b V working out m' READING & SPEAKING Cumberbatch Look at the photos of Bene lisabeth Moss and read their biographical of the TV series or films info. Have you seen any that they have been in? What did you think of them? Now read the interviews and match questions A-G with their answers. A How do you rel appearance? What's your earliest n Who would you most like to say sorry tof Read the interviews again using the glossary to help you. Answer the questions with BC_ (Benedict Cumberbatch) or EM (Elisabeth Moss) Who. 1 hhad an embarrassing experience as a child finds it hard to make decisions ids answering one of the questions had a dangerous experience when they were travelling abroad «dangerous experience when they ‘fen estes when they're peaking ond of a kind of flower when they urite decade vestions in the interviews do incre the most b a ‘00 personal usk Lins sat 48k: person who you don't Choose six pariner.1"SH0M8from Q&A toask your eaning from context M Pendly intonation, showing interest Becoup cures ocean pocket and a whip in the other, which wou ery week the British newspaper, The 3uardian, chooses people who have been & _/ in the news recently, « sw with them ind publishes a short alled Q&A, ‘the actor Benedict Cumberbateh was born in London in 1976. He has starred in many successful TV series and films, including Sherlock, War Horse, Star Trek, and The Hobbit. ng with the sun on my face and a beer in my hand, the jacking in South Africa 2 ‘A.woman pulled down my bottom 3. What don’t you like about Tim impatient, but also indecisive. 4 What is your greatest fear? Forgetting people's names. The size and shape of my head. People say [ook lke Sid fa Tee Age. 1 would you wear to a fancy dress party? Trrather enjoyed weariné bandages round my fae as the Invisible Man at the last one L went © People got to know me without recogniziné me 6 What cost‘The actre : lifornia in 1982. She hay been in several very successful US TV dramas, __ Intluding The West Wing and Mad Men for which she won an Emmy award. 2 GRAMMAR cuestion fo a Now read the questions in 1b the questions below with a parts * aquestion which us. 2 Whathappens to the b > p.132 Grammar Bank 1A. | question formation, and practise 3 PRONUNCIATION friendly intonation, showing interest 4 4}) Listen to some people asking questions 1-5. Who sounds friendlier and more interested each time, a or b? eae family? don't you like. pout he place sliver: a ry 4 READING & VOCABULARY PD Guessing the meaning of new words and phrases — When you are reading and find a word or phrase you dant atthe photo with the article. What do Ty io gucis teriesring trom the contaa fla dete o se rye ing? Do you think the areund i), Think also about what part of speech tie eon Poe eee is ome which someone might really is (eg. 8 verb, an adjective, etc), whether itis similar to eon moe question is one which someon 2 Seek iociyss oon ecto Rearing em Sein this situation? Why (n0%) ae eieed f How 2 if youstil cantt work out what the word o phrase means, ee A a? ignore it. and carry on reading or use a dictionary (or gloseary'f trond yon answer the question ee aay ae HORE / MENS ( UK HENS / SOCIETY Extreme interviews WHAT sort of dinosaur are you? Ifyou answered ‘Tyrannosaurus rex, then the bad news is that you probably won't get the job you're applying for. the strange world of extreme interviewing’, the latest trend from America in which interviewers throw BHEAFFE questions at candidates to see bow they react ‘So, what sort of inosaur would It may seem like a game, but extreme interviewing is deadly serious. The idea ‘ee how «uickly job-seckers titi on their feet and, ata time when 25% of recent graduates are unetnplyed, it offers employers a new way of separating the brilliant candidates from the This new appraaih to selecting candidates comes from Silicon Valley in California — sehete ele? Gorge, famous for its eatin «interview process, asked a recent candidate: ‘You are stranded on a desert island, You have 60 secumds to chore peaple of 10 professions ‘o come with you, Who do you choose? Go!” (One of the catty pioneers of extreme interviewing was Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple, who could ‘ve famously crvel with jobsaeekers. Faced once with a candidate he considered suddenly pretended v0 be a chicken, lapping is arms and raking clucking noises round the applicant, ge ‘waiting 1 see wis he wold do, In fact, the secret to extreme! erin ‘he anower. I isin the candidate's reaction. David Moyle, a he so a headhunter with the1A question formation @2) You been waiting? How many children does your sister 1 Should we buy her a present? How long have Why didn’t you like the film? Isn'e chis a beautiful place? Whatare they alking about? Who does this bag belong Who lives in thathouse? How many people followyou on Twitter? 1 We make questions wth modal verbs and with enses where there is an auxiliary verb (be, have, etc.) by inverting the past simple, we adhe auxiliary verb do | does or did before the subject. 2 Weoften use negative questions to show surprise or when we expect somebody to agree with us. 3 Ifa verb is followed by a preposition, the preposition comes at the end ofthe question, not atthe beginning NOT Atort wat coer + We often ust use the question word and the preposition, ©g.A I'm thinking.B What about? 4 When who | what / which, et. isthe subject ofthe question, we dont use do | did, e.g, Who wrote this? NOT Who-did write this? a Order the words to make questions. tomorrow can't Why come you ? Why can’t you come tomorrow? 1 I Should her tell I feel how ? 2 friend known long best have How you your # 3 tell when you train next leaves the Could me ? 4 housework family in Who your the does ? 5 are What about you thinking ? 6 at don't weekend you What doing the like ? 7 music to does What Jane kind like listening of ? 8 you time film know finishes Do what the ? 9 class students yesterday to many came How ? 10 you remember is where Do the restaurant ? indirect questions newhat cimetheshopnextdoor —@jajh | Could youtell me her) Mark's Coming Co the opens? Doyou i alalfeerquescions when sre sae eae wayjand begin with Cat | CHMlagoutag aor replace a question with €-DOyO Doyouremember..? Compare omar octhe shop next door open? ec Could you tell me what ime the shop next door op juestion) en cateetnanieam tell me whereit is? NOT Ganyor : + Wedon't use do | did in the second part ofthe ‘Do,you know where he lives? NOT wher «You can use for whetherin questions withouta q sword (What, How many, etc) and after Canyo Do-you know, ec “other expressions followed by the word questions ‘The word order of indirect questions is used af wonder... e.g. ! wonder why they didn't come, Iimnot sure... eg, I'm not sure what time it: I can't remember... ¢. 1can’t remember phone. ‘want to know... e.g. twant to know what ‘coming home, Do you have any idea..?, e.g, Do you have. (whether) James is on holiday this week? 'b Complete the questions with the words in brackets. Where did you go on holiday last year? (you | go) 1 How often _ exercise? (you J usually do) 2 Who Oliver Twist? (write) ss 3 Could you tell me how much (this book | cost) 4 Ican't remember where morning. (I park) —______ your trip to Parislast (you enjoy) 6 What kind of work 7 Who the last 8 Doyouknow what time (che swimming pool 5 9Jc again carefully. With work out what the might mean. Read the artic partner, (ry 10 inghtighted Mlwow you think they are prom and phrase a nced. 4. Now match the words and phrases with 1-1¢ 1 fadj needing alot of effort and skill 2 adj nervous and confused, capecially because you have been given a fot to de f 5 own a ‘phrase instead of 7 verb to destroy somebody's confidence 8 noun aspecialist company which finds and interviews candidates to fill job vacancies in other companies 9 noun people who are looking forajob 10 verb moving sth quich and down, e.g. wings © 8) Listen and check. Underline the stressed syllables, £ Using your own words, answer the questions with a partner. 1 Whatare extreme interviews? 2 What kind of companies frst etarted using 3 Why do some people think that they are better than normal interviews? 5 LISTENING 4 Have you ever been for 2 job interview? What kind of questio did they ask you? Did you get the job? five people talking about a strange question they ib interviews. Complete the questions in the first b @&9¥) Listen were asked in What strange question How did they answer? What happened the end? were they asked? 1 Doyou still 2 What would make you Jou? How much6 e V compound P intonat! READING & LISTENING beginning of ewo true stories. What do . fou think they might have in common’ b > Communication Work in pairs A and B and read two s A read Noisesin the Night on p.104. B go to p.109 and read The Stran HARD TO BELIEVE? BUT IT HAPPENED To ME Have you ever experienced a paranormal happening? Write and tell us about it Se ae hhunared years old. young couple lve in the house on our hills w "gh, Dut the house on our lft was empty and for sale. Meet him at the top of one ofthe hil © Now read the beginning of another true story. Would you have he Lul3 Ma s3 Ml bd happy for Fatosto read your coffee {arm fo Fatoso read your coffee Went to Turkey a few years ago with e cali ip? Why (no | tsb British Cou 0 ‘the outskirts of istanbul. Wh guage ‘of mine, a young Turkish wom. \alled her and we agreed to meet in a hotel in 109, and the three of us had a very pleasant dinn Turkish coffee and we chatted for a while, unt F ke me to tead your coffee cup7' | refused politely because, tb Feally believe in clairvoyants and fortune-teling. But Chris would be happy for her to read his coffee cup... Adam |d 101) Listen to the rest of The Coffee Cup Reading and answer the questions. 1 What were t two things Patos cup? Were they accurate? 2 What was the third thing she saw? 3. How did Chris and Adam react to this? 4 Who did Chri 5 Where did Chris go the next morning? 6 Who called Adam? Why? What was the bad news? 8 How did Fatos react to what had happened? 9 How does Adam feel about the experience? ¢ 11) Listen to some extracts from the story and complete the missing words. Try to work out what they mean. 1 Well, Carla, Chris's girlfriend atthe time, was blonde, so that was 100. 2 Bur Chris is quite a seem to be t00 worried by what she'd said. 3 lewas a slightly evening. 4 So, was icjusta sort of person and he didn't end to what had been avery enjoyable 5 Lalways used tobe very __ about fortune-telling, 2 SPEAKING ‘Talk in small groups Which of the three stories do you find the spookiest? ‘Can you think of any possible explanation for what happened in ‘each story? Have you (or anybody you know)..? “+ seen or heard something which can't be explained, b 12) Listen and check. In pairs, decide which auxiliary (1-5) is used. A (_] to add emphasis B [_ | tosay that you are different C [| tocheck information D[_| toshow surprise E |_| tosay thar you are the same ¢ > p.133 Grammar Bank 1B. Learn more abou using auxiliary verbs, and practise them. 4 PRONUNCIATION intonation and sentence rhythm a @14)) Listen to the dialogues. Notice the stressed auxiliary verbs. ‘k idreamt that saw a ghost last night B Did you? So dia How spooky! » idon't believe infortune-telling 8 Don't your! do. b_ Repeat the dialogues with a partner, copying the chythm and intonation. ¢ Complete sentences 1-8 so that they are true for you 1 I'mnotvery goodat activity) 2 I'm going ro “tonight. (verb phrase) 3 Hove -(akind of music) 4 Idon’tlike _. (a kind of food) 5 ¥ 6 Twenever read Tdlovetolive in 7 Awasvery 7 8 Ididn’e last night, ‘Work in pairs A and B. A read your sentences to swith a reply question and then say cher you are the same or different, Then swap= LISTENING & SPEAKING ; paper write the sentence ook forward to bs se mari nuee ‘your name underneath and ive the piece of papert0 Your partner : ‘ofsome famous people. Can Bea ty auvohem? DoyOU know anything sbowr Jrepeople’s personalities? extract rom a book about graphology. Do you © Reg Stgatoursiguarure might ay something about ‘our personality? ou develop and evolve asa person. You may “one signature, for example @ more formal frame and surname) when you sign a credit card sport, and an informal signature (just your first ‘is very much part of the way in which to the world, so it can give some the kind of person we are and how 20}) Listen to an expert in graphology how to interpret somebody's personality lo Velibay a ‘Yourname=_ your private self Your surname = You use only initials either for your first name or your surname = There's a space between yourname and surname = Yourfirst name is bigger than your surname = Your surname is bigger than your first name = Your whole signatures big Yousignin capital letters = Your signature is sma7 MINIGRAMMAR a Rewrite the sentences usi the...the,.. + comparatives 1 Ifyou study a lor, you learn a lot g the...the + comparative The the The more space there is between your name and surname, Biirree Sida Uses; Wall gec thee exvlice, themore you wish to keep separate these two ports of caer reen your personaly The the ‘The more legible your signature i, the tess assertive you 3 Ifyou have a lot of time, you do things slowly. probably areas a person. The the Use the + comparative adjective or adverb to show that 4 Ifyou are fit, you feel good. ‘ne thing depends on another, eg : aay € the | + The sooner we start, the earlier we'll finish, = how soon oe rs " we wl finish depends on when we start b Complete the sentences in your own words ier is, the more clothes you need to wear weet warm. = how many clothes you need to wear 1 The more money you have,. dapends on how cold ts, 2. The sooner you start your homework, 3. The faster! speak in English 4 The less you sleep, 8 VOCABULARY compound adjectives € Read the information on adjective modifiers. [0 oats ‘We often use modifiers with adjectives of personality. With pose characte guite / pretty | a Lookat some extracts from the listening in 6, Can you remember what the gapped words were? 1 Some people actually sign in capital letters, which ‘suggests that they may be big-___oreven Mymumis very good-tempered arrogant, really /incredibly | 2 Adescending signature... suggests that you are the es as esctiice | Kind of person who gets disheartened or depressed. a | ‘when you are faced with problems, pethaps because eee ee aneietty,, bachtempered youare not very self. really / incredibly 3 Ahorizontal signature usually indicates « person who go eoireealzeatls TSAID!DON'T TALK To ME!" | | | My sisteris|INTERVIEW Part 1 a THE Read the biographical information about Roan judd. What do you chink che HR. department of acompany d z ; Ryan Judd) born in 1976. He has been working as a recruitment ‘advisor in the HR (Human Resources) department at Oxford University 4y23)) Watch or listen to Pare 1 of an interview with him. Tick (/) the things he says candidates for a job interview should do. Be enthusiastic about the job jewer by their first name 1 2 [_] Call the inter 3, Askquestions about the job 4 |__| Ask questions about the salary 5 |_| Inchidea photograph on your CV 6 _| Write a good cover letter 7 _| Check everything is correct on your CV 8 _ Dress appropriately 9 Be prepared for the interview 10 Arriveon time Glossary OV he tbreviaion fo Cusco Vits.a writen Idaho a i yo ae done thayousend when youareappiying for ajob youate ap i ‘coverfing) letter a letter cont * | infomacon whch candi > the person who finds new people tjeinacompeny tare salary banding the level of pay given for certainjobs | ihn acompny Now listen again and answer the questions. 1 Whatkind of things does he ask candidates ; ae a Felaxcthem before the interview? at kind of things does he ask. he beginingteinerview? 3 What information ion should be given in'a looming given in Talking abou, cS id Part 2 4)24)) Now watch or listen to Part 2. Which three interview situations did he = find difficult or surprised him? b Listen again and answer the questions 1 What choice did he have withthe first candidate he al 2 What explanation for her behaviour did the second canis, 3. What kind of clothes does he think candidates should we 4 Why did the third candidate arrive inthe wrong kind ofc Did he get the job? Sloth Glossary Ablacer s gure jickerwhich i nor worn wich marching ruses M4 Part 3 a @25)) Now watch orlistento P ‘extreme interview’ questions he mentions. rt 3. Complete the two 1 How would you describe toycur 2 2. Would you rather fight a horse-sized sized 2 A b Listen again. Mark the sentences T (true) or F (f Fones are false. 1 Ryan thinks the purpose of extreme interviewing is candidates react ina strange situation 2. He has used extreme interviewing on several occasions false). Say why the ec how 3 ‘The firse ‘extreme’ question he mentions was asked sce candidate had technical and communicstion skills. 4 The second ‘extreme’ question was asked to see ifcam leadership potential. 5 Ryan thought that was a good question. 6 He would have chosen the first option. ididaes bad@¢ IN THE STREET oh) interviews eg eS interviews, How many of them say they definitely got the job? O Formal language SY | fyenoften uses more formal words and expressions than would normally be used in ya " oo sks nee ‘Conversation, but would often be used in a South african English NB pe ot neti more formal setting, e.g. ajob interview. 2 LOOKING AT LANGUAGE b_ Watch or listen again. Who (Je, Jo, 1, ¥, or Jst)...?, 9251) Listen co some extracts from the didn’t get the job because of his / her age interview and replace the highlighted words or phrases with the more formal equivalent used by Ryan. had their interview the most recently prepared for the interview by assessing how suitable he / she was for the job 1 ‘..you'realso looking for them to show took some medicine to help make him [her feel less nervous experience relevantto the position. tried to find out what the company believed in ‘During an interview, once it has begun, | will always try to start the interview wich ¢ @28)) Watch or listen and complete the highlighted Colloquial English phrases. What do you think they mean? some general questions... 1 ‘Ljust practised every question thar they could ask mein anys 3 ‘First thing is obviously, making mistakes 2 ‘...and then tried to ‘my experience to the various on their application, um, that’s always seen different points on the job interview. negatively...” 3 ‘think it went well because they HHH ap with an email 4 ‘... their philosophy, the history and the! ofthe nut again during the interview when she ‘company.’ hadn't said that’s why she was doing it, it 5 ‘Inthe end they said I was too young so they didn't Ame wasabit ofa surprise. S joameuldexpess expect sects. 4 SPEAKING sie and the same for aWoman as wel. L i a as 1 Haye you ever been interviewed for a job or a place on a course? caperience of bu: IMAENEEM some of the What was it for? How did you prepare for it? How did it go? techniques that they use...’ 2 Have you ever interviewed another person? What for? 3. What do you think is the most important advice to give to eeaiearaiedeteoteiitwoulddinve been someone who is going for a job interview? Answer the questions with a partner.