Let's talk about you!

FUNCTIONS: talking about yourself; finding out about other people; discussing learning strat .
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Lesson 1 How would you describe yourself?

1. Stand up and say Hi! to other people
in the class. Add another sentence
beginning with / ...
2. Work in groups. Talk about the Hi. I'm Simon. ]
photos below. Use the names
Hi I'm Ernesto.
below to help. I'm from Brazil.
1. Do you recognize the people
in the photos? Who are they?
2. Where are they from?
3. What do they do?

3. Who do you think said (or sang) these things? Match them with the people in the photos.Which line is
your favorite? Why?

1. "l'm not a queen; l'm a woman." 4. "When \'m dancing, 1 don't think about anything else."
2. "I like planes, 1 like you. 1like traveling, 1 like you." 5. "\ really don't believe in magic."
3. '.'\ was a bit of a coward when I was smal\." 6. "I am the greatest."
4. Look at the sentences in Exercise 3 again. Rewrite the parts in bold so they are true for you.
I'm not a ve0etaY-ian; I'm an omnivorn!

5. Use your statements to introduce yourself to your group.

(.1.) IE XPI_() HE ONU NE Which two lines in Exercise 3 come from songs?
Find out the titles of the songs and what comes next.

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an education superheroes story money an une.ventful and safe life a great big baked potato

~~f heave~ is and someone to share it with. - Oprah Win(rey (

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[2.. Ali I want is Malafa Yousa(zai

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~We don't necessarily need .We need super human beings. - Kevin Spacey

[{_My life is a _ _ _ _ . 1 wanted more people to have a better .- Bi/1 Clinton

§ n't care too much for _ _ _ _ . - John Lennon / Paul McCartney /

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[ 6. 1don't wa~t _ _ _ _· - Isabel Allende ___________________ ___; /

7. Rewrite three of the statements in Exercise 6 8. 6) 1.2 Listen to nine people answering an
so they are true for you. Share them with your interviewer's questions. Write down their
group. answers.
Ali I wcmt is t o specl:, En0 lish well.
9. Talk about the questions.
1. Which answers in Exercise 8 did you flnd the
funniest and the most original?
2. What would your response be to the three
questions?
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1O. ~ Match phrases from A and B to make
expressions from the interviews.

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' e f ai g rH1, Absolutely no-brainer.
about me. Wha+about you? Wait no idea.
What do you think about me? That's a

11. ní.1: il~m Make five metaphors about yourself. You can use the ideas in the box or your own ideas.
animal book city drink instrument item of clothing kind of movie kind of transportation
painting piece of furniture piece of music sport

I f I we "r e an anim al, I'd be an od oplJ.s!

12. Play a game in groups. Invite the others to guess what you wrote about yourself in Exercise 11 .

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Can you guess what piece of furniture I'd be? I don't know. Maybe a couch? ~

13. Make the first two lines of a poem with these

words. How many different lines can you make?

very poet bananas fond am am 1 1 a of

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three words in Exercise 13 above to search for
the poem online. Compare them to your lines
and then answer these questions.
1. What's the title of the poem?
2. W ho w rote it?
3. What does it refer t o?
4. What do yo u thin k of th e poem?

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your Enghsh? . 1

1. Read and think about the questions. Then talk about them in small groups.

1. W hy are you in thi s English class?

2. Do you often use English outside the class room ? When?
3. How are you going to use it in the future ?
4 . W hat aspects of your Englis h do you want to improve: prnn unciation, vocabu lary, grammar; fluency?
5. W hich ski/Is do you want o r need to focus on mo st: liste ning, speaking, reacJ1ng, writing?
6. In wh at situat ions do (or wi ll) you need to speak or listen to [ :1gh~,7
7. What kinds of things do you want to be able to read and w: ·i, e 1
8. Is t here anything that you do n't want t o do in thi s class?

2. Complete this sentence about your goals in two different w ays .

The tvi1n0s I wcrnt fo impirove mos-J- ,n ;r,y E n0 1is h tvi1s ')ea.Y- arn .

3. l ~!J=lilí'1 : 1 ■ J111/IIJ:l) How many other people can yo u find with the same goals as you?

4. Work in groups . Make a list of the strategies you can use outside th e classroom to help you improve.

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GRAMMAR: present perfect vs. past simple; infinitive of purpose; modal verbs
VOCABULARY: words connected with water; water sports and equipment
FUNCTION: asking for more information

1. lf you have water, you can live for severa! weeks without food. But how long
can you live without water?
a) a few days b) a few weeks e) it depends lf your answer is e, what does it depend on?
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2. How can you make water safe to drink?
a) boíl it b) filter it e) use iodine What w ill happen if you don't make it safe to drink? '
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3: lf you're in the desert, and you have very little water left, should you ...
a) drink it? b) save it? e) splash it on yo u,· face? What will happen if you don't do this?

4. lf your car goes into d eep wate r a nd be gins t o si nk, should you ...
a) unbuckle your seatbelt't !:l ) ope 1 1he wi 11dovv'l 1

e) sh ut the window? What will happen if you don't do the corred thing?

5. Even if you're very d e ~1~11:! rélteó ,H, d t:·•.i:sty, you shouldn 't drink ...
a) tap water. b) soda wu ➔ ' e) ~cl1 ·· -:• 1 Wh y not? What w ill happen if you do?
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a) H2 b) H2O e) H2SO What do the other two st and for?

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branches can you add ?

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3. Work in pairs. Take turns miming something \ 1
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4. 11:11~13 Now do the quiz at t he top of this page JI[ _.:N

with a pa rtner. (There may be more than one 1
correct answer.)

e EXPI_OHE O•~I-INE The Dock ofthe Bay

is a famous song sung by Otis Reddin_g in 1968. * □ i d you know?
This song was the first
Find the lyrics online and follow the instructions.
posthumous song to
1. High light all the w ords connected w ith w ater. top the US charts: Ot is
2. Underline ali the w ords and expressions connected Redding died just a few
with the passing of t ime. days aftei- it was recorded.
1 Listen to the song. W hat sounds can you hear in
th e background?

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He did it first!
Martin Strel is a long-distance swimmer from Slovenia. He has been passionate abo~t the issue of clean w
years, and he has tried to do something about it by swimming. He has swum sorne of the longest rivers in th aterfor rnan1
draw people's attention to water problems around the globe. In 2002, he swam the rvlississippi (2,359 miles 0eWorldto
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2003, the Paraná (1,199 miles or 1,930 km); in 2004, the Yangtze (2,487 miles or 4,003 km); and in 2011, the Col:r!: Klll);in
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But perhaps his most famous achievement was in 2007, when he swam the Amazon in arder to raise aware
pollution. He swam from Atalaya in Peru all the way to Belém in Brazil, a distance of 3,374 miles (or s 430 km)~letss of Wate1
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dangerous swim in so many ways, and in arder not to get sunburned, he often wore a mask over his face. Strel ver¡
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person in the world ever to swim the Amazon, and in 2009, his swim beca me the subject of a documentary·film~as efii~·

1. Describe the photos in the article above. What do you think the connection is between them?

2. [C'JUl#l-~1 Look at the title of the article and say what the man did first and why.Then read and
find out.

3. {tl Answer the questions (but don't look at the article!). Then read again an d check.
1. Why has Martin Strel swum in so many long rivers?
2. How many rivers are mentioned in the text? What are thei1· names?
3. Wh ich one of them is the longest? How long is it (mo1·e 01· less)?
4. Wh ich was the first long river he swam?
5. In what country does the Amazon start and where does it end?

4. OlJ:ll~f:,g Talk about the questions.

1. List the rivers from the article.Which countries are they in?
2. What kind of challenges do you ~hink Strel had during ~is Amé,lzon swim?
3. How many people do y9u think helped Strel during his swi ms?

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6. Complete the table. Explain the difference between these two tenses.

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He _ _ _ (swim) sorne of the longest rivers of the world.
In 20 11 , he _ _ _ (swim) the Colorado.

7. Complete the questions with have I has or did and the correct form of the verb.
1. How long - - - - Strel _ _ __ (be) passionate about clean water?
2. What year ____ he _ _ _ (swim) the Amazon?
3. Where _ _ _ he ____ (start) his joumey?
4. Where he (ftnish) it?
5. How many rivers he ____ (swi m) up to now?
6. _ _ _ he ever _ __ _ (swim) the Nile?

8. Ask and answer the questi ons in Exercise 7.

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9. Look at the photo and talk about the questions.
1. What is the person do1ng?
2. Why do yo u think he 's do1ng ,t? (In ordff to do what?)
3. What is the connection belween this photo and the photos in the article on page 10?

10. Now read the info rm at ion beiow and find out why mil lions of peo ple did the same thing. Did it work?
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poufi ng _.:¡ hu cket t•f ice--c.old water o_ver their heads, and the n nominated
so mebody else to do the sa me. Over 2.4 mi llion people posted vide os on
,,."' . Facebook durín g Jul y and August, and they went viral. Twe nty-e ight million
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. peopl.e uploaded, co mrn ented on , or liked ice -bucket-related posts. So what

·:::ijg .. was it all about? Was it just all for fu n? '

Not exactly. They did it in arder to raise money for charity and to increase
awareness of_ALS -Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (or MND - Motor Neurone
THE ICE .· Disease}, which is the degenerative disease that afflicts Professor Stephen
BUCKET Hawking. And it was actually a huge success and raised millions and millions
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1. Did you do the Ice Bucket Challenge? lf not, would you li ke to do it? Why? / Why not?
2. Who would you nominate if you did it?
3. Have you ever done anything si milar fo r charity? What did you do and why? * □id you know?
In India and other South
12. Í The Ice Bucket Challenge went viral .What other Asipn co untnes, they had
things do you know that have gone viral? a Rice Bucket Challenge
inst ead. lf yo u w ere
13. 6"o 1.5 Listen and answer the questions . nominated, you gave a

1. What did two people do if order not to waste \ ¡1 , , bu cket of 1·ice to a poor
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clean, fresh water? 1·1or1'1'~\:__~t ,/,oilt
2. What do you think of the1 solut1ons?

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of challenges to raise awareness can you find online?
Which do you think are the most challenging?
Which would / wouldn't you want to do? v, r \({. ., /1,J :.
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Do you know where
your water comes from?

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ater is vital to the health o~h our body and our mind. Nutritionists say we should
drink around two liters (011~\ gallon) ofita <lay to be at our best both physically
and mentally. But what kind of water should we drink?

A lot of people in t h ~ ~)world drink en~rmous qua_ntities of bottled water,•

ev~n though they have to pay several hundred ~1~~s the pnce of tap water for it. But
what is interesting is that experiments have sh~wn th at most people can't actually
tell the difference between the two. -

Bottled water is not necessarily better
than tap water nutritionally. It isn't healthier,
either. In fact, sorne of it can have higher
levels of bacteria than tap water. And not
ali bottled water is free of the chemicals
that are sometimes added to tap water. And
that's not ali. We think bottled water is pure
and clean, but it definitely isn't "pure and
clean" for the énvironment. It's really bad.
The cost of transporting it from one place
to another is enormous, and there's the
cost of keeping it in refrigerators, too. And
r,::then, once people have drunk it, there are
~ w numbers of plastic bottles to gt t ® f.
,...,.-Maíly¿ire rrcycled, but sorne have to go mto-
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780 n1íllnm·people€_cltreliable access to
safe water; that's one r~ e peÜple@ clls?
from people's home5, so in order to get water,
peopie, usually women and girls, have to waU
enormous distances - and back again. This
takes a lot time and is one of the reasons man
girls can't go to school in sorne places .. .
As we ali know, water is a~ flt!e
or death. According to the World Heal th
Organization, around 3.4 million people
die every year from diseases caused by .
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this is one habit we mu st change.d w·iter,
If we didn't buy so much bottlet~
we would have a lot more mone~ld NoW
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1. Read the article on page 10 quickly to find if the writer is~f:;

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vital @ lack €) 1. good, adequate, or suitable I 5. necessary or essential
experiments @) we lls {!;) 2. scientific tests 6. deep hales in the ground
bacteria '(0 prope1· @, 3. large areas for garbage where you can find water
landfills Q 4. very small organisms that cause disease 7 .. are without something
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4. Choose the correct option. lc.c_K _/ ' 1·,·í, r,'c, /

The author basically thinks,Y,~sbould_,_,._
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a) drink around two liters (or halfa gallan) of bottled water a day 9 use our money tohelp provide safe water worldw1de.
b) stop giving money to water chaJCities. d) -walk-a.lor:ig. .way-t0--gerdeaTT-wateF.---

(s':\ Choose four statements.Are they true (T) or false (F) according to the article?
U 1. Bottled water is only a little more expensive than tap water. \ · 4. Bottled water is a big problem far the environment. --Y-
2. Sorne tap water e~~ healthier than bottled wate1~ 1 5. Polluted water kills millions of people in developing countries. T
3. lt's very easy td~\(Si9 \chemicals i11 tap Wdter completely. \-- 6. We spe nd at least $44 billion a year on bottled water: <qf'

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a similar meaning. Use the verbs from Exercise 6.
6. Complete the table with •.hc~se v1;:rbs.
1. lt's advisable to drink about two lite rs of water a day.
can / can't We SVlOl!.ld drink, about two liters of water
must she,u 1j / sr1ouldn': a da'!

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4. Maybe it's time we stopped buying bottled 0 ate1~ ,
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8. gj:11¡:,13 work in groups . Make a 11st of thmgs we could or should do to conserve water. H-ere a1-e-s-ome
ideas to help you.

9. Read the e-mails. Complete the reply from Water.erg with sorne more ideas, using cou/d or should (if you
want to be more direct).

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aqua walking can,?.eing diving 0r2~ kayalí<ing kitesurfing paddle 'boarding sailing scuba diving
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, _; 1. Have yo.u done arw .of these activities?~"i':f'º (,Uoll , wJJ✓J 3. Do you do any ofth_em 1·eguiady1 ~\, ,
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2. lf not, do any of them app~al to you? Why? / Why not? 4. When and where was the as · ·

4. Add five more activities to the list in Exercise 1 of things you can
do in (or under) the water. Have you used any of this equipment?
For what?
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board breathing ap~ ratus goggles mask paddle weights wetsuit

S. Look at photos 2 and 6. What are these sports?

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6. Which of these instructions go with the two sports from Exe rcise 5? Put 2 or 6 next to the instructions.
e~ ~(r'our feet shou ld be parallel , your knees bent, and your back str~ight. _
G) ~ ,2 D Start in shali ow, wai st-high water and gr·adually move to deeper, shou lder-high wát er: -r-- L.--'"

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a..:/( '~□ _Move forwa 1·d natural!/ : place you :-- heel, then your toe. D on't walk on yo ur tiptoes!
,,, ~ ~(:<ou shouldn't look doN 1,.1'.'.kvays iook straight ahead at the horizon.
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.:¿_ You shou ld wea•· 2 wei.s1_•:1.. boots, gioves, ;1nd even a swim cap if the wat er's very cold!
(J)¡-cf-2- D Wearing a flo atai::•:)r, be•-: :1 :·c und vo1Jr wairt w ill help keep your chest above water:
/~ , ~~ ,To get on, first k11ec! 1,1,,t bd ,ind th e middle ofthe board, then stand up.
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instructions in che con-t:ct. arder. Listen again.

8. What does the paddle board ing ins t ruc t or say abo uc these things? Listen again and check.
a life jacket standing up your hips the front of the board

9. (f) Cover the info r mati on in Exe rci se 6. What parts of the body are
mentioned and in what context? Then read or listen again and check
your answers.

10. í #l!J:l:•••:n ■ u r-••• :11 Demonstrate the correct position fer

paddle boarding and describe exactly what you 're doing, at the
same time!

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11 . 6ó í .7 Listen to an instructor talking about one of the other activ,ities in this, les son. Which one .is it?
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12. (f) Answer the questions. Then listen again and check.
1. What are t he benefüs of t his activity? 4. W hat ki nds of thi ngs do people do in a session?
2. Why is it a very safe activity? 5. D o yo u th ink t he interviewe,· w ill t 1·y out t his activity?
3. Who is it good for? H ow do you know?

13 . Is there an activity you do regula r ly or that you take classes far? Whac is it? Use quescions 1-4 in
Exercise 12 to get sorne ideas. Then present your ideas to class .
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1. Look at the spa website
and answer the questions.
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1. What does the site tell you?
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20% off all treatments
2. What doesn't it tell you?
3. What questions do yo u have?

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2. 0 Look at these words and put them under the correct heading: leisure facilities or tr

3.
leisure
facilities

treatments
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manicur

steam room

66 1.8 Cl Watch or listen to the first part of the conversation. What doe's Jerome want to know?
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4. P],l 66 1.9 Underline words (or parts of words) in a-e that are stres sed. Listen and check.
a) need sorne more information.
1 d) 1wonder if you muid tell me a bit more about it
b) Please can you give me sorne more information? e) Would you rn ind g1v1ng me a bit more detail?
c) Could you tell me more about it?

5. P],l Now mark the words in Exercise 4 that link together. Lis ten again , ch r;c k, and say them.
Cou.ld_1ou. tell me morn~bOL{j~}~-?

6. 66 1.10 Cl Watch or listen to the rest of the conversation. Write down the five questions Jerome asks.

7. Talk about these questions.

chocolate goat's milk ice mineral mud
Then watch or listen again and check.
multi-jet sea salt seaw~e~ed
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1. What facilities are included?
sports foot - ~; ad Mexican
2. Which of these treatments are mentioned?
Russian Swedish Thai
3 What do you think the answer to
Jerome's last question is?
8. li1111:el:.llf¡\j1 Work with a partner.
Draw a plan of a spa website. One of you is
the customer; the other is the receptionist.
Use Exercise 1 as a model.
• What treatments does it offer?
• What are the hours?
What are the prices?
• Are there any extras?

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Choose a treatment from the list in Exercise 7.
Describe it. Film your description (use mime if
helpful). Say if you like the treatment and why.
Share the video online or with the class.
H20! Take a few sips
regularly throughout
the day. Take a few
sips right now.
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1. § Match the photos with of these t ypes ofTV sh ows.

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cartoon J,.,
real ity show
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show
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sitcorn
docu mentary
soap (opera)
gar~1e show makeove,- show
sports _pro_grarn
the news
weather forecast
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2. Match the shows from Exercise 1 with the definitions.
1. lt tells us if we're going to need an umbrel la. -, J. ·

2. A funny show about the lives of fictional '-".:haracters. ¡ - :,,,:i•, J,{,c-1

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3. lt helps people change their lifest yle or irnage. 'l,,, pJ (.. 1 • "71\ 1
4. A "fly on the wall" show featuring real people . (L~. e • - jN ! sh DW
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6. A show about real people, animals, places, or events. ¡>0 UJ., ,;,k,,.l✓,,
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3. Write a definition far one of the other five kinds of shows in Exercise 1. ' ~pu1T;, r•~º1'clnl -= / (' --lv f, •l>J'fv
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4. Which of these things can you watch? How is watch different from /ook at? ~.¡ -i ~\J Jf,,-1 J jl(( l( etü-:f<
a movie agame a painting a photo a pr~gram TV a vi<:i_e~ cl_p a view
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1. Hor,t often do you watc~h
TV shQws? H~ many hours a week do you watch? ' \low ~ t U'•l1,
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4. Is th ere a show you never:f miss? When is t on? 1 1 \
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5. Is there a partic ular ~how that you really hate? Why?

6. H ow does the theme music of your favorite show go?
 Lesson 1 Stories from the North
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Nordic noir
A different kind of crime dr2ma

e rime shows from Scandinavia (Sweden, Denmark, and Norway) have becom~ very popular in recent years.These
countries may seem like very pleasant and open places to live, . but according
things happening underneath the surface, and people somet1mes comm1t s_hocking cr1mes.
. / - _to .these.series, there are te rn¡e

There is always a very strong woman detective in one of the leading roles in Nordic noir. These women are never
glamorous; they look very ordinary. And they aren't perfect either. They sometimes ITl¿ke mistakes. They often havea
.b

lot of personal problems, and they find it hard to have good relationships with people. They tend to wear interesting
sweaters, too! ,·.
Another feature of this genre is that the action usually takes pla~~ in clH9i ~fü~;¡~nely settinqs: in foggy, gray
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forests, or empty roads, or abandoned buildings. And we ha,rdly eyer,-s~.e thff;%Yr n '!$. always snowing or raining or

1 nighttime, but they are still fascinating, ·and they're·hatd to s,top~~~~~:t :,;~tri

READING
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1. @(H:J..-\,1 Look at the images above. Suggest fi ve words you expect to find in a short text about Nordic
no ir crime shows.

2. What is special about th is type of show? Read and find o ut. How many words did you guess?

3. nnrn1-~ l~Halk about the questions.

1. Why do you think these series are called Nordic noir? In what two ways are t hey "noir" or "black"?
2. What do the main characters have in common? What do you th in k aboút representing women in this way?
3. Have you ever seen any of these shows? What did you think of them?
4. lf you've never seen one, does the article make you interested or not?

GRAMMAR 1
. ~swer the questions.
l~ ow many adverbs of frequency can you find in the article abGut Nordic noir? Underline them.
& Do these words go befare or after the verb be?What about ot her verbs?
~ Wheredothese wordsand ex -
t4•W#a~a-,11J:J•1•1#ue
almost always rarely normally often hardly ever usually )
never (O) sometimes (5) 1
ª wa ys (10

4, What follows the verb tend in the text? Where does lt fit on the scale in question 3?
Say what shows you tend to watch.What do you hardly ever watchl
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LISTENING e . 1.
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□ id you know? N o r·dic no rr was

6. How much do you know about Hans Christian not Lhe first Scandinavran genre
Andersen? Which one of these sentences is false? to become popular wo r ldw rde .
1 He was born 1n Denmark in 1805, thJionly chlld in / Hans Chrrstr an A ndersen's fai r·y

a very poor fa mlly. \ S,•r~-~ ·

- d /l,\l,-/l ,\ V tales - written in th e 19th cent ur y

,{,@ H1s father was a lawyer ~crii1s mother was a writer: - are still on e of th e t en most
translated works in the w o rld .
\ 3. H1s father used to read hi~ ends and stories as
And h1s birthday, April 2nd , rs now
a child. '<w~ lntern atronal Children's Boo k D ay.
4. His mother didn't use to read to him at ali!

7. 66 1.11 Listen and check your ideas in Exercise 6. What extra information did you hear?

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,•.-, 1:X PI_O HE (H'-H- B'-H: Find out what's wrong with the titles of these famous Andersen fairy tales.
Which ones have you read? Have you seen any of the movies?
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The -8eet:1t~ful· Duckling The Big Mermaid The Sun Queen Th e Em peror's New Car j
l ~ '-'ly The Princess and the Banana d ~r·1
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B. 66 1.12 Listen to the short conversation and answer the questiol,/] (, \ \ \ 11 _, , ri ,
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1. Which stories did / didn't the first woman use to enjoy? W hat about the second woman? 1
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2. Which story in Explore Online isn't mentioned? ( 1111"
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GRAMMARf~ -
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,se 6.

Cpmplete the sentencr.:; ii th 1.;; (.~bll' ·r1 , • •<':J:

Shut your eyes
-and think of a
favorite place you
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used to go to as a
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We use us--;d to + infini-t1vt: to ,_;:iik abou'.· ~.."1e:hing
few moments.
we often did in the pa,t, t-1.·c UHt 'l'.t-> dor:', do now
Did you 1 _ _ _ _ read ,An de--,en's fa iry t;,les when
you were a child?
2
Yes, 1 ____ read them quite often.
No, 1 3. read them at ali.
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WRITING
11. l=l'A:1:fi : U Jll riIPJ)#J) Ask five other people:

... what children's TV shows they l

what
-n,v shows they
i
used to watch as a child. \\y watch
· .. usua-'-_ __now.

12. Write a short description of a show that you

really enjoy now or used to enjoy as a child . Use
the article on page 16 to help.

_As ~ h,ld, m'/ fo.vor-ite show wos

_L~atc.hed ii• ever-'/ Sai·ur-da'/ mornin&:,,c...
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 Lesson 2 The world of telenovelas
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You f,rst!
Have you ever seen t .
What kind of show . ~is show¡
IS 1t? ·

Who kl.lled Max? // seve:a1;ears \ º ·._ now, telenovelas have :

·- ... __ been changing, ,. ·1
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n the evening_pf October 19111, 2012, the final episode of the mega hit "telenovela" Avenida Brasilwas
dueto go on the air:The big question was: Who killed Max? Al mos t a hundred million people were
expected to watch and find ou~v"é~ ·rr~_sigent Rousseff cance!ed a local election~hat night
because she was afraid no one would turn up./- ' 'v' rt1rl •' ·:
Telenovelas are the Latin American equivalcnlo_!,' ~o~p operns.and they are a strong tradition ali over
Latin America. They run from Monday to Saturday for about 150 episodes, and ncarly everybody watches them. People
talle about them at work and on social media. Ifyou miss an episode, it's easy to fi.:el left~ 1. ~/ •0 1:¡.,l. l
Telenovelas are not the $ame as they used to pe, however. In the past, thcy were usually about the lives ofthe glamorous
super-rich in theÍ ~ ~o~:St nyd ; eili½ n;r¡hb;rhoods. But fot severa[ years now, telenovelas have been changing,
A new middle cl~as been ~~erging~~~ il ;~dir(
;tÍ~;r Latín American countries. These peop~ d
oftheir o ~ n d ofwho they are, and ,tqday's telenovelas are about them. o-,,,.,'¡¿J(::J..ó . 1

So ~ ap opera~ ~~t-;~cii l~ in fact, TV Globo, the TV channel that produced Avenida Brasil, spe»ds
a lot of money doing research in order to find out what Brazilians are really like and what they want to see on TV The
producers will even make changes part-way through a series if they disco ver that is what audiences want!
But soap operas also influence society an~Many viewers want to wear the same clothes, shoes, and makeup
There is even
as the characters in their favorite soaps, and they want to have the same objects and fumiture in their houses. .
~ . . . . f h TeJenovelai
ª ~ where v1ewers can find mformat1on about ali of these thmgs and details of how t g e t ~ ~e~10 c.fé\q '
. ' . . . . . - d t· tured spectacu
can mfluence people s choice of vacat1on destmahon, too. The senes Salve Jorge was set in urkey, an ea
scenes oflstanbul and Cappadocia. After the series, the number ofBrazilians traveling to Turkey rose by 74o%!

READING
·deas-
d check your ,
1. l &:1 ■ 1#1-~1 On the evening of October 19 , th
2. Read the article above an falk .
2012, Brazil's energy companies were seriously
worried about a blackout. Why do you think
they were worried? - -
3. Work in pairs. Look at
about their meaning r

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4. Write true (T), false (F), or doesn't say (DS).Then correct the false statements.
1. On the evening of October
1
19 \
20,12, ali the lights went out in Brazil,
2, 100,000,000 people went to a pol1t1cal meeting that night 'f
hfS s)(~ ry 1'"i~
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3, Telenovelas in Latin America run for about six months,__1 Cu,;; Y

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4. They used to be about people with ~ of money, but not anymore , (Í7fi.'9--~)
5, Today's telenovelas are different because of changes in society, í ,
6, The producers pay no attention to feedback from the viewers. fS
S. (f} Don't look at the article. In ·...;hat ways
do telenovelas influence people's behavior? Make a list of what
you remember. Then read and check your answers. __

6, ii:11~13 How many ideas can you add to your list in Exercise 5? (t bouf
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SPEAKING '~{ \]el

7. Work in small groups. Choose two of these questions to talk about. Then report back to the class.
1. Were you in Brazil on Octo ber 19t h , 2012? Did you w atch that final episode? lf you did, w hat was your reaction?
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1,- 2, What telenovelas or soap ope1·as are ~ urrerrtly'o n TV in your country? Do you w atch any of them regularly?
•· 3, Do you enj oy w atching soap ope,·as 0 1· do yt u di slik~\ hem? Why?
¡.J :
~ .Ál:-.{y 9 4, Many soap operas nowadays exp loi'e issues like bu llying a r mental illness. Do you think this is part of their role?
(
Is it useful? Can yo u t hi nk o f an exampl e from a show you w atch?

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GRAMMAR .:.cÍi~f
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PRESENT PERFEC~ ~f . i ~~
structure Telenovel,t:, h;;11e been r.h angi ng structure ~ A new middle cl ass has been emerging
recently,
Telen oveia::. :i.Jrted changing in the past meani ng A new middle class started t o emerge
and they a,·e stil l changing today. re cently, and it hasn't fini shed doing so.
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8. Write sentences using the present perfect continuous and the words in parentheses .
1. lt w as raining this mo rning and this afternoon, and it's still raining this evening, (ali day) It's been n:;uning ali day
2. Prices started going up in January, and they are still going up now in December: (ali year)
3, 1 tried to call you lots oftimes this w eekend, and l'm still trying, (ali w eekend)
4. You wore that shirt on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Now it's Friday, and you've still got it on! (ali w eek)

WRITING
9. Work in pairs.
STUDENT A: Look at page 68.
[ STUDENT B ·]

1O. Write and act out a scene from a soap opera. Read your
,opening lines in the speech bubble. Use these questions
to help you. __.,,,,.--

Wviat c,vi arne,fo y- rn i8 viLsa'j ·l·vi is ? ' W vi o fo ?

\1 Jvioi 1s ·I lr1c; r.d uo:hon ?
Wvio t doc:,r, vic ¡ c;vic ~ o on i ·o s o.'/? Wvio"I- 1s i-l,,1e There's something I've been meanin g
t' (;' ,p C;r 1r,1; r'
to tell you . It's been bot,hering me
-for a long time.
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Lesson 3 lnfiuential people

David Attenborough -
EA RLY LIFE I EDU CAT IO N I CAREER

David Attenboroug h was vo ted one of the top ten "heroes of our time" by the New S
t ~
esrnan
magazine in 2011 Even in his ninet1es. he was still hosting natural history and wildlife sho
- ws on
the BBC For more than 60 years. h1s shows have 1nfluen~ed a generat,on of wildlife filmm k
a ers
He has also published many books and has played a ma]Or role .1n env,ronmental proi ects
around
the wodd

Diane Sawyer
EARLY LIFE I EDUCAT ION I CA REER

D1ane Sawyer 1s an A merica n TV 1oe.1rna list and has been work, ng in 1ou rna l1sm and media since 'I
1
1967 She has had a var,ety of roles ancl bega n her career as a TV weather reporter 1n her home stato
th¡
1

of Kentucky Early on. she went to work asan a1cle 111 the W h1te House and wrote s t ~ s for
Pres1dent As a reporter. she became fa mous fo r do1ng h1gh profile 1nterv1ews w1th world leadersand
fa mous actors 81ane has rece1ved many awa rds. 1nclud1ng two Emmy J'..wards for outstand1ng new;
ach1e,1 ements. and was narned 1n Forbes 1:7agazi11e·s L1st of !he Wo rld 's 100 Most Powerful Women

READING
1. Talk about the questions .
1. W hat, if anything, do you know about the m an and w o man in t rie ph()t os above ' tl ,
2. W hat kinds of show s is t he man involved in/
3. Have you ever seen the woman befare? -
4. Who is famous for journalism in yo ur country? ' ¡)

2. Read the information above to find one simi larity and one differerice between David and Diane.

3. <:} Cover the information in the article above . Answer the questions. Then read and check your answers.
1. Who has been working in television longer? How much longer? 4. V✓ho has worked as a writ er as well as on televi~or! ,
2. What different kinds ci shows has Diane worked on? 5. How have they both made their mark on the worlcr
1
3. In what ways are they each role models?

SPEAKING CLASS SURVEY

4. 1~11.:'lleífil•:iFind out about an influential A lfyou are a student
person in the media from your country. 1. What _ _ _ _ yo u studying?

Write a paragraph about them and give a 2. How long _ _ _ _ stud ying it?
3. _ _ _ _ you enjoy it?
presentation to your _group.
4. What _ _ _ _ you do befo re that? . h'
Félix. R.odv-íguez de la. f uente wos 5. What _ _ _ _ you _ _ __ to do when you finiS ·
fa.mous na.turnJisl• ...
B lf you are worl,ing
S. Complete the survey questions using different 1. What _ _ _ _ yo u do?
verb tenses. Answer for yourself. Then work 2. How lon g _ _ _ _ doing _th at job?
with a partner, and ask the questions for 3. _ _ __ you enjoy yo ur work 7
1
either A or B. 4. What _ _ _ _ you do befo re that? . future'
·ob1nthe
5. _ _ _ _ you go on doing t he same J _
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LISTENING 1
6. @111#1-1-1 Read the information .What do you think 7. 66 1. 13 Listen to two peo ple talking about
Karl noticed? Karl and check your ideas in Exercise 6.
Karl Stefanovic has 8. Listen again and answer the questions.
been working as a news 1. What did Karl Stefanovic do abo; t what . :;,
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anchor on Australian he.'d noticed? 1"'· r' i._; · '-' r O\ 0 ,
TV for many years. r,h ,¡ 1k1
2~ hat Jtp.t~ e tc:íl·ogJ__o..make? J
V--¡¡¡r b /¡ /m\w, - ~ 1 ~jffi tí+'\ 'Í7f . A(
Over that time he's 3. How d · people react? 1 ~ /.ll · j "I , ¡,Lt¡
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noticed something very '],,k, .. , r,;•Ji, Vr,"-1

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interesting about the 9. Talk about the questions. r)

viewers' attitude toward 1. Do you think this happens with TV bosts in

his female co-hosts. your country?
,
1
2. What do you think of this true story?
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LISTENING 2
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10. [í:111:J.:,1-1 Read the introductión. Then write down two things you think Vera ·Murray might say in
the interview.

You are going to hear a radio interview with Vera Murray, who used to be a TV
broadcaster in the UK. She is talking about her own ex e ·ene in
television and the difference in attitude towards male and female broadcasters.

l. * □ id y_ou k n □w? In 2008,

l another famo us UK host,
,._, 1,.

'
j Claudia Winkleman , appeared
· in a magazine w ith no makeup
as part of a protest aga1n st
~ 1 ' t he ai 1·-brushing of women 1n
med ia ph otos.
11. Íó 1.14 Listen and check your predictior1s in Exercise 10.'

12. (f} Can you remem be t what Vera said about these things?

the color / style / pa.1:Lern of her clothes weightshoes

age skirts
olderwomen older men
>, ;,a,·\ 'iu "' 1-w1rc,,, ·rec-' 1c
13. Listen again. Check your ideas_in Exercise 12 and add anything you missed.
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14. ¡ Vera had to wear shortish skirts. What's the difference between th ~se úings?
high / highish heels short / shortish skirts nice clothes / nice-ish clothes tight / tightish jeans

SPEAKING Did yougee the gix o'clock newg? Wagn't it ghocking?

15. What do you think of Vera's story? What parts
of it shock you the most?

16. ~•4 ■ uJ¡L'"IUliO Make notes and talk a.bout

what happened. Work in groups of three .
· • Have you ever been t he victim of this kind of
criticism? (Or do you know of anyone who has?) ,t
• How did you respond? _ _ _ _ __,,_,,,....f

17. l~ll~ ll!!U.:,1•:n:hink of sorne other examples

of this kind of criticism. Write down your ideas,
research them, add images (if you can), and
present them to the class.
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1. Match the questions and answers.

1. What's on? a) Sorry, 1didn't realize

2. Where's t he remote it was so loud.
(control)? b) 1t hink it's on ABC.
3. What time does your e) No, it's OK.
show sta,·t? l'm enjoying this.
4. What channel is it on? d) Right about now I think.
5. Can you turn the e) You're sitting on it!
vo lume down a little? D Nothing much.
6. Do you want to
change the channel?

2. O 1.1 5 Listen and mark the exchanges in Exercise 1 that you hear. Which two exchanges don't you hearl

3. Talk in groups. What do you think about Ted's interaction with the women?

4. 6d 1. 15 Complete the requests you heard in the conversation. Listen again and check.
Which are more / less polite?
1. Mind if we _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ __ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
2. Can you _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
3. D o you th ink you could _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ __ _ _ __
4. W ould you mind not _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ __

5. Now match these responses with the requests.

a) Oh, sorry. b) Uh, no. d) OK, ~i )

6. ~ 1.1 6 AII these words, except one, have th e luí so und {as in W(!u:d /wud/). Circle the one thatdoesn't
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Then listen, check, and repeat.

book could food foot full good look pull push put should stood

7. p]¡ bd 1. 17 Mark the words that link together.Then listen, check, and p ractice.
1. Could you t ake a look at t his?
2. D o you mind if I open a w indow?
3. Wo uld you mind not pushing?You just st epped on my foot !
8. Complete the sentences with do or doing.
1. Pl ease don't _ _ _ that.
2. Can / Could you not _ _ _ t hat , please?
3. Please st op _ _ _ that.
4. Can / Cou ld / Wo uld you st op _ _ _ that , please?

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Look at the reading on page · p
from a well-known TV series. Film the scene . . ·¡ cher soa
online of Avenida Bras1 or ano . ubcideS
and share you r video online or with the class. th 5
opera you know and wacch it (W' . 1
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Which kind of
show is more
your thing?

his television series, whi c h first (appear) on TV In the UK

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and lreland in 2010, ·_ _ _ _ (beco m e) one o f the most popular
television dramas in th e w o rld in th e last few ye ars. O ve r 120 million
view ers in more than 200 co untries o r reg io ns 3 ·_ _ _ _ (see) lt, and
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it _ _ __ (be) a bi g h it in Bra zil , C hina, the Middl e East, Ru ssia,
Singapo re , South Ko rea, the US, a nd, o f co urse , Europe.

The series is set in a m a gnifi cent countr y est a t e in t he north o f Engl a nd . lt s._ _ __ (follow) th e liv es of
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the wealthy C ra w ley family and the ir se rva nts during th e fir st part o f the 20th ce ntury. Thin gs ·_ _ __

(be) ve ry diffe rent in th ose days . A lot o f impo rta nt eve nts ha p p e ned during th ose years : in 1912, the
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Tita nic ·_ ___ (sin k), a nd from 19 14 to 19 18, the w or ld 8_ ___ (b e) a t wa r. The series shows h ow
t hese events 9 _ __ _ ( hcve; on irnpact o n eve ryo ne , t he C rawley fa mi ly and servants ali ke .

The re 'º- - -- (b e) onlv six seaso ns a ltog eth e r. The sixth a nd

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finoi ene (fin ish) in th e UK in De c embe r o f 2015, t o
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t ne ;, r~,ot di sappoi ntment of m any people, who ·_ _ __

, ( 1c pe) 11 ,,1o uld go 011 foreve r! lt 13· (wi n) a larg e

:·,u:--r.t:,e r of a w a rd s. So why 'º ___ _ (be) it suc h a n e norm o us
success? A.udie nc es ' 5 (soy) it's b ecause the c hara c t e rs
ore fos ci nating , a nd th e costu m es a nd settings are gorg e o u s.
But its p roduce rs 16
· (thi nk) that t he main reaso n v iewers
eve ryw he re 17
· _ _ __ (love) it so mu c h is becau se it s themes
and sto ries 18 · (be) unive rsal and ti m e less .

6. ii:11~13 Discuss ideas for each question and

come up with two lists.
1. N ame at least five things t hat have cha nged sin ce
the early 20 th century.
1. What words would you use to describe the two 2. People in the early 20 th century had very d ifferent
shows in the photos? kinds o f e ntertai nm e nt. W hat kin ds of thi ngs do you
t hink they used t o do in the even ings?
2. Read the article, but don't complete it yet. Which
photo does it go with? How do you know? 7. bó 1. 18 Not everybody liked the show. Listen to
eight points of view. Mark each speaker's opinion:
3. Now complete the article with the correct form of positive (v), negative (x), or neither (?) .
the verbs . You will need to use different tenses.
2_ 3 4_ 5 6_ 7_ 8_
4. Work in pairs. Talk about why you chose each .
tense for the verbs in the article.
8. <:} Can you remember what each speaker says?
Use these prompts to help you. Then listen again
5. (f.} Cover the article and answer the questions . and check.
Then read and check. 1. st and / uni~ea li st ic s. black and w hite / good
1. Why has t hi s seri es been so po p ular? 2. begin ning / best or· e vil / g1~ay a rea
2. Whe re and w hen is it set ? 3. drama / hi stor y 6 . clear / ambiguity / thin k
4. mu sic / soon / sit 7 . clea1- / co nfu sing
3. W hat is it about?
8. co mme nt / ne ver
4. Wh ich co untr ies are m e ntio ne d? Has it be e n o n TV
1n yo ur country? 9. Have you ever seen the show? What do you think?

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Only 3% i. the world's Wat

is fresh water; yet all life 2_ Eart~r
A. The Water Festival 3
depends _ _ _ it 4· water. th
celebrates the new year . - , ere
would be noth1ng: no plants no animal
in man y Southeast Asian countries. It has different names , , s,and
no people. But many people believe that
in different countries: Songkran in Thailand, Thingya n in 5
our world :'ate~ supply is - trouble
Myanmar, Chaul Chnam Thmey in Cambodia, with different
and that th1s ms1s 1s the most important

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traditions, both Hindu and Buddhist. It is also a very important
political and environmental issue 6-
festival for the Dai ethnic minority in Yunnan in China. the 21 st century.
Traditionally, people poured water on one another to show
Flaw: Far Lave afWater is an award-
respect, get rid of bad spirits, and bring good luck. But more winning documentary film made 7- _
r recently, in sorne parts of Thailand, Songkran has often turned
into a big water fight to help people cool clown at the hottest
French filmmaker lrena Salina
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rime of the vear!
10 _ _ _ the world's shrinking fresh water
It's a ti~e for spiritual cleansing and family reunions. lt's supply lt looks ,1._ _ _ how multinational
a time for doing things for other people, offering prayers and companies are stealing water 12·_ __
food ro the monks, visiting monasteries, and, for some people, 13
1 public !ci1 id and then selling rt -_ __
clearing ali the junk out of your house to bring good luck. people ,,: a very high price.
B. And then there's the Bloca da Lama, the Mud Festival, which But her film is not just full 15·_ __
takes place every year at Carnival time in Paraty, a small town horro1- stories and shocking statistics. lt
155 miles (or 250 kilometers) south of Río de Janeiro in Brazil. doe::n't 1,.1:::t focus 16·___ the problems.
Sorne people say it began in 1986, when rwo friends were fishing lt teíl·, uccess stories, too, 17·_ __
for crabs on Jabaquara Beach. They were so annoyed by the ins;J;r '1L cnal individuals 18·___ the
mosquitoes rh at they covered themselves in mud to protect w~r i(! ..vr:o have found practica! solutions

rhemselves. But in fact, rhe idea goes back much further rhan 19. t he water crisis and made a huge
rhat. Tradirionall y, rhe indigenous Indians in rhis region _u~ed ro diifor;.,ce-20 _ _ _ people's lives.
cover their bodies with the black mud for healrh or med1c111al
reasons because it was rich in iodine and sulfur. So now people b. Talk about the questions.
honor rheir ancescors by doing the same rhing OJ~ce ayear. They
1. Does the information surprise you or were
ro l! around in shallow warer, cover rhemselves w1th mud, and
you already aware of it?
rhrow ir ar each orher!
2. Does it make you want to .. . . ,
a) know more? e) not really do anyth1ng.
b) watch the film?
b. In groups, answer the questions. basic hunian
3. Do you think water shou Id be¡ a
l . What do the festívals have in common? right, like air? Should it be free.
2 In what ways are they different? •'4'•1=XPI OHI: o~,U.U\~ 1-
: find out
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more about lrena Salma an I'. e or find
4. What are their roots? also watch the documencary onb in1·ce
a trailer for ·1t on che· IMDb we
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c. Tell other people abeut a festi~al you celebrate in your
. cruccions.
country. Consider th.ese quest1ons. c. /~ll..-,ll!!Ít.:,11113 Read ehe ins
Why is th is celebration important? Then prepare a short talk. . 11 :it.>out
. hort parag1ap
W hen does it happen7 What happens? 1. Make notes and wnte a s
what you discovered onl1ne.
2. Share your ideas w1·th yoLII' grnup.
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VOCABULAll'f: nulcal lnnnments; body rnetaphors;where to put thfngs; saying what you like
FUNCnON: compllmentlng someone's perfonnance

You first!
How important is
music in your life?

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bagpipes bass guitar cello double bass drums flute , guitar harp
keyboard kora piano saxophone sit~ trnmbone trumpet violín
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3. [í:tl):$--S.1 Talk about the questions.

1. Wh ich instrument s from Exerc ise 1 do the world -famou s musicians in the photos play?
2. Where do you think the musicians are from?

4. b6 1.20 Listen and check your ideas.

5. Listen again and make notes about each person . Use these questions to help you .
Where are they from? ' Where were they born? Who are their parents? When and where do / did they play?

6. i ::\!A=lii••:1 ■ )1fill):I) Find people who can or used to play a musical instrument. Find out:

- wnen mey staded

- wnen and wnen mey play and prne-t,c.e
- wnat insiYument mey would líke to play ¡f tney don't play one

(•) EXPI_() H 1:: O N J _I •~ E Find and listen to audio clips by the

musicians on this page . Whose music do you like best?

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Do you
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Against the odds

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jango Reinhardt was a Belgian gu t

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velyn Glennie comes from the north of Scotland 1n
fam ily. H1s father (an art1st) and hi'5 ari 5lfrorn 8~
the UK. When she was a ch1ld, she learned to play
sold furn1 ture to make a t1v117 g rnother(ad, l\'t¡
the clarinet But by the age of 12, she real 1zed that ' . ~
she couldn't hear very well, and. soon she wasn't able DJal7go d1dn t have much educatiol7, but he
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to hea r at all. She dec1ded to play th e drums 1nstead the v1ol1n, and the guitar, and by the age ofp ªYedthe 0¡¡
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The mus1c teacher at her school thought it wou ld be to earn a l1ving as a mus1c1an 117 and arou nd·P ~sa i
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1mpossible now that she was deaf, but Evelyn real1zed Whe17 he was 18, there was a flre 117 his cara aris,fra,:
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that she could "hear" mus1c w1th d1ffe re nt parts of her badly burned Th e th 1rd and fourth flngers of hi nd he~
body - not Just her ea rs. She was ab le to feel rhythm were paralyzed The doctors sa1d he woutd 17,t Pla 5 lelt na~
and p1tch w1th her fl ngers, her stomach, her legs, and But they were wrong. He ma17aged to learn ho~~usicag¡,,
her feet A few years late r, she managed to get a place
1 d1fferel7t new style us1ng only his 117dex and rnidd?ay ~¡
at the Royal College of Mus1c 1n London, and today she DJal7go Re1nhardt played w1 th the arnazing efi~
1s one of the best (and most fam ous) pe rcuss1on 1sts Stéphane Grappell11n the Hot Club in Paris, Francel~~/0ur~
in the world. cons1der h1 m one of the greatest Jazz rnusician; f Y~t
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1. Read the infa rmation above and a9swe r the questions. t , ¿, (J.rA r-
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2. Why are / were t hey different from other musicíans who play the same ¡nstr uments? · • 1 ., !~ Jlv·d ,,.
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2. Wo rk in pairs. STUD ENT A:An swe r t he questi o ns fa r Evelyn . LST U DE N T B: Answer the guestlons forDi1~
See questions ·1-3 far Evelyn and questions 1-3 fa r Django below the boxes.Then share your answers.

STUDENT A (Evelyn) STUD ENT B (Django)

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2. What did her teacher think?
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3. What did she do afterwariV r
3. What ,d1d he do afferwardsl ·
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Evelyn Glenn1e. Listen to the1r music . Then compare what you found.
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3. Match sentences 1-3 with definitions a-e.

COULD I WAS ABLE TO I MANAGED TO

1. He managed to learn how to pl ay in a different sty*e. a) had the ability to do something
2. She realized she couldn'~ _hear very well. ~ b) did something even though it w as very difficult
3. He was able to earn a l1 v1ng. _,..., e) didn't have the ability to do something

4. Complete this sentence about a specific eve9t in the past with two of these expressions: could, was able to,
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6. ldentify these parts of t he body !i'l t he pho to.

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7. Cornpl~te the rnetaphors with sorne of th e words in Exercise 6.You will need to us'e two of the words twice.
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1. Could you lend me a i ? can't do this by myself. = help me j f.
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2. Re ~ __ulling--; ;;, _ 4---. ~ 1

3~ ked for his help, but he didn't lift a ,;,n;r 1 • = he did nothing
4. 1 don't mind making a mistake. 1 just don't 'want t o lose (, , r .: in front
of ali those people. = !ook like a fool - l-{1 1.. -
5. 1 hope w e'II be lucky. l'm keeping my f"«Vf s crossed.
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= someone symP.athetic , ' '.,..
7. Keep your ~ "' &t,ltmight not be as bad as you think. ,
= don't desPaair (,~
8. This house repair is going to cost an ~ and a - ½ - -·
= it's very expensive
8. § Do you have the same metaphors in your language?t not, what 1

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- how '/º u. ma.nll0ed i·o do it in i·he end . , ,,\
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The .world sends us its garbage.

We send back music.
The kids icolás Gómez (Cola). the man in the photo , . ~

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on the right, lives in the town of Cateura in
loved music.
Paraguay. Cateura is one big, big, big garbage
Butthey __d.-tn-np. There is trash everywhere. At the t
had no dump, in the streets. Everywne're. And everyone in ( .-4...
instruments. Cateura works at the garbage dump. {Cola also works
at the dump. He collects trash every day. Then he takes
sorne of it to his workshop and~ to recycle it.
One day, Cola was working with a piece of tin when
Favio Chávez walked in. Chávez was carrying a violin. He
said, "Can you make a violín out of garbage?" According to
one version of the story, Cola had never seen a violin befare, but he studied
~ ~ . Favio's violín and measured it. By the end of the day, he had made his first
instrument! And once he had started, he c ouldn't stop! Soon he had built
/ e ellos, double basses, flutes , trumpets ami ...

l Let's rewi nd and start the story from the beginning.

Luis Szarán is a conductor. Sorne years befare our story starts. he had ' !\
decíded to give everyone in Paraguay tht: experience of music because,
he said, "Music can change people's lives." One day, he went to Cateura.
The kids there loved his music and everyone wamed to try it. But they didn't
have any instruments, and they didn't have money to buy any. That' s when
Favio Chávez entered the story. He is an ecological technician, but he ]oves music,
too, and he knew (and had worked with) Luis Szarán. Suddenly he hada brainwave.
The kids wanted instruments; they couldn't afford to buy any. But what they did
have was garbage . Lots and lots of garbage. And that' s when he went to see Cola.
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Soon the kids all had instruments (made by Cola), so Chávez .s.t.arted-a- s.mall
orchestra . He called it the Recycled Orchestra. And people loved it! And then.
someone put a video on Facebook, and things took off. Suddenly everyone wanted
to hear and see the Recycled Orchestra from Cateura,
Paraguay. Favio Chávez took "his" kids ali around
South America and then to Europe. They even
played concerts with the heavy metal band
Metallica in front of hundreds of thousands
of people!
Now people ali over the world know about
the Recycled Orchestra and are sending new
musical instruments to the kids of Cateura so
they don't have to play with only garbage-made
instruments. But what a wonderful reuse of old
materials. The world has learned something from
the creativity of the Recycled Orchestra.

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