English ‘ Elementary Self-study Pack (Workbook with DVD-ROM) Maggie Baigent, Chris Cavey & Nick Robinson =] CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESSCAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, S30 Paulo, Delhi, Dubai, Tokyo Cambridge University Press The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge ca2 aru, UK www.cambridge.org Information on this title: www.cambridge.org/9780521697743 © Cambridge University Press 2010 ‘This publication is in copyright. 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Information regarding prices, travel timetables and other factual information given in this work are correct at ‘the time of first printing but Cambridge University Press does not guarantee the accuracy of such information thereafter.“Ppeopte i your te 4 Vocabulary: People you know Talking about jobs ‘Grammar: be present: i, 5, are; be past and present My English: Halima from Egypt Explore writing: Email of intreduction DVD-ROM Extra: Learning languages Bivens home 9 Vocabulary: Offers and requests; Interests and wants, Grammar: Present simple: positive sentences ‘Time out: Interests word snake Explore reading: Leaflets for study holidays DVD-ROM Extra: My interests ae time _ Vocabulary: Free time activities; Adverbs of frequency Grammar: Present simple: negative sentences; Present simple: questions My English: Jo30 from Portugal Explore writing: Invitation DVD-ROM Extra: Happiness is Arcaces 19 Vocabulary: Past time expressions; Things for a trip Grammar: Past simple verbs; Past simple Time out: Technology crossword Explore reading: Nowspaper article: Sorgs that changed mylile DVD-ROM Extras Technology firsts 5 space 24 Vocabulary: Places; Describing places; Prepositions of place Things in the home Grammar: There is, There are ‘My English: Jirgen and Ute from Germany Explore writing: Description ofa flat DVD-ROM Extra: Living space Gon would you like? 29 Vocabulary: Shops and shopping; Buying things; Food and o rdering food Grammar: Countable and uncountable nouns ‘Time out: Food word search Explore reading: Takeaviay menu DVD-ROM Extra: A world of food “Taori-me balance 34 Vocabulary: Work and studies; spend; Saying you're busy Grammar: Present progressive: talking about now ‘My English: Sara from Argentina Explore writing: Blog about working in 2 new country DVD-ROM Extra: Viorking from home Pull-out answer key: pages i Grammar: have got Time out: Relatives word snake Explore reading: Magazine article: My favounte outit Qvemes around 44 Vocabulary: Using transport; Getting information; Buying a ticket Grammar: Comparatives and superiatives, ‘My English: Yuko from Japan Explore writing: Instructions on how to get to your heme DVD-ROM Extra: Journoys 4 TQ eer eect 49 Vocabulary: Talking about films; Suggestions Grammar: Present progressive for future arrangements Time out: Cinema quiz Explore reading: Events programme DVD-ROM Extra: Cinema 1 _ = a4 Vocabulary: Airports; Storyelling expressions; Talking about journey Grammar: Articles ‘My English: Nadya from Ukraine Explore writing: Letter of complaint DVD-ROM Extra: Travellers’ stories | 12 veo 59 Vocabulary: The body and health; Siving advice; Collocations Grammar: Biving advice with i ‘Time out: Parts of the bady werd search Explore reading: Advice leaflet on fying DVD-ROM Extrat Staying healthy DBoateces 64 Vocabulary: Sights Grammar: Present perfect; Have you ever? et from Netherlands jecommendations fora visitor to your area DVD-ROM Extra: A creat experience Vocabulary: f00 much, enough, nat enough; Life changes; Planning Grammar: be going to, hoping to, would Uke to ‘Time out: Puzzles Explore reading: Short holidays web page DVD-ROM Extra: Big plansPeople you know How do you greet people when you meet them for the first time? Write a sentence. be present: am, is, are Write the words in order to complete the conversation. sosera cana ann Pere ara Hello, Catia! Hi Joseph Hello,Peter. is / Karima, / colleague / work /‘This / my. / from / This is Karima, my colleague from work. %0 / Nive. meet / you / Hello, Somry, *what’s again / name / your /2 Kerima Hell, Karima, } an / Joseph fold /49 / frend . Karima ‘We were at university together } Syou/Peter/Are/colleaques/and_ asp No. We're students on an Arabic couse 2 Complete what Roland says using the words in the box. are isnt 2mm ‘m ‘mnot ‘ss ss 5 5 { ‘\m__ Roland. 2 from France. My parents * called Olivier | and Virginie. ‘Olivier. my father and ‘Virginie. my mother. *__ single, 71 married. My wife's name___Zo8. Serge is my brother. Serge *___ married, but he has got a girlfriend. Her name. Nathalie. My sister's name is Odette. "She__ married to Sébastien. Sébastien and Odette have a son - his “name. André,3 Write the people from Exercise 2 in the family tree. TEECUZINMM 4 — Complete what Michio and Csilla say using the expressions in the boxes. Tatking about jobs badly paid boring different every day great Hove my job! work in a lovely school. It’s hard work and *_badly paid_, but | Love my job. It’s never : because it's? Ithink my jobis* L difficult easy interesting same every day terrible 'hate my job! I'm a manager in a big office, and my job is® ‘The work's not In fact, it's? but it's the ® , and it's not very * | really want a new job!TULUM § © Monita talks about her friend Halima,Circiethe correct words. bepastand present This is about my friend Halima, She €G).'re Egyptian - like me - and she ®'s / ‘re about 30 years old. We "sre very good friends. We both A work as teachers, but we “re /’re.not colleagues. | work in a schoo! in Luxor, and Halima lives in Cairo. We Swas / were at school together: Later, we ‘was./ were at the same university, but we “were / weren't in the same class, | §was /,were an art student, and she °was,/.aere in the maths department. Now | "m./'s an art teacher, and she "m/s { a maths teacher. We 15 re still good friends after 20 years Write a similar paragraph about someone you know well English 6 Read the text. Are the sentences true or false? 606 55, caine’ Haima and t'm a teacher in Caivo, the capital iy of Kaypt. T'm a teacher in an international school, Iteach maths, but my classes, are in English. In Egypt, we speak Arabic. It's vory different from English. We don't have the verb be in the present tense, and we don’t ‘have a or an either. Writing is dificult for young students, because our “Arabic writing is different, But my students watch TV in English and they speak good English, I speak English with some of my American colleagues at work, Ihave some English friends in Cairo, too. Ijove to show them around my city and to speak English with them, 1. Halima is an English teacher. TRUE / FALSE 2 Halima’s students watch TV in English. TRUE / FALSE 3 Halima speaks English to some of her friends. TRUE / FALSE 7 Here are some sentences written by Egyptian students. Put the correct form of be (am, is or are) in the correct place in the sentences. is 1 My brother a student. 4 Jajournalist 2. My parents teachers. 5 Jane and | sisters. 3 The boy very tall. Your English 8 —_ Hatima says that Arabic doesn’t have the verb be in the present tense. What differences do you know between your language and English? E.EXPLOREWriting 9 Read Susi’s message on Mailpals.Girel@ithe correct words 1 She wants to write to English-speaking / German-speaking friends. 2 Susi speaks good /.a little English very good, but | want to learn it. Thank you for your emails, 10 " 12 i Posted on: April 01, 05:27:53 PM ea) | DI 9 Name: Susanne | Email: susi_1980@gmx.net i Age: 28 1 From: Austria English-speaking friends jeading, swimming, animals, nature ‘Comments / Remarks: Hi I'm Susi, and Id like to write to people from all over the worl. ''m from Salzburg, a small town in Austria, so | speak German, of course! My English is not = Read Blerta’s reply. Tick the information that Blerta includes. Ther age a beater ets QO 2 where she’sfrom (] 6 her friends a 3 married? oO 7 her husband's job 4 her hobbies oO 8 where she lives oa Hi, Susi My name's Blerta. 'm from Tirana, the | ‘capital of Albania, but now | ive in Berat. | This is me in the photo with my husband / ‘Arben. We're both 27 years old. We were | students at schoo! together! Now Arben is cook in his family's restaurant, and I'm a shop assistant, My job’s quite hard, and its i not well paid, but it’s OK. | don’t speak English very well, but can we be email friends? Please write to me! | oye! a | Blerta Complete these sentences. 1 My__name’s _Blerta. 2 I'm Tirana, 3 Live Berat 4 We're both 27 5... but___we be email friends? 6 Please write me! Write an email message to Susi. Include some of the information from Exercise 10.OVD-ROM Extra Learning languages | Before you watch, complete this sentence about yourself. | I'm from _—_ and | speak Watch the video. Is anyone from your country? Does anyone speak the same languages as you? 3 Watch again and complete the information using the words in the box. Italy London, England India Bogets-Gotombis Poland Istanbul in Turkey I'm from vera) I'm from A come from I'm Amanda Taylor from 4 — Write the correct languages. 1 Poland (omme Polish _ 5 Germany =— 2. Turkey 6 Spain 5 Read the sentences in columns A and B. Which sentences mean ‘I speak this language very well’ and which mean ‘I speak this language a bit, not very well’? A B | speak Spanish I speak a bit of Italian {'m fluent in English | speak basic French My native language is Hindi. | speak a ite bit of Russian & — Read what Martina says. Then write about you. What is your name? Where are you from? What languages do you speak? a, 7 My name is Martina Mettgenberg, and | am from Germany. | speak English and German and basic French and basic Hindi. basic ladjective|: very simple abit {noun}: 2 small amount ‘uent (adjective); able to use a language naturally without stopping or making mistakes native [adjectvel: Your native Language is the first language you learn. originally {adverb}: at the beginning or before any changesAway from home Offers and requests arly, Canada Imagine you tive in a different country. Write an email asking a friend to bring you some things from home. 2 Carly and Scott are chatting online. Carly asks him to bring some more things to Japan for her. Who says each sentence? Write C (Carly) or $ [Scott]. Great. And could you buy a small Canadian flag for me? Hi, it's me again! Can I ask you to bring some more things? No, sorry! I can’t take apples through the airport. Oh, OK. One more thing. I miss the apples from home. Could you bring some apples from Canada? OK. Could you bring my diary? I can’t find an English one here. No, I'm afraid not. I don't have time to go shopping. Yes, of course. But just small things, OK? Yes, OK. No problem. It’s small, so I can carry it in my hand luggage. Put the sentences in the correct order to make the conversation between Carly and Scott. 1@ 20 30 40 sO 60 70 803 Choose one expression from each box to complete the conversations. Write your answers in the correct picture. Can ido Canthelp Could! have Could you give me Could you make Would youtike-semething todrink? some sandwiches, please? a glass of water, please? you, sir? some information, please? something to help? Would you like something to drink: (LLL Read Melek’s email to another Sofasurfer. Complete the gaps using the verbs in Present the box. simple: positive sentences has js is live sleep speaks le EME owt Fost es Mesoge Hb aiX 8 8 9) & s Sef) ns ane hk ane fine Br 6 Hi, Claudia, and thanks for your email, I hope I can answer your questions. Istanbul ‘is. a beautiful city. tt ‘2 good bus and minibus system, so it’s easy to get around, 1° near the centre, My Sofasurfing friends * _ In the spare room. It ® small, but very comfortable, My brather Erkan * Melek, Turkey. English ~ and he's very friendly, too!TIM «5 «© Complete the Sofasurfers’ posts using the words and expressions in the box. Interests and Wari agoodjob goto I'dlike in interested learn music Sweden want to D> SG 4B tee, owsotesuring com/myprotle “Ib & [Home | Mypiotle.] Search | Signup | unks | Female, 29 im "interested in sport and ‘meeting people Fdtke to? Latin America cond Austria. 14 learn Spanish ana Arabi, Male, 24 1'm interested in ort and 5 to go totaly and Greece, want to get + Giacomo Acie cot aes Rega {im intoresiog ” swimming and cookin: things you are 4 "______ swimming and cooking interested in, dike to. goto®__ang Norway, things you'd like ont fo — todo, places you'd like to visit and things you want to learn. 6 Find the ten interests in the word snake. \y, 1 2 3 4 5 pees mets lil ers rcEXPLOREReading 7 Look at the leaflets for English study holidays. Which three countries can you study in? b Would you like to go to any of these countries? Learn English in Ireland SSE ented with Homestay English Career kon y Flexible study courses for adults (over 18): 10-28 hours a week 2-10 weeks ur homestay courses include visits to places of interest. ‘You can edd activities to your course golf, tennis and watersports ar available. Some of our toachors have specialised nowledge of subjects like medicine, ‘marketing, graphic design, ete. We can offer English courses based the vocabulary of these subjects, ‘Angharad, Switzerland Which study holiday would you choose? Write a sentence. ‘Live with your teacher's family + Study one-to-one with your teacher Perec uence icd Malia is @ major centre for Engish- language teaching. English is an offical language, and people speak teverytiere ‘onthe sland, Malta isthe pertect choice i you want to study English white enjoying ‘holiday in the Mediterranean, Bell Malta fs a modern building situated in Stulians. tis close to the beach and humerous restaurants, cafés and bars, ‘pp courses English Pathways: 21 hours a week of intensive general English . Summer English: for young adults aged 16-22 years Business English: 25 hours a week of intensive business English Toy) English Tie TsaCi BSA ‘ Good Hope Studies was one of the first English-language schools in Cape Town, South Aftica, and offers junior language courses fom 14 to 16years and adult classes from 17 plus. You can study the following English-language courses at this school + standard course + imtensive course e + Cambridge Exam preparation ‘Accommodation avalable with local families, ‘The courses are offered all year round. Last year, students from 50 different countries learned English at our language school. We hope to see you here soon! Look at Angharad’s questions. Read the leaflets and check the information. Write ¥ [yesl, x {no} or ? (don't know! for each school. Ad A Ae Ae A Ae Ae ee fu | eas HARAhAAanawsede } Homestay Getcl Hope Tell Scheel ' Can T ine with & fal? Can 1 study for an extn? Can T de an itencwe course? Are there other actwities (sports, ete)? eau Can nny (Pyear-ath sister do a course, tec? This is the email confirmation Angharad receives for her English course. Which study holiday is it~ A, B or C? ‘We are pleased to confirm your place on an intensive ‘general English course (Ref. EP53) from 15~30 August. ‘Your accommodation is with Mrs Vicky Ferro and family. She will contact you with more information. We look forward to welcoming you to our island.1 Before you watch, think about these questions: Are you interested in sport? In art? Which do you prefer? 2 — Watch Justyna and Laura.Circla}the correct answers. 1 Justyna is interested in art /a sport 2. Laura is interested in art /a sport 3. Who says these words? Write J (Justyna] or L (Laura). Watch again to check, 1 trees 2 kayaking 3. expressions 4 sunny 5 river 6 fields 7 8 8 10 1 ig OOoOoo! older and younger bird cultures sketching faces ooo000 Py Cem 4 — Watch again andirclethe correct answers 1. She started kayaking when she was at school /(niversity) 2 It's very quiet / busy on the river. 3. Her favourite river is in north-east / south-west Poland. 4 There are a lot of interesting bird / animal species. 5 She thinks people are interesting / fascinating 6 She studied anthropology / biology at university. 7 She loves painting / sketching people's faces. 5 Match the beginnings and endings of the sentences. Watch again to check. 1 One of the things | like doing in my spare time is a. kayaking when | was at university. 2 Istarted b...inmy spare time. 3. What I like about kayaking is €__.. sketching their faces. 4 Hove art and drawing really fascinate me. 5 People e@...going kayaking 6 Njust love {the variety of rivers. 6 — Write about an interest you have. Try to use some of the expressions in bold in Exercise 5. stil ladjectivel: Something ie stilt if tis not meving teaves (noun: singular leaf: The leaves are the smal, greon parts of trees. | storm {noun} bad weather, with ot of wind and rain | banks (noun): The bank isthe land at the sides of a river. | species /spisfiz/Inoun, singular and plural: animals or plants ofthe same class or type drawing, sketching (nouns): making a picture with a peneil or penYourtime = TOLUMESSMM 1 — Cross out the words that do not go with the verbs in bold. Free time 1 watching something good on TV / films / the einerra activities 2 listening to —music/a newspaper / the radio 3 reading —_jazz/ a good book / a newspaper 4 learning new things / Languages / photos 5 playing fishing / the drums / football 6 parties / music / the cinema my wife / my friends / languages BELLE «2 © Complete the speech bubbles with doesn’t or don’t. Present simple: negative sentences My parent: ) like going to parties. ead a newspaper ing. My brother Hans plays the piano, but he play the drums. My flat have a spare room.3 Look at the form that Emma has filled in and complete the sentences below. Please mark how much you enjoy these things. Circle a number between 1 and 5. 1.= I don't like it, 2 = | quite like it, 3 = | like it, 4 = | really like It, 5 = | love it 1 going to parties @ 2 3s 4 6 2 watching TV at 2 @ 4 5 , [3 wateningsportontv |1 @ 3 4 5 Yausays | 4 reading books a 2 3 4 ® watch TV | fe |] 8 goingiothecinema |2 2 3 @ 5 something on TV | 6 listening to the radio |Z) 2 3 4 5 sport on TV Ta | Write sentences 1 Emma __doesn't like __ going to parties. about you, using 2 She__ watching TV. Pe epee ane 3 Emma watching sport on TV. interests from the form, Foraxanpia, 4 She___ reading books. I realty like going to 5 Emma going to the cinema, parties. & She listening tothe radia TEEEZGMM 4 — Write five more sentences that are true for you. Use a word or phrase from each box. Adverbs af freduesee always usually often sometimes never have acoffee have a shower listen tothe radio meet friends read anewspaper use theInternet watch TV in the morning in the evening 1 Lalways have a coffee in the morning. 2 - 3 4 5 é ns about New Year in the Present simple Czech Republic. Complete them with do or does. questions PEO 5 Look at the que: 1 What .do_you usually do for New Year? 2 your friends and family come and visit you? 3. What kind of food people eat? 4 ___you play games? 5 ____ it usually snow at New Year? & Now match the questions from Exercise 5 (1-5] with Karel's answers la-el. {3 We usually eat a special soup. But we don’t eat chicken - it's bad luck! (3 We often go to the mountains. C2 Yes! It’s very cold, too. | love snow! (1 No, we don't play any special games. 1 Sometimes. Or we all go away together. Formoreractce, goto Lint tthe satu ovo-n0M, 187 Read what Joao says and choose the correct words to complete the sentences below. GG ere Sea labon Gut Rl @ MUGEAUIA Cig bea suey Eeonemies at university, and | study English at evening classes, In summer, | work in a bar on the beach near Lisbon, and there are a lot of English-speaking tourists there. A lot of TV and films in Portugal are in English, to0, so | watch them to help me learn. My English is OK, but | make some silly mistakes, for example fou like football? instead of Do you like football?. People understand ime, but ike to get it right. And I sometimes make mistakes with negatives, too: (no like football instead of f don’t like football. | think. my pronunciation is OK, usually, but my spelling in English is bad! ” Joao is from Lisbon / Coimbra. . He studies Economics / English at university. He thinks his pronunciation is OK / bad and his spelling is OK / bad. Your English 8 Some languages don't use auxiliary verbs {like do / does / don’t / doesn’t} to make questions and negatives. What about your language? 9 — Write the words in the correct order to make: negative sentences 1 Saturdays / doesn't / He / on/ work / i He doesn’t work on Saturday: 2 don’t / children / like / homework / My / doing / 3. like /jazz /listening /1/ don't /to/ questions 4 come /do/Where / you / from /? 5. she / like / parties /to / Does / going /7 6 weekends / they /at/do/do/ What /? 10 Joao has a problem with spelling. In Portuguese, a letter always has the same sound. In English, letters can have different sounds. What about in your language? 11 Look at these words. Cross out the four other words that are not spelled correctly and correct them. happy happi waching beach team meel again night kitshen playing Inglish FridayEXPLOREWriting 12 Look at this eme invitation. Which sentence is true? ‘A Victor invites Chris to the cinema on Sunday. B Chris invites Victor to the cinema on Sunday. EL iid iil eeGasgc Delete REE Re Forward Pmt [the person's name Hi [Victor ‘Are you free{on Sunday night]? (Casablancals on at {where} {the Riverside cinemalat|eight o'clock, You like old films, don't you?| 2 event Are you interested in football? } I've got two tickets for the United match on Saturday. } a wien Would you like to come with me? Give me a call or send [EC theinttion) ye a text on 0779 120098, Kirsty [5_how to contact me| 14 Write the expressions in the box in the correct place in the table. at the Golden Cow restaurant Send mean email. Do you want to I'm having a party, onSaturday at our flat Send mea text. When on Sunday night tonight 4 on Saturday Event Casablanca’s on . We're going for dinner... 2 Where atthe Riverside Cinema é Invitation Would you like to How to contact me Give mea call. 15. Think of something you would like to invite a friend to do. Write your invitation, 1DVD-ROM Extra Happiness is . 1 Before you watch, match the activities (1-6) with the pictures (a-f). 1 doing martial arts 2 playing football Q 3 playing computer games. ed 4 playing the guitar 5 going to the cinema O ° g é watching television 2 Watch the video. Match the people with the activities in Exercise 1 | enjoy very much cooking, 2 feeding ike hiking, and | like Valso enjoy | cae} eine Hove # and books, and | love ® Ireally enjoy $ Ireally enjoy? and watking in the mountains. 3 Watch again. Complete the sentences in Exercise 2 using the phrases in the box. computer games eating hiking martialarts reading swimming travetting 4 Look at these verb patterns. like +___ing I love reading. love or enjoy +noun _I ike football, Now look at the sentences in Exercise 3. For each one, write A (verb + _ 20 30 400 500 5 Write some sentences about yourselt. __ing) or B (verb + noun). | really enjoy ike Hove ‘cookery/cooking (nouns!: preparing food hiking (noun): going for long walks in the countryside. ‘object [noun a thing (that you can see and touch, but nota person er other living thinal passion Inoun|: a strang feeling of loveEa Past simple verbs ‘An American company *__made _ jazz bands in the 1930s ?___ designer was Harry Watson, who*___ for the Electro String Company, and the first guitar was the Rickenbacker. It 4 6 lot of money, but many jazz musicians bought it anyway. The frst record with an electric guitar appeared in 1938. A lot of musicians © Jo this new instrument and ‘ from rock and roll to folk. Write the verbs in the box in the correct column (regular or irregular). Then write the past form of the irregular verbs. buy cost go have like listen love make meet use want work regular {-ed endings) irregular past form. 1 like 1 buy > bought pees. iese PSA eR sup le = 3 7 _ 4 4 > ft sae 5 Gs saat 6 > Use verbs from Exercise 1 in the past simple to complete the text about the first electric guitars. There is more than one possible answer for some of the gaps. to have a big guitar sound. The first the firs electric guitars, because big | { ( _the new sound Now many types of music use electric guitars, | For more racice. go Unit 4 the Sttstatyovo.nom, 19TEEZGVAM 3 — Match the expressions in the box with the numbers (1-5) on the calendar. Past time acpreesteee couple of days ago fourdays ago inMarch lastmonth last week 1 _in March 2 4 4 Use the calendar in Exercise 3 and write these dates in a different way. Use expressions with last and ago. There may be more than one answer. 1 May 14" ——_last Friday /a week ago 2 March - 3° Aprit3o* 4 January 5 May 16" 5 Complete the sentences so they are true for you. bought a new mobile phone tast week ast we — ast mont, 1 2 oe two weeks ago, 4 in 2008, 5 a couple of days ago. To 6 Things for a trip When is your next trip? Make a list of things to take.TTT 7 Onyinye’s family moved trom Nigeria to Scotland. Complete the questions using the Past simple words in the box. Did did did have How she she What Wher 2n__ did Onyinye’s family move to Scotland? a lot of memories of Nigeria? Onyinye like Scotland at first? see snow for the first time? she feel when she saw the snow? = did Onyinye and her family make in the snow? 8 — Canyouremember the answers to the questions? Write the number of the question from Exercise 7 next to the correct answer. a [3] Yes, she did. It was like a holiday. b O Asnowman. c [J No,notrealiy. She was very young, é e f [5 When Onyinye was five years old CO The first winter in Scotland. (3 Itwas a shock for her, but she had a lot of fun. Out % Do the technology crossword. ‘ACROSS 3 | bought my first camera in 2006 5 lusea PCatwork, butIhavea___at home 7 TAT MSG = text DOWN 1 luse___to listen to music on the bus. 2. (ve got about 200 music at home. 4 My phone takes good photos, too. 6 | bought some music online for my MP3 Formers practic, oe Unt ofthe Slit ovO-Rom. 2EXPLOREReading 10 Look at the newspaper article. Find the names of six songs. Which of the songs do you know? Do you have a song that is important for you? Why? Write one or two sentences. 11 Read the article agai columns) in the tabl Why did the people choose these songs? Tick the correct This song makes me think of a time in the past Iike the ideas or the feeling in this song J.6. Ballard v Jean-Pierre Steve Sutherland Carlos Acosta Wayne Hemingway Alain de BottonBefore you watch, do you know these technology words? Check in your dictionary. 1 DVD player & technology Oo 2 application 7 play button oO 3. Internet 8 sound system o 4 piece of equipment 9 computer program C] 5 computer Watch Patrizia, Fred and Laura. Who says the words in Exercise 1? Write P (Patrizial, F (Fred) or L (Laura). Who talked about: 1a child who uses a computer? g 2 using a computer for work? a 3. something they didn’t understand at first? [7] Watch Patrizia again (00:14-00:55). Are the sentences true or false? 1 Patrizia wanted to use the Internet because her friends used it. TRUE / FALSE 2. The first time she used it, she decided not to use it again. TRUE / FALSE 3. The internet is not important in her lite now. TRUE / FALSE Watch Fred again (01:06-01:401. Circlé)the correct answers. 1 Fredis 32/62 years old 2. He had his first computer when he was 10/12 years old 3. His daughter is 4/'5 years old. Watch Laura again (01:41-02:13). Put the sentences in order, (1) She did her project. 1 She started her project again [1] She got a new computer program. (L) Nothing happened - the program didn't work. Ci She had some training, Which verbs in the box do Patrizia, Fred and Laura use with these phrases? Watch again to check. press switch on start use use use 1 __use___ the Internet 2 ____the application 3 the DVD player 4 the sound system 5 the play button 6 the program Talk about the first time you used a piece of technology, or a problem you had with it. Try to use some of these expressions from the video. The first time | used the _was I didn’t know how to Thad my first when | was I thought | understood everything, Nothing happened. ‘amazing (adjectivel: very surprising, incredible fail (verb): to not be able to do something (i filed. = couldn t do it ‘the ‘magie’ button {noun}: the button to make the program work hties/mid-80s (nouns: the years 1989-1987 nowadays ladverb): now, at the present time sound system [noun!: equipment to listen to music For more practice, got Uni sottne So-ewcy ovo-noM. 2B.Your space TELE «Label the pictures using the words in the box. Places abridge alake amarket mountains ariver a train station STEELE 2 — Complete the table with the opposites of the adjectives given. Describing 5 places 1 exciting boring __ 2 dirty é gaa noisy eee safe 5 cheap ioe ugly THETA 3 — Complete Jiirgen’s text using the prepositions in the box. Prepositions of place from in near on Home Profile Friends Jurgen Info. | phates | ny hore town Tlive * Hannover, * the north of Germany. Hennover is a big ee the River Lene The most beau part of Hannover ste od town. ont Wve the oa town, but ve § rt | rive! rat? the sith Noor It's 10 minutes * the old town by tram.En 4 There is, There are Write your answers to the questions in Exercise 4 for where you live. a 5 Things in the home Write five true sentences about the house or flat that you live in, Complete the questions with Is or Are. 15 _ there a hospital near your home? there a lot of parks in your town? there an airport in your city? _____ there any mountains near where you live? _—__ there a river? Are the sentences true or false? 4) Thecanleomealter evthetvingsocea RUBY FALSE 2 There’s a washing machine in the kitchen. TRUE / FALSE 3. There are some towels on the washing machine, TRUE / FALSE 4 There are three wardrobes in the bedroom, TRUE / FALSE 5. There’s a bookshelf in the living room. TRUE / FALSE Write five sentences about the flat using the words in the boxes. bathroom bedroom kitchen living room. bed cooker fridge shower TV wardrobe washing machine window There's a bed in the bedroom. {0 Une of the Set ety OVO. ROM,7 Read the text. Are the sentences true or false? 1. Jurgen speaks English every day at work. TRUE / FALSE 2. Ute studies English at university TRUE / FALSE 3 German prepositions are always the same as English prepositions. TRUE / FALSE irgen, Germany Ute, Germany I come from Hannover in the north of Germany. I work for an advertising company, ‘and we do a lot of business with international companies — all in English! I studied English at school and I use it every day for work, so T think my English is OK. My 1 colleague, Ute, doesn’t speak English very often, but she is taking English lessons after work at a language school. Sometimes sho asks me to help her, She sometimes ‘makes mistakes because she thinks in German ~ so she says ‘there gives’ instead of ‘there is" because that’s what we say in German. Or she makes preposition mistakes like ‘at Monday’ instead of ‘on Monday’ because in German we use the same reposition for both, She makes mistakes, but I think she speaks English very welll Your English 8 Sometimes peopte make mistakes because they try to translate from their own language. Do you do this in your language? 9 Ute has problems with these types of sentences in English. Circlathe correct words. 1 There(3// gives a plant in the kitchen. 2 Say/Tell hello to him from me. 3 It/There is aman in the garden, 4 Where is my watch? Can you see her / it? 5. There js / are some problems with the air conditioning today. 10 Ute also makes mistakes with prepositions. Choose the correct prepositions. I don’t work at /(6n)Saturdays. The bus stop is before / in front of our house. He is a student in / to London, Look at this photo of / from my sister. She's the one with short hair I'm reading a book from / by John Steinbeck. 11 Do you help any friends or colleagues with English? What mistakes do they make? How do you help?EXPLOREWriting You say: flat-sit house-sit Hi Louise! Hello from Barcelora! T really love it here. I lve in the contre of the city. T's very noisy, but the buildings are beautiful, and everything is so exciting. Tt’s a bit expensive, but that’s not a problet 12. Stella is flat-sitting for a friend in Barcelona, Spain. Read the first part of her postcard to her friend in New Zealand. Underline the adjectives. 13. Complete the second part of Stella's postcard using the words in the box. bedroom chairs cooker liviagreont shelves wardrobe The Mat is great. Tt has a shill "living room with a soft, and a table with two 7 The kitchen is really sill, too, but it as a a and a Fridge. The + is great: there's a bed, some § and a 6. He's a small Hat, bet I think i's pertect. T promise to email soon! Love Stell 14 Imagine you are looking after a friend's flat in a different city.€ircl®the adjectives that describe the new city. beautiful boring cheap clean dangerous dirty exciting expensive noisy quiet safe ugly 15 Whats your new flat like? What is in + Rooms + Furniture 16 Nowwrite a postcard describing it Make lists. For mors practice got Uni Sf the Seti) OVO-FOM,OVD-ROM Extra Living space 1 Before you watch, think about the house or flat you live in. How would you describe it? Is it big or small? Old or new? What else can you say about it? 2 — Watch Martina and Monica. Match the pictures [1-3] with the speakers. One of them talks about two places. 3. Watch again and(reldthe correct answers. 1 Martina’s favourite room was in Germanpy Italy 2 Itwasa small / big room. 3. She liked / didn't lke the city she lived in 4 Monica liked the house in Italy / France. 5 In France, she lived in an.apartment/.a house. & She liked / didn’t like the place in France as much as the place in Italy. 4 — Complete the text about Martina’s favourite room using the words in the box. had liked lived lived was My favourite room is the room|" lived _ in in Germany. It?__ a high ceiling and a beautiful wooden floor. It the room and the city, — quite large. 1“___ with really nice people and | really § 5 Match the adjectives (1-6) with what they describe [a-f). Watch again to check. 1 very high ———__ a people 2 really beautiful wooden —-——__ b city 3 really nice “~~ ceiling 4 big d house 5 tranquil, calm, beautiful e wallpaper 6 patterned floor 6 — Write about your favourite house or flat. Think back to what you said in Exercise 1. ‘alm ladjective): peaceful and quiet ‘tiling noun): When you are indoors, the ceiling is what you see above your head, floor (noun): When you are indoors, the floor is under your feet, patterned adjective): The room in picture 3 above has patterned wallpaper. tranquil ladjectivel: peaceful; without noise wallpaper (noun): paper used to cover the walls of a room,What would you like? eT (M1 Magda works at the information desk in a shopping centre. Complete her answers shops arit to the visitors’ questions using the words in the box. shopping acash machine aclothesstrop the computer shop anescalator the pharmacy The toilets Ties, there's aclathes shop upstai ( Yes, there's 'a clothes shop upstairs. ) There’s?_____at the bank NS SSS (Where can | buy some headphones for my computer? Hello, where can | wash my hands, please? _ VT At .TechLand. are over there, near the exit. } oe Hello, how do | get upstairs? (can | buy medicine here? Gane faa) feel) SS ee She TEEELIEGIMM 2 Complete the shopping expressions with How much or How many. Buying things 1 is this one? 2 packets would you like? 3 ____CDsare there in the pack? 4 do these jeans cost? 3 Match the answers (a-d) with the questions (1-4) in Exercise 2. a C1 It's $3, or the big one is $5.50. bE They're £39.95. ¢ () Ten, or we have packs of 25, too. d [Just one, please. 4 Who says what? Write C [customer] or A [shop assistant). [2] How much are O Idtike [How many would you like? CO ... anything else? 1 Cant hetp you? O Withave Complete the conversation with the expressions in Exercise 4, assist ' Can help you 7 ‘customer Yes,?___some headphones for my computer. sassisuan Well, the headphones are over here, These ate quite basic, but theyre fine | customer *__ they? assistant £12.95, customer OX. !'l take them ‘assistant Do you want 4 ‘customer Yes, [need some CDs, 00, assist 5___? They've in packets of 10 customer &_______ 10, thanks.TTY & Complete the food words with vowels: a, e, i, 0, u. Food and 1 chicken $3 ordering food iain oly 3 s__s_ 8 br 4 y_—gh_rt 9 ch s 5 c_rr_ts 10 r_ Match the words from Exercise 6 [1~ 0% the pictures (a-j). ° an tee” te a a TY y ei 8 — Gircld\the correct words. Bananas and temons(have a skiny are round Apples and oranges are not very good for you,/ round Potatoes and pasta are high In carbohydrates / have a skin. Broccoli and lettuce are good if you're.on.a diet / sweet Chocolate and butter are round / net very. goed fer you. 9 Complete the table using the words in the box. Countable and ws ancbanhstte ‘a alotof an many much pasta some strawberries nouns Countable Uncountable How many eggs do you want? How?_____ chocolate do you eat? 'dlike*____ apple, Do you want *____ bread? : watermelon and some % Please. leat 7 potatoes. Feat a lot of © 10 Complete what Belén says about what she eats and drinks using the words in the box. a alot of five Howmuch some My diet? Well, I don't eat meat very often, and | try to have at least 1_some fresh fruit and vegetables every day, and rice or pasta, | have 2__ sandwich for lunch, and | normally eat at home in the evening. §__coffee do I drink? Well, | admit | drink 4__coffee. | know it's bad for you, but | have about ® cups a day!Find 11 more food words. W For more practice got Un ofthe Set-stty OVD-ROM./PLOREReading 12 Look at the takeaway menu below. Are the sentences true or false? 1 You can order food from Mae's Place on the Internet. TRUE / FALSE 2 You can order food 24 hours a day. TRUE / FALSE 3 Mae's Place can deliver food to you at work, TRUE / FALSE 4 You can ask for food that isn’t on the menu TRUE / FALSE MAEZS, Open 12 pm—2 am every day Takeaway menu To place your order, call 3392704. Your takeaway is ready for collection in 15 minutes. Sandwiches Desserts Roast beef with mild mustard €6 ‘Fresh fruit salad with yoghurt = -€3.50, Roast lamb with hummus and salad €6 Ape pi with cream e150 Cheese and tomato e150 Cream cheese with smaked salmon €7.50 nee ; a Drinks ‘a0 busy to leave work? dvichs feta ch y ae eae rhe iy, | bee ate é We have the answer! Ifyou can't lis, cucumber and tomato Fresh Wt ices 6350 come to Mae’s Place, we can bring Ege mayonnaise e450, Mae's Place to you! ‘Ghicken salod & We can arrange special requests alu chicken wth griled for food and drink. Please allow peppers and spicy mayonnaise 6 at least 48 hours. Chinese spiey prawns with salad €6.50 For more information, call us on Tuna and spring onion with 3392704, mayonnaise 4.50 13 Do you know the food adjectives in the menu? Match the adjectives (1-4) with the correct meanings [a-f). Use a dictionary if necessary. 1 bottled @ cooked with oll in the oven 2. fresh b cooked under the grill or on a barbecue 3 roast © not very strong 4 mild ~~ d- inabottle 5 grilled with a lot of spices 6 spicy f natural, not frozen or in @ packet 14 Cross out the words which do not go with the adjectives in bold. : Choose something to eat and drink. Tick (¥] the menu, 1 roast lamb / beef / mayonnaise 2 fresh fish / mustard / fruit 3. bottled fish / water / juice 4 grilled fish / chicken / salad Choose a sandwich from the menu for each of these people. 1 | don't eat meat, chicken, fish or cheese. 2 I'd like a chicken sandwich, but nothing spicy. 3° Can| have a sandwich with fish or seafood? No mayonnaise or cheese, please. 4 [like meat, but I'd rather not have vegetables or salad in my sandwichDVD-ROM Extra A world of food 1 Before you watch, do you know any typical food from Poland, Syria or Italy? 2 Watch Adam, Mouhammad and Laura. Match the names (1-3) with the topics (a~cl. Ca 1 Adam tfrom Poland] a different types of food in his/her country 2 Mouhammad (from Syria) b something he/she enjoys cooking 3 Laura {from italy) © atypical dish from his/her country 3 Watch again and(Girclé)the correct answers. 1 Adam(likesy doesn’t like eating pierogi. 2 He can / can't cook pierogi 3. Which adjective does Muhammad not use to describe Syrian cuisine? Greek / Turkish / Italian / Mediterranean / French / Syrian 4 Laura can / can’t make pasta. 5 She makes / doesn’t make vegetarian lasagne 4 Complete the sentences using the food words in the box. Watch again to help you, cheese dumpling fillings lasagne meat mushroom onion pasta potatoes spices vegetables Pierogi are a kind of !_dumpling_. They can have different 2 A popular one is ® e and a bit of © Syrian dishes contain ® . different types of 7@___ all together with special ® Laura’s favourite thing is making ®. especially Her favourite is the" one, 5 Describe the cuisine or a typical dish from your country. ‘cuisine /kw'zicr/ [noun]: The euisine of a country is its typical style of cooking. dish {noun}: food prepared in a particular way. A dish is also a type of plate. ‘dumpling noun}: round ball made with flour and cooked in water filling noun): The filling is the part in the middle of food like a sandwich, a cake, ete ‘recipe /'restpi/ Inounk: the instructions for making a particular dish spices (plural noun): A spice is @ powder made from part of a plant, eg. pepper, chill vegetarian {noun and adjectivel: A vegetarian is a person who doesn't eat meat. Vegetarian food doesn’t contain meat Formore paste, goto Unita the Sttatay vo-noM 3PET Work and studies PTE | Ce 2 What did each person study? 1 Elsa studied a.¢ ¢ 0 unt ing atuniversity 2 Raymond studied — ______ atcollege. 3. Nikos studied __________ for seven years. 4 Bethdidan course 5 Mathias went to school & Sangeeta studied = TLEWEGLE 42 Write five more sentences about your typical day using an expression in each box spe (or an expression / activity of your own). 45 minutes two hours allotoftime eight hours travelling to and from work/college sleeping watching TV with friends 1 _Lspend two hours a day travelling to and from work. 2 atom — 3 _ 4 5 6ee“ Present progressive: talking about now 5 LOS Saying you're busy Complete the sentences using is, isn't, are or aren’t. 1 Jan__is___ working in the kitchen this morning. 2. Maria and Pilar working today. xX 3. Tibor and Eva having a meal with friends. 7 4 Danny studying at the moment ~ he’s at the gym. x 5 Fatima travelling home from work. ¥ 6 Svetlana relaxing at home - she has a lot of work to do. X Gircl&the correct forms of the verbs to complete the sentences. 1. Jan usually@orkSy is working in the evening, but this month, he works / &warkindin the morning. 2. Its Friday and Maria and Pilar don’t work / aren't working on Saturdays, so they watch / are watching a late film this evening 3. Tibor and Eva often go / are going to restaurants with friends. Tonight they have / are having an Italian meal 4 Danny does / is doing weight-training at the gym this morning. He goes / is going to the gym twice a week 5. Fatima sits /is sitting on the train at the moment. She spends /is spending an hour on the train every evening 6 Svetlana has an important job. She works / is working for a big company. At the moment, she writes /is writing @ report at home. Complete the conversations using the expressions in the box. notinterested in the middle of dinner not feeling well watching-arfitm working on a report Can you talk at the moment? Do you want to come out with us? Sorry, but I'm watching a film Do you want to play cards with me? Well, actually, I'm at the moment,Read the text. re the sentences true or false? ‘ove living and working in London. i's a fantastic city, and it's very good practice for my English. At the museum where Iwork, Tspeak English with people from all over the world — i's really interesting, My English is quite good now, because I speak English all the time, I can understand most things that, people say, but sometimes I don’t understand how British ‘people act, I think people say ‘please’ and ‘thank you' more here than in Argentina, I don’t always know when to say ‘please’ or ‘excuse me' or ‘sorry'. People say ‘sorry’ a lot here! ‘And I don't know when to kiss my English friends to say hello. I always kiss my friends in Argentina when we meet. 1. Sara works in London, TRUE / FALSE 2. Sara only speaks English to British people. TRUE/ FALSE 3. Sara thinks people often say ‘sorry’ in Britain. TRUE / FALSE ' Your English 8 Sara speaks English very well, but isn’t always sure how to act or what to sa} n Britain. What about you? Do people say ‘please’ or ‘sorry’ a lot in your country? Look at these pictures and write what you would say in your language in each situation. 9 o You stand on someone's toe. You want a coffee. You don't hear what someone says. 10 Now match these sentences to the pictures in Exercise 9, 2 Could !have a coffee, please? [] b Oh! 'mvery sorry. © Sorry? Oo 11 Doyou say the same thing in your language, or is it different?ss | www. blogspot.com/sara EXPLOREWHiting 12 Read Sara’s blog entry. Do you think Sara has a good work-life balance? Hello from sunny London! Posted May 19th at 2.30pm Ym not working today, so I'm sitting in am internet: café wi ‘writing In English because I want to practise. Sorry, Juant ‘This time, Tl tell you about what I do every week - so you can imagine my life here, T work at the museum from Monday to Friday, and I don’t work at weekends. I G0 to work on the underground. It's very different from the metro in Buenos Aires! It takes an hour to get to the museum, and I work from 9 to 5.30 with an hour for lunch, The big Argentina exhibition starts next month, so we're very busy preparing for it Wm working really hard, but 1'm having a good time, too. After work, T sometimes go out with colleagues, or I just go home. Oh - one of my new colleagues is also a guitar teacher, so I'm learning to play the guitar! I have lessons with him on Mondays and Wednesdays. ‘At weekends, I go sightseeing in London. There's so much to see here! But, best of all, I’S summer here now - my second summer this year! Write to me soon or read my next blog. Besos sara ing to all of you! I'm 13. Are the sentences true or false? 1 Ablog is something you write for many people toread. TRUE / FALSE 2. Sara's blog is about her plans for the future TRUE / FALSE 3. Sara only uses the present simple tense. TRUE / FALSE 1G Write the highlighted sentences in the correct column. Things that are always true, happen _Things happening now or around now all the time, or happen regularly work at the museum from Monday to I'm not working today. Friday. 15 Imagine you go to live and work in a new country. Write a blog post to tell your friends at home what you are doing. a Make notes: What are you doing at this moment? Where are you? I'm sitting in an internet café. What do you do every day? What time do you start work? How do you travel to work? What do you do at weekends? Where do you live? I work from Monday to Friday. Is anything new happening at the moment? I'm learning to play the guitar! b Now write your blog post.-BVD-ROM Extra Working from home 1. Before you watch, think about this question: would you like to work from home? Why? / Why not? 2 Watch Paivi and Luis talking about working from home. Do they mention any of the same things as you? 3 Watch again. Who finds working from home a easy? > difficutt sometimes? 4 Watch again and(irelthe correct answers. 1 Paivi/ Luis grew up on a farm 2. Paivi/ Luis finds it easier to work at night. 3. Paivi/ Luis isa translator. 4 Paivi/ Luis has meals at fixed times. 5 Paivi/ Luis thinks you need discipline to work from home. 5 Who mentions these things? Write P (Paivil, L (Luis) or 8 (both of them]. Watch again to check. having breakfast having a cup of coffee C] having along break] having lunch oO havingadeadiine =F] & Watch Luis again (01:15-02:13). The same two words are missing from each of these sentences. What are they? 1 You have discipline, You__ finish. You do your work in a certain amount of time 4 You be quite disciplined. 7 Have you changed your mind about working from home? Why? / Why not? 8 — Write about things you have to do in your job. deadline noun): 2 time or day by which something has to be done discipline {noun): self-control; the ability to make yourself do what you have to do efficent {adjectivel: organised and working well grow up (verb): to go from being a child to being an adult structure (noun]: oruanisation: the way things are organised temptation noun: the desire to do or have something which you know you should not do or haveUnit 1 12 Nice to meet you 3 what's your name again? 4 Joseph isan old friend 5 Are you and Peter colleagues /Are Peter and you colleagues 2 2'm Sere hs 5's S mnot 7m 8% Gisnt 10s W's 2s 3 2Virgine 3 Roland 4 Zoe 5 Odette & Sébastien 7 Serge B Anaré 4 Dboring 3 different every day 4 great 5 terrible 6 dificult 7 easy B same everyday 9 interesting 5 2% 9're 4 tenot Swere 6 were 7 weren't 8 was was 10'm 11's 12 re 6 1 False 2 True 3 True 7 2 Myparents are teachers. 3 The boy is very ‘al 4% Lama journalist. 5 Jane and! are sisters, 7 1 English-speaking 2 alittle 10 2,3,5,7.8 11 2irom 3 in 4 yearsold Scan 6 to DVD-ROM Extra 3 2 Poland 3 Waly & India 5 Istanbul in Turkey § London, England 4 2 Turkish 3 Italian 4 French 5 German 6 Spanish 7 Greok 8 Russian 5 The sentences in column A mean ‘I speak this language very wel ‘The sentences in column & mean I speak this language abit, not very well 1 bC cS dC eC 1S gS hS 22g 30 bh Sa bt 74 Be 3. 2 Could have glass of water, please? 3 Can help you, sir? 4% Could you give me some information, please? 5 Can dosomething to help? 6 Could you make some sandwiches, please? 4 has 3live & sleep § is 4 speaks 5 2goto 3 wantto & music 5 Tdlike 8 Sweden 9 learn 6 2 swimming 3 salsa 4 chess 5 football & music 7 cinema Bart ? architecture 10 food 7a Ireland, South Africa, Mata % agoodjob 7 in 8 Homestay GoodHope Bell Scho 202 v 7 32 ‘ ‘ ao > v 5 ok * y ac DVD-ROM Extra 2 tasport 2 art 3.253L 455) 6S TL BI GL WL ML 4 2 quiet 3 north-east 4 bird Sfascinating & anthropology 7 sketching 5 2a Bf bb Sd be Unit 3 1. 2 anewspaper reading a newspaper! 4 jaz listening to jazz / playing jazz] 4 photos (taking photos! 5 fishing (going fishing) §& music listening to musie/ playing muse) 7 Languages learning languages! 2 2don't 3 doesn't 4 don't 5 doesn't & doesn't 2 2 likes. 3 quite likes 4 loves § really likes 6 doesn't lke 4 Example answers I never watch TV in the morning usually ead 2 newspaper in the morning | sametimes meet friends in the evening, 2De 3d0 4 Do 5 Doss bt cS 44 e2 1 Liston 2 Economics 9 OK; bad 2 My children don't ike doing homework. 3 Idan’ lke listening to jazz 4 Where do you come trom? 5 Does she lke going to parties? 6 What do they do at weekends? 414 waching > watching meal > meat 2B 19 2 the United match / football match 3 on Saturday 4 Would you tke to come with me? 5 Give me a call / send me a text fon 0779 120098) 16 2 Fimhaving aparty. 9 al the Golden Cow restaurant 4 atour flat 5 Do youwant to..?- & Send me an email 7 Send me text. 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George and Hani go to school, and \'m a student at the university, but Camille is married and has two little tC .sol'man®__ My? three years old, and my '@__, Maha, is just four months old. __., Karim, is m1 a 2 2 GirciWthe correct words to complete what Aziza says about the people in Personality her family. My sister likes meeting new people - she's very working. Hani makes us all laugh - he’s really “adventurous / funny ~ but George is very serious and “funny / hard-working, like my dad. My mum is really good at thinking of new ideas ~ she’s a very “creative / outgoing person. And me? Well, | always like to do new and different things, so I'm quite Sadventurous / funny. And we're all very intelligent, of course! aea 3 Appearance Write a description of yourself. Write three sentences. I have gat Complete the description of Aziza using the words in the box. brown hair jacket pale Jai wearing Azizais'___tall___and she’s got *_ __ skin She's got black * and“ eyes. She's ® trousers, She's not wearing a —_. ‘Complete the sentences using the words in the box, ve got Hes ‘Sot haven't got hasn't got Have you got 1 Mymum ‘sgot dark hair and brown eyes. 21 a brother and two sisters. 3 What time is it? a watch? 4 We_____acar; we use our bikes or public transport. 5 My brother's got a moustache, but he a beard. 6 your house got a garden?” “No, but there’s a big balcony.” Complete this paragraph with the correct form of have got. rom the early 1900s, most schools in Britain had a uniform to give a sense of schoo! identity. In this picture, the three children ‘are wearing a typical British school uniform from the 1950s, The boy |_Sa0t_ short trousers ‘and long socks. He2__ very short hair and a cap on his head. The older girl's uniform is Very similar, but she *__ trousers = she's wearing a skirt. She “_ any jewellery. Both of them are wearing shirts and ties, | and the school jacket, called a blazer. In many | countries around the world, schools ®__—— still students today. some kind of uniform for theirRelationships. & Use the verbs in the box to complete the relationship expressions in bold. are get get know like see” spend talk 1 Wedon’t___see _ each other very often. No) 2 We on welll. iam 3 Wecan about everything together. [_] 4 We don't in touch very often. Gl 5 We the same things. Oo We 2 lot of time togeth Over to you fi Ws. te = 7 We don't __ each other very well. oO Think of a person you know. Write three 8 We___very close. Oo sentences about your relationship. 8 not close) in each box Out Find 15 more words for relatives in the word snake. 30, ete - Which sentences in Exercise 6 describe a close relationship? Write C [close] or NC 1 aunt. 5 9 13 a 2 6 10 6 3 7 n 15 4 a 2 1G) Foe mere pracice, oto Unit of th sat-stity ovornom, OT‘What's your favourite outfit? Write a description and say where you got the clothes. EXPLOREReading 9 10 " Read the first paragraph of the article. Are the sentences true or false? 1 Nick is a journalist, TRUE / FALSE 2 He likes formal clothes. TRUE / FALSE 3 He likes old clothes, TRUE / FALSE Read what Nick says about his favourite clothes. Match the clothes (1-5) with the places he got them [a-el. 1 scart in a shop in Australia 2 T-shirt in a shop in Sweden 3 jeans from a friend he worked with 4 jacket from a friend he lived with 5. trainers from his girlfriend's father Read the article again and try to guess the correct options. 1 Katharine Hamnett is a journalist / designer: 2 Glastonbury is a classical / rock and folk music festival. 3. Bondi Beach is famous for surfing / 4 Stockholm at Christmas is hot / cold. MY FAVOURITE OUTFIT [RII Nick wos a joumalist, but now he hes @ band and iso bu. AMR His look is very relaxed. All my clothes have a story. They are all second-hand Nick likes the style of Bryan Ferry from Roxy Music and the young Mick Jagger. “When | worked as a journalist at a fashion magazine, my fiend Gary, who's a designer, gave me this. I's by Katharine Hamnett, and it's lovely and light” “This belonged to my gitriend’s dad. He was a hippy in the 608 and he wore this fo the fist Glastonbury music festival in 1970" “Hough! this in a surf shop on Bondi Beach, in Sydney, [went fo do a concert and | bought some new clothes there’ “Last Christmas, | went fo Stockholm to do @ concert. It was a lovely weekend of hot wine and ice-skating - and | bought these jeans, too” TRAINERS “Imoved house about three months ago and! | found these in the flat. | think they belonged to my old flatmate, Gareth = sony, Gareth’DVD-ROM Extra Families = 1 Before you watch, write down how many people there are in your family. 2 Watch Hitin, Nitgun and Leo talking about their families. Which family is most similar to yours? 3 Watch again. Match the speakers with the family trees, “tk “Rt 4 48 tata ¢ F4t 4 Watch again and@irelaithe correct answers. Hitin is the oldest lGgungaadenia in his family His sisters give him /Hitin gives his sisters lots of presents. Nilgun and her twin look / dont (oak the same. She knows / doesn’t know when her twin sister is il. Leo sees his parents every year / two years, He uses the phone {Internet to talk to his parents, 5 Can you remember what Hitin, Nilgun and Leo say about their families? Complete the sentences using the words in the box. Watch again to help you. call close intouch love lovely make sure mumanddad visit young in 1 Ihavea__lovely _ family. 2 They me so much. Nitgun 3. I'mvery to my twin sister. 4 We were very naughty when we were — 5 lusually her to she’s OK. Leo 6 Itis very difficult for me to__ them, 7 [feel need to keep__with them. 8 Its good for me and also good for my & Describe the people in your family. Try to use some expressions from Exercise 5. annual /‘enjual/ (adjective every year, or once every year get told off (verbl: If you get told off, someone speaks to you in an angry way because you have done something wrong, tts [plural noun): A gift is a something that you give someone; a present identical ladjective): Identical twins are formed from the same egg and are exactly the same. naughty /‘noitisfladjectivel: Ia child is naughty, he/she does bad things. youngest fadjective|: The Last child in a family, The first child is the oldest. For mor pace, 9 to Unt of he Set xety OVD.ROM,PREETI ZMY 1 We asked these people how they get to work. Complete the answers using the Using transport ——_Laet the train The station is only five minutes from my house. | | can't drive, but I don’t really How often do you do these things? Write a sentence for each one. get the bus, cle, get a tai, get the underground, get the train Getting information [Its quite expensive, though. 2 Phrases in the box. Igetataxi Icycle Idrive Igetthe bus Lgotthetrathi | ride a motorbike It saves money and it helps keep me fit! There's a free car park at work, so It's faster than a car and it’s easier to park. usually watk, but when it’s, raining, It stops just outside my office. Gérard is at the Tourist Information Office. Complete his questions using the words in the box. best way doyouknow far nearhere take 1 Isit__far__? 2 And____what time it opens? 3. What's the to get there? 4 Isthereapostoffice 5 How long doesit___to walk? Complete the conversation with the questions from Exercise 2. ofeano Excuse me, ‘Us there a post team 3 office near here? _ assistant Abou a kilometre, more or less, assisunt Yos,it'sin the square Opposite oimany, $ the bank assistant Not Jong. About 16 minutes eeamo OK, thanks, 2 sémano Great. * assisuanr You can walk or youcan get aus, _assisranr Nine thirty.Comparatives and superlatives Buying a ticket Complete the sentences with the correct form of the adjectives in brackets. What's the best _way to travel in your country? [good] The metro is 1 2 than the bus in the mornings. (busy] 3 Riding a motorbike is _ 4 5 than flying, (dangerous} way to get around in London. (quick) than going The underground is I think going by train is by car: interesting} 6 What's ‘way to get to the airport? (easy) Think of two towns or cities you know well. Write five more comparative sentences about them. Use some of the adjectives in the box. beautiful busy clean expensive interesting 1 think (San Francisco} is more beautiful than (New York) 2 3 4 5 6 Complete the train ticket using the words in the box. fee tibet fdult Child ae STO Open’ return ONE NLR ae 2 date napart, arrive 06-Qct 16.04 18.01 2 Route Bournemouth = a a eee london Waterloo Fin €31.00 Write the customer's questions in the correct order. custone Excuse me, get / how / it/ London / take. (long /19/ 10 / does? 1 assistant About two hours, customer And open / does/ how / an / please / return / cost, much £? 2 assistant IU'3 £31.00, customer OK, and is a assisunt Yes, you don’t need to change. customer Vfhat /leave / does / the / ain fume / next / 2 4 assist At 16.04 In about belf an hour For more prism goto Unt Otte Sextet ovo-now AB,| English I AG, work for an American bank in Tokyo, so I speak English every day. 1 studied English for eight years at school and college, and I use it every day, so my English IsOK- et ai fn some tng ate ogi proninacen a cucu Sea Bd yo cuprmeg pls Tea acta ael arcnae tcundieouten An tr nay Yano. pl sank neh gh Wen Tor cg Basle aue ees oi ‘nouns, adjectives and adverbs ~ often it's the same word in Japanese ~ so I'd say She ie ve say cy naa moi etrpae aera ie that kind of mistake now, though. oe oa ale ies pn es atacand ‘everything I see in English. It helps me remember words, gy [Yoko Japan 1 Yukois a college student. TRUE / FALSE 2 English pronunciation is difficult for Yuko. TRUE / FALSE 3. Yuko sees lots of English in Japan. TRUE / FALSE Your English Yuko finds some sounds difficult to pronounce in English, Here are some problem words for her. ‘What are the problem sounds in English for you? Add your own sounds and words to the list. ied | right, read | | A | tight, lead | 10 Sometimes adjectives, nouns and adverbs in English are the same word in other languages.Circl@the correct word in each sentence. My grandfather is a veryhanppY happiness person. 2 You're walking very stow (slowly, Come on, hurry up! 3. Riding 2 motorbike is quite danger / dangerous 4 The metro is very busy / business in the morning 5 Taxis are quite expensive / expense. 11 Yuko says that she sees lots of things in English in Japan. Do you see advertisements and other things in English where you live? Make a listEXPLOREWriting 12 Look at the ‘On foot’ section of the party invitation. €ircla\the correct answers and write them in the gaps. 1 a Outof bGrom c Across 2 a outof b down cup 3 ato b from © across 4 a down b into © from 5 a through b down c up & a outof b up c into Please come to my 25th birthday party! Saturday July 23. 8 till very late! 24 Park Grove How to get here On foot 1___From___the station: Walk?__ the station and ® the ‘square onto Park Street, After 60 metres, turn left 4_ the small park. Go®. the park and you'll see a red gate. Go 6 tho steps, and you're in Park Grove! We're number 241 Glick here for a map. By public transport Underground: The nearest Underground station is Priory Road. ‘The bus stop (Bus 128) is nearer, but there aren't many buses. ‘Taxis here are very expensive! By car Parking is difficult, The nearest car park is in Smithfield Street. It's easier to come by bus or Underground. 14 Look at the ‘By public transport’ and ‘By car’ sections and find: 1 two comparatives 2 two superlatives 415 Imagine you are planning a party at your home. Write notes for your invitation telling people how to get there ~ on foot and by public transport. Try to use at least cone superlative and one comparative. For more prise goto Unt Of the Seti BYO-ROM,OVO-ROM Extra Journeys 1 You are going to watch Claire talking about a long trip to Australia. Before you watch, look at this list. Which of these things do you think she talks about? learning English snakes dolphins spiders [] kangaroos sydney] pizza trucks = (J 2 — Watch parts 1 and 2 of the video. Tick (¥) the things from Exercise 1 that Claire mentions. 3 Watch part 1 of the video again (00:10-01:15] and@ircla)the correct answers. Claire Bauden was "18 /.19 and was a student at university in Australia / France. She decided to go to Perth and she stayed there for two Syears / months. At first, she “could understand everything / couldn't understand anything. After six °weeks / months. she felt more comfortable, 50 she decided to travel around Australia with a friend 4 Watch part 2 of the video again (01:18-02:45]. Claire says they decided to ‘hitchhike’, Which picture shows how Claire travelled round Australia? Claire uses some Australian words, What do you think they mean? Match the words (1-31 with the definitions (ac). 1 giday a a large, empty area of land 2 the bush b alorry driver 3. atruckie © hello 7 Claire and her friend hitchhiked across Australia. Would you ever hitchhike like this? Explain why / why not. accent [noun!: Your accent is the way you pronounce words. Some people have strang accents that are difficult to understand, bilingual adjective): If you are bilingual, you can speak two languages fluently. hitchhike (verb); to travel by getting free rides in other people's cars and lorries trailer (noun): something pulled behind a car or lorry satellite phone [noun|: a mobile phone that works in remote areas, for example in the desertTalking about films 1 Suggestions EG 3 Present progressive for future arrangements rele correct words or phrases to complete the descriptions an animated film: a film with human actors /@ a comedy: a funny / sad film that makes you laugh a horror film: a funny / scary film about nice / horrible things a drama: a funny / serious film with an interesting story a romantic film: a film about love / war an action film: a boring / an exciting film where a lot / not a lot of things happen a documentary: a film about real / imaginary people or things a science-fiction film: a film set in the past / future or another part of the universe Write the words in the correct order to complete the conversation. ing," you /,come / Ike / would 19 awna Ifyou'Te not doing anything 1 would you like to come over to my house? *could We fae ‘pizza and watch a film. sonia? good / sounds / That. awa OK, I've got an old Hitchcock flm we could watch. sova Hmm, *not/I'm/sue _______. I don't usually like thrillers. Swe / DVD /Why//rent/ don't/a 2 anna with (pe / Fine Complete the sentences using the verbs in the box in the present progressive. arrive come comeback fly go stay wait notwork 1 DrSharma’s here fora conference. He ‘sstaying in ahotel in the centre of town They ____to my house this evening to watch a film. 1 to Gatar tomorrow on the midday flight We The train camping in Greece this summer. ____ at the station. 1 ____from my trip on Sunday night. ooo00008 Where are you? We for you! She's got baby twins, so she __at the moment, Which sentences in Exercise 3 are about now and which are about future arrangements? Write N (now] or F [future] in the boxes.Best = Look at your diary and write three sentences about your arrangements. ‘Complete the time expressions in bold with in, on or at if necessary. Some expressions don’t need a preposition. ‘They're leaving _on__ Saturday morning. 1 2 We're going to Morocco _next month. 3. I'm going to the dentist's this afternoon 4 Mygrandfather's having his 90" birthday party _14'" May! 5 We're leaving tonight. 6 They're having another meeting tomorrow, 7 Their train’s arriving ____ 6.15. 8 I'mgoing on holiday _ August. Look at Lia’s desk. Tick [7] the true sentences and correct the false ones. TODAY. r 16.00 meeting (oom D) 18.00 tennis ( 119.00 Paul for fim 2312.10 Zhen at eipod PFS (Sindy oe | gre SOR PET er ig OK 1 She's playing tennis on Wednesday morning, She's playing tennis on Wednesday evening /at é pm on Wednesday. 2 She's going shopping this evening, 3. She's not working in the ofice on Thursday 4 She's speaking to Giulia on Friday afternoon. 5. She's seeing friends on Saturday evening & She's having a meeting tomorrow afternoon, 7 She's staying at home on Friday evening, 8 She's meeting Zhen at the airport on Sunday,TEEIESM 7 Complete the film review using the words and phrases in the box. Talking about a character directed by drama funny it’s about set in stars films 2 08 2 es € Te ae Volver Volver (2006) isa "__drama__ writen and ® Pedro Almodovar. is + a village in Spain, and * a family - two sisters, their aunt and the ‘teenage daughter of one of the sisters. Another ® ___is the sisters’ dead mother, who comes back to help them in a difficult time; volver means ‘to return’ in Spanish. ne Penélope Cruz, but the cast really work as a team: in fact, six actresses shared the Best Actress award at the Cannes Film Festival. Volver is a warm, 7 film about the relationship between women. Rkaw Out How much do you know about the cinema? Do the quiz! ‘Who directed the film 2001 A Space Odyssey? a Ridley Scott b George Lucas ¢ Stanley Kubrick What nationality is the actor Gael Garcia Bernal? @ Mexican b Argentinian ¢ Spanish ‘Where doos the director Ang Lee come from? a The United States b Taiwan e Korea ‘Which ctty is the Bollywood film industry based in? a Delhi b Kolkata © Mumbai Which rook band made the film Tommy? a Pink Floyd b The Who ¢ Rolling Stones Which country makes the most films in Arabic? a Egypt b Tunisia ¢ Syria Which film is NOT Chinese? i a Red Sorghum » Farewell My Concubine ¢ Spirited Away ‘Who is the voice of Donkey in the Shrek films? a Mike Myers b Antonio Banderas ¢ Eddie Murphy i "sb Caseuedepsapon eo ae] i (Hoque mem Sy9 eu z0 eueu DIO SUL) Oy az eZ ot i siomsuy For more practicn, yo to Unit 10 af the Sot-study OvO-ROM. HLEXPLOREReading 9 Look at the page from the Summer in the City programme. Tick (/) the kinds of events that are featured. Theatre a Jazz QO Classical music] Folk music [] Film ag Walks QO Dance QO Rock music [] Children’s events [] Talks oO 10 Are these sentences true or false? 1 All the music events are free. TRUE / FALSE 2 You don't have to pay to see the film. TRUE / FALSE 3. The most expensive event is a live show. TRUE / FALSE 4 Adults cannot sleep in the park after Clowns, TRUE / FALSE ‘11 Which event do you choose if 1. you want to dance until late at night? 2 you are interested in history? 3. you want to take your eight-year-old daughter out? 4 you want to have a drink and listen to some relaxing music? Kips’ SUMMER Guasto Gardens 20.00 Clowns ‘A fun show for the under-125, inspired by Fellini's clowns. after tthe show, kids and their families are invited to sleep under the stars in SLE the park! CINEMA UNDER THE STARS Free, but book in advance Piazza Grande 22.00 339 3450228 The Man Without a Past ' by Aki Kaurismaki (Finland, 2 ~ auisieayaett'and, 2003) SCANDELLARA FESTIVAL Free ‘Scandellara Park 21,00-02.00 OPEN-AIR JAZZ Jurassic Rock in concert 22.00 Minaet Rortore 20 SPECIAL EVENT Plus 03 Music from the Max Aurora trio Arena spares a Free Entrance and first drink €5 Fura dels Baus Spectacular performance by the celebrated Catalan theatre company CITY WALKS . EAS STORE COURTYARD in their new allswomen production, Starting from Piazza Piccola 21.00 De Pisis Gallery main courtyard Imperium Secrets of the Middle Ages: the city ®1-30 I ad jn the 13th and 14th century ‘Music by Schubert, Beethoven } Information and tickets from Tourist TH walk lasts approximately two and Dvorak hours. Donatella Virzi, piano Information Office, Piazza Grande Mon-Sat 14.00-19.00 €8 Book in advance 348 4499321 Free (Nc cNRNNERNSDVD-ROM Extra Cinema Before you watch, look at this lst of types of film and tick [/] the ones you like. Exercise 1 Exercise 2 1 coinenies go @ 2 Indian cinema Go a 3. romantic comedies. o a 4 serious documentaries 5} a 5 romanticlovestories —[] oO Watch Amanda and Hitin talking about films. Who talks about the types of films in Exercise 17 Write A {Amanda} or H (Hitin). Watch Amanda again (00:10-00:29) and Girelthe correct answers. 1. Why can Amanda go to the cinema without paying? a] She works there. b Her husband works there. 2 Why did they go to see films more often in the past? a] Because now they need a babysitter for their son. b) Because their son doesn't like films. What kind of films do Amanda and her husband go to see? al science-fiction films _b} comedies and more serious films Complete the information about Indian films using the words in the box. Watch Hitin again (00:40-01:54) to help you. characters family friends fun happy love story songs Indian films have ‘larger than life’ '_characters_, and they are really 2 They are usually a romantic? _ and most films have a 4 ending. They are different from American movies because they have a lot of e Indian films reflect Indian culture and are usually about ss and?, Match the beginnings and endings of the sentences to make sentences that ‘Amanda and Hitin say. Watch again to check. 1 Mike @ when | was a small baby. 2 Wealso see. b Indian cinema 3 I'ma huge fan of some serious documentaries 4 Myllove for Indian cinema began .. d romantic comedy, Describe the type of films people in your country like. bonding (nounl: a close feeling or relationship between people ending {noun|: the end; the way a story or film finishes for free [expression if you can do something for free, you don’t pay any money. larger than life adjective phrasel: A person who is Larger than life seems very interesting or different from normal people look after (verb: If you took after children, you care for them and keep them sate. projectionist inounl: A projectionist is the person who operates the equipment the projector) io show the film ina cinema, Formote practice, go Un 10atthese-stey ovo-nom BBHag +i Te CHECK-IN CHECKIN ALLIEN «1 Find placesin the airport where you do these things. Airports When you start your journey, .. 1. you and your bags are checked here for dangerous things. _security 2 you go here to show your ticket or boarding pass before you fy 3 your plane leaves from here. 4 you leave your big bags here. When you arrive at your destination, 5 your bags arrive here 6 you have to go through here before you leave the airport. 7 you show your passport here. 2 — Complete the airport sentences using the words in the box. anything bag belt gate keys laptop luggage pack passport 1 Do you have any hand luggage ? 2 Areyouwearinga___? o 3° CanI see your and ticket, please? ao 4 Didyou_____your bag yourself? oO 5 Doyou have a in your bag? Qo 6 Boarding is at 10.25 from 12, oO 7 Do you have any _ in your bag? Oo 8 Would you open your please? QO 9 Are you carrying__ for anyone else? Oo 3 Where do you hear the sentences in Exercise 2? Write C (check-in) or S (security).SCL « Articles Montse, Spain a 6 Storytelling expressions Elke, Germany. Number the sentences 1-5 to tell Montse’s story. a C1 Atthe end of my holiday, I bought a special bag and put the cat in it b ED [took it to my holiday apartment and gave it food every day. ¢ E1 Inthe end, | paid a lot of money to bring the cat into the country; | think | have the most expensive cat in the world! [HI I love cats, and when | was on holiday in Greece, | found a beautiful litle cat. eT] |had no problems when I left Greece, but when | arrived at the airport in my country, the Customs officials took the cat from me. Match the phrases from the story [1-10] with the rules (a-f. at the end of my holiday | bought a special bag put the cat in it gave it food the most expensive cat in the world Hove cats a beautiful little cat at the airport took the cat from me Seeucanan Use a/an to talk about a person or thing for the first time. Use the when the reader or listener knows which thing, Use - {no article] to talk about things in general. Use the with some time expressions. Use the with some place expressions, Use the with some adjectives. Ooo0o008 O oo00 Complete Etke’s travel story using the expressions in the box. Iwas with In the end the south of \ alewyearsago and then at the time inthe middle of It was quite frightening Well, this was '_a few years ago_in Africa. | was in Tanzania 2 twas in the Selous Park in * the country, on a safari trip. ¢ my husband, the driver of the car and another guide, We crossed a dry river, ° the driver stopped the car because there was a huge mother elephant the road, about ten metres in front of us. She was. dangerous because her baby was near; we couldn't go back and we the elephant walked but I got some great photos! couldn't continue driving. ” away to her baby. ® ee One et ee)ECEUENMM 7 © Cross out the words or expressions that are not correct, Talking about 1. We booked /.went7 found seats on a flight to New York a journey. 2 We drove / went / waited to the airport. 3 We showed our passport / shopping / ticket at check-in. 4 Thetlght was nts f dere choses THR SeauEE 5 We cancelled / caught / missed our connection in Amsterdam. | journey you went 6 We spent / waited,/ wanted six hours in the airport. cn es sake 7 The airport was very comfortable / uncomfortable / delayed. Grr Ga 8 The flight left / started / took off at 11.30 at night. bib 9 The plane checked /landed /arrived in New York the next afternoon 0 We stayed / were / delayed in a three-star hotel on Broadway. & Read what Nadya says, and choose the correct way to complete the sentences. 1 Nadya speaks good /a little English. 2. She likes reading / listening to English. really like traveling, and now I can speak a litle bit of English, I see and hear it everywhere, even in my own country. [like to practise reading signs and advertisements, because my language uses a different alphabet, but when people speak to me, I get very nervous and I don't always understand, I try to ‘smagine the questions that people can ask me and I practise conversations with myself, And sometimes I ask people for information just to practise! T smile and ask politely, so I think it's OK. 9 Which communication strategies does Nadya use? 1 She reads words on signs. w 2. She practises pronouncing words she sees. oO Ce 3. She learns and practises key words before she travels, [_] Source ed 4 She imagines the questions people will ask. oO Re ett 5 She practises conversations with herselt. o eh 6 She practises expressions to check she understands.) 7 She practises expressions to ask people to repeat, oO 8 She tries asking people questions. o Your English ean 10 Tick (V) the strategies you use. Write ! for strategies you would ; pokes Tero Soe 11 Do you remember these questions you can use to ask people for help when you don't understand? Complete them using the words in the box. howmuch say slowdown spell understand which 1. Sorry, could you__say__that again, please? 2. K'msorry, | don't 3 Could you ___the name for me, please? 4 Sorry, __did you say? €3.50? 5 Sorry, can you abit? 6 Sorry, __ platform?12 13 1% 15 ight 19 hows delajed information ie deans food, eer ss seals in airport gat on Roar dick, plane. EXPLOREWhiting Read the letter andiCirclé)the correct words. Ms Bruckner travelled by plane Klemp She is writing to the travel company / a friend She went to Italy / Greece. The boat was delayed / cancelled. ‘She wants to book another journey / an apology and some. money. 24 September Dear Sir or Madam @ !2m writing to.complain about a journey with your company on 4 August from Brindisi, aly, to Patras, Greece. @ ur ferry was delayed by ten hours, but your staff didn’t give us any information, and there was no shop or café to buy any food or drinks, When we got on the boat, it was dirty and uncomfortable. There were no free seats, ‘and my three children and I slept on the floor in the bar. ‘@ ! am not satisfied with your service and Ihope to receive an apology and some compensation for our i uncomfortable journey. [look forward to your reply. Yours faithfully | Clara Bruckner ; Clara Bruckner How is the letter organised? Which paragraph (1, 2 or 3} 2 asks for a reply? Q b Says why Clara is writing? g gives information about the problem? Match the under 1ed words and expressions in the letter with the definitions. 1. the people who work for a company _staff 2 places to sit 3 to say am not happy 4 toget 5 was late 6 happy 7 some money Find expressions in the letter that are used to... start the letter, say why you are writing __ 1 2 3 say you want the person to write back to you 4 end the letter You had a very bad flight with BestOne airlines. Use the notes on the left to write a letter to complain.4 2 DVD-ROM Extra Travellers’ stories Before you watch, look at these countries. Which ones, if any, have you visited? Croatia Italy Japan Mexico Poland the USA Watch Justyna and Luis talking about trips. Which two countries did they visit? ustyna Watch again and(ircié)the correct answers. Justyna — 1 Justyna went to Croatia on holiday (Car work 2. Justyna thought Croat and Polish were similar /-very different 3 ‘False friends’ are words that sound the same but have a different meaning / spelling. 4 _Justyna wanted to ask how long it would take to iron a shirt / some trousers. 5 Godzina means ‘hour’ in Polish and ‘week’ / year" in Croat. Luis 6 Luis flew over the Grand Canyon in a helicopter / plane. 7 He sat in the back / front seat 8 The floor was made of metal / glass. 9 They flew for an hour /a couple of hours. Complete the sentences using the adjectives in the box. Watch again to check. amazing confident excited offended 1 went to a conference in Croatia, and I was very = Iwas quite 2 wanted to ask the lady how tong it would take to iron my trousers, and she got quite 3° Itwasan experience that | will fying ouer the Brand Cand never forget. Justyna talks about ‘false friends’ - words that sound similar to a word in your language but have a different meaning. What ‘false friends’ can you think of? Describe a trip you have taken. Where did you go? What did you do? What did you like / not like? conference {noun}: a big meeting with talks on a particular subject ‘canyon (nounl: a big valley with steep sides, like the Grand Canyon in Arizona, USA cliff [noun): a high wall of rock, often (but not always] near the sea iron (verbl: to make clothes flat and smooth offended (adjectivel: If you are offended, your feelings are hurtThe body and health For the relief of '_symptoms of the common cold and fl, including: Paches and pains Pf? ___ of headache A fever Directions for use: Swallow whole with water. Do not chew Dosage: dults and children over 12 years: two tablets ° Do not take more than eight tablets in 24 hours. 2 Use the words and expressions in the box to complete the medicine instructions. allergic to children under 12 every four to six hours Keep away from sore throat symptoms WARNING!TEETEGYEN 3 Look at Gabor and Lydia's problems.CirelBthe correct words in the advice below. aningatines Then mark each piece of advice G (Gabor] or L (Lydial. | want to stay healthy at work {(‘'ve got a headache You should / shouldn't see a doctor ~ You should / shouldn't go | {It's bad for your eyes and skin it might be something serious. out for a walk - it's not Diarra si near the air-conditioner } LV oO good to be inside all day. 4 oY : Fs:/0 tget os ete You should / shouldn't put salt water in your ears. It can —————e help the pain stop. But don’t use really hot water! =7— oo ] Take /Don'ttakea Pan should/shouldn't keep the | : S| paracetamol and lie window closed — you need fresh air! Listen /Don't listen to loud music! ) down for half an hour ae o y Oo O 4 Francoise wants to keep fit. Write three pieces of advice for her. CUI 5 Read the advice on how to stay healthy at work. Match the beginnings (1-6) with Giving ache the endings (a-f) with {Zl You should sit near a window if 1 Hyou want to improve the appearance of your office 5] You should change the colour of your office walls if ( You should open a window in your office It you want to keep fit, 1 ityou don't want to get back pain, get some plants. if possible make sure you have the right chair. you feel bored use the stairs, not the lift. you can,TEE 6 Collocations ameeting aparty atrain ¥ 1 Do you want to high street 2 time of day. Did you at work! Find 15 more parts of the body. time. We should _ discuss this face to face, 5 know | should Well be quicker to have Complete the diagrams using the words in the box. fun lunch money tablets fiare~ Complete the sentences with collocations from Exercise 6. lunch _ next week? There's a new café on the = the traffic is always bad at this at Isabel's party? [Li a} zle|wiy|w u;s{/P|I/G|s Y/K/Y[U/B/FIJUJH]R/S|N/A[D/QO e[thi[vlola|tirfulM|«|2|olr Infelelk[a[wfofol[z[rfeli[e[e| CIS|VIIJE/QJERATE;UITILINI J e[r|y[alelelt«tuls[alale T/O[U;GiO}]yiz{|yY{ZIN{E;E[AlO F[w[s[Plolv[e [aly] i [e|wlelo ofafe|s|ulolK|s]x]™|sle]K|K TIC{ILIHJE|S/Y|RIFIIIN|GIE|R GIH/E;EJA|N/KILIE|WiJ|RIA|P FIU/FIH/JILIS|M|V[X}|HIE|Z/S GILIBIN|M|U/F/O|O|TI Vi Y|K\|V vpsfelmfofulr{al i fefwefele 1}Q/M/G/P/C/H/S/H/O/U/LIDIE in the office next week. We need to more with my family, but I'm too busyEXPLOREReading 9 Read the advice about flying. Put these headings (1-3) in the correct places (A-C). 1 Before you tly 2 Flying with children 3 Inthe plane 1. Take lots of water to the airport with you. Drink it regularly. i 2 Make sure you have lots of time to get to the airport. Check that the roads are clear or the trains are on time. i 3. Before you get on your flight, go for a quick walk in the airport to get some | exercise, | 5 Don't drink coffee or alcohol i 5 Get up and have a walk for five or ten minutes every hour. Don'tjustsitin your seat | 7 Keep any medicine you need in your hand luggage. 9 Call the airline before you travel. Ask if they do anything special for children. 10 Give yourself lots and lots of time to do anything! Children don't always move quickly. 11. Bring something for chi 12 ren to do in the airport and on the plane. 10 Write the three extra pieces of advice in the correct sections of the leaflet. " @ Read a book or do a puzzle before you get on the flight. It will help you stop feeling nervous. b Bring some snacks ~ children might not like the food on the plane. ¢ Don’t sit with your legs crossed. Move your legs to get some exercise in your seat. Match the pictures (a-f) with the correct piece of advice in the leaflet. 12 Look at the pictures in Exercise 11 and decide if they are things you should or shouldn't do according to the leaflet. Put a tick (7) beside the things you should do and put a cross (x) beside the things you shouldn't do.DVD-ROM Extra Staying healthy 1. Before you watch, look at the photos. Which do you think is most important for a healthy lifestyle? medicine Ml 2 Watch Lona talking about a healthy lifestyle. Number the photos in Exercise 1 in the order she talks about them. 3 Watch again and(circlé}the correct answers. 1 Lona likes to sleep(ighY.ten hours a day. 2 She thinks going to the aym is boring / fun. 3. She goes to dance classes once / a couple of times a week 4 She prefers to eat white / brown rice and wholemeal / white bread. 5 She buys organic food / goes to a restaurant when she has some money. & Her family uses Ayurvedic / Western medicine at home. 4 Match the phrases to make sentences. Watch again to check. 1 Shesteeps a honey i because it gives energy. 2 Shedrinks b for eight hours ii when she isn't feeling well 3. Shetakes ¢ turmeric in warm milk ii to feel good 5 Match the beginnings and endings of the sentences, Watch again to check. 1 It's really important to .- ————_ 2. Another thing thats realy important is 3 |hate activities like Se 4 tend to eat 5 There are some other things that a... exercise. bike to take. ¢ _... respect one’s pattern of sleeping d-_...going to the gym. e things like brown rice. 6 Describe your lifestyle. Is it like Lona’s? Try to use expressions from Exercise 5. ‘Ayurvedic medicine {noun}: traditional Indian medicine components (plural nounl: the different parts of something side effect (nounl: A side effect of a medicine is an extra, negative effect. turmeric {noun}: 2 yellow spice wholemeal (adjective|: Wholemeal bread is made from brown flour, not white, so it's more natural. For more practise, gota Un 2 the St-sny ovo, 6BEU Present perfect Write three things you've never done and three things you've always wanted to do, Use verbs from the table in Exercise 2. 1 2 CET 2 1 Sights Match the sentence beginnings (1-12] with the correct endings [a-U. There may be more than one possi 1 I've never met 2 I've never used I've never eaten I've never been I've never read 9 I've never liked 10 I've never had 11. I'venever seen ible answer. I"ve never smoked I've never played Ve I've never worked 12. Ive never wanted a book in English. a cigarette a telephone meeting a member of a gym watching sport on TV. a famous person. a horror film. to be rich an MP3 player. golf, after midnight. Japanese food Complete the table. Use the sentences in Exercise 1 to help you. Verb Past participle Regular verbs (-ed} | vse used _ Irregular meet eat read have see Label the postcards using the words in the box. castle city walls ruins sculpture fountain museum pal statue tomb waterfall lace4 Complete the postcardusing 4! j the correct past participle of the verbs in the box. to Well Tre ahoays come here, and W's @ beatiful Ueeleuuanm place! Were having & great time ~ we've 2 ‘ tte | sights and 2 oi sgits and *__ some gyeat Sood. And we've 4 some redlly vice people, too pee 5 Complete the article using the questions in the box. @ What's the nicest hotel you've ever stayed in? bit et b_ What's the most interesting place you've seen in your own country? | Write your own © Have you had any bad experiences while travelling? answers to the six questions in @ What's the strangest thing you've ever eaten when you're travelling? Exercise 5. Which country have you always wanted to visit? Michelle Giaquinto is from Australia. At the moment, she is working ‘aS a cook in a vegetarian restaurant in Italy. She has travelled to over 80 countries, including Mexico, Thailand, Nepal, Pakistan, Morocco, Guatemala, Turkey and many countries in Arica and Europe. ‘What’ ost beautiful place you've ever been to? _ Its difficult to choose the ‘most beautiful’ place I've visited, as 1 still haven't visited Indonesia, a country with avery interesting every country has its personal bests. But I have very happy memoriesofthegiantHimalayan ‘mountains I walked through for three weeks in Nepal. 2 Istayed ina beautiful little iad’, or guesthouse, in Marrakech, Morocco. It wasn't very big, but it had a green courtyard with a fountain in the middle. The colourful tiles everywhere gave tan exotic feel, t00. ‘The strangest thing ve tried were the fried crickets on the street in Bangkok, ‘Thailand. You get three or four on a stick, ‘and they're not bad - sweet and crunchy. T have always been very lucky in my travels, but someone stole my bag on a train when I was in India. Getting very ill in a lonely part of Pakistan wasn’t very nice, either. Fer mote practice 9o to Unit 1 of the Se stay DYO:FOM. culture and excellent diving sites to explore. ‘ Australia has so many interesting places to visit, as it’s so large and diverse. But my favourites are the sights along the Great Barrier Reef, North ‘Queensland. I also love the big, ‘open spaces of our deserts and National Parks, especially Uluru National Park.ee COL & Complete the questions using the past participle of the verbs in the box. CASEEMEEE ——Ther'complate he anoware with os aro. Hanser Es Cees cere 1 avo vou fver heard of Machu Pechu? Yee irs in Peru think 2 to New York? Ss sata gn Thai cury? “Thave't dont really tke siy food ‘ the Pyramids in Cairo? ___, they're incredible! Write your own 5 —_____________te France? answers to the ____ but I've only been to Paris. What's the rest of the country like? questions in 6 of Uluru National Park? Exercise 6, 7 Read what Piet says and answer the questions. 1 Where does Piet work? 2 Why does he use English at work? 3 What two problems does he say he has with English? 60 ccm tho iteration department ofa laige baniih Te Hague! Thave a lot of colleagues who are not from my country, so Toften use English at work. I learned English at school, of course, and when I was a student at university, 1 spent six months working for an international ‘bank in Germany. That was a very good experience because the official language at work was English. I think my English is good now, but Eimow my pronunciation isn't perfect I think the th sounds axe very difficult, But I don’t think this is a big problem ~ my colleagues understand me! One grammar mistake ! often make is using the present perfect instead of the past simple, like Ihave played tennis yesterday instead of I played tennis yesterday. I think I need to practise more! ” - Ihave, but I've never been there. Pret, Netherlands Your English 8 Answer these questions. 1 Who do you use English with? ‘+ English-speaking people {from Britain, Ireland, the USA, Australia, etc.| + people from other countries? 2. Where do you use English? * inyour country? + in English-speaking countries? * in other countries? % Do you have difficulty pronouncing th sounds? Go to the DVD-ROM for some practice.EXPLOREWriting 10 Read these two extracts from a website where tourists write reviews of places they visit. Would you like to visit either of these places? Why? / Why not? Rating: ©@@@O Rating: ©©@0O_ This is one of the most interesting museums ia the This Is the town’s biggest open space and the best town, It Is in the centre, on the north side of the place to go for some fresh a. The number 13 bus ‘main square. ‘90es past It, or you can walk from the centre in 15 | thas impressive Roman and Egyptian collections, _Tinutes. ‘and objects from Africa, Asia and Peru. In the ‘The perk has @ café, a children's play area and @ Prehistory section, there are life-size models of ‘small lake, where you can rent a boat. And there's ‘dinosaurs, lots of grass to sit or lie on, or play Frisbee, football “The museum is open every day except Monday, rec from 10.00 am to 6.00 pm. ‘open from 7.00 am to 7.00 pm. In summer, the perc Adults €4.60 Under 16 €2. isopen late and there's live music every evening 11 Which texts) includes this information? Write M (museum) and/or P (park). 1 where itis (MO 4 whatactivities you can do there LE 2 how to get there [QE 5 opening days/times oo 3 whatyou can seethere [IC] 6 ticket prices oo 12 Complete these superlative expressions from the extracts in Exercise 10. 1 Thisis —— most interesting museums in the town. 2. Thisis the town's____ open space... 3 ..andthe to go for some fresh air 13 Circl®the correct words. It haa) is impressive Roman and Egyptian collections. There / They are life-size models. The park has /is a café. There is / are lots of grass. There / Itis live music. 14 Complete the phrases with the correct prepositions, according to the websites. 1 Itis__the centre, .. 2 the north side the main square. 3. The number 13 bus goes it, 4 ..oryoucanwalk____ the centre __ 15 minutes. 15 Correct these lists of things. Use commas (,) and write and where necessary. 1. objects from Africa Asia Peru 2. The park has a café a children's play area a small lake. Look at the texts again to check. 16 Think of two places/things in your town/area that would be interesting for visitors. ‘Think about what information you want to include (Look at the list in Exercise 11) and write your recommendations. For more practice goto Unit ‘Sof heset-tudy vo-noM. OT} OVD-ROM Extra A great experience | Before you watch, took at part of the VSO website. VSO is a charity organisation . that works in developing countries. Do you know other, similar organisations? Is there a similar organisation in your country? . € 9 Sf) se he nvsocrauhin = * Oe = a ® bape cacy rotintere q Howe | site Map icontactus. V0 isthe words leading independent, intemational development charty that | worts through volunteers to at poverty developing courts | 2 Watch parts 1 and 2 of the video. Choose the best summary of what Patrizia says. a Patrizia did voluntary work in Vietnam. She enjoyed the experience and now she would like to go to work in Africa, b Patrizia went on holiday to Vietnam. She enjoyed the experience, so she went to work in Africa as a marketing and communications officer. 3 Watch part 1 again (00:11-01:07). Tick (V1 the things in the advertisement that Patrizia mentions about her time with VSO. Sale cy ‘© working with local colleagues © sharing professional skills © cultural experiences learning new languages © an insight into working abroad © interesting travel ag a im im a 4 Watch part 2 again (01:07-01:58) and ircldthe correct answers. 1 Patrizia would like to work in Africa / Asia 2. She would like to use her medical / marketing and.communication skills, 3. She went to Ethiopia for work / a holiday. 4 She really enjoyed / didn't enjoy her time in Ethiopia. Look at the different ways Patrizia talks about work. Watch again and complete the sentences, = the opportunity te work alongside toca colleagues, and this . have an dnsight into working a forelgn couery, a very wand given me the desire to work, and this hae now my main ambition, and that S8 to sork ‘an international davelopmant. organisation. = where T would Like to work Ig a county in Africa whore — ‘= marketing and communication skills, possibly to work a health organisatien, given me tha motivation to go and work, Africa ard maybe in a different 6 — Would you like to do something like VSO? Explain why / why net. volunteer (noun): 3 person wha does something to help people - usually without being paid insight Inounl: the ability to understand what something is like ‘ambition [nounl: something you really want to doin the future international development (noun: projects to help improve the quality of life in countries around the world diversity (noun): when mary diferent types of thing or people are incLuded in something ‘motivation (nounl: your need or reason far daing somethingTESUEGIMM «1 Read the questionnaire and €ircldthe answers that are most true for you, too much, enough, ‘not enough : Is your lifestyle good for you? 1 How much coffee or tea do you drink a day? Arnone Between one and three cups _€ more than three cups 2 How much exercise do you do? ‘A.30-60 minutes every day B 30-60 minutes a week © none 3 How many hours do you sleep? AG-B hours a night BS-11 hours a night © 3-4 hours a night 4 How much water do you drink? ‘Amore than one litre a day Bless than one litre a day @ none 1 15 Howmany houts do you work? ' 4 420-35 nous a eck B 95-40 hous a wesk €.50-60 hous @ Weck i {© How often do you oat fastfood or swoots? He 1 Anever B fever than four times a week € more than four times @ week if {7 How often do you eat fish? wi 1 Amore than two times a week fewer than two times aweek Gnever 1 2 Complete the profiles. Write too much, enough or not enough. IF YOU CHOSE mostLy A ‘You have a very good lifestyle. You get '_enough __ sleep and exercise, and , you don't have?__junk food or coffee. You drink? ( water and you eat“ fish. \F YOU CHOSE MostLY & tl Your lifestyle Is OK. Try to do more exercise and stop eating fast food and = Look at your IF YOU CHOSE MOSTLY ¢ | questionnaire Your fest isnot vory good for you. You have © work and | answers and write sleep. You don't arink 7. water or eat | your profile. + i. You eat Junk fo00. My lifestyle is quite good. leat... ous ee Formore pracice, goto Unit Wattheset-study Ovo-noM, 68)TEECUEIEM 3 Complete the text about the changes in Anneke's life using the past simple of the Life changes verbs in the box. eat get get get go have have leave move start take up The choices | made Anneke Kliegel, Switzerland, writes about the changes in her life and her hopes for the future. | left school when | was 16 and | 2 a job in a fast-food café, >__married to a lorry driver when | was 18 and 4 a baby when | was 19.1 had a very unhealthy lifestyle —1&__lots ‘of junk food and didn’t do any exercise, and | cidn't use my brain.Then 16 ___divarced from my husband and decided to change my life. I became a vegetarian and7__yoga.|®_to India for two years, where | ® yn lessons in yoga and meditation. When | 1 back to Switzerland three years ago, teaching yoga and stress management. m a much happier person now, | and my daughter; Prisca, is happier, too, | Inthe future? m going to spend three months in India next summer, and 'm hoping to open my | ‘own yoga centre in @ few years. And Id like to have another child, a brother or sister for Prisca, LLM 4 © Look at these people's hopes and plans for the future. Write ‘m, ‘d or to in the ‘he going to, correct place. hoping to, would like to I'm going study in the States for six months, I'm hoping get married in the future. | hoping to go to university next year | like to take up anew {1 sport, but | don’t have time at the moment. I'd like have children | going to start a Pa in the future, job next month. Write three sentences about your hopes and plans. Use/imgoing 5 — Who is more certain of his/her plans? to... .'m hoping to and f'd Uke to. 1 Thom or Gemma? 2. Anne-Marie or Javier?TEESE $ — Luisa and Ruth are planning their holiday. Put the words in the correct order to Planning complete the conversation. usa OK, 90 ‘are /winat / we / about /tn/do./goina what are we ‘going to-do about our holiday this year? We need to start ianning, uri Tdon't know. ike / to would / you / 90 10./ Where 1? eae Bente ae oo wis Maybe somewhere lke the north of Burope? Somewhere not ‘00 ht, rum Good idea. When can you go? I can be free in June or July. 3 inink/ it's (ton /1/ busy, ‘in August. And * really / accommodation / is / expensive wise June *Jooks!/ me / te A good Ym not +00 busy then. What would you like to do when we're there? rum “sightseeing / to / ike /T'd / do / some and maybe 1elax, too. wise Yealh, OK. Fine Let's ook at some websites this aftemoon. 7 Exercise your brain! Can you do these puzzles? What's the missing letter? Which is bigger: half of a | J?MAMJJASOND quarter or a quarter of a half? | So eee nie 408" kc | Qana the t ae BSAINXLEATNTEARS ls in aS: i nly = vy ens a Man 9 OR 5 What goes around the world but stays in a comer? aN 5 ee el Put the letters in the right order What do the words have in common? “W/" (5 J TARCOR OONIN ETLECTU OTAOTP COBCROIL ‘You have 50 spiders, How many Write the two signs ofthe zodiac =... legs and eyes do you have? that contain these letters: COR ah " \ Wve “aw This sentense has two Ve aw mistakes. What are they? ‘Some months have 30 days, some have 31. How many months have 28 days? For mor actos, got Ut 14 oto Sosy DVD-ROM.Choose one of the holidays for you! Say where you ENPLOREReading 8 Read the web page on short holidays on page 79 and find the information. Which holiday is the shortest? Which holiday is the longest? Oo Which holiday is the most expensive? Oo Which holidays can you NOT go on all year? C] Oo o el Which holidays include flights from the UK? Which holidays can you ask for specially? ooo oO 9 Are these sentences about the holidays true or false? 1 You can see mountains and the sea on holiday A. C(RUBY FALSE 2. You only stay in bed and breakfasts on holiday B. TRUE / FALSE 3. You don't stay in a hotel on holiday C TRUE / FALSE 4 You stay in a city on holiday D. TRUE / FALSE 5 You stay in different places on holiday E. TRUE / FALSE 6 You travel on a bus an holiday F. TRUE / FALSE 10 Choose a holiday for each of these people. 1 Daniel is 28. He likes sports and nature and would like to visit the UK. He wants to go on holiday in May or June. Holiday (_] 2 Jess and Colin are a couple. He likes nature and animals. She enjoys going to the gym and relaxing, They live in the UK. Holiday] 3. Melanie and Serena are students, They want a sightseeing holiday that includes historical and natural sights. They would like to travel with a group. Holiday) 4 Ulrike is 43 and single. She can only have three or four days’ holiday and wants to relax. She would like to meet the local people in the country she visits. Holiday C1] 1 Choose a holiday for Luisa and Ruth (see Exercise 6). 12 The web page asks people to review holidays they have been on. Look at what Kate Heneghan says and match the questions below (a-d] to her answers (1-4). Read travellers’ reviews Reviewed 28 November by Kate Heneghan sei 1 It’s ciffcult to say - the first sight of Petra, the crusader castle, sleeping under the stars and how could | not mention the camel ride into the desert 2 Book, go. Open your mind. Prepare to be amazed. Drink lots of bottled water. And take the minimum luggage needed, 3. The guides and drivers were all local, and the hotels were independently owned. We travelled {a8 a group, so that cut down on petrol usage. We also travelled on specified routes through the Wadi Fum, so as not to disturb the nature, and they ensure there are rubbish facilities to keep the spaces clean. 4 Absolutely fantastic. It felt ike a dream. ri LA NAST NIS laa LASANINSRNSS it 1 How would you rate your holiday overall? (1 What was the most memorable or exciting part of your holiday? (1 Did you feel that your holiday benefited local people and minimised impacts on the environment? dC] What tips would you give other travellers booking this holiday? 13 Which holiday did Kate go on? 14 Answer the questions in Exercise 12 about a holiday you've been on.HAS. ee E08 ‘Short breaks | Cy bia Ctra shot ork ‘Short bres fcommodation| ‘Shot break eovanture Other holiday types Syeing Mourn ike Safaris Salfoaterng secormmodatio noldaye oluntse travel cakhoiday.com Short-break holidays Choose an original short-break holiday idea, weekend getaway, romantic short break or short-break adventure trom specialist, responsible tour companies. All our short-break holidays are from the UK. © Orca watching in © Cycling holidays in @ Provence cooking Norway England and walking holidays in brief: North of the Arctic inbbrief: Arange of cycling _in brief: Live with the local Circle are the Lofoten tslands, breaks for people who people and meet their fiends, In November, when the days want to explore Englana's —_—in ural France, cook and eat are short, and the Northem countryside by bike. regional products, see the Lights often shine over the Accommodation in bed and beautiful countryside and ‘snow-covered mountains, breakfasts or small, family experience French culture this is one of the best places hotels. from the inside, in the word to see these type of trip: Small group, type of trip: All year on beautiful whales. 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UK ce: rom e7S0 @day), Yar ares: excl. tights price: From €875 (5 days), incl. UK flights. For more practi, ota Unt 4a the St tty DVD-ROM." nl OWD-ROM Extra Big plans 11 Before you watch, match the activities [1-3] with the photos la-cl. 1 parachuting [J] 2 teaching English [] 3. making radio programmes [] 2 Watch Mainda, Salvatore and Leo talking about what they are hoping to do in the future. Who talks about each activity? Write M (Mainda], S (Salvatore] or L (Leo). 1 parachuting [] 2 teaching English [] 3. making radio programmes [] 3a Watch Mainda again (0:10-0:52). First tick () the topics that she mentions. health [] childcare [] education [] work CJ b Now tick (¥) the training she has done. getting information for the programme [] using music ga structuring the programme (1 presenting the programme working with sound Tl asking good questions = 5] 4 Watch Salvatore again (00:53-01:20) andireléithe correct answers. 1 Salvatore has always wanted / decided recently to do a parachute jump. 2. He thinks it’s frightening / exciting to see the world under you 3 Heis planning to do a solo jump / jump with.an instructor. 5 Watch Leo again (01:21-02:06). Complete the text about his work and studies using the words in the box. classroom learned opportunities teach training university work Leo started" {as an English language teacher and later received full : and education from a® in the UK. He would like to use what he has at university in the § He also thinks teaching English as a foreign language gives teachers * to travel round the world He would love to 7 in Cambodia 6 Can you remember what the people say? Match the beginnings and endings of the sentences. Watch the video again to help you. Mainda a. teach English 1 Lam hoping to b work at my community radio station Salvatore c doit 2 Im planning to apply what I've learned Leo 3 Iwould like to . 4 would really love to 7 Describe something you hope to do in the future. Try to use some expressions from Exercise 6 {issues [plural noun): important subjects or problems that people are discussing and 50 forth lexpression): an expression that means and things lke that or ete. gather {information| verb]: to find and collect information) apply /o'plai/ (verb): to use something in a practical situation in tandem (expression): If you do something in tandem, you do it at the same eas another person,The authors would like to thank the editorial tearm in Combridge. particularly Greg Sibley. Chris Cavey and Maggie Baigent would also like to thank Nick Robinson for his good humour, patience and ideas in his role as Project Managar in the earlier stages of the work. Many thanks also to Catriona Watson-Brown for her ever-thorough copy-editing, Maggie Baigent would like to Michael Cotton for his loyalty and suppor. 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