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    Inspiring Communication SRS eens PRE-INTERMEDIATE | | i ite fl Ti ) NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC LEARNING oi tically and to devel pth language skills th A English, The ca! language les: s, real-world ™ Talks motivate lea ate effectively 25, learners AN OPEN MIND. Every unit explores one idea from different persps tives, giving lea tunities for p: he world in ne! as they © ACRITICAL EYE Students learn the critical thinking sklls and strategies they need to evaluate new information and develop their own opinions and ideas to share © ACLEAR VOICE Students respond to the unit theme and express their own ideas confidently in English 6 Ging advice UNIT oe iy Vocabulary building Ad complements Describing where you live Vocabulary building suffix ion PE cy Being well Vocabulary building Synonyms Peru on ace Pages 32-43 Education Vocabulary building Suffixes ful and less How's it going Vocabulary building Suffix-af ie r eachother iscuss the report about a special cy re about person! 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Authentic listening skills Poa Giving advice meal: making suggestions, describing food, ang making decisions Talking abou! cateets ski and interests Pronunciation Wh- question intonation ruc blog Writing skill Giving advice Staurant Writing ski Writing a 39 post Writing skit ising Writing skill Indirect questions | Falking about xr letter wo Greg Gage'sidea worth spreading es ana a s that we can use DIY neuroscience SNe Writing skill equipment to help mote people eee writin understand and participate in can litely brain cence. Authentic listening skils Reduced forms Critical thinking Analyze how a message is delivered and pra wating bank Communicative 4 Word ists Tee uae) {inset photo) are twins. Twins Pee) the same colour hair, but one Re ACs eres in rs Pe ne learn about occupations, interests Pike cae eee sets in ey read about how people s eno Pree MIC esa for Pee ene een Uo orc) He's really into music VOCABULARY Personality MY PERSPECTIVE Work in pairs. Discuss the questions. 1 Look at the photo and read the caption. Are you lke any members of your family? 2 Circle two or three of these words to describe yourself cool friendly funny happy honest intelligent kind loud nasty nice popular shy 3 Think of two or three words that other people right use to describe you. 4 Were your answers to questions 2 and 3 the sare or different? Why? Match the pairs of words that have a similar meaning, Use a dictionary if necessary. Then think of someone you know that you can describe with each pair of words. 1 smart a celaxed 2 calm b nice 3 helpful € inteligent 4 cheerful d kind Choose the correct option to complete each sentence. 1 Tim active /azy at the weekend. | usually do some sport and go out with my frends. 2 He's confident / n making mistakes. 3 She's very sociable / shy and has a lot of fiends 4 Our coach is serious / easy-going and lets us listen to music before basketball practice. 5 Kenjlis very hard-working / talented. He isnt the best, but he realy wants to succeed, 6 Luis is realy loud / quiet. You always know when he's in a roorn! 7. Maria's very honest / funny ~ she always makes her classmates laugh 8 Samir usually helps his litle sister with her homework. He's very nasty / kind 1us about giving presentations because he doesn't like Work in pairs, Take tums to describe people in your class, but don’t say their names. Can your partner guess who you're talking about? She's calm, helpful and cheerful Is iti? No, She's also very active - but a little bit shy Oh, isit Ana? Work in pairs. Think of a famous person together. Then, working separately, each make alist of words to describe this person. Use a dictionary if necessary. Then compare your lists. Did you use any of the same words? Do you agree with your partner's description? Why? / Why not? Work with the same partner. Make one list for your person using all the words you agree on. Read your ist from Exercise 5 to the class. Can the class guess your person? Unit 1 Whoasreyou? 9 LISTENING @ Look at the picture and caption. Answer the questions. What do you think Di 5) nature’? a Wear ky means by trees, b Weare part of the planet. a nimals, 2. What type a hip-hoy b classical © rock music do you think D1 Spooky makes? hat types of music do you enjoy? Hip-hop? Rock? Pop? Jazz? Some other kind @ Listen to the conversation between two students meeting forthe first time at a party. Write B (Bruno) or A (Anna). Who 1 listens to the school radio station? 2 listens to DJ Spooky? 3 playsaninstrument? 4 plays sports? 5 is looking for new music? © Are the sentences true (7, false (Fors the information not given (NG)? Listen again to check your answers. 8 NE Bruno and Anna like the mi Bruno and Anna bs icat the party hop and rock 1 2 3. Anna plays the gui 4 DJ Spooky mixes many styles of music, 5 ious personality 6 sD Spooky's ® Work in pairs, Practise asking and answering questions about interests SCOUT av) GRAMMAR Present simple and present continuous @ Look at the sentences in the Grammar box. Underline the verb in each one. i a Present simple Present continuous They're playing really good music for some new music to listen to © Answer the questions about the sentences in the Grammar box. 1 Which tense describ ound now se describes something that happens all the time? 3. How do we form! ctivity happening now or sent continuous? ‘omplete the information about DJ Spooky. Use the Complete the inf bout DJ Spooky. Use th: present simple of the verbs in brackets. ooky's real name Miller, He (2) (ive) in New York b (have) fans allover the world. They lve) his shows ~ especially the way ne (5)______(use) music and pict (6) tke) to think of music not just as music, But as information’ he says.’Art and music and science and technology (7) ___ (nt be) separate things’ At his concerts, peop (heat) music, (9) ____ (see) pictures of the natural world, and most of all, (1 (lear) © Complete the short conversations with the ing form of these verbs. c read st Stud) ait fou out there is but we can't find the ball a Im call, but she's late 3 Als your brother anew language at college? No, he isn’t languages any mor 4 Alm 100k by a Chilean author ai he mome Dh, are you. 5 A:|s your sister still___with her friends nea the college: B: No, she isn't, She’ in one of the college rooms now. It's much better © Complete the sentences with the present simple or present continuous of the verbs in brackets. 1 My sister u 2 David __(b 3 Marta isn't here because the lib 4 Our football te 5 Bequiet,p 6 Mum —__ far 7. Fatima’s bringing her quita (play) realy well (practise) on Saturd: — (make) a chocolate c is evening. She 8 10.ga to the park, but it (rain © Complete the conversation withthe present simple or present contnuous of the verbs. b hat (1) you. right now B 112) Flash ()__ Billa? 8 a friend from my basketball je(5) ___t school on Jays. (6 _ to.come antl Tony because we together on a @ PRONUNCIATION -s verb endings Look at the pronunciation box and listen to the examples below it. Write the words in the correct list. f avert There are three ways to pronounce listens wants wat b Listen again to check your answers. @ My PERSPECTIVE Work in pairs. Find five things that you like and five different things that your partner likes. Make sentences about then» to share with the class. Use these verbs or your own ideas. += play (guitar, video games) e (music, sports, bo h(IVshows, films) + park, shopping + want (a pet, a new phone| Prone est ge eee) See ee eee Td world around them. He says, ‘We're all nature. 1B Howare you feeling? VOCABULARY BUILDING Adjective complements Complements follow verbs ike be, become, look and seer They are usually adjectives and we often use them to describe emotions, Shelooksnervous. —'mbored. You seem angry. © Look at the table and choose the best words to complete the sentences. Start to experience an emotion. become / get afaid angry Doerenceananouonbel/be | bred excited Experience an emotion: feel/be | Fr itened nervous Appear to experience an upset worried ‘emotion: look/ seem 1 Areyou 2 Don't worry. The test won't be that bad, 2 Iimgetting _ about my holiday next week 3 They feel_____about their exams next month. 4 Dan upset about something, but | don't know what the problem is, 5 The teacher angry when everyone was late 6 You___nervous about the test, but 'm sure youll do well © Work in pairs. Pick three of the emotions in Exercise 1 Tell a partner about a time you felt each one. READING © Read about previewing a text. Pr answer the questions. the article and Before you read a text, preview it. This will help you Understand what i's about before you read it carefully. + Look at the ttle. What i the text probably about? + Look at any pictures, What do they tell you about the text? + Read the first and last paragraph. What are the | main ideas? | © Read the article. Match each paragraph with one of the ideas (a-e). a There are four types of feelings bb Animals experience emotions € Some animals understand human feelings. Seeing people isan important part of communication, @ Humans experience many diferent feelings, 12. Unit Who are you? © Read the article again. Choose the correct option to complete each sentence, 1 Recent scientific research __the idea that we experience many very different feelings a proves b disagrees with € says nothing about 2 According to researchers, feeling nervous is basically the same as being asad. b angy, € afiaid 3 People everywhere show their emotions a ontheirface. b intheirvoice «through their words. 4 Researchers found that horses recognize emotions on people's faces. a four b three two 5. Horses understand people's feelings because horses’ brains are like people's brains. b they work closely with people € people teach them to understand. 6 Cail Safina believes that hurnan and animal emotions are a very different, b similar € impossible to compare. 7 According to the article, animals. a share their emotions communicate in ‘animal language € often feel angry 8 Understanding feelings helps us a stop feeling anary. b control animals, © communicate with each other, Which of these statements is true, according to the article? Underline the information that explains your answer. 1 Some animals can understand human language. 2 Emailisn'ta good way to discuss important things. 3 We should try to hide our feelings from animals, © my Perspective Work in pairs. Discuss the questions. ‘+ What did you learn from the aticle? + Did the article change your thinking about animals and emotions? + Do you think i's true that we should have some discussions face to face? Why? Give examples | expect my friends to understand GRAMMAR Verb patterns: verb + -ing or infinitive with to Work in pairs, Discuss the following, lame two or three things you love doing, + Name two or three things you hate doing, Look at the Grammar box. Underline the first verb in each sentence. Circle the verb that follows it They enjoy being with happy people. They: Se Elephants love me 50 learn to avoid angry people whenever possible sts want to know more, ing their friends, Look again atthe sentences in the Grammar box. Complete the table with the underlined verbs. Verbs followed by form to-+ infinitive Choose the correct option to complete each sentence. Are any of the sentences true for you? alking / to talk to someone wi | fee! har 3 always manage making / en you feel lonely it with my fiends! el better wi | discuss my y friends when | share with the 5. My friends and | don’t min W's flee entertainment! Complete the text with the verb + ~ing or the infinitive with to. Sometimes both options are possible. We can’t help (1) _(smile) when the people around us smile An¢ when we see our fiends laugh, i makes us wart (laugh too. It’s almost impossible to avoid (3) (share) the feelings of the people around us. But this doesn't stop with being happy, sad, angry or afta. Icaffects us pnysicaly, too! Our own body temperature actually begins (4) _____{drop} wien we watch someone put their hand in ice water. we able to feel the emations of the people around us? Humans need 6) (understand) each other well because we spend alot of time Two friends talking on a working together. When we don’t manage (6) (get on), we may Daas start (7) {fight)— and that's bad for everyon: Tan a Complete the short conversations with the correct form of the verbs. Sometimes more thanone option is possible. you, bt now. I'm late for class 2 A:Do you promise B: rm not sure! Sc secrets! 3 lings in a notebook ‘tosomeone 4 card from my holiday. B: Oh, thanks, love. ostcards 5A has agreed everything that happens at the concert B: Oh, good. Do you promise _me everything too? Complete the sentences with true information about yourself. Use verb +--ing and infinitives with fo 1 Vike ___ at the weekend, I like riding my bike at the weekend. 2 want next summer, 3 | usually avoid - 4 |hope before 'm 20 years old, 5 Inecd_____ ool B Work in pairs. Take tums to ask and answer questions about Exercise 7. Use the correct form of do in the questions, ‘A: What do you like doing at the weekend? B: like A: What do you want to do next summer? B: want. CHOOSE 11 Ask questions to find other people in the class who are similar to you. Do you like riding your bike at the weekend? Yes, Ido, Do you avoid being late for school? Of course! But Im sometimes late anyway. 2 Report back to the class about what you leatned about your partner in Exercise & Majid llikes watching films at the weekend. 3 Write a paragraph comparing you and your partner using the information you learned in Exercise 8 Pree ges EE Sem Clie Mulioeee ie) éé Secre le conne with people v La Luis Tan a Ie GL AUTHENTIC LISTENING SKILLS In English, words with two or more syllables have the main lables, Learning the pronunciation of Ii help you recognize them word when they'te being said Read the Authentic listening skills box. Listen to the words from the TED Talk and underline the syllables thatare stressed. IE 1 collect 3 gitfriend 5 advertisement 7 tions 2 received 4 stranger 6 memory 8 collection Now listen to two extracts from the talk. Notice the stressed syllables in the first extract. Underline the stressed syllables in the second extract. (&)E 1 Hi, my nameis Frank, and | collect secrets. tall state with a crazy idea in November oF two thousa and fou 2 printed up three thousand self-addressed postcards, just like this, They were blank on one side, and on the other side isted some simple instructions. ‘WATCH Watch Part 1 of the talk. Choose the correct option to complete each sentence. [AEN 1 Frank gave the f 2 Theidea 3 People from the US postcards to Frank 4 The green postcard was a little sad / very fi ards to strangers / friend 16 Unit? Who te you? ab n shocking or silly or s y t us to our deepest humanity or ell ne r meet again. 7? Complete the sentences. Then watch Part 2 of the talk and check your answers. [3/5 poste: fin 1 The man’s posttard had a picture of a__ anda ring, 2 The man said he wanted to give the _____to the womar 3 Frank on his website, 4 Alittle while later, Frank received a very happy from the man. an looked at Frank's, 5 Them toget 6 The story had a ha woman said yes. and the wor __ because the Watch Part 3 of the talk. Which ideas does Frank Warren discuss? Tick (V) the ones he mentions. Cm 1 The website IFoundYourCamera helps people find lost cameras. 2 Many people feel unhappy w tures on the website. 3 IFoundYourCamera shows that pe people 4. The woman in the picture found another person's camera 5, The man, woman and child in the pictu happy now. they see their ‘ohelp re are very that {sin my pocket gh ey alk VOCABULARY IN CONTEXT a Watch the clips from the talk. Choose the correct meaning of the words and phrases. (31H b Complete the sentences with your own ideas. Then discuss them with a partner. 1 sometime 2. My favour 3 When Inee 4 One time | experienced a lar struggte when sage barrier when Frank says that secrets can be shocking or silly or soulful. Write a couple of sentences sharing a silly secret about yourself. Choose something that you Jon’t mind telling the whole class. Fs movies. I try ly, but every time! watch Work in groups. Share your answers to Exercise 7, CRITICAL THINKING Identifying the main idea the Critical thinking box. Then work in pairs. Say rat you think the main idea of the talks, -ontains one main idea, but it isn't s stated directly. You have to think about how arts of the talk work together to create a fy Fy, ae Read the statements. Which person do you think correctly identifies the talk’s main idea? Why? How are the ones you didn’t choose wrong? 1 Franks showing us should have secr we never tell Telling to0 much information abo an cause real problems, 2 ying that when we see other people's secrets, we u { everyone is human everyon 2 feelings. This can help us kind to 0 other people 3 Frank thin postcards s a good way to share information. He says that people are honest winen they send postcards. MY PERSPECTIVE nk talks about the kindness of strangers. Does he think people are generally kind or generally unkind? How do you know? Do you agree with him? Matty’s website uses the kindness of strangers to help people find lostcameras and photographs. Can you think of other ways that people help strangers? Write down three ideas and share them with a partner. People sometimes give directions to strangers who visi their city Unit 1 Whoateyou? 17 1E What are you into? SPEAKING @ my PERSPECTIVE ‘Work in pairs. Discuss the questions. + When you meet someone new, what information do you usually learn about them? hat ate you interested in knowing about other people? + What do you want them to know or net know about you? © Look at the photo and caption below. What do you think these mailboxes say about the people they belong to? © Listen to the conversation. Tick (v) the topics the people talk about. ana baseball biking football tennis Listen again. Write the missing information in the profiles. Name: Juan Name: Becky Doesnt lke: (1) playing team sports Doesn't mind: (2) Talking about likes and disl Likes: (3) Areyouinto ...? Favourite place: the Black Mountains | Doesn't mind: (7) you havea fav © Make some notes about your own interests. Think about sports, music, What doyou tink of... ? hobbies or anything else you like doing, timreallyinto Hove to Uke tim not that interested in Best thing about i {don't mind {don rin! Ican't stand I can't stand: That's cool!/Really?/ Wow! 7 © Work in pairs. Use your notes above and the expressions in the Useful language box to ask and answer questions about likes and dislikes. People express themselves in many ways, including with mailboxes! ALMBLAD Cras cea WRITING An introductory postcard Work in pairs. Imagine you are going to write a postcard toa student your age in another country. Think of five pieces of information you would give or topics you would write about to introduce yourself Read the postcard on page 149 from a student in Spain toa student in Vietnam. Do you think the boys already know each other? Explain your answer. What information does the catd give about the sender? nv interesting personal fact name nobbies and interests home town $n of personality favourite foods rite music something his friends think courte school subjects things he would lke to know about Thanh WRITING SKILL Using informal language @ When we write toa friend or someone of our own age, we usually use informal language. Find examples of the following in the postcard, 1 an informal greeting 2 contrac 3 informal vocabulary and expressions 4 informal questions 5 an informal ending 'b Work in pairs. Think of at least one other example of 1-5 in Exercise 10a. Using your notes from Exercise 7 and the expressions in the Useful language Dox, write a postcard introducing yourself and asking a couple of questions. k in pairs. Exchange your postcards. Check each other's work. Does se the language from the Useful language box correctly and is it informal enough? Introducing yourself fm fiom {va student in Year My favorite subjects are Im also really into Asking questions What about you? Are you Whar are your favo i Le) eee = 2 or fe) Mx | = N 2A Different places VOCABULARY Describing where you live ‘@ Look at the inside of the house. What things do you see? st window chair © Work in pairs. Look at the photo. Answer the questions. 1. What do you think living in a house like this slike? 2 Would you like to live in a ‘© Complete the city descriptions with the words in the boxes. ‘business lively id-fashioned residential shopping distict walkable Anew ci Songdo International Business District isa ‘planned’ city in Itincludes a (1) fea where companies lke Samsung have offices (2) with shops and restaurants, and als 8) areas where people live, This includes a skate park and a lake with be re, Ther a(4)— and exciting entertainer ha concert hall, an arts centre and cinemas. Everywhi in the city is 6) _____, sop on’t need to use their cars 0. None of the buildings in the city i (6) a few years old. suburban traditional ears old. The city centre feels very bu with busy shopping streets which sometim et very Jowever, Chapultepec Park, in the middle of the city the largest city park in Latin America. thas an amusement park, a swimming ind an old castle, There aren't man) buildings in the city centre, Construction n the 1500s, so many 1) —__ There are, h syer, modern dings in Santa Fe, the city’s Business district. And there ae rtment buildings in the more quit (12) 25, which entre in recent times, There are also many beautiful areas ~ areas without buldings ~ near Mexico Cty like ly within the city limits. ional Park, which is © my Perspective Work in pairs. Answer the questions. 1 Ate there cities like Songdo or Mexico City in your country? How are they similer? 2 Would you pref nd restaurants + green spaces / + transpot entertainmey patks) + living ina house or an apartmen olive in an urban, suburban or rural area? Why? Consider: + shop: cinemas, a Unit 2 Where the heartis 21 LISTENING Listen to the news report about living in Vienna, Austria, Choose the correct words to complete the sentences, DEM 1 Vienna is one of the world's most pleasant expensive cites, 2. The boy lives in a modem / historic area near the city centre 3. He says that people in New York pay more Jess to go out with fiends, 4 The git says that the underground is / restaurants are open 24 hours 5 She lives / works i urs. 6 She says the suburbs are / aren’ boring he sul Work in pairs. Discuss the questions. + Would you rather live in Vienna, Songdo o Mexico City? Why? + Neatly half of the world lives in rural areas. What are the pros (good things) about living in a rural area? are the cons (bad things) about iv ina rural area? + Lookat the photo of the container house. Do you think. live there? the people you listened to would like Would a house like this fit in your town or city? GRAMMAR Past simple ‘Work in pairs. Answer the questions from the news report about Vienna. Listen again to check your answers. are 11 When did the boy's family move to Vienna? 2. Why did they move to Vienna? 3. Where did they stay when they fist arrived? 4 Why did the git's family move to the suburbs*? suburb a gu aside of ac We moved here five years ago, {didn't like itat fst. Did you meet new fiends? Yes, Idd. Imet alot of people. Where did you live when you were a child? lived in Mac, Look at the Grammar box. Match the two parts of the sentences to make rules about the past simple. (Two sentences have the same ending.) 1 For affirmative statements about the past, 2 For negative statements about the past, 3 For questions about the past, 4 We use the past simple to talk about a we use the past form of do and the infinitive, b actions completed before now. € the verb shows the past tense. Check your answers on pi 0, Do Exercises In some places, like London, England, entire neighbourhoods are made of shipping containers. | | | ‘© We add -(e)d to the infinitive to make the past simple of regular verbs, but many common verbs are irregular. Write the past simple form of these verbs in the ts correct column, be became decide have fhe live make meet move see take — think want work Regular Irregular hed waslwere became HO complete the sentences with some of the verbs from Exercise 9. 1 When Iwas twelve, my family to Hong Kong. 2 Atist, my brother and | wonderful place to live ~ so busy and lively itwasa 3 We in an apartment nearthe ° business district, and we alot of new people. 4 But our father and mother both _very hardin thelr new jobs and they were never at home, 5 Wesoon bored with our life there and_____to move back home @® Use the past simple to complete the article about an | interesting living situation. When did Brenda Kelly (1) (become) rested in very small houses? When she was just en years old, She (2) — draw) ais and pictures and (3) (dream) of building her own small house few years later, she (4) (be) eady for jouse, but she (5) (not have) a lot of | ioney to spend an it,One day, she (6) | see) some shipping containers at a container terminal* and she (7) inone, (think) it would be cool to Brenda (8) (not be) sure it was possible to make a house from a container, She did research and ‘ound people who (9) (make) houses ‘th materials that used to be something else. (10) = (90% take) long for her to find help and start building terminal a dock or port where ships load and offload goods © Workin pairs. Answer the questions. 1 I: Brenda's house made from new materials? 2 What did the house use to be? 3. What are some changes you think she made? ‘My dad used to work ina bank, We didn’t use to live in a container house; we lived in an apartment. Did you use to visit the city centre a lot? No, we didn't. ‘© Look at the Grammar box. Answer the questions, 1 Do the sentences say exactly when the past habits, routines or states happened? 2. How do we form questions and negatives with used to? 3 Can we use the past simple to talk about past habits, routines or states as well as used to? Check your answets on page 130, Do Exercises 4 and 5. ‘© Choose the correct options to complete the text. Brenda Kellys house (1) travels / used to travel the world Con trucks, trans and boats carrying products from place to place. But shipping containers (2) aren't / dint use to bethe only building material that (3) are / used to be something else, In the mountains of Chile, there's a house that (4) es / used to fly - because (5) it /itused to be an old aeroplane. ‘And at a farm in the Netherlands, you can stay ina train hotel that (6) caries / used to carry passengers every day ~ and it has a kitchen sink (7) thar’ / that used to bea car tyrel| ‘@ PRONUNCIATION /2d/ and /st/ in used Look atthe pronunciation box and listen to the examples. iE When we say the past simple of use, we say uzd/, with a /2/ and fa sound: ‘Some people n Chile used an old aeroplane asa house. When we use used foto describe a habit or situation in the past, we say Just/ with an /3/ and /v/ sound. Brenda Kells house used to travel the world, b Listen to the sentences and tick (y/) the sound you hear, 2) Judi /just/ fuzd/ Just 10 t 40 o 20) t so 3 Oo 6 @ Have there been any changes in your house or neighbourhood? Describe them to a partner with used to. Use the correct pronunci My space VOCABULARY BUILDING Suffix -ion uffix ion to make the noun form of many There are several ways to dot mmunicate —» communication ‘Add -ion to the end of the word: direct > direction @© Read the Vocabulary building box. Then complete the table, Use a dictionary if necessary. Listen and check your answers. {0/5 Verb Noun @) exploration transport / transportation © PRONUNCIATION Word stress Listen again and underline the stressed syllable in each word, Which words have a different stress in the verb form and noun form? (i 24 Unit2: Where the heart is PO uy ofa porthole (a window) on the International Space Station. © Complete the text with words from Exercise 1 The international Space Station isa base for space and research Kilometres (249 miles) above the Earth, inan east-to-west (2) 28,000 Kilometres (17, 398 mile ime (3) Rockets (4) and from the ISS, which car she astronauts at one time. READING © Work in pairs. Look at the photo, Discuss the questions. Vhat things in the photo do you have in bedroom? + What do you think these rooms are like in a space station: bathroom, kitchen, livin dining ons, re ‘can Senin ater opener inane Mecai fa ane rece eer ee ce aman Coir te emer eee en mer rey ere aanee ie een ene oar rer eer cnnh tence ets Sy a aerator tem | ci of offical 185 business anda second fr intemet access He also had. AUR SSS oc meee erat aor opeeaiernenenntaer yates Ft (iSS) timeline erineene sna rent ener ning eet ian ree are etn me eer anen nner tier The ISS accommodation didn’t offer Wakata many hexuries, but it Pee ee Re eee See eT em oe other astronauts ate packaged food in a small kitchen and dining eS en ore em an eee ae Seen es ern erect Se RUN eer tes eee ee ee eee ee Rue Ree ee a eT eee eh eee ag eee er Meese mT eRe ran ene Re er ene meee ee Sener een Ente nen eit eee SS eo ea eer Nee ee eD era | or ee eee er aaa Stern fixed stuck, fastene emer mmodati 1d about skimming. Then skim the article. Choose CRITICAL THINKING Analyze fact and spinion the best description of the article (a-d). A factis something that i true for everyone, fer example, ext quick fokyo's in Jopan. An opinion fs something youbbeliev ) title but you can't prove for example Tokyois the work We often mix fact and opinion when we communicate, 0 it's important to think about what and what is opinion © 00k atthe Critical thinking box. re the sentences fact b iegives examples of problems thas ft (F) or opinion (0)? a y areas in the 1 The bedioom is smal n 2 The sleeping bag is vey comfortable ‘ bulld homes on Mars 3 A computer provides intent access ing in space, amay fiom fam, very difficult 3d the article and timeline. Choose the correct. 5 The food in space ist very tasty tion to complete each sentence. 6 1 ak 10m / bed is the size of ‘© Work in pairs. Follow these steps. 2 i 1 Scott Kelly thinks thatthe ISS has most of the comforts 34 hy agree or disagree? Why 4 narea, 2. a Make listo eight things to take with yourto live on 5 t e155. You will have basic food and water but you 6 hi ded tocons Jay choose to bring special food or drinks bb Now remove four things from thelist. 7 ¢ Whats the most important item on your ist 8 8/2009 Unit 2 Where the heart is 25 Aunique style GRAMMAR Past continuous Can you remember who did what, according tothe article? Match the two parts of the sentences. 1. When he was living on the ISS, Koichi Wakata 2. When Samantha Cristoforetti was working in space, she 3 When Scott Kelly was doing his research, he a washed with ‘no-tinse’ soap. bb sometimes stopped to send tweets back to Earth, ¢ often spoke with friends and family at hom Koichi Wakata was giving a tour ofhis bedroom in the SS. Koichi Wakata wasntt living on the space tation when he described his bedroom there When Samantha Cristofortti was living ther, every astronaut had an area where they washed. Look at the Grammar box. Choose the correct options to make rules about the past continuous. 1th inthe past 2. Allofthem are formed the -ed ing form, e bold expressions describe completed actions or events / general situations the past simple of be / have and a verb in ead the article. For each verb in bold, write S (ongoing past situation) or A (past action or event) { ‘The perfect home | When Charlotte Tindle (1) was preparing to move to London to study music, | ther college (2) suggested student housing at a price of £1,000 per month “That's £36,000 for three years! The Tindles (3) were making plans to pay for Charlotte's housing when Mr Tindle (4) had an idea: why not spend the money on a houseboat and then sell it afterwards? And so the family (5) bought one. Wile they (6) were cleaning and (7) epaiting the boat, friends (8) joined in and helped, Charlotte says that ving in her unusual house fs an adventure, But “itis my homme,’ she says 1 Di 5 TO 2 4 6 8 Check your answers on page 130:Do Exercises 6~8. Read the article in Exercise 3 again. Disagree with these statements. 41 Charlotte wasn't expecting to leave home Yes, she was, She was preparing to move to London to study music. 2. Before she went to college, Charlotte was living with a roommate 3. Charlotte was planning to live on a boat when she went toc Mas 4 The Tindles were expecting the college to pay for Charlotte's hou andhouseboats 5 The Tindles were relaxing while Charlotte's friends leaned the boat v0. out ons ‘© Complete the text with the past simple or past continuous of the verbs in brackets. « \g together and mi When ¥inka lori (1). (grow up), his parents often (2) (advise) him to think about becoming an engineer. Instead, when hhe finished high school, he (3) choose] to study furniture design. hree years after he (4_—__ (graduate), whe he (5) ___ (try) to develop his own style, he 6) (do) a project where he took two old chaits and made them into one new one. He then 7) (realize) nat his work was “bout storyteling and different cultures coming together mixing, He (8) (develop) these when an art expert (9) (find) ‘otk online and invited him to show it at Milan Design ~ the world's largest design fair. (@ Use the words to make questions. Then ask and answer the questions with a partner. 1 parents /when /llor's/ advise / to think / did /hirm £ engineering / about /? When did lori’ parents advise hin to think about engineering? When he was growing up. 2 (lori study / what / choose / did / 10 /? 3. iwo /lori/ was doing / chairs / when / made / into / he / what / one /? 4 did / when he / lori / what / realize / two / into / ‘one / made /? /ilor'’s/ when he / work / was developing his / / online /ideas /? {@ PRONUNCIATION -ing in fast speech ‘Read the Pronunciation box. Then listen and tick (v) the sentences you hear (a orb). {RE Often, especially in fast speech, -ing in c ormsis spoken as tinuous 1 cit’ find what! wanted, a 35 looking forthe furniture shop. b Il ook in the furniture shop. J at the art competition ou put ina painting? you putting up paintings? 3- Ave you hungry? ‘ere going to eat at four 3 four Yinka llor ’upcycles' old tables and chairs. He says, The UK is. ‘avery multicultural place: there are so many cultures here ..., and it's nice to try and put that into furnitur © cHoose 1 When Charlotte Tindle was looking for ahome, she found an amazing way to live, Think of tree important events in your life related to your home. In pairs, explain the ongoing situation and the single action or event. ‘My family was living in Athens when my little brother was born, 2 When Yinka llori was working on an art project, he discovered his interest in different cultures coming together. Think about something you lave doing or are very interested in, Write about what was happening in your life when you discovered it Explain how you have learned more about it. | was watching a music video when a thought hit me:I want to learn the guitar. Iditn't have ahobby at the time, sol asked my parents for guitar lessons. 3 Instead of wnting about your hobby or ther interest, prepare a presentation abou Unit2 where the heartis 27 » beauty ale and comfort ‘n luxury, out ill grow back. 7? LORA HARDY Read about Elora Hardy and get ready to watch h AUTHENTIC LISTENING SKILLS 7, dont try to understand every word. Try to When you relax and focus on what you do understand, not what you don't understand. Notice words that the speaker repeats ses, and the types of words that are used a adjectives. Try to work out the connections Listen to to the extract from the TED Talk. Circle the topics Elora talks about. (ATER ace construction materials What is the general idea of what she s talking about? Write a sentence. Share your idea with a partner. WATCH Look at the photo on page 20 and read the caption. Why do you think it might it be important to use local ‘materials, like bamboo in Bali, to build houses? mae Watch Patt 1 of the talk. Choose the correct option to complete each sentence. [AESE 1 drew a fairy mushroo b cool a perso sing bs ¢ avoid he sentences true (T) or Watch Part of the talk. A false (FY? CUBR 1 Bamboo is a gra 2. Bamboo grows ve 3 Bambr 4 Hardy pla 5 The Green .00l from bamboo, Watch Part 3 of the talk, Choose the correct option t complete each sentence. CIEE portant to make bamboo do what y \odels of her sf to test the design refers to build doors that are balanced / not ack quickiy, so itis a safe / an environmentally friendly materia Dom, Jor nto t WOCABULARY IN CONTEXT ‘a Watch the clips from the TED Talk. Choose the correct meanings of the words. CES & Answer the questions. 1 What is one thing that just doesn feel ight in your orcity? ror city 2 Hes someone ever just hadto tel you something? twas i? 3 Whois one person who has treated you well? 4 In your city, what material makes perfect sense to with? 5 Think of someone you know who is elegant. Why you describe them Ike this? Work In pairs. Read the extract from the talk. Discuss estions, that you walk on, can it affect the way th change th you footprint that youll ultimately on the world? 1 slking about an actual floor? 24 ne floor we walk on change our footprint? 3 We cart !! build bamboo houses. What else can we ‘omes to change the footprint we leave? 4 what kind of footprint will you leave on the world? MY PERSPECTIVE Work in small groups. Discuss the questions. + Asa child, Elora's dream house looked lke a mushroom. What is your idea ofa dream ho + Alora designs her houses to be comfortable inh weather, What is the weather like where you lve do you make your house comfortable? our house? How are ow they different Vould you lke to live in one of Elora’s houses? Why? / at are the good and bad things about your opinion? Think of the dream house you described in Exercise 10. Do the following: + Decide what material you would bulld with wood, brick, bamboo, something else? + Decide how it will work with the environment Howe wilt stay comfortable in hot or cold weather? + Draw 2 plan for the house and label the rooms i and other details in the house, Include as mai rooms as you like — a music room, a cinema, etc Unit2 Where the heartis 29 2E Special things, special places SPEAKING @ Work in pairs, Discuss the questions. + Foryou,|sthe dea of ining alone ona tropical sland an exciting orscary idea? «Think back to your answers to Exercise 8 on page 25 about what you would like o take with you to ive on the (SS, Would your answers be diferent for ife ona tropical sand? For example, whar-lothes would you take? How would you protect yourselFffom the sun? How would youget food? + What pats of ciliztion would you miss the most? @ Listen to the conversation, Are the sentences true (1) or false (F)? “ei! 1 David became rich and, asa result, he bought the island 2. There was a small community of people already lving on the island, so David joined them 3. Denila left because she wasn't completely comfortable on the island. 4 The reason David has electriity on the island is that he set upa solarpower system. 5. David says that moving fo the island was a big mistake because he's not happy living alone rear ed © Read the Useful language box. Then, in small groups, take turns: giving the reasons for the items you talked about taking to a tropical island in Exercise 1. Try to useall of the expressions in the box. Id wanta computer becouse énneed.a mobile phone so The reason fd wanta music system Idreed a swimsuit as © Think of five things that you use every day. Explain why they are important to you, using the Useful language. need my backpack every day because ... © Do you think your items would still be useful on a tropical island? With a ‘group of three, plan a lst often items to take. Give reasons for each item. Ee = ‘Shuri Castle in ‘Naha, Japan ° no ° Dies Describing a visit to a place ° | 3 Health and | — happiness, | . \| - | | Se een Re ee Pet ee ae va | zi fo | eon read about gitl who doesn't feel pain ee eee Dy | Mr ene eos eve une ena) Ree OT Ty Treating the whole person VOCABULARY Being well ‘Work in pairs. Look at the photo and discuss the questions. Whatis the boy happy about? What things do people need to be happy? Tick (V) the parts of the body that you can see in the photo. id mouth stomach throat Look at he photo. What parts of the body can tell you if a person is happy? Read the article. Match the words in bold (1-11) with the defin tions (a-K). Adoctor in the jungle tn Cameroon, it isn't lw ys easy 0 find a(1) hospital when you're 2) unwell But ifyou're lucky, a doctor may find you. Almost every weekend, Dr Georges Bwelle and his assistants take care ofthe (3) health needs of about 500 people 1 small villages in the jungle. They see (4) patients with a variety of (5 illnesses and (6) injuries and give people (7) medicine, Dr Bwelle also provides items that people need to make their li lke (8) glasses. Why does he doit? healthy brings a lot of (10) happiness to D: Bwelle, To jh, to reduce the (11) pain, that's why I'm doing ths, he says, body or the mind someone's body and mind eling a b c d er the eyes to help you @ something to make you feel better when you are il f 9 h j people who are ill and need help from a doctor ncition of feeling good and not sad where ill and injured people get treatment well, not k wien a part ofthe body is Are these words illnesses (IL), injuries (IN), or symptoms*(S)? Use a dictionary if necessary. Check your answers with a partner. a broken aim aviru the fi pain a headache seasickne achache ahigh temperature leg a backack symptom a change inthe body that shows you areillor injured ‘MY PERSPECTIVE Work in pairs. Discuss the questions. + Do you do anything to stay healthy? Eat certain foods? Exercise? Something el + When you'reill or hurt do you take medic what kind? Do you try anything else to deal w 2 / Why not? Iso, the problem? Unit3 Health and happiness 33 LISTENING @ Complete the questionnaire about your experience of going to the doctor. You can tick (/) more than one answer for each question. 1. When or why do you go to the doctor? because of an illness 1 fora check-up (a routine health check) 1 totalk about problem you have 1 for school O other reasons 2 What does he doctor usually do? 1 checkmy height and weight check my eyesand ears give me medicine ask questions about my health and happiness (Have 42 Do you fel any pain?) mptoms youbeen 1 ask about 3 What other things does the doctor talk to you about? family U0 food staying healthy (exercise, getting enough sleep, etc) sleep school staying safe (wearing a seatbelt, not smoking, using sunscreen) © other things © Work in pairs. Compare your answers to Exercise 7 and, discuss the questions. + Doyyou both go to the doctor for the same reasons? he doctor the only person you see when you go? Who else right you see? + Doyou talkto the doctor about other things in your life? Why? / Why not? Ey © Read the sentences. Then listen to a lecture about ‘whole-person’ health care. Tick (V) the ideas that the speaker discusses. [5 1 Today, finding new medicines isthe world's biggest problem 2 Many doctors look after a person's health and happiness, not only a patient’ illness. 3 Sometimes people think they are il, but rally, the problern is just in their mind, 4 The World Health Organization says that m hospitals need to think rore about people and the ld they lve in 5. DrPaul Tournier believed that only medicine could make people healthy © Work in pairs. Listen to the lecture again. Answer the questions. [BE 1 What examples of common health problems does the speaker give? 2, What did Dr Tournier mean by ‘the whole person? 3. What does the World Health Organization say that health is connected to? 4 What do ‘whole-person’ doctors talk about with thelr patients? 5 What can help us stay healthy, according to the lecture? @ My PERSPECTIVE Work in small groups. Discuss the questions. + Do you visit the sare doctor forall health problems, or do you visit different doctors? + Isyour doctor an lilness' doctor ora ‘whole person’ doctor? Which type of doctor do you prefer? Why? + Isthere anything you would ike your doctor to do differently? What? GSAMMAR Quantifiers,how much/many? —@ completette questions with How muchorHowmany. / Listen to theinterview and check your answers. 1S the FS ised at the semtences in the Grama box. Underline " = words that express or ask about quantity 1 plants in Tanzania can you use as st medicine? tional doctors did you inten ine i you spend on the project | ' _— information did you collect? © "ight ask a few questions ab d © Listen again. Write the answers to Amy’s questions, , . the doctor tells you @ Work ir pairs. Think of three How much and three | i How many questions to ask each other about health, | : stress do you haven your! diet, exercise, etc. the © Look at the words and expressions you have © PRONUNCIATION Contrastive stress sicerlined in Exercise 11. Answer the questions. Look at the Pronunciation box, Then listen and match sthe - ; » words go with countable nouns? Which ones go le ee ee nea eer a cat r . We use contrastive stress to show meaning. Liste a : the stress in these sentences. How many diferent plar heir ° i wa How plants in Ta ture? (Vm interested in plants, not animals, = How many pee in Tanzania, S Choose the correct options to complete the text. fmt snot kemvay Nature's pharmacy a ms, ‘Many ofthe medicine we use today comes Idan title pier doy. »xample, aspirin, a common pain ae sa 4 on ‘0 come from (2) some/ a tree. An a Inevermissa day. —_€ Idon't drinka little soda, ? anit cancer drug comes from Pacific yew trees, Idontdrinkalot. _d Mybrother doesn't crnk ary, 0 =: (3) some / any years of cutting them down eren't (4) some/ many trees left, Then in the tists learned how to make the medicine wing the trees, or even causing (5) many / muc (6) few/ little health products also come For example, (7) many/ much people take a litle fish oll in their diet to stay healthy Services like the Royal Flying Doctor Service in Australia work to provide medical care for people in remote areas. ee eae) 3B Painless VOCABULARY BUILDING Synonyms Asynonym isa word that has a similar meaning to her word. Writers often use synonyms to add variety toa text, Synonyms should be the same part of speech. One way to check iFtwo words are synonyms is to use the words in the same place in a sentence, Ifthe sentences have the same meaning, the words are synonyms. @ For each pair, read the first sentence from an article about a girl who doesn’t feel pain. Then complete the second sentence with a synonym of the word in bold. block calm 1 Ashlyn Blocker was a quiet baby. Her parents felt lucky to have such a 2 twas red and looked painful The doctor carefully touched her______eye. 3. Ai first, he didn’t understand, Alter checking, he began to wasn't lke most other kids, 4 ‘it was scary,’ says her mother, That idea was very 5 Now doctors are studying Ashlyn to understand how her body can stop pain Itmay help them to develop new medicines to pain, child, Ashlyn READING © Read about understanding the time and order of ‘events. Then read the article. Number the events from thear the correct order. Understanding the time and order of events can help: you understand the whole text. Look for dates, ages, time | expressions such as When ... and adverbs of order such as | then, after that and next. a Ashlyn has something wrong with her eye. bb Ashlyn’s doctors discover other people with t same illness, «¢ Thedoctor discovers that Ashlyn doesn't feel pain, d_ Doctors study Ashiyn to learn more, @ Ashlyn’s parents feel lucky. 1 £ Ashlyn’s parents feel unlucky. Her parents take her to the docto 36 Unit3. Health and happiness © Read the article again. Choose the correct option to frightening realize sore Q Work in pairs. Discuss the questions. CRITICAL THINKING Making ideas clear To make sure their ideas are clear, writers often: + report what someone said + give examples. + say the same thing using different words. © Read the Critical thinking box. Then find the ideas © Work in pairs. Discuss the questions. complete each sentence. 1 Asa baby, Ashlyn Blacker didn't cry because a shewasnever hungry. Bb she didn't fel pai € she wasa quiet child. 2. Her parents took her to the doctor because she a didn't cry. bb was upset ¢ had an eye problem. 3 Feeling no pain is dangerous because you can easily a injure yoursef. bb hurtsomeone else € become il 4 Ashiynisiliness is ‘a common in some places. € often seen in young babies 5 Doctors may use Ashiyn's case to help people who a cant feel or smell anything. b havea lot of pain ¢ have eye problems 6 For Ashlyn, feeling no pain is a very strange. something she loves, b very unusual b normal. + When might Ashlyn’s condition be good or helpful? + What skils or habits do you think Ashlyn developed deal with her condition? + What does the photo tell you about Ashiyn? below in the atticle. Which strategy does the writer use to make each idea clear? 1 Asa small baby, Ashlyn Blocker seemed very happy. 2 Pain is necessary, 3 Pain keeps us from danger. 4 Mr and Mrs Blocker were afraid for their daughter 5 Ashlyn isnt the only person with her condition. 6 Ashlyn is comfortable with her condition, + Which ideas in the text would you like to know more about? + What questions would you like to ask Ashiyn, her parents or her doctors? a | eo What makes us happy? GRAMMAR Phrasal verbs Look at the sentences in the Grammar box. Underline the verbs, Phrasal verbs Ashiyn’s body turned pain off n began to grow up and started to move around more They found out that there were others with the condition Ashlyn als with the condition well and has a happy life. ‘Answer the questions about the sentences in the Grammar box. 11 What part of speech are the words in bold? e words combine with verbs to make ph they come Are these phrasal verbs separable or inseparable? Try putting them into sentences. Write Sor I, Then check your answers on page 132 put o 6 handin um 7 look into jet on {with} 8 look after ive up 9 work aut (at the gy yang out 10 1 2 3 4 5 fresh fut, eating break Read the information about research carried out by the World Health Organization. Match each statement below with a reason for happiness. 1 My school friends and ! get on well -they/te nce 2. Igo to the gym and work out once or twice a week 3 | gave up sugary foods. also have a bowl of cereal every m 4 almost always hand in my homework an time. | don't mind doing i 5 I'mnotill very often because look after myself Find the two sentences in Exercise 4 with phrasal verbs that can have the patticle after the object. Rewrite them with the phrasal verbs separated, ‘G Complete the sentences using phrasal verbs from © my PERSPECTIVE Exercises 1-3. Then listen to the conversation and heck your answers, UREN What do you think helps make people happy? Use these verbs or your own ideas, Write five sentences. me scientists ____ teenagers’ happiness Then discuss your sentences with a partner. 2 Did they __ what makes us happy? belonging to. dealing with ai 3 | feel happy when |____ my headphones.

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