G third conditional V making adjectives and adverbs You were P sentence stress reallylucky! Yes. iFhe hadn't helped me, | would have missed 4 the train, READING & SPEAKING a Answer the questions with a partner. Say b Read the beginning ofa true story by the what you would do and why. writer Bernard Hare, about something What would you doit that happened to him when he wasa a, eackadr in lueacista Miediailoceiey student. Then in pairs, decide what you think happened next on your way home tonight 2 you weredriving home at nightand yousaw —¢ (§)2)) Now listen to what happened. semehody wha had rin ant of petrol Were you right? 3. you saw an old man being attacked in the Sexeee bya coueoreesnayers Listen again and answer the questions. 4 you were ina queue ata station or airport 1 Whar did Bernard have to do as soon as he got off the train? and someone asked to go in front of you 2. How did Bernard react? because he j she was ina hure 4 Whar lid sho tirkor inepoctar thon ask hin te da? Insoector | was living in a student flat in North London, when the police knocked an my daar ane night. | thought it was because | hadn't paid the rent for a few months, so | didn’t open the door. But then | wondered if it was something to do with my mother, who | knew wasn't very well. There was no phone in the fiat and this was before the days of mobile phones, so I ran down to the nearest phone box and phoned my dad in Leeds, in the north of England. He told me that my mum was very ill in hospital and that I should go home as soon as | could. When | got to the station I found that Id missed the last train to Leeds. There was a train to Peterborough, from where some local trains went to Leeds, but | would miss che connection by about 20 minutes. | decided to get the Peterborough train ~| was 0 desperate to get home that | thought maybe | could hitchhike from Paterborough. "Tickets, please’ I looked up and saw the ticket inspector. He could see from my eyes that I'd been crying. ‘Are you OK?” he asked. ‘Of course I'm OK,’ | said. ‘You look awful’ he continued ‘Is there anything | can do?! "You could go away’ | said rudely. But he didn’t, He sat down and said ‘If there’s a problem, I'm here to help’. The only thing | could think of was to tell him my story. ‘When | finished | said. ‘So now you know. I'ma bit upset and | don't feel like talking any more, OK?" ‘OK,’ he said, finally getting up. ‘Im sorry to hear that, son. | hope you make it home.” I continued to look out of the window at the dark countryside Ten minutes later, the ticket inspector came back€ After this story was on the BBC, several people wrote in with their stories about being helped by strangers. A read The students, Bread The angel. The students | was living in South Korea at aching English. | had the country ana return again because of problems with my visa, so | booked a ferry to Fukuoka in Japan. | Intended 10 change some Korean money into Japanese yen when I got there, bout wnen [arrived I discovered It was a hullgay In Japan aid all he bbanks were closed. | didn’t have a credit card, s0 | walked from the ferry terminal towards the town wondering what | was going to do viliuut atly Japanese nuney. | wa feeling lovely avid depressed when suddenly | heard a young couple speaking French. | asked ‘them if they spoke any English, and they told me (in good English) that they were Belgian students, When | explained my problem, they immediately offered to take me around the city and look for somewhere where | could change money. They paid for my bus ticket, and they took me to aoveral places and in the end we found 2 hotel where | was able to change my cash. They then invited me 10 join them and their friands for the evening. | had a fantastic night and have never forgotten how they changed all thelr plans just 10 help e stranger. ~ Karina The angel Iwas a cold Sunday evening in Manchester. | was a university student, andl my gifriend and | had been invited to dinner with our tutor at his house 30 km away. We decided to go on my motorbike, but we hadn't realized how cold it was, 50 we hadn't dressed properly, and after ten minutos on the bike wo wore absolutely freezing. When we were about haif way there, the bike started to make a funny noise and then stopped. We had run out of potrol. We etoos at the side of the road, ehivering with cold, and not sure what to do, ‘Suddenly a passing car stopped. The driver got out, opened the boot of his car, and took out a can of petrol, He walked up to my bike, opened the petrol tank, and poured the petrol in. He then closed the tank and got back into his car, without saying a single Word, and drove away. We couldn't balieve our luck. We sometimes wonder if the man who rescued us was an angel... — Andy F In pairs, tell each other your story, Tell your partner Where it happened What the problem was What the stranger(s} did to help. @ Which of the three stories do you think was.) the most surprising b) the most moving? Why? bh Have you ever helped stranger, or been helped by a stranger? What happened? 2 GRAMMAR third conditional a Match the sentence halves from the story. 1 [| Ifthe inspector hadn't stopped the train to Leeds, 2 5 [the couple hadn't helped Karina, 3. Ifthe man in the car hadn't stopped, . A she would have bs enalone without any B they would have had to walk for miles in the cold © he would have missed his connection. b_ Now look at the sentences below. Which one describes what really happened? Which one describes how the cituation might have been different? “ifthe inspector hadn't stopped the train, he |have missed his connection. 2 The inspector stopped the train, so he didn’t “miss his connection. © > p.148 Grammar Bank 9A. Learn more about the third conditional and practise it. 3 PRONUNCIATION sentence stress a (54) Listen and repeat the sentences. Copy the rhythm. iffa KNOWN you were ill, would have come to see you 2 tthe weather hac been better, we would have Stayed longer. a. \rthadn't stopped to get petrol, iwouldn’t have been late. 4. We wouldhave missed our flight iit hadn't been delayed. bh iS) Listen and write sentences. e third conditional © Communication Guess the conditinnal Ap.108B p11. Am EE4 SPEAKING a Read the questions and think about your answers, Look at some quotes about lack, Do you think they are true? ‘The more I practise, the luckier I get.’ Gary Player, golf player DarreltRoyal, American football ‘coach ‘If you have two friends in your lifetime, you are lucky. If you have one good ~ friend, you are more 79 than lucky’ Susan Hinton, writer 2. Doyou consider yourselfin general to bea bucky person? Why (101)? 3. Can you remember a time when you were either very lucky or very unlucky? What happened? 4 Do you know anyone who you think is particularly lueky or unlucky? Why? Bb Ingeoups of Une vr four, discuss your auiswets. Give as much detail as possible 5 READING & LISTENING a Think of some very successful people, e.g. business people, musicians, sports stars, Which of these three things do you think was probably most important in making them successful: a) ralent b) hard work c) luck? about a book by Malcolm Gladwell, and answer the questions, ion of ti b Read the article A gu 1 Whatethy really depends on? e factors does he think being successtul 2 Why is itan advantage for sports players to be born in the fist months of the year in some countries? 3. Whats the 10,000 hours theory? € (§)6)) Now listen 10 two other examples Gladwell mentions, The Beatles and Bill Gates. What two main reacons dows he give 1 their extraordinary success? in.and answer the questions, THE BEATLES 1 Where did they play and between which years? 2. Where did the club ownerusu bands from? 3. How much did they have ro play 4 How many times had chey performed live by 1964? BILL GATES 3 When did his school starta computer club? 6 Why was this unusual? 7 What did he and his friends do at weekends? 8 How many hours did he spend at the computer club © What do you think? Answer these questions with a partner 1 Do you agree that luck and practice are just as important as talent? Is luck more importanc than practice or the other way around? 2 Think of something y are quite good at or very good at, Were you lucky to be able te have the opportunity ro start doing it? How many: hours do you think you have spent practising it? Do you think you have spent more hours doing it than other people you know?hal Is Le yUEStiLi We always ask abuul successful YY retrial na of personalities they have, or how inteltigent they are, or what kind of lifestyles they have, or what special talents they might have been born with, And we assume that it is those personal qualities that explain how that individual gets to the top of his or her profession. But according to Malcolm Gladwell, in his book Outliers, we are asking the wrong questions. He thinks that while talent 15 obviously a factor, there are two other more important ones that make a person successful. The first of these factors is luck. He begins with the example of sports players. In recent research done on various groups of elite ice hockey players from Canada and the Czech Republic, one fascinating fact came to light. In both countries, it was discovered that 40% of the players {nthe top teams were born between January and March, 30% between April and June, 20% between July and September, and only 10% between October and December. The explanation was sinple. The sclival year in these countries runs from January to December. & boy who fs ten on January 2nd will be in the same class as one whose 10th birthday is on December 30th. The chances are the first boy will be bigger, stronger, and more coordinated. He is much more likely than the other boy to be Chosen to play in junior teams. He will then get better coaching than the others, and will play many more games, so will also get more practice. In the beginning his advantage isn't so much that he is more talented, simply that he fs older. He was lucky enough to be born in the first months of the year. But by the age of 13 or 14, with the extra coaching and practice, he really will be better than the others, and far more likely to be successful The extra practice is vital, because the second factor that Gladwell believes is of creat importance in determining whether somebody is going to be successful or not is what he calls the ‘10,000 hours theory’. This theory, based on studies in many different fields, cays that in arder ta gotta the very tony rieed to put in 10,000 hours of practice, whether it is playing an instrument ora sport, or programming a computer. Adsgtad rom a Bitish newpaper VOCABULARY making adjectives and adverbs (ne ofthese suck, for example being lucky enough to be in the right place at thenght time. a Look at the bold words in the sentence above. Which isa noun and which is an adjective? Using the word luck, can you make..? 1 a negative adjective 2 apositiveadverb 3 a negative adverb > p-163 Vocabulary Bank Word building. Do Part 2 WRITING Read the rules for the sentence game. The sentence game 4 Yount write crt sentences withthe exact number of words given (contractions count as one word). 2 The sentences must make sense. 8 Youmust include a form of the word given (og. ifthe mardi luck, you can use lucky, luckily e Work in teams of three or four, Play the sentence game. You have five minutes to write the following sentences. | fortune (11 woRDs) 2 comfort (9 words) 3 hack (7 woR0s} care (6 WORDS) 5 patience (12 woRDs) Your teacher will tell you if your sentences are correct. | he team with the most correct sentences is the winner ‘89)) SONG Karma 2 nm ENG quantifiers V electronic devices, phrasal verbs P ough and augh, linking GRAMMAR «uantifiers Look at the illustration. How many electronic devices can you see? Which ones do you have? What do you use them for? Circle the correct phrase in 1-6 1 Tused to have a lot of || ot of different gadgets, bur now Tse my phone for almost everything. 2 T'dlike to buy a better computer, but I don’t have enou yenougli at the 3 Ispend too much | too many time every day online 4 Lonly have. a few friends on Facebook, and no | none of them are close friends. Tnever watch TY or films on my phone big enough. Like Apple products because of their design, but I think they are 10 | too much expensive. > p.149 Grammar Bank 9B. Learn more about quantificrs and practise them. Talk to a partner. Are the sentencesin b true far you? Say why (04), 2 PRONUNCIATION ough and augh ough and augh Be careful with the letters ough and augh. They can have different pronunciations. ‘Try to remember how to pronounce the most common words which hhave this combination of letters, e.g, although, You look a bit streccod! Yes, Ihave too and a Write the words in the list in the correct column, b much work not enough 5)14)) Listen and check. Which is the most common sound? Which fone words finish with the sewnd (7? {5/15)) Listen to sentences 1-5 and practise saying them, [thought Pd brought enough money with me My daughter's caughta bad cold, Thought it although it was very expensive We've been through some tough times. Tdidn’t laugh! Itwasa cough{nform Wetload 3 READING & SPEAKING a Lookat the title of the article. What do you think it means? Read the first paragraph to check. b Now read the whole article, Choose a,b, or € the ph4 VOCABULARY & PRONUNCIATION Match the words and pictures. b )16)) Listen and check. Then test each other amouse amemory stick speaker aust aremote control a keyboard ascreen © Match the sentences, asocket 1 aswitch an adaptor headphones overed) It's a keyboard. A [switched jLoff B [switched jon. C Leurned jt down, D Ieurned jump. © [plugged icin. b lunplugged G Eset it for 7.30 1 (5) Iehanged ube heating fiom 20% 18 2 |) disconnected my iPod from the computer. 3 __ Imade the volume on the TV louder 4 [pressed the ‘off” button on the TV 5 __ I programmed the alarm on my phone © | Ipucmy phone charger into a socket 7 [pressed the ‘on’ button on my laptop. (17) Listen and check. € (§)18)) Listen and repeat A-G, Try to link the words, Now cover A Gand look at sentences 1-7. Say A~G from memory electronic devices, phrasal verbs, linking (© separable phrasal verbs Remember that many phrasal verbs are separable, e. the object can go between the vverh and particle (Switch the TV an) ar after the particle (Switch on the TV), However, if the object is a pronoun, it must go between the verb and particle, eg. Switch it on, NOT Switeiror £ Auswer the questions w ith « partner: Give reasons for your answers, 1 How many devices do you have with screens? Which one do you use the most? 2 Doyou prefer to use a keyboard with or without a mou: Do you normally listen to music with headphones or with spe: 4 How many remote controls do you have? Da you think you have ton many? How many pins do plugs in your country have? Do you need a travel a go abroad? ptorifyou 6 Inyour house do you usually a BPE ttre shouldbe orl someone always turning the heatin air conditioning up and down?5 LISTENING & SPEAKING and the book review a Look at the book cove information. What do you think the book is about? How do you think the three teenagers feel? The wise and hilarious story of a family who discovered that having fewer tools to communicate with actually led them to communicate more. hen Susan Maushart first announced her intention to pull the plug on her family’s entire collection of electronic gadgets for six months her three kids didn’t react at all. Says Maushart, ‘Looking back, | can understand why. They didn't hear me. b 619 where the guests a Listen to Pare 1 of a radio breakfast show c discussing the book. Answer questions 1-6. 1 Why did Susan Maushare decid 2. Was it just her children who were spend do the experiment? time using technology? Who are ‘digital immigrants’ and ‘digital natives’? 4 What gadgets did Susan Maushart’s famil switch off? Where? What were they lowed to use? How did she get the children co agree to the © ($20) Listen to Pare 2. In general, was the experiment positive or negative? Why? d Liste again and complete the sentences in your own 1 Atthe beginning the children complained that > [ator they started to 3 Her son started to. 4 Their mother found it difficule to. 5 Another negative thing was that 6 They now have new house rules, for example (21) Now listen to Part 5, What does each guest say he | she would miss most if they had to do the experiment? 1 Sally 2 Andrew 3 Jenny 4 Nick | £ Discuss the questions with a partner, 1 Have you ever had to live without the internet for a few days or more, e.g. when you were on holiday somewhere? Did you miss it @ lot? Why (aot)? 2 Doyou think Susan Maushart's experiment was @ g00d idea? Why (not)? 3 if you had to do the experiment, what do you think you would miss the most? Why? Useful anguage “The thing I mies most is I can't lve without it because. Ineed / use it (for). Im addicted to it I depend on it (for) 6 WRITING > p.1zu writing a magazine article - advantages and disadv 25, Write an article about the advantages and disadvantages of smartphones, AZ