‘A good traveler has no fixed plans. 120 Tau, Taoist Philosopher 3 A=Race across Florida 1 VOCABULARY transportation a Complete the crossword. Clues across => 1 It'sa large vehicle that carries passengers and stops regularly to lee them on and off. — 3 Ieswhere you wait for a train ata train station. | 6 esa fast road where traffic can travel long distances between large towns or cities. 8 Is bigger than a car but smaller than a truck. We type of railway system that travels under the ground, Clues down Y 2 It'salikea motorcycle but less powerful 4 It’satype of small train that moves by electricity along os special rails 5 It’svery long and used for transporting people or things by ral 7 I’sused for transporting large quantities ofl ngs by road. b erapeute corals wk ic PRONUNCIATION Ti atl 1 Donttfoegettn put your__saat__belton, a « the word with a different souns ena erat Catered what A ee 3) Se | oS | AR 5 Iwish bike riders would use the __lane instea¢ jezz shower | jazz | chess na Gs station | trafficjam | departure 8 There aren’tany cabs waiting at the stand, b feo ee check. Then listen again 9 Slowdown! Thereare__ cameras on this road. ee. turn green.3 GRAMMAR comparatives and superlatives © Rewrite the comparative sentences inb i 7 using (not) as. as ith one work a Complete the sentences 1 expensive (sentence 1) 1 Gasisn'tas expensive inthe US _as_ itisinthe UK. see ie bg 2. My father drives more slowly my mother. 2 difficul (entence3) 2 They sald chat oday was Towest day ofthe yer. 4 Letsgoby train. I's fortabethan the tus 5 Thisisthe flight I've ever been on. I'll never fly with 3. exciting (sentence 4) thisaidine again 6 Ichink rains are dangerous than cars. There are fewer accidents 4 cold (emence 5) 7 tes ro goby subway thanby bus, Buses are much slower. 8 The 405 isthe crowed freeway in Califo 9 You'eatthe Sheraton? Were staying a the same hotel you 10. Why don't we ride our bikes? I's the expensive way 4 PRONUNCIATION linking rotravel a Listen and complete the Wee semence wit ee iformation rm he survey. Usethe ce . comparative or the superlative. sit i eee 1 The most relaxing way travels by train We reveal the results from our reader survey of three popular vacation destinations. by 2 The seven hours in the airport was, the. part ofthe vacation, 3 The Cancun Beijing sydney place to visit isthe museum (exieo) (China) (australia) 4 Flyingisalot les cheap. eee ee . than going by bus. es cone & more oe 5 They should have the party at their Itseasytogett. |e © eee . house. It’s much bigger Its exciting. eee oe ee Its hot. . . oe 6 Scootersaren't It's relaxing. . ° eee a 1 Cancun {cheap / Beijing Listen again and repeat the sentences. ‘Cancun is cheaper than Beijing. Listen carefully to the linked words. 2 Beijing j crowded / of the three destinations Copy the rhythm. 3 Beijing / easy to get to | Sydney 4 Sydney J exciting / Cancun sydney / hot | Beijing 6 Sydney | relaxing / ofthe three destinations5 READING Read the article once. Which isthe oldest form of transportation? Oe noe getting around | Bamboo trains Thisisthe best way to seerural Combodia.Abambootrain, or non asthe locals calli s2 bamboo platform on wheels thet travels along tracks. It's powered by an engine, anditcan eachiaspeed of _2smiles per hour. Passengerssit ona grass maton the nari Nors ‘maynotbe as comfortable as conventional trans, but they're certainly alot cheaper. Pickup anorifrom Battambang Station, butrememberta agree ona price before you geton. Totora reed boats “These boats havebeen ar@Und for centuries. They aremade from thereedsthat grow onthe banks of Lake Titicaca, one ofthe largest akesin South America [As wells making boats from totorareeds, the local people use ther tommake theirhouses, which they build on floating stands Totorareed boats are stil uses for hunting and fishing, uttoday some of the local people transport people across the lake in ther, ‘Traveling on areed boat among the floating islands of thelake Isamust forvistorsto Peru. Jeepney ‘jeepney isthe most common form of publi transportation in the Philppines. They aremade outof the jeepseft onthe islands bythe American army atthe end of World War People gave thejeeps roof, put ntwolong seats on ether sie and painted ther, turing ther nt smallbuses Jeepneyshave open windowsinsteadfa conditioning Theyre often packed with passengers and there arenobusstops-—the ever ust sous down ot the passengers jmp onan off Dog sleds Dog sledding isa Unig experience becouse t's something you car doin many other partsofthe wort. was oncetheonlywayto getaroundinthesnowof Asta, Hs butnow ts eis ited towintr sports and tours, The est tmmetotr from January March nthe summer there nt encughsowsothe dos plledson wheels, Theride can be 9 file bumpy because the sed sometimes goes over stones end the dogs barkalot. Alte same san opportunity natto be mised. 1b Read the article again. Mark the sentences T (true) or F (false). 1 Noris area good way to see Cambodian cities. Ez 2 The train fare is not always the same. 3. Totora reed boats are made from special plants. 4 Today the boatsare only used to carry tourists. 5 Jeepneys are used by the military to transport soldiers. —_ 6 Thereareus 7 ly lor of people in jeepneys Se Most people in Alaska don't travel by dog sled anymore = 8 Dogsledsarea very relaxing way to travel. is © Look atthe highlighted words and phrases. What do you think they mean? Use your dictionary to look up their meaning and pronunciation. 6 LISTENING a GEE Liseento the experiences offive speakers who ‘were doing dangerous things while they were driving. Match the speakers withthe things they were doing, Speaker! £ A Puttingon makeup Speaker? ___B Listening to his/her favorite music Speaker3___C Writingarext message Speaker Setting or adjusting a GPS Speaker 5 E Talkingonacell phone b Listen again and answer the questions. 1 What did Speaker I'scar crash into? 2. How far had Speaker 2 driven past Denver before she realized her mistake? 3. Where did Speaker 3end up? 4 Whodid Speaker 4almost 5. What color was the traffic light when the accident happened to Speaker 5? Avan © Listen again with the audioscript on p. 70. USEFUL WORDS AND PHRASES Learn these words and phrases. adjust (GPS) o4l3ast reach ‘rif beahead of /bi shed av crash (into) /kve) get stuck (ina trafficjam) (get ‘sta get worse (get ‘wars turnred orn ‘red turnaround /tarn s'raund doyourhair (du yor her pution makeup /pot an ‘merkyp)‘Men want to be a woman's first Love. Women lke to be @ man's last romance. (Oscar wilde ish writer 3B Stereotypes - or are they? 1 GRAMMAR articles: a /an, the, no article a GireDDthe correct answers. Think Qi the girs are better at learning languages | thelanguages than boys the boys. Did you Tock door /the door when you left hous | the hous this morning? My Ton usualy like fish the fish, but salmon | the salmon we had last night was delicious We goto movies| the movies once a week | the week Dont worry! k's not the end end ofthe world | world Doyou think women the women are more sensitive than stn the men? What beautiful a beautiful day! Let's have nck /alunch onthe patio. er works for Japanese [a Japanese company. She's ergincer | an engineer b_ Are che highlighted phrases right (7) or wrong (X)? Correct the wrong phrases 2 PRONUNCIATION ‘9, sentence stress, al or (il? a §QTETD Listen and complete the sentences. 1 Talike to__speak to the _manager— 2 I put the onthe at's #88 — the color suits you. 3 _______arewe going to 1 Thats IEE their you 7 2 Hes hopingtovist ispecies. C1 ( 5 Shenwedstoseea about 2 (I dost make pop happy _ 6 Wevanro fora 4. My grander IESG when was Mab 5 They goto the dentist about twice the year. 1S Lait gael reget: ly She cies © GTR Listen and repeat the phrases. Pay 6 Havey. attention to the pronunciation of the. watched DVD that [ent you? 1 ‘The conversation was about the woman next door. 2 The university invited a guest to speak at the meeting. 3. Isometimes go to the theater in the evening. 4 Werook the elevator instead of walking up the stairs. 5. ‘Thc office gave me all the information I needed. 6 The gray skirtis nice, but I prefer the black one. 7 That was one of the best meals I've ever had. 8. What noisy child! Where are his parents? 9 Alexis studying to become doctor. 10 Tove the.ats, but my boyfriend doesn’t like them, 11 Her husband sits in front of the’DV all day OQaddgoaoododoo 12 She always getsto the Work at five-thirty.3 READING a Read the article once and put the headings in the correct place. A Menare better navigators than women B Women talk more than men C Mendon't see colors as well as women | Stereotypes supported by science Men have'aireputation for wearing clothes that don't look ‘good together ~ if men do look good, it’s because their girlfriends or wives have helped them get dressed. Why's that? Science says: Let's take a look at chromosomes — the parts of our DNA. that control many things about us. The color reds carried only by the X chromosome. Women have two X chromosomes, and so they are IMorelikely to be abie to see red. Men only have one X chromosome How we see color depends on the ability to see red, blue, and green, 0 women are more likely to see colors bette. Being able to see cobs well was important in prehistoric times when women looked for fri: for food. They had to be able to tell the difference between the types of fruit on the trees so that they didn’t choose a type that was piS6MOUS For them, seeing different colors meant they could survive 2 se Most men have a natural ability to read maps while women usually need to turn them around. How come? Science says: Men are able to see the size and position of things much quicker than women. This ability is called “spatial awareness” Researchers discovered ina study of four-year-old children that only tone gir has this ability for every four boys. Once again, the explanation can be found in the past. Do you remember those prehistoric women? ‘Wel, wile they were looking for fru, the men traveled long distances to hunt animals. When they had caught enough, they had to find their way home again. And this is where they learned “spatial awareness. The women didnt need it because they hardly ever went out ofsigt of their homes, but for the men, it was Sta 3 = Humans are social animals, so why is it that men don't like sharing their problems while women tell their best friends everything? Science says: The answer isn the brain, The parts [ESBORNSIOIHOR language are 17% larger in a woman's brain than in a man's brain. As. women use both the left and the rigt sie of the brain to use language, while men use only one side — their strongest side. And there's more. ‘The part ofthe brain that connects the two parts together — the corpus callosum ~ is larger in women too, which means that they can move information from one part to the other part more quickly. Nobody is sure why these differences exist, butt’ clear that women have a enniterzdvantage over men when it comes to communication Read the article again. Choose the right answers. 1 Men can find it difficult to perceive... a three colors. ® one color © any colors. 2. Seeing colors well helped prehistoric women. find interesting things o eat. cook food correctly € choose the right fruit. 3. The results of the study showed that. a four-year-olds dont have spatial awareness. boys learn spatial awareness before girls © girls don't have spatial awareness. 4 Women didn't need spatial awareness in prehistoric times because a themen were always with them, b they never left home. © they didn’t travel far from home. 5. Menare worse at communicating because. a parcof theirbrainsis smaller. b their brainsare 17%smaller. © their brainsare larger. 6 The function ofthe corpus callosum in the brains, a tocommunicate between both sides. b tostore different languages. © tocontrol the language process. Look at the highlighted words and phrases. Whar do you think they mean? Use your dictionary to look up their meaning and pronunciation. ‘Complete the sentences with one of the highlighted words or phrases. 1 It’sa__definite__adwantage to have good test scores ifyou want to go to college. 2 Don't eat those mushrooms you found outside! They could be 3. Who's ‘making thismess? 4 She’ to accept if you invite her husband as well. 5 Italian people for being great cooks. 6 I's that I finish the report before the end of the day.4 VOCABULARY collocation: verbs / adjectives + prepositions a GirelDthe correct prepositions. 1 ing at | on (@ Seoul on Friday 2 That sutease belongs for [from | to me. 3 Weshould ask someone at for | of directions. 4 Wemight go camping, butit depends in/of onthe weather 5. Everybody laughed about | at] tome when fell off the chair. 6 Who's going to pay for | of withthe meal? 7 dreamed about [rom / with my old school friends lastnight 8 That girl reminds me about / of tomy cousin. ‘They're arr b_ Complete the sentences with the correct prepositions. 1 Tony used to be married _to_ Teresa 2 Youcanrely ‘me to help you with the party tomorrow. 3 They're worried their teenage son. 4 We're not very interested. abstract att. 5 T'mvery different iy sister, 6 Adam's very good math, 7 Ym fed up. this weather. 8 He's famous his role in Sherlock Holmes. 5 WHEN ARE PREPOSITIONS STRESSED? a GERD Listen and complete the dialogues. 1A Who did you _argue __with ? BI with my 2 A Whoare you 2 Bim at 3. A What are you so. 2 Bim about my 4A What are you c Bim tothe Listen again and repeat. Copy the rhythm. 6 LISTENING a §GTEED Listen toaradi -all-in program. Which speaker has the most traditional view about men doing the cooking? 1 Nick] 2 Eve[] 3 Frank] 4 Martina [] b Listen again and mark the sentences T (true) or F (false). \Nickis unemployed, He wouldn't like to be a chef. Eve cooks all the meals at her house. ‘She spends a lot of time cleaning the kitchen. Frank thinks that girls nowadays can cook. Martina's partner does all the cooking. Martina respects men who can cook. ¢ Listen again with the audioscript on p. 71 USEFUL WORDS AND PHRASES Learn these words and phrases. claim (vb) /klesen reduce /ridus almost /simoust slightly. slatli whereas /wer'ez aecordingto /s'kordig) tu in fact mn ‘fekt range from_/reinds fram tend to tend ta) be skeptical of / bi ‘skeptikl av EAD GSB m3 r Frank thinks that girls work harder than they used to. __Practical English 1 GIVING OPINIONS Complete the dialogue. John love this song. Can you turnit up? ‘Anna Dol have to? It's really ol. John it may be old, but it’s one of my favorites. Personally think ‘pop music was better in the past thanit is now. What do you pte 2 ‘Anna. No, dor't think that's Inmy. “op__ _ there is some ‘areat music around. And some of today's singers have amazing voices. John Ia. But very few Cf them write their own music. you Yas me, the real ‘musicians are the ones who write the ‘songs and then perform them live on ‘stage. Donit you "ag ee ‘Anna Tobe*h. s don't know alot about it. just turn the radio (on and listen to what they'e playing! 2 SOCIAL ENGLISH Complete the dialogues. Use a phrase containing the word in parentheses. 2 A Hello!_'m back! (back) B HilDid youhave a good day? 2 A tmgoing out for a walk now. Do you want tocome? B Tiiget my coat. (minute) 3 A Ibrought you some flowers. BB Thank you. That's ing) aa ]—-_ what you said about moving to California? (mean) B Yes. thirkitlbea great opportunity for us. 5A Youlook upset. What's the matter. lt celebrity 3 READING Read the text. Mark the sentences T (true) or F (False). New York taxis are all the same model of car. z A medallion number has four numbers and one letter, ‘An off-duty cab won't pick you up. im ‘You should stand in the street until ataxi stops for you. When you get in ataxi, the price startsat 50 cents. 6 Youpay per minute ifyou are not moving, an 7 “Taxi drivers lke tobe paid in cash. NEW YORK TAXIS ‘"." [New York taxis provide an essential i ‘service to New Yorkers and tourists for” getting around the city. There are over 12,000 yellow medallion taxicabs so 5 it doesrt take long to see one. aa BD» What does a New York taxi look like? "New York taxis come in many different shapes and sizes, but to be offical taxis they must be yellow. They must also have a special code called a medallion number: one number, then one letter, and two ‘more numbers. A bronze badge with the same code should also be displayed on the hood. Only taxis with the above are legally licensed to pick you up! How will I know when a New York taxi is available? It's all in the lights! Wen just the center light illuminates the medallion number, the tax! is avaliable to be hailed. When the center ight is off {and both sidelights are on (iluminating the words “Off Duty"), the taxi Is off duty, When no lights are illuminated, the tax! is already in use, How to hail a New York taxi. First, try to halla tax in the direction you are already going; it saves ‘time and money. When you see an available taxi, make sure i's safe and step off the sidewalk while holding your hand up high. if for ‘any reason you don't get the driver's attention, step back onto the sidewalk and wait for the next available taxi and repeat the process. I's as simple as that New York taxi fares. Once you step into the cab the meter willbe tuned on. This is called the ‘flag drop fare” and is $2.50. After that it wil cost you 50 cents, for every onesffth ofa mile, oF 5O cents per minute if you are stuck in traffic. There is aflatrate charge of $52 from Manhattan to JFK Airport If you're happy with the trip, you should tip your driver between 15% ‘and 20% of the total fare. Paying by cash is preferred, however all taxis now accept credit cards. B Nothing really. my boyfriends away and really misshim. (ust) Unéerline five words or phrases you don't know. Use your dictionary t look up their meaning and pronunciat