Misunderstandings Not my day PSN 11 What seems to be the problem in each picture? What might the people be saying or thinking? 2. ee a anaxtivty in pregress at a point in the pas —| Now b aperiod of activity before a point in the past? Past progressive Hideyoshi was riding past Rikyi's house when he noticed the garden was full of flowers, When Hideyoshi got inside the teahouse, Rikyli was sitting there calmly. Past perfect progressive Hideyoshi was a rich, powerful soldier who'd been fighting alt his life Hideyoshi had been expecting to see this amazing garden again but instead he found 2. a Complete the folk legend about a famous salt mine in Poland, Use the past simple, past progressive or past perfect progressive. 6 In the south of Poland, in a town called Wieliczka, there's a famous taitmine, Aebording to atadtional story, mining started in (else because ofa Hungarian princes called Kinga Kinga !___ (prepare) to marry Bolestaw, the Duke of Krak6w, 30 she asked her father, King Bela, for a present which she could give to her husband, Salt was very valuable at the time, so Bela *__ (give) her one of his salt mines in Hungary. As she * (eave) Poland, Kinga took a gold ring from her finger and threw it into the deopest part of the mine. = ‘After Kinga (live) in Krakéw for some months, she suggested to Boleslaw that they should find a place to establish a salt mine. ‘They started their search the next day. They °__ (travel) for only afew hours witen they § (reach) the village of Wieliczka, and Kinga felt sure that this was the right place. The Duke's servants | started digging. Almost at once they hit a hard stone and, cn lifting | {t from the earth, saw that it was a block of pure selt and that inside | tho block, something’ (shine). Kinga looked into the block and. 8 {fecognise) the ring which she had thrown into the mine in Hungary, hundreds of miles away. Nowadays the mine at Wielicaka is like a huge underground city, vrith more than 2000 rooms and 300 kilometres of passages. Not ‘much aetual mining happens there, but it's a huge tourist ettraction. jy Grammar reference Se eterengs _b SGHED Listen to the story and check your answers. WRREERESTZTANERINN 3-2 Vier lone. Choose a story rom your country whieh yu think would be important or interesting for a visitor to hear about, for example: « atraditional fairy tale + an old legend | + ahistorical anecdote + an event from recent history Get ready to tell your story. 1. Write down the key words and names to help you remember it Think about the order of events and decide what verb forms to use. Think of some adverbs you can include. ¢ Listen to each other's stories and ask questions to find out more about anything which interests you. If you're from the same country, do you think all the details of the stories are correct?Target activity Make a complaint BETTIS 1 where you tivo, what kinds of food can you get delivered to your home? Do you ever order food by phone? What problems can customers experience with this kind of service? 2.3 goals 2 «HBB Listen to a phone call from lan, the manager of a pizza delivery company, to Maureen, an unhappy customer from the previous evening. What's the reason for his call? a tofind out why Maureen was unhappy b to persuade her to pay the rest of the bill ¢ toexplain the company's mistakes Listen again. Complete lan’s notes. Yesterday evening sath rdr me itn over mo. CONS? 06) Bill came to 8.45 (2 pisats XL + 2 salads) Custover paid £10 __Birst order: about | puclest? V secant ender: Spm on 7 [_Delivery:*_pm (Barry got a Feed. One box was $ Customer paid 5 _ far a al frou another rectaurart) ACTION: iwectigate; crt $e _ refuel 4 discount vouchers: 4 What would you have done in Maureen's position? Would you be satisfied with lan’s offer? od 5 Look at Maureen's sentences. Which group of highlighted expressions 1-9 can you VOCABULARY use to: Explaining a a explain events? complaint explain what was said? explain consequences? 1 They said they'd lost the order. ('d = hadl ‘They said they'd deliver in about forty minutes. 'd = would] Again, I was told it would take forty minutes. I'd already ordered before that. At eight o'clock, the pizzas still hadn't arrived. By that time, we'd been waiting more than two hours. 2 lended up ordering some Chinese food instead It cost me another twenty pounds. | [had to go to the trouble of collecting it myselt. ES 6 a Workin two groups, A and B. Group A - look at your situation on 9120. Group B - look at your situation on p122. Think abou the question ou nood to answer SRuaton 7. i b Get into A/B pairs and talk together to resolve the situation, j « Go back to your groups and report on your conversations. | Group A ~What did the company representative say to you? Are you satisfied? } Group B ~Why exactly was the customer unhappy? What did you say? 7 Repeat 6a~6c for Situation 2. 8 Do youhave any personal experience of this kind of conversation? What happened? How does it compare with the conversations you've just had? 20ee Generalising and talking about | | differences i Pane 6 _> ENPLORE Across cultures Aspects of culture rea 11a What would you want to know about before you visited or moved to another country? In groups, add to this list. costofliving food —_regional differences b Make a class list of all your topics. 2 MED Listen to David talking about Portuguese culture. Which topics on your list does he mention? What other topics does he mention? 3. a ¢GED Listen again, Write down one or two details about ‘each of David's topics. Then compare your notes. b Read the script on p158-p159 to check. 4 ityou're from Portugal, do you agree with what David says? If you're from another country, which things are similar to where you live? Is anything very different? 5 a Complete the highlighted expressions with these words. Portugal can difference different people speaking tend tendency Generalising People have a to learn languages in the big cities. People to keep to themselves now. In the north, people be very opinionated. You will have at least three, four coffees a day. Talking about differences 7 There's a big 8 Traditions from city to city, from area to area, 9 Inthe cities, they do things in a slightly __ way. between big cities and the countryside. typically vary Apart from some of the young people, most ___wan't speak English Generally, | think people used to be more open and friendly. b Choose five or six expressions from 5a and write sentences about your country. 1. Decide who your talk is for. Is it for people who are; ‘a coming to live and work in your country? b visiting your country for a week an business? Prepare a short talk for visitors to your country or another country you know well. 2. Make notes on three or four aspects of culture that are important for them to know about 3. Mention any important cultural differences between groups of people, ‘Talk in groups. Listen and ask questions about anything that interests you. If you're from the same country, is there anything you disagree with or wish to add? Did you learn anything new about different cities or regions? If you're from different countries, what were the most interesting things you heard?| 2 EXPLOREWriting Why do you think people skydiv tried it? Is it something you'd 2 Read the article about army lie Chartie Williams's skydiving ac the topics a-d with the paragra a accepting the situation b survival and afterwards © background to the story d- first actions What it feels like to... survive a skydive without a parachute 1 Tve always had a fear of heights, so one day I volunteered for a jump course. took part in two jumps that went well. Td heard that the chances of having a parachute malfunction are about one in "750,000 but on my third jump, Thit the side of the plane. Next thing I knew, I ‘was falling fast, turning over and over, 2 When you open your parachute, you need to be in good positions it comes straight out and opens up, but instead the strings attached to the canopy got tangled around my legs. I tried to untie them but they were too tight. If you ‘can't open your main parachute, you 3 Read the article again. What kind of person do you think Charlie is? Would you dive again if you were Charlie? Compare and explain your ideas. 4 Charlie uses different techniques to make his story exciting to read. In paragraph 3, find 1a quotation which shows how Chartie thought and felt. Goal ern /e? Have you ke to try? uutenant cident. Match phs 1-4. remove it and then open the reserve pparachule but that didn’t work elther. 3 Finally, when I realised that there ‘was nothing more I could do, I thought, “Right, Tm dead.” Up till then, this whole process had only taken eight seconds and I was still 900 metres up. T remember feeling incredibly lonely. ‘All the time I was falling and turning, ‘with no control. I briefly saw the ‘ground and alittle shack. Then I hit the roof of the shack. I bounced off it, hit a wall and then the ground. I never lost, consciousness. 4 For the first few mimutes, I couldn't feel anything, but then the pain started. I lay ‘there just thinking, “I cant believe Tm alive this is so bizarre yet amazing.” Cd dislocated a finger and slightly fractured three bones in my. back. T could have walked away. I haven't jumped since then, but I'm building, towards it I still can't believe how lucky Lam. feels like to Here are some ideas: + win a competition + be on television + see a wild animal close up * flyin a hot-air balloon b Think about: 2. ause of the past progressive to emphasise that an action happened over a period of time. 1 how many paragraphs you'll need and what 3 asseries of short, dramatic sentences. 5 Which of these expres: ns are 1 to introduce a story? 2. te finish a story? [still can't believe... one day I've always... since then Look in the article to check. you'll put in each one, 2. which techniques from 4 you'd like to try. useful: 3 what language you'll need: ‘= expressions from 5 and 6 * verb forms to describe the order and duration of events » dramatic adverbs: reluctantly, suddenly, incredibly 8 — Write your story. 7a Think of a topic for a story with the title ‘What it The story can be real or made up. & Look at the highlighted expressions in the arti Which does Charlie use to describe: 1 his thoughts and feelings? (x2) 2 aperiod of time? [x3] 3. the sequence of events? (x3] 9 Exchange stories with a partner. Ask questions to find out more. Do you think the story is real or made up?Look again <> Review Extension 4 a Think of something: 4 a Underline the letters which make a /n/ sound. 1 you did accidentally last month. locked myself resign canopy reign funniest know out of my flat planned sign tendency beginning ground 2 you choose carefully when shopping i 3 you reacted furiously te on TV bb Find words in 4a to match these spelling patterns. 4 you've reluctantly agreed to do recently. 1 fnfis usually spelled n. you find difficult to think about calmly. But there are some important exceptions: 2 Youwrite nn between a short vowel and endings like: -ed -er -ing -ily 3A few words begin with kn. GUIs 4% Afewwords end with gn b Compare answers. Ask questions to find out more. 2 a Read Patti's description of an important day inher _€ Spellcheck. Complete the spelling of these words. life, What is she doing now? Then check ina dictionary. 4 It sounds unbelievable but one of desi__ ceremo_y _ife the most important days in my life forei_ wee Felucta_ty was when I went to the park and ‘watched this gardener working in cone of the public gardens. It made me realise that that wes what I ‘wanted to do — to work outside in the fresh air doing something physical. Atthe time “I was studying law at universit Ronee eee 5 a These sentences from the unit include a verb with two objects. Underline the objects. Which comes first, a person or thing? 1 He sent mea text. vwasn't nappy and fora long ime 8d been thinking 2 | phoned to wish her ‘Happy Birthday bout giving it up. In fact, the pnly thing that stopped 3. Ittcost me another twenty pounds. mne was tne face that ‘Td already given up a couple of |, 4d like to-give you some vouchers other courses! In the end I did finish my degree, but 'b Put the words in order to make sentences and Tenover used it. 1 went straight on toa course on questions. landscape gardening and now I doit fora livin eee nf 1 get / chocolate / me / Could / some / you? 2 a// message /teft//I/ voice / mail / you/ your J on euros / me / fifty /lend / Would / you ? seat / even / me / He / offer / didn't/2 favour / owe /1/a/you / big 6 surprise /me / But /a/ you / promised ! b Which past form a-c describes: 1 an activity in progress at a point in the past? 2. an action which is finished before ancther action in the past? 3a period of activity before a point in the past? © Work alone. Choose two important days from your life and write a few sentences to describe them using a variety of past forms. € In pairs, write a seven- or eight-line conversation between two people. Start with Could you get me. ? Include three or four verbs with two objects. See ee eee d Listen to each other’s conversations. Which verbs RITE ee with two objects did you hear? 3 a Complete the questions. Then check on p8. Po : Peed 1 Do you set specific g __Is or just let things happen naturally? ee ei 2. Have you received any t___g? Where? oem Un Oa ere Len 3. Where do you get valuable f k from? describe events in detal 4 How much p_ edo you put in? Crue ead 5 How were you able to build up e_e? ce ——it & Doyou concentrate onr ts or on ae mera neas technique? ee 7 How much natural t____t do you think you res J possess? b Choose a thing you're good at and think of Ce eee ee eerily Eneuere ta the questi: The atk tach other Se eee een the questions. B