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What ______ their names? How old —___he? |___ interested in taking guitar lessons. Jane and | not going out this weekend. My brothers’ names ____Jack and Toby. we cooking dinner tonight? Put the questions in the correct tense using the prompts. Then match the questions to the correct answers. Who / your parents / meet yesterday? Where / he / go last night? When / you / start your new job? What / Ella / do / on weekends? Why / Ryan and Jake / like action movies? Paulina / go to the gym every day? | started it last month, No, only on Saturday mornings. She plays tennis and meets her friends. Because they're exciting My aunt and her new boyfriend, To the new movie theater on Cross Street Complete the sentences with a, an, the, or - (nothing). lim —___ teacher at Saint Martin's Academy. school specializes in language education, | would like to be pilot because pilots travel all the time, Do you think nurses work long hours? Rob Lawley is actor in TV program Case Files. Sophie wants to be writer or artist Circle the correct option to complete the sentences. Jack's Jacks’ got blue eyes and blond hair. Who/ Whose laptop is on the table? Jenny doesn’t have Martin's keys, but she found hers/ her. What are your sisters’ sister’snames? My father’s mother is my// mine grandmother. Carla doesn't have a book. She can borrow my// mine.Rewrite the sentences using the word in parentheses. Use the correct punctuation. sage my clothes and put on my gym shoes. Then, | play badminton. (before) = The basketball team wins an important game. Then they celebrate with e party (afer 2 Isayin the office, | leave when |finish my work (unt) 4 Valeria goes to the ay about twice a year (reli = They have no free time, They are busy al day, every day. always) = & Andrew got the job. He was happy. (when) 6 Circle the correct option to complete the sentences. There are several / any rock concerts in California this summer. Are/ Is there a restaurant near here? There is a/ some bread in the cupboard. There aren't / isn’t any ice cream. There is / are a lot of museums in Washington D.C. My mom doesn’t want any / some vegetables. I don’t eat much / many cake There aren’t/ isn’t any tomatoes. 7 Correct the mistakes with the imperatives in four sentences. Check the two correct sentences. + Sitting down and being quiet! 2 Please turn off your phones. 3 Don't forget to take your passport. ase to open your books at page three. = Complete the sentences with the words in parentheses using the simple present = the present progressive. — 40 go to New York this year. (we / want) now? (you / take) ‘tennis three times a week. {he / play) horror movies. (she / not like) — Spanish and Russian at university this year. (he / take) (he / not work) in a schooli ia ii on ti ala neal ameter 9 Check the correct sentence. Correct the incorrect sentences. 4. Shelly is more funny than Martin 2. The new smartphone is user-friendly than the old one. 2 She can play the piano good. 4 An e-reader isn’t cheaper than a laptop. 5 Johanna can't speak French easy. 6 Louisa and Caroline cook wonderful 40 Choose the correct option. 4) This pants really suit you. by These pants really suit you. 2 Let's have some chocolate ice cream for dessert. by Let’ to have some chocolate ice cream for dessert. 2 Would you like to try the soup of the day? by Would you like try soup of the day? 4 a) I prefer this blue shirt over there. ») I prefer that blue shirt over there, 41 Complete the sentences with the verbs in parentheses. Use the correct tense. ‘&: Hi, Rosanna! How (1) (be) your weekend? twas great, thanks. On Sunday, | @ (go) for lunch with some friends. When | @) —____ {get} home I watched some DVDs, What about you? ‘fs |(@) (not do) much. But next weekend, I'm going to see Daft Punk in concert. 1) =___ (love) them! I'm so excited. | 4» _______ (buy) the tickets last year. What 7) —___ (you / do) this weekend? B: I'm going to study because |e) ______ (take) my university entrance exams next month 12 Rewrite the sentences, Replace the underlined words with object pronouns. 4 [told Mary that | liked Jack, 2 Abby gave Jenna and me some ice cream. 3 & Who wrote A Hundred Years of Solitude? 8: Gabriel Garcia Marquez wrote A Hundred Years of Solitude 4° She gave her brother a gift. 5 Sally told her parents she would be home late 6 &: Who is making dinner? 8: Sasha is making dinner for you and me.a UNIT | IN THIS UNIT YOU ° for talking about and important A. Ework in pairs. Look at the pictures. Which of these ze things from the first decade of the new millennium do you tkeyeventsduringe _tecognize or remember? talk about generational 00 Po sbout an important event in 2 video abaut world events millennium ork in pairs. What other things do you remember jout from those years? Learn to identify different sources SKILLS Cyaielnuertcen) STUDY & LEARNING PuyA [)01 Underline the characteristics that you think are typical of Millennials—the generation born after 1980, Then listen to a talk and check your answers. Millennials ... ‘learned to use technology as young children, _ respect authority. are “connected” through social networks. ‘want to find a permanent job. * are interested in global issues. « prefer to work alone, ‘are very self-confident. prefer to work in teams, B Listen again and choose the correct answers. Ff What does the speaker say 2 What do Millennials want 3 What characteristic makes is the main characteristic of t0 do in their jobs? Millennials good at warking in Millennials? @)> stay with a company teams? a)- They're technology natives. for a long time 3). They're sociable. ») They're multicultural ») workin other countries by They're self-confident. © They're self-confident. make decisions «They're multicultural. ¢ [work in pairs. Are you a Millennial? If so, which of the characteristics mentioned in the talk do you have? 4: I'ma Millennial, and | definitely know a lot about technology. 8: I'ma Millennial, too. I'm not very good with technology, but | like social networks. y aes A Do you use a computer? Check the things you use it for. [sending and checking emails [shopping playing games [il social networking Bother B Read the article about the internet in the 21* Century. Write each of the words in bold next to its definition. ‘any people all over the world started using the internet in the 1990s. One of the fist things people could use the internet for was emall.Then, many companies set up websites and started Selling their products online, Milions of people also started using the internet to play games; download music or movies, or blog about their lives It became completely normal to browse the internet to find information instead of using books. In the 21 Century there was an explosion cof social media use. People can now post photos or status updates, and message thelr friends on Facebook They can also google new business contacts, upload home videos to YouTube, and tweet on their phones. 4 Dlwrite an online journal = —— 5 Doon the internet = 2 [put photos or videos on the internet 6 [use the Google search engine to look for = = someone/something 3 look at different websites 7 Lget files from the internet = , 4 [ito puta message, photo, orblogentry 8 []wtite a short message using Twitter cline = twee © ff check the internet activities in Exercise B that you do often. Then compare with a partner, ‘4: loften download music, but { never shop online, 8: luse Twitter and Facebook a lot.—ssSs:ti‘ te: z GNC sa) A LANGUAGE IN CONTEXT Read the blog. How is Stephanie's life different now? Steph24: Wha ago? That's easy was studying for my last exer ‘aduation. Iewas my final semester in college, andi was taking classes and workin parttime at an electronics ecause Idich't re time! N working, net dying, and 'm socializing a lot more, Life is getting more interesting]! 5 ANALYZE Read the text in Exercise A again. Novice! Form Complete this table with examples from Exercise A. Then {904 back at tho blog and choose the correct option to complete the rule below. circle the verbs that reler to = Stephanie's life two years ago. emative Negative Question 7 12) What (3 1 wo for my last exam. : with friends. years ago? vas studying, He/She/It wasn't going out. What was he/she/it doing? © You/They were studying, ! We/You/They weren't going : What were we/you/ they doing? out, = fem the past progressive with was/were and the ... form of a verb. = ») base jon Choose the correct option to complete the sentence. \e past progressive to talk about something that ... at a particular moment in the past ted and finished = &) was in progress ss © PRACTICE Complete the blog with the past progressive form of the verbs in thesis. Mouse12: Hmm, Good question. I think |(@) a= (dance) th end at a high school party Aiden300:1 (3 S (sleep|l | was only five years old in 1999 SS My family and ty {watch) the colabrations Marco: We () {have} dinner at my gras house. In my county, we have a big femly dinner an New Year's Eve, Kenny: (6) {worl on a big project for a college class, sol) int celebrate that nigh © Bi xow you bo it Work in pairs. Ask and answer questions about SoS yee were doing at particular moments in the past. you doing at this time yesterday? what were you doing last New Year's Eve at midnight? New millenniumasking follow-up questions sa ping. You cc phra nterest. 02 Listen to a conversation between two friends who meet on the street. Check the follow-up questions that they ask. 1» Oh, yeah? How come? Dl «) And what about you? . ( ® Yeah? Where? «Really? Why? What were you doing? Ta Wow! Did you like it? Tl A Oh, no, That's awful What happened? B Now read the conversation and put the follow-up questions from Exercise A in the correct place. Listen again and check. liss: Hey, Jessiel I can't believe it's you! How are you? Jessie: I'm good, thanks. | think the last time we saw each other was in the summer three years ago. I went to Mexico after that. | was living with my brother for a while ues (Ob tah Nt SL Jessie: Oh, | was traveling and working in a restaurant there. Liss: @) N i Jesiie: Yeah, Itwas great! gy ea Use:, Well, the last time | saw you I was working with my dad, but | wasn't enjoying it very much. “ ike i Well, we © [work in pairs. Ask and answer these questions. Use follow-up questions. 4 What were you doing in 2009? ‘4: What were you doing in 2009? 2 What were you doing this time last yea BJ was living in Chicago. 3 Where were you living five years ago? A: Really? How come? 4 Who were you living with two years ago? ie: Cosa ECCT A Match the adjectives with the pictures. 4 upset about 1 5 interestedin — 2 excited about 6 worried about 3 amazed by 7 surprised by 4 angry at 8 happyabout — 0. e2@ e F 6 B f§ Work in pairs. Make a list of important events during your life. Tell your partner how you reacted to each event. &: Iwas about ten when Michael Jackson died, so | remember that. | was shocked by it. B: | remember when Barack Obama bec: president. | was really excited! ®We eee exo el ead [03 Listen to the pronunciation of these words. Notice that the first vowel in words eat the end has a ‘long’ sound. at ate hid hide hop hope mad made not note us use B Listen again and categorize the words in the table. ‘short’ vowel ‘long’ vowel mad made ‘Work in pairs. Practice these sentences. Then listen and check. He hid the note in the cake. 3. They made ud hide the bikes 2 |hope you are not playing that game | hate. 4 We're going to arrive late! az aie PO ec © Pronouns are words such os he and them. They refer to nouns. Its important to understand exactly what the pronouns refer to. Usually this information comes in the clause or sentence before. Boxe) obras erika .e 1 = 2 “ay famiy was ing there athe tne, before we "remember that Ithappened ust atthe endo tho sume) moved othe US.A for my father's jb.) They te usual o get (them at that tine of year, but everyone Was wher fantasti! twas Ike beng tthe centerafthe ff wored. Tey knew it asa bg stom. A lot of people ft New Universe fortwo weeks, Ouratletes did realy well J] Orleans, but many stayed. When the stom ht, caused a lt of OF course 2 weal rely wanted thom towin!| [| damage. | saw ton TV herein Argentina. But the big problem know they were really expensive, but twas a once- ff was wth the foods, 7 They totally destroyed some parts of Iralfelie experience |wastoo young tobe one of [ihe city. Alot of paces inthe iy are below sea ve, and when the volunteers back then-Iwes only 12-—but loved] the water came out ofthe ake (8) they were flooded went seeing them in toi amzing clothes. really thera ew years ago Everything was getting back to normal wwantedto be volunteer oo!" mm butitwas sil shocking to see some ofthe efecs.” oe Rodrigo, Buenos Aires ‘A Read this magazine article about important events of the 2000s. ‘Write the correct event above each description. There is one event that is not described. ‘Tho 2008 Olympic Gemes in Beijing The blackout in New York City in 2003 Hurricane Katrina in 2005 _<@.B Look at the pronouns in bold in Exercise A. Who or what does each one refer to? Write the number of the pronoun that refers to each of these things. Text 1 P Text 2 2) the athletes a placesinthecity ®) the Olympic Games gf 9 hurricanes oO the volunteers a @) the floods oO @ thewriterandher family EJ? hy thehurricane = EI) = Answer the questions about the details of the stories. Then scan the stories quickly to check your answers. 1 Where was Lien living during the event she describes? 4 _ What was the biggest problem? 2 Does she think the Olympic Games were a good thing 5 Why were lots of places affected? ora bad thing for the county? we 3 Was Rodrigo in the U.S.A. when the disaster happened? New millennivm aan a alA LANGUAGE IN CONTEXT Read the article. ‘Why does Carol use the word “miracle”? Carol simmons met Barbara and Sonia while she was staying in ahotel in Phuket, Thailand. ‘On December 26th the three women were atthe hotel pool, The sun was shining, Carol was reading ‘hile her friends were swimming, Then it happened. Carol was looking up at the beautiful sky when she , saw an enormous wall of water. Seconds later, the: tsunami crashed over them. They were under water for about two minutes, but fortunately all three ‘women survived. ‘After thetsunami passed, all ofthe survivors started looking for friends and family members. Carol was very worried about her friends, but while she was Clauses with when and while can go at the beginning Walking aroundandcallingtheirnames,sheheard the end of the sentence. Use a comma after a when oF ‘an answer! When she looked behind her, she saw while clause at the beginning of a sentence: Barbara and Sonia walking toward her. Sonia was {was working at a law office when I met my girlfriend: holding Barbara's hand andaThai man washelping When | met my girlfriend, I was working at a law office her walk. “tt was a miracle!” Carol says. NOTICE! Look back at the text. Do the words when and while refer to tima ar place” B ANALYZE Read the text in Exercise A again. Function Choose the correct option to complete the sentences in column 1. Then complete column 2 with examples from Exercise A. Past progressive The sun @) = Oy We use the past progressive to describe the Carol (3 - o (@) background scene and actions ven The tsunamis) er Carol, Simple past We use the simple past to describe the ) background All three women (6) i scone /(events and ac! when and while She was looking up at the beautiful sky normous wall We use the past progressive to talk about an action: «@) she saw an that was in progress when another short action of water. opened. We use the simple past for the short action. | She met Barbara and Sonia (10) = she was staying in a hotel in Phuket. We use in(uhen / while to introduce the action in progress. We use (@) when / while to introduce the short action WATCH OUT! She vias living in Mexico when she met her husband X She lived in Mexico while she was meeting her husband. X She was living in Mexico while she meeting her husband.© PRACTICE Complete the text with the correct form of the verbs in arentheses. rom other countries (1) (enjoy) a beautiful day at 2004, The sun (2) ___ (shine), and a light breeze -om the ocean, It seemed like a perfect place for a relaxing some people (@) (swim), they ¢s) (notice) fer around them was moving away from the beach. Others ) Lops beautiful ocean view when they suddenly (m (See) a wave that all. It was 30 meters high, and sadly, most people could not escape. n tsunami was one of the worst disasters in history D B§Now you bo it Work in pairs. Use the prompts to tell your partner about an experience in your life. The experience can be positive or negative. studying for my exams, my mom got sick. It was a dificult time, veling in Latin America when I got my RCE f A Read about this person’s experience. Does the accident happen to the writer of the story or to someone else?) then I was about 12, I went with my family o Marine \ A ] Tend to see the aquarium and the matine animals, While we were there, we went to a dolphin show, The dolphins were doing a lot of tricks, and some of the trainers ‘were swimming with them, My little brother was standing next tome, While I was watching the show, [heard a big splash, My jbrother was in the water! yelled, ‘Dad, Sammy's in the waiter! ! ‘My dad jumped in the water when he saw Sammy in the tank, ‘but Sammy disappeared under the water! While my dad wos swimming around, looking for Sammy, I scrw on enormous gray sherpe near him. The dolphin’s hea came out of the water, and it was holding my brother in its mouthl When it sow my dod, it swam to him and put Sammy in his arms It was ctreally scary experience, but thanks to that dolphin, my ttle brother was fine, B Think of an event or experience that you want to write about. Itcan be something that happened to you personally, or that you heard about on the news or from another person. Complete the notes. What bappene: When and where i happened: - people were doing when happened: HOW TO SAY IT Whe you or ether people did when i lappened: What happened after..? What you or ot low et ended: What oid yousthe people do a z co when ..2 How you or other people fait, or what the event ums (ite: Teeic yaUteeenlane 2 . Was it excting/scary/dangerous/ fun? © Use your notes to write about the event. ‘Work in pairs. Read each other’s stories. Ask questions to get more information about your partner's story. New millenniumJecidle what information you need identify resources that can give you that inf jnd useful information, A. Read the class assignment and check what the students have to do. D1 do research on a specific topic 1 find out about all three topics 1 write an essay prepare notes for an oral report x NONE a Form small groups. Choose one of the three topics below and find out as much as possible about it. Use the questions as a uide, Use a variety of Information sources for your research, Prepare a short report to present to your group, Class assignment History and culture 203: The New Millennium 1 The first decade of the 21st Century \What were some Important local or world events duting that decade? \What were people doing when they heard about each of these events? How did they feel, and what did they do when they heard the news? 2 Culture and entertainment \what were people doing forfun atthe beginning ofthe decade? Atthe end? \What were the popular movies, Books, bands, etc, ofthe decade? \What important events happened in the world of culture and entertainment during the decade? 3 Technology How were people communicating a the beginning ofthe decade? At the end? How did communication and social media influence important events? \What were some of the big technology successes and failures of the decade? HamWork in small groups. Look at the resources people can use to find out information. What are the advantages and disadvantages of each one? Resources Advantages Disedvantages books/nenspapers/magazines official websites from organizations, governments, etc. online encyclopedias blogs and online chat rooms other people (teacher, parents, etc.) other resources c [EQ with your group, choose a topic from Exercise A. Decide what information you need for your topic. Discuss which of the resources in Exercise B will be the best place to find information for your topic. HOW TO SAY IT ‘A: There were a lot of magazine and newspaper articles about Sallarg sbourthe savancaoes important events. and disadvantages of sources of B: Yes, but looking for magazines and newspapers takes alot of time. | information We can also find {ots of information about important events on the | (Newspapers) ef internet ‘easy /difieut to get 8: Yes, but on some websites the information isn't correct. expensive / free (Official websites) ... D [Resources you can use for your topic are your le ee armen) teacher and your classmates. Find out as much 2 ae a ae ne ca information as you can from them and make notes. Se rae a tarortine ‘A: Do you remember any important events from 2000 to 2009? Yes, | remember Hurricane Katrina. My cousin and her family were living in New Orleans, and we were really worried! Oh, wow! What were they doing when the hurricane arrived? 8: They were driving. They were leaving the city = [i share the information you found out with your group. & REFLECT ... tow con the kil of identifying sources of information be useful to you in Work and Career ond Self and Society? New millenniumA Complete the sentences with the words and phrases in the box. (8 points) blog browse download ggéale online post twéet. uplfed 1 'mgoingto 113.5. a home video to an online file-sharing site so my friends can see it. 2 James can Ui‘ 4.) somemusic from the internet onto your MP3 player. 3. It's easy to shop 1. _. You just click to order something and pay with 3 credit card. | 4 You can't use moro than 140 characters ina "=. They are very short, j 5 Paul likes to 1 . the | intemet for an hour before he starts work. & Why don't you the name of that book you wanted to find? 7 When my sister went to Thailand, she wrote a about her experiences there, 8 Can you show me how to -,.- ___a status update on Facebook? B Match the beginnings 1-7 with the endings a-g. (7 points) ae 1 I'mvery worried a) in animals. 2 We were very shocked 6) about losing my phone. It was new. 3 I'm really excited a1 about John. He's two hours late. { 4 lam amazed ) about my vacation in Thailand. | can't wait! I'm studying zoology because I'm interested «) by Michael Jackson's death. It was so unexpected, - 6 Mysister is angry 4) athow good Jake is at using a computer—he's three! 7 1 Was upset 9) ather boyfriend because he didn’t call her last night. SInlSPRaH adiities andl describe reactions to events gections 2 and 5 on pages 10 and 12. ‘SCORE: NS Complete the sentences with the simple past or past progressive form of the verbs in parentheses. (15 points) 4 As What. _— you “3, — (do) when | called you last night? a | (watch) a TV show about music from about 15 years ago. It was really bad! 2 ‘The story begins on a stormy night. The wind iu! {blow} and it wuai_t (rain). 3 (see) Greg yesterday. He (walle in the park. 4 (play) soccer, Katy (break) her foot. 5 Gi you listen) to a minute ago? It was really good. (play) a CD by The Foo Fighters. 6 (live) in Costa Rica when my younger brother 2181 NUS {start school. q 7 | couldn't come to the door because | + (take) a shower when you arrived. fe We 4). (watch) TV when the electricity 4 — (go) off. Pastand the past progressive. ‘ ions 3 and 8 on pages 11 anc! 14. SCORE: nsthat cultural do you SELF & SOCIETY CoAT |COCR RIT A. Look at the adjectives. Write (1) for positive and ( for negative. Then match each adjective to its synonym. very good a) incredible strange ~ &) ridiculous boring 9 hilerious amazing d) awesome very interesting awful very dumb fascinating very bad 2) weird very funny hy dull Circle the correct adjective to complete the sentences. Dalis paintings are very weird/ dull. They have all kinds of strange objects and shapes. In my opinion, horror movies are so good / dumb. They're very unrealistic, so they aren’t scary. ‘Tome; opera is dull fascinating. | just don’t think its an interesting art form. That was such a hilarious / boring movie. | couldn't stop laughing, Shakespeare's plays are awesome / terrible. The stories are great! Abstract artis amazing / awful. | don't understand it, but | really lke it © [Work in pairs. Give your opinions about the following art forms. Give reasons. classical music_ hip-hop dancing modem sculpture realty TV shows ‘A: In my opinion, reality TV shows are really interesting. | ike to watch real people. 8: Really? think they're boring. The people don't do anything interesting, comparatives with as ... as /notas ... as [05 LANGuace IN CONTEXT Listen to a conversation between two the black and white one. Yeah; | like that one, too, but itisn'tias nice asi the picture of the elephant. That's amazing! [don't know. | thought it was dumb. Did you see that picture of the chair? Now, that was ridiculous! Yeah, but | thought the picture of the elephant ‘as just/as dumb as the picture of the chair They were both weird. | didn’t understand therm at all Maybe we're just nots smart as everyone else. You'te probably right! The picture of the elephant was just the picture of the chain. : They were both weird ie Smee Fhotas+ adjective + as © ___\> __ the picture of the elephant. That's amazing!Function Read the examples below. Then match the halves of the sentences to. complete the rules. S painting is as expensive as thatone. = Both paintings are the same price. This painting isn’t as expensive as that one. = Ths painting is less expensive than that one. + Weuse as... asto say that one thing is more or less than another thing, 2 We use notas... asto say that” ) two things are equal in some way. © PRACTICE Complete the opinions with be + as ... as or (not) as ... as and the adjectives in parentheses. 4 Tome, modern dance (go00) ballet [like them both equally. Like hip-hop dancing because it o (weird) other types of modern dance. Its better. Classical music_ou= sy) (boring) jazz. Jazzis much more boring, [think the special effects in the old Star Wars movies —_famazing) modern special effects. They're fantastic! Do you think these pictures (interesting) those? I can't decide. In my opinion, plays can (realistic) movies if the actors are good. fj NOW YOU DO IT Work in groups. Use be WATCH OUT! + (not) as ... as to talk about the categories in the ‘ box. Use adjectives from Exercise A and any other adjectives that you want to use. 7 Modern dance is as dificult as ballet. % Modern dance is as difficult than ballet ‘two bands ormusicians two concerts ‘two genres of movies ‘two museums ‘two periods of art two TV shows ‘wo types of dance wo types of music ‘A: Modern art isn’t as good as traditional art. | prefer realistic paintings: & agree. The artists definitely aren't as talented. I don't agree. {think moder artis better than traditional art: I's more interesting, CA ee A [B06 Listen to these people giving their opinions. Notice that the stress is on the adjective and not on as... as, | think Brazil is as beautiful as Mexico. Inmy opinion, museums aren't as dull as art galleries. 8 07 M9 work in pairs. Practice saying these sentences. Remember not to stress the word as. Listen and check. + Latin music is as good as rock music. 2 I don't think painting is as interesting as taking pictures. 2 S30 Paulo isn’t as big as Mexico City. 4 Many people think that trains are not as comfortable as car. Gulture vultureidentifying speakers’ opinions {© listen for words and phroses that can help to identify a person's opinion. They can be posiive or negative adjectives such as amazing or boring, or verbs such os like, don't like, and enjoy. A person's tone of voice (bored, interested, etc.) can also E indicate what their opinion is. A. [68 Listen to two people, Meg and Lauren, ~ talking about a book. Circle the words each person uses to talk about it. Meg: | awesome dull fascinating great) interesting Lauren: awesome (dull fascinating great interesting B Listen again and circle the correct answers. How do you know? 1 Meg liked / didn't like the book. 2 Lauren liked /\didn’t like the book. [09 Now listen to five other people talking about books. Choose the correct answers. 4 Speaker 1 says she ‘3 likeda different book better, _&) thought the book was amazing. 2. Speaker 2 thought the book was 2) interesting boring 2 Speaker 3 says he 2) did't like the book liked the book 4 Speaker 4 preferred a) the writer’ first book. b)_ the writers second book. 5s Speaker 5 says she )_prefers nonfiction prefers fiction. : cultural activities ‘A Complete the table with words in the box. Then add two ideas of your own to each column. ee is ee i es aeeet iden “Aphotegrephy courte ahfeture sculpe, the theater learn about take go to see join goto B_ Work in pairs. Say which of the activities in Exercise A you would like to do and which you would not like to do. Give reasons. ‘kz I'd [ike to join a book club. | love reading books and talking about them. BI wouldn't like to join a book club. | think reading is boring. | want to take another language class. I'd like to Jearn Russian.Er MOU ReTLTIC CeTNTLC3 A Read the questionnaire and add one or two more activities to each list. Then complete the questionnaire. Find out with our questionnaire Check the boxes that apply to you O went to see anew band, O joined a music group. O went to the theater O went to a comedy show. O went to the ballet. O went to an art exhibition. O Joined a book club. O took a language class. O went toa museum. O sawa foreign movie. Score one point for each box you checked. Score 0-3: Cultural activities are definitely not for you! Score 4-7: Why not try some different cultural activities? Score 8-10; You're areal Culture Vulture! B EQ Work in groups. Compare your answers to the questionnaire. Discuss any other cultural activities that you do regularly. ‘A: So, did you go to the theater last year? Yes, Idi. (went a lot. What about you? ‘ No, |don’t go to the theater very often, but | do go to the movies a Jot! ¢ [i Tell the class about the activities that people do. Say which are popular. + In our group, a lot of people go to the theater. But the theater isn’t as popular as the movies. Culture vulturey eee OU) E A LANGUAGE IN CONTEXT Read the blog. Did the writer like the movie? {min ec movie cif, andl ve welch ‘are dumb, bu! The Shining was really movies from different periods and interesting, Infact, | think i's the most) diferent genres: We wach good and interesting horror movie | know because (bad movies, and we vote on the best _ is really a psychological drama. Jack ‘one and the worst one from each ‘Nicholson is great, of course. But the decade and each genre. This month greatest acior in the movie, in my S ‘we've walehing horror movies from opinion, is Danny Lloyd, who plays Jock the 1980s. Some of he horror movies Nicholson's son. He was just allie swe saw were really scary, but we olf boy at the time, but he was already-an thought the scariest movie we saw incredible actor! ‘was The Shining (1980) with Jock - Nicholson. It was scarier than all the NOTICE! thers. In general, Think horror movies | Circle the adjectives in the text. Do all of the adjectives have the same form? B ANALYZE Read Exercise A again. emma Function Choose the correct option to complete the sentence. WATCH OUT! 4 We use superlative adjectives to compare a characteristic of 7 He's the thinnest man 9) two things. 6) more than two things. X He's the thinest man Form Choose the correct option to complete the rule. Then tle stietaet thintren complete the table with examples from Exercise A. (1)We always / never use the with superlative adjectives. We alnaysV never use than. For most one-sylable adjectives, adel -est - old—the oldest dullthe dullest great—the 2) One-syllable adjectives. For adjectives that end in consonant-vowel-consonent, double the final consonant and add -est: ; thin—the thinnest fat—the fattest _big—the biggest ‘Adjectives ending in. Change the yto iand add -est: consonant + -y happy—the happiest easy—the easiest _scary—the (a) | ‘Adjectives with two or | Use most or least: more syllables important—the most important _interesting—the () Irregular adjectives good—the 5) bad--the (6) © PRACTICE Complete these sentences with the superlative form of the adjective in parentheses. — 4. [think Luciano Pavarottiwas the 10.0 (great) singer in history 2 Taking a class is one of the —___— (good) ways to meet new people. 3 The 2 interesting) shows on TV are animal shows. 4 The Gustiey (funny) movie that | ever saw was The Mask with Jim Carrey. i 5 Marilyn Monroe was the" _______ (beautiful cultural icon of the 1950s. 6 I think hip-hop is the ——— — (bad) type of music. I hate it! 7 Maroon 5's new album is the —— hot) CD of the year. 8 _Inmy opinion, that was the — {boring) movie ever! ‘ D [Now You Do IT Choose one of these topics, or use your own idea. Tell a partner one or two details about it. + the funniest TV show + the best group inconcert | + the most popular singer in your country : ‘a: The funniest TV show is Modem Family. | realy like all the actors. B Really?! think the funniest TV show isReem cic A. Read this movie review. Did the writer enjoy The Simpsons Movie? ‘movies you missed when they were new, and to an (and again). This week we're focusing on The Simpsons Movie has to be one of my loves him more than he loves his kids! This fs favorite movies of alltime. [ove itbecause | one ofthe most enteriaining movies | knows it's as funny asthe cartoons, buti's longer | butt has some serious elements, too: The than the TV episoties, so there arelots more [iain message of the movie deals with some. laughs! The stor is that Homer causes 2 ‘ofthe most important social and poltica leak in the nuclear power piant wnerehe [issues ef ourtime, ke the effect of human works, and hes to save the city and his beings on the environment, andthe dangers ‘amily ftom cisaster As usual,he encounters | of polation and nuclear disaster I you lots of prables, and ote of funny things missed this movie in 2007, check itout row! ‘happen. think the funniest part of the movie | | defintely recommend it! as when Homer takes a pig home from a Festaurant. He cals him Spicer Pig, and he The Simpsons Movie (2007) B Circle T (true) or F (false) for each statement. Then read the movie review again to check your answers. This website has reviews of old and new movies. THE The movie in the review above is a comedy. TE ‘The reviewer says the movie isnit as good as the TV shows, tote The movie has some serious subjects TE The movie is from the first decade of the new millennium. i ¢ [think about two movies that you saw recently: one good and one bad. Tell a partner about the best and worst parts of these movi Recently, saw ... The best part was when The worst part of the mavie was when eee Tec ccd © We ure the words s0 and because to link ideas. Because is used to introduce the reason for something, and so is used to introduce the result of something, A Read this description. Which famous cultural icon does it describe? leas first invented in 1886.6. John Pemberton na pharmacy las, (8) because /< it very quickly became one ofthe mast In Alana, Georga(1) because 'so he wanted to make “health popular drinks with his customers. By 1887, the business was too Ahnk: Pemberton sai that twas good for people's health bia for Pemberton, (4) because / oOD Look at the pictures. Choose words from Exercises A and B to discuss which aspects of culture these images represent. Accom REFLECT ... Hove can hoving ‘ewareness of your own culture and ‘other cultures be useful to you in Work and Career and Study and Learning? collage about your country or a different country that you are interested in. Your collage could include photos, drawings, newspaper clippings, or even items at represent aspects of a culture. Present your € EG work in pairs or small teams. Develop a culture ie Culture vultureOTT RNC (Ae UES ‘A. Complete the sentences with words in the box. (6 points) amazifg awful ill fascinating hilarious werd 1 [think the way this aris uses color is great! His painting are 51 2 That movie was so tii. / | almost fell asleep! < oe 3. The main character in that movie made me feel uncomfortable: He was really 4 don't like reality TV shows. I think they're : 5 Whata- book! The ideas are really interesting and original. | & thought The Simpsons Movie was — | couldn't stop laughing. B Circle the correct words to complete the conversation. (9 points) I'm bored. There's nothing to do around here is I’m cngoing to f going to see a play at the theater tonight. Do you want to come? Or there's a comedy show on Saturday nights. My friends and | ofteh (2) go to /join that. No, thanks. | don't ike comedy shows. | never findthem that funny. ‘Oh, OK. Well, how about (9) taking / going to see. sculpture exhibition with me tomorrow? I don’t want to (a) go to / learn about sculpture, | don’t like it. Well, would you like to (8) join / go to a museum? Yes, maybe. | would like to (6) go to see / learn more about history, actually. So why don't you i take/ go to see a history class at the college? And you should (join / take) 2 book club. You love reading! ‘That's a great idea. Then | can (9) join / learn about literature, too! PAS Complete these statements with as ... as or the superlative form of the adjective in parentheses. (15 points) ove CSI: Los Angeles. I's 1) 2s (good) TV show on right now. | also like CSI: NY, but itisn’t @ 1.5. (good) CSI: Los Angeles, so | don't watch every show. Going to the theater isn’t @) (cheap) going to the movies, but itisn’t 4) SS (expensive) going to 2 restaurant, That's very expensive. Ronaldo is =) —_— 1. 2{s(amazing) soccer player in the world. People say Pelé was the best player, but | don’t think he was (6) — (talented) Ronaldo.“ ~ 7 In my opinion, sculpture is 7) (fascinating) form of art llove it! To me, painting isnt) interesting seulpture. Rosin sculptures are @) (beautiful) sculptures I've ever seen. a 4 A burger without cheese is (10) (good) a burger with-cheese, They're the same. Buta burger with no ketchup is —— (bad) thing in the world! & Hove comedy movies, and I think Groundhog Day's (ta) — (hilarious) movie of all. _ Ghostbusters was amazing, too, but it wasn't (13). (funny) Groundhog Day. 9/ All ofthese paintings are really weird, but this is (1) ~\ “0 (weire) one of al And the artist's photographs are, 1s) = {strange) her paintings. x ‘not as... as and superlatives. eee score. nS A B & cs a B WePBipressing opinions and talk about cultural activities. jans 1 and 5 on pages 20 and 22. ‘SCORE: ns ®UNIT 3 IN THIS UNIT YOU A_Where would you like to go on vacation? Number the pictures in order of preference. read text with advice for Americans traveling to tha UK. pronoun reference ask for permission and make B [work in pairs or small groups. Talk about which vacation you would like to go on and why Learning ways to estimate or guess SKILLS STUDY . & LEARNING Tickets, money, passport!TO ese @] 10 Listen and match the words to the pictures. Gamap [la suitcase [a passport [la drivers license [tickets [isunscréen [sunglasses Da wallet [2 guidebook [Ja toothbrush B [choose the top five essential things in Exercise A to take on a summer vacation. Then compare your answers in pairs. A; think a toothbrush is essential : Well, you can buy a toothbrush, but your passport is essential if you want to go to a different country! toc Ts A [11 Listen to the first part of a conversation. | Check the place where Alison is going on vacation. B [Listen to the rest of the conversation. ‘Write Alison’s travel essentials in two lists below. i Compare your answers in pairs. Things she already has Things she needs to buy © Answer these questions about the conversation. Then listen to the whole conversation again and check your answers. 4 Is Alison going on vacation with @ tour group? 2 What two short tours is she going to do? _ yi 3 Who organized Alison's trip? How? 4 Howdid she pay forthe trip? D [9 Work in pairs. Talk about a vacation or trip you are planning, Tell your partner what things you need to take. ‘What things do you already have and what things do you need to buy?