Russian Edition iar cciaantccol ctr Students’ BookCOMMENTS 22 oe Learning to Learn (.0-8) Skills focus Warm-up (p.9) Vocabulan 1 Bolorers (p.10-11) Vocatutary: voriuilding allocation; travel | Reading: nov-fction about Scot’ a leisure polat expedition (Lueyfalse Listening: questions) monologue Reading strategies: multiplo- (atehing) choice questions Speaking: about protos; information gap Grammar focus Skills focus ) 2 Travellers’ Tales. (p.12-13) Grammar: Present Simple, Present Continuous, Present Perfect Reading: biodata about travellers {multiple choice questions, rmatching) 3 Extreme Sports. (14-15) Vocabulary: extreme sports; cognates: multi-part verbs (1) Functions: pferences Pronunciation: intonation of questions Listening: TV programme: interviews Listening strategies: preparation Speaking: describing and talking about holes, interviewing partner Warm-up (p.21) | 5 The Chase (p.22-23) Vocabulary: stories |Vocabulary: key words for text: Speaking: modifiers describing photos |Reading: short story by H.G. Wells Reading strategies: paragraph gaps Speaking: narrating 9 Prablems (p.2¢-25) Vocabulary: transport problems; collocation Speaking: discussing means of ‘transport; roeplays Reacting: travel literature extract by Bill Bryson Reading Strategies: sentence gaps Warm-ap (2.33) Vocabulary: tansport; travel words Listing: monologues (matching) 6 AMemory (7.24-25) Grammar: Past Perfect Reading: autobiography extract (true/false questions) 10 Fear of Flying (p.36-37) Grammar: Present Perfect Simple ‘ané continuous Vocabulary: air travel Speaking: talking ahout 2 photo 7 Films (p.26-27) Vocabulary: film genres; fim jargon Functions: giving opinions about films Mocabuary multipart verbs (2) corded phone message; |tialogues about fis (matching) | Speaking: talking about a photo; talking about films: 41 On the Move (9.28 39) Vocabulary: travel words; muii-part verbs (3) Function: trayel situations Pronunciation: stress affecting meaning Speaking: talcing about a photo; roleplays Sstening: airport announcomonts matching) Listening Strategies: matcting information and dialogues Warm-up (9.45) | 13 What's in the Papers? Vocabulary: The | (p.4¢-47) hedia (N, Vocabulary: compound adjectives nagazires, Reading: newspaper extracts newspapers, the | (matching tue/false questions) Internet) Reading Strategies: dealing with Listening: TY cultural references programme extracts Speaking: news story (natching) Warm-vp (p.57) 17. Persuasion (p.58-59) Vocabulary: opinion Vocabulary: advert'sing adjectives; “expressions (2); idiomatic advertising “expressions expressions (1) Reading: magazine adverts Lictoning: radio Reading Strategies: dealing with adverts (matching) idiomatic expressions Speaking: information gap {asking for and giving information) 14 Breaking News (p.48-49) Vocabulary: disasters (Grammar: the Passive (Gentence transformations) Reading: Internet news 18 Classified Ads (p.60-6: Vocabulary: types of classified ads Grammar: the Future: (will, ‘may/migit, Present Continuous, Present Simple, be going fo) Reading: claccifiod ads | (matching) 15 The Price of Fame (p.50-51) Vocabulary: media words: multi-patt verbs (4) Pronunciation: contractions and weak foras Funetion: discussion (expressing opinions) Listening: rao progranime; a discussion about TV (matching) Listening Strategies istering for specific information Speaking: discussion (topics for « presentation) |19 Taking it Back (p.62-63) Vocabulary: multi-part verbs (5); “shopping problems Functian: shopping problems | Pronunciation: intonation Speaking: dizcussing 2 questionnaire; shop roleplay Listening: dialogues in shops (matching)Communication Workshops 4 Communication Workshops (p.16~17) Nocabulary: opinions (adjectives & collocations) Pronunciation: showing interest Linking: informal linkers eluding sentence adveibs, (actually, luckily) Reading: adverts (matcting) Speaking: choosing a holiday personal letter (3) radio programme 8 Communication Workshops (0.28-29) Linking sequence linkers, (after, by the fine, suddenly. just then, etc) Function: telling stories Speaking: telling a fim plot, Speaking strategies: dealing with nistakes Listening: a film plat Listening strategies: listening for Inportant words Writing: an acventure story (narrative) 42 Communteation Workshops (p.40-41) Linking: addition ané contrast, (in irtition. plus. althounh. however on the ther bond) Function: tourist situations Writings 9 report Listening: tourist problems, completing sentences Speaking: tourist problems (roleplays) Language Problem Solving OSes ene te encarta Language Problem Solving 4 (p.76) Grammar: state & activity verbs Culture Corner 1 (p.15) Canada Reading: county factfile IeStecares alga eerie eee Comparing Cultures: famous people; exporers, travelers expressing preferences a informal letter eo) Pets Language Problem Salving 2 (p.30) (p.13-20) Grammar used t and would stores; modifiers Culture Corner 2 (p.31) ast Perfect; Past Simple vs Past Yuri Vizbor ontinuous Reading: biographical and historical ‘unction: expressing opinions background Writing: an adventure story Vocabulary: vers and rouns Language Problem Solving: used to and Speaking: Discussing personality sould Skills Corner: Reading - true/false eRcectige a mianey eis Language Problem Sotving 3 (p.42) (925-32) Grammar: pronouns transport and travel: collocation Culture Corner 3 (p.£3) Grammar: Present Perfect Simple and Getting around Britain Continuous; articles Reading: 3 leafet Function: travel situations Listening a tad progamme Writing: a report i Language Problem Solving: myself, yourseE, thenselves. and each other/ore another Skils Corner: Listening - multiple choice Speaking Strategies: prepating for Toleplays 16 Communication Workshops (52-83) Function interupting Linking: contrasting ideas (nevertheless, fowever in spre of, elthough, deste) Writing a review of film ora TV aaramme listening: a 1 debate Speaking: discussing a photo/extracts Speaking Strategies: prepaing for cussion based on simulating material 2 Communication Workshops (p.64-65) Function: giving opinions Linking: so... thet; such. that; enough, 00 Listening: a discussion (matching) Listening Strategies: matching people with what they say Speaking: a class presentation Speaking Strategies: giving a short presentation Writing: 2 written enquiry (armel) EE Pronunciations different words that sound the same | Language Problem Solving 4 (p.54) (3340), |Grammar:causatives (lo hove something | Vocabulary: media; collacation; compound | done) | adjectives | Culture Comer 4 (p.55) ! Grammar: the Passive; adjectives | Newspapers and magazines | Function: expressing opinions; agre'ng anc ing: article | disagreeing disney | Wsing ln review | Language Problem Solving: to have/get. ! something done { Skills Comer: Speaking — photo description Kam Zone At-4)ibe fEnl Speak Read Language Problem Solving 5 (p.66) a) Grammar: Articles Vocabulary: opinion adjectives, advertising Culture Corner § (p.62) | expressions; idiomatic cxproscions The Mystery of Wales ! Grammar: the Future: determiners Reading: article | Function: shopping problems; complaining Comparing Cuttures: discussing history Writing: an email asking far information and culture | Language Problem Solving: articles {Skills Corner: Reading ~ multisla cheice er) Gece erie Une tricotWorm-up (7.69) Vocabulary: physical appearance Listening: police TV appeal (matching) erm is Skills focus 24 Generations (p.70-71) Yocabulary: prefixes to mcke opposites of adjectives ‘wordbuilding) Reading: diary extracts Reading Strategies: inferring or ‘reading between the lines Speaking: talking about photos; roleplays Speaki people based ‘on photos Grammar focus Y Skills focus ) 22 People Watching (p.72-73) Grammar: modals for speculating (Gentence transformations) speculating about 23 Personality (p.74~75) vocabulary: jeisonalty adjectives (1): art verbs (6) Function: describing people and speculating interviews Listening Strategies: true/false ‘questicns Wera-ap (0.82) ocabulry preview of ey weds tem the module Hteming stunts tating about ieamng (matching) PemCrae cru) Warm-up (P.92) Vocabulary: personality cjectives (2) talking about photos Cerner Warm-up (p-105) Vocabulary: food, famous places, sport Listenin doseribing lifestyles (watching) eee nces Warm-up (p.127) Vocabulary: everyday objects Rirmewcmean trad |33 Lost in Translation 25 Get Learning! (p.82-83) 26 Teachers (p.84-85) Vocabilary: verbs get, hare, Grammar Third Conditional rmoke, take (Gentence vrensformations) Reading: magazine articles Reading Stratogies: facts and opinions Speaking: describing and talking about a photo; talking about choices 29 Odd Jobe (p.94-95) Yocabutary: collocations; | delexicalised verbs do, make | Reading: magazine article Reading Strategies: headings and paragiaphs (matching) Speaking: guessing game (p-106-107) (p.108-109) Vocabulary: connotation and | Gramm translation Reading: extracts (rom Eva Hoffman's memoirs (true/false questions) Reading Strategies: dealing with difficult words Speaking: worl asuclation yanne about patos Reading: magazine article (nultiple-choice questions) 30 Dangerous Jobs (p.96-97) Vocabulary: jobs Grammar: reported statements Speaking: talking about photos 34 Living Abroad reported questions (Gentence transformations) Speaking: iescibing and talking 27 Schools (p.86-87) Vocabulary: school words; multi-part verbs (7) Function: disagreeing anc ccontraticting politely Pronunciatien: polite disagreement Listening: people talking about their old schools; dialogue Listening Strategies: mutiple-choice questions Speaking: contradiction game; talking about school, 31 Gettinga job (p.98-99) Vocabulary: multi-part verbs (8) Function: job interview Pronunciation: politeness Listening: 2 job interview documentary Listening Strategies: taking notes | speaking: roleplay: 35 Mind Your Manners (9.170111) Function: being polite Pronunciation: intonation; polite and rude Wocabutary: multi-part verbs (9) Listening: adio programme; dialogues (matching) | Speaking: talking about photos: | roteplays _| Speaking Strategies: preparing for Froteplays | 37 A Lostchty (p.416-118) ocabutary adjectives (leeting) | Grammar ws vers of noverten | Reading! tel book extracts Reading Strategies: word gaps Speaking: describing and ttking bout a photo; information gap |28 Landmarks (p.120-221) i/should hove 30 Civiliced? (p.122-123) Vocabulary: civilisation; multi- part verbs (10) Function: giving reasons and examples Listenin« Speakin TV programme liscussion Student Activities (9.129. 1) Uterature Spots (9.132-139) Writing Help (p.240-144)Language Problem Solving Communication Workshops rcutrurercatien 2% Communication Workshops - (p.76-77) Linking: exerplification (especialy, artery, fer example, euch as) Speaking: discussing a photo "Speaking Strategies: speculating about photos Writing: describing « person Listening: 3 radio piogramno (otching 28 Communication Workshops (p.88-89) Fumetien: asking for intormation Linking: review of addition, contrast, purpose. exemplification and canclusion Listening: a phone call Speaking: roleplay: making phone calls Speaking Strategies: dealing with mmisundorstancing. Writing: 2 ‘for and against’ essay 32 Communication Workshops (0.100-101} Linking: reason (Becnuse, cue to, since, os) Writing: a CY and a letter of application Listening: a radio programme ~ prices ard sages in the (U Speaking: 2 ciscussion Speaking Strstegtes: interecting in discussions 36 Communication Workshops (p.142-113) Linking: wherever, waaever, whatever Speaking: talking about photos; roleplays = everyday situations Listening: everytay situations Listening Strategies: ident fying style Writing 2 personal letter (2) 40. Communication Workshops p.426-125) Function: presenting Linking: review and extension of addition and contrast Writing: describing place Listening: a snort presentation of a topic Speaking: a presentation of a topic ng Strategies: a presentation of a etree cMeari a iy (p.53-60) Vocabulary: physical appearance Grammar: modals for speculation; abligaticn, Permission and prohibition Function: descriving people Writings @ description Language Problem Solvin« past Skills Comer: ‘Language Problem Solving 6 (7.78) | | Grammar: past sodals ' “Culture Comer 6 (p.72) | | Vladimir Vysotsky: 1 5 4 biography : | Listening: 2 ratio quiz : i mmodals in the fstening — matching Cen GouTnaracut ieee (p.65-72) Vocabulary: verbs got, have, make, take collacation| Grammar: conditionals (zero, ist, second, thin) Function: politely Writings an essay Language Problem Solving: verbs fellowed # by -ing form or infinitive Skils Comer: Listening ~ true/false Language Problem Solving 7 (p.90) Grammar: verbs followed by ening form cr infinitive Culture Comer 7 (p.91) School Fectfile Reading: magazine pace Comparing Cultures: comparing the UK and USA school systems with your county lisagreeing and contradicting eee Go ei (p.73-80) careers; personality adjectives Language Problem Solving 8 (p.202) Grammar: reported verb patterns Culture Corner 8 (p.103) Choosing a Career Reading: article Listening: talking about careers ' Vocabular | do and mate | Grammar: reported statements; prepastions | oF time, movement, place { Function: job interview | Writing «letter of application | Language Problem Solving: reporteé verb | patterns fading ~ true/false Exam Zone (p.81-84) Use of English ch Reading: Weting ro) Vocabulary: foe famaus places, spets comatation Grammar: reported questions: question ta rapsitad erie endl uece ntions being polite | writing: inking words: direct speecky an $ nfermal iter ! Language Problem Solving: inking words { Skile Cornar Spanking ~ photo description Language Problem Solving 9 (p.114) Grammar: linking words Culture Comer 9 (p.115) Australia Speaking: infornation gap Listening: talking about Australia Comparing Cultures: presentation about another country Review 9 ( Pronunciation: difficult words i (693-109) { Vocabulary: dates and period of history: feelings: verbs of movenent fsh/shoutd rave; lative clauses giving reasors and examples Writing: @ description of a city Language Problem Solving: verbs wth ~ing Language Problem Solving 19 (7.126) Grammar: verbs with ~ing form and to + infinitive Culture Corner 10 (p.127) Russian Nobel prizewinners Reading: article ‘Speaking: proposing a new prize ‘Writings short biography ee (08) Use of Enalshy Pronunciation: Reading; Writin Speaking; Listenin Mini Grammar (p.110-124)__ — ALOR GMAIL A Getting Organised 1 Match the module topics in the keywords with the definitions (aj). KEY WORDS Adventure, Stories, Travel, The Media, Advertising, People, Learning, Careers, Culture Shock, Civilisation a getting knowledge about something or a skill b_ jobs or professions you have trained for moving from one piace to another ‘the difficulty you have understanding and adapting to other cultures descriptions of events, real or imagined men, women and children a journey, activity or experience that is strange, exciting and often dangerous television, radio and newspapers providing information about products and services societies and their culture © a e f 9 h i i Choose three modules which you think will be the most interesting. 2 Look through this book and match the descri the features below. oe Example a= Comparing Cultures activities focusing on culture b boxes with important vocabulary quotations related to lesson topics _ stories to listen to and read - monolingual dictionary f boxes containing strategies 3 what are the best ways of organising vocabulary? Here are some ideas, © a notebook organised alphabetically or by topic + small cards for each new word © topic networks tables with groups of words, e.g. shock (n), ta shack (v) shacking/shocked (ad)) * lists of useful expressions for different purposes, e.g, expressing opinions What information are you going to include about new words? KEY WORDS : ee © definitions and example sentences cook, diet, dish, translations in your language i: the part of speech of the word, e.g. noun, adjective, verb, ete. © phonetic symbols, e.g. /8/ Use these techniques to organise new words from this lesson,TI RN eM g 2 Read the Strategies. B Word Power a J English Quiz Try to answer these questions. © Ignore words that you don’t need to know to understand the text. * Try to guess the meaning of ‘important words. Work out the part of speech and use the context to help you guess meanings. © Use the Mini-dictionary only for important words that you can't guess. Use the part of speech and the context to choose the right word. 1 How many people spoke English in 1000 AD? a2 million b 12 million ¢ 20 million 2. How many people speak it now? a 200 million b 500 million ca billion 3 What percentage of the world's e-mails are in English? 250% b80% ¢ 90% 4 How many languages are there in the world? 24,000 b 6,500 €9,000 Underline all the words in the text that are new for you.Cirelsthose that are very important to understand the text. Then use the Strategies to ‘work out the meaning of these words. Read the text quickly and check your guesses, English in the - ” “"!” Which words did you have to look up Third Millennium in the Mini-dictionary? On the anniversary of Shakespeare's death, Bridget Lewis talks about the | 3 Work out the parts of speech of future of the English language. the underlined words below. Can you | guess the meanings of the words ae Tro thowsand yeas ao Engh dna. hows Pea the ones ein, oe it was a language used by les than two million people. Now iti the fetheiista ty hele Gea a boost nflental language in the word, spoken by nove than a bilion | ¢¥¢tonary to Relp vs . people on the planet, as their first, second or third language. English Example ae 5 currently dominates svience, business, the mass media and popular 1 = verb ~ go round Ue ceukure. For example, 80% of e-mils on the Internet are in Engi mn home, trout ner But where will English be at the end of che third millennia ey en ‘on her bike and saw a round metal (One view is chat English is going to become even more importane as object on the road. Tt went 3round 4 goobal lingua feanca, dominating the world’s trade and media while and round in circles making a strange 19 most other languages will become localised or ust die ou. Ar present, noise, Suddenly, a man came ‘round over half the world’s 6,500 languages are in danger of extinction. the corner and fired a Sround of [Another view is that English is already breaking up, as Latin did, into ammunition at the object before several separate languages. There are already dictionaries of the ‘New picking it up. Then he looked round Englishes, such as Australian English, full of words that a British English | Sn caid, ‘that’s about the tenth alien 15 speaker would not recognise ) T've Trounded up this week! He Hopell, neither of these things will happen. Although different varieties | Srounded off his speech with a bow (of Fnglish will continue co develop around the world, standard English and several passersby gave him a will survive for international communication. In addition, the frightening | round of applause. Emma thought prospect of a culturally uniform world totally dominated by one to herself, There are some very 2 is impossible. Already, other languages are fighting back against the iron | strange people 2round here!” rip of English on the Nec. Governments around the world are also carting Co protect smaller languages and recognise the importance of cukural and linguistic diversity, English will probably stay in contol for a long tint, at ease while the USA remains the top superpowver, but it 25 definitely won'c become the only language in the world.1 im pairs, use the words below ‘to write as many sentences as possible in five minutes. Sentences must be grammatically correct and must make sense! Example Yesterday, Mory left the 200 and took a lot of animats home. Giocodile Mary animals will home goes has was is left 700 the took a watching bigger lot study and to of yesterday tomorrow if than gone 2 Tell your answers to the class, Which of these structures did you use? Present Simple, Present Continuous, Future forms (x 2). Present Perfect, Past Simple, Past Continuous, Conditionals, Comparison of adjectives, Quantity expressions, Modals of obligation, The passive PREPOSITIONS of, to, from, in ARTICLES, a, the ‘QUANTITY EXPRESSIONS some, all ‘My Language’ by Haydn Evans Weleh is 2 Exh language that is poken in 2 Prinepality of Wales, wit 3@____sprakers in Patagonia in south 5__Argentina, iis very different © English. For example, Welcome 7 ‘ales’ is Crovsu i Cyrnra’ in Welsh, The Celts arrived 8. __. Europe in 9 fifth century BC. when 10___ Anglo-Saxons invaded Britain, the Brith Celts mowed | west and necthwands, Before 12 civleenth contury, Wales had 12____ ich literary tradition and everybody in Wales spoke. welsh, ARier 13 Unification of Wales with Grigland in 162%, weleh was banned and it decined rapidly. Until the @uos, Welsh Was not tanght in choos and English wae tae only offeial language. A Ba ye2°s ago, only 500.000 out 44a population of nearly three milion spoke: Welsh and 5 people thought that 28 Language was dying ‘out. However, now it is growing agai: Weleh is used in government there (eed Welsh TY station and i is now faught in nearly 18____ schools, tl dtl Se 4, How well can you use the structures below? Use this scale. 2+ can use this structure with very few problems. Thave a few problems and I make mistakes, = I don’t understand this structure! Question forms Present Simple Present Continuous Present Perfect Future forms Prepositions (e.g. of. to, from, in) Modals of obligation The passive (present, past) Comparison of adjectives Countables /uncountables, Past Simple Quantity expressions (e.g. some, a lot) Past Continuous Articles (a, an, the) Coneitionals 5 Look ai the ways of organising grammar notes below. tables (e.g. of verb tenses) lists (e.g. of irregular verbs) time lines (2g. to contrast tenses) examples with translations (e.g. to contrast structures with your language) Choose one of the grammar areas from Exercise 4 and organise some notes, 6 Write a short composition about your language like the one about Welsh.ae Warm-up pera Cys Cmi en Ca Rone brieccar acer rsu ces : KEY WORDS: Adventure another slanet, a rainforest Visit cities around the world, famous fying, parachuting, world trip, er ere | Ov Ucaia So 1Gkel sites tec eAn aca SMU ag Ce seer icc PETE Oe uence) Roney ecu rccie ecu (Ce usenext Beery neces nL d educational e exciting 4 Work in pairs. Is there somewhere Sonica enc Reece Tis Essa Tia csr OUirraoMch vortices * What would you like to do? Oui aucetiasat Cou Bie er crags Nie ae Ciena aie ne Marl them in their natural environment. T think it would be really exciting.2 When and why do you think they went there? 3 How do you think they travelled? 4 Hovrdo you think they felt when they got there Now read the text quickly and check your quesses. ‘Captain Scott and hs conpanions : J June, 1910, Capea Wel, we bst the nice and we must ‘He said, “I am just going outside Ce Scont left London to begin fice 860 miles of hard pushing and and I may besome tie,” We bnew his Antarctic expedition. goodbye to mest af our dreais.” that poor Oates was walking to bis He reocived a telegram from the 49 The return journey was one of death, We sried to step bir bus we 5 Nowreeian eiplore Boal the worst in the hisvory of 70 Anew that 8 was the acs of a brave Restate Wacom Souths So exploration, The men were rman. and an English gentleman. We all | the race to the South Pole was on! exhausied and were running out of hope to meet the end with a siniler Daring the polar summer of food. The weather conditions wore spirit, and cerainty the end is not fer” ‘both teams organised Tood 4 teible. Scott began to realise heir Scot and the last evo nen hey put food intents along desperate sinuion: We appear very 75. cartied on and got within eleven their route in preparation for their heerfl but vhar exch men felsin niles of one of their food scores. But ‘expeditions the followingyeae Then Bis ean Tcan only guess. Putting on chen a storm started and they could ame the darkness of the polar wintce, _t7shoss in the morning is getting ror leave their tent, Scott spent his Scott and Amundsen waited forthe *0. dower and slower’ last hours writing. He wrove a fewer sesipos Of spring Theexpedition wasn't completely _s0 fill of sadness to his wife, Kathleen: ansuecessful because on cheir way “To ney Widow, Dont ell you les back, they looked for rocls and about tis joumen, What stories you fossils as planned. They carried would have fir the boy... But whera 55 ewenty kilos of rocks all the way rive 10 pag, - swith chem. Laren these rocks proved 55 Scot's diary cold the story of i thac in the diane past Antarctica sad end: | | was covered by planes, “The food is only UT miles away But | However, disaster soon came Ido nos think we can hope for any 6 One of the men, Rigar Evans, died ester things now Weare gering afer a bad fal Thenext w die was 90 eater nd weaker and the end Capiain Oates, wha was having cant befer Tea ot hi eas 2 - difficulty in walking, Score verite mare. t aca he Pole on recorded his death adly in jp The nev of Scoala | his diary F disastrous expedition shocked the y |e world. He had failed to win the | nce to the Pole but che remarkable bravery shown by Caprain Score and ih four companions on 17 January te his men made them into heroes. and found the Norwegian flag. f their disappointment2 Re Read the text more carefully. Are these statements true (T) or false (F)? 4 (Scott and Arundsen started their journeys in the polar spring. 2 [Scott's use of motor stedges and ponies was a ’ success. 3 CJ Amundsen travelled more quickly than Scott. "4 [When they got to the Pole, Scott celebrated. 5 E Captain Oates went out and got lost in a storm. 6 © Scott's last letter was to his wife. _ 3 Read the Strategies. Now choose the hest answer (a, b or c) according to the text. 4. Amundsen started for the South Pole on ... 215 October, 1911. b 1 November, 1941. © 14 December, 1911. 2 Scott's expedition first had problems because .. a his ponies had difficulties. b the men were hungry. ¢ his motor sledges didn’t work, 3 When Scott’s expedition arrived at the Pole, the men felt .. a cheerful. b disappointed. ¢ relieved. Scott's men collected rocks and fossils because... a they had lots of free time. b it was part of their original plan. ¢ they were interested in geology. Scott couldn't get to the food store because ... a he wasr't strong enough. b the weather was too bad. c the tent was too far away. 4 Discuss these cuestions. 1 Why did Amundsen succeed and Scott fa 2 Whiet do you think Scott’s expedition achieved? "4 Why did Scott and his men become heroes? How did you feel when you tead the story? 5 Your Culture What explorers, climbers or "travellers do you know in Russia? What have ‘they done? Phentios Vocabulary: Wordbuilding 6 Look at the words in italics. Are they a noun, verb, adjective or adverb? es 1 The Norwegian expedition was successfull. ens 2 They succeeded in reaching the Pole first. 3. They completed their objective successfully. 4 Scott's expedition was not a success. 7 Work in pairs. Make adjectives, adverbs and verbs from the nouns below ({f possible). Use the Mini-dictionary to help you. Example ambitious (cd), embitiously (adv) ~ verb not possibie. ke 8 Complete the sentences. Use the word in brackets to make a new word. All the new words are in the text, 1 ______ for the expedition began during the polar summer. (prepare) 2. They couldn't travel in the winter. (dark) 3. Scott knew that was near (die). 4. The expedition was (disaster) but Scott is a legend in the world of ____ (explore). 5 His men are remembered for their ——_ (brave) in the face of great _____ (difficult). the polar Speaking — 9 Work in pairs. Take turns to say sentences about the two expeditions. Use words from Exercises 7 and 8. Example A Amundsen was a great explorer. B Yes he prepared for his journey well 10 Work in/pais Student/A reads about Fyodor Konyukhov on page 129. Student B reads about Helen Thayer on page 130. Now find out about your partner's explorer. Ask questions about: - * nationality © age * main expeditions greatest journey ° nethod of travel «aims of the joumey ® other interests and activities Example Where is Helen Thayer fiom? How old is she?eo Li Before you start 1 Read about the travellers and choose the best answers for these questions (2, b or c). Christina Dodwelll was born in Nigeric and has always loved travelling. She hos been a traveller and travel weiter since her midiwenties, She has made journeys by horse 1 How do Christina and Benedict around Africa, New Guinea and Turkey. She has also travelled both make a living? by canoe, dog sledge and microlight in China, Kamchatka and a fiom charities West Africa, though she hasn‘t been to the Poles. b from their books and TV Christina once spent time with cannibals but doesn’t worry c by meeting exotic people about danger. She never shows fear and when she thinks there 2 Where have they both been? a New Guinea b the Amazon « Antarctica 3. What are they both not doing at the moment? a promoting books b working could be trouble, she says, ‘My husband is a policemen. He's waiting ‘or me in the next village. Christina lives with her husband ona farm surrounded by horses and cattle. She works for a charity thai she set up to help the Third eee eae Werld and she often makes TV 2 Read these questions and and radio programmes. She is answers, Match the answers with now working on a programme for Christina (C} or Benedict (B). BBC radio about indigenous culture in Ethiopia, Her books have been fl 1 Do you get Lonely? translated into several languages No, because I make friends on my journeys 2 Where do you tive? Coon a fam. 3 Ate you doing any radio Benedict Alllen is an experienced explorer who has visited programmes at the moment? remote ratural environments all over the world. He has lived Ll¥es, tim doing a programme with the Amazon indians, with a tribe in New Guinea and about Ethiopia. with Aborigines in Australia, He has crossed the Amazon 4 Have you ever been to the Arctic? ‘forest with no map or compass, walked across the mounicins Two. Thaver't been there. of New Guinea and canoed from New Guinea to Australia. He has also made journeys across the Gobi and Nami 5 How long have you been a travel cs emer deserts on foot and by camel and trekked across the Arctic. writer? Q Cis: ‘ He has been lost in the jungle more than once ond survived L_] Since my mid-twenties, I aie by copying the local tribes and eating plants. Benedict doesn’t like travelling with people and he usually makes films of his joumeys without a film crew. He doesn't get lonely because he makes friends wherever he goes, even of his camels! He also talks to his video camera. ‘i's getting hot out here. Hotter than I’ve ever been,’ he said on his tip in Namibia when temperatures reached 50°C Benedict has worked for the BBC for years and has made several television series. He has also written nine books. His TV programmes and books have made him very papular in the UK. He isn’? travelling at the moment but is promoting his latest book, Icedogs, about a 1,000-mile trek through Siberia,Presentation 3 Name the tenses in the sentences underlined in "the texts. Then match them with the uses (a~g). | activities that happen regularly b permanent situations/states € things that started in the past and continue up till now d_ past events that have clear results in the present e events that happened in the past but it doesn’t matter when activities happening row, at the time of speaking activities happening during a limited period of time around the present. Find more examples of these tenses in the texts. Identify their uses (a-9). Practice 4 Look at the sentences and decide which of the people couldn’t say them. Explain why. 4. Tim living in Dublin. aa Dubliner ban exchange student studying in Dublin ¢ someone on a one year contract in Dublin 2 work in an office. aa student on a holiday job an accountant 3 T've been 2 traveller since I was 18. Aataveller ba travel writer ca retired traveller ba secretary 5 Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Simple, the Present Continuous or the Present Perfect, ms (work) as a botanist since graduation. 12 — (teach) students at the university but Talso 3. (spend) a lot of time travelling. 1 4 | | ) (have) some professional success - T (just. discover) an unknown orchid in | AC prezert, (study) a rare which Chinese medicine 7_ (use) toccure theumatism. 1 8_____ (collect) leaves aid floners to examine their properties. [9 imine) over ten olants so far. I 10 jeve] my job is interesting and useful. 6 Use the notes about a scientist's life to write sentences in the Present Simple, the Present Cankinuous o or the Present Perfect. ample Ps Aive already Gone a lot of research on Austratian culture. © Lregularly work for animal organisations. . Y Tin ding vey ttle academic work at the morment 71 do a lot of research on Australian culture already “work for animal organisations regularly very little academic work at the moment 8 Adverts 2 be a traveller and a scientist interested in Australia all my life 3 work as 2 sclentist since 1991 at Lancaster University as an ethnographer on a book about Australian food and drink 4 write more than twenty articles about Australia books on Australian customs a book on the life of Australian Aborigines 5 live in Lancaster in the UK for twenty years among Australian Aborigines in order to do research for the book 7 Use the cues below to write a travel questionnaire. Add more questions if you like. ever travel abroad? ever live abroad? how many countries/be to? like travelling? plan a trip/hotiday anywhere at the momen how many languages/speat? what languages/learn at the moment? 8 interested in any country/culture? Mounune Now work in pairs. Ask and answer questions. Tell the class something about your partner. 8 Personalisation Work in pairs. Think of a person that you know. Write sentences about what he/she does, is doing anc has done in his/her (ife. Tell your partner, Example My aunt Monica teaches archaeology at the university. She is learning to hang-glide. She has climbed some of the highest mounteins in Europe. Pronunciation: Contractions Q Read the sentatices.and decide what 5 stands for, has or is. *& He's gone abroad. She's got a new car, John’s having a shower. Pat’s done a Lot for her school. Mike's a nice man, The cat's drinking milk omsuenn ©) Listen to how ’s is pronounced in the sentences and mark them with /s/ or /z/. Listen again and repeat the sentences.2nd = PT ew eeu a Crm i or Gra Rie tessaes Wiese oun Ree ne em NT aca iy Which sport do you think is the most dangerot SReteOyent iste ee rae What was it like? Which sports would you like to try? KEY WORDS: Fitraime Sports bungee jumping, extreme mountain biking, extreme: skiing. ice-canyoning, ice diving. skysurfing, snowboarding, snowrafting, white water rafting Are any of the Key Words similar in your language? listening 2 Read the Strategies, 3 Use the Strategies to answer the questions below. 1 People do extreme sports in order to feel . aexcited. nervous. ¢ happy. 2. Extreme sports have become popular in the last . a5 years. b 10 years. ¢ 20 years. 3. People usually bungee jump from a aeroplanes. b high buildings. bridges. In skysurfing people do mid-air . a gymnastics b dancing. ¢ swimming. 5 Skysurfing has similarities with ... askiing. b surfing. ¢ canoeing. 6 Snowraiting is . a quite dangerous. C not very dangerous. 7 For white water rafting you need ... aa big river. ba warm river. ca mountain river Ice divers .. a swim under the ice. b very dangerous. b walk on the bottom of doesn’t like would like to try [ wouldn't like to try99 Pronunciation Listen to the questions below. In which of them does the intonation go up at the eu) Bin : a ean Con ote) ( Listen again and repeat the Ti love to try skiing. (You have never skied.) questions. Vocabulary: Multi-part Verbs (1) Ua Centaur enn ce Cmca ras Work in pairs, Use the Doma te aE COs TS questionnaire to interview your sees partner, love) arrive, wear, do. isa dong Tecided to ttake up bungee jumping and now I 2am (really) inte it. When T Stumed up for my first jump, I was so nervous that I tried ty back out but my friends persuaded me to 5go through with it. You Petra roa eteric gs tel Mtetas eae etre eet et hee oR ms cea uc eastis enon neinencet gare ke Crariecee a ee ea sr ue Is your partner: a very/quite/not very keen on sport /quite/not interested 8 Complete the sentences with a multi-part verb from Exercise 7 pues 1 Ann waited for Tom for ages but he didn’t AEs eg cae ESieU Roma Ch te sae CeCe a Tet ANY ( teen errr strane OSG Mise eee are MER an Te SI ROLE ee aa acest lue amie techs isSpeaking Before you start 1 Read the holiday adverts (A-D). Which holiday ... 1 is the cheapest? 2. offers the longest holiday? 3. doesn’t mention flights? 4 offers some hotel accommodation? © 2. Now listen to the dialogue and answer these questions. 1. Which holiday do Ricky and Shulah choose? 2 What reasons do they give? = © 3 Pronunciation: showing interest Listen to how Ricky and Shulah show that they are listening to cach other. © Listen again and repeat the words and sounds. —— es Ghoosing « Holiday in pairs and ) go on together. oe stages, weeks rafting on the Coruh River in Turkey. ; ‘this remote area. Mect friendly villagers ie palon: this stage 1 enc Choose one of the trips you want to go on and one “ye. Accommodation you don’t. Look at the Key Words and make notes Ses 1,750. about your reasons: ya A ate : (s O esaeicel ) ‘the trip © the activities « the accommodation - Extra options: four days in Istanbul or ‘the price» the weather - KEY WORDS: Opinions oring, changeable, cold, comfortable, dangerous, difficult, educational, exciting, expensive, good value for money, interesting, lots of variety, luxurious, no privacy, rainy, reasonably priced, safe, sunny, tiring, uncomfortable Example exciting — white water rafting te ofonrieey — rain, exploration, archasology covnfortable ~ guest houses Stage 2 weticles. Experienced guides. Use your notes and the Function File on paga 15 Se eT Te i : Nountaineering and sking are to prepare what you are going to say. Practise Seas saying some sentences. Don't write down Fe everything!Stage 3 Read the Strategies. SPEAKING STRATEGIES: Interaction Show you are listening to the other person yords from Exercise 3. Now, in paits, try to agree on a choice of holidays. * A suggest a holiday and give your reasons. * B- reject A’s suggestion and give reasons. Suggest an alternative holiday. * A and B - try to agree on one of the holidays or an alternative one, Talkback Tell the class which hotiday you chose. Which are the most popular and least popular holidays? listening Before you start 1 How do you think potar expeditions now are different from those in Captain Scott's time? A Radio Programme ‘oni tr 22 Listen to the interview and answer these questions. rogramme about the Kaminski. 1 MareKs two most famous polar expeditions were in . a 1991. b 1995. ¢ 1999, 2 He went to the two Poles in ... a May and November. b March and December. clay and December. 3. His biggest problem on the journey to the Antarctic was a the strong wind. the low temperature. the rough ground. 4 At university, Marek Kamifiski studied ... a languages. b literature. philosophy. 5 He believes the key to a successful expadition is your ... alegs. b brain. ¢ heart. 3. Work in groups. Discuss these statements. + The limits are in us, not outside us’ + ‘The most important thing is your dreat Adventine Writing Before you start 1 Read Janet's letter and match the parts (1-6) with these topics (af). d extra information e what they are doing f where they are aan excuse to slop writing b introductory questions ¢ the people in the group Ai tanal Dsle areyou? I hope the sunemer job s going well Have you deci where te ge on hokdlay? That sking break sounds the best avesn't i? Qaryny as you know, we're camping hare on the le of Skye. We're staying on acanpsite in bae middle of nowhere. Weve been here for jive days bukit Pos longer 03 race every sinale day! Everything is sect — nar shoes sleping bag, all car lethest lack we did't come here for the nightlife! Adually there ion any! Bat then wee al looted atthe end of the ly anny. te go walking every dey | and yesterday we saw some seals. We've all tried windsurfing, but wee st verygoed. This afernaon fell inte the sea five times! @ Our news: Predictably, Ts has file in kve with half the girs othe ampsite, To is complatiang abeut everthing andl Coin is sill trying to be forny al the te So you can inagine what ts like! (Bel frst finish — ils gy barn to cook tonight. Write back soon — (Whe fume on Monday (15th) | cheers Janet OPS. Brian phoned before we left — he warts you toget tn ouch, 2 Find examples of informal style in the letter. © greetings and coodbyes Linking words at the beginning of sentences (2.9. Anyway ... ) © contractions (e.g. we're) A Personal Letter (1) letter to a friend, Follow the stages and use iting Help 1 on page 140, Stage 1 Imagine you are on an adventure holiday. Make notes on: the time of year, the place and what itis tike the weather and how you are spending your time the people you are with and what they are like the people you have met and something interesting about them Stage 2 Use your notes to plan paragraphs like Janet's and write your letter. Use linking words. Stage 3 Check your Letter. Talkback Work in groups. Read each other's letters, Which holiday sounds the most interesting? (17) balLanguage Problem Solving ] State and activity verbs ~ Are you bored and fed up? Are you dreaming about exciting holidays? Ave sou thinking of getting away from it all? © como'o tho Fimlays with ws At Advontre Hobs, 0 “understand the needs oi tokio, We realise that taking can be atl work and think that elkers need our lp. Our guides have ral yor! experience and knew the bost rues, our cooks @ local meals - they are sicy ani taste delicous; our gorters ‘expaiens, There area spacal ofr for peopl wio dont want 10.90 straight tome afterwards. If you lke history, there isa tp to je India Fox people who prefer to spend some time onthe 1 Read the advert. Would you like to go on this holiday? 2 Which of the verbs in bold describe activities and which describe states/feelings? Copy and complete the table. stares/reeunes crits realise carry ‘Add more verbs from the text to each column, 3 Read what a trakker has written in a postcard from Nepal. Which verbs in bold, state or activity, are used in the continuous tenses? Hi Eller, 1°3 amazing! Zist imagine! (nn siting in front of iny tent and leaking at Mount Evecest, {just doo't believe itm drinking local Sea, which lastes slighily amoky, Me, who movie drinks tea at foroe, | don’T understand wh's happened to me Rat and Tio ave taking patos of she mountains, as Mowat Evereof looks absolutely stunning today. Pee ere eeeneis “ey realise they probably won't get anther dunce a i’ our last day You Row | ani you Love Chris Complete the rule with state and activity: We can use verbs i continuous and simple tenses and we use verbs only in simple tenses. 4 Read these pairs of sentences, Translate the verbs in blue into Russian. Does the verb mean the same in both sentences? 1 a Our guides have several years’ experience. b Ae you having dreams about holidays? 2 a We also think that trekkers need our help. b Ave you thinking of getting away from it all? 3. a Mount Everest looks absolutely stunning today. b T'm looking at Mount Everest, 5 Which sentences cannot be changed into the Present Continuous? a The coffee tastes avrful. b We have lunch very early. € She thinks she is the best. 4 Thave a splitting headache. She thinks about her boyfriend all the time. 6 Read this interview with a Nepales guide and put the verbs in brackets ‘in the Present Continuous or the Present Simple. Interviewer 1_ (you like) your job? Guide Oh, yes. 12, (love) it, 13 (enjoy) meeting new people. Interviewer What #___ (you think) of the tourists who 5__| (come) to Nepal? Guide Some of them 6, {not know) much about mountains and 7______ (want) to see as much as possible. Right now, I 8 (work) for a group of Austrian trekkers. They 9 (understand) all about trekking and I'm sure they 10_ (enjoy) ‘themselves. That's great because it 11 (mean) that the trek is good fun for me, too. Interviewer How 22__ (the tourists differ) from local people? Guide Well, most of them 13__ (smell) funny, not like us. Really! They 4____ (eat) different food and 23 (not dress) like us. My Austrians, for example, 36____ (rink) coffee for breakfast - it 17 ____ (not taste) too good to me but they 18. (love) it. 7 Which of these verbs and expressions can be used in both the Present Continuous and the Present Simple, and which only with the Present Simple? Now use the verbs and expressions ‘to write sentences about you. Example have a shower Lalways have a shower in the morning Ton not having a shower now,UCC aa ee : : English and 3. i: The maple leat. Acconstitutional monarchy. The Head of Stale is the king ‘or queen of 4. y; Number §_____ on the uN ‘human Development index’ and particularly advanced in health anc education. Environment: 4 tnilion sa km of forests: nearly a milion sq km of tives and lakes. Longest ver: the Mackenzie River §____*_ km long. Highest mountain: Mount Logan, nearly 7__ meties high, (©) 4 Listen again. Write notes about these things. Then compare your notes with a partner. 1 Listen to a quiz and complete the information about Canada. tpactenzie’s family ‘* the importance of his second expedition © his personality Would you like to go to Canada? Why or why not? ‘his attitude to Native Americans Where would you tike to go in Canada? Why do you think Canada might be a good place to live? ERE ees Compasing Cultures Compare travellers or explorers from Russian history with the explorers in this module. '* Workin pairs. Choose your person. Look for He went back to Britain to information in magazines, books, _ study astronomy and geography. " encyclopaedias and on the Internet, Write In his first expedition, he notes about these things, _ travelled down a river by canoe, , where he/she was born: family/early life; Seige nig nigh wanted totum back what places he/ske went to; what he/she did Bene srs er the 0 Garon his/her personality; where/when he/she died; Alerander Mackenzie went to America when he was ten. ee ae © Decide which parts you will each talk about. They got to the ocean but it was the Arctic ~ the "Nerledulgeaups’ withitholstiey pais: ‘wrong one! © Tell the others what you have found out. In his second expedition, he went west to the Rockies, iS) Wha are the diffeténees and similarities The expedition finally reached the Pacific Ocean. between your traveller/explorer and the other He worked for 2 company that traded jn furs. travellers and explorers in this module? 2 Work in pairs, Look at the photos and discuss these questions. SEE SesGrammar 1 Complete the text with the verbs in brackets in ‘the Present Simple, the Present Continuous or the Present Perfect. Antarctica is an inhospitable place. There are no towns or cities. In fact, nobody 1____ (live) there permanently, except for a few scientists. They 2 _____ (work) on special bases, studying the climate and the ecosystem. However, things 3 (begin) to change now. Since the 1980s, polar tourism 4_____ (grow) rapidly. Recently, polar cruises (become) popular because of +the beauty of the landscape and the wildlife, such as penguins, whales and dolphins. Cruises © (cost) a lot because the ships ?. {need) to be very strong to break the ice, However, tourists 8 (go) on them more and more. Unfortunately, this tourism 9 {not do) any good so far. Scientific studies show that the tourists 10___ (now destroy) the ecosystem of the Antarctic, Far example, the numbers of some species of wildlife 41______ (go down) rapidly. Many ecologists now 12____ (believe) that we should (eave this beautiful continent alone. 2 Game Work in a group of two pairs, Team A and Team B. © Aplayer from Team A thinks of a verb and ‘serves’, by saying a sentence in the Present Simple + Aplayer from Team B ‘returns’ by saying a sentence in the Present Continuous. © Aplayer from Team A ‘hits’ back, by saying a sentence in the Present Perfect. ‘+ Aplayer from Team B now thinks of a new verb to continue the game. @ Ifyou make a mistake, the other team gets a point. Example We do gymnastics every Friday. Tam_doing a history project at the moment. She has done her homework, T play the electric guitar We're playing a match on Saturday. Te never played A B A B A B Vocabulary 3 Use the words in brackets to make adjectives to complete the sentences. 1. He was very _____ ~ he wanted to be the first to the South Pole. (ambition) 2 The exploration was a difficult and —____ experience. (challenge) 3 The weather was awful but we were — our tents. (comfort) 4 Snowboarding is quite a in __. sport. (danger) 5. Itwas 2 trip - everything went wrong: (disaster) 6 Tt was a very ____ video ahout Everest. (enjoy) 7 He was absolutely ______ at the end of the marathon. (exhaust) B She lives in a — apartment. (luxury) 4 multi-part verbs Choose the correct alternative from the brackets. 1. Iwas frightened and wanted to back (in/out/up) of jumping off the bridge. 2. That speaker gets (across/avay/through) her message very well. 3. He was very nervous and couldn't go through (by/to/with) the bungee jump. 4 love music. I'm really (into/out offonto) Tron Maiden. 5. The doctor advised him to take (in/on/up) cycling. 6 He always tums (in/out/up) late for our matches. Pronunciation: Consonant Sounds © 5 Look at the pairs of words. Try to pronounce ‘them. Then listen and underline the one you hear. three/free, ten/then, sink/think, elathes/clase, dirty/thirty, worth/worse, van/than, thank/sank, mouth/meuse, bread/breath, debt/death, thick/sick, those/toes, dare/there, fought/thought ©) Listen again and repeat the pairs of words. 6 Can you say this proverb? Use the Phonetic Chart in the Mini-dictionary to help you. What does the proverb mean? /naOxy ventfad nan _ Check Your Progress Look back at the Module Objectives on page 9. © Which activities did you enjoy most? ® Which activities did you have problems with? © Which grammar area do you need to practise more?Fe eects aie Bi nares, crema infomation, fm pot ae eke UE Gaertn ioen Seine Lea en Mesias rained Poe enone) eae alu 3 Where de you think the stories take place? Mieco tre ge vaiksunstaieiattes ease CAs nuEeuR Une 1c with the three novels. Forcier cieTicy eis aati Warrers Emily Bronte Russia Niguel de Cervantes England leo Tolstoy Spain Don Quix Heathcliff ()listen to the people talking about the Be eae meu ce eect eesti eae hanes ent Bere Re Corl mentite What kinds of stories do you enjoy most? _| A ousnp Mactan ies = erate Ess tan Ce Which ones? Eee rece tat cee reise aris : Ti peers sonic c} en tuch fore Uccatets | Grecian ayer ery pete : shure Peotone = love, science fiction, sp Be eee : BME Fel SnataE ae storal ste, fo oe a: : . ‘ive, interesting,De aa a \"e) 5 The Chase Before you start 1 Describe what is happening in the pictures. KEY WORDS Nouns: oratory, microscope, slide, slippers, test tube, top hat ‘Verbs: get out of, hold, look at, wave goodbye Reading ‘This,’ said the scientist taki patting it under cholera bacillus. Use the Strategies to match the paragraphs (1-5) below with the gaps (A-D) in the story. There is one extra paragraph. [Minnie heard the door close very violently. She went to the window and looked out. The young, man was getting into a cab and her husband, in. his slippers, was running after him, shouting. @ Just then the first cab went around a corner and stopped, The young man got out and immediately ran into a shop holding the test tube in his hand. ‘You're all in my control!’ he shouted to the astonished shoppers. (Then, he realised that there was no need to get away. He told the driver co stop and got out. He waited for the scientist’ cab and said to him, ‘Ieis too late. Thave drunk it. Pll be the first person with cholera!” [4] Just then there was a knock on the lab door. The scientist immediatcly gat up and opened it. SJust a minute, dear,’ he whispered to his wife, Minnie. went out. She: up the road, gentleman wich 1 Suddenly, the scientist saw Minnie holding his top hat, shoes and coat. ‘Very good of you to bring my things,’ he said. They got into his cab and asked the driver to take them back home. Minnie was now absolucely convinced that her husband was totally mad.othe Tales (mien ter | for the scientist. Now, he would be 8 if he could put the contents of the tube tle waiet supply. he anarchist looked back. ‘The scientis’s cab s catching up. Fe stood up and gave the driver see, thac man who came round to the house jarchist, though T didn’t know that at the 5 showing him a new bacteria we have makes monkeys turn blue. Like a fool I said it holera. And he stole it and ran away, probably _ And he'll carn blue! But my problem is Pll ‘¢ more bacteria. What? Put on my 2 Oh! Very well, dear? {From be Stolen Bacillus, by H.G. Wells) Stories 3 Answer these questions in your own words. 1 Why did the young man go to visit the scientist? What did he plan to do? 2. What did the scientist explain to him? Wy did the scientist suddenly run out of the house after the young man? 4 What did the scientist’s wife, Minnie, think about what happened? 5. How did the young man break the test tube? Why did he drink the liquid? 6 Why did the scientist think it was funny in the end? What do you think happened to the young man? Vocabulary: Modifiers 4 Look at the underlined modifying adverbs from the text. Do they modify adjectives or adverbs? 1 abit eccentric 7 not vary dangerous 2 completely mad 8 totally mad 3° rather nervous 9 extremely fast 4 very violently 10 really horrible 5 absolutely convinced 11. very safe 6 quite afraid 12. incredibly excited Which of the modifiers make words stronger and which make them weaker? Example « bit eccentric > weaker 5 Some modifying adverbs do not go with some strong adjectives, Look at these examples. ~wery-horrible/extremely fantastic 6 Write about five things that you did last week. Use modifiers. q Example I went to a football game on Saturday. It was eally cold and the game was rather boring. Speaking 7 Game Work in groups. Close your books and try to retell the story of The Stolen Bacillus. Teke turns to say sentences. You get a point for every correct sentence. Example A A rather nervous young man went to a scientist's house. B He had « letter of introduction. The scientist showed him a test tube.UL 4 fs Bofore you start 1 Work in pairs. Tell your partner about ane of your first memories. + When and where did it happen? © What happened? + How did you feel? 2 Read the extract from Groucho Marx's autobiography. Which of saa Spsee te these titles do you think is the Square, 1890s best? Why? 3 Are these sentences true (T) or + A Night at the Theatre © My First Date false (F)? Correct the false ones. * Young Love 1 Li Groucho waited for some time before he invited Lucy out hecause he was nervous. 2 Cite offered to buy Lucy some candy. He was upset because Lucy ate all the candy. Lucy went home by tram. 5 [1 she was angry with him. Ayou ae Te ee te: above ours She was 30 pretty with lovely, brown hair and perfect teeth. One fter Thad saved my pocket money fer some time, | “Linvited Lucy to go to a variety show with me. I only had eventy cents but 1 had worked it all out: two 9 , fifty cents, and four tram tickets, twenty cents. _ Presentation | lt was January and it bad snowed caslier that day 4 complete the table with: hadnt, we took the tram. Lucy looked charming and 1 fhadieaewed, Blanted\ eaten, saved locked handsome as we got off in Times Square. ey a candy Neer was Standing ontde Past PERFECT the theatre. T Affirmative Ithad? earlier that day. lucy had 2 all the candy. Negative - 13____ thought about that. the Bein: Lucy ate every single — ee ay ney bit ake cy On the way out, Twas a bit upset Question oe ue Had he © ____any money? What 7______T done wrong? “remember, 1 was only twelve, it was 5 Put the activities below in the ool od ae had eaten alll the candy. order in which they really __Lgiened to ie and said, “Lucy, when we Icit home happened. What tenses are used in the story to refer to each activity? T was upset about the candy, I bought the candy. Lucy ate all the candy. T didn’t plan on the candy. Tt snowed. I realised I had money for one ticket. We took the tram. invited Lucy to the theatre. mad about you. So Ii © T'm going to fe this [From Grouncho and Me, by Groucho Marx)6 Read the sentences (1-3). 1. Thad worked it all out: two tickets for the theatre, __ fifty cents, and four tram tickets, twenty cents, T bought the condy for fen cents +3 Accandy vendor was standing outside the theatre. T Which of the two sentences (a or b) best describes each picture (1-2)? The students were leaving the clas: teacher arrived. b The students had left the class when the ‘teacher arrived. 8 Finish the sentences using the Past Perfect, Use the text to help you, if necessary. 4 Groucho invited Lucy as soon as They took a tram because Groucho was upset because 4 He didn’t have money for two tram tickets hack Storie 9 Put the verbs in brackets in the Past Perfect. Pay attention to the position of the adverbs. 1 Nobody believed him because he Aad often ied (often lie) before. 2 They weren't surprised at all, _____ (they hear) the news earlier? 3. John wasn't there when I came. He (already leave). 4 first met her at a party. I (never see) her before. 5 She was very hungry; she (not eat) anything yet. 6 I decided to see the film afterI _______ (read) the review. 10 Use the cues in brackets and the Past Perfect to explain the situations (1-4). Add another possible explanation. Example 1 The police stopped the car becouse the driver hhadin’t stopped at the red light. The police stopped the cer because someone had stolen a white Mercedes exctier. 1. The police stopped the white Mercedes. (driver/not stop at the red light) 2. A famous pop group split up. (heir last album/not be successful) 3. Ayyoung man started stealing. (he/lose his job) 4 The Smiths went on a round-the-wortd trip, (Nir Smith/get a pay rise) 11 complete the story with the verbs in brackets in the Past Simple, the Past Continuous or the Past Perfect. One day, when Albert Einstein 2 (go) round ‘the USA ona speaking tour, his driver, who often 2____(sit) at the back of the hall during his lectures, 3, (remark) that he could probably give the lecture himsel because he 4 (heer) it so many times. Sure enough, at the next stop on the tour, Einstein and the driver 3___ (switch) places and Einstein & (Git) at the back of the lecture hall in the driver's uniform. After the driver 7 (deliver) a brilliant lecture, a member of the audience 8 (asi) him a difficult question. ‘Well, the answer to that question is quite simple! he 9 (reply) casually. ‘I bet ny driver, sitting up at the back there, could answer it.” 12 Personalisation Work in pairs. Tell your partner a funny story from your life, Use the cues and each past tense at least once. * scene * people involved * what heppened © what had happened before ending 25)What kinds of films do you ti Use the Key Words and tell the class. KEY WORDS: Filins ience fiction, thriller, war, western the actor in the phe seen a s films? What kind of film do you think the photo is from? th > 3 Listen to the recorded message and complete the cinema information for the Picture House. Which of the Key Words below are similar in your language? Use the Mini-dictionary to help you. KEY WORDS tor, actress, character, costumes, part, photography, plot, scene, situation, SKMLS FecusStoiee & Use expressions from the Function File, Key Words from Exercise 4 and modifiers on page 23 to write five opinions about films and film stars. Then IBTE Sight the story was not very good? read your sentences to the class. Ci thoucht the dialogues were very clever? Example (did not tike the ending very much? T thought The Aviator was really fantastic. For me, really liked Emma Thompson? Leonado DiCaprio is an absolutely briltiant actor. CT thoucht the scenes with Liam Neeson and his 7 son were touching? Speaking Listen to the dialogue again and complete the 9 Work in pairs, Choose two films that you have both seen recently. Use the Key Words and 4 . : expressions from this lesson to discuss them, ‘4| Giving opinions about films What did you think of the film? Example A I thought the plot was really exciting. What about you? B Well, it was quite good story, But I thought the special effects were briltant A That's true. And the music was really good, too. Vocabulary: Multi-part Verbs (2) | Co ‘ 10 Read the sentences (1-5) from the film fa : dialogue in Exercise 5. Which alternative (2 or b) , i ‘ means the same as the underlined verbs? 1 met hin at a concert and J fell for him immediately. aI quite liked him. b I thought he was very attractive, 2 2 [started to go out with him two months ago. -Malcoim, Some of the a We began a relationship. b We started living | stories were really funny. 11__, the together. je with the prime minister. : Then we both fell in love. She's j zing actress, don't a We started liking each other. b We started loving Oe each other. 4 We had an argument and T decided to break up with ! He was really good in this one! him, he was quite good in one a stap the relationship _b go home on my own, 5 Now I don’t know what I saw in him. a why I thought he was attractive b what he was really like 1.1 Write real or imaginary sentences about your life, Use the multi-part verbs in Exercise 10. Then work in pairs and guess if your partner's sentences are true or false. ‘the Function File. k samp ea xample A Lthought she was great, #4 you? Last year, Nicole Kidman fall in love with me. (false) Betes, | os ‘A [thought the ending was terrible. Boh —___ you? A Yes, I did. A The film was great, 1 7 _ B It wasn't bad, I cate . A He was really good, —__ you think? es,€23 Listen to the dialogue. Use the Strategies to Listening Before you start | 1. Which of the groups (1-4) can you see in the | photos (A-C) from the film Mississippi Burning? FBI agents the Ku Klux Klan the civil rights movement a town sheriff and deputies hm oReNe Read the Strategies. important words © When you listen in English, dov’t worry if you do not understand all the words. © Pay attention to stressed words. These give the most important information (e.g. I saw a great film lost night on telly). © Before vou answer multiple-choice questions, read them ard underline important words (e.g. activists). Listen cut for these words or synonyms of them when you are listening A Fila Plot “ist to somebody talking about the fin. answer the questions. 1 When does the story take place? a the 1950s b the 1960s € the 1970s 2 How meny young activitists are killed? atwo b three ¢ four 3) Who are the activists killed by? athe FBI b the local people the local police 4 Where is the #BI man played by Gene Hackman from? | athe South b the North ¢ the West 5. How helpful is the town sheriff to the FBI men? avery helpful b not very helpful. not at all helpful 6 What do the Ku Klux Klan attack? aachurch bahotel ca shop 7 Who decides to give information to the FEI? a one of the deputies _b one of the deputies’ wives ane of the victim’ friends & What happens to the cheracter played by Frances McDormand? a She leaves the town with Gene Hackman. b She goes to prison. ¢ She stays in the town. Would you like to see the film? Why or why not? \ a =<Speaking | Before you start 1 Whet do you do when you think you have made a mistake while _ speaking English? 2 Read the Strategies. __ SPEAKING STRATEGIES: Dealing “with mistakes * Ifyou think you have made a imiscake but are not sure, don't vwomy. Continue speaking TF you know thet you have made a very simple mistake, correct yourself. Tf someore does not understand you, tty to say it again using different words. * Use these expressio «../What I mean is Imean plot of a film. Choose a film you have seen ‘recently. Write notes on these: “© iehet kind of film it is when and where it takes place ‘the main characters What happens to stare with wht happens next what happens in the end ‘your opinions about the film {story/acting/music, etc.). “Work in paits. Take turns to tell “each other ebout the plot of your “film. Use the Present Simple and "the Present Continuous. sample "Heli tokes place in the South of je USA, It starts with @ scene at ‘night. these three civil rights activists ssho are driving along... Stove Writing Before you start 1 Read the story below. Match the paragraphs (A-D) with these headings. * ending to the story setting the scene * developing the story» what happened to star with 3 Twas « beautiful day in spring arin was: os ie. night # cn decided to-go canoeing. We had anrangee to meet | es o'clock. I was a bit late and 2 and Tom vere already waiting [B] | We got everything ready and set off We had ceenoeda few ‘we noticed tbat tbe sky was very cloudy: 4 started to rain heavily, We carried on 2 5 we came to some rapids. I was al 6 Sam shouted: ‘Look over there! Tet a af a cS thediletaleew Tom ine oo over and he had hit a rock, 10. to the bank isc ooo shehad managed ee i ay <— wee waited for help to arrive, 1, , we Se ne coming towards us. They took us to the local hospital end ebecked | ‘Tom’s injuries. He was OK and that. evening thoy le out, 12 , our parents came to collect us, 18__ uoing home, we talked about how lueks adh been M ‘very happy to be back home. gz S| a = a 5 2 Complete the story with the linking words below. > Writing Help 2 (linking) on page 140. Follow Stage 1 Make some notes about your story: ‘¢ when and where it teok place» who else was in it + what was happening at the start © what happened next ‘© what happened in tha end e how you falt in the end Stage 2 Write your story in four paragraphs. Use linking words. Then check your story for mistakes. Talkback Work in groups. Read each other's stories, Decide which story is the best.| Language Problem Solving 2 sexta wou 1 Read what Groucho Marx said about his parents. Who was @ more popular person, his mother or his father? ‘We used to live in a crowded flat in New York. People used to visit our house day and right. All our visitors would always come to see my mother. She was amazing. Sne used to have more friends than anyone else I've known and she used to give them all advice. They loved her and would come back again and again for more! My father was different. He didn’t use to like talking to people very uch and he wouldn’t help aryone unless he had na choice. He was probably the worst tailor in our part of New York, He thought he could measure a man by just looking at him so he didn’t even use to have a tape measure. You could easily recognise his customers. They would all walk arourd with one trouser leg oF sleeve shorter than the other!” 2 Read the text again and complete the table with used to, use to, would or wouldn't. like talking to people very much. ielp anyone, live in a crowded flat? they come to see your father? Find more examples of used to and would in the text, Did the people do these things just once or regularly? 3 Read the sentences (a-d). What verbs cannot follow would — verbs expressing states or actions? a We used to/would live in a crowded fiat in New York, b They used to/would walk around with one trouser leg or sleeve shorter than the other. She used to/weuld have more friends than anyone else. People used to/would visit our house day and night: 4 Complete the sentences with used to/didn't use to or would. In some cases both used to and would are possible. 1 We ____ live ina small flat but last year we bought a house. 2 Whenever I walked past his desk, he look up and smile 3) Peter and John be best friends but then they fell in Love with the same girl 4 In the morning, we _— always sit together and eat breakfast. 5 Mr Smith lost his sight. 61 eat seafood but now T just love it. 7. This town is very quiet now but before the war it be a popular seaside resort. 8 Harrison Ford accept all sorts of jobs before he became an actor. watch TY all day before he 5 What would these people say about their past habits? Example 1 I would play golf every Saturday. I didn't use to drive a small ear. I used to have five secretaries, 2 millionaire who has Lost all her money. a retired soldier a student who fas just begun work 2 retired pop star 2 mmather of triplets wrens 6 Look at the the two pictures of Moscow taken in 1900 and 2000. Compare the pictures using used to and would. Example The streets used to be nice and quiet. ihere didn’t use to be any cass. People would chat in the middle of the road.Lalture Pais 2 YURI VIZBOR Yuri Vizbor was a man of many talents. Le wrote poems, stories, film scripts and plays. He was a singer-songwriter, journalist, actor, film director, climber and skier. During his short lif (he died at the age of 50). he managed to write about 300 songs, make 40 documentary films and play in 17 films. He had a strong sense of humour and was a brilliant storyteller. He travelled lot and met many diferent people, but he also found time to set up Yunost, the first Moscow youth radio station, and he started a popular magazine called Krugozor. He also created a new genre of tourists’ songs which he considered as his main contribution to the world of music _ Born in 1934 in Moscow, Yuri Vizhor belonged to a generation whose childhood was spent in hard times and this influenced his attitude towards war. He hated war because of the millions of Russian vietims in World War 2. As a boy of seven, he experienced German night attacks on Moscow. A few months later he aw captured German soldiers in the streets, And finally he watched the victory fireworks in Red Square ‘One of Vizbor’s greatest performances as an actor was his role as Martin Bormann, the head of the Nazi party chancellery, in the famous TV serial Seventeen Moments of Spring. He was so convincing that people took him for Bormann in real life, Once he even bought a railway ticket in Bormann’s name. ‘J Look at the photo. What do you know 4, Read the TV review of Seventeen Moments of Spring. _ about Yuri Vizbor? Underline the words that describe the writer's opinion. Use a the Mini-dictionary to help you with new words. Read the article and check your information. . Seventeen Moments of Spring: 12-part TV serial, made in _ 2 Find the Key Words in the text and guess 1973. This professionally made film version of the novel by their mening. Use the Mini-dictionery to Yulian Semyenoy is directed by Tatyana Lioznova, A suspense- filled plot, Taraverdiev’s exciting music and a convincing cast take us back to 1945, when Nazi rule in Germany was coming to an end. The hero, $$ officer Stilt, is really a Russian secret nanage, set up, influence, agent, who has access to Nazi plens. He faces qreat danger as ‘experience Hitler's top officers start to suspect him. The excellent cast Nouns: attitude, generation, victim, includes L. V. Tikhonoy, L. Bronyevoi and ¥. Vizbor. contribution crsmemreitn timer nmenetneiternncneeinitnesend 3 Are these statements about Yuri Vizbor 5 Would you recommend this serial to a friend? ‘rue (1) or false (F)? Why? Why not? #15 Pevale didn't Gikesto (stenta him 6 Think of an interesting person you admire, Write notes because he was very boring. about these things: 3. Inhis lite he met-a lot of interesting people. THe ran a radio station for young people. He didn’t consider his songs as ing really important. le pent ctuad in Moscow. 7. Work in groups. Tell the rest of the group about “your Th Seventeen Moments of Spring he person and listen to the others, Do yout People fave Played a fictional character. anything in common?, oe oS ‘+ when he/she lived or where he/she lives now © occupation(s) + interests ‘why you admire this person and think he/she is interesting