Unit Goals Grammar Vocabulary

UNIt • Meet people Review of Present tense: Occupations

People  Page 2
1 • Ask for and give personal Be Countries
information Be + adjective (+ noun) Nationalities
• Describe different
Possessive adjectives Descriptive adjectives
occupations
• Describe positive and

negative parts of
occupations

UNIt Work, Rest, and Play  Page 14 • Talk about a typical day Review: Simple present tense Daily activities
2 • Talk about free time Prepositions of time Party words
• Describe a special Adverbs of frequency Celebrations and festivals
celebration or festival
• Describe daily life in

different communities

UNIt Identify possessions Possession Travel preparations and

Going Places  Page 26 •

3 • Ask for and give personal Imperatives and should  for advice stages
travel information Ordinal numbers
• Give travel advice Travel documents and
• Share special travel tips money
with others
Video  Page 38  Eric Whitacre: A Virtual Choir 2,000 Voices Strong

UNIt  ive a recipe

G Count and non-count nouns: some Food
Food  Page 42 •

4 • Order a meal
and any Food groups
• Talk about diets
How much and How many Diets
with quantifiers: lots of, a few,
• Discuss unusual foods
a little

UNIt  escribe activities

D Present continuous tense Doing sports
Sports  Page 54 •

5 happening now Stative verbs Present-time activities

• Compare everyday and
Team sports and individual
present-time activities sports
• Talk about favorite sports
• Discuss adventures

UNIt Destinations  Page 66 • Discuss past vacations Simple past tense Travel activities
6 • Exchange information about Simple past tense of to be Emphatic adjectives
vacations
• Use was/were to describe a

personal experience
• Describe a discovery from

the past
Video Page 78  Lewis Pugh: My Mind-Shifting Everest Swim

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 Speaking and National Geographic
Listening Reading Writing Video Journal
Pronunciation Video Journal
Focused listening: Asking for and giving National Geographic: Writing about people’s National Geographic:
Personal introductions ­personal information “People from Around the ­occupations and “The Last of The Woman
Contractions of be: World” nationalities Divers”
–’m, –’re, –’s

Focused listening: Talking about daily Writing a descriptive National Geographic:

A radio celebrity ­interview ­schedules and free time ­paragraph about daily “Monkey Business”
“Eric Whitacre: A Virtual
Verbs that end in –s routines
Choir 2,000 Voices Strong”
Writing Strategy: Word
web

General listening: Giving personal information National Geographic: Writing travel tips National Geographic:
Conversations at travel for travel forms “Smart Traveler” “Beagle Patrol”
destinations Rising intonation on lists

General and focused Role-play: National Geographic: Writing a recipe National Geographic:
­listening: Purchasing food at a “Bugs as Food” “Dangerous Dinner”
Ordering a meal in a supermarket
restaurant Reduced forms:
Do you have . . . and Would
you like . . .

General and focused Talking about what people Writing an e-mail National Geographic:
­listening: are doing now “Cheese-Rolling Races”
“Lewis Pugh: My Mind-
Everyday activities vs. Discussing favorite sports Shifting Everest Swim”
today’s activities Reduced form:
What are you . . .

General listening: Comparing vacations National Geographic: Writing a travel blog National Geographic:
A vacation Describing personal “The Cradle of the Inca “Machu Picchu”
­experiences Empire”
Sounds of –ed endings

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 Unit Goals Grammar Vocabulary

UNIt • T alk about personal Verbs with direct and indirect objects Communication
Communication  Page 82
7 communication Irregular past tense Electronics
• Exchange contact
Sensory verbs The senses
information
• Describe characteristics

and qualities
• Compare different types of

­communication
UNIt Moving Forward  Page 94 • T alk about plans Future tense: be going to Short- and long-term plans
8 • Discuss long- and short- Will for predictions and ­immediate Weather conditions
term plans decisions Weather-specific clothing
• Make weather predictions

• Discuss the future

UNIt Make comparisons Comparatives Clothing

Types of Clothing  Page 106 •

9 • Explain preferences Superlatives Descriptive adjectives

• Talk about clothing Clothing materials
materials
• Evaluate quality and value

Video  Page 118  Diana Reiss: Peter Gabriel, Neil Gershenfeld, Vint Cerf: The Interspecies Internet? An Idea in Progress

UNIt  ive advice on healthy

G Modals (could, ought to, should, Healthy and unhealthy habits
Lifestyles  Page 122 •

10 habits must ); have to Compound adjectives

• Compare lifestyles Questions with how
• Ask about lifestyles

• Evaluate your lifestyle

UNIt Talk about today’s chores Present perfect tense Chores

Achievements  Page 134 •

11 • Interview for a job Present perfect tense vs. simple past Personal accomplishments
• Talk about personal
tense
accomplishments
• Discuss humanity’s greatest
­achievements

UNIt Consequences  Page 146 • T alk about managing your Real conditionals (also called the Personal finance
12 money first conditional) Animals
• Make choices on how to
Animal habitats
spend your money
• Talk about cause and effect

• Evaluate money and

happiness
Video Page 158  Michael Norton: How to Buy Happiness

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 Speaking and National Geographic
Listening Reading Writing Video Journal
Pronunciation Video Journal
Focused listening: Asking for contact Writing a text message National Geographic:
A radio call-in program ­information Make a list “Wild Animal Trackers”
“Diana Reiss, Peter Gabriel,
Describing sights, sounds Neil Gershenfeld, Vint Cerf:
and other sensations The Interspecies Internet?
The /b/ and /v/, /l/ and /r/ An Idea in Progress”
sounds

General listening: Talking about weekend plans National Geographic: Writing statements National Geographic:
A talk show Discussing the weather “Future Energy” about the future “Solar Cooking”
Reduced form of going to

Focused listening: Talking about clothes National Geographic: Writing about buying National Geographic:
Shoe shopping Shopping—at the store and “Silk—the Queen of Textiles” clothes How Your T-Shirt Can Make a
online Difference
Rising and falling i­ntonation

ogress

General listening: Discussing healthy and National Geographic: Writing a paragraph National Geographic:
Personal lifestyles unhealthy habits “The Secrets of Long Life” about personal lifestyle “The Science of Stress”
Asking and telling about
lifestyles
Should, shouldn’t

Listening for general Interviewing for a job National Geographic: Writing about National Geographic:
understanding and specific Catching up with a friend “Humanity’s Greatest ­achievements “Spacewalk”
details: Achievements”
Reduced form of have
A job interview

Listening for specific Making decisions about Write about cause and National Geographic:
details: spending money effect “The Missing Snows of
“Michael Norton: How to
At a travel agency Talking about important Buy Happiness” Writing Strategy: Make Kilimanjaro”
Listening for key environmental issues ­suggestions
information Intonation, sentence stress

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