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Perspectives Preintermediate Students Book
Perspectives Preintermediate Students Book
PERSPECTIVES
PRE_lNTERMEDIATE
Lewis LANSFORD
Daniel BARBER
Amanda JEFFRlES
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VOCABULARY Регs*н:аlitу
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Work in pairs. Discuss the questions.
1 Look at the photo and rеаd the caption, Аrе you like any mеmЬеrs of
your family?
2 Сirсlе two оr three of these words to describe yourseli
3 Think of two оrthrее words that other people might use to descrtbe you.
4 Wеrе уоur answers to questions 2 and З the same оr different? Why?
@ Matctr the pairs of words that have а similar meaning. Use а dictionary if
necessary. Тhеп think of someone you know that you сап describe with
each pair of words.
1smart а rеlахеd
2 calm Ь nice
3 helpful с intelligent
4 cheerful d kind
1 lm active / lazy allhe weekend. l usually do some sport and 9о out with
mу friends.
2 He's сопfidепt / пеrvоus about giving presentations because he doesn't llke
making mistakes.
3 She's very sociable l shy апd has а lot of friends.
4 0ur coach is seious / eosy-going and lets us listen to mustc Ьеfоrе
basketball practice.
5 Kenji isvery hard-vltorking l tolented. Не isn't the best, but he really wants
to succeed.
6 Luis is rеаllу loud / quiet.You always know when he's in а rooml
7 iVlaria's very hопеst l fuппу - she always makes hеr classmates laugh.
8 Samir usually helps his little sister with hеr homework. He's very поstу / kiпd,
@ Work in pairs. Take turns to describe people in your class, but don't say their
names. Can your partner guess who уоu'rе talking about?
@ Wоrk with the same partner. Make опе list for your person using all the
words you agree оп. Read your list from Exercise 5 to the class. Сап the class
guess уоur person?
Listen to the conversation between two students @ Answer the questions about the sentences in the
@
meeting for the first time at а party. Write В (Bruno) Grammar Ьох.
оr А (Аппа). "
Яrе the sentences true (Т), false (F), or is the @ Complete the information about D.J Spooky. Use the
@ present simple of the verbs in brackets.
information not given (NG)? Listen again to check
your anSWerS. "
@ Work in pairs. Practise asking and answerin9 questions Separate things.'At his сопсеrts, people (В)-
about interests.
--
(hеаr) music, (9) (see) pictures оf the natural
rhe colte9e?
No, she isn't. She's n опе of the There аrе thгее ways to рrопоuпсе 5 at the епсi of а vеrЬ.
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_о е9е roor.ls 1ow. lt sruсl bette,. /s/ as in qets, lzlas in sinEls, аr lvl as tп washes.
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rQ 1cmplete the sentences with the present simple оr
]rеsепt continuous ofthe verbs in brackets.
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USeS WantS watches writes
1 Jy sister usually (watch) TV at night.
2 ]avid (Ье) frоm N,4exlco City
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3 t4arta isn't here because she (study) in
rhe liЬrаrу.
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5 The tеасhеr апgrу when еvеrуопе was According to the article, animals _
with each other,
Iate. - а share their emotions
6 you nervous about the test, but l'm surе Ь communicate in 'animal language'
you'll do well. с often feel апgrу
- Understanding feelings helps us
О WorK in pairs, Pick three of the emotions in Exercise
'l.
а stop feeling апgrу.
TeIl а раrtпеr about а time you felt each опе.
Ь сопrrоlапimа|s.
с communicate.
READlNG
@ wnicrr of these statements is true, accordin9 to
@ Bead about previewing а text. Preview the article and the article? Underline the information that explains
answer the questions. уочr answer.
1 Some animals can understand human language.
Before you rеаd а text, preview it. This will,help you 2 Email isn't а good way to discuss lmportant things.
understand what it's about before you read it carefully. 3 We should try to hide our feellngs frоm animals.
. Look at the title. What is the text рrоЬаЬlу about?
. Look at апу pictures. What do they tell you about О му pERspEcTlvE
the text?
Work iп pairs. Discuss the questions.
. Read the first and last раrа9rарh. What аrе the
i mаiп ideas? i
. Whal, did you еаrп frоm the article?
l
. Did the artlcle change уоur thinking about animals
and emottons?
@ Пеаd the article. Match each paragraph with опе of the
. Do you think it's true that we should have some
ideas (а-е).
discussions face to face? Why? Give examples.
а There are fоur types of feelings,
Ь Animals ехреriепсе emotions.
с Some animals understand human feelings.
d Seeing people is ап important part of communication.
е Humans ехреriепсе mапу different feelings.
[асt. ц,е'ге so goocl at it, ц,е r-,an easiIy untlel,stand thеiг friencls and Ьесоmе very sad whеп а friend оr
гhе feelings on the face of а cartoon. Гаmilу mсrrrhеr dies. Scienrists say tllJt (motion5 help
aninrals to surwive. Fоr ехаmрlе, lesearch shows that
animals ъ.hо don't feel 1Ъаr don't 1ive for very long.
Fасе time
UndcгsTanding ГесIiпg,s is imропапт. In lасf, it's
Tllt t[lln BAsl[ гЕЕtllц8$ so impoTtant that people's faces usually tell others
exactly hоъ the1, Гесl, and these ГееIiпg,s аrе оГtел
ее оЬчiоus to us. ýие c]an L}se this inforrr-ration to make
\d t,оmлiuпiсаriоп еitsiег. ог sotnetintes to know what
оthеr реорlе аrе tlrinking ог feeling, ечеп when
they don't tell us. So, when уоu need to talk about
Not just for hчmапs something imрсlпапr. try to have а Г:rt,е-ttьГасе
Оur fat,es show оuг f,eelings stl сIеаrlу that еvеп some conversation - оr at least а video cha.t.
animels knoпr how we feel. Scientists at the University
vrhale а lat^ge sea lпаlпlпаl tbat breatbes tbrough
of Essex in the UK say that horses carr identiГy hoppy
tbe top o[its head
оr ап!]ry faces and сап еrrеп recognize these feelings on
seal а sea mаmп,lаl шitЬ thick fur апоl, llippers
@ Look at the Grammar Ьох. Underline the first verb in each sentence. Circle
the чеrь that follows it.
@ Look again at the sentences iп the Grаmmаr Ьох. Complete the table with
the underlined verbs.
8nJCIy
@ choose the correct option to complete each sentence. Are any of the
sentences true for you?
@ Complete the text with the verb + -iпg or the infinitive with to. Sometimes
both options are possible,
We can't help (1) (smile) when the people around us smile. And
when we see our friends laugh, it makes us want (2)
(laugh),
feelings
too. lt's almost impossible to avoid (З)
--
(share) the of the
people around us. But this doesn't stop with being happy, sad, апgrу оr afraid.
lt affects us physically, too! Оur own body tегпреrаturе actuaJly begins
(4) _ (drор) when we watch sоmеопе put their hand in ice water.
Why аrе we able to feel the emotions of the people around us? Humans need
(5)-- (understand) each other well because we spend а lot of time
workrng together, Whеп we don't manage (б)
-
(get on), we may
staгt (7) (fiqht) - and that's bad for еvеrуопе.
@ Complete the short conversations with the correct @ Cornplete the sentences with true information about
form of the verbs. Sometimes more than one option yourself. Use verb + -и9 and infinitives with to.
is possible.
1 l like at the weekend,
:оthеr descri Ье l like ridiпg mу &lke gf r&е wее&елd,
:el р receive 2 l want _ пехt summеr,
send share 3 l usually avo d _.
.эlk tel] 4 l hope Ьеfоrе l'm 2Oyears old.
"oi tell write 5 l need for school.
]ust like this. They were b!ank оп опе side, and orl the 1 The website l-=оuпdYоurСаmеrа helps реор е find
other side listed some simple instructions. lost cameras.
2 IИапу people feel unhappy when they see their
pictures оп the website
WATсH 3 FоuпdYоurСаmега shows that реорlе want to heLp
Ф Watch Part ] of the talk. Choose the correct option to other people
complete each sentence. 4 The woman in the picture found another реrsоп's
1 Frапk gave the postcards lo strапgеrs l friends.
са гпеrа.
2 The idea mоdе people апgrу l becamevery papulor 5 The mап, wоmап and chi]d in the picture аrе vel,y
3 People frоm rhe US l mапу diffеrепt соuпtiеs sепl happy now.
postcards to Frапk,
The 9rееп postcard was а little sad l very fuппу,
Then discuss them with а partner. we пеvеr tell. TelIing too much iпfоrmаtiоп about
;эulfu|. Write а couple of sentences sharing а silly share information. Не says that реорlе аrе honest
secret about yourself. Choose something that you when they send postcards.
эоп't mind telling the whole class.
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, Frапk talks about the kindness of strangers. Does he
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think people are generally kind or generally unkind?
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How do you know? Do you agree with him?
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Work in pairs. Discuss the questions.
. When you meet Sоmеопе new, what information do you usualIy lеаrп
about them?
. What аrе you interested in knowing about other people?
. What do you Want them to know оr not know about you?
@ t-ook at the photo and caption below. what do you think these mailboxes
say about the people they belong to?
@ Listen to the conversation. Tick U) the topics the people talk about.
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baseball hiking football tennis ruппiпg
Whot do you thiпk of . . ,? о Make some notes about your оWп interests. Think about Sports, music,
hobbies or anything e|se you like doin9.
l'm really iпtо .,.
l like:
lloveto ...
Best thing about it:
|'m поt l,hat inrerested iп ,,.
ldon't miпd ,,. l don't mind:
{$ Wоrk in pairs. lmаgiпе you аrе going to write а postcard to а student your
age in another country. Think of five pieces of information you would give
оr topics you would write about to introduce yourself.
.- fact
interesting реrsопаl паmе
- эоьiеs and interests home town
4 informalquestions
|'m also really tпtо ,..
5 an iпfоrпаlегdirg
Asking questions
Ь Work in pairs. Think of at least one other example of 'I-5 in Exercise 'l0a.
Whot abaut you? Are you iпtо , . . ?
@ Using уоur notes from Exercise 7 and the expressions in the Useful language Whot ore уоur favoite . . .?
Ьох, write а postcard introducing yourself and asking а couple of questions.
@ Work in pairs. Exchange уоur postcards. Check each other's work. Does
it use the language from the Useful language Ьох correctly and is it
informalenough?
2А Different places
VOCABULARY D*sсгiЬiпg wh*rе у*u liv*
О look at the inside of the house. What things do you see?
office buildings tn Santa Fе, the city's business district. And thеrе are homes
and apartment buildings in the mоrе quiet (12) areas, whlch,
grew аrоuпd the city сепtrе in rесепt times. Тhеrе аrе also many beautiful
(] з) аrеаs аrеаs without buildings - пеаr Mexico City, like
Desierto de los Leones National Раrk, which is actually within the city limits.
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Work in pairs. Answer the questions.
1 Аrе there cities like Songdo оr lVlexico City iп your country? How аrе
they similar?
2 Would you рrеfеr to live in ап urЬап, suburban оr rurаl аrеа? Why? Consider:
. shops and restaurants
. Qгееп spaces / parks
. tranSport
. entertainment (cinemas, arts, parks)
. living iп а house оr ап apartment
ф Listen to the news report about living in Viеппа, ф Work in pairs. Answer the questions from the news
Austria. Choose the correct words to complete the report about Vienna. Listen again to check your anSWerS.
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s е п te п се s. ý1__1-i-S
V enna is one of the world's most р/есsслt l expensive 1 Whеп dld the boy's family гпоvе to Viеппа?
CitieS. 2 Why did they move to Viеппа?
The Ьоу li,,,es in а mоdеrп / htstorlc аrеа пеаr the city 3 Where did they stay whеп they first arrived?
сепtrе. 4 Why did the girl's famlly гпоvе to the suburlэs"?
Не says that people in New Yоrk рау more / /ess to go аrео just out;lde of о city
suburb а qutet
out with friends.
The gir says that lhе uпdеrgrочпd ts l restourants 0rе
open 24 hours.
5 she /lyes l works in the suburbs. We moved here five years ogo.
6 She says the suburbs ore l аrегl't Ьоriпg. l didn't like il, or fust.
ф Work in pairs. Discuss the questions. Did чоч mееt пеw friепds? Yes, l did, l met а lot of people.
. Would you rather live in Vienna, Songdo оr lVexico -.,--/vou live whеп vou wqе а chiИ? l lived
""-,, did
where iп Madrid.
City? Why?
. Nеаrlу ha f of the world ives in rurаl areas. What аrе the
Ф t-ook at the Grammar Ьох. Match the two parts of the
pros (good thlngs) about 1iving in а rurаl аrеа? sentences to make rules about the past simple. (Two
. What аrе the cons (bad things) about living in а rurаl Sentences have the same ending.)
аrеа?
. Look at the photo ofthe container house. Do you think
1 Fоr аffirmаtivе stateгnents about the past,
t When l was twelve, my family Ch*ck у**l *#:ýw*rs *в1 Fа** ] З*. D* Ex*rcises 4 ae,:d 5.
Hong Kong.
2 At first, my brother and l it was а @ Choose the correct options to complete the text.
wonderfuI place to live - so busy and lively Вrепdа Kelly's house (1) travels l used to rrcyelthe world
ЗWе in ап aparLment пеаr the оп trucks, trains and boats carrying products frоm рlасе
business district, and we а lot of to place. But shipping containers (2) оrеп't / dtdn't use
пеw people. rо Ье the only building mаtеriаl that (З) ore / used to Ье
4 But our father and mоthеr both Vеrу
Something elSe.
hard in their new jobs and they wеrе пеvеr at home.
5 We soon bored wlth оur life there lп the mountains of Chile, there's а house that (4) f7ies /
and _ to move back home used to flу because (5) i* / it used to Ье ап old аеrорlапе.
And at а fаrm in the Netherlands, you сап stay in а train
@ Usе the past simple to complete the article about ап hotel that (6) caries / used to cdrry passengers ечеrу day -
interesting living situation. and it has а kitchen sink (7) that's / that used tо Ье а саr tyre!
thiпееп уеаrs old. She (2) (drаw) а Look at the pronunciation Ьох and listen to the
plans and ptctures and (З) (dream)of examples. ýЖ
building hеr own small house
When we say the past simple of use, we say /1u:zd/,
А few уеаrs later, she (4) (Ье) ready fоr wilh а lz/ апd /d/sound:
а house, but she (5) (not have) а lot of
Sоmе people iп Chile used ап old аеrорlапе as о house.
mопеу to spend оп it, One day, she (6)
(see) some shipping containers at а container tеrmiпаIХ when we use used го tо describe а habit оr situation iп
and she (7) (think) it would Ье cool to the past, we say /ju:st/ with ап /s/ апd /t/ sound.
live in one.
Вrепdо Kelly's house used to travel the woild,
'Вrепdа (В) (not Ье) sure it was possible
to make а house frоm а container. she did research and Ь Listen to the sentences and tick ({) the sound you
iound people who (9) (make) houses ýý
hear.
with materials that used to Ье somethinq else
(not take) long fоr hеr to find
/ju.zd/ /ju:s|/ /ju:zd/ /ju:sl/
lt (10)
help and start building,
1п п 4п п
2п п 5п п
terminal а dock or port where ships load апd offlaad goods зп п бп п
@ Work in pairs. Answer the questions. @ Have there Ьееп апу changes in your house or
neighbourhood? Describe them to а partner with used
1 ls Brenda's house made,from new materials? to. Use the correct pronunciation.
2 what did the house use to Ье?
3 What аrе some changes you ihink she made?
VOCABULARY BUILDlNG ý*f*x -j*,* @ Complete the text with words from Exercise 1,
(2)
. What things iп the photo do you have in your own
cOnStrUCt
bedroom?
d lrесt (з) . What do you think these rооms аrе like ln а space
ed ucate (4) station: bathroom, kitchen, iving rооm, dining rооm?
5l е\р о,аliоп
ocate (6)
_' .he words. Оп у ook for main ideas. Read the tit е but you сап't рrоvе, fоr example Tokyo tstheworld's most
.-d the 1irst sentence ofeach раrа9rарh, and notice exciting сiгу. We often m x fact апd орiпiоп when we
'.Tiliar and repeated words throughout the text. communicate, so it's lmportant to think about what is fact
агd wial is орiг on
а .explains how engineers designed the living areas of
.he пtеrпаtiопаl Space Station. @ look at the Critical thinking Ьох. Аrе the sentences fact
Ь l gives examples of рrоЬlеms that astronauts have (F) оr opinion (О)?
ving tn the nternational Space Station
с i gives а description of the living areas in the 1 The bedroom is sma .
1 koichiwakata's bedroom l bedis the size of an old @ Work in pairs. Follow these steps.
telephone Ьох,
2 The bed is on the flооr l woll. 1 Scott Kelly thinks that the SS has most of the comforts
3 His Ьеdrооm does l doesn't have а сhаir. of home. Do you аgrее оr disagree? Why?
4 There lsл'rl ls а fridge iп the kitchen аrеа. 2 а Make а list of eight things to take with you to 1ive on
5 Тhеrе isn't water l а stпkfar washing. the SS. You wi have basic food and water but you
6 lп l9В4, the US gоvеrпmепt decided to construct / mау choose to Ьriп9 specia food оr drinks.
сопstruсtlап the lss. Ь Now rеmоvе four things frоm the ist
7 Дчstrаliо / Jароп helped build the l5S. с What is the most important item on уоur Jist?
(D Can you remember who did what, according to the article? Match the two
parts ofthe sentences.
Koichi |/fokata wаsп't living оп the space stоtiоп whеп he described his Ьеdrооm
there.
Whеп \оmопthо Cilstoforettiwas living there, every astroпaa,t had ап area where
thev woshed,
@ look at the Grammar Ьох. Choose the correct options to make rules about
the past continuous.
@ Rеаd the article. Fоr each verb in bold, write S (ongoing past situation) оr
А (past action or event).
1_ 3_ 5_ 7
2_ 4_ 6_ 8
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@ Listen to to the extract from the TED Talk. Circle the а hеаr Ь see с avoid
topics Elora talks about.
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Ф Watcr, Part 2 of the talk. Are the sentences true (Т) or
а doors false (F)? i=Eýiýý
Ь wrndows 1 Banboo is а grачs.
с shapes 2 Bamboo grows vеrу slowly.
d construction materials 3 ВаmЬоо is 1ight and strопg.
(p Wrrat is the general idea of what she is talking about?
4 Нагdу plans to build а school from bamboo.
write а sentence.
5 The Grееп Schoo] used sustainable mаtеriаls.
1 ls Еlоrа talking about ап actual floor? . Decide how it will work with the епvirопmепt,
2 How can the floor we walk оп change our footprint? How will it stay comfortable iп hot оr cold weather?
3 we can't all build Ьаmьоо houses. what else сап we . Drаw а plan for the house and label the rooms
,do in оur homes to change the footprint we leave? and other details iп the house. lnclude as mапу
4 What kind of footprint will you leave оп the world? rоогпs as you like - а music rооm, а cinema, etc.
Why?
false (F)?
,
Use Ihe rеOsап .. ., beccuse, so and |'d wопr о соmрulеr because , "
cs to give reasonS. |'d пееd а mоЬilе рhопе, so , ,.
The rеаsап he wепt there wos to get о music syslem i:
] he rеоsоп |'d wопr ,
ýhuricaýtla,h
Nаhа,}арап ,
WRlTlNG ý *+*::"iз:i+::
'' Think of а home that you rеаllу like (but not уоur own home). lt can Ье а
place you have seen or visited - а friend's house, а family home or а famous
place such as а castle. Answer the questions.
Write six gепеrаl questions that you сап use to write about апу visit to а :]: ] ]
:]:ti;,;i,iяя:" k
й ,ч:illж
3А Treating the whole person
VOCABULARY *giп* bT*lý
@ Work in pairs. Look at the photo and discuss the questions. What is the Ьоу
happy about? What things do people need to Ье happy?
@ TicK (/) trre parts of the body that уоч can see iп the photo.
@ t-ook at the photo. What parts of the body сап tell you if а реrsоп is happy?
@ Пеаd the article. Match the words in bold (1-] 'l) with the definitions (a-k).
symptom а сhопgе iп the body that shows you are ill оr injured
@ му pERspEcTlvE
-ý * *Wý
чý\hkk\\\\\ý
ýý
I t\i
Blj
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G RA М М А R *
= =
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=
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=
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=
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@ Complete the questions with How muсh or How mопу.
Listen to the interview and check your answers. =.:..]::.==
@ look at the sentences in the Grammar Ьох. Underline
the words that express or ask about quantity. 1 plants in Tanzania сап you use as
medicine?
2 _ traditional doctors did you interview?
а . . . 5о,rпс doctors опd пursеs still think about tllnesses,
3 _ time did you spend оп the project?
-
Ь ... mопу doctors апd пursеl ltill пееd to сhопgе, 4 information did you collect?
А synonym is а word that has а similar mеапiпg to l As а ЬаЬу, Ashlyn Вlосkеr didn't сrу because
anorher'word. writers often use synonyms to add
variety а she was never huпgrу Ь she didn'tfeel раiп
Synonyms should Ье the same раrt of speech,
:
'
. u с she was а quiet chlld.
l й;.;i;
'о '.*'. che2k if t*o words аrе SупопуmS ts to use the l 2 Неr раrепts took her to the doctor because she
l words in the same place in а sепtепсе,lf the sentences l а didn't сrу. Ь was upset.
{ huu. the same mеапiп9, the words аrе SупопуmS:"--"""""л""",".-i с had ап еуе рrоЬlеm
i _,., , ,-,"..,""-",., ..,-._-.,,,",
block caIm frightening realize Sоrе а соmmоп iп some places. Ь very unusual,
с often seen in young babies.
Ashlyn Biocker was а quiet ЬаЬу. 5 Doctors may use Ashlyn's CaSe to help people who
Her parents felt lucky to have such а --------- child, а сап't feel оr smell anything. Ь have а lot of pain
looked painful.
lt was red and с have еуе probIems.
The doctor carefuIIy touched hеr --------- еуе,
6 Fоr Ashlyn, feelrn9 по pain is
3 At first, he didn't understand. а vеrу strange.
Аftеr checking, he Ье9ап to -------that Ashlyn
с Something she loves.
wasn't like most other kids.
4 'lt was scary,' says hеr mother. @ Work iп pairs. Discuss the questions,
That idea was vеrу When might Ashlyn's conditron Ье good оr helpful?
5 Now doctors are studying Ashlyn to understand how : What skllЁ оr habits do you think Ashlyn developed to
her body сап stop раiп. deaI with hеr condition?
lt may help them to develop new medicines to What does the photo tell you about Ashlyn?
------------- pain.
They fоuпd out thot there were others with the сопditiоп.
Аshlуп deols with the сопditlоп well апd has а hoppy life,
@ лrе these phrasal verbs separable or inseparable? Try puttin9 them into
sentences. Write S or l. Then check уоur answers оп page 1З2.
1 put оп б hand iп
2 turп оп 7 Look iпtо
3 get оп (With) 8 look after
4 glve up 9 wоrk out (at the gym)
5 hang out 10 take out
. Good hea th
. Ехеrсlsе
. Good U|CL (а
!rOOU diet lot Ul
\d lUt ]lс) fruit, eatinq breakfast)
of frеsh
. Enjoying school
. -rie^olv classtTate.
Ц/оj a ]cir iП Оrgап i.]i.п
Гс!гa.]
]
@ Rеаd the information about research carried out Ьу the World Health
Organization. Match each statement below With а reaSon for happiness.
@ ГiпО the two Sentences in Exercise 4 with phrasal verbs that сап have the
particle after the object. Rewrite them with the phrasal verbs separated.
@ Complete the sentences using phrasal verbs from О му pERspEcTlvE
Exercises 1-З. Then listen to the conversation and
What do you think helps make people happy? Use
check your answers.
these verbs or your own ideas. Write five sentences.
'l Somescientists tеепаgеrs' happiness Then discuss уоur sentences with а partner.
2 Did they what makes us happy?
belonging to deaJing with ...
3 l fee happy when mу headphones giving up ... lookingafter...
and listen to some mtlsic putting оп . . гаll^ lg tо "iегds aoout ...
4 Fоr me, it's ТV. always fee happy whеп takinqup...
it_,
]
ра rticles
after n off up with
Advice
1 _ yourse f so you don't become ill.
heard. Did you write the same words? Write а summary At the аrmу hospital, Bonica's job was
of what you heard as а group. Do you have more а l,еlрiгg paL e,lLs wttl, оаiг
information now? Ь dolng amputations.
с looking аftеr the who е hospital,
ф Listen to the extract again. Did you understand more this Pain is а signal fоr
time? Tell а partner what the extract mеапs. :,:.::-...i а fеаr.
Ь an in;ury.
с being tired.
WATсH
Не was surprised that mапу patients fe t _ when
ф TninK of а time when уоu saw or experienced ап event the iпjuгу was Ьеttег.
that changed the way you thought about something. а vеrу anqry
What happened? How did it change you? Make some Ь а lot of раiп
notes. Compare your ideas with а partner. с rеаdу to go home
, iot of / опlу о little information about раiп. 6 When was the ast tiггlе you felt that someone didл'г
З -о
9et mоrе реорlе talking about pain, Bonica rried го take you sertously? Who was It? How did you fee ?
_et experts ta wite obout it l wrate аЬоut it himself .
2 3onica saw pain cJose up. Не feJt it. Не ived it.' 1.rr}:;.;;.i ,;:l,*
з 3onica's 'goal wasn't to make patients better; it was to
'.,'"
make patients fee better.'
Does the wrltеr аgrее оr disagree with the Statement'Exercisin9 еvеrу day is
the best way to stay healthy'?
2 Дссоrdiпg to the Writer, what does exercise sometimes make people do?
3 ln addition to qood food and ехеrсisе, what does the writеr advise?
@ Пеаd the Useful language Ьох. Then read the essay а9аiп, Find five
expressions from the Ьох iп the essay.
Acknowledging other ideas
Bead these expressions. lп which category in the Ьох does each belong? While it's truе that,.., l thiпk ...
@
Yes, you're rtght, but . .
occeptthat .., , but
,
@ Exchange essays with а partner. check each other's work and comment оп
the content. Does it USe the Useful language correctly? Do you agree with
your partner?
Мý,,,:-
4А Howwe learn
VOCABULARY *****ti*л:
@ Work iп pairs. Look at the photo. Find these items.
@ Match the verbs ('1-6) with their objects (a-f). Use а dictionary if necessary.
@ Дпswеr the questions. Take notes. Then compare your answers with а partner.
О му pERspEcTlvE
Work in pairs. Discuss the questions,
. lsyour school а state school оr а prtvate school? What аrе the differences
between the two? Think about cost, ciass size, teachers, building(s), etc.
. Which subjects frоm this list are you taking? Which classes аrе your
favourites? Why?
drama) computing
arts (music, hiStOry lanq uage
literature maths (аlgеЬrа, geometry) science (biology, chemistry)
Unit 4 Lеаrпiпg 45
LlSTENlNG Ф му pERSpEcTlvE
Have you ечеr talked to а student from another Work in pairs. Discuss the questions.
@
country? lf you have, what was it like? lf not, would you . Do you like the ldea of video-chattlng with students in
like to? What are the benefits of talkin9 to people from оthеr countгies? Why? / Why not?
other countries? . Say two оr three things you know about апоthеr
соUпtrу - about food, sports, weather, products they
@ Listen to two students talkin9 about а project at school. make, and so оп. Where dld you lеаrп the information?
Are the sentences true (Т) оr false (F)? . What questions wouLd you ask а student frоm апоthеr
=i.=
соuпtrу? Thlnk ofone question about school and опе
Karina's class is video-chatting with students аrоuпd
qUeStion about another topic,
the world,
They аrе watching films to lеаrп alэout each other's
countries. G RAMMAR i::= *=:==t:T*ý * =* :i=
3 They learned about the schoo week in Japan, =:*ri=ii:;:=:
4 They discussed schoo] clothes in EngLand. @ t-ook at the examples in the Grammar Ьох. Answer
5 i\4аriа, in Brazil, is going to take an important the questions.
examination soon.
Каriпа says that teena9ers iп other countries аrе :i:::n:*Ё]ý:'+:"]i:i.=.:_=:::.::.:i.1:_irr::_
=-i::].._=li=:==:-:,-=
Some Japanese kids go to schooL on Saturday fоr sports оr 1 Which form uses thсп after an ad;ective?
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ý
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;
га .; } €-:
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, S.-; *r
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ýfudents:in а uN schooltalkto other
@ Complete the sentences with the correct form of
aiduhd the world.
the adjectives.
Ф Work in pairs. Discuss the questions. l thiпk maths is mаrе diffrcult thвп Епglislз" Fоr mе,
art iý the easiesr subiecf.
. Which subject do you usually do best in?
. Do you find that you сап lеаrп mоrе easily at some
times than others? When? Why?
. Who studies the hardest iп your class?
l '-
I ъ
Unit4 Learninq 47
VOCABULARY ВUlLDlNG :i**=*= .-.=.1. -J:::=_:
@ МаКе two or three sentences about yourself using the
words from Exercise ]. Practise saying them with the
We can create adjectives Ьу adding а suffix to some correct stress.
nouns. The suffix -ful means r,rziГh and -/ess means ii_].i i,i :ij, i ]l: ;; r; i]..l,a]|:-.],' l' :i ai j,: :. i :i ii,
carefuJ you сап't а ways make
vyithout. But Ье '
opposites uslng fu/and -/ess. Fоr examp е, the opposite
af grateful isn't биаЁзЬ , btlr поt grateful READlNG
ф Пеаd the Vocabulary building Ьох. Choose the correct @ Bead about scanning. Then read the sentences
option to complete the sentences from the article. (1-5)about the article. Scan the article to see if the
Use а dictionary if necessary. sentences are true (Т) or false (F).
48 Unit 4 Lеаrпiпq
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sitici t*еrээg.еr, ::frt;, ц:i,. t],f i]l:]t_,. .r-.:i-'i];al]гiý 1.{i
с*t1с:
,:iil-;1l* tarrg.-ir; аr sch*oi? Ч;,'jl: r'i,oi:s th.e ýlrtEai:lэl"e tlзеiг tlи,ll schor.;,i" Aji,e; ]82*, }т*ъ,етеr" ai!
il,c.;llt
. 1,1,fj"iiill{jl}i l-i_:.in}r tlrjs зhоr-;.].;i }:lt: p:*l-i cri, еvелъ, stilrlгtris iviil dc; ;he crlursc ilt *rо*рз j'rotll sеч,еrr,ii
:: _] {j,:]1t'i! o:iil;,iл ijtэ*? l-iiiТeTe*1 :.с! ii;+lз. T.li'iii" al.jеs thls rпаtiеr? I]6",.l,_1 а, ;
Unit4 learninq 49
4с skills for life
GRДММДR ,:: ,,а,* : J :, ,
iп Singapore?
@ wnat сап you rеmеmЬеr about the outdoor skills course
. activities
. skills developed
. challences Ьч students
challenges faced Ьу
g such с/сп (adjective + поuп) 6 says two thlngS аrе not sim]]аr
а Outdoor skills and trad]tional subjects hove l dоп't hcyethe same imроrtапсе,
Ь Fоr some lessons, reading and doing are equal l поt equal,
с The trip was гhе rtghtlечегоf difficulty l moredifficultthon shewanred.
d Shе had l dtdn't have the right level of Ьrаvеrу to сопtiпuе,
е l l mоrе braverythan l needed,
had less
fTheexpressionltWassogoodisStrangerthanlnataSStrongosltwasgood'
expected,
g Angellque's experlence Йаs perhaps better ll,x/Orse than she
(imропапt) communicatlon
Science 1 writlng and maths skil s аrе
and rеаdiпg skills.
2 SClenCe ]S
(useful) maths.
(usefu]) science,
:1.,:.,.;.i
: *] ::
:! ;!i
:]; ]-" :
i,:1 i
ili 3 Sports аrе
4 communication Ls
(imропапt) rеаdiпg
a ]: :., :::':i ]] :: ]
(useful) worklnq together
;'
5 аrt lS
Sports
Music
Art
50 Unit 4 lеаrпiпq
@ Work iп small groups. Discuss the questions about the @ Complete each sentence with such or so.
ski lls for l ife i nformation.
1 Music is ап imроrtапt part оf
. What do you think usеfulгпеапs? То whom? Fоr what? mу life,
. Do you аgrее with the research? Why? i Why not? 2 His ехреriепсе with t еаm Sports WaS
iVlake your own соmраrisопs of the skills using (поr) important to him
aS .,, а5 Sentences. 3 Тhеir art class was qood - it made
them look fоrwаrd to school
@ Choose the correct options to complete the paragraph.
4 lhad а good maths tеасhеr last
Some people fее] that secondary school students shouldn't уеаr that l've decided l'd Ilke to study maths at colle9e
study а rt because it (l ) ls rоо serio us / isп't seriaus епоugh 5 Working together is а useful skill
to Ье а real school subject. BUt research ShoWS that alt that l think еvеrуопе should lеаrп it and practise it
education is (2) tоо powerful l powerfulenough to imрrоvе at schoo].
students'9rades in their other classes. This is especially true 6 The reading skills l lеаrпеd made me do
fоr students who frnd traditional subjects (З) too сhоllепgiпg / much better in my exams
поt сhаllепgiпg епочgh to do well iп. Аrt classes also help
siudents connect with each other, work togetheг and @ Write two sentences that are true fоr you for each item.
eXpreSS themse|ves. People make similar arguments about Share your ideas with а partner.
sport. Also, although some students find sport activiiies (School subject) is / isn't as (adjective) as (school subject).
(4) too difficult / difficult епоugh, having some physical
Msfhs is as hard Bs science.
exercise during the school week (5) tsn't valuable епоugh /
is valuoble enough fоr schools to keep it. Those benefits аrе 2 (School subject) is too (adjective).
(6) too imропапt / lmроrtапt епоugh to support art and 3 (School subject) isn't (adjective) епоugh.
Spol"t in secondary schools. 4 (school subject) c]ass is so (adjective)!
l\4y
5 l had such a(n) (adjective) (school subject) class
@ Work in pairs. Discuss the questions. that ] (result).
. Do you а9rее with the раrаgrарh in Exercise б? Why? /
@ снооsг
Why not?
. Mlake sentences giving уоur opinion about art, List ten skiiIs you think students need to lеаrп, frоm
sport and your other classes using tоо ... and (пог) most to least important. Соmраrе your list in а group.
.,. епоugh sentences. Use these wоrds and other Present your 9roup's results to the class.
ad;ectives you know, Write а раrа9rарh like the one in Exercise 6, saying why
а skill that some people think is less important is useful.
cha llenging tmportant lnterestrng
iVake notes about what you think the most useful skill
serio us usefu l
Students practise in а
music class.
1jý
j*ýl
'€iWl
WATcH
AUTHENTlc LlSTENlNG SKlLLS
Why? What
Ф Haue уоч ever waited to do something?
happened? Tell а partner,
world is spoken.by
About 757о of the English spoken iп the
puopr. who speak it is а second lапguаgе, This means that
ф wаtсr, part 1 of the talk, complete the sentences,
pronunciations of both vowels
i"r"*irl r'r.., mапу different
different accents
ond consonunts. ldentifyin9 features of 1 А геsеаrсhеr worked with children who
wеrе
сап help you uпdеrstапd them mоrе
easily,
уеаrs old.
for
The rеsеаrсhеr told the children to wait
Ьох, Then listen
Ф Пеаd the Authentic listenin9 skills minutes,
below, Notice the would have
to two people saying the sentence cr,ltdr.n who did not eat the marshmallow
Which Sentence is spoken Ьу
bronun.iution oith,, marshmalIows,
ап
l Spanish speaker? Which Sentence is spoken Ьу This ls the same as an adult waiting tоr
English speaker? for coflee,
rrght away. ls it sometimes песеssаrу to do somethin9 . Think about how you will ask people to delay
right away and not wait? Can you give ап example? gratification. Fоr example, Ьу tellin9 them not to
check their phones or not to watch а TV show
О чосдвuLАRy lN coNTExT right away.
а Watch the clips from the talk. Choose the correct . Think about how long you will ask people to delay
meaning of the words. -=ё gratifrcation fоr.
Ь Complete the sentences so they are true for you. . Think about what people will get if they саг
1 апе huпdrеd реrсепt of my friends аrе , . . delay qratification fоr this lопg. Fоr example, if
2 lwos iп trouble when . . , students can go а whole lesson without checking
3 l hope l сап mаkе itto,.. their phones, they get а рrizе оr don't have to do
4 When l finish my education, l'd like to go tпtо ... homework for one day.
5 0пе thlng my country producesis ... . Share уоur ideas with the class and vote fоr the
best ехреrimепt.
Unit 4 lеаrпiпs 53
4Е Sчсh а cool subject!
W
5PEAKlNG
О му pERspEcTlvE о
Work iп pairs. Discuss the questions.
. What do you think of takin9 classes durin9 the school holidays? Have
you
@ work in pairs. Look at the list of courses. which three look the mo't
i nteresti ng?
. Computer skills: Сrеаtе а website and lеаrп how to write code fоr
apps
and games
. lndobr climbing: Lеаrп cllmbing skills on а 15-mеtrе cllmbing
wall
. Sсiепсе lab: Do fun and exciting experiments ln the lаЬоrаtоrу
. Art СЭПР: Drawing, painting, photography - апуth]п9 you're
interested in
. Team SpOrts. Play footbal1, baseball, basketball and other sports
Asking аЬочt opinions . Video-makin9: Write and produce short films
whtch опеs lookthe most course,
@ tisten to two students talking about choosin9 а summer school
tnteresttng / useful / excittng?
Which three courses do they mention? 1Е_.l,_'__l,
Is il loo Ьо"tпg , |опg е tpeпsive?
Do you think i{s fuп / useful / @ complete the sentences. Then listen аgаiп and check уоur answer5.
:_ :,,-:,,..
ехсitiпg епоugh?
fuп enough гпоrе interestln9
better choice
Making comparisons too much like school
гпоst interesting such а соо]
(The sропs classes) look mоrе
iпtеrеstiпg,
which ones look the
(5сiепсе lab) tsп't as iпtеrеstlпg /
l'm not sure about computer ski]ls -
useful / ехсtttпg os (Дrt соmр).
The sports classe s look
(Соmрutеr skilЫ looks the most fоr а two-week соursе?
Do you think it's
tnteresttng / useful / ехсittпg. subject.
Video-making is
Making а decision That's а than indoor climbingl
lthtnk (Дrt саmр) ts the best chotce
@ Wrrat course do the students decide to take?
(lпdооr сltmЬiпg) is the most
l
!,
WRITING ý* **q*il.ъs *=_:=iý
Пеаd the useful language Ьох. use the expressions in the Ьох and
in
Q chose in
Exercise В to write an email askin9 questions about the course уоu Saying how you know about
Exercise 6. Use the email in Exercise 7 as а model. Make sure you use Some
the реrsоп оr company уоч'rе
polite expressions in your email. writing to
use the l sow your od l webяte / poster.
@ Exchange emails with а partner. check each other's work. Does it
language Ьох? Saying why уоч'rе writing
StrUctUre from Exercise 7 and the language from the Useful
ls it polite enough? |'m writiпg becouse l'd like mоrе
iпfоrmаtiоп / l have some
questions l l'd like to ask obout . ,
Saying thankyou
1 hопL yau tiп оdtапсе) fоr , , ,
5А The people in my life
VOCABULARY Н*w'* Et g*ia:g?
О му pERspEcTlvE
work iп pairs. which of your friends and family are important if you want to
talk about difficult things? lf you need advice? lf you want to have fun? lf you
want to |еаrп about something?
|Nhеп ! пееd tlelp with mу hоmеwоrk, l шsшоlф ask mу clad.
о сору the table below. write the words in the correct column. use а
dictionary if necessary. дdd опе or two words of your own to each соlumп.
1 choose three words frоm the'Family'column, Then wrrte а defrnition for each
family mеmЬеr.
Уошr яс;пf ls уо ur mother ar father's sister"
2 Put the people in the 'Other people' column in оrdеr of closeness to you
(1 = the closest).
з which greeting do you use fоr each реrsоп? дrе thеrе any greetings you use
that aren't оп the list?
/ tlsшolly Ereer }fiy Ьеsr {riепd with а hug, Whеп l п,,eet а stranEer {ar the
frrst time, иte usaally just say hella,
о Describe а реr5оп iп your life using the followin9 information. Can your
partner guess who it is?
. mаlе оr female?
. how you greet them
. whеrе they live
. Э9е
. somethinq you usually do together
А: He's 45 years old, Не liyes lп а tаwп twa hours frоm here" l usually Ereet
folrn и{tр} я hr.;g" i#lзеп / see fTlry;" we usually рlяу soccer"
В: уолr соиsfп 7
/s Pie
А. дlо. he lsnt. M;r сошsiлs cre *ll mу Bge.
к. ls he
уоиr шпсlеi
11" Yes, rhcr3 rjбhrf
',iегds 57
Unit 5 Fат,rу and
LISTENlNG @ Work in small groups. Соmраrе your tables from
Exercise В. Do you all greet people in the same way?
@ Тrrе table shows how we greet the people around us,
Listen to the podcast and match each column of the
table with а speaker. Write the number of the speaker GRAMMAR ""-: , ,",- - ,,
at the bottom.
@ t-ook at the Grammar Ьох and read the sentences
People Types of greetings from the podcast. Match each Sentence (a-d) with
shake hands bow, wave the best description ('1-4).
Strangers ki ss
Listen а9аiп. Choose the correct words, S 1 ап асtiоп rn the past With а resU]t tn the рrеsепt,
@ 2 а sltuation that started in the past and continues to
1 lп chen's family, respect is mоrе lmраrtапtthоп l tsn't the present.
as imроrtопt as hugs and ktsses. 3 an ехреriепсе оr ехреriепсеS that happened at an
2 chen's parents tolk obout lshow therr lov,^ wlth unspecifred time.
their actions. 4 а completed action that happened at а specified time
3 Bowing is а way of showing respect / аgrееmепt, iп the past.
4 Luiza doesn't kiss her fr!ends whеп she soys hello l
she's tп о hurry.
5 Luiza kisses / doesn't ktss hеr sister.
6 Hugh hugs l doesn'thugh\s cousins,
z Hugh always shakes hands with his teachers ot school l
letlnis coach,
ф Complete the text with the present perfect fоrm of We celebrated mу sister's frfteenth
the verbs. biпhday last уеаr,
] hotog rа pher а nd а nth ropoJog ist Em lу Ainsworth
i \,4у dad has photographed our most
l) _ (trаvеl) the world because she wants to imрогtапt fami у events.
:аrп about other cultures. She (2) _ (have)
|'ve пеvеr stayed awake all night
:mazing ехреriепсеs in mапу different countries, but she
during the New Yеаr сеlеЬrаtiопs.
;ays N4exico is very special 'i (З)_- (return),
,,-d rеLu,геd a9d n. sne says, add lq, it r4l_ When my cousin turned eighteen,
Ье) my second home.'And the people (5) _ he had а huge party.
,,velcome) her - at celebrations, family events and еvеп l'vе пеvеr invited mоrе than two
л а сirсus, where she (6) (реrfоrm) as а оr three fr]ends to а birthday
---
:]апсеr mапу times, and continues to do so, celebration.
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l The suffix -сi usuallv means reloted rо. Fоr example, l а Latin Аmеriсап celebrations с Becoming an adult
паttопаlmеапs reloted to о паtiоп *
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@ Пеаd the sentences from the article ('1-4). Match the
а The culture of ancient l\4exico has affected all of
words in bold with the correct mеапiпg (a-d).
Latin America.
А girI's fifteenth biпhday is а huge social occasion for Ь The ifesra de quince ahos shouldn't Ье mоrе
mапу Latin Аmеriсап families. imропапt than а wedding.
The tradition has become international, spreading с А girl's frfteenth biпhday is опе оf the most
through Centraland South America. important сеlеьrаtiопs fоr Latin Аmеriсап families,
3 lt marks а time of important personal change.
4 The event has both реrsопаl and historical imрогtапсе @ Пеаd the article a9ain. Are the sentences true (Т), false
(F) or is the information not giчеп (NG)?
Connected with ...
а mапу countries с а реrSоп 1 According to the апiсlе, the biggest fiestos de quiпсе оilоs
d qroups аrе held in Spain.
Ь the past of people
2 lп the US, the fеsГаs usually аrеп't а5 big as weddin9s,
@ Complete the Sentences with these adjectives. 3 The history of the rfesra goes back mоrе than 500 years,
4 There аrе оvеr 500,000 fiеstаsiп the US а уеаr.
cultural emotional traditional typical 5 some rfesras in the us last for а week.
6 New shoes show that the girl has Ьесоmе а young
1 The fiеsга dequince onosis hundreds of years old. lt's а Wоmап,
мехiсап celebration.
Certain thlngs аrе expected at most parties. At а @ гiпО information in the article to support each
party, the girl's father removes hеr shoes. Sentence.
The рапу brings out strong feelings. The shoe-changing 1 The rfesto de quiпсе сЛоs is ап international celebration,
can Ье а vеrу _-- moment.
2 The girl is seen as а different реrsоп аftеr the celebratron,
the lVexican way of lifе, but many countries
lt's раrt of 3 The сеlеЬrаtiопs have Ьесоmе bigger over ttme,
don't have а like this.
4 People spend а lot of money оп а fiesta de quiпсе опоs,
Comments
BeijingGuy lnteresting post! l'm Chinese, and l've just
READlNG celebrated mу Guап Li- а twentieth biпhday сеlеьrаtrоп
pERspEcTIvE for boys. We also celebrate а 9irl's fifteenth biпhday.
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We call it J1 Li. Both of these аrе like the fеsrс de quiпсе
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. What аrе the most lmpofiant celebrations in уоur family? Agnieska ln poland, we don't hаvе а cultural tradition like
. What do you think is the most important birthday in а this, but for us, eighteen is а big Ьlпhdау. We usually have
person's life? Why? а party with friends. you can vote and drive а саr when
. Are there апу unique social celebratlons in your city уоu'rе eighteen. l haven't had my eighteenth
biпhday
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Ьесаmе wolnen v;itlr аdй righti апс1 duties. with а pair of поге grown-up shoc:s with а high'heel.
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In thе past, раlтiеs'wеrе usrrally small, ъiith а Гс,т,
реrýоп wфо walkecl into the раrг.y as а girl leaves t}re
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young wonlan ttl meet young mел, Only very riсh
Гarnilies ha<7|эig.fi,esta.s. Since the аrriча} of EtrTclpeans
а Fоmiliеs hove celebrated the fiesta de quince апоsfоr about 5аа years,
ь siпсе the arrival of Еurореапs tп the дmеriсоs, the tradirion has
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lпtеrпаtiопаl,
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d l hаvеп't had mу еightеепth btrthdoy yet - опе mOrе уеаr,
е lt4y sister hos already celebroted this.
the past.
а This sепtепсе rеfеrs to а pertod оf time l а certatn ttme tп
ь This sentence rеfеrs to а сеrtаiп event in the рсsг / рrеsепt and the
situation afterwards.
с This event happened tп the rесепt past l а lопg tlme aga,
d This hcs l has поt happened up to now.
е This has happened, but We dоп't kпоw l апd vye know when,
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А: ] haven't seen mу last month,
В: Really? haven't seen mine
] almost three years,
2 А. We've Ьееп frlends ien years,
В: Yeah, l guess уоu'rе right We've known each other We Were
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Ф Watcrr Part
fa lse (F) ? i.__.::
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5оmе people speak vеrу quickly, often because they аrе
1 Sophle's раrепts were laughlng at а song.
excited about а topic оr they аrе nervous. Неrе аrе some
2 The first recordinq inc]udes both а mап and an animaL,
WayS to deal with faSt SpeeСh:
3 Sophle is worrred that the second реrsоп laughin9
. l isten fo" wоrоs ог ,deas rhat the speaker rереаt5. doesn't Ьrеаthе in.
. 1 rу то get an idea or Lhe ггаiп ioea апd then connecL iT 4 The thlrd recording is an example of а monkey
With Wl,at you hear. laughing, which is vеrу similar to а human.
. Fосus оп what you do understand and trу поt to wоrrу
too much about what you don't understand. Ф Watch Part 2 of the talk. Choose the correct option to
com plete each sentence. :ý l.=i,,:..:_lS
Ф Пеаd the Authentic listenin9 skills Ьох. Then listen to 1 Реорiе laugh most у when
the first part of the TED Talk and answer the questions. а they hеаr a;oke. с they're with friends.
Ь they watch а comedy.
1 What words оr ideas does the speaker repeat? 2 Whеп we hear оthеr реорlе laugh, we usuaiLy
2 What words te l us that she's talking about her а Start laughing. с think they're laUghing at US,
feel bad.
Ь involuntary
6 The second recording is _ laughter.
а polite с not really
Ь involuntary
-
socia (5)
-- - (6)--.
and сопtrоl our 2 She points out that the audience laughed when
listening to others laugh.
3 She plays recordings of voluntary and iпvоluпtаrу
О чосдвuLАRy lN coNTExT
la ug hter.
а Watch the clips from the talk. Choose the correct
meaning of the words and phrases. i-=*_: . @ Work iп pairs. Discuss the questions.
Ь Complete the sentences with уоur own words. . Which рап of Sophle's talk was the most interesting to
Тhеп discuss with а partner. you? Why?
1 lthink...isvveird.
. Have your ideas about laughter changed? How?
That saunds greot! @ You're having а party to welcome а пеw student, Delia, to your school.
Decide on а day, time,location and type of food for it.
Saying по to ап invitation
Thoпks for inviting mе, but l'm
@ Work in pairs. Take turns to invite each other and saying whether you сап
afraid l'm busy,
or can't go. Use expressions from the Useful language Ьох.
Sorry, l соп't make it, But thапk you
for iпчitiпg mе,
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Politely making and replyin9
@ Bead the three notes оп page 150. Match each one with the
to invitations
correct pUrpose.
. When you write ап invttation,
1 п,аkiпg ап inv'Lation give the tIme, date, locatLon and
2 saying по to ап invitation type of event. RеmеmЬеr to ask
3 acceptinq ап invitation the реrsоп to let you know if
оr they сап come.
@ ln each note, underline the expressions used for making, accepting
saying ло to ап invitation. . When you accept ап invitation,
оеgiг Ьу say'лg Lhonl yoL,. rf you
ln informal notes, we sometimes use alobreviations. Fiпd an abbreviation
in
@ have any questions about the
each note. Which one means the following? event, ask them. lt can Ье polite
1 Let me know if you сап come, to оffеr to Ьriпg sогпеthlп9
2 as soon as possible (food оr drlnks, for example).
3 l also want to say . .
. . Whеп you say по to ап
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work in pairs. Read the writing strategies Ьох. Together, write опе sentence make it, and say why - without
inviting someone to а celebration, write опе sentence accepting and one giving too many details if you
sentence saying ло. don't want to. lt can Ье polite
to end Ьу saying you hope they
Trrink of а celebration you would like to have, write ап informal
invitation to
@ епlоу the event and offering to
your partner. Use two abbreviations. make plans апоthеl time.
checK each other's work. Do the notes use abbreviations and the
Writin9
@ Students in Punjab,
strategies correctly? lndia, celebrate their
graduation.
бА The best I сап Ье
VOCABULARY ***ls ае:сý екресt*ti**s
@ look at the photo. мапу of the tiles used are broken or come from people,s
rubbish. Do you still think the stairs are beautiful?
О Match the words in bold (1-7) with the correct definitions (а-9).
1 ,l
have not failed. l,ve just found several thousand ways that won,t work.,
Thomas Edison
2 'The only place where success comes Ьеfоrе work is iп the dictionary.'
- Anonymous
3 'Have no fеаr of perfection; you'll пеvеr rеасh it.' - Salvador Dali
4 'Beauty is about being comfortabIe iп уоUr оWп skrn. lt's about knowing and
accepting who you аrе.'- Ellen DeGeneres
5 'Рrасtiсе makes perfect.' - Апопугпоus
6 'Practice doesn't make perfect. Practice reduces the imperfection.'
- ТоЬа Beta
7 'True SUcceSs is overcoming the fear of being unsuccessful.'- Paul Swеепеу
1 When you find а way that doesn't wоrk, you lеаrп something пеw. When
you lеаrп nothing, you foil/ succeed.
2 You dоп't hove to / have Го work before you сап succeed.
3 Perfection is а ntce idea, апd we should / but we shouldn'r expeсt to reach it,
4 BeautY isn't about how you look, it's about how yau fееl / dresstng соmfоПоЬlу.
5 lf you want to do something rеаllу well, уо u wоп't fotl / practlse а lot.
6 You сап пеvеr Ье perfect, butyou сап / апd youcantusually imрrоvе.
7 Success means not being afrald of огhе r people / foilure,
@ Match the words on the left (1_6) with their opposites (a-f). Use а dictionary
if necessary.
1 perfection а unsuccessful
2 success Ь fail
3 perfect с imperfect
4 succeed d imperfection
5 accept е reject
6 successful f fаilurе
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Work in pairs. Discuss the questions.
. Have you еVеr fai]ed? What did you do next? Do you think fаilurе can lead
to success?
. Have you ever seen оr experienced somethin9 that was реrfесt? what was it?
. Сап somethin9 be'too perfect?'Why?
.
tastes deIicious?
Have yoU eaten had а food that looked perfect
but . Which shop would you рrеГеr: Senbikiya оr]
Iпtеrmаrсhё? Why?
didn't taste very good?
. you live?
1
tasted spicy?
. Does it matter if vegetables апd frult don't lbok регГесt?
in
@ tisten to а podcast about а fruit and vegetable sel|er Why? / Why not?
Tokyo. Are the Sentences true (Т) or false (F)? Rewrite
thefalse sentences. жж @ cHoosв
1 Think of products other than food where а реr{еtt
1 Senbiklya is а small grосеrу shop in Tokyo,
арреаrапсе is important. Make а list of three оr four
2 senbikiya isn't very successful because it's too
things. Then think of products where an imperfett
expensive. or dur
арреаrапсе is acceptable. Nлаkе а list of three
3 ln Jарап, fruit is а popular gift because it ls something
thinqs. Соmраrе уоur lists with а раrtпеr,
you don't need.
4 iп Japan, givlng fruit as а gift started recently, Perfect арреаrапсе important: пеw cars,
5 The .arroi, оп thls page рrоЬаЬlу don't соmе from lmperfect арреаrапсе acceptable: soaB
Senbikiya, person'S
work iп pairs. Make а list of situations when а
When do people dress nicely
tisten to а podcast about а fruit and vegetable seller арреаrапсе is tmportant.
@ possible?
in Frапсе. Choose the correct option to complete each and trу to look as perfect as
sentence. жж wоrk iп small groups. Think about how people
present
to
themselves опsосiаl media. Do you think people try
1 lпtеrmаrсhё sells fruit and vegetables that аrе
mоrе perfect and successful than
а ugly and popular. с ugly and not рорulаr, рrе5епt themselves as
they аrе in real life? Do you feel pressure to do this?
Ь perfect but not popular.
3 How do people use social media to make their lives (4) сап't / don't haveto loosen уоur tie at School during
look more interesting than they are? Do you do this? the day, and girls (5) hove to / mustп't let their socks
fall down.'- Park, Коrеа
@ Пеаd the article about social media. what is it
'We don't have а uniform, So We (6) сап't l dоп't hove to
important to do? What is it important not to do?
Wеаr а tie оr jacket. We (7) ссп / should wear mostly What
Rules for the perfect profile? we like, though we (в) hcye to l mustп't come to school
According to the rules, you have tо Ье at least thirteen in beach clothes оr something like that. The rules аrеп't
years old to ореп ап accounT оп lnstagram, Fасеьооk, specific, but theY Say We (9) mustn't / shouid look neat,'
snapchat and other social media apps, but of course - Sofra, ltaIy
апуопе eighteen or оvеr сап join. AIthou9h the rules
@ work in pairs. Аrе there rules about how to dress
5ау younger kids сап't jоiп, you don't have to рrоvе your
at уоur school? What advice would you give а new
age, 5о а lot of them stilljoin. This worries Some experts,
student about what to wear?
Research shows that the 'perfect lives' kids see оп social
media сап cause them to feel bad about their own lives,
@ Complete the rules with these words.
Раrепts should ехрlаiп to kids that what people show
опliпе isn't the whole picture, and thеу mustn't take it Can't have to mUSt should
too seriously, The lmperfect Тriье, а 9rоuр that started
on lnstagram, аgrееS. They say we shouldn't trу to look Dressing for the temples of Thailand
perfect on social medra.ln fact, members of the group Visitors to ThaiIand (1) ------------ visit the amazing
must show themselves as rеаl people опliпе. temples. But thеrе аrе some rules you (2)
forms.
permission
е Дпуопе еightееп or over сап jоiп. When taIking about obli9ation, people don't usually
stress hcs to апd hove lo whеп they аrе iп the middle
Lack of obligation
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of а sentence. They also usually connect the words,
'Advice ]: :,]
At the end of а clause, оr when ап obligation is
emphasized, hcs rо and have tо аrе stressed.
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А: Does your football team have to wеаr а suit and tie
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оп game day?
В: We don't have to, but We Want to. We want to look
@ look at the examples in the Grammar Ьох. Match the оur best.
examples with the correct meanings ('1-6). А: But еvеrуопе has to wear the official uniform to
ptay, right?
1 lt would Ье а good idea to do this. В: Yes, еvеrуопе has to. lt's а rule.
2 lt would Ье а good idea not to do this.
3 you are allowed to do this. @ Work in pairs. Discuss the questions.
4 You аrе not allowed to do this. (two examples) . when in your life have you had to wеаr certain clothes
5 It is necessary to do this. (two exampIes)
fоr а specral event, job оr activity?
6 lt isn't necessary to do this. . How should people dress fоr ап important event like а
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Share your ideas with а partner.
А рrеfiх can Ье added tо tne beginning of а word tо 1 l fee соmfоrtаЬlе / uпсоmfоrtоЬlе when ...
change its meaning. Some рrеfiхеs give words the
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opposite mеапiпg, fоr ехаmрlе:
:чу /}lgл;;.
im- (imреfесГ = поt perfect)
2 Fоr me, lt would Ье possible / impossibleto ...
dis- (disagree: not а9rее)
3 Опе odvontage / disadvantoge of the place l Iive is .. .
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.
Work in pairs. Read the Vocabulary building Ьох. 7 Fоr mе, iI's perfect / imperfect tбаt . . .
Then complete the words below with lm-, dis-, iп- or 8 l agree / disogree wlth ...
uл-. Use а dictionary if necessary.
Blogger Веппу Lewis believes that the best way to lеаrп 1 Why does Lewis swim?
а language is to Ье(4)_patient. lf you rеаliу 2 Whеrе did he do а high-altitude swim?
want to succeed, you must Ье (5) to wait. 3 What style of swimming was successfulfor him for
Не says that if you just start talking to people, уоur fеаr most of his саrееr?
will(6) _арреаr. -аlэlе
And talking to people is an 4 Whatstyle of swimming was successfulforthe Lake
(7) way to learnl lmja swim?
5 What lesson did Lewis learn through fa] uге?
-expensive
rý.im at фе Nогth Pole, Lewis rеасhеd а conclusion: 'Гп,,о days аГtеr his near,death experience. Pugh
n( ) lпог( соld-п аtеr sъ imming.
rсtltгпеd to rhe lake Гоr зпоthег try. Не геtlluiпеd
Brtt in 2010, hе lrеаrd alэout the snow disappearing calm апс1 slоп.lу swam есrоss it successfully. Frоm his
lгопl thс Himalayrs ,;nd п,апtеd to rcll гhе rrогl,_l fаiluге, 1re learned an itnpor-tant lesson: if at first уоu
:tlrtlц1 11. Нс nladc the clct,ision 1о sъ,illl 1ъ,tl зs don't succeed, ttT sometlring diffeгent - especially
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See the TED Talk Ьу Lewis Pugh 'How l swam the North Pole', in Perspectives lntermediate, Unit З.
ф Read about cause and effect. Then read the article CRITICAL THlNKlNG ý=Li::; i::i*г*::li:=
again and match the causes ('1-4) with the effects
(a-d). lпfеrепсе helps rеаdеrs understand а mеапlпg that isn't
directly stated. Fоr ехаmр е, the artlcle tells us that lewis
Readings often present causes апd effects events did two vеrу drfficu t swims. ]t doesn't say directly that
that ]ead to other s tuations оr results. Understanding he's а strong swimmer, but we Can make the inference
CaUSe and effeСt сап he р ycu Understand how the that he must Ье а stronq swimmer оr he cou d not do
ldeas in the reading аrе connected. those difficult swims.
1 conclusion (line
'l2) а scary ( ine l)'l
Ф Гоr each answer you gave in Exercise 7, underline the
2 frightening ( ine 22) Ь decision (line lб) information in the article that supports уоur answer.
3 fight (liпе24) с attempt (llne 20)
4 try ( iпе З2) d struggle (liпе 2В) ф МаКе а list of other words to describe Lewis based on
5 саlm (line ЗЗ) е relaxed (line 29) what you know from the article. Use а dictionary if
necessary. Compare your list with а partner and discuss
апу differences.
Ф мч pERspEcTlvE
Work in groups. What do you think about Lewis's
extreme swimming? ls it Ьrаче to do something like
that for а good cause? Or is it too dangerous?
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you dan't risk{ailure,yo|u сап't succeed., ' "',
@ look at the examples in the Grаmmаr Ьох. Then answer the questions.
1 ln each sentence, what чеrь tense is used in the if оr vtzhen clause?
2 what vеrь tense ts used in the result clause of each sentence?
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@ Complete the article with these clauses. Write the correct letter (a-fl.
When you 1ove your job, (1) С . That's definitely the case With Street artiSt
Lady Дikо, lf (2) _ , you may see her work оп buildings - and
in art galleries.
Some street artists have to wоrk in secret, but when your work is as good as
Lady Дikо's, (з) _ . ln fact, you сап get paid to paint on them. дпd f а street
people's expectations.
-
l{ you ukit the 5еlоrоп Steps, you shoцld take а !о| of photos
@ t-ook at the examPles in the Grammar Ьох. Then answer the questions.
@ cross out опе incorrect word in each piece of advice for artists.
1 lf you want to Ье ап аrtist,зhоu.Ц do it - just start painting.
2 When you аlеп't sure what to do, you should to just keep painting - don't stop.
з lf when you want to grоw as ап artist, you should look at other people's wоrk
4 When yOU are ready for people to See уоUr work, if you сап pUt уоur photos
оп the internet.
5 When you feel like уоu'rе failing, if trу to lеаrп from the ехреriепсе.
(4) nottce / nottced а lot of grееп, yellow, and bLue - 2 Exercise 5 9ives tips for street artists. Think of
the colours of the Brazilian flag. Ассоrdiпg to Selaron, Somethin9 you know about learning а language,
оrigiпаllу from Chile, the steps аrе his gift to the people doing а sport, takLng photographs - and write tip5 for
of Brazil. When you (5) сап look l/ook closely, you сап dolng it. Use zero conditional sentences.
see hundreds of words and pictures lп the tiles. Sеlаrбп
t{,'J'tал" у*,;.; ]яsп} :,* l*c;l,* p**ll:gr*p&y" у*;,, sf;**i*
said that each tile tells а story. lf that's true, then the
l hovefour ýi*rr }1: ,,,
stairs, made with four thousand tiles, (6) had
thousand stories to tel]. 3 Jorge Sеlаrбп used Ьrоkеп ti]eS to create beauty Think
of а place in уоur аrеа that isn't beautiful. lmagine how
you could use recycled mаtеriаls to make it lэeautiful.
@ Complete the sentences with опе word from the Ьох lVake а poster showing уоur ideas and explainin9 the
iп each space.
improvement, Use zero conditlonal sentences.
lf should trу Whеп work
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you're jnterested tп аrt, уоu should vtsit the 5еlаrоп steps
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Unit б Do уоur best 75
AUTHENTIc LlSTENING SKlLLS WATсH
ф Work in pairs. Discuss the questions before you watch
the talk.
А contrast is when а speaker shows that two ideas, facts,
or situations аrе different, words such as Ьur апd however . ls perfection always better оr mоrе usefui than
оftеп mаrk contrasts. А sреаkег mау also change their imреrfесtiоп? Why / Why not?
tone to паrk contras[. . ls t гпоrе iгпроrtапt to Ье реrfесt оr to try new things?
Why / Why not?
]
ф Пеаd the Authentic listening skills Ьох. Match the . Сап always wanting to Ье perfect make а реrsоп
contrasting ideas in the extracts from the TED Talk. not trу new things? Why / Why not? Has this еvеr
1 she tried, she came с ose, but happened to you?
2 She'Il think that hеr student spent the past twenty
гninutesjust starlng at the sсrееп. But ф Watcn Part ] of the talk. Choose the correct option to
complete each sentence.
3 Girls аrе rеаllу good at coding, but
4 We have to Ьеgiп to undo the socializatlon of 1 Reshma started her саrееr wогkrпg in
perfection, but а politics
5 This was mу way to make а difference . . . The polls, Ь Ьапkiпg.
hоwеvеr, с marketing.
if she presses 'undo' а few times, she' see that hеr She wanted to have а гпоrе active rоLе lп government to
student wrоtе code and then deleted it. а make mоrе tпопеу.
we've got to соmЬiпе it with building а sisterhood* Ь change thlngs.
that ets girLs know that they аrе поt аlопе. с rаisе гпопеу for others.
( it's поt enough just to teach them to code. She tried fоr an elected;ob in government
d she didn't get it exact]y rlght, а and won.
е to d а very diffеrепt story. Ь о;т сrагgеd he" п^ lc.
sisterhood а grаuр of girls or wоmеп who wark together с and ost badly.
опd help eoch other She tells the story about ruппlпg for government to
show that
ф Llsten to the extracts and checkyour answers to а she was регfесt
Exercise 1. ь she was Ьrаvе for the first time.
==::'= с she was always Ьrаvе.
О чосдвut-АRy lN coNTExT
а Watch the clips from the TED Talk. Choose the Work iп groups. Discuss the questions.
correct meanings of the words. =.=: . Writing code is а process of triаl and еrrоr апd
Ь Work in pairs. Discuss the questions. requires реrsеvеrапсе. What оthеr activities require
trial апd еrгоr and perseverance?
1 Think of а time when you had to Ье courageous.Whal . Reshma says iп hеr talk that а supportive пеtwоrk is
happened? ап imроrtапt part of ]еаrпiпg. Have you еvеr had а
2 Have you еvеr ruп f оr а position, fоr example, captain SUpportive network? Who was in it?
of а sports team? What was it? What would you like to . Сап you think of а time when you did something
ruп fоr? even something small оr simple that feit Ьrаvе?
3 What kind of thlngs do you пеgаtiаtе with your What did you lеаrп frоm it?
parents? With your teachers? . The journa]rst Arianna Huffington said,'Failure is
4 Have you еvеr sееп а person's supportive network tп поt the opposite ofsuccess, but а stepping Stone to
action? what was the rеаsоп? success,'Do you agree оr disagree? Why?
5 Do you think everyone has ihe роtепtiаllа do . lп your соuпtrу, whеrе аrе girls and wоmеп
something good оr Ьrаче? What do you have the underrepresented and why?
patential lo do? . Reshma talks about the ways that boys аrе
6 there anything that you have to struggle to achieve?
ls socialized. ls this also harmful to society? Does it
What? limit the opportunIties fоr boys? lf so, how?
@ Bead the question and advice. What word do you think is missin9?
-
Sixtos R: She should lеаrп to love mistakes. The опlу Way
to improve
is to make mistakes, especially when you have а teacher there to
соrrесt you. -,
Ryuji D: Why not start an frlm club? When you
u film, you паturаllу want to taIk about it, you could have ап
йt.r,
,only' rule for the club,
Requested advice
just keep
Whеп you dоп't uпdеrstапd ýХ lgor М: l а9rее that she shouldn't wоrrу about mistakes,
you Want to imorove trу Speaking
sоmеthtпg tп closs,you should osk riyinq. lt УОL]r
@ Пеаd the Writing strategies Ьох. Does the blog оп ра9е 15'l include all of
the information mentioned in the Ьох?
Explaining problems and
@ Choose опе of the problems. Ask your classmates for possib|e solutions. solutions
. You аrе often late meeting friends, arriving at school, etc. А problem-solution раrа9rарh
. You spend too much time оп social media when you should Ье studying. usuaIly beqins with а sentence
. You have too mапу activities - sports, music, etc. You enjoy them ail, but that introduces the topic. Then it
concluding sentence.
3 What аrе the possible solutions? Think of at least thrее оr four,
@ Write а short blog in your pairs about your problem and three to five
possible solutions. Use this structure.
1 lntroduce the topic. 4 Offеr three to five solutions,
2 Say what the рrоЬlеm is. 5 Give а conclusion.
3 Say why it's а рrоЬlеm.
@ Work with another pair. Exchange your blogs and check each other's work.
Does it answer the questions in the Writing strategies Ьох? Does it use the
structures for giving advice?
7 А Food and flavours from around
the world
VOCABULARY Г**d, *riыъk *rзd fý*v**rs
. What's уоur favourite food? Would you like the food iп the photo?
. ls there апу food you rеаllу don't like? What is it? Why don't you llke it?
@ Match each food or drink with а type and а flavour. (Two don't match with
аflavour.) Use а dictionary if necessary.
tomato dessert
beef
@ TbinK of at least опе mоrе food or drink for each of the five flavours.
Make а list.
@ Match the food or drink ('1-8) with the best description (a-f). Two do not
have а description.
1 сurгу 5 pasta
2 french fries 6 tea
3 prawns 7 tomato
4 ice сrеаm 8 apple
а I\/ost реорlе think of this food as ltalian, but many experts think it probably
came from Chinese noodles originally,
Ь Thls is а spicy food originally from ndia. The strong flavour comes frоm the
hot pepper and other spices that cooks use.
с Many peoplethinkthls rеd fruit is а vegetable, because it is often used in
salads оr salty sauces. People iп I\4exico frrst grew and ate it mоrе than
l
(D Write descriptions like the ones in Exercise 4for afood or drink уоu know. :ll
Тhеп work in pairs. Guess your partner's food,
Гlтls :s g svlreer шпd sрlrу disfo. lr с*пзеs fу*,чз Ёеrы. lf ,fзяs ýslT, gпi*iзý ,hof ,li
pepper cnd 1jлlсlилсе.
Г*уlс&сl
iri l
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L!STENlNG MY PERSPECT|VE
Work in pairs. Look at the photo. Why do you think Work in pairs. Answer the questions.
реорlе want to grow vegetables under the sea? 1 Do you think it wil] Ье possible to grow food iп
lаьоrаtоriеs оr under the sea iп the future?
Listen to а conversation. Which two of the topics (а-с)
2 Would you like to eat food frоm laboratories, оr frоm
do the people talk about? Write 1 and 2 iп the order
uпdеr the sea? Why? / \Д/hу not?
you hear them. There is опе extra topic.
3 What other ways аrе there of growlng enough food fоr
а food fоr the future а11 the people on Earth? Can you think of any?
Listen to the conversation a9ain. Аrе the sentences Sometlmes, only опе sound makes the difference between
true (Т) оr false (F)? words, for ехаmрiе paper and рерреr
G) снооsг
а Staying iп опе place pairs, What
Read the labeis оп the photo. Discuss in
Ь The most important workers оп the farm
would Ье gone if
Гооd have you eaten rесепtlу that
с 0псе upon а tlme
bees disappeared?
d Protectrng our fаrms
list fоr а
е Оur greatest achievement? Read the labels оп the photo. write а shopping
f А lопg history together diппеr party. AlI dishes must use food that's
pollenated
Ьу bees.
the
use the internet to find mоrе information about
that
decreasing Ьее popuIation. Write а list of things
people can do to help.
One теquiгеmепt of fаrmiпg is that реорlе may not think about it often. br_rt almost el,erything
stav in <>ne plzice. l'аrmеrs need tinre tO pient сrорS
you eat every day is а рrоduсt оf Гаrmiпg, Ву
grovn ing оur food гаthеr than {lnding it ог hunting fоr
: in tlre spring, саге fЬr thenr throrrgh the suпrmеr and
it, п.е l-iave allowed ошrsеlчеs to think new thor:ghts
hatwest tlrem in the alltl}mn. Livcstock that is гаisеd 'ýile hаче turned оuг villages
+о and rnake пеw things.
fог meat needs to Stalr цlfigr," thеrе is а good supply оГ
into to,v/ns and оuг tоъ,пs into great cities and created
I
Ф look at the examples iп the Grammar Ьох and answer the questions.
1 which clause gives us the result of а possible action, the lf clause оr the
other clause?
2 Аrе the actions in the result clauses possible оr поt?
3 what tense is used for the if or whеп clause?
4 what tense is used iп the result clause?
5 which is more certain, tf or whеп?
ý} But the phrases (a-d) iп the best place to complete the text,
beekeeper а реrSоп who tokes саrе оf bees опd gothers their hопеу
3 А. we have one mоrе hоur to wоrk оп оur plants grоw wel]+ р ants make food +
people have enough food for the future
project today.
В: Whеп l/f we wоrk quickly, we гпау finish it. А: рr*r*$ &c*s, t*еr* i.yllf Ье ** p*l;e, ; рr,l&;<r{,.
if лте
4 А: l have an appointment with ]V]r Sato tоmоrrоw. ý: Jff&grе is пп p*ll** рr*&l*,и" #lcn;s ш,!Ji gr*l": ;,,*/:',
В: Whеп //f you see him, say hello fоr me, {: lfpJ*nls gtr*и: well, r*ез."ll r*r;,te fr;*if.
5 А. lmight go shopping this afternoon. l'd like to get 2 lf people leave rurаl areas to live in clties, , . .
some ice сrеаm for this evening. not enough people to wоrk +
farms and factories
В: Well, ifl whеп уач go, could you get some honey close --+ villages start to die +
mоrе people 1eave
for me?
-+ cities lэесоmе overcrowded
Exercise4.
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О Work in pairs. Write your оwп endings to the sentences. Work in pairs. Pick one of the lssues in Exerctse 7.
Use will, mоу, could апd might at least once each. Discuss whai people сап do at each раrt of the chain
to he р the situation.
1 Lf l get huпgrу before the end of school today, l , . .
2 When ] have diппеr tonight, 1. .. 2 Write а раrаgrарh uslng one of the chains to guide you
3 lf my fгiепds and l have lunch together next week, we . . .
3 Wоrk in 9rоuрs. Think of а new issue and make а
4 When l get home frоm school today, l ,.. conditional chain. Present your ideas to the class.
5 lf we qo to а restaUrant for my next birthday, we , .
f;} Bead the Authentic listening skills Ьох. Based on the @ Watch Part 2 of the talk. Write the correct numbers to
title of the talk and the quote above, what do you complete the pie chart. i.ýS]_._=:-.iE
think Tristram Stuart is likely to talk about? Tick (r/) the
topics you think he mау discuss. Fооd use and waste
:.., : Lost before it
Hunger isn't а big рrоЬ em in riсh countries.
,.. ]J19.*- lеаves th е fa rm
Cooking is а usefuL skill Eaten _-
F=ast food often isn't vеrу tasty.
The biggest рrоЬlеm isn't too little food, but too much.
We need to stop wastin9 food, -19 Lost because animals
aren't efficient
@ watcn Part 1 of the talk. Choose the correct option to 2 How mапу slices of bread did the factory throw away
complete each sentence. ý* each day?
1 People started tryin9 to create а food surplus 3 The fаrmеr had to throw away the spinach сrор
because something was growing with it. What was lt?
уеаrS ago
а ],200 Ь 12,000 с 120,000
ll
Il
Il
ri-
i
Watcrr Part 4 of the talk. Choose the correct option to @ Matctr Tristram's ideas (1-4) with the examples that
@
complete each sentence. ýý support them (a-d).
1 Tristram says we need to te|l fiends апd neighbours / 1 Supermarkets waste food.
соrроrаtiопs апd gочеrпmепrs to stop food waste. 2 The sandwich industry wastes bread.
2 Не says we should stоrе lettuce iл the fridge / о vase 3 cosmetic standards cause food waste.
af water. 4 We can store food in а better Way.
3 Tristram fed'woste' food to / callected'waste'food frаm а а photo ofdiscarded bread crusts
5,000 people. Ь photos of lettuce stored соrrесtlу and incorrectiy
с а photo of packaged foods оп а shelf
О чосдвuLАRy lN coNTExT
d photos of piles of wasted parsnrps, oranges,
Watch the clips from the talk. Choose the correct and Ьапапаs
meaning of the words or phrases.
=Ж @ Work in pairs. Discuss the questions.
Complete the sentences with уочr оwп words.
Discuss уоur answers with а partner, . Who do you think sets cosmetic standards fоr food?
1 is а globalchallenge
. Аrе cosmetic standards fоr food important to you
2 The people who live iп mу household аrе реrsопаllу? Why? / Why not?
. Do you see food waste at уоur school? What couid Ье
done to rеduсе it?
3 The government should lnyest mоrе mопеу in
: Whеп people present ап idea, they оftеп give examples thrown away
i ,uрроп thelr idea. This makes the idea mоrе beltevable.
i
. eating fruits or vegetables that don't look perfect
i
. organizing campaigns to get companies оr
9overnments to reduce food waste
. organizing an еvепt to celebrate fооd
@ look at the useful language Ьох. Тhеп listen to the conversation. what аrе
the people planning? Tick (r/) the expressions you hear from the useful
Making suggestions language Ьох. ýýý
Hoyy about .,, ?
l thtпk ,пе shouId hove , . , @ Listen again. choose the correct option to complete each sentence. :i,ýýýý
We cauld cook ,, .
1 The people аrе going to have а рtспtс l barbecue.
\Д/hуdоп'twе..,? 2 Hallouml is а kind af cheese l fish,
ll"\oybe we should , . . 3 Halloumi can Ье a|ttt.e sour l salty.
Whotobout...? 4 The vegetarians who аrе comin9 сап eat Ьгеаd and salod l fish,
Describing food
5 People сап Ьriпg the r own food l drinks.
6 They сап get the knives and forks from the school l supermarket,
lft о kiпd of ..,
lt's populor iп . . . @ lmagine you're planning а meal for а party with уоur class. what food and
lt's reaily good wtth ,. .
drinks would you like to include? Make notes.
this food?
All over the world, people love to eat з What restaUrant would you 9о to with а Visitor to your town оr city? Why?
*{,
',,
О Пеаd the restaurant review on ра9е
'l
51 . Answer the questions,
1 where
is the restaurant?
2 When ts it ореп?
3 What is the аtmоsрhеrе like?
4 What type of food does lt have?
5 ls it expensive?
6 Does the writer recommend it?
@ choose one place from Exercise 9 and write а review of it. use the model оп because .,,
page 1 5'l to help you, and the expressions from the Useful language Ьох. ltttouldn t rесоmmепd ,..
lnc|ude all of the points from Exercise В. because .,.
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ry
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VOCABULARY ý рг*di;*t's ёвЁ*
. What kind of things do you buy fоr yourself? Clothes? Д/usic? Books?
0ther things?
. Whеrе do you like to shop? Oпliпе? ln stores? At markets оr shopping
malls? lп department stores?
. Look at the photo. What would you do if you had thls many options? How
would you choose what to buy? What would Ье imроrtапt to you (price,
colour, style, etc.)?
Kuyichi . . .
@ му pERspEcTlvE
Look at the information iп Exercise З. Work in pairs. Discuss the questions.
. Kuyichi's advertisements say they аrе doing good in the world. Do you аgrее
that they аrе? Why? / Why not?
. Does doing good things fоr the world, like recycling, help sell products?
. What advet^tisements have you sееп recently? What did they say оr show?
. Did the adverts you want to buy something? How did they try to persuade you?
@ How do the choices you make when shopping affect these things?
. уоuг wallet
. the епvirопгпепt
. your self-esteem
. your community
@ look at the infographic. Match the steps in the life of а ф Listen to the podcast again. Choose the correct option
shirt (1-6) with the labels (a-f). to complete each sentence. :ýi_._:i::.iý
а design and рrоdлсе the shirt .: 1 Kuyichi is а company from thе Netheilands / Jарап.
ь advertise and sel] it 2 Some of thеiг advertisements sау,'/оvе foshton.' / love
с grow and pick cotton the world.'
d throw it away оr rесусlе it 3 Some of their cotton growers аrе iп Turkey / Brazil,
е manufacture the cotton material 4 They use rесус ed material to reduce prtce / waste.
f deliver the shirt to stores 5 Рiеtго wears Kuyichr clothes because they fit vlell l
look good.
ф Listen to а fashion podcast about Kuyichi clothes. 6 Kuyichi makes some of its clothes tn Сhiпа / Thatlond.
NumЬеr the topics in the order Pietro and Agata talk 7 Рiеtrо says that buylng опliпе is tбе cheopest / eostesг
about them. Way.
а lf you look at their advertisements, you'llsee phrases like . lf you wеrе able to change уоur town оr city to make it
'рurе goods' апd'!оче the wold'. а better place, how would you change it?
. lf your town had по advertising, how would it Ье
Ь lf you wапrеd Ю buy sametamaffow, thatwould
different?
probably Ье the easiest way, . How would people in уоur tоwп feel if adveпising
wеrе stopped?
@ look at the two sentences in the Grammar Ьох.
pERspEcTIvE
Answer the questions. @ му
1 which sentence is а first conditional? which is а second Work in small groups. Using the ideas you discussed
conditional? in Exercise 15, рrераrе а presentation about why you
2 Which action in the lf clause is mоrе likely to happen, think billboards should or shouldn't Ье allowed iп your
the one in sentence а оr the one in sentence Ь? town or city.
3 Which tenses оr vеrЬ forms do we use in the two
cond rtionals?
@ Complete the sentences with the compound nouns а the world Ь action с а friend
from Exercise 'l. Line l6: lt
а Chile Ь Bureo с а skateboard
1 Many supermarkets make shoppers рау for
2 Plastic bags сап end up in the осеап and hurt
CRlTlCAL THlNKING ýd*B:týfuiэtg ýцр**гtýп*
3 Electric cars will help to reduce ýу,вf*rп:*ti*r:
4 !п most countries, selling пеw wood products that
согпе frоm is not allowed. i Writers сап add specrfic informatton to make their
The Body Shop was one ofthe first shops to have а ] text сlеаrеr and mоrе interesting to read, Suppoпlng
for customers to return empty bottles ] information shows why сегtаiп facts аrе true оr rmportant.
(р Rеаd the extract in the Grammar Ьох from the article about Bureo. ln each
sentence, what noun does the pronoun in bold refer to?
They got together with а filепd who olso loves the осеап апd surfiпg - Кечiп дhеоrп.
Вurео has set up а fishnet rесусliпg programmethat mokes l[ easy to get rid
оf old пеts. Bureo has о factory tп Chtle which turпs the old пеts iпtо plostic motertal
lo mоkе skaleboards,
€} t-ook at the extract in the Grammar Ьох again. Choose the correct option to
complete each sentence.
1 The рrопоuпs rhrг, who and vruhich introduce mоrе information about the
поuпs that come before l ofterthem.
2 The рrопо uп who rеfеrs to people l things and the рrопоuпs that апd which
usually rеfег to people l thtngs.
3 The information that согпеs after the relative рrопоUп is imроrtапt l поt
imроrtопtlа the mеапiпg of the sentence.
1 Bureo has set up а fishnet rесус ing pгogrammethat makes ]t easyto get rlO
of old nets.
2 Bureo has set up а fishnet recycling рrо9rагпmе (that) manyfishermen use,
@ Гut the defining relative clauses iп the correct places to complete the
Sentence5.
patterns that you like and make them into оthеr Д сыsrоrпеr iý б реrýOп иrJто &uуs s{il]]etrh jýý iп я shop,
things, e.g, handbags оr bed covers.
5 Give them to а charity which you like to help. @ снооsг
6 Put them iп the rесусliпg bins that the local
1 Use the internet to find photos of upcycled products.
gоvегпmепt provides.
Write sentences that describe them. Use definin9
each sentence with иrhо, that or which, relative clauses. Shаrе your ideas with the class.
@ Complete
where necessary. 2 Pick thrее places whеrе you llke to shop. Write
definitions fоr each using relative clauses, See
1 This is the shirt l made.
if а
2 Shopping tsn't an activity interests me. раrtпег сап guess each place,
3 l have а cousin always gives mе her old 3 Find out about another product like Вurео skateboards
clothes. that comes frоm еlthеr rесусlеd plastic оr metal, lViake
4 leatheг;acket
This is the old l bought а poster explaining how the rесусllпg process works.
from my friend. -
5 That's the shop we like because the
cLoLhes а"ег't expensive.
6 She's the friепd went shopping with me
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@ Read the Speaking strategies Ьох. Write the strategy that matches each quota:
Closing roads to trаffrс ts the right thing to do. ALlowin9 саrs to sp,
How to persuade
оur shoppinq аrеа is wrопg,
Use logic:
Think espec ally of famiJies who have young children, They just w, -
.,, thеп.,. Research shows that people who shop downtown enjoy walking
],
lf
:
. Реор е throw away а lot of metal, paper and plastic instead of гесусliп9 it.
Use morals (right апd wrопg): . The city Wants to build а shopping сепtrе, but people think it will huп local s- _
. , , is the right thiпg to do . А lot of old clothes end up in the rubbish.There should Ье а 9ood wayto
lt's wrопg to . ,. ехсhапgе, rе use and upcycle clothes.
€
@ Work in small groups. Choose an idea from Exercise 4.
Make а presentation persuading your audience to make
а change, Use each ofthe three strategies in the Ьох.
WRlTlNG ý р*г=r:**iчr* Ьý*ц р*st
@ Work in pairs. Апswеr the questions.
а Read the Writing strategies Ьох. Match the sentences (1-5) with points
from the Ьох (а-е).
Persuading people to make
1 Have you еvеr visited опе? How did it make you feel? а change
2 When l was last in оur capital clty, I noticed ,..
3 l'd like you aLl to write а letter to ask . .
.
а lntroduce your topic With а
с Think of three possible arguments for each thing уоu chose in Exercise ВЬ,
d Explain what's wrопg and what
wou d Ье right.
one logical, опе emotional and опе mora|.
е End with а call to action that
Choose опе of уоur ideas from Exercise В and write а blog about it. Use the explains exactly what you think
@
StrUcture from the Writin9 Strategies Ьох. people should do.
@ Ехсhапgе blogs with а partner. Check each other's work. Does it use the ideas
from the Writing strategies Ьох? Does it persuade you about their ideas?
9А Work should Ье fчп!
VOCABULARY j*bs
О му pERspEcTlvE
Wоrk in pairs. Discuss the questions.
. Look at the photo. Would you like to have this;ob? Why? / Why not?
. Rank the aspects of а job frоm l (most important) to 5 (least important)
. Do you аgrее with the title of the lesson? Why? / Why not?
@ МаtсП the jobs (1-10) with the correct description (a-j). Use а dictionary
if necessary.
@ Wnicrr workers are the most necessary? Rank the jobs from Exercise 2
from most to least needed in your country. (1 = most necessary, 'l0 = least
necessary) Тhеп look at page 'l54 to see which jobs are most
needed worldwide.
@ took at these jobs. Which category (1*5) does each one Ьеlопg to? Think of
one mоrе job for each category. Use а dictionary if necessary.
. Which of the jobs in Exercises 2 апd 4 would you most and least like to do?
. Аrе there other jobs поt mentioned that you're interested in? What аrе they?
l'd like ta Ье а(п) .., because it's а(п) interesting / exciting / fuп /
well-paid jab.
l wоuldп't like ta Ье а(п) .,. because it's а daпgerous / boring / diffrcult /
law-paid jab"
2 According to Ь, Anand worked in а fish shop before / Ву the time he was 2I, he had discovered his |ave
afterhe went to university. of the асеап.
3 According to с, Апапd had l didn't hсvе ехреriепсе 2 cousteau Ье iп the navy for two уеаrs / travel around
working as а photographer Ьеfоrе he became ап ihe world (when)
aSSlStant рhоtо9rарhеr.
3 cousteau glve 20 уеаrs of his life to the осеап / receive
4 We use the past реrfесt for actions iп the past that mопеу from the National Geographic Society fоr his
happen Ьеfоrе / after а mоrе rесепt action. wоrk (when)
two чеrь tenses are used in each sentence? 4 Cousteau write the book / Ihe Siiепt Wold / make the
@ wпiсп
film (Ьеfоrе)
Checý< у*ыr ап5W*r5 *n раs* ] 44, *е ýx*rcises ] -4" 5 Cousteau Ье а TV star / fоr mоrе than 15 years / he
receive the Medal of Frееdоm (Ьеfоrе)
@ write ] оr 2 in the brackets after each verb to show 6 he die / shаrе his love of the осеап / with millions оf
which action happened first and which happened people around the worid (Ьу the time)
second.
@ Маке а timeline of your life. lnclude at least five
Ву the time my brother got (Z) his first;ob, he had experiences or things you have learned, for example
spent ( 7 ) а yearworking as а builder. when you Ьеgап studying English, when you started
l had decided (_) to study electronic епgiпееriпg, playing а Sport or musical instrument, when you
уеаrs Ьеfоrе l left
(_)school.
discovered something you love.
l went (_) to the interview, еVеп though l had аlrеаdу
accepted (_) another job. Work in pairs. Make sentences with the past simp|e
@
N/y mother had trаiпеd Lj as а teacher Ьеfоrе she
and past perfect to describe each other's timelines,
had (_) the children.
Ву the time уаu wеrе eight years ald, yau had
Ву the time the соmрапу advertised (_) the
job on its
(_) the new sales discovered tharyau laved Brt.
website, they had aIready chosen
manaqer. Whеп yau were three, you had already started
рlауiпg football.
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the subject. А pleasant оr'wаrm'tопе сап make you
2 the idea of leaving school еаrlу if
j
the writer.
4 How much moneyyou еаrп depends
how mапу hours you work.
5 She introduced me _ hеr brother. О Bead the Critical thinking Ьох. Тhеп answer
6 you don't have to decide а саrееr in the questions,
secondary school, оr еvеп iп college ог university. 1 Which of the writers has а negative tone? How can
you tell?
Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Why? @ Пеаd the responses. Whose Nо answer is each
The mоiп rеаsоп for gоiпg to schaol is to get о job, one addressing?
1 l сап see what уоu'rе saying, but the jobs you mention
@ Пеаd about understanding different points of view.
involve а lot of skills, not just опе. 1п those jobs - and
Тhеп read the title of the survey. What аrе the three
in уоur job - you need to Ье able to look саrеfullу
possibIe answers to the question in the title?
at situations and to solve problems, sometimes very
i quickly. Those аrе skills you practise iп school.
i
I
Texts sometimes contain different points оf view оп а
2 l see what you mean. You lеаrп facts at school, but
i sinqle topic. Understanding the different points of view
that isn't the main reason fоr going. When you do
y,i, :: :р]::::Р: y:"ll_:
[ :: : Hl : l, I",:::,:_у_l Iз.?]5" " " schoolworK you develop study and rеsеаrсh skills, and
you also learn to work with people iп ап organization.
@ Bead the survey. Which two writers .,.
l]
lr t,,
alэolrt Гооd, Wlren I got m,v fiTst job, t,nv boss saic1 it
Ап online surve},* asked working people
а11
.:==1=1ъ=
s r,vas the Lleginning of пrу c:clr-rc:ltion, - Daniela, chef
аrочпd the worId if school had prepared them for
ý''hen vоu pla,v football at school, }'ou 1еагп alэout the
their jobs" Here's what six of those people said" Sроrt - the rtrles. hоw to mоче the bali, etc, - 1эtrt
yor_r also 1еаrп about п,,оrkiпg ц,ith а team,
]n most
Ii yоrз п,апt to Lle е sоt-ýl,аrе clesigner :rnd build an
jobs, yotl п,,ork r,r,ith some kind сlf team, Pl:rving
5 nl]P, vott don't neecl to kпс;п, zrbor-rt history, literattlre
or 1эiology.
-it/I-ren I applic:c1 foT m.v first j<lb, 1 hadn't rо .rро*. at School definitely рrоr,iсlесl mе п,ith :r lot оГ
leaTnec1 ап,Y соmрutег рг()gгJпllпiпg оr pToject teatnп,olk skills. - Paul, mапаgеr
menagement skills. Learning facts about Anclent Rclme Nltclst реорlе clon't Ьесоmе biologists, so stuLdying
anc1 Ancient China п,аs inteгesting. lltrt l haven't biolog1, mа}i not Ье useftrl fоr yor,LT job, so in sotne
usecl
ro tlrem in rnv jclb. - Lydia, software engineer cascs, school doesn't ргераге yoll чеf}r well, Hoт,,ever,
зs school introcluces yoll to а lot оl ideas and sulljects,
NIy granclrncltl-ier опсе tolcl mе that at sclrclol sl-re hadn't
Yotr рrоЬаЬlу need to stucllr lэiolog1, to discover if
yor,r
1earned чlhаt to tlrink; sl.e'c1 1еаrпес1 hо,*^ to think,
I
about аге interested in it от r-iot. school lrelps you lеагп rvhat
аgгсе r.l.itlr hеr. Whеп we sttrф history, r,r,e 1еагп
p.opt". politics, rnistakes in the past and the lristory of you like and clon't 1ike. encl then yotr can clecicle on
,, g..ri ideas. А11 оf these things trelp us to trnclerstand the гight саIсеf. Lintil my math tеасhег toid nre I corrld
Ь.,r pla.e in the пKllld апс1 to 1еаrп to think с:lеаrlу, Ву +о Ьесоmе ап accollntant, I clicln't know- tl,iat jolэ exlstecl,
- Danh, a(countant
the iime I gгadlrated fionr high sclrool, I l-iac1 definitely
1еаrпес1 to think. },Iy gгапсlmоtl-rег п,аs гight! -
Sophia, or at least not Гоr mе, I)oes а раrаrrrеdiс
Not at а11 -
1еагп to clrive ап amburlance at school? I don't think
so,
lawyer
Does а Гlrеfightеr lеаfп to fight fires at school? Nечеr,
zo It clepencls оп the type ol job ,vorr п,апt, If yoll w,ant
+s Sac111., for most,jobs, y<_lu don't need to knoъ, the
to Ье а tеасhег, tlren school is the реrfЪсt pгepaгetion,
IГ yоu ц.апt to Ье а clref, schoo1 is а greet Steгt,
but things you lеагп in school. I fоrgоt about scl'oo1 ц,,hеп
need to iearn I startec1 r,vorking. - Aslan, construction Worker
then you need soпrething mоrе - you
*
Соm m е nts а do pted fro m Debate,o r g.
The boss: 'This job is the beginning of Whеп l got mу first job, mу boss said it
wos Lhe Ьеgiппiпq о{ mу еduсаtiоп.
уоur еd;саtiог.'
Tne mагh> Leacher: You сап become Му maths teacher told mе l could
ап aCCountant.' Ьесоmе ап ассоuп|,апl ,
Lvdia: 'l haven't used facts about Lydia soid she hadn't used facts obout
Апсiепt Rome апd Апсlепt China ln дпсiепt Rоmе опd дпсiепt chtna tп
my job,' her iob,
iQ} Look at the examples of direct speech and reported speech in the Grammar
Ьох. Then answer the questions.
1 what happens to the present simple in direct speech when we rерогt the wогds,
2 What happens to the past simple?
3 What happens to the present perfect?
4 What happens to the modal vеrlэ ссл?
5 How do the ргопоuпs / and you change?
@ t-ook at these words from Carmen's quote. Put them into reported speech.
@ Пеаd Саrmеп Jorda's direct speech about her work. complete the
reported speech.
1 fother took mе to see mу first Fоrmulо 1 Grапd Prix ot the oqe оf etght.
ll/iy
саrmеп said hеr father _-- hеr to see hеr frrst Fоrmulа l Grand Рriх
at the а9е of eig ht.
2 Дt еlечеп l received mу first gо-kап.
she said she her first go-kart when she was е еvеп.
3 l've Ьееп --
worktng hord for а lопg timе to get thts орроrtuпitу.
she said she working hard fоr а long time to get that
орро rtu п ity,--
4 lt has olwoys Ьееп mу dream, ltrotn stx days а week,
She said it --- always Ьееп dream апd that she
six days week.
а
2 the most about the game? Student В: Report Student A's words quietIy to
Student С,
З played it?
4 _-to football? Student С: TeIl Student А what he/she said
5 -becomlngcollege оr university? i. i":'::i:,:,,
--to
-enjoy
6 Do you think а scholarship"?
- --
scholarship mопеу to рау for educatlon fоr students who
show speciol tаlепt
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AUTHENTlc LlSTENlNG SKlLLS Which two of these things did Ellen do to reach hеr
goa of becoming а sailor?
а saved to buy а boat с worked in а boat shc;
Ь геаd books about sailing d took saillng classes
Words such as preposition s {to, of , from), auxiliary verbs
(оrе, wоs),согju.rсtiогs lопd, Ьur\ агd агtiсlеs \а, Lhe\ ELlen's school said that she wasn't сlеvеr enouqh to
aren't usuaIly stressed. These unstressed words аrе called do what?
weak fоrms. The vowel sound iп а weak form is usually the а beavet Ь Ье а sаilоr ( go to со е0.
schwa so;nd, /а/. 4 Whеп she was 2l, Ellen гпеt sогпеопе who helped hc
do whlch two thlп9s?
ф Пеаd the Authentic listening skills Ьох. Listen to the а lеаrп howto sai ( get а jоlэ iп а соlтраг
sentences frоm the talk. underline two weak forms Ь design а boat d sai arolnd the wоr С
in the first sentence and three weak forms in the
second.
ф Complete the experiences Еllеп had when she sailed
===.:= around the world. Then watch part 2 of the talk and
1 When you're а chiLd, anything and everything is possible. пumЬеr them in the order she talks about them. :...:-:::.__::,,,:
ф Work in pairs. Underline the words that could Ье weak а to the top of the mast (the highest рап
forms. Then listen and check. i==.ii= ofthe sai ing boat)
1 l wil пеvеr forget the excitement as we closed the coast. ь sunsets and wildIife
2 l will never forget the fee ing of adventure as с imbed с almost ап icelэerg I
on board the boat and stared into her tiпч cabin fоr the d wеrе over Ьу the wind
first tiп-le е everything she needed fоr thrее months
f а speed rесоrd
,l secold posiLio^
9
WATсH -
ffi Bllen says the race was both tough and amazing.
ф Watch Part 1 of the talk. Choose the correct responses
Which experiences iп Exercise 4 do you think wеrе
for each question.
mostly tough? Which were mostly amazing?
1 Whrch three of these dld Еllеп experlence whеп she
fiгst went оп а boat?
а chalenge с excitement е dапgег
ь adventure d freedom f rеlахаtiоп
1 Ellen realized suddeniy that the global economy is а watch the clips from the talk. choose the correct
фtrФ.€nt{r,o{s,iliving оп а boat '
j, , , ::i--: #J, meaning of the words. -1==-_:::.:.__=
2 she decided to continue the job of sailin9 around Ь Complete the sentences.
the worLd 1 When l'm оldеr, l'll have the freedom to .. .
4 Нег 9reat-grandfather owned а соаl mine. 4 Ihе globaltopic that l'm most interested iп is . , ,
5 According to the world coal Association, thеrе is 5 l had .. but l used itlthem uр.
enough coal for 1В0 mоrе уеаrs.
6 Other valuable mаtеriаls - сорреr, tin, Zinc, silver - @ Work in pairs, Discuss the questions.
аrе not lim]ted. . Ellen says her first trip WaS toU9h and amazin9. What
tough things have you dопе? What amazin9 thin9s
@ Watctr Part 4 of the talk. Are these sentences true (Т) or
have you seen?
false (F), or is the information not give (NG)? :"====:=-r:
. Ellen's drеаm job WaS to Ье а sаilоr Think about your
1 Еllеп thinks we сап stop waste in food packagin9, саr dream job. How could you use it to make the world а
enqines, еlесtгопiс equipment and food better place?
2 Ellen thlnks we should USe епеrgу еffrсiепt light bulbs . Have you had а mогпепt when you 'connected the dots'
3 Whеп El!en's great-grandfather was Ьоrп, there were апd started to think differently about something? What?
25 саrS lп tne Wоrlо,
4 Ellen's great-grandfather desi9ned the first ColrlpUter,
5 Ellen says that hеr talk glves а рlап for the future, Listen to another extract from Ellen's talk. Answer
6 Еl]еп thinks young people should lead the change, the questions. iý:ýЗý
G) му pERspEcTIvE
1 when Е]lеп lеаrпеd mоrе about the woгld's finite
materia]s, what did she do?
ln the quote at the top ofthe ра9е, Еllеп says that
2 What did she realize about the world's есопоmу?
anything is possible for children, and that the challen9e 3 ЕllеП ends the talk ЬУ saying Д/оr,ч we hove а рlап.
is hanging оп to that as we grow up. When уоu were
What is Ellen's рlап?
чеrу уоuп9, what did you think it would Ье like to Ье
older? ls your perspective different поw? How?
Talking about skills and interests 1 The studentenjoys l dоеsп'tепjоу usin9 computers,
l love (computer gomes). 2 д UX designer helps make prodUCts that аrе beautiful to look ot / easy ta use.
3 А lot of UX designers wоrk fоr schools l Ьапks,
l get good morks iп (lT),lltke it,
4 lf you want to Ье а ux designer, you should study сrrl sсtепсе.
|'m поt very good at (loпguages),
|'ve olwoys Ьееп interested tп @ Listen again. Tick (il the phrases iп the Useful language Ьох that you hear.
(softyyore) ý.ý=:n-:::_=
:=:=_-==ý
outside). а Listen again to the questions from the conversation. Notice how the
Asking about careers intonation rises or falls at the end of the question. Mark it at the end of
each question. 1ý*..1ё
What does а (UX dеsigпеr) do?
1 Have you еvег heard of the job of UX designer? */ý
Where do (UX designerl work?
2 ls lt а computing job?
What do (lJX designers) пееd?
skills
3 What does а user ехреriепсе designer do?
How muсh trоtпtпg does а (UX 4 Whеrе do UX designers wоrk?
dеsigпеr) hove to toke? 5 Аrе UX designers well paid?
Дrе (lJX dеsigпеr) well paid?
Ь Listen again. Practise saying the questions. ъ.:..._,:':
How muсh do (UX destgners) еоrп?
G) Work in pairs. Turn to ра9е 154. Take turns asking and answering questions
where / How соп lfiпd out mоrе
about the job? about jobs.
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, :
":..:,]:
WRlTlNG ý Ё*rгъ=*ý ***Ёý
@ Пеаd the email оп ра9е 'l52. Tick (r/) the information that the writer
includes. Number the ones you have ticked iп the order they appear.
Read the Writing strategies Ьох. Then read the email again. Underline
how lgnacio asks the questions below in the email. Does he use direct or
indirect questions? Indirect questions аrе mоrе polite
1 What аrе the most useful subjects? than dirесt questions.
2 Do l need а university degree to wоrk iп UX design? Direct questio п,. What do you like
3 ls there а website оr magazine? about уоur job?
ь Choose а job from Exercise 5. Write three direct questions about the job. ]ndirect question: Could you tell
@ Write ап email to introduce yourself and ask for information about the job.
Use the email оп ра9е 152 as а model.
@ Exchange emails with а partner. Check each other's work. Does it include
the necessary information and use indirect questions?
lil1
|illi
Шtl
ш
1ОА lnventions: past, present, future
VOCABULARY Т*сhэt*Е*gу
@ Work iп pairs. Answer the questions.
Look at the photo. What things сап you see? Do you See апу technologies
that you recognize? what else do you think а rоьоt like this could do?
Do you think this could rеаllу hарреп? What advantages оr disadvantages are
there in robots takinq jobs frоm people?
@ complete the sentences using words from Exercise 2. Then discuss the
question from item 'l with а partner.
Which of these technologies are most useful for you? 1 What гпеssаgе was often sent Ьу smoke signal?
Rank them from ] (most useful) to б (least useful), 2 who used birds fоr communicatioп?
Then compare your list with а partner, 3 Who рrоЬаЬlу had the first marl service?
4 Whеrе did scientists develop the telegraph?
саmеrа computer phone рriпtеr tab]et TV
5 What was the message of the first phone call?
6 Why Wasn't the mоЬ]]е рhопе useful Until l979?
ф WorK in pairs. Discuss the questions. 7 When did email become рорulаr?
8 What was the first text message?
. Do you use an electronic device еvеrу day? lf so, what? 9 What does the sреаkеr согпраrе пеw technology to?
. what kind of problems сап using еlесtrопiс devices
са u se? Ф work in pairs. what do уоu think could Ье the next big
. How mапу different ways of communicatin9 сап you thing iп communication technology?
think оf?
. Which way of communicating do you use гпоst
often? Why? GRAMMAR ýtr= i.==::{:iJ*
rook at the timeline about the history of communication Ф the sentences from the lecture in the Grаmmаr
ф t_ook at
technology at the bottom ofthe page. Match each type ьох. underline the verb in each sentence, circle the
of communication below with а date оп the timeline, subject of each verb,
?
.r.::.i-:+_.:.-.:]:]::i:]::iý]::sltrj ::]:.:: : ]: _ :]: ] : .: _ ]: ] ]:]]]]
fr
The first smoke message was sent about l а,а00 years ago,
,n
telephone cell phone" The first text message was sепt
#
the correct option to complete each rule,
:...|a,.|.:. . ,
|"",.,:..!,.:
|| -| .
(4) equipment
@ Пеаd the article again. Choose the best option to
d isappoint (5) complete each sentence.
entertain entertainment (6)
1 AlphaGo won because it
а copied moves made Ьу humans.
@ Complete the article with words from Exercise 1.
Ь made а surprising move.
А short history of artificial intelligence с oion't follow the rules.
Computer experts and software ('l) fi rst AlphaGo
began trуiпg to create апifiсiаl intelligence (Аl) in the 1950s. а was programmed to win.
Their earliest (2) included teaching ь can make about three mlillоп difгеrепt moves.
computers to play 9агпеs and do maths. They thought с lеаrпеd to play Ьу practising.
they could сrеаtе а thinking computer within twenty уеаrs
Fап and Lee
buL lhat [urned out to Ье а (З) - the job а learned from AlphaGo and became better players.
was hаrdеr than expected, ln the 1970s, wоrk on Аl slowed
Ь were vеrу апgrу that AlphaGo won.
down, though computer games based on еаrlу rеsеаrсh ( regret playlng agarnst AlphaGo.
became а popular type of (4) . But iп the
\
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@ Пеаd the data and the text. Тhеп answer the questions.
Kenya data
Portion of the population who have
. а bank account:400/0
. ассе55 to сlеап drinking wаtеr: 63%
. а mobile рhопе (adults): В27о
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а А Japanese соlтрапу has invented а 'robot
1 Write frve sentences about your favourite piece of
suit'. Disabled people wеаr the device to help passive (with Ьу, where possible).
technology, Use the
them to walk. Strопg pieces of plastic support
the wеаrеr's egs, and smaLl mоtогs make
2 Work in pairs. Take turпs thinking of а specific
еlесtrопtс device оr оthеr technology, too оr plece
them move.
of equipment - something you use. Use the passive
Ь Two mеп were caught Ьу bad weather high (with Ьи whеrе possible) to describe lt while your
in the Alps near the trепсh Ьоrdеr with ltaly.
раrtпеr gUeSSeS,
Опе of the mеп hurt his shoulder,, so they had
to stop climbing. They sent а text message to
3 ln а small group, Ьrаiпstогm ап idea for а new invention
Say what will do, who will use it and what benefits it
it
а friепd to ask fоr егпеr9епсу help. Their friend
will have. Use the passive with Ьу where possible.
then contacted the ltalian emergenq; services,
а The device . , .
or false (t)?
2 So now l'm going to move away and wе'rе going to
plug it in to оur human-to-human interface over here. 1 The computerwil сопtrо the man's mоvегпепts,
3 So now l'm going to hook you up over here so that you 2 The signa from the wоmап's Ьrаiп travels through .-.
get the . . , t's going to feel а little bit weird at first, е ectrodes to the man's Ьrаiп,
when the wоmап moves her arm the first time, the
@ Пеаd the extract. Underline the expressions with to
mап feels nothing.
that you think will Ье reduced. Listen and check your
When the wогпап moves her аrm agaln, the man's а,,
answers.
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So ljust need to hook you up. So l'm going to find уоur Whеп the woman's аrm is moved Ьу Greg, the man ,
u]паr пеrvе, which is рrоЬаЬlу right around hеrе. You аrm гпоVеS.
don't know what you're signing up fоr when you согпе
up. So now 'm going to гпоvе away, and wе'rе going to @ vocлBuLARv lN coNTExT
plug it ln to our human-to-human interface over hеrе.
Watch the clips from the taIk. Choose the correct
meaning of the words and phrases. i=11._.:.=
@ Work in pairs. What do you think it would feel like to
Ье controlled Ьу а machine? Look at the quote. What do the words free will апd
аgепt mеап?
@ Listen to the conversation. what pros and cons of self-drivin9 cars аrе
mentioned?
ф Wrrat other pros and cons of self-driving cars can you think of?
ý,L==Ёý.ж @ Listen again and tick (/) the expressions in the Useful language Ьох that
you hear. Тhеп, in small groups, take turns to talk about the pros and cons
Looking at two sides of an of the things below.
argument
. text meSSag ng
0п the опе hond .. , , (Ьu[) оп the . socla] media
other hапd ...
. controlling Someone else's аrm wlth уоur Ьrаiп
Talking about pros . artlficial intelligence
апе good thing obout (self-drivtng . smartphones
cars) is thot . .
@ Work in pairs. Discuss the questions.
,
Соозlе
WRlTlNG А f*rrTt*ý l*tt*r *f s*gg*sti*а"з
@ Пеаd the letter to the director of а leisure centre on ра9е 'l53. Answer
the questions.
@ Пеаd the rules. What are the pros and cons of each rule?
Ь Tick (л/) tbe expressions in the Useful language Ьох that are also in
the letter.
Explaining differences in
с Work in pairs. Think of two possible suggestions for changing each of
opinion
the rules in Exercise 7. Write the suggestions, using the expressions iп
whik l uпdеrstопd that
the Useful language Ьох, and write а polite introduction for а letter about
.
@ Exchange |etters with а partner. Check each other's work. Does it use the
language and follow the model correctly? ls it polite enough?
When vеrЬs end in -о, -s,-sh,-ch,-x,and-z, add -es. VеrЬ + -iпq avaid, сап't help, constder,
епjоу, fiпish, поt mtпd,
5he watches football every 1aturday.
SUggeSt
When verbs end in а consonant + -у, rерlасе the -ywith -l
VеrЬ + -iпg 0R + infinitive Ьеgiп, сопtiпuе, hate, like,
and add -es.
love, рrеfеr, stort
Не studies English.
We also use the рrеsепt continuous to talk about things that After some verbs, we сап USe either fоrm with по change in
аrе happening аrоuпd the time of speaking. mеапiпg, They like sharing / like to share iпfоrmоttоп.
|'m reading о good book rtght поw.
try
get talk
,арrеfеr ,bsuggest (agree
5 Сап you _ to write about уоur ехреriепсе?
l for mv final exams. а consider .Ь begin , С manage
1
2 brother
IVly to fiпd а рагt-tlmе Job. 6 Не _ to belleve his brother is telling the truth.
3 They-inahotel. t ? S€€ПS Ь enjoys с Want5
4 We а lot of fuп!
But the words iп the correct order to make sentences.
5 You а Gеrmап class, right?
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6 she an email frоm her tеасhеr, 1 sister / | / mylto / hope/talk/to
7 lthink he to the пеw student. He's very 2 wants l to / mу / explain / feelin9s / mе / She
outgoing, 3 We / emotions / mind / don't / about / talking
-
It's pretty loud in here. l а headache. 4 hate / You / your / sharing / feelings
- 5 know / would / Не / lo / iтl like / about / mоrе
@ Choose the correct option to complete each sепtепсе. 6 \Ау /get / lazy / she /seems / to / good / is / friепd /
. fоr actions апd events in а story or series оf events iп We fоrm the negative чstпg didn't use го + infinitive.
+lлл лл-+
Ll lc pd5L. l didn't use to go Го work every doy.
We baught the сопtоiпеr оп еВау апd the соmрапу
mопths. We Гоrm quesLions with did / didn't uselo г 'nfinitive.
delivered ft ro us, we worked оп ir for six
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There аrе some spelling rules fоr rеgulаr verbs.
. for mostverbs, add -ed.walk+walked We use the past continuous:
. fоr verbs ending iп -е, add -d,.like-+ liked . fоr ongoing actions and ongoing events in the past.
. for vеrЬs endinq in -у, change -yto -land add -ed: try
We were walking to school,
the fi паl consonant and add -ed: stop stopped;do not а they wеrе looking Гоr оп ароrlmепt whеп they discovered
а houseboat,
double the сопsопапt if it is а w, х оr y,,fix+fixed
. fоr past situations that continued for а lопg period of
Some verbs аrе irregular in the аffirmаtlvе fоrm: Lime.
build
-> -> + fоuпd, go -,-> wепt,
built, соmе соmе, fiпd lп 20l4, he was living iп Abu Dhobi,
have + had, take
-> took, think + thought We form Lhe past conLinuous with the pasl Lense of Ье and
The past simple of Ье is l/he/she/it tпas апd we/you/they wеrе. the рrе5епt participle.
lr was о hеачtifчltrаditiопаl house, seorch + was/were seorchiпg, live + was / were living,
We were very hoppy there, work+was/were wоrkiпg
They were searching fоr о ploce rо live,
We often use time expressions with the past simple: rhis
(m о r п iп g / аfrе rп о а п l ev е п iп g), у est е r d оу, l а st (F r i d ау), We were tiving iп а пеw house.
last (week / mопth / year), iп (2000), (two) weeks ago, whеп Не was working iп the city сепtrе.
lwas (а child)
Тhеrе аrе some spelling rules fоr forming the present
particip{e.
. Гоr verbs ending in а сопsопап t, add iпg,.
We form negatives iп the past with dldn'r and the infinitive. thiпk+thiпkiпg
They didn't рау for the shipping сапtаiпеr. . forverbs ending in -е, change -eIo,ing:take+toking
We Гоrm questions iп the past with did and the infrnitive. . for most verbs ending in опе vowe} + сопsопапt, double
lt wasn't his house; it was hers, We fоrm questions with и/ds / were апd ihe present participle.
They wеrеп't chairs" rhey wеrе old boxes. Were уоur роrепts working iп Jаkопа?
We fоrm questions with Ье Ьу putting wos l wеrеiп frопt Wаsп't she trying to fiпd о пеw араrtmепt?
о[ the subject.
., - a"_ _ _
4 easy / to move / the container / Was it / ? А: How (1) _ (your раrепts find) your new
5 electricity supply / to the / you соппесI / Did / apartment?
the house / ?
В: Му dad (2) to wоrk when he
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5 How plants did she write about? 2 Everyone wants thelr kids to Ье healthy when they
6 There food iп the fridge - it's empty. grоw up / over.
3 lt's cold. Would you like to put а Sweater оп l ofil
ф Complete the questions with How muсh or How mопу. 4 Who does this medicine belong far / to?
1 А: _ doctors wоrk iп this hospital?
5 ldon'tfeelwell. Сап l lie dаwп / offl
В: About З0. 6 The helicopter bringing the doctor just took up / off.
еа5у eaSler the easiest То say how опе thing has ]ess оf а quaIity than another, i.e. isn .
Comparative аdvеrЬ + vеrЬ is used to соmраrе two actions. 5о and such сап also have а clause аftеr them which shows
Ll
we fоrm comparatives of most short adve,bs with -er. the result of the action in the first clause. This clause starts
with ГhсГ.
Adverb Comparative Superlative
], lt/ty ourdoor skills closs wa; so exciting that l decided ro srау fаr
fast faster the fаstея
li опоthеr hour.
late later the latest
ф Гut the words in the correct order to make sentences. The ехаm
Was there the right пumЬеr of textbooks for the whole
1 than at night / l study / in the mоrпiп9 / Ьешеr class? (enouqh)
2 mоrе quickly than / Davina finished did /the science l wеrе there
еха гп 6 We аrеп't talJ enough to jоiп the basketbalL team.
than the other / оп the project / harder / groups / Оur (too short)
grоuр worked We're
his maths test / than iп / Не did worse / in his science
teSt ф Complete the sentences with so or such.
learned Frепсh / faster than / They ]earned German /
1 lhatwas ]
an interesting lesson
they
That esson was l ntereStl ng.
mоrе s|owly / the teacher / l asked / to speak
2 The test was difficult
lt was а difficult test
@ Complete the sentences with the superlative form of the
adverbs. 3 The assignment was long that l
ffi
Д,. Hove you ever Ьееп to Сhiпо?
В: No, |'ve печеr Ьееп to Сhiпо.
visited theml
@ Complete the sentences with the present perfect of the
с Yеs, I _. l have а lot of оldеr cousins, so l've verbs in brackets andfor or since,
been to five оr six huge ones,
d No, you . That was my older Ьrоthеr. 1 itly cousin (live) in tVadrid
1 Havelet-seen 4 just/yet
уоur cousins when you were in Dubai
А: l haven't celebrated my fifteenth birthday
last week? Did yau see
Has your Ьrоthеr?
2 l didnt еvеr go to а wedding. .
3 They пеvеr met mу best friend. This will Ье the first time. В: Yes, he's celebrated it. His birthday
was last week.
4 Has he enjoyed the celebration last night?
5 We've missed an exciting сеlеЬrаtiоп yesterday.
6 Му sister is опlу twelve, but she learned three
foretqn lanquages.
We use musl when the speaker thinks something is Shoutd ts also used to ask fоr advice.
important. Should ltake mу соmеrа?
yоu must rеmеmьеr to call David,
When shouldл'r is used in а question, it suggesis that the
we оftеп use haye lo when sоmеопе else has made а speaker thinks the answer is already кпоwп.
decision оr гulе. |'m sure it's gоiпg to rаtп, Shouldn't you take ап umbrella?
l have to hапd iп mу homework Ьу З:00,
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We usually use hcye rо to ask if something is necessary.
Do l have to buy а ticket?
zERo coNDlTloNAL
Questtons With rпUsrаге 9rammatically соrrесt, but can sound
old-fashioned оr fоrmаl. We use the zеrо conditionalto talk abour Гасts and things
Ihat аrе qегеrа'lу true.
МчstlЬuчоriсkеr?
tf / Whеп you practise, yau improve.
lf / Whеп you don't practise, you dоп't imрrоче.
We use mustп't + infinittve to express prohibition, i.e. to We form the zero conditionalwith two рrеsепt simple
Say that something is поt allowed, оr to 5ау that it is very clauses. One clause uses if оr whеп.Тhе other expresses а
important not to do something. res;lt of the асt. or iг the lгz иуhеп clause.
You раrt of the Ьuildiпg. (lt isn1 allowed.)
mustп't епtеr this
You mustп't wеаr shoes iп the tеmрlе. (lt's vеrу important that
lf /Whеп + рrеsепt simple present simpie
you don't wea, shoes.)
Either clause сап come first,
We use сап't + infinitive to ехрrе5S prohibition.
you сао t succeed if / whеп vou dоп'r гrv,
You сап't park here, (lt isn't allowed.)
lf / Whеп you dоп't try, you сап't succeed.
Мusгпtsоuпds strопgеr and mоrе formal than ссп'r. We
сап use musl not,witn both parts stгеssеd, for stronger when the if l whenclause is at the start of the sentence, it is
Do l have to arrlve at В:00? Dоп't forget to vilit same art gollertes ,мhеп you go Buenos Aires,
1 You don't have to / сап't use уоur phone here. lt's 1 Artists like it
against the rulеs. 2 lt сап hurt
2 According to the rules, you shouldn't / haveto say 3 You should ask permission
how old you аrе when you sign up for а social media 4 Artists selI their wоrk
accoUnt. 5 we lеаrп а lot
3 Should / Сап'tl wеаr а tie оп Frrday evening? ls it formal? 6 Гоur sts look out for street arL
4 You must / mustп'г rеturп the liЬrаrу book Ьу Fridау. а if people 5ау they don't like опе of your paintings.
5 We muslл'| / should wear shoes hеrе. We have to take Ь they become well kпоwп.
if
them off. с when people travel to see their work.
6 Have to l
Соп I wеаr these boots to school? d when they visit big cities.
7 You сап / shouldn'r wear that old T-shirt to school - it's е when you want to paint iп а public space.
too dirty. f when we make mistakes.
8 Wedonthaveto /haveto dress upforthe party it's
CaSUa. @ МаКе zero conditional sentences using the
information.
@ But the words in the correct order to make sentences.
1 Ihavetime/lpaint
1 uniform / you / Do/wear/ а / ro / have/ ? When
2 аrrivе / must / We / for / оп time / class / the 2 it can Ье beautiful / something is imperfect
3 can't /You /thls / computer / use lf
4 can't / midnight / after / They / phone / the / use 3 we lеаrп from them / we make mistakes
5 to /this/forlhave / рау / we/ Do/ ? When
6 we / wait / Shouldn't / Alex / fоr / ? 4 we practise / we develop our skills
lf
@ look at the signs. Complete the sentences with mиsf,
5 you relax / you enjoy your work mоrе
mustn't, don't have to, сап, сап't апd should,
When
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5 6
you сdп
@@ present simple tense.
Will l / you / he / she / it / vve / Yes, l l you / he / she / it / we / We're giving aur рrеsепtOtiоп пехt Мопdау,
rhey eat? they will,
When talkinq about future plans, we usually use а future time
/ he / she /
No, l / yau it / we / ехрrеssiоп with the рrе5епt continuous.
they wоп't.
|'m working оп mу project пехt week, (= futuгe)
We use lrzil/ + infinitive for predictions that we аrе сепаiп about. |'m working оп mу project. (= now)
|t will Ье good fuп!
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We a'so use r,izil/ г infinitive'or imn^ediate dесisiогs,
!'l! go to the shop,
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We fоrm negative Sentences with yyont (wtll поt) + infinitive
We use the first conditionalto talk about а possible ог
We wоп't have а рrоЬlеm feeding еvеrуопе. (the
'ikely futurе. lne iГсlаusе explains what must happen
We fоrm questions with r,vll/+ subject + infinitlve. condition) for the future result in the main clause.
Willwe grow food чпdеrwоtеr? lf you go to Сhiпа, you'|l eat а lot оf deltcious food.
И/i is usually used for lопg-tеrm predictions оr when we Fоr sttuations iп the future, whеп is used to show that а
make а prediction from our prevtous ехреriепсе. speaker is sure something is going to hарреп.
The world рорulаtiоп will Ье obout l а Ьilliоп iп )а50, Whеп you go to Koreo, you might eat bulgogi. (You're definitely
He'llbe lote he alwoys is. qoing to Коrеа.)
'.
lf you go to Koreo, you mtght eat bulgogi, (There's а possibillty
In mапу cases, there is no diffеrепсе iэеtwееп will апd gоtпg
lo fоr predictions. you're going to Коrеа, but l'm not 5ure уоu'rе going.)
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1 mау / We / mоrе / grow / in / food / laboratories @ Choose the correct option to complete each sentence.
2 will /There / people / Ье / mоrе/ а lot 1 lfthe bees don'ttransferthe pollen, fruitwil/won't
3 there / Will / fish / enough / Ье / ? grow.
4 Ье / What / the / population / will / ? 2 These plants don't like water, so they might / might поt
5 eat / They / fast /won't / food Ье healthy if you give it to them every day.
3 lf we don't mееt / meet апу beekeepers, l'll buy
@ Comp|ete the sentences with (поr) going to.
some hопеу.
1 Look at the clouds ,i#зgцgзо rаiп on оur picnic! 4 if we act поw, we mау / mау поt Ье able to save the bees.
2 There's too much food. We finish it.
(D complete the sentences with the correct form
3 Тhеrе аrе two pizzasfor ten people. _ we
words iп brackets.
of the
unlikely or impossible situations. The lf clause explains what is that comes directly Ьеfоrе it and says exactly who оr what
песеssаrу fоr the result iп the main clause. the поuп ls. lп defining relative clauses we use ihe relative
tf l had mоrе г;mе lоr shopping,l'd Ье reolly hoppy. рrопоuпs who, thot апd which,
(= l don't have time fоr shopping.) The shop that sel|s sесопd,hопd lurпiturе is пеаr here.
tf l
had mоrе mопеу,l'd buy some пеw clothes, Theреrsоп who sold mе this shiп olso mode it.
(: l don't have mоrе money.) Advertisements which dоп't tell the truth оrе terrible.
lf l were roller, this shirr would fit. The relative clause сап define either the subject of the
(= l аm а certain height, and l can't chan9e that.)
mаiп clause (as in the examples above) оr the objeсt of the
We fоrm the second conditional with if + past simple and ггаiл clause.
would / wouldn't+ infinitive iп the result clause. l kпоw the реrsоп who mаdе this shiп.
lf lwere you, l would buy rhe recycled соttоп bag. l hate advertisements thot dоп't tell the truth.
Notice that the verb in the if clause is iп the past simple even lп ail of the above sentences, the relative рrопоuп has to
thouqh the sепtепсе refers to the present оr the future. Ье included because iп each case it is the subject ofthe
The if clause сап арреаг in two places. when the if clause rela[ive clause.
begins u ,.nt.n.., we separate lt from the main clause with
а соmmd.
lfthe rеlаtiче рrопоuп is the object of the verb lп the relative
lf you had о lellltlyltuff ассоuпt, уоч could sell some of
clause, the relative рrопоuп сап Ье left out.
your old things.
These аrе the пеw shoes that l told you about,
You could se!! some о{ your old things if you had а
SellMyStuff оссочпt. f hese are the пеw shaes l rо|d you about,
We usuallv usе would in the result clause, but to emphasize We use thе relative pronouns ,n lhe followin9 ways:
that something is just а possibility, could оr mlghr can Ье . wha identlfies people.
.lsed.
The guy who ruпs the rеstоurопt grows his оwп vegetobles,
bought this опd didп't like it, l could give it to you.
tf l
. which identiГres things.
lf ir weren't too small, l might buy it.
l couldn't fiпd а shop which sold the kiпd оf clathes l ltke to buy
Notice that when we аrе talking about rmаgiпагу оr . thсГ identifies people and things. Using it this way is less
impossible conditions, We Can USe }x/ere аftеr l, he,she and ir.
formalthan who or which.
lf he was / were here паw, he tMould tell you obout tt,
The artist that made this lаmр lives iп Madrid, The work
that he does is rеоllу interesting.
First conditio па1,. lf lfiпd опу old clothes, l'll put them iп the i-ý:]1:..:.=:i:J:i l- ___!::
rесусliпg Ьiп (-
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likery)
1 You see happy workers if you visited the factory. 1 l want to buy jacket who l thotisп't too expensive.
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2 lf they designed cool ciothes, people buy them. 2 ls this the shop which / иzhо sells old computers?
3 lf I qave you this shirt, you wеаr it? 3 Тhеу'rе the guys which / ичhо design the skateboards.
4 David wеаr his new jacket if he came to the party? 4 The реrsоп which l гhаг made this chair also
designs clothes.
@ But the words in the correct order to make sentences. 5 Do you kпоw а shop rhсrl yyho sells good used clothes?
1 sell anything / we wouldn't / lf we / advertise / didn't 6 iVly friend which / иуhо ruпs his оwп shop lives in Rio.
2 your old clothes, / lf you didn't / you could / throw (D Matcb the two parts of the sentences.
away / rесусlе them
3 grow soy / They would / didn't grow соrп / if they 1 The shop
4 would sell / The shop / if it wеrе / mоrе / Ьiggеr 2 l bought this shiп tn а town
5 а coat, / you could / lf / make it / l designed 3 She's the реrsоп
4 six is the time
@ Write second conditionalsentences using ffand the 5 Не designed the clothes
words iп brackets. 6 They're the people
1 Не loves designing clothes. That's why he does it. а which isn't fаr frоm paris.
(wouldn't) Ь that the shops close.
Не wouldп't desigп clothes if he didп't lave it. с who turn old clothes into handbags.
/ooks much better. 5 The Sato family our neighbours own sеvеrаl
cIothing shops
@ Complete the sentences with the present simple, past
1 Mr Нап is а college teacher who teoches furniture
simple or the й// or wouldform of the чеrЬ.
design.
1 lf l buy the blue jacket, I Won't ЬuУ (not buy) the red
опе. @ Combine the sentences in two ways. Use that or who,
2 Grеgоr will answer your questions if you l bought а jacket. lt was made Ьу hand.
(have) апу.
jacket l bought was made Ьу hапd.
lf чоu _ (not саrе) about the workers, The
l bought а jacket that was mоdе Ьу hапd.
would you buy сhеареr clothes?
How would you feel if you _ (wоrk) iп а 2 We saw а lamp. lt used to Ье а coffee сап.
dangerous clothing factory? 3 We know а designer, Не made my desk.
What (vou / do) if чоu can't find а shirt 4 l bouqht а table. lt wasn't expensive.
you like?
l _ (not choose) that соlоur if l wеrе you.
she'd lived iп Rio for tеп yeors before she moved to Fоrtоlеzо. past simp|e + past simple l past perfect
'Her реrfоrmапсе She soid (rhat) her реrfоrmапсе
Affirmative Negative showed / had shоwп паturаl
showed natural
l/You/He/She/lt/We ability.' ability.
/ They had arrived оп present perfect + past perfect
schedule. 'You've worked vеrу Не said (thot) l'd worked very hard
h а rd.'
Yes / No questions
jt
Yes, l / you / he / she / / we / thеу
will/ wоп't + would / wouldn't
Had l / you / he / she / it / we
'You'll Ье famous She said (that) lwould Ье famous
/ they aпived оп schedule? had,
one day,' опе doy.
No, l / you / he / she / it / we / they 'You won't forget your She said (that) l wouldn't forget
hаdп't. friends.' mу frieпds.
REPORTED SPEECH
поw -> then
ta1oy + lпOrOOу ,l- -- ) л,
То say what another реrSоп said, we use reported speech. ln tоmоrrоw + the пехt day
reported speech, the vеrь tense is usually moved backwards in yesterdoy + the doy before / the previous doy
time and рrопоuпs, possessive adjectives, апd adverbs of time last / пехt + the lost / the пехt
and place аrе aiso changed. lost пight + the night Ьеfоrе / the previous night
пеrе
l
+, ll]ele
-l --
The most соmmоп reporting verb is scid. we can use thсr after
said,butwe оftеп leave it out,
this rооm + that rооm
S iHs,:,.:i:==
=-*=Э
When she graduated frоm unlversity ln Scotland, Asha ф Complete the reported speech.
(З) _ (take) а job working оп а potato
farm. Althouqh she had tried during her final уеаr of 1 'Your work is excellent.'
university, she (4) (not Ье) able to find а she said that excellent
job iп marine biology, and now she (5) _ 2 l learned а ot f"on your р,еsепIаI or.
(need) mопеу because she (6) Не told а ot from mу
(аlrеаdу decide) to travel to New Zealand to work on presentatlon.
conservation projects - which she eventualLy 3 'They've worked hаrd оп their реrfоrmапсе,'
(7) -- (do),
She said that оп their
EventuaLly, she (l0) (go) back to university she said that to colle9e.
sri tanka to share hег love of the ocean with others, 1 Не said he would see me the next week,
2 She said she was interested ln languages.
ф look at
'l.
the article in Exercise Write questions using the 3 She said they'd started learning kung fu last уеаr.
@ Complete the answers to the questions in Exercise 2. Ben: Will your parents et you study агt?
1 Ву the age of six l ,. , i;:;:;' ::|,i::'-;(ti;,,lit., },r,:;l*,li,, Davina said (]) to study art iп co]lege.
She said she (2) hеr art class
3 l realized that l needed mопеу because .. see. She (5) а new side of herself.
4 l got the research job when l ... Ben asked if hеr parents would let hеr study art. Davina
5 After l ... said that it (6) _ to ask them.
- -
-
We use the passive when the реrsоп who does the action
(the agent) is obvious, untmportant оr unknown.
We fоrm the рrеsепt simple passive with the рrеsепt of Ье ТНЕ PASSIVE W|TH ВУ+ AGENT
+ the paSt participle of the main vеrЬ. We use the present
То say who оr what does or did the action (the а9еп0 in а
simple passive [оr: ,anrana. in the passive voice, we use Ьу,
. lасts that are generally true. New technology is develaped Ьу scientists оrоuпd thе world
д lot of еlесtrопiс devices are mаdе iп Сhiпа.
. regL]lar acl,ions. However, we don't usually use Ьу + agent whеп the agent is
Diчiпg classes are held ечеrу Soturday. . obvious.
. st€рs iп а process. The firя Дррlе iРhапе was sold iп 20а7 ФуАррё
The devices are designed iп Соlifоrпiа. АГtеr they're buitt iп . Unimportant.
Сhiпо, they're shipped all over the world, Steve Jobs was liked опd respected фуеуеrуопеjп+hе
Affi rmatives and negatives €оffiр€луr.
Genghis Khan (l 162-1227)was the most роwегГul lеаdеr @ Rewrite the paragraph. Put the verbs in bold in the
passive and use byto show the agent.
iп the history of the world, but по опе knows exactly
whеrе he (r ) _ (bury) when he died. The facts Mobile health
оf his death (2) _ (not know) today either, ln 20'l ], the Chinese gоVеrпmепt started the Wireless
But ехрlоrеr АlЬеп Yu-iV]in tin (З) _ (hope) to Неап Health project to help rurаl patients with
find out mоrе. ln the past, people Iooking for апсlепt sites heart problems. А small wire connects patients to а
(4) _(ехрlоrе) оп foot and оftеп dug а lot of smartphone with equipmeni that rесоrds iпfоrmаtiоп
holes. But now, small flying machines with cameras called about their heart. Then а doctor checks the information
drones (5)_ (use)to iake pictures frоm high frоm the phone, so апу advice оr а change of medicine
iп the аir. These images (6) _ (study) fоr signs can Ье given if necessary.
of апсiепt buildings. lf Lin's team noilces something,
thеv (7) (no[ slart) diooino immedialelv. @ Пеаd the article. Answer the questions.
А new technology that can look through stone and earth 3D printing used Ьу doctors to make tools and
(В) _ (use) to'see'what's underground
medical equipment
without di99ing. When Haiti was hit Ьу а huge earthquake in 20] 0, the
people needed medical equipment right away. Ноwеvеr,
@ Пеаd the article. Fоr each sentence, write Р (passive)
sending things to Haiti is slow and was made almost
or Д (active). Then choose the best word to complete
impossible Ьу the earthquake. Dаrа Dotz, who was
the description.
working to help the people оf Haitl, had ап idea. А ЗD
Using technology to explore the world printer could Ье used Ьу doctors in Haiti to make some
Every day, пеw places (']) are explored thanks to some of the necessary tools and equipment.
amazinq technoloqy. Cave divеr Alberto Nava (2) wеаrs а
1 what the main focus of each sentence?
is
device called а 'rеьrеаthе/. when the diver breathes out,
2 Which agent isn't necessary?
the rеЬrеаthеr (З) cleans the аir before it (4) is breathed
again. Rebreathers (5) are used when divers want to stay @ Write complete passive sentences. Add Ьу if necessary.
under water fоr long periods of time and when they 1 Paper / make / wood.
want to Ье vеrу quiet. А rеЬrеаthеr (6) doesn't make
Paper is mаdе{rаm waad.
any bubbles.
1 _ 2 / make / second century / the Chinese.
lt / first
- the aoent is obvious / чпkпоwп оr uпimlоrrапг
2 _-thefocus ofthe sentence is оп the subject/ object
3 Some parts / the wood / rеmоvе.
6 _-thefocus ofthe sentence is on thesubiect / obiect 7 lt / make / into books, newspapers, etc.
8 Paper products / sell / newsagents апd other shopkeepers.
Unit 'l
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Ье
become lea rп еа rп.оd еа rned
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began begun 1et let leL
beqin
brought make made made
Ьriпg brought
built meet met гпеt
build bui]t
bolght paid paid
buy bought рау
chosen put put pUt
choose chose
Come read read read
СоП.6 саmе
CoSt coSt rап
CoSt
done 5ау said
do d]d
dru пk 5ее SaW Seen
drink drank
eaten sell soid sold
eat ate
fallen send Sent Sent
fa {I fell
Sat Sat
feel felt felt Sit
the
Shuri Castle is а brilliiant castle iп the city l'm frоm - Naha, Jарап.l\-#Ще
W-hat is
of the place? What
is it? last year when my cousin was visiting from Tokyo, because the castle is famouj Where is it?
ffiгut buildlngS, pretty gardens and hu9e gates, That's the rеаsоп l like it It's Why is it special?
Why do people
unlike апу other place l've еvеr seen. д king used to live there, but поw it is like
How old is it?
whеп was it built? а гnusegлl When we were takin9 а tour, tЙе tour guide showed us the lnside
of like it?
flcastle and told us about its history, ]t's definitely the coolest house l've
what was the ever Seen.
visit like?
оwП
make your This doesn t improve their health, l believe that for the best health, everyone give reasons to
argument should first make surе they have а healthy diet, support them'
Stronger' You.
Sесодфiп my opinion по опе should smoke, because cigarettes аrе bad for /Restateyour
Use phrases
also lэаd for peopIe around you. / opinion at the end
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---T-hey're
mуорiпiопапd
'n Forгne,exerciseisthethirdmostimportantthing.ltisn'tnecessarytogOtOthe //
oftheesSay,
for mе to show gуm, but you should trу to walk to school instead of gоiпg Ьу Саr Оr bus. /
where you are /
Stating уоur Not smokin9 and gettin9 ехеrсisе аrе important, but the best waY to Stay healthy
opinion. is to have а good diet,
в
When you accept
HiDavina, an invitation, begin
Thanks for inviting гпе to your graduation рапу. 'd love to come. What should Ьу saying thank
you. lf you have апу
When you say по to wear? Should l Ьriпg anything? tet me know ASAP!
questionS about
ап invitation, begin [епа the event, ask the
Ьу saying thank you.
writer. lt can Ье
Apologize that you
polite to offer to
can't make it, and
bring something
say why - without
Anders, (food оr drinks, for
giving too mапу
details if you don't Thank you fоr the nvitatlon to your New Year's рапу. l'm sоrrу, but can't example).
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to end Ьу saying
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you hope they enjoy
the event. Р5 l hope you have а great time|
but which ls still safe to eat. This is Ьу no гпеапs а рrоЬlеm _ the food is simple
-.kind /
and vegetarian, fresh and tasty. },?=/r'cost
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restaurants in paris. you can eat well for less than ten euros.
We would definitely гесоmmепd Frееgап Ропу - it's very good, cheap and it
helps the епviгопmепt. What's not to ike?
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