ro Cee Lo 1 One of the gang | Present Simple and Present Continuous | Clubs, soceties and organisations | | Phrasal verbs Reflexive pronouns; each other | Clothes and accessories Order of adjectives | Adjectives describing clothes Exams ink Social ‘Verbs in brackets p.6 life; People 2 Keep in touch Present Perfect Simple and Present Perfect Continuous ‘Camputars and mobile phones Phrasal verbs | [oar] Brams link Science , ‘and technology ir Law and punishment 28-29 sed to and would Grimes and justice; Criminals | re Anti-social behaviour 3037] | | \ Baams|ink Country Sentence transformations p25 Cloze p29 and society (crime) Verbs in brackets p.25 4 His and hers 32-33 | Modals of possibility, ability, prohibition | Personality adjectives and obligation = 35 ‘Growing tp and stages of life eS 3657 | ca Revision 21 Unit 2 Adverbs of probability | | Pollation | Phrasal verbs | Raa: pang neon arrangements, Sentence transformations p.43 Verbs in brackets p.47 ~) Natural disasters Zero, First and Second Conditionals, "| Personality adjectives | Personality adjectives ‘Animal categories Exams link Natural Verbs in brackets p.51 environment 58:59 Exams Revision 3 | Units and 6 aCET Aleaflet about freshers’ week ata UK university Listening Listening skis: Listening effectively; A radio discussion about teenagers’ lifestyles ‘Speaking | Talking about belonging to | | organisations Speak Out: Agreeing and | disagreeing a) | Anarlicle about two gangs of | Discussing opinions about young people =e __| conftict solving | 7 Bxtracts from an article about ‘Describing clotiies and fashion | A description of young people | | ‘person Matching p11 Matching p.8 Describing a photo ps <__ Multiple choice p.11 ‘True/False p.8_ "| Awebpage from a social ] Talking about using computers tworking site | _ ___| and social networking sites | | A conversation at a shop ‘Speak polite 1 | Aconversation about Gindirect questions) | | |_problems with a mobile phone | Pp | Rise sour new mone “Talking about mobile phones | phone technology. and communication | $| Reading site: Reacting ettectivty| Personal letters Matching pp.18, 21 D | Abank robbery \Anatticle about creative Completing notes p.17 “A discussion on downloading music for free _ Roleplay p.16 | Describing a photo p.16 “Talking about anti-social ] | behaviour | J Sharing opinions on creative | punishments An anecdote 1 Speak Out Giving and | justifying opinions TruePalse p27 Multiple choice p.20 Roleplay p25 Matching p.31 Describing a photo p27 Making recommendations p29. Acartoon strip about howmen | 4 and women are different ‘An article about colour coding A conversation about male id female roles. ] Talking about rules ana | obligations and upbringing ae | Bail ait airs and bovs are | Speak ‘description ofa ___| treated differently | person Aleiter to an editorabout | ] Wiring skis letter single sex schools | to an editor Matehing p34 Matching p.36 Describing photos p.86 Aletter to an editor Roleplay p.37 738 de eT ye Predictions about the future of Making predictions civilisation a - article about plastic waste Diseassing ways to help the aoe =a eevroupent ee ea A leaflet about an ecology School excursion to an Planning a school excursion | exhibition [ecology exhibition | | ‘A student practising giving | Speak Out: Giving presentations | Aleallet a presentation TruelFalse pd Completing nates p46 Describing a photo p44 ‘Tre/False p48 Presentation p49 yut pets’ views of An article about the octopus | A for-and-against essay about Multiple choice p.s2 Listening skis: Taking notes A radio phone-in programme with a vet ‘TrucPalse p.52 Muitiple ehoice p.54 Completing notes p.54 Writing skills: A for-and- | against essay Describing a photo pp.55, 56. for-and- Making recommendations p.55 essay p.57Genie Reported speech: statements, time expressions CE eas Work Education ‘GEB5_| Reported speech: questions and : imperatives 2 ms 607 Exams link Work; Sentence transformations pp.61, 65 School 8 Getting away 68-69 _| The Passive [eee 70-71 - | Types of sports and sports equipment OT “Travelling by plane At the airport Collocations TE Cities and geographical features Verbs Multi in brickets p69 69 Adjectives describing places and atmosphere ams Revision 4 SR sii ‘Third Conditional “Adjectives to describe a piece of writing x “Adjectives to describe feelings i 80-81 ‘Adjectives and nouns to describe feelings Smnenyms [ao-s3 Tinie ana dromty Feelings; Injuries and ailments | 84-85 | ‘Adjectives to describe character Exams tk People; Verbs in brackets p70 ‘Wor formation pp 80, 82 Health Sentence iransformations p.83 10 True art | 86-87 | Modals for speculation | | Modal perfects: 7 _ 88-89 | Expressions to give opinions about a = piece ofart 90-91 Classical and pop music | Collocations: A ‘92-93 ‘Base and strong adjectives ‘Verbs in brackets p.87 Describing films and TV programmes Film-making and film genres Sports and fines Beauty treatments TOO=10T | Hanorget something dane [02-108 ‘Ajectives for describing appearance Exams ink People; Verbs in brackets p.101 Health Sentence transformations p 101 ¥2 The hard soll | 104-105 | Vorb patterns Describing food | Adjectives and prepositions [06-107 | ‘Money 08-109 | — ‘Shops and shopping = 110-11 | Dictionary skills: Collocations | | Shopping Exams ink Foor, ‘ets in brackets p.105 Culture shocks p14 4 Sentence transformations p.105cra) An article about an aceident An article about a young man's career history Listening Kaiys day at School Speaking ‘Talking about jobs Reportinga — Interviewing y reporting the conversation Matching p60 Matching p.63 A webpage about youth hostels 7A. webpage about extreme spor 7) Aleaflet about air travel “Holiday situations — ‘A stadent practising comparing photos ‘ThuelFalse p.64 ‘Air travel Dialogue: Comparing travel “(Talking about extn ‘Speak Out: Comparing photos Describing a photo pp.63, 64 Comparing photos p.57 ne sports| peak Out: Evaluating options A school project about — | A tour guide's speech ta a Multiple choice p.80 A magazine article about a painting ) An article about rap musicians” Afi review of Alice i Wonderland Matehing p.91 psychologist Multiple choice p.84 | Talking about a pe Budapest sroup of tourists description ofa place Matching p.70 Completing notes p.69, Roleplay pp.70, 72, 73 A description of a TruclFalse p.75 Multiple choice p.74 place p75 a7 ‘Astor a | Talking abe eat i interview with a Speak Out: experience Deseribing a photo p 85 | pecutating, giving evidence) A conversation between young Talking about modem art people talking about modern art | Speak Out: Participating in Aconversation between young | conversations ‘people talking about opera i Talking about music ‘Writing skills: A film Talking about films ‘ThuelFalseNo information p.88 Describing a photo pp.88, 89 A film review p.93 Multiple choice p.88 Presentation p.91 Matching p.89 ‘An article about beauty | through the ages An article about unusual fitness ideas Reading skils: Distiruguishing, | fact from opinion Talking about beauty and || appearance ng about Keeping fit Matching p.98 An article about food | advertising ‘A page from a web Forum _| discussing shopahiolics | Aletter of complaint Multiple choice p.106 Pronunciation table in A webpage for a TV programme | Song: Kaa | Shania Twain Je back cover “Talking about TV programmes | + Seeak Ov: Describe appearance A description of a person A conversation about describing appearance ‘Multiple choice p.102 cooking. A conversation about shopping habits Complaints about shops se Giving a pres Speak Out: Complaints "Discussing forms of * Witng Ski: A Tetier of compensation complaint Multiple choice p.106 Describing a photo pp.106, 111A letter of complaint ‘TruelFaice p- Presentation p.108 pAll Roleplay p.108 (MP Texts recorded on Class CD.Read, listen and talk about clubs, youth groups and lifestyles, clothes and accessories. Practise the Present Simple and the Present, Continuous, reflexive pronouns, Focus on listening effectively, agreeing and disagreeing, describing appearance. Write a simple description. GRAMMAR AND READING 1. Look at the photo and read the introduction about Freshers’ Week. Then answer questions 1-3. 1 Who are Freshers? 2 What happens during Freshers’ Week? 3 Does Freshers’ Week exist in your country? 2 In pairs, ead about the university clubs and say which one you would most lke to join and why. Work it out 3 Study the table. Then match sentences a-f with rules 1-6. a During Freshers’ Week we're giving a free head torch to every new member, b We have training sessions every Tuesday from 7 to 9, ¢ Kim and Jay are watching TV. d Students read a lot. e The world is changing every day. f They seem happy. Present Simple and Present Continuous We use the Present Simple: 1 to tak about habits and routines. 2 to talk about facts and generalisations. 3 with state verbs (believe, belong, know, ike, prefer, remember, see, seem, want, understand) When we describe what is happening now. NOT They are-seensing happy. We use the Present Continuous: 4 talk about actions happening now. Q 5 to talk about temporary situations. oa 6 to talk about changes. oO Oo 4 In groups, think of one more example for rules 1-6 in the table. Mind the trap! ‘Adverbs of frequency normally come before the main. verb with Simple tenses. ‘We always have a drink after the meetings. He occasionally goes dancing. ‘They come after the verb fo be and other auxiliary verbs (do, does, have, et.) He is often late for class. She doesn't usually dive to work. 5 Choose the correct forms in these sentences. 1 Don't buy that phone now! Prices are going / go down all the time. 2 My brother is in the Scouts, He és often going / ‘often goes camping at weekends. 3.Dina doesn’t usually / usually doesn’t spend much time in the library, but this week she is studying / studies hard for her final exams. 4 Are you belonging / Do you belong to any clubs? 5 She can't come to the phone right now; she is sleeping | sleeps. 6 Many university students are working / work part-time. ‘212 Complete the conversation with the correct ‘form of the verb in brackets. Then listen and check. Jim Freshers’ Week is brilliant! They 5 (put) ona free disco every’ night this week! Kim Right. Jim ‘There are so many clubs at this university. 1*___ (belong) to the Roleplay Club now, Here's my membership card. We® (meet) every Wednesday at 8. Oh! Look! They + (give) free food at the Cooking Club! Come on! Kim Hmm, Jim What's wrong? You ® (seem) bored Kim I don’t like clubs. P'm an individual Individuals © (not{join) clubs! Jim You anti (become) really’ a In pairs, ask and answer questions 1-5. Student A, look at page 122. Student B, ook at page 123. 1 What club do you belong to? 2 Why are you a member? 3 When do you meet? 4 What do you do? 5 What's happening in your club? Do you belong to any clubs or organisations like the ‘ones below? If not, imagine you do. In pais, ask and answer questions 1~5 from Exercise 7. sports clubs/teams school societies sports team supporters club a political party a scouting organisation the fan club of a group/singer a charityAnd if you want to meet people with the same interests 2s you, join one of the university clubs. A Wome | DanceStep | DEBATING SOCIETYLISTENING 18 Listen and choose what you think the context is for situations 1-3. Don't worry if you don’t understand every word. 11a conversation between ‘close friends / people who don't know each other well 2a conversation !at home 3 a conversation between frie *before a class nds !on holiday / 2 ais’ Listen again and use the context and your knowledge of the world to guess what happens next. There are two extra answers, 10 20 30 aa request b asking for directions © a formal speech d some instructions @ some information about when the club meets 3 In pairs, guess what sot of groups you think the people belong to. Use the ideas from Exercise 8 on page 6. 4 cus Listen and check your answers to Exercises 2 and 3. What words or phrases helped you decide if ‘your answers were correct? 5 Look at Exercises 1-4 and complete Train Your Brain with these words: © don't worry * context * check + knowledge of the world TRAIN YOUR BRAIN | [Listening skills Listening effectively * Listen and guess what the is. oe if you don’t understand everything. * Use the context and your ° to guess what happens next. * Listen for key words to * your ideas. 6 ois, Listen and say what the situation is and what ‘group the speaker is talking to. Use Train Your Brain to help you. What key words helped you decide? LISTENING AND SPEAKING 1L_Inpairs, ook at the photo and answer the questions. 1 Where are the peoy 2 What is happening’ 3 How do you think the people are feeling? 2 ais, Listen and decide what kind of programme itis. Then match the studio guests 1-3 with their ‘occupations A-D. There is one extra answer. 1 Mark Mondale 2 Jane Webb 3 Matt Hodges Astudent B psychiatrist C psychologist D sociologist '% Check you understand these words. Use a dictionary to help you. gang clique role model fashion "youth 4 cour’ Read the statements below. Then listen. ‘Are the sentences true (T) or false (F)? 1 The Internet is like a playground because it's a great place to have fun, 2 Jane Webb believes that young people start looking for new role models in their lives. 3 Mark Mondale believes that teenagers are more similar to their parents today than sixty years ago, 4 He believes that money and business is behind fashion and lifestyles 5 Matt Hodges thinks that music helps many young people become friends. 6 Both Dr Webb and Dr Mondale think th Matt's answer proves their theories. a fo oocoe Study Then listen to extracts 1~4 and put the words/phrases in the correct place in the box. 1 Tm afraid I have to disagree 2 J agree up to a poin 3 [couldn't agree more 4 Absolutely! Agreeing That's so true! That's a good point! Bractly! Partial agreement That may be true, but... You've got a point, but Disagreeing sorry, but | can’t agree with you. No wayl* Come off it!* “very direct and perhaps rude for people you don't know well ois’ Listen and repeat the phrases from Read these exchanges and complete with expressions from Then act out the dialogues in pairs. 1 Al think friends are more important than family for most young people B____T think that’s true for a lot of young people, but I also know a lot people who have a very close relationship with their families 2.01 think it’s a waste of time being fashionable, D It’s important to care about how you Took. After all, it’s a big part of your identity 3 E It’s stupid to make generalisations about young people F Everyone's different In pairs, give your opinions on the statements below. Agree or disagree with your partner's ideas. Use to help you. 1 People’s tastes in music have the most influence on how they look and behave. 2 People are ruder on the Intemet than in real life. 3 Adults are often more agar than young people. Seessi¥e 4 Young people today are more tolerant than their parents,on Cathedral Square in Peterborough, in the east of England. Two noisy gangs of young people are sitting in the centre of the square. In one group the kids are wearing tracksuits and baseball caps and brand-new white trainers, A lot of them are ‘wearing jewellery like gold chains and earrings. They're the ‘Chavs! Opposite them are the ‘Goths. They're wearing black Doctor Marten boots, long black coats and black ‘T-shirts with the names of their favourite bands on them. \__ Nervous shoppers hurry past both groups, trying not to make eye contact. It seems to be quiet but you feel that at any moment a fight could start. The polic these young people are probably harmless - perhaps they just RaMgYAROUAE the square because there's nothing better to do, But older people say they are tired i ta typical Saturday afternoon Dani: || aimost dicn' ‘There was a lot of aggression to begin with, but everyone in the enc. || BURBS an old friend from primary school wi spoken to for years, but he seems just the same as him really well The atmosphere in town is probably a lot better now. of (LGRGIUPIWIAH the noise and litter. *__ But after trying several different methods, Peterborough City Council has a radical plan to change things. ‘The council’s controversial plan to bring peace to the city starts on a Tuesday morning during the half- term holiday. A group of fourteen Chavs and Goths of both sexes are travelling by bus to a secret location in the countryside, ten miles out of town. There are more Chavs than Goths - maybe its hard for some Goths to get up in the mornings! When they finally arrive, supervisors ask them to put on camouflage clothing and give each person a gun. And then the two gangs spend the rest of the morning shooting at each other. Don't worry ~ the guns are not real, of course." But isnt it dangerous to fight aggression with aggression? Isa game of paintball really the best come this morning, but my friends persuaded me. med down Uhadn't ver ~in fact, | FORO way to bring young people together? Steve Mayes, the organiser of the event, feels that it is, He thinks these controversial games give the two groups something to do and can start them talking, ‘It gets rid of a lot of energy too ~ its much better than playing games on Playstations and Xboxes; he says Meanwhile, the Chavs and Goths are [OGMEGRFOUN: there’ a lot of shouting and laughter and everyone appears to be having fun, At the end of the day Steve Mayes believes the event was a success ~ the two groups are already talking to each other. ‘__ ‘You choose which team you belong to. But at the end of the day, Chavsand Goths. ~ are the same sort of people:One of the gang READING AND VOCABULARY 4 Poco) verbs Find phrasal verbs 1~6 in the article a ‘and match them with meanings af. a A couse In pairs, look at the photos and the title of the aiete ara aenaaer a article. What do you think itis about? Then quickly ae re eouearny El 2putup with O Sbumpinto O ‘ead the ate and check your predictions Sfeolaround E] Ggeronwith CJ 2. Read sentences a carefully and then match them ened a ee eas be quiet and relaxed after you have been sentences. nervous or excited b behave ina silly or irresponsible way, have fun a The police are going to arrest them, ¢ tolerate, accept b ‘Its like football’ says Denise, another d have a good relationship with organiser. @ wait or spend time somewhere and do nothing ¢ They fire plastic bals filled with paint and its f meet somebody when you don't expect to all just for fun. 4 “This is a terrible idea,’ says Trudy, a Goth 5 Complete the sentences with the correct form of a with long purple hair, phrasal verb from Exercise 4 e These kinds of problems certainly aren't Pirenreerretn Preerater unique to Peterborough, GS cae f Some of them are wearing lipstick and oii ies fina ever etre rouNl dance eyeliner and a few of thern have piercings. i why you __his laziness. ‘8 Read the article again and choose the 3 The kids always ‘when the teacher caeet arava isnt in the room, 4 Guess what! 1___ Matt in the 1 How often do the gangs of Chavs and Goths supermarket yesterday. He's married now! hang around the town centre? 5 Don't worry, ust have a cup of tea and try a never to b not very often 6 The gang used to in the park until regulariy the neighbours started complaining, devery Tuesday 2'The shoppers in Peterborough dont stop to. «© ‘In. 4FOupS. answer the questions. talk to the young people because they 1 Do you think that the paintball games are a a are afraid of them, 00d idea or not? Beant see them clearly, BIGHT eerie eer erence Grete ¢ don't want to make any noise opinions and agree/isagree with your d have better things to do, partners, using Speak Out an page 9. 3 The council organises paintball games a every Tuesday morning b in the town centre. ¢ ona school day 4 for both boys and girls. 3 Which things lead to conflicts between young people where you live? Give your own Opinions or use the ideas below to help you. * supporting a different football team * listening to different types of music 4 The organisers believe that paintball © living in a different district of town, a is quite similar to computer games. * looking different b can help young people understand each * “attending a different school other better ¢ can make people feel the same things. d can be dangerous in some situations. 5 Dan thinks that the paintball game a made everyone too aggressive. bb didnt help the situation in the town, © was a good idea, d was a good opportunity to hit someone ne knew Why do | love you? | think i's because we have so much in common."Se Od We asked some teenagers for their opinions HEREIN] loves shopping for clothes with her friends. “We really enjoy ourselves.We help each other look for bargains. doesn't care what he wears.Some people Took at themselves in the mirzor al the ime, but think your personality is more important than your appearance! HRSEET makes her clothes herself.‘ think it's important to have an original look’ IEEGITIT hates trying on clothes in shops."I don’t usually ‘buy my clothes myself. Other people get them for me. cares about his appearance, buthe doesn’t spend a lot ‘on clothes. "I think if you pay for your clothes yourself, you're more careful about what you buy. GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY 11 In groups, use the prompts below to ask and answer questions about shopping for clothes. ? where? who with? sales important to you' how often bargains 2 Read the article. Who takes fashion seriously? Whose attitude to fashion is most similar to your own? Work it out ‘3 Read the article again and complete the table. Reflexive pronouns 1 We realy enjay ourselves when we meet. 2 She makes some of her clothes verso. ‘st person 2nd person rd person Single frimselt Plural yourselves ‘3. We help cach other choose our clothes. 4 Look at sentences 1-3 in the table and answer the questions, © In which sentence does the reflexive pronoun mean without any help/independently. * Where does the reflexive pronoun go in the sentence when it has this meaning? © What is the meaning of sentence 3? a [help myself and my friend helps herself. bIhelp my friend and she helps me. 12 FASHION Mind the trap! ‘We don’t normally use reflexive pronouns with these verbs: wash, dress, shave, brush. | shove before | have a shower. NOT I shave syseH. 5 Complete the sentences with the correct reflexive pronoun. Tick the sentences in which the pronoun means without any help/independently. 1 My father talks to when we're shopping, I don't know why Qo 2 Samar is paying for her studies oa 3 Be careful, Tim! Dont eut__1 4 Do you like my dress? I made hi o 5 Nobody helped us, we did it a 6 Please behave 1 Youre both very naughty Qo 7 Supermodels annoy me. They take so seriously! 6 Complete with the correct reflexive pronoun or each other. Then in pairs, ask and answer the questions. 1 How mang times a day do you look at in the mirror? 2.Do you think we can look at for twenty seconds without laughing? 3 Tell me about your friends, How well do you get on with ? 4.Do your friends smoke or eat too much? Or do they look after 2 5 Do you and your friends enjoy when you go shopping together 6 Do you and your friends ever lend clothes?VOCABULARY AND WRITING In pairs, put each word into the correct group. Then add as many other words as you can in three minutes. ‘bracelet eyeliner belt trainers lipstick tracksuit ” polo shirt clothes make-up footwear coat earrings accessories/jewellery 2 Look at the article below and use the phrases in bold to add more examples to the table. Describing clothes - order of adjectives i style/cut colour/ material shade black cotton long loose dark grey woollen Put the adjectives in the correct order. Use the table in Exercise 2 to help you. 1 striped/a(n)/old-fashioned/cotton shirt Tshirt cardigan 2 silk/large/a/blue blouse 3 gold/long/beautiful earrings 4 nylotva/cheap/white tracksuit 5 cotton/beige/baggy shorts 6 reevbright lipstick 7 horrible/greyiwoollen socks 8 funny/with a message on ita Tshirt 9 rippedhwith a patchvdenim jeans What's new on the tight dark blue jeans xing a chunky metal bracelet High Street? with a hood. preposition + ‘noun with buttons atthe neck One of the gang In groups, follow the instructions. ‘© Describe what someone in your class is wearing today © Guess who your partners are describing, Choose a fashion or style that is popular with a group of people in your country, Write a desoription of about 200-250 words. ‘Paragraph 1 Mention the clothes, accessories and make-up they usually wear. + Paragraph 2 Mention the kind of music they listen to. + Paragraph 3 Mention how they typically spend their free timeKeep in touch Read, listen and talk about modern communications. Practise the Present Perfect Simple and the Present Perfect Continuous, Focus on making polite requests. Write a personal letter. Py SPACE eee Currently: Offline | Gabby Gabby has been on | rm on holiday in Switzeriand with my parents. 've been facespace since | skiing all day ~ I'm really tired but happy! | haven't been 19th-Oct-2010 checking my messages 0 sorry if you've been trying to | contact me. | Gabby Gabby likes | OMG! I’ve just got back home and I've noticed | have 62 ‘The sound and smell of rain | unread messages in my inbox! And just this week 14 Finding money in my pocket people have asked to be my facespace friend! It's nice to Lily Allen be popular! LOL Mafia Wars Sunday 20 Feb at 1943 Like | Comment abby dislikes = - — Rude people , My job (administration assistant)! Gabby My tee oe Be I'm back at work! © | think 've got the most boring job in the world, I've only been working here for four months, but it feels like years! I've been writing facespace messages all afteroon. I've written fifteen so far, but I've still got lots ‘more to do. | haven't done any work for hours! Monday 21 Feb at 16:11 Like | Comment Friends: 4 of 654 friends + View all Dave Benson Hi, Gabby. Have you forgotten that you asked me to be your facespace friend? I've been watching you all day and you haven't done any of the ‘work | gave you. You've obviously been spending all your || time on facespace. think it’s time for you to look for | another job, don't you? Monday 21 Feb at 18:35 14GRAMMAR AND READING A Read Gabby’s homepage and answer the questions, 1 What do you know about her — job, likes, friends...” 2 What bad news is waiting for her the next time she goes online? 3 What kind of person do you think she is? Work it out 2 Look at the examples and answer the questions. 1 Present Perfect: Ive written fifteen messages. 2 Present Perfect Continuous: I've been writing messages all afternoon. 1 How do we form the two tenses? 2 Which tense talks about * an activity that started in the past and may be continuing? * a completed action? Check it out Present Perfect Simple and Continuous ‘We use the Present Perfect Simple to talk about a finished action in the past if we don’t say when it happened or it happened very recently. ve Just got back home, We often mention how many times it happened. ve written fifteen messages. We use the Present Perfect Continuous to talk about ‘an activity that started in the past and may still be continuing. ‘'m on holiday so | haven't been checking my messages. ‘We often mention how long the activity as been going on, l've been writing messages all afternoon. ‘With the Present Perfect Simple and the Present Perfect Continuous we use since to say when the situation started ‘and forto say how long this situation has been true. ‘3 Find and underine more examples of the Present Perfect Continuous on the facespace page. 4 Use the Present Perfect Continuous and the words in brackets to explain these situations. Gabby's pleased. It’s been raining all morning. 1 Gabby’s pleased. (rairvall morning) 2-Mr Benson's very tired. (write report/ 2 o'clock) 3 Gabby’s back is sore. (sit at her computer/ four hours) 4 Mr Benson's employees are stressed out. Gwork Jong hours/for the past few weeks) 5 Gabby is looking thin. (not/eat much/recently) 5 Write one sentence in the Present Perfect Simple and one in the Present Perfect Continuous for each example, Dan has been writing emails all morning. He’s written six emails already. Dan/write | emails all morning. six emails already. Iwy/deliver | about fifty leaflets so far. leaflets all afternoon. ‘Tim/run _| since six o'clock. about five miles already. 6 Complete the text using the Present Perfect Simple and the Present Perfect Continuous. " (try) to phone you all morning but | can’t get through. 12 (be) so worried - are you OK? | can’t believe that you * (lose) your job! * (you/decide) what to do next? Today at 11:49 Comment | give me another chance. | feel so bad. | 1'__(¢ry) my eyes out and my face is all | real! How could | be so stupid! Today at 12:15 7 Inpairs, ask and answer questions 1-4. 1 How long have you been using a computer? 2 How many times have you used a computer this week? 3 Have you ever joined @ social networking site? Why? Why not? 4 What are the pros and cons of social networking sites? Use the prompts belov: send messages instantly addictive find old friends give personal information pressure to be popular practical see who is online “Gabby Sor. "(all on the phone to ‘Mr Benson for ages. He ® (decide) to 6SPEAKING AND LISTENING In pairs, describe the photo and answer the questions. 1 What is the man doing? How is he feeling? w 2 Do you enjoy shops like this? Which products interest you most? 3 Have you been in a shop like this recently? What did you buy? 2 Gi) Read the statements and listen to the recording, Are the statements true (T) or false (F)? 1 Darren has been working in the shop for a week. 2 The second custome Darren can't answer 3 Darren calls his mum to ask her for help. 4 Mr Harrison is Darren's boss. 5 The last customer is a friend of Darren's. s a question. oo00 0 (Gi Listen again and complete requests 1~8 with the phrases in bold from Speak 0 1 where the toilets are? 2 if you could recommend one of these TVS? you could help this gentleman, ____ why you are talking on your if you can help me? which of these phones is the how much it costs? what it can do. Direct questions can sound rude in English, So we often use indirect questions to make polite requests or to ‘ask for opinions and information. Use these phrases + affirmative word order. Direct Indirect How much is it? Could you (possibly) tell ‘me how much itis? ‘Will it rain? Do you think it will rain? Could you lend me £20? | 1 wonder if you could lend me £20? ! Other phrases ! ‘1 was wondering... | rd like to know Have you any idea ... ? ! Do you (happen to) know ... 2 J Would you mind telling me ... ? 4 G@iG® Listen and repeat the phrases from Sp Rewrite questions 1-6 so that they mean the same as the original sentences. 1 How does this work? Do you know 2 Could you let me see a cheaper model? Iwonde 3 How many gigabytes has it got? Could you tell me 4 Will the price go dow Do you think 5 How long have you been working here? Would you mind telling me ? 6 When did the first iPhone™ come out? Have you any idea ? In groups, take turns to ask your teacher questions about his/her mobile/watch/bag/other object. Use the phrases from Speak Out and the ideas below. What make is your ... ? * How long have you had it? © Where did you get it? © Have you had any problems with it? * Are you thinking of getting a new on © What model would you like to get? you mind telling In pairs, look at page 120 and roleplay a conversation in a shop selling electrical goods.Keep in touch (q) In pairs, look at the cartoon below and say why the boy is unhappy. ° é | o @~—~ > | LISTENING AND VOCABULARY | 1 VOCABULARY | Computers 1. Match the computer icons with the verbs in the box. Use a dictionary to help you. Tattach lick 3 crash 4 delete S.undo 6 download 7 open (file/folder) Bsign up Yinstall 10 paste 11 post 12 save (document) 3 2 In pairs, use a dictionary to check the meanings of 4 the underlined words. Then complete sentences 1-7 with verbs from Exercise 1. i‘ for our social networking site now and try our message boards and Internet forums! 2'To send a message, move the cursor onto the toolbar and__"_on the envelope. 3 Use a search engine like Google to find some freeware to 4 It's a good idea to read the manual before you ‘the program. 5 Ifyou think an email has spyware or a virus, you should ‘it immediately. 6 Create your own blog and texts, photos and videos for your friends to see. 7 In case your computer crashes, it's a good idea to all your documents on an external hard drive or a USB memory stick. {In pairs, answer the questions. 1 How often do you use computers to do these things? play games communicate with friends study send emails find information 2 How have computers changed since you first used one? 3 What do you think are the worst dangers of the Internet? Why? computer viruses cyberbullying stealing personal information uploading embarrassing photos spyware programmes illegal downloads Match the beginnings of sentences 1-6 with endings a-f. 1ifthere’s no signal, =O] 2 Ifthe battery is low, 3 The phonebook Q 4 The ring tone oO § With a vibrating alert, 6 Voice mail a a isa service which answers your calls for you. is what you hear when someone calls your mobile, ¢ is where you store your friends’ numbers. d you can receive calls without disturbing other people. @ you can't make or receive calls. 1 you need to recharge it. ‘Gi Listen and say what problems Lynne has when she tries to call Fiona. ‘gon Listen again and complete Suzy's email with 41-3 words in each gap. Tie Te: __iam@ymal cock From: | suzjQ@ohno.con Seek aoe | ‘on her mobile phone ~ it sounds to all Fiona, but See in her phone, She couldn't ‘___atext message! My phone didn’t work ar ‘was dead. | recharged it by rubbing ft on © 50 finally Lynne managed to get ‘through to Fiona, but then we went into a tunnel and there ae Lynne’s got a awful. Anyway, she received * In pairs, discuss the questions. Have you ever been unable to make a mobile phone call when you needed to? When? What happened?READING AND VOCABULARY L_ Inpairs, discuss the questions. 1 How long have you had your mobile phone? 2 What can you do with it? 3 Are you happy with it or would you like to change it? Why? 2 (Gait Look at the tile and the picture and read the article quickly. Then answer the questions. 1 What kind of magazine is the article from? 2 What year is it from? 3 What is the article about? Choose from a-c, a a new application for mobile phones b how mobiles encourage radical thinking ¢ a review of a new mobile phone Read the article more carefully and match paragraphs 15 with the headings a~g. There are two extra headings. ‘a Complete and easy to use b Fact is stranger than fiction ¢ How does it work? d it's not all perfect @ No signal? Who cares? f Safe to use 9 Anew answer to old problems 4 Underline the key words in questions 1-6. Then find those or similar words in the article to help you find the answers. 1 What three problems with making phone calls does the writer mention? 2 In which parts of the body does the Permaphone® go? 3 Where does it, get its power from? 4 Who first wrote about the idea of a phone implant? 5 How does it feel to have a Permaphone®? 6 In which two situations might you have problems with a Permaphone®? 5 Look at Exercises 2~4 again and match strategies 1-3 in Train Your Brain with descriptions a-c. TRAIN YOUR BRAIN | Reading skills Reading effectively You need to use different strategies depending on what yyou are looking for in a text: 11 Skimming to understand the general idea ofa text a 2 Finding the main idea of a paragraph 3 Scanning to find specific information a ‘a Read the paragraph carefully, especially the first and last sentences: they often summarise the main point. b Underline the key words in the questions; find synonyms and similar expressions in the text; read carefully before and after the key words. ¢ Look at the title, the photos and read the text quickly. The noducton andthe al peepreph can tl you a 6 Vocabulary Complete the sentences with the correct form of these phrases from the article. bring out come up with go dead run out of switch off turn up 1 The play is about to begin. Please check that you have your mobile phones. 2 Put it on loudspeaker and the volume so that everyone can hear. 3 During the storm the phone suddenly 4 They've anew 8D TV, I've heard it’s amazing! 5 I wanted to buy one, but they've them in the shop. 6 Can you any good ideas for new applications for mobiles? 7 In groups, discuss these questions. 1 Will there ever be mobile phone implants like the one in the article? 2 Would you like to have a mobile phone implant? Why?/Why not? 3 What applications would you like to have on. your mobile? “We HAD A iE wl wit&e ts Tecuwoteci Tek MaRE THAW A Ye) Te LeARvr Te Text FASTER THAN | CAN) SPEALS Ime NeW MOGILE 1s-THE GEST ONE VE EVER HAB. So, wir HAVE | BEEN Fealine So Lonmety?” W\GH-CPE ED INTERNET connectionJSSCRIBE TO SCIENCE TIMES == pe@mneamiivias DME | NEWS | IN-DEPTH | ARTICLES | BLOGS | OPINIONS | TOPIC GUIDES ze i “HEALTH LIFE SCIENCE IN SOCIETY, Seltnce TIMES , | | | (Receiver ‘8102 HaEWANON ‘aunavad Transparent artificial skin Flexible . touch screen A new idea in mobiles suzyCostsio E_|) Have you ever wanted to make a phone call but you couldn't? Perhaps because there is no signal. Or because you've left your mobile at home. Or because your battery has gone dead. It's frustrating, right? So far no one has found a solution to the problem of not receiving a signal when you'r in the middle ofthe country, but now, a last, someone has} ‘a mobile phone that is always with you and never RURSIGUNGH energy. Bipho Phones have just! ther latest invention. Eq The Permaphone® is a telephone implant: that is @ telephone which goes under your skin. The receiver sits behind your ear, the microphone isin the tip of your nose and the flexible touch soreen is under a layer of completely ‘transparent artificial skin on the inside of your wrist. All you need is a quick vist to a hospital fora simple operation ‘and then you are your mobile; a walking talking telephone. And the good news is that this phone doesn’t need batteries. It gets its power from your body. Every time you move, you produce kinetic energy. The Permephone® — 0 Captures this energy and so never! (Or at least, not until you do. E{__ Mobile phone companies have been working for many years on phone implants. The idea has been around ever: since the 1240s when science-fiction writer Robert Heinlein first mentioned itn his book The Puppet Masters. But there has always been a problem: the risks from receiving radiation inside your head. Blpho say they have solved this problem because their phone implant uses a very low level of radiation which is not dangerous to human health. 15 [El | The company has been working on their new phone for years and in my humble opinion they have produced something rather special. The operation took only ive minutes and wes completely painiess and since | eft the hospital I've been experimenting with my new phone implant. | must say it's quite impressive. After a day or two it feels perfectly natural: just like @ part of your body. The 1¢ has all the usual applications: GPS, mp5, camera, ec,, andit's very user-friendly oo: i's so simple tolSMIHH the phone on and to RU the volume BB or down and to access all the functions, [1 Soare phone implants the future of mobile phone technology? Well, maybe. Certainly, it's great to have a phone that you can’t forget and which never needs batteries. However, there are some drawbacks too. For example, ‘when you have a cold it may not be very convenient to have the microphone in your nose. And although Blpho say itis completely waterproof, | wonder how confident you would feel when you go swimming with your = Permaphone®. And finally, one more question that they haven't answered yet: do you need to go back to hospital ‘or another operation every time you want to update your phone?WRITING | Personal letter In groups, ask about how you prefer to communicate personal news in writing, Use the ideas below to help you. a letter a posteard a text message © an email * instant messages, e.g. Messenger How many times have you written a letter to a friend in the last month? Fh November nitdy? Have the aliens Where have you beer : you away to thear finally come ond taken yang So many t? Or have you been pA Janet? Or have y 1 / tune to answer your friends’ emacts T's too fate to send me an emacl, anywtys ‘cause I'm staying with my uncle and aunt an the country. Ive been here since Friday, a Tm going to stay unted the end of the month. 's wonderfud here! So quiet and peacefud A there are no computers The signed The ondy thang «8 Ard I can't even use my mobil strength is too Low. That's why Pm wrating you this fetter - I thenk it's the farst tame "hve written a detter for more than a year: Why don't you come down here for the chend? And brang Weik with you Ive heard that you've bought # new phone. Tedd me abh about it! Ive been thenking of getteng hut I con't decide which one to buy: a new one to stop now. My unche's gong he's going to post thes for me you stall remember how Anyway, T into town and , Wrate me a deter 4f to use a pen! OK? T want to hear ahd your news. Best wishes, 2 Look at the letter that Daria sent to He the true statements. 1 She tells Hanif her news 2 She starts each new topic with a new nd tick paragraph. 3 She uses questions and imperatives, to communicate more directly with her reader, 4 She doesn't say anything about Hanif’ lie 5 She gives a reason why she can't write anymore 6 She writes in a formal written style oad Hope aNov 11 It's alright. Stop worrying! | haven't lost my memory and forgotten all my friends. Only you! ;-) Seriously, I'm really sorry | haven't written for so long, The big news is” , at last! 'm working for an independent games designer called SnoGames. It's a small company, but apparently Nintendo are interested in developing one of their games. m pretty tired at the moment because | have to get up early and? My new phone is brilliant and it wasn't expensive either! Il show ito you at the weekend : to the country. It sounds great. Just what I need ~ a bit of rest and relaxation. We're definitely coming, but fm not sure what time we'll be there, so *____on Saturday morning! OK? Anyway, got to go. * Oh, by the way, ” 2 haven't heard from him for ages. Hanif 3 Complete Hanif's reply to Daria with the missing extracts ah. a All the best b don't go out © have you had any news from Ali Hii Daria @ [havent been getting enough sleep f I'm meeting Neil at the café I've found a job h Thanks for the invitation 4 Match the underlined words and phrases in Hanif's letter with their synonyms below. before I forget — guess what? — it. seems that well — 5 Choose the best words and phrases. 1 Have you heard / Before I forget the latest news? 2 Anyway / Apparently, they've expelled Chris from school! I don't know why 3 Anyway / By the way, imagine Chris is feeling pretty bad, We should go and see him. 4 By the way / Guess what, have you got Vicky's new phone number? I want to call her: 5 Got fo go now. Cheers / Yours sincerely, Daria. Keep in touch 6 In pairs, put excerpts ah inthe right order to make a letter a What else? Well, 've been taking driving Jessons too! I've only had three so I haven't learned much yet, but I like it. b The big news is that 've got a new girlfriend! Her name’s Neela — yes, Nell is going out with Neela! Stop laughing! It’s not funny. Anyway, she’s really sweet You'll love her. € Sorry I haven't written sooner, but I've ‘been really busy. I'm exhausted! I've been studying really hard. I've got a big Maths test tomorrow. d Love, Neil @ Oh, before I forget, Chris called me up. Apparently, there's a really good theatre course on at the youth centre next week. Do you want to go? Come ont! It'll be fun. 1 T've got to go. My trigonometry book Is calling me! Write back soon. 9 Hi Daria, h Anyway, that’s enough about me. What about you? Have you decided to get that piercing yet? TRAIN YOUR BRAIN | Writing skills Personal letter 1 Start with expressions like Hi/Hello/Dear .. and finish with expressions like Cheers/All the best/ Best wishes. 2 Tell your reader your news. 3 Comment on and ask about your reader’ life 4 Start 2 new paragraph for each new topic. 5 Use imperatives and direct questions to engage your readers. 6 Give @ reason to end the letter. 7 Use an informal conversational style. 7 Study Train Your Brain and use the models above to write a letter toa friend with some personal news. «Note down the most important things that have happened in your life recently and what you want to fine out about your friend's life. * Organise your notes into paragraphs. Write a first draft of the letter and then give it to a classmate to check it for errors. ‘ Write the finished version of your letter. 21