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PRE-INTERMEDIATE UNIT 1 4A Complete the sentences with the words in the box.
1 Work in pairs. Discuss the questions. Which of these bean dash freak manly mean skip
are good (G) and which are bad (B) ways to end a springs split
relationship? Why? Give reasons.
1 Please don’t tell my mum what happened, she’ll
• in person
out!
• by text message
2 I like your beard, it makes you look very
• by email .
• on the phone 3 Oh no, is that the time? I have to ,
• with a letter sorry!
• posting on a social networking site 4 What to mind when you think of
• via a friend London?
5 I love you so much, you make my heart
every time I see you.
6 I’m sorry, I don’t love you anymore. I think we
should up.
7 This bag is so comfortable, where
did you get it?
8 I think you should apologise to Mandy, what you
said was really .
PRE-INTERMEDIATE UNIT 2 4A Complete the extracts with a word from box A and
a word from box B.
1 Work in pairs. Discuss the questions.
A
1 What are the advantages and disadvantages of
having a long journey to work/college every day? Euro make transformed river takes traffic
2 Have you ever had a long commute?
B
3 What’s your favourite way to travel? Why?
commuter jams lifestyle move off view
1 Do you feel like you’re wasting time, sitting
in ?
2 But his home is in France. Justin is a
.
3 The flight . There’s
no time for shopping with these guys.
4 So why did you decide to this
in the first place?
5 That’s the house down there, with the terrace, with
the .
6 We’ve just our .
PRE-INTERMEDIATE UNIT 4 4A Complete the extracts with the words in the box.
1 Work in pairs. Discuss the questions. cracked hang humble matter radical
1 What have been the most important inventions of replica rudder
the last twenty years in the following areas?
1 Today billions of us can travel across the planet in
• food a of hours.
• medicine 2 But that everyday miracle started in a rather
• technology way.
• transport 3 They were trying out this new form
2 What inventions would you like to see in the of transportation.
future in these areas? 4 Until they’d how to ride the
wind, …
5 Apparently, even I should be able to get the
of it.
6 And they put a on the back.
7 This is an exact of their glider.
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PRE-INTERMEDIATE UNIT 8 4 Match the extracts 1–8 with the endings a)–h).
1 Work in pairs. Discuss the questions. 1 The other part of the process is that they use
home-spun
1 What are fair trade products?
2 The thing about private-
2 Do you ever buy fair trade products?
3 Much of that success is down
3 Which of these products do you buy fair trade?
4 Congratulations
bananas beauty products clothes 5 We’re proud that we created job
chocolate coffee flowers sugar 6 We’re doing that by empowering
4 How easy is it to buy fair trade products in your 7 We do have flagship
country? 8 It’s helped to reduce the number of people living
in poverty
2 Watch the DVD and number the things in the order
a) by about a third.
you see them.
b) to one woman.
a) men using machines to weave material
c) sector companies like this …
b) people cutting the soles of shoes from car tyres
d) cotton fabric.
c) a finished shoe
e) stores.
d) the presenter talking to Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu
f) on that.
e) women spinning cotton
g) our own people.
3A Choose the correct answer, a), b) or c). h) opportunities here.
1 The cotton is spun by 5A Choose one of the eco-companies below and find
a) machine. out as much as you can about it.
b) hand. • Alter Eco
c) men. • Grounds For Change
2 The company started … years ago. • AC Propulsion
a) nine • Earthanol
b) five
c) three B Work in groups. Ask and answer questions about
3 Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu is on Forbes’s list the company you chose.
of 100 … women in the world. A: I chose Grounds For Change.
a) richest B: What is it?
b) most successful A: It specialises in fair trade coffee.
c) most powerful
4 She’s proud of the fact that they provide
a) well-paid jobs.
b) the best shoes.
c) a chance for workers to buy a home.
5 People can buy the shoes
a) in Ethiopia only.
b) online and in shops.
c) in Europe only.
6 The presenter thinks the company is a good
thing for
a) Ethiopia.
b) the shoes market.
c) the families of the people who work there.
2 Watch the DVD and tick the things you see. 5A EITHER choose an international dish you know well
OR choose one of the types of lunch food below
1 Martha’s family eating together
and find out as much as you can about it. Use
2 Martha going to school questions 1–5 to help you.
3 comments on her blog
• feijoada
4 Martha’s family feeding animals
• kimchi
5 Martha’s school friends talking
• BLT
6 photos of Martha’s school lunches
• borscht
7 Martha making a model
8 some women singing 1 Where is it from?
9 some children studying 2 What type of food is it?
10 some children waving 3 What are the ingredients?
4 How do you make it?
5 When do you eat it?
PRE-INTERMEDIATE UNIT 12 3A Work in pairs. Decide if the sentences are true (T)
or false (F).
1 Work in pairs. Discuss the questions.
1 Lewis Hamilton is popular with journalists.
1 Which of these sports do you like watching?
2 The most important thing in Formula 1 racing is
basketball cycling ice hockey strength.
motorcycle racing skiing surfing 3 The season starts in March and finishes in July.
2 Have you ever done any of these sports? 4 Lewis Hamilton started racing remote-controlled
cars.
2 Watch the DVD and number the photos in the 5 He appeared on a TV programme when he was six.
order you see them. What type of racing does each 6 He wanted to become a Formula 1 champion
photo show? before he was twenty.
7 Formula 3 is dangerous.
8 He won half of his Formula 3 races.
2A 2A 3A
A3 B2 C1 1, 3, 4 and 6 1 Malaysia
2 snow queens
2B 2B 3 some pastels, a drawing book, an old
A ‘Samba da mesa’ cycling, playing basketball, running, travel guide and a story book from her
B looking for exotic fruit sleeping and walking childhood
C the view from the cable car 4 the Northern Lights
3A 5 eleven
3A 1 a phone and a few apps 6 next to a fjord
1 the length of the cable car in km 2 if monitoring ourselves will help us lead 7 all her life
2 it costs $1 for a one-way ticket longer and healthier lives 8 as happy as can be
3 the number of free tickets residents 3 a sports shop
get a day 4 we do 4A
4 a type of berry that the presenter tries 5 a technology expert 1 fairytale 2 magical 3 steamy
5 the outdoor gyms are completely free 6 as a headband 4 rippling 5 tiny 6 (not) average
6 the place where people go out to play
4 4C
4 1 heading 2 Wireless 3 hands 4 toys 1 fairytale 2 magical 3 tiny 4 rippling
1e 2g 3b 4d 5c 6f 7a 5 phase 6 inexpensive 7 comfort 5 steamy 6 average
8 track
3A A go-karting
B Formula 3
1 nine C remote-controlled cars
2 everyone
3 because she wasn’t impressed with her 3A
school lunches 1T 2F 3F 4T 5F 6T 7T
4 aer a comment on her blog 8F
5 to feed children and build a proper
kitchen for a school 4
6 overwhelmed 1 all 2 survive 3 place 4 track
7 happy 5 powerful 6 ambition
8 Hollywood, TV companies and
publishers
4
1 banned 2 grow, raise 3 bothered
4 towards 5 celebrate, attention
6 touches
UNIT 11
2
1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8 and 10
3A
1 84 percent of children over 5 have a TV
in their bedroom
2 at the age of 8, the average child
watches 32 whole days of TV
3 the families are given 1 video camera
to film what happens
4 they play games and rediscover old
games
5 aer 10 days of the experiment, Jeremy
talks to the parents
6 there was more laughter in the house
4
1b 2h 3a 4g 5e 6f 7c 8d
5
1 primary school
2 rots their brains
3 on the outskirts
4 on school days
5 hang on
6 in exchange
7 get into shape
8 severely rationed