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Cfocepac | = CENGAGE LEARNING ‘t= Learning” ~ “) ( , LATS ELEMENTARY John Hughes Paul Dummett Helen Stephenson Contents Unit Grammar be (arniis/are) possessive $ and possessive adjectives People pages 9-20 Real life (functions) ‘meeting people for the first time Vocabulary personal information family wordbuilding: word roots everyday verbs word focus: in VIDEO: World party page 18 > REVIEW page 20 plural nouns this, that, these, those there isfare prepositions of place 2 Possessions pages 21-32 colours everyday objects furniture countries and nationalities wordbuilding: suffixes (1) word focus: one/anes adjectives, shopping VIDEO: Coober Pedy’s opals page 30 » REVIEW page 32, present simple 3 Places pages 33-44 telling the time adjectives about cities places of work ‘word focus: work ‘wordbbuilding: collocations cardinal and ordinal numbers places in a city ‘giving directions VIDEO: Cowley Road page 42 > REVIEW page 44 a free-time activities wordbuilding: verb + noun collocations sports talking about abilities ‘and interests VIDEO: In my free time page 54 » REVIEW page 56 countable and uncountable nouns (2, some and any) 2 lot of and nat much / not many how many / how much 5 Food pages 57-68 food verbs food quantities and containers word focus: of amenu ‘wordbuilding: British or ‘American English ordering a meal VIDEO: Gelato University page 66 » REVIEW page 68 wasiwere past simple (affirmative) regular and irregular verbs 6 Money pages 69-80 vyerb + money collocations currency age -edl-ing adjectives wordbuilding: compound nouns requesting VIDEO: Bactrian treasure page 78 > REVIEW page 80 Pronunciation contracted forms the same or different sounds speliing Alor fist word stress contrastve stress -sendings saying numbers Jo! linking sentence stress Aff or Ids! linking of contracted forms -ed endings stress in questions intonation ' ERIC remeng I | Listening ‘an explorer talking about a photographer an interview with an explorer people at a conference someone talking about a ‘amily plastic possessions an interview with Andy Torbet someone talking about ‘24-hour restaurant in Norway an interview with a student living in London an interview with Beverley Goodman three people talking about their free-time activities {an interview with Norbert Rosing someone talking about a noodle chet in Chinatown people describing famous dishes from their countries ‘a conversation at a market someone talking about 3 street musician fan interview with two people at a museum people asking for money in cdfferent situations Reading an article about a family of explorers an article about world population an article about four ‘partments in Seoul an article about a slobal product an article about no-car an article about languages spoken ‘around the world an article about identical twins an article about a nature photographer an article about extreme sports an advert for volunteer work ‘an article about food markets around the world an article about the Svalbard Global Seed Vault {an article about currency an article about treasure ‘an article about the histary of money Critical thinking the writers purpose close reading relevance fact or opinion summarising Speaking asking questions friends and family facts about countries your objects and possessions 2 room in your home where things are from your life exchanging information about 2 photographer ‘favourite numbers and their relevance likes and dislikes daily life your abilities famous dishes from different countries planning a special mea bbuying food at a market summarising an article someone's past life important years in your life a survey about money Writing text ype: a personal description writing skil: and, but a description of ‘arom in your home text type: adverts writing ski describing objects with adjectives text type: a description of a place waiting ski: capital letters text type: short emails writing ski reference words text type: instructions writing skill punctuation a description of someane's life text type: thank you messages variting ski: formal ‘and informal expressions Unit Grammar Vocabulary Real life (functions) Pronun E past simple: negatives travel verbs ‘asking about a tip stressed and weak and questions journey adjectives syllables fal comparative adjectives word focus: than intonation in Superlative adjectives journey travel or trip? ‘questions Journeys wordbuilding: reallyvery + pages 81-92 online wating VIDEO: Women in space page 90 > REVIEW page 92 | have got has got adjectives about festivals talking about pictures groups of present continuous face and appearance and photos consonants word focus ike silent letters clothes Appearance worabiing: hrs verbs pages 93-104 parts ofthe body i ‘VIDEO: Festivals and special events page 102. » REVIEW page 104 f going t0 (for plans) types of film inviting and making tal infinitive of purpose _art and entertainment arrangements showing I present continuous for wordbuilding: suffixes (2) enthusiasm | future reference nature Film and the arts pages 105-116 VIDEO: Camera traps page 114 > REVIEW page 116 present perfect science subjects checking and clarifying ‘ve's resent perfect and past everyday technology contrastive stress simple memory and learning ‘wordbuilding: synonyms Science and anton science and invention . pages 117-128 email addresses and websites VIDEO: Memory and language learning page 126 » REVIEW page 128 shouldfshoukdn’t types of holiday making suggestions hafta! hhave to don’t have to, tourism Jal, luf or canican’t \wordbuilding: word everyamere, forms (1) Tourism somewhere, nowhere, word focus: take enywhere inanother country pages 129-140 VIDEO: Mecca and the Hajj page 138 » REVIEW page 140 vailloron’t measurements, making a presentation definite the or no article wordbuilding: word pausing on +names forms (2) ‘commas land and water The E: werd fos how 1 Farth and other pages 141-152 planets VIDEO: Volcanoes page 150 » REVIEW page 152 COMMUNICATION ACTIVITIES page 153 > GRAMMAR REFERENCE page 157 > AUDIOSCRIPTS page 170 Listening someone talking about the Mayflower 2 programme about journeys in history programme about animal ‘migration someone describing the Dinagyang festival a conversation about masks ata festival someone talking about an ‘outdoor cinema two people at a film festival an interview with Adrian Seymour two people discussing a Broadway show someone talking about the human brain {an interview with someone ‘about technology ‘news report about 3 ‘memory champion someone phoning his office someone talking about their holiday a podcast from a travel programme two friends discussing a trip to South America a documentary about 2 photographer an interview about fm director James Cameron and the Mariana Trench, Reading an article about a flight from the past an article about space ‘travel an article about 2 fashion photographer an article about tattoos a text about ‘emoticons, an article about the All roads fi festival an article about a wildife flnmaker ‘an article about nature inant a survey about outdated technology Jigsaw reading about memory an article about new inventions ‘a quiz from a travel magazine 2 tourist information leaflet a travel article maps showing climate change an article about ‘unexplored places on Earth an article about a new planet an article about Earth Day Critical thinking fact or opinion close reading the writers preferences the main argument ‘and supporting information arguments for and against structuring an argument Speaking a joumey you made yyour opinion a general knowledge quiz people’ appearance what people are wearing deciding which films to see your future plans explaining preferences experience with technology something you have learned advice for a tourist, rules ‘what's important in a hotel your future places on Earth life on another planet Writing a general knowledge quiz text type: 2 travel blog ‘writing skill 0, because text type: texts and online messages vatiting skill ‘extspeak text type: reviews ‘and comments ‘writing ski: giving your opinion with sense verbs the main argument text type: a telephone message variting ski imperatives a description of a ‘tourist destination text type: a feedack form writing ski closed and open ‘questions text type: a poster writing sil important words and information Unit 1 World party | How big is seven billion? k Unit 7 Women in space The story ofthe first female astronauts. Unit 10 Memory and Tanguage learning ‘The science and history of Earth's most amazing places, 3 Cowley Road See the people and places on an English road. Interviews with real people about their passions. How a director films the secret lives of animals Unit 8 Festivals and special events Unit 5 Gelato University | Visit some of the world's most colourful festivals. Unit 6 Bactrian teasure Discover the history of an ancient civilisation, & Gee Follow people who take religious holidays. Unit 2 Coober Pedy’s opals Go under a town in Australia for opals. HORN Bcie =PLACES FILM AND BB sl ANY ay Unit 1 People iin lla einive pr Wns e-Wia (Sur) Air te FEATURES 10 Explorers How a husband and wife are both explorers 42. A family in East Afric The story of a famous family 44 The face of seven billion people Facts and figures on the world’s population 48 World party How big is seven billion? 8 askin quesnows ‘A PERSONAL DESCRIPTION 4 Look at the photo and the caption. Where is the explores? What is the photographer's name? 2 1.4 Listen to an interview with an explorer: Match the answers with the questions. 1 What's your name? Where are you from? b_ Stephen Alvarez. What's his name? © Richard Turner Where's he from? 4 He's from the USA. a TheUK ica 3 1 3 Talk to students in your class. Ask and answer these questions, | Hello. What's your name? My name's vim from What's hisiher name? Where are you from? HisiHer name's | | Where's heishe from? HelShe's from INTRODUCE YOURSELF 5 FRIENDS AND FANmy FACTS ABOUT COUNTIES 10 g interview with jion contracted forms © speaking askin explores abular lestions 1a Explorers Listening 11 Look at the photo of two explorers. Where are they from? 2 12 Listen to an interview with an explorer. Ave these sentences true (T) or false (F)? 1 His name's Mike Bumey. 5. She's a photographer. 2 He's from the USA. 6 Mike and Sally are from Wales. 3. He's mattied. 7 They're twenty-six years old. 4 Sally Burney is his wife. Vocabulary personal information 3 Add the underlined words from the sentences in Exercise 2 to the table. personal information © grammar be (amlis/are) © [First name ] | surname | | age thirty-five Job/Occupation explorer Country Marital status single Relationship husband 4 Add information about you to the table in Exercise 3 Grammar be (am/is/are) 5 %& 1.2 Listen to and read the interview with Mike Burney from Exercise 2. Circle forms of be in each sentence. Hello. What's your name? My name's Mike Burney. Are you from Great Britain? Yes, I'm from Wales, but I travel all the time, And are you married? Yes, 1am. My wife's name is Sally. She isn’t at home at the moment. I: Why? What's her job? M: She's also an explorer and we often travel together. I: Is she from Wales too? M: No, she isn’t, She's from Canada. I Are you the same age? M: No, we aren't. I'm thirty-six and Sally is thirty-five Ergr gH f I } | 6 Look at the forms you circled in Exercise 5. Which forms are a) affirmative, b) negative, c) questions and d) short answers? Look at the grammar box andl check your answers. (ey Affirmative fm (am) a student, Youlwethey'e (are) married. He/she’ (js) from Canada, Negative ''m not (am not) a teacher. Youtwerthey aren't (are not) marries. Helshet isn't (js not) from the USA, Questions and short answers What's your name? Whereis she from? ‘Are you from Great Britain? Yes, am. /No, 'm not. Is she single? Yes, she s./ No, she isn’t, For further information and practice, see page 157 7 Pronunciation contracted forms 6/13 Listen. Tick (7) the form you hear, l’m/ am 2 ‘te are 3 ’mnot — amnot 4's is 5 aren't —_arenot 6 ‘re are 7 isn't isnot 8's is b 1.3 Listen again and repeat the sentences. TA > EU STII] A PeRsowal DescRPrion FRIENDS AND FAMILY 8 1.4. Mike Burney is at the airport in Auckland, Complete the conversation with the correct form of tv, Then listen and check. C= Customs officer, M = Mike Bumey C: Good afternoon. you in New Zealand for work or a holiday? M: For work. I? an explorer. Cr Isee, What? your address in Auckland? M: We at 106a Eglinton Road. C: We? M: Yes, my wife and two children. They* _ with me. C: * your wife also an explorer? M: Yes, sheis,butshe™ in Auckland for work.$he® on holiday. Speaking 9 FACTS ABOUT COUNTRIES Work in pairs. Ask your partner about his/her © first name and surname + job/oceupation © country: marital status 410 Introduce your partner to the class. Rosana's from Chile, She's twenty-three. She's a teacher. She's single, INTRODUCE YOURSELF ‘eading a family of explorers » ary family * grammar possessive ‘s and possessive adjectives © 1b A family in East Africa Reading : : Q 1 Is your family big or small? Are you all A family in” from the same country? 2. Read about the Leakey family. Answer ‘The Leakey faulyi similar in many ways, They live in the questions. Bast Africa, but the fanlly is from England, Loulse'Leakey 1. Where are they from? isan explorer, but for her family that normal! Louise's 2 Are Louise and Maeve explorers? mother is Maeve and she's an explorer, 3. What is Richard's job? Hor fathers Richard Leakey: Richard is also in Bast Attica, 4 Whatiis Colin’s job? but he’s a farmer. Richard's half brother is Colin Leakey: 5 Is Samira an explorer? Colin isn in Aftica, but he's an explorer and a scientist at 6 IsPhilip married? Cambridge Universi in England = 3 Read the article again and complete the {Louise's grandparents (Louls and Mary) ave dead, but they family tree on page 13. ‘were also famous explorers, Louise's sister is Samira, but she works for the World Bank: Their uncle and) aunt are Phillip Leakey and his wife Katy: They have an ititemational company. Q : dead (ad) idea not living ‘were (0) /va( past tense of are Louis Leakey : (1903-1972) (1913-1996) Leakey Leakey (1944) Louise Leakey (1972) * Vocabulary family 4. Look at these family words. Which are men (M)? Which are women (W)? Which are both (B)? father uncle aunt niece cousin mother-in-law parent half brother grandparent mother nephew stepbrother 5 Complete the phrases with words from Exercise 4, your father’s brother and sister . your brother's daughter and son : your uncle and aunt's son or daughter ‘a brother, but from one different parent your husband or wife's mother your mother or father ‘your parent’s mother or father Maunene Dain ‘You can make more words from a root word. For example: mother» grandmother “> stepmothec > mother-in-law For further information and practice, see page 1¥ of the Workbook. Grammar possessive ‘s and possessive adjectives 6 Look at the grammar box. Then find examples of the possessive ‘s and possessive adjectives in the article in Exercise 2, Peso deren SINS Possessive ‘s IMice’s wife is Sally. Mike and Sallys home isin Canada, Possessive adjectives, ‘She's my sster. What's your name? His name is Charlie. Subject pronoun ~ Possessive adjective 1 my, you~ your, he ~ his, she~ her, tits, we - our they their For further information and practice, see page 157. UAE asks quesnows > [ANSE ‘APERSONAL DESCRIPTION Leakey (1942) FACTS ABOUT COUNTRIES Unit 1 People Leakey Philip Leakey * Leakey Leakey (1974) 7 Choose the correct word to complete the sentences, 1/ My parents are Spanish, 1/My am the only boy in my family. What's you / your name? Where are you / your from? She / Her is a photographer He / His uncle is in the USA. We / Our family is from Asia, They /Their cousins are both girls. Pronunciation the same or different sounds 1.5 Listen to these pairs of words. Is the pronunciation the same (/) or different (X)? 1 they're / their 2 he’s / his 3 its / it's 4 are / our 5. you're / your Say these sentences in a different way. Use the possessive adjective in brackets, 1 'm Fabien. (my name) ‘My name's Fabien. 2 Annie's sister is Claire. (her) 3. Francis and Antony's cousins are Juliet and Jane. (their) Fritz’s grandparents are dead. (his) Are you Sylvain? (your name) Helen is Peter's and my niece. (our niece) Speaking 40 Writea stof five names of your friends and family. Introduce them to your partner Sandra is my best friend. She's from Ireland. Uwe and iliona are my two cousins in Germany. They're my mother's nephew and niece. ImTRODUCE YOURSELF 2 ading world population * critical thi word focus in 19 facts abou Reading 1. There are seven billion people in the world. How many people are in your country? 2 Read the article and match the numbers in the box with the information (1-8). 51% 86‘ billion 12billion 38% 21% Sbillion 2.5 billion 1 the life expectancy of a Japanese woman’ 2. the population of India 3. the number of speakers of English as a second language 4. the percentage of muslims 5. the percentage of workers in agriculture 6 the percentage of people in cities 7 the number of people with access to the Internet 8 the number of people with a mobile phone Critical thinking the writer's purpose 3 Read the article again. What is the writer's purpose? Choose the correct answer (a, b or ¢) He writes a information anopinion © astory 4 Which information in the article is new or surprising for you? Tell the class. The information about the city and the countryside is new for me. 14 ing the writer's purpose » vocabulary everyday verbs 1¢ The face of seven billion people Vocabulary everyday verbs 5 Find these verbs in the article. Then write them in the fact file. have live speak use work + 1.3 billion people __ + 70% of the population in China, __. the language of Mandarin Chinese. + Over 1 billion Chinese people 2 mobile phone. + 65% of the population in agriculture. 1 35%f,the Chinese populatian the Internet. (Cigures from 2012) Word focus in 6 Look at the sentences in Exercise 5. Tick the correct information. We use in with countries and cities with languages ‘with areas of work or industry with the Internet Speaking 7 Work in pairs. Student A: Tur to page 154. Student B: Tam to page 156 Read your information about two countries and prepare your questions. Then ask and answer questions to complete the tables. Unit 1 People seven billion people ‘There are seven billion people in the world and there are seven thousand people in this | photo. Each person in the photo is equal to one million people. That's seven billion in total! | a faa ‘The average person in the world is twenty-eight years Old. In Japan, the average life ‘expectancy for a woman is eighty-six. In Afghanistan, i's vty | | Tay ‘Twenty per cent ofthe world’s population tive in China. There are one point ‘wo bilion peaple in India, ‘world's population speak Mandan as thee frst language. Five per cent ‘speak Spanish as thelr first Janguage. Five per cent also speak English as their fist language: but English is a ‘second language for one bili | | | | | wd | Ea ‘There are many diferent religions in the world. For ‘example, thirty-three per cent of the world are Christian, twenty-one per cent are ‘Muslim and thirteen per cent Forty per cent of people work | Ina service industry hotels, banks, etc), thity-eight per cent are in agricuture and twenty-two per cent | fare in manufacturing and EATS Fifty-one per cent of the ‘world's population lve in cities and forty-nine per cont i i fant { (Gtr | Two poin' five billon people (is) equal (to) Fickwal the same as (2+2= 4, two and two equals four) |. in the world use the Internet average (ad) evoruly/ usual, typical | and five bilion people have a life expectancy (n) Mat k'spektansi! the number of years you live | mobile phone ASKING QUESTIONS FRIENDS AND FAMILY > [FNGUNIITENNINE wrRopuce vounsevr |A PERSONAL DESCRIPTION eal life meet pronunciation spelling » listening at a vonference 1d At a conference Speaking 7 Pronunciation spelling 1.6 Listen and repeat the letters of the alphabet. ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 2 Workin pairs. Take turns to spell these words. Your partner listens and writes, Check his/her spelling. © your first name * your country © your surname © your job Listening 3. 1.7 Look at the photo and listen to two conversations. Answer the questions. 1 How many people are there in each conversation? 2 Where are they? 4 1.7 Listen again. Choose the correct word to complete the sentences Conversation one 1 Gary is the frst /second person at the conference. 2 Rita is /isn’t the conference manager. 3. This is their first /second meeting, 4 Gary's surname is Lawrence / Laurens Conversation two 5 Valérie’s surname is Moore / Moreau. 6 Valérie is from France / New Caledonia. 7 Rita /Gary says goodbye. 19 people for the first time Real life meeting people for the first time | 5 17 Lookat the expressions for meeting people for the first time. ‘Then listen again and tick the expressions you hear. (eau) Introducing yourself My name's. m .. tm from Nice to meet you Nice to meet you too. roducing another person I'd like to introduce you to. Thisis He's from . Saying good bye [Nice meeting you. Nice talking to you. See you later. Goodoye.Bye. 6 Work in groups of three: A, B and C. Practise the conversation. ‘Then change roles and repeat the conversation two more times. ‘Nand B introduce yourself, [Ask each other a question, ‘Alntoduces B10. (Casks A and B a question 16 EEQUZEERN askin questions —Frieuos ano ramy FEI rensonat vescrion FACTS ABOUT COUNTRIES writing a personal description © writing skill and, but Unit 1 People aE . HE 1e Introduce yourself Writing a personal description 3. Writing skill and, but @ Look at the words and and but in the introductions in Exercise 1 Which word is for extra information? Which word is for a difference? 1. Read the two online introductions. Look back at page 16. Where are Gary and Valerie at the moment? Belson colin bb Make one sentence from the GARY LAURENS two sentences with and or but. | Hill My name's Gary and I'm 1 V'min Spain. I'm from | the Uk ut Then the USA Tatin Spb from ' earn lnae te aon | tren 2 Ym. My sisters 2 | ns 21 and oy sister is 21. I 3. I'm British, Hindi is my first | ee 4. He's from Germany. He's in : Fai ot the moment VALERIE MOREAU 5 My end in30- He’ single Hello, I'm Valérie Moreau and 6 I ive in Spain. I work in France. I'm from New Caledonia. It's a beautiful island in the Pacific (Ocean. We speak French in 7 She’s a student. She’s at Oxford University. 8 My family is in the New Caledonia, but | also speak in countryside. I'm in the city English and Spanish, 4 Imagine you are going to the conference. Write an online introduction for you. Use the table in Exercise 2 to help you. Use ad and but 5. Exchange your introduction ‘with your partner. Check your partner's text. Does he/she include all the information from Exercise 2? Does he/she use and ancl ust correctly? k | 6 Display your introductions | around the classroom. Walk around and read about each other. I | Surname : Job Ez Countryitanguages | Other information TERREEEING —Asxinc questions FRIENDS AND FAMMLY FACTS ABOUT COUNTRIES WTRODUCE YOURSELF 7 {ini > EERE Unit 1 People Before you watch 5 Number these sentences from the video in the correct order (1-10). 1 Work in groups. Look at the photo and answer the eee " Don’t count from one to seven billion! | 1 tions. : ae b There are seven billion stars. 1. Where is the party? ¢ Or there's the state of Rhode Island. It’s 1,500 2 Why are the people at this party? square miles, 4 One person needs about three square feet. | 2 Discuss these question: 7 questions as a class Walk around the Earth one hundred and thirty 1 When do you have parties in your country? three times. 2. Where are these parties (eg in your house, in £ Smile! the street, in a restaurant, at your college)? People send seven billion texts every 30 hours . in the USA. While you watch hh Soeveryone needs about six square feet: | i The Juneau Icefield in Alaska is the correct size. 3 The video is about a ‘World party’ for seven billion But it’s abit cold.| | ‘people. Watch the video. Number the questions Los Angeles is 500 square miles. So we can take (a-c) in the order the video answers them. : the photograph there ie “es a How big is the place for a world party? fy be ieee billig Led 6 Watt the video again and check your answers in ¢ Where is a good place for a world party? sie ne 4 Watch the video again. Match 1-8 with-a-h. After you watch 1 number of years to count from one to seven, billion 7 Group discussion a party for your class 2. number of stars you can see at night 3. number of times around the Earth with seven ee naa English class. Think about these questions. billion steps 4 number of text messages in the USA every 1 How many people are in your class? second 2 Where is a good place for your party? 5. the area for one person to stand 3. What is important for a good patty (e.g, food, 6 the area for one person at a party music)? 5 thearenfersevenbillonpeoseinapharo & Tellthe cass about he party. ares ‘Music is important for a good party six square feet ¢ 1,500 square miles A restaurant isa good place for a party. three square feet : © 200 £133 9 Class survey people in your class g 65,000 h 500 square miles Interview everyone in your class. Use these questions, + foot How many people ... © are in your class? * are male or female? 4500 miles = 2,400 kilometres © are under 30 or over 30? are stuclents or have a job? speak two or more languages live in this country (the country you are in now)? + have a mobile phone? use the Internet? bit ont/a small amount about (adv) /a’bavt/ approximately compare (v)fkam'pea! to talk about the differences and similarities between one thing and another thing 10 Waite a short report about your class. comect (a etek not wrong Example count (0) eaunt/ to say numbers (1 2,3, 4 ete) Fifteen people sre on my class, Erght ave mate and seven ‘everyone (n)evriwa all people ‘ae female. ‘takes (two hundred years) (v)/terks! lasts a period of time a 19 UNIT 1 REVIEW : Grammar Vocabulary 4. Put the words in order to make questions. 5 Match the words 1-6 with a-f. 1 your / name? /'s / what 1 surname a B 2 from / are / England? / you 2 relationship b single 3 are / you / where / from? 3 age © brother 4 married? / you / are / single or 4 job China 5 you / are / an explorer? 5 marital status e teacher 6 country f Obama 2 Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions in Exercise 1 6 Complete the sentences with verbs. 3 Complete the conversation with s, isn't, are or 1 90% of families h a computer in their aren't. house. 2 80% of the population s English. 3. More people 1 in apartments, not houses. 4 How many people w inagriculture? ‘lk about personal information talk about everyday information Real life 7 Number the lines of the conversation in the correct onder (1-5) Amold is, but I'm not. I'm from Scotland. |_| Amold: Nice to meet you too, Rosa. I'm ‘Amold and this is my wife, Sonia. A: What | his name? {| Rosa: I'm from Italy, but I live in France. B: Hisname* Felipe ‘Are you and Arnold from England? A: What? hername? Rosa: Hi, My name’s Rosa, Nice to meet ‘A: Camila you. B: {they married? Sonia: Hello, Rosa, Where are you from? A: Yes, they * Bi Are they from Mexico? 8 Work in groups of three. Roleplay a similar conversation to Exercise 7. Your names are Mike A No. tey They tom epee e sone A: He? a conservationist. (from Germany), B: Is Camila an explorer? ANSE ‘i 8 ‘A: No, she? She ® a conservationist intvodize Vpself afed ther Beagle too! 4. Choose the correct option to complete the Speaking sentences. 9 Write three sentences (two true and one false) 1 What's you / your name? ‘with personal information about you and/or 2. He/ His aunt is French. your family. 3. They / Their are my cousins. 4 The photographer's / photographer is wife is 10 Work in pairs. Take turns to read your sentences. my /Tbest friend. Guess your partner’ false sentence. 5. She / Her mother is from Germany, but her is / 1'm from Switzerland, ean ERY ‘ask and answer questions with what and where se the verb to be in sentences ‘alk about possession with possessive 's and possessive adjectives 20 FEATURES 4. Look at the photo. How many people can you see in the ES photo? What ar all the possessions made of? mee 622 My possessions 2 G18 Listen to someone talking about the photo, Match the Be An interview with the numbers with the words. a adventurer, Andy Torbet 5 a - 24 Athome 7 shoes and boots | 2 sofa Families living in identical 1 people apartments in South Korea Lae 26 Global objects 3 Work in pairs. Find these objects in the photo. What colour Why the German Mini are they? 3 pacualy fom may, balls boots achair rollerblades asofa shelves be countries ; shoes atoy car TVs PE 30 Coober Pedy’s opals E Ses black blue brown green grey orange ink Australia for opals oe ee a The ball is yellow. The shoes are white be | 4 Find three plastic objects in the class. What colour are they? FEWZENTE —voun omects ann Possessions —AROOMINYOUR HOME WHEKEIS IT FROM? SEE an aovent spe ocabulary everyday objects * gi ammar this, that, these, those ° p ouns © listening an interview with Andy Torbet © oF fs! ® speaking your objects and possessions 2a My possessions Vocabulary everyday objects 2 Look at the objects in Andy's | rucksack. Match the words | 4. Look at Andy Torbet’s website. What are his different jobs? with the objects. | | & boots camera compass first-aid kit gloves hat knife map — mobile phone pens torch Unit 2 Possessions Grammar plural nouns | 3 Look at the words in Exercise 2 again. Which nouns are plural? What isthe extra letter for plural nouns? es b& LUN CClUK ES Normally 04s chars shoes + ads to nouns ending these / those are my climbing, boots. What colour is it? 1: Right. And over there. What are “these / those? What colour are they? ‘A: My gloves. TA > TS] «4 Room YourHome (TING! an aovent WHERE IST FROM? SHOPPING 3 reading a place called home © voca ‘writing and speaking a room in your hor oo... 2b At home Reading 1 Look at the four photos. What is the same? What is different? 2 Read the article. Are these things (1-5) the same (S) or different (D) for each photo? the country the apartnients the number of rooms the furniture the pictures on the walls Vocabulary furniture 3 Lookat the furniture and other objects for apartment 1 in the table. Find these things in the photo. 1 [2 [3 [4 computer pictures blinds [curtains - cupb is and drawers | / rug camped 1 [pane —— | 4 Look at apartments 2, 3.and 4 and complete the table. Which furniture is in your living room at home? Tell your partner, i F A PLACE CALLED HOME These four families are from Seoul, South Korea. Their apartments are in the Evergreen Tower. There are twenty- five floors and every apartment is the same. There is 2 living room, a kitchen, a bathroom and there are two bedrooms. In these photos, there are two parents and two children. There is always a sofa on the right and there are pictures on the walls. But there are some differences, for example, the colour and style of the furniture. 4 Unit 2 Possessions Grammar there is/are, prepositions of place 5 Look at the sentence from the article. What form is the noun (singular or plural) after there i and there are? ‘too bedrooms. Sas There's (i) a tug. There are two pictures There isn't a table, There aren't any beds. Is there a TV? Yes there is. No, there isn't. ‘Are there any books? Yes, there are. No, there aren't between behind in front of How many pictures are there? There are three. Foes wera a racic sa sb co cok i fh ie 6 Look at the grammar box. Then complete the opposite inthe middle sentences with the correct form of be. f There is.a living room, a kitchen, a bathroom and there are i 1 There's adesk, Je! ae 2 There. _arug, but there’sa carpet. i 2 3 There three pictures on the wall ontheleft on the ight 4 There any curtains. 5 there a plant? Yes, there 6 there any chairs? No, there 7 How many chairs there? There_one. 9 4.15 Look at the grammar box. Then 8 there any books? No, there choose the correct prepositions to complete the 7 6 1.44 Liston and check your answers in Exercise 6 description of apartment 4, Listen and check Then listen again and repeat. ‘There are two pictures 1 /on the wall and the sofa is* under / next to them, There's a TV 8 Work in pairs, Ask and answer questions about the > opposite / between the sofa and there's a plant apartments, + opposite / a the right ofthe TY. There's a large rug? on the right / iv the middle of the room. The family is in front of /behind the window. The parents are’ in front of/ behind Student A: Choose one apartment and answer your partner’s questions. Student B: Ask your partner questions and guess the the children, apartment. Example: 410 Complete the description about apartment 1 with prepositions of place. Is there a TV? The family is of the room. They are Yes, there is. 2 the TV and the sofa. There isn’t a rug in this apartment. There's a picture? Are there any blinds? the wall on the right and the sofa is ¢ it The computer is the desk and there’s a No, there aren't. lamp * to the computer 414 Work in pairs. Turn to page 154 and follow the Is there a carpet? instructions ie eee Writing and speaking It's apartment 2. 42. Write a description of a room in your home ‘Then work in paits and reac! your description to your partner. What is the same about your and your partner’s room? \Vhat is different? FEIEECNY Your onxecrs ann possessions > ERMAN wuereisirrronn — sHoreNG as _ ‘AN ADVERT 26 ceading a world of parts + critical think pronunciation word stress © speaking where is it from? 2c Global objects Reading 1. Look at the photo of the Mini on page 27. Is this car famous in your country? What are popular cars in your country? 2. Read the article on page 27. Choose the correct answer (A-C) for the questions. A Germany B Britain C Many different countries 1. Which country is BMW from? 2. Where are the parts for a Mini from? 3. Where is the factory for the Mini? Critical thinking close reading 3 Read sentences 1-8. Write answers A, B or C. A= The sentence is true. The information is in the article. B = The sentence is false, The information is in the article. C= We don’t know if it’s true or false. The information isn’t in the article. In the past, the Mini was a British car Some parts are from Asia, ‘The Mini isa global product. ‘The Mini is famous in Brazil, The two types of engine are from two different countries. The seats are made in America. ‘The windows are from a factory in France. ‘The mirrors are from a Canadian company with a factory in Germany. Vocabulary countries and nationalities 4 Complete the teble with the countries and nationalities in the article. Country Nationality 1 Britain British 2 Germany 3 Austria 4 Dutch 5 Canada 6 tay 7 Japan 8 Belgian 9 Brazil 10 English 11 Spain 2 French 19 close reading * vocabulary countries and nationalities © Caiienenmntcet mean) ‘Add a suffix-ish 1, -an,-ian or -es0 to countries to say the nationality: Poland Polish Australia ~ Australian Vietnam - Vietnamese Some nationalities are iregular: France - French For further information and practice, see page 19 of the Workbook, 5 Pronunciation word stress a 4 1.16 Listen to the countries and nationalities in Exercise 4. Underline the main stress in each word. Example: Britain, British b 91.16 Listen again and sepeat 6 Workin pairs. Answer the questions about the parts of the world in the box. Africa Asia the Middle East the Americas (north and south) Europe 1. Which three parts of the world are in the article? 2 Name two countries for each part of the world in the box. Speaking 7 Work in pairs. Which country or continent are these objects from? your shoes your bag, your mobile phone your car this book other objects in your bag or in the classroom ‘My bag is from China. Ita German car 1 think my phone is. don’t know where my... is from. GLOBAL OBJECTS he Mini was a British ear until 2000, Now BMW, | 4 German company; isthe producer of the Mini, but the ear factory for the Mini is still in Oxford, England. There are 2,500 parts in the Mini and they are from countries and continents all over the world including the Americas and Europe. So, what nationality isa car with a German company, with international parts and the factory is in Britain? It's a global product. | Bonnet : Mirrors ‘Thisis from factory in Nr the Netherlands, but the Parts of the voof es company's Austrian, Part ofthe roofs from England, «tory in Germany . [but the company is Spanish. re isos ian q Seats Jobason Controlsis an American company. They make the ear seats jn facrory in B a Front and back bumper These ae from Briain, but ne company’s headquarters Canadian. The ghssin the winduvsis Engine ‘ froma company The Mini has got rwo dfferene i in France but engines. There's petrol engine veces anda desl engine. The petrol Belgium. engine is Brazilian and he diesel engine is Japanese. | \Wheets The wheels aren fos une country, they from wo! Thre at lilerent parts and Tai snd German companies produce them, factory (n)eektrl where the company produces the object headquarters (n)/hod'kwa:tsz/ main office of a company | RWREREETT Your onsects AND POSSESSIONS —AROOMINYOUR HOME > KIFGSTSSIAS sorbws 5 +— HEIR ~ an apverr Real life shopping Look at the photo of a shop for toutists, What things are forsale? 2 1.17 Listen to conversations in three shops. Match the conversation with the item. and the price Conversation 1 bags 21.00 Conversation2 coffee $19.35, Conversation a football £3.50 B 1.17 Read these sentences from the conversations. Who says them: the customer (© or the shop assistant (8)? Listen again and check. SHOPPING sc Cant help you? Tike a coffee, pease Large or small? Alarge one, pease “These ones ae large | sthere mecium size? Are there other colours? These ones are ved Those are ricel How much are they? | theyre nineteen dolar, tity: five cents | ave they all bic and white? | This one sec an blue | ok: tnat one, please How rch s | testwenty-one curs, 28 GERETENTS your omecrs ano rossessions {SEH an avert ‘A ROOM IN YOUR HOME 4 Work in pairs. Use the prompts to make a conversation between a shop assistant (S) and a customer (C). Then change roles and repeat the conversation, Hello, Can / help? Vd / T-shirt Large / Medium? : Medium. / other colours? These / green and blue : How much / they? $7.50 Sorgen Word focus one/ones 5. Work in pairs. Underline one or ones in the shopping expressions in Exercise 3. Then complete these sentences with one or ones. 1 Id like glass of water, please. A small 2 I'd like two Tshirts. Small + please. 3. This ball is nice, but that is horrible! 4 These gloves are small, but those are large. 6 Pronunciation contrastive stress 4° 1.48 Listen to sentences 3 and 4 in Exercise 5. Note the stress on this, that, these andl those, Listen again andl repeat. 7 Work in pairs, Practise two conversations between a customer and a shop assistant inthe tourist shop. Student A: Turn to page 154. Student B: Turn to page 155. where sir FRom? > ESSESIS writing adverts + vocabulary adjectives * writing skill describing objects with adjectives Unit 2 Possessions 2e For sale Writing adverts 1 Read these adverts. What is for sale in each one? COMPUTER DESK AND CHAIR A.useful, modem, white desk and chair. Cheap at only £51 Car for sale Red, white and blue British Mini from 1965 with fast, new engine. ‘FE Call 0209 671 396 today. BCall 0206 685 6978 ioday. RUCKSACK FOR SALE | Large, green rucksack. Good for camping. Never used. Email | taylor@hmail.net VS Find the opposite of these adjectives in the adverts in Exercise 1 2 Vocabulary adjectives 5 White the adjectives in the correct order to make sentences from adverts. Use the table in Exercise 4 — 1 od modern , tohelp you. 2 bad 1 It’sa Japanese / new / fast) ; 3 useless motorbike, ' 7 fd W's. fast, panese motorbike. smal 2. They're (red / lovely) gloves. 6 expensive 3 There are hwo (ltalian / ae . tht " i a ‘beautiful / old) chairs for sale. 3 Writing skill describing objects with adjectives Ge cay aaa ‘We can describe objects with adjectives in two ways. Look at the f example. Then rewrite sentences I. ‘The desk is modern. = It's a modern desk, computer clesk for sale. 5. Forsale. A (large / modern / white) house | 1 Theearis old 6 ‘Think of an object in your home | tt Write an advert for it. 2. The computers are modern ‘They 7 Display your adverts around the 3 The sofa is brown. classroom, Read the adverts. Which f It adjectives are there in the adverts? 4 The roller blades ae fas. “Are they in the corteet order? k They | Read the adverts again, Write in the adjectives before the nouns Opinion [Size [Age [Colour [Nationality [Noun seul modern _| white desk | Mini = : engine l | rucksack ~RMEZESE Your onsecrs ano Possesions AROOMIN YOURHOME WHEREIS ITFROM? SHOPPING = is TN Unit2 Possessions Before you watch 41 Look at the photo of the opals. What colours are in the opals? 2. Work in pairs, Answer these questions about opals with Yes, No or Don’t roto. 1 Are opals expensive? 2 Are most opals from Australia? 3. Is the colour important? While you watch 3 Watch the video. Check your answers in Exercise 2 After you watch 7 Role play shopping for opals in 4. Watch the video again. Number these things inthe "Coober Pedy order you see them (1-5). Work in pairs. a ahome ina tunnel ‘ b_ opal shops in Coober Pedy Student A: You are a customer in an opal shop in © one opal Coober Pedy. Ask the shop assistant about opals. five opals + Where are they from? e the sunset + Are there different colours and sizes? ‘Then, buy an opal in the photo on page 30 for a 5 Watch the video again. Choose the correct word to. . good price. complete these sentences. Student B: You are a shop assistant in an opal shop in Coober Pedy. Answer the customer’s questions about opals. Then, sell an opal in the phato on 1. The video is in northern / southern Australia, 2. The people in the video are above / under the ground. age 30 for « good price 3. Coober Pedy is famous because of the opals / ee eee miners. 8 These things are also from under the ground. 4 All /Red opals are very expensive. Match the words with the photos (1-5). 5. There are alot of tunnels /houses under the ground in the town, coal diamonds gas gold il 6. There's an office /a house in one tunnel. 7 The miners work here because they are always / sometimes near opals. 8 Alot of miners find opals everyday /don't find opals. 6 Watch the viceo again. Complete the sentences from the video with these words. 45 3,000 300,000 90 95 millions 1. In the summer, the temperature is over degrees. 2 About %of the world’s opals are from Australia 3. About people live here and they all want to find opals, 4. These opals are worth about dollars. 5 % of opals have no colour, 6 They always believe they are near opals in the ground. And that these opals are worth of dollars. (be) worth (wat the cost in money imine (x) mau to dig tunnel under the ground and take something (eg. gold, silver, opal) Are there mines in your country? miner (n)maina a job ~ a person who digs under the ground 2 Whatis in the mines (e.g, coal, gold)? 9 Work in groups, Discuss these questions 3 UNIT 2 REVIEW Grammar 41 Write the singular form of these nouns, 1 classes lass. 5 knives 2. shelves 6 children 3 families 7 boots 4 women 8 shoes 2. Complete the questions with this, that, these oF those. Downs > bs your pen? i ey - —— * iim 7 Are your El are your boots? oe roller blades? 3 Look at the photo. Choose the correct options to complete the text, 1 There is/sn'ta sofa, 2 Thereare some /arenttany flowers 3 There is isn'ta picture. 4 Theresa/aren'tany rugs 5. The desk and chair are in front of between the window. 6 Thered shoes are in /on the floor. 7 The sofas between / opposite the table and the bed. 8 Thebed is under/ behind the sofa. eAN wea talk about everyday objects and their location ask where objects are Vocabulary 4. Cross out the incorrect word in each group. 1 COLOURS red grey white chair 2 FURNITURE — sofa desk map_ chair 3 COUNTRY — Austria. Dutch Japan China 4 ONYOURFEET shoes rollerblades hat boots 5 ONTHEFLOOR carpet blinds rug 6 NATIONALITY France British Brazilian Spanish 7 ADJECTIVES slow age useless large 5 Complete the sentences with one word from each group in Exercise 4. Stop the car ata fed. light ‘The computer is on my isa country in Europe Are these fast? ‘There's next to the bed, people speak Portuguese ‘The opposite of ‘fast’ is 6 Choose seven more words from Exercise 4. Write new sentences with each word. Tee ait talk about everyday objects, countries and nationalities describe objects with different adjectives Real life 7 Match the questions with the correct response. Can Ihelp you? Large or small? Is there a medium size? ‘Are there other colours? How much are they? ‘Are they all black and white? oanene Asmall one, please. No, there are also blue and grey. Yes, please. I'd like a coffee. ‘Three dollars fifty. I'm sorry, but there isn’t. Yes, there’s also blue and grey. means 8 Work in pairs. Practise a conversation in a shop. The customer asks for an object on page 22. ask about and buy objects in shop Speaking 9 Work in pairs. Describe your favourite object in. i your home. Unit 3 Places Someta FEATURES 1. Lookat the photo and caption. Where is it? Is it day or night? 2 4 1.19 Listen to part ofa TV programme about restaurants in different places. Answer the questions. What time is it? Where is the TV presenter? Why is it popular with Norwegians and tourists? Is it spring, summer, autumn or winter? How many hours a day is the restaurant open in 34 No-car zones Some cities are quieter places because they don’t have cars 36 Working under the sea the summer? We meet a woman who works under the sea 3 © 1.20 Complete the times. Then listen, check and repeat 38 Places and languages half minutes o'clock past to twelve Many places in the world have more than one | language 42 Cowley Road 1 Wssix 4 Wequarter four See the people and places 2 Its past three. 5. It’s three past two. on an English road 3. It's twenty-five nine. 6 It’s two minutes to 4 Work in pairs. Ask and answer questions, What time is © itnow? + midday? + sunrise and sunset? + your English lesson? YOURLIFE APHOTOGRAPHER FAVOURITE NUMBERS GIVING BIRECTIONS . So DESCRIBING A PLACE fading cities around the world * vocabulary adjectives about cities ° mar present simple (Hyou/welthey) « listening city life © grammar present simple questions * speaking your life 3a No-car zones Reading Vocabulary adjectives about T Read the article and match the cities. 3 Underline all the adjectives in the article in Exercise 1 with the photos (1-4). Which adjective means: 1 doesn’t cost money ies 2 Read the article again and answer the questions 2 lots of people? 3 has bad air? 1. Whatis a problem in many cities? 4 many people like it? 2. Whyisita problem? 5 very good? 3. How many people live in the centre of London? Which adjective means the opposite of: 4 What is beautiful in the centre of 6 quiet - 9 cheap London? 7 ugly 10 big 5 What are popular in Tokyo? 8 dirty old 6 How many people go to work by bus every morning in Bogotd? 4 Why is Bourke Street popular? 8 Where are many people at midday? +. free or cheap? + small and crowded? * polluted and noisy? Work in pairs. Talk about your city or a city you know. Which places in the city are: NO-CAR ZONES ‘Many people have cars in the city. But pollution is a problem because of the traffic. Nowadays some city centres around the world don't have cars. These no-car zones are areas for people, bicycles and public transport only. London Eight million people live in the centre of London and another twa million people go to work there every day. The city centre is very noisy with hundreds. cof cars, buses and taxis, but there are also a lot of beautiful parks with free music concerts. At lunchtime and after work, many people go there for a break. Tokyo Parts of Tokyo are always crowded with hundreds of people, but there are no cars. These modern no-cer zones are very popular and people lke shopping there. Bogotd In the past, Bogota was polluted because there were lots of cars and traffic. Now the city centre is @ no-car zone and the air is clean! Many people don’t have a car and half a million people go to work by bus every morning, Melbourne In many cities, people don't like shopping in the centre, But in Melbourne, Bourke Street is popular ‘because there are lots of great shops and no cars, It’s expensive, but lots of people eat lunch in the small cafés, life Grammar present simple (Vyou/we/they) 5 Look at the two sentences from the article. What is the main verb? What verb do you add for a negative sentence? ‘Many people have cars Some city centres around the world don't have cars. (Sane ouan ive in Tokyo. We eat in cafés You don't live in London, They don't go to work by bus. For further information and practice, see page 188, 6 Choose the correct form to make these sentences true for you. Then tell your partner. 1. live / don’t live in the city centre. 2 Thave /don’t have a cat. 3. I go/don't go to work by bus. 4 Teat /don't eatin cafés at lunchtime 5 I meet /don’t meet friends in the city centre after work. 6 [like /don’t like shopping in the city centre. 7 Are your sentences from Exercise 6 also true for ‘most people in your town or city? Make more sentences about life in the city with these phrases. eat lunch like shopping live goto work have a car work ‘Most people in the city centre don’t have a car. They go to work by bus. Listening 8 1.21 Listen to a journalist interview a student about living in London. Complete his notes with adjectives. IN THE CITY CENTRE ~The shops are! : ~ There ave lots of * grtries ond muserns. places Like art ondon has * theatres. ~The restaurant is * with tourists and is © at funcktimes. ~The parks in London are benutiful and > RENEE A pHorocrapuer DESCRIBING A PLACE FAVOURITE NUMBERS Unit3 Places 9 1.21 Match the journalist's questions with the student's answers. Then listen again and check, Do you have a car in London? b Where do you live? Do you like art? What do you do? What time do you finish work? T'ma student at university and I work ina restaurant at Iunchtimes. No, I don’t. I go everywhere by bicycle. At about three o'clock. Yes, Ido. And Ilike the theatre. In the city centre. cane Grammar present simple questions 10 Look at the questions (1-5) in Exercise 9. Answer the questions, 1 What is the main verb in each question? 2 What extra verb do you add? 3 Which questions have yes/no answers? Saucon Cena Do you like shopping? Yes, do. / No, I dont Do they lve in London? Yes, they do. No, they don't What do you do? Where do you live? What time do we have lunch? For further information and practice, see pages 159 and 160. 411 Write do in the correct place in these questions. What you do? Where you live? You like shopping? ‘What time you finish work? You have a car? ‘You eat in cafés at lunchtime? What time you eat dinner? You meet friends after work? Speaking 412. Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions in Exercise 11 What do you do? Vm a website designer. GIVING DIRECTIONS 25 vocabi listening my job + word focus work + grammar present simple (he/she/®) © pronunciation -s endings * speaking a National Geographic photographer = 3b Working under the sea 4 1.2 Listen to an interview with Beverley | Vocabulary places of work 1 Match these jobs with the places of work (1-8). Goodman. Number the questions in the correct order (1-5). a doctor a photographer a pilot a Do you work late? asailor astudent teacher a waiter 'b_ Where do you work? an accountant © What do you do? 1 @ Do you have a family? 1 inanoffice 5 ina hospital fe What time do you start work? ee ee 5 4 1.22 Listen again and choose the correct words [aioe (aca to complete the sentences. 1 Istudy places om land / under the sea 2. Lwork / don’t work in an office very often. 3. On the boat, I get up just after five / six o'clock. 4 Imeet my team for breakfast at about seven / eight 2. Where do you work or study? Tell your partner Listening 3 Look at the photo and caption. What does 5 After breakfast, I start / finish work. Beverley Goodman do? Where does she work? 6 finish / don’t finish work late when I’m at home. | 7 Tlive with my husband and my child / | | 200 children. Word focus work 6 Complete the sentences from the interview with Beverley with for or with. 1 Iwork 2 Lwork National Geographic. a team of marine biologists, 7 Make the sentences in Exercise 6 true for you. Tell your partner. Doctor Beverley Goodman, ‘a marine archaeologist, on aship | Unit 3 Places = EE Grammar present simple 10 Pronunciation -s endings (he/she/it) 1.23 Listen to the third person form of the verbs. Do you hear the sound /s/, /z/ or /1z/? 8 Underline all the verbs in this text about Beverley. Listen again and repeat. ‘Then answer the questions. 1 works — /s/ 7 starts 1 Inaffirmative sentences, how does the verb 2 lives Iz! 8 loves change for he/she/it forms? 3 finishes iz! 9 speaks 2 Innegative sentences, what verb do you add? 4 studies 10 eae | 5 gets 11 goes | Beverley Goodman is a marine archaeologist. 6 meets 12 travels She studies places under the sea. She has an office, 44g but she doesn’t work there very often. She's usually | ona boat or under the sea. On the boat, she gets up just after five o'clock and she meets her team for breakfast at about seven. She starts work after breakfast and she finishes late. At home, she doesn't finish work late. She lives with her husband and two children, Sometimes her children go to % 1.24 Match these questions about Beverley and James with the answers, Then listen and check. What does Beverley do? Where does James come from? When does Beverley start work? Does James have an office? Does Beverley finish work early? work with her. They love the boats! a Yes, he does. No, she doesn't. ¢ After breakfast. | (eee She's a marine archaeologist. | e England. He works in an office She goes to work every day. He studies archaeology at university. She doesn't work in an office, (austen Cele) ‘What does he do? He's a doctor. Does she have children? Yes, she does. /No, she doesn't. For further information and practice, see page 160. e ee For further information and practice, see page 160. 9 Complete the text about another archaeologist : with the present simple form of the verbs. Speaking : 412 Work in pairs. Exchange information to complete DrJames E. Conpbell |< (come) from. a fact file about Joel Sartore. England and he's an archaeologist. He? (study) the ancient pyramids in Egypt. James 2 (speak) three languages: English, French and Arabic. He *_____ (have) an office, but he 5____ (prefer) working in the pyramids with other archaeologists. He *___ (not / have) much free time because he”_____ (travel) all over the world, He* (not / get) bored in his job! Student A: Turn to page 153. | Student B: Turn to page 154. Your ure > EMENGUGRNEGNINY © FAVOURITE NUMBERS GIVING DIRECTIONS OEE escrieinc a piace ‘eading and vocabulary numbers » critical thinking relevance * vocabulary cardinal and ordinal numbers * pronunciation saying numbers © speaking favourite numbers 3¢ Places and languages Reading and vocabulary 1 How many languages do you speak? Which language(s) do you speak in different places (eg. at home, at school, at work)? 2. Read the article. What is it about? Choose the correct answer (a-c). a. The languages people speak in different places, b Places with new languages © Why English is important in different places 3 Read the article again. What do these numbers refer to? 1 over 190 2. about 7,000 3. over 1 billion countries in the world and 4 380 million 5 400million 6 over 300 - 7 80% 8 65 9 109 01 z 4. Find these words in the article and match them with the definitions (1-4). ancient first official second the language you leam after your first language the main language that people in a place speak the language of the government avery old language (ite eemerieee ‘Many nouns have adjective and noun collocation: ist language, official language. 1 2 3 4 For further information and practice, see Workbook page 27. 5 Discuss these questions as a lass, 1 What is your first language? Is English your second language? 2. Does your country have an official language? 3 What languages do people normally learn at school? Why do they learn these languages? Critical thinking relevance 6 Read the article again. Add these sentences (a-d) to the end of each paragraph. Paragraph 1: Paragraph 2: Paragraph 3: Paragraph 4: a. English is a second language for many of these people. b_ That's one point five languages for every island. ¢ When he dies, his language dies. d_ They all speak Spanish as their first language. Vocabulary cardinal and ordinal numbers 7 Look at these two sentences from the article. Which says how many and which says the order? 1 In first place is China, 2. There are over one billion speakers of Mandarin Chinese. & Work in pairs. Complete the sequence of numbers. 1 13 FES . 98 5 9 Pronunciation saying numbers 6 1.25 Listen and check your answers in Exercise 8. Then listen again and repeat. Speaking 10 Write down three favourite numbers (e.g. your favourite age, date, number). Tell your partner about these numbers. My favourite age is 18 because you are an adult. ‘My birthday is on the third of June. My favourite number is ten because Unit 3 Places | PLACES LANGUAGES First place and first language “There are over one hundred and ninety countries in the world and about seven thousand languages. In fist place is China “There are over one billion speakers of Mandarin Chinese. In second place is India with speakers of Hindi. And in third place is Spanish, Spain isnt a big country, but there are over four hundred million Spanish speakers in different countries around the world. This is very true in Latin America. English as a global language ‘Asa first language, English is in fourth place, About three hhundred and cighty million people are native English speakers, But English isin first place as a second language for many other people. Over a billion people speak English for doing business, reading the news or studying science and medicine. In some countries, English is not the native language, but itis the official language for the government and in schools. And even in London, the capital city of Britain, there are over three hundred different languages. The other 6,996 languages Chinese, Hindi, Spanish and English are the ‘big’ Tanguages. About eighty per cent of the world’s population speak them. But these are only four languages, so what about the other 6,996 languages? ‘Many countries have lots of different languages. For example, on the islands of Vanuatu in the South Pacific Ocean there are sixty-five different islands and they have one hundred and nine different languages. The last speakers Finally, there are some languages with only one speaker. “They are old people and they speak the language of their parents and grandparents, For example, Charlie ‘Muldunga lives in Australia. He speaks English because it is the first language of the country: However, his native language is Amurdag, It’s an ancient language and he is the last speaker of this Aboriginal language. Vocabulary places in a city 4 1.26 Look at the expressions for giving directions. Complete the 1 When you are a tourist in a new city, how do you decide conversation at the visitors’ centre. {| which places to visit? Do you use a map or a travel guide? ‘Then listen again and check. | 2 Look at the map of Atlanta. Where do you do these things? T = Tourist, G = Guide T; Hello, We'd like to go to the 1 get tourist information 6 read abook aquarium. Isit* 2 2. earn about history 7 meet clients and Gite? aheer mined : pcan colleagues but you go past some interesting | 4 see a play or a musical 8 look at sea life places on the way. So look at this 5 park your car aa psa : a : . Street and then up Marietta Street. Real life giving directions ‘e ccc Pine omentand ‘the first street * ie 3 1.26 Listen to a conversation at the visitors’ centre. What ike CCceamal Olympic Park places on the map do they tall about? is on the corner. It’s very nice. Go | pone een across the park and on the right | If there's the World of Coca-Cola. : T: Oh, that sounds interesting. G: Yes, itis. © itand the aquarium is opposite. | = T: Great. Thanks a lot. ‘Asking for directions ‘Where is... Fd like to go to. Isit near here? Giving directions smear here. I's about ten minutes away. = i i Go past the .. Go across... A reeset one Take the frst street onthe right./ BP Turn right 5 Work in pairs, Practice similar conversations at the visitors’ centre. Ask for and give directions to different places on the map of Atlanta. 40 egenai YOURLIFE — APHOTOGRAPHER FAVOURITE NUMBERS > KERINGICIZSCNES DI ESCRIBING A PLACE | writing a travel website * writing skill capital letters Unit 3 Places 3e Describing a place Writing a travel website 3 Writing skill capital letters 1 When you travel to a new place, where can you find @ Read the website in Exercise 2 again. information? Which one of these things 1-7 does not have a capital letter? 2 Bella Potachouck writes for a travel website, Read about her favourite city. Tick the items she describes (1-6). the word at the beginning of » sentence the pronoun I names of people, cities or places countries, nationalities or languages days and months seasons and parts of the day streets, roads, parks and squares 1 the name of her city 2. good places to visit 3. her favourite time of day, month or season places to meet friends her favourite cafés and restaurants good ways to travel around the city b Rewrite this description with capital letters. {'m from australia and i love sydney! there are cover four milion people here, but i's never crowded. that’s because there's the harbour with the famous sydney opera house and there are beautiful beaches. my favourite season is summer because of the surfing. lots of people go to bondi beach but on saturdays igo with my friends to narebeen beach. i's quiet and relaxed. afterwards we {go to the centre of the city. there are over three thousand restaurants with every type of food from japanese to lebanese. 4. Write a description of your favourite town My favourite place in Russia is Red Square in Moscow eae ere because there are interesting museums and art galleries. But | also like other parts of Moscow. Krasnaya Presnya 5 Display the descriptions around the | Park is great. On Saturdays in the summer | meet friends classroom, Walk around and read each H there in the afternoon. We relax and play sport - and it’s other’s descriptions. Check the capital free! Summer in Moscow is between May and September, letters, but | love winter. December is my favourite month because the snow is beautiful and we go ice-skating YOURUFE A PHOTOGRAPHER FAVOURITE NUMBERS ive DRECTONS a > (SE Before you watch 11 Work in groups. Look at the photo and read the caption. Discuss the questions. 1. Describe this city with three adjectives. 2. Why do you think Oxford is a popular place for tourists? 2 Workin pairs. Imagine you are a visitor to Oxford. Write three questions to ask local people. Then compare your questions with the class. Example: Is there a park in the city? While you watch 3 Watch the video about a road in Oxford. Tick (7) the places you see. 1 university 8 post office 2. church 9 sports centre 3. school 10 restaurants 4 shops M1 park 5 mosque 12 hospital 6 busstop 13 supermarkets 7 train station 14 tourist information 4 Work in pairs. Make questions with the words. Then watch the video again and check. 1. is. post office there near here ? 2. is to eat good place there a near here ? 3. round here a park is there? 4 get to the supermarket how do I from here? 5 Watch the video again. Choose the correct answers to the questions. 1 Why is the city of Oxford famous? a because of the university b_ because of its history © both answers a and b 2. Which part of Oxford is Cowley Road in? a north b south © east west 3. How does the narrator describe the road? a busy b noisy © crowded 4 What communities live here? a Asian and Caribbean b Chinese and African © both answers a and b Unit 3 Places 5. Where do you cross the road for the post office? at the bus stop b at the traffic lights © at the comer 6 Which types of restaurants do the two men talk about? a British Portuguese b Ttalian e Greek ¢ Turkish £ American 7 Where is the park? aon Cowley Road bon Manzil Way ¢_on Oxford Avenue 8 Whois the park for? a children b students © everyone 9 Where are the two big supermarkets? a on Manzil Way b onthe right © opposite each other 10. Which small supermarkets does the woman talk about? a Greek Russian b Polish Japanese ¢ Lebanese f Chinese After you watch 6 Role play conversation between a visitor and a local person Work in pairs. Student A: You are in your local town or city. Make a list ofthe important and interesting places for tourists. Think about: + places to visit + places to eat * places to shop + places to relax Student B: You are a tourist in a new town or city. Write questions to find out about: * places to visit + places to shop * places to eat * places to relax When you are ready, practise a conversation between the local person (Student A) and the tourist (Student B). Then change roles and repeat the conversation, 7 Work in pairs, You work for tourist information in Oxford. Tourists visit the old parts of Oxford, but they rarely visit Cowley Road. You want more tourists to visit here, Write a short paragraph about Cowley Road for the city website. Use the information from the video. 4a INIT 3 REVIEW Grammar 41 Complete the sentences with these verbs. eat go. have like live work 11 with my family in Dubai, eae ina restaurant near my house at the weekend. 3. Idon’t shopping in the city centre because the shops are crowded. 4 They in an office in that building. Idon't acarsol to work by bus. 2 Complete the conversation with do or don't. Where! In New York. 2 you like it? Yes, it’s great. There are lots of places to go. 2 youhave a car? No, I* And I? travel by public transport because I have a bicycle. Do you like shopping in New York? No, 18 shop online. you live? SP epap ep 3 Choose the correct option to complete the sentences. come / comes from Egypt. He live / lives in Singapore. My friend speak / speaks four languages! We don’t / doesn’t have much free time. She don’t / doesn’t work in an office. What do / does your husband do? ean ‘talk about my dally ife ask people about their ives, Vocabulary 4 Say these times. 1 5:00 4 1145 2 7:15 5 15:03 3 925 6 21:56 5. Match the words with the sentences. car park office hospital hotel park restaurant library museum There are waiters here. People read books here. Doctors work in this place. Stay the night in this building. ‘An accountant isin this room. People relax here at lunchtime Put your car here, Learn about history here. 6 Complete the adjectives inthe article about Bangkok BANGKOK, THAILAN Bangkok in Thoiland is « 'b_g city with about fen milion people. Ifs also a?p_p_l.r city with tourists, so ifs offen 9¢_o_d_d wih hundreds of people. The city isan intresting mix of 4b ot, old houses ond m-d_r_office buildings. There's also a lot oF tafe so sometimes the airis‘p |_v.e. For?c_e noirand*q it places, go tothe porks and the river. Tea say the time describe a town or city talk about places of work Real life 7 Complete the word in each sentence. 1 W____ isthe museum? 2 Isitn. here? 3 It's about ten minutes a 4 Goa this street because it’s on the other side of the road. T.___.. the first street on the right. T_____- tight and go straight up the road. TeaN ask for places in a city sive directions Speaking 8 Work in pairs. Describe six actions in your normal day and what time you do each action. I get up at six o'clock.

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