ebay or

6 LISTENING
a R e a d t h e d e f i n i t i o n o f a scam. W h a t k i n d o f s c a m s h a v e y o u
heard of?

scam sk;um/ n. a dishonest a n d illegal way of m a k i n g m o n e y by

tricking p e o p l e , e.g. selling a p r o d u c t online t h a t doesn't exist

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s o m e t h i n g o n eBay
or a similar site? b Read t h e e m a i l . W h a t w o u l d y o u d o i f y o u g o t a n e m a i l like
buy, sell this? W h y ?

loan f r o m t h e bank? S u b j e c t : Businness opportunity

take out Dear Friend,
I know this message will be a surprise. I am Naomi Cooper and I work
at the International Bank in Lagos, Nigeria. My parents have died last
your month and left 4.6 million US dollars in there account. I would like to
w a l l e t or purse? transfer this money out of Nigeria and I am needing your help.
I can to transfer all the money to you in the UK, and you can then
lose keep 20% of the money for yourself (920,000 US dolars) and transfer
the rest to an acount in Switzerland. It will be very quick and easy.
I would be very grateful if you can do this for me - it's my parents'
money and I want to keep him safe for my family.
Please reply to this email as fast as you can - I want organize

ever.
everything in the next two days.
Thank you in advance for you help.
Naomi Cooper

с Emails like t h i s o f t e n have l o t s of m i s t a k e s , e s p e c i a l l y

g r a m m a r and spelling. Correct the ten highlighted mistakes.

your d Ф2.12 Listen to a radio p r o g r a m m e a b o u t scams. H o w

PIN f o r a c r e d i t or m u c h m o n e y d i d H e a t h e r , C a r l , a n d Paul e a c h l o s e ? W h a t ' s
d e b i t card? t h e m o s t i m p o r t a n t advice t h e p r o g r a m m e gives?
forget
e Listen again. C o m p l e t e the gaps in t h e s u m m a r y of each
scam with one or t w o words.

H e a t h e r g o t an 1 f r o m a f r i e n d w h o was
in Berlin. He said he'd lost his 2 _ and
n e e d e d m o n e y t o g e t h o m e . H e asked her t o s e n d him her
c a r d in a cash 3 details.
machine?
Carl g o t an email w h i c h said he'd w o n a l o t of 4
lose
in t h e Spanish l o t t e r y . He 5 it b e c a u s e he h a d
b e e n o n h o l i d a y i n Spain. T h e y t o l d h i m t o s e n d his
6 d e t a i l s so t h e y c o u l d s e n d h i m t h e m o n e y .
any m o n e y
(e.g. in a l o t t e r y ) ? Paul g o t a 1 _ f r o m a w o m a n w h o said she was
f r o m his 8 . She said t h e r e w a s a p r o b l e m w i t h
his9 . She t o l d h i m to t r a n s f e r his m o n e y i n t o a
10

f H a v e y o u , o r has a n y b o d y y o u k n o w , e v e r b e e n t h e v i c t i m o f
a scam? Explain w h a t h a p p e n e d .
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1 FOOD 2 COOKING
a Match the words and a Match the words and photos.
photos. -v - j ^ *
Fish a n d s e a f o o d

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1 crab /кгсеЬ/
lobster /'lobsto/
mussels /'ITIASIZ/
prawns /pro:nz/
salmon /"salmon/
squid /skwid/
tuna /'tju:no/

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Meat

b e e f /bi:f/
chicken "tj'ikin/
d u c k /dAk/
lamb /laem/
p o r k /рэ:к/
b a k e d /beikt/
Fruit a n d v e g e t a b l e s
boiled /bDild/
a u b e r g i n e /'эиЬэзпп/
1 fried/fraid/
(AmE e g g p l a n t )
grilled /grild/
a v o c a d o /.aevo'kaidao/
roast /roost/
b e e t r o o t /'bi:tru:t/
s t e a m e d /stiimd/
c a b b a g e /'kaebidy
cherries /'tferiz/ b ф1.3 Listen and check.
courgette /ko:'3et/
ACTIVATION T a l k t o a p a r t n e r . H o w
(AmE zucchini)
do you prefer these things to be
c u c u m b e r /'kjuilovmba/
cooked?
grapes /greips/
green beans /gri:n 'hi:nz/ chicken eggs fish potatoes
j e m o n /'lemon/
m a n g o /'тагддэо/
m e l o n /'melon/
peach /pi:tJ7
3 PHRASAL VERBS
pear /pea/ a C o m p l e t e t h e phrasal verbs w i t h
raspberries /'raizbariz/ a w o r d f r o m t h e list.
red p e p p e r /red 'рерэ/
down on o u t (x2)
b ф1.2 Listen a n d check.

1 I eat a lot because

ACTIVATION Talk to a p a r t n e r .
I o f t e n d o n ' t have t i m e to cook.
A r e there any things in t h e
Luckily, there are lots of g o o d
list t h a t y o u . . . ?
restaurants near where I live.
a love 2 I'm t r y i n g to c u t
b hate c o f f e e at t h e m o m e n t .
с have never eaten I'm only having o n e c u p at
breakfast.
A r e there any other kinds 3 T h e d o c t o r t o l d me t h a t I should
of fish, m e a t , fruit, or completely cut all
v e g e t a b l e s t h a t are v e r y cheese a n d dairy p r o d u c t s f r o m my
c o m m o n in your country? diet.

b ф1.4 Listen and check.

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1 WHAT ARE THEY LIKE? 2 NEGATIVE PREFIXES

a C o m p l e t e t h e sentences with adjectives f r o m t h e Negative prefixes
list. un-, in-, a n d dis- are c o m m o n n e g a t i v e p r e f i x e s .
in- c h a n g e s to im- ( b e f o r e b, m, a n d p), ir- ( b e f o r e r),
a f f e c t i o n a t e /o'fekjbnot/ a m b i t i o u s /aem'bifas/ a n d /7- ( b e f o r e I).
a n x i o u s /'«Egkjas/ b o s s y /'bosi/ charming /'tfaimiij/
c o m p e t i t i v e /kom'petotiv/ h o n e s t /'nnist/
i m a g i n a t i v e /i'masd3inativ/ i n d e p e n d e n t /indi'pendont/ a W h i c h p r e f i x d o y o u use w i t h t h e s e a d j e c t i v e s ?
insecure /insi'kjus/ m a t u r e /ma'tjua/ m o o d y /'mu:di/ Put t h e m i n t h e c o r r e c t c o l u m n .
p a t i e n t /'peifnt/ r e b e l l i o u s /ri'beljos/ reliable /n'laiobl/
s e l f - c o n f i d e n t /.self ' k n n f i d o n t / selfish "selfif/ ambitious friendly honest imaginative kind
s e n s i b l e /'sensabl/ s e n s i t i v e /'sensativ/ mature organized patient reliable responsible
sociable/'soojobl/ spoilt/spoilt/ stubborn /'sUbon/ selfish sensitive sociable tidy

1 Selfish people think about themselves and not un- / dis- in- / im- / ir-
about other people.
unambitious
2 c h i l d r e n are r u d e a n d b e h a v e b a d l y
b e c a u s e t h e y are g i v e n e v e r y t h i n g t h e y
want.
3 p e o p l e b e h a v e like a d u l t s .
4 p e o p l e a l w a y s tell t h e t r u t h a n d n e v e r
steal o r c h e a t .
5 p e o p l e have a n a t t r a c t i v e p e r s o n a l i t y a n d
p e o p l e like t h e m .
6 p e o p l e have c o m m o n sense a n d are
practical.
7 p e o p l e are f r i e n d l y a n d e n j o y b e i n g w i t h
o t h e r p e o p l e , SYN outgoing
8 p e o p l e are o f t e n w o r r i e d o r s t r e s s e d .
9 p e o p l e have a g o o d i m a g i n a t i o n .
10 p e o p l e like d o i n g t h i n g s o n t h e i r o w n ,
without help.
11 p e o p l e like t e l l i n g o t h e r p e o p l e w h a t t o d o .
12 p e o p l e are n o t c o n f i d e n t a b o u t t h e m s e l v e s .
13 p e o p l e c a n b e easily h u r t o r o f f e n d e d .
14 p e o p l e never change their o p i n i o n or b ф 1 . 2 3 Listen a n d c h e c k . W h i c h a d j e c t i v e + p r e f i x
attitude about something. has a p o s i t i v e m e a n i n g ?
15 p e o p l e can wait for a long t i m e or accept
difficulties w i t h o u t g e t t i n g angry. ACTIVATION C o v e r t h e c o l u m n s . Say t h e a d j e c t i v e s w i t h
16 p e o p l e w a n t t o b e successful i n life. prefixes.
17 p e o p l e are o n e s w h o y o u c a n t r u s t o r
d e p e n d o n . SYN responsible
£) False friends: sensible, sensitive, and sympathetic
18 p e o p l e are sure o f t h e m s e l v e s a n d t h e i r S o m e w o r d s i n E n g l i s h a r e v e r y similar t o w o r d s i n
abilities.
o t h e r l a n g u a g e s , b u t have d i f f e r e n t m e a n i n g s . B e
19 p e o p l e d o n ' t like o b e y i n g rules.
careful w i t h these t h r e e adjectives, which may be
20 p e o p l e have m o o d s t h a t c h a n g e q u i c k l y
false friends in your l a n g u a g e .
and often.
sensible = p r a c t i c a l ( N O T easily u p s e t )
21 p e o p l e always w a n t to win.
sensitive = easily h u r t ( N O T practical)
22 p e o p l e s h o w t h a t t h e y l o v e o r like o t h e r
sympathetic = k i n d to sb w h o is h u r t or sad
p e o p l e very much.
( N O T nice, f r i e n d l y )
b 0)1.22 Listen a n d c h e c k .

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