Inside Sue Kay & Vaughan Jones Pre-intermediate Student’s Book ae MACMILLAN OnCe Cer Grammar, Qocabulary & @ronunciation 1 Name Names Memory Language Learning page 4 2 Place Home towns. Motidays countries page 12 3 Love Relationships Stories page 20 Review A page 28 4 Spend Presents ‘Clothes ‘Shopping age 32 5 Fit Fitness Sport page 40 6 Job Experience Retirement page 48 Review B page 56 © Names an family © Memory techniques © Language learning Aneedote: Somebody who is important to you DO Form ting: personal information © aces in your country © The dest things from ilferent counties Anecdote: The bust place you have ever visited {DO seb posting. speing Linking sentenens (1) © Relationships © Ficst meetings © Telling stories DO Teting «sory. Linking sentences (2) © to people aking about names © Wharsina name? © Remembering names © How 10 remember names at partes © Are you a good language leer? {© Lee talking about somebody who patent te hin Useful phases: Showing interest © Three people talking about their home towns © Win » dream holiday for two! © Everything's wrong her! (© Enea taking about the best place she has ever visited Useful phrases: Saying where you are from @ Fred and Bana taking about ‘thei relationship (© et Personal game show © The Hollywood director and the [Native American © Revenge is sweet Dinner by pest Use phrases Tings in common Pages 28,29: Grammar / Vocabulary | Pronunciation review Pages 30,31: Reading & Listening. Welting (narrative) & Speaking, + Song: Stand By Me © buying presents Anecdote: The las time you bought somebody’ present © Ais to shopping © Shopping tends and habits ©D © Description ofa shop Text organisation. Linking sentences (3) © Health and Fines Anecdote: Your experiences of spot at school © Sports stare © sivess and laughter © O Description of asporing event. Text organisation. Linking, sentences (4 © hots © Best and wort experiences aclehach eaten Fath x pe © Ajpbappication ©DO Letter of engin. peal cine eos Pages 56,57: Gi © What people really want for theit birthday 1 die talking about the last ime he bought sum a present © Two men talking about shopping © Men's or worsens fashion? The real price oF fashion Useful phrases In a clothes shop © Areyou dangerously unit? © Tina aking about her experiences of sport at school © Advertisers discussing sports son © is ways todestnes © Laughter tubs ‘Useful phrases Giving instructions @ Four people talking about their © Charlte Daten rom mountains to modeling © Nighmare jobs © Inecview vith a tore owner (Kim aking about her tina's iso ‘Useful phrases: Presenting yourself umar/ Vocabulary /Promunciation review © Tense review. ons (lak lie ‘Question forms © Family. Description. Names Focus on: names © Long vowel sounds iy a © Countable and uncountable nouns sasuch, very. Quantity expressions © Places in a ity: Adjectives to describe places, Countries, ational Location Focus on ie © Woud strss: countries, nationalities @ Post simple and continuous. Adverbs of manne © Relationship expressions Nareative linkers. eng adjectives Focus ong © rvegular verbs: sound groups © Adverbs of frequency: Verbs with two. ‘objects. Verbs followed by ing-form ‘oF fo-nfnitive, Present simple and © Collocations: & busch of on. BOX Of sm ‘tc. Clothes and accessories Focus on: verbs used with clothes © Phural nouns 2 0 te! © Comparative and superatives Phrasal verbs © tao + adjective adver. Spor. Numbers Focus a: verbs used with ports © Schwa! in Engh ish expressions @ Permission and obligation (ca ame to) Present perfect (time up to now’) oF ‘past simple (Finished! time) © Jods. Collocations (work). should, Office equipment Focus on: srk and ob © Past participles (regular verbs): vowel sounds Pages 58, 5% Reading & Listening, Writing (lescription) & Speaking * Song: Suspicious Minds D ~ Workbook. Each unit ofthe Workbook contains a one-page section which develops practical writing skills, &ee ees ey Ce eo @rammar, Qocabulary & Oronunciation 7 Eco © Gimate change © Climate change march © subject questions. Dynamic and Protests © Evironment eaten 1 Four people talking about wey they talve meas Future forms Green ses (sing lo and present continue © Wisin topo are ptsting ma © Volunteer work © How green are you? © Giimate change, Opinions moe oi ons hth god DO Mating writen © Welcome o Original Vountere suggestions. Linking sentences (6) @ Two conversations about volunteering @ Word stress: wordy ending in on ‘Useful phrases: On the telephone 8 Education @ School experiences © Training w bea geisha @ Permission and obligation coud / ee “Anecdote: Your favourite school @%_Anvly talking about his favourite ine scpdaananapaclpaphamiettaes amides subject ‘school subject © Education and training, a ex oe x ety @ thems poco: Ic ed re oer aortas © What makes a successful date @% Two generations talking about @ Word stress: school subjects DO Personal eter changes in society Contractions in informal writing How to meet the parents © Aman moots his gielriend’s parents © The perfect gitiiend /boyfeiend Useful phrases: Giving your opinion, 9 Smile © smiting © Soni, and the work ses @ Vets followed by in-form, for and Ghancter MB Cessna Gace with you since. en, Present perfect simple and sued © Holidays © Whor'sina smile? sontinwons = © Things and places you know © Optimist or pessimist ..2 © The foce. Character adjectives. Parts of ©D O Travel blog, Listing Thailand: land of smiles Sorte Focus ons verbs + ing form points: Using adverbs of attitude @ On holiday in Thailand Stace ieee © Living in Thailand sean) Useful phrases: Using boy idioms @ Sentence srs Review ¢ Pages 8, 85: Grammar / Vocabulary / Pronunciation review page 84 Pages 86 87: Reading & Listening, Writing (paragraphing) & Speaking * Song: Money 10 Lifestyle © Lifestyle. © How not die before you got old @ wil Future kme dauses after, © od and cooking © Atwlephose enquiry sesso a. set Anecdote: The fies /healthint — @ 104 things todo with abanana __-@ Colocations. Food and cooking. Cars person you know (© Josh talking about the tet Focus on: word used with driving © cas healthiest person he knows © Vowel sounds and speling, Aneedot: Your deeam car © Wy fistear DO Nacatve. Linking @ ate dream car ‘wore: hile, daring Useful phrases Idioms with fod 11 Animals © Avimats © Animat attitudes Defining relative clauses. Unreal Animals © Mora diemmas © Thre people talking about animals —_onditionals a, Geet spate they ike diske © Animals. Adjective + prepesition ane 96 @D O Giving opinions © Three stories about animats Focus on: tht Linking giving examples © People talking about their pets @ Homophones (bares) © Mandy taking about her friend's pet Useful phrases Polite roquests 22 Incredible © strange coincidences © wo Lavras; Works apa © Pras priest, Passives wil and might Coincidences Anecdote: The mest incredible @ Thecooiest hotel inthe wed for future posibility Buldings bling you've ever scen Neca @ Cllocstions with have, mae, ae Lonel © The future fnceibe building he's ever soon The weather page 104 DO Description ofa {9 ‘North Pole weather forecat Focus on: collocstions with do, building, Text onganstion rears ace, mae, ae Hertel Pag Usefal phrases: Exlaiming Review 0 Pages 112,113: Grammar Vocabulary / Pronunciation review page 112 Pages 116,115 Reading & Listening, Writing (narrative linkers) & Speaking + Song: Have A Dream Pairwork: Student A page 116 * Pairwork: Student B page 121 * Grammar Extre page 126 * Recordings page 150 * Phonetic syobols& Spelling page 158 + lnegular verbs page 159Name Grammar Tense review. fooks / tooks lite, Question Forms Vocabulary Family. Description. Names Useful phrases Showing interest Listening 1 @ 41.01 Listen to two people talking about their names. Underline the four names you hear for each person. ‘The man Benjamin Ben Benji Tree Big Ben The woman Marie Anne-Marie Marie Antoinette Mimi Baby: 2 Complete these sentences with the words in the box. Drother English friends French friends old friends parents sisters a) His parents call him Benjamin, b)) His___call him Tree, © His call him Big Ben 4) Her call her Anne-Marie. ©) Her call her Marie. 4) Her calls her Baby. Listen again and check your answers. 3. Tella partner the names that people call you. Which of your names do you like best? Vocabulary 1 @ 1.02 Listen and repeat the words in the box. F — ] | aunt boyfriend brother father-in-law cousin daughter —fath girlfriend) grandfather ggandmother half-brother half niece nephew inlaw son stepfather stepmother uncle ster 2 Complete the table with words from Exercise 1. Where possible, add the first name ofa pemon from yopr family ao an example, CD Mate | boyfriend No trot = Beco ‘Tell your partner about some of the people in your family. 1 don't have o boyfriend, My brother's name is Paco, He's a student. He lees in Vigo 3. Work with your partner. Look at your names in Exercise 2 and discuss these questions. 8) Which names are typical in your country? b) Which name is the most unusual? ©). Which name do you like best? a ...0 Reading 1. How did your parents choose your name? Was it for one of the reasons below or for a different reason? Tell a partner. a) Your parents named you after a relative.) Your namé is religious. b)_ They named you after a place. f)Ithas a special meaning ©) They chose an unusual name. 8) Your parents simply liked the name. ) ‘They named you after a famous person. 2. Read the article. Wh Of the reasons (a-g) in Exercise 1 is not mentioned? What's ina name? Your name is extremely important. It’s how you identify ‘means ‘cool breeze over the mountain’ in Havtatian? yourself. Its how other people identify you. So how do 25 -—«—«Arrecant survey showed that people with unusual or parents make one of the most important decisions of original names fel special. I wonder if this i tue for their children’s lives ~ giving them a name? Bruce Willis and Demi Moore's children: Rumer Glenn, In the past, parents named their children after Scout LaRue and Tallulah Boll. ‘important family relatives. But peoplerare’ehanging. “TWEIehOSEH the name T want fora daughter. GOIN Nowadays, parents don't want to call ther litte princess 20. f@-eall her Lauren. Why? Simply because TW the name. Enid Blodwen after her orandmather. ‘My mother tiked the name Lauren too, but unfortunately Ws fashionable to choose names of places for ‘Sheinamed me Enid Blodwen after my grandmother. children's names. For example, Madonna named her daughter Lourdes after the town in France. David and Vietorfa Beckham named their frst child Broollyn after an area in New York. However, it isnt 2 good idea to follow this trend if your favourite place is your local pizza restaurant or shopping mall! Some people name their children after famous people. For example, Leonardo DiCaprio's parents ramed him after the famous Italian painter. A few years ago the names Beyoncé and Britney were very popular Some names have a special meaning. Have you ever heard of anyone called Shy, Rain or River? These names come from nature and you can see what they mean, ‘But did you know that actor Keanu Reeves’ name Y Gladys 3. What name would you choose for a baby gic! ora baby boy? Grammar Tenses and 1. Match each highlighted verb phrase in the article with a tense. auxiliary verbs Perici tr eskoatias + Present simple: do/does + Present continous: 2. Write the negative form for each sentence and name the tense. a/are/is a) Like British pop music. 4) Lwent out last night. + Present perfect have/hos 1 don't tke British pop music. Present simple) e) ve been to Ireland. ‘= Past simple: did b) I'm reading a good book at the moment, £) Lean play the piano. ‘Future (be) going to: ¢) Fm going to have a coffee after the lesson. am/are/is Tick the affirmative or negative sentences which are true for you, a) like British pop music. ¥ | I don't like British pop music. 3. Write the question form for each sentence and the short answers Yes and No. ‘Ask your partner the questions. 4) Do you like British pop music? Yes, Ido. / No, I don't vome EES eeePronunciation 1. 1.09 Listen and repeat the five long vowel sounds: x 2h fake 2 @ 1.06 Listen and repeat the names in the table. Then label each group (I-5) with the ‘correct vowel sound (Yu: i: fal fh fal. tel 2 3 4 June | Bert Charles Eve Dawn Luke | Pearl Marge | Dean George Sue Kurt Bart Pete Paul Listening 1 1.05 How good is your memory for names? Study the photographs of nine people ‘below and listen to their names. Don’t write them down, How many names can you remember? Write them down and compare with a partner. 2 Listen again and check. Who remembered the most names? Do you have any special techniques for remembering names? ‘try to repeat the mame in my head. ( — ...Reading 1 Read this advice for improving your memory. Match the headings (a-d) with the appropriate paragraphs (1-4). 1) Connect the name and the appearance) _ Use the name and repeat it b) Pay attention 4) Visualise the name Hou to What's the best way to make a really good impression at a party? By wearing {eu be ise Slog sh Fat ta Duet les profeemonat R6=you, rf , 4 just need to remember people's names. Here are some easy steps. ay a ay REL) ; ‘At parties, we sometimes don’t hear the other person's name — not because the TCLS Dhirrscsscieice wigs: lo csoe sn wretins Sa she Soap Is to pay attention. When you meet someone for the first ti ame and look at the person's face, \e, listen carefully to the parties 2 ‘When you're speaking to the person, use the name. For example, ‘Nice to meet ‘you, Danny.’ ‘What do you do, Danny?’ or ‘Danny, it was nice talking to you.’ Then repeat the new name in your head at least three times. 3 Franklin Roosevelt amazed his staff by remembering the names of nearly everyone he met. His secret? He visualised the name on the person's forehead. It's also a good idea to imagine yourself writing the name in your favourite colour. * In your mind, say the name and something memorable about the person's ‘appearance. For example, Charles ~ looks like a banker; Ann ~ long blond hair; George ~ moustache; Sophia — looks friendly. Finally, if you want to remember other people's names as well as your own ‘name, drink orange juice! 2 Discuss these questions with a partner. a) Which of these techniques have you used for remembering names? 'b) Which of these techniques could help you to remember new English words? ©) What other ways can you think of to help remember and learn new English words? Grammar it look(s) / look(s) like 1 Look at the words and phrases in the box. Write N for nouns or noun phrases and A for look(s) + adjective: adjectives or adjective phrases. 4 You took tired. ees ae A friendly \N/ abanker | _ intelligent (shy adoctor | She looks Uke a student. Vey acai Blair estate yecraeee al bie ee awaiter |_| astudent |! aretired police officer |_| rich \ What type of word do you use after look(s)? What type of word do you use after look(s) like? - 2 Write a sentence to describe each person in the nine photographs on page 6. Leave a ‘space for the name. looks about fifty and quite friendly. He looks lke a banker ‘Ask your partner to complete each sentence with the correct name. vone EY;Reading 1 ARE YOU a good language learner? 1 Why are you learning English? 6 What's your memory like? a) | want to get a better job. a) Excallent. ') | want to go traveling, ©) Good quostion .. 2 What do you enjoy doing in class? 7 What kind of dictionary do )Speeking and listening. ) Reading and writing. ©) Drawing pictures. 3 When did you last read an English book ©) My teacher is my dictionary. ‘or magazine? a) Last week, 'b) Soc months ago, ©) Book? Magazine? Read? 4 Where do you record new vocabulary? @) Inanotebook. fo et es Mainly As = You're an excellent Beciras language leamer Mainly Bs = Youre a good ‘5 How do you practise English at home? language eamer. 4)_Lwatch Engish DVDs with subites, Mainly Cs = Have you b) Listen to English must. ‘ver thought about ©) Mak to my dog. taking salsa lessons? Read the questionnaire and tick the answers that are right for you. What does your score mean? Compare with a partner. b) OK, ©) What was the question? you have? a) A blingual and an Englsh/English dictionary. b) An electronic dictionary 8 How many languages can you speak? ) More than two, b) One or two. ©) None. 'm stl learning my own language! What your score means 2 Match these language learning tips with the questions in the questionnaire. a) Read as much as possible. Graded readers are perfect. Question 3 b). Train your memory. Exercise your brain, ©) Participate in class. Speak out. Have a go. ) Go out and buy a good dictionary. ©) Have a good reason for learning English. ) Think about how you learned your own or ether languages. ) Record and constantly review new language. h)_ Look for more English outside the classroom. Which tips do you follow? What other tips can you think of? Speaking 1 Replace the highlighted words and phrases to make five new questions to ask a partner. Use the suggestions or your own ideas. a) What do you enjoy BiG)? (watching on TV / reading / doing in your free time) b) When did you last eGR /ERBLSHIBGOR? (go dancing / buy a DYD / drink champagne) ©) Where do you iRGOFa EW ROEBUIAEY? (go on holiday / do your shopping / have lunch) 4) What's your SiGRRGRY like? (house / city or town / family) ©) What kind of dietionaiyi do you have? (computer / ear / job) 2 Ask your partner your questions from Exercise 1. What is the most interesting thing you've learned about your partner?Grammar Question forms 1 Look at the table and match the questions (a-d) with the correct answers (1-4). Is she hungry? a) What are the blue words? 1. (auxiliary) verb + subject Have they arrived? b)_ What are the red words? 2 subjects What does ‘nephew mean? ©) What is the word order for statements? 3 auniliary verbs @)_ What is the word order for questions? 4 subject + (auxiliary) verb Statements Questions T =a (CCEA ini some ec Speaking: anecdote 1 @ 1.06 Listen to Lee talking about somebody who is important to him. Underline the answers he gives. a) ‘What's this person’s name?’ ‘Dan Carter / Carl Daniels.” 'b) “When did you meet him?’ ‘At university / When we were five years old.’ ©). ‘Where does he live?’ ‘Near London / In Brussels.’ d) ‘What does he do?’ ‘He's a teacher / a doctor. ©) “How often do you see him? “Every weekend / In the summer! ‘Why is he important to you?’ “We have the same interests / He knows me 50 well’ 3). ‘What are his best qualities?’ “He's a really good listener / He's very funny.” hh) ‘Is there anything you don’t like about hia? “He's alway’ late / too busy.” i) ‘When did you last see him?’ ‘On my birthday / Last weekend.” & Dan Carter 2 You're going to tell your partner about a person who is important to you. Ask yourself the questions in Exercise 1 + Think about what to say and how to say it. ‘= Tell your partner about a person who is important to you, one EET iUseful phrases 1 @ 1.07 Listen toa conversation between two friends (Adam and Beth) discussing the weekend, Match the conversation with picture 1 or picture 2 2 @ 1.08 Listen to another version of the conversation. Does Beth sound more interested this time? 3. 1.09 Listen and repeat the useful phrases Beth uses to show that she’s interested. a) Really? b) Do they ©) That sounds interesting, 4) That sounds great ©) Wow! That's brilliant, ) Ive never heard of it. 8) Ohno! Thats terrible. 4 Complete the conversation with the useful phrases from Exercise 3. Did you have a good weekend? Not bad. How about you? Thad a really good meal on Saturday night. (1) Really? Yes, we went to a new place in town ~ Edamame. @) They have a Japanese chef from Tokyo, @ fee stati ty ma te ns. (4) Yes. It’s the best sushi Ive ever tasted. —_— ‘And it wasn't expensive. We had starters, main course, dessert and wine, and it only cost £25 each. Beth: (6) i Adam: I know. Unfortunately, when we got back to the car, we had a parking ticket Beth: (7) ___ Check your answers and practise the conversation. 5. Work with a partner. Write a conversation about your last weekend. Include as many of the useful phrases as possible. EE ...Vocabulary Extra Family and other relations! 1 Complete the table. Male a) grandson b) nephew ° d)_great-grandfather ©) une ) cousin g). brother-in-law be i) Stepfather i & D partner m) twin Female Definition granddaghiter Your children’s children niece Your brother's or _’s children grandmother Your parents’ parents grat-grandmother Your grandparents’ aunt Your parents’ __and sister Your aunt's or uncle's children sister-in-law Your wife's or husband’ brother and mother-in-law Your wife's or husband’s father and mother Your mother’s second husband or your father’s second wife halk-sister The children from your father’s or mother’s second relationship ex-wife The man or woman who you are divorced/separated from The person you live with but who you are not married to A brother or sister who was born at the same time as you 2 Work with a partner. Discuss these questions and compare your answers. a) Who is your oldest relative? Who is your youngest relative? b) Which side of the family is bigger: your father's side or your mother's side? ©) What are your neighbours like? Do you know all your neighbours’ names? 4d) How many close friends do you have? Who i sour best friend? ©) Who are your favourite colleagues at work? Are there any colleagues you don’t like? Focus on names 1 Underline the correct word. a) My friends call J name me ‘Chip’ b)_Idon’t know the meaning / sign of my name. ©) My parents identified / named me after my grandmother. )_ I'm married but I use my maiden / feminine name at work ©) My letters initials are CIP. f) My sign / signature is very difficult to read, Tick the sentences that are true for you. 2 Complete the form in as much detail as you can. Title: (Mr/Mrs/Ms, ete:) Full name: First name: Middle name(s): Surname: (Christian name) (Second name) (Last name / Family name) Initials: Maiden name: Nickname: Signature: vone EETPlace Countable and uncountable nouns. so/such. very/too. Quantity expressions Places in a city. Adjectives. Countries, nationalities. Location. like Saying where you are from 1. Look at the three photos. Would you like to live in any of these places? Why? Why not? Discuss with a partner. @ 1.20 Listen and repeat the words in the box. Which of these things can you find in the photos? abeach abridge acanal acarpark acastle acathedral a church afountain high-rise buildings ahill alibrary amosque a museum apark thesea ashopping contre asquare a stat How many of the things in Exercise 2 can yu find near your school? Put them in the right order on this line. Nearest <— $$$» Furthest away Rio de Janeiro, Brazila Paulo A Luigi so/such 50 + adjective Its s0 romantic. such + noun phrase Its such a romantic city, very/too very + adjective/adverb We were very late (but we caught our train). to0 + adjective/adverb We were too late (so we missed our train). Listening 1 @1.1 Listen to Paulo, Armelle and Luigi talking about the three places in the photos fon page 12. Match each speaker with a photo. Who likes living where they live? Who doesn’t? 2 Use the adjectives in the box to complete Paulo, Armelle and Luigi's descriptions. a)... acity that’s so big and exciting @)._... its sucha_ city b) it's too hot and _ 1) wit gets very noisy and___ «the airis lovely and__ 2)» the canals are so dirty and 4)... find itso dull and fh). my city is too _for all these people Listen again and check your answers. Grammar & Vocabulary 1 Look at the sentences with so and sich a/an in Exe Complete the rule: 2.in the Listening section. a) You use ___ + a negative or positive adjective for emphasis b) You use __+ a negative or positive noun phrase for emphasis, 2 Use so and such alan to complete the email. Is the person happy or unhappy? To: | Anew Subject: "Foie mie! ‘This is (1) such @ beautiful place. We're (2) _ lucky with our hotel. It's realy ‘ear the city centre, and the staff are (3) ___ friendly. Our room is lovely and loan, and we have (4) _ fantastic view of the city. There are lots af good restaurants and bars, and they're (6) ___cheap,. Its (6) _interesting city. The museums and art galleries are great, and we're going to visit the royal palace tomorrow. I's (7) exciting. We're having (8) __ good time - we don’t want to come home. 3. Change the email in Exercise 2 to make it sound negative. This is such an ugly place. We're 4 Look at the sentences with very and foo in Exercise 2 in the Listening section, ‘Complete the rules. a) You use__ + an adjective or an adverb to emphasise something. ) You use + an adjective or an adverb to show that there isa problem: something is excessive or more than necessary. 5 Complete the sentences with very or too. a) My neighbours are _quiet. I never hear them. b)_Tean‘t walk to work. My office is__far from my house. take the bus to work. I’s_ crowded, but I usually get a seat. @) Ws ___ hot in the summer, but fortunately my office has air-conditioning, ©) Time goes __ quickly, and I never finish my work. {) Twant to move into the city, but I can‘t because apartments are_ expensive. Tick any sentences that are true for you. rece TYGrammar Nouns 41 Match eich question with the mort appropriate response. Countable 2) What’ the weather like? 1 Ws. amixture of old and new rae Tabs 1) What are the shop ike? 2 Theyre really fendly 1 / ees ©) What are the people ke? 3. They're too expensive a person / people a) What's the architecture like? 4 It's hot and humid. eae 2 Complete the tale with the nouns inthe box. reste ad edad na pier fad cape” aa AE Singular form Pra form Countable of uncountable? cine caer ini nightlife = uncountable Work with a partner a) How do you make plural forms of these nouns: shop, bus, clurch, city, country, leaf? b)_ Which countable noun in the table has an irregular plural form? ©) How do you make plural forms of these nouns: mart, woman, chil uss these questions. foot, tooth 3 Work with your partner. Note down the names of two cities or villages you know ‘well, Ask each other questions about the places you have noted down. “What's the nightlife like?’ ‘W's great! There are lots of bars ard clubs.” Vocabulary & Pronunciation 1 Complete the following sets (A, B and C). Underline the stressed syllable in each word. A B c Country Nationality Country Nationality Country Nationality Cuba C E Egyptian China ¢ it Turkish Italy L v. Vietnamese B Brazilian | Hungary H. P. Portugucie Morocco M. ite Canadian Japan J © 1.12 Listen, check and repeat. What do you notice about the word stress in each set? 2. Write down six other countries you know and their nationalities. Mark the stress. Which countries would you most like to visit? Tell your partner. Speaking 1 Work in small groups. Do you agree with these statements? Erench wine s the best nthe work, Japanese cars are the best in the world 2 Write similar statements which you all agree on. Combine a nationality with a noun from the box (or your own ideas). : | beer chocolate coffee fashion films food football players men |_nightife perfume pop music universities watches women German beer is the best it the world Compare your statements with other groups. Ki raceReading 1 Read the four fifty-word descriptions of holiday destinations in this competition. List them in order (1 = the place you would most like to go to; 4 = the place you ‘would least like to go to). Explain your choices to a partner. 2 Read the How to enter section and do Part A and Part B. 3. Check your answers to Part A at the bottom of the page and compare your descriptions with other people in the class. Choose a class winner! WINA FOR TWO! these fabulous destinations. Shanghai ‘This isthe best place on edith for shopping. No, it isn't New York — New York is too crowded. Not Dubai - Dubai istoo hat. Not even Paris ~ Pars is too expensive! Our shopping heaven is Shanghai. We shopped till we dropped and then ate delicious noodles in the street. (50 words) Kenya Now | understand why people fall n love with Africa.The people are friendly and welcoming, The scenery is spectacular. And the best thing is the lions. No, walt, the lamingos, or maybe the hippos. OK, everything is great, and | want to £0 back there as soon as possible. (50 words) Gulf of Aqaba ‘Ave you looking for excitement and adventure? Well, don’t come to Dahab on the Gulf of Aqaba. Here youl ind peace and quiet, beautiful beaches, perfect weather and the best welcome in Egypt. Oh, and you can go diving if you tke! Personally, prefer to relax on the beach. (60 words) Iceland Iceland, the and of ice and fire, Is full of contrasts. The aris freezing, but the hot springs are. well, ot. Reykjavik, the capital is small, but the nightlife is buzzing. Its a very long way from the rest of Europe, but Iceland is. completely up-to-date in every way. (50 words) Dyeam holiday The winner of our exciting competition can choose a dream holiday for two in one of HOW TO ENTER” art A ‘To enter this fabulous competition ‘and win a dream holiday for two, complete the following sentences with option a, b or 4 The official language of Brazlis. “a Portuguese b French € Italian 2 Ankara is the capital of . ‘@ Morocco b Turkey € Malta 3. The third largest country in the world is ae a China b Argentina Australia 4 The dongis the currency of .. ‘a Morocco b Thailand « Vietnam 5. The Alhambra Palace is ‘a Egypt b Spain ¢ Mexico ¢ Japan Part B Now write a review of the best holiday destination you've been to. Use exactly 50 wordst ‘Send your answers before 1 April to Dream Holidoy, PO Box 437, London NWs 488. (09.96 90-8 gee siomsue yuna)Reading 1 Complete the following description of a country. Use the nouns in the box. cars cigarettes coffee hours meat noise people sleep wine Everything’s wrong here! They do everything wrong here! They eat far too much (2) meat and they eat it at 11.00 p.m. Yesterday we went out to dinner at 11.30 p.m. and we had trouble getting a table! At 1.00 a.m. we were stil eating, and the restaurant was still half-full! They smoke too many (2). They drink lots of strong (3) and a tot of (4) They spend too many (5) __ inthe sun and they certainly don't get enough (6) __. One Saturday night we went to a disco at 2.00 a.m, and were surprised to see that there were only afew (7) __on the dance floor. Then the 03 arrived at 3.00 a.m. and WS the party began! There are fr too many (8) in the cites, and there's too rnuch (9) ___everyahere! They do everything wrong here, but the quality of life is great, and people really know how to enjoy themselves. I don't want to go home! 2 Which country do you think it is? Could it be your country? Why? Why not? Grammar Quantity expressions 1 Complete the headings for each category (A, B, C) with countable or uncountable ‘With countable nouns irehiane A:With____nouns |B: With___nouns. | C: With___and_nouns 00 mueh, a lot, tots, How many? Howe much? not enough not much, alittle, (far) too many (far) to0 msl alot of) not enough not many not welt lots (of smth ademas nos, (only) a few (only) a litte How many people? ‘00 many, lots, a lot, 2. Underline the correct quantity expression in each of these sentences, not many, 2 few, a) don’t eat much / many bread. 4) Idon’t eat much / enough vegetables not enough b) eat a few / lots of fruit. ©) Leat alot of / alittle cakes. ©) Idrink far too much /fartoo many tea.) I don't drink enough / many water. How many of the sentences are true for you? Rewrite the sentences so that they are all true for you, Compare your sentences with a partner. 3 Use the table to ask your partner questions about daily habits. Add your own nouns and verbs to make different questions. | Nouns Verbs | How much | R0cdlate coffee emails exercise do drink eat get have How many | ftiends meat money people sleep doyou | make phone see send everyday? | text messages wine spend “How much chocolate do you eat?" ‘Not much. ‘How many emails do you get?’ ‘Lots. Far too many! ‘Ea ¢ ME «...Vocabulary 1 Complete the labelling of the compass. — a) North 1) ___-west : ? North-east 8 ys % —— Southeast so) as 2 Match the descriptions (a-d) with the cities on the maps (1-4). a) Its in the centre. 'b)_It'sin the east. ©) Its on the west coast d)_ It’s in the south-eost, The USA Turkey Britain Germany 3 Ez 1a Speaking: anecdote 44 @ 1.13 Listen to Emma talking about the bést place she has ever visited. Read the questions and tick the ones, she gives information about. a) Where is the place? ¢ b)_ When did you first go there? ©) Were you on holiday? «ly Where did you stay? ©) What diel you do there? 5) How many times have you visited the place? 8) When was the last time? hi} What do you most like about this place? i) Are there any things you don't like about this place? i) Would you like to live there? Why? Why not? 2 You're going to tell your partner about the best place you have ever visited. + Ask yourself the questions in Exercise 1. Think about what to say and how to say it. + Tell your partner about the best place you have ever visited, Placenal Useful phrases 1 @ 1.16 Listen and read the conversation. What nationalities are Josh, Matt and Erica? Watt, this is Eric. Nice to mest you, Erica. Nice to meet you, too. i Youite nat American are you? Where are you from? T Live in New York, but I'm originally from England. Oh, where exactly? ‘small town just outside Manchester. Manchester is that near London? ‘No, Manchester's in the north. And where are you from? Well, I live in New York, too, but I’m actually from Los Angeles. Hey, Im from LA, to. Which part ofthe city are you from? ‘Santa Monica, not far from the airport. ‘Oh great. My family live in Hollywood. Wow, really? ‘No, I'm kidding. They live in the south. Near South Beach, 2. Match each person with one of the maps below. Put a cross on each map to show * ‘exaclly where each person comes from. “=~ 2 & 3 Complete the useful phrases with the words in brackets. a) Where you from? (are). Where are you from? b) Im originally England. (from) ©) Where? (exactly) 4) Asmall town outside Manchester, Gust) ©) Manchester’s the north. (in) 8) Llive in New York but I'm from Los Angeles, (actually) 18) Which part of the city are from? (you) 1h) Not far the airport. (from) i) ‘They live in south. (the) 1.5 Listen, check and repeat the useful phrases. 4 Write a conversation between you and a partner about where you come from and. where you live now. } a...Vocabulary Extra Places 1. Matchthe places in the picture with the words. © art gallery car park * castle church library mosque ‘museum shopping centre square theatre 2 Think about the last time you were in some of the different places in Exercise 1. Ask a partner. “When was the last time you were ita art gallery?” ‘Vm not sure. Mayje when I went to Paris a few years age. . Adjectives 1 Look at the adjectives to describe cities. Decide which are positive and which are negative. beautiful interesting big boring crowded dirty dull modern noisy _ polluted Positive: beautiful, .. Negative: boring, , 2 What are the best five adjectives to describe your city. Compare your answers Focus on like romantic exciting expensive fabulous spectacular your partner, 1. Match the uses of like (a-P with the example sentences (1-6). Uses of like a) What + be + somebody /something + like 1 asking for a description c \ b) verb + like a = similar to somebody /something ©) like (+ this/that) \ 3 = in this or that way \ ) like + noun/ pronoun somebody /something pleases you ©) Tike + ing = enjoy an activity ) would tike + noun 6 = want something, 2 Write your own example sentence for each use of like. Examples We like going out every Saturday night like cooking but I don’t like washing up. I really like Harry Potter. I've seen all the films. Idon’t like her very much and she doesn’t like me, She looks like her mother. They have the same eyes. t's plastic, but it feels like leather. “What's your new teacher like? ‘He's really nice’ ‘What was the weather like? “Terrible. It rained every day’ “Would you like a drink? “Yes. I'd like a glass of cold water please’ ‘Click on the ‘send’ icon, like this. Cut the paper into squares. No, not like that, like this! voce ENTEEYA. Fred fifty years ago Love Grammar Past simple and continuous. Adverbs of manner Vocabulary Relationship expressions. Narrative linkers. ed/ing adjectives. get Useful phrases Things in common Listening 1 1.6 Listen to Fred and Edna talking about their relationship and answer the questions. a) When did they first meet? b) When did they get married to each other? LTE 4 Fred and Edna now ‘A Edna fifty years ago 2 Write He, She, or They in these sentences about Fred and Edna's story. a) They first met in Blackpool and went out together for three months. b)____ moved to different places and lost touch with each other ©) ___was married to another person for forty-eight years d) ____got divorced after thirty years of marriage. ©). ___ went to Blackpool with her grandson and visite al the old places. 1) ___ thought about Fred and wanted to find him, 5) ____ wrote a letter to the local newspaper. hh) ___ had a cousin in Blackpool who told him about the letter. i) ____ met soon after that and moved in together. i) ____ got married - fifty years after they first met! Listen again and check your answers. Vocabulary & Speaking 1 Complete the expressions in the sentences below with the words in the box. | get have live lose love a). The best age to get married is twenty-five for women and twenty-seven for men. b)_ The main reason for getting married is to___ children. ©) Abig difference in age isn’t a problem for a couple if they are in d)_ It's a good idea for a couple to __ together for a few years before getting married, e) It doesn’t matter if children ___ touch with one of their parents. 2 Work in small groups. Discuss the st ments in Exercise 1. Do you agree or disagree? LovePast simple He went to Blackpool He didn’t goto Liverpool Did he go to London? Yes, he di No, he dig. Vocabulary 1 Match each of the verb phrases in the box with an appropriate picture (a1). chat somebody up fancy somebody havea row move in together 2 Pat the stages of a relationship in a logical order (1-12). Add or take away stages if you think its necessary. a) You get married. ©) Youmove in together. i). You have a row. b) Youchat somebody up.) You have children. j) You kiss ©) Youring somebody up. g) You meet the parents, _k)_You split up. ) Youfancy somebody. __h)._ You go out together. 1) You fall in love. ‘Compare your ideas with a partner. Grammar 1. Write the affirmative and negative past simple forms of the verbs in the box. be can chat fancy get go have kiss meet move study want be — washvere, wasn tfveren’t 2 Write true sentences - affirmative or negative — with the verbs in brackets. a) My mother and father (meet) at university. d) 1 (go) skiing last winter. 1b) My grandparents (get) married ina church.) I (study) German at school ©) (have) a big breakfast this morning. 1) Ibe) very busy yesterday. ‘Make questions and ask your partner. ‘Did your mother and father mice! at university?” ‘No, they didn't’ 3 EE Pronunciation 1 Complete these irregular verb sets. Label the past forms in each group (1-3) with these sounds: /a, el, /o:/ 1 Infinitive Past: /e/ keep, kept ‘mean a) meant ») met 1.17 Listen, cheek and repeat. 2 Ada the verbs in the box to the correct groups in the table in Exercise 1. fight read sing sleep swim teach © 1.18 Listen, check and repeat. toe EETListening 1 Read abouta television game show called Get Personal and answer these questions. a) Who are the two people playing Get Personal tonight? b) How much is the prize money? 6) How can they win? Tonight on OTV at 830 Game show Get Personal is hosted by ¢? Bobby Brown. In Conight’s show, = contestants Rosie ant Dave try to W win the £10.000 prize. The game fs ‘erysimple Bobhy interviews Rosie ara Dave in separate stuthos He asks “J thom the same estions about howe = they first met, and they have to give the ‘same answers. Can they do it? Watch OTY at 830 tonight and find out. = 2 1.19 Read the questions and answers in the table below. Listen and choose the answers (a,b, oF 0) that Rosie gives, Questions Rosie's answers Dave's answers, 1 How didyou 8) She was a nurse fle was. patient frst meet? bb) She was apationt He wasa nurse wk 6) She wasa doctor. He was a nurse. 2 Whar time of Early morning, day was it? bb) Farly afternoon, WK ) Fanlyevening. 3 Whatwas the 2) Testun was shining ‘wather lke? ) thas rang vik 6} Thawas snowing 4 Whatwereyou She was wearing He wns wearing, both wearing? a) awhite coat. a) bluepyiamas, VX b) amusesuniform. —b)_greenpylamas. 2) anightavess 2 pinkpyjarmas 5 Whospokofirst 4) Shesald:Howw are you feeling? | and what eid bb) Hosa poing to bo sick WK they san? 0 Heald feel terrible 3. 1.20 Listen to Dave answering the same questions. Circle the V if he gives the same answer as Rosie, Circle the if he gives a different answer How many points did Rosie and Dave score out of five? 4 Think about your closest friend. How many of the questions from Get Personal could you answer? Discuss with a partner. 2 TEPast continuous vas You were He was She was working. Iwas We were hey were Were you working? Yes, Twas. No, T wasn't Grammar 1 Look at these extracts from Bobby Brown's interview with Rosie. Answer questions (ad) with Past simple or Past continuous. “Twas working as a nurse, and Dave came into the hospital for at operation “Yes, if wns rtning whet | arrioed at work.’ “Wht secre you iocavng then you sazw excl otter forte first time?" 1a) What tense is used for the verbs come, arrioe and see? Past simple. b) What tense is used for the verbs work, maint and zoear? ©) Which tense describes something that was in progress when another event happened? 4d) Which tense describes an event that happened at a particular moment in the past? 2 Ea 12 3 1.21 Look at the pictures (1-5) and listen to the recordings. Work with a partner. Write sentences about Jake and Fiona to describe the five situations. 1 fake was having a shoroer zohen his mobile phone ra + ECE in Reading 1 Complete the funny story with past continuous or past simple verb forms. Predict the ending of the story. A Hollywood director (1 film) seas filming an important film in the desert when an old Native American man (2 come) ___ up to hin and sai “Tomorrow rain."‘The next day it rained. A few days later, the director (3 talk) __to the cameraman about the next day's filming, The Native American went up to him and said, “Tomorrow storm. He was right again, and he saved the director thousands of dollars, ‘The director was very impressed «ind (4 give) _ the old man a job. The old man (5 continue) _ to prediet the weather correctly, but then he (6 not come) ___ for three weeks. ‘The director (7 plan) ___ to film an important scene andl he needed ‘2001! weather. So he (8 20) __ to look for the Native American. When he (9 find) ___ the old man, he said, ‘Listen, 1 have to film an important scene tomorrow. What will the weather be like? ‘The old man (10 shake) __ his head and said, « 2 1.22 Listen and check your answers. cove EETReading 1. Look at the pictures and complete the noun phrases with the words in the box. bag club paint party scissors wine ©) apair of a | ww abottle of, a) a pot of paint aia d) anight ©) aplastic 2 1.23 Read the stories and match the things (a-f) in Exercise 1 to the appropriate story: What i the importance of each thing inthe stories? REVENGE,,.. |. DINNER... ‘When Lady Sally Moon found out that her husband was having an affair, she didn't leave him, She thought i¢ was better to be unbappily fpurried than not married at all, But her husband, didn't hide his affair, and this made her feel really bad ‘One day she was driving home when she ssiw his ear parked outside his lover's house, She ‘was angry and she decided to get her revenge. She quickly drove home, put a pot of paint into her car and drove to the lover's house, "Then she poured thie white paint all over her husband's benutiful, ness, black ext, she carefully took his collection of fine wines from the cella. hat night, she went round! the village where she lived, and quietly placed a bottle of wine on each doorstep. She left the other boaes on rhe war memorial in the centre of the village. Finally, she took a pair of scissors and cut off the arms anc feys of all his sults ~ chiny-ejght of them in al last year, I went out with Hermione for four months, We were very different. | always arrived cealy; she always arrived late, 1 was very tidy: she: was terbly untidy. But to be honest, 1 found the differences rather atractive At frst, she was only fiftcen or twenty ‘minutes late, But she got later and lates. AY the end of August, it was my birthday 1'm a good cook, s0 I decided to have a dinner party and 1 invited four friends “That evening, my four fiends arrived on time, but unsurprisingly Hermione wasn't there at ‘eight o'clock, But then she wasn't there at nine ‘clock, half past nine oF ten o'clock, This was extremely late, even for Hermione, 0 I phoned her mobile. When she answered, ‘music was playing loudly in the background, ‘Where are you? T shouted angrily. Tm at a night club,” she shouted back. 1 was furious. 1 ‘vent into the kitchen and put her meal into-a plastic bay, ‘The next moming I posted it to her with a note saying, ‘Here’s your dinners.” A week later, I got a postcard from Hermione. It said, Too much sake’ 3. Which story do you profer? Tell your partner why. « aVocabulary & Speaking 1e the time adverbials from the box in the stories on page 24. One day Last year Atfirst_ Then At the end of August Next That night Thatevening The next morning Finally A week later List the time adverbials in the order in which they appear in the stories. Revenge is sweet Dinner by post a) One dey a) 1 Last year 4 ») ° E 5 oO 3 6 2 Choose a story and use the time adverbials in Exercise 1 to retell the story to a partner. Don’t look at the text on page 24. Grammar Adverbs of manner 1. Work with a partner. Complete the tables with adverbs or adjectives from the stories ‘Add ly to most adjectives. om pegs 3 badly, carefully, angrily Peaicone: Revenge a . 2 Ss Dinner by post. well, early, late, fast Adjective Adverb Adjective ‘Adverb @) unhappy — | unkeppily 1 different differently b) badly 2° early °} angrily 3. late @) quick 4 tidily ° ‘beautifully 5 attractively f) careful: ican as well 2) quiet | 7 loud Answer these questions. a) How do you make adverbs from most adjectives? b)_ How do you make adverbs from adiectives ending in y? ©) What are the adverbs for the adjectives goo, early, late? 2. Rewrite these sentences in the usual order. subject + verb + object + adverb a) Lf very quickly / eat (my tunch feat my dunch very quickly. b) drive / my car / 1/ very slowly © plan / my days / very carefully / 1 ) 1 / my money / spend / very intelligently ©) play /1/ tennis / very badly 8) very regularly / clean / 1 / my house 8) I/ speak / very well / English How many sentences are true for you? Rewrite the sentences so that they are all true for you. Compare your sentences with your partner. ove EEE =Useful phrases 1 1.24 Listen toa convers Do they know each other? ion between a man (Tim) and a woman (Anna) on a train. 2 Are these sentences true or false? a) The man and woman are going to London, b)_ She's reading Pride and Prejudice ©). They both like Keira Knightley. 4d) They're both going to see Johnny Depp’s new film tomorrow night. ¢) They‘re both single. Listen again and check your answers. 3° Complete the useful phrases in the table using the phrases in the box. | Sodol Soam1 Metoo Neitherdot Ohtdid | Comment | Agree | Disagree a) I didn’t like the film much. | Neither did I. / Meneither, | (1)_. ) really like Keira Knightley. ® J Me too. | oh don't. ©) I think she’s really good. | Soda] @) | Oh, Ldon't. Tm going to sce Johnny Depp's | (8) 1 Me too. | Oh, I'm not. new film. ©) don't know what time itstarts. | (5) .{Meneither, | Oh, Ido. @ 1.25 Listen, check and repeat the useful phrases. 4 Write true comments using these sentence beginnings. think I really like I don’t like ... I'm going I'm not going ... Yesterday evening I Last weekend I didn't... 5 Work with a partner. Take it in turns to read out your sentences. Agree or disagree with your partner's comments. LoveVoca' Adjectives ending in ed or ing 1. Match the pictures with the pairs of adjectives. 5) l [ ul [ { { [ 5 2 Underline the correct adjective. bulary Extra annoyed / annoying bored / boring confused / confusing depressed / depressing embarrassed / embarrassing, excited / exciting frightened / frightening, interested / interesting surprised / surprising, tired / tiring ‘The students are boring / bored. ‘The teacher is interesting / interested. ‘The score is depressing / depressed. ‘The daughter is embarrassing / embarrassed. ‘The dog is annoying / annoyed. ‘The people are frightening / frightened. ‘The boy is surprising / surprised. ‘The race is exciting / excited. ‘The man is tiring / tired. ‘The map is confusing / confused. Focus on get 1. Match the uses of get (a-e) with the examples (1-5). Some uses of ger Examples a) get + adjective She's trying to get a new job. b)_ phrasal verbs with get 2. Itdoesn’t get dark till 10.00 p.m. in the summer. He's getting better at English. ‘This room never gets warm enough, ©) get + noun = buy, obtain become 1 Did you get my text message? I got my new shoes in the sale. What time do you get to work? I got home very late last night. We'll never get there in time ) get=arrive 4 Where can I get changed? They got married in a hotel [always have breakfast before I get dressed ©) Expressions with get 5 He never gets up before 10.00 a.m. + past participle We don't get on with our neighbours. ‘The whole family gets together at Christmas. 2. Use a dictionary. Find and write your own example sentence for each use of get. ive EYReview A Grammar 1 Complete the questions with the correct auxiliaries and name the tenses. am/isfare do/does did have/has 2) Have you beon to Oslo? Present perfect b) __ you like jazz? ©) Where you go on holiday last year? 4) Where you going to go on holiday this year? ‘e) Where yout living at the moment? f) _you Seen the Pyramids? 8) What you do for aliving? Ask and answer the questions with a partner. Complete the sentences with fook(s) or look(s) like. 8) Took fike my aunt b) My dad ___ young for his age. ©) 1__English. 4) 1a famous person. ©) 1 astudent: 1) Mymum ___ friendly. Which sentences are true for you? Compare with a partner. ‘Underline the correct words. Di: Rome is (1) such.a/ so lovely city, isn't i? Jo: Idor’t like it 1? @) toa f very hot tor me- Di: The weather's perfect. It's really (3) too / very nice, Jo: But the streets are (4) such a / so crowded. Dit Yes, but its (5) such a / so wondezfal experience. Jo: Well, I'm not enjoying it. W's (6) toa / very noisy! Di: Jo, don’t be (7) such a J s0 boring, We're ina (8) too / very beautiful place. Come on, smile a nar es Complete the conversation with lot, many or much: Chris: How (1) many people live in your town? Rob: Not (2) Around 20,000, maybe. Chis: And is there (3) __ trafic? Rob: Yeah! Too (4) ___! The streets are always, full of cars. What about your city? Chris: There are a (5) ___of people ~ around. a million — but there isn’t (6)__traffie, ‘We've got good public transport. Rob: How (7)____cinemas do you have? Chris: We have a (8)___. Maybe forty or fifty. You? Rob: Wow! We don’thave (9) __. Only three, in fact Chris: So what else can you do in the evenings? Rob: We go to the pub. It's a small town, but there are a(10)__of pubs. Write one verb in the past simple and the other in the past continuous for each sentence. 2) (work) was working in Oxford when I (meet) met ‘ony for the first time. b) train) __when Sara (arrive) _home. ©) We (have) lunch when you (Fing)__. You (chat) when I (come)__in ©) Joe (cook) when he (cut) ___ his finger. f) Dave and Becky (watch) __ TV when the baby. (wake) __up. ‘Change the adjectives in the box into adverbs and ‘use them to complete the sentences. careful early good quiet regular a) Twash my car regularly — every Saturday. b) Tdan‘t cook very everyone hates my fox ©) Lusually speak very ~ no-one can hear me! d) Talways get up ___— at 6.00 a.m. ©) Ido my work ___—T never make mistakes! Tick the sentences that are true for you. Compare with your partner. Spot the mistake! Cross out the incorrect sentence. 1a b) What does your name mean? 2 a) Did they been to Venice? b}_ Have they been to Venice? What was the weather like in Greece? b) How was the weather like in Greece? We eat far too much chocolate. b) We eat far too many chocolate. a) You eat your food very slowly. b) You eat very slowly your food. 6 a) They speak French very good. b). They speak French very well no ceentelVocabulary 1 Complete the text about Simon and his family with the words in the box. brotherindaw daughter half-brother stepfather half-sister nephew | stepmother uncle niece ‘Hi, I'm Simon, and this is my family, My dad, Pete, and my mum, Lisa, are divorced. Dad is single, but Mum remarried. Her husband ~ my (1) stepfatfier —is called Sam. Mum and Sam have two children, Jack and Cathy ~ my (2)__and my (@) ‘Sam and his. ex-wife, Eva, have a(4)__, Debra, My mum is, Debra’s (5) My sister’s name is Ann, Sho’s married to Ted —(6) my ‘They have two children. Bea is my (7)_and Harry is my ($)__, and, of course, I'm their favourite (9) They're lovely children 2 Match the two halves ofthe questions about names. a) What are your 1 maicien name? b) What do your friends 2 initials? © What name do you 3 name you after? d)_ Who did your parents 4 like best? ©) What's your mother’s 5 call you? Answer the questions. Work with a partner and ‘compare your answers, 3 Complete the names of places you might find in a city. a) art gallery ) {__nt__n b) br_dg_ g) Lory ent h) ms_ a) cot p_tk i) potk 2) cst j) sh_pp_ng ¢_nt_ 4 Write an adjective from the box next to each. definition. beautiful crowded dull expensive polluted romantic spectacular a) full of people crowded ¢) costs a lot of money ) too much smoke/traftic f) very good-looking ©) not interesting 8) dramaticand exciting ) ideal for lovers | Brazil Canada | aly Japan Morocco Portugal Vietnam Write the nationality in the correct column, Chine Egypt Hungary Look at the map of Australia and write sentences about the places using the words in the box. centre east nest north-east south south-east south-west Darwin isin the north, Cairns isn... ‘Match the two halves of the phrases that describe ‘stages of a relationship. a) chat —_ 1 inlove b) go 2 somebody up ©) fall 3 children )_ move 4 in together ©) get 3 up ) have 6 out together 2) split 7 married Pronunciation 1 Look at some words from Units 1-3. Say the words and add them to the table. | aanoyed beawufal cathedral Chinese chocolate cousin dessert Egyptian extremely granddaughter | surprised together Turkish vegetables perfume uniform cathedral Underline the stressed syllable in each word. © 1.26 Listen, check and repeat. a =Reading & Listening is 1.27 Read the descriptions of two friendships and answer the questions. a) How did these best friends meet? 'b) How often do they see each other? My best friend Lig Krebby “My best friend fs Deb Evans. We met on an internet chat site in 2003, We both iked chatting about music and fashion, and then we discovered that we live only ten miles from each other 5 We talked oii all the time, and one day we arranged to meet ina café | elt really nervous, because fm shy with new people, but we liked each other immediately We are ver similar We both tved abroad when we were children, and we both had parents who got divorced when we were young. We both have busy lives, but we sil talk everyday onthe phone and we see eachother once week. | think Deb's a fantastic person. She's very ‘generous and alt of fun. "mo happy ! met her? Paul Macintyre 15 ‘James Wood is my bestfriend, We met at primary school. his real name is Jomes, but everybody calls him "Woody He sat behind me in class. We ‘were both very naughty at school and we got into trouble alot! When we were teenagers we did't 2» spend much time with each other. Woody was a unk, and! liked rock music Then after schoo! went to university, and we didnt see each other for four years. But after tha, ! moved back te our home town and met Woody again. Now we see 2 eachother every month atthe pub. He's just the same as twenty years ago. He made me laugh then, and he makes me taugh now Read the descriptions again. Are these statements true or false? Correct the false sentences. a) Liz and Deb live ten miles from each other. True b)_Liz.and Deb dicin’t like each other at fist. ©) Lizis very different from Deb. €)_Liz likes Deb because she’s generous and fun. ©) Woody andl Paul were always very good students at school, 8 Woody and Paul were both punks when they ‘were teenagers 8). Paul thinks Woody years ago. the same now as twenty © 1.28 Listen to the conversation between Carol and Jessica. What nationality is Mark? Listen again and underline the correct information. Jessica's boyfriend: Mark * Where Jessica and Mark met (1) At school / At university, + When they met: (2) Five years ago / Ten years ago. + First impression: ) She didn’t like him. / She thought he \ ‘was very interesting. + Things they really like doing together: (#) Windsurfing / Scuba diving, Listen again and answer the questions. a) What did Jessica and Mark do at the beach? 1b) Where did Mark go after university? ©). Why did they go to Egypt? @) Has Jessica been to the USA? ©) When did Mark come back to England? 8) Where are Jessica and Mark going to travel to next?— 1 Work with a partner. Match the questions (a-e) with the answers in note form (1-3). a) What's your best friends name? 3 b) Where and when did you meet him/her? ©. What was your first impression of him/her? dd) What do you like about him/her? ©) What do you like doing together? nana 2 Match the parts of the text below to the questions (a-v) in Exercise 1. We met on the first day of secondary school. was very shy, and! felt nervous on my first day. We are very different. 'm quite serious, But Adriana is a very relaxed person, and she's a really good listener. And she's the funniest person ve ever met. We laugh all the time. | My best friend is Adriana Costa. We do everything together! We both ike the theatre and art. We visit museums and we love shopping! Adriana knew everybody, and everybody liked her. I liked her too, but I thought she was too cool, and I was too shy. But she siil liked me! | vas sitting alone inthe classroom when she sat down next to me. She was very kind to me, and we became {00d friends. relaxed, good listener, fanny secondary school ~ Ist day Adriana Costa theatre, museums, shopping the knew everybody 3 How did you meet your best friend? Write answers in note form to the questions in Exercise 1, 4. ell your partner about how you met your best friend. 5. Write about how you met your best friend. Give longer answers to the questions in Exercise 1. > Stand By Me 31Shopping Grammar Adverbs of frequency. Verb patterns. Present simple and continuous Vocabulary Collocations: a bunch of..., a box of... etc. Clothes and accessories Useful phrases In a clothes shop Speaking Work in small groups. Discuss the questions. a) When do you give presents? bb) What’ the best present you've ever given or received? ©) Which is easier: buying presents for men or buying, presents for women? Reading 1. Read this article and answer the questions. a) b) Did a man or woman write the article? Does he or she think men are good at ‘choosing, presents? Does he or she think women are good at choosing presents? ‘What do women and men really want for their birthday? Do you agree? 3 a What people really want for their birthday Ik was ony biethday recently and as usual I didnt get what I really wanted, Lilly get bunch of flowers, a cookery book, a box of chocolates and electronic gadgets. My family ANA ask me what I want, and (aa tell them 45 the same thing — I want a sueprise. So this year T got flowers, a cookery book, chocolates and gadacts. Flowers are lovely but they afl lst for more thon a week, and 4 real present is something you can keep. 1/aliWa¥S look for the diamond ring hidden in the flowers, bu i's Bev there. Goolkery books are boring, and I hate getting chocolates because Tm ily on a det But gadgets are the worst, Most women are not imerested in gidgets. Men buy gadgets for women because amen Jove gadgets But women ace sensitive and intuitive so they alse) Kenow the right thing t0 buy. Right? Wrong, Ey ‘The big mistake that women make is that they WSKALly buy clothes, They buy ‘clothes because they like them and they want other people to wear the clothes they like. ‘You always! wear dark colours, and 1 want to change you, so I'm going to buy you a brightly coloured tie or a pair of Mickey Mouse socks. ‘This isa big mistake, Men don't SWAMI want brightly coloured tes or silly socks, The word to remember when you're buying-2 present for a male is gadgets. Men lke anything digital. electronic and fan. For his ast birthday, 1 gave my husband a small torch and a Swiss army knife, He was overjoyed. Its very simple. You can't go wrong if you always) remember the ‘J word for women (that's ‘) for jewellery) and the °G? word for men, 2. Rearrange the words below to make six statements from the article. a) A/ can / real / you / something / is / present / keep A real present is something you can keep. b) ¢ d ° f) Cookery / boring / books / are Most / in / are / interested / women / gadgets / not Women / and / intuitive / are J sensitive Men / usually / brightly / coloured / want / don’t / ties Men / fun / anything / like / electronic / digital / and Do you agree with these statements? Discuss with a partner. ss‘Adverbs of frequency 100% A always usually orally often sometimes cccasionally rarely hardly ever 0% never adverb before main verb We don't usually drive. be before adverb Tim always tired. Vocabulary 1. Abunch of flowers isa collocation from the article on page 32. Match words from column A with words from column B to make similar collocations. A B a) abunch of 1 socks / scissors / jeans b) abox of 2 cake / furniture / wood © apair of 3 cigarettes / crisps / biscuits @) apacket of 4 flowers / grapes / keys ©) apiece of 5 wine / perfume / whisky 4} aboitle of 6 beans / petrol / tomatoes 2) ajarof 7 chocolates / matches / tissues hy acan of 8 jam f instant coffee / mayonnaise 2° Work with a partner. Discuss the questions about the things in Exercise 1. ‘Have you over given or received any of these things as a present? ‘© Which things are common presents in your country? ‘+ Which things would be very strange or unusual presents? Pronunciation 1. 1.30 Listen and repeat the plural forms in the table. ‘si al o¥ ial 2 Examples Avis) ater fp kf 8 cokes, crisps, suits B: fa alter Po, ff Mh i YM, fw, fn, Ay and all vowel sounds clothes, rings, views Ci ad ater is et Hh A 8! beaches, places, stages 2 Add the plural forms of these nouns to the appropriate line in the table in Exercise 1. bar /ba) bridge /bruts/ bunch /bant{/ grape gresp/ key /kid piece /pis/ pot /pot/ sock /sok/ tie /tau! © 1.1 Listen, check and repeat. Grammar 1 Look at the highlighted examples of adverbs of frequency used in the article on page 32. ‘Are these sentences true or false? 2) Adverbs of frequency come before the main part of the verb, but after auxiliary verbs. b)_ Adverbs of frequency come alter the verb be. 2. How well do you know the person sitting next to you? Add an adverb of frequency to these sentences to make them true. Write affirmative or negative sentences. 8) He/She spends more than €25 on a present. ‘She rarely spends more than €25 om a present ‘He doesn’t usually spend more than €25 on a present. b) He/She is positive about life ©) He/She goes out at the weekend, d) He/She is late for appointments. ©) He/She has lunch at home di 1) He/She walks to school /work. 1g the week. Check your sentences with your partner. How many are true? How similar or different are you? shopring ETEY >:Verbs patterns 1 Verbs with two objects buy somebody something send somebody something give somebody someting somebody = indict abject someting = direct object Speaking: anecdote 1 1.32 Listen to Eddie talking about the last time he bought somebody a present. Underline the answers he gives. a) ‘Who was the present for? ‘My friend / sister. b)_ ‘What was the occasion?” ‘Her birthday / wedding anniversary.’ © ‘Where did you go shopping for the present” 'To the city centre / On the internet” 4d) ‘Did you know what you were going to buy? “Yes, I did / No, I didn’t” ©) ‘What did you buy in the end?’ ‘Jewellery / A foot spa! 1) ‘How much did you spend?” ‘About £50 / £15.’ 8). ‘Did you buy a card too?’ “Yes, I did / No, I didn’t h) ‘Did the person like the present?” ‘Yes, she did / No, she didn’t” i) ‘Was it the sort of present you would like to receive?’ “Yes, it was / No, it wasn’t’ 2 You're going to tell your partner about the last time you bought somebody a present. + Ask yourself the questions in Exercise 1 + Think about zou to say and hw to say it + Tell your partner about the ast time you bought someone a present Grammar & Vocabulary 1 Look at these two sentences and answer the questions. Eadie bought a foot spa for his sister. Euddic tought his sister a foot spa. a) Do the sentences mean the same thing? b) What colour is the direct object in each sentence? ©) What colour is the indirect object in each sentence? 2 Complete the table to show two ways of saying the same thing. subject + verb + thing + to/for + person subject + verb + person + thing a) Inever lend my ear to anybody never lend anybody my car. b)_ My friends send lots of texts to me. — ©). Tsometimes buy flowers for my mum, || — ‘Tick the sentences that are true for you. 3. Insert the indirect object in brackets to complete the questions. When was the last time a) you bought presents? (your family) ‘you bought your family presents? b) you made a cup of coffee? (somebody) ©) your bank sent a letter? (you) d) you gavea lift? (somebody) ©) you lent some money? (your best friend) ) a friend told a joke? (you) Ask your partner the que:Speaking 1 Complete these statements with Men or Women as you think appropriate. a) ____can'tstand shopping for clothes. b)____ don’t mind spending hours and hours shopping for clothes. ©) ____spend a lot of time going from shop to shop, comparing prices and quality. a) never forget to look at the price tag before they buy. ©) ___ only agree to go shopping when they really need to buy something, {) ___like going to the dentist's more than going shopping, 2 Discuss your ideas with a partner. Which statements in Exercise 1 are true for you? Grammar & Vocabulary Verb patterns 2 1 Complete these interviews with two men about shopping. Use the ing-form or Bs tap-fors the to-infinitive. acid cart stand don't mind enjoy hate like love spend time ant stand shopping. Verbs + to-infinitive “agro can't afford choose decide forget manage need refuse Pe esas ca c Jim, 32, designer cant afford to buy it. Questions ‘Not really, But after about an ‘Actually I cat stand = “Do you mind (1 go) hour E want (2 go) (G go) __ round the ‘going round the home! shops. My gitriend knows shops?” this, so she usually chooses (6-90) ____ without mes ‘Question 2 ‘Book shops. I spend a lot of | ‘Tenjoy (8 look) _at ‘What kind of shops time (6 read) __ book electronic equipment but 1 0 you enjoy ‘eviews so Ialnays have a st cant afford (9 buy) —_it. {5.q0)__-intoy of Books Fa like (7 buy) _ Is usually far too expensive: Question 3 “Thate supermarkets. I usually ‘refuse (13 go) —__ into ‘Are there any kinds: forget (11 buy) ‘the things — shoe shops with my girlfriend. of shops you hate 1 went therefor, so avold She tries on ten pairs and (10.90) inte” (12.90) __ into them, then decides (14 buy) Fortunately, ean do most of the fist pai’ ty food shopping online! Question 4 ‘Not realy. only go into a “Tove (27 have) new ‘Do youl abe clothes shop when I need lothes, but I never manage (25 buy) (16 buy) a newshit or (18 ind) ___time to go clothes for yourself” Something. For me, shopping shopping: is a necessity, not a pleasure: 1.33 Listen and check your answers. Do you know any men with similar attitudes? Ask your partner the questions (I-4) from the interview. 2 Complete the following sentences with your own ideas. a) Tenjoy ... Q) Tean'tstand... e) I'd like b) don’t mind d) Lavoid .. ) Ineed 8) Lean afford h) I've decided ‘Compare your sentences with your partner. shooring TITS =words below. boots earrings necklace sandals scarf shirt, skirt top trousers waisteoat Reading & Vocabulary 1 Look at the photos from a fashion magazine and complete the descriptions with the j Cee green linen (5) sared oO + alight green silk (7) er) his head, gold (8) a gold (9) rrr) MEN’S OR WOMEN’S FASHION? rac) 1.36 Listen and check. 2 What do you think of the clothes in the photos? ‘Tell a partner. 3. Complete the table with words from the descriptions in Exercise 1 above. Design/Colour | Material Clothes and accessories black sil toaisteoat 4 @ 1.35 Listen and repeat the items of clothing (a-<. aT Add the words to the table in Exercise 3. 5. Complete the sentences below in as much deta you. Compare your sentences with a partner. a) [never wear... b) Loften wear... ©) Today, I'm wearing 18 possible so that they are true for wear checked shirts. Today U'm wearing a blue cotton top.Present tenses Present simple work in an office, We start work at nine Present continuous Ym not working now. Yim having lurch, My job ts gotting more difFiult to do, Reading 1 Read the article, According to environmental groups, are cheap clothes good or bad? The real price of fashion |n 2008, 2 military jacket appeared on ‘cheap clothes are damaging the the Fashion pages of Vogue. There's environment. Consumers are paying nothing unusual about that, except 20, low prices for their clothes, but the ‘thatthe price tag was not £1,200, nor planet is paying a high cost even £120, The jacket was made by The result of ow prices is that Primark, and Tt was on sale for just people are buying more. On average, 121 Women went mad far it, and people now buy fifty items of clothing Primark was renamed ‘the new Prada, 25 a year ~ an increase of 33%. But At Primark T-shirts cost €2, pyjamas ‘these clathes ate poor quality and 10 cost £5, sults cost £18 and women's they don’t last. You can't sel them tops cost less than £5, So its no second-hand or recycle them for surprise that Primark’s profits are charity, They are disposable. increasing and new stores are apening 3» A spokesperson from the Green across the UK, Spain and Ire‘and. Party said We are not against 1 So everybody's happy then. Well, fashion, but cheap clothes, not - a Sroupesuchas ons fern, Sone nde ae More (1) ate sling poor 2° Complete the lament a atore? te ee baad Ft aualty clothes, your country? (5) Nore 2) are are paying opening. lower prices. 3 Is this trend happening Discuss these questions with your partner. 8) Where ean you buy cheap clothes in your city? x v &) How much do you pay for casual - clothes such as jeans, trainers, tops, ete.? ()__ are @) are Do you recycle your clothes? How? making mere buying more peiseaarine 1 Match the underlined verb forms (1-3) in these sentences with their uses (a-. ‘Today (1) Lea aeaing a top from Primark. 2) Lusuaiy wear designer clothes (3) Fm buying more high street clothes because they look great 4) Actions that happen all the time, often, sometimes, never, ete. (Present simple) 'b) Actions that are in progress at the moment of speaking. (Present continuous) ©) Actions that are in progress aronnd the moment of speaking, (Present continuous) Grammar but these days 2 Write these sentences in the negative and match them with the uses (a-c) in Exercise 1 a) I'm sitting near the door. ©) V'm studying for an exam Fim no sitting near the door. = Use“ A) Is raining, b)_ My parents go to church, ), I'm leaming to play the piano. ©). Vmsaving money for my nextholiday. _h)_ The cost of living is going up fast. d) My mother works in a shop. Tick the sentences ~ affirmative or negative — that are true. Compare with a partner.Useful phrases 1 Russell wants to buy a present for his girlfriend. Read the useful phrases. Put Rif you think Russell says them. Pat SA if you think the shop assistant says them. a) I'm just looking, thanks. R Can she exchange it if it doesn’t fit? b) Miltake it 8), What size is she? 9) Can Thelp you? h) Here's your rece d) What colours do you have? i) What sort of thing are you looking for? ©} How would you like to pay? i) By credit card © 1.36 Listen, check and repeat the useful phras: 2 Put the useful phrases in the correct place in the conversation, She (1) Gan 5 help you? (2)____ Well, actually, I’m loaking for something for my girlfriend. (3) 1 dort really know. A top? Ok, and what colour would you like? () We have any colour you want, sr, Purple is very fashionable atthe moment. Purples fine. Right. (5) A, wel, she isn't very big, but she's not particularly smal. So she's medium, Yes, medium, Well we have this rather nice purple top here . Good. (6) ‘Are you'sure you don't want to see any more ...? No, tha’ great I'l take it. Thank you. How much isi? Thats £70, sr (7) Seventy?! (8) please. Fine. If you could just sign ... Here you are. Goodbye. Sst a minute, sit, (9) ‘Oh yes, er... (10) ___ Yes, but she needs to feep the receipt. (137 Listen and check your answer Practise the conversation with a partner: 3. Work with your partner. Write your own shopping conversation. a) Decide on the shop and what the customer is buying. b)_ Decide on the character personality of the shop assistant and the customer. ©) Include at least six of these eight words. oy fit help just pay receipt size sort ) Practise your conversation and perform it for the rest of the class. esfocabulary Extra Clothes and accessories a 1. Match the pictures with the descriptions. Then complete the description: a checked serf _. brown leather a plain white cotton LL ablue denim a pinstriped 4 patterned woollen __ a floral __ gold ___ striped _ |__ plastic alight blue silk 2 Work with a partner. Cover the words. Look at the pictures. Ask and answer questions. “Whats this?" “Ws a checked scarf’ “What are these?” “They've bron leather gloves.” Focus on verbs used with clothes 1 Match the verb phrases with their meanings a) get dressed — take your clothes oft b) get undressed put something on to see if it its/suits you get changed clothes are the right size for you d) clothes fit you —4 put your clothes on €) clothes suit you clothes are the right colour, shape and style for you 8) try something on take your clothes off and put different clothes on 2 Underline the most appropriate verb phrase. 2) Lalways get dressed / get undressed before breakfast b) Lusually try on / wear formal clothes at work. ©) When its cold I put om / take off my leather coat, Like trying on / taking off new clothes. ©) Yellow and orange don't suit / fit me. ) [get dressed / get changed when I get home from work Tick the sentences that are true for you. Compare with your partner, shopving NTENTY >»Grammar Comparatives and superlatives. Phrasal verbs Vocabulary How + adjective/adverb. Sport. Numbers Useful phrases Giving instructions Reading 1 Read and answer the questionnaire. ARE YOU dangerously unfit? 1 Inan average day, do you ... a) climo more then @ hundred stairs? YES/NO b) do at least one hour of housework? YES/NO (9) walk or cycle to achool or work? YES/NO 2 How often do you walk five kilometres or more? 8) Once a month, b) Once a week ' ©) Never. 3 How much sport do you do every month? {a} More than nine hours. b) Between two and nine hours. (©) Loss than two hours. 4 How often do you spend twenty minutes or more doing an activity that makes you hot or sweaty? a) Three or more times a wook. b) Once or twos a week. ©) Not at al. 5 How long does it take you to walk a kilometre? a) Less than ten minutos. b) Between ten and twenty minutes. ©) Fant walk that far 6 How many of the following activities do you do at least once a week? a) Gojogging, YES/NO ) Play a bal game. YES / NO ©) Do some aerobic exercise feycling. rowing, otc). YES / NO 7 Tick the activities you often do when you're on holiday. a) Goniking, b) Go swimming. ©) Gosightseeing, ) Go dancing, @) Ue.on the beach. 4) Eat and drink a lot. 8 Do you smoke? YES / NO How to score: 1 a) YES:5 NO:0 b) YES:5 NO:0 ©) YES:5 NO:0 a3 b)5 JO a5 b)3 30 a5 b)3 QO a5 »)3 30 a) YES:5 NO:0 b) YES:5 NO:0 ©) YES:5 NO:0 7 a5 5 3.3 90 HO YES:0 NO: 10 earan What your score means 20 or less: Your health and your life are in danger! You must do more exercise 21-90: Could be worse, but nat much worse. ‘81-40: Not had, but could be better. ‘41-50: You are healthier than the average person and you probably find your lite more ‘enjoyable as a result, ‘51 or more: You are supar-fit. Are you a professional athlete? (Are you teling the truth?) 2. Calculate your score and compare your answers with a partner. o MT « b&bVocabulary 1. Look at the table. How long does it take you to do each activity? La ees paar (@) get up in the morning? | 2) buy presents for people you love? (3) choose from a menu in a restaurant? () decide whether you like someone? 6) read a novel? (6) get ready to go out for the evening? | © getto sleep at night? How long does it take you to... Guess the time it takes your partner to do the same things. Ask a partner questions to check your ideas, “How long does it take you to get up in the morning?” “About twenty minutes.” 2 Complete more questions with How + adjective/adverb. Use the words in the box. far fast long many much often old well | a) How offen do you travel by train? b) How ___ does it take you to get to work or school? How ___ cousins do you have? d) How ___ cash do you have with you at the moment? ©) How ___ ist from your house to the nearest beach? f) How ___ does your car go? 3) How is the oldest living person in your family? h) How ___ do you know your neighbours? [Ask your partner the questions, Speaking: anecdote 1 @ 2.01 Listen to Tina, talking about her experiences of doing sport at school. Are the answers here right (/) or wrong (0? a) ‘How many hours of sport did you do each week at school?” “Three hours a week’ X b) “What different sports did you do during the school year?” “Swimming, tennis and hockey’ ©. ‘Which sports did you like/hate the most?” ‘Thated hockey.’ d) “What kind of sports facilities did! your school have?” “A gym and a football pitch’ ©) ‘What did your sports teacher 1ook like?” ‘She looked like a boxer” 1} ‘Did you ever play for a school team?” “Yes, I played for the school hockey team.’ 8). ‘What was your best/ worst sporting moment?” “My best moment was winning a disco dancing competition’ ‘You're going to tell your partner about your experiences of doing sport at school. + Ask yourself the questions in Exercise 1. + Think about zal to say and haw to say i + Tell your partner about your experiences of doing sport at school. nrDate of bith | c S Comparatives He's a bit older He's older He's much older ‘than her, ‘She's nat as old as him. « “A Thierry Henry «A Fernando Alonso A. David Beckham 02/05/75 Listening 1. Work with a partner. Try to match each of these famous sports stars with their date of birth. 4 Cristiano Ronaldo & Rafael Nadal Roger Federer azjoay77 | o9ja7/e. [| ossos/si [| 05/02/85 | 03/06/86 @ 2.02 Listen and check your answers 2 © 2.03 Listen to a discussion between a marketing director and an advertising executive. Which sports star do they choose to advertise a new energy drink? Listen again and complete these sentences. You need to use some names more than on a) Beckham is more famous than Henry. 4) isn’t as successful as >) isn't as interesting as ©) is much younger than 3 is abit older than isthe best-looking, most 3° Work with a partner. List the most famous sports stars in your country. + Complete the sentences in Exercise 2 with names from your list, ‘+ Choose one sports star from your list to advertise a new sports car. + Compare your ideas with other students in the class Grammar 1. Test your general knowledge! Use the adjective in brackets with a bit / much [ not as... as to make true comparisons. a) Mount Kilimanjaro (high) _ Mount Fuji Mount Kilimanjaro is much igher than Mount Fuji b) London (wet) Rome. @) The US Army (small) __ the North Korean Army: 4d) Heathrow Airport (busy) Los Angeles International Airport ©) Ireland (big) Cuba 4) Big Ben (tall) the Statue of Liberty © 2.06 Listen and check your answers. 2 Combine the noun phrases with the adjectives —or your own ideas ~ to make ‘comparative statements that you agree with. convenient English food Flying heap complex French wine | German cars exciting expensive funny Living in a city Men interesting noisy reliable Shopping online Women safe sensitive sophisticated Compare your statements with a partner. Do you agree or disagree? “Lthink women are muc more complex than men. 3 Ease 24 ead the explanation and do the exercises. FitPronunciation 1 Complete the following expressions with the appropriate word. a) Wsaslight asa feather, c) They’reas good as__.). Is as solid asa__. b) He'sas fee asa ) She's as pretty as a Weasoldasthe 2 2.05 Listen, check and repeat. Practise the red schwa Uo) sounds. Can you think of people or things you could describe in this way? Do you have similar expressions in your language? Grammar perlatives 1. Write out the superlative forms for the following groups of adjectives. adjectives erchest, the biggest, Adjectives 7 Superlative forms eet a) old / rich / exciting / great te oldest | she richest { the. ular forms. b) valuable / big {hot / thin @ best, the worst, ©) funny / interesting / sexy / happy ne furthest d) bad / far / good / talented 9 adjectives " J ; oa Rest tenting, In each group, underline the superlative adjective which is formed in a different way ‘most modern from the other three. 2 Complete the questions with different superlative adjectives. Use the adjectives in Exercise 1 or your own ideas. a) Who is __ sports person in the world? b) What is__ music group of all time? ©} What is___ place you've ever visited? d) Whois ___ person you know? ©) What is____ possession you have? 6 Whois actor/actress in your country? 8) Where is __ nightlife in town? hh) Who is ___person in the class? ‘Ask a partner your questions, Vocabulary 1 @ 206 Listen and repeat the numbers in the box. 25 M 5 012 th O75 Tb te Me Make pairs of numbers with the same value. Practise saying the numbers. ‘Yq és the same as 0.75. 2 @ 207 Listen and repeat the numbers in column A. Write each mumber in full. A B a) 249 km/hr s20 hundred aed 1. Cristiano Ronaldo's earnings in 2007 forty-nine kilometres an hour 2 The percentage of the UK population 1b) 42.195 km \ who trust the government 2 82% 3. The biggest football score ) 66,188,000 4 The fastest tennis serve © 320 5. The official distance for a marathon Mata dhe namnbes in cohimn A with the facts in column B. 3) (EETTISMGRE AG ose ta? student: ge tae « a.Reading 1. Imagine that today is ‘"No-Stress Day. Read thelist and answer the questions. a) Which suggestion is the easiest for you to de? 0 pata @ difficult for you to do? 4. Take off your watch, 2 Switch off your mobile phone. 8 Don't eat your breakfast on your feet — sit down and enjoy it. 4 Put on your most comfortable clothes, Don't run after the bus ~ let it go. ‘Smell the roses, Give up the gym. Fallin love. Only sajtch on your television if there's something you really want to wateh 10 Throw away or give away any clothes you haven't worn for the past two years. 11 Have a laugh. 412 Hang up your clothes when you take them off 48. Spend ten minutes doing absolutely nothing. 14 Walk, 45 Only do the 16 Put on your favourite music and turn up the volume. ning if you love Discuss your answers with a partner 2 Work with your partner. Add three of your own suggestions to the list. Vocabulary 1 Complete the sentences using these phrasal verbs from the list above. giveup hangup puton switch off switchon takeef throw away 8) Lalways takeoff my shoes before I go into my house. )_ If Lwant to relax, [all the lights and sit in silence. ©) When I want to look my best, |__a suit 4) Tcould never__ coffee 2 ) Inever___ plastic bags because they're so useful the only thing that keeps me awake, ‘The first thing I do when I get to the office is _ my computer, g) [never do any ironing, I just___ my clothes very carefully when they are wet 2 Are any of the sentences true for you? Discuss with your partner. « aGrammar 1 Work with a partner, Look at the three phrasal verbs used in these sentences (take off, run after and sit down) and answer the questions. bec! verb objet patie subject _ verb [1 took [my stoes, | of |ant | 1 | ite ae. “after | | the bus. But it didn’t stop. ramtite subj ve sot | sat || down | and cried. I hate bus driers. 1) Which phrasal verb does not take an object? (INTRANSITIVE) b) Which phrasal verb can have the abject between the verb and the particle? (TRANSITIVE~ SEPARABLE) ©). Which phrasal verb always has the object after the particle? (TRANSITIVE ~ NOT SEPARABLE) 2 When the object is a pronoun such as it, tem, her, where do you always put it when the phrasal verb is: a) separable? b) inseparable? 3. Put the words in the correct order to make answers to the questions, Look the phrasal verbs up in a dictionary if you are not sure. a) What shall { do with this banana skin? (away / throw / it) Throw it aumy. b) What shall [ do with this mess? (it / up / clear) ©) What shall I do with my trousers? (hang / up / them) d) What shall I do about this problem? (it / deal / with) ©) What shall I do with this application form? (ill / in / i) 4) What shall I do about my party? Nobody can come. (it call / off) ‘ Listening & Speaking 1 You are going to listen to a radio programme about laughter clubs. Do you think the statements (ae) are true or false? , a) Young children laugh much ‘more than adults. 1b) Laughter clubs started in the USA. ©) Laughter releases happy chemicals called endorphins. d)_ Raughing is good for the heart, ©) In laughter clubs, people laugh at funny stories. @ 2.08 Listen and check your answers. 2 Face your partner. Take it in turns to try to make each other laugh. 3 Work with your partner. Discuss the following questions. a) What kind of thing makes you laugh? 1b) How do you feel after a good laugh? © When was the last time ‘you laughed so much you couldn't stop?Useful phrases 1 © 209 Listen tothe three conversations (a-<). Which sports are these people learning? 2) alyaterang 6 a oe RRR rng ly 2a at perme a eee eaeR ecm 3,202 1 fe ‘Throw the ball in the air. Kick the ball. Don’t look at me. ‘Don’t throw the ball Look thea | Bort pk tap Piscupyanrnion || Dent ah tbl ih yous hand Try again. || Use your foot. 2 Send upon the bow Hold on. Don't let go. fecal Dio tot 3° Complete the first conversation in Exercise 1 by replacing the highlighted phrases « a « (G-6) with the useful phrases in the box. Be carefull Be patient, Come back! Beatbe horrible: Don’t worry. Try again. Paul: OK, are you ready? Sally: Yes. Paul: Right. Stand up on the board. Sally: OK. ohhh! Paul: Ha ha hal Sally: (1) BeIniee) Don's be horrible Paul: Oh, sory. OK. (2) (DBRTEGIVBIUBE Good! Great. Hold on. Dor't let go. Sally: Ohhnh! Is too difficult. I cant do it. Paul: Don't be silly. OF course you can do it. (3) (Dantlhelinpatients) Come on, try again. Sally: look stupid. Paul: (4) [RALAKE Everyone looks stupid the First time. Now, stand up on the board Good. Well done. Now, don't go too fast Sally. Sally: Sally: Listen to the conversation again and check. Practise the conversation with a partner.ibulary Extra lete the table. Use the pictures of equipment to help you. Sport Person | Place Equipment athletics an athlete | anathletics track | shorts, a running vest, (1) running shoes skiing askier a ski resort skis, ski boots, ski poles, (2) football (soccer) a footballer 1 football pitch a football, shorts, a football shirt, (3) golf a golfer a golf course golf bas, (4) swimming swimmer aswimming pool a swimming costume, (5 6) tennis a tennis player | a tennis court tennis balls, 7)__, 8) swimming ‘runs running shoes olf clubs goggles a tennis racket Add more words or sports to the table in Exercise 1. Use your dictionary. is on verbs used with sports Underline the most appropriate alternative in each of these sentences. 4) Ido / play / practise some exercise two or three times a week. It keeps me fit. b) I've never been / played / practised windsurfing. I can’t swim. )_Tllike to play / go / practise snowboarding, I love the mountains. 4) ‘The last time I did / went / practised some sport was on holiday. ©) I did / played / practised a lot of football when I was a child, Now I just watch it on TV. 1) I'm not very good at tennis because I dont have time to do / go / practise. ‘How many of the sentences are true for you? Compare with a partner. ‘Complete the verb phrases with do, go or play. Use your dictionary and add more sports to each list. a)____ cycling ») athletics ©) ___ basketball fishing. judo golf swimming, ade rugby windsurfing tennis eat volleyball a «A. Mark, a company director o i .. Job Grammar Permission and obligation (con / hove to). Present perfect and past simple Vocabulary Jobs. Collocations (work). should. Office equipment Useful phrases Presenting yourself Listening 1 @ 2.10 Listen fo four people giving answers tothe same question. What was the question? & Frank, a teacher 4 Mia, a model Listen again and tick the jobs that each person mentions. Marl: aside!) an engineer(_" a'D][_ a company director Lucy: a surgeon] aballet dancer adactor a tour guide _| a butcher _| Franka farmer) avet__apilot|_| a snowboarder a teacher Mia: an archaeologist. an au pair | amodel a telesales person What did you want to be when you were a child? Speaking 1 Work as a class. Write the names of all the jobs that you, your pi grandparents have done. ints and your 2 Work in small groups. Look at all the jobs you have written down in Exercise 1 and discuss these questions. a) In which job can you earn the most money? 1b) In which job do you get the most holidays? ©) Which job do you study longest for? 4) Inswhich job do you need the most training? ©) Which job is the most stressful? 1) Which job is the most useful to society?Reading 1. You are going to read about the model and snowboarder, Charlotte Dutton. Look at these words and phrases, Do you associate them with modelling or snowboarding? crash helmet designer clothes freezing muscles Paris slim strong warm, baggy clothes Read the article and check your ideas. rlotte Dutton CHARLOTTE DUTTON has two jobs. Half the year she's a top model in Europe, and 1 other half she's a professional snowboarder in Canada, “love modelling and snowboarding,’ she says, ‘but l have to be two different people! You need muscles to be a snowboarder, but you have to be slim to be a Ce ea ee Freezing, so you have ta eat protein, cakes and chocolate. For the jumps and turns, you have to be strong. Snowboarding is sometimes dangerous, and | often fall. But eee ee ene eee et on Ree a en ee eee Pee ee ey ae es e oes she want to be atop international COR ees ee Sue ae) eee Perio 2 Imagine you cauld do two jobs. Which jobs would you like? Tell a partner, Grammar can/can't 1 Match the beginnings and ends of these sentences so that they make sense. have to/don’t have to a). Asnowboanter can get up late b) Aclub D] has to have very clean hands, eae 6) A flight attendant has to wear a cash helmet e pe tree d) A tour guide can’t eat fattening food. z Fe athe skal ) Amodel has to know a lot of history. tee ) Acook doesn’t have to pay for flights. have to = It's necessary. 2 Match the underlined part of each sentence (ad) with the correct meaning (1-4). don't have to = Tt isn't a) Lean arrive at any time. 1 It’s necessary for me to neces b) Lcan’t wear jeans 2 Itisn’t OK for me to You have to wear a helmet ©) Lhave to use a computer. 3. Itisn’t necessary for me to ‘on a motorbike but you d) Ldon’t have to wear a uniform, 4 Is OK for me to font have to wear one ‘on a bicycle. ‘Think about your work or school. Which sentences are true for you? 5 EESTI ww ne om,Reading 1. Work with a partner. Discuss the bad experiences you could have in these jobs. an actor an au pair a factory worker a vet a waiter (2.11 Read the article, Compare your ideas with the stories Polly and Leo tell, Were any of your ideas similar? Nightmare jobs | te:s3* 10 What's the worst thing that’s ever happened in your job? Polly: a vet ‘So many bad things have happened ~ but | think my worst moment was when | ead my rst bad review inthe newspaper What's the worst thing “ita hae ered aeeates ‘They wrote terrible things about me, and | was so upset. Now inyour per | dortt ead my reviews any more. Probably the dog that 2s Have you ever done any ather jobs? ‘Oh yes it's hard to make a living as an actor. So Ive done ots of parttime jobs over the year. For example, 've worked ina shop, 5 bitte. Itwasn't a big fone —I don't mind the Nee artim Meiers eto ealecei aa ky gave me a very nasty bite. fiers in the street, re ou crt done anyotherjabsr———® tate wrt ob ove 10 Yes, | did various jobs when | was a student, Ae ward job Sueuekuae ‘One summer | did fruit-picking in France, i pseerta vos oem ex pn ae Totnes oe ere Wane iae Reeemeae e eycual reat (ioees pe ear em acters: cate sper eiiecmepamgisg: “wba wwcrieccncat A ccriiag Woeiy crane. Pec nvareroeea acter Selock ees beth ASGMee Ie ta touikirranadeh tod ne aETE Cau ee ea aes eSEREAE aloe ea eager Saar alee ene 2 Answer the questions from memory. Read again and check your answers. a) Who's done lots of part-time jobs? 4) Who's sold ice cream on the beach? b) Who's been fruit-picking? ©) Who's worked in a factory? ©) Who's looked after horrible children?) Who's worked as a waiter? 3. Ask questions and try to find somebody who has had the experiences above. Vocabulary 1. Add another collocation to each of the sets below using words and phrases from the: article above. 1) tohave some time|/ two weeks] / a day off (line 15) ) to find) f lose / 2a job (line 18) ©). to make a|decision|/ |money] /| (line 26) ) a well-paid) full-time] /{ job (line 27) ¢) tohavea(nap| /|rest|/ (line 37) 1) toask for|adviee| a pay-tise / (line 395 2. Use any collocations from Exercise 1 to write six sentences about yourself. The last time I had some time off ons at Christmas. Vd like to find a better job. TET? :..Grammar 1 Look at these two sentences from the article on page 50 and answer the questions below. 1 "Yes, Lid various jobs whert Iwas a student.” 2 ‘So Le done ots of part-time jobs over the years. a) Which sentence refers to a completed action in ‘finished’ time. What tense is used? b)_ Which sentence refers to a completed action in time ‘up to now’, What tense is used? 2 Complete the table with the time expressions in the box. afewmomenteage in 2005 inthelastiweweeks last week never over the years recently this week today when | wasa student years ago ‘Finished’ time Time ‘up to now’ afew moments ago inthe Last tev weds 3. Complete the sentences with time expressions from Exercise 2, or some of your own. ‘irite true sentences using the appropriate tense for the verb in brackets. a) T{buy)___a great CD... bought a great CD fast ioeek, 1b} [not go)___ to the beach ... © L{meet) some interesting people ... d) I(spend)____a lot of money. ©) {not see) any good films .. 1) (do) a lotof silly things... 8) L(wvad) The Ba Vinci Cade fh) T(lose) my keys... +E 7 5 Ea Pronunciation 1 Complete the table with the past participles of these irregular verbs. Unde past participle in each group with a different vowel sound. Infinitive a) say wad feed be said rend fod been b) know buy fly grow 6} sing sing bring hang ) drink teach think fight 2 @ 2.12 Listen, check and repeat. Speaking 1. Work with a partner. Make questions from the following prompts, a) best or worst / party / ever go to d)_ best or worst / joke / ever hear ‘What's the best purty you've ever been to?) best or worst J car / ever goin 1b) best or worst / holiday / ever go on best or worst / T-shirt / ever wear ©) best ar worst { meal / ever eat 1g) best or worst / bed / ever sleep in 2 Choose three questions from Fxercise 1 and ask your partner. Find out as much as you can, ‘Whai’s the best Koliday you've ever been on?” “When trent to Austratia’ When did you sDListening 1 Look at the photo of Mr Reynold, You are going to listen to a radio interview with him. Work with a partner and discuss possible answers to these questions. 1) What sort of company does Mr Reynold work for? b) When did he start working for the company? ©) How old is he now? 2.13 Listen and check your ideas. 2 Listen again and decide if these statements are true or false. Correct the false statements to make them true. a) Mr Reynolei never forces anybody to retire. Tw b) The oldest employee at Reynolds is 97. Fils. He's 87 ©) Reynold’s pays a-decent salary. 4) Employees get five weeks’ paid holiday. ©) All the staff are over the retirement age. f) Mr Reynold’s secretary Edith had to resign because she wanted to get married, 2) Mr Reynold’s brother is going to nun the business from next year, Vocabulary 1. Use appropriate words and expressions underlined in Exercise 2 above to complete these statements, a) Everybody should get six weeks’ paid holiday a year. bd) Nurses, teachers and police officers don’t get __. They should get more money. 9. The offic 4) Wyow don't want ©) Managing directors who ___ lange corporations shouldn f) Politicians who tell lies should __ ___ should be the same for men and women, you should be able to continue working, ‘earn such large salaries, 2 Tick the ending that best describes the meaning of sfouid in the statements in Exercise L a funny idea, You use should when you think something is ... | a good idea, | a strange idea, 3. Work in small groups. Do you agree or disagree with the statements in Exercise 1? o PT ».._ Writing a) b) 3 d) e) a ®) 1. Read this letier of application for a job at Reynold’s Department Store. Use the words and expressions in the box to improve the parts of the letter that are highlighted. | enclosed Siror Madam anew challenge look forward to hearing > | would like to apply for reached retirement age Reynold’s Department Stone 45 Walpole Rd 100-105 Wimbourne Rd Bournemouth Bournemouth BHI EH BHR6TG 6th March 2008 Dear (1) REVI) Sir oF Madam | saw your advertisement for a position as sales assistant in your garden furniture department and I (2) [Wa the job. Tam an experienced shop assistant and [have worked in many different departments. Please see my curriculum vitse, (3) [Sane CVElOD, for more details. | started working in shops when I was twenty-one, forty-five years ago. [ left my last job six years ago when I (4) (got too old , but I get terribly bored at home. | feel lam ready for (5) new things NOW . would be available for an interview at any time, even at short notice. 1(6) AREWAIEONERE from you. ‘Yours faithfully, nid Snith ( ; Enid Smith (Miss) 2 Write your own letter of application for your dream job. Speaking: anecdote 1 @ 2.14 Listen to Kim talking about her friend’s job. Underline the answers she gives. ‘What's his or her name?” ‘Her name’s Hannah / Ann.’ ‘What does she do?’ ‘She's a train driver / personal trainer.’ “Who does she work for” ‘She works for a local sports centre / She's self-employed.’ ‘What time does she start work? “At 7.00 / 8.30 a.m.’ ‘How much does she earn?’ ‘She gets £35 /£25 an hour! ‘What does she love about her job?’ ‘She helps people to get fit / She travels a lot’ ‘Would you like to do your friend’s job? Why? ‘Yes, because she doesn’t have to work in an office / No, because she has fo get up early.” 2. You're going to tell your partner about somebody you know who has a good job. ‘Ask yourself the questions in Exercise 1. Think about what to say and how to say it. Tell your partner about the person's job. vo TT:Useful phrases 1 © 2.5 Listen to four people presenting themselves to the Quit Smoking group. Underline the correct information. Quit SMOKING Mike Layla work for a big company and we produce sports clothes / audio equipment / bicycles, 'm responsible for sales and promotion / quality control J advertising,’ Mike “At present I'm working for my father / unemployed / training to be an engineer. 'm looking for a job in publishing / the theatre / tourism.’ Jack “Lwork as a bodyguard and I’m based in the south / at head office / in London. My job involves a lot of foreign travel / import and export / sitting, at my desk all day.” Elsie ‘Irun the photography department / the accounts department / my own company. 'm in charge of a department / marketing / taking photographs.’ (2.26 Listen, check and repeat the useful phrases 2 Three people arrive late for the group. Read the notes and use words from Exercise 1 to complete their presentations. Oo SJ Sarah ‘Receptionist, Cutters Hairdressers ‘Responsible for appointments and accounts ‘Wi, Tm Sarah, T work (1) as a receptionist (2) __ Cutters Hairdressers. Ym in (3) __ of appointments and accounts! * Charles © Tour guide, City Tours «Takes tourists around London ‘Wants to be hotel manager ‘Tm Chaves. Ym a tour guide and 1 work (4) —__ Gity Tours. My job (6) taking tourists around London. At present, I'm (6) for a job (7) hotel management! Andrew * Director of Fine Wines ‘+ Make red and white wine. ‘In south-east England ‘My name's Andrew, 1(8) company called Fine Wines. We (9) red and white wine. Were (20) __ in south-east England’ @ 227 Listen and check your answers. 3. Write a short presentation of yourself. Use true information or invent i {formation based on your ideal job. Use three or more useful phrases from Exercise 1 « a ».ibulary Extra equipment ‘Match the pictures with the words. (ie) abin LI a briefcase — acaleatator 1s 1) a tting cabinet LL] a fatser [La hote punch L] a keyboard anote pad | ppaper clips photocopier Postits™ J a printer a screen CCT a stapler Work with a partner. Cover the words and look at the pictures, Ask and answer questions. What's number 12° “Aprinter’ ‘Wht are number 22° ‘Paper clips.” is on work and job Work with a partner. Complete the following questions with job or work and then ask each other the questions. a) Have you ever i) a part-time __? b) Would you like to__ aoa? ©) Do you know anybody who has a (dangerous) _? ‘Make more questions by replacing the highlighted words in Exercise 1 with appropriate alternatives from the box. applied for badly-paid boring fromhome inmarketing looked for lost _outdoors | resigned from stressful well-paid Ask and answer six more questions with your partner, oo EYReview B Grammar 1 Put the adverbs of frequency in the correct position. a) We get up at 7.00 a.m. (always) We always get up at 7.00 ant bb) You get to class on time! (never) © Weeat meat, (occasionally) 4) They are at home on Sunday evenings. (often) €) Yuko goes out in the evening. (hardly ever) Rewrite each sentence to make it true for you. a) Tnever get up at 7.00 a.m. 2 Put the words in the correct ordex a) this / My / pen / bought / me / son “My son bought me this per. 6) lend / you / mobile / Could / your / me ? ©) childten / gave / They / their {their / money { to d) my /a/ dad / making / cake / for/ I'm ©) email / you / send / an / Did them ? 3 Put the words in the box in the correct column. | agree avoid can'tstand choose decide don’t mind enjoy forget like love need spend time want would like ‘Verbs + ing-form Verbs + to-infinitive agree 4 Complete the sentences with the comparative or ‘superlative form of the adjectives in the box. cheap sensitive expe fit good-looking noisy a) Jim runs and swims. He's the fittes! man I know. b)_Jois crying again. She's much more __than, I thought. ©) This od car costs only £2,004 Its not as_as that new one, «d) Matt is so handsome — he's the _man in the class! ) Thave £20. Which is the _ suit in the shop? f) Be quiet, Guy! ... Why are you so much than Ali? + 5 Complete the text with the present simple or present continuous form of the verbs. 1(1 love) love shopping and I especially (2 like) _ shopping for clothes! So 1(@ have) ___a lot of clothes. My boyfriend (4 not understand) __- He (5 have) ___four pairs of trousers, two pairs of shoes and ten P-shirts, Of course I never (6 wear) most of my clothes. So at the moment I(7 try)___ to wear my old clothes and I (8 not buy)__ any more new clothes. 1(9 save)__ money, but I (0 look) _terrible! 6 Underline the correct words. “OK, everybody. Mr Smith says the exam starts at 10) but we all (1) have to / can’t arrive ten minutes before then. He says we (2) have to / don’t have to register at the desk before the exam, We (3) can / have to take ‘money, mobiles, pens and pencils into the exam room) with us, but we (4) can / can’t take any lange bags. Oh, and we (5) have to /ean’t turn off our mobiles’ 7 Complete the conversation with the past simple or present perfect forms of the verbs. Hi. Fm interested in the shop assistant job. : (1 you work) Have you roorked in a shop before? No, but I @de)___ lots of shopping! Oh. (3:you have) __ any other jobs? : Yes, 1(4 be) _a waitress, and last year 1(6 work) ___ as an au pair in Paris. 1 (6 g0)___ to Paris after I (7 Teave)___ school. Wonderful shopping! 8 Spot the mistaket Cross out the incorrect sentence. 1a) Hike alwaye-to-read-on-tains: b)_Lalways like to read on trains 2 a) He bought mea very nice book. b) He bought for me a very nice book. 3. a) Doyou want to go out tonight? b) Do you want go out tonight? 4 a). Athens is more older than Paris. b) Athens is much older than Paris. 5 a) It’s too late for TV now. Please turn it off 1b). It’s too late for TV now. Please turn off 6 a) I've seen that new show on TV last week. b)_Isaw that new show on TV last week,the words in the correct group. abox of chocolates, tissues abunch of .. acan of a packet of .. Underline the odd word out in each group. a) necklace cotton leather silk b) patterned plain boots. striped ©) earrings gloves shirt woollen d) checked jacket shoes vest Match the beginnings and endings to make questions. a) How longs, 1 do you watch films in English? b} How far | 2 do you know your teacher? ©) How many | 3. money did you spend today? 4) How often | 4 pairs of gloves do you have? ©) How much | 5_isit from your house to the shops? f) How well 6 does it take you to get home in the evening? Ask and answer the questions with a partner, Write the numbers in words. a) Ye ahalf b) 045 oH 58% ) $23,000,000 Match the beginnings and endings of the sentences. a) Please take 1 down here? b) Whattimedoyou get 2 your shoes off. ©) Would you like to sit 3. afterher toy mouse. @) My cat likes to run 4 up in the moming? Underline the best collocation to complete the sentences. a) Tdon't like working every day. Iwant a full-time / part-time job. 'b)_Idon’t earn much. I need to ask for advice / a pay-tise. Leave your job or stay —you should make a living / decision! 4d) Twork all the time. I need some day / time off. ©) Juan isn’t working at the moment. He found / lost his ob last week. Pronunciation 1 Look at some words from Units 4-6. Say the words and add them to the table. adult advice afford au pair avoid flowers horible interested mobile | eich ieee mer | talented valuable a:Oo BOO O00 adult advice horrible 2 Underline the stressed syllable in each word. © 2:8 Listen, check and repeat. anReading & Listening 1 Read about Kate and Helena, Are these statements true or false? a) Kate is older than Helena. b). Kate and Helena are both successful ©) Kate and Helena both like to keep fit 4) Kate and Helena do the same job. ©) Kate and Helena wear the same sort of clothes. As different as Read the article again and answer the questions. a) Who eams more money? b) How does Kate exercise? ©) How often does Helena go to the gym? d)_ Do Kate and Helena both have to dress smartly at work? ©) Is their relationship good? ) Has their relationship always been good? 8) Which sister is a good listener? chalk andl cheese x or) Sisters Kate and Helena Stewart talk about each other and how they get on together Kate: She's a typical older sister - she's four years, four Helena and I have always been very different ‘months and four days oer than me. She's ambitious, but I'm more relaxed about life and work, Helena is the director of a small but successful company She ears a lot of money and drives a beautiful cas but hee job is more stressful than mine Helena has always been very sophisticated wer see her in ashirt ~ and normally buys designer clothes. She loves keeping fit and spends her free time in the gym. Walking to work and climbing the staies is my exercise. find it more interesting than the gym, and cheaper, to. The best thing about Helena is her kindness, She always buys beautiful presents for everyone and never would thinks about how much they cost. We've become ‘much closer in the last five years but we're still completely different people 3. 2.19 Listen to Tom and Patsy and answer the questions. a) How are Tom and Patsy related? b) How does Patsy feel about Tom? 4 Listen again and underline the correct answ a) Patsy is older / younger than Tom, b) Patsy / Tom is not very fashionable. ©) Patsy always / never buys clothes for Tom, d) Patsy usually / never watches sport on TV. ©) Tom likes / doesn’t like sitting in the garden 1) Patsy thinks Tom is very serious / very funny. so Helena: “My retationship with Ka been easy When we were younger I had to look after her bi hese days i's Altferent. She's more confident, and our relationshi ‘easier She's been very successful in her work and her life. She works for a TV com ‘het. She doesn't earn as much as 1'do, but I think she's happi ‘She doesn't have to go to the office every day, like Ido, Kate isn't very interested in looking smart, She ase I was her older siste usually wears jeans and a'Tshiet - she can weae anything she likes at work. She isn’ very 6 either. Tike to work out at Kate hates the gym. She never goes. Kate is a great listener. II have a problem I know I talk to her, different from me, but she’s my sister and L love her 1e gym four times a week, but can alriting & Speaking Read the description. Tick the questions that are answered. a) What's his name? 1) What does he do? b) How are you related? 3) Does he have any annoying habits? «) What's the age difference between you? fh). What are his best points? 4) Do you have the same interests? i) What do you think he’s doing now? ) Do you wear the same sort of clothes? “My uncle's name is David. He's my mothers youngest brother and he's only two years olde than me. We're bath students atthe same university. David wants to work as an architec, whereas | want tobe an enginee. In many ways we ae siilar: we enjoy the same sort of music and we lke the same sort of films. Howeve, there are some diflerences. David loves sport, ut | prefer to play games on my compute, Another diference between us is the élothes we wear. happy in jeans and a shit, but David always wears, designer trousers, shirts and shoes. The only thing | dont like about < him is that he talks too much about fashion and not enough about il important things. \ On the other hand, David is the kindest person | know. \ ? When t have a problem, | know Davids always ready to listen and give me good advice, Weve both become closer ‘over the last year, and I now think of David asa friend as well as my uncle” 4Me Uncle David Find the words/phrases from the box in the textand, 5 You're going to tell your partner about a member of underline them. 612°) 70 your family and compare yourself with him/her. | ra + Choose some questions in Exercise 1 that you both whereas however but eatareves | on the other hand + Think about what you're going to say and the language you will need. Complete the rules using the words/phrases in the box. * When you're ready, take it in turns to tell each other about a member of your family. Expressing similarity 2) You use bot when you want to say the same thing 6 Write a comparison between yourself and a member about two people or things. ‘of your family. Try to answer as many of the questions in Exercise 1 as you can. Use the expressions in Expressing contrast Exercise 2 to describe contrast and similarity. b and ___are often used to contrast ideas within the same sentence. ) ___and___are often used to contrast ideas, in two different sentences. Underline the correct expressions in these sentences. 2) Like playing football. However / Whereas, my brother prefers tennis. b) Like playing football, however / whereas my brother prefers tennis. 9) Ican't stand watching sports. But / On the other hhand, I love playing them, ) I can’t stand watching sports but / on the other hand I love playing them, Write the words in the correct order. a) both / dancing / love / We b) have / both / We / America / to / been Work with a partner. Are the sentences true for you?Eco Grammar Subject questions. Dynamic and stative meanings. Future forms Vocabulary Climate change. Opinions, have and have got Useful phrases On the telephone Reading & Vocabulary 11 Work with a partner. Look at the photographs and discuss the questions. 1a) What do you think is happening? b} Do people worry about climate change in your country? Read the article. Are these statements true or false? a) World leaders participated in protest marches and demonstrations. ‘b) The protestors carried banners and shouted political messages. © Agroup of protesters on bicycles went to 10 Downing Street. a) They delivered a letter asking world leaders to do something, immediately about the economy, ©) Trafalgar Square was extremely crowded and very busy in the aftemoon. 5) Assmall group of protesters separated from the peaceful demonstrators and went shopping, Climate change march {In London today, 20,000 people taOK part in protest marches and demonstrations as ‘world leaders were meeting for climate change talks. The event was organised by the Campaign Against Global Warming, The day started early outside the US embassy with poetry readings and speeches. Protestors then marched slowly to Trafalgar Square, carrying banners and shouting slogans « ‘A group of protesters on bicycles made their Way to 10 Downing Street and delivered 2 letter to the Frime Minister demanding uigent action on climate change. By three ofclock in the afternoon, Trafalgar Square wa and bidet with activity . There was a carnival atmosphere with music provided by a samba band, 2 Nev Orleans jazz band and Scottish pipers. Most of the protesters marched peacefully, but 2 small group of people Broke away. {TOM the peaceful demonstrators. They smashed shop windows and tried to set fire to a supermarket. Five people were arrested. 3. Look at the highlighted phrases in the article. Find phrases with similar meanings in the sentences (a-f) in Exercise 2. took part in = porticipated i | 4 What evidence of climate change have you noticed in your country? What are you and your family, your local government, your national government doing about it? Discuss with your partner.Listening & Vocabulary 1 2.21 Listen to interviews with four protestors at the Climate change march. Match each person with an opinion (1-4). Ao, 26 A dake, 14 & Debbie, 37 & Ronny, 27 1 ‘Vimin favour of protecting wild animals! 2. ‘Tm against food imports. 3. ‘Tm against big cars in the city’ 4 ‘Thelieve in responsible tourism. 2 Complete the sentences below with the words and phrases in the box. against anti believe dor’ feelin favour really care support 1). I'm not anticcars ~ Ijust think more TM ret socaitde tot people should use public transpott. en itis cat b) Idon’t___about people. They can én look after themselves. ©) Ym____of small family-run companies. 8! '—— strongly about polities. Which statements do you agree with? What other things do you feel strongly about? Discuss with your partner. Grammar ject questions Look at the sentence and the questions (1 and 2) below. Answer questions (a-). obec subject seb objet hates ers. fo inticces in responsible tourism. question: 1 Who believes in responsible tourism? 2 What docs Jo believe in? hates cars? Diriestio: a) What is the subject of the main verb in question 1? Be cases 'b) What is the subject of the main verb in question 2? ©) In questions where Wito (Which, What or Whose) isthe subject of the verb, do you use do, does or did? 2 Write questions for the missing subjects or objects. 8) Mahatma Gandhi believed in lobject). Winat did Mahatma Gandhi belicoe in? 1B) _ [subject] said, Thave a dream’ ina famous speech. Who said ‘Thave a dream in a fomous speech? ) ‘Slogan’ means [object]. What €) [subject] has a boat called ‘Rainbow Warrior’, Which organisation. ©) Thirty-six million people protested against lobjectl in 2003, Wha 8) Isubjectl fought against apartheid for over fifty years. Who ... Ask your partner the questions. Choose answers from the box below. Greenpeace Martin Luther King Nelson Mandela non-violent protest political message — the Iraq war vo EEDynamic and stative meanings Dynamic meanings (something “happens’) He has lunch at 1.00 p.m He's having lunch now Note: use simple or continuous forms. ‘Stative meanings (nothing happens’) 1 believe in democracy, We want to help. Note: use simple forms only. Some verbs (have, look, think) can have both meanings. Pronunciation 1 Look at some words ending in tion. Say the words and add them to the table. demonstration destruction education explanation globalisation modernisation organisation pollution revolution solution a:o0o Boo0o e:oo005 demonstration 2 @ 2.22 Listen, check and repeat Grammar 1 Look at the verbs in these extracts from the interviews on page 61. Answer the question: “Tim having fun with my friends.’ "They're polluting our rivers. a) Do the verbs describe actions or states? b) What is the name of the tense used in each extract? 2 Rewrite these sentences by putting the verb in brackets in the present continuous. a) A phone (ring) A phone is ringing. ©) Birds (sing) b)_Ateacher in another class (talk) Rain (fall) ©) The traffic (make) alot of noise __ 8) Astudent (laugh) —__ d) A clock ) h) People (chat) __. Listen in silence for fifteen seconds and tick the actions that are happening now. Note down other things that are happening now. 3 Look at the verbs in two more extracts from the interviews. Answer the questions. “‘Twant to help polar bears.” ‘Thave a car.” a). Do the verbs describe actions or states? 1b) What is the name of the tense used in each extract? ©) [sit possible to use a continuous tense with verbs when they describe a state? 4 Look at the verbs in brackets. Do they describe an action or a state? Complete the sentences with the present simple or the present continuous. 4). Sue (think) is thinking of going out this evening, )_ Rosa (think) thinks politics is boring. ©. Marta (have)__aTV in her bedroom. 4) Julie (have) ___ difficulty with this exercise ©) Brian (look) __ like his father. f) Rob (look) _ for a new place to live ) Jane (like) _ James Bond films, h) Tony (know) __ how to play the piano. Replace the names with names of students in the ‘lass to make as many true sentences as you can. Ask questions to help you. “Are you thinking of going out this evening?” “Do you think politics is boring?” eensSpeaking 1 Work in small groups. Discuss which of these activities are good/bad for the environment. a) Cycling to work/school 8). Using public transport b). Buying a hamburger in a plastic container. hh) Travelling alone in your car. ©). Paying more for environmentally-friendly products. i) Picking up liter. 4) Buying imported fruit and vegetables. i). Drinking bottled water. ©) Using plastic bags for your shopping k)_ Recycling bottles. ) Buying cheap, mass-produced clothes. 1) Travelling by air. Think of any other activities that are either good or bad for the environment. 2 Doasurvey to find out how many people have done the different acti Exercise 1 in the last two weeks, Follow these instructions. ‘+ Prepare the question you are going to ask for each activity. 1) Have you cycted to cwork/school én te last two weeks? Decide which person in the group is going to ask each question. Go round the class. Ask your question(s) and note down the answers. In your groups, write down the results of the survey for each activity Activities Yes No eycted fo workfschoot Za EXKXEKXXKKAXX ought » hamburger in WAALS AIK «plastic container Writing 1 Read a survey report for Greensville, USA. Complete the report with one of the aq following phrases. is A large number very green not very green of people Several people A smal number ‘SURVEY REPORT of poole co oom FHOW QR@eM are you? 1% Nobody Feo Magazine travelled to Greenswile, USA, where they interviewed 1,000 people for ‘new survey. The aim of the survey was to ind cut how green the people of Greensville are ‘According to the survey, only afew people have used public transport in the last two \wooks, but everybody has travelled alone in their car. Nobady has cycled to work. ‘Several neonle have bought imported fut anc vegetables, and most neooie have bought ‘hamburger in @ plastic container. However, only a few people have picked up iter. A arge number of ogonle have crunk bottled water in the last two weeks, but only a {aw people have recycled their bottles ‘The survey found that nobody has paid more for something because itis ‘environmentally friendly Everybody has used plastic bags for their shopping, and several people have bought. ‘cheap, mess-producsd clothes, ; Finaly, a small number cf peopie have travelled by ai in the last two weeks. “The results of the survey suggest that the people of Greensville, USA, are 2 Write a survey report for your class. Replace the underlined expressions in the Greensville report with information from your own survey in Speaking Exercise 2 above. Change other parts of the report if necessary. cco EETAE]64 ORIGINAL Reading & Listening 1 Read this list of different duties that people volunteer to do in developing countries. Which duties do you feel you could do / couldn't do? Compare with a partner. a) work in an orphanage e) teach English b) teach children to read ) help to construct houses, bridges, roads ©). look after sick animals 8) do housework and help in people's homes 4) visit people in hospital h) plant trees and do organic farming Read the website information and match the projects (1 and 2) with the duties (a. Which duties does the information not mention? RU aah Future: (be) going to Future plans and intentions How are you going to lose weight? Ym going to do more ‘Ym not going to eat so much bread. PMC OCI) PSC) Pete eee Volunteers help at an orphanage. eae ea ne ee en ere FREE TIME: You reaches 0 isten to Helen and her friend. Which project is Helen going to join? 3 Tick the things Helen says she’s going to do. a) change her life 7 4) work with animals b)_get.a better boyfriend ©) work in an orphanage ©) do something important ) gota good salary Which of the two projects would you like to do? Tell your partner. Grammar 1 Correct the mistakes in these sentences from the conversation. a) ‘I going to change my life’ b) ‘I'm not go to work with animals. ©) ‘How much are they going pay you?” 2 Complete the sentence with the words future and past to describe the use of (be) going to. You use (te) going ta when you talk about a decision you made in the (1)__ to do something in the (2) 3° Write questions about the future with (be) going to, a) drive home / after the lesson? 4) buy any new clothes / this weekend ? Are you going todrive home afer the lesson? e) do anything interesting / next week ? b) watch TV / this evening 7 ) travel abroad / next year ? ©) learn another foreign language / one day ? Ask your partner the questions.Listening 1 2.26 Listen to a conversation between Helen and her mother about Helen’s arrangements for her trip to Ghana. Underline the correct word. a) Helen is confident / depressed / surprised. b)._Helen’s'mum is angry / embarrassed / worried. 2 Listen again and underline the correct information a) Helen is arriving in Accra at 10.00 a.m / p.m. b)_ Bob White is taking her to her school / accommodation. ©). She's staying with a Ghanaian / Nigerian family. )_ She's starting work on Wednesday / Monday. ©) She's working ina big / small town near Accra, 1) She's coming back in time for her mum’s / dad's birthday. In what situations do your parents worry about you? Grammar ie: present inuous 1 The sentences (a-/) in Listening Exercise 2 all use the present continuous to talk about the future. Is the following explanation true or false? re arrangements You can use the present continuous with a future time expression to talk about ariving tomorow future arrangements. {isn't coming with i tonight. 3 are you meeting Jem next week? In many situations (be) going to and the present continuous are both possible. Put a tick if both options are possible. Put a cross if the present continuous is not possible. a) I'm going to meet / meeting a friend after the lesson. 7 bb) I'm going to start / starting guitar lessons one day. X ©). My friends are going to come / coming round this evening. )_ I'm going to see / seeing my grandparents this weekend. ©) I'm going to read / reading a novel in English one of these days. 1) Vm going to win / winning my tennis match this weekend!) 8). 'm going to play / playing football on Monday. hh) I'm going to learn / learning Chinese one day. Are any of these sentences true for you? and do the exercises. co ET «:Useful phrases 1 Matt Walker (M) is phonis {4 big chemicals company. Underline the most appropriate expressions to complete his conversation with the receptionist (R). Good morning. Regal Chemicals. ) I want to speak to the Managing Director. / Could I speak to the Managing Do you mean Mr Carr? Yes, that’s right. Mr Cart. (2) Who's speaking? / Who are you? My name's Matt Walker. Hold on, please, and (3) TU try te put you through. / Ul get him. ... Hello. (4) He's not there. / I'm afraid Mr Carr is out at the moment. M: Oh. Do you know when hell be back? R: Tim not sure. (5) Would you like to leave a message? / You can leave a message. Mz Yes, please. R: M: ZREF Right. (6) Wait. / Hold on a moment, please. OK, what would you like to say? {Please tell Mr Car that REGAL CHEMICALS TS POLLUTING THE ATMOSPHERE AND DESTROYING THE PLANET. THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST GLOBAL WARMING ... (2.25 Listen and check your answers. 2 2.26 Listen and repeat the useful phrases. | a) Could I speak to the Managing Director, please? b) Who's speaking? ©) Mltry to put you through. 4) 'mafraid Mr Carr is out at the moment. ©) Would you like to leave a message? 1) Hold ona moment, please. 3. Work with a partner. Practise the conversation. Take it in turns to be Matt and the receptionist. | « IT «.bulary Extra vironmental problems o a solutions ch the pictures with the phrases. a boitle bank LJ a carbon footprint environmentally-friendly products ‘global warming ‘mass-produced clothes o organic vegetables a plastic container L public transport ees ‘with a partner. List the a ons from Exercise 1 under the = . J jing headings. Problems | Solutions React sawcs “s iS, dd your own ideas to each list. \ is on have / have got omplete the sentences using do, don't, got, have, haven't. "Do you have a car?’ Yes, | !'No, “Hace you _a.cat? “Yes, I N01 mplete the sentence with have/has and havelhas got. (1) ___ means to own oF possess, you can also use (2)__- te questions using have / has got. you / any brothers and sisters? 4) you /a headache? Have you got any brothers and sisters?) your mother / the same eyes as you? ‘> you / more than one credit card? 1) your father / any hobbies? ) you /a pet? "Ask and answer the questions with your partner. Look at some uses of have. Tick the sentences where havefhas can be replaced by havefhas got. a) Doyouhave a laptop? 4 ) Idon’t have an MP3 player. 'b) Lalways have lunch at home. ©) Do you have any children? 6) My mother has short, grey hair. f) Are you having a birthday party this year? Rewrite the sentences you have ticked with have got. 4a) Have you gota laptop?Education Grammar Permission and obligation (could / had to). should and must for advice Vocabulary Education and training Useful phrases Giving your opinion Reading 1 You are going to read about a trainee geisha, Before you read, look at the sentences below and decide if you think they are true or false. a) Alot of women in Japan today want to become geishas. b) A geisha has to have a different kimono for every month of the year. ©). To become geisha you have to study for many years d)_ A geisha has to sing and dance for her customers. ©) Ageisha can’t speak to her customers, ) Atrainee geisha can go to high school. 8). Ageisha doesn’t have to stay single. 2 Read the article and check your ideas in Exercise 1, TRAINING TO BE A i FS ha pass all the tests and become geishas many years later. We asked Makiko co describe exactly what a geisha does, 15 “A geisha has to serve customers and also entertain them, She has to sing and dance and make conversation, Does she enjoy her life as a trainee geishar ove it, but its hard work, Sometimes I get tired of wearing the kimonos and 1 want {to put on a pair of jeans and go to high school like a normal teenager, But I can't have # 2° normal life now, 1 don't mind. I feel very lucky) ‘And what about later ~ can she have a family? ‘Of course, A geisha can have relationships like anybody else and she can get married when she chooses, In Japan today there are fewer than a thousand geishas, hut they play an important 25 role in preserving Japanese culture and history 3. What did your parents/grandparents want you to study at school? Did you follow their advice? Tell a partner, ‘My parents wanted me to stuly science and become a doctor. I preferred languages and now F'm a teacher: co TTT sscationVocabulary 1 Complete the following statements using words from the article on page 68. a) More and more people are training to be computer programmers. (line 3) b) Not many people want to___ teachers nowadays, (line 3) ©) Ifyou ___ medicine, it takes seven years before you qualify as a doctor: (line 5) 4d) Itcan___a lot of money to go to university. (line 8) ©) When they go to university, most students leave home and ___ into student accommodation. (line 9) 1) Ifyou fail your end of year exams, you can usually _ them again a few months later. (line 12) ) You have to an entrance exam if you want to go to university. (line 13) })_ University students play an important ___ in the future of the country. (line 24) 2 Work in small groups. Are the statements in Exercise 1 true for your country. Pronunciation 1 @2.27 Listen and repeat the school subjects in the table. Notice the stress. 20 2:00 s:000a ‘Art English ~ | Economics Maths History Music | Physics 2. Work with a partner, Discuss which subjects in Exercise 1 are/were ... a) the hardest easiest to learn, b) the most boring/interesting. c) the least/most useful Speaking: anecdote 1 © 2.28 Listen to Andy talking about his favourite school subject. Underline the answers he gives. a) ‘What was your favourite subject at school” ‘Maths / Art’ 'b) ‘Why did you particularly like this subject?’ ‘Tt was easy / I was good at it’ ©. ‘What was the teacher's name?’ ‘Miss Lewis / Mr Lewis’ d)_ ‘What did she look like?’ ‘She had long black hair and wore bright colours / looked like a teacher’ ©) ‘Why were her lessons special” ‘They were fun / interesting and varied.” ) ‘How many hours did you have a week? ‘We had three / six hours a week. 8) ‘Did you lear anything which is useful to you today?’ “Yes, I still love taking photos / make a living as a photographer.” ‘You're going to tell your partner about your favourite school subject. + Ask yourself the questions in Exercise 1. ‘+ Think about rohat to say and how to say it + Tell your partner about your favourite school subject. as ee ay oS a caveeion TENET coReading 1. Look at the quotes from three men in the Bennett famil fathers. Try to match each quote with the man who sai a) The grandfather 1 b)_ His son ©) His grandson 3 © 2.29 Read the article and check your ideas Three generations Gordon - the grandfather (72) ‘T think my son and my grandson have a lovely relationship ~ it vrasn't like that when I was a boy. My father was a very strict man, we had to obey him without question, 5 Thad to walk five kilometres, to school. There was no other vay of getting there. At home we didn't have a television, so we had to make our own entertainment. spent all my free time outside playing football. But we couldr't play football on Sundays because we had to go to church. eft school when I was fourteen and went to work in a bakery. That's where I met Mabel. We couldn't bring gitfriends home in those days. We had to meet ‘in public places. I suppose that’s why 0 many people got married youn, Twas only nineteen, and Mabel was cighteen’ Tony ~ his son (48) “When I was growing up, my father vas always at work, and when he came home, we couldn't disturb him, because he was tired. Because my father left school very early and regretted it afterwards, he wanted me to do well at school. I had to do my homework every night and T could only watch television at the weekend. When T was eighteen T got a place at university, My parents did't have ‘to support me financially, because the government gave me a grant to study. 1 didn't go home very often, even during the holidays. 1 preferred spending time with my fiends, “especially my girtriends. In my last year of university T met Louise, and we got a place together, We had to aet maried when Louse found out she was pregnant! 5 2 Read the article again and answer the questions. a) b) ° @d ©) Why ) Why 3. In what ways has life changed in your family over the generations? Tell your paring ‘My grandmother haa to lave school at fourteen. Women couldn't go to university in those d 70 TY csucatin Why did Gordon have to walk to school? Why couldn't Gordon play football on Sundays? Why could Tony only watch television at the weekend? Why didn’t Tony’s parents have to pay for his univers ngs? did Tony have to get married to does Scott have to work in the ev ‘They are talking about their it. ‘t've always had a very close relationship with my dad 2. ‘My father was always at work!” “We had to obey him without question’ ‘Scott - his grandson (19) ‘Tye always had a very close relationship with my dad and 1 don't have to hide anything from him. When T was at school, I had a lot of freedom. When I went out, I didn't have to come home at a certain time ~ my parents trusted me. Tim at college now, and my parents have to pay for my studies, but I have to work in the evenings to pay for any luxuries T want. think it's wrong that my parents have to pay for my studies. T think colleges and universities should be free for everybody. My girfriend often stays with ime at my parents’ house, and sometimes go and stay at her parents. Both our parents think we should get married one day, but we're definitely not fn a hurry’ ty education?Grammar could and had to 1. Complete the following table with the different forms of can and have to. Permission could only watch Permission: ca Obligation: have to ee Permitied | Notpenmited | Necetsry | Not necessary Nd you bing ghitends Present You (I)an | You) You (5) You (7) home? Past ‘You (2) ‘You (4) You (6) ‘You (8) Obtigation Head to walk te school” 2 Complete the questions and answers about the article on the Bennett family. They didn’t have to come oe. a) ‘Did Gordon have fo obey his dad without question” ‘Yes, he di’ ‘No, he ditn’t’ Fes ave:te pay for b}_ ‘Di Gordon hive fo go to church on Sundays?” “Yes, he "No, he your sticies? ©) ‘Coulil Gordon bring his girlfriends home? "Yes, he "No, he__! r d) “__Tony _ do his homework every night” ‘___! % )¢ ott come home at any time” 8) “Does Scott have to hide things from his dad?” “_ © 2.0 Listen, check and repeat. Refer to the article on page 70 and answer the questions, 3. Aska partner similar questions to the ones in Exercise 2. ‘Did (Do) you tev to obey your dad without question? ‘Ea it B: page 123 Listening 1 251 Listen to a conversation between Gordon (the grandfather) and Scot (his grandson) 8 travel & money military service appearance & polities 4 air travel 2 Write sentences to summarise the differences between ‘then’ and ‘now’, the conversation. Use an appropriate form of have to or ean, \ccording to a) wear a seatbelt ©) use cash ‘Noxw: You lieve fo went a sentbett €) do military service ‘Then: You didn't have fo wear a sentbelt ©) have long hair b) wear a helmet f) wear earrings Listen again to check your answers. 3. Which differences between ‘then’ and ‘now’ in Exercise 2 are true for your country? ‘What other differences can you think of? Discuss with your partner. cauceion EINESnR Reading & Listening 1. Your friend is going to meet his jrlfriend’s parents for the first time. Look at the advice (a-f). Which piece of advice do you think is the most important? 2). Make a good first impression >) Tell the truth ° © Wear the right clothes 4) Avoid controversial topics of conversation Do some research Be prepared to answer questions 2. Read the article. Label the paragraphs (1-6) with the pieces of advice (a-e) from [Exercise 1, What other advice can you think of? ““ BARENTS 1 @) Do some research Find out information about the parents before you meet them. Do you have anything in common with them? Have they been on holiday recently? You should ask your gifriendjboytriend about her/his parents’ hobbies, interests and favourite topics of conversation, 2 Its fine to wear your old jeans and Nirvana T-shirt most of the time, but you should make an effort when you meet the parents. However, you shouldn't goto the ‘opposite extreme: don’t wear your ‘jab interview" clothes. You should be clean and tidy, but not too formal 3 First impressions are very important. You should greet them with a smile and a firm handshake for Dad, and a quick kiss {on the cheek} for Mum. You mustn't call, ‘them by their first names. Wait until they ‘lve you permisstan 3 @2,32 Listen to a young man meeting his gilfriend’s parents for the first time. Tick the advice in the article that he follows. Put a cross next to the advice that he doesn’t follow, ©) Dosome research X How do you think the evening continued? Vocabulary You shouldbe honest about what you do IFyoure an Technician you sult say youre 3 researth scents, nfrmation architec or vebmillonar. i youre tmemployed, you sould tel them about your plans fora brillant career. 5 You probably don't share the same pions or tastes about most things, so you must avoid subjects suehas poles arrligion. Yu can ask them abot what your grind or boyriend was like as achile parents lovetaking about their prince or princess. % 6 You should think ofa sod answerto the aueston: What are you gelng to doin the future? 1 Complete these sentences using words from the article above. 8) don’t have anything in common with my parents. (paragraph 1) ) Lalways make an ©) My bedroom is always elean and 4o stay in touch with old friends. (paragraph 2) (paragraph 2} d)_ It’s more important for me to be happy than to have a brilliant {paragraph 4) ©) 1___the same opinions and tastes as my best friend. (paragraph 5) 2. Are any of the sentences in Exercise 1 true for you? Compare with a partner Educationshould must mustn't iid and must shouldn't stay, 90. Grammar 1 Match the phrases (a-x) in bold with the meanings (1-1). a) You should be honest about what you do. — 1 Isa bad idea. b) You shouldn't say you're a research scientist. 2 Isa very good idea ©) You must avojd subjects such as polities or religion, 3._W’sa very bad idea 4) You mustn't call them by their first names, 4 Wa goo Choose the correct alternative in this sentence. When you are giving advice, must is stronger [weaker than siouid. 2 Look at the situations and complete the sentences. Use must or mustn't, should or ‘shouldn't and a verb in the box. de do forget hold speak watch a) One friend to another friend: “You should do more exercise’ b) Adoctor to a patient: ‘You __more exercise!” ©). A father with his four year-old child in town: ‘You_my hand!” i) sister to her sister: ‘You__ Mum’s birthday this yeac!" ©) An English teacher to her students: ‘You __ English in class.” f} Amother to her teenage son: “You _ So mhich television. It’s bad for you.’ Have you heard similar sentences recently? What was the situation? Tell a partner. and do the exercises. Reading & Speaking 1 Work with your partner. Use the words in the box to complete the advice below. clothes directions funny pay shoes silent stomach time women work HowTo SETHE How 70 BE THE sari gitlfriend oar boy friend Yeushoultinta snafte Seat You mitt eniveon fortes othe and you suche Bibscrarhas kotor yoo sty hats nani: Ne SOSA | it, feminine S.iyoushaud whan youn ot ta Tn foals beets eg Neues want 1b Gan ul retthat is evoushouigeooktorhim, equal PE ONAOCE OA 4 aeustiitie, 2 weulite ieee good-looking, well-dressed and have You must listen to him. He likes ‘the brains of Einstein, but if you can’t explaining how things. make her laugh, forget it. 1 \Soushouldreascbintohelpyou _)-Youshould remain 2. They want choote a palo Heony todo alte taking even youston tas tee pal, ade tks that’s letning pretend fo be fstinate. enough. €) You mustr’t talk about other beautiful e) You mustn't try to give him : _, even famous ones, She'll Christophe Columbus lat need Tees and yrs tes when You te ina cone ioe sn she'l tell you to get Julia Roberts to make your lunch, 2 2.3 Listen and check your ideas. Do you agree with the advice? Discuss your real oko abo what bara bacaiata cate tdvcaton EY 7: