“MauU oO TE 1 One ofthe gang | 6-7 | Present Simple and Present Continuous | Clubs, societies and organisat cay Toit Phrasal verbs 12-18 | Rellexive pronouns; each other “Clothes and accessories Order of adjectives “Adjectives deseribing clothes kxams tink Social Verbs in brackets » 6 lifes People 2 Keep in touch | 14-15 __| Present Perfect Simple and Present Perfeet Continuous 16-17 Computers and mobile phones i819 Phrasal verbs 20-21 aamstink Science and technology Peper ene eee EE —— Continuous, Past Perfect 627 ‘The courtroom Law and punishment 25-29 | used to and would Crimes and justice, CHiinals Antisocial behaviour 30-31 Sentence transformations p25 Cloze p20 and society (crime) Verbs in brackets p25 4 His and hers 32-35 | Modals of possibilty, ability, prohibition Personality adjectives and obligation Es Growing up and stages of fe wT Personality and behaviour; Household chores Dictionary sls: Symons 38-39 ‘Types of education Exams|ink People, Verbs in brackets p33 family and social ies School iinet as —————————————Ei™ Future predictions Adverbs of probability i 5 Pollution Phrasal verbs 46-47 — Faure: plans, intentions, arangements, decisions 0 | Natural disasters Exams link Natural Sentence transformations p43, environment; 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‘Verbs in brackets p.69 Home; Sport Multiple choice p.69 9 Feelings Third Conditional ‘Adjectives to deseribe a piece of writing Adjectives to describe feelings 30-81 ‘Adjectives and nouns to describe feelings Synonyms B2-B3_| Twish and only Feelings; Injuries and ailments 4-85 ‘Adjectives to deseribe character Exams ink People; Verbs in brackets p.79 Word formation pp.80, 82 | Health Sentence transformations p.83 10 True art 86-87 | Modals for speculation Modal perfects, 38-89 Expressions to give opinions about a piece of art 90-91 Classical and pop music Gollocations 32-95 Base and strong adjectives Describing films and TV programmes Film-making and film genres Exams link Culture Verbs in brackets p.87 | TT Looking good 96-97 | Articles 98-99 Sports and fitness TOO=I01 | Have/yet something done ‘Beauty treatments 102-103 ‘Adjectives for describing appearance Exams ink People; Verbs in brackets p.101 Health Sentence transformations p.101 12 The hard sell | 104-105 Verb patterns ‘Deseribing food Adjectives and prepositions 106-107 ‘Money 108-109 ‘Shops and shopping T10-1T Dictionary sks: Collocations ] Shopping | Exams link Food; ‘Verbs in brackets p.105 Shopping and Sentence transformations p.105 ~ Culture shocks p.114 Student activities p.120 Word list p.124_ Writing bank p.141 Irregular verbs p.144 4Er Listening Sr Cn ‘An article about an accident ‘An artile about a young man “Talking about Jobs career history ji Katy’s day at school Interviewing your partner and | Reporting a reporting the conversation | conversation A student practising ‘Speak Out: Comparing photos comparing photos | Matching p.60 ‘True/Palse p.64 Describing a photo pp.63, 64 ‘Matching p.63 Comparing photos p.67 [A webpage about youth hostels | Holiday situations: “Awebpage about extreme sports Talking about extreme sports ‘Aleaflet about air travel ‘Air travel ‘Speak Out: Evaluating options Dialogue: Comparing travel options “A school project about ‘A tour guide's speech to a ‘Writing skills: A Budapest group of tourists description of a place Matching p.70 Completing notes p.69 Roleplay pp.70, 72, 73 A description of a ‘True/False p.75 Multiple choice p.74 p75 ‘AreaderS letter in a magazine ‘A story: Eternal ove Astory fe Talking about extreme emotions ‘Radio interview with a ‘Speak Out: Relating an’ psychologist ‘experience: Multiple choice p.80 Multiple choice p.84 Deseribing a photo p.85 A magazine article about a ‘Talking about a painting painting (Speculating, giving evidence) 1 “K conversation between young|| Talking about modem art people talking about modern art | Speak Out: Participating in A conversation between young | conversations people talking about opera | Anarticle about rap musicians ‘Talking about music A film review of Alice in ‘Talking about films Writing skills: A film Wonderland review Matching p.91 ‘True/False/No information p.88 Describing a photo pp.88,89 _ film review p.93 Multiple choice p.88. Presentation p.91 Mati 89 ‘Anarticle about beauty “Talking about beauty and through the ages appearance ’ An article about unusual fitness ‘Talking about keeping fit | ideas | Reading skills: Distinguishing fact from opinion a "A webpage for a TV programme _—iaiking about TV programmes: “K conversation about Speak Out: Describing, ‘A description of@ | describing appearance appearance person E “Matching p.98 ‘Multiple choice p.102 ‘Anarticle about food ‘Talking about food and advertising cooking ‘A page from a web foram Song: Ka-ching by discussing shopaholies Shania Twain oh A conversation about Giving a presentation shopping habits Speak Out: Complaints Complaints about shops! services Aletter of complaint Discussing forms of ‘Writing skills: A letter of compensation complaint Multiple choice p.106 Multiple eee, 106 Describing a photo pp.106, 111 A letter of complaint ‘True/False p.108 Bey 108 pl Pronunciation table inside back cover @i™) Texts recorded on Class CDGRAMMAR AND READING 1. Look at the photo and read the introduction about Freshers’ Week. Then answer questions 1-3. 1 Who are Freshers? 2 What happens during Freshers’ Week? 3 Does Freshers’ Week exist in your country’? 2 Inpairs, read about the university clubs and say which one you would most ike to join and why. Work it out 3 Study the table. Then match sentences a-f with rules 1-6. a During Freshers’ Week we're giving a free head torch to every new member. b We have training sessions every Tuesday from 7 to 9. ¢ Kim and Jay are watching TV. d Students read a lot. @ The world is changing every day. f They seem happy. 4 In groups, think of one more example for rules 1-6 in the table. ‘Adverbs of frequency normally come before the main verb with Simple tenses. We always have a drink after the meetings. He occasionally goes dancing. They come after the verb to be and other auxiliary verbs (do, does, have, etc.). He is often late for class. She doesn't usually drive to work. Read, listen and talk about clubs, youth groups and lifestyles, clothes and secessories, Practise the Present Simple and the Present Continuous, reflexive pronouns. Focus on listening effectively, agreeing and disagreeing, describing appearance. Write a simple description, 5 Choose the correct forms in these sentences. 1 Don’t buy that phone now! Prices are going / go down all the time, 2 My brother is in the Scouts. He és often going / often goes camping at weekends. 3 Dina doesn’t usually / usually doesn't spend ‘much time in the lbrary, but this week she 4s studying / studies hard for her final exams. 4 Are you belonging / Do you belong to any clubs? 5 She can't come to the phone right now; she 4s sleeping | sleeps. 6 Many university students are working / work part-time, 6 Gl Complete the conversation with the correct form of the verb in brackets. Then listen and check. Jim Freshers’ Week is briliant! They 1__(put) ona free disco every night this week! kim Right Jim ‘There are so many clubs at this university. 2 (belong) to the Roleplay Chub now. Here's my membership card. We*____ (meet) every Wednesday at 8, Oh! Look! They ‘_(give) free food at the Cooking Ghub! Come on! Kim Hmm. ddim What's wrong? You ® (seem) bored. Kim Tdon’ like clubs. Pim an individual Individuals ® (novjoin) clubs! sim You * (ecome) really anti-social, Kim. 7 Inpairs, ask and answer questions 1~5. Student A, look at page 122. Student B, look at page 123. 1 What club do you belong to? 2 Why are you a member? 3 When do you meet? 4 What do you do? 5 What's happening in your club? 8 Do you belong to any clubs or organisations like the ‘ones below? If not, imagine you do. In pairs, ask and answer questions 1~5 from Exercise 7. Sports clubs/teams school societies sports team supporters club a political party a scouting organisation the fan club ofa group/singer a charity Internet groups/forumsee eto oops es You're a student. Students read alot, | ‘That's normal. 1 But sometimes you need to get up and move about. Dancing is good for you. Dancing helps you study. Join DanceStops this week and dance your way to good exam results, DERATING SOCIETYLISTENING 11. GEIB Listen and choose what you think the context is for situations 1~3. Don't worry if you don't ‘understand every word. 1 a conversation between ‘close friends / people who don’t kmow each other well 2a conversation 'at home [*hefore a class 3a conversation between friends !on holiday / Yat an annual event 2 (Gis Listen again and use the context and your knowledge of the world to guess what happens next. There are two extra answers, 'b~ #2 ee a a request b asking for directions € a formal speech d some instructions @ some information about when the club meets 3 In pairs, quess what sort of groups you think the people belong to, Use the ideas from Exercise 8 on age 6. 4B Listen and check your answers to Exercises 2 and 3. What words or phrases helped you decide if ‘your answers were correct? 5 Look at Exercises 1-4 and complete Train Your Brain with these words: * don't worry * context * check + knowledge of the world TRAIN YOUR BRAIN | Listening skills Listening effectively ten and guess what the * is. 2 if you don't understand everything, + Use the context and your» to guess what happens next. « Listen for key words to your ideas. 6 GIB) Listen and say what the situation is and what group the speaker is talking to. Use Train Your Brain to help you. What key words helped you decide? LISTENING AND SPEAKING 1. Inpairs, look at the photo and answer the questions. 1 Where are the people? 2 What is happening? 3 How da you think the people are feeling? 2 (@il Listen and decide what kind of programme it is. Then match the studio guests 1-3 with their ‘occupations A-D. There is one extra answer. 1 Mark Mondale 2 Jane Webb 3 Matt Hodges Astucdent B psychiatrist C psychologist Dssociologist 3 Check you understand these words. Use a dictionary ‘to help you. gang jque rolemodel fashion youth 4 Gi) Read the statements below. Then listen. ‘Are the sentences true (T) or false (F)? 1 The Internet is Uke a playground because it a great place to have fin a 2 Jane Webb believes that young people start looking for new roe models in thei lives, 3 Mark Mondale believes that teenagers are more similar to their parents today than sixty years ago 4 He believes that money and business is behind fashion and lifestyles. 5 Matt Hodges thinks that music helps many young people become frends 6 Both Dr Webb and Dr Mondale think that Matt’ answer proves their theories ie} wh (a) Ae‘5 Gi Study Speak Out. Then listen to extracts 1=4 and put the words/phrases in the correct piace inthe box. 1 I'm afraid I have to disagree. 2 Lagree up to a point 3 I couldn't agree more. 4 Absolutely! SPEAK OUT | Agreeing and disagreeing Agreeing That's so true! That's a good point! Exactly! Partial agreement That may be true, but ... You've got a point, but Disagreeing ‘Ym sorry, but can't agree with you. No way!* Come off itt” *very direct and perhaps rude for people you don't ‘know well 6 GB) Listen and repeat the phrases from Speak Out Read these exchanges and complete with expressions from Speak Out. Then act out the dialogues in pair. 1 AL think friends are more important than family for most young people. B [think that’s true for a lot of people, know a lot of people who have a very close relationship with their families kit's a waste of time being ashionable. D It's important to care about how you look. After all, it's a big part of your identity. 9 E Its stupidl to make generalisations about young people, F Everyone's different! In pairs, ive your opinions on the statements below. Agree or disagree with your partner's ideas. Use Speak Out to help you. | 4 People’s tastes in music have the most influence on how they look and behave, 2 People are ruder on the Internet, ‘than in real life A are often more aggressive 4 Young people today are more tolerant than their pareron Cathedral Square in Peterborough, in the east of England. Two noisy gangs of young people are sitting in the centre of the square. In one group the kids are wearing tracksuits and baseball caps and brand-new white trainers. A lot of them are wearing jewellery like gold chains and earrings, They're the ‘Chavs. Opposite them are the ‘Goths! ‘Theyre wearing black Doctor Marten boots, long black coats and black ‘T-shirts with the names of their favourite bands on them, \__ Nervous shoppers hurry past both groups, trying not to make eye contact. It seems to be quiet but you feel that at any moment a fight could start. The police say these young people are probably harmless ~ perhaps they just BEGQERROEAE the square because theres nothing better to do. But older people say they are tired I ts a typical Saturday afternoon of ACEGUBIWEH the noise and litter. *_ But after trying several different methods, Peterborough City Council has a radical plan to change things. ‘The council's controversial plan to bring peace to the city starts on a ‘Tuesday morning during the half- term holiday. A group of fourteen Chavs and Goths of both sexes are travelling by bus to a secret location in. the countryside, ten miles out of town. There are more Chavs than Goths - maybe its hard for some Goths to get up in the mornings! When they finally arrive, supervisors ask them to put on camouflage clothing and give each person a gun. And then the two gangs spend the rest of the morning shooting at each other. Dont worry - the guns are not real, of course. "But isnt it dangerous to fight aggression with aggression? Isa game of paintball really the best 50 Dan: | almost didn't come this morning, but my friends persuaded me. There was a lot of aggression to begin with, but everyone Saliicaeaa in the end. ||SURRBISIIGEG an old friend from primary schoo! who | hadn't spoken to for years, but he seems just the same as ever - in fact, | OMS him really wel. The atmosphere in town is probably a lot better now. ‘way to bring youngpeople together? Steve Mayes, the organiser of the event, feels that it is. He thinks these controversial games give the two groups something to do and can start them talking. ‘It gets rid of a lot of energy too ~ its much better than playing games on Playstations and Xboxes, he says. Meanwhile, the Chavs and Goths are ROGUAGIERBARE: there's a lot of shouting and laughter and everyone appears to be having fun, At the end of the day Steve Mayes believes the event was a suc the two groups are already talking to cach other. “__ ‘You choose which team you belong to. But at the end ofthe day, Chavs and Goths are the same sort of people! oOne of the gang My 4. Phiasal verbs Find phrasal verbs 1-6 in the article READING AND VOCABULARY and match them with meanings af. 11. (BiB In pairs, look at the photos and the title of the af article, What do you think it is about? Then quickly Ps be A Stampin A read the article and check your predictions. @fodarind [1 6eetonwitt’ fl 4 carefully and then match them 2 oe aes be quiet and relaxed after you have been sentences. nervous or excited b behave ina silly or irresponsible way, have fun a The police are going to arrest them. © tolerate, accept b ‘Its like football,’ says Denise, another d have a good relationship with organiser, wait or spend time somewhere and do nothing ¢ They fire plastic balls filled with paint and its f meet somebody when you don't expect to all just for fun i 4 ‘This is a terrible idea,’ says Trudy, a Goth 5 Complete the sentences with the correct form of a with long purple hair. phrasal verb from Exercise 4. e These kinds of problems certainly aren't Arialy Seitaa eS raraatertnes unique to Peterborough. she lefthomel f Some of them are wearing lipstick and 2 Your boyfriend never helps you. I don't know eyeliner and a few of them have piercings. ere Tegiatineay fas eee fi attics anelaland chacea to 3 The kids always _____ when the teacher correct answers. Rete 4.Guess what! I___ Matt in the 1 How often do the gangs of Chavs and Goths supermarket yesterday. He's married now! hang around the town centre? 5 Dont worry, just have a cup of tea and try anever to b not very often 6 The gang used to in the park until ¢ regularly the neighbours started complaining, devery Tuesday 6 In groups, answer the questions. 2 The shoppers in Peterborough don't stop to = bs talk to the young people because they 1 Do you think that the paintball games are a a are afraid of them. good idea or not? Dente ee oun e 2 Could they work where you live? Give your sc eT te aie an opinions and agree/disagree with your have better things to do. See anise SeaGORtEE aaEE 3 is combi orem aes paint Dall Beane 3 Which things lead to conflicts between a every Tuesday morning young people where you live? Give your own bin the town centre. Bc ai x opinions or use the ideas below to help you. Sn oneal ORS, supporting a different football team Se pee eerie « listening to different types of music 4 The organisers believe that paintball * living in a different distriet of town ais quite similar to computer games. * looking different b can help young people understand each « attending a different school other better. ¢ can make people feel the same things. 4 can be dangerous in some situations 5 Dan thinks that the paintball game a made everyone too aggressive. b didn’t help the situation in the town, was a good idea. 4 was a good opportunity to hit someone he knew. "Why do love you? | think i's because we have s0 much in commen.’ a8HOW IMPORTANT IS IT TO YOU? We asked some teenagers for their opinions loves shopping for clothes with her friends. “We really enjoy ourselves.We help each other look for bargains. | | doesn't care what he wears. ‘Some people | look at memseives in te miror all he time, but | think your personality is more important than your | __ appearance. | MEREITY makes her clothes herself. think its important to have an original look? | BIREIRETY nates trying on clothes in shops.'I don't usually ‘buy my clothes myself. Other people get them for me! t cares about his appearance, but he doesn’t spend alot | onclothes.'I think if you pay for your clothes yourself, you're more ‘careful about what you buy’ GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY In groups, use the prompts below to ask and answer questions about shopping for clothes. how often? where? who with? sales bargains important to you? 2 Road the article. Who takes fashion seriously? Whose attitude to fashion is most similar to your own? Work it out 3 Read the article again and complete the table. Refi 1 We really enjoy ourselves when we meet. 2 She makes some of her clothes terse. ‘stperson 2nd person rd person Siig Re ES Pata: Plural yourselves, 3 We help each other choose our clothes. Pronouns 4. Look at sentences 1-3 in the table and answer the questions. + In which sentence does the reflexive pronoun mean without any helpfindependently. + Where does the reflexive pronoun go in the sentence when it has this meaning? + What is the meaning of sentence 3? a [help myself and my friend helps herself bThelp my friend and she helps me 12 FASHION 4 = | Mind the trap! | We don't normally use reflexive pronouns with these | verbs: wash, dress, shave, brush. \ {shave before | have a shower. NOT I shave myself, 5 Complete the sentences with the correct reflexive pronoun. Tick the sentences in which the pronoun means without any help/independently. 1 My father talks to shopping. I don't know 2 Samar is paying for her studies 3 Be careful, Tim! Don’t cut 4 Do you like my dress? | made 5 Nobody helped us, we did it 6 Please behave | You're both very naughty. 7 Supermodels annoy me. They take so seriously! when we're Oo a a oa Oo a ao 6 Complete with the correct reflexive pronoun or each other. Then in pairs, ask and answer the questions. 1 How many times a day do you look at in the mirror? 2 Do you think we can look at for twenty seconds without laughing? 3 Tell me about your friends. How well do you get on with 2 4 Do your friends smoke or eat too much? Or do they look after ? 5 Do you and your friends enj when you go shopping together? 6 Do you and your friends ever lend clothes?VOCABULARY AND WRITING 1 In pars, put each word into the correct group. Then add as many other words as you can in tree minutes. boots bracelet eyeliner belt rs coat eanings 2 Look at the article below and use the phrases in bold to add more examples to the table, | Describing clothes - order of adjectives | opinion | size/ | style/eut | colour/ | material | noun | preposition | cool What's new on the High Street? length shade noun | | atthe neck long | loose _| dark grey woollen | cardigan | lipstick’ tckauit polo sir otieg mara eat aesenroaoy 4 black | cotton | Tshirt with buttons Put the adjectives in the correct order, Use the table in Exercise 2 to help you. 1 striped/a(n)/old-fashioned/eotton shirt 2 sillvlarge/a/biue blouse 3 gold/long/beautiful carrings 4 nylowa/cheap/white tracksuit, 5 cottowbelge/baggy shorts 6 redibright lipstick 7 horrible/grey/woollen socks 8 funny/with a message on ita ‘Pshirt 9 ripped/with a patch/denim jeans PAC Hannah is wear leggings, « lon c wide leather belt and short black boots with ond als atthe neck, o baggy sweatshirt with a hood, c ball cx also wearing a chunky metal bracelet hos a long silver necklace 10 black cation Tshirt with buttons tight dark blue jeans ond tines « striped lycra top, trendy black loose dork grey woollen cardigan h heels. She's ring eyeliner ond mos 4 ‘One of the gang In groups, follow the instructions, * Describe what someone in your class is wearing today. * Guess who your partners are describing, Choose a fashion or style that is popular with a group of people in your country. Write a description of about 200-250 words. * Paragraph 1 Mention the clothes, accessories and make-up they usually wear. + Paragraph 2 Mention the kind of music they listen to, + Paragraph 3 Mention how they typically spend their free time.Read, listen and talk about modern communications. Practise the Present Perfect Simple and the Present Perfect Continuous, Focus on making polite requests. Write @ personal letter. | “wn facespace.web/gabby-homepage = & Gabby 5) Currently: Offine Gabby Gabby has been on 4 Gabby likes ‘The sound and smell of rain Finding money in my pocket Lily Allen Mafia Wars Gabby dislikes Rude people ‘My job (administration assistant)! My boss — boring Mr Benson Friends: 4 of 654 friends + !9th-Oct-2010, ‘contact me. Gabby bbe popular! LOL Gs See Gabby Ko Sls ‘another job, don’t you? | | Monday 21 Feb at 18:35 ''m on holiday in Switzerland with my parents. 've been facespace since skiing all day ~ I'm really tired but happy! | haven't been ‘checking my messages so sorry if you've been trying to Wednesday 16 Feb at 22:19 Like | Comment OMG! Ive just got back home and I've noticed | have 62 tunread messages in my inbox! And just this week 14 people have asked to be my facespace friend! Sunday 20 Feb at 19:43. Like | Comment 1'm back at work! @ I think Pve got the most boring jo in the world, I've only been working here for four months, but it fets like years! I've been writing facespace messages all afternoon. ve written fifteen sofa, but've stl got lots ‘more todo. | haven't done any work for hours! | Monday 21 Feb at Like 1 Comment Dave Benson Hi, Gabby. Have you forgotten that you ‘asked me to be your facespace friend? I've been Watching you all day and you haven't done any of the ‘work | gave you. You've obviously been spending ll your time on facespace.| think it's time for you to look forGRAMMAR AND READING 1 Read Gabby’s homepage and answer the questions. 1 What do you know about her — job, likes, friends ...? 2 What bad news is waiting for her the next time she goes online? 3 What kind of person do you think she is? Work it out 2 Look at the examples and answer the questions. 1 Present Perfect: Ive written fifteen messages. 2 Present Perfect Continuous: I've been writing messages all afternoon. 1 How do we form the two tenses? 2 Which tense talks about, * an activity that started in the past and may be continuing? + 2 completed action? Check it out 3 Find and underline more examples of the Present Perfect Continuous on the facespace page. 4 Use the Present Perfect Continuous and the words in brackets to explain these situations, Gabby's pleased. It’s been raining all morning. 1 Gabby’s pleased. (rain/all morning) 2 Mr Benson's very tired. (write report/ 2 o'clock) 3 Gabby’s back is sore. (sit at her computer! four hours) 4 Mr Benson's employees ate stressed out. (work long hours/for the past few weeks) 5 Gabby is looking thin. (not/eat much/recently) Write one sentence in the Present Perfect Simple ‘and one in the Present Perfect Continuous for each example. Dan has been writing emails all morning. He’s written six emails already. 6 Complete the text using the Present Perfect Simple and the Present Perfect Continuous. " (try) to phone you all morning but | can't get through. 1* _ (be) 80 worried — are you OK? I can't believe that you®__ (lose) your job! * (you/decide) what to do next? Today at 11:49 Comment Gabby Sory.1___ (talk) on the phone to ‘Mr Benson for ages. He (decide) to ‘ive me another chance. I feel so bad. 1"__(ery) my eyes out and my face is a red! How could Ibe so stupid! Today at 12:15 7 Inpairs, ask and answer questions 14. 1 How long have you been using a computer? 2 How many times have you used a computer this week? 3 Have you ever joined a social networking site? Why?/Why not? 4 What are the pros and cons of social networking sites? Use the prompts below. send messages instantly addictive find old friends give personal information pressure to be popular practical see who is onlineSPEAKING AND LISTENING 1 Inpairs, describe the photo and answer the questions. 1 What is the man doing? How is he feeling? Why? 2 Do you enjoy shops like this? Which products interest you most? 3 Have you been in a shop like this recently? What did you buy? 2 (@isD Read the statements and listen to the recording. Are the statements true (T) or false (F)? 1 Darren has been working in the shop for a week. 2 The second customer asks a question Darren can't answer, 3 Darren calls his mur to ask her for help, 4 Mr Harrison is Darren's boss. 5 The last customer is a friend of Darren's. oo000 0 ‘3. GD Listen again and complete requests 1-8 with ‘the phrases in bold from Speak Out. 1 where the toilets are? 2 if you could recommend one of these TVs? 3 ‘you could help this gentleman, please? 4 why you are talking on your telephone? 5 if you can help me? 6 which of these phones is the best buy? 7 how much it costs? 8 ‘what it. can do, SPEAK OUT | Being polite Direct questions can sound rude in English So we often, use indirect questions to make polite requests or to. ask for opinions and information, Use these phrases + affirmative word order. Direct Indirect Could you (possibly) tell ‘me how much itis? ‘wil it rain? Do you think it wil rain? Could you lend me £20? | 1 wonder if you could lend me £20? How much is it? Other phrases was wondering . 1d like to know Have you any Do you (happen to) know ... 2 Would you mind telling me... ? 4 Gi Listen and repeat the phrases from Speak Out, 16 Rewrite questions 1-6 so that they mean the same as the original sentences. 1 How does this work? Do you know 2 2 Coil you let me see a cheaper model? I wonder 3 How many gigabs Tea got? Could you tell me 4 Will the price go down? Do you think ? 5 How long have you been working here? Would you mind telling me ? 6 When did the first Phone™ come out? Have you any idea ‘In groups, take turns to ask your teacher questions ‘about his/her mobile/watctv/bag/other object. Use the phrases from Speak Out and the ideas below. What make is your ... ? How long have you had it? Where did you get it? Have you had any problems with it? ‘Are you thinking of getting a new one? What model would you like to get? Would yoy mind telling me what make your phone is? In pairs, look at page 120 and roleplay a conversation in a shop selling electrical goods.Keep in touch ) LISTENING AND VOCABULARY 1 In paits, look atthe cartoon below and say why the boy is unhappy. 2 Match the beginnings of sentences 1-6 with endings af. 1 Ifthere’sno signal, 2 ifthe battery is low, a aaa 4 The ring tone SWithavbratng alert 5 6 Voice mail Q a is a service which answers your calls for you. VOCABULARY | Computers Bis what you hear when someone cals your mobile 11 Match the computer icons wit the verbs in the box. ¢ is where you store your friends’ numnbers Use a dictionary to help you. 4 you can receive calls without disturbing Pe ee eee eee other people Tailach 2alick Serash Adelete ORE eae ee ea! 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Why’? computer viruses cyberbullying stealing personal information uploading embarrassing photos spyware programmes illegal downloadsREADING AND VOCABULARY 1 Inpairs, discuss the questions. 1 How Iong have you had your mobile phone? 2 What can you do with it? 9 Are you happy with it or would you like to change it? Why? 2 Gi® Look at the title and the picture and read the article quickly. Then answer the questions. 1 What kind of magazine is the article from? 2 What year is it from? 3 What is the article about? Choose from a-e. a anew application for mobile phones b how mobiles encourage radical thinking ca review of a new mobile phone 3 Read the article more carefully and match paragraphs 1-5 with the headings a-g, There are ‘wo extra headings. a Complete and easy to use b Fact is stranger than fiction © How does it work? d It’s not all perfect @ No signal? Who cares? 1 Safe to use g A new answer to old problems 4 Undertine the key words in questions 1-6. Then find those or similar words in the article to help you find the answers. 1 What three problems with making phone calls does the writer mention? 2 In which parts of the body does the Permaphione® go? 3 Where does it get its power from? 4 Who first wrote about the idea of a phone implant? 5 How does it feel to have a Permaphone®? 6 In which two situations might you have problems with a Permaphone®? 5 Look at Exercises 2-4 again and match strate 1-3 in Train Your Brain with descriptions a~c. TRAIN YOUR BRAIN | Reading skills Reading effectively ‘You need to use different strategies depending on what ‘you are looking for in text: 41 Skimming to understand the general idea of a text 2 Finding the main idea of a paragraph 3 Scanning to find specific information ‘Read the paragraph carefully, especially the first and last sentences: they often summarise the main point. Undertine the key words in the questions; find synonyms and similar expressions in the text; read carefully before and after the Key words. «© Look at the tite, the photos and read the text quickly. The introduction and the final paragraph can tell you alot 6 Vocabulary Complete the sentences with the correct ‘form of these phrases from the article. bring out come up with go dead run out of switch off turn up’ 1 The play is about to begin, Please check that you have your mobile phones. 2 Putt on ioudspeaker and the volume so that everyone can hear. 3 During the storm the phone suddenly 4 Theyve its amazing! 5 I wanted to buy one, but they've them in the shop. 6 Can you any good ideas for new applications for mobiles? anew 3D TV. I've heard 7 In groups, discuss these questions. 1 Will there ever be mobile phone implants like the one in the article? 2 Would you like to have a mobile phone implant? 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