MY LIFE LESSON ry PEOPLE 4 vocaBuLaRY ‘A. Who is Linda talking to? Fill in the blanks with words from the box. an acquaintance a close friend a neighbor a coworker her boyfriend a classmate 1. There's something I need to tell you. It’s something | can’t even tell my boyfriend, She's talking to 2. Could you check this report for me before | give it to the boss? She's talking to 3. Iremember meeting you at Jack’s party, but I can’t remember your name. She's talking to 4 | think the deliveryman delivered your package to the wrong house! She's talking to 5. We should stop talking and get back to studying. She's talking to 6. We've been going out for six months. It's time for you to meet my parents. ‘She's talking to B_ Who are they? Complete the chart with the names of people in your life. Cee end ee Day Cerone Ce ad we're just friends‘2 CONVERSATION ‘A. Read these introductions. Circle the more formal introduction. Underline the words or phrases that make it formal 1. &: Hello, MichettllgiMNON SOS CSRS USSRCES B: you, Susan, ice you too, Michelle. 2. A: Dave, this is my sister, Graciela. Hi, Graciela. Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you, too. ¢: B_ Number the sentences in order to make a conversation. B 1m good! And you? —L ti, emiy. 4 Busy, but good. Oh, and this is my mom. She's visiting this weekend, Zp, Yunat How are you? —Lit's really nice to meet you, too. SS Hetio, Mrs. White! Nice to meet you! © Write conversations. 1. Introduce your best friend to a famous person. You: Famous person (___} Best friend (_ 2. Introduce a classmate to a member of your family. You Family member Ce 3. Introduce a colleague to an acquaintance. You: Acquaintance (_____}: ___ Colleague ( 4, Introduce your boyfriend or girlfriend to your father. You: Father: Boyfriend / girlfriend (___ LESSON A-People 33 crammar A Richard is a teacher, but now he’s on vacation. Look at the pictures and write sentences about Richard using the simple present or the present continuous tense. Usually Today Richard votisten enusic on phe leeaeh He. He. He He. He. He B Complete each sentence with the correct form of the verb in parentheses. Use the simple present or the present continuous tense. erern Sorry, | can't talk to you right now. | (be) late for work. Kevin (not, like) __ oud music. Don't tum off the TV! I (watch) a great movie. Sarah usually (play) _____ tennis with her friends on Saturday. | (study) — English now. | (study) ____ every day for an hour after class. 6. This basketball game is really exciting—my team (win) 8 Usually, my mother (cook) for us. by only two points! dinner, but today my brother (cook) Jason (not, drink) ___ coffee. He (like) _________ tea © Find the mistake in each sentence. Cross it out and correct it 1 2, a) 4, Do you listening to me? We usually are having a lot of homework in this class. Right now, Irena writes an email to her family. 4 UNITA- Wite |. Luis speaks Spanish at home, but now he is speak English.VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR Match the sentence parts. Write the letter of the answer on the line, 1. 1am studying so that | wilt C_ a. need a tutor. 2. | an't understand this lesson. 1_ Av b. prepare for the tests. 3. I can't study now because |_C>. c. get a good grade. 4. Ifyou don't study, you will d. meet on Friday afternoons, 5. Youcan lean how to sing beauty # you E> e. take a music class. 6. To get good grades, you need to _! f. fal the exam. 7. you don't fail an exam, you g. have basketball practice. 8. The schoo! clubs all_> h. pass it ‘Complete the paragraph with the correct past tense verbs. Use the verbs in the box. @) Gon — ‘a good education there. He (4.) “wowed to becomeé’a computer programmer. He (5. college when he was 20 years old. Then he (6) _\22W\- to New York City for a job interview. ora OE ew very lucky, and he got the job. He also (8) FOUN a cheap apartment, which was also very lucky. Chang invited his parents to visit him, but it was too far for them to travel. Read more about Chang's life. Underline the regular simple past verbs. Circle the irregular ones. For many years, Chang worked very(fiailg Sometimes he e to eat lunch because helilillso much work to do. He rarely GIBBS because he stayed late at the office. He liked his job and he enjoyed going out with friends on the weekend, but he ‘wondered what other jobs he could apply for. He also warited to visit his family in China. One day, Chang[§iif a job posting online. A school ‘needed an information technology instructor to teach classes to students. The school in Shanghai! Chang I) (SURED what to do. Hei a big decision to make. LESSON B+ Lessonsleamed 5READING AND WRITING ‘A Answer these questions. 1 2 3, Do you save a lot of old photos and papers? Why or why not? a Where do you keep your old photos and papers? __ B Read this article about a new hobby. PULLS Makino Memories A popular hobby is scrapbooking—making beautiful books to hold special memories. Scrapbook pages can include photos, drawings, and journal entries. It’s not hard to make a scrapbook that you will enjoy for many years. Here are the steps. 1. Choose a theme for your scrapbook pages. Some examples include: “School days,” "Family travel,” “Memories of my grandparents,” and “Baby's first year. 2, Select photos for each page. Two or three really good photos are beer thon ten so-so photos 3. Find other poper keepsakes to use with your photos. Look for old newspaper clippings, postcards, tickets, report cards, letters—anything made of paper. Use your imagination! 4, Design the pages. Put photos and keepsokes together on each page, and move them around until you find @ layout that you like 5. Glue your photos and keepsakes into place. Then decorate your pages with markers, paint, ‘and stickers, Use your imagination! 6. Label your pages. This is the most important step! Remember to write down the “5 Ws" of your photos: Who, What, Where, When, ond Why This will make your scrapbook much more interesting ond voluable in the future. © Find this information in the article. 2, 3. 4 5. the definition of scrapbooking Sse eeeeeeene Ee —___ examples of keepsakes __ . important things to write on pages subjects for a scrapbook how to make the pages beautiful 6 UNITY MyiteD_ Complete the paragraph. Use the past tense of the verbs in parentheses. At the age of 13, | (1. take) —__ my first trip alone. | (2. go) to visit my grandparents in Los Angeles. | (3. feel) traveling so far, but my mother (4. say) _ very nervous about ‘Don't worry. You'll be fine.” 16. get) ______on the airplane and (6. talk) nice woman who (7. sit) me at the airport and (9. take) — there for two weeks, and I (11, have) for a long time to a very next to me. My grandparents (8. meet) me to their home. | (10. stay) ‘so much fun with them! It (12. be) — my first time in Los Angeles, and | (13. see) __ lots of really interesting places. In the end, | (14. not want) to go home! E Write about your own happy memory. LESSON B + Lessons leamnea 7LET’S EAT! ‘| VOCABULARY A. Unscramble the letters to write words that describe food. 1. yatst eee 10. talys 2. yopss 11. zonefr 3. triteb | 12. trebleri 4 tewes 13, muyym 5. dreif | 14, kabed 6. sidecliuo — 16. rigled! ___ — 7. jjuye a 16. lidm 8 yolh 17. flauw 9, rosu B Label the photos with words from A. There may be more than one correct answer. 2 8 UNIT2 -Let'scat!2 CONVERSATION ‘A Unscramble the words to make suggestions. 1. movie //a / how / tonight / going / to / about 2. ice cream / why / class / don't / we / after / have / some 3. try/ restaurant / let's / that / Italian / new 4. don't / meet / why / 8:00 / we / at 5. playing / how / tennis / tomorrow / about B Number the sentences in order to make a conversation. You're right. I's very oily. (OK! Why don't we go to Car's Chicken? Well, how about that salad place down the street? That's a great idea. Their food is much healthier. Would you like to go out for dinner tonight? ___'m sorry, but | don't lke their chicken, it's too greasy. © What would you like to do tonight? Write similar conversations between you and a friend and you and your mother. Use Would you and How about. 1. You: ak ae Your friend: - You: poe een sce ere eee ee ee eee Your friend: = You: SS Your friend: 2. Your mother: : You: - Your mother: - You: a — — Your mother: a You: - LESSON A: Foods wo ike 9A Write sentences with the comparative form of these adjectives. Look up words you don't know. Use your own ideas. Example: phone calls /letters / nice Letters are nicer than phon calls 1. cats / dogs / friendly 2. computer games / chess / difficult 3. Mexico City / Tokyo / interesting 4, fried chicken / french fries / oily 5. cookies / donuts / sweet 6. cleaning the house / cooking / hard 7. sharks / snakes / dangerous 8. history class / math class / hard 9. (your idea) Complete the paragraph with the correct comparative form of the adjectives provided. My mother is a great cook. She's (1. good) at cooking than anyone in my family. The food she prepares is always (2. tasty) —__ than anything you can get at a restaurant. One of my favorite things she makes is baked chicken. It's (3. juicy) —__ than the chicken that I make, and it’s (4. spicy) ______ than you might expect! She also bakes a great chocolate cake. Her recipe is (6. unusual) than one you would find in a cookbook. She puts coffee in the cake batter. But, don’t worry! The cake is not bitter; it's (6. sweet) _________ and (7. delicious) —— than anything from the grocery store. | think my mom should open her own restaurant, but she thinks that's a (@. crazy) _________idea than putting coffee in a cake! 10. UNIT 2 «Lots catq VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR ‘A Complete the paragraph with words from the box. [ cut back protect increase diet habits eliminate lifestyle benefits Last week my uncle took me to the most expensive steak restaurant in town. | am trying to (1.) — on red meat, so | wasn't planning on eating a lot. My eating (2) — aren't always, good, and I want to (3) _____ unhealthy foods from my a) I'm also trying to (5 the number of fruits and vegetables | eat every day because they have so many health (6) ____ and can (7) __. us from illnesses. However, my uncle isn't interested in a healthy (8) ________. He eats lots of meat and (9.) _ of sweets. | tried to enjoy the meal, but it wasn't easy! B_ Write sentences with the superlative form of these adjectives. Exampl exciting / sport in the Olympics hick that skiing i t 4. beautiful / place in our country good / restaurant in our town healthy / vegetable interesting / show on TV now big / problem in the world today 6. bad / habit LESSON B Eating well 11‘é, READING AND WRITING A. Answer these questions. 1. What are some spicy foods? Do you like any of these foods? 2. Seale ne no ee ne aE EEE 3. Which countries are famous for spicy food? 4, Do you think spicy food is good for your health? Why or why not? — B_ Now read this article. Hot, hotter, hottest! Surprising facts about chili peppers (1) Chili peppers are one of the oldest food crops in the world. Farmers grew the first chilies more than 9,000 years ago. (2) The first chili peppers probably grew in Bolivia. From there, the plant spread through South ‘America and the Caribbean. Christopher Columbus brought the first chili peppers to Europe. (@) The heat in the chilies comes from a chemical called capsaicin. Capsaicin has no smell or flavor, but it makes your mouth fee! “hot.” (4) Scientists believe that chili peppers are a very healthy food because they are rich in vitamins. Research shows that chilies do not damage the stomach, and Indian scientists discovered that eating chilies can help people lose weight. (6) Indian food is well known for using lots of chili peppers, but Thai food is spicier. The average person in Thailand eats five grams of chill pepper every day—the most in the world! (6) The Aztec indians of Mexico loved chili peppers so much that they gave them to their king as a gift. (7) One of the hottest chili peppers in the world is the habanero. It is bright orange and grows in the Caribbean, (8) There are chili sauce factories on every continent except Antarctica, © Match the words from the reading with their meanings. iy crop een a. hurt 4. continent __ 4. famous 2. spread b. move over an area 5. are rich in___ e. large land area 3. damage «. farm plant 6. well known — f. have many D Circle T for True and F for False. Write the number of the section where you found the answers. Mexicans eat the most chili peppers of any people in the world. TOF Chilies are hot because they have capsaicin in them. You can find chili sauce factories in Antarctica. The first chili peppers grew in Europe. Thai food is spicier than Indian food. 4aaaa maa3a4 Chili peppers can be dangerous for your health. 12. UNIT 2 Let's eat!E Read the paragraph and circle the correct words. 'm from Korea, and kimehi is the (1) famous / most famous food from my country. It's made from vegetables, chili peppers, garlic, and salt. Its flavor is sour, salty, and (2) spicy / spicier. The (3) most popular / popularest kind of kimchi is made from cabbage, but there are many other kinds. White kimchi doesn't have chili peppers, so it’s, (4) milder / the most mild than others. The (6) most spicy / spiciest kind of kimchi is made from radishes. Kimchi is (6, the most healthy / healthier than other vegetable dishes because it has more vitamins. | love kimchi, and | eat it every day. Some people don't lke it, but | think they should try some different kinds. In my opinion, cucumber kimchi is the (7) more delicious / most delicious. F Write about a famous dish from your country. What is it made from? How does it taste? Do you like it? Why or why not? Do other people like it? LESSON B+ Estingwel 13MYSTERIES 4 vocasuLary A. Solve this crossword puzzle. fi ‘a T Across what you have if you're unlucky 2. information 4, feelings; the opposite of 2 Across 5. do something with a plan (two words) is Down a t r 1. happens by luck (two words) LT] 2, the oppose ot ky [5 B Answer the questions. Use your own ideas and the words in bold in your answers. 1. In the United States, it’s bad luck to open an umbrella inside. What's bad luck in your country? 2. What's the luckiest thing that has ever happened to you? 3. “No one is successful without some good luck.” Do you agree or disagree? Why? 4. “People should only make decisions based on facts.” Do you agree or disagree? 14° UNIT 3 «Mysteries® CONVERSATION ‘A. Who did it? Write sentences about possibility. Use the animal words in the Word Bank, if needed. Vas | cat | fish monkey Example: likely 05ikely 1. doubt 2. bet 3. unlikely 4, not seem possible 5. good chance B What will the woman do or not do? Write sentences with the expressions from A. 1 2. © What do you think? Complete the conversations with your own ideas. Use the expressions from the unit. Do you think ce baal Do you think our country will win ten gold medals in LESSON A= Youreiniuck! 153 crammar A. Find at least three stative verbs in this paragraph, List them here. ove to camp! It's my favorite way to spend my vacation. Every year, my family and | camp in a national park. We sleep in a tent and hike every day. like to cook over a fire, and the food always tastes wonderful. For a whole week, | see lovely scenery and smell fresh air. At night, | hear the wind blow in the trees, and | feel so peaceful. It doesn't cost much to camp, and | believe it’s the best way to appreciate the beauty of our country. B Complete the sentences with the simple present or the present continuous form of the verb in parentheses. 1. Mmm! That pizza (smell) _____ s0 good! 2. Please don't talk tome now. | (do) ____ my homework. 3, Right now, we (know) _________ several hundred English words. 4, Miguel says he won the lottery, but | (not believe) — — him. 5. I(hate)________hot weather because | always (feel)__________ tired. 6. Fred (learn) __________ how to cook. His mother (teach) him. 7. | (own) ___accar, but today | (take) ________the bus to work. 8. Carol and Aisha (belong) ________to the International Club. 9. Our teacher (look) angry. | wonder why. 10. This exercise (seem) _—______really easy. I (understand) _allof the sentences! © Mark the sentence correct (C) or incorrect (). Cross out the mistakes and correct them, Sorry, but I'm not understand that word, —__ Right now, we look at photos from our vacation, Rose and Angelo are listening to a new album. - | think that English is a very useful language. The onion soup is tasting too salty, —_ | don't know Al's email address, —__ Mr. Jones is having a new job. PN OPAERena This phone doesn’t belong to me. —__ 16 UNIT 3 «Mysteries