shert course for adul Its ACTIVATE motels, Pre-intermediate Self-study Workbook Gregory Hoehn CAMBRIDGE‘hePet Bulle, Hanogon Stet, CantrigeCB2 RP, Unt Kg, CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS The Ednugh Bulg, Carordp 082 2AU, Une Kigéom 0 Wet 20 Strat Ne Yok MY 00114211, USA 10 Stamiord oad, Oakogh,Metour 3168, Assan © amore Unaray ress 196 Pinte nites Kingdom at te ives rss, Camesdge Cony This aot cor Nopoteoping ay tke ace witout te witan permis afte pulster cent here aninsucan wit he Unies Kagdon oes eee tom ‘he Copy Leensing Ages. Isa 0521425607 Sets Wertook Isa¥ 052145689 Cauetooe IS@K 0521425700 Tenors Book Isak 0521.05719 Cass Cassete ISON 0571425727 Saltsiaty WonookCaeste I5BK 0821480014 Set-suay onseok CDCONTENTS Introduction Unit 1 Link up Unit 2 ‘Why do you want to learn English? Units ‘What do you think? Unit 4 Your part of the world Units The people in your lite Ustening Practice 1 Units Time for yours? Unit? ‘An interesting lite? Unit 8 What happenea? Unit 9 {An interesting experience Unit 10 Inthe Unit 11 Networking Unit 12 Invitations, Unit 13 Finding your way Unit 14 Entertaining at home Unit 15 Improve your telephone skills Ustening Practice 3 Unit 16 Atthe deli Unit 17 Eating out Unit 18 Good times, bad times Voit 19 Taking control Unit 20 Thinking ofthe future Ustening Practice 4 Answer Key Tapescripts Acknowledgements, 0 2 “ 16 ” 9 21 28 25 28 30 22 4 36 9 a “8 4 ” 50 53 56INTRODUCTION The Activate Your English Self- study Workbook contains 20 units for self-study. The activities revise important language and skills introduced in the Coursebook units and provide 15-20 hours of extra practice. Each Self-study Workbook unit will take you 30-45 minutes to do. ‘The units contain grammar and vocabulary exercises, reading and listening activities and useful tips tohelp you with your learning. ‘There are also four special Listening Practice units which help you to improve your listening skills and to revise vocabulary and grammar covered in the Coursebook. ‘There is a special Self-study Workbook Cassette or CD for you to use on your own. It contains listening activities, as well as pronunciation and intonation exercises. If you do the Self-study Workbook units regularly, you will make faster progress with your English and will find you remember more, When you have finished a Coursebook unit in class, do the matching Self-study Workbook unit at home. You will find an Answer Key and Tapescripts at the back of this book for your reference. Thope you enjoy activating your English! Jar baa Srclar Barbara SinclairLink Up 1 ‘Your class Write the names, nationalities and jobs of some people in your class. Check your spellings in a dictionary. Name Nationality Job 2 Pronunciation and stress a) Countries and nationalities Listen to the cassette and mark the stressed syllables in the following words, like this: Portugal Portuguése Japan Japanese China Chinese Peru Peruvian Lithuania Lithuanian Italy talian korea Korean Singapore Singaporean Germany German France French Denmark Danish Check your answers from the Answer Key at the back of the book. [£3] Listen to the cassette and repeat to practise your pronunciation. b) Occupations Do the same for the occupations below. lawyer receptionist secretary dentist sales assistant police officer graphic designer detective managing director engineer architect photographer civil servant personnel manager Find out the meaning of any words ‘you don’t know. Which words do you want to learn?3 Questions and answers ‘Match the answers to the questions. The first one has been done for you. Answers Questions No, Frm not. Fm French: What doyoudo? = ” ‘She's ateacher. ag ——— Vim from Tunisia. isheSpanish? Yete. SS*~*~S~S*«S iyo aan? Tmadocor. ~~—~—~*«~Wheredoyowcometrom? No, she isn’t. She's a nurse. ‘What does she do? 4 5 Dictation: Gareth Recording new words by topic [Ea Listen to the cassette and write down what you hear, Check your spelling from the tapescript at the back of the book. One way to record new words is to uuse a small notebook. Use a new page for each topic, e.g. ‘Countries and nationalities} ‘Jobs; “Transport. ‘Try it! Find 10 new words for the topic ‘Jobs’ Ask a friend, or use a dictionary. Write down the words with a translation in your own language. ‘Test yourself often to help you remember them.Why do you want to learn English? 1 Om, tourist guide from Thailand (Om and her sister, Manee, come from ‘a small vilage in northern Thailand called Nongbua. In Nongbua most people are farmers, but Om is also ‘a tourist guide. She takes English- speaking tourists from Singapore, ‘America, Canada, Australia, Britain, Germany, France and other countries (on tours of Chiang Mai in northern ‘Thailand, She speaks English very well, but wants to be better. Sometimes she has problems when tourists ‘ask questions. She doesn't always understand them, especially the Americans. Om wants to get a better job in Phuket with a big tour company. ‘She needs to pass an examination In English first. Om is lucky, however, because she is married to an Englishman, Len, who is an English lecturer at a university in Chiang Mai. Her sister, Manee, wants to be a tourist guide, too. Are the following statements true (1) or false (F)? The first one has been done for you, 4) Om comes from Chiang Mal Fy ) Om wants to be a tourist guide in Chiang Mai } Om wants to speak English better 1) Om needs to speak English for her job. ) Om needs to pass an English ‘examination to get a beter job. 1 f) Om wants to workin a hotel LJ” in Phuket OO 2 Grammar check: ‘so that’ and ‘because’ a) Match A to B to make complete sentences. For example: a 8 {need to lear the English ._~ because | want to workin France. words for food < i ‘80 English | want to learn French | can order meals in | need to practise writing in English so that | can understand English computer guides. | need to learn to ride a bicycle because I'm a hatel receptionist. | need to learn Mandarin sa that | can go on a cycling holiday in relan. | need to learn computer because I want to visit Taiwan, vocabulary {need to pass the examination because | want a better job, | need to understand and ‘speak English so that | can write to my ‘American pentrien, b) Finish these sentences: (Om wants to Improve her English so that ‘Om sometimes has problems because Om is lucky becauseBrita 3 How can | improve my English? lat Give these people suggestions for improving their English. The first one has been done for you. on 4) You can do this by asking an English-speaking friend to be a | need to learn more words about temples customer and practise with you. in Chiang Mai 1) You can do this by easing a story in your language and then jain reading tin English | need to improve my spling «) You can do this by listening to people speak and repeating what ita they say. \ need to understand the English-speaking 4) You can do this by writing down new words en times when you customers in my shop beter learn them, Boal @) You can do this by buying an English guidebook to Thailand and | want to improve my reading so I can copying the words you need to learn eae 1) You can do this by singing along with English songs. Olat \ You can oh y aking a tour oe ou some words net Prt improve my pranuncion of 0) You a doh y sting a tour el ye some wr tagish wes fh) You can do this by reading special books for learners called graded readers. i) You can do this by writing the words and then checking them in the dictionary. |). You can do this by listening to customers in shops when you are shopping 4 ‘Your English language needs Make a record here of some things you need to improve and how you can do them, need to ‘ean da this by Now choose one area to start work on this week.What do you think? 1 Vocabulary: word-bui Underline the best word in italics. ‘The first one has been done for you. 4) This film is electritying/electrifed. 0) I'm realy interesting/interested in this woman, ©) I'm so boring/bored with this lesson! 4) This job is very tiring/tred. 6) This photo is disgusting/disgusted. 'm realy shocking/shocked! 4) “Gone wit the Wind’ is a really exciting/excited story! People’s opinions In 1991 the clothes company, Benetton, had an advertisement with a photograph of a baby just born Here are sonie people’s opinions: “Lam appalled and "Why are people ‘The opinions of shocked at your shocked by this thirty-six of my advertisement!” artistic, wonderful colleagues are: : photograph of a eleven think the ad eect beautiful baby?” is great, sixteen powerful and ‘think the photo is beautiful, not ike the OK but gatas an disgusting or advertisement very SWvertisement, te shocking, What's much, but my don't ike the photo wrong with seeing husband thinks very much and four ‘anew-born baby i's shocking, , think itis disgusting with blood on it? and offense a) How many people really like the advertisement? b) How many people don’t like the advertisement. very much? ©) How many people don’t like the advertisement at all?3 Intonation {3 4) Speaking English is like singing; your voice goes up and down. ~——n Ht How are you? Fin, thanks. And you? ‘This is called ‘intonation’. Intonation is important because it shows how you feel about something. [Ea] Listen to the cassette. Which speaker really thinks it's interesting? ~~ 1 That's interesting. 2 That's interesting. When you say what you think about something, it is important to sound right. If you sound like speaker 2 you can sound impolite! [Ea b) Listen to the cassette and repeat the expressions. Try to copy the intonation you hear. Practise this two or three times. That's fantastic! —_’s disgusting! You'te kidding! That's terrible Hove it How interesting! How sad. That's wonderful! Really? Oh dear! 4 Suggestion: Use a small notebook ‘to keep a record of useful phrases and expressions. Test yourself regularly, You can have sections for situations, like ‘Shopping’ or “Going to the doctor's, or for more general things, like ‘Giving opinions’ or ‘Greetings. Some people like to translate the phrases into their own language. Look at Units 1, 2 and 3 for useful phrases to keep. OPINIONS, Du spimnst doch | "Your part of the world A 1 Fred’s home {£3 a) Look at the three maps. One map shows where Fred's home is. Listen to Fred describe where he lives and tick (v) the map of his home. [£3 b) Now listen to Fred describe where his house is and circle it on the map.2 Stress and pronunciation Here are some words you can use to describe places. Each word is written in phonetic script, too (as in a dictionary). [E3} Look at these words as you listen to them on the cassette. ‘Then listen and repeat them. ‘What sound is shown by /e/? multi-racial industrial Imaltarexfol/ Iindastrrel/ high-rise agricultural /hanraiz/ J egrtkaltfarel / rural urban Irusral/ Iaibant suburban Jsabsben/ [Ea Note: unstressed syllables usually have this /e/ sound. Listen again. 3 Vocabulary: word networks A word network is a useful way of storing and remembering vocabulary. ‘To make a word network, first choose a topic - for example, ‘Travel’ ~ and write it in the middle of a sheet of paper. [rene] ‘Now think of a word or expression linked with travel. Find out the English word or expression for it, write it near “Travel’ and link the two together. [Prev | Count) Now add more words in the same way. Each word network is different and personal. By malcing links between words, you can remember them better. ‘Try it, Make a word network on one or more of the following topics. Use a dictionary to help you. the city the countryside your home. ‘Test yourself a day later. How many words can you remember?The people in your life 1 Vocabulary: word pairs Some words are easy to remember if you learn them in pait Partners Fill in the missing partners. Use your dictionary to help you. husband wie potter SSS™~*~s yO «CS ant 2 grandmother _ a septate Te - yp rattsister oratgandtaner——SC*d hy | great-great-grandmother 0) ce ar ~ nephew nT) ~ — bovine «Sd father-in-law ") Opposites ‘Some words use prefixes or suffixes to form their opposites: eg. lovely-unlovely careful - careless un ful prelix sic ‘Make an opposite for each word in the list by using one of these: a) un) ine chim) ess Use a dictionary to help you. healthy attractive harmful intelligent active happy interesting considerate patient polite friendly thoughttul charming Ditterent opposites Some words have opposites which look very different. They usually have several opposites. eg. cheerful - depressed, unhappy Do you know the opposites of these words? Use a dictionary to help you. 4) good-looking) mean 9) neurotic ) well-built 1) hard-working ih) shy ) talkative f) bad-temperedSally Blake's family Here is a photo of Sally Blake's family. Listen to her describe her family and write each person’s name in the space provided a - 9 » ——— 9 ) Sally Bake » 4 —___ a oo a Sally Blake Jett Blake Sam Blake Ann Blake Luke Blake Oliver Blake soe Blake Beth Blake Stan Wally 1s Stress and pronunciation Listen to these words on the cassette and mark the stressed syllables. brunette beard cheerful bad-tempered divorced nosy hard-working widow slim intelligent well-built Londoner single red-haired imid-thirties handsome sporty ‘riondly cinoma football blonde Listen and repeat to practise your pronunciation. Which words contain the /o/ sound?LISTENING **” PRACTICE 1 1 Introduction ‘This is the first of four special Listening Practice units in your Self-study Workbook. You will find the others after Unit 10, after Unit 15 and after Unit 20. These Listening Practice units will give you the chance to practise listening to natural spoken English. ‘There are questions, pictures and activities to help you understand better and there are tapescripts at the back of the book. Learning tips 1 Ifyou want to improve your listening, don' look atthe tapescript before you ist ‘ea life you can't always read something before you hear it. 2 Look atthe tapeseript when you have finished or if you havea probiem. 3 Afterwards, make a note of any new words ‘or expressions you want to learn. 2 Listening for specific information Privat detective [£3] You work for a private detective. Your boss wants you to follow someone. Listen to your boss describing this person to you on the phone. Which of the people in the pictures is the one you must follow?Time for yourself? 1 Dealing with stress 3.45pm: Tea break special In today's programme Tony takes 2 look at the problem of stress in ur lives and asks people what they | Usually do when they feel stressed. Listen for some tips to help you relax! 4.00pm: News headlines and weather Before you listen to part of this, radio programme, check that you know the meaning of these words: symptoms to sutter from stress unexplained Stock Exchange Here is a list of symptoms of ‘Symptoms of stress ‘Tips: what to da when you feel stressed stress and a list of things you fl Teadaches and migraines 1 0 for along walk can do when you feel stressed. 2 ee ecleeee ‘Check that you understand them — 2. dandruff. 2 have a workout or do sport before you listen. 3 not sleeping 3 listen to music (£3) Now listen to the cassette. Tick (¢) | Now listen to the cassette, Tick ©) tang baompeed {ave an leno dik about on the programme. 5 skin problems 5 eat a packet of biscuits Leaming ti Tindgeston SC hav ay massage Proparing fr tistnn the scan ep oure 7 elma denressed 7 gota tesauna stand me Sear SC ap Tpanswtebedy ——SSSSCSCS*« i aH 70 calng too much —eatano itoteaing SSS wate ‘12 heart palpitations — B go out with friends 18 high blood pressure ¥8 telephone a fiend2 How much time do you have for English? Look again at your schedule for 2 Typical | Hows for | Hours for | Wours for | Hours for | Hours for | Hours for | Hours for typical day (Exercise 5 in ay seeping | meals | travel | work/ | family | other | free time Coursebook Unit 6). How much Ce oonait time do you have for yourself in a typical week? Fillin this chart to Monday | find out. | How much of your free time can esday you realistically use for learning English? Wednesday 3 Thursday Grammar check: word order a Put the words in the correct order. - (Sometimes more than one answer S#turday is possible.) - 2) you what do when usually do you senior | strossod fel? _ 8) do how you with deal stress usually? Totals | ©) listen {often to musio stressed — am when 4) to children mother's I sometimes when take the my feel stressed | ¢) | to usually the pub on Fridays friends with go my 4 How to make a pattern bank One way to remember grammar is, to keep a pattern bank. To make a pattern bank, you can use a small notebook and collect examples of grammar you want to learn. ‘You can then use the examples to make new sentences. You can show your new sentences to a native speaker of English to check that they are correct. ‘Try it. Is it useful for you?‘The Sioux Indians are one of the largest tribes of Native ‘Americans in the USA. Their original home is in the Midwest, ‘mostly in North and South Dakota, ike most American Indians, their lifestyle today is very different from what it was before the Europeans came to America, Before the late 19th century, the Sioux lived in tents made of leather, called tepees. They did not stay in one place for long, but moved the tepees to follow the butfalo, They cooked the meat of the buffalo and used the hide for leather. Before the 18th century they hunted on foot. After that, they used horses, which came to America with the Europeans, Socially, the Sioux were organised like many other tribal groups. The men did the hunting and the women did domestic work, such as making clothes and raising children. Children learned to do things by working with adults. The tribal leader ‘was the chief, who called mectings for making important decisions. Medicine men were also important for health and religious life. The Sioux believed in one god, which they called Wakan Tanks, or Holy Spirit. In the late 19th century the Sioux Indians’ life changed: the US Army fought them and they lost control oftheir tribe and their land. The government put them on reservations. They could not hunt any more and began to work to carn a living, They started to live in permanent houses. Many gave up the old religion and became Christians. Children went to school and learned English. Some lost the chance to learn their native language, Lakhota, and today most Sioux communicate with each other in English. ‘Unfortunately, the Sioux today have problems with. ‘unemployment. There are very few jobs on their reservations, ‘Many move to big cities far from the Midwest, where there are more jobs, and some miss their culture. But whether they live on rescrvations or in cities, the Sioux have something in common; they organise a dance called a pow-wou: The pow-wow is an occasion for eating, doing traditional dances in costumes, socialising and fund-raising. The pow-wow gives the Sioux and other tribes a colourful way of carrying on traditional Indian culture to the next century. Hehaka Tehanlmani, South Dakota An interesting life? The Read about the Sioux Indians’ life in the past and now. a) Is their history like other tribal people's that you know about? b) What positive things did the Sioux get from the Europeans and Americans? ©) What negative things did they get from the Europeans and Americans? How well did you understand the text? Tick (v) one answer below: Very well {J {understood the main ideas and ‘many of the details Excellent! Now go on to the next ‘question Well enough | understood the main ideas. Good! Now go on tothe next question. Not very well {J 1 didn't understand the main ideas, Try reading the text again. Use a dictionary to help you with words vyou can't guess, What helped you to understand the text? You can tick (v) more than one answer below: | knew about the topic. | understood or guessed most ofthe LJ key words. |] Lunderstood the grammar [ead the text more than once. Other (write here).The life of the Sioux Int ins: past and present Fill in the chart with short sentences about the Sioux Indians’ life in the past and now. Some examples have been done for you, Inthe past | Now Housing | Theylivedintepees. SSS) — Eaming aviog [3 | They work — Language) «They speak English taadren | Theyearned by working wih aduts.[@) Religion ” ‘They believe in Christianity 3 Verbs in the simple past Regular verbs in the simple ayity sar o) ind past end in ‘-ed’. There are three —— OT different ways to pronounce the ee ae ‘ed’. Look at the examples in the columns. {£3) Listen to the cassette and write down the verbs you hear in the correct column according to the way the ‘-ed’ is pronounced. They are all verbs from the text. Some examples have been done for you. §—§ ———— [Eq] Listen again to the cassette and repeat to practise your pronunciation. Check that you understand the ‘meanings of all the verbs in the text and note any new ones you want to learn in your verb bank or somewhere else.1 Rob and Rosemary up the f Orinoco (part 1) In 1993 Rob and Rosemary Heath left their home in Auckland and went to South America. They visited Venezuela and travelled | What happened? along the Orinoco River, camping | and finding their own food most) |“ UP the of the time. They had several Orinoco! | adventures. When they returned they gave an interview to their local newspaper. Below are the answers they gave. Write a question for each answer on the lines above. a) — We decided to go in 1992 after we saw a television programme about Venezuela, b) = ‘We wanted to travel up the Orinoco River and to see the rainforest. It was our life's ambition. oe Oh, they said we were mad! But that didn’t stop us. a We travelled for about five months in all. Not very much! We took backpacks, sleeping bags, a small tent, dried food, lots of insect repellent and a first-aid kit. We didn't take much food. We bought rice and beans in Venezuela. fi ‘Yes, we did, very much, although it was very hard sometimes. We enjoyed being alone in the jungle, far from civilisation, and the beautiful wildlife. g) - We didn’t like the insects. The mosquitoes were terrible! And we didn’t like it when our canoe sank!2 Grammar check: questions in the simple past ‘Some questions in the simple past use ‘did’ and some do not. Do you know which ones? Answer the questions in the table and then match the categories 1-5 to question types A~E. Categories 1 These questions use ‘was’ or ‘were, so they do not use ‘did 2 This type of question asks you to choose either one answer or another 3 This type of question is usually answered with ‘yas’ or ‘no’ 4 These questions start with a question ward (‘where, ‘when’ “how, “who’, “whit whi longer answer. hy’) and require a 5 These questions use question words, but they refer tothe subject of the question. 3 Intonation practice (Ea) Listen to the questions from Exercise 2 on the cassette and practise saying them, Questions with Type Did Rob and Rosemary enjoy their trip? Did they lke the jungle? Did they take rice with them? Types Did they take a small tent or a large tent? Did they travel to Colombia or Venezuela? Tet What did they say about Venezuela? How did their friends react to their plan? How did they get the idea to go to Venezuela? ‘Questions without Typed What happened in Venezuela? ‘Who thought they were mad? Type Where were Rosemary and Rob? ‘What insects were the biggest problem’ Answers Category a o 0) o) a) [o °) Category ja | b a) > ‘Some useful phrases Use these when you didn’t catch what somebody said to you: 1'm sorry, did't catch that 1m sorry, what ci you say? Did you say you went to Venezuela? [E) Listen to these sentences on the cassette and repeat.1 Rob and Rosemary up the Orinoco (part 2) Rob and Rosemary Heath had problems with white water on their trip along the Orinoco. Read Rosemary’s travel diary to find out what happened. a) Check your understanding. Write T (true) or F (false) for each of these statements: 1) The river was very calm, 2) Their canoe sank. 3) Rosemary was hurt. [— 4) Rob was dead. |] 5) They found their canoe, 6) They lost everything b) Fill in the missing adjectives and adverbs: Adjectives avers 1 auicely 2 swiftly 3 hard bad 4—__ loud 5 blind 6 - 7 softly slow 8 careful 9 fast — An interesting experience Monday Ik happened. very fast...ure tured a comer aad enkered. a. stretch d turbulent white water. Te Cane Souk quidlly ord he rier swuytly swepk us quay. Fu, (hit my hwad hark on a Rock. Thos, | losb ty contact leases. | duida't Know where | was. | was terrified. Finally, | landed on te bank. Blood. mur doum my Jac ord my huad hust badiy, buk [wes alue. Where wes Rob? | called Wa name (Udy. Nothing . ( startk fo pauic. | stumbled, buadly along the bawk Jv two hows byare | (rand hum. | thought ke was ouad bak he was | breotuag sotty. He was asloop, exhausted by fie ordal. We Checked tack our corfully. We urere both huutt , buk OK. Alero while, we Slowly reauised. we were ut bad Houde - we had no comer ,n0 tek, and no food...Adjectives and adverbs ‘There are four main groups of adjectives and adverbs: 7 simply wonderful { aay a) Aid" +3 ir ae. Adject tron quick WY hey bly Wwe Mee” Say Shy s incredibly . ©) hang pling and ad o <\ o. Adjectis hi fantasti a " i ry te A rey OREN a No ch Poy a ° jee, tard tat As Tora Adve nara fast lous! , iS ) Completely citferent ' ! fabs jous! a Adjective: good It was unbeliev ab aves wet beliew aby ch Bon ee Some adverbs can be used instead of words like ‘very’ or ‘really’. Listen to the cassette and practise saying them. Sequencers 1 2 3 To start with, — Next Finally, Fist, Then Lastly, Firstly, Alter that, Alterwards, After @ while How many squencers ean you find in Rosemary's travel diary in Exercise 1? NOU RE oy mevV® 4 Love at first sight ‘Number these sentences in a logical order: 4) My first date with Rob was a disaster! ‘Then we got lost on the way to the theatre ©) Alter that, | organised our dates. 4) After a while, he noticed | wasn't there and came back. LJ © for me. ) Alter the meal, he found he had’ no money with him, LI so paid 4) Finally, we arrived atthe theatre, but were too late for LJ © the show! 9) Next, we stopped at agas station to buy a map and he LJ" drove away and left me! 1h) Then, because we missed the play, he suggested going LJ © to a restaurant for @ meal J }) Lastly, on the way home his car broke down. 1) To start with, he was an hour late because his mother ccame to see him.in the press 1 Guess these words What do these words mean? Read the sentences below and try to guess what they mean. filed corkscrew tunelessly rewrote snores uunrewarding booed disarmed exhausted 4) The secretary filed te letter from Smith & Sons Ltd inthe drawer marked ‘S' 8) His wite can't sleep because he snores loudly. ©) She's always exhausted because she works so hard, 4) | need a corkscrew to open this bottle of wine. ¢) Teaching can be an unrewarding job 1) He sang the Elvis song tunelessly and the audience in the karaoke lounge booed him. 4) She rewrote the letter many times before she was happy with it 1) The police disarmed the terrorists by taking their guns and grenades. How did you guess the meanings? Use a dictionary to check you were right. 2 3 Grammar check On the radio Look back at the news stories in Exercise 2, “From the newspapers’ in Unit 10 of your Coursebook. Change these sentences from the present tense to the simple past: a) He can’t swim, ) She must phone her boss. Now listen to the local news recorded on the cassette. How many of the 3 stories from ee Exercise 2 did Sin hear? ally? Well, Which ones my daughter’ were they’ could read when (she was two / ©) I have to leave at 3.00 pm 4) | don’t have to go to work today.4 How to listen to the news in English Listening to the radio in a foreign language can be hard, but you can improve your understanding by listening regularly to programmes you enjoy. Listening to the news on the radio can be especially useful. You can prepare yourself easily so that you understand more. Try this way of listening to today’s news in English on the BBC World Service or a local station. a) Before you listen: Look at today’s newspaper. What, are the main stories about? Who are the people in the news? Make a list of the topics and names you expect to hear on the news. Topi in the news Pople inthe news b) While listening: Listen to the news in English on the BBC World Service. Tick (v) the topics and the names as you hear them, ) After listening: Were you right? How much did you understand? Did you learn anything new? If so, what? Make a note of any new words. iow words Did you find this way of listening to the news helpful? Tick (v) your answer. [7 very hetpt [anit helpful [not very helpful ‘ot helpful at all If you found it helpful, do it regularly and note your progress.“LISTENING PRACTICE 2 1 Listening for gist ACL FLIGHTS SANE LED BRE ta meaty ‘A teritying experience aC John is talking about an = 2 ‘Be ts ON experience he had a few weeks ago. = les Look at the four pictures. One picture shows what happened. 3) Listen to the cassette. Tick (v) the picture that best matches John’s description. How well did you do? Language study Did you tick the correct picture? When you have finished listening If so, you understood the main to the cassette, look at the points of the story. Well done! transcript. Make a note of any If not, try listening again. new words or expressions you want How much of John’s story did you *® !ea™. understand? Most ott Extent More than taf tt Very good Less than halt att Liston again lot much Listen again and look at the transcript atthe back of the bookNetworking 1 He's as big as a horse, isn’t he? Listen to the conversation on the cassette and answer the questions: a) Who are the speakers and where are they? Tick the correct picture b) How well do the speakers know each other? Tick the answer below: [1 They're strangers. 2 They know each other a little 3 They're best friends. ©) What are they talking about? Tick the answer below: 1 ahorse [72 aman [8 adog Practice with tags: writing Write the appropriate tags for each statement below. e.g. lS anon-stop flight, tat it? 4) The tight will eave on time, ) You allow smoking on the fight, —__? ) The flight doesn’t stop in Bombay, 2 4) I can have vegetarian food, 2 ) Were nat to late, __? f) The flight hasn't tft 2 g} He can have a window seat, _?a) For social conversation, when {Eg Listen to these sentences on the cassette. Which you already know the answer, the are real questions (A) and which use tags for social intonation goes down at the end conversation (B)? Tick (v) your answers. of the question tag. Listen to the cassette and repeat the following. Try to copy the intonation you hear. 2) Hes as big a5 a horse, isnt he? ‘, — You're twins, aren't you? 1) You haven't seen my pen, have you? 1) We don't ke violent fms, do we? 4) They look happy, don't they? (©) This int all forme, i 1? 4 That's Jett Brown, isn't it? mie a aE b) When you are asking a real question, the intonation goes up at the end of the question tag. sten to the cassette and repeat the following, Try to copy the intonation you hear. _* The fight hasn't et, has it? a rm not too late, You don't smoke, am? do you? We've got time fora The shop's not snack, haven't we? closed, is it?Invitations 1 Invitation quiz For each invitation, tick the best answer. It should make sense, be socially appropriate and be grammatical. 1 David asks his friend Paolo: ‘Do you fancy a drink?" How should Paolo reply? [7 2) What ~ 9) Fillet you arin LN know, Dilan a drink. ) ) That sounds reat. 2 Maria asks her boyfriend Remy: ‘Do you Want to come over and watch television? The Olympics are on tonight’ How should Remy reply? [pp atitoveto. 8) 1m sary, | LJ ve seen J] Ot course! that _ already. It Te)! don't was on four LI know years ago, 3 Some frisnds ask you: ‘Do you want to {0 fishing?” How should you reply? [ales, 1 ©) How nice of want you to ask, by What a } 4) Sure! Where LD pity tin areyou busy then going? George asks Barbara: ‘Would you like to 40 horse-riding some time?’ How should Barbara reply? Oh Id love [92 Sony, ° ] Ol. LI" Wvegota headache, by I'm sorry. Maybe some other time ] 010 to 90, 5 Annie asks Lay Hong: ‘A group of us are going camping next weekend, Would you like to come?” How should Lay Hong reply? Tall'maot 0 Ithink ee | about it Fiatyou— []4) moet know LJ “sure if can tomorrow? Het you know tomorrow, | you CO iar 6 A classmate you dont now very we aks yyou: ‘Would you like to goto the Cat Show on Sunday?” How should you reply? LT] atimsory. [2 Can come LI toon't LI” with you? have a cat [| @No. (pitas, butt think ¥'m getting cold need to stay hame and rest. The Answer Key will tell you how to score. 8-40 pants You net more practi ie his que alp you tat? Mayon you souie keep rotboak of common Ways of inaing 2nd ncesing 20-30 points OK. You robe sound pole encuth ‘0 dese tens, bt ryt ean ober orien pees so tat you anf vel wit sranges. 40-50 nts Vry goo! You provi do we wih Invlatiors ad aceptance mast the pants Porte! You sr abviousy an epi at" 2 Intonation practice a) Giving invitations b) Accepting invitations ©) Declining invitation [Ea Listen to the cassette and [Ea] Listen to the cassette and [E) Listen to the cassette and repeat these invitations. Try to repeat these responses. Try to repeat these responses. Try to copy the intonation you hear. copy the intonation you hear. copy the intonation you hear. Do you want to go toa concert? Yd love to! Sorry, | can’, Do you tancy a bike ride? Yes, that sounds great! Sorry 've got something planned. Are you interested in seeing a film? That would be fun! 1'm afraid Ym busy, Would you tke to join me for lunch? Yes, | would! That would be nice, but | can't Do you want to go jogging? Mmmm, thanks alot 1m sorry, I'm relly too tired. “4Finding your way 1 Direction: a) Asking for directions When you ask for directions, a good idea to begin by saying “Excuse me’. Then ask your question. Finish with ‘please’. [£5] Listen to the cassette and look at the sentence below for the intonation patterns of “Excuse me’ and ‘please?. —~ 4 Excuse me, wheres the post ottice, please? [Ea] Listen to the cassette again and repeat the questions. Try to copy the intonation you hear. Excuse mo, where's the post office, please? Excuse me, which way is the city, please? Excuse me, where's the park, please? Excuse me, is there a bank near here? Excuse me, could you tell me where the bus station is, please? b) Giving directions When you give directions, there is usually a list of things you have to tell the person. Your voice should go up slowly for each of these things, and then go down for the last thing on the list. In this example, you are telling a woman in this picture map how to get to the post office. There are four things you need to tell her. [£3] Listen to the cassette and look at the intonation pattern below. Go straight towards th — #4 \, walk past the bank, and i on the righ, {E] Listen to the cassette again and repeat the directions. Try to copy the intonation you hear. ©) Other examples of this pattern This intonation pattern is used for different kinds of lists: shopping lists, things you did on holiday, ete. [£3] Listen to the examples on the cassette and repeat them. Think about your learning Can you hear the different patterns you have practised? Can you copy them yourself? Do you think you can remember them? What can you do to help ‘yourself use them?W alking Tour of Uffindell Begin your tour at Uffindell’s most famous landmark, Ufindell castle. It dates from the 14th century, and is a splendid example of a fortified castle. You can get a tourist map of the castle at the ticket office fa) ____ the main gate, Once inside, you will find craft shops, selling traditional pottery and woollen clothing, as well as postcards and film. Before you leave the area, take a look at the famous 1,000-year- old oak tree in the castle grounds. In ancient times, this tree was sacred. As you come out the main gate, turn (b) — The tree is (c) near the street. Also, before you leave the area, you may wish to post your cards at the post office or visit the bank, which are both located (d) __ the castle. From the bank, it is a short distance to the city centre. ‘The best way is to (e)___ near the bank. The park is {f) of you. You can either walk through here to the centre of (g) along the main road. 2 Walking tour of Uffindell Fill in the gaps with the correct ‘words from the list below. Look at the map of Uffindell from Exercise 1 so that you can understand what you read. go past to the right opposite golett straight aheed crass the road to the left in the corner keep going neat1 2 ‘Saying thank you What can you say? ‘To thank a close friend for dinner it is probably enough just to say ‘thank you’ at the end of the meal Write what itself or to telephone the next day. It is polite to each person write a thank you note if you don’t know the hosts says in the so well. Here is an example of a thank you note, pictures. The from Nina to Ari. first one has been done for you. Can THANK YOU you think of different things Dear Ati to say? Thank you for te lovely dinner 2) Offer: ) Accept: ( didn't kaaw you could. cok 80 ureih | Would you like ‘Thank you very something to eat? much. Next time, tbs my tum. | wank to ok you. Somettuiag Fremol. See you soon”! Thanks again. Nina. ‘Write a polite thank you note from Jean and Cathie to Ari and Stavros. Choose eight appropriate sentences from the list and use them to finish the thank you note below. The first one has been done for you. The dinnerwas ‘it made us feel ike Let me get you a ite nice. wewere on holiday. drink Welllphone you You mustletus Wed ove to do some time this week invite youto our an Indian meal, to arrange adate. place. if hat’ alright Thank you both for We also enjoyed twas delicious. tetova oer” EIRENE. Than gn THANK YOU Deer Gasper and Ar, Toask yer lath for le evel Hiner last rick ) Ofer (more: 6 Refuse politely: Jean ard CleAsk permission: {) Give permission: 1) Thank and give ‘2 compliment: 3s 3 “Must; ‘have to’, ‘don’t have to” Fill each gap with ‘must’, ‘have/ has to’ or ‘don’t/doesn't have to’, as appropriate. ) You try this wine! It’s delicious. ») We go yet. I's still quite early ©) She get the 10 o'clock train, It’s the last one ) You let me drive you home. On be at work early tomorrow. ) You cat it if you don't like it 9) You bring a git for your host. Its the custom 4 Intonation practice To be a good host or a perfect guest you have to sound polite and friendly. S22) Listen to the cassette and repeat the expressions. Try to copy. the intonation. (Use the tapescript to help you, if you want.)Improve your telephone skills 1 On the phone ‘This activity will give you practice in speaking on the phone. When you listen to the cassette, you will hear half a telephone conversation. Your friend, Judy, is calling you, so listen and answer naturally. Look at the information below. This will help you decide what to say to Judy. ‘This Saturday you You don't know the are busy, location of any of the places Judy Suggest atterent —SUohosts ay. You don't like eee Chinese restaurant with Judy last December. Moroccan food. Suggest Malian food, You don't know the ‘name of any italian restaurants, You suggest meeting at 8 pm. You want to meet atthe restaurant [3] When you are ready, start the cassette, When the phone stops ringing, answer it and say, “Hello”, then listen to Judy and answer naturally. ‘Take notes on the message pad as you listen and talk. How well did you do? How well did you understand Judy? Did you listen to the ceasgette more than ‘once? How many Did you notedown —fivsg all the information you needed? Did you have any problems? What? Learning tip Here are some strategies for improving your telephoning. Would they be useful for you? Keep a tape recorder by the phone to record your half ofthe calls; then listen afterwards to ‘hear whieh things you id well and which things you had problems with. ‘Arrange with a friend to practise telephoning each other and to exchange comments afterwards. Koop 2 notopad with useful telephone phrases by the phone to help you. telephone messages2 Telephone manners In the telephone conversation in the left-hand column below, neither Joe nor Flo is polite. In fact, almost everything they say is rude! Read their conversation, then use the space on the right to rewrite it so that each speaker is polite. ‘oe: (Answering the phone) Yeah? Fo: I want to speak to Moe. ait. He's not here him to call me. ‘oe: OK. What else? jthing doe: OK. (Hangs up) A polite conversation oe: Fe: i ight. tel him you calle, " 3 Check your reading Read the text below twice. Nuisance callers uisance callers are people who phone you and say unusual things that upset or disturb you One type of caller gets pleasure trom asking personal questions or making | rude comments. The intention is to shock, embarrass or frighten. you. Another type of caller might call you repeatedly. For example, a person | you dont like might pester you for a date, although you've told him or her many times you're not interested or a telesalesperson might phone you several times a day fo make you buy something you don’t want, What should you do if you get ‘nuisance calls? if someone phone you and makes rude comments, just hang up. Dan’ talk to the person or react ina shocked or frightened way. (This is just what the caller wants!) Do the same with the caller who phones you repeatedly. This is often enough to stop the calls. If this doesn't work, you might need to ask the telephone company to monitor your calls, but this can be ‘expensive. Alternatively, you could ‘ange your telephone number, If you get calls that threaten you or seriously upset you, report them to the police Finally, it you are a woman, make | sure your name is listedin the phone | book so that itis not possible to tell | you are a woman. For example, in Western countries, just use your initals and your family name. This should prevent many unwanted cal How did you do? Answer the following: 4) | knew/l didn’t know what a ‘nuisance call” was before i read the text 1) L understood: more than 75% / 50-75% / less than 50% of the text «) There were words | did't kno and couldnt guess. Read the text again if you need to. Find out the meanings of any words you want to know. Make a note of any new words you want to remember.LISTENING “""” PRACTICE 3 ‘Ata party Petra is ata party. She speaks to several different people. (EB Listen to the conversations and decide who she is talking to in each one Tick (¥) your answers. Conversation A [7 8) the host by her best Lo © friend [9 astranger Conversation 8 re) thats wite (8 a sang es a? Conversation C [—] a astranger ) someone LA © she knows alittle [2 the host Conversation D [7] ) a friend FD) the host's [7 9) astranger Conversation E [a a friend [J ©) someone LJ © she knows alitile ) ©) the host's LI wite1 Comparing ketchup Read this article, which ‘compares different, brands of ketchup. Are the following statements true (T) or false (F)? 4) The cites lke ketchup to taste like tomatoes. [8 They like ketchup to be quite sweet [0 They tke kateipto bevneary. 6) They ike C1 etchip wo bevery spi, At the deli | 6 WHAT SAUCE? Five food critics tested squish each brand and gave ‘Darkredcolous and ace taste but too. sweet/sour taste : a mark out of a “Sugary but tomatoey “Vinegary and thin with no. Possible 10 points. and spicy” tomato taste’ Any mark under five ‘Rich tomato favour nicely “Tinny astewith sweet means the ketchup _—_sPicx-Alitletoomuch sugar tomato-and not enough spice Bareaiceaant but generally good. ‘Colour and taste seem false ‘More tomatocy than Salty and soapy” the others, with a good “Sour and vinegary - no, spicy taste? Think for chien, ‘Abie too sweet? seoreat0 Seare:710 a Tastee Tom “Sour fishy taste. ‘right colour andtoothin. ‘Sour asthe tomatoes have sweet carroty and tinned been in vinegar too long. tomato soup taste “Plumtomato taste. Vinegay. “Thin but not too spicy? Spicy and strong peppery “Bright red colour with flavour’ smell oftomato puree.Good “Thick and horse. Should spicy taste? not be onsale: ‘Nery creamy taste. Not like ‘Disgusting taste too spicy the real thing” vinegary and sweet! ‘Horrible colour. Spicy — and sweet! ‘Score: 5/102 What do you think? For each question below, write an answer using ‘too 8D] or ‘not ... enough’. 4) How do you Tike it? ) Do you want to go swimming? ) What do you ‘think ofthat one? @) Do you want some sugar? 3 Count and mass nouns ‘Tick (v) to show which of the following words are mass nouns, which are count nouns and which can be either mass or count. Use a dictionary to help you, Mass Count Ether 2) spaghett furniture ©) pizza ) tin 9) chocolate 4) banana T Add some more words to your list. 4 Test yourself Choose appropriate words from the list below to fill the gaps. (Some words may be used more than once and some are not used at all.) One of the worst meals I've ever eaten was in Rotarua, New Zealand. I went into a café at lunch time and ordered (a) pizza. What I got was a (b) of white bread. On top of this (c) some tinned spaghetti in tomato sauce. On top of the spaghetti @ hard-boiled eggs mixed with (e) sweet: pineapple chunks and (f) (®) of bacon. On top of it all (h) some thick yellow cheese. ‘The pizza was cold and the cheese was hard. How do you think it tasted? It was quite (i) ! The next, day I ordered a New Zealand speciality ~ a meat pie. And, it was just (j) ‘good (k) the pizza! stice some tasty tomatoey piece delicious spicy meaty bits disgusting as meatier was than a pieces were1 Reading: crab won tons How do you make crab won tons? The pictures in the recipe below are not in the correct order. Put them in the correct order by writing a number in each. crab won tons "pound frosh "4 teaspoon garlic crabmeat, drained powder chopped 2410 3 dozen won. 1, pound cream ton wrappers ‘cheese, room a 109g yok, well temperature "teaspoon steak ‘sauce for deep tying ‘Chinese mustard ‘andlor rod sauce Combine crabmeat with cream cheese, steak sauce and garlic powder in a medium bowl and mix well, Place a heaped teaspoon on each won ton wrapper. Press the four comers of each won ton wrapper together at the top. Seal the won tons with egg yolk Heat oil in a wok to 190 degrees (C), Add won tons and fry until golden brown, about 3 minutes. Serve hot with Chinese mustard and/or red sauce, (Wakes 2%, to 3 dozen) Eating out “7 2 ‘Something’ and ‘anything’ Fill in the gaps below with ‘something’ or ‘anything’. 2) ve gottopick____up atthe dry cleaner’ 1) Do you have 6) I've looked allover for the money, but | couldn't find 4) 1'm leaving for Rome tomorrow. Is there you want me to buy for you? for a headache? @) Ismell____burming! Can you check the kitchen? 4) | don't mind wht kind of pizza | eal willbe fine 9) have never eaten like the ice eream I had in Italy. 1) We're going tothe park, so remember to bring to feed the ducks. 3 Comparatives and superlatives Fill in the gaps below with a comparative or a superlative form of the adjective in brackets. ) Your son seems _ than when Hast saw him. (big) 1) Prices are high back home, but here they are even (high) ©) I've had a lot of cakes here, but this is by far (good) 4) | goto work by car or bus, but when the traffic is bad, the train's way. (fast) €) Don't try to add the prices in your head. Use a calculator. I's (simple) 4) The guitar is _ ofall Instruments to learn to play. (easy) a) Its not easy learing to read English, but Chinese is even —— (cificuit)a) Here are some extracts from guide books. The titles are mixed up. Read the extracts and match them to their correct titles. Egg lovers’ paradise! 4 In the cities, Brazilians dine at. Restaurants don’ get busy in Rio until 10 pm at weekends, A 10% tip is generally included in the bill If not, it’s customary to leave at least 10%, Standaed operating procedure in most Rio restaurants isto overcharge the customer. ‘Don’t hesitate to look atthe bill and question the waiter. They are used toit, Feijoada is the national dish of Brazil. I's a meat ew served with rice and a bowl of beans. It is served throughout the country and there are many different variations, depending on what animal walks through the kitchen while the chefs are at work. All kinds of meats {go into Feijoada. Orange peels and peppers accompany the stew. Peixe a delica, fish with a banana and cheese sauce, is tasty speciality of Fortaleza Check your 2 Korean cuisine is quite diferent fom tha ofboth China and Japan. Koreans eat thee fll meals day. The numberof dishes increase with each meal. At ear alfa dozen dishes ae eaten for breakfast, ewice as many for lunch and upto twenty or more fora dlianer banquet. Korea is famous for Kimchee pickle made wally from cabbage, salty water, and loads of garlic and chillies, Kimcheeix kept in big pots for months. Ii almost imposible to find a Korean house or apartment without rows of big, black Kimckee pos in the back yard or on the balcony. Is an old Korean saying that ‘A man can live without a wife, but not without Kimckee. However, bet is the star of Korean cuisine, and Korea produces some of the tastiest beefin the world. Bulgogiis the most popular. Bulgogis finely sliced beefin soy sauce, wine, sugar and spices, which you grill yourself a, your table. Koreans drink teas made from grains, dried fru and ginseng. Tipping is not expected in Korea. A 10% service charge is added to all restaurant bills. Cabbage with everything! 13 Tunisia eich in vegetables, fic and fic, Tunisia is a Muslim country, you should not expect co find pork om the mens, There are a number of tasty Tunisian dishes you can try. Brikisa triangle of light pastry fled with egg and fied. You shoul, ike Tunisans, et it ‘with your fingers: ake a corner in cach hand and bite ito the stuffed part. Take care the egg willun out! Meckouiais salad made of ‘cubed tomatoes, peppers, tuna fish, hard-boiled eggs, capers and celery, covered with olive ol and lemon juice. Chakchouka: Tunisians speak proudly of tis national dish of tomatoes, pimentoes and onions with fried egg on top. Its very tasty Tunisians sil serve dark, sweet mint tain caf, although tourists can now get European style tea with milk cor lemon, Fish comes with fred egg, chips, omatocs, maybe peas and certainly pimentocs ) Questions: choose one answer. 1 Feijoada is) fish stew eaten in Brazil ) made only trom beet. ©) served everywhere in Brazil 4) tastes spicy. ) can be eaten in Fortaleza, 6) Is served with orange peels. 2 Peixe a delicia 3 Kimchee is 2) a big, black pot for storing pickles. b) a very hot and spicy Korean pickle 6) grilled at your table 4 Bulgogiis a) a popular beet dish in Korea b) kept in a pot on the balcony. ¢) a banquet dinner with 20 dishes. 4) fried pastry with egg inside. b) salad with chopped hard-boiled eggs. ©) atomatoey dish with a fried egg, 5 Chakchouka is1 ‘Vocabulary learning quiz: learning problems and solutions Good times, bad times Look at the following six sentences. Fill in the blanks with the correct verbs from the list below. ‘Then answer each question by ticking ‘Yes’ or ‘No’. Finally, match the questions with the suggested solutions by putting the correct letters in the ‘Solution’ column. Sentence 1 Have you ever a picture or diagram in order to help you learn a word? No(v) Solution Solutions oo 7 4) Don't worry! It's impossible to remember everything you see or hear. It's important each time you are reading or in conversation to pay attention to the main 2 Wave you ever a lst of English words with transtations? 3 Have you ever words on cards or small pieces of paper? 4 Have you ever a friend to help you study vocabulary? 5 Have you ever difficulty learning words, even after much trying? 6 Have you ever words you've learnt? Verbs forgotten put drawn had made asked | 4) Don't fel bad! You'te not stupid It’s normal to have problems like ths. ‘What can you do to understand the word better? See itin several examples? Check ideas. You may notice that certain words come up again and again. Itis these common words that you need to study. 1) This can help you in a number of ways. Ws useful for speaking and listening practice, You can also share your study aids. I's more fun than working alonet ©) This is helpful for some types of words because you don't have to translate them into your own language. You can also cut pictures from magazines and label them, itin a bilingual dictionary? The important thing isto find out what helps the most and do it words you still need to study 4) This can be useful in reviewing vocabulary quickly, It can increase your confidence, especially atthe beginning levels, when you want to translate into your own language You can use these to test yourself, it you write a new word on one side and its meaning on the other. They are also useful if you want a partner to help you study. These are more flexible than a lst Words can be put into different groups: for example, words you know well and2 Reacting to bad news ine’s success (Za) Listen to the cassette and [£3] Asia-Pacific Airways has just won the ‘Airline of the repeat the following. Try to copy Year” award from International Traveller magazine. the intonation you hear for role Listen to the Chairman of Asia-Pacific, Mr James B. The bigger the problem, the Pringle, talk about the company’s successes. yc tion sho 1 stronger your reaction should be! 57 each of the events below, write in the verb, A: I've lost my money in this machine! together with its subject. Then tick whether it is 8: Oh doar! simple past or present perfect. The first one has A: We've missed our ight! been done for you. 8: Oh nol A: I've crashed my car! Wert Event imple | Preset 8: Oh no! How terrible! _ st | perfect A: U've shut my finger inthe door! a) We've won an award v B: You poor thing! Poor yout That's awiul! > to give the best service | That's tertile! ‘My friends have fled their English a the company in 1968 - test again, 8: The poor things! ; a five new airplanes 7 er t—— q the quality of our service ~ 9 the record for leaving on time 7 i an award for business cass sevice | 9 ‘over 15 milion passengers | d without losing a plane | — tt1 The first date The Nottingham Post published an article about ‘lonely hearts’ and interviewed Martin and Ogniana about their first date, Read the article. How successful was their date? Taking control z 4 Nottingham Post Ogniana and Martin make a date! Four weeks ago lonely Martin Dodds placed this ad in our paper: ‘Aursctive, unattached male, 37, nos-smoker, own home, intrested Inaavel, cinema, motorbikes & 60s rock moi, seeke woman for nights ‘out, holiday, riendshipand maybe more. A pariner for life? Box no. 333866 ‘Martin, an estate agent from ‘Mapperiy, received 23 replies from women interested in ‘meeting him. Martin's first choice ‘was Ogniana: “I liked her letter a lot and she looked very attractive jin her photo. Also, I was interested inthe fact that she came from Bulgaria. I had a holiday there last year and really liked the place.” Martin decided to phone (Ogniana: “The first time, Igother answering machine. Ihate talking to machines, but [left a message and she phoned me back later that day. Lwas eally surprised, Iwasn't expecting that at all. It was a bit difficult to talk on the phone. Her English was very good, but she didn't understand everything 1 said, We arranged to meet in an Indian restaurant on the following, Saturday,” So, how did they get on? “Well, Twasvery nervous. Iwas early and was looking at the menu when a voice said, “Hello, are you Martin?’ She was smiling and was wearing. black leather jacket and black leather jeans. She looked ‘very attractive, Much better than inher photo. Atfirst, we wereabit shy with each other, s0 Lasked her ‘some questions about herself and wwe relaxed a bit. “We had a very good meal and sat there talking until quite late ‘Then Ogniana said she had t0 leave. We spit the bill and then I walked her to the taxi rank. 1 thought it went very well. We laughed a lot and I think she hasa ‘good sense of humour. She wasn't ‘at all boring and Ti like to see her again. lasked herif we could meet ‘upnextweek and shesaid I should phone her. I think I willl” What did Ogniana, 26, a student of Engineering at the University of Nottingham, think about the date? “Twas. fitle late. didn’t want tobe there first. [saw Martin as soon as I walked into the restaurant, He was wearing an fold leather jacket and jeans. 1 thought he looked quite nice. 1 didn't know what he would look like, of course. like tall men with blond hair and Martin has dark hair, but he has a kind face. “As soon as I sat down, he started otalk. He speaks very fast and he Kept asking me questions about myself. It was like an interrogation! Some of the questions he asked more than ‘once, which made me think he wasnt listening to my answers at all. suppose he was very nervous, “The meal was good and we hhad some beer. Martin stopped asking me questions and started tod abut his. He el ne tude and sows bly Stn thu he nat er Sop hing Some ot ay hares asin seem owe, howe Batra theme sul po He) leave my answering machine on if don't want to talk to him. Maybe T should give him a second chance, though.”Check your comprehension. Answer the following 3 questions by ticking () “Yes ot ‘No’ or ‘Maybe! Pest progressive Yes_|No_|Mayte Describe what happened in the pictures. An example 4) Did Martin enjoy the date? has been done for you. 1) Did Ogniana enjoy the date? ©) Did Martin talk too much? 4) Was Ogniana bored? (©) Was Martin bored? 4) id Martin pay for the meat? 18) Does Martin want to mest Opniana aga He was reading a magazine when his boss came into the office, ‘The boss came into the office while he was reading a magazine, 1) Does Ogniana want to meet Martin again? 2 Test yourself: can you take control? Read the questions below and tick the appropriate answers for each one. a) You are lost in London. You have asked someone for directions to your hotel, but can't understand him. Do you say: pat ew [sting tas at my English English? 2 l'msorry, isn'tvery What di could you good, Could you say? speaka you speak on little louder, more slowly, ae re please? please? ie b) You are ata business conference in Edinburgh and have arranged to meet a colleague at her hotel. You ask the receptionist what oom she isin, but don't quite understand her reply. Do you say’ 1 You've 3 Ms Poon, 51 said, gota LJ "is room what's Ms strange 1127 Poon's room accent a ey what ‘number! y2bidyou = L_I room ai say she you say? was in room 1127 ¢) You have phoned a company in Brighton and want to speak to the director. The telephonisttlls you that the director is out but that he has left a message for you. You don't understand the ‘message. Do you say: 1 Sorry love. ;—) 3 He said what? /—) § Look i's no eee good. You'll that? 4 could you have to say Di didn't say tat itagaint auite again, catchall please of that. fi |Predictions Nicholas was born on 19th April and so is an Aries. He reads his horoscope regularly and believes in its predictions. He intends to do a number of things this week, but wants to check his horoscope first. Read Nicholas’s horoscope for this, week. Tick (v) the things he can do this week and say which day(s) would be best. Cross (x) the things he can't do at all. ‘Things to do this woek 4) buy anew mountain bike ) finish building the garden wall [| ©) pay the gas and electricity bills [7 2 goto the dentist } take the kids to see his mother- inlaw 1) go fishing a FL) ss oot wt dann an Tes 1) book tickets tothe opera i) buy a guinea pig forthe kids ) vite Mike and Jane to dinner Thinking about the future Your week ahead! Aries ‘March 21 ~ April 20, Wsan xed week for you, but you'll make progress However, ou will need to be careful with your money. You'll want to buy something for yourselfor your home, ‘but will need to check that you don't nced the money for something else, such as the electricity bill. Tuesday will be a difficult day. You will be tired and small problems will seem like large ones, Stay calm! Wednesday will bring you happiness, possibly in connection with children or animals. Monday and Thursday willbe quietdays-you will fnd time for work and projects you want to finish, or you will be able to deal with an unpleasant matter you have put off fora | long time. Friday will be a frustrating day: nothing will sgoright. Don' try anything new: Saturday will be fll of ‘excitement; you willbe feeling energetic and ready to have a good time. Youll enjoy yourself if you see close friends, but stay away from spicy food and too much | alcohol or your health won't be so good on Sunday. | Make Sunday a quiet day so you wil fee relaxed at the start of next week.2 Intentions and decisions Match the sentences in list A to appropriate sentences in list B. st a 4) This menu looks good! b) I'm 10 pounds too heavy! «) K'm not sure which one | like 4) I'm sick of this ob. «This suitcase is so heavy! 4) eet so tired and bored all the time. 9) My car looks very dirty 1) My feet are killing met i) There's someone atthe door. 1) Oh dear! I've lett my wallet in the restaurant. ust 1 | think I'l take the red one 2 I'm going to buy a paper and took atthe ads 3 I'm going to eat ess chocolate 4 I'm going to have a nice holiday in the sun 5 Stay there! I'llgo. 6 I'm going to wash it sometime soon 7 Fit have the veal and lemon. 8 I'll put it down for a few minutes 9 Tl go back and get it right now. 10 V'lfind a café and sit down fora while 3 Your progress: self-assessment How has your English improved? Tick your answers, Alot jes) ate) att tor [tit | at Confidence: 7 | Feel more conden about understanding | spoten Engi [Tee more corient abou peaking English Tee more content aout using English t grammar correctly. | | feel more confident about my knowledge of tT vowabulry. I feel more confident about reading English. TT Listeni | My understanding of spoken English has improved Sea 1 Van speak more unt than before the cous, Tc speak mre acuratiy tan before he couse Tea speak more (ongen than etre. Pe 7 My roting bes improved | —_____;____} _| _} __ Vocabulary: r Mooney tae cose | ‘Grammar | ~ Hy grammar ha improved | - | - —— | Fnow ore abou how to lam English | know how to improve my English after the course. |“LISTENING PRACTICE 4 Which restaurant? (Ea) Greg and Linda from Singapore are on holiday in England. They are staying with their friend, Barbara, in Nottingham. Listen to them discussing which restaurant to go to for a celebration meal. Answer the questions below. 8) Why don't Linda and Greg want to eat Chinese food? ) What food won't Linda eat? Why? ©) What food won't Greg eat? Why? 1) Why doesn't Barbara recommend the food at the italian restaurant? ©) What does Barbara particulary ike about the Turkish restaurant? 4) What kind of restaurant do they agree 10.90 to? 9) Will they really go out to eat, do you think?ANSWER KEY Unit 1 Exercise 2a conte atopy jain Seomese et cree Pau, renter {ida Ucn ta tgs pba Korn Skoapare Sig amen. gran Fen oan Unit 1 Exercise 2b sect . toe tot ony, en sey poe racecanet Sette fig areer eae tone aarp Sul stvant persons manager Unit 1 Exercise 3 ‘uestens Ancwers What 6 you 40? Ime doco. leshea fig atendan?” No, sheisn. Stes a ‘she Spanish? ‘es nes. ‘ra you tala? No, a0. French Where da you come tron? rom Tusa ‘What cos seco? Shes teaches Unit 2 Exercise 1 s) False 6) tue Tue 0) alse Wwe 1 Fase Unit 2 Exercise 2a ‘need practise wing in English otha can writ to my American pnts. ‘nee earn oid beyel so hat ean goon 2 cing noida nan | nae to lean ncn because | wat ovis Taba ned etn computer vocabulary otha can understand Englsh compete gues. | need pass the examination Deaus want a Deter ob to understand and speak English because 2 tal recaptonist. Unit 2 Exercise 2b Sugotsted answers ‘om wane to mprove her Engh soft sh can get 2 etter jb wih big ur empany in Phuket ‘om sometimes nas protiams because se cat bays undestnd when sone ofthe ours ask questions. (ms ucky bese shes arf to an Eglisiman ‘dean pacts Eg wih him. Unit 2 Exercise 3 Sopgestetanewars om: a)andg) Astar:—€)and) Bite: a)znd) Bova: bandh) Oat: olanan Unit 3 Exercise 1 2) setting intrest bores 9) tng f) degetng, shocked 1) excting Unit 2 Exercise 2 au bz a8 Unit 4 Exercise 1b Unit 5 Exercise 1 Parvers a) ster 1) grat rstprontatier 2) uncle 1) stepdaughter ©) grander 3) adopted son 8) sates W) niece #) supose 1) iiend 1) haere mance 9) grat-grandmoer Opposites )unneatyitellgant sineesting unapoy by tnconsiderle_nacbve ©) impolite impatient 1) armies harmless Diterent oppesies ~egpested answers 2) ugh, unattractive 2) ek thi, skinny 1) ui ay, rece 8) generous, kind @) any tle 1} evenempore,goce-stured, nappy 1) fc, elm 1) extn extrovert, conient 1) moteriaw cntionly matte ovghtess Unit 5 Exercise 2 2) deff ate 8 stan 3) Sam Blake 1) Olver lake 6) Sally lake Lake sake 3) Bath lave i) Waly 0) Ann lave 3) soeblate Unit § Exer uni, cage dudes npn Sho eepin sige nests say pera bide begs tebtagyergs Ty low inten" Longene re-used ntcone trendy foobal The (alin hese words: crema, tampee, eigen, Loneone handsome. Listening Practice 1 Porson (2) Unit 6 Exercise 1 Symptoms U4 57.9. 1128 Ts 12,9,4,6,8,9,12 Unit 6 Exercise 3 2) What da you vuay do wen you tes stesso? How do you usualy cal wth sess? ©} Fete itn to musi when am sessed /Oten Viste to music when Fam sesso hon 1am stressed ote listen to musi/When | am svesses Hise o musi ote. [somtins le te chdan tomy athe’ when Hel svessed/Somebimes take te ein tomy roters when | el tassed When | el stressed sometimes take the erento ny ota’ When ‘amstresee ake the chen ory mothers sarees ual goto e pb wih my tends on Frid! On Fridays ueully go the pu with my tends Usually on Fcay |g he pub wi ry ends./ Dn Tidy got the ub wth ye us.ly Unit 7 Exercise 2 4) Toye in permanent noses ) They nue uta, £2) They spose Lakota, 1) The ear at shoo 1) Thay Batwa in Waka Tanta, Unit 7 Exercise 3 2) cooked 1) moved, ved, vee are, blvd, cll, names ©) started, htes * Leama’ ig also gronoues ihe cook andi often plies art er which en in th reson tones with 3h fad ch are usualy pronounced within be simple past asin ers whieh end he present ene wih 8 ln = ryan are usual pronounced wih fia the Simple pas, siVers wih end inthe pesnt one wih tad @ ae usualy roncuned wit ana Unit 8 Exercise 1 Prsible questions 2) When dia you dei to go to Sout America? 1) Wy you wantin go tere? Wy did you decide to foto Venenel Wht made you decid og nea! fo vores? ‘Wat i your tensity say when you tol ham your lanyour oly wataa goto <4) How ing was your tip2/Mow long dt you tral ar? 5) What i you take with you? Wha tings/equipment id you take wih you? id you ey your Wip/0i yout being in Venere? 8) What id’ you theenjoytriat hing did’ you ifejoy1Was here anying you dia halnjoy? Unit 8 Exercise 2 Tea 2 Yes, ney Yes. they i 2} No, they cn. Catagory: 3 Tyee 2) A alte. 1 Venere Category: 2 Tyee 2 Twas ter its ambition to go hte and see te Orinoco fiver an he rainferas, 0) Thal reds thought they wee me. 6) Thay sawa teen programe in 1002 Catagory: # Te 3} They aval along the Oriaca for ve months. 2) Tec tenes. Catigory:§ me 2 in Verena 2) Moseutons. Category: Unit 9 Exercise 1a 1 Fate ate 5 Fase te 4 False 3 The Unit 9 Exercise 1b 1 ick 8 biny 2 swt 7 sont 3 tare 8 stony taal 9 caretaly 5 loudly 10 tat Unit 9 Exercise 3 Four sequences: fst then, tally ate awhile Unit 9 Exercise 4 149) 2): 9 4G 5:8 7:8 91016) ‘Unit 10 Exercise 2 2) He cout i 2) Shehad phone ne oss, 1) had to env at 3.00 pn. 1 nt have topo to work today. Unit 10 Exercise 3 Stores 2 an 3 abet Sareh Grant and Pee We Kus) Listes Prctwe? Wg Practice 2 Exercise 1 Unit 11 Exercise 1 a2 wt os Unit 11 Exercise 2 2) Theright leave on time wont ») You alow smoking onthe igh. dnt you? 6) The ight does’ stop in Bombay, des 1) can nave vegetarian oa, ant? 1) Wire na too ae, aro we? #) Thetigh nase as 1 1) We an fave window sea, cant he? Unit 11 Exercise 4 Unit 12 Exercise 1 1) Somy This doesnt make sense. avis wants o 90 {oc eink any Kd. H's rot ang about a spect example. Opiats ‘ory n English itis ugrammatal to epeat he semeae is way. © pols ory Dai is ving aa for 2 dk ight om. Htweuid be enol ta ake tim walt or an xswer Opals ‘est Tiss an appropriate answer. 0 pala “ 2-2} Yes! This isa ice way te accapt 10 pats 3) Sory Ths rapport i Engh sounds rata impolite. © pols Sry This doesn make sere. Yu shoul know ow you feo. tyes a 0? plats Sorry The Oympisaeditret each time Tiss nla aprepriate excuse pants $2) Sorry Ti ungrarmaia Opalns 1) Sorry! Ti dots make seve, Tour fends ave nots you ie et. paints Sony This isnt compete. You navn ai wheter you want 0 go oF no. © points 4) Yes! THs a appropri anc. 0 poets 49) Sorry Georges nat ashing her ogo maw bu some ature tine pit, Sorry George has aot given aspect tne. oes rak sense io say some ote Une pointe 6} Yes This is 2 900d anser 10 pints 1) Sorry Ti is ungramatial. oe, you have to say TM loveto: poate 5 2) Yet Tiss an appropite answer. 10 poet 2) Sony This saunds mole by He, You ea say nore, Opole Sony This erplte by its 1s so ungrammatl (1k hou be TH hak. O points Sry The second sentence is unrammatca. You ‘Shoal sy Te you krow omen points » 6 2) Sorry You dont nas to ave a eto scat show 8 peat Yes Res an accaptale excuse. 10 points 1) Sony Tis done make seve, Your eases 1 nvr you ogo wth hes. You donned to 2k go along wi he. pols 6) Soy Thi sounds vty rand ebupt polis Unit 13 Exercise 2 2) near 8) tee nght 6) inthe carer 6) oppose 4) stag aed o) gout Unit 14 Exercise 1 Dar Stavros andi “Thankyou bath forthe lovey nner ast rig. se {elcious. We also enjoyed the Greck musi made us fel he we ware on hla. You must tu ne you tna alight Wall prone you sometime this wen to range adie Tans gan Jean ad ate Unit 14 Exercise 2 Sugoetesancwers 2) Would you you ke someting teat! ‘ve of these /a snack? Cla \oter you someting te et? You must hve neo hese /a erat! 1 Trankyou very much That's very hd of you. ‘That would be lovee, Lovely © Woud you he some more dessert? Do you wart sone nore? Lem ive you sore mere! You must have some mare. No thanks No tants fi oul fal mena, May use your phone? Cou use your phone? Do you min ius your phone? 1) Yes of ours Cerin Go ated. Bey gust 2) Would you he carapé? Do you wana canapé? Have canapé i ‘es, please Thay ook oes How vl! Yes tanks, Aion, they ack dios, Tanks ‘ranks. ow nel Unit 14 Exercise 3 2) rust 5) donthaveto ) musvhas must ) mae 5 dorthaveto 9) musy have o Unit 15 Exercise 1 The fran inthe eos does ot have wo ben the er selon. The important ings tht you hve a (he intormation Telephone messages (0ay) 80pm eet Jay 2 ortoio. Dake St pposte movie este, Unit 15 Exercise 2 his iso. Who aI speaking to? Whos ht ease? doe Hell Fo hie Jos. Fle: On, i! Cou May speak to Wee, pease?ue: Ys, usta moment irate hare Can Shall ak a message? Fi: Ws pase. Cou woue you ak i 1 al me plese? doe ght 05/0. Anything oe? Fl: No thnks Thats a heel right. 1 Bim you ell Fl: Thank you Tanks at. see: ody. Fi: Goodbye. Listening Practice 3 Conversation A Conversation B Conversation C Conversation : Conversation E 1m sony. Has not 2) thehost 0) asvanger «) sareore she knows 2 ite 4 atrena 1) thehost w Unit 16 Exercise 1 2) Tae «) false 0) Fale 1) False Unit 16 Exercise 2 2) Itstoo stort 3) No, ts fo e/Mo nat wat onaugh €) IS not Rot spicy eneagh ts oo mi 4) Thats oo salts et ig enough. 8) Yes, place. They not sweet enough. Thay 00 sur Unit 16 Exercise 3 2) mass 9 cout 0 ast 9) soe mas 5 oom O mast mer 3 ctr ‘amet ‘Toa spaghet is detcous Now much would you the? Toe funtueins Yom Is vary ol ‘oa esi ooo Can rave some frmaton aut he ars? Ueto pazas. 1 ordre some pizza. (Usually 1 pee ose ofa age pz.) “wo ins of et od, plese, Lely nes sare choco! Can ave or of hase holt? (Sal incl Bitesiad sees) Heate sx bananas, ‘oto! money i acesary fea hapy ite! Unit 16 Exercise 4 2) alsore 9) bs oloes 0) scepiece 7) was €) was 1) spustig 9) were Das 8) some has 1 some Unit 17 Exercise 1 1) 3a 57) sa 6a) Unit 17 Exercise 2 2) something 2) someting by anthing a someting 1) anying €) anjing 9) anjeg 8} anno something 1) something Unit 17 Exercise 3 2) signer ) simper ) ngher 4) thoeasiest test 9) moreaitfeut Unit 17 Exercise 4 2) 11s heck your bit 2s Cantage wih everything! is Egg lves pore aig 2h 3 4) 5g Unit 18 Exercise 1 1 dau r 2mate 5 Sowvariten 8) skes 5 Shae a Stomper a} Unit 18 Exercise 3 2) wevewon present pertst 9) cur ane has worked present parte! ) we starts Single past 6) we Dosa simple past ) we bps simple ast we improves simple past Asia-Pactchas held preset erect. wewor Simpl past the airne nas served present erect. weve town present priest Unit 19 Exercise 1 a) 2) tayte Nes ) Yes ave hy may Unit 19 Exercise 2 2) Sis appropiate Is what ative speakers smetimes sy but tan ound rade ard shold be oid ‘would be more apeopeteon te tephae. ‘erate heutng Bis also vater erp, 0) 2,9. 4 ae a appropri + ana are not ott ) As appropri 2s OX, butreeds im srry" to make t mere poi. 1s ao far o tora nthe use fave: Sis impolite in is sivaton 5s apgressie and suggest tat he pene is ata Unit 19 Exercise 3 4) They wer eatiag anne when he phore ar, ‘The phone rang wie hey wae sting sine He mat washing up when he broke /opp the plat He broke roped the plate wile ne was washing op She was walking log the 36 when her bap broke. Herta brove wna she was walking ong the oa, Unit 20 Exercise 1 Mosca o Thursday any dy, petaps Monday or Threday Monday or Tursay Wetnesty Sunday Satay (oo expensive satay Wetnestay San KK mR ERE Unit 20 Exercise 2 arog as 98 § bs a2 me Listening Practice 4 mein Sngapore ard t's more 1) They have al tasty ee by Any meat hes a vegetarian 1) Fatty fos. Hes eng caret about what he eats ‘nahi cholesterol iv 6) Temeal sn ad tere was’ very good the sees was fo silty and thave enough cess {ns the proteole wasn’ chaalty enough 1) The sessets wi he us ana honey. 1) TushUnit 1 Exercise 4 eto. 'm Gare. rm an English ache in pan. "eam rom Wales in reat Brita. My wis ame |S Lely Sha fom Now Zealand anc she 2 singer naa, Unit 4 Exercise 1 2) Fe: The vilage where ves ely beau its a arcltural ommriy out be xuney ane fay tom urtan aes. T the west of te wt, out fve minutes walk avay, tee’ te forest. quite Tage aes. 1 very of. And south fhe vilges theta, Sometimes ths ke resns over wit, Te vile smal an oa but we nave our own Schoo! ana sports ldo he nartveast anda ‘Hornet thal. avrypeaetl place 1) Fr: vein an od wooden nose an fore it eeause Rave wancefl ves ram ay windows. From my ving rom windows, ouig west, rave «ew ofthe forest a from my bso windows, “ae ae south, have 8 cat veo tek. ‘ery cy Because ve ont two minutes ana rom ‘both elke an the ores and ery have ‘eghbourson ones, sis very qui. Unit 5 Exercise 2 Say Ayes, hs iss last Chistes. Feith yes, love! Who's at attractive man with the moustache? Is that your husband? Say Yes, nat’ Sel. Handsome st he? Thats Sam, ny fateraw tare ih te ser Ra. Friends yes, tes got he same nose and noth as st Very dot-ooeng! And are these your elirer? Say Yes, tat’. Frnt He go: your rear ara recs Sa: Yes, chy By. This my thr sen, Oe. Fant es co ut! How ods he? Say Just 15 moat per. Fant Lovey! Say Ariss ry daughter, Sth Find Shook ore tke your husband, She's very swede. Wh’ tht? Your str? Sally No that’ Arn, my ster inlam Shes very siamarous, it she? Find ye How o's she? ‘aT, and Tht wo! Not ba! Shes gat oly bende na Isat be bush? Sao, ts mtu, Sn. sword oe ma, Fant: Mn, he's goad ae ‘Say Stars a ind man. And i is e's rover, Lake end: Yes, he ose Jt bute hase got moustache, Minn. very mice {Ants Waly, he gh Flee aaah! How sweet Ustening Practice 1 ‘ast: OK, ve got the dtl you reed Now, nes caring int Hatrow on ight murber UA 123 rm Los ‘Angeles a.30 his taroon, Hf, tow im, ut ont et him se you. OX? Aight now ow wi youknow nim? ve got Aasetion. OK. In is mihi ol very tl slim and he's got ng blac ar, ut he's it ald at fon. He's pot scar an his ight cheek em 2 igh ina tar last year He wears dirk lasses and 2 old tring on i at ea, He ook Chinese ar aapanese bates American. Hes raveling witha woman robeny about 20 years ls. wih ery shor ar TAPESCHIPTS aie She tal, very atracve, los ie a magel OK. ‘ot that? Dont flow the wang man! Report ack a5 $0003 you ting bi, Unit 6 Exercise 1 ost: And welcome 1 todsy's programme which kes Toot at ress and what we can 60 aed. Say the word ‘rss a Your feds or ay group oF people ody nd you alaye get the sae rection: everybody says thee ‘Wels stesil and that ney sur from te symptoms of sss, Wel, wnat are tase symptoms? Sore pope Pave headaches igsigs cesar capresso ot ‘ave igh leo pressure and hear palpeatons. Some ave skin priests can sleep or on eat Mary ae bu tampered and some nave wnexlcnes asin ti boa. The ist ges on. Wnat abut you? ‘What do you 6 wher you el sessed? Can you Help yourse In todays programme we ak number of pope what ‘hay usualy o when they Te sessed. iste carly ‘or some usu tps! Lets ask outst guest Sandy. wnat he does, Now Sandy, you 2 neusewie and 2 mater wih two smal chee, ‘Sandy Nr. That’ right. Wests your estes? ‘Sandy 0, vor looker the chile a ay so teusework. cok, sop. never havea moment far myset West nat do you do when you te srssed? ‘Sandy Sometimes as my moter oak the hen {oran aiernoon and tan ake a org, het bah etn to some muse and than havea sep. fs wonder Tesialy ole the etre jot belore my husbané ‘ores Rare a el al an rlane.My husbané aways aot ost 5,3 rice ot, reaing bath wth musi ane a ‘see. Goad ies, But what abou poape who Nave 2 {ultie job? Let as Noe Nigel. you wrkin te Stock Exchange. That mst Be avery sess 8 ‘net do you 00? lg: iy gooanes, ys italy strssul andvery ‘oy, 00. $0, every wetk, on Fy rgh go wih yy ‘ands to wine bat ithe cy anc we ak to inne 1 aways makes mbar = though en ave a ada the next Hest: Ma. So you reat by dining leo! and having goad tne th your ngs Bt supose you dant ‘tek? Saran may nave an ans. Sarah's seheal Teac What do you usualy d when the sesso texcing gets to you? Sarak Wel, havea massage —once a wek sual. Ite fabulous, ual ave a complete ody mastage at ry loe! bean ub alnays has me et wonder dred West: asaye! Sounds god. nat about you, Kevin? Now youre a pliceofer.Tat must bard work eva: h, yeah yea, is Is fen very tart ne aus ae ong est So wha! do you co when you fel seessea? avi: ino sport 50 nave & workout at the police hath cb. | usualy go twee a week and then at be wend got Ue | sometimes pay foetal or ‘he poi eam. in that at physical acti helps 2 ‘ot ost Wel. hre you are ~ same tis to hap you deal th tests in yur ual Personal, usealy go for ‘long long ak nthe forest, but aybea masage vould tence Unit 7 Exercise 3 caoked led lard sed called hunted beseved tes Unit 10 Exercise 3 Newsreader. ..inen nothing abut he eons attack A Singiore ines 47 tended at Changi port rom Bangkok err his eerng wth two hjckers on nara Tey were ala when sols stormed th pine 20 minutes after larg, Wo passengers were ut. “Thee sto urhar deal tthe moment. ‘A women al 3,000 et when er parachute tls to fopen na sly overEzeaxand sured becvee ove landed in sme tes. The woman broke er hp, oth ams se ests. A manin South Dakota, USA, risk his it today wnen helested mora tan 2000 fe above the oun na lini deckhaeataces to moe han 40 hl {ila talees. He and sate ator 290 ict ight and sa as Nes amon Diners the raohing restaurant on op of he ‘wisn tower in Herg were shocked he hey ‘saw aman al ast thor window. Th aad wale ced the police alter nerd hat the man was a dummy Aim ce fom Holywed ware oe oa aking atin, ‘That al rom th news oom for oy, Tuesday Tet Apr Goodnight. Listening Practice 2 Intrviner: You nad a trating agen a ‘wks ag. odrtyou, Joby? loin Un 8, ot sre | woul ea it interesing ough tryin, pera! Inaeiwer Tus stat. ot OK Wel ateacar.eseh Engl in schoo inistarbl vey yor come nome to spend the Sumer with ny fel ae ee my ied. Somaimes we go on hold together you know. to France or Spa, Intriwer: Ys? om: Ayy, hs year my nds and | dosed to have 2 weekin London. gong t clits sea hving a geoe live etre iw of acho Trey Intervene: Right oan Wena great ine The nigh blae my fight "we went forz meal nan expense restaurant, nan ‘wet on oe We stayed ere ut ob, abou 3 ‘ne moring. Ic get mich sep that ight. hd 0 ‘be up at Bn the moring tog to Gatwick to get ny ght Trey. Interviewer: Phew! ah: Yes, id fel 90 gos, can tl you! Any, usual vey organised when ave alvays ches vega ny passport, tks, money ane evening “ae usvaly pack my bag me dy before 22. ‘Ths tine, tough | wasn a rgoised a5 usual When "gotta th apr, ound edna passport anno ‘ott! | pare the tel an hey were ny 0m. There was no ime og back to the oll and ga then ‘Thae was noting | could do. The next tight sani was ul so booed a stat on he igh he net dy Inariwer: How seni! oie Yes Iwas relly fed up, elt so supe Interne Yes, ea imagine etm Soon back nto Landon and stayed ance righ a he bot Intrsewer: Vere your fends stil ere? domo, n, They let whan | Inrewer: OFJoh: The net ay ought a newspaper to ead at breakas and color’ beleve my ees! The on page ‘ews was thatthe pan fo stan at 7 ise bas ‘rahe It had gave down and everybody on bart was das! Interviewer: Good heavens! Everyone dea? doin: Yr. wae eunne, realised Iwas ucy to be aive Intervie: Ys, You wre hey you forgot your passport ote spent he ret of he ay phoning my fay and ives ttl en | was' dead ergot phone my bos, though surged im he et aya sche He was ely please io see me! Unit 11 Exercise 1 ‘A: Pew! Hes asbig a a ore, nt he? Sort? Of. ys, he is el 1: You dont ton seta tha big, 6 you? 1B: No, no, you dont ‘Go, hats ery bg! He probabiy ets mre than the aha amy does! "es. He cost fortune ote! ‘0h He yours, ie? That’ igh. Wonder company. ‘Anais he? Ive aver seen oe is tha. Bo, no, Hes a spacial rave bred fom Mongol ‘Ae sly? | expect he neds aot of execs, doesn he? ‘Oh yee Thats why rie i to he gtk. 2 Look at him go! He can un, carte? Oh no! Wat's be doing? Bh dear, Excuse me ajar! Maj Come ee, boy! Puthim down! Down, sid Good boy! pean Yes, youre a god boy, arn you? Unit 13 Exercise 1 €) Get eas, utes, cess, mil, tomatoes and a lat ot oead, ease. ‘An ten we went to New York. We sw he Empire Sate uiding, Cet! Pak, the State ofibery, Broadway an Greswic Vilage. Let me tell you what Ve done ody: ve vacuumed thehous, washed hes” tos, ones ten shits, etn shopplog, tke he baby tthe cic, ‘lene the kehon an th atroom, tii the acreoms, eiged Mary with er Homowers, taken Your books back othe rary and cooked your ood cnn! Unit 14 Exercise 4 teig and aconting ou you ke someting tat? Thankyou vty much, Could ote you something oe? ‘Thats very hn of you. x ® ‘ 5 A: Hav one ofthese 1: Tat woud bevy, & 8 ‘You must ty one ofthese Lovey (Otterieg mre aot retsing potty Wow you ike some more dessert? No thanks oat al Do you man some mors? Not for me thanks Nothaks, mona dt. Let me give you some more! Thank, tt eb etsnother thing ‘ou must nave some more. x 8 & 5 1: Have some more! & ‘ 8 & 1: Thanks very much. Its delious, but quite ‘Asking fc poison snd gig permission 1: May use yur telephone? 8: Yes of couse Could use your pone? 3B: Cert! Go aheas Do you mind use your phone? 8: Be my guest! (tering 208 ging 2 complinent ‘Wow yt tae cana? B: Yes pleas! Thay ok delicous! ® Do you wants cana? ow tone! Ys, hanks wil 1: Have a amas B: Mm... they look dios, Thanks. & 8 ou must have a eanap Thanks. How nical Unit 15 Exercise 1 Yeu: Heo? cy: Hel, tat you? Yur ts. hy. This Jo, ‘ur On, helo Jy hy: How are ya? You eHow ae you? ty: Yuko, 16 ust Be king about ya. haven’ soe ech ete for such lng time. re been ey busy at wer, a Ino ye working ‘ear, eyo was wander you wanted 1 9 ‘ut to oer this Stray? We cond catch or ‘ererting. YO, hal woul be lve, but im aad 'm busy on Saturday dy Oh deat Ashe tne, then? Yu" How about eet Saturday? Jy: ight hiking 2 Moroccan restaurant weal bene, Lrnow this wonder pace eed the {anbah Ws ot reat food sd knew Yu he Is {hat a gt with you? Yu Ui, atl areal ke Moroecan fod dO, ws you fo, er? ‘ou How about a alin restaurant? iy OK Ds you know a goed one? You Mo, leant threo any. dy: Wal, kao hs place called Pott. ‘ou kxom where hats, on you? “ou: No, tm aad dont ad: ts jot opest the Casha. You know the sat it? Yeu: Wo, leon know hat one, eter! dy: Yo dt ow wher th Casbah is? ‘Not ay: ide you go ter wth me ast December? ‘ou No, we wet toa Chinese restaurant, ey: Ob, yes. That ight Wel the Portia son Bake ‘Steet oposite the move theta. o wat tine do you ‘hike shou net? Yau: Is Botsock OK? Jd: Fie Do you want to come to my placer sal we inet tere? "oo Las meta he restaurant, dy OK 8pm atthe Perot. Se you tent ou Ve, dy: Bet You Be Listening Practice 3 Cameron h Seorge: On Peat So gla you came ar: Oh hallo Lovet party, George Geare: Thanks. Wud you ke a ink? Par: iat have you go? ‘eure: Champagne? Patra: Oh vay. Yes, pease Ccomereton 8 ‘ata: lovey nose, is it? Prt: Oh, es, Pt: Ys, ny vey nce, aren they? It: You ret Georges sister ae you? Peta No, no, usta cleapue, We wok tepetrec Anta: How ie. Conrersation¢ Patra: Hol! How nceta see you! Boon: Or ele How ar you? Petr: ie thanks, How's your husband? Doon: Wel n'a eter now tans Patra: she ere? ‘Doon: No, 9. Hetil in hospital, Petra: Oh, 00" man omvereton aa: OF Fan: Hare have on of hese. Taye cicus! Pat: Ob, hanks Fen: Go on, ae no George it okng ata: Miran ys a, hye goo ana hI rae drink How 20utyOu? Petra: On 9 tanks. ve nad anugh Fens: On goon get you sme more charpaane Petra: No 0! Rey | Gon war ary mar Fina: Of. camrersaton€ Samanta: Hla. You'e Pes, art you? Ptr: Ys that's rh. leased te met you, Samontha: Yes, Geepeh2 spoken about you Patra: Rely? Samantha: Ys. Quite ote, fet Petra: Db | ope you don mina your phone? Samantha: The ghone? Oh ys, ofcourse. sin the hall Bey gest. Pra: Thank you very much Samantha N23 a. say use Unit 18 Exercise Wel, tieigt he est ime weve won an awa, buts Ie tist me forts aware, and we are very unk Dar company as aways edt ie the bast serves fezas the Pati. Ad yet, we staid the eompany in 5968 with oly afew secona-nand aera. Five years Later we ought ve now alas Five yes ft at, we Bogan fig 1 10 new es. And ea year we Ingroved te quay of ou serie, ‘ur tard work has genus the ess we wae. Asa Paci es held the road fr leaving ote or be past 1 years Anlst ear we won an award for OB sins cas serdce oa te sine has served over 5 millon passengers. \We'e town fr 25 yeas wtoa eng a plane We hope to comin serving eustomars the Asta Pace way fd improving the way we cit Listening Practice 4 bar: Wl, how abou Chinese 08? Ther 2 feally god restaurant aby. Tay 6 caus Pking Duckana fre: apt Not Chinese food Und: We havea the ine Singapore! wortbe as taty a Singapore, anyway. fatara: Ob, Norge. Un wel wha aout nian food? Theres a good Norther ean restaurant in ‘nn. Thy do team les wih nus ach fast delicous. We cule go Greg Tot sounds ice! want be a8 slo as the Inga ooo nSirgapare. Hm. ear: Ye, thay hav wonder chek ish Greg: Mn Una: dont et hike, ramemer? Barbar: Soy? Ag: Ob yes, she's vegetaran Barbar: O couse. Som. Unda: or et ay mea 0, Barer: Honea I? Und: Nope Barbar: Right, Wel, ow abou sk? Unda: Yan | eh ano prawn. frog: Wel, you cat have sh atthe nda estar Uda: irom bat. ary someting aiferen you row. Barbara: Wel, good old Bish ish and eps, then? {Grogs Oho way can’ etal chat a Barbar: ke yous being care about your det? {Grog Oh sure ul is made aig erence to ow feel and my cholesterol level sway down.arar: Good. OF, le ink Und: How abu lan? ica ext pasts ‘Barbar: Oh yes, ove spagheti! Theres an aan rartaurant can the rou had ae heres couple ot ‘weeks ago, But K mash very good. nad safe za, Bu thooget twas oe sly an thre wast enough cheese on he op ada potted for geset ut Iewasnt cocalaty enough for me! Unda: Oh tats iy. Well go somewere alse then Barbar: rm, On, now = Tush Gog: ssn? Berar: Yah. Theres a smal Tush restaurant town Thay nave all cots of sty tings and you dont have to et meat. Yu can have salads wi shoe's heen ana thar ih wan thet ce wih Welove it. You dont gt Tesh food in Singapore, coyeu? [re OK, OK, seueds goed. Linda. you can have ‘ah or vegetarian dishes, can you? Unda: Yes 5 ‘Bayar: ight lt go Oh and they have ats, realy sweetie desserts with Raney ane nus Grog: No wands youre ona Gat Barbar: hat do you nk, Una Unda: On sorry, wt cid you say? Barbar: ey, 0 You a igh? Unda: el 3B ix, ely {reg Gro! Poor yeu! Und: Goud Fave 2 lass of wate pase? ‘Barbar: Yes, ye, oF cae. ro! ‘ro: Oh nc se be OK? Barbar: Oh!Pre-litenmediate Self-study Workbook ACTIVATE YOUR ENGLISH Barsara Sinclair with Gregery Hoehmer Activate Your English Pre-intermediate is a short course for adults. It provides about 40 class hours of material, making it ideal for short Peet ana ac SUR ee oat Se CC oe mae Cee one eree ie Rocca Peet Reem ia gs TEN ene) eGR enn cian themes and tasks which are relevant to their individual interests, Pes een oe aint Sere Oe eee Seen RO Rec Re . ‘The Self-study Workbook contains 20 units and four Listening Practice . sections. 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