Alaviana Achim ¢ Ecaterina Comisel e Felicia Dinu Loretta Mastacan e Ruxandra Popovici e Elena Teodorescu PATHWAY TO ENGLISH English Scrapbook STUDENT’S BOOK GRADE 7 OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESSOxford University Press, Great Clarendon Str Oxford OX2 6DP. United Kingdom Oxford University Press, Educational Centre SRL 43 N.Jorga Street, Bucharest, Romania Oxford New York Auckland Bangkok Buenos Aires Cape Town Chennai Dares Salaam Delhi Hong Kong Istanbul Karachi Kolkata Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Mumbai Nairobi Sto Paulo Shanghai Singapore Taipei Tokyo Toronto with an associated company in Berlin OXFORD and OXFORD ENGLISH are trade marks of Oxford University Press ISBN 0 19 3121220 © Oxford University Press 1998 First published 1998 ‘Third impression 2002 ‘No unauthorized photocopying. All rights reserved. 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CONSULTANTS Sue Mohamed Freelance teacher trainer and writer, UK Rod Bolitho INTEC, University College of St Mark and St John, Plymouth, UK PROJECT CO-ORDINATORS Ruxandra Popovici Ecaterina Comigel The writing ofthis book has been supported by the British Council and the Soros Foundation, Printed in Greece Acknowledgements ‘The authors and publisher are grateful to the following for permission to reproduce text: Page 67 Truro High School; ‘The authors and publisher are grateful to the following for Permission to reproduce photographs: Paul Seaman/tawaii Visitors Bureau for Waikiki, Hawai (.6); E Grupo ManantiaVLa Escuela de Baile for Flamenco dancers (p.6), ‘The Halian State Tourist Board for Psa (p.6); Emily Andersen for disco birthday party (p14); Pizza Express forthe birthday party (0-20); Jllfte of Marlow for the formal evening wear (p.20); Madi ‘Tussaud's for the waxwork models (p.24), London Transport Mus for the Bus, A G J Fleming for the Clock, and Michael A Gross, US for the National Air and Space Musoum (p.26); Government of Iné ‘Tourist Office for the Taj Mahal (p.28); Michael Daniell for Canterbury Cathedral (p.29); Queensland Tourist and Travel Corporation forthe Koala (p.44) and the Great Barrier Ree! (p.45) Humphrey Spender/Htulton Getty for the 1930s street scene (p.66) Truro High Schoo! (p.67); Mary Evans Picture Library for the Tita (p.74}; Hulton Getty for Prince Charles and Princess Diana on thel ‘wedding day (p.81); Nestlé for the Smarties tube (p.84): Popperfot for Elvis Presley (p.89), ‘The photographs on the front cover show from top left: San Francisco cable car; Conwy Castle walls in Wales; a Scotish piper Canary Wharf, London; Westminster Bridge and Big Ben, London.PRONUNCIATION TASTES AND BEMANOUR Greta rom sg waging aos | Agnes erg eon g | Agee et wae, ape ope and paces 6 EL oma eo 5 (p.6%: eee ven for u [12 What do you ie? ares esac lnes | Sodo/am nai Gam ‘eects erg peels, |” Svess andi | Utong party paws Dsergseaty oye inseteres | Song Madar lo, he, on ml, can stant eres hes Muses ate + te 1 nsdiies oss, USL Fe ae Tot nd | 4 Avena epeense | Speaing won pastes | Se pal erg ree ee 10 pes, | M TM mamers around he werd Fatal and eral inoratn: ale mann rund te erl and amana ce page 2 Integrated kis ve Titan [UF Theswordin he sone Eerie ring ad Isenng ea on their | _pope 13 ‘perfoto > SIRTHOAY PARTY tvs Ivtng pee oc waders, | Paes steng paw fect tans — | cepts, sts eg) ‘ese 0 ong res ae t+ rece "piper: ‘Ne pao + esc ondon, Present Cintinoss win tase eaneg 1B Thesleepmer party | Oesting presses "| Psi Wek- Se Peaet | Teotenaleneg) svete | nec nmeat| Rateg pape Monee caste wos ret cokrg can tr 0 rotate Cotes nti cates | 2 What mes! resigns Tring sete ib wae page 18 Decrtng hngsanivetsin | tog Power meng w(t) Petts ees xgesng cee o ies ea, eer, royce ‘A ‘Birth i the aed tates Facal and aural nora: elraing Whose US end pial Romanian par age 20 Ingres 1S Thanking and he ign Fathers ese reading and aig 1 Thesapptir ring and — | Naming romsina mca | Sime ast ec Fons 3 mses Contacts toms ot | Reine the diamond neciace | Oegarote na mseon | Pas Peet vebac Pere | users age 22 { 2 Theva acum Twig ok meses ‘Cangas eae. | pe Tere pane Desig ee at 88 fan) ‘seaig Conga pee tet a5 8 ot 2 13 Ae ettandng ain | Tog Bod sons ‘whe nae Waeas Teste op 26 eset tgs usteeg erg Sighs road he world Factual and curl irate: masans araad tr eer nde Rowaie page 28 erates 1S Whe ens fades asi adn and Iseaing oo par)orc ‘COMMUNICATIVE AREAS GRAMMAR VOCABULARY AREAS | PRONUNCIATION | MAIN SKILLS “COLOURS LL A colar werd assign tings | Adetnes eng Cows Seunts a speing | Uisteneg age 30 Tips fore 1 Uae you go green | Caen sad feires | Pas Cotes das Sage Wher od whe Toes gan | Peale Singers? sta toga, | Wei pare toes, fee (Whats your favourite | Desig ings and aves of gee: eterna te, | Calas dons rag color? pesaites abi, mesg epiens Desig ment tings 1 Colours inlaence people all ove the world Factual and ata formation: th ange enburs eifiren part of the word and in Romania page 36 erated hs 15 Rin Hod andthe Black nak Exes reading and Ising pas? ROUND UPTH_page 38 © FANE ease LL Famous people ng and asking fr nematin | Oe late cases es ene tng page 40 Sins 7, Soong 2 Famoas events ‘Sag tna lomaion | Nondelrg rate cats ‘ies oc natn | Useg page inte clases | wang 1 Famoas paces sg nsves/corerts | Tw dle ice Wor etg tc, Featrg page 4 aa of ovement eg TA The Seven Wonders ofthe Word Tacnal and cara infra: wonders of he world nd "ewes in Ramana age 4 Inert sits 1S Henry Vill Ease reading ad Ising pave 7 ENTERTAINMENT Fl is Tiing spe ors | Mos es: mst, can, might + verd | Types ins righ be, mst be, Usterng pape 48 xresng deg of cratyn | (crt inne) cont te ‘seag preset statins aig gens, ager 2 sage 1B Lear ares Tahing od sre ine wd | Repied Som - eens Feat pose 50 etetanmet ‘Sayers toh Spenig eortig sot wort wt 1B sarvey = Graphs and] Desig eat ed esinaed | Daerr ad whe xiang tgs wag aunts Mo. os o,f of Feporing seme’ atid | ter reprng vert: anon, rage ‘ets esterstn age rues, tacts ial, pecetages 1 Festivals around the world Fatal ander information: popular einals in he word and Romania ge Inert sls 1S Pocahontas Fave wading and eine page 55 7 WHEELS LL Molyswhectarron | Tang tot mens ranger | eb sed wt ems Lsteneg pe 5 Meas tant Bet geet of cath rs, 1 Te sid be ved ram | Reng ps ees/epeerces | fest wh Galen Pree eae Ware we 58 iervenrg pel sarge means ot sou ering oestons 1 Grams acreage | Deseng bis vies ‘Bresson Teateg . pessrg sites omen wots | Seng ‘hing att aon Ll pastes. past and presentore COMMUNICATE AREAS seu YocaBuLry aas | pRONUNCUTION | NAN sks) (rand of week Trl and carlson pa ed ree onspation ww and Ronan pee Inte kik ago wa Fash wad and rg ee UND UP) pope POURS WO CUNEE The odd ays | sig prison chigson | Used ence Seo, cites, Lastenrg pg aa poten ee ; owe mos reg rats ot omar "a page ‘eee eos fae tate ess Venda teeters a ponng ie Toxarort war | Sea aoapapessme | wi pesto bates Tener) —] Seema i | Ree ye ‘we ave Cotas setmceseth | Sig, fave Cetin Taro ofthe are Facial ad carl iran precios oF ad Roma of ier map? 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[rower Ting wok wr coir ad] Coto Tw Tae F soe 8 Sasa inthe ae soi TA Good nck bet Farland dlr pera ood i wl wl eRe — | wes legate hi 1 Wikies and ices ese adi and nig page 89 ROUNDUP) page 9 —— [[ Rreencnn te pape ‘ Trea erp 95 aga Romanian Gs) poo 7 Tanatar- Eas Glesary_pee 1 Gramnarconpeatom pn 51 Tastes and behaviour Ey Greetings from ... QQ 1 Look at the postcards above and guess which countries they come from. ELA 2 a Read the three postcards and match the two halves of each one. Which postcard was sent from which country?2 b Read the postcards again. Make notes about what David, Anna, and Peter liked and didn’t like about the places they visited. 2c Read the postcards and find three adjectives ending in -ing and two in -ed. 3 Look at the Language Focus box and answer these questions. a) How did Anna find the island, fascinating or fascinated? b) How did Peter feel about the heavy traffic, annoying or annoyed? 4 Choose the right adjecti by LANGUAGE FOCUS a) Are you interested/nteresting in pay One o4 edjectives football? HAH Something Is... People fee... sco ws | Pe interesting interested b) The noise was very annoyed/annoying. MM exciting ocked ©) Everybody was shocked/shocking by EB amusing amused his attitude. - _ fascinating oma d) He has a very tired/tiring job. oa a ©) The film was bored/boring. terrifying terrified f) He is depressed/depressing by the wet on tos le is depressed/depressing by pea aot weather. got eee teard 2 5 @ Read the conversation. In groups of four, look at the words and pictures below and make similar conversations. Use adjectives ending in -ing from the box { above. You may use an adjective more than once. ‘ _— — } ‘What do you think \_ Z (Vike them, | think { a of horror films? rr = they're exciting. What ing | \. do you think, Mary? } re 5 | don't like them. YS (Well, | don’t know. They’ te) { thi they're boring % >a allright but some of them | eee ) } ate really tertyng , YS ee ——/ 5b Report your group's opinions. tnd EXAMPLE Dan likes horror films, he thinks they're exciting. Mary doesn't like them. She thinks they're boring. Rod thinks they're all right but some of them are really terrifying. ¢ about on a postcard? What sort of things would you generally w: * the weather * the physical description of a person * your school routine + people you meet Is about your family + a description of your house * food u are on holiday. Write a postcard to your British or American ise as many adjectives from the Language Focus box as you can. f 6 b Imagine y penfriend.8 BREESE what do you like? mes rograt esperar NAY wn | classical concerns | ) thrillers —— ——— comedies ub documentaries ~~ Q1 Read the conversation. Then, in pairs, make two similar dialogues about the topics above, A Do you like soap operas? B Yes, I do. But I'd rather watch thrillers A So would I. Do you like reading poems? B No, I don't A Neither do 1 You will hear these expressions in an interview later in the lesson. Match them with their meaning. 1 I love it. a) I hate it. 2 I don’t mind it b) 1 like it very much. 3 I can't stand it, c) I neither like it nor dislike it. Listen and check your answers. Repeat the sentences you hear, paying attention to the stress and rhythm. EXAMPLE J love watching TV. I like it very much. Look at the Language Focus box and rewrite these sentences. EXAMPLE I watch this programme a lot. I quite like it. I quite like watching this programme. a) I visit my relatives at the weekend. I don't mind. b) I get up early every morning. | stand it ©} I never fight. I hate it 4) I work in the garden every day. I love it. ¢) [don't cook. I don't like it f) Idance a lot. I enjoy it an't ‘The words below d your glossary on page 97. List them like thi Positive Negative friendly jealous | ge friendly, jealous, assertive, extra lively, honest, fun-loving, reliable. bitchy, iuaaWaway LANGUAGE Focus Vbs + ing love don’t mind enjoy dislike like hate quite like can’t stand She loves meeting people. He enjoys playing football I like going shopping. Do you mind people smoking? | hate going to the dentist. | can’t stand people being rude. ribe personality. Look up the words you don't understand in gant, intelligent, shy, sensitive, unreliable, bossy, ‘ool, confidentte rillers hem ind in Dssy, 4c 5 b Look at the picture and use some of the words in Exercise 3 to say what you think each person is like sten to the tape line by line and put a tick in the correct column to show if you think Sue likes Joanne, Yes No Line 1 Line Line 3 Line 4 Line 5 Listen to the tape again and, in pairs, say why Sue likes/dislikes Joanne. In pairs, say what you do if someone makes unpleasant comments about you. Use some of the ideas below to express your opinion: a) you ignore hin/her b) you go straight up to him/her and ask what his/her problem is ©) you always have a nasty answer ready Match a word in Exercise 3 to each question in the questionnaire below. EXAMPLE ‘Do you enjoy being in the company of other people?’ means ‘Are you friendly? 1 Do you enjoy being in the company of 7 Are you unhappy if someone has other people? something that you don't have ® Do you find it easy to stand up for yourself yourself if you feel someone has Do you like making people laugh? eated you badly? Peet hindhnesd Do you always keep appointments and 5 Do you always find the best solutions to _promises? yur problems? your ee Do you enjoy tell 4 Do you always tell the truth? ows ne Do you often find it diffi 8 Do you lie awake at night if and talk to people? someone has said something unkind shout you? Do you often make unpleasant _ = comments about people in onder to be 6 Do you often buy things because popular? you like them, not because you need ‘them? ude towards Do you have relaxed life? Answer the questionnaire and then describe yourself.10 ae An unusual experience CD Answer these questions. imals? 1 What are your favourite 2 Why do you think people like animals? 3 What do you think of keeping animals as pets or in captivity? (LY & a Read the story and the advertisement below and choose the correct definition. A safari park is a place where people a) can see animal shows b) can see animals in natural surroundings ©) can see animals living in cages An Unusual We were on our summer holiday when Aunt Emily, my mother’s sister, took us all to a safari park, not far from Liverpool I was very happy to go as I had never been to a safari park before and I am curious by nature I's a very interesting park, full of wild animals running free. ‘When we got there, we bought our tickets and drove into the park. We were very excited at the thought of goipg to see the lions. But to get to the liot aaa you had to go through the monkeys’ enclosure first And that was an experience because they climbed all over the car ate apples and bananas, and threw all kinds of thi at us. They ned very a ve. i Experience Anyway, we went on our way to the lions enclosure where we had to lock ourselves in the car as we knew lions could be dangerous. A lion came up very close ‘aude next thing we knew, it was on the botnet. It looked calm but we felt terrified. Aunt Emily, who isn’t very brave, started to call for help. The kids started crying. Only my brother, George, stayed cool. I sounded the "erg toby heard us. In the end Warden arrived in his Landrover, and the lion just got off the car and started . C licking the warden’s hand noth matter. fas the —__2b Re-read the story and put the pictures above in the correct order. Number 3b 4 the boxes. Read the story again. In pairs, take it in turns to ask and answer the following questior a) Where was the safari park? 'b) Which enclosure did the family most want to visit? c) What did they have to drive through first? d) What did the monkeys do? €) Did they get a good view of the lion? f) What did the lion do when the warden arrived? Read the story again and find the past forms of these irregular verbs. be drive go feel hear get eat can take have to know buy throw come Find the past forms of seven regular verbs in the story, Use some of the verbs above to write a half-page paragraph about your summer holiday Remember to bring in sheets of paper, felt tip pens, and magazine pictures for your project next time,Ire Your scrapbook - if | Table manners around the world 1 Read the text. In your project groups complete the table below for your scrapbook. In Jran, at meal times, villagers gather around a central dish or tray on the floor. Everyone washes before eating and then takes food with the right hand only. They help themselves from the side of the tray nearest to them. Throughout the meal, they remain in a kneeling position. In ‘The French chick te is empolice Iran, when you finish a meal, it is good manners not to cacy ofa conmeraatd to lick your fingers, at the ante ae in Mongolia tt is polive to lick the Inuite, anc some South bow from which you have eaten, lelanders, | nuth Bea ‘meal, Th the Britain The Japanese think it is imp a y tak-very much at meattimes Chinese peor'e. villagers gather around one dish on the floor and, in a kneeling position, each person eats with the right hand only. At the end of the meal, they lick their fingers. In Mongolia . it is bad manners to talk too much at meal times. In France it is polite to ask permission to leave the table after @ meal. In Alaska and the South Sea Islands Use the following ideas to write a s x sentence paragraph about table manners Romania. Stick the ° agraph in your scrapbook. Xs and ‘typical’ dishes and drinks + what you are not allowed to do at : ‘uania mealtimes . gou lay the table places at the table * what you do at the end of a mealZale The sword in the stone N THE middle of the Sth century, in the country we now call Britain, there lived a Celtic king + named Arthur. However, Arthurian legends developed much later, in the 12th and 13th centuries. They told tales not only about King Arthur but also about the Knights of the Round Table and their chivalry, which combined virtues of loyalty and generosity with courtly love for women. This is one of the legends. It was Christmas. The barons and | his brother. As soon as Sir Kay saw knights were gathered together in | the sword, he went to Sir Ector say London’s greatest church. In the | ing “Father. Look! I have pulled the churchyard, they saw a mighty | sword from the stone. 1 must be the sword, sticking out of a huge block | rightful king.’ But Sir Ector soon lite ation of marble. On the stone were the | discovered the truth. He asked words: ‘Whoever pulls this sword | Arthur to push the sword back into from the stone is the the stone. Then Sir Ector seized it England, id pulled with all his strength. The | sword resisted him, Sir Kay tried next but still the-sword would not ful king of All the barons and knights thought they should be king and were e: to try their strength. So, it was announced that on New Year's Day a tournament would be held. People | came from all over the country to | | move. When Arthur took hold of the sword, it answered to his hand and slid out of the stone like silk, Sir Ector knelt down before him, take part in the toumament, Among | ‘Father, why are you kneeling?” them were a north-country knight, | asked Arthur. ‘I'm not your father, Sir Ector, and his sons, proud Sir | confessed Sir Ector, ‘though I love Kay and his young brother, Arthur. | you like a son. You were brought to | my door one stormy night. And now Ashe had lft his sword at home, Sit | 1") Gerond that Soutmact be ike Kay asked his younger brother. | son of King Uther and the rightful Anhur, to go and fetch it. When | ine scant land Arthur saw a sword sticking out of : me in the churchyard, he | And so it was that the boy, Arthur, decided to borrow it, He quickly | was acclaimed King of England to pulled out the sword and took it to. | be served loyally by the people. the st 1 Read as you listen to the story. Why was the sword important? 2 Read the story again. Copy and complete the chart. Ur ars Teaths a A birthday party REE Invitations Qa PEE el Look at the pictures on the right and answer the questions: a) Who do you celebrate your birthday with? b) What do you usually do before the party? ©) What do you usually do at the party? d) What presents would you like to receive for your next birthday? a Jane is inviting Carol, Tony, and Pam to her birthday party. Listen to their conversations and say: a) Who accepts the invitation? b) Who refuses the ©) Who is not sure witation? b Listen again to dialogues 1 and 2 and answer the questions. a) When is the party? b) What does the person who accepts the invitation say? ©) What does the person who is not sure say? d) What does the person who refuses say? e) What reason does he/she give? LANGUAGE FOCUS Inviting people ‘+ What are you doing at the weekend? * Would you like to ...? Accepting an invitation * 1 love to, That would be lovely! Thank you. + Thank you. I'd like to come very much, + 11d really like to come. That sounds great fun/tertific/ wonderful Time Pace Signed Refusing an invitation * Thank you very much, but ... 'd love to, but * I'd really like to, but ... Giving reasons for refusing. ‘due to a previous arrangement/engagement = I'm looking after my baby sister. * We're having a family party. *due to illness ‘I've got the flu «I'm not feeling very well3 a Look at the first two columns in the Language Focus box on page 14 and complete this dialogue. = woos, A What at the weekend? B I'm not quite sure. Why? ~ A I'm having a party. Would ....cccceceesons tO come? Bid... to, Thanks. 2 3 b_ In pairs, look at the pictures and make similar dialogues giving and accepting invitations. 3 € Listen to dialogue 3 again and look at column 3 in the Language Focus box on page 14. What else can you say to refuse an invitation? = Q 3° d_ In pairs, make dialogues refusing invitations and giving reasons why. 4 a Look at the Language Focus box below and answer the questions on the right. Bae LANGUAGE FOCUS I'm visiting my Present Conthiaous witha future mn Se Le ine ‘ue ze [ grandma on Saturd 4 ‘We use the Present Continuous with a future meaning when: 1 Is Carol visiting her ; FB a) we talk about what we have already arranged to do in the future. grandma M7 ‘A What are you doing tomorrow evening? ©) now EB I'm going to the theatre, . 'b) we refuse an invitation due to previous arrangements or » fier a engagements. future? ‘A Can you come round for a chat on Friday evening? 2. Do you think Carol's 'B I'm afraid | can't. I'm playing in our schoo! dance band. grandma knows about - the visi C2 | b impairs, look at Liz's iary and speak about her arrangements for next MONDAY * pRipay ‘WEDNESDAY 5:30 theatre club rehearsal THURSDAY 3:00 tennis match AL 4 © Write five sentences about your arrangements for next week.dress anda at for her doll, Mary came ‘immediately afterwards. She gave Jane a hook with a coin inside fr good uth The girs admired each other's clothes and the presents. They also wanted wo say some ng nice wo us and came ‘ou with things ike, "You have the nicest house, sweet dog and lovely furniture.” though al of them had already spent thousands of hours in our house and everything was no 1 tt was all planned by my daughter Jane. She wanted to ‘newer or preter than before have a sleepover party on her eleventh birthday. Promises, ‘of good behaviour won me over. However, my husband thought it was 2 mistake and so did my elder son, Alan, 4s soon as they were up in Jane's room the music stand. It was relly oud! Am hour later 1 1 the candles on the itthday cake, took 2 After lunch, everybody was busy preparing for the the cream and the ice eream out of the pany. I used all my coloured sheets and flowery fridge and we all went up to Jane’ room. pillowcases to make up the five beds. Thet I puta pretty Happy birthday’ to you,’ we all sang. cloth on the table. Alan pu outs bunch of bananas and a small bow! of sweets, Cans of cola and cartons of orange juice were placed near the table. The tub of ce ream. the 4g of cream. and the binhday cake were waiting in the fridge. When everything was ready, Jane went downstairs Wo meet 5 At aboot eleven o'clock I went upstairs again. Dressed 1m pyjamas, the girls were all ying on the beds taking The cassete was playing, all the cakes and pizza were gone. "You'd better go w sleep’ 1 said. Thete was no answer. Half an hour later, there was great laughter and the noise of pillows falling. ‘Don't you think they're going her guests, «bit wild” my ushand said ‘What are they doing now?” 3 The frst to come was Tracy, She was dressed in a blue the asked, “The pillow fight has staned, said Alan. 1 went party dress and she brought Jane some beautiful earings, to the fot ofthe stairs to call upto the ‘Then Carol and Linda arived together, wearing lovely fils to be quiet Not long. after party dresses, They brought Jane hars of chocolate, and 3 ‘midnight they finally fll asleep b Now read the story. Were you right? a. In pairs, choose the corre title for each paragraph. a) The guests’ arrival. _¢) Getting things ready.) Fun and games. b) Birthday traditions. d)- Mixed feelings. b Discuss the following. a) What type of party did Jane give? Is it popular with your age group? b) Which of the things below did Jane prepare for her party? What would you prepare for your party? i Muy! | as © a carton of milk d a tub of ice cream @ pieces of cake f a plate of pizza17 /bantfov Moavlav/ BEV 2 © Listen and repeat the things in 2b like this: a bunch of bananas, a bow! of cereal. XX 2 3 The slices are put | The completed a (on top of the pizza. [—agps\\}| pizza is baked (GH) essen 3 3 The dough is ee shaped like a mn plate, % ( b 4 Now match the containers to their contents. Use each container once only. 1 a bottle of . a) sweets, sugar, fruit, 2 a bow! of. b) ice cream, margarine. 3 acan of €) sandwiches, pizza, cakes. 4 a plate of. 4) juice, milk 5 acarton of €) biscuits, tea, cereal 6 ajar of... 1) jam, instant coffee. 7 atub of... 8) water, wine 8 a packet of . h) cola, lemonade, beer. @ Work in pairs. Number the pictures in the correct order. Flour, oil, milk, and salt are mixed to ‘make @ dough, Cheese, onion Other tasty things and tomatoes are added. are sliced, Look at the Language Focus box. Read these sentences and answer the question below. Re LANGUAGE Focus 4) Flour, ofl milk and salt are mixed to ES Passe ara se make dough EE (Regular verbs) b) You mix flour, oil and salt to make Fey + BE (am/is/are)+ V_srd form za dough. > oT: ‘We use the Passive Voice when we sentence stresses: focus on the process or on the J 5 ‘outcome not on the person who does 1 the person who makes the pi me 2 the process of making the pizza? seoiees se (Outcome: houses) ¢ Fill in the blanks with the correct form Is paper made from wood? of the verbs in brackets. (Process of paper making) A Ham and Cheese Omelette First the oven * (turn) to “Very H Then the ham and cheese 2 (slice). Next four eggs ....* (break) into a bowl and ......4 (beat). Then the eggs... (mix) with the ham and cheese. Salt and pepper ° (add) to the mixture too. Finally, a dish ? (rub) with butter and the mixture .....° (pour) into it. When the oven is hot, the dish (put) into the oven. After a short while the omelette ' (take) out and served hot at the table. Enjoy it! Zz and served hot at the table. Enjoy it Si, & A 4 What party food would you prepare? Write the recipe! e.g. Sandwiches.18 (ESSE what a mess! ‘One ‘C’ or double °C"? Come or has come? Love games very much or love very much games? How shall | end it? 4. Look at the picture and read \ the bubble. What four things does the girl find difficult about writing a letter in English? Qa vs a daft There 18 Ash Road are three mistakes in London SW18 GPU Ignore the mistakes for _ 1th November the moment. Read itand Dear Jene answer the questions. Thank ; ou for your lovely party. ; a) Who wrote the letter? you how muck | cnleged 1 can't wait to elt b) Who did she write it to? —_/ didn’t really expected @ sle leepover party ©) Why did she write the "eh fu, but yours was extremely poner letter? ‘music was grate and your birthday a delicious. vow birthday cake wes 2b Work in pairs. Correct Your family is wonderful. Though | ike them ett | like the three mistakes in the our mother best. We had lots of fun playi draft letter on the right. #4. It wasn't nice of Linda to ae ‘tay ’ \s and However, | didn't mind that much! Soy forthe © Use the abbreviations below. ae io the pillow fight. Hope your mother dda’ see it... Ke was : Gr Grammar you can come oe vy special, after all. Perhaps This word is not place too, 1 do hope so. necessary L Add a word ve, Tracy Wo Word order 'p Spelling 2 ¢ Read the draft letter again and choose the correct answer. 1 The writer thanks Jane for: 4 When Linda said Tracy was ‘crazy’: a) a present she got on her birthday a) she got mad with her b) an invitation to a party b) she didn’t care at all vited to. c) she was a little upset. ©) a party she was ‘The sleepover party was: Afler the party: a) worse than she'd imagined a) she apologized for the mess they'd lef ) just as she'd imagined b) she was pleased they'd left a mess ©) better than she'd imagined. ©) she didn't care about the mess. 3. She enjoyed: a) only the music b) the food and the games ©) the music, the food, and the games.19 2 Work in pairs. Compare the draft letter with the Guide to ‘Thank you’ letters below. Answer these questions. a) How does Tracy begin her letter? d) What words does she use to show b) How does she end her letter? how much she enjoyed the food, the ©) How soon does she say ‘thank you" music, and the games at the party? for the party? ‘A Guide to ‘Thank you’ letters 4 0. Thanks for re a Mary thant tor aaa Im wring to thank you tor... GPE 44 common bogrning: you thank ihe © =) Te prions was yp person you are writing to. realy enjeyabe/pleaeant/ ‘5 expressions which show how much deliiove/good, eve _ you enjoyed something. realy ited was exactly FW ‘Add one or two sentences as a what | wanted ont conclusion. © 6. hope to see you soon & commen ending: mention ure 7h) ve Be rng gh letter, vista, a, See you #oon, i 7 aclosing expression we 3 a Look at the Language Focus box and read the sentences below. Do but, however, and (al)though join a) contrasting ideas or b) similar ideas? a) I didn’t really expect a sleepover party to be kd LANGUAGE FOCUS much fun, but yours was Ei Linking sentences with but, (al)though and extremely enjoyable. HY however. b) It wasn’t nice of Linda to [Em Fatt — Contrast Fact 2 say I was ‘crazy’. However, [BMI Her doll's ‘Ann loves it. I didn't mind that much. ey. ©) Though | like them all, Her dol's ugly but Ann loves it. 1 like your mother best. Although her doll’s ugly, ‘Ann loves it. Her doll's ugly. However, Ann loves it. 3b Join these sentences with: but, however and (al/though. Write each pair of sentences in two possible ways. EXAMPLE Parties are usually enjoyable, but they can sometimes be boring. Parties are usually enjoyable. However, they can sometimes be boring, 1 a) Parties are usually enjoyable b) They can sometimes be boring. 2 a) Pam loves going to parties. b) She didn’t go to Jane's party. 3. a) Having lots of guests is great fun. _b) Having guests too ofien is tiring. 4 a) Tracy does anything for a laugh. —_b) She won't wear that clown costume. 5 a) It was a wonderful evening b) We had to go home early 6 a) Alan expected Jane’s guests to b) They behaved quite well be noisier, ‘ 4 You have received a lovely present from one of your relatives. Write a ‘thank you' letter. Use but, however, (aljthough.United States 2 4, Read the text. In your project groups, put the paragraphs in a logical order. a) Kids between the ages of 9-13 usually celebrate with style. You might take a group of your friends to the ice-skating rink for an afternoon. Usually your name is announced by the deejay’ at the rink and you have cake, ice cream and presents there. You could also rent a swimming pool for an afternoon and have the party there. There is also very popular restaurant for birthdays, called Chuck E Cheese, where kids can eat lots of pizza and play games for hours. b) The big birthdays in the US are probably the 21st (when drinking alcohol becomes legal), and then the 30th, 40th, 50th, etc. Sadly, things are usually not as crazy as the ice-skating days, though you are no longer forced by your mother to invite the class ¢) There are probably as many different ways to celebrate a birthday as there are Americans. So consider this @ rough guide to what some American children might do to celebrate their birthdays, d) Children of about 4, 5, or 6 years might celebrate their birthdays by inviting some friends ‘over to their homes for cake and ice cream. Naturally, presents are opened. Parents might hire a clown or a magician to play with the kids for an hour or so at the party. This is quite common. €) Junior high-school age (12-14) is when people start to have boy-girl parties. Parties are usually in the evening now. Dancing, cake, ice cream and presents are stil included, Sleepover parties are very popular, where you invite several of your closest friends to have dinner and sleep over at your house. f) For many (giris especially), the 16th birthday is stil a big deal. This party is often called ‘sweet sixteen’. These celebrations can turn into rather expensive affairs, where parents ® for food, and a band to provide the music. They can be very formal affairs, hire cater where gitls wear prom-like dresses* and boys wear tuxedos. doojay ~ 8 disk jockey [Py emp | Read about your age group again. Now write to an American child about a typical Romanian party. Stick the paragraph in your scrapbook.and the Pilgrim Fathers § N THE YEAR 1621, one year after their I arrival in The New World (America), the A_ Pilgrim Fathers sat down at the table and ate the first Thanksgiving meal Who were these people? Why were they giving thanks? The Pilgrims were a group of one hundred people who had left England for religious reasons, As they wanted a simple and pure lifestyle, not the rich decorations of the church and the arrogance of its bishops, they were called Puritans. At that time ~ when James I ruled England - nobody believed in things like religious tolerance so the Puritans ‘were fined, imprisoned, and finally driven out of the country September 16th 1620 found them in the port of Plymouth boarding a very old ship, the Mayflower, to sail across the Atlantic Ocean to the New World. ‘Their journey was full of dangers and difficulties ‘The rough rolling waves of the ocean and the shortage of food and water turned the Pilgrim's voyage into a nightmare Fortunately, a much longed for sandy shore came into sight on the sixty-fifth day. The hungry, frightened and sick Pilgrims decided to land and set up camp at a place far north of the land given to them by the Virginia Company (which is now the state of Massachusetts). ‘The happiness felt as they got ashore was short Thanksgiving lived, It was winter when they arrived. They had very little food left and 1 roof over their heads, only frozen ground, sharp winds and violent snow storms. Consequently, people got sick and died one after the ‘other, When everything around seemed to be extremely hostile to the weak and disillusioned Pilgrims, something unexpected happened. Some local American Indians came to help. They ‘brought the Pilgrims com, turkey and other wild ¢game.' They also showed them the best places 10 fish and hunt Today, on the fourth Thursday of November, Americans have a special family get-together to ‘celebrate Thanksgiving day. It is a traditional time when they give thanks to God for all the things they have, Although tastes have turkey, pumpkin and cranberry? sauce or jel n part of the American Thanksgiving dinner as symbols of survival red, corn wild game wild anima and birds that are hand cranberry — & small, ed. sour berry used in making sauces, 1 Read as you listen to the story. What do Americans give thanks for? Read the story again. Complete the table.CQ 4 Work in pairs and tell your partner which of the following acti did/didn’t do last weekend: * have a party * do housework + read a book/magazine * see a film * go toa museum + visit grandparents/a friend 2 a Read the senten a) My friend bought the tickets before | arrived. b) My friend bought the tickets after I arrived 1 When I got to the museum my friend bought the ti 2 When 1 got tothe museum my friend had bought the tickets \ 2b Read the Language Focus box and match each of these sentences with its logical ending. in the box and say which of them means: LANGUAGE FOCUS Past Perfect We use the Past Perfect to express @ past action finished before another action in the past. ‘My friend had bought the tickets before | got to the museum. aoa] My friend bought | got to the 1 When I got up a) I had breakfast b) had had breakfast. 2 cl J a 3 a ca J When he called the police a) the robbery took place. b) the robbery had taken place. 3 When she got the job the tickets. — a) she graduated from school b) she had graduated from school. Past Perfect = had + V (3rd form) eg. 4 When they met Mrs. Page a) they greeted her. b) they had greeted her. 2c Yesterday, at half past one in the atenomsineveatoie OF OD BO museum, Look at the pictures and say what he had/hadn't done by the time he got there. Use contracted forms. EXAMPLE He'd had lunch by the time he got there. He hadn't read his magazine. do ~ did ~ had done (’d done) see ~ saw ~ had seen ('d seen) visit ~ visited — had visited ('d visited)end 3a eo Enirance 6 Exit_ Krishna Avenue] l Decorative Ant ‘Jewellry Exniton a) telephone Printing b) post office ar ee any cratic ©) museum shop ogee , E d) first aid ea a “ ° a Fonte e§ oH 44 f) toilevrest room , I fuse] OF 5H | pintrnnin e L I e) cloakroom, THI Festavcart Money enaMedas | ToLbary Qe ko I Qa Bl 4a A robbery took place in this museum. Look at the thief's footsteps. In pairs, use the words in the box to say how he got to the room marked ‘Jewellery Exhibition’ and out again. Read the newspaper article about the robbery. What did Inspector Mancuso find to help him solve the mystery? believe the suspect? Listen again and put the events in the order they happened: a) Mancuso asked Mr. Macgee to show him his passport. b) Mr. Macgee said he was taking the money to his sister in Paris. ©) The plane landed in Washington at eleven o'clock at night. 4) Mr. Macgee said he was an only child. e) Mancuso asked Mr. Macgee his name, 1) The Inspector arrested the suspect. | i } | Listen to the dialogue. Did Mancuso i i Write six sentences to say what had happened by the time Inspector | Mancuso arrested the suspect. j EXAMPLE. j By the time Inspector Mancuso arrested the suspect, the robbery had taken ; place in India. . any h) special exhil turn lefvright "go in/out of go straight on go round/past. SAPPHIRE RING THEFT Yesterday morning a robbery took place in a museum in India. The biggest sapphire ring in the world and a diamond necklace disappeared mys- teriously. All the TV channels in the world announced the news. By midday the Indian Police, who were wor the case, had already alerted Interpi By midnight, although nobody believed in mi Inspector Mancuso from the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) had already solved the problem. He had even managed to put a suspect under arrest. After having flown to the USA, where the suspect had sold the sapphire ring to an old Chinese jeweller, the suspect tried to leave the USA with a large sum of money. The money, which the suspect had put in a black suitcase, was exactly the evidence Mancuso needed to question hima) a history museum ) a wax museum b) a natural history museum ¢) a geological museum ©) an air and space museum f) a war museum Match the pictures with the different types of museum above. Listen to Mr. Tom Hunter, an English teacher from Plymouth. He is talking about one of his favourite activities. Answer the questions, a) What is one of his favourite activities? b) What three museums does he mention? Listen to the second part of Mr. Hunter's account and answer the questions. a) Where is Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum? b) Which of th politi ©) What is special about the people in the people are not mentioned as models there: superstars, ns, painters, writers, policemen, or murder‘ eri Look at the pictures below of real people and models from Madame Tussauds. Which do you think is the real person in each pair’ EXAMPLE I think the real Tony Blair is the one on the right.4 a Read the following sentences. Do they each have the same or a different meaning? ~ a) The real Tony Blair looks older than the wax model b) The wax model doesn’t look as old as the real Tony Blair. Ain 4b Read the following sentences. For each pair discuss whether the meaning is the same or different. 1 a) The real Naomi Campbell looks more attractive than the wax model. « b) The wax model looks as attractive as the real Naomi Campbell. 2 a) The real Michael Jackson looks more cheerful than the wax model. 'b) The wax model of Michael Jackson doesn't look as cheerful as the real one. \ 3. a) The real Nelson Mandela looks happier than the wax model SS b) The wax model of Nelson Mandela looks as happy as the real one. 4 a) The real Pavarotti looks stronger than the wax model. b) The wax model doesn’t look as strong as the real Pavarotti. 4 ¢ Look at the Language Focus box. Use as ... as or not as... as to complete sentence b) so that it has the same meaning as sentence a). 1a) Sally is more beautiful than Pam. b) Pam . 2 bn 2 a) Tomis 2m talland a LANGUAGE Focus tbout so is Larry. Es m b) Larry FE Short adjectives tall taller 3a) Lee is smarter than pay Long adjectives beautiful more beautiful Max. Ea] a5 + ad). + as = the same as + noun b) Max ‘Not as + adj. + as = different from + noun fat! Teal fataz/ out eS 4 d_ Listen and repeat each b) sentence above using as... as... and not as... as, 2 5 @ Work in pairs. Use the adjectives in the table to describe the people below. round : straight straight happy; sad; amused ‘small tumedup curly angry; excited; tired square bored; annoyed Abraham David Dorothy Tim Pamela sentences using adjectives in the table to describe two classmates. Invite the rest of the class to guess who they are. Use (not) as... as, if possible.Sey An outstanding exhibition ELA 4. a Read these advertisements. y which place you would most like to visit and why, CLOCK MUSEUM. It's well worth a visit! Big and small, old and new, carved in wood, made of metal, covered in gold, silver, or ss, the exhibits of this museum represent the delights of all ages: The London Transport Museum For the joy of exploring London’ travel history, take a trip to the London Transport Museum, You'll find us in the old Flower Market on Covent Garden Piazza. Discover what it's Fike to drive a London bus or underground train, Admire our ‘unique collection of historic vehicles, posters, old fim and Photographic exhibitions Fora free information pack, ‘tur the advertisement to: Clock Museum in Ploiesti ‘THE LONDON TRANSPORT MUSEUM Romania, fascinates its Covent Garden Piazza visitors with mechanical and LONDON Wo2 4JF electrical works of art One ofthe moe HES BRE pen Sey day cat 2 oct the museum. No admission on Sundays | The | HEARD verse (4 lines) to the one above. (‘And what is yours \ ; P made of, John? Rewrite these humorous sentences in clearer English. Then translate them into Romanian. 20% sale: hats for ladies made of straw < its made from ny ) New: beds for babies made of wood her's old coat! Soldiers for children made of lead Boots for men made of rubber. Gloves for women made of leather.28 | iesson 4 f Your scrapbook Sights around il 3 cea em Hf you ask anyone to name the world’s most beautiful building, the answer will almost certainly be the Taj Mahal in Agra, the Mogul capital of india Built by Shah Jahan in memory of his beloved wife, the building, which stands 76m high, is a ‘magnificent tomb that looks like a palace. It stands ‘ona marble base and is decorated in flower patterns with precious stones. The Taj is covered with handwritten extracts from the Koran, the Holy book of islam. Part of the perfection of the building lies in its symmetry, each half being a mirror image of the other The Taj Mahal is reflected in the waters of a vast s the world garden crossed by many canals, and houses the tomb of Shah Jahan and his wite, Mumtaz Mahal. The Shah met his wife when he was sixteen years old and she was fifteen. They married four years later. The mother of eight children, she died at the early age of thirty- five, in 1631. ttis said that because of his grief, the Mogul Emperor's black hair turned grey within a month. As proof of his love he built this monument which took twenty thousand workers almost twenty years to complete. It was finished in 1652, and in 1658, when Shah jahan died, he was buried ‘near his wife. Their tombs are beautifully decorated with forty-three different types of jewel oe LEISURE IS A P Welome w he YEA. the wr greats muscu o Soin om Europe, Ami th Fr Ea a the Middle East. “ Bur why isi called the V afi. and ia, and ia and Albert Museum? The ‘ame comes from Queen Victoria. She te any other British monarch (From 1837 ned ko 1901 A lively writer (she ke ct she kept a diary from childhood un death), she dtew beautifully and apy er than ted fine works of She became Queen atthe age ofc 1a Work in pairs in your project group 1b Change pairs within your groups an you read, 1c Inyour groups of four, write the th from each of the two stories. 2 _ Discuss a place in Romania (e.g. A you have visited) that has a story b LEASURE |} later she married her ( d her Ge | | | Thy nh had nine children. Albert gradually became his ned kind and inteligent ma n Victoria mised Albert very ‘much and she wouldnt allow anyone to take his lace. From that day on she refused to lve in London. She wore only black, and was ‘rarely seen in public. She prefered vo spend the rst of er life in Windsor ps so that cach pair reads a different story. nd (ell your new partner about the story ree most important pieces of information monastery/museum/church/castle/hous hind it. Write about it in your scrapbook.Se When Friendship Fades ™ right on the steps of the altar. When Henry I became King of England, Canterbury Cathe: dral was the most powerful religious dN THE YEAR 1154, when A the King heard about the ere, he became so desperate that he locked centre in the country. ‘The Arch bishop of Canterbury recommended Thomas Becket, ane of his fathfal prints, to the King. Tall an thi, with dark hair anda pale fc, thi made himself ag him and especialy o the King. Ina Later, he went to Canterbury to mourn on his friend’s tomb, So did ‘many others who loved Becket Three years later, Becket was made a saint and people all over the world, both famous and unkiiown, started cable to all around to vist his tomb, Ever since then, Becker's shrine has become one of very short time the two became the most popular in Europe, Canter inseparable. Thomas, older than bury Cathedral has become a place of Henry by fifteen years, may have felt pilgrimage for sick people g an lder-brother affection, mingled | people in need. He changed both his | therein hope ofa mire eure. with admiration, for Henry’s talents | outlook and his way of life and charm. He helped and accompa: | Soon, the two old friends found nied the King both in sat affairs and | themsches in an antagonistic ela in his private life. So Henry made | tionship. Henry hoped to control the Thomas Chancellor of England. As | church with Becket’s help, while time passed, Thomas became as rich | Thomas wanted to protect the rights a the King, if not richer. He lived | of the ch like a prince in a palace surrounded | Things got so bad that finally Henry by seven hundred knights. took all the Archbishop’ inst the Crown, Everything was fine, but after | and exiled his family seven yearsyin 1161, things changed | But Thomas had become very drastically. Although Thomas didn’t | popular. This made Henry ask in fury want it, Henry named him Arch- | “Will none of these idle people who bishop of Canterbury, the highest | cat my bread rid me of this trouble religious position in the land. This | some priest?” He hardly knew what tured Becket into another man. | he said. ‘The King’s violent words What a change there was! Thomas | were misinterpreted by four of his found himselfin the company of only | knights wh twenty wise old men, wearing poor | ber clothes, always praying, and helping | cut Becket down with their swords Read as you listen to the story. Why did Canterbury Cathedral become a place of pilgrimage? 2 Read the story again. Copy and complete the chart. babies [ vetentleColours Ee A colourful world CQ 4 __ Dothis quiz. Name the colours. The maximum number of colours is in brackets. HOW COLOUR-CONSCIOUS ARE YOU? | Can you see the variety and harmony of colours Sear Aa ‘around you? Do this quiz to find out. From 1~10: You are almost colour-blind. You are in danger ee ‘tf becamng ob anal on out oon lat From 1-15: You ae a clouisenstve 1 Acolour associated with our pera, ual foes be vary feos planet. (1) a : ‘ound yu Yo told am ea many wi ne Te wet hat oo 2 The colour of the sun (1) dort tno hone your eyesore ett |] | 3 The possible colours of the sky. (3) fyur boy and suk] | 4 The seven colours of the rainbow. (7) est spent ere Yours || 5 The possible colours of leaves. 3) rsa conc eeu wot pants and flowers. You've got the soul ofan att. | 6 The colours associated with the four seasons. (4) ‘it think pink | 2 a Match each of the colours below to a word with Jur! June | the same vowel sound in it. Choose from: | /av/ noun Ia circle Jou! drove = a lis! seem maroon cream pink mauve Jer/ age Ie LANGUAGE FOCUS > a» 4 ‘The suffix Ish added to: purple beige brown bull a) an adjective, gives it the meaning = of quite ... but not very .. " 4 = EXAMPLE, 2 b Complete each sentence with one “4 Greek hears Gale peat’ of the colours above. fmt but not completely so. a) Yellow and white make... ae b) Red and brown make ») certain nouns, changes them into ©) Red and blue make pa EXAMPLE child — d) Red and white make neces e) Purple and white make Spelling Notes: When we add the 1) Brown and white make ......... pene: 1) the final “e' is dropped EXAMPLE blue ~ bluish: 3 Read the Language Focus box and 2h the tol corso lied, ¥ translate the examples in the box iricadiacl ty aiincaaaoal) into Romanian. BXAMPLE red ~ reddish