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    anon cciae Straightforward Pre-intermediate Student’s Book 6 pit: AY ENGN IBEW Pre-intermediate| Philip Kerr Straightforward wa MACMILLAN ‘1B Where arethey now? p& Cuestions with auxllary verbs Verb cllocations 1D Making contact px2 eee | 20 Which school? p22 | | | " 3A Flatmates p26 ‘Countable & uncountable House & home fay | 38 Another country p28 iS | 3C Home town p: | 3D Lost ps2 i A Online dating 36 Present simple, frequency Final -s 4B Wedding bells p38 Present continuous, rr + How what gestions ‘nouns with some, any ‘Some, many & most adverbs & phrases tative verbs Peery Family & frends. 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The United Kingdom 3c_| R_ Web page: winuivinginmonteclcom Desenbing& comparing tows | 30 | L_Aking fo decton in Neweaste ‘Comparing Nencatle to owns in your county Roleplay diectons SA | R Anirteret dating agency advertisement Diseusing interet dating = Discussing & choosing. 45 R Hfyouskne.. Desebing a wedaing aie id you know? Wedcing pos ub SC | LA description of fim (Youve Got ma invetineafim dlorue = 2s = Commuricaton activity teteling fim stories 40 | L_ Twophone cals: arenging to go out Describing an imaginary date with a fameus person Discussing dating tes in your courty 5a | R Thevuns of Machu Picchu Tabking about oui your courey Three conversations at the airport TAs paras iad al Web page: winneavenholidays.com Eating the EwvisPresiey way (Que: Are you a foodle? Two phone calls: making restaurant reservations Planning improvemerts in your town for tourists Describing afourrey Roleplay: ona plane oe Describing the best/worst hotel you have stayed in Did you know? Las Vegas hotels Paring at for vistors around your country ‘Planning a theme restaurant | Discussing a que | Taking about you favourite inks | Did you know? Starouces “Talking about restaurants in your town | tad A personal message fora website Astor ‘description of your town ‘Anemalttoa Wend ‘An emailto arange auip Areview of restaurant conversation ina restaurant Roleplay na restaurant reat TA Rising stars p66 78 Hard work pes Te Job selection 70 ‘7D The recruitment agency p72 ‘BA The futurological BB Spacetourts p78 98 watson ps Reality TV pas | 9C Oscarsand | raspberies p90 90 Boxofice ps2 ccc ‘104 Animal lovers p96 410¢ Marathon men p:00 | 100 Doct doctor p:02 cers 1A Things pros 118 Fashion victim pio8 eer Wereritag Functional language | Pronunciation Work ffeh ais Ver olecatons (oor Present perfectsimple with Adjectives & nouns | | tread & yet (personality) | | | Curriculum vitae ‘Advice | Email & website | | hes Predictions 1 (may. might & wild | Predictions 2 (maybe |) Compound nouns probably, certainly etc) with numbers Computer actions L | | Present tense in future ‘Adjectives with infiritives time clauses: | | | Present perfec simple with fore since | Present perfect simple for unfinished time Present perfect simple with been & gone Infnuve of purpose | Modals of obligation | (present tie) sek Modal of obligation | (pastime) | 120 Global 4 12k drond ewe pss Prepesionsof movement] Presalvers | Mis! | 12 Lavan pu Rae cues | 5 12€ Global nie piso : Countering | 3 Bisa Reerean cae | Agrecing & disagreeing [ Communication activities px26 | Tapescrintspix3 | Unitravleus piu erycc ‘Aradio programme about people wh have met celebrities | Describing @ guessing obs z Rife on the other side ‘Talking about your experiences of work Describing an imaginary life id you know? Salaries lo the UK IR. Anartcle about horoscopes & work Deciding what qualities are needed fr diferent jobs PR ES ee Sere Ses Ie |L_ Aninteriew ina recruitment agency “Talking about finding a job in your town Roleplay careers advice ‘A conference programme “Talking about science ftion fins Giving a thity-second tai ‘A description of StarQuest, TV game show Deciding who is the best candidate for Star Quest L_ Acowersation about how to send an email ions of gadgets A grect idee? Ick tern ota feta Lace Tabing about enrtanmertin London & your town | : id you know? eiure actitesin the UK $e R fealty *V—lovetorlaveit Panning eaty TV show Se | Roser nots ; | Taking about going ta the cinema | ‘Acting a scene from Titanic 90 | L- Fourpeople buy tickets on the phone Roleplay: atthe bax office Describing a concert LOA R The United States of animals | 108 | R Anartice about stress "ang about pts annals | conmuniaton avy gussnganinas | biscssng sesh be Fant int ote 10c | LAnews report about the marathon runners, Talking about how fityou are t Ranulph Fiennes & Mike Stroud id you know? Sport in Austral ~ {0D | L Two doctors’ appointments olepay: at the doctor's , ‘TIA | L- Two people talk about things they wanted when Describing a favourite possession a _they were younger Office worker ip flops out of ob ‘Communication actviy: describing & guessing objects Discussing clothes & appearance ‘Giving a presentation on shopping in your town id you know? Shopping in London tic LE Anews report about the American adventurer, ‘Steve Foss Z 128 | R Anemall describing Trinidad carnival International Language no problem, OK? 12D | L Fourcoaversations ata party — Aletter of aplication ‘Anote giving instructions Areview of fim ‘Adescrption of a favourite possession ‘An pinion composition 1a | Family life VOCABULARY & SPEAKING: family & friends 1. Match the words in the box to the definitions. aunt colleague cousin daughter ‘grandfather mother-in-law pet ‘peighbee nephew niece son son-in-law uncle best friend neighbour 4 person who lives very near you person you work with an animal that lives with the family your male child your aunt's (or your uncle's) child your brother's (or your sister's) daughter your closest fiend your daughter's husband 8 your mother’s (or your father’s) sister 2 Work in pairs. Write definitions for the ‘other words in the box. 3. Write the names of four people who are important to you. Work in pairs. Tell your partner as much a possible about these people. Tara ts my niece. She is nineteen years old and she studies at university READING 1. Read the article about two families. Match the photos A-D to the stories. 2. Read the article again and answer the questions, 1 Where was Gemma born? 2. When was her wedding? 3. Where is her husband from? 4 What’s her daughter's name? 5 How many children are there in Judy's family? 6 What is the family home when they travel? 7 What is the youngest child’s name? ‘8 Where was the family’s first show? Mother Love Gemma Burford Enolengila Gemma was born in 1978 in a quiet vilage in the south of England. Her mother worked in a library and her father was an accountant. When she was a student at Oxford University, she 5 traveled to Tanzania and met her future husband, Lesike, for the first time. The couple got married in 2003. When they had baby (a daughter, Lucia) they decided to go and lve in Tanzania. ‘I want my daughter to have the best life possible,” said Gemma. 10 _Lesikar is a Masai and lives in a village near Arusha in the noth of the country. There is no electricity in the home and they walk ‘almost a kilometre to get water. Gemma cooks simple dinners of corn and vegetables and she washes the clothes in a bucket. ‘There is a small primary school in the vilage, but Gemma and 15 Lesikar will also teach Lucia at home. Judy Boehmer Judy had her first chid, Adam, 27 years ago. She now has four ‘sons and Seven daughters and a pet dog, Bosco, but she wants more boys. Judy and her husband, Larry, ive in Atlanta, 20 Georgia, but they also have a 10-metre-long motor home. The family sometimes travels more than 40,000 kilometres a year for their work. The children do net go to school, but they study at home with their parents. The Boehmers are a circus family and all the children take part 25. inthe show. They do different kinds of juggling and Margaret, the youngest, stands on one lag in her mother's hand. The first show of the Boehmer Family Jugglers was at a theme park in lowe in 1989, and they now perform all over America, 3. Close your book. How much can you remember about the two families? 4 Do you think that the life of these two families is {00d forthe children? Why or why not? GRAMMAR: questions with to be ‘We make questions with the verb to be by putting the verb beiore the subject. Yes/No questions Js she married? Were you at school yesterday? ‘Short answers ‘We can answer yes/no questions with short No, fm not,» No, she isn't. No, he wasn’ No, they were’ Whe questions ‘ ‘We can put question words before the verb. Where were you born? What is her daughter's name? © See LANGUAGE REFERENCE PAGE 14 Family tfe | 1a Match the questions in column A with the short answers in column B. A B 1 Are you married? a Yes, Iwas. 2 Is your family very large? b Yes, itis 3. Were you born inthis town? c_‘Yes, there are. 4 Is your father a good cook? d_ No, I'm not. 5 Are your parents from this town? e No, he isn't 6 Are there many people with the f No, they aren’t, same name as you? 2 Change the answers to the questions in exercise 1 so that they are true for you. 3. Rearrange the words to make questions. How many people are there in your family? 1 are family how in many people there your ? 2 are names their what ? 3 are how old they ? 4 are hobbies their what 7 5 bom parents were where your ? 6 family in is person the who youngest your ? 7 family holiday last was when your ? 4 Work in pairs, Ask and answer the questions in exercise 3, SPEAKING 1 @ 11 Listen toa description ofa typical English family. Put the topics in the order that you hear them. Children How many children are there? What are their names? How old are they? What are their hobbies? Family pet Is there a family pet? What is it? What is it called? Food When does the family eat together? What is their favourite food? | Weekends and holidays What does the family do at the weekend? What do they do in the holidays? 1 Parents ‘What are the parents’ names? How old are they? What are their jobs? What are their interests? ow What are the family’s favourite TV programmes? 2. Work in pairs. Think about a typical family in your country. Make notes using the questions in exercise 2. 3 Work in groups. Describe your typical family to each other. 1B | Where are they now? SPEAKING ‘A true friend is the best possession. in the world.’ 1. Translate the proverb above into your language. Are there any simitar proverbs in your language? 2 Workin pairs. How many different ways can you complete the sentence below? ‘Atrue friend... always listens to you. + makes you laugh. ++ knows you well. Vocasutary: verb collocations (friendship) Put the text in the correct order. each other very often, but we keep ood friends. We come érom similar David is one of my oldest backgrounds and we have a lot friends, We were at college together. We didn't get in common, He lives in Spain now, so we don’t see in touch by phone and email. ‘on wel at first, but later we became @ 1.2 Listen to the recording to check your answers. Complete the questions with a word in bold from exercise 1, ‘What sort of people do you _ on well with? wes coooosoo # 2. How often do you and your best friend _each other? 3. Do you___ a Jot in common with your best friend? ‘What? 4 How do you ____in touch with friends in other towns or countries? 4 Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions in exercise 3. a| LISTENING 1 5 Work in pairs. Look at the photograph. Choase one of the people in the photo and describe her/him to your partner. Your partner must decide who you are describing. You are going to listen to a woman, Christine, talking to her husband about the photograph. Before you listen, read the sentences and decide if they are true (1) or false ‘The two girls on the left are sisters. The gir with red shoes (Christine) was fourteen years old. The picture was taken in 1973 ‘The boy with the guitar (Nicholas) was Christine's boyfriend Christine is now married to Nicholas The girl with blonde hair (Helga) was in love with Nicholas. Helga is Spanish, Helga was Christine's best friend @ 13 Listen to the conversation to check your answers. Where are they now? | 1B GRAMMAR: Questions with auxiliary verbs PRONUNCIATION: Contractions 1 1 @ 14 Listen to these contractions. donot > don't did not > didn't what is > what's 2 Make contractions from these words. 1 doesnot 3 thatis 5 were not 2 hehas 4 wasnot 6 whois 3 @ 45 Listen to the contractions and repeat. SPEAKING 1. Correct the grammatical mistakes in the uestions. 1 Who you did read about? 2 Is she/he be married? 3 Hovr old she/he is? 4 How many children does she/he has? 5. Where she/he is living now? © See LANGUAGE REFERENCE PAGE 14 Witt aia nea 2 "Work in groups of four, A-D. You are going to 1 Complete the questions with an auxiliary verb from the box. read about the people in Christine's photo. A:Turnto page 126. C: Turn to page 129. 1 What ____ your best friend's name? Use the questions in exercise 3 to find out about 2 Where she/he live? Christine's old friends. Who do you think 3 What___ she/he dot Christin will get in touch with frst? 4 Where and when you first meet? . 5 When the last time you met? DID You KNow? 1. Work in pairs. Read the text and ansiver the Look at the text below. Some of the text is missing, Prepare questions. ‘questions to ask about the missing information. Christine Smith left school in 1976. She studied (1). (What?) at Leeds University and then got a job (2) ____ (Where?) When she was in America, she met (3) __ (Who?) at a party at the White House. He worked for (4) = (Who). They started ‘going out together and they got married (5) _ (When). ‘They now have (6) (How many?) children, Christine and her husband now live (7) _____ (Where?). She works for (8) ___ (Who?) and he is writing (9) __ (What?) Christine ‘wants to get in touch with (10)___ (Who?) and promises to reply to all emails. 2 Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions in exercise 2. a 4 Work in pairs, A and B. * Have you got a similar website in your country? ‘AS TUR ta 83 BE RUS page 27 * Are you still in touch with friends from your last ‘Ask and answer the questions in exercise 3 to complete the school? missing information, ° 10 15 20 1c | Neighbours SPEAKING 2 Read the article again and answer the questions. 1 ein pas. akan arsner these question bot our | Srgesapoeentiraim 's ‘Titchmarsh as their perfect neighbour? © Whatare thelr namest 2. What par of England does Alan © What do the dot Titchmarsh live int Where do they come trom? 3 How oldis his homet 6 Ate they good neighbour! Why or why matt Naa in peo tie Ups Chelsea READING 5 Where does the prime minister of Betain Uvet 1. Read the magazine article, Put the information in the correct order. 3. Which famous person in the text would British men like the pop singer, Kylie Minogue. ape fe you like as your neighbour? Many British people would like to live next door to a gardening expert Kylie lives in a fashionable part of London. Mr Titchmarsh's neighbours do not know him very well Most people do not want to live next door to the prime minister Ci Alan Titchmarsh is wel: known British gardening exper. ife = WHO WOULD YOU LIKE AS... a neighbour? Arecent opinion poll asked 1,000 people in Bain this question. The surprise winner of the poll was Alan Titchmarsh ~ a gardening expert on BBC TY - with 29% of the vote. ‘The British are very interested in gardening and Titchmarsh is very popular. He is a best-selling writer and a famous TV face. He is even in Madame Tussauds. To find out more about him, we spoke to some of Mr Titchmarsh’s neighbours. We did not learn very much. ‘He’s a very quiet man and we don't see him much,’ said one neighbour. ‘We don't ask him for help with our gardens,’ said another, ‘He's a very busy man.’ ‘Titchmarsh, a very private man, lives in an eighteenth-century farmhouse in small village in the south of England. Like many people, he likes quiet neighbours and he is happy where he lives, ‘The top woman in the poll was the Australian pop singer, Kylie Minogue. £85% of her voters were men, Ms Minogue lives in fashionable Chelsea in the west of London, Her neighbours include her sister Dannii, pop stars Madonna and Bob Geldof, supermodel Liz Hurley, Sean ‘Connery and Formula One king, Bernie Ecclestone. It is an excellent place for star-spotters and Kylie Minogue fans. The British like gardening and attractive Australian pop singers, but, it seems, they do not want to live next door to their prime minister He got only 3% of the votes in the poll. Is this because people do not want to live in Downing Street? Oris it because they do not like the prime minister? ees > GRAMMAR: how & what questions © See LANGUAGE REFERENCE PAGE 14 Complete the questions for the answers below. How usually drive quite fast, especially on the motorway. What ‘My father's hair is grey. How a I know my teacher very well. what Trusually have dinner at about eight o'clock. How Thave six cousins, What 2 | don't ike pop music very much, but I like everything else Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions in exercise 1. You have new neighbours and you want to know more about them. Write four questions that you would tke to ‘ask. Use the prompts below to help you. ‘What time ...? What kind of How much ... 7 ‘How many ...? How offen .. How old ... 7 Work in pairs and compare your questions. Which is the most interesting question? Nelghbours | 1¢ PRONUNCIATION: the alphabet 1. Look at the three lists of letters. In each list, the letters. use the same sound. Choose a letter from the box to complete each list. leva H _ OK 2A/B CDE PTY 3 PF LM NS _ 2 2 @ 16 Listen to the recording to check your answers. 3 @ 17 Now listen to the other letters from the box and repeat after the recording. 4 @ 18 Listen toa list of the six most common surnames in Britain and write them down. 5 @ 1.9 Now listen to the recording to check your spelling. SPEAKING Sa bee 1 Make a lst of five famous people from your country iim stars, musicians, politicians, sports sters, TV personalities, artists, business people). Now put the people in your list in order (= best neighbour > 5 = worst neighbour). 2 Work in small groups. Talk about the people in your list and explain why you think they would be good or bad neighbours. a ip | Making contact SPEAKING 1 Workin pairs. Discuss these questions. © Which of the ways shown in the pictures below do you use most often to contact other people? * Which do you prefer? When and why? 2. Think of the last three phone calls that you made. Who did you call? (a friend/business call?) * Why did you call her/him? (to give some news/ask a question?) | phoned my brother because he is not well at the moment. phoned my friend, Karen, because I wanted to invite her for dinner. ‘Work in pairs and compare your answers. FUNCTIONAL LANGUAGE 1: phone numbers 1. @ 1.10 Listen toa phone message and choose the best answer. 1 Tollsten to the menu, press 1@07@ 2@ 2 For general enquiries, press 2@6 EC °eE€ 3 Kate's home phone number is ) 0307 775 3046 b) 0307 755 3846) 0307 755 3046 4. Kate's mobile number is a) 0477 320188 b) 047 32818 ¢) 0477 321880 2. Look at tapescript x10 on page 133 to check your answers, 3. Work in pairs, A and B. You are going to practise saying phone numbers. ‘A: Turn to page 126, 8: Turn to page 128, Listen to the phone numbers your partner says and write them down. READING 1. Read the advertisements opposite and put them into four groups, Accommodation English language lessons Jobs Making friends 2. Read the advertisements again and answer the questions. What does Mary teach? ‘What is the name of the recruitment agency? Where does Mike live? When are the Kung Fu classes? ‘What does Patrick want? How much does the room near London Bridge cost? Where can you get free accommodation? ‘What languages can you practise on Thursday evenings? 3. Imagine that you are in London and you want to improve your English, Which advertisements would you choose and why? Va Beautiful? We have a beautiful room for a beautiful person in our flat near London Bridge. £750 per moni David and Gavin on 0803 \ 731886 Experienced teacher offers - private English lessons. All levels (begtners — advanced). Mary Sharp 0307 727 2377 New friends. English gentiemian would like to ‘meet new peopie from all over the world. Interests: cinema, concerts, pubs, learning, languages. Patrick Trotter 0906 641480 near Underground station. No pets. $600 per month + Dill. 0780 696. ‘L134 Ask for Mike. ‘Student needed for general hotel work. ~ Good pay and free accommodation. No experience Regent Hotel 0308 845 6921 ‘Temporary work, We are urgently looking for » temporary staff for shops, restaurants and offices in this area. Call row Soyer Recrtment and ining caro 446051 é LISTENING 1 @ 1.11-1.24 Listen to four phone calls. Match the calls 194 to the advertisements A-H. Which caller does not leave a message on an answering machine? 2 @ 1.11-1.14 Listen to the messages again and answer the questions. ‘What is Davina’s phone number? What is a good time to call her? What is Bella's phone number? What is her family name? What is Ruby's number? ‘Why does Sara want English lessons? © Notting BIL oapetien meee ¢ Making contact | 19 FUNCTIONAL LANGUAGE 2: phone messages 1 @ 115 Listen end complete the phone messages. ‘This is 641490. I'm afraid there’s no one to take your call right (1) ___. Please leave your (2)___ and. (3) ___ affter the tone and Fl call you back. Ah, yes, hello. Mr Trotter, my (4) ___is Davina and I'm (5) ___ in your advertisement. Could you call me back, please? Any time before Stuart here. 'm not home at the (6) _, so please leave a (7) ___after the beep. Thanks. Hello, good morning. (8) ___ is Bella Moor, that’s Moor - M ~ double 0 - R. Fm (9) about the Kung Fu classes. You can call me back on my (0) __. that’s 0447 .. 2. Write your own answering machine message. Use the language in exercise 1 to help you. Roleplay 3 Work in pairs, A and 8. A: You are going to telephone another student. First of all, decide why you want to call them. Use the language in exercise 1 and in the Useful language box below to prepare what you want to say. Listen to the message on their answering machine and then leave your own message. B: Another student is going to telephone you. Read out the answering machine message that you have prepared and then listen to the message that your partner leaves. Write down their name, phone number and any other important information. 4 When you have finished, change roles. Then change partners and repeat the task with other students in the class. B GRAMMAR Yes/No questions Questions with to be We make questions with the verb co be by putting the verb before the subject. verb subject he French? Are you maried? We can answer these questions with short answers, {Is he French? Yes, he is. ‘Are they married? No they aren't. Questions with present simple & past simple ‘We make questions in the present simple and past simple with an auxiliary verb (do/does/did) and the infinitive without to, We put do/does/did before the subject and we ut the infinitive after the subject. auxiliary subject infinitive Do you lie pop music? Does she vein London? Did she enjoy the party? ‘We can answer these questions with short answers, ‘Do you tike pop music? Yes, Ido. ‘Does she tive in Lorulon®? No, she doesn't Questions with other verb forms All other verb forms (for example, present continuous, can, will) already have an auxiliary verb and a main verb, We put the auxiliary verb before the subject and we put the main verb after the subject. auxiliary subject. main verb Av you listening? Can we start? wat she hone? ‘We can answer these questions with short answers. ‘Are you listening? Yes, Lam, Can we start? No, we can’t. Will she phone? No, she won't. Wh- questions ‘We can put question words before the verb, The most ‘common question words are: witat, which, when, where, ‘why, who and how. What is her daughter's name? Who was your first boyfriend? When did they arrive? ‘We can combine how and war with other words to begic. questions. adjectives (far, old, popular, ral) adverbs (often, well, etc) ‘much (mack money, ruck time) ‘many (many children, many cousins) How old is Sarah? How often do you travel by train? How many CDs does he fwave? How+ 1-+ noun (colour, time, ee) Kind offsortofftype of What colour is their car? What time is it? ‘Wat kind of pizn do you tike? FUNCTIONAL LANGUAGE Phone messages ‘This is 0307 775 3046, This is Kate Woods ‘You have reached the voicemail of Thank you for calling . Tm afraid there is no one ta take your call right now: Tm not home/in the office at he moment. Please leave your name she beep. ‘and number the tone, your message This is a message for. rm interested in I'm ealling about ‘ileal you back. Could you call me back, please? Worb List Family aunt C** eam cousin nC** ‘Prxz(e)nl daughter n C* Peovta) grandfather C* ——Pgrsenfostof grandmother C* — Pgrenmsto/ husband nC *** —Pasabond rmotherdiviaw nC madris nephew nC foetal niece nC ‘nis! petnct ‘pet sonnc*** isan Soninlaw nC franinlay tinele nC sok wifen Cc *** swartl Friendship best frond Joost rend) get on (well) with (sb) jget on wid) have a lot in ‘common with (sb) ‘keep in touch with (Sb) (kip un tat) wa0/ Jnerbo) ‘neighbour nC ** Je 9 ot mn “komen wi Other words & phrases accommodation n U ** /skamaiderfn/ accountant nC advert(isement) nC Sttractve ad °* background n ¢ ** best-selling adj blonde ad} bucket nC circus nC flothes n pt colleague n ** college 2 C/U * concert contact» comnU couple n c*** doll nC ress 2. C7 electricity n U** email n C*** ‘/pkountont/ ‘Aedvscuismant! fetrektry/ ‘osekgraund! best Selin’ ‘lone fashionable adj ** find out v fit aaj * flatnc** flowery adj gardening n U guitar nC ** hobby nC perform v *** pink aj poll nC pop singer pilin vit practise v ** ears primary school nC prime minister nC ™ private adj *** pub nC ** recent adj *** recruitment agency secretary nC * shirt n¢*** shown C.*** soap opera n C staff nU* surprise n C/U *** eno theme park n C tone nc* traditional adj ** ‘wpleal adj" ‘university 2 G/U *** ‘urgentiy adv vegetable 2 € * Abbreviations noun verb adjective adverb somebody something countable uncountable plural singular oRonRee BS ‘Ppopitila! ‘pres! "the most common and basic words very common words fairly commen words a5 2A | School days VOCABULARY & SPEAKING: adjectives witl prepositions 1. Which sentences have a positive (2) meaning and whi havea negative () meaning? J was good at mathematics, + 1 was bored with my school. ~ 1 was afraid of the older children, J was fond of my science teacher. 1 was interested in science and technology. J was terrible at arriving on time. J was keen on sports and swimming. J was wortied about my grades. 2. Think about your experience of school. Change the sentences in exercise 1 so that they are true for you. 3 Workin pairs. Compare your sentences. Were your experiences similar or different? LISTENING 1 @116-1.18 Listen to three people talking about their school days. Match the speakers 1~3 to the topics a-c below. 2 my favourite subject D- my favourite teacher ¢ my problems at school 2 @ 116-148 Listen to the recording again and complete column A with a phrase from column B. A B 1 I never missed a good grades. 2 always got b my exams. 3 Lwas terrible at © my homework, 4 failed lessons. 5 I never did © most subjects. 6 [was good at 4 music, 7 [didn't want to leave g_ school. 3. Did you have any similar experiences at school? GRammak: past simple 1 Complete the table. Look at tapescripts1.16-1.18 on page 134 to check your answers. infinitive | past simple | infinitive | past simple hate @ study 6) listen @) talk — leave ee teach — love @ uy @) ___ 2 Now put the verbs in the table into four groups. a Regular verbs: infinitive+-ed listened bb Regular verbs: infinitive+-d ¢ Regular verbs: infinitive ending in -y > -i+ed Irregular verbs ‘We make negatives with didn't (did noe) nn. dh ‘didn't want to leave school | We make questions with did subject inline Where did you go ro school? Did you like school? : © See Lancuace REFERENCE PAGE 24 3 Complete the conversation. Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple. ‘A: Where (1) did you go (you / go) to school? B: My father (2) (work) for a multinational company and we (3) (tive) in lots of different ‘countries, so I (4) (Gol to five different schools, A) (you / enjoy) your school dayst B: No, I didn’t, Not really. 1 (6) (not have) many iends because we (7) (nor stay) long in one place. 1 (8) (leave) one school ater six months! A 0) (Vou / do) well in your examst B: Yes, 1 did: Because I (10) (ot / go) out with friends, 1 (1) (study) @ Tot in the evenings and at the weekends. (12) (not / et) top grades, but (03) (et) a place at Cambridge University. ‘A: What was that lke? (14) (you / tike) i B: Yes. 1 (15) (chink ic was great 4 Work in pairs. Write a similar conversation, PRONUNCIATION: regular past simple verbs 1 @ 1.19 When we say regular past simple forms, we usually add the sound /t/ ot /d to the infinitive. We do not need an extra syllable. Listen to these examples. open /aupen/ > love /lsv stray) > ed /aupond) sv tried /trard/ But f the infinitive ends in /i/ or /d/, we do need to add an extra syllable (/1d/) when we say the regular past form. Listen to these examples. want /wont/ > decide /aisaid/ > wanted /wontd) decided /disaudud 2. Puttthe verbs in the box into two groups: no extra syllable (NS) and extra syllable (ES). ended studied hated waited arrived NS needed helped worked 3 @ 1.20 Listento the recording to check your answers School days | 24 SPEAKING 1. Do you know any films or TV programmes about schools and teachers? 2 Yow are going to talk about a teacher that you really liked. Use these questions to help you. * What was the teacher's name? * What did she/he teach? Where did she/he teach? * How often did you have lessons with her/him? ‘What did she/he look like? Why did you like her/him? * Do you remember a particular moment with this teacher * What happened? 3. Work in groups. Describe the teacher that you really liked to your group. 2B | Irish schools SPEAKING 1. Work in pairs. Discuss these questions. * Are there any big differences between the schools in your town? Are some schools better than others? If $0, why? ‘What is your idea of a good school? VOCABULARY: education 1. Complete the sentences with a word from the box age certificate compulsory punishment tesults sex system 1. Some schools in England are for boys and. girls and some are single _. 2 In the English education there are private schools and state schools. 3. Some subjects, like English and maths, are ___until the age of sixteen in England 4 English children must sometimes stay in class at break as a 5. The minimum leaving in England is sixteen, but most students continue for another two years. 6 There is no leaving ___ in England, but many students take ‘A level” exams when they are eighteen. School students in England get their exam in the summer holidays after they leave school. 2 @1.21 Listen to the recording to check your answers. 3. Change the sentences in exercise 1 so that they are true for your country, READING 1 Read a magazine article about education in Ireland, Match the paragraphs 1-4 to the headings a-d below. 1-6 Rich and poor, boys and girls A ssuccess story © School subjects 4. Traditional teaching 18 Schools in Europe This month we take a look at schools in: The Republic of Ireland Q Ireland now has one of the best education systems in the world. Class sizes are small, exam resuls are good and most chidren are happy 10 stay ai echool ater the minimum leaving age of sixteen. Iis easy to forget thatthe picture used to be very diferent ——— 5 For years Ireland hiad one of the most complicated education systems in the world. There were many different icnds of school, but most of them hhad a Jot ih common, Classes were large and the teaching was very ‘wadtional. As in many counties, teachers used to hit the children ifthey ‘made mistakes (the government banned corporal punishment in 1962). (aj teeta 10 Parents used 10 pay for their children's education and. as a result, there ‘were schools for the rich and schools for the poor, Boye and girls went 10 different schools and studied different subjects Nowadays, most schools are free and only about half the schools are single-sex. In many ways, education is now a woman's world. Girls do better than boys in their 45 exams, more girls go to university and moet teachers are women, o ea At the end of secondary school, stuclenis take their final exams (the ‘Leaving Certificate), Compulsory subjects are maths, history. Irish and a foreign language. In addition, they must choose two or three extre subjects Some of these, lice Business Organization, help to prepare 20 them for the world of work: This is very different from the past when Latin, Greek and Religion used to be the most important subjects ene st we GRAMMAR: used to Read the article again and find one piece of information to show that each statement is true. The exam results are good. Ireland has a good education system. Teaching in Ireland used to be very traditional. Irish boys and girls used (o have very different experiences of school. Education in Ireland is a woman's world, Irish students study many different subjects. Are there any similarities between education In Ireland ‘and education in your country? © SEE LANGUAGE REFERENCE PAGE 24 Noweunn a Look at the sentences about a famous Irishman. Rewrite the sentences using used to + infinitive, His family used to be very poor. His family was very poor. He lived with his grandparents He wasn't a very happy child, The teachers at school hit him. ‘The other children called him ‘Irish He didn’t like his schoo He wanted to be an artis. Who are the sentences about: Pierce Brosnan (the actor), Bono (the musician) or Roy Keane (the footballer)? See page 128 for the answer. Irish schools | 25 2 Look at the sentences below. Replace the past simple with used to where possible. used to be ‘The writer, Frank McCourt, sete { a teacher. He wrote a book called Angela's Ashes. He was born in New York. His family moved to Ireland. His family didn’t have much money. His father told funny stories to Frank. Frank loved listening to his father. Frank won the Pulitzer Prize for this book about his childhood. 3. Write six sentences about yourself when you were at primary school. Begin three sentences with / used £0... and three with / didn’t use (0... . PRONUNCIATION: irregular past simple verbs 1. Underline the word in the groups 1-4 below which has a different sound from the other words in the group. 1 bought caught found thought 2 came gave — made said 3 broke drove lost spoke 4 felt knew = met_— went 2 @ 1.22 Listen to the recording to check your answers. SPEAKING 1. Think about schools in your country now and in the past. How are they different? Make notes, using your own ideas and the ideas in the box to help you, 2. Work in pairs and compare your ideas. Are schools now better or worse than they used to be? Schools in my country used to be very different. For example, .. 19 2c Red faces SPEAKING & READING 1. Work in pairs. Look at the pictures A-C and describe what is happening in each ‘one. Which of these situations do you thit is the most embarrassing? 2. Read the messages from an internet discussion group for teachers and match them to the pictures. SILENCE) > Doug 20 April in Cctober last year, | was working at a schoo! in Cambridge and it was only my second month in the jab, At the ond of the month the head teacher organized a party for al the new teachers. It was a good chance to get to know my new colleagues and I was really looking forward to it As the party was on 31st October, | thought it was a Hallowe'en party. So, the day before the party, | went to a costume hire shop and got a witch's costume. When | arived at the head's house, he opensd the door and looked at me as f | vias completely mad, Al the other teachers were wearing normal clothes! Doug Tamsin 26 Apri It was the end of term in June and the students were doing their exams. | was in charge that day and, as Usual before the start of the exam, | told the students al the rules: no talking, no mobile phones and so ‘on. | was walking up and down between the rows of desks when suddenly my own phone rang. That ‘wes bad enough, but the phone had a rally silly ringtone. It took me ages to find the phone in my bag and my face went bright red. One of the students was laughing so much that she fell out of her chai Tamsin Kelly 3 May Worst moment? it was one day last May. When I woke up in the moming, | wasn't feeling very well. Bt it wes a beautiful day and I decided to goto school. n te fist class | gave the students en exercise to do and sat down at my desk. It was hot and the sun was coming through the window and | fell asleep. | probably slept for only two or three minutes. Then | heard a noise and I woke up. All the children were leughing and the headmaster was standing at the door ofthe class! Fortunately, he was very sympathetic later in the moring when | explained that | was feeling il. Kelly a ee Read the messages again and answer the questions. Why did Doug's head teacher organize a party? Why was Doug looking forward to the party? Why did he wear witch's clothes? Why was Tamsin in an examination room? ‘What was special about Tamsin’s phone? Why didn’t she turn off her phone immediately? Why did Kelly decide to go to work when she wasn’t well? Why did Kelly wake up? 4, Work in pairs. Describe an embarrassing experience that happened to you or someone you know. GRAMMAR: past continuous ‘Where were you working tn Ocober as year? - Twas working at a school in Cambridge, _Was she feeling it? es, she was, ./ No, she wasn’t, © See LANGUAGE REFERENCE PAGE 24 1 Complete the text. Put the vetbs in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous. A few days ago, 1 (1) (wait) for the bus with my younger brother. We (2) _ (go) home after an afternoon at the shops. A very large woman with a big shopping bag (3) (stand) in front of us. After few minutes, the bus (4) __ (arrive). The woman (tum) round. ‘Can you help me with my bag?” she (7)_ (ask) us. “Yes, of course; (8) (say) my brother ‘Are you going to have a baby? 2. Look at the pictures AC on page 20 for one minute. Then work in pairs. Turn to page 127 and answer the questions. 3. Work in pairs. Ask and answer questions about what you were doing at the times below. © at eleven o'clock last night * at three o'clock last Saturday ‘at this time last week © fifteen minutes ago one hour ago © at six o'clock this morning What were you doing fifteen minutes ago? Tivas having a cup of coffee Redfaces | 2c SPEAKING 1. Work in groups. First, read these sentences and decide which lst they belong to. 1. Speak in front of their friends about funny things that they did when they were younger. 2. Don't say hello to their friends when they visit your home. 3. When their friends are visiting, speak with your mouth full of food, 4 Tell them (in front of their friends) (© wear clothes that they do not like. How te ewbarvass your parents 2 Now discuss how parents can embarrass their children and how children can embarrass their parents. Add three more sentences to each lst. 3. Present your lists to the rest of the class. 2 2p | Which school? SPEAKING 1. Work in pairs. You and your partner win first prize in a competition, Read the information and decide which city you both want to study in. VOCABULARY: School facilities 1. Look at the advertisement for an English school. Match the wore in bold tothe defntions below 1 = tran 1a place to borrow oF read books , 2a estaurat/cfé in 2 place of work hk 3. money you pay fra proesionl service ‘ 1 VICTORIA SCHOOL OF ENGLISH 6 tha you can change SYDNEY have done tis job aot ‘The Victoria School has @ central location near the Opera House. 8 ave professional exams/qualifications (Our qualified and experience teachers provide top quality tition 2 nt things for you in choosing J) ith flexible timetables, The schoo! has an ultrasmodern multi-media ‘entre with 20 PCs, a language laboratory and a library. The schoo 5 ‘has its own cafeteria and an exciting social programme. Special fees for international students. LISTENING 1 @ 1.23 Amanis asking for information about a course in a French language school. Listen to the conversation and underline the correct information. ‘ eerre eeerenecee Gass size 10/15/20 students per class LEVEL, Begiuver / Intermediate / Advanced “TIMETABLE. Mon & Wea /Thes & Thurs /Thes & Fri 730 = 1.00 / 8.00 - 9:30 / #30 - 430 COURSE LENGTH 10/12/ IS weeks FRENCH CLUB Friday mornings / Friday evenings / Saturday evenings PRICE £100 / £120 / £150 2. Match the words in column A with the words from column B to make phrases. A B 1 day-time 2 activities 2. native b class 3. registration © courses 4 social 4 form 5 ten-week e speakers 3 @ 123 Listen to the conversation again to check your answers. FUNCTIONAL LANGUAGE: asking for information 4. Rearrange the words to make questions. 1. Please could I have some information about your school? 1 about could information have school _I please some your? 2 abont could courses me tell you your? 3 a are class how in many students ? 4 beginners classes. do for have you? 5 are classes the time what? 6 course does how last. long the? 7 activities any are social there? 8 fees course the much are how? Look at tapescript 1.23 on page 134 to check your answers. Which school? | 20 SPEAKING Roleplay Work in pairs. You are going to plan an ‘evening school. Use these questions to help you. Where is your school? ‘What is it called? ‘What kinds of courses does the school offer? ‘Who are the teachers? ‘What facilities does the school have? How much do the courses est? ‘What is special about your school? Find another pair and work In groups of four. Find out about each other's schools. Dip You KNow? 1 Work in pairs. Read the facts about the English language and discuss the questions. ‘When and where do people use English in your country? Do many people in your country study English? Why do they study? ‘What English language examinations do people take in your country? Do you know anyone who has stu English in an English-speaking country? Did they like it? 23 GRAMMAR Past simple ‘We use the past simple to talk about past actions and states. ‘The actions and states are finished. eft schoot in 1999. Then I went to University. liked rock music when I was a teenager We often use a time expression with the past simple, for example, yesterday, last week, in 2003. {saw John yesterday. We lived in Brussels ir 2003. ‘With regular verbs, we usually add ~ed to the infinitive in the affirmative, There are three groups of exceptions. 1 When the verb ends in -e, we add -4. like > liked love > loved 2 When the verb ends in -y after a consonant, we change the -y to -1ed study > studied = ty > ied 3. With some verbs that end in a consonant, we double the ‘consonant. plan pianned stop stopped Other verbs in this group include: admit, chat, control, drop, nod, occur, refer, regret, rob, transfer and trap. ‘Many common verbs have irregular past forms. eat>ate go> went —leave > left Used to ‘We use used to to talk about past states and past actions that happened many times. My faraly used to live ire Rome, ‘We used 0 go out for a meal every Sazurday. ‘We can always use the past simple instead of used ¢o, but ‘we cannot use used to for actions that happened only once. We used to live in Rome. = We lived in Rome. ‘My family moved back to London in 1996. 0 sansa i tetas pe 2| Past continuous ‘We use the past continuous to describe actions in progress at a particular time in the past. We often use the past continuous to describe the background situation of a story. Ie was the end of term and the students were doing their exams. ing past end of term Inow We often use the past simple and past continuous together ‘We use the past simple for actions that interrupt the actions in the past continuous. ‘Twas walking into class when my phone rang (First, I walked into class. Seconé, my phone rang.) ‘We cannot normally use stative verbs in the continuous form. See page 44 for a list of common stative verbs. She knew that he was happy. Do Serene ernie = ee We make the past continuous with was/were+ infinitive ‘+-ing. Ifthe infinitive ends in a consonant +-e: live > ving ‘With some verbs that end in a consonant, we double the consonant. See the list of verbs in group 3 in the past simple above. FUNCTIONAL LANGUAGE Asking for information (Please) could I have some information about... ? Could you teit me about ... (please)? How much is/are .. 2 What time ésfare How tong does/do the... fast? Do you have... ? Is there a... 2 ‘Are there any... # How many ... are there? Wor LIST Adjectives with prepositions afraid of *** ‘sfreid av) Dored with ** ood wid fond of * ‘ond avi good at *** eed ot! interested in *** ‘tasty keen on ** ‘in anf terrible at ** rermbl aut ‘worried about * ward bat? Education cafeteria nC ‘aefotrna/ certificate nC ‘soctfikot! compulsory adj * ‘ompalsoid computer € °° ompjusa/ course n C** es! desk n C*** ‘ski education system nC jedjakerfn ssstan/ ‘xamination sagzsemner|ng (exam) nc +" ‘experienced adj * ‘Akspraionsi/ ‘ail (an exam) v"** el’ feenc* ‘ed set a place ft “pels (at university) we jienrvasst)/ gadenc* Jered! headmaster n C ‘nedmesto! headmistress nC sedis! headteacher n C redial hhomework n U* ‘simak language n.¢ *** ‘enews laboratory nC Inborotayi leaving age isa ex) leaving certificate lesson nC *** location nC * mixed sex adj multi-media centre native speaker mC pass (an exam) v *** private school nC (corporal) Punishment n U * pupil nC *** gualification nC * ‘rogistration form result n C* single sex adj ‘social programme/ activity nC state school nC subject nC *** termnc*** timetable nC ‘tuition n UF university 2 C *°* School subjects annus biology n 7 Greek history m U*** Irish, Latina 0 mathematics (maths) 1 U music n U*** religion n U * science n U*** technology n U *** /panufonant/ piso ‘Pevoliftkesfn) redsistesfn fom! ical sang] seks! /soufiprougnem fekuvatil /steu sku’ ott ‘Poatsodsi/ Jk! Ans fanff ‘wns imeem! rmjuszaks Jahds(o)a/ ‘saxjans! ‘hekenolodsi/ Other words & phrases accent n C* actually adv *** anyway adv * artist nC ** as usual “Gall asleep adj ** ban v* behaviour n U*** borraw v** bailiant aaj * care (about sb) v *** freksanid ekafvali! Feniwer/ fost Joa jurul! sosipl end Pothenia/ Pooreu! Peljonty Pkea/ cubnce choose v *** (aultinational company nc *** competition nC *** complicated ad) ** embarrass 9 enjoy v*** exciting adj * fancy dress costume/ pounce flexible adj * fight nc *** fun adj funny adj *** government n'C *** great adj *** in addition in charge (1) (atl) inclusive aaj minimum ayn ** miss (a lesson) v *** mobile phone nC of course adv *** organize v painter 2 C provide v *** own c*** rule a shopping bog n C stupid adj ** sympathetic adj ultra-modern aj wwiteh nC worry (about sb/sth) v *** Ikiaby ‘fxd ‘hamptons ‘ompetif/ ‘omphkerta miata Jaasou! Aksoy! ‘Mansi dros kosyjumipasiy ‘mek My Mant ‘ani Ipxvnmont! ‘ese fin si sn tosis Aivktusey mnumom! ‘ws maoba un! bv kos gone) penta! ‘pravand! ‘rou! el ‘opag bz! ‘supa ‘sumpsetky ‘sts mocloy ‘aff stil 25 3a | Flatmates VOCABULARY: house & home 1 Do you tive in a house or a flat? What do you like most about your home? Discuss and ‘compare your answers in pais. 2 Complete the sentences with house or home. What is your home town like? 2. At what age do people usually leave in your country? 3. How do you feel when you are away from 2 4 Is your mother a another job? 5 How much work does your teacher usually give you? 6 What time do you usually get. evenings? 7 Who does most of the cleaning and the other work where you live? wife or does she have in the 3 Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions in exercise 2. PRONUNCIATION: /h/ 1. Find two words in the box that do not begin with the sound /h/. tate ay honest hotel who hos, home house what — whole 2 @ 4.24 Listen to the recording to check your answers, 3 How well can you say the sentence below? In Hertford, Hereford and Hampshire hurricanes hardly ever ‘happen. (from the film My Fair Lad) Bau 4 @ 2.25 Listen and repeat 26| LISTENING 1. You are going to listen to two friends talking about thelr home life. li lives with his parents and two brothers. He wants to go to live with Charlie, who shares a flat with four fiends. Look at the statements below. Who do you think is speaking: All (A) or Charlie (O? There's nothing to eat I get no peace and I can't do any work, ‘There's no space in the house. ‘We cion’t go to hed early, I can’t have any friends in the house. ‘The kitchen is a bit dirty. @ 126 @ 1.26 Listen tothe conversation again. Choose the best definition for the phrases below. isten to the conversation to check your answers. we aneune 1 Grim! a) That's bad! 2 It’s driving me mad. a) Itmakes me angry. _b) It makes me sad. 3 1 on’t want to put you off. a) I don’t want to encourage you. b) I don't want to discourage you. by That's good! 4 Workin pairs. Discuss these questions. + What do you think Ali should do? * What are the advantages and disadvantages of living at home when you are a student? * Do most students live at home in your country? GRAMMAR: countable & uncountable nouns with some, any &no Countable nouns ‘We can count countable nouns (ior example, ‘one problem, two problems), They have both a singular and plural form. There's a new problem. E He's got problems at home, Uncountable at nouns: ‘We cannot count uncountable nouns. (We cannot say (wo hemeworke,) They only have a singular form, Some, any & no = ‘We can use some, any and no with both countable and uncountable nouns. — Some S ‘We usually use some in postive sentences, _ We've got some cousins. (countable) - Pim going 10 get some food. (uncountable) any ‘We usualy use anpin negative sentences and questions. ‘can’t have any friends. (countable) Tea’t do arty work. (uncountable) “Have you got any better ideas? (countable) ‘Do you have any time at the weekend? linen : ‘Mposkive verb +no has the same meaning ‘as 2 negative verb+any. _ There are no problems. ‘= There aren't any problems. (countable) = don’t get any independence. (uncountable) © See Lancuace REFERENCE PAGE 34 1. Ate the nouns in the box countable (C) or uncountable (U)? bread U brother C cash _ food friend independence money parent peace sola space Look at tapescript 1.26 on pages 134-5 to check your answers, Flatmates | 3a 2 Choose the correct words to complete the dialogue. Mum: What's the (1) problem / problems, Ali? You look really unhappy at the moment. ‘Ali: ‘There's (2) ary / no problem, Mum. Mum: Yes, there is. What's the matter? (3) Is / Are your teachers at college giving you a lot of (4) homework / homeworks? Ali: No, t's not that. But you know I've got (5) any / some very important exams in two weeks Mum: Yes? Ali: Well, I can’t find the (6) time / times to study. 1 don’t get (2) any / no peace in my room with the others there. I's really hard to work, Mum: I'm sorry. 1 know what you mean, There really isn’t (8) any / some space in the house when we have guests, is there? ‘Al Mum - I'm thinking of moving in with (9) any / some friends. ‘Mum: Oh, you can't do that! I know, I've got (10) an / some idea ‘Why don’t you do your (11) work / works with me in the living rooms 3 Workin pairs, A.and B. ‘A: Turn to page 227- Look at the picture of Charlie's bedroom. B: Turn to page 129. Look at the picture of Charlie's bedroom after aparly. How many differences can you find? Are there any people in your picture? There are some bottles on the table. There's no food in this picture SPEAKING Roleplay 1 Work in groups of three to five. You share a fiat with the other students in your group. There are some problems and no one is, really happy. Read your role card and decide what you want to say to your flatmates, At the end of the discussion, make alist of four rules for the flat so that everyone is happy. No smoking in the flat urn to page 126. G: Tum to page 129. E: Tum to page 131. B: Turn to page 128. D: Turn to page 130. You are sitting in the living room with your flatmates. Student C begins the discussion. There are some things 1 want to talk about 27 3B | Another country READING 1 Ona piece of paper, write everything that know about Scotland. You have two utes. Now work in pairs and compare your ideas. 2. Read the magazine article and choose the best summary. American man becomes interested a where his family came from. 2 Am American man goes to a conference about Scotland. 3 An American man returns to his family’s ome town in Scotland 3 ead the article again and put the sentences afin the gaps 1-6. And they also told me about the communities of Scots living abroad, D Talready have my ticket. © my grandmother worked for President Roosevelt @ Scottish bankers, Scottish businessmen, in politics, in the arts, in education ~ everywhere you look there's a Scot © There are, for example, 75 places called Hamilton around the world, ‘They went to Australia, Canada, America and New Zealand. 4 Find these words in the article and choose the best definition. 1 conference (line 6) a) a large meeting where people tall about one subject ) a short conversation origin (line 15) a) a place where you go on holiday ») the place that you come from 3. settled down (Une 17) 4) got married and stayed in a place ») sat down, 4 strange (line 24) ) normal or ordinary ») not normal 29) reunton a) wedding ) meeting people again after a long time 28| SPEAKING 4 Work in pairs, Discuss these questions. + Did many people leave your country in the past? Why did they leave? Where did they go? = Do many people from your country live abroad? + Do you know anybody who lives abroad? If so, why did they go? + What do people from your country miss when they are abroad? GRAMMAR: some, many & most © sex Lancuace Rerenence pace 34 1. In four of the sentences below the word of is missing. Insert of where necessary. 1 Many the passengers on the Titanic were leaving for a new tife in America. 2. Most the Scots in America came in the nineteenth century. 3 Most Afro-Americans live in the southem states and the industrial cities, 4 Some US cities, like Boston, have big trish communities. 5. There aren't many places in California that do not have a Spanish-speaking community. 6 Some the first immigrants to America were Dutch, 7 Not many the new immigrants to America come from Western Europe. 8 There are many Koreans and Japanese in LA. Another county | 38 2_ Make tre sentences using the phrases inthe table. people inthis country | are difficult to understand people in this town are marred, students are very interesting. arrive late Bot many: don’t have much money. the students in this | drive a nice ca. Many Wan class have a jab. ny friends like their work. ot | my work colleagues | live near here. cour English lessons | need English at work. speak two or three us languages. 3 Werk in pairs and compere your answers. Dip you KNow? 1 ‘Work in pairs. How much do you know about the United Kingdom? VWirite the capital cities on the correct places on the map. ‘What do you know about the different countries in the United Kingdom? Great Britain is the island of England, Scotland and Wales. se TheUnied Kinglomis Great Britain and e Northern Ireland. The flag of the United Kingdom is called Cardiff * London Belfast * Edinburgh 29 3c | Home town VOCABULARY: towns 1. Look at the words in the box. ait gallery bar bus cinema crime flat house brary metto nightclub park pollution restaurant studio theatre Put the words into these groups. + public transport + types of accommodation * nightlife, culture * other Can you add any other words to the groups? Imagine that you are going to live somewhere new. Which things are most important for you? READING 1. Imagine that you are going to live in Montreal, Read the webpage. Choose which area (Verdun, Outremont or Old Montreal) you would prefer to live in, Why? ‘Work in pairs and compare your answers, 2. Read the webpage again. Which part of Montreal do the sentences refer to: Verdun (V), Outremont (©) or Old Montreal (OM)? om ‘There are a lot of cars. It doesn't cost a lot to live here It has the best places to eat. Ic isn't dangerous. It’s a good place for outdoar sport, ‘There isn’t much to do in the evening. ‘There are a lot of cultural activities. ‘There isn't much cheap accommodation, 30| Forward Reloss livinginmontreal.com ear Denied Eating Health Services Verdun We lve down by the river t's a poor area and there's alot of crime, burt the shops are good and there are 2 few good restaurants. The shopping area isnot very attractive, but it is changing, Pubic transport is excellent and we're near the city centre in the summer, Verdun isthe place to be. The river heteis really beautiful and you can have picnics in the park. There isnt enough nightie for us. so ‘we go to the area near the university for that. ‘Accommodation is cheapil BRIGITTE GOFFIN & BERNARD YIP (students) Outremont ‘Outremont has many advantages. The best restaurants in town, the most beautiful park and the biggest houses. You feel safe here, You meet interesting, important people and i’s good for business. There are not many Japanese restaurants and we do very wel. Wen we're not working, we lke having a coffee outside one of the cafés. We don't hhave much time to enjoy the area, but we lke going up to the park at Mount Royal sometimes. The only problem. realy 5 that you need to speak French in this part of town (and we dos‘ KINAMOTO [restaurant owner) Conte cea Old Montreal True, there are too many toursts and there's too much waffic. The metro doesn’t take you into the tre of Old Montreal. There is alittle cme in the fea, but NOt foo much. But why am | being so negative? Old Montreal is the only place to be. There are a lot of good bars and restaurants, There are excellent museums [if you Ike that king of hing), an IMAX cinema, an interesting park to go. rollerblading in the summer or ice-skating in the winter. What more do you want? Just one big problem: nat enough cheap fits, | found the last anel Mc J. B. LAZARIDIS (computer programmer) Cece elena Home town | 3c Grammar: quantifiers 1. Look again at the text about Montreal. Find the expressions in the table below and complete the ‘examples with nouns from the text. quantifiers with plural quantifiers with countable nouns uncountable nouns too many tourists too much traffic alot of, alot of many —___ not much not many — alinte afew not enough rot enough : © Sce Lancuace REFERENCE PAGE 34 2. Here is some more information about these places. Choose the correct expression to complete the sentences. Verdun 1 There are a lot of / much cheap flats. 2. There are not many / not much hotels for tourists. 3. There are a litle / a few big factories. Outremont 4 There's not many / not much crime. 5 There are a lot of / too much French speakers. 6 There is not many / not much unemployment. ‘Old Montreal 2 There are too many / too much cars 8. There are many / too much things to do for children. 3 Write six sentences about your town. Use a different quantifier in each sentence. SPEAKING 1 Turn to page 127 and complete column A. 2. Work in pairs. Ask questions about your partner's town, Write the answers in column 8 on page 127. Useful language What is the name of your toun? low much .. is there? How many... are there? 3 Compare your answers. Ifyou described the same town as your partner, did you have the same answers? Ifyou described a diferent town, which town is the better place to live? 3D | Lost! SPEAKING 1 bs Read the information about the city of Newcastle. ‘Work in small groups. ‘Are there any towns or cities in your country that are similar to Newcastle? In what ways? Bilbao is near the sea. It also has a famous football team ... VOCABULARY: places in a town 1 Label the map below with the words in the box. Ave the statements below true (1) or false (F)? ‘The art gallery is opposite the library. ‘The bars and restaurants are near the river. The cathedral is opposite the stadium. ‘The opera house is next to the castle. ‘The shopping centre is between the art gallery and the bus station, ‘There is a metro station not far from the stadium. Do you have these places in your town? Where are they? LISTENING 1 @ 1.27 Listen to a conversation in Newcastle train station. Choose the correct words to complete the sentences. ‘Macy is saying goodéye / hello to Emma and Lucy. ‘The men want to go to the shopping centre / stadium. Emma finds it difficult / easy to give directions. Her aunt helps / doesn’t help. 2 @ 1.27 Listen again and follow Mary's directions on the map. Which route did she describe: A, B or C? FUNCTIONAL LANGUAGE: directions 1 @ 1.28-130 Stuart and Tony are in front of the castle. Listen to three more conversations. Which speaker gives the best directions to the stadium? 2 @ 132 Listen to extracts from conversations 1-3 again and complete the sentences. straight on, the first street on the right past the station. the bridge. to the end of the road. the first street on the left wo Match the phrases in exercise 2 to the pictures. A 8 c 4 Work in pairs, A and B. You are at the train station in Newcastle. A: Choose a place you want to go to. Ask B for directions. B:Look at the map and give A directions. Questions — where's the ‘Excuse me, (ar/eould you tell me the | ee aah rae © flow dot get t... Prepositions zi behind between near not far from in front of opposite next 10 on the comer of PRONUNCIATION: to 1 @ 1.32 Listento the pronunciation of the word to (/ta/) in the middle of these phrases, * interesting place to visit * difficult to give directions © next to the castle 2 Look at tapescript 1.27 on page 135. There are five examples of fo in the riddle of a phrase. Find therm and underline them. @ 1.33 Listen to the recording to check your answers. 4 Practise saying the phrases with the short pronunciation of to (/ta/). [33 Language reference GRAMMAR Countable & uncountable nouns Countable nouns ‘Most nouns in English are countable, We can count them. ‘They have both a singular and plural form for example, one house, two houses. It’s anew house. ‘He's got two houses in London. A small group of countable nouns has irregular plurals (child/children, man/men, woman/women, foot/feet, toothteeth, mouse/rmice) ‘Uncountable nouns ‘Some nouns are uncountable. We cannot count them. For ‘example, we cannot say nve homeworts, They only have a, singular form. T want to do my homework. ‘Some nouns can be both countable and uncountable. The ‘uncountable noun refers to the thing in general; the ‘countable noun refers to a particular example of it. Crime is a problem in many cities. (uncountable: crime in general) Sheriock Holmes solved hundreds of crimes. (Countable: particular crimes) Determiners | Some & any ‘We use some and any to describe an indefinite quantity of something. We can use some and any with both countable and uncountable nouns. | We usually use sore in positive sentences. | Toe got some biscuits, (countable) He's going to buy some mit. (uncountable) ‘We usually use any’ in negative sentences and questions. -Mark doesn’t like any vegetables. (countable) haven't got any money. (uncountable) Have you got any apples? (countable) Do you have any advice for me? (uncountable) No ‘We use no with Doth countable and uncountable nouns. A posilve verb +o has the same meaning as a negative verb + any. ‘There are no biscuits. = There aren't any biscuits, (countable) have no time. = 1 don't have any time. (uncountable) 34 Quantifiers ‘We can use quantifiers before a noun to show how much of something there is. ‘There are too many tousists ia this town. know a few good restaurants near tire. We do not have much time. ‘We do not usually use much in affirmative sentences. We use a lot of instead. ‘There's a lot of work to do. Not Theressraehwwors, Some, many & most ‘We can use sore, many and mast with or without of. Some of my friends are working, Most of the people I know are very interesting. ‘Many people send their holidays abroad. ‘Most days, I do some homework, FUNCTIONAL LANGUAGE Directions wheres the Excuse me] car/eoutd you tet | please? ‘me the way to how do I get to behind berween in front of near next to ot far from ‘on the comer of ‘opposite Cross the bridge rad. o past the... Go straight on. Coto the end of the rona/sireet. Take the firsi/secand street on the lefrighe Worp List House & home (be) away fom home get home ‘home town homework n U* housewife n C housework 7 U leave home Towns accommodation n U** art gallery 2 C barn cr" bridge n C bus station n C castlenC** cathedral n C church nC *** cinema nc ** crime m G/U *** culture nu *** fate c** industrial adj *** library nc *** metro nC museum nC ** nightclub n C nightlife r U parkact* opera housenC pollution n U ** public transport n U restaurant nC *** shopping centre nC stadium nC studion C7" theatre n C** tratfic a 0°" tramnC train station n C *** ‘ower from (get hoor Prove onl Poemwaikl Mrouswaf/ Prausws:ky ‘hooey Prest(o)ront/ {fopu senia/ ‘sidan! ‘sein ste! Other words & phrases abroad ad ** areane" banker n C cash n Ue century n ¢*** chat * cheap adj *** clan nC coal nU* community n ¢*** conference n C** countryside n U** dirty adj *** discourage v drive (sb) mad v encourage = faunate n C fag € grim adj puesto immigrant nC independence n U ** rormal adj *** online adyadv condinay a *°* crigin nC" outdoor adj owner nc °° passenger n C“* peace U*** plenie n C producer n C* programme ¢*** put (3b) off v reunion nC rollerblading n U scart nc sete down v stating n U solanc space n U** Eee tartan adn tourist c** twin n C* whisky n U bron! earl Toenkal taf} ‘senifori/ Amt! ‘fio! ‘kien! fol! i ‘eonf(erens) ‘eaniisard! Hasiil ‘eiskands/ ‘civ med fk ‘Meme! Meg! ‘skotf set dount ‘skerty/ soufaf remds) asta! Proonst) Joaskit 35 4A | Online dating SPEAKING READING 1 Workin paits. Discuss these questions. 1. Look at the advertisement from an internet dating agency and answer the questions. ' Sen DATES, How old is Lynn? ‘america's biggest internet dating 1 2. Does she have any children? agency now has more than 6 million 3° What is her job? People who visit its website every 4 What does she do in her free time? ts 3 What adjectives does she use to describe her personality? * Do you know anyone who uses the internet to 6 What adjectives does she use to describe her perfect make friends? partner? * Do you think that the internet is a good way to ‘meet other people? * What are the advantages and disadvantages of internet dating? ‘What does her perfect partner enjoy doing? ————————es Life-Match 4@4¢@e4ase 8 2 y A ors Rel me Search buages Print Seaurty Shap Stop

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