Iex Beginner

INTERNATIONAL EXPRESS Video Guide
What’s on the DVD?

The International Express DVDs are made up of one 1–4 minute video clip for every unit.
Most of the clips are short documentaries, but there are also some ‘vox pops’ – people talking
about their lives and work. Each clip draws on the theme of the unit, sometimes looking at
the actual topic, sometimes a related topic. The clips will bring to your lessons a lively and
interactive way of learning more about and discussing the topics in the book.
The DVD is graded to the level of the learner, and allows your students to reinforce and
extend the language they have already learned in the Student’s Book, as well as learn some
new language.
What materials come with it?

The video clips can be found on both the classroom DVD and the Student’s DVD-ROM,
packaged with the Student’s Book. The clips are exactly the same in both items. The exercises
that accompany the clips are different:
• With the classroom DVD, you get a worksheet for each clip. You can print a copy for each
student and work through it in class.
• With the Student’s DVD-ROM, there are two interactive exercises accompanying the clip –
the first one is a comprehension exercise, the second, a vocabulary exercise.
How can you use the DVD?

As the clips appear both on the classroom DVD and on the student’s DVD-ROM, there is
some flexibility in how you can use them:
• Ask your students to watch the clip at home and do the interactive exercises. Then follow
this up in class, by watching the clip again and working through the worksheet to both
extend their understanding of it and give them some speaking practice.
• Watch it in class first of all, with the accompanying worksheet, then ask your students to
follow up by watching the DVD-ROM at home to consolidate their understanding of it
and to expand their vocabulary. They could do this alongside the internet research that is
suggested at the end of the worksheet.
What is in the worksheets?

The worksheets are intended for classroom use. There is about 30‒60 minutes of classroom
material on each one, generally following this format:
• some warmer questions to get students talking about the theme
• a vocabulary exercise to help students with some useful words from the clip
• a video comprehension exercise. The questions relate to both what you can hear and what
you can see on the clip.
• a series of follow-up speaking and discussion questions, which encourage students
to discuss what they have just watched and to relate it to their own knowledge and
experiences.
Additional ways to use the DVD in the classroom

As well as following the worksheet that accompanies the DVD, you could also try doing some
other activities that exploit the very specific audio-visual medium of the DVD. The following
are a few ideas:
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1 Guess the words
This works best if students haven’t watched the clip before. Turn the sound off on the clip and
show the entire thing, or show it in excerpts of one minute or so. Ask students to note down
the words they think they will hear on the soundtrack, based on what they can see. Students
can compare their lists or you could make a ‘class’ list on the board. Then play it all again with
the sound on. Students tick the words on their lists that they hear.
2 What can you remember?
This works best if students haven’t watched the clip before. Play the clip all the way through.
Instruct students to watch carefully, but not to take notes. Afterwards, give them 2–3 minutes
to note down everything they remember from the clip. Ask them, then, to compare their
notes with someone else’s. Play the clip again, and this time get students to reflect on what
they hadn’t remembered or understood. Students then share this information with the class.
3 Say what you see
This works best if students haven’t watched the clip before. Put students into pairs. Ask one
person in the pair to sit facing away from the screen and the other to watch the screen. Turn
the sound off and play the clip. The student watching the clip describes what they see in
as much detail as possible while the other person notes down what their partner is saying.
You could pause the clip halfway through and swap the students over. Afterwards get the
students who were not watching to say what their partner told them (obviously don’t allow
the students who were watching the clip to prompt them in any way) and note it all on the
board. See if, as a class, the students can piece together the whole thing. Then play it through
for everyone and compare.
4 Do your own voiceover
This helps students with their fluency and vocabulary recall. It doesn’t matter if they have
already seen the clip – it will be more challenging if they haven’t. Play the clip all the way
through (twice, if necessary) while students make notes on what they hear. Then get students
to take turns trying to do the voiceover themselves, by turning the sound off and playing the
clip again. They speak alongside the visuals, trying to get as much detail in as possible. For
lower level learners, you could turn the subtitles on and use this as a pronunciation exercise.
5 Describe the pause
This only works if students have already seen the clip. Pre-select a few images you can easily
pause at in the clip. Find the first image and keep it on pause on screen. Make sure no one
can see the image you have paused at. Ask one student to look at the image. The rest of the
group must try and guess which image from the clip is on the screen by asking only yes/no
questions. Continue with the other images you have selected and get other students to look at
the image and answer the questions.
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U N I T 1 Introductions
Starter
1 In English we say two names:
Paul Tucker
Paul is the first name. Tucker is the family name.
a What’s your first name?
b What’s your family name?
c How do you spell your first name?
d How do you spell your family name?
Video check
2 Watch the video and write each person’s name.
First name Family name
a Emma
b Freer
c ×
d Salinas
e Jenny
f Watanabe
g Mark
Speaking
3 Walk round the class. Introduce yourself.
A Hi, name’s (first name) (family name).
B Hi, I’m (first name) (family name).
4 Match the famous people with the countries.

a Ayrton Senna France
b Pierre Cardin Italy
c Akio Morita Russia
d Leo Tolstoy Brazil
e Antonio Vivaldi Japan
5 Work in pairs. Test your partner’s spelling.

Example How do you spell Ayrton Senna?
A-Y-R-T-O-N S-E-N-N-A
6 Think of famous people from your country. How do you spell their names?
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Video details
Seven speakers say and spell their first and family names. The video links to the
Grammar and Functions sections in Unit 1.
Total running time: 1 minute, 50 seconds.
Video script
Speaker 1
What’s your name? Emma Smith.
Can you spell that? E-M-M-A; S-M-I-T-H.
Speaker 2
What’s your name? My name’s Joanna Freer.
Can you spell that? J-O-A-N-N-A; F-R-E-E-R.
Speaker 3
What’s your name? My name is Ronconi.
Can you spell that? Yes, R-O-N-C-O-N-I.
Speaker 4
What’s your name? Gonzalo Salinas.
Can you spell that? It’s G-O-N-Z-A-L-O; Salinas ‒ S-A-L-I-N-A-S.
Speaker 5
What’s your name? Jenny Messenger.
Can you spell that? Messenger is M-E-S-S-E-N-G-E-R.
Speaker 6
What’s your name? My name’s Manami Watanabe.
Can you spell that? Yes. Manami ‒ M-A-N-A-M-I; Watanabe ‒ W-A-T-A-N-A-B-E.
Speaker 7
What’s your name? My name’s Mark Dilks.
Can you spell that? Yes, it’s D-I-L-K-S.
Worksheet answer key

1 Students’ own answers
2 Watch the video and write each person’s name.
First name Family name
a Emma Smith
b Joanna Freer
c × Ronconi
d Gonzalo Salinas
e Jenny Messenger
f Manami Watanabe
g Mark Dilks
4 Match the famous people with the countries.
a Ayrton Senna ‒ Brazil (racing driver)
b Pierre Cardin ‒ France (fashion designer)
c Akio Morita ‒ Japan (Sony president)
d Leo Tolstoy ‒ Russia (writer, novelist)
e Antonio Vivaldi ‒ Italy (composer)
5 and 6 Students’ own answers

U N I T 2 About me
Starter
1 What do you do?
‘I’m a (name of job).’
2 Where are you from?
I’m from (name of country or city).
Vocabulary
3 Is London a country, a city, or an island? How about these?
a Thailand
b Buenos Aires
c Zanzibar
d Paris
e Jersey
f Canada
g Liverpool
4 Check these words in a dictionary.

chauffeur scientist lawyer minister consultant student
Video check
5 Watch the video. Match the speakers with their jobs and where they are from.
Name Job Country / City
a Colin Taylor a teacher consultant Zanzibar
b Sarah Wareing a retired lawyer Oxford
c Fatma Mansab a music student Jersey
d Paul Revill a personal chauffeur Sheffield
e Martin Ess a minister Liverpool
f Edward Bailhache a scientist Newcastle upon Tyne
6 Make a sentence about each person.

Example Colin Taylor is a personal chauffeur. He is from Liverpool.
Speaking
7 Work in pairs. Tell your partner about your name, job, and country.

Video details
Six speakers give their names, say what they do, and where they are from. The video
links to the topic of talking about your job and your nationality in the Grammar and
Functions sections in Unit 2.
Total running time: 1 minute, 54 seconds.
Video script
Speaker 1
What’s your name? My name is Colin Taylor.
What do you do? I’m a personal chauffeur.
Where are you from? I’m from Liverpool.
Speaker 2
What’s your name? My name’s Sarah Wareing.
What do you do? I’m a teacher consultant.
Where are you from? I’m from England, and I live in Sheffield.
Speaker 3
What’s your name? Fatma Mansab.
What do you do? I’m a scientist.
Where are you from? Zanzibar; an island on the east coast of Africa.
Speaker 4
What’s your name? My name’s Paul Revill.
What do you do? I’m a minister of a church. A minister of religion.
Where are you from? I’m from Newcastle upon Tyne, which is in the north-east of England.
Speaker 5
What’s your name? My name’s Martin Ess.
What do you do? I’m a retired lawyer.
Where are you from? From Oxford, England.
Speaker 6
What’s your name? Edward Bailhache.
What do you do? I’m a music student at Oxford in my third year.
Where are you from? I’m British but I’m from Jersey. So I’m a Jersey citizen.

3 London is a city.
a Thailand is a country.
b Buenos Aires is a city.
c Zanzibar is an island.
d Paris is a city.
e Jersey is an island.
f Canada is a country.
g Liverpool is a city.
5 a Colin Taylor a personal chauffeur Liverpool
b Sarah Wareing a teacher consultant Sheffield
c Fatma Mansab a scientist Zanzibar
d Paul Revill a minister Newcastle upon Tyne
e Martin Ess a retired lawyer Oxford
f Edward Bailhache music student Jersey

U N I T 3 British Airways Headquarters
Starter
1 Do you fly to other countries? Do you fly to places in your country?
2 Do you like flying? Why / Why not?
Vocabulary
airline
airport
plane
headquarters
pounds (£)
metres
centre
office
supermarket
hairdresser’s
café
restaurant
Video check
4 Are these sentences true or false?
a British Airways has 300 planes.
b British Airways flies to 150 cities.
c The headquarters cost £200 million.
d 3000 people work in the building.
e There is a supermarket in the building.
f There isn’t a restaurant.
Speaking
5 What is the national airline of your country?
6 Can you match the airports and the cities?
a Heathrow Madrid
b JFK Seoul
c Narita Shanghai
d Barajas New York
e Incheon Tokyo
f Pudong London
7 How many people work in your company? Where is the headquarters?

8 Do you have cafés or restaurants in the building where you work? Do you think this is a
good idea? Why / Why not?

Video details
A voiceover giving information about the company British Airways and its
headquarters in London. It relates to the topic of workplaces and the language point
there is and there are in the Grammar section of Unit 3.
Total running time: 2 minutes, 25 seconds.
Video script
This is British Airways. It is Britain’s biggest airline company. The airline has about 300 planes.
They fly to 169 cities around the world. The British Airways headquarters is near Heathrow
Airport in London. The headquarters is called ‘Waterside’. It cost £200 million. About 4000
people work here. It’s a very large building, about 9000 square metres. It is the size of a small
town. There is a street in the centre of the building. There are offices on the left and right side.
On the street there is a supermarket and a small shop. There is also a hairdresser’s. There are
two cafés. They sell drinks and food. People come here to have a drink and a chat. There is
also a large restaurant. The restaurant is by a lake.

4 a True
b False (169)
c True
d False (4000)
e True
f False
6 a Heathrow London
b JFK New York
c Narita Tokyo
d Barajas Madrid
e Incheon Seoul
f Pudong Shanghai

U N I T 4 Travel plans
Starter
1 Do you travel for work? Where do you go?
Vocabulary
ahead
approximately
busy
(to) call
documents
firm
gym
pool
salesman
suncream
trip
Video check
3 Watch the video and answer the questions.
a What does Phil do?
b Where is Phil’s next trip to?
c Which clothes has Phil got in his bag?
suits
coat
shirts
ties
hat
sports clothes
d Why is Paul taking sports clothes?
e How many meetings has Phil got per day on his trip?
f What other things has Phil got in his bag?
g How many books has Phil got for his trip?
Speaking
4 What do you usually take with you:
on a business trip?
on holiday?
5 What is the best way to travel? Why?

Video details
The narrator introduces Phil, an engineer from Birmingham. Phil talks about getting
ready for a business trip to Dubai. The video relates to the topic and business trips and
the language point have got, has got in Unit 4.
Video script
Narrator
Phil Craig is thirty-five. He lives and works in Birmingham in England.
Phil
I work for a small engineering firm. I’m an engineer and a salesman, so I travel quite a lot.
Narrator
Where do you travel to?
Phil
I go to the Middle East about ten times a year. I go to Europe – to Germany – two or three
times a year and I go to America.
This trip is to Dubai, so I’ve got clothes for hot weather. I’ve got two suits and shirts and ties.
There’s a pool and there’s a gym at the hotel, so I’ve got sports clothes.
The temperature in Dubai is approximately thirty-five degrees, so I’ve got a bottle of
suncream.
Narrator
Phil has two or three meetings per day on his trip to Dubai.
Phil
I am quite busy when I travel, so I’ve got my office in my bag with me. I’ve got my Blackberry®
for messages and phone calls. And I’ve got my laptop for meetings.
I’ve also got documents with me. I like to work in the evening and I like to call home. I’ve also
got two books for the flights and for other journeys.

3 a He’s an engineer and a salesman.
b Dubai
c Suits, shirts, ties, and sports clothes
d Because there is a pool and a gym at the hotel.
e Two or three
f Suncream, Blackberry (mobile phone), laptop, documents, books
g Two

U N I T 5 Getting to work
Starter
1 How do you travel to work?
2 How do people travel to work in your town or city?
Vocabulary
3 Match the verbs with the correct phrases. More than one answer may be possible.
a cycle
b drive the bus
c get the train
d take to work
e travel
f walk
Video check
4 Watch the video and answer the questions. How many people
a cycle to work?
b drive to work?
c take the bus to work?
d take the train to work?
e walk to work?
Speaking
5 How do you usually travel to the following places?
the cinema
the airport
the train station
to visit your family
to visit friends
to go shopping
6 How often do you:

take a taxi?
ride a bicycle?
take the bus?
walk?
drive?

Video details
Nine speakers talk about how they get to work and say if they travel for work. The
video links to the topic in the Grammar and Vocabulary sections in Unit 5.
Total running time: 35 seconds.
Video script
How do you get to work?
Speaker 1: I take the bus.
Speaker 2: I get the train to work.
Speaker 3: I drive to work.
Do you cycle to work?
Speaker 4: I do cycle to work.
Speaker 5: No. I take the train.
Speaker 6: I don’t. I walk mainly.
Do you travel for your work?
Speaker 7: Yes, I do.
Speaker 8: No.
Speaker 9: I do. I go to conferences, either around the UK, in Europe or sometimes in Africa
as well.

3 a cycle to work
b drive to work
c get the train / the bus
d take the train / the bus
e travel to work
f walk to work
4 a 1
b 1
c 1
d 2
e 1

U N I T 6 A tasty restaurant
Starter
1 What is your favourite kind of restaurant?
2 What do you usually eat there?
Vocabulary
3 Check these words and phrases in a dictionary.
menu
manager
atmosphere
seafood
serving staff
Video check
4 Watch the video. Tick (✓) the foods that you see and hear in the video.
baguette fish
burger noodles
curry pasta
chips pizza
crab prawn
croissant salad
ice cream soup
rice squid
5 Watch the video again. Answer the questions.

a What kind of restaurant is Loch Fyne?
b How many staff work at Loch Fyne?
c Who is Howard Berry?
d How many Loch Fyne restaurants are there in the UK?
e What kind of atmosphere has Loch Fyne got?
f What do the chefs do in the kitchen?
Speaking
6 What sort of restaurants are there in your town or city? Which are popular?
7 How much do you usually spend on a meal in a restaurant?
8 Do you usually make a reservation first? What time do you usually eat?
9 Who do you usually eat out with?

Video details
This video clip gives information about the Loch Fyne seafood restaurant in Oxford.
It links to the Vocabulary (Food and drink) and Functions (Eating out) sections in Unit 6.
Video script
This is Loch Fyne Bar and Grill. It is a seafood restaurant. About ten staff work here: the chefs,
the serving staff, and the manager.
I’m Howard Berry and I’m the general manager of Loch Fyne Restaurant in Oxford.
There are 42 Loch Fyne restaurants in the UK. Loch Fyne has got a relaxed atmosphere and
customers come here to eat and talk.
The chefs work in the kitchen. They prepare the food, including crab, prawn, and squid.
Loch Fyne has got a big menu. There’s soup, chips, salad, pasta, ice cream, and of course lots
of fish.

4 Chips, crab, fish, ice cream, pasta, prawn, salad, soup, squid
5 a A seafood restaurant
b Ten
c He is the general manager of Loch Fyne Restaurant in Oxford.
d Forty-two
e It’s got a relaxed atmosphere.
f They prepare the food.

U N I T 7 London Oxford Airport
Starter
1 How often do you fly?
2 Which airport do you use most?
Vocabulary
3 Check the meaning of these words in a dictionary.
busy
cheap
convenient
famous
nearby
passenger
pilot
rich
Video check
4 Watch the video. Match the people a–f with their jobs 1–6.
a Richard Branson 1 actress
b Kate Winslet 2 rock band
c Radiohead 3 businessman
d Lesley Romez 4 business development director
e James Dillon Godfrey 5 customer services representative
f David Taylor 6 pilot
5 Watch the video again. Answer the questions.

a How far is London Oxford Airport from London?
b Why do people use the airport?
c What is Silverstone?
d How can passengers travel to London?
e How long does the flight to London take?
f How much does the flight to London cost?
Speaking
6 Do any famous people live in or near your town or city?
7 Is flying in your country expensive? Do people use private or company planes?

Video details
This video clip gives information about London Oxford Airport near Oxford. It links to
the general theme of Unit 7.
Video script
This is London Oxford Airport. The airport is about five miles from Oxford and it is about 50
miles from London.
The airport is very busy. Many different people fly here to visit Oxford and the area nearby.
Many rich and famous people live in this area, including the businessman Richard Branson,
the band Radiohead, and actress Kate Winslet.
The world-famous racetrack Silverstone is near the airport and racing drivers use the airport
for the Silverstone F1 Grand Prix.
Customer service staff look after the passengers. This is the customer services representative.
My name’s Lesley Romez and my job is a customer services representative.
There is also a director.
My name is James Dillon Godfrey and I’m the business development director for London Oxford
Airport.
And here is one of the pilots.
I’m David Taylor. I’m a first officer with FlairJet.
Passengers fly to London Heathrow Airport by plane or helicopter. It is very convenient. It
only takes 20 minutes, but flying from Oxford to Heathrow is not cheap. It costs about £1,500.

4 a 3 b 1 c 2 d 5 e 4 f 6
5 a Fifty miles
b To visit Oxford and the area nearby
c It’s a world-famous racetrack.
d By plane or helicopter
e Twenty minutes
f £1,500

U N I T 8 The Ritz Hotel
Starter
1 Do you often stay in hotels?
2 What is your favourite (kind of) hotel? Why?
Vocabulary
3 Match the words a–e with the correct meanings 1–5.
a casino 1 the person that something belongs to
b luxury 2 people who come to stay somewhere
c owner 3 people bet/gamble money on games in this place
d popular 4 very special, usually expensive
e visitors 5 when a lot of people like something
Video check
4 Watch the video. Answer the questions.
a Where was César Ritz from?
b Where did he work before he opened his own hotel?
c Who was Pavlova?
d Which famous film star stayed at the Ritz Hotel?
5 Watch the video again. Match the numbers and dates a–h with the descriptions 1–8.
a 2 1 The amount Ellerman Investments paid for the Ritz Hotel
b 3 2 The amount Ellerman Investments spent on the hotel after they bought it
c 135 3 The number of bedrooms in the Ritz Hotel
d 1898 4 The number of staff per guest at the Ritz Hotel
e 1906 5 The number or restaurants at the Ritz Hotel
f 1995 6 The year César Ritz opened the Ritz Hotel in London
g £40 million 7 The year César Ritz opened the Ritz Hotel in Paris
h £80 million 8 The year Ellerman Investments bought the Ritz Hotel
Speaking
6 Work in pairs. Ask and answer about a hotel you know.
Example A Where is the hotel?
B It’s in New York?
A What’s it called?
B It’s called …

Video details
This video clip gives information about the history of the Ritz Hotel in London and
links to the general theme of Unit 8.
Video script
The Ritz Hotel is in the centre of London.
The name comes from the first owner, César Ritz.
César Ritz was a Swiss hotel owner. First, he was the manager of the Savoy Hotel in London.
He then opened the Ritz Hotel in Paris in 1898 and the Ritz Hotel in London in 1906.
Ritz wanted the Ritz Hotel in London to look like a building in Paris. The luxury of the hotel,
the food, and the rooms were new to people in London.
The hotel was popular with famous visitors like King Edward the Seventh, Pavlova, the
famous Russian ballet dancer, and film stars like Charlie Chaplin.
In 1995, Ellerman Investments bought the hotel for £80 million. The company spent another
£40 million on the hotel.
Today, the Ritz Hotel has 135 bedrooms, three restaurants, and a casino. For every guest in
the hotel, there are two staff.

3 a 3 b 4 c 1 d 5 e 2
4 a Switzerland
b The Savoy Hotel in London
c A famous Russian ballet dancer
d Charlie Chaplin
5 a 4 b 5 c 3 d 7 e 6 f 8 g 2 h 1

U N I T 9 An amazing journey
Starter
1 How many charity organizations can you name?
2 What kind of charities are they?
Vocabulary
3 Match the verbs a–e with the words 1–5 to make verb phrases.
a appear 1 a blog
b begin 2 across five continents
c raise 3 an amazing journey
d travel 4 money for charity
e write 5 on TV
Video check
4 Watch the video. Where did Steve travel to? Number the places in the correct order.
Australia
China
Laos
London 1
Moscow
New Zealand
Thailand
USA
5 Watch the video again. Are the sentences true or false? Correct the false sentences.
a Steve Moore visited 26 countries and drove over 28,000 miles.
b Steve travelled by car, van, and bus.
c The fire engine was called Martha.
d The journey was called ‘Find that fire engine’.
e The journey was very successful.
f The crew raised £20,000 for charity.
Speaking
6 Do you give money to charities? Which ones? Why?
7 What kind of charities do you think need the most money?
8 Work in pairs. With your partner, plan an event to raise money for charity. Think about
the following things:
a What do you want to raise money for?
b What kind of event is best?
c Who do you need to ask for help?
d How long is the event going to be?
e How much money do you want to raise?
f How do you want the money to be used?

Video details
This video clip gives details of Steve Moore’s journey around the world for charity in a
fire engine. It links to topic and language point in the Grammar section of Unit 9.
Video script
This is Steve Moore. In 2011, Steve left London and began an amazing journey.
He travelled across five continents, visited 28 countries, and drove over 26,000 miles.
How did he do this? He didn’t travel by car, van, or bus. He drove a large red fire engine called
Martha.
Why did he do this? He did it because he wanted to raise money for charity. So he got a fire
engine and asked some friends to help.
Together they planned the journey of a lifetime.
They called their journey ‘Follow that fire engine’.
They drove from London, across Europe to Moscow. Then they travelled through China, Laos
and Thailand. They took the truck to Australia and drove to Brisbane. Then they went to New
Zealand. From New Zealand they went to the USA. They drove across the USA. Then they
returned to Europe by boat. Finally, they drove through Europe back to London.
So, was the journey a success? The journey was a huge success. Steve and his friends met lots
of people and saw lots of things. They wrote a blog and they appeared on TV. Best of all, they
raised £120,000 for charity. All thanks to a large red fire engine.

3 a 5 b 3 c 4 d 2 e 1
4 1 London, 2 Moscow, 3 China, 4 Laos, 5 Thailand, 6 Australia, 7 New Zealand, 8 USA
5 a False (Steve Moore visited 28 countries and drove over 26,000 miles.)
b False (Steve travelled by fire engine.)
c True
d False (The journey was called ‘Follow that fire engine’.)
e True
f False (The crew raised £120,000 for charity.)

U N I T 10 Brompton bikes
Starter
1 Can you name some of the brands made in your country?
2 What are the popular foreign brands in your country?
Vocabulary
3 Match the words (a–i) with the correct meanings (1–9).
a brand 1 to check that something is correct
b commuter 2 a product or company that many people know about and like
c to design 3 to make something
d factory 4 to change the shape of something by bending it
e to fold 5 the things you use to make something
f idea 6 a person who travels to work
g to inspect 7 to plan the shape, colour, and size of something
h to produce 8 a place where people make things
i tools 9 a plan or suggestion
Video check
4 Watch the video. Complete the sentences with the correct number or date.
6 33 60 115 500 1,200 1970s 1987
a Andrew Richie designed his first folding bike in the .
b Andrew Richie started the Brompton company in .
c The factory made about bikes per month in 1987.
d people work in the London factory.
e A bike has about parts.
f It takes about hours to make a bike.
g The factory uses about tools and machines to make the bikes.
h countries outside the UK buy Brompton bikes.
Speaking
5 Name some of your favourite brands. Why do you like them?
6 Use the internet to help you find out more about one of your favourite brands. Tell
your class about it and why you like it.

Video details
This video clip gives information about Brompton bikes, which makes folding bikes
that are popular with commuters. It links to the Vocabulary (Countries, nationalities,
and brands) section on page 98 of the Student Book.
Video script
Brompton make folding bikes for commuters.
The idea began in the 1970s. Andrew Richie, an engineer, designed his own folding bike.
The company started in 1987. Richie produced bikes in a factory in London.
In 1987, the company produced about 60 bikes a month.
Today, 115 people work at the factory in west London.
The parts for each bike come from other factories in the UK and from Europe and Taiwan.
There are 1,200 parts to each bike.
And each one takes six hours to make.
The factory uses 500 different tools and machines to make each bike.
When the bike is finished, it gets a final inspection.
Brompton sell most of their bikes in the UK, but people in 33 other countries buy them too.
Brompton is fast becoming a famous brand.

3 a 2 b 6 c 7 d 8 e 4 f 9 g 1 h 3 i 5
4 a 1970s b 1987 c 60 d 115 e 1,200 f 6 g 500 h 33

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4 Match the famous people with the countries.

5 Work in pairs. Test your partner’s spelling.

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4 Check these words in a dictionary.

6 Make a sentence about each person.

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7 How many people work in your company? Where is the headquarters?

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5 What is the best way to travel? Why?

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6 How often do you:

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