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Unit                  Grammar                           Vocabulary                      Real life (functions)         Pronunciation               Listening                          Reading                      Critical thinking      Speaking                 Writing
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                          simple present and                word focus: love                opening and closing           direct questions            an excerpt from a TV program       an article about cultural    examples               getting to know you      text type: a business
                            present continuous              feelings                         conversations                short questions              about Native American culture      identity                                           a color quiz               profile
                          dynamic and stative verbs         wordbuilding: adjective +                                                                 two people taking a quiz about     an article about                                    how international        writing skill: criteria
                          question forms: direct              noun collocations                                                                        colors and their meanings          globalization                                        you feel                 for writing
                            questions                                                                                                                                                                                                        first impressions
    Culture and           question forms: indirect
                            questions
    identity
    pages 9–20
    VIDEO: Faces of India  page 18             REVIEW  page 20
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                          present perfect                   musical styles                  choosing an event             weak forms                  two people talking about           an article about listening   balance                new releases             text type: a review
                          already, just, and yet            emotions                                                      intonation with really,       arts events                       to music                                           experiences performing   writing skill: linking
                          present perfect and               word focus: kind                                                absolutely, etc.          a man talking about his dance      an article about                                    a survey on the arts       ideas
                            simple past                     describing performances                                                                     academy                           performance art                                    arts events
    Performing
    pages 21–32
    VIDEO: Taiko master  page 30               REVIEW  page 32
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                          simple past and past              describing experiences          telling stories               d and t after -ed endings   an excerpt from a radio            an interview about           drawing conclusions    the first time           text type: a blog post
                            continuous                      wordbuilding: adverbs                                         was and were                  program about water               underwater discoveries                             What had happened?       writing skill:
                          past perfect                       with -ly                                                                                   recreation                       an article about                                    learning a lesson          interesting language
                                                            word focus: get                                                                           interviews about what               an unforgettable
                                                                                                                                                        happened next                     experience
    Water
    pages 33–44
    VIDEO: Four women and a wild river  page 42                      REVIEW  page 44
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                          predictions                       word focus: job and work        making and responding         weak and strong             three people talking about their   an article about the         the author’s view      predictions              text type: a cover
                          future forms                      education                        to requests                   auxiliary verbs              childhood ambitions               future of work                                     planning your calendar     letter
                                                            wordbuilding: prefix re-                                                                  three women talking about          an article about the                                the perfect job          writing skill: formal
                                                            pay and conditions                                                                          decisions                         economic boom                                      requests                   style
                                                            job requirements                                                                                                              in China
    Opportunities
    pages 45–56
    VIDEO: Everest tourism changed Sherpa lives  page 54                      REVIEW  page 56
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                          modal verbs                       a healthy lifestyle             describing dishes             weak forms                  an excerpt from a radio            a news article about         the writer’s purpose   rules and regulations    text type: a formal
                          first conditional                 word focus: so                                                disappearing sounds          program about healthy eating        traditional dishes                                consequences               letter/email
                          when, as                          restaurants                                                                               two people discussing the          a news article about                                modern life              writing skill:
                          soon as, unless, until,                                                                                                      power of the mind                   imaginary eating                                  restaurant dishes          explaining
                            before                                                                                                                                                       an article about modern                                                        consequences
    Well-being                                                                                                                                                                             lifestyles
    pages 57–68
    VIDEO: Dangerous dining  page 66                 REVIEW  page 68
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                          purpose: to, for, and so that     word focus: long                reacting to surprising news   weak form of have           two people discussing an           an article about flexible    speculation or fact?   What’s it for?           text type: a news story
                          certainty and possibility         art                                                           showing interest and          unusual photo                     thinking                                           speculating              writing skill:
                                                            wordbuilding: nouns and                                         disbelief                 a speaker at a conference          an article about one                                comparing ideas            structuring a news
                                                              verbs                                                                                     talking about a puzzle            of aviation’s greatest                             surprising news            story
                                                            -ly adverbs in stories                                                                    an excerpt from a radio             mysteries
    Mysteries                                                                                                                                           program about the Nasca lines
    pages 69–80
    VIDEO: Encounters with a sea monster  page 78                    REVIEW  page 80
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    Unit                  Grammar                                  Vocabulary                    Real life (functions)      Pronunciation              Listening                         Reading                     Critical thinking      Speaking                 Writing
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                          used to, would, and                      in the city                   stating preferences and    rising and falling         three people talking about        an article about what       descriptions           places                   text type: a description
                           simple past                             wordbuilding: noun ➙            giving reasons             intonation                 different living arrangements    New York used to                                  advice                     of a place
                          comparative adverbs                        adjective                                                                         podcast replies about house        be like                                           a tourist destination    writing skill:
                          comparative patterns                     word focus: as and like                                                               design                          an article about a small                           stating preferences        organizing ideas
                                                                                                                                                                                          town in Puerto Rico
    Living space
    pages 81–92
    VIDEO: The town with no Wi-Fi  page 90                    REVIEW  page 92
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                          verb patterns: -ing form                 vacation activities           dealing with problems      strong and weak forms      three people talking about        an article about writers    reading closely        travel companions        text type: a text
                            and infinitive                         travel problems                                                                       travel tips                      returning to their roots                          favorite activities        message
                          present perfect and present                                                                                                  people talking about their        an article about the                               going green              writing skill: informal
                            perfect continuous                                                                                                           vacations                        impact of tourism                                 travel problems            style
                          How long?                                                                                                                    an excerpt from a radio
    Travel                                                                                                                                               program about a wildlife
                                                                                                                                                         conservationist
    pages 93–104
    VIDEO: Questions and answers  page 102                    REVIEW  page 104
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                          passives                                 shopping                      buying things              linking                    market research interviews        an article about two ways   testing a conclusion   shopping now and in      text type: customer
                          articles and quantifiers                 wordbuilding: compound                                   silent letters              with three people who             of going shopping                                   the future               reviews
                                                                     adjectives                                                                         are shopping                     an article about how to                            souvenirs                writing skill: clarity:
                                                                                                                                                       an excerpt from a radio            negotiate a price                                 buying things              pronouns
                                                                                                                                                        program about impulse
    Shopping                                                                                                                                            buying
    pages 105–116
    VIDEO: Making a deal  page 114            REVIEW  page 116
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                          second conditional                       medicine                      talking about injuries     sentence stress            a podcast about the Marathon      an article about life on    reading between        I’d love to live in …    text type: a personal
                          defining relative clauses                word focus: take                                         and                          des Sables                       another planet               the lines            medicine                   email
                                                                   injuries                                                                            an excerpt from a TV show         two stories about acts of                          inspirational people     writing skill: linking
                                                                                                                                                         about bionic bodies              endurance                                         talking about injuries     ideas
    No limits
    pages 117–128
    VIDEO: What does an astronaut dream about?  page 126                            REVIEW  page 128
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                          reported speech                          communications technology     telephone language         contrastive stress         four conversations about          an article about isolated   opinions               news stories             text type: an opinion
                          reporting verbs                                                                                   polite requests with can     the news                         tribes                                            personal                   essay
                                                                                                                             and could                 four conversations about news     an article about                                     communication          writing skill: essay
                                                                                                                                                         headlines                        community journalism                              apps                       structure
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            telephone messages
    Connections
    pages 129–140
    VIDEO: Can you read my lips?  page 138                    REVIEW  page 140
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                          third conditional                        wordbuilding: prefixes in-,   making and accepting       should have and could      an interview with a farmer        a review of a book about    relevance              decisions                text type: a website
                          should have and could have                un-, im-                      apologies                   have                     two stories about difficult         Arctic expeditions                               Where did I go wrong?      article
                                                                   word focus: go                                           sentence stress             situations                       an article about the                               going back in time       writing skill: checking
                                                                                                                                                                                           samurai                                          making and accepting       your writing
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             apologies
    Experts
    pages 141–152
    VIDEO: Shark vs. octopus  page 150             REVIEW  page 152
    COMMUNICATION ACTIVITIES  page 153                             GRAMMAR SUMMARY  page 156                      AUDIOSCRIPTS  page 180
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