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    o ° z a m 2 a a BEE 1-SPEAKING THE SAME LANGUAGE page 2 H MBB 2 Back To NaTuRE page 8 . EEE 3 Icons page 14 PROGRESS TEST 1, UNITS 1-3 page 20 MBB 44: Aces ano CHANGES page 22 MBBS 5 Live ann Learn page 28 WEBB 6 Hep! page 34 r PROGRESS TEST 2, UNITS 4 r MB 7 switcen on \ page 42 ¥ MBM 8 REAL or Fake? \ ge pes MEI 9 Maxine Enos Meet VS age 544 ¢ 2 4 paostess esr 3. unrs7-s \ PABRES co : bse * HMB 10 A Giosat Market? \ page 62 29 = MEE 11 Nice to Meet You saa a f WME 12 ENTERTAIN ME page f PROGRESS TeST 4, UNITS 10-12 page 80 ; TRANSCRIPTS page 82 ’ TRACK LISTING page 88 a { CMs Zul =6rL BIG PICTURE B1 (PRE-INTERMEDIATE ] i Workbook | Grupo § ALASTAIR LANE Series editors: BEN GOVOSTEINGCCERIVQNES Richmond www.americanbigpicture.net 1 SPEAKING THE SAME LANGUAGE VOCABULARY 3 Complete the text with language words. Languages ‘My nameis Tove, and I come from 1 Find ten countries in the word search. |e o_f_¢ languages 2 pe ee ee eee {in my country: Finnish and ORS ae oe) ek VER SYS eS2 RV Swedish. Infact, my home town, fa at ese ee hhas another name: in swedish it called Abo, So, alot of people UN Do kg bt x 7 Ww ees ee ce fas et geese ae including me. thave two ___tlanguages because 1 grew up with Swedish and Finnish. But really my ois ids acs ts Seen aia 2X @m___h_rtongue is Swedish because speak that fo eer eee ove Wuees Poa athome with my parents. At school I also learned some Or languages like Fren rman, but Ele ee Ween ae Te languages like French and German, but my main ___d language is English. Most people a Ne 0 Reg eee eA {nthe Nordic countries speak it really well! jee GH Ol iets aN DY. Sn Wee MiG (pcr y-N, Freetime RV WG K EN ¥ A C S A 4 Lookatthe pictures. Complete the sentences. 1 Like going out but | prefer 2 Complete the sentences with the words from the friends box. = Arabic Cantonese Dutch English French Hindi Japanese Mandarin Portuguese Spanish Swahili 2 My brother spends hours s_ the tL 1. People talk about “Chinese,” but actually this is two y ie jis the international language of a = 6 is an African language. It's an official language in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. 5 My parents ove e a 7 In Tokyo and Osaka, people speak e oe at restaurants. 8 ____isthe second language of Canada. People speak it as a first language in Quebec. 9 People speak __in almost every country in Ce Latin america ie eta 10 is a language spoken in India canta ol ee days Communication Correct the wrong sentences. Mark (/) two correct sentences. 1 The doctor wants to tell you something, 2 The teacher says us the answers at the end of the class. 3 My mother talks her sister on the phone every day. 4 Listen to your boss! He gives you good advice 5 Jon loves talking to computers with his friends. 6 All politicians say lies. 7 Do you listen that strange noise? What is it? 8 My brother and | receive e-mails to each other all the time. VOCABULARY EXTENSION Other free time words Replace the words in bold with words from the pictures. fe 2 ing iors My brother loves riding his motorcycle on the weekend. horse In my free time, | usually play the guitar. My dad's hobby is collecting CDs. They live near the beach so they often go s inthe ocean. 5. When I want to do some exercise, ! usually go dancing. Jim writes songs in his free time. BRING IT TOGETHER 7 a Complete the conversations with the ‘words from the box. There is one word that you don't need in each conversation. Conversation A Arabic bilingual talk tell play weites {4 {got an e-mail from Hernan. He isn’t ‘coming to the soccer game today. 8 What? But we always soccer on Saturdays. A its not his fault. His parents are having some old friends One of them isa reporter in Egypt. She's —she speaks English and ) Hernan wants to 5 to her about her job. a o 8 Does he want to be a reporter? ‘A Yeah That's his dream job. He ®: ablog for the university, magazine already. Conversation B hearing listening reading cller-blading sending surfing talking © Mom! What sit, Jacke? Ym busy. 'm ____the newspaper. Ymbored. | want to go in the park, but it’s raining, Well, there are lots of things to do indoors. © Like what? © Well, your brother’s®_the Internet. Why don’t you do that with him? © No, | don't want to, He's only e-mails. He isn't doing anything fun, © Well, what about __to music? & fio. want to call my frend Tina, but Dads to someone on the phone. c +) Listen and check. GRAMMAR Present simple & present continuous 1 Choose the correct sentence ending, a or b. 1 Frank doesn't drive because he doesn't have a driver's license ’b because there's a problem with his car today. 2 Every time we go to Paris {2 We stay atthe same hotel. we're staying atthe same hotel 3 We've just bought anew house so ‘a We buy alot of new furniture we're buying a lot of new furniture at the moment. ‘4 What's that noise? Does your cell phone ring? bb Is your cell phone ringing? 5 There are two official languages in Finland— people speak Finnish and Swedish. 'b people are speaking Finnish and Swedish, 6 Dagmar loves pets— ashe has three cats and a dog! bb she's having three cats and a dog! 2. Complete the sentences about the pictures using the verbs in bold. 1 play a Mike soccer every weekend. b Mike________ soccer at the moment. 2 buy a Jacques and Carmen ______lots of books. bb Jacques and Carmen Brom books. 3 Write sentences about what you are doing now. 1 ’mnot cooking __dinner. 21 the guitar 31 an exercise in my English book a ‘on the phone to my friends. 51 abe 6 ona chair. 3 take a We the dog for a walk. b We usually the dog for a walkin the morning. al ‘my son to ride a bike. bt math at the local schoo. Questions 4 Put the words in the correct order to make questions. 5 Correct one mistake in each conversation. 1 from where come your teacher does 1. & What means “tide"? ats 8 It means “to travel,” for example on a bike or a horse. 2 you out like do eating 2A How often go you to the gym? = 8 We go there every day. 3 movie your is favorite what 3A Do Mineko and Toshi work in the restaurant? 8 No, they not. 4 do over how they friends have often 4A When does our class starts? ae 8 Itstarts at 5 pm. 5 you are why late 5A Are Becky and Laura come from Venezuela? = a B No, they're irish. 6 students how class the many in are 6 A Doyou like cooking? B Yes, I like, BRING IT TOGETHER aii 6 Choose the correct option to complete the web chat. tihana Loulse! Hello from Croatia! : Hi, Tihanal B) nana Why are you surfing / do you surf the Internet now? What time ®t is / isin Australia? Touise IVS 2 8.m. over herel But don’t worry, this is normal for me— | © rm working / T work at this time every day. why? 1m having / I have a new job. Y'm an astronomer on a project here in Australia, 1 study the sky at night ‘An astronomer? Wow! What / When are you studying at the moment? Asteroids, Asteroids! How are people researching / do people research asteroids? foulse © We're usually looking / We usually look at them with telescopes and then “ we're studying / we study the results on the computer. That's what 7 do / I'm doing right now. ‘unana So are any asteroids traveling towards Earth right now? | louise Ha ha! “9 Youre watching / You watch too many movies. Don't worry— you're safe! SKILLS DEVELOPMENT FUNCTIONAL LANGUAGE Checking understanding 1 complete the sentences and questions with verbs 2. Match 1-Sin 1 to responses a-e. from the box. There is one verb that you don't need. a Sorry, was | speaking too quickly? Is this better? sie bea ete rie Sa eanee b “Speaking two languages equally well. It's so noisy.. | asked you what you 1 What do you __ this kind of book in English? iia align your free HR 2 Could you more slowly, please? ateiee sy 667 ates eae e Ee 3 I'm sorry, didn't you. fe We a“dicionary 4 What does “bilingual 2 5 Canyou_____that number again, please? LISTENING Preparing to listen 1 You are going to listen to three conversations. Before you listen, read the web post and profiles quickly. Who are Sara, Keito and Roos? Tourists visiting an information office, cee STRATEGY Look over all photos tables 1b Information officers who work in New York. ae CF texts before you listen. They can give you ¢ People who want to workin an information office,

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