170 = Twinstrangers.net ‘Thore are two things in life for which we are never truly prepared: twins. Josh Bilings, American weiter 1 VOCABULARY similarities and differences a. Circlelthe correct word. 1 My sister and | are similar /identicaDtwins ~ even ‘our mum sometimes doesn't know who's who! 2 Ihave the same colour eyes as / that my dad. 3. My brother and | are both / same in a band. I'ma guitarist and he's a drummer. 4 My cousin and | are quite similar / identical, but she's taller than me. 5. Do you look like / as your mother? 6 When we went back to the house where we used to live, it seemed very different from /as how | remembered it. b Complete the text with words from the list. as both different identical like similar Poople think my best friend Sam and I are sisters, because we're very 'similor from the same town *_ me, and we look $ each other, but we aren't ‘ because her ey from mine, Wo ® like shopping, and we have the same taste in clothes, too. We even have the same surname — Johnson. ‘This confuses a lot of people! ‘am’s 2 GRAMMAR so, neither + auxiliaries a Match the sentences with the replies. 1 I'm from Oxford. ° 2 Lreally hated the film. 3. I'm going to be 21 this month. 4 1 was really bad at history at schoo! 5. Dave doesn’t have time to take me to the airport. 6 Thad a great time at the party 7 Caroline has never been to Greece. So did |. It was very boring, So am |. What day is your birthday? So did |. stayed until five in the morning, ‘So was |. | could never remember all those dates. Neither have |. That’s why we want to go there. Neither do |. Why don’t you take the bus? 9 So-am:|-Where-do you live? ssance b Complete the conversation with phrases from the list. Neither did Neither have | Soam (x2) So would | Neither was | A Hii, Tom. Do you ever watch Who do you think you ‘are? You know, that TV series where celebrities find out about the history of their families? B Yes, | do. But I didn’t see it last night. A ‘Neither did | wasn't at home, B? But I'm going to watch it on catch-up later ae | think i’s really interesting. love to find out about my family. Ba ¥'m thinking about doing some research online. aS But | haven't done anything about it yet BSRespond to the statements with So or Neither to say that you are the same. * (im going out tonight. Som 2 (went away last weekend. ————— 3 haven't done my English homework. J 4 | got up late today. ——\ en 'm not very hungry. a © (eantt drive. NO 7 (Fdlove to travel round the world, NO 8 don't have any pets, es 9 (didn't sleep very well last night, — 10 (Thate queuing, a 3 PRONUNCIATION /0/ and /6/ a Circle’the word with a different sound. 1 thin (Grothe both | (2 three thirty father | 3 think neither other | | mother |4 they throw with | & & 6 & ‘thumb 5 sunbathe thing south | b @11.3 Listen and check. Then listen again and repeat the words. ¢ @11.4 Listen and respond. Say you're the same. Comm Co‘onithe phone 1 ON THE PHONE a Circlela, b, orc. 1 Hello, Marketing. __ can |help you? a Which b Who © How) 2 Cant speak Laura Jones, please? aon bat cto 3 Mlput you now. 2 across. b over € through 4 Hello, is Laura Jones. a hore b these this 5 Ohsory.thave the number. a wrong b bad false 6 Can1__a message for Anna, please? a make b say ¢ leave 7 Don't worry. call later. a over b back € into at the moment. ¢ full hor desk at the moment. 8 I'm sorry, the line's a occupied —b busy 9. Im afraid Teresa isn’t aby b with ¢ at 10 Sure, Il __ him a message for you. a say b toll © give b Complete the conversations. 1A Imsorry, |ean’t take your call at the moment. Please | a message after the beep. B Hi, Oliver, this is Mark r your call 2 A Hi, Amy. B ims , you have the wr number. 3A Hello, this is Reception, How can |help you? B_ Good morning. Mr Clarke, please. A timsorry, the | isb B OK, canII am 2 A Yes, of course. B Can you tell him Fiona called? tlc b later. 4A Good morning, London 24seven. B Hello, can I speak to Alison, please? A. Just a second, I'l p you through. Practical English Time to go home Write the correct question or response for the situations. 1 In ahhotel, you want the receptionist to let you talk to the manager on the phone. Can | speak to the manager, please? 2 Someone phones you, but they haven't called the right number. lim sorry, you 3 Someone calls you at work. You offer to help them. How can 4. You call an office, but Mrs Jones is not at her desk. You want to tell her something. Cant 5 Someone asks you ifit’s OK for you to wait. You want to say that's fine OK, 1 6 The person you want to talk to is not there. You want ‘to say that you will phone again in a few hours. call 7 Someone says your colleague is not answering her office phone. Suggest ringing her mobile. You could SOCIAL ENGLISH Circlethe correct word or phrase. 1. A Does your girlfriend know you're here? B_ No, I'liall her call to her now. 2 A have anew job! B That's great news /a great news. 3A ve got something to tell you B_ Me, too. But you do first / go first 4A What are you doing here? B explain after / later. 5 A Iseverything all right? Never better / Ever better. 2Can you remember...? 1-11 1 GRAMMAR Circlela, b, of c. 1 Hfwe London, I'd have to find another job. a would leave b will leave ¢ left 2. We can't find the TV remote control so we can't a tumonit b tunupit ¢ turniton 3 Leonardo da Vinci___in France from 1516 to 1519. @ wasliving b haslived ¢ lived 4 These glasses are very expensive because by hand. @ theyaremade b theymake ¢ they have made 5 I'm lucky because | don’t__ work at weekends. a haveto b should ¢ must 6 Sue isa woman! know a long time ago. a used b useto ¢ usedto 2 VOCABULARY Circle'the word that is different. 1 geography history classroom art 2 cycling sightseeing tennis skiing 3 noisy exciting dangerous polluted 4 quite quickly very really 5 checkout changing room rubbish receipt 6 cap sandals trainers boots 3 PRONUNCIATION Circleithe word with a different sound. & mother 1 neither weather bath those Bow jazz 4 imagine jeans German Greek wear there near 5 invited needed arrived wanted a 6 person wa F sweater arrive 4 GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY Read the article. Circlela, b, or c. Cycling superstar Danny MacAskil, who comes from Dunvegan in ‘Scotland, is one of the "__ trials bike riders in ‘the world. It you don’t know what a trals bike i, is abit smaller than a mountain bike, and you can do some amazing things on it Or atleast, Danny MacAskill can. When he *__ on his bike, he can go up or down steps, ly over walls, or climb mountains. ‘Sometimes it's dificult *___ that this is just a bike and not a * of magle machine. ‘Danny's professional career began wien he was 23 and his ‘atmate David Sowerby made a short video of him on his bike DDanny pu it up on YouTube, where it by milion of peopl. From that moment on, Danny discovered that he was ® becoming an internet superstar. the United States, the New York Times and National Geographic wrote stories about him. He ” up his job as a bicycle mechanic and moved to Edinburgh to ride his bike ful time, He° fos of awards, and he was chosen to carry the Olympic torch through the city of Glasgow. Since then, Danny ? other great videos such as ‘Way Back Home’ and ‘The Ridge’ He is now "to travel across Europe, and this new video wil show people some of his most ) famous tricks. 1a well b good © best 2a got b gets € will get 3 a tobelieve b believe © believing 4 a kind b way © piece Sa hasscen saw © was seen 6 a quick b quickly © quicker 7 a gave b set © got 8a earned ——-b won © beat 9 a hasmade —b made © makes 10 a planning —_b deciding —_€ pretending (Geeoienseayorneyes) AA Unbelievable! CEN CA CRI 4 READING & VOCABULARY time expressions ‘a Look at the pictures and the headlines for three news F stories. What do you think the stories are about? b_ Read the stories and check. Match them to the headlines. | LEFT BEHIND Lesnerananzmam ms, osprey, Australia eceved several pee cals aout shouting and Youd oes Pieter coming fom an apartment arpa ofthe ey-The els had heard = porn steaming, aman shouting ping tk you Youre dead! and domeboay throwing rita pote ear went tothe apartment inmesatly A man opened the doo: "yer your wie the offer asked Torna one the man replied “Where your gens” “Tuoi haveone the man replied again ‘tre offer told the man that his neighbour ad eatd shouting ard sereaming , ome on, what have you done toe the fer asked ; ta pers the man eple.'A really big one” What abou the woman who was sereaming?” Jen aor, hat was me! the man said rea ely hate spiders 1s yg 0 wii he police oked around the apartment and conned tat nobody Was prt Except the sider, woman in Worthing, West Sussex, got a big surprise yesterday when she opened a large box of DVDs that she had bought on eBay and a cat suddenly jumped out. The cat, called Cupeake, had got into the box eight days earlier, when her owner Julie Baggott was packing the box to send to her customer. Julie didn't notice that Cupeake had Climbed into the box and fallen asleep, Julic’s customer called the RSPCA, who collected the eat and took it to a yet. Dr Ben Colwell, who treated Cupcake, said that she was very frightened and very thirsty ~ the eat had survived the 260-mile journey ‘with no food or water. Luckily Cupeake had a microchip in her neck, so the vet found Julie's details and phoned her. Julie had been very sad about losing het cat. She had put up posters and looked for Cupcake for days. ‘I feel terrible? said Julie. ‘T put the DVDs in the box and I'closed it straight away, s0 don't know how she got in there. It was a miracle she was alive? Glossary RSPCA Royal Society for « Prevention of Cruelty to Animals IN THE POST Ad taeninan tay wes eon jome after a holiday in Brazil ‘when the husband, Walter, made an Unfortunate mistake. He stopped at petrol station, filled up the car with petrol, and went to the toilet. But when he drove off, he didn't notice that his wife Claudia wasn'tin the car. Claudia had been asleep in the back seat. While her husband wasn the toilet. she woke up and went into the shop to buy some cookies, but when she came back outside she found that her husband had left without her. The ‘couple's 14-year-old son didn't notice that his mother wasn't there because he was playing on his phone in the front seat. Walter only realized his wife wasnt in the car after he'd driven 100 kilometres. ‘Meanwhile, Claudia tried to phone him, ‘but she couldn't get a signal, so she asked the petrol station manager for help. He contacted the local police, who took her to the police station. Her husband eventually returned to pick her up two hours later. When he arrived, Claudia was so angry that all she ‘could do was scream and kick the car. ‘Adapted fom the British pressRead the stories again. For each story, pput the events in the order that they happened. Story 1 The police arrived at the apartment. 1. The neighbours heard someone screaming, The man explained what had happened, The man killed the spider. Story 2 Julie put up posters Julie lost her cat The vet contacted Jule. “The cat jumped out of the box. Story 3 Walter got back into the car and drove off. Walter realized what had happened. Claudia went into the shop. Walter went to the toilet. Look back at the stories and complete the sentences with time expressions. 1 A police car went to the apartment 2 Acat jumped out. 3 [put the DVDs in the box and I closed it 4 . Claudia tried to phone hie. 5 Her husban returned two hours later. Match the time expressions in d to their meaning, 1 quickly and unexpectedly 2 after a long time 3. while something else was happening 4 without delay GRAMMAR past perfect Look at a sentence from one of the stories. Which action happened Number the sentences 1 and 2. Walter only realized his wife wasn't in the car after he'd driven 100 kilometres. Walter realized his wife wasn't in the car. Walter drove 100 kilometres. What do you think ‘dis a contraction of? What form of the verb is driven? Underline two more examples of the past perfect in each story. @ p.234 Grammar Bank 124 @ Complete the sentences in your own words. Use the past perfect. 1 When I got to the airport | suddenly realized that. 2 When we arrived back from our holiday we found that. 3 When the film started | immediately realized that. 4 | couldn't answer any ofthe exam questions because | 5. We spent 20 minutes in the car park looking for the car because we couldn't remember. £ Compare with a partner. Are your sentences the same or different? 3 @ Communication What had happened? A p.192 B p.198 Try to guess your partner's sentences. 3 PRONUNCIATION the letter i D The letter i ‘The letter iis usually pronounced 1 before a consonant + e, 2.9, drive and is pronounced 1 between two consonants if there is no e, e.g. mistake. Put the words from the stories in the correct row. alive arrive driven kill miracle notice outside signal spider surprise survive while wife ] ao | fh BH v| a | | b @12.2 Listen and check. Practise saying the words. Which ‘two words in the /i/ colurnn don’t follow the rules? @ SPEAKERS OF SPANISH Go online for extra Pronunciation > the letter i 4 SPEAKING a Look at the pictures from two more newspaper stories. What do you think the stories are about? b @ Communication Two more stories A p.193 B p.198 Read your story and tell it to your partner. © Which of the stories in this lesson do you find the most unbelievable? Have there been any funny or unusual stories in the news recently? What happened? (Comino) I