alien Clie Straightforward Pre-intermediate Student’s Book 7 ; NENGPre-intermediate | Philip Kerr Straightforward vA MACMILLANeat or eeriicad 1A Family tite ps ‘Questions with to be Family & fiends iene Es pariah anit | ve acne : aaa (riendship) fow & what questions a |The alphabet 18 Where ae they now? 1c Neighbours pio 1 Language reference pis 2A School days pis |Past simple 1 Aajectives with Regular past simple | epostons = verbs | 2B ish schools pis cation regu past simp | a ee = ae vers E | 2c Red faces pao Past continuous | = 3 ‘Asking for information| 3A Flatmates p26 "Countable @ uncountable | nouns with some, any no 3B Another country p28 | Some, many & most Towns. ay ESeyecces ch eae == Places in a town Directions To | adverbs & phrases ae 4B Wedding bells p38 Present continuous, Weddings stative verbs AC Atthe movies pao Telling stories Wd 8 fi | AD Going out paz Prepositions of time : Invitations & suggestions ey Futur «(future plans) ‘Compound nouns | Airtravel Re Intonation Hotels Verb patterns ec Word stress 2 Making a reservation Emphatic stress Ina restaurantPete ocnad Talking about your family & frends | Deserbing atypical family in your country TAR Motherlove | L__Adescription ofa typical English family 418 L- Aconversation about an old photograph Discussing friendship ‘Apersonal message (Communication activity: Friends Reunited fora website id you know? united website Ze] R_ Who would you lke as a neighbour? Talking about your neighbours = Ranking famous people as good/bad neighbours IDR Newspaper advertisements Talking about different ways of making contact L_Fourphone messages Roleplay: phone messages Bee retpere nx conn arn sr Peer eee | | Beecaesipetdiectar 28° R Schools in Europe: The Republic of eland — ~ Talking about schools in your town : Astorys Comparing schools now &in the past Ze | R Web page: anintemet discussion group | Describing pictures ee Ses ____| biscussing ways parents & children can embarrass eachother L-_Asking fr iformation na language School | Choosing language school Roleplay: asking for information ‘Did you know? The English tanguage LAcomersation between two frends Roleplay: solving problems In a shared flat | | Tiscissng entation | a deseiption ot [ os | bien to Te Vt gsom | sour | R__Web page: wwwilivinginmontreal.com Describing & comparing owns Tk ects in Neweste coms eran ea Roleplay directions R_Aninternet dating agency advertisement Discussing internet dating Discussing & choosing a dating agency advertisement 48 | R ifyouask me... Describing a wedding ‘An email to a friend i 0 id you know? Weng rations ee EC | L Adescription ofa film (You've Got Malt) Inventing afte dialogue | Communication activ: retling i Describing an imaginary date witha famous person Discussing dating rules in your country SSS © 5A. | R Theruins of Machu Plechu Talking about tourism in your county E Ee ee Planning improvements in your town for tourists 58 | L_ Thee conversations at the airport, Describing ajoumey ‘An emallto arrange ese eae | Ratepiay ona plane ae tip radio programme about the worst hotel in Britain Describing the best/worst hotel you have stayed in L Se fe id you know? Las Vegas hotels aks 5D Web page: www.heavenholidays.com | Planning a trip for visitors around your country © 6A | R Eating the Eis Presley way | Planning theme restaurant ; ' 6B | R Quiz: Are you foodie? | Discussing a quiz _ | L._Anintervew about ‘slow fod? review ofa 6¢ | R Coffee break "| Talking about your favourite drinks restaurant . ‘Did you know? Starbucks 6D | L_Twophone calls: making restaurant reservations Talking about restaurants inyourtown L_A conversation ina restaurant Roleplay: ina restaurantee cord Peery intents Present perfect simo 1 ~ resent pret inpe wth | area yet Predictions 2 (may, might & will) | Predictions 2 (maybe, | probably cen te) Present tens In future time clauses Passive Passive with agent Verb cllocations (ork) Adjectives & nouns (oersonatiyy ‘Crriculum vitae ‘Compound nouns with numbers ‘Computer ations Adjectives with infnitives sing &-ed adjectives Giving instructions ‘the bax office Tel 8 ish | Email & website addresses Contractions 2| Word stress 2 Diphthongs Dates +100 Doctor doctor poz ‘114 Things p106 “1B Fashion victim pi08 11D Atthe matt pix2 128 Let's dance piss | 2c Global English p20 | 12D Global issues: p12 0c Marathon men pi00 | 1c camden Market ps0 | 112A Around the world pis6 ‘been & gone Body a health 25 vith or & since | ES Present perfect simple for Collocation with get ¥ uonished tine | Present perfect simple with | Sport s Pan ie eee = : i ae Sentence stress Infinitive of purpose | Personal possessions Paraphrasing /8/ & (Of Modal of obgation Clothes rae Se | teesentme) perey x a ods of ebigation oa tin } a oa | Fit 90 with & suit Ina clothes shop Word inking Prepositions of movement | Phrasal verbs: psf | Relatwecauses——=SCSC*C x ° | "Countries & languages = | Bish & American aH | accents | Global issues ee = Communication actives pias | Tapescipts psp 1 4 Unit reviews piaey rad (ee) Reading & Listening L_Aradio programme about people who have met celebrities RLifeon the other side Describing & guessing jobs Taking about your experiences of work | Describing an imaginary life | Aletter of application inthe UK is | Deciding what qualities are needed fr diferent jobs 7 R Anatticle about horoscopes & work = R Horoscopes soe L_Aninterview na recruitment agency | Talking about fining 2 job in your town A conference programme Anote giving Instructions id you know? Computer gamesin the USA Descriptions of gadgets Discussing & choosing gadgets on a website A great idea? Taking about eetanment inden & yout own id you tro sure actitesin the UK [ning rely TVehow Aree ofa fn ‘Talking about going to the cinema | ee __| nang sane tom © 90 four peonebuietes ne one Roles: atthe bxotie | Descinga concer Se 2c aS TOA -R The United States of animals ‘Talking about pets & animals | Communication activity: guessing animals fe | R Avaric abou sess | Discussing stressfulots Astory2 sds | Ranking stressful experiences 10 | L“Anews report about the marathon runners, Talking about how ft you are |___ Ranulph Fiennes & Mike Stroud Did you know? Sport in Australia. © 10D | L Two doctors’ appintments Roleplay: ofthe doctors : ‘114 | L- Two people tatk about things they wanted when | Describing a favourite possession they were younger Communication activity: describing & guessing objects © 118 | R Office worker flip flops out of job Discussing clothes & appearance | Adescription of a E Bae favourite possession 11 | R home comforts ‘ing a presentation on shopping your town Did you know? Shopping intondon ~ tio} Roleplay: ina clothes shop % 2A | L_ Anews report about the American adventurer, Discussing famous explorers ‘Steve Fossett Planning a ‘round the trip | R Aneral deserbinginidad caval Talking about Festal : pn opiion scrboga festival composition 12€ ‘an international Language - no problem, OK? | Talking about the English language in your country ~ 120 | LFourconversationsataparty Discussing global issues id you know? OxfamVOCABULARY & SPEAKING: family & friends 1 Match the words in the box to the definitions. 1 neighbour a person who lives very near you a person you work with an animal that lives with the family your male child your aunt’s (or your uncle's) child 6 your brother's (or your sister's) daughter your closest friend your daughter's husband 9. your mother’s (or your father’s) sister Gemma Burford Enolengila Gemma was born in 1978 in a quiet vilage in the south of 2 Work in pals. Write definitions for the England. Her mother worked ina library and her father was an other words in the box. accountant. When she was a student at Oxford University, she 3. Write the names of four people who are ——«5-_—‘travelled to Tanzania and met ner future husband, Lesikar, for important to 'yal the first time, The couple got married in 2003. When they had a baby (a daughter, Lucia) they decided to go and live in Tanzania, Work in pairs. Tell your partner as much “Iwant my daughter to have the best life possible,’ said as possible about these people. oe ‘Tara is my niece. She is nineteen years 10._Lesikar is a Masai and lives in a village near Arusha in the north old and she studies at university Of the country. There is no electricity in the home and they walk almost a kilometre to get water. Gemma cooks simple dinners of com and vegetables and she washes the clothes in a bucket, READING ‘There is a small primary school in the village, but Gemma and 1 Read the article about two families. cea [ete a eea ea ae ee! Match the photos A-D to the stories. Judy Boehmer 2 Read the article again and answer the Judy had her first child, Adam, 27 years ago. She now has four questions. sons and seven daughters and a pet dog, Bosco, but she ‘wants more boys. Judy and her husband, Lary, lve in Atlanta, 20 Georgia, but they also have a 10-metre-ong motor home. The family sometimes travels more than 40,000 kilometres a year for their work. The children do not go to school, but they study at 1 Where was Gemma born? 2. When was her wedding? 3. Where is her husband from? 4 What's her daughter's name? g How many children are there in Judy's omnes wit shel palent: family? The Boehmers are a circus family and all the children take part 6 What is the family home when they 25 in the show. They do different kinds of juggling and Margaret, travel? the youngest, stands on one leg in her mother's hand. The first 7 What is the youngest child's name? show of the Boehmer Family Jugglers was at a theme park in 8 Where was the family’s first show? lowa in 1989, and they now perform all over America,3. Close your book. How much can you remember about the two families? 4 Do you think that the life of these two families is good for the children? Why or why not? GRAMMAR: questions with to be ‘We make questions with the verb to be by putting the verb before the subject. ‘Yes/No questions Is she married? Were you at school yesterday? Short answers ‘We can answer yes/no questions with short answers. Yes, Lam. No, Tm not, - Yes, she is. No, she isn’t. Yes, he was, No, he wasn't, Yes, they were. No, they weren't Wh- questions ‘We can put question words before the verb. Where were you born? What is her daughter's name? © See Lancuace REFERENCE PAGE 14 Family life | 1a 11. Match the questions in column A with the short answers in column. A B 1 Are you married? a. Yes, I was. 2. Is your family very large? b Yes, itis 3 Were you born inthis town? Yes, there are. 4 Is your father a good cook? 4 No, I'm not 5. Are your parents from this town? e No, he isn't 6 Are there many people with the { No, they aren’ same name as you? 2 Change the answers to the questions in exercise 1 so that they are true for you, 3. Rearrange the words to make questions. 1 How many people are there in your family? are family how in many people there your ? are names their what ? are how old they ? are hobbies their what ? born parents were where your ? family in is person the who youngest your 7 family holiday last was when your ? + Work in pairs, Ask and answer the questions in exercise 3. SPEAKING 1 @ 11 Listen to a description of a typical English family. Put the topics in the order that you hear them. Children How many children are there? What are their names? How old are they? What are their hobbies? 1) Family pet Is there a family pet? What is it? What is it called? Food ‘When does the family eat together? What is their favourite food? ‘Weekends and holidays ‘What does the family do at the weekend? What do they do in the holidays? 1 Parents What are the parents’ names? How old are they? What are their jobs? What are their interests? v ‘What are the family’s favourite TV programmes? 2. Work in pairs. Think about a typical family in your country Make notes using the questions in exercise 1 3 Workin groups. Describe your typical family to each other.1B | Where are they now? SPEAKING “A true friend is the best possession in the world.” 1. Translate the proverb above into your language. Are there any similar proverbs in your language? 2 Work in pairs. How many different ‘ways can you complete the sentence below? Attue friend ... always listens to you. + makes you laugh knows you well. VocaBuLary: verb collocations (friendship) Put the text in the correct order. each other very often, but we keep good friends. We come from similar David is one of my oldest backgrounds and we have a lot friends. We were at college together. We didn’t get in common, He lives in Spain now, so we don't see in touch by phone and ema oon well at fist, but later we became @ 12 Listen to the recording to check your answers. ws ooooosoo Complete the questions with a word in bold from exercise 1. What sort of people do you ___ on well with? How often do you and your best friend __ each other? 3 Do you What 4 How do you ___in touch with friends in other towns or countries? a lot in common with your best friend? 4 Workin pairs. Ask and answer the questions in exercise 3. LISTENING 1. Work in pairs. Look at the photograph. Choose one of the people in the photo and describe her/him to your partner. Your partner must decide who you are describing. 2. You are going to listen to a woman, Christine, talking to her husband about the photograph. Before you listen, read the sentences and decide ifthey are true (1) or false ©. ‘The two girls on the left are sisters. ‘The girl with red shoes (Christine) was fourteen years old. ‘The picture was taken in 1973. 4 The boy with the guitar (Nicholas) was Christine's boyfriend. Christine is now married to Nicholas. ‘The girl with blonde hair (Helga) was in love with, Nicholas. Helga is Spanish. Helga was Christine's best friend, 3 @ 1.3 Listen to the conversation to check your answers.Where are they now? | 18 GRAMMAR: questions with auxiliary verbs PRONUNCIATION: contractions 1 = 1 @ 1.4 Listen to these contractions. : donot > don't did not > didn’t what is > what's 2. Make contractions from these words. 1 doesnot 3 thatis 5 _ were not hehas 4 wasnot 6 whois 3 @ 45 Listen to the contrac 1s and repeat. SPEAKING 1. Correct the grammatical mistakes in the questions. Who you did read about? Is she/he be married? How old she/he is? How many children does she/he has? Where she/he is living now? What do she/he do? © Sce LANGUAGE REFERENCE PAGE 14 No aWawne Work in groups of four, A-D. You are going to 1 Complete the questions with an au read about the people in Christine's photo. ee ‘What _____ your best friend’s name? Use the questions in exercise 1 to find out about ‘Where ___ she/he live? Christine's old friends. Who do you think What she/he do? Christine will get in touch with first? ‘Where and when. you first meet? When the last time you met? Dip You KNow? Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions in . asec ® rane 1. Work in pairs. Read the text and answer the Look at the text below. Some of the text is missing. Prepare questions. ‘questions to ask about the missing information. Christine Smith left school in 1976, She studied (1)____ (What?) ‘at Leeds University and then got a job (2) ___ (Where?) When she was in America, she met (3) (Who?) at a party at the White House. He worked for (4) ~___ (Who?). They started going out together and they got married (5) —__ (When!) ‘They now have (6) (How many?) children. Christine and her husband now live (7) (Where?). She works for (8) (Who?) and he is writing (9) _ (What. Christine wants to get in touch with (10) (Who?) and promises to reply to all emails. wn 4 Work in pairs, Aand B ‘© Have you gota similar website in your country? a nee * Are you still in touch with friends from your last Ask and answer the questions in exercise 3 to complete the school? missing information. , 91c | Neighbours SPEAKING 2 Read the article again and answer the questions. 1 Work in pairs. Ask and answer these questions about your fae maby peonle wots! foe Alan neighbours. Titchmarsh as their perfect neighbour? + What are their names? 2. What part of England does Alan + What do they do? Titchmarsh live in? © Where do they come from? 3 How old is his home? * Are they good neighbours? Why or why not? 4 Name two famous people who live in Chelsea. READING 5. Where does the prime minister of 1. Read the magazine article. Put the information in the correct order. ee British men like the pop singe, Kylie Minogue. 3 Which famous person in the text would Many British people would like to live next door to a gardening expert you like as your neighbour? Kylie lives in a fashionable part of London, ‘Mr Titchmarsh’s neighbours do not know him very well. 5 Most people do not want to live next door tothe primé minister. 5 Alan Titchmarsh is a well-known British gardening exper. Life i WHO WOULD YOU LIKE AS... a neighbour? Arecent opinion poll asked 1,000 people in Britain this question, The surprise winner of the poll was Alan Titchmarsh ~ a gardening expert on BBC TV - with 29% of the vote. ‘The British are very interested in gardening and Titchmarsh is very popular. He 5 isa best-selling writer and a famous TV face. He is even in Madame Tussaud’s. ‘To find out more about him, we spoke to some of Mr Titchmarsh’s neighbours. ‘We did not learn very much. ‘He's a very quiet man and we don’t see him. much,’ said one neighbour. ‘We don't ask him for help with our gardens,’ said another, ‘He's a very busy man.’ 10 Titchmarsh, a very private man, lives in an eighteenth-century farmhouse in a small village in the south of England. Like many people, he likes quiet neighbours and he is happy where he lives. ‘The top woman in the poll was the Australian pop singer, Kylie Minogue. 85% of her voters were men. Ms Minogue lives in fashionable Chelsea 15 in the west of London. Her neighbours include her sister Dannii, pop stars Madonna and Bob Geldof, supermodel Liz Hurley, Sean Connery and Formula One king, Bernie Ecclestone. It is an excellent place for star-spotters and Kylie Minogue fans. cers ‘The British like gardening and attractive Australian pop singers, but, 20 it seems, they do not want to live next door to their prime minister. He got only 3% of the votes in the poll. Is this because people do not want to live in Downing Street? Or is it because they do not like the prime minister? Coe 10|Neighbours | 1¢ GRAMMAR: how & what questions PRONUNCIATION: the alphabet 1. Look at the three lists of letters. in each list, the letters, use the same sound. Choose a letter from the box to complete each list. Ljey A HO fi BOC D Tv 3 e/ F LM z 2 @ 16 Listen to the recording to check your answers. 2 eee 3 @ 17 Now listen to the other letters from the box and repeat after the recording. 1 Complete the questions for the answers below. 4 @ 18 Listen toa list of the six most common co A surames in Britain and write them down. Tusually drive quite fast, especially on the motorway. 5 @ 19 Now listen to the recording to check your 2 What spelling. My father's hair is grey. SPEAKING B How know my teacher very well. 4 What 2 Tusually have dinner at about eight o'clock. 5S How 2 Ihave six cousins. 6 What 2 1 don't like pop music very much, but I like everything 2 else. 2 Workin pairs. Ask and answer the questions in exercise 1.” 3 You have new nelghbours and you want to know more a about them. Write four questions that you would like to ask. Use the prompts below to help you. What time ..? 1 Make alist of five famous people from your country © What kind of ..? {film stars, musicians, politicians, sports stars, How much .. 7 TV personalities, artists, business people). ery Now put the people in your list in order eee (1= best neighbour > 5 = worst neighbour). te waren nel stions. Which isthe 2. Workin small groups. Talk about the people in your lst race nterecline cucctart ote ae ees and explain why you think they would be good or bad neighbours. Ft1p | Making contact SPEAKING 1. Work in pairs. Discuss these questions. *+ Which of the ways shown in the pictures below do you use most often to contact other people? * Which do you prefer? When and why? 2 Think of the last three phone calls that you made. * Who did you call? (a friend/business call?) * Why did you call her/him? (to give some news/ask a question?) I phoned my brother because he is not well at the ‘moment. Iphoned my friend, Karen, because I wanted to invite her for dinner. Work in pairs and compare your answers. FUNCTIONAL LANGUAGE 1: phone numbers 1 @ 1.10 Listen to a phone message and choose the best answer. 1 Tolisten to the menu, press 216@%6 %€ 2 For general enquiries, press 7@0 "eC ° eC 3. Kate's home phone number is 2) 0307 775 3046 b) 0307 755 3846) 0307 755 3046 4. Kate’s mobile number is a) 0477 320188 b) 0477 328118 2 Look at tapescript 1.10 on page 133 to check your, answers. 0477 321880 3. Work in pairs, A and B. You are going to practise saying phone numbers. ‘A: Turn to page 126. B: Turn to page 128. Listen to the phone numbers your partner says and write them down. READING 1. Read the advertisements opposite and put them into four groups. Accommodation English language lessons Jobs Making friends Read the advertisements again and answer the questions. What does Mary teach? What is the name of the recruitment agency? Where does Mike live? When are the Kung Fu classes? What does Patrick want? How much does the room near London Bridge cost? Where can you get free accommodation? ‘What languages can you practise on Thursday evenings? Imagine that you are in London and you want to improve your English. Which advertisements would you choose and why?Making contact | 1D Beautifal? We have a beautiful room for a FUNCTIONAL LANGUAGE 2: phone beautiful person in our flat near London Bridge. messages 3 1 @ 115 Listen and complete the phone messages. ‘This is 641480. I'm afraid there’s no one to take your call right (1) Please leave your (2) _ and (3) __ after the tone and I'll call you back. Ah, yes, hello, Mr Trotter, my (4) ___ is Davina and I'm (5) ___in your advertisement. Could you call me back, please? Any time before Stuart here. I'm not home at the (6) leave a (7) ___after the beep. Thanks. Hello, good morning. (8) .__ is Bella Moor, that’s Moor - M - double 0 - R-T'm (9) ___ about the Kung Fu classes. You can call me back on my (19) that’s 0447 ... . 80 please New friends. English gentieman would like to ‘meet new people from all over the world. Interests: cinema, concerts, pubs, learning languages. Patrick Trotter 0906 641480 Ee : 2. Write your own answering machine message. Use the Natting Hit singe sane owes of language in exercise 1 to help you. ‘near Underground station. No pets. / 9600 per month + bills. 0780 696 : ‘91134 Ask for Mike. Roleplay is stslentinertiet tar Soar! ot j 3 Work in pairs, A and B. ae oe an free accommodation. \ ‘A: You are going to telephone another student. First of ‘experience necessary. all, decide why you want to call them. Use the language Regn Hotel 0208 862 / in exercise 1 and in the Useful language box below to Prepare what you want to say. Listen to the message on their answering machine and then leave your own message. ‘Temporary work. We are urgently looking for temporary staf for shops, restaurants and office in ‘this area, Call now. Sayers Recruitment and Training (0870 446091, 8: Another student is going to telephone you. Read out \eememenagn ‘Thursday evening conversation the answering machine message that you have prepared clates in cental London. + and then listen to the message that your partner leaves. All languages! Come and elk! \Write down their name, phone number and any other Call 0278 846772 for more important information. information. < LISTENING 1 @ 1.14.14 Listen to four phone calls. Match the calls 1-4 to the advertisements A-H. Which caller does not leave a message on an answering machine? 2 @ 1.11-1.14 Listen to the messages again and answer the questions. What is Ruby's number! Why does Sara want English lessons? 1 What is Davina’s phone number? 2. What is a good time to call her? ‘A When you have finished, change roles. Then change 3 What is Bella's phone number partners and repeat the task with other students in the 4 What is her family name? bay 5 6 13GRAMMAR Yes/No questions Questions with to be ‘We make questions with the verb to be by putting the verb before the subject. verb subject, ra he French? Are you married? ‘We can answer these questions with short answers. Is he French? Yes, he és. ‘Are they married? No they aren't. Questions with present simple & past simple We make questions in the present simple and past simple ‘with an auxiliary verb (do/does/did) and the infinitive without to. We put do/does/did before the subject and we Dut the infinitive after the subject. auxiliary subject infinitive Do you like pop music? Does she_-—itive-—irs London? Did she enjoy the party? ‘We can answer these questions with short answers, ‘Do you like pop music? Yes, Ido. Does she tive in London? No, she doesn’t. All other verb forms (for example, present continuous, car, will) already have an auxiliary verb and a main verb. We put the auxiliary verb before the subject and we put the main verb after the subject. auxiliary subject’ main verb Are you listening? Can we start? Will = she Phone? ‘We can answer these questions with short answers. ‘Are you listening? Yes, 1 am. Can we start? No, we can’t. Will she phone? No, she won't. Wh- questions We can put question words before the verb. The most, ‘common question words are: what, which, when, where, ‘why, who and how. What is her daughter's name? Who was your first boyfriend? When did they arrive? ‘We can combine how and what with other words to begin auestions. adjectives (far, old, popular, tall) adverbs (often, well, etc) How | much (much money, much time) ‘many (many chilren, many cousins) How old is Serah? How often do you travel by tain? How many CDs does he have? What + | un (colour, time, etc) kind offsort ofitype of. What cotonr is their car? What time is it? What kind of pizza do you like?FUNCTIONAL LANGUAGE Phone messages ‘This is 0307 775 3046. ‘This is Kate Woods. You have reached the voicemail of ‘Thank you for calling {Tm afraid there és no one to take your call right now. Please eave ‘your name ‘and number ‘a/your message This is a message for Tm not homefin the office at the I'm interested in Tm calling about ... ‘moment. later the beep. the tone. Ul call you back. Could you call me back, please? Worb LIST Family auntnC** Jon! cousin mC Pexz(a)ad daughter nC *"* doa! grandfather nC * —fgrenfaido/ grandmother n C* —fgraenmado/ husband nC*** ——fhazhond/ mother-in-law nC fmada(rynloy nephew nC Inefjul niece m C ‘iss! petnc* ‘pet! sonnc*** ‘san! son-in-law nC ‘fsanunloy) unclenC* nk! wifenc * ‘want Friendship bestfriend best trend get on (well) with (sb) /get'on wid! ‘uv 2 tot m "oman wrt hhave a lot in common with (sb) keep in touch with (sb) neighbour nC ** Other words & phrases accommodation n U ** fakamsiderfa/ accountant nC fokountont) advert(isement) nC fodvartismont/_ attractive adj ** (fotracktiy/ background nC** —Pekgraond’ best-selling adj ‘foest ‘seliny blonde adj ‘blend bucket n ¢ sk! circus nC ‘fssikes/ clothes m pl*** ——klaBel colleague nC ** Peli college n C/U * (Akolids/ concert nC ** eons! contact y *** ‘eon! comnU ‘non! couple nC pl dollnc aol) dress nC ** fdres) electricity m U** ——_lektnsati/ email n C*** Fie! enquiry nC finkwaxi experience n U*** —_ikspraans! ‘fekspsst/ eames! fannc** * ffaend farmhouse nC__—_femhous/ fashionable adj ** ‘Maefnobl) find out v ond ut! fit * stay flatnc** lacy flowery adj ‘lori ‘gardening m U fga:dnin/ guitarn C** fgrta! hobby nC hob housework x U ——_ Phauswask/ include v ™ fink) Jugging ‘sel laugh y °°" ‘Nocti library nC Haibroi lovely adj vi snember nC ovembol mess) mat hour! ‘potoan/ ‘mk ‘pool popular adj practise v** ress v* primary school n € prime minister nC ** private adj *** pubac recent adj *** recruitment agency secretary mC * shirt nC *** show nC, soap opera nC staffn U*** surprise n GU *** temporary adj ‘remployori theme park nC ‘nm poskl tone nC * ‘toon! traditional adj ‘xno typleal adj *** ‘upukly university n C/U *** —umevasotiy ‘urgently adv ‘oedgatli vegetable n C*** —_vedgtbly village nC *** ‘as voicemail n U ‘otsmesl/ vote n c/v *** rout) website nC Pwebsart/ wedding nC” ‘wed winner n C** ean) wonder» *** ‘wanda! Abbreviations noun v verb ‘adj adjective adv adverb sb somebody sth something countable U-— uncountable pl plural s singular ‘the most common and basic words ‘very common words fairly common words 62a | School days VOCABULARY & SPEAKING: adjectives with prepositions 1. Which sentences have a positive (+) meaning and which have a negative () meaning? | was good at mathematics. + 1 was bored with my school. ~ I was afraid of the older children. I was fond of my science teacher. | was interested in science and technology. I was terrible at arriving on time. was keen on sports and swimming. I was worried about my grades. 2. Think about your experience of school. Change the sentences in exercise 1 so that they are true for you. 3. Work in pairs. Compare your sentences. Were your experiences similar or different? LISTENING 1 @1.16-2.28 Listen to three people talking about their school days. Match the speakers 1-3 tothe topics a-c below. a my favourite subject b_ my favourite teacher © my problems at school 2 @ 16-148 Listen to the recording again and complete column A witha phrase from column B. A B 1 I never missed good grades. 2 always got b my exams 3. Iwas terrible at © my homework, 4 [failed 4. lessons. 5 Inever did © most subjects. 6 Twas good at £ music. 7 didn’t want to leave g school. 3 Did you have any similar experiences at school? a GRAMMAR: past simple 1 Complete the table, Look at tapescripts 1.16-1.18 on page 134 to check your answers. infinitive | past simple | infinitive | past simple hate |) study |) listen |) talk © eve |G) teach | (7) love |) ty @) 2. Now put the verbs inthe table into four groups. a Regular verbs: infinitive +-ed listened. b Regular verbs: infinitive +d © Regular verbs: infinitive ending in -y > i+ ed Irregular verbs © Sez LaNcuAce REFERENCE PAGE 24 3 Complete the conversation. Put the verbs in brackets Into the past simple. Where (1) did vow go (you / g0) 10 school? My father (2) (work) for a multinational company and we (3) (live) in lots of different countries, so I (4) (0) to five different ee schools. A: (3) ___ (ou enjoy) your school days? B: No, I didn’t, Not really. 1 (6) (not have) many friends because we (7) (not stay) long in one place. I (8) (leave) one school after six ‘months! A: (9)___ (ou / do) well in your exams? Br Yes, I did. Because I (10) {not / go) out with friends, T (11) (study) a Tot in the evenings and at the weekends. I (12) (not / get) top grades, but 1 (13) (Get) a place at Cambridge University ‘A: What was that like? (14) (vou / tike) ie? B: Yes. 1 (15) (chink) it was great. 4 Work in pairs. Write a similar conversation,PRONUNCIATION: regular past simple verbs 1 @ 1.19 When we say regular past simple forms, we usually add the sound /t/ or /d/ to the infinitive. We do not need an extra syllable. Listen to these examples. ‘open /oupon/ > opened /oupand/ love /Iav/> loved /lavd/ try /trai/> tried /traid/ But ifthe infinitive ends in /t/ or /d/, we do need to add an extra syllable (/1d/) when we say the regular past form. Listen to these examples. decide /arsard/ > wanted /wontd) decided /dtsardrd/ 2 Put the verbs in the box into two groups: no extra syllable (NS) and extra syllable (ES), arrived NS ended needed studied hated helped waited — worked 3 @ 1.20 Listento the recording to check your answers. Series ccs PERC ca SL School days | 24 SPEAKING 1 Do you know any films or TV programmes about schools and teachers? You are going to talk about a teacher that you really liked. Use these questions to help you. What was the teacher's name? What did she/he teach: Where did she/he teach? How often did you have lessons with her/him? What did she/he look like? Why did you like her/him? Do you remember a particular moment with this teacher? ‘What happened? Work in groups. Describe the teacher that you really liked to your group. THE UTTY PROFESSOR v72B SPEAKING 1. Work in pairs. Discuss these questions. * Are there any big differences between the schools in your town? Are some schools better than others? If so, why? ‘© What is your idea of a good school? VOCABULARY: education 1 Complete the sentences with a word from the box. ‘age certificate compulsory punishment results sex system 1 Some schools in England are for boys and girls and some are single _ 2 In the English education, there are private schools and state schools 3. Some subjects, like English and maths, are _until the age of sixteen in England. 4 English children must sometimes stay in class at break as a The minimum leaving —__ in England is sixteen, but most students continue for another two years. 6 There is no leaving ___ in England, but many students take ‘A level’ exams when they are eighteen, 7 School students in England get their exam. ___ in the summer holidays after they Teave school 2 @ 1.21 Listen to the recording to check your answers, 3 Change the sentences in exercise 1 so that they are true for your country. READING 1. Read a magazine article about education in Ireland. Match the paragraphs 1-4 to the headings a~d below. I=b Rich and poor, boys and girls A success story School subjects ‘Traditional teaching lrish schools Schools in Europe This month we take a look at schools in: Se Seat Ireland now has one of the best education systems inthe world, Class sizes are small, exam resuls are good and most children are happy #© stay at school after the minimum leaving age of sixteen. Itis easy to forget thatthe picture used to be very diferent Oe 5, For years Ireland had one of the most complicated education systoms in {he World There were many diferent Kinds of school, but most of them had a itm common. Classes vere large and the teaching waa very tradtional As in many countries, teachers used to tthe children ifthey rade mistakes (he government banned corporal punishment in 1862) ieee a 10 Parents used 10 pay for thelr children's education and, asa result, there were schools forthe rich and schools for the poor Boys and gis wen! to diferent schools and studied liferent subjects. Nowadays, most schools are free and only about half the schools are single-sex. In many ways ‘education is nova woman's word Gils do beter than boys in their 15 exams, more gis goto university and most teachers are women. i) es Zi the end of secondary school, students take their final exams (the “Leaving Centieate). Compulsory subjects a maths history, Ish and a foreign language. In addition, they must choose two or three ‘extra subjects Some of hese, ike Business Organization, help to prepare 20 them forthe world of work Tis is very diferent fom the past when Latin, Greek and Religion used tobe the most important subjectsIrish schools | 26 2. Read the article again and find one piece of information to show that each statement is true. The exam results are good. Ireland has a good education system. ‘Teaching in Ireland used to be very traditional. Irish boys and girls used to have very different experiences of school. 2. Look at the sentences 4. Education in Ireland is a woman's world. below. Replace the past 5 Irish students study many different subjects simple with used to where possible, 3. Are there any similarities between education in Ireland and education in your country? used to be ‘The writer, Frank McCourt, a8 { a teacher. He wrote a book called Angela’s Ashes. He was born in New York. His family moved to Ireland. GRAMMAR: used to His family didn’t have much money. His father told funny stories to Frank. Frank loved listening to his father. Frank won the Pulitzer Prize for this book about his childhood. 3. Write six sentences about yourself when you were at primary school. Begin three sentences with / used to. and three with I didn’t use to. « PRONUNCIATION: irregular past simple verbs © See Lancuace REFERENCE PAGE 24 1. Underline the word in the groups 1-4 below which has @ different sound from the other words in the group. 1. Look at the sentences about a famous Irishman. sou. Rewrite the sentences using used to + infinitive. 1 bought caught found thought 2 came gave ~— made said Sr es cea 3 broke drove lost’ —_ spoke. 4 fet knew = met. went His family was very poor. He lived with his grandparents. He wasn't a very happy child. 2 @ 1.22 Listen to the recording to check your answers. The teachers at schoo! hit him ‘The other children called him ‘Irish’ He didn't like his school. SPEAKING He wanted to be an artist. 1 Think about schools in your country now and in the past. How are they different? Make notes, using your own ideas and the ideas in the box to help you. Who are the sentences about: Pierce Brosnan (the actor), Bono (the musician) or Roy Keane (the footballer)? See page 228 for the answer. 2. Work in pairs and compare your ideas. Are schools now better or worse than they used to be? Schools in my country used to be very different. For example, |1s2c | Red faces SPEAKING & READING 1 Work in pairs. Look at the pictures A-C and describe what is happening in each. ‘one. Which of these situations do you think is the most embarrassing? 2. Read the messages from an intemet discussion group for teachers and match them to the pictures. SILENcE| > Doug 20 April Jn October last year, | was working at a school in Cambridge and it was only my second month inthe jb. At the end of the month the head teacher organized a party forall the new teachers. It wes a good Chance to get to know my new colleagues and I was really looking forward to it. As the party was on 31st October, | thought it was a Hallowe'en party. So, the day before the party, | went to a costume hire shop and got a witch's costume. When | arrived at the head's house, he opened the door and looked at me as if| was completely mad. All the other teachers were wearing normal clothes! Doug Tamsin 26 April It was the end of term in June and the students were doing their exams. | was in charge that day and, as usual before the start of the exam, | told the students all the rules: no talking, no mobile phones and so ‘on. | was walking up and down between the rows of desks when suddenly my own phone rang. That ‘was bad enough, but the phone had a really sil ring tone. It took me ages to find the phone in my bag ‘and my face went bright red. One of the students was laughing so much that she fell out of her chair. Tamsin Kelly $ May ‘Worst moment? It was one day last May. When I woke up in the morning, | wasn't feeling very wel, But it was @ beautiful day and | decided to go to school. In the first class I gave the students an exercise to do and sat down at my desk. it was hot and the sun was coming through the window and I fll steep. | probably slept for only two or three minutes. Then I heard a noise and | woke up. All the children were laughing and the headmaster was standing at the door of the class! Fortunately, he was very sympathetic, later in the morning when | explained that | was feeling ill. KellyRead the messages again and answer the questions. ‘Why did Doug’s head teacher organize a party? ‘Why was Doug looking forward to the party? Why did he wear witch’s clothes? ‘Why was Tamsin in an examination room? ‘What was special about Tamsin’s phone? ‘Why didn’t she turn off her phone immediately? ‘Why did Kelly decide to go to work when she wasn't well? ‘Why did Kelly wake up? Noueune w 4 Work in pairs. Describe an embarrassing experience that happened to you or someone you know. Grammar: past continuous © See Lanauace Rerenence pace 24 1 Complete the text. Put the verbs in brackets into the past iple or the past continuous, ‘A few days ago, I (1) ___ (wait) for the bus with ‘my younger brother. We (2) __ (go) home after an afternoon at the shops. A very large woman with a big shopping bag (3) ___ (stand) in front of us. After a few minutes, the bus (4) __ (arrive). The woman (5) __ Get) on the bus when she (6) __ (turn) round. ‘Can you help me with my bag?” she (?) (ask) us. "Yes, of course’ (8) _ (say) my brother. ‘Are you going to have a baby? 2. Look at the pictures A-C on page 20 for one minute. Then workin pais. Tum to page 227 and answer the ‘questions. 3. Work in pairs. Ask and answer questions about what you were doing at the times below, * fifteen minutes ago * one hour ago * at six o'clock this morning © at eleven o'clock last night © at three o'clock last Saturday © at this time last week What were you doing fifteen minutes ago? Twas having a cup of coffee. Red faces | 2c SPEAKING Work in groups. First, read these sentences and decide which list they belong to. Speak in front of their friends about funny things that they did when they were younger. Don't say hello to their friends when they visit your home. When their friends are visting, speak with your mouth full of food. Tell them (in front of ther friends) to wear clothes that they do not like. How to embarrass your parents Now discuss how parents can embarrass their children and how children can embarrass their parents. Add three ‘more sentences to each lst. Present your lists to the rest of the class. 22p | Which school? SPEAKING 1. Work in pairs. You and your partner win first prize in a competition. Read the information and decide which city you bath want to study in. VOCABULARY: school facilities 1. Look at the advertisement for an English school. ‘Match the words in bold to the definitions below. = brary a place to borrow or read books 4 restaurant/café in a place of work money you pay for a professional service place of position teaching _ VICTORIA SCHOOL OF ENGLIS change é SYDNEY ‘ ey have done this job a lot |The Victoria School has a central location near the Opera House. poesinalexams/qualitcatons agua and expend acon ron up ety ato 2 mmportant things for you in choosing J ith flexible imetables. The school hasan ultra-modern multi-media ala 00 + centre with 20 PCs, a language laboratory and a library. The school 3 fae has its own eafeteria and an exciting social programme. Special fees for international studentsatl 2. Which school? | 20 LISTENING 41 @ 1.23 Amanis asking for information about a course in a French SPEAKING language school. Listen to the conversation and underline the correct information. Roleplay er eerrers © © ©©© 8 © HL 1 Workin pairs. You are going to plan an | ing school. Use these questions to hel CLASS SIZE 10/15/20 students per class a. ene LEVEL Beginner / Intermediate / Advanced |. Whereis your school? TIMETABLE Mon & wed /Thes & Thurs /Thes & Fri | * What is it called? 730-100 /.00-430/ 30-150. | + What kind of ours des the choo oer + Who are the teachers EOS ENC leds a rears | + What facilities does the school have? FRENCH CLUB Friday momings / Friday evenings / | * ‘How much do the courses cost? Saturday evenings J + Whatis special aboot your schol PRICE £100 / £120 / £150 | 2. Find another pair and workin groups of four. Find out about each other's schools. 2. Match the words in column A with the words from column B to make DID YOU KNOW? phrases. 1. Work in pairs. Read the facts about the A B English language and discuss the questions. 1 day-time a activities 2 native b class 3. registration © courses 5 4 social 4 form 5. ten-week speakers 3. 1.23 Listen to the conversation again to check your answers. FUNCTIONAL LANGUAGE: asking for information 4. Rearrange the words to make questions. 1 Please could I have some information about your school? 1 about could information have school _1 please some your? * When and where do people use English in 2 about could courses me tell you your? ; 3 a are class how in many students? your country 4 beginners classes do for have you? * Do many people in your country study 5 are classes the time what? Engiahh Why do they studys/ "1 Ser Poe ee oe ‘+ What English language examinations do 7 activities any are social there? people take in your country? tems coumesihe inch sel how? + Do you know anyone who has studied English in an English-speaking country? Look at tapescript 1.23 on page 134 to check your answers. Did they like it? 2BGRAMMAR Past simple ‘We use the past simple to talk about past actions and states. ‘The actions and states are finished. left school in 1999. Then I went to University. 1 liked rock music when I was a teenager. ‘We often use a time expression with the past simple, {for example, yesterday, last week, in 2003. saw John yesterday. We lived in Brussels in 2003, With regular verbs, we usually add ~ed to the infinitive in the affirmative, There are three groups of exceptions. 1 When the verb ends in -, we add -d. tke > tiked love > toved 2. When the verb ends in -y after a consonant, we change the -y to “ed. study > studied try > tried 3. With some verbs that end in a consonant, we double the consonant. plan planned —_stop > stopped Other verbs inthis group include: ada, chat, contol, drop, nod, occur, refer, regret, rob, transfer and trap. Many common verbs have iregular past forms emt > ate go> went leave > left Used to ‘We use used to to talk about past states and past actions that happened many times. ‘My family wsed to tive in Rome. We used to go out for a meal every Saturday. ‘We can always use the past simple instead of used to, but ‘we cannot use used to for actions that happened only once. ‘We used to live in Rome, = We lived in Rome. ‘My family moved back to London in 1995. Not Apa esed toe dntele te bandon te EOS, 2 Past continuous ‘We use the past continuous to describe actions in progress at a particular time in the past. We often use the past continuous to describe the background situation of a story. Ie was the end of term and the students ‘were doing their exams. past ‘end of term Inow ‘We often use the past simple and past continuous together. ‘We use the past simple for actions that interrupt the actions in the past continuous. 1 was walking into class when my phone rang. (Girt, I walked into class. Second, my phone rang.) ‘We cannot normally use stative verbs in the continuous form. See page 44 for alist of common stative verbs. ‘She knew that he was happy. ‘We make the past continuous with was/were+ infinitive ++-ing. Ifthe infinitive ends in a consonant +-e: live > living With some verbs that end in a consonant, we double the ‘consonant. See the list of verbs in group 3 in the past simple above.FUNCTIONAL LANGUAGE Asking for information (Please) could I have some information about ...? Could you tell me about .., (please)? How much is/are... ? What time is/are... ? How long does/do the ... last? Do you have... ? Is there a... ? ‘Are there any... ? How many ... are there? Worb List Adjectives with prepositions arid of *** bored with ** fond of * {good at *** Interested in *** keen on ** terrible at ** wortied about * Education cafeteria n C certificate n C ** compulsory adj * computer nC *** coursenC *** desk n C*** education system nC examination (exam) nC *** experienced adj * fail (an exam) v *** feenc™ seta place (at university) gradenc* headmaster n C headmistress 1 C headteacher n C homework n U* language nC *** laboratory nC leaving age Jefeeid ov Toot wif ‘ond ov ‘30d 20 ‘res wl ‘kin on ‘herb ale ‘Pvand aboot! ‘eeefotrora/ ‘sstfikot! ‘kamspalsoril ‘kamu Roos! ‘iesk! dedjukeyfa sistom/ ‘geaeminesfal ‘Aksprtionsy ‘eal tid ‘get 2 leis @ jumtvssad)/ dered) medias! ‘redmistos) neta Proumwaik! Paeggwids Ioborat(a)i! ivy ends leaving certificate lesson nC *** location 2c ** mixed sex adj ‘multi-media centre native speaker nC pass (an exam) v * private school nC (corporal) punishment n U* pupil nc *** {qualification n C * registration form result nC ** single sex adj social programme/ activity nC *** state school nC subject nC term nC timetable nC tuition n U university nC * School subjects anu biology n U Greek history n U +" Irish Latin n 0 ‘mathematics (maths) n U music n U*** technology n U *** ivy ssufkoy/ eson/ oukexfal fimikst seks/ {malt mide senta/ nest spike pa (en igzzem/ prarvat skul/ ‘panafmant ‘ejupll ‘Awoliftkesfal redststreafn fom Irizal ‘sina seks! so0flprovgriem ekvoti/ stet sku! sabes! Asm/ ‘outst ‘rfucafnd Hunevssti/ rnjuzakl fetds(o)n/ ‘saxjons) ‘hekenoladsi/ Other words & phrases accent nC * actually adv *** anyway adv *** anist nC ** as usual (fall) asleep adj banv* behaviour n U * borrow v** brilliant adj + care (about sb) v * foeksont) feekfuaif esivwes/ fest! ox jussool! sestip! sen Pochervin/ Peorau/ jan rea! club nc choose v *** (multinational) ‘company mC *** competition n *** complicated adj ** fancy dress costume/ party nC *** flexible adj * flight nC *** fun adj funny adj *** government nC *** great adj *** in addition in charge (of) (all) inclusive adj minimum adjn ** miss (a lesson) v *** mobile phone 2 C of course adv *** organize v painter nC provide v rown ct" rule nC *3* shopping bag n C stupid adj sympathetic adj ultra-modern adj witch nC worry (about sb/sth) v * inl! ‘opm bee! Jstuiprd/ /simpatetk) ‘stee modte}n/ oat nti! 253a | Flatmates VOCABULARY: house & home 1 Do you live in a house or a flat? What do you like most about your home? Discuss and compare your answers in pairs. 2 Complete the sentences with house or home. 1 What is your home town like? 2 At what age do people usually leave your country? 3. How do you feel when you are away from 3 4 Is your mother a another job? 5 How much usually give you? 6 What time do you usually get evenings? 7 Who does most of the cleaning and the other work where you live? wife or does she have work does your teacher in the 3 Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions in exercise 2. PRONUNCIATION: /h/ 1. Find two words in the box that do nat begin with the sound /hi. ae holiday honest hotel who ‘home house what whole 2 @ 1.24 Listen to the recording to check your answers. 3 How well can you say the sentence below? In Hertford, Hereford and Hampshire hurricanes hardly ever happen. (from the film My Fair Lad) 4 @ 1.25 Listen and repeat. 26| LISTENING 1. You are going to listen to two friends talking about their home life. Ali lives with his parents and two brothers. He wants to go to live with Charlie, who shares a flat with four friends. Look at the statements below. Who do you think is speaking: Al (A) or Charlie (C)? ‘There's nothing to eat [get no peace and I can’t do any work. ‘There's no space in the house. We don't go to bed early. [can’t have any friends in the house. ‘The kitchen is a bit dirty. @ 1.26 Listen to the conversation to check your answers. WN aneune @ 1.26 Listen tothe conversation again. Choose the best definition for the phrases below. 1 Grim! 4) That's bad! 2. W's driving me mad, a) It makes me angry. _b) It makes me sad. 3. I don’t want to put you off. a) I don’t want to encourage you. 'b) I don’t want to discourage you, b) That's good! 4 Workin pairs. Discuss these questions © What do you think Ali should do? What are the advantages and disadvantages of living at home when you are a student? * Do most students live at home in your country?GRAMMAR: countable & uncountable nouns with some, any &no use some in positive sentences. ee ‘got some cousins. (countable) eee Se se oe) WWecsaly ‘use any in Be sentences and Tean’t have any frends. _ (countable) Tean’t do any work. (uncountable) Seance ve “There are no problems. There aren’t any problems. Comm |= Iidon’e get any independence | (uncountable) © See Lancuace REFERENCE PAGE 34 1. Are the nouns in the box countable (C) or uncountable (U)? bread U brother C cash food friend independence money Parent peace sofa. space Look at tapescript 1.26 on pages 134-5 to check your answers. Have you got any better ideas? (countable) Flatmates | 3a 2 Choose the correct words to complete the dialogue. Mum: What's the (1) problem / problems, Ali? You look really unhappy at the moment, Ali: There's (2) any / no problem, Mum. Mum: Yes, there is. What's the matter? (3) Is / Are your teachers at college giving you a lot of (4) homework / homeworks? Ali: No, it's not that. But you know I've got (5) any / some very Important exams in two weeks Mum: Yes? Ali: Well, I can’t find the (6) time / times to study. I don’t get (7) any / no peace in my room with the others there. I's really hard to work, ‘Mum: I'm sorry. | know what you mean. There really isn’t (6) any / some space in the house when we have guests, is there? ‘Ali: Mum - I'm thinking of moving in with (9) any / some friends. ‘Mum: Oh, you can’t do that! I know, I've got (10) an / some idea. Why don't you do your (11) work / works with me in the living room? 3 Work in pairs, A and B. urn to page 127. Look at the picture of Charlie's bedroom. B: Turn to page 129. Look at the picture of Charlie's bedroom after a party. How many differences can you find? Are there any people in your picture? There are some bottles on the table reyt are there’ There's no food in this picture. any dean glasses in this flat? SPEAKING Roleplay 1. Work in groups of three to five. You share a flat with the other students in your group. There are some problems and no one is, really happy. Read your role card and decide what you want to say to your flatmates. At the end of the discussion, make a list of four rules for the flat so that everyone is happy. No smoking in the flat. A: Tur to page 126. B: Turn to page 128. lurn to page 129. D: Turn to page 130. Turn to page 131 ‘You are sitting in the living room with your flatmates. Student C begins the discussion. There are some things I want t0 talk about 273B | Another country READING 1 2 piece of paper, write everything that you know about Scotland. You have two minutes. Now work in pairs and compare your ideas. 2. Read the magazine article and choose the best summary. An American man becomes interested. ‘where his family came from. American man goes to a conference about Scotland. An American man returns to his family's hhome town in Scotland. 3 Read the article again and put the sentences a-fin the gaps 1-6, 2 And they also told me about the communities of Scots living abroad, > Talready have my ticket © my grandmother worked for President Roosevelt. Scottish bankers, Scottish businessmen, in politics, in the arts, in education ~ everywhere you look there's a Scot. © There are, for example, 75 places called Hamilton around the world. £ They went to Australia, Canada, America and New Zealand. 4 Find these words in the article and choose the best definition, 1 conference (line 6) a) a large meeting where people talk. about one subject ) a short conversation origin (line 15) a) a place where you go on holiday b) the place that you come from settled down (line 17) a) got married and stayed in a place b) sat down 4 strange (line 24) a) normal or ordinary ») not normal reunion (line 29) a) wedding bb) meeting people again after a long time 28| SOLS ADPOAM oy rt reniton always knew that Td Scots nar, but aly thought of [opsie seers tren ny ae ef, Bike my patents and grandparents before them, herein lexington, Kentucty. My inter was inthe Marines nd @) nue ee one aeec tac aca eeat gu ee 2 pce Gene re eee eee tay of heaves a Uae ae eee een nn and hey never stopped aking, They tld me about the Harton can 1» (he Scotish word fr family and abot the Ham tartan, They ced i te fat el low aed eta ing James of Snape) Ce robes ere, wo you eee hen aac cll Habis aoa) Aoeeen aloe eepeeN Pela So Mt ecu 25 than 30 lion peopl of Scots origin around the word, Many So ee ts eee caery/ aT a jobs) —- They sete down, had families and some of them gave cet aeie annie Hae Ge eisai fecal ue pen Cee ee eee a cerns no (9) Ho many of ter aie me Taskd the elie Senay ones a cairns adie erie etry eed anc ieee a ese bg aad i once Wt reel ee ET the Fanon Fay webs and cht with aes and Devi he brothers rom Ontario (and a hundred other), Yesterday, I got ny ist ep btaeseeeeal Gaeee Taeos wese ee aes rerdiel lasted creas eels eee 40 Hamltons in Edinburgh Caste. (©) | ‘Not many | | | | | | | | | | i | | | | |Another country | 38 SPEAKING 2. Make true sentences using the phrases in the table. 41 Work in pairs. Discuss these questions. people in this country | are difficult to understand. * Did many people leave your country in the people in this town are marred, past? Why did they leave? Where did they go? aiasaia are very interesting, * Do many people from your country live arrive late. abroad? Not many, don’t have much money. * Do you know anybody who lives abroad? im the students in this | drive a nice car. If so, why did they go? eae class have a job. * What do people from your country miss when —_| Most my friends like their work. they are abroad? of | my work colleagues _| live near here. our English lessons _| need English at work. speak two or three us Tanguages. GRAMMAI : some, many & most 3. Work in pairs and compare your answers. Dip You KNow? 1. Workin pairs. How much do you know about the U sd Kingdom? ‘© Write the capital cities on the correct places on the map, ‘© What do you know about the different countries in the United Kingdom? Great Britain is the island of England, Scotland and Wales. | The United Kingdom is i © SéE LANGUAGE REFERENCE PAGE 34 Great Britain and “4g Northern Ireland. The flag of 1 In fourof the sentences below the word of is ive ited Kineton ie calle missing. Insert of where necessary. 1 Many the passengers on the Tizanic were leaving for a new life in America. 2. Most the Scots in America came in the nineteenth century. 3. Most Afro-Americans live in the southern states and the industrial cities. 4 Some US cities, like Boston, have big Irish ‘communities. 5 There aren’t many places in California that do not have a Spanish-speaking community. {6 Some the first immigrants to America were Copieal GIeaneEe Dutch. Cardiff * London 7 Not many the new immigrants to America nie oe come from Western Europe. 8 There are many Koreans and Japanese in LA.3c | Home town VOCABULAR ‘owns 1. Look at the words in the box. ‘art gallery bar bus cinema crime flat house library metro nightclub ‘park pollution restaurant studio theatre ‘traffic am Put the words into these groups. public transport types of accommodation nightlife, culture other Can you add any other words to the groups? 2. Imagine that you are going to live somewhere new. Which things are most important for you? READING 1 Imagine that you are going to live in Montreal. Read the webpage. Choose which area (Verdun, Outremont or Old Montreal) you would prefer to live in, Why? Work in pairs and compare your answers. 2 Read the webpage again. Which part of Montreal do the sentences refer to: Verdun (V), Outremont (© or Old Montreal (OM)? -oM ‘There are a lt of cars Ie doesn’t cost a lot to live here. Ithas the best places to eat Itisn't dangerous, It's a good place for outdodr spor. ‘There isn't much to do in the evening ‘There are a lot of cultural activities. ‘There isn’t much cheap accommodation. 30 Forward Reload Harbor arid Petes Find out from the people who live there [Public transport Eating Health Services Verdun We live down by the river. It's a poor area and there’s a lot of crime, But the shops are good and there are a few {good restaurants. The shopping area is not very attractive, but it is changing. Public transport is excellent and we're near the city centre, In the summer, Verdun is the place to be. The river here is really beautiful and you can have picnics in the park. There isn't enough nightlife for us. so ‘we go to the area near the university for that. ‘Accommodation is cheapll BRIGITTE GOFFIN & BERNARD YIP (students) Cee ares Outremont ‘Qutremont has many advantages. The best restaurants in ‘town, the most beautiful park and the biggest houses. You feel safe here. You meet interesting, important people and it's good for business. There are not many Japanese restaurants and we do very well. When we're not working, we like having a coffee outside one of the cafés, We don’t hhave much time to enjoy the area, but we like going up to the park at Mount Royal sometimes. The only problem. really is that you need to speak French in this part of town {and we don't KINAMOTO [restaurant owner)larie Reine du Monde Cathie¢trat Old Montreal True, there are too many tourists and there's too much traffic. The metro doesn’t take you into the centre of Old Montreal. There is a ittie crime in the area, but not too much. But why am I being so negative? Old Montreal is the only piace to be. There are a lat of good bars and restaurants. There are excellent museums [if you lke that kind of ing], an IMAX cinema, an interesting park to go lerblading in the summer or ice-skating in the winter. What more do you want? Just ane big. problem: not enough cheap flats. | found the last one! Mr. J. B. LAZARIDIS {computer programmer] eae enced Home town | 3¢ Grammar: quantifiers 1 Look again at the text about Montreal. Find the expressions in the table below and complete the ‘examples with nouns from the text. quantifiers with plural quantifiers with countable nouns ‘uncountable nouns 00 many wists ‘oo much staff. ebtof lot of many not mach ‘not many — a little: afew fot enough not enough © See LANGUAGE REFERENCE PAGE 34 2. Here is some more information about these places. Choose the correct expression to complete the sentences. Verdun 1 There are a lot of / much cheap flats. 2. There are not many / not much hotels for tourists. 3. There are a little / a few big factories. Outremont 4 There’s not many / not much crime. 5. There ate a lot of / to0 much French speakers. 6. There is not many / not much unemployment. Old Montreal 7 There are too many / to0 much cars. 8 There are many / too much things to do for children. 3. Write six sentences about your town. Use a different quantifier in each sentence. SPEAKING 1 Turn to page 127 and complete column A 2. Work in pairs. Ask questions about your partner's town Wirite the answers in column B on page 127. Useful language What is the name of your town? How much .. is there? How many ... are:there? 3 Compare your answers, Ifyou described the same town as your partner, did you have the same answers? Ifyou described a different town, which town Is the better place to live? | 33D | Lost! SPEAKING 1 Read the information about the city of Newcastle. 2 Work in small groups. ~ Are there any towns or cities in your country that are similar to Newcastle? In what ways? Bilbao is near the sea. 1t also has a famous football VOCABULARY: places in a town 1. Label the map below with the words in the box. Are the statements below true (1) or false (9)? The art gallery is opposite the library. The cathedral is opposite the stadium. The opera house is next to the castle. ‘The shopping centre is between the art gallery and the bus station, 6 There is a metro station not far from the stadium. 2 1 2 The bars and restaurants are near the river. 3 4 5 Do you have these places in your town? Where are they?LISTENING 1 @ 1.27 Listen toa conversation in Newcastle train station. Choose the correct words to complete the sentences. Mary is saying goodbye / hello to Emma and Lucy. The men want to go to the shopping centre / stadium. Emma finds it difficult / easy to give directions. Heer aunt helps / doesn't help. @ 1.27 Listen again and follow Mary's directions on the map. Which route did she describe: A, B or C? FUNCTIONAL LANGUAGE: directions 1 @ 1.28-1.30 Stuart and Tony are in front of the castle. Listen to three more conversations. Which speaker gives the best directions to the stadium? 2 @ 131 Listen to extracts from conversations 1-3 again and complete the sentences. straight on, the first street on the right past the station, —_— the bridge. to the end of the road. the first street on the left. Match the phrases in exercise 2 to the pictures. 4 Work in pairs, A and B. You are at the train station in Newcastle. A: Choose a place you want to go to. Ask B for directions. B:Look at the map and give A directions. Questions PRONUNCIATION: to 1 @ 1.32 Listen to the pronunciation of the word to (/ta/) in the middle of these phrases. © interesting place to visit * difficult to give directions next to the castle 2 Look at tapescript 1.27 on page 135. There are five examples of to in the middle of a phrase. Find them and underline them. 3 @ 133 Listen to the recording to check your answers. 4 Practise saying the phrases with the short pronunciation of to (/ta/). |33lay qU rekon Cle RI ALES GRAMMAR Countable & uncountable nouns Countable nouns ‘Most nouns in English are countable. We can count them. ‘They have both a singular and plural form for example, one house, two houses. Tes a new Rouse. He's got two houses in London. A small group of countable nouns has irregular plurals (child/children, man/men, woman/women, foot/feet, tooth/teeth, mouse/mice), Uncountable nouns Some nouns are uncountable. We cannot count them. For example, we cannot say two Aemewerts. They only have a, singular form. want to do my homework. Some nouns can be both countable and uncountable. The ‘uncountable noun refers tothe thing in general; the countable noun refers to a particular example of it Crime is a problem in many cities. | uncountable: crime in general) Sherlock Holmes solved hundreds of erimes (countable: particular crimes) Determiners ‘Some & any ‘We use some and any to describe an indefinite quantity of something, We can use some and any with both countable and uncountable nouns. ‘We usually use some in positive sentences. ve got some biscuits. (countable) e's going to buy some mitk. (uncountable) ‘We usualy use ay in negative sentences and questions. ‘Mark doesn’t like any vegetables, (countable) ‘T haven't got any money. (uncountable) ave you got any apples? (countable) ‘Do you have any advice for me? (uncountable) No ‘We use no with both countable and uncountable nouns. A positive verb+no has the same meaning a8 a negative vet + any. ‘There are no biscuits. = There aren't any biscuits (countable) I have no time. ~ | don’t have any time (uncountable) 34] Quantifiers ‘We can use quantifiers before a noun to show how much of, ‘something there Is. ‘There are too many tourists in this tou. T know a few good restaurants near here. We do not have much time. We do not usually use mucit in affirmative sentences. We use a fot of instead, ‘There's a lot of work to do. Not Fiereiewuedwon, Some, many & most ‘We can use some, many and most with or without of. ‘Some of my friends are working. ‘Most of the people I know are very interesting. ‘Many people spend their holidays abroad, ‘Most days, I do some homework.FUNCTIONAL LANGUAGE Directions where's the . Bxcuse me,|can/could you tell | please? me the way 10. how do I get to behind between in front of next t0 not far from ‘on the corner of ‘opposite ross the bridge road. Go past the . Go straight on. Go to the end of the road;street. ‘Take the first/second street on the left/right. Word List House & home (be) away from home ‘get home home town, homework nU* housewife n C housework n U leave home Towns accommodation n U** art gallery nC barn cot" bridge nc ** bus station n C castlen C** cathedral n C church n ¢*** einema n¢ ** time n G/U *** culture n'U*** flan" industrial adj *** library nc *** metro nC museum nC *** nightclub nC nightlife n U park ac** ‘opera house nC pollution n U** public transport n U restaurant nC *** shopping centre nC stadium nC studion C** theatre C ** waffic nU*** tram nC train station nC *** ‘fekomaderfn/ ‘foxt gaelari/ Id fonds! Tous sterfal kas! ‘haidrl! ‘faa {stmomo/ ‘erm! ealtfay ‘Mx fdas! sbeai! metrou! fesjuctiam! ‘oaklab/ ast! pack! opto) havs/ Jpalu:fny ‘sbik ‘tenspot/ ‘/rest(a)ront/ ‘opm sental {stexiomy “fstjucdiauy /Orata/ ‘retikf fen ‘heen stxfal Other words & phrases abroad adv ** arean C*** banker nC cash aU *** century nC chat v* cheap adj *** clan nC coal U* community nC *** conference nC ** countryside n U** diy aa ***| discourage v drive (sb) mad v encourage v *** flatmate nC Jmmigrant nC independence n U ** normal ad} online adiadv ordinary adj **" origin nc ** ‘outdoor adj owner nC passenger mC ** peace n *** picnic n € producer nC * programme n C put (Sb) off reunion nC rollerblading r U scart nc settle down v skating n U sofa nC space nU *** strange adj *** tartan adi/n tourist a c** twin n whisky r 0 abrovd/ earia/ Posen) feefi Psentfori/ ‘feet! ‘fi! ‘Klan ‘feooll simjunoti/ Pkonfferons/ Pkantrisardy Pest ‘farskands Podn(oyril fonds) foutéoy |354a | Online dating SPEAKING READING 1. Workin pairs. Discuss these questions. 1. Look at the advertisement from an internet dating agency and answer the questions. 6 MILLION DATES 1 How old is Lynnt America’s biggest internet dating Gt nee eye eeey cae ’ agency now has more than 6 million 3. Whatis her job? ’ pedpla ais visit its website every. 4 What does she do in her free time? ’ month, 5 What adjectives does she use to describe her personality? * Do you know anyone who uses the internet to 6 What adjectives does she use to describe her perfect make friends? partner? * Do you think that the internet is a good way to meet other people? © What are the advantages and disadvantages of internet dating? ‘What does her perfect partner enjoy doing? a 2 a Forward Seid ome Search Prt Slowerte mae am a single mother with two young girls. also work with young children and at the end of the day I'm often too tired for much. I put the kids to bed and then I usually read or watch TV for an hour or Occupation: two before I go to bed primary school teacher [At the weekends and in the holidays, it’s a different story. I'm a very active and outgoing person. We always do something or go somewhere - the beach, picnics in the country, visiting friends and family and we go to the cinema every Sunday. There's not much that I don't like! My friends often say that I have a very ful ife. Why do you want a new partner, they ask. don't want a father for my kids (they already have one!) but I don't want to be on my own for the rest of my life. First ofall, want new friends. Love comes later My perfect partner is happy with his life and believes in himself. He is open in his relationships, warm and friendly. He always says how he feels and he never has any secrets. He wants a partner, but he doesn’t need one. I already have kids ~ I don't want to be his mother, too! He has a good job and does not have any money worries. He works hard, but he also likes the good things in life - good food, going out, giving and receiving, He is independent and sometimes prefers to do things on his own or with other friends, He likes travelling and meeting other people. He doesn't smoke or drink.2 Work in groups of three, A-C. You are going to read internet advertisements for three different men, Read the advertisement and tick (¥) the sentences that are about your man. ‘A: Tum to page 128. B: Turn to page 130. C: Turn to page 132, He does not have a job. He does not like cities. He enjoys going to restaurants. He has a daughter, He is a very active person. He is not very rich. He is often not at home. He is quiet and friendly. 9 He likes being on his own, 10 He likes being with other people. 1 He loves music. 12 He wants a romantic partner. 13 He wants an intelligent partner. 14 He wants to have a family. 15 His perfect partner doesn’t work too much. 3. Who is the best partner for Lynn? Read the information about your man again. Underline all his good and bad points. In your group, compare the information about the different men and decide who is the best partner. GRAMmak: present simple © Sce LANGUAGE REFERENCE PAGE 44 Onin dating | 44 1. Before choosing a partner, Lynn asked the men some questions. Rearrange the words to make her questions. friends with what you your? being like do other people with you? cities do friends have in other you? away do from how much home spend time you? 5 daytime do in do do the do what you? 2 Look at the men's answers to Lynn's questions. Change / to he and make any other necessary changes. 1 Toften invite friends for dinner or I go to their houses. 2. like my friends but I don’t enjoy big groups of people. 3. Every year, I spend about two months away for work, so [ don’t travel in the holidays. 4 [get up late and then I sometimes see a friend for lunch, 3. Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions in exercise 3. 4 Make the sentences true for you using words and phrases from the boxes. always. once usually, twice a take cites ° | [tee umes |°_ | "Eek, sometimes eines | ery year | get up late in the morning. 1 go for a walk in the afternoon, {am tired in the evenings. have dinner in a restaurant. I read before I go to bed. | visit friends at the weekend. wooueene Make questions from the sentences in exercise 4. Begin: How often do you... ? ‘Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions. PRONUNCIATION: final -s 1 @ 1.34 Listen to the pronunciation of the final -s in these words. There are two ways of pronouncing the letter -s at the end of singular verbs and plural nouns. days friends ‘books streets lives wants Jf goes isi likes 2 @ 134 Listen and repeat. 3. How do you pronounce the final -s in these words? knows learns maps spends talks writes. facts parties problems questions states things, 4 @ 135 Listen to the recording to check. | 7