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This document is the fifth edition of a Cambridge University Press publication designed for students studying the Cambridge IGCSE English as a Second Language syllabus. It includes various themed units focusing on leisure, education, achievements, and modern ideas, with exercises for reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills. The book aims to enhance students' language proficiency and exam preparation through a structured approach and includes new features like video materials and reflection activities.

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| = ere nek es : / / ' wae sen anda tips highlight vocabulary which students commonly sunderstand or misuse. scons Reading Vocabulary Speaking Video rting Language stening REFLECTION “This feature gives you the chance to reflect on your progress throughout the unit and plan your next steps. EXERCISE ‘The exam focus exercses help you to prepare foreach exercise | tthe cambridge IGCSE English asa Second Language exam. ‘Theres plenty of opportunity to practise new exercise types. eames Cambridge offers you more than you would expect LISTENING PRACTICE ‘There is mote listening practice in this new edition. Language tips help with grammar and structure. Sometimes they suggest further practice activities in the workbook. © ToPTIP ‘Top tips suggest strategies for improving your English and developing your sil, Overview of Cambridge IGCSE English as a Second Language Reading and Writing Students will take either: Paper 3 (Core) ~ 1 hour 30 minutes ~ 60 marks in total ~Grades C-G or Paper 2 (Extended) ~ 2 hours — 80 marks in total ~ Grades A*-E eee ee motes cede Brercise 1 | Skimming | Students read a text and answer a series of questions which require single wordy Jandscanning | phrase answers, Bercise 2 | Multiple ‘Students read a text and answer a series of questions testing more detailed —=«d|:S 10 matching __ | comprehension, Students match the correct answerto the question. Syercise3 | Note making | Students make brief notes on o text under a supplied heading or headings, 7 9 \. ur | Beteise4 [Summary | Students wite a sursmary of 0 words (Core) or100 (Extended) about an aspect | 1 16 y writing or aspects ofa tex. The text wil bea different text from Exercise 3, for both Core 4 and Extended, S 16 a short stimulus. The purpose, format and audience are specified. This might be letter, an email oran article fora school magazine. Exercise 6 | Writing ‘Students write a report, review or article of 190-150 wards (Core) or 150-200 fs 16 words (Extended) in response to a short stimulus. The purpose, format and audience are specified and will be different to Exercise 5, I oF Brercises | Wting ‘Students write 100-180 words (Core) or 150-200 words (Extended} in response to Listening Students will take either: Paper 3 (Core) ~ Approximately 40 minutes -30 marksin total Grades C-G or Paper 4 (Extended) - Approximately 50 minutes - 40 mars in total - Grades AE eens Ero aCe Mar Cee ies Exercise 1 | Shortextracts | Studerits listen to four short extracts of dialogue or phone messages and answer | questions on each. Questions require short answers, no longer than three words each, Note-making_| Students listen to a formal talk and complete gaps in notes/sentences, me | Multiple | Students listen to sixshort, informal monologues and match each speaker so 6 6 iL matching @ppropriate content. ultiple-choize | Stuclents listen to an informal discussion between two speakers and answer 8 8 | questions | 3-option multiple-choice questions. xercise 5 | Completing | Students listen to a talk and complete short nates. Then they listen to a short e 10 (Btended | notes discussion based on this talk, and complete sentences using no more than one only) or two words, king oximately 10-15 minutes ~ 30 marks in total (Syllabus 0511) or grades 1-5 (syllabus 0510) ts take part in a discussion with the teacher on a set topic. After a short warm-up which is not assessed, students are sed 2-3 minutes to read the speaking test card which has been selected from a range of cards. The cards include prompts =e the discussion. Students are not allowed to make written notes. The conversation itself should last 6-9 minutes, In 4s 0510 marks for the Speaking component do not contribute to the overall grade. Instead, students will be marked from ) 10 5 (low, So eee Sesment objective 0510 = Reading 35% Writing 35% 2 Listening 30% Speaking Separately endorsed es RL R2 RS Re identify and select relovant information Understand ideas, opinions and attitudes show understanding of the connections between ideas, opinions and attitudes Understand what isimplied but not directly stated, e.g lst, writer's purpose, intention and feelings wring wi wa wa wa ws ‘communicate information/ideas/opinions clearly, accurately and effectively ‘organise ideas into coherent paragraphs using a range of appropriate linking devices Use a range of grammatical structures and vocabulary accurately and effectively ‘show control of punctuation and spelling, Use appropriate register and style/format forthe given purpose and audience Listening | La BQ B La Identify and select relevant information Understand ideas, opinions and attitudes show understanding of the connections between ideas, opinions and attitudes Understand what's implied but not directly stated, eg ist, speaker's purpose, intention and feelings Speaking | st 2 33 a $5 ‘communicate ideas/opinions clearly, accurately and effectively develop responses and link ideas using a range of appropriate linking devices Use a range of grammatical structures and vocabulary accurately and effectively show control of pronunciation and intonation patterns engage ina conversation and contribute effectively to help move the conversation forward ofomatin in this section's taken rom the Cambridge syllabus document, vets shauld rer to the appropiate sylabus document forthe year that thee Sentsare entering for examination to confirm thedeais, More dal information =. the Cambridge IGCSE English asa Second Langiage examination including ert avaiable for eachars and students,can be obtaned rom cambridge vatonal Examinations, 1 Hills Road, Cambridge C24 2¢U, United Kingdom. and eatwoniciaorguk fe ier ne, read answering questions, discuss preference xd and fast food, read a web articl i ind write @ etter, practise expressing opinions i listen to short extr sing expressions of surprise ee eee ke suggestions, | ead antaticle ab 10s alk about jobs with oractise makin riting a paragraph and writing a summary iscuss jobs Mite meena ind American Englis ine in letter writing, ling and th analyse and practise writing Eee Dis ievs listen to advice about C¥s, listen to peopl being interviewed for a job, isten to six people's experience |interviews, Eee bss education le | talking about the speaking examination andl o ‘a web article abo discussio ce eu Cees ec) | Page | Writing, Exercise 5, variting and Reading; Exercise 1, skimming fo infinitive Reading, Exercise 1 Listening, Exercise 1, Part | A, fourshort extrac istening, Exercise 1, 6, four short extract {multi-word) | note-making adjectives Prafbwes and saffix Wodals for Imperative Listening. Exercise] 13,4 4, multiple-choice jestions au listen to a discussion about Florence ‘uturein | Listening, Exercise 5 ; gale, read about becoming | thepast impleting notes anint Extended oni wealthy living and sctvities, read about two healthy foods, and lisien to students doing a speaking rol 'es and summarise an article on garceni social media using informa 1m graphies, 50 much time anline, listen to samen phone risks, read abouic favourite Quentiying: netalk about —_| phrases ial medi ieee Focus on reading and writing Reading, Exerc 2, multiple matching lution, read and talk about a recycling system in sia, read and talk about climate cha tenotes and Sti eens hunger mm, listen to an interview about | Word -gum, read and talk about biotechnology in fook busting ion, read and write 2 repart about harmful food: Eeeeecins at f means to you, read an article about ethical | Posi isten to people talk about fashion andatalkabout aie of | Listening, Exercise 1, ives_| short extracts; Exercise | Exercise 4, multiple -e question: Sane fons ologies, read ab h and listen to students doing a speakin nd wit@-a summary about the ereate: note-making: |4e Bt Leisure and travel Part 1: Leisure and travel, there are five units (1 Free time, 2TV, 3 Food, 4 Transport, 5 Holidays). You SIEM oreo cca aerate ence Tee eas al cece eed See ete usec = read a variety of texts about apps, television, fast food, methods of transport, and different types of holidays; = listen to people talking about their travel experiences, and a special kind of taxi; = practise various exam skills: skimming and scanning, writing for purpose, asking and answering personal questions, ere eens EC Use ee etch ee 2 Inwhich country was the picture taken? Why do you think this? een en ee eee Tec ad SR oe eaten ee Ces ee eon eee Nee © Imagine you are messaging a friend. How would you describe the picture to them? Focus on reading: skimming and scanning Learning objectives In this unit you wil watch a video of students talking about their free time, and discuss what they say read an advertisement about apps and answer questions on it think about the best strategies for providing short answers to questions read an online advertisement fora webzine for teenagers and answer questions on it practise speaking about your preferences and making suggestions A© Watch, listen and talk 1 Watch and listen to some IGCSE students talking about their free time. a Make a note of three things that they enjoy doing, and three things that they do no: enjoy doing in their free time, b Talk to your partner(s) about the thing time. hat you like and do not like doing in your B © Speaking and vocabulary selves Complete the table with things that you enjoy and don't enjoy doing, Use the pictures, above and your ideas from the Wateh, Usten and talk activity. There are two examples. Compare your list with your partner's. Are they the same or different? ‘watching filmson TY ‘tidying my room LANGUAGE TIE Remember thatthe verbs enjoy and disike are both followed by ng NOT to Example: enjoy watching movies on T, but alsike tidying my room. NOT !enjoy to watching movies on Tv, but slike to tidying my room. X NOT enjoy to wotch movies on TV, but ds to tidy my room. X Complete the exercisesin your Workbook, ToT ‘Skimming and scanning are two very different strategies for speed reading. They each havea different purpose, and they are not meant to be used all ofthe time. ‘skimmingiis used to quickly identity the main ideas ofatext andis done ata speed three to ‘our times faster than normal reading. Scanningis technique you often use when searching for key words or ideas. In most cases, you know what you're looking fo, so you concentrate on finding a particular answer, Scanning involves moving your eyes quickly down the page looking fr specific words and phrases. Remember thatit is usually not necessary to read and understand every word in. text to find the answers to questions, a C © Reading uss these questions with a partner. @ When you want to find something quickly in a text, how do you read it? Which reading skilsdo you use? Se gn nih b When you read something for pleasure, such as a book or a magazine, do you read it in the same way as you read a school Chemistry textbook? Nu © What other ways are theretoread atext? mborsiVe regi 2 Lookat the advertisement for Datasource products. Answer these two questions. You have ten seconds! tte! feealing a How many different products are advertised? b Which product is the most expensive? 2 Which reading skill or skills did you use to answer Activity C2? Did you read every word in the text? Did you read quickly or slowly? eT es a ORT tLrad New apps available to download now from Datasource.com! Datasource Puzzle Finder ~ special discount price of $1 (normal download price: $2 - save 50%!) 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The product with the biggest percentage reduction is Datasource Trainer Datasource Trainer. Datasource Trainer. sanew Trainer. h your partner, ask and answer the following questions. Do net write anything yet Ww many products have a normal download price of less than $5? How can you save an additional $57 5 € Which product offers the smallest cash saving? 4 How many Datasource Puzzle Finder apps were sold in a month in the USA? ©. Give three advantages of joining the Datasource loyalty scheme. £ Which product offers you 60 minutes free of charge? Which producti avallable in different languages? (Write the answers to the questions in Activity C6, Exchange your answers with a different and check them, Use the Top Tip to help you. ve a quick look at the second text, You iWrite! Where might you find a text like this? Why? Choose one or more from the lst adictionary anemail_anewspaper acomic a TVmagazine a children’s magazine ablog ashopwindow aleaflet anencyclopacdia a website What isthe best strategy for addressing short-answer questions? Put the following points 10 2 logical order, Be prepared to explain your order. Search likely sections of the text. b Read the question, © Undertine the key word/s. _ Askyourself what information the question is asking for. 422 Look at these questions besed on the You Write! webzine. Do net write anything yet. Find ind note down the key word/sin each question a Whois You Write! for? b When canyou read the next publication? ¢ How many sections are there in the webzine? What is the maximum number ofwords fora creative story? € Ifsomething has made you angry for which section should you write? Which section does nat tell you how many words to write? & Alter you have finished your writing, what do you have to do? h_ How long can thettitle for your writing be? i Ifyou selectthe final box, what will you net receive? 421 Now write the answers to the questions in Activity C10. Keep your answers short, but remember to include al the information that the questions ask for. Exchange your answvers with a partner and check them. TOP TIP ‘Often, youdonot need to write full, sentences for your answers. Sometimes asingleword, 2 | fewwords,oreven ‘a number, willbe enough. However, you must show ‘thatyouhave understood the question and you must provide all ofthe information required. fyou are ‘writing numbers, becarefultospell them correctly, Also, ifthe answer Isa quantity, make sure you include symbolor a unitof measurement -for ‘example $35, 10 | Notices, tte, sation stent | cancontain alot Since cst | The best strategy frau ee crocs ete Siseeteunch Sere Sreswenna inant scm feast roe | Teewosne cyt Kilometres, 2hours. f Tor TP | Cambridge IGCSE English as a Second Language ware youwrte eu The amazing and unique“ online webzine for teenagers who want to share their writing! Send us your writing by 30th June for a chance to see it in the next issue (publication date 31st July) of You Write! Choose which section you want your work RY, MY POEM, REPO! Pa cel= cinema has cpened aires Inyyour town, or yout Foy tiose of you witha story to tell this is the section about something for youl We will : thatyou were cconsidor your iunny ‘or sarious, original’, thing, creative stories Up: a sativa? Send foamaximum of us your mport, upto 2S words. d Pee words. Complete and submit the form below. You must do this UPLOAD YOUR SUBMIT electronically, Do not forget to attach your piece of writing! eA First name: Family name: Ea Agelestbrtndar []. Name of choot [ \thich section are you wing for? Posse select My Story MyPoemQ My Opinion My Report O Title for your writing (maximum FIVE words): Number of words: | have my parent's/quarcian’s permission to submit my writing to You Write! Picase select YES NO Data Protection Act: Sometimes we may wish to send you information about olher producis that we feel may be of interest to you. Select this box if you do NOT wish to receive such information Need to contact us? Click here or email us: [email protected] *Seo the WORD TIP in Section D. come, 2 partner's, amazing amazing app ‘a Copy and complete this sentence. Adjectives ore used to provide the noun, fen amazement D © Language focus: adjective + noun 2 Notice the use of adjectives in the two texts you have read in this unit: up-to-date app amazing online webzine creative stories about.......1n English, adjectives usually amazingly b What happens in your language? What is the usual order for adjectives and nouns? 2 Quickly read through the two texts in Section C again. Find at least three more examples of adjective + naun combinations in each text. Compare your examples with 2 Adjectives can often be formed from other parts of speech, Copy and complete the table ith the correct words. You may not be able to fill in all the gaps. amaze special | incredible’ delightful funny serious | original creative T oat Exampl 3k back at the two texts in this unit and find at Least five more adjectives. Add them to your table and then complete the other parts of speech (noun, adverb and verb} where possible. 5 Notice that there are different possible endings for adjectives in English. Using the words ‘rom Activities D3 and D4, list some of these possible endings. Then think of three more examples for each ending. Example: ing: interesting, amazing, tiring, fascinating, boring Choose eight adjectives from Activity DS, then combine them with nouns and use them n sentences of your awn. ‘hat webzine was full of interesting stories and ideas. wmplete the exercises in your Workbook. worst original = INTERESTING: not the same as others; 2 FIRST: the earliest form of something unique =1 NOTTHE SAME: diferent from everyone andeverthing.2 scans and speci 3 BE UNIQUE TO: to exist inonly one place, or connected to only fone person or thing Use ether original or unique to complete the sentencesin your Workbook. Adopted from Cambridge Schoo! Dictionary 2008 Cambridge Dictionary ate a cect ee Re Tete E © Speaking: Showing preferences and making suggestions 1 Deon, necks Listen to Maria and Christos talking. How many different ways do they use to show a preference or to make a suggestion? 2 Look at the audioscript in Appendix 3 and check the meaning of the phrases that are underlined. 3. Think of more ways to show a preference and to make a suggestion. Copy the table below and add more phrases. Compare your answers with your partner's Bienen Making @ suggestion Vdrathergo.. Why don'twego...? 4 Usually when we show a preference for something or make a suggestion, we also give a reason, What reason does Maria give for wanting to go to the shopping centre later? ‘What reason does Christos give for wanting to go to the shopping centre at the weekend? e LANGUAGE TIP Look at how preference and suggestion phrases are fallowed by infinitive, to infinitive or-ing forms of the verb. Why don’t we+ dot Would youike+ todo? | what/How about + doing? Lets+ do alike todo What do you think about + daing? suggest we +do Ia) prefer+to do suggest + doing Can’twe-+ do? I thinkwe should do Ve rather + do Complete the exercises in your Workbook. 5. Work with your partner. For each of he following examples, one of you makes a suggestion and the other gives a preference. Use a variety of phrases from the Language Tip, and support your suggestions and preferences with reasons, Example: Buying new trainers ora birthday present for someone. Maria: Why con't you buy those new trainers we saw in town? Christos: No, | don't think so, Maria, it’s my mum's birthday next month and fi prefer to save my money for her present. @ Going shopping or staying home to study. Eating Italian or Japanese food in a restaurant, € Watching a film at the cinema or on TV. Playing basketball or going swimming. 6 Acompetition has just been announced. An area of land near your school is goingto be developed. For the competition, you need to make a short speech to your school friends, giving your preferences and reasons for the development of the land. Plan your speech, = might be helpful to write down some ideas, like this: shopping centre could include computers restaurant So. eae SS we F © Reading a are going to read a newsletter about a sports centre, There are six sections: Welcome! Openinghours Membership Facilities Focuson gyms Personal fitness which sections do you think you will read the following information (af)? Why? 2 Adults b and make you feel at home! € Olympicand children's starter pools increase your strength reach your potential f Monday-Saturday Write a list of other information you would expect to find in each of the six sections. Write ‘two things for each section, Give reasons for your choices. Quickly read the Achileas Sports Centre newsletter and check your answers to Activities FLand F2. ad the newsletter in more detail and write answers for questions a-h. How often is the newsletter published? What time does the sports centre close on public holidays? \Whatis the cost fora family fora six-month membership? How many swimming pools are there? What non-sport facilities does the complex offer? Give two examples. How many different fitness goals’ are mentioned? What do you need to do before the staff can design your personal fitness programme? Hovis your progress assessed? What isthe main goal of the sports centre? What two things do all the focus’ gyms offer? low these instructions and design your own information leaflet. Choose somewhere for your leaflet. It could be another sports centre, a shopping mall, an entertainment complex, or somewhere else of your choice. Include four different sections of information, which could be similar to the ones you have seen here, or different ones. Write about 50 words for each section. \Write two questions per section (total eight questions) for your partner to answer. ToPTIP Making suggestions and expressing preferences about particular topic areimportant | aspects of speaking | gfechaty. though itisimportant to speakaccurstely {and using sot phrases lke the onesin this unitwillbe very helpful) in order toensurethat no mmisunderstandings take place, the ‘most important thingis to ta confidently. Also, tryto avoid using slang expressions (sayyes not yeah) and vocabulary, and Single-word answers toquestions. i eT ae aCe een Petra Welcome! Welcome to the new Achileas Sports Centre and ‘Swimming Pool Complex monthly newsletter! We offer a wide variety of activities for you and all your family and friends. Whether your interest is fitness, football, tennis, basketball or swimming, we can offer you an excellent range of activities to suit all your needs. We hope you will enjoy your visit to the new Achileas Complex and take advantage of the many facilities available. Opening hours ‘Swimming Poot Monday-Friday 07.00-22.00 Saturday-Sunday & public holidays __08.00-21.00 Sports Centre Monday-Friday 06.00-22.00 Saturday-Sunday & public holidays 09,00-20.00 Achileas Restaurant Monday-Saturday 32.00-15.00 & 19.00-23.00 Sunday & public holidays 12.00-15.00 only Membership Children Adults Couples Family (6-17) (18%) (adults) (2adults+ 2children) Annual $250 $400-«$350each $1,000 monthly $130 $210 §180each $600 S-monthly $70 $110. $100each $330, $25 $45 $40each $120 $20 $40 —-$35each $105 S10 $20 $15each $45 Five fitness and special-focus gyms, one children’s ‘gym, Olympic pool and children’s starter pool, foursquash courts, four badminton courts, two basketball courts, eight outdoor tennis courts, two all-weather football pitches, Achileas Sports Shop, Achileas Restaurant. Focus on gyms Whatever your fitness level, whatever your age and whatever your fitness goals, we have something to offer you in one of our special-focus gyms! If you would like to lose weight, tone up, increase your strength or improve your health, we have highly qualified staff on hand to motivate you in one of our focus gyms. Allof this takes place in one of our five focus gyms: cardiovascular, resistance training, free weights, general and sports injury. All our focus gyms offer state-of-the-art machines and excellent user-friendly equipment, catering for all your health and fitness needs, Personal fitness Whether you wish to work out once a week or every day, for ten minutes or an hour, after an initial consultation, our staff will design your own personal-fitness programme, tailored to suit your individual needs. You will also benefit from regular reviews, where your progress will be monitored and your programme updated or adjusted accordingly. How wall do you thinkyou can do each of these things now? Give yourself a score from 1: Still need a lot of practice to 5: Feeling very canfident about this In this unit you: 1 watched a video of students talking about their free time, and discussed what they said d an advertisement about apps and an: ‘thought about the best strategies for providing short answers to questions read an online advertisement for a webzine for teenagers and answered | estions on it sand making suggestions, ut your preferent set yourself a personal goal based on your scores for Urit 1 Exam focus Reading, Exercise 1, skimming and scanning i Read the following visitor information leaflet about marks s in Cambridge, and then answer the exercise Cambridge offers you more than you would expect — | Ce Net e eee eteye r General market Cambridge is a market city, and people have been trading at the historic market square in the city centre for hundreds of years. The general market is open Monday to Saturday in the main Market Square ‘opposite the City Hall. Between 10a.m, and 4p.m. the market is busy with around 100 stalls selling fruit, vegetables, plants and flowers, but also on sale are books, clothes and even electrical items. Many of these y not find the same things from one day to the next. You ean even have your trousers, shoes, bike or sewing machine mended if you are not in a rush, stalls change on a daily basis, so you m: Arts, crafts and local produce market ‘The arts, crafts and local produce market is also situated in the main Market Square, and is open every Sunday. Here you can find a wide selection of produce from the region’s finest artists, craftspeople, photographers and farmers. The market is a great mix of everyday items such as organic fruit and vegetables, unique gift ideas, antiques, books, pictures and jewellery. You can also find personalised gifts at this market, which make ideal presents for family members and friends, or even something for yourself as a reminder of your visit to Cambridge. ‘Street traders’ market Cambridge offers an excellent range of treet traders located around the historic centre, along and other streets nearby. They include a huge number Why mightit bea bad i of food and drink sellers, offering burgers, jacket potatoes, savoury and sweet crepes, and plenty of vegetarian options, so there’s no excuse to go hungry while shopping, Garden art and craft market ‘This garden art and craft market started in the summer ‘f 1975, and since then has become increasingly popular with locals and tourists. The market encourages Cambridge artists and craftspeople by giving them somewhere o sell the things they make, such as designer jewellery, ceramics, wood carvings, arework and mich more. In the early days, when the smarket first opened, itwas a fair-weather, sammer only event. The stalls had no roof, nd ifit rained, the artists had to throw plastic sheets over their displays, and then hide under umbrellas or trees fr shelter. Nowadays the stalls are protected, not just by the many trees which also provide shade, but by purpose-built covers. Over the years, the garden azt and craft market has quickly lourished, not only due to its reputation for bbeautifl quality arts and crafts but more importantly as a result ofits affordable prices. Furthermore, isnproved public transport links hive made ie easier for more people to visit Cambridge and the market. However, ppethaps the most important reason for the increase in the matket’s popularity isthe chance for people to talk to the makers ofthe products that they want to buy. The market, just opposite Trinity College, is held every Saturday and some weekdays during the peak holiday season, and is truly not to be missed Adupted ffom www.cambridgebid cout Where exactly is the general market located? a idea to delay buying something at the general market? [a] € What service is offered for people who have time to wait? it Which is the best day to buy home-grown food? a @ Which market would bea good place to buy a souvenii? a Where would you go tofind the largest choice of food and drinks? a & How does the garden art and craft market support local traders? uy fh What nowadays protects buyers and sellers at the garden art and craft market? Give two examples. fa 1 Whyhas the market grown so fast? Give four examples, Extended only [4] ‘Total: 9 (Core) 13 (Extended) melee Koy) reading: multiple matching Learning objectives a this unit you will watch a video of students talking about television, and discuss what they say talk about different types of television programme read about 2ist-century televisions and answer questions practise using would/wouldn'tin spoken language read blogs from different people and match them A © Watch, listen and talk + Watch and listen to some IGCSE students talking about television programmes. a Make 2 note of three different types of programme that the students like, and any : types of programme that the students never watch, 2 Talk to your partner(s) about the TV programmes that you like and do not like = watching, B © Speaking and vocabulary 2 What other types of television programme can you and your partner think of? Make alist er aces oe een es 3 Discuss these questions with your partner. 9 a How much TY do you normally watch each day? At the weekend? How much do you Ci watch each week? What does it depend on? aie b_ What about your friends? Do they waich more or less TV than you do, or about structure: spend time the same? doingsomething © What would you lke to see more of on TY? Why? Example: 4 Work with your partner. Imagine you are responsible for putting together a six-hour TV Ronee timeslot for next weekend, What would you include? How much variety would there be? Ties onTY? ‘Which age groups would you target? Use your ideas from the previous activities to create ‘petbiebialendthres your Ty schedule. to fourhours watching 5. Share your TV schedules and decide which TV programmes you are going to watch movies next weekend, Nor x... soendto wateh x 6 Look back at thelist you mace for Activity 82, How much time do you spend doing these activities each week? Copy the table below. Complete the first twa columns for yourself, then discuss with your partner and complete the thiré column. Activities Minutes each teen week (me) week (partner) s 0 Watching films on TV | 600 = 500 . 3 400 360 eS gp 200 200 be Be a0 7 Look at the graph and answer questions a-e - Optional. SS lees @ Whats the title of the graph? ° b What does the left-hand axis show? A CD Ee © What does the bottom axis show? egies Which axisis horizontal and which one is vertical? ie spentty ung peoale on activites @ What do the small numbers at the top of each shaded column show you? a m1 Innit 1 Section D, you looked at some of the different endings that adjectives can have, When we want to describe the shape or position of something, we often use anal cylinder triangle diagonal hexagon ending, and sometimes an-ar ending ~for example horizontal and circular. Look at the shapesin the pictures. Which adjectives describe them? 2D Complete the exercises in your wae br symmetry sphere angle 8 Work with a partner. Which of the following activities do you think are represented in the graph (A-F) above? Write down your answors. Be careful - there are four extra activities thatyou do not need to use! doingahobby doing voluntary work doinghomework helping in the home gardening playing computer games doing sport reading books and magazines using social media_ watching TV Compare your choices with the ones yaur teacher gives you. Does anything surprise you? Which activities didn’t you choose? Why not? Draw a similar graph usinginformation supplied by the people in your class or school, Your teacher will help you to obtain the information and to draw your graph. © Reading You are going to read an internet article: ‘What's a television today?" Before you read, discuss the following points with your partner, Decide if you agree or disagree with each other, and give reasons. a Thetelevision setis the focal point in every home. [1 b Television has been completely transformed by technology. [2] Televisions nowadays are designed to provide an experience similar to an evening in the local cinema. [2] d_ Many people predicted that television would soon be gone, but itis very much hereto stay, [3) © Many people watch television and multitask. [4] Have a quick look at the internet article'What's a television today?” Find the points a~e ‘om Activity Cl and see ifthe writer has the same ideas as you and your partner, The paragraph numbers given in [brackets] to help you. Do not look at the article again yet. Study these adjectives and nouns, Which adjective do,you think describes which noun? Can any adjective describe more than one noun? Can any noun be described by more than one adjective? Example: b + 1 focal + point a daily A-point bfocat 2 televisions © high-quality 3. programmes high-speed 4 viewing € top-quality 5 sound systems f traditional 6 availability 8 widespread 7 dose of entertainment h_wrap-around 8 wireless intemet When you see ‘awordina text thatyoudo not understand, you cantry several strategies to work ‘out what the word ‘means. Fist, look atthe context (the words around the problem word). Then, try breaking Lup the word into smaller parts for ‘example breaking infrequentinto n+ frequent). Another strategy sto think ifthereisa similar word inyourown language, eae el ce ae ee Tete What’s a television today? 1. ‘The family television set has always been the focal point of every living room in the country, and ‘whoever has their hands on the remote is not to be argued with. But nowadays, every sereen in the house, from traditional televisions to tablees and mobile phones, in the kitchen as well as in the bedroom, can access top-quality programmes, ‘twenty-four hours a day, every day of the year. Fighting for control of the remote is no Ionger an issue, even if che television still remains king. 2. As forthe television itself, it has been completely transformed by technology. Infact, many sets are no longer called ‘televisions, but have been rebranded as ‘smart TVs. The thing that supposedly makes them smart i the fact that they can be connected to the internet, and they have therefore become extremely lange compaters, usually attached to your living room. wall, Many are no longer fat, but curved, giving the impression of ‘wrap-around’ viewing, and come with high-quality sound systems. These are designed to 2 LANGUAGE TIP provide an experience similar to an evening in the local cinema. The other transformation is of course the television’ thickness, or perhaps we should refer to its “thinness. Recently a major manufacturer announced that its latest television was ‘the thickness ‘of only four credit cards! But despite changes in what your television actually looks and sounds like, and the fact that there are now other ways co access entertainment and information, itis still not time to say goodbye to the living room centrepiece (nor to the remote). While many people predicted that television would soon be gone, itis very much here to stay. Not only can the television now provide much more than just a daily dose of entertainment, but, due to its size and position, it also acts like a sponge, attracting family members to one focal point in the home, In an age when everyone and everything is so fast moving, the role of the television in stabilising everyone in one place should not be ignored, ‘The interesting ching about television viewing nowadays however is that many people watch and. ‘miukitask. In other words, although they may be sitting in front of the television, a large percentage Of viewers are very openly using their smartphone oor tablet at the same time, This could be to stay in touch with frignds and family through social media, but it could also be to research farther something scen on the television, Coupled with the increasingly widespread availability of high-speed wireless internet, today’s television viewing experience has become far more interactive and more sharable. © Peter Lucantoni ‘Adjectives give more details about place, a person, a thing or an idea, They describe nouns by Biving information about the object’s size, shape, age, colour, origin or material. A compound adjective is formed when two or more adjectives ae joined together to modify the same noun, These adjectives should usually be hyphenated to avoid contusion. Complete the exercise in your Workbook. 4 Read the text again and check your answers to Activity C3. 5 According to the text, are tl followin, itements (a-g} true of false? Give reasons for your answers and say in which paragraph you found the information. a Top-quality programmes are now avaiable from many different sources, not ust television, Televisions are no longer called televisions. © Smart TVs have to be fixed to the living room wall Televisions have become extremely thin. = Today's television encourages family members to socialise with each other in one place. £ Watching television and using another form of technology at the same time is now considered normal. = Faster internet speeds allow television viewers to interact more easily verbs at these seven phrases taken from the article you have just read. The italic words, all adverbs. What is the role of each adverb: to describe a verb, another adverb, or an tive? 2. ... thas been completely transformed The thing that supposedly makes them smart ¢ ..., become extremely large computers usually attached to your living room wall. your television actually looks and sounds like... viewers are very openly using their smartphone the increasingly widespread availabilty of = Work witha partner, Choose any ten consecutive letters from the alphabet. Think of an. dverb that begins with each of the ten letters and list them. Examples: FG, ti, JK 1.M, NO BD © Language focus: ata fabulously, G -greatly, H— horrendously, interestingly. = Checkyour adverts and then compare your lists © Complete each sentence below with a suitable phrase containing either: adverb + verb, verb+ adverb, or adverb + adjective. Examples: Look at Mario's car, It’ been completely destroyed in the accident. His brother, Michael, wasn't injured and the police were incredibly helpful. 'm sure Michael will drive very. cauly from now on. Elena thought the new café would be cheap, but b Siphiwe usually plays well, but today he's... © When Rasheed and Ranya arrived at their hotel, they were surprised to see that everything was... d_ The mountains in the interior ofthe island were @. Theroam had been painted in a strange way: the walls were f George did not tell anyone that he was going to visitus. He arrived & Theffilm was much too long and was... hh Only Sayeed agreed with Fiona. Everyone else 1 Theresults of the survey shawed that older people J. Tutaleni tried to be independent, but his elder sister Nangula 5 Write five sentences of your own, Each sentence must include either: adverb + verb, adverb + adverb, or adverb + adjective pa 7 ‘Adverbs can describe verbs, other adverbs and adjectives. They areused to describe how, where, when, whyand how often something happens. Example: fria worked quickly, but wrote very cerehily dling te test When she wos nearly ready tofhish, she rechecked everything, Inthis example, quickly tells us how Maria worked (verb), veryelsus how cortly (aver) she | wrote, neary tls us | towhatextentshe was ready (adjective). Complete the exercise inyourWorkbook Cambridge IGCSE English as a Second Language E © Speaking: Would/wouldn’t do 1. Read this paragraph about the amount of pocket money that young people need. Check any unknown words or phrases. Do teenagers need more or less pocket money to meet their daily expenses? Pocket money allotted daily or weekly by parents is the main source of cash for today’s teenagers around the world. Depending on where they live, teenagers have different financial needs, They usually use pocket money ‘o pay for public-transport fares, cinema tickets, entrance fees, or to buy some snacks while at school, As the living standards in many developed and developing countries are constantly improving, teenagers need more and more pocket money to meet their daily expenses. In countries that are experiencing financial instability and currency fluctuations, teenagers need increasingly more cash to make up for the effect of inflation. The money they had yesterday may buy fewer things today, Adapted from wuywfinancialized.ca 2 Work in small groups. Ask and answer these questions. bb What do you buy with your pocket money? ‘LaWauAGe TIP When you want toask ‘© What phrases in English would you use to ask your parents or a family member for forsomethingina ‘more pocket money? a polite way, you might Would you need to give a reason for asking for more? Use expressions such 3° Copy the table and add the phrases below in the correct columns. 7” | Isthere any chance/ Cleaning the caris fine by me Gleaming the sarissometting Haneverde possibty could hove Cleaning the car is the last thing 1d do I can't imagine myself ever cleaning the car Comes | ‘certainly wouldn tever clean the car twonkhepreparedto-ciean theer Doyou thinkitwoul J would enjoy cleaning the car I wouldn't have o problem with cleaning the car bbe possible forme fo wouldn't mind cleaning the car {'d be quite happy to clean the car ‘hove (erating There's no way d ever clean the car Would you mindifthod (something)? Cont have — " (something)? | would (1d) be prepared to clean the cor _ | Cleaning the car is something I'd ca paeeee (something)? 4 Suppose you urgently needed some extra money. Would you be prepared to earn it a i" before:Con..2"and you be prepared to do? Discuss your ideas with your partner and try to use some of the eae phrases from Activity £3 Notice the verb forms Examples: would: / be quite happy todo the washing. before (something). wouldn't instead of just asking for it? What would you be prepared to do to earn it? What wouldn’t tRleawr' Js often used certainly wouldn't empty the bins. =® Reading = 270 the frst sentences from three blogs about television, written by three diferent levision is definitely not what it used to be, or me, television is an educator above everything else. e 5 € retired now, but all my life ve neverhad a television in my home. ich of the six words in the box below would you expect to read in each blog? Why? Do not worry if you are nat completely sure, There are two phrases for each blog. current affairs... from science to geograpy .. is full of books veathappened tothe dayst\.? Apparently nowadays everyone isa celebrity, ven Iwas a kid. ide with your partner in which of the three blogs you thinkyou will find the Slowing conclusions (4-c). Give reasons for your choices. Do not worry if you are not pletely sure. 2. But for those people who can only complain about the quality of programmes. ailable, | suggest looking usta little deeper at your television schedule and sure enough you will find something that will not only entertain you, but educate youtoo. }5 B Nowadays it's usta platform for these so-called celebrities to show off and make themselves look far more important than they realy ar. € Sometimes | am involved in three-four books at the same time, in different coms of thehouse! ly ead the three blogs and check your answers to Exercises Fl and F2 Blog A: Marcos Andreou ‘with multiple | matching exercises suchas theonein | this section, the | textcould beeither ‘one continuous text divided into sections, or up to six shortertexts (both (Core and Extended papers). However, thecontent of the Core tox ortoxts willbe different. ‘rom the content of | the Extended textor texts, and shorter | inlength. NS / | | | | | | | Television is defintely not whar it used to be. For one thing, there are alot more celebrities nour screens who, several years ago, would never have even been considered remataly interesting or important enough to appear on aTV show. Apparently® nowadays everyone 's@ celebrity, no mater who they are or what they have done. Every time you Switch on the TV there's another supposedly ‘famous’ person teling us whet they think about something | recently watched z cooking programme which wos hosted by a oelebiy chef. His one aim seemed to have nothing o do with cooking sis, but with making jokes about football and trying (completely unsuccesstuly, | might add) to,be funny for 40 minutes. He also promoted his new book, advising everyone to buy t and read it. leamt nothing about cooking, but cariinly leat how to tela baa joke, What happened tothe days when television enteriained and informed us? Nowadays it’ just 3 platform ‘or these so-called celebrities to show off and make themselves lok fer more important than they reall are. * Soo the WORDTIP. Cette lice ee ecco est Blog B: Alma Dusi ‘o have access to so many gooc-guality educational programmes, from science to ‘geography and history, and even cocking and sport. There really is no excuse not to be \welkinformed about current affairs, or whatever your particular interest might be, no matter how many books you reed, Obviously®, thero is also a lot of rubbish on television, but with so many “Tree-to-si channolé readily availble, we are definitely spoilt for choice, ‘and we can't use money as an excuse not to watch. My biggest problem with television ‘is not knowing what to watch. | often cannot decide which are the best programmes for me, but nowadays many television systems allow you to record programmes or ‘catch up’ later on something that you might have missed. This of course creates 2 further problem: finding enough time to watch everything! But for those people who can only complain about the quality of programmes available, | suggest leaking just a tle deeper at your television schedule and sure enouch you will ind something that will not only entertain you, but educate you too, | * Soa the WORD TIP, For me, television is an educetor above everything else. Today we ere incredibly lucky Blog C: Ali Isfahan I'm reticed now, but all my life 've never had a television in my hore. When I was a kid ‘my parents couldn't afford to buy a television, and this was the same for many other {families in our street, When | left home and went to university, television was still relatively new thing in our lives, 80 once again | didn't have one. After that, | was thinking ‘bout my future Ife, and having a television just wasn't a priority. In any cese, I'm @ great reader: I'm never without @ book, no mattor where | am or where I'm going. leven take & ‘book with me when | go shopping in the sugermarket, oF to the bank, ust in case I have to wait ina queue. So for me 8 home without a telovision just isn't an issue. My whole house. |__Isike alibrary I's a schoo, a college, a university! Every room, including the kitchen, is full of books, so if| need entertainment | simply pick one up. Sometimes | am involved in three-four books at the same time, in different rooms of the house! 4 Read the blogs more carefully in order to complete this exam-style question You are going to read three blogs about television, written by three different people. For TopTIP | questions a-h, choose from blogs A~C. The peaple may be chosen more than once. ‘Some exam. | Which person: cieskorey | | requireyouto | a always has something to read? C identify relevant b prefers other entertainment to watching television? GQ | rea | € believes that television can teach us whatever we want? FS evan thinks television is differentnowadays?. [i sernsrtne ts | f may say similar @ as dficuty choosing a programme to watch? > Beeroreres | f isnot bothered about theirlack of a television? | toreadcarefuly =| to make sureyou -y and television? | & mentions money and television: c tinderstand the: fi thinks that famous people on television are notrealy very impoctant? | content. vision word Tie ‘bviously=in a way that is easy to understand or see ‘opparently =1 OTHERS SAY: used to say that you have read or been told something although you are not certain tis true; 2 SEEMING TRUE: used to say that something seems to be true, although itisnot certain Use elther obviously or apparently to complete the sentences in your Workbook. cepted from Cambridge Schoo Dictionary 2008, ea How well doyou thinkyou can do each of these things now? Give yourself a score from 1: Still need a lot of practice to 5: Feeling very confident bout this In this unit you: watched a video of students talking about television, and q discussed what they said talked about different types of television programme x ‘Gad about 21st century televisions and answered questions practised using would/wouldn't in spoken language v E read blogs from different people and matched them nee ‘Now set yourself a personal goal based on your scares for Unit 2. Exam focus Reading, Exercise 2, multiple matching 1. Youare going to read an article in which four people comment on atelevision programme they particularly enjoy. For questions 2-j, choose from the people A-D. The people may be chosen more than once. A Andrew Andrews World at One This daily news programme fs incredibly popular. | mean, all my friends and family. ‘members try to catch it if they can, even though the timing can be a bit difficult. The thing that most impresses me s the content, which is always very international. So it’s not ust home news, which can be. bitboring and repetitive, but news from all over the world, and it’s delivered in a very professional manner. The programme lasts about, $30.minutes, I think, and starts with the latest headlines and then movesto an going stories. There is some sports content, but they seem to keep itto@ minimum, which is ‘g00d, as I'm not really a big sports fan. Other things that | particularly enjoy are the mix of presenters, so it's not always the same person reading the news. Tea ceca aoe a PL B Ismaila Martino My life in Rome Travel special ifthere’s one television show that never fails to completely engage mea, ithas to be this one, because it takes me to places that will probably never be able to go to myself. Of course, never say never, but sometimes it's actually just as good to find out about places without havingto spend any money! Not only isthe photography in the programme absolutely stunning, but the commentary by thetwo presentershas been | written so that the whole programme becomes a real eye-opener, areal education. itis definitly not just another tourist holiday show, thank goodness; in fact, itis quite the opposite ast avoids talking about beach holidays, hotel facilities and souvenir shops. The focus isch the history, culture, people and traditions ofthe countries the programme visits, teir geography, their natural resources, and all the things that make 2 country unique and inviting to peoplelike me. © Ken Chang Know your sport? There's no way that Ilever miss this weekly show, even if'mon holiday. | always ‘record it really can’tbe infront ofthe TV to watch it. In fact, I've even got the past eight series on DvDs, so that shows you how much | enjoy the show, Just because | know all the answers to the questions doesn't mean that won't watch the shows again and again. Every week there are different sports people taking partin the uiz, so the show is never quite the same twice, even though the person asking the questions never charges. From time to time they have special editions ofthe shaw, 10 highlight a patticula’ sporting event such as the football World Cup, or the Olympics. These are especially interesting for me because all the questions are based on one area of sport, so youthey get to really test your sporting knowledge. Yes, you could say I'm sports crazy! D Natasha Gassim | Talent spotter The thing about thisprograrnme is thatt helps you to forget reality foran hour or 0. Youcan completely switch off, and justsit back, relax and enjoy the show, without taking any of it to seriously. Most of the acts are of course complete rubbish, with people making total fools of themselves in front of live audience of hundreds, and millions more watchingiton theirTV at home, just ike me. But occasionally there's an act which makes you think “That person has real talent’ and you want them to succeed and become famous. Sometimes you start to fel jealousy at someone's success, but | | guess thats only natura, and of course not everyane in ile can reach the top. You also have to consider how hard these people must have worked to even get onto the show in the first place, and remember that they are stil @ very long way from winning anything Which person: a b « a e f 8 h appreciates the hard work that people have done to be on television? W has a very deep interest in sport? a enjoys listeningto diferent people? (+t ir) does not think they have much chance to visit other places? B ry ‘enjoys a programme where people show their skis? fo is able to watch their favourite programme 2s many times as they want? € [a] Is happy that there is not too much sport? && a never misses their programme? (2, a say5 that the time of a programme can cause a problemi w thinks that their programme'is visually spectacular? ie) y [Total: 10 Extended] oko UKM aaa 3 Learning objectives In this unit you wil: watch a video of students talking about food, and discuss what they say Fead and speak about fastfood and fast-food restaurants, and answer questions look at and comment on sample informal letters write an informal letter about a restaurant visit practise expressing your opinions A© Watch, listen and talk 1. Watch and listen to some IGCSE si tudents talking about food, a Make a note of three different types of food that the students like end the reasons they give, 2. Talk toyour partner(s) about the different types of food that you like and your reasons why. B© Speaking and vocabulary 2 Insmall groups, discu: the following q | ‘a Whatis fast food? Why do we use the term ‘fast food"? Do you like fast food? Why, or why not? Think about smell, taste, texture, and so on. b What would you call food that is not fast’? ‘Slow ions, food"! Non-fast food is often referred to as traditional’ food. Put the following foods into two roups: fastfood! and ‘alo far traditional] food! [There are no right or wrong answers] hotdog goulash sandwich vegetable pie rice moussaka onion soup falafel_samosa_chicken schwarma J Think of some more types of food that could go in each group. What helps you to decide? ‘Su will read an internet article called “Eight things your fast-food worker wont tell you’ het do you think are some of the things that your fast-food worker won't tell you? Discuss in your group. Example: The lights in restaurants ore positioned ta make food look appetising. re you read the article, discuss with a partner whether you think the following, ents about fast-food restaurants are true o* false. Give your reasons. You will find rer which ones are true. 4 city eating area can mean a dirty kitchen. 4 lot of fast food is cooked then repeatedly reheated until it's sold 4 salad with dressing is always the healthiest choice. king for ‘extra’ means you have to pay more. ‘end of the night, food that is unsoldis not thrown away. ‘The black grill marks on a burger are not from cooking it. Workers don't wash*their hands often enough. You don't have to accept the food on display — you can ask for something to be cooked fresh. ly ead the text and check your answers to Exercises 82 and B3. Say in which graph you found the relevant information. ‘Student A: Work alone. Find these four words and phrases in the article. What do you hey mean? Use different methods to help you. 2 cabinet [paragraph 1 & the timer goes off 1] © batch [3] @ register 4} ‘Student B: Work alone. Find these four words and phrases in the article. What do you snk they mean? Use different methods to help you, sachet [paragraph 5] conate 6} neglected [8] inthe back [8] a partner, discuss the meaning of the words and phrases in Activity BS, Make sure understand your partner’s words and phrases as well as your own. Cambridge IGCSE English as a Second Language Eight things your fast-food worker won't tell you These eurieng secrets about your avourt fact f006 restaurants might make you thnk twice next tine youre wating nie or athe drve-tha [1] After we cook something, we put itin a cabinet and set a timer: When te thner 006 of, vere supposed to tow out the food. But fn, we jst reheat the food, you ‘want the freshest mea, come between 11 an. and tp. or between 6 pam. and 8 pa ; | ore people are inthe restaurant then, so vere constatly cooking and sendy new food [21 Those gel marks on your burger? Not rel. They were put tere bythe factory. [5] Most of us wil cook something fresh for you, f you ask. you vent to make sure your tes coma ight out ofthe fryer, order them without sat. Provicna you ae pot, at forces us to.cook you a now batch Then you can acd your vm sll! [4] Avoid asking for ‘extra’ of something, like cheese or sauce. As scr 8s you say ‘onrawe ave to add to tho rogistor ard charge you for tinted, jst exy you want us to pita good amount on thro” and woload you up {5] It makes me laugh when someone comes in and says she's trying to be healthy - and then orders a salad. Sore of hose fat-ood salads have meny calories es a burger fat a al rd of ies conta fever gas of tt that pockst of creamy said crossina, [6] Most of us do not donate our leftovers, | can't believe how much food we throw out every day, especially at the ‘ond of the night. [7] Most of us don’t wash our hands as much as we should, even though there are signs everywhere reminding us that its the law. [6] Look around to see how much rubbish is in the car park, and if the bathrooms and dining room are dirty. |When things that are so publicly visible are neglected, it's Hkely that even more is being neglected inthe back andinthe | kitchen where the customers can't see. y Adapted from wvusdlecom 7 Choose six words and phrases from the eight you have discussed. Use each of your cchoices to write a complete sentence in order to show its meaning, LANGUAGE TIF Notice these different ‘ways in the textto C ® Reading sayits 1 You are going to read a text about fast food in italy, Answer the following questions on Proms Foire ple tras your own. Then work with a partner to check your answers, a a Find fivewords or phrasesin paragraph I that havea similar meaning to the following : Supposing yeu vorto i 1oyears it company civision it increase smallordeofies possibilty forsomething to happen Complete the ¥ use something to an advantage exercisesinyour Workbook Look at the five underlined words and phrases in paragraph 2. What do they mean? Use these five words and phrases to complete the gaps a-e in paragraph 3, market share sector target iv workforce v worldwide Look at the five words [financial, investment, cultural, provide, dine) from paragraph 4 in the table below, then copy and complete the table. You may not be able to write something in every gap. financial favestment [thing) ... [person) cultural thing) ..[person) [provide | dine ing) ... [person) inat do the following numbers in the text refer to? i Paragraph 1:30%, €350 million, 3,000 ii Paragraph 3: 450, €1 billion, 10%, 296, 3% iii Paragraph 5: 5,000 Fast-food giant tries to convert Italy's pizza-lovers to burgers [51 US ‘ast-‘ood giant, McDonalds, belioves recession-hit 2 wil be one of ts high-growth aroas in the coming Secade and is opening more than 100 new restaurants ‘© conwert pizze-lovers to is burgers. In a country where ‘reign investment has fallen by almost 30% since 2007, the McDonal's italian arm plans ta spend €350 milion and hire ‘zthar 3,000 people inthe corning years to boost its market ‘sha. ‘We believe in tay and we are convinced that the Italian arket has a potential wo can exploit McDonald's Haan chiof executive Roberto Mas! told Reuters in an interview, [21 The American McDonale’s group, which fst sot foot in aly nearly 30 years ago and was initialy met with suspicion fv the land of pizza and pasta, has launched an adverising sive playing to Italians’ patriotism. ‘We will create 3,000 ‘sore jobs. This ie Our way to show we balleve in italy” it says, fp the TV version of the commercial, shot by Oscar-winning alan director, Gabriele Salvatores, three young staff members #9 trademark unitorms tel how good itis to work for tre chain's fast-food restaurants. © Fillin the gaps [-{ip paragraph 5 using suitable words or phrases of your own choice. Example: Paragraph 1: 100 =the number of new restaurants that McDonald's is opening [5] Annual sales at the 450 McDonalds tien restaurants are estimated at around €1 bilion and Its local fa)... is nearly 19 of Its fb)... staf: But while in Spain and food-conscious France, McDonalds has @ Ie) of more than 10% of the ‘informal eating out’ Id)... which excludes too restaurants, its share in Italy Is ust 29%, with a fe)... of 3% in the coming years, [4] Masi said that sinco the start ofthe financial crisis, McDonald's had wen customers in Italy by localising its offering, making sandwiches with crusty bread stutfed with Parmesan cheese and sliced ham. Stil, the McDonald's investment pledge met with scepticism in some quarters, showing the group stil has @ cultural hurdle to clear in Italy. Roberto Burdese, chairman of Italy's Slow Food ‘Association, which strives to preserve traditional and regional cuisine, said McDonald's menus could not pr a balanced dist on a daily basis, ‘We acceptit, however, as 1 sort of theme park where you can go and dine every s0 often,” he sal. 15] The [f).. of Big Macs is no stranger to cultural ssnobbingss. Recent, Milan city counel forced McDonala's to [) .. its restaurant in the Galeria Vittorio Emanuel I, a tourist-packed shopping arcade 60 fh fom the Ouomo ‘cathedral, to make way for a new fi)... of luxury fashion brand Prada. McDonale!s attracted more than 6,000 takers for its last-day offering of free [) .., ries and drinks. ' ER Adapted from www.rauters.com ea aceasta TUE 2. Work on your own. Read the questions and find the key word/s in each one. Then read the article again and find and underline the answers to the questions. You do not need to write anything yer. a Who does McDonald's want to encourage to buy its burgers? b What three things does McDonald's plan to do in Italy? € How did Italians react to the fast-food company 30 years ago? a Which country has the smallest market share of infarmal eating out': France, Italy or Spain? © What has McDonald's done to localise its menu in Italy? What does Roberto Burdese compare McDonald's to? & Why did the city council close a McDonald's restaurantin Milan? 3. Work with your partner and compare your answers to Activity C2. When you have agreed, vwrite complete answers far each question. D © Language focus: to-infinitive Look at these examples of the to-infinitive in the text you have just read: Examples: ... is opening more than 100 new restaurants to convert pizza lovers to its burgers. Thisis our woy to:show we belove which strives to preserve traditional 1 The to-infinitive is found in various sentence constructions. Look at these four common uses: 2 Toindicate the purpose of something {to has the same meaning as so as to, in order to), for example: She came to see the doctor. b Alter some verbs (advise, ask, encourage, invite, order, persuade, remind, tell, warn, expect, intend, would prefer, want, would lke) which are followed by a direct object, for example: They would like you to make a speech. © Following a noun or pronoun, to indicate what something can or will be used f example: like a sandwich to take to school After certain verbs (ask, decide, explain, forget, know, show, tell, understand) followed by question words, for example: She asked me where tos Now decide which of the sentences 1-8 matches each of the four common uses of the to-infinitive. There are two examples for each use. He told me to.ask you I can’t remember where to put this. | don’t have anything towear. I'm writing to ask you a favour, Tell me how to-switch on the machine. Would you like something to drink? They ordered al the students to leave the building Your sister has gone to finish her homework. for ed oneawne 2. Reorder the jumbled words in 2-Fto make sentences which include the to-infnitive, a appearsisti#hut to head herhave b_ 150 Instructions my write are to words ¢ immediately we to need leave like eat to would anything you? tocalling father your 'm out find about f him he with asked come me to not = Match the sentence halves fa-g) with {1-7} a The McDonald's italian arm plans 1. toclearin Italy. b Thegroupstill hasa cultural hurdle... | 2. to closeits restaurants in the Galleria. € Milan city couneil forced McDonald's... | 3 to cookyou anew batch. d_ When the timer goes off, were 4 tomake sure your fries come out supposed 5 tosee how much rubbish theres. € fyouwant 6 tospend $350 millon. # That forces us... 7 to throw out the food, lookaround 4 Look at the two texts yoy have read to check your answers to Activity D3, 5 Complete these sentence halves using your own words. You should use @fo-infinitive in zzchone, a Heartived too late 4 Your brother has gone b Doyou understand where. ¢ Thestudents need a library E © Writing: Informal letters You are going to write a letter to a friend about.a fast-food restaurant you have recently visited, Before you start writing, discuss the following with your partner. tt might helo if you concentrate on restaurants that you already know. 2. What is your opinion about fast food taking over from more traditional food? b What are the advantages and disadvantages of each type of food? ¢ What about the places where you can buy fast food and traditional food? Is one type of place better than another? Why? e Mélikeyou... 2 Now copy and complete the table below, listing the advantages and disadvantages of fastfood and traditional restaurants. [Advantages Disadvantages _| Advantages Disadvantages quick service more expensive 3 Look at these words from an exam-style question: explain, describe, write, say. Discuss them with your partner and try to decide what they mean. ere al coc aaa eee eer eT ates 4 Look atthe exam syle question below and complete the gaps with the words from Activity E3, Discuss your ideas with your partner. Do net write anything yet. You have recently been to a new fast-food restaurant inyour town. fa)... a letter to a friend, telling him or her about your visit. In your letter you should O TOPTIP Hyouarewriting aninformal letter toafriend or family member, you may Ib) ... where the restaurantis, when you went there, and why Ie)... the restaurant and its atmosphere be asked to describe {) .. what you ate and what you thought of something or say the food, what you tink about a suggestion The pictures here may give you some ideas and you coraplan. Often, anaild ty nite eatie dees agora | eet Your letter should be 100-150 words long [Core] or I Sad ters paves 150-200 words long [Extended]. picture to help you. ‘Themainthingisto showthatyoucan | | 5 What would be the best way to begin and end an informal etter like the ane in Activity £4? | write nan informal With your partner, make 2 list of possible opening and closing phrases. | suite Letter A [200 words) Letter B [163 words) Hello friend Dear Adriana \have got your letter some days ago. How are How are you? Thanks very much for your you? | hope your well. am well and | am enjoying my letter —1 was happy to hear that you and your holydays which have started before two days. My family are all well. We are all well here too! family are well and | am buey getting ready for to. | know you will be visiting here soon, so | go away on the weekend on the mountaina, | have Wanted to tell you about a new fastfood *taken good marks in my school teste, but my mum restaurant we must to visit when you come and dad as usually they tell me that: | must-to work here. Its downtown near the bus station, more hard the next-year because Ibis my finally so it's very convenient if we take the bus. year at school. | enjoy the school, but | think the Itopened last weekend and we went there ext yearis going to be hard for me because | will together with my class friends for Comelia’s have to work hard all the year, Guess what? A new birthday party, burger restaurant was opening in my town andl went there with Marco and Jasper the last night, We stayed there until very late at night and we had ‘to walk home because there were no buses! We had tnside, they have fantastic music, so the atmosphere is fabulous too. | know that you're going to like it like | do. Also, they have amzing pictures on the walls and really good food and the atmosphere too was goad. We will go furniture very comfortable! You know | dont back there next time you will vist: me and | hops to eat meat, but there was loads of choice for other do very soon, Write to me back when you will have food with no meat. it was totally delicious and freetime. not expensive like some other places. Yours faithfully Can't wait to take you! See you soon! Felipe Maroulta k at these two letters written by two students in response to the question in Activity E4. With a partner, decide which ofthe two letters -A or Bis better. Give your reasons, Think about: ® the language [the vocabulary and structures) © the information [the ideas) contained in the letter. ou do not need to rewrite the letters. 7 Which letter,A or: uses correct opening and closing phrases? does not have any paragraph breaks? responds to each ofthe three question prompts? contains a lot of spelling mistakes? includes information that is not relevant? © Units 1 and 2 you studied adjectives and adverbs. One way to improve your writings by »gmore of them. Wich a partner, talk about how to improve Felipe’s letter (A) by using @ adjectives and adverbs, where appropriate, You do nat need to write anything yet. Example: We had food and the atmosphere too was good. We ate delicious food and the atmosphere wers really fantastic! fou are going to write your own full answer to the exam-style question in Activity jeforeyou start, make a draft plan. Think carefully about the question and what ‘ormation itasks for, Drawa ‘mind map" Bete a did in Activity €6 in Unit Merely serait me / 7 eo te new fast-food restaurant nang burger deseriptiOn/atmbephere 3 CE pe 28 Now write your letter using the draft plan and mind map you created in Activity E9. Exchange our writing with your partner's. Check thet letter. What should you be looking for? F © Speaking: Expressing opinions 2 Devs, tracks Listen to Anna and Terry talking. In haw many different ways do they express Heir opinion? /ok at the audioscript in Appendix 3 and focus on the underlined phrases. In small groups, lst other phrases that you could use to express your opinion. 2 LAMGUAGETIE Look at these ways of expressing your opinion in both spoken and written English, | Tomy mind, fast-food Common in spoken language, also written | tn my opinion, restaurants are | Very common. Try to use other expressions | trou ask me heretostey. | Extremely commoninspoken English Tomy way of thinking, Emphasis on my to show strong opinion inmy view, ‘Common in spoken and writen English Forme, ‘Common inspoken and writen English tds Very common in spoken English [Deyouwantta) iknow what | Fastfood | Roth extremely common in spoken Whi restaurants are | English, and not impolite Piltell you what I think heretostay. | | | When you write, use your imagination as ‘much as possible, butremember that your answer must always be relevant to the question. ‘Think abouthow ‘to improve your vwritingby using, moreadjectives ‘and adverbs, Check your work carefully forlanguage errors, and count how ‘many words you have written. Make sure that you follow allthe instructions very carefully and write the required ruber of words, e- | | | | | | | | Torn Remember that ‘when answering, ‘questions, you need to think about both content and language. ‘Content’ refersto therelevance and development of ideas; language’ refers to style and accuracy. So, you need to make sure that your writing Isrelevant, with ‘well-developed Ideas, and that the language you use isaccurate and appropriate.

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