Workbook Answer Key UNIT1 Vocabulary 1 1F 2636 48 5c 6D 2 1 true friend 2. next-door neighbours 3 blood relatives. 4 single parent 5 second cousin 6 current boyfriend cluttered 2 cosy neighbourhood 4 lie-in terraced house 6 household unwind terraced house neighbourhood 3 cramped cosy Sminimalist. 6 cluttered household 8 lien Poker is different because the ‘others are related to photography. 2. Rollerblading is different because the others involve boards. 3. Darts s different because the others are played with balls. 4 Rolls cifferent because the others are related to cards. Use of English: Part 3- Word formation 11 confusing 5 depressed 2 disgusting 6 amusing 3 exhausted 7 petrified 4 frustrating 2 1 politicians 6 attention 2 organised 7 charming 3 pressure 8 independence 4 adaptable 9 socially 5 youngest. 10 demanding Grammar 11 Dotyoutive 4 Do (you 2 amliving know 3 have (recently) 5 has applied 6 has invited, 2 1 Are(you)gelting 2 feel Shavedone 4 amkeeping 31 haven't seen 2 bumped 3 has/ had (just) come 4 told 5 had 1 has tried, stopped 2 moved, seen 3 been looking, found 4 called, been feeling 5 asked, haven't done 6 been doing, havent finished 7 been roasting, overcooked 1 2 3 5 8 0 have (ust) had have been arguing hhave fallen 4 is beginning lost 6 accused 7 is being makes 9 manages suppose 1! get 1 They have been going out together for a few weeks. 2 [have just had lunch, 3. She doesn't usually remember iy birthday. J only bought it three months. ago. What is he doing these days? Has she found them yet? The others have already left. | have known her since we were at primary school Use of English: Part 2 - Open cloze 1 1. My friend Rachel and | used to hhave a lot in common when we were younger but we've grown apart recently. 2 didn’t use to do many household chores, 3 There used to be a large tree in front of our house but it's been cut down, | did the washing-up last night. 7 if It 20n 3other 4 to but 6 there 7 as 8 to 9 by 10 to M would us ome Skills 1 2/31 4 (suggested answers) 11 'Standstll’ must be a noun ‘meaning ‘not moving’. 2 An‘acre’ must be anoun describing size. 3 ‘Dangling’ must be a verb ‘meaning “to hang. 4 "Puce! must be an adjective Cescribing the colour of your face when you are embarrassed ~dark red, 5 'Glum’ must be an adjective describing the way you look when you feel sad boring 2 stare angrily 3 unfairly treated (suggested answers) 2 You hear a irl talking about her relationship with her sister and brother. In her opinion, why does she argue with her sister? 3 You overhear a boy leaving a phone message for his girifriend. What is the purpose of the message? 4 You overhear a conversation between a mother and father about the computer games their son plays. How does the mother feet? 5 You hear part of a radio interview with a famous writer. What advice does she give young people about creative writing? 6 You overhear two friends talking about a new shopping centre. What did they both approve of? 5/618 28 3C 4c 5B 6c 71 Megan 2 informal 3. apologise and explain why you haven't been in touch, say you can't meet at the café and explain why, say you haven't got Jenna's email address but you've Got her mobile number, make an alternative suggestion “to goto the music festival Suggested answen The style is appropriate and the student has included most relevant Points. However, he / she fails to include that he she does not have Jenna's email address but has her ‘mobile number. 9 1 but 2 and 3 too 4 because 5 also 6 0r 750 10 1 Sorry I cin't get back to you Let me know i you fancy it {ve been meaning to get in touch life's been pretty hectic Fmatraid cart make i it would be really great to catch up ‘was wondering if you'd ike to UNIT 2 Vocabulary 11 build 2 chubby 3 complexion 4 shoulderength 5 fringe 6 spiky 7 dyed 8 sporty 2 (student's own answers) 3 1 gold 2 head 3 neck 4 fish 5 himself 6 trumpet 7 soul 4 A4 86 C2 07 EI 3 GS 5 1 dressup 2 suit 3 tried 4 fits 5 striped 6 trendy 7 tight 8 loosen up 9 on 10 fabric 11 grown out of 12 ripped Use of English: Part 1 - Multiple-choice cloze 11 hungry 7 spotless 2 ridiculous 8 small 3 pleased 9 surprised 4 massive 10 soaking 5 beautiful 11 bad 6 wonderful 2 1 soaking spotless 2 hungry 5 pleased 3 astonished 6 awful 3 1A 28 30D “4A SC 6C 7B 8A 9B 10D IC 128Grammar 5 u: 1 what 2 whose 3 which 4 which “5 whose 6 who 2 7 where 3 which, 6 who 3 (student's own answers) 1 Will Young, who is an English singer-songwriter, won the first ‘ever Pop Idol. 2 Zerot, where | buy all my skate boarding gear, is closing down, 3 This diamond bracelet, which | Inherited from my grandmother, is worth a fortune, 4 Myeldest sister, who youve = never met, has got very freckled skin. 5 The X-Factor, whdse prize is usually a recording contract, is @ musical talent competition held in various countries. 1A 2A 3B 48 5B 6A 7A 88 of English: Part 4— Word formation 1 1 We're going to watch a documentary about orangutans after dinner. 2 We nearly missed the plane because we misread the message on the screen and went to the wrong gate. 3. Although Maite came to the cinema by car and Montse took the train, they both arrived at exactly the same time. 4 My grandfather used to be a sports teacher. He no longer works but he's still an active person who loves adventure activities lke canoeing and mountain-climbing. 5 When my great-grandmother \was a gitl she didn’t go to school In those days girls didn't always have an education, 6 Emily is an amazing cook and she loves cookery books. She's got the biggest collection I've seen, adjectives to describe clothes: colourful, stylish, trendy 1D 2F 3G 4€ SI 68 7A 8C 9J 10H 2 Business Studies buyer 4 (harmful) chemicals insects 6 old leather car seats 19 million 8 poisoning 1 acoat 3 5 dl 9 celebrities 10 drawing skills 1 2 3 students and teachers chatty, magazine style hhow you know the person, their personality, their achievements, how they have influenced you ‘The answer covers the points well, though could expand further on Zena's personality. ne of the most influential people in my life is a 92-year-old lady called Zena. Zena is our next door neighbour and I've been visiting her and listening to her fascinating stories for as long as | can remember. although we're not ‘elated, she's always treated me like grandson. Zena had to finish her education at ‘ato help support her family. She met her fiancé, Johan, when she was 16. The day before they were due to get married, Johan, then a pilot in the Second World War, died when his plane crashed. Despi this tragedy, Zena became an air ambulance nurse and risked her life treating wounded soldiers as they were being fiown back from France. Zena is still mentally very active and hhas a wicked sense of humour! She's ina lot of physical pain but never makes a fuss. Her extraordinary bravery has made a huge impact on me. Whenever it seems that life's a struggle | think about what she's been through and remember that there are worse things to worry ‘about than girfriend problems and too much homework! 7 ‘Twice a week | have piano lessons UNIT 3 with a retired professional pianist. & My great-auntis in hospital atter having a bad fal. 'm going to visit her after school whose mother works as a she is wearing belong to the boy whose cousin is couldn't / can't find the belt | we go to the cinema of the jeans (which / that) 1 is the only night (when/that) ‘an aunt who works as ot omsuns Skills 1 kinds of fabric: leather, organic cotton. 2 things that dyes can be made from: chemicals, insects, plants Vocabulary 1 a journey: boarding pass, cabin crew, camper van, crossing, flight, ferry, seat belt 2 accommodation: camper van, fiverstar hotel, tent 3. things you take with you: currency, insect repellent, phrase book, suncream, sleeping bag, ‘swimming trunks, tent 4 the seaside: cif, ferry, sand, suncream, swimming trunks 5 things you do on holiday: relaxing sightseeing, sunbathing 1 crossing 2 insect repellent 3 light 4 currency 5 sightseeing 6 cliff 7 tent 8 campervan 3 1 forests 2 orchards 3 valleys 4 peaks 5 ranges 6 streams 7 season 8 mild 9 scorching 10 dusty 11 downpours 12 floods 4 Ff 2H 3E 4) 56 6c 7A 8D 98 101 Use of English: Part 1 - Multiple-choice cloze 11 campsite 7 tourquide 2 resort 8 travel guide 3 camping 9 travel agent 4 luggage 10 tourists 5 rucksack 11 guests 6 suitcase 12 day-trippers 2 1D 2A 3A 4D 58 6A 7c 80 9A 10D 1B 12D Grammar 1 tA went 20 were driving, started 3C wasraining 4G decided SF was driving, pulled 6J been travelling, fell TE was shining 88 got 9 realised, were standing OH had parked went, had never been had you been waiting, announced met, were travelling had never ridden, hired, were staying broke, was skiing did, were living got, laid wouldn't/didn't let, was wearing ‘ound, showed told, were playing discovered, bought took 5 had bit, was sleeping, warned booked, told threatened, locked, had misunderstood I had never been on an aeroplane betore | did the parachute jump. 2. Assoon as the storm had blown over, the sun came out 3. We had been travelling for over ten hours when we arrived at the campsite. 4 While | was walking alongside the river, Inearly stepped on a grass snake. 5 When | unpacked my suitcase, | realised |had left my phone charger at home. 6 After the downpour had stopped, the tennis players continued their ‘match, 7 Ihadn't eaten a truly delicious ‘teak until went to Argentina, 8 Once the cabin crew had checked everybody was wearing their seat bolt, the plane took off istUse of English: Part 2- 3 inthe nick of time | can assure you that 100 percent Open cloze 4% the whole time of your contribution will goto the rea 5 behind te times chatty. tm going topos post 1-1 ie peroneal é ofatine some photos ofthe rekon my lo, 2 Sheenjoyed the nlday so much, famtinetotime Carre xx she dt want to come home, 31 havepassed 4 hevesoved 3. He's too young totravel alone. 4 2 have finished 5 have sold 4 There's so much ido in : 3 belting bevevng Barcelona sea Petes TD ctusenrs om answers 5 Fvenever ad /beenonsuch a gnnat tae age bumpy flight. = Use of English: Part 4 - 6 There wasn't enough space in the |bark, miaow, [neigh Jsing Key word transformations Eerie row purr fee 2 1 enough more © there fe te, Joe Toes] ". b ettroying 3 travel Peau” 6 hao rWotrer —fscraten_fseraten aon 3 towaste” 6 pay 3 like 7 such Ml the |claw.fur, |claw, fur, [fur, hoof, |beak, | 2 Al B4 C3 DS E6 F2 4 each 8 too 12 times paw, tail, |paw, tail, |tail Iclaw, ; : | 1 tha) span to years wot suits str: [amihers feathers, | (has)spent tw 2 (suggested answers) = aL wi 3 regret that/regret to tell you 2 ed not receive flsuopor when ten for CthoDiregret to intorm you el tihad ret to say had he / she suggested taking a gap. year? 4 woulde’t/would not/didn’t let me 3. needed to make changes tohis/ Use of English: Part 3-Word 3 didnit/aid notimean.te cau her original travel plans? formation 6 tomake mistakes from time 4 believed that a gap year would st EEE eee 7 has given up going help him/her makeanimportant * 3c tance @ preference 8 give youa hand decision? i 3 complaint 7 solution Skills 5 was sure about what he / she wanted to study at university? aNealire 142 B4 CB 03 EI FS 6 hadto be trained in preparation 2 1 arrangement 4 offence 2 1G 28 36 4 5A 6c for his /her gap year work? 2 obligation § attendance ; 7 wastreated differently rom how 3 refusal «6 discovery Ue lint Sra enenee 0 ei shapaneced? csp 1 difference 6 achievement 3 itshe got it 9 is sittercteet witinpenels he / See eee 4 forgetting to pack some essentiat stil in contact with people recycle unusual equprient ie mab nel sbreade Tt 4 intention 9 necessary 5 bad weather conditions ‘Tage ip peace & 5 performance 10 championship being tached by wid animals cep level of understanding of anther way of life? Grammar J, fats crest het 1 foundan element of ther g8p tops 8 conden nthe relabity of is year personally rewarding? 2 ated lpi 9 nervous about survivin. 12 discovered aol about hislt/ Bin catia Targoing tusave gece sho ses eee, 4 sbabysiting 11 study good photos EIN RLACPURE 5 'sqoing to pour 12 different pubications he with his/her university Beart watch [ti wach Pp course 7 Vmaot realy) doing, = 4 TC 2A 3A 4B 5B 6B 3 18 28 3C 4B SC 6A TA 8 does (the coach) get Bc 9C TOA A/S 9 BC 2 tievervbowy UNITS 4 Speaker B Speaker 2:A As some of you may know, I'm doing Vocabulary Speaker 3:F Speaker 4:0 {'m going to do a trek tothe highest y the city: congestion, hectic, high: Speaker 5:€ point in Southeast Asia, Mount rise building, multi-storey car park, Kinabalu, this summer. The trek k j 51 First 2 Then " slum, suburbs, Underground 3 While 4 As soon as eee the country: cottage, remote, scenery 5 By thetime 6 Eventually ny Sess xuoramis poe both: commute, green space, ant ~ Vl get to the summit the : d 7 Alterwards 8 atter lene, pavement, run-down, stunning views UNIT 4 I'm doing the trek to raise money 2 1 remote 5. high-rise builing forthe charity SOS Orangutan. 2 suburbs 6 slum Vocabulary Experts predict that these amaving -—«3-pavement 7 commute Pere ta Creatures will become extinct in 10 4 congestion 8 rumdowa greenhouse 2 packaging 0.20 years if rainforest destruction cottage noni 3 andl 4 polluted cantinvesat is currentrate, corm =} Cote |S ements 7 ecortiendly worthwhile cause, 3 Stunning views 2 1H 2B 3C 4G SE 6D 7F ''d be thrilled if you would sponsor ‘me, Just follow this link = www, 3 1 tokilltime Ot nine lueesuhisr la sosorangutan.org/donations and Ase)‘sponsorship launched, promote junk products spam persuading targeted stall 2 carriages 3 bargain malls 5 ancient 6 canal Use of English: Part 1- Multiple-choice cloze 11 prevent 2 raising 3 fetching 4 encourage 5 notice 6 denied 5 2 3 IC 2A 3C 4D SA 6B 7¢ ‘BA 9c 10D TIC 120 Grammar (student's own answers) 11 general truth, D possible, 8 hypothetical, present or future, A hypothetical, past, C take, will have pop, get hadn't spotted, wouldn't have gone didn't target, would be will buy, See: vehicle would have been completely under water 2 they wouldn't have been able to rescue him ithadnt (been) closed a year ago his sat nav hadr't told him to (rive straight ahead) Use of English: Part 4— Key word transformations 1 1 2c 38 4a 5D 2 waun- 3 4 aslong as, promise even if, paid unless, prefer even if, leave incase, don't accept wasn't / was not as hat ‘weeks since Ivan rode aslong as you take isn’t fis not old enough to 400 hot for never eaten such tasty food unless there are (some) it he hadn't / had not fallen Skills 11 lecture room ‘green lifestyle cost a fortune stumble upon ‘mix with people pose for photographs ‘green titestyle ‘mix with people stumbled upon cost a fortune posing far photographs lecture room ouawN= ousen— 1B 2C 3A 4B SC 6c (student's own answers) 2B 3A 4D SH 6C 7G 8F Tosumup 2 whereas Inmy opinion 4 However Moreaver ouae Londoners looking far a parking space one day in 2004 couldn't believe their eyes. 2 itoffers a way to reach highiy targeted audiences and to grab the attention of consumers who are so inundated with advertisements. 8 1D 2 UNIT 6 Vocabulary 1 1 fill 2 lack 3 stay 4 let 5 get 6 digest 7 bum 8 buld © speed 10 reduce (suggested answers) processed food: tinned food, ready meals, hot dogs, white bread deep fried food: doughnuts, chips, crisps, fried chicken 3 1B 2 cook 3B 4 Alean 8 acidic /bitter sour Craw 0 carbonated / fizzy / sparkling © 6 savoury A protein. B carbohydrate C fibre D cholesterol 8 Asalad Bsteak C bread 4 1 balance 2 grab 3 stretch 4 jump 5 Sprint 6 punch 5 1 sprinted after 2 losing your balance 3 doa warm upsstretch 4 punched me on the arm 5 grabbed the ball Use of English: Part 1 - Multiple-choice cloze 11 soaking 4 wide 2 brand 5 boing 3 itch 2 1 wide open 4 pitch black 2 boiling hot § brand new 3. soaking wet 3 1A 2D 38 4A SD 6C 7C 8D 9C 108 TIA 120 Grammar 1D 2a 3H 4F Ste 6 to,C 76 2 1 InJapan you can make a slurping noise while eating noodles. 2 In Taiwan you should / ought to doa loud burp to say thanks to the chet, 3 In China you should not / ought not eat everything on your plate ‘or you will be given more. 4 In Spain you don't have to / don’t need to/need not give 2 10 percent tip in restaurants, 5 In many Middle Eastern countries you must not/should not / ought not eat with your left hand, 6 In Korea you must / have to / need to / should/ought to wait Until the eldest has started eating before you do so yourself. 7. InFrance you can eat bread off the table, 1. needn't have taken / didn't need to take sandwiches because lunch was provided, 2 You ought to book a table because it might get busy there later. 3 | eel so full. | shouldn't have had second helpings of that ice cream. ‘4 Fortunately, we didn’t have to ‘queue to get into the restaurant last night, 5 It's OK, you don't need to / need ‘not order your own chips. Just have some of mine. She ought to have asked before ‘he finished off the last bit of cake, 4 1 havebeenableto 2 couldn't 3 can 4 can 5 wasableto 6 willbe able to Use of English: Part 2 - Open cloze 11 couldn't / wasn't allowed to can't / aren't allowed to haven't been allowed to can f are allowed to ‘was allowed to can't / won't be allowed to be 2 what 3 more 4 by has 6 have /need allowed / permitted/able should / must 9 to 10 being able /ready/wiling 12 will oda ansen= 1 Skills 11 AMax 2 1 adopted alifestyle that a family member was not happy about?, Text C: My mum's face fell when | finally told her I'd decided to become a vegetarian. ignored the advice of someone close to him / her?, Text A: My first Girlfriend was really obsessive ‘bout eating healthy food. But the ‘more she tried to get me to do the ‘same, the more determined | was toceat what l wanted. 3 ives with someone who is very particular about what he / she eats?, Text C: Even my younger sister, who's an incredible fussy eater .4. used to get little pleasure from eeating?, Text B:| treated food as fuel 5 gets positive comments from ‘others about his/her cooking?, Text C, ve experimented with several recipes now and some hhave gone down well with al of them. 6 changed his / her diet as he / ‘she was unhappy with his/her ‘appearance? Text A:| ended up putting on loads of weight and ry self-esteem started to suffer. So, when | turned 17, | realised | hhad to turn over a new leaf .. 7_ lives with people who rarely try new food?, Text B: Nobody else in my family is as‘adventurous in their food tastes as me. & thinks his/her parents eat unusual food?, Text C: They'll eat any part of an animal, the weirder the better. 9 ismade fun of by other people?, Text A: In fact, they often tease 10 is convinced he / she will be able toinfluence other people to try new dishes?, Text B: 'm sure ll bbe able to get them to branch out eventually 11 tried food in order to fit in with other people?, Text B:...not wanting to appear unsophisticated, ‘tucked in ke everyone alse. 12 does not enjoy a type of food he / she had previously liked?, Text A: T've gone off the taste of them, IC 28 3C 4B SC 6A 7B 8C 9A 108 1B T2A A 4,atemperature BI C2 Big White 2 photography athlete 4 38 (degrees) freezer room 6 sugar (Gangerous) cracks 8 homeless (suggested answers) provide some information | recommendations 3 inthis area 4_several/many/numerous 5 although 6 very/oxtremely 7 Inaddition 8 However 9 currently 10 Surprisingly 1 slight 12 various 13 such as 14 spend time/socialise 15 relax 16 In my opinion 17 however, UNIT7 Vocabulary 1 2 fay make: discovery, an observation carry out: an experiment, research, tests come up with: cure, evidence, a formula, an idea, a theory carry out 1 2 3 1D, breakthrough 2 experiment theory 4 discovery evidence 6 cure engine 4 board access 5 processing networking internet access 2F, keyboard 38, hard drive 4c, search engine 5A, Social networking (6£, word processing 9 1 WOYOUAUN= RUN BYRURUN helpline automated service ‘got through operator put me on hold put me through speakerphone dead go through ‘Use of English: Part 3- Word formation high/highly 9 narrowly length 10 depth Jengthen 11 shallow shorten 12 deeply long 13 strong width 14 strengthen narrow 15 strongly widely heights 5 length strengthen 6 highly widely 7 strongly lower 8 weakened reality homesickness privacy uncomfortable personality / personalities biologist daily / daytime strengthen dangerously 10 inactivity 7 Grammar 1 1 2 4 were laid, would circle being hit’ 3 be heard takes / will take, will be / will have been transported has (ever) been ciscovered / was (ever discovered) was invented saw, ad been / were discovered hhave (recently) been brought / were (recently) brought, being frozen/having been frozen areattracted 10 be folded ‘once thought to be / have been flat is believed that dinosaurs died ‘out 65 milion years ago Is known that certain foods improve your concentration said to have been a naughty pupil at school 5 known tobe / have been great astronomers 6 been predicted to rise 9 percent by 2100 | The photography prize was awarded to Peter (by the judges) 2 We are going to be shown the new science labs tomorrow. 3. She was promised a pony (by her parents) if she did wellin her exams, 4 The list of client contacts will be emailed to the sales team (by the secretary. 5 ve been sold faulty laptop. 6 Free samples of cake were being offered to customers (by the supermarket), Use of English: Part 4 ~ Key word transformations 1 1D_ have / getit enlarged 2E have / get it dyed 3G have / get a tooth removed 48 have / get them shortened SF had / got it serviced 6C have / get another one cut 1 have had the root fixed / repaired/mended 2 doesn't / does not drive as carefully 3 had my eyes tested 4 were made to 5 thought to have been bull 6 weren't / were not allowed to 7. I would cut back/down on 8 being beaten by my brother Skills 1 2/3 (suggested answers) ‘A enjoyed the ame more than | thought | would B Tkept getting stuck at the beginning of the game. There wasn’t enough variety in parts of the game. D Youneed to think more carefully than in some games. E The game isn't worth paying ful price for. F There has been a lot of excitement in the media about this game, Spoaker':C Speaker 4: Speaker 2:0 Speaker: A Speaker 3:F 1 putoff 2 more wrong 3 repetitive 4 identical 5 your brain 6 rent 7 treat B instead 9 hyped 10 TY Ml mags BOF First of all 2 despite the fact Secondly’ 4 unsuitable Last but not least unsympathetic even though 8 therefore7 bad D tumup 8 8 Don't be so sensitive, he must not ‘gt in touch with E have seen you take the blame & i 4 mbit go all my money back oon, 8 (student's own answer) 3 may / might have accepted 4 must have escaped UNITS 5 can't have been 6 must have predicted Vocabulary 7 can't have been paying 11 offended / disappointed Use of English: Part 2— 2 Open cloze frustrate 4 flattered 11 Jacek wasnt at school today sisappointed / frustrated and neither was Marek. é Sparen. 2 Teel both nersous and exced 7 grateful / relieves about the holiday. 3 Either he'll take the bus or Ii! 21 tobe very surprised about chennai something. 4 Not only did they forget to turn 2 tobe terrifed off the lights, they also left the 3 tobe axtremely pleased oeeiecre @ tobevery anor 5 I'meither going to order the 5 to begin to cry suddenly eee Bortes 3 Ad B3 CS DI ED 6 Not only has she got a great 4 (student's own answers) ade evel: ste lis the: 3 1 disappointment 7. Sam didn't know the way home 2 embarrassment 3 ansiety and neither id Wil 4 relief 5 misery 6 jealousy 2 1 with 2 that 3 both 7 gratitude 8 pleasure ths 2 tha tate sete 6 which 7to 8 for 9 been 6 1 offence 2 pride 3 relief Whave/make 1 only 12 is ise iety 6 gratitude 4 misery a 9 aiatia potieurepee 7 11 2F 3c 40 SH 6A 7B Use of English: Part 1 - 2 (suggested answers) Maltiple-cheice clore ins ts refers to people's 11 makes 2 did 3 make 4 did reasons for seeking out fear and 5 do 6 Make 7 made 8do ‘routine’ refers to ‘our risk-free 9 made 10 make modern society’. 2 1 20 3A 4C 5A 6C 2 Inc, we're and we’ eter to 7B 80 9C 1B TA BB frame ly ad Grammar contrasts with feel good for 11 He could be miserable because 4 ie folowing sartece 3's feeling unwell in, ‘in the oceans li 2. She kat soiled at me so she con't the Amazon’ and ‘in the Alps be angry nith me anymore. in the previous and following 3 He must be over the moon after SO maonnes getting those briliant grades. in, ‘he div 4 She may not be happy with what tlhe hina ete ina seer loithes him too often, running’ and ‘base jumping’ are 6 inthis internet café, you mustn't one el ‘the many ee download music illegally. pts eprtond 2 (suggested answers) 6 (no references in the text) He might have missed the bus. inn agooo0 cistosnersa 2 Ohno must have forgotten fo Jeor Takeo te matnate use the handbrake on! market described inthe previous 3 On sorry, Imust have Seater misunderstood you. 4 She can't have been hungry) «3 TA.2B 3B AC SA 6C 5 Me too. think he might have been at the party on Saturday. UNIT 9 6 That's not ike har, She can't have read the message. Nocabalary, 7 That's abitrude. She couldhave 1 Across: asked to borrow it 1 stand 4 go 7 better @ 8 lose 9 give 10 break Down: 2 achieve 3 doubts 5 set 6 believe Ic 2 3F 48 50° Ee ‘Success could also be paired with flop, and hit with failure, However, there would be a mismatch in terms of register. 1 beat 2 all 3 quality 4 drew § scoring 6 won 7 foul 8 team 9 win 10 champions M1 place 12 rounds 13 title 14 defeated 15 semifinals 4 1 eye,D 2 foot E 3 nerves, A 4 chest, B 5 back,F 6 heart, C Use of English: Part 3- Word formation 11 astonished / astonishing 2 astonishingly 3 astonishment 4 believable 5 believably 6 believe 7 thoughtfully 8 thought 9 think 10 considerate 11 consideration 12 consider 13 perfectly 14 perfection 15 perfect 16 correctly 17 correction 18 correct 19 embarrassingly 20embarrassment 21 embarrass 1 unsympathetic 2 embarrassingly 3 critical 4 attraction 5 believable 6 corrections 7 imaginative 8 unreasonable 1 astonishment 2 built 3 crossings 4 officers 5 fearless 6 unbelievable 7 obsession & proposed 9 immediately 10 achievement Grammar 1 were 2 listening 3 hadn't ost 4 would be 5 couldgo 6 had 7 would stop 8 havelet 9 telling 10 leave (suggested answers) 1. Tid done some warm-up stretches 2 didn't have to visit relatives on Saturday spending/having spent so much con these trainers. Inadn’t agreed to take part in the 20-Klometre charity run my sister wouldn't borrow/would stop borrowing my tennis racket without asking 6 have fouled the other player 7 Ihadn't had to work late 8 hadn't spent so much on joining that gym IF 2G 3H 4D SB 6C 7A 8 ‘were, would-have waited 2had given, would be 3 hadn't fallen over 4 didn’t lke, wouldn't have ordered 5 hadn't put, == 3 4 5 188would be making 6 knew, wouldn't have asked 7 hadn't looked, wouldn't have 8 had, would buy Use of English: Part 4 ~ Key word transformations 1 fa) used to have get used Used to lose get used to having hhad been used to got used is used to giving wish Id / had brought regret not accepting / turning down / refusing did not use to shouldn't / should not have told nly thad in case he decided / wanted ve would be able to not used to being spoken oyausu Is 1A 2C 3A 44 5B 6C 1B 2C 38 4C 5A 68 1 basically 2 Above all 3 figured 4 What we were keen for 5 You've got a point there 6 Having said that 'B4, Our main concern was... C2, The key advantage is that... D6, Nevertheless, | think that.. Et, The main thing was that... F3,1 reckoned it could. ‘Yes, the writer does sympathise with the character. (suggested answer) Erik: monster or genius? Erikis a cruel and frightening caracter who hides in the catacombs bbeneaiti the paris Opera House, terrorising those around him by pretending to be a ghost. He is ‘obsessed with the beatiful singer Christine, and becomes insanely jelous when he discovers that he has a rival for her love. He kidnapps Christine and thretens to distroy the Opera House unless she marries him. His madness knows no limits! And yet we can't help feeling simpathy towards him when we consider his past. Born with a horribley disfigured face he has experienced a life of rejection. Even his mother refused to touch him, all hhe wants is to be loved and acepted for who he is, and for his musical genius to be recognised. Its impossible nat to feel moved at the end when we learn of his death, shortly after letting Christine go off to marry the man she realy loves, leaving us wandering: Who isthe 4 ‘monster inthis story? Erik, or a soceity that refuses to accept him because he's ugly? Ss murmured 2 contemplating sweetly 4 boast desperately, deserted realise 2 wonder 3 imagine 1 Erkisa cruel and frightening reckon 5 understand character who hides inthe remember 7 analyse Catacombs paneath the Paris Opera fellect 9 think 10 memorise House, terorsin those around guess 12 believe him by pretending tobe a ohost, Hels obsessed with the beautfel Ue of English: Part 3— singer Christine, and becomes ‘Word formation insanelyJealous when he discovers 1 1 beside 2 economic that ehasarivalforher love. He «3 omgrate. @ recipe. 5 break kidnaps Christine and threatens 6 lose 7 principle to destroy the Opera House unless : ‘she marries him. His madness 2 Gatisientis oe seater), ‘knows no limits! And yet we can't 3-1 arrival 2 terrified help feeing sympathy towards him 3 destruction 4 urgently winen we consider Pi past. Born 5 adaptation 6 novelist witha horribly disfigured face, he 7 advertisements. 8 belevable has experienced a ie of rejection 9 treatment 10 irresponsibly Even tis mother refused to touch him. All he wants is to be loved and bal ‘accepted for who he is, and for his 1 1 Last Saturday I called Ruby and mmusieal gaius to be recognise. asked her what she wanted to it's impossible not to feel moved at doin the evening theend when welearnoffisdeath, 2 She told me that she really shortly ater letting Christine go off wanted to see Eclipse atthe tomarry the man she really loves, cinema, leaving Us wondering whos the 3 I replied that | had seen tthe monster inthis story? Erik of & previous nightthe night before. society that refuses to accept him 4 She asked me why | hadn't told because he's ualy? he was ging to seit emt ‘ene 3 chaxacter 4 ceeraitoy asked her if she would like to 8 thataciel Bboy! ‘see the new Harry Potter film 7 character 8 story feed 9 Gescretion 0, sy 6. She said that she could’ fe a because she had already 9 1 Thereis a twist arranged to seo it with her Friend 2 \canreiate to ery the next right 3 The narrator 7 I suggested it would be better it 4 groping / vivid we did something ese 5 main, ciseable 8 She agreed and asked me to go 6 was (very) moving toher house fora meal instead. 2 1 Cristiana said at it was one UNIT 10 . tf the best books he'd read. Vocabulary 2. Stanislav said that) he hada't seen the programme before. 11 Drama series is different 3 Adriana told the teacher (that) because itrefers to TV. The she was going tobe late the next others refer tothe cinema, ip. 2 Sublities is citerent because the 4. 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Fora first album this is absolutely 4 5 UNIT brilliant | wasn't sure whether it would be {as good as the earlier albums. ‘You can listen to the album al the time (24 hours a day, seven days a week) 12 Vocabulary ad 3 5 7 career prospects 2 work poorly paid 4 hours mynotice 6 unemployment colleagues ® sacked 9 job applied for 11 be offered assistant 13 responsible Incharge 15 paperwork deal with 17 experience income "19 part-time burglary 2 fine 3 witness kidnapping 5 young offender acquitted 7 mugger & trial charged 10 Capital taking, revising concentrate, distracted own stay down, looking, remember retake 2 pass 3 failed study 5 skip 6 get does 8 making Use of English: Part 3- 10 2 4 16 18 24 4 6 9 301 2 3 4 5 a4 4 7 Word 1d 2 3 formation Graham gets very stressed about his job. Katya's responsible for staff training, Several people were made redundant. 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Although | wrote as fast as | ‘could, | didn’t finish the exam. 8 Unfortunately, the holiday was complete disaster. cut, give 2 take, work 3 stick, eat 1B 2A 30 AC SF 6E 1. had sold out 2 ‘ve locked myself out /‘mlocked out 3 stood out 5 totry out 4 runs out 6 left out UNIT 7 Word building 1 irrelevant 2 misunderstand impractical 4 unusual dissatisfied 6 unpleasant inexperienced 8 misbehave disobey 10 Irrational insecure 12 impossible inexperienced misunderstood 3 insecurity irrational 5 (mis)behaviour disobeying 7 dissatisfaction unusually 9 inconveniently woan- 1 about 2 as 3 of 4 for Sto 6to 7 for Bof 9 trom 10 on Tto 12 with 8 1 breaking down 2 laid off 3 bumped into 4 thrown out 5 tells (me) off 6 got held up (student's own answers, however the UNIT 11 Word building preposition collocations are: Tas 2on 3to dfor Sto 6 from) UNIT 8 Word building 1 E BFGM 2 CD KN 2 EH LL (suggested answers) 1 Noway! You must be kidding! 2 That's great news. You must be ‘over the moon! 3. 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My mind's gone blank 1E 2F 3A 43 SD GH 7G AS B9 CIO D3 £4 Fe Gl H2 7 J8 a YouauN= un 11 as 2as 3as 4 though 5 like 6 as 7 like 8 though 2 ask:a favour, permission, the way catch: someone's eye, the sun, a train hold: an exhibition, hands with someone, a meeting lose: a race, your job, your temper make: a living, a profit, a speech pay: attention, a debt, someone compliment take: care of someone or something, offence, your time 3-1 theway 2 living 3 the sun 4 permission § hands with 6 histemper 7 eye 8 your time UNIT 12 Word building 11 ambition, lawyer 2 creativity, advertising 3. successful illecible, incomplete 4 useless 5 requirement, challenging, enjoyable 6 detetmination, patience 2 (student's own answers, however words from Activity are as follows!) Noun suffixes ment. sion requirement ‘ambition, determinationion ing [er advertising Tawyer sity sence creativity patience Adjective suffixes “ing ful challenging successful less able useless enjoyable Prefixes in iF incomplete itlegible 3 1 at 2 out 3in 4 after 5 through 4 18 26 3D 4H SE EC 5B 1 tookto 2 take over 3 look out for 4 took off 5 looks down on 6 looking into TF 8A 159)Workbook Transcri Unit 1 Page 8, Activity 5 Maw Gin: Bow: 4, Farwert Morea: Farner: Morita: Farwen: Pac: You'll hear people talking in six different situations. For questions 1-6, choose the best answer, A, B orc. Exeeat: | spend a lot of my free time making videos using a video camera and the basic filmmaking software that we have on our computer at home, so this, three-day workshop was a great opportunity to have ‘a go at using professional film-making equipment. They taught us everything from camera and sound recording skills to how to write a good fim script. 6. They certainly managed to pack a huge amount in - although | must say I could have done with a bit more time to digest everything we'd learnt. Other than that, | thought it was a useful workshop with 2 good mix of theory and hands-on use of the equipment. My older sister and | argue quite a lot. Deep down vwe think the world of each other, but somehow, at the same time, we really get on each other's nerves. We get along better now than we used to, but we still manage to have arguments on a scale that | don't have with anybody else. Ireckon it’s because there's only a year between us - and when we were ‘younger, we always had to fight for our parents’ attention, Personality-wise we're quite different, and | don't think that helps. As for my brother, we hardly ‘argue at all, maybe because he’s male and we're less competitive, Hi, Annie. It's me. I've just got your message. Sorry to hear you can't come out with Tom and me tomorrow ‘evening. it completely slipped my mind that you had to babysit. You sounded kind of angry with me for forgetting but | can’t remember everything, you know. Anyway, | was wondering whether you were around this afternoon. | thought we could go for a bike ride or something. It would be tun to do something a bit different rather than meet in town, like we always do- I'm abit fed up with shopping, to be honest. What do you reckon? Give me call. Bye. Daaiens | worry about Bobby and all the computer games he plays. It's a very passive way for him to spend his time. If that was all he did then I'd be worried, but we know that's not the case. He and his friends spend plenty ys of time down at the field, Dan | suppose .. But what about the violence the games contain? I'm sure it encourages aggressive behaviour. «: Some of them do contain a lot of blood and shootings. We hear awful news stories about people who have committed violent crimes directly after playing computer games, but these are people who already have a violent nature. ‘Mmm ..'m nat so sure. pts Pre: = Presenter Mave Wowane Man: onan Unit 2 Page 14, Activity 3 Damien: What tps would you give to young people who want to try story writing? For example, f you write a page @ that you're not happy with, do you continue working nit until you're a hundred percent satisfied with it © ordoyoukeep going and come backtoit ister? W'd say move on. |know so many people who spend years writing their first chapter. But Ive learnt through experience that | don't know what the book @ is about until ve finished writing the first craft. Only then do | think’Oh so thats it. Now can go back and. @ actualy tx the writing a Lvient to the new Southfield shopping centre on © Saturday. I couldn't believe how massive itis~ithas @ ‘everything you could possibly want. Rather too much choice for my ling. found itharé. @ to know where to ecin, but guess the fat that the shops were grouped together according to type: expensive fashion in one part, cheaper everyday clothes in another, phone shops in another, helped you find your way around They've Obviously planned that careful. thought @ the staff at the information desk were ver friendly and helpful € Yes, me too, though the ones inthe shops could have @ done witha it more training You'll hear part of a radio interview with an eco-fashion designer called Damien Warner. For questions 1-10, complete the sentences. Tonight my questi Damien Warner, who is an eco- fashion designer. Tellme, Damien, how di you get into fashion design? Well 've been interested in fashion design from the age of 13 when I made a coat and then, when | was about 5,1 sel up my own busines designing Tshirts @ Which used to sel at schoo When did you decide you wanted to make a career @ out oft? ‘ Well when | was a teenager, really had my heart set on studying feshion at university, but in the end | @ was pressurized by my parents into daing a degree in Business Stucios, which they felt was more ‘serious’. @ and more likely 1 lead to's proper job « And did it? You could say so after university | was otfereda Job asa store manager at amajor clothing store but_@ turned that down and took onthe role of buyer for the company instead. My parents were thrilled but | @ realised very quickly that was never going to enjoy. @ itand that’s when | decided to follow my heart and enrol ona fashion design course Andnow of course, as we all know, you're a hugely q successful designer. But you're particularly famou nowadays for being abig prometer of eco-ashion. @ Can you tell us, what exactly is eco-ashion?Damien: Wwe: Damen br Damiens we Damen: It Damen: Ie Danes Ino It's basically about making clothes ina way that doesn't damage the environment. So, for example, the clothes that I design make minimal use of harmful chemicals - which do terrible damage to wildlife, both in the fabrics and the dyes. What can be used instead to dye fabrics? There are plenty of natural dyes available to us. ‘As you'd expect, certain flowers and leaves can be processed to produce dyes, and then there are insects too that are used, Natural dyes aren't as 1 bright as chemical dyes and they fade more quickly, but then that adds to their character. What kind of fabrics do you use? Mainly natural materials, such as organic cotton. Also, in today's society, where so much stuff is thrown away, | believe very strongly in reusing materials. My most recent collection consists of clothes made entirely of recycled fabrics. For ‘example, there are skirts made from old 1970s curtains and jackets made trom old leather car seats, ‘And is eco-feshion more expensive than ordinary fashion? Viell,eco-tashion, as well as being environmentally friendly, is also all about making sure that the people who make the clothes are paid a fair price and have ‘good working conditions. There are something like 26 million people around the world employed in the clothes-making business and around 19 million cof them are underpaid. So if we want to pay these people properly then, yes, they're going to be more expensive to produce and for consumers to buy. What made you decide to focus on eco-fashion? ‘Two years ago, when | was working in New York, | attended a talk by the fashion designer, Grace Bennet, and learnt some horrifying facts about hhow much harm the fashion business causes tothe 3. Max: planet. |adh't realised, for example, that thousands (of deaths are caused by poisoning from chemicals used in growing cotton. That was when | realised that ‘eco-fashion was the only direction | could go in, What is your biggest challenge at the moment? | suppose trying to convince people that eco-fashion. can actually be trendy. It's had a reputation in the past for being very boring and lacking in colour and style, Advertisements surprisingly made very little difference. Fortunately, its image is beginning to change and | have to say | think it's partly thanks to the celebrities who are now buying eco-clothing, Finally, Damien, do you have any advice for any ‘budding fashion designers about how to get into the 4g, business? ‘Competition is pretty tough out there so first of all you need to have lots of determination. also suggest that to improve your chances of getting a place at one of the better fashion schools you should work on perfecting your drawing skills. There's no point in having good ideas if you can't translate them ‘onto paper so that other people can understand them. Thank you, Damien ~it’s been great talking to you. Max: Wouans Unit 3 Page 21, Activity 4 ‘You will hear five people talking about the campsites where they are staying. For questions 1-5, choose from the list (A-F) the main reason each person gives for staying in the campsite. Use the letters only once. There is one extra letter which you do not need to use. We've been going camping for years now. It's not that we can't afford to stay in hotels; t's just that sleeping in a tent is more fun somehow. Being ‘outdoors makes you feel much closer to nature and ‘your surroundings, f you know what | mean. We discovered this campsite last year and found that the people who work here really went out of their way to make us feel welcome. We've had some bad experiences at other sites in the past with staff who really can't be bothered to be polite to the people staying there. So that's why we've come back again this year. It's just great. We're having a brilliant time. We spent hours searching the internet for a campsite. The problem with the internet sometimes. is that there's just too much choice. But what sold this one to us in the end was that it was within walking distance from the coast. To the left you've ‘got a brilliant surfing beach, where we go most days, It's definitely not the cheapest campsite I've ever, stayed in, but it's well worth paying the extra, if you ask me, especially because the owners of the site are friendly and the facilities are clean and well kept. Yes = 'd definitely come back here. ‘We got here about five days ago, on Saturday ‘evening. When we first arrived, we were concerned ‘about whether we'd made the right choice, because it was a bit further from the sea than we'd expected, What had attracted us to the place was that it was somewhere where we could get away from it all and relax. | really hate those packed campsites ‘where you can hear people chatting al night in the neighbouring tents. But this place has turned out to be perfect and it's in a gorgeous setting with woods all around. The distance from the sea hasn't been a problem either because we've discovered a fantastic, lake to swim in just a few minutes away. ‘When we first saw the website for this campsite, we were a bit put off by the prices, to be honest. But after reading the customer reviews, which were basically raving about how good the restaurant is, how spotless the bathrooms are and things like that, wwe thought we might as well ry it. After all, you get what you pay for, don't you? And there's nothing worse than staying in a great location if the showers have no hat water and the tollets don't flush. And we've found that it’s actually quite peaceful here ~ well... apart from the fact that it's next to a train line, which can be a bit noisy at night. ‘Workbook: transeripiams (3)Unit 4 Last year when we came to this music festival we pitched our tents in afield right next to the main stage, which was absolutely amazing. We hardly got ‘a wink of sleep all night but you don’t come to music festivals to sleep, do you? We've come for longer this year and we've brought quite a lot of camping gear with us, so we figured that rather than lugging our rucksacks too far, we'd stay here in this campsite, which is just a stone's throw from the coach station, It's a bit of a walk from the festival but it's a really lovely spot with beautiful views over the surrounding hil, Page 27, Activity 4 You will hear an interview with a nature photographer, Andy Miller, who talks about his career. For questions 1-6, choose the best answer (Bor). Avoy: re Anoy: Avov: 62 Hello and welcome to Living Planet. Today we're delighted to welcome wildlife photographer, Andy Miller. Andy, How did you get into nature photography as a profession? ‘A few years ago | was sent to Peru by the news magazine | worked for, to write a piece about finding new drugs and medicine in the Amazon rainforest. \inilst there | talked to lot of conservationists about the dangers facing the animals in the rainforest and | became very passionate about the idea of making people more aware of the issues. | felt that photos of the wildlife rather than words ‘would create a stronger impression on people, so ! retrained as a nature photographer. You've just returned from another trip to the ‘Amazon, taking photos of rare birds, is that right? How did it feel to be taking on something like that? It was a major project, actually, involving all sorts of complicated equipment. | was quite nervous before | went, not about getting my stuff together, because inthe end that just becomes part of your routine. | mean, | carry a lot of equipment - 23 bags for this. particular trip! Anyway, my wife, Angie, who's @ very experienced traveller, was accompanying me, so that helped. No... was more anxious about the pressure to come back with photographs that would please the readers of the nature magazine I now work for. Photographing wildlife in the rainforest sounds incredibly exciting but quite scary too, I'd imagine? Yeah definitely, I mean you've got alot of wildlife roaming around the forest! But | was well protected from them because | was standing on top of a 30-metre tower I'd constructed high up above the trees to get a better view of the birds. For someone who's not particularly keen on heights, that’s fairly scary. More petrifying than anything, though, was. sitting on this platform watching flashes of lightning and thinking ~ one might well srike this as it's made of metal and it's so high up. Luckily it didn’t happent Phew yes, - but obviously you survived and ‘managed, I'm sure, to take some spectacular photos. » Now, you've travelled all over the world with your ‘work, What's been the most challenging expedition? Ano: In Awoy: Avov: Unit S$ Page 32, Activity 3 Mane Wonane Man: My trip to the Himalayas, definitely. | travelled there two years ago to photograph snow leopards. It was a difficult location, - absolutely freezing with temperatures dropping to minus 40 degrees at night. | was concerned that a jungle guy like me wouldn't cope with that, but | managed. To add to the complications, the camera company couldn't guarantee the equipment would work in such extreme weather, though fortunately it did. Seeing the leopards was incredibly exciting though. We saw two the first day and then only one more in the next ‘two months that we were there! I believe you won an award for those photos. How did you manage to take such good photos? | had to be very, very patient. I'd visited the area previously and learnt about their behaviour and how they always come back to the same place to mark their territory. Using this knowledge, | set up ten remote cameras, caretully placed so when a leopard walks through the beam a photo is taken ‘automatically. it's hardly the latest technology but it's something I've avoided in the past because | prefer to take photos with my own eyes, as it were. But with these shy creatures, that would've been impossible, Finally, Andy, what would you say to someone seeking a career in wildlife photography? Magazines and newspapers are always looking for images. | would suggest writing to editors to see What sort of images they want. If you regularly ssend good photos it will help to get you noticed and establish a name for yourself and if you're good with words you may want to send in articles to go with them. You'd be surprised how many editors are desperate for content to fill their pages. Andy Miller, thank you for coming in, You will hear people talking in six different situations. For questions 1-6, choose the best answer, (A, Bor C).. | started this nightclub a month ago and it seems to be,doing pretty well so far, considering where itis. 1 mean, you have to know where you're going, don't you? It's isn't the kind of place you just stumble upon, by accident. 4 Ht must be those flyers that you put up everywhere. They really grab your attention - you can't miss them. I think you're right. A lot of people have commented con them. But it takes an awful lot of time ta post them up. My girlfriend reckons it'd be better to advertise in publications instead, like local music, papers, student magazines, that kind of thing. She might have a point. It's worth a try. man eee AAA AAAAManaanns2. Womans Gu: Womans Mase Wouan: Maw Wonav: Man: 6 My old silver motorbike was my pride and joy. But Maz For my birthday we took a helicopter tour over New after it was vandalised for the fourth time, costing a York. It was a ten-minute ride, which doesn't seem fortune to repair on each occasion, | thought ‘enough like very long. Somehow, though, it goes more slowly is enough’ So reluctantly decided to stick with my than you'd imagine. We got much closer to some of bicycle. i's cheaper. greener and it keeps me fit. But the skyscrapers than I'd expected, and I had a seat at then one morning | was walking down Henley Street the back window, which gave me unobstructed views with my friend Charlie when he pointed out this but I did feel sorry for the guy who had to sit in the stunning-looking three-wheeled scooter. When | saw middle, The most memorable part was heading back it gleaming cherry red in the sunshine, just knew | to the heliport. We had to make a Ucturn and the had to have one. Well. 've had mine for nearly a helicopter tited right over to the side as it turned, year now and | must say that so far = touch wood - which was pretty exciting, | can tell you nobody has tried to lay a finger on it Unit 6 Nowadays, more and more people are choosinga Page 39, Activity 7 greener lifestyle. There are lots of things you can do. at home or at school that can contribute to a better environment that don't cost more or require great effort.-For inspiration, you need look no further than EcoMatters. Printed on 100 percent recycled paper, each issue examines a different environmental concern as well as giving practical advice on how to lead a greener lie. itis an essential quide for anyone ‘who is rethinking their lifestyle and their attitudes to the world we live in. Our publications are available in newsagents and bookshops. Alternatively, subscribe online and save 20 percent on the normal cover price. rm wondering about whether to go to London to do aa degree in film studies there. The idea of living and studying in a metropolis appeals to me because of its exciting arts scene. All those cinemas and theatres ~ | wouldn't know where to go first! But then I've also been offered a place at another university, which apparently has the best film studies course in the country. Unlike London, it's a campus university, so everything is self-contained in one place: sleeping and eating facilities, lecture rooms, libraries .. It would certainly have the advantage of convenience, but it means you'd never get to mix with anybody except students. How was the carnival on Saturday? Briliant| just love carnival... the thumping music, the colourful costumes, the exotic food, the parade Was it very crowded? Absolutely packed. I's best to keep your mobile andy in case you get spit up from your friends. Having said that, | reckon there were fewer people here this year than last year. Perhaps it was the sunny weather that brought them out then .. Vlas crime a problem this year? Wiel, there was definitely an increased police presence. But even the police officers were joining in the festival spirit, you know, posing for photographs, that sort of thing, You will hear a talk by a man called Ben Connor, who recently completed a marathon at the North Pole. For questions 1-8, complete the sentences, Hi everybody, my name's Ben Connor andI've been, invited here today to talk about my experience running the Arctic Marathon or, as it's also known, ‘the Big White. First of all,let me tell you a bit about myself. ve done a whole variety of jobs - I've worked on a building site, 've taught in schools, I've written for ‘a music magazine, and a few years ago! set up a photography company, which I'm pleased to say is still doing well Most of the runners who take on a challenge like the Arctic Marathon tend to be fitness addicts. 'm rot a born athlete. But if | want to fulfil these wild ‘ambitions then Ihave to work hard to keep myself in shape. So what's the Arctic Marathon all about? Well, it's about travelling to the north pole and running on. ice in one of the most challenging places in the world, where temperatures are usually about 30 degrees below freezing but sometimes drop as low as minus 38, 50, let's rewind a few months ...the first challenge we were faced with was finding a suitable place to train, One of the guys on the marathon, Ted, had had the genius idea of asking the butcher in the town where he lived if he could use his freezer room to practise running in for two hours a day. But the rest of uf had more traditional ways of training. In my case it involved running in artificial snow at our local indoor ski centre. ‘ihen it came to the marathon itself, it wasa’t the old temperatures that affected us most but the ‘ground conditions. The course consisted of soft snow in most places and your legs would frequently just give way and you would just sink into the snow. ‘That's what tires you out - it was like jogging through sugar and that's what got to us all In addition to the physical pressures on our bodies, the Arctic environment itself poses other serious risks, We had to constantly search for dangerous cracks in the ice and then of course there was the possible threat of being attacked by polar bears ~ though normally these animals don't venture that far north. Anyway, .. fortunately we all made it through with no disasters, ‘iesSo, was it worth eight months of training? Would! do 4. Bor: it again? Most definitely! For the stunning landscape, for the sense of achievement and for the friendships I made. And of course, on top of that | managed to raise more than £3,000 for charity. | originally thought of running for a children’s charity but in the ‘end | decided to run for a charity known as Shelter, which provides accommodation for the homeless. But | won't be going back to the Arctic next year because | have other ambitions. My next aim is to go to the other extreme and take part in the marathon Inthe Sahara Desert, Unit 7 Page 44, Activities 3 and § ‘You will hear five different people talking about video games that they have played. For questions 1-5, choose from the list (A-F) what each person. says. Use the letters only once. There is one extra letter which you do not need to use. The earlier games inthe series wereso cool Ijust couldn't wait to get my hands on this one. But it didn’t live up to expectations. There are parts that really enjoyed but l'snot got the excitement af the 4 previous versions, and the story is precictable. What really ets this down is the way the game ends. Idon't € want to spo for anyone but itu stops suddenly q and you're lke, that it" Butif you're desperate to have @go, you might as well just rentit fora couple af nights and treat yourself toa new pair of jeans instead! got this came free when | bought my console. didn't play it for some time because I'd been put off by the cover and the title which both gave the impression that the game was a bit childish. Well, | couldn't have been more virong. The story is very Cleverly written with some interesting twists and the balance between exploring, shooting, Solving puzzles and racing i spot on, if had to find fault with it'd say the last couple of levels were alittle on the tricky @ | bought this game the minute it came out and side. found them almost impossible to complete ~ found it slightly disappointing, to be honest. The but then 'm nat the world's most coordinated person. 4 graphics are stunning - no question about that ‘ “especially the lighting, but! found there were Unit 8 i almost no parts where you get stuck, and for me gelting stuckis the main part ofthe fun youknow, Page SI, Activity 3 being abi to think carefully, to use your skilland You will hear an interview with @ man called Tommy judgement to solve problems. The other thing is I felt Brooks, who works as a clown. For questions 1-6, it could've done with being abit shorter. The last few choose the best answer (A, 8 or C). tevels were abit repetitive - you know, each level eh et ‘ rr amie ct My quest today s Tommy Brooks, otherwise known @ as Kojo the Clown. Being a clowns quite an unusual. q 2 choice of career, Tommy. What got you into it? Git: Iwas given this game for Christmas and !thinkit's Tout People often ask me if've always wanted tobea great, mainly because it challengas you in loads of clown. Asa kidd have adults in fits oflaughter, 4g different ways. It's basically a mixture between a but | didnt ever plan to make a career of it. No, puzzle game and an action adventure game and my ambition was tobe an electronics engineer. the way the main character moves is amazing, ve One evening, when |wasat university studying g been playing the game for days now and she still has electronics, | turned up to a theatre course and after moves | haven't seen yet! And it makes a refreshing that Iwas hooked on drama. Within a yearlwas change to have a female as the main character. performing in plays, mostly comic parts, and that's Yes, I definitely think it's atop game and well worth when the director ofa circus spotted me and invited the money. Perfect for anyone who's looking for me to aueition as a clown. That was 15 years ago and ¢ something that requires you to use your brain rather T've never looked back than just fo point @ gun and shoot. ln: So how did you go about choosing your clown r image? Bor: ‘Iliked this game when frst started playing tat the Tem Its a vital part of my job and something that's taken beginning but then | started to get frustrated by the ‘Years io getright. Many people think thats Clie control system. | couldn't get the main character to face is akind of mask, but infact the key isto make do what l wanted her to do. She kept dying and ra ‘Your {aca up Ina way tial shows offyoUrowin a baat arte i oo features Ie the same wth the cow's pong This game's been hyped up on TY and in computer far more convincing it contains elements of your De tadistan facia Heslie tie wanuel re gene real character. I spent a lt of time studying pictures mainly because of the cool graphics, butif you can’t hens toi aee nen CIE sentiky Pas Of aGeo) Contrl the character then whe cares about the st Ob aRStY | dic coi) ater claws aia ‘UUs. eg? [et Ray andy Willa bak oh Sungate been Ba elit beara a itasa classi ater the inkl Interest des down also it’s against clown law! « lw A few years ago you left the circus and started working solo, What do you enjoy most about working ‘on your own? ‘ 4 ‘ 4 64 4Touny: wr Tou los Tou: Tomer: Since leaving the circus I've been able to do work in hospitals with sick children .. and grown-ups. U's rewarding to feet that I'm making a difference to people. There are other pleasures but nothing can really beat that. I's good to be able to design my own act, try something a ite different. And of course I also enjoy not having to travel so much. We went to some amazing places when | was travelling with the circus troupe but most of the time you're so. exhausted you can hardly take it in. What are the downsides to your job? (One thing is the jab insecurity, not knowing when your next booking is coming in. But that doesn’t bother me as much as all the forms | have to fill In: electrical safety inspections for my amplifier, insurance against accidents in public places because, accidents do happen. Only last week I was doing a show and in the middle of it I went to grab my unicycle that Id leant against a radiator, and accidentally pulled the radiator clean off the wall. Hot water shot out everywhere! Fortunately, nobody was harmed but the audience certainly stopped laughing! Do you find you earn enough money to live comfortably? Events like birthday parties pay well, roughly £160 {or a two-hour show, but they require a lot of travel ‘and preparation time, and of course that’s unpaid. The majority of my income comes from the weekly sessions | do at hospitals and retirement homes. it depends on the time of year, of course. December is the peak month, and January is the quietest but | earn enough to pay my rent and my bill, | eat, usually go ‘on holiday .. although | couldn't afford to this year. So what's next on the agenda, Tommy? ''m currently looking into doing a management course with a view to setting up a clown academy. There's a huge demand from people wanting to become clowns inthis country. | think t's because the benefits of laughter therapy have recently been recognised, and the idea that hospital patients and old people in homes need to be entertained, The academy would provide them with a knowledge of the entertainment world and an understanding of the finances involved, Which would be especially useful for anyone who wants to manage their own company of clowns. Unit 9 Page 56,Activities 2 and 3 Bor: You will hear people talking in six different situations. For questions 1-6, choose the best answer (A, B oF ©). ‘This girl at schoo! had asked me if I'd like to do ‘a parachute jump with her in aid of a children’s, charity. Despite being completely petrified of heights | agreed to do it-| was quite keen on the Gitl and | didn’t want to come across as a total loser, basically, And to be honest I never really believed the whole thing would come off. But anyway it did and somehow I managed to pluck up the courage to do the jump, and | have to say it was the most thriling experience of my life. And not only that, we raised ‘over £500 for the charity. Wowans Max: Wow Max: Wows Fed up with coming second every time you run a race? Could your trainers be holding you back? Why not swap them for a pair of AirRacers! Thanks to the latest air pump technology the AirRacer absorbs shock when you run, while still remaining responsive and springy, allowing you to fulfil your true potential. Available ina stylish range of colours, these trainers have got cool written all over them, and at just £65 a pair they won't cost you an arm and a leg. Above all, though, they'll help give you that competitive edge. So check out the AirRacer 3000 on www.racerwear.com, So, I hear you're into kick-boxing! ¢ Yeab, | started a couple of months ago. | figured it was a good way of burning off some of those calories that I'd put on over the Christmas holidays. ‘And better for you than going on a diet, I'm sure, «: Absolutely, and much more fun. But what | hadn't realised is that it's not just a physical sport, it also focuses an improving your mental focus and self- discipline. Yes, can imagine. « And of course now, if | ever feel threatened by anyone I'llknow exactly how to defend myself with ‘one simple kick, So | feel much more confident when ''m walking around alone at night. There are two surfing beaches in the area where you're staying. Id go to Sandy Bay beach, unless it’s huge waves you're looking for, which you only get ‘every now and then at that beach. What we were keen for was some fairly gentle surfing and to be able to escape the crowds, which would be quite hard at the other ane. Apparently, at that one they have some good cafés and some surfing shops where they sell a good range of surting equipment as well {as some really coo! surfing clothes. But you could always drive there afterwards, couldn't you? I'm not sure how | feel about our city hosting the next Olympics. Pauring so much money into 17 days seems such a waste! And all that pollution from the construction work and the new roads that they'll build... But just think how the city will gain from the urban development - an improved transport system and state-of-the-art sports facilities that will be used by future generations, ‘That's fine for the locals but what about the rest of the country? Everybody's taxes are paying for these games, after all. You've got a point there, but I do think that the games will inspire more young people to take up sport, and that has to be a good thing, an‘Thanks for calling, Steve. What are your thoughts? Some people feel that what the player did is forgivable: footbal’s a fast game, players get frustrated, so realistically, swearing’s pretty much unavoidable, If yau ask me, though, swearing is unacceptable on the pitch. Footballers need to be conscious of the fact that these games are watched con television by millions of children who look up to them as role models and imitate their behaviour. Having said that, {feel sending the player off the pitch was a little over the top and it would have been sufficient for the ref just to have given him a warning. Unit 10 Page 62, Activity 2 Auce: Pres: Auce: Pres: Auce: Pats: Auct: You will hear a radio interview with a crime fiction writer called Alice Addenbrooke. For questions 1-9, complete the sentences. In today’s edition of Book Club, we're talking to award-winning crime fiction writer, Alice Addenbrooke. Alice, did literature play a big part in your childhood? Absolutely. My parents were keen readers, particularly my father. They tended to read non: fiction, you know, biographies and things, books that didn't particularly appeal to me as a child. | spent a lot of time at my grandmother's in the school holidays, and she used to read Agatha Christie to me. As a result | developed a liking for murder mysteries, {and after that | would persuade my mother to take me to libraries and second-hand bookshops at every possible opportunity. ‘And when did you first start writing your own novels? When | was 19 and still at university. | was doing a degree in Law, though | was really into English literature, and | also experimented with creative writing in my spare time. Did you decide then that you wanted to write professionally? Well, when | graduated | really wanted to become a writer but my first novel had been turned down by several publishers, so I knew that would be a risky career. thought about working as a solicitor, or an ‘editor, but couldn't bear the thought of being stuck in an office, so | ended up working as a newspaper reporter, and wrote novels in my spare time. Your latest book, Calling at all stations, won best crime navel of the year. Where did the idea come from? | always take my inspiration from real life~ a story told by a friend or a newspaper report. On this eccasion I was in my car driving back from my mother’s house along the motorway listening to the radio, when I heard an item about a murder on attain, The ideas all came together. | pulled into ‘a motorway café and wrote it all down - the main characters, the plot, how the victim would be killed ~ everything, So where do you usually de your writing? Auce: Pre ‘Auce: Pres: Auce: Pres: Wow, quite a hectic schedule! Well thank you very ‘much for sparing us the time today and we'll look forward to seeing your next novel Unit 11 Page 69, Activity 3 ‘There is no usual place. ike to change my environment regularly - it keeps me inspired. Last ‘year, I rented a room with a view of a lake, which was very peaceful Currently I write in a windowless room in the attic. There's no desk, just a sofa where | sit with my laptop. I don't even have internet access, Up there which is good because it stops me being distracted. How do you go about planning a novel? For alot of authors the toughest part is working out the main plot. Once that’s clear, the rest starts to flow. For me the tricky bt is the beginning, laying down the foundations of the story in a way that {grabs the readers’ attention. It's about finding the right balance between giving clues about what's to ‘come but without giving away the ending, Is there anything you don’t enjoy about your work? Although there's a ot I love about it, the reality is that it involves spending hours on end in front of a computer with no fixed hours of work, though that has its advantages. t does mean of course that you get very litle social contact. I'm naturally an ‘outgoing person so that's not ideal. ‘And spending such a long time in one position can't bbe good for you, physically? That's right and that’s why I make a point of getting ‘up every half an hour and taking short walks to prevent back and knee pain. Ido get terrible neckache though and there seems to be very litte | ‘can do about that And what's next on the writing agenda? ''m between novels at the moment but my diary's pretty ful. 'm off to London next week, to promote the book I've just written at a literary festival. From there I'm going to Oxford on a fact-finding mission for the novel mm starting soon, which is going to be set there. After that 'm heading to Manchester, for a ‘meeting with my publishing company. Yoy will hear five different people talking about a music album they've recently bought. For questions 1-5, choose trom the list (A-F) what each speaker says. Use the letters only once. There is. one extra letter which you donot need touse. "ve had this album for quite a ong time. It tookme a @ while to get into tas it id with the Band's previous @ Album. But i's totaly grown on me. I's gota real range of diferent styles and songs, more so than the @ frst album. The guitar playing is as brillant as ever and the vocals are sung with real emotion. Ihave to say though that there are one or two tracks which @ I can't help skipping they're just abit boring. But generally, m really impressed withthe aloum and itrmakes a welcome change from all the other retro. @ bands out there who just Keep weting sult we've all heard beforeWouan: Max: It's very rare to find an album where all the tracks ‘sound great on the first listen but this is one of them ‘and they just keep sounding better and better. For a debut album this s pretty exceptional. Zoe McLaren is avery talented songwriter and an excellent acoustic, duitarist. She's got a really gorgeous voice which is powerful yet warm and melodic at the same time. ‘The songs are so catchy that you're just forced to sing along with them. Her lyrics are really thoughtful ‘and moving too they show an understanding of the world and a passion that you really wouldn't expect from someone who's basically only just left school. do wander though whether she'll be able to produce ‘more variety in her music in future. When I first got a chance to listen to this album, | was kind of doubtful whether it would live up to * the success of their first two, which were miracles, Graz in my opinion. Twenty seconds in and | realised | needn't have worried, And it gets better with every play. What makes itso brilliant is the way in which the songs grow and build into a sort of climax and the way they do clever and original things with their ‘music rather than playing the same chords over and over - that’s why you can listen to an album lke this 24/7 without beginning to feel bored of it. | was looking forward to hearing this album but it was a bit of a letdown, to be honest. It's played and produced well but it's missing the enthusiasm of the earlier albums. And it has no stand-out tunes. Every song sounds like the last one ~ you know, drums, a few keyboards, some impressive guitar rifts ‘and solos. | suppose it makes perfect background music because it never actually grabs your attention enough to distract you. The words may be deep and ‘meaningful but | couldn't say as my mind tends to wander due to boredom. | certainly don’t think it deserves the amazing reviews that it's had. Well, bought this alum because I was impressed by the two chart singles the band had brought out earlier in the year. | was hoping for more of the same but with the exception of the singles and a couple of cther tracks, | found it really dull, even after listening toit afew times over. As for the words, they could fave been written by someone at primary school. Of course, the musicians are quite young, and this might explain the poor result. This is the first album I"ve bought by them, so don't know how it stacks Up against the previous ones, but given this effort won't be rushing to buy any more. Unit 12 Page 75, Activity 3 You will hear a radio interview with a university student, Holly Barnes, who talks about her first impression of university life. For questions 1-6, choose the best answer (A, B or C). Presewren ‘And on today's programme we talk to Holly Barnes, a History student in her final year at Liverpool University, about her first impressions of student life. Let's start from day one. What was going through your head when you first arrived at university? Hour: Pres: Hou: Pres: How: Pres: Pres: Hou: Pres Hour: Pres: A.whole mixture of emotions really. Um ..1 remember arriving at the halls of residence after 2 fourchour drive. My parents helped me unload all my stuff from the car and then we said our goodbyes. I remember my mum was really tearful... don't think she was ready for me to leave home. But | was too busy feeling excited at the prospect of my independence and all the new friends I was about to ‘make. For me, the main concern was whether | was upto the academic challenge of university. How easy was it to make friends? Do you have any advice for somebody new starting at university? Well it's not too difficult, as long as you're quite open-minded about it. You might not take to people straightaway but then they might turn out to be really great friends. An excellent viay to meet people is to join some sort of club. In my case I joined a tennis club. | also made lots of friends with people from my hall of residence, but it's single sex and | wanted to meat some blokes too. ‘And what was your accommodation like? My room was nice and spacious, like the other rooms. Well actually, it was a horrible shade of yellowy orange ~ the only room in the whole building to have been given such special treatment! It was certainly not like the nice neutral colour of my room at home. But anyway it turned out to be a talking point - quite handy when you're meeting so many ‘new people. And by the time, d furnished it with a {few of my possessions and put up some posters, it soon felt very cosy. ‘And how was the academic side of things different. from your experience at school? Its totally different! You have lectures instead of classes and you have to be really good at note-taking. I you try to write down everything the lecturer says, you'llbe too busy writing to listen, so you need to take brief notes, but not so brief you can't understand them later. The real key is to make sure your notes froma specific subject are filed in one place so they're ina good state when you come to revise. {Are university tutors very different from school teachers? ‘Well it's easy to feel intimidated by university tutors ‘and they can sometimes give the impression they've ‘got better things to do than talk to students. But the point is, it's their responsibilty to help you and you'll normally find they're more than happy to do soiif you ask them, And if you have any problems like family, or social or health issues, i's best not to hide it from them. That kind of thing can be taken into consideration when they're setting your grades. University isthe first time you have to manage your ‘own money. How did you find that? Well if you want to avoid getting into massive debt, you have to either increase your income by working part-time - there are plenty of possibilities - or cut down your expenditure, which was the route I chose, like, for example, buying second-hand books or sharing the cost of photocopies with friends. Another ‘good way of earning extra cash, which I haven't got round to yet, is selling old stuff like CDs and DVDs on the internet. ‘Well, thank you very much Holly for speaking to us today, and for all those useful tips. And good luck with your final exams next term. ie?"