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Global, Pre-Intermediate Coursebook, Copyright Macmillan 2010 / Hueber Verlag ISBN 978-3-19-082980-4
4 Hopes & Fears
UNIT
Part 1
Vocabulary
Adjectives & Vocabulary Reading
synonyms
1 Look at the phrases below. Put them 1 Read the text When I grow up. What are
Reading
in order from most important (1) to least the children talking about?
important (4). Compare your answers with a a Their hopes for their own lives and their
When I grow up …
partner. families
Grammar being good-looking being intelligent b Their hopes for the world
Future hopes & plans being rich having good health c Both a and b
2 Match the words in bold in exercise 1 to 2 Read the text again. Which quotes are
Speaking
the words in the box with similar meanings. the most interesting for you? Choose two
My hopes & plans
There are two words in the box that you quotes and tell a partner.
don’t need.
3 Work in pairs. Choose two of these
awful beautiful clever excellent
questions and then discuss them.
handsome smart terrible wealthy r Do you think these children are
well-off wonderful
optimistic or pessimistic about the
future?
r Do children in your country have similar
3 Look at the two extra words. What are hopes?
they synonyms of? r Did you have similar hopes when you
were a child?
4 Look at your list from exercise 1. Do you
think your order was different in the past?
How about in the future? Complete the
sentences and then compare with a partner.
When I was younger I probably thought … was
more important.
… will be more important when I’m older.
Part 2
Danish Guatemala
two years ago village
Josh Gross and Helle Hansen are
based in Denmark. In terms of
foreign aid, Denmark is one of the 4 Would you like to work for an aid
most generous countries in the organisation? Why?
world. There are many NGOs (Non
Governmental Organisations) in
Denmark that work on projects in
Latin America and Africa.
1,00
0,90
This graph shows the percentage of
0,80
GNP (Gross National Product) that developed
0,70 countries give to foreign aid. The grey line shows the
0,60 average percentage of all OECD countries.
0,50
0,40
0,30
0,20
0,10
Norway
Luxembourg
Denmark
Sweden
Netherlands
Portugal
France
Switzerland
Belgium
Ireland
United Kingdom
Finland
Germany
Canada
Australia
Spain
New Zealand
Austria
Greece
Japan
United States
Italy
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Pandora’s box
In Greek mythology, the
character Pandora had a
large box. It contained all the troubles
of the world. When she opened the box, she
Grammar
let all the troubles come into the world except
We are going to work with the children there.
The organisation is starting a new project in
one – hope. The Greeks thought that hope
Guatemala next year. was also very dangerous. But without
r use be going to to talk about things you hope, people were filled with despair.
have already decided to do
r use the present continuous to talk Finally Pandora opened the box
about future plans, often when they are
already arranged
again and let
let o
out
ut h
hop
op
pe as wel
wel
elll.
A new project
Susana works for a Spanish NGO in Madrid.
The organisation is start a project next
month in Ethiopia. Susana is going for work
with a local women’s organisation in the
country. Together they are going to develop
an educational project for pregnant women.
Susana is going to travel to Ethiopia with a
group of doctors. ‘I’m a bit nervous, but I’ve
been to Africa before and I know Ethiopia,’
she says. ‘It’s going to being a great project.’
Part 3
Reading
Things will get worse Reading 4 Read the summaries again and decide if
the sentences refer to 1984, Brave New World
1 Which novels do students in your (BNW) or A Handmaid’s Tale (HT).
Grammar
country usually have to read at school? Did
Prediction & ability 1 Women won’t be able to have children.
you read them?
(will, be able to)
2 Look at the titles below of three famous 2 There’ll be only three countries in the
Vocabulary world.
books that students in many English-
Phrasal verbs with
speaking countries often study. Do you 3 There will be a nuclear disaster.
get We won’t have wars.
know any of these books? 4
5 Babies will be born in factories.
3 1.50 Read and listen to the 6 The government will control people’s
summaries and tick () the features thoughts.
they have in common. 7 Love will be a crime.
a The story happens in the future. 8 People won’t get sick from disease.
b The government controls everything. 5 Look at the sentences in exercise 4. Do
c The story happens in England. you think these things will happen in the
d People are happy. future? Tell a partner.
Useful phrases
in literature Glossary
dystopia (noun) - imaginary place or situation where everything is very bad
Nineteen Eighty-Four The author: George
infertile (adjective) – not physically able to have children
The novel is set in the future, but it is the year Orwell (1903–1950),
pollution (noun) – chemicals and other substances that have a harmful effect on
1984. Winston Smith lives in London, part of the English air, water or land
country Oceania. There are three countries in
revolution (noun) – a situation in which people completely change their
the world: Oceania, Eurasia and Eastasia. Big
government or political system
Brother is the leader of Oceania. The government
totalitarian (adjective) – controlling a country and its people in a very strict way
controls everything, even people’s thoughts.
Winston works for the government, but he is underground resistance (noun) – a secret organisation that fights against the
getting tired of his boring life. He meets Julia, group that controls their country
another worker, and they fall in love – a crime in
Oceania. The government discovers their secret,
and Winston and Julia must go to the Ministry of Love, a centre for A Handmaid’s Tale
enemies of Big Brother. In the future a revolution replaces the government of the United
States with the totalitarian Republic of Gilead.
Brave New World Because of pollution and nuclear accidents,
London, 600 years in the future. The Controllers many women are infertile. New laws create
are the rulers of the world. People don’t know the job of handmaid, a woman who can have
war, poverty, disease or pain. They enjoy leisure babies for rich families.
time, sports and pleasure, but they are not free. This is the story of Offred, a handmaid. Offred
The Controllers create babies in factories. Adults works for Fred, a commander, and his family.
are divided into five social classes, from the The author: Aldous She wonders if she can get away, and learns The author:
intelligent alphas to the worker epsilons. Huxley (1894–1963), about an underground resistance from another Margaret Atwood
When a man from a wild area of the world gets to English handmaid. But there isn’t much time. If Offred (1939–), Canadian
London, he criticises the society. In the end, he doesn’t get pregnant soon, she knows they
has to choose between joining them or dying. will send her to the dangerous colonies.
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Grammar Vocabulary
1 Look at these phrases with get from the
There will be only three countries in the summaries. Write them next to the correct
world. meanings of get in the table below.
Women won’t be able to have children.
1 Winston works for the government, but
r use will and won’t to talk about future he is getting tired of his boring life.
predictions 2 When a man from a wild area of the
r use will / won’t be able to to talk about world gets to London …
ability or possibility in the future 3 If Offred doesn’t get pregnant soon …
4 The population gets all their information
from the television.
1 Read the text about Fahrenheit 451.
5 Soon Montag gets interested in the books …
Complete the summary below by rewriting
the underlined sentences with will / won’t or Meaning of get Examples
will / won’t be able to.
become getting tired
Fahrenheit 451 receive
arrive
It is 24th century America.
The government controls
2 Match the phrasal verbs with get to the
society through the media.
It is criminal to be an
correct definitions.
The author: Ray
intellectual. People can’t Bradbury (1920–), 1 get around a return (from a journey)
read or own books, as
American 2 get away b travel
books are against the law. 3 get back c get out of bed
The population gets all their information from the
4 get together d leave / escape
television. They don’t know their history.
Guy Montag is a fireman. Firemen don’t stop
5 get up e spend time with someone
fires, they start them. They burn books at a 3 Work in pairs and ask each other the
temperature of 451 degrees. One day Montag questions.
meets the young Clarisse, who makes him
question the society he lives in. Soon Montag
gets interested in the books he is supposed to Imagine it’s a perfect, utopian world …
destroy. r What time do you get up every
day?
In Ray Bradbury’s vision of the future … r What time do you get back home
the government will control society through from work?
the media. r Where do you get away when you
need a holiday?
2 Read the definition of utopia. Write five
r How often do you get together
predictions for a future utopia.
with friends and family?
r How do you get around? What
utopia (noun) – an imaginary place or
kind of transport do you use?
situation in which everything is perfect
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4 Hopes & Fears
UNIT
Part 4
Vocabulary
Geographical features
Vocabulary Listening
1 Look at the pictures and complete the 1 Look at the film poster on page 49. How
Listening
words with the correct vowels. does the poster describe the film? What do
An inconvenient truth you think it is about?
2 1.51 Listen and check your answers.
Grammar Then repeat the words. 2 1.52 Listen to people talking about
Future time clauses the film and check your answer.
CLIMATE the signs are here 3 Listen again. Are the statements true
CHANGE
Speaking
Climate change (T) or false (F)?
questionnaire Speaker 1: He saw the film a few years ago.
Speaker 2: She didn’t know about global
warming and climate change before she saw
the film.
Speaker 3: He liked the film.
EUROPE Speaker 4: He thinks it’s a typical
Hollywood film.
Stronger st_rms and
Speaker 5: She doesn’t believe that climate
increased chance of fl_ _ ds
change is happening.
Speaker 6: He thinks it’s important for
young people to see it.
4 Have you seen this film? Would you
like to?
GREENLAND
Glacial _ce melting
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Speaking
1 Read the questions below and think about
your answers.
After you see this film, you will think 3 Look at the information in the table and
differently. tell your partner how much carbon they will
If we reduce carbon emissions, we will reduce save if they make these changes.
global warming.
Action Carbon saving
r after future time clauses such as after, Change to energy- 68 kg per year
before, when and if we use a present tense efficient light bulbs
Recycle half of your 1,095 kg
1 Complete the sentences with the present household waste
simple or future simple of the verbs in Walk instead of driving 0.5 kg per km
brackets. Wash your clothes in cold 225 kg per year
1 If we (not do) something now, water
we (have) serious problems in Reduce your household 544 kg
the future. waste by 10%
2 If you (look) at the ten hottest
Plant a tree 907 kg
years, you (see) they happened
in the last fourteen years.
3 When this climate change ,
(happen) I (be) dead.
4 You (think) differently after
you (see) it.
2 Work in pairs and complete the
sentences with your own ideas.
After class finishes …
I … before the end of this year.
If the weather is good tomorrow …
When I have enough money …
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4 Function globally making offers and decisions
UNIT
Speaking
Work with a new partner and choose one of the tasks
below.
Mert, Turkey Naif, Saudi Arabia Arthur, France Dain, South Korea
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4 Writing an email to a friend
UNIT
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Global review Study skills
Natural disasters People with a lot of 3 Find two different word classes for each of these words.
money 1 heat
2 pretty
3 fair
2 close
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