Comparison 1 Limits Starthere 1 What do these road signs tell you? Listening 2 [EEXEM A customer wants to drive her car onto a car ferry. Listen to her phone conversation with the sales staff of the ferry company. Complete the specifications of the customer's vehicle on the left, 3. Listen again and complete the conversation. Ce © It's just under @)—______ metres wide. © OK, that’s fine. The vehicle must not be (3) ____ 2 metres. O Great. eo © Ws exactly 6) ‘metres long. © Please measure it again carefully. It must not be (6) ____7 metres, © OK,Tildo that and get back to you ‘Co © It’s just over (8) _______ metres high, including the bicycles. @ Mm, that’s too high. The vehicle must not be (8) 2.9 metres © OK, Piltake the bikes off. Reading 4 Kead the Superterries web page. Which vehicles on the lett can board the ferry? 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Kr cry na mere arn passa oe apa re. 3Language The comparative form of single-syllable adjectives ends in er, eg. longer, wider. ‘Two-syllable adjectives ending in -y also end in er, e.g. noisy > noisier Notice the spelling changes: big > bigger: wide > wider, easy > easier. than is used after the comparative adjective, e.g. The van is higher than the ear, Irregular compatatives: better, worse, farther/further, more and less. more + adiective is used with adiectives of more than one syllable, e.g. more expensive. less is used with all types of adjective, eg. less cheap, less expensive If something is the wrong dimension for something, or above a limit, you can say: The lorry is too wide for the bridge. The bridge is not wide enough for the lorry. & Explain the problem. ‘The bridge is 2.7 metres high, but the lorry is 2.9 metres high. The lorry is too high for the bridge. 1 helght of bridge: 2.7 m; height of lorry: 2.9m ‘width of ship: 12.2 m; width of canal: 11.5. length of plane: 19.3 m; length of hangar: 18.8 m diameter of CD: 12.2 cm; width of box: 11.3 em. Unickness uf Col. 8 uu, widdl: of slot. 2.88 ua length of screw: 5.5 cm; length of hole: 4.35 em Task 6 Work in pairs, Read the text, then discuss the invention. Do you think people will buy it? Give your reasons. Make notes of your discussion. + compare it with (@) a normal car and (b) a small aireratt + list (@) its strengths and (b) its weaknesses eee ‘The road-ready lane p You can park it in your garage, drive it to your ‘nesrest alrfild, fly it to vaur destination, land It then drive off the runway, along a road to your ‘workplace, In the alr, it has a wingspan of $4 m, A length of 57 m and a height of 2m MW can fy of fuel The tangholds 76 tres of superunteaded patrol In ear mate, can go 17 km per lite of | {vel and ean travel at normal car cruising speeds, | but its only two seats and!no spacefor luggage, | ‘The cos a the meviernly plane teannrosimately | ‘at a speed of 185 kph for 740 km on a single tank $75,000. —~— —— —— — Writing 7 Workindividually, "3" gS > — = Reply to this ee = email from your company director. Use the notes from your discussion, Hi Bob What do you tink about he road-reacy plane? Could you put a few doas in an ema ome? Perhaps you can use these headings 1 What can do. 6 Main woaknesses. 2 What it can't 7 Recommendation (hats, 3 Comparison with smal lane, shouts we Buy one for our 4 Comparison with ear. company executives?) 5 Main strengths. “Thanks. Tom,Start here Listening ‘Speaking 2 Products 1. Which features are most important to you in a mobile phone? List them in order of importance, Compare your list with vour partner's, Here are some examples: size of phone, screen size, size of keys, talking time, recharging time, storage capacity, weight, video, music, organised address book. Think of other features. rs Lsten and complete the details in the customer call record 3 Listen again and complete the sentences 1 Sorry, _____ you repeat that, please? (Phone call 1) Thave your name, please? (Phone call 2) like to cancel an order, please. (Phone call 3) you think you tell me the model number, please? (Phone call 3) I like come infarmation shout the ePhane, please (Phone call 4) you like me send you a specification table? (Phone call 4) I put you through to the service department? Phone call 5) ‘you mind me what the problem is? (Phone call 6) 4 Match the sentences irom 3 with these language functions. a) saying what you want d) offering to do something ©) asking comeone to do something ¢) checking information 5. Work in pairs. Roleplay phone conversations between customer and service stall. Practise the six dialogues. Use the customer call record in 2 Study the Audio script on page 121 before you begin.6 Lookat the chart and complete this phone conversation. [Comparicon between two ePhonee Classic Dimensions 118 x64 411.8 mm | 06%62.0.7 mm Weight 1359 og ‘Soroen sie. 128.0 mm (diagonal) 72 mm (diagonal) Capacity G8, 1268 868, 1268, 1668 Battery 1Shoure 28 hours Charging time 35 hours Shours A: What’ the difference between the Classic and the Fonarama ePhones? B; Well, the Fonarama is much (1) than the Classic. It's only 9.7 mm thick, As [see, And what about the weight? B: The Fonarama is much (2) ___ than the Classic. It weighs only 94g. ‘A: UK, and what about the screen size? B: The screen of the Fonarama is much (3) ____. It’s only 72. mm across. A: [prefer a (4) soreen size. I want to watch movies on it. ll order the tassic. B: Certainly. Which one would you like? The 8 GB one or the 12 GB one? A: The 12 GB one, please, 7 Practise the conversation. Add more information from the chart. 8 Which word does one refer to in this dialogue? A: I'd like to buy an MP3 player, please, B: Which one would you like? Do you want the white one or the black one? A: The black one, please. ‘one is used when someone has already mentioned a thing, there is a choice between two or more types of the thing, and you don’t want to repeat the name — of the thing. : A: Please pass me a spanner. B: Which one do you want? The long one or the short one? Speaker B wants to mention two types of spanner, but does not want to repeat | the word spanner. Speaking 9 ‘The word one is missing from four places in this dialogue. Mark the places. A: Hello, Pd like to buy a portable radio, please. B: Certainly. We have two colours, red or black. And there are two models. There's with rechargeable batteries, and there's with normal batteries. Which would you like? [A: T'd like the red with the rechargeable batteries, please. 10 [EZEIM Listen and check your answers. 11 Practise the corrected dialogue with your partner. Use these notes. Portable radio ‘model: with rechargeable or normal batteries / colour: red or black me3 Equipment Starthere 1 Work in small groups. Discuss these questions about each world record. * Is tt still a world record? If not, what is the new record? ‘+ Ifitis still a record, how long will it last? Why? ‘The fastest men in the world are Powell and Gatlin, They ran 100 m in 9.77 seconds. ‘The world's tallest building is the Taipei 101 (Taiwan), at 509.2 m. The world’s smallest transistor is only 18 nanometres long. ‘The longest stay in space was 437 days by Valeri Polyakov. Reading 2 Jeff and Bob workin a company that provides motorboats for hire to tourists. Read their email correspondence and answer the questions. eeshalo as “ci Erie @ From: Managar otc Feet Subject Te putas few owt anges set Ja you raw, wee going to replace al our outboars eng, Could you pease est fe engrae tm tient suppor Late lng the cheapest an the Beet priormance, “Thanks, Bob. oo * 2 onbas ge ———— “os Mango Notarbot Fat a Fron Ce ghost ‘joc Ps: Tener fr pastas on cub engines Hips Thanka for your ema. can conn thst weve fished the tosis on he fe engines. tm atieching specs and ost eau. send you a fl fport in a couple f ays "| Cheers et. 5 1 What is the purpose of (a) the first email (b) the second email? 2 Inthe first email, what does Bob (a) remind Jeff about (b) want Jeff to do? 3. Inthe second email, (a) what new information does Jeff tell Bob (b) what does Jett promise to do? ‘Scanning 3 Practise your speed reading. Look for the information you need on the SPEED SEARCH pages (118-119). Try to be the first to complete the task. ‘Task: Underline the correet answers below, Specifications 1 Engine A has a (shorter/longer) shaft than Engine B. 2. The heaviest engine is Engine (A/B/C/DIE). 3. Engine D is the (cheapest/most expensive) engine, 4 Engine C is (as powerful as/more powerful thanjless powerful than) Engine E. ‘Test results 1 ‘The (lastest/siowes!) engine was Engine C. 2. The (mast rapid}least rapid) acceleration from 0-40 km/h was Engine C. 3. The (guietestinoisiest) engine was Engine B. 4 The engine with the lowest fuel consumption was Engine (4/B/C/D/E). se 2Language Speaking “x= wheel ne sey. ary ur Task ‘To change the comparative into the superlative form, change er to est, more to ‘most and less to least, eg, longest, widest, biggest, noisiest, most expensive, least noisy. the is used in front of the superlative, e.g. the fastest car in the world, 10s: hest, wart, larthesifurthest, mast and least There are five irragular sup 4. Make comparisons. Think of as many differences as possible. Think of some more groups and make comparisons. Zinedine Zidane ) Wayne Rooney / Cristiano Ronaldo Mount Everest / North Face of the Eiger / Aconcagua coal-fired power / nuclear power / wind power diesel / patrol / LPG 5. Workin pairs. Write down three items or products you know about. Compare them and make notes. 6 Workin small groups. Have a meeting to discuss this problem and agree on the best solution. ‘You and the other members of your group work on an oll rig in a desert. The tig is ahont 120 kam from the nearest town The town has a small airnart ‘There is no road between the town and the rig, and an aircraft cannot Jand at the rig. Between the town and the rig the land is sandy and rocky, with some Dulls. Your leant needs to Lrauisport stall teats Of Uiree (0 elyhit enylneers: and to tow a trailer with heavy drilling equipment between the airport and the rig. Your team wants to buy a 4x4 with the following features: * long wheelbase ‘+ large fuel tank © high clearance ‘© towing power (able to pull other © powerful engine vehicles) ‘+ space for up to 8 passengers * high cab (to allow driver to see easily) + low fuel consumption + low price Student A: your information is on page 111. Student B: your information is on page 113. Student C: your information is on page 115. Student D: your information is on page 117. Writing 7 Work individually. Write a short report on your meeting. Give your group's decision and the reasons for the decision. Use these headings. co4aeceecoreccececcocecee 1. Introduction Ourteam ld a macting yootenday ta choos. 2 Comparison of four vehicles We compared the specications ofthe four ofes 11 The Toyota Land Cruiser has tha longest whaetrace [lo 2850 ren length 2. 3 Decision Wecdocided ny because