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but his clothesb Complete the sentences using the prompts nevertheless 5 comptete the sentences using a linking word from the box.. tolwould 2 Rewrite the sentences using ihe words in br

but his clothes

b Complete the sentences using the prompts

nevertheless

5 comptete the sentences using a linking word from the box ljse each linking word once onty Lizzie has a lot of money 5he lives in a small flat Allhough Lizzie hos o lot ol money, she Iives in a

even though however nevertheless

b u t although

1 | love vegetables _ | hate fruit

2 Your b a n k a c c o u n t i s in c r e d i t _ , w e a r e

u n a b l e t o a u t h o r i s e t h e L o a f ,

f - t h e r e w a s a l o t o f r a i n , a l o t o f t h e

p t a n t s d i e d

4 W e s p e n t t w o h o u r s a t t h e museum, _ , w e

F o r g o t t o l o o k a t t h e impressionlst p a i n t i n g s

5 H e ' s g o i n g b a [ d , h e ' s o n l y n i n e t e e r

E a c h s e n t e n c e h a s a m i s t a k e w i t h p u n c t u a t i o n

a n d / o r w o r d order R e w r i t e t h e s e n t e n c e s coriectly

1 The children w e m e i w e r e h e a l t h y B u t , v e r y

b a d l y e d u c a t e d

l've been to New York although, I've never seen

i h e S t a t u € o f L i b e n y

( d r e s s e d / s o a k i n g w e i )

( s p e a k / p L a y p i a n o )

( s u i t / l a b e l s )

H e h a d no

h e

Nevertheless, (rrjuries/conlused)

h e (words/plctures)

[ i l l e g a l i m m ] g a n t / musician)

c Find the following words and phrases in

the text/extracts and match them with the

meanings a-i

r appealed !

z warderirg !

3 disor;ented n

a chapel !

5 non-stop n

5 T h o u g h h e can't

d

g

h

I

6 dubbed n

Z virtuoso n

s amnesia !

9 traLrmatic n

rc con artist n

a g a v e s o m e o n e a s p e c i a l n a m e

b s 0 r n e 0 n e w h o m a k e s m o n e y f r o m t r i c k i n g

an illness in which you lose your mernory

asked for asststance

extremely stressfuL

confused about where you are/what you are

d 0 r n g

walking around without a purpose

showing the hrghest levelofsl(illand talent

a room for religious ceremontes

Yourvisa has expired, nevertheless, We are p.epared to allow you to stay for a iunher three

months-I h e a r A u s t r i a i s g r e a t F o r s k i i n g h o l i d a y s

t h o L r g h I ' v e n e v e r b e e n t h e r e m y s e l I

Pronunciation

@ How do we pronounce the -ed endings of

the following ad,ectives? Tick (/) the correct

c o l u m n

Then listen and check

I v e li v e d F v e n h o - g h i n - o d o n o, four ] e a r s

I stillget Lost o n the underground s y s t e m

5 My grandparents were poor, but, happy

A l t h o u g h w e e n j o y l o n g w a l k s W e do fird

t h e m q u i t e t i r i n g

P e t s a r e n o t usually p e r m i t t e d i r t h e h o t e l however In this case !./e can make an

e x c e p t i o n

1 Choose the co(ect words to comptete the text

1 As he gets older, he\ geLting mole and more -.

It's so sad

A ' o g e l a b l F B b - g " l ' L l ( ' o ' g e l n g

2 g e t really_when l l o o k a t t h e s e o l d p h o t o s

A nostalgic B remembering C nostalgia

3 - m e , w h a t w a s t h e n a m e o F y o u r f l r s t b o y f r i e n d ?

A R e m e m b e r B R e m i n d C R e m i n i s c e

4 D o y o u w h e n w e u s e d t o g o t o t h e b e a c h ?

A remind B memory c rernember

5 IVly grandparents love to about the old days.

A r e m i n i s c e B n o s t a l g i c C r e m i n d

6 T h e f a n t a s t i c a t m o s p h e r e m a d e t h e t r i p re a l l y

A m e r n o r y B m e m o r a b l e c n o s t a l g i a

used tol get used tolwould

2 Rewrite the sentences using ihe words in brackets

He doesn't swim in the sea any more (used)

He used to swim in the sea,

1 Are you becoming accustomed to life in the big city?

Gettins)

S a U y d i d n ' t h a v e a n y lr i e n d s w h e n s h e w a s a c h i l d

(use)

went to the library every rnorning when was a

student (would)

T h e c o m p a n y d o e s n ' t e x p o r t c a r s t o A s i a a n y lo n g e r

( u s e d )

Did he become farniliar with the 50ftware fairly quickly?

(get)

6 W h e n I w a s y o u n g I d i d n ' t w a t c h m u c h t e l e v i s j o n ( u s e )

7 How ofter did you get the bus to school? (would)

I _ 've

become accustomed to staying trp Late Got)

I t w a s e a s y t o b e c o m e F a m i l i a r w i t h th e n e w c o m p u t e r

(used)

D a v i d _ ( r e p a i r ) h i s c o m p u t e r

a f t e r h e h a d spoken t o t h e te c h n i c i a n

W h e n l w a s a young c h i l d -(play) football for hours without getting dred

T h e c h i l d r e n ( n o t c o m e ) o n

h o l i d a y w i t h u s n e x t s u m m e r , l\4y husband is really (cook) but

h e ' s h o p e L e s s a t c l e a n i n g (you/find) their website on the Internet yesterday?

B y th e e n d o f t h e c o u r s e y o u ( t y p e ) t h L r t y w o r d s a m i n u t e

3

Vocabulary

R e p l a c e t h e w o r d s in b r a c k e t s w i t h

a s u i t a b l e w o r d to c o m p l e t e t h e

s e n t e n c e S

1 D e r e k i s ( h e d o e s n ' t h a v e a

b e a r d ) a n d h a s d a r k b l o n d h a i r

z Mrs Arkwright is ejghty-five and her

3 W h e n h e w a s y o u n g i a s o n h a d a f u l l

h e a d o f h a i r b u t n o w ' m a f r a i d h e ' s _ G o t n o h a i r o n h i s h e a d )

4 Although her parents have straight

l i k e th e L e t t e r ' S ' )

M y b r o t h e r s t a r t e d d o i n g b o d y b u i l d i n g

a few years ago and now he's very

E v e n w h e n h e w e a r s s u i t s H e n r y

m a n a g e s t o l o o k q u i t e - ( u n t i d y )

E v e r y o n e i n m y fa m i l y h a s -( l i g h i b r o w n ) h a i r

T o b e s u c c e s s f u l i n H o l l y w o o d y o u

u s u a l l y h a v e t o b e - ( h a n d s o m e

or pretty)

I t h o u g h t D a n i e l a ' s h a i r w a s n a t u r a l l y blonde but in fact it's

(artiflcialLy coloured)

S h e h a s a s m a L l _ ( s h a p e d l i k e

t h e le t t e r ' O ' ) f a c e a n d th i c k d a r k h a i r

Expresshrg ability

Complete the sentences using expressions olability and the verbs in brackets,

Jane (not eat or drink) for two hours afterthe operation,

)ane won't be able to eat ot dtink lot lwo hours after the operation

1 0 P e p e l i v e s r f a b i g h o u s e n o w ( d i d n ' t )

Vocabulary

ljse the clues to complete the crosswoTd

with adjectives

Across

2 w h e n y o u t e not sure you beLiev€ t h a t

s o m e t h i n g i s tr u e

5 the opposite of pessimlsti

6 w h e n s o m e t h i n g y o u were w o f i i e d a b o u t

t u r n s o u t to be 0K

7 w h e n y o u want to fird out what's

h a p p e n i n g a n d w h y

9 t h e w a y c h i l d r e n f e e l b e f o r e a h o l i d a y o r

b i r t h d a y

1 0 slightly w o r r i e d , n o t r e l a x e d

Down

1 t h e oppos t e of/rferesred

2 w h e n y o u think s o n r e b o d y i s h i d i n g

s o m e t h i n g b a d

3 n o t c e r t a i n , n o t s u r € , n o t clear

4 a n g r y

8 w h e r y o u see or hear s o n r e t h i n g y o u

w e r e n t e x p e c t i n g o r p r e p a r e d f o r

6 C h o o s e t h e bes{ way to corlinue ea.f se-tence

1 A l t h o u g h s h e h a d llown m a n y t m e s ,

A Lucy flew quite often

B L u c y w a s stiLlscared o f f l y i n g

2 You failed to pass the entrance test,

A N e v e r t h e l e s s , w e a r e p r e p a r e d t o o f f e r y o u a

p l a c e o n th e course

B E v e n t h o u g h w e are prepared t o o f f e r y o u a place

o f the course,

3 | w a n t e d t o b u y a new Laptop

A but all the modeLs I looked a t w e r e t o o

e x p e n s t v e

B - e v " r t ' e l e c s d Lhe nodF.s ! \ , " - e t o o ".p" ive

4 T h e s h o p w o u l d n ' t g i v e u s a r e f u n d ,

A ahhoLgL t r e V d i o L agrFe r o o"v'or rFpairc

B aLtiougl- l r e v d i d d e r e e r o p d v tor repairs

5 E v e n t h o u g h I i o u n d h r m b o r i n g ,

A ltried to make c o n v e r s a t i o n w i t h h m

B L d dn'i bother t o m a k e c o n v e r s a i i o n w i t h h i m

B u y l n g i l r s t c l a s s t i c k e t s w a s m o r e e x p e n s i v e

A How€ver, w€ thought it was worth it.

B B u t we thought i t was wofih it

T e r e s a d e c i d e d t o g o to work,

A h o w e v e r s h e had a headache

B e v e n t h o u g h s h e h a d a headache

W e realis€ t h a t th e p a r c e L w a s rn g o o d c o n d i t i o n

w h e n y o u sent lt

A N e v e r t h e l e s s , i t w a s d a m a g e d w h e n r t a r r i v e d

B E v e n t h o u g h i t was darnag€d w h e n r t a r r i v e d

Vocabulary

S i x o f t h e sentences c o n t a i n m i s t a k e s F i n d r n e

m i s t a k e s a n d c o r r e c t t h e m

1 A | s o n can be very irritating; s h e ' s a r e a l p a i n o f t h €

2 lo€ may be a bit boring b u t h s h e a r t i s in t h e ri g h t

p o s i t i o n

I L p doec.l L fi n d :f F d < , v t o n a ? e p r o s : td, I, he,5

r a t h e r a c o l d fish

4 K a r e n o f t e n s a y s t h i n g s t h a t h u r t p e o p l e b u t s h e

d o e s n ' t c a r e - she's a s h a r d a s a nail

5 l v l i k e r s such a l o o w , e v e r y t h r n g ; h e a l w a y s t h nks he

k n o w s t h e a n s w € r t o e v e r y q u e s t i o n

6 W h e n l w a s y o u n g l w a s a b i t o l a lo n e r ; d i d n ' t

h a v e m a n y f r i e n d s

7 l \ , l y c o l l e a g u e ' s n o t v e r y a m b i t i o u s a n d s h e c e r t a i n L y

i s r ' t a high-ftying

8 K u r t c a n be sllch a n a w l ( w a r d c u s t o m , h e , s a l w a y s

c r e a t i n g p r o b l e m s f o r u s

although I but / however I lrevertheless

a, Read the newspaper article quickty and choose the

best titte.

2 Speed Tourists

3 Europe's New Destination

b Read the text again Write the questions for these answers

3 s p e e d

lo the castlcs of Scotland,

Exrope has somelhing for

every kind of hokdaymaker

to enjoy Now travel agents

mexp€cted attraction lo the

list - the German motorsay

sysr€m Ior the last tfuee

to Germany to experience

the thill of &ivtug on iLs

tbm 120000 are expected to

GemaDy's autobahns that

tempts tounsts to travel fiom

hal$ ay across the world?

The answer is sinple - speed

More than 8000 kilomehes

of German motomays bave

tro speed limit - somethrng

which is virtually unique

in the modem world lcw

Europeans realise that

G€.many's superb roads have

an alnost m),thcal reputation

in Asia, where hghways are

often overcrowde4 poorty

O rour opentors (a)

-that otrerins a Mercedes,

Audi or BMW capable of

240 kilometes per hou to

holidalmakers is the besi

way of bringing in

much-needed foreign exchange

4 8ooo

5 M e r c e d e s , A u d i o r B M W

Fo the lL< ftw Y€zrs the chines€ €ffnoEy (s) -rapidly and as a rcsult

&erE are pledy of Chinese tmve ers wealthy enough to afiod the €3000 chfiged for

a six-day 'autobahlou' The prices they are chaqing may

toudsts' clam that rhe thrill

of driving at speeds which would almost certa$ly lead

to prison sertences back

ar home far ouhveighs the

@ But tbis new folln of

popular wlth the locals Geman road safeb, $oups

a ival of the Chmese speed tourisrs Figues Pubiished bY the World Healtb Organisation showthatmore tban 600 PeoPle die on Chinat roads every daY Even rating into cotrsideratron the huge populaiion of China, this rs shl1 a horifying statistic But the Chinese dnven are

that smce they fist slarted coming tbree years ago there

nvolv jng speed tourists

c Find these words or phrases in the rext

1 tWO more nouns that mean rourisfs

5 24o

8 600

2 t h r e e m o r e n o u n s t h a t m e a n r o d d 5 another expresslon that means frcvel

4 ar adverb that m€ans difiosl

an adjective that means /ike sonething flon a story or Legend

a n "ed adiectiv€ t h a t m e a n s t h e opposile of put aff/discouraged

Gfamfnaf I present perfect simple and

Continuou5

2 Complete the newspaper article in Ex 1 ustng

Present Perlect Simple or Continuous forms

ofthe verbs in the box You may need to use

negative or passive forms

add be bring discover expand

flock ptove react

Write responses using the prompts and

appropriate forms of the Present Perfect Simpte

or Continuous Add any otherwords that are

necesSaty

Why ore you so red?

l/lie/sun/atlmorning

I.ve been lying in the sun oll morning

1 Can we go back to the car now?

no/l/not pay/shopping/yet

Vocabulary I adjectives wirh -edl-n s

endings

4 Complete the summaries usingsuitable dor -rr9 adjectives from the tist on page 8/ oflh€

Students'Book

1 Miranda: Dafiel's behaviour made mevery

angry lvliranda Feels Daniel's behaviour was

Why are the children soaking wet?

t h e y / s w i m / t h e l a k e

Have you tried that new French restaurant yet?

l M i c h a e l l o o k s t a n n e d

yes/he/just/€ome back/f,,liami Beach

Why aren't you having any pudding?

l/follow/strict d iet/forllast two months

S h a l l l fe e d t h e c a t s ?

n o / l / a l r e a d y / d o / i t

l s M a r i a s i i l l w o r k i h g o n th a t re p o r t ?

y e s / s h e / t y p e / l u n c h t i m e

You're a good teacher and you seem very

e x p e n e n c e 0 ,

yes/teach/karate/more than/ten years

You look exhausted

l/wash/the fl oors/all afternoon

10 Do you stil[ go to the tennis club?

n o / l / n o t b e / m e m b e r / 2 o o 4

David: After listeningto her speech, I decided

to become a doctor

Het speech was _,

D a v i d l e l t _ b y the speech

M a r y : l t h o u g h t t h e e x h i b i i i o n w a s in c r e d i b l y interesting

The exhibition was _

jos6: That was the scariest film I've everseen

l've never been so scaredl

T h e f i l m w a s _ Eloise: I knowthe iob is quite difficult, butthar

h a s n ' t p u t me offdoing i t

E l o i s e d o e s n ' t t h i n k t h e jo b is

Writing

5 You are about to finish a three-month holiday

in Kenya As part ofthe holidayyou have been helping a charity project which teaches Engtish

to young chitdren Complete this emaiI to your friend Sara Fotlowthis paragraph plan and took at page 162 ofthe Students' Book to hetp

Paragraph 1 where you are/why you are there/how you leel about it

Paragraph 2 what you do in the morning/in the afternoon/in yourfree time

Paragraph 3

frnishing and coming home

b Read the web page again and decide ifthe statements are true (T) or fatse (F)

1 The ce Hotel isnl ihe sort of building people expect to find

in a northern country n

2 PeopLe in Jukkasjaryi don't speak Swedish n

I t takes two days to build the hotel n

4 T h e h o t e t i s m a i n l y b u i L t o f i c e n

5 A French artrst built the firsi lce Hotel n

6 Guests sometimes worry aboLrt the cold temperatures n

7 Guests can waich fllms n

8 Visitors can hunt reindeer ln the daytime n

c We often use particularadverb and adjective combinations, e.g heaylly insuloted (patagtaph i Find five more examples of this type of collocation in the text

l- * unusuar Desrnauons - numper zz re

visileo oy a n'osr 3/000 peop e eac wntelBJrl - f I !!ltt IMW*h

:lllii,llJf?l;i,,Xllii:;ii:.i$:n$;;11,", &*1,|:"#!l,,W,iLlL

buildings we normally associate wih northern

counhjes Ralher than ifsulaie itself from the co d (t fte story of ihe ce Hote beqan in the winter of

subzero environmeni all arolrnd ii, the hotel 1989-90 There was an exhibition of ice art in the

embraces the wintry surfoundings and makes ocalvilage and a cylinder-shaped igloo made of ice

them nto part of its atiractlof was built for an exhibition by Frcnch artist Janoot

Derid Some ol the visitors decided to sleeD of I - re ndeer sk ns in ihe igloo and found il a surprisingly :

9 The lce Hotel is situated jn lh€ small viiage of relaxing anclstimulaiina environment yngve :

Jukkasjarv, nell to the river Tornealven Beruqvist, the ownef ofthe smalltoca inn, reatised

Jukkasiarvr ljes 200 kilometres north of theArctic thaioiheE mightwani io share thrs ul|rque experence

Circle in Saamiland (formerly known as Lapland), and ihe conc€;t oiihe Jce Hotelwas trorn

the most northefly part of Sweden Before the

t h e ] o c a | p e o p e s p e a k s a a m i , n o t s W e d i s h , a n d a b o U t s t a y i n g i n a p | a c e w h e r e t h e o U t s i d e

C F r l i g ' a o e B t o f c o u r ) e o c a l p e o p " r r v e b e e n

\ l / I n e lc e F o t e l r s n o t a p e r m a n e r t b u i l d i n g b u t is a n d c o n d t o n s in s i d e t h e ce Hotelarc r e a s o n a b l y

rebu lt each wifier Construction of the 5000

square meke building starts jn late October when m nus fouf degrees, and guesis are prov ded wth

affiva/ of the lce Holel there werc a most no

tourists rn this spafsely populated region, wherc (') Visitors io the lce Hotel are sometimes nervous

speclz snow cannons shoot tons of snow onto

steer secrions Aner rwo days rhe sreer seciions are ;:il',|[fl,iff *::llHJlT;:iilili:t',''j:,,

removed leaving so id snow arches live or six

metres wide Ovef the fo towing weeks the section< rn the elen ngs the hotel inc udes an 'ice cinema'

arc reused to make moTe arches Huge ice blocks and a wel stoc[ed ice bal During the day the

are carved trorn the lrozen river to make wal s and hotel company orgal ses spods actjvities such as

p I ars About 30000 tons of snow and 4000 tons wnlte 'tatel lafting' dogsledding and fishing and

of ce are used to build the hoie therc are tours ol local vil/ages and ,safaris,to

observe reindeer in their natural habitat

Reading

a, Read the web page quickly and

match the headings A-G with the

paragraphs l-5, Two headings are

not needed

A Facilities n

B Reseruations !

c Location n

D Lapland n

L nrsrory L l

F The ce Hot€l n

c constfuction n

| , '

Vocabulary I weatner

2 Use the ctues to complete the crossword

1 very h o t

5 L i g h t r a i n

6 no clouds

9 r a i n lr o m t i m e to iime

1 1 ltol warm 0 r v e t y coLd

Down

2 grey sky

3 never the sarne

4 a l i g h t w i n d

7 adjective frorn clue 4

E q u i t e c o L d

1 0 move l t q u i d

Grammar I questions

3 Match the questions and answers Then

complele rhe questions w:tf'one word.

1 n a v e y o u _ a

h o l i d a y t h i s y e a r l

Put the words in the co ect order to make questions

get when a refund me can you tetl I'lt Con you tell ne when l'll get a rcfund?

1 to was who ialking she

4

2 ilmy do knowyou t h i s seat i s

3 m u c h c o s t s i t c a n tellyou me how

4 t h e y c a r w h e r e t h e d i d take

5 a s k t o t h e o p e n c o L l l d l y o u window

6 the how you computer d o t!rn off

7 correct are the answers these

I b e e n h o w y o u h e r e l o n g h a v e w o r k i n g

5 Rewrite the direct questions as indirect questions. Staft wiih the words given

Where are you from?

(an you tell ne where you are ftom?

B r i g h t o n ?

1 W h a t ' s y o u r e m a i L a d d r e s s ? Can you

?

2 Does Grdham Randalllive here?

Could I

3 ls this the correct platform forthe tlain to

D o y o u

W h e r e _ y o u go?

o r 0 y o u g e t _ y o u g o 0n your

- w e n t w r t h y o u ?

H o w _ d i d y o u g o

for?

W h a t _ i t l i k e ?

_ y o u g o i f g to go

aga n?

D u b a i

b Faftasticr

c f h r e e w e e k s

d Yes, probably

e T o T h a i l a n d

f Yes, it was

s N o , I d i d n ' t

h Yes, I have

i lMy boyffiend

j

LastJanuary-s t h e doctor a v a i l a b l e n o w ?

C a n

W h i c h s e a t s i n the

l d like to

p l a n e h a v e t h e m o s t l e g r o o m ?

3

5

7

a

9

Where exactly does she live?

C a n y o L r e x p l a i n

H o w m u c h d o th e ti c k e t s c o s t ?

Do you

W h o is in charge?

Would you tell

a, @ coverthe tapescript Listen to five

peopletalkingto a researchet Match them to

the statements A-E

A used to live abroad n

B has seen TV programmes about emigrants n

C definitely isn't interested in Livingabroad !

D is planningto live abroad at some point n

E would like to live abroad but hasn't got an,

deRnite plans n

b Listen again and match these descriptions to

the people

1 is a university studert n

2 had problems with traveldocuments !

: i s i n a h u r r y n

4 is woried about beins identified n

5 has family responsibilit;es f]

c Now read the tapescript Find words and

phrases that mean:

1 thought about (r)

2 make someone leave their home (v)

3 interested in/lascinatedby (-ed adj+ prep)

5

depressing (odl)

g i v i n g y o u a f e e L i n g y o u w a n t to d o s o m e t h i n g

I'in9 odj) this is my true Feeling/opirion (phrase)

7

8

clearly (odv)

chances (n)

TAPESCRIPT

R :

R :

R : H a v e y o u e v e r c o f s i d € r e d n r o v n g t o a f o r e i g n

W N o t re a t l y I m q u i t e h a p p y w i t h m y li f e a s it i s l A n d Ive got four kids, so ii would be a bit difficult to

u p r o o t t h e m f r o m t h e i r s c h o o l s a n d th i n g s ,

w o u l d n ' t i t ?

E x c u s e m e - C a n a s k y o u s o m e q u e s t i o n s a b o u t

l i v i n s a b r o a d ?

H e l L o l ' m d o i n g s o m e r e s e a r c h o n e m i g r a t i o n - C a n I lalk to you for a minuie?

l l : O h ll i l < q u i r k l n d b i l l a F " o r a n a p p o i r - ent.

Rr Tharks Er Have you everthoughtabout rnoving

l \ l : Y e s I ' m q u ie i n t r i g u e d b y t h e id e a o f l i v l r g

R : A n y p a r t i c u l a r r e a s o n ?

M : T h e w e a t h e r , l s u p p o s e l t ' s s o g r i m h e r e i n th e

50 you'd preter somewhere hotter?

: Probably But I'm not reallysure where

E x c u s e m e c a n l a s k y o u s o m e q u e s t i o n s a b o u t living In a foreisn country?

R :

1

R :

M : A l r i g h t Y o u d o n ' t n e e d m y n a m e o r a r y t h i n g , d o y o u ?

R : N o , n o t h r n g l i k e t h a t I' d j u s l t r k e i o a s k y o u h o w y o u

f e e l a b o u t t h e i d e a o f m o v i n s a b r o a d

l v l : O h , y e s I ' v e s e e n t h o s e T V p r o g r a m r n e s a b o u t p e o p l e moving toAustralia lt always looks iempting

R : H a v e y o u e v e r c o n s i d e r e d d o i n g i t y o u r s e l P

l v l : r M y p l P Iv" not pa ly horgh a b o L r i L o b p h o l e c

R r E x c u s e m e H e l l o C o u l d l j u s t t a k e a f e w n i n u t e s

o f y o u r t i m e ? ' m d o i n g s o m e r e s e a r c h o r p e o p l e emigrating for my colLege course.

W: Really? | lived in Canada fora year wher lwas

R r o h B u t o b v i o u s l y y o u c a m e b a c k W: well, I had this canadran boyfrrend But t didnt realLy woft out And rtwas really difficult getnng the ght visas and things

5

R : H i W o u l d y o u m i n d a n s w e r i n g a f e w q u e s t i o n s ? l t ' l l

o n l y ta k e a m i n u t e o r t w o

M : 0 f c o u r s e N o p r c b l e m R: Have you everconsidered emrgrat ng?

M: I certainly have 'd love to do it.

M : W e L l , t h e jo b o p p o r t u F i t i e s , r e a l l y I ' n r i n t h e m i d d l e

o r , r n e r g n e a i r g d e 8 e F d n d w ' r e r l1 1 h I 1 1 g o i l g

to apply forlobs n ihe ['liddte East There are loads olwell-paid ensineerins posts over there

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VOCabUlafy I verb phrases about moving/travelling

Match the sentence halves

1 l've atways dreamed about E

2 See you later I'm n

3 Make sure you've got your

passpoft and tickets before n

4 We hate the cold weather here so

wele going n

5 Now that l'm eighteen I think it's

time !

6 She went to creece and n

7 His girlfriend didn'teven botherto

go to the station n

8 We dor't have enough bedrooms

so we need !

b

d

c

Gfammaf I comparative & superlative adjectives

and adverbs

3 Comptete the newspaper article using appropriate

aoflparative or superlative forms ofthe words in brackets

Add any words that are necessary

T h e r e i s one mistake i n e a c h sentence Find the mislakes and correct them

1 l t h i n k l e r e m y ' s g o t t h e mosi heavy bag

2 Th;s exercise ;s bit more diffirxh

t h a n t h e la s t o n e ,

3 He was bad hurt ln the

accident-4 I'rn sorry | arrived so lately; I

m i s s e d t h e b u s

-5 T h e M a y b a c k i s m o s t e x p e n s i v e

c a r B I V I W h a s e v e r m a d e

6 T h e y s a y S e v i l l e i s a l w a y s h o t e r

t h a n Madrid

7 T h j s n o v e l i s n ' t a s in t e r e s t i n g

t h a n h i s p r e v i o u s o n e

8 M o b i l e p h o n e s a r e q u i t e l o t

c h e a p e r t h a n t h e y used t o b e

9 Antonlo lives more far from the

s c h o o l t h a n l d o

10 l'm not as taller as my sister,

1 1 5 h e s p e a k s l t a l ; a n v e r y g o o d

12 That was the rnost bad DVD l've

t o e m i g r a t e ,

t o m o v e h o u s e ,

t o s e e h i m o f l

t h e b e a c h e s setting oFf

l i v i n g a b r o a d

to leave home

Pronunciation

5 a @ Are the underlined sounds

in each sentence thesame [S) or different (D)? Listen and check.

1 Life at university is hardCr thqn

at home, but it isn't as hard as at school !

2 He's isn'tAs lAt as his f4ther n

b GEl Mark the underlined Sounds in the sentences the same (S) or diFferent (D) Then tisten and cnecK

1 This hat isn't4s expensive as that

plate n

2 lworked h a r d g r t h a n m y

brothgr !

j Thette notAs cqrtain as they

need to be n

4 The fiidge was more expensive

than the cooker n

5 l s it a s e x p e r s i v e a s th e m o r n i n g

clqss? n

I

With the latest technological developments, new rollercoaster ndes

The Ultimate Thrill

are much (1)- (excitind ever before But thrill seekeA looking

fur the ultimate rollercoaster ride are now torn between two

monstef rrdes on opposrte sides ofthe world (2) (bi9 is

Steel DEgon 2000 in Nagashima Spaland, a theme park in Japan,

about 200 mrles west of Tol9o The ride is over one and a half miles

long, lasts four mlnutes and rncludes a 68 degree drop At times

riders rcach speeds (3)_ (great) 95 nriles per hour Costrng

$55 million, the dde is also (4) (expensive)ever built.

Steel Dragon 2000's arch fival is the brand new Kingda Ka ride

al Six Flags Great Adventure Par( ne Philadelphia, USA lt

(5) lnot long) as itsjapanese competitor, but what it lacks in

size it makes-up for in speed and height With riders traveTling ar up

to 128 miles per hour (206 kilomeires per hour) it is by far

(6) (fast) rollercoaster rJde on eafth lt is also (7) (talD,

with a maximum height of 456 feet {139 merres) But at less than

one minute, the ride is much (8) (short) the fouFminute

expeflence oi SteeL Dmgon 2000

I T h e r e i s o n e m i s t a k e i n e a c h s e n t e n c e F i n d t h e

m i s t a k e s a n d cofrect t h e m

1 | d i d n ' t S o w i t h a g r o u p j l w e n t a s a n in d e p e n d e n c e

2 E x p e r i e n c i n g c u l t u r e s h o c k e d c a n b e o f e o f t h e

m o s t d i f f l c u l t p a d s of livlng r n a f o r e i g n c o u n t r y

3 D o y o u m a ( e it c h y l e e t o r a r e y o u happyto s t a y i n

y o u r home i o w n ?

4 / \ 4 y s i s t e r h a s a l w a y s l o v e d t r a v e L l i n g s l r e w a s

b i t t e n b y t h e lourney b u g a s a t e e n a g e r

5 I L o v e t h € u n k n o w n i I a d o r € g o i n g t h r o l g h

u n c h a r t e d t e r r i t o r y

6 W e n e v e r g o on organised t o u r s , w e p r e f e r t o

w o n o e T a l o u n d o n o u t o w n ,

Present Perfect Simple and

Continuous

2 CompLete the text aboui Eono usirg Pasi SimpLe,

Present Perfeci or Pteseni PerfecL Continuous forms

oithe verbs ln brackeis

T ) ^ - - ^

D ( J N U 1 t 7 1 b e ; a r o c l , r a r ' l i r r lh " ' a r 1 5

\car Bflr _elen.h he {2) lbecorne) lamou, fi,r

someihing compl€tely dillercnt - his rvork for

.har:t\r sirce 2ooil Bono r3l r'"aJ) tl', fieht

against por'er-ty in Africa, trying to get more pcoplc

to understand that continent's terrible problems of

l'amine and disease For several years nolv he

(,1) (appear) regularly on TV shows and at

international cvcnts, attcnptilrg to get the $orld's

meJia to Da\ allrntion to thi' i.sue He /;)

(have) meetjngs $,ith many rl'olld leaders and in

2oo5 he (6) (help) orgaDise the l,ive6 conccrts

in London ald around thc world Bono lives in

Dublin but spends mucL of his time travelling with

h i g r o u p t z B o n o b , l i , r , s l r i r p o r i , i o n a a n

iDternationdl c.'lcb ty (;)- (give) him a unique

oppodunity to inlluemce young people He (s)

( r is i t ) \ l ' , , a e r e r a l t i r n e s a n J r h c , c \ f , r i c n c c \

fJ) (clearlv rlluence) hi' r,oliLical r ieu ' Tn

luo3 Bono llo\ trcet) Nclsol -Valtrlela in

t.aoc Toun antl irr.lLl\ 2oo.-,Le III) fsoeaLl

to torld leaders at the GE Conf-ercncc in Scotland,

hclping to inlluence their decisions on rcducing

Afiica's debt Crjtics sonretimes say that Bono

(I2) - (only do) this fbr the last fen l,cars to

compensate for his group's dec.liling popularity

But rlith their latcst CD ligh in the charts, this can

hardly bc the case

Vocabulary

3 Use the clues to complete the crossword

3 lt's a siory, iulloftwists ard turns that L(eep you hooked

I can't s t a n d c a b b a g e s o u p , l t h i n k rr-5

B a b i e s a r e o f t e n b y b r i g h t l y

c o l o u r e d o b j e c t s

T h a t n e w h o r r o r f i l m w a s a b s o l u t e l y

t ' s v e r y w h e n p e o p l e p u s h n

f r o n t o l y o u a t th e s u p e r m a r k e t

A l o t o f p e o p t e w o u L d f e e l b y

r u n n i n g a m a r a t h o n b u t lt a k e it i n

Down

1 I'm a bii about J\4iriam ls ihere sornething wrong with her?

2 She found the task but she managed to achieve it in the end

5 You shouldn't have toLd the children that scary story, ihey were

6 P;casso was by Aftlcan tribal art

Match the words 1-8 with their opposrres a n

a grey

b seitled

I pour

g scorcntng

h overcast

3 D r g n r

4 d t z z l e

5 c o o l

6 c h i l l y

7 b t e e z y

8 c h a r g e a b L e