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Next =) s the Account Information Form. at the bottom of the page and then click | agree. ‘Submit :o finish registering for My Start Using MyELT to begin working on your course.ENGAGE earning a ne BO UPPER INTERMEDIATE HUGH DELLAR STUDENT'S BOOK ANDREW WALKLEYVIDEO 4: A Chinese artietimHrlaMlpsce 22 REVIEW 1 VIDEO 2: Wood:-nowered cat paged) REVIEW 2: page 44 VIDEO 2: Capoeira - the lighting dance page 5 VIDEO 4: The greenhouse affect page 76 SOCIETY ACCOMMODATION BCRIME AND 3028 IN THIS UNIT YOU LEARN HOW TO: talk about habits + describe fms, books end music page 6 SIGHTSEEING : poitely dsagree with opinions talk nboutpleures and art tall stories and lscuss pots ‘descibe buildings and areas in more detail agree using synonyms + show people around your town o cy + talk about festivals and carnivals + tlk about ture ever in a variety of ways page 14 ‘WRTiN@ 12Giving advice page 150 + talk about a wide range of objects + deserve what things ae for ‘heck you understand whst people mean + use suffies and prefies beter + describe problems with things + lve novice and exprassreurets page 24 + talk about the goverment and the policies + talk about how the economy is doing responelto complaints ecss social issues + comment on news stories page 32 ‘describe cortelatons ‘Wairin 2! Letters or eOmlaint page 152 «tlk about what you doin your fee time + tlk about how Ft you ere check you hear things correc talk about sport + comment on past events + describe accidents and injuries page 42 + tal about places you have stayed in + express opinions and show surprise + lacus and deal with accommodation prablems pags 50 better understand iciomatic language ‘alc about culture shock and setting in somewnere REVIEW 3; page 59 WRITING 3°A leaflet or poster page 154) + tak about your expariences of diferent weather + talk about natura disasters make stories more dramatic + talk about issues connected to animals and plants + ta about tends + use contest tounderstand diferent meanings of page 60 us PUNISHMENT : REVIEW 4: page 77 page 68 + tlk about crimes and what they involve + make comments and ask follow-up questions fnpress varying degrees of cetanty tok about prison and punishment talkabouttrends and statistics wrTinG:Sialiespage 156eee eo Eee fou = Feking about the Deserbing fms, music ané books Taking about plewres + Heart allbetore = Ton dys atthe: Venice Carnival Buildings and areas Festivals and camnvale + Films andthe enema + guided tour ofan ar-galery + Disagrecing potely + Driving round Belgrade + Places 0 vit + Agreeing using synonyms ining purpose 9 s0,and (0 and shouts = (sroulsve} = Cemparaives wath ite Useful tings + fom . Mr Tebus Word amiies How things go wrong ‘The goverment, + Only connect society + Asking for ings + Trying to geta refund + Explaining and checking + What do you think of your president? + Inthe news + Showing understanding + Commenting on news stories cin) hove, = present perfect eenuous and = socifers = Peveipet somensing Heath and fines Sport Injuries and accidents + Sport youve got to Where yeu stayed Iaioms + Emails rom Hong Kong, + Unusual interests + The mad uncle + Checking what you heard + Didyou go away + Negative quesins anywhere? + Accommacation problems + Culture shock Nerve tenses Poniciple clauses cwing degrees of int wth mada Nouns and tional phrases + Weather + Animias inthe news Pants and trees ‘The afferent meanings of words cimes + Rigerous policing ame ane ings dows crime unshmont Trend and statisties| + Experionces of fetreme weather Plant fe + Making stories more dramatic + Different kinds of crimes + Punishment or rehapitation? + Comments and questions Contents adescribe good ane! bad aspects of working it ‘explain your feeings about the future + tak about education and staring work + give beter presentations page 78 + talk about celebrations and pats youve bees + suggest ciferont times or paces to meet + tlk about akveard situations + start and end diferent kinds of conversations page 86 \VIDEO "The real indiana Jones page 94 REVIEWS:page 95 WRITINGS: Personal tatonients pase 158 + discuss trae! experiences + tok about problems wien tenting things + rent acer + express shock and surprise + tak about eiferent kinds of erving exnerience ‘emphasise how you fe! + dascrbe heath problems in more etal "+ pss on sympathetic messages talk about operations ‘discuss seves connected te heath systems tale aout research anc surveys telljokes better ‘VIDEO 6: Wild healt poge 112 REVIEW 6:page 113 WRITING 6: Repens page 160 escrise major fe events in more detail report infoemation you are net 100% sure of discuss gossip and news about people complain about annoying nabs + talk about values and concepts page 114 + escribe problems connectes to ersonal fina fd banking + eal with banks + apologise and explain problems in formal sett + use descriptve nerar language + express regrets aq 12 nancial metaphors VIDEO 7: Nubian wedding page 130. REVIEW 7:page 131. WRITING 7: Arguing youtlessapage 162 + explain how 10 cook thngs * lve approximate meanings * get beter at linking ideas together + Talkabout food programmes and memories oF * dlscussfoodrelatea stories in he news page 132 + expan ty you are phoning + be more formalin business contexts + pronounce emall addresses and websites + talk about how companies and markets develo + explain and sel products and services page 140 VIDEO 8: The black diamonds of Provence page 148 REVIEWS: page 149 WRITING 8: Formal and informal emale page 164 4‘Conationas wth ‘working ie + My festa = Howe youtinding + Feelings about the future resent tenses 1 Presentations ‘your job? = Conditionals wth + Adying breed ast tenses + ISA < Thetunte perfect + Celebrating + Fromfauxpasto + Going outto + Arranging to mest = Question tags + Making mistakes front page news celebrate + Talking about parties + Starting + Problems winen + Amazing journeys + Renting acar + Expressing supise or sock renting + Reporting problems + Dining + Deving in erent counties Te psstperfect + Life-changing events» Managing contict + Catching upwth + Showing uncertainty Seceand “Values anc concepts ‘ews and gossip Sruous + Key fe events ee aluaysieonstonty ‘round the world 3. nish and woul + Money problems + Tho Magic Moneybeg + Money-elated + Apologsing and ottering © Metaphor (Par 1) peoolems ‘explanations + The Magle Moneybag Pont2} + Agobate about he Iottey © Seca words | Foadand cooking Food, {tends family» How do you cookit? + Vague language Panes ater + Prefixes Foodelated news sporting verbs + Food inthe news stories + Reasons for phoning + Top ten + fimjustphoning to. + Using wouldte show formality + Buling ype: characters of Dream and Achieve business ssuccessfl people + Business collacatons + New Afiean entrepreneurs Contents 5IN THIS UNIT YOU LEARN HOW T' + talk about habits + describe films, books and music + politely disagree with opinions + talk about pictures and art + tell stories and discuss plots SPEAKING Work in pairs. Look at the photo and discus the questions. + Where do you think the place is? Would you w. to read in a place like this? Why? / Why not? + Do you usually take a book with you when you travelling or do you prefer e-book readers? + What's the nicest or most unusual place you've spent time reading? Change partners. Tell each other about you other interests and how you spend your fre time. Think about TV, music, films, sport a hobbies. Find five things that you have in ‘common.LISTENING MEI Listen to the answers to eight questions Such as Do you read much? or Do you watch TV much? Listen and decide which Do you ... much? questions were asked, GRAMMAR Habits ‘We use the present and past simple and a number of tifferent structures such as tend fo and used toto talk bout habits. We use words and phrases such as revel, ofl the time and notas much as fd tke to to show howerer BEEJ Listen and complete the sentences with the expressions and structures used to talk about habits. 1 Idont___ uring the week, though 2 Yeah__ My headphones are glued to my ears 3 Notas much_____ because | realy ove It 4 ——_____ ,to be honest. 1 guess | might in the 5 I don't pay much attention to it most ofthe time. ———abiig game, if there's one on 6 Yesh, I guess so. l usually play football on a Wednesday and Igo running (Noe eee Nendte anaes demand through my TV at home, 8 Notas much as! —__. Iwas addicted to this online game, until my parents banned me '——___ sometimes play for fve hours @ day A QUESTION OF TASTE In Exercise 2, find: 1 two ways we talk about a past habit 2 one verb that describes a current habit ~ it mean usually or generally 3 two other structures we use to talk about current habits. 4 phrases that mean always, (nay normaly, someting ‘and almost never. Complete the sentences about your own leisura interests. Then find out about your partner. H. much do you have in common? 1 1. allthe time, 2 Idon't..as much as | used to because 3 I tend to .. at the weekends and now and 4 Asarule, Idon't..., but | will i 5 lused to... alot. ta Write five Do you ... much? questions about ott areas, Think about: + work + study + holiday eating + family Then find out about your partner. Use some of the structures from Exercise 2 in your answerVOCABULARY Describing films, music and books \When we describe things, we often use pairs of adjectives ‘that have similar meanings to emphasise wnat we mean, We sometimes repeat the same acverb with each adjective. Its very moving ~ just very, very sak (ts great, absolutely amazing S Complete the sentences with these words. [ evr disturbing filvious——uplting | catchy dul overthe-top weird commercial gripping 1 It does nothing for me, I's quite boring, quite 2 I's one of those tunes that's very easy to remember very 3 ts = just realy, really funny, 4 Itdidn’t do much for me. It’s typical big-budget Hollywood — very 5 Ican't explain it I's really strange — really 6 It's just too much for my liking ~ really 7 You can't stop reading, i's so exciting, so___! I's good, but i's quite upsetting ~ quite. Isa really inspiring story, really —_ © Don't go and see it I's dreadful, absolutely PRONUNCIATION HEI Listen to the sentences from Exercise 6. Notice when you stress the adverb. Repeat the sentences. © Write at least two words or phrases that you associate with each adjective in the box in Exercise 6. ‘owful ~ leave before the end / hate | waste of money = Tella partner the words you thought of. Your partner should guess the adjective. USTENING © DEI Listen to two people talking about films and Secide which statement is true. They agree on everything 2 They agree on most things. ‘ey don't agree on very much. ‘ey don’t agree on anything, DEI Take notes about the two speakers to snswer these questions. Listen again to check. they go to the cinema much? kind of films are they mainly into? they seen any flims recently? did they think of them? 14 Write some responses to these sentence: DEVELOPING CONVERSATIONS Disagreeing politely ‘You heard the speakers disagree with viewpoint ike this Yeoh, J quess, but to be honest, I’m not that keen on action movies. twos al abit too weird for my fking. ‘As (Say, i's net really my kind of thing ‘The Hunger Games wos well made / not bod, I suppose, but. ‘When disagreeing with someone's tastes, instead of saying ‘ltectly {don't ike itor its really weird, we often soften our responses by using phrases such as /’m not thot keen on, T.quess, I sypaose, to be honest, for my liking, etc. We also se o Bit o soften negative adjectives. 12 Look at three short conversations. Soften B's responses using some of the ideas above. 1. A: I'm really nto 60s music. The Beatles, The Stones, stuf like that. B: Yeah? | don't like it. i's the kind of stuff my dad listens to. 2 A: Bo you lke Tarantino? | love his films. Br He's all right, but 'm nat keen on his flms. Theyre very over-the-top. Have you ever read any Paulo Coelho? His books are fantastic. B: I've read one. itwas OK, butt didn't do much for me. 3A: PRONUNCIATION 13 EME Listen to the example conversations. Notice the stress and intonation. Repeat them. disagreeing politely. Practise them in pairs. 4 Hove Horry Potter and stuf like that. 2 Im realy into opera. t's fantastic. 3 Hove any reality TV show. CONVERSATION PRACTICE 15 Work in pairs. Have conversations about your habits using the guide below. Then swap roles. ‘Ask question: Do you read / listen to music / go to the cinema! went TY much? Answer, giving as full an ‘Ask follow-up question: answer 8s possible, What kind of stuff are ‘you into? Wat other things do you read! watch? etc. Have you ever seen read ..? Don't you find ita bit ..? ete. Unit 1 Entertainment 9IN THE PICTURE SPEAKING 1 Read the quotations about art. Then discuss in pairs what you think each quotation means. How far do you agree with each one? Explain why. ‘Artis the le that enables us to realise the truth. Modern art =| could do that + Yeah, but you dln". Advertising is the greatest art form of the 20th century. At is what you can get away with, The urge to destroy is also a creative urge. ‘The more minimal the art, the longer the explanation [Art never responds to the wish to make it democratic; it is not for everybody; itis only for those who are wing 10 undergo the effort needed to understand it VOCABULARY Talking about pictures 2 Look at the painting below. With a partner, discuss who the character might be and what you think is happening E 3 Read the definitions. Discuss which adjectives could describe the painting above. 1 Bold colours are very bright, strong and clear, ‘whereas subtle colours are not strong or bright, They're softer and more delicate. Ifa painting is conventional, t's traditional and not new or diferent in any way. 2 painting is dramatic, it contains a lot of exciting stmospheric, @ painting creates a special mood 1s a feeling of romance or mystery. intings show an artist's feelings or inereas realistic paintings show real Abstract ing of the work isn't clear pen to interpretation, inting shows private moments in 4 Which of these sentences about the painting do ‘you agree with? 1 The main character has his back to the viewer, which creates a feeling of mystery. 2 He looks as if he's thinking about killing himsel. 3 He's obviously a sad and lonely man. 4 He seems to be the most Important thing in the painting, 5 He appears to be looking for something better than what he has, 6 He looks very proud. | get the impression he feels very pleased with himset. 7 He looks like 0 very wealthy man, 8 It must be somewhere in Europe, It could well be France 5 Cover Exercise 4. Complete the sentences about other paintings using words and phrases from Exercise 4. 4 think it could this picture, 2 Everyone looks really good time in this picture. bbe Spain or aly in they're having @ 3 Igetthe ___she's been crying. She really upset. 4 They've Just moved in and are redecorating the whole fiat, from the look of I 5 They____all be students, That looks ‘@ university canteen to me, 6 Everyone in this picture tobe queuing or waiting for something. LISTENING 6 Work in pairs. Use language from Exercises 3 and 4 to discuss the following questions. + What do you think the portraits on page 11 show? + Who do you think the people in the two paintings might be? + How do you think they're feeling — and why? + What might the connection between the two works be? 7 EME Listen to a guide in a gallery telling visito about the two paintings on page 11. Which five adjectives from Exercise 3 does the guide use? 8 EME Listen again. Answer the questions. 1 Where was the artist fom? 2 Wes he well known when he was alive? 3 Invihat way are the two paintings connected? 4 Invhat way might the viewer’ ist impression of th paintings be wrong? 5 Wihy dil the painter include the globe and the Turkish ug? 6 Why did the painter include the two paintings within these paintings?io len in GRAMMAR ik at these examples from the talk in a Exercise 7. Then work in pairs to complete of the aificut, stoomy nature of love ‘calm and content Acverbs ful and youl notice that may look ike faily conventional, fay realistic 2 y though, he died at the age of 37. we ctives are often used before / after nouns. s ctives are also often used before / after the 5 be, look, become, seem, get, taste, etc. to cribe the subject of the verb, 2 Most adverts are formed by adding to ns adjective, but some have the same form as the tive: fast, hard and ater. Adverbs can be used — ody verbs, ater adverbs and we le clauses oF se e? ‘Check your ideas on paze 165 and do Exercise | Complete the sentences using the adjectives in ackets. Change the adjectives into adverbs where necessary. —____.. van Gogh sliced his ear off ile suffering from depression. a vere / famous) 2 The painting was damaged in a fire and, "it couldn't be restored. severe / unfortunate) thin 3 This landscape is by the British artist, Kieron Willamson, fhe was only nine hen he painted this. amazing / lovely) 4 _____, some people willjust think its___, ‘but "some will ke itand it may even. change the way they think. (obvious / hopeful / weird) 5 Picasso's work was quite realistic, but itsoon changed and became more and more (experimental / gradual / initial) 6 Thereisa debate about these Chinese prints, because, well, they were stolen before they were donated to the museum. (frank / heated / amazing) PRONUNCIATION HEI Listen and notice the stress on the adverbs and the slight pause that follows. Repeat the sentences. SPEAKING Work in pairs. Student A: look at the painting in File 1 on page 184, ‘Student B: look at the painting in File 17 on page 192 Make notes on the following: + what's happening in the painting + the impression and feelings you have about it information about the painter andor people in the picture (you can invent this f you want) + additional comments you want to make about the painter andior the painting, Start some comments ‘with adverbs such as Interestingly, Sadly, Actually, etc, Now present the picture to your partner. Unit 1 Entertainment 11TELLING TALES READING = Workin pairs. Discuss the questions. (ou read a book or seen a film recently where ding was quite predictable? What happens in @ ston? cid you know what was going to happen? ‘ou sil enjoy the story? Why? / Why not? Read the first part of a review of a book about ‘why we tell stories. Answer the questions. ‘does the writer claim we often find fms ictable? 2 Does the author think this is a problem or not? Why? cone of the ‘overcoming the monster’ stories ‘oned, think about: at or who is the monster or baddie? what community is threatened? nat challenge does the monster present? 2 what special weapon does the hero have? oes the monster have a fatal flaw? how or where Is the hero trapped and how does he escape? vhat is the final reward? Look at the names of four of the other plots. Check the words in bold in a dictionary. Then discuss which sentences might go with which plot. Comedy + Voyage and Return Rags to riches + Tragedy 1 The central character is destroyed by committing suicide or by a relative of the victim seeking revenge. People disguise themselves (including men as wamen and vice versa) or pretend to be someone: different. 2 The hero is living in poverty or being bullied by a baddie, 4 The hero encounters a problem which reveals a dark side to the new world Tne couple are bound to get together but can't see tt 5 The baddie asserts thelr power or society presents {an obstacle preventing the hero becoming successful, Back in the normal world, the hero has gained a new Insight that makes them a better person. 5 The hero gets away with the bad deed and enjoys the rewards, ¢ Work in pairs. You will each read about two plots. Check your ideas from Exercise 3 and tell your partner. Student A: read the text in File 2 on page 185. ‘Student B: read the text in File 7 on page 186. Indiana Jones—the new hero from the creators of JAWS and STAR 5. Explain each plot you read without looking at the texts. Your partner should say the name of : story with that plot. 6 Work in pairs. Discuss the questions. 1 The two other plots Christopher Booker describes are celled Quest and Rebirth, What do you think th right involve? 2 Do you agree with Booker that the best stores fll the basic plots? Why? / Why not? 3. Can you think of any stories that don’t follow these plots? What do you think of those stories? LISTENING 7 [MEI Listen to someone explaining a story. Try to decide what plot it fits. 8 Think of a book, film or other story you like ‘which might fit one of the plots. Explain the story. Your partner should ask questions to help you. When you have finished, your partner should guess the name of the story and/or the kind of plot.HEARD IT ALL BEFORE film or reading a book and you've heard ital before? You boy’ going to get the girl, the baddie is going to lose or be killed, or ally feeling more je, according to Christopher Bookers ook Why We Tell © typical events over and ove fist plot, which Booker calls Overcoming ries of this Kind al ave several munity is threatened by a monster or die’ and a hero is called to saveit. The the monster and is jven a special weapon or learns about ticular weakness thal the manster has ~ fatal law, The hero approaches the monster and initially everything goes according to plan here confronts the monster fr the first dis frustrated, They realise the huge lenge thatthe monster presents. risa nightmare stage. The hero is ped and faces death ly. the hero makes an amazing escape, -2eds in destroying the monster usually th the help oftheir special weapon or by oiling the monster's only weakness. They 2 rewarded and order is restored, features in ancient myths like Perseus these plots hecause they fulfil a deep psychological need for jeorge and the Dragon, religious stories _love and moral order. Indeed, where stories dont follow these ting the giant Goliath, modern tals ike or they may reveal is ws, Star Wars hhor and society that produced them, ‘Gedy GARLAND Feank MORGAN Rey BOLGER ect LAHR Jock HALEY fa ‘METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER’S TECHNICOLOR TRIUMPH! Unit 1 Entertainment 19IN THIS UNIT YOU LEARN HOW TO: f ways SPEAKING 1 Work in pairs. Discuss the questions.DCABULARY Buildings and areas new words in bold in a dictionary. wk in pairs. Discuss the questions. < of bulldings and other things might you an affluent area? < of bulldings are usually described as, {tyou want to do to a hideous building or 2 hink of a place with a lot of high-rise joht the government do to an historle area or all the opposite of a deprived area? at do you find in @ residential area? ou recommend @ tourist to visita rough 2/ Why not? ght a local government do to a run-down call the opposite of a stunning building? (ou find in a trendy area? And what kind ight ive there? 2 suslly happening in an up-and-coming area? the words in bold could you use to the area in the photo? Complete the sentences with the correct form © these verbs. base dominate knockdown soar date back house renovate steer clear 1 Ihate that building ~ it's hideous. Ifyou ask me, itshould be 2 The whole area's realy run-down. It really needs to be _ and given some investment 3 I's quite @ rough part of town. Pd _ ita dark ifyou don't want to be stabbe! 4 Some of the buildings in the historic centre ‘over 600 years. 5 I's an up-and-coming area. Lots of businesses are relocating there so property prices have 6 That grand building over there was previously a palace, but now the national gallery. 7 It's the most affluent part of town, All the embassie: sre____ there. 8 They built this huge skyscraper a few years ago. Itreally the city PRONUNCIATION #5 Listen to and repeat some key words from Exercises 1 and 3. Notice the stress. Work in groups. How many adjectives and vert from Exercises 1 and 3 can your group use to describe buildings and areas where you live?LUSTENING © ERED Listen to a Serbian woman, Ivana, and her friend, May, as they drive through Belgrade. ‘Take notes on what you hear about each place. Work in pairs to compare your ideas. New Belgrade the Arena’ Big concerts | sports ‘events held there. One of the biggest entertainment venues in Europe. the Ada Bridge Manakova Kuca SiMark’s Church | Built late 1930s — on site of ‘older church. Contains tomb ofa great Serbian emperor. selemegdan Fortress = Victor Monument Dedinje MMAR ‘Look at the sentences from the conversation in Exercise 6. Then work in pairs to discuss the questions below. Relative clauses “We = clatve clauses to add information about nouns of [aces clauses "= Qrerto the rights the Areno, which is where all the bia ercerts ond sports events are hel “contains the tomb of Stefan Duson, who was perhaps ‘be crectest Serbian emperor ever |= Ss might've seen iton TV it's the place they held the Boisson Sona contes Pees the Victor Monument up there as well hich ‘a sected after the Fist World War fh sentences have a comma? removed the underlined relative clauses, which nces would stil make sense? ‘© need a comma before adding a) essential or essential information? ‘om which and wino, do you know any other = pronouns? you always need a relative pronoun to add "mation after the noun? ‘Sewrite each of the pairs of sentences below as ‘ene sentence using a relative clause. ue Is of our fist president, Vaclav Havel 2s also a famous writer, That statue Is of our frst president, Vaclav Havel sere wos also a famous writer -oming up to Dedinje. Dedinje is one of the affiuent parts of the city. 3 Just behind us, over to the right, is Senta Catalina Cathedral. | was actually married in there, 4 And that building over there is the Courts of Justice. I got civorced there! 5 This shop on the lefts run by my frlend Zora. Her son plays professional football in Turkey now. 6 | started working in that office over there in 2003, Even then, the area was already starting to boom. 7 They produce tiles in that factory. They export most of them to northern Europe. Quam ne DEVELOPING CONVERSATIONS Agreeing using synonyms Inthe conversation in Everise 6, you hearths exchange: A The houses certainly do look very gran 8: Yeoh, theyre amazing. We often use some kind of synonym (a word with a similar meaning} to show we agree. 9 Work in pairs. Take turns saying and agreeing with the opinions below. Use synonyms to agree. That's @ really hideous building! Allthe houses round here are amazing, aren't they? That church is incredible! The river looks wonderful, doesn't it? This is pretty run-down, isnt i? This seems like quite a wealthy area. CONVERSATION PRACTICE 10. Imagine you are going to drive a friend round your hometown, the city you are in now, or round a city you know well. Write the names of four or five places you will pass through. Think of details about the places, what you think of them and if you'd recommend visiting them. 11 Now roleplay the conversation. Follow the guide below. Continue as long as you can. Then swap roles. Visitor Driver ‘Comment onthe weather. Ne Agree end ade comment Ask what area you Explain. Then tell your _ fiend about a building ‘Comment. Agree. ‘Ask about another place. Explain, co Unit 2 Sightseeing 17VOCABULARY Festivals and carnivals Look at the photo above. In pairs, discuss the following questions: + Where do you think it was taken? + What do you think is going on? + What might the event be celebrating? ‘Which of these words can you see in the photo? abana acostume amask ahonfre —afireviorks display a parade confett afloat a sound system Match the nouns above with the groups of words they go with. 1. make your own ~ / wear a ~ / hide behind a ~ bulld a ~/ride on a~/'8~ in the shape of a fish set up a~/a really loud ~ hire a~ dress up in a~ /a very ornate ~ / wear national ~ make a ~ / sit round ~ / throw wood on a~ listen toa ~ /forma ~ /play ina ~/booka~ wateh a~/ a spectacular ~ / cancel a ~ / miss a~ hold a ~ / take part in a~/ a ~ through town throw ~ / be showered with ~ / sweep up all the ~ afterwards ‘Work in pairs. For each of the nouns in Exercise 2 choose one of the collocations in Exercise 3. Think of an example from your own. life. Tell your partner your example. Find out if your partner has had similar experiences. 2: | went to @ foncy dress party last year ond wore a ‘mask, + been to a fancy dress party. READING 5 Before you read, discuss the question in grou + What do you know about Venice? Can you say t= things about its history, location, sights or cari Read the email about the Venice Carnival. Ad the relative clauses (a-j) in the spaces (1-10) the email. 1 which are very omate and beautiful dluring which time people fasted which I hope you enjoy which would've been almost impossible which can give you a real shock which are these pastry things full of cream andi where they hold the big costume parade which is great fun | who I'm sure you remember J. who used to look after the dead and dying Decide if these sentences about the email ar: true (7) or false (F). Then look back at the e and Gnvterine the Sentences that support yor decisions. 1 Chiaki, Kyeong Jin and Nina all studied togethe Hotels are a bit more expensive during carnival (Chiaki preferred the modern costumes. Carnival celebrates the end of Lent. Traditionally, people ate a lot less during Lent. Chiaki sprayed some strangers, ‘She was shocked at the way people behaved, ‘Chiaki plans to send more photos.words in the email that n the same as the words in = was very kind of Nina to let me 2y at her house for fee. y was completely full of not surprising most costumes ox so good. cals generally continue with slonal costumes, © Plague Doctor costume is scary and threatening and {ood is delicious, but high in isnice ls completely changed in a 20d way duting carnival le light and explode fireworks % in pairs. Discuss the tions. have a carnival or festival = your town, city or area? Do you usually go to it? at does it involve? Use some ‘rom Exercises 2 and 310 ibe what happens, ~2ve you ever been to any other ivals oF festivals? Where? ? What were they like? To —_KyeongJinahotmaltml Subject Re: Hello there Hi Kyeong Jin | hope this finds you well. 'm really sorry | haven't waltten for so long, but the beginning of the year was really busy for me ~ and then | went ff to Venice for the carnival, In fac, | only got back to Boston lastnight! Venice was absolutely amazing. You would've loved it I stayed with Nina, \______ from uni, Itwas really kind of her to put me up and K meant cdr have to struggle with vying to nd a note 2 The city was completely packed with tourists for the whole ten days, and prices really shoot up. [Nina fives with her family, about ten minutes’ walk from the main square, 3 onthe first day of the camival. Some of the costumes were just incredible — people spend months and months preparing, 50 i's no wonder they look so good, realy. Lots of tourists were dressed up in all kinds of crazy outfits ~ giant rabbits pirates, even hot dogs — but the locals tend to stick to traditional costumes, ‘and they all wear masks as well. My favourite Costume is called the Plague Doctor It’s really scary and sinister and | was told it's based on real doctors, when the plague hit Venice. Apparently, carnevale, the ward the ltallans use, comes from Latin and means farewell to meat. Traditionally, the carnival took place inthe week leading up to Lent, the 40 doy before Easter s____ That's why food is really important during carnival, and late lots and lois of ttle,” 3 fattening, but really delicious! Verice is as beautiful as everyone says: very romantic and atmospheric, All through the carnival, though, it’s tensformed as they have big fireworks displays, bonfires, parties and so on, and all the kids throw confetti and spray shaving foam and stuff everywhere, uaa unless it lands on yout Mind you, we ended up buying a few cans and joining in ourselves! Attack is the best {otm of defence, right? People also set off fireworks all the time, ®, Ifyou're not expecting it: I nearly had a heart allack a couple of times. Ive attached a few photos, was going to send more, but didn't want to make your computer crash lke I managed to last time! I've uploaded loads more onto my website, if you fancy having | look. Anyway, hope to hear from you soon. Allthe best, Chiaki epee Unie 24 SightSPEAKING «these different places to visit when on ‘day. Rank them from 1 (like visiting most) to 8 ike least), Explain your choices to your partner. monuments street markets sports stadiums musement parks buildings LISTENING REET Listen to five extracts. Match each with one of the places above. 3 ERE Listen again. Match the extracts (1-5) with he situations (ae). Then discuss the questions in brackets) with a partner. esting about a proposal. What's the proposal 1d why Is there opposition to It2) joting something, (What is it?) 19 their powers of persuasion. (How? Why?) Talking about a forthcoming trip. (Where to? When?) © Feeling unwell. (Why?) 4 Work in pairs. Discuss the questions, Do you think galleries and museums should be free ‘get in to? Why? / Why not? \ve you ever been to any unusual museums or exhibitions? When? What were they like? What do you think the most innovative architecture 1 your town or city is? ve there been any campaigns against tourist velopments in your area or country? GRAMMAR Talking about the future 1s no future tense in English, Instead, there are ifferent ways of talking about the future such as going infinitive without fo), wil infinitive without to), the sent simple and the present continuous, 5 EREEL Listen to these different ways of expressing the future from Exercise 2. Comple: the sentences. 1 This year we exclusively to Asian art 2 The kids___it ait atten. 4 |_____down there tomorrow morning and hes 2 look at that 5 think 1__ faint, 61 and get you a glass of water. ‘anew wing dedicated | 6 Match the explanations with the sentences in Exercise 5. a This isa fixed timetable. bb This is an offer to do something ~ made at the moment of speaking. © This Is @ decision about the future that someone made on their own, d This s a prediction made at the moment of spe This has already been arranged and organised v others. f This Is a prediction based on what you can see, fo4 For certain meanings, we prefer ene particular form, However, In many cases, more than ane form can be u: wit itte or no change of meaning, For Instance, we pres the present continuous to tak about arrangement, bit can also use going to + infinitive jthout 70), 1'm having diner with 0 cllent tonight ‘Tm going to have dinner with a client tonightSe sestences 1-6, either one or two of the three sesons are incorrect when talking about the Se=re In pairs, discuss your choices. The move will improve things in the futur. = move is improving things in the futur. The move is going to improve things in the future, © going to meet some friends later. meeting some friends later. eet some fiends later. : flint. +m going to faint sinting ing to cause problems at some point. 5 problems at some point. se problems at some point re you doing over the holidays? Any plans? will you de over the holidays? Any plans? are you going to do over the holidays? Any : ry that for you. It looks heavy. y that for you. Itlooks heavy. ing to carry that for you. It looks heavy. ‘adjectives to talk about the future. In the eee you nara the explanations 1-3 with the examples above. < almost certain not to happen most certain to happen: it’s seen as highly ie by the speaker ction should happen at a particular time; I's to happen then Choose the correct option. 1 There are due o / bound to be problems when the new systems introduced 2 I think we're due to / bound to arrive at something like twenty to ten. 3 Ihe keeps doing things lke that, something bad is due to / bound to happen sooner of later 4 He is ue (0 / Bound to appear in court on the Sst of the month, 5 Your mum's due to! bound to worry about you while you'te away. its only natural 6 She can't travel at the moment as she's due fo/ bound to give birth any dey now. 7 itis technically possible to get a visa to travel there, but i's cue to not ikely to be easy, PRONUNCIATION EET Listen and check your answers. Notice the pronunciation of the adjectives for talking about the future. Then practise saying the sentences. SPEAKING Work in pairs. Discuss how important 1-6 below are for the future of the area you live in. 1 jobs for young people 2 attracting investment 3. schools and education 4 affordable housing 5 leisure facies 6 protecting the environment Read the proposal below and decide if you support it or are against it. Write ideas about the effect it will have on 1-6 in Exercise 11, using future forms. Then work in groups to discuss your opinions. Try to persuade anyone who disagrees with you or suggest changes. ALOCAL BUSINESSMAN IS CURRENTLY APPLYING FOR PLANNING PERMISSION TO BUILD ONE OF THE COUNTRY’S BIGGEST HOTELS AND LEISURE COMPLEXES NEAR WHERE YOU LIVE. IF PERMISSION IS GRANTED, THE COMPLEX WILL INCLUDE A TWENTY- FIVE STOREY HOTEL, THREE GOLF COURSES, A SPA, A CASINO AND A WATER PARK. Unit 2 Sightseeing 212 A CHINESE N ARTIST, IN HARLE kage Look at the photo. Work in pairs. Discuss the questions. + Have you ever had any art lessons? + What did you do in the lessons? Did you enjoy them? Why? ! Why not? + Do you think artis a good subject to study at college or university? Why? / Why not? + What do you think art students go an to do once they've graduates? EI Watch the first part of a video about a Chinese artist, Ming Liang Lu. Find out about his life. Compare what you understood with a partner, Before watching the next part, discuss how his current work might be important to the children in Harlem. Watch and see if your ideas were mentioned. HEI In pairs, discuss how you think these extracts from the video continued. Watch again to check the actual words used in the video. 1 Sometimes this civersity results In clashes between cultures, Other times 2 Ata very young age, he learned about calligraphy andl painting from his father and 3 Ming set up his easel and drew and painted portalts ‘of tourists in order to survive. But 4 Ming [J began to work for the New York Chinese Cultural Center. Through them 5 You cannot teach solely by the book, paper and pencil. They 6 The children view Ming as their teacher from Ch but Ming sees beyond ethnicity. He Just 7 Even though New York is already established as iverse international city, 8 What we don't want to do to our students is to 9 Ming is also serving as a kind of cultural ambass for his country. In the long run, ‘Work in groups. Discuss the questions. + What is your impression of Ming and the work he does? What do you think of his art? + What do you see as the benefits and problems 4 project in Harlem? Explain your ideas. + Did you meet people from other countries when: ‘were growing up? Who? + Would you be a good cultural ambassador for ya ‘country? Why? / Why not? UNDERSTANDING FAST SPEECH Look at this extract from the video. To help y groups of words are marked with / and stres sounds are in CAPITALS. Pauses are marked Practise saying the sentence. AS we all KNOW / a LOT of Artists / ARE // not eMPLOYED // BEIng ARtists/ SO /'m HOPing that what WE do /IS/ to provide them this opporTUnity really PRActise / UM in the FIELD that they've bee TRAINED for /! IH Listen to how Amy said this sentence. I you have a go! Practise saying the extract agi fast.| EW 1 4 Listen. Write the six sentences you hear. Nieto YS 5 Match the verbs (1-10) with the collocates (a-j). = the text with one word in each space. = otball fan. I've been going to watch my arly twenty years. |'___to.go 6,?___was a fan all his life. He ly pick me up early and take me for the game, so it was a real day out. My us now and 4____but he isnt that football, to be honest, my grandad died a couple of years ago, to go on my own and meet friends have made at the club. to move toa new have a bigger capacity ‘ent one and they hope to host some tournament " will be hela The old stadium is going be knocked down and replaced with fats, ‘which will be available at a cheaper ‘ed to buy one and they have said that, to get one, __is great, 2 the second sentence so that it has ‘meaning to the first sentence, using ‘were given. Do not change the word given, ssast use between three and five words, the word given. ple built the Great Pyramid, There were Pyramid was built by 100,000 people, were slaves. OF ossible he'll be late, so start without him, startwithout him as______ tat. been a gradual change in the city over the lover the last ten years. initely change thelr minds about it. their minds about it, as usual 1d 10.go out much on 8 weekday. ‘at home during the week. RULE “Gheese the correct word or form. © Sees nory about it // 1 sort it out later Apparenty, i's quite a rough area. Monet was painting / painted outside. 2s looking at me strange / strangely. | felt nfortable | uncomfortably. the traffc’s pretty bad here, so /am | might arrive late im, who J whose writer died shortly after it has won a number of awards, down 10 The reporthas finaly | thelr Power and strength revealed J the cause of the accident, 1 ithouses 2a revenge for is father's 2 Itdominates death. 3 Itdates back to b that hideous building 4 ie futs € the firework display 5 The hero seeks 6. a number of problems 6 The hero encounters along the way. at i € the whole skyline. rece f ahuge collection of art. 8 The badeies assert 9 They shouuncex 9 mestath century. re fh a psychological need. 1 Decide if these adjectives describe a building, an area, a film or a song, catchy grand high-rise up-and-coming disturbing gripping residential uplifting Complete the text with one word in each space. The first letters are given. You may know Notting Hil rom the film ofthat name but perhaps you'd be surprised to know that it used to be quite a 'de. and run-down area of London. Over the last 40 years, though, people have ‘gradually bought houses and #re — them, AS a result prices have *50. ‘and it has become the affluent area you see in the film, Notting Hillis also famous for its carnival, which is held every year in ‘August. Each day people take part in ‘pa. through the streets, many of whom wear masks or incredible omate *co. - There are also f_____carrying musicians, which are beautify decorated or built In the” sh____ofallkinds (of different things. Inthe side streets local people %s___up sound systems playing reggae music. ‘Complete the sentences. Use the word in brackets to form a word that fits in the space. 1. The main character Is tiving in atthe beginning ofthe film. (poor) 2 love the photo of the shadow of the pyramid. I's so {arama} 3 The meaning is open to ___ 4/Ws quite an 5 They're bullding an fomuse} 6 There have been a number of protests against the (propose) 7 The city undergoes a huge carnival. (transform) 8 | shout eat any more of tese fit They're 30 (fat) (interpret) scene in some ways. (upset) park near there, during the Review 1 23IN THIS UNIT YOU LEARN HOW TO: + check you u suffixes and pr did you fix something only for itto vhat happened! CC ee) _- \1 wu VOCABULARY Useful things Look at the pictures in File 11 on page 188 and discuss the questions. + Are there any things you've never used? Why? / Why not? + Which of the objects do you use: all the time / regularly /now andl again / hardly ever? + Do you have any ofthese things on you now? Which ofthe things do you have at home? + Which of the things did you NOT know in English before? In groups, add as many of the things on age 188 as you can to the categories below without looking at the pictures. Which group can remember the most words? + the office / study: + the kitchen: + clothes: + oy: + frst ai Work in pairs. Take turns to test each other on the vocabulary from page 188 by asking the questions below. ‘Student A: look at File 11 on page 188. Student B: keep your book closed. Student A: ask: What do you need + totie things together? + to putup a poster or a notice? + to wash and hang up your clothes to dry? + if there's a crack in your roof and it's leaking? + so you can mend a rip In your clothing? ‘Student B: look at File 11 on page 188. Student A: keep your book closed, Student B: ask: What do you need + to keep papers together? + to put up a picture on the wall? + tomake holes in the wall? + ifyou knock over 8 cup and it smashes on the + so you can see better in dark places? GRAMMAR Explaining purpose using so, if and to 4 Look back at Exercise 3. Notice how so, if az were used when explaining purpose. Which followed by: ~ an infinitive (without t0)? —a subject plus verb? ~the problem you want to solve? Then complete these sentences: Ineed some tape: put up a poster on the Can Ihave a cloth Ican wipe the table? ¢ tsa thing you can put an your hee! yout ‘shoes rubbing. | 5 Why would you use or need the following things? Think of one common and one less common purpose for each. abandage abucket alignter anall_aneede For exemple: a cloth You use it to wipe the table offer you've had dlinn: Ifyou can’t open the top of a jar, you can put a cl over the top so you can grip it better further prac page 170,DEVELOPING CONVERSATIONS © GREE Listen to two conversations. Which of the things in the picture below are they talking about? > Think of four things you don’t know the name of ‘in English. Use some of the language in the box below to explain them to a partner. Your partner should check they have understood and draw what you have explained. gE =xplaining and checking {ook a tho ways the speakers explained things: That stuf = ts bite chowing gum or something. ~ They have a sort of clip thing that opens and shuts. a eu can check you understand by using these patterns: th What? You mean Blu-Tack? = What? You mean the thing you use to connect yourself S the rope? LISTENING 8 EREG Listen to a man asking for something. Answer the questions. 1 What does he want? 2 What for? 3 What does he use instead? 4 What else does he need — and why? 9 ERED Work in pairs. Try to complete the sentences you heard. Then listen again to check your ideas. fa Idon't think there's one here. knife? You need a stick Would a pencil__? Itwouldn't be. What about a wooden spoon? handle, Yeah, do. Don't worry about it. These bh You might want to rub some salt into thet shirt or it to push it down, the SPEAKING 10 Work in groups. Discuss the questions. + Can you think of a situation where you didn’t have the things you needed and you had to improvise or make do? + Do you know any ways of removing these kinds of stains? paint coffee grass. ll CONVERSATION PRACTICE 11 You are going to take turns to ask for different things and to solve different problems. Student A: look at File 18 on page 191, Student B: look at File 14 on page 189. ‘Then use this guide for each conversation. Have you got ..? Sony... What do you want/nged it for? Explain situation, Offer alternative: Wil @ do? Can't you use ..? ‘Accept — or explain why not Continue the conversation until you find a good solution. SENT MEET Unit 3 Things youneed 27PEAKING six questions you could ask the person collected the cameras in the photo. get into collecting them? about something you collect or used ‘ect, Take turns to find out about your her's collection. If you've never collected vching, imagine you're the owner of the tion in the picture! READING <4 the blog post about a man called Mr Trebus and answer the questions. id Mr Teebus collect? does the blogger say he is similar to Trebus? reasons are given for Trebus and the blogger ing things? You at all similar to Trebus and the blogger? Correct these sentences about Mr Trebus. Look the blog post again if you need to. ‘ouse became a fre hazard los 6 veteran of the Vietnam War fas 8 navy commander. ima of his father’s death caused his ion citied in Birmingham after the war ‘ted the junk into ples of different colours, Jred a number of valuable paintings, Jhbours complained about infestations of ches. ed arrest by the police. rite at least two words or phrases that you ‘ciate with each of the corrected sentences xercise 4 10 co health hazard: Compare your ideas and your words or phrases are UNDERSTANDING VOCABULARY Word families Suffixes ~ word endings ~ often indicate a perticular wore farm. For example, the suffer often indicates @ noun: {tank commander, a writer, a teacher. All these kinds of Jobs have connected verbs: command, write, teach. When You learn connected word forms, ty to also learn the Zollocations that go with these words. In groups, think of words ending with these suffixes and then answer the questions below. -al + Which of these suffixes normally form nouns? 2 What kinds of words do these other suffixes form sles ment y ism ity Look at the underlined words and find the now forms in the blog post. Complete 1-8. 1 he's obsessed have _ 2 Theytried to evict him face ___— 3 he's cautlous show great — 4 Vm aftaid ‘overcome my of tying 5 he's wellinentioned have good 6 I'm very opimistic i 7 he's really mean it’s pure —___ 8 he’s pessimistic despite the In what ways are Mr Trebus and/or the blogge 1 obsessive? 4 pessimistic? 2 optimistic? 5 cautious? 3 welkintentoned? 6 mean? Do you ~ or does anyone you know — have the characteristics in Exercise 9? How do these characteristics affect your behaviour? Give examples. My brother has an obsessive personality. He gets re ‘obsessed wih things quite easly. Recently, i's been this online computer game he’s discovered. He stays up all night playing it sometimes!SPEAKING =: Read the comments on the blog post. Decide how far you agree with each point ~ and which you like or agree with most. Discuss your ideas with a partner. Een es Weucme: 1AM ... MR TREBUS Foe years ago, an 80-year-old Polish war veteran hit the headlines when Fe asl council tried to force him out of his own house in London because ec become a health hazard. Mr Trebus, who'd had to leave his hometown Sp Poland after Germany invaded at the beginning of the Second World cer served as a tank commander in the British army. Perhaps it was sma of what he lost when he left Poland that caused his obsession ~ snows? — but after he settled in London, he began collecting all kinds = Snes. He would tour the local neighbourhood recovering things from fat othets had seen as mere rubbish. He then took this junk home and ‘nto piles of similar things: a room packed with vacuum cleaners =e for old doors, another for windows. He also managed to acquire ry record Elvis Presley ever made. ashe filled his house, his wife left him and the neighbours y complained about rat infestations. By the time the council the old man, he had just a tiny space in his kitchen to live in, by stacks of old newspapers and children’s toys. Yet he resisted, .ccusing the local couneil of acting like dictators and arguing that ag he kept was useful arly over-the-top, but let face it, there’ a bit of Mr Trebus us, How many collectors do you know? Personally, | have = |d comics in the attic, which I don’t read, but cantt get rid ssitt made some impulse purchase, which has then been let Se = some cupboard for years? How many of you have a drawer like Se the kitchen: a drawer full of caution and fear, stuffed with good Seeons (albeit unfulfilled); packed with optimism and meanness and, all rubbish? In my drawer, there are a number of instructions Se Sesrantees for things I've bought over the years, just in case they vm of I forget how to use them. Considering one of these was hair, that shows a good deal of pessimism ~ I mean, what can go = with a chair? Thee ae also a large number of dead bateies which + Sec meaning to take to the recycling centre and a numberof lealeas AM. Se bout a local gym I still havent joined, THREE about sponsoring Barack Obama themanat a developing country and several advertising a local takeaway Frankenstein customer call F— Feet has now closed down. There are various odd screws, nails and pins thatmantalkingto centre — to buy new packs if didn’ keep them), a broken cup (I must alree Mark Zuckerberg le to stick it back together), and finally a large number of eaeaaaent ceene Rana = coins, quite a few preceding the introduction of the euro (they be collector’ items one day, they might be valuable!) Sa ‘Come on! Geta lif! Just throw it all out Nice post. On top of my cupboard, there’ a box of stuf I did when T'was at primary school. read your blog and [thought ‘what do I need it for?” But then I looked at those cute drawings, my funny handwriting and [couldnt get rid of it and put the box away again. Dont feel guilty about it! So we're alla bit like Trebus, but its dificult to sympathise when you live with someone like my flatmate, ‘who has 300 pairs of shoes. Are you suggesting I should just put up with it? Tam a psychologist and I read your post with interest think you'r very brave to admit that you have something in common with Mr Trebus, and I hope your acmission helps a few more people think about the issue, Actually, around one in uventy people has a problem like this. Research suggests it atleast parly genet, but if we'e honest, we'te all potential hoarders. We all want to keep things we think we may one day need = and we all want things to stay as we remember them too. tsa very fine line Trebus showed how wasteful human beings are! HeSa hero! Unit 3. Things you needDCABULARY How things go wrong th these items with the problems in bold in sentences below. shoes a tablet ‘atop awatch | itarrived and | putt on, it didn fit ook it out of the box, | found the screen was scratched, missing. & was supposed to be for sensitive skin, but It gave me spots Villed it the first time, | realised it had a teak. eit for a week and the strap came off. {ell apart after a month. The soles came off! >| got home and tried them on I realised the back pocket was ripped. PRONUNCIATION REE Listen to the sentences and repeat them. Notice how words can link around pronouns. ‘ske turns to think of two more items that can have one of the problems in Exercise 1. Tell your partner the items you are thinking of. Can your jertner guess the problem they might have? LISTENING 4 EEE Listen to part of a radio show about consumer rights and a problem a listener had ‘Answer the questiors. 1 What problem did Fel have? 2 Which of the following happened when he complained about the problem? They didn’t believe him. ‘They said it was his fault a b ¢ They gave him arefund, ink They gave him replacement. fe He had ta go hack more than once, {They offered a git as compensation. 1g. They sorted it out eventually. h He had to talk to several people. 3 Why do you think Fel left a comment on the programme's website? 5 Work in pairs. Discuss the questions. + Do you think Fel dd the right thing? What about company and its employees? Do you think Fel was treated differently because was a visitor? Why? / Why not? + What advice woule you give to the company aso ‘expert on Customer Care? Wy? 6 Listen to the second part of the radio show. Find out how John Squire from the Institute of Customer Care would answer the questions in Exercise 5. ? Wha10 uw "GREET Listen again and complete the extracts __ seth three words in each space. the company hasn't chieved anything by i also know that this can be because of a the company. then stops the assistant listening to the Issue «thinking ur institute's produced tly. | think that’s an » Japan, they are often made in proving a service rather than seeking compensation. on this 13 ey are and reveal how you can orave products and services. ‘ney may have addtionally snguage abilities. their ‘Work in pairs. Discuss what you think the pronouns in Exercise 7 in italics refer to. ‘Work in pairs. Discuss the questions. Wat do you think of John Squire's advice? Is there 2nything else he could have said? What's customer care like in your country? Does feryone get the same treatment? Why?! Why not? Which companies have good or bad reputations for customer care? Why? Do you ever have to deal with complaints? Who ‘rom? What about? How do you deal with them? 14 GRAMMAR Look at these sentences from the radio show. ‘Then work in pairs to answer the questions below. should and should have (should've) He should have checked the shoes ot the point of sale. Clearly, Fei shouldn't have been treated like thot You should start from the view that they do have a valid point All companies should see complaints in this way ~ as ogi 1. Which of the sentences give general advice or suggestions? 2 Which show a citicism or regret about a past action?” 3. How are the two forms different? or SESE Work in pairs. Use should / should've to say what advice you would give to: 1 Fei 2 the shoe company. 3 assistants working in a shoe shop Use should / should've to add criticism, advice or suggestions to sentences 1-5. Its your birthday today? You should have fold me earlier, We should go out and celebrate! 1 You're never going to get anyone to buy that car, 2 We were stupid to have moved here! 3 t's your fault we haven't got any money. 4 Don’t blame me for the fact your life Isa disaster! 5 The country’s a mess! SPEAKING ‘Make some notes about a time when: + you bought or had something that went wrong. + you took something back to a shop. + you complained about something. Decide the followin, + Was anyone at fault? + Why? / Why not? + Were you satisfied with the result? Work in pairs. Use language from the Vocabulary and Grammar sections to explain what happened. Unit 3 Things youneed 31git ic Diy eae be at ie A ca Oa [Si =O= a) ’ [Seo aeIN THIS UNIT YOU LEARN HOW TO: + talk about the government and their policies: + talk about how the economy is doing + respond to complaints + discuss social issues + comment on news stories + describe correlations SPEAKING Look at the photo. Work in pairs. Discuss the questions. + Where do you think this photo was taken? What do you think it shows? + What do you think might have caused this situation? And what might the results be + What do you think it says about the sociTHE STATE OF THE NATION VOCABULARY The government, onomics and society ‘Match the words in bold in sentences 1-10 with the meanings a-j below. 1 The government's made a huge difference since they came to power. They've done alot to help the poot. 2 There's too much bureaucracy. Businesses spend half theirtime dealing with official paperwork! 3 There's a recession. The economy's in a total mess, 4 The government is soft on drugs. They should Introduce stricter penalties, Alot of companies have gone bankrupt recently, So Unemployment going up. ‘The economy's booming. Lots of new businesses are starling up and plenty of new jobs are being created. ‘With so litle rain, there are a lot of water shortages. 8 The government’ polices forthe protection ofthe environment have boosted our reputation inthe word. © Their policies are undermining national unity. They've created divisions and made society less stable. 10 People are really struggling because wages are so low {and the cost of Iving's so high, rnottough enough ‘tying really hard to do something very dificult lost all their money and cannot pay their debts had a postive effect doing very well making something become less successful or effective helped increase 1 complicated and annoying system of rules and ways of doing things | atime when industry and businesses are not doing well | there's not enough of something you want orneed 2 Work in groups. Discuss whether you think th sentences in Exercise 1 are true or false for yo country. Explain why. Number 1 isn't true in my country. Actually, the ope fs te. The government hasn't made any aifferenc= ‘most people's lives. They've done a lot for the rich - {and nothing for the poor. LISTENING [REG Listen to two students talking about their countries. Take notes on the political ang ‘economic situation in each country. Whose country sounds like it's in a better situation ~ man’s or the woman’s? Why? BED Try to complete the sentences you heart with the missing prepositions. Listen again to check your answers. 4. Whenever see him as being fairly well-intentioned 2 He's done nothing people lke me. in he's just put up tution fees for students. TV, he comes acral 3 Tellme __it!'m going to be so fer_ debt by the time I graduate, Il be paying it back years. 4 They've been so concerned supposes ‘green’ laws, 5 Canttyou vote them? 6 The opposition are so busy fighting themselves, 7 know what you mean, but there must be somes worth voting 8... our government has done a few controversial things stuf ekdn't agree 9 They've actualy dane a lt to eut back bureaucracy too.‘pairs. Discuss the questions. .er voted? What did you vate in? ink people choose not to vote in 'st could be done to encourage them? sow of any recent election controversies? cratic is your country? Give some dof anyone who has had problems .cy and administration? ‘Sese examples from the conversation in 5. Complete the rules below. isuch [== often used to link cause and result. o> cre 50 busy fighting among themselves, Seo 1 make any difference, ‘2 skis shortage that companies are paying fmoney now. “sich before an adjective, adverb or words ike oy. “seh before @ noun or adjective + noun, © con't hove to start the result clause with aly n spoken English. ge 170 and do Exercve worried about its s have gone up Je have to work auickly long hours .. ames of the ended up being polluted ment minister was involved in public scandal im pairs. Write a possible ending for each sessence in Exercise 7. Compare your ideas with ‘group, ‘Sev= you heard any news stories similar to the ‘ses in Exercise 77 What happened in the end? SRE jing understanding we agree and understand when someone fs -sbout problems, we can use expressions such as: Tell me about it! ‘edd a comment, -Ssagiee or don't feel sympathy, we often soften our what you mean, but... Yeah, quess. Mind you 10 Match the problems 1-6 with the responses a-f. 1 Idon't know how people can make ends meet. 2 The Job market is so competitive at the moment. 3 The pace of life isso fast here, 4 There's so much crime, you can't go out at night! 5 They haven't done anything to boast tourism. 6 This country is so bureaucratic! 2 know! it's exhausting. | feel like | spend my life just rushing aroun. Tell me about it! can only ust get by and I've got a ‘good job. ¢ Tellme about it! had to fil in four forms in three ifferent places to get a work permit! d I know what you mean, but if you're prepared to be flexible there's plenty of work @ Yeah, maybe. Mind you, it's not ike that everywhere. Ifyou avoid certain areas, i's perfectly safe f Yeah, | know what you mean. Mind you, look what they've done to improve poor areas, That's greet. PRONUNCIATION 11 EMEMI Listen and check. Notice the intonation of the phrases showing understanding of problems. In pairs, repeat the conversations. 12 Respond to the sentences below. 1. They're destroying the environment! 2 I's 60 expensive to travel abroad at the moment. 3 All polticians are corupt. 4 The government's soft on terrorism, 5 They're doing nothing to improve state schools. 6 The government is undermining democracy, CONVERSATION PRACTICE 13. Work in pairs. Look at the role cards below. Choose your roles and then follow the instructions. Student A outhinle Rou relly dont ke the = ‘opposition leader + The government is ch You think incompetent. + They are soft o + The government is doing + The presid lotto improve education. corrupt. «+ They have made some + The oppositi Mistakes. ‘ood ideas, but sme parts of the econon Teader is a hit weal, are doing badly Student B You think + Your president has a good Image on TV and in the OR you dont really like the governments foreign policy You dont really trust the president, world, You think: + The economy is fine, + The government’ given 100 much power to different regions. + 165 good that the opposition wants to cuts taxes. + You're personally doing well and live in a nice area SEE Unit 4 Society 35SPEAKING Rank these social issues from 1 (most important) to 10 (least important) in your society. gender discrimination homelessness family size domestic violence bullying in schools school dropout rates, the destruction of the environment drug and alcohol abuse family breakdown ‘Work in pairs. Find out what your partner thinks and explain your own choices. LISTENING BEF] Listen to five short news stories. Decide which of the issues from Exercise 1 is discussed in each one. HEF Work in pairs. Decide which of the fiw stories mention a-e below. Then listen agais_ check your ideas. ‘8 someone being assaulted people welcoming some news © people being at risk someone winning damages @ someone being prevented from carrying out m development work ‘Add these verbs to the nouns they were use with in the news stories. Then look at the a= script on page 197 to check. become conduct launch up claim be denied suffer win a new initiative = her case promotion investigations several broken bones victory aclaim 2 grandmother(© (Werk in pairs. Discuss the questions. you heard any similar stories about social to those mentioned in the news staries? 1s know any people with big families? How you feel about growing up as part of a very amily? What would be difficult about i? What be good? ~ = security cameras used widely in your country? ouie there be moze or fewer? Why? (ou think of any inttiatives that your government ‘er authorities have launched recently? Cn you think of any investigations that are being Sucted at the moment? What do yau think they’ do you think the root causes of homelessness =? And what's the best way to tackle it? El Listen to a conversation about one of the ‘sews stories from Exercise 3. Answer these qeestions. story do they talk about? = whet do they agree on? > what do they disagree about? ‘you agree with more? Why? DEVELOPING CONVERSATIONS Commenting on news stories When we talk about news stories people often use quite fixed phrases to comment on them, such as those in Exercise & below. We might use the same phrases total about ciflerent news stories, 8 EEE Look at the examples of different ways of ‘commenting on news stories. Which three were used in the conversation? Listen again to check. 1 Itwas shocking whet happened to her. 2 Itjust seems a bit excessive. 3 Mind you, it was a ot of money. 4 ltmakes you wonder whats gone wrong withthe 5 It was such typical double standards! 6 That's good news for a change! 7 don't know how they manage. 8 Atleast they're doing someting about itt last! 9 You can't have everything in ife, can you? 10 It's abit of a wory. 11 It’s lucky it was caught on film. 12 That kind of thing shouldn't be tolerated, PRONUNCIATION 9 EMEA Listen to the sentences in Exercise 8. ‘Mark the main stress, or stresses, in each sentence. Then repeat the sentences. 10 Which of the sentences in Exercise 8 could be used to talk about the other four news stories? SPEAKING 11 Work in pairs. Choose one of the other four news stories from Exercise 3 to discuss. Note some comments you want to make about it Choose at least one sentence from Exercise 8. 12 Have a conversation about the story. Use the ‘guide below. Continue as long as you can. Then swap roles. Did you see that thing on the news /n the (paper about. ? ‘Answer and give ‘a comment to show how you feel about it. Agree or disagree ~ and add a comment Unit 4 Society 37READING 1 Work in pairs. Discuss the questions. 1 Doyou think the future of the world is bleak or bright? Why? 2 Do You think the following are global problems? Why? / Why not? + ‘ising population + extreme poverty + hunger + conflict + child mortality + AIDS and malaria 3 How could these problems be solved — and how easily? 2 Read an article which discusses these issues, based on a book by the academic Jeffrey Sachs. How would Jeffrey Sachs answer the questions in Exercise 1? Explain the title of the report. 3 Work in pairs. Discuss the questions. 1 How is extreme poverty defined and how many people suffer from it? 2 What does Jeffrey Sachs describe as relatively straightforward? 3 What two things does he see as interconnected? What s the frst step to reverse the downward spiral? What truly makes a difference? What three things lead to beter harvests? What has been successfully implemented? Where? What target has been met by five countries? What is $700 billion and what does the writer compare it to? 4 Work in groups. Discuss the questions. Do you think Sachs is right to be optimistic? Why? / why not? + What problems might there be with Sachs's solutions? + Do you think your country should meet the 0.7% target? Why? / Why not? + How do you think Sachs might suggest the problem of conflict be resolved? GRAMMAR 5 Look at these examples from the article. Then work in pairs to answer the questions below. 1 Can you match each of the sentences in the Grammar box to one of the two graphs below? 4OIN ~N 2 What kinds of words can follow each comparative? MAKE A DIFFERENCE Comparatives with the ..., the .. We can show how two or more things change at the time using 2 pattern with the + a comparative, The higher the child mortalty rate is, the higher birth rote, b The more secure parents feel, the fewer children ave. © The longer we wait. the larger the long-term co Enns SI 6 Choose three sentence starters and comp them with your own ideas. Tell a partner. 1 The more aid we give to underdeveloped coun 2 The more globalised the world becomes, 3. The less we spend on weapons, 4 The more coffee you drink 5 The more | work, 7 Work in pairs. Choose one of your sentenc: from Exercise 6. Make a chain of effects. S ‘each new sentence with the second half of previous. A: The more | work, the less free time I hove. B: The less free time I have, the less exercise Ico A: The less exercise I do, @Qrm SPEAKING 8 Read some ideas for ways to raise money f ‘Then work in pairs to discuss questions 1 + hold an auction or sale + holda party + skip.a meal end donate the money you save + make food to sellin a market + get sponsored to run @ marathon run an online campaign + organise a bingo event and charge a foe + do some paintings and sell them at a craft fair 1 Decide if you would take part in each event ang ‘explain why / why not 2 Agree on which are the two best ideas and try think of one more idea. Explain your choices.they sts, ete tres, Start f the elson reflects on ‘The Common Wealth’, a book Sachs, Director of the Bareh Institute at Columbia cand special advisor to the UN secretary general In summarising the state of the planet = rising population, ‘widespread conflict, one-sixth of the planet suffering extreme poverty and hunger, global ‘warming, deaths from AIDS and malaria ~ Jetey Sachs ean paint a bleak picture. However, he’ an ‘optimist and believes that all of these problems can be overcome in relatively straightforward ways relatively litte cost. That’ because the root causes are nected and essentially man-made. hild morality. Perhaps surprisingly, the higher the 4 mortality rate is, the higher the birth rate. This leads to ‘ng population which puts a greater strain on already esourtes, so farmers have to work harder to produce food for all, which means children are often put to a the fields or at home. This, in turn, stops children the education which will allow them to learn, among, ings, about better farming techniques to boost crop and proviele more food to eat and sell. Sachs argues imple solution of providing every child in poverty a anti-mosquito bed net is a major first step. Malaria is cause of death in children and the bed nets massively Sauce infections. The fewer children that die of malaria, the secure parents feel about their children surviving. The ecute parents fel, the fewer childven they have, and so ersing the downward spiral just described The UN has adopted the goal to end extreme poverty by 2030. lesan 91250 aayat i 2005 prices Around 20% of he wold population caren es Moll 146 leon $a ay o ks 1 in 3 of those livin in extreme poverty are childeen, However, itis adopting a combination of measun same time which tly makes a diflerence: free se boost school attenclance and improve health; fertilisers to improve soil and better seeds provid! better harvests; access to family planning further birth rate; basic health care and clean water supp ‘more lethal diseases, These ideas are already being successfully implen over 100 Alrican villages in deprived regions, Thi project is just $110 per person per year, of which from donors and the rest from a mixture of local governments and the villagers ther So if i so simple why hasnt it been done befor about all the ald that hi siven to Alrica anc underdeveloped countries of the world? Has it be to corruption? Sac that the real problem corruption, but the fact that ents ha such alot, but actually given so little. They agree 0.7% of national ineome in aid, but only five cou mer that target. He suggests current aid is $24 bil year, which translates as just ten dollars per pers neatly enough to implement the combined meast compares that to military spending, which in the hnas reached $700 billion in some years, So while Sachs sees an unprecedented opportuni poverty forever, he also raises an alarm that this c last chance we have, "The longer we wait, the gre sullering and the larger the long-term cost Unit 4Look at the photo. Work in pairs. Discuss: + where you think the picture was taken — and what itshows + what the causes of this situation might be + whether anytning similar has happened anywhere that you know + how possible its that this could happen in your country in future [CEA Watch the first part of a video about two Americans who are preparing for the collapse of, the economy. Why are the following mentioned? 1 supermarkets 2 sixor seven thousand dollars 3 canned goods 4 toilet paper Compare your ideas with a partner. ‘You are now going to watch Scott describe his, ‘own preparations in more detail, Tell a partner three things you expect he will talk about. MA Watch the rest of the video. Are the sentences true (T) or false (F)? 1 Scott has very recently started growing wheat, corn and vegetables. 2 It takes his daughter about ten minutes to grind ‘enough flour for one day. 3 To make beef jerky, Scott dries the meat using hot water, a heat exchanger and an old oven. 4 He believes that helping with the preparations makes his kids feel safe and protected, 5 Humans cannot survive more than two weeks without water 6 He's using energy from the sun to help pump was out of spring, 7 Scott has invented his own way of using wood to power his car. Work in pairs. Discuss the questions. + What is your impression of the two men and thes IMestyle? Give reasons for your opinions. + Are there any other things you'd need to get or if you were preparing for the future in this way? + Who's the most self-sufficient person you know? In what way? UNDERSTANDING FAST SPEECH Look at this extract from the video. To help ‘groups of words are marked with / and stres ‘Sounds are in CAPITALS. Pauses are marked Practise saying the sentence. Its a LOT of WORK to HAND grind. I's @ lot EAste ‘/um / PEdal it with 9 Bleycle i and SO we've GRINS THIS /ODAY / and we're gonna make BREAD from toMOrrow. ED Listen to how Scott said this sentence Now you have a go! Practise saying the extr again fast.REVIEW 2 GS Complete the text with one word in each space. The Spirit Level by Richard Wilkinson anc Kate Pickett argues that! more equal a society, the mealthier itis and the * social problems it 13s. Inequaily in places such as the USA has increased —___rapaly over the last decades that people ave started to fea! alienated from society and there more violence and addiction than in more equal societies, The authors suggest that governments should done more during the boom years reduce the weatth gap because there is alot of unemployment nov, is more ‘cult to reverse the situation. Nevertheless, ne authors believe thet change can happen. The government should” more money on lucation and increase the minimum wage * everyone feels valued for the Job they do Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You snust use between two and four words, including she word given. + Have you tried using a knife to open it? Maybe. a knife to open it. SHOULD 2 What do you call that stuff you use if you've got a stain on your clothes? ‘what do you call the stuff you use_ your clothes. REMOVE 2 The investigation was so poor, the chief of police had to resign. The police ‘of the investigation that the chief of police had to resign. MESS As the economy improves, we will see youth unemployment fall. ‘The better the economy performs, il be for young people. JOBS. 1 was a mistake to lavest so much in the Olympics. don't think the government _ the Olympics. SHOULD There's a positive correlation between practice and performance. 's simple: the more you —___ something, BETTER Complete the sentences with your own idea: needa cloth to 2 Have you got a screwdriver so > There's such a shortage of housing, when I was younger, I should rhe more money | have, the S The more | study English, the —__ much get at REG Listen. Write the six sentences you hear. VOCABULARY 5 Match the verbs (1-10) with the collocates (2~) 1 undermine a our reputation / crop yields 2 overcome —_b victory / she was discriminated ea against ea national unity / my confidence 5 acquire a foc endarasenont mex ot 6 meet @ the clalm / the decision in court 7 boost fa target/ the goal to end poverty eae g valuable paintings / new skis & meke h a huge difference / do with what 10 suffer we've got i discrimination / a broken leg J feedback / children with food 6 Complete the text with one word in each space. ‘The first letters are given. In times when the economy is in "re. _ people often can't afford to buy new things or pay for repairs because they are ’str on taw incomes, Many ‘Would like to turn to DIY oF making their own stuff. That's ‘easy enough if strap has come off a bag or your shirt or trousers are *. ‘as most people have a n ‘and thread, But what i's a bigger repair like your roof has a leak or a desk has t_ 'a____?'Not everyone has the tools they need and they're expensive to buy. Well, one solution is visiting ‘one of our network of too! libraries that have started up all around the country. You can borrow a |__ to-climb up on the roof or a saw and Far. 10 make a new desk and, just ke a normal library, i's free. To find out more, visit our website. ifyou would like to e ‘any tools, contact us on the number below. We will accept any that are "'sc__ or otherwise slightly damaged, but we do ask that they have no parts "im_____and are in working order. We'd also love to hear from you, if you are interested in joining our network and "1 your own Ibrary, 7 Complete the sentences. Use the word in brackets to form a word that fits in the space. 1. My boyfriend is with his new phone. (obsess) 2 m_____about the future, despite some of the problems we've facing, (optimism) 3. When | was younger | used to be a stamp —__ Fd go to lots of stamp fairs. (collect) 4 Iknow he did itwith good ___, butit din". help. (intend) 5 I'm very when it comes to buying stuff online. (caution) 6 The incident caused considerable tothe company. (embarrass) 7. The government has launched an Into the ‘causes of the riots this summer. (investigate) 8 The government has ____ Implemented a umber of initiatives to combat poverty. (success)IN THIS UNIT YOU LEARN HOW TO: + talk about what Inyour free time + talk about how fit you are heck you heard thing + talk about sport + comment on past events describe accidents and inju SPEAKING 1 Work in pairs. Discuss the questions. an in nen? Int like to? Why’ Work in groups. Discuss which statements are true for you or people you know. abit of ari itdoor pursuits — walking, camping, that hing, 'm a member of a sports club, paar in @ music or dram a charity wartste anf ir Love doing p\ , stuf like that. Ulike sewing and knitting. | make my o I spend @ lot of time ok and other s Pree as)TTIME OUT eee LISTENING HET Listen to three conversations about free-time activities. Answer the following questions for each conversation: 1. What's the second speaker going to do? 2 How long have they been doing this activity? 3 How di they first get interested in it? 4 Is the other person interested in doing the activity? HE Listen again. Choose the correct option. 1. What are you up to / on to later? 2 You've got a lovely figure / fixture, 3 Ittook me about ten minutes to get my breath / bread back! 4 Its tke a master / foster class with this top Russian fencer. 5 'm going to have a wander round the free / fea market 6 must going to have a lien / ight In 7 Fair enough / Very tough. Just the thought of doing that kind of exercise makes me sweat! 8 took that top / It up because | was giving up smoking, 9 She sald itd give me something to ft well / fae with, 10 Is it/ Isn't just full of old women, this group? ‘Work in pairs. Discuss the questions, + Do you know anyone who has an unusual he oF have you ever discovered that someone ha hidden talent for doing something? How long have they been doing it? + How did they first get interested in it? VOCABULARY Health and fitness Match the fitness words 1-6 with sentences flexibilty hand-eye coordination healthy lifestyle speed stamina strength She swims around 60 lengths every day. He can do the 100 metres in under twelve seco: ‘She can touch the back of her head with her leg He can lift 50 kilos, She's really good at racket sports He doesn't drink, doesn't smoke, doesn't stay o late,‘Complete the sentences with these words. Junk sweat | semanding shape uncoordinated | © He's really unfit, He works up a_just conlng for the bus! I's awful to see! She gets out of. Just walking up the stairs He's really out of __. He does absolutely no cercise whatsoever. He doesn't even wall! = | went to an aerobics class for @ while, but it was too | couldn't keep up with the others in the + 0 unfit. | really need to stop eating so much food, I'm getting fat ~ look at that flab! m totally really clumsy. I'm always ring over and bumping into things. ‘Work in pairs. Use vocabulary from Exercises 4 ==4 5 to discuss the questions. > How fit and healthy are you in terms of ifestyle, -2ed, stamina, strength, etc? Give examples. = what's the best way to Improve your = coordination? save you tried any of these methods? How did It go? = who Is the fittest or least fit person you know? How you know? What makes them so fit or unfit? hat sports and activities are you good or bad at? LOPING CONVERSATIONS king what you heard ‘= surprised by what someone tolls us and we want information, we often repeat part of the statement 230 2 question word. _20t my knitting group tonight. seeve got what? ‘90ing 10.0 fencing workshop oll doy. Seer. going where? 7 Complete the mini-conversations with similar questions to those in the box. 1A: Jusually run about ten kilometres most days, Ten kllomatres. I'm not that fast, though. | do capoeira on Wednesday nights. Capooira. A kind of Brazilian dance thing, went to a comic fair at the weekend, PORRPRREE ‘A comic fal. They had all these old Spiderman comics there. Itwas great, My mum's really into embroidery. ROR Embroidery. I's ike sewing, but you use thread to make pictures or patterns on the cloth. 5 A: Wel | didn't get up tll three on Saturday. 8: 2 A: Three o'clock. Id had a heavy week. Ineeded @ lieint PRONUNCIATION 8 ERE Listen to the checking questions and notice how the intonation goes up. Which questions sound more surprised? Listen again and repeat. 9 Work in pairs. Practise reading the conversations in Exercise 7. CONVERSATION PRACTICE 10. Think about an unusual or surprising hobby ~ and a future arrangement you have that is ‘connected to it. Decide: where you're doing it, who with, and so on. It can be true or not. Write three questions people might ask you and answers you would give. Then work in pairs and have similar conversations to those you heard in Exercise 1. Use the guide below to help you. Then swap roles. ‘Ask about tonight or the weekend, \ Explain your arrangement connected to hobby. Check you understood. Explain again (+add info). ‘Ask and answer ‘questions about hobby to continue. EO Unit 5 Sports and interests 45YOU SHOULD'VE BEEN THERE SPEAKING 1 Work in groups. Discuss the questions. Do you knew anyone who isa big sports fan? In what way? What team(s) do they support? What are the most popular sports in your country? Why do you think they are so popular? Do you like nem? Why? J Why not? What do you think the most popular sports In the orld are? Why? VOCABULARY Sport 2 Check any words in bold that you don’t understand in a dictionary. Then discuss in pairs ‘wich sports each sentence describes. She hit a powerful drive and made @ hole in one, He came off the track. He was trying to overtake on 2 comer and lost control ofthe car. ‘They almost scored ~ they hit a post and the bar twice. ‘They were losing so they called a time-out to discuss sactles. They got promoted to the top division last season. 6 Oh nol That's the third double fault I've served. 7 | was tackled — just as | was about to shoot! 8 He ran from the halfway line to score that try. It was, incredible! © | came on as a substitute after a player got injured, © He got red card for a bad tackle. She lost five first-round matches in a row so she sacked her coach, 12 Ifyou ask me, the fight was fixed. The Judges mace: some really dubious decisions, 3 Work in pairs. Which other sports can you use the words in bold from Exercise 2 to describe? Drive’ could be for cricket — when o batsman hits the /'0 fong way. 4 Change partners. Discuss the questions. = Have you heard of anyone being sacked recently? Do you know why? + Have you heard of anyone — or any team — who's, been promoted recently? .0 you know any competitions that you think were fixed? Can you think of any unpopular decisions that judges: ave made? Have you done or experienced any of the things in Exercise 2 when playing sport? READING 5 Write four possible benefits of doing or watching sport. Think about both individuals and society. Then compare your ideas with a partner. 6 Read the article. Find out if it mentions any the benefits you thought of. 7 Which of these statements do you think the writer would agree with? Underline the parts the text that support your answers. 1 Ifyou did more exercise, you'd be more positive 2 Forcing kids to compete undermines thelt confidence. We shouldn't encourage people to read. ‘The most important thing is to win. Sports clubs keep young people out of trouble. Ws OK for players to pretend to be injured, | work long hours to give my family the best. Seeing great sportsmen in action is uplifting. @ovonrse GRAMMAR 8 Look at these examples from the article. The: ‘work in pairs to complete the rules. should(n’t) have, could(n't) have, woula(n't) have 2: shoukin't have stuck tothe rules! Then I would have Ishoukd have worked more. could have bought © bettereor To show we think something ithe pastwas a good idee butelonthappen, ase pest partcpe Toshon we tink something thatheppenes wasnt 9 good idea, uso? + past parce. We can 36a comments to show ou thougits about he esi "post patiple shows a certain post res = ‘pest patible shows a possible pastreso= 9 Complete the sentences with the correct modal verb and the correct form of the ver® brackets. You may need to use negative for 1 twas a close game, We___ tty) harder and there's no shame In losing to such > team, but sil think we them at least 2 I don't know what! was thinking! | never (study) Art. Something History (be) much better for me should 3 She —_____ think) before using Twat of the trouble she then got into avoided. could sh 4 I guess it was my own fault really. | probably read) her personal emails. The 7 find out) all the stuff she'd saying about me. should EnSPORT — YOU'VE GOT TO LOVE IT Is of people do no sport at all, while others will not even watch it | Tavis explains what they're missing, BEALTHY BODY, HEALTHY MIND | Ssybe obvious, but worth repeating: sport keeps you in shape. Moreover, people Se physically fit are, on average, happier. In fact, the British health service has = experimented with giving people sulfering from mild depression a course of nstead of drugs; gym membership rather than therapy. PREPARATION FOR LIFE ciking about those weitd non-competitive sports that some schools insist on: cso losers and everyone gets a prize, Not only are such games dull and for children, but life simply not like that. Competitive sport teaches us to h losing and disappointments. Sure, we're no all naturally spor but then Tm Sar crosswords, You just have to find your own level and learn to enjoy your ov snce. You can fee the same sense of achievement as Real Madrid winning a game, Seng an opponent who is ara slighty higher (though stil low’) level than you Sy muhappy completing a puzle others would find easy AND FUN = would we do without sport? Read? Play computer games? Hang around on the = Obviously, these aren't necessarily all bad things reading in particular brings benefits — but the first two are hardly social, and the last not that interesting oF fal, Playing sports helps to build relationships and teaches the importance of sng each other whether you win or lose. Tm reminded of a lovely, funny scene in a cilled Gregory’ Girl, where two teenage characters compare injuries they've had after ne. Likewise, sports fans often enjoy sharing the pain of their eam losing almost the joy of winning. AND MORALITY ack to hanging around on the streets, if you need proof that its not that fun, many of those kids end up committing, crime? Its simply out of boredom S=shing which sport can olten replace. So making sport more widely available is ss So society It also benefits society by shawing children the importance of rules and Se choices. Of course people cheat and perhaps you've been denied the chance to {o> ©mething as a result. You think ‘I shouldn't have stuck to the rules! Then I would ve wever, the rules are the sport and you know if everyone starts cheating, the spartan stops being fun, Thats how we learn about making the cortect moral in sport, but we also learn why, in life, cheats are looked down on or excluded. RT IS LIFE isnt just learning about life I 1S life. 1 play tennis; 'm basically fairly hopeless, serving double faults or weakly hitting the ball into the net. However, there are -s when somehow everything comes together and I hit a great shot down the line clean ace. I sucdenly feel like a world-beater and it’ a great feeling, even if the flies miles out, Isnt life all about having those feelings? And sport — playing or ‘provides many of them. No-one looks back at the end of their life andl says, ‘T © worked mare. I could've bought a better car or‘Tll never forget that tinte my = watched TV’, No, what we remember are things like Usain Bolt smashing the world Se metre record in Beijing - beating everyone else so easily that he could actually slow [See on order to stant celebrating ten metres before he crossed the line. And we're more > think should've played with my kids more’ orl wish I'd done more sport SPEAKING PRONUNCIATION 11 Choose one of the topics below and tak = to tell your partner about it. Give details ‘DEE Listen and write down the six sentences Senay nan sta aea ears ‘you hear. Check your sentences by looking at 7 "1 Se audio script on page 198. Then practise a re eel erecta seying the sentences. + a sporting event where something went w + something you regret doing — or not doin: + something a famous person has done wro Unit 5 Sports and in1 LISTENING ‘Work in pairs. Look at these activities. Then discuss the questions. Use the sentence frames below to explain your reasons. ballroom dancing ice-skating talchi ‘randstands parachuting windsurfing hhang-liding Shooting yoga + Have you ever done any of these activities? When? + Would you like to try any of them in the future? Why? / Why not? | think itd be fun / amazing / really exciting. | think I'd really enjoy it because | ike other similar kinds of things. | don'thave the hand-eye coordination, ''m not flexible enough, a be scared of breaking my leg 'd worry about making a foo! of myset, | wouldn't be able to stand up. ERED] Listen to a conversation between three people ~ Chloe, Molly and Kyle. They talk about ‘Molly's uncle, a health and fitness fanatic. Find out which of the activities in Exercise 1 he has done. Then compare your answers with a partner. GHEE Work in pairs. Decide if the sentences about Molly's uncle are true (T) or false (F) Then listen and check. He taught Chioe and Kyle how to do handstan: his home. He stopped ice-skating after an hour because and Kyle were bored, He used to go hang-gliding three or four times month, He gave up hang-aliding because he badly inj his neck, 5 He's only taken up windsurfing recently. 6 He lives by the sea now. He drinks lemon Juice every day because he t I's good for him, Kyle admits Molly's uncle can be fun ~ but on! very short periods of time. Discuss these questions with your partner. + Does Mally’s uncle sound mad to you? Why?! not? Do you know anyone who's unusual for thelr 6s Inwhat way? + Do you know anyone who's only OK in small do Why? + Do you know any other things (lke lemons) thet ‘supposedly good for your skin, feet, ha, eyes ete.? Do you think it's true? + Doyou know anyone who had a lucky escape? happened?BULARY Injuries and accidents 2 ‘Werk in pairs. Discuss which of the problems ‘ees think is worse in each case. © shad some cuts and bruises. He broke his leg. my knee ligaments. 2 banged her head. isted my ankle oroke my ankle. lost consciousness. owned. = He lost an arm. He was killed Practise the vocabulary in Exercise 5 by having senversations like this. & wos he OK? J, ne had some cuts and bruises. -& Polly? That's bod / terible! = (crow: It could've been worse, though. He could've roken his leg. ‘Work in pairs. Tell each other about an accident ‘sez know about that had one of the results in Exercise 5. Was the person who had the accident Secky or unlucky? Do you think the accident or sssult could have been avoided? Why? 10 IMAR ‘Look at these sentences from the unit. Then work in pairs to answer the questions below. u present perfect continuous and ple “ve put on five kilos since January. “ve been doing knitting for six months nov. Trot’ the thre double fault ve served. The last few years he's been rcally into windsurfing For the fast few months he's been rubbing lemon in pair every dey. ‘ye been meaning to go rounc and see him, ‘Secouse he's not been well but Kyles a bit rluctont 12 * Which sentences (af) in the box are present perfect continuous and which are present perfect simple? How de you know? 2 Which sentences describe something that has finished before now and which show something that ' possibly unfinished? heck your dens on Pi a Complete the conversations using the words in brackets and the present perfect continuous or simple. 1& to buy the tickets for the game yet? {you / manage) B: No. all morning, but | can't get through. (ical) 2a The End of the Day yet? (your see) B: No,_______to for ages now, but the chance. Is it still on? (/mean, just not / have) 3A: So why. to leave? I's a bit sudden, isn't it? (Wayne / decide) B: Not really aboutit for a while, but the right job ~ and now he anny (he / think, he /Took for, he / fing) 4 A: I played tennis with her yesterday. She's really ‘900d, considering a few times. (she / only / play) B: Ican imagine. ‘good at ‘sports. She's just got that natural fines and coordination, (she / always / be) PRONUNCIATION IED Listen to examples of the present perfect simple and continuous from Exercise 9. Notice the weak forms of have and been. Then repeat the sentences. Work in pairs. Practise the conversations in Exercise 9. Try to continue them for as long as you can. ‘Complete these sentences using because or but and the present perfect continuous or simple. Then share your ideas with a partner. Tm getting quite good at tennis now, because I've been practising three times a week, Vm getting quite good at tennis now, but I stil haven't beaten my brother! 1 I'm getting quite good at tennis now I've always wanted to do parachuting I've never been abroad know Maria quite well ‘The company is doing a lot better now The government's changing its policy on education | should really go to the doctor about it am Unit 5 Sports and interests 49IN THIS UNIT YOU LEARN HOW TO: + talk about places you have stayed in + express opinions and show surprise + alscuss and deat with accommodation problems + better understand Idiomatic language + tal about culture shock and settling in somewhere SPEAKING 1 Look at the photo. Work in pairs. Discuss the questions, + Where do you think the place Is? + Would you like to stay in a place lke this? 2 Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of staying in the following places: + aself-catering apartment + aposh hotel + atent + ayouth hostel + abed and breakfast Which have you stayed in? When? Where? pOVOCABULARY Where you stayed Decide if the sentences express positive or negative views about places, or if they could be either. 1 The whole place wes really muddy and everything got filthy. 2 We had a stunning view from our room. 3 The service was really efficient. 4 The weather was just unbearably hot. 5 ltoverlooked a builaing site. 6 People were so welcoming, it was quite overwhelming, 7 The place was a bit of a dump, to be honest. The facilities were absolutely incredible. a 9 twas quite isolated ~ basically in the middle of nowhere. 10 The beach was deserted so we had the whole place to ourselves. Work in pairs. Use the vocabulary in Exercise 1 ‘and your own ideas to describe the photos. ‘Think of three places you have stayed. Use the language from Exercise 1 and tell a partner about each place. LISTENING EXE Listen to two conversations about places that people have stayed in. Answer the questions, 1 Where did they stay? 2 In what ways did they have a good time? 3 What problems did they have? EXE Listen again. Complete the phrases with three words in each space. 1h this island in the middle of the Danube. 2it While we were there, 3 They, for a couple of nights, 4 We had a great time the weather, 5 In August? abit not? 6 Look__. That's stunning! 7 Iwas @ bit annoying, but. you couldn't complain, 8 Itwas a bit ofa struggle climbing back up, butt was the place was, Work in pairs. Discuss the questions. + Have you ever been to music festival? If yes, fone? What was it ike? + not, would you like to go to one? Why? / Why + Has anyone ever put you up? When? Where? + What's the best sunset you've seen? Where? Vi were you doing? GRAMMAR Read the Grammar box, then look at the corrections of common mistakes below. Wé in pairs. Discuss why you think the original sentences were wrong. Modifiers Modifiers make adjectives, adverbs, verbs or nouns. stronger or weaker Adjectives and adverbs can be made stronger with ve really, absolutely, completely. ‘Adjectives and adverbs can be made weaker with «bi ‘quite, fainy, pretty. Nouns can be mocified by complete, rea, a bt of, har ‘any, aimost no. Verbs can be moaified by really, absolutely, hardly (ev 1 We got very absolutely soaked. (or very / reall 2 twas absolute really hot. (or absolutely boll 3 Oh it was tos really incredible. | loved it. (or absolutely incredible) 4 twas quite a bit too hot for my liking. 5 The food was a-bit quite nice, but maybe @ bit 6 It was completely-o a complete waste of time ofa thas bi righimare ny Itwas a bit dull, There were hardly facies 9 We horally cid almost nothing all day apart fr on the beach,‘Mtch each of these modifiers with a group of “eerds (1-7). Which two groups of words can be "ss with more than one modifier? absolutely ‘almost fairly ofa hardly 525 / tourist trap / waste of money / dump / struggle so-one there / nothing to do / missed the bus / cried 2 / amazing boiling / interesting / loved it ‘ated | nelsy / rough / too cold / overwhelming Sesh / welcoming efficient / dull / warm 'y | amazing / gorgeous / deserted / enormous s-ywhere to eat / anything to do / slept / noticed PRONUNCIATION Bate, ty prety. wo usualy tes the 2 that follows, but we sometimes stress the to emphasise that we are making the adjective {GEE Underline which of the two words in ‘S2lics you think is stressed in each sentence. ‘Then listen and check. “= twas quite near the beach, which was good. © was quite near the beach but | was expecting it to be nearer. Zs The beach was a bit crowded so we didn't go ere much, 2 The beach was a bit crowded but there was stil ‘enough room to relaxin, == The surrounding area’s fairly nice. I's very green, ond it's nice to hire a bike. = The surrounding area's fairly nice. There are a ‘ew factories, which kind of spoil it. The food was pretty good, which | wasn't expecting. © The food was pretty good, although it was a bit 00 olly for my liking ‘Use some of the language in Exercises 8 and 9 to ‘sik about places in your town or city. BeveLOrn CONVERSATIONS ae Negative questions ‘Yu can use negative questions o express your opinion of show that you find something surprising. Couldn't you stay somewhere else? Wasn't that a pain, having to rely on the bus? Didn't they run more often than that? 11 Complete the questions with negative forms, 1A ita bit noisy? 8: Yeah, really noisy. The bar opposite had really loud musi playing all night. __________ you find it annoying, the way the sand gets everywhere? B: Yeah, a bit, ut stony beaches are just really uncomfortable. They're no good for sunbathing, ‘you ever heard of i? I's very ‘well known, Not in Asia i's not! couldn't go diving, _______ you scared? Not at all loved it. rm thinking of taking it up. really uncomfortable, PORD camping? B: Itean be a bt, yeah, but we've got mattresses and chairs and stuff, soit wont be too bad. 12, Ask negative questions about these sentences ‘using the words in brackets. Then have conversations using your ideas. 1 We stayed in a big five-star hotel in Cairo. (expensive) 2 Elght of us are going to share a room in @ youth hostel. (crowded) 3. The area’s quite rough, but the rent’s realy low. (scary) 4 [had to share room with my boyfriend's mother. {feel awkward) CONVERSATION PRACTICE 13 With a new partner, have a conversation about places you've been to. If you haven't been anywhere recently, use the photos for ideas. Begin by using the guide below. Continue the conversation with comments, questions and responses. Then swap roles. Student Al ‘Student B ‘Ask if B went away in “the holidays. Sey where you went. [Ask about or comment ‘onthe place. Respond, Unit 6 Accommodation 53SORTED! eee LISTENING ‘Work in pairs. Think of three common problems that people have in each of the following situation + staying in a hotel + renting a flat or a house + sharing a flat or house What's the worst problem? Why? #EEI Listen to four conversations about accommodation. Decide what kind of place is discussed in each conversation and what the main problem is. #E5I Listen again. Match two statements with each conversation. 4) Someone didn't know what was supposed to happen 2 The place is airy. 2 There's ne way to change the temperature in the Someone is sarcastic at the end of the conversation. ‘The heating system was dangerous, Someone is refusing to pay money. ‘The person repeats thelr complaint in stronger guage. Someone was paid to sort out a problem. Discuss what you would do in each situation. What would you do inthe first conversation? &: Ped ask to see the manager 2: How would that help? SPEAKING Read the situations below. With a partner. choose two that you would like to roleplay + You rent a house. The bath has leaked anc the house. Your landlord wants you to pay fo damage. + You recently started university. You're sharin with three other students, all from different ‘You realise you're the tidiest person in the © always tidying up after everyone else ~ anc ‘you. You decide to try and talk to the person v= think is messiest - an English student. + The room in your hotel is too hot and so you complain to the receptionist, + You're falrty sure you left your camera and is your hostel room when you went out this but now you can't find them. You think @ men staff might have stolen them, + You are staying in a hotel. You need to get us for an Important meeting tomorrow. There's wedding party going on downstairs. You dec= go and ask them to keep the noise down. + You have been having serious problems wi neighbours. They make a lot of noise: they " ‘arguments, and they have a large dog thal right. Recertly, they've started throwing nl your garden. You've had enough. Choose your roles. Before you start, look through audio script 33 on pages 199-200 underline any expressions you think wil useful, Write the full conversations you want to bs Then try to remember what you wrote. Roleplay the conversations. Try not to I ‘what you have written.IMAR 2 “eok at this sentence from Exercise 3. Then wplete the rules. e/get something done see right to have it checked and get itreoare. have + object + pest participle ison active / Sossive construction Be ese this stucture when the person who does |= Scion s unknown or unimportant P known and cr structure only focuses on the ject ofthe verb / es on both the objec f the verb ond the person “Seine object belongs Se 13 ber, slay. © flooded Vorthe ‘Werk in pairs. How many different ways can you complete each of these sentences? ight to get your arm seen by a doctor se ought to have your orm Xrayed. ou ought your arm should that picture ould this coat = She has tooth 14 e just my passport ed my computer 7 We the house last month, = Fm acing my hair Use the ideas in Exercise 11 to talk about things: + you've hadgot done recently, + you need to have/get done. + you'd never have/get done. C=" UNDERSTANDING VOCABULARY ae Idioms In Exercise 3, you heard these two idioms: You're toking the mickey and I'm completely out of pocket, {An idiom is a group of words that means something different to the meaning ofthe individual words. You can sometimes work out the meaning of an idiom from the words and the context. Ifyou look up the idiom in a dictionary, i's usually listed uncer the entry for the noun. Replace the idioms in italics in sentences 1-8 with these definitions. been very expensive for very short periods of time | getting used to things hhave enough money to pay for everything needed | in an overly optimistic wey {ts his tur to react ane do something making fun of, short of money 1. We shared a flat for a year and then one day she just left without paying her share of the bills leaving me really badly out of packet. (Our old place really wasn't that great! | think you're looking back at it through rose-coloured glasses. Don't get me wrong. My roommate is great in small doses. I's Just that after too much of him, Ihave an overwhelming desire to fall asleep! {ve told my landlord I'm not going to pay any more rent until he gets the heating fixed, so now the bails in his court. They pay a lot in rent, so they must be struggling to ‘make ends meet now she's lost her jab. | don't know how they can afford a place like that, considering what they earn. It must have cost an arm and o leg. They were all taking the mickey out of me because ‘of my haircut. | didn't find it very funny though, 8 only moved here a few months ago. It was really hard to begin with, but bit by bit Im finding my feet. Choose three idioms from Exercise 13 and think of a situation for each. Tell a partner about them. | tok my ofd landlord to court and even though | won the case and got some compensation, | still ended up out of pocket becouse of all the legal fees. 7 Unit 6 Accommodation 55A SHOCK TO THE SYSTEM READING 2 i at the photos of Ben’s hometown in England - and here he has moved to: Hong Kong. Discuss the questions {do you think Ben's life In England was like? Think about: 2ilife, social circle, places to eat, nightife, things to do in r free time, and so on. sy do you think he will find moving to Hong Kong? Why? ings do you think Ben will have to get used to? ow would someone find moving the opposite way, from Hong (9 a small vilage? pplace would you rather live in? Why? To ——_Jacksonjanesshotmallin! Subject Greetings from HK ust 2 quick email to say I've arrived and am slowly finding my ect I's been an absolutely mad few days. Gat aff the plane was immediately hit by the heat ~ just unbearably hot lumi. I was picked up at the airpart by Tony, who works or the company. He was taking the mickey a bitin the taxi se he said | looked like some litle boy who'd just arrived ccountiyside. | suppose I probably did as sat there 1ng out of the window with my mouth hanging open. an, I's SO cifferent, Its a bit overwhelming — but in a good Anyway, after a couple of days getting over my jet lag and ntating myself a bit, I started at work. Mind you, l haven't ly been siaving away at my desk. | seem to have spent f my time being taken out forlunch, meeting people partying] I's been pretty wild. 'd better start doing some ‘oper work soon or the company will wonder what they're ing me for! way, they've already sorted out an apartment for me — floor, stunning view — so that's all gone very smoothly. "cacy know I'm going to love it here. How are things with you? back home. Which things you tho: of does he mention? Are you surp: by his reaction? Why? / Why not? Work in pairs. Discuss what chan: might have happened in Ben’s life his first few weeks in Hong Kong. read Ben's second email and fin you were correct. To —_Jacksonjanewshotme = Subject Too litle time! Hi Jane, Sorry it's been a while. Things have settled down a bit since I last wrote, Infact, 've been working fairly long hours. People just don't seem to stop here. When | used to travel into Lonéor from the county, I thought the pace ct life there was pretty fast, but here i's completely ridiculous! Then there's the noise ~ people seem to scream at oa other all the time, they have the TV or full, and constantly sound their horns inthe car Atthe same time, !™m getting really frustrated in the office because, when I ask about things, most of the time I can’t get a straight answer out anyone. Fortunately, ve made ftiends with this ‘guy who joined around the same time {aS me and we go out and have a moe ‘about things and just generally share o frustrations. Tony calls us The Moanin: Twins, but he realy is an iciot! To be honest, 'm already thinking of leaving | honestly can't bear it | never though I'd miss home so much! Skype me sometime soon,‘We=* in pairs. Discuss the questions. 7 you ever been homesick? When? Why? 8 To —_Jacksonjanetishotmail:ml Subject Why go back when you can go Forwards? 9 Jane, {said | was going to be back in England Easter, but then | thought why go back to to ‘miserable weather, rubbish food and dull sation? In the end, | sold my plane tickets ‘and used the money to travel round here [= There are some amazing places to visit and ow been onto the Chinese mainland quite The people are so much more in touch with culture here. i's made me realise that back people just aren't interested anymore. I's seaity TV and celebrities you ever thought of coming out here? it 5 8 lotto be said for it Life's a lot easier ‘have all my laundry done through a in my block; a maid comes and sorts out at every day. Its not lke the poor service ‘cet in England — it's far more efficient. Just take more pride in what they do here. 8s for the food — honestly | don’t know how Jot eat the bland rubbish that gets served ‘here. Hong Kong Is miles better. Anyway, | {dash = I've got my Chinese lesson inten 12 ‘Sefore you read Ben's final email - written over ‘= year jater - discuss the questions. Then read ‘= final email in File 5 on page 185 to see if you ‘geessed correctly. ~ What do you think it wil say? ~ Why do you think there has been such a gap Setween emails? ~ Where do you think he's living and how is he feeling? 13 Match the verbs from the four emails with the words they were used with, = hat kind of things do you moan about in terms of 1 pick up @ my apartment Sol, work family? Who do you moan to? 2 gare pride in what they do | erst kind of things do you thnk a foreigner might 2 get over € out of the windovr “ss icult about your county? ee ee “Seed Ben's third email below and answer the 5 sort out. © atmy desk ions. 6 go f Benat the airport = wrsthas Ben been doing since he last wrote to.Jane? > sung : ee “uv has is atuce to both Hong Kong and the UK i fF tteichores sanged? wrt do you thnk has caused the change? yew 8 LISTENING Work in pairs. Discuss the questions. + What do you understand by culture shock? + When might you experience it? + What might it involve? IEXEW Listen to an extract from a radio programme on the topic. Take notes on what is said about the three questions in Exercise 8. Listen again and answer the questions. 1. What two misconceptions about culture shock are mentioned? What is acculturation? What four stages do people go through? What happens in each phase? Why might itbe a problem if you don't complete the cycle? Look back at the four emails and find examples of the following things mentioned in the extract: 1 wonder and joy 2 setting into a routine 3. swinging from one extreme to another 4 looking critically at your previous existence and its culture 5 insulting someone 6 ‘refusing to mix with people 7. getting stuck in a phase Has what you heard in Exercise 9 changed the ‘way you feel about Ben? Why? / Why not? SPEAKING Think of a time when you experienced culture shock and had to adapt to new ways of doing things (in another country, when changing schools, starting university, beginning a new job, etc.) Spend five minutes thinking about the following: + what was strange for you + the different feelings you went through + how well you adapted + any things you just couldn't get used to Decide which language from this unit you want to use. Then share your experiences in groups. Unit 6 Accommodation 5758 Look at the photo of people doing capoeira. Work in pairs. Discuss what you know about the questions below ~ or guess using the picture, 1. What exactly are they doing? 2 Where does it originate? 3 How did it originate? 4 Who does it now? 5 How is it used to benefit young people now? IKE Now watch the video and answer the ‘questions in Exercise 1. Tell a partner what you thought of the video. Use some of these sentence starters. What did you think of ..? You were right about | hadn't realises that | didn't really understand the bit about le heard of a similar kind of project in Complete the summary of the video with a noun form of the words below. Capoeira isa of dance and combine martial art which was developed by slaves in the early 1800s. The slaves used capoeira as. way of opposing their owners without the ‘owners realising that they were practising. fighting moves. After? was slave abolished it became popular as a form of 3 and asa way to raise amuse ‘ ofex-slaves' identity. In more aware modem times it has been used to work with kids who are at risk because af? homeless In Brazil, thete are considerable numbers of homeless children, who are often involved in®__ crime and drugs, and beg have disappeared from official records. (Organisations such as Project Axe find foster hhomes for the kids and chen provide education and social through de capoeira. Capoeira not only allows the kids to develop their ® encourages sell by teaching. "___. mules and limits within the capoeira ‘elrcle’, Many children hhave had their lives changed as a result and sometimes may go on to give "_ ‘and become masters themselves, Work in pairs. Discuss the questions. + Would you be any good at capoelra? Why? / Wi What sports) originated in your country? What = you know about its history? + How do people become homeless? How could homelessness be solved? + Think of a person who has been saved from problems because of sport or some other pas: What happened? What organisations help young people in you country? What do they de? UNDERSTANDING FAST SPEECH Look at this extract from the video. To help: groups of words are marked with / and str sounds are in CAPITALS, Pauses are marke= Practise saying the sentences. BAsically 1 TAKE what they HAVE to OFFer it BOdy strength an the ENeroy/ and MOULD # INtegrating them into the GROUP. // ONCE they inthe Clete / which s the most cred MOmer: the CapoeaPROces SHOW nem at ae a = NORMS // RULES / and Lis /wthiN yours ay with OTHers / that NEED to be Followed ; IEF Listen to how Mario said these ae Now you have a go! Practise saying the extral = again fast. :72 second sentence so that it has a ‘seconing to the first sentence, using the See=_ Do not change the word given. You ‘Setween two and five words, including even olf around ten years ago, about ten years now, GOLF solutely nothing worth seeing at the the music festival was time. COMPLETE credibly lucky that he didn't kill himselt He was lucky really was broken and now we have been fixed. We might not have been SHOULD © 90 and see that game. Why didn't you tell going? 2ve told me you were going. you. WOULD in chaos at the moment because it's so it's a bit chaotic at the © REDECORATED e 7 a sudden decision to move to the Wy? / Wy ery? What of moving to the country for 2 How coulé ight klos more than he did before he from es other pass he got injured. SINCE ail the correct words or forms in italics. our holiday? Very / Really fantastic. what did you do? imost / Neorly anything to be honest. We 9 the beach most days. that a bit / really / absolutely boring? |. [read and swim and play with the kids, rom the ity ts usta ‘really | real bit ofa you know the east coast of Spain? but ve visited / Ive been visting the big near there a couple of times. Did you go? were told it’s always ©a bit / really! very you have to queue too long for the rides. you mean, but you ’could've / should've / one, I's worth it even with the queues. ready talked / we've been toiking ¢ back there next year, 50 maybe we'll go, ole in your OFFer Ifthe = MOULD it ONCE they're 4 MOment = that there Listen. Write the six sentences you hear. 4 Write a sentence before and after the sentences from Exercise 3 to create a short conversation. VOCABULARY Match the verbs (1-10) with the collocates (a-j).. 1 I get out of us quite out of pocket. 2 We worked up bb tacties beforehand, 3 They hit the main square. 4 They sacked d the mickey, 5 We didn't élscuss @ abitofa sweat. 6 Itore 1 the coach after six games. 7 The place overlooked g breath very quickly. & They got promoted the post twice. 9 ttle 1. to the top division last year, 10 They're just taking J aligament in my ankle, Decide if these words are connected to sport or accommodation and in what way. tackle landlord | a boier aleak substitute dump | overtake ‘solated timeout avack Complete the email with one word in each space. The first letters are given. Dear Juan Just @ quick email to tell you how I'm getting on here in Tokyo. Sorry | haven't written sooner but it took me a week to 'get o my jet lag and then, what with the new job ands. °. somewhere to live, 'm only just Beginning to find my *. 1ve finaly found a flat = its cost me an anda to rent, buti’s very central and | have a's view across the city. it really is ‘amazing. People here have been very *we- and I've been out a few times with people from the company. The food is amazing. | think I'm going to love ithere. Mind you, ve started reading that book you gave me about acculturation so I'm trying not to look at everything through ” -coloured glasses. ‘That way, maybe then | won't be diseppointed and ow. to the other extreme. Asher ‘Complete the sentences. Use the word in brackets to form a word that fits in the space. 1 Im hopeless at racket sports. | have no hand-eye (coordinate) 2. He banged his head quite badly, but he didn't lose {conscious} 3. Sport stops kids getting into trouble out of (bored) 4 I've twisted my ankle several times and Ive lost some init. (exible) 5 Ive tied climbing but I never took it up seriously I don't have the to do it well. (strong) 6 After initial feelings of elation, people typically go through a period of. (resist) 7 My flatmate is OK in small doses, but after a while I get an desire to fall asleep. (overwhelm) Review3 59IN THIS UNIT YOU LEARN HOW TO: talk about talk about natur make stories more drama talk about + talk about tends se content t a ; sot SPEAKING 1 Imagine you are the man in the photo. What happened? Think about these questions: do you live? + Did you Work in pairs. Tell the story to a partner. Your partner should sympathise and ask extra questions. Then change roles. ra pitt ter tt! aaa perce mee i bed ase 4 cor eae)VOCABULARY Weather 1 Mateh these different kinds of weather with the descriptions below. old 09. 1 Lwoke up in the middle of the night because the ‘thunder was so loud and then there were these incrediole flashes of lightning. It was quite scary. 2. We were driving along the motorway and suddenly we Just hit it It was really thick and you could hardly see the car in front, We had to come off the: motorway and wait for itto li. 3 twas boiling and really humid and there was no air conditioning on the bus. It was unbearable. | thought | was going to pass out! 4 lost all feeling in my fingers and my lips turned blue. | thought | was going ta freeze to death! 5 I got absolutely soaked on the way. When we left it was fine, but then the clouds came in and it suclceniy started pouring down, and of course I hadn't brought {an umbrella or anything, 6 It blew down a tree and it hit our house, It did quite a lot of damage. 7 twas pouring down and then it turned to hall It was, incredible, In the end, we had to pull over untiit all, eased off 8 The ferry couldn't sail because it was so strong, but it ‘eased off after a couple of hours. @ Honestly, we had to slow right down because it started to settle and | was afraid of skidding Apparently, there were lots of crashes and some people got stuck in their cars overnight, 10 It continued non-stop for about a week! The whole place was flooded, Itwas miserable. a WEATHER THE STORM PRONUNCIATION IEG Listen to phrases from Exercise 1 that contain the word was. Notice how the soun: of the word changes in fast speech. Then listen again and repeat the phrases. Underline any new expressions or collocat in 1-10 in Exercise 1. Compare what you underline with a partner Have you ever experienced anything like am the situations in Exercise 1? Tell your partn LISTENING DIET Listen to two people sharing experien of extreme weather. Answer the questions. 1. Where were the two people when they experie extreme weather? 2. What kind of weather did each person experie 2 How did they feel? 4 What did they do as a result ofthe weather? GRAMMAR Read the Grammar box on page 63. Then w: in pairs to answer the questions below. 1 Find an example of the past perfect simple anc the past continuous in the Grammar box. 2. Which tense shows an action was at the same {a8 another, but was unfinished or interrupted? 3 Which tense shows an action finished before « previously mentioned action or before the ston began?ative tenses = stories, we usualy describe the main events in ‘ey happened and we use the past simple to do ample: in the story you heard ‘One moment we shine, the next we saw lke a fine on the road we drove through itand it was hail we have to use the past perfect and past pcations cus to show background information and causes. Du summary ofthe story: Sy were driving to Rome, it started to hal twas Sms Secause they were the biggest ailstones they'd ee any of seven 50 they pulled over and waite fort to stop. partner. ES pence ete this summary of the second story you y putting the verbs in brackets into the ct tense. in Sardinia and we * o= somewhere. It? (visit this tile {be) boiling all day evening we * (take) a walk along when suddenly we (see) this ole forked lightning, it® (star) spitting ® Just two seconds later it started pouring As wee (not bring} an umbrella, we « (cun) to the nearest café we ® Itcan't have been more than a minute, absolutely soaked. | must have emptied =ing lke a litre of water out of my shoes. 8 Choose one of the sentences below and use it as part of a story about weather. Imagine what happened before and afterwards. Plan how you will describe the experience. Use the past ‘continuous and past perfect at least once. 1 We were absolutely soaked by the end of it 2 The roads were really icy 3 We couldn't see a thing, 4 The wind was so strong it nearly blew me over. Tell your story to a partner. DEVELOPING CONVERSATIONS Making stories more dramatic Look a three pater you heard in Exercise 5 that make the story more cremate ©. They were ax big as gat bal (G5 Fag, 08 to make comparisons) b Honestly, they were hitting the cor s0 hard they nearly broke the windscreen. (0+ adv result) © /poured something like o tre of water out of my shoes. (Something ke + number) 0 Write five sentences using the patterns in the box about the things below. Share your ideas with a partner, + how hot / cold / wet / windy, etc. the weather is. + how big / small/ diy /clean, etc. someone's flat is + how lazy / hard-working ffat/ thin / tall, etc. someone is how posh / dangerous, etc. an area Is + how good / bad, etc. a film or book is CONVERSATION PRACTICE ‘Think of a time when you experienced really extreme weather. Plan how to tell your story. Decide when you could use the past continuous or past perfect and make the story dramatic. Work in pairs. Tell your stories. Describe where you were, what you were doing and what happened. When listening to other stories, show interest and ask questions. You might also try to respond by talking about a similar experience. Use some of the phrases in the box below. Do you know what happened to me last night? | had this realy scary experience when Iwas on holiday Really? What happened? ‘Actually, that reminds me of EE Unit 7 Nature 63ANIMALS MAKING HEADLINES PEAKING Work with a partner. Which ideas do you agree with most or least? Why? of a civilised country is the way ittreats came vegetatian, we would all be ‘appier — and it'd be much better for Lure of the warid imals in the world that you really need to of are humans! i Indefensible! = spent with cats Is never wasted. artying out experiments on animals ~ ‘ong. it may be true that it helps advance = <>owlacge, but italso damages the soul, the rt. EADING Work in pairs, Look at the phrases from four cles. Discuss which pairs of phrases might go ether and what each story might be about. >= wilis being contested fora dare tion of laboratory staf aban 2 heated debate ch wil provide invaluable insights Work in two groups. oup A: read the two articles on page 68. roup B: read the articles in File 10 on page 187. Then, discuss what you understood with a partner from your group. Change partners. Work with a student from the other group. Without looking at your articles, ummarise what you read. Share your opinions bout each story. Now read the two other ‘icles. Is there anything your new partner ‘orgot to mention? Continue working with your partner from the other group. Decide in which article: 2 contract was cancelled. 2 business fs booming, 3 someone got a nasty surprise. + people's privacy has been violated. 5 a change was highly controversial uitural taboo has been broken. 7 there may well be a court case. 3 people are struggling to make ends meet. 6 Work in pairs. Discuss the followin, 1 Putthe stories in order of interest from 4 (= mo: interesting) to 4. Explain your choice. 2 Tell your partner any similar stories to = read, Use some of these phrases. Did you see that thing in the news /on TV about..? Someone was teling me about .. |read this amazing thing online about. Iread a great article in the paper the other day about GRAMMAR 7 Look at these sentences from two of the artic ‘Then answer the questions below. Participle clauses We can sometimes shorten rlaive clauses by using #p i ava peri ae eae ee couse Te ‘tore common inwitlen English, Inthe ates, ou res= I oaree a crerneel artes re cer to thelr ments Eos restourent ln to hove Beer ore ete eared > Te £t8-ilion centre wes intended to alow experiments ele ot combating linesses such 0S SaeU et treme Ae cerned xt ‘See bullfighting o sparked a heated for children wh sive Popular P 1 Isthe verb In each clause active or passive? i Speci his 2. How would you say these sentences using a fu Dred bavisd relative clause in place of the participle clause bold? SEEN 8 Choose the correct option. 1 the number of animals abandoning / abandones their owners the number of people living / lived together bet: marriage the number of people moving / moved abroad the number of young people suffering / sufferec depression the number of people studying / studied at unive the amount of organic food selling / sold last ye: the amount of money donating / donated to che the amount of food throwing / thrown out by the average family 9. Think of two trends you know about. Decide how you can use some of the phrases in the below to describe the trends over recent year: Then explain your ideas to a partner. 2 I think the number / amount of .. has gone up / dow sharply / slightly In recent years, because Ithink it's mostly because of/ a result of. ‘This has led to / resulted inmost bur you! To fans, bullfighting is full of drama, risk andl bravery Opponents, though, insist the spor is cruel and the region of Catalonia, which includes the city of Barcelona, has completely banned all fights. Increasingly, younger Spaniards seem uninterested, In a recent opinion poll, over 70% claimed to have no interest in watching the sport at all & government’ 2012 decision to reverse a ban on ullfighting on the state-run channel Television. pared a heated debate about the sport and its essh culture Inaddition, bull breeders are finding it increasingly hard to ‘make a profit. This is partly down to the rising costs of food brut also due to increased competition from the growing rmumber of rich breeders involved in the business mainly as a hobby. Many now only survive thanks to European Union subsidies of around €200 per bull per year. ame in 2006 amidst claims that the rights ere 100 expensive, and that bullfighting was dren who could be watching. However, Popular Party sees the sport as an art witht Spanish history and has given the industry tax sured low ticket prices. ANIMAL CHARITY'S GAIN IS DOCTOR'S LOSS ‘A woman who gave up a career asa university lecturer in order to help her parents run their farm was shocked to discover that they had left everything they owned to the RSPCA ~ the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals ~ the main animal-protection charity in the UK Dr Christine Gill spent much ofthe last ten years looking afer her ageing parents and working on the farm. However, on his, ast year death, her father asked for his entire estate — worth around sto chari GH} 61.5 million — tobe given to the charity. His will is now being, contested as Dr Gill struggles to win back what she sees as het rightful inheritance ‘The RSPCA has said that it hopes the matter can be seitled ‘without the need for legal proceedings: Founded in 1824 ent years Fate Cover 60 years before the NSPCC — the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children), the organisation is left over £40 million a year and is one of Britain’ biggest charities pg The group has recently come in for criticism for what many see as its involvement in polities after it supported calls for a ban oon fox hunting Unit 7 Nature 65JSTENING ZED Work in groups. Discuss the questions. listen to five conversations related to and find out what answers are given to questions. < photo, What else kils plants or trees? plants or trees cause problems? you give or recelve flowers or a plant? n you get for free near where you ive? © some alfferent uses of herbs? NET] Listen again and match one of the ‘ements a-f with each conversation 1-5. One :ement isn’t used. talks about a misunderstanding ‘expresses concem about dying clves a probable explanation er complains about a plant aker expresses thanks caker offers a cure BERSTANDIN Gifferent mé watering [the In which conversation was each of the words the box used? Do you remember what was said awkward gather lethal rots swears 5 cheerup _getridof native settle thank yo PIE Listen again and read the audio script o= page 201. Underline the part of the sentence each word or phrase is used in. Work in pairs. Discuss the questions connecte2 to the conversations in Exercise 1, 1 2 Do you have any plants in your house? Why? / Why not? 3 Are there any invasive plants (or animals) in your country? What's the effect? What's being done ab: ite How connected to nature are you? In what way? 4 Are any flowers or plants connected to particular festivals or events in your country? 5 The grandmother of one of the speakers swears by lemon and honey for a cold. What things do yo swear by?DERSTANDING VOCABULARY different meanings of words «the word woter asin drink some water, but conversations in Exercise 1 you heard this watering {the plants] every day. 5 have more than an meaning. Sometimes you ‘ord is being used in a different sense because ne word is different (here, warer isa verb in =n: perfect continuous), Sometimes the word has <6 meaning as here (give water to plants}, but 's ess clear, and you need to look at the ound ftto work aut the meaning in this context, as smples in this unit jinning to settle. 7 iba 's something snow does) settle your stomach. ae sf words as often being part of colocations ‘you wil also start to notice other vocabulary 9 them. This will ost your understanding of 's something you do 10 Titer Work in pairs. Match the seven words re! nature with the photos. | blossom flood plant root seed stem ERED Listen to seven pairs of sentences. Decide if the words in each sentence have the same (5) meaning as in Exercise 6 or different (D). Use the ‘word forms and other words in the sentences to help you. Work in pairs. Discuss the questions, + Do you know anyone who has a stormy relationship? In what way isit stormy? + Public and private debt has increased in many countries. What do you think the root cause is? + Can you think of anything that has prompted floods ‘of complaints? Why? + Can you think of anyone whose career is blossoming? + What problem in your town, city or country most annoys you? What do you think it stems from? swears by hank you jentence connected] at way? > particular ers swears pings do you Unit 7 Nature 67SPEAKING 1 Work in pairs. Look at the photo. Discuss theCAUGHT IN VOCABULARY Crimes ¢ sentences 1-9 with the pairs of verbs. y need to reverse the order of the words. en — found ‘aided — seized ~ caught set~ smashed stolen — broken into vanished ~ came back 3. call from the bank saying I'd __gane ‘awn, Someone must've gat hald af my mehow and used my card number, 2 wes ___on camera and had to pay a €100 =. was only ‘about 65! jessman wes _ dead in a park. tly, he'd been attacked and then 4 She went out to the shops and never She just completely ie such a mess. They. threw rocks at police and shop fire to {got back, we found the house had been Fortunately, they hadn't ‘much, ding outside the cathedral and this guy me, _____ my bag and ran off, tly, the police _this café near us 4 ____S milion dollars worth of ivary. 2 there weren't many people around when the je —___ so na-one was » butit of damage. x in pairs. Match these crimes with the criptions in Exercise 1 fraud smugging | , murder speeding | cisappearance _arlat astreet robbery | 3. Spend two minutes memorising the language the words in Exercises 1 and 2. Test each other. secstions. Add e Student A says the crime. dreadful kl Student B says the example from Exercise 1 ra 4. Think of real examples for four of the crimes 7 Exercise 2. Explain what happened using som of the new vocabulary in Exercise 1. must've 7) hing ne val 's What th LISTENING 5 EMEBI Listen to three conversations and answ the questions. ce Did youT joking th 1+ What crime from Exercise 2 do they talk about? ats What 2 How do the speakers know about the crime? 3 What heppened? >SONUNCIATI 6 Work in pairs. Decide which conversatics| = 32TH Listen tot each group of words comes from and how es) = exercise 8 an word was used. Then listen again and check at them. 1 swipe /trainers / rele swipe / trainers / relief ent 2 stuffed / shock / drugged serns to start c¢ 3 lrections / fortunately / spoil sch prompt wi snue each 7 Which of the three crimes is most serious? Explain your reasons. \ding ext got caught DEVELOPING CONVERSATIONS = had our h my bat 3 you hear Comments and questions ‘When listening to stories, we often make a comment anc then follow itwith @ question. ‘Oh you're joking! What happened? That's terible! Did it have much in it? cavhere? GRAMMAR i at the sen wer questio‘= che words in order to make comments and “sessions. Add exclamation and question marks. eadful killed That's anyone veadtull Was anyone killed? must've That you awful Were OK ing no valuable they Oh take Did very What thinking were dreadiul That's the = sured a What shame you Were Did you That's terrible report to the it ng they know Do who it You're = os t's What awful through his going family be =SONUNCIATION BEG Listen to the comments and questions .ercise 8 and notice the intonation. Seceat them. ‘werk in pairs. Using the prompts below, take ‘ses to start conversations. Respond to == prompt with a comment and a question, Ssstnue each conversation for as long as you == adding extra comments and questions. 2d my camera stolen while l was on holiday. caught in the middle of a rot > sis had our house broken into last night. my bag snatched in the street, cou hear there's been a bombing in town? D¢ you read about that guy who was murdered here? MAR s=swer questions 1-3 below the box. sok at the sentences in the Grammar box. Then Showing degrees of certainty with modal verbs We cten use modal verbs (must, can’, might ox cou) to Show degiees of certainy winen we are hing opinions and speculating about what's rue 4 Itean't have been very nice b Someone must have got hold of my card deta € teould have been when | bought thase new toners tin the tere but then again t might equal have been nthe locl supermarket. That must be a rele 1 Which two modals show the speaker is uncertain about what happened? 2. Which two modals show the speaker is almost certain about what happened? 3. How does the speaker show they're referring to a past event or feeling rather than the present? + Have any of the suggested causes happen ‘country? Have they had the same results Are there any other factors that you thins levels of erime? VOCABULARY Trends and statist 6 Replace the words in bold in the senten: these words and phrases. accounttor drop played arole | coincided’ —ledto plunged Lcortelation peak ranks 1 During the noughties, the number of cars stolen fell by almost 70%. ‘The prison population hit @ high of 45 and has stowiy dectined by 3% since the 3. The fallin crime has run in parallel wth > in the numbers entering university 4 There is quite 8 welLestablished link bes reading skis and crime. ‘As mobile phone use has increased shar: resulted ina similar rise in street crime Its argued thatthe fallin violent crime is of harsher prison sentences, 7 Expetts believe the economic recession been a factor inthe slight inerease in crime figures this year. 8 The fact that Russia comes second forthe = bilionaires may be the reason for the hu In sales of uxury cars. 7 Think of one example of the things bel: make a note of possible causes and re: of these trends. Use words and phrases Exercise 6 to share your ideas with a p= + something that has soared recently / ove few years + something that has plunged recently /o few years + something your country ranks highly in + allink which has recently been establishe>LICING BRIN police officer from Riga in Latvia, gets out of his legs. While the nightlife in the old town for him its been a quiet night. He had to sgament and take a report ofa stolen phone, but He smiles when asked fis atypical night. Its his, yes, but 20 years ago it was very dillerent rn you'd come to the old town at night was if < trouble, Police work was alot more risky’ And the he tale, Violent crime has plunged in Latvia over ades, with Riga seeing a 70% fallin murders. are not restricted to Latvia. Across Europe, the mes recorded annually has fallen by neatly three het cotintnes such asthe US and Japan have end, especially in robbery, car thelt and violent through raising awareness of issues, people are {i ctime. Campaigns against drug and aleobol been successful in that young people ar less likely to an previous generations. Some have vt that the fll etime has ruin parallel to an .e number of people going on to further education, ot clear that education in itself drives people me, 18-0-24-year-olds make up the vast majority Yeah, he looks OK now but imagine him by the time forty = he. all that lovely halr and hell probably weigh twenty kilos more. Unfortunately, my grandfather's lost his memory now, x hopefully they ~ a cure forit by © time I'm his age. "© Spend three minutes thinking about how (a) your life and (b) the world will be different in years’ time, In pairs, share your ideas. Use she future perfect. nagine Il have started losing my hoir by then. fully, they'll have found o cure for AIDS by then. d besides 20 home DEVELOPING CONVERSATIONS Arranging to meet Wie often suggest alternative timesiplaces to meet using CaniCouid we make i.,? We also explain why A So what time do you want to meet? Seven? B: /’m working tl six and it'd be nice iff could go home frst 50 could we make it eight? 7 Complete 1-5 by adding a-e below. 1. A: When do you want to meet? Would about nine tomorrow night be OK? B: Can we make it a bit earlier? When would you like to meet? Would sometime this week suit you? Could we make It some other time? ‘What day works for you? Is Friday any good? Could we make it earlier in the week? ‘Where shall we meet? How about that new café fon the other side of the river? B: Can we make it somewhere more central? 5 A: Why don't we meet at Janet’s place? B: Can we make it somewhere nearer mine? 2 2 PEED 2 It’s quite awkward to get to, that place. b Ive gota lot on at work at the moment € She lives miles away from me. i I's my gittriend’s birthday that day. € I need to try and get an early night il can. 8 Work in pairs. Take turns having conversations like the ones in the Developing Conversations box. Use the questions below and suggest your own alternatives. Explain why. ‘What time do you want to meet? Is .. OK? Where shall we meet? Would .. suit you? CONVERSATION PRACTICE 9 Individually, think of what you're going to celebrate. Make notes on the following: + two ideas for what to do and why + where exactly you would do them ‘Then work in groups of three and have a conversation like the one you heard in Exercise 2, Follow this guide. ‘Student A gives a reason to celebrate. Student B suggests an idea of how to celebrate. ‘Student C rejects the idea and explains why. Allthree discuss other ideas and come to an ‘agreement. ‘Arrange where/when to meet and if anyone needs to do anything such as book a table. Unit 10 Socialising 89READING d the dictionary definition of faux pas. Then "uss what the faux pas and its consequence ‘ight be in each of the situations. fanx pas /,f0u 'par/ (n) ‘eke or commit a faux pas, you tay or do ‘thing which unintentionally causes embarrassment in al situation, icone says, "You must be Tim's wife’ -one complains about thelr teacher ina 2 A businessperson makes a joke about thelr company ne speech, 4 Aivine attendants share their work experiences on 200k, An actor kisses an actress during a charity event. Read the article on page 91 and find out what ‘tually happened in each case. Work in pairs, Discuss the questions, (ou agree that no harm was done when the ‘oF ‘put his foot init’? 2 Why does the author see Ratner as unfortunate? Do agree? 3 In what way are the airline attendants and Charlie Sheen similar to Ratner? Do you have any sympathy them? 4 What has been the impact of 24-hour news? Do you ree with the author? 5 Why does the author think it's good that he’s not famous? VOCABULARY Making mistakes Complete the sentences with these pair: words. You may need to reverse the orde> = words. burst out ~realised pregnant—dve | | tured up—dressed copying in—send se politician clue feat ~ surprise 1 Lasked her when the baby was due wasn't actually aregnant || felt awful ate 2 asked him how his gittiend was ~ and h= crying! Ihaci’t___ they 3 |wanted to but lended up a private email to ‘everyone in the accident. 4 Onmy first day at work,|___in a s and found everyone else reall elt so stupid! 5 I pretended I lost hls passport. It was to be a joke, but he didnt the oft 6 I nearly put my In twith my br week, He's organising a___party birthday ~ and | forgot | wasn't supposes about it 7 Atop___was asked on alive TV much bread costs ~ and he didn't hav 8 Agovernment minister made a the war — without realising he was Which of the eight mistakes above do y think is the most serious? Explain you" = a partner. 1 think mistakesKING ‘Work in pairs. Discuss the questions. ~ Do you use social media ike Facebook and Twitter? #50, are you careful about what you say? What privacy settings do you use? 3 you think of any other famous people who have made mistakes in public? Save probably all had moments when we said the wrong, = {certainly have like at an olfice party once, when Secuced| myself to a woman a colleague was with by ‘Oh, you must be Tims wie. 've heard so much cou! The woman then turned to Thm and screamed, married” before slapping him inthe face, Then there time at university when I met a friend in a coffee + class and immediately started moaning about our who was called Dr Gray. | was going on ane! on about serable she was ~ strict, boring, unfriendly ~ and my ‘wasnt really saying much, After a minute or 0, she rupted me and said, ‘Um, I think 1 should introduce She then tured to this other student who I hadnt really up tll then and said, “This is Tracy. Tracy Gray’! ately, the result of putting my foot in it was only an Svar moment and a stony silence. Maybe my friends clit less of me, maybe they thought Iwas an idiot, > real harm was done. The same isnot tue for everyone, seculaly if you ae famous. Se Gerald Ratner. He was the multimillionaire owner "= fantastic par cme more pe 2 go | will hav 7 solate. |e ery on my ph idn't happen 2 would | do y- have told him 10 me ike the e the second meaning to tt fen. Do not ¢ between tv 4 given, CIEE! Work in pairs. Use your notes fro: Exercise 2 to discuss 1-5. Then watch a; to check. 1 Maich these words with a heading In Exerc otaset_ flames researen heme more democratic geological map scorpion = Sony would he FAA standards outsider services 7 2 Why is it so important to collaborate with pe pei be possible where you are working? c 3 Why might you need helicopter insurance? are going tc 4 Why does he mention the fire on the plane? m the naw syste 5 Why's lack of preparation one of the most =rime the ne obstacies? j . ; Dee stuation becar Work in pairs. Discuss the questions. = didn interve + Do Patrick Hunt and his experiences have & alice had int similarities with the flm character indiana Jor= Why? / Why not? + What other jobs might experience the obs odo a Mas rick talks about? cing to do a M Pat about’ ern iod + Have you experienced any of the kinds of p . x Patrick talks about? When? Where? What he erty menial we + Would you tke to be an archaeologist? ork Why? / Why not? the email Look at this extract from the video. To help groups of words are marked with / and str= sounds are in CAPITALS. Pauses are mari Practise saying the sentence. @ to say | do! ing do. As yo ks and 1? nest. if my bo ple more pe YOU know / you may be in @ reMOTE loCAtion there's THERE'S no AMbulance that can come ue you /!you MIGHT have to have HELicopter ins a inSTEAD, ‘a HEI Listen to how Patrick said this sente= Now you have a go! Practise saying the ex: again fast.“Goose the correct word or form. made redundant, !am going to set up / set ‘my own business. n't believe that in September | will work / will 2 worked here for ten years already! as a fantastic party, was / wasn't i? nope some more people turn up or this food is ng to go will have gone to waste ym $0 late. | would've called / would call you, if = battery on my phone hacn't died. ‘wouldn't happen to know ifthey'e recrulting ople, would / do you? ould have told him to get lost too if he spoke / had Soken to me like that =the worst comes / will come to the worst, go J go back andl live with my parents. ‘Complete the second sentence so that it has a ‘sonilar meaning to the first sentence, using the ‘werd given. Do not change the word given. You ‘==st use between two and four words, including Se word given. = was a shame more people didn't come to the party party would have been better if more people ‘TURNED ould it be possible to give me a lift home? home, could you? DRIVE I staff are going to get training before we start 1g the new system with clients, the time the new system goes live, al staff hhow to use it. TRAINED < The situation became quite chaotic because the ice didn't intervene soon enough. the police had intervened sooner the situation fe any pe Jones ofhand. GOT ao fant to do a Masters, but it depends on the cost om going to do a Masters, if too ch. COST = pretty menial work, right? is i? STIMULATING of problews| happens: s The work ‘Complete the email with one word in each Simon, = writing to say | don't think | * make itto leaving do. As you know, the new store's opening = suo weeks and? finding things hard, oe honest. If my boss * actually taken -ouple more people as | asked him to, perhaps 9s wouldn't * so bad, but he just won't n and, as he hardly sets foot in the office, he "t really know haw much pressure we're under to plan, I might ® sentence he extract done everything | need to do before your party, but tobe honest |” TRYou know how itis ~ something unexpected Is to delay things. So anyway, if| don't see you next week, let's get together soon, * ‘we? We could even rent a karaoke booth again, ifyou're ° _____for it 4 Listen. Write the six sentences you hear. VOCABULARY 5 Match the verbs (1-10) with the collocates (a-j). 1 the police broke a crying / laughing up, ina good word / my foot init 2 hejust burst cut ¢ the main reasons / the key 3 Itreated myself stages © d quite casually / very smartly 4 was meantto. the demonstaton he ary stewestesed S10 / asus 4g abeauty treatment new 6 she didntsee ees % Seema ‘fh ahigh rank / her main aim: 8 | actually put |. the funny side / the practical benefits her notice / her assignment @ she's handed in 10 she summarised | 6 Complete the presentation introduction with one word in each space. The first letters are given. Hello. "W. ‘everyone. For those who don’t know me already, I'm Steff from Switzerland and 'm here studying Economics as part ofthe student exchange programme. Today I'm going to talk about Glencore Xstrata. Soh up everyone: who has heard of Glencore Xstrata? Well it might +s. ‘you to leatn that in fact i's currently the 12th largest company in the world with 3 market value of $90 billion. So what I'm going to do today is take ac look at this company and where it stands. I'l begin by * ou. its main businesses and providing a brief ® ov, of the company’s, history. 'l then 7m. onto*re___ its recent performance before *h. some of the Current threats to growth and future opportunities. Finally, lc ‘that on the whole the future remains quite bright for this company. 7 Complete the sentences. Use the word in brackets to form a word that fits in the space. 1. The company currently has 300_. employ) 2 Working with prisoners can be very rewarding, but it can also be draining. (emotion) 3 Ws very ‘working with children. (reward) 4. Working in market research was fun to begin with but the soon wore off. (novel) 5 The minister made a stupid joke without he was on air. realise) 6 We'd often work for twelve hours. (solid) 7 Ws ridiculous, She was made redundant only three: months after they gave her a (promote) Review 5 95— _ | IN THis unit You Learn How To: + discuss traval expe talk about problems when renting things enta car expres and surprise talc about different kinds of driving experiences ‘emphasise how you fee! SPEAKING 1 Work in pairs. Discuss the questions. Where Have you ever been up in a b and where? not, would you like 2 Change partners. Discuss the questions. + What's your favourite and/or least favourite way of ing? Why? 3d or bad about king! re} asalling trip touring on a rail pas ided co: ‘mountain bikin hitchhiking Unit 11 Transport and travel 97VOCABULARY Problems when renting 8 10 I hadn't read the Complete the sentences with these nouns. brakes deposit — insurance safety chain engine leak ‘small print dent __gears_—_rental tyre 1 Itcost €50 a day to rent a board, but we had to pay a returnable of €200 on top of that. 2 They tried to sell us to the windscreen oF tyres. 3 Itwas dificult to change —_ Stif and | couldn't get into fith at al 4 We couldn't get the started on the way back and we were just floating there for about two hours before they came to rescue us. 5 There was obviously a Inthe tank because you could smell petrol 6 They didn't provide any. life jackets or helmets, 7 When | put the on, they weren't very effective, so going downhill was a bit scary. 8 They wouldn't give our deposit back hecause there was a _— and some scratches in the side, 9 We got a fat so we had to call the rental place to come and pick us up. and I found out there was @ $500 excess which wasn't covered by the Insurance, equipment like 11. They weren't very well maintained. The kept coming off my one and the handlebars were loose on my friend's one. 12 We were alte late getting back as there wasn't much wind and so they charged us an extra half- day's to cover any damage They were very LISTENING 4 With a partner, discuss what you think rented in each of the sentences in Exerc Work in pairs. Discuss the questions. + What things have you rented? Have you ever had any ofthe problems in + Give six examples from your own life, € ‘noun from the box in Exercise 1 Work in small groups. Imagine you/yo 2 wanted to rent a car. Discuss which of & features below would be: (1) really impo (2) quite important, but not essential important. + It’s automatic + Ithas @Ps. + Its fuebefficient. + Its diesel + The insurance covers everything. + thas a great sound system. + You get unlimited mileage. + There's plenty of room in the boot. IEE Listen to a conversation in a car re office. Answer the questions. 1 What's the special offer for the week? 2 Does the customer take it? Why? / Why no 3 What else has the customer ordered? 4 Does he take the extra insurance? 5 What else do you hear about the car he’s ‘=ok was cercise 1 ck your ideas. - ‘a.car online, = have your car ready, but we're ial offer this week J con__to the next range for just two euros a day. = You _6 PS, yes? your fami at are the chances of anything of the the tank full? portant - | (3) not ves ou may want to ou leave, er the questions. er rental + vressing surprise or shock ewe ate surprised, shocked or annoyed by what we I <5. we often repeat the information as 2 question and snot? Bp =22 another question or comment. nasday. EF Work in pairs. Can you remember the s you heard in each of these sentences from conversation in Exercise 5? Listen again to where I've marked with the caras well before SE] Listen to a man calling a car rental office. at's the problem with the car John Farnham rents? > ow does he feel about the proposed solution? WELOPING CONVERSATIONS juarantee they'll be with you within four hours © =erhours? is that really the best you can do? ¢ able fo come and look at your car next |} Next Wednesday? That's olmost a week away! Write responses to each of the sentences below. Repeat surprising information as a question and then add another question or comment. 1 A: The taxi fare to your hotel will be €100. The cheapest ticket we have lefts $875, 8 A: 8: 3 A: Our flight leaves at five in the morning, B: & 'sa bt old, but I's a nice car! could let you have it for 1500. 5 A: Ifyou ust walt atthe station, | should be able to ‘get there within an hour or two. 6 A; I'm afrald the contract does state that there's a €50 penalty f you return the car more than an hour late. PRONUNCIATION HEGI Listen to the conversations from Exercise 8, Notice the way the questions have strong stress and high intonation. Then read the conversations with a partner, using your ‘own extra questions and comments. Continue each conversation for as long as you can. CONVERSATION PRACTICE Work in pairs. Student A: read File 19 on page 191 Student B: read File 9 on page 186. Plan some of the things you will say. Then read the audio script for track 58 on page 205 and underline any expressions you ‘want to use. Roleplay the conversation. ‘Then, Student A: you are going to phone the company and report a problem. Decide if you are happy with B's response. ‘Student B: Ais going to phone and report a problem. Deal with it however you want to Roleplay the telephone conversation. Use some of the language from the box below. | wonder you an help me. ''m calling because we have a problem with the car we're renting from you. 1'm so sorry to hear that ''m not sure we'llbe able to help you. mm afrala 11m sory, but that’s just not good enough. That's the best we can do, 'm afta. EER Unit 11 Transport and travel 99THE TRIP OF A LIFETIME SPEAKING 4 Work in groups. Discuss the questions 1 Look at the three journeys below. Then work + What other pilgrimages do people mak: in pairs to discuss the questions. + What other famous journeys have you Journey 1: a 6000-kilometre tain journey from Moscow to + What's the best journey you've ever m: Beling kind of scenery did you go through? + Are there any journeys you'd love to m Journey 2: a 4500-Kilometre drive across the United States + Can you think of any famous road move: Journey 3: an 800-Klometre walk from the south of France tw northem Spain GRAMMAR + What do you thnk the good things about each journey might be? 7 5 Read the Grammar box. Then choose © + Would itbe better to travel on your own or ina ee eee group? Why? + What kind of problems might happen on each one? + Which of the three Journeys most appeals to you? Uacountablejeuns writ Uncountable nouns have no plural forms and a used with alan, We use no article or the or so + Have you ever heard of anybody making any similar use much = not many = before them, oe 2 Idon't have much money. b Ive spent all the money you gave me. READING ¢ Money is the root of all evil 2 Read about the three journeys on page 101. Answer the questions. 1 Roisin and her friend bought al the ec. ‘equipment they needed for their walk. > = 2 Felix got a / some useful Information * ‘guides about spots tourist don't norm= 3 Artur and Attila didn't do mony reseor= 1. Why did each person decide to make their journey? 2 What was good or bad about each one? ‘3 Was there anything in the three stories that surprised oa research before setting off for Chicas 4 Have you changed your mind about which journey most appeals to you? ang do Exercise 3 Without reading the stories again, try to 6 Complete the sentences with one complete the sentences. Then check your ideas Rieter ieee by looking at the expressions in bold in the texts. —— 2 You travel light! You've got haraly 1 twas an incredible experience being so close to 8 wath youl fof elephants like that in the wild 5 ; ‘ _ I'm really looking forward! to this bre= 2 | know you're upset, but ou need to Rae een things into perspective. I mean, i's not the end of the world! 4 [don't think Ill get the job. I don’t have experience, 3 We drove right across the desert — through some incredibly desolate 5 tmnot making —___ progres 4 It's a remote area — and stil very traditional. Its rman. Hai tm aeting almost by the modern word 6 Vcouldn tnd vary —_ Infor 5 I've seen that movie so many times that | know most Place on the Iilgii co — 7 Come and sit with us. There's 6 We're all from quite cifferent backgrounds but we 8 I spent a great__of time ty "= share @ common in our love of music. people in the tent next to ours! 7 Agquick ___ of advice for you: make sure you 7 Work in pairs. Discuss the questi i take out travel insurance before you set off aera See i 8 The main station must've been Incredible once, but ae ‘over the years it's slowly into disrepair. + Do you do much research befor + How much luggage do you usual i 9 Everyone was so kind and generous to me, The whole trip really reaffirmed my in eye humanity. + How much time do you usually spe"> + Have you had any good or bad nev= I Gx ens 100Wie also _luggace nad so vice? oliday? n you go “TUR: ROUTE 66 sing up in Hungary in the 705, Route 66 was ike a mpthicel highway Rolling Stones version ofthe song was very popular back then and I the Iyres by heart. Route 66 represented a dream vision of America ut, feedom, speed, the romance ofthe open road. Ever since then, Tve to drive it~ and last year my dream finally came true clebrate out 50th bitthdays flew to Chicago with an old friend, ‘We then hired a Cadillac and set off for LA ~ more than 2000 miles 1 We hadn't done much research before we left ~ and soon discovered Iie road is no longer really in use! Its peak years were the 1930s sgh to the 60S and since then it fallen into disrepair. sa result, chof the journey was quite bumpy, we went through some really he-way places ~and got lost quite a bit as well We drove through rally desolate scenery ~ mile after mile of farmland —and, of ‘we had the occasional row. Spending all that time together meant were bound to happen! Having said that, though, we ended up better cds than ever. cagely, one ofthe movies they showed on the plane home was the Pixar =-mated fi, Cars, much of which is set along the road! LIX: THE TRANS-SIBERIAN RAILWAY studying Chinese at university and last year I went to Beijing, Tve xys loved trains, s0 I decided to go via Russia on the Trans-Siberian ress, | had wanted to travel alone as my image of group tours is dale-aged people following a guide around like a herd of sheep. ‘ever, other people advised against travelling independently and the {hatrain group tour turned out to be quite different from the usual x, There were only eight of us —all in our twenties. 1 guess being stuck. train for hours day after day you cither end up bonding or wanting sal each other and luckily we formed a strong bond. guides in the cities we stopped off at were local students who gave useful information about spots most tourists dont get to see. Their rads even came along sometimes, $0 we not only passed through some zing countryside, but we also met some remarkable people, There cre many highlights, but Lake Baikal was the best. I'S this vast expanse :ncredibly pure water and the whole area is almost untouched by the modern world, Mind you, I wouldn’ advise anyone to swim init most froze to death. ROISIN: fe Camino de Santiago is a pilgrimage route to the cathedral of Santiago Compostela in northern Spain, where ~ according to legend ~ the mains of St James are buried, Pilgrims have been walking this path for tures, and a few years ago one of my best friends decided to embark the journey, so I thought I'd go along and keep het company, started in Saint-Jean-Pied-ce-Port, in France, where we bought all the sipment we'd need, and set off, The walk took over a month andl for fiend, who's far more religious than { am, I think it really reaffirmed her faith, Even for me, though, i was a strangely spiritual journey. As we alked through the countryside, [ slowly came to accept al the things at had happened to me over recent years. 1 just found that the peace quiet slong with the slow pace of the jourmey through this incredible ery really helped me to put things into perspective, and I came sme feeling incredibly refreshed. A.word of advice, though, if you're thinking of doing the walk yourself: am some Spanish frst. Il make life easier! Oh, and buy good walking os, Lended up with holes in mine ~ and got terrible blisters as well! Unit 11 Transport and travel 101