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© aaa Leam to enjoy cleaning and tidying. People ‘who enjoy this usually have clean homes. ‘Tum on the TV or listen to music while you clean. Start by cleaning every day, but only for fifteen minutes. When the 15 minutes ate finished, you should stop. Don’t worry if things aren’t perfectly clean. Do alittle bit of cleaning every day and in a week your place will look great. € It’s important to give yourself rules. When ‘you go out with friends, decide how many times you will look at your phane- maybe only two or three times in an evening. Ask ‘your friends about how they feel. Ifthey hhave the same problem as you, put all of your phones together, in a pile and out of the way. That way, no one can look at their phone and you can all enjoy each other's company. < ‘The machine we use so much for work - our computer ~is the samme machine we often luse to have fin, So control how you use your computer. If your problem is that you check your email every five minutes, you can {get programs that stop the Internet from ‘working for a period of titne you choose. Use this time to focus on your work, But you shouldn’t work for hours without a break. ‘Work for 25 minutes, and then have a five- minute rest. Rewards are really important, too. Have a biscuit or get some fresh air every hour or so. « First think about your body. Exercising regularly will help you to fall asleep more easily. You should try to drink less coffee and smoke less, too. These bad habits keep you awake. Don’t use devices with bright screens, for example, your mobile phone, before you go to sleep. They make your brain think that it is daytime, instead of night. Read a book and drink a cup of warm milk or herbal tea in the evening. Then you'll feel ready for sleep. UNIT e EX VOCABULARY Verbs with dependent prepositions Complete the sentences with the correct prepositions from the box. with toon ‘at about 62] ‘What is problem you have to deal every day? Do you listen ___ music while you clean? How often do you look — your phone? What stops you concentrating your work? Do you think your work at weekends? ‘Who can you ask problems at school or work? 1) lm Work in pairs, Ask and answer the question in 3a, © Match the sentence halves to make advice for two problems. 1 [1] Don't boraw money a. forthe sales to buy ‘expensive things. {or friends’ meals when Cony spend meney 4, 2 [1] Dont pay you go out © on things you really need, 4 D1 You shoul wait d_ from friends because i 5 [1 You shoutd ask creates problems. © of ways to save energy. 6 DtaK f fora fow days off 7 Ch You shou think at WOrK oF school fll of energy. & [1 Eata good breakfast to.a doctor about how: soyou arrive you feel d © Listen and check your answers in 3c. Which two problems is the advice for? © Cover one half of the sentences in 3c. Try to remember the advice. EA SPEAKING a D Communication 6A Student A: go to p.130. Student B: go to p.132. b 2B Work in pairs. Choose one of the problems and write some advice. ‘+ eel really stressed before exams. ‘=m not creative enough at work. I dont laugh very often | never finish anything | star. + | always lose important things. ‘Ce Work in small groups. Present the problems and your advice. Whose advice is the most useful for you? 3 COM CAMs HEVOCABULARY -ed / -ing adjectives q 2 C2 Look at the pictures on this page. How do you think the people are feeling? Make a list of words. bb Read the sentences and answer the questions. Johan's day at the beach was very celaxing ‘After a day at the beach, Johan was completely celaxed. ‘8. Which adjective describes how he feels? e b Which adjective describes the thing that makes him fee! ike that? © B Now go to Vocabulary Focus 6B on p.137 f AREADING AND LISTENING a CW Have you tried scuba diving? Would you like to? How do you think you would feel if you saw a shark? 2B Match the words with a-f in the pictures. Use the words to describe the scene, Csherc Lbreatne v.) Oreet Deir [scuba diver (the surface © Read Sharks saved my life. Which sentence is true about Caroline's experience in Egypt? 1. She went scuta diving to deal with hor fear of sharks. 4 2 She was ara, because she went scuba dving in very deep water. | 3. She got lost when she was scuba diving | SHARKS ~“ SAVED MY LIFE | started scuba ding because ras ‘Some people suddenly ee very happy. inteested in stars. learnt how to dive Other peopl got confused, and they don't in England, but Engish waters were very know which way is up or dwn disappointing So | decided to try the Red | jumped in an foowed my instructor Seain Egypt. ‘When we got downto the ree looked Tre ving there was much more at my diving watch to see how deep we intresting. saw so many beau fish, wore. was shockod fo see we were at 40 including sharks. Ate afew days, metres! L was scared and | was breathing my instructor suggested arp to very quick | thougnt io mysel,"Dont the Shasb Shagrareef swim use al your ar. Breathe slowly.’ But | was withthe sharks there, realy frightened and | couldn't sow my We vent out nan oldfshing breathing down. boat and lasked him, How 1 was realy worried aout my a. How deep ise water’ Not deep. much i | need? Did have enough? | 30 metres; said. | hough, remember looking up atthe ight | fet "Good, can do that but can’t —_terified, and just wanted to go back upto pbelow 30-metres. Iatn't the surface fast. But knew that you go have any experience of up too fast you can ge ‘the bends and dle cep dng, and interible pain. was thinking, "ot go up knew tat below You'd. But my heart was saying, ‘Go 30 metres people up! Go up ooked fr my instructor. But ‘often fel strange. could’ get hs attention, De Gosek ee Uses of to + infinitive vee Read the article again. Answer the questions with a partner. 1 Why did Caroline go to Eaypt? 2 Why did she ask the instructor how deep the water was? 3. How did she fee! when they got to the reef? Why? 4 Why didn't Caroline to go back up tothe surface of the water fast? Qh What do you think happened next? How do you think sharks saved Caroline's life? HED Listen to the rest of the story and check your ideas in 2e. SIEB Listen again and answer the questions. 1 What happened after Caroline saw the sharks? 2 How did Cerone fe! when she was back on the fishing boat? 3 How has the experience chenged Caroline? W Ask and answer the questions. 1 Were you surprised by anything in the story? 2 Doyou think you would feel the sane way 2s Caroline if this happened to you? @ Look at the sentences. Complete the gaps with the words in the BOX. = tosee todo tobe toget 1 | didn’t realy know what 2 just wanted out ofthe water. 3. | was happy alive. 4 looked at my diving watch how deep we were. b @zm Listen and check. (© Match the sentences in 3a with the rules. We use to + infinitive [Dt give 2 reason Taner anjectnes Cater certain verts [latter question words 4 @zma Pronunciation Listen to the sentences from 3a again, Which part of the infinitive is stressed ~ to or the verb? © Look at the article in 2c again. Underline another example for each use of the infinitive in 3c. f Now go to Grammar Focus 6B on p.152 Choose one topic to talk about in each pair of topics 1-4 below. Think about what you will say. 1 © am interesting place you've visited. Why did you go there? (to...) * an important course you've done. Whiy did you doi? (to ..) 2 + atime when you decided to do something. but then changed your mind. What was i?” * atime when you tried to do something cificit. What happened? 3» atime when you didn’t knaw what to do or where to go. What did you do? + a problem that you cidn't know how to deal with. What happened? 4» someone you were surprised to see somewhere. Who was it? Where did you see the person? + some information you were shocked to hear. What was I? (Qa Workin pats. Tak about your ideas in 3g EALISTENING a Ci® You are going to hear about another experience. Look at the words in the box. What do you think happened? parachute 6,000 metres wind (n.) hang free (v.) pull along lucky get stuck ‘BAM Listen to the interview and check your, ideas in 4a, IEE Look at the interviewer's questions below. Listen again and make notes on Aaron’s answers. 1 What happened to you? 2 How cid ithapper? 3 What wert wrong? 4 How did you feel? 5 Did the others help you? 6. Did that experience stop you from jumping? d C22 Tell Aaron's story with partner. Use your notes to help you. SPEAKING a © Do you know about a person who has had an experience like the situations in this lesson? Try to think of a time when someone: + had a dangerous or frightening experience + had a lucky experience + learned something from a dificult situation ‘changed a lot because of an experience + had an experience that made them very hapny. b Prepare some notes about one experience you talked about in 5a. Use the questions to help you. + What was the person's situation + What exactly was the exoerience? + How ci the person feel? + What did other people do? + How did the experience change the person? the tie? 2 Work in new pairs. Tell your partner about the experience i Choose the best story to tell to the whole class, 6 ln BTCA SE VET OR RUSS eg Pee oe ere cd Pre os ong LISTENING a (2B When you have a problem, who do you prefer to talk. to about it? b CW Look at the picture. Annie is telling Rachel about some bad news, What do you think the news might be? ¢ IBEW Watch or listen to Part 1 and check your ideas. EA CONVERSATION SKILLS Showing sympathy =IFEA Which of the phrases did Rachel use to show she feels sorry for Annie? Watch or listen again and check. 1. How awful 4m realy sorry to hear that 2 That's terrible 5 That's a shame. 3 What a pity b Look at the two phrases in 2a that Rachel didn't use. Would you use them in a similar situation or in a less serious situation? ¢ WBS Listen and repeat the phrases in 2a, 1d Clb Work in pairs. Take turns to give bad news. Respond with the best phrases from 2a. your boyfriand /girltiend forgot your birthday you broke your leg playing football {You rissed your train and waited two hours for the next one you spent hours proparing dinner and then burnt the food someone stole your phone and money when you were on holiday 62 LISTENING @ @IBED Watch or listen to Part 2. What advice does Rachel give about... ? 1 Annie's boss 2. Annie's colleagues 3 Mark 4 changing jobs b GEM Watch or listen again. Which advice in 3a does Annie disagree with? Why? ¢ C2 Which of Rachel's advice do you think is most useful? What else could Annie do? PRONUNCIATION Main stress a @EEA Listen to the sentences. Underline the word in each sentence that Rachel stresses the most, 1 Did you ask when you're going to lose your job? 2. Maybe there!l be other jobs there 3. You work in marketing, right? 4 Mark works in marketing, too. 5 Changing jobs could be a good thing. b Why does Rachel stress the words you underlined in 4a? Choose the best answer. 1 to show more sympathy 2 none ofthe other words are important 3 the underlined words are the most important ¢ @\BE Listen to 4a 1-5 again and repeat, dQ Practise the dialogues with a partner. Stress the underlined words. 1A We'e meeting at 4pm, Brow. But | doit know where! 2 A I'mreally busy at work at the moment. B You work in a bank, right? 3A used to work for IBM, B Really? | used to work for IBM, too! 4A I don't think its @ good time to change jobs. B I'm nat sure, | think there are lots of Interesting jobs out there. EA USEFUL LANGUAGE Asking for and giving advice @ @IEEA Listen and complete the phrases, Asking for advice i do you think ! should do? 2 Do you I should speak to him about it? Giving advice 3 get all the details fist, 4 think you speak ta your boss again. toask. worry too much, 1b Look at Annie's responses to Rachel's advice. Which phrases show that Annie doesn’t agree with the advice? 1 I don think thats a good idea 2 suppose so. 3. Idont think | should co that 4 You're right ¢ GPE Listen and repeat the phrases in 5a and 5b. Complete the dialogue. Then practise the dialogue with a partner. ‘A | Just heard | didn't get that job. rm really cisappointed. What do you |__| should 0? B I'm realy sorry to 2___ that, But | wouldn't 3___too much - you'll find something, soon. A 14__ so, But 'm surprised. | thought the Interview went very well B_Wellthen, | think you *___write to the ‘company. them for some information about your interview. ‘A I don't think ”___'s a good idea. They war't want to give me information like that B I think its a good ® to ask. I've done that before and the information can be really Useful A Youre ® tomorrow. I" send them an email EALISTENING @ @IBED Annie is worried about Leo. Watch or listen to Part 3 and answer the questions. 1 Why is Annie worried about Leo? 2. What exolanation does Rachel give? b Cd Ask and answer the questions. 1 What other reasons could there be for Leo's behaviour? 2 Doyou think Annie sr toworr”? UNIT 6. SPEAKING You are going to tell your partner about something bad that happened to you. Read the cards 1-4 and choose a problem. Think about what you want to say Someone stole your bag in a café. ‘© What was in the bap? ‘© What were you doing when the person stole It? ‘= Who do you think stole it? How cid you fee?” ‘What problems will you now have without your bag? You failed an important exam, ‘What was the exam? ‘= Why was t important? * Did you think you would pass? ‘= Who else will bo upset that you failed? ‘You had an argument with your best fiend * Doyou normally argue with your best friend? + What was the argument about? = How did it start? ‘© Doyou want to contact your fiend again? ‘Your boss said your work wasnt good enough What work was it? ‘+ What did your boss say exactly? ‘+ How did you feel? ‘= Do you think this will create problems for you in the future? b C2 Student A, tell your partner about what happened, Student 8, show sympathy and give Student A some advice. ¢ CB Now swap roles d Q® Did your partner show sympathy? Was their advice helpful? Skills for Writi nt Pee hae eee Waves eee ee | often worry about tests and exams: HBLLISTENING AND SPEAKING a Are these situations connected to work or study? Write work (W), study (S) or both (8) 1 doing exams or tests 2 [doing a presentation 3 C1] managing ether people 4] making business decisions 5 [learning to communicate in 2 foreign language 6 Li reading athe books on a booklist b (2 What problems do people sometimes have in the situations in 1a? ¢ (NRE Listen to Chloe, Bob and Marisa talking about problems with work and study. Complete the first row of the table. Chloe | Boo Marisa ‘What's the main problem? What problem? the details of the How does she/he foal? What advice has shaihe had | from friends or family? d @MBE Listen again and complete the table. ¢ ‘2 What advice would you give to Chloe, Bob and Marisa? EAREADING g 4 = GBA sevim not FS a Eliza teaches English. She has a wik or her class where students Deat Eliza can write and ask for advice. Read 4 think my teading and listening Sevim’s message. What does Sevim 1 are aright for my level, bum Want heip with?, ‘worried about my speaking. }don't feel very relaxed when | speak English and I want to improve. Do you have any ideas? Thankyou Sevim 1) Read Eliza's reply. How many suggestions does Eliza make? ' © Read the text again. Are sentences 1.5 true (7) or false (FY? Correct the false sentences. 1 [) Eliza always felt relaxed about speaking Turksh 2 [Eliz thinks language learners should ty not to make mistakes. 3 [Eliza says Sevim should use English with the students in he lass. 4 [1 Sewim can pay extra to go toa chat group atthe study centre 5 [Eliza thinks you can practise speaking on the Internet. "64 UNIT 6 EVWRITING SKILLS Linking: ordering ideas and giving examples @ Eliza uses words and phrases to order information in her reply. Notice the underlined example. Eitstof all, don't worry about making mistakes. Underline three more words in the message that order Eliza's ideas. Read the advice on studying vocabulary for an exam. Add words and phrases where you see A to order the information ‘A you can study vocabulary lists at the back ofthe course book, There are also some: practice exercises there to help you. A you should test yourself on the words you have studied. For example, you can ty writing down all the words you cen remember ‘about a particular topic. you can work with another student and test each other. If you both speak the same language, you can translate words from your language into English. it's a good idea to try and think about the words you've learned and use them in 2 conversation the same day. This a very active way of studying vocabulary. © Read the text in 2b again. Notice the [AIGHIIHEEW expressions Eliza uses to give examples. Cover the text and complete the sentences. 1 ____ it's a good idea to use only English in class 2 You can join a conversation group, the chat groups in the study centre, ‘3, there are lots of websites where you can find speaking partners from all around the word, Match the sentence halves. 1 L1 You can downlcad apps to help you study. Fora 28 DVDs, podcasts and online videos. 2 5] There are lots of ways io prectse listening, such b instance, there are lots of books and magazines inthe study centre 3 [its easy to get extra reading pracice. For’ example | use the Cambridge Advanced Learner’ Dictionary on my phone Sd Fiza Mona 145 WRITING Hisevirn, Thanks for your message and im glad that you wrote tomeforideas. Work in pairs. Read the ideas for Sevim {remember when Iwas learning Turkish, Ife embarrassed about about how to improve her writing, Add speaking. | could remember lots of words and knew grammar three more ideas to the lis. tales, but speaking was difficult. Inow feel lot more relaxed about speaking, so here are some ideas that ve taken from my own + plan yourideas before you write experience a + ask another student to check your grammar Fics ofl, dont worry about making mistakes. Other people will stil ‘understand you and they probably won't notice your mistakes. Secondly, remember thatthe only way to learn to speak second, language is by speaking. Use every chance you get to speak. its good idea to use only English in class and not speak to other students in Turkish, You should also try practising new vocabulary and grammar we learn in class by repeating itathome. ‘Next, you should think about extra speaking practice outside the : classroom. You can join a conversation group, SUEHIE the chat Groups in the study centre. They are free to join. Finally, you can also practise speaking online. FBRINSEANEE, there are lots of websites where you b Work in pairs. Write a message giving aie eee rex rnc eee advice to Sevim. Make sure you order your {hope this helps you and please fel free to talk tome after class next dees. ea ets a cra Pe © Work in groups of four. Read the other Best wishes, pair's message to Sevim. Does it contain Elza similar ideas to your message? Are the ideas ordered clearly? Are there examples? x 5 oo UNIT 6 Review and extension GRAMMAR @ Complete the exchanges with should or shouldn’ 1 A cant sleep. B You drink coffee in the afternoon. A My desk is messy. B I think you AA Im addicted to TV B You watch more than two hours a day. 4A I don't have time to keep fi 8 a B a 8 tidy it at the end of every day. You try to walk for ten rinutes every day. | don't have much money. | don't think you buy so many clothes. | dant know many people where | lve. | think you join 2 club or a sports team, b Change the advice in 1a into imperatives. 1 Dorit drink coffee in the afternoon. © Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the verbs in the box. do drive find go learn meet 1 Do you think people in your country should __ more exercise? ‘sit dificult____ parking where you lve? Do you need tothe shops today? Do you think everyone should a foreign language? 's iteasy new people where you live? 6 Do you know haw —_? dO Ask and answer the questions in 1c. VOCABULARY 4 Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the verbs in the box. arrive ask borrow concentrate deal spend Sometimes |find it hard to on my work. What time did you at the airport? ‘She the waiter fr the bil We a car from a fiend for the day. They too much money on food last month. |_—_wth a lot of different people in my jab. b Choose the correct answers 1 [felt so relaxed / relexing during my holiday. 2. The news was realy shocked ! shocking. 3. | needed to rest after my tired tring day. 4 | had a really amazing! amazed time in the city. 6 Its very annoyed / annoying when you have to queue. 6 | was embarrassed / embarrassing when | fell over. ¢ (22 Talk about when the situations in 2b have been true for you. i) @ Match sentences (1-2) with the replies (a-b) are enter [1]! think you should stp lending money to your fiend. bE] I think you should explain the preblem to your boss. b Which verb + fo combination in bold in 3a is a way of giving? Which is a way of communicating? © Look at the sentences. Add the verb + to combinations to the table. 1 You have to pay a lot of money to the government when you start a new business. She wrote to the newscaper to tell them what happened, | sold my carta my brother-in-law, | always read to my chiidren before they goto sleeo. She described the building ta her friend, but he couldn't find it ‘She brought flowers to her mother to say sory Communicating, explainta lend to d Where does to come in the sentences? Tick the correct ‘answer. 1. before the object ofthe verb 2] after the direct object and before the indirect objact, ® Put to in the correct places in the sentences. 1 They sold their house some friends from ancther country 2 When Stove described his holiday his friends, they were amazed. Please bring something to drink the party | ead the joke my friend, because it was funny. Tara ent an umbrelle her neighbour, because it was reining Did you write the letter the bank lke | told you? | explained the problem the company, but they didn't help me. 8 | paid the money for my course the schoo! last week. Moane f Write five sentences about your life using the verbs + to from the table in 3c. Baal Calas) How well did you do in this unit? Write 3, 2 or 1 for each objective, = very well 2 LAN. ell 1 = not so well Give advice on common problems Oo Describe extreme experiences Oo Ask for and give advice o Wiite an email giving advice Oo GETTING STARTED wim happiest aC Pee ea eee ones ever been Goce MEREADING a CP Look at the pictures. Which of the people are famous in your country? What do you know about them? b Read the quotes. Which person is talking about these life events? 1 DD starting a family 2 [the body geting older 3 CJecoming a celebrity 4 [J making films 5 [reading a ife-changing novel Brad Pitt “always thouoht that | wanted to have a family, | wanted ito be big, These days! have very few fiends. Ihave a handful of close friends and | have my family, am the happiest Ive ever been” © Read the quotes again. How did the life events in 1b change each person's life? d C2 Which quote do you like most? Why? 2 Nelson Mandela “when I closed that book, | was a diferent FAGRAMMAR ‘man. ttimproved my powers of thinking and Comparatives and superlatives _sa-conttol,and my relationships left prison P mI ‘more informed! than whan | went in Complete the table with the (iiGHIEEEEH i comparative and superlative forms from the quotes. Examples Superlative Examples shot [adj+er | shorter the adj + est he Kindest adjectives pees 2th adjectives | adj—-y+ ier | funnier the adj —-y+ fest | the sili ending in y healthier the —_ 7 ¢ Jane Goodall, Primatologis ‘ong ‘more-+ adj |more important | the most + adj | the most interesting» got hack twice a year, and adjectives E St sometimes I see the chimps, and Jregular [more + adv |rmoveeasily | the most+ adv | the most carefully sometimes | don't... I'mnot as latverbs 6 the most poly fitas | was, so if they're way Up ae a 2 atthe top ofthe mountain, its bb Read Jane Goadall's quote again. Match sentences 1-2 with the meanings a-b. ‘sifu 1 Clam notas fitasinas. haven't changed. 'm equally it now. 2 E.lamas fitas Iwas. 'b INe changed. Im less fit now. © D> Now go to Grammar Focus 7A on p.154 Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the adjectives and adverbs in brackets. 1 My ifeis____than it was five years ago. (good) 5 This fs the town I've ever ved in. (large) 2 Tm the I've ever been. (confident) 6 My home is these days. (tidy) 3 learn than when I was younger. (slowy) 7. \ work now than | did five years ago. (hard) 4 rmnot as___as | was a year ago. (busy) 8 I speak English than | did a year ago. (goad) e GIR Listen and check. Practise the sentences. { Civ Are the sentences in 2¢ true for you? Why? My life is better ‘Well, have my than it was five © Win? ‘own fit, but | stil see years ago. my friends and family al the time too. 68 @_ Beyoncé “Mothestiood has changed “My parents are really proud. My father is happy, because now he soos that Lam more famous than Ban Ki-moon, the secretary-general of the United Nations, He was the most famous Kocean before me” e Rupert Grint “You grow up but Ive become less Independent, because BP people do everything for me” LISTENING a Qld Read about two famous people. Do you know anything else about them? How do you think their lives were ditterent before they became famous? Born: April 19, 197, Paulista, Braz Fivaldo fsa Braaian ex footballac He has played for some of the biggest teams in the world and in two World Cups. uly 6, 1946, New York, USA Sylvester Stallone is an American actor, iter and director. He is most famous for his roles in the Rocky ‘and Rambo tims. b @iHm Listen to the stories of the two people. Which information did you already know? ¢ @IEA Listen again. Are these sentences true about, Rivaldo (R), Stallone (S) or both men (8)? Compare your answers with a partner. [is ite was aifficut when he was young [Dat one time in his life, he couldn't afford to buy food: [He sold something that he loved. [F]He wanted to forget about his career after asad {Ce was stit poor after he got the job he wanted [some people did not believe he could be a big star. 7 His success happened very suddenly 8 C]He cared about something eke more than mney. dQ Ask and answer the questions 1 Which potson had the most dificult xperince, do you think? 2 _Do you know about ay other people who started Ife por and ten became rc? than other teenagers VOCABULARY get collocations a @EES Complete the sentences with the correct form of the phrases in the box. Listen and check. getajob getanofier get paid get rich Syivester Stallone couldn't 2. Rocky won an Oscar and Stallone 3. Rivaldo from Paulstano football club, 4 He didn't___ much and he sometimes walked to training. b By Now go to Vocabulary Focus 7A on p.138 EASPEAKING @ Think of a person you know and put their most important and interesting life events in order on the timeline, Use expressions with get and any other events you like. {esemenen jsencnen b SR Work in pairs. Tell your partner about the person you chose. ¢ CW Ask and answer the questions. Look at the life events in the box. a place at university get engaged get married have children get rich geta job get old 1 Which ofthe life events have you experienced? When do you think you will experience the other events? 2 Which life events do you think change people the most? How do people change? UCT Mae Or) rma EE READING a CB Look at the photographs from the 1950s. How do you think daily le was diferent then? Think about: + men women /chisren * food and dink / shopping / work heath and exercise (ld Read sentences 1-4 about the 1950s. Do you think they are true (7) of false (F)? Compare your answers with a partner. Inthe 1950s, . 1 [Ll people were thinner than they are today. 2 El} peole spent more time atthe gym than today. 3 LL] people lived longer ves than they do todey. 4 people smoked more cigaretes than today Read the article. Check your answers to 1b. Read the article again. Answer the questions. 1 Inthe 1950s, what did the should drink? rnment say peo 2 How is government advice about food different todey? 3. How much time do UK women spend on a diet these cays? 4. How did women in the 1950s exercise? 5 Why do people put on weight more easily today? 6 Inthe 1950s, when did people visit the doctor? 7 Which health problems are more corimon today? 8 Why didn't people stop smoking in the 1950s? 9 Where sit llegal to smoke in the UK? (2d Think about the information you have read. Do you think people are healthier now than in the 1950s? Why / Why not? 70 ee eee ea eee fer eee People didn’t use to worry about how mary calories they ate. The government acvised people to eat meat, cheese, butte, cereal and bread every day. They also recommended two glasses of milk a day. Today the advice hias changed. They say we should eat more vegetables and less meat, cheese ‘and butter. But we don't listen, Not mary of us atltiieellaneist 80% of us are now overweight. In the UK, the average woman will spend 31 years of her Ife BARE. For a man, its 28 years. Most women used to RESBIAISHEBE naturally by doing housework ~ the average housewife did three hours of housework every day. They cidn't need to go to the gym to [GSeIWEIaAt and Bet ‘Today, busy working lives make it harder to get enough exercise. Inventions like washing machines, freezers and cars have made our lives easier, so it's now much easier to [BESBRIMBIERT unit 7* EAVOCABULARY Health collocations Work in pairs. Look at the {MiBBNBHEE® phrases in the article. Which do you think are ... ? 1. geod for your health 2 bad for your health IEG Complete the sentences with phrases from the article. Then listen and check. 1 He. because he was doing so much exercise 2 He decided to smoking, because it was @ very expensive habit 3 After my holiday, | was five Klos 4 Is easy to if you workin an ofice and don't get any exercise 5 Tim very healthy —1___ by running every day. 6 7 8 8 | was a for years, but then | decided to stop. I never do any exercise but 'm thin because | ‘again — this time she's only eating bread and carrots for a week animal hair and bee stings. She's 1 two ¢ C® Which of the ideas in 2b are common in your country? Do you think people are generally healthy in your country? Why / Why not? d Work in pairs. Find and underline all the words and phrases in the article related to health. Add them to the lists in 2a, GRAMMAR used to a nae @ Look at the sentences about the 1950s. Are these things the same or Health eare } different today? People didnt use to ive 2s long as we do today. Hospital operations were ‘Smoking used to be very popular. People didnt use to know it was dangerous. much less comman and people only ‘Women used ta do thre hours of housework everyday. They didn't use to go to used to go to the doctor when they were [, the gym. seriously Il. Today, we Ie longer, but ‘wo have new health probloms. In the Fs baad alleles b Look at the sentences in 3a again and complete the rules. eon Totalk about something that was diferent inthe past we use infinitive. without any (QU neehe nes) The negative is —__ + infiniti. GID in thie 19505: 65 but more (I 79 Fea = vaue, = —¢ @)ERH Pronunciation Listen to the sentences in 3a. Notice the EREBIERIES to various foods tod. ronunciation of used to /ju:sta/. Does the pronunciation change in ‘And the number of people who have Pee crucial P we diabetes is also increasing, because " eo eee DB Now go to Grammar Focus 78 on p.154 Cigarettes Smoking used to be very popular. “The big Hollywood stars like James Dean and Audrey Hepburn all smoked fn screen. In the UK, 80% of adults wore FEGUISEEROKEES. People just didn't © Complete the sentences with used to and a verb in the box. walk be think spend not suffer not eat 1 When | was a child |__to school every day. know how dangerous it was and didn't 2 When | was a teenager, my parents | was lazy. ‘ry to ERSIUBISRIERIP. Today, we all 3 |_from allergies, but now | do. know the dangers, and it's now illegal 4 People in my country a lot of fast food, but they do now. to smoke in public places like offices, 5 |____more time outdoors than I do now. schools and restaurants, 6 The health service in my country better than itis now. Br eda eu { lr Change the sentences in 3e so they are true for you. Compare your answers with a partner. Lused to go to erase SPEAKING D Communication 7B Work in pairs. Go to p.129 a Ea Tae BUC eased Peo tes (omer ee es EE VOCABULARY At the doctor’s a CP Look at the health problems in the box. Which have you had in the last six months? backache a cold a temperature a broken leg asserious stomachache the flu a rash b ‘2 What do people in your country do for each of the health problems in 1a? Choose ideas from the list and add more of your own ideas. + gota prescription from a doctor {ake pils or other mesicine have some tests 0 othe hospital 0 to the chemists have an operation put on cream EALISTENING a @EEH Watch or listen to Part 1. Answer the questions. 1 Why has Leo gone to the doctor? 2 When did the problem star? b GERD Watch or listen to Part 1 again. What other information does the doctor get from Leo about his back problem? Compare your notes with a partner. ¢ (AB Ask and answer the questions. 1 Do you ever suffer from the same health problem as Leo? 2 What causes it? 3. What treatments would you recommend? EV USEFUL LANGUAGE Describing symptoms a @EE Complete the phrases with the words in the box. Then listen and check. exhausted all the time back painful get to sleep 1 My hurts. 2 ts very —. 3 Icant. 4 Ithuris| 5 feel b GiBED Listen again and repeat © Make eight more phrases with 1-5 in 3a and the words in the box below. when I walk uncomfortable concentrate am tun terrible itchy sick 1d CQ When do people get the symptoms in 3a and 3c? Talk about your ideas with a partner. People fel sick Some people ‘when they eat bad feel sick on car food. journeys. EALISTENING NEEL Which treatments do you think the doctor will suggest for Leo? Put a ¥ or a x. Then watch or listen to Part 2 and check your ideas. 1 [stay in bed 2 [Jao the things you normally do 3. Estay in the same position for a long time 4 Heo some exercise 5 Lltake pils forthe pain GIREA Watch or listen again, Are sentences 1-6 true (Tor false (FY? Correct the false sentences. 1 Leo's going to the gym a lt atthe moment [eo sits down a lt fc is job [D)teo isn taking anything forthe pain [Leo has to take two pis every two hours [tee shouldn't take more than 24 pis in 2 day [Leo might need to see the doctor again in a week. unit 7% CONVERSATION SKILLS PRONUNCIATION Showing concem and relief ‘Tones for asking questions @ Look at the underlined phrases in the conversations. a IEE Listen to the questions. Does the doctor’s voice Which phrases show that Leo is... ? 0 up (7) or down () at the end of each question? 1 happy with what the doctor says 1 So, what's the problenn? 2 worried about what the doctor says 2 When did this problem start? Doctor | don't think it’s anything to worry about. 3. Where does it hurt? leo = Phew, That's good to hear. 4 Can | have a look? Doctor Sut you shouidn' stay in bed —that's not going fh Which question in 7a does the doctor already know oa the answer to? Complete the rule. Leo Oh dear. Realy? Dieter” eal ohn rink Re eAUANFeb Mer LOE ‘In questions where the speaker doesn't know the y answer, the voice usually 202s up/down, leo Whatarele# * In questions where the specker knows the answer, the b GIEEA Listen to the phrases in Sa. How do we Noe ustay anes os oven Pronounce phew? Repeat the phrases. © Listen to the questions in 7a again and repeat. ¢ 2h Work in pairs. Take turns to say the sentences. Respond using the phrases in 5a Student A EX SPEAKING 1 I dont think is serious, 2 I think you'll need to see another doctor. @ 2B Work in pairs. Student A: you are a doctor. Listen to 3 You should feel better in 48 hours. your partner's health problem and give advice. Student B Student B: choose a health problem from the pictures ii lineed yeuhsoranareret tae and explain the problem to your partner. Give details 2 Your foots definite not broken. = b 3 think it's just a cold, not the fu [USEFUL LANGUAGE Doctors’ questions 2 GIRER Match the doctor's questions with Leo's answers, Then listen and check. 1 [6 what’ the probiem? 2 []When cid this problem sant? 3 []Where does it hurt? 4 Feant havea look? 5 [] Do you do any exercise? 6 [JAreyou taking anything forthe pair? 7 bo you have any allergies? 2 About three or four days ago ee oe b Here. This area "problem? Be © Yes, Ive taken some aspirin = Ie gots Yesterday. after No, | don think so, stomachache dinner. But ithappens © sure uite often Wel | usualy o tothe gym, but | havettbeen recent Well, my back hurts, b C2 Swap roles. Student A: choose a new health problem. b Gtzea Listen to the doctor's questions. Choose ‘the best answer (a or b) for each question. feptid pacts) Bits 1 2 Yes,lvetakensometabls, b Myleg huts 2 @ No.nototen b Yes, ofcaurse 3 @ leprunving b workin an office 4 Netmucn b leanteattcn 5 2 Ifeltredllthetime. —bNo,nothing 5 2 Alday About awoek ago. 7 @ Ithurs al bHere— under my ar ae 3 ACen anti Pe Wp reali k as ee After that, | decided to make a change tees ee HEELISTENING AND SPEAKING , 2 CB What kind of things do people sometimes want to change about themselves? Think of one example for each area od + study + money + exercise © bad habits «relationships b G\HEE Listen to Jett, Silvia and Lucas. What change did each person try to make? Were they successful? ¢ NBER Listen again. Complete the table. | What was their problem? How did the problem happen? ‘What did they change? ‘What was/is the result of the change? {Think of something you would like to change in your life. Make notes about the questions. 1 Whats the change? 2 Why do you want to make the change? 3 How could you make the change? 4 What co you hope the result wl be? LIVING TO CHANGE ‘About three years ago, | used to smoke and | was overweight. | was really unfit and | didn’t feel very good about myself, so | Talking about how you gat even beter! ¢ Cb Work in pairs. Talk about the changes you would like to make. I think I should eat lesstestfood. How offen do decided to make a change. you eatit? TORQ | gave up smoking which wasn't too dificut. READING But then | started eating instead of smoking, and I stated puting on alot of weight. | was getting heavier and heavier and | wasn't doing any exercise I'm about 1.78 m tall and my ‘weight went up to 98 kg. So, Aff | decided | needed to start exercising, too. @ Simon wrote about 2 change he made for the Living to Change blog. Read the blog and answer the questions, What was Simon lke before he made 2 change? 2. What kind of exercise did he start doing? 3. What was the result? When | was at secondary schoo! | Used fo enjoy running, so thought that would be an easy way for me to get ft. i, | could only run for about thy seconds and then | had towalk. was tertile, So that's haw | got started | went for walks and every few days | made the walk abitlonger. 1D Are these sentences about Simon true (7) or false (F)? Correct the false sentences. 1 [Simon had problems with his weight just he stopped smoking 2 [THe started exercising before he stopped smoking 3. [He chose running because he liked it he wes younger 4 [)He found itcitfcut to run when he stated 5 [When ne hurt his fot, he was pleased to have 2 break from running 6 [He now thinks he might enter a running race 74 WRITING SKILLS Linking: ordering events Complete the rules with the words in the box. Use the IGHIBHTEA words in Simon’s blog to help you. to begin with after that at first after awhile soon then in the end To show tho order of events we use or total about the first thing that happened. (or or ___ or ___ to mean next. or the final action, event or result bh Which word in 3a means 1 after a short time 2 after a longer time period © Complete the text with words and phrases in 3a, | stopped drinking coffee, 1 | got headaches and really missed it (This is the frst ting that happened.) . I slarted drinking just one cup a dey (This is what happened next.) . the headaches stopped. (This is what happened a short time later.) . I started drinking green tea during the day. (This is what happened after a longer period of time.) , [Torgot to make coffee in the morning one day. (This is what happened next.) , |Tealised | didnt need coffee at all (This isthe last thing that happened.) Ru kee ‘BARGE | began feeling fitter and that's when | started to run and walk But then, one cay, | fell ‘over and hurt my foot when | was running and | had to stop for about two weeks. | was surprised how much I missed it! However, when | started again, it was much easier than | thought. S6BH, | ound | didn’t need to wal ‘any more and | found | could run further and further it £8, | was able to go for a 10 kam run without problems. F've lost almost 20 kg and I now ‘weigh Just 80 kg, | fel so much better and I'm planning to rua marathon next year These days, instead of spending all my money on cigarettes, | spend money on going TE Wings. unit 7% d Complete the text with the time linkers in the box. Use each linker once. after that soon in the end to begin with aftera while then About a year ago, | was walking near a river and | slipped and fell in. | couldn't swim and I was really frightened. | was lucky because a friend was there and she helped me. So | decided that | needed to learn to swim i _ lhated getting into the water at the ‘swimming pool. My teacher told me to take a shower before getting in, so | was already wet. This was 2 good idea. 2 found it easier to get into the water. 3 , Istarted with very easy exercises like putting my head underwater. felt a little bit stupid. But my teacher made it fun and we laughed alot. 4 [ound it easy to put my head underwater. Learning how to breathe in and out underwater was difficult and it took a long time. 5 _, it got easier and I made good progress. 6 learnt how to. ‘swim. 'm not a great swimmer, but I'm not afraid of the water lke | used to be. And I'm a lot more careful near the river now! EA WRITING You are going to write an article for the Living to Change blog. Think about a difficult change you made or something difficult you tried to do. Choose cone of these topics or your own idea. + heath = money education + bad habits + work + relationships Make notes on your ideas. Use questions 1-5 to help you, 1 What did you want to do? 2 How dia you star? Did your plan change? 3. What was difficul? What was easy? 4. Did anything you cidn’t expect happan? 5 What happened in the end? How do you feel about it? Use your notes to write an article about the change you made. Use time linkers to show the order of events. Work in pairs. Read each other's articles. Did you write about similar topics? Did your partner use time Vinkers? x Dm UNIT 7 Review and extension GE GRAMMAR @ Complete the sentences using the comparative and superlative forms of the words. 1 Top speed: Kawasa 130km/h, Shumika 140kmin, TTR 150km/n ‘The Shumika is faster chan the Kawasa, but the TTR Is fastest (fast) 2 Room price: Grand Hotel 80 euros, Hotel Central 100 euros, Hotel Europe 130 euros The Hotel Central is___ the Grand Hotel, but the Hate! Europe is (expensive) 3. MP3 players: Soundgood ***, MusicPro “** ‘The MusicPro is ___ the Soundgood, but the (00d) 4. Number of fans in the world: Border FC 20 milion, DK Jets 100 milion, AK Dynamo 200 milion DK Jets ere AK Dynamo, but Border FC is. (popular) iListen ten is b Complete the text with the correct form of used to and the verbs in the box. plan notbe buy notopen notheve see Thitty years ago, we '___ any big supermarkets in my town, ‘There were some small shops and | 2____ everything there. 1 liked it because | ahways °___ people | knew, soit was very friendly, But it wasr't perfect - there +___ a lt of cifferent products. And the shops ®___on Sunday or late in the evening, so my week careful. EA VOCABULARY Complete the sentences with the words or phrases in the box. a place intouch on well paid to know 1_T'm going to get with an oid friend this week 2 I get___ much more naw than in my old job. 3 I lke to get ata university ina cifferent city 4 When | was younger | wasn't very close to my parents, but now we get 5 I got most of my close friends when | was at schoo. b Match the sentence halves. 1 C0 running twice a week to keep 2 overweight 2 Liimheatiy now, but | used io be bona diet 3 Cipretertodoexercise than go i 4 LJAlat more people today have weight. & [When Istudy alot, offen puton alleges 76 Is change a verb or a noun in sentences 1-8? 1. Lust went to change into something 2 bit more comfortable 2 Ihave a lfficult train journey to work — | have to change twice and take a bus. 3. You've given me the wrong change —| gave you $10, not $6. 4 ve changed my mind — rm going to stayin tonight 5 | took the shirt back tothe shop and changed i for another one. 6 | always keep some ehange in the car to pay for parking 7 We normally go shopping on Saturdays, but we'e playing ‘cotball fora change 8 Could you change my €20 for two €10 notes, please? b Match the words in bold in 3a with meanings a-n, Verbs 2 Leet of train, bus or plane and get on a diferent one b [return something and get a new one c Edput different clothes on @ Clexchange many for citferent notes or coins © Eimake a afferent decision Nouns + CJoecause you want a new experience & Licoins [the money a shop essistant returns to you © Complete the sentences with the words or phrases in the box. change trains change my mind change some money keep some change the rignt change change into fora change change 1 Lalways in my pocket. 2 I normally comfortable clothes when I get home in the evening 3 io _____on my way home, 4 | normally goto the mountains, but this year Tm going on a beach holiday —__ 5 I think its better to before you go abroad, 6 I dor't often after I've made a decision 7 ts easy to. something after you've bought tin a shop. 8 When I buy things, | always check the shop assistant, ves me —__ d Cla Which of the sentences in 3c are true for you? Baa AUA CUE Ua How well did you do in this unit? Write 3, 2 or 1 for each objective. 3=very well 2=well Hole Talk about life-changing events Describe health and lifestyle changes Talk tothe doctor Write a blog about an achievement 1 = not so well oooo} ' Bore PON e059 eee en acy Cece ne oe Ue ed DUCE eared Dae ai ju think this wa What do you think this painting mean: What do you think ofthe painting My favourite book is based RU C8 VOCABULARY Art and music a Civ In pairs, match pictures 1-10 with the types of art and music below. [ltvseries CJnovet [poem [sculpture architecture fim photograph] painting Cattum — Jctassical music b GB Listen and check. Listen again and underline the stressed syllable in each one. Then listen again and repeat B Which kinds of art and music are you interested in? EAREADING 2 CW Look at the pictures and titles of each thing in the article Six of the best, biggest and mest popular. Which of them have you read, seen or listened to? Do you like them? b Read the article, Which things ... ? took many years to some popular + has sold more than any other = people have committed a crime to own see © Read the article again and add the missing sentences at {But the most popular single novel is ‘much alder. bb I's so popular that, in 2012, over 160 baby girls were named Khaleesi ~ the name of 2 character in the show. But now most people recognise the famous da da da dah introduction He was wrong —it sold over ten milion more than that The author sold the story for only a dollar. [twas taken by Vincenzo Peruggia, an Italian who wanted to retum it to Italy. d Work with a partner. Look at the INIBBINBRLED words and phrases in the article. What do they mean? W Are you surprised by any of the things on the most popular list? 78 Pete ena eae Ki y of the best, telat myo i s ‘The most popular album riller by Michael Jackson At the time Jackson started waiting his bestselling album, Thriller, he was upset because his previous album, Off the Wall, hadn't won a Grammy award. He wrote on te mirrorin his room that his next album would sell 50 milion copies, 1___Bven today around 130,000 é9pi6s are sold in the USA every year. ‘The mast famous classical music... Beethoven's ifth Symphony When Beethoven was alive, his Fith Symphony wasn't his ost popular piece ‘ofmasic. “Inthe twentieth century, the first four ls were used by other musicians to make electro dance, iphop, surf rock, rock and roll and disco tracks. Sper Beni ba Gioconda (which is called the Mona Lisa in English-speaking countries) was not always so famous. Tt only became really WelllRiGiaN] when it was stolen from the Louvre in Paris in 1911. 3__The paiiting was found two years later and itis now kept behind glass to protect it

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