, adway Advanced Workbook with keyFourth edition Headway Advanced Workbook with key Liz and John Soars Paul Hancock with additional material from Sylvia Wheeldon OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESSContents see MIST) COO AUDIO AANA UNITES, 2c UNAS TS Tense review Check your tenses 4 Correcting mistakes 5 ‘Active or passive? Which sounds better? 5 Reflexive verbs 6 Reading Robots versus humans 6 Listening ‘Words of wisdom 8 Pheasal verbs ‘An overview of phrasal verbs 8 Vocabulary Describing people 8 Idioms of extreme emotion 9 Pronunciation Word stress 8 TEAL ‘Adverbs and adjectives ‘Adverb collocations 10 “Adverbs with two forms u Reading Writers talk about their writing 2 Listening Literature in the desert u Vocabulary Adjectives with positive and negative ‘meanings 15 Adjective order 15 Adding drama 16 Prepositions Adjective + preposition 16 Pronunciation Sounds and spelling 7 CEE | Verb Verbs + gerund or inf 8 Verbs + gerund or infinitive with ‘a change of meaning 18 Sentence transformation yp Neha Gupta, teenage philanthropist 19 Reading. A president for our times? 20 Vocabulary Describing trends 2 Listening A family business 2B Phrasal verbs uupand down u Pronunciation Losing a syllable 4 Cie Modal auxiliary verbs Speculating ~ present and future 25 Speculating — past 25 Modals other meanings 26 Misleading adverts 25 Set expressions with modals 7 Reading Moder day magic 28 Listening Euphemisms -in an estateagents 30 Vocabulary Idiomatic collocations: adjective + noun3 Onomatopocie verbs 31 Pronunciation Stress and intonation with modal verbs 32 Prepositions Verb + preposition 2 CTT Avoiding repetition Using auxiliaries 33 Reduced infnitives 34 Vocabulary Synonyms in context 35 Reading Two ways of travelling 36 Listening ‘A marriage of two nationalities 38 Phrasal verbs Phrasal verbs and their Latin-based synonyms 38 Pronunciation British and American English 39 TA Ways of adding emphasis Structures which add emphasis 40 Negative inversion 41 ‘The use of -ever for emphasis 2 Reading Land Girls 2 Listening Pearl McGuigan - Land Girl 4 Vocabulary Verbs to nouns 45 Phrasal nouns Compound nouns formed with prepositions 45 Pronunciation ‘Adding emphasis with stress 46CT Real and unreal tense usage Real or hypothetical? 7 would or had? 7 Forming the correct tense 48 Mixed conditionals 48 Expressions with if 0 Vocabulary Synonyms: happy and sad rr Look on the bright side! 50 Reading Why we laugh 50 Listening Comedy club 52 Phrasal verbs onand off 53 Pronunciation Linking in conditional sentences. 53 UME Relative clauses and participles Defining and non-defining relative clauses 4 Expressions of quantity + of + ‘relative pronoun 54 Common phrases with relative pronouns 55 Participle clauses 55 Relative pronouns and participles Gender-neutral pronouns 55 Reading Meet the frst female footballers 56 Listening Toy stories 58 Prepositions Verb + preposition 58 Vocabulary Opposite adjectives 59 Pronunciation Reading aloud: punctuation and the sounds /f//f/ and /3/id3/ 9 TEES Discourse markers Attitude markers 60 Zach Sobiech or Areview e Vocabulary Music vocabulary © Pronunciation (I) Rhyming words: /ea//us! fix /oo! 63 ‘Cockney rhyming slang, 6 Reading Mick Jagger 64 Listening ‘Music at work 66 Phrasal verbs ‘Verbs with a particle and a preposition 67 Pronunciation (2) Stress and intonation o CE) Distancing the facts Reporting with passive verbs 68 seem and appear 68 ‘Monique Van Der Vorst 9 Reading Charles Eugster 70 Vocabulary ‘Words to do with the body a Expressions with parts ofthe body 72 Listening ‘The human brain 2 Prepositions Prepositions in passive sentences. 73 Pronunciation Intonation in question tags ” CTT) Future forms Names and uses 7 Shales of meaning 7 Other future expressions 76 Future inthe past 76 Listening "The future from the past 7 Reading Future technology 7 Phrasal verbs Literal and metaphorical meanings 80 Vocabulary Technology idioms 80 Pronunciation Sounds and spelling - homophones 81 Ce Revision of linkers 2 Using contrast linkers 3 Revision Finding and correcting mistakes. 84 Prepositions Prepositions in set phrases ey Vocabulary Expressions with light, weather, and food 85 Idioms with like 35 Idioms with as... as 85 Reading ‘The midlife crisis, 86 Pronunciation Reading aloud: word linking and intrusive sounds 88 Listening The Road Not Taken 88 Tapescripts 0 ‘Answer key 95 Phonetic symbols 107 Notes 108Tense review + Describing people + Reflexive pronouns + Idioms + Overview of phrasal verbs + Word stress What makes us human? Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else. NI satopoogst Tense review 1 Check your tenses Complete each sentence with a correct form of the verb above, simple or continuous, active or passive, positive or negative. think 1 What are_you thinking about? You look depressed. 2 Sorry, I shouldn't have said that, 1_____it would upset you so much, 3: Tom,1 ‘maybe we should move house. What you__? 4 He told me he couldn't give me an answer now. He said he about it. see 5 Hii Paula! How are you? I you for ages. 6 [can't make the meeting tomorrow ~ I the doctor for a check-up. 7 ——__ you knocked that girl off her bike! 8 The police said the suspect board a plane at Birmingham airport. ‘feel 9 How —____ you about going to live in Australia? Are you still excited about it? that? That guy nearly trying to 10 Tm not sure what's wrong with me. I myself recently 11 Tm sorry Mrs Jones, but it by the teachers that we have no option but to expel Tom. 12. Jack’s exam is about to start. I can just imagine how he 4. Unit) + What makes us human? Margret Mead (90-978 3 “4 15 16 20 2 2 On the whole human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time. Georg Orwel (90-1950) Author spend We the whole holiday looking out at this rain, Its miserable. How long deciding which dress to ‘wear? We have to leave in ten minutes. Do you have any idea how much the government so far on the new high-speed rail link? 1 just wonder how much by the time it’s finally finished? find How — you the film? Was it as funny as the critics said? She told me that she itvery difficult not to laugh in all the wrong places. He _____ to have lied time and time again to the police. I think you that itS too hot for you in Dubai in August. say Well, as when I was so rudely interrupted, I think you're mistaken. It_____ that no one will ever know the truth about what happened. 1_____it again, just as 1 it many times before, you're not going to an all-night party. “There's something. for answering your emails immediately.2 Correcting mistakes ‘There is one mistake in each of the sentences below. Find it and correct it, f 6 hy OR, Humans are unique among primates in that they are walking upright Its great to hear from you, jill. W! doing since I've last seen you? Thated school. Perhaps Tid have liked it if was more popular. Why havent you told me that you don't like fruit cake? I was going to go to the theatre last night but then I heard that the performance will be cancelled. ‘The forecast said unsettled, so take your umbrella in case it raining, His mother was putting him to bed early because he was being naughty. I won't make your party I'm afraid ~ I'll visit my ‘grandmother in Scotland. If you're seeing Jane at the weekend, are you inviting her to my party, please? He wasnt thinking of celebrating his retirement but he's now deciding it’s a good idea. t have you been 3 Active or passive? Which sounds better? The passive is used when + the subjects unknown, [No one knows when music was invented My phone’ been stolen! + we want to focus onthe object ofthe sentence rather than the subject Calls and songs are used by bird to communicate. ‘Hamlet’ was written by Shakespeare between 1599 and TO + we want to sound more impersonal and distance ourselves from the fects 500 workers wll have to be made redundant (Weil have to make $00 workers redundant) Most of the sentences below (but not all) would sound better in the passive. Decide which ones and rewrite them, 1 Someone built this bridge in 1897 A secretary has invited my grandfather to a garden party at Buckingham Palace. ‘The invention of fire gave humans the ability to cook 4 Nobody must take reference books from the library. 5 Alexander Graham Bell was a scientist. He invented. the telephone in 1876. 6 They say a Bulgarian scientist has discovered a drug which prevents ageing 7 Someone wants you in reception immediately. They'll tell you what it’s about. 8 Anavalanche buried eight people in Austria 9 People know him to be a very good judge of character, 10 The police have finally recaptured the violent robber who has been on the run for a week, Unit 1+ What makes us human? 54 Reflexive verbs Complete the sentences with the correct verb from the box anda reflexive pronoun. 5 1 apply behave busy fancy ‘content kick dress help 1 After the accident he couldn't dress himsett_for a while. 2 Kids, you must. ‘when we go into the museum. 3. If you like another sandwich, please just 4 She __ tothe task of reaching the top of the career ladder at her firm, 5. We thought we had a chance of winning that rowing race but unfortunately we had to with second place. 6 They inthe kitchen with preparations for the party. 7 She asa ‘world famous film star and fashion icon but she’s not actually a very good actress. 8 [didnt pluck up the courage to ask her out on a date. Silly me! I could 6 Unit) + What makes us human? Reading Robots versus humans @ Read and listen to the article about the latest robot experiments. Choose the best summary of the text. a Robots will one day be superior to humans. b_ Humans have started to create robots that are more like humans. € Robots are now developing human emotions. Robots are particularly good at competing with humans in the arts Read the text again, Answer the questions. According to the writer, why did humans invent robots? Who or what is Emily Howell? What does EMI stand for? Why did it anger composers? How does the software program “The Painting Foo! choose its mood? 5. Whois Simon Colton? What does he want? 6 Has Adam won the Nobel Prize? Who is Eve? 7 Why does the writer say we are fascinated by robots? Read these statements, ‘There is one for each paragraph. Replace the words in italics with how they are expressed in the text. that robots better in some areas than they do. 1 Humans readily acknowledge function the music was that she was a 2. Emily Howell launched herself onto scene, Her only failing. computer 3. Professor David Cope supplied unprocessed facts and figures to the computer about composers in history. 4 Emily Howell's music is modern and causes arguments _ because she is competing against humans. 5 “The Painting Foo? software program refuses to paint ifit is feling fed up 6 Computer creativity is not just limited to the arts. Scientists have worked together created Adam, the world’s first computer scientist. and 7 What will happen if the robot experiment gets out of control 7 Can scientists close down these machines?What are the traits ofa robot? Robots are tireless, reliable, unemational, and also unquestioning, That is, after all, how they are programmed, We invented robots and ‘computers to be our faithful servants, to do the things. that we couldn't or didn’t want to do ourselves. In so many areas robots perform better than humans, and we accept this with good grace because they are only robots and we are the superior ones. The one thing they can’t do is be human, They can't feel, emote, create, ot love. However, our notion of what its to be a human versus a robot is currently being challenged by the latest experiments in computer programming, Take, for instance, the area of creativity. A litle while ago, a new and exciting composer called Emily Howell broke onto the music scene. Her music ‘was original, beautiful, and contemporary and two albums were released. Emily's only flaw? She was someone's computer. The human responsible for Emily, American professor David Cope, has worked on robot creativity for many years. He had originally attempted to code a computer program which wrote music, The results were predictably terrible. So he ‘gave up writing rules for the computer and instead just fed raw dala into it for the computer to analyse itself. Cope eventually produced a computer that could analyse any composer in history and then wtite an entirely new work that sounded just like how that composer would have written it himself. He called it EMI — Experiments in Musical Inteligence. Boe, ‘were outraged, and musicians refused to perform EMI's works, Undaunted, Cope tried a less Controversial approach. He formed a new database of only the new work that EMI had created, This he fed into his new ‘computer program, Emily Howell, and from that point she began ‘working on her own musical style, What is interesting is that her music is contemporary. Like other moxiern composers, she has learned from the past fo create music for our time. Emily is Unfortunately even more controversial, as she is now competing with humans in their own creative fel. 8 Itis not only in the world of music that computers are making creative waves. Similarly, the art world is coming, to terms with a program called “The Painting Foo!’ ~a laptop. software program which has learned how different artistic styles ‘and colours can represent moods and emotions. Again, the program absorbed many years of art history and, like Emily Howell, came up with its own contemporary style. The computer first reads the newspaper in order to set its ‘mood’ for the day. Then it chooses an adjective to reflect that mood, and does a portrait of a real person with that adjective in mind. Aft er that, it looks at its own work to see itit has achieved the objectives it set out for itself, and ifit thinks the work isn't good enough, it tries again. And sometimes, if it's ina very bad mood, it wor't paint at all! Because the program, operates in different ‘moods’ and has the ability to analyse its ‘own abilities as a human might, co-creator Simon Colton wants it to be recognized as an artist in its own right. [Computer creativity is not just confined fo the arts, however. British scientists have collaborated on a big project to come up with a laboratory machine that ean think for itself. ‘Adam is the world’s first Tobot scientist. Adam acts in the same way asa human, scientist; he comes up with a hypothesis, he devises experiments to test this hypothesis, conducts his experiments, analyses the findings, and then retests accordingly ~ all without the need for human, intervention, Although not yet a Nobel Prize winner, Adam has already produced some original research into genetics. The same scientists are now developing another robot called Eve, and she will be twice as clever! ‘Adam, the robot scientist ‘So are these robots becoming ike us? Part of our fascination with robots is that it makes us actually question what it means to be human. And ultimately, we are their Creators. Ifthe whole experiment gets out of hand, we can just pull the plug on these machines, can't we? Unless ~as in scary science fiction movies — our robots decide that they no longer need us Unit + What makes us human? 7Listening 6 Words of wisdom 1 @ Listen to people talking about good advice they have been given in their lives. Write in the table who the advice was from. Name | Whodidit | The advice come from? 1 Elaine There are only three thingsinife that are important 2 Sue Love many, trust afew, bvays 3 Simon Atvays especialy with and love 4 Line You shoul allow your fends 5 Justin Never if you 6 Fiona This too. 7 Chis Theletter are which stand for 8 Martyn Dust essentially jut means dont just doit 2 @ Listen again and complete the advice. 3. Who could have said the following? Write in the name. 1 think it must be an American expression. Martyn 2 I say this to myself in both good times and bad times but particularly when something's getting me down. 3. [still get on really well with him. Mind you, his new wife’ a bit of pain, 4. My family and home mean everything to me. 5 [didn't understand whi ‘trust your own judgement. 6 My grandfather gets really irritated when she says it to him, 7 [threw out a whole pack of yoghurt the other day. 8 There are photos of her dancing in long floaty garments ~ she looks stunning, 8 Unit) + What makes us human? it meant until recently ~ I think it means, Phrasal verbs 7 An overview of phrasal verbs A phrasal verb isa verb + particle (an adverb or a preposition), ‘They canbe literal oriiomatic separable or inseparable, Type Verb + adverb Theres no objec ntranstive). ‘He walked in and sat down What time dlc John finaly turn up? Type: Verb + adverb + object (transitive) ‘The adverb can be separable but ntif the objects apronoun ease, hand out the books/hand the books out/ ‘hand ther out We put off the meeting/put the meeting off putt off ‘Type 3: Verb + preposition + object (transitive) ‘The preposition is inseparable. +He ran afte the dog/ran aftr it They took to their new teacher/took to her immediately ‘Type 4: Verb + adverb + preposition + object (transitive) The adverb and preposton are inseparable Henry went outwith Kate for sx years ate broke up with him lst week Read these sentences and decide if the phrasal verbs are used correctly. Correct the mistakes. 1 My brother loves going to the gym. He works daily out. 2 Trealy liked Sue's sister. I took her to straightaway. 3. Weended up putting his friends up for the whole weekend, 4 tried ringing several times yesterday, but I couldn't get to you through. 5 Idon't speak Spanish at all well. I thought Id easily pick up it living in Madrid but I didn't. 6 He was lucky to get away with just a fine for such dangerous driving. 7 ‘They're not going on holiday. They fell through their plans. 8 We contacted the company about the delay and they are looking it into. 9. Tthink she has a weak immune system. She's always coming down with something or other. 10 Do you think they'll ever stop travelling and settle together down?Vocabulary 8 Describing people Choose the two adjectives that can best complete each sentence, 1 snobbish smug conceited He never shuts up about himself, Hes smug/conceited_and arrogant. 2 supportive incompetent encouraging My co-workers were really new job. I was so grateful for their help. 3 bubbly determined energetic She such a/an character and great company. She cheers me up. when I started my 4 patronizing He’ so. self-conscious. condescending indifferent — he always makes me feel silly and 5 outraged undaunted indignant Rose was about his comments on her work. She found him unnecessarily rude. 6 offended distraught anxious Iwas really. when Sarah said that. Shes forever hurting my feelings. 9 Idioms of extreme emotion Replace the words in italics with an idiom from the box. Change the form where necessary. ‘otallyloseit_bebeside yourself be completely blown away be absolutely gutted © beboredrigid be thriledtobits make such a fuss 1 Thad flu and I couldn't get to my best friend's birthday party! I was terribly disappointed 2 Twas overwhelmed by his performance. I never knew he could sing like that! 3 They were distraught their dog died. with grief when 4 Ltried to watch the documentary about Ancient Greece Dut I wasn't remotely interested in it 5 Guess what? Remember that job I applied for? I got itt Pim absolutely delighted 6 Look, you only spilt a little bit on your suit. And its only water. Stop complaining - its nothing 7 He was so late we missed the movie. And not for the first time! I exploded with anger Pronunciation 10 Word stress 1 @ Look at the pairs of words in phonetic script. Notice the stress marks and read them aloud. ‘Transcribe them, then listen and check. DP Phonetic symbols p107 1 ortdsinz/ orig Jar'rdsinal! 2 Ikjuari'nsat I'kjuartas/ 3 enadsis! Jeno'éetik/ 4 Ika'lebarert/ Ikakeba'rerfon! 5 'influans! Ainflo'enfal 2 @ Listen and write the words in the correct column according to the stress. ancestors distraught controversial embarassment evolution generation gratitude incompetent indignant inhabit interrupt insomnia naked offended outraged patronizing reproduce success ultimately upright e eee le ‘ancestorspe 2 ‘Adverbs and adjectives + Adjective + preposition All the words | us canbe found in the dictionary + Adjective order RUE) Asked my stories ~it'sjust a matter of arranging them in the right sentences. (Somerset Magh (74-965) Adverbs and adjectives 1 Adverb collocations 1 Match the adverbs with the adjectives and verbs. Adverbs Adjectives ‘Adverbs Verbs V bitery | untlely 6 deeply f hope 2 hiely » clear Téstnaty — |g reget 3 perfectly | ¢ dsapponted 8 eagerly h avalt 4 sorely d impossible 9 fully i remember 5 virtually e tempted 10 sincerely | understand 2 Read the emails between a publisher and a prospective author: ‘Complete them with suitable adverb collocations from exercise [x [Tos MrMadoon Dear Mr Madsen, Pease find attached the manuscript of my fist novel entitled Deep Space 17. that you fina it as excting to read as | found i to write. ‘As you ar the foremost fiction publishers in the country, | am anxious to hear your pinion as soon as possible, although | that you may take Lp to six weeks to respond, However, lam so confident of my novel's appeal that think you wil find it $e totum down! your speedy reply. Yours sincerely, NA. Fielding 10 Unit2 + Insomany words [3] Tor Mr Fang Dear Mr Fielding, Thank you for your manuscript. Y'mafraid itis 5 that your novel would ever be considered for publication by any publisher. Unfortunately, your work is not remotely original. Infact, 1 8 watching 2 Hollywood blockbuster with exactly the same storyline. Yours sincerely, A Madsen GealmapseN PustisHiNG + Adding drama + Sounds and spelling The only end of writing is to enable the readers better to enjoy life or better to endure it. (Samat bon (009-78) Aor ofthe rt Engh tiny 9] Tor Mr Madsen Dear Mr Madsen, | must confess that | was eat fst when | received your reply, Howe tis now tome that your company is unable to appreciate rare ‘new talent such as mine, | am » to complain in the press about this poor treatment. have no doubt that you wil _____your decision ‘when my novel isa great success. Yours sincerely, Nall Fielding3. One adverb collocates with each verb, Choose the correct one. mi =] acceptance iano 01 | a 7 strongly /fully delighted to accept prestigious award. To be honest, | ‘completely / distinctly / perfectly forgot to plan an ‘acceptance speech, as | wasn't ‘deeply / sorely / entirely convinced that | had any chance of winning. It's been a long road, and looking back, | can see it was ‘wildly / fully / fatally optimistic of me to think that my first novel would be quick and easy to write. Five years later, | can "perfectly / eagerly / safely say that it took a lot longer than | expected. However, Iwas ‘perfectly / virtually / blindingly happy spending day after day alone in my study writing, and I ’strongly / severely / completely recommend that everyone has a go at writing their own novel. | now "freely / fully / strongly intend to write a sequel but hopefully a bit more quickly! I highly / greatly / firmly believe that creative work is its own reward, but | must say that | "highly / greatly / entirely appreciate being given an award as well. Thank; @ Listen and check. 2. Adverbs with two forms @ Mike is a journalist. Complete the conversation between him and his wife, Jo, with the correct adverb from the box. Then listen and check. sure/surely _easy/easiy_right/rightly hard/hardly _latelately Jo. Itsnearly midnight! Why are you working so again? ‘Mike Oh no, is that the time? I'm not finding it »__to finish this article. And the deadline for the paper is midnight. Jo. It’salways the same. Work’ taken over your life. You've * spent any time with ‘me or the children *______! Mike You're * -T'm really sorry. But you know our paper is under pressure at the moment, I'm grateful not to have been made redundant like so many others. Jo I know. But it means you have to work twice as © these days.” your newspaper bosses can see that it isn't good for any of its employees? thinks that it will be much worse for its employees if more Mike ‘The paper quite* of us are out of work! Jo Isitasbad as that? But Mike, you're such a good writer, I think you'll” find another job. Mike Well, 'm not so ®. about that. Unit 2 + Inso many words "Reading 3. Writers talk about their writing 1 @ Read and listen to what some famous contemporary British authors say about ‘writing and what it means to them. Are these sentences true (7) or false (X)? Correct the false ones. Beryl Bainbridge says her books reflect her own life, apart from the violent ends. Jan Rankin’s parents were proud when he decided to follow in his aunt’s footsteps and become an accountant. Penelope Lively was never encouraged to be a writer as a child Michael Morpurgo began his writing career by writing jokes for his school friends ‘Wendy Cope believes that to be a poet you have to experience life more deeply than other people. PD. James plans her novels carefully before she starts writing, Michael Holroyd tears up a day's writing ifhe thinks it isnt any good. 2. Which writer is being talked about? How do you know? Write the names. gets great enjoyment from researching famous lives! ‘_____was amazed when she made the nurse the culprit in the end? “One of ___‘sboest just took a morning to write? ___ loves seeing kids’ faces when the books are read aloud? has had advice from many famous authors since then, but none have been a greater influence? 5 hhas never regretted taking the risk and following his dream: ‘Anyone who knows —___’s background can see that the books are mainly autobiographical’ 1 Unit2 + Insomany words Beryl Bainbridge, 1932-2010, English novelist, from Liverpool ‘When I write a novel 'm writing about my own life: 'm writing a biography almost always. And to make it look like a novell either have a murder or a death atthe end Which author is being referred to in these sentences? Write the author's name and replace the words in italics with a highlighted word or phrase from their texts 1 He had a sudden realization that he was studying totally the wrong subjects. 2 She believes that you dontt need a reason or an underlying motive to write. For years he failed to realize that creative writing is often generated by real life. 4. She can't recall exactly when she first had the ambition to become a writer, 5 His aunt's husband seemed to have a very good quality of lif. 6. He rereads his work and if the ideas don't fall apart its been a good day's writing, 7 When new clever ideas occur while she is writing she embraces them with great gusto. 8 Sometimes what she writes sounds flat and unexciting.lan Rankin, 1960-, Scottish crime writer ‘IL wasn't the thing my parents wanted me to be good at, but if you're working class and your parents have never owned thelr own house and ‘never owned a car and stuf they think you &9 tounlversty to get a trade, to get a profession. So, accountant, lawyer, dentist, doctor. There twas one relative, an aunt of mine who had grown up with my mum tn Bradford: she was married to fan accountant, and he had a nice flash car: they ‘owned thelr own home, soemed to have avery good Standard of living, oI thonght, “Well, become ‘an accountant,” So by the age of sort of 15 or 16, that’s what [thought I was going todo, and {was doing economics and accounts... and then there was this sort of epiphany. I was 17, Td just sat my highers and I'd scraped a Clor economies ~ just passed economies and I thought, “Why the hell am 1 touniversty to doa subject 'm really not that interested Ina ‘obviously not that good at?The thing [really ke is English ike books.” I knew very few profesional writers who made a living out, oftheir writing, so there at university was thinking, “Oh, 'm going, tohave to become a teacher or hopefully an English lecturer, and will continue to write asa hobby part-time; Inthe margins of my life Flbea writer: Michael Morpurgo, 1943-, award-winning author of children’s books ‘One ofthe things tha frightened me about writing when I was a small boy is that Lad ee eee re ee ery well could joke around eather boys. ‘but on paper had ‘nothing really serious to add, no adventures L ‘wanted to write down, beeause {didn't I just didn’ clink the two up. [think Tearnt at some point thatthe imagination isnot something ‘that you either have or don’t have. For me ‘and we're all diferent ~ I's triggered by real people, historical events, memories, by reality of some sort, I don't thinkin my Ie I've ever written a story which does not hhave some little root, some little seed of ‘ruth or observation, ar UN ‘Horse D. James, 1920-2014, English writer of detective novels By the time [begin writing, the pot is there ‘and there's chart which shows in which border the things come so that the structure isright. But that will change, as new Ideas occur during the writing, which makes the writing very exciting, New dens: sometimes one greets them with Fbuge enthusiasm and thinks, “Ob, that’s really clever, yes, this show Ichappened and this s logical and right and that willbe how it wil be. Sol never get exactly the book that thought [was going to write Ed snsipe tivey,1932-, novelist, and writer of children's fiction ‘When Iwas about 11 oF 12 [think I must hhave said something about how I wanted to be writer: I don't remember having any such aspiration untl muck, much later. But must hhave said something, because Lucy [imy governess] wrote to Somerset Maugham and said that she was ‘governess to a litle girl who wanted tobe a writer and what would Mr Maugham suggest? Heaven knows hhow she managed to write to him—T suppose care ofthe publishers. He wrote a very nice letter back saying absolutely the right ching: “If your litle piel is interested in writing then the best thing she can do is ead a Jot." Perfect answer: exactly what ld say myselt Wendy Cope, 1945-, contemporary English poet "You've got to have something to say, but youtdon'talays know whats. Is offen s jist some words in your head that you think ould be line ofa poem, so you wrte them Alvwn and se where it goes. One ofthe major s misconceptions about poetry is that the poet ‘ has some kn of agenda and intentions, not Jus that some words come Into thelr head an then tte tact plage ithe and ack where ty 0 Because sometimes wil ry to wrltea poem fndit just comes out dead because there ist really anything that’s deeply fle or worth saying ‘One thing that makes poems work strong (erotiba, ex Ureacraber Rearing Jernce Beroy 1 think ie was, saying that one characteristic of « P ‘good poets tha they fel things intensely, and he saids“OF course poets ae not the only people wo feel things intensely but tisoneof the qualities.” anf think that's true WENDY CopE Family Values Michael Holroyd, 1935-, biographer “The only happiness one gets from writin is doing a good day's work, of suddenly discovering something on the page which ‘works. You pick up the page, you shake tits ict i 1 SYD there, it doesn't come to BpLRoe™ | hres you didn't know itat the beginning \ of the day and now you know it, Now that's . “areal happiness. and unless there issome {clement of that, well why on earth Isone ‘writing? Because otherwise moving a pen ‘across the page isnot all that enjoyable Unit2 + Insomany words 1BListening 4 Literature in the desert 1. You are going to hear a story from BBC news correspondent, Simon ‘Winchester, about a strange meeting in the desert. Look at the illustration and read Part One of the story. Where does it take place? ‘Who are the four people mentioned? Simon’s desert encounter Part One Yes that was a wonderflsto I was. there was new alway line built across far western China, from a place called Urunchi, ‘through a valley called the Zungarian Gate ... into what is now Kazakhstan ... and I thought it would be a good idea to ride on one of ‘heist vals, Of use is aoa nlepn ofthe wa Sg) th end of mine caled George Roberson, andthe vo of ws go aut tom Uru erasing te desert and now wee abou 150 les west of Urunchl an ust wilderness And then sudden te wan tgs and I look out and there's this ‘halt’. I mean, it’s not a station, there's ‘no town, there's just a sort of water tank, and so | said to the conductor, “Why have we stopped?”, and he said, “Oh, we're taking on water” orsometing he that and wel be topped fo alan Hout” S01 ge utand tte ewan the ating sun and sand dunes, canes, un! to and tk to th englnedver and whem dings, Iara voice from the behind me, saying npractely peor Engst: "Excuse tne, do youspeak English" And tm round ed there ths von af teu, tis gorgeous Chinese woman anti, “es,1 0 aeualy, andthe sai "Gno” na vers inate t er seus oy) 14 Unit2 + In so many words Now listen carefully to Simon telling the story. Which words does he use instead of the words in italics in the text? Change them. ® Listen to Part Two. Answer the questions. 1 Why did the lady check her watch? 2. What isthe first question she asks Simon? Why does it surprise him? 3. How is Anthony Trollope’s book The Eustace Diamonds involved in the story? 4. Who ‘struggled’ and ‘scribbled’? Why? 5. Who ‘scrabbled’? Why? 6 Why did the lady say ‘Dont be silly”? Listen to Part Three, Are these statements true (V) or false (X)? Correct the false ones. 1. She and her husband had to move to Kwi Tun asa punishment. 2 She regularly cycles 13 miles across the desert to meet the tran. 3. Her main motivation isto find someone to talk to in English 4. Until Simon, there had been no English speakers on that train journey. 5. She and Simon have now lost touch with each other.Vocabulary 5. Adjectives with positive and negative meanings 1 These pairs of adjectives have similar meanings, but one has positive associations, the other negative. Write them in the correct column. Use your dictionary to help you. amous/notorious _sef-confdent/cocky frm/authoritarian_tactless/frank ‘ruga/stingy aggressive/assertive _long-winded/eloquent Positive Negative 2. These conversations all describe people. Complete them using adjectives from exercise 1. 1 A. Great Aunt Dolly may be a millionaire, but she’ so______ with her money. B_ Ah, but she says that she just being ___, saving for her old age. 2A Harry can beso sometimes, he really hurt my feelings B_ know, but he doesnit mean it— he just thinks he’ being honest and 3A Iwish I wasas as Guy. Look at him chatting up that girl at the bar! B Huh! Hes far too He'll be full oft later for my liking. 4 A. Professor Barnes isa brilliant speaker, isn't he? He always so clear and B_ Yes, his lectures are great ~ not like Prof. Fox. Hes so he never gets to the point. 5 A Who’ Al Capone? Why ishe __? B Surely you've heard of Al Capone. He was a American gangster and bootlegger in the 1920s, He spent 11 years in Alcatraz, 6 A. Dave becomes really ifhe thinks heS losing an argument. B_ He needs to learn not to lose his temper and just be more 7 A Its difficult being a parent. You have to be with your children but then B_Dont I know ... if you're too strict with them, you're accused of being an father, 6 Adjective order Read the travel blog of a visitor to Japan, Correct the order of the adjectives in any examples that don't sound natural. Vednesday, August 10th > Day 10 of my travels in Japan: KYOTO Today was extremely hot and humid. This morning | left the hotel atten and ventured into ' downtown, crowded, noisy Kyoto. | headed for Shisen-do, a temple that a fiend of mine said I shouldn't miss. Although | was ‘wearing light, cotton clothing, | was already sweating after twenty minutes, So when | reached the temple and walked in | was struck by the "dark, coo, peaceful interior. Shisen-do is a ‘wooden, beautiful, old temple built with Phonetic symbols p107 4. Write the words from the poem next to A B their phonetic transcription in column A. 1 tough a 0% 2. thought b av! fe 8 3. though © Mo:t/ 1 Oru! | through threw 4 through 4 Baral Tfhand 5 thorough etal 3 Jit! 2 Read the poem and decide on the pronunciation of the words in italics. Use a dictionary if necessary. Try reading it aloud to yourself. 4 tswitt! 5 Mal 6 fatal HINTS 5% ENGLISH ae C48. PRONUNCIATION nied 9 frawzl 10 Afurz! I take it you already know Of tough and bought and cough and dough. Others may stumble but not you On thorough, plough, enough, and through Well done! And now you wish pethaps To learn of less familiar traps. @ Listen to ten sentences with words that sound like those in column A, but have a different meaning. Write them in column B. 5 All the words in exercise 4 are homophones. They have the same pronunciation but different spelling and ‘meaning. Look at the table below, Say the words in phonetics, then write their homophones. Beware of hearda dreadful word That looks like beard and sounds like bird ‘And dead: it's said like bed not bead For goodness sake don't call it deed Watch out for meatand greatand threat (They rhyme with suite and straightand debt) ‘And hereis not a match for there Nor dearand fearfor bearand pear. ‘And then there's dose and rose and lose ~ Just look them up ~ and goose and choose And corkand workand cardand ward ‘And fontand frontand word and sword ‘And do and go, then thwart and cart, Come, come! I've hardly made a start. ‘A dreadful language? Why man alive! 1 2 whole hole I'd mastered it when I was five. ‘And yet to write the more | tried, Thadn’t learnt at fifty-five. Unit2 + Insomany words 17Verb pattems + Verbs + gerund infinitive» Describing trends Verb patterns Feet 1 Verbs + gerund or infinitive Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets, active or passive. 1 Tm willing tohave_(have) less money if it means spending (spend) less time at work. Imagine toavoid (be) a billionaire — itd be hard (spoil) your children. 3 Dave insisted on (help) me (sort out) my accommodation. 4 Jim expects me (play) nurse when he’s ill ~he adores (look after)! 5 Letme (know) what happens ~ prefer ____ (keep) informed. 6 If you kids carry on (be) naughty, PM make you (go) to bed early! I recommend could fail (see) this film - no-one ‘move) by it. 8 Linda begged me (not make) a scene in the restaurant when I threatened (leave) without paying 9 Ttried (persuade) Bob (change) his mind when he suggested (get) married at his football ground. 10 We refused they‘ finished (pay) the workmen until (do) the work 18 Unit» Enough is enough? + Phrasal verbs: up and down Inspite of the cost of living, it’ still popular. (Kathleen Now (4) * Losing a syllable enough? > We buy things we don’t need with money we don't have to impress people we don't like. Dave Ramsey (960-) NC thor andi ost 2. Verbs + gerund or infinitive with a change of meaning Look at the pairs of sentences. In which sentence is the verb pattern correct? Correct the incorrect sentences. try 1 Paula's got a new boyfriend now, Jack. Pd try forgetting her, if were you. 2. If your shirt’s still not clean, try washing it at a higher temperature, stop 3. I got stuck with the work I was doing, so I stopped to chat with a colleague, 4 [WISH BOB WOULD STOP TO WRITE EMAILS IN BLOCK CAPITALS!!! remember 5 I distinctly remember telling you to post that letter. 6 Inever remember charging my phone overnight. goon Sophie fainted during the lecture. The professor just went on talking as if nothing had happened! 8 Jackie won a prize at drama school and went on becoming one of the country’s top actresses. need 9 You idiot! I think your head needs to examine. 10 I won't be long, I just need to check my emails. mean 11 If take the job, it will mean to have to commute. 12 Ian see that my new manager means to run the department very differently.3. Sentence transformation Rewrite the sentences using the correct form of the verbs in brackets, followed by the -ing or infinitive form, 1 Thad to laugh when Luke dropped his ice cream! (couldn't help) [couldn't help laughing when Luke dropped his ice cream! 2. Sandra has given up eating meat. (stop) 3 T'm Edward, but I prefer to be called “Ted” (would rather) 4. Do you fancy going out this evening? (feel like) 5 Donna told me not to forget to bring ‘my swimming costume. (remind) 6 They can't make you work overtime. (force) 7 Wed be happy to share a taxi with you. (don't mind) 8 Why wont you confess to cheating in the exam? (admit) 9. Babis advised us to stay at Hotel Maistrali. (suggest) 10 The travel agent encouraged us to book carly. (say/had better) 4 Neha Gupta, teenage philanthropist Read the factfile and complete the text about Neha Gupta, using the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Charity: Empower Orphans Founded: 2009 Founder: Neha Gupta Funds raised: over $1m Children helped: 25,000 (@ 1 feel as though it is our generation's duty to fight for the rights of vulnerable children. J Ae appeared ' tobe_(be) atypical US high school student. She enjoyed » free time, but somewhat untypicaly, she spent most of it °—____ (help) thousands of orphans and underprivileged children in India and the Us! ___ (have) a better ie At the age of just nine, Neha decided * (start) a charity, Empower Orphans, as a result of her visits to India. When staying with her grandparents there, her family often used * sit) an ‘orphanage to give the children presents. Neha remembers” have) a conversation with a girl who offered * (show) her round, Neha heard her (describe) the hardship she risked " (ace) without any education, The gel kept « (say) how much she would love to go to school, and it made Neha ® (tealize) how much she took education for granted, She promised (help) the children and try (get) them an education. At first people refused seriously, but she didnt let it (stop) her. “People cait imagine one person (be able to) make ‘an impact, says Neha, ‘but I believe inthe power of one’ Back home, she ‘encouraged friends ™ (donate) toys and books and organized ‘garage sales. She then tated ® (cel) goods made by the children in the orphanage. Today, Empower Orphans continues ®__(grow), with ibaries, computer labs, and health clnies in India and the US. For Neha, itll meant ® x is in her (take) her (iss) out on some social life but she’s never regretted (spend) so much time with the children. ‘love ® (see) them smile; she says. A classmate ‘wrote a profile of Neha forthe school newspaper. Here’ this girl who | a b a b c a © a 3. Look at the graph of last year’s sales from Smartcom Ltd. Complete the text, using the correct form of the verbs from exercises 1 and 2. Sometimes more than one answer is possible. Smartcom sales !________ in January and ‘Smartcom Ltd. Sales February and then? in March when the economic recovery began. They*________at 9,000 units in April and then ___ before »___around the 8,000 unit mark during May and June, July sawa*_______as economic growth started to slow generally, but sales ’____ again in August. They *_____ for the third time in September but’______ throughout October and Novernber. Finally, in the run-up to Christmas, sales were healthy," to 6,000 units by the end of the year. 22 Unit3 + Enough is enough?Listening 7A family business 1. Read the newspaper extract. Why are these two men in the news? 2 @ Read the questions. Then listen to Part One of Vijay and Bhikhu’s story and choose the correct answers. 1 Vijay's first business was alike a comer shop. b_ apharmaceutical company. 2 Bhikhu first worked a fora firm of architects, b ina pharmacy. 3. Vijay started his pharmacy business with his brother, b onhis own, 4 Bhikhu is good at b_ taking care of money. Vijay and Bhikhu are a ambitious for their family competitive with each other, 6 Their mother still works full-time for them, b> was the key figure in their lives 3 @ Listen to Part Two. Are the statements true (7) or false (X)? Correct the false ones. 1 Vijay has received a business award, 2. Neither Vijay nor Bhikhu seek the usual trappings of wealth, 3. They had more friends when they were younger. 4 They do spoil themselves sometimes. 5. Bhikhu is happier spending money on other people rather than himself. 6 They believe that being realistic is all you need to do to succeed. 7 . From Syto £500,000,000! The inspiring tale of two Asian brothers who made Puce eu cn ‘Over 40 years ago, at the age of 16, Vijay Patel and his brother Bhikhu left Kenya and arrived in Britain with £5 between them. They now own ‘a pharmaceutical company worth £500 million (its value shot up from ‘£400m recently), and appear on the latest Asian Rich List. They remain modest about their success, and avoid the ostentatious lifestyle of other “Bollygarchs’*, so it's not because of the money that they're not thinking of retiring. Vijay says: ‘To be honest, I don’t do it for the money any more, I like to see businesses flower.” rors tem for ich Alans, combing the word Sowood and car 4 @ Listen to Part Two again. Complete the sentences with the exact words used 1 We ______for six hundred people directly, 2 —___ and my brother, I dont think it has. 3 1__we're approachable .. 4 mean, clearly, ____ luxuries in life one tends to sort of ______oneself little 5 [would rather do some ____ work than 6 Do not let small___or calamities stop you. Chase your dreams and 7 «if ean _____ one life, then my job in this world 5. Match the words and phrases in A with their meanings in B. A B 1 the equivalent of a brothers/ssters competing 2 arecipefor disaster b aquantty of medicine 3 power strugales terble events 4 complement each other | d asimilartype of thing to 5 sling rivalry «fights for control 6 leave the nest conditions leading to major problems 7 calamities 8 provide what the other person lacks 8 adose move out ofthe parental home Unit3 + Enough is enough? 23Phrasal verbs 8 upanddown 1 Choose the correct particle in the sentences. 1 We have dress-up/-down Fridays in my company ~ wwe can come to work in anything we want. 2. Tmsorry, its very noisy ~ can you speak up/down? 3 [traded my 4x4 up/down for a Mini, 4 Tused up/down all the milk making milkshakes, 5. We couldn't find where the concert was, 50 we ended up/down going to the cinema. 6 My motorbike broke up/down on the motorway. 7 Ted modestly plays up/down all the awards he’ won. 8 Stop putting me up/down in front of other people! 9. Kay’ so ambitious ~ she's always talking herself up/down. 2. Complete the sentences using the correct form of the verbs, plus up or down, Increase anddecrease | speed save cut’ slow 1 Drivers: for speed cameras but then again once they've gone past. 2 Were for a new car. on luxuries because we need to Betterand worse | lighten run dumb do 3. Stop complaining about TV being ___I mean, ~ this is only a romantic comedy! 4 Thisarea isa bit » but if we this house sit could be lovely. Beginning and ending | boot shut stand bring 5. My laptop was taking so long to. but now it’ taking an eternity t__! tried to restart it, 6 The government was by ministerial resignations, and the Prime Minister had no choice but to himself. Completion | track lve wind buy 7 [thought all the candles in town cuts, but managed to 8 Weall ina karaoke bar after work. I think my rendition of I Will Survive might be hard to uring the power a shop that still had some, 24 Unit3 + Enough is enough? Pronunciation 9 Losing a syllable 1. Some unstressed syllables are normally lost in speech. Itis often the /al sound that is lost, @ Read and listen to these examples. ‘The syllables that have been lost are underlined. secretary sekratri/ | business /byznas! reasonable /rizznabl | average eevrids/ ® Listen andGrcl9 the two words in each sentence which lose a syllable when spoken. Underline the syllable which is lost. 1 Tcouldnt run thisGusines) without having you as my 2 Interest rates have risen on average by ‘one percentage point a year. 3. Mypreference would be to hire a specialist to audit the firm, 4 The electorate demand a reasonable standard of living. 5 Liberal economists wrongly assume that people are rational. 6 Corporate travellers sometimes fly ‘economy class. 7 Due to seasonal demand, our factories are working all day and night. 8 After great success nationally, we're looking to expand into different countries,Modal auxiliary verbs + Speculating + Set expressions with modals * Idiomatic collocations + Stress and intonation + Verb «preposition ae Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one. (net 99-05 Very few of us are what we seem. Modal auxiliary verbs 1 Speculating ~ present and future Complete the sentences with one of the modal verbs. Sometimes more than one answer is possible. cant will must wont’ should might could can may 1 It_____ be London in the background of that photo ~ that’s definitely the Shard. 2 David be pleased that Arsenal won today — he’ a big fan 3. It'll be a miracle if we get to the airport on time, but we —__ just make it. 4 That _______be Robertas mother - she looks way too young! 5 There ___ be huge traffic jams on this road some days, but often its fine, 6 It___rain later. The forecast said there was 450% chance. 7 Janice bbe upset she’ been made redundant ~ she was going to leave anyway. 8 You______ check that painting's genuine before buying it - there are some very good fakes around. 2. Speculating - past ‘Match the sentences in A and Band complete the ones in B with a modal verb and the perfect infinitive of the verb in brackets, Sometimes more than one modal is possible. ‘ant must wont should might could can A 1 mot sure about that investment offer. 2 Pete’ cars parked outside 3 Why are the boys stil glued tothe TV? 4m sure your secret’ til safe with Vicky 5 ve looked everywhere for my glasses 6 Losing 7-1 wasnt so bad! 7 Im sorry. wee just about to go out. OOD00o0s a t___ be} worst b Where ¢ You____ ing) before coming! dé He __(g) very far. e She___tl) anyone. think it ght have Beem (be) a con trick 4g Its 1030 pm! The football (put) them? (finish) by now. Unit + Notallitseems 253, Modals - other meanings Choose the correct ways to complete the sentences. 1 We needn't have paid to get into the museum as students ~ we saved €15/we wasted €15. 2 Tcould make myself understood in Spanish when the waiter took our order/as a child. 3. Imust stop having business lunches ~ I'm putting con too much weight/the company is stopping my expense allowance. 4 Misleading adverts 4. When I was small, my parents would live in a houseboat/ofien take me camping. 5 I've just seen the latest weather forecast. It could not be very hot/be really hot tomorrow. 6 You don't have to apologize - it proves that you were in the wrong/but it would be nice if you did. Read about false claims made by advertisers and choose the correct options in the text, Sometimes both are possible. Too good to be true In adverts, you ‘would/will often see people staring ‘open-mouthed at how wondrous a product is, clearly thinking that it can't/isn’t able to be true. It's always worth bearing in mind that it *can/might well, not be. Generally, advertisers *will/may get away with a bit of exaggeration, but companies *mustn’t/don’t hhave to push the boundaries too far, as it *'s able to/ ‘can cost millions in damages if someone sues for ‘making ‘false claims’ ‘Adverts for Dannon’s Activia® yoghurt said that it “could/was able to provide various nutritional benefits, but in a legal challenge, the courts *couldn’t/wouldn't accept that these were ‘clinically’ and ‘scientifically’ proven, Dannon *had to/ought to ‘pay up to $45 million to consumers who felt deceived, and limit its health claims to strictly factual ones in future, It" must have/oan have come as more of a surprise ‘when Ferrero, the makers of the chocolate and hazelnut spread Nutella®, began promoting its nutritional benefits (though long-term addicts can't have/will have been pleased to learn that they 2 didn’t need to worry/needn’t have worried about it being unhealthy for all those years). However, it may have/will have been a step too far for Ferrero to maintain it was a healthy ‘good for you treat” ‘After having to pay millions in compensation to the customers who sued over this false claim, the company accepted that it "could/shoutd change the adverts and product labels Ofcourse, images "mustn't/don’t have to mislead either. An Olay advert for Definity eye cream showed former model ‘Twiggy looking impressively wrinkle-free. You 'didn’t have to be/mustn’t have been an expert to see that the image "must have been/had to be photoshopped. In real life, Twiggy "could have/ ‘may have been looking good for someone pushing 60, but in the advert she looked rather a lot younger than she ®should havefcould have done. After receiving complaints, the advertising authorities confirmed it was a case of image manipulation and. banned the advert, saying that it "could/was able to give consumers a ‘misleading impression of the effect the product could achieve’ 26 Unit4 + Notallit seems5. Set expressions with modals 1 Complete each group of expressions in A with can, might, must, should, or will, in the correct form, positive or negative. Then match them with the correct definitions in B. A 1 1 You be joking! 201 say... 3 Oi itsa : 4 1) How Tknow? 5O1 wonder if... 6it think so too! 7 We see. 8 [You |__| keep forgetting my name! 9 CiYou |__| see. 1001 be bothered. uot be helped. 12 1) You say that again! 13] You as wel. “Ol have guessed. 15 [] You | ______ | well ask! 2 Read the conversation about ‘cold callers’ - people ‘who telephone you at home without your permission in order to sell you something, Choose the correct set expression from exercise | to complete it. Cold callers Beth Aaagh! That was another cold caller! Andy 'I might have guessed.!1 might well ask! You were being incredibly rude, Beth Well, what do you expect?! *1 can't be bothered It can't be helped to be polite to them. * They might as well ring/ They will keep ringing when I'm trying to work! Andy ‘I must say/I shouldn't wonder ifthat is one of the biggest problems of working from home, How on earth do they get our number? Beth * You must be joking!/ You might well ask! But then a lot of them are crooks. That was someone pretending to be calling from Microsoft saying there was a virus on my computer, and wanting me to give them access to it.I didnt, of course. Andy ® You can say that again!/I should think so too! B This is something you shouldn't miss doing, b You can't be serious, ¢ Thave to admit that this is true. dT wouldn't be surprised if. € That's only what I would expect in this situation. £ Why am lexpected to have the answer? g You have an annoying habit of forgetting my name. h [ile proved right. i Let’s wait and find out J. Nothing can be done about it. You're absolutely right. 1 Thavent got the energy or enthusiasm for it. 1m I'm not surprised. nn There’ no reason for you not to. © That's a good question, Beth Wel, its a scam I've heard about. They mess up your computer and charge a fortune to put it right. Mind you, there may well be a virus on my computer ~ "how should I know2/you'll see. Thad to laugh when she said, ‘Your computer's working very slowly, isnt it?” I did think, * You ‘must be joking! You can say that again!” Andy Maybe we should register with that organization that's supposed to stop cold calls? Beth ° We might as well/Its a must~ its free and it can't do any harm, But I think it only reduces the number of calls you get. Andy Well," we'l eel you'll see. @ Now listen and check your answers. Unit + Notallitseems 27Reading 6 Modern day magic 1. Look at photos 1-3 of magicians. In which photos can you find the words in the box? lapel shiny dimerjacket trainers sequins bow tie baggy jeans tophat bomber jacket magic wand _ baseball cap make-up Which photo sug a has street cre b isold hat’ ¢ has ‘glitz and glamour’ gests a magic act that ...2 28 Unit4 + Notallit seems 2 @ Read and listen to the text about the magician Dynamo. Which photo in exercise I shows him? Choose the correct option in the sentences. 1 Before magicians like Dynamo, magic had become a minority interest/too clever. 2. After his tricks, he likes to leave the stage quietly/his public completely confused. 3. Dynamo appears to read people's minds/prefer doing large-scale illusions. 4 He had a difficult childhood because he developed a health problem/of his deprived background. 5 He left school because he was being bullied/didm' fit in there. 6 Dynamo’ career took off when he was lent some money/borrowed equipment to film his tricks 7 He has gained a huge audience for his TV show/ Internet clips 8 Celebrities seem to be attracted by Dynamos worldwide fame/modest nature. 9 Heisa latecomer to/founding member of the Magic Circle 10 ‘The Magic Circle didn't accept him at first because he was too different/clichéd. 3. Match the words from the text in A and B that have similar meanings. A B 1 traditional a worldwide 2 newcomer b keen 3 stunt « sickly 4 astounded d old hat 5 globaly e trick 6 debiitated F upstart 7 enthusiastic stunned \"When you hear the word ‘ma what springs to mind? Is it the variety show magician with magic wand, a traditional outfit of shiny waistcoat, bow tie, and top hat? Or perhaps it's the glitz and glamour of a Vegas- style illusionist, complete with wide pelled sequined jacket, perm, and full make-up, that occurs to you first? ‘Magic seemed to go through a phase of being, quite literally, old hat. It had a rather old-fashioned feel toi, no matter how clever, the acts were, But now there's a new type of magician who is bringing magic back into the mainstream in Britain and giving it street cred into the bargain. Thanks to the street tricks of a young man called Dynamo, magic and illusion are once again supercool Dynamo has been celebrated for the modernity of his act. He doesn't use a stage, a string of assistants, or ary of the shiny accessories of traitional magic shows. Instead he walks the streets in a bomber jacket, a baseball cap, and trainers, accompanied by a hand-held camera operator, sharing his magic with the astounded general public, and then strolling quietly away, before they can get their heads around what has just happened. He doesn't have a speciality. He is as brillant with cards and small hand tricks es he is with far bigger stunts of ‘mystery and illusion, He can pull out the playing card you were thinking about, put mobile phones in bottles, and change names ‘on credit cards just as easily as he strolls down buildings or levitates — or once memorably walked on water across the River Thames! When it comes to magic, it appears that he can doit all. Dynamo, aka Steven Frayne, cldn’t have the easiest startin life, He was born in industriel Bradford, narthes England, in 8 rundown part ofthe city toa teenage mum. His father was in and out of prison and he was partly brought up by his great- ‘grandfather, who was en enthusiastic amateur magician, Born with a digestive disorder (Crohn's disease) which left him severely debilitated, the young Steven failed to put on any. weight, and as a smal, pale, and sickly child, he was an easy target for schoo! bullies. His great-grandfather showed him how 0 use magic tricks to his advantage, and as he got a name for himself, the bullying ceased. However, he was always regarded as odd and an outsider, so school life wasn't a success and he left for London while stil in his teens, After having been granted a small business loan, Dynamo bought himself a DVD recorder and laptop and started filming some of the trick sequences that would make up his first DVD, Underground Magic. His current worldwide following graduelly came about after some of his video clips appeared on YouTube™ ‘A couple of thousand passersby in London watched him walk ‘across the Thames in front of the Houses of Parliament on a Saturday afternoon, before he was picked up by a police speedboat. A couple of years late, 1.6 billion viewers globally had watched the illusion on YouTube, which ed to the offer of his own TV show, Magician impossible, on a small TV channel In the show, he performs tricks that leave his audience stunned, including @ variety of celebrities, Performing tricks on famous, people makes it clear that his targets are not in on the act, and Celebrities appear keen to work with this impressive but quiet and unassuming character, He walked through a shop window in front of footballer Rio Ferdinand; he removed the sunglasses from the album cover photo of rapper Tinie Tempah through the CCD ease; and even Prince Charles became a fan when Dynamo ‘ured a pile of papers on his desk in the palace into real money. ‘The famous Magie Circle was slower to show their appreciation Of this newcomer on their scene. This organization for the best ‘of all magicians is shrouded in secrecy, even as to is lacation. ‘As Dynamo said, ‘They regarded me as e bit of an upstart. | wear a hoodie and trainers rather than a top hat and tails. | incorporate hip hop into my act... Ive always tried to go against the clichés of whatever magic is or was’ However, they eventually opened their doors to him - wherever those doors are. But although he may have finally been accepted into mainstream magic, he hasn't lost any of his creative drive, ‘i's not enough for me to amaze people once or twice; he says. I need to keep doing it, That means doing more and more amazing stuff Unit + Notallitseems 29Listening 7 Euphemisms — in an estate agent's 1 @ Listen to an estate agent describing the features of a house to a couple who are interested in buying, it, Number the features in the order that they are described by the estate agent. Price — Livingroom __ Location —— Front garden __ Condition ofhouse Back garden __ Kitchen — Parking _ Dining room — 2 @ Read the true defects of the house 1-10. Listen again and complete the euphemistic expressions that the estate agent uses 1 Churchill Road is ina noisy, busy area Churchill Road isin Wvely, popular area of town. 2 The local shops are a 30-minute walk away. ‘The local shops 3. ‘There are only two buses a day into town, ‘Theres 4 The house needs extensive redecoration, Its A lick 5 The roof needs replacing, ‘The roof, 6 ‘The kitchen units are old, Alittle ‘modernizing! 7 ‘The kitchen is small. Its 8 The dining room is dark, it 9. ‘The back garden is overgrown. ‘The garden is. 10 ‘The house is expensive, Not 30 Unit4 + Notallit seems 3. Complete the euphemistic statements with the phrases in the box. goamiss ‘themost exciting the best cury ample opportunity on the watery ide idealfor exactly welcoming World Cup level 1 ‘The kitchen is idealfor_ someone who prefers to eat outa lot 2 The football wasn't exactly. 3 That film wasn't Te seen, 4 This soup is abit 5 I'm not sure she was pleased to see me - she wasrit 6 Abit of punctuation in your essay wouldn't 7 What's Kevin's Spanish pronunciation like? Id say there’s_ for improvement. 8 That's not exactly Tveeaten, 4 Now match the statements in 3 with what they were really thinking BY ‘itdesperaely {it was amateurish. » C) (needs some commas) and illstopst 4 ze} ie , oman?) ste It’s not: thick) (i roc VER, at a ‘Siete Litsnot good for) C stand C underst im. [8 2, ~ “EEE,Vocabulary 8 Idiomatic collocations: adjective + noun Choose the correct options to make the idiomatic collocations in the box. Then use them to complete the sentences. Tine/thin ine wishful thoughts/thinking sore/painful point last resort/option long/ dificult shot itchy/restlss feet row/nasty deal saving grace/factor slippery/slippy slope foregone/ foreseeable conclusion 1 It may seem like a but were hoping the new branch of our solar power company in Scotland will be a big success. 2 Don't talk about cars with Jenny at the moment. She just had hers stolen, so itsabit ofa 3. The president talks as if his re-election is guaranteed, but its by no means a 4 There are lots of treatments we can try before thinking of an operation. Surgery will only be performed as a 5 I thought the conference was poor, but the was making so many useful new contacts. 6 Itwasnt brave to get into that fight — theresa between bravery and stupidity sometimes, you know, 7 Zoe’ staying at the Hilton and I'm ina cheap hotel outside town - I think I got a—________! 8 Paula has no real chance of getting that job she’ applied for -it’s just on her part 9 never stay long in the same city ~ after a few months I get again. 10 Ian see an argument for assisted suicide, but you don't know where it might lead. Isa 9 Onomatopoeic verbs ‘Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in the box. Use each one twice. buzz creak roar rumble size squeal_yap whine ae IP og 1 My neighbour has two little dogs that 9, Cg Dee all night - it drives me mad! 2 Iwoke up to the sound of sausages in the pan. Bliss! 3. The lion suddenly __and frightened all the children at the z00, 4 could hear the thunder 5. The old door as opened it. 6 The piglets with delight as they were let loose in the muddy field. 7 I could hear the bees around the flowers. in the distance, 8 Tloathe mosquitoes - its not just their bites, but that high-pitched. that keeps you guessing where they are! ‘Metaphorical meaning 9 The engine of the giant truck {nto life and I climbed aboard. 10 The audience waited for the star of the show to arrive, The theatre was _______with excitement! 11 Oh, for goodness sake, will you children stop —___11'm tired of hearing what's wrong with everything today! 12. Everyone was looking for shade in the. heat of the afternoon. 13 With an ageing population, the care system for the elderly is under the strain, 14 All of the gang went to prison after one of their members to the police. 15 on for 16 I saw someone driving along the motorway, ____ away on their phone! Unit + Notallitseems 31