Contents

Unit Grammar Vocabulary Real life (functions) Pronunciation

1
present tenses: simple, describing character meeting people auxiliary verbs have
continuous and perfect friendships: phrasal verbs and has
past simple and present wordbuilding: forming word boundaries
perfect adjectives
word focus: sense
Relationships
pages 9–20

VIDEO: ‘Lady Liberty’ and Ellis Island  page 18    REVIEW  page 20

2
narrative past tenses describing stories reacting to stories /æ/, /ʌ/ and /ɒ/
the passive communication weak forms in
wordbuilding: verb + noun passive verbs
collocation linking and elision
word focus: keep
Storytelling
pages 21–32

VIDEO: How not to climb a mountain  page 30    REVIEW  page 32

3
future forms materials dealing with problems /r/ and /t/ in
future continuous and wordbuilding: compound American English
future perfect simple nouns (noun + noun) stress in two-syllable
describing technology words
word focus: out of
Science and
technology
pages 33–44

VIDEO: 3D-printed prosthetic limbs  page 42    REVIEW  page 44

4
determiners art describing likes and weak form of
expressions of quantity wordbuilding: word families dislikes disappearing sounds
word focus: spend

Art and
creativity
pages 45–56

VIDEO: Art for the people  page 54    REVIEW  page 56

5
verb + infinitive or -ing urban features debating issues rhyming words
verbs with both -ing and to wordbuilding: adverb + sentence stress
+ infinitive adjective
word focus: fall

Development
pages 57–68

VIDEO: Scandinavian mega-bridge  page 66    REVIEW  page 68

6
negative forms holiday activities getting around intonation in
question forms travel question forms
word focus: mind intonation in
sentences with two
clauses
Alternative
travel
pages 69–80

VIDEO: The unexpected beauty of travelling solo  page 78    REVIEW  page 80

Life 2e_Upper_Int_5p.indb 2 24/07/2017 16:50

 Listening Reading Critical thinking Speaking Writing
three people talking about an article about changing evaluating conclusions friendships text type: an informal
important relationships in their attitudes in China differences between email
lives an article about generations writing skill: greetings
an extract from a radio immigrant families in family influences and endings
programme about animal New York
friendships

an interview with a film critic an incredible story of a the main message a key moment text type: a story
an interview with a professional Formula 1 racing driver the stories pictures tell writing skill: using
photographer an article about the storytelling descriptive words
Brothers Grimm

three people making predictions a lecture about supporting examples predictions text type: short email
about the future overpopulation the future requests
a lecture about overpopulation an article about technological solutions writing skill: being
an interview from a radio appropriate technology polite
programme about 3D printing

a conversation about two an article about unusual identifying opinions art and music text type: an online
people who are creative in street art participation in the arts review
their free time an article about how music playlists writing skill:
an extract from a radio music helps us personalizing your
programme about what’s on writing
in Melbourne

someone talking about the
development of the Belo
Monte dam in Brazil
an interview with a journalist
about social development in
southern India
an article about urban ways of arguing changes in your town text type: an opinion
development in Dubai a happy society essay
an article about the stages of life writing skill: linking
teenage mind words

someone describing their stay at
a mountainside guesthouse
an interview about volunteer
vacations
a blog about holidays at analysing tone planning a staycation text type: a letter/
home a volunteer holiday email of complaint
an extract from a travel ideas for an unusual writing skill: formal
magazine about hotel language
historical hotels

Life 2e_Upper_Int_5p.indb 3 24/07/2017 16:50

 Unit Grammar Vocabulary Real life (functions) Pronunciation

7
zero and first conditionals raising children: verbs describing traditions /juː/ and /uː/
time linkers food the letter s
usually, used to, would, be word focus: same and
used to and get used to different
weddings
Customs and wordbuilding: word pairs
behaviour
pages 81–92

VIDEO: Eating insects  page 90    REVIEW  page 92

8
second, third and mixed word focus: make and do discussing preferences contracted or weak
conditionals wordbuilding: noun suffixes forms
wish and if only strong feelings /ʃ/ and /tʃ/
word focus: better do you, would you,
shall we
Hopes and
ambitions
pages 93–104

VIDEO: What would you do if money didn’t matter?  page 102    REVIEW  page 104

9
verb patterns with reporting verbs reporting what you have the schwa
reporting verbs positive adjectives heard
passive reporting verbs wordbuilding: forming
adjectives from verbs
word focus: word
The news
pages 105–116

VIDEO: News: the weird and the wonderful  page 114    REVIEW  page 116

10
articles: a/an, the or zero careers describing skills, talents linking vowels
article? wordbuilding: verb (+ and experience difficult words
relative clauses preposition) + noun
collocations
the senses
Talented word focus: self
personal qualities
people
pages 117–128

VIDEO: Queen of Egypt  page 126    REVIEW  page 128

11
could, was able to, education getting clarification contrastive sentence
managed to and wordbuilding: homonyms stress
succeeded in word focus: learn linking in question
future in the past forms

Knowledge
and learning
pages 129–140

VIDEO: Paraguay shaman  page 138    REVIEW  page 140

12
focus adverbs: only, just, money negotiating focus adverbs
even services /ʃ/, /ʧ/, /ʒ/ and /ʤ/
causative have and get wordbuilding: the + adjective long vowel sounds
getting things done
business words
Money
pages 141–152

VIDEO: The Farmery  page 150    REVIEW  page 152

COMMUNICATION ACTIVITIES  page 153    GRAMMAR SUMMARY  page 156    AUDIOSCRIPTS  page 180

Life 2e_Upper_Int_5p.indb 4 24/07/2017 16:50

 Listening
someone describing the
customs on the subway in
Tokyo
an extract from a radio
programme about the diet
of the indigenous people of
northern Alaska
someone talking about an
unusual mural
eight explorers describing
superpowers they wish they
had
a radio news report about the
parents of Chinese university
students
three good-news stories
reported on the television
news
a description of a mahout’s job
someone talking about an
extraordinary career
a description of a man with an
unusual talent
a parent talking about a
children’s museum
a talk by a psychologist on
memory
three people talking about the
standard of living
an interview with a professor
about the growing service
economy
Life 2e_Upper_Int_5p.indb 5
Reading Critical thinking Speaking Writing
an article about the ‘tiger questions and answers traditional rules of text type: a
mother’ approach to behaviour description
parenting food and eating habits writing skill: adding
a blog about personal turn-taking in detail
space and turn-taking conversations
an article about the first emotive language ambitions text type: an online
human computers wishes comment
an article about strong feelings writing skill: giving
Madagascar’s unique vivid examples
environment
an article about an iconic different perspectives news stories text type: a news
image good-news stories article
an article about the the media writing skill: using
power of the press quotations
an article about an examining the evidence a career path text type: a personal
extraordinary career definitions profile
an article about a woman job characteristics writing skill: using
who was king with
an article about an explaining ideas learning experiences text type: an
innovative school memory tests email about a
an article about how making excuses misunderstanding
animals think types of learner writing skill: linking
contrasting ideas
an article about Norway’s opinion words the economy in your text type: a short
riches country report
an article about a new getting things done writing skill: key
business trend new business ideas phrases in report
writing
24/07/2017 16:50