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eee Pee ooo ae eas nee aon oe ede aeay (OSs tells RU eeticod | Ingrid Wisniewska | | | | Scanirr si Contents The 1990s Culture Vulture Tickets, Money, Passport! It could Happen to Anyone! Musical Notes Living Spaces ite Rt iT e Vocabulary: internet activities A BB) Listen and complete the text with the internet act les Doug does. Doug is a music fan and he uses the Internet a lot. He regularly (1) th __ to look for new music. He usesa (2) like Yahoo!® or Google™ to find good music sites and he @ music online, Doug doesn’t (4)_©! =| _ for other things. And he doesn’t (5) _¢'> 4 But a lot of his friends play action or sports games online. He plays guitar ina band and he (6) about their concerts. He (7) several times a day, and he (8) tohis friends and other music fans. B Complete the questions with phrases from the bo Do you prefer to bs 1 shop online for clothes or go to a shopping mall? 2. send letters or 2 3 write ajournal in a notebook or ss ? 4 ____ or face-to-face with another person? 5 or buy CDs? pe to find information or use the library? © Choose one of the questions from Exercise B and write your answer. Explain wine I prefer to go to a shopping mall to buy clothes because | can try them on. 6 Grammar: re ‘A Complete the table. Tee cae played team | teneeed ites rad write | chat | ci out ‘surfed > | went come c | check stay Sheayed find did | { studied | downl d | bought | was/were | \ Ee I B Read the information in the table, sentences and questions, °. Comm ‘What did you do onine yesterday? = Did you zi chat with friends? vO buy any books? : ve write a blog? S< study English? Vv 1 Bruno online with friends yesterday. Watch out! b He biog, 1 He didn't went to school today 3. Vanessa & ck online with friends yesterday. 4 She 1 some books online. BA Bruno Jy any books online? B: 6A A Vanessa a ablog? B sshe 4 7 A: Did Bruno and Vanessa _“ English online? B Now complete the survey in Exercise B for you. Then write do online yesterday. L ddntt c 7 Ae D Complete the e-mail with the correct form of the verbs from the box. Hi, Sandy, Guy (1) came. cover to my house last night and we(2)___ Suc __ the Internet. We(3)____ this fantastic Web site and we (4)_© cc) all kinds of free games on! 1t(S)___ a __awesomel And how are you? What i you (6) last night? Sony 1 didn't (7) sue time to talk. ‘See you Monday, Tom _——— Unit 1 eo Vocabulary: describing reactions A Circle the adjective that best completes the sentences. 1. You dropped my laptop! I'm really ... about it. 5 a) angry —_b) surprised 2. My new computer can download files really fast! 6 wery ... about it. I'm... atit, : a) upset b) amazed online. 3. You loved your car, but you sold it! I'm... by it. ised? b) worried 4 [boughta new laptop yesterday. I'm so... about it. 8 a)cexcited —_b) angry B EBB) Listen to people talking about events in the past. How did t Write the event and an adjective to describe their 1 My sister and I went to our first pop concert when we were ‘was so exciting 2 Bernie and her family had a vacation in Japan. weather was wonderful. 3. Julia and Dan invited Sarah to their housewarming party. and a big frying pan. 4 Anna sent an e-mail to David. wrote B Read Julia's text about an event she went to recently. What do the When they published the last Harry Potter book, our local book store had a big party with special food and games. | went (1) there with some friends. (2) We dressed up as characters in the books and got prizes. The next week our picture was in the local newspaper—you | can see (3) it here! They started selling the book at midnight and everyone 4 @ the book started reading (4) itimmediately. |b) midnight Bi Gag Unit 4 1 a) thebook b) ‘the book store 2 a) Julia and her friends ) the characters 3. a) thenewspaper b) the picture Cver, a id) Listen to Emly talking about a key event in her life. Answer the questions. 1 What key event is Emily describing? 2 Where did it take place? 3. How did she feel before the ceremony? 4 5 How did she feel later? How does Emily keep in touch with her high-school friends? B Think about a key event in your Ife, Write notes about it. Key event: 1. Where was it? 2 What was I doing? 3 How was | feeling? (before) (during) (after) 4 Why was it important? ¢ [Hil Use the information from Exercise B to write a paragraph about an important event in your life. Cor remember when ‘day | can never forget is the day when This event was important to me because ... When | remember this event today, Ife Down, Time A Read the clues and complete the crossword with words to describe feelings. = Down sae Jane got a diamond necklace for her birthday. She was... d. elas 3. Martha got 100% on her English exam. F Z _ Shewasa... d a 5 2 | ei is Fai oe saw her friend on TY. 4 i a : a 5 Ricky's girlfriend doesn’t want to see him 4 again. Heisu... t. i 7 Someone crashed into Dan's bicycle. ‘He wasa... y. ‘Across / f 7 1 Wesaw news on TV absut.a plane crash. d his wallet and his keys. /wasn‘t online last night. B Find the words that rhyme. 1 Its not different—it’s the $/14 JL). You can play it | 2 I’sabike and you can [JL JAE it. You can't find this i¢t [2 3. You're very happy—you fee! © IEJEJE]. ts the numberafter eight—it's Lell= 4. They're small animals—they’re [][7]E]LE). they're not horrible—they’re [EJ —<—<$<—— a Read the sentences aloud. Can you hear the rhymes? ibing the arts A Write the adjectives from the box in the correct column of the table. incredible modern ‘terrible unusust —_weltiked Ce) B Circle the correct adjective to complete the sentences. 1 Treally liked the latest James Bond movie. The action scenes were @® incredible. b) silly. 2 [don’t understand this kind of art. What does it mean? It's a) jincomprehensible. b) well-liked, 3. This kind of video artis new and interesting. It's very a) dull Cb) modem. ht the art exhibition was amazing. It 4 Many people thoug! (2) Well-tiked, b) dull. 5. Lnever go to horror movies. They're not actually a) silly. b) popular, 6 This artist makes scul a) terrible Iptures out of recycled car tires. IVs definitely b) unusual. oe Grammar: comparatives with as ... as/not a A Write the words in the correct order to make sentences. 1 ant galleries / azen’t / Museums / as / as / interesting 2 isn’t / easy / as / Painting / photography / as 3. TV shows / as / aren't / movies / interesting / as 4° dull / hip-hop / Country music / as / isn’t / as 'B Complete the sentences with the adjective in parentheses and as ... as or not as ... as. 1. horror movies (/) / action movies (V7) (interesting) Horror movies are_not as interesting as action movies 2 opera (V) / rock music (VV) (exciting) Opera is 3. classical music concerts (/) / operas (/) (expensive) Classical music concerts are _=. 4 modem art (¥) / classical art (¥*/) (well-liked) Modern art is licked act 5. photography () / painting (V) (difficult) Photography is as ‘ 6 online games (/) / video games (77) (popular) Online games are J 9! as deo Gres We Rok mesic Ds are expensive as pap musio CDs. v aa eo Listening: identifying speakers’ opinions errr is A] Listen and check (V) the adjectives you hear in the conversation. | amazing boring = J unusual [| duit CF modem [1 incredibte C1 sitty funny B (3) Listen to two friends talking about a movie. Circle T (true) or F (false). 1 The man liked the movie. z 2. The woman liked the movie. im 3. The man doesn’t like comedies. T 4 The man thinks comedies aren’t as, good as action movies. T 5. The woman says the movie is as good as the director's last movie. T © Vocabulary: A Match the sentences with: ‘Write the numbers. 1 Tdliketoseek, BE photography. 0) ES) the movie theater. 2. I'd like to lear about BLY] a dance class. ig) al eechitecture 3 Vd like tojoime ) El anart cub. ) F) a movie 4 Vd liketo take. & E) abook cub. i Dy atanguage course. 5 [dliketo goto ) CD amusicat. j) Fa museum. B Write what these people are going to do using phrases from Exercise A. 1 Helen would like to learn how to take excellent pictures with her digital camera, She's going to _ 2 Wonne would like to spend more time reading. She’s goingto_@ 0) 4 hla 3 Mike wants to learn salsa. He's going to + doe Aas: aa 4 Hiroshi wants to meet other artists. He's going to 6 Grammar: superlatives A A Complete the table with the superlative form of the adjectives, De) Superlative Or B Read the information in the bar chart, Then complete the superlative form of the adjective in parentheses, SETI moves: 8 Pena 112 action: 13. 1 Going to the theater is the least popular (popular) free time activity for these students. 2 These students think that pop music is the _1 (exciting) kind of music. 3. These students think that action movies are the ty (Goring) kind of movies. 4 These students think that classical music is the 5. (exciting) kind of music. 5 These stucients think that comedies are the (interesting) kind of movies. 6 These stucients think that sculpture is the (dificult) kind of art 7 Watching TV is the (popular) free time activity for these students. 8 These students think that dance is the _ (fun) kind of class. © Complete the sentences about art and entertainment in your country. Use the superlative form for each of the adjectives from | ME Phetee=phyis the most easiest kind of art. the box. You can use each adjective more than once. 7 exciting funny good famous venir) 1 ___ast__ is _themustpqpalar TV show Mice 25 "actor zm at 1Vshow. Sali is writer. 3 is singer. 6 _Secese is *_ sport. eo Writing: linking sentences A Match to make complete sentences, 1. Phone calls can be expensive so a) ithelps you feel more relaxed and happier. 2. Music is important because ... — ee Igo to the gallery once a month. 3. love modem art so... ©) I prefer to send text messages. 4. Foreign movies are well-liked because 4) they are a great way to learn another language. B Complete the conversation with because or so. Pamela: Why weren't you at art class last night? Mike: (1) 5 ‘with my family. It was my sister's birthday. Twent to the theater She loves musicals (2) ‘we went to see Mary Poppins Pamela: Ah, interesting! Was it good? Mike: Itwasn't as bad as I remembered it, but I really wanted to come to class e) we had a sculpture lesson yesterday, right? Pamela: Actually the teacher was ill @_ 55 weal went to the gallery. Mike: Cool! r to you n about MP3 players. Then answer the questions. Topic: Inventions as a symbol of culture Comment: poste) March 19 | think the MP3 player is one of the most amazing inventions and all my favorite music is stored on it (1,000 tracks!). | almost everywhere. | listen to it in the car on my way to sing the earbuds, so it doesn’t annoy anyone. Then E working out. And | listen to it again on the way home or bus, too, because it creates a feeling of p conversations of people around you, and you: invention really had a big impact on our ‘What is the MP3 player for? 2 Where does Max use his MP3 player? Do you think MP3 players are a useful invention? Why a Choose an invention that is popular in people's lives now. Write three adjectives that describe the invention. is popular now because it is CT | think this invention changed the way we This invention is important in modern culture because mind Strategy Strategy: ) Learn other word forms of the same word family. A Look at the examples. Notice how the word endings change the meaning of the words. music—musician B Complete the missing words. Use your di 1 This person paints pictures. Ap ‘This person writes books. Aw 1 = 5 This person makes sculpture. As. This person takes pictures. A p This person sings songs. Asi 5 2 3 4 5. This person designs fashion clothing. Ad¢5 1) 5 60 6 7 This person studies science. As. 8 This person works in politics. A p_> ener ge a + Learn other words of the same word family. CR ioe Aces erat e Vocabulary: travel essentials GBB) uisten and write the words. Check the spelling in your stuclent’s book or dictionary. B Complete the sentences with words from Exercise A onl ; 1 Youneed a to brush your teeth. 2 Youneeda to enter another county. 3 Youneeda 4 to rent and drivea car 4 Youneed to get on the plane. 5 Youneeda to find the best places to: 6 Youneeda wa lle to keep your money in. © Choose two essential items for each trip from the items in 1. aclimbing trip in the Andes You need __& 2. abeach holiday in Thailand You need _« 3a tour by car of famous cities in Italy You need _4 @ wns e Grammar: possessive pronouns and whose ‘A Underline the possessive adjective. Gircid\the possessive pronoun. 1A: Is this your suntan lotion? 3 A: Are these your tickets? B: No, its Goud B: Yes, they're mine. 2 Az Are these her sunglasses? 4A: Is this our guidebook? B: No, I think they're his, B: No, I think it’s hers. B Complete the sentences with the possessive pronoun and the correct form of the That's my camera, That's Anna's wallet. ‘Those are Richard’s sunglasses. ‘These tickets are for me and Chris. ‘That car belongs to Gina and Frank. This is my map. soar one These are your guidebooks. © Write the words in the correct order to make questions. Then circle the correct answer. 1. are / Whose / these / tickets / ? A: a B: They're my / mine. 2. sunglasses / those / Whose / are / ? Ar Whow tonnlecges Gee tre 2 Br They're our / ours, 3 is / wallet / Whose / that / ? A B: It’s her / hers. 4. Whose / this / is / guidebook /? Ar wibece Guidebook ie ic? iB: It’s thet fatal D There is one mistake in each sentence. Find and correct it. 1 Thisishers suitcase, 1 t — 2 Who's bags this? ws < 5 Whoisthis jacket? 3. Are these your? Ave there y Oveg 6 Theseare yours tickets. 6 Vocabulary: travel ‘A Complete the sentences with words from the box. 1 Weneed to _ chan « ‘some money. Where's the bank? a es } 2 Where can] a good restaurant? ee 3. You should __' a flight reservation before you go. 4 Don't forget to your suntan lotion and sunglasses. 5 Canwe tect _acar at the airport?_| 6 What time can we _< hc for our flight? suas (a ———E B Complete the sentences with the correct form of verbs from the box. take” change. checkin find ge-on make — pack “Yeh Si ways to plana ee stress-free vacation! By Boer vacation, I usually Buy a guidebook and make a list of things to do, By | :° online to, 2) A a cheap inkl Rican 0 @ car online, too. BBY After that, go to the bank to 3) BB I's 00d to have some cash in thella 3 [omy creditcard when I travel. Bi This usually includes a guidebookamd: my passport. Looking for an unusual vacation? Search our si Tree house weekend Experience an incredible weekend in one of our beautiful tree houses: They are made of natural wood and bamboo so they blend into thelgeal | environment, You can see birds and animals come close to you, and youeam | take pictures of them, You can also hire one of our guides. He'll make sure you have an unforgettable vacation Ice hotel Enter an amazing world of snow and ice. Everything in this hotel is madi of ice—including the walls and the funiture! The restaurant as i They're not for decoration—you can sit on them and eat dinner at ia ‘This magical hotel is open only from December to April. Then fed until next year them, 2 Ice hotel They them 6 Grammar: modals of permission and request A Circle if the person is asking for permission (P) or making a request (R). 1. May I see the menu, please? ROR 2. Can you help me with my suitcase, please? P @® 3. Could Iborrow your cell phone, please? PR 4 Can you show me the way to the station, please? P ® Cor XC May you tell me the time, please? ¥ B Write the words in the correct order to make requests. Then match to where you think each one takes place. 1. have / tickets / please / Could /1/ two /? Codd T have lwo tickets plem May / cell phone / 1 / my / here / use / ? col phone Inese 1 / get / please / olives / of / Could / 200 g / ? T se of olives please 2 pay / by credit card / Could J 1/2? Ai ty cxedthy ed 2 oe Communication strategy: responding to requests ‘A Read the responses and write P (positive) or N (negative) in the boxes. Sorry. ] No probiem. Go (right) ahead. O sure. Vm afraid not. Sorry. Certainly. B EBB) complete the conversations 1. A: Can I borrow your newspaper? B: Ym still reading it. 2A: May Isit here? B: Sure. ‘ 3. A: Could you open the window, please? B th ‘The window is broken. 4A: Can you help me with my bag, please? B _cec\ainly __ No problem. a) ina supermarket b) in the subway © ina book store 4) ata hospital Id rather yow didn't Unit 3 iCver,..# to you A GBB) Liston to Ivana and Alex talking about their vacation. Circle T (true) or F (false). Ivana and Alex went to Barbados for their vacation last year, ‘They went sightseeing and visited lots of museums. They didn’t go to the beach. Ivana likes beach vacations. Alex doesn’t like sightseeing. ane ene Heeas They agree to go somewhere different next year. B PB) Listen again and each person's ideal vacation acti t 1. Alex's ideal vacation activities: _!e. fig \* was, sesh 2. Ivana’s ideal vacation activities: is Location meak Who with? Travel essentials to take Ideal vacation activities Use your notes from Exercise C to write a descri Tam going tq Ea fdland selene My ideal vacation location is... because ciel | would love o goto. because. : z Mm eC Marly mm Cey e Vocabulary: good and bad experiences ‘A Complete the sentences with the correct fonts f the veri fost Iai win(2) lose rave fing fail miss My team __WOet the race last Saturday. We were all 50 excited. 2 Mike _hay an accident. He crashed his car last week 31 my fitness chub card. Thad to pay for a new one. 4. We were ten minutes late. We the train 5 IT_w the competition for best cake! I am so happy 6 made a lot of mistakes.1 _€24i | my test 7 We waited outside the movie studios and we _ Sear Angelina Jolie. 8 Tlooked everywhere for my keys and then them in the washing machinet B Complete the questions with the comect ver. Tien matich the Sentences to the correct answer. 1 Didyou fai! __ your test? 2 Did you your cell phone? Haein. In the park, I think 3. How much did he __w on the lottery? 4 DidJenny miss the plane? — 5 Didyou he an accident?— 98%! Ipassed. 6 Where did you ___ your wallet? Ny 0 Yes itwas undermy bed. ee tame e Grammar: present perfect—ever/never A Complete the table. B Write the words in the correct order to make sentences. Then match them to a response. 1. eaten / ever / you / Have / sushi / ? a) LJ Thave, but only 50 dollars. b) LJ Lhave. It’s delicious. 2 We / visited / never / France / have ) LI she hasn't? Wow! I love that show. 4 Wei Weve never usi@d Eeemet. (7 No? What about Germany? 3. the lottery / never / I / have / won 4 never / She / seen / has / My Name Is Earl © Write the questions using the prompts and then write your own answers. 1 you / miss / a plane 5 you /have / an accident A: Have you ever missed a plane 2 Hiawe 2 B: No thaven't ms 2. you / lose / your passport A: ? Br 3. you / win / a competition A tas pvitionty B: < 4 you / write / a blog A a blog? B: A have never saw a girafe © Listening: identifying speakers’ opinions Listen to the conversations. Do the people agree or disagree with each other? Conversation 1: agree / disagree Conversation 3: _agree / disagree Conversation 2: agree / disagree Conversation 4: _agree / disagree (BB isten again. write the phrases from each conversation that express the speaker's opinion. (ze a hwo 10.08 RBM noes Conversation 1: A: Zw Conversation 2: A: _| Conversation 3: A: _ Conversation 4: A: © Vocabulary: feelings ‘A Match the situations to the feelings. 1. Danni got 98% on her university entrance exams assed 2 Ididn’t understand anything because he talked too} p} uncomfortable 3 Tost my way and it was getting dark exhausted 4 Stan ran 11 kilometers without sto proud 5 [couldn't remember my cell phone scared 6 have to make a speech in front of the: confused St cee oer throoaht emet cell What happened? 3 ae chee DOC How did the speaker feel? 5) Grammar: present perfect—How long/for/since ‘A Complete the table with expressions that go with since or for. Use words from the box. (Csuiments lestyeor twoyears an how 2008 November Wedhestoy thee days) ee si a a twee an beer [th ay Pr vember | laghiyeas | wv: 8 B Rewrite the sentences 1. The last time I went to a concert was three since they moved into their months ago. Thaven’t to.a con 2. The last time Karen went to the U.S. was ten years ago. She hasn't | ved 3 I started to study Chinese four years ago. er 2K Nhe Ine in this town for three years. v © Complete the sentences with the present perfect and for or since. 1 A: Howlong 9 Tinaand Damian __to (wn) their car? Bie three years, 2 Maria feels sleepy because she (not hurve) any coffee _S. 0 3. Y'mvery hungry. I ! (not eat) anything 4. My brother is coming to visit us tomorrow. We avec!” S22 (not see) him five years. 5 A: Howlong Cas Fabio _y yoo (play) See he was four. 6 Teresa teaches yoga at the community center. She __bun# eer two years. 6 Writing: linking sentences ‘A Complete the sentences with or, and, because, or would like to try it. PPeter has lived in the Caribbean for three years, __ a. 0) he never wants to move. I've never eaten Thai food, —_'O 'm really embarrassed. I failed my driving test __b* «4 5* Tcouldn’t park. I think he isa musician, maybe he is an actor. I'm not sure. Complete the sentences with your own ideas. Like to and Gp t0 the & Iwould like to Toften Iwant to 4 ic Cver to you ‘A Match the topics with the paragraphs. Then complete the survey. 1 1 tmmissed a plane. 2 C1 twent bungee jumping, ble_| was coming home from a sole my passport and wallet on I couldn't get home, | waited in the fs to send me some money, forthe money to arrive. I've never Hin my life. It was the worst trip more careful now. It was in Canada in 2009. It was one ofthe mass exciting things I've ever done. We climbed up @ mountain ‘and walked onto a very high bridge. Iwas 150 meters high’ Jond there was a river below. When | looked down, was really} cfaid. But | closed my eyes and jumped. lt fl ike fying. lt was really amazing. I'm proud | did it, and have more confidence, but | haven't done this again since 2009. My Se / lis When did it happen? publish he best ones When i tow decreas Have you done i ince then? Tellus about your experiences ond we! in our next issue. Where did it happen? 2 Irewe: (hu bees a _—_— Ise your notes from the survey to write a paragraph about your unusual experience. Wegt Sarnia The most unusual experience | have ever had was when .. ‘ve never forgotten that experience because That’s an experience that | wil always remember because. veal experte had Learn nouns that often go with specific verbs. ‘A Write the words from the box in the correct circle or circles. an accident a bus coments 2 good time ajob person train anargument anexem ‘first place a driving test acess some money same problems the lottery your wallet \ on argamrte | —A~e B Add words of your own to the circles in Exercise A. Use your dictionary. SCL + Learn nouns that often go with specific verbs. + Learn other word forms of the same word family: ni _—_———_,. seal Unit 5) Musical Notes Q Vocabulary: words to describe music AA Bi) Listen to the words. Write them in the correct column. Check ey Dey B Complete the sentences with adjectives from Exercise A. can’t get that song out of my head. It’s really can’t stand heavy metal-It’s very Their last album wasn’t good. In fact, it was It’s the same beat and melody over and over again. It’s We saw an amazing new band last weekend. They're (Can you bring that new CD to the party on Satuneiay? It's really eee Tove the lyrics in his songs. They're so In my opinion, classical music is for older t00 —— : oe Grammar: present perfect vs. simple past A Are the sentences in the present perfect (PP) or the simple past (SP)? 1. Twent to the Coachella Festival last year, _2P 3. Isaw them play in Madrid in 2008. 2 I'veseen Radiohead five times in concert, 4 I've heard the new album, and it’s so great. B Read the conversation. Complete the sentences using the present perfect or the simple past and the verbs in parentheses. ‘A: (1)_Have you ever played (play) in a band? B: Yes,1(2)__howe -1@)_played (play) in a band when I was in high school A: Cool 4) bid you _eriisy (enjoy) 2? B: Yes,1(6)__Ui' We (6)__ 7! ___(wint) many competitions. A: And (7) youever _O'*" (be) toa music festival? B: Yes, 1(8) 109) (G0) to Glastonbury in the U.K. in 2008. 110) (Ge) awesome. Watch out! I have never wrote a song. © Complete the e-mail with the present perfect or the simple past of verbs from the box. do go play se8 (x2) listen buy be take e0e was To:(_tetierdnymaitmac nd From: |"inasi30amymaitmecnd Subject: Kane Wasi Hi, Ronnie! Guess what? | (1) to see Kanye West last weekend. (2) you ever him in concert? 1 (@) 28 him three times, but he (hos never in our city before. Alot of people (5) i 5 ~ at the concert. (6) 14 some pictures (see attachment). | (7) ES _ fils new CD after the concert and | (8) to it all day yesterday. It's amazing! What (9) beet a last weekend? Love, Tina 6 Grammar: modals of advice and warning = A Circle the correct option. The tickets will sell out fast. You'd better buy them now. a) advice “ b) warning i 2. Yow ought to buy the new Daft Punk album. I's really amazing. a) advice 1b) warning 3. You should listen to some classical music. Ithelps you torslax a) advice © B) warning 4 You'd better not use my computer to download musict a) advice —b) waming B Match the problems to the solutions. Then use should, ought, or had better to complete the solutions. __ 1 My CD player is too heavy to carry around. a) You Should _ watch it on TV. 2. The music is too loud. It could damage your ears. B) You _Skeel4 _ borrow some Miles Davis CDs from the library. 3. These concert tickets are too expensive. 2) You geist 0 to listen to their music on 4 Should I buy this album? Is this band any good? . LastFM before you buy it. 5. My sister plays heavy metal all the time at home. @ You eaghT to tumitdown. 6 Iwant to learn more about jazz music. @ You Shod _ buy an MP3 player. B You 90211! Jo to take turns choosing music to play at home Complete the sentences with the affirmative or negative form of the modal in parentheses. You shouldn!* (should) buy concert tickets online because they are sometimes cheaper. You (should) play music very loud on your MP3 player. It’s bad for your ears, You «(iad better) find out if your parents like country music before you buy this CD for them. You (should) listen to your MPS player when you are having dinner with your girlfriend, You 00g" *© _ (ought) make a video of your band and put it on YouTube™ You hit S27 (had better) play loud music at work. Your colleagues could get upset 4) Communication strategy: starting and ending a conversation A BBB) uisten to the conversa ns. Complete them with the conversation starters. 1A B:_ Yes, this music is great for dancing, 2A sy B: It's cool! This band is so good live. 3A: B fi) Listen to the conversations. Are the starting or ending a conversation? gle Conversation 1: 2) starting a conversation _b) ending a conversation Conversation 2: a) starting aonversation _b) ending a conversation Conversation 3: ) starting a conversation _b) ending a conversation Conversation 4: a) starting a conversation _b) ending a conversation 6 Vocabulary: musical genres Se A Unscramble the words to find the names of different types of music. 1 slogep — tee 4 nutycro £ 2 ulesb 5 cnade 3 yevah lemta 6 ufkn fi B Write the name of the type of music under the pictures. Use words from Exercise A. © Reading: prediction A Look at the picture and the headline in the article. Answer these questions before you read the article. 1 What do you expect this article to bé about? 2. Whatkind ofmusic do you think the article is about? Roe Fs of the heayy rock band Led Zeppelin Here's what some of our readers ‘got a musical surprise last night. Led ‘have said aboutthe album Zeppelin’ legendary rock singer, Robert Plant, Raising Sand: performed together with the traditional folk “Yow rly ought fo check this ‘music singer and violinist Alison Krauss In an aby out, The musicianship amazing and unusual concert : Poablime, and the songs are Thar album, Ralsing Sand, has sold over Gqesome hate to say it, but 1 milion copes since its release im2O07and |< actually prefer this to Plan's ork in 2009, they won five G fine Zep Brian, London including Album of the PW Thave to admit that I don't Rock fans may find! Sle folk and Date country, but £ TBought the album, and al first 1 thought it was too old-fashioned and boring. Afler a while though, I realized that ifS one of the best albums Fhane ever hear! You should definitely buy this.” Rosario, Las Angeles B Read the article in Exercise A to check your predictions: Then circle T (true) or F (false). 1. The musicians played hip-hop music. T [F 5 Bie album won six Grammy Awards in 2009. T (F 2 Rock fans were surprised by the music. TE WS) Rosario says people should buy thealbum. ‘TF 3. The music was expressive. © F IF Rosario loves folk and country. TOF 4. The music was unusual. vr ‘ QS) Bea thinks that the music isn’t as good as Led Zeppelin’s T & fine Ga) ver to you J Listen to Mona talking about her musical influences. Complete t about Mona, her parents, and her friends. ACC | Type of music classical Skere Sareea Re J Charlie Parker and Bruce Springsteen and Sames Brown | — Bee S| and Aretha Franklin | Singers or bands Where do they listen to music? Bafrs ic treuch Bweofmisio | Li py cal ewe Reggae | diamantes and | bam omec sad [Singers or bands | wie g Yandel | Wheredoyou | nt borne F recs | theylistentoite | "Se ck Unieersi FY ‘Write a paragraph about your musical influences and preferences. Use your information from the table in Exercise B and the sentences in the Writing tutor to help you start. IMy favorite type of music is. Hove to listen to... because | usually listen to... when/while Iam Placido Domingo is a famous singer of which kind of music? OT opt ete jazz [ZY opera 1 rock ‘arnegie Hall is a famous concert hall in which city? LNewYork [1] tondon 7 paris Which city in the U.S. is famous forjazz music? Ui cticago C1 san Francisco LF New Oreans Paul McCartney was a member af which band? L4The Beatles. L_] the Rolling stones L_] the Doors When did rap music first become popular? 19505 LAr970¢ L] 19905 James Brown was a popular singer of which kind of music? “| o MEBIED Which famous awards are given to the best musicians every year? Grammy® [_] oscar® L] nobel Which of these musicians produced the album Graceland? rock CT jaze [A funk Robert Plant [

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