Time is the coi n of your life. You spend it.

Do not allow others to spend it for you.

1 GRAMMAR comparative adjectives and 2 VOCABULARY time expressions

adverbs, aS ... as Complete the sentences \Vith a word from the box.
a Complete rhe sentences \Vith the correct comparative form
In on save spend ffik-e waste
of th e adjective ! adverb.
I My ne\V boss is more patient than my old one. (patienr) 1 The flight to Seijing is going to take abollt
11 houts.
2 Polluti on is WORSE in cities than ir is in the counrry.
2 She needs to _ _ _ _ _ more time
SPEND
(bad)
studying.
3 \Ve aren'r in a hllrry. YOll can dri ve MORE SLOWLY. (slowly)
3 I hope we arrive ON rime. My dad
4 The summers here are HOTTER than they \Vere in
is meering me ar the airpon.
the pa sto (hot)
4 Don't WASTE time doing things you
5 1 failed rhe test.l'll work HARDER next time. (hard)
don'r enjoyo
6 Ir's FARTHER to my parenrs' hou se rhan ir is to my besr
5 \Ve'll SAVE time if we go on the
friend's. (far)
freeway. There's mllch less traffie.
7 You can make rhe dinner ronight. You cook _BETTER _ _ __
6 My wife gers vety srressed \Vhen she's
than me. (good)
__ IN_ _ _ a hurry.
8 The Japanese diet is _HEALTHIER
_ _ _ _ than rhe American dieto
(healthy)
9 A motorcycle isMORE_ _DANGEROUS
_ _ _ than a caro(dangerous) 3 PRONUNCIATION word stress
10 Los Angeles Inrernational Airport is _BUSIER _ _ _ _ rhan a Und erline rhe srressed syllable in rhese words.
San Francisco International Airport. (busy)
1 dilet
b Rewrite rhe sen tences u si ng as ... as. 2 danlgelrous
1 This car goes fasrer rhan thar ooe. 3 parlents
T har car doesn't .B~Ji[a"'Lta",s~twh",is'-'Oll,,,~e,---_ _ _ _ _ __ 4 algo
2 Her shoes wete more sryli sh rhan her handbag. 5 chiqdren
Her handbag wasn't _AS _STYLISH
_ _ _AS_HER _SHOES
_ _ _ _ _ __ 6 albove
3 My boss's office is bigger rhan mine. 7 probllem
AS_
My office isn 't _ BIG
_AS_MY_BOSS
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ 8 colmmulnilcaltion
4 Sourh Korea played better rhan rhe USo 9 traldiltionlal
The US didn't _ _ AS
PLAY _WELL
_ _AS_ _ _KOREA
SOUTH _ _ __ 10 alround
5 1drive more carefully than you. 11 selconds
You don'r _DRIVE
_ _AS_CAREFULLY
____ AS_I AM.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ 12 falmous
6 Laptops are more expensive than ceH phones.
b Now@the /a!sound in the words aboye.
Cell phones areIl'r _AS _EXPENSIVE
____ AS_ _ _ _ _ __
LAPTOPS
7 Sen looks more relaxed rhan Anna. 1 d€l
Anna doesn'r _LOOKS
_ _ AS_ RELAXED
____ AS _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
BEN e '!Ú44m Listen and check. Then listen aga in
8 Hi s shirt was dirtier than hi s panrs. and repear rhe words.
His panrs weren'r _ AS_ __
DIRTY AS_HIS_ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
SHIRT
4 REAOING b M a rk the senten ces T (tr ue) or F (fa lse).
a Read rhe story. 1 T he fis her ma n n eeded ro ca tch m o re fi sh. L
2 T he ba nker t hou ght he \Vas ver y b u sy. F
3 The ba nker wa n ted him ro work harder. T
4 H e rold rhe fisherm a n ro b uy m ore boats. T

5 The ba nker sa id that he could n 't live

in New Yor k C ity. F

6 T he ba nker pro m ised rhe fis herman

a lor of money. T

5 LlSTENING
a q!mm Li st en ro fi ve speakers t alk abotlt
h ow rh eir lives have ch a n ged . \V ho . . . ?
1 has just starred working from ho me 3

2 has had a baby 5

3 h as lost his I her job 2

4 has moved ro a differe nt country ~

5 h as reri red 4

q!mti!m
The fisherman b List en again . Which t \Vo people are
h a p piest ab out the cha n ges?

and the banker

A banker \Vas on vacarían abroad. H e was walking on a beautiful
Who is the least ha ppy?
beach nenr a small roWIl. He saw a nsherman in h is boar wirh a
few fish in it.
"Crear fish!" he said. " H ow longd id ir rake you ro carch rhem?"
"Nor very long," answered rhe fisherman. USEFUL WOROS ANO PHRASES
"\Vhy dídn'r you stay in rhe oeeall longer ro carch some more?"
asked rhe banker. Learn these word s a nd phrase s.
"T here are ¡usr enough fish here ro feed my fa m il}'," answered ab brev iat io n s Idbrivi'eISnzl
rhe fisherman.
ch aracre rs /' krerdktdfzl
Then rhe banker asked, "Bm what do you do rhe test oE rhe rime?"
" 1sleep lare, 1fish él little, J play \Virh my kids, and 1rel ax. In rhe nowad ays l' nauJdelzl
evening, [go ro see my friends in rhe tOWIl. We play rhe guita r. I'm story /'st:Jril
busier rhan you rhink. Life here isn't as .. ." irritable I' lrJtdbl/
The banker interrupted him. " 1 have an MBA from H arvard patient (opp impatiellt) /' peIJot/
Universi ry, and 1 can help you . You're not fi shing as much as
¡ioe Ilaml
you can. If you starr fish ing for longer periods of time, you'll ger
enough money from selling the fish to buy a bigger boatoThen wit h st ressed Istn:stl
rhe money you'll ger from carch ing and sell ing more fish, you could srressful /'stn:sfll
buy a second boar, and rhen a rh ird one, and so on. Then insread t ips /tlpS/
of scl ling your fis h to stores, you could seHthem directly to a fish
factory, or even open your own factory. Then you'U be able to leave
your litrle town for rhe ciry, and finally move to New York Ciry,
where you could run the company."
" H ow long will rhar rake?" asked rhe fisherman.
"Abour 15 to 20 years," ans\Vered rhe ba nker.
"And rhen?"
"T hen ir gers more interesring,"said rhe banker, smiling and
ralking more quickly. "When rhe momenr comes, you can pur your
company 011 the stock marker, a nd you will make milliol1s."
"M illions? But then what?"
"T hen you can retire,live in a small rown by rhe ocean, go to the
beach, sleep late, play with you r kids . . ."