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Survival Seting tated Discuss coping wth natural isaters 2A Discuss dangerous situations arate tenses Expessors with Sounds and et spating: g 2B Giearhiceon aiding danger Fue sme clauses and Animals and the ‘conditonabs crwronment 20° Give ard respond to compliments Tone in quosten tops Agecing usig question tags Gving and rexpendine complies 20 Wit gucotnes ina faiet view and extension More pxacion WoROPOWER face ‘Unik Talent Geting stated Discuss what makes something a work o art 3A Discuss atiy and achiovoment Mui word verbs itty and achieverent 3B Discuss sports acti and issues Present parfoctcimple Words connected Word tess and contuoss vi spot 30 Moke call suggestions Scxnds ard spaing: Keeping tothe topic of the Consonant sounds conversation; Making cart ‘suggestons 30 Wetoa coscrpton of cata Reviow and extorion Wore pracoo OROPOWER up Walk Life lessons Getting started Discuss atanood exserencos 4A Discuss vers thal chanes wed tend would (couse and esl youre 48 Discuss are deste ules Obigaton and Takingabout Sands and persion attcaty paling: ‘ae: “Destine ahitas: Convasive sess Describing photos; Expressing ‘caret disagreement 40. 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Witoo naive WOROPOWER way Gromm Foous p14 ‘ecabulryFoous 154vo mensiog.e about sehtccon cuts Intevow:csappearing languages Asking fora feu Cwersation arp tothe Gran Canyon ‘Wobsto bout four tout destnations; Wobst: Wnoro ne? ‘Article: Darger Oying argues “evel og: Arcund the Grand Canyon Comparing ferent tours destinations Ayesing and cesproong Asking fora fvour Discussing cal owrst destinations Contents® ci Coad Using descriptive language Intern: Smart cites; Two smoneogues taking about smart ctes “we manologucs: house renovatons at hunting Intendons about anew shoppieg at Racin excqeemme: personal finance Four morakgues about honesty Grote banc conversation bow TV programme Ccorwersaton about mentions Corversation bouta mus documentary Finding he perect fet Four mondkaues about allrnative medene Irterwon about Dar Cooper wo morolgues: pursing a dream Cciotrating od news Mondogue: extract roma tier ‘auioserints 0.164 ‘Artie: Quick — skew down! ‘tice: Who pus the Yet in van TV? malt complaining about an imponartissue Ait tine to up on casi? Newspaper atl Honest onion? Rovien: Ds the cacti Atle: Teo ooo bo ie? Arik: The rock sar whe wasitt Fssay about the vole of lesnatve recone ‘Story: Phe man who Aapocendt Boog Te mreck ofthe Manic Ati: Golder reams aes (Golden Gist Story: exact fom a titer Discussing good and bac pons about ach Planinga harne renatin Designing and describing 2 en room Giang onions on financial matters Disoussing motel liemmas Tateing about hopes and werries Discussing programmes about cre Talking about inventions Deserting an incredibie person Ghaing and rconing suprises Tiling stores about coiedances, Desorbing and comparing brave or ‘amezing people Teling an imparant pecs of nes, Desertinga picture kway Using formal language Gey Organising review Guy Presenting series of arguments eb Making stry interesting ele symbols and neguar verbs qu 17SRCM nrg UT s HE READING a (2 What kinds of people do you admire most? Why? b © Look at photos 2 and b. What do you think these people have done that make RST a Ae " other pacple admire them? ve always loved great design. Ever since can remember peor! I've been fascinated by the shape and look of objects. In rv ‘opinion, Apple Inc. i the number one company in the wort “s design genius and The woman ented chilaren’s TV quickly and for Braue Goes check your answers, Inthe time that ‘you're reading this article, around 750 iPhone ‘and 300 iPads will be sold internationally. These ieonie devicx generate milions of pounds a day for Apple, and the man behind their iconic look is known as a ‘design genius’. In 2013, Time Magazine listed him as one of the 100 most influential people in the world, but can you name him? Read the texts again and answer the Questions. Write JI ony Ive), JC (Joan Ganz Cooney) or & (both), Who...? 1 had training in ther area of wor Ifyou said Steve Jobs, you'd be wrong, although it was Jobs 2 -cariod out some resea who first recognised this man's talent. His name is Jony ive 2 st up tho cn company Bom in London, Jony Ive studied industrial design at Newcastle 4 was one ofthe fst people thei oe Polytechnic. After graduating, 2he helped sot up the London 5 inti our tne work chang design ageney Tangerine. In 1982, while “he was working at 6: was interested in other people's learning Tangerine, he accepted a job offer from Aople. Shiu he hestaia His first years in the job were tough and the design work wasn't very intresting. The company was also stuggig to i , make money. However, wien Steve Jobs returned Apple Sony Hae do you think is more inspring, in 1997 and saw tho design work that We “had produced, he ¥y Ive or Joan Ganz Cooney? Wi immediately recognised Wve's ability and promoted him. Ive's frst success in his new ol was the design of the orignal colour Mac in 1998, which was quickly followed by the frat iPod in 2001, Thanks to ves simple, elegant designs, Apple became one of the most successful companies in the Work. Since then, he has been responsible for tne iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch. lots dosign involves not only the way these products look but also the way they work. “He believes devices have tobe both beaut and practical Jony ive's kay contrbwtion fo Apple is now being recognised and he has received numerous awards Ther iso doubt that Stove Jobs was a Tergertharite ideas man and businessman vo crested a gel successful company, However without Jony e's design talent, Appie may not ave become such ahuge success So what have I eat from Jony ie? That the best designs ar oten the simplest 7 boliewes the things w 8 has won prizes fr their woTHE WOMAN WHO REINVENTED ee CHILDREN’S TV KA ; in the mid-1960s, Ganz Cooney was working as a producer of felevssion documentary programmes in America, She realised television could pley an important roe in tho education of pre- ‘school children. She researched this idea and, in 1967, she wrote an outine for Sesame Street Ganz Coonay presentec her ideas to the TV channel she was ‘norttng for atthe time. However, tho channel rejected her proposal, saying that they thought she dnt have the right ‘experience te produce a TV programme for children. As a result, ‘she set up Chicten's Television Wearkshop with a colleague, and two years later they had managed to reise eight lion ‘olla to finance production. Even so, many people working in the television industry questioned hor abity to manage such a projoot. Ths was curing the 1960s, when tne Industry was largely controlled by men. At first, Ganz Cooney dint want to fight to keep her role as. the drector ofthe procuction comoeny and the producer ofthe programme. However, har husband and 2 colleague encouraged har to do s0, because they knew the proiect would fai without hor involvement. This meant sne became one ofthe first female television executives in America, 11969, two yoars after her inal research, Sasame Stree: went (on ai, and today it’s stil going strong. However, Joan Ganz Cooney did't stop there. Sne continued to taka an interest in early childhood education, and in 2007, she set up a cenire to help inprove chicrer's cigita teracy.| realy admito tho vay she hes ‘quietly got on with helping young children. She's not a household ‘ame iko Big Bird, but she's hac a huge impact onthe education of millors of children around the word Lil eae VO ey eet 4 now nas a production budget of arcuna $17 lei so unit 1% EAGRAMMAR Review of tenses 4 Match the verbs 1-6 in bold in Apple's desi zenius with the tenses below. D present simple post simple © present continuous: ] present portect CO past perfect b Complete the sentences with the tenses in 22. We use the, 1 to refer to an event that takes place at a cle time inthe past oz temporary event in progre toref inthe t 1 Feler to a state oF action that bagan in the p past and has continued uni now 4 to refer to something thats generally ir 5 torefor ton action that was in progress in th past when somelning ese happened fo reer to a past action that occurre 6 before another past action, © Underline examples of the six tenses in the second text. dB Now go to Grammar Focus on p.134 Read the text about Nikola Tesla and circle the correct words. 1 mp Listen and check your answers. Nikola SIE ‘Not many people ‘have heard / heard of Nikola Tesla, who Zplayed / was playing a key role in creating the alternating current (AC) supply of elecrcity we 2are having / hhave in our homes today. Early in his career, Tesla thas worked / worked wih Thomas Edison He Shad emigrated / has emigrated to the USA from Europe in 1884. While Toslo “was working / bad worked for Edison, they had cn argument over payment for an invention, so Teska “was deciding / decided to work independently It was then thot he developed o motor that could produce an aerating, ‘curront. Throughout his lif, Tesla continued to conduct experiments and *helped / was helping develop Xray idiogrophy and wireless communication. There is no doubt that he *has had / had had a large impact on modern technology. Many of the gadgets that we Yate enjoying / enjoy today would not have been possible without Nikola Tesla"unit 7 ELLISTENING @ CIB Listen to two colleagues, Amelia and Chloe, talking ab Bell-Burell. Tick (¥) the correct sent 4 b © Listen agai false? ita female scientist, Jocelyn She's always boen famous. She isn't very wel known, She made an amazing ciscovery, Oo eated a new mathematical theory. F] in. Me the sentences true or planets end Jocelyn Bal- Bu star She won a Nobel Prize for her She did badly when studying science at high school fe wasn't easy for her when she mad her discovery, the press didn't treat Jocoiyn Bel-Bumell seriously, Amelia has bean inspired by Jocelyn Bel covered a particular king of discovery, -Burnel, ° Discuss the questions, Could Jocelyn Bell-Bumel's story have happened in Your county? Do you know any sitar examples? ow popuiars science in your county? is wih both men and women? i itimporiant what gendk you think i was Bel-Bumnen? ie popular Jer scienis is? Why do important inthe case of Jo celyn EAVOCABULARY Character adjectives @ Underline the five adjectives that describe people's Character in sentences 1-4. Which two adjectives have a Similar meaning and what's the difference between them? ‘She's 2 respected physicist She is an inspiring woman, She was realy determined, but in 2 quiet way. Well, youve always been rotvated, that’s for sure, And stubborn. b ©i9 Pronunciation Listen to the pronunciation of the letter € in these words. Which two sounds are the same? What are the other two sounds? respected determined © (I Look at the words in the box and decide how the underlined letter e is pronounced. Add the words to the table, then listen and check. Practise saying the words. “Slept revise reer holptul serve desire identity university women | sound 3 wy sound 2 el sound 3 /au! 4 Complete the senten es with the character adjectives in 42. 1 Once Dan gets an idea in his head nothing will change his mind: He's the mast person | know and it's really annoying. 2 Tm not the sort of person who gives up easily — I'm vary —_when | want to achieves thing 3 He's worked hard end has done some very intecestines research. He's a hignty — chemist who's known around the work 4 Boing a PhD is hard work so you have to be quite t you want to do one, 5 In my last yoarof high school we had a really teacher. Her lessons were s hard for her a biology 0 inkcresting that we all worked! very © B Now go to Vocabulary Focus on p, EASPEAKING Think of an inspiring person, who has influenced you nr some way. It can be someone you know or it can De Someone famous. Make notes about the person, Use the: Questions to help you, ‘+ Whats this person's What important things as this person done in thelr fe? Why are they inspiring? ‘ow have they changed or infiuenes < ed your life? SW Tell other students about your person. Ask questions. How does she My cousin Vera's an athlete stay mothatea? ‘She trains really hard. every day — sa she’ realy determines,TCR TRL anes B Look at photos a-c and read The 30-day challenge. discuss the questions. What are the 1 patos sp similar activities? Ifs0, ha 2 Why 0 tr doing? He sucessful were you? 1 think doing something for 30 days. er taker HKD Listen to a podcast about the 3 Tick the main point that Alison makes, The 30-day challonge is a good way to avo up bad 2. t'sdlificut forthe brain to adapt io new habits. 3. you try something new for 30 days, you've more Hkely to keep tit aerwercs 0-day challenge B Alison made some notes at the seminar, Complete her notes with one or two words in each gap. Listen again and check Seminar notes time, 0 fun to do something new ‘Aloo a chance to try something? not just giving up bad habits. todo 1 do something tht doosit get nthe way OF your 2 take time 0.1 todo se 3 = Youncedto make. Have you ever started a new hobby, but given up after col a couple of wooks? Or started a course and stopped after the first fow lessons? Most of us have tied to lear something new, but vory few of us ever really get any good at it i's just t00 dificult to continue doing something new. But now there's some good news: did you know that you ccan keep up your new hobby for just 30 days, you have a much better chance of succeeding? And you may learn ing new about yourself too, What examples of 30-day challenges did you hear? Use words from both boxes for each chalienge. eyele drink climb get up eat paint write rise poem coffee new everywhere picture mountains What do you think of the ideas Alison talks about? Make notes Compare your ideas,"UNIT 1 VOCABULARY Trying and succeeding @ IMA Complete the sentences with the words and phrases in the box. Listen and check your answers. Bive up have ago at Keepit up keep to ‘make an effort manage to successfully tryout work out 1 Often if we try something now, we ——_atter about a week or two because our brain hast adapted. 2 Soit you do semething new for a month, you'l probably it 3. Maybe you wouldn't want to for your onhote life, but it might be fun to doi just for 30 days, A Ityoute successful i's great but ifit doesn't —— it doesn't matter too much, 5 i's not just about ving up bad habits. The idea is realy that you something new. 6 Or you can take time out and something, youve clays wanted to do, 7 Obviously to do something like that you need ‘te all about halt-way through and they've done it___ so far. Match words and phrases from 2a with the meanings. succeed 1 2 stop trying 3 not stop tying —_, __ 4 tyhard_—__ 5 hy to see it works —_, _ Complete the sentences below about 30-day challenges. Use the words and phrases in 2a and your own ideas. There is ‘more than one possible answer. 1 He ied gving up cotfee for 30 days. wasn't sy, but he 2 You've got up at 8.30 every day for three ‘weeks now. You've anly ent one week to £0, 3. 30-day challenges sound fun. | want to do ‘something siferent, so I tink 2 Work in small groups. Tell the group about a time when you: + found something aiicult but didnt give up © made aren effort 19 sueceed had a go at something unusual ‘© did something wibich worked out successfully + ried to do something which didn’t work out 12 EAREADING @ Look at challenges 1-3. Who do you think will fin and who will find it difficult? Read the interviews and check your ideas. 30-DAY iuielastars Challenge 1: feces ect ‘What made you decide to become vegetarian, Farah? QRSONCE Sn ert ll for quite a lang ime now I've been trying to eat less meat, partly for health reasons. | think vegetables are bettor or you. Yes, but | always thought 'd miss meat too much. The idea of being a ‘vegetarian for 30 days was really good, because | could give ita try and. then see how Ife No, feel really good. Actually, | don’t miss meat at al, 301 think easly manage tho 20 days and I might ty carrying on longer. I certainly think Pm bit healthier than | used to be. eee ea) Caen a wor ry cid you foun @eueten eres es doce sonneting every ay? Wal ve never been very good at crewing, but Ive always thought ike to slrt drawing thins around ‘me. It's one of those things that you think about doing, but you never get rue to Alin of tings. A the start crew objects around me at home. Then | went out in my lunch break and started drawing things outdoors, like vestry | drow a duck nth park~ tat was realy cific Sido you fet thas een worth? Oh yes, definitely. I'm still not very good at drawing, but it's boon lots of fun and it's very reiaxing,unit 1. © Complete the interviows with the missing GRAMMAR Questions questions. 2 And who do you practise with? Or are you just @ Read the rules about questions. Find examples of each type of working lone? question in the interviews and 3c 1 eve hn of boing vegetaran belore? B Ruegortyo eee o 1. In questions, we usually put the auxiliary verb before the subject. If ¢ An how do you fet? fre you finding it fica aaa (do you think you'll carry on after the 30 days? there is no auatlary verb, we add do or af : oh i‘ a victures af so far? ‘Are you making dinner? Have you cater)? What have you drawn pectres fae @MMA Listen and check your answers. 2 the question word (wn, what or wh isthe subject, we Keo normal word order Who spoke to you? What happened next? 3 Ifa question has a preposition, itcan come atthe end You were talking to someone. > Who were you talking to? 4 Toask an opinion, we often ask questions slarting wit a phrase ike Doyouthink... ? {sta B000 tea?» Do you think it's a ood idea? b Compare examples a and b. 2 Did you see her atthe party? Which example... ? 1 fa neutral quostion (= maybe she was there, meybe not) 2 expresses surprise (= Fr sure she was there) Didn't you see her a the party? © Compare examples c and 4, {© Which colour do you want? What colour do you want? Which example? 1 asks about an open choice (there may be tts: choose from) 2 asks about a lied range (e.g. black of colours to dor green) dB Now go to Grammar Focus on p.134 @ © Work in pairs. You are going to role-play two of the interviews in 3b and continue with your own questions 1 Choose one of the inorvios Sudent A: Inlervew ShudentB. Add your om questions Student: Answer Stren A questne using your own is, BOs n 2 Choose a sosond interven. This tne Sludent B interes Student A learn Italian, Stove, vila language dd you dack EX SPEAKING learn? Wel thought choose aenguage | @ Work in pairs. 1 Wite a short pom exery day {hat sn' too dilerent fom English, sol | 1. write down three challenges 2.Getupat dawn ocided to ty haan you might do in the next 3 Goruming Isnt itll to Keop going wath Uvee mont. Ves itis. ve had tobe very sic nth nyse 2 Look al your partner's challenges. Wite some questions to ask about {hm using a book with a CD, 90 usually try to cover one tach one. Ask about lesson a night ‘reasons for doing the chatonge i + deals ot wretnethe ene eo Wel Pesan ion esaentstrord he canarana | * Me Tels aba 1'm friends vith the ovmer, so go there and | ehat to him, ‘That's one reason | chose Italian, 2 ee ‘Are you planning to ... 7 eo I'm thinking of trying Japanese next. o you think it will be... ? How are you going to... ? b Ca Interview your partner about their three challenges. Do you think he/she will be successful?Everyday English DRS OUR UCU ” CONVERSATION SKILLS D Discuss the questions, Breaking off a conversation 1 in your county, how do stunts manage nena? Dottey 7 a. OA Look at these ways to break off a conversation o yon tok pee and say goodbye le poretine ob 1 Vea st nt @ got no ime to talk now. 2 What do you think is the best way? Why? 3 4 see you tomorrow. 3. Ifyou had to do a a8.a studert, what job would you choose ancl why? isten to the speaker. Which words does she not use Look at the photo of Tessa and Becky from Part 1 ndrde Who do you think they aro? Look at some more ways to break off a conversation. h words has the speaker not included? 1 Must be off now 3 Caritialk Ik to you late 4 Nice tak 1 tourists visting @ famous building 2 college students doing a course 3 journalists who have just done an interview HB Watch listen to Part 1 and check your TNH Watch or listen again. Answer the questions, ‘re Becky and Tessa fiends? How do you know? 2. Wty does Blecky have to go Watch or listen to Part 2. Are these sentences true or false? 1 Becky and Tom PRONUNCIATION Rapid speech a @JIMD In rapid speech we often leave out sounds. Listen to the phrases below. Which sound is left out? Is it a consonant sound or a vowel sound? 1 must go 3 gottoen 2 must 4 cant taik Read the conversation, Put B's replies in order. Is more than one order possible? 'k So how was your holiday? B Got to go. / Sorry. / Can't talc now. It was: A-OK, wal have a nice evening, B Bye ‘See you tomorrow. / Yeah, thanks. / Must be off now. ¢ Ca Work in pairs. Have short conversations. Student A: Tell Student B abou Continue until he/she stop Student: You're in a hurry. Use break of 1 at you did last weekend, essions in 2b an 1010 ‘conversation,EALISTENING a @llMD Watch or listen to Part 3. What happens to Becky? Choose the correct answer, 1 Becky meets Sem and learns how to make coffe. 2. Becky learns how to handle food and meets a café customer. b @ilmH Watch or listen again. Answer the questions, 1 Sem explains two things to Becky. What are they? 2. What does Phil doin the café? 3. Why do they cal him ‘JK? 4 Who is Emma? ¢ C2 Discuss the questions with other students, Give reasons for your answers. 1 Doyou think the others tke Phil coming tothe café? 2 Do you think Becky will be goad at her new job? d © Wateh or listen to Part 4, Which of these topics do Tom and Becky mention? ‘coffee food Becky's new job the reason Tom is here Phil's book their wedding plans @ @HA Wetch or listen again, What do Tom and Becky say about each topic? USEFUL LANGUAGE Explaining and checking understanding Look at the expressions Sam uses to explain what to do. Put the words in italics in the correct order. 1 most /thing /1 /the ‘important dow touch the fod, 2 to/always / remember use these tongs 3. remember thing /1o/ancther the tables ate all numbered, b @imm Listen and check your answers, © Why does Sam use these expressions? 1 because he needs time to think 2 because he's not sure 3 toemphasise important points Look at these ways to check that someone has understood an explanation, Complete the questions with the endings in the box. he idea? got that? clear? Imean? 1 Is that 2 Bo you understand what 3 Have you 4 Doyou got e ©) Pronunciation Listen to each question in 5d said in two ways. Which way sounds ... ? ‘+ friendly and polite ‘= unfrienaly and not so polte ‘To sound friendly, does the speaker's voice go up (A) or down (¥) at the end? ¥ Practise asking the questions in 8d in a friendly and polite way. & Here are some other things Sam could explain to Becky, Imagine what he could say using language in 5a and 5d. What could Becky say to show she has understood? 1 how to clear and arrange a able when @ customer leave: 2 wnat to do wih the coffee machine at closing ime 3 what to do f customers eave some hh Cv Practise the conversation in 5g Swap roles. TGASPEAKING @ Choose a process you are familiar with or something you knaw how to do. It could be: ‘+ Something connected with a sport or @ hobby * how fo use a machine or an electronic dvice ‘© how to make o¢ cook somethin 'b You are going to explain the process to your Partner. Prepare what you will say. Think hav to emphasise the important points and check that your partner understands. Use expressions fromm 5a and 5d © CB Work in pairs. Take turns to explain the process to your partner and ask each other questions to check understanding,Skills for its must) LUE D EISPEAKING and LISTENING @ CB Discuss the questions 1 In your deity fi 2 What how much do you depend on technok 7ecIs of technology make your daly ay? 4 CW Look at the survey resuts below ‘questions. ‘and discuss the Do you tink people you know wo. 2 Do you agree withthe res ike t adc tothe list? Wife) o) tT self-service checkouts sales calls selfies, slow internet connection i mobile phone battory life out technology, ne positive or negative experiences? be 4 COM Listen again. Wat's the speake 's felationship with the other person in the story? What made the experience Positive or negative? Why? ® CW Discuss the questions. 1 Do you amroe vith Gitar 2 Do you know people i change? Wy / Way not? 0 her boss? Why Why ot? Derek? Do you think they should vio on Your own, Think about 1 ‘oes. yn Mts technlogy created a problem for yout * When has technology het e questions below and ed you solve 2 pen £ SW Discuss your experiences in 1f jblem of some kind? Read Tech free! Ave any of the things in the survey mentioned? b Read the text false? Are the sentences true oF Before the experiment ne idea tied by Sam was a bit w Hed that he had jo chat to someone Weis clearly surprisd that Sam (0 to wthcraw money, 4 Sam saved time by not using the self-service ‘check-out at the supermarket s Se re SH ta work better wen ne wrot by hen & Ashe cy prosressed, Sam thought les about us bis phone 7” Sam leamt something about the way we: depen! of technology © © 2 How would you tel it you had to live 7 WmerCut using technology for one day? Discuss ‘hat you would enjoy and not en joy. EI WRITING SKILLS Organising an article @ How does Sam org: Conrect summary. He 1 expains his attitude towards his day, eeques 2 explains his ise his article? Choose the technology, describes det to do the same thing vel of dependency on techinovgy, Glsorbes is day finkhes with an evaluation ofthe 3 exiains h ® feelings about tech ey, describes his day, fnishe: ® by promising to repeat the experien How does Sam get the reader's attention at the beginning ofthe article?W7 TD "Have you ever wondorod what it would be like to give up technology? I'm aTV journalist and I spend a lot of my warking life in front of a computer or aTV. | decided to conduct my own private experiment: I would spend a day trying to manage without technological devices. What a ‘soary thought! The first thing | usually do every day is reach for my emartohone to chock the time and read any messages or emails. But id locked it away ina ‘drawor the night before. Already I wes feeling very cut off rom the world, and i was only .. actualy, Thad no idea what time it was! *Aher breakfast, I needed to get some cash, Inevitably, this meant a trip to the bank because ‘cash points are technological devices. |had to ‘queue, but | had a very nice conversation with a ‘woman whilst | was waiting, Not surprisingly, the bank teller thought | was a bit strange withdrawing ‘money this way. I think she thought | was a robber! “Then it was on to the supermarket. You may be ‘wondering what’ technological about that. Well | had to make sure | avoided the self-service ‘hock-out and joined the queue for a normal Complete the tasks below. 1 In paragraphs 2-5, underline the inking word or phrase that sequences the events in Sams day. The first one has been done for you 2 In paragranh 6, what Inking phrese shows that Sam is going to summarise his experionce? Look at the example sentence from the article. The adverb inevitably shows the writer's attitude. Find five other comment adverbs in the article ‘Inevitably, this meant a trp tothe bank because cash points ae technoiogical devices, ‘Add the adverbs in the box to the sentences. (Sometimes there is more than one possibie answer.) ‘amazingly naturally inevitably (oot) surprisingly 1 Why do some websites always ask you to change passwords? Having created a password for my bank ‘account, | was asked to change it two weeks later 2 usually hate anything to do with technology. I quite lke using the self-service check-out atthe local ‘supermarket 3 alvvays expect IT products to be very expensive The tablet | bought lest week cost very litle 4 fing it very dificult o install new softwere Ive downioaded the atest version ofa program and my ‘compute has frozen, Follow me ‘one ~ vith a real person. Naturally it took longer, but had 2 great chat with the guy \ ‘who served me, and he told me about a nev ‘lub that is opening up nearby. Would | have {found out about that if fd gone to the self service checkout? No, Afterwards, | came home to have a go at \writing a news story by hand. Strangoly, | found it easier to concentrate on my waitin, But my hand and fingors got relly sore! ‘And | have to confess — by this stage, | was hhaving to make a real effort not to get my [phone out and check my massagos. Iwas starting to wonder what my friends were doing. Maybe they were making plans to ¢0 to that new club, and I would never know! Allin all, wouldn't say | could five without technology. Predictably | realy missed my phone all day. The worst part was not being ‘able to check updates in the news or from ry friends. | felt very out of touch. However, | kept to my promise of a tech-foo day and | did have more face-to-face interaction. Undoubtedly, it made mo realise just how addicted to technology we al are, {Which piece of advice is not correct for writing an article? Why? 1. Begin the article with a question to got the reader's attention 2 Use direct questions to connect with the reader of your article. 3 Thin about how you can structure the main part ofthe article, You can use a sequence of events oF you could compare and contrast ideas, 4. Use linking words to guide the reader 5 Beas objective as possible. 6 Use comment adverbs to show your opinions 7 Summerise your experience or idoas and evaluate them EA WRITING Imagine you had to live for a week without a technological device you use in your daily life. Choose a device from the Survey, the article or use your own ideas. Make notes about what the experience mighit be like. b W Discuss your notes. © White an article about your experience. Organise your article to follow the structure in 3a, Use the linking phrases and adverbs from 3c~e to help you. Swap articles with another student, Does the article follow the advice in 3f? 's the article interesting to read? Why? ‘What could make it more interesting?"8 UNIT 1 Review and extension GRAMMAR Write verbs in the gaps in the correct tense, My wo Anna an Uf st |___ (meet) ata party white | — tive) in London in the 1970s. When |@__(arrwe) ‘most people “__(alreadyfleave).|°__{patice) Anna inwrediataly She ®__(wear| a blue cess and she 7 (chet) with @ group of people onthe baleony. |® (wend) up. toner and we °___ (start talking. We both !°__ (ee as if we !___ (know each other all our fives. Now we (be) both in cur 70s. We" ¢how) cach othr for 44 years, Read an interview with a famous actor about his life. Correct the mistakes in the questions. 1 Where you grow up? In San Diego, in Calfornia, et when | wes 18 2 Did not you fk Ing in San Diego? ‘Yes, but there were more opportuntios in San Franeiseo, 3 How long for dic you stay there? About eh years. Then I moved to New York What did make you decide to move? | gotan offer o act at the Apollo Theater in New York 5 Doyou think was ita good decision? ‘Oh yes. It was a chance to work with some great people. 6 With who od you work? Oh, lots of wood actors VOCABULARY @ Add an adjective to complete each gap. 1 The studonts are all keen to learn English. They're very 2 A Sophie's family and friends have warned her about marrying Fred but she's going to anyway. She's so 5_ Everyone agrees the new president is a good leaden She’ high My brother used to be very shy, but e's become much more s__sinoe he ltt nome, 5 Ive aivays loved acting more than anything else about it 6 Five thousand poople came to hear him talk, He's a very __ speaker 7 Try not to criticise his work. He can be very sab it 8 Just because theyre rch they think they're batter than ‘everyone else. | hate a people ike thet Terence Newby, for example, Imp b Choose the correct answers. 11 Mad took a go at running a café, butt didnt work “up/ out. | didn't manage "o. money s0 I had to sel it 2 He's really “doine/ making on efort to lose weight, He's on a diet and he's kept heldit up fr ix weeks now. But | don't know i etl stay / keep tot for much longer. 3. There's only one way to find out if you can do some thing "successfil/ successfully and that’s to try ton / out! make | in making encgh Po 4 “Vcan‘t make up my mind! bb ‘treaty makes a difference to the room, “\can‘t make out what its © “We'l have to make the best oft? © “This is 10 make up for last right "That doesnt make sense, ‘wants to make fiends with us, @ 4 © Aad a word or phrase from exercise a after make in these sentences, b im Listen to the conversations and check your answers, 1 What was that? | can’t make what you're saying. 2 Why cor you drive faster? We need to make lost time, ‘orwell be late. 3. Sodo you wont to come with us? You need to make 4 When the sun shines, it makes to the way | fee. {ict buy any more food. Youtl just have to make ‘He gave long expianatin but it cit make stil don't understand, 7 Don't sit in front ofthe computer all day. You should go out and mave with pope. oft. tome. | d CW What kind of person are you? Discuss these Questions, 1 Hyp. upset frond, now would you make up fri? Wout yd bye present, buy foners, acokgie? ‘When you buy clthes, do you make up your min ‘wich a do you needa org tm to ceside? 3 You have a spand the night at an airport Would you stay thee and make the best oi oF wos you pay money fora hora? ‘You see a dogin the sret, Would you ty to make fiends with itor would you koep out ofits wy? How well did you do in this unit? Write 3, 2 or 1 for each objective, 3=very well 2= well 1 = not so well IAN... siscuss poople | atinire 1 discuss a challenge qo explain what to do and check understanding [-] l write an articleGETTING STARTED @ ® Look at the pictur append itLaer CUTTER nse | 2A EELISTENING @ Look at pictures a-d. What would you be most afraid Of in each situation? h GB Listen to someone talking Which of the pict the holiday? about their holiday, lures is being described? Where was © CMD Listen again, Number events that they happened! bought a new surfboard » last the boar © waved toa ife-guard went surfing alono swam against the current fh was e ellolf the surbar FAVocABULARY Expressions with get @ Match expressions 1-10 in bold 1 [1] tant wait to got away, 2 C1] Nveameys wanted set t0 co it [| | couttnt get over just how strong they ate, ] Actual, | got into a bt of trouble one, ] | isd 0 get hold of i 5 ti got swept away by the | son re a-h in the order learnt to suet wth inetructors with meanings a-j. lear bow o sur an finally alsed that | wasn’ getting anywhere eet feeling | wos being pullod out to son So | vere io get someone's attention. "had a bad experience, but | soon got over make no pro b ein adifer C have the chane 0 go somewhere ese © be very surprised by something find myself in aificuny a take itin my hang fecover from something naga make i have the sensation that tive that happened omeone notice Complete the sentences with the correct form of the Phrases in 2: 2. Write one word in each gap, 2, Ste '9n outonthe radio the pocern's 2 They wee exhausted and hungry bul aes ove tod and Sleep they soon, — the experience, 3 When he the third time, he began 10 — that he was test. “He went ona cours about urvang, = ——_ nut into practice hey decided tp taking skills the snow was eerous and they soon — ‘The boal was sinking, but we ae crossing the ri all managed to ____— but the currant was strong and — by the water, 8 They had been walking for hours ta they.o only walked About two ki They fet ike they were 9 They were in such Tountans, the 10 Whe arushto____ Y let without taking 3 n they were inthe water, they ie high the waves were, © B-Now go to Vocabulary Focus on pilunit 2° EAREADING @ Read the article Lost at sea and answer the questions. ¢ CQ Answer the questions. 1 How long wes Robert Hewitt in the water? 2 What problems did he have to overcome? b Can you remember what these numbers refer to? Write sentences about each number. Then read the text again and check your answers. 1 200.metre 4 three hours 2 sevenkiloreties 5 haifa klometre 3 fourtn day 6 third day 1. What do you think most helped Robert to survive? 2 Do you think that Robert made the right eeision on day one not to try to swim for shore? Give reasons, 3. What was the biggest challonge Robe to.vercome? 4 What would you have done in Robert's Situation? tad Ra LOST AT SEA How long could you survive at sea? One day? Two? And when would you start to lose hope? When Robert Hewitt came to the surface, he ‘realised straight way that something was wrong, Hed been diving for sea urchins ane crayhsh of the coast of New Zealand with a fiend, and *had decided to make the 200-metra swim back toa alone. But instead, stiong underwater eurents had taken him more than half kilometre out to wea, Lying on his back inthe middle ofthe ocean, Robert told himself not to panic, He was a sttong swimmer and he ‘was wearing his thick wet suit. I'm not ‘going to die. Someone will come, he told himeett But three hours pessed and stl no one had come for him. Robert would soon have to make a tough decision He was now long way from the coast and the tide was taking him further out, bt he decided not to try to swim for shore, He felt it was better to seve his energy and hold on to his brightly coloured ‘equipment. But the decision was not an eaay one just closed my eyes and said, "You've made the right decision. You've made the right decision” until that all heard” he vemernbers As night approached, Robert established a pate 19 help him survive inthe water To stay warm, he kop himgolf moving and took short naps o loss than @ mnuta atatime. Every few hours, he called out to his Be Ny ns i loved ones: ‘Just yolling out their names would pick me up and then I would keep going for the next ho: and the next hour and the next. Wher he woke the next moming, he couldn't believe he was stl alive. Using his bright equipment, he tried to signal to planes that flew overhead. But as each plane turned avy his spirits dropped. He managed to drink water from his oxygen tank to keep himself alive, but as day turned tonight again he started to imagine things. Robert woke on the third day to a beautiful blue sky Now seven kilometres off the coast, Robert decided he had to swim for it But the sun was so strong and Robert quickly ran out of strength, Hope tumed to, disappointment yet again: 'I felt disappointed in ‘myself | thought l was a let fitter | thought | would be able to do it’ Robert then started to think he might On the fourth day, the lack of food and water was realy stating to alfect him. Half unconscious, and with strange visions going through his head, he thought he saw a boat coming towards him with two, of his friends in, Another vision, surly. But no ~ "They put me in the boat and I said something like "Oh, hows it going, what are you guys doing here?" Then he asked them the question that he'd asked in all his visions: ‘Can | have some water?” ‘As they handed him the water and he felt it touch his lips, he krow. This was not a vision, He'd bean found! ‘After four days and three nights alone at sea, Robert had been found! Sunburnt, hungry and exhausted, butalive Toe EY Na"unit 2 EAGRAMMAR Narrative tenses @ Look at the verbs in bold in Lost af sea and match them with the uses a-d. ‘a completed ection that takes plece before the main events in the story 2 background action in progress at the same time as the main evants in the story rapponed © acontinuous a In the story and explains why the main events happen d. 2 completed action that tells you what happens at a specific time in the story bine Pronunciation Listen to the three sentences. Underline the stressed verb in each sentence. How do ‘we pronounce the words had been? Listen again and repeat. He had been diving for sestood, He had been swimming inthe 903 He had boon wearing a wet sul. © BD Now go to Grammar Focus on 9.136 1d Work in pairs, Student A: Read about Eric Le Marque, Student B: Read about Ricky Megee. Answer the {questions about your text. 1 Where does the tex! take place? 2 Does the person survive? @ Underline the correct verbs in your text. You are going to tll your partner about your story. Make notes. § Tell your partner your survival story. Use correct ver forms EASPEAKING a Think of a dangerous situation that you or someone you know was in, or it could be something you know about from a book or film. Make notes about the questions. Were and when did it take no was involved? ‘What was the scene or background tothe story? What were the main events? How did you J the person feel? What was the outcome? b CB Tell each other your story. Use different narrative tenses and expressions with get. ASk questions. 22 tivity that happens before the main events twas getting late and Eric LeMarque decided to have one final run on his snowboard. As he 'd gone / was going down the mountain, he 2eame / was coming across some thick fog and headed in the wrong direction. All of a sudden he was completely lost. All he had with him was his snowboard, some bubble gum and an MP3 player. Eventually, he ?yemembered /'d remembered something he ‘was seeing /“d seen in a movie about using an MP3 player as a compass. This meant he was able to get an idea of where he was and head in the right direction, up the mountain. Eric was missing for a week. During that time, he fell in a river, almost went down a waterfall and had to walk through snow that ‘was four and a half metres deep! On the eighth day he was seen by a helicopter that Shad searched / hhad been searching for him, He was completely exhausted but alive. ‘A farmer couldn't believe what he saw when he came across a stranger living on his farm. The man, Ricky Megee, "lived / had been living off the land in the Australian bush for two months. Ricky *had been driving / had driven near the border of Western Australia and Northern Territory. He *stopped / had stopped to help some people whose car had broken down and offered one of them a lift to a nearby town, Unfortunately, the passenger turned out to be a robber, who stole Ricky's car. Ricky was now completely lost in the bush. He “ate / had eaten insects, snakes and frogs and eventually managed to find a dam to provide him with water. He built a small shelter there and waited, hoping to be rescued. 71 days after being left, Ricky was found by the farmer, He'd fost / was losing more than 50 kg in weight during his time in the bush.If it runs towards TAC a at Be Cee ee te (@ Future time clauses end conditional We CSL ear eneeery ENN EEREADING a CP Think of three wild places you know of + Would you be scared to go tor a walk thera? 1» What dangers could you face? you do to get out of danger? © Read the text and cheek your answers, Read the text again, Tick (/) the correct sentences } Sore animats are less dangerous than people think & you go walking, you car’t avoid meeting dangerous animals, 3 Not many animals attack without reason, 4 Having a weapon may help you survive an attack 1) C2 Look at pictures @-¢ and answer the questions 6 Me neaials have apart ofthe ody whic is miner. Which ofthe animals do you think are the most and least mpeter eran away than oy to Ag fangerous? ® Do you think the text is 2 2 How good do you think your chences are of suniving an sy ee ane nt a serious survival guide for travelless attack 0 part ofa seientiic book about animals © an article writen maint for interest and amusement YOU’RE WALKING IN A TU yy ir eos Crest) Sy “The first important point is that there's not goes away again. With luck, you may nove animal, but it doesn't hurt to know in your back garden, ori you're g family of wolves. have BE AWARE “The fist thing is to know which animals are really dangerous. Mary people are scared of animals that are in fact harmless, and not ‘scared enough of animals that could kill you. Most animals wor't attack people unlese you do something to make them angry. Boars, tor ‘example, will usualy move away as soon as they hear you and they/ll only fight if they thinkc you're attacking them or their young. Wolves won't normaly attack unless they are very hungry, and then only i they're in a group, Tarantulas are horrible and hairy, but they aren't actually dangerous at all you can let thom walk over you. On the other hand, tigers and crocodiles are serious killers who will bo happy to eat you for breakfast PREPARED fee goodie ukeadtck a nie ore pepper spray when you go for a walk in the wild in case you meet a dangerous animal. Have tin a place whore you can easily find it Itmay mean the difference between lf ‘and death. po eee na Usually much you can do, except hope it What to do if an escaped leopard attacks you eng for a country walk and you suddenly meet a SO Daub ltl yard to defend yourself against a wild KNOW YOUR ENEMY ltyou ever find yourselt face to face with a farce and dangerous animal, to know their strong and weak points, Points are: * the nose you'll want ‘Common weak, + the eyes, People have sometimes survi large cats, and crocodiles on Your thumbs into thoir eyes wi 8s you press hard enough ‘make thom angry! You can also try to got a psychological advantage, Provided you seem bigger and more dangerous than the: * animal it wil probably leave you alone, 80 make alot en nalse and try to make yourself look bigger WHAT NEXT? + the neok ived by punching sharks, the nose, and pushing il also work Well, as long ‘Otherwise, you might just \Woapons, then use them, Hit the shouting and make sudden movements. Good Incl"unit 2 1 Lek a the des blow fr suniving stacks by tee EAGRAMMAR Future time clauses different animals. For each animal, decide which ideas and. éonditionals: are the best. @ Look at the words and phrases in bold in check B Communication 2B Now go to p.127 to check your gantances 1-5 and sneer quscion #9 answers. 1 Theyl ony fight if they tink you" eltacking, them, nition the nose wit a stk 2 They wort attack people unless theyre trapped Joo lt straight inthe eyes or prowked rum away enmediately 3. Bers, or example, wil usual move away as soon a8 they nea yo 4. Provided you stay absolutely stil, the bear wil lose interest and go away. 5 As long as you don't panic, will probably swim away, Which two words or phrases have a similar meaning to i? b What does sentence 2 mean? 1 A bear wil only attack you if its trapped or provoked. 2 A bear wil altack you anyway, even fish trapped. © What does sentence 3 mean? 11 When bears hear you they wil wait, then mave away slowy. 2 When bears hear you they will nove away immediately, Look at those examples: Ifyou stay stil, the bear wil go away (© something good will happen), you move, the bear wil attack you (© something bad will happen), In whioh example could we us provided instead of if © What tense is used after the words and phrases, in boks? What tense is used in the other part of the sentence? 2 as long as or 1b Find one more example in How to survive an animal attack of each of these words and 2 swim away qui phrases: bb swim tonards it 1 aslongas itt in the eye iit bites you 2 unless z 3 provided © B Now go to Grammar Focus on p.136 d Complete the sentences. There is more than one possible answer. Compare with other students, 1 Shetks won't attack you unless 2 Wolves will only attack if 3 Terantulas won't bite you provided 4 Ifyou hit a crocodile on the nose . ‘run straight uphill as fas as you can bb lie down and ‘play dood hil the trees with sticks if you think bears are nearbyEILISTENING and VOCABULARY Animals and the environment a ® The Tiger by John Vaillant tells the true story of @ hunter and a Siberian tiger. Use the words in the box to guess what happened. tiger mattress attacked hhut forest wounded shot killed boots: TIGER ACL b @R Listen to an interview about the book. Was the story similar to yours? ¢ CHER Which of these questions doesn’t Miles answer? Listen again and check. 1 sa Siberian tiger bigaer than other tigers? 2. How far can it jump? 3. Have many people been kilad by Siberian tigers? 4 Can tigers plan ahead? d GHEE Listen to the second part of the interview. Tick (¥) the things Miles talks about. 1. his own feelings about the tiger 2 ifein Siberia 3 the relationship between humans and tigers 4 tigers as an endangered species 5. how to survve a tiger attack @ CW Do you think Miles would agree with statements 1-8? Write Yes or No. Then explain why. 1. ItS a good thing thoy killed the tiger 2 The tiger was just behaving natural, 3. Tigers have always caused probloms for people in Sibetia, 4 Im some ways, humans are more dangerous than tigers, 5 We should hunt more tigers to keep them under contol 1 Which of the words in the box can we use to talk about ...? 1 animals 2. places at risk creature endangered environment extinct habitats hunt natural protected rare species & TEN Complete the sentences with the words in 3f Then listen and check your answers, 1... ineastem Siberia, one ofthe wildest and most = on Earth 2 imagine a thats as active as a cat and hes {he weight ofan Industrial refrigerator 3. Humans and tigers share the sare = Tigers are because of humans. 5 Tigors have become extremely 5 There ate 40 milion humans but only 500 tigers, 0 they really aren and athough thoy're —___ they could easiy become ina few decades, he same animals and UNIT a SPEAKING @ A visitor is coming to stay in your country. Make notes about: + endangered species and where you can see them © dangerous animals or other creatures (eg, birds, fish, insects) * other possible risks or dangers (eg. diseases, dangerous places, travel, weather) bb Imagine what you could tell the visitor and what advice you could give. How could you use the words in the box? if as soon asin case unless as long as provided © C2 Work in pairs. Student A, talk about your country, Student B, you are the visitor. Ask Student A questions. Then change roles. Take maria tablets in case you get bitten by a mosquito. Be careful of dogs it you go jogging,ren tat ee pomtea thea Dee oe y] CEN Mai) ee HELLISTENING a C2 Discuss the questions. 1 Do you like taking photos? Why Wy not? 2 In your opinion, wheat makes 8 good photo? 3 Do you think you are good at taking photos? Why Why ol? }b Look at photo a and answer the questions. 1 What is Becky doing? 2 Why do you think she needs Tessa to helb? © @lNEH Watch or listen to Part 1. Check your answers, 1 IED Are the sentences true or false? Watch o lsten again to check, 1. Bocky asks Tessa to help her check the height of the tino 2 Becky is happy with the shots she takes, 3 Tessa wonders it's necessary to use a lat of equipment 4 Tessa wants to take a photo ofa smal animal, EACONVERSATION SKILLS Agreeing using question tags 8 AEH Walch or Iisten again, How dos Tessa. Complete the rule respond to Becky's comment “t's quite diffeult? {the Sentence is positive, we use a tag. tthe b Choose the correct word. Senlonce is negative, we use a —— tag, 1 We can use statements with question tag _auree / dsagroe vith someone, © Complete B's re 2 Using a diferent adiectve in the ansiner is more first gap and th interesting fen sto lies. Use an adjective from the box in the core ver form in the second gap. ‘ welcoming Soaking be © Complete B's answers wth the corect — verb forms, fathtaking worried 1A Your elothe ate all wot B Yes, theyre they? 1 A | think she's lovely porcon, cenery theres omen B Yes, she's very charming, she 2 A Tho Scenery thee exeptena 2 A Their instructons werent very clear eiiilcoa pe calle sr 5A They werent avery rendly group of people Bo, they weren't hlptul, they B No,thoy erent he 48 He ooks abit anon, B Yes, he does lok hee EXPRONUNCIATION Tone in question tag: a Gites Listen to the examples. B wiped a te a ate ag © O discuss people and things you and other_ What the eifernce in measncs i Students know ~ for example, a person, a café { Wlehmrera a film or a car. Use the adjectives below and 2 Ne tey eNO erst vesting to age es 3 Yes, you noc to make things easy, dont yoy? chemin? tlio ae 4 Ca Practise saying the exchanges in 2e, 7 inbrstng facinating ‘Try to-use the correct tone in the reply, That photo is really striking Yes, its stunning, isnt te 26LISTENING @ Look at photo b of Becky and Tessa. Which approach to taking photographs would you prefer? Why? Look at the two photos of flowers. Which do you like best? Why? c —a a ~ TED Watch or listen to Part 2 What are Becky and Tessa's opinions of their own photos? d ©NEM Watch ar listen to Part 2 again. Answer the questions. How did Tessa stat taking photos? ‘What do Becky and Tessa have trouble deciding? ‘Wat does Becky think about her photo ofa squirrel? What dows Tessa think? Where do they go for coffee? unit 2° EAUSEFUL LANGUAGE Giving compliments and responding 4 © Listen and complete the conversation. BECKY ___a__ shot TESSA {al BECKY You ___just__ to get a really good shot. The light is a TESSA Thanks. Guess t's bad. 1b Answer the questions about the conversation. 1 Do Becky's compliments sound excited? 2 is Tessa’s response grateful or neutral? © Look at the bold words in compliments 1-4. Match them to the words and phrases in a-d 1 That's tovely picture! talented / sled 2 You'e so good at taking photos. b excellent /amazing / beautfl striking 3 ove the way you caught the light. © were able to succeeded in 4 You realy managed to got itjust ight. d_ really like / am impressed by Wd Which of these responses are grateful and which are neutral? Do you think so? IS Ok, | guess. Thanks, Im glad you like it. ''m really pleased you ike it. © CB Work in pairs. magine you have both finished writing an essay eT YOR and have read each other's essay. Use the ideas below to have a short conversation, Take turns f be A and B a 8 Tel your partnor how easy! slficullitwasto write the essay, }—y_ Agree with A using a 2 sestion tag.) Say you'e read your partnor's essay and compliment hinvher,_} » Respond gratefully. GASPEAKING @ Work alone. What compliments can you give to your classmates? Think about: + things they do or make as hobbies + tale jobs + things they have done in your English cla © the clothes they are wearing b Ce Talk to different students in your class. Give compliments and respond Thot’s a really nice sweater you're weating, "You can now do the Unit Progress Test. a =Skills for Writing Make sure you know ORE) er I SPEAKING and LISTENING @ Discuss the questions, When was the last time you we ‘alural environment? 2 What did you do there? 3 How did you prepare for your tip? 110 some kind of HE Listen to Luiza talking about an experience she had in Canada, Answer the questions, 1 Which natural envr 2. Near the beginning she trouble? ment does she tala about? 8 gol in trouble What was the © CWE Listen again and answer 1 Why did Luiza get tot? 2 How cil she decide which way to go? 2 What helped ner find the clearing? the questions. 1 CW Atthe end, Luiza says: | suddenly had this Firange feeling 1 was not alone. What do you think happened next? Discuss your ideas, © (CIA Liston to the continuation of Luiza's story. Were your ideas correct? ¥ GEA Listen again. are the sentences true or false? 1 ew what to do 2 Sho fetteaim 4 nd wasn't afraid he helicopter saw Luiza th Luiza was surprises ack, first ime it ew over, 0 find out she was close tothe # Cl What would you nave done in Luizas situation? EUR neo ttaebee Ceara ant ee sce es FAREADING @ OB Think about Luiz are going hiking in a Temember in order to a's experience, Imagine you forest. What do you need to be sate? 4 Rend the leatet Be wise and survive. Were your ideas Similar? Put headings in spaces a-c in the leaflet There is one extra heading. In the forse 3. Identifying useful pnts 2 Iya get 4 Preparation © Reat 1 the leaflet again. What should you ...? 1 take with you when you go h 2 ot do when you are hiking 3 do-about food andi 4 doit you iking Ain if you are ost ate lost: move around oF stay in one place BGeta map of the area and make sure you know where you are going. Cheek the weather forecast Wear elothes and shoes that are suitable for the conditions, Ifyou think the weather change suddenly, take extra clothing. If you are going on a longer walk, take some ‘emergeney food with you. Provided you follow the sign get into trouble. Never take short cuts unless you're absolutely sure where they go. Allow plenty of time to get to your destination or get back before it gets dark. As soon as you realise you're lost, stop, keep calm and plan what-you will do next Don't eat all your food at onee. Have a little at atime, ‘Ty to find a source of water you can drink from, like a river or a stream, Being able to drink is moro important than being able to eat, Don't keep moving around, Find somewhere that is dry and get plenty of rest. I's easier for rescuers to find you if you stay in one place, Always ty to stay warm. You ean cover ‘yourself with dry plants, Ifyou need to keep moving, make sure you use rocks or pieces of wood as signs that show roscuers where you are going. As long as you tell yourself you'll survive, you probably will! a e untt 2° EX WRITING SKILLS Organising guidelines in a leaflet Notice these verb forms used in the leaflet 1 Check ine weather forecast. - positive imperative 2 Don't eat al your food at once ~ negative 3. Never take short cuts... frequency adverb + imperative 4 Ifyou think the weather nay chan ent te suxenly, take 2 + imperative Find one more example of each verb form in the leaflet, Choose the correct answers. 1 Wats the functin of the verb forms in 32? a togve advice b tomake indirect suggestions 2 Winy are those forms used? to make the information clear and direct 1b to show hikers they have a strong obligation Correct the incorrect sentences. 1. Noteat any plants you don't recognise 2. Never leave the main group of people you are hiking ith 3. Ifyou will hear a rescue team, make lols of noiso, 4 Always carries a pocket knife 5 As soon as it stars getting dark, stop a about what to do nex! 6 Wyouhave a map, think it with you, EAWRITING OW Choose one of the situations in the box and make notes on advice you could include in a leaflet. ‘camping in a forest backpacking in a foreign country ing in the sea hiking in the mountains Write a leaflet for the situation you chose above. Remember to: + use heading: * include the diferent imperative forms in 3a make the information cl rar and direct ‘Swap leaflets with another student. Does the leaflet include headings and different imperative forms? 1s the information clear and direct? What improvements could be made? Give your leatlet to other students. Read other leaflets and decide which leaflet you think is the clearest and the most useful iN cat i pega’ i OR iSUNIT 2 Review and extension HE GRAMMAR @ Complete the text with the verbs in brackets. Use the past simple, past continuous, past perfect or past perfect continuous forms, The fist ime |'___ (ts) scuba diving ®___ (be) whten 1. °__{ve) in Caims in North Queensland, Australia, 4 (raved arcund the world and |®___ (decide) to stop and ‘work for a few months. | ___ (be) on a gap year between finishing university and beginning work. Years befor, someone _— tell me the best way to see the Coral Reet ® — tbe) by scuba diving. The diving 1° (40) on the Great Barrier Reef "__ (be) fantastic. As 1 ""_ (ve) | "___ (20) spectacular marine ie, b Make sentences by matching the halves. Put the linking expression in brackets in the correct place. 1] you wont find it diticlt to leam to sk | 2 T] you won't mate much progress 3 Ey yout make steady roms 44 Fy you wont be abo to control your skis 5 youll sty warm 6 yout start making progress after 2 week ‘@ youcan move your toes in your boots (uns) you're genera fit and healtny w © you keep moving (provides) you choose an easy ski slope (as long as) © you'e patent with yoursel (orovidos) 1 Yyou'te prepared to fll down a lot at ist (unless) EAVOCABULARY 4 Correct the errors in the sentences, 1. dropped my hat inthe sea and it got sweat 2 She couldn't gat it over hew hot it was, 3. He got trouble for being ate. 4 got feeling they did like quests, 5 She's now geting overt the shock of osing her job test wee © Theyre paning to get out the countryside this weekeng, by awave avy b Complete the words, 1 tn North America red woWes are considered an eos 2 Inthe UK, large biue butterlios re a and are pe are 3 TheNew Zealand moa bid hasbeen egy | about six hundted years, 7 Is possible to find many Chinese a \ research centres, but there are few feces In Australia, just over 20 percent ofthe native ‘considered r_—_ Wigators in 2005 and er ling in their ants are — and need to be conserved, EX WORDPOWER @ Match the examples 1-8 with the definitions a-n 1 [1] Athousth he sae he enjoys the taste ofthe raw fish hei mae a face 2 [7 She faced aditieut choice between the two jas she was offered 3 [Her face fet when | tt her the painting was wots. 4 C1 He beon studying al day and | ean' face doing my homework now. 5 LZ] Ws not good news, bu | fel | need to say it to his face © C1 We just have to face the fat that we haven't got ‘enough money to buy a house. 7 C1 Iinped on a oose beck and tl flat on my face 8 [1 Heoutd iol my boss wasn't happy abou the outeome Now | have total to her an face the musie 8 tobe disappointed to accept another person’ enitcsm or displeasure © to accept an unpleasant situation 9 to show from your expression that you don't ike something, {0 fll over badly anc fe! a bit embarrassed tomake a dificul decision 8 lo say something directy to sorneone 'h font want to do something unpleasant b In which of the expressions 1-8 is face used as 2 ‘Noun and in which as a verb? © Which one of the following nouns doesn't collocate with face? 1 a problem 2 thetwuth 3 adifficut decision 4 thefacts 5 asuecess 6 really Add words to the gaps, 2 When did you tastfa___on your face? 2 What was the last choice you had to fac? 3 What hapcened te ast time you saw someone's face 4 Whats something dificult you've had to say —— someone's face? 5 What can't you face 6 When was the ast tine Ce, e © SW Ask and answer the questions in 3d — alter class? YoU had to face music? Bary US {om well did you do in this unit? Waite 3, 2 0° 1 for each objective. 3 FY well I CAN Aiseuss dangerous situations five atvice on avoiding danger tive and Tespond to compliments o ‘rite guidelines in a leaflet aq well 1 =not so wellTalent TING STARpCa aneeae| eres BU ones Tg EELLISTENING \ | a OB Think about how to team | = 5 Long practice sessions are bast. b @imEH Listen to an experience the same sentences. Are his you agree with his ideas? BAREADING @ OB Discuss the questions, | How jong does it take to leam something welt 2 Whats the best time of da 3 How important is memory b Read Leaming to learn. Match tex questions in 2% ath bird’ or ight owt, we al have Aieren body clocks and yt, However, research s beginning to show ‘hat wer all quite sirilar inthe way our ‘minds and bodes behave at terent ‘times ofthe day. Understanding these ‘ths lps us work out en's the best time toleamn, n order to make progress, H semething sms vay easy, | must be dong t wrong teacher talking about ideas similar to yours? Do iy 0 learn something new? when we learn something new? ts 2-c with the Ret questions 16 fom people who have to eam something. Use information inthe texts to answer auestions, 1 Ihave to learn a lot of historical dates for an exam. Whats good way odo this? 2 want to join a beginners’ ‘kickboxing class. Is it better 10 fon tre morning or etemnaon class? 3 know | have a natural talent for tennis. Do I need to Baste hard to do wel? 41 tay st thing inthe morning after ny brain has "ste, m sue learn mare, Do you eee? " 5 have to find aut about the: way car engines work, ut th ae tek tm readings realy boring Should | just stick wii 6 dor just want be a od computer programmer Want to be a brillant one, What can | de to achieve that? ‘Ab Discuss the questions. 1 Wht information in the texts surprised you? 2 ‘What information made sense to you? 9 Have you had any experience of the ideas discussed in text? Do Yu think you change your learning practice @ esult ofthe information? ‘eet ting. ur ocean ras ee ine © |wat™ up and our body temperature rises slowly ft ‘ ‘the moment we wake ‘up. Between ten in the mori ‘and midday, most ‘People are at their best in terms {heir ait to concentrate and lear, Fetwen 2pm ani pm our msc erg 8 Tp Pek and our hand-eye coordination is very afficie (FFTs means te aera spol bat fo ‘eaming new sports or perhaps a new dance st:EX VOCABULARY Ability and achievement Look at the adjectives in bold and answer questions, 14 ‘And viten you look at al the peo whet they do they seem so much more talented that’s what it takes to become roaly skilled Those who bocame exceptional practised about two thousand hours more inorder to learn something and become very suecessful al doing it, all you'l need is about 10,000 hours! ‘Without a doubt, there are poople who are briliant at ccotain things ‘Althe musicians in the study had the potential io becon world famous nvo are outta 1 Which twa adjectives describe @ good level of 2 Which a 3. Which three adjectives describe a very high level of ability or achieverent? 4 Look at the noun in bald in the lst sentence, Are the ‘musicians world famous now or aro they likely to be in the future? ity? ctve describes a youd level of achievement? b Write the noun forms of the adjectives. Isrtitstrange how we canramember tha wards of a mich ove poem that we lear at primar stool mor than troy years age, but we cant remember where welt our keys about ten minutes ayy? More tran (90 yeas ago tis problem caught the attention of the German sycholgis Hernan Ebingus and he came up wi ten: the strengt of memory. Ebbinghaus beloved that we ed ne information intersting, then it probeby te more mocningfl tous This mickes he information aor oem and abo hps the sent of memory. aso hops Ie social he new information wit someting ise For example, anew ‘word we lam might rake us rnk of a pictur. This association can so bud memay srergth Using associations to hop us remember vet we eam show as “meric. For example, some peopl are abe to remember a ng sequence of numbers because te shape ofl hose numbers reminds ‘hem oa spec physical shape such asa ‘guitar. Mnemonic techniques are often = > tse by empetsn od > Memory Championships held each (og yearn and Ifo: > foe need Eaitsd Beri Pees HERE or HEAR? Cee shal UNIT 3 © Complete the sentences with the words in the box. at for to G2) 1 Hes ve talented 2 He has lots of potential 3 She's gota real talent — 4 She definite playing tre guitar succeed in his career become a brillant actor Think of an example of someone who: 1 is skilad at some kind of spot or art 2 has a lalent for sore kind of musical instrument 3. is famous and you think is brant 4 you think is exceptional in their ld 5 is the most successful person you know. @ C2 Tell each other about your answers in 34. Give reasons for your opinions. ‘We've all had the experiance of trying to learn something new only to find out that wer nat vary good tit We cok around at other people ‘we're learning with and they seem so much more talented and are doing so much better. It seems to come naturally to them. And when. ‘you [ok at al the peaple who are outstanding at wheat they do tha Teally famous people who are superstars ~ al you see is natural ably ‘The conclusion seems obvious: talented people must be bor that way. ‘Without a doubt, there ae people who are brillant at certain things ~they have a talent for kicking a football around fel, or they pick up A Viokn ano immediately make music. Howreve, there's also alot to be | said for practice. Psychologist K. Anders Ericsson studied students at Batlin’s Academy of Music. He found that even though all the musicians inthe study had the potential to become word famous, only some of Jp em acealy id. What mace te teense? The sve is simple time. Those who became exceptional wore more competitive and Dractsed about two thousand hours more than those wha only did well So, aocording to Ericsson, that’s whatit takes to become really skied. } Itturns out that practice realy does make perfect, and in order to lear something and become vary suecesstul at coing it al you'l nee is. about 10,000 hous!een Eoteenee LISTENING a @ OE Listen to Seamus, Fiona and Henry talk about their learning experiences. Answer the questions, GRAMMAR Multi-word verbs @ What is the meaning of th @ multi-word verbs in bold? Which ‘multi-word verb is most similar to the verb on its own? ¥ Allo my fends wie also realy ata comic books, but rone o 1 Who tals about... ? ‘Nem tre! to come up with their oun stores, | the best time to learn 2. 80 we decided to ty it out learning hours ath of marmory 2 Do the spoakers think the kz about work for them? b B Now 0 to Grammar Foc TASPEAKING a Think of something US on p.138 ning ideas they talk b © Listen again and make notes abo ut the ‘things they talk about, you've done that you have put a ft f " etfort into. For exami ; co oe yout + plying a musical nse | 2 cre + a eotimocety + lennng a languge we a. * sy oF some we i tee Make notes about inese qvestons tay 1 What spacial sito talent eo you read? | 5 meer wsmiers'sa 2 What evel of abiiy do you think you have achive? » | D sea ren 3 How have you earn new nirmation nese i act | 4 Do you need to remember alt of things to do this well? | 2 Hey 5 How much tie have you putin | 2: tour preparation | bly esring rt 1 > Wor in smal groups, Tell each other about your i results activity. Ask questions | © Cle Whose ideas do you think make more © Arno in your group do you think has put in the most | Sense? Why? effort? Who has been successful?Nae | good runners in Kenya Compare your ideas with other students. Look at the pictures. What sports do they show? Read the text Bor to be the best abaut professionals in How many of the! people do you fecogieer four sports, In what way are they all simiar? What do you think makes @ successful Read the text again and answer the questions about for top professional players? athlete or sportsperson? Choose the five things each sport in the box you think are most important. 1 What sport is it? ‘Ace there any you think are unimportant? 2 Whois given as an example? 7 — 3. What unusual features are mentioned? ‘attitude general lvel of fitness tuck. 4 What is the esuk? desire for money genetic make-up | suppat ftom the community technique {| Which of the things in 1b are mentioned in the text? Do | parents training and practice you think this is important for all sports activities or only | ‘Champion cross-courty skier Eero Néntyranta had an unusual gane whlen mati him produce too ‘many red blood cols. Cross-country sars cover long distances anther rd blood cells have to ‘end oxygen to ther muscles. Mentyranta ad about 85% more red blood cali than te normal ull male and thats wy he performed so well. Inthe 1960, 1964, and 1968 Winter Olymple ‘Games, he non a total of seven medals. In 1964, he beat he closest competitor inthe fiteen- ‘llometre race by forty seconds (nthe seventh high jump of his fe, Donald Thomas eleared 2:22 m, The next year ater only eight ‘months of raining, Thoms won the world chamolonships How did he achieve this victory? Not from training. He nad unusually long legs and an exceptionally long Achiles tendon, which acted ‘as aknd of spring, shooting him high int the ar wer he jumped, ‘Why do so many ofthe world’s best aistanae runners come from Kenya and Ethiopia? Because @ runner needs nt just tobe thin, but also to have thin lags and andes. Runners from the Kalen ‘rio, in Kenya ~ where most ofthe country's best athlotes como from — are thin in exaety this vay. Compared to Europeans, Kalenjins are shorter but have lngor legs, and thei lower legs are half ki igor Profesional basaball players have, as a group, remarkable oyesigt. typical baseball professional can see at seven metres what the fest of us can see a four metres. This means that however ‘much they trained only tiny proportion of th population would be able too what professional baseball players can do naturally: see a bal that i traveling towards them at 150 km an how.EAVOCABULARY Words connected with sport Find words in the texts which have a similar meaning to the words in italics. 1 Eoro Mantyranta was a cross-country skier who offen won competivons 2 He die'so well because he had more red blood cells tha most skiers, 3. He easity beat the closest person co 4 Before the ward high jun ent months of practice wpting with him, competion, Thomas only had 5 Thomas achiover! a great wi 6 Most of Kenya's best sportspeople ae from the Kalenin tribe, 7. Baseball players who play for alving bave very good eyesight > Now go to Vocabulary Focus on p.156 EY LISTENING =H The texts in 1d are trom a book called The Sports Gene. Listen to the first part of a Programme in which people discuss the book. Answer the questions. koow about Barbara MeCallum? 22 What does she think of the Kleas in the bork? bb Gam Answer the questions. Then listen agin and c 1 Whatis the main message of the book? he best athiete tically it most other people, ‘eis a particular gene which makes you a good are from Being a good athlote is mainly a question of luck, 2 Which ofthese factors does Barbara say are important in Kenyans’ success in running? a. They start running at an early age Many people have long legs. Children learn to run in bee fe hey tain for hours & ay. ¢ (MRE Listen to the second part of the programme d answer the questions, 1 What do we know about tear 2 What does she think of the ide Ge OP Listen again and discuss the questions 1 What does Marta notice about the people she has played against? 2 What conclusion does she reach from that? 3 In what way does she say orting events like tt Diympics are ‘unfat”? 4 Do you agree with her conclusion? Why / Why not?GRAMMAR Present perfect simple and continuous @ Match sentences 1-4 with the uses of the present perfect simple and continuous (a~d), 1 [5] Youve been playing tennis since you were a child 2 [E] Ne also reau the book. 3) Ne been thinking fot bout this recent. 4 [D) Me lived in Kenya myselt ‘8 totak about a recent completed action, e.g. te last my wiassss, 10 talk about an activity tat started in the past ane s sil continuing, eg. We've been waiting since this imomning. © to talk about an experience at some unspecified time in your life, e.g. He's cinbed Mount Everest @.totalk about a recent activity which continued for a while (which may oF may net stil be continuing), €. I've been reading a lot of goad books lately 1b B-Now go to Grammar Focus on p.138 © Add a sentence using the present perfect simple or continuous. 1. | don't think | could play squash any more ‘avon played it for years, 2 She's really fi, She 3 Of course | can play chess. I 4 Why don't you buy a new pair of skis? You Think about a sport (or other free time activity) that you have been doing for some time, Make notes about questions 1-4. 1 How good are you at it? 2 How long have you been doing it? Why cid you start? 3. What are the main reasons youve become gooe at (or haven't)? Ist more to do with... ? ‘+ your genatic make-up and natural abilly + davelonin ‘support from other people 4 Do you think any of the th ss esson are rolovant to the activy youl technique and practising you have read or heard in n coing? | @ QWTell other students sbout your activity SSO ALEX Loan fs c —_ ODRIGUE UNIT a READING and SPEAKING @ Read about two famous US baseball players and answer the questions. 1 How are they similar? 2 Howa they cliferent? 1b Think about the questions. |1-spot isn’t as fat as we ke to think’, should players be alowed to find ways to improve thei performance? Which of tiese ways Uo you think are acceptable? Wry? = training hard ‘= eving an operation (@.@. replacing arm muscles, improving eyesignn) taking legal substances to enhance their performance (e g ‘energy drinks) + taking illegal substances to enhance their perform (eg. drugs) ¢ QW Compare your ideas. Do you agree? Tommy John is one of the best-loved 3 figures in American baseball. In 1974, efter an injury his crm, he was the rt player ever to have an operation to replace the muscles of his right arm with artifical ones. After his operation, he ‘went on fo win 164 games, more than he did before science helped to improve his performance. His ‘bionic ‘orm enabled him to win at lecst 20 games o season, He had one ofthe longest careers in basobel history, retiring at the age of 46, ‘and is regarded by the public aso sporting hero. Since then, at leas « third of major-league baseball players have hed th some operation, “Tommy John surgery’. ‘Alex Rodriguez is well known among boseball fans in ie USA, H's one ofthe best basebol professionals ofall time and the youngest player fever fo it 500 home runs. But he's also well known fora diferent reason, Betwoen 2001 and 2003, tinder pressure to keep up his performance in the ‘American League and fo help him recover from on injury, he took steroids, which are cn illegal drug Under the rules of the Laogue. He has since been Suspended, but has tried fo cppect agains his uspension and relurn tothe game. He is now one ‘of the most hated figures in American baseball.Everyday English SSC R TRU eee) Se eo etree Jeo e rc HELISTENING a CW Discuss the questions | What kindof events co people usualy celebrate? 2 Do you prefer smal or big celebrtins? Why? b CQ Look at photo a and answer the questions. Whore do you think Becky and Tom have been? 2 What do you think has happened? ¢ GER Watch or listen to Part 1 and check your ideas in Ib. d @HEM Watch or listen again. Tick (v) the topics that Becky and Tom talk about. Photographs Becky has taken dinner Becky’s café job Becky’s classmate, Tessa Tom's Tom's promotion ¢ @lXEM Watch oF listen again. What do they say about the topics? { IER Watch or listen to Part 2. What wedding plans do Becky and Tom talk about? ¢ Oe wi questions. 1 What's the frst 2 Whos irk sa h or listen to Part 2 again and answer the I they have to make sms more focused on wedding plans? Why do you EACONVERSATION SKILLS Keeping to th Read this conversation from Part 2. How does Becky return to the original topic of the conversation? Underline the expression she uses, BECKY Sowhen are you gr about your promotion? TOM Atte weekend, 1 on Saturday, remember? BECKY Oh yes. Anyway, as | was sayin about Tessa TOM Tessa, yes, your class fe your parents We're seeing them bb Join words from A and B to make expressions. a 8 ast were saying just was saying tingling as we ‘back Neagues & topic of the conversation © We can put two of these words before the expressions in 2b, Which words are they? s0_actually oh anyway ¢ Cb Work in pairs. Have short conversations. You need to agree on an English language study plan and organise vival to study, how much to study, when, ete. udent A: Explain your ideas for your study p you keep tothe topic ofthe conversation. Student 8: Answer your partner's questions about the study plans, but keep trying lo char something else. Moke sure the topic of conversation to Swap rol | think we should start with vocabulary. ‘Wy don't we go to the café frst? As | was saying, we. should start withEq PRONUNCIATION . Sounds and spelling: Consonant sounds @ Look at the examples from Parts 1 and 2. Underline words that begin with the sounds in the box. fol Ml Jol Id pl Wd 1 [Ve gradually aot bettor 2... guests, 2 Verue for tho recoption, the cake. 3 But don't you agree that she'd be perfect 4. Well need a photographer TER Listen to these two words. Which begins with a woiced sound? Which begins with an unvoiced sound? better people Do you use your lips differently in the /b/ and /p! sounds? ¢ @IIED Listen to six words. Which word do you hear in each pair? 1 bill 3 van 5 lap pill fan lab 2 goat = leave 6 bag coat loaf back d CB Work in pairs, Take turns saying one word from ‘each pair. Which word does your partner say? ALISTENING | 4 ©XEE Witch or listen to Part 3. What is the main topic of Becky and Tom's conversation? 1 hoodforeweding 3 the puss teyinate 2 th wedding cos b © Watch or listen again. What do they say about, the topics below? Make notes, 1 Aunt care 4 Regent's Lodge 2 Uncle Fred 5 aftor they get married 3 Tom's colleagues UNIT 3 EAUSEFUL LANGUAGE Making careful suggestions @ @)IED Becky and Tom make careful suggestions to each other, Can you remember the missing words? BECKY We — invite them to the evening reception TOM But don't you agree that is rot to invite thom? Listen and check. 1 Why do Becky and Tom make careful suggestions? Choose the best answer. 1. They fel the subject-matter is abit sensitve and they don't want to offend each other 2 The wedding wont happen for a few months, soit doesn't fee real to ther. © Look at these examples of careful suggestions Match the examples to the correct uses below, @ Don'tyou think its 2 good idea to... 7 1b How dows it sound if wel... ? © Another idea might be to think maybe we shoul | thought maybe we eoule 1. Putting forward an idea carefully Asking the other person to give thelr point of view d Correct the careful suggestions. 1 Another idea might to be booking a BJ for the reception 2 Don't you think a good idea to invite nore people? 3. Maybe | thoueht we could get married af home 4 How does it sound we only have a sal cake? € D Communication 3¢ Student A: Go to p.131 Student B: Go to p.129. SPEAKING @ You are going to have a class party. Work alone and think of ideas for the party + when = whore + party theme and music + food and drinks b © Discuss your ideas and make careful suggestions. Make sure everyone keeps to the topic of the conversation, We could always do hae ‘Another idea might bbe torent a hall.