Ta ULL| 7 Mal AA Tami | 1 What type of stress do photos a and h How do you think the people in the pictures fuel? ty life. What might vis from an enline group called The Slow Movement. What do you think they believe? 2 You shoul fel your wore tak 3. Modern ifs bad for ur health, Put your feet wp and stare idly ut of the Window. (Warning: Do not attempt this while driving.) Think about things, take your ime, Lo answering questions. A ‘Yawn often. Medical studies ha shown that yawning may be 00d for you Bright lights and screens before bed difficult. So avoid gamuny Working le in the evening. Spend more time in hed. When it's time {0 get ont of bed in the ing for half an hour and do nothing, up slovly Read long, slow stores, ‘rut People complain tha they don't hevesuough me, "Mey Hove oo mush work tos ee ae ractise doing nothing atwnys too many things tha they havent done. Thee seacult one.) ‘resure tobe avilable 247 — to colleagues, ellen ay {Rens We sped sound 13 hours week oneal ean Tino te hous dy on socal netwarking ce ty ‘vise can make things worse Wwe spend 106 lays nfo Spend moro time in dhe bath, B (Yes, this isthe 80b Read Quick ~ siow down quickly and check your ideas. © Read the article again. What connection does the \riter make between ... ? speed and husness 1 2 nd laziness time and city te 4 roaxing and our mood 5 work and sleep 5 ‘sleep dobt and alcoho! 7 tiedress ana neath How could you live more slowly? Compare your ideas, © Read Rules for slowing down, Were they the same as Your ideas in 24? Which ones are .. ? * tng you do already * things you don't do, but you think a things you think are a bad ie a gpod idea Economist Sulit Schor calowated that people in Ost ‘obs now work the equivalent ofa fall month more each ‘year than they id tw decades earlier In addition to this, Scientist Russell Foster says that people get about {wo hours less sleep than they di 00 Yeats #80 ‘This resuls in sleep deb’ in ther words people have 80 little sleep over such a long period of time that they are eral ied, tudes doc wm doctor ho han had enough step showed that they had the same reaction Speed as people who had drunk two pases of bee. Beng So ted can also seriously affect you health sents have discovered a lnk between sleep debt and canes, hear isese uabees, nets and obesity We are in such a hurry that we are creating big problems We arin auch hor tha en fo ourselves. the answer this is simple: stow dow Slowing down givos us the appartunity to see thins "ors cleanly and make te ight decisions, and inthe end itmay help us to have better ideas and a healthier life Einstein, one of he gretetscintific minds of al Me, peut a Tot of time daydreaming, and paychologists agree tha this helpe us to be more creative So sit buck and do nothing for lle while ~ your brain and hod wil thank you fori unit 7* EV GRAMMAR too/enough; so/such 4 Pat foe, fov much, too many or enough in the correct place in each sentence, Then check your answers in the article Quick - stow down! 1 Wo wory that wale slew 2. We aren’ efficient ur productive lv succeed 4 Many prapie complain that they don’t ave time 4 They have work todo every day 5 There are always things that they havent do Look a te sentences in 3a again. Did you put the words bofora or after... 1 anagectve — 2 anoun © Complete the rules with the words in the box. ‘an adjective countable after ‘noun before uncountable 1 We use foo before, but foo much or too many bofore —. 2 We use foo much before nouns and foo many hefore nouns. 9. Giwugl ainays comes an adjective ul Complete the sentencas with soar such 1 People have itl slep over __a lon period of time thot thoy ee pormanonty red being tied can also serousy affect your health, 23 We are in a hury that we are creating big probloms for ourseis {© B Now go to Grammar Focus on p.lAS {Find and correct the mistake in each sentence 1 Ihave such much work tod that I ofen have to work at wookonds {2 You spend too many ume in ron of me computer. 2 We don't have monty enough a buy new cr. {he Ucn he is joy, Un e's a vt ac Wook for a hatter one 5 Choor up! Why are you aktays in soa bad mood? 6 nave to raw the plan again, isn enough clear 1g Wile four sentences about your everyday life an workistudies. They can be true or false. Include tan, enough, 50 or such, In Work in groups. Kead your sentences. Van your group {guess which sentences are true and which are false?"UNIT 7 RREADING and LISTENING Look at the ctas in photos e-d, What do you tink the expression ‘smart city’ means? b EM Listen to the interview What are the two main ideas ofa ‘smart city’? Chouse two of the answers below, 2. apie mt have a god quelty oft, 2 responds to people's nen 3 Itencourages people to have new © Girma Listen again. What new information do you hear abuut .. £ 1 trafic in Leon, UK 2 parking in Dulin, etang 3 energy use in Maer, UNE 4 callie in Songs, South Korea Ei VocaButary Describing life in cities Read te audio script on p.171 ind words or phrases which mean 1 the evel of eroyment ant heath in ‘emeons ie 2 the peuple ina patcuar area 3: the problem nf oo many vehicles in 4-2 pace to leave your car 5 the process in which a cy grows or changes buses, trains, ams, et, 7 damage caused tate ar by hana substances 8 eas whore poopo le without utc ‘and bg saps 1 Cer your anawer ya, Maten the words 1-7 anda 6 mate colgeahns 1 7 auality @ development 2 D1 bocal © pollution 3Cea © rns 4 parking @ offite 5 Cutan & canteion 6 Dair # spaces 7 pic redone ise two or three of the cottocations in sentences about the place where ot are now. 4 Ca Read out your sentences. Do other students agree? 82 'ntondon, UK, carspay to enter the city | Masdar, UAE, isbult inthe desert ‘ent, and you only nceda single cid fon | and solar panels provide alts the whole public ransport system: energy needs. ongdo,a new cty in South Korea, s but In Dublin. teland, they haves ‘round large cent park wit ake, system which can tell drivers where there’ a fee parking space GALUSTENING 2 (ERs 1 Dain na Richer aking abut he cites thy it Anne the questions 1 Uo hey eng tee? Why Wyn? 2 Dothey tikes oa ay? mrnaty American ciice, people workin the centre but ve 3 mibcente of Munich is cute a lasing place eta % Munich has sens problems wit bats conace ona 4 Banghok is usorganssed but ful of te, 228 ft aca titan tx nthe iy contre & The cont of Bangok i to exrenshe front ty people ove there EISPEAKING 3 Think about the town you're in now. In what ways does it fit the idea , G1.2‘smatt city’? What are the good ana ay points about irving there? Moke notes, b CW Discuss your id US YOU dea, using the enyressions in Bb Does everybody aaree? i outside the etyCO EN a i: DING W Look at photo a and anewor the questions ESS ce e + Whereis the woman? + Woy du you think she's Ure? * What do ya think she's doing? munication 7B Now turn to p 133 © QW Discuss the questions ' 1 What kinds of realty TV programmes ae therein yout country? Why 7 Why no? 2 Do you enjoy these programmes | Read the article quickly. What is the main point the critic wants to ‘ake about reality TV? Cioose Ue vurect answer 1. We no lrg estes for entertainment. Real people are mare intresting 2 Reality TVs in anger of eeeating unreal expectations abuut if ‘Lear to discuss changes to a home iofoto ena tery Read the article again. In what way does the writer think reality is managed in these kinds of TV programmes? © survival + cooking. > home revatio + uren makoouor (Qa ir wnat the writer says is true ..? + doos this make the programmes ls yale ate TV preduners and directors being shone 3 Alot of the ‘eal’ in oality TV programmes is inverted Cee ad 2a ae \ ‘These days wo tke our entertai environments to see who's the most successtul survivus. We can’ of chefs fighting it out to prove thoy’ tvanstorm thelr nomes, thelr garden vt even then ‘But what's really going on in these programmes? Lets imagine someone clio Jule. She ft areal person = ve made ner up — but she could be wal. She's the Kind of 1nerson who might appoar ona realty TV show YOU nov sie someone who tves a quit if in a small town somewhere hut then she decides to do something realy extreme and dangerous nV. Of course, it eps tat she has got one oF wo ig ears hing under that quit exterior ~ the type of thing tha’ gna me to the surface when, ike the woman inthe picture above, shes lastn the forest wit no map .. But, ofcourse, we tend to ‘orvet the filmer that’ filing al hs. sure they're very hoof. it also possible thatthe gO asker ule fo ca! Uhrouah the hishes mare than once Jus 0 he could gst a hater oat. What about thase cooking programmes? ron they? ely, ey are But at ot lays Ne ‘92 chosen. TV toguears want cama so they need rans "sonics on te snow. Imagine a enkng competion where ‘he cvoks a got on realy well and co-operated. mother wor, o confit. s that the kind of realty we want watch on ANEW LIFE IN 5 MINUTES te And nen teres the makeover programme you ko ew homo, he nat garde or the ne 0K OU. Hae" you ee stopped to wonder how people on these programmes Miraculous have anew ken aft Just one week Remember your family's kitchen renovations? Tey 00K forever. On these ooarammes they keto speed uP ea They're all god cooks, IN REALITY ™ nt to bo real We watch people go off to extreme re the best. Then there are the people wl fhomeolves infront ofa TV eamera, e AI. Wile may uF Ue progres use putes ‘tradespeople, otters claim the renovation i al the wok of the cantestans, But dd Julie really manage to ropint those walls between morning tea ana uncn oy ners? No, ie actor had eomo oft done by a professional painter. probably Would ia ake Ju all wee ‘And wan't Jul clover coming up with evch a beaut ‘design fr her garden? It's so good you would almost think thatalandseape architect had done it The chances are that's ‘exacly what happened ~ the TV company got the design done by an exert DISASTER STRIKES ... OR DOES IT? Fal ets wut foxy ose ile iis amet aug ‘he way. Julie would love tobe able to buy that designer fridge because it would make al the difference te her home ‘makeover, But no, she's only got so much to spend and tis uot might blow hee budget. Dont pani, daar BW, ho 7V praduction company has got ts of money, an here's ‘nothing to stp them increasing Julie's budget. The proicton ‘company can efor to lot Julio buy ton doaigne ridge vwthou stopping to think about it 7V production vompanies would ke up ty below ta wh rt get enough vwe see on TV actualy happens. Woll it does, but any sort of. What we're really seing isa kind of managed reality, eal realty on TV would probably be like rea ite a bt slow and boring ok| rate | always decor the house myseunit 7* EAVOCABULARY Houses @ Use the wards to label the picture. cottage passage atte chimney cellarvbasement fence terrace detached semi-detached terraced bungalow 4 C® Discuss the questions. 1 Tres the houce or apartmont yn five in have a cellar or basement? What do peuple hee the ‘What are diferent uses of atic 3. In your country, what kinds of homes have chimney 4 Doyou preter fences or walls aruund gardens? . Wat kinds Roeser mf YO CMY dase, sem-acet tlag bung 7 Where could you find paseages in your county? Are they common ELUSTENING 4a In your count it people want todo renovations to thei home, da they do it themselves or do they usually have tem dor by an expe b EMA Listen to Antonia and Rob talk about Irouse renovations Do they fe! tie same about renovating? © (ORM Listen again. Answer the questions for each person, Antonia and Rob. fu 3. What wil nefshe do next 4 0 you hnuw people tke Antonia and ROD? ‘What you think about them? Gispeaxine \ 2 Ca imagine you are a TV produce for 2 "ew homme renovation show, ROD We a> contacted [tie sliuw Lu ask for help with their Basement renovation. Think about \What makes your show intresting i watch (© what vou could do with Robs basemen . sional tradespeople 1 Wo what you wil get Rob / profes } Present your ideas to the rest of the class Decide Which ideas would make the most interesting show. >EELISTENING a Look at photo a. Where are Becky and Tessa and what ae they ‘doing? 1b imma Watch or listen to Part 1. Were your ideas correct? © ©BKA Watch or listen again and make notee on the topics below, 1 tessa's photo 2 the photo competition 3 Tessas feelings about the competition 4. Reese mating with Tom FAPRONUNCIATION Stress in compuund nouns OMA Listen to the compound words and answer the questi, a 8 estate agent frst ian hotography competion free campeon Wich word has the main sess 2 Lovkat tne fst words, A frst or the second? they no b Complete the tute, compound noun s noun + nn, wo us stress the were Ye compour nouns active + noun, we usualy sess he wo EX SPEAKING and LISTENING @ QW Think about whore you live and answer the questions, finda ato wom to rent? Why / Why no? 5 pps tik 8 beter oh 2 at ort rent one? hy * What kindof to house do you te i? What Kn weg yu lke olives n? GEIB Watch or listen to Part 2. Whi \esctibes wnat happens? 1 The estate agont postive abn the flat and Tan Becky ike parts ofthe a 2 Tom and Decky tka eta, bul hey think ts to sina ich sontonce and and the estate agent agrees with then 3 The estate agents postive about the Becky think its awl at, but Tom an ©IBIM Underline the stressed words compound words, Then try saying t flower garden ont garden held ‘mobile phone ccmputer monitor agent in these Then listen and check with the correct stress Cow does the estate agent describe the fat? (Choose words or phrases for wach room, sexy amice view quiet practical Roed-sired perfect curnenent 1 the ving roam beuroom 3. the ktenen . fccutuINg t0 Tom and Becky, what problems does t tat havet ia Watch or ts rent froin the lake the flat? ©imm Are the s and check, Men to Part 3. How is this flat fone in Part 2? Do Tom and Beck! entences true or false? Listen agei® The flat has been on th Becky is word itt lomans a Two athe peop he market fora few waeks | 3° expensive for them. wt ref sts Winking about how to arrange le have exprascd intrest inthe flat (Om need time to de 1 4 3 ide what to do.USEFUL LANGUAGE Imagining how things could be HM In Part 3, Tom and Becky imagine how the flat might look if they lived init. Complete t swillences from the conversaliut. Use modal verbs ‘and main verbs. Then listen and check. 1 nk, this kine af siting area bv the vincow, 2 We some nants and some bookshees, ora big amp, 3 And ts reat ini 41a tig TV right here. AM Listen to the conversation. Where do the speakers aga tne phrases In brackets? 11 though his could bea separate ving srea bythe wine (kine of 2 We could have plants and bookshelves there, oF hi lamp. and things) 3 We could awe lable here and zome intresting his (or something) The phrases in ba are examples uf vague languaas, Why do the speakers use vague language? * because theyre not sure exactly how te flat shoul look * erase they ina ey and cant tink fhe words evact Pronunciation fs the vague language stressed ‘or unstressed? What do you notice about the Pronunciation of and, of and ar in the phrases? cS bb What does sentence 3 in da mean? <4 peed to do some wrk on it {cout awe ths fut, lading roam 3 {¢ Ab Work in small groups. Look at your classroom and try to imagine it as one of the following: + book shop + notice «ama lat fora student Imagine how it might look and what might be init Use expressions In 4a. d Cl» Present your ideas to other groups. Who had the most interesting ideas? CONVERSATION SKILLS Using vague language Look at these vague phrases. Which phrases in Sa could they realace? ‘and things tke tat 2 eattot 3 or someting tke ma 4 and soon Add vague phrases to these sentences. (Gometimes there is more than one possible answer.) 1 Ths could be a reading corner wit a bookshelf ana 2 We could use this el for Herbs and spices and ars ofan 3 Tete a math cupbuatd in te Leda, Me tei fr coats or shoes. 4 could imagine a big plant oer thore by the window. EASPEAKING ‘a B Communication 7C Student A go to p.129. Student B go to p.133. b Qa show your room plans to the rest ofthe class, Who has designed the most interesting room? G ‘You can now do the Unit Progress Test.Skills for Writing MUI rer eta MM SPEAKING and LISTENING a C® Discuss the questions, @ Read Ryan's emall to his friend Rosie about the : Jopment have you noticed Planned shopning mall. What does he say in the emal ut things tke new actos that he didn’t mention in 1b? (hospitals, schools), new roads, shopping mals te | 1 What changes in urn | 2 Do you think thew examples of urban devel in your local area? Think abo Poste or nesative? Why? HiRasio, ‘Thanks for your messaga. Great to hear trom you. Fm b ©lMM Listen to six people talking about a shopping mall planned for their local arco, favour (F) of the plan, against (4) mixed views (i? lad your tri's ging wel [Te big nows here is « shopping mall - would you balieve i Last Monday the local aovernmant raleanod thor ‘ata development plan and it shows that @ shopping ‘malls going to be built ust acroco the road My pesos think tS a great idea, but think its going toes aster Wl juet mean a wile ft of the same horrible hain stores, And there'l be 0 much tater Butte tin that really ros mo angry sat toy arent going to deruss the with people wha ive hye s eaul: person In oF do they have ig to just go ahead with their minds, Valter gt on wath it All the best, Ryan Hona yu keep having fun Merion] © CORI Listen again. What reasons does each person give or hisher point of view? Make notes, Use tne words/phrases in the box to help you, Progress Wing space eonveniont Safe the price you pay pail of chain 4 CB How would you feet ita shopping mall wae Planned for your local area?1b ead Ryan’s email to the local government. What Is the maint reasut fur his Lumplaint? 1 The probloms the local community will have when the mal 's bal 2 Tho way the lacal government has communicalad the pan forthe mat, Subject: Planned Riverway Shopping Mall Dear SifMadam. “tam writing regarding the intention to bud shoring mall which wat outined nthe urs development plan. Sin my neighbourhood thor ie gaat deal of concen about the efec the mal wil ave on our al onnnunty. Rowever, wnat Wore us 038 the fact thet ther has been no dscussion wil local "eit derstand chang ‘ature can become pat of plan, a proposal needs Se sent wut vo resins ea ie eek on “inthe past few clays, have tied to contact efron ka Caunclor ond out how tha plan was agreed, bul MO {no has returned iy cal also vite your offense shed T see the mies Of ne mowing wi the plan twas cscussed. I was tol they were nt avaabie. The Berson spoke to suggested tha should wrt tis ema 4 elev that what you are doin s against tho lw ane | would formal tie to request tat ocal goverment Withee tha plan and pte proposal that Can De fTacuszod with local aiden. 1 do nat hear from you within two cays, my nest tp wi eto gat in touch wth the madi, This wi ensure teres Siecutcon of te plan in ooa medi alo oie ook trwara toa promt ep Yours tu, yan Ftzgerala © Read the email agai. Answer the questions. 1 Who has Ryan tried to speak to? 2 who does he olan to contac ext? 3 What does ha want local government 0 do! Wy” ELWRITING SKILLS Using formel language a ho local Maten paragraphs a-e in Kyan's eal tot overnment to the summaries below. 1 describes what action Ryan has taken 2 enysans Ryan's reason fur mtn indicates wey Ryan is cnncerned # thors no response 3 4 says lat action bw wl ak 5 z iment to lexplaine what scion Ryan wants the ca take: swith his formal Compare Ryan's informal email 0 Rosie tees the differences: {email tothe local government. What are in? © weating + sanaton © sign-off unit 7* © Find more forms of these expressions in the formal email 1m ust gting in touch about 2. Creryone’sworied about what tho ral wl be ik for uo, 23 We rckon you should have sent outa proposal 4 think it ilagal and | want you Gat back to me n a couple of days or 6 | vant you to 7 cant wait near tom you. -Remrite this informal email to make it more formal Hithere, ‘That electric tootnorusn you sold me onine a couple of ‘days nga fs no good. The electric charge runs out after labout five minutoe!| rockon t should last an hour or 0. How about sending a replacement? If not, il write nasty review on your webs, Bye for now, Peter 8 Compare with other students. Are your emails the same? writing ‘@ Work on your own. Choose a situation below to complain about or use your own idea, {+ your mobile phane compary has changed your eantart without ting you know «your electricity / gas / water company has charged you too much on your last bil b Make notes on: «the background in the complaint ‘what actions you have already taken 2 your request for ation ‘what yu will do net if no action fs taken 6 SQ Work in pairs. Tol each other about your situation. Help each other with idoae. Write your email of complaint. Use ie structure and expressions from 3a-c. @ Work in new pairs. Read each other's email. Did your partner include all the points in 4b? Do you think the parson receiving tHe eunail wil respond tn the complaint? SS,UNIT7 Review and extension HM cRAMMAR i @ Change the sentences tu had or got + past participle, Sinise athe Excl tel a ase tp, Her boss told her the company woud pa the halt hill 1 She decided natn eatin the res bring af har meats to he oom, She hag, ‘Sho called the loundry seve. They washed and raned ll | fier clathes. 3. Then she went downstairs nd pod te ha 4 Then she went next dor to tho beau \ dor face and manicured ter as. | The total cost was $3,500, Sho ashe th to her hott bil ourant. She asked then) fo to the hairdressing salon, They cut iy salon. They massaged on to al eventing 'U What can you have (or get) done in these places? 1 atirresser's 3 dental eurgory 2 a cage 4 anuptcin’s © Andor is unhappy about his life, Add too, too much ‘many or enough to his sentences, My faults 1 omcko 2 nk zz dirs, \ 5 don't goto bad cary 4 Imnot ind ta my parent, 5 dori get enero 6 Idowmioadfims Join these sentences using ‘may have to change some 1 500r such arid that. You words. thwas 9 lovely dy. We deed to got the beach, (twas suc a tovely ay that we There were lt of people ont lace tot ‘3 Ine water was cod, You 4 We want too café to eat eid fog othe bua, ¥ beac. We couldnt find a ould go swimming ULC WaS Very expensive, We just 5: was very tong coffee | count eink it VOCABULARY Choose tou mUrdS from the hox foreach sentence, ‘space 20 trate polation “transport Parking alt congestion publ 2 Factor rea wr cause cf 2 don hearing ins own because an nef 5 ewan encores resto kaw Ue cars thm and 4 etn POD no cys shes ny ours odie to work inte mornang ‘WORNDPOWER @ Look atthe pictures. Wrat do you think 1s happenin! ®D Ee b Match the twu halves of the sentences. Which sentences go with the pictures in 3a? wot down a 0102 _) calm down, 3 Dont get so upset. ust 2: fave a drink of water and Sette dow 4 They offered me a job ve Duval Dut think Ft have to laak down on eve0 5 OK. ts been nies chatting, ‘oyu, but naw I need to {urn i down, © the new PA thinks she's so important. She seems to aot me down, © Which multi word verb means: 2 stayin one place 4 oe! superior to alan telus, say no [© Make Somer fea depressed Stan, contentate 4 Complete tne gaps Word werh from 3b ‘She works 10 hours a day in a factory andl cams almost frothing. Sometimes it really Weve consider your offe bat weve weve aloady made an agreement. 3 Ok, everybody, there's oot panic "wate 0 Start my essay {it eouldat um wnat o write 5 ust because theyre pone and thoy det ane a nice et "ke You, theres no reason ty. 6 Youre 20. ts time to with the correct form of a mult ecided to ith another coms ro danger, so please just _— 2 this evening, but {just could ‘And start family © Cb Work in pairs. choose a verb and talk about it- Can your partner guoss the wor A ont ke wu new people. Th Thay ook eighhours. They aways criticise think they're beter than everyone else fw on ather penne? Mar) LTS How well id you for each objective. S=very well 2— well 1 I CAN iscus ving i cities ‘scuea changes toa home i imagine how things would be L Write an emit to compl o in Us unt? Write 3, 2 oF 1 it 50 well