Although he is a hero for many young footballers, number 91 on the list of 100 Worst Britons is David Beckham - and his wife, Victoria, is number 13... The majority are either young peop
Trang 1Upper-Intermediate Workbook
Trang 2^ Against the odds
2 For what it ’s wor
P3 about people perfect tenses
Value and
p n price
Determiners
Worst Britons Survival at sea
Buying abroad Down and out
О
Exam i p l9 »Reading • Use of English
• Listening • W riting • Speaking
^ From cradle to gra
Stages of life P21
Animals p29
Talking about the future
Talking about ability
Young and old
Fox hunting
EXAM 2 p37 »Reading • Use of English
• Listening • Writing • Speaking Headlines Reported speech: Newspapers
questions Opinion and
p47 belief
Question forms Religion
Exam 3 p55 »Reading • Use of English
• Listening • W riting • Speaking Global wanning Advice,
obligation and prohibition
^ Caught in the
The Internet Modals in the
past
Our vanishing planet
Social networking sites
Exam 4 p73 »Reading » Use of English
• Listening » Writing • Speaking
Teenagers in Britain
Half human, half beast
Photo
journalism
TV scandals
Waste not, want not
Another world
Past perfect simple and continuous Verb patterns
Future continuous and future perfect Nominal clauses
Talking about photos
Discussing pros and cons
Presenting arguments
Topic presentation
Reporting verbs Talking about
statistics
Question tags
Speculating:
present, past and future Mixed conditionals
Expressing opinions
Role-play
Discussion
Exam 5 p91 »Reading • Use of English
• Listening • W riting » Speaking
Magazine article
Essay: for and against
Description of
a person
Descriptive essay
Review
Essay: opinion
Essay:for and against
Biography
p75 Working life
Habitual behaviour (present and past)
In search of
a better life
Making a name for yourself
Future in the past
Job interview Letter of
Passive:
advanced structures
Presentation Narrative
Exam C h a lle n g e s 1 -2 p93 R e vie w s 1 -1 0 p97 F u n c tio n s B a n k p i 02 W r i t i n g B a n k p i0 4 G ra m m a r R e fe re n c e p io s W o r d l i s t p i i 3
f Wherever you see this symbol, you will find interactive practice
* • in the corresponding section of the MultiROM
IN YOUR CD PLAYER
Track
1 IF S peaking: T alking a b o u t p h o to s , page 9 10 5F Speaking: Talking a b o u t s ta tis tic s , page 45
2 IF S peaking: T alking a b o u t p h o to s , page 9 11 6F Speaking: Expressing o p in io n s , page 53
3 2F S peaking: D iscussing pros and cons, page 17 12 Get ready fo r y o u r exam 3, page 56
6 3F S p eaking: P resenting a rg u m e nts, page 27 15 Get ready fo r y o u r exam 4, page 74
7 4 F S p e a k in g : Topic p re s e n ta tio n , page 35 16 9F S peaking: Job in te rvie w , page 81
9 5F S p eaking: Talking a b o u t s ta tis tic s , page 45 18 Get ready fo r y o u r exam 5, page 92
Trang 3I coin d tscn b t somcûncs personality.
1 Write the opposites of these personality adjectives
1 My neighbours are so noisy at night I wish they’d be
more
2 I can say anything I like in front o f my grandmother She’s
ve ry for her age
3 It was v e ry _ o f you to leave your bike
unlocked and th in k nobody would steal it
4 His exam results are always fantastic, but he’ s too
to ta lk about them
5 My sister is so - she’ s quite happy to
sing in front o f a room fu ll o f people
6 Luke is s o - he’s always in a bad mood
i I I m a n n e e d
3 Choose the correct word to complete the sentences.
1 The children had been as good as ABC / gold all morning.
2 Finally, after 10 years in prison, Rodney found himself
as free as a bird / bee.
3 Stories about strange creatures who live deep m the forest are as old as silk / the hills.
4 You have to be as quiet as an eel / a mouse, oryou’ll wake my parents up.
5 Our dog looks quite fierce, but in fact, he’s as gentle
as a lamb / mule.
6 You should eat more You’re as thin as a rake / feather!
7 lulie has been as busy as a bee / bird getting everything ready for the conference.
8 Don’t let Ben trick you into doing all his work - he's
as sty as an eel / a fox!
Complete these sentences with your own ideas so that they show the meaning of the adjectives.
Grace is so argum entative Last n ig h t, for ewmpit she started
an argument with a complete stranger in a cafI.
1 Martin is very considerate He often _
2 I wish you weren’t so narrow-minded You never
3 M y m u m is a very generous person She always
4 Ruth is so unreliable She never
Unit 1 • Against the odds
Trang 4Complete the sentences w ith th e past sim ple or present
perfect sim ple
_ (eat) a bowl of
1 You can’t be hungry You _
pasta ten m inutes ago!
2 Lauren is probably the most in te llig e n t person I
(meet)
3 W e (catch) fo u r fish already, and w e’ve
only been here an hour!
4 When he was a child, his family
5 Don’t put the laptop away - I _
for so long I ’ve 2m e a n t / been m e a n i n g
end you an e-mail ever since I 3got / was
ing back to Peru f rom my trip around
e and A r g e n t i n a with my b o yfrien d, Gino
trip was great, but u n f o r t u n a t e l y Gino
I 4f e 1 1 / w a s f a l l i n g out I w o n ’t go
detail s Anyway, w e ’ve only 5seen / been
ng each o t her once since then.
*jReply ^ReplyAII _!?Forvard
Dear Kyle
OK, if y o u insist! One day about halfway
th r o u g h the trip, we 6w a i t e d / w e r e w a i t i n g
for a t rain at the s t a t i o n w hen I n o ticed
that a man ' l o o k e d / w a s l o oking at me, as if
he 8t r i e d / w a s t r y i n g to r e membe r something
A f t e r a while, he 9came / was c o m i n g up to me
and a sked if my name was Lisa To cut a long
story short, it turns out that we both
10 g r e w / w ere gr o w i n g up in the same v i l l a g e
in Wales! W hile we “ c h a t t e d / w e r e chatting,
Gino s u d d e n l y “ w a l k e d / w a s w a l k i n g off!
He “ d i d n ’t a dmi t / w a s n ’t a d m i t t i n g it, but
he was jealous! Can y o u b e l i e v e it?
L o v e ,
I can correctly use a variety
o f past av\A perfect tenses.
Complete each sentence w ith th e past sim ple and past continuous
(arrive) at the holiday chalet
(find) Lewis, he
4
6 When th e y _
(live) in New York under a false name
Complete the dialogue w ith an appropriate past tense o f
th e verbs in brackets
Kyle I saw Lisa last week She 1
(just /arrived) back from a year in Latin America.Alyssa Really? W h a t2 (she / do) there?Kyle Well, s h e3 (work) as an Englishteacher fo rth re e m onths in Peru Then she
4 (travel) around Chile and Argentina.Alyssa And 5 (she / change) as a result o f theexperience? She was quite naive before she
her hair cut since before she left!
8 (she / meet) anybody w hile she
9 (travel)? A boyfriend, I mean.Yes While s h e10 (work) at the school
one o f the o th eryoung teachers He 12 _(live) in Lima for a year before she arrived, so he showed her around
Alyssa And is she s till in touch w ith him?
Kyle No, she isn’t Som ething weird 13 (happen) in Argentina She 14 (notwant) to te ll me about it, but 115_
Alyssa What? Tell me!
Trang 51 Complete th e sum m ary w ith th e w ords in th e box.
celebrities com m entators figures poll
Prime M in is te r public votes
In 2002, the BBC conducted a1 _ to
discover which famous Britons were considered to be
the greatest o f all tim e by the g e n e ra l2 _ In
first place on the list was W inston Churchill, who was
B ritain’s3 during the Second World
War (1939-45) Churchill received around h a lf o f all
the 4 _ Some s o c ia l5 _ were
surprised th a t none o f the to p ten was alive This
showed that, w hile many people are interested in
6 , they do not regard them as equal to
g re a t7 from history
'
Read the te x t about th e 100 W orst Britons Which o f the
fo llo w in g are d e fin ite ly on th e list?
doctors EH film stars CD high court judges EH
lawyers EH members of the royal family EH
politicians EH reality TV contestants EH
singers EH TV presenters EH
Are these sentences tru e or false? W rite T or F
1 People who were in prison could not vote in the Channel 4
100 Worst Britons p o ll _
2 jade Goody won the reality TV show Big Brother _
3 Seven form er Pop Idol contestants are in the lis t _
4 The list suggests th a t TV presenters are not popular with
the British p u b lic _
5 The text suggests Queen Elizabeth II is unpopular
because o f her role, not her personality _
6 The text suggests Richard Branson is unpopular because
people are jealous o f his success _
C h a l l e n g e !Choose tw o fam ous, liv in g people from your country th a t
you w ould p u t in a lis t o f 100 W orst C elebrities Explain w hy
you have chosen them
1st person: (n a m e ) _
re a s o n
25t person: (n a m e ) _
In 2003, a year after the BBC’s poll to discover the 100
greatest Britons, Channel 4 allowed viewers to vote for the 100 worst Britons Unlike the BBC, Channel 4 did not allow votes for people who were not alive at the time of the poll They also excluded people who were in prison or awaiting trial
Many of the people in the list of 200 Greatest Britons are
there because of significant achievements in the world of science, music, literature and exploration Many of those
in the 100 Worst Britons list are there precisely because, in
the opinion of the voters, they haven’t achieved anything worthwhile but are nonetheless in the public eye Number
4 in the list, Jade Goody, became famous for appearing in the reality TV show, Big Brother And although the Reality
TV show, Pop Idol has been a huge hit in the UK, it provides
the list with no fewer than seven people, including judges, presenters and former contestants And judging by the list, the British public has a particular dislike forTV presenters and politicians
Most interesting are the people who appear in both the 100 Greatest list and the 100 Worst list These are controversial
figures who have large numbers of supporters but who are also detested by large numbers of people Two former Prime Ministers fall into this category: Tony Blair and Margaret Thatcher Two singers also appear on both lists:Cliff Richard, who first became a pop star in the 1950s and
is still performing, and Robbie Williams, who has millions
of fans worldwide but whose personality many people find arrogant The reigning monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, appears as number 10 on the list of greatest Britons and number 24 on the list of worst Britons This might be a reflection of the public’s attitude to the monarchy as an institution, rather than the personality of the Queen herself Entrepreneur and adventurer, Richard Branson is on both lists, too Many people admire his energy and achievements, building successful companies in the fields of air travel, music, publishing, mobile phones and even space tourism However, many people also dislike his public image and his frequent publicity stunts
In fact, looking at the list as a whole, being in the public eye too much seems to be the main cause of disapproval Although he is a hero for many young footballers, number 91
on the list of 100 Worst Britons is David Beckham - and his wife, Victoria, is number 13
— .I —— ——
Unit 1 »Against the odds
Trang 6I C<AVl U.V\AùrSto[V\A <av\A
react to 0 survival story
Revision: S tudent’s Book page 8 -9
1 Complete th e table o f related nouns and adjectives
2 Rewrite th e sentences using verbs in th e box
rot sob
1 Water was flow ing into the boat very quickly
2 With d ifficu lty, we clim bed onto the rocks
3 The wooden flo o r was so old and dam p th a t it had
fallen apart
4 The little boy was crying noisily and po in ting to his
sister’ s ice cream
5 A th ie f suddenly took hold o f my bag and ran off
6 He dropped a leaf into the water and watched it move
slowly under the bridge
7 As she got older, her health got worse
3 Read th e text, Trouble at Sea, quickly In w hat way could
you describe V iolet Jessop as both very unlucky and very
lucky?
She was lucky because
Choose from sentences A-G th e sentence w hich fits eachgap (1 -6 ) There is one sentence th a t you do not need
A Initially, she worked with the Royal M ail Line like her mother, but later moved to a company called W hite Star
B V iolet wrote th a t she was lying in bed but not quite asleep when the collision occurred
C That is w hy she decided not to accept another job on a large passenger ship
D But even at this early age, V iolet was a survivor and recovered fu lly from her illness
E She was sucked under the boat and h it her head on the keel, but she survived
F Both ships were badly damaged, but managed to struggle back to port
G It was so badly damaged th a t it sank, w ith the loss o f 30 members o f the crew
Find these words and phrases in the te xt There is one
Im agine th a t you were one o f th e survivors o f th e Titanic
w ho escaped in a life b o at W rite a s h o rt te x t saying w hat you saw and how you fe lt
Unit 1 "Against the odds
Trang 7Most people never experience at first hand
the fear and excitement of a disaster at sea
Violet Jessop experienced it three times!
She did not go looking for danger, but
reading the story of her life, it sometimes
seems that danger came looking for her.
V iolet w as b o rn in A rgentina, the first o f six
children b orn to Irish em igrants, W illiam and
K atherine Jessop H er father w as a sheep farm er As
a child, V iolet becam e very ill w ith tuberculosis, and
h er do cto r told h er p aren ts th a t she w ould die w ithin
w eek s.1
T h e death o f h er father led th e fam ily to re tu rn to
B ritain, w here h er m oth er needed to w ork to provide
an incom e She found a job as a stew ardess for the
R oyal M ail Line, a shipping com pany, w hile V iolet
and her b ro th ers and sisters w ent to live at a convent
school W h en h er m oth er had to stop w ork because
o f poo r health, V iolet gave up school to becam e a
stew ardess h e rse lf.2 V iolet didn’t w ant to
w ork for W h ite S tar because th eir ships sailed across
the N o rth A tlantic and often encountered bad w eather
N evertheless, V iolet becam e a stew ardess for the
W h ite S tar L ine w o rk ing 17 hours a day for less
th an £ 3 a m onth She was serving on board the
O lym pic w hen it collided w ith H M S H aw ke in
V iolet Jessop’s ow n accoun t o f th e T ita n ic ’s
m aiden voyage talks ab out a tran slate d H ebrew
p ray er th a t an old Irish w om an had given her T h e
p ray er w'as supposed to p ro tec t h e r ag ainst fire and
w ater V iolet, w ho w as a devout C atholic, read the
p ray er as she relax ed in h er cabin only h o u rs before
th e T itan ic sank 4 _ Im m ediately, she w as
o rd ered to go on deck As w ater poured in to th e ship and it began to sink, she helped a g ro u p o f w om en into a lifeboat, and after eig h t ho u rs in th e boat,
V iolet and th e o th e rs w ere rescued by a n o th er ship
A bout 1500 o th e r p assen g ers w ere n o t so lucky: they died in th e tragedy.
W h en the G reat W ar broke out in 1914, V iolet served as a n urse w ith the B ritish Red C ross on board
a ship called th e B ritannic A s a m edical ship, the
B ritannic w as safe from enem y attack because o f an international agreem ent How ever, tow ards the end
o f 1916, the ship collided w ith a m ine in th e A egean
S e a 5 _ A t the tim e o f the collision, V iolet
h erself w as on deck and w as th ro w n over th e side of the ship into th e sea by the force o f the explosion 6 _ She w as picked up out o f the w ater and taken to safety Y ears later, a doctor told h er th a t she had actually fractured her skull in the accident.
D espite these th ree separate incidents, V iolet Jessop continued to w o rk at sea for an o th er 34 years She retired in 1950 and enjoyed m any years o f retirem en t before h er death in 1971 at the age o f 84.
Unit 1 «Against the odds
Trang 8mm GRAMMARPast perfect simple and continuous
1 Look at the tim e line Then com plete th e te xt using the past
perfect continuous w ith fo r or since.
1990
Boy band Take That
(Robbie Williams,
Gary Barlow, Howard Donald,
Mark Owen and Jason Orange)
start performing together
Gary Barlow starts
w ritin g songs for
Mark Owen starts
running his own record
label
2006
Take That reunite w ith o u t
Robbie W illiam s for a hugely
successful w orld to u r
By the tim e Take That started having hits, they (perform /
for) had been performing together for two fears When they sp lit
up in 1996, they (have hits / since) 1
They got back together in 2006 Gary
Barlow (write songs / since) 2
_ Howard Donald (work as a DJ / for)
Jason Orange (study psychology / for) '
and Mark Owen (run
2 Yesterday, Ava began an expedition to clim b M ount Everest Had she completed her preparation schedule?
Write sentences in th e past perfect sim ple, affirm ative or negative
gain U kilos in weight ✓ complete a physical training regime ✓ stu<tf basic Nepalese X
obtain long-term weather forecasts ✓ plan a route to the summit ✓ get to know the other climbers in the group X spend a week at high altitude ✓
She had gained k kilos in weight
Study th e verbs below Tick the verbs w hich are not usually used in continuous tenses (state verbs)
Trang 9Talking about photos
I can talk, about a jivtvi topic illustrated by photos.
1 © 0 1 Complete th e extract from the Speaking exam
Then listen and check
as though connected hard im agine ju d g in g
‘The photos are _w ith the to p ic o f school
Both photos 2 _- students in class In the first
photo 13 th a t they’ re about 13 years old It
looks 4 a science lesson, and 5
by the students’ expressions, I’d 6 th a t they
are enjoying th e ir lesson They look interested and it looks
7 they are w orking hard M ost o f them are
looking at the experim ent and working together They are
all wearing uniform - it’ s quite an old-fashioned-looking
uniform , so I 8 th a t it’s a private school, but it
could be a state school It’s 9 _ - to say.’
2 © 0 2 Order the w ords to make sentences about the
second photo Then listen to th e speaker and check your
answers
1 they I are years 17 reckon old about
2 mixed o f girls it’s and class a boys
3 to te ll w hat it’s o f d iffic u lt lesson in they’ re kind
-C h a l l e n g e !Can you explain w hat these quo ta tio n s about education mean? Use yo ur own words
1 ‘The roots o f education are bitter, but the fruits are sweet.’ Aristotle
2 ‘ Education is w hat remains when you have forgotten
everything you learned in school.’ Einstein
Unit 1 »Against the odds
4 it they’ re be lesson in th a t maths could a
5 as is one if looks them it asleep of
6 clear front the in th a t the interested it’ s girl desk isn’t
3 W rite about these photos, com paring and contrasting them Use phrases from exercises 1 and 2
Trang 10I t<AW H/ritt <A VWA^tAlinc (Artldt
g iv in g <AK (Account o f (An, tv tv tt.
P reparation
1 Read th e jum bled parts o f an article Match th e paragraphs
(A-D ) w ith the paragraph plan below
A I’d been staying with my aunt and uncle at th e ir house
near the sea The weather had been fantastic, and I’d
been going to the beach every day for a swim There
was a large, fla t rock about five hundred metres out to
sea, and I enjoyed swim m ing out to it I’ d even started
tim ing myself to see how quickly I could get there
B When I finally reached safety, I was so relieved It felt
as if I’ d been sw im m ing for ever If the distance had
been tw enty metres further, I w o u ld n ’t have made it
I’d never been so exhausted in my life! A fter th a t day,
I always checked the tim es of the tides before I w ent
swimm ing!
C This is som ething th a t happened to me about three
years ago At the tim e, I wasn’t really frightened, but
looking back, it was quite a dangerous incident In
fact, in some ways, I was lucky to survive
One afternoon, I swam to the rock as usual and
clim bed onto it for a rest, as it was a warm and sunny
day I was so tired th a t I fe ll asleep Only when I woke
up did I realise th a t the tid e was coming in - and
fast! The rock was now more than a kilom etre out to
sea! Could I swim th a t far? I wasn’t sure, but I had no
choice I dived into the sea and started swimm ing
Paragraph 1: In troduction
Paragraph 2: Background inform ation
Paragraph 3: Main events
Paragraph 4: Conclusion
2 Find at least one example in th e a rticle of:
1 a sequencing word or phrase
2 a phrase or sentence followed by an exclamation mark
3 an extreme adjective
4 stylistic inversion
Rewrite th e h ig h lig h te d sentences from th e a rticle using
s ty lis tic inversion Begin like th is:
When did it happen? _
How did you f e e l ? _
5 Use your notes from exercise 4 to w rite an a rticle about the event Follow the paragraph plan from exercise 1
W ritin g GuideWrite a b rie f introduction saying where and when the event happened Don’t go into detail at this stage
Explain the background to the event Say w hy you were there, w hat you had been doing, etc
Describe w hat happened Remember th a t the past sim ple is the most com m only used tense for this kind o f narration Write a b rie f conclusion Say w hat you learned from the event and how it affected you
C h e c k l is t
Have you:
• follow ed the paragraph plan?
• used appropriate tenses fo r each part o f the article?
• used stylistic inversion or a feature from exercise 2? checked your w ork for mistakes?
10 1 Unit 1 »Against the odds
Trang 11I coin, talk about money
2 Choose th e correct adjective
1 We’ re spending too much money We need to be more
economic / econom ical
2 The food at th a t restaurant is great, but it’s very pricey /
precious
3 The website provides valuable / p ro fita b le advice on
choosing the right university course
4 Economists are predicting th a t rising interest rates w ill
create econom ical / fin a n cial chaos
5 I th o u g h t the painting I inherited from my grandm other
was w orth a lot o f money, but it turned out to be
w orthless / precious
6 Businesses often prefer to sell goods on the Internet,
because it is more pro fita b le / valuable
7 A w o rth y / priceless collection o f Michelangelo drawings
was destroyed in the fire
8 At the end o f the last century we experienced a period of
rapid pro fita b le / economic growth
9 They wanted to buy a house in London, but it w ould have
proved too costly / over-priced
10 Trying to improve the lives o f poor people is a valuable /
w o rth y am bition for any politician
11 In my opinion DVDs and CDs are ridiculously overpriced /
valuable
12 This necklace isn’t w orth a great deal but it’s very w o rth y
/ precious as it belonged to my mother
A • • • • • E xtension: Expressions connected w ith money
3 Match a - j w ith 1-10 to make expressions connected
4 Rewrite the sentences using expressions from exercise 3
1 The skiing holiday was great but it cost a lot o f money
2 Jason paid far too much for his new car
3 They haven’t had much money since Sam lost his job
4 We spent a lot o f money on a new computer
5 Sarah got a bonus at work, w hich she’ s going to save for the future
6 Nowadays printers hardly cost anything
7 I th in k you were charged far too much by the garage
8 We’ ll have to economise to avoid getting into debt
Trang 12I can use determiners
to describe quantities.
1 Complete th e news article w ith a/an, the or no article.
Crime Doesn’t Pay
Jane W ilson only had a few pounds in 2 _
so she decided to limit herself to 3
bank.
£10 cash withdrawal But when she went to the ATM to withdraw
4 money, she discovered to her amazement that
she had £100,000 in her account Jane was used to living
on £100 5 week, but o ver6 next few days
7 25-year-old lived the life of 8 lottery
winner, even though she knew the m oney wasn’t hers.
She splashed out on 9 thousands of pounds worth
o f 10 clothes, took out nearly £10,000 in 11
cash and booked12 luxury holiday to 13 _
USA She also spent money on her family and gave
14 money to a charity that helps 15
Choose th e correct o p tio n : som e, any or nothing.
1 Peter hasn’t got some / any / — long hair
2 Can I have some / any / — grapes, please?
3 I haven’t got some / any / — money in the bank
4 I don’t like some / any / — strong cheese
5 Call me at some / any / — tim e It doesn’t m atter when
6 What some / any / — beautiful flowers!
7 Some / Any / — cars use a lo t o f petrol, others are more
economical
8 Some / Any / — train from this platform goes to Hastings
Complete the sentences w ith few, a few , little or a little.
1 It usually snows a lo t here in the w in te r but last year
there was v e ry snow
I bought this ja c k e t _ days ago
I’ve run out o f bread Could you give m e ?
Sam’ s determ ined to leave school There’s
use in trying to change his m ind
_tourists vis it the Arctic It’ s dangerous
Sorry I’ m late I lost my w a y tim es coming
soon realised their mistake and froze Jane’s account She knew there was no point in running away, so she stayed at 18 home and waited fo r19 police to knock
door In court she pleaded guilty to stealing
on 20
the money and was given a two-year suspended sentence.
4 Complete or w rite a sentence so th a t it means the same as
th e firs t sentence Include th e word in brackets
1 It doesn’t m atter w hich road you take, (any) You can take ar>( road
2 We don’t have a lo t o f tim e, (much)
7 There aren’t any easy answers, (no)
8 Not many o f my relatives live nearby, (few)
9 My parents haven’t got much money, (little)
10 He read the magazine from beginning to end (whole)
11 The m ajority of graduates quickly find a job (most)
12 All o f us w ant to be happy, (every)
Unit 2 • For what it’s worth
Trang 13Buying abroad
I can talk a\boiit British emigration.
* Revision: S tudent’ s Book page 17
1 Complete th e sentences w ith w ords from th e box
open-plan period to p -flo o r unfurnished
1 The fla t we live in w a s so we had to
buy furniture
2 We live in a house Our nearest
neighbour is 100 metres away
3 Sally recently moved into a new b a rn _
Until last year the b u ild in g was part o f a farm
I don’t lik e houses I prefer to have
separate rooms
We live in t h e _ fla t, so when you arrive
_ cottage, but in
go down the steps
6 Tom’ s home looks like a
fact it was only b u ilt five years ago
7 We have fabulous views across the city from our ^
8 We have a 1 2 -m o n th _ on our house
>
Read the text quickly Which paragraph (A-D) tells you about:
1 which countries UK emigrants go to ? _
2 why people choose to em igrate? _
3 future e m ig ra tio n ? _
Are the sentences tru e or false? W rite T or F
1 A bout 6 0 0 ,000 Britons live abroad perm anently or for
part o f the year
2 The to p six destinations are o ther English-speaking
countries
3 The m ajority of emigrants are middle-aged
4 Some people emigrate to find somewhere cheaper to
live
5 Emigrants can’t usually afford to buy property
Express in form ation from the te x t using these numbers
B Six of the eight most popular destinations for Britons seeking a new life abroad are other English-speaking countries: Australia (with 1.3 million expatriates), the US (0.7 million), Canada (0.6 million), Ireland (0.3 million), and New Zealand and South Africa (each with about 0.2 million) The second most popular country overall, however, is Spain, where three quarters of a million British people have settled permanently.
C Why do so many people choose to leave die UK and settle abroad? The majority are either young people without families, who are just starting their careers, or people at the end of their working life who are seeking
to retire Other reasons for emigrating are to find a better climate, better quality of life (many complain that the UK is too expensive), or to join other family members who’ve already left the UK Whatever die reason, cheap ;tir travel and free movement within the European Union mean that emigrating is easier than ever Moreover, high property prices in the UK mean that people can exchange a fairly modest house in the
I TK for somediing much grander overseas.
D It is predicted that a further one million Britons will leave in the next five years So, has this led to a decline
in the UK population? No, because for every two people who emigrate, three people move to the UK from abroad.
Unit 2 • For what it’s worth
Trang 14I can understand an article about an author and kis work.
Revision: S tudent’s Book page 1 8 -1 9
1 Complete the sentences using the w ords in th e box
run o u t o f spend waste
you?
2 A shocking 37 m illion Americans live in
_ , according to a recent report
3 Credit cards te m p t some people t o _ _
more than they earn
4 The_ for the fla t we live in comes to
£500 a month
5 In 1850, a slave in the American South cost the
_ o f £ 2 5 ,0 0 0 in today’ s money
health and education
7 Don’t _ _ your money on expensive
designer clothes th a t you d o n ’t need
8 Of the Earth’ s six billio n people, h a lf live on an
o f under $2 a day
V _
-2 Read th e te xt, ig n o rin g the gaps Answer the questions
1 Which o ther two famous works by Orwell are mentioned
in the text?
and
2 In w hich city did Orwell w ork in a hotel?
3 Why couldn’t he find work in London at first?
Match sentences A -G w ith gaps 1 -6 There is one sentence
th a t you do not need
A He recounts how th is life had a severe effect on his
humanity
B Having found a job and started to earn some money, life
im proved dram atically for him
C However, when th is work dried up, he had to start selling
his possessions w hile he tried to search for more work
D Until his boss returns, he finds h im se lf sleeping on the
streets o f the city w ith the other poor and unemployed
E S till I can p oint to one or tw o things I have defin ite ly
learned by being hard up
F He fin d s h im se lf w orking seventeen and a h a lf hours a
day in the restaurant, alm ost w ith o u t a break
G However, Orwell was also com pletely against
totalitarianism in any form
Are th e sentences true or false? (The answers may be in thesentences in exercise 3.) W rite T or F
1 Down and Out in Paris and London is an exact account o f
Orwell’ s experiences in the two c it ie s
2 Orwell to o k a job in a hotel because he was fed up of teaching and w r it in g _
3 He earned very little money working in the hotel
4 One night Orwell couldn’t sleep because someone was killed near his r o o m
5 Orwell slept outside in the open in both Paris and London
6 Orwell th o u g h t th a t it was the workers’ own fa u lt that they had such dreadful w orking c o n d itio n s _
7 Orwell had a lot o f sympathy for tramps and b e g g a rs
8 Orwell th o u g h t th a t socialism was good as long as it
d id n ’t turn into to ta lita ria n ism
Im agine th a t you are homeless and unem ployed W rite a
sh o rt te x t saying how you find food, where you sleep, and how you feel
Unit 2 • For what it’s worth
Trang 15D o w n ana out in
P a r is an
George Orwell is one of Britain’s best-known authors
of die 20th century, responsible for such famous works
as Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four However,
diere was a period in his life when things didn’t go so
well for him.
Down and Out in Paris and London is Orwell’s
semi-autobiographical account of living in poverty in
both cities The narrative begins in Paris where Orwell
lived for two years, attempting to make a living by
giving English lessons and writing reviews and articles
for magazines.1 _ After days without food,
he finally found a hotel job with his Russian friend,
Boris There he ended up working long hours as a
dishwasher and kitchen assistant in a hotel, where he
earned barely enough to survive.
He describes his routine life as one of die working
poor in Paris as: slaving dien sleeping, slaving then
sleeping, then drinking on a Saturday night through
to Sunday morning, which briefly made his life seem bearable.2 _ He describes a murder which happened just outside his window, and says ‘The diing that strikes me in looking back, is diat I was in bed and asleep within three minutes of the murder
W e were working people and where was the sense of wasting sleep over murder?’
In tlie hope of a better job and more money, Orwell moves to working in a restaurant, but the owner doesn’t pay him for ten days and so he is reduced to sleeping on a park bench rather than facing his landlady over non-payment of rent.
3 _ He blames die dreadful existence of his fellow workers for turning them all into zombies:
‘ [They have] been trapped by a routine which makes thought impossible If [they] thought at all they would long ago have gone on strike for better treatment But diey do not think, because they have no leisure for it; their life has made slaves of diem.’
Orwell travels to London having been promised that a job is waiting for him However, he can’t start work because his new employer has gone on holiday.
These experiences led Orwell to strengthen his democratic socialist beliefs He blamed wealthy people for being ignorant of the reality of poverty
He said that the rich were afraid of the poor: they didn’t want to give them freedom from poverty, because they thought that the poor would then threaten their own way of life 6 _His
subsequent novels, Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-
Four, depict worlds where people in authority have
gone horribly out of control He showed us how7 difficult it is to make a fair and just society, but he didn’t want the human race to stop trying.
I L o n a on
Unit 2 • For what it’s worth
Trang 16I can identify and use
a variety of verb patterns.
1 Complete the text Use th e in fin itiv e or -ing form o f the
( LOGON ) ( POST ARTIICLE I REPLY )
in exactly the same way as they did before Although they
may really hope3 (continue) their lives
unchanged, I admit t o 4 (have) a serious
problem believing them, if they hadn't intended
5 _ (change) their lives at all, then why on
earth did they w a n t6 (buy) a lottery ticket
in the first place? Suddenly receiving a lot of money, when you
had none before, can't fa il7 (have) a huge
effect on anybody's life Lottery winners who propose
8 _ (give away) ALL of their winnings are very
rare indeed And once you decide9 (spend)
a lot of money on something - a big new house, for example
- you will become a different person It's unavoidable, no
matter who you are But if there are any lottery winners who
are having difficulty10 (deal with) their
new riches, then they are welcome to give some of their
money to me!
2 W rite th e correct form o f th e verb
1 a I rem e m b e r (send) Jim a birthday card
though he says he d id n ’t receive it
b Please re m em ber (lock) the door when you
leave the house
2 a I re g re t (tell) you th a t you’ve lost your place
in the volleyball team
b I re g re tte d _ (tell) my parents th a t I’d
decided not to study m edicine
3 a We drove all day, stopping o n ly _ (have)
lunch at a service station,
b W ill you please s to p _ (criticise) me
16 1 Unit 2 • For what it’s worth
4 a Despite losing an arm in an accident, Fred w ent on _ (play) football
b George studied languages and w ent o n (teach) French
5 a I tr ie d _ (take) the bus to work but it wasalways overcrowded
b The th ie f t r ie d (take) my credit card but Istopped him
3 Rewrite th e sentences using th e verb in brackets
1 I told Mike th a t he should get an early night, (advise)
1 advised Mite to get an earl-; night.
2 I said I w ould give Jenny a lift into tow n, (agree)
3 It was easy for me to repair the broken vase, (have difficulty)
4 Dad told me I couldn’t stay out late, (let)
5 We’ re th in k in g about selling our car (consider)
6 I th in k it’ s really nice to relax in front o f the TV in the evening, (enjoy)
7 I finally succeeded in solving the crossword, (manage)
8 I told M illie not to forget to bring some CDs to the party,(remind)
C h a l l e n g e !
W rite true sentences using the verbs in th e box follow ed by
a nother verb in the correct form
1
Trang 17Discussing pros and cons
1 Put the w ords in th e correct order to make phrases fo r
try in g to persuade a n o th e r person Add punctuation
1 adm it / you / to / have / th a t
2 agree / but / w o u ld n ’t / th a t / you
3 at / look / it / way / w ell / this
4 th in k / ju st / about
5 with / there’ s / but / nothing / surely / wrong
6 th a t / you / deny / can’t
2 Complete the phrases fo r discussing pros and cons using
the words in th e box
However, it also 10_
But some o f the 11_
too
_ problems, are less attractive
3 $ 03 Listen Which question from 1 -4 below are the
students discussing?
1 What are the pros and cons o f shopping in shops? EH
2 What are the advantages o f online shopping? EH
3 What personal experience, if any, do you have o f online
In troducing the firs t argum entOne advantage/disadvantage o f is (th a t) EH
The most obvious advantage/disadvantage o f is(th a t) EH
One positive/negative aspect o f is (th a t) EH
is /is n ’t a good idea because EH
Introducing subsequent argum entsAnother advantage/disadvantage is (th a t) EH
Not only th a t b u t EH
Another im portant p oint is t h a t EH
An even stronger argum ent fo r/a g a in s t is (th a t) EH
5 W rite a sh o rt paragraph g ivin g tw o more advantages o f online sh o p p in g and tw o more disadvantages Use phrases from exercises 2 and 4 to introduce them Use the ideas in
th e box to help you or invent your own
Prosshop 24 hours a day convenient stay at home
w id e r choice compare prices gifts for people who live a long way from you buy things from anywhere
in the w orld
Cons
id e n tity th e ft genuine website? goods out o f stock delivery charges com plaining returning faulty goods speaking to real people
Unit 2 • For what it’s worth
Trang 18Essay: for and against
I can present tWe arguments
fo r av\A against in- an essay■
Preparation
1 Match 1 - 6 w ith a - f U nderline the words and phrases th a t
express contrast
1 I d o n ’t believe th a t money makes you happy EH
2 Much as I w ould like to be rich I I
3 Having money can remove a lot o f everyday worries EH
4 Many people are happy I I
5 The love o f money is the root o f much evil, EH
6 The love o f money makes people com m it crime EH
a Nevertheless, it would be unfair to argue th a t money is
the sole cause o f crime,
b in spite of the fact th a t they haven’t got much money,
c On the contrary, I th in k th a t money is often the cause o f
great unhappiness,
d it w o u ld n ’t necessarily make me happier,
e However, it can’t solve all our problems,
f whereas money its e lf is not
2 You are going to w rite an essay e n title d : Money is the root
o f all evil Discuss Make notes for an in tro d u ctio n Use
these ideas to help you, or th in k o f your own
It’ s a very old saying
How does money cause evil?
We can’t live w ith o u t money
Fair to blame money for all evil? One o f many causes?
4 Think o f points th a t you could include, and w rite at least three under each o f these headings
To sum up, I w ould say t h a t
While it’s true t h a t , I firm ly believe t h a t
Some people feel strongly t h a t However, I believe
It can be argued t h a t
It’s true to say t h a t N e ve rth e le ss,
6 W rite your essay, fo llo w in g th e w ritin g guide below
Complete th e phrases w ith th e w ords in th e box
argued hand However m aintain im p o rta n t
Presenting one side o f the argum ent
Firstly, it’s1 to state t h a t
Introduction Some background inform ation
Paragraph 2Two or three arguments for, with examples
Paragraph 3Two or three arguments against, w ith examples
Paragraph 4Summary and your opinion
Have you:
• w ritten 2 0 0 -2 5 0 words?
• follow ed the w ritin g guide?
• included phrases for introducing arguments?
• checked your work for mistakes?
Unit 2 • For what it’s worth
Trang 19Exam T a s k - Reading
Read th e te xt Then read statem ents 1 - 8 and find the
paragraph (A -D ) in th e te x t w hich contains inform ation
about them W rite th e correct le tte r in th e table Finally,
decide if th e statem ents are tru e (T) or false (F)
The Importance of Money
A
A great philosopher once said ‘ Money is a barrier against
all possible evils.’ Money can prevent the sufferings th a t
come with poverty like cold and hunger Even though
sickness cannot be to ta lly obliterated by money, it can be
considerably relieved by it Giving away money to charity
can also provide us with the satisfaction o f relieving others
from suffering With money, we can obtain an advanced
education th a t may aid us in the developm ent o f genius
and extraordinary achievem ents It gives us the leisure
to devote a part o f our tim e to culture and art Money
can provide a pow erful diversion for all our troubles by
perm itting distraction from the anxieties th a t assail us
B
So we m ust try to get a thorough understanding o f all th a t
we may possibly do, in an honourable and legitim ate way,
to conserve w ealth Even to those who have inherited
wealth, idleness can be a certain cause o f ruin A great
fortune needs genuine labour fo r efficie n t adm inistration
Those who leave this duty to strangers may pay a penalty
fo rth e ir negligence This is why a rich man, who wants
to preserve and increase his fortune, should be his own
business manager
C
Even artists m ust know the price th a t th e ir work is w orth It
is necessary fo r the a rtist to be a businessm an in order to
have the right to be a genius History is fu ll o f examples o f
this The great Shakespeare laboured as a theatre manager
to obtain the necessary leisure to produce his dram atic
masterpieces Edison worked as a telegraph operator to
pay the bills white he ‘ m o onlighted’ as an inventor
D
From the bottom to the top o f the ladder, it is necessary
to amass money in order to apply it to some great cause
Money is the means by which we may fu lfil our purpose
in a larger and better way Everyone should, in his own
way, make an effort to amass some money Some w ill
apply money to th e ir daily wants Others seek to swell the
fortune th a t they desire to leave to th e ir children Some
only desire money so they can devote it to some noble
enterprise or charity Finally, a large num ber see money
chiefly as a means o f im m ediate gratification
True/False A -D
1 You cannot buy health
2 You have to work hard to manage your finances
3 Creative people don’t need to be skilfu l in business and financial matters
A Giving money to those worse o ff than you offers its own reward
5 People can have very different reasons for accum ulating wealth
Exam T a s k - Use of English
Complete th e te xt w ith th e correct form o f th e w ords in brackets
A fte r three decades o f being either endangered or threatened, America's bald eagle, its symbol o f
1 _(PROUD), has made a
2 _(REMARK) comeback In June theU.S to o k th e high-flying bird o ff th e Endangered Species Act's 'threatened' list
For a century (1 8 7 0 -1 9 7 0 ) bald eagle populations,
w hich used to in h a b it3 _ (MOUNTAIN)areas o f th e United States, 4 _ (SEVERE)declined because o f hunting, h abitat
5 _(LOSE) and th e use o f DDT In 1963,there were only 417 breeding pairs By 1970, peoplefeared it was facing n e a r6 _ (EXTINCT).Further problems, such as h abitat destruction, fo o d -
7 _(CONTAMINATE), and
8 _(LEGAL) shooting raised concerns.Now, there are 9,789 breeding pairs in th e United States, all o f w hich are protected under th e Bald and GoldenEagle 9 _(PROTECT) A ct, w hichprohibits anyone w ith o u t a perm it fro m shooting, poisoning, w o u n ding , killing, capturing, trapping, collecting, m olesting and disturbing bald eagles
W hile the eagles have made a 10 _(SUCCESS) return, there are still 541 animals in the United States listed as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act
Get ready for your Exam 1
Trang 20Exam T a s k - Listening
$ 0 4 You w ill hear fo u r teenagers ta lk in g about th e ir
achievem ents Read th e statem ents Then listen and
match th e speakers 1 - 4 to sentences A -E There is one
C ‘ I’ve been doing it for ages, but for a long tim e my
profession was sim ply a hobby.’
D ‘Talent is im portant, but I w o u ld n ’t be here if not for my
am bition and hard w ork.’
E ‘ My profession consumes me and I like it that way.’
There is a co m p e titio n in your school magazine and
th e w in n in g entry w ill be published You are invited to
describe a sp o rtin g event in w hich you to o k part as a
child W rite an article in 2 1 0 -2 3 0 words
In your article, you should:
• include a title
• explain w hat event it was
• m ention your role in it
• say w hat happened
• explain why it was memorable
W rite your a rticle in th e appropriate style and form at
These ideas may help you:
• S itu a tio n /e n v iro n m e n t/s e ttin g
These ideas may help you:
• Do you agree or disagree w ith the quotation? Why?
• Support your opinion with an exam ple/your own experience
‘What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by
achieving your goals ’ Zig Ziglar - J J
Get ready for your Exam 1
Trang 211 Match th e stages o f life in the box w ith a - f on th e diagram
Then w rite the years each stage begins and ends, in your
opinion
• • • • • Extension: Phrasal verbs w ith up and down
fromfromfromfromfromfrom
_ t o _ to _ to _ _ to _ _ to t o.
2 Solve th e anagrams to make words w ith sim ila r meaning
(the) yellerd
3 Match th e verbs in th e box w ith the d e fin itio n s
diestart to have a quieter way o f life raise (a child)
stop doing your job because you have reached a certain age put a dead person into a grave
4 Rewrite th e sentences using a phrasal verb from th e box (sb = somebody, sth = som ething)
look down on sb own up to sth p u t up w ith sth put sth down to set sth up
1 I w on’t tolerate th is kind o f behaviour!
I won't put up with this kind of be-haviourl _
2 He a ttributes his success to hard work
3 He established a company to im port Polish food
4 This rain is depressing me
5 It w ill cost a fortune to renovate this house
6 He th in k s he’s superior to everybody!
7 I hope I’ m not delaying you
8 She confessed to having lied
5 Complete th e sentences w ith your own ideas
1 I find it hard to put up w it h
2 It gets me down when people
3 I should cut down
4 This town w ould be a better place to live if they did up
Trang 22Complete the sentences w ith a future form o f the verbs in
brackets Use each o f the form s in th e box once
present continuous present sim ple w ill going to
1 Hurry up! Our flig h t _ (leave) in an hour!
2 I _ (send) you a postcard, I promise
hotel
4 I _ (take) lots o f photos w hile I’ m away
Complete these predictions w ith will or going to.
1 There’s water on the floor over there Som ebody _
slip on it
2 The sky is so dark! It _ _ rain
3 I d id n ’t do very well in my exams, but I’ m sure I
do better next year
4 I reckon I _ get married before I’ m thirty
5 She’s driving too fast L o o ko u t! S h e _ _ crash
W rite offers in response to these problem s Use your own
ideas
1 ‘ I can’t find my w a lle t.’
I'll help n(ou look for it.
2 ‘ I’ m really cold.’
3 ‘ I don’t understand this te xt.’
4 ‘ I’ m worried about my history exam tom orrow ’
5 ‘ I haven’t got enough money for the bus.’
6 ‘ I’ve left my packed lunch at hom e.’
7 ‘ I need a new o u tfit for a party this Saturday.’
4 Match th e tw o halves o f the sentences Complete them w ith
th e words in the box
u n til when
1 Please w a it here I I
2 You should pay back th is money EH
3 we’ve found the campsite, EH
4 I’ ll be relieved I I
5 _ he asks really nicely, EH
6 Take a credit card w ith you EH
a you can
b you run out of money
c it w ill be dark
e I won’t help him
5 Improve th is e-m ail by m aking five changes to future forms
Pete tells me you’ re taking a year off before university Are you qoinq to spend some time abroad? Promise me you aren't going to forget about your friends bark home! Mayhe I’m even visitinq von (if von qo somewhere nice).
love Ruth
w
6 Im agine you are Holly W rite an e-m ail re p lyin g to Ruth M ention your plans fo r next year and to m o rro w ’s arrangem ent
Unit 3 • From cradle to grave
Trang 23Young and old
I can understand and react
to an article about the elderly.
R evision: S tudent’ s Book page 29
Complete th e co llo q u ia l phrases
V _
2
stuck in a r_
o ff to LA = flying to LA _ it = too old
_ _ _ _ _ = bored w ith the same routineman
like a mad t = w ild ly
b the drum s = h ittin g the drums
Read the text Why does an ageing population create
problem s fo r a country’ s economy? Tick th e reasons th a t
are m entioned
c a sm aller proportion o f the population is at work [U
Flossie Chambers, 89, playing ten pin bowling
W h en I’ m 64
In 2007, a British newspaper reported that elderly
residents of the Sunrise Senior Living Centre were addicted
to the Nintendo Wii Apparently, the craze started when
one of the chefs brought in a console that belonged to his
son Residents aged between 80 and 103 enjoyed playing
the games so m uch that they dem anded that staff buy one
immediately.
However, ‘good new s’ stories related to the care of the
elderly are rare Britain does not have a good record when
it com es to caring for its elderly citizens W hile in many
other countries, older people often live with their children,
this is m uch less com m on in the UK Over 3.5 million older
people in Britain live alone, and many do not even have
regular visitors About 500,000 people over 65 live in care
hom es run privately or by the state, where they may suffer
3 Are these sentences tru e or false? W rite T or F
1 A British new spaper contained a story about elderly people playing com puter games
2 News stories about the care o f the elderly in the UK are usually quite positive
3 Most elderly people in the UK do not live w ith th e ir children
4 Increases in life expectancy do not necessarily lead to an ageing population
5 By 2024, about a quarter of the a dult population w ill be retired
6 Three quarters o f people say they would pay more tax to provide better care for the elderly
C h a l l e n g e !
W rite three sentences com paring th e situ a tio n described in
th e te x t w ith th e situ a tio n in your country,
from boredom, depression and even physical mistreatment Like m ost developed nations, the UI< has an ageing population This is partly because families are having fewer children, and partly because people are living longer For the first tim e in our history, there are more people in the UI< aged over 60 than under 16.
O f course, any increase in life expectancy is good news but there are financial consequences In the early 1900s when pensions were first introduced, people at work outnum bered pensioners by 22 to one It was easy for the governm ent to pay for pensions out of taxation However, by 2024, there will only
be three people of working age for every pensioner Inevitably, the working population will need to pay m ore tax to m eet the pensions bill The nation’s healthcare costs are also increasing
as the population grows older About 50% of all spending on health services in the UI< is for people over the age of 65.
Finding better ways of caring for an ageing population is gradually becom ing a priority in the UK A survey in 2007 revealed that 75% of British people would be prepared to pay more tax in order to improve care for the elderly (although this is not the same as actually voting for a party that plans to raise taxes) In the future, both the governm ent and families will have to do more.
Unit 3 • From cradle to grave
Trang 24I Mvi und erstand a report about teem^ers.
R evision: S tudent’ s Book page 3 0 -3 1
1 Complete the adjectives in these sentences
1 Som ething or som ebody th a t is im possible to predict
2 Complete th e sentences using an appropriate tense of
the phrasal verbs in the box
come down to e n d u p get on w ith grow up
storm o u t o f turn into
1 We d id n ’t like each other at first, but w e
being friends
2 A large company bought the build in g a n d it
a superm arket
3 It’ s d iffic u lt t o my w ork when people
keep phoning me
4 I was born in London, but I in the
countryside
5 Finding a good place to live o fte n _ luck
6 Sophie the office when her boss
accused her o f stealing
) Read th e article Choose th e best sum m ary o f th e re p o rt’ s
conclusions: a, b or c
a The governm ent needs to provide more money so that
teenagers are less bored and more involved in th e ir
com m unities
b Most teenagers are valuable members o f the comm unity,
but the governm ent needs to focus on the small m inority
who become involved in crime,
c There are enough recreational fa cilitie s for young people,
but more money needs to be spent on dealing w ith the
consequences o f teenage crime
4 Choose the correct answers
1 The Youth Review was carried out by
A the Government
B young people
C a charity, w ith support from the Government
D a charity, w ith support from a company
2 According to Lily Allen, the main message from young people is
A they want more opportunities
B they don’t w ant to get into trouble
C they don’t need more things to do
D they d o n ’t agree th a t there is a crisis
3 W hat is the main cause o f anti-social behaviour, according to young people?
A Boredom
B Gangs
C A lack o f inform ation
D A lack o f detention centres
4 What w ould the Youth Centres recommended by the report offer to young people?
A Help w ith th e ir problems
C It w ould give young people a voice in the comm unity
D It w ould make young people th in k more seriously about the issues th a t affect them
5 Explain th e significance of these figures from th e text.80%
The- percentage- of teenagers who sa>( the>( have- nothing to do and nowhere to go.
Trang 25Youth Review
New statistics show that, as schools in Britain prepare to
break up for the holidays, over 1 million teenagers could be
wandering the streets because there is nowhere else to go
The year-long enquiry consulted 16,000 UK teenagers and
recommends radical action to transform their lives, including a
‘youth hub’ in every community to tackle anti-social behaviour
and crime
The Review, undertaken by children’s charity 4Children and
supported by Nestlé, comes at a time of unprecedented
debate about the welfare of young people in the UK - with
statistics demonstrating worrying trends in all aspects of
teenagers’ lives from risky behaviour to youth-on-youth
violence and anti-social behaviour Researchers spent 12
months touring each region of the country and consulting over
16,000 teenagers of all ages to find out what life is truly like
for young people today in the UK and how they themselves
believe that improvements can be made
Publicising the report today, pop star and youth icon Lily Allen
said: ‘ I want to see a new start for teenagers in communities
where they have nothing to do, nowhere to go and nowhere
to call their own The Youth Review has consulted 16,000
teenagers across the country and their message was clear:
they said to give young people more of a stake in communities
and give us more opportunities The number of teenagers who
go off the rails is a problem for us all and instead of helping
them only after they’re in crisis we need to stop them getting
into trouble in the first place.'
The enquiry discovered:
• Young people were fearful for their own safety, with 60% of
young people in deprived areas becoming victims of crime
in their community
• 80% of young people said they had nowhere to go and
nothing to do outside school and hung around on the
streets as a result
• 70% of teenagers said that, in their opinion, young people
got involved in anti-social behaviour because they were
bored
• More than 70% of 1 1 -1 6 year olds said that they have
witnessed anti-social behaviour over the last year, whilst
12% of young people belong to a gang
• 62% said that they did not know where to go to get help or
information if they needed it
• Youth crime costs up to £13 billion per year compared to
£1.6 billion spent by the government on positive prevention
and youth programmes It costs £35,000 to put a young
person in a detention centre for a year
The Review is calling for an urgent transformation of support for teenagers It recommends a programme of government investment and action to provide positive opportunities for all young people, with early support and intervention for troubled teenagers to prevent difficulties escalating
The key recommendations are:
• A Youth Centre in every community providing dedicated spaces for young people to meet, as well as access
to music, creative arts, sports, classes and specialist intervention and support for teenagers in difficulty
• Mobile Intervention Teams to work in areas of high deprivation and unrest - offering teenagers specialist and positive support
• Action on bullying and a new Victim Support scheme for young people who have been the victims of crime
• Young Mayors elected in every area to give teenagers representation and a say in their community
• Free public transport and leisure for all young people under
18 to ensure access for all
Oona King, Chair of the Review said: ‘Growing up can be tough and we are simply not doing enough to help the next generation
to flourish On average we spend 17p for each young person per day on youth services and this has to change Young people need to be a part of our communities otherwise we spend billions dealing with the consequences of anti-social behaviour, crime and violence.’
C h a l l e n g e !How could th e governm ent im prove th e lives o f young people where you live? Make three recom m endations
Trang 26- -
-GRAMMAR
Future continuous and future perfect
I can talk, about actions
at different times in tW efuture.
1 Look at Ricky’s plan for when he fin ish e s his education
Then com plete th e sentences using th e future perfect
sim ple, affirm a tive or negative
2.012 (*t\ a job in an IT firm
201? become a manager in the firm
2014 Leave the firm and start a company
2015 Sell company and retire
20l(* Move to the Caribbean
2 This tim e next m onth, Zoe w ill be on holiday W hat w ill she
be doing? Look at th e pictures and w rite sentences in the
future continuous
This tim e next month
1 ‘5he'U be having dinner in a restaurant
verbs in the box
when
1 Let’ s plan a party for next week W e _
our exams by then
2 The house is a mess now, but we
before our parents get home
3 What o u tfit do you th in k s h e
6 At dinner, y o u _ next to me
A Complete the te xt messages Use the future continuous,future perfect sim ple or future perfect continuous o f theverbs in brackets
(drive)around Spain next year
Can I come and visit you
in Madrid?
I _ (not
l i v e ) i n M adrid! I3 _ (move)
t o B a r c e lo n a B u t you can come and s e e me
t h e r e What tim e o f
y e a r ?
(arrive) in Barcelona around March, I reckon.I
5 _(travel)for about six weeks by then
OK, fin e I6 _ (n o t
G ood! A lth o u g h y ou8 _ (n o t
Trang 27Choose th e correct w ords in th e useful phrases,
a I’ d like to begin by te llin g / saying t h a t
b First o f eve ryth in g / a l l ,
c In my s i g h t / v i e w ,
d For instance / in s ta n t,
e I don’t a c c e p t/a llo w that
Read the extract from a debate, ig n o rin g th e gaps Match it
w ith th e pro p o sitio n a, b or c
a Your teenage years are the most d iffic u lt o f your life
Do you agree? Why? / Why not?
b The Government should spend more money on providing
free leisure fa cilitie s for teenagers Do you agree? Why? /
Why not?
c In today’ s society, teenagers have more power and
influence than ever before Do you agree? Why? /
Why not?
Tom I d o n ’t th in k adults really listen to teenagers’
opinions F or1 _, governments often make
changes to the education system w ith o u t even
asking students what they th in k W hat’s 2
issues which teenagers really care ab o u t, 3 _
the environm ent, only become im portant when
adults start caring about them too
Megan 1 don’t really 4 _ w ith that In m y5 _
teenagers have a lo t o f different ways o f saying what
they th in k - chat rooms, for example
Tom But I d o n ’t th a t anyone in authority really
listens to those opinions They d o n ’t have any effect
3 ẳ# 0 5 Complete th e extract in exercise 2 w ith th e words
in the box Then listen and check
'
I
" ỡeA
4 9 06 Listen to a stu d e n t deb a tin g one o f th e other prop o sitio n s in exercise 2 w ith her teacher
Which proposition is i t ?
5 đè06 Complete these extracts from the debate w ith the
w ords in th e box Then listen again and check
cash generalise pressure stages
about people’ s lives.It’s im possible to
never really get a chance to relax
Teenagers often have very lit t le _to spend.Teenagers do not h a v e
If I w ant to go and stay with a friend, I have to ask _first
Teenage years are more d iffic u lt than o th e r
life
in
Im agine you are preparing to debate the o th e r proposition from exercise 2 Decide w hich o f these ideas support the
p roposition and underline them Then add one more idea
on each side o f the argum ent
Ễ boredom is a cause o f crime
Ễ private gyms, etc are expensive
Ễ politicians d o n ’t know w hat teenagers enjoy
Ễ parents should pay for th e ir own children’s leisure
Ễ sports, etc improve health and fitness
Ễ free fa cilitie s help poor but talented sports people
Ễ it’s better to spend the money on education
Ễ w ork experience is more use than leisure
Choose tw o ideas from exercise 6 th a t you agree w ith Use them to make notes fo r your debate Include some phrases from exercises 1 and 3
[first idea + e xa m p le ]
[second idea + example]
Unit 3 Ễ From cradle to grave f 27
Trang 28and quite slim She’s got
red-brown hair which
she usually has in a bob
Sometimes, when it’ s long
enough, she has a pony
ta il She’ s usually well-
dressed and likes to wear
quite trendy clothes
I w ouldn’t describe her as beautiful, but she’ s good-looking,
and she has a very attractive smile g ir l
A n t h o n y is quite tall,
w ith broad shoulders
He’s got straight, dark
hair which he usually
keeps very short In fact,
at the mom ent, he has
a crew cut! He’ s pale
skinned w ith brown eyes
and quite a th in face
He doesn’t pay a tot o f
attention to his clothes, and often looks a b it scruffy Once
he grew a moustache, but his friends ju s t laughed at him
u n til he shaved it off b o y
Match these descriptive w ords and phrases to th e people
in the photos in exercise 1 Use a d ictio n a ry if necessary
Match the p ersonality adjectives on th e le ft w ith w ords on
th e rig h t w ith s im ila r meaning
a rtisticshrewdtolerantfrankquick-tem pereddiligent
em otional
p atienthard-workinghonestsensitivecreativeargum entativeclever
Decide w hich tw o w ords from exercise 4 best describe your own p ersonality and add tw o more Use them to com plete
4 W hat I like most about him / h e r :
7 Use your notes from exercise 6 to w rite a description of your classmate Use th e w ritin g guide below
• followed the paragraph plan?
• provided enough detail in the physical description?
• used appropriate phrases from exercise 4 for describing personality?
• included an example in paragraph 4?
• checked your work for mistakes?
Unit 3 • From cradle to grave
Trang 29Man and beast
VOCABULARY
Animals
1 Label the parts o f the anim als
I m u identify the différent parts of an animal.
6
7
8 910
11 12
131415
1617
2 Complete th e anim al idiom s and match them w ith the
of a time, EH out of the bag, EH
come
If you ta lk about som ething until th e
If you escape t h e _ race, EH
you give away a secret,
it is raining very heavily
you move out o f the city and find a way o f life th a t is less
com petitive and aggressive
you are really enjoying yourself
som ebody is annoyed with you
you ta lk about it incessantly
• » • • • Extension: Collective nouns
3 Put th e nouns in th e correct group
Trang 30ability in and future.
1 Complete th e rules w ith the w ords in th e box You w ill need
to use some words more than once
be able to being able to ca n /ca n ’t could
w ill be able to
_ to ta lk about a b ility in the
We norm ally u s e _
present
We norm ally u s e to ta lk about a b ility in
the future However, we often u s e to ta lk
about future arrangements
We u s e when we need an in fin itive and
_ when we need an -in g form.
for general a b ility in the past
4 We only use
When w e’ re talking about one occasion, we use a different
expression, such a s o r _
are ta lkin g about general a b ility or one occasion
6 We u s e w ith verbs o f perception, like see,
smell, hear, taste feel, even if it’s one occasion.
Choose th e correct form
1 I can’t / d o n ’t manage to swim very well
2 Fran couldn’t / w asn’t able to find her mobile
3 The police fin a lly managed to / could fin a lly catch the
gang o f shoplifters
4 David d id n ’t manage to / d id n ’t succeed in finish his
hom ework on tim e
5 I could / have been able to swim since I was six
6 I got a pay rise last month so I could / was able to buy a
new car
7 We need to leave right now Can you / W ill you be able to
take the bags out to the car?
8 Jon d id n ’t succeed in reading / couldn’t read very well
when he was little
9 I don’t like not being able to / not m anaging drive
Complete th e te xt w ith can, could, be able to, manage or
succeed Use the correct form Sometimes more than one
answer is possible
ride since I was about six
afford to buy a horse,
My parents
but there was a riding school nearby where I
3 _ learn At first I A.
control the horse by m yself but I soon learned how
to make it do w hat I wanted Last month I entered a show -jum ping com petition Unfortunately,
15 to win any prizes but at least
I 6 fin ish in g the course w ith o u tfalling off In a few weeks w e’ re m oving to a differentpart o f the country, but I hope 7 _ carry
on riding, and if I’ m lucky one day I m ight
8 have my own horse
4 Complete th e second sentence so th a t it has a sim ila r
m eaning to the firs t sentence, using th e word in bold
1 Julian isn’t a very good swimmer, can Julia n very well
2 Do you know where I can possibly fin d a chem ist’s th a t is open? able
Do you know where I m ig h t _ a chem ist’s th a t is open?
3 Jenny w asn’t able to find a job until she moved toManchester, succeed
Jenny _a job untilshe moved to Manchester
4 W ill you manage to find the way to my house w ith o u t a map? able
_ the way to
my house w ith o u t a map?
5 I’ m much b e tte rth a n my brother at tennis but he succeeded in beating me yesterday, manageI’ m much better than my brother at tennis but h e me yesterday
6 Harry couldn’t find his passport so he missed his flight, able
Harry missed his flig h t because h e _ his passport
7 How were you able to afford such an expensive television? manage
H o w _such anexpensive television?
8 I wasn’t able to go to school yesterday as I was ill could
I was ill yesterday so I to school
Talking about ability
I can describe tU>e past, present
Trang 31Foxhunting
I can understand an article, a bo ut fo k Wanting.
Revision: S tudent’ s Book page 39
1 Complete th e sentences w ith th e words in the box
1 Some d o g take th e ir dogs to see a pet
5 Our cat gave birth to fiv e last week
6 It is advisable t o your dog once
a week
8 Unfortunately our dog became very ill and we had to
have i t _
2 Read the text quickly Is foxhunting with dogs legal in
Britain? Y e s D N o d
3 Complete the text with appropriate words
4 Are the sentences true or false? Write T or F
1 Fox hunting started because farmers needed to kill foxes
2 Foxes kill more anim als than they need to survive _
3 Opponents o f hunting argued th a t it wasn’t necessary to
kill any foxes _
4 There is disagreem ent as to w hether shooting foxes is
cruel or n o t _
5 Lots o f people are employed in the hunting
industry -6 Since the ban support for hunting has
decreased -5 Find words that mean:
1 a type o f dog often used in h u n tin g :
2 chasing; running a fte r: _
3 an anim al or insect th a t destroys food, plants, etc.:
4 an anim al th a t kills o th e ra n im a ls :
5 young s h e e p :
6 to question w hether som ething is true: _
7 showing k in d n e s s :
8 people who live in c itie s :
9 the sm ell th a t an anim al leaves behind:
Fox hunting
Fox hunting, with packs of hounds and people on horses pursuing foxes across 1 _ English countryside, has been around for about 300 years It began 2 _ a sport practised by rich land-owners, but farmers were quick to welcome fox hunting as a means of getting rid 3 _ what they saw as a dangerous pest Foxes in Britain have no natural predator and they kill a lot of lambs, chickens and piglets - usually far more 4 they can eat Over the centuries, fox hunting became an important part5 _ rural life in Britain However, in the last few decades of 6 _ twentieth century, opposition 7 _ foxhunting increased, and animal welfare organisations tried to 8 _ it banned They didn’t dispute that the fox population needed to 9 _controlled, but argued that hunting caused the foxes unnecessary suffering and that there were more humane methods of killing foxes, such 10 shooting them.
Supporters of fox hunting,11 _ the other hand, argued that shooting foxes is more cruel than hunting, as the animals 12 _rarely killed outright and often die slowly of their wounds They also pointed 13 _ that hunting played
a vital role in rural communities and thousands of jobs depended 1A _ it Moreover, they claimed that opponents
of hunting were mostiy city-dwellers with little knowledge or understanding of the rural way of life Nevertheless,15 - government finally made hunting with hounds illegal 16 _2005, a measure supported17 two-thirds of British people Since then, many hunts have switched to ‘drag hunting’, in which the dogs follow a scent (on a piece of cloth that is dragged along the ground) rather than a live animal Hunting seems 18 _ be as popular as ever, with most hunts claiming an increase in membership Moreover, public opinion has changed, with half of British people now believing 19 _ the ban should be lifted.
Should all h u n tin g be banned? W hat’ s your opinion? Why?
V
Trang 32Revision: S tudent’ s Book page 4 0 -4 1
1 W rite th e name o f at least one anim al th a t makes these
2 Look at th e pictures Do you know the names o f these
m ythical creatures? Read th e te xt quickly and match the
4 Read th e texts Which m ythical creature:
was particularly dangerous for women? _ _lived near a c ity?
changes character and appearance from myth to
10 was used by the gods to hurt p e o p le ?
11 represented people’ s basic in s tin c ts?
12 was killed by som ebody from A thens?
Find out and w rite about a nother m ythical creature Think about these th in g s:
1 Where is the myth from?
2 W hat did the creature look like?
3 W hat did it do?
4 Was it dangerous? Why?
32 1 Unit 4 • Man and beast
Trang 33M y th ic a l c re a tu re s o f A n c ie n t G re e ce
A Th e Sp h i n x
In Greek mythology, the Sphinx was a monster with the head of
2 woman, the body of a lion and the wings o f an eagle Its name
comes from the Greek verb ‘sphingo’which means ‘to strangle’
- which is what it did to its unfortunate victims According to
fie stories, it sat on a tall rock by the road that led to Thebes,
ind stopped travellers on their way to and from the city It would
then ask them the following riddle: ‘W hat walks on four legs in
the morning, on two legs in the afternoon, and on three legs in
the evening?’ N o traveller was ever able to answer the riddle, and
so they were all killed by the Sphinx Then one day, a young man
called Oedipus managed to solve the riddle W hen challenged by
the Sphinx, he replied that a human crawls on its hands and feet
xs a baby, walks on two legs as an adult, and finally uses a walking
stick in old age On hearing this, the Sphinx threw itself from the
rock and died, and the grateful citizens ofThebes made Oedipus
their king.
B Th e Ce n t a u r s
According to Greek myths, centaurs were a tribe of creatures
which were half-horse and half-human They had the head, chest
2nd arms of a man, and the body, tail and legs of a horse In later
mvths, they also had horns and wings Centaurs were said to
live in the woods and mountains of Ancient Greece The Greeks
believed that they were savage and cruel, and a particular danger
to women, who they attacked and carried off For the Greeks,
tentaurs symbolised our dark, primitive natural instincts, and
the battles between humans and centaurs mirrored the struggle
between civilisation and barbarism However, Chiron, the gentlest
2nd wisest of the centaurs, was a great teacher and became tutor
to Achilles, Jason and other heroes of Greek mythology The
story goes that when he died, Chiron became the constellation,
Sagittarius.
C Th e Mi n o t a u r
In Greek mythology, the Minotaur had the body of a man and the head o f a bull Pasiphae, wife of Minos King of Crete, looked after the Minotaur when it was young, but soon it became aggressive and started causing terror and destruction At that point, Minos ordered his architect, Daedalus, to construct a gigantic labyrinth under the royal palace to hold the Minotaur The people of Crete never saw the Minotaur again but they heard it roar and felt the ground shake as it ran around in the labyrinth The Minotaur only ate human flesh and every year King Minos sent seven boys and girls from Athens into the tunnels of the labyrinth to face the Minotaur They were never seen again Then one year, Theseus, son of the King of Athens, volunteered to go into the labyrinth and kill the Minotaur Ariadne, daughter of King Minos, gave Theseus a ball o f string which he unwound as he went into the labyrinth, in order that
he could find his way out again Theseus found the Minotaur and killed it As soon as he emerged from the labyrinth, there was
a huge earthquake which destroyed the palace and buried the Minotaur’s body forever.
D Th e Ha r p i e s
Harpies were first described by Homer in the Odyssey as
beautiful fair-haired wind spirits, but in later myths they were transformed into ugly, noisy, foul-smelling birds, with insatiable appetites They had sharp claws and wings, and the faces of ugly old women Their name translates as ‘snatchers’ or ‘grabbers’ as they were known for snatching away people and things from the Earth In the myths, there were three harpies and they were sisters W hen they were born, they were so hideous that their parents hid them away However, the Greek gods used them
to punish people with whom they were angry They put King Phineas on an island with the harpies Every time he was about
to eat, the harpies arrived and stole the food from his hands before he could put it into his mouth Phineas was eventually rescued by Jason and the Argonauts, who killed one of the harpies and chased the others to the islands o f the Strophades, where they remained for the rest o f their lives.
Unit 4 • Man and beast
Trang 34I Can r&COgnise, iAnd MJfc nOWltnal clauses in written and spoken English.
1 Complete the second sentence so th a t it has a s im ila r
m eaning to th e first
1 Keith isn ’t answering his phone That’ s strange
It's strange that Keith isn't answering his phone. _
2 You are here now That’s the im portant thing
T h e _
3 Chelsea scored five goals That was amazing
I t _
1 The- fact that animals
2 That the animals
6 A man won the lottery on two separate occasions That’ s
alm ost beyond belief
I t
2 U nderline pairs o f sentences in the te xt and rew rite them
as single sentences
Are zoos a good th in g or a bad thing?
The anim als are kept in unnatural conditions This is
o ne o f the biggest criticism s o f zoos The anim als are
not free to roam However, th is does not mean th a t
they suffer Zoos are only there to attract visitors and
generate profit This is another criticism
Zoos also do a lot o f good work That is beyond doubt
Zoos have helped to save endangered w ild life from
extinction That is one o f th e ir greatest achievements
The num ber o f people who v isit zoos and learn
about anim al conservation is increasing That is
encouraging
6
3 Rewrite th e sentences using all.
1 I ju s t need a b it more money
All I need is a bit more momyj.
2 I ju st need a b it o f peace and quiet
3 I’ve only got £5 on me
4 You ju st need to say sorry
5 Tom ju s t wants a good n ig h t’s sleep
6 I just need a little more tim e
k Rewrite the sentences w ith what to give more emphasis.
1 I intend to get really fit
What I intend to do is get really fit.
2 Ice on the road probably caused the accident
3 Education is really im portant
4 I’ d really like to travel round the w orld
5 Frank’s laziness worries me
6 The ending o f the film surprised me
7 I need to work faster
Trang 35Topic presentation
I cangive a presentation, on
a set topic vJitk confidence.
Complete th e phrases w ith prepositions from the box
: Is wrong to keep anim als in zoos L J
t sn’t wrong to keep anim als in zoos, d
%t 07 Listen again and com plete the phrases the speaker
4 Look at th e exam question below and decide w hat your
overall o p inion is W rite a b rie f in tro d u ctio n th a t puts the
question in a h isto rica l context Use the inform ation in the
box to help you
Should we allow scientists to experim ent on living
animals in order to fu rth e r scientific knowledge and to
find cures for human diseases?
First anim al testing: over 2,000 years ago Has led to a
lo t of medical advances
5 Now w rite th e main part o f your presentation Use phrases from exercise 3 and these ideas to help you, or use your own ideas
Why we should allow experim ents:
• find cures for human diseases
• test drugs on anim als before giving to humans
• regulations - anim als in laboratories d o n’t suffer unnecessarily
Why we sh o u ldn ’t allow experim ents:
• no right to in flic t suffering on animals
• other ways o f testing drugs (e.g computer simulations)
• anim als - same rights as humans
6 W rite the conclusion Sum up your ideas in one or two sentences Use phrases from exercise 3 to help you
Trang 361 Complete th e te x t w ith th e words in th e box Use your
d ictio n a ry to help you
2 Make notes about a natio n a l park in your country
Introduction(where? most im portant features?) _
appearance com prises covers course designated
endangered explore located protected size
(description)
Vegetation(plants & trees)
W ildlife(rare or endangered species?)
Conservation(why and how?)
3 Use your notes to w rite a description o f th e natio n a l park in your country Follow th e plan below
W ritin g GuideParagraph 1
Introduction Paragraph 2The landscape and vegetation Paragraph 3
W ildlife Paragraph 4Conservation
C h e c k l is t | siHave you:
• follow ed the paragraph plan?
• w ritten 2 0 0 -2 5 0 words?
The Everglades National park is 1 on the
southern tip o f Florida, in the USA, and 2
a vast wetland quite unlike any other in the world It has
been 3 a World Heritage Site
The Everglades is basically a huge area o f shallow,
slow-moving water th a t4 an enormous
area - over 6,000 square kilometres Visitors can therefore
easily5 the Everglades by boat, kayak,
or canoe, but it is easy to get lost or ground the boat in
shallow water, so great care needs to be taken.There is
a huge 6 o f plants, including the famous
mangrove trees that grow out o f the water and many
7 o f rare orchid
The area boasts many rare and 8 species,
such as the American crocodile, Florida panther, and
West Indian manatee.The Everglades are most famous for
alligators, which, despite their fearsome 9
are normally wary o f people It is also possible to see
1 0 flocks o f water birds feeding in the
shallows and on mud flats
The Everglades used to cover an area twice the
1 1 o f the present national park, but in the
1 2 o f the tw entieth century much o f the
original land was drained and given over to agriculture
In 1934, the area was designated a national park is now
1 3 _ from further development
The Everglades National Park
Unit 4 • Man and beast
Trang 37E x a m T a s k - R e a d in g
Jead the fo llo w in g a rticle about bag snobs Some parts
j f the te xt have been removed Complete th e te x t by
-a tc h in g th e sentences (A-G ) to th e gaps in th e te xt
1-6) There is one le tte r which you do not need to use
V i friend Julia is one o f the biggest bag snobs I know.
»'•e’re not ta lk in g Gucci or Chanel, although she would
definitely be fussy in the high-fashion departm ent too
Not for all the cash in the world w ould she w alk
row n the street sporting an Asda carrier As for Netto - she
Aould much prefer death by 1,000 lashes in a public park
~ian leave her house w ith one o f those
: _ I regularly shop in Asda and w ill happily be seen
*.ith one o f th e ir carriers I also frequent Netto, and carry
me bright yellow bag w ith pride My children, however, are
-o t so com fortable w ith Netto bags ‘ No way! I’ m not taking
th a t,’ my eldest daughter protested when I handed her one
j f the - in my opinion fairly robust - carriers to transport
rookery ingredients to school
3 And there are plenty o f them around A survey
-as revealed us to be a nation o f bag snobs, w ith 56
:e r cent o f Britons believing th e ir choice o f superm arket
•eflects th e ir place on the social ladder One in eight
re o p le believe shopping at certain stores can make a
:erson appear wealthier
People spend on average £260 a year extra to be seen
in the right shops, a survey has revealed Many regard the
superm arket they shop in as a great status sym bol, with
■Vaitrose to p p in g the league, and cut-price stores such as
Netto at the b o tto m 4 Take Lidl I was elated after my
first v isit - it was so cheap The bags aren’t bad-looking
either
And when surfing the web to check out w hat’ s hot and
what’s not in the carrier bag departm ent (yes, such sites
do exist), I came across much praise for some superm arket
carriers as robust and durable That brings me to Harrods
People seem to hang on to these bags for years 5 But
they don’t care - it’s the name th a t’s im portant
For some, however, no name is good enough 6 _
‘ I could never w alk into town w ith my stu ff in a carrier
bag,’ she said I made a quick though sadly unsuccessful,
attem pt to hide my old Tesco bag, which contained my
purse, tissues, phone and other essentials
A A friend o f mine refuses to use a carrier o f any sort outside the superm arket car park
B All I can say is th a t people must be crazy to miss out on the fantastic bargains to be had in cut-price stores
C I recently m entioned to my bag snob friend how much I disliked some superm arket carrier bags
D I am referring to carrier bags - the plastic ones we use at the checkout
E Through no fa u lt o f mine, she is well on her way to becoming w hat is com m only known as a ‘ bag snob’
F They are so reluctant to part w ith th is scrap o f plastic
th a t it becomes a crum pled mess
G I’ m the com plete opposite
3 o f control? According to psychologists, anger
is4 _ increasingly com m on problem nowadays.Calls to round-the-clock helplines 5 risensignificantly over the past year - n o t6 fromthose feeling sim m ering resentm ent b u t also thosesuffering abuse fro m an angry colleague So 7 can you control the rage? Think a b o u t exactly w h o you are angry at and w rite do w n possible solutions Recognise
th e things th a t you cannot change and accept
8 Relaxation techniques, like exercise or
m editation, also 9 _ in handy Finally, 10
o f being frustrated, try to look at th e positive side and be happy ab o u t th e good things in your life
Get ready for your Exam 2
Trang 38Exam T a s k - Listening
© 0 8 You w ill hear part o f a radio programme about life
in a m onastery in Thailand Read sentences 1 -1 0 Then
com plete th e sentences 1 - 1 0 w ith one w ord according to
th e in form ation you hear
1 The first anim al was brought to the monastery by the
2 Later they also gave u n w a n te d _to the monks
3 In the w inter o f 1999 they had the f ir s t _in the
7 One anim al is w orth up t o _
8 When they started looking after the anim als, the monks
had had no in how to treat them
9 The monastery has changed into a (n ) _
10 The monks are constructing a (n ) _
the anim als
Pr e p a r a t i o n: Writing
Use th e W ritin g Bank on page 107 to help you
Exam T a s k - Writing
You have ju s t returned from ho lid a y in Greece During
th e return flig h t, one o f your suitcases got lost and Floria
Airlines hasn’t found it so far W rite a le tte r o f 1 0 0 -1 2 0
words to th e a irlin e company
In your letter:
• say why you are w ritin g
• describe w hat you have lost
• request the quick return o f your luggage
• suggest a possible solution if it is not found
W rite your le tte r in th e appropriate style and form at
Pr e p a r a t i o n: Speaking
Use the Functions Bank on page 102 to help you
Exam T a s k - Speaking
Part 4 - Role play
W ork in pairs and role-play th e fo llo w in g situ a tio n
Role A - You are B’ s son/daughter It is your 18th birthday in two weeks and you w ant to give a party to which you w ould like to invite your friends and schoolmates Discuss it with your parent, B, and ask
h im /h e r for help w ith preparations
Role B - You are A’ s parent It is h is /h e r 18th birthday in two weeks and s /h e wants to give a party You are not going to be at home then and so want to discuss the
‘ party house rules’ You are w illin g to help with the preparations
You may use these ideas:
• kind o f party (costume?)
• w hat to prepare
• p a rty ‘ house rules’
• who does w hat (shopping, invitations, decorations, etc.)
Role B sta rts the conversation When you have fin ish e d, change your roles and practise again
Get ready for your Exam 2
Trang 39a Pre-Christmas surge boosts retail profits
b Blaze at shop sparks police probe
c Shop chief to q u it as 1000 jobs axed
Match th e headline words (1 -1 6 ) w ith th e words in th e box
argum ent / fig h t atte m p t be about to happen
c a u s e /s e t o ff cut get m arried increase (v.)
investigation m a n a g e r/h e a d most im p o rta n t
m ystery police o ffice r prom ise request (n)
com plete th e headlines w ith w ords from exercise 2 Then
w rite a com plete sentence explaining each headline
Find some in te re stin g headlines on B ritish new spaper
w ebsites (e.g w w w m irror.co.uk) W rite them here along
Trang 401 Change the d ire ct speech to reported speech.
1 ‘ I hate reading newspapers.’
M andy What are you doing?
Kevin I’ m w riting a letter to the newspaper
Mandy W hat’s the letter about?
Kevin It’s about crime rates in our town There should be
more police!
Mandy You should mention th a t recent bank robbery
Kevin I w ill, if I can find the name o f the bank
M andy Have you looked online?
Kevin I can’t Somebody has stolen my laptop!
I aske-d Kevin what _
1 How long have you worked at the bank?
A Match th e answers (a—f) w ith th e questions in exercise 3
a I’ m not sure, but probably £ 2 0 ,000 or more □
5 Now com plete your article
Yesterday, there was a robbery at the ABC Bank in the High Street I spoke to Sam Wilson, the assistant manager, whotold me th a t he 1 _ at thetim e o f the robbery He wasn’t sure e x a c tly2 but estim ated t h a t3 or more He said t h a t4 _experience but he insisted th a t e ve ryo n e5 M r Wilson inform ed me th a tanother robbery 6 _at the same bank