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5 Write true sentences with the past 6a Look at this picture. What is this machine, do
2 Look at the photos AD and match them with paragraphs simple (affirmative or negative) of the you think? G r a m m a r tip
14 in the text Medical inventions. verbs in brackets. a) an MRI scanner b) an X-ray machine Notice the short answers:
c) a microscope
3 Complete the table with information from the text. 1 People the scalpel for the first Did you see him there? Yes, I did. / No, I didnt.
time around 3000 BC. (use) 6b 2.19 Listen to the first part of a radio interview Did they arrive on time? Yes, they did. / No, they
Medical inventions 2 The Japanese acupuncture. didnt.
and check your answer.
Name Date Country Other information (invent)
scalpel 3000 BC 1 didnt change for 3 People false teeth before 700 BC. 7a Do you think these sentences about the Language reference and extra practice, pages 138139
machine on Track 2.20 are true or false?
2 years (wear)
1 The machine looks inside you.
10 Put the words in the right order to make
3 4 5 4 False teeth between 700 BC and questions. Ask and answer the questions with a
acupuncture still popular in
AD 1770. (change) 2 It can only take a picture of your head. partner. Check your answers on page 121.
needles and other countries
5 Zacharias Jansen the first 3 Its dangerous. 1 Thomas Edison TV Did invent ?
6 700 BC 7 didnt change until microscope. (make) 4 German scientists invented it. 2 make Europeans the first paper Did ?
8
6 His microscope objects ten times 5 Hospitals first used it in the 1980s. 3 did invent Wilhelm Rntgen What ?
9 10 Holland people didnt want bigger than their real size. (show)
4 the Americans When on the moon did
to look at 11 7b 2.20 Now listen to the rest of the interview and
land ?
things then check your answers to Exercise 7a.
5 Where first arrive did in America
8 Listen again and complete these sentences. Christopher Columbus ?
Medical inve n t i o n s A B
S P E A K ing
1 The scalpel is one of the oldest inventions in medicine. It
is a small, light and very sharp knife. People used it for the 11 Tell your partner about your first experiences.
first time around 3000 bc in the area of modern Iraq. The Use ideas from the list. Answer your partners
scalpel did not change very much for 4,000 years. questions.
2 The Chinese invented acupuncture needles around cook a meal play a sport move to a new house
2000 bc. At first, they did not make needles from metal, but
eat foreign food win something hold a baby
from stone. Today, people in China and other countries use
acupuncture for many illnesses. 1 The scanner can show both the hard parts and the organise a party fly travel alone vote
3 People in southern Italy invented the first false teeth about soft parts of the body. go abroad
700 bc. They used pieces of bone, or sometimes second- C D 2 It can take a picture of the body. I first travelled alone when I was 18.
hand human teeth! After that, false teeth did not change 3 In the 1950s, Felix Bloch the importance of Then listen to your partners experiences and ask
for the next 2,500 years until, in 1770, a Frenchman called NMR for looking inside the human body. questions.
Alexis Duchateau first used porcelain, a hard, white material
4 Raymond Damadian and his team built the first Did you like it / enjoy it?
that we still sometimes use today.
full-body MRI scanner in .
4 Zacharias Jansen from Holland made the first microscope in How did you feel?
about 1590.Through it, objects appeared nine times bigger 5 In , hospitals around the world bought their
What happened next?
than their real size, but it did not give a very clear picture. first MRI scanners.
Jansen did not use his invention very much because people 6 The scanner isnt good for people who dont like
at that time did not want to look at small things! .
B:
Certainly. We have over 50 different designs.
3
I dont know. There are so many!
Today, Malta is a popular holiday island in the Mediterranean
the Mediterranean from these harbours. During the Roman 7 read the email from Camilla to her sister Susie in A: This one is popular.
Sea, but it 1 (not/be) always an island: thousands of the uK. Choose the best word, a), b) or c), for gaps 19.
years ago, there 2 (be) a large desert between Europe Empire, Rome also 9 (control) the island for seven B: Why?
and Africa, but at that time there 3 (be) no people there. centuries. A: Well, 4 . The first advantage is the camera and
Between 7000 and 5000 bc, people 4 (travel) across Like the Phoenicians, the Romans 10 (not/can) control the second is that you can listen to music on it.
the sea from Sicily to Malta. They 5 (build) the famous the islands any more and they 11 (leave). Malta 12 Camilla Nichols B: Yes, but that means its the most expensive. Sorry,
temples on the island. (have) many more visitors after that. The Arabs 13 Susie Nichols but Id like something cheaper.
(live) there for two centuries and 14 (give) the modern Mums birthday A: 5 . This model is half the price.
Maltese language many B: Does it play music?
words. The Spanish, the Dear Susie A: No, 6 , but it has a camera.
1 are things? Im emailing you from a petrol
French and the British all
15 (come) and station. The petrol, or what Americans call 2
is really cheap here. I can fill the car for about $20
, 9b 2.28
read the conversation in Exercise 9a
16 (leave) the and listen to a similar conversation. There are five
and drive across California! The 3 are like our
island, and, finally, in motorways but a lot 4 and ten times longer. Im differences. Write the changes.
1964, Malta 17 driving a big American car its so big that yesterday,
(become) independent I couldnt drive it out of the parking 5 (thats car
and 18 (can) make park for you!). L AnGuAGe CHeCk
its own laws and protect Its Mums birthday next week. I think shed like a
The Hagar Qim its own people.
6 camera. Are they expensive? In the United
States everything is so cheap compared with the UK.
10 Write in the missing preposition in sentences
temple in Malta 110. use the prepositions in the box and look at the
I found trainers for about 5 at a shop called The Big
Shoe 7 , so I bought two pairs. And I also got pages to check.
some gold 8 heels. I cant walk in them but they
look wonderful! before down during for
GrAmmAr 5 2.27 Listen to a conversation and choose the best 9 for now. in in of on on to
answer. Camilla
1 Write the verbs in the text in the past simple. 1 Where is the woman?
1 a) Hope b) Hi c) How
in
a) in a supermarket b) in a car park 1 I dont spend a lot of time the shops. (page 58)
2 Complete the questions about Malta in the past c) in a managers office 2 a) oil b) gas c) water 2 How much did you pay these DVDs? (page 59)
simple. 2 What does she want to buy? 3 a) main streets b) highways 3 A lot of companies are doing business
1 Q: How did the first visitors ? a) food b) clothes c) food and clothes c) high roads the Internet. (page 61)
A: They travelled by boat. 3 How is the woman paying for her shopping today? 4 a) widen b) width c) wider 4 First all, its an interesting place to visit. (page 63)
2 Q: Who ? a) by credit card b) with cash c) by direct debit 5 a) lot b) market c) car 5 We saw that film the day yesterday. (page 67)
A: The Phoenicians. 4 How much does she usually spend? 6 a) electric b) computer c) digital 6 We usually go holiday to Spain. (page 69)
3 Q: Why ? a) 100 b) under 100 c) over 100
7 a) Store b) Motel c) Station 7 Do you chat friends on the Internet? (page 69)
A: For their ships and because they could trade with
other countries. 6a Choose the correct form of the verb in the 8 a) long b) heavy c) high 8 Youre on the third floor. So go those
conversation between a supermarket manager and a 9 a) Bye b) Care c) Love stairs to the second floor. (page 70)
4 Q: How long ?
A: For seven centuries.
customer. 9 Leonardo started his studies 1468. (page 75)
M: Hello. 1Im / Im being the manager of this 10 She married three different men her life. (page 81)
5 Q: What ? Key L AnGuAGe
A: Many words.
supermarket and today 2we talk / were talking to
some of our customers. 3Do you have / Are you
6 Q: When ? having five minutes? 8 Put the words in the right order to make LO O k bAC k
A: In 1964.
C: Yes, OK.
sentences.
3 Work with a partner. Ask and answer questions M: Great. What 4do you buy / are you buying today? a) you some mobile show could phones 11 Find the exercises in units 79 where you
Food or clothes? me please ? discuss your shopping habits. (U7)
about the past.
C: Food and clothes. 5I always buy / Im always b) problem no thats
Student A: Look at the information on page 114. buying food on Mondays and today 6I also look for
learn American English. (U7)
c) can you help I ? give a short talk. (U7)
Student B: Look at the information on page 119. / Im also looking for some clothes for my children.
M: OK. And 7do you usually pay / are you usually
d) not afraid Im read about one of the worlds first cities. (U8)
4 Where do you normally buy food and clothes? paying by credit card? e) to see would like phones which you ? compare your grandparents way of life with
How much do you usually spend on food shopping C: Yes, I do but 8I use / Im using cash today. f) has advantages main two it yours. (U8)
a week? M: I see. And on average how much 9do you spend /
are you spending here every week under or over 9a Complete the conversation with the sentences ask politely for something. (U8)
100? in Exercise 8. find out about the first helicopter. (U9)
C: Oh, probably over 100. A: Hello, 1 say what you did last weekend. (U9)
B: Yes. 2 listen to a radio programme. (U9)
6b Listen again and check your answers.
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