American

SPEAK
OUT

Pre-Intermediate
Split Coursebook 2
with DVD/ROM and MP3 Audio CD

Pearson Antonia Clare JJ Wilson

 CONTENTS
VOCABULARY PRONUNCIATION
LESSON GRAMMAR/FUNCTION READING
Interviews I How has yourlife changed in the last ten yeans?
UNIT 7 CHANGES page 67 verbs +prepositions weak forms: used to
used to read about living the dreamm
Living the
7.1page
Dream
68
cause and result collocations rhythm in complex read and predict
7.2 The Great Impostor purpose,
page 70 sentenceS informatiOn in a story

7 8 Can you tell me? fi nding out information facilities intonatian: checking read about studlying abroad
page 72 information

7.4page
A Greek Adventure
74

UNIT 8 MONEY page 77 Interviews| How do you feel about shopping?

8 . 1 Treasure Hunt relative clauses maney pronouncing the letter read a story about
page 78 "s" treasure hunt
8 . 2 Pay me more! too much/many, enough, multi-word verbs multi-word verb stress
page 80 very
8 . 3 I'm Just Looking buying things weak forms: do youlcanread a questionnaire
page 82
shopping
about shopping
8 . 4 soleRebels
page 84

UNIT 9 NATURE Page 87 Interviews How do you feel about being in the countryside!?
9 . 1 Green Living ideas
page 88 comparatives/superlatives nature stressed syllables read about great green
9.2 Into the Wild articles understand an article about
the outdoors word stress, weak
page 30 an experience in thu wild
a and the
forms:
9.3 It could be because.. making guesses animals silent letters
page 92
9.4 The Northern Lights
page 94

UNIT 10 SOCIETY page 97 Interviews | How do you feel about city life?
10.1 Top Cities uses of like describing a city sentenco stross read aboutthe best cities
page 98 o ryoung peoplo
10.2 Crime and Punishment
page 1000 present/past passive crime and weak fornns: was/were read an articlu about
Crime and pun1shmont
10.3 There's a Problem punishmnt
page 102 complaining problems sentence stross

10.4 Mary's Meals

page 94

UNIT 11 TECHNOLOGY page 107 Interviews How do you feel about technalogy'
11.1 Keeping in Touch present parfect comunication suntenco stross
D.age 108
11.2 Make o Ditference articlo about s0ch
pivge 110 reul conditionals When fuulungs weak furns: will rod on

muda

11.3 I Totally Disogre iving opuniots politu ntonatiom ad

about wustng tinu
page 112 ntarnal, trms
114 Is TV bad for kids?
page 114

UNIT 12 FAME page 117 Interviews | Would yau like ta be famous?

12.1 Caught on Film
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12.2 ALuchy Break
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12.3 What tanl do fur

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12.4 Bdlian Dollar Man l i

piaya 124
140
RREGULAR VERBS page 127 PHOTO
A N K page

LANGUAGE BANK Paye 128

DVO ROM
DVD CLIPS ANO
SCRIPTS INTERVIE WS AND SCRIPT
LISTENING/DoVD SPEAKING WRITING

listen to a radio program about a woman who changed her life talk about a life change use paragraphs to write about a
decision that changed your ife

talk about why people tell lies

understand short, predictable conversations learn to check and confirm

|information
My Family and Other Animals: watch an extract from the talk about new experiencess write a blog/diary
beginning of a movie about a family that moves to Greece

talk about a project that

people should invest in

|listen to a discussion about salaries
talk about why you should write an opinion piece
earn more
| listen to conversations in stores
describe items; go shopping
Solekebels: watch an extract from the news about an Ethiopian present a money-making idea write a competition entry for a
business
| business investment

listen to a radio program about green ideas

talk about green issues write about your views on the
environment
gIve your views on life in the
CIty or the country
listen to people disCuSsing quiz questions
talk about different animals

Joanna Lumney in the Land of the

Northern Lights: watch
extract from a documentary about the
northern lights
an
talk about amazing places write a travel blog

listen to conversations about different cities

discuss qualities of different use formal expressions to write
places an emai
discuss alternative
punishments to fi t the crimes
talk about problems in a
cnoo
|Mary's Meals: watch an extract from a
documentary about
Internet sensation an
talk about an
important issue write about an issuee

isten to people talking about how they keep in touch talk about things you've donel
improve your use of pronouns
WOuld like to do
talk about future consequences
lsten to a discussion about the Internet
give your opinion
Panorama: ls TV bad for kids?: watch an extract from
90curnentary about giving up television a talk about technology you write a web comment about
couldn't live without
|technolagy

talk about your favorite movie

irstet utenple talkng iabout fants
talk about being famous write about a famous person
lste people rnaYirg
requests naka roquGsts and olfers
Lewis
Hamilton: Billion Dollar
docurventary about Lewis HarnilLon
Man: vatch an extrac, Iran
e Lalk about your ambitions write about your childhood ambitions

COMMUNICATION BANK page 142 AUDIO SCAIPTS page 147

CLASS AUDIO AND SCRIPTS
 7
LIVING
THE DREAM p68

THE GREAT
IMPOSTOR p70

7.1 Talk about a life change

SPEAKING
tell lies
7.2 Talk about why people
7.3 Learn to check and
confirm information CAN YOu
7.4 Talk about new experiences TELL ME? p72
about a woman
LISTENING 7.1 Listen to a radio program
who changed her life
conversations
predictable
7.3 Understand short,
from the beginning of
7.4 Watoch an extract
that movos to Greece
movie about a famly
the dreamn
READING 7.1 Read about living
Information in a story
7.2 Read and pradict
abroad
7.3 Read about studying
write aboub a change
WAITING 7.1 Use paragraphs to
7.4 Write a blog/diary
How has your lifa ahanged
in the last ten yeara?

INTHRVIEWB A GREEK
ADVENTURE p74
 Gused to
DREAM Pweak forms: used to

-7.1)LIVING THE Vverbs + prepositions

A Complete the sentences with the phrases inbold

voCABULARY from the text in Exercise 18.

VERBS+ PREPOSITIONS
1 I sometimes think about doing a different job.

Would you like to change 2 I really enjoy traveling, but I wouldn't

1 A Work in pairs.
Discuss. another
life? What would you
change? Why? cOuntry to live.
anything in your
3 I want to give up my job and to study1ng.
do not
do you think many people
B Read the text. Why 4 I need to speak English for my job. I_
manage to
live their dreams?
a famous journalist.
becoming
5 I should a raise, before
buy a new car.
Living the Dream 6 I would love to different countries.
7 Things have been so busy, I just need to or
Are you bored with your
life or your job? a few days and relax.
Do you do the same thng every day? m y bag? Ican't find it
8 Can you help me
Perhaps it's t1me to look for something new
anywhere.

Every yea. thousands of people dream the sentences that are true for you. Work
about changing their lives. Many
want to B Check ( )
in pairs and compare your ideas
gIve up ther jobs
and start a new career
Lots of people
or move or learn a new skill. are many phrases with prEpositions
American There
say they'd like to do something ditferent, with
ke travel around the world peak) in English. Keep a page for phrases
in notebook Write the

to country. But only a

a new
IP prepositions your
Or move
follow their dreams.
examples of verbS +prepoSitions
in your

te people actually the

notebook. Can you think of any
other
ArOund vacation t1me, a quarter of examples?
people in the UK. think about changing
jobs. but when the vacation hnishes, they
to work as normal. Others
Just go back
wait for an opportunity their whole Iives, LISTENING
Dut it never comes.
wanted 3A Jessica Fox left her
dream job in sunny California to
Tne BBC talked to Jessica Fox, who Scotland. Which place
in the California move a c r o s s the
world and live in
to get away from her life moved
do you think she
Sunshine and move to Scotland
and run a Would you prefer to live in? Why
second-hand bookstore. She tells us about
to find out.
true. B Listen to the interview
ow she made her dream come

e Dool Sho

ookstore i rere u y
T
 4A Listen to the interview again and answer B Listen to check.
the questions.
C WEAK FORMS: used to Notice the pronuncintion
Part of used to /ju:sta/. Listen and repeat the phrases.
1 Did Jessica enjoy her life in California? used to

2 What did she dream about?

D Change the sontences so they are true for you.
Compare your sentencos with other students.
Part 2
3 What did Jessica do to realize her dream?
4 Did she send a lot of emails? SPEAKING
Part 3 7A Make a note of three things that used to be true
5 How did Jessica feel when she went back to LA? about you ten years ago le.g., appearance, home, work,
studies, free time, personality, etc.).
6 What does she enjoy about her life now?
BWork in pairs. Discuss. How have your lives changed?
BWork in pairs. Discuss the questions. Whose life has changed the most?
1 Do you think was a good idea for Jessica to make
this life change? Why/Why not?
WRITING
2 Would you do this kind of thing yourself?
PARAGRAPHS

GRAMMAR 8 A Read about Ryan's life-changing decision. Put

the sentences in the correct order to complete the
USED TO
paragraphs.
5 A Read sentences a)-c) and answer the questions. Paragraph 1

a) Jessica used to live in California. One of the best decisions I ever made was to go back to

b) She didn't use to work in a bookstore. school. 1

've always thought that being a teacher would be
c) What did she use to dream about?
interesting9..
1 Did Jessica live in California in the past?
So I went back to college and took a teacher training
2 Does she live in California now? cour
urse.
3 Did Jessica work in a bookstore in the past? Before that, I was working for a company, butI didn't
4 Does she work in a bookstore now? enjoy my job.
5 Does question cl ask about the past or present?
Paragraph 2
above Doing the program wasn't easy
E Look at your answers to questions 1-5
and underline the correct alternatives to complete Now, I have a teaching degree, and I'm doing the job lve

the rules. always wanted to do.

So l used to study in the evenings.
1 Used to describes a habit or situation that
was

the same now. You For example, I had to work to earn money and find tine
true in the past, but it is not
can also use the present/past simple with a similar to do the homework.
meaning. but used to emphasizes the change.
B In each paragraph find sentences that:
2 If something used to happen, it happened
1 contain the main idea
once/for an extended time.
2 support the idea

page 128 1ANGUAGEBANK 3 finish or conclude the paragraph

6A Find and correct the mistakes. There are mistakes in CWrite about a decision that changed your life. Write
four of the sentences. your story in paragraphs. Use sentences to introduce
and support the idea and conclude the paragraph.
1 Whet l wats a thild, I usAed u ride my bike to schoo
esterday
2 y troher always USed hsun to heavy rnetal muslc One of the best decisions I ever
made was wanted to
wasnt
41 used u slay up al nught daniny Nuw I got, Liweud a Gasy because
10pm But Now,
5 : tidsit used ty ha'vu an puts
6 Ve used tu yp tiy fur var.atifn last yeti

realiy or tivako her Ttalei thtr

Srean curne tu ue l emphiabizua / tlegi ee
 G purpose, cause and result

7 . 2 T H E GREAT IMPOSTOR P rhythm in complex sentences

V collocations

Fordiannl Waldo lDemara was probably 4 Demara dicdn'l go to prison

because people thought he Was
in history. a hero. Inslead the police
h e graest impostor
lle w a s born in
the US.A. released him and gave him
man,. extra money to say "thank
in 1921. As a young
.

to be a doctor. you" for his great work!

he pretended
an engineer.
a lawyer, a But later the police
college professor, arrested him for a
a soldier and a sailor. different erime.
Demara's greatest
adventure was during What did he do?
the Korean War. a) He robbed a ban.
b) He pretended to he a
What did he
do? policeman.
to be a
a) He
pretended
c) He pretended to be a
doctor on a ship. eacher
Korean
for the
b) He
worked
Head2 to find out
government.

to be a
pretended
c) He Demara became
politician.
famous because of
out
Read6to find his great work as the ship's
doctor, and his photo appeared
in s o m e newspapers in Canada. The
*****''***

Demara pretended to be a teacher,

2 and the police caught him. He spent six
mother of the real Dr. Cyr saw the photo.
So she told
She knew this was not her son.
months in prison. After this, he played one arrested him.
1960 movie the police, and they
more role. He appeared in a

(called The Hypnotic Eye) to make some

a doctor. But real fame

What happened nent?
money. acting as
to Eurne
arrived in 1961 when Hollywood made a escaped
to prison c) He
movie of Demara's life. a) He went to prison. b) He didn't go A
Read 4 to find out .

The bullet was very close to the soldier's

3 heart. Demara studied from a book soo 6 In 1951, Demara pretended to be DPr.
he
that he could save the man's life. IIe Joseph Cyr (a real doctor) so that
lived. could work on a ship. The soldiers loved him:
removed the bullet, and the soldier
In fact, while Demara worked as a doctor, He cured their illnesses; he pulled out bad teet
none of his patients died. But, in the end. and he performed difficult operations. Ile had
he became too successfuil. his greatest moments after a soldier wvas shot.

What happened?
and hs iiendsrecuGuizcd
hn What did he do?
He a p a t e d
on l a) He
a)
ippi.aC1 a n W p u p e t
jumped into the ocean and helped the soldier
b)Hp,tt20d'Eaiif
b) He
pretended to be the dead soldie
c

Head 5 19 f1nd out

"**
c)He pertormed an operation that saved the soldier s 'e
Read 3 to find out

READING BHead the story. As you read, stop at each questo

and, with a partner, guess the answer. Then read
A Look at the photo of a famous impostar and the find out
tools he used in different jobs. What do
you think this
nan pretended to be? Work in pairs and discuss the
questions
im.pos.tor, imposter impsta lmpustal nourn suneone 1 Why du you thnk Demara did these thngs
wtOpreterds to Li Soneont else in or der uy trICk peuple 2 Du you thnk he was a good man he
3 Do you thnk people lhhe Denare shouht : putu

0
 SENTENCES Listen to the
B RHYTHM IN COMPLEX
VOCABULARY answers. As you listen, follow the words on the page
and say the sentences
cOLLOCATIONS with your finger. Listen again
at the same time.
3 A Match 1-7 with a)-g) to make collocations (words
true for you? Work in pairs
that go together). C Are any of the sentences
a) successful/famous
and compare your ideas.
1 Cure
b) a role/a part in a movie and take turns. Student A: make
2 make a Work in pairs
s e n t e n c e s with phrases
from A. Use the past simple.
3 save c) movie/documentary
Student A's sentences with
d) a crimela murder Student B: complete
4 become because.
phrases from B and so, to or
5 be arrested for e) a man's ife/money
A: I went to the move theater

6 spend illnesses/people B: to watch a movie.

abroad
7 play g six months in prison/time A: I studied my notes
B:.. because I had a test.
B Work in Re-tell the story of Demara's life
pairs.
collocations above.
using the
A B
pairs, e.g.. Cure illnesses,
American Many words come in
go to the have a test
Speak 9)) become famous. When you hear or read
TIP collocations, write them in your notebook. Think movie theater become & nurse
other words that go with play and make.
of
study my notes
cant drive
want to help

GRAMMAR people get a Master's

degree
PURPOSE, CAUSE AND RESUJLT
go to the doctor
4A Complete sentences 1-3 with so, to or because. invite her to

action)
(liketraveling a party

Purpose (the reason for an

feel sick
make some money.
1 He appeared in a 1960 movie go to college

Cause (it makes something happen) love listening

people thought he call my
2 Demara didn't go to prison friend
to music

was a hero.
watch a movie
Result (the consequence of something) ride a bike to work
3 She knew this was not her son, she told
buy an MP3 player) become a pilot
the police.

answers in the text in Exercise 1.

B Check your

and find more

C Look at the text in Exercise 1
again SPEAKING
examples of so, to and because.
7A Discuss the questions below.
p a g e 128 LANGUAGEBANK
1 Why do people tell lies about their lives?
5A Underline the correct alternative. 2 When might you tell a lie?
1 I'm taking an English class so/to/because improve my
BWork in pairs. Read the situations below and discuss.
speaking. Would you tell a lie in these situations? Why/Why not?
to
2 do many jobs in the future soltolbecause | like
try different things. 1 An employee at your company is bad at her job. She
3 l'd like to become famous, solto/because I'm going to tells you a secret: she used false documents (résumé
and references) to get her job. The boss asks you
study acting.
4 You need to communicate well soltolbecause become about her.

Successful in my joh. 2 Your best friend introduces her new boyfriend to you,. You
5 l'd like to make a movie about my life so/tolbecause don't like him because he doesn't listen to or care about
fve had many great experiences. anyone else. Your friend asks for your opinion of him.
3 A friend buys a designer bag for $50 from a man on
6 l'd love to spend time abroad soltolbecauSe the street. She says the bag usually costs $300, so
experience another culture.
7 Im going to take a test, so/to/because I have she bought it. You know the bag isn't a real designer
to study a lot. bag. She asks if you want one.
8 lt's difficult to be an impostor soltolbecause you
can never relax.

taking la class) / call doing (a class)Iphone

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 F finding out information

Z3CAN YOU TELLMER P intonation:

facilities
checking informatiat

Read 1,000 books

and walk 1,000 miles
. is a Chinese saying about
education. And this is exactly
*

what students from the

People's
Republic of China are doing.
Thousands of Chinese students
have joined students from
Europe,
India, the U.S.A., Saudi
Arabia and
other countries to study at U.K.
colleges. So, how do they feel about
coming to the U.K.? It's difficult
at first,' says Yi Lina, a student at
Bristol University. "Everything is
very diferent: the food. the people.
But it gets easier. You open a bank
account, get a cell phone contract,
and start talking to people. It has
been a great experience.

B Work in pairs and take turns. Student A: say a

SPEAKING
place. Student B: say what you can do there.
1 Work in pairs. Discuss the questions. A: What can you do in a photocopy room?
1 1s there a college in your town? What can you study B: You can make photocopres
there? C Discuss. Which of these facilities can you find in
2 Would you like to study in another country? your language school/college? Where are they? Which
Why/Why not? of them do you often/never use?

2 Read the text. What do the students think about

studying abroad? FUNCTION
FINDING OUT INFORMATION
VOCABULARY 4A Make questions with the prompts below
FACILITIESS
alwhere register for my class
3 A Match 1-5 with the places in the box. Where do I register for my class?
b) where | the reading roomn
reading room b0okstore cafeteria library
main office classroom c)what time the library open
stationery store
photocopy room lecture hall d)can help/ find my classroorm
student services office registration desk
elwhere use the Internet

where I buy a notebook

1 borrow a book student card
g) where get a new
2 buy pens, paper and notebooks
h)can tell me where go (for information
3 register for a new class about.._
4 buy a snatk
B Listen to the situations. Number the questions
5 find information about where you are staying
above in the order you hear them.

main office main reception

student services department or office accommodation/welfare office
5Listen again. Are the statements true (T) or false (F)? LEARN TO
1 The registration desk is in the main office. CHECK AND CONFIRM INFORMATION
2 The reading room is next to the cafeteria.
9A Read and listen to the different ways of checking
3 There is Internet in the library. information in bold below.
4 The library is open from ten until five every day.
Extract
5 You can get a new student card from the main office. B:Do you know where the main office is5?
6 Room 301 is on the third floor on the right.
A: Sorry?
7 The stationery store is upstairs.
Extract 2
8 The student services office is next to the
stationery store.
C:It's next to the cafeteria.
A:The cafeteria? Where's that?
6 A Complete the phrases with the words in the box.
Extract 3
can excuse have need help time kind A: Do I have to pay?
D:No.
Getting attention A: So, it's free for students.

me, Extract 4
Could you me? E: It's open every day, from 9 a.m. until 6 p.m.

Can you tell me where/what .. ? A: Did you say "every day"?

Asking for information Extract 5
Where 3 I get/find/buy..? A:I need to find out about my housing.
When can I use/start... ? Can you tell me where to go?
What 4 is the library open? I: Housing? I think you have to go to the student

What time do the classes start? services office.

Can..? B What are the speakers doing in each conversation?

Do to...?
al repeating the key words/phrases as a question
Is it free/open/near? b) asking a checking question/asking for repetition
to find out about/speak to..
c rephrasing
Thanking someone
C INTONATION: checking information Listen and
Thank you so much.
repeat the phrases in bold in Exercise 9A. How does
That's very the intonation change?

B Read audio script S7.5 on page 147 to

10 Work in pairs. Role-play the situation below. Student
check your answers A: you are a student. You have lost your bag. Student
p a g e 128 LANGUAGEBANK B: you work at the main office.

the mistakes. There are two mistakes Student Receptionist

7Find and correct

in each conversation.
Explain the situation.
1 A: Excuse to me, where's the bookstore?
B: There's one around corner. Find out exactlywhat happened.
2 A: What time do the swimming pool open? Ask what you need to do.
o'clock.
B: During the week, it opens on eight Explain that he/she needs to go to the
On the weekend, it opens at nine.
student services ofñce and complete aform.
3 A: Can tell me where to get a student card, please?
B: You need going to the main office
Ask where the student services office is.

4 A: Where I can get a coffee? Give directions.

B: There's a cafeteria over there, next the library.
Check that you understand what you
8 Work in pairs. Student A: turn to page 143. have to do/ask for repetition.
Student B: turn to page 144.
|Repeat any information.
Thank the receptionist.

classes lessons
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7.4 )) A GREEK ADVENTURE

DVD PREVIEW DVD VIEW

Work in pairs. Discuss. Do you ever have problems 3 A What kind of
trying to communicate with people who can't speak
problems do you think the family might
have? Do you think life will be better or
worse for the
your language? Where? What happens? What family? Why? Watch the DVD to find out.
can you do to help nmake yourself understood in
situations like this? B Number the scenes in the correct order.
2 Read the program information. Where does the al The family is at home in London. It's
August, but no
family move to? Why? one feels well. 7
b The family looks for a house to live in, but
cannot
find one with a bathroom.
c The family meets Spiro, and he finds the family a
My Family and beautiful house (villa).
d) The family members decide to look by
Other Animals so they try to get a taxi.
themselves,
My Family and Other Animals isa movie based e) They arrive on a boat, and the customs officer
checks
on Gerald Durrell's book. It tells the story of their suitcases.
the Durrells, a rather unusual family:
Gerry- 4A What do they say? Use the words in the box to
a twelve-year-old who loves animals, his sister
complete the sentences.
Margo, his brother Leslie, his eldest brother,
the writer Lawrence, and their mother. One sunshine bathroom Greek tourists
wet gray day in the 1930s, the family decides language place
to escape the English weather. They sell their
house and move to the sunny island of Corfu 1 "It's August. We need . Why don't we pack
in Greece. Here they experience a new life of up and go?"

freedom and adventure. But the beginning 2 "You've shown us ten houses, and none of them has
isn't easy, so they are delighted when they
make a new friend, Spiro. 3 "They must have bathrooms. We'll find a
Ourselves."
4 "We do't actually speak
5 "You need someone who talks your
6 "All the English they ask for me when they
come to the island.. There. Villa with bathrooms."
"We'll it."

B Watch the DVD

again to check.
Work in pairs and discuss the questions.
1 Which character do
you like best? Why?
2 Where do tourists like to
go when they visit your
cOuntry? What problems do they have?

arny detrdes, is. looks / yt ay family der.ufe, are k qrey

American Speakout a new experience writeback a blog/diary
6A Listen to Agata talking about when sha moved to the 8 A Read part of a web diary about Sadie's first year at
U.S. Answer the questions. college and answer the questions.

1 What was the problem? 1 ls she enjoying college life?

2 How did she feel? 2 Did she have any problems? What were they?

3 What happened in the end?

B Listen again and check t ) the key phrases you hear.

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KEYPHRASES
Itwas my first day at. So Far So Ga
The biggest problem was.. I moved to Turkey in July to go to Bilkent University
and I am really enjoying the experience so tar
Ifelt very (nervous/shy/excited!.... when.. It's been a fantastic year. Ive really enjoyed living
I couldn't somewhere so new and exciting. but I miss my family
I didn't know and friends at home. l've met lots of people, and I
love living in this big city. There is always so much
I wasn't. to see and do, and Turkish people are so friendly
Luckily. I met/made friends with.. Its very different from living at home. When I first
arrived, I used to get lost around the city. Now I enjoy
In the end,
exploring and finding out about new places.

7 A Talk about a new experience (e.g., when

you moved to a new place/started a new
class/job). Before you speak, think about B Write a blog/diary about a new experience.
the questions below. Make some notes. Use the questions in Exercise 7A and the
structure below to help you.
1 Where were you?
One thing that has really changed in my life
2 How did you feel?
is
3 Did you have any problems? I decided to _ o that/to
4 What did you do about them? Before that, I used to At first
5 Did you meet anyone who helped you? because , but

6 What happened in the end?

In the end, .

Work in groups and take turns.

Tell each other about your
experiences.
7.5 ( LOOKBACK

V verbs + prepositions v Collocations F

Finding out information
1 A Complete the phrases with a 3A Underline the 5
correct alternative A Put the
sentences in the
suitable preposition. in sentences 1-8 below. correct order to complete
1 What do you dream 1 The doctor cured/cared me. the conversations.
doing
in the future? 2 This hero rescued/saved my life! Conversation 1
2 Would you like to travel. 3 Sometimes businesses al Excuse me, could
the world? Which countries
you help
can become/develop very me?1
would you like to visit?
successful. b) Thank you. And what's
your
3 Would you like to get 4 My friend Jack spends/goes last name?
from work/school for a few most of his time watching TV. c) Do you have a registration
days? Where would you go?
5 She lost her job after being form?
4 Would you ever move
arrested by/for a crime. dl Your class? OK. Do you have
different town/city? Why/Why
6 The criminal spent/passed ten a registration form?
not?
months in prison. e) I need to find out about my
5 Are you thinking making 7 1 played/was the role of Hamlet. Class.
any changes to your life at the
-

moment? What are they? 8 I would like to build/make f Sorry?

a movie. g Oh, yes. In my bag. Here it
6 Would you like to go
S.
your last school for a day? B Work in pairs. Add another
h) It's Gorski.
sentence to each sentence above.
B Work in pairs and take turns. ) Yes, of course. What can I do
Ask and answer the questions. The doctor cured me. Then
for you?
married him!

G Used to Conversation 2
G Purpose, cause al At the main office?
2 A Make questions with the and result b) The swimming pool opens at
prompts. Begin with Did you
4A Match 1-8 with al-h) to make eight o'clock.
use t o . . ?
sentences. c) OK, thanks. Is it free for
When you were a child: students?
1 Iwent to the library last week
1 you work hard school? d Yes, that's right.
2 I helped my friend
el Thanks very much.
2 you/ eat fast food? 3 I wanted to eat out
No, it's not free, but it's
3 you spend time your
4 I studied cheaper if you have a student
grandparents?
5 I put my feet up and watched card.
get sick often?
you TV so g Yes, show your card at the
5 you have / special friend? 6 I called some old friends to main office when you come

6 you play any sports? 7 I went to bed late because in.

7 you go to school public hl Eight. OK. So, do I have to
8 I went to a meeting
transportation? bring my student card?.
al to improve my English. i) Excuse me, could you tell me
8 you live different place?
b)I was at a party. what time the swimming p0ol
B Choose two or three of the
c) to discuss business. opens?
questions above and write two
d) hear their news.
more related questions. BWork in pairs and practice the
e)I could relax. conversations.
C Work in pairs and take
turns.
f to find a book.
Ask and answer the questions.
g) because she had a problem.
use to work Iisrd
A: DiJ yCu
h) so I went to a restaurant. SWIMMING
t chioo? ROOL
B: YesI drd B Work in pairs. Choose four
yuin u
A Vnat cul,rct td phrases from 1-8 above. Make
questions to ask what your
rt d rns
B: I u r I !o eryoy partner did last week.
A. ud yum fu tu thu: hdrary

A W

last narTIE
 8
TREASURE HUNT p78

00 PAY ME MORE! p80

SPEAKING 8.1 Talk about a product

O ew

that people should invest in

pe

earn mare
8.2 Talk about why you should
8.3 Describe items; go shopping I'M JUST LOOKING p82
8.4 Present a money-making ide
LISTENING 8.2 Listen to discussion about salaries
a
about
8.4 Watch an extract from the news
an Ethiopian businessS

READING B.1 Read a story about a treasure hunt

8.3 Read a questionnaire about shopping

WRITING 8.2 Write an opinian piece

B.4 Write a competition entry for a businessS
investment

How do you feel about shopping?

INTERVIEWSs
p84
SOLEREBELS
 G relative clauses

8.1 TREASURE HUNT P pronouncing the letter "s"

V money

READINGG
VOCABULARY
MONEY Discuss the questions.
1A Read the money questionnaire. What do you think 1 Do you know any true stories or movies that
the words in bold mean? treasure hunting?
invalve
2 The man in the photo was very rich and
BWork in pairs. Ask and answer the questions. very ill. What
is his connection with the treasure chest?
Guess ard
C PRONOUNCING THE LETTER "S" Underline each tell your partner. Read to find out.
example of the letter "s" in the words in bold in the
questionnaire. How many ways is it pronounced? Listen B Discuss in pairs. What are the connections
between:
and check.
1 1988... and .. Fenn hiding the treasure?
How do you say the letter "s" in these words: He was diagnosed with cancer in 1988. He wanted
to
measure, earns, tips, profession, credit cards, lends, leave something for the world after his death, so ha
ne
Imposter, souvenir? the treasure chest
2 poem in Fenn's
****
a
autobiography. and... the
*****

treasure chest?
How do you earn, save and spend 3 new clues... and... tourism
in the area?

yOUr nmoney
1 Do you
4 13,000... and... 18?
5 the Air Force... and ... an art gallery?
usually pay with cash or by credit card when you
buy things? C What do you think of Fenn's treasure
hunt? Do you
2 Do you ever lend like the idea? Why/Why not?
money to family or friends? Why/Why not?
3 Have you ever borrowed a lot of
money? What for?
4 How many bills coins do you
or have in your pocket
at the moment!

5 In your cOuntry, how much

6 Which three
do you tip waiters?
people do you think earn the most money
in your country?
Hidden Jreasure
In 1988. U.S.
millionaire Forrest Fenn was diagnosed with
7 Have you ever invested Thinking that his life was nearly over, he wanted to leave
cancer .

8 Who pays the bills

money in something? to the world. Then he somethin
had a really interesting idea. He decided to
where you live? a wooden
chest with treasure and hide it.
9 Which of your
possessions is worth the most to you?
He included old gold coins, ancient animal
10 Have you ever
thought of treasure hunting? fi1gures and antique he
jewelry. all covered in gold dust, and left the chest somewhere in
desert.
his
probably in New Mexico, where he lives. Then he pubisuc
Dpage 140 PHOTOBANK autobiography and included in it a poem that contained
about
where the treasure was hidden. Against all expectations. an
recovered rom cancer, so r
he has ived to see the success of his pa
e says his idea was to provide people with adventure: hune an
Outside, with the chance of getting rich. He loves
adventures. and he clearly enjoys the attention hisstoE roht
plan nas te
n. Every tew months he releases a new clue. which keeps
Tea

hunters interested. It seems it is working: he has more

nan 15.000 rec ell as 1

emails from people who want more clues.
narriage proposals! There are blogs that describe Fennsasuh
nunt, and tourism in o p l e w.
the area has increased. thanks toP
want to ind the
chest.
Fenn
Texas. Asaoriginally
was
from a poor family in
child, he spent his summers in
Yellowstone
hrst
National Park, which is where he
discovered his love of the outdoors.
a career in
the Air Force, he After
eventually openea
an art gallery in Santa Fe, making his money oy
Duying and selling paintings. He also
Known lor became
were organizing amazing parties that
attended by all kinds of famous
people. Now he lives with his wife, with
whom he happlly looks on as treasure
hunters arrlve in his
hometown.

bills treasure hunting / jewelry

LS
hunting for treasUr'e
ewtellery
GRAMMAR SPEAKING
RELATIVE CLAUSES A Work in pairs. Read about what some super-rich
people do with their money and discuss the questions.
sentences 1-5 and complete the rules below.
3 Read
1 Which projects/donations do you think are the most
new clue, which keeps treasure
a
1 He releases useful for the world?
hunters interested.
2 Are there any that you think are not especially
that describe Fenn's treasure hunt.
2 There are blogs useful? Why?
to
increased, thanks to people who
want
super-rich people who do
3 Tourism has 3 Do you know of any other
find the chest. interesting things with their money?
with whom he happily looks on
4 He lives with his wife, had billions of dollars to invest in something
treasure
hunters arrive. BIf you would you start?
as
interesting or useful, what project
where he lives. where you would do it,
hid it in New Mexico, whom it would help,
5 He probably Think about
and how long it would last.
Relative clauses tell you:

or place we are talking about.

which thing. person
does.
what a thing, person or place is or
Opr nfrrs

Use 1 which_ or 2 f o r things.

for people.
Use 3 or
4
Use 5 f o r places.

page 130 LANGUAGEBANK

in the box
1-3 below. Which things
4A Read sentences
do they describe?

the
thingsdo
library wallet
Inventor
6asina
credit card
investor bank
DVD player interesting
money?
What their
do with
casino
to win money. inside
1 It's a place where you go enormous
clock

when you want to pay Super-rich an

that you use
2 It's a thing is
building 10,000
years.
Bezos,
to last
educate

without cash. boss,

Jeff
designed Africa to
Amazon
clock is South
creates new things. the s c h o o l in
3 It's a person who mountain;
built a which
a Winfrey,
definitions for the Oprah Bank,
to write
T V star,
Grameen
B Use the prompts below
families.
founded

other things in the box above. from poor Yunus, businesses.

girls Muhammad
start His
to space.
E c o n o m i s t ,

to the poor tourists into

1 place /people look after / your money small
loans
to
send
millions
developing

cards gives working

2 thing/ / carry/ money and credit
use Branson
is
has spent tourists.

or business (to R i c h a r d
Galactic, transporting

3person/ gives money / to a product company,

Virgin for
spaceships

make more money) Commercial

4 place/ you go / borrow books

5 thing/ use/ watch movies

142. Student
CWork in pairs. Student A: turn to page
B: turn to page 144.

79
 G too much/many, enough, very
8.2) PAY ME MORE! P multi-word verb stress
V multi-word verbs

GRAMMAR
Average TOO MUCH/MANY ENOUGH, VERY
Job 2 A Read sentences 1-6 from the
recording. Match the
Salaries words in bold with meanings al-A below.

inEurope FAST FOOD

coOK ¬11,700WoRERNE¬ 15,500
1 Scientists spend too much time
2 Too many of us do extra work like
applying for grants.
cleaning.
3 We should earn enough just from
E MC being a
nanny.
4 Nannies
aren't paid enough.
POLICE 5 It's too dangerous to be paid so little.
6 Some of our projects are very expensive. .

a) should earn more

¬21,800 POUCE OPTICER36,600 FIREGNTER¬41,900 b) more (time) than necessary
cl so ldangerous) that they should be paid more
d) really
el the right amount
f more (people) than necessary

B Look at the cartoons below. Underline the correct

VET
¬ 67,400 CONTROLLE ¬89,000 DENTST E100,300 alternative to complete the rule.

1 Use too much/too many with countable nouns.

LISTENING
2 Use too muchltoo many with uncountable
A
Look at the infographic about the pay for different
nouns
jobs. Discuss the questions. Thave Ihave
too much
work to do.
too many
Joos to do.
1 Are you surprised by any of these figures?
2 Why do you think the high earners make so much money?

BListen to three people saying why they should be

paid more. As you listen, complete the table.
Speaker Job Difficulties Should
with Job Earn More
Because.. page 130 LANGUAGEBANK
nanny
3 Underline the correct alternative
1 don't have enough timeltime enoughlvery many time
2 save people to do the things I enjoy.

buildings 2 I drink too manylmuch/too much coffee.

businesses 3 1 do some toolenough/very difficult tasks in my work.
hard to get
4l am sometimesverylenough/too busy to study Engis
funding
5Ispend very much/too many/too much hours online
6 Did you have the enough/enough/too many to eat.
Listen again and discuss the questions. or do you want more?

1 Which speaker (1, 2 or 3) says: AComplete the sentences so they are true for you.
a) he/she doesn't want a bigger salary for him/
herself? VWhat does he/she want? 1 my work/studies, I worry too much about.
In

2 One thing that makes me very happy about my

b) some pEople are "stupid"? Why?
c) helshe does estru work? What. type of wark?
work/studies is..
3 During my working day, I don't have enough
2 Who do you thunk rnares the best. argument for
timeto.
nore tnoney?
4One thing that is too difficult.for me is
5 These days too many
people
The symbol e is used for euros, the turrency in most of
is for Work in pairs and compare your sentences
Furope. f used pounds, the currency of the U.K. The
symbol for dollars, as well as for some other currencles, Is
 Ke e

vOCABULARY SPEAKING
MULTI-WORD VERBS
Think about your answers to questions 1 and 2.
A Look at sentences 1-6. What do you think the multi 1 What do the people in photos A-F below do? Who
word verbs in bold mean? Match the verbs with the
should earn the most money? Why?
definitions al-f).
2 Think of three reasons why you or people in your
1 If you're talented and you want to be famous, you Cfuture) profession should get more money.
should never give upP
Compare your ideas with other students.
2 Even the best jobs can turn into a nightmare if you
have a bad boss.
A B
3 In my cOuntry, it's comman for men to take over their
father's job. .
4 You should never turn down a dream job even if the
salary is bad.
5 I think rich people should give back some of their
money to the community.
6 In many jobs, e.g.. teaching. paperwork takes up too
much time. E
al stop trying (to do something difficult
or important)
b) return something (to someone) or give something to
someone because they have done something for you
c use or fill an amount of time or space
d) become responsible for something (e.g., a job),
replacing the person who did it before you

e) refuse an offer WRITING

f become ADDING EMPHASISs
Do you agree with sentences 1-6? Compare your 8 A Read the extract from an opinion piece. What is the
ideas with a partner. main idea?

CMULTI-wORD VERB STRESS Which words are 1 The economy is bad.

stressed in multi-word verbs? Listen to check.
2 Many nurses are changing profession.
Answer questions 1-5 and compare your ideas with 3 Nurses should get a higher salary.
other students. B Look at the words in bold and answer the questions
1 Would you like to take over your father's or your with a partner
mother's job? 1 What type of word comes after them?
2 Have you ever done a job/task that turned into a
2 Which of the words in bold is the strongest?
nightmare? What happened?
3 Which is the weakest?
3 What boring tasks take up your time?
4 Have you ever turned down a good offer?
5 Why do you think so many people give up trying to These are extremely difficult times for many professions
learn a foreign language? -the economy is very weak-but we need to pay our
nurses better. Many nurses cannot retire at 60 the way they
used to because they aren't sure they will have enough
E r i c a n A nult word verb is a verb +preposILION
themselves. This means newly qualified
PeaK ) aderb e.gwake up Multi ward vers money to support
nurses are finding it harder to get jobs.
While people used
fte ha've different meanng from the
the fairly secure (the sick and
Tdi tdysl VtI s m them. Alway: write down to think profession was
become
O r d verbS In Canpl: serntencesT the old will always need care), these days it has
is changing. Working conditions
w.k: it. 7 il m Wrt.e sone muli WOrd really clear that thejob
ti are getting harder, but the pay is not increasing.
er s t}al. you knuV Ak youur peilLner
hin of /anflu set.ents

Choose a job in Exercise 7 or your own job/future

job. Write the first paragraph of an opinion piece
saying why the job deserves a higher salary. Include
the words in bold above.
 F buylng things

8:3PM JUST LO0KING Pweak forms: do you/can I

Vshopping

FUNCTION
VOCABULARY BUYING THINGS
SHOPPING
in stores. What are the
Listen to five conversations
of the words in white
AWork in pairs. Which in the photos A-E? people buying?
Underline the correct answer.
below are represented

shop?
books
1 food/ we don't know/
2 a carpet / a computer/ clothes
/ don't know

How do you a
we
3 clothes / hair products

shop musical instrument a cell phone / clean1ng

4 a
products

credit card / we don't know

5 a candle / a

below with the words in the box

Complete the phrases

on cash me
for here of enter

Custome
Excuse

I'm just looking.

1 Do youenjoy window shopping?
Why/Why not? Doyou sell...?
these in red/blue/a larger siua
youprefer to shopin department
stores Doyou have one
2 Do
orin markets Can I try it/th1s ?
Where's the ficting raom?
find prices betterif you buy online?
Do youkind
3 What of things do you buy? It doesn't fit//t fits. I'l take it.

4 Do you like shopping when there's a sale? Salesclerk

WhyWhynot? Can I help lyou)?

5 Do you lke tuying parnticular brands of Are yuu looking .
anything n particular

products? Can you give exanples? Who's next, please?

Caru
8hat is the most expensivething joubought Are you paying with Or by credit

FOCendly?were dlid you buy i

Can yuu your PIN. please?
ple:use
Can you juIst sign
Dcuy te questurnts
Listun agan to check.
 (SA
ALE M
SALE

D E

3 WEAK FORMS: do you/can I Listen to the questions. LEARN TO

Notice how Do you...? and Can I...? are pronounced.
DESCRIBE THINGS
Listen again and repeat the questions.
A Look at the phrases in bold. Which are used for
Do_you sell pens? /duja/
cOuntable nouns and which for uncountable nouns?
Can I try it on? /kana1/
1 A: Hi there. Are you looking for anything in particular?
4Work in pairs. Look at audio script S8.4 on page 148 B: Yeah, do you sell those things that soldiers wear?
and practice the conversations. Er.. it's like a jacket.
page 130 LANGUAGEBANK 2 A: Hello. I was wondering if you have any of that stuff
you use for cleaning swimming pools.
5Work in pairs. Use the prompts to practice the
B: Um.. yeah, we usually sell a liquid cleaner.
conversation.
B Put the phrases in bold in the correct place in the
Student A conversation.
Student B
1 It's a type of
help?
Hello. Can I help you? look/ for / shirt A: What are you looking for?
Hi, l'm looking for a shirt.
B: Pen. You use it to write on walls.

color? 2 It's a kind of

white A: Are you looking for anything in particular?

Some/ over there B: Yes. Oil that you use for cooking.
larger size?
SPEAKING
yes/ here you are
try/ on?
8AThink of an example of a type of clothing, a type
of food and something you use in the house.
yes/ fitting room / there
thank you Work in pairs and take turns. Student A:
B
describe

your things. Student B: guess

what they are.
fit/ OK?
around your
A:t's a type of clothing that you
wear
fine /take it
neck when it's cold.

Want pay / credit card? B:A scarf!

yes

here's your receipt

thank youl bye

bye

Work in pairs. Student A: turn to page 142. Student

B: turn to
page 143. Role-play the situations.
8.4- SOLEREBELS

DVD PREVIEW DVD VIEW

Wurk in pairi and dscuss the questions Watch the DVD. What do you think of the shoes
mac
by soleRebels? Would you buy a pair? Why Why not?
1 Cn you thok of any comp:at mes that started sma!l?

Why do your thmk ucth coupanes beecame suCCesstul? Complete the fact file for the company
Gond products" Lift at leadership? Uther ideas
soleRebels Fact File
A Read the program information. What kind of company 1 soleRebels makes shoes using old
I ioleRelbels? Has it been successful? homespun cotton
2 When the company started. there were just
workers

BBCNews: soleRebels 3 soleRebels shoes can be

the world.
all around

When Ethiopian Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu

4 soleRebels pays workers times the
started her business, she knew she wanted to use
average wage for the area.
local talent and help ofler opportunities to the
5 The company has stores in Taiwan. Japan.
unemployed people living in her neighborhood.
Sweden and Austria and is planning to open
She decided to start selling cool, colorful shoes,
In also.
made of recycled materials, including car tires.
B The company has helped to reduce the number
But, even she didn't realize how successful it
of people living in
would be. Her company, soleRebels,
quickly
became Africa's fastest growing foorwear brand
and the first fair trade shoe
company in the Watch the DVD again to check your answers.
world. Bethlehem was named in a list of the
World's 100 Most Powerful Women. BBC Look at the expressions in bold that the reporter uses
reporter and answer the
George Alagiah meets the entrepreneur. questions.
1 . an ancient skill, but they're using it in a
modern way.
Is the skill they are using old or new?
2 Private sector companies into
are breathing new ne

Ethiopia's once faltering economy."

Do you think a
"faltering economy" is weak or strony
3 The finished
product is a rather funky shoe
Are the shoes
fashionable or not?
4 "That is a win-win."
Do you think this
is a situation that is good ro
everyone?
Match the words/phrases in bold
in Exercise 2A
meanings 1-6. with Work in pairs.
Discuss. Why do you think Bethlehen
business idea was so
1 without work successful?
2 natural ability to do
something well
3 a
person who starts a business lor
nd hopes to make businesses)
money
4chances to do sOmething
5 a busness where tair
pricOs are paid to the
producersS
G matruals or objects that aro used again

eyhbortood iruts ehbourlood/ tyres

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ue.
r r A-

a money-making idea writeback a website entry

American Speakout
Read an advertisement fora competition and one of
talking about a small business
Listen to someone business idea?
correct alternatives to complete the entries. What is different about the
the
idea. Underline
the summary.

types of "bags/clothes
S Newesfeed Sharn9 mezon
make different
Ragbags will
It plans to make
out of recycled newspapers/material.
the bags and sell
them at "markets/parties, in local Calling AUl Entrepreneurs
stores and on the Internet. It "needs/doesn't needa If you have a good business idea and would like
it does need
lot of money to
start the business, but investment from us, write and tell us
some help or
of the
about it. The winner of the "Entrepreneur
a beautiful °website/workshop.

Year Award" will be given up

to $10,000 to help
again. How does the speaker finish the key
B Listen Choose the correct ending
(1-6) for each start their business.
phrases?
key phrase.
called "One World."
We planto open a clothing store
handmade clothes from India
KEYPHRASES Our idea is to import
Internet. Our
called. and sell them in stores and on the
Our business is business will be different because
we will pay fair
Our idea is to .. the clothes in their own
prices to the people making
to make money by ...1 to open the store and
We hope Country. We need $10,000
we need to... build the website.
Tobe successful,
We plan to
about the company iS...
The best thing

Explain what
BWrite an entry for the competition.
material and turning it into different it is different from other ideas and
1 re-using old your idea is, how
Use the model
types of bags. what you would do with the money.

2 Ragbags. above to help you.

we'l have
3 that you will have
an amazing bag. and
fun making them, too.
material.
4 make beautiful bags.. Out of recycled
and
5 make sure the bags
are really good quality
look wonderful.
stores and also online.
6 sell Ragbags at markets, in local

you have
Work in groups. Choose a hobby/interest
make money from it.
and think about how you could
Answer the questions.
1 What is the name of the business?

2 What is the product/idea?

3 How will the business make money?
4 Whon will you sell to0?
5 What will you need to start/be successtul?

First
Prepare presenting your ideas to the class.
in Exercise
practice your presentation. Use the notes
7A to help you practice.

Take turns presenting your ideas to the class.

Which group has the best idea? Which idea do
youghink could be the most successful? Why?
8.5 (LOOKBACK
V MULTI-WORD VERBS
V MONEY
Work inpairs and take turns. Ask the questions
Complete the poem. and complete the responses using the correct
thin multi-word verb.
Brenda Bones was poor and

Until her famous lottery win. 1 A: Are you stil try1ng to become a movie star?
million, paid her 'b_ B: No. I gave up acting.
She wona

Bought big a house in the hills, 2 A: How was your dream vacation?
Told her friends it's time to rest B: It a nightmare: I lost my
wallet,
But decided to in_ and thenI got sick!
3 A: Do you still have her book?
In a super-size hot air balloon
And flew from Crete to Cameroon B: No. I it
Forgetting the money she gave or t 4 A: Do you still have all those guitars in your living room?
Til every penny of her win was spent. B: No. They too much space.
Then one sad day the balloon crashed 5 A: Did you accept the job offer?
And Brenda Bones ran out of "c_ -- B: No. I t
She Sborr_ed Sc_ ns and took a train 6 A: Did he join another company?
And walked 'til she was home again. B: No, he this one
She had no money, had no car.

She found a job in a little bar FBUYINGTHINGS

And told long stories about her trips 5A Put the words in the correct order to make conversations
And all the customers gave her ' t - - Conversation 1
It took her years to finally learn it,
A: 1/you/ help / can ?
But money's better when you e_it!
B: looking ! just / Im
Work in pairs and compare your answers. Conversation 2
Then read the poem aloud.
A: 1/ help / can ?

GRELATIVE CLAUSES B:tools/ you/ gardening / do / sell ?

A:just/ ' / check
2 A Complete the sentences with that, where or who.
Conversation 3
1 Manday is the day ofthe week that Ilike best.
A:you/ paricular / looking/ are/ anything/ inI for?
2 Pasta is the food I eat most often.
B:you/ these / do / red / have / of / in / one?
3 My mother is the person has helped me the most
4 The town I grew up is really beautiful. Conversation 4

5 My brother and sister are the only people A:it / is / how ?

understand me. B:doesn't I it I fit
6The restaurant I usually have lunch is expensive. have/ do/ in / sizel bigger / one/ you lal of / these
8 Make the sentences true for you. A:look/I'/altake
you / here l are
C Work in pairs and compare your ideas.
B:Thanks.
A: Sunday is the day of the week that I like best.
B:Really Why? OK/fitsit
A: Because I can relax.
Conversation 5
yc
A:next/ who's ? are/ or / by I credit / paying / with
GTOO MUCH/MANY ENOUGH, VERY card/ cash ?
Look at the pictures. What's the B:card credit/ please
problem in each
situation? Make as many sentences as you can
using A: here/just/ you/ please / can sign?
too, very, Inot) enough, or too
much/many.
Conversation 6
A D A:me/ excuse
this/ try I can / 1/ on ?
B:certainly / sir / yes
A:room/ where's / fitting/ the?
B:left/it's/ the/ on
Workin pairs. Practice the conversations.
 GREEN LIVING p88

INTO THE WILD p90

SPEAKING 9.1 Talk about green issues

9.2 Gve your views on life in the city or the country
9.3 Talk abaut different animals IT COULD BE
9.4 Talk about amazing places
BECAUSE p92
LISTENING 9.1 Listen to a radio program about green ideas
9.4 Watch an extract from a documentary abou
the northern lights

READING 9.1 Read about great green ideas

9.2 Understand an artiole about an experience
in the wild

WRITING 9.1 Write about your views on the environment

9.4 Write a travel blog

How do you feel about

being in the countryside?

INTERVIEWNs
THE NORTHERN
LIGHTS p94
87
 G comparatives/superlatives

9.1 GREEN LIVING P stressed syllables

V nature

VOCABULARY
NATURE

Discuss. Have you ever:

A Work in pairs.
SWum in an ocean, a river or a lake?

walked in a desert or a rainforest?

climbed a mountain?

BWork in pairs. Think of

thing in the box.
an example for each

mountain range lake waterfall

river desert ocean rainforest

a mountan range-The Andes

CWork in pairs. Can you think of cities that have

access to each of these natural features?

In Sydney. you can swim in the Pacific Ocean.

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LISTENING
Look at photos A-C. What do you think is
happening?
BListen to the program to find out.

The program talks about three green ideas.

What are they?

Read the summary below. Can you find four mistakes?

A
Great Green ldeas
Hug It Forward is a project that uses
plastic boxes to build schools in developing
countries. Children and adults work
to build schools
together
using bottles filled with
inorganic trash.
Club Surya is an
eco-nightclub in Tokyo.
It
has a special dance floor that uses the
people dancing to produce electricily. The
club produces 100
percent of its
like this. Also, if you walk to the electricity
club, you
can get in free.
The Seoul River Park was created
His idea was to take by Dr. Kee
Hwang.
down
of the main
one
malls in Seoul and uncover the shopping
river that was below. He
made the arca into a
green park in the city cenler.

B Listen again to check your ideas.

Work in groups. What do

you think of the ideas? Which
one do you like best?
Why? Do you know of any similar
ideas to these?
GRAMMAR
Complete the questions. Use the comparative or
COMPARATIVES/SUPERLATIVES
superlative form of the adjective in parentheses.

1 What is part of your town? (green)

1-5 and complete the rule.
4A Read sentences 2 ls your country i t used to be? (warm)
area was a
lot cleaner, too.
place you have been to? (nice)
1 The 3 Where is
are happier than before. 4 Do you think living by the coast is living in the
2 People
more difficult to find green spaces in cities. city? Why/Why not? [healthy)
3 It gets
building their own schools. 5 What's away from home you've been? (far)
communities are
4 More
than before. other countries near it? (big)
less traffic chaos 6 Is your country.
5 There is
7 Are people who live by the ocean people who

Use comparatives
to compare two things, people live in the city? Why/Why not? (friendly)
or situations.
8 What is place you have been to? (polluted)
add or to
With short adjectives, BWork in pairs and take turns. Ask and answer
of the adjective (+ than).
the end
the questions.
+ adjective.
With longer adjectives, use
We also use.
+ noun to compare
SPEAKING
things. A Work in pairs. Read The Eco Survey." What can
in -y (happy), the -y
For adjectives ending you do to protect the
environment? Write two more

changes to an i happier). questions.

not?
a)-c) and complete the
rule. 1 Do you recycle? Why/Why
BRead sentences walk or take the
car?
busiest cities in 2 Do you usually
a) Seoul is one of the largest and 2 o w n food?
3 Do you grow your or a bad idea?
the world. nuclear energy is a good
4 Do you think
difficult thing was filling the bottles.
b) The most

problem is..
cl The least important 6

which is the
Use the + Superlative to say
the best, etc. in a group. the questions. Who
biggest, B Work in groups. Ask and a n s w e r
use the and add is the "greenest" person in your class? Why?
With short adjectives,
to the end of the adjective.*

Wich longer adjectives,

use the + least WRITING
SIMILAR SOUNDING WORDS
+adjective.
to
adjectives ending in -y happy),
the -y changes alternative.
For 8 A Underline the correct

an i thappiest).
Is this you'relyour umbrella?
1
2 What are you going to where/wear today?
p a g e 1 3 2 LANGUACEBANK

3 I bought too/twolto tickets for the

concert.

A Complete the table. it.

4 l'm to writelright an article about
going
Adjective Comparative Superlative difficult.
5 I can't sealsee why it's so

long Jonger thelongrst 6I can't help. It's there/theirlthey 're problem.

high
healthy Find and correct six spelling mistakes.
difficult

I think everyone should recycle. I've done this since

I was a child, and it's not difficult. Children need
B Listen and check your answers.
to be educated about the write way to look after
CSTRESSED SYLLABLES Listen and repeat. the world we live in. I use a bicycle to get to work
Underline the stressed syllables. every day, and I get very angry when I sea people
use a car to drive around the corner to t store.
1 It's the most beautiful place l've ever been to. Their are lots of small things we can do to help the
2 It's hotter than I expected. environment, like turning off the TV when your not
3 The food is cheaper than at home. watching it, using plastic bags for you're garbage
and recycling, two.
4 It's dangerous than I
more
thought.
C Choose one of the topics in Exercise 7A and write
your own comment.

around garbage, trash round/ rubbish 89

 G articles

9.2) INTO THE WILD Pword stress, weak fora and the
V the outd

VOCABULARY
GH

Hnaconda!
THE OUTD0ORS

Work in groups. Discuss the questions.

1 Do you like wild places?

2 Have you ever slept outdoors or been out in the wild?
Anthropology student Marisa Evangelou
3 Which wild places would you like to visit? talks about how she came
face to face
an anaconda in the with
2 A Work in pairs and read sentences 1-8. What do you jungle in Peru.
think the words in bold mean?

1 l'd like to live in a rural area when I'm older: it's nicer was traveling in the Amazon in
Peru, and
than the city. my plan was to spend some time with
one
2 The north of my country is Lof the tribes there. They live in
an area of natural beauty: huts simple
tourists often visit it. deep
in the jungle, and I traveled with
3 Where I live there is a lot of beautiful scenery; its
a guide on a small boat for hours to get there.
As we traveled, the sounds of the
good for walking. jungle grew
louder and louder. I could hear monkeys
4 I went camping in national park; it was very
a
quiet howling and laughing and the songs of
and peaceful.
tropical birds. It was hot and humid, and
5 We visited the wildlife center: I was covered in
there were lots of mosquitoes.
unusual birds. The days I spent with the tribe were some of
6 l'd like to visit the most wonderful days of my life. We
a
tropical rainforest and see the trees spoke
and insects. very little, but I helped the women prepare
7 My country has meals, played with the children, and learned
interesting geographical features, about the plants they use for medicine. On
like volcanoes and forests. my
last day, one of the men called to me to follow.
8 I like being out in the
fresh air; it's nice to be out of He spoke a little Spanish and told me the
the city.
medicine man wanted to thank me for my
BDiscuss. Which sentences stay and welcome me into their tribe. They
are
true for you? planned a ceremony for me, but I would need
C
WORD STRESS Listen and underline the to choose between life and death. Was I happy
stressed
parts of the words in bold. to do that?
rural area I agreed and followed my new friend into a
clearing in the trees. He asked me to shut
D Listen and repeat the sentences. my eyes. I could hear feet approaching me.
"Are you ready?" he asked. I knew that my
READINGG answer would probably change my life. "Yes,"
Iwhispered, with my eyes still closed. Soon I
3 A Look at the picture and the title of the story. What felt a heavy weight on my shoulders. I slowly
do you think
happened? opened my eyes to find a huge anaconda
snake staring me in the face. I froze with
Read the text to find out.
fear, and the snake moved her head closer
to my neck.
4 Answer the questions.
I knew that with one move she could kill me,
1 Where was the writer
traveling? and to make things worse my "friend" smiled
2 What did she and told me the snake was very hungry.
plan
to do?
3 What did she "Breathe" he said, "make her your friend.
particularly enjoy about the trip?
I didn't have a lot ofchoice, so I tooka deep
4 Why
did the tribe want to hold a
5 How did she feel when
ceremony? breath and tried not to scream. I eould feel my
she first saw the snake? feet sink into the ground. I breathed agan,
6 What
happened at the end of the
story?
and slowly a strange thing started to happen.
The snake lowered her head and rested it on
Work in pairs. Look at
you think they mean? Use
words/phrases 1-6. What do my arm. I had passed the test.

ideas.
a
dictionary to check your

1 howing
4 starin9
2 hot and hurnid
5 froze vwitth fear
3 a clearng
6 sink inta the
yround
Use the picture and words abovo to
rotell tha story.
GRAMMAR &Complete the text with a, the or -
(no article).

ARTICLESs e"
6 Read the rules and put examples 1-5 in the correct place.
When I was ten, my father took me camping for the
1 with a guide first time in Michigan, U.5.A. He wanted to
2 a huge anaconda snake teach me about wild animals, insects and trees.

3 The snake was very hungry. We enjoyed the first two days together walking and
in Peru m y uncles came with
4 in the Amazon fishing.Then,
5 tropical birds
bows and arrows to go hunting.
One evening, we were sitting by the fire when
6 in Peru
bird flew over us. Immediately my uncles
I traveled on a boat. jumped up and fired their arrows at_ bird. All
1 Use a/an before singular
nouns.:

mention the of them missed. But suddenly the arrows were flying
Use a/an the first time we

down at us from s k y . There were arrows

thing/person: a
Use a/an before job titles (in general): b)_ everywhere; they looked like rain! We ran to escape
them, and fortunately no one was injured.
when there's only one:
2 Use the before
nouns
That day I didn't learn anything about
the moon
of some places: c) animals or insects or trees, but I learned great
Use the before the names
mentioned the thing/ lesson about gravity!
Use the if we have already
listener knows which one): d
person (the
Use the in some phrases with prepositions: on the
on the left
first day, in the wild,
countries and
3 Use no article before most cities,
continents: / was on a trip in Argentina. e)
nouns: covered in
Use no article before plural
mosquitoes
or
Use no article to talk about general types
groups of things: f)
Use no article in some phrases with prepositions:
for lunch, for months, on one occasion, at night
in class

p a g e 1 3 2 LANGUAGEBANK

below. There is one

Find and correct the mistakes
A
mistake in each senttence.
SPEAKING
about country
a 9A Work in pairs. Read two comments
be/host of nature programs. is closer to your opinion?
1 I always wanted to life and city life. Which

in the South America.

21 was one of many tourists wild
I can't stand the countryside or
too many flies and
next day, same places. There a r e
3 A guide met us at the airport. The animals that either want to eat you or
guide took us hunting9. worse: there are no
your food. Even
and
movie theaters, no supermarkets,
took to a river coffee!
4 On second day, the guide us
you can't get good
a

5Isometimes make a programs in Britain.

I can.
I get out of the city whenever
In my job, I can explain natural world to millions of people. I love the peace and quiet of the

countryside, and the people are much

nicer there. I love the wild: animals,
7 Thate the insects in general, but especially hate
forests-these are
trees, mountains,
mosquitoes. the best things in life.

8 I had camera in my bag.

Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of living
WEAK FORMS: a and the Listen to check your
answers. Notice how a is pronounced /a/ and the is
in a rural area and a city in your country.
pronounced /ðal or lôi:/. Work in pairs. Explain where you prefer to live and why.
Listen and write the sentences you hear.

host, emcee presenter

 F making guesses
9.3 ) IT cOULD BE BECAUSE. P silent letters
V animals

VOCABULARY
ANIMALS QUIZ
1
AWork in pairs. Look at the word webs. How many
animals can you add to each category?
Man&Animals
WHY...
do w e u s e rats after a n earthquake?
Z do some prisons use abandoned dogs?
wild

does the army use dolphins?

jaguar did airport security plan to use gerbils
in the 1970s?

5 do we use seals
for research in the
insect ocean?

bee

domestic/farm

dog

reptile

FUNCTION
snake
MAKING GUESSES
5A Read the sentences from the
B recording. Complete
Work in pairs an take turns. Student A: say a the table with the phrases in bold.
letter. Student B: say an animal that begins with it.
1 It could be prison guards.
as

page 141 PHOTOBANK 2 It might be because they can live in very cold
temperatures.
American Gat a study buddy. Buddy is another 3 It can't be that because
they'd be trained dogs.
Speak word for friend in American English
4 Maybe they use the dogs to
TIP Pee vocabulary and take turns testing guard the prisoners.
5 Perhaps they can smell
2ch other drugs.
6 It's definitely not to attack people.
LISTENING It's Possible It's Not Possible

2 Discuss the questions below with other students.

1 What can humans do better than animals?
2 What can animals do better than humans?
B Which "silent letters" are not pronounced in couid
3 Work in pairs and take the quiz. and might?

Compare your answers with other students. C SILENT LETTERs Listen and repeat.
Listen to two people Now say the phrases below
discussing the questions D
quickly.
in the quiz. As you listen, note the correct answers. 1 It could be ... It could be you!
Listen again to check. 2 It might be ... It might be us!
3 It can't be ... It can't be them!

page 132 LANGUAGEBANK

6AUnderline the correct alternative. LEARN TO
1 What's the world's biggest fish? GIVE YOURSELF TIME TO THINK
It could be/can't be a whale because whales aren't fish.
Look at the extracts from audio script S9.7. The
2 What's the world's fastest bird? phrases in bold give the speaker time to think.
It is definitely not/might be a penguin. They can't fly. Complete the phrases by adding a word in each space

What is the largest bird?

1 Why do we use rats after an earthquake?
3
T'm not
It can't be/Maybe it's an ostrich because they are
often taller than humans. 2 Why do some prisons use abandoned dogs?
Let me
4 What's the longest land animal?
3 It's definitely not to attack people because dolphins
Perhaps it's/lt can't be a crocodile because some are kind of nice. It's hard to .
snakes are much longer.
4 Why do we use seals for research in the ocean?
5 What's the world's fastest land animal . a good question.

Maybe it's/it can't be a cheetah because they can run 8 A Find and correct the mistakes in each conversation.
at 100 km/hr.
1 A: The world's fastest animal? Er, let me to think.
6 Which animal causes the most deaths? B: Well, I'm not much sure, but I think it's the cheetah.
It could be/it's definitely not a shark because they
2 A: The animal that lives the longest? Um, thats
only kill a few people every year.
good question.
7 Which animal has the largest brain? B: It's hard say, but it could be the tortoise.
It can't be/Perhaps it's a whale because they are very
B Work in pairs and practice the conversations.
large and intelligent.

8 Which animal lives the longest?

tortoise because they can live
SPEAKING
It can't be/might be a

to 150 years old. 9A Look at photos A-G below. Which animallanimal

parts are shown? Why do you think the parts are

Do you know the answers to

B Work in pairs. special?

questions 1-8? Check on page 142. A: What do you think A is?

B:1 don't know. It could be .

B Compare your ideas with other students. Check your

A answers on page 142.

In most of the world, speed is measured in kilometers per

or kmph. In the
hour, which can be written as km/hr, km/h,
United States, speed is measure in miles per hour, or mph.

F
C

93
9.4 ) THE NORTHERN LIGHTS

DVD PREVIEW DVD VIEW

AWork in groups. Discuss the questions. 2 AWatch the DVD. What do you learn about
Joanna
1 What part of the world do you think the picture
Lumley?
shows? B Read sentences 1-5. Which word from
the box
2 Why do you think some people like going to places completes each sentence?
like this?
lights books dogs people snow
D Read the program information. Why do you think
Joanna Lumley wants to visit the northern lights?
1 As child, Joanna
a
never saw
2 She feels as if she's in another world because there
are no

Joanna Lumley 3 She brings essential things,

4 After the train
for
example
in the Land of thhe journey, she ineets a guide and
his

Northern Lights 5 At night, she goes to see the .

Actress Joanna Lumley grew up in hot 3 A Read sentences al-f. Match the words in bold
to
Malaysia. During her childhood, she dreamed words in the box below with a similar meaning.
of being somewhere cold and of
seeing
the amazing northern
lights of Norway. amazing difficult to find
necessary
Many years later she got the chance. This not definitely good or bad
hot-and-wet-elinate
happy to wait (maybe for a long time)
documentary follows her journey. She travels
by plane, boat, train, sled and car to get to the a)As a little
far north, where she girl, I lived in the steamy heat of
hopes her dream will Malaysia." hot and wet climate-1 tropical
come true. Will she see the lights? b) "The weather near Tromsa is
uncertain."
c) "And if we're lucky, we
might see the elusive
northern lights."
d) This is the most
ever seen."
astonishing thing I have ever

el "I pack up things that are going to be essential

an every trip."

f "You just have to be

patient."
BWatch the DVD
again and
in the order you hear
them.
number the sentences
4
Work in pairs and discuss the
questions.
1 Would
you like to do what Joanna Lumley did?
2 ls there
anywhere
you have wanted to visit "all your
life"? Where? Why?
American Speakout an amazing place writeback a travel blog
A

Listen to a woman talking

about a natural place she Read the travel blog. Which country did Lia visit?
visited and a n s w e r the questions. Did she enjoy the experience? Why/Why not?

1 Where is the place?

about it?
2 What is special Posted by Lia on December 14th, 2015 Previous post N-xt post
e Listen again and check ( ) the key phrases you hear.
Day 4
Today was our final day trekking along the Great Wall of
China, and it was probably one of the hardest days we've
KEYPHRASES had. Today we walked for more than 12 km over 8 hours in
What did you think of it?
very hot and humid temperatures. We climbed thousands
Itwas (amazing / frightening/ wonderful)..!
id

ofsteps,and some parts of the Wall had n a Jst a

The first thing you notice is (how big it is / how quiet very long drop on either side. It was terrifying. However

the place is).. the views were spectacular, and, when we finally reached
the watch tower, where we stopped for lunch and took
How did you get there?
some photos, we all felt incredibly proud of what we had
The best thing about it was... (the silence / how
achieved. Sitting on top of the Wall, looking down on the
beautiful the place was).. fields and listening to the silence is a feelingI don't think
How long did the journey take? r'l ever forget.
took (two hours/ two weeks)
The journey **

Would you like to go back? B Choose a place you have visited. Write about your
experience. Use these questions to help you.

Answer the questions. 1 Where did you go?

1 What's the highest place you've ever been to? 2 When?
2 What's the wildest place you've ever been to? 3 With whom?

3 What's the most beautiful place you've ever been to? 4 Why was it an amazing experience?
4 What's the longest walk you've ever done? 5 Would you like to go again?
5 What's the coldest place you've visited?

6 What's the hottest place you've visited?

TA Work in pairs. Choose two or three of the questions

to discuss and compare your answers. Use the key
phrases to talk about your experiences.

other students and tell them about

Work with are the most
your experiences. Decide which places
interesting. the most exciting and the most relaxing.

tTell the class about your partner's experiences.

9.5((LOOKBACK

the questions v ANIMALS

3 A Complete
v NATURE with the correct form of the
adjective in parentheses. Find the names of nine
Take the geography
quiz. in the word
puzzle. animals
1 Who is student in the
class? (organized) cA OcoD EE
THE GEDGRAPHY QUZ 2 Who studies
3 Who has
? (hard)

hair? (long)
H O AO B 0CDTF
TGwHLL J u K
OWhich mountains are higher? 4 Who is 2 (young) MB L MNP GRO
a) the Andes b)
the Rockies
5 Who is tall P PoHSTTu
Which country has
a longer 6 Who has read books this A TVwwx YL
coastline? month? (most) N A B|HSNAKEC
a) Russia b) Canada car? (fast)
7 Who drives Z DEAFFH A
Which lake is larger? from the
a) Lake Toba b) Lake Michigan
8 Who lives E
A GLED EN
school? (far)
Which river is shorter?
EEYELP|Ms
a) the Amazon b) the Nile B Work in groups and take turns. B Work in pairs and take turns.
Ask and answer the questions. Student A: describe one of the
Which is the deepest ocean? animals in the word puzzle. Student
a) the Pacific b) the Atlantic
GARTICLES B: guess which animal it is.
Which the highest waterfall?
is
Add a/an/the o r - (zero article) to
a) Niagara Falls b) Angel Falls F MAKING GUESSES
the sentences where necessary.
1 Excuse me, where's nearest 7A Work in pairs. Guess the
bank? countries. Use couldlmight
2 This city is big, but it doesn't be or can't be.

have airport. Picture A cant be

3 Cigarettes are bad for you.

4 Hi. Would you like drink?

5 Where's money I lent you?

6 Ilove ice cream. It's my favorite
food.
A
7 She goes to small school in
Work in pairs and compare
downtown Cincinnati.
your answers. Then check your
answers on page 143. 8 We missed the bus and waited
an hour for next one.
G COMPARATIVES AND 9 My sister is working in United
SUPERLATIVES Kingdom at the moment.

10 Is there Internet café near here?

A What are the comparative!
superlative forms of the

adjectives the box? 5 Underline the correct alternative

to complete the sentences.

hot g0od nice cheap 1 I want to be a vet because I like

high boring healthy long the animals/an animals/animals.
exciting fast old cold 2 She looked up and saw an eagle
in the sky/a sky/sky.
eWork in pairs and take turns.
Student A: say an adjective. 3 He graduated and became the
Student B: say the comparative journalist/a journalist/journalist.
and superlative form. 4 A lion attacked us. Immediately
Jan, our guide, shot the lion/a
A:Dig lion/lion.
B: bigger th: bigyest Check your answers on page 14
B:perisIV 5 They spent some time in
A:more tpensIVe [h: iO',L the Argentina/an Argentina/
Argentina
6 We went on vacation, butit
rained on the first day/a first
day/first day.

wordstorch, word puzzle vrd iro

 STapENTS

NO
DERT
STU

TOP CITIES p98

DE OID
Forve

CRIME AND
PUNISHMENT p100

A
SPEAKING 10.1 Discuss qualities of different places
10.2 Decide on the punishments that fit the crimes
10,3 Talk about problems in a schoo THERE'SA
10,4 Talk about an important issue PROBLEM p102
LISTENING 10,1 Listen to conversations about different citles
10.3 Listen to people complaining
10.4 Watch an extract from a documentary abou
an Internet sensation

READING 10.1 Read about the best cities for young people
10.2 Read an article about crime and punishment
WAITING 10,1 Use formal expressions to write an email ra

10.4 Write about an issue

How do you feel about city life?

INTERVIEws
MARY'S MEALS p104
 G uses of like

10.1 TOP GiES P

v
sentence stress

describing a city

ITF

New York Dubai

SPEAKING
Work in pairs. Discuss. What do young people want
in city? What do you think are the world's best cities
a

for young people to live in? Why?

Read the text. Which cities do

you think will be on
the list? Look at page 145 to find out.

Best Cities for Young People in

The world's biggest and most
important cities are
not necessarily the best cities to live in, especially
for young people. Many of them are
really
expensive have traffic problems, poor public Prague
transportation systems and high crime rates.
Young people looking for somewhere to study or
B
live are carefree and want to
to SENTENCE STRESS Listen to the sentences.
explore new Underline the words or
lifestyles. Have a look at our list of the top ten syllables that are stressed.
cities for young
people to live in. 1 It has clean,
safe
2 The public
streetsS
transportation system is ternte
C Listen and repeat the sentences
the stressed words or
paying attention to
vOCABULARY syllables.
DESCRIBING A CITY DDiscuss. Which three factors are the most/least
important for you?
Read sentences 1-12
below. Are they
or negative (-)? positive (+)
LISTENING
1 It has clean, safe
streets. A Listen to the
2 The conversations and look at the pho
public transportation system is terrible. Which city does each speaker talk about? What do u
3 There's a lot of traffic. think about it?
4 It has
beautiful buildings.
5 The B Listen again. Which city has these things?
people are
(riendly and
6
polite. 1 free streetcar Melbourne
There's a lot of crime
7 It's 2 beautiful and squares
very polluted. buildings
8 There are nice 3 lots of bars and clubs
parks and green
9 It has
good shopping and spaces 4 cafés and street art
10 There are lots of niglhtlife. 5 cheap taxis
things to see and do.
11 It's 6 a castle
expensive to live there 149. Underline the
12 t's very
crowded Read audio script S10.2 on page u s e to

phrases from Exercise 2 that the speakers

desoribe the cities.

streetcr L
 BOurbo

Melbourne New Orleans Chicago

GRAMMAR
USES OF LIKE
WRITINNG
USING FORMAL EXPRESSIONS
8n

5AMatch questions
1-5 with answers al-e). Read the email. Why is Kristina writing? What
information does she want to know?
like?
1 What's Prague
like?
2 What's the weather
like living in Melbourne? Dear Sir/Madam,
3 Do you
am writing to ask for sorne more intormation about your
the public transportation like?
4 What's bed and breakfast. I am planning to stay in Malta for one
do you like best about living in Melbourne?
5 And what month to study English, and I am interested in reserving a

However, before I do that, I would like to check some

love it! Melbourne is a really great city. room.
a) into the center
beautiful city. inlormation.First, is it possible to travel easily
b) It's a very How much does it cost?
the
ot town by public transportation? need
Second, my course finishes in the evening. sol would
winter
cold in
c It's very
around the area where
dlI think it's probably the atmosphere. to walk home alone. Are the streets
since I plan to stay for
is really good, actually. you are located safe at night? F1nally,
e) Public transportation the whole month, I would like to know if it is possible
to have
a discount on the price. I look forward to hearing from you.
1-5 above with the rules below.
Match questions
Yours faithfully
to talk about something you
1 Use like (verb) Kristina Paoli
enjoy/think is nice.

2 Use be lke to
describe or give your opinion
the email formal informal? How
about something. e.9.. Ouestion 1 B ls the language in or

can you tell?

p a g e 1 3 4 LANGUAGEBANK
in the email that have similar
CFind formal expressions in the table below.
conversations using questions with like. meanings to the informal expressions
Complete the
been to Madrid. What's_ Informal Formal
1 A: l've never

There's a great atmosphere, Hi Dear

B: It's a beautiful city.
and the people are really friendly. This is just a quick note

living in Moscow? to say.

2 A: Do
world. I want to...
B: I love it! It's one of the best cities in the
| want to know if.
your new apartment Can
3 A:
the city center Talk to you soon
B: It's very small, but it's
near

best about living in Rome? Best wishes

4 A: What.
food! a month in another
B: The food. I love Italian Imagine you are going to spend
D
Where would you go? You need
Listen to check. Then listen again and repeat city studying English.
formal email to the school.
some information. Write a
the questions.
Include these things:
Rewrite the questions by changing or removing
the reason for your letter
the words in bold.
a question about the language program
Work in pairs and take turns. Ask and answer
a question about the housing/accommodation
the questions. a request for information about the city
A:l ve never been to Torun. What's it like?
B:Its a small city, so there isn't a lot of traffic.

the name of the

SPEAKING In more formal emails, if you know
addressee, you close with "Sincerely" (American English)
Choose two cities you know well. Write down three or "Yours sincerely," (British English);
otherwise, "Yours
positive things and one negative thing for each city. faithfully" is used.

Work in groups and take turns. Describe the cities

and say why you like/don't like them. Which of the

Cities should be in the top ten places to live? Why?

lat./ Firstly/ Spoik to you sOon

apartment / First / alk to you suon 99
 G present/past passive
10.2) CRIMË AND PUNISHMENT P weak forms: was/were

V crime and punishment

DO NOT DRINK
ANDAND DRIVE

Make the Punishment

SPEAKING
A Match photos A-D with the crimes in the box.
FIT THE CRIME
A man is
graffiti murder drunk
caught stealing books
froma bookstore. The judgs
driving speeding asks why he did it, and
the thief says he loves
e
Discuss. Are any of these
crimes
is the man's
punishment? A prison sentence? Abooks.
The man is sent
What
big fine? No
a
problem to read stories and
in your town/city? books to
He enjoys the
job and continues to do it for hospital patier
many years
Welcome to alternative
READINGG traditional punishments,sentencing programs. Instead or
criminals get the
2 ARead the introduction to
an article and
that fit their crimes. punishments
answer the questions. ***********************
What other examples of
**
***

1 What did the man alternative What about more serious

do wrong? sentencing are there? Two boys were
2 What was his caught writing graffiti on crimes Is alternative
punishment?
punishment for this iswall. The sentencing possible lor
a
3 What normal
is "alternative sentencing"? but in this fine.
the boys were told to
case
a
crimes like theft or credit
do card fraud: It depends cn
BWork in pairs. Discuss. What alternative community service. They cleaned
punishments can you seventy walls in three weeks. many things. \Who are
think of for the crimes
in Exercise 1? *.**..... criminals? Are they youns
A ********************-*******
For
grafft.,
shoplifter
three times in onc caught shoplifting
was I s this their lirst crime:
you should spend a month Can they change their w
the walls of panting year in a small
town
hospitals and hbraries, etc, with
in the United
States. What was her of life? One recent story
riO fpay For speedirig. you should punishinent? She was sent to speak to Suggests it is possible.
store owners. She A thief stole seventer
c
Read the rest of the
article. Does itt to stop
gave advice on how cans of paint. Instead ol
mention ony of your ideas? shoplifters. In one month. she going to prison. he Was
spoke to the owners of forty stores and
DWork in old thenn all about told to spend several uers*
pairs. Discuss the advantages and
the tecl1niques that
disadvantages of the shuplifters use. It was a great service painting local schools,"
alternative sentencing othe conmunity library and other publi
program. because. alter
that.
shoplilting ialmost disappeared froin buildings. He enjyed
W'ork. and now it's his p*
ihe town.
The acronym DUI
(driving under the influence)
is commonly used in the U.S.
and Canada to refer
to drunk
driving or being charged with it.

100 drunk driving druk drwng

vOCABULARY 5 A WEAK FORMS: was/were How are was and were
CRIME AND PUNISHMENT pronounced in the passive? Listen to the sentences
below.
3 A Match the words in bold from the text in
Exercise 2 with definitions 1-9 below. 1 He was sent home.
2 It was eaten.
1 a person who steals things thief
3 They were caught.
2 time that is spent in prison
4 They were stopped.
3 writing or drawing on publiC walls, doors, etc.

4 doing unpaid work to help your town/city B Listen again and repeat the sentences. Make sure
you use a short, unstressed pronunciation for was
5 stealing things
wz/ and were war/.
6 a person who steals things from stores
7 cheating someone to make money from them page 134 LANGUACEBANK
8 stealing things from a store bA Make passive sentences with the prompts and the
9 an amount of money that you have to pay verbs in parentheses. Use the present simple or the

B Put the words in the correct place in the table.

past simple.
1 When I was a child 1/ many stories (tell)
Criminal Crime Punishment When I was a child, I was told mary stores
thiet 2 My real name is James, but I/ Jim by my friends (calll
3 On my tenth birthday. 1/ to Disneyland (take)
4 These days, people in my company a bonus every
American Sometimes words have the same stem December (pay)
Speak ) e.g.. shoplifter/shoplifting. It is a good idea 5 When I was younger, 1 by many teachers (help)
TIP& to write these words together. Write them
6 On the first day, all the new students /around the
in your vocabulary notebook.
school (show)
7 Even now, 1/ that I look like my mother (tell)
page 141 PHOTOBANK
8 When we were young, all the children in my family
to become doctors (expect)
GRAMMAR
PASSIVE voICE B Change four of the sentences so they are true for
you. Use passives. Then work in pairs and compare
4 A Complete the tables with the passive form. your sentences.

My real name is Nicholas. but I am called Nico by

Present
my friends.
Active Passive
The police catch a man man caught SPEAKINNG
stealing books from a stealing books froma
bookstore. bookstore. 7A Work in pairs. Read about some crimes and think of
alternative punishments.
Past
1 Two boys were caught writing large grafiti on the
Active Passive wall of a private house.
The judge sent the man The man sent t
2 A couple went sailing illegally in dangerous waters. A
to read stories. read stories.
search team had to spend hours looking for them.
3 A man was arrested for playing loud music late
BRead the sentences in Exercise 4A again. Which at night for several days, ignoring his neighbors'
sentences say who does the actions: the active or thee
requests to turn it down.
passive? Complete the rule below.
4 A girl was caught stealing eggs from a farm close to
her home.
Use the passive to talk about what happens to
things/people when we don't know who/what B Compare your ideas with other students' ideas.
caused the action lor it's not important). Which alternative sentences do you think la) would
Form the passive with: subject+ verb Cin work the best? (b) are the most imaginative?
the present, past or other tense) + past participle.
CTurn to page 145 to find out what alternative
GFind five more examples of the passive in the article.
sentences were given.

101
 010
10.3 THERE'S A PROBLEMM
F
P
complaining
sentence stress
0101
V problems

VOCABULARY
PROBLEMS
1 A Work in pairs. Look at phrases 1-8 below. What do
the words in bold mean? Which things can you see in
photos A-E?
1 public transportation delays
2 litter on the streets
3 bad service in a restaurant or store
4 faulty equipment
B
arry
5 someone speaking loudly on their phone
6 computers crashing
ded
7 getting stuck in a traffic jam
Padtdt d
8 receiving spam in your inbox Rdihan ye

B Discuss. Which of the things in Exercise 1A annoy

you the most? What other things annoy you (at home/
at work/in stores, etc.)?
can't stand people eating in the street.

FUNCTION
COMPLAINING
2A Listen to three people complaining and answer the
questions.

1 Where are they?

2 What problems do they describe?

B Listen again and answer the questions. BAre the sentences complaints (C) or responses (R)?
Conversation 1
CRead audio script S10.5 on pages 149-150 to check
1 What does the receptionist offer to do0?
your answers.
2 Does she sound rude or polite?
p a g e 134 LANGUAGEBANK
Conversation 2
3 How long did the man wait for a table? 4 Match complaints 1-4 with responses al-d).

4 How long did he wait for his meal? 1 I bought this camera here last week, but there's a
problem with it.
5 What reason did the manager give?
2 I had an appointment with Doctor Clarke at 3:00 p.m.
Conversation 3 but I've been here for over two hours.
6 How long has the woman waited? 3 Excuse me, the lights in my room don't work.
7 Why is she surprised? 4 We were told there's a flight delay of over six hours

3 A Complete sentences 1-6 below with a suitable word Is that right?

at the
from the box. a T'm really sorry about that. He's very busy
moment.

Sorry look nothing over work problem b I'm sorry, but there's nothing we can do at the
moment. There's a problem with the electricity.
1 There'sa. with the air conditioning. C cl I'm afraid that's right. The plane has a faulty engine
2 It doesn't away
d Ok, can you leave it here? Ir'l look into it right
3 We'l into it right away.
4 I'm really. about that.
5 'm sorry, but
there's we can do at the
moment.
6 Ive been here
for an hour.

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 ROAD
RY 72 18 CLOSED
There are words missing from conversations 1-3.
mcN Complete the conversations with the words in the box.

cOuld into doesn't speak ago afraid problem

Conversation 1
A: Excuse me, could
I to the manager?
B: Yes, one moment, please.
A: There's a with the TV in my room. It work.
C: OK, I'l send someone up to have a look at it.

Conversation 2
A: Excuse me, I ordered room service over an hour.
Can you look it, please?
B: Yes, of course.
A: Thank you.

Conversation 3
A: You help me? Im I have a complaint.
B: What's the problem?
A: This soup is cold.
B: I'm sorry. sir. I'll take it back to the kitchen.

Work in pairs. Student A: turn to page 144, and

Student B: turn to page 145. Role-play the situations.

SPEAKING
8 A Read sentences 1-6 about the Noparlo School of
LEARN TO English. Which problems are the most annoying9?

sOUND FIRM, BUT POLITE 1 Classes are delayed because the teacher is always late.

2 The equipment in the Self-Access Center is faulty.

5 A Read 1-3 below. In what situations could you use

these expressions?
3 The classrooms are full of litter.

4 Students use their phones in class.

1 Could you help me?
5 The heating doesn't work, and it is winter.
2 I'm afraid I have a complaint.
6 The school food is terrible.
3 Excuse me, could I speak to the manager?
B Work in pairs. Student A: you are a student at
the Noparlo School of English. Turn to page 144.
American When we want to criticize or complain.
peak) we usually use a phrase to introduce Ehe Student B: you are the director at the Noparlo School
Pa Complaint. This helps the listener
to prepare of English. Turn to page 145.
this the
for what we are going to say. Is
Same in your language? o w
do you say the
phrases in Exercise 5A in your language?

BSENTENCE STRESS Listen to the pronunciattion

of the sentences. Underline the stressed words.
Then H
listen and repeat.
Covld you help me:?

ROPati

SCãoet oi Engist

Crilicize Criticiso 103

10.4 ) MARY'S MEALS
B Match the
DVD PREVIEW words/phrases in bold in Exercise 2A with
meanings 1-5.
Work in pairs. Discuss. Do children in your country get
free school meals? What do you think of the food that 1 collect money
they eat? How could it be improved? 2 an organization that gives money or help to
people
who need it
2A Read the program information and answer the questions.
3 not allowed to do something
1 Why did Martha start her blog? What was the problem? 4 someone who becomes famous
quickly on the Internet
2 Why did she decide to raise money? 5 a number of points

DVD VIEW
Mary's Meals 3 A Watch the DVD. What
did the charity
do with the money that Martha Payne
Mary's Meals
Martha Payne, from Argyll in Scotland, raised?
became an Internet sensation when she B In the story, what is the
significance of the words
started posting photos of her school meals on and numbers in the box?
her blog NeverSeconds. Sometimes she wasn't
happy with the meals that she was given and grow vegetables/raise sheep school dinners/lunches
would give them a score out of ten. The local £100,000 100,000 people 2.000 children
kitchen Hollywood
council banned her from taking photographs
and posting them on the website, but Martha C Watch the DVD again to check your
answers.
received support from around the world and
soon was allowed to continue her
blog. Work in pairs. Discuss the questions.
However, when she heard about how children 1 Do you think it was a good idea for
Martha
in some parts of the world went to school Payne to start a blog about her school meals?
hungry, she decided to use the blog to raise Why/Why not?
money for hungry children. She managed to 2 What do you think of the
project Mary's Meals?
raise over £100,000 to help feed school children 3 The host says, "What an
in Malawi through a project called achievement for
Mary's nine-year-old Martha Payne." Do you agree/disagree?
Meals. In this program, she visits the Why?
see what
charity to
they have done with the money.
 issue writeback a web comment
American Speakout an

issues that concern them. A Read the website comment below

5 A Listen to two people talking aboutabout. and answer the questions.
Check ( the issues that they talk

1 What is the problem?

smoking drugs/alcohol Crime green issues technology 2 How does the writer feel about
activities for teenagers
traffic buildings in your town/city litter
the problem?
imported foad cost of living fast food public transportation
3 How do you feel about it?

and complete the summaries.

B What is the problem? Listen again
think that countries should import from from
1 He doesn't COMMENT
around the world when they can it in their own country.
He thinks that people should buy their food locally One thing that makes me really angry
is when people leave garbage on
there not enough things for to do and
2 She thinks that
are
the streets and on the beaches. The
She would like to see more and
this causes problems. to
problem is that nobody comes
youth clubs.
clean it up. Igo out every morning and
150 to check. Underline the key collect litter that has been left on the
c Read audio script S10.7 on page
beach. Nobody pays me for this. do
phrases in the audio script. I it
because I love the beaches here Every
and more litter, and
year there is more
KEYPHRASES the beaches get dirtier and dirtier. Ijust
One thing really annoys me...
that who
don't understand it. I think people
Idon't understand why lwe need to/there'sl... litter should pay a fine, and the police
that/the way that). in
I get really fed up with [the fact should make them come with me

the mornings and clean up all the

difficult/it's unfairl... litter
I just think lit's really
And another thing is.. Sabrina, Newport Beach

I think should ... I it should be..

Write about an issue you feel
from the
issue you feel strongly about
Choose an
Work in pairs. strongly about. Use the prompts
another one). Answer the questions.
box in Exercise 5A (or choose below.
1 What is the problem?
One thing that makes me really angry
2 Why is it a problem? What has caused it?
it? S
3 Why do you feel strongly about

4 What do you think you or other people could do to change the situation? The problem is.

about the problem. I don't understand

Work in groups and take turns talking
people's ideas?
Do you agree/disagree with other think should

chean up tit t / ch awy 10

garbatju
 10.5((LO0KBACK
6

Work in pairs and role-play the

V DESCRIBING A CITY G PASSIVE VOICE situations. Student A: you area
customer. Read the situation and
to make
1-6 with al-f make complaints. Student B: you
1A Complete the phrases. 4A Match
sentences. are the manager. ry to help the
1 a lot of tr_ customer
was
1 The television
2 beautiful bu_ Constitution
American
2 The Situation 1
3 friendly, po -
people discovered
was
3 Penicillin You are in Yumi Yumi, Europe's
4 a good public
4 The first airplanes most expensive noodle bar. You
tr- system
was first have just found a hair in your
5 Surfing
5 a lot of cr and the noodles.
Statue of Liberty
6 The
6 clean, safe st_. Eiffel Tower w e r e

7 good ni architects.
French
to live there a) built by
8 it's ex-- -- John Logie
Baird.
b) invented by
B Work in pairs and take turns Australian
c) practiced by
Use
describing a place you know. athletes.

above to describe it. 1787.

the phrases written in
d) was

built by the Wright

GUSES OF LIKE e) were

brothers and Alberto

Santos

in each
A There is one extra word Dumont.

below. Find the word and f by lan Fleming.

question
cross it out.
Discuss. Do you
weather like today? BWork in pairs. true (T) Situation 2
What's do the are
1 think the
sentences

You are at the reception desk of

to like most?
2 What food do you or false (F)?
it like? was the five-star La Plaza Mayor
3 What's your capital city A:I don't think
that penicillin
discovered by lan Fleming.
Hotel. An hour ago, you saw a
about where
4 What do you like mouse in your room. You called
do you live? B:No, he wrote.
reception, but nobody came.
5 What's about the food in your
F COMPLAINING
country like?

people like
6What like are the 5 A Underline the
correct

where you live? alternative to complete the

conversations.
B Work in pairs. Ask and answer

the questions. Conversation 1

A:Hello. Could I speak to Mike
AND PUNISHMENT
V CRIME Jones?

Reorder the letters in the B:Yes, Ill get him.

underlined words to complete A:Hi, Mike. Im 'afraid/frightened
the sentences. there's a problem with the
1 He was given a ironps teennecs
computer. It has crashed. Situation13
for committing the rime. B:OK. just bring it over, and well You are ina first class seat on a
2 The graffiti artist had to do look up tolinto it right away. flight from New York to Paris.
Your personal TV doesn't work;
Cymountm viceers. Conversation 2
there's a strange smell in the
3 The filterposh was caught in
A: Excuse me. I'm afraid I havel cabin; and you are cold.
a store
make a complaint.
4 Unfortunately, fehtt is very
B:Oh, realy? What's the matter?
common in my city.
A: It's this remote control I bought
5 Credit card dufar is a modern
from you. It "doesn't Brrr
crime.
ISnt work.
6 He received a nife for parking
his car in the wrong place. B:Oh, yes, this part's faulty.
Would you like another one?
7 How did they catch the hefit?
8 She was caught wingrit raigffti BWork in pairs. Practice the
on a wal conversations.

106
 11
KEUPINGIN
TOUCH p108

MAKE A
DIFFERENCE p110

SPEAKING 11.1 Talk about thinga youve done/would like to do

11.2 Talk about future conaequenceu
11.3 Give your opinion ITOTALLY
11.4 Talk about technology you eauidn't lIive without DISAGREE p112
LISTENING 11.1 Listen to people talking about how they
keep in touch
11.3 Listen to a dlscusaion aboutthe Internet
11.4 Watch an oxtract fram a documentary
about giving up televislon
READING 11.2 Read an artiale about social meda
11.3 Read about wasting time
WRITING 11.1 Improve yaur use of pronouns
11.4 Write a comment about teehnalogy

How do you fael about technology?

INTERVIEWE8
1S TV BAD
FOR KIDS p114
107
 Gpresent perfect

11.1)KEEPING IN TOUCH Psentence stress

V communication

GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY PRESENT PERFECT
cOMMUNICATION
3 A Read sentences 1-3 and match them with sente
in the quiz.
Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions al-c) below.

1 I haven't learned how to do it myself yet.

2 Ive just started to use networking sites.

3 We've been to so many places already.

al l started a few days ago.

b) We didn't think it was possible to travel so much.

c But I hope to learn soon.

B Complete the rules with just, yet and already.

How often do you and your partner do these things7 Use in negative sentences or questions
for something you expected to happen before now

Your 2 Use for something that happened a short

Wite often (0), sometimes (S)
You
O never (N) next to each thing. partner time ago.

use your cell (phone) 3 Use for something that happened before
now or earlier than expected.
write a blog
Use a video sharing site p a g e 136 LANGUAGEBANK

checkyour emall
4A Make sentences with the prompts. Use the present
send an SMS (text messaqe) perfect.
chalonline 1 just/ buy / newl \/ car
update your webpage 've just bought a new car
Skype someone 2 sports/ not/ do / yet/ 1/ week / this / any
follow a bloq 3 have a baby/ just / my best friend

sharelinks 4 already/ have a vacation/ 1 l this year

post messaqes 51/ my studies / finish/ yet/ not
6 new/ James Bond/ see movie / already /
use social networking sites
7 move /1/ here just
81/English class / already I next/ pay far / my
LISTENING B Make the sentences true for you.
2 A Listen to four people talking about how they Ive had the same car since 1998
keep in touch. Match each speaker to the type of
communication in Exercise 1. CWork in pairs and compare your answers.

Speaker Speaker 3
Speaker 2 Speaker 4

What benefits of these communication technologies

do the speakers mention? What negative points?
Listen again to check.

c Read the sentences from the

recording. Do you
agree? Discuss with other students.
1 !get really annoyed when you're talking to someone
and theyre terting someone else. I think that's
really rude
2 Generally. I think Lechnology is wonderful.
3 The only problern (with a social networking site like
Facelooi s that I keep checking it. when I should
be workng

Sports
 at the cartoon
and the "To do" list. What WRITING
5Look n already done? What
hasn't
things has the w o m a PRONOUNS
she done yet?
8 A Read the travel blog. Match the words in bold to the
things they refer to in the box.
callMom
check cmail Izmir the class my new friends (x2) Ahmed (x2)
write blog post new friends' and my downtown
my
uploadphotos It = Izmir
It's big. beautiful and busy.

textJim
updatc wcbpagc
a
Neil's Blo0g
Listen and write the
sentences you hear. August, Izmir
A

B SENTENCE STRESS Listen again and repeat, paying

sentence.
attention to the rhythm of each

SPEAKING

the things in the box below

7A Work in pairs. Look at
and answer the questions.

travel abroad start an exercise program

learn to play an instrument
write a regular blog
learn to drive a car/motorcycle
beautiful and busy, and the
create my own webpage Ive just arrived in Izmir. It's big.
Ive only been here for one week,
people are so friendly.
1 Which of these have you done already? lots of new friends already. Most of them
and ve made
new to lzmir. Our class
would like to do? are students too, and theyre
2 Which haven't you done yet, but looking forward to it.
hasn't started yet, but Im really
3 Which have you just done? with another student
I'm going to share an apartment
but he sounds nice on the
to do Ahmed. Ihaven't met him yet,
EWrite a list offive things you want/need is near downtown, and
there aree
this week. phone. The apartment it should be
near there, so
lots of bars and restaurants
news in September.
to find out out at night. More
CLook at your partner's list. Ask questions good for going
and what he/she hasn't
what he/she has done already Next Message
Reply Previous Message |
done yet.
A:l need to organize my vacation.
B:OK Have yau already decided where to go? correct alternative.
B Underline the
A: Yes. Butlhaven't reserved the tickets yet. etc.) to avoid repetition
of
Use pronouns lit, them, they,
sentences.
words/to write longer

Ercan
peak o))
Every month, write a list of five things you travel blog. Replace the underlined
Want to do to improve your English, e.g.. CRewrite this our, etc.
TIPE watch a move in English, read an English words with we, us, it,
there, he, them, here,
write an email, etc. CheCk your
EWEpaper,
u t the end of the month to see how
Ifany of the things you have done.
***

in Bucharest, and Alecia andi

Alecia and Ihave finally arrived
we should update you
on Alecia's
love Bucharest. We thought
We had a really
Last month we were in Hungary.
and my tour. We met a man called George, who was
good time Hungary. in wonderful lakes and
took us to some
very friendly. George
1111 castles. The other
castles, and we really enjoyed the lakes and for at least
news is that we
have decided to stay inBucharest
Bucharest will be a wonderful
two years. We think livingin
experience for Alecla and me.

an apartinent a flat
109
 Greal conditlonals when

) MAKE A DIFFERENCE P Weak forms: will

11.2
v feelings

VOCABULARY
Social Media as a
FEELINGS
1a Work in pairs. Discuss. Do you use social media?
What sites are popular in your country? Do you use
Force for Change
For some people, using social media might be a good
them? Why/Why not? way to keep in touch with friends, chat about the latest
Do you agrea with the opinions belaw? music download, or play games with each other. But
young people also use social media to change the worlH
43 percent of people are 25 years old or younger, and
when I'm
I tend to use social media sites many ofthese young people use mobile technology.If
bored and there's nothing better to do. this generation isn't happy about something, it won't wat
for politicians to change it; it'll use social media to chang
things itself. These are some examples of how youngange
Social media sites make me feel
nervous. I'm uncomfortable sharing
people from around the world use technology and socia
information with people I don't know.
media to really make a difference.
useful
Im always amazed by how much
social media.
itntormation you can lind on

T'n confused about why social media sites are so

popular. I'm worried that they actually make people
feel loncly. Instead of
having a few really good lriends
they can talk to, young people now have hundreds of
"Iriends" tlhey know nothing
about
I'm
really excited about social media
Ithnk they can help
because
people to change the
world|
Google
Work in pairs. Look at the words in bold in the
opinions above. Match them with definitions 1-8 below.
1 How you feel when you have nothing to do.
bored
2 How you feel when you don't understand how
something works.
3 How you feel when you are alone and have no friends.
4 How you feel when something special is going to
happen and you are happy. READING
5 How you feel when you're unable to relax because
you 2 A Read the introduction
are embarrassed or worried. to an article and answer the
questions.
6 How you feel when you are very positively
surprised.
7 How you feel when you keep thinking about a 1 What kind of situations do
problem you think people can
or something bad that
might happen, e.g.. you might change by using sacial media?
lose your job. 2 How do you think
they might do this?
8 How you feel when you worry about something and
B Read the rest of the
cannot relax, e.g., before an test. article. Does it mention
you ideas?
OWork in pairs and take turns. Student A: think
C Work in pairs. Answer the
about the last time you were amazed/confused/excited/ questions.
worried, etc. Tell your partner why yau felt like that. 1 How can social media
help young peaple to cause
Student B: ask for more information. political change?
A The last Lime
I was really exCit ed was before my 2 What did McKenna
Pope want to do? Was she
Lirthday party Successful?
B Really What dd you do" 3 How did the Karen Klein
A:l had a bartcue n tie backyard foundation start
DWork in pairs. Discuss, Which
examples in the
articla do you think are good uses of social
mediar
Would you use social media for these kinds of things
Why/Why not?
Social Change
for political protests
Social media sites have been very important
world. Large groups of people can
and social change around the
now quickly organize themselves to
protest against governments
the rest of the world what's happening.
and use media to show Put the verbs in parentheses in the
build online communities that try
Groups like OccupyWallIStreet correct tense to complete the sentences.
what they see as an unfair global economy.
to fight against 1 If you Cgive) me your details,
Online Petilions (send) you the photo.
13-vear-old McKenna Pope saw that her younger brother enjoyed
2 If people (sign) the petition, the
to buy him a toy oven as a present. She went
cooking and wanted company (have to) respond.
found that she could only buy toy ovens designed for
online, but
girls. She decided to start an online petition to Hasbro toys asking 3 When your friends (see) the video,
on the package. n o t be) surprised.
them to make toy ovens with pictures boys they
of

less than a month, her petition received 45,000 signatures and 4 If the situation (get) worse,
In
the packaging for their ovens.
Hasbro decided to change you. (leave) your job?
5 If there (not be) elections soon,
Raising Money
people (start) protest1ng.
New York filmed
When teenage bullies in
their school bus driver 6 When you ( s e e l this picture.
themselves making
uploaded the video to YouTube, (be) in the Everglades
cry, they
and it went viral. Max Sidorov, 25-year-old
a
7 If the product (be) really good, then
L
the video and was shocked.
Canadian man, saw
people (not write) bad reviews.
social media to raise
He started a campaign using 8 If they (change) the design.
togive the bus driver, 68-year-old Karen
money - (buy) one?
Klein, a vacation.
you
within three
He wanted to raise $5,000. However, BWEAK FORMS: WILL Listen to check.
raised more than $600,000.
weeks, the campaign Haw is wil pronounced?
When Karen received the money,
she used
' send you the photo
$100,000 to set up the Karen Klein foundation
across America.
to try and stop bullying C Listen and repeat the sentences.
So, whatever your problem is, if you use
social media, you'l find people who 5 A Make sentences 1-8 true for you.
will help you change the world.
1 If someone sends me an online
petition,.
2 If l'm angry about the government ar
a big company,.
GRAMMAR 3 When I go on my next vacation, .
REAL CONDITIONALS + IF/WHEN 4 When I get home this evening...
5 If l'm hungry later,
3 A Look at sentences a-d) and questions 1 and2.
answer
6 If someone invites me to a party.
al If you use social media. you'll find people who will help you
work 7 Ifl go out this weekend, .
raise enough money, the bus driver won't need
to
bl If we

any more.
8 IfI lose my cell phone,
cl When people see what's happening, they will be shocked. B Work in pairs and compare your answers.

change the
d) The protests will continue if they don't

government.
the future?
Speaking
about the present or
1 Are the sentences talking 6A Work in groups. Think of a situation in
is
2 The sentences divided into two clauses. What tense
are are not
in the your town/city/country that you
Used after the iflwhen clause? What tense is used (lifestyle/politics/business/
very happy about
main clause? environment) and discuss the questions. Then
make your plan and prepare to present it to
Underline the correct alternatives to complete the rules.
other students.
1 Use real conditianals if/vwhen + present simple * and
1 How could you use social media to try
Will) to talk about the present/future consequence or
the situation? What would you do?
change
a specific situation.
2 Could you organize an online petition or a

2 Use if for a situation that is likely/certain. protest or try to raise some money?

3 Use when for a situation that is likely/certain. D Listen to the other groups' ideas for social

4 The flwhen clause can be at the beginning or media campaigns and tell the group about the
the possible consequences of their actions.
end of the sentence/must be at the beginning of
the sentence.

page 136 LCU GBANK

111
 giving opinions
113 ) TOTALLY DISAGREE polite intonation
VInternet term

voCABULARY BAnswer the questions.

INTERNET TERMS 1 What is the problem with Friday afternoans?

Work in pairs. Look at the Internet terms in the box 2 What kinds of distractions does the article talk
below and answer the questions. about?
3 How much time do people waste not
working
travel website search engine online news 4 Why is the Internet bad for relationships?
social media site music download site
photo sharing site message board 3Work in pairs. Discuss. Do you think being on the
Internet is a good way to spend your free time or do
1 Do you use/visit any of these? you think people spend too much time on the Internet?
2 Which ones do you visit most frequently?
3 Do yau think they are usefulnot very useful? Why? FUNCTION
GIVING OPINIONS
READING 4 Listen to three people discussing the Internet. Are the
statements true (T) or false (F)?
2 A Look at the picture. Do you think that people
waste a lot of time on the Internet when they should 1 The men both use the Internet at work.
be working? Read the text to find out. 2 The woman thinks people shouldn't use the Internat
when they are at work.
3 The men both think that the Internet is a wasta

Stop Wasting [ime! of time.

4 The woman says some people prefer the Intermet
on
difficult to
concentrate
to sportS.
it
any of us find that nearly half

Mafternoons
Lof
Fridays, so it's
us waste

by looking up funny
n o surprise

our time at

cat videos
work on Friday
news

or
articles on

planning
the
our next
5 A Look at statements 1-6. Check ( ) the ideas that
are mentioned in the recording.
Surfing an the Internet is:
Internet, watching silly
the problem isn't just
a
vacation But, unfortunately,
wasting more and more 1 addictive. Some people can't stop using it.

Fnday problem. People

are
nedia 2 bad for relationships.
the Internet and social
distracted by the
tume being A repoIt has 3 dangerous. You can meet dangerous people on
be working or studying.
when they should Internet.
w a s t e up to eight days
a
users
shown how computer 4 good when you want a break from work.
who were
Internet. Most of the people
nonth o n the most of because
distracted 'all or 5 causing people to fail their college degrees
questioned said they w e r e
work or study online. The study they spend too much time on social media sites wnE
the ume' when they
Internet can be bad
for relationsh1ps, they should be studying.
showed hat the
who
with their partners 6 a waste of time.
oo, since people argue
computer or
much ume in fiont of their
spend too
answer to the B Listen again to check.
Luck1ly. there
device
1s a simple
mobile with hfe
off the Internet and get
on

problem get
 and complete the
phrases in the table. LEARN TO
SAListen
Giving an Opinion DISAGREE POLITELY
Agreeing
Disagreeing
I totally, 8A Look at the responses in 1-5 below. Which do you
That's
true
I'mrnot think think is more polite? Check () A or B.
about that
1 A: 'm sorry, but I really don't see what the problemis.
B:I really don't see what the problem is.

2 A: I disagree.
S11.5 on page 150. Underline
Look at audio script B: I'm not sure about that.
and giving
for agreeing, disagreeing
the phrases
to add to each column
Find one more phrase 3 A: I don't think it's a waste of time at al
opinions.
table above. B: It's not a waste of time.
in the

page 136 LANGUACEBANK 4 A: That's true. butI don't think the problem is the
Internet.
correct the mistakes in the conversations
7 A Find and B: The problem is not using the Internet.
mistake in each response.
below. There is a
should learn a second language. 5 A:I totally disagree.
1 A: Everyone
It's very useful. B: I'm afraid I totally disagree
B:I think too.

to arrive late for an appointment. B POLITE INTONATION Listen to check

2 A: It's not polite
does
arrive on time. your answers. Notice the intonation. What
B: That true. Ialway the speaker do to sound polite?
ask as many questions as possible
3 A: It's good to
cWork in pairs. Practice saying the phrases using
in class.
polite intonation.
that. Some students ask too
B: I'm not sure by
many questions.
American Uselanguage carefully when yoi dsgrce
pek D o n ' t be t o o d i r e c t Use phras-s e 7
4 A: It's best to live in a hot sunny country.

B: So definitely. Everybody loves the sunshine. TIP sorry. but T'm afra.d
and I don't think.
from the age of six.
5 A: Children should study for
tests

child under ten should

B:I am totally disagree. No
have to study for a test.
SPEAKING
6 A: Everyone loves classical music. Choose two or three statements below. Do you

agree/disagree? Write your opinion in a few words.

B:I don't think. Most people like pop music.

BWork in groups and compare your ideas.

3 Work in pairs. Student A: read out A's opinions.
Student B: respond with your own opinion. Then
what you read
change roles. You shouldn't believe
on the Internet.

The Internet has made the world a better place.

A lot of the technology we use is not necessary

It's better to talk to someone than to send

them a text message.

Downloading songs for lree is COK.

Online books will mean the end of

bookstores.

Everybody in the world should have a computer.

11.4 ) IS TVBAD FOR KIDS?
DVD VIEW
DVD PREVIEW
Watch the DVD. Were your ideas in Exercise 3
in
Discuss. Which of the things
Work in pairs. correct?
Which do you use every day?
the box do you own?
useful? Rank the items. Watch the DVD again. Are the sentences true (T
Which items are the most
or false (F)?
smart phone laptop TV DVD player
1 Children who watch too much TV get fat.
camera
microwave tablet digital
2 The program Panorama went to a secondary school n
Work in pairs. What numbers do you think complete
Manchester
1-5 in the below? Check the answers on page 146.
quiz 3 They took the microwaves out of the homes of half
the children in the class
I In the U.S.A., a child watches TV for an average
4 They gave the children a camera to record what
ofhours a day.
happened.
2 In parts of the U.K., more thanpercent ol
5 The parents had to work a lot harder when there
elementary school children have a TV in their
bedroom. were no TVs.
3 The average person spendsyears eating and 6 After the experiment, the families watched the same
years watching TV. amount of TV as before.
4 Children under three years old who watch more
Work in pairs and answer the questions.
than hour(s) of TV
a day may have
problems
concentrating at school when they are older. 1 What do you think of the experiment? Do you think it
5 In the U.S.A., some families spend onlyminutes
was a good idea?
a week having meaningful conversations with their
children. Those children spendminutes a week 2 How do parents keep their children entertained
watching TV. in your country?

Discuss. How many hours do you spend watching

TV per week? Do you think this is OK/too much/not
enough?

Read the program information and the

answer questions.
1 What do you think the children will do when their
televisions and vide0 games are taken away?
2 How do you think the
parents will feel during
the experiment?

Panorama:
Is TV Bad for Kids?
Panorama is a documentary series that looks at
important issues. In this program, Jeremy Vine does
an
experiment in the U.K.: for two weeks, several
families have to live without televisions,
computers
and video games. Can they survive? What can we
learn from the experiment? Watch to find out.

elenentary school/ lugh sclioul

pri'y tClotFcolay ciunl
American Speakout technoloay
writeback a web comment
Listen to people talking about essential gadgets.
8 A Read the
them in the
correct column. comments. Do these people think
Write technology is good or bad? Why?
Essential Not Essential
Speaker
smartphone television PEOPLE FORUM TOPICc Archive

Is technology a good or a bad thing?

How have computers, the Internet., email and
2 phones changed your life? Have they changedcell
the way
we do business? Are there
good and bad things about
technology? What do you think?
Check lw) the key phrases ****** *************.*******-**
and you hear
Listen again
** ********* **** *******

a
Shantanu, U.S.A./India
reply-Most people say technology has made
our lives
very fast and very convenient. But l
think so. The fact is that it has also made us don't
KEYPHRASES

That's essential. very

lonely We interact with machines for 8-10 hours
a day and
I love it spend less than 2-3 hours interacting
with other humans.
it (all the time/every
day).. ********************************************************
I use *********

I couldn't live without. Jake, U.K.

reply-It seems to me that technology is a good
It'sgood/important because.
thing. It alows me to find out what is really
without it.l take it everywhere. happening in the world, not just what the media
I don't go anywhere want me to believe. The problem is that somne

I need it in
case.. governments want to control what is available on
the Internet, too.
I don't need..
I suppose ******************************* ****************** ******** ************** *********
without.
I can live B Write your own commner using the structure below.
It's very useful.

It seems to me that technology.

are essential/not essential for
C Decide which gadgets
about why you need them. Make some notes. Most people say .But I'm not sure about
you. Think
to help you. that.// don't think so. In my opinion,
Use the key phrases

Tell your group Forexample.

D Work in groups. The fact is that/The problem is that
why you need.thegadgets
you chose.-Which-are the- Finally, Technology my life.
most popular?
11.5(LOOKBACK
F GIVING OPINIONS

v COMMUNICATION v FEELINGS
words in the
in 6 A Put the complete the
A Complete the sentence order to
1A Complete the words. different ways using the words
correct
conversations.

1 Can you remember life withoOut in the box.

Conversation 1
ph_n_? Do you use one
a cL sites are
video sharing
every day?
nervous lonely bored A:I think
b a d for children.
uncomfortable confused
2 Do any of your friends have
a
worried amazed excited
B:totally/ disagree
I afraid / 1 I'm
w_b p-gL?
to speak to Conversation 2
3 Do you prefer
someone on the phone or send I feel . when. eat meat.
A:Nobody should
when I have to
an S_S (t_xt m_ss_91? I feel that / I'm / about/ sure
nervous

B:not/
nks do you find take a test
4 What kind of Conversation 3
interesting? Discuss. What
B Work in pairs. / opinion
that you situation to A:all/ drugs / my / be
5 Are there any blgs do you do in each
should / in / legal
read regularly? Why do you feel better?
make yourself
but I don't think that's
like them? B:I'm sorry,
G REAL OCONDITIONALS a good idea.
6 Do you like to ch_t online?
+ WHEN Conversation 4
and take turns.
B Work in pairs teachers should be
Ask and a n s w e r the questions. 4A Match 1-6 with
a)-f1 to make A:l really
think
paid more money.
sentences.

GPRESENT PERFECT mirror, B:right/ that's /

so / too / think /
1 If you break a
1-6 in the under a ladder, Conversation 5
2 Write a n s w e r s to
2 If you walk
on the the / better
circle below.
3 If you find a penny A:government/ do/
will?
next/ think/ be / you/
1 The name of something yOu ground,
have just bought. 4 If you eat an apple a day, B:Definitely!
something you a wedding
2 The n a m e of 5 If you give away Conversation 6
haven't
would like, but you present, of ten
A:Children under the age
bought yet. 12 o'clock,
6 If a baby is born at
shouldn't have a cell phone.
3 you have already
Somewhere
al it will keep the doctor away
lot of time.
a
B:so/ think/1/ don't
spent when
haven't been b) he/she will be very lucky Conversation 7
4 Somewhere you he/she grows up.
to visit.
to yet, but you plan
A:l find anything I want
can never
fall your head.
c paint might
on
have just It's all
5 Something you to watch on television.
finished (a book/a class,
etc.). d) your marriage will fail.
garbage.
have done e) you will have seven years
6 Something you B:agree/ true / that's/
already today. bad luck.
f you will have good luck all day. Conversation 8

A: Palicemen should all carry guns.

new car B Work in pairs. Discuss. Do
B:totally/I/ disagree
you have the same superstitionsS
in your country? What other turns.
B Work in pairs and take
superstitions are there? conversations. Give
Practice the
and remember
5 A Write down three things that your own opinions
to use polite intonation.
might happen to you in the next
six months.
A:l think video sharing sites ce

I might find a job abroad. be dangerous.

B: Yes, I agree. Anyone can uoic
Work in pairs and take turns, a Work in pairs. Discuss the videos of llegal things
Look at each of the words/phrases
possible consequences.
in your circles. Ask for more
A:I mght fnd a job abroad
information.
B:What will happen f you do that?
A:A new car Have you /ust A:ll have to move
bought onu:
BThat 5 rgtt
Aat ktd of r ar thd ys liuy?
BAFeugeit

Lake a test do an exuN

 CAUGHT
ON FILM p118

A LUCKY
BREAK p120

SPEAKING 12.1 Talk about your favorite move

12.2 Talk about being famous
12.3 Make requests and offers
12.4 Talk about your ambitions
WHAT CANI
DO FOR YOU? p122
LISTENING 12.2 Listen to people talking about fame
12.3 Listen to peaple making requests
12.4 Watch an extract from a documentary aboU
Lewis Hamilton
READING 12.1 Read a magazine article about writing a blockbuster
12.2 Read a magazine article abaut Internet fame

WRITING
12.3 Read a text about personal assistants
12.2 Write Bbout a famous person
G
12.4 Write about your childhood ambitions

Would you like to be famous?

INTERVIEWs
R
BILLION
DOLLAR MAN P124
 Greported speech
121) CAUGHT ON FILM P
V
contrastive stress
movies

READING
ITIS AN
TDEALFOR 2A Discuss in pairs.
WHICH TAN 1 Can you name any movies
PREPAREU that have
been very
TODIE popular
recently? VWhy do you think they
so popular? were
2 Do you think blockbusters have
for writing them)?
a
"formula" (firad
B Read the text to find an answer to question
2.

Howto Writea

WATZ THERY
MANDELA
THEWLus HEDEES T StoRT 0 a NOBODT WieavD IVIaoo
HOYWO BLOCKBUSTER
ook at any list of Hollywood's biggest
do you see? First, most use movies
What myths. The
THE heroes' lives are world-shaking stories.
Bible, part fantasy. Myths are useful because par
ZERO
THEOREM MO. travel across cultures; and the biggest movies they
everywhere, from Belgium to Bali to Brazil.
Related to myths is setting. Blockbusters are
are se
oftes
set in amazing, alternative worlds. Aratar takes
in a natural paradise, but the movie involves
place
blue
people who can fly. Harry Potter goes to a British
private school, but it's full of monsters and wizards.
Not all blockbusters need monsters, but
and their opponents must be strong. The
the heroes
opponent
might be an evil wizard (Voldemort in the Harry Potte
movies), a cat-stroking genius (James Bond movies).
or something inhuman and almost unstoppable
(dinosaurs in Jurassic Park). If it's human, the bad
guy needs good lines. Some phrases in movies are mor
memorable than the movie itself!
VOCABULARY What about structure? Blockbusters come in three
parts. The first act introduces the main character
MOVIES
and the problem he/she faces. The second act sees the
1A Look at the movie posters and match them to the character trying to solve the problem. but failing. In the
third act, the churacter finally defents the
types of movie in the box. Which ones fit more than opponent.
The third nct is also where the biggest set
one category?
happens. Set pieces are action scenes-a huge battle
piere
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedon is a biopic and a drama
(The Lord of the Rings) or a car chase (Jason Bourne
movies)-und they are big, expensive and memorable.
an action movie a comedy a science fiction movie Include nll of the above. find a studio and a directo.
a lhistorical) drama a horror movie a thriller and see your movie light up the world!
a documentary a biopic a blockbuster a cartoon

1 Avatar (2009) - $2.8 billion

EWork in pairs. Discuss the questions world, and in
1 Can you think of examples of the other types of Famous line: "Out there is the true
here is the dream.
movies in the box?
2 Titanic (1997)- $2.2 BILLION
2 Have you seen any of the movies in the posters?
What did you think of them?
Famous line: "I am the king of the world!"
3 What's your favorite type of movie? 3 The Avengers (2012)- $1.5 billion
Famous
be a goline: Steve f o r y o u"Doctor
o d t i m eRogers:
Banner.
to get angry. "
now mignt
Bruce Banne

angr
"That's my secret, Captain: l'm always
2
4 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows-Part
(2011)-$1.4 BILLION
In the U.S., a billion is a thousand times a million, while in Famous line: Harry: "We have to go there now
countries like Colombia, a billion Is usually a million times a Hermione: "We can't do that! We have to plan
million. Both definltions coexist in British English, where Harry:"Hermione! When have any of otur plans
a billion origlnally meant a mlion times a million. ever actually worked?"

118
 favorite movie quotes quiz questions
match the definitions below. AComplete the answer.
correct
in the text that
with said or told. Then circle the
Find words
creatures, etc.
story about gods, magical on page 146.
very old BCheck your answers
1 a
paragraph 1)
of a movie the quotes again and change
Work in pairs. Read
or
in which the events C
or time
2 the place them to reported speech.
(paragraph 2)
book happen 3) w e r e n t in Kansas
against you paragraph 1 She said she hada feelng they
someone
who is competing
3
of something are anymore.
in which the parts
4 the way
organized (paragraph 4)

5 a short part of
a movie,
where the events happen in
Favoribe MMovie Duobes
(paragraph 5)
one place made
movies are
the place where "I have a eeling we
6 amovie company
or
Who a dog.
paragraph 6) arent in Kansas ungymore"
in Amores PerroOs
students. a) the dog owner
4Discuss with
other
Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz
b)
blockbuster if you
to write a "Gred is pool"?
1 Do you think it's easy What might be
difficult? 2 Who Me
the text? in Super Size
follow the "rules" in al Morgan Spurlock Wall Street
biggest-selling in
seen of the top four
any b) Michael Douglas
Have you
follow the "rules"?
movies? If do you think they "t's alive!"7
so,
movies? Why/Why not? 3 Who
Did you enjoy these Weaver in Alien
a) Sigourney Frankenstein
The doctor in
b) crazy
"Il¢ hat a prohlen"?
Houston.
engineers in
GRAMMAR 4 Who
Hanks in Apollo 13
REPORTED SPEECH a) Tom
Harrison Ford in
Star Wars
below. b)
first column
Read the famous lines in the "I want to lhe ulone"?
Compare the wards spoken
to the reported sentences
5 Who Grand Hotel
1-2 below. a) Greta Garbo in
in the second column. Answer questions Hal in A Space Odyssey
b) The computer
the
1 How do the verb forms change? "1 think this is
6 Who .a policeman.
2 Which verbs do we use to report speech? beginning of a beauiful friendship"?
in Casablanca
Reported Speech a) Humphrey Bogart
Direct Speech Grant in Notting Hill
the b) Hugh
"Out there is the true He said out there was

world, and in here is true world, and in here

was the dream.
the dream."
Tam the king of the world!" He said he was the king9
SPEAKING
of the world.
favorite movies.
He told Steve he was describe one of your
Tm always angry. A You are going to below.
complete the phrases
8

always angry. Think about how you can

We have to go He told Hermione they

there had to go there. 1 The movie is about.
2 It's set in ..
page 138 LANGUAGEBANK 3 It's directed by..
is/are..
Put the paragraph below into reported speech. 4 The star(s) of the movie
Begin each sentence with He told me or He said. 5 He/She played a/an .
takes place.
Tm an actor. I love myjob, but I don't like 6 One of the best scenes
ending:
playing criminals. I live in Hollywood, 7 It has a happy/surprise/sad

where I work as a waiter." 8 1 like the movie because.

the movie
tOdne he was an actor He said ne... and take turns.
Describe
B Work in pairs answers. If yau have
partner's
CONTRASTIVE STRESS Listen to different ways
and take notes
on your

questions.
O Saying He told me he was an actor. How does time, ask follow-up favorite director?
Stress affect the un favorite actor? Do you
have a
message? Who's your
first
Listen to Tell them
what your
the
page 151. sentences
and read audio script S12.2 C Work with other
students.

Which words are stressed? Why partner said.

movie.
his favorite
He sad Mamma Mia
was

Kurosawa because
She sad she lked
moves by Ak1ra
they told great stores

119
 G hypothetical conditionals present/future
12.2 A LUCKY BREAK P Word stress
V suffixes

lintermet Fame
he Internet has changed the meaning of "celebrity ' In the

past, you had to be a successful actor, musician or athlete to be

famous. Now all you need is the Internet. In 1968, artust Andy
Warhol saicd, 'In the future, everyone will be famous for fiftoen minutas
With the invention of the Internet and YouTube, maybe that tume is now
Now, a kid with a webcam can become an 1nstant movie star. and even
a cat witha grumpy face can make their owner famous. When Tabatha
Bundesen's brother posted a photo of their cat on the Internet, Grumpy
Cat became an overnight Internet sensation and later a company worth
more than $1 million. Tavi Gevinson was twelve years old when she
started her own fashion blog. but she quickly found herself on the front
pages of newspapers and magazines and interviewed on television.
These are the new superstars, celebrities of the
future.

VOCABULARY LISTENING
SUFFIXES
4A Work in pairs. Discuss.
1 Work in pairs. Do If you could be famous, what
you think it would be good to would you like to be famous for?
be famous? What are the
about being famous?
positive/negative
things B Listen to eight
people answering the question. Put the
number of the speaker next to the
2 A Discuss. What do
you think a "web
thing they mention.
Read the article to find out. celebrity" is?
an artist 1 an actresS
a singer/dancer
BAnswer the questions. a musician successful in business
1 What is different about fame
now?
a
politician/president
a soccer player/athlete
a model
a writer
2 How do people become a scientist/inventoor
famous on the Internet?
3 Can you think of
examples of web celebrities?
5A Listen again and
3 A Look at the article
above and find one
example of a
complete the sentences.
word with each suffix. Write 1 If I had more
them in the table. .I would love to paint.
2 IfI were
Adjective Endings Noun Endings
a
politician,
I would
try to
the world.
3 Imagine if you scored a
-ful -OUS -ion goal for your country in the
ity -er/-or/ Cup: that would be such a good
ian (jobs) 4 l'd love to
feeling
SUCcessful I f I could be famous for
I think >'d be a
singer.
anything
5 l'd like to be
remembered as a
great
6 IfI were
famous. I would be live in a big
B
Complete
words 1-8 below and house, and have all those clothes.
put them in the
correct column in the table. 7 If invented
I something that made
1 celebrat better, that would be people's
5 adventur_
ladi) good.
2 photograph 8 IfI were famous. I
6 help wouldn't be
(adj)
3 politic BWork in pairs. Discuss. Do
7 danger
4 popular 8 wonder
of the speakers? you agree with any
A:l thunk l'd ike to
c be a mode!
wWORD STRESS Listen check your answers.
to B: Really?I wouldn't
Underline the main stress.
D
Can you think of any other wards
with these suffixes?

120 soccer player

footballer
GRAMMAR WRITING
HYPOTHETICAL CONDITIONALS PARAGRAPHS
Exercise 5A and complete the table. Put sentences al-d) in the correct paragraphs tu
6ALook at complete the profile of Jack Monroe.
main clause:
If c'ause would/wouldn't
if present subjunctive a) Jack grew up in Essex and left. school at. age sxtcen
(+ infinitive)
b) Jack is now a sUCcessful journalist who campargns
more time, I would love to paint. against poverty.
If I were
famous, be happy. cl Jack Monroe was a 24-year-old mother of one who
a politician, I would try to change the
If started writing an online blog ("A Girl Called Jack")
world. when she was unemployed and laok1ng for
often the same a s the simple past.
work
is
The present subjunctive d) She sold almost everything she owned (car watch.
TV. phone) in order to buy enough food for her and
Underline the correct alternatives to complete
her two-year-old son to eat, but she found they were
the rules.
still hungry.
1 Use hypothetical conditionals for reallimaginary
situations in the present. A Girl Called Jack
IfI were famous (but Im not... ), I would .. She became an overnight celetrity wher
she wrote a blog post caled "Hunger Hurt" talking
2 Use hypothetical conditionals for likely
about how difticult lite is when youre lving on very
probable/unlikely limpossible) situations in the future. little money.
I would..
IfI didn't have to work tomorrow (but I do), She had a well-paid job wth the fire
department until she had a baby, and it became
page 138 LANGUAGEBANK difficult to find childcare to allow her to work nights
After 18 months of being unemplayed, she four
Underline the correct alternative.
herself living in poverty

1 If I were/would be a famous soccer player, I would live She started the blog to talk atout her
in a big house. experiences and give people recipes for eating

she'd be healthily using very little

2 If she worked/would work harder, I'm sure
money. The blog was
more successful.
a huge success, and
3 IfI played more sports, I would feel/felt better
soon Jack Monroe was
4 If I had/would have the day off. I would stay in bed. asked to write articles in

5 If I didn't/wouldn't work or study, I would be bored.

newspapers, appear on

61 would read more if lI didn't have/wouldn't have a TV. television and talk to the
government about poverty.
7 1 would use/used my bicycle more if I didn't have a car.
She has won
Use the prompts to make questions with awards for her blog and
A has published a book of
hypothetical conditionals.
her recipes
1 If/ have / no money what / do?
you had no money. what would you do?
2 If1 can / have dinner / with any two living people
B Choose the correct heading for each paragraph.
whom/choose?
3 If / can / do any job/ what / doD? Achievements
4 If I have/ more time / whatl do? Rise to Fame
5 If/ Childhood and Education
Can / change one thing about yourselt
vuhatI chanye? Introduction

Work in pairs. Ask and answer the

questions. Each paragraph
should have a atferent
American of each pafograpt
Speak topic The tirst Sentence
ntreduCe that
TIP (the topic sentence) should h

ut the paraora,
paragraph Plan the top.c
betore yOu start Writny
ypothetical conditional of the verb be can take two
oms. American English uses were (IfI were famous, d..
whereas
the more
British English uses were and was, the latter
a CResearch the life of a famous person you admire or

informal, e.g., Ifl was famous, 'd... 146. Write the profile of this
read the profile on page
person using paragraphs.

du Sor t / Fre Service

lay sports / fire departmet
 F requests and offers
12.3 ) WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU? PPolite intonation: requests
v collocations

C
VOCABULARY
COLLOCATIONS
Work in pairs. Complete
phrases 1-6 by adding
the correct letters.

1 get tickets for a concertla good seat

2
r_tacar for the day/a vacation home
3 --v_a table for two/tickets for a show
n t someone to dinner/someone to a party
5C_m _d somewhere good to visit/a restaurant
6 9 n_z_a private tour/a meeting
Look at photos A-C. Which of the
things in
Exercise 1A can you see?
FUNCTION
Wark in pairs. Discuss. How often do
you do REQUESTS AND OFFERS
the things in Exercise 14?
sometimes get tickets for a concert. The last 3 A Listen to four conversations
with a hotel concierge.
oncert I What does each person want?
saw was
B Listen again. Complete the sentences with one word.
READING 1 l'd to go to a local restaurant.
2 A Read the definition. Discuss. What other things do
-you recommend somewhere?
you think a personal assistant does to help rich and
famous clients? you like me to call a taxi?
4 Would it be . to borrow one from the hotel?
Ppersonal assistant noun someone who organizes 5 Do you me to send one up to your room?
things for fusually rich) clients, eg. reserves tables inn
estaurants. buys tiCkets for concerts, etC.
6 Would you be. to reserve two tickets for us?
7 I reserve the tickets for
you?
Read the text to find out. C Look at sentences 1-7
again and answer the
questions.
Personal Assistant a) Which
He can reerve you a table at the world's
phrases are
requests (R) and which are
top offers (0?
estaurants, gel you the best seats for The Lion
6) Which
King. find you a privale plane lor the next day or request says what we want to do?
orgaize à fed tarpet tor you at the Oscars. He's
c Which two requests ask if
something is possible
a peronal assistart, ánd he can
get you any1hing d) Which
you wantif you háve enough inoney! request asks for someone's opinion?
The pernal assislails we spoke ln have done page 138 LANGUAC BANK
s n e ana/iig hiIs lor tnelr clienis. one
got
twefty tckets Iot à Illing Slones toncet an hou
efose sMarled, lE also leW One ol Maclonna's
favote tea 1 Inruin dnd lond sonne fae birds
to J e e s injat Aother asked onner US
PiEsident B.ll Cintoi, Ity}havetiunet wuh hs
ent Cintoi Sad e s

rs0ia! isSstant / teserv

 Put the words in
the correct order to make LEARN To
questions or sentences.
ASK FOR MORE TIME
like / l'd / local / try/ some
1 food/ to/ A Look at the extracts from audio script S12.5 on page
2 recommend / nightclub/ a / could / good/ you ? 151. Underline four phrases to ask for more time.
3 / be / tickets / would / to / three/ you/ able ?
reserve
Extract 1
rent/ would / be / it / to / a/ possible?
4 car/ B:Could you recommend somewhere?
should/ your?
51/ ticket/ buy / A:Yes. of course. Hang on. We have a list
/ want/ you l to / do / a / me ?
on a
map
6 table/ reserve
Extract 2
7 to/ the / like / manager / me/ you I call / would ?
A: Would you like me to call a taxi? It's about a five
B Match questions 1-7 above with responses al-g). minute drive.

information for you about the C:That would be wonderful.

al Yes, l'l print out some

daily rates. A:OK, just a minute. I'l see if there's one waiting.

b) There are some excellent restaurants in this area. Extract 3

. .

c) There's a famous one that opens at midnight. A:An adapter? Of course. Do you want me to send one

d Certainly. I'll just call the box office. up to your room?

e) Yes, for six people, please. D:Yes, please.

f No, don't worry-l'l speak to him myself. A:Can you give me a minute? l'll ask at the desk.

later.
g Yes, please. I'l pay you back Extract 4
E: Would you be able to reserve two tickets for us?
in any way you choose.
A Complete the sentences A: Hold on. Let me just check where it's playing.
1 Could you recommend a.

2 Would you be able to. for me? Are the phrases formal or informal? Which
expression do you think is the most formal?
3 Would it be possible to.
4 Could you recommend somewhere to Complete B's responses with one word.

BWork in pairs and take turns. Student A: read your Conversation 1

sentence. Student B: respond. A: Can you get me a meeting with the CEO?
A: Could you recommend a good café? B:Hang. IT'l call him.
B: Yes, go to The Café on the Bridge. It serves great
coffee! Do you want me to take you there? Conversation 2
A:l'd like to rent the hall for a party on May tenth.

B:Can you give a minute? I need to see if it's free

that day.

Conversation 3
A:Would it be possible to get tickets for the show?
B: A moment. I'l check online.

Conversation 4
A:Would I be able to get a flight this afternoon?
B:Hold. 1'l call the airline.

SPEAKING
and
8 Work in pairs. Student A: look at page 145,
Student B: look at page 146. Read your
roles.

9A Write out one of your conversations. Try to use

and offers and asking

phrases for making requests
for time.
CPOLITE INTONATION: requests
Listen to the
requests. Notice how the speaker's voice is high to BAct out your conversation in front of other
students.

start and then

becomes lower. This sounds polite.

Listen again and repeat. Pay attention to the

intonation.

shall adaptor plug

should/adapter 123
12.4 ) BILLION DOLLAR MAN

DVD PREVIEW DVD VIEW

Work in groups and discuss the
questions. 3 Watch the DVD.
1 Can you name any Formula 1 drivers?
What type of things do you learm
about Lewis Hamilton and F1? Use the
ideas in the
2 What type of to help y0u. boy
D0x
person do you think can becomeea
Formula 1 driver?
who he is now F1 facts
Read the program information. Who early days as a
racer
is the program teenage ambitions route to F1
about, and what type of things
might you learn by
watching it? 4A Read the notes about
Lewis Hamilton's
words do you think complete the notes? career. What

Lewis Hamilton: Today, Hamilton is described as "Fomula 1 driver,

Billion Dollar Man model, celebrity,_

Billion Dollar Man is When he was six, he started

racing electric
a documentary about
A few years later, he raced go-karts, but dreamed
Formula One (F1) of
driver and celebrity, joining
Lewis Hamilton. The He won
British go-karting championships.
program describes
He liked F1 because of the
Hamilton's early life speed, being with "the big
in the U.K. and guys" and makings_
howN
he used his talent to After go-carting, he
become one of the joined _
best and most famous The best drivers are
seen by F1"
drivers in the world.
Spent _years in Fomula 3.

BWatch the DVD

again to check your answers.
Discuss. Why do you think
"love" Lewis Hamilton? fans, journalists, etc.
What is unusual about
this story?

12
 dreams and ambitions writeback a web comment
American Speakout
about her dreams and
G Listen to Marianna talking Read the website and answer the
questions.
Check l ) the questions she answers.
ambitions. 1 What dd Damien want to be as a
child?
1 Where did you grow up? 2 What does he want to do now?
2 When you were younger, did you dream of doing

a particular job? Q&

3 What/Who inspired you to do this?
4 Did you have a teacher/someone to help you to learna REFLECTIONS | CHILDHOOD AMBITIONS
special skil? How have your childhood ambitions changed? We asked
5 Have you achieved any of your dreams? What did you do? people the following questions: What were your childhood
ambitions? What do you do now? And what do you hop
Work in pairs. What are Marianna's answers to to become in the future?
the questions?
Damien (31), Slovenia:
You are going to talk about the dreams and ambitions
As a child, l always wanted to be a teacher. Both of
you had when you were younger. First, think about your
my parents were teachers, and they inspired me
answers to the questions in Exercise 6A. Then look at
the key phrases. Underine any phrases you want to use.
with a love of learning. Now I have achieved that
drean. I teach geography. history, art and sociology
to 12-15-year-old students at a secondary school
KEYPHRASES here in Ljubljana. I love working with children.
always wanted to be a ... It's much better than an office job. But now I'm
As a child, I used to. planning a career change. I want to open my own
school. First, I'm going back to college to take some
It started with. management classes. I hope to learn about the
wanted to work business side of owning a school. Next, I'l look for
I spent a building. I already have two teachers who want to
a lot of time.. work for me: my parernts!
As I grew up, I realized.
One day, I had the chance to
.
Eventually, I... &Write a comment for the website about your childhood
ambitions using the model. Answer the questions
Work in pairs and take turns talking about your below.
childhood dreams/ambitions. Have they changed now
1 What were your childhood ambitions?
that you are older? If so, how?
2 What do you do now?
3 What do you hope to become in the future?

realized realsd
12.5(LOOKBACK

v SUFFIXES Work in pairs. Play the

v MOVIES
consequences game. Student
Complete the questions with A: read and
A Complete the text with the complete the first
the correct suffix. phrase. Student B: add another
words in the box.

1 What is the most danger sentence, starting with the last

studio blockbuster scene
thing you have ever done? consequence.
opponent horror movies A:lf I ived in Italy. I would
2 Have you been anywhere es
setting recently? Where did more pasta
wonder
B:if l ate more pastaWould
Dream of lce is a thriller by you go?
director Li Wang. Famous for get fat
3 When was the last time you
several here he leaves his had a family celebrat ?What 1 If I lived to be 200 years old
usual monsters behind. The was the reason? 2 If I met a good-Iooking man/
is Shanghai, 2150. The
4 Have you ever met someone woman this evening. ..
main character, Chuan, competes
fam ? Who? 3 If I lived in
with his , Oona, to find a a bigger house, .
box that contains a secret that 5 Which would you prefer to be: 4 If I had more time, .
can save the planet. In the best a politic_ o r a music ?
5 If I had to get a new job.
Oona chases Chuan Why?
through a city on a mechanical 6 Are you success 6 IfI were a famous movie sta
in your
eagle. Dream of lce is certain to work/studies? Why/Why not?
become a summer F REQUESTS AND OFFERS
In its opening week., it made s220 B Work in pairs and take turns.
million for the Ask and answer the questions. 6A Underline the correct
alternative to complete the
BWork with other students. G HYPOTHETICAAL requestS and offers.
What recent movies can you
recommend? CONDITIONALS 1 Would it be possible to seeseE

PRESENT/FUTURE seeing the exhibition?

2 Would you like buy/me buy/me

GREPORTED SPEECH 4 Complete the sentences with
to buy a ticket for you?
the correct form of the verb in
Put the first lines (1-3) and the
parentheses. 3 Would you be able forlable to
last lines (4-6) from these classic
able arrange dinner?
movies into reported speech. 1 If _ (not have to) work
4 Could you recommend/to
1 "(Piease. Sir,) I want some
tonight, (take) you out. recommend/recommending
more." (Oliver) 2 She (be) very upset if bar?
He said he .. (lose) her scarf. you
Should to call/l calling/l caiy
3 If you (be able to) do any
2 I believe in America." a taxi?
job in the world, what ro
The Godfather) visit/like
you 6 l'd like to visit/like
He said he.. choose)? visit the museum.
4 They Cbe) ideal partners
3 The voIce you hear is not ifthey. not argue) so B You have $50 million and
my
speaking voice, but my mind's much. personal assistant. What
voIcE." (The Piano) 5You you like? Think of three thing
(not say) that if
She said the voice we... you choose from the bOx.
(know) more about it.
4 "Im too old for this." 6 Clive) on a desert ght
alone at midnig"
(Lethal Veapon) island, I _ _(be) perfectly g0 shopping

He said he happy. buy a private island

hold a peace conferen engc l y intospace

5 "Its Strange world buy a painting

Blue Velvet) meet your hero
famous building
He said it.. buy a
?Ciurns

6 The Grand Hotel. Always he CWork in pairs and tak role

of
Sane People cone. People Student A: act a
outctne
t outthe

90 nothing ever happens." alient. Student B: act

Grand Hotel of personal assistant
He sad The Grard Hotel was A: Wat can t do tor y
always thhe sarne Peuple t:ld hke to buy uil.a*
A: Where eatly.
Work with other students. Do : i it n : ( r i l e
you know anything about the six
movies in Exertise 2A? Which
have you heard of?

126
 )IRREGULAR VERBS

Past simple Past participle Verb Past simple Past participle

Verb
was been leave left left
be
beat beaten lend lent lent
beat
became become let let let
become
lie lay ain
begin began begun
bit bitten lose lost TOSt

bite
make made made
blew blown
blow
meant meant
broke broken mean
break
met met
meet
bring brought brought
built pay paid paid
build built
put put put
buy bought bought
read read
caught read
catch caught ridden
ride rode
choose chose chosen
rang rung
COme came Come Ping
run
ran
COst run
Cost COst
said said
Cut say
CUt Cut seen
see
saw
deal dealt dealt
sold sold
sell
did done
sent
sent
send
draw drew drawn
set
set
dreamed/dreamt set
dream dreamed/dreamt shaken
shake shook
drink drank drunk shone
shone
shine
drive drove driven shown
showed
show
eat ate eaten shut
shut
shut
fall fell fallen sung
sang
sing
feel felt felt sat
sat
sit
fight fought fought slept
slept
find sleep spoken
found found Spoke

speak
fly ew flown spent
Spent
spend
stood
forget forgot forgotten
stand
stood

forgive forgiven stolen

forgave steal
stole
freeze frozen SWum
froze swam
SWim
get taken
got got/gotten took
take
9ve taught
gave given taught
teach
torn
went gone tore
tear told
gro
grew grown told
tell thought
hang hung thought
hung think
have thrown
had had threw
hear throw understood
understood
heard heard
understand
hide woken
hid hidden woke
hit wake
worn
hit hit Wore
hold wear
won
held held won
hurt win
written
hurt hurt wrote
keep write

know kept kept

knew known

127
7) LANGUAGE BANK

GRAMMAAR
7 . 1 Used To about a past haoIt or situation that
Use used to to talk
Used To Infinitive s a m e now.
Subject IS not the
(But now we lve in Wars
the ive in Rhade Island.
We used to
I don t play any more
(But
movies
used to play a lot of tennis.
/
Used to instead of used to
you every the past Simple
It is possible to
use

he/shelit, Saturday. I went out a lot.

out a lot.
=
Used to go
we, they to to talk about something
didn't use to to use used
vacation. It is possible
not time. For this, us:
never used to once or at a specifiC
that happened just
hard?
Use to work the past simple.
?Did you tsed- to move in 2002
moved in 2002 NOT We
We
to in the negative and the present
Note: Notice the spelling of
use talk about
to use used
to to
It is not possible
question form. at home
NOT I used- to eat
eat at home.
We didn't u s e to live in
a big house. NOT Iusually
In spoken English
use to.
used to is didn 't
We didn 't vsed-to live The negative of
lot of football? NOT used to is more c o m m o n .
Did you use to play a never

Did you tsed-te ply used to Worry about money

They n e v e r chocolate
We never Used to eat

Result
Purpose, Cause and
7.2 Use the infinitive
with to to talk about the
reason or purpose for an action.

milk.
Iwent to the store
to
buy some
some milk.
Note: It is possible to say fer-tabuy
not
to use in order
ínot) + infinitive with to.
It is also possible
to learn English.
He came to class in order
in order not to
miss the party
They came back early
that + subject + verb.
use so
It is also possible to
TTl cook so that you can relax
about a cause.
Use because Subject+ verb to talk
+

l=t work because l hated the job.

meat. we buy a lot of fish
Because we don t eat
action.
Use so + subject + verb to talk about the result of an

Itraned so we went insIde

Iforgct Ty wallet. so l diunt have any mioney

Finding Out Information

7.3
Getting Attention Asking for Information Thanking Someone
Ercuse me, Where canIget/find/buy..? Thank you so much.
Could you help me? When can I use/start...? That's very kind.
Can you Lell me ..? What time is the library open?
What time do the classes start?
Can.?
Do I have to...?
Is It freelopen/near?
I need Lo find out abaut/speak to..
 LB 7

PRACTICE
the sentences with B Look at the pictures. How have things changed? Complete the sentences.
A Complete
7.1 used to/didn't
use to and the words

in parentheses. have long hair.

1 He
(study) hard when Now it's short.
THEN NOW
1
passed
I was at school, sol always 2 He drive a car.
my e x a m s . He rode a motorcycle when he
(smoke) before he was younger.
2 He
had to give up. wear a leather
got ill, but he 3 He
suit.
3 We
(never/argue), but jacket. Now he wears a

now we argue all the time.

Clive) in the city.

4 They play a lot NOW
but now they have moved to the 4 He
Ocean.
of sports.
5 He Win
5 (not/like) eating
mushrooms, but nowI love them! Competitions.
befat.
you
He THEN
enjoy) working in an office?
7 She (go out) with
Steve, butt now she has met
Someone else. work as an
7 He
8 (do) a lot of cooking. actor. Now he's a politician.
butnowI don't have time. 8 He not
be interested

in politics. NOW
THEN

the text. Complete

eight words missing from
There are

12 Lomplete the sentences with so, to or because.

B

the text with so, to or because.

1 She took what's on TV,

the
job make some money. want to know
a newspaper I
.

usually get An Englishman

was

Ihe company became successtul, it had amazing

but todayI read
a strange story.
at work,
he
sales repps. terrible he
pressure
was under
swimming
feeling go a beach
3 I became illnesses. He went to
a
doctor people of their decided to disappear. someone
Cure there that
4 left his clothes
They treated her she left the company. (he said). Then he
with a photo and
5 Put the
badly, them. He also left his
wallet
w e n t to his
could find
key w a s . The police
in your pocket, you don't lose it. knew who it w a s in
6 You ID the police wasn't there.
He
need to work hard pass your final exams him, but he later
home speak to Three years
He different name!
spent twenty years in prison. he killed a man. Australia and had a

cousin, who
w a s in
Australia

8 when his w e r e they?

Ihave been at this I know he w a s caught him. Where
all the teachers. school for ten years, conference,
recognized
attend a
On a beach!

1.3 Find and correct Conversation 3

7 oclock.
Word in the mistakes. There is an extra restaurant
from on

each line. A: Breakfast is in the

o'clock?

Conversation 1 B: Sorry?
Did you to say 7

tCuse ine. Cun you Lell

tell me
Conversation 4
office is?
post office? ma wlhere
whjere to can find a where the main

is know
8: A: Do you
Yes,
Uhere's ane show it you
Conversatuon 2 jpust..behind of yout B: Yes, ' l
you very
kind

need to be
fnd
A: That's

Conversation 5
out ubout. my here?
"ETe o
uduit servIces office IhDuusing. A: ls it a
trve to park my
car

on
dow havø to pay
B: No, It's you
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8 1)
GRAMMAAR

8 . 1 Relative Clauses Use which for a place or thing when you add
information. non-defnig
Use relative clauses to talk about what a person, place, or

thing is (or does).

Paris. which is on the Seine, 15 a beautful
cty
This knife, which my aunt gave me 1s very sharp
This is the machine that we used to make the copies
He's the man who helped us. Using that instead of who is becoming more comon
She's the girl that lives next door
Also use relative clauses to explain which one we are
talking about. When we define something by using a relative clause
we use the, not a/an.
She's the girl who has green eyes.
That's the town where I was born. It's a car. We used it on the weekend.
It's the car that we used on the weekend
Use who for a person.
He's the doctor who looked after your grandmother
Use where for a place.
This is the city where she grew up.
We use that when we are defining a place or thing.
Paris is the city that l'd like to visit the most.
This is the knife that the killer used.
It is quite comman to leave out that.
Paris is the city l'd like to VISit the most.

Too Much/Many, Enough, Very

8.2
Word Use It Before Meaning Example
too adjectives/adverbs I'm too tired to study.
too much uncountable nouns more than is necessary/right There's too much water.
too many countable nouns There are too many people here.

enough nouns the correct amount Is there enough gas for the trip?
notenough nouns less than is necessary/right There aren't enough chairs.
very adjectives/adverbs emphasis (can be good or bad) She's very nice. He's very ugly.
ideas
Too is always used to say that something is negative (more Use very + adjective with positive or negative
than is necessary/right).
She's very nice. (positive)
These trousers are too smal (negative) This hat is very expensive. (negative noun
as a
Much is used with uncountable nouns, e.g., rice, water
money, news. These are called uncountable nouns because
Spoken grammar: We sometimes use enoug
we cannot say one riee or twe-rice.
nats enough. You're talking too much, chiore the
hen
Many is Used with countable nouns, to end a sentence with enougn w
t I s Common
e.g., days, people,
dollars, computers. These are called Countable nouns stener already knows what we are talking aouu
becauseit is possible to
say one day, two days, etc. A: What about drinks?
It is possible to use adjective +
enough to say B: We hVe
enough
Something is OK.
T 1On t: big :nouglh
It Is possible to Use unough befora anoun.

B.3 Buying Things

Customer Asslstant
EAcUse ne Cun hel lyoul?
n ust luokung Aru you lokiung
Do you Bell
or anythiny in partcular
Wlu's next, pleae?
Du you hove one of thest m rEd/ulug/id larger s1ZeAre you payng ui Casth or by creht. card?
Can I try it/tius on? Can you jusL siyu tiuru.
Were's the fittng rOUn?
pluasu
Can yuu t e r your PiN. le ae?
it fits /it doesrit fit

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PRACTICE

sentences as one sentence. Use the BMatch the endings in the box to 1-6 and write relative
two
Dewrite the clauses. You need to change/cut some words.
relative
clauses.
and
B.1prompts vacations there.
spent my
1 Laguna
is a town.
youstudythere
Laquna is
the town WnereI Spent my vacations she lends me
I sent it to you last week. it sells insurance
the presentr
get
2 Did you he borrows $1,000,000 to buy a horse
the present
get
Did you
restaurant. You can watch the chefs she was working as a chef
Placeis a
Burnham
food there.
wewent on our honeymoon
make your

Burnham Place is the 1 A school is a place where you study.

is a store. It sells cheap iPods and phones. 2 The movie is about a man
4 Geekstore
Geekstore
3 I work for a company

Leeson is an
accountant. She helped me
4 l always give back the money
5 Nichola form.
complete my
tax 5 What happened to that girl
Nichola Leeson is thee 6 The Bahamas is the place
| learned how to do business there.
is a town.
6 Corleone
Corleone is the town
He was a riminal.
the money.
7 A man invested
The man

(not)
with too, to0 much/many,
mistake in B Complete the sentences

A Find and correct the mistakes. There is a

enough, or very.
8.2 five of the sentences.
Cime on your cell phone.
It's bad
1 You spend
The movie was great. It was too funny! for your work.
1 I need
to make a cake. from the bank, so
2 There aren't eggs enough 2 I didn't get money

3 That child eats too much candy. to go back.

so he failed his test.
enough to pay the bills? azy to study,
4 Do you earn money 3 He waS
collection.
have in my
5 Ispent too many time on the first question. how many coins I
4 I don't know to count.
5 Ican't help you because I'm too busy. There are
smoking after ten
7 She's very generous-she always tips the waiters. 5 He did w e l l to give up

8There isn't enough of time to do this exercise years for a walk. It was
6 I didn't take the dogs
cold. a
space. Let's buy
7 The sofa takes up
smaller one.
was a
do more work, but this
agreed to do it.
8 The company employees to
mistake. There were

8.3 Umplete the conversation with the words in the box.

genter on fit size one WIn

try it on?
you like
to
Would
it is.
A: Hetlo, can A: Yes, here room?
you? Where's the 5
B: Do B: Yes, please.
you sell
A:
Yes,
jackets? A: Just over
there.
they're
just over there.
B: Can l l'l take it.
try this* B: It fits. cash or by credit card?
A: _? Are you paying
Yes, of course. A: OK.
How is itr
B: It doesni't B: Credit card.
your PIN, please?
A:I tUink Do you have it in a larger
s0.
" A: OK,
can you "
JustJust a moment.
n
B. Than, And da
Yes, here you are.
B: OK.
you have" of these in black?

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9) LANGUAGE BANK

GRAMMAR
9 . 1 Comparatives/Superlatives Superlative
the cheapest
Comparative
Typo of Adjective Example the+-est

cheapor the quietest

-er
one-syllable cheop the+-est

-er
quieter
some two-syllable quiet the safest
Che +-st
the friendliest
adjectives: safer
the+y -iest
ending in -e sale friendlier the+double the fina the biggest
-1er
ending in-y frendly double the final consonant+ -est
onding in CVC big Consonant + - e r D g g e r
the most/least + che mostt/least interesting
more/less
more/less+
many Lwo- or
adjective
interesting
interesting adjective the best
more syllable the worst
better
g0od worse the farthest/the furthest
irregular bad farther/further
far

one or more things.

There are different ways to compare than B
lot more expensIve
than A Is a
adjective +
Superiority: much/a lot
more +
same as B
+ as A1s the
as + adjective
Equality: the same as, A is not as big as B
+as
Inferiority: not as/so + adjective
with nouns.
It is possible to use comparatives been to"
than w e thougtit l've ever
more/less + noun He has more money
best restaurant
It's thhe
the present perfect.
It is common to use the superlative with

Articles
9.2 AVAn (Indefinite Article) Example
The (Definite Article) Example
that
to talk about something
I saw a lion. The lion
the first time something yesterday. has already been
mentioned or

is mentioned
Isaw a lion information that the speaker and was sleeping.
There's a library in the town. know
before singular nouns the listener already
when
before job titles to talk about something Ilooked at the moon.
I'm an actor there is only one
Cin general)
the United States
before some plural place
names

No Article (Zero Article) Example before seas/oceans/rivers the Atlantic

co talk about things or animals. the northwest of
Dogs are friendly before the names of some artdsEngland
people in general
I'm taking four classes this
before plural nouns in some phrases with in the evening, at the
term.
prepositions beginning
before most cities, I live in Germany. She is the tallest.
with superlatives
countries and continents

in some phrases with on Tuesday, at sea, in

February, at work
prepositions

9.3 Making Guesses

ItIs Possible Example It Is Not Possible Example

It could infinitive It could be late because of weather. It can't be Mary's coat because she
It can't be ...
didn't come to the party.
It might+ infinitive might be John at the
It door.
What's the answer? It's definitely
Maybe Maybe it's an antelope. It's definitely not ...
not "A."
Perhaps she went to bed late
Perhaps last night.
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PRACTICE
in parentheses into the correct form. BMake superlative sentences with the prompts.
A Put the adjectives
9.1 eating in 1 This exciting vacation I ever have
is Chbe
1 Eating at hame
restaurantS. lcheap)

cities work hours in the past. 2 You good/ frend ?l ever have
2 People in
3 That/ boring move l ever see
(long
traffic now, s0 the streets are 4 This short/ day / year
3 There is more

(noisy 5 That/long run /l ever do

4 History is much physics. 6 This/old/ building /l eversee
Ginteresting)
7 That! hard / job /1ever do
5 Houses are they were ten

years ago. lexpensive)

6 Lifein the city is was
before. (dangerous
7 Cairo is even expected. (hot)
8 South America is
Europe
lexciting)
9 I wish it were in this
COuntry. I'm freezing! (cold)

9 . 2 A Underline the correct alternative.

1
Many people are
frightened of a/an/the/- spders.
2Thad a pet cat that I loved, but
a/an/the/- cat
didn't like me!
AAn/The/- vegetarians are people who don't
eat meat.
4Ihe blue whale is
alan/the/ heaviest animal in
lion the world.
5 We
neard that there is
a/an/the/- new gorilla in
the zoo.
or t/e) in each
article missing ts,
an
6
on A/An/The/- bats drink blood. B There is an
the text with the
sentence in the text. Complete
here is a/an/the/-elephant that lived to the age
of seventy-eight. missing articles.
The trees wi
Ihe mammal was feeling bored.
so l went for walk ikay Aakten
beautitul
that sleeps a/an/the/- longest is w a s blue.
It was
warnt
the barrow ground green, and sky But I Aneiw it
squirrel. h e a r d a strange
inoise, ke annnal Seaund c t
uevs

We saw alan/the/- eagle when in cats don't

sound like
tht
m IV
Namibia. we e cat because
or more.
I wont. hom auni turvet

iad.
iive

10 She Tor a m i n u t a Ihe

e w c a i t e r

used to work at Animals4U before to watch the

local newss
store closed down. a/an/t!he/ mals
have escaed
from city

93 Match statemen
tements 1-8 with rospon: a)-hl.
She My nut.hor ei
vOUAN]

didn't come to school might be

onions.

Ths
3
bill s 28 dollurs.
toda aIt

b)T don't know,

but it.'s
delntely mt
tntay

Who is
uhat man? alu it yu
Portuapu thu tduy
wlats Uuat c
ssinell m the
When ts hur kiti:Anr suck.
be
cait. tntd brthlay?
coult
5 I al Shu ru*
lelt thwm
n tu
my
lost. his kuyts
M a y l I you
Ha
8
Huw marny lwnneurk
peoplu are tullod Eiitr
10) LANGUAGE BANK

GRAMMAR

Uses Of Like
10.1
Be Like (Preposition)
Like (Verb)
like
? What is he/she/it/Antigualyour new house lkg
living in the city.
She doesn't like Use be like (preposition) to ask for a description:
Do going out in the
like
A: What's it (the city) like?
You
Where do evening? B: It's a big city, with lots of traffic
Note: Be careful not to confuse the two forms.
Use like (verb) to talk about things you enjoy:
What do you like doing in the evening? Ouestion: What's it ike?
Ilike going out at night. Answer: It's a beautiful city. NOT Hke-t-very rect

10.2 passive voice present/past

Use subject + be + past participle to form the passive.

Present
Subject Be Past Participle
lyou/he/she/it/we/t am/are/is told that he is the best
player.
Rugby isn't played here.
? Is this dish made
with potatoes?
Past

Subject 3e Past Participle

l/you/he/she/it/we/they was/were stopped by a policeman.
The photo wasn't taken
? Was the dog here.
killed?
Use the active voice to talk about the
things people do:
John stole the canera.
Lz ate the bread.
Use the passive voice
to talk about what
happens to things or
people:
The Camera was stolen
by John
The bread was eaten by Liz.
when the cause of the action is
unknown:
Thousands of people are killed on the roads
every year We don't
when the cause of the action is
not
know who kills them.)
Ihee Cakes
are made in France
important
(It is not
If we want to say who does/did
the action, we
important who makes
them.)
Te rinat was raugtit by tue
use by:
poht.e
Pen was distOvTed by AlexUuier Flemn

10,3 Complaining
Before Making a Complaint
Could you help me?
Complaint
I'm afraid I have a cornmplant.
There's a problern with Response
It doesn't work.
We'll look into it right
away Cano
FcUSe ne, could speak La LnG
maragur?Tye beun ure msarr'y, but there's nothing
Ve

for over an hour. at tha monment.

n
really sorry about that.

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P R A C T I C E

wards in the correct order to make questions. Find and correct the
Put
the
mistakes. There is a mistake in
what's / new ? each line.
10.1 your /
1 like / job/ 1 like listen to music.
/ dress / like / you? My favorite band is Jamiroqua.
2 new/ doimy 2 How is the
/ are / tapas? apartment like? Is it madern?
3 like/what 3 Have you seen Terminator 4?
what's / like I weather ? Did you like?
4 there/ the / 4 So,
/ living / the / do / country ? you've got a new boss. What's like he?
5 Hke/in/ you 5 What's like the weather? is it
1-5 with answers a)-e). raining?
Match questions 6 Are you like speaking English?
it. It's so peaceful.
a) l love
really suits you.
b) Yes. It
are small dishes of vegetables,
are delicious. They
c) They
meat. You can eat them as a starter.
fish and
the people I'm working with.
d It's grea. I really like
and wet.
el It's terible. It's windy

Underline the correct alternative.

BRewrite the sentences in the passive. Add by where

10.2 in this
necessary.
Only fresh fish is serve/is servedlis
to serve
1
1 The French eat snails.
restaurant.
ten-year Snails
2 Yesterday she has given/was given/is given
a

prison sentence. 2 Dostoyevsky wrote Crime and Punishment.

3 Shoplifters aren't caught/not caught/aren't

catch Crime and Punishment
very often. 3 A journalist asked me some questions.
French
4 This book was writtenlis written/was wrote by a
author in 1886. 4 Alejandro Ledesma produces all
of our programs.
shown
5 At the moment, movies are show/were shown/are All of our programs
only on Wednesday evenings. of the roles in that movie.
5 Alec Guinness played most
6 Hundreds of people arrested/iwere arrest/are arrested Most of the roles in that movie
for drunk driving every day. the best chocolate.
6 Swiss companies make
7 I made the mistake because I am not telling/wasnt
The best chocolate
told/haven't told what to do.
8The prisoners are sent/were send/were sent home

last night.

Put the words in the correct order to make conversations.

0.3
Conversation 1
A:me/ excuse/complaint/ have / afraid/ a/ Imil
B:what's/ problem/ the ?
A:doesn't/ shower / work/ the
B: look /
avway I it I into / we'll/ right
Conversation 2
H: me/ escuse/ youl me/ help / could?
B: Yes
EWIth / problem/ Internet/ connection / there
there's / do
B: rothing / / at / moment/
UYCan
/ but/ I'rn/ the wa

Conversation 3
A: escu tol speak / me / could / manager /l7 the
B: Yes
A.in lve/ been / h0ur here I over i
1
BDrarryI really / Im/ that/ about

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11 1) LANGUAGE BANK

GRAMMAR
11.1 Present Perfect +
Just/Yet/Already
It is common to use the
Use just to talk about
present perfect with just, yet and already. ARE YOU
something that happened very recently. READY T0
Put just before the main verb. GO?
Ive just passed my
ornving
iVe just grt back frem test
vacain
Use yet in negative
sentences and questions to talk about
that hasn't something
happened, but you expect it to. Put yet at the end
the sentence. of
A: Are y0u ready?
8: No, we haven't Funished
A: yet
Hove yuu rtserved a table
B: No, not yet. 'l call yet?
the restaurant n a
mnute
Use already to talk
abaut something that
you expected. Put
already before the main verb or atmaybehappened,
before
the sentence. the end of
T've already had four cups of
He's found cotfee tus
morning.
job already
a

Spoken grammar: It is common to

use not yet as
Itmeans we expect to do a short response t0
something soon, a
question.
but we have not done it.

11.2 Real Conditionals +

If/When
If/When+Present +will/won't + Infinitive
you don't study,
When you won't pass the exam.
the movie
finishes, |1'1l turn off the TV.
Use If/When+
present+ ill + infinitive to form a
There are two clauses: the real conditional.
order of the clauses, but iffwhen clause and the main clause. You can
the if/when clause reverse the
if/when clause) always uses the present tense.
(main clause)
If we see
NOT
Arn, we'll ask her to call you
Iwe wilsee Ann, we l ask her to Cell you
Cmain clause)
Gf/when clause)
We'l ask Ann to call you if we Ser her
Use real conditionals to
talk about situations in
Use if for a situation that is the future and their
uncertain. Use when for a
If I pass my situation thatconsequences.
is certain.
drivng test. tuuay. 1i be very
When Ipass niy driving test Surpristd (W'm not sure
about this.)
my luthr wili
buy me a c
It is also
possible to use U'm sure about this.
If t's su1ny. we
may/might/could/should
in the main clause
instead of will.
might have d picnc latu
When they arrve, tlhey should call to
tel u

11.3 Giving Opinions

Agreeing Disagreeing Giving Your Opinion
That's right. totally disagree. think ..
That's true. 'm not sure about that.
don't think..
Definitely. don't think so. In my opinion

To sound polite, use l'm afraid and l'm sorry. but . when you disagree.
I'm alrad I Lt illy r
T'nrsorr'y. but t": i

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PRACTICE

correct alternative.
Underline the Find and correct the mistakes. There is
11.1
A
a mistake in
Were traveling around the Greek Islands. We've been to the word order in each
conversation.
fourteen islands just/yet/already. 1 A: Have you read this book?
e Im leaving this evening, but I haven't packed my bags B: Yes. Ive finished it
justlyetlalready.
just.
2 A: Are you ready to
3 A: Have you seen Martha? go?
B: No, Imelda hasn't called
B:She'sjustlyetlalready left. You might catch her in yat us.
3 A: Let's go to the Museum of Modern
the elevator if you hurry. Art.
B: We've been already there.
4 A: Can you wait a minute, please?
B:Ivejustlyetlalready been here for more than half 4 A: Becky looks tired.
an hour. B: Well, just she's run five miles.
5 A: Do you know if your sister is coming to the 5 A: Are you coming out later?
party?
B: l'm not sure. I haven't spoken to her B: l'd love to come out, but I haven't finished yet
justlyetlalready. my work.
6Ithought Alf was going away for three weeks, but he's 6 A: There's a movie on tonight.
justlyet/already come back. B: Yes, but
7 Great! I've
already I've seen it three times
justlyet/already reserved the tickets on the
Internet. Now, we wait for the confirmation.
8 A: Can
you call Emily?
B:Ive just/yetlalready spoken to her. That was her on
the phone a minute ago.

112 PuE che verbs in

parentheses into the correct form. B

Find and correct the mistakes. There are mistakes in

four of the sentences.
home when my studieS.
(leavelfinish) 1 If you will be in the office tomorrow, we talk about
Fyou the class, l t then.
miss/take) _some notes for you.
2 When Brian comes back from vacation, we'll arrange
3 When
Sandra, I her what she thinks. to go out.
seelask) 3 When I hear from the rest of the team, Il let you know.
We
time for lunch if the 4 We'll ask the doctor when we will get to the hospital.
12 train at
o'clock. (not have/leave) 5 If Theo behaves badly in class, the teacher speak to his
my boss for a raise, he itto me. parents.
lask/not give) 6 They move into the house as soon as Mark will finish
61
7 the weather dinner if you t h e shopping. (cook/do) building it.

nIce Out for a walk.

balgo We

We
on vacation when Al.
work. (golget Some time off

There
entences missing in each sentence. Complete the B Complete the conversations with the phrases in
1 missing wordls). the box.
Im, but
0on't we don' tethink there is enough money for that. Ithink totally disagree my opinion
I'm afraid
should
dscssing thnis. spend too mucn time Definitely not sure about

have early today.

4Ym to
we should all go home
say I think A:
afraid totaly rignt B: I'm that.
hern pay disagree
fines? f'm not sure that.
A: It's OK to hunt
animals for sport.

0n, vwe
should start from the
B:3 should go to prison.
beginning. A: In * these pliticians

They're criminals.
B:
12)LANGUAGE BANK

GRAMMAAR

12.1 Reported Speech

Use reported speech to tell sameane what another
Direct Speech Reported Speech
person said.
past simple It is common to change the verb tense/form when we
present imple She said she played the
"I playthe guitar" report speech.
guitar. It is common to use say and tell to report speech.

present continuouS
past continuous Tell is followed by an object.
a movie." He told us they were He told me (that) he was hungry NOT
"They are watching watching a movie. He told-that he was hungry.
will would Say is not followed by an object.
Tl call you later" She said she would call
She said she worked in France. NOT
me later.
She seidme she worked in France
can could When the present simple is used to describe a habit
"He can work until 9:00" She told me he could
we don't need to change the verb tense in reported sp
work until 9:00.
"I get up at 6 a.m."She said she gets up at 6 ar
When we report speech, the pronouns sometimes change. "We don't eat meat."They told us they don't est r
I eat meat."He said he ate meat.
Well help you tomorrow"They said they would help me
tomorrow.

12.2 Hypothetical Conditionals for Present/Future 12

Would is often contracted (l'd, you'd, he'd, we'd, they
If+Present Subjunctive Would/Wouldn't+ Infinitive
IF I had more Would not is contracted to wouldn't.
money, I would buy a car.
If
Iwanteda job, I would look for one. If we had mare money. we'd buy a bigger house
IfI were famous, I wouldn't be happy.
We wouldn't live in the city if we didn't need to.

tis possible to change the order of the clauses. Note

Use If+
form a
present subjunctive+would/wouldn't + infinitive to that there is a comma after the if clause in the fs
hypothetical conditional example, but no comma in the second example
Use hypothetical
conditionals to talk about an imaginary
Situation in the present or future
and its consequence.
If we had cthildren. our lves would be very
different
IFI knew the Our lives would be very different if we had childre
way to the museum, I would tell
you. WIch the verb be it is becoming more common to use
( don't know the way to the museum.)
If I won the Cinstead of were).
lottery. I would never work again' h e was/were a lawyer he would tell you what to
(f'm very
unlikely to win the
lottery-it's
situation.) an imaginary Use If I were you... to give advice.
were you, ld tell him your plans. NOTHrT
It is also possible to use could.
If I could sing. I would start a band.

12.3 Requests and Offers 12

Requests
rd like to. Responses Offers
No problem.
Would it be possible to ...? Would you like
Would you be able to...? Certainly. Do you want to...?
me
Yes, of me to
(get
Could you recommend...? course. Shall ...? al...?|
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PRACTICE
as
reported speech.
BRewrite the
reported sentences
the
sentences
as direct speech.
eite invisible man."
Ren

is a
is about an
bout a n 1 Gianella said she
movie loved chocolate.
favorite
y
She told me
lov chocolate
westerns." 2 He told us he was home
hke by 6:00 p.m. every
1
dont day.
2
Hesand
3 Marina said she
didn't want to do her
actors.

ore

3
They homework.
She told us

about fashion"
isn't really 4
A
The
movie They told me they were
busy
He saud
studio."
movie
for a
T work 5 Yannick said he didn't
5
He told me
understand the lecture.
tamous."
director is
That
6 6 I told you I didn't like
We told her flying.
thr1llers."
write
7 7
7 Xun Li said she went back to
She said China every summer.
reminds me
of another movie."
The scene
8
He said

a)-f) to make sentences. B

Match 1-6 with Put the verbs in parentheses into the correct form.
22 went to bed earlier 1 tothe doctor if
1 I you you.
Tim to marry her He can give you some medicine. (go/be)
2 If she asked
in the summer,
2 If they icecream here.
3 If we came

tomorrow
you some? (sell/buy)
4 We would visit you
3 you if I but I'm too
5 ld get there early
busy right now. (help/can)
6 She would earn more money
4 IF my phone with me.
al would we go to the beach?
him. (havelcall
b)f I were you. 5
cd you wouldn't feel so tired.
we
more food. them
to stay for dinner. (have/ask)
dl f the trains were running.
6 If you nearer to us, we
el f she worked longer hours. you more often. (live/see)
Im sure he would say "Yes." 7 your brother happier if
he so hard? (be/not work)
8 If you . always such a

mess, the kitchen . cleaner!

not make/be)

2 There are words

missing from the conversations.
emplete the conversations
Conversation 2
with the words in the box. A:l'd like eat out tonight.
T It me should B:OK. Do you me to choose the restaurant?
no of to able could
Cunversation 1 A: Yes, why not?
B: OK. And I reserve a table for two?
k.outecom.mend a good coffee
shop? A: Er, no-three. Im inviting Bobby.
a There's one on Elm Road called Hot Beans. Conversation 3
i d yo A: Would you be to get me a good plumber
lMe to show you where it
*es please is B: Problem.
That's very kind of you. A: Would be possible to do
it Loday? I have to travel

tomorrow.

B: Yes. course
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Lesson 8.1 MONEY

1 Match photos A-H to the words. 0123 57 60D

1 bank statement
2 check
3 bills
D E
4 ATM
5 credit cards A 49/ .2

6 coins EDP I N E T

7 bill
8 receipt

Work in pairs and take turns.

You will beadvbedot any *a aay
Student A: describe an item.
Student B: guess the item.
S /25
d470
erpiry die
239 Har7 Ai
Insurance
A Tis money made trom metal AnnualPremlum

B. Coin: tax (5
premlum

I n s u r a n c e

TOTA lay
a quse
l i k e

Lesson 9.1 NATURE

Which do you like to visit on vacation? Which of these do you have in your country? Work in
pairs. Discuss.

Ocean
lake iver

waterfall mountain range

desert

glacier rainforest Coastine

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Lesson 9 . 3 ANIMALs

WATER CREATURES BIG CATS

names
of
the
Write the
1 animals
in
the
correct places.

1 bear

2 butterfly

3 camel
shark cheetan
4 chimpanzee

COW
REPTILES BUGS
5
6 alligator

7 dolphin M
8 eagle

9 elephant

10 fiy turtle mosquito

11 garilla
12 leopard BIRDS
PRIMATES
13 hon
P
14 monkey

15 ostrich

16 penguin
17 pigeon
18 snake
19 spider
MAMMALS
20 tiger
21 whale Y
2 Work in pairs. Discuss.
Which do you think are
dangerous/beautiful/
intelligent? sloth

Lesson 10.2 CRIME AND PUNISHMENT

TWhich words A D
can you see in
the pictures?

Peaple:
1 criminal
2 police
bffie cer
3 judge
4 victim

Verbs:
5 steal

6break inn
7 shoot
8 arrest
9 investigate
2 Can
you match any of
the
people to the verbs?
Criminals steal things.
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B Student A: now you are in an

Student B starts the conversation.
electronics
nics store.
Lesson 8.1
words
definitions for the completed 1 Say you are looking for a camera.
Student A: write
4 c
2 Say you need a digital one.
with the prompts.
3 Thank him/her.
4 Ask for a cheaper one.

CL 5 Say "This one is fine."

6 Say you will pay in cash.
7 Say thank you and goodbye.

ELEP0E Lesson 9.3

6BAnswers
1 whale shark
2 spine-tailed swift
3 ostrich
4 python (a snake)
N 5 cheetah

NvES|MEN 6 mosquito lit kills people indirectly, by

transmitting malaria)
7 whale
8 tortoise

Lesson 9.3
Down
1 place / buy a snack or a coffee 9 B Answers
a place where you buy a snack or a coffee A An elephant's skin:
4 pieces of moneyi made of metal, not paper Elephant skin is only thick in some places. It is very
10 person/ owns something the/she bought it or sensitive.
was given it) B An eagle's eye:
Across Eagles can see fish in the water from hundreds of
6 thing / use /call someone feet away. and an eagle's sight is four times stronger
than a human's.
8 place/ you find/ cars, houses, stores, ete CA dog's nose:
11 money / use I start a business and make
Dogs have an amazing sense of smell. Many dags cer
more money
recognize the smell of their old owners many years
12 person / acts in / movies or theater after they last saw them.
D Ask Student B for definitions for the missing words. DA chameleon's skin:
A chameleon's skin can change color when the
Down:2, 3. 7, 8 and 9
chameleon needs to hide.
Across: 1 and 5
EA shark's teeth:
Some types of shark have thousands of teeth.
Lesson 8.3 teeth are extremely hard. A shark can bite
These
through iron.
6 A Student A: you work in a clothing store. You start
the conversation.
FAcamel's hump:
1 Offer to Camels' humps are made of fat, and they allowcame
help.
to survive in the desert without food ar water for up
2 Ask what color
to two weeks.
3 Give the customer the shirt
and say. "Here you
are. The fitting room is
over there."
GAfly's eyes:
4 Ask if it fits OK. Flies' eyes are very different from humans' eyes.
shape of flies' eyes allows them to see almost 3u
5 Ask how he/she
wants to pay. degrees.
6 Ask him/her to enter
his/her PIN
7 Say thank you and goodbye.
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Lesson 7.33 Lesson 8.3

to this town/city. Ask your partner
8A Student
A: you are
new

information.
6 a Student B: you are in a clothing store.
find out this
to Student A starts the conversation.
questions
know what time the stores open.
1 You want to 1 Ask for a formal shirt.
know where the nearest train statian is.
2 You want to 2 Say you need a white one.
to exchange some money. Find out where to go. 3 Thank him/her for the shirt.
3 You need
Ecuse me 4 Say it fits. Say "'l take this one."

E Student A: now answer Student B's questions using the 5 Say you want to pay by credit card.
information below. 6 Say yes (to enter your PINI.
7 Say thank you and goodbye.
B Student B: now you work in an
electronics store. You start the
The American conversation.

1 Offer to help.
Speakout 2 Ask what type.

School of English 4
3 Say They are over there."
Ask if it is what he/she is looking for

5 Say "There are some cheaper anes

Where are we? Over there."

6 Ask how he/she wants to pay.

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7 Say thank you and goodbye.

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Lesson 9.5
1 BAnswers

a ) The Andes are higher than the Rockies.

Russia
(151,485 miles) than
h a d a has a longer coastline
(23.396 rles)
in Sumatra.
than Lake Toba
the U.S.A is larger
Lake Michugan in

Nila.
Nnd.
than tig
aThe Arnazon is shorter, but wider
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6
Angel Venezuela, is
Falls, in higlhest watertall
the
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Lesson 8.1
Lesson 7.3
questions using the
cStudent B: write definitions for the
completed words
Studet A's with the prompts.
8 ASudent B: anser
information below.

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Sun: dosed
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STATION

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MAIN
SauARE.

find out
school. Ask questions to
You are new to this
Down
this information.
2 place/ people live
to know where the
nearest coffee shop to
1 You want a place where people live
the school is. tires and chewing gum
3 material / use I make car
You want to know where you can buy an English
2 7 place / stay when you are traveling
dictionary.
the school closes. fight / for his country in wars
8 person /
3 You want to know what time
9 thing/ grows in the ground and is usually green
Excuse me
Across

Lesson 10.3 1 thing/ use / pay for something (not a credit card

5 thing/ use / download and listen to music

Student A: you are a hotel guest.
7 words.
You start the comversation. definitions for the missing
D Ask Student A for

1 Greet the hotel receptionist. Down: 1, 4, and 10

problem: fridge doesn't work.
2 Say you have a your Across: 6, 8, 11 and 12
3 Thank the receptionist.
Studet A: now you are a waiter. Listen to what Lesson 10.3
Student B says, then: student a t the Noparlo School
8 B Student A: you are a

1 Ask how you can help. of English. You going

are complain to the
to oBR director

in ExerGise
2 Apologize for the mistake. Say you will bring the Ehe school. Choose four of the problems
to
right dish. on 103. Think about what you are going
page
say
3 Apologize again. Use these expressions:
I'm afraidI have a complaint.
There's (alsol a problen witl.
Can you look into t

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Lesson 1 0 . 1
Lesson 10.3
1 sSurvey resuts 7 Student B: you are a hotel
what Student A says, then: receptionist. Listen to

The World's 1 Greet the guest.

2 Apologize. Offer to send someone
Best Cities 1 Vienna
look into the
to the room to
problem
for Young NewYork 3 Say You're welcome" and apologize again.
People to Helsinki B Studet B: you are a customer in a restaurant. You
start the conversation.
Live in Melbourne
1 Get the waiter's attention.
Salvador 2 Say you have a
problem: you asked for pasta with
Dubai chicken. You were gven pasta with fish.
6
3 Thank the waiter.
7 Vancouver

8 Prague Lesson 12.3

Edinburgh 8 Student A: you are a concierge. Listen and respond to
your client's requests. Ask for more time if necessary.
10-Paris Your cient wants to:
go to the best restaurant in town.
get tickets to the theater.

Saudent A: now you are a client. Tel the concierge you

Lesson 10.2 want to:
7c Here are the alternative sentences: g o shopping for clothes. Ask him/her to recommend
1 Over a period of two years, the boys had to clean a good area for shopping.
the walls of every house in the street three timess visit a movie studio and meet some stars. Ask him/
a year. her if it's possible.
2 They had to spend a day at a festival standing
ina small swimming pool and handing out
water-safety leaflets.
3 He was made to listen to classical music for sox
hours a day.
4 She had to work an the fam for free for one month.

Lesson 10.3
8D Studet B: you are the director at the Noparlo
School of English. A student is going to complaín about
some of the problems in Exercise 8A on page 103.
Apologize to the student and think of reasons for the
problems. Use these expression:
Im really
sorry about that.
We had a
problem with
9 look into
it

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Lesson 11.4 Lesson 12.2

2A Answers 9 C Fact file.
1 In the U.S.. a child watches TV for an

average of 4 hours a day.

2 In parts of the U.K., more than 60 percent of Birth Name: Aung San Suu Kyi
elementary school children have a TV in their
bedroom.
Birth Place: Rangoon (now
3 The average person spends 3.5 years eating and 12 Yangon)
Burma (Myanmar)
years watching TV.
4 Children under three years old who watch more than Date: June 19, 1945
1 hour of TV a day may have problems concentrating
at school when they are older.
5 In the U.S., some families spend only 3.5 minutes Childhood/Education:
a week having meaningful conversations with their Father killed when she was young. Grew
her mother and two brothers in up with
children. Those children spend 1,600 minutesa week Rangoon. Educated
in a Methodist
watching TV. English school. Noted for
a talent with languages. Moved to India having
in 1960,
Lesson 12.1 graduated in Politics. Continued her studies
Oxford University, U.K. at

7 BAnswers
1 b) 2 b) 3b) 4 a) 5 a) 6 a) Early Career:
Moved back to Burma in 1988 and
Lesson 12.3 calling lor a democratic government.entered
The
politics
took power and Aung San was military
arrested. Ofered
8Student B: you client. Tell the concierge:
are a freedom if she left the country. but she relused.
you want to go to the best restaurant in town.
Ask
him/her to recommend one. Rise to Fame:
you want tickets to the theater. Ask if he/she Continued her non-violent action for
six seats for tonight.
can get
and relused to leave the democracy
election, her country. In the 1990
Student B: party received 59 percent of the
now you are a
concierge. Listen and but Aung San was kept under house arrest votes.
respond to your client's requests. Ask for more time an international causing
if necessary. Your client outery. Awarded the Nobel Peace
wants to: Prize in 1991.
go shopping for clothes.
visit a movie studio and meet Later Life:
same stars.
Spent more than 15 years under house arrest in
Rangoon. Spent her time reading and playing the
piano and sometimes meeting with
Wouldn't leave diplomats.
the country even when her
husband was dying of cancer in 1999. Released
from house arrest in 2010.Traveled the world as
an ambassador for
political freedom and peace.

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AUDIO

J:I would describe

had a bookstore, this as,
Hecording
7.1
S7, it if Harry Potter B: The main office.
would be it.
Unit
7 H:And what about the bookstore A: Oh, yes.
owner? Did you get along with him? B: The
Part 1
H o s t = Jessica registration desk is there.
J:I did. You know I was... I A: Thank you so much.
daydreamed

for a specific reason. was here

have
you ever forever,
about
I really wanted to Conversation 2
H:
Now,
changing
your e
off for a get away from things. I wanted to write. A: Excuse me, where's the
t t
abou
and
seting

c o u l d find
So, when| first met the
bookstore C: It's next to the
read1ng room?
yOUr job you cafeteria.
D
wnere Well, Jessica Fox ownerI, it was just... it was a A: The cafeteria? Where's
country

s t a n t happness? a kind of a friendly. that?

on the line now friendly relationship I had C: Follow me. 'l take
you there.
o v ea

that, and
sheS

Jessica,
with him. I didn't get to know him A: Thank you. That's very kind
much until toward the end of very
did ust abOUt
journey.
ner

o
tell us

to
the
program.

It's a Part3
my stay ..

Conversation 3
me.
A: Where can use the
elcome

Oh.
thank you
for naving
H: Your month ended, and I
D: You can use the
Internet?
to be
here.
ey in
you went back computers in the
journey to L.A. Did you find library or in the study center.
pleasure started your
life
yourself missing the
H:Now. you
a0out
your bookstore and missing the owner? A: Do I have to
Angeles.
Jell m e
What sort of J: Yeah, I loved the store, I loved
pay?
D: No.
Los
What
was your jOD? the
town itself and the people there. It A: So, it's free for students.
there.
did you
have?
took
Pixar. I was me a while to admit that it was D: Yes, that's right.
ifestyle
was Consuiting
ror actually
Ahh, I in a city that most of all the bookstore owner was
I
what|lovea. was Iving network of I Conversation 4
daing a
fantastic
missing. A: Excuse me, what time is the
and had
i describe it
adored, I can only
H: And how did you find out that he was library
fnends.
There was,
t a s t e thatl
was
missing you, too? open?
an aostract E: It's open every day, from 9 a.m. until
aslike a.. I realy D e g a n . . it w a s J: We would correspond over email and
6 p.m.
mssing. And SO daydreaming about Skype, and ld get beautiful packages from
about a year began A: Did you say "every day"?
...

him with things I missed about

Something quite different. Wigtown. E: Yes, that's right. Every day, from nine
vision of what H: Such as?
have an acCual in the morning until sIx in the
H: Did you J: Such as, this is terrible, such as evening.
might be? A: Thank you.
the change the cookies, digestives, the digestive
sit down in my studio
J:I would often different things, and cookies I absolutely adore, um, and a Conversation 5
dream of
and just screenplays lot of the candy and movies. I fell in love A: Could you help me? Where can I get a
turned into the
uSually they with Scottish movies. new student ID card? Tve lost mine.
and this dream kept
was writing,
H: So your relationship deepened? Did F: OK. If you go to the main office you
back of working in a used
on coming you think, "Well, maybe I'm falling in love
ocean. A n d I . . can get a new one.
bookstore by the with this man"? A: Thank you.
H:Working in a used
bookstore by the
J: Yeah, and I think the reason it took so
Ocean? Conversation 6
long for me to admit was that it meant a
ingJ In Scotland, yeah. had radical life shift. And, luckily, my job A: Excuse me, can you help me find my
Had you ever
eH:In Scotland, right. bookstores or shifted at Pixar. So, suddeniy I had this classroom?
connecion with used G: Sure. What number is it?
any freedom of being able to be anywhere in
Scotland before? A: 301.
the world that I wanted. And I just
J: None, absolutely none thought, "Well, why let all my characters G: OK. You need to go up to the third
Part 2 in my movies have all the fun?" I really floor. And ic's on the right.
H: And so did you set about doing wanted to jump in and try this. This was Conversation 7
something to realize.. Or make your a true challenge, an adventure. A: Where can I buy a notebook?
dream come true? H: So, tell me abaut your life now, living H: There's a stationery store
J:Yeah, it happened quite quickly, above the bookstore in Scotland. downstairs.
actually. I typed in "used bookstore, J:Well, right now there's a heater A: Sorry?
Scotland," into Google, and Wigtown underneath my legs-It is absolutely H: There's a stationery store
came up. Scotland's national book freezing-there is ice crawling up the downstairs.
town of .. Ithink it was about sixteen windows. But, it's very cozy, and the A: Thank you so much.
bookstores. And. I thought "Oh, my snow has just hit here. It's beautiful
g0sh, one of them, hopefully, will take Conversation 8
outside, and Wigtown remains, four
me in for a kind of
live/work exchange years after, remains as charming as A: Can you help me?
while Iwas on vacation, and I uld I: Yes, maybe.
when I first came.
realize this dream of. H:... and how is it going with the A:I need to find out about my housing.
:So, did you just send an email to these Can you tell me where to go?
bookstore owner?
brstores and ask them to take you in? J: Wonderful! You couldn't find a more
: Housing? I think you have to go to the
J:Isent one ernail to the first beautiful place, and you couldn't find student services office over there, next
Lorstore on the list, which was The and you know... to the bookstore.
Dookshop, and it was the more excellent peaple,
D0store in Scotland. And,largest used the love of my life is here so. A: Thank you.
H: Jessica, it's been wonderful to speak
Cople of ernails, withn a
this sort of amazing. Unit 7 Recording S7.8
T GUS b0okstore owner said, "Yes, you. me. Wel, whenI first arrived in the U.S., it
ost a J: Thank you so much for having
lot of other was a very interesting time for me. The
Er for artists. Come on
the
R And so you festival. Unit 7 Recording S7.5 biggest problem was that I couldn't really
came over and speak the language very well. I learned
tayed at. The you Conversation 1
d byokstore Bookshop.
in Poland,
What sor me, where do I register
for English at schuol and at college
was it?
What sort A: Excuse but it's very different when you are living
ITTpres it
of
frst arrued?dd make on you when you my course?
the office is? n the country and you need to speak
it all

B: Do you know where

main
the time. I felt very nervous when I had t0
A: Sorry?

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Unit 8 Recording S8.4 Unit 8 Recording S8.6

speak to American people, like in stores
or when you meet friends. And I couldnit
Our business is called Ragba
Conversation s to make beautiful ay
bags ou.of er
understand what people were saying to
me. It was terrble. I used to stay at
S = Store Assistant W= Woman material. so Old jeans and clothp-
you would narmally throw away
home and watch lots of television to try S: Can I help you?
to make money oy We
and understand what people were say1ng. W: No. thanks. I'm just look1ng
and turning it into
eusing
old mata
Luckily.I made frends very quickly with S: OK. just let me know if you need different tyDes
bags-al types of bags shopo
Some American girls, so we used to go
anything. beach bags. handbags. whatev
out together. That really helped me. After W: Thanks.
a few months, my English was much need. So. you can either buy ona .you
Conversation ready-made bags, or, if you has
better. I felt more confident. And now
talk to people all the time, but it was hard S Store Assistant M =Man material that you really like, wa
Can
at the beginning S: Hi there. Are you look1ng for anything one especially
tor you. To be

in particular?
we need to make sure the
bags SUCcessu
are
Unit 8 Recording S8.2 M: Yeah, do you sell those things that
good quality and look wonderful
on't need a lot of money to We
Speaker 1 photographers wear? Er... it's like a start tha
business because well make the han
I work as a nanny, look1ng after children, vest at home. We plan to sell
aged two, three, and five. I'm actually a S: Um, a type of vest. Ragbags
live-in nanny. I live with the family. M: Yeah, a light green vest with lots of
markets. in local stores and a'so
We'll have a website with lots of ire
came into the job with my eyes open. I
pockets. photos, where people can choose the
baa
knew it would be hard work because S: Ah, you mean like a safari vest?
design and colors and then order
wonderful bag. And the best thingthe
children can be difficult, though. of M: Yes.
cOurse, they're fun, too. Also, we work S: They're just on your left.
long hours, and too many of us do extra M: Ah, yes. Thank you. Can I try this on?
about the company IS that you wll
hae
work like cleaning and cooking when we an amazing bag. made from your own
S: Of course.
should anly look after the children. favorite recycled material. Each bag
M: Where's the fitting room? be unique. one of a kind, and weli
Nannies, particularly live-in nannies hae
S: Just over there fun making them, too. It's a win-wn
aren't paid enough. Same of us need
M: Thanks.
two jobs. We should earn enough just
Conversation 3 Unit 9 Recording S9.1
from being a nanny because working
Hi. and welcome to Green
with children is a really important job. M Man S Store Assistant ldeas. Now
It's like teaching. It affects the future. the problem with some of the
tradtora
M: Excuse me. Do you have one of ways of saving the environment is that
Speaker 2 these in a larger sze? It doesn't fit they can be really boring. So, today
T'm a fireman. It's one of the most S: Is that the large? Iil just go and we're looking at ideas tor
dangerousjobs that exists. Really. it's check for you I'm sorry. This is all we environment that are a bit
protecting tre
too dangerous to be paid so little. People have in stock at the moment. There are we think they sound fun.
different. ang
see us relaxed and calm, and maybe we some other T-shrts over there on the Our first project is called Hug
go and resCue a cat from a tree and Other side. There mght be some estra
it Forwar
This great project started in Guatemaia
people think, "Oh, they earn too much. large sizes there where communities decided to work
Their job is easy." But, when there's a together to buld schools out of old plaste
serious fire, we have to be ready, even Conversation 4
bottles. In the first project, over 1.800
if it's just once a year. We risk our lives W =Woman S Store Assistant kIds from the regon filled 10.000 plaste
to save people, sometimes stupid people bottles with bits of plastic,
W: Hello. I was wondering f you have food wrapoe's
who fell asleep with a cigarette in their
any of that stuff you use for clean1ng and other garbage or trash tound in tre
mouth or forgot to switch off the oven.
streets. They then used the bottles 8s
You know, we save people, we save swimming pools
S: Um... yeah, we usually sell a liquid bricks to help buld a school. By the tre
buildings, we save businesse Anything
cleaner, You pour it into the they had tinished, they had a new Scroc
and everything can burn down, and p0ol
There's one here. and the area was a lot cleaner, tco' tioa
that's why we're so important.
W: Can I take a look? the idea iS spreading. and, around the
Speaker 3
I'm a research biologist. I work on
S: Yup. world, mare conmunites are using te
bottle school technolagy to build
finding solutions to some of the world's W: How much is it?
Own
thar
schools. What a fantastic idea
major problems, such as disease and S: This one's twenty-eight dallars
And here's an idea for those of yau
hunger. The thing is, it's always difficult ninety-nine cents for a quart. w
enjoy going out clubbing The Sura
to get funding, to Conversation 5
get enough money nightclub in London was one of the trs:
to actually do the research. Some of
Our projects are very expensive. They
S =Store Assistant M =Man
eco-friendly nightclubs in the U.K ire
clud has a special dance floor that
can cost millons of dollars, and it can
W= Woman
the movement peaple make when tre
take years before you see results. So, S: Hi. Are you paying in cash or with dance to generate energy. The dances
a
actually. I'm not asking for a bigger credit card? manage to produce 60 percent of vie
salary for myself, but l'd like more M: Credit card. energy that the club uses for light a
money for the lab. Too many scientists S: Can you enter your PIN. music. The owner of the eco-club nau
spend too much time applying for
please?
Thanks. Here's your card. another great idea. If you walk Or cy
grants to get money rather than M: Thanks.
actually doing their job in the lab. When S: Thank you. Who's next,
to the club, rather than using
public transportation, you get rEE
acal
things go well for us, the whole world please?
W: Do you take Mastercard? entry. I love it.
tor
benefits, so I th1nk this work should be S: Yes, that's fine. Can And aur final idea for today i5 tnE
better funded. you just sign of Seoul River Park. It's getting
here, please? me
and more difficult to find green spa
CIiEs, So when Dr. Kee Hwang nau

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W: They can dive deep down into 1: So what's it like, living in Dubai?
t h e city's
take
down

that
freezing water. Scientists can attach R: Well, I read that Dubai is one of the
to river

uncoverthe research equipment to the seals'

idea

parkK,
most
world's fastest growing cities, so there
make a green bodies, and this doesn't stop the seals
crazy.od
to Ihey told are a lot of people, and it's very crowded.
hghwy Crazy.
was from diving and swimming.
he e a t e traffic It's a great city for shopping and going
iothought
would
crea
peopEu his idea for the out. And it has a really good nightlife,
be a
disaster

Unit 9 Recording S9.9

that

would
went anead
WIth with lots of bars and clubs.
d
hum

Hwang
H wan A: Ok, the most beautiful place I've I:ls it a safe city?
the 5.8 .8
cha u D .
Lr

But a n d
created

a place
been to. Well, a few years ago went to R: Yes. there isn't a lot of crime. The
area
I t s
river park.
park
project
en
river

c a n walk,
Fish River Canyon. streets are very safe. But one of the
the
of Seoul
green

Alometer
vheret h e r e s i d e n t s

And do you B: Where biggest problems is the traffic. Everyone

the city.
enjoy y and A: Fish River Canyon, It's the second drives a car here-gas is still cheap, so
really nappier,
lax and are biggest canyon in the world.
relax

what?
Peopie
than
chaos
the traffic's terrible. One good thing is the
now
lot
less
traffic
sometimes
B: After the Grand Canyon? taxis though. There are lots of therm, and
a that
re's A: After the Grand Canyon.
It just
shows c a n work. they're cheap, so you don't have to drive.
hefore! ideas
B: Where is it?
the
crazest

Conversation 3
even
$9.6 A: It's in Namibia, in Africa.
Unit 9
Recording

people
in the Amazon. B: Wow. And what did you think of it? E Interviewer M=Matt
wondertui amazing
A: It was amazing. The first thing you I: What about Prague? What's Prague
Imet were
1 we saw notice is how big it is, of course.
The
birds like, Matt?
2 have a great tent.
idea.
B: Of course. M: l've always loved Prague. I think it's
3 I put up a A: It just goes on and on as far as your
need to beautiful definitely one of the best cities in the
4 We of the
took photos eye can see. But the best thing about it world.
5 We
SCenery.
was the silence. I: What do you like best about living in

Recording
S9.7 B: Really? Prague?
A: It was so amazingly quiet. We went
Unit9
M=Man W=Woman
M: I think it has to be the city itself.
there in August, and there weren't It's so beautiful. It's like the city of your
after an many tourists, and it was just so quiet.
use rats dreams, with beautiful buildings and
do we might be to
M: Why not sure. It B: Would you like to go back? squares. The old streets are wonderful
earthquake? Tm other
animals?
A: I would love to go back. One day! to walk along. It is fuil of culture, music,
people or
help find people.
to r e s c u eand B: One day.
W:Yeah, theyre used they bars, restaurants
small spaces,
In I: What about the weather? What's the
move
They can or Smell,
so they can
Unit 10 Recording S10.2
have a good
sense weather like in Prague?
Conversation 1 M: Yeah. OK, when I arrived in Prague,
fnd people. abandoned
priSons use it was minus seven degrees Celsius. So
M:Why do some
let me think. It
could be as = Interviewer D Daniela obviously, it gets very cold in the winter,
dags? Mmmm, Maybe they use the dogs I: Daniela, so you live in Melbourne, and there is a lot of snow. But, in the
prisan guards. no, it summer, the sun shines, and you can sit
prisoners ACtually,
to guard the
that because they d be
trained ight?
D: Yeah, that's right. outside in the cafés or walk up to the
th can't be dogs. I don't know. I: Well, Melbourne has been voted one castle. IE's a very special city, and the
dogs, not abandoned a program that
says: It Was Abandoned of the best cities to live in for young people are so friendly.
W: OK. Itsome people. So what do you think? Do you
Started years ago.
t then the
and Unit 10 Recording S10.5
adogs are to taken prisons, like living in Melbourne?
take care of them until D: I love it! Melbourne is a really great Conversation 1
prison nmates
thedogs are adopted. It's use dolphins? city. It'svery friendly and fun.
Umm...
G Guest R Receptionist
the
M: Why does army
not to attack people
because there are lots of things to see
and do.
G: Oh, hello. Could you help me? There's
deñinitely : OK, so you can go out a lot?
hard
dolphins are kind of nice. Um, it's D: Yeah, it's very artsy, there are lots
a problem with the air conditioning.
really don't know.
tosay.I of cafes and street art, music...
and R:Oh. yes?
W:Dolphins are used to protect areas is
the nightlife really good. People like to
G: Ive just tried to switch it on, but it
ofwater. They can detect swimmers Melbourne. doesn't work.
enjoy themselves in
whoshouldn't be there. A light is :That's great. And what about R: Is it completely dead?
attached to the dolphin's nose. The G: Completely. Absolutely nothing.
what's the public
dolphin bumps into the swimmer, and getting around? R: OK, we'l look into it right away. I'
the light falls off its nose. This tells the transportation like?
send someone up. Itll take about five
D: Public transportation is really good,
earmy where the swimmer is. minutes, OK?
3 ME Why did airport security plan to use actually.It's quite cheap, and it's
efficient. You can go everywhere by G: Thanks.
gerbils in the 1970s? Perhaps they can
it's even free.
sometimes R: You're welcome. And sorry about that.
simell drugs or something like that? streetcar, and
about living Conversation 2
W: Gerbils can smell people's adrenaline. I: So, what do you like best
When someone is excited, scared or
in Melbourne? D=Diner W= Waitress
angry. adrenaline is released by the body. D: I think it's probably the atmosphere.
Ihe airport
security bosses hoped the Also, it's a great location. It's really M=Manager
I
gerbils would smell terrorists or other fantastic beaches, so D: I'm afraid I have a complaint. Could
close to some
Chiminals in airports. In the end, the idea there's surfing. It has everything really. speak to the manager, please?
was abandoned because gerbils didn't W: Yes, of course.
E's a great city.
knowthe difference between terrorists Conversation 2
M: Good evening, sir. I understand
and people who were just scared or there's a problem.
M Why do we use seals for researdn iyng l= Interviewer R =Rick D: Yes. I'm afraid I have a complaint.
the ocean? n
Um that's a what, M: Oh?
goodthey can I: Rick, you've lived in Dubai for
...

question.
e
It might be because ...

D: Well, we got here at eight. And then we

n very cold Dur years, right? waited about twenty minutes for a table.
temperatures. R: Yeah, four years.
M: Right.

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D: This is for a table
we'd reserved
waited another
hour
for
teenagers around. I'd ike to raise Recording
M1 Man 1 M2 S11.5
eight, OK? Then we money to build sports centers and W Woman Man 2
=

for our meal. clubs where teenagers can go to

youth M1:I use the Internet
enjoy themselves or practice sports
or
M: Right. all day :
D: One hour. Then
when the check learn something. I think there should be and still get my work
arrived, they put this
extra charge on it.
more things for teenagers to do, and M2: Yeah, me, too. done
M: An extra charge?
That's probably M1: I'm sorry.
the service charge.
they should be better cheaper. but Ireally don't se
what the problemis.
this for W: I think the
D: Well, could you check
me,
Unit 11 Recording S11.1 problem is that lot
of workers
please? 1 use my phone for everything. I text spend all day surfnot
M: Yes. that's service.
most of the time because it's quick Internet and wasting their
D: Well, to be honest, I don't
want to
and cheap, so I text my friends and
of doing their work. time ns
pay this. M1: Hmm.
M: Of course not. Well, sir, I'm really my boyfriend. I like texts because W: And students at
sorry about that. It's a very busy
time they're quiet; nobody knows what their courses because college are fa
all their time checking they pend
you're saying. My mom used to call
year.
Conversation 3
me all the time to check that Il'm OK. Facebook an
watching videos that friends
but now she can text me, which is send tss
M2: Yes, that's
M Man W=Woman much better. I get really annoyed true, but... um
I don't think that the
problem is
W: Excuse me. Do you work here? when you're talking to someone
Internet. You know, I think the the
M: Yes. though, and they're texting someone with the websites like prok:
W: Do you know when the next train will else. I think that's really rude. Facebook
M1: Yeah, definitely. like
be arriving? I mean, I've been here for 2 1 use the Internet a lot. I use Skype to M2: Some companies andYouTute
Over an hour. keep in touch with my family because collegss
you from using certain websites. Ard-
M: I'm sorry, but there's nothing we can my daughter lives in France, so I don't
my opinion, that's ODK.
do at the moment. Everything is delayed. see her very often. And the phone is W: But. it's so easy to waste time
W: And you don't know when the next expensive. With the Internet, I can see think you should use the Internet I
train is coming? my grandchildren; it's wonderful. My when
you're trying to work, unless you need
M: No. son sets up the computer for me. for your work, for research or
W: Or why there's a delay? haven't learned how to do that yet. And M1: I'm not sure about that.
someth
M: Snow. sometimes it crashes during the phone Going cn ce
Internet Sometimes gives you a brea
W: What? call, which is annoying. or I can't see It's like having a cup of coffee or
M: Snow on the track. It was the wrong the picture properly. But usually it's takrg-|
someone in the office. Peaple shoud use
type of snow. fine. Generally, I think technology is
W: What do you mean "the wrong type the Internet as much as they like.
wonderful. When I was younger, we only W: I don't think so
of snow"? You're kidding, right? dreamed of having video phone calls, M2: Yes, that's right. I think it's gocd
Unit 10 Recording S10.7 but now it's possible, and it's free. run a small business, and my
3 We use a blog. It's a great way to tell Staff uss
1 One thing that really annoys me is the Internet as much as they want to
people about your travel experiences. I don't check what they are doing.
the fact that we import so much food We've been to so many places The
from overseas, rather than growing do all their work, and they are happy
already, and it's nice to tell people
our own food here in this country. So, don't think it's a waste of time atall t
about them. And you can put photos
you go to the supermarket, and you the same as going to a bookstore.
there of the people you meet and the
can buy strawberries in the middle of W: No, but..
places you visit. The best thing is
winter. I suppose that's OK. But, then M2:. or looking through a pile of
that, as soon as you write the blog.
you try to buy an apple, and the apples
people all over the world can read it. magazines.
are from New Zealand, and you think, W: I'm afraid I totaly disagree. Tne
The only problem we have is when we
"Well, thats just crazy." I mean, I don't can't find an Internet café. problem is that people are addicts
understand why we need to fly apples 4 I've just started to use social media People aren't addicted to reading oore
all over the world when we culd but the Internet is different. People
just sites like Facebook. I found some
grow them here in this country. It really Spend to0 much time in front of ther
friends I haven't seen for years, and it
makes me angry. It would be s0 much Computer or their phone. They choose
was great to
better for the enviranment if get in touch again. The the Internet over sports and going u
peaple only problem is thatI keep checking it
bought food locally. So, I'd like to start when They forget how to live in the real wor
a campaign to
encourage people to I should be working. and I think it's a real problem.
buy and eat local food. Perhaps I could Unit 11 Recording S11.3
start a website or publish articles in 1 If you Unit 11 Recording s11.8
nevwspapers to try to get people to give me your details, I'l send 1 OK-smartphone? That's essentio
you the photo.
stop buying food that comes from all 2 If I love it. Iuse it all the time, tor
Over the world. people sign the petition, the
Company will have to respond. everything. I talk to people, cnl
2 I get really fedup with the fact that ext, take photos. I couldn't r
3 When your friends see the
there's nothing for teenagers to do
Won't be surprised.
video, they WIchout my phone. Microwave
in this town. I
just think it's really 4 If the situation essential. I don't have lots
time

dif ficult because

people complain that gets worse, will you for cooking, so l use the micro
leave your job? I dont

teenagers are just on the streets, 5 If there aren't alections ot. Television? Not essential. r
causing problems. But actually, there will start protesting soon, people watch much television. DVD plo
Isnt really anywhere else for them 6 When you see this no. not e s s e n t i a l . Digital came
to go. There are no sports facilities picture, I'l be in the NOt essential. I use my phonE S0
or clubs where they can spend time Everglades!
7 If the product is really
good, then what else? Umm... laptop" o fo
together and have some fun. And people won't write bad reviews. essential really. I use my lap
another thing is we get a lot of crime 8 If they change the yes, I need that. 1ao
design, will you buy work, so,
one? mm. Iguess it's not essen

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A
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seen
nttiia
all?
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G: If l could be famous for B: Would you be able to
reserve two
s.
are
Aight. Smartphone?

would be for inventing anything, it tickets for us?

2
Which

oodnes
anywhere

something, likea
medicine or a cure for cancer, not for A: Hold on. Let me
Ssential |
don't go
it in case just check where it's
playing. OK, here we are. Yes, should
need

I
phone.
and I have
to being an actor or a musician. If I
my reserve the tickets for
thout
a problem invented something that made you? Do you have
people's
emergency

rhere's
an
Or f there's
if
lives better, that would be any preference about the seats?
someone. children.
Yes,
good B:Any seats. Two
call
ofthe V? That's
I
8
A: Two together.
together
wth one pnne.
H: What would I want to be famous yes. OK, and it starts
neeo my couldn't
live
for?
dehnitely I at 7 o'clock. So
really. player. Umm Hmm. I wouldn't like to be famnous. If I you should have plenty of
essential 8nd
DVO

were famous, I wouldn't be

time, and if you'll just wait here while I ...
happy. No,
computer

televison a
i neeo Unit 12 Recording S12.7
my
Laptop?
Vve,
S
essential
prefer just being me, thank you.
so. yes, tnat S not sential.
essent
grew up by the ocean. My father and
really,
Well, no
that
I don't Unit 12 Recording S12.5 my uncle are fishermen, and, as a child,
suppose

Tablet. I
take the
Digital
camera?

eise
can
Conversation 1 USed to spend all my time on the beach.
Someone No. I
need that.
MiCrowave.

A: Hello. Every morning I watched the fishermen

What else? come in with their nets full of fish, and
nhotos! that. B: Hello.
these men seemed so free and happy.
without

can
live A: How can I help you?
S12.2 So, I had this idea that I wanted to work
Recording B: l'd like to go to a local restaurant.
12 not a dancer! on a boat. But the problem was: it was
Unit was a n
ctor,
he told
Maybe something with traditional food.
me he but a very male profession. Only men did it,
He told Could you recommend somewhere?
CEOr,

me
he was an and fishermen didn't accept that women
He told a
dOctor
A: Yes, of course. Hang on. We have a
he waS actor,
but his wife could go fishing. They thought we should
John list on a map.
me he
told was an stay at home and clean the house, do the
He was a
waiter! B: Ah, OK cooking, have babies. I always asked my
said he S12.4
A: OK? So here's the hotel. And if you
father to go on the boat with him, and he
Recording want to alk, you can go to this ane here.
, Unit12 it B: OK.
always said, "No, stay at home and help
your mother." Anyway, it's a long story.
1 anything,
lfIcauld be famous for And, if I had
A: This is a reasonably priced but eventually I became a cleaner in a
A: art. I love
painting.
restaurant that serves mainly. hotel. And then one day I had the chance
Would be love to paint
seriously.
I would l'd Conversation 2 to work as a cleaner on a ship, one of
more tme, a museum,
painting in
have a the big cruise ships. It's a great job, and
f | could A:Hello.
e really hapPy.
B: Hello. How are you? I've done it for the past six years. It's a
dream come true because... I spend a
2 If I were A: Fine, thanks. What can I do for you?
a famous
politician. lot of time at sea. My next dream is to
B: l'd be the B:I read that there's a local market in
to change
try have a houseboat and actually live on the
I would the area. Is it a food..
a poltician, these wars
and do water. We'll see. I can make it happen!
all A: The food market. Yes, it's a bit of a
WOrld, to stop countries. You
tohelp p0or walk. Maybe thirty minutes.
samething most
I think ic's terrible how
know. B: Oh, that far?
seem to worry about
polticians don't A: Would you like me to call a taxi? lt's
Ehings Ike that. about a five-minute drive.
3 B: That would be wonderful.
think l'd
C : IF Icould do
anything, u m . . . I A: OK, just a moment. I'l see if there's
s o c c e r player or something
be a famous one waiting.
if you scored a goal
ke that. lmagine in the World Cup, that B: Thank you very much.
for your country
You would Conversation 3
TWOuld be such a go0d feeling.
like that forever. A: Good morning.
remember something for the
B: Morning. I forgot my adapter
It's from the United States.
D: d love to sing. If l could be famous laptop. one from
I think l'd be a singer. Or a Would it be possible to borrow
anything.
fordancer. T'd love to be a famous dancer. the hotel?
course. Do you
Im terrible at both of those things. | A: An adapter plug? Of room?
cant sing or dance! I guess that's why want me to send one up tO your
we have dreams, isn't it? B: Yes, please.
I'l ask
moment? at
A: Can you give me a
for laptop?
the front desk. It's just
a
E:Iwould love to be a famous writer U.S. laptop.
or poet, like Shakespeare. I think it s a B: Yeah, that's right. A
wonderful thing to be able to write a just forgot the adapter.
bOok that people all around the world What's your room
A: OK, no problem.
Want to read, to be able to speak to number?
DEople in that way. Yes, I'd like to be B: Fourteen.
Eembered as a great writer. ButI OK.
A: Room fourteen.
don t think.
that'll happen. B: Thanks a lot.
Conversation 4
E
flcould
be famous for
IEt me wel,
see. for being beautiful! That anything, Hello.
WOud be good. One of those beautiful B: Hello.
A: How can I help you?
resses who wins at the Oscars. if
1 see a show this evening.
were B:I want to
famous, I would be
dug house and have all rich, live in ats.
Un. those
yes, that would clothes. A: Oh, yes. Cats.
be nice.
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used too 10.1
GRAMMAR I GRAMMARI uses of ike
7.1 verbs + prepositions
voCABULARYI voCABULARY I describing a city
Before They Were Famous. READINGI Where is the city of love?
READING |
WRITING paragraphs WRITING I using formal expressions
Purpose, cause and result 10.2
GRAMMAR I GRAMMAR I present/past passive
7.2 vOCABULARY I collocations
vOCABULARY I crime and punishment
|
LISTENING
radio program LISTENING I What annoys you about modern lfe?
information
out 10.3 FUNCTION I complaining
FUNCTION I fnding
7.3 voCABULARY I facilitiess
vOCABULARY I problems
confirm information
LEARN T0 Icheck and LEARN TO I Sound firm. but polite

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11.1 GRAMMAR I present perfect

8.1 GRAMMAR Irelative clauses
vOCABULARY I money vOCABULARY I communication
Makers READINGI Maria Amelia López and Her Blog
READING | The Real Money
enough, very WRITING I pronouns
8.2 GRAMMAR | to0 much/many,
voCABULARY I multi-word verbs
11.2 GRAMMAR| real conditionals+ when
LISTENING I true story vOCABULARY I feelings
LISTENING I Are new computer games
WRITING adding emphasis changing the way we live?
8.3 FUNCTION I buying things 11.3 FUNCTION I giving opinions
vOCABULARY I shopping
voCABULARY I Internet terms
LEARN TO I describe things
LISTENING | shopping conversations
LEARN TO I disagree politely

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9.1 GRAMMAR I comparatives/superlatives 12.1 GRAMMAR I reported speech

vOCABULARY I film/movies
vOCABULARY I nature
READING| Making the World a Greener Place: LISTENING I famous movie lines

Grow Your Own Vegetables! 12.2 GRAMMARI hypothetical conditionals

WRITING similar sounding words vOCABULARY I suffixes
9.2 GRAMMAR I articles READINGI The Biggest Music Video Ever

VOCABULARY I the outdoors WRITING I paragraphs

LISTENING I life in the outdoors 12.3 FUNCTION I requests and offers

9.3 FUNCTION I making guesses vOCABULARY I collocations

LEARN TO I ask for more time
vOCABULARY I animals
LEAAN TO I give yourself time to think LISTENING I requests and offers

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for/tova0OUC
months,
as the nght une to travel for/to/around the world
to/on/in China in
James decided

August. At. the

it Ten Yeors Ago
7
2 Im moving of/about/for
my visa.
T'm waiting
moment.

3l
in
in a village with no school
was bom Pakistëanin/about/for
dreamed going to/back/
Ive always
to open a school for the children.
from there
in/to/about taking art classes. She's
A Sal's thinking someone who can teach her
looking about/in/for
how to paint.

sentence halves.
the
2 Match
ane you going al to Berlin because they
1 When
want to be near his
James Turnbull and Harry Potts left their office
family
b) for me here-l'l only
jobs in Chicago to move to Tobago and open a bar
2 Im looking
be a few minutes. on the beach. Now, ten
later,
years they
own two

3 She's traveling c)back home? Have hotels, a restaurant and a nightclub. When James
you reserved your told his colleagues at work about his plans, they
ticket yet?
thought he was crazy. So when the pair opened
d) about it for a while and
4 He's OK. He's waiting their first bar, they called it The Crazy Bar. It's been
tell me later?
a great success.
5 They moved el for my bag. Have you
seen it anywhere?
Now
6 Pease wait f around America at the
moment on a bus.
7 Do you want to th1nk g for a friend.

GRAMMAR

USED TO

3 Complete the sentences with the correct form of

uSed to and the verbs in the box.

not like spend not come

SEy run study read De
1 James and Harry/ work/ Chicago
1 We C t use to vsit Our cousins very often James and Harry used towork in Chicago
wen we were young. 2 they/ dream/ a life on the beach
21 a lot of books as aa
Chala. but now Ionly read the newspapers.
3 they/ sit in traffic/ on the way to the office
3 lyaul French at school?
4 There a movie theater
4 Harry/ wear / a suit to work
downtoun, but it's closed now.
(you) a lot of time with
our grardparents? 5 James/not spend/ his time / sitting on the beach
6 in a small hotel
ty the cean every summer. 6 they/ not eat/ tropical fruit for breakfast
faer was always in really good shape.
He eight miles every 7 they/ not wear /shorts and T-shirts to work
mmng
He
her because he
Uogr te was rude. Now he's fallen madly in love! 8 theyI not go / surfing at the end of the day
9 Touots
here very
, but fiou the 9 James' colleagues / think he was crazy
place is very popular

dreamed tdremt
 7 Read the article again.
7.1 the
ce
s e n t e i C .
or false (FI?
Aro
sentenc trun
and
complete Madonna lelL her jolb at,
Listen
wunt.ed Lo be: Dinky D
5A Vry ny lanous
1 2 Bryan Cranstorm was a
police offie
2 3 Johnny Depp worked in fficer
3 My g r a n h a at schoo.

4 He thought the job was

sales
4 Inever in F r e s n o .
Rachel McAdams was boring.
fast food restaurant. very good
good atat
to the nmovies?

They
of ner oh
6 Dud you
on
the
pronunciation

6 Kanye West used to

sing his sond
at the
songs ina cothin0
Focus

Listen
and repeat. store.
B use to.
didn't
and
used to

WRITING3
READING
A-F with PARAGRAPHS
match photos
article and
6 Read the
paragraphs 1-6. 8 Read the text and number the
paragraph in the correct ordersentene s in each

A
1 introduces the main idea
2 supports the idea
3 finishes or concludes the
paragraph

REACH FOR THE SkY!

2 Or do you dream about
living the ife ycure
want to ive? he good news is
that it's aes
possible to make cnanges that will mpro,a
Here are some ups.
Do you wake up in the
morning excited a
BEFORE THEY what the day will bring?

WERE FAMOUS .. Set New Goals

What exactly do yoU want to

1 Did you know that Brad Pitt once delivered fridges change in ycur
and George Clooney was a shoe salesman? lf you Writing doOwn your goals is the hist step
find you are not doing very well and dream about achieving them
to.a:
being famous, don't give up. Some of the most
famous celebrities started their working lives in Decide on some new
goals lo help you at:
some very simple jobs. this change and wite them down
2 When Madonna first arrived in New York, looking for
fame and fortune, she only had thirty-five dollars in Do Something Different
her pocket. She took a job working at Dinky Donuts
in Times
Square, but later lost her job for squirting Iry not doing something for a while-lke nct
jam at one of the customers.
watching television for one weel
3 Bryan Cranston, star of TV drama Breaking Bad Ihis will give you
worked on his
grandparents' chicken farm
time to tiy dong sonetrg
he was
studying Political Science at college.whileHe
clilferent.
originally wanted to work as a Do you
he discovered he
had talent for
police
a
officer before spend a lot of your time doingtrest

4 Before being an actor, acting. things every day?

pens. He used to call Johnny Depp used to sell
their nanes people to sell them pens with Think about Now
printed on
job, so sometines he them. But he didn't enjoy the
the tried using t you try to focus on the present, Ing
telephone to make the job different voices on
5 Asa teenager, Rachel more
interesting. seem easier.

restaurant during her McAdams worked at a fast And don't worny about things trhat r.ke
years! It sounds summer food
either because lke she wasn'tvacalions--for
a three happened yet.
hands! 'I vwas notshea spent a lot of great
time employee, Dont spend too much tine thiakITg,.
broke the great enployee,"
orange juice machine
washing her
Rachel says. "T p.st and wonying atbout deisi
6 Before Kanye one
sales West became day ilieady nade
about assistant
it in the
at a famous, he worked as
clothing store, a
the GAP.
The
song"Spaceship"
College Dropout. He
"Let's lrom his first raps
go back, back to albun,
the GAP"
 7.2
VOCABULARY GRAMMAR
cOLLOCATIONS PURPOSE, CAUSE AND RESULT
news headlines.
the
words in
the
3Find and correct the
1 Complete
te mistakes in eight of the sentences.
1 1worked hard for
KENYAN SCIENTIST
2 Sne was
to
pass
my exams
angry because we didn't do our
WAY TO homework.
FINDS A 3 I play a lot of
sports because want to stay in
C U R E C A N C E R

4 He drove for sIx shape.

hours to meeting you
5 The bus was late.
so that we wailked
FILM DIRECTOR MAKES 6Ispent time abroad because of I like traveling
2 7 Im going to the
YABOUT restaurant for mæet my friends.
AMAZON TRIBES 8 He wanted to become a
movie star, so he went to
Hollywood
9
Iwent to the store for buying the b00k.
HERO"
ON FIRELIVES
HOUSE THREE
10 1 live miles from my office. but so
l get a bus to work.
S 4Complete the texts with to, so o because.
1 John Klimt changed his name eight times
he wanted to have the names of
EXCLUSIVE! FILM STAR TELLS ALL: his great-grandparents. He wanted to include the
"HOWIB FAMOUS IN
Women, too for a short time, he was
HOLLYWOOD"
called Sara. Katrina, Jessica and Margit
2 In 2005. a town called Clark, in Texas, changed its
name to Dish. Why? in 2005. DISH
SSHOCK AS TOP LONDON LAWYER IS TV netwark offered ten years of free satelite and
D FOR MURDER digital TV to everyone if the town changed its name.
the town's residents agreed to do it!
3 In 2006. Australian singer Rebecca Swift changed
her hair color every day for 365 days. Why?
PRINCE DECIDES TOS___D be different. She is a fan of Madonna
who changes her image all the time.
SIX MONTHS ABROAD Rebecca capied her.

4 a Tongan rugby player, changed his name

Epi Taione,
to Paddy Power during the 2007 Rugby WNortd Cup.
to the
Paddy Power is a company that gave money
A HUNDRED-YEAR-OLD ACTOR PLAYS Taiane changed his name
Tongan team,
HIS FINAL R_E IN A MOVIE say thank you!

c Cross out the incorrect alternative in each sentence.

Jones.
he doctor cured the ilness/medheimelMrs.
hisi s One way to become movielfamous/successful.
3 Ihe killer
spent twenty years in prisoniirmE
abroadimany people.
he plays a rolela theaterlan important part
in the movie.

in the book, Mr. Travis saves his son's lifelsomE

moneyla long way.
6Ireally wanted to make a playlmovieldocumentary.
MS.
a crime.
Maxwell has been arrested for murdET

Sgice

43
7.2
LISTENING B Listen again and complcte the notes.

A Liston to a radio program and curcle the correct

options. Whena ioman gets
T he fprogran about he might w.nt o goback to her
peupo wha change Cher
n;n.al n.me

b) natiorn.aht. C) nimes
ius lay berne Nuhammad
2 Puople have tor claning
Ali because he changod his
al mny ru s b)trer reasons
C one i n rea0n
T h e n.me Freddie Mercury is

3 Susn Uxpilim: that, Muh ad Ali's probably easier to than

) real nue wrs Cir:us Clay b) lirst rvlhqion Farookh B.al>.ara.
ws Chrratam c) nano Is Aribic Another reason people want to
4Tho proyraun ment ionei several lamous
hange their name is to identily with
a) thets b)writ c nger new

ther wBun tlwy nave to0 Angelina Jolie's tather is an

Many people clhange names

i rnow country, especally in

a) Curop b the U.S. and Englkund C) movi0s

Oprah Winfrey is called Oprah

6 The program muntions Arngolina Joliu's
because there was a _
a) childhood b) father c) chldre on her birth certiticate.

Muhammad Ali Angelina Jolie

C Read audio script W7.3 on page 77 and find words
that match these mcanings.

1 ends a marriage

2 athletes who fights

in matches

3 the person who sings the

most in a band

4 people who go to live in

a different country
5 feel that you understand
or have a connection with
someone or something

6 stopped using
7 a document that shows when
and where you were born

D Complete the senttences with the words in the box.

George Michael
got divorced give an example real name
lead singer identify with birth certificate

1 To get a passport. you need to show your

2 lve lIved in ten countries, but I don't really

any of them.

3 That's a good point. Can you

4 Actor Michael Caine's

is Maurice Micklewhite.

5 They got married, but four years later they

6 Bono is the f the

band U2.
 A: "kind you.
VOCABULARY
B:I can take you there if you like.
FACILITIES A:That's very "tell
crossword.
complete the
nd comp
and
clues
the Conversation 2
Read
1
A: Do you 'opens if the cafeteria is open?

B:Thank?
A:ls the "know open now?
B:Yes. I think it ""cafeteria at 8:30 a.m.
A:"Sorry you.
Conversation 3
A: Excuse me. Could you classroom me?

Yes
A:Can you help me where my classroom is?
B: Do you have your registration form?
A: "tell?
B:Your registration form. Thank I have yoOur
registration form?

A: Yes, "Sorry it is.

B:Your "Can is room 401. It's over there, near the

bookstore.
A:"here you.

LEARN To
CHECK AND CONFIRM INFORMATION
Across
coffee in the 3 A Complete the responses using the clues in parentheses.
6 Let's meet for a

Morris is giving a presentation in the 1 A: It's next to the bookstore.

8 Professor
hall at 2 p.m. cafeteria?
to borrowa book.
B: The bookstore? The one near the
9 I'm going to the Crepeat key word/phrase)
dictionary. I think there's
a
10 I want to buy a A: That's right.
over there.
2 A: You can't take your bag into the library.
Down B: So, do I have to here? (rephrase)
1 Do you know where the is? I need to
A: That's right.
make a copy of this form.
3 A: The exam starts at 9 o'clock.
2 Ineed to register for my course. Is this the
B: Did ? (ask a checking question)

3 I'ltake you to the room. It's quiet A: That's right.

there, so you can do your homework. 4 A: I need to buy a notebook.
4 When you go into the building, ask for Mr. Kubovsky
B: ? There's a stationery store over
at the there. (repeat key word/phrase)
near here?
5 Is there a A: Thank you.
I need to buy a notebook.
where the reading room is
7 Our class is in a different. today. 5 A: Can you tell me

B: It's on the left as you go out of the building.

? lask for repetition)
FUNCTION A:
B: It's on the left as you go out of the building.
FINDING OUT INFORMATION
C The underlined words are in the wrong placa in tne
A: Thank you.
Adams?
conversations. Write them in the correct place. 6 A: Where can I find Professor
B: He's in the lecture hall.
Conversation 1
A: Did ? lask a checking question)
Luse Lell
B: Yes, he's giving a presentation.
n e , Can you tbrury mo where the library 15
B:The 'main desk? BListen and check.
A:Yes. that's ht.
B:s nest Lo the
'ercuse
8.1

GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY RELATIVE CLAUSEs

8 MONEY

TPut the letters in parentheses in the correct order to complee

3 Underline the correct alternatives

1 That's the woman who/where worte

the sentences. in the supermarket.

(rdtcie radc). 2 Hamburg is the cIty wholwhere

1 T'm going to pay by credit card Lidia went to college.
2 I decided to pay with Chasc).
3 Is that the cake that/who you made
leldnJ me some money?
3 Can you meal?
for Claire's birthday?
_(hckce) for this
4 Who's going to pay the. 4 Did you take the money where/that
(woorbr) books from the library. the table?
5 lusually was on
most
and
lisb) are green where/which we stayed
6 In my country, the. 5 The hotel
have pictures of our presidents. vacatIon was
terrible.
Ciosnc) for this on

7 Iwant a soda. Do you have any that video of the

6 Have you seen
which/who can eat metal?
machine? country? man
drivers in your
Citp) taxi the message who/that
8 Do you uSually 7 Did you get
(rane) a lot of money. sent you last
night?
I
9 Lawyers
nvites) her money
in a sma the only person I know
10 She decided to 8 Helen is
where/who hates pizza.
printing business.
(tohrw)? which/where Tina
11 How much is this painting 9 That's the bar
(thun) for
met Dan.
a boat and went to
12 They bought that/who make
(searute) in the ocean. like movies
10 I don't
me cry.
correct options to complete the article.
C i r c l e the
the sentences using relative
4 Join
MONEY TAKERS-BIG FAILURES clauses.

needed a bag for the money. 1 Callin is a private college. I studied

a bank, but he
Steven Panjani was robbing he physics there.
in it. Unfortunately,
and put the money
He emptied his sports bag bank Callin is the private college
where
his wallet, a
in the bank, including
left several things a n d his
from the same bank, an electricity studied physics.
a bank and
arrested
is dentist. She
2 Renata Samuels
was a
these the floor of the
keys He left
on
house
fixed my teeth.
twenty minutes later.
the dentist
Renata Samuels is
said she wanted to
in Sri company and
Lanka went to a
A woman

in it. Then she gave

them a fake $I million
s o m e money
bar. You get free
The called the police. 3 La Cosecha is a
These don't exist! manager
food there.
, but
A child robbed a candy Hegot a bag full of i
store. La Cosecha is a bar

five minutes trying to pIck

them up and
he dropped them. He spent
arrived.
finished at the same time as
the police
4 Did you get my note? I left it on your
gave the waiter his coat,
restaurant
but left his table.
A custoer at a

was found with $400 in Did you get the note

Emilio Delgado,
wallet in it. Later the waiter,
When arrested, Delgado said, "lt's a
from the wallet
it this afternoon!" 5 Mannix Music is a store. It sells ald
froma customer!

U.S. hotel and paid by That COs

Willy Finn checked in to a Mannix Music is the store
looked at his registration,
night he robbed the reception The police
saw his name and address, went to his house and arrested him.
them
6 Did you find the keys? I gave
to your girlfriend.
1 a) cash b) statement )Coin Did you find the keys
2 a) tip b)cash c) credit card
b) check trainer
3 al bill c) tip 7David Bynes is a personal
4 a) earn b) lend Cinvest He helped me get in shape.
5 a) bill b) credit card c ATM
David Bynes is the personal traine
6 al receipt b)ATMs c) coins
8 Konstanz is a town. I was born there
7 al cash b) statement ctbill
Konstanz is the town
8 al check b)ttip c coin
9 a) lent b) earned c) invested in
10 al tip bl receipt
c) check

checked in/ check/ earmed

bookedinI cheque earnt
 8.1

stakes in seven of the sentences. BRead the text again and

and
correct
the
answer the questions.
5 Find
that Who:
the phoEOS
w n o you were
laoking for? 1 helped a football club to sell T-shirts?
Are these
which you c a n really
relax.
a place
2 It's f r i e n d who she became rier? 2 made over a million dollars for every five minutes of
still s e e your
3 Do you that it sells organic food.
a film?
started a company
AClarissa
wha finds a magic forest.
about a girl
is
5 The book 3made an advertisement for perfume?
born.
the house
that
I was

6 That's talk all the time.

which 4 sold a business?
7 Idon't like people
of the cake that we
ate yesterday?
AWhat's the name
want it?
the iPod that you CFind words in the text that match these meanings.
9 Is this
1 people who like a team and want them to win

READING paragraph 1
is not 2 a short or friendly name that is used by friends or

Which of these industries

text. family (paragraph 1)
6 A Read the
mentioned? 3 boxing matches (paragraph 2)

play movie
4 the words a n actor learns for a or
1 sports
(paragraph 3)
2 music than one billion dollars,
5 someone who has more
3 food euros, etC. (paragraph 4)
pounds,
4 movie

MAKERS
THE REAL MONEY
called Junichi Inamoto,
soccer team Arsenal bought a Japanese player the club
When English nickname: Why?
"T-shirt."
Because they thought
him a
Dreamca t h e team's fans gave T-shirts in Japan. Inamoto
was a

that they could sell more Arsenal

bought him so
at Arsenal, none of them
five games in a year
but he played only
very good player, however, sell a lot of T-shirts.
and face did,
important. His name
without even playing.
world can make lots of money
athletes around the earned
Junichi Inamoto These days soccer player in 2014,
world's highest-paid His
Cristiano Ronaldo, the was just for advertising.
and $28 million dollars of this week,
$80 million that year, If he played in two games
a

at Real Madrid was ¬398,000. of the world's

weekly salary Mayweather, one
hour of playing! Boxer Floyd
that was ¬132,666 per (USD) from just
two fights.
athletes, earned $105 million
highest-paid the
can make big
money by
s o c c e r players
and boxers who father in
it's not only the role of Superman's
O f course, actor Marlon
Brando played
movie and
minute. Back in 1978, minutes in the
for less than fifteen
He appeared around the
the movie Superman. written on
various pieces of paper
These had to be million for
didn't learn his lines. Kidman made $2
million. In 2004, Nicole
earned $3.7 said it was a short
Dr. Dre film set! For this he Chanel No. 5. The
company
for the perfume
a three-minute ad
not just an ad.
film-a piece of art, there is Bill Gates
short time? Of course,
in a Mexican
lot of money
else has made a who own Wal-Mart;
4 SO who businesspeople:
the Walton family,
U.S. radio DJ who
and the usual and Howard Stern, a
Carlos Slim Helu b u s i n e s s ? Perhaps
Telephone billionaire what about
the music
2015. And million in 2014
minute in
made about $346 a earning S620
sums of money,
made huge
Dr. Dre has billion.
Surprisitgly, business for $3
alter selling his headphone

Nicole Kidman

footballer
aOCcer player
8.2

GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY ENOUGH, VERY
TOO MUCH/MANY,
MULTI-WORD VERBS
4 Look at the pictures and the table. Complete the
TRead the blog entries and underline the correct sentences with to0, much, many, enough or very,
correct names.
alternatives. and the

Blame someone else!

My wife offered to look after our neighbor's dog
when they went
on vacation. It's a huge dog that took 'over/ up / in too much
One day we went out shopping
Space in our small apartment.
came back, he had
and left him in the apartment. When we
turned the living room "down/ up / into a war zone! When my
to/ Out.
wait to give him "back/
neighbor returned, we couldn't
Rick MELANIEJ
'in/ round/
wanted to give
We started a club for people who

up smoking. We spent
our time watching

allowed). I invited my friend,

movies (no smoking
but after a few weeks, he took up/
HEALTH FOÓD STOPE
movies. Now we watch
back/ over the club. He loves watching
hardly speak to each other!
movies seven days week;
a we

We're all addicted.

Lena

with prepositions. SANDRA

Complete the sentences

until I gave it
1 I played squash for twenty years
last year
but she turned
2 The boss offered Julia a promotion,
because she wanted to spend more
it
ime with her family.
3 When are you going to give thatbook
you borrowed?
too much space.
4 This desk takes.
change after we took
5 We expected things to
DORIS
the company.

food/drinkS exercise work TV sleep

WRITING 12 hours a
houurs a 0 hours a
pends 30 minutes
ADDING EMPHASIS week ignt
$150 a week week

3 A Read the product description and put the words in a week

parentheses in the correct places.
no TV 8 hours
spends $80 38 hours a 40 hours aa
a nignt
week week week
Hanser Lightman Six-string Acoustic
Guitar: $45
65 hours a 7 hours 4 hours
Spends 5 hours
The guitar iS in good condition. (very) a nlght
$430 a week week a week
.It sounds good (really) a week
The guitar is easy to play. (fairly)
I t will be difficult to find a better ofler tharn this! (extremely) junk food.
1 Melanie eats too much
exercise.
doesn't do
B Write a product description of one of these products 3 does too exercise.

in 50-100 words.
4 doesn't sleep
mucn.
sleeps
5 S unhealthy.
hours a week.
works to0
TV.
8 watches too etable

9 different types of veget

eats
on
food.
much money
10 spends
 8.2
halves.
5 Match
the
sentence

LISTENING
isn t enough food here;
1 a) There
food here;
6 A Look at the pictures, which show a
true story. What
too much
b) There's do you think happened? Listen and
check.
i)we
wont need all of it.
Some more.
we need
to buy 1
ii)

too good at tennis

2 a) He's
b) He's very
good at tennis,
him play.
D and I love watching
us-the game will be
i) for SOLD
boring if he plays.

are too many

3 al There
much
b) There's too
i) traffic on the roads
c a r s on the roads.
il

movie is too
4 a) This
b) In this movie there is too

long.
i) much violence.

5 al We don't have much time to

catch the bus,
bl We don't have enough time 6
to catch the bus,
s o we have to be quick.
i) so we'll take a taxi.

6 al The homework was Contrac

very difficult,
b) The homework was
too difficult,
i sol didn't finish it. five mistakes in the
B Listen again. Find and correct
i) but I fiished it. summary of the story.
7 al Oh, no! l've been out in
the sun too long VOCABULARY
b) Ive had enough sun.
SHOPPING
i)and l'm burned now.
il so l'm going inside.
fifty
8 al I house forA Ffteen years.
spent too much Maggie and Joe Smith lived the
in same

bl I spent too
many to David Jones. A iew
When Joe died, Maggie sold the house
Dtime relaxing, so l| failed
my course. heard someone say that Jones had found
years later, Maggie
days away from my work, Some money in her old house.
Jones tolcd her there was $10,000
so l lost
my job. She agreed. A few lays later
in the wall. He offered her $5,000.
contract that said she should
Jones asked Magge to sign a
fournd in the yard. She dicn't sign
accept $5,000 for any money
Jones to couit In court, he told the truth
it Instead. she took
was $1 5.000. Joe Smith, Maggie's
there wasn't $ 10,000. There
in the wall for hfty years,
and he
husband, was putting money
decicled that Mr. Jones
never told his wite.
In the end, the udge

should get all of the money

burned burnt 49
8.3
What's the 3 Complete the text with one
the puzzle. word in
clues and complete each blan
Read the When Istarted in 1968,
1 mystery word?
Most people paid in everything vias, differer
eret
cards weren't very common. Now you ecause rcd
have too asask
enter their 2
or thern tg
Stores were much smalier in those their nam
days, too. If a c
was looking for something in "
a special color, or if the shoes didn't fike a dress in
needed a smaller 6 we found it for and the
And you knew most or your customers. These them.
first thing you say is, "
days the
nelp you?" In
those days it wasS, "Hello, John. HoW are you?"

lots of different things:

where you can buy
1 a big place LEARN TO
a department. (sometimes
a product DESCRIBE THINGS
type/name of
the particular
2 Ferrari cars)
Levi Jeans,
famous, e.g.,
stores sell their products
more
Underline the correct alternatives.
of time when
3 a period
cheaply than usual 1 A: ExCUSe me. I'm looking for one of those

for something stufflthings you use to open cans.

4 how much you pay
B: You mean a can opener? Ihey re right over there
5 the opposite of cheap
buy and sell things, usually 2 A: Excuse me. Do you have any of that stuffithings
6 a place where people
for taking paint off walls?
outside
B: You mean paint stripper ? we have some right here
Mystery word:
some fusili. Its typela type of pasta
3 A: I'm looking for
we're out of stock.
B: Oh, I'm afraid
FUNCTIONN
books by Malcolm Gladwell? Hes
BUYING THINGS 4 A: Do you have any
kind ala kind of journalist.
to make

Put the words in the correct order

B: Oh yes. They're
in the Popular Psychology sectan.
conversations.

A: 1/ you/ help / can?

1 LISTENING

just / I'm / thanks A Listen and match

A-D with conversations 14
B: looking, / 5
are/ for?
/ anything/ in / the questions.
A: particular / looking / you BListen again and
answer
2

?
B: hats/ you / do /l sell
A
/ size / in/ do / a / have / of?
3 A: these/ you/ larger / one

B: just/ look / I'II / take / a

4 A: 1/ on / these / try/ can?

B: here / yes, / the/ is / room/ fitting

5 A: card you / check / are l by / credit/ or / paying?

B: card credit / by
want
the customero
6 A: you/ PIN / your/ enter / can? TIn conversation 1, what does
sales

B: of / yes, Course
In conversation 2, what two things does
customer?
assistant show the
t a n t f i n aw h o t

3, does the
sales assistai
3 In conversation

he's looking for? customer pay

the
4 n conversation 4, how does

sales astistant salesclerk

shop asSIstant
 9.1

)3 A Listen and circle the correct stress pattern.

9
v O C A B U L A R Y

al o0o b) Ooo c) oo0

NATURE

nature
words in the quiz. Then do the
BListen again and repeat.
the
Complete answers at the bottom.
check your C Listen and check your answers to Exercise 2.
quiz and
Then listern again and repeat.
is
The world's largest_ _ n 44 Complete the sentences with the comparative or
1 b) the Atlantic.
a) the Pacific. superlative form of the adjectives in parentheses.

is in 1 It's been (cold) winter in thirty

D_s_rt
2 The Gobi years.
b) Asia.
a ) Australia.
2 The weather is getting (bad).
you can (popular) tourist destination in
m_nLn
ng_
where
3 It's
The
3 Everest is called the country.
find Mount
b) the Himalayas. (cheap) to stay in a bed and
a) the Andes.
4 It's
breakfast than to stay in a hotel.
the world is (long) hours
second longest
r_v_rin
5 People are working
4 The
b) the Nile. than before
a) the Amazon.

6 The summers are much (hot) than

deepest_k_in the
deep, the they were.
5 At over 1,700 m 7 In the winter, the days are (short).
world s
b) Victoria. (gaod) than the
a) Baikal. 8 This sauce tastes
other one you made.

w_t_ri_l in
the world is long) journey of
6 The highest
9 We've been on
b) Angel Falls.
a) Niagara Falls. Our lives.
life!
g o S 9 t 9 E 92PI's/aMSuy 10 This is (happy) day of my
(funny) program I've ever
11 It's
watched.
(difficult) than
GRAMMAR 12 The exam was
COMPARATIVES/SUPERLATIVES I expected.

the sentences

the table and complete

2 Look at words in
the
France and Poland. Use
comparing
parentheses.

Poland
France
38 million people
Population
64 million people
313,000 square km
Size 548,000 square km |
4,810 m (Mont 2,499 m (Rysy)
Highest
Mountain Blanc)
3 °C -3 C
Average
lemperature
January)
19°C
Average 23C
Temperature
UJuly)

1 Tne population in France is bigger thanthe

population in Poland. (big
2 Paland is France. (small)

3 Mont Blanc in France is Rysy in

Poland. (high
4 In January. t i5 than in France.
cold)
5 In July. It is than in Poland. (hot)

is measured
States, temperature
In the United the rest of
Fahrenheit (°F). In much of
in degrees Celcius (°C).
measured in degrees
the world, it
is

51
 6 Read the text again and answer the
READING questions
own vegetables.
1 Why does Brian WNallis think people enjay
for growing your
5 Look at the r e a s o n s
Which reasons are mentioned? gardening?
gar
Then read the text.
relax.
1 It's a good way to
better when you grow
it yourself.
2 The food tastes 2 What can people learn at the Addisan
Road Centr e
buying food in the supermarket. outside Sydney?
3 It's cheaper than
some extra money.
4 It's a good way to earn

GREENER PLACE:
MAKING THE WORLD A 3 How did Maxwell get his land?
YOUR OWN VEGETABLES!
GROW
around the world who enjoy
We meet people from
their own food. 4 What do Maxwell and his brothers do with the food
growing
they grow?
UNITED STATES
might not think of vegetable
When you think of Washington, you
lots of them. "Conmunity plots" where
patches, but there are
food are getting m o r e popular.
people can grow their own in his tree
Brian Wallis, who works in banking, likes gardening 5 What is a "dacha" in Russia?
work in the city. gardening
time. And he's not alone. "When you
I5 a great way to relax," he says.

AUSTRALIA
than filty community gardens
Outside Sydney, there are more 6 What can people who live in Hussian cities enjoy at
at the Addison Road Centre people grow all
In the garden their "dachas"?
bananas to coffee, herbs, beans and
kinds of things, trom
and cherry trees.
vegetables. They also have lemon, peach
learn skills related to organic
People come here to n e w

gardening and recycling.

KENYA
In Kenya, having a piece of lancd to grow food on is not just WRITING
a good way to relax, it's a way to earn some extra money. SIMILAR sOUNDING WORDS
him with his six
Maxwell shares the land his father gave
brothers. They grow bananas, cottee and sugar
on the land, as
Find and correct the spelling mistakes in the sentences.
at home. "Some of the tood w e eat
well as vegetables to eat
ourselves," he says, "and some we sell at the market. Is this you're coat?
1
for the weekend.
2 They gave us there car
l'd like to come to.
RUSSIA 3 Do you have an extra ticket?
roads of Russia's big cities a r e
Every weekend in the summer, the "dacha"
4 We spent the weekend by the see.
full of traffic, with families escaping to their "dachas. "A 5 Do you know wear the office is?
trom old shed in a field to a huge house in
can be anything an
6 Are you sure this is the write way?
the countryside, but the reason they go is the same. People
from the city can enjoy the fresh air and grow some vegetables.
and 8 Underline the correct alternatives.
n e a r the Black Sea, grows tomatoes
Tatiana, who has a plot
cucumbers in the summer and cabbage in the winter. "It always
tastes much better when you grow it yoursell," she says.
How often do you use 'you're/your car?I try to use
mine as little as possible. I walk or use my bike to get
around. I live in a small city though, so 2it's/its quite
If I want to
easy. And it keeps me in shape, Stwo/too.
like
go to the see/sea for the weekend, or something
that, then l usually take the bus or the train. I don't
think people should spend so much time in there/ their
cars. It's not "write/right.
 2
VOCABULARY GRAMMAR
THE O U T D O O R S
ARTICLESS
with the outdoors in
eight
ords
connected
2Complete the sentences with the words in
the box and
Find add a, an, the or
1 A (no
-

article).
the puzzle.

January doctor weather

Europe architect
EATUBESc camera right elephants noise
Thursday sun
1 My house is on
E R
F S G CO the
right
N D 2 It's so cold in
lceland! I really hate
3 During our
A A 0 YZ A E R safari in Namibia, we saw lots of

4 He loved
TPAR K N U buildings and wanted to be
TST 5 I bought a camera and a bag. Then we traveled, and
x E dropped and broke
U D E 6 When I
was twenty, I traveled around
7 Im working in December,
sF C 0P LR A but l'l be on vacation in

8
Let me see him!I can help. I'm_
A D NA M E WY 9 We didn't have a map to guide us, so we used

LW LDL FE 10 Bye! See you on

11 I heard a small noise. After a while,
B Complete the phrases with words from Exercise 1A. got louder.

geographical 3Complete the book review with a, an, the or -(no

2 fresh article).
3 national

4 beautiful
5 center
A Walk on the Wild Side
rainforest
by Giuseppe de Luca
area

beauty Giuseppe de Luca has been an adventurer

C Complete the sentences with phrases from all his life. He once ran away from home in
Exercise 1B. Sicily and survived on fish that he
1 We live in a polluted city, but in the caught from river with his hands. De
countryside near
us you can breathe Luca's book explains why he can't do
2 I hate cities. I prefer living in a
normal job. He has tried office work, building boats.
because grew up
on a farm. driving trucks across Europe and looking for dinosaur
3 Unfortunately, the_ bones in 5 Kenya. He couldn't do any
was
closed, so we didn't see the rare birds. of these for more than 5 few months.
4 Mountains, waterfalls and volcanoes are examples of He finaly finds happiness living on
you can find on smallest beach in Papua, New Guinea. But then he
this continent.
5 The has some * problems with the local
Amazon is the world's biggest
police, and they send him back to Sicily. Why is his
it has incredible plant
life because of all the rain. story so interesting? It's his humor and his innocence.
6 Our biggest
is Etosha. He is shy with girls. He doesn't have
TOu can drive around it and see wild animals.
email address, and he has never touched
We went for a walk in the hills. Then we stopped t
take cell phone. He clearly loves living
pictures of the
a The
Everglades is an area or
alone in wild, and his book makes a

It's very green. great companion.

9.2

LISTENING C Match the words and

phrases in bold in 1-8
A Listen and match statements a-d) with speakers
meanings a)-h). with
wits

1 That was fun.

1-4.
2 It was enormous.
3 I played in a tree house.

4 You could be outside all

day.
5 Igo hiking.
6 There are all kinds of plants
and animals.
7 It's completely normal to see
animals around.
8 Ireally like feeding the pigs.
al walking in the countryside
b) very common
c) giving food to
d) enjoyable
el many different types of

f) a small house in a tree, USually for children

g) extremely big
h) be in the open air, not in a
building
D Read what Gyorgi says about his
al He/She has spent a lot of time in the yard. experiences in
nature. Complete the text with the words
b) He/She lives on a farm. and phrases
in bold in Exercise 44C.
c He/She lives near a beach.
d) He/She comes from the U.S.A.
When I was younger, I lived in
very cold part
a
BListen again and answer the questions. Do not use of Russia. It
more than three words for each answer.
was' for the
temperature to be minus twenty degrees and, in
1 al Whom does the speaker go for walks with these the winter, you might not
days? for many weeks. We
spent a lot of time at home, playing games
b) What did she see on the beach once? and singing in front of the fire. To be honest,
it wasn't much 3
in winter,
but in summer we did
2 a) What did the speaker invent as a child? enjoyable activities. Where I lived, there were
some mountains and forests, and we
sometimes
b) Where does she say she went s in the mountains with
"grew up"?
my parents. And I remember we once built a
in my yard. My brotherloved
3 a) When does the speaker birds, and he spent hours'_
go hiking and camping?
them different types of fruit and nuts while he
b) What "big" things does he say that Americans like?
was
sitting in the tree house. As a child, I always
thought our yard was but when
I went back there a few years ago, I saw
4 a) What animals does the that it was quite small.
speaker work with?

b) What doesn't he like about living orn a farm?

 9.3
vOCABULARY FUNCTION
ANIMALS
MAKING GUESSES
and complete the puzzle. What's the 2 Find and
the photos correct the mistakes in
five of the
1
Look
at
mystery word?

1 That animal
might be a chimpanzee or a
to
sentences
2 Maybe that's a monkey.
glacier in the photo.
2 3 The waterfall
don't can be here-it's too
4 That bird can't be dry.
an
eagle-it's too small.
5 Perhaps that the people scared all the animals
away.
6 The mountain
range in the picture could to be the
Himalayas.
7 Those might be a bear's footprints an the ground.
8 That's definitely no a mosquito bite-it's too big.
3 Underline the correct alternatives.
1 The rainforest is home to
thirty percent of all animal
and plant life on Earth a .5 million types of
insects. But it is disappearing because people cut
down the trees for money. We don't know how fast
it is disappearing, but satellite pictures show that
it might/definitely be 15.000 km every year. Some
scientists think the rainforest couldlcan't disappear
completely by 2080.
1
2 We aren't su e exactly how many people died ducing
the tsunami, but it was might/pehaps as many as
1,000. The tsunami destroyed large parts of the city
and the complete reconstruction of houses and other
buildings can'timight take ten years or more.
3 Everyone knaws Venice-it can tlmight be ltaly's most
famous city-but now it has a big problem: being
built on water, it is now sinking into the water. The
situation is very serious: maybelcould Venice will be
completely underwater in the next sixty years.
4 Because of global warming. the ice is melting in the
Arctic, and some scientists say there can't/might
be no ice there by 2060. Many animals that live
in the Arctic, for example polar bears and foxes.
couldlperhaps be in danger.

LEARN TTO
Mystery word:. GIVE YOURSELF TIME TO THINK

in the correct order to

4 Put the letters in parentheses
6 Complete the conversations.

1 A: Are you coming to the party tonight?

(lelw), I hope so. But I have
B:
a lot of homework to do.

2 A: How do you stop this

machine?

(ahtt's a odgo eisunotq).

B:
there.
Perhaps it's that button
is going to win?
3 A: Who do you think
(ti's dhra ot yas). But the
B:
are a great team.
Denver Broncos
4:00?
at
4 A: Where were you yesterday
at home!
(tel em ntkih). I was

B:
5 A: How old is Lina?
(m' tno eurs). Maybe thirty?
B:
Or thirty-five?

55
 REVIEW 3: UNITS 7-9

GRAMMAR USED TO FUNCTION FINDING OUT INFORMATION

1 Complete the second sentence using used to. 3 A Add the missing letters and write the
sentences.
Write two words in each blank. Contractions count
1 Cld u hlp me?
as two words.

1 I went to the movies every week when I was a 2 Cnu tl me whr th offc is?
student. Now I hardly ever go.

used to go to the movies a lot. 3 Whr cn I fnd a pst offc?

2 William paints every day. He never did this before.
William use to paint every day. 4 Wht tm ds th Ibrry opn?
3 I drank sodas all the time when I was younger.
NowI never drink them. 5 Whn do th clsss strt?
I used sodas all the time.
4 These days she reads a lot. In the past she read
6 Is th swmmng pl opn on Sndys?
very little.

She didn't read much.

7 I nd t spk t th academic advisor.
5 Irecognize that woman. Did she live near us?
Did to live near us? BListen and check.
6 When I was young, I played the guitar, violin, drums
and flute. Now I don't play anything.
I used
VOCABULARY REVIEW
lots of musical instruments.
7 I remember your cousins. Did they visit you regularly Complete the conversations with the words in
the box.
years ag0?
documentary cure about moves for
cOusins use to stay with you?
spent back travel desk room
8 My father always called me "Princess" when I was
a child. Now he calls me by my real name. 1 A: I'm thinking becoming a doctor.
My father call me "Princess" when B: So you can
was little.
people?
2 A: a year abroad after college.
9 I hated classical music when I was a teenager. went to Spain, Italy and Poland.
Now I love it.
B: That sounds great! l'd love to
I didn't like classical music. around Europe.
10 When l was younger, I was a teacher. Now I'm
3 A: Oh no! I left my book in the
a tour guide copy .

B: You'll have to go and get .

I used a teacher.
4 A: Excuse me. Where's the
registration
B: I don't know. I'm also
looking it!
GRAMMAR PURPOSE, CAUSE AND RESULT 5 A: I hear that film director is making a

2 Complete the sentences with so, to or because.

B: Yes. It's about a British woman who
to the Amazon rainforest.
1 Sarah was unhappy because forgot her
birthday.
2 ate the bread, was hungry. GRAMMAR RELATIVE CLAUSES
3 The tickets
were too expensive,. we the sentences with the phrases in the box.
didn't go to the concert. Complete
Use relative clauses.
4 Yuko was il,
she didn't come to class.
5 Ben went to Liberia We drove to California my son was born
make a
documentary. you work quietly or borrow books
6 She was
unhealthy she smoked and
btuildshisOwn-hospitetin-tndia
ate fatty foods. designs computer systems for businesses
7 Ibought a
money belt keep my n e program is about a Swiss doctor who bUd
passport, and cash safe.
8 It was really hot, his own hospital in India_
Pilar wore her sun hat. 2 That's the car
9 They are here
take an exam. 3 France is the country
10 I went to the store
buy some milk. 4 I work for an IT
11 Sandra was cold and company
tired, she 5 A
went horne. library is a
place
12 Jacob didn't buy anything he didn't
have any money
 REVIEW 3: UNITS 7-9
GRAMMAR TOO MUCH/MANY
GRAMMAR ARTICLES
ENOUGH, VERY
1 0 Complete the text with a, an, the or - (no article).
correct alternatives.
the
6 Underline
Do we have enough rice? A plane carrying actor,
1 A: politician, a monk and a cleaner is going to
Enough? We have tar too many/much/very!
8: crash. There are only"
want s o m e m o r e to eat? three parachutes.
Do you
2 A: actorsays, "I entertain"_ millions
thanks. lve eaten much/many/enough.
B: No, of people, so I should live." He takes one
What do you
think of this photographer? of
3 A: parachutes and jumps out of"_
She's much/enough/very good.
B: I think plane. The politician says, "I'm"_ most
like your new house? intelligent person in o_
4 A: Do you Atlanta. so I
Its too/much/many small for six people. should Iive." He also takes
B: Not really. _ parachute
enjoying life in the city? and jumps. The monk says, "I'm 2_ old
5 A: Are you
we don't have much/very/many friends.
man, and I have lived 3 good long life.
B: It's OK, but
Should we study here?
You take last parachute." The cleaner
6 A: "Don't
B: No. There's
too many/much/very noise. Says,
5 worry. The most intelligent man in
country just jumped out with my 16
backpack on his back!"
correct the mistakes in the sentences.
7 A Find and
1 Excuse me. Do you to sell binoculars?

2 Do you have one these

in a larger size? FUNCTION MAKING GUESSES
3 Are you looking for anything in particularly?

4 It isn't fitting me.

1 Cross out the incorrect alternatives.
5 Can you just to sign here. please? 1 A: ls that Richard in the photo?
6 Where's the fit room? B: He has the same hair color, but I'm not sure.
It could/centt/might be him.
in Exercise 7A: the
BWho says the sentences
2 A: Are you going to the meeting tomorrow?
Customer (C) or the sales assistant (S)?
B: I don't really know. Maybell definitely willPerthaps.
3 A: What's the answer to question 3?
B: I don't know, but it can't belit's definitely notlit
VOCABULARY MONEY; MULTI-WORD VERBS;
mightn't be c, because Moscow is in Russia.
SHOPPING 4 A: ls Paris as expensive as London?
Underline the correct alternatives. B: It couldlcan't/might be. When I went there a few
E12 for coffee!
Which means "give money to someone for a short years ago, I paid a

time": lend or borrow? 5 A: Why hasn't she moved to a place closer to work?
Which are made of paper: bills or coins? B: I don't know, but it can't belperhaps it'slit might be
too expensive.
3 Which means "put money in a company": invest in

or earn?

4Which do you do when you buy a company: take over

VOCABULARY NATURAL PLACES, THE
or take back?
OUTDOORS, ANIMALS
which means "stop doing something": give back or in the column.
T2 Write the words in the box
correct
9ive up?
Which can be outside on the street: a department
store or a markett? whale monkey fresh air Ocean pigeon shark
coastline eagle geographical features
dolphin bear
mosquito lake
cheetah wildlife center

RAMMAR COMPARATIVES/SUPERLATIVES
9 Put the words in the correcttorder to make sentencesS. animals that |animals that
natural land animals
live in water
places/the fly
Elephants lions / are / than / bigger outdoors

gold I silver / than I cheaper 1S

3
wOrse
werl / Minnesota/ is/ in / than
in
/ Texas
4 Aus
Vorld largest / the in / is / the / country?

5 al
than"nore
I
more / Mercedes / Toyota/ expensIve/ 1s/ 8

n o t e s / rucksack
bills / backpack
 REVIEW 3: UNITS 7-9

CHECK
complete the
sentences. 16 I can't close my bag because Ibought
correct option to many souvenirs!
Circle the
Valladolid in Yucatán.
to live in a) too bl enough c) very
1 1
b) use c) used 17 Can I try
a) was chese jeans?
to smoke.
a) on blin c) up
2 She didn't
cuse
al used b) regularly 18 This shirt doesn't
to play with when you
3 Whom did you.
a) right b fiting c) fit
were a child? me some money?
19 Can you.
b) using c) used
al use a) do b) lend c) borrow
become a doctor
4 Istudied for six years 20 She gave ating meat last year.
al so b) to c) for a) up b) out c) back
wanted to
5 I borrowed some money 21 That was the meal lve ever eaten
buy a car. al good b) best c) better
because b) for c) so
a)
we left early. 22 Jane is before.
was boring.
6 The lecture al the happier b) the happiest c happier than
so
a) because bl why c beautiful than ours.
23 Your boat is
at the
important problem
7 This is a) the b) most c) more
moment.
I met who
a) the least b) more
c)least
24 At a party yesterday,
office is? knows you.
where the housing
8 you tell me
man c t h e man
a) man bJ a
b) Could c) Do
a) Shall
the world. 25 My dog is always barking at
to trave
9 One day I'm going b) moon c) the moon
al a moon
cl around
b) on
a) everywhere best player on the team.
famous. 26 She's
10 He wanted to a) the b) a c) most
become b) make c) have
a) this summer, but we
worked for ten years. 27 We g o to Spain
11 This is the store aren't sure.
c) where
a) that b) what b) might c) maybe
a) definitely
gave me a fifty-dollar exercise.
12 She's the woman. Harry can help you with this
28
tip last week. It's definitely
c) how
al Perhaps b) He might c
a) which b) who
n
mountain
serves terrible 29 It's one of the biggest
13 This is the restaurant
the world.
frozen food.
a) lines b) places c) ranges
al who b) what c) that
area, far from the cily.
30 I used to live in a
14 I don't do . exercise.
a) rural b) wildlife c) park
a) a lot b) enough c) too

still some streetcars in San Francisco,

15 There are

Dut not
a) much b) very c) many
/30
RESULTS
 10.1
VOCABULARY GRAMMAR
DESCRIBIWG A

1 Add
vowels

a
to

lot of
CITY

complete

tr_ff_c.
the words.
USES OF LIKE
3
Complete
1
the conversations
A: Did you choose
using phrases with like.
the salmon starter?
10
There's What's
1 Cr_wd_d.

very B: It's delicious. Try

2
It's
are cl n and s some.
streets

2 A: Do
3
The
n_ght_f_
classical music?
the B: No, I can't stand it. I
4
love
t_ngs t_s and d only listen to rock.
lots or
are 3 A: What
5There
t n syst_m doing on the weekend?
tr_nsP_rt
B: Nothing much. We
like staying at home
6
The p_bl_c
IS e x c e l e n t . and relaxing!
a lot of cr_me.
there s quite 4 A: What
Downtown,
ndly and P_ yaur weekend
7 people
are fr
find
uSually
B I parks and gr_ n sp_c_s. B: It was great. We went out
some
beautirui on Saturday and
are
D - 0 n g s
are beautiful. had a really good time.
old
10
Some of the 5 A: Ihaven't met your sister. What's
descriptions of their cities. B: She's really funny. I'm sure you'll like her
s
some people
Comph parentheses
to help you.
6 A: the weather
2 in at
1Use the phrases like the the moment?
beautiful
lots of
are like houses, B: It's raining, as usual
1
"There
cathedral." Tplaces
and the
museum

roof) 7 A: living in Seattle?

and a
walls
with system iS B: I love it. There are so many things to see and do.
streetcars
"The.
really
cheap.
lDuses,
8 A: What that new restaurant by
It's
areat. the water
and subways)
there's
tne morning
because
B: It's great. We ate there last week.
in
a problem (a lot of cars)
3 "It's
a lot or and 4A Find and correct the mistakes in the questions.
are always very. Add, cross out or change a word.
4 "People (stop to talk
o r help you; say
."
and thank you) 1 A: What's your new be teacher like?
p/ease
chings like There are lots B: She's really good. She makes the classes
Is the parks.
like best
5 The thing where you can go
interesting.
with
of the view." (places 2 A: What's it to like living in the country?
a walk or sit and enjoy
for
trees and plants
B: It's a bit quiet. I think I preferred the city.
there's a lot of 3 A: Does your mother staying with you?
is that
6 "The problem "Cillegal activity)
B: She loves it. She comes to stay once a month.

industrial city, so it's very 4 A: Are you like eating out in restaurants?
7 "It's an clean)
water are not
(the air and B: Ienjoy it sometimes, but I prefer to cook at home.
because it's very
into the city
8 1 don't like going 5 A: Is it much more expensive to live there
now?
a small space)
"(coo many people in What the prices like?
with lots of clubs
9 t has a great B: It's not too bad. But it's more expensive
to go out
Staying open all night long. places than it was.
at night) Scotland?
6 A: Do your brother like it in
10 T lke it where I live. The streetS are
beautiful.
crime) B: He likes it a lot. He says it's
and "(no garbage; no
like? Are you enjoying it?
7 A: Which's your new job
I work with are really
B: It's a w e s o m e . The people
friendly.

E Listen and check.

Listen and repeat.

10.1

Whicli is the cheapest?

the world?
city in
hat the most romantic
is
to tnd the cheapest, most romantic
around the world
We've traveled destination?
perlect
cilies. Can you find your
nd s a t e s t

World's Most
Romantic City
The think Paris is the most romantic cityin
love. Most Europeans
Pains is the cty of and venice are popular,
too. So what's the moctst
Vienna, Prague
Europe,although do in ParIS? VWell, il'S not going lo the top of the Eiffel
can
ormantic thing you and enjoy a picnic nea
crowded. Buy some bread and cheese
Tower-thats too at a sidewalk café, just watchina
the afternoon Sitting ouisIde
the nver. Or spend
Paris is pertect for couples
the people go by.

in the World
2TheCheapest City
the least expensive city
in the world. Iwice a year, there is a
Mumbai in India is
dillerent cities around the world, and ONTIL
in
that the cost of living
at the top. However, Mumbai is
compares
st made
and lokyo are always
cities lke Moscow, London in the world to live in.
it the title of the cheapest City
the bottom of
the list, giving
at

The Safest City

cities in the United States?
is now one of safest big
know that New York
3)Did you
nere is less crime now, and,
what was
Ihis
o n c

iS good neWS
e one of the most dangerous cities
Tor the b5 million visitors who go
the world is not anymore.
the museums, some of the best
in

for the great shopping,

o New York every year see the Statue ot Liberty, Times Square
to
in the world and, of
course,
restaurants
and other tamous sights.

WRITING
READING
uSING FORMAL EXPRESSIONS
read
to the questions. Then
guess the
answers
5 Try to 8 Put the words in the correct order to write an
the text to check. email.
most romantic city in
the 1 Mr./Smith, / dear
1 Which city is called the
percent of Europeans? 2 ask college / am/ coursesT/ at/ to/ about
warld by more than fifty
to live in? your/ writing
2 Which is the cheapest city
about New York is true? 3 you know / have 1/ would I to l in /like / August,
3 Which statement
safest big cities in the U.S.A. COurses/ what
a) It's one of the
cities in the U.S.A. 4 this, / prices / addition / to / in / know/ the / like
b) It's one of the most dangerous
T/ to / would
Read the text again and answer the questions. 5 soon/to /1/from/forward you/ look / hearing
1 Do people think that Vienna is a romantic city? 6 sincerely, / Bridges / Sally
2 What's the problem with going to the Eiffel Tower?
Write an email (80-100 words) asking for information
3 According to the article, are Moscow, London and
about the accommodation in the advertisement.
Tokyo expensive cities to live in?

4 Has New York always been a safe city?

5 How many people visit New York every year? Host tamily accommodation available tor
6 What are two fanous sights in New York?
students. Please email Sam Wellings for further
7Find words in the text that match these meanings.
1 that many people like (paragraph1) details.
2 meal you eat outside, especially in the
a
countryside
(paragraph 1)
Sam Wellings, Housing Officer
3 walk past (paragraph 1)
4 the price of things like food, bills and
public
transportation (paragraph 2) email: [email protected]
5 at some time the
in past (paragraph 3)
6 things that tourists ViSit in a cty lparagraph 3)

sidewalk café pavement café

 10.2
4Complete the texts with the past simple
VOCABULAY active or passive form of the verbs in the box.
CRIMEAND PUNISHMENT

tell choose say catch give come

nces.
sentence

in t h e arrest have
words

the
f.
the th_
Complete
1 Crcaught

The p _Ce h e r a lorn

Pr_s_ns_nt
gave her a long A girl in North Carolina
for
2 The
g st_
cell phones. thef1. During her irial, she
s h _ p _ _ r s

lot of 1o go home ond

3 A
cr_m_n_knew
the v_ct_m. get her favorite
4 The for wr_t_ng gr_ff_ton a wall. possession. She 3 back with
gven a _ n _ her iPod. The judge threw it onto
5 Hewas good punishment for a crime the floor
m n ty s rV_C sh ta and broke it. "Now
you know how it feels
d. to lose your favorite
IAe fr_
tor sh_pl_ft_ng. said. "Don't do it to
he possession,
7 Last year
he wasr_st_d
anybody else.
n9 the th_ft of a famous
A The police are nv s_9
painting
William Brown, aged nineteen, _
Into a bank and sh ts a guard.
ln the movie, he brKS stealing a TV from a house. Brown said the TV was
for his litle brother,
who5 a broken
GRAMMAR
leg and was bored in bed. The judge sentenced
Brown to no TV-watching for a
PRESENT/PAST PASSIVE year. Amazingly, the
victim of thecrime_ "Tt's OK. I have
2 Match the sentence halves. two TVs. He can borrow one while
his brother gets
better"
1 Over 4,000 foxes are
2 Our academic programs are

3 This type of clothing is Lucas Stepanovich drove

4 Until recently, charity workers weren't
through town
loud music with his windows down. playing
At his trial, he
5 The buildings were
_a choice: pay a $100 fine or listen
6 Animal fat isn't to loud classical
music for six hours.
7 The thief was
8 That window wasnt
He the mus1C.
al used in our food.
b) made in ur factory in Milan. Complete the second sentence so that it has
cl paid much money for their work. a similar meaning to the first
sentence. Use
d kiled every year for their the correct active or
fur. passive form of the
verbs in parentheses.
el taken to
prison.
fbrokenby my boys. 1 Extra homework is
given to the students
g designed by French every day.
architects.
hl recognized The students
by colleges all over the world.

3Underline the correct alternatives. 2 His books aren't sold in

the U.S.A.
give
Bookstores in the U.S.A.
My favorite crime (not sell)
program is CSI, an
Usually, it has the same structure. American series. 3 The library was
destroyed in an
earthquake.
be tilled/is First, someone kills/is An earthquake
killecd
are mysteriously. After that, the CSI officers
called/call/are call to solve the 4
(destroy)
Evidence, which mystery. They collect The children didn't break the
window.
looks/is looked/ is look at The window
laboratory. Then the CSI officers "arevery carefully
the
in

.Lnot breakJ
tabe
43K
broughit/bring various people in to theirbrought/
office and
5 Hundreds of products use plastic.
questions. More evicdence Shas Plastic
asrovered, which allows discovered/discovers/is
the CSI officers to (use/in)
0,
find the killer. 6 The thief was caught by the police.
why do like it? The most
ne
eyidence "is interesting thing is the way
The police

found/has found/is find. They never lcatch)

mSsedf niss/are miss anything-a hair, contact lens. a

7 No one told us about the test.

enddead insect. I also like the We

s They are characters of the Csi not tel
not
o/ were
dorne their
perfect people, but they "are done/ 8 You don't find tigers in Africa.

job perfecuy. Tigers (not find)

61
10.2
B Listen again and choose the
correct options
tiar
LISTENINNG 1 Sophie
What issues
pictures.
and look
at the al is a teacher.
text Listen
Read the will talk
about?
6A b) works with
do you
think each
person
technology.
c) is a student.
and check.
2 Sophie thinks people
concentrate better
a) when they use
technology.
FROM DIFFERENT b) without technology.
WEASKED PEOPLE
GENERATIONS THREE QUESTIONS: c) when they wear
headphones.
3 Luis doesn't like
modern life?
about a) newspapers and food in the
1 What annoys you subway.
b) food at work.
2 How can we stop it? c) the government.
do you propose? 4 What
3 What punishments punishment does Luis
suggest?
al cleaning the subway
thirty-five-year-old
a
sixteen-year-old, bpaying some money
We asked a
their answers
You may ind c) cleaning the streets
and a seventy-year-old.
not! 5 Pamela loves
surprising. Or maybe a) her older friends.
b) being old.
c)technology.
6 What punishment does Pamela suggest?
A
al reading emails from her
b) writing spam messages
c reading spam messages
7Read the sentences and find wards that match
the meanings.

1 "They spend their whole life wearing headphones.

I think it's really rude."

not polite
2 "In my school they banned personal technology
during classes"

farmally said that people must not do something:

3 "For me, the worst thing is litter on the street"

unwanted paper, bottles, etc. that people leave in

a public place:
4 "Peaple just leave their newspapers lying araund"
when something is left somewhere, in the wrong

place:
5 "All this paper is a real mess.

untidy, with everything in the wrong place:

tt
introduce fines, but
6 "The government has tried to
hasn't worked"

to pay as a punishment:
money you have

Inboz (1 7 "Spam is so annoying

making you feel angry

Outarnbox
tash
àsh
 10.3
VOCABULAR 3 A Look at the
the prompts. pictures and write sentences
PRCBLEMS using
complete
the crossword.
clues
and
7 Read
the

1 there/ problem / printer

ACross

a Computer
sUadeniy stops workin 2microphone not work
1 when
have to wait for something because it'slate
3 when you
can't move, e.g.. In traffic or a small place
5 when you
cans,
bottles, etc. Lnat people do not want and
7 Daper,
places
leave in pubIc
properly le.g, for equipment)
B not working

Down
is given tO you in a restaurant or shop
2 help that
4 when people speak lIke this on their phone in a public
very annoying 3 been/ here /
place, it can be over two hours
6 unwanted emails that advertize something

B Match responses a)-c) with

FUNCTION complaints 1-3 in
Exercise 3A.
COMPLAINING
a) I'm really sorry about that. I was stuck in
2 Choose the correct options to complete the conversation. a traffic jam.
b) I'l look into it
right away. For naw, you
A: Hello. Can I help you?
can use the printer on the second floor.
B:Yes, there's a'_ the television in
c I'm sorry, but there's nothing we can do at
y room.
the moment. We don't have any electricity.
A: What exactly is the problem?
B: It
A:OK. '3 it right away. Is there anything LEARN T0
else I can help you with?
SOUND FIRM, BUT POLITE
B: Yes. I ordered
room service this morning, but I had to
wait 4 A Complete the sentences with a word that matches
an hour.
the stress pattern in parentheses.
A:'m really that, sir.
B: And my room 1 Sorry, but there's aproblenwith my room. (Oo)
was very noisy last night.
A:m afraid there's nothing we can that, 2
me. Ive been here for over an hour. (o0)
SIr. There's a I speak to the manager? Im not happy
disco downstairs. 3
8: Every night?
with the service. (O)
*:
Un, no, sir. On _me? There's something
Mondays there's a rock Concer. 4 Could you
(0)
a problem with wrong with this computer
2 al b) problem for c big problem Thave a problem. The air
isn't 5 'm
3 a)
work b) not work cl doesn't work room doesn't work. (oD)
Conditioner in my
check up b) look into The waitress was
4 al cl look up 6 Ihave to make a
at over
S al b) for above c) for over rude to me. (o0)

6 al
sorry for b) sorry about cl very sorry listen and repeat.
Focus on
make about Listen and check. Then
b) do for cl do about B sentences.
stressed words in the
the
11.1
3 Complete the sentences. Use just and
the
perfect form of the verbs in parentheses, present
v o C A B U L A R Y

11
1 I'm still tired. I_
COMMUNICATION
(wake upl
in the box. 2 Well done. You
the
sentences
with the words
finish) all your
wark
7 Complete for today.
cell post blog 3 I don't want any lunch, thanks. I_
Skype
email
webpage
4 I don't believe it. Sam eat)
Chat. nk
vide0
send
(lose) his
phone? phone again!
if | use your 5 That's awesome! Helen.
1 Do you
mind
pass) her
started writing a new driving test.
2 l've just politicS, and
lots of people
about
6 Im really sorry. (hear) the bad
whereI
write
news.
are reading t. minute, I'll check. Sheila
7 Hold on a
1 3 you
Have
seen that vide0
with the
So you
cat? Wait,
Can s e e it. (send) me a message.

I l share the Let's go for a walk. It stop) raining.

for 8
to check my The taxi (arrive).
4 I'm just going 9 Hurry up!
new messages.
her an SMS? 10 You're a bit late. They (start)

5 Why don't you, you so the meeting.

home later, I _
If you're at
weekend.
6 the
about the plans for
we c a n
talk with our

7 you updated the

Have
new photos?
other often, but we

don't see each

8 We
a lot online.

so l'm going to
9 've lost my phone, send me their
online asking
people to
a message

numbersS. the
I usually edit
birds in the park.
10 I love filming them t0 a
movies,
then upload

sharing site.

GRAMMAR
PRESENT PERFECT
conversations using the prompts.
order to complete A Complete the
correct
words in the
finished the bOok yet_
2 Put the
the conversations.
1 A: Have you
finish/ book / yet)
vacation? (you/ next one.
for your the
A: Are you ready
started
1 B: Yes, I've already
haven't
B: packing/1/finished / yet /
2 A:
cook/ dinner/ yet)
you/
forget to call Amy.
2 A: Don't
B: No,
l've/ her / spoken door)
B: already / to / walked in /
7 just /
3 A:
wife / yet)
3 A: Hi. You look well! (you/ ask /
B: just/ from/ we've /
vacation / returned / to speak to
her late
B: No, 1'm going
yes, / ouur
4 A: /
we're going ye
decided / where /
(you/
4 A: Is that the new Shining Stars DVD?
B: Yes table /
Mario's
/ 1/ but
B: haven't / yet / it / watched / yes, (we/ just / reserve/ a
c o m e and play
soccer
Do you want to
5A:
5 A: rnyI results/ just / exam / received/ l've
B: No, week)
twice / this
B: Tell me! How did you do? (7already / play /
6 A:
Miranda)
A : uu need Ly buy a present for Josh.
(you/see /
B rnoney | but / alreatly / all / 1've / spent / my B: Yes,
leave)
(she/ just /
B Listen and check.
 11.1
6Read the text again. Are the
READING
true (T) or false (F)? statements
choose
the best title.
and
text 1
the
worid hated the Internet. People
from all around the world
5 Read in the
t blogger
blogger have read Maria López's
oldest
huge success. blog.
a) The was a a
blogging granny 2 López knew a lot about
Spain's pen and paper
computers
b)
granny
use0 before she started writing
c)Spanish the blog.
3 López's grandson started the blog
listens to for her
"No one a
birthday present.
old people, "says 4 He knew that the Internet
would
Maria Amelia López change López's life.
But she 5 López always replied to the
on her blog.
A lot emails she received.
was wrong.

of people listened 6 The Internet put López in touch

with younger people.
When she
to her.
of
died, at the age 7Find words in the text that match these
ninety-seven, López meanings.
was thought to be 1a message on a website/blog
the world's oldest (paragraph 1)

blogger, and she was

2 not generous; not wanting to spend money

certainly one of the
most successtul. Her first post was made on her ninety- paragraph 1)

fifth birthday. It read, "Today it's my birthday, and my

3 people who read/write a blog
grandson, who is very stingy, gave me a blog." paragraph 2)

2 A later post reads, "Since that day, l've had 1,570,784

4 ideas you believe in strongly
visits from bloggers from five continents who have
paragraph 2)
cheered up my old age." From cleaning ladies in Brazil
to the Spanish president, people have enjoyed reading 5 started (paragraph 3)
what López had to say. She was funny and friendly, and
she had some strong opinions. "Old people need to 6all the people of about the same age
paragraph 4)
wake up a bit," she said. "You have to live life. Don't
ng th pa
take pills and fall asleep in the armchair."

3 At first, López didn't know anything about computers. WRITING

"I thought a blog was a kind of paper notebook," she
PRONOUNS
said. But her grandson, Daniel, whom she lived with,
set up a blog for her as a birthday present. At the time, 8 Rewrite the second sentence in each pair
using the words in the box.
he had no idea how it would change their lives. López
received hundreds of emails, many in languages she it here us there her them
didn't understand. Although she had other helpers,
including Daniel, and friends she met on the Internet, 1 We went to the beach. We had a great
she couldn't reply to everyone. there
time athe-beach.
When she was on her own, López loved reading the 2 I visited my grandmother. I took my
online newspapers and chatting on the Internet. She grandmother out to lunch.
/er said it
helped her to keep in touch with the younger 3 I'm seeing some friends. Il haven't seen my
friends for a long time.
generation. Teenagers wrote to López to tell her about
their lives and ask her for advice. She thought that 4 He's just started a new job. He's enjoying
the new job.
his everybody should use the Internet. For López, it was
one of the 5 The waiter smiled at Mark and me. Then
best experiences of her lite. he gave Mark and me the check.

6 This place is so beautiful. l'd like to stay

in this place forever
11.2
"2 Listen to six people
alking about
VOCABULARY feeling each speaker talks about
1-6 with
feelings. Match the
he/she says about it al-f.
the
FEELINGS
Match the 1 bored
things
T How would you
feel in
these
situations?

box. 2 lonely
a)anything to do With
prefers to be busy nurmben
in the
words b)
situations with the
bers
3 confused c the
bored
nervous lonely
confused

4 amazed
beauty of nature
uncomfortable
d
Worried amazed excited

5 nervouUs
problems of the world
e) call a
and you're having
a party.
6 worried
friend/sister
1 It's your birthday. forganize a partyldinner
and you are
a new computer,
2 You've just bought
read the instructions.
GRAMMAAR
tryingto
REAL CONDITIONALS+ WHEN
on a crovwded train, carrying heavy
3 You're standing 3Match the sentence halves.
bags, and you're hot.
1 We'll go for a walk

a talk to G00 people. 2 If she passes her exams,

4 You have to give
3 We'll be there to meet you at the
airport
a year in another country, 4 I'm sure he'll make lots of new
5 You've decided to spend friends
but you haven't met any friends yet.
5 If you like the music,
6 If you're very busy now,
had it for more
6 You have a bad cough, and youve
7 They'll hear us coming in
than six months
8 If you plan your talk carefully.
7 You're waiting at a station, and your train has been
a) ll get you a CD.
delayed for two hours.
b) if we make too much noise.
c) when the plane arrives.
8 You're waiting in an airport, and you see a friend
d if the weather gets better.
whom you haven't seen for ten years.
e) you'l be fine.
she'll go to callege.
g 'l come back latter.
h) when he starts his classes.

4Complete the sentences with the correct form of the

verbs in parentheses.

1 If 1 (be) late again, my girlfriend

(be) furious!
2 (calll you if there (bel a
problem.
3 When l
(see) Mary.
(tell) her you were here.
4 If the taxi . (not come) soon, we

(be) late.
5 If get) another job, I
Learn) a i t more money
6 (buy) you some lunch if you

(be) hungry.
their minds when
they
7 They change)
(see) the hotel.
8 What (you/do) if you
(lose) your job?
 112
he correct
the. form of the 6 if/ girfriend / scream
with
convErsation w
conversation
ith
t
snake / wake up
the

Complete
box.
5 in
the
7 if/ snake wake up / bite /
verbs

have Cx2) spend find girlfriend

know
Stay Walt not
lx2)
look 8 if / man
(xe
be
not cross/ bridge/ can keep / flowers
go
sumner vacation. If we
our

tto
o rreserve 2
need
need
everything 9 if
A:
We
any longer, he I keep / flowers it/ be / a lot easier
full. decided where to go.
nriaht. But we still haven t
B: You

A: How
about
California?

to California, l'm sure we

LISTENING
B: Ifwe good weather. But we always go
7Listen to two people answering the question below. Circle
the correct answers to the
to Calforna questions in the table.
A: New York?

could try, but if we 5 in New York,

Are new computer
6: We
we
lots of money. New York is really games
expensive. changing the way we live?
about MexICO Or Puerto Rico?
A: OK. How
7
that. But if we there, We
B: We could try
the language. Robert Miriam
1 Does he/she think computer games are / no
A: That doesn't matter. yes yes/no
changing the way we live?
B:I know, and if we9 on the internet, we

mignt Some cheap deals.

2 Does he/she use
A: That's a good idea. If you
11
time later
a
computer tor work? yes no yes no
12
(you)?
B:OK. But I'm not going to New York. I don't have 3 Does he/she enjoy
conputer games? yes / no yes no
enough money!
4 Does he/she play a lot?
yes na yes/ no
6 Look at the picture and write sentences using the
prompts.
8A Complete Robert and Miriam's statements.
Robert
1 I think they've already.
M the way we live.
2 This has made me a more
person.
3 Ispend most of my free time talking to other people
with the same
4 These days I find it easier to
to peoplel don't know.

Miriam
5 There are lots of games I don't like, like the
gam
6 I don't spend all my time on the
when the man / cross / bridge / he l
his give
girlfriend / flowers 7 AndI think a lot of peaple are like
EN Lhe man crosses the bridge, he will
give S
griliriend the flowers. 8 In our free time, we.
MI
elephant/ walk on bridge I the bridge/ break
to do other things.

B Listen again and check.

bridge / break I the elephant / fall
4
elephant / fall/ the crocodiles eat

f
man fall girlfriend / scream
11.3

VOCABULARY LEARN TO
INTERNET TERMS DISAGREE POLITELY

TComplete the words in the

sentences. 3 Put the words in the correct arder to make
polite
1 Tuse responses.
Google a lot, but I use other
s rch
-ng_n_s, too. 1 don't1/ sarry, I think / right/ l'm / but /tthats
Sonietimes I read the discussions on the
m_ss_9b_
other
rds. It's interesting to see what 2 disagree / totally / Im/1/ afraid
people think about things.
3 T don't use
any of the s c_Im_d_Sites
Decause | just don't have time. I prefer to talk to
3 not/ about/ I'm/ Sure/ that I really

friends on the phone or send

them an email. 4 sorry. I don't/ s 0 / T'm / think/ 1/ but
4 look at
tr v_ w bs t_s when I'm plannin9
a vacation. It's
useful to get ideas of where you
COuld 0.
4 A Read the conversation. Changethe responses
in
Tread a few different nl n parentheses to make them more polite.
n_ws sites because
T hke
reading
news from other
countries. Manager: The project needs to be tinished this week
6 get
all my music from
m_s_c d_wnl_d sites. Worker:
7 When I have
a few minutes to
(hat's not
spare. I look at the possible.
pht sh__ng sites and find interesting pictures.
Manager: Why not Everything's possible.

Worker: (l don't
FUNCTION is.) We're working nard, but we need
thin it
another two
GIVING OPINIONS weeks to finish the job
Manager: Two weeks Lan you try tO inish by the end of nat
eComplete the conversations with the words in the b0x.
week?

my true don't Worker: (Um not sure

definitely that's sure totally
There's still a lot ot work to do
1 A: ICs always better to do your shopping onine. Manager: That S true. But you can get some more staif s0 we
B: think that's true. It's not always can finish sooner
cheaper. dont see what the problem is.)
2 A: People who live in rich countries should give money Worker: ( disagree
to people in poorer countries. The problem is that we don t have
staff. more

B: n We can't find peaple to start work tomorraw,

opinion, that's not the best way so.
ta solve the problem.
B Listen and check.
3 A: This bar is much nicer than the one we went ta
last time.
3: C Listen and repeat. Copy the polite intonation.
. I really like it here.
4 A: If you want people to work harder. you need t0
pay them more money.

B: right.
5 A: I think our product is the best on the market.
B: I'm not about that.
6 A: You need to control how many people move into
the country.
8: disagree. I think people should be
allowed to live where they want.
7 A: Not everyone has a cell phone, even nowadays.
3 That's although most people do.

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VOCABULARY
3 Match
the sentence halves.
MOVIES 1
John was
the tYpes
of movie in the box with the
or movie
50 cooking steak,
told him
Match atch
descriptions. 2 Dave asked if we liked
comedy blockbuster the theater, but I
N OVE Comedy
told hirn
novie biopic historicel drema 3 I called
ce
Reuben on his
movIe
t riller
er cartoon
carton documentary cel, but he said
horor
4 Maisie
invited me to
a story
rom many years ago. So I said dinner,
teis
It
hstercal drama 5 We
invited hirm to
animated
with picturps
ure
with us, but he work
2 It s said
6 Iasked
funny her if she felt
3
It is
or s0meone's life and she told OK.
the Story ne
ells
It or real
7 They asked
Something true and does if it
hoNS was a
boy
5 S
LSUay nave actors.
or a
girl, So said
8 I needed
help with my
homework, but Dad saidalgebra
trightening

It 1s
6 and
lots of tignts, guns explosions
It has 9 Jim
7 asked about her
but she told hirn tennis.
ow people from another planet on
S It mgnt 10 Our
techno'ogy
ot the future
of
neighbor wanted a nap
successful
Boston, but I told her
Its very
9 a)
pxCiting because you dont know what will wouldn't know until
we

10 It s June.
in t h e end b) he couldn't
happen do math.
c)we preferred the
movies.
d) she wasn't
playing anymore.
e) he was
working for another
)we didn't company
PROOUCTION- have one.
g l'd see if I was free
tonight.
OR.

h) I didn't eat
CA meat.
i) she
always felt tired in the afternoon.
ihe couldn't hear me.
4Report what Bill said.
1 "T'm an actor"
He said
GRAMMAR he was an actor
2 "Tm
REPORTED SPEECH starring in a TV
series
He told me
2 Check l the correct sentences. Cross out tX) the 3 "TIl appear in a movie next
incorrect s e n t e n c e S .
year.
He said
al Sandra told us she would be here at 6:00 4 The movie is called Samba Nights.
b) Sandra said us she would be here at 6:00 X He told me
2 a) He said me he wanted to be a lawyer. 5 T can work with any Hollywood directors chaose.
b) He told me he wanted to be a lawyer. He said
3 al I bought orange juice because you said you
6 "Tm living in
didnt like apple juice.
Beverly Hills.
He told me
bl I bought orange juice because you told you
didn't like apple juice. 7 Tm getting married to Sonia Jeffers next
month.
4 al Tne doctor said them he couldn't cure the illness. He said
b) The doctor told them he couldn't cure the illness. 8 "She is a famous actor. too."
5 al Mary told to us she was writing the great He told me
American novel. 9 Tl text you next week.
b) Mary said she was writing the great
He Said
American novel
10 "I can take you to some great
6 al Luca and Giselle said us their plane would parties.
arnve at 9.30 He told me
b) Luca and Giselle told us their plane would
arrive at 9.30.

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12.1
B Listen and check.
LISTENING
actors

famous lines from

movies 1-5 to C Listen again and answer the
questions.
A the
5 Match
each line is from?
A-E. Do you know which movie 1 How old was Orew Barrymore when
she
How does Terminator get into the played Ber
1 "E.T. phone home. police
(movie
he returns? station when
3 Who came up with the line "You
2 "Il be back." talking to
me?"
4 When did Sean Cannery first say the famous James
(movie:
Bond line?
famous
3 "You talking to me?
5 What was shocking about the famous
line frorm
(movie with the Wind? om
4 "My name's Bond. James Bond. Gone
(movie D Match the words in bold in
sentences 1-5 with
5 "Frankly. my dear, I
don't give a damn. dictionary definitions a)-e).

(movie: 1 One of these is the line, "EI. phone home"

2 It made her one of the biggest child
B stars of the time.
3 In a scene in The Terminator in 1984,
Arnold Schwarzenegger tries to get into
a police station, but they don't let him in.
4 Sometimes words are connected to the role
not the actor who says them.
5 This was perhaps the most famous line
ever said on screen.

n , [cja character in a play or movie

Robert De Niro Drew Barrymore D In, [c] a famous actor, singer, sports player, etc.

C D n, [C) an episode in a play or movie

d)
n, [C] a sentence that someone says in a
play or movie
e
prep+n during a movie or a television TV show

E Complete an actor's post with words from

Exercise
5D. Change the form if necessary.

Clark Gable Arnold Schwarzenegger Jack Jones

Just found out I'm going to be in a

in this movie with Emily
Sharp! She's my hero! I've seen her
lots of times, and she's always
great. She's going to be a big
She has the biggest n the

movie-she plays a reporter who discovers a

city under Earth. I have two to
say where l ask her a question and then say
how I feel. I can't wait!

Sean Connery

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 12.2
VOCABULARY 4Write sentences using the
prompts.
SUFFINES 1 if 1/ be / famous people/
rds w
with
i t h ssuffixes me on the street recognize
words

the

Complete

1
contains
lots of useful information. 2 if shel have
ide more
1The
mous n
famouS
now.
ow He's been very money she/ buy / a car
qUte
He's in his c a r e e r .
2 3 what do I if you / lose /
you
your
success

hpen married for rorEy years! We're having

be
job?
Wei

4 if1/ lose/ my
3 celebrat

the jungle? How job /|/ have to /

look for another one
a
week in ventur
spent
4 You 5 1/ travel / to China / if
you:
that politic |/ can / speak Mandarin
believe
what says. He just
Don't for him.
to vote
6 if
wants you Harry havel more time / he /
play / more sports
Weve
acked a
proressional
pnotograph to take
5
7 if we l not havel
the photos.

vacation. Thank you so much.

a TV/l/ read I more books
wonder
beena

7 It's ride motorcycles. Ihey re too danger 8 if you/ be / famous how/ your lifel change?
so much.
YOU ve been very help
Thank yOu
9

Write
the words in the correct column for each Rewrite the sentences using hypothetical conditionals.
2 A
1 I'm very tired,
stress pattern.

so I'm not going out later.

wenturous politician wonderful musician IFI weren't so tired, would go Out later.
celebrity SCientist Invention 2 The restaurant is very expensive, so we don't
eat there.

1 0oUo
2 o000 3 o00 4 Ooo
3 You don't water the garden, so it doesn't look
SUCCessful
photographer dangerous
very good.
EDration

4 Tdon't have Jodie's number, so l can't call her.

5 We don't have
enough money, so we cant buy our
B Listen and check. Then listen and repeat. Own house.

6 I don't have any food in the house, so I won't invite

GRAMMARR them in for lunch.
HYPOTHETICAL CONDITIONALS

3 Complete the hypothetical conditional sentences with 7 I don't practice every day, so l'm not very good at
the correct form of the verbs in brackets. the guita

1 If he (not have) a lot of money, she

(not be) interested in him. 8 Ispend so much time answering my email that I don't
finish my other work.
2 If not have) a test tomorrow,
Clove) to go out with you.
9 The flights are expensive, so we don't visit very often.
3 We (be) so much happier if we
(not argue) all the time.
4 Im sure she lask) you if she 10 I'm very late, so I'm walking quickly.
(need) some help.
5 lF it_ not rain) so much, we
go out) more often.
6 You (not be) so tired if you
go) to bed earlier
7IF (have) my car here, I
offer) to drive you home.
8 If he (can) find a job there, he
(move) to Boston.
12.2
WRITING
READING PARAGRAPHS
words
with one or two
the summary
9 A Put the sentences in the
Read the text and completo
in each blank. correct order under the
headings to form three

Biggest Music Video Ever paragraph.

The
Or1Derember 2012 Gangnam Style,"a music Introduction/Early life
O C o by Korean
musician Psy, became
the tirst b.
be watched by a bilion
idedin Internet history to Youlube Career
number that
Deople. This was such a high so many
to work with
had to update its software
said that the video
Visitors. In May 2014, YouTube Personal life
views-another world record.
had two billion
area (often compared
fashionable Gangnam
2 The song is about Seoul's who try to appear high
to Beverly Hills in Califonia)
and laughs at people
at them by singing
class by saying they are Gangnam
Style." Psy laughs
too.
Cpan Gangnam style" saying
he is "Gangnam style,
called the Horse Trot, where Psy dances a) During the 70s and '805, Clint starred in n
The song has a unique dance,
him month to invent the dance, successful movies, but it wasn't until 1990 any
ike he is riding a horse. He
said it took a
tried moving like a won an Oscar for Best Director and a
that
he
dancer every day. They also
Working with a professional such Barack Obama and nomination
for Best Actor, for his role in Untorgiven
Even important people
as
panda and a kangaroo. in 2012, (1992)
Davd Cameron have tried the dance,
with mixed results. And,
that could
said it was something
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
b) Clint Eastwood is c) Although he
Create peace in the world!
perhaps one of the most
4ihe song was hugely successful. The
South Korean government said that,
in
started, he never
in the music industry famous international finished his
2012 it brought $13.4 million into the country. People
Said it helped develop the Internet as way
a of making music popular. Ihis movie stars of the
college degree in
not just from North America twentieth century. business studies.
means that music can come from anywhere,

and Europe. Love it or hate it, everyone

knows the song. Just don't listen to
it all day!
it first thing in the morning, or you'll be singing
d) He has been married fwice and also had a long.
term relationship with his co-star Sondra Locke.
had over two
"Gangnam Style" is a'_music video_ that has
views. The song is about the Gangnam area in e) All three movies were hits, particularly the third,
South Korea, and the people who go there. There and Eastw0od became an instant international star.
Trot.
IS a that goes with the song, called the Horse
it. Many
* have also
lt took Psy a month to create
tried the dance. The song has been very successful and helped Eastwood has g)Instead, he found work
seven children, as an actor in B-movies
bring a lot of into the South Korean economy. lt from five different and later in a well-known
has also helped change the world's' industry. women. TV show.

true (T) false (F? h) In December 2014, after eighteen years together,
Read the text again. Are the sentences or

he and his second wife, Dina Ruiz, divorced.

1 The video reached two billion views in 2012.
2 The song makes a joke about people in the

Gangnam area. i) Born in 1930, in San Francisco. Clint Eastwood

3 Psy thinks he is really "Gangnam Style was the son of a steel worker.

4 The Gangnam Style dance tries to copy a panda

and a kangaroo. )After this success, he was k) Around this
5 Ban Ki-moon thought the song was a goad thing given excellent roles in time, he also
for the world. movies like Where Eagles started to direct
6 "Gangnam Style" is a difficult song to forget. Dare, in which he starred movies, as well
with Richard Burton. as act in them.
8Find words or expressions in the text to match these meanings.
1 change something to make it better/more modern
I) In the 1960s, Clint was given important roles in
(paragraph 1). western movies A Fistful of Dollars (1964), For a
2 popular at a particular time (paragraph 2) Few Dollars More (1965) and, later, The Good, he

Bad and the Ugly (1966).

3 the only one of its kind (paragraph 3)

BWrite your own biography (or invent one

4 make sonething happen or exist (paragraph 3) (100-15U
using the headings in Exercise 9A
5 extrernely (paragraph 4) Words).
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VOCABULARY
LEARN To
cOLLOCATIONS ASK FOR MORE TIME
correct
alternatives.
the 4 Underline the
1
Underhine correct alternatives.
1 A: Would it be
possible to get an appointment with
Dr. JoneS?
TravelBig B: Can you
. ******* ******'****
***'*****
getigive me a moment? ('l see if he haas
Our Customers Say aboul Us any time this week.
WInat 2 A: Do you have
Paula's phone number?
B: Hang on/off. I don't
know where I put
d a lot tor Our vacation wilh lravelBig, bul my cell.
3 A: ls this a
worth it. Lena, our guide, did so
good time to discuss the agenda for
delinilcly the meeting?
it W.ls
n,3y tlungS for us! On the firs night, there was B: Just the/a moment.
There's another caller on
l we wanted lo go to, and she 'look/did the line.
On tne second day, we worked 4 A:
t lickels lor us. Johnny! Open the door!
fdinvited a car and drove around the nearby
B: Hold in/on! I'm in the
shower!
tow's. She
oferedl
reg/estedl recommendeda
place-lhe old ruinsjust Outside the town-
eal
LISTENING
and slhe even "orgaizedi madel paida private lour
tor us! On our iinal night, we "helpedl offeredlinvited
5 A Listen and match
pictures A-C with conversations
lena lo dinner,
and sne
°boughU reservedlrented 1-3.
a table in one of the best restaurants I have ever
baen to. I would delinitely recommend TravelBig. B Listen again and complete the table.
Pablo Gonzalez

FUNCTIONN
REQUESTS AND OFFERS

sentence halves.
2 Match the
a) get me a ticket for the
1 ld
2 Would it be concert?
3 Would you be able to b) table for four?

4 Could you recommend c) to ask for a better

seat?
5 Should I reserve a
dl possible to invite my
6 Do you want me
cousin?
7 Would e) you like me to call a
taxi?
a good dentist?
g like t0 rent a boat for
Six people.

3 Complete the sentences with the phrases in the box.

you recommend would like like me

bepossible want me should able to

1 They a vacation in a warm country.

2 Would it to rent a car at the airport?
3 Would you be. get me a ticket? 2 3
4 Could a good doctor? 1 What do the
speak to your teacher about CUstomers want?
he problem?

6 Do you 2 Do they get

to take that bag for you?
7 Would you what they want?
to find a good restaurant?

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 REVIEW 4: UNITS
GRAMMAR PRESENT/PAST PASSIVE
GRAMMAR USES OF LIKE
the correct alternatives.
3 Underline
Complete the conversations using the
prompts in parentheses. Use phrases fincis/was found in a
by a lady who
shoebOx
Over $7,500
with like thrit store in Petrova, who
the U.S.A. lcodora
worked in a
dy
irom Bulgaria, "tound/ was found the m
1 A: What kind of music do you Ike_? lyou) arrived/was arrived on her
work at the store. h e money was hidden/hid iinside
B: I hke all kinds of things-indie. hard rock first day at
m a d e the
discovery, she immediately t pir of
shoes. When Teodora elvwas
and dance. to her manager. Ihe tihritt store bosses
given the money
2A: ls that the new John Grisham book? and they have said that they are looking fnr e lold
what happened,
?(what) wlho 'gave/was given
the s h o e s to the store, since the person
left the money inside by accIdent. it tne owner ot the money eftl was
is not
B: It's great. I can't put it down. not lind, the money
will be kept by the store,
found/does
3 A: eating out in

restaurants? (you)
B: Not really. I prefer to go to someones vOCABULARY CRIME AND PUNISHMENT
house for dinner.
in the sentences.
4 A: Ihaven't met Amélie's new boyfriend 4Complete the words
yet. Che) 1Statistics show that short prison s_ntnc_s are not as effer
B: He's really nice. And he's handsome, too as community S_rV_C_In
stopping crimes. fective
5 A: Do you get along well with your sister? 2 The police took my car away, and I had to pay a f n

doing the same things? 3 People who shop online can easily become victims of fr
(you) 4 An old man stopped the t h _ f as he tried to run way rom
B: Yes, we do. We're both very sociable.
the bank.
We like going out to parties.
5 He always drives too fast, so he was stopped for s p _ d no
6 A: Is it cold there today? n9
6 The sides of the trains are always covered in gr_f_t_
(what/weather)
B: No, it's not cold at al. The sun's shining
GRAMMAR PRESENT PERFECT

VoCABULARY DESCRIBING A CITY Complete the conversations with the present perfect form
of the verbs in parentheses.
Complete the sentences with the words
in the box. 1 A: Have you seen my files anywhere?
B: Yes, I've just put just/put) them on your desk.
buildings pollution crime safe
2 A: Have you taken out the trash yet?
nightlife polite transportation traftiC
B: Yes, I Cjust/take) it out.

1 It's a very area. There's 3 A: Have you started the project?

hardly any crime at all. B: Yes, but I_ (not finish/yet).
2 There are a lot of factories around the 4 A: Do we need to pay the electrician?
CIty. so the is quite bad. B: No, I (already/pay) him.
3 Itry to use public so I get 5 A: Have you finished your work yet?
the bus or take the subway.
B: No, I (just/start)!
4 It's a bad time of day to go by car. There's
6 A: Has the mail arrived yet?
SO much
B: Yes, the mailman just/bring) it.
5 There are parties most nights and good
Clubs to go to. The Is great.

6 love the cities in Italy. They have so many VOCABULARY INTERNET TERMs, PROBLEMs
beautiful
6Put the letters in the correct order to complete the sentences.
7 People in the stores are friendly and
They smile and say 1 Ican't stand it! That's the third time my computer has
"Good morning" (desrach) this morning.
The in the area is much 2 The printer doesn't work. I think it's (yaflut).
worse nowadays. Its dangerous to walk 3 I'll send an (MSS) to his phone.
alone at night.
4 I'l reserve our tickets on that travel (twiesbel.
5 Ididn't knaw anything about it, so
I looked on one of the
(shecra) engines.
6 I can'tstand it when people speak Clldoyu) on
their phones. It's really annoyin9.
7 Did you read Jake's post on that message (bdora?
thrift store / take out the
trash charity shop put the rubbish out
garbage/ rmailman)
7 posttman)
 REVIEW 4: UNITS10-13
GRAMMARAD REAL AND HYPOTHETICAL
CONDITIONALS GRAMMAR REPORTED SPEECH
T0 Find and
the
correct alternative correct the mistakes in the
derline
Und er
sentences.
1 Suzie told to
you, . wrl/would talk to him about the problem. me that
they wanted to move.
Hl
were

2 We said her
1 traffic is bad, I willlwould bel that we wouldn't be
the t
3 I called a taxi,
long.
if
2 tthe answer, I would tell but they told
they were busy.
f t
knowlknew

you 4 They asked to

williwould miss the train if you don't hurry up.
move to a different
table, but the
4 You
waitress said them that it wasn't
the president, I would charnge the law. 5 Her boss told to
possible.
I famh
l her that she had to work late.
works
hard, he would get a raise.
6 f he children if they
they'i have getlgot married.
7 I'msure VOCABULARY MOVIES
a leavelleft the country, my mother wouldn't be
very happy. 11 Complete the sentences with
types of movies.
1 I watched a really good biopic about Winston
yOCABULARY FEELINGS Churchill's life last night.
2 It's an awesome
. I laughed so much!
the correct option to complete the sentences.
8 Circ
3 I can't watch movies. I'm too scared.
to u0 nere exCept lie on the beach. 4 It's an
There's nothing movie, with a lot of car chases.
I'm really 5 Atonement is a
b) bored drama abaut WWIl.
al confused
6 I don't like
movies about aliens coming
ha SDends a lot of time on her own. I think she's from outer space.
2
very
al excited b) lonely

know anyone at the party, so I felt a little

FUNCTION REVISION
3 didn't
12 A Complete the conversations with the
phrases
al uncomfortable b) amazed in the boxes.
Ihave an interview for a new job tomorrow, and l'm
there's a problem T'm sorry about that could you help
really
a) nervous b) bored
1 A: ExcUse me, .me?

5 Everybody is telling me to do different things. lI'm B: Yes, of course. What can I do?
really A: with my key. It doesn't open
al lonely b) confused.
the dooor.

6 Paolo's not answering his phone. I'm 8 1Tl get you another one.
that something has happened to him.

a) confused b) worried there's nothing we can do I'm afraid I have

excuse me, could I speak to

VOCABULARY SUFFIXES 2 A: the manager

B: Yes. I'l just get him for you.
9 Add suffixes to the words in the box to complete the
A: a complaint.
sentences.
C: What seems to be the problem?
politic denger photograph wonder help A: We still haven't had our main course.
SUCcess C: Im sorry, but at the
moment. We're very busy.
1 Why do you drive so fast? It's
dangerous certainly would you like me to no problem
2 He's a very actor. Now he's a millionaire.
COuld you recommend
3 Istudied political science at callege, but I decided not
to become a_ 3 A: a good place to go shopping?
4Wetold the receptionist about the problem, and she There's a new shopping mall
3
Was really
not far from here. order youU
5 It was a evening. | enjoyed it very much. a taxi?
6 ve always enjoyed taking photos. Ive been A: That would be great. Thank you.
a professional for about ten B:
years now.
BListen and check.

raise pay rise

 REVIEW 4: UNITS 10-12

CHECK
Circle the correct option to complete the sentences. 16 In my they should sell the
a) opinion b) thinking clidea house.
1 Ihaven't met the boss yet. she like?
17 It's my husband's new car, so l'm
a) What is b)What has c) How is very
when I drive it.
2So you're enjoying life in Argentina. What
a) amazed b) confused cl nervous
like about it?
a) are you b) is it c) do you
18 We're going on vacation
tomorrow. Im
really
3 The toys here, not in Japan.
a) excited b)lonely c) bored
a) are made b) are making c) have made
19 I've just
4 Everyone in the hotel by the police.
better noW.
my
webpage-it looks much
They still don't know who did it.
a) downloaded b) updated c) written
a) interviewed b) was interviewed
20 Hi, everyone. Welcome to my
c) has interviewed weekly
al blog b) search engine cl website
5 People to prison when they commit
a crime.
21 her we would be late.
a) send b) were sent c) are sent a) said bl asked c) told
22 The tour guide
6The Internet connection doesn't we should stay here.
a) fix b) on cl work a) said b) told c) asked MT7
7 We'll Iook into it 23 What would you do if she
away her job?
al right b) for c) go a leave b) leaves c) left

8 Why is everyone talking so 24 If we had more money, we

? goon
expensive vacations.
al loud b) loudly c) noisy
a) would b) will c) won't
9 There were terrible at the airport.
25 the lottery. I wouldn't
a) litter b) delays cl service tell anyone.
al win b) will win cl won
10 There are so many people at the party. The room is
26 I watched a very good
very about police
in Newark.
a) crowded b) empty c) safe
) horror movie b) blockbuster c
11 Why do you keep calling him? You've documentary
called him three times this morning! 27 Snakes, tortoises and crocodiles are

al just b) yet c) already a) reptiles b)mammals c insects

Jyray
28 He's
12 the invitations yet? a
great I saw his exhibition.

Do you send b) Have you sent al photography b) photographer c

a photograph
cl Were they sent 29 You want to speak to Daniel? a
moment; here he is. AD
13 If I pass my take you out to
test al Hold b) Just c Give
celebrate.
al l'd b I'I c) l've 30 Can you hold ? Tl be with you in
a minute.
14 Ive read the instructions tvice, but l'm
Istill don't know how it works. a) up b) in c) on tWhas t
a) bored b) confused c) lonely dredc
15 I'm not n hat.

al interested b) fine c) sure

RESULTS een
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Narour
Dan a

tra
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from another country, is to
RECORDING
W7.1 identify UNIT 8 RECORDING w8.1
7 with the new country. So
UNIT shy
maybe Maggie and Joe Smith lived in the sarme
t o be
very you're from Germany and your real
used
She have a car
name is Wilhelm. When you go to the house for fifty years. When Maggie was
1
2 1vdnt Use
eighty-six years old, Joe died. The house
Used
to 9 v e me candy. United States, you might change it to
grandya was very big, so Maggie decided to move.
AM at schorhool. William. Or your name is Andreas and
to study She sold the house toa businessIman
USed you change it to Andrew.
4Inever
to
Ive n
Fresno.
called David Jones. A few weeks later
used I: This happens a lot in the United
They
movies Maggie was at the hairdresser when she
movips2

to the
5 go
USe
to
States and England.
Dd
you heard someone say that the new owner
6
S: Exactly. People want to mix with David Jones, had found some money in
RECORDING W7.2 others. And having a name that's easy her old hause. She contacted Mr. Jones
UNIT 7 be-she
used to be very shy. to recognize and to pronounce helps He told her there was $10,000 hidden
to a lot. Another reason people change in the wall. Then he said they could share
Used use to
1 have-didn't

to their names is to separate themselves the money: $5,000 for him and $5,000
2 din'tuse
have a ca from their family or from famous for her. She agreed. A few days later
used to
to
give-y
grandpa
parents. Angelina Jalie's father is the Mr. Jones visited Maggie Smith. He
3 Used actor John Voight. She was originlly
gve me candy. had a contract. The contract said that
never used to study called Angelina Jolie Vaight. Maggie Smith should agree to accept
uSed to study-I
at schoo.
But she dropped the name Voight. $5,000 for any money found in or around
used to live in Fresno. S: That's right. And another reason for the house. Mrs. Smith thought this was
lIve-Ihey
to
5 Lsed to-Did you use to go t peaple changing their names is that very strange. She didn't sign it. In fact.
use
6 did you
there was a mistake. Oprah Winfrey's she took Mr. Jones to court. In court,
the movies?

mother named her Drpah Winfrey. Mr. Jones told the truth: there wasn't
0-r-p-a-h. But there was a mistake $10,000. There was S150.000 in the
RECORDING W7.3 on her birth certificate and everyone walls, mainly in fifty-dollar or a hundred-
UNIT 7 called her Uprah. dollar bills. Joe Smith, Maggie's husband.
Interviewer s SUsan was putting money in the wall for fifty
=

o people change years, and he never told his wife. So what

Susan, why
So.
:
their names? UNIT 7 RECORDING W7.4 happened in the end? The judge decided

reasons. Some of them that Maggie Smith should get all of the
many
S: There
are
For example, when a money. David Jones got nothing.
are quite simple. A: It's next to the bookstore.
divorced, She might want
woman gets 8: The bookstore? The one near
to her original name.
Co go back the cafeteria? UNIT 8 RECORDING W8.2
Aight. A: That's right.
other people just
S: And, of
course,

names. But then A: Hi there.

like their
dont B: Hello.
there are more interesting reasons.
A: You can't take your bag into
us some examples? the library. A: Do you sell towels?
:Can you give
boxer Muhammad Ali was B: So, do I have to leave it here? B: Towels? Yes, we should have some in
S: Well, the
When the bathroom section. It's just over
originally called Cassius Clay. A: That's right.
he changed his religion,
he also there past the clothes.
changed his name to Muhammad Ali. 3 A: Great. Thanks very much.
A: The exam starts at 9 o'clock.
:So, religious reasons.
B: Did you say 9 o'clock?
S: Yes. And for farnous people-especially
A: Goad morning. Can I help you?
actors and singers-they need a A: That's right.
name that's easy to say and easy B: No, I'm just looking. thanks.
to remember. So, for example, the 4 A: For anything in particular? We have
singer Farookh Balsara ... A: I need to buy a notebook. these new jeans. These just came in
B: You need to buy a notebook? There's last week. Or we have T-shirts here.
:Who's that? a stationery store over there.
S: Farookh Balsara was the real name B: Um, OK, thanks.

of Freddie Mercury. A: Thank you. A: Just let me know if you need any help.

:FromQueen. 5
S: That's right. The lead singer of A: Can you tell me where the reading A: Excuse me. Do yu have.. any of
Oueen. And, of course, Freddie room is? that stuff for killing insects?
Mercury is easier to remember
B: It's on the left as you go out of B: Um.. do you mean an insecticide?
than Farookh Balsara. Or Georgios
the building. Like a spray?
Kyriacos Panayiotou.
A: Sorry, can you say that again, please? A: Yes, a spray.
Who?
B: It's on the left as you go out of B: Hang We should
S: Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou is on.
have some.
the building um. give me a moment. Ill just see
the real nane of the singer George
Michael. A: Thank you. if we have some in stock. Yeah, we

Ah. have this one.

S: IC's the A: That looks fine.
same with lots of A: Where can I find Professor Adams?
singers,
actually. Sting's real name is Gordon B: He's in the lecture hall. 4
Surnner. The singer from U2,
his real name is
Bono0 A: Did you say in the lecture hall? A: Who's next?
Robert Hewson, and B: Hi.
S0 on and s0
on. Now another reason B: Yes, he's giving a presentation.
pEople want to A: Are you paying by cash or by credit
change their names, card?
especially if they are imnigrants

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quite funny to
UNIT 10 RECORDING W10
cause theyre
B: Credit card. You take Visa, don't the pigs
don't like
is getting I = IntervIewer S= Soplhi: L=
A: Yeah, no problem. Can you enter
you watch. One thing I We get
L Lr
day.
early. We do it every P Pamela
up and im
your PIN, please? There you go. the morning.
five in
B: Thanks up at
always half asleep.
S: OK. My name iS S0pnie unston, and
A: Thanks. Bye.
I'm sixteen years old. Well, ane
R3 RECORDING WR3.1
I don't like is people using their cel
thing
phones or laptops Dr ather technolam
UNIT 9 RECORDING W9.1 1 Could you help
me?
office is? at the wrong time. nology
where the
bigger than 2Can you tell me
office? 1: What do you mean by "the wrong
Snmaller than 3Where can I find a post
higher than 4 What time
does the library open? time
S: For example, during classes or
colder than When do the classes start? any
5 time when someone S trying to talk
Sundays?
open on
hotter than 6 ls the swimming pool to them.
the academic adviISor
to
7 I need to speak : Isn't this normal now?

UNIT 9 RECORDING W9.2 S: I don't think so. Some of my friends

RECORDING W10.1
don't even hear their parents
1 big, bigger, bigger thanThe UNIT 10 because they spend their whole
population of France is bigger than life wearing headphones. I think it's
the population of Poland. teacher like?
new
A: What's your really rude.
2 small, smaller, smaller than-Poland makes the
B: She's really good. She : And how would you stop this?
is smaller than France.
Classes interestin9.
3 high, higher, higher than-Mont S: Well. in my school, they banned
Blanc in France is higher than Rysy in personal technalogy during classes,
and I think it was a really good idea.
Poland A: What's it like living in the country?
People can concentrate much better
4cold, colder, colder than-In January B: It's a bitquiet. I think I preferred
now.
it is colder in Poland than in France. the Ity.
5 hot. hotter, hotter than-In July it is 3
hotter in France than in Poland. Does your mother like stay1ng
witn
I:Luis, can you Just introduce yourself
A:
you? briefly?
B: She loves it. She comes to stay L: Yeah, I'm thirty-five years old, and
UNIT 9 RECORDING W9.3 once a month. I'm a waiter. Should I answer the
I'm lucky living by the ocean. Every
questions?
morning. see fishermen coming in 4 in restaurants? I: Yes. go ahead.
after work. There's always something A: Do you like eating out

to do because the ocean is always L: OK. Well, for me the worst thing
lenjoy it sometimes, but prefer
I to
B:
different. Every day, you see something s litter.
cOok at home.
different. When I was younger, we I:On the street?
used to have parties and sleep on the
beach. We cooked fish and listened to
5
A: Is it much more expensive to live
L: Litter on the street. People just
hrow away bits of paper or drop
Bob Marley, and that was fun. These there novw? What are the prices like?
food. But it's also on the subway.
days, I still go for walks every day with B: It's not too bad. But it's more T'm a New Yarker. I go to work every
my dog. We've seen dolphins here. And expensive than it was. day by subway. and people just leave
we saw a dead whale on the beach their newspapers lying around. And
once. It was enormous. It was on the
all this paper is a real mess.
beach for weeks. A: Does your brother like it in Scotland?
: How can we stop it?
2 As a child, I played in a tree house in B: He likes it a lot. He says it's beautiful.
the yard. We were always Outsi
L: I don't think you can stop it. The
government has tried to introduce
We invented games, and we knew the 7 fines, butt it hasn't worked.
names of animals and insects. We A: What's your new job like? Are you
played in our yard or in our friends enjoying it? : What punishment would you suggest
yards. It was very safe in th0se days. B: It's awesome. The people I work with for people who drop litter?
You could be outside all day. When l are really friendly. L: l'd make them clean the streets.
was young, we didn't have computers
or even the television. And there 3
wasn't as much crime, so we really UNIT 10 RECORDING W10.2 : I fyou just give your name and age.
grew up in the yard. 1 What's your new teacher like? P: All right. My name is Pamela, and
Tm seventy years old. But | think >'m
3 Igo hiking and camping in the 2 What's it like living in the country?
mountains. You can do that here in a young seventy. Unlike most of my
3 Does your mother like staying with you?
the summer. In the winter, it's too older friends, I love technology, and
cold. I think Americans like me enjoy 4 Do you like eating out in restaurants? u s e email every day. But the one

the wild. We like big spaces, big 5 What are the prices like? about it is spam. It is
thing I hate
skies. Im just a few miles from a city. 6 Does your brother like it in Scotland? sO annoying. I think the people who
but there are all kinds of plants and
7 What's your new job like? are responsible should be forced to
animals OUt here. You can see deer Sit down and read millions of spam
and bears. It's pretty amazing messages for six months.
4 I work with aninals all the time. We :That would teach them!
have chickens, cows and p1gs on the
farm. There are a lot of tarms around
P: Of course it would.
here, so its completely normal to see
animals around. I really like feeding

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W104 not to think about
AECORDING
them. And then, W: I'm afraid I totally disagree. The
10 suddenly, Tl start to worry.
U WIth my roo
0om.
problem is that we don't have more
probiem

à
Theres
staff. We can't find people to start
2
1 Eacuse me.
work tomorrow, s0 ...
speak
to thne
manager?
UNIT 11 RECORDING W11.3
CouldI
3 me?
R
4
Could
you
help
a problem
Robert M =Miriam UNIT 11 RECORDING W11.5
afraidI
have
R: I think they've already changed the
I'm
5 a
Complaint.

Ihave
to
make
way we live. I mean, a lot of
people, W =
Worker M Manager
6 likeme, spend a lot of their free time W: I'm afraid that's not possible.
playing online games. And this has
RECORDING W11.1 W: I'm sorry, but I don't think it is.
UNIT 11 made me a more sociable
It's difficult to play modern
person. W: I'm really not sure about that.
computer
finished the book vet? games alone. When you start the M: I'm sorry, but I don't see what the
Have you
A: Started the next one. game, you also join a network of problem is.
I've already other people playing online, and
. Yes.
you W: I'm afraid I totally disagree.
can join a team to play with other
2 cooked dinner yet? people around the world. I work as a
Have you
A:
walked in the door. truck driver, so I spend a lot of time UNIT 12 RECORDING W12.1
No. I just alone on the road. When I used to
8: Some lines in movies are so famous
play computer games, when I was that people recognize them all over
asked your wife yet? younger, I sat in my bedroom, closed the world. One of these is the line "E.I.
A: Have you
to her later. off from the world. Now when I play. phone home," which Drew Barrymore
Im going to speak
6: No. 'm constantly talking to other
players said in her role as Gertie in E.. the
in real time. Because of this, I spend Extra-Terrestrial, in 1982. This line
4
decided w n e r e we re going most of my free time talking to other helped start her acting career when she
A: Have you
people with the same interests. I was only six years old. It made her one
yet? used to be quite shy, but these days
just reserveda table at of the biggest child stars of the time.
B: Yes, we ve I find it easier to talk to peaple l
Mario's. Another line that helped an actor's
don't know. So, yes, I think computer career was "T'l be back". In a scene
games are changing the way we live, in The Terminator in 1984, Arnold
want to come and play soccer? and it's a good
thing Schwarzenegger tries to get into a
A: Do you
twice this week. M: Well, they're not changing the way police station, but they don't let him
: No. I've already played
Ive very much. I mean, they're just in. So he promises to return. And he
games, like any other game. l quite does, by driving a car through the doors!
s e e n Miranda? ike computer games-some of them. Schwarzenegger used the same line
A: Have you
B: Yes, she's just left. There are lots of games I don't again in many of his movies. For many
like, Iike the violent games, but, for people, it's the first thing they think of
me, it's just the same as the other when they hear his name.
UNIT 11 RECORDING w11.2 thingsI do. I mean, sometimes I read When people think of Robert de Niro,
1 Iget bored very easily. I prefer being a book or watch television to relax. they also remember the famous line "You
Sometimes I go out for a walk, and talking to me?" from the 1976 movie Taxi
busy, so lm always doing things.
Some people just like to sit down and
sometimes I play a computer game. Driver. This line wasn't actually in the
IC's not changing my life. I don't Script. Robert de Niro just said it while
donothing. ButI can't do that. I need
spend all my time on the computer. I they were filming, and it became the line
to be active.
use a computer for work, so I don't people remembered most in the film.
2 Ifeel lonely sometimes if my partner want to be on the computer all the
goes away for work and I'm on my own Sometimes words are connected to
time at home, too. And I think a lot
Bt home. But, then I call a friend or my the rale, not the actor who says them.
of people are like me. In our free All James Bond actors so far have
sister Or I speak to someone I havent time, we prefer to do other things.
Spoken to for a long time. Then I don't introduced themselves with the line "My
feel lonely anymore. name's Bond. James Bond," after Sean
Connery first said it in Dr:. No in 1962.
3 Iget really confused when I have to UNIT 11 RECORDING W11.4
do anything with numbers, like check "Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn."
bills or bank rates and things like M Manager W =Worker Now this was perhaps the most famous
that. I hate that kind of thing. I do M: The project needs to be finished this line ever said on screen. Clark Gable
find numbers confusing. week. said it at the end of Gone with the Wind,
in 1939. It was used to show that his
4 am always amazed by nature-the W: I'm afraid that's not possible.
character didn't care what happened to
Deauty of nature. You can just stand M: Why not? Everything's possible. Scarlett OHara, even though he was in
in a beautiful place and look at it, and W: I'm sorry, but I don't think it is. We're love with her. People thought the word
Its just anazing. working hard, but we need another damn was a very bad word in the U.S.A.
g e t nervous when I have to organiIZe two weeks to finish the job. at the time. But this just made the line
a social event-like if I'm
having M: Two weeks? Can you try to finish by more powerful.
a party or lots of people over for
the end of next week?
dinner. I get nervous about what I'm
W: I'm really not sure about that.
going to cook and if l'l have time to
There's still a lot of work to do.
UNIT 12 RECORDING W12.2
do everything
M: That's true. But you can get some
1 celebration, politician
b
worry about all kinds of things. Often more staff so we can finish sooner. 2 photographer, adventurous, celebrity
feel worried about the world when
Tm sorry, but I don't see what the 3 successtul, musiCian, invention
see the news and all the
problemsi.
There are so many problems in the problem IS. 4 dangerous, wonderful, scientist

World, and, a lot of the time,|

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1 could you help me?
Excuse me,
A: I do?
A: Cood afternoon. How canI help you What can

B: Yes, of
course.

B: Hello. ld lke to go on a tour of the city.

problem with my
key. It
A: There's a
A: Are you thinking about a bus open the
door
OK.
tour or private tour or boat tour?
doesnt

about that. Tl get you

to B: l'm sorry
8: A bus tour. Would you be able a n o t h e r one.

recommend something?
A: Yes, we have regular tours
to the
leaves could I speak
throughout the day. The bus A: Excuse me,
hotel.
every hour from outside the manager
him for you.
B: Oh. pertect. B: Yes. l'l just get
A: Here's sone more nformation. have a complaint.
A: Im afraid I
s e e m s to be the
problem?
B: Thank you. C: What
had our main c o u r s e .
A: We still haven't
A: Would you like me to reserve you a

seat? You don't have to. You can just there's nothing we can
C: I'm sorry, but
wait outside the hotel if you like. moment. We're very busy.
do at the
6: 11 just wait outside. Thanks very much.
A: You're welcome. Enjoy the tour. 3 a good place
A: Could you recommend
to go shopping?
A: Excuse me. Would it be possible to B: Certainly. There's a new shopping
change seats? mall not far from here. Would you
8: Um. let's have a look. like me to order yoU a taxi?

A: Are those seats free? A: That would be great. Thank you.

8: Yes. I think they are. Can you hold B: No problem.

on a few minutes until they close the
door?
A: Yes, of course.
B: Thanks.

A: Hello.
B: Hello.
A: How are you?
B: Fine. thanks.
A: Table for two?
B: Yes. please.
A: Did you make a reservation?
B: No.
A: OK, let me see what we have.
We're fairly busy, but we may have
something. Just a moment. OK, we
have one free table. Would you come
this way?
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