G going to, present continuous (future arrangements)

V look (after, for, etc.)

P sentence stress

When areyou going?

When are you coming back?

. . Where are you going?

1 READING
a Whe n was th e last tim e you went to an
airport (or stat ion )? Were you m eetin g
someone or going so mewhere?

[] Airport Stories

b Read th e ma gazin e ar ticle . Com plete it

with these qu esti on s.
~ Do you know anyb ody here?

[[[] Are you going to stay f or long?

@OJ
@[]

Is this your first visit?

ITO

W hen are w leavin g?

rn

What are yo u planning to do?

Does he kn ow yo u're com ing?

lliD

How are you going to get there?

[EIJ

How long are y ou going to stay?

lID

Wh ere are yo u stay ing in London?

c Read th e article aga in and write R (Rim a) ,

] (Jonatha n ), or M (Maki).
1
2
3
4
S

M is going to stay at a hotel.

_
_
_
_
for
6 _

is going to stay at a friend 's house.

is going to visit a fam ily member.
is going to th e theat re tomorr ow.
is only goin g to be in th e UK
four weeks.
is going to work.

I'm going to look for a job. Maybe as an au pair,

looking after children. And I want to improve
my English too, so I can get a better job when
I go back home. I hope I can find some work
quickly, because I don't have much money.

1 Is this your fi rst visit?

Yes, it is. I'm really looking forward to living
here, but I'm a bit nervous too.

Six months or a year. It depends how things go.

Yes, I have a friend who's working here in a

restaurant. I'm going to stay with her for a few
weeks until I can find my own flat.

Well, good luck!

2 GRAM MAR going to, present continuous

A FAMILY REUNION

a In pairs, cover th e text. Ca n you rem ember

three of Rima 's plans ? Ca n yo u rem ember
three of Jona than's plan s?

Jonathan, 35, just arrived

from Melbourne, Australia

I'm going to see my Dad in Wales.

It's his seventieth birthday tomorrow.
4
_

Rim a's going to work.

b Look at the interview with Maki and Koji.

Highlight SLX pr esent contin uo us sentences.
Do th ey refer to the present or the future?
c

0 p.130 Grammar Bank 3A. Read th e rul es

and do th e exercises.

No. It's going to be a big surprise for him. And it's going to be very
emot ional too. I moved to Australia in 1990, and the last time I saw
my Dad was five years ago. It's too expensive to visit very often and
my father can't fly - he had a heart operation last year.

By train. All the family are waiting at my parents' house. We're going
to have a big party there tomorrow night.

Yes, for a month . It's too far to come for a short time - and I want
to see all my old friends here as well as my family.

3 LISTENING
a

3.1
Listen to Rima ta.lking six: months later.
Mark th e sentences T (tru e) or F (false).

I
2
3
4
5
6
7
S

1-+I~~i,~~~~~K~~~~YMOON

from Nagasaki, Japan

We're on our honeymoon. We got

married last Saturday.
Congratulations!

4 VOCABULARY look
a Look at Rim a's interview on p.28 again. Find and underline three
expressions with look. Match th em to their dictionary definitions.
I
2
3

I
2
3
4
5
6
C

A n urse is a person who looks _ _ peop le who are ill.

She 's go ing to New York n ext m onth. She's really loo king _ _ it.

I can't fin d my keys. Ca n yo u h elp m e to look _ _ them?

I'm not loo kin g _ _ th e exa m - it's go ing to be very diffic ul t.

O u r ho use is a bit too small. We' re looking _ _ a new o ne .

Could you loo k _ _ o ur d og th is weeke nd ? We wa n t to go away.

Tell your partner. . .

so meth ing you are lo oking for ward to
so me th ing yo u o ften have to look for in th e morning
somebo dy or so m eth ing that yo u (occas iona lly) look aft er

On Friday. We're {loing to Paris next,

and then to Rome...

Well, have a good time!

try to fin d so m eth ing

wa it with pleasure fo r so m eth ing whic h is go ing to happen
be responsible for or take care of so me body o r so me th ing

b Com plete th e sentences with after, f or, or forward to.

Everything is organized for us.

Tomorrow we're doing a tour of London
on a double -decker bus, and in the
evening we're seeing a show. Then on
Tuesday we 're going to Oxford and
Cambridge and on Wednesday we're
flying to Edinburgh.

b Listen again for more details. Correct the false sentences.

We're staying at the Hyde Park Hotel.

We're just here for a few days.

She's working in an Italian restaurant.

It was easy to find a job.

She isn't living wit h her frie n d now.

She isn 't go ing to Eng lish classes.

She doesn't know if she 's going to go back to Lith ua nia.

She's leaving the restaurant next m o nth .

Her boyfriend is a wai te r.

Her fam ily are very h appy th at she's getti ng m a rried .

5 PRONUNCIATION sentence stress

a Underline th e words which are important for communication
in the se qu estions (the stressed words).
I Where a re yo u go ing ?
2 When a re yo u leavin g?
3 How are yo u ge tti ng th ere ?

3.2

4 Wher e are yo u stay ing?

5 When a re yo u coming ba ck ?

Listen and check. Listen again and repeat. Copy th e !:bYthm .

6 SPEAKING
I'm going to the cinema
a Write down three plans or ar ran gements
on Friday night.
that you have for this week. Work in pairs.
A tell B yo ur plans. B listen and ask
for more informati on. Then swa p rol es. ~h a t are you going to see?

0 Communication Where are you going on holiday? p.116.

Find a tr avelling companion for an exotic holiday.

Listening

Mark Oh sure. Allie, this is Brad Martin. Brad

works in the Los Angeles office. Brad, this is
Allie Gray from the Lond o n office.
Allie Hello.
Br ad Hi Allie, grea t to m eet you . Mark told
me you we re very n ice but he d idn't tell m e
you were so beaut iful. So, is this yo ur first
time in San Francisco?
Alli e Yes. Yes, it is.

Brad Has Mark sh ow n yo u the sigh ts?

Allie Well, no t yet.

Brad Th en may be I can show you round.

I love this city.

Mark Allie, it's tim e to go. Excuse us, Brad.
Brad Well, grea t to meet you , Allie. See you
round.
Allie Yes. Nice to meet yo u too. Go od bye.
Brad Bye.
3.1

Interviewer So Rim a, did yo u find a job as

an au pair?
Rima Well, I fou nd a job, but no t looking
after childr en . I'm working in a resta ur an t
- an Italian rest aurant. I'm a wa it ress. I
wo rk very lon g hours!
Interviewer Was it diffi cult to find a job?
Rima No. Th ere are lots of jobs in restauran ts,
hotels, clean ing, things like th at .
Interv iewer Are yo u still livin g in your
fr ien d 's flat?
Rima Yes, beca use it's very expens ive here
and I ca n't afford to rent my own flat.
Lon do n is incred ibly expensive!
Interviewer Your English is m uc h better!
Rima Well, a bit better, but J don 't go to
classes, because I don't have t im e. As I sa id,
I work ver)' lon g hours in t he rest aurant.
But I watc h a lot of English T V, and [
speak Eng lish at wo rk .
Interviewer "Vhen 'are you going back to
Lithuania?
Rima [don 't kno w. My pla ns have changed
a bit.
Interviewer "Vhy?
Rima Well, I m et so me o ne in th e restauran t.
He's the chef. We're getting married ne xt
month.
Interviewer Co ngratulatio ns! Is he from
Lithua nia too?
Rima No, he's Italia n. From Naples . He 's a
fantastic coo k.
Interviewer So, are yo u go ing to stay in
Lon do n?
Rim a Yes. I'm very happy here now . We both
really like Londo n - our dream is to open a
restau ran t together on e day.
Interv iewer Are yo ur family co m ing to the
wedding?
Rim a No! T hey don 't eve n know I'm getti ng
m arri ed! You see, they want me to go back
to Lith uania.
Interviewer Well, good luck wit h
ever yth ing, Rima.

3.7

Presenter Today's topic is 'positive thin king'.

We all know that people w ho are
posi tive enjoy life m ore th an peo ple w ho
are negat ive a nd pe ssimist ic. Bu t scie n ti fic
st udies show tha t positive people ar e also
healthier, get bett er more quickly when
they're ill, an d live longer. A recen t study
shows th at peop le who are opti mis tic and
t hink positively live, o n aver age, nin e yea rs
lon ger th an pessim istic people who think
negat ively. So, let's hear w hat yo u the
listeners t hink. Do you have any tips to
help us be m or e positive in our lives?
3.8

Presenter And o u r first ca ller th is eve ni ng

is And y. Hi Andy. What's yo u r ti p for
bein g posi tive?
Andy Hello. Well, I think it's very important
to live in th e p resent and not in th e past.
Don't thi nk about mist akes yo u ma de in
the past. You can 't change the past. T he
important thi ng is to think abo ut how you
will do things be tter in th e futu re.
Presenter T han k yo u And y. And no w we
have an oth er ca ller. What's yo ur name,
please?
Julie Hi , my nam e's Julie . My tip is th in k
pos it ive th ou ghts, not negat ive o nes. We all
have negat ive th ou ghts so me time s but
wh en we start hav ing th em we nee d to sto p
and try to change them into pos itive ones.
Like, if you have an exam to m o r row and
you start thin king 'I'm sure I' ll fail', then
yo u'll fail the exam. So you need to change
th at negati ve th ou ght to a posit ive th ou ght.
Just think to yo u rself"!' Il pass.' [ do thi s
and it usually wo rks .
Presenter T han k yo u Julie . An d o ur next
caller is Gio va n n a. Hi Gio vann a.
Giovanna H i. My tip is don't spe nd a lot of
time readi ng the papers or watch ing th e
new s on TV. It's always bad news an d it just
makes yo u feel d epre ssed . Read a book or
listen to yo ur favo ur ite mu sic instea d .
Presenter T ha nks Giovann a. An d o u r next
caller is M iriam. Miriam?
Miriam H i.
Presenter H i M ir iam . Wha t's yo u r tip ?
Miriam My tip is eve ry wee k m ake a list of
all the goo d thin gs that hap pen to you.
T hen keep the list w ith yo u , in your bag
or in a pocket , and if you 'r e feel ing a bit
sad or de pressed just take it o u t and read
it. It'll make you feel better.
Presenter Th a nks Mi riam . And o ur last call
is from M ichael. H i Mi ch ael. We're
listening.
Michael Hi. My tip is to tr y to use pos itive
langua ge when you speak to ot he r people.
You kn ow, if your friend has a prob lem
don't say 'I' m so rry' or 'Oh poor yo u', say
so me thi ng pos it ive like ' Do n' t wo rr y!
Everythi ng w ill be OK : Th at wa)' yo u' ll
ma ke th e other per son think m ore
posit ively abo u t their problem.

Presenter Th an k you, Micha el. Well that's all

we've got time for. A big th ank you to all
our callers. Until next week then , goo d bye.
3.13

Patient So wh at does it me an , doc tor?

Dr Muller Well, first the party. A pa rty is a
gro u p of peo ple. T his mea ns that you're
goi ng to mee t a lo t o f peo ple. [ thi nk yo u're
go ing to be very bu sy.
Patien t At work ?
Dr Muller Yes,at wor k ... you work in an
o ffice, I th ink?
Patient Yes, th at 's right.
Dr Muller I thi nk th e part y me ans yo u are
going to have a lot o f me etings.
Patien t Wh at abou t th e cha m pag ne?
Dr Mu ller Let me look at my notes again. Ah
yes, you were drinking cham pagne.
Cham pagne means a celebrat io n. It's a
sym bol of success. So we have a mee ting or
meetin gs and then a celeb rat io n. Maybe in
the fut ur e you 'll have a m eeti ng with yo ur
boss, about a possible promot io n?
Pat ient Well, it's po ssible. I ho pe so ... Wh at
abo ut th e garden an d th e flowers? Do they
mean anyth ing?
Dr Muller Yes. Flowers are a positive symbol.
So, the flowers mea n that you ar e feelin g
positi ve abo ut the future. So perh ap s you
alrea dy knew abo ut th is possible
promoti o n?
Patient No, I did n't. But it's true , I am very
happy at wo rk and I feel ver y positive
abo ut my future. T hat's not wh ere my
problems are. My p ro blems ar e w ith my
love life. Does m y d ream tell yo u anyt h ing
abo ut tha t?
Dr Muller Mm , yes it d oes . You're single,
aren' t you ?
Patient Yes, well, d ivo rced .
Dr Muller Becau se the violi n music tells me
you want so m e roma nce in your life
you're loo king for a partner perhaps?
Patient Yes, yes, I am . In fact I m et a very
n ice woman last mo n th - I really like her,
. . . I think I'm in love with her. I'm meeting
her tonight .. .
Dr Muller In your d ream you saw an
ow l. .. in a tree?
Patient Yes, an ow l. .. a big ow l.
Dr Muller Th e ow l rep resen ts an older
pe rso n . I think yo u'll need to ask this older
person for he lp. Maybe this 'o lder person' is
me? Mayb e you need my hel p?
Patient Well, yes, wha t I really wa n t to
know is
Does thi s person . .. thi s
wo ma n lo ve m e?
Dr Muller You reme m be r the end of your
dream? You were feeling cold ?
Patient Yes, my feet were very cold.
Dr Muller Well. .. I think perha ps yo u already
kn ow th e an swer to you r qu est ion .
Patient You m ean she doe sn't lo ve me.
Dr Muller No, I do n't th ink so. I thin k you
w ill need to find ano ther wom an. I'm sorry.