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INT Students Book Unit 2 PDF
INT Students Book Unit 2 PDF
UNIT
Part 1
Speaking
Ghostwriting Speaking Listening
1 1.12 What do you think a ghostwriter 1 1.13 Listen to how Andrew Crofts
Listening
is? Choose a definition. Then listen to the became a ghostwriter. Choose the correct
An interview with a
first part of an interview with Andrew Crofts, explanation.
ghostwriter
a ghostwriter, and check your answer. 1 An important businessman needed to
Grammar 1 Someone who writes novels under a ‘pen write some books but his English wasn’t
Past simple & past name’ instead of their real name. very good, so he asked Andrew to help
continuous 2 Someone who writes frightening stories. him.
3 Someone who writes a story for someone 2 An important businessman needed to
Vocabulary & else in the other person’s voice. write some books but he was too busy, so
Pronunciation
he asked Andrew to write the books.
-ing and -ed
2 Work in pairs and discuss the questions.
adjectives, word 1 What sorts of people use a ghostwriter? 2 You are going to listen to the rest of the
stress Why? interview with Andrew Crofts. First check
2 What do you think the advantages and the meaning of the words and phrases in the
Writing
disadvantages are of being a ghostwriter, box in a dictionary.
Ghostwriting a compared to being an author of novels or
partner’s experience be a sucker for something journalism
a journalist?
resist skin
3 Look at some of the books that Andrew
Crofts has ‘ghosted’. Which one looks the
most interesting? 3 1.14 Listen to the rest of the
interview. Tick the reasons why Andrew
enjoys being a ghostwriter.
• He finds other people’s lives and stories
interesting.
• He gets out of the house and meets lots
of different people.
• He likes writing about film stars.
• He likes living somebody else’s life for a
I wanted to find out few months.
about lives that I 4 Work in pairs. Do you think being a
knew nothing about. ghostwriter is an interesting job? Why /
Andrew Crofts Why not?
18 Unit 2 Lives
Grammar Vocabulary and Pronunciation
1 Look at the sentences. Mark completed 1 Write the missing adjectives.
actions in the past with and actions in People and things Feelings
progress in the past with . Then complete fascinating
the rules. confused
inspiring
Jimi Hendrix was just starting to become shocked
famous when Kathy Etchingham became his embarrassing
girlfriend. disappointed
He discovered a group of people were
planning to steal all the money in his 2 1.15 Listen to the words. Underline
country’s banks. the stressed syllable in each pair. Then listen
What were you doing before you became a again and repeat.
ghostwriter?
3 Write six sentences about your life using
• we use the past simple for in the adjectives in exercise 1.
the past I had an extremely embarrassing experience
• we use the past continuous for when I started my first job.
in the past
Writing
2 Complete this summary of Nowhere to 1 Work in pairs with a partner you don’t
Hide, another book ghosted by Andrew know very well. A: Tell your partner more
Crofts. Use the past simple or the past about an experience you wrote about in
continuous form of the verbs in brackets. Vocabulary exercise 3. It doesn’t all have to
be true! B: take notes. Then swap roles.
Susan Francis (study) to be
a nurse in England when she 2 ‘Ghost’ your partner’s experience using
(meet) and (marry) a young Iraqi your notes. Write a paragraph that starts
civil engineer. She (return) with with I was … when …
him to Iraq. While they (live) in
I was talking to a friend at a party when …
Baghdad, the Gulf War (start).
This is Susan’s story of what she and 3 Read your partner’s paragraph. Are all
her family (experience) while the facts correct? Is it easy and interesting to
American and British forces read?
(attack) Baghdad.
Part 2
Vocabulary
Relationships
Vocabulary Reading
1 Work in pairs. Explain the difference 1 What are some common reasons for
Reading
between … family disputes? Think of one or two and
White Teeth tell a partner.
• a grandfather and a great-grandfather.
Grammar • a friend and an acquaintance.
2 1.16–1.17 Read and listen to the
Past perfect & past
• a colleague and a boss.
summary and extract from White Teeth.
simple • a fiancée and an ex-wife.
Summarise what the extract is about in
• a stepbrother and a half-brother.
one sentence. Compare your sentence with
Pronunciation
2 Match the sentence beginnings 1–6 to other students.
Weak forms the endings a–f.
3 Read the texts again and decide if the
1 My brother and I have a lot
sentences are true (T), false (F), or if the text
2 We sometimes argue, but
doesn’t say (D).
we usually get on
3 He puts 1 Alsana wants her son to stay in England.
4 We’ve argued but we’ve 2 Samad wants his son to have a
never really fallen Bangladeshi education.
5 We live in different cities 3 The son doesn’t want to go to Bangladesh.
but we keep 4 Alsana doesn’t speak to her husband for
6 I hope I don’t lose eight years.
5 Alsana’s punishment has no effect on
a in touch by email. Samad.
b out with each other.
c quite well. 4 Work in pairs. Choose one of the tasks
d touch with him. below.
e in common. A Read the questions and answers between
f up with my bad temper. Samad and Alsana in the extract. Then
3 Use the phrases in exercise 2 to make invent three other questions that Samad
sentences about a person in your family or a asks Alsana and write her answers.
person you know well.
B What do you imagine Samad and Alsana
I have a lot in common with my mother. are like? Write a description. Include
I can’t put up with my flatmate’s mess. physical characteristics and personality.
4 Work in pairs and compare your C Was Samad wrong to send his son to
sentences. Bangladesh? Was Alsana right to punish her
husband? Think of reasons for and against
each decision.
20 Unit 2 Lives
White Teeth
White Teeth Alsana had decided to stop speaking directly to the Iqbal house, there would never
is the story of two her husband. Through the next eight years she again be a straight answer.
wartime friends - the would determine never to say yes to him,
Bangladeshi Samad
‘Alsana, have you seen my
Iqbal and the Englishman never to say no to him. That was her promise, slippers?’
Archie Jones, and their that was her curse upon Samad, and it was ‘Possibly, Samad Miah.’
families in London. One day exquisite revenge.
Samad decides that his son
must go back to Bangladesh
for his education. Alsana, the boy’s mother,
... ‘What time is it?’
‘It could be three, Samad Miah,
It got to the point where if somebody said but Allah knows it could also be
doesn’t agree. Samad sends his son
back to Bangladesh, but doesn’t ‘yes’ or ‘no’ to Samad in the street or in the four.’
tell his wife until after his son restaurant, he hardly knew how to respond,
has gone. She decides to ‘Alsana, where have you put the
he had come to forget what those
punish him. remote control?’
two elegant little signifiers meant.
‘It is as likely to be in the drawer,
He never heard them from
Grammar Alsana’s lips. Whatever
Samad Miah, as it is behind the
sofa.’
1 Look at the sentences about White Teeth. the question in
In each sentence underline the event in bold And so it went.
which happened first. Pronunciation
Glossary
1 Samad put his son on a plane to India 1 How are the underlined verbs curse (noun) – an unpleasant
and then told his wife. pronounced? situation or influence that continues
2 Alsana didn’t answer her husband. She 1 She had stopped speaking to her husband.
for a long time
had decided to punish him. 2 He hadn’t seen his son for eight years.
slipper (noun) – a soft comfortable
shoe you wear in the house
3 When the son came back home, he had 3 She can talk to her son on the phone.
straight answer (noun) – a direct
changed and Samad was disappointed 4 She’s very angry with him. They can’t be answer
with him. in the same room together.
2 Complete the rules. 2 1.18 Listen and check your answers.
Then complete the rules with the words in
Alsana had decided to stop speaking directly the box.
to her husband.
affirmative sentences negative sentences
• we form the past perfect with has/had
questions short answers
and a past participle
• we use the past perfect to talk about
an event in the past that happened • W
e usually use the weak form of an
auxiliary verb (or be) in .
before/after another event or a specific
time in the past • We usually use the strong form of an
auxiliary verb (or be) in ,
and . Zadie Smith is an award-
3 Read these sentences about other family winning British novelist.
situations. Write what you think happened 3 1.19 Listen and repeat the quotes
White Teeth (2000) was her
before. Think of reasons. Use the past about family life. Pay attention to the weak
first novel which she wrote
perfect. forms.
when she was 25 years old.
The husband moved out of the family 1 You can choose your friends but you can’t
1 It won many awards.
house. choose your family.
2 The daughter stopped keeping in touch 2 Blood is thicker than water.
with her mother. 3 A son is a son until he takes a wife, a
3 The two brothers fell out. daughter is a daughter all her life.
4 The grandmother refused to babysit for 4 Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
the grandchildren. 5 Out of sight, out of mind.
5 The son’s girlfriend didn’t answer his 6 Like father, like son.
calls anymore. 4 Work in pairs. Do you agree with the
quotes? Are there similar quotes in your
G rammar focus – explanation & more
G
country? Can you explain them in English?
practice of past simple & past perfect on page
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Lives Unit 2 21
2 Lives & Legends
UNIT
Part 3
22 Unit 2 Legends
If you want
Legends Unit 2 23
2 Lives & Legends
UNIT
Part 4
Vocabulary
Prepositions
Vocabulary Reading
1 Look at the picture and complete the 1 Look at the names of three legendary
Reading
description with the prepositions in the box. places in the box. What do you know about
Legendary places these places?
above against beside around
Grammar Atlantis El Dorado Shangri-La
beneath beyond within
used to & would
mountains. the tower there is a 2 Where does the legend come from?
Language note: the prepositions beneath 3 Work in groups of three, with one student
from group A, B and C. Tell your group
and within are more common in literary or
about your place.
formal texts
4 Work with your group and answer the
2 1.23 Listen and check your answers. questions.
Which place ...
3 Choose the correct word to complete the 1 suffered a natural disaster?
sentences. 2 was written about first in a book?
1 The secret garden was deep within / above 3 represents a place where you can get
the forest. rich?
2 We couldn’t see the tower, it was behind / 4 is a place of great natural beauty?
in front of the mountains. 5 was based on the story of a king?
3 At the top of the hill, far above / within 6 was ruled by dishonest people?
the village, there was a single house.
4 The travellers saw a group of trees and Extend your vocabulary –
beyond / beneath them, some red hills. ways of talking about meaning
5 The legendary city of Atlantis was
When you want to talk about meaning, you
beneath / around the sea. can use the following verbs.
mean: It means ‘Golden One’ in Spanish.
represent: This colour represents good
things, happiness.
symbolise: The marks on the wall symbolise
protection.
Do these things mean anything special in
your culture? Use the verbs above to talk
about their meaning.
1 the colour green
2 the number 13
3 a red rose
4 a snake
24 Unit 2 Legends
Legendary places
– modern meanings
The mountain paradise Shangri-La is an imaginary valley
deep within the Himalayas. It was described in the 1933 novel Lost
Grammar Horizon by British author James Hilton. The main character of Lost
Horizon is a European called Hugh Conway. Conway used to be a
Conway used to be a British diplomat.
The Ancient Greeks used to talk about Atlantis. British diplomat but disappeared after a mysterious plane crash
The king would cover his body in gold. over the mountains of Tibet. After the crash Conway, another
• use used to to talk about habitual states diplomat, Mallinson, and two other companions discover the
or actions in the past inspiring and mystical world of Shangri-La. Mallinson feels it is a
• use would to talk about habitual actions
prison but Conway sees it as a paradise.
in the past. We don’t use would to talk
about states
The legend of Shangri-La has different meanings. It represents
• the negative of used to is didn’t use to
• the question form of used to is Did … a perfect place that is hidden from modern society. It also
use to? We don’t usually use would in symbolises a person’s life-long quest
questions about the past Glossary
paradise (noun) – a perfect place for happiness and love.
quest (noun) – a long difficult search
1 Complete the sentences with used to or
would. Sometimes more than one answer is
possible.
1 One of the most famous legendary places A mini
in Britain is Camelot. According to the saga is a story
legend, King Arthur live there. in exactly 50 words.
2 He meet his knights at the Round The idea was popularised
by a competition in the
Table.
British newspaper The Daily
3 They sit around the table and
Telegraph. It is now possible
share stories.
to find many mini sagas
4 Historians believe that the Round
Table really existed, but they now say it is Writing on the internet.
Legends Unit 2 25
2 Function globally generalising and giving examples
UNIT
a b
Warm up Language focus
1 Work in pairs. Look at the pictures and compare and 1 Match the general statements 1–3 from the listening to
contrast them. the examples a–c. Then listen again and check.
• Who are the people in the photos? Describe them. 1 Generally speaking he believed that people have
• Where are they? What do you think they are obligations rather than rights,
listening to? 2 On the whole, Confucius’s students were young men
• How would you describe their mood? from good families,
2 Write down what you think one of the people in each 3 Most of the time, however, these students found it
picture is thinking. Then work in pairs and compare what difficult to live in the way that Confucius expected;
you wrote. a such as the sons of bankers or officials.
b for instance, Confucius thought people should always
Listening think of the interests of other people.
c for example to one’s family and one’s elders.
1 1.24 Listen. What is the situation? Who is speaking?
2 Underline the phrases used to make general statements
2 What is the speaker talking about? Choose one of the and the phrases used to give examples in the sentences in
topics in the box. exercise 1.
Speaking
Martin, Czech Republic Eva Maria, Switzerland 1 Think about someone who has had an important
influence on your life. Think about these questions and
make some notes.
• What are they like?
• How did you meet them?
• How have they influenced you?
2 Work in pairs. Tell your partner about the person. Use
your notes and the useful phrases to help you.
Useful phrases
Abdul, Saudia Arabia Erica, Italy
• He/She has a very … personality.
1 Martin, Czech Republic • He/She has always encouraged me to …
2 Eva Maria, Switzerland • He/She was a big influence on my life because …
3 Abdul, Saudia Arabia • He/She taught me lots of stuff about …
4 Erica, Italy • He/She helped me with …
• We used to … and stuff like that.
2 Listen again. How did these people influence the
speakers? Read the sentences and correct the two that are
false.
1 Martin: They encouraged him and helped him in his
career.
2 Eva Maria: She talked to her about art.
3 Abdul: He encouraged him to learn more about the
theoretical side of computer science.
4 Erica: She taught her how to study at university.
28 Unit 2 Writing
Global review Study skills