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1 Vloggers unite! B
1 c
COMPREHENSION 2 a
A–B 3 c
Students’ own answers 4 b
5 a
C 6 d
books, computers, fans, stage, cameras, smartphones,
interviews, parents SPEAKING HUB
A–B
D
Students’ own answers
1 F (They have to wait a long time.)
2 T
3 F (Most of the fans want to get a selfie with the stars.) 2 Changing spaces
4 T
COMPREHENSION
E A
1 easy Students’ own answers
2 after
3 speaking B
4 can’t 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 11

F C
1 famous 1 of population density
2 enjoyable 2 wall
3 huge 3 clever and environmentally friendly
4 popular 4 24
5 new 5 contrast
6 30
AUTHENTIC ENGLISH 7 3.6
8 roads
A
To be less exact, and perhaps to be more modest about her AUTHENTIC ENGLISH
natural ability.
A
B 1 Outside; The difference between how Gary’s apartment
4 times looks from the outside and inside.
2 very different to; The cramped housing in the area in
C which Gary lives, and the luxury apartments in downtown
Suggested answers Hong Kong.
1 Vlogging is kind of a fad that won’t be popular for 3 Outside, Inside; The noisy environment outside the
much longer. apartment, and the calm atmosphere inside the apartment.
2 The vloggers are kind of great role models for teenagers.
3 Video sharing websites have kind of been a wonderful way B
for people to share their talents. Students’ own answers
4 Vlogs have kind of contributed to young people spending
too much time online. SPEAKING
A
D 1 Both
Students’ own answers 2 Positive
3 Negative
SPEAKING
4 Both
Students’ own answers
5 Positive
READING
B
A Students’ own answers
a 3
b 6
C 1
d 2

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READING READING
B A
Proposal 1: We should remember that …; I think the best plan Students’ own answers
is to …
Proposal 2: It would be an advantage to …; I’m in favour of … B
Proposal 3: I think it would be better …; why don’t we …? 1 c
2 a
C 3 d
Students’ own answers 4 e
5 b
SPEAKING HUB
A–B C
Students’ own answers authentic, beautiful, comfortable, convenient, cosy, lively,
perfect, relaxing, romantic

3 Authentic holidays SPEAKING HUB

COMPREHENSION A–B
Students’ own answers
A
Students’ own answers
4 Multi-generational living
B
1 d
COMPREHENSION
2 a A
3 e Students’ own answers
4 c
5 b B
under one roof; front door
C
1 b C
2 e 1, 2, 4, 6, 7 (Not the whole family – the grandmother is
3 a watching TV on her own.)
4 c
D
5 d
1 F (The report says people are living longer.)
D 2 T
1 T 3 T
2 F (He says they have no idea and there are a lot of negative 4 F (Finn says that our family structures are now much
stereotypes about favelas.) more complex.)
3 F (Tourists have to pay about one euro.) 5 F (The grandmother says that if she lived alone she
4 F (The report suggests most locals think tourism is a would be lonely.)
good thing.) 6 T
5 T 7 F (Finn says that living like this can generate a kind
of luxury.)
E
1 B AUTHENTIC ENGLISH
2 S B
3 R 1 So, basically, the main items in my room are the bed, desk
4 B and wardrobe.
2 What’s the difference between a living room and a TV room?
AUTHENTIC ENGLISH I think they’re basically the same.
A 3 It seems to me that my living room is basically OK and
Students’ own answers there’s no real reason to change it.

B SPEAKING
The phrase flip side is used to talk about the negative aspects A–B
of a plan or situation. Student’s own answers
C
Students’ own answers

SPEAKING
Students’ own answers

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READING B
1 K
A
2 M
Students’ own answers
3 B
B 4 B
1 b 5 K
2 c 6 M
3 a
C
C Maria has a pretty good work/life balance, although she only
1 student accommodation (a); room in a private house (b); gets 6 hours sleep. This could be improved.
uncle’s house (c)
SPEAKING HUB
2 cosy, comfortable (a); large, relaxed, lots of natural light (b);
modern, not too many objects, amazing skylight and glass A–C
floor (c) Students’ own answers
3 very small (a); uncomfortable, nowhere to work (b); it’s not
very private (c) 6 A sugar-free life?
4 invite friends over for pizza, use the desk as a dining
table (a); buy a desk and an office chair (b); I love the shower COMPREHENSION
but I might put a curtain there (c) A
Students’ own answers
SPEAKING HUB
A–C B
Student’s own answers Because many people believe the consumption of sugary
drinks is contributing to obesity problems.

5 A 15-hour working week? C

1 health promotion, cut the budget deficit
COMPREHENSION
2–3 Student’s own answers
A–B
Students’ own answers C
1 Sugary drinks amount to around 10% of Australia’s
C obesity problem.
being lazy, feeling stressed, doing overtime, earning a high 2 The proposed excise tax would be set at 40 cents per
salary, putting life above work 100 grams of sugar.
3 A two-litre bottle of soft drink would rise in price by 80 cents.
D
4 More than 15 countries and subnational governments have
1 Some of
successfully introduced a sugary drink tax.
2 can
5 The $500m annual tax revenue.
3 people doing overtime
4 often AUTHENTIC ENGLISH
5 Overworked
A
6 should
1 e  2  f  3  d  4  b  5  a  6  c
AUTHENTIC ENGLISH
B
A 1 new report
Students’ own answers 2 obesity problem
3 nutritional benef  it
B
4 proposed an excise tax
1 d  2  a  3  e  4  c  5  b
5 added sugar
SPEAKING 6 introduced a tax
Students’ own answers
SPEAKING
READING Students’ own answers

A READING
Boris has the best work/life balance because he works in the
A
evenings but is free to meet friends and relax in the day.
1 b
2 c
3 a

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B SPEAKING HUB
Suggested answers
A–C
‘It’s never too late to feel great’: signposted walking routes or
Students’ own answers
free swimming classes because they would encourage older
people to be more active.
‘Leave the wheel behind’: close the main street to traffic 8 A tribute to David Bowie
on Sundays because this would force people to stop using COMPREHENSION
their cars.
‘Fun for all the family’: bike sharing schemes because this is A
something the whole family could participate in. Students’ own answers
B
SPEAKING HUB 1  F (He was born in London.)
A–B 2 T
Students’ own answers 3 T
4 F (There is a graffiti artwork tribute to Bowie in
Brixton, London.)
7 The sound of silence 5 F (He came from an ordinary background.)
COMPREHENSION
C
A
1 were important to Bowie
Students’ own answers
2 the same city
B 3 wrote a book about Bowie
It’s a very quiet place where nothing much happens. Green 4 in the suburbs
Bank has a special telescope which means that many
electronic devices are banned. D
1 personal tributes and lyrics
C 2 a little bit
1 difficult 3 singing
2 objects 4 all
3 community
4 problem AUTHENTIC ENGLISH
5 health A
6 disconnected The words isn’t it? are used to check the other person agrees
with him.
D
1 no chance B
2 away from, usually 1 is
3 actually quite 2 wasn’t
4 for the sake 3 don’t
5 over
C
AUTHENTIC ENGLISH Students’ own answers
A
Students’ own answers
SPEAKING
Students’ own answers
B
In sentence 2, the words happen to are used to suggest that READING
losing the radio telescope would be unlikely. A
Students’ own answers
C
Students’ own answers B
1 Pink Floyd
SPEAKING
2 It’s the first time such a large collection of stamps has been
Students’ own answers
dedicated to a single artist.
READING 3 His changing musical styles and personas, and the images
used on well-known album covers.
A
4 They have brought something important to a particular
1 d  2  f  3  a  4  c  5  b  6  e
culture, they are popular, they have influenced others.
B
Students’ own answers
SPEAKING HUB
A–C
Students’ own answers

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9 An African app C
1 For many years.
COMPREHENSON 2 A self-driving shuttle bus, fully autonomous cars (a robot
A–B controls everything), hands-off cars (a robot controls the
Students’ own answers vehicle but a human can intervene).
3 Google and Uber, as well as regular car companies.
C 4 People cannot understand how they work and think they
1, 2, 5, 6 are dangerous.
5 They are very expensive to create and there are few around.
D
6 It’s a low cost self-driving shuttle.
1 anywhere
2 or a group of people D
3 And it’s fun 1 detects obstacles
2 stops
AUTHENTIC ENGLISH
3 she has lots of accidents
B–C 4 Lidars
Students’ own answers
AUTHENTIC ENGLISH
SPEAKING
A
A Sentences 2 and 3 are from the video. The woman who goes
Suggested answer for a ride in the vehicle in Sacramento says them.
Matatu is a popular two-card playing game in Uganda. Jasper
Onono created an app version of the card game. The game B
became successful because you can play it anytime, anywhere Sentences 2 and 3 are slang.
and on your own. The Matatu app is part of Africa’s tech boom.
C
The fast growth in mobile tech means that Africa could be an
1 hello
important market in the future, both in terms of consuming
2 brilliant
mobile technology as well as creating it.
3 thanks
B 4 exhausted
Students’ own answers 5 some money

READING SPEAKING
Students’ own answers
A–B
Students’ own answers READING
C A–B
Suggested answers Students’ own answers
Amy – Slack
C
Hiro – XE
Imperatives: get rid of, go back to, don’t order, go to local
Jamie – Prisma / Holo
shops, leave, get, your bicycle out walk, forget, buy, go to
SPEAKING HUB the cinema
Modal verbs: all it can do, you might meet somebody
A–D
clauses with will: you’ll be able to, you’ll get, you’ll see
Students’ own answers
Exclamations: that’s all you need!, you’ll be able to see what
you’re buying!, you’ll get some exercise too!, you might meet
10 Too much tech? somebody interesting!
COMPREHENSION SPEAKING HUB
A
A–C
Students’ own answers
Students’ own answers
B
1 F (There is a green and white robot bus in Japan.)
2 T
3 F (The Uber car turns a corner.)
4 F (We see a VW Beetle without a driver in an old film.)
5 T
6 T

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11 Endangered species 12 From old to new

COMPREHENSION COMPREHENSION
A A
Students’ own answers Students’ own answers
B B
Critically endangered: mountain gorilla (d) 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
At risk of extinction: the whale shark
Not threatened: squirrel (c) C
Level of endangerment not mentioned: giraffe (e), polar bear (f ), 1 R
snow leopard (a) 2 S
3 R
C 4 S
1 giant panda
5 R
2 tiger
6 R
3 mountain gorilla
7 S
4 blue whale
5 grey squirrel D
6 dodo 1 N  2  S  3  R, S  4  S  5  N  6  N  7  R  8  R  9  S
10 N, S
E
1 T AUTHENTIC ENGLISH
2 T
A
3 T
Suggested answers
4 F (Two-thirds of all wild animals could be lost.)
Advert 1 doesn’t have a slogan, it is an invitation to visit
E the dealer.
1 July Advert 2 finishes with an exclamation to attract attention.
2 longer Advert 3 has a catchy slogan. This shows how advertising
3 global has evolved.
4 Everyone The second and third adverts both have strong messages.
Advert 2 encourages the viewer to drive the car, while Advert 3
AUTHENTIC ENGLISH has a memorable slogan about the quality of the car.
A B
The words in bold are puns. They are used to capture an 1 Adidas
audience’s interest. 2 Subway
3 L’Oréal
B
4 Apple
1 b
2 a
C
SPEAKING Students’ own answers
Students’ own answers SPEAKING
READING Students’ own answers

A–B READING
Students’ own answers A
C Students’ own answers
1 posters
B
2 costumes, a fun run
1  Encouraging people to read more.
3 None. It mentions writing letters or songs, making
2  Looking after the elderly.
a podcast.
4 T-shirts C
1  Billboards and leaflets, A catchy slogan, Photos
SPEAKING HUB 2 TV/radio adverts, Online interviews, A catchy slogan, Digital
A–D advertising
Students’ own answers
SPEAKING HUB
A–D
Students’ own answers

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