V verb phrases P iy 1 VOCABULARY & SPEAKING verb phrases 920) Read the article about neighbors. Then liscem to eight sounds, and write a~h in the boxes Noisy nee ‘Sometimes itis difficult to love your neighbors, especially when they make alot of noise. These are some things people do that cause problems. b_ Which do you think are the top three for your class? © Do the questionnaire with a partner. Are your neighb Are you anoisy ys Do you live in @ house or an apartment? 2 Doyouhave neighbors...? 2 upstairs b downstairs € next door 3 Are your neighbors...? 2 very noisy b noisy not very noisy Which of the things in a do they do? Do they make any other noises? 5 Are you a noisy neighbor? Which of the things in a do you or your family do? What are they d0iN8? theyre eee, having a par >2 GRAMMAR present continuous a 3) Look at the picture of the apartment building. Why do you think the couple in apartment 5 can't sleep? Listen and check. b Listen again and complete the dialogues with verbs from the list. ‘arguing crying doing setting going shouting (2) happening having saying shouting 2) Wan Are you awake? Woman Yos. What's that noise? Theyre aparty downstairs. ‘Again! What time's it? 1200. Who's ? People on the street. From the patty. What's 2 Why are they 2 can't hear. Are they ? No, they aren't. Theye goodbye, Excuse mel We're trying to sleep. It's 1:00 inthe morning! Eerere rex (0h, no, Now the baby next door is. ' What's the time? Its 5:00, What are you ?where are you 2 M Im____up. icant sleep with that noise. zxet © Complete the sentences. 4) They __having aparty in apartment 8 7) they arguing? | No, they arguing. They're say goodbye. 4. Read the rule andrclothe right word We use the present continuous (be + verb -ing) coralk about now) every day. ¢ > p.132 Grammar Bank 5B. Learn more about the present continuous and practice i. £ @5i) Listento the sounds. What's happening? Write six sentences. 3 PRONUNCIATION & SPEAKING (iy 60) Listen and repeat the words and sound, singing dancing going doing singer | studying language” wrong young think bank pink chanks bb Inpairs, pointand ask and answer about the people in the apartment building. What's he doing? (He's playng the gutar \ what are they dong? © > Communication Spot the cifferences A p.102 B p.107. Describe the pictures and find eight differences 4 LISTENING a @7)) Look atthe photo and read about Rehecea Flint. Then listen to her talking about noise rules where she lives. Does she think they are a good thing ot a bad thing? Switzerland .witzerland has very strict an rules, espe for people who live in apartments. Rebecca Flint, a British woman who lives and works in the Swiss town of Chur, tells us about a life without noise. b Listen again and complete the sentences. Daring the week 1 Shecan't between 12:30 and 2:00 p.m, 2. She can't without headphones or after 10 p.m. 3. She can't takea ora after 10 p.m, On Saturdays 4 She can ; butit can't be loud after 10 p.m. On Sundays 5 Shecant_______ furniture or puta on the wall, 6 She can't the washing machine. © Doyou think these are good or bad rules? Why (not)? Do you have any similar rules in your country? What happens if you anaes Lot oolong night [39G simple present or present continuous? V the weather and seasons P places in New York City Look! Ws raining! It always rains here Sun and the City 1 VOCABULARY & LISTENING the weather and seasons a Look at the photo and answer the questions, 1 What city is ic? 2 What monument can you see? 3. What's the weather like? Do you think i's typical weather there? 1b > p.159 Vocabulary Bank The weather and dates. Do part | € (3/109) Listen toa travel guide talking about the ‘weather in New York City. Mark the sentences T (true) or F (false) 1 It’snever very hot or very cold. The normal temperature in the summer is 95 Itoften snows in the winter. In the spring and the fall, the weather changes a lot. 5 It’s often foggy in New York City. What's the weather like where you live in the different seasons? 2 READING & SPEAKING a Read the guidebook extract about things to do in New York City, and find the answers to the “Where can you...?” questions. Answer with BP (Bryant Park), CL (The Cloisters), or HI (the High Line) b_ Read the text again. Underline three new words in each paragraph. Compare witha partner. ¢ Talktoa partner. ‘+ Which of the three places would you prefer to go to? Why? + Where isa good place to go inyour town...? ~ when it’s very cold i's raining — when the sun is shining + What can you do in these places? WHAT TO DOIN NEW YORK CITY... 1 WHEN IT’S VERY COLD Go ice skating at Bryant Park. Bryant Park is @ beautiful park in midtown Manhattan, behind the New York Public Library on Sixth Avenue. In the winter, the area behind. the library is made into an ice-skating rink. There isa skating school where you can take lessons, and there isa cafe where you can enjoy lunch or dinner after you skate. From October to January, Bryant Park’s walking paths become an outdoor shopping center called the Holiday Shops at Bryant Park. 2: WHEN IT’S RAINING Go to Fort Tryon Park and visit The Cloisters. You can take a subway ora bus from midtown Manhattan and visit The Cloisters [part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art] in Fort Tryon Park in the north of Manhattan. The Cloisters is very popular with adults and children. Adults Like this museum because itis full of interesting old art and architecture. Children like this museum because the building Looks lke a caste! Ifthe sun comes out, walk Outside and look a the amazing views of the George Washington Bridge or the New Jersey Palisades across the Hudson River 3 WHEN THE SUN |S SHINING Go to the High Line, New York City’s newest park. (On the westside of Manhattan between Gansevoort Street and West 34th Street, the High Line isa I-mile public park onold train tracks. The High Line has flower gardens with chairs So you can sit and enjoy the sun. Ithas beautiful Views of the Hudson River and interesting art. I's a perfect place fora picnic in the afternoon or a walkin the evening, It’s beautiful place, and you cantt believe that you are in the middle of a busy city. WHERE CAN YOU...? learn to do something new take a walk in the evening havea very good view seeart exercise do some shopping seea bridge seea very interesting building| 3 GRAMMAR simple present or present continuous? 4 @)11)) Jack and his girlfriend Mitrigol are atthe Top of the Rock atthe Rockefeller Center. Cover the conversation and listen. Check (7) the placd they see \ Rockefeller Center |_| Central Park Nankee Stadium © St Patrick's Cathedial’ | ‘The Statue of Liberty. |_| Chrysler Buildi Listen to the co sation ‘again, and purthe verbsin-parentheses i present contingei or dhe simple present = = jai a Moh it's really crowded up here! Let's stand aver there. Those people are pi moving (move. i J. Thisis great. Everybody (take) photos, too. Look, that’s Central Park. M_ Where? Oh, yes. [can see it. Where's the Brooklyn Bridge? J Ws over there. And look at Yankee Stadium. A baseball game ison! How do you know? J Because the stadium lights Ghine). The lights only (shine when there’ baseball game on. (love) the view of the Hudson River with the Statue of Liberty and Elis sland. Me, too. Go and stand there. 1 (went) to take a photo of you Ok. Make sure you get the Chrysler Building, too. think it (start) torain. Oh, yes, look. It (ain), Italways (air) when we're sightseeing! And it’s windy, too. Let’s go back inside. ECECE M_ Quick, the elevator door (oper). Let © Read the conversation again, and focus on the verbs shine and rain, When de. wwe use the simple present? When do we use the present continuous? d_ > p.132 Grammar Bank SC. Learn more about the simple present and present continuous and practice them, © > Communication What do you do? What are you doing now? A p.103B p.108, 4 PRONUNCIATION places in New York City a @13)) Place names in New York City are sometin to pronounce and understand. Listen. Underline the stressed syllable in the bold words Cenltratrork the Broo|klyn Bridge the Statue ofLilberity Elis ts land St.Paltrick's Caltheldral —Ro\ckefelller Center the Hudson River difficult for visitors Yan|kee Staldium — Walshingiton Square Park Grand Cenitral Terminal b_ Listen again and repeat the names ©. Practice with a partner, Imagine you are in ataxi Whore do you want togo? ) (To Grand Central Terminal, please. 5S WRITING a Are social networking sites, ¢.g., Twitter or Facebook, popular in your country? What kind of people use them? Do you or your friends use them? b > p.113 Writing Social networking. Write Facebook posts to say what you Po