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7 1T 2F 3F 4T 5F 6T 6 isn’t eating
7 don’t do
(See also the following phrases from
8 are … playing
the audioscript.)
1c (pages 14 and 15)
David McLain. He’s currently
travelling to places and regions with 2 3
large numbers of people
3 1c 2c 3b 4a 5b 6b 7a
he’s speaking to us right now on the
phone 4 1c 2b 3a 4d
men live the same amount of time as
5 1a 2c 3b
women
Every Sunday the whole family meets 1d (page 16)
and they eat a huge meal together
1 1b 3g 5h 7d
So, perhaps the older men have less
2c 4a 6f 8e
stress
the younger generation are eating 3 Sample answers:
more food like chips and burgers. 1f
Also young people are moving to the 2a/c/e/g/h
city, so they are doing less exercise 3b/d
because of their lifestyle
4 Conversation 1:
8 3 because it is talking about things sore throat / runny nose
which are always true
take this medicine twice a day /
4 because it is talking about a routine
drink hot water with honey and
(Every Sunday)
lemon / buy a box of tissues
9 We form the present continuous tense
Conversation 2:
with the present simple of the verb to
earache / temperature
be + present participle of the main
verb (e.g. reading, saying). take one pill twice a day / drink
lots of water
1b 2a 5c
5 1 I’ve got a sore throat. (medical
10 2 spend
problem)
3 ’m checking
2 You should take this medicine.
4 do … go
(medical advice)
5 ’m reading
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3 It’s good for a sore throat. (medical 00.00–00.14 Chianti is a region in Italy.
advice) It’s between the famous cities of
4 You need a box of tissues. (medical Florence and Siena. It’s famous for its
advice) beautiful countryside and its vineyards.
5 If you still feel ill in a few days, see 00.21–00.38 In Chianti, there is a town
a doctor. (medical advice) called Greve. It has a population of
6 Let me have a look. (medical 4,000 people, and it’s the centre of
problem) traditional products from the region.
7 Do you feel sick? (medical …
problem) 00.50–01.06 The mayor of Greve and
8 Let me check your temperature. mayors from three other Italian cities
(medical problem) started the Slow Cities League. The
purpose of the Slow Cities League is to
1e (page 17)
stop their home towns from becoming
2 1 Petra feels sick, Seth can’t sleep, fast cities. That’s why the Slow Food
Sabine doesn’t exercise movement began.
2 Students’ own answers …
3 Students’ own answers 01.54–01.59 Five years ago he moved
to Greve, and he opened a new
3a 2 but 4 because
restaurant.
3 so 5 or
…
3b 1 and 4 because 02.25–02.30 They make it with the
2 but 5 so milk of black sheep twice a day.
3 or 02.32–02.44 This traditional food was
dying out. But the Slow Food
1f (pages 18 and 19)
movement helped the farmers. Now the
3 We see countryside, farmers and cheese is popular again.
people making food, relaxed people …
enjoying food. 03.14–03.23/end The city of Greve
does not want to leave the modern
4 1F 2T 3T 4F 5T 6F 7F 8F
world, but it wants to enjoy itself …
(See also the underlined phrases in slowly.
the video script.)
5 1 It is a centre for traditional products
from the region.
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2 four
3 to stop the towns from becoming
fast cities
4 more than 66,000
5 because of the slow food
movement
6 the same pizza and hamburgers
6 1c 2b 3a 4d
2 1 drives
2 he’s taking
3 they’re swimming
4 like
5 doesn’t seem
4 1 ache 3 swimming
2 relaxing 4 marathon
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wanting to win is the most important need gloves, goggles and a racing car.
thing. 4 You go swimming in a pool. You
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Go to course
66
English 88% (8)
12
English 100% (3)
12
English 100% (3)
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4 1 scored 5 racquet
2 judges 6 ring
3 prize 7 goggles
4 win 8 track
6 1 in 2 at 3 to 4 on 5 Do
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Life 3 1 Bob
2 Sonia
5 Bob
6 Justin
3 their neighbours 7 Justin
Unit 3 4 none of them 8 Bob
by bicycle
8 1 You add -er and -est. You put more
5 on a ferry
and most in front of longer adjectives.
6 by bus / in my car / on a motorbike / 2 best, better (good), worst, worse
by bicycle / in a taxi / on foot
(bad)
7 by bus / in my car / on foot / in a taxi 3 comparative + than, the + superlative
8 by bus / in my car / on foot / by
4 much
bicycle
9 on a ship / on a ferry / on a plane 10 1 most popular
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3 1, 4, 6
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3 1 commute 4 limit
2 rush 5 pedestrian
3 jam 6 ferry
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Life 4 4 /id/
5 /id/
6 /t/
7 /id/
8 /d/
Unit 4
5 2 drove 7 had
1 -ed 2 did
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in the middle of the night – heard his 4 Type 1: immediately, sadly, eventually
name Type 2: suddenly, safely, happily
Type 3: badly, surprisingly
in 1988 – wrote a book
5 Sample answers:
4d (page 52)
2 The sun was shining brightly.
1 1 bad 3 The man (quickly) jumped (quickly)
2 early on Saturday morning into the car (quickly). (3 correct
3 near a garage; a mechanic at the options)
garage 4 They were nearly at the top of the
4 because it was getting dark mountain but one of them (suddenly)
5 It started raining. slipped (suddenly). (2 correct options)
6 to a hotel 5 Fortunately, Gill had an umbrella.
6 The Amazon River was amazingly
2 1 First 5 finally
long and they were lost for days.
2 Fortunately 6 Unfortunately
7 They (slowly) walked (slowly) back
3 when 7 in the end
(slowly) and looked into each other’s
4 After 8 Sounds great
eyes. (3 correct options)
3 Sequencing the story: first …, when …, 8 They were lost in the forest for hours
after …, finally, in the end … but (eventually) they (eventually)
found the road again (eventually). (3
Introducing good / bad news:
correct options)
Fortunately …, Unfortunately …,
4f (pages 54 and 55)
Responding to good / bad news:
Sounds great! 2 1c 2a 3b
4e (page 53) 4 a8 b2 c4 d1 e7 f5 g3 h6
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the guides: Colby Coombs and 1 They climbed up the mountain, but it
Caitlin Palmer, good climbers was very cloudy.
2 The clouds got lower and it started to
the equipment: crampons, ropes, ice
rain.
picks
3 They sheltered in a cave and lit a fire.
the dangers: can fall into a crevasse or 4 Next morning the sun shone and a
get lost and die from the cold helicopter arrived.
5 The helicopter rescued them.
7 They are confident and experienced.
2 1 met 7 wasn’t
2 took 8 became
3 didn’t fly 9 travelled
4 went 10 wanted
5 visited 11 bought
6 got
3 Sample answers:
4 1a 2a 3c 4b
5 Sample answers:
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and metal. You use it for sending text 5 Because it produces a lot of toxic
messages. chemicals.
6 None. Because it’s bad for the
Scissors are made of metal. You use
environment and people’s health.
them for cutting paper.
5b (pages 60 and 61)
A pen is made of plastic and metal.
You use it for writing. 1 Sample answers:
Other ways to be green:
A tin can is made of metal. You use it
Turn off the tap, e.g. while brushing
to protect food.
your teeth, to save water.
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advise you on the correct installation beaches, people who were inland, and
of your printer. things are washing downstream.
Yours sincerely …
… Yeah it is pretty amazing, actually. We
can pick a lot of it up one day and the
5f (pages 66 and 67)
next day we come back and there’s
2 1 on a beach by a big river twice as much as there was the day
2 cleaning up all the rubbish from the before. So it seems like there is no end
beach to the trash.
3 how disgusting all the rubbish is …
The river is going to require continued
3 1b 2c 3d 4a 5e
maintained efforts for many
4 1F 2T 3T 4F 5F generations to come, but we are getting
there.
(See also the underlined phrases in the
video script.) 5 1 people who volunteer to clean up the
coast
00.12–00.24 Every year at this time,
2 rubbish collected by volunteers in the
nearly half a million people around
last couple of years
the world volunteer and help to clean
3 glass bottles
up the world’s coasts.
4 the Ocean Conservancy started the
…
clean-up
00.50–01.00 From California to New
5 the rubbish the volunteers at the river
Jersey ... and here along the banks of
collected in an hour and a half
the Potomac River just outside
Washington DC ... people search the 6 1 disgusting 4 amazing
coast for rubbish. 2 shocked 5 twice
… 3 litter 6 trash
01.10–01.19 The Ocean Conservancy
7 to make the coastlines beautiful again,
started the clean-up in 1986. The
and so that people will think about
organisation writes down everything
what they do with their rubbish
it finds. From cigarette ends to tin
cans.
01.20–01.32 It’s coming from land
areas. People who were at the
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1 1 The 5 much
2 a few 6 a lot of
3Ø 7 a little
4 the 8 any
2 1 Switzerland
2 Senegal
3 Students’ own answer
5 1 55% 4 40%
2 80% 5 48%
3 24%
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2 Because different places around the Purpose: rite of passage when boys
world have a party at the same time become men
of year.
Special clothing or appearance: paint
3 1 Rio de Janeiro 4 Port-of-Spain their bodies, cut off their hair
2 Venice 5 Rio de Janeiro
Special places: the Osingira – a shelter
3 New Orleans 6 Venice
where the elders meet; the place on the
4 1 mask 5 fireworks border where the Eunoto ceremony
2 float 6 steel drum takes place
3 candles 7 costume
Responsibilities of older men and
4 band
women: the elders give advice, the
6 New Orleans Mardi Gras women build the Osingira and cut off
their sons’ hair
7 1 Yes (thousands of visitors)
2 No (‘I’m meeting everyone at the 6 to get to a special place = arrive
float …’) they get this advice = receive
3 No (‘And do you have a mask?’ they will get married = become
‘Sure. Here it is. I’ll put it on.’)
7 2 prepare
4 Don’t know
3 wakes up and gets out of bed
8 1a 2c 3b 4 meet and socialise
5 receive
9 1 I’ll check
6 catch
2 You’re going
7 return
3 I’ll try
4 I won’t see 6d (page 76)
5 I’m going to visit
1 Sample answers:
6 are we meeting
From least formal to most formal:
7 Are we going to give
8 are you leaving a barbecue with family and friends, an
end-of-course party, a leaving party for
6c (pages 74 and 75)
a work colleague, your grandfather’s
2 b birthday party, an engagement party,
going out for dinner with a work client
3 a5 b1 c2 d4 e3 f6
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3 1c 2f 3b 4e 5d 6a
5 1c 2a 3b 4d
6 1 escape 4 pans
2 native 5 ear
3 oil drums 6 panyards
2 1a 2c 3b 4a 5c
4 2 decorations 4 floats
3 costumes 5 drums
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Life 3 1a 2c 3b 4b
3 computer programmer, electrical swivel chair: 1st floor, 2nd floor, 3rd
floor right-hand room
engineer, fashion designer, security
guard, shop assistant water cooler: 2nd floor
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1 Braille
A way for blind people to read by
Unit 8
touching a series of dots on paper
Robot: never gets tired or hungry, anywhere and reused. It solved the
Humans require payment for work. 2 They don’t need an optician because
Humans disagree and argue. the person wearing them can change
Humans are more mobile than the shape of the lens until they can see
technology. properly.
innovative.
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wall like a gecko. It uses some sort of It is a headlamp that fits on your head,
special material on its feet. and it can be used when you work in a
dark place (e.g. a cellar, a loft, or
2 1 Because they can move quickly up
outside at night) and you need to have
and down walls and across ceilings.
your hands free in order to carry things,
2 the gecko’s feet, and how the gecko
climb, or do anything else.
can run up smooth vertical surfaces
3 The robot cannot walk upside 2 2 Switch on 5 Plug
down. 3 Press 6 recharge
4 in order to copy their designs 4 send
3 1D 2A 3B 4C 4 2, 3/4, 5/6
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3 But the good news is that some of (See also the phrases from the
these people are keeping their culture audioscript below.)
and language alive.
there is one place but I suggest you
5 The Salish tribe is an excellent
enrol soon.
example of how schools can help.
There isn’t an interview, is there?
9 a terrible part of history; the good
news is; an excellent example No, no. Nothing like that.
The words which express opinion are Payment is accepted either when you
all adjectives. enrol or no later than six weeks before
the course starts.
10 1 He supports them completely.
2 His opinion is tempered by fact, but But you must pay a deposit so a place
it is quite strong. is reserved for you.
3 Students’ own answers
But actually … for your course … I
9d (page 112) don’t think … no, all the materials are
provided by the trainer.
1 Sample answers:
1 3 The first thing you’re asked to do is …
Calligraphy: artistic people When you’ve completed the online
Powerpoint®: business people enrolment form …
Spanish: holiday makers or After we’ve received payment …
business people Once you’ve enrolled …
2 Calligraphy and Spanish are for
9e (page 113)
beginners
3 Students’ own answers 2 1 a medical form, e.g. for a new doctor
2 a form for entry to a country
2 1 F (there is one place)
2T 3a 2 current medications
3 F (there isn’t an interview) 3 No. of dependents
4 F (you have to pay no later than six 4 Place of issue
weeks before the 5 Country of origin
course starts) 6 Have you ever been refused entry or
5T a visa on a previous occasion? (if yes,
6 F (all the materials are provided by give details)
the trainer)
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7 Contact details of person in case of 4 so the community can record the last
emergency speakers of old languages
8 Middle initial 5 record an important part of the local
culture
3b 1
DOB (Date of Birth), No. 6 1 language 4 younger
(Number), etc. (etcetera), e.g. (for 2 awareness 5 speakers
example) 3 loss 6 interesting
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3 1e 4f 7d
Unit 10
2b 5g 8a
staying at one of its most luxurious back; they were given candles and
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5 1f 2 a, d, e, g 3 b, c
1 1 happened 7 did … do
2 hadn’t received 8 had happened
3 didn’t have 9 paid
4 Had … booked 10 had seen
5 phoned 11 was
6 had 12 had booked
2 1 bored 4 annoying
2 interesting 5 exciting
3 amazing 6 frightened
7 Sample answers:
1 Can you tell me where the bank is?
2 I’d like to know when the museum
opens.
3 Do you know if there is a good
restaurant here?
4 I was wondering if there are any
good museums here.
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Life 5 1b
6 1a
2a 3e 4c 5d
2b
Unit 11
3 the infinitive without to
2 because it tells them a lot about the (shows – showed, can – could).
Aztecs
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8 1 Dennis Tito … told the world he Barack Obama told an audience that
loved space …
Present simple changes to past simple,
1 Tell 2 say
I changes to he.
11 1 tell 3 say 5 said
2 leaders from both countries said
2 said 4 tell 6 told
they had agreed on plans for a new
international space station 11c (pages 134 and 135)
Past simple changes to past perfect,
2 1 paras 1–3 3 para 5
we changes to they
2 para 4 4 para 6
3 a Russian Space Chief said Russia
3 1 her mother
was planning a nuclear spaceship for
2 straight away
Mars
3 She had no scientific qualifications.
Present continuous changes to past
4 Chimpanzees ate meat, they used
continuous.
tools to get food and they made tools.
4 Barack Obama told an audience 5 After she published articles about her
that by the mid-2030s the US would findings in journals such as National
send humans to Mars Geographic magazine.
Will changes to would. 6 Because it was on the border of four
different countries and there was
9 1 he wanted 5 was landing
fighting there.
2 I have plans 6 are discussing
7 No, many foreigners left, but Jane
3 had found 7 would visit
stayed.
4 has discovered 8 can’t afford
8 Because the human population in the
10 one astronaut said that the mission region was increasing, which caused
showed … deforestation.
9 No, she hasn’t.
a Russian Space Chief said Russia
10 She spends part of every year
was planning …
watching the chimpanzees.
leaders … said they had agreed on
4 a para 2 c para 1
plans …
b para 3 d para 5
Dennis Tito told the world he loved
5 Straight away, Jane set off into the
space …
forest …
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4 ‘Education is the most powerful Picchu. They say that tourism may not
weapon,’ said Nelson Mandela. be good for the environment.
…
11f (pages 138 and 139)
01.55–02.38 The truth is that parts of
3 We see buses, cameras, children, Peru are very poor, and tourists bring
mountains, a river, ruins and money to these communities. … The
umbrellas people here live completely on money
from tourism. The town is just a group
4 1 8,000 3 500 5 1911
of stalls where local people sell art and
2 Andes 4 Incas 6 Bingham
things they have made to visitors.
5 1F 2F 3F 4T 5T 6F 7T 8F
6 1 a, d 2 b, c 3 e, f
(See also the underlined phrases in
Unit 11 Review (page 140)
the video script.)
over the world. Even in the rain and 3 1 He said he wanted to fly in space.
fog, it’s wonderful to walk through 2 She said she was driving home.
the ruins. 3 They said they had visited the
… pyramid in Giza.
At first, very few people visited 4 You said he had gone to the museum.
Machu Picchu. But now, hundreds of 5 Matt said one day he would go on
tourists come here every day. They holiday to Rome.
walk up the steps of the ancient city
4 1 Tell 2 say 3 tell 4 say
and climb over the ruins. Machu
Picchu is no longer quiet. It’s full of 7 1 civilisation 4 statue
the sounds of tourists. Some people in 2 pyramids 5 excavations
Peru hope that more tourists will 3 archaeologists 6 sacrifices
come here. They think it will mean
8 2 Today I’d like to talk about my visit
more business and money for the
to Italy.
country. However, some
1 Good morning everyone and thank
conservationists worry that more
you for coming.
visitors won’t be good for Machu
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Life 2 No
8 1 Anyone
4 Some
2 somewhere
Unit 12
3 Nowhere
2 1C 2B 3A 4D 2 Sample answers:
1
3 To record everything that is alive
floods: Bangladesh, Pakistan (can
inside the frame, and to show the
be anywhere in the world)
variety of life in a small area.
snow storm: Scandinavia, Arctic,
4 1 F (some people don’t notice Antarctic, Canada, northern USA,
anything) Russia
2T tornado: USA
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