Gratatear: past simple rR UNIT vocasutary: dates, animals, technology AVA2 FOCUS sanctions ling bouton dates a Ten UIE Clio Y Are you a dragon? VOCABULARY Dates 1 Say the dates, then discuss the questions below, 3" January=the fist of January "ianwary 8" March 21" April 9* August 18/2" November 31* December 1 What's special about these dates? 2 What dates are special in your county? 3 What dates are holidays in your country? 4 When's your birthday your partner's birthday / your ‘mother's bithday? 2 68225 Complete the informatio n about Chinese New Year with five of these words. T hen listen and check. animal date month moon sun system year Chinese New Year doesn't havea fixed date tis on a diferent? in January or February every It char 2 changes because of the There are 12 animals in the Chinese zodiac + andeach —__andeag year belongs to a differents king on the phone | ne Chinese Nevr Year a very longtine | On Buddha asked all the animals to a party. He wanted to give a year tothe ist 12 animals that arrived, 3 Whose party was it? Read the first part of the story above and find out, GRAMMAR 1 PORIe aan ans Yerb + -ed | + -d(all pronouns) 4 | The Chinese zodiac system started witha Pit | Buddha liked parties! © PAGE 72 4 Underline thre tl € regular past simple vets" he paragraph above. and The 832.25 Say the past simple of these vy write them under the correct soum n listen, cheek and repeat. call decide finish help plan bok eed play start aaa —— [au want IyOCABULARY Animals (1) >y @ Match the animals with the 5 Srqres, then listen, check and repeat, cat dog dragon elephant giraffe goat horse lion monkey ox pig rabbit rat rooster snake tiger 7 took at the animals and answer the questions, 1 Which 12 animals are Chinese Zodiac signs? 2 Which animal doesn’t exist? § Read the rest of the story below, Use clues in the story to guess animals 1-6. 4g 63228 Listen and check. Write the animals in the order they arrived. GRAMMAR 2 PMs eae on arrived in fifth place. fegular | Goat went by boat. GE 10 Find and underline the past simple of these verbs in the story below. get go fall fly jump stop swim push 11 Answer the questions. 1. Which animal arrived a) first b) sixth ¢) last? 2 Describe how these animals crossed the river. a)Ox b) Rabbit <) Dragon 4) Rooster 3. How many animals swam? 4 How many animals went by boat? 5 Dog and Pig took a long time. Why? t wasn't easy to get to Buddha's house. There was a problem. There was ariver in front ofthe house, but there wasn'ta bridge Thirteen animals arrived at the river and looked across at Buddha's house. # wos very strong, He immediately walked ito the water and swam across. 2 and Cat ivroed onto 4's back, but 2 pushed Cat water. When they arrived on the ote side of the river, 2 jumped off and os to Buddha's house first, just before *- ger swam across the river and 2 jumped from stone to stone and ar rrived next ived fourth. SPEAKING 12 2020 is the year of the Rat. What are / were these years? a) 2008 b) 2018 ).2001_d) 1999 2019 f).2010 2000 fh) 1987 XPLORE What year were you born? What's your Chinese sign? Find out more about it. 13 Talk about one or two things that happened in each year in the past. | finished school in 2008.7 14. Work in pairs. srupent a: Look at page 61. sTuoENT 8: Look at page 63. the way. Snake arrived next, and They both swam across. Goat, Rooster went by boat. They were ei ninth and tenth, Y Dog arrived next, He was a goodcosa Parks was an African American, She R=: born on 4* February 1913 in Tuskegee, ‘Alabama. On Thursday, 1* December 1955, she did a very courageous thing and it changed the lives of millions of African Americans in the United States forever. (On that day, at around six o’clock in the evening, Rosa got on a bus in Montgomery to go home from work. She didn’e sit in the first four rows of the bus because they were for white people only, so she sat in the fifth row. Very soon, the bus was completely full. Then a white man got on, He didn’t want to stand up, he wanted to sit down, so the bus driver told the four black people in the fifth row to get up. READING Describe the photos and answer the questions. 1 Who do you think didn’t get up? 2 Why not? 2 Read the story and check your ideas. 3. Do you know or can you guess what happened next? Read the rest of the story on page 63. 4 Are these sentences true or false? Three people got up, but Rosa Parks didn’t get up. She said no. Some people said later that Rosa didn't get up because she was tired after her day's work and because she was old. It’s true she was tired, but that wasn’t the reason. She wasn't physically tired, but she was very tired of stupid rules, so she said no ~ and she didn’t get up. 1 Rosa got on a bus to go to work. 2 She sat in the third row. 3 The white man wanted to stand up. 4 Allfour African Americans in the fifth row got UP 5 Rosa Parks said yes. 6 She said no because she was old. id you know? 4*February and 1“December are both now Rosa Parks Day In California and Ohio.GRAMMAR 5 complete the table. Look at the stor Y again if you need to. : reguiar |S . | ___| He didn’t __“to stand irregular Fit om, in the third row. 65 Correct the statements in 4, She didn’t get on a bus to go to work. She got ona bus 10 go home. 7 Find and underline the past simple of these verbs in the story. Ate they regular or irregular? change do get say sit tell want 8 Complete the sentences with the correct past simple form of the verbs in brackets so they | are true for you. then compare with a partner. 1 |__danis__ (drink) five cups of coffee yesterday. 2 | dant come (come) to class by bus today, 31 (leave) home an hour age. 41 (get up) at six o'clock this morning, 51 (have) breakfast in a café | 61 (go) to bed very late last night. | TI (see) a really good film on TV. aI (do) an hour of homework last right. me: PASE TS WRITING Wo went to Alabama and Mississippi, but we didn’t go to Louisiana beeause wie didn't have {ime, $0 we didn’t soe Now Orleana.. 9 Find and underline connectors in the story in 2. 10 Complete the sentences with the correct words. 1 Rosa didn’t get up she was tired of stupid rules, ; 2 Some people said Rosa was old __ tired. 3 The white man wanted to sit down, fhe bus was full 4 Rosa was the first person to say no, they called her the First Lady of Civil Rights. 11 Q cover the story Retell it with a partner, Use these prompts to help you, African American | 4 February 1913 / 1° December 1955 | six o'clock / bus / home f white people only / fifth row / completely full / white man / bus driver / four people / three people / but Rosa... because 12 Rewrite the story of Rosa Parks in your own words. SPEAKING 13 METRES talk about the questions, 1 How old was Rosa that day on the bus? Was she ‘old’? 2 The bus driver didn't tell just one person to get up. Why? ™ 3. What do you imagine he said to the four people? ‘Was he polite? 4 What do you imagine the bus driver said when Rosa seid no? PX REE E moules MOVIES: Read about two important films. ‘Mississippi Burning (USA 1988. dir. lan Porter) In this classic film, two FBI agents ‘rnve in Mississippi to investigate the disappearance of chil rights activist. ‘Stars Gane Hacimman and Willem Defo, 12 Years a Slave (UK / USA, 2013, dr Steve ‘MeGueen) One man's fight for freedom. A free black man bocomes a slave against his ‘wil. Twelve years later, he finally gets his freedom, 4 remarkable story of a remarkable ite, Find out about the true stories behind these films, Search ontin att eS music Here's the title of a song. What did Stevie Wonder call to say? | just called to say... ‘Search online. What months are in the ‘song? What seasons? What special celebrations? {XU REREREE ERE REREERERREEEE Queen EEEVOCABULARY Technology (1) 1 3229 G Match words from A and B. Then listen and check. A. digital intemet motile online phone socal text video web B access call camera dip dating message network page phone 2 Complete the sentences with words from 1 1 We don't get very good live in the country 2 met my husband through an___ website, 3 think Facebook is a fantastic 4 Please send me a to tell me where to meet you. 5 Did you see that funny of the cats talking? 6 hate it when people make on their__on the bus" where De-stress! (Jae! doa goilla thump "OD if you feel tired or YY stressed, I gives you (GL ergy READING AND LISTENING 3. Read the intro duction. Name the man and the company, Mr aac ople called hit Meare nee nce ad and inventor and he was CEO of a peer a ucutac) venue cd Se ai eS SPO ees ar ae 4. Read the rest of the article, then guess the answers to the questions. CUCU NE ASU Led in San Francisco, he presented the iPhone Se AC Rea ea eas De eee ee Tee ae Late) See Thenhemadetwo calls. Thefirst PSEC Lat ee Dees any SUT IBU CIC Em tg COR aurea Who did he call in San Francisco? 2 How did the other person answer? 3 What did he ask for? 5 €0220Usten and check your answers to 4.bo 0 1" n 3 tick the phrases you heard, a or b. Then listen again and check. 1 a}_|Gaod morning. b)(] Good afternoon. 2 a)_|Howcan help you? b)T1 Can you help me? 3 a}_I1 Tike to order b)Litdlke to order... 4 a) ust kidding DIL ust Kissing 5 a)_)Right number, b)) Wrong number. Now act out the conversation, LISTENING AND WRITING {SUISEH What else do you know about Steve Jobs? Look at the options below. Use the photos to help you. More than one option may be correct. Date of birth ‘Chinese Zodiac sign Religion alnenst / Puckrict / Cathole / Muztna Food wegetadies / Ach | meat car BMW / Mereedee Poth ‘Music ‘Year of death case eee nie eae eres 63.231 Listen to two people talking about him, and check your answers. Complete the missing information in 8. Then listen again and check. Write a short paragraph about Steve Jobs. Use the information in 8 to help you. GRAMMAR SPEAKING Complete the question forms in the table. 14 (SUSENAELOTORALEEEH Find someone who did these things. Add two more questions. ordered a takeaway at the weekend wore a suit yesterday rove to cass today ate fish last Friday was born in February Did you order a takeaway at the weekend? "Vest We ordered a Chinese on Saturday.” DNemecr snes ‘what___he do? | He made @ phone call but he dicn’t call his wife Who he___?_| He called starbucks [—_heask for tea?_| No, he didnt he for | Yes, he coffee? © PAGE 72 15 Think about the questions. Ask other people. Write the questions for these answers. 4 Doyou have a smartstione?If'yes, when dd you 1 When gett, and when did you last use it? He went to India in 1974. 2. When did you last 2 7 send a text message? make a phone call? No, he didn’t wear a suit. check your emails? visit a website? 3 2 read the news? search for information? Yes, he ate fish, but not meat. look at the time? watch a video clip? 4 What car? “When did you last send a text message?” He drove a Mercedes SL 55 AMG. 5 What music He liked Bob Dylan and the Beatles. Two minutes ago!” > tes ago!ANIMALS (2) 1 682.2 Cover the word box. How many animals can you name? Then look, listen and check. placer Rana eR ee bear buttery dolphin frog mouse thino shark spider whale 2. Look at the animals above and on page 51. Write at least two animals for each question. Which animals ... 1 are farm animals? 3. are dangerous? 2 are pets? 4 ave in danger? 3 Follow the instructions and do this simple psychology test. ‘= Choose three animals. If you don’t know the word in English, ask your teacher. ‘+ Number them first, second and third in order of preference. © Look at page 123 to find out what your choice means. = Compare with other people. TECHNOLOGY (2) 4 (3233 Look at the pictures. Complete the labels, then listen and check. for you. Then Complete the questionnaire 5 Compare your answers withthe Fest ofthe class. 4 What do you own? laptop a desktop computer a smartphone atablet 2 When and where do you use your phone? inthecar ona bus or train in the supermarket when you first wake up before you goto sleep Othe; 3 What do you use your phone for most? in your English class D text messaging email finding information news Cosocial media / networking Skype other, 4 What things do you do online? ‘buy things (Omake travel arrangements research travel destinations book cinema tickets OOther. © FOCUS ON: get a Complete the sentences with the correct form of get. arrive at Buddha's house first. 2 get on = enter (a bus, etc.) Rosa a bus to go home. 3 get up = stand up She didn't (ees always hun gry In the afternoon. i ee out of bed re at six every day. 6 etmunderstond lees itt It’s very clear. b Rewrite sentences 4-6 so they are true for you on the bus.Everyday English TALKING ON THE PHONE 1 (23401 Watch or listen to the conversation. sae Hello? aT Is that Jack? aAcK Speaking, var HL its Pat Jack Oh, hi Pat. Listen, can | call you back? Ihave a small problem. at Of course. Jace What's your number? var It's 07941 662 358. Jack OK. Speak to you soon. tar Yeah. Bye 2 What is Jack’s ‘small problem’? 3 ® Act out the conversation in p: karaoke video. 4 Look at the photo. where is the receptionist? Ay we don't say ... m 5 64.235 Complete the conversation. Then listen and check. Is the receptionist polite or rude? RECEPTIONIST ? 2 sau? the dental surgery? RECEPTIONIST No, the sports centre. You have the wrong number. SAM Oh, mo! RECEPTIONIST 5 sau & problem. Goodbye. 6 64235 Listen again. What is different thi \e? 7 6% 237 Listen. Does Sam have the right number this time? 8 Complete the conversation with these questions. Cant have your name, please? {s Thursday 23° March OK? Atnine o'dock? Howean!helpyou? —Isthisyourfirsttime here? RECEPTIONIST Cavendish Dental Surgery. sa Oh, um. Can | make an appointment? RECEPTIONIST aM Yes, itis RECEPTIONIST ? aM I's Sam Gonzalez. G-O-N- RECEPTIONIST Right, Mrs Gonzalez sam But it’s only January! It's urgent! RECEPTIONIST On! You didn’t say that. Come in at 11.30. saw Thank you very much, Goodbye. RECEPTIONIST Goodbye 9 Listen again and check. 10. Work in pairs. Choose a situation and have a conversation. Use the conversation in 8 as a model. Take turns to be the receptionist and the customer. Starbuck's ~ order 4,000 coffees! Luig’s restaurant ~ book a table for six people Clare's Hairdresser's ~ make an appointment we say thetwenty-onedune the twenty-first of June Harrived-athome: Jarrived home, ‘He-rentintndia: ‘He went to India, ‘We went tothe cinema yesterday: yesterday. boyouhavebreektest Did you have breakfast today? tday? =