A GOAL 1: Talk About Milestones in Your Life

An adult a baby Vocabulary

A senior citizen A complete the photo captions with a phrase from the box.

A teenager a child

Infancy Adolescence Adulthood Old Age

He’s an infancy He’s an adolescence She’s an adulthood He’s an Old Age

B What do you think? At what age do people make these transitions?

she’s A childhood

1. From infancy to childhood 1 to 12

2. From childhood to adolescence 12 to 19
3. From adolescence to adulthood
19 to 65
4. From adulthood to old age
After of 65
A Complete the sentences. Use the present perfect or simple past.

1. I Have lived (live) in this apartment for five years. Before that,

I lived (live) with my parents.

2. Leonard Has graduated (graduated) from high school two years

ago. He Not graduated (not, graduate) from the university yet.
3. Nora (be, not) to South America, but she
Has not been
(travel) in Mexico last year.
Travel
4. We (start) this course two months ago.
Have started
So far, we (finish) five units.
Started
A Unscramble the questions. Take turns with a partner asking the questions.

1. English how do speak well you How well do you speak English?
2. You how are old How fast type can you?
3. Can fast you how type
how fast type can you?
4. You how tall are
How tall are you?
5. Your family how often move does
How often does move your family?
 B Complete the conversations. Write questions using how.

1. A: I think Mr. Chen is too elderly to live alone.

B: He doesn’t look old to me. How old does look he?

2. A: My brother failed his driver’s license test six times because he drives so
badly.

B: Wow!How does drives my brother?

3. A: I can’t go to the movie with you tonight, because my first class is very
early tomorrow.

B: That’s too bad. How can I go to the movie?

4. A: I don’t to get my own apartment. It’s much too expensive.

B: Really? How do you get your own apartment?

5. A: I haven’t finished reading the assignment for tomorrow. I guess I read too
slowly.

B: That’s a problem. How have you finished reading the assignment for tomorrow?

D GOAL 4: Describe an Important Transition in Your Life

Reading

A Check (✓) the items below that show a transition in life. Share your ideas with a
partner.

✓ 1. Get a new job

✓ 2. Go shopping
✓ 3. Buy a car
✓ 4. Begin college or university
5. Play soccer
✓ 6. Get married

B Read the text. Circle the correct option.

1. Amy Purdy is a champion
 ( cyclist  snowboarder ).
2. She has prosthetic ( arms  legs ).

3. Purdy ( imagined  remembered ).

her new life.

4. Purdy’s ( book  organization ) is

called “Adaptive Action Sports.”

C Write True or False next to the statements.

F 1. Amy Purdy nearly died when she was 19.

2. It wasn’t difficult for her to recover from her illness.
V
3. During her recovery, Purdy decided to control her life again.
F
4. She helps other people by sharing her story with them.
V
5. Purdy worked as a model before her illness.
V