Time out © Visit New Zealand | Read and listen to the information that Linda Eriksson gives to her students about CO iA) g | her home country, New Zealand, Then answer Linda's questions in full sentences, Capital: Wellington = Languages: English and Maori Population: 4.5 million Land area: New Zealand is just aver half the size of Sweden. National emblems: The kiwi and the silver fern Currency: New Zealand Dollar (NZD) Timezone: GMT +12 hours (April-September) / +13 hours (October-March) Interesting facts: + New Zealand has two main islands: the North Island and the South Island. Both islands are famous for their beautiful landscapes. + The country has many unique plants and animals, for example the flightless ‘kiwi’ (whichis also a nickname for someone from New Zealand). «+ The native people of New Zealand are called the Maori, They are strong and proud people with their ‘own culture, traditions and language. + New Zealanders love their cars: over 90% of households have a car. + In 1893, NZ became the first country in the world to give women the right to vote. + Sir Edmund Hillary, the first person to climb Mount Everest in 1953, was a New Zealander. + The Lord of the Rings films were made in New Zealand. + Queen Elizabeth Il of Great Britain is stil officially Queen of New Zealand, even though New Zealand became independent from Great Britain in 1947, + New Zealand is a very successful rugby nation: its ‘All Blacks’ team is world famous. + 16is an important age for Kiwis: then they can drive, have sex and work full-time. + New Zealand has about six sheep to every human! 1. Why are the two main islands so famous? 2. What do we call people from New Zealand? 3. Which year was important for female Kiwis? Why? 4, Why was Sir Edmund Hillary famous? 5. What can you do on your sixteenth birthday in New Zealand? 66 sixty-six sa 2cUnit 3 You and your future 3.1 Are you green? (pages 68-75) 3.2 Helping worldwide (pages 76-83) 3.3 Working for others (pages 84-91) Time out Heroes at Eurovision (page 92) Skills focus Percentages and prices, Talking about the weather, Scheduling (pages 157-159) sixty-seven 673.1 Are you green? Show what you know A. Match the nouns with the pictures. Q bin / container food waste glass bottle bank garbage collector grass cardboard garbage / rubbish leaf B, Say the percentages, G3 c)) 0% 1% 5% 15% 24% 32% 66% 73% © Skills focus 3.1: Percentages and prices (page 157) 68 sixty-eight 3.1 Are you green? / St 98% 100% na what you knowVhat do you do to save the planet? "ead and listen to the blog. Which of the countries do you think is the greenest? ob My green blog & ig Hau Hi everybody. My name's Yang Hau. | was born in China and studied in the UK, but | now live in Buffalo, New York, There are articles in every ‘newspaper and magazine here about the environment. There are also programmes about it every day on TV. And everybody in the USA (ves, everybody!) talks about what we should and shouldn't do to save the planet. They talk but what do they actually do? Not a lot, | think! Because they just don't have to. Or am | wrong? ‘And what do people in other countries do? Please write and tell me. Walter (Braunau am Inn, Austria) People in Austria are very serious about recycling. We have lots of bottle banks and containers for paper, cardboard and clothes, so we can recycle things without difficulty. We can do a lot here to save the planet. But when | lived in Croatia, it was different. | couldr't recycle there easily. | Lada (St Petersburg, Russia) its difficult to recycle here in Russia. We car‘t do it easily. There are big containers for rubbish outside our blocks of flats and there are people who throw everything into them: clothes, bottles, food waste and so on. Inside the blocks there are big rubbish chutes. People drop everything in these as well. We can't recycle here. it impossible. It doesn't have to be this way, but | think some people just don't care, sixty-nine 69 3.1 Are you green? / What do you do tMona (Uppsala, Sweden) in Sweden people can recycle most things: glass, plastic, cardboard, metal, paper, clothes and even food. We have to take most of our recycling to special containers, but garbage collectors come to take our garden waste, such as grass and leaves. We even get money if we recycle some types of drinks bottles and cans ~ but those drinks cost more when you first buy them. Martina (Bern, Switzerland) Everybody is into recycling here, Yang. | receive a calendar every month and | know what day and what time the rubbish collection is for everything, So | know, for example, that the garbage collectors pick up food waste on Mondays and Wednesdays at 08:15 and that there is collection for metal things on the 30th of every month at 12:00! When you buy a washing machine or a dishwasher in Switzerland, you have to pay extra money for their removal when they don't work anymore. Also, in the supermarkets people can leave cereal packets or plastic products on special tables. The supermarket has to recycle these things! Hamish (Glasgow, Scotland) | could recycle most things in the UK but | now work in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and stay in a hotel. can't recycle anything there. | have to put all the rubbish — plastic, paper, cardboard and glass — into the same bin in my hotel room. Asra (Dubai, UAE) Those are interesting comments, Hamish. | think that Dubai can and should do more to save the planet. For example, many big tourist hotels waste water and there's a ski slope in one of our malls here. So inside it's minus ten degrees and outside it’ plus fifty in the summer. How much electricity does that cost? We shouldn't have such a thing here. Also, some people have picnics in the desert and leave their rubbish in the sand, They should think more about the environment. Web IT! Choose one of these English-speaking countries: the UK, the USA, Australia or New Zealand. Try to find out ifthey recycle these things in that country: glass cardboard paper plastic metal gardenwaste foodwaste clothes 70 seventy 3.1 Are you green? / What do you do to save the planet?Look at the text D.Complete the sentences with a word from the box. [_|_] cycle do water containers bu collections erwironment things cereal bottle Usa” rubbish 1. At the moment Yang Hau is in the 2. There is a lot of information about the in the media. 3. Many people in the US talk about saving the planet, but they don't much. Walter says there are many banks in Austria, He also says that it was harder to in Croatia Lada says some people throw everything into big She also says that people drop all sorts of things into chutes. Martina says there are regular rubbish in Switzerland, Sena In Bern people can leave cardboard and packets at the supermarket. 10, Hamish says it's easy to recycle __ inthe UK. 11. He car't recycle in his hotel because all the rubbish goes into one 12. Asra says that the big hotels in Dubai do not save E.Write the name of the country (or countries). [_|_] People in these countries think recycling is very important. People shouldn't go skiing in this country. _ Many people aren't interested in recycling in this country. 1 2. 3 4. In this country, people pay more for some types of drinks containers. 5. The big food shops have to do a lot of recycling in this country. 6 In this country, people don't do what they say for the environment. F.Ispy grammar! Q Underline the modal verbs (can/ean't, could/couldn't, should/shouldn't, have to/has. to/don't have to/doesn’t have to) in the texts on pages 69-70. Are you green? / Look at the text seventy-one 71Improve your English Modal verbs [5 Modal verbs are ‘helping’ verbs that go together with a main verb (in the infinitive). Can-Can't We use ean or ean't (cannot) to say what we are able, or not able, to do in the present (now): + We ean recycle things without difficulty. ~/ean't recycle anything in my hotel. Can you reeyele things without difficulty? Could-Couldn't We use could or couldn't (could not) to say what we were able to do in the past (then/before) +! could reeycle most things in the UK. ~! couldn't recycle easily in Croatia. 2 Could you reeycle most things in the UK? Should - Shouldn't We use should or shouldn't (should not) to talk about what we think is right or wrong: + They should think more about the environment. ~ There shouldn't be a ski slope in Dubai. ? Should they think more about the environment? Have to/has to-Don’'t/doesn’t have to We use have/has to or don't/doesn’t have to to talk about what we must do: + You have to pay extra money + The supermarket has to reeyele them. ~ People don’thavetorecycle in the USA. It doesn’thavetobe this way. 2 Do youhaveto pay extra money? 2 Does the supermarket have to recycle them? G.Put the words in the right order to make sentences e 1. easily. We can have of containers lots we so recycle 2. environment. should about People think more the 3. Inyou on could special packets leave supermarkets tables. 4, my have to country everything. In recycle you .en? improve your E 72 seventy-two avareyanH. Make the sentences negative. ea I could recycle things. oi couldn't recycle things. L 2. You can leave paper and plastic there. 3. He has to recycle everything. 4, People should do that. 5. There should be a ski slope there. 6. They have to put rubbish into big containers. L.Choose Aor B.£” 1. Last year we A can't B couldn't recycle garden waste, but we can now. There A doesn't have B shouldn't be a ski slope in Dubai. ‘At the moment, they A cantt B shouldn't recycle things easily in that country. In my country, supermarkets A have to B could recycle cardboard now. | know that we A should be B has to be greener, but nobody cares. We A can B cant recycle anything in our hotel. A Should B Could you recycle cardboard easily when you lived in Sweden? SNOW ER wn Do you A have to B should recycle bottles where you live? = |. Listen and repeat. How do you say the modal verbs? Cj) G2 We ean do a lot here to save the planet. leould recycle everything there, but | ean't recycle anything here. We tried hard but we couldn't save energy. They all talk about what we should and shouldn't do. | have to put all the rubbish into the same bin. . Everybody has to recycle these things. People don’t have to recycle in my country. PN Oe wep It doesn't have to be this way. ou green? / im seventy-three 73K. Listen and complete the sentences. C)) Jason Gallina Mel 1. Jason Maitland is from Jamestown, whichis a little town in 2, People there are very serious about. 3. Jamestown has containers for and 4, Gallina is from Poland, where she recycle things easily. 5. She gives old to friends or takes them to her 6. She reuses containers when she makes food. 7. Melis from the UK. She says that __ does recycling where she lives. 8. She can recycle a lot of rubbish in four separate 9. Saif recycles things at 10. He says that you can sometimes see _in the sand on the L. Talk about recycling in 1) your home country, 2) the country where you live now, or aa) 3) another country of your choice: Jn Sweden, people can 1. What ean people recycle there? recycle many things.. ° 2. What can't people recycle there? r 3. How can people recycle there? (containers, bins, rubbish chutes etc.) 4, Do people haveto recycle there? , 5, Should people there do more to save the environment? M. Write a text (100-200 words) about recycling in the country you chose in exercise |. 2 Write five paragraphs - the same as points 1-5 in exercise L. Include the modal verbs ean, could, should and have to in your text! 74 seventy-four 2.1 Ave you green? / Improve your English“Ve all came here after our first lesson @ * *=s¢ ang listen to the conversation in the canteen, What else do you remember [_[.] C) ==out Ivan, Ana and Mona? Ivan Ana Mona Ana: We started school last term. I remember we all came here after our first lesson Ivan: Yes, I remember you had a glass of apple juice and a ham sandwich! Ana: That's impossible! How can you remember that? Ivan: And Mona had a coffee. | semember she said a million times that the coffee was good! Mona: Well, it was good! And | remember that Ana told us about her boyfriend. | remember Ian's face when she said that ... lan: Oh please! No... Ana: And then Ivan thought he saw my profile on the Internet. He asked me if| wanted a new boyfriend. | told him it wasn't my profile, Mona: But then Mamdouh and | found Ivan’s profile on the Internet .. Ivan: Stop, please! This is too embarrassing! Mona: Sorry Ivan. It's just a joke, Ivan: | remember that we worked well together. We talked a lot about our work. We helped each other and did really good projects together, like the one about famous immigrants at the end of term. | prefer to remember the good things. Mona: Just one last thing! When we did the lesson about daily routines, Alia and | discovered we were ‘morning people’ and Ana and Ivan were ‘night owls! How romantic! Ivanand Ana: Ohno... Are you green? /We all came here after our first lesson seventy-five 753.2 Helping worldwide Show what you know a A. Match the words with the sentences. aid manager operation small talk equipment news schedule vaccination When a doctor cuts into a patient to remove something bad or repair something, ._A friendly conversation about things that are not very important. a 2 3. Aplan with dates and times of things you have to do. 4, Information or a report of something that just happened. 5. Someone who leads a business or a department. 6. ;. Help (money, food or equipment) that a government or organization gives to people who need it. 7. The machines or tools that you need to do something. 8. Medicine to protect a person against a disease. B. What's the weather like? Match the sentences with the pictures. () O-°R Sg on ° fe oe Qe g RE 1. Its raining. 3. its sunny. 5. It's foggy. 7. Its cloudy. 2. Its snowing. A. It's freezing. 6. It's hot. 8. It’s windy. © Skills focus 3.2: Talking about the weather (page 158) nat you know 76 seventy-six 32‘octors for the world d listen to the video conference. What is the main reason for the meeting: [_|_] C)) ut breakfast, the weather, or their projects? ‘ Murphy is a manager for the international aid organization ‘Doctors for the World: Shes in Dublin she’s sitting at her desk in her office. She's waiting to start a video conference with three project ~anagers. They are in different parts of the world. Greta: Hello. Good morning everybody. Its Greta here in Dubli Is everybody ready? im starting our video conference now! i, it's Larissa from Nairobi here. I'm ready, Greta. Good morning, Greta. This is Dennis in Kiev. Mario: Hello, Greta, Mario here, in Melbourne. By the way Greta, what's the weather like in Dublin today? It's normally raining when we have a conference call Greta: Oh no, you and your weather small talk again! But anyway, thanks for asking. Well itisr’t raining today for once - it's snowing and it's freezing cold! I'm sure you're all happy to hear that! OK guys, can we get down to business? Firstly, can | check a few technical detalls? Is anybody having any problems with the sound or picture? Are you having any problems, Larissa? Larissa: No, m not having any problems. Everything's working perfectly, Greta: Thanks Larissa. And you, Dennis? Dennis: m spending today at home, Greta. The equipment's working fine. No problems, By the way, the sun's shining here. Its like a summer's day. 3.2 Helping world seventy-seven 77Greta: Dennis: Greta: Marlo: Greta: Larissa: Greta: Larissa: Greta: Qennis: Greta: Greta: Oh no, not you as well Dennis, practising your small talk! Dennis, | can't hear you very well. Are you sure your equipment is OK? Oh, sorry, im having breakfast! I'm drinking coffee. My mouth is full. Sorry again. Ok, well, bon appétit! And Mario, are you fine? Well, | can hear you OK, but | can't see you very well. The picture’ very dark. But its not a big problem, so let's begin OK, well, let's first check progress on the projects. How is your project going, Larissa? How are things going with the vaccinations? Everythings going well. We aren't having any problems this week. The nurses are treating about two hundred people a day. Theyre doing a great job. And are you receiving all your medical supplies? Yes, we're getting deliveries every day. That's great. And what about you, Dennis? We're having a few problems in the hospital. The lights are always going off. That's making it impossible to do all the operations on the schedule. We're trying our best, but its difficult at the moment. Sorry to hear that, Dennis. That's bad news. And what's happening in Melbourne, Mario? : Well, we're doing all our planned visits to schools. We aim to finish the programme by the end of next week Well, that's great to hear. Look at the text D.Choose Aor B. [|] Greta Murphy is a A doctor B manager. Her office is in A Budapest B Dublin. Sheis starting a A video conference B telephone call. The project managers are in A the same country B different countries. Dennis is A in the office Bat home. Larissas project is going A badly B well. . In Dennis’ project, they are having problems with the A lights B sound. z 2 3. 4. 5, The weather in Dublin today is A very cold B warm. 6. 7 8. 9. |. Mario's school visits are A finished B almost finished, 78 seventy-eight 32 Hel sotldwide / Doctors for the world, Look at the textE. Answer the questions. LL] 1, Where in her office is Greta sitting? 2. How many project managers are there? 3. Which town is Dennis in? 4, Is Larissais equipment working well? 5. What is the weather like where Dennis is? 6. Why can't Greta hear Dennis clearly? 7. How many people are Larissa nurses treating daily? & When does Mario finish his programme of visits? F. spy grammar! 2 Underline the verbs in the present continuous (‘be’-ing) in the video conference on pages 77-78. Improve your English Present continuous: ‘be’ -ing Ee We use the present continuous to talk about things that are happening now. We use am/is/are + the -ing form of the verb. + Positive | am (‘m) starting our video conference now! We are (‘re) trying our best. You are ('re) having breakfast, They are (‘re) doing a great job. She is (‘s) sitting at her desk in her office. The equipments ('s) working fine. - Negative | am (‘m) not having any problems, We arenot (aren't) having any problems this week. You are not (aren't) drinking coffee, ‘They arenot (aren't) getting deliveries. He is not (isn't) sitting in the office. itis not (isn’t) raining today. More on the next page > seventy-nine 79 ide / 3.2 Helping t, Improve you? Question Short answer Areyou having any problems, Larissa? + Yes, lam. /- No, 'mnot. Isit raining today? +Yes, n't Spelling + Add-ing to most verbs: work — working, start - starting + When the verb ends in a’silent -e,, drop the -e and then add -ing: come - coming, have- having + Some verbs double the final consonant: sit - sitting, get getting G.Match the two parts of the sentences. &”” 1. He$ sitting at his, \- cold in Ireland today. 2. Sheswaitingto * eating a sandwich. 3. It’s freezing .. the deliveries of medical supplies. 4. I'm drinking tea and ). is working fine. 5. One person ._E. is spending today at home. 6. The equipment -. having problems with the sound. 7. They are all 'G. desk in front of the screen. 8 We are getting all start the telephone conference. H.What are they doing? Choose a verb from the box and write sentences. ‘4 Improve your1. Make the sentences negative. > 1. He's working at school today. He isn't werking at school today. 2. She's having breakfast. 3. We're having problems with the sound. 4. Theyre starting the lesson now. 5. lim getting all the supplies I need. a 6. The equipment is working well 7. You'e finishing the project this morning, 8. They're sitting in the reception. J. Complete the questions to match the answers. ft. Ls it snowing in Poland? —_No, it isn’t snowing in Poland. @. athome? Yes, I'm sitting at home. | 3. How many ? We are doing five operations a day, 4, When, : 5. What tim starting the video conference now. \'m drinking water. 6. No, the machines aren't working today. EF: ? No, I'm not having any problems. 2 ? Yes, (im sitting at my desk. K. Comrect the mistakes with the present continuous, &” Aavin Ltn (eakfast now 6. They arent siting in the waiting room. ir I 2. She going home. 7. Are the equipment working well? 3. You are danceing to the music. 1 We ate spealeon.the|phonel 4, They is working at school. 9. |'m starting the video conference yesterday. 5, He lsrit drink coffee. 10. Are you work in the office? fe / Improve your Engtish eighty-one 81L Listen and repeat. How do you say the -ing? C}) G3 1. What's she doing? 5. Is she working at home? 2. Are you coming now? 6. Are we spending the day here? 3. Ishe drinking tea? 7. Its freezing cold. 4, Are they finishing the telephone call? 8. My mobile isn’t working, M. Listen to the telephone conversation. Choose yes or no. ()) Yes No 1. Felixis ringing from Spain. 2. He's spending a week there. 3. He is having a good holiday. o Oo 4, The sunis shining. o Qo o 5. He's hearing and speaking lots of Spanish. 6. He's going on a bus tour to Madrid. OoOOo00000 7. He's sitting in a café waiting for the bus. N. Listen to the weather reports and answer the questions. C}) KYU Radio 1. Where is the reporter standing? 2. What is the weather like? 3, What are people doing? 4, What are the young women doing? 5. What can the reporter see flying through the air? South-West News 1. Whereis the reporter standing? 2, What is he looking at? 3. What is the weather like? 4, What are the police doing? 5. What are some drivers doing? 82 eighty-two worldwide / Improve your English\ 0. The people in the photos are all on holiday. Talk about the photos and compare the holidays: C- + Where are the people? + What are they doing in the picture? + Are they having a good time? + What other things are they doing on the holiday? + Whats the weather like? + Who do you think is having the best holiday? Why? P. Write a short email to a friend who is on holiday. Ask him or her about the holiday. ? Ask your friend: How long he/she is staying If he/she is having a good time What the weather is like (raining? snowing? sun shining? hot/cold?) What he/she is eating What he/she is doing today Hi {your friend's namel, Hows your holiday going? How long are you staying in. Bye for now, {your name] @.Now write a posteard (100-200 words) to a friend about a holiday you are on at the moment. w Use the present continuous and remember to talk about the weather! You can use some of the ideas in exercise P if you want. Dear {your friend's name}, My holiday is going really well. {I'm staying here for . days/weeks Wish you were here! | | [your name} | 3.2 Helping world eighty-three 83 Improve yout3.3 Working for others Show what you know a A. Match the nouns with the pictures. \. firefighter lollipop lady wedding lifeboat sea wheelchair B. Match the words with the definitions. Q 1. competition », A. the opposite of life 2. reward ‘ B. the opposite of special 3. selection €. adate when you celebrate a past event 4. ordinary to put a boat on the water 5. launch . money or a gift for something done 6. rescue trying to win something 7. death G. person who works without payment 8. volunteer H. group of things to choose fron 9. anniversary 1. regular money you receive for working 10. salary J. to save someone from danger © Skills focus 3.3: Scheduling (page 159) 84 eighty-four 3:3 Working for others / Show what you knowUnsung heroes C. Read and listen to the readers’ letters in the magazine Watcha. What is an ‘unsung hero’? [_|_] © Last week our magazine Watcha received over a thousand letters from all over the world in response to our competition to find ‘unsung heroes’. The people who do great things to help others, but who receive no reward and often do not even get a ‘thank you’. Here is a small selection of some of them. Dear Watcha, | am writing from a village in Canada. There is a team of young men and women here who work as volunteer firefighters. They do not just fight fires though, they deal with all sorts of emergencies and problems and they do not receive a salary for the work. Last year there was a serious car accident just outside the village and our firefighters cut the driver free from his car with their special equipment. Last week there was a big fire in one of the barns here and they put it out very quickly. Then, yesterday, they rescued my cat, Babsi. She was stuck in a tree! Next year will be their 100th anniversary celebration. | won't miss that celebration, | can tell you. I'm sure it will be fun and very noisy! Doris Small, British Columbia, Canada Dear Watcha, My unsung hero is the young woman who comes to my house every day and brings me a hot meal and chats to me while | eat it. | am eighty-five years old and in a wheelchair and she is my neighbour's daughter. Tomorrow is my birthday and she’s going to come a bit earlier and we're going to have lunch together in a nice pub. Then we're going to see a play at the theatre in town. She is always kind to me and expects nothing in return. Tomorrow I'm going to surprise her though. 'm going to give her my mother's wedding ring as a present. | think she's going to be very pleased with that! Edna Culverhouse, Cairns, Australia eighty-five 85 Working for others / Unsung heroes| Dear Watcha, | __ Ilive near the sea in Cornwall, The unsung heroes I'm going to write | aboutare the men and women from my village, who work on the | lifeboats, They are ordinary men | andwomen with ordinary jobs, who often have their own families, | but you will see that they have interesting stories to tell. They all volunteer to work for the lifeboat | service. When the lifeboat office | receives a message that someone | isin danger at sea, they stop what they are doing and run to the lifeboat st | Out, they risk their ives, Over the past fifty | call for help, and often it is in the middle of when there is an emergency call. Our lifeboat can launch the boat in minutes. They are ext n. Usually the weather is terrible when there is the night. The sea is usually very dangerous it men and women train every week and they ‘perts at rescuing people, but every time they go years there have been several deaths among our | ‘boys’ and firls' from the lifeboat service. 'm not going to name one unsung hero, because | ALLof them are heroes! Solomon Frith, Cornwall, England | Dear Watcha, My ‘unsung hero’ is my kids’ school lollipop lady. All the kids love her and she is always there to see them safely across the road, She never misses a day. She's there when | __ it's snowing, icy, foggy or freezing. She's even there when she’s not well! She knows | __ the names of all the children and always has a kind word to say to thom, She's a | real treasure. | think the school is going | to organize a surprise party for her next } month. It's her birthday and she's going to be seventy. I'm definitely going to be there! | Tom Jackson, London, UK 86 eighty-six i ln “3 Working for others / Unsung heroesLook at the text D.Complete the sentences about Doris. Choose A or B. LL} 1. Doris Small lives in a A village B town. 2. ‘The volunteer firefighters are A only men B men and women. 3. They A only fight fires B deal with all emergencies. 4, They rescued someone from a car accident last A week B year. 5. Yesterday Doris Small’s cat was in a A bam B tree. E. Read the sentences about Solomon. Choose true or false. - eh ue False Solomon Frith writes about men in the lifeboat service. These men are from his village. ‘They work full-time for the lifeboat service. ooooogo They can launch the lifeboat very quickly. oooo0o00 L 2 3. 4, The men train every month. 5 6. Solomon names one special hero. F. Answer the questions in full sentences. |_| _ 1. How many people sent in letters about heroes? 2. Who is Edna’s hero? 3. What is Edna doing on her birthday? 4, Who is Toms hero? 5, Why is she his hero? G. I spy grammar! Look at the text on pages 85-86 and underline all examples of the future with going to and will/won't. eighty-seven 87 33 Working for others / Look at the textAfter class © } ” Ivan Ana Mona H. Read and listen to the conversation. Then discuss the question below. cba After the lesson about the unsung heroes, Ana, Ivan and Alia discuss the topic over coffee. Ana: The letter about the men and women who sail the lifeboats made the biggest impression on me. They are ordinary people with families. They have ordinary jobs and they rescue people at sea in the worst weather conditions. | think they are truly brave. | could never do that. Id be too afraid, | don't like sailing on the sea in good weather. Ivan: | agree with you completely, Ana, For me, they are very special people. | don't think the firefighters from the Canadian village are really heroes though. We have similar volunteer groups in Poland and they dor't really do much at all. They meet once or twice a week to clean the equipment or they just sit and chat or play cards and drink beer. Some of the groups have bands and they meet to play music together. They also like to dress up in their nice uniforms when there’ a village festival. | dor't think they are serious about helping people. Alias Really Ivan! !m not sure that's very fair! But, you know, for me, the real unsung heroes are the two women. The lollipop lady and the young woman who helps the old lady. They both help people every day and they don't think they are doing anything special, but really they have such a Positive impact on the people they are helping. | think they are very special people because they do much more than they need to, and they don't expect anybody to thank them for it. 1, Do you agree with the opinions of Ana, Ivan and Alia? Why/Why not? 2. Which of the unsung heroes made the biggest impression on you? Why? Web IT! Find information about an ‘unsung hero’ from your home country and present, in your own words: + what he/she does + who he/she helps * why he/she is an ‘unsung hero’ 88 eighty-eight 3 Norking for others / After class,Improve your English Future tenses [2 be going to We use be goingto to talk about future plans and to say what we think can happen in the future. We often use be going to when we speak. The tense has four parts: Subject ‘be’ goingto _verb (infinitive) \ am(‘m) — goingto watch Yo SS You are('re) — goingto watch TV. Note: He/She/It is (‘s) goingto watch TV. When we speak, going to is We are(‘e) goingto — watch Tw. often shortened to gonna, They are(re) goingto watch a, especially in US English (AmE) ~ butwe never write gonna, ‘The only parts that change are the subject + ‘be’. + Positive I'mgoing to come a bit earlier. Next year they are going to celebrate. - Negative not (He isn’t OR He's not going to) He isn’t going toname one unsung hero. ‘re not (We aren't OR We're not going to) Wearen’t going to miss that celebration. ? Question Short answer Is he going torescue the cat from the tree? + Yes, heis. /- No, he isn't. Are you going tocome to the 100th anniversary? + Yes, lam. /- No, 'mnot. will We can also use will + verb (infinitive) to say what we think can happen in the future. Use will (Il) for positive and won't (will not) for negative (same for all subject pronouns). + Positive - Negative It will (It'l) be fun and very noisy! Iwon't (Iwill not) miss that celebration. ?.Question Short answer /- No, itwon't. Will it be fun and very noisy? four English eighty-nine 89 1@for others / Impro|. Put the words in the right orderto make sentences, 1. the Are launch going to they lifeboat? 2. she go going Is to to restaurant? the 3. We present. going are to the give lollipop lady a 4. thank them for! their ‘ll hard all work. 5. to She service. is join going the fire 6. we to going the Are wedding? 7. on won't the be for time party. He 8. wil it be very a think celebration. big | J. Write short positive and negative answers. 5” 1. Are you going to the wedding? Yes, 2, Isshe going to thank the firefighters? Yes,__ 3. Are they going to drive to the celebration? Yes, 4. Am going to be too warm in this coat? —_Yes, 5. Will it rain tomorrow? Yes, 6. Will you join us for dinner? Yes, K.Write questions to match the answers. 6” 1 2 90 ninety Yes, 'm going to go home now. Yes, she's going to be late. No, they aren't going to come, No, he isn’t going to have dinner here. Yes, we're going to wait in reception. Yes, it's going to rain tonight. Yes, the anniversary will be very exciting. No, it won't be cold tomorrow. Yes, they'll go there by train, 3.3 Working for others / improve yaur EnglishL. Listen and repeat. How do we say goingto and will? }) CI 1. She's going to visit us this weekend, 4, He'll come a bit later, 2. The kids will stop playing soon. 5. You're not going to go to the pub tonight! 3. She's going to wait for us in the café, 6. | promise | won't smoke any more. M. Listen and choose an answer to complete the sentences. ())) 4. Iris i{85)98 years old 6. Iris shouldn't/didn't keep her baby. 2. She lives in her own flat/house. 7. John looked for his mother for 13/30 years. 3. Her son is 45/55 years old. 8. John visited his mom for a week/month. 4. She was single/married when John was born. 9. He is going to visit her again this/next year. 5. Johris father was a politician/journalist. 10. John sometimes/often phones his mom. ivi N.Write a text (100-200 words) about someone you know who is an ‘unsung hero’ 2 Use these questions to help you: + Name and age? Nationality? + Where did you meet/hear about this person? + How do you know this person? + Why is he/she an ‘unsung hero’? O. Work with a partner. Use your notes in exercise N to talk about your unsung heroes. ic Ask and answer questions, Who is your unsung hero? . - My unsung hero is my friend Tina. king for others / Improve your English ninety-one 91Time out © Heroes at Eurovision Read the lyrics of the song Heroes, sung by the Swedish artist Mans Zelmerléw, and watch a video of his performance at the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest. Discuss the reviews of the song below. Do any of them match your opinions? [Y ] c}) GJ Don’t tell the gods I left a mess We are the heroes of our time I can’t undo what has been done But we're dancing with the demons in our Let’s run for cover minds What if I’m the only hero left We are the heroes of our time You better fire off your gun Heroes once and forever But we're dancing with the demons in our He said go dry your eyes minds And live your life like there is no Heroes, tomorrow, son We are the heroes of our time And tell the others Heroes To go sing it like a hummingbird But we're dancing with the demons in our The greatest anthem ever heard minds Heroes, Review 1: "The full package of the song, the singer and the visual effects is stunning! It’s a real winner!” Review 2: “The singer can't sing live on stage. The song is nothing without the special effects.” Review 3: “The beginning of the song is slow and boring and then it explodes with passion. It really grabs me then. | ove it!” Review 4: “Mans is hot and | really like his act, but | don't think its as great as many people say." Review 5: “Its a great pop song! So catchy! | find myself singing it all the time. Mans is a confident singer and an even better performer.” The Eurovision Song Contest The Eurovision Song Contest started in 1956 with only seven countries. In the 1990s many eastern European countries joined and in 2008 a record number of 43 countries took part. Singers have sung nearly 1500 songs in the sixty years of the contest. Ireland and Sweden are the most successful countries, while Luxembourg, France and the UK have also won several times. Heroes was the sixth song from Sweden to win the Eurovision Song Contest. 92 ninety-two Unit /Time out