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LISTENING AN PRONUNCIATION: Question stress Listen. Notice how the answer to the question is diferent depending on the stressed word. Then listen again and repeat. <2 1. A: Ishe your boytrieng? 4. A: Is he your boylriond? B: No, we'e just friends, B: No, he is, 2A: Ishe your boytiend? B: No, he's going out with Maria, B_ PRONUNCIATION: Question stress Say he three sentences and responses. Then listen forthe stressed word in each sentence. Choose the best answer. (3) |. Are you a student at City Collage? «2 [think his bestfriend lives next door, right? 1. No, | work ther, a. No, | think it's his colleague, . No, | go to Essex College. b. No, | think he lives down the street 2. Are you her classmate? ‘a. No, my brother i. . No, Im her coworker. © Listen for gist. Listen to the conversations. Write the number of the conversation (1, 2, 0) that goes with each photo. (4) Listen for details. Read the sentences about each conversation. Then listen ‘again and circle the correct answers. (4) 1a, They are / aren't dating now. a. They know / don't know each other b. They are / aren't fiends now. b. They are / aren't classmates now, La. They are / aren't friends, . They know / don't know each other well E Work in pais. Write a conversation between two people similar to the conversations from Cand D. Try to use all the expressions in the box. ‘Then perform your conversation for another pait, Doyouknow 2 Ishe/sheyour... Nico tomeetyou. Were finds. | Excuseme, ar you...?_Istisyourfis day? Wemet GRAM A east eee wu ad Setar ee ee eye ec ° SPEAKING : A Listen to the conversations. Which one is imix, Hey, Ricardo. Nice to meet moe ifomal? mn each comrsaton, whois Want. Yeah, you, 10. meting tor theft tine? 18 Sees Conversation 1 8 Ae Bn: Meocring, Miia Mitt: Hi, Junko, rim, Good morning, Ms. Otani. Oh, ‘Wr, Otani like you to mest Andre Garcia. He stated working here intr: Hi, Maria. I's good to see you again! How are you? Fine, How about you? yesterday, Andre, Mr. Otani is our atte: Pretty good. pec Sales Wari: Oh, and this is my friend Ricardo. oe a fo mest You ce We both go to Cty University lair. 's ver rice to meet you, too, Mr Otani Bead and practie the conversations in | SPEAKING STRATEGY (i) pais. lrivoducingapersonto | Respondingto Someone ese Inosutions Otani Fa ke to Ws Very nice to Invoduce youto Acre. | meet you, { Mi.Otan athe youte |S) nie / good 19 G Work in groups of three, Follow the steps below. 1. Student A: Choose a famous person be Wie awn yoxicenayona_ | ea Ace tet yeu eo, piece of paper and gve to Student. | | 1 Student B: Read the identity of — this is Ricardo. ‘Nice / Good to Student A. Then iedioe Student |) Moma! | Mo meetRearo, | mestyou ‘Ato Student C formally. Use the me sa ‘You, too. Speaking irategy to nel you Aaa romeo rea 4. Student C: Respond othe introduction. ‘'m sony, ve forgotton your name, A Switch oles and epeat steps 1-3. | now introduce the famous friends you met in © to your other classmates, Use a formal or informal style 66) Ana, td tke youto WS Ae to meet meet Leonardo you, Leo, DiCaprio. ” 6) uns GRAMMAR AN Read the Unit 1, Lesson A Grammar Reference in the appendix. Complete the exercises. Then do the exercises below. Lae | always take a shower in the Use the simple present to talk about habits, | morning, schedules, and facts, | ‘She's taking a shower right naw. __ Use the present continuous to talk about Can she call you back? actions happening right now. | Live in Tokyo, The present continuous can show that a ‘Althe moment, 'm living in Tokyo. situation is more temporary, Do you study English? Use the present continuous fo talk about What are you studying this term? actions happening in the extended present (nowadays), With the simple present, we often use adverbs of frequency, such as always, ‘sometimes, and never. With the present continuous, we offen use lime expressions such as at the moment, right now, and currently. B Read the sentences below. Circle the simple present verbs and underline the present continuous verbs. Then match each sentence to its use on the right. I. Sophia is my classmate. 2 She's living at home at the moment. 1 She always arrives at school at 8:00. A She's taking a science class this term. 5 Wee studying for a test now. a b, © a e © Complete the questions in the simple present or the present continuous. Use the verbs in the box. 1. A: Why —ateyoustudying English now? B: I need it for work 2 A: ______ two classes this term? Yes, | am. Two business classes. 2. A: When _____ breakfast? B: Around 7:00, usually. describing a routine stating a truth or fact happening right now happening in the extended present ‘suggesting a temporary situation [ao eat fave ety take tk | 4. At How many brothers and sisters 2 B: Four brothers and one sister. & A: What con the weekends? relax and hang out with friends. BA: Who _toright now? Alex. D Now take turns asking and answering the questions in C with a partner. ©© Why are you studying Preparing forthe TOEFL because | want English now? to study business at Nanyang Technological Nanyang Technological University, Singapore University next year. 99 a cine ree Reet ACTIVE ENGLISH ty itu about one of the 1itinto five strips. On each stip, write a sentence i A. Take a piece of paper and cu following items. ne of your daily routines 66 | aways get uP 5am. ‘» a.general fact about you collect fact about you ae fou are doing these days 66 rmtoareing to play English at the moment ihe guitar these days an activity jou are studying Boyeur sentences to your each Heo he wil mixup he sentences and give you five NW Site prepare a question foreach sentence, For example: ys got up at Sam, sentence: al ys get up at am? Your question: Do you al «tak to your classmates. Ask your questions 66 [Do you colect oy cas No, Idont colt sneakers. G Stand up an from B to find out who wrote each sentence. Introduce one of your classmates tothe class and Yes, dol Ihave sting fact you learned about him or her. ‘around 200. tel an interes Make introductions 1. Yes, lean. ‘Ask questions about ther people's 2. Mostly, yes, tives 8. Not yet 8) unin VOCABULARY A. Read the text about the Last Bell ceremony. Where and when ii Why do students celebrate I? In May, udents around the world are taking their last classes and preparing for their tinal exams, hoping to get good grades for college or @ new job. Music and sports lessons also lend before summer break. When classes finish in countries such as Russia and Ukraine everyone meets at the Last Bell ceremony on May 25. After, students celebrate with friends i's their last chance to have fun together betore they take their exams and either pass oF fail lb B_ Complete the sentences with the blue words from A. Then check your answers with a partner. 1. I can't go out tonight. for my final __ next week. 2. If study hard, | know | can — the test! WORD BANK {2 This term, Im_______two computer science ______| have free time /fun at City University. moet fiends 4. Our English class — on Tuesdays and Thursdays: tone clases, exams & My piano arent long, They're only 30 minutes. {muni acis) essone 1. | had to retake my math class. | don't want to ____itagain! 1. TWler never studies, so he always —______ bad _____—. ft After our exams, le’s go out and ____ some —_______! Ask and answer the questions with a partner. 1. What classes are you taking now? When do they meet? -ssons? ~ 2. Are you taking any music or sports, ‘ 4. How are you doing in your classes? Are you getting good grades? 4, How do you have fur? Do you meet friends after clase? Students play in a fountain after the Last Bell ceremony in Kiev, Ukraine a‘ a, Lesson 8 19), Pity ‘At some point in our lives, we all fail at See ery eet ae ty eee a ten Sees a Dene eee eee ee ey school, he was quiet and shy, and other boys bullied? him. People often said to him, “Play a sport!” but BLACK wasn't good at sports, See eS Een Sad ee a eee SC eee ee aaa een TUN hae pt Runny eu ere een Oe dian LLL ST eee itp Tc tt een alec Carne an ol money, 80 Lindsey could only tke leseons tet Bocce Ee) Dre ee antes Dee Eee tin SU es Coes a Beer aero kept trying, and in time, she made an Pee Wu Sree ad re ‘A contest isan event he people ty ie ee eee AA The title of the reading is part of a longer expression: If at frst you don't succeed, tr, try again. What do you think it means? Is it good advice? WORD BANK Opposites {all(¥) > succeed (¥) failure () > success (r) successful (ad) ‘lve up (qu) (\) <> keep trying () B_ Read for the main idea. Read the first paragraph of the text. Choose the main idea. b, When you fail, don't g c 1 su Work in pairs. Read about your p the questions, ‘Student A: Read about BLACK. (Part 1) ‘Student B: Read about Lindsey Stirling 1. What is the person's job? 2 What dt things 4 What finally happened? Was he or she successtul? 1D Summarize. Ask your partner the questions in © about his or her person. Write down the ans Then read about the other person and check your partner's answers. I you are unsure, see the ‘answers on page 211 ACADEMIC SKILL Summarize ‘tor you read a tex, try to summari the most important information. Look fo the main dean each paragraph and use he key words E Think about atime you fled at something, Take ‘some notes to answer the questions, 1. What cid you fail at? 2. Dig you give por ty 4 What did you lean from ir? F inpaits, ask and answer the questions in E Lesson 111 AO a ey Sel LISTENING [A Look at the photo. What activity do you think people come to this place to learn? B Listen to an interview. Where is the interviewer speaking from? Who does he interview? G Listen for key words, Listen again and take notes about the school and its classes. (9 | 1. Name of schoo!: Khumbu Cinbing Center Phortae. Nepal 2. Type of students (age): 4. Year the school start 4, Number of students: 5 Types of class | Are there tests? 7. Length of typical day: D_ Think critically Work inpirs and choose a job or oc ation (climber, teacher, musician, et), Then flow the steps (climber, toacher, 1. Imagine you have a schoo! for people who want to lean thi types of classes you need to have—for example, language management. 2. Present your list of classes lo another pair, but do not sa what the job is? is job. Make a lst of the learning or business Y the job. Can they guess 42) uns GRAMMAR |A_ Read the Unit 1, Lesson & Grammar Reference in the appendix. Complete the exercises. Then do the exercises below. POI Yes / No questions | “Answers With be Were you in class today? Yes, | was, / No, I wasn’t. With other verbs Did you pass the test? Yes, I did. / No, didnt Wh- questions ‘Answers with be Where were you today? (was) in cass, With other verbs When did you start classes? —_({ started) ast wok. B_ Compete the text with the simple past form of he verbs in parentheses. Then take turns reading it aloud with a partner. ‘Apple cofounder Steve Jobs (1. not graduate) from college. Jobs (2. be) _a smart guy, but his school (3. be) expensive, and he (4. not have) enough money to tnish. So he (6. l college, and he (6, take) calligraphy class instead. When his parents (7, hear) _____ this, they (8. be) worried. ‘Why calligraphy?" (, ask) — his parents, “What can you do with that?" Jobs (10, not be) __sure, The ciass (11. not help) _____ him get ajob, but years later, it (12. help) ___him in another way. Jobs (13. use) - ideas ‘rom his calligraphy class to create Apple's famous computer fonts. G-_ead the text about Steve Jobs again. Write down three Yes / No and three Wh- questions in the simple past about the information in the text. Din pairs, take turns asking and answering your questions about Jobs. Did Steve obs graduate None gidnt. [22 66 Why not? ‘rom colege? " E Think of a famous person from the past. Your partner from D asks you five simple past questions and tries to guess the person. Then switch ‘The Old English roles and repeat. alphabet in calligraphy BCD EKGHIRE MANOPORSTAV 12245 WIAD oreo abrdefqhijklmnopyrstumnitys” ACTIVE ENGLISH fyi ou [A Read the questions below. Then add one simple past Yes/No question and one simple past Wh. question In mide school or highschool, 1 were you a good or bad student? 2. cid you play any sports? 3 what was your favor cass? {stich subject count you do very wel? ‘ as Mea es Se 2 Q aos B_ Think about your answers to the questions in A and make notes. © Getinto groups of tee and follow the steps 1 One student begins and chooses a question frm A Speaker: Answer the question Tak ora minute without stopping Listeners Listen tothe speaker andl ive one point if you answer yes to both questions + Did he speaker aor one minute without stopping a lot? * Could you understand the speaker clearly? 2 Repeat sop 1 wth eitferent speaker unl each speaker has gone five times The stent withthe most points isthe winner 66 1 was. good suena high 1D Turn to the Unit 1 Writing appendix and read the paragraph. Then answer the questions, 1. What couldn't the person do? 2. Why was this a problem? 3 How did the person learn? (eth person eucenst? userut EXPRESSIONS E WRITING Think about something you couldn't do but learned to do. en ee! Anavarbe quesionsnD arya Tense yourencarswrte, | SAME your own paragraph, Remember to use simple past verbs, ‘problem, but Finally, | decided to... Aft, Iwas very nervous, F Exchange paragraphs with pre Readyou partners wring ang | ho end, was ‘answer the questions in D. Did your partner use the simple past correctly? SE wis Talk about classes and lessons __ 1. Yes, Ian. 2. Mostly, yes, 3. Not yet. Describe something | leamed to do 14) unis GLOBAL VOICES A You are going to watch a video with students talking about learning English Watch the fst part of the video and complete the table wth the missing numbers Daniele Francielen Chiyuki Jaqueline Number of classes per week Number of classmates B Watch part two of the video and circle the correct word or p |. Daniele Is / Isn't ving in the US at the moment 2. She Is / isn’t proparing for an English exam right now 4. Francielen is a nulttionist in Brazil / the US. 4. As a mental health counselor, C yuki wil need English to speak with elients / students. 5 Jaqueline wants to study for a master’s degree / an English test © Watch the third part of the video and match the speaker tothe dificulty they have —1 Daniele fa. Understanding accents and abbreviatior 2. Francielen '. Pronouncing Ind r sounds 3. Chiyuki cc. Remembering grammar rules 1D Work in pairs and take turns interviewing each other with the questions below. You can also video or audio record your answers on your phone. 1. How many classes do you have a week? 1 Are you preparing 2. Who do you study with? the moment? 4. How many students ae in your class? 2. what do you think i English? you learning English? : for you? eee ust ae meee ony Silene Ee oe esocrhe aad eh CE pelo es | ETS ie Cote Co) Ce err sal ae) — i AYN =1s qe rears oe UU MacNeal ines degree ep oan) LOOK ATTHE PHOTO. ANSWER THE ‘QUESTIONS. 1. what foods can you see inthe photo? 1 these foods healthy? Why of wey N01? are your three favorite foods? Why 40 ke thern? A Do you know which countries have these national dishes? Does your country have @ rational dish? : asta sushi curry Kimchi mole pasta sus Watch a video about mole. Number the parts of the video (1-4) inthe correct order. Grandma's story The family has lunch together mole ingredients and recipe the women who run the business Watch the video again and answer the questions. 1. How many pounds of mole do they make each day? 2. What ingredients are in mole? do you need strong aims to make ow long does the recipe take? Who checks the quality of the mole? Where do they sell and deliver to? Why is 2 pm the most important part of the day? Is food from your country important to you? Why or why not? How importants it for people and families to eat meals together in your country? ' Re dry prepared sour <4 = rida i 2__ salty mild <5. Think of a popular snack or street food in your country. Write the information. Name of the food: ___________—_ 66 | Bann mi sandwiches are a popular street {ood in Vietnam. They are very tasty! My favorite kind has grilled chicken, ‘cucumbers, and carrots. — How the food is prepared: ___ Now tell a partner about the food using your notes. Kulfi is often served onastick. ag LISTENING A take predictions. Look atthe bow of food. Which pat ofthe world do you think it comes from? What do you tink the fod tastes ko? B Liston tothe conversation and check (/) the fod that Marta ordered ata southern restaurant in the state of Georgia, US. 3) O fried chicken 1D lemon pie 0 salad fried green tomatoes Mississippi mud pie 0 steak and fries O ofts 1D tomato soup © Listen for details. Listen again and write the missing words. Which food dict Marta like? <9 1. Southem cooking is ___tasty _! WORD BANK 2. The food was —__—. Too + adjective Sa 4 The chicken tasted —_ nest ecrpon someone says, "The food A Grits nave a é flavor. iStoo sweet: ten tey 5, The fried green tomatoes were allie _______, butthey | dont eit. went with the chicken and gts. IL The pie was too __—for Marta. D PRONUNCIATION: Sentence stress Listen to the sentences and underline the stressed words. Then listen again and repeat. io) |. The cooking was tasty! 1 The food was delicious. 4. The chicken was dry. 4. The grits were too salty. & The tomatoes were sour. Aimar ee {The tomato soup was too hot neraanart The E_ Tella partner about a meal you ate recently (at home, in restaurant, ‘Tho French en at school, etc). Describe each dish using the correct sentence stess. enon Lesson A | 19,

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