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V compound nouns P word stress READING a Inpairs,do the quiz. Choose a, b, orc b_ 28}) Compare with another pa listen and check. What do you know about 1 He was born in... a New York b San Francisco ¢ Texas 2 Atcollege. a he wasa star pupi b he dropped out ¢ he was expelled 3. His first job was with a company which made... a videogames b TVs c computer 4. The Apple Macintosh was the first euccoceful computor to ute... a amouse b akeyboard © ¢ USB port 5 In 1986 he co-founded a Pixar b HandMade Films ¢ DreamWorks 6 Steve Jobs died of cancer in. a 2010 b 2011 « 7 He was years old 246 b 56 c 66 Is that the first Apple and guess _ Now read paragraphs 1-5 and check 1 The Macintosh Classic was the personal computer which was made by Apple in’ 1990, It had a 23 cm monochrome screen and a 4 megabyte (MB) memory. It was cheaper than excl Apple’coin pias abel ita aa tea was their first commercially successful computer. 2 Stephen Wozniak isthe American Computer engineer and programmer whose computer designs became the original Apple | and Apple Il computers. He and Steve Jobs lbecame fiendewtten evitelie arte at Hewlett Packard. They started making computers in Jobs's parents’ garage and together they founded Apple Computers (now Apple Inc) in 1976. 3 Mona Simpson is steve Jobs's sister: Jobs was adopted when he was born, but in the 1980s he found his biolagical mother, who told him that he had a sister. Mona and Steve met for the first time in 1985 (when she was 25 and he was 30) and they became very close. They kept their relationship secret tora year until Mona introduced Steve as her brother atthe party wihich she gave to celebrate the publication of her first novel, Anywhere But Here. 4 Mountain View isthe area in California where Steve Jobs grew up. He was born in San Francisco and was adopted by Paul and Clara Jobs. When he was six years ‘old the family moved to Mountain View, which was becoming a centre for electronics. People began to call the area ’Silicon Valley’ because silicon is used to manufacture electronic parts. 5 This is the logo which was designed by Jonathan Mak, a Chinese design student from Hong Kong, 38a tribute to Steve Jobs vwhen he died. The design, which used Jobs's silhoustte incceporated inte the ‘Rite! AFA white Apple logo, became a worldwide internet sensation. The teenager said that Jobs had inspired him to become a designer. GRAMMAR telative clauses Cover the text. Complete the sentences with who, whose, which, or where 1 The Macintosh Classic was the personal computer _____ was made by Apple in 1990. 2. Stephen Worniak icrhe American computer engineer founded Apple Computers with Steve Jobs and computer designs became the original Apple land Apple Il computers. 3. Mona introduced Steve as her brother at the party she gave to celebrate the publication of her first novel 4 Mountain View is the area in California Steve Jobs grew up. 5 Jonathan Mak’s design, used Jobs's silhouette incorporated into the bite’ ofa white Apple logo, became a worldwide internet sensation, Answer the questions in pairs. 1 Inwhich phrase isthe relative pronoun (who, that, ee) 2. In which sentence could you leave out the relative clause, but the sentence would still make sense? > p.150 Gramune Bank 20A. Learn mreabou, defining and non-defining relative clauses, and practise them, Cover the text and look at the photos. Can you remember the connections with Steve Jobs? Try to use a relative clause. WRITING > p.l21 Writing A biography. Write 2 biography of an interesting or successful person you know about > Communication Relatives quiz A p.108 B p.112, Write quiz questions to ask a partner. a TS HEAT BRITISH 1) ESIGN (“CONS Some of the things which were voted the best in a recent survey of British design icons. & et z TV oC } ] 4 LISTENING ¢ Listen again and answer the questions a Lookat the photos which show four famous cee examplex of British design. Wharare they? 1 ische mostrecen What do you know about them? 2 isthe oldest . 3 has been used in many different products b (5/31) Now listen to an exhibition audio 4 used different colours to show different products guide about them, Compleve sentences 1-4. & abacienulieits festene edlicat 1 Harry Beck was the man who, 6 was che result of something that happened to its designer when he 2. Julia Barfield and David Marks are the was travelling couple whe 7 was not expected ro be popular 3 Allen Lane was the man who. 8 makes places look nearcr than they really are ESM R RE, Which of the tour do you tind the most attractive design? What would you consider to be examples of iconic design in your country? 5 SPEAKING a Write the names of people, chings, or places in as many of the circles as you can. b_ Ingroups. alk about your people, things, and places. Explain why you admire th a famous dead person (who) you admire an iconic landmark (that) ‘you really like age itetscaay ae! (ina you oven toa . pen Teint asp Pegutital design 1 a DVD cover, film poster, oF book cover (that) you think has ‘great design. 6 VOCABULARY & PRONUNCIATION compound nouns, word stress Compound nouns We often put two nouns together, where the Fst noun deceribes the cecand one, €-an album cover = the cover of an album), the Tube map (= the map of the Tube), Compound nouns can be two words, 2g, tourist attraction or one word. e. website a Matcha noun from column A with a noun from column B co make compound nouns. A 8 football picture ‘speed SC case sun hall town _ipitch book mate class alasses profie camera bb (5)32)) Listen and check. Which three are written as one word? Which noun is usually stressed more in compound nouns? Practise saying the compound, nouns in a with the right stress ‘rs, try to answer all the questions in three minutes with compound nouns from Piles 1-10 COMPOUND NOUNS RACE 1 Where can you take money out without going into a bank? What do you need to have before you can get on a plane? \What might you have to pay if you park in a bus lane? What should you put on when you get into s car? What cn you rall a lang line nf ears that What do yau need to book if you want to play tennis with someone? 7. Where do people goif they want to watch a \ bbasketall or handball match? 8 What do you call the noise a phone makes? 9 What kind of books or films are about the future, and often outer space? 10 what do you calla school whichis paid for by the government? LL IFyouare inatiftand you px do you want to go to? 12 What device do you use when you want to transfer files from one computer to another? n't mave? 7 »3)) SONG Greatest Love of All/3 A G question tags V crime P intonation in question tags ‘1 VOCABULARY crime a Have you heard of Jack the Ripper? What do you know about him? b_ Match the words and definitions. detectives evidence murder murderer prove solve suspects victims witnesses 1 noun police officers who tnvestigare crimes 2 noun people who see something which has happened. and then tell others (e.g. the police) about it 3 noun people who are hurt or killed by somebody ina crime 4 nowna person who plans and kills another person 5 noun the crime of killing a person illegally. and deliberately 6 fnown the facts, signs, ete, which tell you who committed a crime 7 ‘noun peuple who are chouglit w be guily of 8 (a mystery) verb to find the correct answer to why something happened 9 (sth) verb to use facts and evidence to show something tstrne © )34)) Listen and check. Practise saying the words. Read Who was Jack the Ripper? and complete the gaps with words from b. Read the article again and find the answer to these questions. 1 Where and when did the murders take place? 2. How many murders were there? 3. How long did the murders go on for? 4 Whoari 5 What does Patricia Cornwell usually do? fhe main suspects? 6. How did she try co solve the mystery? a7, toi thane pptet ds a e thee Hippo a Be % oor You were adetective with Scotland Yard, weren't you? erent you? Yes,1was, WHO WAS JACK isis plaints \T UNSO ‘murder MYSTERIES OF ALL TIME 1s THAT OF JACK THE RIPPER. n the autumn of 1888 a brutal 2 walked the ]dark, foggy streets of London, terrorizing the inhabitants of the city, The®, ‘were all women, and the police seemed powerless to stop the murders. There were no to the crimes ~so the police had no idea what the murderer looked like. Panic and fear among Londoners was increased by a letter sent to Scotland Yard by the murderer. In the letter he made fun of the police's attempts to catch him and promised to kill again. It finished “Yours truly, Jack the Ripper’. This was the first of many lottore cont to tho police. The murdore continued — coven in total. But in Noveriber they suddenly stopped, three ‘months after they had first begun, Jack the Ripper was never caught and for more than a century historians, writers, and * have examined the ® and tried to discover and x his identity. Hundreds of articles and books have been written and many films made about the murders. But the question, ‘Who was Jack the Ripper?’ has remained unanswered. There have been plenty of “ . eluding @ doctor, a busines: ee painter, ahd even « member of ha Febalariyia 5 ‘The American crime writer Patricia Cornwell tried to > the reabife murder mystery of Jack the Ripper. After spending 2 conisiderable amount of ime and, money on her investigation, and analysing DNA samples, Cornwell thought she had proved wha slack the Pinner really was. However, other experts disagree with her, and anew theory has recently been put forward. 2 LISTENING a §)35)) Now listen to the first part of an i police inspector, who isan expert on Jack the Ripper. Complet d_ Doyou know of any famous unsolved crimes in your country? the information about the suspects. Prince Albert, Maybrick, ria's a cotton merchant Walter Sickert, an a Cari Feigenbaum, (§)36}) Listen to the second part of the interview and mark the sentences T (true) or F (false), 1 Cornwell’ evidence is mainly scientific She took DNA samples from a lester written by Sickert 3. Arc lovers were angry with Cornwell. There is evideuce that Sickert was abroad at hie Ginie uF sume of the murders. There isa letter chat some people think Maybrick wrote confessing to the crimes, 6 Inspector Morton thinks that Prince Albert was.a serial killer, 8 Trevor Marriott found that Feigenbaum had travelled to London, at the time of the murders. 9. The Inspector doesn’t want to say who he thinks the murderer is. 10. He doesn’t think che mystery will ever be solved. Listen again. Say why the F sentencesare false erview with a retire Carl Feigenbaum was executed in London for another murder. GRAMMAR question tags Look at four questions from the interview and complete them with the missing words, 1 *Youwere a detective with Scotland Yard, r 2 ‘sineredible, 3. “Bur you don't think she's right 4 “There's been another recent theory, 6/37)) Listen and check. What's the ference between these questions and direct questions, e.g, between 1 and Were ‘youa detective with Scotland Yard? > p.151 Grammar Bank 108, Learn more about questions tags and practise them, PRONUNCIATION & SPEAKING intonation in question tags (§)39)) Listen and complete the between a policeman and a suspect. _P. Your surname’s Jones, a 5 Yes.itis. | andyourez7,__? 'S Yes, that's right. P Youwerent at home last night at 2.00, 2 |S No,|wasrit.| was at the theatre. “P. But you don't have any witnesses, Yes, ido. My wife was with me. YYouir wife wasnt with yous 2 How do you know? Because she was with me. At the police station. We arrested her yesterday. (540) Listen and repeat the question tags. Copy the rhythm and intonation. > Communication Just checking A p.108 B p.112, Role-play a police interview Which detective TV series or films are popular in your country at the moment? Do you enjoy watching these kinds of programmes? 7 HE 5 READING & LISTENING a Doyou enjoy reading crime novels? Ifso, which ones? [Enot, why The Case for not? Have you read a exime story recently? What was itabout? sai : : pw : the Defence b (41) Read and listen to Part 1 ofa shore story, Use the is glossary to help you. The rages et ai ee y deh Took like? the prisoner look like? \ th 1 Where did the murder take place? 2 Whar timeit 3. How many witnesses saw him? inthe late 1930s, when 4 Why did Mrs Salmon go to the window? 5 When did Mr MacDougall see Adams? 6 Did Mr Wheeler see Adams's face? The Case for the Defence by GRAHAM GREENE PARTI Ik was the strangest murder erial | have ever attended. They named ir the Peckham murder in the although Northwood Street, where Mrs Parker not actually in Peckham The prisoner was a well-buile man with bloodshot ey uugly man, one you wouldn’t forget ina hurry —and tha an important point, The prosecution intended to call four witnesses who hadn't forgorten him and who had seen him hurrying away from the little red house in Northwood Stree At two o'clock in the morning Mrs Salmon, who lived at 15 Northwood Sereet, had been unable ta sleep. She heard a «door shut and so'she went to the window and saw Adams (the accused) on the steps of the vietim’s house. He had just come ‘out and he was wearing gloves. Before he moved away, he had looked up — at her w Henry MacDougall be looking dazed. And o Mr Wheeler, who lived next door to Mrs Parker, at numb and was woken up by a noise up and locked out of the window, just as Mrs Salmon had done, saw Adams's back and, as he turned, those bloodshot eves. In Laurel Avenue he had been seen by yet another witness. Glossary 2 frat V9) the evidence and Peckham live prosection PART? “Lunderstand,’ the lawyer for the prosecution said, ‘that the defence intends to plead “mistaken identity”. Adams's wife will tell you that he was with her at two in the morning on February 14, However, afeee you have heard the witnesses for the prosecution and examined carefully the features of the prisoner, | don't think you will be prepared to admit the possibility of a mistake.” Mrs Salmon was called again, She was the ideal witness, with her slight Scottish accent and her expression of honesty and kindness, There was no malice in her, and no sense of importance. She told them what she had seen and how she had rung the police station. And do you see the man here in court?’ Shelonkerl straight at the hig man in the dark, whe stared hard a¢ her with his bloodshot eyes, without emotion Yes,’ she said, ‘there he is.” ‘You are quite cerca She said simply, ‘I couldn't be mistaken, si.” Thank you, Mrs Salmon. The lawyer for the defence began to cross-examine Mrs Salmon, Now, Mrs Salmon, you must remember that a man’s life may depend on yonr evidence? Ido remember i, sit. “Is your eyesight good! ‘have never had co wear speetacles, sir? “You're fifty-five years old, aren't you? “Fifey-six, sir. “And the man you saw was on the other side of the road, is that right? “Yes, sir, he was. “And ir was two o'clock in the morning. You must have remarkable eyes, Mrs Salmon?” “No, sit, There was moonlight, and when the man looked up, he had the lamplight on his f And you have no doubt whatever that the man you saw is the prisoner?” “None whatever, sir. It isn’t a tace you can easily forget? Glossary 2 therafonre lions thelawyvr() wha rey rca thirsbisnoe guilty of aerime plead (guilty) wsay in court that you ate Bartha se ie where aes ga ck ok. the place inacoure where person whois crose-examine Si question a witness uly about answers they have already given 42) Now read and listen to Part 2 Then answer the questions witha partner 1 Adams's defence was mistaken identity What does this mean? Where did Adains say that he was: What did the prosecution lawyer ask Mrs Salmon? 4 What three reasons did she give to explain hhow she had seen Adams's face so clearly? 5 43)) Read che glossary for Part 3 of the story, and check how the words are pronounced. Then listen to Part 3 and answer the questions with a partner. Glossary 3 Sweat) to.makea public ca8@ |: somethingrhat is being ofcially investigated by the police. eg. murder case alibi ‘evidence tha provessh wasn a diferent place athe time rss crimeswas commited beacquitted tohedeclarad nor guilty oF Who was the man at the back of the court? How was he dressed? What did the defence lawyer say to Mrs Salmon? What was the man’s alibi? Why was the man acquitted? Why was there a big crowd outside the Why did che brothers refuse to leave by the back entrance? 8 What happened to one of the brothers? 9 Why does the weiter ask the question at the end, If you were Mrs Salmon, could you st Do you like the way the story ends? Why (nor)? Am EES

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