2A Beginnings
_ QUICK REVIEW Starting and ending —
E or ‘Write six sentences
| that you can say to start and end
‘conversations at a party: How do you
know Matt? Nice meeting you., etc.
Work in pairs. Compare sentences.
Speaking and Reading
ff Work in groups. Discuss these questions.
What fast food companies ara thes
you" country? What food 6 they sa?
Wat are the good and bad
fast oo?
How often do you go to a fas
restaurant? What do you usualy hav
tb eat and ck?
Wihan youre na difaret own or cy.
ow do yu decide wher t ea"?
gs about
BB a Botore you read, chock these
words/phrases with your teacher
b Read the article about Hariand
Sanders, Put these events in order.
He sold the K
‘e He was born in 1890
1 He developed nis sacret recipe
®
h ant across the
Read the article again. Then answer
these questions.
Why did Harland Sand
How long di it take him ts
secret recipe?
When aid the tit offical KFC restaurant
open?
How old was Harland Sanders when he
sold the company?
What happened in 1980?
Who bought KFC in 19867
Work in pairs. Compare answers.
s learn to cook?
dlovelop his
Vocabulary past time phrases
Grammar Past Simple
Harland Sanders was born in the USA in
1890, bur his childhood wasn't a happy
one. His father died when he was only six.
mother didn't hy h money so she
needed to find a job. mnt to work ina
id Harland stayed at b
his younger brother and sister
shirt factory a
to look alice
That was when he first learned to cook.
He left home when he was twelve and
worked on a nearby farm. After that he
seta lot of different jobs and in 1950 he
became the manager of a service station in Corbin, Kentucky. He
started cooking meals for hungry travellers who stopped at the service
station, and soon people came only for the Food. Harland couldn't
serve everybody because the place was too small. So he decided
all his customers. Over the next nine
she developed the secret
chicken recipe that made him famous.
didn’t open
uuntil August 1952 and by 1964
there were more than 600 KFCs in
North America. That
sold the company for $2 million,
but he continued to work as KEC’s
public spokesman and visited
restaurants all over the world, He
travelled 250,000 miles every y:
tuntil he died in 1980, aged 90, Six
“years later, PepsiCo bought KF
For $840 million.
There are now KFC restaurants
in more than 110 countries round
the world and KFC has 12 million
customers every day ~ but the
recipe is still a secret!
The first oficial Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurantHELP WITH GRAMMAR Past Simple
Look at the verbs in bold in the article.
‘Which are Past Simple positive forms of 1=47
Which are Past Simple negative forms of 1~47
| THE MICHELIN GUIDES es
1 regular verbs In 1889 two brothers, André and Edouard
2 irregular verbs Michelin," started (start) the Michelin company
ee in France. They * (develop) a new tyre
4 can, for bicycles and then they > (make) and
1b Look again atthe verbs in bold in the article. ’ (el) tyes for car.
ape eis In 1900 there § (be) about 3,000 cars in France and
1 How do we make the Past Simple positive of people & (want) to travel around the country, But
regular verbs? Is there a rule for irregular verbs? travelling by car in those days” (not be) easy. People
2 How do we make the Past Simple negative? 5 (not have) road maps so they * (can not)
What are ne Past Simple negative forms of be plan their journeys and they " (not know) where they
and car " (jn) find service stations or restaurants.
TTPafrowefreankreguaay/otai stone ‘fF course, the Michelin brothers ® (want) people to
Look at the questions in 2¢. Then answer travel more because they (need) to sell more tyres
these questions. They " (write) the first Michelin guide in 1900, but the
1 How do we usually make Past Simple questions? famous star system '* (not start) until 1926.
How do we make Past Simple questions wi Michelin now sels over
the vero ba” 20 milion guide books
3 How are questions @ and f diferent from and maps in more than
questions a-c? 70 countries. There
4 Check in EEIXIUER p30 are only 81 three-star
restaurants in the
{2 Find the Past Simple of these verbs in the world and 26 of them
ticle about KFC. are in France,
ie need work nave become
Work in pairs. Compare answers, Which are silane
regular? Which are irregular? Getready «Get TUHgtith
EY Think about the last time you had a special meal
a Read about how the Michelin Guides Make notes on the meal. Use these ideas.
started. Fillin the gaps with the Past Simple pe
of the verbs in brackats,
for the meal
where and when you had the meat
b Work in pairs. Compare answers,
. ated and fished
Vocabulary and Speaking = what you wore
Past time phrases » the food and drink
G1 4 Putthese past time phrases in order. any other interesting formation
11900 inthe sixties ring 8 EBL a Work in pairs. Tak about your special meals. Ask
last week the day belore yesters
‘eighty years 290 in the nineteenth century 1
in Juy last year My special meal was for Where did you have it?
‘my biethday last month,
{questions to find out more information.
bb_When do we use ago, ast and in? Check in
oe 'b Toll the class about your partner's special meal. Did
Work in pas. Student A p109. Student 8 pt09 apice tot enloy shek sneak TL.5OM,2B How we met
QUICK REVIEW Past Simple Make a list of
five things you did last week. Work in groups
‘or move around the class. Ask questions
‘with Did you ... ? and try to find one student
‘who did each thing on your list.
Listening and Speaking
KE 2 Look at the photos. Where are the people,
do you think?
b Match sentences 1-3 to photos A-C,
from China and we met
+ Iwas travelling b
on the plane.
2 Wo fist met when she was renting a room
in my sister's fat
3. Wo were standing at a b
said hel.
¢ GEER 15 Listen and check.
HELP WITH AN
Past Continuous: positive and negative
LB 2 Lookat this sentence. Then answer the
questions
1 was traveling back trom China and we
mabonthe'aoae
tne "traveling
b Fillin the gaps for the Past Continuous
with was, wasr't, were or weren't.
Posmve
youlwesthey +
NEGATIVE
he/shelt +
youswe/tney +
Check in EXIIDINEE 13
Listen and practise
Copy the stress.
traveling back from China
| was /wae/ triveling bck from China
| was /w22/ trveling Bick rom China and
we méton the pve
Vocabulary relationships (1)
Grammar Past Continuous
positive and negative, questions
Ed a Holen is talking about how she met Simon. Choose the
corract verb forms.
1. first @habvivas meeting Simon when we waited/vere waiting for
2 Wrained 1g and he offerediwas offering me his umbroia
3. While we sat/wera siting on the bus, he gave/was gh
his business card.
when | gotiwas gerting home | couldn't find th
any
b Complete Helen's story. Put the verbs in brackets in the
Past Simpie or Past Continuous.
5 Aweek later was Walking (walk) tothe bus'stop atter work
eH talk) toa woman so (ot 8a) holo.
7 Butwt (wait for my bus, ac a}
aH for to-drive'me home andl | wt)
in fora cotiee. Tha (be) 22 year
ck Listen and check.
Vocabulary Relationships (1)
EW 2 Work in pairs. Tick the phrases you know. Then check in
fo
go Gut with someone get engaged to someone
ask someone Gut_get married to someone
fallin ve with someone meet someone for th fist time
‘break ip with someone goona date get divirced
b Work in pairs. Put the phrases in Sa in order. There Is more
than one possible order.HELP WITH LISTENING
Weak forms (1): was and were
a BEET 19 Listen to the two different ways to
say was and were.
strong_| weak
was | /wor/ | /war/
wore | /wa:/ | /wa/
b Look at Audio Script FESUF 1
again and notice how we say was and were,
‘Are was and were usually strong or weak in
sentences? questions? short answers?
HELP WITH GRAMMAR
Past Continuous: questions:
[Gi L00k at questions 4 and 5 in 6b. Then fillin
‘gaps inthe rule
Work in pairs. Si
108.
Get ready ... Get it right!
I) Choose a married couple you know
wall you and your husband wie, your
parents, other relatives or friends). Make
notes on th 25,
couple, Use these ic
en thay got engaged
Listening and Speaking oy eee
ary ot 19 oF tuny ntermation
(G1 2 EEF Rayis taking toa franc about how he met his, :
wife, Claire. Listen and choose the correct answers. Gil Work in groups. Tel other students
about the couple you chose. Ask
questions to find out more information,
Ray first ein
18 was working in a language schoal/@ museum shoo
They met every day in aps
ay went to the aiport/stati
After thay said goodbye, Ray
My parents first met at work
Where were they living atthe time?
Wy wasn't Gia speaking much Engish at work? In Madeid. They were working for a.
How long did Ray practise French with Claire each day?
Wy cert Ray ack Clare out? Which story isthe most romarti,
Wat wee they doing when Ray gave Cie a present? the most unusual othe funniest?
1
2
3
4
5
bb Listen again and answer the questions.
1
2
a
‘4
‘5. What was Ray doing when Claire arrived home in Paris?Vocabulary adjectives (1); connecting
words (1)
Skills Reading: a magazine article;
Lstening: a story
Te aN
2C AND SKILLS
“QUICK REVIEW Past Continuous Wiitefive
t times of the day. Work in pairs. Ask what
“ r partner was doing at these times yesterday:
= \ What were you doing at 8.30 a.m. yesterday?
as driving to work, aie
Coincidences
Many of us experience strange coincidences at some time
Reading in our lives. For example, we might meet people we know in
EB a Whatis ‘a coincidence’? Do you know any the most unexpected places. Perhaps when we're on holiday,
interesting stories about coincidences? If so, tell thousands of miles from home, we suddenly see our neighbour on
the class. the beach. In fact, this type of coincidence is quite common, but
b Before you read, check these words with ‘there are some coincidences which are really Incredible. Here are
your teacher. three ofthe strangest.
CT pages opestie so, mi ‘An unbelievable coincidence happened on a beach near Salem, USA.
an ecient In 1965 a wonan called Ace Bae saved a fouryearot cid fom
drowning inthe ea, The boy's name was Roger Laue, n 1974, onthe
same beach, Roger saved @ man from drowning, The man he saved was
¢ Read the article. Than match coincidences 1-3
Ace Blaie's husband
to pictures AC.
Ut youre raveting by bot, the luckiest name to haveis Hugh Witians.
(On 5" December 1680, a boat sank near Dover, England. There was
just one survivor - a man called Hugh Wiliams. On 5 December 1767,
‘another boat sank nthe same area and the only survivor was another
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1 Who nearly drowned in the sea in 19657 Who
>on es man called Hugh Wiliams, On 8° August 1820, a boat sank on the
Pe eee es Aver Thames and thee was on one surivor his ame ws also Hugh
8: Wat do tn tres about 00 Willams Te next extranrnary concer nth ay hapread on
wee ae ett 110" July 1940. A man and his uncle were the only survivors after a fishin
4 Did sri 940 kn 8
“¥ ; 9. ATER 4 sa ‘boat sank gut at sea, They were both called Hugh Williams.
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