VOCABULARY. DESCRIBING A CITY 1. Add vowels to complete the words There’sa lot of tr_ff_c. It very cr_vid_. The streets are cl_1 Hove the n_ghtl_f There are lots of th_ngst_s__ and. The p_bl_ct-_nsp_rt syst_mis excellent. Inthe city centre, there's quite a lot of cr_me. usually find people are fr_ndly and p_l_t There are some lovely parks and gr_n sp_c_s. 10 Some oF the oldb___Id_ngs are beautiful nands_f_. 2 complete some people's descriptions of their cities. Use the phrases in brackets to help you. 1 "There are lots of beaut! ful Uke the museums and the cathedral’ (places like houses, ‘with walls and a roof} 2 The system is great It's really cheap: (buses, trams and underground) 3 ‘it a problem in the morning because there's 2 lot of (alot of cars) 4 ‘People are always very and {stop to talk or help you; say things like please and thank you) 5 ‘The thing | like best is the parks, There are lots of where you can go for a walk or sit and enjoy the view: (places with trees and plants) 6 ‘The problem is that there’sa lot of {illegal activity) 7 “its an industral city, so its very (the air and water are nct clean) 8 I dor't like going into the city because it’s very {too many people in a smal! space) 9 ‘ithas a great with ots of clubs staying open all right long: (places to go out at night) 10 like It where tive. The streets are and “(no rubbish crime) CoN USES OF LIKE 2 Complete the conversations using phrases with like 1A: Did you choose the salmon starter? What's 3 Its delicious. Try some. : Do classical music? No, I cant stand it.| only listen to rock. 3 A: What Going at the weekend? B: Nothing much, We like staying at home and relaxing! = What your weekend 2 B: twas great, We went out on Saturday and had a really good time. haven't met your sister What’ 2 B: She's really funny. 'm sure you'll ike her _ the weather at the moment? Is raining, as usual. ____tivingin London? : love it. There are so many things to see and do. = What that new restaurant by the river ? B: It's lovely. We ate there last week. Find and correct the mistakes in the questions. Add, cross out or change a word, 1A: What's your new be teacher like? B: She's really good. She makes the lessons interesting. What's it to like living in the country? Isa bit quiet. think preferred the city. 3. A: Does your mother staying with you? She loves it. She comes to stay once a month 4 A: Are you like eating out in restaurants? B: lenjoyit sometimes, bt | prefer to.caok at home. 5 A: Is it much more expensive to live there now? ‘What the prices like? B; It's not too bad. But it’s more expensive than itwas, 6 A: Do your drother like it in Scotland B: He likes ita lot. He says its beautiful 7A: Which’s your neve job like? Are you enjoying if? B: It brilliant. The people t work with are really friendly ) 10.1 Listen and checkWhere ts the uty of love? Which is the most romantic city in the world? Which is the cheapest? We've travelled around the world to find the cheapest, most romantic and safest cities. Can you find your perfect destination? Db The world’s most romantic city Paris is the city of Jove. Most Europeans think Pais isthe most romantic city in Europe, although Vienna, Prague and Venice are populer, too. So what's the most romantic thing you can do in Paria? Wil its not go tothe top of th Eifel Tower — that's too erouidad, Buy some breed and cheese and enjoy a rierie near the rver Or spend the afternoon sitting outside a pevement caié, just watching the ceople go by. Paris is pertect tor couples. 2) The cheapest city in the world ‘Mumba in Inca isthe least exnoncive city in the word. Twice a year there io a list made whiah compares the cost of ing in efferent cities around the wold, and cities ike Moscom, London and Tokyo are always at the top. Honever, Mumooi i at the Bottom ofthe lit, giving it the tile of the cheapest oty in the world to ive i YB) the satest city you know that New York is now one of America's safest big cites? There isless cline now and what was once one of the most dangerous cities in the worls 6 rot ary more. This le good nows for tho $6 milicn visitors wha como: to New York avery year for the great shopping, the museums, some ol the best restaurants in the world and, of course, to see the Statue of Liberty, Tnes Square and other famove sights 5 Try to guess the answers to the questions. Then reed ‘the text to check. 1. Which city is called the mast romantic city in the ‘world by more than fifty percent of Europeans? 2 Whichis the cheapest city to live in? WRITING E USING FORMAL EXPRESSIONS © Put the words in the correct order to write an email. 1 Me/ Smith, /dear 2 ask/ college / am/ courses /1/ at /to/ about / 7 your / writing, % Maven searamencabout New (orks inlay 3 you/ know/ have /| / would /'to /in /tike / August / 4) Its one of the safest big cities in the USA. y ceerahee b) It’sone of the most dangerous cities in the USA. 4& this / prices / addition / to/ in / know / the / like / 1/to/ would i ti et anal sasme te cpetins 5 soon /to/1/ from / forward / you / look / hearing. 1 Do people think that Vienna is @ romantic city? 2 What’sthe problem with going to the Eiffel Tower? 3 According to the article, are Moscow, London and Tokyo expensive cities to live in? 4 Has New York always been a safe city? 5 How many people visit New York every year? 6 What are two Famous sights in New York? ® Find words in the text that match these meanings. 1 that many people like (paragraph 1), 2 ameol you eat outside, especially in the countryside (oaragraph 1) 3. walk past (paragraph 1) 4& the price of things lke food, blis and public transport (paragraph 2) 5 at some time in the past (paragraph 3) 6 things that tourists visit in a city (paragraph 3) 6 sincerely, / Bridges / yours / Sally 'S Write an email (80-100 words) asking fer information about the accommodation in the advertisement. Host family accommedation available for students. Please email Sam Wellings for further details. Sam Wellings, Accommodation Officer email: SWellings@1emaill.comVOCABULARY CRIME AND PUNISHMENT 4 Complete the words in the sentences. 1 Thep_l_co_ff_c_rcaughrtheth__f. 2 Thej_dg_gaveheralongpr_s_ns_nt_ne 3 Alototsh_pl_ft_rsst__ I mobile phones, 4 The ct_m_n_Iknew the v_et_tn. 5 Hewes given af_n_forwr_t_ng gr_ffl_t_onawall 6 C_mm_n_tys_fv_¢_'sn’ta good punishment for a crime like fr__ 4 7 Lastyearhewas_rr_st_dforsh_pl_ft_ng. 8 The police are _nv_st_g t_netheth_Rofafemous painting, 9 Inthe film, he br__ksintoe benkand sh__tsa guard. CoV PRESENT/PAST PASSIVE © Match the sentence halves. 1 Over 4,000 foxes are 2 Ouracademic courses are 3 Thistype of clothing is 4 Until recently, charity workers weren't 5 The bulldings were 6 Animal fatisnt 7 The thief was 8 That window wasn't 2) used in our food, 'b) made in our factory in Milan ©) paid much money for their work d) killed every year for thelr fur ¢) taken to prison. f) broken by my boys, 2) designed by French architects, 1) recognised by colleges all aver the wore. 5 Underline the correct alternatives, ‘My favourite rime programme is CSI, an American series. Usually. it has the same structure. Firstly, someone 'Ails/is be hillei/is killed mysteriously. After this, the CSI officers, are celledjcailfare call io solve the mystery. They collect eviclence which *looks/is looked/is look at very carefully in the laboratory. Then the CSI officers “are brought) have braught/bring various people to their office and ask, questions. More evidence *has discovered; discovers/is discovered which allows the CSI officers to find the killer. So, why do [lke it? The most interesting thing Is the way the evidence “ts foundhas found}is inc. They never “are missed/miss/are miss anything, - halt, a contact lens, even a dead insect. | also like the characters of the CSI officers. They are not perfect people, but they Saxe done/ do/were done their job perfectly. Complete the texts with the past simple active or passive form of the verbs in the box. Tell dioose say cath ge come arrest have 1A Girl in North Carolina * for Hy, During ber ial tego possession. She her iPod, The judge threw Il onto the floor Reems yeutiou bee tienie Eaibee orrirecclie secrecy: st ald “Den ‘do i) to onybody else.” ‘William Brown, aged nineteen, stealing «TV from a house. Brown said the TV was oc hisTitte broth, who! aboken leg and vas bored in bed. The judge sentenced Brown to no TV watehing for a year Amazing! the victim of the erie 2 ts OK. have two TVs, He can botrow one while his brother gets bere LucesStepanovich drove throueln town playing. loud music with is windows down Ar is tal he a choice: paya $100 fine or listen to lead dassical music for sixhours Hen the muse 5 Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence. Use the correct active or passive form of the verbs in brackets. 1. Extra homework is given to the students every day, The students Give) 2. His books aren't sold in the USA. Bookshops in the USA. hot sall) 3 The library wes destroyed in an earthquake, Anearthouake = (destroy) 4 The children didn't break the window. The window = (not break) 5 Hundreds of products use plastic Plastic Gein 6 The thief was caught by the police. The police 7 -(estchy 7 Noone told us about the exam, We a (not teld 8 You don't find tigers in Africa Tigers (not find)LISTENING GB A (©) 103 Read the text and look at the pictures. What Issues do you think each person will talk about? Listen and check. Mae iia GENERATIONS THREE QUESTIONS: 1 What annoys you ebout modern life? 2 How can we stop it? 3. What punishments do you propose? We asked a sixteen-year-old, a thirty-five-yearold and a seventy-yearold. You may find their answers surprising, Or maybe not! © Listen again and choose the correct options. 1 Sophie a) Isa teacher, b) works with technology. 9 isa schoolgirl 2 Sophie thinks people concentrate better a) when they use technology. b) without technology. ©) when they wear headphones. 3 Luis doesn't like a) newspapers and food in the tube b) food at work. © the government. 4 What punishment does Luis suggest? a) cleaning the tube b) paying some money ©) cleaning the strests 5 Pamela loves a) her older friends. b) being old ©) technology, 6 What punishment does Pemela suggest? a) reading emails from her b) writing spam messages ©) reading spam messages, Read the sentences and find words that match the meanings. 1 ‘They spend thelr whole life wearing headphones. {think it's really rude” not polite: 2 “In my school they banned personal technology during lessons. formally seid that people must not do something: 3 ‘For me, the worst thing is litter on the street. unwanted paper, bottles, etc. that people leave in 3 public place: - ‘4 ‘People just leave their newspapers lying around: ‘when something is left somewhere, in the wrong, place: 5 ‘All this paper isa real mess! untidy, with everything in the wrong place: 6 “The government has tried to introduce fines, bur it hasn't worked’ money you have to pay as @ punishment: 7 ‘Spem is 50 annoying’ making you feel angry:exo TSTON PROBLEMS 1 Read the clues and complete the crossword. Across when a computer suddenty stops working ‘when you have to weit for something because it late when you cant move, eg in traffic or a small place paper, cans, bottles, ete. that people do not want and leave in public places 8 not working properly (e.g for equipment) Down 2 help thet is given to you in a restaurant orshop. 4 when people speak lke this on their phone in a public place, t can be very annoying 6 unwanted emails that advertise something FUNCTION COMPLAINING 2 Choose the correct options to complete the conversation. A: Hello. Can |help at all? B:Yes, theresa the television in my room. ‘A: What exactly isthe problem? Bite OK I? itright away Is there anything else can hele you with? B: Yes. | ordered! room service this morning but I had to wait * an hout Actin really® that, si B: And my room was very noisy last night ‘A: 'm afraid there’s nothing we can * ‘that, sit, There's a disco downstairs, B: Every night? ‘A: Oh no, sir.On Monciays there's @ rack concert, 1 a) problem with b) problem for ¢) big problem 2 a) isntwork —b) not work ——_«) doesnt work 3a) checkinto by look into ——_@) lookup 4 a) at over by forabove ——«) for aver 5 a) somyfor —b) sorryabout_¢) very sorry 6 a) makeabout b) dofor ©) doabout J & Look at the pictures and write sentences using the prompts. 1 there / problem / printer = 4 2 microphone / not work 3 been / here / over two hours B Match responses a)-0 with complaints 1-3 in Exercise 3A. 2a) Im really sorry about that. | was stuck in traffic jam. by I fookinto it right aay. For now, you cen use the printer on the second floor. ) Tim sorry but there's nothing we can do at the moment, We don't have any electricity. LEARN TO SOUND FIRM, BUT POLITE © © Complete the sentences with a word that matches, the stress pattern in brackets. 1 Sorry, buttheresa__orablern _with my room. (00) 2 ‘me. ve been here For aver an hour (00) 3 ___I speek to the menager? Im not happy with the service. (0) 4 Could you ime? Theres something woong with this computer. (0) 5 tim Uhave e problem. The air conditions in my toom doesnt work, (00) 6 thave to make a The waitress was rude to me. 00} B (B) 104 Listen and check. Then listen and repeat. Focus on the stressed words in the sentences.