CODE MACMILLAN Workbook Plus Rosemary Aravanis Stuart CochraneContents Z3 Coming and going...... 16 1-2 Review. Ea ron ce 7 CR rT 3-4 Review.. Progress test 1. Bg mE) COR ee 40 5-6 Review.. A PT Ry ee 48 7-8 Review.. 60 Progress test 2 2 Cae a 10 Saying your piece ... 70 9-10 Review... Tb Sed 78 Pert eee 84 11-12 Revie Progress test 3. LIL 1 Learn about history LIL 2 Learn about geometry. CLIL 3 Learn about geology LIL 4 Learn about psychology LIL 5 Learn about physics LIL 6 Learn about health and dietAt leisure Reading 1 Read about four teenagers. Match the hobbies with the teenagers: Kathy, Saddiq, Kim, and Callum. acting * being a cameraman computer editing * screen writing | Hollywood How do you and your friends spend your leisure time? Have you ever thought about film-making as a hobby? We spoke to a group of friends who do just that for their pastime! These days you don’t need a n-dollar studio to make a movie. Kathy J avi love books - especially thrillers or science fiction. When | was small | read all the time. But | don’t only like to read - | love to write, too. | write short stories for our school magazin but now, | also write screenplays for Magic Lantern — that’s what we call our film company. My scripts are about the problems or funny things that happen to young people. | really get a kick out of seeing my words brought to life by the rest of the team. Sometimes | can’t believe they’re my stories, but they are! Saddia_ | A few years ago, my grandpa gave m his old cine camera. I loved to play around with it and every weekend | shot stupid films of my family. They weren’t very good, but it was fun. Then last year my mum bought me a digital video camera for my birthday. It’s not the best camera, but it’s good enough for us. To be honest, | believe you can make a great movie ith just a mobile phone. Imagination and talent are more important than expensive gear. Magic Lantern’s films, aren't very long - only ten minutes each - but they don’t look amateur. They're quite professional! | usually direct the movies, because I’m always} behind the camera. I'm also quite a bossy guy; | really want to be a film director when | finish school.Kim | Ive had roles in school plays since | as in the first year of high school. ddiq saw me in a school show and jought | was wonderful. He asked eto join Magic Lantern, and I’m so appy he did. | meet three evenings ‘week with the other actors, Ashley id Rick, and we rehearse our parts. jen we meet Saddiq and Kathy at ie weekends for the filming. | enjoy playing comedy parts most of all because I'm a bit of a clown, side school time, you can usually ind me sitting in front of a computer. iI my friends call me a geek, and 'm afraid it’s true. I'm mad about ‘computers. But I'm also mad about the movies, so joining Magic Lantern makes perfect sense. Saddiq is a at cameraman, but he doesn’t 1ow how to edit his films with omputer software. That's what I do. Ispend hours every weekend putting e scenes together and cutting out the bad bits. Then I do the most rtant job of all. | upload our ovies onto the special website that | ade for us. 2 Match the teenagers to these diary extracts. 1 Everyone really Uke the new pages (ve made for the Mage darter ste. We've abeady 4 re and next week Ill put up cur new one All my have vieted the ste. They thnk d's qeat geen me anew idea + Rick, todayy and we. re Yeally like my new port my. Uthik the is ng to be one. off ow b Vocabulary deduction 3 Match these words and phrases from the text with the definitions. amateur # gear ® geek ® get a kick out of leisure time * pastime * play rehearse © screenplay ® upload 1 show at a theatre 2 special things needed for a hobby; equipment 3 enjoy a lot 4 free time 5 someone mad about computers 6 hobby 7 not professional 8 practise 9 put on the internet 10 story for a filmVocabulary 1 Match the sentence halves. 1 I enjoy reading 2 I think watching 3 T'd love to try sky 4 Ive been collecting 5 If you like rock 6 My brother goes hang on 7 My friend has done bungee 8 My mum and dad go E 9 Snowboarding is a bit like 10 Wingsuit diving st a surfing in the mountains, b crime novels and mysteries, € gliding every weekend. d stamps for years. e TVis such a boring pastime. f diving, but I think Tm too scared. g out every Saturday evening. fh jumping many times. i must feel like flying. jiclimbing, Greece is a great place, 2 Complete the sentences with the words from the box. 1 Did you hear what the was? 2 D0 YOU anne @ ball with your left foot cr your right foot? 3 I wish there was a basketball near my house. 4 Is this a full sized football —_ 5 My uncle isn’t a professional player, but he’s @ very good... 6 The only bungee jumping. sport I'd like to try is 7 We're going skating at the new Do you want to come? 8 What kind of wood is a cricket made from? 3 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in capitals. 1 Everyone was by Anna's football skills. AMAZE 2 Why do people love films so much? FRIGHTEN 3 1mso - Let's go out tonight. BORE 4 Learning a new hobby is very : SATISFY 5 Olga wasn’t by Adrian’s jokes. AMUSE 6 Rugby is an game, but it's quite dangerous. EXCITE T She WAS en tomeet you. THRILL 8 The new Tina Tungsten album is just AMAZE 4 Find the missing words to complete the sentences. 1A gold medallist has to t hours a day. for many 2 Ican never b. my sister at chess. 31e with a friend from Vietnam on the internet sometimes. 4 L wonder how it feels to w. a million euros. 5 Kimberly was the silver m 100 metres. in the 6 Last year our team nearly won the c , 7 My grandpa was ap he didn’t earn much money. footballer, but 8 How can I keep in ¢ _. with you?Grammar 1 Present simple and present continuous 1 Match the examples of present simple and present continuous with their use. Mum swims every morning before she goes to work. T feel exhausted after that swim. 1 Dad reads a 4\ newspaper every Sunday, 5(_ My sister hates loud music. Sorry, T can’t go out now. I'm watching the match on TV. John’s learning 7\ French this year. Mike and I are rehearsing all this week ag\for the new school play. aa state: and b a habit or routine: and an action happening right now: and 4 an action happening around now: and 2 Decide if the sentences are correct ¥ or incorrect *. 1 Look out of the window. It snows! 2 Tt usually snows here in winter. 3 I'm writing a short story at the moment for my school magazine. 4 James is writing his diary every night. He's done it for years. [ 5 We spend every summer in the mountains. 6 Sorry, I can’t hear you. They play the music very loud, 7 We're spending a few days in Rome. We'll be back next week. 8 Kelly is walking her dog early every morning. 3 Choose the correct form. 1 Anoushka doesn’t speak / isn’t speaking any French. 2 How often do you take / are you taking photos? 3 Matilda is going / goes to training sessions every day during the summer. 41 don't enjoy /‘m not enjoying this film. What about you? 5 It's never raining / It never rains here in August 6 She's playing / She plays the piano so well that she’s in the school orchestra. 7 That's a lovely picture you're drawing / you draw. 8 What's that music we're listening / we listen to? 4 Complete the text with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. e0e New Message 222: 22.2:2: Signature HiViy, How are you? | (1). (write) 0 tell you my news. 'm not very well at the moment. I've gota very bad cold, SS 50 | (2) (sit) ‘up in bed with my laptop. The good thing is that at this time every Monday my class (3) (have) a maths lesson, and you know what | think about maths! Its better tobe in bed with 2 cold! @I (listen) to that new CD you lent me. | really like it. (5) you (have) any more I can borrow? This ‘week my litle brother Harry (6) (stay) with a fiend of his. its really quiet inthe house without him. | think he's missing home though, because he (7) (send) me a text message every day. He's so funny. What's your news? ®) you (enjoy) that book | gave you? | hope you like it. 'm bored! Write to me soon, Anna.J | | | | Words you heard 1 Choose the correct words. 1 They played well, but they didn't win / beat. 2 Why do United win / beat us every time? 3 I cantt believe it, I've won / beaten you at last! 4 What did you win / beat? 5 Let's see, Will you win / beat me this time? Grammar 2 Stative verbs 1 Underline ten mistakes in Viv's email to Anna, and correct them. e060 @ 9 | write to find out how you are. Do you get better? | was ill ast week and | know how you feel. I'm still having red spots on my face and arms. I'm taking this awful pink medicine. I's smelling like cabbage and tastes disgusting. 'm not liking it, but atleast I'm feeling better now. Yes, | enjoy your book. I'm preferring it to the last book | read by the same writer. I'm glad you lke my CDs, Are you wanting to keep it? That's okay. If I'm feeling better at the weekend, Mike and | think of having a party at my house, What do you think? Are you wanting to come? Let me know. Write soon! Viv wee ne | 2 Rewrite these sentences with do, does or always. 1. know you don’t believe me, but Jane likes you. Jane a 2 Mina leaves the lights on all over the house. Its so annoying. Mina emaa 3 I want to come to the party. It’s true. I ws 4 Dad whistles all day long. It drives me mad. Dad en 5 She understands what you want. Honestly. she 6 I forget my homework every day. It's terrible, — 3 Write sentences about you. Use words from the box. always * hardly ever never * occasionally | X ‘often * sometimes @ usually 1 wake up early / Saturday 2 eat / vegetables 3 watch / horror films 4 read books / in bed 5 help / parents / at home 6 go to / cinema with friends 7 wear / hat 8 be / latelistening Writing 1 § You are going to hear four 1 Choose the correct words to complete short conversations. Look at the Yiannis’ profile. pictures and try to guess what each conversation is about. Sr 2 @ Now, listen and choose the correct picture. 1 What does Anna enjoy doing? 2 What does Thomas say are the most important things for his hobby? ies 3 Which timetable is correct? Leisure centre Monday Saturday. vot, 100m bo 300m spt ——" Soadlt clase___ 9 eo 2 Imagine you have found a web page for your hobby. Write your own profile for ws the web page. Include: Leisure Corkre operiry Bers \) Monday -Svrcley 00am fo S30 a little bit about you, your family and your home town. ‘© why you started your hobby and how much time you spend on it. * other interests you have. * an invitation for others to get in touch with you.Coming) and going 1 You are going to read a blog about a trip to South America. Read it quickly and find three countries in South America. a b c Hi alll Well, we've been in South America for a week now and it's incredible! We flew into Lima last week, and then got a connecting flight to Cuzco. That's the nearest town to Machu Picchu, Cuzco was amazing. Did you know, it's about 3400 metres above sea level? It's also really pretty and the locals all dress the way you see them. on postcards ~ with multi-coloured clothes and hats. Awesome! The guide told us to rest for at least a day to acclimatize. Apparently, because Cuzco is 60 J) = Blogging ‘fro high up, you can get altitude sickness, He also told us not to run or do too much, That wasn’t hard; after such a long flight, we couldn't keep ‘our eyes open! The funny thing is, the locals here walk and do things slowly all the time, | guess, in general, it's not a good idea to do things quickly in Cuzco. ‘The next day we took the Vistadome train to Machu Picchu. The train ride was spectacular. We could look at the landscape from the viewing windows on the walls and, wait for it, the roof of the train! After being so impressed. with Cuzco and the train ride, | didn’t think | could see anything better. But Machu Picchu was something else! It's not hard to see why it was hidden for hundreds of years before it was rediscovered in 1911 — it definitely isn’t easy to get to, We spent the day walking about the ruins, and basically enjoying its incredible location ~ you can see the Andes from there! ‘The next few days we spent travelling from Peru to Venezuela, which is where rm writing from at the moment. Venezuela is beautiful, too. On Monday, ‘Mum, Dad and 1 (Lou was too scared ~ typical ent on a helicopter ride over Angel Falls.uth America For those of you who flunked geography, Angel Falls are the highest waterfalls in the world! They're 979 metres high! The view took our breath away. Dad says it’s the most exciting thing he's ever done and I'd have to agree. You look down, and see all the wild water. It makes You fee! that your're the first person who has ever seen it. Amazing! It's actually not easy to see the falls in any other way. They're in the middle of the jungle and they're so high that most of the water tus into mist before it reaches the ground! It's the mist that makes it difficult to get close enough to see the falls from the ground. That's why we did a helicopter tour. We're going to hang around here (Canaima) for another day or so and then, on Friday, we're going to Brazil (Rio de Janeiro), We're going to go on a cruise down the Amazon. Can't wait! In Rio, ll update my blog so watch this space for ‘more about our trip ... Bye for now, Toby 2 Read the blog more carefully and decide if the sentences are correct (v) or incorrect (*). 4 Toby and his family flew to Machu Picchu from Lima. |_| 2 Toby locals do things slowly because of the high altitude. 3 Rob and his family sew — ‘the Andes from the train. 4 The Vistadome train has _ windows on the roof. L 5 The whole family did a helicopter tour of Angel Falls. |_] 6 It is not possible to see Angel Falls from the ground. Vocabulary deduction 3 Match these words and phrases from the blog with the definitions. "awesome « flunk * hang around landscape + locals rediscover + spectacular turn into 1 stay 2 become 3 fail 4 people who live in a particular area aii 5 dramatically beautiful 6 view of nature with hills, fields, ete — 7 find again 8 amazingVocabulary 1 Complete the sentences with the words from the box. border + ferry + harbour » package “passport + port+ rank + termina 1 Last summer, we went to a Greek island. We took a _.. from Piraeus to Serifos. 2 Lhad to show my. paedei._. at the de) between Germany and Poland. Bisa Jacl holiday cheaper than arraniging the holiday yourself? 4 Our connecting flight leaves from .{.2/ hue three, so we'd better hurry. 5 The / 6 The Royal Caribbean Genesis, the biggest cruise ship in the world, can only dock in a very large bel f 7 There is a taxi terminal. “.. was full of expensive yachts. vel. just outside this 2 Choose the correct words. 1 The voyage, / travel.by ship from England to ‘America used to be difficult. 2 The travel / trip section is next to the cookery books. 3 Travel / Journey is one of my interests. 4 We drove from England to Portugal. The journey / trip took two days. 5 How was your'trip)/ travet to Spain? Did you like it? 6 We went away on a 3-day trip)/ journey to the countryside, 7 In Moscow, did you Stay)/ tive with friends or at a hotel? 8 I don't actually stay / live here, T'm only here for afew months. 3 Match the sentence halves. 1 Well check f 2 Nicole and I set 3 Mum and Dad saw us 4 We got to the airport early, checked @ off on our road trip on May Ast. bh off when we left. ‘Cin and then did some last minute duty-free shopping. d out as soon as we've had breakfast. 4 Find the missing words to complete the text. When I was 18, my best friend Georgina and I planned to travel (1) o! before going to university. We wanted to travel around the US for a month. We prepared well for the (2) 2p. « We got some (3) tuate47 { ellh Yad (it was safer than carrying a lot of cash) and a (4) gidéls die to read before we (5) s#¥ oft We were so excited about all the (6) a / sou in the US. On the day of the flight, we took the Underground to the airport. The Underground was the cheapest way to get to the airport; the (7) f.¢ cost five times less than a taxi! At the airport, we (8) ALCAL. 4 _... and got our (9) pick... pass Then, we looked in the duty-free shops. Our excitement started to fade when we heard the announcement. Our flight had been cancelled - bad weather! The weather got worse, and we spent two nights waiting for our flight in the airport (10) tGrammar 1 Past simple and past continuous I Choose the correct form. 1 Ve went were-going sightseeing every day 1 while we were there. 2 Yesterday, Isaw)/ was seeing something really strange. inl 2 3 In Barcelona, we te were eating dinner very late ~ just like the locals. / 4 Vcalled 7 was calling him when I arrived. // 4’ 5 I got was gettingiin the car when I hurt my 2 head. 6 Frank flew //was flying to New York when he saw\/ was seeing-an old classmate sitting in the seat in front of him. 2.Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. 1 How old were you when you first Z2p/ 4 Leased (travel) by plane? 2 At ten o'clock last night I wll. (watch) TV, I wit. ceys eleven. (go) to bed at 3 When Iwas a child, rolill.t 4 Anot go) to school by bus, Till... (a0) on foot. . 4 0n our last holiday, we saul easy (stay) on a campsite, and ls eps (go) swimming every day. y 5 Gene and 1 08 Vis). when we yi! grab a bag and run away! 6 Wedd oll. “(not order) the hot chocolate, we {ju (choose) the iced tea instead. (sit) in a café 2 (see) someone chs dl used fo. and would 3 Choose the correct words. In one sentence both answers are correct. Which one? 1 Weldidn’t use to / didn’t used to go anywhere in the summer, but we did spend a lot of time at the local pool. 2 When we went camping, we used to /would light our own fires, 3 Did your parents used to / use ta)let you stay out late on a school night? 4 It would /used to)be very expensive to travel by train, but it isn’t anymore. 5 In my grandparent’s time, it would / ised to be difficult to travel abroad. 4 Choose the correct answer. The Cadillac When my dad (1) , his Family (2) a big American car called a Cadillac. My dad (3) ime that it was so big that five people could sit in the back seat and four in the front! In those days, cars (4) 6. one long front seat, not two seats like today. Apparently, when the family (5) ...01... out on an excursion or just visiting, they could all fit jn the car - my dad (6) .. 4... two brothers and ‘two sisters! 1a grew up @was growing up © grows up d used to grow up 2@used to have ¢ were having would have d did have 3a was telling @ told +Dused to tell d tells 4 a would have ‘¢ were having @used to have dhad had 5a use to go ¢ is going b were going @would go @a had © was having b use to have d would haveWords you heard 5 Louise and Tim met more than twenty years age : : ae oe negative form of the words ing g‘coupie of years ay? , Leo travelled e.tabie. around Europe with & Eurail pass. Positive Negative advantage _ Aye “ — Determiners and possessive pronouns agree A t courage | 2 Choose the correct answer. ilar a fom de 1A fiend ..C... is coming round later. lucky fs ufecnsabe a of my bofmine — e mine i 2 Is that Ferrari 6... ? 2 Complete the sentences using the words a you hisoun xcs from the table in Exercise 1. 3 Does the red bike outside belong to ..@....? 1 Tdon't want to olicéllauie . you from buying a a you b your ¢ yours cat, but why don’t you use public transport? Ae Ths cl bus, Hurry opt 2 Are you -s.édda4sie. with the town or would aw b ours cour you like a map? eet 3 Not having a friend is a big when you travel alone, a they 6 Louise came with one of... friends. 5 That's .C...... . This is ours. b their ¢ theirs 4 Iwas so ele to win this holiday! 1 can't wait to go.” a her b hers she 51 diegcet.... with you; train travel isn’t as cheap as you say. 6 wiitauuliix. , we had to return home from our holiday early. I wasn’t happy about it. = Grammar 2 i Time expressions 1 Complete the sentences with the time | expressions from the box. 4, 1 _duplap.... our stay, we made lots of new friends. 4 wh 2 Wits... my mum was a teenager, she used to live in Singapore. 3 WALLD_ we were in London, we went on } the London Eye. Wyk } 4 lu Le 1 was younger, 1 rode my bike everywhere.listening 1 @ You are going to hear four people talking about how they spent their summers when they were young. Listen and match the speakers to the places. Speaker 1 a outdoors Speaker 2 bina village Speaker 3 ¢ at the pool Speaker 4 d by the sea 2 @ Listen again and choose the correct answer. 1 What does the man say about his summer holidays? a He wanted to spend them differently. b He enjoyed his time in the city., ¢ He would go to his friend's house. 2.Where did the woman spend her summer holidays? 4 Staying at a hotel by the sea. b Living in a hotel by the sea.. ¢ At a summer camp with other children. 3 What was wrong with the woman's holidays? a She didn’t have a friend. b She wanted to stay in the city with , friends. She never went rafting. 4 What does the man not say about his summer experience? a He had a good time with his friends. b He would like to do the same thing with his children. ¢ He went swimming with his friends. » 1 Complete the sentences with the linking words and phrases from the box. Atfirst © Inthe enc-* That's when When-s Yousee The practical joke (1) We. T.got home from my friend’s house on Friday, there was a note stuck on the front door. (2) bl (uw, I thought it was a note from my mum - she sometimes leaves. notes for us when she goes out. But this time it wasn’t. The note said, ‘You'd better watch out!” I was a bit surprised. What did it mean? And who was the note from? (3) Jje-ffe-.dedl..., I decided to ignore it, I scrunched it up and unlocked the front door. (4) hele tehtte.1 got the shock of my life. entered the house and heard, ‘Got you!” and the next thing I knew, T was covered in green stime. It was pay back time. (5) “fou 2... 1had done something terrible to my brother a week earlier and my brother was paying me back. I deserved it! 2 Write a story called, An experience to remember. Write between 120 and 150 words.Vocabulary Hobbies and interests 1 Complete the puzzle and find the key phrase. 1 You need this to play tennis with. 2 You play football on this. 3 Some people like ... things like stamps, coins and music. 4 An exciting activity ~ you shouldn't be afraid of heights or water! 5 You do this with a football. 6 Wingsuit diving is called this because it's dangerous. 7 The opposite of professional. 8 You need a pencil, a rubber and a sketching pad to do one of these. 9 IF you like chess or Scrabble, then you enjoy playing ... Travel vocabulary 2 Find the missing words to complete the sentences. 1 George and Penny went on a pail a0 holiday to Malta. = 2 We OLS... Kate off at the pol, where she tookaf £f/!..... to Lundy island, 3 Some cities have a lot of alr adie to see ~ there's lots of sightseeing. 4 We didn’t show our pecglo.'#S at the b.02.4/0..... when we drove to France. 5 the g iid fell the old town. fecommends a restaurant in 6 In the summer, the hv. small boats and yachts. is full of 7 The buses and trains aren’t running, but there's at rth. nearby. 81s... off. on my trip first thing in the morning. I didn’t e@A..._ ip at the airport because I had got my bk Mi. pt on the internet, that morning. Easily confused words 3 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words from the box. stay ¢-trip veyage ») 1 Were does Cynthia VG:....2 2 Paul was 2 eudug_. with friends until he found his own place to .L/¢é: 3. On my first 4/2 France. (journey * five # live # abroad, I went to 4 We drove all the way to Germany. The sak ily, was tiring. 5 In the 60's people used to cross the Atlantic by ship. The v7 lasted more than a week.rayne, elie (-un/-dis) and adjectives . as the sentences with the correct form of the words in brackets. 1 Reading is //. (bore). It's more JHE Lig. Ainterest to 60 things with friends. 21'm too WAHL Wie Aeik frighten) to walk back home alone at night. 3 Last year’s holiday wa We're really CECI year's. 4 Rita and Sam ULL. (agree) about their holiday, so they went away alone. 51m perfectly _.si/dal satisfy) with just staying at home tonight. 6 Heather's story was very 2M! dlp (amuse), wasn't it? ”. 71mh.r0 4 (bore)! Let’s do something Ee. Xi (excite) tonight. ve takgh up ab" | Liogthritty new sport - bungee jumping. ... (fortunately) my parents 7 f. worried it is Lv AiiA i... (amaze). 1__ (excite) about this resent simple and present continuous 5 Choose the correct form. 1 Thave two hobbies ~ I’play)/ 'm playing volleyball and ¢ollect / am collecting stamps. 2 dike /‘m Liking this new camera - it takes / (s taking really good pictures. 3 This flower doesn’t smell / isn’t smelling very good, 4 Tusually get /‘m usually getting home late on Fridays. 5 Thardly ever see /‘m hardly ever seeing you anymore. 6 Ilearn /’m learning to drive. Past simple, past continuous, time expressions, used to and would 6 Find and correct the mistakes in each sentence. 1 I saw Oliver a week before. 2 Geoff called me duting t was watching TV. 3 He was walking to school when he Was-seeing something strange. Sob. 4 Lused to living in London but I live in Glasgow now. a0lIWes 5 When Sam was youn he was playing with the girl next door, ..Widll 6 1 did't used to like travelling, but I love it now. iOlM sl 7 Mhat did you do between eight and ten of clock last night? 72604 // t. hee When Mum was younger, she would be more carefree than she is now. Revision 7 Complete the second sentence so,that it means the same as the first. Use no more than three words. 1 One of my friends is coming over tonight. A friend 04 tailed. tonight. 2 Is that car theirs? ts.thal Vina. car? 3 We played lots of games in the car. We played lots of games tinged journey. 4 At school, I never liked Jim. T didn't della Mike. _. Jim at school. 5 May very rarely goes to school on foot. May hardly £00. p foot. 6 I think you'te lying. Tdon't.._CUWY..._.... you. coming over Pek 2. Sto school onJust) the job for) you Reading 1 You are going to read about how three Pat people chose their careers. Write the nT gas acy, uny doa Lor 06 old names under the photos. ‘cameras and equipment at home. It was really the equipment that fascinated me. My dad taught me how to take cameras ‘apart and how to fix them. My first photos were terrible. But when I was fifteen we ‘went on holiday to Italy and, with my dad’s help, I took some fantastic shots. ‘When I showed them to my friends back home they were amazed. My dad suggested I make a career out of it, so that’s what Idid. There are many reasons why I love my job. For a start, it's an art form, and creating a powerful image is very satisfying: Also, I get to visit parts of the world that most people never see for themselves, It’s risky, of course, Tve dodged bullets on war assignments and I've come close to death on a few occasions. Perhaps the main reason why I like it, though, is because I can do a lot of good. My photographs of war or natural disasters help people understand how serious these situations are, That's important to me. VAL Tnever had an ambition to do this job when Iwas a girl. I was actually afraid of heights when I was small, and I'was never brave enough to go on rollercoasters or that kind of thing: But when I was fourteen I took my first helicopter flight, and I loved it ~ I was hooked! I had gone with a friend to an air show. There are lots‘air shows in England during the summer. eople come and watch aeroplanes flying: the show we went to, you could pay for short helicopter ride, so my friend and I ecided to buy tickets. I'm so glad we did. It fantastic. Even though I now fly every day as part of my job, I still find it exciting. The other thing I like about the job is the work. The other members of the crew become great friends of mine, and its great fun working with them every ia. Then, of course, there's the real joy of 1g people in danger. 've saved lots of doing my work, and not many people can say that! Thave always wanted to be a scientist and ‘when I left school I went to university to ‘suidy biology. I had no idea that my degree ould get me a job like this, though. T ght I would be working in a laboratory a factory near home. I never imagined at the North Pole! But here Iam, ‘m having the time of my life, At niversity I got into adventurous sports like nowboarding, skiing and trekking. I went op long trekking trips with other students Finland and Norway. Now these ings are part of my everyday work as an uiic researcher, My work involves tracking solar bears and other species to discover nore about their lives. That means going onlong journeys on snowmobiles or skis. Sometimes, when the weather is bad and sehave to stay in our hut for days or weeks atime, the job gets a bit dull. There are oa lot of reports and paperwork to write, ‘and that's not a lot of fun. Mostly, though, I enjoy my work. 2 Read the text again to find the following information. Who ... 1 does their hobby as a part of their job? 2 was encouraged by a family member? 3 enjoys working with others? 4 wanted to do their job from an early age? 5 finds their job boring sometimes? 6 believes their job is creative? 7 believes their job is helpful to others? 8 says their job is dangerous? Vocabulary deduction 3 Match these words from the text with the definitions. ambition ¢ assignment © career crew * degree * dull # fascinated risky * teamwork * t 1a job for many years 2.a project or task at work 3 a qualification from university 4 boring 5 dangerous 6 follow animals to study their habits 7 group of people who work on board a plane aan 8 very interested in something 9 working with others 10 a plan for the future; something to achieveqa Vocabulary 1 Read the speech bubbles and write the jobs. Good morning. Income tax department. Can T help you? tewud. SLtLBbE. (Are you being served, madam? ) lf wide Your PC is fine, but I'll add extra memory so it runs faster. eodlbican. Tim working on a new project. It's a bridge across the River Dee. 3 compli. 4eivil engueir I think we need to change the oil, sir. IU check the brakes, too. All day long I put caps on bottles of orange juice. It’s so boring! woke Fasten ... and unfasten your seatbelts, like this. aloalatt, Sing along children. One, two, three, four, five, once 1 .. wily 7 slg 8 nacily ~ 2 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in capitals. 1 Can I have an Hi 1H. form, please? APPLY 2 Company