we use don't VYou/We/They don't get up late on Sunday. People ° white or black decorations. During Tét, people * bad things and they don't do bad things. >> For more information on the present simple, see pages 142-143, Listening: Get together now? ‘Work in pair. Think about a special occasion you do not lke very much, and tel each other why. Add your ideas to the list I don't ike am always so busy! very much because... Ican’t relax. Imiss* some of my friends / relatives. I spend a lot of money. It alot of hard work. / I's boring. miss fyou miss you fiends of relatives, you feel sad because they are not with you “osos* 3) 1. Listen tothe interviews with Rob and il. Look st thelist in exercise 7 and find one reason why each speaker doesnt realy like festivals and celebrations 1») Listen to Rob andl again and complete these sentences 1 We those big dinners wher you just seat aed eka dey Tong 2 Alotof our colleagues ‘to work when theres holiday. 3 We____ to work during the holiday season becsuse we ___ more money. 41 very happy when I'm not together with all ny children and grandehiidren, 5 We___ the computer on al day long, We chat, or we just smile or just Writing: A PowerPoint presentation {D Write some notes for a short presentation about a festival or celebration which is unique to your country and which you like. Here are some ideas to help you. eve want tat aboat si ame ofthis event which city coun lakes place [vhen?eg,Inwter fin anditlosts_— [how ong? one day 0 day ‘On tht day people celebrate fhar ‘People prepare fortis event Lhow ong before. For exarpe they Trew co prepare. They also On that day people____[hon do they celebrate? what do they do® Iie tis celebration because DD Use the notes you wrote in exercise 10. Write some PowerPoint slides to accompany your presentation. Speaking: Giving a mini-presentation Work in pairs or in small groups. Take turns at making ‘your presentations. cto Lg2 Present simple: questions Word focus: Getting together after work GD Discuss these questions. In your count ften do people get together with colleagues after work? What do they do? Where do they go? BB match the sentence halves to make definitions of the phrases in italics. 1 Ifyou dress formally, you go out with them to have fun, 2. Ifyou discuss a problem, bb youhave fun, you have a good time. 3 Ifyou enjoy yourself you pik it up when it rings. 4 Ifyou socialize with colleagues, d_you talk about it wth somebody, 5 Ifyou answer the phone, @ youmear special clothes, e.g. for an important occasion Listening: Life after work 6B») 1-10 Liston to an interview with Laura, a software designer. Tick (7) the correct boxes in the table below. 1. socialize with colleagues at their homes? 2 dress formally or informally on those occasions? 4 make phone cals onyourmobie? «+d ba 5 enjoy yourself? 1). Lstonto Lauta's answers to other questions. Match each answer 1-5 to the correct question @ Doyou spend a lot of money? b_ Do you talk about your private life? ¢ Do male and female colleagues socialize together? d_ Doyou play sports or play games together? @ Doyou go home late? Grammar: Present simple: questions (yes/no) Present simple: questions (yes/no) | need to answer all the questions? Yes, %" do, u_goout every weekend? hey era they we arrive before nine o'clock? ' a ; you 7 ey spend lot of money? No, 7 don't they In short answers, we use da/don't, nat the verb, Do you arrive before nine oclock? Yes-tanve, Ne-tonttanive >> For more information on present simple questions, see page 143, Gi Read the information in the table. G Work in pairs. Talk about the times when you get together with colleagues after work, Student A: ask Student B the questions in exorcise 3. Studont B: ask Student A the questions in exercise 4. Do you... Yes [No | Itdepends 3. discuss problems you have at wok? [ —— Reading: It’s the journey, not the destination Business meetings take place in an office. In pais, think of more interesting, unusual places for meetings. Weite down your list, GB Read the article about an unusual place for meetings. Is the place on your ist? G1 complete the questions with ‘words from the box How lang What Where Why 1 ____ do companias book dinner trains for meetings and parties? Especially n North America, ye trains? 2 ___ do people lcs Because they can have a good meal and admire spectacular scenery. 3 do passengers spend* on board dinner trains? Two to four hours 4 do people do on board Taner tains? They ear, have fun or work It’s the journey,Grammar: Present simple: questions (wh-) DD Look at the examples in the table. Then complete Rule 1 with the items from the box. subject fe. you, they, people) question word (e.g, how, wo} Present simple: questions (wh) What do on Friday evenings? Where 1 spend the weekend? why do YU Sayathome? Who we have dinner with? How they go to work? How long want to stay? Rules 41) The word order in wh- questions is 1 2 3 2 We do not answer wh- questions with yes or no— we need to give some information about what, where, why, how, etc |For more information on present simple questions, 0143, People g0 on those trains ‘toenjoy 2 good meal and the ‘slow journey, and also to look ‘ut of the window and enjoy ‘the seenery. Some people even Jhave wetlding receptions and “birthday parties on them. But dinner trains are not just restaurants on wheels: ‘companies now book therm “not only for staff parties and company anniversaries, but also for business meetings! ‘eturn journey: a journey toa place and back again _seenenysthe things that you see Complete the mini conversations. Look at the table in ‘exercise 10 if you need help. 1 A: __you work with? B: With Clara and Feder 2A do on your wedding anniversary? B: [have a meal with my wife in a special seafood restaurant | know. 3 A:_____youspend New Year's day? B: At home! an: want to learn Englis B: Because I want to travel B work in pairs. Ask each other the questions in exercise 11 Give your own answers. Speaking: Time at work and time off work BD Work in pairs. Take itn turns to ask each other ‘questions about your daily life, Student A: Turn to File 3, page 108, Student B: Turn to File 33, page 116.2 Communication strategies | Showing interest Listening: Developing a conversation GB )1.12 Inthe lunch break, Helen meets 2 new eoleague (Davia) inthe company cetera. Listen to two conversations. ‘Which one do you prefer? Why? BB ») Listen to Conversation 2 again and write in the missing words below. Helen: Hills this seat free? ‘ Go ahead. Do you work in Accounts, too? No, don't. I'm in IT !: Yes, Im the new graphic designer. 3 that’s Do you have lunch here every day? 1: °___not every day. Sometimes | just have a sandwich at my desk. BD To sound friendly and to show that we are interested in the conversation, we do not answer just yes or no. We sive some more information to keep the conversation going, Match these questions and answers. 1. De you go to work by car? Do you go outa lot in your free time? Do you travel a lot? Do you do a lot of sport? Do you read the papers? onsen Do you watch TV a lot? Well | play tennis, and I go swimming at the weekend. Well, watch gangster fms and football Yeah. | read The Financial Times online every day. Well, | go abroad two or three times a year. No. ... Well | visit fiends, but I don't go to restaurants. No, ! take the bus or the metro, Wel can be a very useful word when you answer @ question. It gives you time to think, and it tells your er that you want to explain something. GB Work in pairs. Practise the questions and answers in exercise 3, Give your own answers. B) 3) 1.13 Listen and match the answers (@-f) that you hear with the correct questions (1-6). 1 Do you speak any foreign languages? Do you goto bed late? Do you drive alt? eo you work on Saturday? Do you have a long summer holiday? Do you surfthe internet alot? eonen Gi Work in pairs. Ask each other the questions in exercise 5. ‘your own answers. Do not answer just yes or no! Use Wellif you need some time to think. Baeeee eb & When people give us extra information, we react to this information to show interest, Study these dialogues and ‘match them with the strategies (2-d) people use to do this, 1A: We celebrate New Year on a train On 2. A. Lalways listen to music on my way to work B: Really? 3. A: My best fiend plays in a jazz band. B: Oh, that's interesting, 4. A: We spend our weekends on a farm. : Mm, And what do you do there? 5 A:Ournext staff party isin a castle, B: In a castle? Which one? To show interest in the conversation, we ca: Dialogue: '@askan extra question repeat some words use phrases lke Really?, That’ interesting, etc use a combination of the above Jo wee a combaation te above | BB Work in pairs. Take turns telling each other about your favourite place for ahoiday. Use the strategies in exercises 3 ‘and 7 to show interest. Speaking: The conversation game BD Workin pairs. Student A: choose a conversation starter; Student B: express interest; Student A: respond: Student B: react with an extra question, etc. Then change roles. How long can you keep the conversation going in 2 natural way? Conversation | read a lot in my free time. starters [visit my friends every weekend. This a photo of me with my parents. ‘My colleagues are fantastic. 1 don't like ths. I want to celebrate my New Year abroad.L Cov nieacexearoyg Reminder — weusethe Pee eee Sere a regular activities Cees Poet During Tée, we don't say bad things. We ee Les Deere ae ean ee Speaking: Questionnaire GD compiete the questionnaire in pairs and discuss your BB tumto File 4, page 108. Add up your partner's score and, ‘Make a note of your answers and of your partner's answers, too. Perhaps you will earn something about yourselves! results, and why. sad your results together. ED Tol the clos whether you agree or disagree wit the Me, you and them 1 Two friends invite you and ‘some other people to dinner at the ‘weekend. You do not know the other people. What do you do? 2 | g0 and have dinner with my friends but | only talk to them, bb ... say | am busy. Ido not want to have dinner with people | don’t know. © ... Great! | accept the invitation. It's, {good to get to know other people. © How do you like to spend your time off? ‘2... With your bestfriend or your family. ith @ group of friends. Alone How do you meet new people? | just wait. There is always ‘someone who wants to meet me, 1 ... use Facebook or other online social networking sites © «1 g0 out with friends and go to clubs where I can enjay my hobbies. 4 How many times do you go out with friends in a year? a. 0-18 times. bb... 1do not go out with friends, we visit each other at home sometimes. © «15 times or more, 5 How many people from work ‘oF college have your private phone number? «2... Everybody. My phone number is ‘on Facebook, Bebo and HIS. bb ... Nobody. ©. Only my friends, What do you usually do on 2 long bus or train journey? 2... try to talk to other passengers. bb... talk on my mobile phone because | get a lot of business and private calls. © «1. turn on my iPod, play games, read or sleep. 7 You are in a shopping centre at the weekend, You see your English teacher. Do you ‘2 ... hide behind other customers, then leave quickiy? bb... walk up to him/her, say ‘hello’, and start a conversation? ... smile, say ‘hello’ from a distance, then walk away? Which of these sentences is the most true for you? 2... When | have some time off, | want to be with other people. bb .. Friendship is very important. We all need two or three best friends. © «1 Ibis $0 good to be alone after a week's work!Present simple 2 Ep Word focus: Jobs and people BD Discuss this question. ich is more important to you, a well-paid job, an interesting job or a job for life? Why? EB steno jobs to pictures Ao 2. anairtrafic controller 3 ehead teacher oe 4 alawyer 5 alecturer 6 alibrarian 8 anusse 9 2 personal assistant (PA) 10 a surgeon ED Read the story and answer the questions after each part, A day in the life of Tom Gray “Get up, you're late again!’ Tom's mother shouts’, ‘Tom is stllin bed, Tom doesn’t want to get up. He thinks about his new iPad and smiles. Nobody knows about his iPad. Only his mother knows. Even Mrs Sodul doesn't know about it! shout: to say something very loudly 1. Whois Mrs Sodul? 2 How old is Tom? What does he do? It's time to 90. There area ot of schoolchikiren | con the bus, A teenager ‘shouts into his mobile phone. A young girl looks at Tom and says something rude’. But Tom doesn't get angry” with her an Sa dos era pu he rk, want otal er today. | don't remember your name, but! know ‘same class as my niece’." ES rude not pote Set angn7 became angry 3. Whois Mrs Sodu? 4. How old is Torn? What does he do? | Eight thy. Tom enters the school building. He sees the Headteacher's office, but he doesn't stop. He doesn't think it's a good idea to talk to her right now. ‘Mrs Sodul is always so busy at this time,’ he thinks. TAt the end of the corridor, he opens the last door tis a small, dark” room with four desks and some bookshelves. ‘i ‘Behind the bookshelves is another desk, a very small desk with a name card on it which says in big letters “Tom Gray ~ Accounts Assistant’. ‘Tom sits. He opens his briefcase. Then, on the middle of his desk, he puts his beautiful iPad, the birthday present he got from his 75-year-old mother yesterday. Et ‘Anew day begins .. ark when there isnot alt of light. 5 Who exactly is Mrs So IP Howold is Tor, do you think? 7. What does he do? Do you think he likes his job? Do you lke the story? Why/Why not?GB Answer the following questions with Yes, he does or No, he doesn. 1. Does Tom live with his mother? 2 Does he always get up on time? 3 Does he get angry with the children on the bus? 4 Does he want to tell the head teacher about one of the chiléeen? 5 Does he work in the same office as Mrs Sodul? 6 What does he 6? Do you thine likes his job? Do you lke the story? Why?/Why not? Grammar: Present simple 2 Gi Red the information. Then und ‘person singular in the story. five verbs (+) in the Present simple with he, she, it(+) He works in an office, He gets up ite He lives with his mother She stays at home Speling study /y/y. studies / esti. Wowie! fish / watch finishes / watches. Bey golcc. rs /cs have noe G complete the les andthe examples below Look for other examples inthe story ann ener 8 you red el. Present simple with he, she, it Toform negatives, use" ae _: to for questions, use He? want to talk to the head teacher at 8.30, When* Tom arrive at work? 5 __he want to change his job? If ghort answers, we use does / doesn't, not the verb, Does helike hisjob? Yes, he does. / No, he doesn’t, “Yes; likes. ‘No, he doesn't hike > For more information on the present simple, see Pages 142-143, Complete the article. Use the present simple forms (hor-rangulro pla ofthe verbs n bracts The number 1 stressful job Photojournalists, air traffic controllers, librarians, ‘surgeons, ... Who has the most stress at work? Psychologist Saqib Saddiq says that librarians |__ (have) the most stressful job. Why? How is that possible? photojournalist often *___ (travel) to dangerous places, but a librarian *___ (spend) every day in quiet oom. A surgeon ‘___ (look) inside people's bodies, but a librarian only °___(open) books. An ai trafic controller (manage) new situations every day, but a ibrarian (see) the same old books all the time. What, then, is so stressful about alibrarian’s job? To find out, Mr Sadiq interviewed a lot of librarians. Here are the things that librarians °___(say) about their job: ‘Libraries are boring places.’ “Allibrarian *__(do) a lot of different things: every day at workis the same, week after ‘week. “Other people always "_ (tell) us what todo." People in dangerous jobs, e.g. police officers, got a lot of ‘help and training, but librarians are all alone with their stress Decauso we !___(ehink) they *___ (have) an easy job. 3) 1.14 Liston to the radio programme and check your Speakin Other people's jobs GB Wier in pairs. sudant A: Tun to File 5 page 109, Student Tum Fle 34, page 17. D choose a dream job. Write down the name of the job. Don’t show it to anyone, Work in pairs. Ask each other questions to find out your partner's dream job. Use some of the questions from exercise 9, Ask other ‘yes/no questions if necessary.3 like, love and hate Word focus: At work Match ach phase (1-8) the appropriate pieure 1 my boss meeting clients 5 2 ourphotocopier 6 untidy desks 3. being late 7 helping my colleagues 4 8 loud ringtones {queuing in the cafeteria Listening: Likes and dislikes B)1.15 Listen to Enrica, a marketing manager, and 10 Sergei, an accountant. What do they (dislike? Write E" (= Enrica) or 'S' (= Sergei) next to the things in exercise 1 that they talk about, EB ») kisten to Enrica on Track 1.15 again. Are these statements true (T) or false (F)? 1. Enrica kes talking sbout what she likes or doesn't like 2- She does ike the photocopier, 3 She does ike the cafeteria 4 Hor assistants desk s very unt. Guster to Serge on Tack 115 agin and complete the 1 bing late for work 2 1___ my boss, she! at 3. The colleagues in my department are great, too. them: Grammar: like, love, hate Gi Match each sentence to the correct smile 1 ove Saturdays ( 2. She likes working with other people. » 3 We don ike atving late for meetings. « 4 They hate long meetings ) 3 100k a the four examples inthe table and complete the rues. Ike, love, hate 1 Do you ike working at wookends? 2 She doesn't ike untidy desks. 3 love watching other people work! 4 Luigi hates slow computers. ‘After like, love, hate we often find 2) noun ora noun phrase, sin examples "_ and a verb ending in ?___(os in examples “_end an >> For more information on the -ing form of verbs, see pages 158-159. Workin pars. Ask eachother questions about your workplace /cllege office /elssoom spending mein the cfotori Your eomputar wating email et ': Do you like your boss? 3: Yoo Ido. Sho/Me 5 wery nice 2: Do you ke your office? B: Yer do. ts reat. / No, dont es very dark!Reading: Pet hates in the office BD We atnave cur ‘pethats’~ smal things thot wo done. What are Par pethates your worplece Sage? ‘Some people don't answer their phone. I think that’s terible! hate receiving spam emails. Read the blog about other people's pet hates in the office. Are ‘hair pet hates the same as yours? ‘Three of these statements are false. Rewrite them to make them true. 1. Roberta likes wearing informal othes at work. 2 Noriko likes having coffee at the fice. 3. Fras hates taking with colleagues 4 Steve doesn't like his colleagues. 5 Marianne's manager never says Well done!’ {8 Steve doosn't think its OK to smoke atwork D viokinpare tock atthe bog oan Then Sass hee quesons Wich pablo rset problems? Wi bes grb? Wy? Empty chair Jn pairs. Make a list of 8 to 12 SSS | think Im very lucky because | work for a great company and the people in my department are very nice. | really ike them, But in the other departments, some peopie don't say ‘Hello’, and | don't ike that. We're all from the same company, so for me we are one big family ‘Another thing | don't like at the office is the coffee. Its terible! Noriko Matsuno, Osaka ‘Some colleagues at the office send me omails asking for information. hate that. Why don't they come and talk to me? I's 60 good to talk with colleagues. Firas Al Sayed, Damascus In my country, | wear jeans and a T-shirt at work, because | work better ‘when I can relax. But here the manager wants me to wear formal clothes every day. Why? I don't understand, Roberto Gil, Stio Paulo My number 1 pet hate: some people never say “Thank you. | think that's terrible, Our manager, for example. Our new project is very successful, but he never says ‘Well done!” Marianne Leclerc, Brussels | am hap. ove my boss and my colesgues But | have on or wo pet hates. For exemple 1 ome cleagues use al he paper inthe photocopier and then they go + "Ge pele wat for het wth you and ony go oe or + altot peopl stop working to have a eget dont smoke, | wrk) + seme people never sy Please or Thankyou al that Sustone more thing. Some peope Rave at po als and ar never apy. Now ink that realy realy ore Stove Cowing, Manchester ‘You say Well done! when you want to tall someone that you are very pleased with their workListening: Something in common? Workin pairs. Tell eachother how you feel about the fllowing stuatone + malng business phone cal «staying atthe ofce aftr 6 po, + woking flexible hours + woking ina team texbis hour: ange fo dot day BB.)116 Davie and Sarh tel each ther about ther new jobs ot il, a travel agency. Number the topics in exercise 1 in the order in which thoy talk sbout them, Decide if these statements are true (T) or false (F). Listen again if necessary. 1. Sarah thinks the salespeople are nice. 2. Davide says the best thing in his job is talking to customers on the phone 3. Both Sarah and Davide like working in 3 team 4 Davide hates going out in the evening, 5. Sarah only goes out on Saturdays. GB ») Listen to Track 1.16 again and complete these sentences, 1 Dr... 1 think the salespeople are really S:___ too. 2 S: And|___ talking to customers on. ‘the phone D: Really? 1___. infact, |___ doing business on the phone. | just___ working in a team. You know; I really hate ‘working alone. ge 4 Dr... Im___t00 happy about the flexible working hours S:___neither. Four hours last Tuesday, ‘and then twelve hours the next day! I wantto go out with my fiends. __? I never go out on weekdays. GB Study the sentences in exercise 4. Do Davide and Sarah have the same or different opinions and feelings? 1 _Same 2 3 4 5 The same or different? To show interest in a conversation, people often say when their opinions and | feelings are the same, or when they are different. | 1 Same: Asli tired. ‘A: I'mnot very happy about the hours A: like travelling abroad. A: Idon't lke our computer system. 2 Different: A: 'm hungry ‘A; 'm not good with computers. A: I like our company logo. ‘A: don't like the view from our office. B: Metoo. B: Me neither. B: Me too. B: Me neither. B: Really? I'm not. B: Really? | am. B: Really? I don't. B: Really? | do. | think i's beautiful Speaking: The same or different? GI A company newsletter asks what staff ike and di ke. Complete these sentences with lke / don't ike to make them true for you. 1 |___wrting letters. 5 2 |___aurfing the internet. 6 3. |___ Mondays. 7 4 1___taking workhome. 8 1___ listening to music when | work |___ reading business reports. 1__ texting. |__Iong holidays! Work in pairs. Take it in turns to read and respond to the sentences in exercise 6. Ike writing letters. 3: Really? | don't. | hate it! A sentences. In nogat Zz en adding information, we use and in positive ng reverts or surfing the internet.Reminder Grammar reference pages 142-143 and 158-159 DT aN Sees With he, she and it, we use doesn’t not Cee Tee OI raed Word focu: BD complete the definitions with the words inthe box. Use 2 dictionary if necessary. Finding a job apply CV fillin look for 1 A___isalist of your education and jobs. You show it toccompanies when you try to get a job. 2 Htyou for ajob, you ask fora job by writing a letter, sending your CY, etc. 3 Hyou something or someone, you ty to find that thing or person. 4. Hfyou___a form, you wite the information that someone wants in the spaces on that form, BB Read the job vacancies. Do you have the experience Rila wants? What do you / don't you like about the job? | VACANCY” _ Bais ane and excng vel ageny wh fas Mien ned noergts Tour Manage ou |] winners ‘The candidate: | «has experience inthe tourist industry «¢ has alot of travel experience «© speaks English, Spanish and another language ‘The job: i «© answering customer phone calls; writing and | answering emai and faxes « planning holidays with customers over the phone | 6 meeting and doing business with customers face-toace ‘working irreqular* hours, sometimes seven days a ‘week alot of arving salary: very good, depending on experience and cualicatons To apply please senda ener an your CV to pesotmurilaword cok Caanay ajo has avlabe er srmeane 6 do Grrgetic woting oor andot eng Wed rogue happen 2 diferent tres: otros the eae ee a eee love and hate, we can Gee ee ns es She likes working with other people. Listening: A job interview 9) 1.17 Rita Oliveira applies for the job of Tour Manager ‘and goes for an interview. Listen and circle the correct answers in the table below. Rita ‘experience in tourist industry yes_some nO. ‘wave! experience Tanguages etving working iregular hours writing emails, faxes, ete doing business face-torface doing business over the phone: : a © +) Listen again and decide if these ‘statements are true (7) or false (F). 4 ita woxks ina hotel in the summer. 2 She doesn’'tknow South America 3 She doesn'tlike driving, 4. She is fee at weekends, Speaking: Choosing a candidate BD two other candidates, Harish and Yun, apply for the job of Tour Manager. Workin pairs. Ask and answer {questions about the two candidates. Student A: Turn to File 6, page 109. Student B: Turn to Fil 35, page 117 G Work in pairs. Compare your notes about Rita, Harish ‘and Yun. Choose one person for the job of Tour Manager. Who do you choose? Why? 3) 1.18 Now listen to John Rivas, manager at Rl, taking about the candidate who gets te job, Do you agree with im? Why?Why not?| Adverbs of frequency | Talking about time ‘Communication strategies Ways of saying ‘no’ B Interaction Arranging to meet Adverbs of freque Reading: The power of difference GD Wier in pars Discuss these questions Alotof people go abroad o study orto work Whats Shout ving abroad fore ew year? What con beat? B’ Wee alt have ideas about people from other countries. Read the blog posts and find out what some people think cof those ideas. Are these statements true (T) or false (F)? Correct the ones that are wrong, 1. Ginter is always late for meetings 2 The Greoks think the Swiss are always on time. 3. Claudio ha 4 Colin believes that all people are the same. 5 Ialian food and pizza Hi em Swiss, but | work in Turkey. | have a question. usually on time for meetings, but m sometimes two or three minutes late, and then my Turkish colleagues laugh But they don’t laugh when other people are late. I don’t understand. Can you help? Gunter Hi Gunter Hm, Interesting. | think | know the answer to your question: maybe your colleagues think all Swiss are always fn time because in Switzerland you have fantastic clocks and watches? Everybody thinks the Swiss are never lat, Well, that’s what we think in Greece! ‘Ana Read the blog posts again. Find the opposites of these words 1 never 2 thesame 3 ontime 4 love Work inpsire orn sma groups. Wite down other pss ronpones yo sendy ase Hello | agree with Ana. 'm from italy, but | work in China. ove ithere, but my Chinese friends often ask me wiy I don't drink coffee or why I don't like pizza. I love Italian food, but | hate piaza, And when I go out, | usually drink tea, not coffee Italian people are not all the same! Claudio That's a great post, Claudio! | work in China, too, and ‘every day, my ideas about Chinese people change. Now I don’t see a ‘nationality see alot of different individuals. | think I'm lucky to have a job abroad: I earn 2 lot about myself, too, ColinGrammar: Adverbs of frequency Bi Read the article again and find three other adverbs. Put them in the correct place in the chart 3 ardly 0% GB Look at the examples in the table below and ‘complete the rules with the words before or ‘Adverbs of frequency We use adverbs of frequency (e.g. always, never) 40 say how often we do something, or how often something happens. My Chinese colleagues often ask me questions. usually drink cola or lemonade. itis never easy to talk about culture, They think all Swiss are always on time. 4. We usually put the frequency adverb the verb, 2 We usualy put the frequency adverb, the verb be, “How often do you meet people from other “countries? '>> For more information on frequency adverbs, see page 144. Rewrite these sentences to make them true for you, using the best adverb of frequency each time. Then add two sentences of your own I meet people from other countries | don't often meet people from other countries. 1 I meet people from other countries 2 Iwork st weckonds, 3. give my business card when | meet someone forthe fist time 4. Lam the last person to leave the office 51am lato for meetings. 6 | dream oflving ina different cute BB) Work in pairs. Take turns at guessing your ‘partners sentences in exercise 7 ‘A: You sometimes meet people from other countries. B: Tru A: You hardly ever work at weekends. B: Sorry, that’s not correct. often work at weekends. Speaking: Discovering cultures B 9) 1.19 Work in pairs. Look at these statements about doing business in other cultures. Decide which three statements are false. Then listen and check your answers. 1 In China, people always give their business cards with both hands 2 In aly, business lunches are usually very short. In Russia, people don't always wait for you to finish speaking for them to start speaking. 4 Inthe United Arab Emirates, itis aways bad manners to eat with the left hand, 5. In Brazil, people sometimes ask you personal questions about your salary or your religion 6 In Turkey the person who invites you out for dinner always pays for the meal 7. In South Korea, people sometimes ask you to sing a song at the tend of an evening cut 8 InGermany, bosses usually keep ther office doors open. 9 In india, business meetings often begin with ‘small tak’, Le. 2 friendly conversation about personal or unimportant topics. 10 n Japan, people usually use first names in business meetings. ‘Work in pairs. Use the statements in exercise 9 to talk about business lfe in your country. Make changes when necessary. In my country, we don't usually give our business card with both hands. OR In my country, we usually give our business card with the right hand. Wri ‘You work on an international team. Read the emai from one of your colleagues abroad. Send an email to answer all the questions. 1g: Cultural information Dear... My boss wants me to work in your country next year. I'm very pleased about that, but I need some information before I go. ‘Could you please answer these questions? ‘= How often do you have meetings? How long do they usually last?” + Do visitors always give / receive presents? * Do colleagues usually socialize after work? ‘Thank you in advance. All the best Jan Dear Jan “Thanks for your email. Here is some information Thope this helps. Best wishes