Changes and challenges 41 Changing directions es re EESTI life stages and events ‘1a Putthe words and phrases in order, from the youngest 0 the oldest. Inyour mid-twenties child middle-aged in your sixties Inyourlate twenties teenager elderly about thirty-five inyour early twenties b Work with a partner, Describe people in your family, using the words and phrases in exercise la, 2a Lookatthe life events below, Which of them have you experienced? * start your own business * learn to swim ‘have ababy/children «leave school + go to university + move house or flat + get ajob + spend time abroad + choose your career + change career * get married + take up a hobbyisport * leave home + pass your exams/driving test retire + live with a partner b Work with a partner. Choose two or three of the events you have experienced and tell your partner more about them, Say what you did, when and why. left home two years ago. Before that I lived with my family in a village in the south of laly. Then I gota job in Rome. Now I share a small flat with friends here in Rome. 3 Workina group. Choose five ofthe things in exercise 2a and discuss which is the best age to do them. Is it ever too late o do some things? 4 Read about the pianist and conductor, Joao Carlos Martins. How many different careers has he had? Or oxford 3000 Joao Carlos Martins Joao Carlos Martins is a famous Brazilian classical pianist and conductor. He has played in many of the world’s greatest concert halls. However, his career hasn't been easy and his life has taken him in many different directions. J080 Carlos Martins was born in 1940. He learned to play the piano when he was a child and as a teenager he performed in concerts around the world. But when he ‘was in his late twenties, he had to stop playing the piano after he broke his arm very badly while playing soccer. It as a terrible time for Martins. For four years he couldn't look at a piano. He couldn't even listen to classical music. Eventually, he decided to become the manager of a boxer from Brazil, When the boxer won the world championship a year and a hal later, Martins looked at him and thought, ‘that if this man could be champion, then he could play the ppiano again. So he took up the piano again and practised for longer and longer every day. Then in 1974, he gave his first big concert in six years, at the Carnegie Hall in New York. There were over 3,000 people there and they4a 4 5) Reade artieagnn.Completethetablewiththename AT PRTETTY verbs with -ing of the career and the reason why he changed. CUS NW verbs with -ing and to FSR Gaiiou RESTENOSIS CT 7 Complete the Grammar focus box by adding the Bighlightea verbs in the article to the eorrect groups. Pianist (1st time) "He broke his arm. Ens 2 He wanted to follow his dream of being a pianist. 1 After some verbs, we usually use the -ing form of the verb, 7 He tikes playing the piano, Pianist (2nd time) verbs + ing include: ike, @ 5 2 After some verbs, we use the infinitive with to. ‘She hopes to be a politician Pianist (3 time) ‘ Verbs + infinitive with to include: hope, > Grammar Reference page 140 6 Whataboutyou? Have you, or your friends or family, 8 Decide which group (1 or2) in exercise 7 the verbsin the experienced big changes in your life? bbox belong to enjoy need would like plan imagine hate 9a Complete the questions with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. 1 Doyouwant (live) abroad one day? 2 Doyouhope (have) the same career for ever? 3. Doyou plan (move) home some time in the future? 4 Would you like (take up) a new hobby? 5 Canyouimagine (move) to adifferent town, 6 Doyou get annoyed when people keep (change) their minds? 7 Doyouenjoy (cry) new food in restaurants? 8 Doyou sometimes decide (change) the colour or style of your hair? 9 Doyou like (read) the same news sites or blogs every day? loved his performance. It was the most amazing moment bb EEE Joao Carlos Martins has had to make alot of changes of hislife. He performed in concerts for another seven inhi life. How do you feel about making changes? Work years, but then he had to give up because of Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI), an extreme pain in his hands caused by too much playing, This time, Martins, now in his early forties, became... a politician. However, Martins couldn't stand being a politician so, once again, he went back to the piano. All was going well until one day, in 1995, a terrible thing happened. ‘As he was leaving a concert, two men attacked him. He suffered a serious brain injury and lost all the movement inhis ight hand. But Martins didn't want to give up. He kept playing, but just with his left hand. A few years later, he lost the use of his left hand and became a conductor. Now in his late seventies, Martins is still working and has conducted more than a thousand concerts in his career. witha partner and ask the questions in exercise 9a. Ask for ‘more information using questions like Where? What? Why? and Why not? What do your partner's answers say about his/herattitude to change? 374.2 Living without the internet ies PETE EIST internet activities yp 41 Work with a partner. Think of ll the things you can do ‘on your computer or smartphone. angements Penne 2a With yourpartner, discuss how often you do these activities check my emails every five minutes when I'm online + go/be online ——_* readisten to the news * log and tweet» download films/music/apps + do research + post (sth) on a website * text frends + update your Facebook page * do online banking * check/deal with emails + shop online + use social media (eg. Facebook, * share photos Instagram) * log on/out * chat online b_ Lookat the activities above and discuss which two are the ‘most important for you and why. 3a Read the intoduction to a podcast and look at the photo. Which things in exercise 2a do you think..? 1. Sylvie normally uses in her job 2. she will miss mostin her work CEES SIS) going to and present a 5 continuous for the future Cee eee es 4 4a{)Listen again and complete the extracts from the listening. So this morning fm * a fashion show with colleagues, then m2 a friend forlunch at cone o'clock. fm? ‘through some magazines this afternoon and hopefully get ideas fora new post Then, | plan to finish work early today. my sister later on, and pethaps have an early night, In future, m5 ‘afew things and think more carefully about my internet use. 'm not going to deal with work emails outside work, Im not § ‘as much time online and I'm not phone all the time! Or eaiiacediintas @ GEM 5 Work witha partner and discuss the questions. 1 Could you do your job without the internet? b 41) Listen and check your predictions. 2. Would you like to live without the internet fora day? Why/Why not? 38) Onr Oxford 30006a Read the Grammar focus box and choose the correct ‘option to complete the rules. unas) ts We use going to or te present continuous to talk about future plans. Both forms are often possible and are very similar “When the plan has a fixed time or place, or includes a time ‘expression * the present continuous / going to is more common. |'m meeting a frend for lunch at one o'clock When it's a plan or intention, the present continuous / {going to is more common. 1m going to change a few things. “> Grammar Reference page 141 b_ Underline more examples of going to and the present continuous in exercise 4 7a 42{)Listen wo conversation between two friends who are planning special event. Why does Lucas call Sophie? What arehis plans? b- Choose the morellikely option, going fo or present continuous, to complete the sentences from the conversation. 1 I'm going to organize / organizinga school reunion on the Mth of fuly next year. 2 Where are you going to have / having the party? 3. I've made a few appointments and I'm going to visit / visiting three hotels 4 I'm going to take / taking some photos and post them on the reunion website. week. 5 I'm going to book / bookinga live band for the event but Thaven't done that yet 6 Afew ofusare going to meet / meeting next Saturday at seven thirty if you're free? © 42))Listen again and check your answers. going to 8a 43}) Listen to these sentences and notice how we say going 1 I'm going to take some photos. 2. Yimgoing to book live band. b_44i) Listen and repeat the sentences. © Workwith a partnerand havea similar conversation to practise the pronunciation of going fo. Use the sentences in exercise 7b to help you. va Talk to people in your class and find someone who is.. meeting friends for dinner going to arrange party soon attending a special event next year going to post something on a website this week giving something up fora challenge going to update their Facebook page soon visiting family at the weekend going to check their emails after class, b_ Ask questions to find out more about each other's plans. Talk about what you are going to do/doing, why, where and with who. ©. Tellthe class the most interesting plans you found out. 10a [EE Work ina group. You are going to organize reunion for your class next year. First, make decisions about the things below + the date and time * the venue + the type of food + the music/entertainment 'b Decide who is going to do what (e.g. book the venue, order the food, organize the entertainment, etc) ¢ Explain your plan to the class. We're going to... Paulo is going to Asa class, vote to decide which group has the best plan. 3940 4.3 Vocabulary and skills development GOALS Ml Understand connect understanding connected speech (1) 412 Are there any changes you would like to make to your lifestyle? Look at the list and puta tick (/) next to the things you would like to do and a cross (X) next to those you wouldnt. + read Ks + eat loss sugar ‘+ climb a famous mountain» give up eating meat + write a novel + wak 10,000 steps every day + cycle more ‘do more kind things for « lear two new words a other people day in your frst language» watch less television + use Facebook/Twitter less learn anew language 1b Compare your answers with a partner. What is stopping, you from doing the things you ticked? 2 Read about an idea called ‘the 30-day challenge’ and ‘answer the questions. 1 Why did Matt Cutts decide to do the 30-day challenges? 2. Which ofthe things in exercise 1 has he done? 3. What did he learn about himself? ‘A few years ago, Matt Cutts, a top manager at Google, thought his life wasn't moving forward. So he started to set himself 30-d: lenges. The idea was simple: think of something you want to add to your life - or to give up ~ and try it every day for 30 days. je began with small projects lke cycling to work, not watching TV and giving up sugar. Then he moved onto harder ones, like writing a novel in 30 days. Matt learned that if you do something for 30 days, it can become a habit If you stop doing something for 30 days, you can break the habit ‘As he did harder challenges, he got more confident. He learned that if he realy, realy wanted to do something, he could. After doing the challenges for 1a few months, he had enough confidence to climb Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa. hanged hs life, More than five milion people around the world have watched his talk and the 80-day challenge quickly became Dike | a share | MM Comment speech (1) COMmetirrir os 3a 45))Read and listen to the information in the Unlock the code box about connected /w/ and j sounds in speech. Umea mi ‘wen a word ends with a vowel sound and the next word begins witha vowel sound, we sometimes adda // sound ora! sound to link the words Iw fh gojout doje challenge 5 a the{elevator agree b 446{)Read aloud these phrases which have an extra /w/ sound. Listen and check your answers. quarter tojeight we'regoingtofeatsoon —_sofam whojareyou ——_gojinside dofitnow © 47/)Read aloud these phrases which have an extra j! sound, Listen and check your answers, i i i ‘mefand you sheJeats alot the [easy way threejo'clock we aren’tready belaaa 43. 4 48))Listen and complete the phrases using two words in each space. Then mark where you hear the j and hw sounds. 1 see two minutes 4 so 2 side 5 ready 3 holiday 6 »please 4491) You are going to heartwo people talking about the 30-day challenge. First, listen to and write down five sentences from the conversation, {410} Now listen to the conversation and take notes to complete the table. Mia ino 41 What challenge? 2 Alone? with people? 3. What to get or buy? ‘Work with a partner. Imagine you are going to do the 30-day challenge, What are you going to do? Vocabulary & Speaking Beag Look at these sentences from Mia and Dino's conversation, What does get mean in each sentence? 1 I'm going to walk to work, not get a bus. 2. We're going to get a vegetarian cookbook to help us. Read the information in the Vocabulary focus box about get. Reece Get isa very common word in English. Ithas several meanings: \When we use get before a noun, it usually means ‘receive, “buy; ‘obtain ‘cate or something similar ‘When we use get before an adjective (eg. cola) ora past Participle (eg. married), it means ‘become’ We don't often use got in very formal written English. va 10 " Match sentences 1-6 tothe different meanings of geta-f. 1 How many emails do you usually get every day? 2. When did you get your first job? 3. Didyougeta bushere today? 4. What time do you get home after class? 5 What does your bestfriend get anxious about? 6 Where did you get your phone? arrive (at) b become © receive buy e obtain £ catch Work with a partnerand ask each other the questions in exercise a. Match each expression in the box to one of the meanings of getin exercise 9a. Betapresent getengaged gethomelate get angry getcold getatext get the bus get some bread et enough sleep get a taxi Complete the sentences using the expressions in the box. getanew pair getting gotone gets there get some get (x2) getsher some get the bus 1 His wife realy likes lowers, so he every weekend, 2. My shoes are really old, so'm going to fon Saturday. 3. Summer's con ing! The days are 4 There's a train strike, solet’s instead, We have to post her birthday card today soit 6 There's no milkin the fridge. Can you ‘on your way home from work? Vm very sorry I broke your vase. Please don't angry because I can you a new one. 8 Lapplied for five jobs and finally 1 1 Work with a partner. Which ofthe following would you like to do? How ate you going to achieve them? * get fit * get more sleep + get anew job + get home from work earlier + get upearlier and study + get anew car «get married A Td like to ge fit. B How are you going to get fit? A. I'm going to goto the gym three times a week. a4.4 Speaking and writing write an TST eens inviting & making arrangements 41 When was the last time you invited someone to do something? Tella partner about it 2. 411{) MaxWeber, a website designer, s planning his diary: Listen othe voicemail messages and choose the 1 Inthe first message, Max makes / acceptsan invitation. 2 Inthe second message, Max accepts / refuses an invitation. 3. Maxeallshis friend / colleague first. 4 The second message is more formal / informal. 32. 422{)Listen to two phone calls from Seyit and Agneta to Max, What arrangements does Max make with them? Seyit Agneta Max bb 422{pListen again and answer the questions. 1 Why can't Seyit meet Max on the twenty-eighth? 2 Why can't Agneta meet Max the next day? 3 Why do you think they explain why they can't meet? 42. Match the two halves of these sentences from the phone calls 1 Areyou free a great! 2 Wouldyouliketo b- thatweekat all? 3. Tmafraid © outside the restaurantat eight? 4 Howaboutthe any good foryou? 5 Doyoufancy meet for lunch? 6 That £ twenty-ninth instead? 7 IsSunday 8 doing something this weekend? 8 Sounds 1h belovely. 9 Shallwemeet i Lcan'tmake the twenty-eighth. b 4x3{)Listen and checkyour answers. © Aa4ip Listen and repeat the sentences. 4d Inexercise da, find two questions you can ask before ‘making an invitation. Why do you think we do this? [ESR Work with a partner. Take turns to make invitations and arrangements for situations 1-6. Ifyou refuse an invitation, give a reason to sound polite and suggest another time instead, Use the Language for speaking box to help you. 1 Youwant to invite a colleague to lunch tomorrow: 2. You havea new flatmate. Invite him/her to the cinema this weekend. 3. Youare on holiday in the USA and are staying with some friends for a week. Invite them out for dinner to say thank you for letting you stay 4 Acolleague from abroad is coming to your town ona business trip. You have not met him/her before, Invite him/her on a tour of the town. 5 Is your birthday next week. Ask your classmate to come to your house fora party. 6 Invite your best friend to go to a sports event or toa ‘museum or art gallery with you on Saturday. osc hl Enea ri rc ‘Checking someone is free Are you fee ..? Are you doing anything? 's... any go0d for you? ‘Making invitations Would you fike to..? Do you fancy + verb + ing? ‘Accepting invitations Sounds... Yeah, fd ike/ove to... That'd be Refusing invitations (apology + reason) ''m afraid | can’t make (t).. because 1m realy sorry, but Ican’t.. because ‘Suggesting a time/place to meet Shall we meet... at..2 We could try ‘Suggesting a different time/place to meet How about + verb + ing. instead? Could we meet... instead?a1 42 43 GB as Re ritin i 7a Read the Language for writing box, then underline EER email (2): making examples ofthe fllowingin theetall and message arrangements 1 greeting 6 Read the messages from Seyit and Agneta and answer the 2 Harding mnnteags questions. 3 closinga message 1 Why do they write to Max? 2 Whatarethey doing instead? bb Workwith a partner. Discuss which expressions inthe 3. What do they suggest? messages in exercise Gand box are more informal BBE oveta HiMax, Greeting How’sitgoing? Im really sory, but can't make it Hello(Agneta) Hithere! Dear (Seyit) fn Sunday. Starting a message | completely forgot that Im going toa family Howare you? Howare youdoing? How are things? party that day. It's my grandmothers eightieth Closing a message birthday so can't missit. Hope you understand, ook forward to hearing from you. ‘Anyway, how about meeting next weekend Speak to you) soon See yousoon Take care instead? Is that OK for you? Id love to try the Signing off new Chinese restaurant we talked about. It ill Bestwishes Many thanks Cheers Bye for now bbe great to catch up with you. Anyway. sorry about sin day 8a Choose one of the options and writean email or social Speak oon, network message. Use the language from the messages, Love, and Language for speaking/writing boxes to help you. Agneta x + You arranged to take colleague who is visiting your Fiday 38 city out to dinner, but would like to meet an hour earlier EE — because itis a long drive to the restaurant. Write to change the arrangements and suggest a place and time to meet. ‘Sent Thursday 1016 Dear Max, + Explain to your friend why you can't go toa concert with her and suggest a different time and place to meet. Hhapa youre epng we + Remind other students in your group that there is no We discussed meeting for lunch on 28th March, but I'm class next week as the teacher is on holiday, but suggest afraid I can't make that date any more, as | now have to that you meet to study together insten attend a very important meeting with my boss. l apologize, but could we meet on 26th March instead? Please let me know if that’s convenient. b Exchange messages with a partner and write a reply. I've found a lovely place to eat called ‘Deniz Restaurant’ It’s on the seafront and gets great reviews. | could pick you up from your hotel at 12 noon and we could drive straight there for lunch at 12.30 p.m, | nope to hear from you soon, Allthe best, Seyit ‘Seyit Samyell | Konak Architects | 35260 lamir | Turkey4.5 Video Esplorio 1. Lookatthe words below and divide them into two categories: internet and business. click company connect entrepreneur expand product site social media strategy website account 2 Workwith a partner, Describe the photos using some of the words in exercise 1 to help you. What do you think Esploriois? 3 @ Watch and complete the information about Esplorio. map recommendations social travel_ pictures university Esploriois a media tool. itis an online 2 diary that collects all of your online information and puts it into an interactive 3 When you click on a location you can see posts and # from that time and place. Tim started Esplario while he was at 5 ‘and his business partner Essa Saulat joined later. They want to expand Esplorio by adding a¢ tool, which suggests where to go next 4 @ Watch again. Decide ifthe statements are true (1) or false (€)-Correetthe false statements Social medias the most popular activity on the internet. bb The inventors of Esplorio used many social media sites. € Inthe future, Esplorio will recommend places to your friends based on your suggestions. 4. Very few entrepreneurs create social media sites now € Some sites only last few months, others will change the world sa ‘Work in groups. Take turns to ask and answer the questions. 1. Which sites, ifany, do you enjoy using? Are there any sites you would like to try? 2 Canyou imagine spending a week without social media? 3. Doyou know anyone who keeps checking their social ‘media, even during mealtimes? Does this bother you? 4. Isiteasy for other people to find information about you online? 5. Isiteasy for you to find your own information online? b_ Report back o the class. Who is mostactive on social media?45 Review 1 Complete the prompts below using the -ing or fo + b infinitive form of the verbs in brackets. Work with a partner. Choose three activities and say what difficulties people can have doing them, 1 household job you hate (€o) Using social media can take a lot of your time. You have to 2 something you plan (do) next weekend becareful about uploading personal information. 3. aTV programme you like (watch) Bape a 4a. Think ofa more general way to express each of these ages. esa loliym canine, ) ‘There may be more than one possibility 5 something youneed (buy) soon 2 Ce © aplecepud hope (atone dey Ifyou are 22, you are in your early twenties. b- Write your own answers for each ofthe prompts above. ‘Then discuss your answers with a partner. 22 Choose the present continuous or going fo form to complete the conversation, A. Are you doing anything on Saturday afternoon? B_*/’'mmecting/ I'm going to meet my sister to get Mum birthday present. ‘That's nice. Do you know what you're getting her? Tim not sure.? We're probably looking / We're probably sgoing to look at some phones. Mums really old. And I've got to go to the opticians. 3m getting I'm going to {get my new glasses - they called to say they were ready. ae 5a 22 59 70 35 16 ‘Tell your partner about three people you know. For each, person, say thetrage and two more things about them. ‘My cousin Lloyd isin his early twenties. He's studying, ‘computer science. He's really into video games. Complete the questions using the words in the box. texts bus shoes home married present When did you last get a How often do you get the How many from someone? towork? doyougetaday? Ae eed When did you last gota new pair of 2 B 4Zimsecing In going tose Tim ; Spear e Doyou know anyone whogot lestyeet B_Idon'tknow.5 We're meeting / We're going to meet at the What time do you usually get inthe evening! cinema, but we haven't decided what to see.* We're ee een ee tee sciace, __ Workvitha parierandaskand answerthe questions 6a 4.15 j) Put this conversation in the right order. Then listen and check your answers a Areyou doing anything on Friday night? 2 & b Saturday? That'd be great. = © Thatsounds grea. Oh, hangon, did you say Friday? 4. Tmsorry, but can'tmake Friday. 1'm meeting friend = feom univers. © No, don't thinkso. Why? £ Doyou fancy coming round for dinner? b- Work with a partner. Tell your partner about your plans for Se ee this weekend. Think about the pronunciation of going to. New is there aprablen h_ No problem. How about Saturday instead? 3a Match verbs 1-8 to words/phrases a-b, bb Substitute the undertined phrases with different phrases pea, ppbome that have the same meaning, 2 use b your driving test . 3 pass © social media © Work witha partner Role-play similar conversation but 4 leave d films change the times, days and activities. 5 shop © online banking 8 spend f yourcareer 7 choose g online 8 do hh time abroad 45