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Unit Reading and Vocabulary Grammar 1 I Listening and Speaking

R: M.tciling h""dio&5: «)mprehen'>ion quesllon~

Ex2Im training: Matej]jng h"adin~ 10 parllgrilphs

V, Verb',,ay.,olt.l(J<:okor lr/r>

4 SUcces$

,R: Choosing a title: Tru~ or f,ise: Multiple cboice

'Eam lnlnlng: Reading lor specifi< inlormation:

Multiple Iholce Y: Opposite mecninss: Word 10rm~tiQn

16

Wild chlld 'R: Reading lor gener.ll meaning: Mi~ing Sf.Olenc.es

Ellam O1llning: Rl:3ding lor g<'nrralllleaning: Missing

sentenlb V: Phra <o"ilh diHe/enl meJni~: ph,;)",1 I'e,b$

(onnec1ed "'ith Iht lamil)': Collocation\ with g~13nd ma~

30 The troth aboull~lIng alnld R: Mdl( Iling h&~dings; (omp,cl1cn~on QUe5Iions bam lraining: Matching heading, to paTagl;lph>

v-.SyronYffi\: Alljecti"e:\ wilh-cdand-irtg;

E:<tl\'R1eadje\liw,>

42

fJ<t"'rIlew ,lI , R: Reading lo( ~pe(ifi,c inlonllation: Matching heJding:.

'I: Nounl: EO\'iron'Tl\'ntal problems

~6

A golden oppor1unlty R: True or IIlIS/1 V: OP~le:\: What's Ill<' diflcrcnce': \\\)nh wnnl~-"~

witl1\\llrk 68 :{1 The JomaiGlII boblleilh ltam It: P1ed,cting conlcnl: (omprthell"iion qU('\lion>

V: woros<onl)fCled wilh sport; Compound no~,\\:

Mvc(/)-; of dtji,ree 82

Ghoslly figu res It: Tme or (JI,e; MIlKhing information: Ulmp,chenslOll Qu~ions

():3m Ir'alning: Maiming inform~tion

v: II'h"1'\ Ihe differencc'; Ncg;llr.", pfcfixe"

108

fhe legal age

R: True or lo!se; Matching

Eum trainin&, Ke',' \\'O,d5 V: Ph r:l '" IWlbl: Preposi\ io n' and rjm~

12t1

The present Slmple aoo

the presenl Conlln~

6

Thepas! simple and

the JM~1 conl,nuous P:,IV, Idlor Jld'

conlinuous

70

The past perlect

M (o~dirionafl

96

Reponed spCC(h

110 The ,O<lssive

122

<;<;ning the message

L: Telepoone m=se'; ~.lcI,ing: HOle-toking

Ex.1m Il3inilll: M.ldling

~, The mea~lns of words; Ameri«ln E"gli~h and British Engli3h F: T,lIu n g abou t rooming: Aski ng lor in forma li 011

&

A!!IC\(Y breakl

Le fl\!eOf f~[>e: Compleling f)()!\.",\

Exam t"'ining: True or t~l5e

P; SI ressM words

~: films F: upr""ing smferenee~: M<lking ,u~olions

20

F:unlly relatlomhil»

L: frueo,f~lle Ex:!.m II<I(nlng: frve or lal~

P: Word<,(r~

s: Understanding a(IYcrli.\cmcn~

F: P~ooading; Making m~nsernen15

34 Taking (are of YOIlOeIl

~ MulliplNhoicc qUCj(ions

E.um t",'"ing; Multiple-choice que,lions S-o!lftdblte>: II~el hn~

S: food: Likesonodisl ik~: S.~lin8 upa ,nJ,' lJJ(

F: Talking dboUllikl1 and dillikl'S,~ PcrW~ding olhm 10 ~gree 46

L: 5eflltnu, Ulmplclion: Trueo, lal~e (and error wm.,\T1on)

Eum t.-.inini' Scnl~n(e completion S: Talkingaboullrce lime

SaundbUtl: I "ani 10 ~, ak Irer 8~

The (,llling cow L: True or IJI~ land mo, <o".oioo): MlllriDle-<hoice ~u"lliorrs Exaf1 lrajning; Try" L'I f"t e

P: saTtl<!lOund dilfN,:nt SlIelllng S: (.ood luck Jnd baclluck, Gi",ng an "((Qunl

f: r)i\(~~ing lopj<:>; Moklng )'Qur slory more rlll~r61jng

s: Tu'ni~g point5

lZ4

, (ulture focus/Grammar 2 Writing Word focus Reading for pleasurehistory of English

• (OfI, (Oll'tor!,Iol) be oble to

Writing an informal emall Di<!"nt fr;enlh

Exam trainillt Informal emails

Verbs

\l'ord~ lOIlne<ted with studying learning a language Languago and ~lioll~lities Messages and notes

Wrlllng a sludent mag;uine article

A \'ery special day

OppOlile meanillgl Success

Types of movies Show business

The audience Meanings ofmake

· 'ng in the extreme: Alaska

• T e pmenl perfecl or the past simple?

South Africa: Kruger National Park

" musemusltl'/, haw/0 andIx: not o/Iowa! /0

Wrltl ng an artlde Sport.s for Ihe family

Alh'erbl and adjc<,ivcs Whal' Ihe difference?

Free-lime aC1;vi';<1

The thirty-nine iteps

by John Budlan [rei old by NICk Bullard)

JaJo.'s trial

bY Vemon Scan nell

A' girl called Gor den byQ;r"id Batoon

Huddtbeny FinnD\'Malic: Twain (rClold hy Oiane l.1owalQ

The hound of the Baskervlllcs ,

by Arthur wnan Ooyle (retold by Patri(k Nobcs)

Three men In a boat

by I~roffie K, jerome (retold by Diane Mow.lJj

92

118

90

Wrlllng a story Ghosts

WritIng and Informal letter Mirwit.1liQn

Wri,lng a ~mj.formal email liolidJy1

Enm lnlalng; Scmi'!olm<ll tmai~

102

116 14

100

<ha ngi ng face of Europe

G: Word \ and prepOloiOOClI

onckrful plaus

" should ought coandshouldn't

e three sentences

b becomedifferent

c \;YI:oket' adiFficult evt:nt

d SlOp somelhingdying

4 Read thearticleagain and answer thequestions, using

loneliness)

) Whydolanguagesdre?

4 WhalLOn peopledo to ')<lve alangu(Jgd

5 Why shouldwecarewhen I~nguages die?

about thereadi!l~•

3 Match headings a-f to paragraphs 1-6of the article

b fhe numberof langudges in danger _ _

c ThrIClst speakerDf hislanguilgt _ _

dyinRoul _ _

e language~ and natural distlsler) _

f What happenswhenlanguagcs die _

Howmuch do you knowabout langlIages?

1 What languages do the peoplein lhe~ecounlries

Z Lookaethe picturein thearti<lcon page 5 Wh"l doe:; it

show? What do you think the article is about? Read the

,\~'{~)"d':'~"'I"lng

\\1' :.' \""" : ! !

IrMatchingheadings to paragraphs

1001< for the samewordsin theh~{Hjiflgand (he

l>iHllgrdphs.Insttild, thinkaboul themeaning of [he

whole paragraph

Look at the pie.tures which show different ways of learning

Describe:

Which of the activities in the pictures do you think are most

say, talK, speaK or tell?

_ his Aboriginal language

languages, 3,000 wi 11 disappear in th(> nexl 100 years

8 Completethe sentence~ using soy, talk, speakor tell.

9 Choose thecorrectverb to completethe sentences.

1 He said / £Old.'I wanl todance.'

luerindi (<1 name which means 'R.unning Water') is

ely because hehas nobody to talk 10,bul his loneliness

n't chan'ge - h is the Irlst person in the world \,vhacan

' ak his Aboriginal language 'It's sad,' he says, 'but

re's nothing wecan do aboutitnow.'

Exper who studylanguagessayIhat Ihere are 51 other

guages with just one speaker left - 28 of them in

slraJia The~elanguages are so dose 10 dying out that

ody can g<we Ihem Th cxp rls tell Us that out of the

, rid's 6,000 languages, 3,000 will disappear in the next

' years,

There are many reasons why languages die oul

metim'es natural distlstQ(S such as earthquakes, floods or

unicanes suddenly q~troysmall groups of people who

e in far awa.y pla€es Sometimes the weatherchanges and

: ere isn't en ugh f~0d, and s0metimes strangers bring

~ wdiseases

But disasteJ:s like these are not the biggest danger, and do

:- ttell us why l,anguages are diSclppearing faster Ihiln ever

fore The 'Teal problel11 comes from £he big world

::rench T~<day;mainly because of America, English is the

·ngl.lages.to$u!,liv~,

There are lhings,that small communities can-doto ave a

.anguage, but tl\ey -neecl time and money First, people need

:;') recordthe I~nguageand write· it down, Then they need

: 1 train t~~l)~(s,and wrile grammar book, dictionaries

andbooks.f6~','schooJs

We shouldcar~abol.ltlanguages that are in danger just a

.';e should care about -rare plants and animals ''''Then a

.'lllguage di.es out it is not like when acivilisation such as

:_:,eandenrGreeks 01' Egyptians die. They leave behind

_uildings like the:py~idsin Egypt and the Parthenonin

Greece - there is always soJ)'lething to show that they were

::lere But a spoken lan:guage leaves nothing behind - when

:: dies, thereisonly silence

=

The present simple and the present contlnllOUS

Uses

pre5enlcontinuous Look again at verbs1-8in

the text and find an extlmple of eal;h oftile

uses

Presentsimple

1 som~thins Ihi.lthilpper,s(esulady

:-( =-0

school Listen 10the beginnin~of her presentation and

fill in the gaps

4 something (halis only temporary

1-" -",,, not0 rz du.ys, there ('ife t,"/>1eS '01'e'1 «.Je,PN>./'e,. to "Se SY/>1bols a.nd ,"Cons to

eCH'7/>T"nicate ot<r ,deas to ec<ch otl,er.

7/','05 , ;eel:3 ;;:J.9-L.J:~cLo,'!?8 a 'prer./.ec-t on />1odet'1 SY/>1bO(S, anrl the clmrt

tI,e<t -, VQ~L/~I: L-¥9-«.~e~~ng a( h s :-<11 Sores 01'e

X <1ft1l'les o-/,rhe/>1.

Sy/>Tbolo$ <<re t/7""5 o$ I;/:e n«t,'onc<l I7C<js or t~ colours ;/1 a set 01"trc?l'.,r,e

I,'j!rcs. 777eY're "Se/'al beCLWSe CY''''-'Y6ody ;; f!-~teS LCi.-"!E!.~ ,L !'.'LU.a:i~~t.£<n<fi ng

lulw:t they />Tea'1, eVen i-/' the.; C.O/>1e trOh7 c( d,·-/'.,<'erent cot<ntry or S,PeaJ;- a

d,'.,<'-/'erent lan;juc<je. I.c onS C<r'" a b,'t /;,fe s,//>160Is, exce j7t tile« tllo/ c. L'2q,,f_L &-~

L,<:2P%iqj /;,fe the th;":js tl1ey re?reSer.( - I'cr efO/>T?/e., the SiJ"S .rev- ~ra,n t and lJO/>TC", f.

<'h7bols aM ;Con$ a,re ,'nrpo,-t<:i,r,t ' r ';U~-'>e55 ~ce.

-are tile Ma,;" CUSCCU>1er S ,ror C.cPr;;~~5 ~'" : _~_:c ,; "r<=

th.$. c~.s• *,."d I q=.»-~ c ~,c- -~ -"";'5sa" th"" Y=''5,People rec.0jn,'St!1 tl-,-=;, Symbcls. ~. :: _:;:~ c= ~ " :~ ~ ~.r,d'Cons is -N:J.,'r/y

rl!? C<!nt - G? 1"""l.0 Yet<rS <'!}Cl yeu <: e r -: :;:~ - :-_ :::_ : ~~ but /Jaw S "(£'~~ f2!:!1~

Lthe.¥-L~ 6e.~',g~"!J nro"e C</?C'~c=-", :c."" "':::; _

correct form of the verbs

As'p(lrt en<'ou, ["":}I,'s), CourSe, <-<.Je 1 "

lear",'n3 a.bevt Sc:>Me-tJ,;":} « ./';t d;/,;/, ,.ent. -n,;S tl'!""'"

Wf! 2 SystRMS d ' 4->,.;t;":}1 sue), C<S E:JY;d:c-.n

;','e"'0:3(y,Ph,'c.s/ It,JI,,'e;'' aSed SMdl,p,"c.iuN!S and

sylYlbols.

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6 differentI learning / youIaboutIare / symbolsJ

3 am notIa project/l Ithisterm / doing

WhiGh te-n$e?

7 Completethesentencesusing Ihepresentsimpleor

present continuous form of the verbs in brackets

1 Mysisler often _ _ (send) texl messages 10her

4 I _ _ (nOliown)amobile phone at the moment

S Iusually _ _ (understand) Ihe symbols I see in othercountries

6 How many symbols _ _ (you / hav~)on your mobile?

7 John never _ _ (send) me emails or text messages

8 Red sometimes _ _ (mean) 'danger' or 'stop'

9 _ _ (youJknow) whallhis symbol meanQ

10 This mobile phone _ _ (belong) to my sis-Ier

1 We use the present simple, not the present continuous,with adverbs of frequency(always, often, usually, sometimes, rarely, never).

Ia/ways use symbols in my text messages.

John never uses them.

2 There are a number of verbs that we do not normallyuseinthe continuous form Here are some of the most

common ones:

believe belong10 dislike hate have know

Jdon'tunderstond whatyOllmean.

00 YOlfspeak any languages?

Arc youslvdyiflgany langoages ot the moment?

9 Interview your partner

a She's the managerthere

b He's doinghis

2 Petra is coming from

1 Pe1ra comesfrom Hungary

5 lookingIyou / are / atIthe chart?

ne pre-$ent $imp\e or the pre~ent GOl1til1uous?

Underline the corred form of the verbsto complete the

sentences

1 let's go to Phol1ela nd theysell lore sellingmobiles

reall\, cheaply at themoment

2 My computer's brokensoIuse Iomusing mv brOlher's

untilIget it fixed

4 Iget I am gettingmore and more worried about giving

my presentation tomorrow

S Every summer MCDonald'sspend lore spendingextra

money on adverlising ice ((eilm

6 My{riends design / oredesigningtheirownwebsite

ut$tions and ntga1ives

Put thewordsinto the correct order to make questions

and negative sentences

1 symbolsImoreIMe / common / becoming'}

Are, symbols b~,omin9 more tommon?

2 don'tIsymbolsIlikeIpeopleIsome

4 companies / spend / do /Cllot of moneyIon advertising?

u ~ ~_~~~

)ludenl, and ~oon

• The last student tells (he class what he/she thinks the

message is,

Note la\(ing

4 t(J1.J. listen againandcomplete the missing

~

" f: Message from: 4 -.- ~" ~t

sending and receiving messages Which ways of sending

-

~., ,.~~~~~~-~~ I;;'"J!D("~~lnl,."

~~:;\~'<: Matching

\\'1' Whenyoudo a matching task, read the information

words you might hear

., ", '0,

1 do you know where the libraryis?~ >

It's in Burundi Street

B-U-R-U·N-D-I

Go past the school, la ke the first right and it's

Sorry that was a bit fast,4 _Could you repeatit more slowly?

Maria

MariaJaneMariaJane

Maria

Jane

Tell Stud:em B the time,

but taJkver,y,:q,uief'l¥.

Asking questions and understanding the answer

Student A

A~kwilere 1h-ebus.statlqn 'i~.

A'S~ SttJ'sentB to~p'ttU

12 Work in different pairs Imagine that one of you is astranger in your lawn Practise similar dialogues to theone in 11 Ask about:

• the nearest cinemaIdisco

• the name of a good doctor / denlist / hairdresser

• interesting sights to see in your town

~\e p\a'1

11 Work with a partner Use the dialogue box in 10 to helpyou

!\SKin9 for information

10 (;Iv. Read the dialogue Then listen and fill in the gaps

eaking

eaning of words

erican Engl ish and British English sometimes use

:-"ferent words to mean the Same thing Do you know

"ich of these words are American and which are British?

c'evator ,~ lift 0 bathrobe ~ dressing gown

QI.J Read the dialogue Then listen and fill inthe

gaps

Work with a partner You each have three American

English words Use the wordlist on page 141 to find oul

what tlley mean Du not lell your partner

Studcnt A " faucel (;' Hash Iighl 4 billfold

Student 8 0 vest " pantyhose " drugsiorc

Nuw ask your partner what their worns mean Use the

dialogue box in710help you

Do you know any other British English and American

fngl ish words wh ich are different?

'I lookal the frequenUy asked questions (FAQ~)on this

web page Can you guess any of the answers?

It's tbetop' language fortraV'el and tourism, and

is, usedin-business -andscience At themoment,

80'p~r,centof theworld'sInternet sitesarein

English,but thiswili·fallwhenmore countries

,start using their own language

2 Read the text and seejfyou were right

There are about 300.000 entries inthe Oxford'e/fglisl1"""S:<::"\~

wordsthllt arenot in thedictionary (forcxampl~;:'tbereare:';s:%;overa milliontypesof insect) An educated, Englishsp~a'~,~r

only uses about 30,000words <:;:;,;;:,.'.,

\'r ~ ,,;,.\\iW,W:',

What's the longest word,in ~ngl;sh,l '" \ "\\""

Accordi'ng to the Oxford Ell1!lish Dic-tioll(ll'J',it hi'th~ lUlmefor a lungdiseasecaused by breathing iudail,gerollS'di.lsl,aJ;ld '

.:' , - '~'::'~":"::~:":~::':'''~;"t

What's the most common letter in S"glish7;.',(·, ,\\\ ,

The Leu.e('e'is usedmorethan any~ther ErnestWii:ght was" ',:\?

veryinterestedinthis fact,Mdwanted'lpseeif itwa$'pO~~ible ,.\'

to COlllllU11lic<ltc wilhoUl IIsing Ihisletterill}lll ,\\ ',:;\\;;(:,;~,

Hewasn'tabletowrite very much! In theei~d~he\\'role'a':'i'oo~"

pagenovel,Gadsby.wilhout llsinganywordsCOnl,ajningthe"\\\)~.:\,;:letter 'e'.Sadly.It was not a greatsuceess,buth~rc~i~,abit ofit';,:'.,:,~:

A glorious jidl m0011 Sl/il'N/cl'oss {/ sky without Cl cJoud.,

A crisp Ilight ail' has lolks tII/'!/ing lip coal eoffal's and kids hopping lip and dOlYlIjor )VC/I'll/Ill.

Talking about your country

1 Do you know where your language comes from?

2 Are there any foreign languages that are veryimilar to your language? Where do people speak these?

3 Do people outside your country speakyour language?Where?

4 What foreigll j~nguages do did most peopleleama: scrJO' "'0." ;r ~fepast?

5 \~h;:~ ?-~_2~f: '10 -::-~ :,L"SiSuse when theyr-.:: -

01'

" ark with a partner Ask and answer questions about the

wivities in the pictures usingcan andcan't.

',e usecanandcan'tto refer to th ings we are (not)able

to do

Example

Con you play squash or tennis?

::! I can play tennis, but I can't play

squash.

.';'"1 or be able to?

~_ 'letimes it is not possible to use con because it has no

- nitive, perfect or future form We have to usebe able to

- 5.ead We usually usecan if possible

look back at thetexton page10and find the example of

look at the two columns below In which column is it

possible to usecanafter all the words? In which column

do we need to use be able toafter all the words?

One dayI will _ _

He might _ _I'd like to _ _Finish the sentences using your own ideas

5 Complete the sentences usingcan, can'tor(not) be able to.

1 I always learn a few words of the language when I goabroad It's nice to _ _ speak to local people

2 I'm sorry, (an you please repeat that? It's very noisy and

9 Ihave never _ _ swim I hate deep water

10 She _ _ play the piano since she was six years old

6 Work with apartner Askand answer questions usingcan,

1 you / speak more than Iwo languages?

2 you / pronounce

pneumonoLlIt romicroscopicsilicavo/ca noconiosis?

3 will you / come10my party next week?

4 you / lend meadictionary?

5 youIgo on holiday next year?

Let's activate

7 Work with a partner You are going to tell each otherabout your plans for the future Write alist of five thi ngsthat you can'tdo atthe moment but you will / might beable to do in the future Use these ideas to help you

• drive a car

• readanovel in English

• finish this coursebook

• go to university

• visit the moon

8 Tell your partner about your plans

Example

is 13 Mymum isadoctor and.my father wo rks inabank.

5 In my free time I like to play tennis, and in the winter I go

R6s I think they're absolutely amazing

7 All the best

Anna

your new e-pals contacts

,.:''.\', ,.'~~\",.~\:'\'.\' \~:\\\~,:'.\", '\l\\~: ;~'"\\",,, ~"

E~ellf5'~ONllrJE\\.. ,.',~.,'

Studying the sample

~ lo

1 Which of these do you use to

contadyourfriends7

the<;e?

(9

. '\

Ex"".t.rilll.',ng 1 -

, Informal em ails

les about how you should start or finish Emails to

-;.Neto be

Norma\ and e~treme a4iutives

7 Someadjectivesare stronger than others We often usestrong or 'extreme' adjectives when we are talking orwriting informally Arrange the adjectivei in two columns,then answer the questions below

P'anning

will each paragraph be about?

Writing

decided to write to the website Write an emailintroducing yourself and asking people to write back

c.hec.~ing

you have:

Writing an informal email

Understanding the tas~

aboulyou?

email like thi$? Why?

-: ntrac.tions

Find the answers to these questions

they mean7

2 What are the short forms of the following? Sometimes

there is more than one answer

you will not

3 Each of these short forms has lWO meanings What are

they?

she's

I'd

Word focus' '.- , . . : ,' .

Extensio

l-angua9e.f> and nationa\itie-f>

1 What countries are the closest neighbours to yourcountry?

countries?

countries in the list below?

• The Netherlands • Brazil The United Kingdom

Can languages with only

o ten spea ers k ? £'

if.·'/.q,,·~"AnyJ; I'.":'r', ·

-»'An» "~/N • ftXfY~:.o(l

Wordf> { onne.c.ted ~ith ntud'fin9

Fill in the missing words

Verb£'

There is one extra verb

_ _ _ _ seven languages a year

language study

'l."\\", .i ,1\.1.\_\

0900 454545togelyour prize Congrtllulationsr'

the number carefully, No one answered, but therewas a message 'Welcome to the lottery-line,' it said

voice went on and on, with long instructions about

suddenly realised It was a hoax - there weren't any

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Underi>tandin9 the i>tor'f

1 Decideifthese statements are true(T) or false (F)

1 Oliver studied at Radcliffe University

2 Jenn ifer had seen Oliver in the library before

3 Oliver and Jennifer did not get on well when

they first met

4 Oliver did not li ke the bui Idi ng his grandfather

had given to Harvard University

5 jennifer had no idea who Oliver reallywas

6 jenn ifer did notfind Oliver attractive

Voc.abu\af'{

2 Find words in the story whic.h mean the opposite of the words below

• noisy· short (i n height) • friendly' im polite' opening

• proud· warmly

Talki ng about your reactions

1 If you were jennifer, would you go for coffee with OEver?

2 What do you think happens to Oliver and jennifer inthe end?

" l'aleOl or ability" luck

answer the questions

important in achieving their success?

6 Read the artide and decide if these statementsare true

Michelle Williams's parents wanted her to become anactress

3 Daniel Green's teachers had no faith in him

you r effort

r

Reading for specific information

information When you see the information you arelooking for, read that part of the text more (arelully

Doorlosegivefailure

At fourteen, Michelle Williams was just (l teenager Uyingwith her family in a smal.l town in Montm)i'l., USA, whoseambition was to become an ach"css Against her p<lrents'wishes, who wanted her to continue her father's professionand become,1stockbroker, Michelle left high school when she

IQwas fifteento pursue an acting career But finding good acting

jobs was not easy She once told a reporter how, during adifficult period, she triedto make a livingbysell.ing ice cream

- but did not do very well: 'I tlte more than T sold,' she

years, but her talent w'as eventually discovered when she was

18 The makers of a new teenage soap opera, D(lwson~~Creek

gave her one of the main roles on the show After that, it wasonlyaquestion oftime before shefOlUldfame in the movies

2<J Today, Michelle, who wanted to be anactress since shewas

a child, has succeeded in becoming a respected Hollywoodactress - and somecritics are already sayingthatshe willbe agreat star of the future In 2005, she won Cl Golden Globeaward, and was e\'en nominated for iln Oscar for her

;c;outstanding performance in Brol,t?back Mountain - the filmwhich introduced her to her husband, fellow actor HeathLedger

Wht-, ~: ::ear-oldDaniel Green started sending samples ofhis O~'.-:, :~.:::hingdesigns to fashion shops, only he believed:; tha: ~t :::-:';';i c.dtien' his dreaQl His teachers thought he

\''-~-:''::=:-t.,e ;,:>i:.::1.'.-where at all! Butbythe time he was 22,he

c.h·,,"':'~-:- =.': :- )?,:cact"swith 30 shops He spentmany months

=-:<=-;: :-~=.:5 ~\ , ~(Jrwince more than a hundred leading

Read thefirst few lines of thearticleand choosethe best

1 The disadv<lntages of fame

Reading

4

9 Writesentences using three of the adjectives you found in

Read the example lirst, then choose the correct answer, a,

borc.

Example

a worked with her father as a stock broker

1~e:tex~,siiys he, parents wanted her to become a sfock

bro~e.r 5.0;.;lis'incorrectbet(luseshe left schooland became

an;actress'cigainslherparents'wishes,

.

E :K.i\,;;.j;~._~.

'XQ~,~"

Read the first part of the Question and each possible

Describe the photos What kind of success does each ofthemshow?

Whatwould you like to achieve afteryou leave school?

adjectives in10

1 Daniel Green isvery He wanisla have ashopin

lottery

4 I'mreally tired Climbingup that hill was _ _ ,

what he dreamed about

2 The author of the article believes that people who (Ire

successful arethose

a who haveluck and naturaltalenl

b with the most rime

b achieving your dream

c givingyourselfClreward

The text says shetried to make a living bys~lIjn8ice cream,

it saystlo(hingaboutl1'lald"git.sob is incorrect

The text says sheleft lligh school when slle was fi/leen 10

high"schoolstudent So, c is the wrrectanswer

1panies tobuyhis products, so he could open an enormous

op himself, ilnd sell all the best fashion brands there Today,

shop, the Brand Centre, makes millions of pounds each

er

So, what do these two young people have in common?Itis

t hard to see what their secret was Hard work, a la! of

ication, and a positive belief in their own talents

Whatever your dream is, thesecretis to aim high and never

o:op Peoplewho have got to the top are not simply theones

-~ohad luck, and they do not believethey can succeed only

: ecause theyare naturally good at something.They put in the

- urs when they need to, word hard and work well.They also

~.to get better all the timeinsteadof justworrying about their

'eak points So, follow their example, and be proud of your

; :hievemenls When you do well, always re\-\.'ard yourselfwith

='reat: watch a movie after a hard day's work, or buy yourself "

me new clothes when others praise your effort This will

spire you toachieveevenmore!

Grammar 1

continuous

1 In pairs look al the photo andan~wer theqLJenion~.

1 00you know wholhisis?

2 Whathdnd~or"SiIl8er~doYO\I like?

VOImg?

7 Complete thetext abol1tBjork, usingtheYerb~in brackets

in thepa~1 ~imple. whichverbsare irregular?

1

;_ _ (become)worldfdmOIJSwith lhe)u~(jr(U1)l's,

an Icdane! ie band RrilishClndflmeriGln r<loio s(ations

4 _ _(play) lheir r'ir~lsingle ancl5_ _(make)

Bjork7_ _(breil~)upwilh herhllsband Clnd

living in london,she? _ _(choose)a new stylefor

herwork Working\Vilh ~everal olg-mnne producefJ, ~h~

10 _ _(begin)work on ahou5emusic inHl)en(ed

album,Debut, which 11 _ _ (be)a massivesuc(c:.':>s,

and 12_ _(sell)very well in 1I1e US ano lJK Her

creatiYilyand successhaS!'1'1 slopped ",ill)music though.She13 _ _(star)in and14 _ _ (write)the 'i'oreror

beslacHes) award at Cannes ror her rolE'ill it

The past simple Clnd the past <ontinuousForms

1 Write lhenegativeand qLJe~tivnforms

Usu

Z complete 1and 2 with the explanationsa-d.

1 Weuselhe paslsimple _ _ and _ _

rhe past

b foranaction which happened at a parrfcular

lime in [hepast

c for <10 action whichwastakingplatewllen

d loractions taking plilce oneafterilnotll~rin

thepast

Bjork

10the nexteightyear5she2_ _ in three bands

In 1981 she }_ _ onClTV programme,Rock in

Reyk/ovlk.

How dowe formthe pastsimpleof regular verbs?

p radio programme

2 ~Z,1 listen topartofa radio programme about

Bjl:lrk tceland'~ mostfamolls mll~ician, and fill in the

missingverbs

"Pron unl.iati0n

4 Completethesentences usingit/, Idlor IId/

1 When a regular verbendsintord(e.g.start, recorrft. tl1e

.et!endingispronounced _ _

1 When Cl regularverbendsinanother~und.the -cd

5 look illthe VNbs in 2 Are theypronounced IV, Id,'

orItd/?

6 ~u look at these verbs and decideiftheyare

pronouncedlv', Id/ or Ild/ Then listen and check.

• wanted walked ~ lurned ended ( jumped

invented believed

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ , , , , :

to play guitar, he used to listen to bands likeMetaliica and Led Zeppelin Since becoming part otthe band, they have been able to meet some of theirheroes Anna 9 _ _ (meet) Sting ata party butadmits she 10 _ _ (can / not) think of a singlething to sayto him!

~~lmIS:;mm;Eli!RImI_IlIIiWOIEiIIIIl!III_il\!lil'lltII!JI~_I\l'II:ilII!\l:;:Ill~'W.\\\1 • ~

other bands.11 3 _ _ (not / matter) to them I.

which was very different from anyone else's They all I'~

the post2 _ _ (arrive) He3 _ _ (listen) to the radio

at the time so he " _ _ (not / hear) the postman ring 'I::.

the bell.Hismother5 _ _(bring) him an looking letterafew minutes later He6_ _(open) it,wondering what it7 _ _ (can) be Imagine his surprisewhen he8_ _(read) it and9_ _ (find) out that hisapplication to enter the young musician's talent

official-competition had been accepted!

Student B's story iscalled'Sarah's phonecall'

Find out what happened byaskingthese questions.

1 Where was Sarah when she got the phone call?

:2 What was she doing? Why?

3 Who phoned her?

4 Why was she phoning?

5 What did Sarah do then?

Let's activate

Information e~{,.hange

10 Workwitha partner One ofyou is StudentAand theother is StudentB Followthe instructions StudentB:lookat page152

Cast simple or past c.ontinuous?

Here are somefactsabout Briti5h rock blind Radiohead

Complete thesenten~susing the pastsimple orpaS"(

continUOU5form of the verbs in brackets

1 Thefive members metwhilethey _ _ (study)at

secondary school

2 They first _ _ (call) lhemselves On A Friday and they

_ _ (play) in apubinOxford

3 The band then _ _ (have) to stop while the members

_ _ (linish) their education

4 They _ _ (change) their name to Radiohead in 1991

5 They _ _ (stop) touringin1995because they _ _

(record) their second album The Bends.

6 While the band _ _ (tour)i1'l2000Ihey _ _ (take)

their own tent to play in

l'!~\llt'~1111111111\~iiij;i;!':'···

How she telt filming her first scene:

Vocabulary

7 Complete the sentencesusingtheseverbs

2 Don'~turn of! the11/1I _ _ the footbalL

Age now: How he felt filming his first scene:

-3 ~l You are going toheartwoactors, Georgina andDanny, who wurk in TV adverts Before you listen, decidewhich of these words they might use to descrihe their

job5

Now listen Which words did you hear?

4 listen again andcompletethe notes,

Pronunciation

<f,tres~ \!lords

sentence which are stressed

My favourite advertisement on the television is ana<Jverltor trainers

6 rQl.~ Listen to these sentences and underlin€ the word

that is stressed

Now say the sentences Stress the wordsyou underlined

1 Luke likes the chocolate advert

2 5ara11 thinks 1111adverts aregood

4 Sarah can't understand luke's 'iense of humour

Listening

2 «;;2,) listen to sarah and LuketalkingaboutTVadverts

ddvertising?

r.;~~m""lnl~

True or false

" Read each st"remenlvery carefully before you listen

@)

fi\m$

OVD' Why'

gaps

Expressing preferenceslaura Which film should we go and see?

abOllt you?

I don't like science fiction films

_ _ _ _ _ A Good Year They say it's very

Adam OK, see you later

\ '

see Use the dialogue box in 10 to help you

gaps

evening was not a success Take it in tu ros to ask andanswer questions Say:

Use these pictures to help you

films Which film looks the most interesting? Why? What do

the numbers in the brackets mean, do you think?

,~~.~!.IJ.!? !!!.~'1~!.~.r.!.~~i., ,

Daniel Craig stars as special agent James

Bond His'!Jeryfirst mission is to play a poker

game against the dangerous terrorist banker,

Le Chiffre, and win his millions During the

mission, Bond meets and falls in love with a

beautiful woman, played by Eva Green - can

he win the money, and can he save the

woman he loves? Definitely worth seeing.

~ ~~.~~ Y~~~.U?L

Oscar-winner Russell Crowe shows his

sensitive side in this gentle romance He

plays a successful businessman who inherits

a beautiful farm in the south of France Here,

he meets a young French woman, and he

discovers a different way of life What's more

important: money or happiness? Now he

must decide if he wants to start a new life.

Beautifully filmed, It is recommended for fans

of romantic films.

.~~!::~'!~r.!.?! _

There is a mysterious girl on the spaceship

Serenity.She escaped from a government

hospital, and now a special agent wants to

get her back Captain Reynolds and his crew

of small-time criminals face terrible enemies

totryto save the girl, and maybe save the

galaKY, too Fantastic special effects, and

plenty of humour An absolute must for sci-fi

fans!

'1 Work with a partner Choose two paragraphs from the text

each Read your paragraphs and make notes about the

decades they describe

2 Close your books and tell your partner what you learned

abollt the decades in your paragraphs Then open your

books again and read the whole text

Talking about your country

I _" x ~O"Xc.c ~./':••:'"'''J,",'''~'';O:;O:~.''''-;O''J';J '''''''''''_'

1 Whoare the great film stars and directors in your country?

2 Howimportant areTVand films in your home?

3 Whatisyour lavourite film?Why?

': ':: ,'~Ii ~he 1990s·, F(li~J" Weddin;l?s ,1.11(/ el Hmel"lllhit thebig screen and was

(ii.·:~,f:!"y,~~:): suc:cessfl~laround th~ world Thh was~~)llowed'by bighir~like

:.t drat'Brjti~h,cinenl,a w~oack

:l'}~~''''-''>" ~{, -~' " :::,' - ',

l;" :' The.'2fst ceIitt!ry , '.

t~ '.J~ ~t0~1JYo;':tpi.f)ig,b:lockb!Jstet films thatarcmade inBritain,toda}~sllc:h

",'!'·:k;~aSBi!ly7~(lj<)l,lo.okBritish ;illdsound'Brirish, bur -areacru.1Uy mad~by

\,,:)':31J fyme:riciiJ lilon'ey audoften:&y Al.ne!ican directors Thehllge~'successfiil

i'.,;·:,,;.::Bd@1,ti.llll.adtlpta~oi:J~ 9f~e Bridgel JOlles novels starRenee

Zellwegcr-;; ' (t"'jin~iie'~,i~n.p1ayi.n~'theEnglisl~!lero'ine.The 'question is, is there

~:.{}\..•:3:J.:qrth~ilg that}~:in truly be calledt!leHr~t:lshfi!mindustry aIp{tilOre?

-~~~-, - ~I'

I ··· ,\ \ '

.:' i'eif"t~pS.·.:i11ddowns,successesandfailures. Here "re jusr afewof thent

:<":' '" 'T.lle 19605w~s ~great decade forBritishfilM,the(l~'\ l.Sworldwide

.j/ltert~~~tin Ekltish f.1Shion, youth culture~llldthe English British

dircCt0liS s~ilrted llwkingfil11ls shQwing"SwingingLondon' suchas

A.HardDay~~ lVig!Jr~t.1rrjllg the Beatlcs, and A[ficsta~'ring Michael

Cajne, :ISaworkiJlg-c1(1SscockJl(·y This attracted moneyfi·OIl;J. lhe

.Un:it';d States into British dnema The first lamesBondfilm in 1962

,""'::: ,: was the beginning of onc of theIllo~rsucc'essfulst:ricsof films ill

:: ,19:'B.ri~i~b Cinel~f<\ hi8,tory.Euf9pean directorsli.k~theyoungPolish

.""" , director R.oman Polaliski (lame to 'Hollywood England',

In tht~.1970s, everything changed The Americans spent too much

tlloney011 making tihns"h3(1scvt:ralbox-officef.'1ilurtsand went back

·toAmgr.ic'l,Iclivlogthe British cinenUl industry without anymoney

<'15'·Big B':itish flhn c;olllp:lIlics~vcn starredpllttingmon.eyintoAmerican

fi"Im~. '

." ': The mixed:elgl1ties

.:: Toht'.i98Qs saw 'the successoffJ.ms Hke Chariots ofFin', and the great

:eliic Cell/dilLHowt7vei,th~~ storyofBricishcin.ema in the 19805W;l$

,reallY"o.bput'the,rela!ionship benveenc;:incma' andTV TV Ch,lIlIlelS

' ' :!o started Pl1tti1ig OlO1)9Y int<> the film iudJlstry and~venIll<lkin.gfilm.~

:.: siltins 'My} ::!r F(lot. S:0D1C:p~ople sawitasthe beginning ofa new

rda'tionship between the cinema and rile TV industries - burothers

,sllid tli;ltrheal:t:iv:al'of TV'mc::ant '. the. <'nd ofr!leCinCrl1;l .

British cinema

-.:-o

Grammar 2

the or no article?

1 Look at thesewords from the text Look back at the text

to see how they are used and match them to the

1 the United Slates (line8)

2 the Englj~h (line4)

country.

of countries,

Iheir use a and b

1 the ~rstJamesBond him(line9)

mean or there is only one of something

b We do not use an ar1icle when we ore talking about

things in general

films

successful

England'

made again.

director

ismissing

Brad , Was it that new science fiction film?

Sue No Ican't stand the sciencefiction films It wasCl

thriller

see it for yourself!

Do we know anything about the film in a?

above to help you

firsttime

We use _ _ when we know which thing we mean

nec~ary.

1 British make fewer films than Americans

2 Film'A.I.' is Steven Spielberg film

7 Which is biggest studio in Britain)

8 Movieslars usually live in big houses,

They'regoing lo show more films6_ _December lOO.

The l1alian Job, whichis aremake of the one Ihey originally

Steps to better writing

Time. t>re.t>o5ition~

5 Wh<lt prepositionsdo we usewith thesewords? Putthem

intothe right column Some words do notneed apreposition

6 Complete thesentences with 1f1.~ on, ator with no

preposi tio n

The Dcvjl''j Advocate, herfirstbigfilm made2 _ _1997,

IOni8111 ~Ianing 5 _ _8.20

ChristmasDay 1 Friday

when before 'Il after in' al

1 Ch.>rlizl;' Idthome _ _ the age of12

5 _ _ sheappe<tred in The Devil's Advocate,she

starred in The I(alian Job.

3 Match theparagraphswith theseheadings:

CharlizeTheronwas born in 1975 in the small

sChODIwh en sh e was12

2 Allheageof16,aftershe won a modelling

competition,shetravelledlOItaly.Sheworked as

a model before travelling to America, where she

An'vacatewith AI Pacino and KeanuReeves,and

thenshestarredinthe action-packedremakeof

The IraliC/n Jobwith MarkWahlbergand Edward

Norton In Monster, she changed her

appaarancecompletelyand she playedthe part

wonanOscar for BestI\(;{(ess,

4 SnQisnowa majorHollywDOdstar, but "lw has

time forotherthings.Shewor1<shard foran

animal charity, and she also helps women's

1 1

1 In pajr~, amwer the qu~tiQn~,

1 Howottcn doyou go tothecinemawiLlI friends?

3 Who isyour favouritefilm actororal1rrss 7

4 What i5 thebestfilm that theywere in?

Studying the sample

events dear

simple

brackets

3 She injured her knee She gave up ballet

Writing your biography

althe'2151Centu ryJames Bond factfile' for information

below?

Trained at GUildhall(aCII~g-;;-h~l):"~i;li991-~

Firs! acting roles: part in the TV series Our Frienqs;;;~~

North

Other small parts.

• you h<lvC usedIhepast tense correctly

film star

Type ofentertainment

"al/et

Ineatre-P.lace

2 I _ _areally interesting film onTVlast night

he was saying,

(lbout half an hour

finished

entertainment and your favourite entertainer

Meanings of make

each film

woman he's never met

a force someone to do something

world He has billions of dollars

3 Isawa tiny I enormousdog the other day It was the

smallest I've ever seen

we almost look the same!

your life and try to be happy

ending was terrible

clever

~UGaM)

Change the spelling of the nouns if necessary

'\\'1',1' ;~'~I.'n

~~;~:~wi'is,a medeL She makes £lQ,0QO a day! S0me

~i1\~$.B'~~:~~r that she is very1_ _ because she

'~\V\1~$\"~'~f£~\~e~t~ti(ul, so her life is easy However, >

:,b.ei'l~g:'~~\:W~4~~}S.·2_- _ _ because you have !

to:"~O{k)b4~;'h9~r~ You have to be discipliNed

a:b0ut'.what ,.YQ(i' eat",'}'\O,chocolate, or (fe-am cakes.

\,Niu!)mi-k.noV/$:that·m«)dels can't work forever She

~'\;'., "_ - "- - ' '.','

~;t~l~~~~idh One day she'll Pe6_ _ and everyone

~A~iti\~;~B:0:W;;hel'\\:'-"\\\';'\~:',\W :,,\\,\\~)I,:l,~~·" name ' ~

'w.~':;oi>::~V4~ ~w.~ ~.",""'.<"'{"7d~:." , ~~.-.·_~

e

'J~eading for' pleasure Wi"'mJ

At· the age of twenty-six, life was neatly

at an end for Jacques Coustea'u, who

100(ed flying planes Aftera very bad car

cr.3sh, which nearly killed him, doctors

5said he had to stop flying After the crash

his arms were not strong, so the same

doctors told him to do lots of swimming

Cousteau began swimming

underwater-and his life changed

IQ When he was young Cousteau liked

taking photographs and inventing

things Now he was interested in the

w1derwater world, but he wanted to stay

under the water for longer With the help

15of Cl fdend called Emile Gagman, he

made the Aqualtmg, which gave (lir to a

diver underwater With the Aqualung,

COllsteall eould stay underwater fur

several hot1l's, ilnd he said that the could

10become a 'manfish'

h1 1950, a very rich man gave

CClusteau some money to buy a boat

called theCalypso, and he made theboat

byChristineUndop

his home for travelling on the sea and

25 filming underwater To pay for hisjourneys with the Calypso, Cousteaumade more than a hundred films, aJ,dwrote more than a hundred books

Two of his films} TIle Si/eIlt World (1956)

30 and World Without Sun (1966) wonOscars

Perhaps his most important work was

The Undersea World ofJacque~~ Cotlstea.u,

which began on TV in 1968 It gave

35minions of people aU over the \-"orld theirfirst chance to see the strange andwonderful world below the sea It alsobegan to teach people about the need toprotect the sea and its crea.tures from'0people and the things they do

COllsteau continued to invent and testnew things He invented a machine thatcould carry a man under the water, and

he did some tests in which six men spent

45 th.ree weeks living and working 100metros und.erwater

Cousteau died in 1997, at the age ofeighty-seven A short time before he died,

he said that the most inlportanl work in

10his life was trying to Save Alaska,Antarctica, and the Amazon TheCousteau Society,whichbegan in 1973, isstill at work today, making fiilns andworking to protect the ocellns More than

56300,000 people belong to it in cmmtriesall over the world

Underf>tandin9 the artide

VOGabu\ar'{

5 living things, such as animals, birds, fish or insects

6 an organisation of people who share the same interest or

purpose

Why?IWhynot?

is important?

'Present simp\e and present tontinuous

'Paf>t simple and past l.Ontinuous

that's fair,

(give) the classalot of homework, becau">e ">he

(become) more and more difficult

Monica?

5<1yhello?

when or while with the pa~tsimple and the past

(onti nuous

<1 radio progrClnlme

5 Paul loured arounr] France He met his wife

6 Sally did her homework Her mother called herfor dinner

;ow:«'''''~,,::x~-«W'<::;:;W%,;;:;<;:'#.:xq.r~*~}t.-l)~llf 1 C-Il.k.'tsl-M I~ WiU filY'llS~t t >e

we rto z _ OdeCl' c.iktYM. ij.-,e oij.-,e. diUf a.~

saw 3_ t'f(lll~ fAA-ta.stic fi!Yfl.l l i(l.C.tioh

5 _ D,-ita.il'l.- 11- wa.s ~t c; _

so/die -who decides hedoes.- 't wM-r tofiert AA1fVl1O"e a.k.d

(W\.sllWiUf fr'Df'() ;_ _ P/'r"I'i.!. He IYI1"e!s tts faY

itS f _ £c.ot/a.r.d l?efor'e he isca.utj-hl a d sel'l.-t

woad o~ /U.I-i"e s€.(viu The firWl isfull of

9_ ~ ~, ~., ,p ~P • IU\.U J IS &'If UCIII~ 'C' 10

-~re i tl t audifhU.sWY'fd to er.j"1 if- er'lJ i'J"UCh,

ttr.d when, if- fik.isJ.-td" M ~ l1ypfared robe I a.

h."'r'!fto lett"e the cA; ewd.

t;an, t;an't, be able to

write11

_ _ help

plllY quite well

tonight

drivi ng test yet

8 James _ _ play the piano very well It sounds

horrible,

library is on the right

3 Who is your best friend?

4 What time do you finishschooP

5 (an you :>peak French?

a lisa She's siltingoverthere

b She's a nurse,

( Yes, alinle

d No, I prder tostayal home

e Hall pir:,l three

10 Writ~questions for these answers

Example

Q WI,ere do you come from?

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ elevator?

3

Jim I think I'd3 _ _ see acomedy What about

shelves

Jim OK.6 _ _ rent that one, shall we?

Listening

6 ~1.11 Listen to four messages and decide if these

statements are true or false

for tonight

the bus station

It's quarter past six

8 Jjm and lanearein aDVD rental shop Completetheir

conversation using these words

terriblefl~hts.Nobody knew what todo with me.'

o b Shestayedom at night,wem to c1libs,

IS ofeen got imo troublewith the police and evenstat>te.dtaking druglI, Finally.it wasdecid~d thatEmm~sht::>tild

go and)jVl;'with a foster t:101i1yfor awhile

Ir was then that things began toget better (Cl! ,' ,.

Emma She movedin withher new f.'lnily,and her \:

1/, lo~tcr mother.Carolinc, whohad fostered alot.:bl.·. ~

teenagersbdorc ,( .Sheshowed me tJ.1atek(d~ ~

was anotherW:lY ro liwmy lite,and how il11por:h~l)'i:~i!( r:

\V;1S togo toschool She helped nu: to see~b,at·:(.~l.'I.ld· &

make: adecisionabout what my lifeW,IS going:t~,:k~.··.'. {

I"like: Emm<l decided to stayonatschool,aIld."\V9 r~~~~·:·· 'f'

h~rd 101' herexalll~. ' ," " '>':

" Emma W,lS extremely lucky,When £'osterchndi~N':~reach the ,lgeor18, they u~uaUy have to leave thdr "',

fostcr homes Bm Caroline wantedEmlllfl to staywitll

411them and the local council agreed to payfor some 0fherexpenses,'It'sgood thatyoung people can staywith

their carers after they are l R,"~aysCaroline d _

Carolinesays that ,her relationship with Emma hasl:hanged now that she,isQld~r.(e She goes to

45 university, so sheCQll1~home with alot ofnewworries.but Ialways -crylandhelp her sonher

problems out.' "

.Enu1l3 is very pleased with the changes inI~erlife 'Ithink: tlu\versity is greatfor any youngperson: she says,

so 'I'vebCynreally lucky,I'm going todo som.ething"with

thing is'that I feel parr of a realfamily Of <;;purse.·hvill t

still see Caroline after I finish university ·andlcav.e

home - onc dayshe's going tobegramwto ~ kids.'o

.

-«» I Toda)', Emma is a smiling,

hilppy19-ycar-old studying

psychology at university

:1 •Howcver,just like

5many teenagers, her life

wasn'talwayssoeasywhen

she was growing up

• Enuua "vas broughtup

by her grandmother until

Iilshe was 13 They were

always very dose and did

everythingtogether

Unfortunately.her

grandmother was quite ill,

L; and as she got olderit

became more difficult for

her to look after her

granddaughter When she was

13,Emffiil went to live with another rdative, but she

21,wasn't very happy 'I was a wild child,' says Ellllua, 'and I

know I was difficult to live with I started smokillg~nd

drinking,aniiIkeptmissing school and ge;rtjp.gjll~o,;:

:; - :-~.

Ignore gaps a-e

Reading

1 In pairs, answerthequestions

1 Which of these things do you lhink are most important

in people'slives when lhey are growing up?

{ friends , family scl100l

'.' Hghts , trouble with the police

}~~~t Readi ng for general mean ing

that you are trying to understa nd the message of the

whole text Don't worry if lhere are words you don't

understand

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fits best Look at the example first

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",at the beginning of the sentence tellsusthatSOJll{'()neis

sentence fits into gap e

3 Corolinewas a real friend

and Jive out in the world on their own.'

5 She has friends, a boyfriend and a busy sociallile.

" selfish:> difticull ~ hard-working" ciHing " kind

with her foster family?

2 How would you describe uroline, Emma's losler

mother?

Vocabulary

the text

b They were near each other

3 cmma de<ide(llostay onat school (line 35)

take exams

a She did difficult work

b She did a lot of work

• grow up " bring up '" lookaher take aher .> tell oti

>put up with

phrasal verbs in 6 More than one may be correct.

children!

my younger sisteL

3 They _ _ her _ _ when they found her smoking,

to _ _ him

same nose

c oUOl.ation5 \oliih get and maKe

• a cold - into trouble money", sure" better

What do you think are the biggest pressures teenagersface today?

What (an be done to help teenagers cope with pressure?

Comparatives and superlatives

1 You are going to hear three people talking about where

adjectives you could use to describe each place

photo

John and Suzie say

country

3 Ihe garden in the square is one of the _ _ gardens in

London

he lives now

3 he lives in one of the most _ _ places in the world

o

Katrina says

jams were even _ _ than they were before

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(omparaUves and superlatives

superlative of these adjectives?

6 change the word complelely

powerful convenient ", heavysmall ' mart fast

c.omparin9 obje-d~

the adjectives

Examples The sports car is foster than the nther two.

The small cor is not os smart os the green car.

and write alistof positive and negativethings about

each one

the best to live in?

S London is bigger than Birmingham

Let's activate

What do ~ou thin"?

9 Workwith a partner. Discuss thesetopics. Say what you

Example

J think living in lhe country is better than living i/1 thecity

because it's healthier.

• hilving a<;m,,1I r"milyIaliHgC'family

Falft.'Y relQtionships

1 Whalkinds of relationships do brothers ami sistershave

• don'l get on well wilh7

• are clo~eto?

• fall nut with 2lot?

• have a lot in commonwith?

3 ~hatdifferencedo you think being an onlychild makes

whenyoucue-growing up?

4 In youropinion,Wll<lt Methe advantages ilnd

disadv<lntage'> 01 having !Hl>thers and sisters?

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2 ;(.)u ~istenlo IwOinterviewsabout family

or false

Interview 1: Alex

1 Alcxwar.ts le; have brothersandsimrs

2 She likes being with adults

3 Herparentsthink shr iswail\

Interview 2: Henry

4 Henryand his brothers likedoingthe 5<lmething5

3 li~enagain and answer the Questions

3 Wh.<ll does Henry feelabouthisbrothers?

the questions,strict" spoilt '" proud" independent" ambitious

• reliable

1 Whichwordsdr€used in connection witll:

<J Alex " A/ex's parenlS 0 Henry", Henfy's parents?

2 Which words would you use to describe yourself?

Pronunciation

Word 5trt55

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_ _ _ _ _ the more expensive

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fewer people

bigger and very close to the shops

the shops,

Making arrangements

$am Hello?

newspaper Is it still available?

$am Yes,itis

10 ~l.5 Read the dialogue Then listenand fill in

the gaps

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Two large rooms available fortw~students, sharing wIth three others.

Sporting enthusiasts preferred Ten minutes' walk to public transport and shops £200 per calendar month Bills

extra.

Tel: 02087673241

Two people wanted for Oal withfo~{

friendlv females near the citycenllC

and allamenities Must be non- - - - -_ _.J

smokers £250 per month includmg

bills fortWOsmall single rooms

" housework" smoking television" food <) pets bills

Understanding advertif>ements

7 Work with a partner, Imagine you are going to study English in

London for three months, and you are looking for a room in a

flat, Read these two advertisements and match them to the

sentences a-f

a No smoking is allowed in this flat

b You need more money for bills

( The rooms here are not very big

d The flat is centrally situated

e Ifyou don't like SpOrl, this is

pmbably not the flat (or you

f You will probably make friends

easily with your flatmates here

'1 Read the text and decideifthese statements are true

or false Correct the false statements

1 The Declaration of Independence was signed by

Great Britain

Frdnce

killed by the Native Americans

Talking about your country

family?

country and in other countries?

cou ntry ?

country?

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Thanksgiving

The tradition of Hallowe'en came over with Gennan immigrants, and

other celebrations came with different groups.IrishAmericans, for

example, celebrate St Palrick's Day as heisthe patron saim of Irel2nd,

and Jews celebrate their main religious festivalsinSeptember:In New

Orleans, thereisthe colourful festival of Mardi Gras, with itsstreet

parties and carnival, which was broughtoverbyFrench immigrants

In fad, there are hundreds of difft'f<'m ct'lt'bratioDS alJover America,

and~achuf them is areminderofthehistoryand origin.s of[be

American people

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The Pilgrims met some native Americans The I\otive

The Pilgrims met some native Ameriwm who / that

taught them how to plant crops.

[he following yeor they had a harvesl thotJ which wos

wonderful.

2 Completethe rules about relative pronouns

We use _ _ and _ _ when we talk about people

anddecidewhich rule is correct, a or b

4 There's the car (that) I want 10buy

f'ollolved by a noun or a pronoun

u5ing asuitable relat ive pronoun

Example

Wewatched a film It wasverygood

We watched a film which was very good.

2 I'm going to see the girl She broke her leg

4 That'sthe man He won the prize

last night

Whic.h pronoun?

5 Underlinethe correct relative pronolJ ntocompletethe

sentences

1 I stillknow alot of peoplewho / which live at home.

don'tget on with

7 I'm livingin a room who / which isverynoisy

whose or who't;?

7 The word whosesoundslike who's (who is orwho has) Whoseshowsthat something belongs to somebody look

The Lonc.oslers ore the family whose sons organised the party.

Who'smeans wllo is or who has. lookat these sentences

(who's =who is)

Thai'Sthe womanwho'sgotthe housein losAngeles

(who's =who hos)

4 I spoke to Ihe girl _ _ mother had thatlerribleaccident

yours

What do ~ou thin~?

• We go to aschool which

rite elterru E/ossOI11 'lestival

My favourite celebration in Japan is Hanami It usually takes

place al the end of March or the beginning of April when

the cherry blossom comes out.

2 It is a very popular event and almost everybody in Japan

takes part Ollice workers visit the parks with friends and

colleagues, and children go with their parents, grandparents

and friends.

3 I live in Kyoto, and at cherry blossom time, we always visit

the cherry trees along Biwako Canal and then we have a

party in the park We all have a picnic sing songs and tell

stories.

4 At the picnic we eat traditional Japanese food, and some

people like to drink sake, a kind of wine made from rice.

5 I really like hanami because it's a great way to start the year.

When it's over, you have the summer to look forward to.

Studying the sample

2 AJapanese student is writingaboutafestival inJapan.

1 Inpairs,answer the questions

1 What arethe main festiva Is and celebrations in your country?

2 Which is your favourite celebration 7Why?

Steps to better writing

Word order: verbs and objuts

atick(.f) after the sentences that are right Correct the

mistakes in the other sentences

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Word order: frequeno,!

sentences

Now and thel7 we go ilway for ChriSlmas.

TheyMe alwaysvery kind Clod they never c.omplain aboul

the noise we make

Answer the questions

sometimes,rarely, often

time now ond then, andMain a while, every o/he'

day, once a month C:tc.?

1 We.stay at home forNewYear (usual~y)

Writing a student magazine article

Understanding the tas\(

1 Who are you writing this article for?

lestival last year?

'Planning

People, Activities, Food and drinkandConclusion.

plan to plan your writing

Describe the activities you lake pari in

Finish by saying

Writing

well-known festival or celebration in your country Use your

C.neG\(ing

frequency expressions

mum julia, is our grandmother Her'Ihusband lcL!n~/(Js.,0:~(!.~ ' ..~- ~I l~_:':, \\1

grandfather He's called Oeret< julia and Den~,kareour>',':i\~\:::{o~

complete the text

• nephew granddaughter" husband niece

and the clog

l'hrases with different meanings

1 Complete the pairs of sentences using one of these

phrases in the correct form

1 a I _ _ my boyfriend when he goes away

letter he was reading

their time together

difficult

l'hrasa\ verbs c.onne(,ted with the fami'~

correct form

"" take aller grow up f> put up with bringup

grandparents had to _ _ them _ _

noise all the time

Word focus

make.

6 I hope you _ _ better soon

7 Can you _ _ sure my appointment is tomorrow?

8 Please _ _ your mind up Do you want soup or fish?

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