COT (Ti) Clive EMEC ECL (‘Study Link ) with Tracy Byrne an wed ‘foie |= ae ys NZIS a dhe Pol & ~~Clive Oxenden Christina Latham-Koenig with Tracy Byrne New ENGLISH FILE WV y : h Intermediate Workbook jl English File | (pub, 1986) and English File 2 (pub. 1997), ‘UNIVERSITY PRESS‘ eS Slow down, you mave too fast “ 7 D> soe planes aire ores o 0 Dr iob snap so GQ) Iotroductions Pracmical Enaust 13 EW Meetings Paacticns Ewcush 53 BD vacing “ D> ove in the supermaret “ a ‘Changing your lite ” & See the film...get on a plane s7 EB nace tothe sun 20 > need aero ry BW Inte ofce Puvcnea Encusn 28 2d Waking news Peacnca Excisn 63 DD Nosern manners ™ 4D can we wate our onn nck? « 2 sgn oy appearances n BD wurde nyseses o Di 02 yo dont sce, 0 ED suites of n 2D Aeoting a at Pracren Encusn 35 Denying ta the open Pracnen Excusn 75 ea Back to school, aged 35 Pn Listening B ® inane wot. a AD sin tienes “0 QUE eenThe two biggest bestsellers in any bookshops are cookbooks and diet books ‘The cookbooks tell you how to prepare food and the diet books tll you how not to eat any of it 7: Food: fuel or pleasure? 1 READING Read the text, Mark the sentences T (True) or F (False). 1 Americans eat more fruit than any other food. FE 2 Cocoa drinks are good for your health. = 3 People are buying more soy drinks. 4 4 People are buying less past = 5 Nuts are good for you. == aE Vc our iC ng seriously Most people (believe! that heath | other food and sales of bread, is very important and, because of pasta, and cereals are Growing this, many are trying to eat mote much more slow. People are also healthily. For example, people in. becoming more interested in fesh the UK are eating less salt and __fruit and vegetables and ‘farmers’ mote low fat margarine and mik; markets’ are geting’ more popular fruits now America’s second- throughout Europe. When they favourite snack and Japan is ‘an, people often (opto ‘natural (Guin: promoting cocoa goodness, and theyre buying because itis a healthy ‘more products that are heathy, ike altermatve to soft drinks ke Coca fut salads, and nuts. They are ‘Cola, These changes in eating also buying products that help to habits are also having an effect on proteet the envconment, tke the food market. {GIA sales are | organic vegetables. So its dear increasing for soy drinks end ‘that things in the food world wil Alnkable yoghurts more than any! never be the same agin pi yn TT ‘Andy Rooney, US humorist Match the [igHIiBHIER words to a word with a similar meaning below. worldwide —slabal__ think 1 2 3 4 becoming, a 5 choose 6 asubstitute for 7 gotting bigger 8 look after, keep from danger © Complete the sentences with the IKighilighteal words from the text. 1 Many vegetarians eat soya as an caltecnative.to. meat. 2 Some people _____ that all ready-cooked meals are unhealthy. 3 The number of people buying organic vegetables is in many countries. 4 The UK government is studying how to encourage people to change ther eating habits, 5 In the US and Europe, many children are fatter because of their bad diets. 6 Many people — —a change in diet because it makes them feel better. 7 Abslanced diet can help to you from illness. 8 Unhealthy eating is now a problem: not justin the US and Europe.2 GRAMMAR present simple and continuous; action and non-action verbs ‘4 Complete the sentences with the present simple or continuous form of the verbs in brackets. 1 She goes to the gym three times a week. (go) 2 He __at home today. (work) 3 you usually - late? (get up) 4 They usually _. abig meal in the evening, (not have) 5 What____ you.___ tonight? (do) 6 1 ____ going out to restaurants, (love) 7 1 can't play tennis this weekend:1 ____ to the ‘mountains with my family. (go) 8 She low fat products very often. (not buy) 9 Could you turn the music down, please? 1___towateh TV. (try) 10 1_____. guilty when I eat chocolate, (fel) b Correct any mistakes in the igHINGHEM phrases. Tick (V) the correct sentences. 1 (BRMSRSAENAVETERE) at the moment. —_¢__ 2 (URRRIOVIAGIEREINGUUE! but it’s very expensive. Love eating out ‘3 (DBVOUPELOAIE the man in that photo? It's our old maths veacher. 4 Nowadays people RRIERSINGYNE| more for healthy food. '5 Can you answer the phone? JERI) on my mobile. 6 Um sorry, I don’t understand, [WiGE@GESSWORT a 7 You look worried. | WISESREVORUINKIRESBOD? 8 I'm not sure if we're going skiing this weekend, (Gesepeneng) on the weather. 9 [ERIR| that people today eat too much unhealthy food. 10 |SHEMGESHINER) with us tonight because she's tired. (ELE student's Book p.130 Grammar Bank 14 3 VOCABULARY food and restaurants @ Complete the sentences with a word from the list. home-made meal raw spicy diet chicken steak takeaway meat frozen is __diet_ is tertibles he eats too many sweet things. 2 Strict vegetarians don't cat 3 or fish, vegetables have more vitamins than when they are cooked. 4 Love t0 cook, 5 She likes her well done. 6 'm very busy 60 [often just buy a ‘meal and heat it up in the microwave. 7 Our biggest — — of the day is usually lunch. 8 She doesn't lke Mexican food because itis too food but I don't have much time 9 Our typical Sunday lunch is roast —___.1 ‘especialy like the wings. 10 We often buy —____ food on Fridays ~ either Chinese or Indian food. b Label the pictures. 3More Words to Learn ‘Write translations and try to remember the words, ee DE eae rea ea | aaa bow! noun fo See a fat noun ‘a! hhoney noun portion noun ELTIED Student's Book p.144 Vocabulary Bonk 4 PRONUNCIATION /u:/ or /a/; silent letters @ Circle the word with a different sound. b Write the words. 1 Fvedstablz! vegetables 4 'biskssy —__ 2 fsemany 5 jogat’ — 3 mai 6 fk € Cross out the silent letters in each word in b. Use the phonetics to help you. 1 vegteables d Practise saying the words in a and b. EXQTIDD student's Book p.1s7 Sound Bank soup noun stew noun | wholemeal adjective | "haolm heatup verb TENING EV Uisten to a man talking about whether young people feat more of less healthily than ten years ago. ‘Tick (/) what the man says, 1 Young peopl today eat heather food than they ai ten years ago. gence bin ead they did ten years ago. +3 Young peopl today eat the same food that they did ten years ago. [ED Uisten again and mark the sentences T (True) oF 5 (False), according to the speaker. 1 Young people know more about food now = 2 People were more worried about theit appearance ten years ago, et 3 Young people try not to eat too much fat ‘or to0 many carbohydrates now. et + Young people eat more fruit and vegetables now. ‘5 Young people always eat junk food when they 0 out a Listen again with the tapescript om p.75 and try to _guess the meaning of aay words that you don’t know. ‘Then check in your dictionary. ETD mtinow worw.oup.comyeli/engiishfile/intermediateB AVEO MU Bair 1 GRAMMAR past tenses ‘Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Use the past simple (e.g. I went), past continuous (e.g. 1 was going), or past perfect (eg. Thad gone). 1 [was waiting (wait) to play tennis yesterday when my partner _ (call) me to say that he (not can) come because his car 2 _ (break down). 2 Ireland, (beat) England yesterday. England _____ (win) 1:0 in the frst half ut Ireland __ (score) two goals in the second half 3 Wewere late, When we (Ginish) their lunch and they _ (sit) in the garden having coffee. (run) to the station but the six o'clock (already (leave). The station — (arrive) everyone (be) empty except for three people who (ait) forthe next train, sk (tart) raining when he (alk) to work. He (stop) a taxi because hhe (not wear) a coat and he —._ (pot have) an umbrella. 6 They ___ (drive) to the airport when they suddenly — (cernember) that they - — (not turn off} the central heating, 7 1______{not recognize) many people at my old school reunion because everyone (change) a lot in twenty years. 8 The match _— (already / start) when we (turn on) the TY. Scotland __ (lose) 1:0 and they - (play) very badly. jent’s Book p.130 Grammar Bank 18 Serious sport is war minus the shooting. George Onvel, English writer 2 VOCABULARY sport a Read the definitions and write the words, the people who watch a sport spectators the person who is the leader of ateam =. 1 2 3 the person who is in charge of ateam 4 wat players do before they start playing. w up $ if you do alot of exercise, you will. get £ 6 the place where you play tennis tennis = 7 the person who controls 8, a football match © 4 the place where you ski skis {9 what professional sports people have to do every day re 10 the place where athletes run athletics tr. b Complete the newspaper report with the correct form of a verb from the list. ‘getinjured play score beat win (x2) draw lose World Cup Latest | Last night, Germany thanks to @ penalty taken \__beat__ spain 3:2 in | by their captain, Fron their World Cup qualifying | Muller. This was the match. At halftime, the | second consecutive match Germans 2 against Germany that 20, But Spain 3 ‘Spain had ¢ ‘wo goals in the second | Spain's goslheener Luis half and it looked asi { Gonzalez,7_—_.__ in they were going to ‘the warm-up before the 4__22. But in | game and couldnt the final minute Germany | * inthe 5 the match | match. ED student's Book 9.145 Vocabulary Bank3 PRONUNCIATION /o:/ and /a:/; word stress a Circle the words with the /s:/ sound. shirt move G07) shorts shout court knew sport hole ball b Circle the words with the /sy sound, Cari) year world first sports girl goal word worst course ¢ Write the words in the correct group. Use your dictionary to check. champion international marathon referce final celebrity baskethall disadvantage recognition facilities spectators athletics Stress on Stresson Stress on Ast syllable 2nd syllable _| 3rd syllable champion. 4. Practise saying the words in a,b, and c. Student's Book p.158 Sound Bank 4 READING 4 Before you read, can you answer questions 1-3? Read the first paragraph to check. 1 The Olympic Games are 1,000 years old. 1b 2,000 years old © 3000 years old. 2 The Olympic Games started in a Greece. b Italy. ¢ Egypt. 3 The Olympic Games are named after aagod. baplice. ¢ ariver OLYMPIC HISTORY THE OLYMPIC ONS aEATS Tata ta aratela satel} HENCE THEIR eG Teal iy N Olympic athletes had to ema of Grek ational. and not sas ‘They promised to compete in an honourable way and to foo ‘e rules but some shlts sil cheated, Weaugh, they had to paya large MIE and this money. was used 0 pay for aS of ous, whieh were located along ‘he roe othe tau wth ‘he name othe cheat on each base To get tothe stad, the atheteshad to walk past. ates alice the morn lyre, whieh curently includes 35 sors and reary 40 HERE many ef whch ae team sports Such football and baskeal te ancient Games ‘only included individual events, ‘Seven types of events took place Inthe stadium, incuding running, discus, javelin ong Jump, wresting, ard boxing ‘There was also chariot racing and horse riding nthe ‘Wenearome: Fa Tie otoriccomes US ccare «aise sports teenth the Roman Emperor Theodosius fly decided :o ‘Bi the Olympic Games in 393 {AD after more than 3,000 years er exstence because he nought ‘hey were pagan ct Gratualy the site disappeared and was forgorten. However, nthe 1th cet archaeslogical work rally IERIE the runs of Olga and, today, visitors can ‘pprecate Olympia and krasne the pastoory ofthe anesb Now read paragraphs A-C and match the [Highlighted words to their meaning. 1 races or competitions events 2 litde by lite fs 3 money you have to pay when you do something illegal ———— 4 models or figures, usually ofa person 5 very important and / or large a 6 to prohibit something Feed 7 people who belong to other people and work for no money a 8 a place or location 9 uncovered 10 a stadium where horse racing takes place © Tick (V) the sentence that best summarizes each paragraph. Paragraph A 1 Cheating athletes could not compete in the ancient Games. 2 Cheating was strictly punished in the ancient Games. 3 Only a few special people could compete in the ancient Games. o ‘Paragraph B 1 The events were very Games, 2 The ancient Games took place in two different places. o 3 ‘There were fewer events than today and no team sports. QO Paragraph C 1 The ancient Games were banned because they were of a bad quality. oO 2 Ws difficult now to imagine the glory of the ancient Games. 3 The ancient Games disappeared but people can visit the ruins today. limited in the ancient More Words to Learn ‘Write translations and try to remember the words. Word Pronunciation _| Translation career noun | Mka'ria/ cheat noun and __verbs Afi crowd noun |fkraod) | jockey noun |/dyokiy | race noun seers) [pod sword noun (sox! wwwoupcomfelyenglshil/intermediate — EM)‘All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. First line of Hina Karenina’ by Leo Tolstoy, Russian viriter We are family 1 VOCABULARY family, personality ¢ Write the opposite adjectives. Use a negative prefix a Complete the sentences with a family word. if necessary. 1 Your mother’s beother is your __uncle__, I dever stupid __ $ friendly 2 Your grandmother's mother is your _. 2 honest ——— 6 kind 3 Your uncle's som is your —_ ‘ 3 talkative 7 patient 4 A girl who has the same mother as you but a different 4 generous an 8 selfish 4 father is your r 2 HOW WORDS WORK each other or reflexive pronouns? Complete the sentences with each other or a reflexive 5 Your husband’s (or wife's) brother is your 6 Two people who are together are a 7 Your hushand’s (or wife's) mather is your pronoun, 8 Your grandfather's grandfather is your —______.. 1 Tcut myself _ when I was cooking last night. 9 Your mother’s new husband is your — ae (eceeundesnd i 10 A child who doesn't have any brothers or sister's ans Were going to paint it___ twill be cheaper. 4 My sister and her husband aren't talking 10 'b Write an adjective of personality for each comment, 5 _He looked at______ in the mirtor as he went in. 1 ‘Ym going to beat him if it’s 6 You work too hard, John. You never have any time for the last thing ¥ da! —sompetitive. i Poke sone tie Leas wre 7 7 The lights in the office turn . off 3 ‘Idontt like working. | prefer to sit automaticaly and watch TV! + _e 4 ‘No problem. You can depend on me? = —_____ 3 READING 5 ‘Treally love seeing my mum and we a Read the article and mark the sentences T (True) o always give each other a big hug” = F (False), 6 ‘Thave alist ofall the possible films 1 Chis often spends all day inthe sea. ‘we can see, where they'te on, and the time they start? 7 ‘Oh great! A party! [love being 2 Chris and Kirk don’t get on very well. 3 They both spend a lot of time by the seaside, _ with my friends? = 4 This was the first time that Chris had ever 8 ‘Tdon't want to go to the party. I hate pees 5 meeting new people: — 5. Chris is going to carry on windsurfing = 9 Tunderstand exactly how you feel? 6 Kirk often sees his parents, 10 "Right. John, go and buy the food. 7 Kirk got better at drawing during the day, __ Marla, tidy the room? — 18 Kirk wants to repeat the experience. ELTLLDD Student's Book p.146 Vocabulary Bank b Look at the [kighlight@@ words. What do you think they mean? Check with your dictionary.TETIB were 2 voy cose famiy. There ae ot of siete: between me and Kirk and we both lke being outside: He's much mote acive than me, of couse ~ bbuthe's 20 and fm 52, so thats not ‘is usualy in the sea windsuing and he can spend all day doing that fe never been windsurfing, but day Kk took me ou, twas fay warm buat the se wes quite foughl ~ nt great o> > > Have you organized your summer holidays yet? Yes. We —___ (spend) two weeks touring Australia, although we don’t know the exact dates ‘or places yet. = A Wow that (be) great! 5A Your exam results are terrible, What (you / do) about it? B Lpromise 1 next year, ELTNIEDD Student's Book p.130 Grammar Bank 1C (work) much harder 5 PRONUNCIATION word stress 1 charming 5 moody 8 sociable 2 responsible 6 impatient 9 aggressive 3 imaginative 7 ambitious 10 disorganized 4 unfriendly b Practise saying the words in a. More Words to Learn Write translations and try to remember the words. Word Pronunciation | Translation age sap noun feds gp! ae generation noun | /dsena‘res[n/ kids nown (inf) | hadzs ae shape nown close adjective cool adjective (inf) bite verb blame verb ‘make up (after an pinch verb eRe TL Tey (E Usten to a man talking about how position in the family has affected his and his family’s personality. Tick (7) the positions he talks about, 1 oldest child (} 3 youngest child () 2 middle ld (| 4 onlychild (1) |ED Usten again and write the adjectives he uses to ‘escrbe each person. ‘himself; not spoilt ___ not s__, not aha alls eta Spee his wife;a_______,notL______, ii his father es Gi Listen again with the tapescript on p.75 and try to ‘guess the meaning of any words that you don’t know. Then check in your dictionary. EXNTELD Multinom wove. oup.comyevenglshfilefintermediateaoe Introduction aire a Canc) 1 MEETING PEOPLE Complete the dialogue. Receptionist Hello, can! \__help___ you? Heanor —_ I'm Eleanor Hope, the new Sales Manager. Receptionist Ab yes, Mr Fell’s expecting you. Please go in. MrFell Its? to see you again, Eleanor.)______ to Berlin Eleanor Thank you, Mr Fell. It'sa great city. MrFell It certainly is. You've 4 ‘Axel Pulz, my assistant, yout Bleanor Yes. Hi, Axel. MrFell And, let meS___ you to Katherine Mercer, our European. Marketing Manager. Eleanor 6 do you do? Katherine How do you do? We've 7____ alot about you. Eleanor _ All good, I hope! McFell = And#____ is Ann Harris. She's our new graphic designer. Bleanor you, Ann. Ann And you. Did you have @ good Eleanor 2 SOCIAL ENGLISH useful phrases Match the sentence halves, 1 Twas wondering {| 4 It won't a 2 Well, you'll OQ 5 Whydon'twe 0 3 What a 6 thave o take long to find a flat. to get back to the office. what kind of person the new boss will be. Aovely restaurant! soon find out. seta coffee? 3 READING 4 Read the first paragraph and complete the headings with verbs from the list. Be Keep Learn Dress ASk Work Take OO) Semen vu probed won't remember everyone's nae by the end ofthe fist day, but you should learn the names of every member of your team as soon as possible, BD tess important to come to work every day. Unless there's an ‘emergency, or you are definitly nat well enough to work, you ‘should try to get to work every day.1 VOCABULARY money When a man tells you he got a Complete the sentences with the correct verbs. 1 Tdon’t have any change; can you lend_me two euros? (lend / borrow) 21 (saved J wasted) 3 Lean't__ 4 The resturant 5 When can you 6 She 7 Lneed to (end / borrow) 8 When my aunt died {__ ___ my money on that book; it was very boring. anew car —T'm broke. (afford / pay) us too much for our meal. (cost / charged) the money I gave you? (owe / pay back) 2 lot of money in her new job. (earns / wins) _-some money from the bank to buy a new car. £5,000. (inherited / invested) 'b Complete the advertisement with words from the list. charge should bank with South&West ple EES Curent account ~ open 2 current account and get card you can use to take out cash from ‘our many cash machines or when shopping. And if your company directly ‘Pays your 2 ‘int the account, we don't » you arching for ‘the account or for the debit card, ‘Term Deposit account - if you want to 4 ‘money. why not use our deposit account? The typical interest ate is 5.25% and, if you beep over €2,000 in the account, it won't 5_____ you anything. Pecona eer lend you money for that new car, 1 hlny cites 108 Iacinum of €5,000 7______ - do you need to buy or build 2 house? We can hhelp you finance your new home at one of the lowest interest rates: on the matt. Do you think you pay too much : to the ‘government every month? Why ‘not talk to our specialists ~ they «an help you pay less. Student's Book p.147 Vocabulary Bank through hard work, ask him Whose?” Bon Marquis, US wnter ¢ Complete the sentences with the correct preposition. 1 My sister borrowed £500 __ our parents. 2 Would you lend money —___ your best friend? 3. Whose turn isi to pay the drinks? 4 I don’t spend much money —__—__dothes. 5 You can pay_____cashor credit card, 2 READING a Read the website and choose the best word(s) for each space, 1 her Gis) their 2 asks makes lets 3 each other another themselves 4 makes does becomes Scoin note cash 6 have join earn 7 afford pay uy 8 fillin fill up fill 9 month by month_ monthly 0 wait wait for waiting D Read the website again and tick () the best summary. 1 If you're a member of ‘TradeSWAPs, you can get paid for your skills. 2 If you're a member of TradeSWAPS, you don't have to pay as much for _ jobs as non-members, a 3 If you're a member of TradeSWAPs, you can cooperate with other members, cor owe ee www.tradeswaps.co.uk Imagine two people, Mark and Laura, Mark Is 0 ‘qualified plumber, and needs to find an accountant to do |__his _ end-of-year accounts. Laura is 2 ‘qualified accountant, and wants a new bathroom. ‘The TradeSWAPs website ? ‘them get in touch with 2 ‘and exchange their skills. How is TradeSWAPs different from just ning a professional? Money is valuable, and we all need more of it for holidays or a new car or house. What # ‘TadeSWAPS different is that its a ‘money-tree’systern for the exchange of sis, There's no need for bank loans, credit ards, or $____ It a win-win situation ~ Mark gets his accounts done, and Laura ‘gets a new bathroom, and no money changes hands! Why you should s__ radeswaPs ‘We want to make your life easier by ging you access to professional people who want to exchange skills with you. So if you have a job that needs doing, you don't have to wait until you can 7 it- you can get it done today! How to join Just click hese and © ‘our online form, hich asks for your personal details and a ist of your professional skills. Youll need to pay a small 5___ subscription, and you get access to ‘our complete database of fellow professionals. When ‘you need help with anything from building work to legal advice, enter your request and 10. an email ~ its as simple as that 3 GRAMMAR present perfect and past simple Circle the correct answer 1 My bestfriend inherited) has inherited a lot of money last month. — 2 We have used / used the same bank for the last ter years and don't want fo change. 3 Have you paid / Did you pay back the money yet? 4 took / have taken €100 out of the cash machine this morning. 5 Have you ever had / Did you ever have problems with a friend about money? 6 P'vecalled I called the bank yesterday and they are going to give us the loan. 7 The company hasn't given / didn't give usa pay rise last year. 8 When did she borrow / has she borrowed the money from you? 9 We only parked / have parked the car an hour ago but they've charged us for two hours! 10 Thave never owed / never owed money to the bank. 'b Complete the dialogues with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. 1 A How long _____ you ~ your camera? (have) B Not Jong. 1 itabout ea ‘two months ago. (buy) zat shopping atthe new mall on Saturday, you there yet (gos be) B Not ___time yet. you anything? (not have, buy) 3A My parents __each other for $8 years — since they were eight years ola! (know) B Where they 2 (meet) A. Atschool. They in the same class. (be)4A Jim anew digital TV. It | Ber, him a fortune, just / get. cost) B Really? _he _— any money, (think, not have) A you___? He __€10,000 con the lottery last week. (not hear, win) 5A you your homework yet? (do) B Yes,1__ it this morning, on the bus to school. (do) (EXELLLD Student's Book p.132 Grammor Bank 24 4 PRONUNCIATION numbers 4 Circle and say the correct number. twenty-three point nine nine dollars 2 GD) four and a quarter / a fourth cight hundred forty and nine / cight bundred and forty-nine 4 [1ES00) one thousand five hundred / ‘one thousand and five hundred 5 [8739] six point seven three / six point seventy-three 6 [TOBE oh five/ nought point five 7 [BBY] two halves / two and a half b Write the numbers in words. 1€750 seven euros fifty _ 2 £999 2 3145 a 4% Ea 3% zeae = = - 6 3,842 = 7 $2,500,000 __. 807% bse = More Words to Learn Write translations and try to remember the words. Word Pronunciation belonging ‘Translation maa toothpaste noun | uwOperst \ walltyledieatel | eG |_| sive away (money tc.) fh [gr o'weu i ive up (eg. smoking) verb __|Jarv ap! patty own verb ‘oun! | setup (eg, a business) verb ‘set pl throw away verb | f0rov a'weu’ ra Peso la snes turn up (= appear arrive) verb _|/tain ap! " apart from | ipa from’ [Ey Listen to a man answering some questions about money. Number the questions in the order thatthe sman answers them. ‘A Fave you bought anything on the Internet ecenty2 What? B Have you ever been robbed? What happened? C Have you ever lent anyone money? io What happened? O Have you saved up for something recent? Why (not)? Have you ever lost your wallet / purse? ‘What happened? F Have you ever sold anything onthe internet? Why (not)? 0 (EF Listen again. what are his answers? G1 Listen again with the tapescript on p.75 and try to. {Bess the meaning of any words that you don’ know. ‘Then checkin your dictionary. Mukizom www.oup.com/elt/englishfile/intermediateOnly can change my life. No one can do it for me. Caro! Burnet, US actress & comedienne > Changing your life 1 GRAMMAR present perfect continuous with for / since a Write the words and phrases in the correct column. ‘eyears 1992 Friday _ the last three days ages alongtime Christmas last saw you months and months he was a child for since b Complete the dialogues with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. 1A Haven't you finished yet? B No. I'm exhausted! 1 the house for hours! 2A. Have you finished that report? B Notyet. it for three days, ——fmork) on 3A Dinner isn’t ready yet. B What __ _ (you / do) for the last two hours? A L___ (prepare) the vegetables! 4A He doesn't look very happy. B NGR ce Dates as repair his computer all morning, 5A Whyare you moving? BWe think) of moving for a long time, This house is too small.€ Circle the correct form. If both forms are possible, circle them both, 1 How long have you enown)/ been knowing your boyfriend? 2 She's gone / been going to the same hairdresser for years. 3 They've worked / been working in that bank since 2003, 4 He’ slept / been sleeping since three o'clock! 5. How long have you lived / been living here? 66 ‘They've looked / been looking for a new flat for ages. 7 How long have you had / been having your bike? ELM Student's Book p.152 Grammar Bank 28 2 PRONUNCIATION sentence rhythm Underline the words you would normally stress in ‘each sentence, 1 How long has he been teaching here? 2 She's been learning Arabic for five years. 3 Hes been working asa tourist guide since he left here. 4 They've been travelling around Europe for two months. 5 We've been waiting for your phone call {6 What has she been doing since she moved to Peru? 7 Yve been cleaning the house all morning. b Practise saying the sentences in a, 3 READING a Read the article and tick (V7) the best summary. 1 Lucy went to Ghana to Jearn how to play football. [1 2 Lucy went to Ghana to help children and get to know the country al 3 Lucy went to Ghana because she wants to be a professional football coach. Read the article again and mark the sentences T (True) or F (False). 1 Lucy was worried about being a female football coach. 2 She had problems with discipline. = 3 The football club she worked with was well equipped, 4 She had plenty of free time during the day. = 5. The heat was always a problem for her. — 6 She was completely happy with her job. — € Match the highlight words to the correct definition. 1 satisfying — rewarding — 2 to havea short sleep 3 without shoes or socks : 4 aperson who does something without being paid : = 5 investigating 6 incredible, very good = 7 from the country, not the town = 8 the noun from poor = MY AFRICAN EXPERIENCE Lucy Bills writes without Fins, but ther passion Thee oe 50 many Hechangng SE fone wat ana for thousands of Ghanaian chidren corences nile ht | Mad cabal ster Ue, 2 posible ‘eat fun (@SeBINE options for sy 9 ya. Having aay played “24P* or DRE Spots, and especialy foal, |The weather was oling so 1 thought teackng chien to ply tached ein the ring andin the everng ta aid the midéoy sun, but ae wedi ind ‘the heat any more. Duning the day ! went home to SBOE, sunbathe, ead onthe ble, rook ‘ound matiets or went 10 the foal in Chane (one by Gap Sports Abroad) sounded sie and i. ‘ntiy | thought that a gi football ‘coach might not be respected, tur as oon as | got to Ghana | realed that was wrong. | worked DE wah the Young Sciweppes Football loved Ghana because ofits hidden Cui in Nong, a poor ata inthe beauty, and the warm acd cy of Acca. | coached unde-12, _fendiness ofthe people. Gene 2 ‘under and under boys from NOUNS is sometimes rey bard oor Ma taries The traning because you get the feng that pitch was a dusty path of and and what you are doing & not enough ings and goats used to css the but i very RARE tot for pitch during mache! Many ofthe yourself and forthe children you boys played inbarefeet and meet. Many see nthe UK tk yo’ be between Sing vey and sling work They en wave abroad dig ap ya’4 VOCABULARY strong adjectives 4 Complete the adjective for each picture. b Complete the sentences with a strong adjective. 1 Can [ borrow your coat? I'm __ freezing _! 2 A Is James's at big? B Bighl’s__185 300 square metres. 3 The weather's been___all wee! It hasn't stopped raining. 4 Tve been working hard all day. I'm —__! 5 Can I have another cake? They're 6 The film was___1 We loved it. 5 PRONUNCIATION sounds ‘a Match the words to the correct sound. Ltiny @ 3 great (1 5 exhausted 2 furious [] 4 boiling 6 starving [7 a b © 4 Lalas EXELND Student's Book p.158 Sound Bank 2 Bp || || & b Practise saying the words in a. More Words to Learn Write translations and try to remember the words, Pronunciation _| Tronsla tourist guide noun wart gard! the tube (= the London Underground) noun | 8a tjucby | adi deep adjective iM-treated adjective “rit! trivial adjective | trviol/ apply for (a job) verb /o‘plat fo/ rescue verb 'reskjus take time off verb | terk tatmn off abe Tile [ET Listen to a woman talking about some ofthe topics in exercise & on Student's Book p.25, Number the topics in the order she mentions them. A a dub she's a member of B something she's learning to do the make of car she drives D a sport she does E an important possession. F attend ofhers ‘15 Listen again and complete the sentences, 1 Oxford i good for cycling because the roads are OOOO 2 She likes cross-country skiing because you don't see 5st om bee henson ie 4 Her most important possession is, — 5 The British Mountaineering Cuncl gives members 6 The problem wt her cars thats [Gy Listen again with the tapescript on p.76 and try to _guess the meaning of any words that you don’t know. ‘Then checkin your dictionary. lino LED www oup.com/elt/englishfile/intermediate‘A good traveller has no fixed plans. oo Tau, Taoist philosopher Race to the sun 1 READING b Look at the ighlight@al words in the text. What do you ‘a Read the text and find the answers. think they mean? Match them to the correct definition. | a place where traffic can be stopped by officials checkpoint 2 go down, I Which airline is more expensive, LAB or AeroSur? 2 What's the cheapest way to get from the airport to the city centre? 3 What's the best time to travel on a Flota bus? eae 4 Can you travel intercity on a Micro bus? 4 most important ae 5 What are the three disadvantages of travelling by § altiingowecamictioote lorry? 6 things carried by plane, ship, or train Ls 6 Can you get anything to eat on a tren expresot 7 arranged to happen ata particular time 7 Why is tren rapido a strange name for this kind of 8 there for you to use . ein? Getting around in Bolivia How you choose to travel in Bolivia largely depends on ‘how much time and money you have - the more money, the less time you need to spend travelling! CXC 20 vel the secondary routes. he Loyd Aereo Boliviano (LAB) has frequent Smallest buses are micros, and they do ‘fights between many large cites within the local routes, ‘he county. A LABPass allows you four a esre evel yee figits between the main cies. ‘an catch 3 fide on a ony (cami), but You can also fy AeroSur which has a be prepared fora slow and uncomfortable betes service but higher prices. The main HP: Some fomes have ele ais terminal is La Paz El Alto airport. You departures and will accept reservations, to. a week in advance. Next the express ‘can get 2 bus of tax into the centre of La Dut you can also wait fr one at police train, known as tren expreso, These have Paz~ a taxi wl cost about $610, the CHEEKBSINIS outside some towns. frst and second dass seat, and a dining bus s only about $0.50, ca. The third SH is the tren rd pio QO | a ne oer (the fast train), which isn’t fast at all as it aan stops at every station, The fourth tains Floto, the long distance buses, are femperetre can BBP veryTow 4H | te yen mado (the miaed train), which _genealy newer, in better condition, and caries passengers and (Gang. Because it travel the min roads. Reserve a ticket isso cheap, if regular, many of the livadvance, and plan to travel by night The best trains the ferrabus, not always poorest raves use this to transport ‘onthe very long routes so that you can alabl, butt is fast, usually reliable, themselves, ther luggage, and their sleep, Smaller buses ae caled buses and comfortable. You can buy tickets up animal.2 HOW WORDS WORK how Jong + toke ‘Complete the sentences and questions with words from the list. get (02) take (2) takes (x2) long (x2) took (x2) 1 In general, the London Underground takes about five minutes from one stop to the next. 2 How ___ does it to get to the centre by car? 3. Teusually_____him forty minutes on the bus. 4 The train a long time to arrive last Saturday because it was snowing does it you to. home in me twenty minutes longer to. to | Holiday Destinations Survey We reveal the results from our reader survey Ws healthy. Ws cheap. Ws safe. work yesterday because of the teaffic. 3 GRAMMAR comparatives and superlatives 4 Correct the mistakes in the Highlighted phrases. 1 Think tennis is VOREEREIEINg golf to watch on TV, more exciting than 2 In the UK coaches are (MWEWIRHORETCHEAp than the train, fit mun Ser 3 She's wearing (hESEMESRIFEER you. 4- My mother @EESSIGWIGEMAR my father, 5 Do the British work [ASHaRGERA! the Americans? 6 My brother isa bit (tallerthait 7 Poulo is (GStiRENGER student in my class. 8 Today is (HEMBLESTAY of the year, 9 This is ithe:worseirestaurant’ I've ever been to, 10 Ie was [OSIHROHEIBOHA, journey T can remember, It easy to get to. Ws relaxing. it's sunny There are alot of tourists. b Write sentences with information from the survey. 1 Helsinki / exciting / of the three destinations inki isthe least exci 2 Wellington / healthy / of the three destinations 3 Rio de Janeiro / cheap / Helsinki 4 Wellington / not / dangerous / Rio de Janeiro 5. Helsinki / easy to get to / Rio de Janeiro 6 Wellington / relaxing / the three destinations 7 Wellington / sunny / Helsinki 8 Helsinki / not / have / tourists / Wellington Student's Book p.t32 Grammar Bank 2C4 VOCABULARY transport and travel Complete the sentences and defi 1 where you pick up your suitcase after a flight ions. 3. you get this when you park illegally 4. Atte check*in desk they give you a boarding 5 you need this to travel on a train, bus, or plane 6 The speed the UK, in cities is often 30 mph in 7 what a car needs i ts not diese 8 the opposite of take off 9. a verb which means go from one place to another’ 10_the place where you board your plane _ 11 bags, suitcases, et. 12 you can Javea window seat or an__ seat, Student's Book p.148 Vocabulary Bank 5 PRONUNCIATION sounds a Match the words to the correct sound. 1 cycle, aisle fine [5 public, rush, luggage | 2 seat, speed, reclaim [- 3 fast, park, card) 4 limit, ticket, trip = &| [>| [es] “| @] eI! D Write the words. 6 coach, motorway, road [1 7 railway, gate, take off] 8 travel, crash, carriage [1] 1Maw = Arif ra 2 idgsinil 5 iskustal 3 Ahelmit/ = Practise saying the words in a and b. EXILED stusent’s Book .157 Sound Bank More Words to Learn Write translations and try to remember the words si ane I | v'kjvaratiy service station noun |/sazvis'stetfnv | tan convenient adjective | /kan'visniant/ whole adjective | Inool/ hua ta ED Usten to a woman talking about aspects of dangerous tunnel noun Aeiving. Tick (/) the subjects she talks about. 1 The speed limit for motorways should be 100km/h. __| 2 Cyclists are as dangerous as car divers. G 3 Slow drivers cause as many accidents as fast drives. |) 4 Drivers shouldn't use any kind of mobile phone. (_] 5 Speed cameras don't stop accidents, a ‘DD Uisten again and answer the questions. 1 Why ist dangerous to talk on the phone? 2 Wy is it really dangerous to send text messages? 3 How do slow dives cause accidents? 4 What do cysts often not do? 5 Where do some cyl oye? Gh Listen again with the tapescript on p.76 and try to ‘Buess the meaning of any words that you don’t know. Then check in your dictionary. ES TELD Multikom ta a eee Complete each space with one word. Ol Were — your sister work? EX When | got home | realized | ——_—_ mobile a work. EEDA The phone's ringing. 8 _ 1 answer itfor you? og ‘you put the car in the garage yet? i she's learning Spanish for three years. [Gl His new film wasn't as good the last one. vaww.oup.com/elt/englishfile/intermediate (ius) let myox Rute Laie a reer 1 REQUESTS AND PERMISSION 4 Complete the requests with the correct, form of a verb in the list. help send call take use work 1 Do you thik you could ark this Saturday? a 2 Can you give mea a tomorrow? o 3 Could 1 your computer this afternoon? Mine’ not working. Gg 4 Would you mind mean ‘email about that? a 5 Isit OK fT Friday off o 6 Would you mind me with this repore? o Match the requests and responses. a Tm sorry, but we really need you. 'b T'm sorry but I need it. What's wrong with yourst «Sure, What time shall I phone? Ym afraid I cant just now. Maybe Joe ‘an help you. © Ofcourse not. £ Yes, of course. Shall [come in at ten o'clock? 2 SOCIAL ENGLISH useful phrases Complete the dialogues. 1A Have you found a job? B No, [haven't s___ looking yet. 2 A Doyou like The Rockets? B Who I've never b 3 A Can I speak to Miranda, please? B ja minute. call her. 4A I'm really tired B L__ me get you a cup of tea of them. 5 A Ho you like your new job? B Not much. But { haven't been there Jong. 3 READING “F) HELEN As I understand it, | gossiping is just talking about ‘someone behind their back ~ wich cant be good, It in ny ofc ie travels even ‘quicker than email, 1 GRAHAM Gossip is fine Providing is not about you! C1 STEPH A good sociat atmosphere is important. However, gossiping can Where did you |_met_t ‘Ata golf tournament in Spain. How long have you 2 each other? For about ten years. Why do you think you 3 so well? Because we have very similar personalities. What do you 2 Alot of things, for example we both love playing golf. Do you ever 8. eaner: "Not much, We usually agree about most things How do yous ? Usually by email and we phone each other occasionally. Have you ever?______? Only for apout a month when we both changed our email addresses and forgot to tell each other! Do you think you will always *_? Yes, 1'm sure we will. I certainly hope so. 1b Write the type of relationship after each sentence, close friends colleagues old friends classmates new friends 1 We always do our homework together after school. 2. We used to play hockey together but ‘we don't see each other much now. 3 We only met last month but we get fon very well, 4 We work together in the same office. 5 Wetell each other ail our secrets. classmates 2 GRAMMAR usually and used to & Correct any mistakes in the KIGBNGHWER phases. Tick (V) the correct sentences. 1 Di OuRRTWERE lasses Did you use to wear __ 2 [RERERSTRETOAMA but now he's one of my best friends, (ROA before go to wor 4+ |ESERSEEREEPOREEHERH bt then he went on a diet. Now he's very slim, 5 [DiAOUESETRRRE| with your sister when you ‘were little? 6 My wife KGEERIRRERSMIRNE v0 work, She normally walks or goes by bus. 7 Where [igi SORBEASHGHE before you came here? 8 (DOIVOUNISUAIIERHOHIE) before 8.007 It’s easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend. Wiliam Bloke, 18th centry English poetb Complete the sentences with usually or the correct form of used to, and the verb in brackets. 1 She _used 10 g0 (go) to the cinema every week, bat she doesn’t have time now. 2 We never {cat out) but now we go 10 a restaurant twice a week. 3 We (visit) my parents on Sundays if T'm not working, 4 —___ (you / wear) a uniform when you went to school? 5 1____ (go}to the gym three times a week, but not any more. 'm too busy. 6 He___(not like) children, but now he's the perfect father. 7A - (you / work) late on Fridays? B No, today was an exception. 8 He (be) very patient, but now he's realy impatient. 9 —___ (they / go) to the beach a lot when they were kids? 10 We (not have) a long holiday, but this year we're going to Australia for six weeks! ELE Student's Book p.136 Grammer Bank 4c 3 READING a Match each text to a person A-D. b Read the article again and answer the questions with A, B,C, or D. Who 1. thinks that you can't have close friends ‘who live far away? ue 2 sa. thinks that relatives are mote important than friends? san 3.» has more friends nove than before? = 4 thinks that close friends need to have a Jot in common? 5... thinks that having friends isn't a necessity? 6 ... has close friends who enjoy physical activity? = 7... doesn’t think that women and men can be close friends? _ 8 ... doesn’t have the same occupation as their lose friends? = ry reo We often use the word ‘friendship’ but what does it really ‘mean? What is a close friend? We asked two generations, male and female, to say what they thought: 1 2 think a close fiend i someone you get on really well at, who ‘helps you when you have ‘problems, who gives you advice, and who always has time for you. | diet use to have many dose friends winen | was at school or at university 2 1 was very shy, but now have several. They are all women ~ I think ifs dificult to have a dose friend of the opposite sex. G___]:ithieka cose fiend is someone who you/ve known for along time, and who you stil get on with, They probably have similar hobbies to you so you can do things together. ve got three dose fiends who I was at secondary schoo! with and ‘we often go away together (without our parents of ‘couse). We either go ‘camping or we stay in youth hostels but somewhere we ‘an go walking play football, and be outside in the open ai question because | doit really have any cose frends. 1 naw a lot of people but mainly through work, and the sort of socal occasions when ‘we meet are business eee eeeeoee if you come fram a realy dose family, which I do, then frends are a bt superfuous. ‘he litle free time | hove | Eicon thy [¢__]:forme ose ends we the people you spend your free time wit. [go out at weekerids with a group of people ~ there are about seven of us, and td say they are my dose friends. They'e also people ‘who live near me, | don't think you can have cose frends ata distance, you ‘need to be able to see each ‘other often. But | don't think ‘you need to be doing the ‘same things mean fr at Lniversty But none of ry | fends ae,4 PRONUNCIATION /s/ or /z/ a How is se pronounced in these sentences? Tick (/) the correct Fa More Words to Learn Write translations and try to remember the words. column. 2 He's decided to de an intensive course. 3 He got a fine because he used his mobile phone while driving, 4 I’m not sure what the cause of the accident was. Le 1 Thave two very close friends. 4 LD os 0 5 She used to teach but now she's an author. a) 6 Can I close the window? 0 7 Excuse me! Can you help me? =] 8 Ipromise I won't tell anyone. rT 9 The weather is getting worse. Li 10 Use your dictionaries to help you. | L] iC et le b Practise saying the sentences in a. Student's Book p.159 Sound Bank 5 HOW WORDS WORK get Complete the sentences with the correct form of get or a phrase with get. 1 Everyone — got_ very excited when they were watching the match. 2 We In fact we are good friends now. very well with our neighbours. 3 1_______ the party quite late because I missed amy train, 4 How many emails do you every day? 5 He's quite shy but when you — him he’s very nice 6 I went to the Friends Reunited website because I with an old wanted to try to school friend, _ my old car and I bought a new one, 8 Can we stop playing now? I'm very tired. Word ___| Pronunciation _| Translation | fn'plav. wseful adjective "jussfV break up (with sb)_verb | fbretk ap! get in tatf wid! reply noun and vers ‘get in touch with verb get rid of verb get rid ov! | get to now! get to know verb Fah seh OP tend to verb ‘tend ta! ah Teint IE} Listen and tick (v) the three topics the woman talks about, 1a ftiend she used to have U 2 an ador she used to ke 0 3 a teacher she used to hate U 4 asport she used to play ‘5 amachine she used to use 2 lot Ui [Cy tisten again and answer the questions. 1 When did she and Maida stop seeing each other? 2 When did they lose touch? ‘3 Why didnt she lke the French teacher? 4 What happened as a result? 5 Why did she stop playing squash? 6 Why does she now prefer tennis? |G Listen again with the tapescript on p.77 and try to guess the ‘meaning of any words that you don't know. Then check in ‘your dictionary. wonder verb CAN YOU REMEMBER, ‘Complete each space with one word. a _- to wear a uniform when | was a school Bits be the way out. There's an exit sign EX] —_____ you be able to come tomorrow? Td You won't pass your exam _ you study harder, o- you go to their party if they invited you? Gite _ to be very fat but now he's thin, www.oup.com/elt/englishfile/intermediate