Giáo trình Face2face advanced student''s book: Phần 1

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1 Let's talk

1A Make a good impression

Preview 1 Past Simple and Present Perfect

on rhe whole, $'omen gossip more rhan nen.

In general nen butt in rnore than women $.hich

$,onen lind very annoying 11) ou overhear people haying a row in pultic, you should lnlervene.

Politicians generally witter on wirhout ever answering the in(erviewer's questions.

d Elderl,v people have reason 1() grumblc aboul lhe youth of roda).

h) Adulrs spend nore rime chardng on rhe phone

i) Couples who conskntly bicker should split up.

t Wbnien cLal up men as olren as men chal up

b) Tick the sentences you agree with Then change the other sentences to make them true for you pehaps it s not essential to nake eye contact, but it nightseen rude ifyou don't.

c) work in pairs Compare ideas Do you agree?

a) Use these prompts to make questions with J,,ot Use

the Past Simple or Present Perfect

r / learn / English for a long Limel

Haveyau been leaning English fot a long tine?

2 How oicl / be / {hen / have / first English tessoD?

3 / see / any films in English recentlyl

a when / be / the last time / speak / Engljsh otttside class?

s / have to / wnte an]'thing in English l:st month?

6 / ever / read / a rovel that was written jn [nglish?

7 How long / come / this school?

{ and Present Perfect

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a) Tick the words/Dhrases in bold vou kno*.

check new wor<ls/phrases in {l1ii.*l prrz.

a) lt's essenlial to mak€ €ye contact when you respeakrng to someone

b) On average, I comc iDto contact with abourt'renty people a dat

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1 A

Listening and Grammar

a) Think of someone (not nr your class) wlm is popular $lite live

personal qualitjes that 'nake hilnlrcr popdar.

b) work in pairs Tell your partner about the peEon you chose.

Are any of the personal qualities the samel

c) /\gree on rhe rhree mosr important qualities l-ell the class.

ser Preview p6.

a) Look at drese sentences Are they talkilg aboul a definite time in the past or time up to and including no$l which v€rb form is usedl

1 I ve boughr quire a le$ seltlelp books oter the past 1e\! montlls.

2 l !e read abour t50 pagcs so tar.

3 During the lasl couplc of wceks I've actuall) been tq,ing oLrt somc o[ C.rrnegie's suggesLiorls.

4 Uf unril no$l, I'vc ncver really had an) contacL with the guy in the tickeL office

b) Underline the finlr c)eressior in each sentence in 5a).

c) Sometimes Fe caD usc the Present Perfect or the Pd-st Snnplc with th€ snme time expressi0n Compare these pairs ofsentences $'h)' did Speaker A usc the Past Snnple? Why did Spcaker B use the }\esent

1 a I told at leas( ien pcople.rboLrr il

at \i.ork ihis veek the 5peaker

ca nside rs th e wo rki ng week

B he told ar least len people aboul

ir at work ihis n'eek ilre 'pea*er

ca nsid ers th e wa rk i ng week

A I read ]t durjng rhe sunrmer

h o l i d a y s

s l'vc read a lot ofbooks durilg

A 5j!!!! ,\nn suggested rhis one,

I ve read a couple oI his other

B I ve read lors ofhis boolc sla!!l've becn une ploye.l

A As soon rs t linished reading Lt,

I gave ir Io my bro(her

B As soon as I'vc finishcd rcadLng

it, ]\n going lo gile lt 1o n\'

@ - a ) r , ' o h a r r h e b o o k c o r L r r n d r r a d r h " ' r ' , u , r r { t \\ 4 r d r J i J r h ,

d u r h d r a r J h i s D u b l i l h c r ! r n i l i a l l \ r h i n L rl ' ( ' u l r l r r b ( ' , ' l ' l

b):.,:il! i,Listen to '\"", Sy, Dean and Amy at their book club

meeting which of Car'regieb suggestions do they ntntion?

c) Listen again Ansser these questions

r a) Why did ,\nn suggest thc book to Lhe group?

b) Why wasnl she very impressed with iL al liist?

2 a) Does Sy usuali,v read books Lik€ thisl

b) \4ricl of Carnegiels poiDts does h strongly agree wrlhl

3 a) Did Dean expect to erlov the booh?

b) \\'ly does he talk about his triend, John?

a a) \\'hich of Carnegiet suggestidls iid Am_v try out?

b) Ho$, did rhe nran in tlie ticket officc r.actl

d) work tu pairs which of Carnegie's suggestions do you think is

the most imponant and whyl

d) Check in t l l 8

Hotu to Win Ffien& an lInf enec

Peal2, ffrst publishcd in 1937, has

become an all-timc intemational

best-seller The frst print run was

limited to 5,000 copics, which w.ls an

indication ofhow small a rcadership

the author and the publishcrs were

erpectirg However, tiom thc very

beginning the book's runnway success

meant the publishers had difficulty

keeping up with dcmand

1 A

@ a) rr r'orrr tcrb r,',nrs po\tiblt'1 wh\ r/r h\ norr

r I 5pokel've spole, to him lhjs noming

2 I5al'veree, her during the last [e$'inonths

3 l ll caLi you as sooD as sh? arived/ s affived

a She amel s been here a lot last month

s During lasL night! pertonnance severalpeopLe

walke,l / h ave wa Lked a lL

e There hare lxen a loL ol changcs since I wofftedl've worled

7 Once I mel've mef her I reall] Likcd her

s I ve been skiing ts'ice since I Jal'ves€e, you last

b) Work in pails Compare answels

Reading

d t - a ) \ o r k i n p r r l r t , i \ c ( u m p l e t o l $ h a r t o u t o r r * i d , l

t o b c eood and bad.cNicc in \hop r(traurdnr\' c r (

b) Read dre article wlry do very fnendly, chany shop

assistants nnd waitresses annoy the sriter?

c) Read the anicle again Tick the true sentences Corect

1 The writer was in a hurfy $hen sli€ $enl inlo the shop /

2 She Nondered \aht the shop assjstant! behaviour hacl upset h€r

3 She cnjoyed lhe foocl she had at rhc rcstaurant

a She told the waitress whal she thoughL of lhe lood.

s No psvchological sludies have the same vie$'.s hers

6 She lvoul.lDl object to assislants nho serc nalurally

{riencll}.

a) Look at the lfods/phrases nr bold in ihe articie

what words are missing from each phrase?

b) w]1at trues of word can we miss out in inlornal

'Titten and spoken English?

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@ $ o r k in goup ard di.(arr rhe\c quc*riun'

\{ould you have responded to the shop assistanl and the

xaitress nr the sane $.a,v as the \ariier of the a(iclel lf so

shy? Il nor, rfial would you have s.rid?

How \ould you describe thc sefvice in sliops and calas

in ).oLrr country? Has il cliaDged over the tearsl

TEN DAYS AGo, on the way to a meeting remembered that was running low on face crcam There was a chemist's acfoss the road so I ran in and grabbed ihe first cream saw

.Havinq a good day? asked lhe girlat the ilL, srni fg blissfuly.

" U m , y e s t h a n K , ' l r e p l e d 'Thal's great." She ran the scanner oler thejar ard made eye contact.

'Been shoppinq all morning?' Not having the lime lo take lrerthrough my dary,lsimply went "[4mm.

"Yeah? Lucky you "

She tod me the totaland said, So, got anything planfled for this afternoon?

'0h, yo! know' said, a$/are of tirne tick ng by.'Th s and that."

As I hunied on my way lfound myseli th nkrg about the g I and the amount of niceness lhad jusl experenced Why d d t make me feelso bad? Was it impolite not to chat back? 0rwas

th s son of pushy lrendlress in its way every bt as rude? lwas rem nded oflhs altef the meetng, when met a fewish friend for !nch I had the f shcakes Theywere perfectly dsglstng 'Everything allright with your meal?" asked the waitress, nterrrpt rg our conversation.

F i n e , l s a i d W h a t e s e c o u d l h a v e s a d e v e n f d w a n t e d t0? t m ght have made my new irend uncomfortab e 0n the way home that afternoon lihought about mannerc.

As a soc e! we do not lake manneE bywhLch Lmean now we

o " b / e t o w d o , , a ' 9 " , o / o to r ,1 l [ ] o J o o o i o ' 0 d

bank or shop the personlust ahead ol yo! js sure to etthe doors swing back in your face l\rlddle-aged nef dve ntodsabed spaces, teenagers slump ln the r seats on lhe bus pretendng not

to notce the pregnant woman stand ng in front of them And yet

it's obvlous on lhe H gh street that Fake N ce, as practsed by

my casher and the wa tress, is

on the increase too li has become a highly overused mafketng weapon afd yoL can t wander nto any shop witholt some perKy person rusn ng up and say ng, 'H Need any help?' YoL srnie back through grilied teeth, "Just lookiflg, thanks.'

Appareatly some psycho ogical studies have shown that f the assistaft ifeais you as a Jrend therc's a psycho og ca effect - lhe clstomerw| retum Orwi they? Other studies suggest that this sales technique is aturn off Pehaps the soluton s to appojnt people who are genu fe! intefested in peop e not those who are tnined 10 be

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@ a) Write thre€ topics you woutd lil€ to talk about, e g

b) work in pait S*ap papers Choose one of your

panners topics and \wite six questions to ask himAer.

How many filns have you seen du ng the Last slx nonths?

f l t - \ \ o r l i n I,:'i' Tak( rur n\ ro a\r lnLr an\wcr !oul

t a f l n ( r ! q u e r i o r f t l l r h c c l a o n t t h i n g v o u \ c l , a r n r

about youf panner.

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Friends - the new family?

QUICK REVIEW

Write true and false sentences about yoursetf using these

time expressions: so /ar; this week, during the last few daysl

up until now, as soon a, in the past few months.wotk in

pairs.Take turns to tell each other your sentences.

cuess which of youa partner's sentences are true.

Listening and Grammar

@ r l r c t r h e m e a n i n g o l r h c p h r a e r r r h o l d l h e n $ u r L i n

p.r\ arra (Dscuss rncsc qucsnons

r As a rul€, do you rend Io unburden youis€lf to fri€Dds

o r t o r n e m b e r s o l lour laNilyl

2 ! \ - n J l " r r b r - - n c n o f n o r r - ! h o r d r e - r r u

unload fieir Norries on to orher peoflel

3 Broadl!,spsaLi4 do aduhs in )'our couniry lrottle rp

rhcir feeliDgs or let lhen oull

4 Do )'ou think in the main, rhat ieenagers would mther

con{id€ in thcir prrenrs or rheir friends?

; : Notice tlle underlined expressions which are uscd

ro nrake generalis.tions

a) $brk i]l pairs \\'}o would yor expect men women

a teenag€rs like the ones in the photos to confide in:

a) their friends? b) both lriends and lamily? c) somebody

b) Listen and check.

c) Listen again Tich the rrue sentences Correct the false

r Da\e and his liiends tend to talk aboul od) serious rssues

2 DNle thinlts nrcn Duke fricD.ls ruth people wlo enjo-r rhe

3 HcLen sees her lriends evcry dav

a Helen's {rjencls are ver-r patient $ath her.

s Andrca Lrlrsls her hlir.lrcsser to be discfeet.

6 Andrca enjoys lisrennrg to hcr haidrcsseri probtems.

7 Most ol Alci-s conversarions are about evcrycla)'events.

3 Alcx conlides in people of his oNn agc

d) work in pairs $trich things that th€ speakcrs talked

about do yrcu idcnti\ withl Do you think people conl'ide

in each other about different things at different agcs?

Clcft senteDces lividc a message irto tlvo parts usingwlat or it clauses They caD locus atteniion or ne\nore important or coDtradictory infonmtioD

(tcan get a bitnrcssed byv/ark.)what tdo if tgetstressed is talk ta ny friends- (Dcw iDfomiatioD)(tget on well with my parents.)Hawever, it's myftiendsthat ttalkta if thave a prcbLen

Vocabulary prepositions and phras€s Grammar cleft sentences: wrat and it clauses Review time expressions with Past Sirnple

'tb tocus on , $41ole serLence \re can useilnd ldPfers

(t4en dan't unLoad on to other people.)

\\tcn we use 1']r.r, hl,, hos., hcn.1ihcl", etc instead ofwlmr, we usualh use an e\pressio| such as d p.,-sor1, lh€ rudsor etc., with or without the

Aperson (who) Itend ta canfide in isnyhairdresseL

/I CLAUSESb) Look ar these cleft sentences with tt Ansuer

a) tt'd probably be n) parenb who ltl talk to firsL.b) lt wasD't until he brohe up wLth his grrllricndthat ny hairdresser starLed lo conlidc in r

r D u l r p l r n p i r " L , , l o r I I nth€ il clausc or in Lhe nho/lhdr clausel

2 \Vhar lerb tollows it?

@ mi,rr crausrs

a) Look at this elample rnd answer the

(We'lLhave a d nk and talk aftetwards ) what we tatk abaut isn t deep and neaningfu!, though.

1 Underline the clause that giles nelv inlonnation

in tlie cleft sentence.

2 \\ihicli verb loins the tvo cLauses?

r J L , - - , " - - J n a L r J ! $ r n , : r J u t L

c) Check in t l l o

1 B

@ a ) t o m p l c r e c n r e n c e b , o i r h a \ r h c \ r ' n c

a) Lucy\ coming ro help me out.

b) Th€ reason Lu.y:s cemiDg i5 to help me 9at

al A[t€r leaving ny ]asljob, I began to sork

b ) lr

3 a) You should wrire a letter and reluse to par:

a aJ Jol rot the problem Ir's Tim.

b ) lt ! .

s a) I {anted to speak ro Ben.

b ) l h € p e r s o n .

5 a) This is what happened I forgot the nap.

b) ffiffi I-isten and check.

c) Listen again and practise.

The rebson Licy s ciningis b heh ne ht.

@ a) Conplete the following sentences about yourself.

1 what I find feally boring

2 1r: rhar reaily irrirares me

3 ] t w a s n t u n t i l

4 The year that

5 What anuses me

6 A place I really love

b) work in groups Say your sentences Ask lbllow

Reading and Vocabulary

@ - a ) $ o r l , i n p a i r M a k c a l i ' r o l - t h r d i l f c r e n r n l c r

o l t r i e n d s y o u could mect at drflcrtnL < t a g r r o f y , ' u r

life e.g school friends Wlll they always be

b) what do you think'fnendship overload' neans?

In what ways might it be a problem?

c) Read the article Does the writer agree with your

ideas in 6b)?

d) Read the article agatu Answer these questions.

1 Wht are families often Do longer xvailable to do

lhe things thet used to?

z I n $ h J r $ d ) - d n t , t ' l c l r ! ' i r g l u , r l l \ i r

lamilyl

r c , o r o i n S r o r h c \ 1 , { h r r * ' u a ' l J \ l u r i

lriends?

a why do people these days seem to have so many

more friends than before?

s \\&.al does rhe l\1iter say about some of the people

6 \\rhy does lhe writer suggest a real triend is oDe

you hardly ever see?

e) Work in pahs Which of the opinions in the

article do you agree or disagree with? Give reasons.

merning as senten(c a).

OId college friends, Internet chat room mates, work colleagues, neighbours we collect ftiends as if they're going out of fashion, says Mory KIIIen

| F p d o p 5 n : n w " r o l o L e " n m o r e o e L c r e

I p o b t d l u o d o b d o rp b r o r r , 1 e t b a

on a regulaT basis, such as confdant, babys tter and someone to watch the TV vr' th, have gone fof good llore often than not, we now ve too far away for this to be pfactical, whlch means that ouffrlends - the peoplewe actua lycome across most rcgulary

- have to he p !s olt Naiura y, they have to be on the same wavelength as well, but liv ng nearby, hav n€ kids at the sarne schoo and so on means that we tend to have a lot

in common Tl'rls ls why they often end up as substtule fam y, ejther by chance or on purposeL

Butwhat about the frends we arc not so close to? There was

a time when people tended to have a smal €roup of 'best' frends and tl'ren a second d vision ol toventy or more ffiends !4/e acquircd aong the way They couid be peope $/e were

on good terms w th at work, and since a B.itsh 25 year old has,

on average, experienced three dfferentjobs, that soon adds lpl

Or perhaps we made friends wth them at school or universiv and kepl in lolch Maybe they are nelghbours, peope we know through hobbies, nightc lbs or ho days, or even trends

of friends

At times lt feels as lf the nlmberc in the second d vision ale Setung olt of contro aswe tfave morc and rnove lobs oa houses ncrcaslng y frequenty - either by cho ce or out of necessity lt sounds lngrateflr, but many of us have colected too many friends and w th on y so many hours n the day it's rnpossib e to keep in contacr with al of them So, let's be honest here Perhaps one in five of our irendships s purey ema , or text based YoLr like each othel but realist ca ly the fr endsh]p is not going to ast in the long run Another fifth s the peope you only phone but barey ever meet Next arc the frends you do see sometrnes, just out of habit F naly, the ast t\ /o fifths are splt betu/een the peope you see a lot in phases and those you see regllarly wh ch nc ldesomeyoLrlike a lot essthan some olthe peop e you on y speak to on the phone, but who happen to ve vefy close Add to this lot your partner\ fflends, yolr !'/ofk colea8ues and lhe parents of yol.rf chlldrcns fr ends, and yolte soon feellng out of your depth t's a huge commitment, the knd that can keep yo! awake at nght.

The Amercans cal t 'obllgation ovedoadl lts the very 21'{ent!ry condtion of co ecting fiends as if our ife depended

on lt and lhen worrying how on earth to keep track of them all flaving so manyfrlends is makng us m serab e and funn ly enough it3 your rcal best friends that won't pLrt paessure on you to see them because they know that le s stessfu enough already!

ln fact, t could be argued that peahaps the defniton of a rcaly cose frend s one you hardly ever see!

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1 B

A t a ) r o , n n l ( r , r h , , , , r , , r , \ $ i r h o n c u , r s , ' prcPosrnons.

ila\t )ou c\ef bfol(cLr somcLlling

b) \\i)rk in pairs Ihke turns to ask and anslvcr the qucstions in 8a) Ask follow-up

Tick the scntcnces you agrce $ith Changethc othcr scntcnces to makr: them true foryou- Thcn complctc sentences 7 and 8

*ith your ost idcas

1 W h a t _ r o u ' r e l o o k i n g fo r i n a l r i c n d i ssomeone ivho is ycry diflerenL lo von

2 Y o u n e e d ro h a v c in t c r e s l s i n c o r m o n i l

a l r i n d s h i p is i o l a s r

3 Irriends lrc pcotlc {ho will always stick

up lor )ou, $nrarcler hlppens

a l b u c a n r r c a l l v h e j u s l l r i c n d s w i t hsornconc of rhc otposite sex

s A real fri.nd is somco.c $4ro \ill tcll )ou

I4Nkc a nolc ol sordyplrases rogci}er$ilh i|eirfrcposiii rs

an.l tr) to L.Nrtr rhcm tdcliunls ol rneantrrg

E " j t a ) | o o k J r r l ' , p h r r - r n r h , r , ' r , l m a r ' I l r r r 1 , ' k - : r r rh ,

t l , m { I n t ' o l d r n r h , r r r r , l r r h k r h , i, m , J , , , , , F i n

context then match thfln to delinitions I 6

thc samc rvavcleni:Llrpru ln)sc

b) l{ilch these vords/phrases to thc prepositiurs nr thc

lvord map I here is someftncs morc than onc possible

! o l , o l % f i o I n q e ) B o o d l q n

a regllar basis touch average common contact

c) $brh iD pairs Look at the phrases fron! 7b) in blue in

rhc afliclc \vhat docs cnch phnsr neanl

@ u 1 * , " r i " , - , { , r D , \ , , $ 1 , r \ u L , l , r \ (

written and give reasons

b) Tell thc class three Lhings that youagreed on

sy ;;,r &",';" "i ""a,h"i

"!hat w€ tend to be tool n8 for

i i s s o m e o n e w h o r s l o y a t a n d , : / ' ' ' ' * ' *

d) Check n1 p l 1 7

1 C Favourite sayings VocabuLary sayingsj iaioms

ReaL worLd erplaining and

p a r a p h r s i n g Review preposiuons and phrases

Q U I C K R E V I I W

Write five sentences using phrases with ir, on and

outotWork in pairs Say one of your sentences but

don't say the preposition(s) Your partner says the

sentence with the correct preposition(s): A / m

good terns nyinlaws B I m on good termswith

1 RoDrc wasnt - -\ a) belore mourh

2 Dorlt makc a \ b) builL rn a da)l

c) Choose a saling from your country ltow

uould you e).plain what it means to a British

a) l-isten io l'ive peoplc talknrg about

sa)ings that the,v likc Put the saynrgs in

picturcs 1 ll in the order thcy talk nbout them

b) \\brk in pairs Try to Dratch the satings to

r lbu shouldni wona abont rhings that might or

nrighr not happen in rhe tutur

llrc srnif \'al !s rhe cro\rd

s i f )., donr oll people enoLrgl mone.- r o d o a

i o b ) o u \ o r l g e r r h e b e s r p c r s o n

c) Listen again Chcck y

d) $i)rk in pairs $1 ch ()1 the sa) irgs in 1a)

aDd 2a) do yotr like the best and whyl Tell tlre

r - \ a"a Le* cross that b dge when we cone to it.

1C Real Worlcl

@ a) ri in lne gaps with h.lt or whi.ft.

sinpl),4tlsL?basicall)' means ADcl illthis/thal ne:ns is

I nican by thal is

B v I m e a n

I ' m t r ) i n g t o s a y is

b) Fill in dre gaps with these words

that sirnply other way

1 To pur it

2 is ro sa):

3 Or to lur it aDothcr

4 I n i v o r l s ,

c) Look at R1.4, p148 List€n agair and

Dotice how the speakers explah and

paraphrase their ideas.

d) check in t ili!f,:j pl1e.

\!'hen \\.e neecl to clariq: simplit) or cxplain

somedring se have aLreadt sai.l ve oft€n

use phuses vhich si$ial tl) thc listener tliaL

we are gonrg to sa,v the samc thing agaiD in

a) Fill in the gaps with one ivord

Then natch r-6 with endings a)-0

r Wiet l'rn tryiDg to sav is rvc should

2 S|cs qujre a closed person What I mean

rhlt is you can never t€ll

3 There are roadvorks on the nororr!a),

basjcall)'neans

a This is a diffi.ult situatur by

s W'e Lrrgenllv need to reducc our costs

l n o r h e r

6 lL's a hard-clrivc back up s,vstern, or to

p t i r

a) $,har she s rhurking

b) you h.rvc to allow an extra hour for

d it ensures ihar )ou son't lose rlut! on

d) cross that brjdge Nhen {e coDe to it

e) to think about ir rnore careliLl)l

f) we have ro nrake some people reclun.lant

b) work nr pairs Take tlrns to say a

c o r n p l c t e t n r r ' n r l r o m 4 a l D o \ o r h a \ c r h ,

@ a - \uu are aoi A ru nla\ a.ramc crllrJ 8l,l/ li.r€,, ro

r $ o r c a m r p l a \ i r F r h c g a m e a I d a r r u t r I h ( , j I c * r i o r F

1 What is the gane about?

2 What does cach persoD on the fiist teanr have io dol

3 what does the second tean have to do?

b) Work in paiE Which do you think is the tme delinition

of the Australian expression 'She'll be apples'?

c) :: lr:li Listen and check

$brk in two groups Group A, try to guess the meannE of idioms I 3 Group B, try to guess the meaning of idions a){).

1 rave about sornetbing

Group Ba) be up Io soncthiDgb) tllk shop

c) call it a day

@ C-"p e ' p108 Group B : p]l] Follos the instructions.

- t - , , , , 4 l ,

l 8 , a ) R e n l a c e f i e $ o r d r i n b o l d w i r h 6 , r i l l i n r l , ( e a p \ w i r h r h r ' ( , ' n r ( r

@ ) t h , ' u r c r h c r o n c r r p r c p o i r i o n

r h e \ c $ o r d v p n m \ e \ u \ c r n e

corecr form ofthe verb ;::;.,:,j! Use the Past simple or dr€ r NIy sister ancl I dont hale nuch

PreseDt Perfect There is-bave-a-row bicker overhear sometimes more than one z t.rn o,/out o/very good rennscome into contact with chai possible answer' wirh all my neighbours.

buu in The flar above miner.t"5bee4 3 My brorhers dog is complerel)

(be) empiy eler stuce I on/autaf caitrol

r Do ),ou often hear peopie ar€drs 1 (nove) in six a She lives in thar area our o//,

in publicl havt galow months ago But a lew peopLe necessit)', not because she

2 Do you lhink it'.s rude t 1 (see) ir recentll likes ir

interrupt when soneone! And lhree more peoPle s Are you slill orl1, touch wilh

Lalkins? 1 (already come) to your ex-girllrjend?

3 Do you ever talk in a ftiendly see it this morning I 6 lt ma\ seem hard no$! but

and informal rvay ro stranger I (bump into) one of our o/i, the long run you ll

when youre on public tunspo ? them as I xas Sojng out Sh€ see the benefits

4 D u \ o t ( r o $ d _ ' , o , , t l , ' \ o " / \ o r k i n D u b " i

o n , , n u , l l t a r s u c a b o t r r ' ; i ; ; i , ' i " " v r r ' i p p , r r r ' @ t o m p h r c r h c ' e ' d \ i n 8 < w i L h o n c

u n i m p o r l a n l l h i n g s : t r n u n l r l o $ ' h c

s Do )'ou mcet and commnnicate (a1va)'s preter) s'orking abroad l Rome $asrl builr iD a

with many English speaking but she ' (recentlv

people olra day-to clay basis? otfer) a grealiob here '{n)NaI z once bLtrtn r\LE

6 Have you ever accidcntally this is the first tjme she

hearil people talking about you 1 (rry) to buy a flat I , ^.,'""' - louder

or a person you knol\.? hope she gets it Then alter she than xor.ts.

b) work in pairs rake rurns ro ask li,;;" ;;; ;;.,.'.til:,:',,:.]'" " .oji,#l*";.: ,.:;.:; '"

a n d a n \ $ c r q u c s r n ' n < l - 6 i n l a )

1 Review Language Summary'1, p117

dll Re-rite these sentences to

t h o o s ( r h e b e * r e n J i n e a ) o r b ) V - - - , - ; - - - - - ; - - - - , ; - - i - , ,

l o r c a c h * n r e n c e s r a n i n s q i r h r h c q o r d

I D i d y o t r g o r o r o L t e r i r a h b r a ( k e i <

2 Hav€ you be€n ro anv rock 1 tamleryclose to my old€r

I didnl starl ex€rcising

5 r r€ad thee of his books ;;; , ;;;;;; iii : I :iY:::1i,":,.: Fesenl and the past

6 rv€ r€ad {o.' of his books ;:;;;'.;;;;;;;;i ; ,,,r : usins a varietv oftime expressions

a) last sumner 7 tr reall, annovs me whtn : tcan understand an artic e in whichthe b) dunng th€ last few weeks peopte calk during a film i wriler expresses a specific point ol view

7 wher l'ye sold my ca - lY'U i lcan use various structures to emphasse

" *rr.r, i ".ra -r.1 3lulie $abroughrtrnin : important or new iniormation.

"l Lii".t "*-p*t **p-, scorland (ft)

l c a n u s e c r c u r n l o c u l o n a n d p a r a p h r a s n g

lo clarf] whai I rnean.

b) What do you need to study again?

b) l just used public transport.

Accurate Writing

coNNEcTING WoRDS: addition

S P E L L I N C : h o r n o P h o n e s

FiI nr the gaps with these conncctirg {ords/phrases.

Sometimes there is morc than one possible answer

{ffipprro.

a l s o a s w e l t w h a t s m o r c b e s i d e s to o n o t o n l y

5he! becn runnnrg the companv since r\_o\.embcr

Shc'.s gor thr.e children ro look lftcr,

{ 1 , , , o r \ , r r r \ l , 1 , r , " r

Thc problcnr w ver ser vas exrrernel) di*lculi Io

\ L l ' , l I J \ r ' L h i r , l d lThe ira$ic is r,rall) heal at rhis rirnc ol da): The

roads are extrenreh icr: so bc careful

The lillage is remote but totall,v inaccessible

trp ct'** tt* -**t spellins ffi$RB prre. @ cnlole.c rtro r.ror.r-cRADABLE ADIFCT vEs; ADvERBs

a) Find and correct one mistake in each sentence.Sonetimes thefe is more than one possible answer

p 1 2 1

r l h ! r B r s l , - r \ , 1 h i , , o , r u , i - g r \ r 9 concert next nonth

2 lll love to go and se€ rhat shoq'who everlone!talklDg about

3 That! the ca[6 at vhere we mel ]ast rime

4 Have you met the wonan her daughler babisits for us?

s Do )ou kno! the man q'hose his house \as broken

6 I'n1 meetiDg MicluelJones who isJoining our tinn

7 I didnt buy his Latest book, IhaI was unusual tor me.b) In which of the corected sentences can therelative pronoun be leli out?

( hoo.c rhe (orrecr aJiecrire lor rarh adrerb

They may both be possible ' rpl20.

suE I saw a progmmme on crocodilcs lan night Ii $as

\ery 1 i nte re sti ng /fasci nai ng

BEN l'd be absolutely ,rcared/terified ill sa$, anesuE Me roo What I was.xldemely 3amazetl/surprisedb) is how fast the) cal ruD

caRL Ar€ you going to th€ conce( lonighr?

KEN No, it! really ady'tculrlLrpoJsirle lbr lne ro get ro

CARL I could give )'ou a lift

KEN Thats very kind, but lm also fairly stiredl5harered

so I'll gile it a niss, I think

hn not cntirel).con'inccd therellhey'rc up for fie

ue miitht o/'ve forgottcrl mv urbiLe nunber

it:s not uusuaL for lou ta liorycr you rc/yau owtr

\\t rnrst makc sur€ that the,! chcck iD theyielthelr

3

a) Read the extmct from a stuclenti rvorh Correct

the underlined mistahes using connecling ivords oI

addition There is more than one possible answer

b) Find and correct five common spelling mistakes

l'v€ 9ol tuo {'te^dr itr pa'4.ddr url(o I've beetr f€dlly

dose to lor urclL ol my life WL,+ | like r\os+ aboal

+he$ is h,ur k^d thly a/e 1A!.!s!1, I cah t/d, theh

cou^plgtely - tl€/e +[e l.ihd o{ pople yol{eelyoucan

plorc ap ot dtry ti$e o{1ke day d^a Ngh1 if yoa rc€d

*o talk about you're problem

tl,.ey're nnuaes are J-'ss and olivid l ie u^igla* o+ losr

cohlocl fbr o wkile bdt ohe{ u€ see eack othe/ h s !s

i{u€'ve ^ever beeh opa,.t l+'s Jess urkose n^y oldest

fried - ',re ohly n^et 0livid Llhetr we w€^+ +o college btr+

oll+l"ree of us luve a[,roys 90+ o^ really $rell to9e1l!€r

l*tunE ure're very sqpo'.tiv-' 10 €d.[o+L!r,dlso ad

l'm d!te/$i^ed h€v€r io lose codact urtt[tku i^re

@ vrne+rivo aro rasr lenrrcrcrrs

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8

Fill in the gaps with the corect form of these verbs.

t t € \ € r l ' F i f l g r c g B r i r i , r g ) o r a p a r p d r r i c i f l e , c g wntfen) pI22.

Jljgh+en writ€ leave spoil bore open buitd try

r \ \ f o u n J r h o , " p c n e i \ r ' g d u l n r r h lfijghte4inq

People early should do so \'ery quiedy nespit" very hdct, I didnr finish lhe job She canl resist her grandchjldren.

\ , c o r J n t s r J , h e m u " l r h r - q i r h r l o r

The castle, tu the tenrh centurt', isjusr round the corDer irom {'here we're staying.

That repo , bv Ted, is on m) desk.

Karen was soon out of her inind by th.

2 Remarkable!

Exceptional people

QUICK REVIEW

Work in pairs Cive the beginning of four English sayings.Your partner

comptetes them and explains what they mean: A we'll ctoss that b dge

B We'll cross that bidge when we come to it What this neans is

Reading and Grammar

Gt al \\i'rk nr Dairs Look at thc titlc

ard rntruducuon Inlnt ol

questions you rvould like to ask

about Kim Peek

b) Rcad the anicle to see if ).our

qreslrons \'ere answerecl

c) Read the anicle again Tick the

correct sentences I'hen conect

the mistak€s

I Kini Pcck is la0rous lor his

appeardnce in a $ell knom filn

2 Llis cxtraodinary brain has sdll

not been lully explaincd

3 Llc is unlble to look alrer himself

on a day Lo<lay basis

a Kinls parerB have ahvays

followe.L niedicrl advice about

5 ile has alsays been exrrernel,v

friendh'and ouLgoing

6 fun thinks that \lorldng $,idr

people on the filn $,as verl goocl

d) N{atch these meanings to thc

vo.ds nr bold in the anicle

e) Work in pairs Discuss thesc

Vocabulary intensifying adverbs Crammar relative clauses with

Review sayings

Kim Peek was labelled 'mentally deficienf at birth By the age of four,

h e w a s r e a d i n g e n c y c i o p e d i a s f o r f u n T o d a y h e c a n p l a y th e p i a n o li k e Mozart and recall any fact from more than 9,000 books.

ls a person's inlelligcnce

dctennined belorc bi{h?

]s acadcnic brilliance more

irnportant iD lilc than emotional

int€lligeDce, or belng creatile or

r f h.rc jr !rnrcL\ing faDiliaL a b o u L

I this man in dre horellobby s.ho

is mutteriDg n) himselfabouL airlinesand hea\y sno\{ He givcs a bcllowoflaughter md people turn round

in surprise, then s'nilc as ihcyrecognise the shuffling gail and iargebespectacled hcad ofKim Pcck

Somelhing ofa local hero here in SaltLake Cily it's Kimls lifc on which anOscar-winning film n'as based nanlMdr i{as a film about an autistic'savant* nith asrounding mathematical skills, although Kim himself

is developmentally disabled, notautistic Most savnnts possessremarkable erltrertise nr oneto thrccsubjects; Kim, an experr in atleasl

rs different subjects, is knoln as amega savanl, alrhoqhhe has alor

in comrnon sith Ratn Man, such asthe lightnnrgspeed at $'hich he caDRecently dubbed 'the living Googlcl

no onc in the sorkl is thought ropossess a brain quite like Knn Pccks

As sxD as hewas born il wasimmediarelv clear hc Nas diffcrcnt

His head rvas so huge that his neckmuscles couldnl suppon it and a laterbrain scan revealedhe had one solidbrain hemisphcrc instead of t$() It is

possible that, because the nvo sjdes

of the brain were unable to communicate with cach oth€r, ihe brainmay have turned into one mega-conrputcr Ho\,cvcr this is one ofnany theories, none of which haveThe aralj/sis ot Kim's brain does,hoNever cxplaiD the rcason for hissevere moior deticiencies.ll€ islooked nfter by his father, Fmn, onrrhonl lre totallt' d epends 8 r -year-oid Fran, alttrough nol in Llle b€st ofhealth hinrself, lakes care ofhis son

fL l'time, helpilrg him to wash anddress and chccking on him in thenight Doctors b€lieve it is Fransunconditional lovc and bclicfnr hisson that are paril_v responsible forKirnls exceptional brilliance Ho('cvcr

it ob\iorElyruns iDrhe fhmily; (inralsr has abdher and a sister,both ofwhom, along wiih l-ranhims€ll are €xceptionally clever andarc classcd as gcniuscs

When Kim ilas a child, docLorsadviscd putting him in an institutioD,

at which pointhis parents tookhimhomc instcad and introduccd him t.)books Byfbur and a half, although noschool would accept him, he hadsought out encyclopaedias, atlases

2A Help with Grammar

see Preview, pl5.

Kinisa Laca! hero in his home town

and tclephone directories, all of which

he menorised.It has rcccndy bccn

disc.,vered LhaL each otKims eyes can

read a scparatc pagc sirnultancously,

takirgiLLst ten seconds, ralher than

the avcragc thrcc Drirrutcs.These days,

he spends most aflernoons in the local

library u,hcrc hc is a Duch l{Ned

figufe-ltt hard to hold a conversation $ith

Kinr, $'hosc mind flits tu)m one subject

to another llith conlirsing speed

Phtsicallv, he can be a litde intimidathg

A big man, he rises suddenlv out ofhis

chair to distribute bear hugsi his mild,

kindly lather keeps an eye on him and

tries to explain lvhat he's talking aboot

However although Kim is charming and

!fiectionate, h€ hasn t alwa,vs been

socially coDfidcnt lIDtil a chance

meeting \\'ith the screenwriter led to the

mahng of ndin Man, Kimseldomdared

look ano ther person in rhe face Ihr'as

Dustin Hoffinan, the actor who played

Ki h the lilm, r\'ho urged lr-ran to take

Kim out irlto the Norld The way in

lvhich social contact has transformed

Kim's life is inmeasurabie It has

developed in him a marked scnsc of

humourand he loves meetingpeople "ll

is only since,?l],1 Mdn ihat Kims mind

became codn€cted to his hean," says

llran No$'I drink his heafi is even

bigger dlan his brain."

,\dapred lronr the sr,.lal Tblp-Araflr

06/02/05

'rriisi = ha\in8 a nre.tal condiin,n that mak s

|coplc!n$le b communicare well

'rzk,r = sdmeoN sho has ur$1al abilitles or

G t a ) I , o o k a r r h , c p a i h o l \ c n r c n c e w l , k h r c n r ( n , I o r , I i n

- , dclr pair i an crJmplc ol arm,,r h,rmal u * u a l l ) $ r i cn

English? tr) less formal, usually spoken EDglish?

1 ]le is looked atier by his taLhcr Fun on whom hc roial\'

2 lle is lookcd afier bf his tather Fran who he totally depends on

1 lt! Kim\ lile on which an Oscrr-wnnirg tiln was bascd

2 ltt Kimt life that an Oscar-winniru filn was basecl on

b) Fill in the grps in this rule \r'ith the corect words liom thepairs ol sentences nr 2a)

,i' hi nore tonnal, usually rd(len Engiish lrlo chaDges to

J l r , | I r, | i i.n 1nd rl.rr r'!c: roc) Look at this sentence and choose the correct answer tu theruLe

f-_

r h i s is o n e a l n a n y t h e o t i p s ( n o n e a l w h i ' h ) h a v e v e r b e e n p r c \ e d Detennn€rs (bot,r, d/1 on., n.ithcr nosl, mnl], crc.) coDlbiDe $1th.twl'i.l' or.tw,D,, h noD defining reladve clauses Thcy rcfcr towofdvphrrses in t epr€ylous clause/the fo|awing clause

: : When we are speakiDg informall,v Ne can use borJr o/lh.n.dli.trire'n etc.: liis is dn oJnan) th.o,i€s nonc ol Lhtn hare be.n

d) Change the infomal phrases in bold nr these sentences to

a more formal written style Ckck $nth the phrases in blue inthe article

1 Krm also has a brcther aDd a sister, who are both exceplioDally

2 He had sought out €ncycitryaedias, atlascs and relephonedirectories ard m€moris€d th€m all

e) Check in p l 2 l

@ n e u t i r c rh c p l u a e in b o l d u { " g r ltrepo\irion a n d B l i , h o , h t n , ,

2356

This is the nane that h€ was knoM by

This is the nane bywhich he wa' known

She should coDsult the students \yho she is responsible {or

He embarked on a lonsjourne,v which he ncver returned from.Mahi€r is the composer rhat he is always associat€d with.l\n impressed by the speed thaa he runs rt

_Ihe atist evenruall,v llDished rhe picrure that he'd b€€n

@ t t n t i * r h ( \ c Iw o c l a u e u \ i n c o l h , r , , h o , , t B l , o n l

She had lols ot ideas, but most of then rere nnpractical

She had lots ofideas, nost ofwhich were inpracticaL

She has two children, but D€ither o[ tlieD look hke her

Tim inteniewed several peopl€, who vere all unsuitable

She gave me tour tops but I only wore one of thern

There were ody r$o flights that dat but the)'nere both lull

I sludied Cerman ai school, but remember nonc ofi1

235

Listening

'@ a) t-ook at the photo of Tommy

i- McHugh, a builder who became a

painter- what do You think of his

paintings?

b) m Lister to the Iadio

programme WhY did TommY

become a Painter?

c) Listen again and complete these

sentences with one word

1 Tomny hadnt done anY Painling

at all until he reached his . .

2 He compares his nind to a

, which generates bubbles

ful of ctative ideas

3 After lealing hospital, Tommy

and his wife received no

4 Tommy! life changed when

Marion Kalmus told him that he

Changes to the temporal lobe

tend to increase people.s

As well as painting, many PeoPle

with Tomny's condition tend to

Being very productive can often

resuh in rvork ot variable

Although Tonmy! litesPan is

uncenanl, he regards his lile as an

VocabularY Intensifying adverbs

see Pr€liew, pl5.

a' a) Which adverb does !a! 8o with these adjectives or verbs? Check ir

.Y ffiprzo.

i LlEry/tharaughlyhealty {jay .

2 I'd be deeply/strangly/tofally trustrated it

3 lr:s highLy/vividly/extrenet (un)likely that

4 r ttrcnglytimlylhighly believe that

s I bitterlyldeeply/Perfectty regrer

6 1 was bitterly/uftetLy/extl€mely disappoinled when

r I canPletely/entirely/highty agree

e I vnidt/di.t;4 tt)/Pete '! , nenber "

b) Use five of the adverbs and verbs or adjectives in 6a) to make tme or false sentences about your life and views.

s) work in pairs Take tums to say your sentences Guess which of your partner's sentences are false.

Think of someone who you think should win an award for being erc€ptional It could be somebody famous or a person you know Write {ive reasors why he or sh€ should win it.

lfinly believe ny cousinJulia should win the awatd Shewas ill for a while and made rcdundant, neither ofwhich puther off starting her own business

a) work in goups Take tums to rell each other about the person you have chosen Try to be as persuasive as possible Then vote for the person you think shoBld win the arflard.

b) Tell the class about Ge person your group voted for'

Beading and Grammar

@ work in pairs which three

to vou when choosins a

QUICK REVIEW

Think of two famous

people and two famou5 ptaces.

write descriptions using relative

clauses with prepositions, and

intensifying adverbs if possibLe.

Work in pairs Swap papers.

Your partner tries to gue5s

who or what you're describing:

A lthoroughly enjoy visiting this

Spanish city, in which you can

find aaudi's famous cathednl.

B ls it Barcelona?

holiday and why?

; the toudst facililies

.: the local culLure

ii the accornno.Latron

r the cost of thc holid,y

q the Dighttif€

a) R€ad the anicle Why did

the \witer fall in love with

Kerala?

b) Read the anlcle aganr

Answer these qu€stions

1 \\rlry did the xriter choose

januar)' to vjsjt Keralal

2 \\'lut did lhe wriier lind

surprising about Keralal

3 what docs the wriler

predict will happen ro

a which is the best way to

travel iflou lvanl Io see

&e 'feal Kerala?

s \\'haL is unusual abour rhe

$,ay people lish in Cochinl

6 \\,lx) are sdre lanous

p e o p l e r t l r a c l e d to K e r a l a l

c) work in pairs h which

place, if any, har-e you 'lost

your heart'? What made it so

rvondertul? How would you

spend a perfect day there?

Vocabut.ry adjective word order Crammar participte clauses Review reLative clauses with prepositions; intensifying adverbs

Memorable places

Its incredlbly beautifuland hypnouc, with lush vegetation, white beaches and vividly gfeen countryside Entire communities live along the canals and agoofs, which stretch over 1,900 km, racting as a vital means of comrnunication between remotevi lages and crowded towns n order to avoid tlre monsoon season, i went n JanLrary At that time ofyear the weather is great and you are normally guaranteed warm days and cooler, comfortable nights.

tdldn t expect to fnd it stillso unspoi glven that it's relatively c ose to coa People don'tseem to haveworked out yet tlrat Kerala is a ot nicer and much iess touristy So you feelas ifyou re discoverlfg somewhere entirely new like you're on a tota ly different planet However, now that it's been

fominated one of ivational C.eagraphic s SO must-see destinations of a ifetime , its on y a matter of t me before al this now chafges.

WHAT SHOULDN'T I MISS?

Take a t p along the backwaters ,Gliding silently along in a canoe, you get to see a r!ral Kefala preserued through the ages and competely hidden fronr the road You'll pass locals doifg their aundry in tlre river, schooteachers taking casses on the banks afd so on, which is an enchanting experience tvtake sure you take lots of batteries for your camera A stopover in the fascinatifg capital, cochln, is a so a must A

cluster of islands surro!nded by a network

of rivers and lakes, Cochif is home to a unique culture There's extraord nary fishifg

on the coast there; peope hang from their boats into the water afd pick up fsh wlth their teeth, before chucking them lnto enormous nets In the evenings, go to a restaurant and try the wide variety of fsh Kera a is so famous for rcaught locally every day, t's always wonderfuly fresh.

A PERFECT DAY

l w o ! l d p r o b a b l y w a k e u p a r o u n d 1 0 a m and tuck into a delicious hd an breakfast of pancakes with lots of curry powderThen 'd take to the backwaters for three orlour hours Later on,4having had an indulgent lunch, l'd ie n a hammock, sipping fresh coconut rnilk throuSh a straw and readinS a good book I mighi follow in the footsteps of the Ho lylvood stars, who corne to Kerala in search ofAyurveda, the natural Indian healthcare which dates back more than 3,000 years The treatments lse herbaloiis made from the exotic spices that are so pentiful here sPoured very slowly across your forehead, the oil feels like a cow is licking you;tlris may sound revolting but is actually very enjoyabe and is supposed to

be good for people sutferlng from the stresses and strains of rnodern ife.

after supper, totally reaxed, ld lread for bed, putting on an eye mask n order to avo d seeing any of tlre loca spidersl

Adapted from the Glard€n 2"*^r@

2 8

se€ Preview, pl5.

a Some pardciple clauses give more

infonnation about a verb or idea in a

sentefte They are olter usecl to make a

piec€ of $dting more raried and

a) Look at participle clauses l-5 in

bold in the anicle Which one uses

a) a present parriciple? b) a Past

participle? c) a pe ect ParticiPle?

b) Compare a)-e) with r-5 in the article

what gammatical changes occur when

we use participle clauses?

so $ey act as a vital neans o[

communicalion between remote

villages and crowded towns

While you glide silently along in

a canoe, you get to se€ a rural Kerala

prese ed thro gh the ages

Came face to face with nassive, 1Oo-yearold tortoises and swim in the clear, tropical waterc of the Aalepagos lslands

d) Cbeck in : :r' P122.

c) Becatrse its caught locally ever,v day,

its always x onderfully fresh

d) Aftcr ltl had an induLgent lunch, l'd

lle in a hammock.

€) lf itt poured v€D sloNly across your

forehead, dre oil teels like a coi{ is

licking you.

c) Match the words in bold in a)-{) nr

3b) to meanings 1-4.

1 cause 2 result 3 coniition 4 tirne

@ n"\{rlt tt'""" r""tences Use the conect participle folm.

r Even atter I had read ihe insrructions I still couldnl understaDd

ho$' to use lbe caneraEven having rcad the instructions, I still ouLdn't work out how touse the camen

2 Now lhat I have spoken to then, I ie€l much happier about the

I l J r d n * a n r r ^ J r \ e r J , ' d I , J l l d ' r r '

a As I fljcked through his addrss book, I noticed somethirg strange

s As he cones lrom Brazil, hes Dot used to such cold veather

6 You'll annoy people it you talk like that

Listening

l c t - u ) " "t " :- -j I ool ar rhc phoros a n d c a p t i o n ' a n d c h c c l a n v new words Then listen to two conversations Did Bruce enjoy his holiday in the Galapagos lslands? Did Melissa enjov her holiday in lreland?

b) flfii! t-isten again rick the conect sentences Then cora€ct the mistakes.

1 The Calapagos lslands are just ott the coas! of Ecuadol

2 Bruce went !o the Galapagos on his o$n.

3 He remembe$ the islands as being very green

4 The warm seas were a big attraction for him

5 lle was very impressed by the $'ildlite {here c) ifl.,{.i;i Listen again and answer th€ questions.

1 why had they decjded to go to lrcland on holldayl

2 why did M€lissa decide to sta,v iD this house?

3 Ho$,]ong did it lake to get Io the house?

a whar was the weather like $'hen they arnved?

5 whal was the problem wirh rheir local beach?

d) which of th€se plac€s would you like to go to? whv?

R€Eaite sentences l-5 using the words

1 Not knornng my say round Kerala,

I head€d straight lor the Toudsl

hrtomation otlice (because)

2 The rain was very heav)' at that lime o[

year causins loodiDg everrvhere (so)

3 Visited out of season Kerala is not full

ot tourists (i0

a Having sa\.ed up for ages Lauren linallv

$'ent oui and booked her night (alter)

s Surtillg lhrough lhe channeLs I came

across a teaLly good progrannte on

IDdia (whil€)

z leather / a(n) / box / old /

3 modern / vibrant / the / capiral /spmwling

a that/ French / tine /old /rine

s s n a l l / t 4 i r ' e n t u r y / a / c a s t l e

6 suede / that / tacke! / expensive /

7 Welsh / energetic / sheepdog /youns / a(d

e arnchair / velvet / aor) /uncomfortable / antique

Join the extra information inbrackets using a relative clauseand/or Nith, and or in

a delighful Victorian couage (sixbedrooms, quieL area)

a delightful Victoriah cottage withsix bedrcoms in a quiet area

a spacious, modern flat (welldecorated, in€xpensive)

a classic round necked sweater

a funnli {e11Ndttencontenporary dmma (ongnral,

a scrutty young wnter (dark hair

an ltaliaD sporls model (meraliic

r When descnling a noun, there js ar order that adjectiles usualy lolo$r

Notice that opinions come b€fore tac|s the general betore fie speciftc

opinion I size I "e" I cotour i oriein i materiat i

rge corour ongrn or mar€naLi

1 br€ath-taking, high, snow'capped peaks

2 d€licio[s, Thai, frch and coconut curries

3 qtravagant, while, marble bnildings

a pictnre-book, medieval ltalian villages

b) Look at these examples When speaking we try not to put too

many adjectives in front of the noun How do we avoid dotug this?

tuther sLtlpiA-bohing, clunsy birds uitl blrc feet and long necls

chamtng, rustic cottages in stone

.blictous Ttni cirries, 6'thi.h$e'e) nude oI Jish and oconut

Think about a place dlat you have beer to that you eitlrcr love or hate Write as many adjectives as you can to desc be it-

a) work in groups Take turns to describe your place Ask follow-

up questions.

Ihe first tine I visited this city I rcaLIy dbliked it because it was so noisy and chaotic, with a lot of ttaffic and

b) Tell the class about the best or worst place you heard about.

c) check in {,ffi p120.

F

d) cncrgetic ancl exciilng

@ | i r r r n ro harr ralUnt dh,,ur ( i r i c \ an.t iird why is tood in EnAland so

b) Look agah at thc rast of Lngland and Southwest EnglaDd

extracts Underline the adjecdves the writer uses to make the

areas sound interesting and attractive Tick the (nes you knon:

c) Chcck new rvords/phrases in.:ir' ::: p120.

a) Lister to ICrteJohDsoD, r'ho work in tourism.

Wlr.tt is the main poinl she is 'naknrg about o\-erseas visitors

to Englandl Wllat do these nunbers rcfer to?

2 / 4 m i l l i o n 3 5 m i l l i o n 2 m i l l i o n 1 7 m i l l i o n 1 2 m i l l i o n

b) woik in pairs Compar€ answers Did any figxres surprise you?

g, a) work on your.ou n Ihink of firc

I r a c \ a \ t \ t t o r \n u u k t \ r r t u a p p n c t a l c the variety your counlry has to offer Think about ho*' you can tell other people about these places in an nrteresting and inlormativc way.

Real World

', llyou have ever been Lo (Bath) you llkDoN {'hy I inclu.led ir in ny list of'must

see places

Work ir pairs l-ook at the photos and read the website

exrncrs-Which areas or cities \rould you lik€ to visit? Put them in order.

Then tell the class.

a) Look at ihe words/phmses fi bold in the extracts.

Match them to thcse mcaDiDgs.

a) bcautiluL countrlsidc c) bus\'

b) work in pairs Compare notes Then lister again and check.

Work in pairs Tell each other about three people you know well who woukl choose different kiDds ofholidays.

Which of the placcs Kate talk€d about would you recomncnd for cach person and lvhy?

'rb

my mind il-s one ot dle (bcst places)

in rhe counlr),/anywhere in tbe ivorld

ADd tou tusl have to go to (York)

1l itls (sports) you re alrer/Dro

You can t hea/do be(er rhan (go to(]ornwall)

b) Work in groups Take rurns to tell each other about the places you chose.

Say why you chose dem and what knds ofpeople would enjoy then Ifyou are from the same country', did you choose the samc places? Ifnot, why?

Extension Choosc three ofthc places on your list nnd Mitc a short pi€ce about each, in the style of the website extracts.

l r r : ' : The W e s t l v l i d t a n d { a p p e a l l i e s i n b o t h it s

t i m e t e s s n e s s a n d n r o d e r n j t y i t i s k r o w n a s th e ' H € a r t o f

Engtand: The culturaI diversity and vibrancy of Bjrmingham

reftect a very djfferent Ergland to the one of Shakespeare's

Stratford-upor'Avon Don't miss the ste€py vjltages of

Warwickshjre and Herefordshjre or the beauty of the Cotswotds.

With its

m i L e s u p o n m i t e s o f u n s p o i t t beaches, meanderjng rivers,

a n c i e n t w o o d l a n d s a n d , o f course, the NorfoLk Broads, this region has a unique character i on p-t06 Folow the insiructions. '@

2 Review Language Summary 2 p12A

Fill in the gaps wilh one of these

phrases

5y{ti.h- both of whom

none ofwhich on whose

a l l o f w h i c h w i t h w h o m

for which afterwhom

r rhe dare Oyrylich all bills

must be pajd is the 30rh of (he

2 The person

i discussed the issue denled

all kno$4edge

3 ive got tlvo srst€rs,

are younger tn:n me

4 There are seren llanf'Polter

daughter Nas named

I am gratetul to Jack Terry

research I largelvdepended tor this book

I bought nyselfsix computer

ganes

reduced by 10%

Fill in the saps with these

inre,rsifyin; ;d.l€.bs I:r.,ia

i!e?6r bitte y vividly entnely

I get dJep{}l husrrated when

Iln stuck in a tra iclarn.

tirsr day at school.

I always leel

dlsappointecl when my couDtry

loses an inporlant lbotball

l agree that Den

and \aornen should have equaL

deepty highly firmly comptetely

Ir! unlikell that

l'll ever learn another language.

6 I believe that lllemproves as you ger oner

7 | regret som€ C)1the things t'vc done in ny life

3 I agree with mycountry! polic)' on gre€n issues

@ a) co-p!.te riese 5cntenc( s r,\ith xpresent pJrucrpre a past pamcrfLe

or a pefect participle

1 fal94 in moderaLion,chocoLate is good lor you

2 .- in restauran6 allweek, Lucy prefeG 1o cook forhersell at the {'eekends

3 such a big lunchearlier that day I dldnt feel likeany o'nner

4 the fi]n threetimes alread) she decided iogive it a miss

s her ex-boylriendapproaching, she ran and hid

6 hom a distance

she looks lik€ a 2O-year-oldl

7 rhe inslructionsIwice, I began to assernble

out loud, the poern sounded much belter

rne repon so quickll I missed a io1 ol

Sivc

1 0 t h e c h a n c e ,

t cl love to lean ho$, to ski

1 1 t h e jo b t o F r e d ,she imrnediately regre(ed her

12 - nysell an extrada} I should be able {o finish

I h e iob

b) Work in pairs Re$ritcsentcnces l-12 in 3a) using i/,berause, afer etc Ilake anyothcr necessary changes

lfit is eaten in moderation,chocalate is good fotyou

Read the story Tick the goups ofadjectir-€s l-6 that are in thecorrect order Corect the goups

When I x'as 14, m) parenG went

on holiday tor a seek and I wassen! to sta,v iD a(n) lbig beautiful,old house in ihe coLrnlry wilhsome distant relatives My cousinLjndals best trie was a(n),16-y€ar-ol.l attractive girlcal1ed Anna who had rwidecxtaordinary emexald-grcen eyesand adark shiny long hair Iremember wonderful eveningscharting around the swoodenround kitchen table The tollowingsummer, t s'ent back theftr again,but ADna had faller in love wilha(n) 6ltaliatr tall dark-hairedpilot, so I had no ch:ncel I wasonly 15 but 1 telt lile would never

FiI in the vowels in theseadjectives which are used todescribe plac€s ir'r !: ir

I can emphaslse verbs and adjectives using

a range of appropriate adverbs.

can identit poinis of delail in a complex newspaper anrc e.

I can write concise descriptions using c0mptex ctauses.

l c a n d e s c i b e p a c e s i n d e t a i l u s n g accurate adjective order.

b) what do you need to study again?

t-:tt!E!.

Accurate Writinq

C O N N E C T I N C w o R D s : t i m e ( ' 1 J

PUNCTUATION: apostrophes

FiI nr the gaps *'ith thesc connccting sr)rds/phmses.

Sometimes thcre is more rhan one Dossiblc answcr.

mffipl2l.

a I boughL a Dcs compuler lasr monih I\'c had

SUB]ECT AND VERB INVERSIONa) Tick the correct sen(ences Then corecl

p125.

nothing but troublc wirh iL

s I caught a glimpsc oJ Src! I vas huqjng doxn

6 I acccpted their inlilaliorl ro supper , I rcgrcucd

He bcgaD askiDg thc boss rbout his plans Le

rcaliscd thc nisrake heil nu.lc and changed rhc sul,jecr qurctrl):

I sl]l anxnrush q.aiting Ior Llle call I lried ro ger

on $ith nnne work bllt kepr looking ar Lhc cl{rck

Adcl one or two apostrophes to each ol these semences

$ffiffi p12r.

1 Thcrcs r lor o[ nNd on r]re cars Nhccls

2 ,{rc you rbsolLrtcl} slrrc irs noL hcFl

3 Britains nlost popular pcrs arc cats

a I rcalll caut rcncDber its nrnre

5 whercs lhc srudents collee bdrl

6 I rhinlt its \riucn b) a|arlcs Dicl<ens

7 kl lister carcfrlh'ro ihe womrns opinions il I were you

@ a ) n c r l r l r r r r r a c r l r o m r r u d c r r r s o r k r , , r r c , r r h c

underltued $.ords/phrases ttsnrg connecring words ofrine.

Son1etines there is more rhan one possible an$!€r.

b) Find and conect six misrakes in the use olapostrophes_

| ! t d l rcredbe, I sad ve'1rLe o e l a u s e / s

so beaLrliful and lheres nowhere else like il in lhe ehtire

wofld 16G!_!i!!e fo! cor e oul ot lhe sfation yoo see a the

boat's goirg Lrp ard down lhe Grand Caral, which @hhibutes

io if's tarry4ale al osphere I ihink tk ore of Eurcpes nosi

romanlic ciiies I ?at_.ji!!li wenf there with my parenrs wner

lwas ten, and I've been goiirg ihefe rafie|wards, {or the tast

20 years +$$[4i]e l'n going alohg in lhe river bLrs, I stl

can't stcp looking al lhe funlaslic buildirlg's which tirle the

carals lk' uniqle architecfur€ ftakes Venice a reat oper-a[

rnlseoml I sa{terwards love wanderi,rg arolrd the refrow

sheek ard goirlg window-shopping.

the moment as soon as fllst ever since originally

from then on while as afterwards then meanwhile

1 I mer him l decidcd he \!as Lhe nan I Nas going

3 Look Here rhe doctor comes

4 Look Here rhey come

5 She's a doctor, isnl she?

5 Have you any idea where are ny glasses?

7 Do you remernber whar did rhey sayabout taking viramin C?

3 Which doctor is rL am I seeing?

e I donl know $har is his problen

10 I won.ler s'hal his diers like rhcse days

11 He asked me am I Llking any exrra

b) Re$Tite these sertences using rhewords in brackets

r where are the nail scissors? (you know)

Do you know where the nai!scissorcare?

2 A i havent been able to.onracr Harry

B I havent either (neirher)

3 Wha( afe you planning to do &isveekend? (he ask ne)

a Does he still lvork wirh Megan? (l

s A John sanrs ro lind anotherjob

B I €o docs, roo (so)Look Thc traffic warden (here cone)

$ftere do you work? (is rhis)Where does he lnel (l not know)When can he come? (he wanl know)what wouldJlll likc for her birthdayl

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Preview 3

3 Well-being

Being confident

QUICK REVIEW

Complete these sentences about yoursetf: / vividly remembet i Istrongly believe

that I Iwas bitterly disappointed when ',I m extremely unlikely to Wotk in

paks Take turns to tet[ each other your sentences.Ask fottow-up questions.

Vocabulary

a) Tick the words you know Check

new words in $?-{*j prz+.

cour;seous detarmined meticuLous

gdnerous tristing thrifty c6nfident

spont:neous cairtious

b) write the names of people you

know who have some of the

charact€ristics in 1a).

c) work in pairs Swap lists Take

turns to ask about the people on

your panner's list.

Reading and Grammar

Vocabulary connotation: positive and negative character adjectives Crammar introductory ir

Review intensifying adverbs

THERE ARE ccrtain things in lifethni are obviously beyondquestion and it is clea that one

of these 'ulqucstionables' is thateveryone wanis to win

At ihe enjoyablc cnd of thevictory spectrum is n\e sheerelhihntion of crossi! g ihefirishing llne first, coning top ofthe class or spraying cha'nPagnefrom the podium; ai the otherend lies that deprcssing, kickedin-the glts a.he of being theloser So strely we all hate itwhen s,e lose or do we?

Professor Schr thciss liohihe Uni\'ersity of Michiga'1carried out various laboratoiyexperiments on 108 collegesiudents md il suryrised hirn bdiscover that while sone peoplebecane stressed aftcr losing ott

to a rival in a laboratoN task,oihe$ became stresscd afterniming He concludes that

people cdn be split inlo wolves,{,ho are utterly drn-N b win andfind it difficull to ope Nith losing,and sheep, shose trimphs overothers bring distress

Dr Michelle Wirt[ a collcague

of Professor S.hultheiss, saysit's difficult to know whcihcrshep consciously feel stresscdbecause, when people arc asked ifthey prefer to s'in or 1osc,cveryone says they'd rathcr s'in.Similarly, people are not alwaysconscjous of a'here they sit on thepoNer spectrum "lf you askp.ople ifihey likebeing in aposition of power, ihey uslally sayno." Dr Wnth believcs i(s not anaspe€t of their personality that they

Dr Wirth also says that theattention generated by a'imingmightbe part of the effcci "leoplewiih high power mofi-ation Like

to b€ the centre of atlcrtion,

@ l#ji:,::t* "sain Find elndence in the articre to support these

r The wriler ftuds it l'nd Io beliele an)one \ould preler to lose

2 Dr Schultheiss expected lhat everyone in the experimenrs would lindiosiLlg stressful

3 MosL people arenl aware ol$'hjch group rhey belong to

a Somc peotle tecl stressed xhen fieir success js nrade public

5 Job salisfaclion isnl necessarily letennined by how much powcr youhave over others

@ rvo.t i' p"i ,r"rwc' the que<tions

$tal is your idea ofa successiul

Which cliaucleristics ftom 1a) clo

),olr think are necessary to be

Do lou think ereryone woul.l like

to be successlul? why?/why notl

@ a) check the meaning of these words

self-aMreness a triumph distrass

an iccolade d6minate

b) Read the article Match headings

a)+) with para$aphs I 5

a) sone iil.e thc spotlight

b) An unexDectcd result

c) Whar most people believe

e) A lack olseLt a$:reness

Help with Grammar

3A

The phmses in pink in lhe article shoN lntroducrory ir as rhc subjcct ofthevcrb Thc phrases in blue in the arlicle shoN nrrroduclory il as rhe obiecl ol

INTRODUCTORY /IA5 SUBJECT

It thc subJect of tlre lerb is a long and grammalicall! conpler nruclurc wroltd pur ir aL Lhc end o[lhe clause/sentence and use il as lhe subject of drelerb ar the beginning ol rhe clause/senrence

Wh9!h9t :h99pt9!ttqiA'!Sly feel stressed b difficult to knowIt\ difficult to knaw whethet sheep cansciautly feel stressed.

so it follo('s thitnot wiming is

stresstul." App,rrentl)t these peoplc

lhd it hard to ccept that som€onc

clsc is gettnlg the accolade thnt tlrcy

fecl shol d fale been theirs

Dr WirL\ also ponrts out that for

lor-poNer indn idu.ls public

recogniiion is equally stressful and

they rYould do anythhg to avold it

5 Dr !\nth believes thrt knowing

a'hi.h catcgory you failinto q'oif or

she€p -can brjng Lrenefits "Ifyou

.an figurc whi.h one )ou.re, you

can tnilor ,vour rvo.king environment

to suit you Ihere are some peopl€

who get picasure and satisf.ction

from behg ir positions of pos,er, and

the.e are thosc $'ho are less

comf ff table doninatilg oiliers."

Adapt€d Loni 7/rr 7t,.s 3l/0S/06

@ u t , ) r h r t c p r o r n p r * r , r m a k e r t n r r n , t r a h o u n o r r r r e l l o r I ' e n p l e

@ u.,r i" g,o"p r)iscu thtsc

r A.e thcrc peoplc lvho reau\'

donl lurd losing, for r:xampLe

lvhcr doing sporrl

2 ls it possible lo be boih a sheep

and a $oln Wh) lAVhI not?

s alNays enjo) it s'hen

b) work in pairs Take turns to tell each other your sentences Ask lbllos-up questions.

@ a) Match the Ine examples of int$drctor), ir as subject to Gese structrres.

s + oliccr + iDlinirjve

1 + adjeciive + (t/rat lt'scleatthat

2 + (nor) + noun + (thit)

3 + adje.iive + intiDitive s'ith toINTRODUCTORY /I A5 OBJECI:i \\'e olien use ir as the object ol a yerb where ir refers to a clausc latcr in

thak(lhal '-'- !:::9J!)rj!2!blj! rt Lha'.tAdl-he4e1h i

.7:

lt) Match the two examples ol introductory il as object to hese structures

2 + adjective + jnllnirive with to

ri :,, \Ve don t use introducrory it if rhe subiect of the rerb is a noun:rhdir /ad,s w., .or{t.r.,rL unfoun2erl not ++a++mp1+*e$qlaxte+

2 ThaL she retused a promotion is slrange

3 1_o get this linished on line wonl be eas]

a lb luve a good worldng relarionship \vi(h somcone neans a lor

s Ihat wc need people wlth more experience is obvious