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Ie furthers the University’s mission by disseminating knowledge in the pursuit of ‘education, learning and research atthe highest international levels of excellence. swww.cambridge.ong Information on this title: www-cambridge.org/9781107613997 © Cambridge University Press2014 ‘This publication is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception nd tothe provisions of relevant collective licensing agreements, ‘no reproduction of any part may take place without the writen permission of Cambridge University Press. rst published 2014 intedin China by Golden Cup Printing Co. id A catalogue record for this publication is avilable from the British Library 188 978-1-107-61399-7 Reading and Writing 1 Students Book with Online Workbook 10x 978-1-107-61403-7 Reading and Writing : Teachers Book with DVD {spy 978-1-107-67810-1 Listening and Speaking 1 Student’ Book with Online Workbook 1683 978-1-107-66a11-7 Listening and Speaking 1 Teachers Book with DVD. Additional resources for this publication at www.cambridge orglunlock ‘Cambridge University Press hes no responsibilty forthe persistence or accuracy of ‘URLs for external or third-party internet websies referred to inthis publication, and does not guarantee that any content on such websites i, or will emain, accurate or appropriate. Information regarding prices, travel timetables, and other factual information given inthis work is correct atthe time of fist printing but Cambridge University Press dees not guarantee the accuracy ofeuch information thereafter. CONTENTS Map of the book Introduction UNITI People UNIT2 Seasons UNIT3 Lifestyle UNIT4 Places UNITS Sport UNIT6 Jobs UNIT7 Homes and buildings UNITS Food and culture UNITS The animal kingdom UNIT10. Transport Glossary Video scripts Acknowledgements 194 202 207 MAP OF THE BOOK 1 PEOPLE Key reading sil: Family vocabulary to Previewing (ee grandfather, jing Fiend Jotory _ andmother fether, {Communication studies) se ee mother) Reading 2:A very tall man! Scanring to fnd infomation (Anthropology) a eee | Adjectives to describe the a SEASONS | woather Seanring to find information | weather (eg. worm, hot pave tee | halen ‘old, sunny) r e ) Understanding key vocabulary Reading 2: Cuba weather (Meteorology) | ieee | Y ute Key reading sil: Yocabulary for study SIRES YEE tundergound | Scanring to find information (e.g. Maths, History. Resding Can ou nage our | picaeng ‘Chemistry, Business) Me wtthnomatle Understanding key vocabulary (Anthropology) | Reading 2: Timetable ((anagement) | ie 4 PLACES | France | Key reading skill | Vocabulary for places in a 3 : | Reading for main ideas city (eg. museum, library, Reading 1 A world history of | Undestandingheysecabulny 107; mone) | eet Previewing Vocabulary for paces ina (History) ‘Scanning to find information __—_country (e.g. hill, farm, field, | Reading 2: The Maldives: an Reading for detail eo overview | (Geography) | — 5 SPORT TaiChiand Key reading skill: | Adjectives to describe Shaolin | Usingyourknowiedg to predict. sports (eg. hard exciting Reading: The worlds top five | Kung-Fu content expensive diffi) one eoereuees for main Reading 2: Sport in Brazil eaonstgeo fut efomation (Cultural studies) | Scanning to predict content | - Reading for detail 6 JOBS | Dabbanalias | Key reading sil: Vocabulary for jobs (eg, vet, Reading for detail fireman, manages people, oS re ao ute oe | Understanding key vocabulary Reading 2:]ob emails | Scanting to find information | {@usiness and management) ‘Working out meaning from context [UNLOCK READING AND WAITING SKILLS 1 "Nouns and verbs + Analyze a family tree ‘Academic writing skills: | Singular and plural nouns —_* Drawa family tree ‘= Punctuation {Grammar for writing: Writing task type: +The verb be write descriptive sentences + Personal pronouns Writing task: + Possessive determiners | write about somebody in your family | Adjectives and nouns | « Understanda table ‘Academic writing skis: Noun phrases + Punctuation: capital letters {Grammar for writing: Writing task type: 1+ Subject and verb | Write facts. | 3 Prepositions | | writing task: | + Prepositional phrases | Wie facts about the weather in your ety. allocations + Answer personal questionsabout Academic writin sil: | Grammer fer writing: routine | + Spelling third person singular forms + Subject—verb— object _* Create a timetable Writing task type: + Present simple Write facts. + Time expressions Watng task: | Write facts about the lifestyle of a student in | your class ‘Noun phrases with of) ‘Acodemic writing sills Gane eke + Spelling and punctuation: capital letters | = there is/ there ore Writing task type: + Determines articles Write facts Werting task: | Write facts about your country. Sports collocations + Create a ideas map. | Academie writing sls: Prepositions + Commas Adjectives | Writing task type: Grammar for writing: rte facts | = Subject ~ verb — adjective Wrling task: * Subject ~ verb — adverb: Write facts about a popular sport in. your country. ‘Adjective phrases Complete a questionnaire ‘Academic writing sis: Gane fornrlere: ‘Choose a job based on. + Contractions ‘must and have to iC esc eae) Writing task type: ‘Joining sentences Wee sentences. with and Writing task: \Wte a description of ajob for a fiiend. EE —————EEE UNLOCK READING AND WAITING SKILLS 1 7 HOMES AND BUILDINGS Reading k Architect's world ‘expert interview (Architecture) Reading 2: Skyscrapers (Architecture) Building the Key reading skilt ‘new Shanghai | Using vial to pred content | Understanding key vocabulary Scanning to find information Reading for detail Previewing Understanding discourse Vocabulary for buildings (e8.cinema, library, hotel, train station) Vocabulary for parts of buildings eg. cor park stairs, exit, garden) Adjectives to describe buildings (eg big, modern, old, ugly) 8 FOOD AND CULTURE Reading Tea: A world history (History) Reading 2: Ten of the best by Mexican food Key reading skill: Skimming Previewing Understanding key vocabulary Scanning to find information Reading for detail, Vocabulary for food and drink (eg. potatoes, coconut, yoghurt, water) 9 THE ANIMAL KINGDOM Reading I: Variety in the animal kingdom (ook Reading 2:The worlds fastest South African Key reading silt wildlife Reading for main ideas Previewing Understanding key vocabulary Reading for detail _Scaming to find information to describe facts about animals (eg. ‘ong, high, weighs, habitat) Vocabulary for animals fe 8 deadliest, nocturnal) Understanding discourse 10 TRANS! Tokyo Key reading skil: Transport: NSPORT: Working out meaning from leg. take the bus, Reading Transport survey context travel by car) (Transportand logistics) Reading 2: Transport in ‘Bangkok: report (Urban planning) LUNLOCK READING ANO WRITING SKILLS 1 Grammar for writing: » Compare data ‘Academic writing skils: + Comparing quantities + Spelng: double consonants = Comparative adjectives wong east foe + Joining sentences with ‘Write a comparison, but Writing tose Write a comparison of two buildings. | Countable and |= Brainstorm Academic writing skils: Geeieebencun I earaeree een Sesaing Grammar for writing. * Nake notes Writing task type: + Subject-verb agreement Write descriptive sentences. + Determiners a, an and Writ toske some Write about food in your country for | a student website. \ can and cannot + Analyze a table of facts ‘Academic writing sills: ‘Grammar for writing: + Spelling + Superiative adjectives Writing task type: ‘Write a descriptive paragraph. Writing task: | ‘Write a paragraph about an animal. ‘Quantifers + Collect data witha survey ‘Academic writing skills: Geammar for writing: * Error correction + Subject —verb — object Writing task type: + Linking sentences with Write a paragraph, pronouns Writing task: ‘Write a paragraph about transport in your city. UNLOCK READING AND WAITING SKILLS 1 Remittance neasd ee eS erento 3 The units in Unlock Reading & Writing Skills are carefully scaffolded so that students are taken step-by-step through the writing process UNLOCK YOUR | Encourages discussion around the theme of the unit with inspiration KNOWLEDGE _ | from interesting questions and striking visuals. 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Ask and answer the questions below. 1 Whatis your full name? 2 Where do you live? 3, Do you have a job? What do you do? 4 Do you study? What do you study? 5 What do you do in your free time? uN 15 WAZNIG NSPE ESI) Cae a © LE ‘ UNDERSTANDING KEY VOCABULARY LISTENING FOR KEY INFORMATION ms = South Africa United States PREPARING TO WATCH 1 Match the places (1-6) to the correct countries (af) 1 New Delhi a Italy 2 New York b 3 The Cape Peninsula c 4 Giro d Mexico 5 Milan e India 6 Mexico City f Egypt WHILE WATCHING TTT 2 @ You are going to watcha video about people around the world. Watch and complete the table with the information you hear. name job Amarel Sebastian He is an artist. Angela Yasmine She works for a magazine. David Geeta She plans weddings UNLOCK READING AND WRITING SKILLS 1 place New York, United States Milan, Italy The Cape Peninsula, South Africa eas i 3. @ Watch the video again. Complete the sentences below with the correct adjectives from the box. beautiful different interesting famous 1 The people in the video do_______jobs. 2 Sebastian is a_____ Mexican artist. 3 Angela makes ________clothes. 4 The people in the video all have _______ ives. DISCUSSION 4 Work with a partner. Ask and answer the questions below. 1 Which person in the video has the most interesting job? 2 What job would you like to do in the future? 3 Where would you like to live in the future? UNLECK READING AND WATINGSKILS 1 PREPARING TO READ PREVIEWING "1 Look at the text. Circle the correct answers to the questions below. 1 What is the text about? a asport b ayoung man ¢ a family 2 Where is the text from? a abook b amagazine ¢ aweb page 2 Read the sentences (I-4) below and write the words from the box in the gaps. 1 London is a very big 2 I speak three ___: Turkish, Arabic and English. 3 Morocco is a_i North Africa, 4 My date of ___is 7 July 1993. WHILE READING SKIMMING __ > Read the text and write the words from the box inthe gaps 1-4). 4 Read the text again. Circle the correct words to make true sentences. 1. Amir is from Pakistan / the United Kingdom. 2 Amir’s brother is a boxer / racing car driver. 3. Amir’s hobbies are gaming and swimming / swimming and football. 4 Muhammad Ali is Amir’s favourite sportsman / teacher. 5. Falak is Amir's sister / mother. 6 Shah is Amir’s brother / father. 7 Amir’s address is info@amirsfans.co.uk / amirsfans@info.co.uk 8 His favourite football team is Manchester City / 8olton Wanderers. 5 Read the summary below and circle the correct words. Amir Khan is a“? boxer / teacher. He is from © Bolton / Manchester in the United Kingdom. His date of birth is 8 December © 1986 / 1996. His brother's name is “ Haroon / Shah. His father is Muhammad Ali / Shah Khan. UNLOCK READING ANO WRITING SKILLS 1 DISCUSSION 6 Work with a partner. Ask and answer the questions (I-6) below. 1 What is your name? 2 Where are you from? 3 What is your date of birth? 4 What are your brothers’ and sisters’ names? 5. What languages do you speak? 6 How tall are you? FriendFile MY PROFILE Amir Khan (My personal information First name: Amir Last name: Khan Date of birth: 8 December 1986 City: Bolton Country: United Kingdom Languages: English, Urdu, Punjabi Job: Boxer 4 —F Email: info@amirsfans.co.uk Cr) | vm Amir Khan, My mother and father are from Pakistan. | speak Mother: Falak eae three languages: English, Urdu and Father: Shah ee Punjabi. | am a boxer. | have won many boxing matches, My brother's ed name is Haroon. He is a boxer too. | like reading, swimming and Hobbies: swimming, football watching football. Favourite football club: Bolton Wanderers Favourite sportsman: Muhammad Ali uc Brother: Haroon UNLOCK READING AND WAUTING SKS 1 NNT PREPARING TO READ 1 Look at the text. Circle the correct options (ac). > 1 The photo is of a atypical man. b an unusual man. ¢ an English man. 2 The text is about a aracing cardriver. b aboxer. © avery tall man. 3 The text is from a abook. b amagazine. ¢ aweb page. 2 Check the meaning of the bold words in the sentences (1-6) below. Use the glossary on page 194 to help you. 1. My sister is 188 cm. She is very tall! 2 My brother is a student. He lives in London. 3 My father is a teacher. He works in a school. 4 Meltem loves clothes and shoes. 5 Chaiwat's height is 169 cm. 6 Khalid’s father is a farmer. UNLOCK READING AND WRITING SKILLS 1 UNUSUAL PEOPLE: CHAPTER @ - TALLEST AND SMALLEST AVERY tall man! Sultan Késen is from Turkey. He lives in Mardin in Turkey. He lives with his family. Sultan lives with his mother, his three brothers and his sister. ‘Sultan is a typical farmer. His hobby is watching TV. He is interested in music. His height is unusual. He is 251 cm tall — that is very tall. Sultan is the talest man in the world. His mother, brothers and sister are normal height. Sultan works on the farm. He has a tractor. His life is not easy. People look at him in the street. Normal clothes and shoes are too small. His clothes and shoes are very big. Sultan speaks Turkish and English. He went to London, Paris and Madrid in Europe in 2010. He went to New York, Chicago and Los Angeles in America in 2011. eo LUNL2CK READING AND WRITING SKILS 1 SCANNING TO FIND WHILE READING INFORMATION 3 Read the text and circle the correct words in the profile below. UNUSUAL PEOPLE — PROFILE First name: “ Sultan / Késen Last name: ® Sultan / Késen Country: ® Turkey / America City: ® Maralin / New York Date of birth: © 1982 / 2011 Family: © 3 sisters and 1 brother / 1 sister and 3 brothers Height: ® 210 em / 251 em Read the text again. Write the correct words from the text in the gaps. 1 Sultan Kosen________from Turkey. 2 He____in Mardin in Turkey. 3 He lives with his —______. 4 Sultan _______a typical farmer. 5 His hobby ___ watching TV. 6 Sultan __Turkish and English. DISCUSSION 5 Work with a partner. Ask and answer the questions (1-3) below. 1 Where do you live? 2 Isit anice place to live? Why? / Why not? 3. Who do you live with? LUNLOCK READING AND WRITING SKILLS 1 1 Read the sentences (!-7) and write the bold words in the correct places in the table below. 1 Marika Diana is from Italy. 2 Sultan Kosen lives on a farm. 3. My brother is a student. 4 Faisal’s mother works in London. 5 London is a big city. 6 Amir Khan is a boxer. 7 Sultan’s clothes and shoes are very big. 2 Read the sentences (1-5) and circle the correct words. 1 My mother has four sister / sisters. 2 Ihave only one pen / pens. 3 My father has a car / cars. 4 We have two house / houses. 5 They have five cat / cats, UNLOCK READING AND WAITING SKILLS 1 3 Read the sentences (1-6) and write the words from the box in the gaps. 1 Hamdan ______ from Dubai. 2 Eriko and Tomoko are. They work in a big school. 3 She __ two languages: Arabic and English. 4 Ilive with my sister and my three ‘ 5 My grandfather_______in Istanbul. 6 Marika Diana lives in FAMILY VOCABULARY 4 Write the words from the box in the correct places in the table below. son °. , sister %, aunt At the end of this unit, you will write descriptive sentences. Look at this unit's writing task in the box below. UNLOCK READING ANO WRITING SKILLS 1 efftaymdan coky ln ou aa nn 1 Work with a partner. Ask and answer the questions (1-8) about the family tree. 1. Who is Samira’s brother? 2 Who is Fatima’s mother? 3 Who is Ahmed’s grandmother? 4 Who ate Abdullah's aunts? 5. Who are Khalifa's daughters? 6 Who is Aysha’s son? 7 Who is Mouza’s grandfather? 8 Who are Khaled’s sisters? 2 Draw your family tree. 3 Work with a partner. Ask and answer questions like the questions in Exercise labout your family trees. UNLOCK READING AND WRITINGSKILLS 1 WANES IC] GRAMMAR FOR WRITING The verb be The verb be has three forms in the Present simple tense: am, is, are. After |, we use am. After you, we or they, we use are. After he, she or it, we use is. | am a student. You are a student. We are students. They are students. Junko is a student. She is a student. My sister is a student. Amir is a boxer. Sultan is a farmer. My grandfather is a doctor. London is a big city. It is a big farm. His name is Tom. Angela and. Ottavio are Italian, They are Italian. 1 Read the texts (A and B) and write am, is or are in the gaps. My name ®__ Hamdan, | @___ from AL Ain. | ®___ 19. Ab Ain ®____ in the United Arab Emirates. My brother's name © ____ Faisal. He ©. older. He ____ 26. My father’s name oA. | —_ p 1____ Mis Lee. 1°)______ from Busan. Busan!_____in South Korea. | live with my mother, my father and my sister. My mother and father") ____ from Seoul. My sister ) &__ Hani. She ______ 17 She | __a student, Her hobbies __ | swimming and watching TV EAT 082% eA0ING ANO WaMMING SKILLS fons 3 Read the sentences (I-4) below and write the words from the box in the gaps. 1 My sister is very tall, _____is 175 em. 2. My family is Egyptiar are from Cairo. 3. My uncle likes swimming. ___ swims every day. 4 Paris isin France. is abig city. UNLOCK READING AND WRITING SKILLS 1 4 Read the sentences (1-5) below and write the words from the box in the gaps. 1 Ihave two sisters. _names are Frances and Celia. 2 Jenny Fielding is from London, ____ father's name is David. 3 We go to school in Barcelona, _________ school is very big. 4 Ihave a brother and a sister. _______sister’s name is Aysha. 5 Amir Khan is from Bolton, ______ mother is from Pakistan. ACADEMIC WRITING SKILLS 1 Put the words in order to make sentences. 1 Zhong Shan / My grandfather / is /. 2is/He/59/, 3 adoctor/He/is/. 4 is from / He / Hong Kong / . 5 two daughters / He / has /. 6 my mother and father / lives with / He /. UNLOCK READING AND WRITING SKILLS 1 2 Correct the punctuation in the sentences (1-10) below. Add capital letters and full stops. 1 myname is mohammed — 2 iam from kuwait — Si a Ss 4 my father's nameisasif 5 heisateacher 6 he has two sons 7 my brother's name is faran 8 faran is a doctor 9 he lives in canada 10 faran’s hobbies are swimming and watching TV WRITING TASK 1 Look at the family tree you drew in the Critical Thinking section. ‘Choose somebody from your family tree to write about. 2 Write a profile for the person. UNLOCK READING AND WRITING SKILLS 1 ~ 3 Write sentences about the person. Use the words in the table below to help you. My brother's name is. Ahmad. My uncle's name are Tomoko. My aunt's name adoctor. His family a student. Her family from Caio. My family from Bangkok, She 22. He 35. They 49. We \ ves wi my uncle. ese my mother and father. Turkish. speaks English. Arabic and English. EDIT 4 Use the task checklist to review your sentences. TASK CHECKLIST Does the first word in your sentences begin with a capital letter? Do your sentences have full stops? Do people's name and places have capital letters? Are the personal pronouns he and she before the verb is? Are the personal pronouns we and they before the verb are? ‘Are the possessive determiners (my, his, her) before a noun (brother, sister, uncle)? 5 Make any necessary changes to your sentences. LUNLOCK READING AND WRITING SKILLS 1 OBJECTIVES REVIEW 6 Check your objectives. Ican... watch and understand a video about people and their jobs preview a text use capital letters and full stops in sentences write descriptive sentences WORDLIST vary riot very well well sss very not very well well mE very not very well well se very not very well well LUNLOCK READING AND WRITING SKILLS 1 LEARNING OBJECTIVES Watch and listen Reading skills ‘Academic writing skills ot a Baas) s UNLOCK YOUR KNOWLEDGE Work with a partner. Look at the words for seasons in, answer the questions below. pring _summ tumn int the dry season the mor season 1 Which seasons do you have in your country? 2 Which is your favourite season? Why? Prey PREPARING TO WATCH 1 You are going to watch a video about weather. Before you watch, match UNDERSTANDIN‘ i. the words in the box to the correct photographs (1-3). KEY VOCABULARY asnowstorm snow a snowflake zz § f WHILE WATCHING UsING visuaisTo 2 © Watch the rst part of avideo about weather and cele the covet PREDICT CONTENT PtION(e-<). = Ablzzardis a kind of a forest b storm ¢ mountain SE LUNLCCK READING AND WRITING SKILLS 7 Een A 3 Write the words from the box in the gaps. UNDERSTANDING close winds see tall dangerous snow cold forests eebetesselue eel Ae 1 The airis 2 2 There are ___ mountains and thick 3 There isalot of _______~ 15 metres! 4 A blizzard Is a snowstorm with strong 5 A blizzard is 6 Many roads 7 Drivers can't 4 @ Watch the first part of the video again and check your answers. 5 @ Watch the next part of the video and write true (T) or false (F) next to the statements (1-6) below. 1 The big white cloud is a blizzard. — 2 There is a lot of snow in the mountains and forests, ___ 3 The man’s car is not very good. 4 The car stops near city. 5 The men eats apples in the car. 6 A policeman finds the man. DISCUSSION 6 Work with a partner. Use the information in Exercise 5 to answer the questions. questions student A student B Can you describe the weather in | Ask Answer the northwest United States? What's a blizzard? Answer Ask Is it dangerous? UNLOCK READING AND WRITING SKILLS 1 GTO. PREPARING TO READ ~ 1 Lookat the words in bold and match sentences (1-4) to sentences (a-d). Use the glossary on page 194 to help you. 1 Two plus two is four. a Itisnot diffieutt 2 Sara is happy. b It is warm in summer. 3'2+2=4'is easy. ¢ She is not sad. 4 Canada is cold in winter. d Twominus twos zero. 2 Match the words (I-7) to the correct numbers (a-g). 1 twenty-one a 55 2 eleven bis 3 eighteen © 202 4 fifty-five 44a 5 forty-two e2 6 two thousandandtwelve ff ‘1 7 fifty g 50 3 Look at the graph, photographs and headings in the text on the opposite page and write true (T) or false (F) next to the statements (1-4) below. 1 Yakutsk is a city. _ 2. Winter is very cold in Yakutsk. 3. Summer is very cold in Yakutsk. 4 Svetlana has a café in Moscow. — 4 Look at the graph. Translate Average temperatures in Yakutsk into your language. Translation: — 5 Use the glossary on page 194 to check your translation. WHILE READING 6 Match the facts (I-6) to the correct numbers (af) 1 the average temperature in summer a 42°C 2 the writer went to Yakutsk b 2012 3. the average temperature in winter 5 4 Daria’s age d 55°C 5 the temperature when kindergartens and schools are closed e +20 °C 6 the average temperature in spring and autumn fare UNLOCK READING AND WAITING SKILLS 1 Scanning to find information Scanning means looking for information. When we scan, we do not read every word in a text. We can scan for: * numbers + names of people + names of places. Look for capital letters to find people and places. The Coldest City in the World winter spring. summer_—_ autumn Dec Jan Feb ‘Mar Apr May’ Jun Jul Aug ‘Sep Oct Nov ‘Average temperatures in Yakutsk (@ecember= November) “The average temperature in winter is ~42 °C. Some winters are colder. At -50 °C, the kindergarten is closed. Daria is happy. At -55 °C, ‘The temperature in your freezer is about the kindergarten and the school are closed. Daria -18 °C. Yakutsk in Russia is colder than your and Pavel are happy; Svetlana says. ee ne area People in ielanaleliempert in sort andl 2) autumn, the average temperature is -21 "C. They In 2012, I visited Yakutsk. Why? Because I go skiing and ice-skating. In summer, it is warm. wanted to see the coldest city in the world. I ‘The average temperature is +20 *C. They have wanted to meet the people of Yakutsk. picnics in the forests. ‘Life is difficult in winter} says % E Svetlana, ‘but were not sad? E Svetlana isthe manager ofa café in Yakutsk. Shehastwo children, Her son Pavel is 11. 8 Her daughter Daria is 5. x UNLOCK READING AND WRITING SKILLS 1 ADI DISCUSSION 7 Work with a partner. Ask and answer the questions (I-4) below. 1 Islife easy in Yakutsk? 2 Iswinter cold in your country? 3 How hot is the summer in your country? 4 Do you like hot summers or cold winters? Why? PREPARING TO READ 1 Lock at the texts. Circle the correct answers (a—c) to the questions (I-3). 1 Where are the texts from? a abook b a magazine ¢ aweb page 2 Which text is about the weather in Cuba now? a TextA b Text B ¢ TextC 3. Which texts are about typical weather in Cuba? a Texts A and B b Texts B and C ¢ Texts A and C 2 Read the sentences (1-4) below and write the words from the box in the gaps. 1 Use degrees centigrade (°C) to talk about _________. 2 Use kilometres per hour (kph) to talk about 3 Use millimetres (mm) to talk about —___ 4 Use seasons to talk about 3 Write the words from the box in the gaps in Text B opposite. Use the wordlist on page 194 to help you. LUNLOCK READING AND WRITING SKILLS 1 Brean WWW.CUBAWEATHERORG ATHER AVERAGES CUBA WEATHER HOME | WEATHER | CUBAN CLIMATE | WE. Cuba is in the Caribbean.The climate in Cuba is good. It has two seasons:the dry season and the rainy season. The dry season and the rainy season last for six months. The dry season is from November to April. The average temperatures are between 22 °C and 25 °C in the dry season. The average rainfall is 62 mm in the dry season. It is windy in the dry season. The rainy season is from May to October. In the rainy season, the average temperatures are between 26 °C and 28 °C. The average rainfall in the rainy season is 146 mm. The best time to visit Cuba is April or May. a \WWwWiCUBAWEATHERORG CUBA WEATHER HOME | WEATHER | CUBAN CLIMATE | WEATHER AV OW | SAY | MON AGES MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY © cloudy and ®____— sunny and sunny ° and cloudy CS E | WEATHER AVERAGES CUBA WEATHER HOME | WEATHER | CUBAN CLIM. SEKEGN AVERAGE AVERAGE WIND (MONTHS) TEMPERATURE °C SPEED (KPH) Dry (Nov-Apr) 23°C 8 kph Rainy (May-Oct) mec 15 kph UNLOCK READINGANO WAITING SkLES 1 WHILE READING 4 Match the facts (I-8) to the correct words and numbers (a-h). 1 average temperatures (°C) in the dry season a 15 2 months in the rainy season b3l 3 average rainfall (mm) in the dry season © 22.25 4 temperature (°C) on Thursday d 146 5 months in the dry season e November to April 6 average wind speed (kph) in the rainy season fF 62 7 average rainfall (mm) in the rainy season g 26-28 8 average temperatures (°C) in the rainy season hh May to October DISCUSSION 5 Work with a partner. Ask and answer the questions below. 1 Isthe climate in Cuba good? 2 What are the seasons in Cuba? 3 Isthe climate in your country good? 4 What are the seasons in your country? 5. Where can you find facts about climate in your country? @ LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT eee aad 1 Circle the adjectives and underline the nouns in the sentences (1-5) below. 1 The café is warm. 2 Life is difficult. 3 The climate is good. 4 Summers are hot. 5 Winters are cold. [UNLOCK READING AND WRITING SKILLS 1 2 Read the sentences (+5) below and write the words from the box in ‘the gaps. 1 The school 2 The children 3 It is warm and 4 The 5 My 3 Make a noun phrase from the bold words in each sentence (1-4) and write it in the gaps to make a new sentence. 1 Svetlana’s café is warm. Svetlana has a 2 Life is difficult in winter. People have a—___in winter. 3 In Cuba, the climate is good. ‘Cuba has a —____ 4 Summers are warm in Mongolia. Mongolia has 4 Work with a partner. Correct the mistakes in the sentences (I-5) below. 1 Cuba has a climate good. 2 I havea family happy. 3 In summer, we have weather good. 4 The season is dry is from June to November. 5. The rainfall is average is 78 mm in spring. [UNLOCK READING AND WRITING SKILLS 1 CRITICAL THINKING At the end of this unit, you will write facts. Look at this unit's writing task in the box below. UNDERSTAND Write facts about the weather in your city. Understand a table A table shows facts and numbers. It is easy to see facts and numbers ina table. " Decimal numbers have a full stop in them — for example, 11, 17, 2.7. When we say decimal numbers, we use the word point. 11 one point one 17 one point seven 2.7 two point seven Average temperatures and rainfall in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Dene January 2 Ld February 16 17 March 7 27. April 42 83. May +10 1B June +15 42 July +19 58 August +18 52 September 48 26 October 0 November =U 32 December =i9 2.5 RUSSIAN FEDERATION UNLOCK READING AND WRITING SKILLS 1 1 Work with a partner. Look at the table. Ask and answer the questions (1-5) below. 1 Isit rainy in February? 2 Is it dry in August? 3 Isit cold in April? 4 Isit cold in October? 5 Is summer rainy or dry? 2 Read the text below and write information from the table in the gaps. The weather in Ulaanbaatar Ulaanbaatar isin ________. Ulaanbaatar has four seasons. The seasons are winter, spring, summer and auburn. Winter is from December to February, Winters are cold in Ulaanbaatar. The average temperatures are from "C to -22 °C. In winter, the average @, Os From ___ mm to 2.5 mm, Summer is from June to August. Summers are warm in Ulaanbaatar. In summer, the average ©. are from +15 °C to ©_____C. It is very rainy in summer. The ______ rainfall is from @___ mm to 58 mm, UNLOCK READING AND WRITING SKILLS 1 WRITING GRAMMAR FOR WRITING 1 Match the sentence halves. 1 Svetlana a is 15 kph. 2 Jakarta b are from Cuba. 3 The average wind speed are closed. 4 The schools d is a manager. 5 Alberto and Ana-Maria eis abig city. 2. Read the sentences (1-5) below and write the prepositions from the box in the gaps. 1 Utaanbaatar is__ Mongolia. 2 Winters are cold _ Ulaanbaatar. 3 ‘The average temperatures are__~16"C_-22°c. summer, the average temperatures are _ 415°C 419 °C. 5 Itis very rainy summer. UNLOCK READING AND WRITING SKILLS 1 3 Circle the when prepositional phrase in the sentences (1-2) below. 1 In the dry season, the average temperatures are between 22 °C and 25°C. 2 The average temperatures are between 22 °C and 25 °C in the dry season. 4 Look at the sentences in Exercise 3. Which sentence has a comma () after the prepositional phrase? 5 Write the prepositional phrases from the box in the gaps. Add commas and capital letters if necessary. 1 It is cold in New York * 2 the average rainfall is 6 mm. 3 The average rainfall is 360 mm 6 Put the words in order to make sentences. 1 windy / October / ,/ is /it/ In/. 2 weather / good / summer / is / The / in /. 3 Cuba / climate / good / the /is/In/./. 4 average / the / 34mm /In/.,/ autumn / rainfall / is /. 5 Yakutsk / The / are / cold / winters / in /. 6 monscon /in/ season the /is/ The / temperature / average / 1 °C/. 7 dry / the / season/7 mm / In / rainfall / ,/ is / average / the /. [UNLOCK READING AND WRITING SKILLS 1 ACADEMIC WRITING SKILLS No—e__er de ¢——%: 2 Correct the punctuation in the sentences below. Add capital letters, commas and full stops. in january the weather is cold in russia the average temperature is 21 °C in july 3 in the monsoon season the average rainfall is 315 mm in bangalore in india ‘the weather is sunny on tuesday sultan lives in sharjah in the united arab emirates es we WRITING TASK 1 Circle the correct seasons for your city. ‘a the dry season and the rainy season b the dry season and the monsoon season © spring, summer, autumn and winter [UNLOCK READING AND WRITING SKILLS 1 Pao 2 Write the name of one season in two or more rows in Column A. 3. Write the names of the months for each season in column B. 4 Write the average temperatures for each season in column C. Use the internet to help you find information. 5 Write the average rainfall for each season in column D. Use the internet to help you find information. 6 Look at the Critical Thinking section and read the text about Ulaanbaetar again. 7 Write information about your city in the gaps below. —_______ your city) is in (your country), __________(your city) has (number) seasons. The seasons are andy 8 Write sentences about your city. 1 Write a sentence about the weather in one season (eg. It is windy/ cold/rainy) and say which months the season is in (e.g April, May). 2 Write a sentence about the average temperatures in this season. 3 Writea sentence about the average rainfall in this season. 4 Write a sentence about the weather in another season (e.g. It is windy/ cold/rainy). 5 Write a sentence about the average temperatures in this season. 6 Write a sentence about the average rainfall in this season. UNLOCK READING AND WRITING SKILLS 1 9 Use the task checklist to review your sentences. TASK CHECKLIST Do your sentences describe two seasons? Do your sentences show the average temperature and rainfall? Do the names for your city, country and months have capital letters? Does the first word in your sentences begins with a capital letter? Do your sentences have full stops? 10 Make any necessary changes to your sentences. OBJECTIVES REVIEW 1 Check your objectives. I can... SSS | watch and understand a : video about a blizzard = YY not very well well Ss scana text to find ae information very very well well = use capital letters in a words and sentences YETY not very well well RS write facts not very well UNLOCK READING AND WRITING SKILLS 1 WORDLIST [UNLOCK READING AND WRITING SKILLS 1 LEARNING OBJECTIVES Reading skills ‘Academic writing skills Spell Present simple third person singular verbs Watch and understand a video about a mining town in Australia Scan a text to find information using key words Comey Pe LIFESTYLE UNIT 3 phrases (1-4). work (2) study relax with friends inacafé in your room SEE inachop EE eosin 2 Work with a partner. Ask and answer the questions below. 1 Where do you study? 2 Where do you relax with friends? rie) PREPARING TO WATCH 1 Check the meanings of the words in the picture. Use a dictionary to UNDERSTANDING KEY VOCABULARY Insppyiet Australian desert miners * undergroun 2, Read the sentences (I-6) below and write the words from the box in the gaps. mine dust rock desert underground comfortable 1 There are many mines in the Australian aT 2 There is a lot of _____and rock in the desert. 3 Every day, miners go to work 4 The miners cut the with machines. 5 There is also allot of dustin the 6 The mine is not a place to work SSE UNLOCK READING AND WRITING SKILLS WHILE WATCHING 3 You are going to watch a video about life in a town in the Australian desert. Before you watch, read the statements (1-6) below and write true (T) oF false (F) in column A. ‘statement before after 4 @ Watch the video. Write true (T) or false (F) in column B. 5 @ Watch again. Write the numbers from the box next to the correct facts. There are three extra numbers which you do not need. 42 55 95 3000 5,000 50,000 1 the number of people in the town: 2 the price of a good opal: $__ 3 temperatures in the desert: DISCUSSION 6 Work with a partner. Ask and answer the questions below. 1 Would you like to live in Coober Pedy? 2 Do you like the underground houses? 3 Is life in Coober Pedy different from life in your town or city? iG UNLOCK READING AND WRITING SKILLS 1 PREPARING TO READ "1 Which things in the box can you see in the text and the photographs? _ PREVIEWING Circle the words, Use a dictionary to help you. 1 [like reading books, not watching movies. | like to how the people look in the story. 2 Iwant to_____rice for lunch. 3 Pizza isa____ meal in Italy. 4 My_ is not very healthy. leat too much chocolate. 5 His daughters are very ________. Hande is tall but Adile is small. 6 They have guns. In autumn, they ___ animals in the forest. 7 The Amazon isa big ____in South America. 8 | love this book! The story i ! UNLOCK READING AND WRITING SKILLS 1 Mei Can you imagine your life with no mobile phones or TV? With no cars or supermarkets? Can you imagine life in a tree house? Inher book, A Life in the Trees, journalist Rebecca Moore travels 15,000 km from London to Papua New Guinea. In Papua New Guinea, Rebecca meets the Kombai people. She tells the story of their traditional lifestyle. Moore lived with the Kombai women and children for three months. Kombai life is very different. They have no watches and no cars. The Kombai get up every morning at sunrise. Kombai men hunt in the jungle. They can hunt in the jungle for 12 hours. They bring meat to the village. The Kombai also eat ‘cucumbers, mushrooms and green bananas. The women cook. There is no school for the children. Parents teach their children the traditional lfestyle of their people. The most important part of Kombai life is building their amazing tree houses. The men, women and children all help to build a tree house. Each house is 20 m high. The stories of the Kombai people are amazing, Kombai hunter Price UK £10.99 UNLOCK READING AND WRITING SKILLS oI WHILE READING 3 Read the text again and puta tick in the correct boxes. The first one has been done for you as an example. [UNLOCK READING AND WRITING SKILLS 1 4 Match sentences (1-4) to sentences (a-d). Look at the pronouns to help you 1 In Papua New Guinea, Rebecca meets the Kombai people. 2. The men can hunt in the jungle for 12 hours. 3. Kombai people have a very different lifestyle. 4 The book is called A Life in the Trees. a They bring meat to the village. b She tells the story of their traditional lifestyle. ¢ ‘It has amazing photographs on every page’ Simon Higgins, New Look d They have no watches and no cars. 5 Read the text again to check your answers. READING 2 PREPARING TO READ 1 Write the words from the box in the correct places in the table below. 7 NDI ING Use the glossary on page 195 to help you. r 2 Look at the timetable and the text on the next page. Write true (T) or mE EVENING! false (F) next to the statements (1-3). ees ses 1 The timetable is for an Engineering student. — 2 The timetable and the text are from a website. — 3 The text and the timetable are about Abdullah Taha. =§ —_ [UNLOCK READING AND WRITING SKILLS 1 WHILE READING ANKING 3 Read the timetable and the text again. Circle the correct key words to END Intonation make true sentences about Abdullah, eee bculah.. Orontine 1 relaxes with friends every evening / Thursday evening. 2 isa student in Cairo / Riyadh. 3 says that his life is busy / quiet. 4 has three / five classes every morning 5. goes to the Camera Club / gym on Wednesday evening. | 6 studies Maths every moming / afternoon. 7 getsup late / early. 8 takes three / five courses at the university. 9 has Arabic History class on Tuesday / Thursday. 10 studies in the Faculty of Engineering / English. ce Facult yincerine Name of student: Abdullah Taha Department: Faculty of Engineering morning = Sun’ ‘Mon Tue ‘Wed ae Fri , St a ies 101 Physics Physics 101 Physics em | | | te 9a athe rar | Maths 121 | Mather | Maths r21 ee = : inceri a Engineering 10.30 Engineering | Engincering | Engineering Engineering et idem | ray lecture | rzsominar |_r22lectore m *TWed Thur Fri_ | Sat Tue Sun ‘Mon 42.00- | Study group a is i English | Arabic History 23pm English tor \ Library oh - a te e Thur Fri_ | Sat Tue Wed ‘sun ‘Mon T Tn ‘ST pm Library Library Library Library i i tothe. Relax with FAOpR | ilrmy | trey | Come ib | Gotethegym | NT EER 9 CAO vnc 1 [aha Abdullah studies Engineering at Cairo ur five courses. They are Physics, Maths, English, Engineering and Arabic History. His favourite subjects are Physics and Maths. Abdullah is a serious student, He studies every eveni lectures every week. He gets up at 6 am every day. ing. He has many classes, seminars and Abdullah has three classes ever 8 am to 9 am, Maths from 9.15 from 10.30 am to 11.30 am. YY morning. He has Physics from am to 10.15 am, and Engineering On Sunday, he meets his study group. His study group is from 12.30 pm to 1.30 pm. On Monday and Wednesday, he has English. tis English class is from 2 pm to 3 pm. On Thursday afterncen to 3 pm. he has Arabic History from 2 pm to 3 jn the evening, Abdullah studies in the Ubrary. In his free time, Abdullah ith fri Sometimes, Ab to the cinema. Abdullah likes taking photographs. He is in the University Camera. Club. DISCUSSION 4 Work with a partner. Ask and answer the questions below. 1 Do you go to university? 2 Do you get up late or early? , 3 Is your lifestyle the same as or different from Abdullah's? 4 Do you relax with friends or family in the evening? 5 Are you ina club? UNLOCK READING AND WRITING SKILLS 1 @ LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT 1 Match the sentence halves, 1. Eun Jung studies a coffee for breakfast. 2 Asif gets up b Maths at Cambridge University. 3 Melody and Ginger take ¢ early. 4 Inthe morning, | have d to the cinema every Saturday. 5 My friends go e the bus every morning. 2. Read the sentences (1-10) below and write the verbs from the box in ‘the gaps. 1 |___ with my parents. 2 Sultan__a shower at 7 am every morning. 3 You_____to the gym every day. 4 My grandfather_______anewspaper every morning. 5 Melody and Ginger ____ breakfast on the bus! 6 LiMei —__________her lunch in the café. 7 Viraj and Dhirendra_____ with friends in the evenings. 8 You_______ your homework in the evening. 9 My sister_____dinner for my family. 10 |___to bed at ll pm. UNLOCK READING AND WRITING SKILLS 1 Wa VOCABULARY FOR STUDY 3 Read the names of the subjects. Put a tick in the correct box. Use the glossary on page 195 to help you. UNLOCK READING AND WAITING SKILLS 1 CRITICAL THINKING At the end of this unit, you will write facts. Look at this unit's writing task in the box below. 1. What is your name and surname? 2. Where do you go to school/university? 3 What subjects do you study? 4 When do you get up? 5 When are your classes? 6 When do you have lunch? 7 When do you go to the library? 8 When do you relax with friends? "2 Write your partner’s answers in the timetable below. Name of student: ‘School/ University: Subjects: Day 1: | morning | afternoon | UNLOCK READING AND WRITING SKILLS 1 tia NAAN Ne) GRAMMAR FOR WRITING 1 Read the sentences below. Put a tick (7) if the bold word or phrase is an object. 1 Kombai life is very different. 2 Attila does his homework in the morning. 3 Every morning, | have a shower. 4 Somlek studies Maths. 5. Ayse has orange juice and coffee in the morning. 6 Kombai men hunt in the jungle. 7 My teacher asks questions. 8 Milena Telak works in Coober Pedy. 2 Work with a partner. Correct the mistakes in the sentences (1-5) below. 1 The Kombai meat eat. 2 Kombai men animals hunt. 3 Books Rebecca Moore writes. 4 Abdullah in the library reads books. 5. Melody drinks in the morning coffee. UNLOCK READING AND WRITINGSKILLS 1

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