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UNIT 4 VOCABULARY FILE UNIT 1 VOCABULARY FILE WORDLIST Suffixes Collocations and useful phrases | Creativity and the arts “ity fair number of (p phr} beauty (n) authority (n), identity (n), personality (n}, | apparently (adv) deep (colour) (adj) provebility (n) awhile back (aay phr) eye (win) clon be inthe right place at the right time | icon (n) association (n, position (n) (phn) pale (colour) (adj) The natural world closer to home lad} phr) photograph (v/n) rainbow (n) fesariiclive eh) self-portrait (n) rainfall (n) geta sense of (v phr) sold out (tickets) (adj) seed (n) getholderptin) ‘soundtrack (n) soil(a) last minuto adj) stunning fad) se make the most of something)(v pir) thunderstorm (n) prety common ed) ph Phrasal verbs with up. tornado (n} reflect ) ‘come up with (en idee) Phrases with prepositions ——_| the bare minimum (n ahr) soup esslprofel add to . Srow ue appeal to ‘The media keep up with (technology) atleast annauipeetty: look up to (someone) belong to. be on camera (phr) pick up (something) by chance electronic device {n} split up with (partner) consist of li oe ‘turn up (on doorstep) devoted to Feta a ER Other phrasal verbs for the rost of check out (something) in addition to dubseribe (toh) ‘come across (something) in contrast (to/with) to. me lines come from (somewhere) (be] in pain Sablold (beaclinpa(neweraree) lat find out (something) (be on display go through (a hard time) reflecton look back (at something) succeed in stand for (something) work on take on (an idea) turn out (that/to be something) PRACTICE © D @ 1.1ve Liston to oight speakers. Which spoakertalke about the things below? lack of authority making the mest of something an iseue that exists on a global scale something which sold out the need to subscribe to something someone who does the bare minimum doinga survey ‘someone who turned up unexpectedly synonyms. as well as © Match words in the wordlist with thet definitions and e.g. mobile phone, tablet, speakers, smart watch, ete. to end 2 relationship some time ago on eene “ admire or respect someone allarge curve of colours that appears in the sky when there's sun and rain experience challenges attempts to make something seem really good by talking about itn the media a lot Pronun ition ) © Mark the word stress on the words in the Suffixes section ofthe wordlist. authority position association personality identity probsbilty ) ©} @ 1.208 tisten and check. Can you see a pattem? Liston again and repeat the words. ) © @ 2-06 usento2 comenatonst an sgaley What's special about the exhibition? ) GB @ 1.4vF complete the conversation. You have the first letter of each missing word. Liston again and check ‘As Sothis part of the gallerys 'd toa local artist who only became known after he died. ke feels like someone's living room. As Yes, one of our staff up with that idea. You see, nobody knew the artist painted unti after his death andall of these paintings were found ontd in his home. We wanted to create a similar environment here The paintings ares They are. They *. He's become a local . Really beautiful. local life really well Br tried to get tickets to the fist day of the exhibition but unfortunately, theyd’s__— out ‘As Yes, his story appeared in the national media, including the ® newspapers, sothe exhibition has been very popular. This painting here is B: Ah, so that's what the artist looked like. You can really Mg a sense of who he was from that picture ‘As Yes, Justa normal man who did something extraordinary. Joins each sentence. | guess TV presenters get used to being on Iwish Ihad a different name. Mine's preity ve managed to get Apparently, Jo's moving somewhere closer We've decided to book a last- There are e fair We only met because we were in the right place Neownens common and therefore a bit boring, minute holiday to Greece. to home next month. atthe nighttime, camera ell dey ald of aticketto Saturday's match. ar of places to eat round here. amone> © Decide which word(A, B, CorD) best its each gap. Are newspapers yesterday’s news? Mate° C__ up with the news online these ys. We no longer wait for the newspaper 10 a upon our doorstep first thing in the morning. ‘We simply tam on an electronic (2) and there itis. A short(3)__ago, one national newspaper in the UK decided to stop its print edition and publish ‘online only duc to falling advertising revenue, Demand ‘wasn't actually the ise; the problem was profit. Readlers are actively searching for reliable sources in light of the increase in fake news, but they don't necessarily want ‘to pay forit. Many newspapers keep their businesses _going through print and online advertisings others ask online readers to (4) __ to their content. Either way, they're all(5) lifficulties when it comes to making ‘money. The now online-only newspaper hasn't (6) ‘back since it closed down its print operations, It recently a that it was malking a profit again, something ‘which may well (8)__ the actions of other newspaper companies in the future. More CPV Sa Celolag Match the sentence halves. Undetine the phrase that (19 @) What do you think the words in bold mean? Use a dictionary to check your answers. Which category in the wordlist do all these words fitinto? 4 Deyou think the benefits of fame outweigh ‘the negatives? 2 Doyou think the press are careful enough net to print fake news? 3 Doyouread news stories in depth or do you just read the headlines? 4 Doyou ever tweet about the news? 5 Is Journalism an attractive career these days? 4 What kinds of thing do somo celebrities do to got publicity in your country? 7 Can you think of a time when an image in the media said more than words? © wits yoursnawarstothe quesionsinEe9. 95 0 Acome B make —€ keep. D do 1 Atuin B bring ¢ take © get 2 A instrument 8 machine equipment D device 3A while B moment C duration © minute 4° A spend B subscribe C pay D invest, 5 Adeaing 8 facing suffering > _-managing 6 A seen B viewed ¢ looked watched 7 Ajinformed 8 proposed C presented D announced 8 Aimpact 8 adapt —_€ influence conclude 3114 AUVINSWIOA Peta) VOCABULARY FILE | UNIT 2 UNIT 2 VOCABULARY FILE WORDLIST Business and commerce Negative prefixes Phrasal verbs available (ac)) dis- bring up (children) best-selling (n) discontented (ad)),cisobedient (aaj), | check (something) out buying ond selling (7) dishonest (ad), dissatisfied (2c) cut off Itseury (n) im date back (to) make a prediction (phe) impatient (adj), impolite {ad put forward (a view / an idea) (eile) more ta) impossible (ad), imprectical iad) soca popularity tr) improbable (adj) oneal in Verb + noun collocations none inconvenient (aq), Incorrect (ad), become the focus of) (phy) trend (n} inexperienced (ad), insensitive (adj), | cometo the conclusion (that) (hr) Talking about films intolerable (acj) convey a message (phr) background (n) a face danger (phr) 'be linked with (phy) irregular (ad), irrelevant (ad, give the impression (that) (oh) characteristic (n) inesporsiole (ad) imeversble(edj} | have a tendency to (oh) colour contrast (n) See play a (significant) role (in) (ohn) {film ertie(n) unaffordable (ac), unappealing (3d), |p -ovoke a reaction (to) phy) Lartomaeieen unhealthy (ad), uninteresting (ac), a unnatural (adj), unreliable (ad) Useful expressions eRe * 12 of mportance: dear Shoroing boast cotecauny highlight (7) affordable (ad) wm rabingets) getchanged place (invon/around) (v) trasteral thing (a Mae represent (v) recipient () 9 ie secondhand (ed) in partnership with laugh (your) head off be surrounded by (phr} stall (n) \ ' fi aes used (adp lear to love (something) make (you) jump for joy PRACTICE 5% @ @ 2.1V" Listen tocight speakers. For each speaker, Ey EY Complete the sentences with words and phrases from choose from these words to complete what they say. best-selling director irresponsible material @ 2.2 Listen and checkyour answers to Ext. the wordlist. honest get changed ings prediction ‘trend connected. 1 Something which doesn't happen at the normal time canbe described as If you put something somewhere carefully, you itthere. This food is grey. It's looks really If propose an idea, | The person who receives a giftis the Ione thing is another, itis Ifthere are alot of people around you, you're them, when | saw that funny video. ll Pronunciation 39. @ Decide which word (A, 8, Cor D) best fits each gap. ©] _O @22v+ write these wordsinthe correct column in the table. Then, mark. the stress on each word. Isthe profix ever stressed? Listen and check. dishonest dissatisfied impatient impolite incorrect inexperienced iregular irrelevant irresponsible unhealthy uninteresting unnatural three syllables | foursyllables | five syllables oe OO Usten to a podcast about bbuying second-hand clothes. What five ‘ips does the presenter give? o © @250e complete the sentences with these words. Then, listen to the podcast in Ex again and check your answers. affordable available havea tendency leamtolove luxury populatity purchased stalls trends used 1 Clothes are so these days. 2 We can follow the latest cheaply. 3. That's why many of my clothes are now - or pretoved’, 4 regularly go to charity shops and second-hand. atthe market. 5 There are lots of fantastic bargains 6 Shops in wealthier areas often have a higher percentage of items. 7 However, they also to charge the most. & The ‘of good charity shops will mean they're really busy. 9 Mybrother ajacket worth £400 for £15. 10 Its lots offun and you might ites muchas | do! © © Match the words and phrase 0 A-existence 8 activity growth D life 1 B tend © expected D doubt 2 B role © duty D act 3 B opposition ¢ diversity D variation 4 B location —_¢ incident D scene 5 B promise € make D decide 6 B unused € inexperienced D unfamiliar 7 B linked © related D combined 8 B ostal € demonstrate D indicate Bele UPN Ste) bold in 1-8 with definitions A-H. What part of speach is each one? Which category in the wordlist do they all fit into? work atthe London office but the company headquartersis in Zurich. The company is losing money. Management need to decide what to do. The production of cars has decreased in recent years. There's a lot of competition in the soft drinks market. The staff are out on strike this week. They're demanding more pay. import furniture from Thailand and sell there online, Wo've all just racoived an end of yoarbonus of £500 Ittook three years before my company was profitable. The process of making things to sell. The people who are in charge of a company. Money added to wages, especially for good work. Bring a product from another country to sellithere. Companies trying to get people to buy their products, not yours Main building used by a large company. Not working for a period of time because of a disagreement about working conditions. OnTmMONe> OVYEMaUNS = Having additional money alter costs have been peid. Write sentences about companies you know using the words and phrases in bold in Ex.

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