Grammar 1A Present perfect simple and present perfect continuous ‘Complete the text with the correct form of the verb, in brackets. In recent years, heavy rains (fart been LalYee 6, uch of West Africa. These rains (2) Jaowe Leel_ (Jead) to some of the worst environmental and health problems seen in the region for years. Of course, when wwe hear the word Africa on the news most people think drought. And when we hear the words ‘Aftica’ and ‘rain’ wwe assume it good news — unfortunately this isn’t always the case. Although the rains (3) “dace ontant! (mean) an increase in agricultural production the rains (have alse caurige cause) widespread flooding and this (6) Arar spell (pit) many of the cro With the rains a new problem (6) ‘onmsveel (arrive) ~locusts. Experts who (7) eure bean wer Wing (cork) in the region for years say its one ofthe worst natural disasters they (8) Aare See _ (see). People (oyhare been wailing awit) for years for the rains and now they (10) Sow conn (come) the situation is actually worse than before. Grammar 1B Present perfect simple, present perfect continuous and past simple Choose the correct verb form to complete the sentences. Girele the correct answer. 1 Sharks lived /bave lived millions of years. 2 One in five people were ive been bave been being affraid of water since they were a child. 3 Wheniid you last swim bave you last oum / bave you last been saimoning in the sea? 4 Man changed / bas changed (bas been changing the environment since he first appeared on Earth. 5 One of the biggest environmental disasters fooky bas taken / bas been taking place off the coast of Alaska in 1989, 6 itd you ever stand (Fave you ever stood? Have you ever been standing on a jellyfish? ive been Hivimin the sea for Land & Sea 7 Temperatures in the world’s oceans rose /ave risen / Fave been rising over the past 30 years. In recent years scientists became {Bave become} have been becoming concerned with the melting ice a the polar regions. 9 In 2010 temperatures in the ArcticGeereY have been / ‘ave been being the coldest for many years. Grammar 1€ Present perfect simple, present perfect continuous and past simple Are these sentences correct (¥) or incorrect (X)? Circle the correct answer. 1 Tve been interested in sharks since Iwasa child.) x 2 A few years ago I have been bitten by a shark, bout luckily I wasn’t badly hurt. v® 1 Yesterday there were some reports ofa big shark off the coast Ox 4 was never frightened as there's more chance of being hit by a car than being bitten by a shark. @) x 5 I've been studying hammerhead sharks last year. 6 My first dive was in 2001 in Australia. Dx 7 Thaven't been back there for years, but 'm going there later this summer. 8 [didn’t see a great white yet. ~ “® Grammar 2A Adjective order Choose the correct option to complete the phrases. Circle the correct answer. a py ae ae sea an @d round sifverY old silver round compass am ancient strange M-strange ancientwea mystery a green small glass Ksmall green glassV/ small glass green bottle with a messagi 5 a(@ely 19th century 19tb century lovely poem about the ‘s pee sailing / bg sailing modern yacht 1 Gti Peet Benn morning reece 1 endl aig ad ring od wnden (GPP ‘ed wonden rowingboatLand & Sea Grammar 2B Adjective order Put the words in the correct order. 1 thus {dak / deep /sea che 2 an/Viking / old / ship / wooden sod Wa 2 noisy // seagull/ hie . + from the depths giant / monster / mysterious dybishave not had any rz 5 beautiful / boat fa / long / sailing AptcatD Lacy Bashing ead ‘ ‘ool ong / clo ser 7 ancient / atlas / Italian / small / a cs other 4 a/ breeze / col /Tovely fea Vocabulary 1A Natural world Choose the correct option to complete the sentences. Circle the correct answer. 1 Hannibal crossed the sa-capped rolling mountains ‘with his elephants. 2 The Amazon is a very dense Khroad Fiver. 3 Teome from a town in the south-east of Australia that is surrounded by felling bigh hills. 4 Mount Kilimanjaro is a broad jountain in Kenya. 5 Antarctica is actually a very(dry Ysmow-capped desert. 6 Thehills in many Mediterranean countries are quite GarrenY ary. 7 Throughout the mid-west of the USA you see mile after mile of rivers Kfeldof corn. 8 Upto 50 per cent ofall species of animals and planes live in the grasoyforests Vocabulary 1B Natural world Complete the sentences with the correct word. The first. leteris given for you. 1 Only 20per cent of the worlds dese are covered in sand. Many of the largest are covered in ice and snow. 2 Around 45 a cent of Canada is covered 3 The g AO. fields in central and northern Argentina are known as the Pampas, 4 The longest r_Awcexy__in North America is the Mississippi. 5. The landscape in many Mediterranean countries is quite bovwr 6 The tallest mauJ@ers in the world is Mauna Kea in Hawaii at 33,465 fi, but only 13,796 is above sea level. Some areas of the Atacama dz ___ in Chile for hundreds of years. Vocabulary 2 land ‘Match the two parts of the sentences. 1 Thought we were going to crash, C2) 2 I'm going for another job interview tomorrow (A) 3, When Sam had his accident ¢ >) 4 Pullicin reallyslowly ¢&) s When your application landed on my desk ¢ 2) knew you were the right person for the job. “a0 he landed up in bed for a week. © butin the end we landed safely. and I'm really hoping to land this one as I need the money. ve and I'll help you land it. . Vocabulary 3A The sea Complete the sentences about the sea with the words in the box. There are two extra words you do not need. cureris coe sends seaweed shetn «an snorkel ‘There are probably around 2,000 different species of) in our seas, but of these only around 100 are dangerous to humans. A jellyfish can move or swim, and even (2)__2Wve_ by. opening and closing its bell (a bit like an umbrella), but much of its movement is dictated by the ocean 8) ‘This is one reason why many are washed up on the (4) ode _of a beach when the 6) ‘comes in. They usually eat small fish, some (6) like shrimps and zooplanktoy (very small animals) but they don't eat (7) MRA Wee _ ©Land & Sea Vocabulary 3B The sea ‘Complete the puzzle with words connected to the sea. e Ps[a[nkt a e wu fsle lal] glare w a Be A (e Psimfo[e[e[e(2] Pylole T L “ bo! ful fe (to [x [al wie |e] oA] Ey Pele yale Across 2 a loose pale brown substance that you find at a beach, formed from very small pieces of rock (4) 3 acommon grey and white seabird (7) 5 apiece of equipment with a tube that fits into your mouth so that you can breathe while swimming under water (7) 46 a large expensive boat that is used for racing or sailing (5) 8 agreen or brown plant that grows in the sea (7) 9 the way that the level of the sea regularly rises and falls during the day @) Down 1 astrong movement of water in one direction (7) 2 the empty shells of sea animals (9) 4 alarge ship that carries oil or petrol (6) 7 aline of water that rises up on the surface of the sea (4) Extend your vocabulary country or land? Choose the correct option to complete the sentences. Girele the correct answer. A. Ldidn’t know you came from the same mtryy land as Maya. 2 Fora long time Ametica was seen as the coumery land) of opportunity. ‘How many(ountriey Jands have you lived in? ‘hey sailed for 42 days, but finally they saw country ‘The country Matdaround here is quite hilly. 4 Did you know that Canada is the second biggest GuntrY land in the world? ® x 5 Listening An important change © 1.05 Listen to a radio programme and complete the phrases with the adjectives in the box amacfig beautiful crapaic easy good ring sudden whol Tve always loved the (1) 20e@4wing, hills and the mountains, Teholds alot of @) 9° _ memories. Ie must have been quite a(n) G) BAe WOEC change ‘moving from the city to the country. Thad a(n) ) hhome, a car .. Te wasn't a(n) (5) —_Deilelere decision. was spending my (6) W2ae®2__Iife looking at ‘The view is (7) _Amering T've learned to live without elects @ ee Pronunciation 1 Spoken forms (1.06 Listen and circle the word you he sentence. ' ity which hasn't been Doncha 2 gown : ae 4 didya s Gowa gonna {Boned Dida Pronunciation 2 Sounds 1. Before listening, put the words in the box in the correct group depending on their sounds. allowed cry day fear feel grey guide here key loud night now pier sea take sea fale wel Obs, Hey | rosa. Lie ae & 2. 1.07 Listen and check your answers.» Land & Sea Reading 4. There are almost... species of dolphin. The messengers of Poseidon + fourteen © fory ne 5. The best known dolphin is the 1. Choose the correct answer to testyour knowledge meee rot of dolphi ee aad are 6 These dolphins live in every ocean of the world except 1 In mythology; dolphins have often appeared as ae bringers of. oO ee ; Antarctic Mediterranean © Pacific + food @goodituck «bad lock 7 The dolphin’ greatest enemies are 2 Dolphins are marine humans sharks ae @ mammals shellish © fish 2 Read the first two paragraphs of the article to check 3. They belong to cetaceans, a group which also includes... NM Ne neechee te «sharks (©) whales jellyfish The messengers of Poseidon Sea creatures have always played an important role in human culture, especially dolphins. Because of their intelligence and friendly attitude, dolphins have often appeared in different mythologies as bringers of good luck. They are common in Greek mythology and were the messengers of Poseidon, the Greek god of the sea. Dolphins are marine mammals and belong to cetaceans, a group of mammals which also includes whales. There are almost 40 species of dolphin and one of the best known is the bottlenose dolphin which lives in every ocean of the world except the Arctic and the Antarctic oceans. Dolphins don’t have many enemies. In fact, their greatest threat comes from humans. ‘One of the world’s most controversial dolphin experts is Richard (Ric) O’Barry. In the 1960s O'Barry worked at the Miami Seaquarium in the US where he trained dolphins. ‘He then captured and trained five dolphins for a television series called Flipper which became a huge success around the world. The series told the story of a bottlenose” dolphin called Flipper, the friend of a park warden and his two young sons. “The part of Flipper was played at different times by the five dolphins, one of which was called Kathy. It was when Kathy died that O’Barry’ attitude to dolphins changed. He decided it was wrong to train dolphins in captivity and started to campaign against the dolphin industry. Ironically, it was the success of Flipper that led to the opening of water parks around the world, encouraging the capture of dolphins. In 1989 Ric O'Barry founded The Dolphin Project to study Atlantic bottlenose dolphins. Since then the organisation has studied over 850 different individual bottlenose dolphins. O'Barry has also written several books to raise awareness about dolphins in captivity including Bebind the Dolphin Smile (1989) and To Free a Dolphin (2000). He has Glossary also been the subject of the award-winning campaign (verb) - to try to achieve political or documentary film, The Cove. The 2009 film ‘cial change by persuading ther people othe told the story of O’Barry’s campaign to stop | Svemmenttodosometnng the hunt of dolphins and increase the publics | ™amma\(Teur)-an anmal hats bom from ts tthe oa, ot fon an ap knowledge and concern for our marine ‘warden oun) ~ someone whose fob is to be =_Rcne ‘responsible for a particular place or thingLand & Sea 3. Read the rest of the article and decide if the sentences are true (7) or false (F). Circle the correct answer and correct the false sentences. 1 Richard O’Barry trained dolphins before working on Flipper. 2 The part of Flipper was always played by a dolphin called Kathy. T® 3 O'Barry’$ attitude to dolphins changed after his wife died. 70) 4 He then started campaigning against something hhe had helped start ®. Hee joined the Dolphin Project in 1989. To Free a Dolphin was an award-winning film. 5 ‘ 4 Write the verbs in the correct form. 1 Sea creatures Agrt_gliv fy (akoays play) an important role in human culture 2 Dolphins Bare (often appear) in different mythologies. 3. Dolphins den** (not bave) many enemies. 4 Their greatest threat 274" _ (come) from humans. nce 1989 the organisation {tes Soadeed. rudy) over 850 different individual bottlenose dolphins. 6 OBany fas alae la prt) several books because he wants” —__*_ (ruse) awareness about dolphins in captivity 5 Read the article to check your answers to exercise 4. 6 Answer the questions in your own words. 1 Why do you think Ric O”Barry’ attitude to dolphins changed? | 2 Have you ever seen a dolphin? Describe where and when. 3 Do you agree with Ric that dolphins shouldn't be kept in captivity? farged Din ottitnce, tir aetpriny, becane Me srabsed the domage Re te ee Taapeng ame undo ayy ow the vine ae ee oe aD Pore myer pow ort ,ouly ow TV, 3. Ye omy cunrincl mart rmnaie IM Sy Balitt ge thet Ub can a Ga Hea mart opptinnol wag» ae3 Land & Sea Writing A website comment Reading 1 Answer these questions. 1 When you visita place or restaurant for the frst time, do you find information about i on the internet before going? 2 Do you read comments posted by people who have been there? 3. Do people’ comments affect your choice of places ogo? 2 Read the comments posted on a travel website and write the name of the section each comment is from. When to visit Arriving & departing What to do Where to eat Getting around 1 __wWhek te der Ifyou want to leave the beach or hotel pool then head for'La Quinta’ (Fifth Avenue) I's the main shopping street and a good place for restaurants too. i's a pedestrian wakway which makes it a aress-ee place to shop. Ifyou want to explore runs then Chichen itza is Undoubtedly the best place to star. 2 Gilling enous Its nota large town and you'l probably spend most ‘of your time around the beach area anyway. You can walk almost anywhere and the taxis are very reasonably priced. A lot ofthe locals use colectivos to get to other resorts in the area. These are passenger vans and they stop at the major hotels. 3 sound ws ‘The best way is arguably to take the bus, I's certainly the ‘cheapest! Its ai-conditioned, there's space for luggage, ‘and it wil leave you at the Playa bus station conveniently situated on Sth Ave and Juarez. You can also buy vouchers for taxi rides inside the airport terminal bulking. Rowling amswey A. Sometioer J frirck Antowmetian few ee ow Uh websle ov! Ay decor 4 Whew te yack "ve just returned from a ten-day holiday in Playa del Carmen and the weather was near perfect. I'd agree with other postings that February to May is the best time there. The sea is calm for swimming and there isn't ‘much rain, There are a lot of tourists though, especially | you want to try the local cuisine then you should finitely visit Carboncitos. The food is great and the ‘atmosphere is relaxing. Ask forthe Ei Pastor tacos. They are quite simply delicious and the service is tourist- ‘trendy, Don't miss it. 3 Match the words and say what they refer to in the comments. free friendly perfect conditioned priced £ situated Writing skills (1): expressing degrees of certainty 4 Complete these sentences with adverbs expressing degrees of certainty. Then read the comments again to check your answers. « 1 Ifyou want to explore ruins then Chichen Itza is undgubtedls the best place to start 2 Tes nota large town and you'll ‘most of your time around the beach area anyway. spend 3 The best way is. et to take the bus. 4 Is the cheapest! 5. Ifyou want to try the local cuisine then you should visit Carboncitos. 5. Which two of the adverbs in exercise 4 express a lower degree of certainty than the others? 243 9 Prballys avd onquasly. ds chy, Reviews deat Ke antorrnast ne. 0 Ut ws Fate San J Rare bo dacicle 8. da prtally bee AK mew Lbkeo worming = @®Writing skills (2): being brief 6 The most useful website comments are often brief in order to communicate the information and writer's opinion as concisely as possible. Look at the whole ‘comment below and identify the most important information. Then rewrite it in 20 words or less. T’ve just returned from a 10-day holiday in Playa del ‘Carmen and the weather was near perfect. I'd agree with other postings that February to May is the best time there. ‘The sea is calm for swimming and there isn't much rain. ‘There are a lot of tourists though, especially at Easter. Preparing to write 7 Read the Writing task below. Keep your comments brief, but make sure you include your personal opinions and suggestions. iting ‘Write a series of comments for a website about the place you live or a place you have visited recently. Write comments for the following sections. When to visit Arriving & departing What to do Where to eat Getting around + If you want to explore... then . +. 18a good place for. + In my opinion + Dont miss it. + The best way to + You should definitely visit. # ASK for. @ omeGrammar 1A Modals of speculation Read the sentences and put them into the correct category. ‘Write the sentence numbers in the boxes. 1 You must have an amazing memory. 2 Ifyou look carefully you might be able to see two faces in the picture. 3. Ie impossible! He can't have done it without using a trick. 4 There must be a way of doing it so that no one can see. 5 The magician’ assistant might have been in the audience. 6 Tecould be a fake, you know. 7 There could be more than one way of hiding the correct card You can’t have known what I was thinking, [Certain APALE Possible 2,5, 6:7 Grammar 1B Modals of speculation Choose the correct model verb to complete the text about Houdini. Circle the correct answer. Most people have heard of Hary Houdini, but it he hadn't met Bess Rahner, his future wife, we (1) could /¢ ‘must never have heard of him. When she met him in 1896 he was just doing small card ticks. But Bess suggested he concentrate on his escape acts and he soon became one ofthe | greatest escape artists aver. To become 80 good he |) could / mignt ‘stave spent hours practising and he (9) cant / may us 3180 have been very ft. Over the years his acts became more and more daring and for Bess it (4\Gan / could / must have been easy knowing that each time he performed he (6) can't /€hightY must die. In 1909 Houdini wrote a book called Handcuff Secrets in which he led how most locks and handouts (6) can'/ must be opened. In 1926, Houdini collapsed | on stage at what was to be his final performance. {It (7) cant / may ifmusb rave been a real shock as | he'd done the sameact many times before ang always survived. Its thought he @) cant Eight may not have been killed by a student who puriched him hardin the stomach, although ne was already il |) and he would have dled anyway Grammar 2 Passive and anticipatory Complete the sentences so they mean the same as the original sentence. 1 People say that if you break a mirror you'll have seven years’ bad luck, tein sail tho€ _ ifyou break a mirror you'll have seven years’ bad luck. 2. There is a rumour that touching the left foot of the statue of John Harvard will increase your intelligence Tris rumoured Hat touching the left foot of the statue of John Harvard will increase your intelligence 3 People report that if you vist the Tower of London at ‘midnight you will see the ghosts of two young boys. 1b reported thed ityou visit the Tower of London at midnight you will se the ghosts of two young boys. 4. People say that if you finda four-leaved clover you will be lucy. rib said thet _ifyou Gnd a ourdewed clover you will be lucky. 5 People report that bathing in the Dead Sea will help make you healthier 1e_is_xporkeel thet _ bathing in the Dead Sea will help make you healthier. 6 There isa rumour that by drinking herbal tea every morning you won't become ill so frequently. 1r_it.vomoueed thet by drinking herbal tea every morning you won't become ill so frequently. Grammar 3A ‘Complete the sentences with either the past perfect simple or past perfect continuous form of the verb in brackets. She had mitt (write) ewo other mystery novels before she got this one published. 2 The family who Hoal_been restHingront) che big old house disappeared one day and were never seen again. 3 Hannah bed olwody © FES Par forse months before she finally found a job. 4 He had _been wottdy2) in the theatre and he dlecided to stay on after his friends lft.Magic & Mystery 5 [bad Frew _ (now) Adam years before, but we _Yred_Vast (lose) contact with each other 6 She said that she Fed ben Word! frork) as a magician’s assistant when the accident happened. 7 Before he met my mother, my father Hod spect ~_ (spend) all his time travelling around the world. Grammar 3B Past perfect simple and past perfect continuous Choose the correct tense to complete the sentences. Circle the correct answer, 1. Gavin was /Gad fepdhere before, so this time he(faew?) ‘had been knowing exactly where to go. 2 Hes suddenly alised Y bad been realising she met / Gadmarim — before. : ae ‘rere waiting Kbad been waitigfor hours when the flight finally departed 4 By the time Amand: had been deciding it was already too late, 5 Paul thought Gell seem held been secing the film before, but he Gan’ hadn't been. plot to me I ¢ijayegY bad enjyed the film a lot more. Vocabulary 1A Suffixes (jobs) Choose the correct suffix from the box to make the name ofa job. pho pS apt) fF) 1 My aunt plays in an orchestra. She’ a professional smusiciOn 2 Toworkas a flight attend 96 you normally have to be atleast one metre 57 centimetres tall 3 Ellen MacArthur always dreame of being a ssilO. 4 Many people work in the city of London as stockbrokers and bank@es. 5 Whar exactly does a film direct do? 6 When I was a college I worked as a wait @1_ to make some money. 7 They say you should never trusta politician. @® = Vocabulary 1B ; Suffixes (jobs) Complete the sentences with the correct word. The first letter is given for you. Rersember to use the correct suffix. 1 Think I prefer playing football to being aspectalor 2 Someone who looks after people’ eyes is called anophuon 2. Tom's dad teaches at the university. He’ apvofesser 4+ Aperson who is inan army is called as oboe 5 Dmnot very good with money so Thave an awcountart to look after my finances. 6 Houdini was a famous American mexgicten 7 Tlove making things with wood ~ I've always wanted to peat beacarpepte All the lights went out and we had to call ane leAnicionn Vocabulary 2 Vague language 1 (people) Complete the sentences using the names im the box. 1 Even families that aren't well-off try to look 2s if they have as much money as their neighbours. In English we say they are trying to keep up with the Jone te 2. Until we know who the victim is we'l just have to refer tohimas_3ohn Doe __ 3 Nowadays exams seem to be easier and it looks 2s if any For ick °F from can get into emniversies! 4 He’s just your average 25* Bosss certainly no different from you or me.Magic & Mystery Vocabulary 3 Vague language 2 (things) Complete the sentences with the correct word or phrase. ‘The first letter is given for you. 1 Greg kes walking and eying and all hat kind ofstuef 2 Itsoneofthose ching s you use for golf. you know, putting the ballin, 3. Just buy him the latest electronic gi2me men love them, 4 Thats the srt og thing _ most people like. 5 Pmnot sure a magic show is the kt? _og hing _ she would enjoy, but you never know. 6 Can you pass me the whateham acalits Extend your vocabulary: metaphors (deceiving someone] ‘Complete the sentences with the words in the box. chase gave leading path 1 She was really €04n0) him on. Telling him she was a famous film star was just 100 much! 2 Trevor really 94% us the runaround. Every time we went round to his house he was out and we were never able to catch him, 3 Itwasa complete wild-goose Chase anda ‘waste of time. 4 Tean’t believe I was taken fora _1f4e _again! You'd think after it happened once that it wouldn'e happen again. 5 Alex felt so stupid. She'd led him up the garden —poth and he'd never even suspected it. Listening Visiting Northern Ireland 9 1.08 Listen to the radio programme about Northern Ireland. Put the topics in the correct order (1-6). 5s famous ship. ® s tocal legend. AL Links with literature —1_ Location and population. 4 Money tips 2_ Strange and magical places. Pronunciation Contractions and weak forms 5 1.09 Listen to the sentences and tick (¥) the one you hear. 1 4 Who do you think it could have been? Who do you think it could've been? 2 (© Things had been going wrong for quite some time. > Things have been going wrong for quite some time. 3» You must have known what was happening. © You must've known what was happening 4 © He had never understood what was wrong, » He'd never understood what was wrong. 5 @ They could've waited a litte bit longer. » They couldn't have waited a litle bit longer. 6 + Who had been waiting for the right opportunity? © Who'd been waiting for the right opporcniMagic & Mystery Reading Magical & mysterious places Which of these ‘places’ have you beard of What d he you think they have in comi« HG Utopia Shangri-La Atlantis EI Dorado 2 Read the article. Then match the places with their “locations. 1 Utopia €&) 2 Shangri-La (4) 3 Atantis Co) 4 ElDorado (9 + South America the Atlantic Ocean © the Mediterranean Sea @ Asia . 3. Put the words into the table, according to which legendary place they refer to. earthquake easy money expedition fictional sland longer fe lost city of gold lost civilisation mystical valley natural disaster perfect society tribal chiet Utopia Poe ee, _, PRobordl cotichy ShangecTa [PR eat WANT ng, We ‘Atlantis earthquake , ARSE Me ald El Dorado tady money best city Tribal Sieh, expedetion 4 Read the article to check your answers to exercise 3. 5 Complete the quotes with one of the names: Utopia, Shangri-La, Atlantis, BI Dorado. 1 ‘Since £1 rad” _ isthe city of gold, there might be, oh gold nuggets, ust, an entire temple of gold. (The Road to €\_dovaces 2 ‘Its the death of a whole culture and a whole heritage. It’ like the city of _ttl#5 _? (Mary Bowen) 3. ‘Everybody has their owa ideas of Ghavgn — La, I tried to teach myself to enjoy the present, enjoy the now? (Mark Knopfler) 4 ‘A map of the world that does not include —vFopf@ is not worth even glancing at, for it leaves out the one country at which Humanity is always landing’ (Oscar Wilde) the questions in your own words. 1 Can you think ofa modern-day equivalent to ElDorado? Mavjbe oer VOger 2 If they did exist, which of the places would you most like to vist? Why? Sh Sx Woe egeauie Loker 3, Describe your ‘Shangri-La : SMengicle , a plece with a tot of teodihon ‘olor and celeSekone . St mala you ep Py ounMagic & Mystery prommoeecianndesanaennar secre seem aSRESNOA Magical & mysterious places 5 Does Utopia exist? What about Shangri-La, Adantis and E Dorado? Let’ start with Utopia. The word Urpia was invented by Sir Thomas More who used it as the title for a bbook he wrote in 1516, In the book he described a fictional island in the Atlantic Ocean Since then the word has been used to describe a society in which everything is perfect. In other words, a place that couldn’t possibly exist! Shangri-La is another fictional place that started life in a book. The book was Lost 1 Horizon by the British author James Hilton. Published in 1933, Hilton described a ‘mystical valley where people aged more slowly and lived longer. People continue to use the term Shangri-La to refer to a magical place. Although the valley in Hilton's book is, fictional, some places in the Buddhist Himalaya between northern India and Tibet have claimed to be the location for the story. Atlantis was an island first mentioned in Plato's Timzeus and Critias According to Plato's dialogues, Atlantis was destroyed by an earthquake or other natural disaster about 9,000 years previously. Plato’ characters say it was situated somewhere outside the Pillars of Hercules. Although most believers think Atlantis was in or near the Mediterranean Sea, others have placed it in the Atlantic Ocean or Antarctica. Wherever itis or isn’, the idea of this lost civilisation continues to inspire and intrigue us. El Dorado was the name of a tribal chief who covered himself with gold dust and then dived into Lake Guatavita situated in Colombia. The ritual became the basis for the legend of El Dorado which told of a lost city of gold. The possibility of finding gold in this lost city attracted many explorers including Francisco Orellana and Gonzalo Glossary Pizarro who, in 1541, set off on an expedition | inspire (rt) to ie someone the enthusiasm to to find their fortune, They didn't find the city, | 0" ete someting bbut Orellana ‘discovered’ the Amazon River. | ave (ett)~to make someone vary eerste ‘They were followed many year later by Sir | nMowrarmee mou sonia pay ‘Walter Raleigh who was also unsuccessfal in eng acevo his attempt. Since then the name ElDorado | Tueamncigeororemntacoee has been used to describe anywhere that tua our) formal ceremony money can be found quickly. toed eT RR SMCS EER Sf RIPON sacar aan: each ERAN ENEERTPES t }Magic & Mystery Writing A review Reading 1 Answer these questions, 1 When was the last time you went to see a show or theatre production? 5 Revere Maen # askew or 2 What made you decide to sec it? Mimtr'* deeseel th 3. Did you enjoy it? Why / Why not? 3 ape bo eyo3 2 Read the website foo aeriers sad then answer hes cd sstions. _ ~ of mm questior ete Thee ys of AG 1 What thing do the two reviews have in common? What are the two main differences between them? 2 ‘Show: Family Magic, with magician Hannah Houdini ''m not generally a fan of magic shows, so | didn't have very high expectations when I took my son to ‘see Family Magic with other parents at his school ids’ entertainment is so often a tedious experience: for adults, so | was pleasantly surprised by(jus)} ‘ugh | enjoyed this show. There's nothing onginal about it~ a magician does some fairy standard Houdini with help trom an assistant — but it was funny and fast-moving, and Ms Houdini was briliant at ‘getting the kids to relax and enjoy themselves. What's ‘more, asin the best animated feature fims, there were Plenty of humorous references aimed at the adults in the audience, some of which made me laugh out ‘oud. Allin al, this is a highly entertaining show that completely exceeded my expectations. ‘Show: Magic Max ‘ter seeing Magic Max @ number of tes on TV, we Were really excited about seeing hs ive show. The tickets were pricey, but worth it, we thought, and because we booked eary we got excellent seats Unfortunately, the show didn't ive up to expectations, Udheard such good things about itn the press, but | Tie the theatre feeling disappointed. Magic Maxis famous for his wit and his unbelievable Houdini stunts, ‘and Iwas looking forward fo seeing him do hypnotism lve too. But there was no hypnotism and few Houdini stunts because Magic Max spent too much of the | show taking and teling humorous anecdotes. in. short, Iwas expecting a lot more and did't fel that Magic Max usted hs bling as a major star inthe magic word 2. Fast is abo SwomA AS Show FR regekre Wingy | | CT aero ane eee : ee Mids Shows etonlby ing ® 3 What rating do you think the reviewers gave the show they saw? ‘set A great show —Thighly recommend it setts A good show - worth seeing YH OK, but nothing special % Disappointing —I don’t recommend it ee MagicMax; 28 Writing skills (1): talking about expectations 4 Complete these expressions from the reviews that are used to talk about expeccations. Then read the reviews again to check your answers. 1 Ididn’t have very high expectations Iwas pleaterthy sugpritecl a... show that completely exceeded my i 4 wewere reallyexeiHal bout seeing his live show 5 the show didn'tLix@ yp to eepectadons Ilefethe theatre 2eheg gj ttappoin deaf Iwas Looking forward to seeing him do hypnotism 8 Lwasex peetihirg a totm ore 5. Which expressions in exercise 4 are used to say thatthe reviewer ..? «had positive expectations before the show v4 Ny had negative expectations before the show via «thought the show was going to be better NS, Nb ws NI EN Bis og” 4 thought the show was going to be worse we es Writing skills (2): adding emphasis 6 Find and underline examples ofthese ways of adding emphasis. p> Excellect, ballin, uel 1 extreme adjectives (eg fantastic) caer epveny> Wah» Ret comely 2 intensifying adverbs (e war deo ied by dust how > tat ESE aad es 4 such + noun pha : ei TR head ien geo Hing ance Fhe peess Pte wey «Magic & Mystery Preparing to write 7 Read the Writing task below. Think about your expectations before you saw the show, and how you felt about it at the end. Writing Write a review of a show or theatre production that you have seen recently or in the past. ‘Because we booked early we got excellent seats. ‘*1'd heard such good things about i in the press, ‘+ There's nothing original about it. «It was funny and fast-moving, ‘= What's more, there were / was plenty of ‘Allin all, this is a highly entertaining show. ‘In short, | was expecting a lot more and * | didn’t feel that... justified his / her / their biling as ... @Grammar 1 Grammar 2B will for present habits Past habits Write will or won't in each sentence. Complete the sentences with used 10+ verb, would + verb or the past simple of the verb in brackets. Sometimes used to and would are both possible. 1 James__¥new __ (kno) from an early age that he wanted to be a chef. 2 [Utd fe lot _ (Zope) the taste of freshly squeezed 1 There's no point saying anything. She on" pay any attention to what we think 2 People ill keep on shortening my name even when they know I hate it. 3 Tkeep on telling ‘more carefal with his money, but he just. won" listen. orange juice. 4 Tempers aivaysplaytheiemusie 2 A8aectild Rocky A Loelp phi ater with t00 loud. hebartege ue fo Wke 5 Parents nowadays _Will_often name their. + Sonja -€#5°"° (not lite) spicy foods. hhildren after fa s When Julie was five she burned (urn) herself children after famous pop stars or actors ‘on the cooker. 6 Itdoesn't matter how many times you ask me, I __ wont doie 6 My mother sido 2 YBa scat 7 People usually mix me up with my twin brother and between meals will: call me Josh instead of Jake. m7 1_wibeto VEE (acte) doing the crashing “up. 8 When she was young Blaine wuld _spetel (pend) Grammar 2A hours watching her granny cooking in the kitchen, Past habits Grammar 3A Are these sentences grammatically correct (V) or incorrect (X)? Circle the correct answer. be used to / get used to Choose the correct option to complete the sentences. Circle the correct ans 1 PoopleGare) ger used to having access to information 24 hours day. 2 When we went on holiday I found it very difficul being 1 When I was young I used to love eating bacon, but now I'ma vegetarian. 2 Twogldliye with my auncand uncle when T was a teenage v 3 My aunt and uncle were vegetarians so they didn’t use to eat meat. 4+ When I was ten I used to hate eating fish, 5 On the weekends I would go fishing with my hour early, older brother. x © 4 When his car broke down, Phil had to be (er ised to 9 Geingused to not having my mobile phone. VY @ 2 Pete¥ always lat, butal his fiend re) ger used to it and so they make sure they tell him to arrive half an 6 Tused to enjoy lying in bed under the blankets cating a packet of chocolate biscuits. Ope ere + In 2003 I would go and live with my aunt 5. Sally’s been vegetarian for five years, so shi) gets used and uncle. 7 @ _ onotentng meat 4 Tused to love the smell of toast early in 6 My grandfather is 84 years old and he uses the internet the morning. @ x allshe dime, buthe found i dificult to be (G@ised to it 9 IT got the chance I would eat my aunt's freshly ie . baked esd wah oe ttm Ox? CH sd people misgronaning my name s0 Tdon’t really get annoyed anymore. 8 When Jasmine first moved to France she found it difficult being / fering sed to speaking French every day. @) osParents & Children Grammar 3B be used fo / get used to ‘Write the correct form of the verb tobe or to get to complete the text. || When Parminder was 16 she left her home in India and moved to England to study. At first she found many things strange. It was really difficult to(1)__g¢¥ "used to the weather. It wasn't the rain, she 2)__wa used to that in India, as she had lived in the hills in the north of the country. The problem was the temperature - it was always so cold. She also found it difficult to @)__9@" ___used to the food which she found bland. She didn’t understand how anyone could (4)__be___ + used to eating food that didn’t have any flavour. Atleast she didn't find the language strange - she (6) __W05__used to speaking English || with her parents, so that wasn't a problem, Now, a year later, she (6) __i8. ___used || to the food, not that she particularly likes it She's (7) —g¢44ing, ‘more used to the weather, although the winter was terrible. She's also (8) gutting, used tothe way people | speak. Of course they speak English, but i's | different to the English she (@)__we tse back nome inca Vocabulary 1A Parenthood Choose the correct word to complete each sentence about parenthood. Circle the correct answer. 1 When your child takes their first step it just(fmmazing) challenging / relentles. 2 Upat five, feed, change the nappy, then sleep for an hour before starting over again! Ie’ just challenging / miraclous 3. The first time I saw his tiny hands and feet T almost cried. The birth of your first child is always so unpredictable Kmniraculousy relentless. 4 Single-parent families must find it really @allengingy fin / underestimated looking after a young child 5 Tfind looking after one child @austingy life-changing / -miraculous so Tjust don't know how you manage with three. 6 She cries all the time. Ie amazing how such a small person can be so onzy [fai stresfl. 7 John said it must be great fun being at home with the baby all day long so I suggested he try today. I can hardly wait to get home as I'm sure he rewarding / Gederestimated ) unpredictable how difficult its. 1 ts realy onzy/nderstinaed (pens raise children nowadays with all the things you are supposed to buy for them. Vocabulary 1B Parenthood ‘Complete the second sentence with a word or phrase from, the box that has the same meaning as the underlined word or phrase in the first sentence. rpatig up checkups cscbine nage prise” sect tolipet pit 1 Ie not casy raising three young children Its not easy binging “P chree young children. 2 Thave to monitor them all the time. You never know when they might ger into trouble, Thave to chssX 46 9° them all the time. You never know when they might get into trouble 3. Tesamazing how many parents indulge their children, buying them everything they want. Ie amazing how many parents sp! children, buying them everything they want. 4 You need to compliment children when they behave well You need to_f/46_ children when they behave well 5) My dad would often criticise me when I was young, but Tenew he loved me. My dad would often tel 7% Of when Iwas young, but I knew he loved me 4 Parents who ignore ther children should be punished by the authorities Parents who neglect _ their children should be punished by the authorities. 7 Uheligve in my childven, Pm sure they'll always do the right thing Txt do the right thing. When you punish a child i important that they understand why. When you they understand why. their my children. I'm sure they'll always a child it’ importane that ®Parents & Children Vocabulary 2 Names ‘Complete the sentences with the words and phrases about names in the box. You do not need to use all the words. majdéh name middie name nickparie patetjmic | peasy setfame unsgrname usernare_| 1 John B. Fredrickson. The 1 my _midele powne 2 Sam could be either Samantha or Samuel, so I don’t stands for Barry, which is know if it’ a man or a woman. That's the problem with Wns _neons, 3 When I watched The Last Station, a film about Tolstoy, I couldn't understand why they kept on calling him Nikolaevich. Then I discovered that this was his_9a¥0n9 wie, 4 Alice in Wonderland was written by Lewis Carroll. But this was actually the -ptvdemywa _ of Charles Dodgson, a professor of mathematics at Oxford. 5 Did youhavea nine _ when you were a child? 6 The magician and escapologist Erik Weisz. was better known by his S¥0g¢ nett. of Harry Houdini. 7 Sometimes T'm asked for my mother’s maiden ners but I don’t know what she was called before she got married! Vocabulary 3A Describing food Complete the puzzle with words connected to taste and texture of food. [are I As 5 i *T Th *|_ Folate Al FsleTslals an r v a fel 5 h Bllellel] fy 1 1 » n ~ ol l¢Lals [al Across 1 having a very pleasant / nice taste (9) 4 having an unpleasant taste, especially because something is no longer fresh (4) 5 wet and soft like a biscuit when you put it into tea (5) 6 having a strong sharp taste / not sweet (6) 7. cooked in a lot of oil or fat (6) Down 1 tasting horrible or bad so you don’t want to eat something (10) 2 making a loud noise when you bite into something (7) 3 having a strong taste and a bitter flavour, like a lemon (5) 6 not having a strong taste and not interesting to eat (5) Vocabulary 3B Describing food Complete the sentences with the correct word about the taste or texture of food, The first leter is given for you: 1 This food tastes d¢licio%__ Can you give me the recipe? 2 You need to stir it ocherwise it goes Lows + —— 3 ThemeatsabiteWE4 "_T guess I didn't cook it for long enough. 4 Ifyou add a litle lemon juice ill make ita vies dep 5 Wow! How much chilli did you put in this? Its really spi 6 [find English food really bend seem to taste of anything. 7 These apples are nice and exw when you bite into them. Te doesn't My mother used to make this lovely chocolate cake that, wasalls Meley __ on the insideParents & Children Extend your vocabulary 1 Listening Metaphors for relationships Eating through time ‘Complete the text with the words in the box. There are (1.10 Listen to a radio programme about eating habits two extra words you do not need. and match the phrases in the box with the decades. Write pseesesnneneanateneieni each phrase next tothe correct decade. attaghed clpeo cragke deep —_insepgratio. —_— separated Sa ned frozen mgéisintematiorl food more spdcks ee ——_______— prepared als the end ofreakfast three mega day When I was young I didn’t realise that not all families were eae a ee es We lived with my gran, and my aunt, uncle and two 1970s: (2) ietewatogel rach 2000s: (5) geepeed_ meal $ cousins lived next door. My cousins and T spent all our 1980s; (3) emer meals 20105: (6) mace SORCley time together and were often (2) inepert ‘Then left home and went to college where Imet Megan. We Pronunciation 1 immediately became friends and I got to know a lot about willl / won't ‘Megan's family ~ they were so different from mine. Het gg 1.11 Listen and underine the word will/wom' where itis ‘mum and dad had got married at 17 and Megan was born stressed. a year later. Already (3) _GxAA2> __ had appeared in her parents’ marriage. They argued all the time and they (4) ape ‘up when Megan was just two He won't be late. So stop worrying You just won’t listen to me and it’ really annoying. Li Yu will elk back to is parents. ‘Samantha will help you if you want. years old, After that Megan went to live with her gran and grandad and she became very (5) tt ® che So we did have one thing in common, we both had really (6) S474 ___ bonds with our grans. Pronunciation 2A Extend your vocabulary 2 Consonant clusters Prefixes with self- 1 Match the two parts of the sentences with self to them. 5 “They will gnore whats good for them. Children these days just won't pay attention. Underline the consonant clusters in these words flexible 1 5 truths 1 Michael felt very self ¢¢) 2 strong 6 attempt 2 When people suffer from low self ¢€ 3) depth, 7 creative 3 Hesoselt (h) 4 throughout # lengths, 4 Iesimportant to keep yourself: ¢4) 2 491.12 Listen and repeat the words 5. There’ no reason for this self- ¢ 6 She's one of the most self (Y Pronunciation 2B 1 Come on! If you don't have any self- (9) Consonant clusters 8 Now she’ got a job she’s much more self- (6) 45 1.13 Listen to the sentences and write the word you 1 centred and arrogant people I've ever met. hear in each gap. ‘That's got such aS) _ taste. > confident than she used to be. «conscious knowing his parents were watching him. 2 My fivourtemmberis fee 4 control and try not to lose your temper. 3 Try not to swim out of your depth esteem they often become depressed. 4 T'm just not sure what she Sash. pity: Get over it and be positive 5 Tdidn’tknow Joan was dea respect, why do you think other people should 6 There were some nasty rumours—syxtod respect you? 7 Hewasborn on the fart "of July righteous. Always telling other people how to behave!» Do you like this ty ___? ®“5 Parents & Children 4 Write the missing words from the final paragraph : without looking at che article Destructive names hour looking a the ar Hf there are more (1) _21 hurricanes ina 1 What do you think these things have in common? © a se was the ase) Look the words up in a dictionary to check your an 2) —Seanen —, as was the case (3)! eras a Re cons pcheck ypu anaes 2008, the other storms (4) tee ___their names hurricane cyclone — typhoon from the (5) Gree alphabet: Alpha, Beta, Gamma, (6) De Hes and so on. In 2)Whatis the worst weather you have experienced? Write (7) fN@vA there are fewer hurricanes idjectives to describe it and how it made you feel. (8) Yow than in the past. (9) He Weren Aovtibiod eng deudbing MAGES “besg99 [os Wane 3 Read the article and answer these questions. Reading hurricanes are(10)_wi4e~ stronger and ‘more dangerous, 5 Check your answers by looking at the final paragraph of 1 Who chooses the names for the hurricanes? the_worle sve karoloy' cou! nicabion the article. 2 Why are the letters Q, U, X,Y and Z not used? answer the questions in your own words. agent many vangen that sert wethy 3. Why ae the Same French, Spanish or English : eanguagin of HE Counkitn, 2 1 How has the media affected your view of hurricanes? Whar, if anything, do you think towns and cities can do Wee, Bile eo to prevent damage from storms? dye pone a the shorn 3 How do you think the weather has changed in recent s What was different about the names between 1953 years where you live? and 1979? A the medic th matte re rect. ont male Pomen Srterreel vtowt “Ut 6 Why is the 2011 list the same as the 2005 list? ay vitog, re sure Wit again 2. Sefetey eullwre shoulel be 7 Why are some names used only once? brmoked in gotey fo 2 . nee a duaknuclireWoiseve shir its Sore Getler preprtl pov fleet cee ‘ What diferene aout harcanes today? a My oti tn Het Merk fom ren Ver deconme Werner @) ones| L Parents & Children Destructive names Arlene, Bret, Cindy, Don, Emily and Franklin may sound like the names of a group of friends, but the names have a more destructive significance. They are, in fact, the first names on the list of hurricane names for 2011 ‘The names of hurricanes are chosen from a lst selected by the World Meteorological Organisation. Each name on the list starts with a different letter. The name of the first hurricane of the season starts with the letter A, the next with the letter B, the next with the letter C and so on. The letters Q, U, X, Y and Z are not used for Atlantic Ocean hurricanes because there aren’t many names that start with those letters, For Atlantic ‘Ocean hurricanes, the names can be French, Spanish or English, since these are the ‘major languages of the countries on the Atlantic Ocean in the areas where hurricanes occur. Hurricanes are given names because they help to identify storms as they move across the ‘ocean. They also reduce confusion when two or more tropical storms occur at the same time, For hundreds of years, hurricanes in the West Indies were named after the saint’ day con which the hurricane occurred. It was in 1953 that the US National Weather Service began using names for storms. At first only female names were used, but in 1979 they started using both male and female names. Today the names of hurricanes alternate between male and female. ‘There are six lists of names for the Atlantic, and one list is used each year. Every sixth year, the first list begins again. The 2011 hurricane name list is the same as the 2005 hurricane fist, but with some important differences. When a hurricane strikes that is ‘unusually destructive, its name is retired and never used again. Four hurricane names were retired in 2005, including one of the most famous of all time ~ Katrina ~ which has been replaced by Kat IF there are more than 21 hurricanes in a season, as was the case in 2005, the other storms take their names from the Greek alphabet: Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, and so on. In general, there are fewer hurricanes now than in the past. However, today’s hurricanes are much stronger and more dangerous Glossary ‘atornate er) —0 happen or come one ater anober | ‘estructive(acjoctv) - causing savers darrage or ham ‘occur art) to oust orbe found somewhere retire (ver) ~10 remove _siko(vr)- to happen suddenly and unexpectedly causing darage 5 { i | i i i i | | RC A EEE SE ESSE IMAP GEOR NRELParents & Children Writing An autobiographical extract Reading 1 Answer these questions. 1 Are autobiographies @ popular form of literature in your country? No Hm oren't. 2 Do you enjoy reading autobiographies? Not ¥0 Why /Why no? itm nokvetd fo read it. 3. Have you ever considered writing your autobiography? {Fso, who would you wan to reali? Ma AM pr 2 Read four tips for writing a biography. Then read an extract from an autobiography. Does it follow the advice in the tips? AHL Wat, aspenpedla Hoi ached rows Faller the hier 1 Choose events that helped to define you as a person 2. Ifpossible, connect events to a recurring theme in your life 3. Be descriptive —hélp paint a mental picture of events 4 Give details ~ these will help readers to recall similar events in their own lives, was always a very timid child and it worried me that» © I didn'e talk enough. Unfortunately, when I did talk, 1 | {would usually go very red. Whenever this happened, = cone unforgiving classmate would lick the end of his finger and reach out towards my cheeks while making a loud hissing sound. This made me feel as if everybody in sight had stopped what they were doing to look at ‘me, though in retrospect, I'm not sure many people | really noticed. Ataround that time, an incident occurred that totally changed my perspective on keeping quiet. One evening > during the holidays my family gathered sound the =| kitchen table to discuss a problem involving some land they owned, Proceedings stated off calmly, but soon 1 heated discussion had developed. Ie suddenly struck || me that my uncle, rather than getting involved, just | sat and listened. Hector looked nothing like my father, __ his brother, and had a huge moustache that droped | atthe ends. This made him look permanently sad. He ‘must have remained sient for almost an hour, during ‘which time the others failed to reach an agreement. At “that point, they turned to him for an opinion. “We need to sell the land, he said, and then fell silent again. He sounded as if he'd known the right answer all along, | and days later the land had been sold. Looking back, I suppose Hector might simply have had nothing more to say, but he certainly seemed like the deep thinking 4uiet type. For the firs time, I realised how powerful silence can be. 3 Who do you think the autobiography was written for? Why? a. For the writer, to help him/her remember things. the general publ © For future generatiors of his/her family. seying when things Look at the underlined words and phrases in the extract. Which one\s) refer to or introduce these time expressions? 1a particular time in the past “Bt orund Het ret Ne thet pint a time period in which something happened Dyin, 5. _ 3. every time something happened __Whernerts 4 two things that happened at the same time ale one thing that happened immediately after another thew 6 one thing that happered a shore time after another 5 Match the two parts of these sentences from the extract. ‘Then read it again to check your answers. 1 This made me feel asf (@) 2 Hector looked nothing like 4) 3 This made him look “) 4 He sounded asif te) s He seemed like GA) + permanently sad, everybody had stopped what they were doing. «the deep thinking quiet type. 4 my father. «he'd known the right answer all along. 6 Complete the rules with the words below. [ subjecy4 verb aleghve noun phrase 1 look / feel / sound / seem + _O43¢oh@,_ 2 look / feel / sound / seem + like + V0 _p\yeevre. 3 look / feel /sound / seem + as if + Sebyeot_+ verbParents & Children Preparing to write 7 Read the Writing task below and think about a moment or event in your life to write about. To help you do this, consider looking at old photos, possessions or diaries and talking to friends and family members. Then decide who your intended audience is (see exercise 3) and follow the tips in exercise 2 Writing ‘Write an extract for your autobiography. | us las always ‘It worried me that ‘* Whenever this happened, ‘This made me feel as if... * In retrospect, * Looking back, * An incident occurred that totaly changed my perspective on . + It suddenly struck me that .. *TrealisedGrammar 1A Passive voice Complete the text about speech writing using the correct form of the verb in brackets, When a politician makes a great speech ‘we often have to remember that the speech | itsett mt wviffen (not write) by the politician, but by a professional writer who i @ Pi (pay) a lot of money. When | the speech goes badly wrong, it isn't the writer © who (3) membered (remember), but the oor politician, Politicians (#jact OFM wngde | (@ften make) or (5) _bre¥evy (break) by their ability to speak in public, so it is essential they trust their speechwriter. However, when Politicians (6) ot. tA (question) by journalists or members of the public, the choice of words is down to them. Sometimes they | (1) 22% get Give) clever ‘sound bites’ by their writers, but even then they have to use these at the right time. i Grammar 1B Passive voice Rewrite the sentences using the passive voice so that the meaning is the same. 1 Every year the government spends millions of pounds. Millions of pounds et _gpwrit Qu vapcey boy the opeermpe 2 The police are questioning some politicians about their expense claims. soa veg lat i Some polis 3 In May 2010 voters elected David Cameo as Prime Minister. David Cameronwen Uedted op Qiine printer vig «THe ctf ct BEng on Tuy ening ‘The next meeting will bt hdd on Twodery evening. 5 Inthe light of recent events they are reviewing a number of decisions. : A number of decisions Hapttsalgp ting reser 6 Thepoles a eg etEaal feet cee demonstration yesterday. Hundreds of people Wert. at AK dhunoitahon quiskrday pl @ Grammar 2A have / get something done Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in the box. pk aecophio 562) dnyglan aye 1 Your hair is getting very long, Isnt it about time you had it__ect___> 2 Julie’ going to a party on Sunday so she's having her nails dove 3. Tean'tafford to have the grass cut. I guess I'll just have to myself 4 My car broke down last night so I'm getting it — today 5, Before the baby was barn they decided to get the spare room —devorled 6 Pauline hates having her eyebrows — —— 7 Uma needs to get her dress dey - cléovel in time for the wedding. Grammar 2B have / get something done Match the two parts of the sentences. 1 Always get your children’s feet_ La) 2 Weneed to get the roof (4) 3. [es important to get your eyes (e) uucy’s having her wedding dress (Y 5 The exam board are getting all the papers checked (©) 6 We're getting cable TVinstalled '¢), 7 Amir had his leg operated on (5) adjusted so that it a perfect fit after he had broken it in two places. after three students were caught cheating. 4 measured before you buy new shoes for them. + checked every couple of years. £ so we can watch the next World Cup. repaired before the winterPower & Money Grammar 3A quite Choose the correct meaning of gute in each sentence. 1 The chances of winning the lottery are quite slim. completely @ fairly 2 Quite a few people enter the lottery every week. + alittle @atorof 5. Tthink people who buy lottery tickets every week are quite mad, Q completely b notvery 4 Sam was quite lucky because he won the lottery twice. Overy 2 completely 5 T quite enjoy the anticipation. Winning is not the most important thing. 4 not very very much 6 The first week the lottery started I bought quite a few tickets. + not many a lot of 7 We quite often choose family birthdays as our numbers. O fairly Grammar 3B quite » not very Read the text and find eight places where the word quite is missing. Draw an arrow to indicate the correct places. Taking part in the lottery is @ form of gambling, but nowadays it seems to be atteptable. One reason is that it gives peojle something to dream about, but this seem@tffair as in most cases the cchances of winning are about a milion to one. Of course, the lottery raises\d bit of money and when ~ as is the case in the UK ~ this money is Used for good causes, people seem to feel this SOK In some countries the lottery has been going for ing time. For example, in the UK the rational fttery started on 14 Fepryary 1294 romantic day! Some people have S8mplicated systems for choosing their numbers while others. simply pick at random. Whatever you might think of lotteries, they are here to stay for Mme time. ETE ER ETM Vocabulary 1A Adverb phrases Complete the text about Tom Wolfe with the words in the box. The Bonfire of the Vanities was Tom Wolfe’ first novel. (1) needles fo Se, it wasn't the first book he had written, but all the previous ones had been factual 2) and published in the Rling Stone magazine. Gynec , the book was written in serial form Wolfe had to write each section in just two weeks. (4) Of cov he had had a lot of experience of writing to deadlines because he'd spent ten FS as a newspaper journalist Vocabulary 1B Adverb phrases Are the underlined adverb phrases correct (¥) or incorrect (06) in these sentences? Cirele the correct answer. 1 Oddly enough, books about money often don't sell very wel. 2 Miraculously, being a banker is nota very popular job at the moment. 3 Even after having lost millions he was strangely alright. 4 Ofcourse, everyone knows that Wall Street is the financial centre of the USA. 5 We did remarkably well out ofthe recent economic situation. 6 Obviously we weren't too badly affected by the financial crisis, but then again we were quite lucky. 7 Needless to say people don’t trust bankers as ‘much as they did in the past. v® "@ @« e “® x me ®Power & Money Vocabulary 2A Collocations (money) Choose the word in each sentence that does not fit. Circle your answer, 1 Whenever Ihave any hose {focke spare change, I put it ina jar and save it. 2 Hee had a small / considerable (fending 3 icall when his company collapsed 3. Idon'thave enough money opisider pay / settle the bill. Can you get it this time? 4, How can anyone lve like that? They must be seat ini : 5 Tused to ger $5 pom (pare spending money when 1 ‘was young. 6 Some Hollywood actors Gin) rms rich. Vocabulary 2B Collocations (money) ‘Complete the text about money with the words in the box. tune, but lost fe fitry loose pay pogket small Extend your vocabulary 1A Metaphors for money as food or liquid Put the words in the correct order to make sentences. 1 a/ ott / oft of / cxtink / savj 1 itd Iatge / togk Se Oo huge, he) out of oF Soviogy Eig nt a eens HE ae 5 company / cx /prolem / bat / sXe /serjbus/ lth / flow op pe bea seat tn wit 4 alee eT he Wa pn 3, » Tse ln ts « Me Bee ay Extend your vocabulary 1B Metaphors for money as food or liquid Complete the metaphors with the words in the box. There are four extra words you do not need. dive oot They lved in @ one-room house in rural Alghama Asa young child she never got any (2) _p0dett ‘money from her parents, but she could earn alittle by doing small jobs around the neighbourhood. Some days her father even found ic dificult to (3) pe 9 the bills. Like mose youngsters she dreamt of being rich and famous, bur she made her dream come true. She's now @ —tigthy came from and as set up charities to help poor families. She's given away a(5)_SW all fortune over the years to set up schools and provide medical facilities. She says, For me it just (6)-l00S€_ change, but for ‘many of these people it the difference berween life and death.” Asa young woman her family were (1) rich, but she remembers where she chewed chyhk figv piece paling ripping sine splashed spread swgllowed 1 Tean’t believe how easily money seems to be swallowed ep nowadays. 2. There’ just not erough for everyone. You can't all have adie __ of the pie. 3 Atthe moment they're —Pev#% money into the project, but it can’t last forever. + We Aploshed definitely worth it 5 Ifyou havea cashew problem you could always borrow some from the bank. 6 The bills take a big__ch¥AI out of my salary each. ‘month so I don't have much left to spend on going out. out on a luxury holiday, but itwasPower & Money Listening A car boot sale 1.14 Listen to three people talking about car boot sales. Which person says these things? Puta tick (¥) in the corresponding box, ‘Andrea [Josh [Harry 1 He/She has brought things to sell | 2 He/She has already bought something. a 3 Its the first time he/she has been toa car 7 boot sale. 4 He/She enjoys meeting / people at car boot sales. 5) He/She has seen something he/she av sight boy. 6 He/She has come to find something specific, Z Pronunciation 91,15 Listen to the quotes from famous people and underline the words they stress. 1 ‘The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes’ 7 Tony Blair 2 ‘Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names” John F. Kensiedy ~ 3. ‘Never, never and never again shall ic be that this ‘yal land wil again experience the oppression of ‘one by another’ Nelson Mandela 4 ‘Tam not interested in power for power’ sake, but I'm interested in power that is moral, thats right and that is good, ‘Martin Luther King, Jr. 5 ‘Being powerful is like being a lady. you have to tell people you are, you aren't’ Margaret ThatcherPower & Money Reading The Speaker 1 Match the words with the definitions [ applicant augydhce avalon ig ment serjés 1 Asset of television programmes about a particular subject. 2 Someone who applies for something. 3. A short performance in which you sing, dance or act so that someone can decide if you are good enough to perform in someghing. A snced person who helps someone with tor 5A group of people who have come to see a performance. 4 An exper less experience. 6 Someone who decides who the winner of a competition will be. a 2 Use the passive form of the verbs in brackets to complete the sentences. ‘The Speaker was the title of an eight-part television series. Te (1) Was _produtA (preduce) by the BBC in the UK. Each applicant (2) Wo oMAA _ (ask) to prepare and film a one-minute speech. A hundred and sixty speakers @) Wn _chocen _ (choose) by the three judges. These speakers (4) WUu iow __ (invite) to the next stage of regional auditions in front of the judging panel and an audience. Of the 160 speakers, only 20 (5) wear reudid (elect) to go chyough to the next stage. The final eight (6) sink soadwd (coach) by celebrity mentors and given new challenges to help improve their speaking skills @) Unité cad 3 Read the article to check your answers to exercise 2 4 Answer the questions in your own words. eon ye paleo fg Dees to 2 How old were the applcamts? Age belweun AM amch 18 ye 3 What did they all peemenea “Tan pubbacshy owe. What did thei te speech hae tobe abouts Cadel te. +, Whar hel one-inch it eb sony eh What was the aim of the series? ech What was different abqut she, tice nae Ween abet 6 What did they research in ie al 7 When was the won a Bd oe April ® ‘Where did the winner coin fom? rhe wears loon fom, the competition? 5 What three examples of publie speaking does Jeremy ce give at the end cf the article? dicing 2g pele heel Mensate * feos Ha ay. 6 Write three more examsles. 1 Delerdine Pumas gh 2 Talking “bewt hotter. Senate aon 7 Imagine you are taking >art ina series like The Speaker and have to prepare a one-minute speech. What subject would you choose and what would be the min message? Subject: Wom righ, epenelin Message: Sgindios jes gpl te Fog Pare move Spee 5Power & Money 2a RSENS SHEER The Speaker ‘The Speaker was the ttle of an eight-part television series. It was produced by the BBC in the UK. The aim of the series was to find Britain’s best young speaker. Young people between the ages of 14 and 18 from across the country were invited to take part in Tbe Speaker. Applicants included tough-talking teens, jokers, and shy, sensitive types. The one thing they had in common was a desire to talk publicly and passionately about what was important to them. Each applicant was asked to prepare and film a one-minute speech on any subject from op music to polities, from hooligans to homework. From all the entries received, 160 speakers were chosen by three judges. These speakers were invited to the next stage of regional auditions, where they had to deliver their one-minute speech again, but this time in front of the judging panel and an audience. Of the 160 speakers, only 20 were selected by the judges to go through to the next stage. They then had to give another speech on a subject they were given only seconds before making the speech, Some contestants also had to speak about a picture, again without any preparation ‘The final eight were then coached by celebrity mentors and given new challenges to help improve their speaking skills. Their speeches were evaluated by the judges and their ‘mentor. By the last episode in the series, which was shown at the end of April 2009, only three contestants remained. They were taken on a research trip to Malawi, where they found out first hand the effects of children’s rights, ahead of their final speech. Duncan Harrison, a 14-year-old schoolboy from Bristol was voted the winner by the judges and mentors. ‘When asked what makes a good speaker, the actor, director and teacher, Jeremy Stockwell, who was one of the judges con the series, said, An effective speaker {Glossary ‘must know and trust who they are, contestant noun) - someone who takes patina contest what they have to say, nd why they ney nour) - somthing ha you have t make oto have to say it. Whether you're playing | wren you take patina competion Hamlet, delivering a political message or | pode noun) apa of television sev thats presenting a school assembly, you must | D*™8d¢sst separately have a story to tell, a message to impart per (eto give someting such as fermation La ee | | |Writing A business proposal Reading 1 Answer these questions. 1 Do you run a business or have you ever thought of starting a business? Mey 4 hayen' + 2 What qualities do yoy ik you need to run g business? 2 yal RA Re SE seas would ithe? O& buiinim shot medicel ane 2 Look at the list of points to include in a business proposal. Read the restaurant proposal and tick (/) which pois ae included. 2A description of the proposed business “ » The unique selling point of the business” © The target markets ~ 4 The existing competition ‘¢ The possible reactions of the competition to the new business 7 © Marketing plans / The people involved / hb Action plan B &B Business Proposal Our proposal isto open a broaktast and brunch restaurant (provisionally to be caled B & B)in the High Street. t wil be the firstin a chain of restaurants we plan to.qpen over the next five years. fi ‘According to our resoarch, there isa demand for a breakfast and brunch restaurant in the area. Apart from catering for the many office workers, we wil market the restaurant atthe growing student population as well as, lunchtime shoppers and visitors. ‘As for competitors, there are curently sight other restaurants in the High Stet and ex fastfood restaurants incluting coffee shops. The majority of {restaurants only open fom lente and the fastfood | restaurants only offer limited breakfast menu, We therefore beleve we can open up a new marke O4r USP wil be the provision of national and intemational cooked breakfasts served at a reasonable price in felaxed surroundings frm 6.00am to 6.00pm. The restaurant wll not open inthe evenings and wil therefore not have to compete withthe estabished restaurants in the area, © ‘The business willbe run by two partners who will have equal shares. Between us we have more than 15 years’ experience in the catering industry and have both worked = inlocalestaxants As a consequence. weave s geod werkng knowedg@ othe local restaurant rade Our plans of suitable promises win he next tee | months and then to open the pub thee rronmng later This wil concid withhe sar of anew acaderic | year lowing us an opportunity fo promote thee || business to students atthe start of term. i We both hope that you wilbenterestedin becoming involved as @ backer, We believe that your business skills # combined wih our restaurant ow-how wil make B&B a commercial siocos, i 3. Find words in the proposal with these meanings. 1 aformal plan (Pope=t) 2 the detailed study of something in order to discover new facts ( prseanels) 3. the fact that people want service or product fdlimer4 ) 4 acompany that sells the same goods or services as another company Compe Io. ) 5 the total number of people willing to buy a particular product (omenuet 6 one of two or more people who own a company and share its profits and losses. ( Puastnw 7 a particular area of susiness or industry OA 8 someone who gives help or money to a plan or organisation "(64 4 Use the words from exercise 3 to complete the sentences. 1 Teouldn't find a__ocheu the business. 2 On top of that, my business pact __ dropped outand gave me his shares, 3 People told me it wouldn’t work because there was no Auer? for the product. 4 However, all my Hod the opposite. 5 Twouldn't have had any Cozepelitiow so the rere __ would've been wide open. 6 Twent to the bank with a very good business 7 But they said I didn't have enough experience in the Fody — to put money into suggestedEEE :’~'S:=S9~—~- Power & Money Writing skills: presenting facts 5 There are certain expressions you can use when Presenting a proposal. Write the second word in each sentence, using the words in the box, A 19 8m proposal ote fo se | 1 Our _pepore i546 open a resturant 2 According __—t our research, there is a demand for... 3 Apart__frow~’ catering for the office workers + As___dav ___ competitors, there are currendly eight. s Our_U5t will be the provision of national and international cooked breakfasts 6 As —24___ consequence, we have a good working knowledge of the trade. 7 We pie 42" believe we can open up a new market Preparing to write 6 Read the Writing task below. When Preparing your Proposal, refer to the list ‘of points to include in exercise 2. Writing ‘Think of the area in which you live, Is there a business that you think is needed? Imagine you want to start the business. Write a business proposal to show to a potential backer. Use the list of businesses below for ideas restaurant pet shop / ver hairdresser’s café supermarket * The provisional name for the business is .. * There is areal need for... in the area, ‘The majority of people in the area * Thave experience in ‘+ Thope you will be interested