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N- £ Life’s ups and downs

Past Simple (1) - regular and irregular •Describing feelings •What’s the date?

Oprah
STARTER

When were your grandparents and great-

grandparents born? Where were they born?
What were their jobs? Were they rich or poor?
If you know, tell the class. r
[ I think my great-grandfather was a farmer. ~)
y' I He was born in about l<?20 in ... .
TVStar and Billionaire £
AMERICA’S RICHEST WOMAN
Past Simple - regular verbs El
Oprah Winfrey 1 is a famous American TV star.
1 Look at the photos. Do you know anything She2.lives in California, but she also 3_ has an
about the American TV star Oprah Winfrey? _
apartment in Chicago, where she 4 lives _. Oprah is

2 Q2B Read and listen to text A. Complete it

one of the richest women in America. She donates s.
millions of dollars every year. She 6_ gives a lot of
with the verbs you hear. Answer the questions.
money to charity.
• Is Oprah Winfrey rich?
• Where does she live and work?
• How much does she earn?
3 (UJ Read and listen to text B about her
childhood. Answer the questions.
• Where and when was she born?
• Were her parents rich?
ED HER CHILDHOOD
Oprah was born on January 29, 1954, in
Kosciusko, Mississippi. Her parents were
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• Was she clever? What could she do? very poor. Her father, Vernon, worked in
a coal mine and her mother, Vernita,
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GRAMMAR SPOT
cleaned houses. They couldn't look after
1 Complete the sentences about Oprah with the Oprah, so she lived with her grandmother,
verb live. Hattie Mae. Oprah was clever. She could
lives
Now she _ in California. read before she was three. When she was
When she was a child, she _
lived with 17, she received a scholarship to Tennessee
her grandmother. State University, where she studied drama.
2 Read text B. Find the Past Simple of work, She also started reading the news at the M ¿r

clean, receive, study, and start. How is the local radio station.
Past Simple formed?
Grammar Reference 6.1 p!38

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ANYELA PAMELA SANTILLÁN LOZANO

4 What is the Past Simple of these verbs?

interview study talk
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GRAMMAR SPOT

r, 1 Find a question with did and a negative

with didn’t in text C.
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Where does Oprah work?
Where did her father work?
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Did is the past of do and does.

3 We use didn’t (= did not) to form the negative.

\ ;7 We didn’t have much money.

Grammar Reference 6.2 pl38

6 Complete the questions about Oprah.

1 Where did her father work?
In a coal mine.
HER SUCCESS
2 What did her mother do?
In 1984, Oprah moved to Chicago to work on a TV talk
1
She cleaned houses.
show called AM. Chicago. She 2_talked to lots of interesting 3 Who does Oprah live with? _
people about their problems. Oprah says, Her grandmother.
‘People's problems are my problems.' 4 What _ did she _ do ?
The show was very successful, so in 1985, it was renamed Drama.
The Oprah Winfrey Show. 49 million people in 134 countries 5 When _ did she _
interviewMichael Jackson?
3 _
watched it every week. In 1993, she 4_ Michael Jackson In 1993.
interviewed
and 100 million people 5_whatche the programme. Last year, i;
she 6_earned$260,000,000.

Her charity work

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In 1998, Oprah 7 started the charity Oprah's Angel Network
to help poor children all over the world. In 2007, she opened
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a special school in Johannesburg, the Oprah Winfrey

Academy for Girls. She says,
4
When I was a kid, we were poor and we didn't
have much money. So what did I do? 1 9_studied hard.' 6 How much was _ she earning last year?
There are 152 girls at the
$260 million.
school, Oprah calls them
_ _
7 When did she open the girls’ school?
her daughters - the In 2007.
children she didn't have 8 Did her parents _make much money?
No, they didn’t.
in real life.
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Listen and check. Practise the
questions and answers with a partner.
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 PRACTICE BEN’S UPS AND DOWNS
Talking about you Irregular verbs
1 Complete the questions with did, was, or were. 1 Write the Past Simple of these verbs. (There is a list of
1 Where were your parents born? irregular verbs on pi 58.) Test your partner.
2 Where _did _
you live when you were a child?
be was/were leave lleft - dejar
3 Did you live in a house or a flat? began - comenzar
begin _ lose lost - perder
4 When _ did you start school? can could - poder make made - hacer
_
5 Who_ was your first teacher? catch caught - atrapar meet met - conocer/encontar
_ your best friend?
6 Who_ was come came - venir send sent - enviar
_
did you learn to read and write? get got - tener/obtener take took - tomar
7 When
gave - dar
8 When _
did you get your first mobile phone? give win won - ganar
go went - ir write wrote - escribir
2 Work in groups of two or three. Ask and answer the have had - tener
questions in exercise 1.
3 Tell the class some of the information you learned. Grammar Reference 6.3 pl38

Enrico’s Mother was born in ...

2 Read about Ben Way. What were his ups and downs?
His father ...
He lived in ...
Ben Way
T»- f He made his first million
Pronunciation at 1 7. He was one of the
4 U23 Listen to three different pronunciations of -ed. first dotcom millionaires.
It/ worked
Then he lost it all ... And
Id/ lived now he's a millionaire again!
/id/ started How did he do it?
5 059 Listen and write the Past Simple verbs in
the chart. Then practise saying them.
It/ Id/ /id/ 3 Read and complete the PROFILE of Ben with the verbs in
the Past Simple. Compare your answers with a partner.

Listening
4 Q29 Listen to an interview with Ben. What else do you
learn about him?
5 Make the questions. Ask and answer them with a
partner.
1 What/Bens parents do? f
What did Ben’s parents dof j
2 Where/he go to school? His father was a ...
3 Why/he have problems at school? v
4 What/his dad give him in 1989?
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5 Who/he help with their computers?
6 Why/he leave school at 16?
7 When/he win ‘Young Entrepreneur of the Year’?
8 Why/he lose his money?

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PRACTICE
PROFILE Regular and irregular verbs

Ben Way
dotcom millionaire
1 Complete the sentences with the verbs in the Past Simple.

2 My parents _
_
1 My granddad was (be) born in 1932. He died (die) in 2009.
met (meet) in London in 1983. They _
married in 1985.
got (get)

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3 I arrived(arrive) late for the lesson. It began (begin) at 2 o’clock.
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4 I caught(catch) the bus to school today. It took (take) just
40 minutes.
5 I had (have) a very busy morning. I sent (send) 30 emails
before 10 o’clock.
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6 Our football team won (win) the match 3-0. Your team
_lost (lose) again.
7 My brother earned (earn) a lot of money in his last job, but he
left (leave) because he didn't like (not like) it.
_
8 I studied(study) Chinese for four years, but when I went (go)
to Shanghai, I could not (can not) understand a word.
Year Ben's Life
(be) born on 28, September 1 980.
Q2I Listen and check.
1980 He 1 was
He 2 went (go) to school in a small Devon Talking about you 1. No, I didn't watch TV yesterday.
village. He was dyslexic, he could not(can not)
read and write. 2 Make true sentences about you using2.a positive
Yes, I got up early this morning.
or negative.
3. No, I didn't have coffee and
1 watch TV yesterday
When he was nine, his father 4 gave (give) 2 get up early this morning
toast for breakfast.
I watched/didn’t watch TV yesterday,
4. No, I did not go to college j
1989 him a computer. He 5 took (take) his 3 have coffee and toast for breakfast yesterday
computer everywhere with him. 4 come to school by car yesterday 5. No, I didn't play on my
computer on Friday.
5 play computer games on Friday evening6. Yes, I did send a message
1991 At 11, he6. wrote (write) his first software 6 send a text just before this lesson before this lesson.
program. 7 meet some friends last night 7. No, I did not meet my friends
8 go shopping yesterday last night
1995 When he was 1 5, he 7_began (begin) his own 8. Yes, I did go shopping
Compare answers with a partner. yesterday
computer company.
3 Work with your partner. Ask and answer questions with When did
1996 He 8. left (leave) school at 1 6. you last ...? and the time expressions. Ask another question to get
more information.
1997 At 17, he9. made(make) his first £1 million. • have a holiday yesterday ...
• watch a DVD morning afternoon evening
1999 At 1 9, he 10_
had (have) £1 8.5 million.
• go to the cinema
last...
•talk on your mobile night week weekend
2000 At 20, he11.won (win) 'Young Entrepreneur
of the Year.' •send an email Monday month year
•catch a bus / last afternoon X last evening
2001 When he was 21 , he 12_ lost (lose) everything. •give a present
Grammar Reference 6.4 p!38
• have dinner in a restaurant
2002 BUT THEN - at 22, he started a new 4 Tell the class some things you learned about your partner.
-NOW company called 'Rainmakers' and he
became a millionaire all over again! Nina had a holiday last August and she went to Italy.

WRITING nSEI A biography p!09

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 LISTENING AND READING
The meaning of life

1 Look at the pictures and read the

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introduction to the story of
The Businessman and the Fisherman.
Answer the questions.
• Where was the businessman?
• Who did he meet?
• Did he like the fish?
• What did he say?
• What nationality were the two men? the Tisherman
2 1X211 Close your books and listen to the
conversation. Who do you think has the
best life?
An American businessman was on holiday in
a fishing village in the south of Mexico. One
3 Are these sentences true (/) or false (/) ? morning, he met a young fisherman with a
Correct the false sentences.
small boat full of lovely, yellowfin tuna fish.
1 The businessman and the fisherman
met in the morning. I ‘ What beautiful tuna!’ the American exclaimed.
2 It took the fisherman an hour to catch T - '

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the tuna.
3 He stopped fishing because he had
enough fish for his family.
4 The fisherman is often bored because
he has nothing to do.
5 The businessman went to Harvard
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University.
6 He gave the fisherman a lot of advice.
7 The fisherman gave the businessman
some fish.
8 He went to a bar with the businessman.
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4 Read and complete the story of Ü ST

The Businessman and the Fisherman.

IX2IÉ Listen again and check.

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5 Retell the story round the class.
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What do you think? * -
• Do you think the fisherman follows the lÿ
businessman’s advice? Why/Why not?
• What is the moral of this story: «

B ‘Money makes the world go round.’[

‘Understand what really matters in life.’| ) . , y\

J ‘Don’t listen to other people’s advice.’ A

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‘How long did it take to catch them?’ the American asked.
‘Oh, about hours,’ said the fisherman.
‘Why didn’t you fish for longer and catch more?’
The Mexican replied, T 2. want to fish for longer. With this
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I3. enough fish for my family.’
‘But what do you do with the rest of your day? Aren’t you bored?’
The fisherman smiled, ‘I’m never bored. I get up 4. , play
with my children, watch football, and take a siesta with my wife.
Sometimes in the evenings I walk to the village to see my friends, 1
play the guitar, and sing 5. songs.’

The American couldn’t understand, ‘Look, I am a very successful

businessman. 1 6_ to Harvard University and I \ business. I
can help you. Fish for four hours every day and sell the extra fish you fl
catch. Then, you can buy a bigger boat, catch more, and more
money. Then buy a second boat, a third, and so on, until you have
a big fleet of fishing boats. You can export the fish and leave this
village and move to Mexico City, or LA, or New York City, and open a
fishing business.’
The fisherman smiled, ‘But how long will all this take?’
The businessman thought about it for a bit. ‘Probably 9. 15 to
20 years,’ he said.
‘And then what, Señor?’ asked the fisherman.
‘Why, that’s the exciting part!’ laughed the businessman. ‘You can
sell your business and become very rich, a millionaire!’
‘A millionaire? Really? But what do I do with all the money?’ The
young fisherman didn’t look excited.

The businessman could not understand this young man. ‘Well, you
can 10_ work and move to a lovely, old fishing village where you
can sleep late, play with your grandchildren, watch football, take a
siesta with your wife, and walk to the village in the evenings where
you can play the guitar, and sing with your friends all you want.’
The fisherman’s wife and children came running to meet him.
‘Papa, papa n you catch many fish?’
T 12. enough for us today and tomorrow, and some for this
gentleman,’ said their father. He gave the businessman some fish,
thanked him for his advice and went home with his family.

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 VOCABULARY AND LISTENING -ed and -ing adjectives
Describing feelings Some adjectives can end in both -ed and -ing.
The book was interesting. I The lesson was boring.
1 Match these feelings to the pictures. I was interested in the book. | The students were bored.
EH annoyed EH excited EH tired
EH bored EH interested EH worried 3 Complete each sentence with the correct adjective.
1 excited exciting
Life in New York is very _.
r~7A It’s my birthday tomorrow. I’m really _.
& 2 tired tiring
> The marathon runners were very _ .
That game of tennis was very _ .
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3 annoyed annoying
a bl The child’s behaviour was really .__.
The teacher was _ because nobody did the homework.
4 worried worrying
We were very _ when we heard the news.
The news is very _ .
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4 Work with a partner. Complete the conversations with -ed
and -ing adjectives from exercise 3.
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1 A Did you enjoy the film?
d B No, I didn’t. It was _ .
A Oh, I loved it. It was really _ , and very funny.
B I didn’t laugh once!
2 C How was your exam?
D Awful. I’m very _.
*5 C But you worked really hard.
D I know, I studied until two in the morning, but then I
was so today, I couldn’t read the questions.
' Kl C Don’t worry. I’m sure you’ll be OK.
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3 E That was a great match! Really !
2 Use the words from exercise 1 to complete the sentences. F Only because your team won. I was
1 I went to bed late last night, so I’m very today._ E But it wasn’t at all! It was a fantastic game!
2 My football team lost again. I’m really _ ! _ F Well, I didn’t enjoy it, and now I’m because I
3 I won £20,000 in the lottery. I’m so _ ! paid £45 for my ticket.
4 I can’t find my house keys. I’m really 4 G When’s Nina’s birthday?
5 I have nothing to do and nowhere to go. I am so ! H You mean ‘When was her birthday?’ It was last Friday,
6 The professor gave a great lecture. I was really _ March 24th.
Q29 Listen and check. G Oh no! Was she _ that I forgot?
H No, no, she was just _ that you didn’t like her
any more.
Q29 Listen and check. Practise the conversations.
5 Look again at the text on p51. Find examples of -ed and -ing
adjectives.
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EVERYDAY ENGLISH
What’s the date?

1 Write the correct word next to the 2 Say the months of the year round the class.
ordinal numbers.
3 Work with a partner. Ask and answer questions about the months.
fourth twelfth twentieth twenty-second Which is the first month?
second thirtieth thirteenth seventeenth January.
fifth tenth sixteenth "first-
third sixth thirty-first 1 We write: 3/4/1999 or 3 April 1999.
We say: The third of April, nineteen ninety-nine.’
or ‘April the third, nineteen ninety-nine.’
1st first
2 Notice how we say these years.
1900 nineteen hundred
2nd 1905 nineteen oh five
2001 two thousand and one
2012 two thousand and twelve, or twenty-twelve
3rd
4 Practise saying the dates.
4th 1 April 29/2/76
5th 2 March 9/12/83 rHülUÁ \
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6th
10th
17 September
9 November
3/10/99
31/5/2005
15/7/2015
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12th

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13th 1
2
3
16th 4

17th
5
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6 Ask and answer the questions with your partner.
20th 1 What’s the date today?
2 When did this school course start? When does it end?
3 When’s Christmas Day?
22nd 4 When’s Valentine’s Day?
5 When’s your birthday?
30th 6 What are the dates of public holidays in your country?
7 What century is it now?
8 What were some important dates in the last century?
31st 7 Write some important dates for you. Ask and answer questions
about the dates with your partner.
§03 Listen and practise saying the ordinals.

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