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Tht the start 4. Do any children you know f have Barbie dolls? Do you thi Barbie dolls are good or bad for young girls? ead the arte and find out how popular Barbie dolls are. Iho has had 5 million wedding dresses and never been married? Why Barbie, of course! And although she's never been married, she is very faithful She has dated her boyfriend, Ken, for over thirty years. She's also had a remarkable number of careers. She has been a nurse, a police officer, a flight attendant, a fashion editor, @ veterinarian, a television ‘executive, a movie star and 2 _ heart surgeon. She has even won an Olympic gold medal and traveled in space. Barbie's maker, Mattel, buys more cloth than anyone else in the world. They need it to make the more than 20 million new outfits Barbie ‘owners buy each year. (They're also big on shoes. They've made more than one billion pairs for her.) 2. Write the numbers in words and the words in numbers. a. 600,000,000 ¢. 20 million b. one billion d. 11% 5 Dictiona Os Dassioniary 1. Find the occupations She may only be 11%inches tall, but Barbie is big. Forget Nintendo and Sega — Barbie is the world’s most popular toy. Since she was created in 1959, people have bought more than 600,000,000 Barbies. If you put them end to end, they would circle the earth three anda half times! named in the article. Put them into a table like the one below. Ihave not gone. She has gone. Ihave finished. haven't gone. he’s gone. = I've finished, ® spotlight 4. Study the structures below. Nouns — Compound Nouns” nurse police officer 7 1 haven't beer 2. Which compound nouns You have onsed: are in the dictionary? He has been 5 fois aan She hasn't won lefinitions forthe We —_haven’t had ones that aren’t. They have bought to New York for six months. three cars since you were 18. her boyfriend for 30 years. a gold medal fora long time. an exam since March. millions of Barbies since 1959. 2. Find all the examples of present perfect tense in the . a Listening article. Which ones use for or since? = Carl make: Read the 3. Whaat tense is used in each of these sentences? questions and then listen to a. She went to New York three days ago. the interview for the (at a specific time) answers. b. $he has gone to New York three times since January. a. How long has he been (at unspecified times with the chance she again) interested in trains? ¢..) He didn’t visit us when he was in the U.S. b. How long has he had a (there is no more chance that he will) d. He hasn't visited us for five years. ¢. How long ago did he get (there is still a chance that he will) sick? e. He called her every day for two years. d. How long was he unable (he doesn’t anymore) to work? e. When did he quit his job? 4. Look at the sentences in 3 again and complete the rules. f,_ How many trains has he using for, since and ago. made since 1986? a. Use{24 before a period of time completely in the past, with the simple past. b. Useftt before a specific time in the pas, withthe present MS ‘Tale In| Pars perfect, 0 “4 Tell your partner about ¢. Use &:) after a period of time starting from now into the past, things you like to do but with the simple past. haven't done for a long d. Use! before a period of time starting in the past and ‘ime. Explain why you continuing to the present, with present perfect. haven't done them. Use for, since and ago: 3B practice 2. Tell the class about what Use the simple past or present perfect. your partner hasn’t done My Aunt Sylvia * and why. married for forty years. Before he * ing life. She and Uncle Paul“... he and Aunt Sylvia *... wonderful vacations to exotic places such as Kenya and New Guinea. Since his death, Aunt Sylvia *..... traveling. She *.... India and *..... an elephant, She *..... big game hunting in Africa, with a camera of course! Last year, at the age of 76, she *. mountain in Nepal! I really admire Aunt Sylvia. I guess she " about everything that there is to do. tional Exercises and Activities Unit 9 4. Complete the sentences with for or since. a. I’ve lived in the same house ..... my whole life, p. They've been married... 1968. ©. He's been here ..... three weel d. They've been visiting ..... the beginning of summer. e. She's been sick ..... Tuesday. Look at the list and say what Pablo has ‘done and hasn’t done today. TO DO X 90 grocery shoppi M) | Catt denice 9 PY Creat card Litt X pick up dry Cleaning Order Concert tickets Make ane reservations * Tate the car to the mechanic (g)) student A: You are the manager of ABC Taxi company. You are interviewing people to be taxi drivers. Ask Student B for this / information. Student B: Turn to page 68. icense Driver's EDUCATION High school . year of graduation College year of graduation WORK EXPERIENCE

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