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A disappearing world ‘One village makes a Find out why people eat the most dangerous fish on Earth ~ fugu. Solving the problems of India's water shortage. ef Cary Init 4 Confucianism in China Learn more about the famous Chinese philosopher Confucius. Unit 10 High-altitude peoples Why research into people living at high altitude gives us a better understanding of human evolution. L- 10) PERFORMANCE UNIT 5 TRAVEL UNIT 6 aC Pouca UNIT 8 asa SPACE WEIRD NEWS Unit 1 Colour FEATURES 10 12 14 18 Life in colour Anarticle on how we use colour in our lives Culture and colour Do two quizzes about In sport, red is for winners A report on colour in sport Peruvian weavers A video about how women in the Andes are helping to preserve a way of life Work in pairs. Look at the photo and discuss the questions 1 Who are the girls? 2. What are they doing? 3. Where are they? 9 1.1 Listen to two people discussing the photo, Check your ideas from Exercise | 61.1 Listen to the conversation again. Which of these things (a0) interests the speakers most about the photo? a the colours b the girls c the place Discuss these questions with your partner. Are your answers similar or different? 1 What colour is your house / your kitchen / your car / yout mobile phone? 2 Whatis your favourite colour? Why? 3. Which colours do you normally wear? Why? CEZESTIA Routines ano ceisuRe actives ud "AWEBSITE PROFILE PERSONAL QUESTIONS THE ROLES WE PLAY FIRST IMPRESSIONS 9 9 how we use colour + grammar present simple and present continuous, stative verbs * time expressions * speaking routines and leisure activities a Life in colour F n ‘ammar present simple and Read the article Life in colour. Find how present continuous = Underline the present simple and circle the present continuous forms in the article. Which verb form do we u: Read the article again and find the for these things? following information. Bul taneswtocvare sliesystorrererally tne 1 three ways we use colour 2 things which are in progress at the time of speaking, 2 3 2 one example of each way we use colour things which are regular actions 3. Work in pairs. Compare your answers from Bee eee Exercise 2. Then think of examples for the Present simple three uses of colour from your own culture. The ‘in’ colour changes every season. Prosent continuous This autumn women are wearing shades of purple and For further information and practice, see page 156. Life in, People need a sense of group identity. Look at the schoolboy in the photo, From his colourful traditional dress, other people in Peru know he comes from the Quechua community. We wear uniforms at school and work, and we dress in our favourite sports ‘team colours to say the same thing - we belong tothis ‘group. E ‘The Hul villager in the photos getting ready fora local festival. Hes applying the traditional colours of red, black and white in is own, personal pattern. Face-painting isan important part of the celebrations, and these days people are starting to ‘experiment with brightly coloured synthetic paints as vwellas traditional hues. in fashion-conscious Europe, the in’colour changes every season. This autumn, for ‘example, women are wearing shades of purple and lilac. n Marketing experts understand the power of colour very well. Packaging and labels in eye- Catching colours stand out on the supermarket shelf {And companies always select the colour of their brand very carefully -a calm blue fora bank you can trust, dark green says quality and sophistication, or brown, and green means eco-fiendliness. hhue (n)fhjus/a shade of a colour packaging (n)piekids1p/a container for a product, Unit 1 Colour 5 Complete the comments with the present simple and present continuous forms of the verbs. Jenni, IT student (dress) casually at my college. But y tutor? (ean bright blue cycling shorts! I know everyone? IT people are ‘different; but | think that’sa bit muct (get) crazy ideas. Leo, finance assistant ‘My boss often * joment, we * (try) outa new colour coding system for the files - different of pink! Josie, sales assistant ‘Tusually ® (buy) a takeaway for lunch. (not /eat) inside because th yellow and red tables are horrible! STATIVE VERBS We use stative vert to talk about states. These verbs are not normally used in the continuous form. Some verbs, for example be, can have both stative and dynamic meanings. | dennis student | Jenni is being sity. | For further information and practice, see page 156 6 Complete the table with these stative verbs. Can you add more verbs to the table? belong contain know love mean need sound suppose taste_understand Categories Stative verbs ‘thoughts / believe, : | mental processes : the senses hear, . [emotions want, 4 [possession have, 2 7 Complete the pairs of sentences with the present simple and present continuous forms of the verbs. Do the verbs have stative or dynamic meanings? lal (think) this colour is OK for my living room. b We (think) about redecorating the offices. 2 a The Quechua people (come) from South America. b Alot of people city to live these days. al (love) purple. It’s my favourite colour. b_ My sister is on holiday in Peru. She (ove) it! (come) to the Vocabulary time expressions 8 Find these time expressions in the article and in the comments in Exercise 4. Complete the table with the expressions, Then add more expressions. always atthe moment often this autumn. today usually Present simple Present continuous ‘at weekends right now every day this month never this week 9 Write questions with these verbs. Use the present simple or present continuous and time expressions, ‘Then work in pairs. Ask and answer your questions. buy dress eat deve any eet ater Speaking 10 Put the activities into two groups: routine activities and leiser activites tryout wear work cook a meal decorate your house do DIY do housework dress up go online go out with friends go shopping go to evening classes go to an exercise class learn a new ski make something with your hands read a new book spend time with your family 11 Work in pairs. Answer the questions about the activities in Exercise 9, Find three things you have in common. — pas > EMMIEYNGIGEITENGIGISY > rensonat Questions > THEROLESWEPLAY > FIRSTIMPRESSIONS Toad © Aweesire prore

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