ug Photo FEATURES My possessions An interview with the adventurer, Andy Torbet At home Families living in identical apartments in South Korea Global objects Why the German Mini is actually from many countries Coober Pedy’s opals Go undera town in Australia for opals, EINEM YOUR OBJECTS AND POSSESSIONS. Possessions Look at the photo, How many people can you see photo? What are all the possessions made of? in the Match the shelves pink 6) 1.8 Listen to someone talking about the photo. numbers with the words. 3 balls 7 shoes and boots 2 sofa 1 people 50 TVs Work in pairs. Find these objects in the photo. What colour are they? balls boots achair roller blades a sofa shoes atoycar TVs black blue brown green grey orange red white yellow The ball is yellow. The shoes are white. Find three plastic objects in the class. What colour are they? AROOMINYOURHOME WHEREISIT FROM? SHOPPINGvocabulary everyday objects * grammar plural nouns * listening an interview with Andy Torbet + grammar this, that, these, those * pronunciation /V/ or /x/ + speaking your objects and possessions 2a My possessions Vocabulary everyday objects 2 Look at the objects in Andy's rucksack, Match the words 1. Look at Andy Torbet’s website. What are his different jobs? with the objects andytorbet... boots camera compass first-aid kit gloves hat knife map — mobile phone pens torchUnit 2 Possessions Grammar plural nouns 3 Look at the words in Exercise 2 again. Which nouns are plural? What is the extra letter for plural nouns? ‘© Normally, adds: chairs shoes ‘© Add -e5 to nouns ending -ch, sh, -5,-s or bus ~ buses class ~ classes ‘© Change nouns ending ny after a consonant to -is: | family families change nouns ending in to -ves: shelf - shelves Some nouns are irregular: man ~ men, person - people, child ~ children. For further info tation and practice, see page 158. 4 919 Look at the grammar box. Then write the plural form of these nouns. Listen, check and repeat. map mobile phone compass hat camera knife country box Listening 5 6 1.10 Listen to an interview with Andy. Choose the correct answers. 1 Where are they? a bya mountain b by thesea cima forest 2 Where is Andy from? a England b Wales Northern Ireland Scotland 3. What is always in his rucksack? Tick the objects ahat a laptop acamera gloves a first-aid kit pens Grammar this, that, these, those 6 4 1.11 Listen to part ofthe interview with Andy again. Choose the correct words. I= Interviewer, A= Andy Isee, And what's this / that? : Ws a first-aid kit. It’s always in my rucksack. Good idea. And what's this / that? It’s my camera. I take it everywhere. And “these / those are my climbing, boots. Right. And over there. What are * hese / those? My gloves. Pepe >F WH > an aovert Singular nouns For further information and practice, see page 158. 7 Look at the grammar box. Then complete the ‘questions with this, that, these or those and write the missing words in the answers. wt’ 1 What's? 2 What's? sa Tes my. 3 Whatare 7 = 4 Whatare 7 They're my, They're 8 Pronunciation /1/ or /iz/ @ % 1.12 Listen to these vowel sounds: /i and /it/ b 1.13 Listen to these words and write /V/ orf. ‘Then listen again and repeat. 1 this 5 pink 2. these 6 green 3. keys 7 big 4 it 8 read Speaking 9 Work in pairs, Ask and answer questions about these things. ‘© objects in the classroom possessions in your bag or pocket sara > AROOMIN YOUR HOME > WHEREISIT FROM? » SHOPPING24 reading a place called home * vocab ind speaking a room in your home At home Look at the four photos. What is the same? What is different? Read the article. Are these things (1-5) the same (8) or different (D) for each photo? the country the apartments the number of rooms the furniture the pictures on the walls furniture Look at the furniture and other objects for apartment 1 in the table. Find these things in the photo, furniture « sofa % armchair chair television (TV) desk lamp computer SISISTSINIS pictures blinds curtains SN cupboards and drawers | / rug carpet [plant Look at apartments 2,3 and 4 and complete the table, Which furniture is in your living room at home? Tell your partner. immar there is/are, prepositions of place * A PLACE CALLED HOME These four families are from Seoul, South Korea. Their apartments are in the Evergreen Tower. There are twenty- five floors and every apartment is the same. There is a living room, a kitchen, a bathroom and there are two bedrooms. in these photos, there are two parents and two children. There is always a sofa on the right and there are pictures on the walls. But there are some differences, for example, the colour and style of the furnitureUnit 2 Possessions Grammar there is/are, prepositions of place 5 Look at the sentence from the article, What form is the noun (singular or plural) after there is and there are? ‘There isa living room, a kitchen, a bathroom and there are to bedrooms There's (i) 2 rug ‘There isn'ta table Is there a TV? Yes, t How many pictures 6 Look at the grammar box. Then complete the ‘There are two pictures ‘There aren't any be. here is: No, there isnt. ‘Are there any books? Yes, there are. / No, there aren't ‘are there? There are thee. For further information and practice, see pages 158 and 159. sentences with the correct form of be. There's ‘There There ‘There 7 1.14 Listen and check your answers in Exercise 6. a desk. a rug, but there’s a carpet. three pictures on the wall any curtains. there a plant? Yes, there there any chairs? No, there How many chairs there? There there any books? No, there ‘Then listen again and repeat. 8 Work in pairs. Ask and answer questions about the apartments, Student A: Choose one apartment and answer your partner’s questions, Student B: Ask your partner questions and guess the apartment. Example: roe j sete it noc stems on — PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE ah 4 between behind ‘opposite in the middle = a e e onthe left on the right For further information and practice, see page 158 A Let infront of 9 41.15 Lookat the grammar box. Then choose the correct prepositions to complete the description of apartment 4, Listen and check. ‘There are two pictures in /on the wall and the sofa is? under /next to them. There’s a TV > opposite / between the sofa and there's a plant * opposite /on the right of the TV. There's a large rug $n the right / in the middle of the room, The family is *in front of /belinnd the window. The parents are” in front of /behind the children. 10 Complete the deseri with prepositions of place. about apartment 1 The family is" of the room. They are the TV and the sofa. There isn’t a rug in this apartment, There's a picture* the wall on the right and the sofa is * it the desk and there's a lamp* to the computer, ‘The computer is? 11. Work in pairs. Turn to page 154 and follow the instructions. Writing and speaking 12 Wr ‘a description of a room in your home. ‘Then work in pairs and read your description to your partner. What is the same about your and your partner’s room? What is different? GEEETEN > Your owsecrs ano possessions > ENCMMINRTIMATEINA > wnene 1s rr Fone? EDM > an aoverr > sHoPINGreading a world of parts critical thinking close reading * vocabulary countries and nationalities « pronunciation word stress * speaking where is it from? 2c Global objects Reading 1 Look at the photo of the Mini on page 27. Is this car famous in your country? What are popular cars in your country? 2. Read the article on page 27. Choose the correct answer (A~C) for the questions. A Germany B Britain C Many different countries 1. Which country is BMW from? 2. Where are the parts for a Mini from? 3 Where is the factory for the Mini? Critical thinking close reading 3 Read sentences 1-8. Write answers A, B or C. A= The sentence is true. The information is in the article, The sentence is false. The information is in the article. We don’t know if it's true or false. The information isn’t in the article, In the past, the Mini was a British car. Some parts are from Asia ‘The Miniis a global product. ‘The Mini is famous in Brazil. ‘The two types of engine are from two different countries. ‘The seats are made in America ‘The windows are from a factory in France. ‘The mirrors are from a Canadian company with a factory in Germany. 1 2 3 4 5 6 ae 8 Vocabulary countries and nationalities 4 Complete the table with the countries and nationalities in the article, Country Nationality 1 Britain British 2 Germany 3 Austeia 4 Duteh 5 Canada 6 Italy 7 Japan it 8 Belgian 9 Brazil 10 English 11. Spain 12 oa French WORDBUILDING suffixes (1) ‘Add a suffix ish, -n,-an, ian or -ese to countries to say the nationality: Poland - Polish Australia ~ Australian Vietnam - Vietnamese Some nationalities ae iregular: France - French For further information and practice, see page 19 of the Workbook 5 Pronunciation word stress @ 1.16 Listen to the countries and nationalities in Exercise 4. Underline the ‘main stress in each word Example: Britain, British b 1.16 Listen again and repeat. 6 Workin pairs. Answer the questions about the parts of the world in the box, Africa Asia the Middle East the Americas (north and south) Europe 1. Which three parts of the world are in the article? 2 Name two countries for each part of the world in the box. Speaking 7 Workin pairs. Which country or continent are these objects from? your shoes your bag your mobile phone your car this book other objects in your bag or in the classroomUnit 2 Possessions Peeps bye {he Mini was a British car until 2000, Now BMW, 4.German company, is the producer of the Mini, but the car factory for the Mini is still 'n Oxford, England. There are 2,500 parts in the Mini and they are from countr and continents all over the world including the Americas and Europe, So, what nationality isa ear with a German company, with in ational parts and the factory isin Britain? It's a global product. Bonnet aes the Netherlands tthe Parts of the roof Reee pol iraene ia factory in Germany, Ieee ssa Ca Mirrors | company is Austrian, Part ofthe roofs from England, | pe tthe company is Spanish, Seats Johnson Concrols isan ‘American company. They make the ear seats ina factory in Bria | Froncand back bumper | these ate from Britain, but | the companys headquarters is | Canadian, |Windows The glass in the windows is from a company in France, but Engine "The Mini has got two diferent engines. Theresa petrol engine nd a diesel engine. The petrol the factory isin Belgium, engine is Brazilian and the 2 diesel engines Japanese, Wheels ‘The wheels aren from one country, they are from two! There are different parts and Italian and German companies produce them. factory (n) skit where the company produces the object headquarters (n) /ied'kwo:t32/ main office of a company EAMENEN » YOUR OJECTS AND POSSESSIONS > AROOMIN YOUR HOME > [ITISESTEEEINA » sworn EG > An aoverr @ ere ee eee eee eee eee Eee ere ere eee Eee Eeeeee eee Peeonefones + pronut fe shopping * wor shopping | Look at the photo of a shop for tourists. What | things are for sale? 1.17 Listen to conversations in three shops. Match the conversation with the item and the price. Conversation bags €21.00 | Conversation? coffee $19.35 Conversation3 a football £3.50 1.17 Read these sentences from the conversations. Who says them: the customer (C)or the shop assistant (8)? Listen again and check. Can thelp you? 5 | rdiikea coffee, please, C | Large or small? Alarge one, please. These ones are large. lsthere a medium size? ‘Ace there other colours? | These ones are red. | Those are nice! How much are they? | They're nineteen dollar, thirty-five conts ‘Are they all black and white? This one is red and blue, (k, that one, please, How much sit? Its twenty-one euros $8) EERENEM » your omsects ano possessions (MIA > aN aovert ‘A ROOM IN YOUR HOME n contrastive stress Work in pairs. Use the prompts to make a conversation, between a shop assistant (5) and a customer (C). Then change roles and repeat the conversation, Hello. Can / help? Yd / T-shirt Large / Medium? Medium. / other colours? ‘These / green and blue How much / they? $7.50 garnror one/ones Work in pairs, Underline one or ones in the shopping, expressions in Exercise 3, Then complete these sentences with one or ones 1. I'd likea glass of water, please. A small 2. Id like two T-shirts. Small please. 3. This ball is nice, but that is horrible! 4. These gloves are small, but those are large, P \c contrastive stress 6 1.18 Listen to sentences 3 and 4 in Exercise 5. Note the stress on this, that, these and these, Listen again and repeat. Work in pairs, Practise two conversations between a customer and a shop assistant in the tourist shop. Student A: Turn to page 154, Student B: Turn to page 156. were sir FRow? > ERIGEZwriting adverts * vocabulary adjectives + writing skill describing objects with adjectives 2e For eale Writing adverts 1 Read these adverts. What is for sale in each one? Unit2 Possessions COMPUTER DESK AND CHAIR A.useful, modern, white desk and chai. Cheap at only £61 TECall 0206 685 6978 today. Car for sale od, white and blue British Mini from 1985 with fast, new engine. ‘B Call 0209 671 336 today. RUCKSACK FOR SALE Large, groan rucksack. Good for camping. Never used Email Ltaylor@hmail.net a 2 Vocabulary adjectives Find the opposite ofthese adjectives inthe adverts in Exercise 1 1 old modern , 2 bad 3. useless 4 5 6 expensive 3 Writing skill describing objects with adjectives We can describe objects with adjectives in two ways. Look at the example. Then rewrite sentences 1-4 The desk is modern, = I's a modern desk | 1. Thecar is old It | 2. The computers are modem. | They 3. The sofa is brown, It 4. The roller blades are fast. They 4 Read the adverts again, Weite in the adjectives before the nouns Opinion [size [Age | Colour Noun | usefal modern | white desk iE Mini engine se = rucksack 5 Write the adjectives in the correct, order to make sentences from adverts. Use the table in Exercise 4 to help you. L_I’sa Gapanese / new / fast) motorbike. It's. fast, new, Japanese motorbike. 2. They're (red / lovely) gloves. 3. There are two (ltalian / beautiful / old) chairs for sale 4 A(nice / grey / small) computer desk for sae. 5 Forsale. A (large / modem / white) house. 6 Think of an object in your home. Write an advert for it 7 Display your adverts around the classroom. Read the adverts. Which adjectives are there in the adverts? Are they in the correct order?- Coober Pedy’s opals onBefore you watch 1 Look at the photo of the opals. What colours are in the opals? 2. Work in pairs. Answer these questions about opals with Yes, No or Don't know. 1 Are opals expensive? 2. Are most opals from Australia? 3. Is the colour important? While you watch 3 Watch the video. Check your answers in Exercise 2. 4. Watch the video again. Number these things in the order you see them (1-5). a ahome ina tunnel b_ opal shops in Coober Pedy © one opal five opals e the sunset 5 Watch the video again. Choose the correct word to complete these sentences. 1. The video is in northern /southern Australia. 2. The people in the video are above /under the round. Coober Pedy is famous because of the ope / miners. 4. All /Red opals are very expensive. 5. There area lot of funnels / houses under the ground in the town. 6 There's an office /a house in one tunnel. 7 The miners work here because they are always / sometimes near opals. 8 Alot of miners find opals everyday / don't find pals 6 Watch the video again. Complete the sentences, from the video with these words. 45 3,000 300,000 90 95. millions 1 Inthe summer, the temperature is over degrees, 2 About ___% of the world’s opals are from Australia 3 About people live here and they all want to find opals, 4 These opals are worth about 5 % of opals have no colour. 6 They always believe they are near opals in the ground. And that these opals are worth of dollars. dollars, (be) worth /wazo/ the cost in money ‘ino (v) main/ to dig a tunnel under the ground and take something (e.g. gold, silver, opals) miner (n) ‘maina/ a job a person who digs under the ground Unit 2 Possessions \\\ yy Crus rncurn a After you watch 7 Role play shopping for opals in Coober Pedy Work in pairs. Student A: You are a customer in an opal shop in Coober Pedy. Ask the shop assistant about opals. Where are they from? + Are there different colours and sizes? ‘Then, buy an opal in the photo on page 30 for a good price. Student B: You are a shop assistant in an opal shop in Coober Pedy. Answer the customer’s questions about opals. Then, sell an opal in the photo on page 30 for a good price. 8 These things are also from under the ground. Match the words with the photos (1-5) coal diamonds gas gold oil 9 Work in groups. Discuss these questions. 1. Are there mines in your country? 2 Whatis in the mines (e.g. coal, gold)?UNIT 2 REVIEW Grammar 11 Write the singular form ofthese nouns 1 classes class 5_knives 2. shelves 6 children 3. families 7 boots 4 women. 8 shoes 2 Complete the questions with this, that, these or those 3 Look at the photo. Choose the correct options to complete the text. 1. There sista sofa. 2 There aresome /aren'tany flowers. 3 Thereis/isnta picture. 4 There isa /aren'tany rugs 5 Thedeskand chair are infront of/ between the window. 6 Thered shoes are in on the floor 7. ‘The sofas between / opposite the table and the bed. 8 Thebedis under behind the sofa. Vocabulary 4. Cross out the incorrect word in each group. 1 COLOURS red grey white chair 2 FURNITURE — sofa desk map chair 3. COUNTRY ‘Austria Dutch Japan China 4 ONYOURFEET shoes rollerblades hat boots 5 ONTHEFLOOR carpet blinds rug 6 NATIONALITY France British Brazilian Spanish 7 ADJECTIVES slow age useless large 5 Complete the sentences with one word from each group in Exercise 4 Stop the carata red light. The computer ison my isa country in Europe. Are these fast? There'sa next to the bed. people speak Portuguese. ‘The opposite of ‘fast’ is, 6 Choose seven more words from Exercise 4. Write new sentences with each word. Real life 7 Match the questions with the correct response. Can Ihelp you? Large or small? Is there a medium size? Are there ather colours? How much are they? Are they all black and white? A small one, please. No, there are also blue and grey. Yes, please. I'd like a coffee. Three dollars fifty. 'm sorry, but there isn’t Yes, there's also blue and grey. mene 8 Work in pairs, Practise a conversation ina shop. ‘The customer asks for an object on page 22. Speaking 9 Work in pairs. Describe your favourite object in your home| SO ae ne coc Ura era enya FEATURES No-car zones Some cities are quieter places because they don’t have cars Working under the sea ‘We meet a woman who works under the sea | Places and languages | ‘Many places in the world have more than one language 2 Cowley Road See the people and places, ‘onan English road GACETTIG YOURUFE PHOTOGRAPHER (UL DESCRIBING A PLACE Look at the photo and caption. Where is it? Is it day or night? 9 1.19 Listen to part of a TV programme about restaurants in. different places. Answer the questions. What time is it? Where is the TV presenter? Why is it popular with Norwegians and tourists? Is it spring, summer, autumn or winter? How many hours a day is the restaurant open in. the summer? 1.20 Complete the times. Then listen, check and repeat, half minutes o'clock past to twelve Pra ate aw I 1 Wesix 4 Wsquarter__ four 2 Ws pastthee, —-§ Wsthree__pasttwo. 3 Wstwentyive. nine, 6 Itstwominutesto Work in pairs. Ask and answer questions. What time is + itnow? + midday? * sunrise and sunset? * your English lesson? FAVOURITE NUMBERS GIVING DIRECTIONS 33c cities around the world * adjectives about «i present simple (I/you/welthey) * city life * present simple questions * speaking your life No-car zones adjectives about Read the article and match the cities Underline all the adjectives in the article in Exercise 1 with the photos (1-4). Which adjective means doesn’t cost money lots of people? Read the article again and answer the 2 3 has bad air? 4 questions. 1 Whatis a problem in many cities? 2 Why is ita problem? 3 How many people live in the many people like it? very good? centre of London? Which adjective means the opposite of; 4. What is beautiful in the centre of 6 quiet 9 cheap London? 7 ugly 10 big 5 What are popular in Tokyo? 8 dirty Mold 6 How many people go to work by bus every morning in Bogota? Why is Bourke Street popular? 8 Where are many people at midday? «free or cheap? + modem and popular? + small and crowded? + beautiful and relaxing? polluted and noisy? Work in pairs, Talk about your city ora city you know. Which places in the city are: NO-CAR ZONES Many people have cars in the city. But polltion is 2 problem because of the trafic, Nowadays some city Centres around the world don't have cars. These no-car zones are areas for people, bicycles and public transport only London Eight million people live in the centre of London and anather two milion people go to work there every day. The city centre is very noisy with hundreds ‘of cars, buses and taxis, but there are also a lot of beautiful parks with free musie concerts. At lunchtime and after work, many people go there for a break, Tokyo Parts of Tokyo are always crowded with hundreds of people, but there are no cars. These modern no-car zones are very popular and people like shopping there. Bogoté In the past, Bogota was polluted because there were lots of cars and traffic, Now the city centre is a no-car zone and the air is clean! Many people don't have @ car and half million people go to work by bus every morning. Melbourne ln many cities, people don't lke shopping in the centre, But in Melbourne, Boutke Street is popular because there are lots of great shops and no cars. Its expensive, but ots of people eat lunch in the small cafés.Unit 3 Places Grammar present simple 9 (Vyou/we/they) 5 Look at the two sentences from the article. What is the main verb? What verb do you add for a negative sentence? Many people have cars Some city centres around the world don’t have cars. Gorn eee) live in Tokyo. We eat in cafés ‘You don't lve in London. They don’t go to work by bur. For further information and practice, see page 158. 69 1.21 Match the journalist's questions with the student's answers. Then listen again and check. Do you have a car in London? b ‘Where do you live? Do you like art? What do you do? What time do you finish work? a I'ma studentat university and L work ina restaurant at lunchtimes b_ No, I don't. go everywhere by bicycle. © Atabout three o'clock, Yes, Ido. And [like the theatre. ce Inthecity centre. Grammar present simple questions 6 Choose the correct form to make these sentences true for you. Then tell your partner 10 I live /don’t tive in the city centre. 1 have / don’t have a car. 1 go /don’t go to work by bus. eat /don’t ent in cafés at lunchtime. I meet / don't meet friends in the city centre after work. 6 like / don’t like shopping in the city centre. 7 Are your sentences from Exercise 6 also true for ‘most people in your town or city? Make more sentences about life in the city with these phrases. eat lunch like shopping live go to work have a car work Look at the questions (1-5) in Exercise 9. Answer the questions. 1 What is the main verb in each question? 2. What extra verb do you add? 3 Which questions have yes/no answers? ee erent acca s o you like shopping? Yes, Ido. /No, | don't Do they live in London? Yes, they do. No, they don't. What do you do? Where do you live? ‘What time do we have lunch? For further information and practice, see pages 159 and 160. 11. Write do in the correct place in these questions. L_ What you do? 2. Where you live? ‘ 3. You like shopping? Listening 4 What time you finish work? 5 Youhave a car? 8 9 1.21 Listen to a journalist interview a student a. Ceaser tr a Baw laceliiewt about living in London. Complete his notes with 7 ‘What tmayeu eat dinner? adjectives. 8 You meet friends after work? IN THE CITY CENTRE Speaking ~The shops are ' : ~ There are fots of * es eee -London kas* theatres. ~The restaurant is* with tourists and is at fancntines. ~The parks im London ave beautiful and places fike art 12. Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions in Exercise 11 ner Poet ie GEMEEENG > RENNIEY » APHoTOGRAPHER > FAVOURITE NUMBERS > GIVING DIRECTIONS "> DESCRIBING A PLACEvocabulary places of work * listening my job * word focus work * grammar present simple (he/shesit) « Pronunciations endings + speaking a National Geographic Photographer 3b Working under the sea Vocabulary places of work 4 % 1.22 Listen to an interview with Beverley Goodman, Number the questions in the correct 1 Match these jobs with the places of work (1-8), order (1-5), | adoctor a photographer a pilot a Do you work late? asailor astudent ateacher a waiter b Where do you work? an accountant What do you do? 1 Do you havea family? 1 inan office 5 ima hoepital © What ime do you start work? a ee te eee 5 1.22 Listen again and choose the correct words 4 onaplane & hiacmtiversiiy to complete the sentences. 1 [study places om land / under the sea 2. Lwork / don’t work in an office very often. 3. On the boat, I get up just after five / six ofelock. 4 [meet my team for breakfast at about sever / cit. Alter breakfast, [start / finish work. L finish / don’t finish work late when I'm at home, jive with my husband and my child / fevo children 2. Where do you work or study? Tell your partner Listening 3 Look at the photo and caption. What does Beverley Goodman do? Where does she work? Word focus work 6 Complete the sentences from the interview with Beverley with for or with 1 Iwork National Geographic. 2. Lwork a team of marine biologists. 7 Make the sentences in Exercise 6 true for you. Tell your partner. aie Doctor Beverley Goodman, ‘a marine archaeologist, on ashipGrammar present simple (he/she/it) 8 Underline all the verbs in this text about Beverley. Then answer the questions. 1 Inaffirmative sentences, how does the verb change for he/she/it forms? 2. Innegative sentences, what verb do you add? Beverley Goodman is a marine archaeologist She studies places under the sea, She has an office, but she doesn’t work there very often, She's usually ‘on a boat or under the sea. On the boat, she gets up just after five o'clock and she meets her team for breakfast at about seven. She starts work after breakfast and she finishes late. At horn, she doesn’t finish work late, She lives with her husband and two children. Sometimes her children go to work with her. They love the boats! ieee ce) He works in an office. ‘She goes to work every day. He studies archaeology at university ‘She doesn't work in an office. For further information and practice, se page 160 9 Complete the text about another archaeologist with the present simple form of the verbs. Dr James E, Campbell’ ___ (come) from England and he's an archaeologist. He? (Stud) the ancient pyramids in Egypt, James ~_ (speak) three languages: English, French and Arabic. He __(have) an office, but he 5 (prefer) working in the pyramids with other archaeologists. He* __ (not / have) much free time because he ? (travel) al ‘over the world. He ® (not / get) bored in his job! > DESCRIBING A PLACE Unit 3 Places 10 Pronunciation -s endings 4 1.23 Listen to the third person form of the verbs. Do you hear the sound /s/, /2/ or /1z?? Listen again and repeat: 1 works Is) 7 starts 2 fives — (2/ 8 loves 3 finishes (1z/ 9 speaks 4 studies 10. teaches 5 gets 11 goes 6 meets 12. travels 11, 1.24 Maich these questions about Beverley and James with the answers, Then listen and check. 1. What does Beverley do? Where does James come from? ‘When does Beverley start work? Does James have an office? Does Beverley finish work early? Yes, he does. No, she doesn’t. After breakfast. She's a marine archaeologist. England. age cen eke) ‘What does he do? He's a doctor. oes she have children? Yes, she does. No, she doesn't. For further information and practice, see page 160. Speaking 42. Work in pairs. Exchange information to complete a fact file about Joel Sartore. Student A: Turn to page 153. Student B: Turn to page 154. TET > Your ure > ENTTOTSUIIEE » FAVOURITE NUMBERS » GIVING DIRECTIONSreading and vocabulary numbers ¢ critical thinking relevance + vocabulary cardinal and ordinal numbers * pronunciation saying numbers + speaking favourite numbers 3c Places and languages Reading and vocabulary 1. How many languages do you speak? Which language(s) do you speak in different places (eg. at home, at school, at work)? 2 Read the article. What is it about? Choose the correct answer (2). a The languages people speak in different places b_ Places with new languages © Why English is important in different places 3 Read the article again, What do these numbers refer to? 1 over 190 2 about 7,000 3. over I billion and ‘countries in the world 380 million 400 million cover 300 80% 65 109 wo. 4 Find these words in the article and match them with the definitions (1-4), ancient first official second 1 the language you learn after your first language 2. the main language that people in a place speak 3. the language of the government 4 avery old language Reinet ‘Mary nouns have adjective and noun collocation: fst language, official language. For further information and practice, see Workbook page 27. 5 Discuss these questions as a class 1 What is your first language? Is English your second language? 2. Does your country have an official language? 3. What languages do people normally learn at school? Why do they lear these languages? Critical thinking relevance 6 Read the article again. Add these sentences (a-d) to the end of each paragraph, Paragraph 1: Paragraph 2: Paragraph 3: Paragraph 4: English is a second language for many of these people. b_ That's one point five languages for every island. © When he dies, his language dies. They all speak Spanish as their first language. Vocabulary cardinal and ordinal numbers 7 Look at these two sentences from the article. Which says how many and which says the order? 1 In first place is China. 2. There are over one billion speakers of Mandarin Chinese. 8 Work in pairs. Complete the sequence of numbers. 1 é 7 3 4 a ie 9 Pronunciation saying numbers 41.25 Listen and check your answers in Exercise 8. Then listen again and repeat. Speaking 410 Write down three favourite numbers (eg. your favourite age, date, number). Tell your partner about these numbers.Places PLACES LANGUAGES First place and first language “There ate over one hundred and ninety countries in the world ages. In frst place is China. ‘There are over one billion speakers of Mandarin Chinese. In second place is India with speakers of Hindi. And in third place is Spanish, Spain isnt a big country, but there are over four and about seven thousand lang hundred million Spanish speakers in different countries around the world, This is very true in Latin America. English as a global language ‘Asa first language, English isin fourth place, About three hundred and eighty million people are native English speakers, But English isin first place asa second language for many other people. Over a billion people speak English for doing business, reading the news or studying science and medicine. Jn some countries, English is not the native language, bu itis the official language for the government and in schools. And even in London, the capital city of Britain, there are over three hhundred different languages, ancient (ad) 'einfont very old last (ad) fast final over (ad) /auva(e more than about (ads) /otuot/ approximately ite tigers ae oo Oe oc, The other 6,996 languages Chinese, Hindi, Spanish and English are the ‘big? languages. About eighty per cent of the world’s population speak them. But these are only four Janguages, so what about the other 6,996 languages? Many countries have lots of different languages. For cxample,on the islands of Vanuatu in the South Pacific ‘Ocean there are sixty-five different islands and they have one hundred and nine different languages. The last speakers Finally, there are some languages with only one speaker “They are old people and they speak the language of their parents and grandparents. For example, Charlie Muldunga lives in Australia, He speaks English because itis the first language of the countey. Howeves his native language is Amurdag. Its an ancient language and he is the last speaker of this Aboriginal languageplaces in a city 9 1.26 Look at the expressions for giving directions, Complete the When you are a tourist in a new city, how do you decide conversation at the visitors’ centre which places to visit? Do you use a map or a travel guide? ‘Then listen again and check Look at the map of Atlanta. Where do you do these things? T= Tourist, G = Guide Tr Hello, We'd like to go to the aquarium. Is it! 2 Gills? fifteenminutes but you go past some interesting places on the way. So look at this map. Go? Decatur Hee 7 Street and then up Marietta Street giving directions a Spring Street and. take the first street ® Centennial Olympic Park is on the corner. I's very nice. Go across the park and on the right there's the World of Coca-Cola. Oh, that sounds interesting. Yes, itis. itand the aquarium is opposite T: Great. Thanks alot Pec ‘Asking for directions ‘Where is.? I lke to go to Isitnear here? Giving directions | tes near here. its about ten minutes away Gopastthe... I” get tourist information 6 read a book learn about history 7 meet clients and relax outside colleagues see a play or a musical 8 look at sea life park your car 1.26 Listen to a conversation at the visitors’ centre. What places on the map do they talk about? T: G | Go across... gt tak the fst et onthe.) rate he st set onthe ot. nit P Work in pairs. Practice similar conversations at the visitors’ centre Ask for and give directions to different places on the map of Atlanta, SAMOETTIA > YOURUFE > APHOTOGRAPHER > FAVOURITE NUMBERS > QUID > Descria a PLaceting a travel website * writing skill capital letters Describing a place Writing a travel website When you travel to a new place, where can you find Read the website in Exercise 2 again. information? Which one of these things 1~7 does not have a capital letter? I capital letters Bella Potachouck writes for a travel website. Read about her favourite city. Tick the items she describes (1-6). the word at the beginning of a sentence the pronoun I names of people, cities or places countries, nationalities or languages days and months seasons and parts of the day streets, roads, parks and squares the name of her city ‘good places to visit her favourite time of day, month or season places to meet friends her favourite cafés and restaurants good ways to travel around the city Rewrite this description with capital letters i'm from australia and i love sydney! there are ‘over four milion people here, but it’s never crowded, that’s because there's the harbour with the famaus sydney opera house and there are beautiful beaches. my favourite season is summer because of the surfing. lots of people go to bondi beach but on saturdays i go with my friends to narabeen beach. it's quiet and relaxed. afterwards we go to the centre of the city. there are over three thousand restaurants with every type of food from japanese to lebanese. Write a description of your favourite town My favourite place in Russia is Red Square in Moscow arty sora webuie because there are interesting museums and art galleries. But | also lke other parts of Moscow. Krasnaya Presnya 5 Display the descriptions around the Park is great. On Saturdays in the summer | meet friends classroom. Walk around and read each there in the afternoon. We relax and play sport ~ and it’s other's descriptions. Check the capital free! Summer in Moscow is between May and September, letters. bt | love winter. Decombor is my favourite month because the snow is beautiful and we go ice-skating. TIME > VOURUFE > APHOTOGRAPHER » FAVOURITE NUMBERS > GIVING DIRECTIONS a PERI: ol re wl “iGowley Road are enerBefore you watch 41 Work in groups. Look at the photo and read the caption. Discuss the questions. L_ Describe this city with three adjectives. 2. Why do you think Oxford isa popular place for tourists? Work in pairs. Imagine you are a visitor to Oxford, Write three questions to ask local people. Then compare your questions with the class. Example: Is there a park in the city? While you watch 3 Watch the video about a road in Oxford. Tick (7) the places you see. 1 university 8 post office 2 church 9. sports centre 3. school 10 restaurants 4 shops 11 park 5. mosque 12 hospital 6 busstop 13 supermarkets 7. train station 14 tourist information Work in pairs. Make questions with the words. ‘Then wateh the video again and check, 1 isa post office there near here ? 2. isto eat good place there a near here? 3. round here a park is there ? 4 get to the supermarket how do I from here ? Watch the video again. Choose the correct answers to the questions, 1. Why's the city of Oxford famous? a because of the university b_ because of its history © both answers and b 2. Which part of Oxford is Cowley Road in? a north b south © east west 3. How does the narrator describe the road? a busy b noisy © crowded 4 What communities live here? a Asian and Caribbean b- Chinese and African © both answers a and b 6 Role play conversation between a vi Unit 3 Places 5 Where do you cross the road for the post office? a atthe bus stop bat the traffic lights © atthe comer 6 Which types of restaurants do the two men talk about? a British dl Portuguese b Italian e Greek Turkish f American 7 Where is the park? a onCowley Road b on Manzil Way © on Oxford Avenue 8 Whois the park for? a children b_ students © everyone 9° Where are the two big supermarkets? aon Manzil Way b onthe right © opposite each other 10. Which small supermarkets does the woman talk about? a Greek dd. Russian b Polish Japanese Lebanese f Chinese After you watch and a local person Work in pairs Student A: You are in your local town or city. Make a list of the important and interesting places for tourists. Think about: © places to visit places to shop * places to eat + places to relax Student B: You are a tourist in a new town or city Write questions to find out about: + places to visit * places to shop + places to eat + places to relax, When you are ready, practise a conversation between the local person (Student A) and the tourist (Student B). Then change roles and repeat the conversation. Work in pairs. You work for tourist information in Oxford. Tourists visit the old parts of Oxford, but they rarely visit Cowley Road. You want more tourists to visit here. Write a short paragraph about Cowley Road for the city website. Use the information from the video._UNIT 3 REVIEW Grammar 1 Complete the sentences with these verbs. eat go have like live work ia with my family in Dubai. 2 We ina restaurant near my house at the weekend. Idon’t shopping in the city centre because the shops are crowded. 4 They in an office in that building, 5 Idon't acarsol to work by bus, 2. Complete the conversation with do or don't ‘A: Where! you live? B: In New York. At you like it? B: Yes, it's great, There are lots of places to go. A:*_"__ youhavea car? B: No,I* ‘And I? |___ travel by public transport because I have a bicycle. Do you like shopping in New York? No,I* I shop online. a> 3 Choose the correct option to complete the sentences. come / comes from Egypt. He live / lives in Singapore. My friend speak / speaks four languages! We don't / doesn’t have much free time. She don’t / doesn’t work in an office What do / does your husband do? Pie Ne “tak about my daily i _ask people about. Vocabulary Say these times. 1 5:00 4 as 2 75 5 15:03 3.925 6 2156 5. Match the words with the sentences. carpark hospital hotel library museum office park restaurant There are waiters here. People read books here. Doctors work in this place, tay the night in this building, Anaccountant is in this room People relax here at lunchtime. Put your car here, Learn about history here. 6 Complete the adjectives inthe article about Bangkok. BANGKOK, THAILAND Bangkok in Thailand is "bg cily with obout fen milion people. Ws oso a?p_p_Lr city with tourists, so is often °c_o-d_d with hundreds of pope. The cy isan inlreting mix of | old houses and °m-d_r_office buildings. There's alo « lot of trafic so sometimes the air is *p_Lue.For’eenoirand*q it places, go to the parks and the river say the time describe a town or city talk about places of work Real life 7 Complete the word in each sentence 1 Wis themuseum? 2 Isitn here? 3. It’s about ten minutes a 4 Goa this street because it’s on the other side of the road. 5 T __ thefirst street on the right. 6 T__tightand go straight up the road. ‘ask for placesin ac ‘ive directions Speaking 8 Workin pairs. Describe six actions in your normal day and what time you do each action. I get up at six o'clock.Free time Cone enemas i Py 2 FEATURES 4 1.27 Look at the photo and listen to three people talking about their free-time activities, Which person (1, 2.0f 3) isin 100% Identical? the photo? [dentical twins look the 6 1.27 Listen again. Match the information for each person. | same, but do they have a | identical interests and Free-time |When? | Who with? | Why? hobbies? EEE leer a-eeeee eee eee | : Person 1,[ go fishing | after work | my brother | tts quiet and j Free time at work ba a ” rata An interview with Ronen arse [een | Wandea__| te good'for photographer Norbert shopping | Saturday [08 Se eee Person 3 | goto the | early in the | on my own } tts funt ay moming Extreme sports Think about your freetime activity. Write notes about Meet four people who like «hadi igovunring? raich'T0H dangerous sports * when? (morning? evening? at the weekend?) ‘© who with? (friends? family? on your own?) why? (fun? good for you? relaxing?) In my free time Interviews with real people 7 eaehets seas # Work in groups. Talk about your free-time activity. Iimeet friends at the weekend and we play computer games. It's fun. [ZEEE] unes anposuKes OALWUFE YoURABUTES AGAPYEAR [ISIE] sHonr emails a