1 B ■ Grammar and listening

6 SPEAKING Discuss the questions.

1 Would you consider being a guide on a Traveleyes
holiday? W h y / w hy not?
2 W hat things influence our perception of places?
W hat things do you usually notice when you visit
somewhere for the first time?

Describing qualities

7 Find words in the article for definitions 1-8. Then

rank the qualities in order of importance. Justify your
answers.
1 a desire to do something as well as you possibly can (B)
2 dedication to an activity (D)
3 continuing on a course of action despite difficulties (D)
4 ability to accept something different (E)
5 sympathy for the suffering of others (E)
6 hopefulness and confidence about the future (F)
7 the ability to invent new things and being original (G)
8 focusing on and determination to achieve only one
aim (G)

8 Complete the sentences with the words in exercise 7.

There are three words that you do not need.
1 'You need a more positive outlook on life. A little 1.01 SPEAKING Study the list below and
.......................will help you to deal with your
choose the three most important things for teens
problems more effectively.'
today. Justify your answers. Then listen to the radio
2 It was his am azing......................., involving hundreds
programme. Have your ideas changed? Compare
of experiments - many of which failed - that enabled
your ideas.
Edison to invent the light bulb.
3 He was quite a cold person and lacked
money happiness possessions;!community life
helping others having lots of free time
He didn't understand other people or how they felt.
■ not working too hard
4 Her to her music was extraordinary.
She practised for hours every evening after school.
T e n s e r e v is io n
5 She spent a long time on her science project. It was
an example of h er.......................- everything had to 1.01 Put sentences 1-10 in the correct order.
be exactly right. Then listen and check. Identify the highlighted
tenses and explain why they have been used.
insight Synonyms 1 Charities like W e D ayareturning'm e'into'w e'one
Complete the lists of synonyms with the highlighted hashtag at a time.
words in the article. Check any words that you do 2 As a small child, he had worked twelve-hour days on
not know in a dictionary and write any common handmade carpets, so he knew the misery suffered
collocations. by child workers.

1 a problem:......................., ....................... ,
3 The story was about Iqbal, a Pakistani child, whose
parents had sold him into forced labour.
4 That's w hy Craig had created Free the Children and
2 to successfully deal with a problem:.......................,
twelve years later, he also founded W e Day with his
brother Marc.
3 new, never done before:.......................,
5 Every year, W e Day organizes special six-hour events
or parties around the country.
4 an advantage:.
6 Eventually, Iqbal escaped and joined an organization

10 SPEAKING What sort of challenges have you that fought for children's rights.

faced in your life? How have you dealt with them? 7 Recently, it's been growing in popularity - it has
3.3 million followers on Facebook.
Choose two challenges, describe them, say how you
8 Craig Kielburger was reading a newspaper when he
reacted and explain what the outcome was. Use the
synonyms in exercise 9. came across an interesting article. ı
9 Since W e Day began (in 2007), school children have
Vocabulary bank Ways of looking page 134 given over 6 million hours of service.
10 'I've always believed there are plenty of hard-working,
selfless teens out there.'
6 In sp iratio n