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Pa ny mp am ay ny im 6g ey mae Pret nee Dc Notrecey mere totem 9) ee nyt cage aper 9 fe) ape Pen my Monde yntanlexy wages) wanes Meaty rage) © ratty gro oe Teeth aes ana ol a Be ops esa a Speen ie Fes ee Seema ry cunencany pers) Se ats maps) toe oem OMe Strate er ee or tn som. Printed in Greece by Bakis SA Print Number: 01 Print Year: 2015 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 ce 12 13 14 15 16 FIRST CLASS FEELINGS TIME OFF INTERESTS ‘WORKING LIFE BUYING AND SELLING EDUCATION EATING HOUSES GOING OUT THE NATURAL WORLD PEOPLE | KNOW JOURNEYS: TECHNOLOGY INJURIES AND ILLNESS NEWS AND EVENTS Aupioscript Answer Key PA P.10 P16 P.22 P.28 P34 P.40 P.88 P.94 P.101 P.113 VOCABULARY Talking about people 1 ross out one example in each group that isn’t possible. 1 My fiend Lukas is fom Germany / Arabic / Japan. 2. My sister’ a translator / civil servant / engineer. 3. My mum works ina warehouse / office / Unversity, 4 My brother speaks good Spanish and abit of Portuguese Russian / Poland. 5m doing a degree in Lawyer / Economics! ‘Medicine a the moment. 6 My family are all really into reading sport / cook. 7 Laman only children | the youngest of four feds a twin 8 My uncle is single / marted / separate GRAMMAR Auxiliary verbs 2 Write questions that you might ask another student atthe beginning of anew class. ‘What name? 2 Where / from? 3 What / do? 4 What / do / when / not werk? 5 How long / study / English? 6 Why / learn / English? study / here / before? Language note subject, questions Ifa question asks about the subject ‘of a sentence, the verb has the same form as statementieg. Wha inthe class speaks italin? Kate (cthe subject of speaks) NOT Who in the class does speak ‘talon? meet the teacher / yet? 9 What / think of /the test we did? 410 What / go do / after this class? 3 Match the answers (a-j) to the questions (1-10) in exercise 2. Tim net sure. Maybe we could go fra coffee. ‘Alaya. t's a small town inthe north of Spain. No,never i’ my fst time in a school in the UK I'm into cooking and spending time with my family. The grammar was OK but | was nervous in the speaking test | workin the food industry. [About five years,on and off 1. Magda, short for Magdalena, Yes, she seems very nice | need it for my job. Most of our forelgn clients speak English ‘Nick s thinking of doing a course at an international language centre. ‘Complete his questions tothe receptionist. Use the correct form of the ‘verbs in brackets. N- Hi Could you give me some information on your Russian courses? Yeah sure Take a seat. What would you like to know? IN: Well what atypical lass > (involve) ; Well t varies, but theres always a range of activities, with lots oF speaking practice. IN: So how many students ‘there in a class? (be) R Amaximum of 12 Ni And where» they. 2 come frorn) B. Allover the world, We have about 30 different nationalities at ‘any onetime. NN: And how long & each cass (ast) R: About 50 minutes, longer if its an intensive course, Ne How ® ‘you ‘ona student’ eve? (decide) R; Apart from beginners, there’ a written test and also an oral -so that we know how good you are at speaking and understanding What qualifications the teachers (ave), Ifyou dor't mind me asking? 2: Na.it's a goad question. All our teachers are native speakers and most of them have lots of experience Ns Ok fair enough. 've used quite afew books already so which ones t you (Go / use) in the next course? BR: Welt depends on the clas. n intensive courses we use a wide range of different materials. Some of them we develop ourselves 'N: OK. One last question, ow much the course 2 (cost) It depends Let me get you a pricelist. x, great, thanks 5 Choose the correct words in italics in the quiz below. Then see if you know the answers to the questions. LANGUAGES + tier unarianavage dos uso /us0s ne Ce aeraca? OPolish CRussian OFrench QUIZ 2 How many (much hg languages ext / 0 extn re wer today? Clabout 6,000 Dabout 600 about 60 ‘3. Why / How do you write / wnting Hebrew and Arabic? Crom ef torght —Clttom right to lett Cltrom top to bottom 4 When / Where does the vor ‘ephabet’ originally comes / come from? Degyptian hieroglyphics Ditne name of the fst dictionary writer Ditne fest two letters ofthe Greek alphabet 5 What / How percentage of tho Internet is / ar in English? se percent C86 percent 1.99 per cent 6 What / Who dd create / created the frst computer programming language? Dan american businessman ClaGerman engineer Cla Bitch academic DEVELOPING CONVERSATIONS Asking follow-up questions 6 Use the questions in the box to complete the at conversations. There is one extra question each time. 8: I went with my sister to Landon. She's over from Italy at the MasGaraeiane momen. We wet shopping How long have you been learning it? ‘Whose class were you in? ‘What are you studying? Whereabouts? & 8: She bought some presents for everyone at home. ‘A Ohyes.? B: Three sisters and a brother. What about you? ‘A, Just one brother. 8 A 1A: Where ae you from? ‘ 2 hungry These pein fact wee ts 1: On, ely» at kindof music are you into? 2 Atowmeted Seg Hoe ou head of Veeco Nason aver veo sted Reet? Vewssee a o abut seen yearson a of ue of Wor watnnyargecone'va 2 A Wiatdoyouan? none Imastuor.tom Agra Fn stying aw 2 nese on ‘The University of Buenos Ares. 0K want to do intermational law. What about you? & 8 he 1: Really, me too. 8 & 8 ‘A min computing, 8 he 8 x 8 A Ive just finished my second year. How many brothers and sisters have you got? ‘What do they do? What did you do? Did you get anything nice? Older or younger? Right.» At a programming company in Frankfurt. So what do you do when youte not working? ma Dina club. Really? All sorts really funk, jazz, hip-hop. 2 A: Hi again. Did you have a good weekend? B: Yes, thanks. was fun VocaButary Talking about languages 1 Replace the underlined words with the expressions in the box. get by my accent fluently accurate express picked it up mastering struggled 1 At ist! eally had problems speaking French at work No-one understood the way said things 2 its hard tobe correct al the time. Getting complete. knowledge of a language can take years 3. mot briliant at German, but I can survive in the language in most everyday situations. 4 Im pretty good at Japanese now. learnt it without ‘formal lessons by lving in kyoto for about 10 years 5 haven't been studying Italian for very long, so it’s hard to get across what | want to say sometimes. 6 Iwas born in Greece but | went to an international school, so speak English very well Language note word order with phrasal verbs Remember the word ovder when you use a pronoun with separable verbs: | pleked up my Spanish while traveling. OR I plcked my Spanish up while travelling. BUT I picked it up while traveling. NOT FE plcked up afte eng, 2 Look at the underlined words. What type of word is ‘each one? ve ust taken un painting at our loca at colo. To be honest, 'm no Van Gogh, Doing anything *for the fst time is hard and people always want 0.6 “wal But my ® acca isto concentrate on the ‘actvty. What | means enioy what" you are doing ‘and don't worry about the end result. And never ‘compare yourslf with anyone alse. There wil alveys be those *annovingly talented people who can tke ‘on ary naw challenge and succeed. lgnore them. 3. Answer the questions and test your knowledge. 900d |What's the opposite of these words and expressions? Circle the correct option. 2y— herd hardly stowly — ast / fast ‘went = unfent / not very fuent «minor mistake ~a serious /farge mistake ~ sow / bad progress a basic level of Yapanese ~a high / tal eve! of Japanese, ‘Do these words collocate with make or do? ‘amistake ——an@ercise progress ‘your homework a course: a fool of yourset ‘agoadjob __eneffort Write the correct prepositions. WORT sn: YOUFPFOQrESS ray. ConCERtHE an WOFK deal. Whereis the stress on these words? ‘quidence—mothation environment bilingual continuity __embar»rassed ‘What do these words have in common? honest krowiedge wre {oregn ListeNING 4 1.1 You are going to hear Trisha and Andy talking about a change in Trisha’ life. Choose the correct answers, a,b, oF 1 2 3 5 ‘What course has Tisha decided to goon? 2. a foreign language b knitting building skis What I Andy's reaction to her news? a He impressed bb He wants to try something new too. € Heciiticces her. ‘What was the problem at the fist class? 4 Allthe other students were men, b Tisha didn't know the answer to a question, Tisha said something silly ‘What will Tisha do in the Fst term? ‘2 whatever she likes general skills brcklaying “Tisha thinks her new job will be a well paid b interesting hard work PRONUNCIATION Silent letters 5. Underline the silent leters in these extracts from ‘thelistening. 1. ve signed up for a building course 2. anevening course in a foreign language or kitting cor whatever 3. there's a need for bullders and plumbers 4. the first clas was abit nerve-wracking 5 elt such a fool and | went bright red 6 © 1.2tisten and check, READING 7 Read the chat room posts quickly. What question are they answering? a Where's the best place to learn a second language? b Wheres the strangest place you've hada language class? © Why do you like learning languages? 8 Read the posts again. Write the correct names. Who: 1. didnt think they would learn much? 2 still eemembers what they leacnt? 3. was surprised by how much they knew? 4 wanted toimprove on their current lever 5. didn't know specific vocabulary? 6 wasn't learning with a teacher? 7 practiced again soon after the lass? Mae 9 Complete the sentences with the missing prepositions. Look back at the posts if you need to, 1 It’s Funny how I forget some words but others stay 2. Am intensive course is a good way to top ‘your English, 3 went. to. German clas with a friend and really enjoyed it, 4 The most dificult thing is often starting a conversation 5. Where can Isign 6 Weld like to find for talian classes? about Russian classes Ie wasn't realy a class but | eat alot of words. Many years ag9, | was on a cycling holiday in a remote part of ‘Spain and I had an accident | was taken to the nearest ‘ARE department, where no-one spoke Englsh. | could get by with everyday Spanish, but didn't know any medical ‘words. The staff looked after me and, by the time Ie, | knew the words for all the parts ofthe leg and how to ‘describe pain in Spanish. And it has stayed with me to this day! Alex, US (On a fey, ofall places. We were on our way to France from the UK and suddeniy a French lady appeared and gave us a leaflet about a language class on board, | must ‘admit | was a bit sceptical about how much we could pick pin such a short time. But there was nothing much else to.do so we went along. We practised ordering things In a shop and café, and it was great fun. The best tring was actually using the language on the other side of the (Channel Mike, UK. NNot a class in the usual sense but I gota lot of speaking practice in a tunnel in Japan! | was on a racked tain using ‘my teach yourself Japanese book and CD. What | really wanted was to speak to @ real person but | dint feet ‘confident to start up a conversation and everyone was very reserved. Suddenly, we broke down inthe middle of along tunnel. t was such an unusual thing that it got everyone talking. | found out that | knew more than | thought Cerys, Wales Under the stars! A new language school had opened in my town and | was really keen to sign up. | thought learring English witha native speeker would help me top up what | already knew from school. | rived forthe frst class andt found the place in darkness. The electricity had faled but rather than cancel the classes, the teachers used diffrent, ‘spaces outside the school. Al the local cafés wore fll of ‘other students, so we ended up on the beach. It was a strange fist lesson but it really broke the ice. Lydia, Greece Glossary ‘ABE: Accident and Emergency the Channel: the sea that separates England from France CCCcceeeee eee ccce GRAMMAR Narrative tenses 1 Complete the gapped sentence to link the two actions. ‘Write one verb inthe past simple and one verb in the past perfect. 1. The German clas started. arrived when | arrsida the Germanclays had: already 2 didn't recognise he. We met afew times before although we 2. She went bright red. She used the wrong word After she 4 Mike was late forthe clas. He left his books at home Mite because 5 Ana pent an hour in the advanced class. She realised she was in the wrong room. ana before 6 realised he was the boss.| asked him to make me a coffee By the time. 2 Complete the anecdote by putting the verbs in rackets into the correct tense. Use narrative tenses. | remember my frst dking lesson tc it was yesterday | (ust / have) my 17th birtnday wen my parents ‘sav "cou start earring to eve. My oder ster (already / pass) her test and she 4 (save) to buy her fst car. On the ‘morning ofthe lesson, | was really nervous. ie (not sleep} very wel the night before and © (fet a bt sick. Then there was a knock atthe door= my nsictor (eri He talked me through the contls and gave me realy derinsructons. A few meus te, We (crve) round a quit part of town winen 1% (s00) a trend out ofthe ‘comer of my eye. He waved at me and = without thinking ~I waved back. The car (rove) towards a tree when the instructor mi (ab) the wheal. "Keap your ‘eyes onthe road’ he shouted. | went bight red and couldn't baleve what I (ust / do). When we ® (eve) home, Mm (not say) a word. be (Concentrate) hard so that ld’ make another mistake, was tha longest Journey of my ie! AOA 3 Match the sentence halves. 1 mso tired today. 2 |Isthere a problem with your mobile? 2 Sorry we'te lat, We 4 What’ the matter with the dog? It 5 We didn't see much ofthe area because it 6. Marcus lst his job because he 7. ma bit worried about Lucy. She 8 Phil had a brillant job He was eying nearly all day yesterday was trying to get through to you all day yesterday. was traning young racing divers in Milan, was taking alt of time off to visit his gird, \was raining all week. was barking for hours earler today were waiting fora bus for ages. was working on an essay until two in the morning. DEVELOPING CONVERSATIONS John was telling m 4. Number the lines in the correct order to make three conversations, 1 No,{ have private lessons. My tutors really good —very patient. 's he? So, what style do you play? Yeah, thats right. ‘Amy was telling me you've taken up the guitar... Classical. like listening to ack but dont think rm aii Hendritype! Great! Are you teaching yourself o play? 2 Well hear of anything, Il let you know. No, but 've only just started looking. Yes, that's right, Like a waiter or something? Have you had any luck et? Paul was teling me you're looking fora part-time job. Yes. Well maybe restaurant or bar work What sort of job are you looking far? 3 Howlong will you be away for? Yes, news travels fast! Well, good luck | hope it goes wel About twelve months, | think Katrina was telling me you'e going to Argentina, ve gota jab ina language school. That's amazing, What are you going to do?

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