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Travel, trust and tourism Si ee ener Eo ee ey Pee es travelling for free Tae R eR! eee get cr REMC ean) eon eae ces Reeser est have visitedSeg Sec! erences eee ee rad are) Cultural exchange VOCABULARY Experiences abroad Work in pairs. Discuss the questions. + What do you normally do during the holidays? + Have you been abroad? yes, where? Ifo, would you like to? Why? / Why not? + What do you know about student exchanges and study abroad programmes? Check you understand the words and phrases in bold. Use a dictionary if necessary. Then tell your partner which experiences you think are good and which are bad. Give your reasons. 1 beleft to your own devices 8 go hiking in the mountains 2. find people very welcoming 9 hang out with local people 3 get abit of a culture shock 10 ie around a house all day 4 get areal feel for the place 11 see all the sights 5 get food poisoning 12 stayinaBaB 6 get off the beaten track 13. stay with a host family 7 get robbed 14 take while to get used to the food Work in groups. Look at the words and phrases in Exercise 2. Discuss the questions, + Which are most / least connected to visitors to your county? + Which have you done? Or which have happened to you? When? ‘+ Which three do you most want to remember and use? Why? Work in pairs. Look at the photo and discuss the questions. + How is the market different from a market close towhere you live? How would visting this place make you feel? Why? + Which words and phrases in Exercise 2 can you use to describe what is happening? Make a lis. Then explain your choices toa partner. Complete the description with words and phrases from Exercise 2 In the past, itwas very common for teenagers to do student exchanges where they would go abroad and stay in each other's homes. The idea was not only to leam a new language but to (1) ___with the local teenagers, even go to their school and get a (2) the place and culture Sometimes the (3) _ was very welcoming and students got on \well with the people in the home, but other times the (4) __was too much because they couldn't (5)____ the food and ended up being let to their (6)____. Maybe that’s why these days itis more ‘common for teenagers to go on a group trip abroad where everyone stays in a ie cr hostel together. During the tip, students go and see (8)________and only briefly meet up with a group from a local school This way teenagers don't (9)___a foreign house all day and there is no awkwardness. The worst that could happen might be a case of (10)_____from a bad prawn and some sore feet from walking around the town. Work in pairs. Which of the two programmes described in Exercise 5 do you thinks better? Why? Unit Travel rust and tourism 9LISTENING @ Listen to the first part of a podcast about study-abroad programmes. Find out: GI Listen to Kenji and Catalina, Answer the questions ae 1 Wher y do al 2. How long did they stay for 3 Did the trip increase their unders cultures and develop their la © Work in pairs. Decide ifthe sentences are true (7) or false (P).Then listen again to check your answers. EENEZ 1 Kenji had vist abroad in Munich 2 He eal) 3 His host fami understanding of the G 4 He's still in touch with his host family 5 Catalina has family roots” in Italy 6 She felt ath soon as she arrived 7 Aftera few weeks, she spoke enough Italian to do what she needed to do, 8 She's glad she w family roots original place wher nt to Italy but has no plans to a familyisfrom ‘Some study-abroad programmes alloy students to visit countries like China where they can go to places like the Great Wall a © my perspective Work in pairs. Think of two more benefits and three possible issues students might face when doing a study-abroad programme. Then discuss the questions. GRAMMAR Present and past forms @ Look at the sentences in the Grammar box. Decide: 1 whi 2 which four dy-abroad programmes. many last year.Match the rules (1-6) with the examples (a-f) in the Grammar box. 1 We use the present simple to talk ent states and things that are the present continudus to talk 2 We we see as temporary s and unfinishe 3 We use the past simple to describe finish st, especially when there is one 4 We use the past continuous to empl progress ara 5 We use the past perfect simple to empha !appened before a particular point in the past 6 Wie use the past perfect continuous to tak a n that was in progress over a period of a particular point in the past. * ime in the past. Complete the extract by putting each verb in brackets into the best form. = (love) travelling, Its '€ most important thing in my life. 17 now and | (2) (plan) to spend the summer ona National dition! | actually = (go} on my first adventure trip 2 coupl (spend) two months in China, It was the fir go) abroad, a love) every minute of i! While y) in Beijing, we @ visit t ething | (9) “e| was a child. Just am: hope] todo an expedition and stay somewhere really off the which was some af doing ever si (1o)__ nd next y beaten track, Complete the pairs of sentences by putting one of the verbs in brackets into the correct simple form and the other into the correct continuous form. Ta We usualy pend) the summer vith my grandparents at their the coast 1b This summer, though, my brother i in Costa Rica. 2 y) with a host family the 2a oT (0) hiking in the 2b atsix ever s stat 3al ally bad food poisoning while | was in Scotland. I've no idea wh 3b Things got worse w body stole my sultcas while wait in the queue to buy locals forthe k 4b It was a great tri, but scary, bs You are going totella situations below. The say about where you were and when — and what happened during your time there. Think about how to use all four past forms atleast once a Somethin. 1 were on holiday b Atime you Aplace you have visited ‘Work in pairs. Tell each other your stories. a1B Ask for a lift VOCABULARY BUILDING Phrasal verbs | We often use phrasal verbs in conversation instead of | mote formal words. They are very common in English | The meaning of a verb often changes when its used in a | phrasal verb @ Rewrite the italics using the correct forms of these phrasal verbs. break down pull up queue up ‘come down to pick up tum out 1 They offered to give me a lift to the airport and collected me from the hotel at eight o'clock. 2. The bus stopped working on the way there so we were five hours late 3 twas the New Year holiday, so had to wait inline for hours to get a train ticket. 4 think the changes are basically because of two things: wealth and technology, 5 Acar stopped by the side ofthe road and the diver asked us for directions 6 | was worried because Id never been abroad before, but everything was great in the end. © Write sentences using these phrasal verbs. hang out around lookafter__stepout © Work in pairs. Look at the photo on page 13 and discuss the questions. ‘+ What is happening? + Which ofthe phrasal verbs in Exercise 1 can you connect tothe photo? Explain your choices READING Q Read about hitchhiking and match these headings with the numbered paragraphs (1-6). a Fear b More wealth € New needs and opportunities Legal restrictions @ Low-cost flights # Greater access to cars 12. Unit 1 Travel, trust and tourism © Work in pairs. Which of these ideas does the author present? What evidence is given? 1 There used to be far more hitchhiker. 2 There was a high number of robberies involving hitchhikers, I's difficult to find a place to hitchhike these days. Mote people crive compared tothe past. Ar rave is safer than driving or hitchhiking, We are wasting a lot of eneray by driving alone. People only hitchhike now if they are poor. Hitchhiking brings benefits to communities and individuals is 4 5 6 7 8 © Work in pairs. Imagine you are standing at the side of a road trying to hitchhike. Tell your story. Before you do, talk and make notes about: + where you are going, + why you are hitchhiking. + how you are feeling, + what happens next + how the story ends. @ Tell your stories to other people in your class. Vote on the best one. Explain why itis the best story. CRITICAL THINKING Evaluating ideas Evaluating ideas and judging them against other perspectives helps ta form a basis for developing your | own point of view. © Work in groups. Discuss the questions. 1 Which is the most important reason the author gives for the decline in hitchhiking? Do you agree? How important are the other reasons? 2 What comparison does the author provide from the website Wand ly? Do you think it a fair comparison? Why? / Why not? 3 How is the example of hitchhiking in Virginia different * from other kinds? Does this make it safer? Why? / Why not? 4 Why do you think the author says he gota different perspective to other tourists? Do you think that i ‘rue? Do you think his perspective was better? Why? / Why not? (OMY PERSPECTIVE, ‘Work in pairs. Discuss the questions. + Do you think more hitchhiking is a good idea? \What other reasons could there be for doing it? + How could you make hitchhiking safer?Hitchbot, a hitchhiking Pee og Tet) Peo ach Scare aedThe Grand Tour Andrew Sara'slngest ‘Grand ‘Tour’ was 7,775 miles. GRAMMAR Uséd to and would Look at the Grammar box. Match the structures (1-3) with the uses (2-0), based on the examples in bold. 1 past simple ato describe a past state over a period oftime : 2. used to, would, past simple to describe individual past event and situations ‘0 or past simple € todescribe a habit or regular action inthe past Cee Hitchhiking used to be so common. | used to do ital the time when | was a student going home to visi friends, and aso spent one summer hitching around South ‘America Often when you went to somte hitching spots, you'd have to queue up behind several others already wating fora lift ~it wos xo popula. often argued with my parents about the dangers of hitching, and | would tell them about al the amazing experiences Ii had. Check your answers on page 128. Do Exercises 3-5. Read about Grand Tours. Find out what they were and why people did them, Humans have always been travellers, moving out of A | parts ofthe word in search of space, food and resources. But the idea of guided tourism leisure and education (1) didn't really start until the 17th century when the Grand Tour (2) began to be established. Young aristocrats® from different travelling around important si ‘our often (4) started in servants and a tutor to s parts of the world (3) spent several mont rope after they had finished univers Netherlands, where the tourists (5) hired @ them the sights and teach them about From the Netherlands, they went to Paris, where they (6) did a French langue fe moving on to Switzerland and then crossing the Alps to Italy. the Netherlands via Austria and Germany or (9 The Gra (10) played an impo culture. The tourists would often bring back painti influenced artists In their own country. The ven (11) saw the be Frenc hich (12) Francisco de Miranda n his Grand Tour, ight for indeper aristocrat 2 ‘Change the words in bold in Exercise 2 from the past simple to used to or would + verb, where possible. MY PERSPECTIVE Work in pairs. Discuss the questions. + Doyouthink anyone does Grand Tours today? How are they similar / different ta the Grand Tours you Exercise 2 “+ Where would you go if you could do a Grand Tour over a few months? Think about ~ the sights you would visi. ~ the food you would eat the people you would m: aPRONUNCIATION Elided “d Sometimes the cd by ahard The contraction ‘d can mean would o in fast speech ifs follo nsonant like tor 4. an dis 2 Listen to the sentences and write down what you hear. NE Check your answers with a partner and discuss which contractions ate would and which are had. Then practise saying the sentences. Read about Andrew Skurka. Decide if used to, would and the past simple ate used correctly (C) or incorrectly (). Change the ones which are incorrect. ‘Andrew Skurka isan ultra-hiker. Every year, he (1) used on hikes that are thousands of miles fong, walking and 40 miles a day. One of his most amazing ctic in 176 days. His boots (2) got between {Ours was circling the Ar y he came across it(9) used to change his perspective was very similar just one more CHOOSE fi hink about what your parents or gra did during their holidays when they wer Up. Write any similarities and differences compared to what you do during your holid wing know ab st comp: + holiday resonts, + the kinds of people who visit + the kinds of holidays + the number and length of holidays + destinations people from your country visit / partner about two of + Something you sed to believe and why you hanged your mind. + Something you used to like doing and why you don't lke itor do it now. + Something you so now that y sed todo nd why. + Someone you used to spend a lot of time with and what you would do. oe ee reer Renee) Peace? alSPP Wei Resse emcees JOE GEBBIA AUTHENTIC LISTENING SKILLS When people tel stories, they often use present tenses to make events sound more immediate. They also often report what people said or what was going through theit mind at the time asifthey were speaking Look at the Authentic listening skills box. Listen and complete the extracts. [1 NE 1 I make the mistake of ask g him, 2. Andi'm thinkit 3 And the voice in my head goes, 4 ng at the ceiling 'm thinking, Look at your completed extracts in Exercise 1. What do you think happened before? What do you think will happen next? Work in pairs, Read the sentences below. Discuss what may have happened before somebody said each one. ‘What do | do now ve met you somewhere 1 Som thinking to mys 2. She looks at me and goe before. 37 ice in my head says, jon't d 16 Unit? WATCH Work in groups. Discuss the questions + Have you or your family ever asked for help from a nger while on holiday? What happened? uo someone in while on ur family ever helped 2 hat happened? + Why might you trust / not trust a stranger? How do you d Watch Part 1 of the talk. Choose the correct options. Ce 1 From his meeting with the Peace Corps guy le ‘a he should always have an airbed (ould stare ahi ssful because Hl designed r MY PERSPECTIVE How can you make people feel they can trust each other more? Think of three ideas. Then share them with the class. Does anyone have the same ideas as you?her Watch Part 2 of the talk, Complete these notes. [3IE + Experiment - shows ho but guest can feel rks, Well-designed r ost can feel how business yutation (review) sy : must leave reviews before they op worrying about similarity ts = right amount of losure) nesty and sharing (di Watch Part 3 of the talk. Then workin groups and summarize what Joe said using these ideas. What did you like about these ideas? [3H + when trust works + aman suffering a heart attack «the sharing economy + human connectio + Seoul, South Korea nesters* whose children have left empty-nesters fa Look back at your ideas in Exercise 6. Did Joe mention any of your ideas? Have any of them changed? VOCABULARY IN CONTEXT a Watch the clips from the TED Talk. Choose the correct meanings of the words and phrases. [30H b Work in pairs. Discuss the questions. + What this + Have ith? Have you hepr in to [hy camincr d you be up for doing any holiday? Why? / Why = rafting or bun: = going toa disco a guided tour ofa museum > going camping + When did you la + Have you ever ex Work in groups. Make a list of things you have which you could share with others either in your area or with people visiting you on holiday. Think about: + skills and abil + knowledgi + possessions thet you do not use all the tim How could you share the things in your list in a way that people could trust and avoid danger? Unit 1 Trave tourism 171E Trip advice | ener Making suggestions If sports / sightseeing s ther thing, then the best place to go is Ifthey want toexperience a genuine focal night out, fd suggest tying IF theyre only staying here fora short while, they should probably. Ifyou ask me, the one place they really have to go to's Reacting to suggestions sfthey rather try something cifferent, ‘might be worth ago. wouldn't bother going 0... personally ! They/d be best (of going to ‘Tourists walk across the Perito Moreno Glacier in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina. SPEAKING @ Work in pairs. Make a list of three places close to where you live that you ‘would recommend to each of these groups of people. Think about places to stay, places to eat, places to shop, places to visit, etc. ‘couple in their 50s or 60s ‘a father with a young teenage son a group of teenage friends a young married couple with a child © Compare your list with another pair of students. Make suggestions for the best places for each group of people. Use the Useful language box to help you. © Put the sentences in the correct order to make a conversation between a local person and a guest. Then listen and check your answers. EE ‘a Well, there's a great steak place down by the river. b I'm thinking of seeing some sights taday. Can you recommend anywhere? ¢ Inthat case, you'd be best off going to Madragora ~ a nice litle vegetarian place near the park. d_OK Well Ill check that out this moming, then. And do you know anywhere good to have lunch? @ Great. Thanks forthe tip. Oh, right. Well, actualy, | don't eat meat, so 1g Well, the Old Town is well worth a visit. There are some amazing buildings there Q You are going to roleplay two similar conversations to the one i Exercise 3. Underline phrases in Exercise 3 that you want to use. Then hhave the conversations, using places you know. Take turns being the local person and the guest.WRITING A review © Look at page 149 and read the four short online reviews. Decide what kind of place each review is about. Work in pairs. Which reviewer: 11 does not fee! he / she got good value for money? 2 managed to negotiate a deal? 3 strongly recommends a place? 4 ‘had to entertain himself / herself quite alot? 5 complained? * 6 had to wait far longer than he / she had been expecting to? 7 felt very comfortable where he / she was? 8 mentions local sights? @ Look at page 149 again. Underline the sentences in the reviews that helped you answer the questions in Exercise 6.” © WRITING SKILL Adding comments Complete the short extracts from different reviews by adding the extra comments (a-d). 1 Great view of the sea from our room, but the hotel restaurant closed at nine, 2 We had an amazing time, but terible weather on the day we left, 3 We complained about the room, so they offered us two fll days the spa, . 4 The beach was a five-minute walk from the hotel, but so was the snake market, a wihich meant we were delayed fo several hours. bb wihich was rather disappointing € hich was abit ofa culture shock, to say the leas. dd ihich was kind of them. Choose one of these places and write a review. Plan what you want to say~ and tinkof comments toad asin Exercise 8 Use the Useful ~ language box to help you. rrr Writing reviews Inreviews, its quite common to use a relative clause starting with which to add a comment about a whole sentence. ‘was abit far from my school, which wasn't ideal. Indoes great breakfasts, lunches and smack, which is perfect ifyou're feeling hungry. EMTs Introducing follow-up comments On top ofthat, What's more, (One other thing was the fact that. Recommending - and not recommending Jean‘ recommend it enough. swell worth a vs. Itsjustnot worth Id gve ita miss if were you).ZG ND! ae discuss young entrepreneurs read about online scams PaCS ect Cent) MORE ec Pen Peet Bread- Aman stands inside a virtual ee Way of Technology in Poland. Virtual te oe doctors and firefighters to imulate real-world scenarios. 2A Young business VOCABULARY Setting up a new business @ Look at the photo and read the caption. How do you think the virtual cave ‘works? How can it help people? In what other jobs might the virtual cave be useful? Work as a class. Discuss the questions. hat isthe difference between an entrepreneur and a businessperson? hat qualities and skis do you think yot need to be an entrepreneur? + How easy st for young people to become + Can you think of any young entrepreneuss? was his or her business? businesspeople or entrepreneuts? fhe youngest? What © Workin pairs. Discuss the questions + How-do people raise money for a business or a charity? + Who might businesspeople negotiate with? What about! + In what ways do businesses market procucts? + What might a business ora person recover from? + What are good and bad ways of handling pressure? © What skills do you need to start a new business? Choose the correct option (a-) to complete each skill. 1 __something new a negotiate inver € redesign 2 ___ money from investors a raise b lend © ak 3 ____with supplies to getthe best deal a handle b menage € negotiate 4 find partners to t countries a send b dist 5 havetthe confidenceto_______ from failure a recove b repai € accept 6 begood at joduct to increase sales a meeting © marketing 7 be capable of nd press preparing handling 8 beableto ange of people a dealwith — talk € geton 9 __ateam of pe a applyfor figure € put together 10 __in an impressive office a live b be based € show © my PERSPECTIVE Work in pairs. Decide on the three most important skills in Exercise 4 that make a new business a success. Can you think of any other skills? @ Explain your choices in Exercise 5 to another pair of students. Do they agree? Why? / Why not? Unit2 The business oftechnology 21LISTENING Listen to a woman talking about entrepreneurs. Think about the questions and take notes. NZ is being an entrepreneur changing? the speaker, what is the most important aspect of being an entrepreneur? Workin pairs. Discuss the sentences. Are they true (T) or false (F)? Then listen again to check. (NE 1 Nick O’Aloisio became a millionaire when he w 2A ki ttgo through a tradi publisher to market her books. 3 The speaker suggests that most investments from banks in the past went to older, wealthy businessmen, first investor chose him becau and had potential er investors buy a share of the compan n Kickstarter alm to make a prof majority of Kickstarter projects get no invest ‘an example of recovering from failure. Work in pairs, Discuss the questions. 1 How hanged entre 2 Doyou think Kickstarte fea? What might be the benefits and risks of raising money this way? 3. What do you think might be good or bad about being anenttepreneur? * GRAMMAR Present perfect forms and past simple Look at the Grammar box. Read the sentences (a-<). Then answer the questions. 11 Which tense is each of the verb forms in bold? 2. Why do you think the different forms are used? Present perfect forms and past simple ‘a Dloisio's fist investor contacted him by email fom Hong Kong, bb Kickstart has been running for several years now. ¢ Most successfulentrepreneurs havefailed atleast once. ‘Check your answers on page 130. Do Exercise Based on your ideas in Exercise 10, complete the summary using each of the forms. The number of entrepreneurs (1) (grow) ever since the arrival of new technology and online services. This new technol i reduce) the barriers th (discourage) people from setting up a business.bsusethe correct forms. © Complete th e true for you. es you think are incor is, an a non: sinfo event practice of ast © my ersPecrive Look again at the th listed in Exercise 5. Gi den these skills. List any other qualities cr ideas you have thet show Id be a good entrepreneur. © Workin groups. Tr to convince other students that you would make th best entrepreneur, Use present perfect forms and the past simple2B Risky business READING @ Complete the sentences with these pairs of words. confirm + scam emails + filter infected + backups social media + posting deleted + permission inbox + attached profile + edit store + USB stick 1 Some of my posts were. without my —____. reno idea why! 2 can't believe how many. manage to get through my spam 3 He's very active on He's always new updates and adding photos. 4 keep my very private, and | often go back and things ve written, 5 This strange email justarived in my. with a file to it so deleted it 6 When they asked me to details started to think it must be a 71 all my documents in the cloud now rather than use a 8 I gota virus that I didn't have any. my bank alotof my flesand © Work in pairs. How do you think the things in Exercise 1 might happen? Why might people do some of them? © Look at the infographic and read the stories. Answer the questions. 11 What mistake did each person make? 2. What wes the result of each-mistake? © Work in pairs. Answer the questions. 1 Who didn't realize they'd made a mistake for quite some time? 2 Who received several emails from the same person? 3 Who thought they had found a bargain? 4 Who was scared into responding too quickly? 5 Who accepted the blame for what happened? 6 Who didn't read a product description carefully enough? © Read the stories again to check your ideas in Exercise 4. Identify the parts that helped you decide, © my PERSPECTIVE Make a list ofthe different ways you could protect. yourself from the same kinds of online crimes that. Laura, Bruno and Janella encountered. Then work in pairs. Compare your lists. Did you come up with the same ideas? 24 Unit2 The business of technology VOCABULARY BUILDING Adjective and noun collocations 1 When you learn adjectives, itis @ good idea to remember the nouns that they describe. Sometimes the adjective is next to the noun; however, sometimes it appears later in the sentence. tsa very use fendly website with lots offunctions anditis also ver secure @ Match the adjectives with the nouns they are used with in the stories on page 25. 1 the normal a hotels 2 asecond-hand b relative 3 my personal € PlayStation 4 luaury documents 5 common @ fees : 6 adistant f price 7 official g sense 8 legal hh cetails CRITICAL THINKING Interpreting data | You will often see visuals and charts in newspapers, books | | and web posts to add information and support a writen text. You need to check that these statistics are from a reliable source and interpret the data for yourself before you read. Work in groups. Look at the cybercrime graphs on. 9 page 25. Discuss the questions. 11 Where does the data come from? Do you think this isa reliable source? 2. What crimes do the graphs focus on? What do you know about them? 3 What's the most common crime? Why do you think thatis? 4 Which age groups are least / most affected? Why do you think that is? § Doyyou think the statistics would be cfferent for your ‘country? Why? Do you know where to find them? Work in groups. Discuss the questions. groups. ‘+ Which of the three mistakes do you thinkis the me least serious? Why? ‘+ Why do you think each person acted as they did? ‘+ What do you think each person did after realizing their mistake? + Haye you heard any stories about similar mistakes? Ifo, what happened?Oya atekeg its Laura one day callfrom what | thought was my bank ‘They said someone was trying to take OR ee or mead money from my account without my than ever to keepin touch with friends and family around the world. permission and that they needed Online banking allows people to access their accounts from anywhere foconfirm my personal details to shat hasan internet connection, People don't even have to leave the stop it. ll be honest I didnt really souse to go shopping! However, with greater connectivity comes greater Understand what was going on and sk. Every year, hundreds of thousands of people become victims of wanted to stop anything bad from mle crime, We asked our readers to share some oftheir terrible tech happening, o | gave them my name Serre ka Bruno | was surfing the web one day when | found a ste selling Xboxes and PlayStations. couldn't believe how cheap t They had stuff on ‘there for half the normal pric! clicked ‘on one item and bought what was ‘advertised as a PlayStation 4 original box and receipt’. assumed it was second-hand and, as it was only €150, | Roucan imagine how fet few day Ister when the postman brought mé just the box and the receipt! Crigin of crime: Romania and address and date of birth. I didn't hear back, but a month later | got ‘my credit card statement and found someone had spent over £11,000 on flignts and luxury hotels! Origin of crime: USA Looking back, it was my ‘own fault, But when | got an email ;omeone claiming tobe a law 2.1 know my dad's ily had jons there, so | ‘thought it must be true, They attache: them again Origin of crime: West Africa Cybercrime by type (USA) eaDo you enjoy posting paren What's in a post? GRAMMAR Verb patterns -ing or infinitive with to Work in pairs. Look at the Grammar box. Which of these verbs can be followed by the -ing form? Which can be followed by the infinitive with to? consider ‘When two verbs are used together, the second one often takes the ~ing form or the infinitive with to, They attached documents that looked official and kept writing. Websites such as Kickstarter allow entrepreneurs to avoid selling part oftheir business [Link] investor. They needed to confirm my personal deta. (Over halfof the campaigns on Kckstarter don't receive any funding because they fail to reach their set target Choose the correct options to complete the blog post. iF hing like most people, you probably enjoy (1) con social media, Maybe you hope (2 tocreatea panicuar image of yourself, or intend (3) shoving / to show others what good taste you havel You'te probably not plann mation that ould be used against you inthe something, you'r agreeing the world! Most of us avoid (6) rev put for some reason, Wi you decide (8) make public on the internet h detailed picture of who you are and what you believe - at that this help views... and much mi 3) understand geni education, pol Of course, most social media companies refuse (10) guc jarantee privacy for users, After all, we are th we post certain ki could all ust consi Work in pairs. Discuss the questions. do you think you reveal abo! = What kinds of things do you post online? Why + Are you conc + What do yout 9 How does thi privacy online? Why? / Wi sites do with the pers nformation they‘Complete the comments with the correct form of these verbs. be feel have hear post protect uit spend to? Ei: a Erie Wong Posted 3 hours ago sider Ican't stand (1) like everything | do online is being used by someone. Really, we should all promise (2) social medial The only reason we don't is because we'te too scared we'd miss (3) from fiends! Luisa Hernandez Posted 2weeks ago Ifyou use social media, you should expect (4) ____ these experiences. Why should ‘companies offer (5) our privacy? They alteady provide us with free services. Surely that’s enough. Back to The Future Posted a month ago ‘The secret of being happy isto practise (© ______ more patient! Delay (7) ntl you're sure you really want the world to have access to what you write - and arrange ® 1s much time offine as you can! Work in groups. Do you agree with each of the ‘comments in Exercise 4? Why? / Why not? ‘Write your own short response to the blog post in Exercise 2. Include two or more verbs from Exercise 1. Then share your comments in groups and see how much you agree with one another. (Check your answers on page 130. Do Exercise 4. ‘an infinitive with 0. teased metconim barked ink it mast beascam. idee @ Look at the Grammar box. Complete the sentences so that they are true for you. Then explain your ideas to ‘partner. 11 My parents always expected me. 2. In afew years time, I can see myself. 3 fl could, Id hire someone 4 We should do more to prevent people 5 | can sil remember begging my parents ‘Check your answers on page 130. Do Exercise 5. © Look at the Grammar box. Complete the sentences with these direct objects. You will also have to add an Indirect object. The fst one has been done for you. ‘anew tablet a loan permission anything a special dinner 1 This programme is terble. Le’s see what else is on. Pass me the remote control 2. My dad bought for my birthday. 3. fyou'te under 20, i's dificult to find a bank thatll give to starta business, ‘4 By posting on their website, you're basicaly giving to use your data, 5 flere you, I wouldn't tell He can't keep a secret! 6 My sister and | cooked —___ for their wedding anniversary. CCheck your answers on page 130. Do Exercise 6 ‘© cHOOsE 1 Work in pairs. Writea blog post explaining best practices when it comes to using social media, Use as many of these phrases as you can. iff were you, Fd avoid strongly recommend. Is best not to agree/ arrange lots of people fail You may want to prevent people 1s sometimes good to ask friends Donttallow everyone. Think carefuly before you tel 2. Write a short story zbout someone who started a new business. Use at least five verbs from pages 21-27 3 Workin groups. Search online fora story about someone who wasa victim of cybercrime. Report what happened to another group. Use atleast five verbs ftom pages 21-27 Unit2 The business of technology 272D. This is what happens when you reply to spam email éé Crazy stuff happens v yhen you replying to scam emails. 77 erases] AUTHENTIC LISTENING SKILLS When we are surprised or shocked by what someone says, we often repeat a key word, phrase or short sentence with 2 high pitch and a questioning intonation. We may then add a comment with a faliing tone. Look at the Authentic listening skis box. Workin pairs. Try practising the short exchange A: We can start with 50 kilogra here's no paint doin Listen to James and compare your intonation with his, To] Work in pairs. Take turns responding to the comments using the same intonation pattern as James. 1 2 3 4 5 6 fering to distribute go! Ay bank called me and asked for n WATCH Work in groups. Decide what this email means and why it was written, The business is on. | am trying to raise the balance for the Gummy Bear so he can submit all the needed Fizzy Cola Bottle Jelly Beans to the Creme Egg for the Peanut M&Ms process to start. Send £1,500.00 via a Giant Gummy Lizard. Watch Part 1 of the talk. Answer the questions. CERNE TOW Wad ” Odonkoh’ tying to make money 2 Doyou still haWatch Part 1 of the talk again to check your ideas in Exercise 6. CEE Work in groups. Discuss why you think James Veitch replies to spam, Which of these points is he trying to make? to spat suggests itis a go way to spend any mail to take up the ti ' spammer, He suggests that ths stops th By 4 te replies to spam email because hei interested ‘ancl ben Suggests that people can ' make money by doing business online Watch Part 2 of the talk. Ceck your ideas in Exercise 8, y? How effective do you think James's approach is? Why? OEE Watch Part 3 of the talk. How are the emails James receives from ‘Solomon Odonkoh’’and the emails he receives this time similar? CEES VOCABULARY IN CONTEXT a Watch the clips from the TED Talk. Choose the correct meanings of the words and phrases. CER b Work in pairs. Tell your partner about: + something or so + asituation tha + somethi + something you MY PERSPECTIVE Workin pairs. Come up with five different ways to deal with interet scams, Then discuss which ones are most relevant to these groups of people. Explain your reasons. +” elderly people no eny + people who + peop Work in groups, Desgn a questionnaire to find out about peopl riences of internet should find out how much is already known and what ifanything fe doing to reduce the risks, Yo will need at least ten question Unit2. The business of te2E Investment opportunity SPEAKING © Workin groups. Discuss the questions ‘any TV programm fou watch them? Why? / Why n¢ Persuading 4 When we are persuading people, count we sometimes turn our own * Would riences and opinions product? Why? / Why thing in front of people? What did you {good at e yOu present? Was the ntation successful? Why? / Why not? ve question to challe the other person’s idea © Work in pairs. Read about the Kickstarter project. One person should think think ie will ose mone of reasons to invest and one person should think of reasons not to invest. Don't you think riflose money? ‘Then discuss your reasons and try to persuade each other. Find it realy useful Wouldn't you find realy useful? 100! student Bharat Pulgam. nat allow you to easily replac 10 buy a whole new look Haven't you ever had that problem? jomnize your earphones for an individual and start produ the pro © Make negative questions from these sentences. Which negative questions could you use to support your reasons in Exercise 2? Why? 2 | thinkit’sa bad idea to give mon online. 's something similar to tha 4 have sometimes wished | could be happy to pay a bit extra © PRONUNCIATION intonation for f 1a Listen to the negative questions and notice the intonation. [0 b Practise saying the negative questions. +1 Wouldn't it be good to have something like th z 2 Don't you think it's @ bad idea to give money rs online? ‘Awoman harvests cocoa in 3 Isn't there something similar to that alreac Ghana for Fairafric. 4 Haven't er wished you could do the 5 Wouldn’ nappy to pay a bit extraWork in pairs. Read about two other Kickstarter projects. Choose one each. and try to persuade each other to invest. ojectis an after-school for low-income famil running fo ise mor eral y laser u ink . st rik Reimers is a German chocolate maker. He has set upa cho making company, Fatafic, in Ghana, By producing the chocolate bars in their ‘ounty rather than only exporting cocpa beans, people in Ghana can earn 25 percent more — even compared to fair trade chocolate. The money d will help fund production, packaging, shipping and di WRITING A persuasive article 9D ead the short article on page 149 and find out: y 1 what article is 2 what i. 3 what ND WRITING SKILL Getting people's attention Work in pairs. Look at the article again and answer the questions. ow does the article gr ou to continue reading? re factual informatio he final paragr and how does itelate to 1 Would you invest in the i-save? Why? / Why not? {© Using the product you chose in Exercise 5, a product you have heard about recently or something you have invented yourself, write an article to explain the product and encourage people to invest or find out more about it. © Work in groups. Share your article. People in your group should ask you some questions or write some comments about it. | Usefullanguage | Getting people's attentioniho eal cite) Aa Ale Loe ices t Cree ae Peer aa er en ce See Penn ee Ee Dee oe PER ROLE ah ou ca Petey aereac eee atch an event. Incredible achievements VOCABULARY Describing sportspeople Work in groups. Look at the photo and discuss the questions. ce to be in a crowd lke this? Why? /Why not . think they ing? Work in pairs. Identify the options which do not fit. 1 He has ge oF 20 points a He holds the/ 6 She captained the Complete the sentences with words from Exercise 2 1 The whole team have a really great. ney alway right to the end of the She still When Iwas younger, | won a 4e has incredible —__ players’ moves and create opportuni 5 He wasa key player in their success, but ne never the team, 6 I've always had areal passion =< 7 She's _______in four Olympics and won. i and one bronze 8 Hescored the winning ___in the la fi CChoose five phrases from Exercise 2to describe a sportsperso a family member. Then tell your partner about the people you ‘My favourite footballer is Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. awareness and scores some amazing goals. I think my big sister is a positive role model for me. She ha: attitude and never gives up. MY PERSPECTIVE How do you think sports / sportspeople have changed: these categories? + fame / celebrity status + equipment + achievements Unit3 Fas 3LISTENING Listen to four people explain why they admire certain sportspeople. As you listen: (i portsperson is / wasTrom, ‘of something each sports son won, Listen to the four people again. What does each person say about the following? SEI nine out of ten mm eight 2M) popular tralian eb al problems st lesson 4 |herfuturehusband | introduced | fought ) Work in groups. Discuss which of the four sportspeople oa your ideas. So Pa Ceca Pn cena Cee ea) errata eure « GRAMMAR Determiners Complete the information about the functions of determiners using these words. antcles snstratives possessives quantifies two main functions: miners are words used before nouns. They have + They show which noun we mean, Gsing je (the, a(n), (2) — ls, that, these, thos (ny, your his, hr, its, + They show how much / how many of something, ng Look at the Grammar box. Identify the determiners in the sentences. a a That year Susiwon the women’s singles.» b Askany Indonesian of his generation. ¢ Hewon many medals including one gol. Without him, fewer people would watch motorcycle ‘oad racing ‘@ We'd never won any gold medals ‘Check your answers on page 132. Do Exercises 1-3.8D Work in pairs. Complete the sentences with determiners. Then discuss your choices. forward in ‘football sful footballers ever. yuntry 275 times man has ever an claim to have made own. a sport popular 4 He has eat personality ch has shown me so ght when it seemed there BB Work n pals. Look atthe corrected sentences, Discuss why you think the original sentences were wrong. s from my county fs have won an Olympic medal 3 | think'm pretty healthy. I mean, | eat very tle junk food and exercise lt 4 There aren't sich many places near here where you can exercise outside. 5A tite few people | know are absolutely crazy about their favourite sports team. {6 don't think i’ right that some sportspeople earn so. © Decide which sentences you agree with in Exercise 12 Change the sentences that you do not agree with. Share your ideas in groups. Number 1 isn’t true for me. Ilike some s into basketball and baseba Number 2 isn’t true. L tes from my country have won me © complete the biography with one wordin each gap. Yao Ming is(1)_______ retired professional sketball playe! ed playing qui years lone of 3) t in China havea (4) watching him play. He spe aying in the NBA in North America, which was amazing because (6) inese player had ever done tha and (7) hardly have done it since either (8 al people know him and are very proud of what jeved. He's Instanty rec let 9) __other player metres tall. He ma in the NBA look small in comparison! in the end, though, he had a (10). injuries that ended his career © Think again about the people you chose in Exercise 4. Make notes about their lives and achievements ~ and why you admire them. eer eed\ 38 Is the cost of coming top too high? Fireworks explode at the opening ere ea enn Games in 2012 OLYMPIC GOLD VOCABULARY BUILDING Synonyms in texts st d to set up a excellence in sport They helped to yh with similar ing and to Writers often use words or ph ly the same Work in pairs. Rewrite the phrases using synonyms. prove to have talent - prove to have a natural ability to host the Olympics w edie ohold the 16-day event. prenicenrccte 3 got its highest ranking Complete the sentences with these synonyms. Use a 4 ‘inked to succes dictionary if necessary. 5 tackle the challenges you fa funding hold ms, top READING Work in groups. Which of these statements do you agree with? Can you think of any exceptions to Cou he 16-day ever peed 2. Hosts spend huge amounts. 1. The mostimportant thing is not winning b qj Hosts invest large 2 Hosting the Olympics isa waste of m« orogrammes for elite athl 3 Inspor and lif, you get what you pay for ompetitors. 4 Increasing participation in sport at low levels lp tackle health and social challenges is directly linked to su 36 Unit3 Faster higher stronger{EER When Baron Pierre de Coubertin set up the first modern Olympics in Athens in 1896, he declared that “The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning, but taking par; the essential thing in life is not conquering but fighting well,’ Sometimes, these days it can seem that this Core principle has been forgotten, (1) ‘The hosting countries spend huge amounts of money to hold the 16-day event. Many of the countries taking ‘part invest huge sums in programmes for elite athletes. “And that money is not spent to come fourth; the only ‘thing that matters is having ‘the best Games’ and ‘winning medals ~ preferably gold. ‘The figures are enormous! Depending on who you ask, China spent $40 billion on the Beijing Olympics, Russia invested $50 billion in Sochi; while Rio and London each cost between 14 and 18 billion dollars. In terms of money for athletes, the UK spent over '$400 million on supporting 1,300 top competitors. This funding is directly linked to success: those who fail to achieve their targets will have their Funding cut and in some cases completely removed. Se Similarly, some years ago, China established a system ‘known as Juguo Tizbi (whole country support for the elite sport system’) for developing athletes. Children are identified as potential sports stars at the ages of © Read about the lengths some countries will go to in order to host the Olympics and do well. Complete the text with the phrases (3-f. the more money you spend, the better the results B overtaken by the other motto de Coubertin is known faster, higher, stronger al clubs and competitions; facilites for people to keep fit and play for fun and then to be fulltime professional athletes representing their country where they tain for up to 15 hours a week So much for the value of ust ‘taking part ‘My PERSPECTIVE Work in pairs. Discuss the questions. ould you like to participate ina system like Juguo Why? / Why not? + Do you know any schools that specialize in sport? Doyou think they are a good idea? Why? / Why not? + How much sport do you have to do at school? How much importance is given to winning? + Have you seen any great sporting events? How did they make you feel? Why? ss their provincial team (4) six to nine and are seet to special sports schools run by:local government, G) Those who % prove to have talent move on t0 a semi-professional schedule of four to six hours a day, ive or six days a week. After some years, the top performers then move ‘on to provincial training centres. Stuclents there live and breathe their spor. and hope to be selected for ‘There are around 400,000 young people in this system whose main purpose is to ‘win glory for their nation’ an, in the years before Beijing, it accounted for a very large percentage of all sports funding, ‘# In both sport and life, you tend to get what you pay for; (5) China came first in Beijing, and Great Britain got its highest ranking for over 100 ‘years in 2016. The question is whether this search for success at all costs comes at the expense of investing ‘s in something which is arguably more valuable: (6) ________. Seeing your team win can obviously lift your spists. However, this feeling is only temporary, while taking part in regular exercise and sport has been shown to have long-term psychological ‘9 benefits, as well as having other advantages. Given this, surely spending more money on increasing spors participation from the lowest levels up would be a better way of tackling some of the health and social challenges that many countries face. CRITICAL THINKING Supporting arguments Sometimes writers select information to support their point of view. © Workin pairs. Discuss whether you could use these facts to support an argument for spending money on the Olympics. Why? / Why not? + Six million dollars of the Beijing Olympics’ costs went (on sport. The rest included new subway lines, an aitport terminal, alight raway and roads, +” The majority of uguo Tibi athletes retire from their sport without formal educational qualifications. + According to the Chinese National Audit Office, the Beijing Olympics made a profit of $146 milion, + Montreal took over 30 years to pay offits debts from holding the Olympics, @ Acity in your country wants to host the Olympics. Divide into two teams - one for and one against. In your teams, discuss the arguments you would give. ‘Then debate the issue as a class. Think about: + the impact on the local community + what would happen after the Olympics. + alternatives to hostng the Olympics. Unit Faster higher stronger 37ST ge uc Pree ee pera a Coa: eC me) Getting better all the time GRAMMAR Comparatives and superlatives How far do you agree with this quote? Give examples to show how things are better or worse now than they were in the past. hiss the best time to t TED Speaker Gareth Cliff eee a Bicycles have improved and become far more aerodynamic bb Thereare many moce people raining today. Athletes are traning harder and more inteligenty than before ~ ever, dd Therunning tracks used n the 1930s were not as fasta the anes today. @ Thesoft chs stole much more eneray fom at legs compared to modern tracks. 3 Usain Bolts the fastest man in history. In average, shot-putters are now two anda half inches taller and 130 pounds heavier than they were inthe 1920s. : hh The current hour recordin cycling i only slightly better than it was over 40 years ago 1 Themore money governments spend on athletes, the better the sults Look at the Grammar box. Read the sentences about how sports and sportspeople have changed. Answer the questions. 2 Which sentence uses a supertative adjective? 3 Which sente Which re change causes another happen atthe same ti Check your answers on page 132. Do Exercises 4 and 5. PRONUNCIATION Linking words together in fast word ends in aco fant sound an und, we often link the two words taget Idon'tdo it as much .... may sound lik when speaking, Idon't do itas (tas) much fone word ends with a nant sound and out the first consonant sound than it did last season ext word starts wit .. than it did last season a Read about linking words together in fast speech. Then listen to the sentences. Identify where you hear the links, BIEN itthan used to be ing 3 don't do it as muc 4 I's lot more pop5 Itsabit more difficult 6 I’ far easier than it wa 7 Imnotas good atitas 'd 8 They/te doing worse than they did last season, b Workin groups. Replace itin each sentence to make s sentences that are true for you. {'m better at speaking English than | used to be! Read about how small changes made a big difference for the British cycling team, How can small changes a make big differences in your life? ne Brits gold me towinning ( or ycle race, the Tour de France, xt 12y redals and had two winners of the am perform No Bish cyclist over 5 gold ‘ow could the ore and, thanks als hi fe team could trait sively, The coaches also began kup Complete the summary in Exercise 4 using one word in each gap. Compare your ideas with a partner. CHOOSE 1 Write a short essay on the question in Exercise ‘omparatives in your response, 2. Makea lst of five thngs: he past anc fe things that are worse comp inthe di past, Use comparat final result + Stopping global warming Onaverage, elite shot: Pre een Cr) ahalfinches taller and Pee they were in the 1920s. Unit’ Faster higher 393D Areathletes really getting faster, better, stronger? Tt DAVID EPSTEIN Con ee eT Cae od AUTHENTIC LISTENING SKILLS WATCH i Work in pairs. Which of these sports do you do or watch? What equipment, skills and physical attributes j Speakers will often slow down and stress words when they do you need for each one? \ ate contrasting two ideas. The surrounding language can sound very fast. ra a ih Look at the Authentic listening skills box, Listen to an Pela i extract from the TED Talk. Identify where David slows | down and stresses words. NEM Watch Part 1 of the talk. Decide what David is going i toargue. (EEE in grathon ran two hours | ande Had he been racing against the a The human body has evoh etter at sports. 3 4 Olympic marathon, he would have b New sporting records are to tech and professionalisn © Sporti al part of human dk won by nearly an hour nat Work in pairs. Decide where the contrasts are in the Prascis peckeesina ier Watch Part 2 of the talk. Complete the summary with a ‘number, year or measurement. CIEE 1. Usain Bolt started by propell ally fabricated | 2s fast hum: same surface as Bolt, have ould have been the want highly- ies that fit into certain athletic nich 40. Unit3 Faster, higher strongerTEDTALKS Watch Part 3 of the talk. Match what David mentions (1-6) with the points he is making (a-f). CIEE VOCABULARY IN CONTEXT a Watch the clips frem the TED Talk. Choose the 1 high-jumpers and shot-putters correct meanings of the words and phrases. [3IEER ee ee a b Work in pairs and think of at least one example of oars Pe 1 a recent change or event that has affected Fe tthe v 5 2 someone or some country a The move towar zed types of bodies for srabrantawhd particular sports accelerated aaractitibarha b Kenyans are the runners. € Itmade elt 5 allable toa wider ar Work in pairs. Discuss the questions. of people d Some people might have long thin + How much of Dav there anythin ys because 7 Be Swimmers have long bodies and runners re propo ly longer le f Specific groups of per e advantages for some sports Watch Part 4 of the talk. Are the sentences true (1), false (F) or not stated (NS)? CIEE a person gets an electric Choose a sport you are interested in. Find out: ys David Epstein dese 2 We only use a small percentage of ourbrain powerat |? a ay ee ; : ds today compare 1 train our brains to accept more pa pe aire ce, suited to endurance than humans. ist ever person to run up a record to be broken, Unit Faster higher stronger 41Surveys [ Usefullanguage Introducing main findings The most surprising /interest thing we found was that. You won't be surprised to hear that... but one thing that was interesting was The main thing we discover was (6y for) the most popular... was Introducing other points “Another thing that was interesting was Apar from that, we found that Some other things worth mentioning are ‘What sportshave you participated in during the last month? Swing and ving Heath and fitness cyding recreation) Football Funning Aerobics yooe ‘and dance Cxdng ole voplee) olf 0 aa ec Percentage people Beach football isa popular sport on Ipanema Beach in Rio de Janiero. 42 Unit 3 Faster higher stones SPEAKING Workin groups. The bar chart on this page shows the results ofa survey into, \which sports people had done during the previous month. Discuss: + whether anything surprises you. Ifs0, why? «© why you think certain activities were more /less popular. - «which results you would expect tobe similar and different where you lve ‘Work in paits. Discuss which claims are supported (5) and not supported (NS) by the data in the chart. 11 One fifth of those questioned used a gym in the month before the survey. 2. Swimming and diving are the most popular sports. 3, One in 20 of those questioned played gotfin the month before the survey. 4 Just under five percent of those questioned cycle to and froin work. 5 The populatity of certain sports may change depending on the season. Workin pairs. You are going to carry outa survey. Choose a question fr think of one that interests you. Your survey should have at least six options. «What activities have you done in your fee time during the last wo weeks? + Whats your favourite type of film to watch at the cinema? + What subjects do you want to study at university? Interview as many students as you can and take notes, Discuss your notes with your partner and then present the findings to the whole class WRITING A survey Work in pairs. Read the description on page 150 of the bar chart on this page. Answer the questions. 11 What extra information is included which was not shown in the bar chart? 2. Which part of the description expresses opinion rather than fact? We often use passive forms in reports. Complete the sentences using the past participles of the verbs in brackets. You will learn more about the passive in Unit 5. 1 The chart shows the result ofa survey ————_—— [carry out) at our school last month,