Life skills

3.1 Challenges

4 'The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to

vocabulary challenges and success a nalyze pain.' Aristotle Greek philosopher
1 Choose the correct option to complete the sentences. 5 'Nothing makes me so happy as to o _bserve_ _ __
nature and to paint what I see.'
1 Penny was losing, but she didn't give@)/ at I on. She
Henri Rousseau French painter
tried really hard and won the match in the end.
6 'Some are born great, some a chreve greatness,
2 When he was young, Tom avoided thinking for I about I
and some have greatness thrust upon them.'
to getting a job. He preferred to have fun!
William Shakespeare English playwright
3 You really should make I do I go an effort to meet
people and go out more. b 3.1 l)) Listen and check.
4 One way of dealing over I with/ at problems at school is
to discuss your concerns with a teacher. 3 Complete the text using one word from box A in the correct
5 Amy will never get a job if she just waits for/ at I over form and one word from box B in each space.
somebody to give her one.
A manage succeed think prefer g+ve rise wait
6 Listen to the advice of older people. It's the best way of
making I having/ doing the right choices in life. B to (X3) in (X2) about for
7 If you can't find the job you want, show I be/ have
patient and wait until the right opportunity comes along.
8 Strong-minded people lift I prove I rise to challenges in Improving your.ll----1
life.
f - - - - - ---W
=-. :. . I:-=-= power
In his book, Willpower: Rediscovering Our Greatest Strength,
t} STUDY TIP We use the verb make in the expressions
make an effort and make the right choice. What other nouns co-written with New York Times science columnist John
collocate with the verb make to form useful expressions? Tierney, psychologist Roy Baumeister argues that every
time we resist temptation, our willpower gets weaker and
2 a Complete the famous quotes with one weaker until we can't resist any longer and we 1 g ive iJil,
suitable word. The first letter is given. and eat that chocolate, or buy that handbag. So, he asks,
1 'I can resist everything except how can we 2 rise to the challenge of
temp tation.' oscar Wilde Irish poet choosing to eat, buy or do the right thing? In Baumeister's
and playwright view, the way to improve your willpower is to avoid
3 thinking about things you really want to eat or
2 'Writing is a form of therapy; 4
buy. In tests, people managed to stop bad
sometimes I wonder how all those
habits when they had other things on their minds. In one
who do not write, compose or paint
test, for example, he told people to sit up straight every time
can m anage to escape
they sat down. Because they had to concentrate on keeping
the madness ... (of the) human
their back straight all the time, the people in the test didn't
condition.' Graham Greene
have time to think about bad habits. By doing tasks like this
English novelist
one, and by 5 succeeding in doing them well,
3 'It is no use saying, "We are
the people in the tests learnt how to control their bad habits.
doing our best". You have got
They learnt to 6 wait for lunch instead
to s ucceed in doing
of eating between meals, for example. Although most of us
what is necessary.' 7 prefer to eat that chocolate immediately
Winston Churchill British
rather than not eat it at all, it is possible to teach ourselves
politician
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Grammar ability 6 Complete the sentences. Use can/can't, could/couldn't, be

able to, manage to or succeed in and the words in brackets.
There is sometimes more than one possible answer.
4 Choose the correct options to complete the sentences.
I I play football well, but I'm not very good
at tennis.
a @ b manage c am able
2 Tom was late because he didn't to catch
the bus on time.
a able b manage c can
3 Jerry _ _ _ _ _ getting a place on the course.
a didn't manage to b couldn't c didn't succeed in
4 It was difficult, but we open the door and
go inside.
a were able b could c managed to
5 I won't _ _ _ _ _ to fin ish my work before the end
of the day.
a able b succeed c manage
6 Omar wasn't to leave work early, so he
missed the appointment.
a able b could c managing

5 Rewrite the sentences. Use the words in brackets in the

correct form.
I I'm afraid we aren't able to return the documents you In the 1920s, a young Japanese engineer applied for a
sent. (can) job at Toyota, but he 1 didvt:t su.aeed iJII, 3ettil1{} (not
I'm q/rCJtid we c.CJtvt:t retu.rJ~~, the doc.u.meJ~~,ts you seJII,t. get) the job, so he decided to start his own business. His
name was Soichiro Honda.
2 Were they able to find their way back easily? (manage)
Did they manage to find their way back easily? When he was young, Ludwig van Beethoven had lots
of violin lessons, but he 2 couldn't play (not
3 Tina couldn't get a holiday job last summer. (able)
play) the instrument very well. He was hopeless at it! So,
Tina wasen't able to get a holiday job las summer
he decided to become a composer.
4 Some students managed to pass all the exams.
In the future, nobody 3 will be able to (buy)
(succeed)
any of Vincent van Gogh's paintings because they will be
Some students succeeded in pasing all the exams
so valuable and expensive. In his lifetime, however, van
5 Are you able to lift such heavy bags? (can) Gogh only 4 managed to sell (sell) one painting
Can you lift such heasy bags? ... to a friend.
6 Are you sure that Jack will manage to find the hotel? When Fred Astaire arrived in Hollywood, people said
(able) that he had no talent. 'He s couldn't act (not
Are you sure that jack will be able to find the hotel? act) and he 6 couldn't sing (not sing)!' said
one critic at the time. However, Astaire did have talent.
7 Lars didn't succeed in passing his driving test. (manage)
Lars don't manage to pass his driving test He 7 could dance (dance) really well, and he
soon became a star.
8 Do you think Anna is able to come on Sunday? (can)
Do you think Anna can come on Sunday? Harland David Sanders knew that he
s could cook (cook) chicken really well.
He had a great recipe, but restaurants rejected it 1,009
times before eventually one restaurant decided to use
it. He called it Kentucky Fried Chicken (or KFC), and the
rest is history.

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vocabulary 3 Complete the phrases with the verbs in the box.

work skills
being (x2) managing persuading tasking working
1 Match verbs l - 6 to words a- fto make transferable skills.
l work ~ a teams l 11il-11111NY~L~ tight schedules
2 make b goals 2 working well under pressure
3 manage c hard 3 being confident in yourself
4 set d decisions 4 multi tasking
5 solve e responsibility 5 persuading people to do things
6 take f problems 6 being a good leader

2 Complete the text with the phrases in exercise 1 in the 4 Match the phrases in exercise 3 to the descriptions of van
correct form. Gaal and Guardiola.

What makes a great Van Gaal or Guardiola

Who is the best football manager?
football manager?
Louis van Gaal is a strict but emotional manager with
three great strengths.
Managers spend long hours working with their
• He is the boss and
football teams. They have a lot to do, so the ability other people are
to 1 work J-wrrd is important. Because players and happy to follow him. a~
staff need to know exactly what they have to achieve
during a football season, managers have to be good • He believes strongly
at 2 setting goals for everybody at the club, including in his own personal
abilities. b 3
the players and the coach. Managers also need to be
very strong people, able to 3 take responsability
for failure • He is good at getting
as well as success - if their team loses, they have to his players to do
talk to journalists and explain what went wrong! exactly what he asks
Great managers are good at 4 making decisions - they
them to do. c 5
can think quickly, and act immediately. For example,
they can decide when to change a player or change Pep Guardiola is a thoughtful and clever manager with
the formation of the team. They are also good at many strengths.
5 solving problems
- and they need to be, because during a
• He uses his time well
football match a lot of things go wrong, and they have
and can prepare teams
to find a solution. It is the ability to change things in to play in only a few
positive ways that makes some managers great. days. d 1
Two great managers are Louis van Gaal, who • He can do lots of different
has 6 managed teamsall over the world, including things at the same
Manchester United and the Netherlands national time. e 4
football team, and Pep Guardiola, who has been the
• When journalists and fans
boss at Barcelona and Bayern Munich. \N'hat makes criticize him, he never
them so special? panics. He always does
things well. f 2

Van Gaal and Guardiola are both great

managers. Who is the best? You decide.

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Grammar obligation, permission and possibility PRONUNCIATION sentence stress

6a 3.2 ))) Listen to the unwritten rules and
5 Choose the correct option to complete the text.
circle the strong stress in each sentence.
In which sentences are the modal verbs
stressed?
l You @to wear a shirt and tie.
2 You mustn't wear jeans.
3 You needn't start work at nine.
4 You can start at any time.

b 3.2 ))) Listen again and repeat.

7 Rewrite the workplace rules so they have

the same meaning. Use one of the modal
verbs in brackets.
l We're allowed to dress down on
Fridays. (can I need to)
We c.~~ dress dow~ o~ Frid~'t,S.
2 It isn't necessary to wear a tie. (mustn't I
don't have to)
You
n every workplace, there are official rules that everybody 1Q I 3 A few years ago, employees weren't
I can follow, and then there are the unwritten rules. The first few
weeks in a new job can be demanding because you just don't know
allowed to check personal emails at
work. (couldn't I mustn't)
what is really allowed. In other words, you have no idea what you A few years ago, employees
2 can I need to do, and what you 3can't I don't need to do.

A friend of mine recently started work in a large design company. 4 You aren't allowed to eat sandwiches
The company guidelines were clear: at your work station. (couldn't I can't)
You
• You 4 can I have to wear a shirt and tie at all times. Looking smart is
obligatory. You smustn't I needn't wear jeans. 5 In the past, it was obligatory for
employees to sign out every time they
• Our company has flexible hours. You 6 mustn't I don't have to left the building. (could I had to)
start work at nine every day. You 7 can I need to start at any time
In the past, employees
between eight and ten.

Imagine how my friend felt on his first day when he arrived at nine 6 It is necessary to book holidays six
in his best shirt and tie, only to find that everybody else had arrived months in advance. (can I need to)
at eight, in T-shirt and jeans. The unwritten rules said that you shad You
to I mustn't arrive early if you wanted the bosses to think you were 7 It is obligatory to switch off your
an enthusiastic worker, but on Fridays (and my friend's first day was mobile phone at work. (could I must)
a Friday) you 9 didn't have to I couldn't wear smart clothes. Wearing You
smart clothes was permitted, but because it was 'dress-down 8 From the start of next month, it is
Friday', it wasn't obligatory, and everybody preferred to wear jeans. permitted to start work between 8 and
Employees only 10 could I had to dress smartly if they had a meeting lO a.m. (need to I be able to)
with a client. From the start of next month, we
In a new job, learning the unwritten rules can be challenging and
embarrassing, but once you've learnt them, you don't forget them.

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vocabulary compound adjectives vocabulary review

1 a Complete the compound adjectives with verbs from the 3 Match verbs 1-8 to words a- h.
box using -ing forms and past participles. l make ~ a with all the problems
hand kftew look make price sleeve 2 make b for people to arrive
speak work 3 deal c the right choices
4 rise d to resist tem ptation
I a well- kVUlW~ actor
5 think e to the challenge
2 a left- handed tennis player
6 succeed f an effort to work hard
3 a short- sleeved jacket
7 wait g in achieving your goal
4 a good- looking man
8 manage h about what you want to do
5 an English- speaker tour guide
6 a home- made cake 4 Complete the job advertisement with words from the box.

b Match the phrases in exercise la to descriptions a- f. being making managing setting solving taking
tasking vvorl<ing
a She's won a lot of matches because of her unusual style
ofplay. _2_
b res very fashionable, but her arms get cold when she Are you a leader?
wears it. 3
c I think he's a male model. 4 Are you good at ...
d She told us all about the history ofthe palace, and I 5 managing
1 worki~ with other tight
understood every word! _ 5 people? schedules?
e He's been in lots of Hollywood films and has won an 2 taking responsibility? 6
being confident in
Oscar. 1 multi-3 tasking ? yourself?
4 setting 7 making decisions?
f It's full of fruit and tastes better than anything you can goals?
8 problems?
buy in a supermarket. _ 6 solving

2 Complete the text with compound adjectives formed from

If so) come and join our team!
the words in the box.

500 easy ft#y five full going hand hard minute

over page priced second star time working

The first day at work

Congratulations! Having survived that smartly, smile broadly and look confident when
demanding 1 fifty-mi~ute interview, you arrive. You want your colleagues to think
you've finally got the job you always wanted, you are a friendly and 6_ _ easy-going
_ _ _ _ _ __
and it's a 2 full time job, too. person, and you want your boss to think you're
so you'll be working nine to five. Tomorrow 7 hard working , so look busy and
is your first day. So, how do you make a good keen to do as much as you can. You need to
impression? It doesn't matter whether you get to know people, remember names, and ask
have a job in a 3_second
___ hand
_ _ _ __ questions. too; and if your new employer has
shop, selling old clothes and books. or a given you a huge s_ _500-page
_ _ _ _ _ __
4 five-star hotel, dealing with manual to read. make sure you read it! Remember
very rich guests prepared to pay £10 for an that your colleagues will be judging you from day
5 over-priced coffee in the luxurious one, so make sure they judge you well.
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3.4 Speaking and writing

Speaking practical instructions ij!ltljhij writing an opinion paragraph

1 a 3.3 )»Listen to an environmental scientist describing how 2a Read the paragraph from an essay and choose the best
to make a cardboard solar cooker. Tick the materials that word to complete the title.
are used. The best way to learn is by _ _doing
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
a reading b speaking c doing
1
b Complete the text with phrases from the box.

also for example for instance on top of that

such as too

Some people argue that we learn most from studying

5 textbooks. However, it seems to me that the most
6
memorable way of learning is by physically taking
part in activities. If you want to learn how to play
tennis, 1 fir ii1.Stt'IIUe , reading books about how to
serve is a waste of time. You have to get out there on
a tennis court and start practising. Learning useful
8
practical skills, 2 such as taking part
in a debate or interviewing people, can only be learnt
by actually doing them, 3_ _ too_ _ _ _ _ __
So, what about traditional school subjects like history
or geography? Well, I agree that you need books,
b 3.3)» Complete the questions and instructions with one but I believe they are 4_also _ _ _ _ _ _ __

word in each space. Listen again and check your answers. best learnt in active ways. Students can learn about
l How do you mvtke the cooker? geography by going on field trips to study rocks or
2 Letme _ _ _ _ _ you. rivers, 5 for example ; and they can learn

3 The first you do is place this larger box in about history by exploring old buildings, going to
front of you ... museums or handling old objects. Learning in this
4 Canyou _ _ _ _ _ me? way is natural and instinctive. It is how our ancestors
5 Youdoit _ _ _ _ _ this. learnt. 6 on top of that , it is a way of

6 When you've _ _ _ _ _ this, use the black paint to learning that is both fun and memorable. As the old
paint the inside ... proverb says: 'Tell me and I forget, show me and I
7 After this, cover the sides of the box with remember, involve me and I understand.'
the aluminium foil.
8 OK,what _ _ _ _ _ ?

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4.1 Living on water

vocabulary 3 Complete the article with words from the box.

living on water
t) STUDY TIP Make sure you look at the words on both sides of
1 Choose the correct answer to each question. the gaps before deciding which word fits in each gap.
1 Which one is usually bigger?
a the sea b the ocean beaches canals coast feffy floats inland island
mainland sea waves
2 Which one is not near the sea?
a a beach on the coast b a lake inland
3 Which one is a type of boat?
a a ferry b a canal
4 Which phrase means you are travelling across the sea
or ocean on a boat?
a in sea b at sea
5 Which of these is surrounded by the sea on all sides?
a an island b the mainland
6 Which plants grow in water?
a cacti and pine trees b reeds and rice
Every summer, the world's largest car 1 ferry
2 Match the headings from an advertising brochure to the carries holidaymakers and their cars across the
correct text. 2
sea from Holyhead to Dublin. The port
of Holyhead is on the west 3 coast of the
1 TAKE THE FERRY TO YOUR HOLIDAY DESTINATION small 4 island of Anglesey, in Wales. Dublin
is both a port and the biggest city on the Irish
2 s main land . The ferry's name is the MS Ulysses;
GO ON AN EXCITING HOLIDAY ACROSS THE OCEAN
it is over two hundred metres long and about fifty
3 HAVE FUN ON A CANAL HOLIDAY met res high, and it can carry 2,000 passengers and
crew, and approximately 1,500 vehicles. How it
4 6 float on the water with so many cars on
ENJOY A SPECIAL BEACH HOLIDAY
board is a miracle of engineering! Once the ferry
HEAD INLAND TO VISIT OUR LAKES AND FORESTS
arrives in Dublin, holidaymakers head for the city,
5
or for the sandy 7 beaches on the coast. The
sea off the coast of Ireland is great for surfing,
a After twelve days at sea, we reach Bermuda, where there especially in Sligo and Donegal. Surfers love the
will be time to visit the beautiful island ... huge, powerfu1 8 waves . Other holidaymakers
b Relax on the beach, swim in the sea and enjoy the bar, the drive 9 inland towards the hills and villages
restaurant and volleyball ... of central Ireland to enjoy walking or cycling
c It's the best way to make the short, one-hour crossing from holidays; or they rent a narrow boat to explore the
the mainland to the island ... 10 canals , the many waterways that go across

d There's more to Corsica than sand and waves, so rent a car, the country. Thanks to the world's largest fe rry,
leave the coast and take a look at its natural beauty ... getting to Ireland is easy, and there is plenty to do
e Spend a week travelling slowly through England's beautiful once you get there.
countryside on the man-made system of waterways ...

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Grammar will/be going to for predictions 6 Read the responses of six holidaymakers to the question
What are your holiday plans this year? Complete the
and decisions responses with will or going to and the verbs in brackets.

4 Choose the best future form to complete the sentences. 1 We've just bought a new house, so we can't
1 There are no clouds in the sky. It won't I~ afford a holiday. We're- gaivt9 ta stqy (stay) at
rain today, so let's go to the beach. home!
2 In the future, ordinary people won't I aren't going to be
able to travel abroad as inexpensively as people do now.
3 The tourist board have plans for the island. They 'll I 2 I haven't really thought about it, but I don't think
're going to build new hotels there. we are going (go) abroad this summer.
4 Your suitcase looks really heavy. I'll I 'm going to carry it ~
upstai rs for you if you like.
3 We've planned a holiday in Scotland. We
5 We've had a look at the brochure and decided on a will climb (climb) Ben Nevis, the
hotel. We'll I 're going to stay on the coast. highest mountain in Britain.

Sa Read the extract from a radio travel programme.

Complete the sentences with will or going to in the correct
4 My boyfriend and I have decided to go to New York
affirmative form. Use contractions with pronouns as in
in June. We are going to book {book) the
the example. tickets tomorrow. I can't wait!

TRAVEL • WORLD 5 I never go away on holiday. One day, pollution from

carbon fuels will destroy
ozone layer. That's why I never fly.
(destroy) the

Next week, on Travel the World, I 1 'm fJOLJII8 ta visit

an unspoilt island in the Pacific where islanders face
a difficult choice. A major hotel chain has offered 6 I haven't thought about it, to be honest. I
_ _will
_ tell
_ _ _ _ _ _ (tell) you later.
a lot of money to build a luxury hotel, and they
2
will start construction next
year. At least, that's their plan. The islanders have
the final say, and they 3_are__ going
__ to _ _ __
hold a meeting to discuss all the issues. We hope
to be there to hear what they think. Currently,
nobody knows what they 4_ _will _ _ _ _ _ __

decide to do. Many people believe that tourism

s is going to bring unwanted pollution
and large, ugly buildings to the island. At the same
time, others believe it 6 will create
jobs and introduce shops and services. On other
islands nearby, for example, the arrival of tourism
has resulted in the destruction of coral reefs and the
islanders' traditional way of life; but people are richer
and have more opportunities. Clearly, the choice isn't
an easy one. I 7_ _ will
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ see you next

week. Goodbye from paradise.

b 4.1 )»Listen to the extract and check.

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vocabulary 4 After a long day skiing in the Alps, I love to sit and
the natural world watch the . The colours can be awesome!
1 Match words 1-6 to pictures a-f. 5 I remember climbing above the clouds on Mount Fuji
in Japan. We suddenly had warm on our
faces, and it was so bright we had to put on sunglasses.
6 We travelled around Iceland last year and were amazed
by the extraordinary . The landscape
seemed to be from another planet.

4 Complete the text with words from the box.

cliffs landscape scenery soil valleys waterfalls

l rocks JL 4 cliffs d
2 peaks c 5 soil a
3 pools f 6 greenery _e

2 Read the definitions and unscramble the words.

l something clean and pleasant to breathe in
fresk Qlir shref ria
2 examples are spring and summer
season anosse
3 it's warm and feels good
sunshine insushen The Zhangjiajie National Forest Park in China is an
4 all you can see when you look across a large area
landscape aspdelnac deep 2 valleys
.
amazingly beautiful 1 LQI~Ul'sc.Qipe of high mountains and
. Powerful 3 waterfalls crash
5 it can make the sky turn red, pink or orange down the sides of steep 4 cliffs into a huge lake
sunset tunses that lies far below. Around the lake, a lot of plants grow in
6 the natural beauty that you see around you in the country the rich s soil , creating a thick forest. In the park,
scenery recysne three thousand natural columns of rock stand like magical
towers. The 6 scenery is so spectacular and dramatic
3 Six people are talking about their favourite hills or that the forest appears to be a place on another planet.
mountains. Complete what they say with the unscrambled And, believe it or not, it is! Zhangjiajie National Forest Park
words fro m exercise 2. is the setting for the Hallelujah Mountains and the forests
l I love hiking in the Peak District in England. It's an of Pandora in the popular 2009 film, Avatar.
unspoilt LQI~Ul'sc.Qipe of steep hills and green fields.
2 My favourite season in the Pyrenees, on the
border between Spain and France, is spring. The snow 8 STUDY TIP When you add new nouns to your
has gone and the mountains are covered in flowers. vocabulary notebook, note down whether they are
3 Up in the Canadian Rockies, you feel so healthy, countable (c) or uncountable (u), for example: cliff (c),
breathing in the _ _ fresh
__ air_ scenery (u).

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Grammar probability 7 Read the article about the future of the Amazon rainforest
and choose the correct options to complete the text.
5 Choose the word or phrase which expresses the meaning
in bold.
1 not probable
a will definitely b ~ c may
2 certain
a is likely to b may c will definitely
3 probable
a might b will c is likely to
4 possible
a will probably b may c is unlikely to
5 impossible
a might b definitely won't c is likely to

6a Complete the second sentences in 1-6 so they have the

same meaning, using the words in brackets.

National Tree Week is the UK's biggest tree

celebration. Every year, in the first week of
December, people across the country plant a tree.

Here are six reasons for taking part in next December's

event.
1 Over a quarter of a million people are to join our celebration
this year. (definitely)
Over a quarter of a million people will deji~-titeLy jai~-t
our celebration this year.
The Amazon rainforest is the largest tropical rainforest
2 We will probably plant more trees than ever before. (likely) in the world, covering over five and a half million square
We will likely plant more trees than ever before. kilometres. It's home to 10% of the world's known
3 Our forests won't survive unless we plant more trees. animals and plants, but if we continue to destroy the
(definitely) forest as we are doing now, we can be sure of one thing:
many of these natural wonders 1 may not !@survive.
Our forests defenitley won't survive unless we plant more
Jaguars, giant river otters, tapirs and other animals 2 wi// I
trees.
might almost certainly become extinct in the wild .
4 Over two hundred school and community groups might take So, what can be done to save the rainforest? Today, there
part in this year's event. (possibly) are many important projects that aim to protect millions
Over two hundred school and community groups of kilometres of unspoiled Amazon rainforest. These
will possidly take part
_________ in this year's event. actions could resu lt in two exciting possibilities. One is
5 You may not need them, but our team of volunteers are here that we 3 definitely will I may save many species from
to help. (not probably) extinction. The other very small possibility is that we
4 are likely to I might recover some of the land that was
You probaly don't need them, but our team of
volunteers are here to help. once rainforest.
Here, at Rainforest Survival, we aim to support these
6 National Tree Week may not succeed without the help of
vital projects, and that's why we're asking for your help.
people like you! (unlikely)
Please send us your donations. If we don't take action
National Tree Week will unlikely succeed without the
now, the rainforest is 5 /ikely I unlikely to disappear in our
help of people like you! lifetimes, and we 6probably won't I will probably lose a
whole world of wonders.
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vocabulary 2 Read the text and complete it with idioms, using the word in brackets.
idiomatic phrases
about places
1 Read the comments and circle the correct Micro
words to complete the texts and tweets.
The problem with
living in a crowded city
Post your comments like New York is that
apartments are hard to
and tell us whaf s making find and very expensive.
you happy right now! That's why so many young
city-dwellers these days
Finally feeling 1 tv in I on home and
1 (lfre m gki11:9 tke..mselves gt
enjoying going out with my new friends kame (make/home) in tiny micro
at university. apartments. Some are only 100 metres
Marina Andalucia in size! They are often beautifully designed,
w ith space-saving ideas like making the stairs into
a set of drawers! Even so, new tenants soon 2 _ run
_out
__of space
_ _ _ __
Relaxing in my garden on a summer's (run/space) for their belongings, and have to 3_get _rid
_of
_ _ _ _ __
day, miles from 2 anywhere I everyvvhere I (rid) all the extra clothes and stuff they don't need when they move
nowhere, and looking at the beautiful in. They have to be very tidy because they simply can't move when
view! there are clothes and bags and things 4_all _over
__ the
_place
_ _ __

Guido Liguria (all/place). However, although it won't suit a couple thinking of

s settling down (settle), it will suit busy young professionals
who work hard, go out a lot and 6 feel at home (feel/home)
Working from home, so I don't have to right in the heart of New York.
travel to an office every day, packed in
like 3fish I sardines I tuna on the bus!
Barbara Sao Paulo
vocabulary review

Tidying my room, getting rid 4 at I of I
with everything I don't need any more,
and making room 5 for I from I of more!
Detelina Sofia
3 Match the words in the box to the definitions. There are four words you do
not need.
canal coast ferry forest island lake ocean j3e'alt rock season
steep waterfall

I live in a beautiful city, which I know like 1 the top of a mountain pe(ifk
the 6 back I fingers I front of my hand, 2 the place where land meets sea coast
and where I feel I belong. 3 a type of boat ferry
Mauro Verona lake
4 water surrounded by land
5 a man-made waterway canal
7 down
I've finally settled I in I up with 6 a place fu ll of trees forest
my partner. We got married and now 7 spring, summer, autumn, winter season
I'm expecting a baby.
Marisol Caracas 8 land surrounded by water island

4 Complete the sentences with a, b or c. More than one answer may

Thought I'd lost my passport. I looked be possible.
all 8 for I over I up the place and finally a at sea b in the mountains c on the coast
found it!
1 You find waterfalls ... b, c 4 You find beaches ... c
Ahmed Cairo
2 You find waves .. . a, c 5 You find pools ... c
3 You find cliffs .. . b, c 6 You find soil ... b

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4.4 Speaking and writing

Speaking enquiries ij!ltlj!jJii avoiding repetition

1 a 4.3 ))) Listen to conversations 1- 4 and match them to the 3a Read the text about a Norwegian town called Mo. How
situations. many times does the writer repeat Mo, town, old and good?
a Telephone banking _ c In a shoe shop _ 1_
b At the dentist's d At a bus stop

b 4.3 ))) Listen again and complete the sentences and

questions with one word or number in each space.
Conversation 1
Thanks for your help, I really it. I'm size
_ _ _ _ _, bytheway.
Conversation 2
Could you me when the _ _ _ __
leaves?
Conversation 3
I ifyou could help me transfer
£ to my new account?
Conversation 4
Just one last . It cost me £_ _ _ _ _ last
time. How much do you think it'll cost this time?
I grew up in Mo, a small town near the Arctic Circle
2a Complete the conversation between a receptionist (R) and on the coast of Norway. Although Mo is an industrial
guest (G) by writing two words in each gap. 1 tcwn ce11in. , 2 Mo town has an interesting
R How 1 ur11, I help you? old quarter with 3very interesting _ _ _ __
scenery
4 old tall wooden bu ildings. Many of these
G J2 wonder if you could give me a wake-up
buildings are painted bright colours. In summer, the sun
call at 7?
never sets in Mo and it never goes dark. Personally,
R Certainly. Are you 3 aware that breakfast I think this is what makes my 5 Mo is a very
starts at 8 tomorrow because it's Sunday? special 6town _ centre
_ _ __
G No, thanks for telling me. OK. 4 can you
Mo is one of the most northerly towns in the world.
wake me at 7.30, then?
Surprisingly, however, there are plenty of things to do
R Certainly. Can I help you 5 with anything else? 7 in Mo town . For example, there is a really
G Could 6 you tell me when the bus goes good theatre, a 8 really good old museum,
to the airport? and a wonderful festival that takes place in May.
R Yes, of course. The airport bus leaves at 10 a.m., 12, 2 So, next time you're in the north of Norway, come
and4. and visit me in Mol
G OK. Thanks for your help - 7 I needed it.

b 4.4 ))) Listen and check your answers. b Make the text about Mo more interesting by crossing out the
words in bold and replacing them with words from the box.

eeffife fascinating great hometown

it place there traditional

1 can .. . very well Quite well More practice

understand idiomatic phrases about places. 0 0 0
make and deal with enquiries. 0 0 0
avoid repetition when writing. 0 0 0
4.5 Listening for pleasure

Architect Shigeru Ban

1 Complete the three captions with the words in the box.

architect architecture cardboard designs

paper tubing recycled refugees shelters

One of Shigeru Ban's most interesting 8 desings is

the Centre Pompidou- Metz, a large museum of modern
art in eastern France.
The 1 C(l(rdbMrd Cathedral in New Zealand was
designed by Japanese 2 architect Shigeru Ban, who
was born in Tokyo in 1957 and studied 3 architecture in
Japan and California. 2 4.5 )»Listen to an interview with an expert talking about
Shigeru Ban's career.

3 Choose the correct options to complete the text.

Shigeru Ban has become 1 known I knowing as

the 'disaster architect', and for good reason. His
architecture is perfect in a 2 disaster I disastrous
zone. In fact, his work became famous when he
came up with a 3 result I solution to the desperate
need for shelters in 4 question I refugee camps in the
early 1990s. Refugees who have lost their 5 homes I
houses often don't have enough 6 stone I wood to
build shelters. Ban's solution was to make shelters
from paper tubing, and it was perfect. The shelters
were cheap, strong, 7 easy I hard to build, and they
8 saved I spent lives.

Ban, who uses 4 reclycled paper as a bui lding

material, has also designed emergency 5_shetters
_ _ __ 4 What do you think of the materials Shigeru Ban uses?
made from long rolls of 6 paper tubing to provide What are the advantages and disadvantages of using paper
housing for 7 refugees in war zones. to construct buildings?