G past continuous

V prepositions of time and place: at, in, on

P sentence stress

1 READING
a Look at a pho to which news phorogra pher
To m Pilsto n took in 2008. What do you
think is happening?

b Read Tom's descriptio n of w h at happened

o n the night he took the phoro. Were you
ri ght?

c Read it aga in a nd a nswer the questions.

l Why di d Tom Pilston go ro C hicago?
2 W hy couldn't he ra ke a photograph of
Oba ma?
3 What was the weather like?
4 Where did he take rhis photo?
5 Where could the people see rhe election

results?
6 Was he sorry that he couldn't go inside the
center?
7 What happened when Obama won?
d W hy do you t hink the phorographer tho ught
hi s photo was bet ter th a n a pho to of O ba ma
himself? Do you ag ree?
2 GRAMMAR past continuous
a Look at the highlighted verbs in an extract
from the text. D o they descri be actions that
happened . . .?
a after he took the photo
b at the sa me time as he took the photo
When I to ok thi s ph ot o everybody was
looking at the TV screens waiting f or t he
election re sults. Some people were quietly
holding hands and smiling - oth ers were
tense and nervous.
0
n 4th November 1arrived in Chicago late in the evening. I wanted
to photograph Barack Obama and his family in the Convention
center, but when 1 got there 1 discovered that 1 didn't have
my press pass and 1 couldn't go inside. 1 walked around the park
outside the center. Although it was November. it was a warm night.
The atmosphere was wonderful. When 1 took this photo everybody
was looking at the TV screens waiting for the election results. Some
people were quietly holding hands and smiling - others were tense and
nervous. They felt that it was their moment. Suddenly 1 realized that this
was a better place to be than inside. 1 was watching Obama's victory
through the faces of all these people, African, Hispanic, Chinese, white. "&i
At about 11 o'clock the results were announced, and everybody went "'g
mad. People started laughing, shouting, and crying. But when Obama
made his speech they all became quiet and emotional. There was only
one place to be on the planet that night - and 1 was there.
3 VOCABULARY at, in, on
a Which prepositio n do you use before ... ?
1 a date (e.g. 4th ovember) _ _
2 a time (e.g. II o'clock) _ _
3 the mo rn ing, the a fternoo n, etc. _ _
4 a room or building (e.g. the Convention Center) _ _

b >- p.l28 Grammar Ba nk 2B. Learn mo re b C heck yo ur a nswers tO a in the text. W hat preposition do you use
about t he past continuo us a nd practise it. w ith . .. ?
I a month (e.g. January) _ _ 3 home, work, school _ _
c 1 41>)) In pa irs, lis ten to the sounds a nd
2 the weekend
make a sentence using the pas t co ntinuou
a nd the past sim ple. c >- p.153 Vocabulary Bank Prepositions. Do part 1.
( were playing tennis d >-Communication at , in, on A p.lOO B p. l 06. A n wer t he

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it started to rain. questio n s w ith a preposition and a t ime o r place.
4 PRONUNCIATION sentence stress 6 SPEAKING & WRITING
a 1 43 l)) Listen a nd repeat the dia logue. Copy the a Talk to a pa r t ne r. G ive mo re info rmatio n if you can .
!:hxthm. Do you have a photo you really like? Who took it?
A Where were you at six o'clock in the evening? What was happenin g at the time?
B I was at work. 2 Do you upload photos onto Facebook o r o ther intern et
sites? What ..vas the Ia t photo you uploaded?
A What were you doing?
3 Do you have a phoro as th e screen saver o n yo ur
B I was having a meeting with the boss.
computer or phone? What i it of?
b In pairs, take turns to a nswer th e questio n a bo ut 4 Do yo u have a favo ur ite pho to of yourself as a child?
yesterd ay. W ho took it? What was happe ning when th ey took it?
W har were you wearing?
6.30 a.m. 11.00 a.m. lunchtime 4.00 p.m.
6.00 p.m. 10.00 p.m. midnight 5 Do you have any photos in your bed room o r living
room? What are they of ?
Where were you.at ( 1was at home. 6 Do you know any other fa mo us histo ri cal photos?
m the '2.------ Who o r w hat are they of?

What were you doing! l

b >- p.l12 Writing /V1y favourite photo. Wr ite a
descriptio n o f yo u r favourite photo.

5 LISTENING
a Look at a famous pho to w hich was o n th e
cover o f many m agazine around t he wo rld
in the 1960s. Where d o you think th e
peo ple a re? W hat do you rh ink is happe ning?

b Read the beginn ing of a newspaper a rticle.

Why do yo u think it i called 'The inwBe that
cost afortune'?

c 1 44l)) ow listen to the wo m an in the pho to

talking about it. Were yo u ri ght?

d Listen aga in. C hoose a, b, o r c.

In 1968 she
a was n't interested in politics
b was a com munist
c was an ana rchis t
2 She loved the atmosphere beca use all the
students were fighti ng fo r __ .
a peace b democracy c freedo m
3 She was sittin g o n a friend's shoulders _ _ .
a because she was tired
b to take photos
c so that she coul d see better
4 She was carrying the flag because __ .

a she was a leader in the demo nstration
b somebody gave it to her
c she brought it with her
5 Her grand father died six __ later.
a days b weeks c months
e Do yo u thi nk she is so rry that she was
in th at photo?
C
aroline de Bendern was born in 1940. She was the
granddaughter of count Maurice de Bendern, a rich aristocrat
who owned a lot of property in Paris and Monaco. Although he
had other grandchildren, the count decided to leave all his money to
caroline. 'I never knew why.' says caroline. 'Perhaps because 1 was
pretty.' He paid for her to go to very expensive schools in England,
and he hoped that she would marry well, perhaps a member of a
European royal fami ly. But caroline was a rebel. She went to New
York and worked there for a short time as a model. Then, in 1968
when she was 28 years old she returned to Paris ...