5 Us Seafgblemoto) Colt e- 1 VOCABULARY acjective suffixes a Make adjectives from the nouns and verbs in the list, and complete the sentences. Mon needs colour to live. It's just as necessary an element as fire or water. Fernand Léger, French painter, sculptor, and film maker PRONUNCIATION word stress Underline the stress on the words, Then write them in the correct column in the table. ambition boss cheer create glamour possess poner rely self social 1 Jackisextremely _ ambitious. He'd like to be the company director. 2 My colleague is really me what t0 do. Dave's girlfriend is very him talk to other girls. 4 Mysisterisalways_ the time 5 Jane’s husband is really thinks of himself, 6 My best friend is very when [need her. Mikeis really people. 8 My brother's wife is very She looks like She's always telling ____- She doesn’t let She looks happy all He only ever She's always there He enjoys being with other anactress! 9 He'savery businessman. He has a lot of influence over other people. 10 Annaisreally __. She's made some wonderful sculptures. 1b Complete the text with the adjective form of the words in brackets. In some cases, you may need to adda negative prefix (un-) as well asa suffix to the word. in the past, very few people ate at the restaurant con the comer of my road because it was dark and 1 airty (dit) inside. tt was also very?__—__ (noise) because the owner liked loud music. In the end, it closed down because it was* is | (profit Last year, the restaurant changed hands and | nowitis*—____{recognize). The new owner has painted the walls yellow, soit looks cleaner and much more? space). He has bought | new tables and chairs, which are more &§_ | (comfort) than the old ones, and he has also changed | the menu. The old menu was full of 7 = (health) fast food like burgers and chips, but now they serve*___ impress) three-course meals, We often go there for Sunday lunch, because the food is quite®_ {afford} ‘active adidicltve agigresisive delslable enivious inlexlpenisive irlrelsponlsible rejbelliious sensiible stylish uniatitracitive_unisucicess/ful [ Stresson Stresson ‘Stress on [nthe | secondeytte | tdapiole | {GIL Liston and check. Then listen and repeat the adjectives. GRAMMAR adjectives Right (/) or wrong (X}? Correct the incorrect phrases, 1 Blue eyes are less common than brown eyes. Ww 2 Slike the hat purple best. the purple hat hest 3. Your glasses are more stylish that mine 4 She bought two differents jackets in the sale. c 5 ‘Siverian Apa gold. o 6 My best friend is the more reliable person | know. Oo Your hairis more davk than mine oO 8 My aunt wears clothes very colourful. Oo 9 Theseare the most comfortable jeans I've ever bought.[_] 10 Yellow is popularer than red this season. oO'b Complete the dialogue with one or ones where heecessary. 1 A. Which is your coat? B Thered_ one. 2A Which biscuits shall I get? B The chocolate__. They are my favourite. 3A. Shall [use brown or white bread for the sandwiches? B Brown ___. There isn'tany white left. 4 A Where's your car? B Overthere.It'sthegreen 5 A Do you prefer Chinese or Indian food? B Indian Hove really spicy food. © A. Which carrings do you like best? B Thegold They look great. Complete the sentences with the correct comparative ‘or superlative form of the adjectives. In some cases, ‘more than one answer may be possible. Michelle isthe _ quietest _personin our office. (quiet) 2 Iwas____than my husband by our daughter's new haircut. (shocked) My friend's new boyfriend is the — Tknow.: (stupid) 4 The person who is _ ____about the birth is the baby’s grandmother. (thrilled) 5 Mysisteris __than me. (clever) 6 T'm___inclass this year than Iwas last year. (bored) 7 Tvenever been first flat. (stressed) ___person _____than when I bought my Complete the sentences with much or a bit + the comparative form of an adjective from the list. essertive good polite short spacious 1 His girlfriend is _much more assertive _ than he is. She really says what she thinks. 2 rm__ _than my brother. He's 1.82m and Pm 1.80m, 3 My children are _than my sister's Hers never even say ‘please’ or ‘thank you. 4 Pm feeling _ than yesterday, but I don't think I'll be able to go back to work tll next week atthe earliest 5 My new flaris than the old one. I's ‘80m, and the old one was 70m’ 4 READING a Read the text and complete it with the missing headi A WHAT RESULTS CAN YOU EXPECT? B WHO CAN BENEFIT FROM IT? CUS THERE ANY EVIDENCE THAT IT ‘WORKS? DB WHATISAT?- E WHERE DID IT ORIGINATE? b Read che text again and choose a,b, orc 1 Experts think that colour therapy. ais good for patients’ minds and bodies. helps people who are under alot of pressure © should only be done in one way. 2. According to Ingrid Collins, colour therapy can m people feel... 2 hungrier. bless moody. © more active. 3 Dé Max Lasscher used colour therapy to treat his patients’ a medical problems, b_ psychological problems, © family problems, 4 June McLeod thinks that colour therapy. should only be used by certain people. b can be used by people of all ages. © shouldn't be used by very ill people. 5_ In general, colour therapy makes people fel... 4 more assertive. b lessaggressive. © moreambitious. © Match the highlighted words in the text to the definitions below. 1 small electric amps that you hold in your hand torches 2. showed 3 working at the same time or speed gas 4 ameeting with somebody to get advice 2 5 sad, depressed 6 helps something to develop 7 illpeople ee 8 something that is done to make somebody look good or feel bercer 9 the smallest units of living matter that can exist ontheir own 10 long rolls of akind of paper with writing on them1 VOCABULARY holidays a Complete the sentences, 1 ['llhave to wear a T-shirtin bed because I've forgotten my pyjama: 2 There area lot of mosquitoes in our apartment. Let's buy some, 7 3 Ican't plug in my charger. I didn’t bring an 4 Ineed to transfer some photos to my computer. The m c is full 5. Please shave before we go out. Did you remember yourr____? 6 Putonsomes, You don't wantto burn Do you prefer to wear a bikini ora sw the beach? 8 Myhairisamess.CanTborrowab____? 9 Ithink you should put on some other shoes. Fl___fl__are fine for the pool, but not for hiking Ifyou need to borrow some toothpaste, there’s some in my w. b before we go to the beach, 10 b Complete the sentences with the correct form of verb + +ing or on + noun. Use the words below. aboattrp camp acruise hike package holidays asafari_ sail sightsee surf tour 1 They went _onaboattrip _along the Seine while they were in Paris. Ineed to buy some strong boots. I'm going __atthe weekend. 3. My parents have got a boat, so they go every summer, around 4 Have youever beet the Mediterranean? He kept on falling off the board when he went yesterday, __ don’t like tents. 6 Thate going 7 Did yougo when you were in Rome? 8 We bought guidebook so that we could go onourown, 9. One day, I'd like to go tose lions in the wild. Tdon't like goi much too organized. of the Colosseum. Pd love - Everything Holidays are about experiences and people, and tuning into what. you feel like doing at the moment. Enjoy not having a watch. Evelyn Glennie, British musician © Complete the postcard with the past simple form of a suitable verb, Dear Debbie ‘Sorry Uaven’ clied. when |? wapaubed my bag | veotized that Vl forgotten. may shone chargert we herein Greece. We spent te fr all. the sights. The best day was when we Hill to see the Acropolis. twas avnnzing) kal, we went toa po fin | Mh massage. | Loved it! Now weve here in Santovini, and tks st three day ioh was exhausting. Wn the evening, we were so tired tt i emf andl Sw _ on the bene) the sunset Lda cane ve Very sumbernt, my bacle really hurts! Ste you when we ott backe on Friday, Love Anna § Thomas 2 PRONUNCIATION /s/ and /z/ a Girel the word with a different sound. F ce ten | ce] % Ibs oa S| S > > flip-flops clothes | cruise | razors | books pyiamas | massage | phones | bottles b GT Listen and check. Then listen and repeat the words3 GRAMMAR present tenses a Circl®the correct forn 1 Be quiet! try |Grutryingto read, 2. Ben uses fisusing sunscreen all year round, not just in the summer. 3. His wife always packs j packs alwayshis suitcase for him + Pay attention! You don't listen | aren’ listening to me. 5 Elizabeth doesnt usually wear | don't usually wear make-up on the beach. 6 My boyfriend never is ismeverina hurry 7 Sam and Richad go j are going hiking every weekend 8 Who your girlfriend is talking to jis your girlfriend talking to? 9 My brother speaks | is speaking good French because he has lived in France. 10 You go | Do you goto the same place on holiday every b Complete the dialogue with the present simple or Present continuous form of the verbs in brackets. A What? are you doing _ next weekend? (do) B12_______ toa concert. (go) ‘A Where? B InGlasgow. ‘A That's a long way to go for a concert! Haw %______you__ there? iget) B14 ___ on Friday morning. (Fy) My flight pn at 14.25. leave} ‘A What times _ —theplane in Glasgow? (arrive) BWe7 at 15.15 and then my sister _____. {land / pick me up) ‘A Whenis the concert? 5 OnFridayevening.it®_____at 6.30, (start) We™____some friends at 7 o'clock because wet tobelate. (meet / not want) A Well, hope you have a great time. BThanks.1@____ really tit (look forward) © Complete the sentences with the present simple or Present continuous form of a verb from the list. notagree belong depend have not matter recognize notsee taste think not want 1 Wemight gocamping,butit_depends _on the weather. 2 1__ that man. I've seen him hefore. 3 Josh isn’t sure about the summer. He about doing voluntary work 4+ Whosebagisthis?_ 5 1____tobuy anything. I'm just looking. __toyou? ie | © Can you call back later? We __ 7 Thacisn'tright.1 —dlinne with youatall 8 1__why we have wo get up eatly. We' on holiday! 9 This soup horrible. Pm not going. 10 She needs holiday. It_ ______ where, READING Read the text quickly and answer the questions. 1 What was Paul Smith's destination? 2 Did he manage to get there? Read the text again and choose the correct answers. 1 Paul Smith is known as ‘The Twitchhiker’ because. a heeweeted about his hitchhiking adventures whe he got back, b_ hehas accepted help from Twitter users to travel © healways tweets when he goes hiking in the country. Paul thought up his plan while... a hewas walking around the supermarket, b_ hewas paying for his shopping, © hewas driving home to his wie. Thousands of Twitter users knew about Paul's plan because, 4a hesenta message to everyone he knew. b_hegave an interview to a national newspaper. € hehad the support ofa famous person, 4 Paul completed the first part of his journey. a bysea, b byral © byroad. 5 After Paul had been travelling for a week, he was. a inEurope. b imthe USA. © inNew Zealand © When he reached the end of his trip, Paul felt a disappointed thathe couldn't get to Campbell Island, b_ worried about how he was going to get home. © grateful co the people who had hnelped him. Look at the highlighted words and phrases and try to work out their meaning, Then check the meaning and pronunciation in your dictionary. ———_—_—_—eeeeee1 VOCABULARY shops and services @ Read the clues. Complete the puzzle to find the hidden kind of shop. What does it sell? ‘([[aoWPo]e lel e[T [Tle 1 Atype of shop where you pay to wash and dry your clothes in machines is a launderette A very large shop outside a town that sells a variety of goodsisah_— 3 A shop that sells Flowers is a fl_ 4 A-shop that sells paper, pens, and pencils is a seas tht 5 A shop that sells medicine and toiletries isa ch 6 The place where you go to look when you want to buy a houseisane__ ia. A shop that sells meat isa b__ A shop that sells bread is ab A shop that sells fish isa A shop that sells newspapersand magazinesisa a 1L_A shop where jewellery and watches are sold and repairedisaj__—— 12. A shop that sells fruit and vegetables isa pp eat Join a word from A with a word from B to form places on the high street. Then complete the sentences. A chain craft DIY dry healthfood market off- travel B agent's cleaners fai cence stall store 63) iFlwon the lottery, fd start a charity that helped little fami hardware shops and fruit shops to open in city centres Alexei Sayle Gitish comedia 1 My cousin hasa_market stall in Covent Garden, 2 Can you pick up my suie from the please? selling leather bags 3 Tanya wentto the to bay 4 Did you book your flights online or at theese see ai 5 Webought a beautifal hand-made wooden bowl at the 6 Zaraisa_ that you find in ‘many shopping centres ll over the world. 7 They stopped at the tobuya bottle of wine for dinner. 8 Ourlocal hasavery good selection of gardening and carpentry tools, ¢ Rewrite the sentences, replacing the bold words with the correct form of the phrasal verbs in the list. beoutoF close down lookfor lookround openup_tryon 1 [didn’t buy any black trousers because they didn’t have my size in stock. 1 didn’t buy any black trousers because they were out of _ my size 2 Pve walked round to see what there is, but | haven't seen anything I want to buy. 1 but [haven't seen anything want 3. Alot of new phone shops are starting to do business in the city centre. Alot of new phone shops in the city centre. 4 Excuse me, where can I put on these jeans to see if they fit? Excuse me, where can | these jeans? 5 The restaurant stopped trading after the health inspector's visit The restanrant health inspector's visit. 6 Hannah was trying to find a bikini, but she ended up with aswimsuit Hannah ended up witha swimsuit after the ini, but she ae2 READING a Read the text and complete it with the missing headings. ‘There is one extra heading you do not need to use, A Customer service B The building C Prices D Online shopping E The shopping experience F Thelocation 1b Read the text again and mark the sentences T (true) or F (false). 1 Daunt’sis making a profit despite competition from the internet, 2. The Marylebone High Street branch is the newest store in the chain. ‘The building was originally built to be a bookshop. 4 Daunt’sin Marylebone has been completely renovated. There are only two floors in the store. 6 Inthe beginning, Daunt’s only sold books about travel 7 Books by French authors will be found in the ‘same section as travel books on France. 8 People ofall ages are welcome in the store. 9 Daunt’s places a lot of importance on customer service. Customers can buy books cheaper on the website = 10 Look at the highlighted words and phrases and try to work out their meaning. Then check the ‘meaning and pronunciation in your dictionary. LONDON'S FINEST BOOKSHOP Book stores have suffered a lot on the high street recently, due to the jiai8ive growth of online book sellers, such as Amazon. One of the few book stores to survive and, indeed, prosper over the last decade is Daunt Books in London, more commonly known as Daunt’. Read on to find out the secrets ofits success. 1E “There are six stores in the chain, bue the original and most famous of them is the main store in Marylebone High Street. Marylebone is an ABMEHE area of inner-city London which is very popular with shoppers. Daun’ is a favourite because of its reputation as ‘the most beautiful bookshop in London’ 2 ‘The shop ites housed in an ol aBGUE bookshop, which was buile for the purpose in 1912. The shop frontis full of character because of its large, historic windows Inside the store itself, Daune's ‘maintains is oviginal appearance. The walls are lined with wooden bookshelves, which extend right to the back of the long, nartow shop. There isa second level upstairs reached by a wooden staircase, Se a leads downstairs co the basement. The shop has Gin and a number of beautiful Sights Teceinge te see ant clacmcs ered gt 3 Daunt’s started life over 20 years ago when the shop was purchased by former banker James Daunt. At first, the store specialized in travel writing and the books were arranged by country. Later, the owner decided to expand without changing the organization of the store. Today you can stil find travel guides and maps of Moscow in the section dedicated to Russia, but you can also find novels and poetry by Russian authors there, too. There are also sections dedicated co more ‘unusual places, such as Echiopia, Tibet, and the polar regions. ‘Ac the front of the shop, there isa fantastic selection of nevily published fiction and non-fiction, and a superb children’s section full of weld and Wor “The staff at Dawn's have a reputation for being friendly, helpful, and Knowledgeable, which makes ic difficult for booklovers to stay away. Each customer is greeted when they enter the shop because they have to walk past the service desk. ‘The assistants allow visitors to take their time looking round, yer they are always on hand to give advice when necessary. 5 Unlike its competitors, Daur’ hasnt invested heavily in technology, because ic hasn’ needed to. Is website is basic, ‘but GHabmiHY. Ie contains a virtual tour of the Marylebone store, which is well worth exploring, and there are also reading lists and ‘books of the week’. Dawns competes ‘on specialism and quality of selection rather than price, offering customers beat OPAGSHIaiF when they are looking for a particular book.‘A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday, but never remembers her age. Robert Frost, American poet 1 GRAMMAR past simple, past continuous, or used to? a Correct the mistakes in the highlighted phrases. 1 didi’ Went out much when Lwasa teenager. didn’ go out — 2 Wetaked my parents out for dinner last night. My brother used to had a beard, but now he’s shaved it off. 4 We were sit in the garden when my grandparents arrived ce aero SSO Where you stayed when you went to Greece? 6 didn't used to eat many vegetables when [was a child. What was you doing when I saw you in town. yesterday? | gave up trying to explain when [realized that you didn't listening. 9 You use to play in the street when you were young? 10 My girlfriend stoped eating meat when she wasa student. b_ Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs, Use the past simple, past continuous, or used to. ‘Sometimes more than one answer may be possible. 1 My parents _didn'toun_a car until they —got married. (not own, get married) 2 1__late this morning, so! time for breakfast. (wake up, not have) 3. When ourguestarrived, I tothe children and my husband — __ the dinner. (read, finish) 4 Emily lasses until she _ ‘working at the computer al day. (not need, start) 5 Ben the doorbell because he to music with his headphones on. (not hear, listen) 6 Luckily, they very fast when they the lamppost. (not drive, hit) 7 {____inGermany fora year when | a student. (live, be) 8 We____ in the high street, but then they ‘anew hypermarket near our house. (go shopping, build) 9 Myson his boarding pass while we at the airport for our flight. (lose, wait) 10. Wealways ‘our holidays in the same village when we children. (spend, be) © Complete the text with the correct form of the verbs, Use the past simple, past continuous, or used to. ‘Sometimes more than one answer may be possible. Fonte met et on of my gan and that was my dad's mother, We 2, ea her every Sunday afterno: was | a) en when | was litle One day, — ~ (look after) me because my — (visit) a friend in hospital, (play) in the garden, aul — (Cook) lunch. She ak (all) me when the meal was Urtrrsawn (amin te ‘itchen [9 myles fe ~———____ (catch) my little fir it at but | was more upset because |! = Inot think) the nail would to ould Brow again, However, m sran pat a, ii iB ne itiently. (explain) that | would on have a new fingernail. After that, 12 {hot forward to) seeing her every Sunday, so that (can) show her. ‘how my nail oS pose, Parents 4 In the morning, 15 _ while my gran &InCalifornia they don't throw their garbage away - they make it into TV show Woody Allen, American film director anc ac 1 VOCABULARY rubbish and recycling 2 PRONUNCIATION /1, /ar/, and /ex/ a Complete the text with the words in the list. a Gircid the different sound bins dustmen landfillsite packaging takeaway take out throwaway waste waste-paper basket In my family, we do our best to recycle as much of our | pubbish_as possible. Wehavetwo? ___inthe kitchen, one forhousehold? and the other for plastic ‘and cans, The children each havea 5 in their room where they can ® their used paper. We7. ‘the rubbish as soon, as the bins are full Outside on the street, there are four larger bins, which are all different colours. The green one is emptied every evening by the * _ but the others are emptied less frequently. There's a yellow bin for recycling plastic and cans, a green one for glass, anda blue one or paper. Alorry comesto® ___the contents of these bins about once a mont. suppose that the things thataren'trecycledaretakentoa®@ bin away danger guilty lifestyle date b How are the following products usually sold? ‘ ea packaging | polystyrene plastic clogs oo recycle reapaly tray 8 jam inaj______ b AGEN} Listen and check. Then listen and 4 margarine inat_______ repeat the words, 5 mineral water inab 6 orangejuice imac 7 peeled tomatoes in at 3 READING 8 softdrinks ina a Read the article once and complete it with the © Rewrite the phrases in bold using the correct form of a missing Harsnces: verb from the list and the object where appropriate, A The produce considered too ugly to sell is often ——————=$ left on the trees or in the fields. B Thisis because they no longer invest rime and Teapply recycle rehest replay rethink reuse 1 Experts say that you should warm up food again only money in buying food on the high street. once. __reheat food — C This amounts to two billion tons of food. 2 Inthe past, mothers washed their baby’s nappies and put D The researchers say that the waste costs the them on again because they were made of cloth. average household £480 per year. 3 This lipstick lasts for 24 hours, so you don’t need to putit E These discounts result in consumers buying far onagain during the day. more food than they actually need. 4 Isit possible to put polystyrene trays through a process, so that they can be used again? 5. The referce made a mistake, so they repeated the last five minutes ofthe match, 6 Daniscurrently considering his future again because he failed his final exams.4 GRAMMAR future forms: will / shall and going to a Gireldthe correct future form. Tick (/) if both forms are possible. 1 Could you take the rubbish out now? Ithinkit’s raining KétL ra this evening. on 2 We're flying | We're going to fly home on Saturday. ‘Our flight leaves at 9.00 p.m. L 3 Ik’stoo late to call them now. I"! cal [call them in the morning. What shall we do { will we do with our old sofa? 5. Why don't you give away your riding boots? You're never going to wear | You'll mever wear them again. 6 Trust me. [won't ell /'m not telling anyone. = Sitdown, Fmmaking |1’ll make youa cup oftea. My sister is getting married | is going to get married in che spring. ee © Don't leave the butter outin this heat. [1 melt] It’s melting. es 10 Thanks for the lovely meal. Will clear | Shall clear the table? ‘ b Complete the dialogue with the correct form of will shail or going to. Sometimes more than one answer is possible. A HiClare. Thanks for coming round to help. B No problem. When !_are you gaing to mave (you move) to your new house? ‘A Next Saturday. Ive got @ week to pack everything up. Right. So, where? (we start? | thought we could do the garage today. Weit there and? (I move) the car. Have you got any boxes? Yes, they'te in the kitchen. 4____(1g0) and get them for you. Right. Let's start.§__ (you take) that ladder with you? A No,&___(I not have) room for it. 'm moving toaflat.”_ (give) the ladder to one of my neighbours. ® {he come round) on ‘Tuesday or Wednesday to pick it up. B What about those old chairs. ® have) room for those, either? ‘A Good point. What 2 {40} with them? B Why don't you take them to the charity shop? Come ‘on.%_____(Vhelp) you put them in the car. A Be careful. They're heavy. B Don't worry. >o ao>ro (younot (not drop) them! 5 LISTENING a AGERED You are going to listen to aradio b_ Listen again and complete the notes. programme about recycling around the world. Look at the list of countries. Which one do you think is th best at recycling? Which one is the worst? Listen an check your answers. Australia India South Africa Sweden ‘Amount of | Amount | Recycled waste | recycled _| products Australia| 2___kg | athirdof | paper and perperson thetotal | cardboard, plas per year bottles, glass, sweden |? __kg | 96% per person a peryear clothes, drinks containers india [5 ke | aquarter [& perperson | ofthe | newspapers, peryear | total electrical ‘goods South [7 kg |®—% | cans,paper, Africa per person glass, plastic | per year Listen again with the audio script on p.71 and try to guess the meaning of any words you don't know. ‘Then cheek in your dictionary. USEFUL WORDS AND PHRASES Learn the words and phrases. scavenge /skievinds! worthless wos frozen frovzn! meltdown /melt'dauni feel guilty tis oti second-hand local council isekand ‘haendl/ {lookl ‘kaonst! chemicals kemtklz the environment ‘Oi an'vaironmont!1 VOCABULARY study and work a Complete the crossword. F b Complete the text. ‘When Mary finished her degree, she started looking out for job. vacancies. She found that she had the right 2a for many of them, but she had no 3ex___ beeause she had never worked before. ‘One day, she saw an advert for an internship, and so she decided to“a__ £ _it because she thought she might lear some useful sk__ She quickly wrote out her CV and included the name of her university tutor as a ®r . Then she wrote a7 and sent everything off to the company. A week later, she received an email inviting her to % an interview. The day after the interview, she an offer ofa three-month placement, but she decided not to accept it, She hadn't realized that she wouldn't get paid if she u san intern! 1m going to college. don't care if it ruins my career. rather be smart than a movie Natalie Portman, American/Israeli act Clues across > ‘A university student who is studying for their first degree. (One depactment ina university, eg for Arts or Law. ‘Aclass in which a small group of students discuss a subjec with a teacher. 5 6 10 ‘A teacher who is responsible for a small group of students at university A long piece of writing you do as part of a master’s degree, Clues down | 1 2 4 ‘A presentation that takes place on the internet. ‘Atalk thatis given to a group of students to teach them, aboura particular subject. ‘A university student who is studying for their second degree. ‘Along piece of writing you do as part of a PhD. 8 Auniversity teacher of the highest level. "The area of land where the main buildings of university a 2 PRONUNCIATION word stress a Underline the stressed syllable in the words in the| ‘Then write them in the correct column in the table attend delgree difsseritaltion postlgraldulate proffessior reifelree relsiidence schollariship selmiinar_tuitolilal _uniderlgraldulate _vaicanicy Stress on Stress on Stress on ist syllable | secondsyllable third syllab att b ABER Listen and check. Then listen and repe the words.= 4 GRAMMAR first and second conditionals 5 LISTENING a Right (/) or wrong (X)? Correct the wrong phirases. a (GRE Listen toa radio programme about unpaid 1 Ifhe’slate again, Ihemighelose his job. 2 Iflwon’tanswer the phone, leave me a message. —Iflidon'canswer they paid us more, we didn’t complain. Oo 4 You'd miss the traffic if you lofea bit earlier 5. We'll never finish everything ifwe won't work late. [_] 6 IfSally lived in the city centre, she could walle toher office 7 Max won't accept the job unless they don't agree to his conditions 8 Hedéesa postgraduate course ifhe can't find ajob. (_] 9 Lwouldn'tlive at home if Twill be a student. oO 10. [fyoudidn't havea part-time job, you'd have more time to study. 1b Write first and second conditional sentences. 1 Tdon'eearn enough money so I can't buy my own flat. [could buy my own flatif Learned more money 2. My sister has a boyftiend so she doesn’t spend enough time studying. My sister would spend more time studying if. 3. IfBecky gets scholarship, she'll goto an American university. = unless she gets a scholarship. 4 Matt doesn't live in a hall of residence because it’s t00 expensive. Ifitwasn't so expensive, 5 Ifyou don'thave enough experience, they won't offer you the job. Youwon't get the job unless 3 6 Ifyou wear the right clothes, the interviewer will be impressed. the interviewer will get abad impression. 7 You miss your lectures because you get up late, Ifyou got up earlier, 8 Teachers always notice when students cheatin the exam. Ifyou cheat inthe exam, = internships. What is the expert’s recommendation? ‘A Unpaid internships should be banned B Allthree-month internships should be paid. C The length of internships should be reduced. D Companies that don't pay interns should be punished b Listen again and complete the sentences. 1 Companies currently give jobs to about a ofall interns. 2 Olga Britten says that some graduates don't apply for internships because they wouldn’t be able to pay their __ expenses. 3. According to Olga,__%of young people couldn’tlive in London without salary. 4 Olga suggests that companies are employing the richest graduates instead of the most___ones. 5 Olgastates that itis to-employ a person na company far a long time without paying them. 6 Companies that break the law are punished with a heavy 7 Olga agrees there willbe __places for interns if companies have to pay them. 8 Olga chinks that young people should do work _instead of internships. Listen again with the audio script on p.72 and try to guess the meaning of any words that you don'eknow. ‘Then check in your dictionary. USEFUL WORDS AND PHRASES Learn the words and phrases. advert fiedvsit internship /nts:ajip! be exploited _/bi k'splottid! stack shelves /stiek ‘felv2 sell (sth) door to door [sel dot ta ‘ls delivery service {dv livari ssivis/ doaround /ddo.9'ravnd/ minimum wage _/minimom ‘werds/ thecheckout fda 'tfekaut/I find television very educational. Every time ‘tums it on, | go into another room and re Groucho Marx, America 1 READING a Match photos 1-6 with the dates below. Then réad the text once and check your answers. 2june 195320 july1969 November 2008 20 April2011 27 uly 2012 14 October20i2 TELEVISION: PAST AND PRESEN Nothing illustrates the meaning of the word ‘progress’ more speech on 4 November 2008 when he became the fi || than the way television has developed aver the last 90 years. black American President, Sporting events and royal In ess than a century, the system for transmitting visual images weddings have also had extremely high ratings lately and sound has gone from being non-existent to becoming an Nearly a billion people all over the world watched the of that year, and nearly two billion are reported to ha ‘The first televised moving images were made during the Se eee ee seen Prince Willam marry Kate Mideletan on 29 Apr | important mass media the world over: opening ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics on : | 1920s Seotish engineer John Logie Bid But twas after the coronation of Queen Elzabeth lon 2 June 1953 Of course these days, the transmission of fGhF@hSUS that television really took off in the UK. Over 20 milion ‘ocEasions is not lite to television. Tocay, streaming viewers followed the event, which was broadcast around viewers to watch internet videos and webcasts of ive ¢ ‘the world in 44 languages. Few could afford to have a TV in realtime. On I4 October 2012, Felix Baumgariner's set in those days, so those who had the money to buy ene _FéCord-breaking skycive from the stratosphere was se | invited their neighbours which sometimes meant the by viewers all over the world on their computers, table | whole street —to watch the ceremony on their small black smartphones. The event was streamed as it happened ] and white screen. more than I40 digital companies, as well as being trans } Since then, many more historic moments have been Cee aerate 1 witnessed on TV. The first moon lancing on 20 July 1969 Technology has been acvancing at an incredible rates | as watched by around |4% ofthe total world population. the 192 Inthe UK today. here ae 480 erent ‘Although it was the middle of the night in some parts of the channels. Every year, 27,000 hours of content is produ | world, an estimated 530 milion watched in amazement as. Although Logie Bard also developed Hiditdhitiol [Neil Armstrong took his first step. More recently, numerous 3D pictures in the 1940s, this i surely something that people around the globe saw Barack Obama's ‘Yes, we can’ the father of television could not have imagined,——— b_ Read the text again and choose the right answer. 1 The writer thinks TV isa great example of progeess. a because itcan transmit pictures and sounds b_ because people can warch itall over the world. € because ithas developed so fast. 2 Before the Queen's coronation. avery few people had a television. 1b people weren't interested in the royal Family. € television sets were not very expensive. 3. The most popular programme on TV in the last 60 years was... a the London Olympics. b_ Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding. Neil Armstrong's moon walk. 4 More people were able to watch Felix Baumgartner's| skydive because. a itwastelevised in many different countries. b_ icwas very well publicized by social networks. ¢ itwas shown live on different media, 5 IfJohn Logic Baird were alive today, he would be surprised by. a. thesize of the television industry. b the quality of the images transmitted. € the appearance of 3D television. © Lookat the highlighted words and phrases and try to work out their meaning. Then check the meaning and pronunciation in your dictionary. b_ Match the descriptions to the types of programmes below. cartoon chat show cookery programme documentary live sport period drama quiz show reality show seep 1 It’s Abi’s birthday, and Tanya is determined to give her agood time. __ soa, 2. Whena ‘cool’ couple moves in next door, Homer tries to be just like them, but Marge and Bart have problems fiteing in 3. Coverage of stage two of the prestigious cycling race 4 Daily round-up of highlights, revealing how the housemates are getting on, 5. Today, Jamie prepares more quick meals, including an interesting pork recipe, 6 Ona journey taking him from Luxor to Istanbul, Neil Oliver explores the story behind the last Pharaoh of Egypt. 7 Another episode in the life of the aristocratic Crawley family and their servants in the post-Edwardian era 8 Twomore contestants compete against each other to sce who will go through to the next round. 9 Tonight's guests are former Bond girl Britt Ekland and politician John Prescott. 3 PRONUNCIATION ‘wi /v, and /b/ a QGP Listen and complete the sentences. 2 VOCABULARY television Wise —— forthe a Complete the text with the words in the lst. 2 Thevi forthe turndown tumedoff turnedon turnedup was on 3 Have you ever _ ‘or Cambodia? SSS 4 Did you the show ‘My friend's brother gave him a 3D TV witha 60-inch on. # 1_screen_for his birthday. The TV was so big that it 5 The_____team wona. didn’t fit on the ® he had, so he decided to seen buy anew one. Once he had the TV where he wanted 6 We've been ___ ice we ae ithe? it __and setup the up uEey, | channels with the ‘When it was ready, b Listen and check. Then listen and repeat the sentences. | he sat down to watch a film that © but the | sound wasn't very good. Fe ® ‘the volume, but he still couldn't hear the actors very clearly. He had the same problem when he” toanother channel. $0 he decided to go and buy a pair of a to attach tothe set. He ® the TV, drove into town, and found what he wanted. But he hada shock when he tried out the new sound system, because he had forgotten to. the volume. The noise was so loud that it made everybody jump! — _4 GRAMMAR present perfect simple a Right (/) or wrong (X)? Correct the mistakes in the highlighted sentences. e 2 Lass 1 Have you heard tomorrow's weather forecast? 2 The reporter haven't switched on her microphone, _hasn'tswitched on 3 The documentary bas finished just 4 They've had the same TV set since 20 years 5 ve already seen this film. 6 Haveyoueverbe on TV? Thaven’t watched that programme since they ‘changed the presenter 8 Weltnoweach other forages, 9. Phaven'tnever liked watching live sport. 10 Has the news started yee? ee (De sl as I ade Cale A b Gircld the correct answer. 1 Lee's switch over. We've seep | Wesaw this documentary before 2 Have you heard the news? The President has just resigned | just resigned! 3 Iwent to sleep on the sofa last night and haven't turned off | didn’t turn off the TV 4 Don't tell me what happens ~ I haven't watched | [didn't swatch the last episode yet. 5 Thar programme is on | has been on since l was a child 6 [don’t need to see the film because I've already read | already read the book. 7 The children have had the TV on all day | forall day. 8 They've only known each other fora month [since a ‘month and they're getting married. 5 LISTENING © Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first. Use the word in brackets. 1 Is this your first time in Spain? (been) Have. you been to Spain before? 2 My fricnd bought his speakersa week ago. (had) My friend __aweek. 3 Igot home two minutes ago. (ust) Il __home. 4 Jodie Foster became an actress when she was a child (Gince) Jodie Foster __shew achild 5 Wemoved house in 2005, 2008, and 2012. (times) We 6 Ididn’tlike cartoons in the past and I don't Tike thes now. (never) 1 cartoons. 7 They have been married for ten years. (get) they clk sk a: 8 Idon't wanta coffee, Ihad one at home. (already) Tdon't wanta coffee, | a GERAD Listen to five speakers comparing their of elevision and the internet. Answer the question: 1 Which speakers spend more time watching TV? 2. Which speakers spend more time online? ____ 'b Listen again and match speakers 1-5 to sentences A There is one extra sentence that you do not need to 1A He} She gets casily distracted in front of the (1B He/She doesn't often watch TV. [1c He/ she values TV as time to spend with the family [ID He | She uses social mediato chat about TV programmes. (IE He/ Sheis usually too busy to watch TV. (CVF He Sheis very selective about which TV programmes to watch ¢ Listen again with the audio script on p.72 and try to guess the meaning of any words you don't know. Then check in your dictionary. USEFUL WORDS AND PHRASES Learn the words and phrases. release(afilm or TV series) review /n'vju iiss! cable TV /Ketbl ti '¥ season sitzn binge watch viewer ('vju Pounds wots? flashback _/flefbeek! abit fo hi cliffhanger /‘kiifhaena’ streaming _'strizmmy/_ Read the text again and complete it with the missing information, A. Plums: mid-July to early September B_ The nearest railway station is Gordon Hill, about 1.5 kmaway. © pienicarea D_ Westarted growing strawberries for Pick Your Own back in 1979, E There is a minimum charge of £3 for each adult or child who enters the Pick Your Own area. F Opening hours are variable on Sundays. © Look at the highlighted words and phrases and try to work out their meaning, Then check the meaning and pronunciation in your dictionary 4 GRAMMAR present perfect continuous a Complete the text with the present perfect continuous form of a verb from the notadd drink noteat go make play swim try use walk My husband and! _have been fiving to lead a healthier lifestyle recently. We? = Jogging together every day before we go to work. He 3 to work instead of driving, and! ‘ the stairs in my office instead of taking the lit. We = alot of water ‘during the day, and we ‘any snacks, Attar work, |7 ‘every evening and. my husband © tennis twice a week Instead of cooking a big meal when we get home, my husband 2 us some lovely salads, He _____ alot of ollto he salads, but thoy stil taste delicious! b_ Write present perfect continuous sentences with for or since, Use contractions where possible. 1 I'mlooking after my neighbour's dog. They went on holiday last Saturday. (since) I've been looking after my neighbour's dog since las Saturday. 2. My brother lives in Paris. He went there (wo years ago. (for) My brother 3. Emma ismy girlfriend, We started going outa year ago. (for) Emmaand | 4 Rosie is studying, She started when she came home, (ince) Rosie_ 5 They're training for the new season. Their first session was three weeks ago. (for) ‘They _ 6 Iesraining. Ir started at about 8 o'clock, (since) It LISTENING GERG) Listen to an interview with Susan, a Woman who moved to the country from the city: Where would she like to live in the future? Listen again and correct the sentences, 1 Susan lives in southern Germany 2. The village school has around 90 pupils. 3. Their organic food company buys fruit From other organic farms. 4 The company sells its products in Germany. 5 Susan likes going running through the fields behind her house 6 She playsin an orchestra. 7. She doesn’t like going out at night because it's too quiet. 8. She would like to live nearer the hospital Listen again with the audio script on p.72and try to guess the meaning of any words that you don't know. ‘Then check in your dictionary USEFUL WORDS AND PHRASES Learn the words and phrases. move to (a place /house) theme tune | in ta Peis un) move in (to. place/house) increase productivity amusy ‘in /in its prodak'tivati moveback /muv'bek/ shortage 'ptits) | fitin fit in rationing. reefonuy6A—Do it yourself 1 VOCABULARY DI and repairs; paraphrasing Read the clues, Complete the puzzle to find the hidden objectina shed. 1 Ir’sathing you use to stop people from opening 2 gate. 2. It’sathing you use to climb up, eg. to paint aceiling. 3 It’sa thing you use for making holes. 4 They're things made of metal that you can use to attach one piece of wood to another or to put in a wall to hang pictures on. ‘They're things you can use to cover the bathroom wall. ‘They're things that you use for building walls. Ie’sa thing you use for tightening screws. Ie’sa thing you use for carrying water. Ie’slikea rope but much thinner. 10 It’s the thing that you put through a needle when you ‘want to mend your clothes. a iz] | Complete the dialogues. 1 A. Thelight isn't working, Don't worry. ll change the light bulb. Its dark outside. Toke at. How do you lock this door? Youhave to pull the h up, Ineed to light the candles. There are some m_ ‘ve bought some wrapping paper for Mary's present. Great! Have we got any 5, 2 need to stick this phato on this application form. OK. Here's the gl inthe drawer. a> Ororeornarae If you want a thing done well, doit you ‘Napoleon Bonaparte, 28th century Emperor ofthe: © Lookat the pictures. What are they doing? ‘Complete the sentences. 1 1 She’stying her shoelaces —. 2 They some shelves. 3 She ahole in the wall, 4 He ___the handle on. 5 She___abutton ona shirt. 6 They atyre. PRONUNCIATION consonant cluster GESED Listen and write the sentences. Listen and check. Then listen and repeat the sentesI 3 VOCABULARY at a restaurant a Complete the sentences. 1 Would you like a glass of juice? 2 Healwayshasab____of cereal for breakfast. 3 T'mlooking forac___to open the wine. 4 Lev'sask foraj of tap water instead of mineral water. 5 I'lllay theablefor you. Whicht____ shall use— the white one or the blue one? 6 Doyou ever make tea in at ordo you always use mugs? 7 Can have another w. sl please? I'm changing from white to red. 8 Thiskn_ doesnt cut very well. Could you bring me another one? 9 Could you putsp__on the table? We're having soup asa starter. 10 Idon’t like drinking tea out of a mug. I prefer using a cup ands b Complete che text with che correct form of the verbs in the list (pase simple, past participle, infinitive, or verb +-ing) askfor_notbook cary clear notlay leave order Pour recommend send back serve take try We had a disastrous meal in Menorca once. Some friends had?_recommended_ the local lobster stew to us and so ‘we went to one of the best restaurants on the island to try it. Unfortunately, we had? __atable,sowe Couldn't have dinner there. Instead, we sat down at a table ‘that a family had just left in the restaurant next door. The owners the table for us, and then the waiterwhowas“________ourtable came to 5 ‘our order. He seemed quite young and a bit inexperienced. When he came back, he was © ___atrayof drinks, but he couldn't put them down becausehe”______thetable.Afterhe had putthe tablecloth dawn,he®___—_ some wine for us. We ® it, but we didnt ike it, Se Me See ara walted, for our meal. At ast, the waiter appeared with the food we had Luckily, my son was in the toilets at the time, because the waiter dropped the stew allover his chair as he was putting iton the table. We a ‘he bill and left the restaurant without 8 ati. fa PRONUNCIATION word pairs witt {GEE Listen and complete the sentences. 1 Gan youpass the 2 Let’shave 3 Would you like some your meal? 4 Haveyoupur__ on thes § Would you likeamugora__ your wea? _. plea for lunch. ’ Listen and check. Then listen and repeat the se LISTENING SETEEGD You are going to hear a radio proges {giving advice about how to complain in a restay Number the advice in the order you hear it. CJ What to doinease you are il [1] How co make it even clearer that you aren’ sa LJ Who to contact about the complaint the next When to make the complaint TF] How to make the complaint 1 Who to speak o in the restaurantif the com isignored Listen again and complete the sentences. 1 The key to making a successful complaint is osu Hs EET 2 Youshould be when you speak to the waiter 3 You shouldn't _. because it not be his or her fale 4 Ifthe waiter isn't helpful, you should speak 5. Always leavea tip, or the waiter might think ried hate contact Citizen's Advice Bureau to take the matter fu 7 Contact the restaurant or the health departm« you get iii USEFUL WORDS AND PHRAS! Learn the words and phrases. customer service stock (noun) (sto ;kastamatt) rail /reil! cashier ‘kava! hanger haga’ counter *kavnto/ till full inappropriate trainee (trey'nit Jina|praupriot