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Port 1 Veesbulry & Sp Werks of ort ca Vocabulary and Speaking 1. Match the words to the pictures a-b. cave art old manuscript painting Photograph sculpture self-portrait sketch statue 2 Work in pairs and describe the pictures. Use the words in exercise 1 and the useful phrases to help you * This picture shows * I think this is a picture of * It looks as if+ clause * This is from + time / place 1 (realy) like / don't ike this picture Reading 1 £2 1.33 Read and listen to Discovered! con page 31 and match each text to a picture. “There are four pictures that you do not need. 2 Read the texts again and complete the sentences with one or more words, 1 The Venus de Milo is a statue of 2 The Venus de Mil is now in 3 Some Mexican workers discovered a sculpture while they were installing 4 The sculpture is now in 5 The couple from Milwaukee chought their Van Gogh painting was 6 Vase with Flowers sold for 7 ‘The man found the Declaration of Independence while he was shopping at The manuscript was inside a Words in the same family discover - verb discovery - noun discovered — adjective Undiscovered ~ adjective Complete the sentences with the correct form of dizer. ‘The archaeologists made en important — near the town castle. 2 We only want to ___the truth 3. News flash: Picasso sketches. in ‘chureh basement 4 The painting was ____ until the dealer notlead it on the wall Speaking ‘Work in pairs and choose one of the tasks below. A Tell your partner about an object that is important in your family. Use these questions to help you prepare. + Whats the object? + How old isit? Where did it come from? ‘Why is it important to you? B Ask each other these questions. + Doyou like art? ‘What kind of art do you like? + Doyou have any art in your house? ‘What is it? Who is it by? + Have you ever been to an art gallery? Which one? ee Sei ce AP ee ane i ite) (ge oe ery In 1820 a Greek peasant named Yorgos was working in his field on the island of Milos when he found several biooks of stone. Under the stones were four statues: three figures of the God Hermes and one of Aphrodite, the goddess of love. Three weeks later a group of French archaeologists arrived by ship. They bought the Aphrodite and took it to France. The king, Louis ‘XVII, called it Verus de Milo and gave ito the Louvre. It is now cone of the most famous works of art in the world Under a street ‘Aman and his wife from Milwaukee, US, asked an art dealer to ook at a painting they had in their home. While he was walking through the house, the dealer saw a different painting. The couple ‘thought this was a reproduction of a Vincent Van Gogh, but it was Infact the original. On March 10, 1991, the painting Vase with Flowers sold for $1.4 million Ata market Glossary archaoolgit (oun) ~ person re stile ancien seis deoler nour ~&peren who sal pariculr product fea markt ovr) 0 market wher od tong ar 0 aon ess rt Port 2 Specking Reteling stories Post simple & past Furniture & furnishings The Picture of Dorion Gray ost simple regular verbs [A scene from o short story Speaking 1. Work in pairs. Tall each other what you remember about the works of at from page 31, Use the phrases below to help you A Greek peasant was working in his fld when In 1978 a group of Mexi puting dow electrical cables when One day an art dealer Ww fo visit a man and 's wife in Milwaukee. While he was walking through the house ‘Aman from Philadelphia was shopping at a flea market when 2. Check your answers in the texts. Grammar 1. Write the past simple form of the verbs in the box. All the verbs are in the text on page 31. ask pay discover take arrive find get buy 2 Pur the verbs into two groups, regular and irregular verbs. ‘Three weeks later a group of French archaeologists arrived by ship. Yorgos was working in his field While he was walking through the ows, the dealer sara a different painting + use the past simple to talk about completed actions in the past *# use the past continuous to tall about an action in progress in the past the past continuous is common with a simple past action when one action interrupts the other 3 Complete the texts with the past simple ‘or past continuous form of the verbs in bracket. In 1970 wrkers ——_ satndon at conor Dower i mom (9 Yukon when they —_—_ y ‘more than 500 fms from 1903 to 1829. The films _______ (be) in perfect condition because ofthe cord temperatures. In 1990 Barbera Testa, a ibraian, tre) £65 pages of an old book while she (ot through trunk in her attic. The book (be) the crginal manuscript ofthe Fon by Mark Tain Every day employees ofthe God's House Tower Museum in Southampton, UK (putter bios apainsta black rock n the basement. n 2000 two Egyptologists (vst the museum. They ————_ (examine| other tems when they (200) the black rock, They. (isantiy) as a 2,700-year= ld statue ofthe Egyptian concn 3 Grammar focus ~ © ation & more Vocabulary 1. Which of these things can you see in the picture on page 33? armchair carpet coffee table curtains lamp mirror shelf sofa wall window 2. Which things do you have in your hous Where are they? Reading 1 1.34 Read and listen to an extract from the book The Picture of Dorian Gray. What was happening? 2 Work in pairs. Choose two of these questions and then discuss them. + Have you read this book? Would you lke to? + Dorian makes a wish by saying: “Twish that [could always be young, I wish that picture could grow old instead of me. ‘Would you make the same wish as Dorian? Why? + Do you think people are too concerned with being young in today’s society? + ‘Your personality is written on your face’ ‘What does this quote mean? Do you agree with it? Pronunciation 1 1.35 Listen to some sentences from the text. Tick (V) the verbs that have an extra syllable in the past tense decide ~ decided walk = walked stop ~ stopped ook —looked open ~ opened remember ~ remembered 2. Practise saying the verbs and the past tense forms. 3 How do you pronounce the past tense of these verbs? asked hated finished listened loved needed started wanted worked discovered ed Elon} ea ed Cece Glossary Se cruel acjectve)~causng panto poopie Soe huge active) ~extamay rg SL 04 01) the eprtalprt of a prson = ers wit pour) tp ay 1 use words acevo way thatmakes psope avon Writing 1 Read the opening sentences from four short stories. | was happy when {received the sculp re, but 2 Choose one of the sentences and continue the story. Write two or three (Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) ‘more sentences. Oscar Wilde was an irish writer of plays, poetry and novels. He was famous for his wit and commentary on the society of Victorian London. 3. Work in pairs. Swap your stories and add another sentence to your partner's story. Then return the story to your partner Speaking Rie eters ee yG Me eas sion * classical music * concert hall * conductor * deummer * guitarist * orchestra * rock group i * Ths looks like * The picture at the top / bottom shows * Maybe / perhaps i's in 2 Wor differences between the pictures, in pairs and describe the 3 Work in pairs and ask each other these questions, * What kind of musie do you like? + Where do you usually listen to music? At home, at work, on the bus etc? + Do you listen to music while you are working or studying? What kind of Vocabulary 1 Rearrange the letters to make the correct wos » « » yap wend staf wadttor I = caupe cat Listen and check your answers. Then repeat the words 3 Match the words to the pictures on page 35, audio cassette cD DVD player headphones MP3 player record record player video cassert Do you have any of these things at home? ‘Complete the instructions with the words in the box. Then listen and check button down off on plug up watch Cee a0 car Ca) rn just press this Now press eject and put er eee the film. pac) acy) Coat Crm aT Cet oer) rons Cee 5 Work in pairs. Make a similar set of instructions for a CD or MP3 player Listening and Writing 1 You are going to hear a lecture about the history of sound recording. Before you listen, list the words from vocabulary exercise 3 in order from oldest to newe: 2 €} 1.38 Listen wo the lecture and check 3 Listen again and complete the notes sound recording “Thomas Edison in Edison prodots sound recordings for office dictation, speaking ‘edveation, taking ‘and music people play first fms with sound called Pips introduces audio cassette first opens in Los Angeles ‘VHS video, cassette Walkman and ~ ends era of the recor DvD first digtal music player sold in ‘Apple iPod, @ popula players appears. Current music devices can store song, ‘ideo ant In English we can use the phrase the nineties to describe the years from 1980 to 1989, | was at university n the nineties. In informal writing we can write the 90s. The years 2000 to 2010 are sometimes called the noughties. ‘Complete the sentences with the correct decades. don't ke music from 1988), was born In (1986 was at school in (1980- (1970-1989) Grammar People used to listen to music on vinyl discs Ving records used to be popular: They didn’t use to bave CDs, ‘use ssed 19 t0 talk about regular actions in the past which don't happen now + use sed foto talk about situations in the past which aren’t true now + the negative of used to is didhrt se to 1 Look at the picture below and rewrite the sentences with used to In those days families were bigger. In those days families used to be bigger 1 Most women were housewives. 2 People didn't have lots of things. 3 Most families didn’t have a television, 4 Some families had a radio in the living 2 Make questions with did and nse to. Add two more questions, 1 What music you 2 Where you 3 you have long hair? 3 Work in pairs and ask each other the questions, Pronunciation 1 1.39 Listen and repeat these sentences. Pay attention to the stressed words. ‘My brother used to play the guitar 1 disin use to listen to classical music. In connected speech, nsed fais pronounced Jusstal 2 Underline the stressed words in grammar exercise L. 3. 1.40 Listen and check your answers. Then repeat the sentences, Port 4 High Fidetiny Music Vocabulary 1. Match the words in bold to the words in the box with similar meanings. Iwas feeling cheerful today because makes me feel very calm. Last week I was miserable because 'm frightened of makes me sleepy. 'm always anxious when angry bored excited happy relaxed sad scared tense tired 2 Complete the sentences in exercise I $0 3. 1.41 Listen co four short pieces of music. How do they make you feel? 4 Imagine one of the short pieces of rmusic is part of a scene from a film, Listen again and answer the questions. Where is the scene? Who is in the scene? How do they feel? What is happening’ Work in paits and tell each other about he scene you imagined. Listening 1 1.42 Listen to the composer Andy Price talking about how he uses music in Sling enV prog te loee(o7) e Beloestereaee angry cam excited happy sad safe scared tense 2 Listen again and choose the correct ‘Music used fo be / nas always been an Important par of fm and television. if you want an audience to feel scared / angry then use violins, played very quickly and on high note, Gentle music on 2 guitar, piano or violin is. ‘g00d for fove scenes / death scenes. Choral music (people singing) can make an ‘audience feel tense / sad, ‘When the character of Robin Hood appears in the programme you can hear trumpets / guitars: ‘The orchestra used to play / usualy plays in {ont of a large screen showing the fim. 3. Workin pairs and compare your answers. You can use justin spoken English in different ways. For emphasis: “To mean only: “To mean exactly: Put jus into the following sentences. What does jut mean in each one? 2 Kwa Sistah: 3. Thank you Speaking and Reading 1 Workin pina Wate down Seat ema all the pop groups you can think of in one 2 Work with another pair and compare your lists. Then answer these questions, + Is pop music popular in your country + Who listens to pop music? * Do you like pop music 3 1.43 Read and listen to the extract from Nick Hornby’s High Fidelity. How does pop music make the writer feel? 4 Work in pairs and discuss these questions. + Do you think the author is being serious or fanny +The writer thinks British people are very scared of violence in video Do people in your country worry about this? Do you think itis a problem? Glossary: melancholy cur) - ate ot miserable acoctne)~ extremely urbapoy i aia What came first, the music or the misery? pia | jisten « Peete eciec kena POM ue People worry about kids playing with guns, and poo ER en Rete cee ecg Pe ego gen Re ae Re LCR DR Secu ROR eee eae De ee ee ecu eno eR Re Comet) PRR ae J Homby (1967-) Se See ea ee etter Le Deed ery een eee See ore rest of the book, Rob examines his past Ee eee es eer pane vary 80d and raving no hops Warm up 1. Work in pairs and look at the pictures from four different films. Match the pictures to the types of film in the box. faction comedy romantic comedy rama _ horror science fiction musical ‘rller 2 Describe the similarities and differences between the pictures, 3. What kinds of films do you like? eee * costumes . = martial arts * Ithink this one is a / an ve seen / I've never seen * This could be from India / Germany black and white Listening 1 4 1.44-1.46 Listen to three conversations about films and match each one to a situation. There is one situation you don’t need, An interview situation, perhaps on television or on radio, A couple deciding what to rent at a DVD shop. “Two friends coming out of the cinema. A teacher giving his opinions about films to a clas. 2 Listen again and answer the questions. Conversation 1: Did they both like the film? Conversation 2: What kinds of films do they talk about? Conversation 3: What kind of film does the woman, ‘want to see? @ init Function stbaty Language focus: agreeing and disagreeing 1. Read the sentences and mark 4 for agreeing, D for disagreeing or [for in between, Tagree Absolutely. / Definitely Tdon't agree (at al). bs Wall, maybe but... You're absolutely right. That's what T think too. Oh please! ‘That's right. sort of agree / disagree but Exactly 2 1.47 Listen and check your answers. Then listen and repeat the phrases. Try to copy the intonation. Speaking ‘Work in pairs and choose one of the tasks below. ‘A Complete these sentenees with your own ideas. Fvo great films are and fo great actors are and he best musician from my country is the worst kind of music today is Compare your ideas with your partner. Do you agree or disagree? 8 Decide how much you agree or disagree with these + Music used to be much better. + Hollywood always produces the same kinds of + There isa lot of exciting new art around today. + Art galleries and museums are important for society Compare your opinions with your partner. Do you agree or disagree? Global English ‘Music has the power to engage all the emotions ~ from excitement to relaxation, from tears to laughter. But why does it have such power over us? The clue les in babies. ‘The word lullaby has been in English since the Middle Ages. Its one of several, such as rockaby and ‘hushaby, wich show hovr generations of mothers have helped their children fall asleep through music, ‘5. Babies can hear in the womb about two months before they're born. Newborns prefer their mothers voice to that of stranger. And they show preferences in music too. One research study played ihe SOWA ‘same tune to a group of mothers every day throughout pregnancy; another group of mothers didn’t yew tt ins youto hear the tune. When al the babies wore born, their heart-rate was monitored while the tune was, Understand someting Played to them. Only the ‘musica’ babies reacted to the tune. ee eer cay 1@ There's something special about the music ofthe voice. From the moment a baby is born, the ‘monitor ert) regu, mother talks tot in an unusual way. Her voice ascends and descends from very high to very low ohssometing ‘almost lke singing in speech. And infants scon copy. You can hear them trying to sing from around _ stranger iour)- somone nine months of age. eo, ‘Melody, of both speech and music, is especially 48 significant. n another study, infants were shown two pictures oftheir mother In one she was singing and in ‘the other she was speaking. They looked for longer at ‘he singing one. Singing also simplifies cur vocal behaviour: words are 28 often shorter, sounds are clearer and repeat more often, {nd they often rhyme. Nursery rhymes work 0 well because they combine these effects - clear rhythm, repeated sounds and rhyme. in the music of speech lies the foundation of poety. Warm up 2 Read the text again. What do these words refer to? 1 Complete the nursery rhyme with the words in thebox. | GME) pe Do you know this rhyme? ae ee |e al blows fall 4 iedine 11) they (line 22) 3 Which of the facts in the text do you think are the most interesting? Compare your ideas with a partner: Language focus Look at the words in the box and put them into two groups: ‘music or babies, Then translate them into your language. bom infant melody musical nursery pregnancy thyme singing tune womb 2 Can you remember any nursery rhymes in your Ianguage? What are they? Speaking Reading ‘Work in pairs and ask each other these questions. 1 Read the text. Which sentence is the best summary? __ When you were a child + did your mother or father sing to you? What songs? did you have a favourite record or group? What was it? ddd you play an instrument? Which one? did you have music class at school? Did you enjoy it? did you use to sing? What songs? iota Engin Lot Musi and poetry are linked, We are affected by music from a very young age. Babies are more sensitive to musie than adults Lullabies are an English invention. Writing a review Reading 1. Read Stefano’ review of a concert he went to and answer the questions. Who gave the concert? What sort of singer is he’ mncert held? ag Ce eed ee ee eae artists in the world. He is also a Se he writes great rock songs and also very nice love pen eee ee een ae ee eee cn rant tadium, there eral nee Pea eet arrived at the stadium at three o'ek ec ee concert started at 9 o'clock in the evening, it went on a very long time eee ae ee Sey ee Rem a without problems. | was very tired, | also went Se eee een eee 2 Would you enjoy the concert? Why’ Writing skills: sentences 1 You cannot join sentences with a comma. You need to start a new sentence using a full stop and eapital letter. Stefano wrote: Last summer | went to @ concert given by Vasco Rossi, he is (one of Italy's most famous rock stars. He should write: Last summer | went to @ concert given by Vasco Rossi. He is ‘one of Italy's most famous rock stars. 2 Find 12 more places where Stefano has joined sentences, with a comma, 3 Join some of the sentences using and, but or 9. Language focu: Make your writing mor like nice, goad or great. Us words, idjectives interesting by avoiding words e your dictionary to find different Improve Stefano's writing by using these words in the text moving powerful talented tender and expressive Preparing to write 1 Think of a concert you have been to or would like to go to, Make notes about it. Use the useful phrases below to help you. Paragraph 1: Who was the concert given by? Give some information about the performer. Paragraph 2: Where did the concert take place? Who was in the audience? What happened uri did you fee Paragraph 3: What happened at the end? How did you feel: 2 Work in pairs and share your ideas. * The concert was given by * It was alive / open air / sell-out concert. * It took place in a stadium / a concert hall /a field * The hall was full /packed / half empty. * The audience cheered / clapped / shouted. * The music was brillant / powerful /moving, * Ifelt excited / moved / happy. Writing Write a review of a concert. Use your notes to help you. Global review Grammar 1 Gomplete the sentences with the past simple or past continuous form of the verbs in brackets. 1 How much (ou / pay for that painting? 2 1___ (not / pay ) anything. It was a present. 3. When we (arrive) at the cinema, our friends (coat) For us. 4+ My grandfather _____ (find) a valuable manuseript while he (worl) in his attic. 5 He (cell) it to the museum for more than half a million dollars, 2 Complete the sentences with the correct form of used 19 and the words in brackets, 1 What kind of music __ (ow /fisten) to-when you were a child? 2 [____ liter) to pop music. |__ (nor /like) classical musie then, but I do now. Vocabulary 1 Read the definitions and complete the words. 1 alarge group of musicians who use instruments to play classical music 9 2 youcanlistentolive musichere — 3 an image of a person or animal, made of stone, metal or wood s you usually put books on these 5 4 comfortable object to sit on a ‘Complete the sentences with the correct word. Tused to be angry /tense/ frightened of horses. Sanna always has a happy face ~ she's asad / cheerful / seared person, Thate exams ~ they make me anxious / relaxed / sleepy. 4 Asa child I used to feel very miserable / bored / excited about going on holiday ~ ic was the best week of the year Speaking and Writing 1. Work in pairs. You are ill in bed and feeling miserable. Eee ae Tell your partner how to find your favourite music and play iton your music player. Then swap roles and repeat. 2 Work in small groups. Write four sentences about your childhood using ssed to or didn’t we to, One must be false. ‘Take itin turns to read ont your sentences and try to guess which one is false. Study skills ‘One way to practise speaking is to meet with a "conversation partner between classes. Your partner ‘can be someone from your English class. You can use some of your time together to practise what you have learnt in class. + Decide on a time and place to meet. In school, before or after the class? In one person's house at the weekend? Ina bar or eafé in the evening? ‘On the phone? Decide how long you will meet for. For fifteen minutes? For halfan hour? Some other length of time? Decide which of these topics you would like to talk about. Add your own ideas. Finding out about each other. Your taste in art, music or books. “Things you used to do in a previous school. Feelings that you had this week. Some things that you did this week. Instructions for using something. Hopes Port 1 Nocsory Adjectives & Vocabulary Senne 1 Lookat the phrases below. Put them = in order from most important (1) to least important (4). Compare your answers with a partner. being good-looking being inteligent being rich having good health When I grow up a ‘Gemer Funure hopes & plans 2 Match the words in bold in exercise 1 to ae the words in the box with similar meanings. pes & plane Suse oe "There are two words in the box that you don't need awful beautiful clever excelent Reading 1 Read the text When I grvw up. What are the children talking abou? ‘Their hopes for their own lives and their families » Their hopes for the world © Both sand b 2 Read the text again. Which quotes are the most interesting for you? Choose two ‘quotes and tell a partner. 3. Work in pairs. Choose two of these ‘questions and then discuss them. + Do you think these children are handsome smart terible wealthy kt wonder optimistic or pessimistic about the future? + Do children in your country have similar 3. Lookat the two extra words, What are face they synonyms of? + Did you have similar hopes when you 4 Look at your list from exercise 1. Do you ea think your order was different in the past? How about in the furare? Complete the sentences and then compare with a partner. When | was younger I probably thought .. was more important vl be more important when I'm older. WHEN! asiong as! can. ‘hope to have a tich wr ROW UP rae “te superinteligent | hope that people i "9 ae "ke to nave lots Of ones: vg 03 x aitterent \anguages. \ ope we nave more plac ano gve nea wale, ae aca 0 as aleby, "toy vy tthe Grammar Thope to have a lot of money, Trvould like tobe super intelligent. Lani looking forward to being older T’'m going to bea fun but good teacher ‘+ use bope, plan, want and could like to talk about future hopes that aren't definite ‘+ use the infinitive after Aope, plan, want and woud like ‘+ use hook forwand toto talk about definite future plans ‘+ use be going to to talk about things you have already decided to do 1 How many correct sentences can you make with the words in the table? Use the text to help you. 2 Complete the text using the correet form of the words given. The hopes of children In a survey of English achoolcilcren, researcher Cathie Holden found that, {or ther personal future, the majority of boys and gis hope to go / going 10 University oF college. They also all hope getting / to get a good job. More boys are planning (o pass / ass their criving test than girls, and more girs are looking forwar to have / having children. For their local area, children inthe report said they hope for less violence anc {ewer poor people. They also said that they woul ke have /to have more ‘parks and places ta play. Tha majority of boys and gis ae looking forward {0 firing ive in a world without wars and an important number of them sais ‘thoy would like things fo get / getting better in the developing wort. Gomes reno ee f Speaking 1) Choos: tees Gf he WEin We bts you would like to talk about. hope | going + Aplace you hope to visit one day ‘m|Peking—|e5 ger |agood| | * Something youope you dnt doin the forward : cure > | planning, getting |job. . Sond agg = non laihg berano ee | + Aperson you'd like to meet one day would like = A person you're going to see today 2 Work in pairs. A: tell B about your ideas. B: ask for more information. 3 Swap roles and repeat. | want to be GOOd-[og4j, eno have One ch jots of tm a ‘ve ONE Child and spend \OXS FS becay and re on No war because my brothe, saw nde "ay yaike my Mey 0 od teache the, S c teachey - ny onvin alike to have @SS poltutio 2 oS v | want to be WISE. a, pp wife. "tere! gn, Me Hopes Unit 4 Speaking and Listening 1. Study che graph about foreign aid below. Then work in pairs and discuss the * Does anything about the graph surprise + Do you know any aid organisations? What are they? + Have you ever given money to an aid * Do you think rich countries should give more money in foreign aid? * Do you know anyone who works for an aid organisation’ 2 1.48 Listen to two aid workers talking about their next job, Put the interviewer’ questions and comments in the correct order. How did you become aid workers? What is the most important thing in your job? So, tell us about yourselves zl Thanks for your time z What are you going to do there? x 3 Listen again. What do these words mean in the listening? Danish two years ago Guatemala village 4 Would you like to work for an aid organisation? Why? “Tn raph shows te parcontage ot (GNP (rons National Produc) at developed outros veto frig ai. The are ine hows ‘serage percentage of al OECD courtros. Vocabulary and Pronunciation 1 Match the words in the box to the definitions below. disease homelessness hunger natural disasters pollution poverty war people do not have enough money people do not have a place to live people do not have enough food people are sick countries are fighting each other 6 weather or environmental problems such as floods (too much water) or earthquakes (when the earth moves) the air, water or land is dirty 2 Complete the pronunciation chart with the words from exercise I © 00 00 Ooo 000 war natural = 3. €} 1.49 Listen and check your answers. Then repeat the words, Grammar Weare going to work with the children there. The organisation is starting a new poaject in Guatemala next year + use be going 10 to talk about things you have already decided to do + use the present continuous to talk about future plans, often when they are already arranged 1 Read the text and decide if the underlined parts are correct or incorrect ‘Then correct the mistakes, Anew project ‘Susana works fora Spanish NGO in Mack. ‘The organisation is star a project ext “month in Ethiopia, Susana is going for work mith a local wornen's organisation in the ‘country, Together they are going to develon _an educational project for pregnant women. ‘Susana is going to travel to Ethiopia with a ‘roup of doctors, Im abit nervous, but "ve been to Atica before and I know Ethiopia,” she says. ‘'s going to.being @ great pro 2 Complete the questions with the present continuous or be going to 1 A: What (do) after class? B: Meeting a friend, DA you (go) away B: No, I'm staying here 2A you (read) an English book this y B: Yes, Iam, I have a detective novel I want to read. oA you B: Yes, Lam, I start at Sam! English next year? B: Yes, [think so. 3. Work in pairs and ask each other the Grammar focus n & mon Pee komt) 4 In Greek mythology, the character Pandora had a large bOX. ttcontained all the troubles of the world. When she opened the box, she ee Run ste Tn ume Rete one - OPE. The Greeks thought that hope Ree hse as Tee Ren Rec eau ie Resa nado again and let out hope as well. Reading and Speaking Wieden ats Read Feed Fes tees ae © Why do you think the Ancient ithope was dangerous? * Did people use to have more hope twenty years a A hundred years # Are you a person with a lor of hope? Why or why not? Things will get worse Prediction & ability (wil, be able to Phrosel verbs with Reading 1 Which novels do students in your country usually have to read at school? Did you read them? 2 Lookat the titles helow of three famous books that students in many English speaking countries often study. Do you know any of these books? 3 4 1.50 Read and listen to the summaries and tick (¥) the features they have in common. The story happens in the furure, tb The government controls everything, 4 Read the summaries again and decide if the sentences refer to 1984, Brave New Warld (BNW) or A Handmaid's Tale (HD. ‘Women won't be able to have children. ‘There'll be only three countries in the world. There will be a nuclear disaster: We won't have wars. Babies will be born in factories ‘The government will control people's thoughts. Love wil 8 People won't get sick from disease. 5. Look at the sentences in exercise 4, Do «The story happens in England. 4 People are happy Se aoe Famous dystopias in literature ‘The author: George ‘Orwell (1903-1050), English alli Nineteen Eighty-Four ‘The novels so in the future, but itis the year 1964. Winston Smith lives in London, part ofthe ‘country Oceania. There ae three countries in the world: Oceania, Eurasia and Eastasia. Big Brother fs the leader of Oceania. The government controls everything, even people's thoughts. . Winston works for the government, but he is ‘getting tired of his boring life. He meets Jul another worker, and they fallin ove - a crime in ‘Oceania. The government discovers their secret, ‘and Winston and Julia must go tothe Ministry of Love, a conte for enemies of Big Brother Brave New World London, 600 years inthe future. The Controllers are the fulers of the world. People don’t know wat, poverty, disease or pain. They enjoy leisure ‘time, sports and pleasure, but they are not free. The Controllers create babies in factors. Adults are divided into five social classes, trom the Intotigont alphas to the worker epsifons. When a man from a wild area ofthe world gote to London, he criticises the society. Inthe ond, he hhas to choose between joining them or dying. The author: Aldous ery you think these things will happen in the future? Tella partner * It’s possible. ‘1'm sure ... won't. #1 dont think rm sure... will. * Maybe ‘hope not. Glossary ‘ytopia oun) -maginry place or station where everythings vary bas Infor fect) not physlcaly able fo Rave chron pollution jour) ~ chemicals and other substancs that have har eet on revolution (noun ~ a stustion mn which people competoy change thar government or pola systom ‘taltarion asec) controling & county and is peop na vary tt ay ‘underground fesstance (nan) a secetoxgarieaon that igh again! he sroup rat cont tna county A Handmaid's Tale In the future @ revolution replaces the government of the United States with the totalitarian Republic of Gilead, ‘Because of pollution and nuclear accidents, ‘many women are infertile, New laws create the job of handmaid, a woman who can have babies for rich families This isthe story of Ofred, a hancimaid, Ofred works for Fred, a commander, and nis family. ‘She wonders if she can get away, and learns about an underground resistance from another hhandmaid. But there ien't much time. if Otred \dossnt got pregnant soon, she knows they will send her to the dangerous colonies, cre Cece) ed Grammar ‘There will be only three countries in the world, Worsen won't be able to bave children + use will and won't to talk about future predictions + use will won't be able toto talk about ability or possibility in the future 1 Read the text about Fubrenbeit 451 Complete the summary below by rewritin the und lined sentences with z aeill/ con't be able to, fee cane anu? ate rrr! Perey Seay ere Tn ete ean eet Seer tr at etn eer ae tare sy Ca Corie Cee f Montag eed In Ray Bradbury’ vision of the future the government will control society through the media. 2 Read the definition of utopia. Write five predictions for a future utopia. utopia (ru) ~an imaginary place oF situation in which everyting is perfect (Ce Vocabulary 1 Look at these phrases with get from the summaries, Write them next to the correct meanings of get in the table below 1 Winston works for the government, but he is getting tired of his boring life ‘When a man from a wild area of the world gets 10 Landon 3 If Offred doesn’t ger pregnant soon 4 The population gets all their information from the television 5 Soon Montag ges interested in the books Meaning of get Examples become getting tired receive arrive 2 Match the phrasal verbs with get to the correct definitions. 1 getaround + return (from a journey) 2 getaway travel 3 getback elgebeUBSFbEd! 4 get together leave /eseape 5 getup « spend time with someone| 3 Workin pairs and ask each other the ‘questions. Imagine it's a perfee plan world * What time do you getup every day? + What time do you ger baek home from work? + Where do you get away when you need a holiday? * How often do you get together with friends and family? * How do you get around? What kind of transport do you use? Port 4 Geographical features Liseing An inconvenient ruth Future time clauses Climate change questionneire Fears Vocabulary 1 Look at the pictures and complete the words with the correct vowels, 2 $151 Listen and check your answers. Then repeat the words aeane BUCS ee APRIGN eves e) Metco io eae) Listening 1 Look at the film poster on page 49, How does the poster describe the film? What do you think i is about? 2 1.52 Listen to people talking about the film and check your answer. 3 Listen again, Are the statements true (Dor fase (F Speaker Lz He saw the film a few years ago. Speaker 2: She didn’t know about global warming and climate change before she saw the film. Speaker 3: He liked the film. Speaker 4: He thinks it atypical Hollywood film. Speaker 5: She doesn’t believe that climate change is happening. Speaker 6: He thinks young people to see it important for 4 Have you seen this film? Would you like to? Tented describes how we feel. {was terified by the fir. Tanrifying describes things or situations that ‘make us feel tervified. twas a terilying expenence. We can use this tule for many adjectives: bored / boring, frightened / fightening, interested / interesting, surprised / surprising. Choose the correet words to complete the dialogues. 1 A:Did you see the fim? B: Yes, I did. twas long, and really bored Soring. 2 A:So, washe angry? B:No. He was very relaxed / relaxing ‘about the whole thing | was surprised / surprising, 3 AI'ma bit nervous about the heat this BB: know what you mean. its a worrying | worried situation. diainees sia Til sar Grammar After yo see this film, you will think different Ife reduce carton emissions, 0 will reduce global warming. + after future time clauses such as after, defor, when and if we use a present tense 1 Complete the sentences with the present simple or future simple of the verbs in brackets. 1 Tewe (not do) something now, we (Gave) serious problems in the future. 2 Ifyou ook) atthe ten hottest YOU Gee) they happened in the last fourteen years, 3 When this climate change (happen) |_____ (be) dead 4+ You (bink) differently after you (ee) 24 Wisin pinned oormplngat | before the end of hs yor | Speaking 1. Read the questions below and think about How to reduce your carbon footprint ‘Do you use energy-saving light bulbs? How many? ‘Do you recyete anything? What? ‘Do you ever walk / take the bus instead of driving? How often? ‘Do you use a lot of hot water at home? What for? ‘Do you buy things with lots of packaging? What? Have you ever planted a tree? When? onsen 2 Work in pairs and ask each other the questions. If your partner answers yes, ask the follow-up question 3 Look at the information in the table and tell your partner how much carbon they will save if they make these cha Action Change to energy efficient light bulbs "Recycle half of your [i household waste | Walk instead of driving ‘Wash your clothes in cold | Reduce your household waste by 10% [Carbon saving jesile pervese Plant a tree | Warm up ‘Work in pairs and choose three situations from th: below. Roleplay a shore conversation for each situation. Situations 1. A: You are talking to a fiend (B). Your tain to the airport leaves in 5 minutes. You're late! BB: your car is parked outside. 2 A:you arrive at your destination and get off the train. 'B: you are carrying a very heavy bag. 8 A:youare in the train station café with a friend (8). B: You don't have enough money to pay for the coffees. 4 A:you are atthe train station but have missed your train. ‘You want to buy a ticket for the next train, you work in the ticket office. Listening 1 1.53-1.55 Listen to three conversations. Match each ‘one to a situation in the Warm up. There is one situation, you don't 2 Listen again and answer the questions. Conversation 1: How much isthe bill? Conversation 2: How is the man going to get to the airport? Conversation 3: What train is the woman going to take? Language focus: offers and decisions 1 Read the information in the table, What verb do we often use to make offers and decisions Offers T'llearry those books for you. ‘Shall I pay for this? Let me take that for you, Decisions PiLtake the next train, Lwon't take the train, Pll ake a tax Language note: shail is usually used only in questions and with For we. 2 Complete the offers or decisions with wil or shall and a verb from the box. There is one verb you don’t need. cary have help pay take 1A: Are you ready to order? B: Yes. I___a sala. 2 A: Idon't understand this B: ‘That all right. 1 you 3A: The néxt tain is in twenty minutes. B we itor wait? 4 A: Here, let me take those bags. B: Thanks, but its OK. I them. 3 €¥ 1.56 Listen and check your answers. Then listen and repeat the phrases Speaking ‘Work with a new partner and choose one of the tasks below. ‘A Repeat the warm up activity using the new expressions youhave learnt. B_ Look at the audioscript on page 154 and choose one of the conversations. Practise the conversation and try to memorise it. Global voices Warm up 1 Read ten reasons why people learn English. Choose the top 3 and the bottom 3 for you. Tm learning English because .. 1 Tid like to gera job with a multinational company. 2 want to understand songs, TV programmes or films in English. 3 Lhope to get a job with a company in the USA, 4 Pdllike to be an English teacher. 5 Itwill be helpful for my career 6 ['m planning to get a job in the tourism industry 7 Lwant to meet other English-speaking people and make friends. # Tes important for my studies 9 Tea world language and it’ important to know 10 Tlike English and American culture 2 Workin pairs and compare your answers. Can you think ‘of any other reasons why people learn English? Listening B 1.57-1.62 Listen to six people talking about why they are learning English. Which reasons from exercise 1 do they give? Write the numbers. Abd 1 + Naif, Saudi Arabia 2 Olga, Russia 5 Arthur, France __ 3 Mert, Turkey 5 Dain, South Korea __ Poe Cee fora Language focus: synonyms Read the sentences from the listening. Which word in the box has a different meaning to the word in bold? 1 Well I believe English is very important nowadays, Naif, Saudi Arabia actually currently now these days. 2 Timlearning English because it will be helpful for my career. Abdul, Libya job profession university studies work 5 We need to study English. Ivis essential, Dain, South Korea important necessary obvious. vital Speaking 1 Read the questions about learning English. They are typical questions from international English speaking exams. Choose three questions you can answer. ‘+ How long have you been learning English? Why are you learning English? + How important is English in your country? + How will English be usefal to you in the futur 2 Think about your answers and practise what you want to say. 3. Workin pairs and ask each other the questions. South Kor Global voces Units Writing an email to a friend Reading 1. Read two emails between friends. What do they arrange to do? Hi Pamela, 1am writing to invite Ce Perron ec fcr eee it has had v coerce eo eae ee cal! ry good reviews. Itis the tr ery Cee net Pe enone eet a teeny core eet ary Pe erett eee ce a er ee oa ee ee Breen Pamela 2 Would you like to see this film? Why? Writing skills: informal style 1 Are these statements true (7) or false (F)? In emails to friends 2 do not use contractions such a5 I'm, i'l '» use informal salutations such as i, and endings such as cheers. © We can miss out salutations and endings. 44 we must write in paragraphs, 2 Laura and Pamela have not used contractions in their emails. Make 13 changes to the emails. 3 Mark these expressions formal (F), quite informal (Q) or informal (0). Hello Laura Dear Laura HiLaura Bost wishes Cheers Yours sincerely Byefornow Regards Yours @ veeaweting Language focus: making invitations and arrangements Mark these expressions formal (F) or informal (J). 1 Lam writing to invite you to go to the cinema. 2 How do you fancy going to the cinema with me? 3 Pmafraid I’m busy tomorrow. 4 Unfortunately 1 am busy tomorrow: 5, Would it be convenient to meet on Friday evening? 6 What about meeting outside Pizza World? 7 Pd love to sce the film. 8 Lwould very much like to see the film. 9 That would be wonderful. 10 That sounds great. 11 [look forward to seeing you on Friday. 2 See you on Friday. 2 Read the emails again and change any expressions that are too formal. Preparing to write Work in pairs and tell each other about a film you have seen recently. Use the useful phrases below to help you, ‘It’s a western / comedy / drama / thriller / musical + It's an action fl / a horror fim / a documentary. ‘It's about * It's had brillant / good / quite good / poor reviews. * It stars Marion Cotillard and i's directed by Olivier Dahan. + The acting / photography is wonderful / poor. Writing ‘Work with a new partner. Write an email to your partner inviting them to see a film. Deseribe the film and suggest a time and a place to meet. Then swap your emails and write replies. Global review Grammar Complete the sentences with the correct words. What do yeu do / are you doing next weekend? Thope getting /to gt together with some friends. I would like to learn / learning another language. 1.) buy /'m going to buy a new car at the weekend. When I buy /will buy my new car, 1 will able / will be able to get around more. 6 Are you looking forward to go / going to university? 7 Next month I will start /am starting a new job. 8. Ifthe world’s temperature gets /will gee warmer in the next few years, glacial ice mets /will melt. Vocabulary Put the words into the correct boxes. There are two words you do not need. clever desert flood forest fre homeless lake ‘ocean poor storm war wealthy well-off ‘Natural disasters People with a lot of money People helped by aid | Geographical features ‘organisations Using your dictionary: finding the right entry 1. Workin pairs and look atthe phrases below. Which word would you look up in the dictionary to find the meaning of each phrase? global warming get away fall in love against the law ee ee Look up the words to see if you were right. % The most important word in an expression is called the keyword. Keywords are often nouns, but can also be verbs, adjectives or adverbs. + Some words in a dictionary have more than one entry. This might be becauise the same word can belong to twa classes: an orange dress (adjective) t an orange 3 Find two different word classes for each of these words. 1 heat 2 pretty 3 fair ‘Sometimes words have the same spelling but different meanings or different pronunciations. 4 Find two meanings and pronunciations for these words. a tear Speaking and Writing 1. Workin groups of three. Ask each other about your plans for the times below. + after class + this evening + the weekend next summer ‘Try to find one plan that is the same for everybody. 2 Work in pairs. Write alist of five things people could do to reduce their carbon footprint. Then compare your list with another pair. 2 dlosé ‘Some words have many meanings. These are listed at the beginning of an entry, sreen (nen) 1 like gras in colour 4 not eady sabe eaten with ots of plants 5 notexpeciensed caving ormarae 6 ofthe Green Party Choose the best meaning of green in the sentences below. 1 She is campaigning for green issues such as reducing packaging and the use of eas. ‘We need more green areas in our town, 3 He is to0 green to manage the company. 2 3 5

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