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FIRST CLASS
FEELINGS
TIME OFF
INTERESTS
‘WORKING LIFE
BUYING AND SELLING
EDUCATION
EATING
HOUSES
GOING OUT
THE NATURAL WORLD
PEOPLE | KNOW
JOURNEYS:
TECHNOLOGY
INJURIES AND ILLNESS
NEWS AND EVENTS
Aupioscript
Answer Key
PA
P.10
P16
P.22
P.28
P34
P.40
P.88
P.94
P.101
P.113VOCABULARY Talking about people
1 ross out one example in each group that isn’t
possible.
1 My fiend Lukas is fom Germany / Arabic /
Japan.
2. My sister’ a translator / civil servant /
engineer.
3. My mum works ina warehouse / office /
Unversity,
4 My brother speaks good Spanish and abit of
Portuguese Russian / Poland.
5m doing a degree in Lawyer / Economics!
‘Medicine a the moment.
6 My family are all really into reading sport /
cook.
7 Laman only children | the youngest of four
feds a twin
8 My uncle is single / marted / separate
GRAMMAR Auxiliary verbs
2 Write questions that you might ask another
student atthe beginning of anew class.
‘What name?
2 Where / from?
3 What / do?
4 What / do / when / not werk?
5 How long / study / English?
6 Why / learn / English?
study / here / before?
Language note subject,
questions
Ifa question asks about the subject
‘of a sentence, the verb has the same
form as statementieg.
Wha inthe class speaks italin? Kate
(cthe subject of speaks)
NOT Who in the class does speak
‘talon?
meet the teacher / yet?
9 What / think of /the test we did?
410 What / go do / after this class?
3 Match the answers (a-j) to the questions (1-10) in exercise 2.
Tim net sure. Maybe we could go fra coffee.
‘Alaya. t's a small town inthe north of Spain.
No,never i’ my fst time in a school in the UK
I'm into cooking and spending time with my family.
The grammar was OK but | was nervous in the speaking test
| workin the food industry.
[About five years,on and off
1. Magda, short for Magdalena,
Yes, she seems very nice
| need it for my job. Most of our forelgn clients speak English
‘Nick s thinking of doing a course at an international language centre.
‘Complete his questions tothe receptionist. Use the correct form of the
‘verbs in brackets.
N- Hi Could you give me some information on your Russian courses?
Yeah sure Take a seat. What would you like to know?
IN: Well what atypical lass > (involve)
; Well t varies, but theres always a range of activities, with lots oF
speaking practice.
IN: So how many students ‘there in a class? (be)
R Amaximum of 12
Ni And where» they. 2 come frorn)
B. Allover the world, We have about 30 different nationalities at
‘any onetime.
NN: And how long & each cass (ast)
R: About 50 minutes, longer if its an intensive course,
Ne How ® ‘you ‘ona student’ eve? (decide)
R; Apart from beginners, there’ a written test and also an oral -so that we
know how good you are at speaking and understanding
What qualifications the teachers (ave),
Ifyou dor't mind me asking?
2: Na.it's a goad question. All our teachers are native speakers and most of
them have lots of experience
Ns Ok fair enough. 've used quite afew books already so which ones
t you (Go / use) in the next course?
BR: Welt depends on the clas. n intensive courses we use a wide range of
different materials. Some of them we develop ourselves
'N: OK. One last question, ow much the course
2 (cost)
It depends Let me get you a pricelist.
x, great, thanks5 Choose the correct words in italics in the quiz below. Then see if you know the answers to the questions.
LANGUAGES + tier unarianavage dos uso /us0s ne Ce aeraca?
QUIZ
OPoich
Dlabout 6,000
(058 por cont
2 How many / much ivng languages exist / do exist in the world today?
‘3. Why / How do you write / wnting Hebrew and Arabic?
Crom ef torght —Clttom right to lett Cltrom top to bottom
4 When / Where does the vor ‘ephabet’ originally comes / come from?
Dleyptian hieroalyphies
Ditne name of the fst dictionary writer
Ditne fest two letters ofthe Greek alphabet
5 What / How percentage of tho Internet is / ar in English?
6 What / Who dd create / created the frst computer programming language?
(Dan american businessman
Dr ussian French
Dabout 600 Daout 60
las percent — C199 per cent
Ca cerman engineer Ca Bish academic
DEVELOPING CONVERSATIONS Asking follow-up questions
6 Use the questions in the box to complete the
conversations. There is one extra question each time.
‘What year are you in?
How long have you been learning it?
‘Whose class were you in?
‘What are you studying?
Whereabouts?
1A
8
A
8
A
8
Where are you from?
Hungary
Oh, really?»
‘town called Szeged. Have you heard of it?
'No,sorry,| havent. Have you studied here before?
No,never
But your English is really good.
About seven years.on and of But it’s alot of work,
with my degree course, too,
Oh,»
Medicine,
Really me too.*
ve just finished my second year
How many brothers and sisters have you got?
‘What do they do?
What did you do?
Did you get anything nice?
Older or younger?
2A
8
Hi. again. Did you have a good weekend?
Yes, thanks. was fu.
res
8: I went with my sister to Landon. She's over from Italy at the
moment, We went shopping.
Bt
8: She bought some presents for everyone at home.
‘A Ohyes.?
B: Three sisters and a brother. What about you?
‘A, Just one brother.
Be
‘A The same age —in fact we'te twins!
‘What kind of music ae you into?
‘Where ae you doing that?
Do you enjoy it?
So why are you studying English?
Where do you work?
‘Ac What do you do?
8: Ima student, from Argentina. tm studying Law.
A Oh,
B; The University of Buenos Aires,
0K?
B: | want tod international lav; What about you?
‘A min computing,
Right
[A At a programming company in Frankfurt
B: So what do you do when you're not working?
As ma DI in aclub,
B: Really?
2: All sorts really funk, jaz, hip-hop.VocaButary Talking about languages
1 Replace the underlined words with the expressions in
the box.
get by my accent
fluently accurate
express picked it up
mastering struggled
1 At ist! eally had problems speaking French at work
No-one understood the way said things
2 its hard tobe correct al the time. Getting complete.
knowledge of a language can take years
3. mot briliant at German, but I can survive in the
language in most everyday situations.
4 Im pretty good at Japanese now. learnt it without
‘formal lessons by lving in kyoto for about 10 years
5 haven't been studying Italian for very long, so it’s
hard to get across what | want to say sometimes.
6 Iwas born in Greece but | went to an international
school, so speak English very well
Language note word order with phrasal
verbs
Remember the word ovder when you use a pronoun
with separable verbs:
| pleked up my Spanish while traveling. OR
I plcked my Spanish up while travelling. BUT
I picked it up while traveling. NOT
FE plcked up afte eng,
2 Look at the underlined words. What type of word is
‘each one?
ve ust taken un painting at our loca at colo.
To be honest, 'm no Van Gogh, Doing anything *for
the fst time is hard and people always want 0.6
“wal But my ® acca isto concentrate on the
‘actvty. What | means enioy what" you are doing
‘and don't worry about the end result. And never
‘compare yourslf with anyone alse. There wil alveys
be those *annovingly talented people who can tke
‘on ary naw challenge and succeed. lgnore them.
3. Answer the questions and test your knowledge.
900d
|What's the opposite of these words and expressions?
Circle the correct option.
2y— herd hardly
stowly — ast / fast
‘went = unfent / not very fuent
«minor mistake ~a serious /farge mistake
~ sow / bad progress
a basic level of Yapanese ~a high / tal eve! of Japanese,
‘Do these words collocate with make or do?
‘amistake ——an@ercise progress
‘your homework a course: a fool of yourset
‘agoadjob __eneffort
Write the correct prepositions.
WORT sn: YOUFPFOQrESS ray.
ConCERtHE an WOFK deal.
Whereis the stress on these words?
‘quidence—mothation environment
bilingual continuity __embar»rassed
‘What do these words have in common?
honest krowiedge wre {oregn
ListeNING
4 1.1 You are going to hear Trisha and Andy talking about a
change in Trisha’ life. Choose the correct answers, a,b, oF
1
2
3
5
‘What course has Tisha decided to goon?
2. a foreign language
b knitting
building skis
What I Andy's reaction to her news?
a He impressed
bb He wants to try something new too.
€ Heciiticces her.
‘What was the problem at the fist class?
4 Allthe other students were men,
b Tisha didn't know the answer to a question,
Tisha said something silly
‘What will Tisha do in the Fst term?
‘2 whatever she likes
general skills
brcklaying
“Tisha thinks her new job will be
a well paid
b interesting
hard workPRONUNCIATION Silent letters
5. Underline the silent leters in these extracts from
‘thelistening.
1. ve signed up for a building course
2. anevening course in a foreign language or kitting
cor whatever
3. there's a need for bullders and plumbers
4. the first clas was abit nerve-wracking
5 elt such a fool and | went bright red
6 © 1.2tisten and check,
READING
7 Read the chat room posts quickly. What question
are they answering?
a Where's the best place to learn a second language?
b Wheres the strangest place you've hada language
class?
© Why do you like learning languages?
8 Read the posts again. Write the correct names.
Who:
1. didnt think they would learn much?
2 still eemembers what they leacnt?
3. was surprised by how much they
knew?
4 wanted toimprove on their current
lever
5. didn't know specific vocabulary?
6 wasn't learning with a teacher?
7 practiced again soon after the lass?
Mae
9 Complete the sentences with the missing
prepositions. Look back at the posts if you need to,
1 It’s Funny how I forget some words but others stay
2. Am intensive course is a good way to top
‘your English,
3 went. to. German clas with a friend
and really enjoyed it,
4 The most dificult thing is often starting
a conversation
5. Where can Isign
6 Weld like to find
for talian classes?
about Russian classes
Ie wasn't realy a class but | eat alot of words. Many
years ag9, | was on a cycling holiday in a remote part of
‘Spain and I had an accident | was taken to the nearest
‘ARE department, where no-one spoke Englsh. | could get
by with everyday Spanish, but didn't know any medical
‘words. The staff looked after me and, by the time Ie,
| knew the words for all the parts ofthe leg and how to
‘describe pain in Spanish. And it has stayed with me to
this day!
Alex, US
(On a fey, ofall places. We were on our way to France
from the UK and suddeniy a French lady appeared and
gave us a leaflet about a language class on board, | must
‘admit | was a bit sceptical about how much we could pick
pin such a short time. But there was nothing much else
to.do so we went along. We practised ordering things
In a shop and café, and it was great fun. The best tring
was actually using the language on the other side of the
(Channel
Mike, UK.
NNot a class in the usual sense but I gota lot of speaking
practice in a tunnel in Japan! | was on a racked tain using
‘my teach yourself Japanese book and CD. What | really
wanted was to speak to @ real person but | dint feet
‘confident to start up a conversation and everyone was very
reserved. Suddenly, we broke down inthe middle of along
tunnel. t was such an unusual thing that it got everyone
talking. | found out that | knew more than | thought
Cerys, Wales
Under the stars! A new language school had opened in my
town and | was really keen to sign up. | thought learring
English witha native speeker would help me top up what
| already knew from school. | rived forthe frst class andt
found the place in darkness. The electricity had faled but
rather than cancel the classes, the teachers used diffrent,
‘spaces outside the school. Al the local cafés wore fll of
‘other students, so we ended up on the beach. It was a
strange fist lesson but it really broke the ice.
Lydia, Greece
Glossary
‘ABE: Accident and Emergency
the Channel: the sea that separates England from FranceCCCcceeeee eee ccce
GRAMMAR Narrative tenses
1 Complete the gapped sentence to link the two actions.
‘Write one verb inthe past simple and one verb in the
past perfect.
1. The German clas started. arrived
when | arrsida the Germanclays had: already
2 didn't recognise he. We met afew times before
although we
2. She went bright red. She used the wrong word
After she
4 Mike was late forthe clas. He left his books at home
Mite because
5 Ana pent an hour in the advanced class. She realised
she was in the wrong room.
ana before
6 realised he was the boss.| asked him to make me a
coffee
By the time.
2 Complete the anecdote by putting the verbs in
rackets into the correct tense. Use narrative tenses.
| remember my frst dking lesson tc it was
yesterday | (ust / have) my 17th
birtnday wen my parents ‘sav
"cou start earring to eve. My oder ster
(already / pass) her test and she
4 (save) to buy her fst car. On the
‘morning ofthe lesson, | was really nervous.
ie (not sleep} very wel the night
before and © (fet a bt sick. Then
there was a knock atthe door= my nsictor
(eri
He talked me through the contls and gave me
realy derinsructons. A few meus te, We
(crve) round a quit part of town
winen 1% (s00) a trend out ofthe
‘comer of my eye. He waved at me and = without
thinking ~I waved back. The car
(rove) towards a tree when the instructor
mi (ab) the wheal. "Keap your
‘eyes onthe road’ he shouted. | went bight red and
couldn't baleve what I (ust /
do). When we ® (eve) home,
Mm (not say) a word.
be (Concentrate) hard so that
ld’ make another mistake, was tha longest
Journey of my ie!
AOA
3 Match the sentence halves.
1 mso tired today.
2 |Isthere a problem with your mobile?
2 Sorry we'te lat, We
4 What’ the matter with the dog? It
5 We didn't see much ofthe area because it
6. Marcus lst his job because he
7. ma bit worried about Lucy. She
8 Phil had a brillant job He
was eying nearly all day yesterday
was trying to get through to you all day yesterday.
was traning young racing divers in Milan,
was taking alt of time off to visit his gird,
\was raining all week.
was barking for hours earler today
were waiting fora bus for ages.
was working on an essay until two in the morning.
DEVELOPING CONVERSATIONS
John was telling m
‘Number the lines in the correct order to make three
conversations,
1 No,{ have private lessons. My tutors really good —very
patient.
's he? So, what style do you play?
Yeah, thats right.
‘Amy was telling me you've taken up the guitar...
Classical. like listening to ack but dont think rm aii
Hendritype!
Great! Are you teaching yourself o play?
2 Well hear of anything, Il let you know.
No, but 've only just started looking.
Yes, that's right,
Like a waiter or something?
Have you had any luck et?
Paul was teling me you're looking fora part-time job.
Yes.
Well maybe restaurant or bar work
What sort of job are you looking far?
3 Howlong will you be away for?
Yes, news travels fast!
Well, good luck | hope it goes wel
About twelve months, | think
Katrina was telling me you'e going to Argentina,
ve gota jab ina language school.
That's amazing, What are you going to do?DEVELOPING WRITING
‘An anecdote ~ checking tens
5 Correct the mistakes in a student's first draft.
Ti never forget the fist time I hac to gove w
Presentation: I studied Englah at he tome ana
(was part of my course: It wasctaking me tong
‘time to choose my topic, but then I came up with a
goodidea. I? way adwayy boon interested vclothes,
eT decided. to talk about the fashion indautry.
+ Dueing 1 wow preparing the talk T° wasedosng a
lot of revearch-on the Internet: The evening before
my presentation, I weew working until about 2
ums * Until | got to my class * haw carefully
Printed out my notes and rehearsed my talk inv
front of the mirror. A classmate way ale going tor
give her talband she went frit Imagine my horror
when she sad “Today Tm going tr tal to you
about the fauhion indauty” My heat wank Iwas
soangry with myself I had spoken ther the weak
Iefore the prowentation but hadnt? check what the
® chosenvayher topic:
6 Write an anecdote (120-150 words) about when
you did something for the fist time. Use one of
‘these ideas or an dea of your own,
The first day
+ atanew schoo!
+ Inanewjob
The first time you
+ cooked a meal for someone special
+ went on a date
+ went abroad
‘+ gavea speech / presentation
Vocabulary Builder Quiz 1
Download the Vocabulary Builder for Unit 1 and try the quiz
bbelow. Write your answers n your notebook. Then check them
and record your score,
1. What's the opposite ofa strong accent’?
2 Match 1-5 and a-e to form compound nouns.
1 tourist a child
2 cul teacher
3 head seat
4 window 4 servant
5 only © trade
3 Which word do you need to complete the sentences in
each se?
1 got... marks inthe test. /You get great views from the
floor. Who's the... performer in the class?
2 never seem to have any... time. /You can stay over in
OU nn fOOM. Wheres the... key for the garage?
3. Youneed good computer... thisjOB./ My boss has got
‘no peope......at al. t's never to late to learn new
4. Choose the correct words.
4 went bright red when | got his name wrong. was so
frustrated / embarrased.
2. Translation technology is improving but humans are more
sufficient / efficient at choosing the right word
3 used to be an interpreter but I dont use languages In my
current 1 actual jo.
4 Were going to be based / ved in Madrid next year so | need to
improve my Spanish.
5 It hard to process / possess what people are saying when they
speak quickly.
6 started learning Russian online but gave up / nto because |
couldn't practise with areal person,
7. My children assist / attend a language club to help them with
their German,
{8 My job includes / involves writing materials for online courses,
5. What form of the words in brackets do you need to complete
the text?
‘A (centre) question in language leaning is, ‘What makes a
‘900d learner?" Some say language abity is ° (genes), others
think i's more about motivation and ® (ambitious). There is
* (evident) that being bingual improves the power ofthe train,
‘especially in young laamers. But what i you are an acu?
Well, achieve) will probably take longer. But there is a huge
‘ange of tons to help you become a good ® (perfor) ~ online
practice, apps and contact with other learners in the digital
world. And older students can often understand thelr own
* trong) and # (weak) and so take contra of the learning,
Score
Wait a couple of weeks and try the quiz again.
Compare your scores.VocaButary Feelings
11 How are these people feeling? Match the adjectives with the speakers 1-7.
happy guilty disappointed exhausted
pleased confused furious
Yoo realy bad about losing | don't got this. The map says
‘Mum's favourite ring. How on ‘umber 24 is opposite the
arth am I going to tell her? plza place, but alll can see
Is. big block of fats.
can't move @ muscle and
I could sleep for a week. really expected to gat
‘That's the last time |. go that job. Ive got all the
‘ying with Alex qualfations and loads
(of experience. | count
olive it whan they said no
"owe the peace and
quiet hore. You can just
forget all the stresses of
everyday it.
This is usta
rightmarel They
say we can't have
‘arrfund. I'm going
to.complain tothe
manager.
2 Complete the conversations with the
poe ‘A new (Pod! That's just what
upset / worried down /fed up | wanted. Thanks, that's realy
insuch a bad mood / furious _ terrible / stressed kind of you.
you OK?
B: No.l
at the moment.tim so
fut at work that can't slep at night.
2 A: Is Magda OR? | think she's been crying
She's because her sister's in hospital
She must be realy about het pes
3 A Whyare you ?
8: | crashed my dad's sportscar lastnight and he's
rel
absolutely with me.
4A; Don't speak to Edie. He srt ina very good mood
today
B: How come he's so ?
cored a goal fr weeks and he says he's
with tainingGRAMMAR Linking verbs
3 Complete the chat room messages with the pairs
‘of words. Put the linking verbs in the correct form.
I cs gtty surged up be upset
{A Somy | was rude ta you eri
B: Ne problem, You realy
‘As had arom with my mum. Te be honest,
8 Some horrible things ae now
You both mi
‘ut fm sue youl make tun soon.
feel /embarrassed seem / down
be / pleased
|: Hows k gong?
B: Not grat
1 Any naws?
You abi Whats
we?
S| saw my exitend yeterdy
want to speak to me, She was wth her new
‘A: Maybe she
because he was there
sound /elaxed feel / disappointed
look / stress
1: ra you OK? You abi
‘when | aH you yestrday
&: FmOK, thanks, but Itt gt ono the
‘Good, you abtmoe
ow ~ move tke you old sl
DEVELOPING CONVERSATIONS
Response expressions
‘Match the news (1-6) withthe responses (a-f)
41. Mylaptop has been stolen
2 ve just passed my driving test.
3. mafraid can't come to your party.
4 Mysister' getting married.
5. My dad has ust lost his job
6 My grandmother is coming out of hospital tomorrow.
Really Congratulations! You can give me a lift to work!
‘Wow! That's great. When isthe wedding?
‘Oh, nol fm sorry. ™m sure hel find a new one soon,
‘Oh, no, what a pain! Have you lost ll your work?
Phew that's a relief. | know how worried you were.
‘Oh, what a shame! il send you some photos,
LisTENING
2.1 You are going to hear three people talking about the same
event. Listen first to Mark. What event is he talking about?
2 awedding _b meeting is girlfriends parents for the frst time
2.1 Listen to Mark again, and then to Mrs deVere and Annie,
‘Are these statements true or false?
Before the dinner, Mark fet nervous.
He was wearing clothes that were too formal
He fett he wasn't very good at making conversation,
‘Annie's parents already knew a lot about him,
‘Annie's parents hadn't iked her previous boyfriends.
‘Annie had forgotten to warn Mark about clothes.
‘She didnt mind that he told some jokes.
‘She was pleased that Mark had met her parents.
PRONUNCIATION Stress
2.2 Underline the main stresses. Listen and check.
1. fm not normally a nervous person, so felt pretty relaxed about
the whole thing,
2. Iwas wearing jeans and a shirt, but the restaurant was a really
elegant place.
3 Iwas realy fed up with Annie that she hadn't warned me it was a
formal dinner
4 To be honest, we hadn't been very keen on most of her boyfriends,
so my husband and | were rather worried about the dinner.
8 Listen again. Practise saying the sentences.VocaBULARY -ing /-ed adjectives
1 Cross out two nouns that do not usually go with the-ing
adjectives
2 relaxing holiday / friend / weekend / massage / food
2. annoying neighbour / disaster / mobile phone ring / success /
habit
3. disappointing problem / result / ending / exam grade /
clothes
4 confusing atmosphere / situation / idea /
explanation / skill
exciting sleep / development /help / news / story
6 inspiring crime / leader / speech / plan / oss
2 Choose the correct words.
1 You walk out of the place completely relaxed / relaxing. And they
don't play that borin / bored whale music, which isa relief
2 had to give my height, weight,and my age~itwas so
‘embarrassed / embarrassing. | was abt shocked / shocking when |
‘aw how much weight 14 put on
3. Fimnot sure Fm in the correct level. always so confused /
Confusing at the end af the lesson. And concentrating for an hour
Is exhausting / exhausted.
4. didn't expect it tobe so beautiful was quite surprising /
surprised when | saw the scenery But our fight was delayed,
\wihich was annoyed / annoying
5 Iwasn't very interested / intersting in the character, And the
ending was dlsappointed / disappointing,
3. What are the people in exercise 2 talking about? Match 1-5
above toae.
aagym — catip —_e ahealthspa
b ancvel da language school
4 Complete the conversations with the correct form of the verbs in
brackets
1A Ifyou dont mind, lke to change channels before the news
There's an (interest) programme on at 8 pm.
B; Go ahead, don’ want to watch the news. t's always so
(depress)
2. A: Can you believe that score —six il? Ive never been so
(aisappoint)
BI know was so
(excite) at the start of the season
3. A: Do you fancy coming or a walk? The view over the beach is
‘meant to be (amaze)
6: Thanks, but rm not up to tI fe! (exhaust) after
that journey.
4. A: Only ten people turned up to my party don't think ve ever
been so (embarrass)
8, That's shame Its very (annoy) when people et
you down,
READING
5 Read the article opposite quickly. What is the main
reason for writing it?
2 to advise people on how to improve thelr diet
> toexplain that there is a connection between food
and how people fee
to describe a series of experiments on food
6 Six parts ofthe article ‘How food affects mood! have
‘been removed, Write the correct letter (a-f) in the
gaps in the article
2 Research also suggests that the right foods
that activate when people enjoy themselves
€ ifthey were eating healthily and taking regular
physical exercise
4 who wrote a report based on the survey
fe but felt gulty afterwards
Theres a definite ink with food and mood
7 Underline the following parts ofthe article.
1 four mental health problems
2 the word the writer uses to describe food / drinks
with a postive effect and examples ofthese
3. the word the writer uses to describe food / drinks
witha negative effect and examples of these
4 the reason why ts important to drink enough fluls
8 Which adjectives went with these nouns? Look
backat the article and sentences a-fin exercise 6,
1 dowmediate effect
foods
‘mental health
improvements
link
physical exerciseHow food affects mood
Eating ice cream realy does make you happy. Scientists at the Institute of Psychiatry in London tested
the brains of people eating vanilla ice cream. They found an immediate effect on parts of the brain
It works on the same part of the brain that reacts when people win money or lsten to music.
®... can improve people's mood and even ther overall mental health. A survey of 200 people
found 88 per cent reported that changing ther diet improved their mental health. 26 per cent
‘aid they had seen marked improversents in mood swings, 26 per cent had seen improvements
in panic attacks and anxiety, and 24 per cent in depression
People in the survey identiied mood ‘stressors’ and ‘supporters’. Eating fewer ‘stressors’
"ke chocolate, sugar, caffeine and alcoho! improved ther mood. They aso increased the
‘supporters’ they ate, Ike water, rut, vegetables and ofy ish. Not skipping breakfast, and
‘eating requaty also led to an increase in wel-being
(Over a thid of people said they were ‘very certain’ that the improvements to their
‘mental health were cect linked to the changes they had made to thelr cet.
(One person who completed the survey said, 2... but | do lapse and when | do,
eel noticeably cferent. Once you find cut your triggers, you can fee so much
better”
‘Amanda Geary... said ‘A lot of these changes are very simple things that
people can do and ae fy safe, and ft with heathy eating advice
Dr Wendy Doyle, a dtican, said oly fish and fut and vegetables were
known to be beneficial “They are good for general health ~ and you must
have enough uid to prevent dehydration.” She sald people would aso fea
better 5... Dr Doyle added, ‘People may feel bad after eating chocolate
because they enjoyed eating it...”
© Complete the sentences with the collocations from exercise 8.
1 Ithink there’ a between talking about your felings and being happy.
2. gave upstong coffee andithad an on me =I stopped having ras ska saicn
headaches straight away and slept beter. £ changes in how you fe
2 There's been in my children's behaviour since they have stopped eating ploy wanted oikd
supa having brea
4 Adit containing the. doesnt have tobe boring $ lapses stop following good
5. Many people dort realise that linked to eating a good det. ha
6 Taking slike walking or cling, helps me deal with tess, meaieias wiiGRAMMAR Present simple and continuous 2 Complete the pairs of questions. Use the present
Lue = continuous or present simple form ofthe verbs in
1 Circle the correct form in italics. brackets.
1A Whaton earth are you wearing / do you wear? 1 Hows the match ev... (gor Who's
8: t's my new summer she. think took it looking petty ne. in)?
cool 2 What you (¢0} on Friday
A: Well we meet /we'e meeting my bos ater so don't wear It evenings? you fancy)
then Joining our book group?
2s What do you do / are you doing this Saturday? 3 Why you fon
8: Fm going! 190 to new yoga dass. Do you fancy coming? you {want to talk about
ttsounds/ sounding very relaxing iv
‘A: Sorry, can. stm visiting my parents every Saturday. 4 Where you (rnove) to?
2: Wty on earth ae you being! do you be so aggressive? What (be) the new area like?
ie’ unlike you 5 Why those people.
8: Sony. ust stressed out. work / im working on a relly (stand) there? they
Important project. We'e giving / We give a presentation this (need) help?
afternoon and n stil preparing stl prepare my pat 6 your brother (enjoy) his
‘A: Oh dear You must bea bit nervous. Goodluck with it new job? What exactly he
4 Cheer up. Why on earth are you so down? (do) everyday?
8: Don't worry. aways fee! im aways feeling ike this inthe 7 How. your kids (gen t0
winter. can't stand the short days. school everyday? How long it
‘know wat you mean, We normally go fare normally going (take)
con holiday inthe winter, but my kids do / ae doing thelr exams
soon 3. Use the words to wrte reasons for refusing the
requests.
1A: Lwas wondering ifyou wanted to get together
Language note .. on earth
3 on Saturday?
You can add. on earth. to questions to express surprise or add Bs Le lowe hut cn Limes ann the
emphasis: eskends (love to / but cant. go away / for the
What on earth are you wearing? weekend)
Why on earth dic he say that? 2A: Canyyou give me a hand to set up my new
Where on earth have you been? computer?
8 (sony / can't. work
late / this evening)
3A: Doyou think | could use your mobile?
8 (efraid can't
don't have / with me)
4: Doyyou fancy coming to my party on Friday
evening?
8 (nice /of you to
‘ak me. play ina band / every Friday)
5A: Would you like to meet up some time this
weekend?
8 (kind / ofyou to
askus.go to London / every weekend)
6 A: Canyou help me with my homework?
8 (no / sory. go out /
this evening)DEVELOPING WRITING
ing ne\
4 Rant has just started university. Complete the letter
toher parents with the words in the box.
pretty miss ing hug down
sorry into mind _expect_ out
Dear Mumand Dad
. Thavertt written before; but Fe
een # Tua sence started. me
. rt my flat and enoying the
course 10 far. Lectures haw started but f dudnit*
to beworking sohard-in the frst
monehi
Tie beowa bit’ ‘this weak, Tey
nothing te worry about but Rachel has changed:
course; fo T'm now one of the fow girle doings
Physes! Thad’ feeling she waar very happy, but
I thunk she'riorted it ow
0 everyone but I'm making alot
‘of new friends My flatmatey are all
. ‘adventure sporty (my Wea of
eld), but I had a gorat climbing last weekend -
eohausting but good fur.
My nest Lecture ivabout to start oT put this ow
the post: Gaveeveryone a” from me
Lotvof low
Rane
PS. tfyowdon'e™ Twont ring:
_yowors my mobile: It's too expensive ~ but you cary
ringymet
Language note
a bit / pretty / not very + adjective
Ifyou don’ want to sound too negative, you can
soften an adjective like this
(matted.
(tas prety disappointing.
‘wasn’t very easy
5 Imagine you have just left home to start anew job /
{goon acourse. Write a letter home (120-150 words)
and give your news. Use the letter in exercise 4to
help you.
Vocabulary Builder Quiz 2
Download the Vocabulary Builder for Unit 2and try the quiz
‘below. Write your answers in your notebook. Then check them
and record your score.
11. Match the verbs in A with the phrases in 8. There is one extra
verb that you don't need.
‘A kiss belong drive put be get
B reallybehind with work a better mark on alot of weight,
someone mad someone on the cheek
2 Write up or down in the correct place in these sentences.
1 What's the matter with Max? He seems a bit at the moment,
2 im sorry haven't phoned. We're really busy setting our new
business
3. You sound really fed up. Why don't you go away forthe
weekend to cheer yourself?
4 Ihaven't been out yet today It's been pouring here all morning.
5's such a shame about your sister and her husband. just
hheard that they spl.
3. Complete the words with the corect prefix or suffix.
1 didn't think twas going to get the job but | was pleasant.
surprised when they offered it to me.
2. There are several charities that work hard to help home..
people get off the streets
3. Nobody knew about the financial problems at work. The job
losses were completely expected
4 You shouldn't feel guilt. about taking time off Everyone
needs a holiday.
5. Don't be too disappoint... about fling your driving test. You
can take it again,
‘choose the correct words.
Why are you in such a bad mood / atmosphere today?
| would neverjoin / approach my dad to ask for advice.
They made every intend / attempt to save the business,
‘The next bus isn't ahead / due for half an hour.
‘Why did the company suffer another lose / loss ints profits
last month?
55 What form ofthe words in brackets do you need to complete
the text?
Isn't strange how people's feaings change? When | was in
iy thirties, | was very compettve at work and getting
* (promote) was very Important to me. | siso hated routine and
Would die of * oor if had to do the same thing more than
‘once. Now. | might be a bit *(sappoint) if | don't get tothe
ext level but it dosn't make me too miserable. | also find my
Work more ¢ (meaning) now and | take (lease) in working
with the same groups of people every day
Score_/25
Wait a couple of weeks and try the quiz again.
Compare your scores.VOCABULARY Places of interest DEVELOPING CONVERSATIONS
Giving and responding to suggestions
1. Complete the travel advice with the nouns in box A and
core a 2 aT
Sete cen oer
co = 22s) Setrsscoe
Oh, fd love to but cant
Jo isn't realy a big fan of sunbathing to be honest.
OK. wel in that case, how about something more cultural?
That would be great, thanks.
Itdepends on what you like.
And you could always have a goat some water sports.
‘My boyfriend Jo and | are thinking of going to Mexico this:
year
Kim +g. an you recommend anywhere good to go?
Felix Wel, Mexico isa big country and there are lots of places to
Se a ee
TRAVELLERS’ TIPS
‘THIS SUMMER the royal ..alace. is open tothe pubbe
{or the fist ime with exhibitions of paintings from across
Spa choose fom you want relaxing holy here ae some
Se eee ae oe Ba fantasicbeachesal along the Caribbean coast
ee Kim And I'm not really into it either.
FORIOVERS of architecture, head to the § ‘
with its interesting moc of historic buildings, *
in the cast ofthe city, is the site ofthe od Jewish
strict. I also has @ number of beautiful churches and
the oy 2
‘TAKE A TAP out to the Roman © and learn
‘about some ofthe frst people to ive in the area. Local
archaeologists give talks at the weekends,
Bsc
(CHECK OUT SiofFiyer, the tallest roler coaster in the
Felix +... There are amazing Mayan ruins throughout the area,
Kim That sounds interesting. think saw a documentary about
them on TV. They ook ike pyramids but with steps. Is that
fight?
Felix Wel, some of them are pyramids. Others are mor like houses,
cor even palaces.
Kim Wow! That sounds amazing
Felix 5... There are lots of places for diving or snorkelling, You could
also try kayaking if you ke
Kim Oh, that's my idea of heaven!
Felix OK.I can do.an online check forthe best places for doing that,
‘country, atthe new ” Its® 45 Ifyou want.
minutos ® the city but it's well wort the tip, Kim
Bor the ® ~ there are lots of bars and
restaurants and i's always very Ivey
For a MORE RELAXING time, take a boat out onthe
‘Swimming isnt alowed but you can enioy
picnic down the water,
IF MONEY I A BITTIGHT, join tree walking tour Local
residents act as guides and give an insider view of the
‘ty, All tours start inside the city under the
clock tower
DON'T MISS the market on Fridays and Saturdays with
al the High Street. You'l find
‘everything from cheap and tasty snacks to local
souvenirs at bargain prices.DEVELOPING WRITING An email —giving advice
2 Danhas emaledhis fen, Yuk, withsome advice bouts 5 Coss out the word or phrase that doesnt collate
home town, Number the content of his message in order. 1 Hove gest nee timeaf tie
stageston of ther things todo 2 Yoweamride get / tote a bus tothe castle
ending 3 now you are eto ofan of ld churches
fesson for rting 4 Tetestval great fun /@ gre ough funny.
practical advice 5. Theshow stats at sm evey dy /on Wednesday.
breting i 6 Thebest places to eat for food for eting aren te
were To gofist man quae
4 Complete the email with he words inthe box. 6 Matehthe sentence halves
1 iyeuteinoart heed
Be. Cen mm 2 Thecomedy fetal starts on Fideyso don
3. Local wansport nt ret. fic to get
4 fy have some spending money chek
5. When you wan toreax go tothe beach and
HYtko,
Justa *.wick... note to say im sorry I can't see you next
‘week. 'm on a training course, but here area few ideas of
things to do ® your stay.
‘The old town isa good place to start. You can just wander
round and soak up the atmosphere. you want to
. ‘photos, head to the castle run and youll fing
‘some amazing views.
‘Don't miss the parade on Saturday. tsa great laugh. They
have decorated floats, people infancy dress, and bands
Playing music. It stars * ‘midday in the main square.
| know you're a fan of rofer coasters, 90 check out the new
‘theme perk, Adventure Zone. ts about an hour outside of
town, but you can get a bus § thee.
Don't forget to buy travel card. i's the cheapest way to get
‘around the area. The best places to eat a6 ©... BY
the old canal, They're pretty cheap but the food is good.
+ hope this infomation helps. Have a great
Try to kee
eee
ee att
soak
Don't try the restaurants in the centre. Theyre
pretty
Take lots of photos and don't
It nce towander
‘out the new shopping mall
to the new gallery in the main square.
round the market on a Sunday morning.
forget to send me copies.
around after midnight apart from in a tax
up some sunshine.
miss it. tsa great laugh
‘expensive and you have to book
7 Write an email in 120-150 words for the following
situation. Use the checklist in exercise A and the
language in this section to help you.
‘An English-speaking friend is spending a week's holiday
inyour home town. You are going to be away, so write
an email to your friend giving advice about ther stay
erry
your reader interested when you
Penge eens
cen
language like
heck out, head to, don't mss, don't forget to eteGRAMMAR Future plans
1 Rewrite the sentences with the words in brackets.
1 Weil definitely be away in June. (going)
2 Perhaps try couch surfing this yea. (might)
3 can't meet up this weekend, have to revise for my exams
(got)!
4. Jim might go travelling this summer. thinking)
sim
5 I think it wil be too cold for swimming. (probably)
tt
6 They definitely won't be on heliday in July. (going)
They
2 Use the words in 1-7 to complete the students’ replies to the
teacher's question.
1 xmas or. anteerntyentranca:ene
(1/ got / study for / my university entrance exam)
2 Tmnot sure yet but
(rny friends and 1/ think / go / camping / near the coast)
(Marek and | go to/ a concert / in Manchester on Friday) We
need to leave class early to get the tain
4 Im not sure
(1 might / meet up with some friends in London)
(1/ got 3 free weekend) Im going to catch up on some sleep
6
(my sister and 1/ not go / be around) We've been invited to a
partyin Brighton
7 haven't made any plans but
(17 probably / go to/ my friend's barbecue)
What are you doing
atthe weekend?
3. Chrele the correct forms in italics.
1A
8
‘Where are you going ! do you go on holiday this
year?
fm not sure, n fact wil / might not go away
atall because m a bit short of money. My dad
lent me some cash fora car and ve got / must
toppay him back, How about you? What are your
plans?
Well it depends on the weather. ve only got /
{got to a week's holiday, so | want to go when it’s
hot and sunny
They say iti /it might probably be another very
hot summer, s0 you should be OK.
Its my day off today an have / Ym having
lunch with James and Gary in that new
restaurant, Would you like to join us?
love to but I can't. 'm going / thinking of
going to the doctor.
‘Oh, nothing serious, hope
No. fine, thanks. Buti probably take /
It taking ages. The waiting room is always so
crowded,
ve booked an apartment in Barcelona this year.
Wie might go! We're going for two weeks in
‘August. Do you fancy coming with us?
Its nice of you to ask me but 'm not going /
thinking to be here in the summer. spend ?
spending two months in Australia
Really? That sounds exciting,
Yes,'™m thinking to emigrate / of emigrating
there at some point
Wow, that’s great.READING
4 Read the webpage quickly and match __5 Complete the sentences with the words and phrases in bold in the webpage.
‘the headings tothe paragraphs. 1 Ask Anna and Paolo for advice about Rome. They know the city
‘Theres one heading that you don’t
need. 2. I don't mind where we go forthe weekend you
2 Butisit safer 3 Don't wien you goto se grandma and granddad
How much does itcost? ‘Come home after a couple of hours
€ How long do people stay? 4 tewasa when Ifirst met my motherinlaw.t didn't
4 Who ae these couch surfers? speak panish and she didnt speak English
So what is couch-suring-exacthy? 5 looked atthe reviews ofa lot of holiday companies. Adventure Tours have
What are the disadvantages?
8 What are the benefits? 6 My teachers were so helpful that decided to atthe
end ofthe course.
1
iMuNE
Love to travel but hate paying for hotels? Too old for a youth hostel?
‘Then couch-surting might be right up your street. Check out these FAQs:
dit 4
CCouch-surfing isa network of people Surfers get the advantage of staying with someone who
who offer accommodation to strangers knows the area like the back of thelr hand, They can
‘traveling in their area t's simple, tell how not to get ripped off, or what to do when it’s
When you'surfa couch’ you are a Pouring with rain. And when people of different cultures
Buest in someone's house and they _meet, who better than a local to help with social skis?
are your host You don't pay for the Knowing whether to shake hands, bow, orkss a
oom or couch, and your hosts will _person.on the cheek can be very confusing!
‘get the same favour backwhen they 5
‘ravelThey may stay with you or with It’s entirely upto the host. Some surfers come for a
‘another person in the network single night, or even just fr dinner. The important
2 ‘thing isnot to outstay your welcome, so surfers
(Ofcourse, there are smaller numbers usually check withthe host fist. Inthe words of one
cof surfers in remote ocations,but _host,'We want surfers to be comfortable, but not
the network covers every continent too comfortable. Staying two or three nights Is cool;
{including Antarctical) The top five longer gets abt awkward’ And remember that in
couch-surfing nations are the United Germany they say Guests are lke fish ~ ater three
States,Germany France,Canada and days they start tosmell..” ———
the United Kingdom. The average 6
surfers 27 years old and just over half Well there are always risks in life, ut the majoity of surfers
the surfers are male. never have any problems. Most travel networking sites have
3 their own security systems. Hosts and surfers have to be
Couch-surfing was created so that _registered and prove that they are who they say they are.
‘everyone can travel the world and _Thereare reviews posted on the internet and so surfers can
‘make meaningful connections, but __select hosts with a good track record. Mostly it's a question of }
staying with your hosts always ree. common sense and avoiding anyone who sounds odd.
‘Many surfers like to take their hosts
2 gift or treat them to a meal to say
thank you. They also thank people in
small ways like doing the washing-up
cor sending a postcard from their next
destination,
Glossary
FAQS: frequently asked questions
4 remote: hard to get to
common sense: the ability to make sensible decisions
= odd: strange or unusualVocaBULARY Weather
LISTENING
11 Write the words and phrase that describe
‘temperature in the correct place on the diagram,
freezing cold bollinghot a bit chilly
a 8
quite warm hot
2 Replace the underlined words in the
‘conversations with the words in the box.
wet pourdown drop heat reached
clear up_keep out of humid
1 Ay Have you heard the weather forecast?
8: Yes, apparently its going to rain alot al
weekend,
‘8: Ob, no, what a pain. Iwas thinking of going
tothe beach,
8: Id stay at home if | were you and avoid the
2A: What's the forecast for the weekend?
8: Er Saturday morning is supposed to be rainy,
but then it should improve in the afternoon
‘A: Phew! That's a relie.'m going toa wedding
38230.
3. A: [cant stand this hot weather
8: | know what you mean.The air conditioning
isn't working in my office, The temperature
‘went up to 40" yesterday
‘A Poor you! it's so hot and wet that | can't sleep.
B: Yeah, we need a storm to clear the ai
4A: What are you up to atthe weekend?
8: It depends on the weather.
‘A: Apparentiy it's going to be freezing. They say
it could fal to minus 5"
8: Time to stay in with a good book, | think
Language note weather adjectives
When describing the weather, we often use
adjectives in pairs
"ts going to be cold and windy.
The weather on holiday wos hot and humid.
3 © 3.1 Youare going to hear five people talking about holiday
problems. Match the speakers (1-5) tothe letters (a-e).
It costa lot more than we had expected
We had several transport problems.
‘The local attractions were awful.
We didnt get on with each ather very well
‘There were too many other people.
Speaker 1
Speaker 2
Speaker 3
Speaker 4
Speaker
PRONUNCIATION Same sound or different?
‘Are the letters in bold the same sound (S) or different (D)?
‘The hotel sounded wonderful. /The terminal was socrawded. [©
‘There was only a theme park./ There were queues everywhere,
‘We had booked 2 taxi / Iwas in such a bad mood.
‘There was a train strike that day / It was quleter inthe autumn,
My neighbour offered to take us./1 was so relleved to get home.
‘The bus service was terrible. /The journey was a nightmare.
© 3.2 Listen and check Practice saying the sentences.
GRAMMAR Present perfect questions
Complete the questions with the correct form ofthe verbs in
‘brackets. Then choose the correct words in the answers.
1A you ever the pyramids? (see)
B: No, never. Jove / I love to, though,
2A you ever (on holiday by yoursel? (go)
8B: No,!ve ever / never really fancied
3A ‘you ever camping? (ty)
B: Yes, lots / several times
an you ever Japanese food? (eat)
B: No,never. t's Supposed be / to be delicious.
5 A you ever ‘camel? (ide)
B: No, never. Have you? / Did you? I've heardi's quite difficult.
6A ‘you ever Disneyland with your kids?
(visit)
Yes, but | wouldn't go there if were you. Its not worth it / oft
7h you ever in aelicopter (fy)
8B: No, never, What does / It ike?
aA ‘you ever 10 Singapore? (go)
B: Yes, i's wonderful You should to go / go.VOCABULARY Holiday problems
17 Comect the underlined mistakes.
41 What a nightmare! Our fight was delay and we were
stucked at the airport for hours,
2 Fm never going on holiday with ny family again. My
brother and sister didn't stop argue all week,
3 We must go somewhere warm next year. It poured of
‘ain and it was so wind all week
4. I must lok ike a tourist. Everywhere we went we got
Tipped up.| paid €15 fora beer!
5 Acouple took our parton the beach and Jim got really
anger with them. It was so embarrassing!
6 Never again! The beach was so crowd you couldn't
leven see the sand
7 The kids wereillon the plane. Jodi threw off three
times, Poor thing!
'8 Complete the conversations with the pairs of words
{nthe box. Put the verbs in the past simple.
steal/ passport spoll/ tip miss / fight
lose camera charge /a fortune
have / upset stomach
1A: Did you have a good holiday?
B: Not really. We came home early
‘A: How come?
B: Weal... an...upiet Roma. and
couldn't eat anything. That was our only holiday
this year and it really the
2 A: Im exhausted. The journey back was a nightmare,
8: How come?
A Well we our to
Heathrow and the next plane landed at 3am. The
taxi driver us totake
tus home — over £100.
8: Oh no, what a paint
3 A: You seem abit fed up,
8. Yeah well ve just had the holiday from hell
‘8: What happened?
8: Wel, expected a nice relaxing week, but! spent
the ist night at the police station because someone
my took loads of
photos but then | my
(onthe lat day It’s just so disappointing
Oh, what a shame!
Vocabulary Builder Quiz 3
Download the Vocabulary Builder for Unit 3 and try the quiz
bbelow. Write your answers in your notebook. Then check them
and record your score,
11 Which words that are both verbs and nouns can complete
‘these sentences?
1 Did you go on the seary......at the theme park?
When did you learn to......a bike?
2 My phone has a 12-month
I'S impossible to... good weather in the UK
3. Therehas been a... petro prices for the last six months,
Its so hot -| wish the temperature would
4 Dorrt......diving a long way inthis fg.
Dorit take the......oflending money to someone you don't
know.
5 Its freezing. wish the weather WoUIA ...UP
It’s usually niceand.......in the south In June,
6 Tey oo dlamands in parts of Africa
‘My grandfather used to work in acoal
2 Choose the correct words.
1 The Roman site was discovered / recovered by an amateur
archaeologi.
2 That flagis in the wrong place. We need to put / take down,
3. Youll find details of housing / accommodation an the tourist
website,
4 Checkout the website forthe latest entertaining /
entertainment on offer
‘What was your early / initial reaction to the news?
6 W's really ving / lively city There ae clubs on every corner.
7. My father slowly came / became to realise it was time to retire.
3. Match 1-6 and a-f to form compound nouns.
1 department a guide
2 at b gallery
3 tour market
4 shopping d store
5 tour e guide
6 street F district
4 Read the statements. Was each experience positive (/).
negative (2
twas areal bargain. The shop was closing down,
It was a nightmare. It poured down all week.
It was a total rip-off. There was hardly any food on the plate
it was well worth it Give ta go some time.
itwas spoiled by the atmosphere between some ofthe
ues,
Hewas all cleared up really quickly
Score _/25
Wait a couple of weeks and try the quiz agai.
‘Compare your scores.VOCABULARY Free-time activities
1 Complete the spidergram with the words in the box.
‘the cinema
the theatre football
some baking sailing tennis
a friend's place un adrive
climbing cards
2 rideon my bike
abit ofexercise shopping
2 Complete the conversations. Put the words in brackets in the
correct order.
1A
8
&
8
‘Mur, t'm bored.
Well, go and. or
(play / ride / your / football / bike)
But that's boring. | do that every day.
Well and then.
(in bedroom / stay / tidy / up / your)
What did you do at the weekend?
ust and
(in it stayed / took / easy)
How come? You're usually such a party animal
Yeah, (fancy / just / going / clubbing / didnt)
Fairenough,
Whats your idea ofa perfect Friday night?
Going or just athome. What
about you?
(easy /for /to/it/ place /a/ friends / dinner / taking)
My idea of heaven i.
(for and / staying / exams / studying / in / my)
\Why on earth would you want to do that?
Only joking. My ideal night out is going
then
(going / watch / clubbing / bar / football / to /a / the / to)
and
activities
GRAMMAR Habit and frequency
3 Complete the questions with the answers. Use the
present simple of the verbs in the box.
play golf gowalking in the country eat out
goclubbing goto the eym __ work
1 How. ?
8: About once every two months. The local
restaurants are quite expensive,
2% ever weekends?
B: Yes, all the time. m at my desk every Sunday
motning
Bk much?
B: Not as much as should, so 'm starting to put
on weight.
an ever 2
B: No, never t's not my kind of thing.’ into team
sports lke football or rugby.
58 alot?
8: Yeah, at least thee times a week. My bestfriend
sap,
6a often ?
B: Whenever can. love being away rom the city4 Look atthe answers to the question ‘How often do you listen
‘tomusic? Choose the correct words. Then number the answers
inorder (1 = most often).
Not quite / that often, Maybe once a week.
All the / Everytime. Ican't ive without my iPod
Hardly ever / never. | never have the time.
Not as much as | used fo / was used to. Maybe only
once a fortnight.
‘ever 1 Not never. 'm more into books
Quite much / often. Probably five times a week
[Not as much as | would / did ike to, Just two or three
times a week
"Neatly every ll day. Usually when | want to relax in
the evenings
5 If possible, replace the underlined past simple forms with
used to, One sentence cannot change.
1
2
3
Wher | was at my first school, | had loads of time to see my
friends, but now I have to study all week.
took every weekend of but these days | spend every waking
hour at the office,
| worked from six in the morning until 10 at night one day last
week. twas just exhausting
‘My colleagues and | always left work on time but now were
expected to stay late a the office
{spent all weekend with my family before started working,
Now| hardly ever see them,
LISTENING
6 4.1 Youare going to hear Mike giving a talk about making
small changes to your life. Listen to Part and circle the four
aspects that he mentions.
travel sport food
relationships freetime shopping
17 42 Listento Part 2. Mike, Amy, and Jack talk about the
changes they made. Who did or said what? Write M, A, or J
CChanging my routine has changed my attitude.
"became bored with my hobby even though Im
{quite good at it
| thought you needed money to havea good time.
It's silly to keep repeating things that upset you
| wanted to share my ideas with other people.
fee! motivated to help others join in,
I developed a great socal ife at no cost
A
PRONUNCIATION Sentence stress
Language note unstressed sounds
Structural words (eg. prepositions conjunctions,
‘auxiliaries and articles) are not usually stressed
because they don't carry the main information in
8 sentence. The unstressed syllables are usually
pronounced with the same vowel sound, 9
used to have 3 petty fixed
Like 3 ot ot people
routine
‘Mark the stresses in these sentences from Listening.
Practise saying the sentences with the correct
stressed and unstrested syllables.
1 Uke a lot of people, | used to have a prety fixed
routine
2. mina much better mood when | get to work
3. minto sport and Im quite good at it.
4. All my friends were playing the same sports,
5. What have you got to lose?
4.3 Listen and check, Practise the sentences again,
DEVELOPING CONVERSATIONS
Are you any good?
‘Complete the replies with the phrases in the box.
Yeah, quite good. ‘No, fm useless
Imo No, not telly.
‘sore you any good at singing?
1 I can't sing at ll. In fact they asked me
leave the schoo! choir,
2 Actually, 've been in a band for ages
and we've won a few talent competitions
3 used to sing abit at school and | like to
do karaoke with my friend,
4 I haven't got a vety good voice. get
really embarrassed if people hear me sing.VOCABULARY Injuries and problems
11 Look at the cartoon and complete the words forthe sports problems.
1A: What's up with you?
B: 'm not making excuses but my shoulders are really
5____.Idon't think can play in goal today
2 A: Is something wrong with you as well?
8: Er ..yes,coach, Can | be substitute today? I've
_____ a thigh muscle and | don't think can play
‘the full 90 minutes,
3. A: What happened to you?
8: fell off my horse and b_
bein plaster for six weeks.
_ myarm.tm going to
4 & How come the referee has got anasei_____?
8: Maxjust tried a shot at goal ut he missed and hit him
in the face
5 A: What happened to Phil?
B: He just slipped and b_
hope hell be OK.
6 A: Have you seen the other team? They look sf.
B: | know.They/re full of ¢_
7A: Ave you injured too?
8: | think | need to stop. haven't been for a run forages. 'm
his head on the goalpost.
GRAMMAR Present perfect continuous and past simple for duration
2 Match the question halves. Then match the questions (1-5)
‘tothe answers (a-e).
1 How long did) Jodie been doing ballet?
How long has. you in plaster after your accident?
How long were “you train before the marathon? &
How long was you been doing yoga?
How long have your team in the fist division?
a. For just one season, We were beaten so many times we
went back down again
Forabout sixweeks, t's stil quite painful
Forjust a few manths. t's vey relaxing and I feel better
fort.
@ For about six months. Iran four times a week
For years off and on, she started when she was just four
3 Find and correct a tense mistake and a time expression
ristake in each conversation.
1A: Hhave riding lessons since last summet. vw beon having
8: Really? fll of horse when was a kid and ve been
a bit scared fromsinee. sanco thew
2A: Kim was teling me you've taken up the piano, How
long have you played?
8: Just afew months. practise every day during an hout
3. A: We used to do judo at my old schoo
8: Really? That's unusual. How long have you done that
for?
‘A: For the age of about 14 until let
4A; You've gota great voice.
8: Thanks. From quite recently, was a singing teacher but
Uhad to give tt up.
‘A: That's amazing. How long have you taught for?
8: Six years off and on,DEVELOPING WRITING An email asking for information
4 Complete the email at the bottom of the page with the words
inthe box.
grateful provided let keen regards
advert join experience confirm forward
5 Read the email atthe bottom of the page. Tick the correct
statements.
2 It's the first time Richard has written to the organisation.
He has never been part ofa conservation
group before
He wants to find out about a job,
He asks for information about transport.
He asks about equipment.
He says how he found out about the group.
Language note indirect questions
We often use indirect questions in writing to Sound polite They
+ use statement word order
don't usedo / does / aid
use if whetherin questions you cn answer with esa!
use fin indirect questions that ae conditional
often use introductory phrases ike
| would ike to know.
6 Underline the indirect questions in the email.
7 Make indirect questions using the introductory phrases.
1. Do! have to wear anything special?
Can you confirm ?
2. How is transport to each session organised?
| would like to know
3. Where s the nearest car park tothe gym?
Can you confirm ?
4 Does the tutor have a good success rate?
Could you tell me ?
5 How much does a course of lessons cost?
Ibe grateful if you could tell me
6 Will have to take an exam ora test?
| would like to know
8 Write an email (120-150 words) toask for
information about an activity that you would like
todo, Use an idea from the list or your own idea,
Follow the content checklist and remember to use
{indirect questions.
+ course ata college or with a one-to
‘+ asport / activity ata gym
+ joining a volunteering group
etutor
Checklist
‘+ how you heard about the cour
+ the days and times
activity / group
+ the cost
+ if you need any experience / skills
+ if you need any equipment
paras
| | have recently moved into the area and | saw an
\ for your volunteering group in tho
tofind out more
| cal rey. tam =
| sour your organisation
| tnave always boon interested in looal history and
‘eograpy, but | have naver dane any conservation
Work. Could you toll me whether any
4 (or special sls are necessary to
‘ the group? | would ago tke to
row whether volunteers need to bring thar aun took,
Cor whether these willbe
| Could you the days and times that
| the group meets? | would aso be
| ityou coula me know whereabouts:
the group works and the ype of tasks the volunteors
co,
Fine Sa yl Yj c oy
[eine
| Hook *. 10 hearing trom you soon.
te
| Fichard Clarke04
VOCABULARY Describing music
READING
1 Complete the conversations with the pairs
of adjectives in the box.
catchy / repetitive bland / commercial
Gepressing / uplifting heavy /soft
moving / sentimental
1A: Doyou mind if we dont listen to this
song? Ifind it aly tt
kind of reminds me of when my dad
died
8: Sure, no problem, Ill pt on something
2 Ae Oh, tur the radio off. That Ol isso
boring. He just plays this
music the whole time.
B: Well they need to play
stuff sometimes. They need to make
‘money.
3. A: Ilove the lyrics of this song, They'e so
‘and romantic
B: Don't tell me you're going to cry. can't
belleve you lke this
rubbish
4A: Please stop humming that tune to
yourself You'e driving me mad,
8: Sorry but t's just so ‘and
the beat sso Iean't get it
cout of my head,
5A: Are you into rock music?
No it doesn't do much for me. I's abit
Uke something
and relaxing —a nice bitof
nal or Debussy,
DEVELOPING CONVERSATIONS
Talking about tastes
2 Circle the correct words to complete the
conversation.
2: Do you watch fms" much / lot?
B: Yeah althe time.
A: What ke tnd of flms ae you into?
8: ° Al / Every sors really but “hardly /
‘mainly science fiion and adventure
Oh right Any flms®of/nparveuar?
8: I don't know. Blade Runner, The Matrix
series stuf stuf that.
‘Ak Sohave you seen’ anything / any good
recently?
8: Wel saw this old back and white movie
from the 1950s called inosion of the Body
Satcher
‘Read the article quickly. What is the main reason for waiting it?
2. tociitcise teenagers who download illegally
bb togive some facts about the problem af legal dawnloads
© describe how toile share
‘ead the text again. Number the paragraph summaries in order.
theextent ofthe problem
possible solutions for the future
‘examples of people who have been punished
the ways people get music
Look at the bold words in the article, What do they zefer to?
fone or two =.R
What do these numbers in the article refer to?
£1bilin (line 13) 14-24 (ine 17)
48 per cent (line 21) $222000 (line 28)
10000 line 19}
1702 (ine 32)
The changing face of music
Un astern pe wae haze go ao tame son ok
tou he CDs a no bt one or wou sre he Seat
dle rors te mae sare arog to wat wa
Rowe mcr be omission e roto cart
5 erent phos let pepe to hay ty segs Fon
Suaress he Ties bithew ab te gon pen er,
T's someadng geo a come vg opera S
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‘toh estar lao hb,
10 ay pciose ts nein eyed
rr pas Te oe
‘to as ‘music piracy’. It Is estimated thet this will cost si
Detecrara ay wpa tn oe et .
Jeno Aon yr ur rege ane P
ss Sateen sven eps somcase ls |
enter Poser dgta mane payee each
So crove tha eye —
recov sreane maser hecracane is age is
would allow others to copy up to 10000 songs at be
2 toon tina. re soap a mas pyre
{Tro meanag at pr Cot ene \
concen ld tay Z
ower he mse rest as bie Sing
bent ramators hee usc E
fs toetsennod azonsoet recs
Stone ent wn rma ny
One a tem yea won oy
Monendanne UA same Mona se7 Complete the sentences with the words and
phrases in the box. All of them appeared in
the article.
the research also showed a recent survey
isestimated nowadays _the average
Into local transport has shown that
car use has declined after the rise in petrol costs,
2 slow-down in carsales,
age ofthe students on the course
wwas17
couples are getting marred later or
deciding nat to marry at all
that temperatures will rise by two
4 He didn't buy one of those amazing designer watches,
5. You know how to eat with chopstick, ?
6 Well that's what friends are for, ?
6 %6.21isten and check.
note intonation
‘The intonation on question tags can rise or fll Rising
intonation means the question tag isa genuine question
and the speaker isnot sure what the answer willbe. Falling
intonation means the speaker is simply asking for agreement:
Lae
You don't know where my keys are, do your (areal question - |
don't know where my keys are)
ts a beoutiful dy, isnt I? (not areal question ~
|'m expecting you to agree with me)7 Listen again and mark the intonation of the
question tags: > or —_.
DEVELOPING CONVERSATIONS
ating prices
8 Choose the correct words,
‘A: This bag is nice. How much ist?
8. A hundred and seventy
A hundred and seventy-fvel
That's very "alot / expensive.
8 Notreally.t's ist / top quality That's fake /
genuine leather it'lat forever / always, that wil
t's nice but | was thinking eighty
Eighty! Come on!
OK, ni
Ninety! won't “do / mate any money ike that
LUsten ll give it to you for a hundred and thirty
‘A: Come on. ve seen similar ‘one / ones that are
cheaper. A hundred.
8: OK, tell you what, doit fora hundred and
twenty
One ten.| don't have much money "over / lft
8B: One hundred and five. Final offer. Toke / Have itor
leave it can't be / go lower than that.
Vocabulary Builder Quiz 6
Download the Vocabulary Builder for Unit 6 and try the qui below.
‘Write your answers in your notebook. Then check them and record
your score.
Find the error inthe sentences below and correct it.
Here's the €20 | own you,
Idon't like bright colours. My clothes are pretty plait
Which bland of coffee do you usually buy?
\We bought a beautiful curved wooden box in Bal
Have you been to the new shopping hal yet?
She got married in a lovely sink dress
Apparently there are a lot of cake £20 notes going around.
Its boiling. Why are you wearing such a think jumper?
‘Match the sentence halves.
Isthere arywherecan plug aon special accasions Ike weddings
How long does the battery indebt and | save each month,
usually only wear a suit © inyour new phone last?
Fmcareful with money.tmnever d out soit’ easier to use.
The keyboard folds © forthe label, nat for quality.
Buy designer brands and youre fin myphone to charge #?
paying
3. Read the statements. Was each experience positive /) oF
negative (2
1 The Rolex! bought turned out not to be genuine.
2 When the sweater arrived it as full of holes
3. The processor on the latest version is much more powerful
4 Ittumed out nat tobe a secure ste
5 It turned out to be a valuable rare vintage book
6 couldn't believe how cute the souvenir dolls were
4 Which word do you need to complete the sentences in each set?
1 | took the jeans back because they didn't
furniture won't
will bea tight
2 Its the wrong colour blue ~t doesnt... your top. Were
hoping to last years sales. the blood types don'ts...
they can't arrest him
3 Wehad to.........up for hours to get tickets. really annoys me
when people jump the We got tothe font of the
after about an hour,
4 She won't buy anything without a designer
sik top without checking the
luggage.
5 Most clothes nowadays are... produced. There was a
Protest against the taxes. Were entering a period of
unemployment.
me. Murs ld
In er new flat. 50 guests in our tiny iat
washed my
Don't forget to... your
Score_5
Wait a couple of weeks and try the quiz again
‘Compare your scores.7 EDUCATION
VOCABULARY Describing courses
1 What sort of course should these people go on? Match
the statements (1-6) to the courses (a-
a a postgraduate course
b first-aid training
‘traning in using machines
4 anonline course
IT training
f anevening course
Im taking a group of teenagers on
an adventure holiday and Im a bit
‘worried in case one of them has an
accident. t's important for me to
know what to do,
2 limathome with a young femily all day,
sotthe only time | can study is when
they‘ in bed, | want todo'a computer
course and I ike to have the opportunity
‘to meet some new people.
All my friends ae in thei 605 and
‘they/re getting into emaling and the
Internet. 'm hopeless with
technology but it'sabout time
caught up.
4 travel for my job, so'm never
available at the same times every
‘week. I'm good with computers but
Fike to learn new sil
really enjoyed my frst degree and
[ve done quite wellin my career But
lke to get back to university now
and do a master’s orsamething ke
that
6 -116¥6 my job but ve never
‘worked in a factory before
‘There's diferent equipment for
all the stages but I don't know
owt all works.
Which word can complete both sentences in each pair?
Choose from the words in the box.
modules fialexams overall marks
seminars assignments tutors
1. Have you chosen which modules you want to do?
French Language, Literature and History are key modules in my
first year,
2 We havesix to.complete every term,
Tim finding tt hard to keep up with all the fon my
3. Imreally lucky to have a dedicated and supportive
Im not getting on very well because | don't have very helpful
4 Congratulations! Misha was telling me you passed all
your
Do you have to repeat the course i you fll your ?
5 thave weekly with about seven or eight other
students
Ithink get more out of discussions in than
studying on my own,
6 What percentage of the is given teach paper?
The ‘are calculated from the students’ end-of-term
results,
‘Choose the correct words.
1A: How’ the course going?
8 Tobe honest, 'm falling / struggling abit. just can't keep up,
2. &: How are the German lessons going?
8: Quite wel, actually.'m doing / making good progress at the
moment
3A: Hows the new job?
(OK. They've just put in a new IT systern so we'e al getting /
‘making training in how to use i.
‘A: What made you do some leader / leadership training?
8: It was good for at my CV more than anything else
5. A: Why did you change your course degree / degree course?
8 [started out quite fond / keen, but | decided to change
When |falled a couple of modules.4 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in
brackets.
1 We don't do exams. Our performance is.
(assess) through
eg (Ours
2. The course was ll done through... (work) think learn
betterina.... (practice) way
3. had my first set of... feed) on my teaching practice and
‘the tutor was very... (encourage)
4 didn't finish the design course.t lost.
It wasnt... felevance) to my business.
5. Imenjoying the course even though the
pretty... (demand).
(motivate) because
(assign) are
Language note school vs university
[At school students have teachers and lessons, at university they
have tutors / lecturers and lectures. You can use the word student
for someone whois at university / college, but a child at
schoo is usually called a pupil.
DEVELOPING CONVERSATIONS
Ican imagine, | bet, etc.
‘Write the responses as normal text. Add the correct
punctuation.
1A It's demanding to do a degree on top of a full-time job.
B: Ibetthatmustbestressfl
‘bet. That must be stresful
2 A: My tutor did't really explain where id gane wrong, which
was annoying.
8: icanimagineyouneedclearfeedback
3. A: failed 2 module, which came as a bit ofa shock.
8: imsurethatcantbeveryencouraging
4A: [stl have another eight exams, which is quite a challenge,
8; Itsoundsitthatmustbeexhausting
5. A: Im not getting the training | need, which makes my job
Impossible.
8: Ibetthatmustbereallyfrustrating
GRAMMAR Future time clause:
6 Tick (/) the correct sentences. Correct the incorrect
1 should have more time once the
course finishes next week
2. What are you planning to do after
your evening course finished?
3 Once | wil meet the other students
‘on the course, il feel less nervous,
4 hope toextend the essay deadline
‘once spoke to my tutor.
5. Why don’t we go away for the weekend
after we get our exam results?
6 When the tutor’ arrived, we'll start
the seminar
7. We're going tohave a huge party
when the final exams will be over.
8 After left college, (get a part-time job.
7 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the
verbs in the box.
hand / catch apologise / see
let receive be finish
come / do feel/ get
1A: How's the course going?
B: Tobe honest, glad when
it efinuhed. rm exhausted!
2. A: How did you do in your exams?
8: haven't had the results yet.
‘you know when them.
3. A: How come youte staying in tonight?
8: Ihave tofinish an essay |
ut with you after! It
4A: What's the student accommodation like?
B: Not great, but I've only been there a week.
better once used tot
5 A: You look abit tired
8: I'm struggling with my workload at the moment.
once! in my essay. up
con my sleep
6 A: can't believe you fell asleep in the lecture!
8B: Don't remind me. to
De Richter when | him,LisTENING
VOCABULARY Education
1 Choose the correct words.
never forget my favourite teacher, Mrs O'Gorman,
wo taught us French. | guess we were fairly bright
and Yenthusiam / enthusiastic students. And we were
all?keen/ strict linguists but it was Mrs O who made
iteasy to have / pay attention in class. She knew
subject really “good / well and she was always
patience patient and friendly. in fat, it was Mis Os
‘encouraged: encouraging attitude that gave me the
‘ambition / ambitious to become a language teacher
‘myself When life inthe classroom gets tough, think
back to my well-paid / well-prepared and motivating
classes and | smile,
2 Complete the conversations with the sets of words in
the box.
school fees
scipine
social
entry requirements
bilingual school
1A; Why did Kiera change schoo inthe middle of
term?
8; Her parents weren't pleased with her progress
A So what was the problem with her old school?
B; They said it was in an area with some
[And they wanted a school wth good standards
and
A: And where s Kiera studying now?
B: She got aplace ina... She did well cause
the*..afevery high there. And her parents are
‘going to pay thousands in*.... too, oF course
research faites
Master's programme
‘academic reputation
alternative approaches
2. A: What made you leave your Oxford college? Oxford
and Cambridge have a great *
B: You'e right, they do, There was nothing wrong with
the college but the course wasn't right for me.
A: In what way?
1: Ie was quite traditional and | wanted to try:
‘a mix of practical and theoretical techniques.
How about you? How ate things on our .n2
‘Ak: Good, thane. t's demanding work but the +
| In the department are superb,
7.1 You are going to hear interviews with people in the
street about what makes a good school Listen and number the
toples inthe order you hear them.
home education
the role of teachers
discipline
‘whale chil’ education
the role of parents
boarding school
7. Listen again. Tick (/) the opinions / statements that are
siven in the interviews?
1 Independent schools ae better than state schools.
2. Teachers in Britain should be more strict.
3 It’s the teachers job to encourage students
44 Home education is becoming more and more popular.
5. Home education gives students more control over
their learning,
The Montessori approach doesn't teach children in groups.
7 Teachers don't need to havea positive attitude to
their students
8 Parents are important in making a good school.
PRONUNCIATION word stress
‘Mark the main stress in the underlined words.
1. Good teachers can be an inspiration to their cass and
‘encourage them to do well
2 Sir, would you mind if asked you a question about education?
3. Maria Montessori was an Italian woman who developed an
approach to educate the whole child
4 Ofcourse, the teacher can give encouragement and try to
inspite the class, but if child won't co-operate, then there's
little we can do,
5. 5o,it's all about co-operation between teachers and families,
7.2 Usten and check,READING
7 Read the article quickly. What is the main reason for writing it?
2. to promate online learning
bb to introduce readers toa new way of learning
€ togivea profile ofa talented student
8 Are these statements true or false?
1. Martina doesn't havea regular work timetable
2_ She is doing an online course to improve her professional sil.
3. Online learning lets her work a slowly or quickly as she likes,
4. She wishes her tutor was more supportive
5 She says that online courses ae similar to traditional learning.
insome ways
© Online learners never see each ather face to face,
7. Martina is taking a postgraduate course,
LEARNING FOR LIFE
More and more people are turing to online learning to
improve their skis orto study a subject ust for the love of
it. We talked to Martina Connor, a keen online student, 10
find out what it's all about
2. What made you choose onne faring?
‘A Wel, it suits me because of my jb. work sits, so 'm never avalable
atthe same time each week. Te local calle afer same intresting
evening courses, but they run atthe same time a one of my sis.
With ontine teaming, | can workin my own tne and ft my sues
around work and my soca ie
How id you get starts?
| had planed to go back to studying, but then I came across a
TV programme on the history of at and | found the whole ting
‘asciatng. I i a search onthe ntet and | fund an orpaisaton|
‘that ofred good courses, but ao the flenbility eed. have to work
at my own pace because of my ob. So, | eisteed,dowmlaaded the
‘course materials an vw boon studying ever since
(But ont you need a teacher?
Tobe honest, thanks to the Internet, can get the same support as
students ina more tradtonal classroom. Ihave a personal tutor she
‘ery experienced in working with anne students. We keepin touch by
hone or emai can downicad her lectures and study notes. She gives
me regular assignments and marks my work, ist ike ding homework
‘rom school, realy
Wat about testing?
‘A There's no way of shiping tests just because | study at home! When
Ne done a section of a mode, | complete a series of worksheets
‘online to check that Ive got the main points. also have to do writen
‘assgnment, which are marked by my tutor. Then atthe end ofeach
core module, there's along essay to wie You cant move on tothe
ext module unless you get a good mark
9 Choose the correct prepositions. Look back at the
article if you need to,
1. We've spent a long time on that tope soit’ time
tomove on / off
2 Take an active part n /of the seminars ifyou want
to get the most aut of the course,
3. There are no exams on my dram:
course. t's great
to.do something just with / for the love oft
Ive no idea why | went fo /for the philosophy
‘module it's way over my head!
Home education means students can work fo/ in
their own time and at / with thei own pace,
lve kept in to touch with all my fiends from
University
Don't you mis contact with ther students?
Infact, there’sabig community of nine eames. tracve eehnoogy
‘means we can take pat in vital essns and seminars We also have
the students forum. Tat’ where you can cat online, and exchange
‘eas and advice. t's oreat for your sci fe, too. Students inthe
‘same area ofen get opti fora cote ora bow.
What do you have in mind fr aftr the course?
1m ot sure. nave fou more modules to do but when Ive finshed,
might go forthe degree course or chose something siterent
: Glossary
tegister: to put your personal detalls and other
{information on an offical ist
$ virtual: appearing on computers or in the InternetGRaMMaR
Zero and first conditionals
11 Match the sentence halves to make zero conditionals.
1 Ifyou don't clean acut,
2 When you click on New,
3 you are late thre times in the same week,
4 When you mix blue and yellow,
5 When Annie drinks cola
6. fyou don't attend 90 per cent of the lectures,
you can't continue the module
‘you get a detention
itopensa document.
she gets a headache,
you get green,
it gets infected
2 Complete the frst conditional sentences with the
‘pairs of verbs in the box. Make any necessary changes
tothe verbs.
‘take / get might get / download
start -mest misbehave / send
get /not pass right cll / have
continue /be suspended fancy /be
2 Hfyou At... the essay now, youmet:
the deadiine easily
21. iy tutor problems
with this assignment = it's quite dificult.
3 you less that 50 percent inthe exam,
you.
4 | break ifyou fed up with
your revision.
5 lames, +o bully ther students, he
from school
6 You. caught if you your
answers from the Internet.
7 Ifyou talking the essay through, |
in my office until seven this evening,
8 Amy in class again, her
to the head teacher.
DEVELOPING WRITING
A course review — giving feedback
3. Read student feedback from two different courses.
‘Which course was more successful?
4 Choose the correct words in text A opposite,
© 8 comply 1 torougty enjoyed the couse. Over was 2
pave learning * experince / experiment, which uly met my
‘expectations. The traning was ofa high standard / level. The
course was well! ran /
‘made, witha good selection of topics and plenty of opportunities
to lear from ather students, The sessions were challenging but
the hands-on practice made them very rewarded | rewarding.
‘Completing a short * worksheet / homework after each sesion
helped me check progress and review key points. The clear and
helpful handouts summarised the main points of each sesion, The
tutors all had excellent knowledge of ther subject but were able
to communicate clerly with students of cilferet levels. They were
‘iso easy to tlk to and wiling to ge individual” supportive /
Support were necessary. Te training centre had good *
technology / faites and all the equipment worked wel. have a
‘genuine Sense of achievement /
‘achieving after completing the course and | would definitely
propose | recommend it to others
Trmafiai hat the coud Te wp oy expectations, Over,
Tthovght the taining ws quite poor. Tas hoping fo some prac
esos, b the the di conse of long ects wth no grup
‘rk The content of theft ay was appropriate for posite
denis itwse more ndergadaate lve The tt dda seem
‘ery well prepared There were no andats provided after any af the
Jectues,foreing ust take lng st of notes each da. The lecture
theatres were welesuippd bt the tutors dd appear to know how
to se the ileraive whiteboard, or even the mirophone. We were
hen aver tight deadline fr the endocoune ay and I struggled
fo get tinh sory toy tht the couse wast very god
te of my ime dont real fe I ahieed any of my goals or even
tha ea nthing new, Perhaps yu coud review the couse
ene and choice af tit for atte courses
Look atthe feedback in text B again. Underline the more
polite ways of saying these things.
wasted three days.
The training was hopeless
You got the level wrong.
‘The tutors must be technophobes.
You gave us too much work
Getit right next time.
Write feedback (120-150 words) for a course (real or
{maginary), Include your general opinion and comments
fon some of the following aspects of the course.
+ leve! ‘+ materials and handouts
+ pace + facilities
+ tuition training» workloadVOCABULARY Forming words
7 Complete the list with the correct form of the words
inbrackets. Use a dictionary to help you.
fe sills
“The term ‘fe skills is sometimes used to refer
‘0 basic sills people need to survivein the adult
‘world Here isa possible list.
3 nde. (Society) skis
b money (manage) sis
© (know) ofa foreign language
d basic (cook) sls
taking care of your personal
(appear)
f the (able) to drive
e (communicate sls
h an (understand) of local
palitcs
1 dealing with personal
(relation)
{8 Number the list in Bin the order of importance for
‘young people in your country.
© Complete the words with the endings in the box.
ation (2) ment -ments ure -allons ea)
ity ations ions
What is .acetan. for? To ge young people
* inform. ‘about diferent subjects orto
‘prepare them forthe adit world? His he second
‘ofthese then fm 0 complete fi 1
Jef university with afist-class degree but no
* proce skis at al Even today, my
‘wifes the one with fe sil, She works out he
*colut ofthe interest on our loans,
knows the best ret for cuts and
bruises, and can explain local’ elect.
fo our son. the computer goes wrong, shes got
the" technic knowledge fo put eight.
She also has the abil fo sort out
argu. between my sister and me. Oh,
{nd she's also very flenied vttr.| enjoyed my
degree but maybe | should have taken a fist-old
course and a cookery course as well
Vocabulary Builder Quiz 7
Download the Vocabulary Builder for Unit 7 and try the quiz below.
‘Write your answers in your notebook. Then check them and record
your score.
1 Complete the nouns that end in ation and -ment.
1 | think continuous... ment of students is much fairer than
Just exams.
2 I chose the course because the tutors all had a good
_ation
3-Itimportant to give your own
Just epeat others'ideas
4 After the course, the students all showed a great.....ment in
their writing sili
5 I gave good feedback on the course because it exceeded my
‘ations,
6 A good level of maths i basic
ation in an essay and not
iment fr the course
2 Tick (7) the six adjectives that form their opposite with in
relevant inteligent ‘experienced:
convenient complete sensitive
practical accurate decisive
fit
3 Complete the conversations with words from boxes A and 8 for
each sentence.
A fall han
fina sting oe a
B somerevision thedeadline the notes progress
the module my assignment
1A: must going to.......to the tuto.'m glad I've finished it
8: Oh,no.| forgot all about that.Do you think Mrs Grange wil
bya few days?
2. A: Ohno. We've gota chemistry test next week. [need to
‘this weekend
B: Why don't we
each other
3A: Hows school?
B: Not great. The teacher says I need 0.0.0"
{rom this term together? We can help
4. Read the statements. seach opinion positive (/) or
negative (x)?
‘The parents of the kids at that school are really pushy,
‘The whole course was a complete failure.
‘The students all deserved to do well
‘They have very impressive aclites atthe new college,
lowe my teacher a huge debt of gratitude.
It's so unfaie She was such a cheat.
The schoo! didn't live up toits good reputation
Score _/25
Wait a couple of weeks and try the quiz again,
Compare your scores.OPs4 EATING
VOCABULARY Describing food Language note past participles to describe food
1 Complete the dialogues with the pairs of verbs in the ‘You will often see the past participles of cooking verbs on menus
box. inEngishveg
roast gil mash grate steam/bot| —__hllen marinated n wine served with mashed potatoes and
deep-fy sticfry slice marinate ‘roasted vegetables
Stiffied pwns with steamed spinach and boiled ce
1 A you ‘vegetable rather than
them, you keep in mor ofthe vitamin.
8: Ohi did know that 4. Which s the oddone out?
2 hs Pease doit the shinai that oi Why Le comenthecob limes spinach radishes
derityou ithe Chinese way? 2 tipe squid” Senge oysters
8: ve never tied cooking that vay. 3 kebabs tuudtilleohver
3A: Can gveyou ahand? 4 icecream tile cake peanuts
8: ves please you could the potatoes 5 bluecheese steak kebabs chicken
and the cheese that would be a help
4A: That knife very sharp ~be careful when you
‘the meat, DEVELOPING CONVERSATIONS
8: O€ Hoong do meet inthe Describing dishes
5. How are you going to cok the chicken peces? 5. Write answers forthe questions. Write the words in brackets,
B: isa waste of electri to them inthe inthe comrect order
coven sol think them 1A: What aime?
3 (tts kind
2. crossout the foods that donot go withthe ways of {a/but tsa /ike bt eon)
cooking. smaler and geen
Tilly ‘Ash /cake /chcken/ steak 2A: What's black pepper?
2 sie tomatoes cheese cal / sauce 8 (oF kind 3 pce it) ike
3 mash bread / potatoes / bananas / baby food Cayenne pepper (but /as/its/
4 Steam couscous vegetables fh soup not strong)
5 deep fy chips tie fish squid 3. A: Whats strawberry fo!?
6 toast eggs /beet chicken / duck 8 (o/s kind / of dessert
7 bol) pasta potatoes saad rice {mashed om? made frat
8 grate Caos / oysters cheese / apples and ream
9 marinate prawns / meat / chicken ice 48 What’ tofu?
10 tify egetables/ meat/ rut / seafood 3 (ike 1/9 bt cheese / bt)
vibe bland om / soya beans /
3 Complete the adjectives for describing food. made its /mashed) and its used in sian cookery
{She makes wonderful desserts but everyting comes 5A: What's wit’?
woth ceam and chocolate fs just 307 2 ® (rom ro sausage a kind /
2 Since Lindsay came back fom Mexico. everything comes its Poland (pork rom / made
with chilis ts much toos forme Ws)and diferent herbs and spices.
3. That sauce was realy t
toit?
4. admit m a bit fussy. not keen on fish and I never
eat fied food.It's just og
5 My pastaisa bitb____ Could you pass the salt?
66 The steak and chips were really #_ don't
think can eat any more
‘what herbs di you addREADING
Look atthe headings in the article. Where
‘ight this type of text appear?
{2 0n a website on how to cook
bb ina magazine on food and nuttition
© onaTVatvert
‘Read the article, which describes four
different eating patterns. Match the
questions (1-10) tothe correct text (A-D)..
Which person:
2 tends nat to eat breakfast?
2 doesn't eally enjoy eating?
3 eats egular meals?
4 doesn't concentrate just on eating?
5 avoids bland food?
6 doesnt get what their body
needs fom their diet?
eats small amounts throughout
theday?
often eats alone?
tend to eat too much?
cats quickly?
'© Replace the underlined words in the
sentences with the words and phrases in
the box.
from scratch counts bite toeat
proper appetite missed out on
Alackof _goall day without food
1. Shall we have a snack before we start the
decorating?
2 ts sucha shame. He lost the opportunity
of opening his own restaurant
3. I never buy ready meals.|thinkt’s fun to
prepare food from the beginning.
4 Itcan't be good for you to not eat until the
evening.
5 Fmstarving when | get up in the morning.
reve leave the house without a good
breakfast
6 For met’ health that i important ~ that's
wiy | buy organic food,
7 No wonder she's so slim, she has avery
small desite for food.
8 Not having variety in your det can create
health problems.
What kind of eater are you?
ho utes zone This is someone who eats a fatty
unadventuovs det of mainly potsin and carbohydrates: A
‘typical meal might consist of ust meat and potatoes, or steak
‘and chips. Any vegetables they eat tend to be frazen an easy to
Prepare, such as peas or swoatcom. They hardy ever eat resh —_f/
fruit occasional an orange oran apple, cr some fut juice. |
‘Although they eat three meals a day, they tke ite pleasure in
‘ating and have its variety their et. Tho lack of rt and —_S
‘vegetables means they are probably missing out on vans,
‘minerals and other nuterts,
“he oneal wazr This porson dosen't offen st down to
8 proper meal, refering o jist arab smaler bites to eat
throughout the day, Nota fan of brealdast, by mic-moming they
il start series of min-meals ~a sandvch, then 15 minut
lator some fru, then half an nour later some bisoults, followed by
‘various snacks troughout the dy. Often eating quick and whe
‘doing other actites — working, watching TV, even diving ~ they
{et tle satisfaction fom food, They have ne contrl over ther
<2ppee and wil often overeat on foods of te nutritional vale,
The aston fan For this person, is coneriens that counts
fen witha by lest, hey tel hess thy doit have
fie to shoo for fe ncn an cook hem fom serach
“Thar fod of cei i on tasty and ing, ut can be eas and
fattening. typical unch mgt be hamburger an es, lowes in
the evening bya ready meal of takeaway cuy and roo. They end
toike ston Navous, anc nd Fes Fut a vette rater
and, High eels ofl, sugar and sats nthe cet crest
potential heath priors.
sta recs roca con
itergcmscuurra contact
Bpemieresiice ove ecrsa corte
Seems tag sane a oy oa
Delete eeinnccctsacet cen
Be eecbiecsiece a4
Re reer rare
rena ted cra ‘
ey aicsente ren
+ Glossary
S pottm asubtance nt eggs that helps people
3 fw ade heathy
iboats a sbstacein bead patoes ce that
cee ies tebe wth eer
‘Stans / nents: substances fod that people need
ergaodheatthGRAMMAR Generalisations and tend to
11 Write these sentences in the negative. Give two
different negative forms.
1 Itend to have a proper breakfast every morning.
ede tna endnat te hae a Dee
Treakinatec nore
2 We tend to split the bill when we eat out
We.
3. As ids, we tended toeat lots of sugary snacks.
As kids,
4 Since his illness he's tended to pay attention to his det.
Since hisillnes,
5 My mum tends to use a recipe book when she cooks.
My mum:
6 Asa student, she tended to eat tinned and frozen food.
Asa student,
2 Complete the sentences with the correct form of
tendito.
1. A: My ids are just so fussy They won't eat anything
but meat and potatoes
B; Don't worry. Children
and become more adventurous
2 A: Ali was teling me you've become a vegetarian
Don't you miss ance steak and chips?
5: Well feat much meat anyway,
s0it'sno problem.
3A: Wete visting tay later this yea. Da you know how
much people tip in restaurants?
8: | think service is included in the bil
4 fs You're always cooking ots of spinach and stuf ike
that
8: | know. n't it Funny how tastes change? When |
was a teenager leave all my
vegetables onthe side of my plate. Now !fove them,
5. A: Ive got three vegetarians coming to dinner What
you cook that's tasty but
grow out of that
meat-free?
8: Why don't lend you my veggie recipe book?
It's got loads of great ideas.
6 A; Doyou like spicy food?
8; Well, up until now, be quite an
nadventurous eater, but | tried Thai cury recently
and it was realy tasty
7: Nowine for me, thanks. |
the week
8: Me neither
8A: It’s very quiet inthe restaurant tonight.
Bi: Ves, there ‘bea lot of customers on
Mondays.
drink during
LISTENING
3 8.1 Youare going to heara presenter and chefon a TV
cookery programme. Listen and complete the recipe.
aie
Cheesy pasta with spinach
‘Serves: 4
Ingredients
4 medi oon, pele ancl chopped
spinach, washed end fnely chopped
: pasta
2 tbep extra vigin olve of
alitle®
‘a handful of basi leaves
1009 ‘cheese
‘Method
“© Cook the pasta in a large pan of salted
‘water for about ‘minutes. Don't ett
‘overcook,
‘+ Heat the ol and butter ina trying pan over @
. heat and add the onions. Fry gently for
‘about five minutes unl soft and golden.
‘+ Tum the heat down, and add the " tothe
‘fying pan. Mix it gery withthe onions unt t COOKS
down (1-2 mute Theres ro raed Boo
it fest.
«Cain he pasta eal wel, Add tt the anion and
spinach, and mix wel.
‘+ Add inthe choeso and the bas leaves and give one
final te
Alternatives
+ Adda few!
recipe.
+ Hy et at orf, ad some rick
10 the onions and fy gently unt cooked.
and some garic to the basicPRONUNCIATION Long vowel sounds
4 8.2 Listento these long vowel sounds.
Bit el fal ad
5 Match the symbols to the underlined words from Listening.
1. Thisis fastfood, but home style fas
2 How many people wilt feed?
3. Thisis a dish forfour people,
4 First thing isto get the pasta cooking.
5 We need a large saucepan of boiling salted water
6 Which letters in bold have a different sound?
9 Correct the mistakes in these phrases about food
‘and eating, Look back at the text ifyou need to,
1 Pasta isa basic ofthe talian diet
2. The Polish eat a large varied of pork dishes,
3. Fish and seafood appear strongly in the coastal
areas of Spain
4 The best-knowed dishes in Argentina are acados.
5 The food in Hong Kong consists with a huge range
of ingredients
6 Duck's popular in Singapore served with a range of
side plates.
7. Lunch s the principal meal ofthe day in Braz
8 itsbad taste to start eating before the other
1 prawn cor portion foreign
2 starving overcharged marinate half
3 cheese steam ich peanut 10 Write two paragraphs (120-150 words) for an
4 decor turn stir deserted online encyclopedia about the food culture in
5 tablespoon soup tough food your country. Use some of the headings and the
language in the text tohelp you.
people atthe table
7 8.3 Listen and check.
DEVELOPING WRITING
An encyclopedia entry ~ describing food culture
8 Read the encyclopedia entry about Japanese food. Underline
three more sentences thatthe editor would ask tobe taken
‘out because they express opinion rather than fact.
Basic ingredients
Rice's sae of he Japanese deta is sed wh rer every ml Noades are sso ponuor NS
Per ley, arte reap
Silden bo pace GRC Ronn a eee
soca nip ny eet pee
Typical chee
‘haben ef prance oft eta se (cy
(rou os i a SENN rea ne oe
fier and sve fal yoo aR) Seat ee a
GS poner Fate oop ee enc aeeeeeee
Sel wna e ba coil geen naa Bes noel oor ce ne eee
ei
Diy eating
a | ee
cota of tautod ron ne Som sndsilanee aie, ges ON ca Tee
Scr teraspv etVesarecia eee emer oes ares rarer ee
renee ty doy te Seon spereamenscre aaron Cake nate ae
Sao Gian Se eect ene eeteeet sca are
Serna
Table mennere
sero oy ee gery al tetra rey
Iron wd gochneas dod Wark uu oe hea Ihre one as a
Soaiis Sv aeon aaa T crore cet,
eas aes ne edt eee war Seen ns
sms wrpond te yaar gan aaa ae pos nr oe Sa
Japanese cuisineVOCABULARY Restaurants
1 Revitte the descriptions of the places to eat. Use
‘the words in brackets.
1 AtSt Germain all the food has lots of buttercream
and eggs. (rich)
I St Germain all the foosianracih
2 The Gallery restaurant hasa view over some
‘beautiful gardens. (looks)
The Gallery
3. Casa Paco always has a lot of people. (packed)
Casa Paco
4 The Olive Tre is decorated in a fashionable way.
(decor)
The Olive Tree
5 You can only get seafood at Sea and Sur. (does)
Sea and Surf
2 Complete the conversation with the words in the
box.
‘greasy bland —imited hom
huge inviting organic
style
|A; Where do you fancy meeting for lunch?
8B. Rob was telling me about a new place in town.
oes traditional cooking and the
portions are really 2
‘A: Oh,you mean The Coakhouse? They fy everything
there think so the food's quite =
Someone from work went last weekend and she
said her fish was really
B: Ok, et’ give that place a miss, then,
'A: How about the new café a the art gallery? They
only do salads and snacks, so the menu's kind of
but the foods all
‘No chemicals or anything like that.
8; That sounds abit more
‘A. Mmm, a bit healthier, too I'm watching my
weight
3. Replace the underlined text with the words and phrases in
‘the box.
‘vercooks it outstanding deserted
‘generous beautifully presented overpowers it
very fancy. very posh deserves
1. Iwouldn't go there, don't think. It’s always empty.
2 They give you more than you can eat. The portions are always
very big
3. The meal was OK but I dont think the chef is worth all the
publicity he gets
4 The staff look after you very well. The service is excellent.
5 Dad loves a barbecue but heist great at doing steak He always
cooks for too long,
6 Theresa lot of garlcin this dish. t's shame because it really
‘covers the taste of the resto it
7. The desserts are a work of art. They are always extemely,
attractive,
8 feta bit out of place in my jeans. The hotel restaurant is
elegant and luxurious.
GRAMMAR Second conditionals
‘Match the sentence halves.
If thad mare time to cook
Yeu wouldn't put on weight
Hf schools taught basic cookery sil,
\We might buy organic food al the time
If 1 cooked you a cury,
iFl wasnt trying to lose weight,
2a if you didnt eat such fattening food.
wouldn't lve on ready meals
join you fora curry.
@. teenagers might be more confident inthe kitchen,
efit wasn't so expensive.
think you'd enjoy it.
0 ourcomes|5 Choose the correct forms.
1 A: What * would will you do if someone
° was inviting / invited you to a restaurant and
then asted you to split the bill?
B: Well might / could be upset ifit
+ was / wosn't my birthday or something.
C1 didn't | wouldn't mind. In my country we
always do that
2 A: Whyis that waiter taking so long?
8: Don't be so impatient. No wonder he's bit slow.
It’s packed in here tonight
{IF am running / was running a restaurant,
71d / give better service than this.
8: That's easy to say. The poor waiter looks
exhausted. if would be / was him,
" Fexpect | fd expect ance big tip.
A: dont see why, Just because you're a waiter it
doesn't mean you deserve extra money.
3. A: I don't really know what to have. might go for
the steak.
8: How hungry ae you?
2: Not very
B: 1° wouldn't / would have the steak then if
1 would be / were you. t's huge.
‘A: OK. have the salad, then. How about drinks?
B:lstick with water If adn rive / wasn't
dteving home tonight," could / can have a
lass of wine, but I don't want to riskit
6 Find and correct one mistake in each sentence.
1. Flove to work with food if| would retrain in a
diferent industy
2 think we'd cook. lot more at home if we would
have more time,
3. If could afford it, 4 would love to take you toa
posh restaurant.
4 Where would you go for dinner if you want to make
a good impression on someone?
5 fam you, d send that pasta back. It looks all
greasy.
6 you could have dinner anywhere in the world,
where do you go?
7 I think Greg can be a professional chef ithe wanted
to.
8 didn't come to this café again ifit was the last
place on earth!
‘9 What would you eat right now ifyou could had
anything?
20 Ifyou was living on the minimum wage, it would
be hard to have a good di
Vocabulary Builder Quiz 8
Download the Vocabulary Builder for Unit 8 and try the quiz
‘below. Write your answers in your notebook. Then check them
and record your score.
11 Tick () the six adjectives that can describe food.
tasty joy tender
filling deserted generous
starving bland fall
2 Which texture or taste adjectives ending in-y can go with
these nouns?
steak / peaches / oranges
apples / biscuits / celery
curry sauce / stew
squid / octopus / cheese
snacks / nuts / crisps
‘choose the correct words.
Sorry not to finish my lunch. don't have much
‘appetite / hungry.
2 The chefs going to swap / tronsferto another branch of the
restaurant chain
3. Don't add too much chill. tt ill overeact/ overpower the
other flavours.
4 Fm not sure what to have for the main course. What are you
‘Boing to stick with / go for?
5. Don't eat too many sugary / buttery foods. They are bad for
your teeth,
‘Correct one letter inthe underlined words.
| wanted some organic lamb but they were out of stick.
Did you know they've binned smoking in all eating places.
‘This stew is really blond. t needs some salt and herbs to add
some flavour
‘Would you like any site dishes with your main course?
The café was absolutely picked. t took ages to get served.
The fat was really bake and uninvting when we frst moved in
{didn't enjoy the meal at all The restaurant did't reserve a
five-star rating
‘My Spanish post family looked after me really wel
9. Its now easy to get fold of ingredients used in Japanese food
Score _125
Wait a couple of weeks and try the quiz again.
Compare your scores.VOCABULARY Describing homes
1 These people have answered the question ‘What
‘couldn't you live without in your house / flat?” What
are they talking about?
1 Abigail ve just bought a sports car so have to have.
somewhere safe to keep it... garage
2. Joand Lisa: We need a space to grow our own fruit
and vegetables. And we couldn't live without a space
for the kids to play safely.b
3 Clara: We use it every day in
hot here. And i's good exercise. 5 _
4 Reg: We don't have a garden now but we use the
space forall our pot plants. It gives usa lovely view
overthecitytoar.t__
5 Nancy: | put it on every morning and evening t's
expensive, but | really fel the cold, so| couldn't live
without it.g__ aah
6 Jake: ma graphic designer and | work from home.
need a space |can use as a studio. b
2 Choose the correct words.
A six-bedroomed house in a quiet location.
‘The property needs some renovation but
has real potential as a lovely family home.
Key features
© alarge entrance hall with a beaut” ted /
‘carved oor
‘an open heating /fre in each downstairs
‘= a large roof / ttc that could be converted.
Into a bedroom or home offce
‘the main bedroom has a ‘basement /
‘balcony that looks out over the surrounding
‘countryside
‘beautiful gardens including a lovey ® square /
patio ideal for siting and enjoying the view
3 Complete the conversations with the pairs of words in the box.
‘tun-down / spacious
‘a shared apartment / affordable
newly built / compact
central / cramped
convenient / bright
1A; I thought you were going to buy your own place. How come
you'e stil ving in. ?
8; Im waiting unt | can find somewhere
Everything round here is ust so
expensive
2. A What's your new fat like?
8: It’s great. ts really.
‘walk therein ten minutes ~and it's nice and
with ots of big windows.
3. A: Why on earth did Max buy that old flat?
B: | suppose itis abit
rooms and they are all ely
4 As Ive gone for one of those
‘apartments near the hospital. t's good to have a place that
doesn't need any work doing tot.
8: | know where you mean, They look really nice—
but well designed,
5 A: Shall we have a look atthe new houses near the library? It
for work -Ican
but its got five
‘would be goad tobe ina location.
8, Mmm, not sure. drove past them lastnight and they look
abit ‘to me, Where would we put all
cour stuff?
DEVELOPING CONVERSATIONS
Explaining how big a place is
4 Write the words in brackets in the correct place. There is one
extra word each time.
1. The bathroom is ~its the
‘of ours. (half / tiny / twice / size)
2 its gota nice garden — its twice
and maybe abit.
ong as this
(wider / one as /
size,
3. Those new apartments are abit. ~theye half the
size of ours, a bit smaller. wide little /
maybe / cramped)
4 Their new house has got a huge kitchen ~ it's
the size of (twice / enormous / mine /
about)
5 The garageis. ~its.
(yours / about / huge / three)
sitting room It's 2 sizeto
(came / bigger / similar /
times the size of
6 Ws gota
this room, maybe abit
spacious)
IREADING 6 Complete the tips for finding and sharing a flat. Use the words in
aa ‘bold in the article
ee ice. Pope looking fora room
ern Contec naa / pave! Ai Register with online tatshare websites to help you in your
_. for a room,
1 started the exchange process wit Kyle? Dart accep the frat rom hat you ee loki you
2 got the opportunity to try acting? finde ht lace
3. wanted to create interest in his town? 1 Ath peopl nthe et ow long he oom hasbeen
4 was ut of work? “Theis a good way of fdr out fre have been any clos
5 sited the house in Kipling? Even he or poopie nthe fat sound tend ovr tho phon, aways
6 traded to add something to his collection? ‘meat them
7 behaved in friendly way to Kyle? oop with arom torent
8 went tomeet all the traders A Gc tn Pa ae tarot
f rer person,
9 traded with Kye to encourage positive Peart omen eee
attention? ons
he man who traded a paperclip for a house
fn ly 2005, tye Macdonald By tis me, tne development
from Monta setup a seves offce of smal toan ale Nong
ofinteret wages wt a red had near about N's search or
Bapercip. A year later and 2 house, The popiaton of the
after 9 toa of 14 vades, ne town haa ben fing a there
exchanged ofle ne movie Were a numberof vacant houses
the toun. The development omer
nought tet mating an exchange
wih Rye woud be 2 goed way to
att touts, The oun douaht
‘one f the empty houses nd
‘everanges iui Kyle for te pat
“The frst tme Kyle ae hs githers
aves ning they were oven 2
trade fon the itenet realy warm welcome. There were
frst exchange was wih 500 prope outside ther new house
women in Vancouver, eludng the mayer tues erty a
"wha alered him 9 en tt loked the a fish. He traded the pen for year ater Ke had made the fest ade. The house has now Decere
‘2 door, and then the doorhneb fo 2 camping stove. Nye id all not ony a Nome fort and Hs gerd but ao 2 tours atracton
the exchanges face to face, 35a the vaders were more interested The tun hed auton forthe le nthe move and a youna guy fm
Inthe people than the objects the local re gt the pat
‘Ate while, the Caradon meda became interested n Kye story w+
and the uber of éay its tos webster rom about 20 Glossary
100000 fe hen sad hate intended to Keep adnguntthe got sts san teres es
house, Seve exronges folowed,reudng tadga yearsrenton traded: exchanged the media: radio.
ahoase fran aarmoon wth ihe nae Aloe Canoes nti MWe gOS + something you have for newspapers / magazi
ran te rn ns Aer rd tae es, Ts was @SESEE ET ¢ something else; trade (noun) and the ntemet
«2 minor patina Hothwood move. But why woul 2 prccer want :
Cousranetnemnrase gic eepeaea, coon | geottneb: eround inde mayor ther
eC trctirctertocpensne — rmponorecennofical
elie no reat ie ynetwins eyVOCABULARY Social issues
1 What are the people talking about? Match the
opinions (1-6) with the issues (a-f)
1 It’s impossible tofind a place
lndera quarter ofa million
anywhere near my work
2 Itjust keeps going up and up.
‘You can't expect elderly people
tochoose between cooking and
heating.
Ws lke the seasons have
got mixed up. You get huge
storms in summer but the
temperature doesn't drop in
winter
4 Its not as bad as people think
ve always felt pretty safe
round here and we've never
been burgled.
5 Achange in the law has made
it much more iffcut to get
study visas and work permit.
6 Things were different in my
parents’ day.| think people
stayed together because there
were fewer options
Immigration
house prices
climate change
4 crime rate
© divorce rate
cost of energy
2 Choose the correct words.
We bought a pretty litle family home on the coast ten
‘years ago. It was a dream home turned into a nightmare.
‘hiss largely because *of to the number of storms we
row have. We've lost alot ofthe garden and the house
is getting nearer the edge ofthe cf each year. People
say it may have something to? mate / do with climate
change All! know is that i's ow impossible to sell
the house. Even if we could sell there has been a
§ sharp | sharply rise In house ‘prices / rates in the area,
They are now so high that we cant afford to move.
People say it's due oft the economy in general
But think t mus / can't have something to do with
‘the number of people who buy holiday homes for
investment here
GRAMMAR Present perfect simple and
present perfect continuous
3 Match the sentences (1-6) with the graphs (8-f).
1 Interest rates have been going up gradually
cover te last six months
2. The average wage has increased dramatically
‘over the last ten years.
3. Unemployment has risen slightly over the
last three months
4 The birth rate has dropped dramatically over
the last five years.
5 House prices have fallen dramatically over
the last year
6 The crime rate has been going down steadily
‘over the last three years.* Complete the answers to the presenter’s question. Use the cues
{nthe box. Put the verbs into the present perfect or present
perfect continuous.
‘mortgage payments / increase / dramatically
food prices / go up / over the last year
the cost of energy / drop / steadily
Profits / rise / by about 20%
property prices / fall / dramatically
‘unemployment / go up / to five milion
Presenter: We ame out onto the streets to ask ‘How has the
recent financial crisis affected you?’ Here are some
replies from local people.
Eddie; I haven't worked since left schoo
It’s very hard to get
a job.
Mel. Tobe honest, we're OK. We have our own business
and it's doing well."
Tara: It's awful, We've just bought our frst house but the
We ray have to sell and
goback to renting
Amy: —_limretired but get a good pension
but Ican stil afford to
eat well and heat my home
Charles Oh, please don't ask. ve got three houses to sell ut
1 could lose a fortune!
Deepak Not too bad actually | own a few factories and
D ‘ver the past few years so
my electricity bills ae getting cheaper.
LISTENING
5 %9.1 You are going to hear Paul talking to an estate agent,
and then to his sister Listen to part one and choose the
comect information.
1 The flat at 29// 39 Oak street,
2 The estate agent says the flats two / ten minutes from the
tube,
3. He says the fiat is available / affordable
4 His name is Mr lle / Kyle
5. He tells doesn’ tell Paul how much the rent I
6 ©9.2Listento part two, Number the problems
‘with the flat in the order Paul talks about them.
The flat was
{00 expensive
tiny
very cold
In bad condition
quite a long way from the underground
not very clean
PRONUNCIATION
Correcting information
Language note sentence stress
‘We often stress words more strongly when we
want to contrast or correct what someone has said
risky to think |
‘im not buying theft: renting.
The house wosn't ver spacious. In fact t
05 realy camped. r
7 Underline the words that contrast or correct.
1 You could calit compact: itwas just camped
2 tte wasnt chill it was freezing
3 The agent sid it was ten minutes from the tube,
butt was more like 20.
4 ttwas supposed tobe affordable but that’ just
overpriced,
8 9.3 Practise saying the sentences in 7. Then listen
and check,
9 9.4 Match the sentence halves. Then listen and
check.
It's too far to walk to the shops, so
‘The flat isn't on the first floor
We didn't meet the landlor,
‘We cant help you move on Friday
l expected the decor tobe quite trendy
just the other tenants
but well come round atthe weekend,
but it was realy old-fashioned,
you have to get the bus
it's in the basement.
10 Practise saying the sentences in 9.VOCABULARY Describing areas
‘Write the adjectives in the correct order to complete
‘the opinions.
1. “The area live in is really ively (ley), with lots of
theatres, bars and pubs. The streets are packed with
people at weekends and you can hear loads of
diferent languages. love that it’s so
(tuclrimaulty).| used to live in the suburbs and it was
just (edad) the whole time’
2 "Iwas born in quite a (ogruh) area, with
lots of crime and graffiti Parts ofthe city were pretty
(hifty) and polluted, too. When | made
some money, moved toa (enrats) area,
full of big family houses and nice park,
3. "We moved out tothe country last year and I love it
‘Our nearest neighbours are 1akm away, so we're quite
(clitsda). We don't have a local station
either, soit isnt very well (odcenectn),
but ts worth it for the peace and quiet”
GRAMMAR Comparing now and the past
Correct the underlined mistakes.
1. The pubs and cubs are alot more rough now:
2. Getting around town sa lot easier that it was before
3. The air was much most polluted than its nowadays.
44 Uving in the country was much isolated in the past.
5. Rents and mortgages are just as high that before.
6 This area isles velier than where | used to live
Rewrite the sentences with the words in brackets,
Make any necessary changes.
1 Lifes more complicated than before. (used / be)
ute
2. Theair in the town is much cleaner. (much / polluted)
‘The air in the town
3. House prices are lower now. (as / high)
House prices.
4 There are alot more cars than inthe past. (much / traffic)
There
There aren't as many businesses in the city centre
(far fewer)
There
6 There arent as mary tourists there were. (ess / tourism)
There
4 Victor has written a blog about the changes he has seen in
his life, Use one suitable word in each gap to complete his
opinions.
| tek has got morse
ecu pease dom a 2°
eyed
(eo0o
WHAT'S GOT BETTER
| remember when noaty everyone worked nthe loca
factories, Thee 76 101. NAHE... Work
‘opportunities now ? ‘ero usd to
vaben |! ‘2 tecrages Heath
Wing longer an
beter now, to, and peop are
‘which ie wonder
WHAT'S GOT WORSE
treat
time as
Fewer and
‘young people are choceing to get marie, which tink fs
‘ashame. In my day, people were"
than toy
to stay together
Isolates
now, because fares tended
DEVELOPING CONVERSATIONS
Asking about rules
5 Choose the correct words.
1A: Is/Can it OK if use some of your milk?
2
3
8
B®
8
(Of course as long that / as you buy some more tomorrow.
‘Would you mind / mine if turned the TV off?
Yes ofcourse Not at all-I'm nt watching this anyway
'A. ima bit short of cash at the moment. Can / Do | give you
8
&
8
the rent next week?
Tim afald not / no, We all have to pay on time.
Can / Would it be possible to use your computer sometimes?
(OF course, with / within reason. But please don't spend
hours and hours online.
|: Would / Dot be OK if! have people round for my birthday?
It depend / depends how mary people not more than six
oreight.
Do we have / has to spit ll the bills?
No, gas and electrcty are included in the rent. Obviously /
Evidently you have to pay for any phone calls you make.DEVELOPING WRITING
‘A room advert ~ checking accuracy
6 Read the online advert for a room ina shared
hhouse. Where would you put the following
missing information to make it more
‘complete?
2 Large back garden with patio area
b_Non-smoker preferred, but not essential
{ Room available from 1" September
spacious sitting room with digital TV
Supermarkets / takeaways etc are all
available locally
£ Monthly rent for room: £450
eo
So
Room avaiable in moder, nicely decorated
house in quite, resental area of York
‘Approumatey 10 mies trom cty centre, and 1S.
‘minutes dive to motorway and train station. Very |
‘conveniently cation for anyone werking atthe
business park or hospital *
‘The house consis two double bedrooms, to
tntrooms both wh elec shower), |
lage, ite
Se ces
machine and tumble dyer |
‘ Aso
urvesicted onsret parking, gas centre heating
and beoadbond access.
tm an easy-going, testo ere wo
_Heoiearttordnideftintbecseli
conversation and relaxing at the end of the day.
rang oon
erro oe paerane
Soden |
|
|
‘ Ail are
Included, except telephone.
Interested? Please contact me lathe website.
7 Conect the underlined mistakes in the advert.
8 Imagine you have a room torent in your
house / flat. Write an advert (120-150 words)
forthe room. Include the information in the
checklist and check your work carefully.
+ when the room is available
+a description ofthe area
+2 description of the house and what's init
+a brief personal description
+a brief description ofthe typeof person you
{are looking for
+ the ent and what's included
Vocabulary Builder Quiz 9
Download the Vocabulary Builder for Unit 9 and try the quiz below:
‘Write your answers in your notebook. Then check them and record
your score.
11 Cross out the adjective that int possible in the context.
1 This aea is just too (touristy / built-up / posh) for me..'m used to
living in the mile of nowhere
2 A few years ago this partof town was quite dead / green /
run-down) but it’ improved alot since then
3. Welve knocked down the wall to make a ealy enormous / separate
1 spacious) oom.
4 The houses in (residential / compact / affordable) areas always sll
very quickly.
2 Which sixof these situations area problem / negative?
The roofs leaking.
The bathroom floor has just been ted.
The value of our house has doubled,
There's a shortage of afordable housing.
Thete were hardly any volunteers for the clean-up campaign,
“The building project has gone over budget.
They've finally paid off their mortgage.
The central heating needs fixing.
The graft in the area put off potential buyers.
‘Match the sentence halves.
Why don’tyou havea a dramatically in the last year.
Why areyoutaking Bb -goat repairing the ight yourself?
House prices have fallen the housing problem.
Interest rates willie out aloan if yout already overdrawn?
What s the root © ofthe problem?
Weneedtotackle steadily the next six months.
4 Which words that are both verbs and nouns can
complete these sentences?
4 They've just put up the......0n ur flat. don't know why more
people dont ...instead of having a mortgage.
2 ur MAIN... Isto pay off our mortgage quickly. These plans
‘0 provide local people with better housing.
3 There's been a dramatic......in unemployment. It's estimated
that prices will... by two percent
5 complete the entencs withthe mining prepertons.
| wanted to be.....Walking distance of college but there's 2
real shortage... flats nearby.
2 The building programme in the area has slowed... ue
a lack of investment in property.
3 Thead said It was a dream flat with acess... local facilities. It
‘tuned aut tobe in a backstreet which was covered... liter.
Score _/25
Wait a couple of weeks and try the quiz again.
Compare your scores.8) GOING OUT
VOCABULARY Exhibitions, films and theatre
1 Put the words in the correct category.
drama photography comedy Installation
soundtrack sculpture portrait sculptor
special effects plot tragedy stand-up comedian
historical play director ___landscape DI
+ Aspectsofafilm —» Exhibitions + Types of painting
+ ypesof play + Jobs
2 Complete the conversations with the words in the box. There
is one extra word each time
lighting ‘musical comedy audience
1 A: Didyouenjoy the 2
8: Yes and na, The stage was amazing they
sed loads of efferent colours ~and the sound was great.
But the star actor only sang for 45 minutes. Half ofthe
4asked for their money back
acting soundtrack dector staging costumes,
2. A: That wasn't the best play ve ever seen. Remind me, who
was the 2
B: Karl Mitchel. He must be quite inexperienced because the
wasn't very believable,
‘Ak You'e right. The best thing about it was the: -1
loved al those long, sik dresses.
: Mmm, the ‘was prety good, too. It relly looked
like they were in Pas.
thrillers special effects ‘raler
comedy documentary
3 A Isawa for Death in the Dark. Do you fancy
going?
B: Erm not really into. actually. usualy go
fora nice where the couple end up getting
married
|A: Well there isnt much else on at the moment apart from a
politica about in the Middle East
painting ‘modern
landscape painter
4A; Lookat this. Aren't the colours fantastic? And the
style fs really unusual Do you know
‘who the is?
B: No idea. ts alla bit to. for me. ike
pictures to look lke real people and objects.
3. Write questions for the answers.
1A
8; There's loads on just now ~a music fesivalan art
installation at the museum and a new version of a
Shakespeare play.
Wt’ a collection of black and white photography.
It’s a play about lfe in New York in the 1920s,
1 the new City Gallery, on Princes Steet.
‘They've gota late-night showing at 11:30 on Friday
and Saturday.
‘A couple of new actors | haven't heard of beforeDEVELOPING CONVERSATIONS
Explaining where places are
4 Choose the correct words.
1A: Doyou know where the mosque is?
8: No. sorry! don’t think ido,
: You know the main square? Well, Charles Street is
fone ofthe roads off of there. fyou'e
» come / coming down the toad away from the
square, there's a turning on the right. The mosque
is about? halfway / halftime down that road,on
the right.
2 A: Hello, 239816.
B: Hello, m tying to deliver a parcel to you but |
cant find the address. m on Market Street.
‘A: Holly Lane is pedestrianised so you cat drive
round, but i isn't far to walk. If you've got your
“tur / back to the main square you take the
second left, Follow the road round and number 19
is* straight / right on the corner.
3. A: Where are you? | thought we were meeting at the
bus station. 'm right infront / opposite ofthe
main entrance nov.
8: Sorry, meant the train station. m in the ca park
"by atthe back
‘OK, well e's meet atthe restaurant. You know
where its, don't you?
B: [sit the one on Marshal Road?
‘A: Not’ the near / next turning down from there.
It’s only about five minutes’ walk
4 A Sorry 'm late, My train was delayed, Where are
you now?
B: Im outside the art gallery When you come
° out /offof the station, go up Cariton Road
* between | towards the main square. You'l see a
big statue in the middle. you'e front / facing
the statue the gallery ison your lft
LISTENING
5 10.1 Listen to sixshort dialogues. Choose the correct
answers,a,bore.
1 What do they decide to do?
a goout fordinner
b gotothecinema
«stayin
2 Which showing ofthe film do they choose?
2 430 pm
b 7pm.
© 9pm.
3. What are the people doing?
2 looking a paintings
bb taking photos
¢ watching a video
4. What do they think s the best thing about the film?
a the plot
the soundtrack
the special eects
5 Where do they decide to meet?
2 inthe main square
bat the lady's house
cat thestation
6 Wheres the ie rink?
4 tothe right ofthe internet café
'b down from the station
facing the internet café
PRONUNCIATION Same sound or different?
6 Are the leters in bold the same sound (S) or different (D)?
1 Doyou fancy going tonight? / Come and look a this
landscape.
2 Theres nothing on. /That always used to be quite
posh.
3 What other showings are there? /That part of town
\sabit rough nowadays.
4 He does videos as well. / No silly special effects fora
change.
5 isthe second time ve been to this exhibition. He
does photography as well
6 sit right opposite the internet café? / What about in
the main square?
7 ©1022 Listen and check, Practise saying the sentences.GRAMMAR Quantifiers
11 Choose the correct words.
LI don't watch much of /@fot of TY but this was great.
All / Every the presenters knew their subject and there
‘were no / any dull moments in the whole two hours.
2 Little /Few films are as funny as tis. Almost every
ail person inthe cinema was laughing their head off
Some J Some of my fiends have booked to see it again.
3. have very few litle fllm music in my collection but
this is brillant. remember the whole movie every all
time | hear it. And I've actually bought the CD for so
‘many f much of my friends
4 When we got there there were hardly ay / almost
‘any people in the audience. Almost / Most of the
dancers were pretty hopeless and the lead singer had
almost not /no talent.
5. There were so many a lot of people there that you
couldi't see any / no of the sculptures vey clearly. And
there was very few /itte information to explain the
pieces
6. All/ Every review | read said it was amazing, but |
‘was disappointed, There were a itl / few exciting
‘moments but nat / no real plot that you cout follow.
2. What are the people in exercise: talking about?
aeomedy anexhibition
a film Qo amusial =
a documentary asoundtrck =O
3. Complete the sentences with the correct word or
phrase in each pair
lite tle
1A: We'e so busy that we get
tomeet up with fiends
Blt was great to spend.
the portraits i the gallery.
opportunity
time looking at
all/ every
2 A: lreally enjoyed episode of the TV
‘rama series.
8 ‘the actors gave relly good
performances.
no not
3 A There are comedy clubs in the town
where lve
There are any opportunities to study
art at my school.
some some of
an the audience walked out half way
‘through the play.
8 reviews were positive others said the
acting was awful
2 outcomes
not much / not many
5A Independent cinemas have survived the
financial crash.
8 world music is played on local radio stations.
2 few / few
6 Ac It's a small village so there are places for young
people to go.
8: Ive seen {good films atthe local arts cinema
this yea.
VOCABULARY Idioms
‘Match the sentence halves.
‘Don't take me seriously 'm Just pulling
You must be exhausted. ust put
Working ina shop is hard. You're on
This case is heavy Could you give me
‘rm nat going there again. It costs
"knew he'd done it and | couldn't turn
let's get the bill Can you try and catch
she fst a good friend, She's always talking
know you hate fish, but dont pul
a face —just eat it!
‘blind eye to the theft
‘a hand to take it to the car?
about you behind your back
your fet all day every day.
your leg, you know.
‘the waite’ eye?
your feet up now and relax
{an arm and ale just fora sandwich
READING
Read the article quickly. How does the writer feel about people
‘who wear special clothes to goto the cinema?
a. abit surprised but not postive or negative
bb annoyed and very critical
‘© amused and very impressed
‘Read the aticle again. Decide if these sentences about the text
are true or fase, or ifthe article doesn’t say.
1 The writer doesnt tend! to dress up when she goes to see a film,
2 Some filmgoers havea similar reaction in a cinema as people
often doin the theatre
13 The writer wished she could join in one ofthe Sex and the City
themed partes.
4 Neatly all film audiences who dress up are young and female,
5 Film audiences used to get annoyed if people made a noise
during a cinema film.
6 The writer understands why people try to express ther liking
fora film directly tothe cast
17 Thewariter hopes that all films in the future will have their own
ress code‘What do you wear tothe cinema? If
you're anything like me, then the
nswer Isa pal of Jeans, and a top
fr Jumper. But both you and are
behind the times, because there isa
‘new type of film fan out there: they
{ress upto look ike their favour
Stars, they teat going to the
cinema lke party, and respond 19
the east ofthe fim asi they had
been in a play
| witnessed this for myself when
‘Sex and the Clty was released in UK
Cinemas. [turned up in my usual
top and jeans and found myself
surrounded by young women in
pany dresses and high heels. They
‘were al paying respec to thelr
Favourite characters the film.
‘Apparently, some groups of wormen
ven took i further by oganizing a
hole evening of events - make-up
3a beauty Salon, cockals before
and after the film, and themed
parties related tothe Sex and the
‘ey este.
Later the same year, Mamma Mia came out and it was the turn ofthe older film fans to
‘ea hee avourte fashion fromthe 1570s and sing along tothe Abba sounarace And yatentestenee
‘stot st os who love romani omecles ho get involved: mal fan ofthe Batman Glossary
Series ffs were also sa fal come fora eraning of The Dak right :
tt seems thatthe audience reaction rng afm nt the stme as used tobe. Unt few! dressup: put on
‘ears no, Oe interac was done by tractors en te screen. anyone made ole speialtiothes
tnen opening some sweets or having a drink, the people nearby would respond with 2 1oud sich
"Ssnh Nowadays, some people applaud and shout when the flim starts, cheer when their + applaud: show you
favourite character appears, and even give a standing ovation atthe endif they've really enjoyed something
loved the movie 2 by hitting the palms
‘You have to admit thatthe a strange hing to do when the actors cant hear you! And af ofyourhands
“ours it doesnt happen hal types of aulenc. A tense ile moving acount of together
‘rari unltey to cetespotaneaus shots ad applause. eee phe Fo
Bit thee does sem tbe wed for omer mo atract anineraciveauence Maybe: hee he oud
im-makers wil ex up on ts and thee willbe rest code for every poplar move ma; Sout
islased
7 Match the sentence halves.
1 She was amazing: the audience gave 2 the times with what's on at the moment
2. Have you seen any goad films or plays? 'm completely behind up late and you don't want to miss the start
3. She didnt win an Oscar until her seventies but at least the along toit every time it comes on?
Industry paid 4. by security and fans soit was hard to see.
4 know you like this song, but do you have to sing € upon new flms and CDs.
5 I think isaw Johnny Depp atthe airport but he was surrounded further in every film they make?
6 Films seem to be getting more and more violent, Why do hera standing ovation which lasted minutes
directors take it hh eespect to er in the end,
7. Surfing the Net isa good way of picking
8 Don't walt for Marcus. He always turnsVOCABULARY Describing events
11 Choose the correct words.
1A: How was the film?
B, It was OK buta bit overpriced / overrated, don't
think the director is a terificas everyone's been
saying /teling.
: Oh, loved it.I was s0 moving / scary. When the
young git dled, was in crying / teas.
1; Ht ust be populat tried to get a ticket for the late
showing and it was completely sold up /out
I didn't see you after the concert.
No eft halfway through / down,
How come?
| thought they were rubbish / rough — just really
dull
‘A You're kidding. | thought it was amazing There was
such a good atmosphere / staging. enjoyed the
musi, the light show, all everything
8; In that case, you should buy their latest CD. t's
supposed ta have a lat of songs from the lve tour.
3. A: Have you tried the new club on Dale Street?
B; Yeah, and | wouldn't bother going if | were you.
it's very abstract / trendy —full of young, beautiful
people. I was wearing jeans and feta bit out oF
place / mood.
'&: What about the music?
B: Pretty dreadful. It was mainly catchy pop songs, so
the dance floor was tuck / packed with teenagers.
twas balling warm / hot and | was sweating lke
crazily / crazy, even though | wasn't dancing much
4A: Everyone's raving about the new exhibition at the
modern art gallery. What's so good about it?
8: Its one of the most interesting things I've een in
ages. The paintings are worried / weird. can't really
describe them or say what / wiy like them. Theyre
Just different.
‘Ac Mm, [id better go along and have
Took for myself.
GRAMMAR The future in the past
2 Rewrite the sentences to refer to future plans made in
the past.
1 Lam going to meet some fiends atthe cinema,
She said
2 Milget the theatre tickets online.
He promised
2 | don't think tne show willbe very good.
She didn't think
4 wont be late for the party, | promise.
He promised
5 The concert will probably nish at about 11.30
The manager said
6 think all the clubs are going tobe packed
She thought that
3 Complete the conversations with the correct form of the pairs
of verbs inthe box.
wouldn't / spend
going to / arrive
‘going to /ing
‘would / come
1 A Youre half an hour late-what happened?
8: Sorry! you but | couldn't get a
signal on my mobile
2. A: Is Annie joining us fra drink?
8: I'm not sue, She said she. ifshe
could get away from work.
3A: You sad you
at 9.30. What happened?
: Im really sory. got struck in traffic
4k; Why are you in such a bad mood?
8: You promised you
at work but you are atthe office 24/7
at the client’ office
so much time
DEVELOPING WRITING
mails — arranging to go out.
4. Complete the emails with the words in the box. There is one
extra word each time,
'5 Number the emails in A in the order they were sent.
6 Write a series of short emails.
White @ message inviting a classmate to go out forthe evening,
v
FRetuse the inviation in a polte way.
v
Persuade your classmate to come with you.
v
‘Agree, Ask when and where to meet
v
Reply and give the relevant information.get_meet coming know
You ' the tourist information
place? if you're? down the
road away from it, the arts cane is about
haltway down, on the let.
two tickets for Saturday. It stants at 7:30.
tickets
excuses dull
Don't be 80 boring! This pay isn't heavy or
' its funny. t's got sorne
really good * 1 80 you might
be pleasantly surprise. Anyway, you've
‘been promising to come out with me for
‘ages, 50 n0 more ? Ph even
buy the Ifyou say yes
way come do make
(Ok, OK. 11 wth you. tw
1a change to do something
dere Wer isis now cone, by the ||
better nice
id ever
Isnt realy my = of thing. I went
to‘ Pussian play recently and it was one of
the worst things lve seen.
|
tts fof you to askme, butit |
}
Mt
‘There's a comedy play on at the naw ats
‘centre in town, havent been yet but i's
to be great fun, Do you
. going? Its about a guy who
leads a double Ie — haf the time he's a
teacher and the rest he's a spy. I's
ntl the 17%, so this isthe
last weekend. | can't remember who's in it,
but it could be a good night *
“right_on supposed 0
Vocabulary Builder Quiz 10
Download the Vocabulary Builder for Unit 10 and try the quiz below.
‘rite your answers in your notebook. Then check them and record
your score.
1 Which words in each set do you need to complete the sentences?
[audience crowd “squad cast
1 Allthe actors in the... performed briiatly
2 The average age of the... for this showis about 23.
[portrait landscape sculpture stillife
3 Painting a self... must be very dificult.
4. He turned a lump of stone into a biliant
plot soundtrack subtites taller
5 Haveyou seen the... forthe new Coen Brothers Alm?
6 They adapted the film from the novel but they changed the
quite alot
2 Complete the nouns that end in ion.
1 That's brilliant news about your promotion, .....Jons!
2 Can you help me put up the.......Jons for Dan's party?
3. Thousand of people went on the ant-war.....JOn.
4 That poor family They lost al ther......Jons when thelr house
burnt down,
5 Can make a.......ion? Why don't we have a break and continue
‘the meeting after lunch?
{6 We have no......jon but to sell the company. There's nothing,
else we can do,
Find the error in the sentences below and correct it.
Fm not very een on modern at
sive you a gift to the station if you like
She burst into fears when she heard the news.
‘The late slowing of the flm doesn't finish until after midnight.
Take the next burning onthe left
He always sails to understand what m trying to say.
‘Match the sentence halves.
‘Why is shopping restricted with not paying thelr taxes.
It felt strange for the sun bb sleeping in a tent.
How could you break € natto set in the evening.
People shouldn't get away 4. your promise to me?
Tim not going camping. 'm paste upwards of £750.
Its very pricey A coffee is F to rock He's a jazz fan
Youll never convert him @ bylaw on a Sunday?
Score_25
Wait a couple of weeks and try the quit again.
‘Compate your scores.1 THE NATURAL WORLD
VOCABULARY Movements and sounds
1 Choose the correct words.
1
2
The sky was empty and then suddenly we saw an eagle
crawling | cicling high above the ground.
| coulde't sleep all night. There was something move /
‘moving around outside and a weird buzz / buzzing noise
in the tent
‘Maxis crazy about animals. Last time | saw him there
was. a snake ving / leaping round his shoulders.
| wanted to get a good photo ofthe squirel but it
leapt | rose into a tre and appeared ! disappeared.
The deer came out of nowhere and crawled / raced
across the road into the distance. t was gone in a
second.
i never go trekking again. couldn't stand the
scorpions crawling / circling all over the place
GRAMMAR Past ability / obligation
2 Complete the sentences with the pairs of verbs in
the box.
couldiit /had to
couldn't / managed to
1
5
could /managedto _hadto Feouldt
hadto / could
At first we see any of the wildlife because
of the bad weather. But in the end get
some good photos.
We. ‘wait hours forthe dolphins to appear.
‘Then suddenly they were so close to the boat you
almost touch them,
f hear the sound ofthe bull running right
behind me. Luckily. jump over the fence
and escape.
We stop suddenly when a wolf appeared
In the middle ofthe road. My kids. believe
their eyes!
When | was younger, you see animals in
the wild on safari You
lions and elephants,
gotoa z00 to see
DEVELOPING CONVERSATIONS
Helping speakers to tell stories
3 Number the lines in the correct order.
Story
‘Well as driving home from the office when | suddenly
saw a deer inthe road.
| guess it had come out of the forest that stretches
along the side ofthe road
The poor animal looked realy cared and confused
So what happened in the end?
You'l never guess what happened lastnight
Well the police and wildlife officers were going to
‘ranquilse it, but they couldn't shoot a it because
there was still alot of traffic around. As far 351
know they haven't caught it yet
Seriously? In the middle of al the traffic?
But what was it doing there?
Goon.What?
Yeah! it was a huge animal, with ealy big antlers
twas actually a bit scary thought it might run
into one of the cars
story2
‘Nobody knows. But It had hidden so deeply inside the
engine that they had to takelt apart to get the cat out
‘had been therefor a week without food or water and
the guy had driven 300 miles!
Did you hear about that cat that spent a week stuck in
acarengine?
No, itwas amazing. Itust had afew miner burns on
its fur
So what happened in the end?
No,what was that?
The guy gave the cat back to his neighbour. Apparently
Itwas fine, despite what had happened
| think it was in Austria. Tis guy heard a sound coming,
from his Mercedes so he looked under the bonnet and
found his neighbour's cat.
But what was it doing there?
Seriously? Not hurt or anything?LISTENING
4 11.1 Listen to Mark talking tohis friend Amy about a trip toa safari park. Number the pictures in the correct order.
PRONUNCIATION Same pronunciation, different spelling
5 Write the correct spelling for the pairs of words in phonetics.
1 Td been promising ta take a friends fan
| decided to open the /saa roo,
2 The Awona/ was great.
ee youl be allowed to go back?
v"
"had to rei quickly.
4 There were ied! deer and squires, things lke that
You should have /ed! the rues,
5 said | was going to Frito the manager.
That can't be fra, can it?
6 We had to wen ages frit to move.
The /vew of the animal had lft a big dent.
6 11.2 Listen and check. Practise saying the sentences,VOCABULARY Challenges and
achievements
1 Match the sentence halves.
‘ou can be proud of yourself You've overcome
Ive passed my driving tet. Even though it took
Im trying to get out of debt, so I've set
| couldnt believe how emational | was when |
reached
\We've done it! We've always dreamed of
It'sa mental and physical challenge to get
through
running a restaurant and now it's open.
several attempts, ve done it
myself target of saving £50 a month
50 many baer to get tothe final
‘the summit of the climb,
‘the pain of running a marathon.
2 Read the replies to the question What is your
[greatest achievement? Choose the correct
words.
1 Myambitious / ambition was always to climb
the highest summits / peaks inthe world.
managed to do Everest twice!
2. One ofthe roughest / toughest things have
ever done is seven marathons in seven days
| wasnt sure | could succeed / achieve t but |
idl
| guess it's having the determined /
determination to overcame! overpower my feat
of fying.
4. For me, it ralsing money for other unabled
1 disabled athletes, m well on the way to
reaching my goa! / peak ofa milion pounds
5. For years | wanted to do a parachute jump and
row my dreamis come true / real. Not bad for
someone who's scared of /from heights!
READING
5 Read the article quicy and writ the names ofthe plants onthe timeline.
&& ay
)
Present
{4 Read the article again and match the questions (1-8) tothe correct
text (A-D).
‘Which plant
1. was sometimes dangerous to humans?
2 i used in cosmetics?
3 has been adapted a lot overtime?
4 has been important in spreading knowledge?
5. has uses in areas of technology?
6 was irs tested by a single person?
7 Is grown across different continents?
has influenced English vocabulary?
5 Choose the correct words.
Piants have played a vita / fatal ole throughout human history They
have? made / one a contribution to business, medicine, food, art and
‘even architecture, Thanks to early travellers, plants that * created /
‘originated in one area were transported to be grown in different places,
Seeds are one of the most * possible / portable parts ofa plant, allowing
* cops / breeds ike rice to start life in Asia and then be introduced to
the Americas and Europe. Plants even made / had an effect on politics
= historically, the country that controlled the spice trade was the most
powerful in the worldPlants for life
I you were asked, ‘What has made the biggest contribution to human development?’ you might say “computers”
or ‘cars, rather than ‘cotton’ or ‘whet’. But throughout history plants have played a vital role. Here ae just a few
‘examples of *hero’ plants
A Cotton
'No one knows exactly where cattan originated but the eatlest pieces
‘of cation cloth were found in Mexico and are about 7000 years old.
Now more cottan is gown than any other natural foe inthe word, in
a business that is worth billions of dollars a year. Top exporters include
the USA, Brazil and India. The use of cotton in clothes is well-known
but infact all pats of the cotton plant are useful ~ the seed to make.
oils for soap and margarine, andthe part around the seed for making
‘gunpowder, nal poksh and plastics!
B Wheat C Papyrus
‘Wheat used to make bread Papyrus was probably fst
criginated about 10-18,000 Used to make paper in
‘years ago and thousands Egypt about 4000 BC. The
‘of years of plant breeding ‘word ‘paper itself comes
hha led to the modern, high- {rom ‘papyrus’. The plant is
‘production varieties used ‘a dstant relative of cotton
‘today. Now wheat provides ‘andi grown in Afica,
‘more food for more people Madagascar and the southem
\workdwide than any other Meditoranean. Historically, the
Crop. It is grown in every
continent, except Antarctica,
‘because verietias have been
‘produced to suit ferent
climates. tt is used inthe
plant had huge importance, it
‘was the frst product that was
strong enough to hold waiten
information but was aso ight enough to be portable.
‘This meant that important information couid be writen
\Westem det for bread and
pasta, but also in Asia to make anather staple fodd ~ noodles.
(Other uses for what include hand cleaners, soap and shampoo.
D Foxglove
‘The foxglove was regulary used in herbal medicine but could
bo fatal because parts ofthe plantar poisonous. nthe 18th
century, a Scottish doctor dsoovered that the plant contained an
ingreciont that had a powerul efact on the heart. This chemical
(Gita) i stil used in modem medicine to coniel a patent's
heat rate. The foxgove has an attractive ower ands found
throughout Brtan end in wester and southern Europe. Digan
is just one example of how the plant werld has benefited human
heath across the centuries.
= Glossary
fibre:
type of cloth or.
her materia
gunpowder: a substance used for masking explosions
food
«rop: a plant gy
} biofuel
ant material
down, stored and exchanged. Papyrus is also now used
‘10 improve soll conditions in Africa and in the praduction
of biofuels.GRAMMAR Passives
1 complete the quiz by putting the verbs in brackets into a passive form. Then choose the correct answers, A, Bor C.
© iow much of the Eas surtace
?
©
© wich regions
© How many pants species
© rch plans
© Wich animals
Awolves Bdeer C bison
@ wich animal
‘Apanda Btiger Cwhale
What do you know about
the natural world
‘Which area ‘sometimes
AAthe Brazilan rainforest the River Nile
© Whatis he main eason that many species of animal
[hunting and wading B destruction of habitats Clack of food
(cover) in water?
‘About 20% Babout 70% about 90%
(know) as the “lungs of the earth’?
the Arctic
(know) for ‘auroras’ (natural displays of light in the sky)?
Arainforests B deserts C:polar regions:
(use) n medicines worldwide?
‘A 100-200 B 1,000-2,000 ¢ 10,000- 20,000
(develop) over the centuries for use as painkillers?
‘Apoppy and willow B garlic and tea Crrice and sugar cane
(bree) in 2008 in Poland in the last century to stop them becoming extinct?
(adopt) as the logo for the WWF (World Wildlife Fund) in the 196087?
(threaten) with extinction?
2. Choose the correct verb forms.
Wind is clean source of energy that" produces /is
produced no air or water polion. Wind farms * are
busing / are beng buit al over the world. Germany
has installed / has been instaled the biggest number
and development is also growing in France and China
Itis “predicted / predicts that by 2050 one third of the
worlds electricity * wa be produced / wil produce by wind
power. But wind turbines are not popuiar with eveyone.
‘They ® ar often criticised / often crise for being noisy.
Locals also complain / are complained that thay spol the
landscape and damage wid,
3 Rewrite the sentences inthe passive.
1 They are building a new shopping centre in the centre
of town.
A
2. They smuggled the diamonds out of the country in bags
of sugar.
The.
3. They were repairing the photocopier all yesterday
morning,
The.
4 They grade students according to their age and ability
Students
55 They have given all cl servants a pay rise.
all
6. They will interview the new president on live TV
TheDEVELOPING WRITING
ving an opinion
4 Choose the correct words.
goenogprepas. conten
'¥m jst not an animal person
pave noting ' opposite against animal in
(Qeneral anc realy enjoy wice programmes
‘on TV Working ants ike uid dogs ae
‘ver important of couse, but | cant seo the
= pant place of keeping pets. To
me / mine, they jst fake / make a mess
ard cost you alt of money, Ard some
Det owners * reat ook tha ania he
‘lore, dressing them up and feecng them
the best meat or fons ust oezy
"That / Vina ely gets me s when people
setup a blog ‘wrt by thi dog ox
‘3k Why do thoy rotnd that an arial
has opricns ta share wih the rest ofthe
‘word? AB” 998 / thn, you want 10
Connemunicala, tak to person, nota pet
Posted by DP at 21:5, 1
‘Sony, Dr Phi, |® cout / don't isacree
‘more have vee cats an two dogs and
1 tae / get lt out of keeping them. |
‘ent spo them or eat ther ks humans,
but thoy ® ald / mean alt to me. What
Howe out thom i "act ight tat
‘hey ae very loyal ve alone and oI dont
hve much contact wih people day to dy.
Looking aftr my anal san important
Dt of each day. Don eget! remind
‘hat there ae aot of poopie out ther ust
as / the me. 1 fake / agree your pont
about animals ‘writ’ bogs, hough, tats
var ell Posted by natrequoen at 2159, 2
Language note adding emphasis
Sentences that begin with a clause starting
with What add emphasis toa subject or
‘object. Compare:
The way she treats her pets really annoys me
What really annoys me isthe way she
treats her pets
5 Writea reply (120-150 words) to one of the
opinions in exercise A. Include your overall
opinion on keeping pets, reasons for your
opinions and examples from your own,
experience.
Vocabulary Builder Quiz 11
Download the Vocabulary Builder for Unit 11 and try the qu below.
‘Write your answers in your notebook. Then check them and record
your score.
1 Match 1-5 and a-e.
1 allway a altitude
2 global resources
3 fire © tracks
4 high service
5 natural © warming
2 Which word do you need to complete the sentences in each pair?
1 Atone.......! thought the dog was going to attack me.
We've reached the.......where we have to make a decision.
2 found my keys the bed
What are you wearing ....your coat?
3 Dont let your dog run... Inthe park
Why did you set the birds ?
4 200s play an important ......in breeding programmes.
Whatshis.....im the government?
3 Choose the correct words.
1. Be careful.The cat might scratch / stroke you
2 Don't forget to change the water inthe fish cage / tank.
3 You'e not allowed to walk on the grass / bush here.
4 Huge areas of natural habitat / inhabitants are under threat.
5 I met a man who species / breeds racehorses.
6 Thedestruction / extinction of the rainforest isa serious isue.
‘We were stuck in the lift for ages before they got us
Time's running, We need to make a decision now.
[im well the way to becoming my own boss,
How did you manage to lack yourself ofthe house?
Don't set up the mountain too quickly It's a hard climb
‘Which i the odd one out in each set?
manufacturing conflict civil war
‘currency controversy wealth
‘authorities officals imports
territory summit altitude
extract ropes coal
‘Write the missing preposition in the correct place in these sentences.
Score _/25
Wait a couple of weeks and try the quiz again.
‘Compare your scores.
Ri12 PEOPLE | KNOW
VocaBULARY Describing character
1. Read the opinions and complete the puzzle with the correct
character adjectives. Then find the hidden word.
_ aa
but I believe in saying what I think
1 People say!'m too
2 Theyrea Couple. They're both so pleasant to be
around
3. wish he would learn to relax. Hes just so about
everything
4 We'e an odd couple. get upset and stressed quite easly but my
nusband is realy.
5 shesan child. She's always wanted to be successful
6 wouldn't cally daughter a genius but | guess shes pretty
7 Don't be so about everything. was only pulling
your leg!
18 He's really very clever but much too tosayso
Language note: very /highly + adjecti
Veryis often used to intensify an adjective:
“he's always very diplomatic.
He very sensitive
Highly is used with a smaller set of adjectives including:
Hes / she's highly competitive / motivated / educated /
successful
DEVELOPING CONVERSATIONS That's like
4. Draw a line to match the comments (1-5) and the responses (2-e)
1. My five-year-old wor't speak to anyone she doesn't know.
2. My new neighbour is very nie but she never stops talking!
3 kelly hasnt missed a training session since she decided to run
the marathon,
{4 Our new landlord seems vey nice. He hasit given usa list of
rules andit’ fine ifthe rent isa couple of days late.
5 When we go-out, my fiend Ali won't let me pay for anything
2 Complete the text with the adjectives in the box.
ard
focused
relaxed
popular
altesyte ogre
© aneve ogame
A; Did you manage to geta seat?
B: Youre joking! The
2. A: tm never going by ferry ver again!
8: Why? What happened?
A The. ‘was really rough. spent the whole time
upon the trying not tobe sick
18: Oh, dear, but at least you got a good view of the
bend ye traffic lights
3. A; Be careful here. There are some. about halfway
down here 0 you might have to stop. And then there's a
very tight in the road
B: Ok, thanks.
'A: And it looks like there's some broken glass along here. Let's
turn off you don't want to end up with a fat
B: Ok, (take a left here.
security checkin desk take-off
4 Ac How was your fight?
8: Well and landing were fine but the start of
the journey wasn't great.
‘A: How come?
8: They had only one open, soit
took ages. Then I kept setting the alarm off when | went
‘through te was so embarrassing5 13.2 Listen to the complete programme. Choose the corzect
answer to the questions, a,b, or.
1 How long do most people in the UK spend commuting a day?
2 19 minutes
b anhour
three quarters ofan hour
To avoid very packed trains, Penny suggests
2 adapting your timetable.
tying different carriage,
© changing your form of transport
Which activity does Penny think train commuters should
avid?
2 reading
working
Aeitting
‘who have to stand on a train can benefit from
Fraving postive thoughts.
talking to other commuters.
finding a personal space.
‘can put commuters ina bad mood?
Ihaving no one to talk to
feeling tired
listening to other people's complaints
Youcan reduce stress levels by
2 commuting by car
trying some gentle physical exercise.
© doing aerobics after work
ge note sounds that aren't pronounced
‘fold! two syllables not three
tables _/vedsiolz) three syllables, not four
PRONUNCIATION
Sounds that aren't pronounced
words.
Lfestyles the programme that tres to make everyday life just a
bit more manageable,
Penry Marshall, professional life coach in the business sector.
People inthe UK spend an average of 45 minutes travelling to
and from work,
People use different forms of transport to get to work
Let's start with travellers by tain
6 cross out the letters that aren't pronounced in the underlined
7 Now cross out the letters that aren't pronounced in
‘these extracts
1 you get aseat in a quieter cariage
2 preferably something you enjoy rather than work
3. several of my clients take knitting on the train
that can be very uncomfortable
5. more interesting advice for commuters
8 13.3 Listen and check. Then practice saying the
‘examples.
VOCABULARY Phrasal verbs
9 Complete the story with a verb from box A and a
partiele from box B.
calm set check hanging worked go
our got
in down around through back off
down out
Lreallycantstand *
airports. aways? ‘ar too
early and then Ihave loads of time to kl t's so dull
sitting around and drinking endless cups of coffe,
So, instead of fying on my latest business trip,
decided to drive? my
route on my sat nav packed all he stu | needed, and
‘ nice and early. was just
enjoying the scenery when suddenly the weather
changed. The clouds were so thick that | lost the signal
(onthe sat nav. Then it started to
, ‘The rain was so heavy
couldn't see the road in front of me. needed to be at
the ferry by 10:30,50| decided to keep going, despite
the weather. few minutes later the ear started to
fee! bumpy and I ealised had a flat tyre. couldn't
believe it. was so annoyed and frustrated but | knew
had to and just change
the wheel. the time”
Into the car,| was completely soaked and very fed up.
"arrived at the harbour just in time to see the ferry
starting its crossing, What a nightmare! I never want to
. a journey like that again.GRAMMAR Third conditionals
1 Choose the correct forms.
1 Ifa / would listened to the news, have known that the
‘motorway was closed.
2. Idon't know what we would have done ifour visas wouldn't /
hadn't arrived in time.
3. Ifthe ferry crossing hadn't been so rough, we can / could have had
nice meal.
{4 Would you have stayed in England if you didnt / hadn't married a
Braalian woman?
'5 The police would / wouldn't have stopped you ifyou hadnt been,
speeding
6 they hadn't escaped from their own county. they might have /
had been arrested
2 Read the conversations. There is one word missing in each of B's
lines. Add the word in the correct place.
1A: Poor Mike. He missed his plane because he ended up atthe
‘wrong terminal
If hed checked the details before, he would caught his plane,
2 A; Whatever happened to Joanne? Wasn't she your bestfriend
from college?
If she hadn't emigrated to Canada, we might have in touch,
Why on earth didn't you ring me about the train delay?
6: If been able to get a signal on my mobile, | would have let you
know.
4A That tax! from the airport cost usa fortune.
B: We could have caught the bus to the hotel f you hung around
for so long.
5. A: What made you want to emigrate to Australia?
8; Tobe honest, weld have stayed in the UK ifthere hadn't so
much unemployment:
6 A: How come you le them confiscate your laptop?
B If hadn't agreed, they wouldnt allowed me on the plane.
READING
3. Why might places in the world become impossible to visit?
“Match the four places in the article with the reasons a-d.
People stopped visiting / using:
1 Bikini Atoll an 2 thelinewasinvery
island i the Pacific bad condition
Ocean b ofacivilwar,
2. Mount Elgon, Kenya because ¢-—of muclear testing
3 The Panama itis situated on the
Railway border between two
countries who were
‘arguing about land
4 Gorongosa National
Park, Mozambique
4 Read the article quickly and check your answers to exercise A.
5 Read the article again. Write the correct places.
Which place ..
1 has had financial help from different people?
2 canbe reached by car?
3. doesn't appear to have suffered from ts history?
4 took five years to construct?
5. doesn't have any people ving there?
6 canbe explored from the inside?
7. combines a journey with observing wildlife?
8 used to be a big tourist attraction?
‘What do these numbers in the article refer to?
1958 (line 2)
45 (ine 319)
470km (line 31)
200m (ine 37)
112000 line 42)
1862 (ine 52)
Replace the underlined words inthe sentences
with the words in bold in the article.
1 Towalka long distance over hills or mountains isn't
iy idea ofa perfect holiday.
2 ttwasa beautiful harbour until they transformed it
Into a tourist destination
3 Tourism has rally taken off since difficult
{elationships have improved between the two
countries
4 The region attract a lot of people who like walking
Inthe countryside.
5 The most amazing aspect of the journey were the
_amazing views from the ship.
66 Theisland was supposed to be an unchanged
paradise but it was more like a concrete jungleLOST DESTINATIONS
NOW BACK ON THE LIST
Global travel is getting easier and more popular, giving the impression
that you can go where you want, when you want. However, environmental
changes and human influences mean that travel destinations are always
changing. Here are a few places that you couldn't have gone to 10 years ago.
Mount Elgon,
8 kenya
For years, border caputos
between Kenya and Uganda
meant it was moss to trek
‘ver the extinct volcano. Now
tensions have eased, 2 his
far comer of est Atos Nas
reapened. The mourn and
the atonal ark around it are
wel worth he 470k ave ron
Nob. Cirbars can enjoy the
increcbe view fom ts top
of Mount Egan 4821) but
porhas the most aschating
feature is ho caves. Some ae
‘over 60m wide ar un 200m
lo the mountain. They are
home to wld eepats that ig
40 for ata nthe wale ofthe caves.
Bikini Atoll,
Micronesia
This was the main arc of puter toting nthe Pace. There ware
28 tots on the sal lar rom 1946 f0 1858, When you have flown
in fom Honolulu, you ight be suprised at what you fd. Despite ts
ue past, sa looks ike an unepalt ropical paracsoo, Th land
5 tot su urinated, bu 1008 report sa that kin is now se
to hoon. Thanks toa oat is eur, popular aces nese
‘ing and feng of the aut coastine.
Gorongosa
National Park,
Mozambique
151971, this magriflcent wie park
atracted 12000 vistors who wanted
to se the biggest on population
‘Arca. From 1983-1002 the park was tum
into an evroneertal disaster sre during
Mozamoxue's il vex Aer the vat tha =
umber ofarge aneals inte pa Nag
faten by 958. Now, bute have boon
rerirelucod and tho park has rece