NO TRAINS p62 GETTING THERE p64 SINGLE OR RETURN?

p66 RUSH HOUR p68

VOCABULARY.
PLACES

1A Match the words in the box with

pictures A-H.
an internet cafe C a newsagent's
a hotel a cafe a restaurant
a pharmacy a payphone
a cash machine

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B � 6.1 WORD STRESS Listen to
the places and underline the stressed
syllable(s). Then listen and repeat.
an i!}_ternet fgje
THERE IS/ARE
C Work in pairs and take turns. Ask
and answer about the pictures in 3A Complete the table with the words in the box.
Exercise lA.
I 's Are are isn't Is there aren't
A: What's G?
B: It's a cash machine. What's . . . ?
singular plural
[> page 144 PHOTOBANK + There '5 a payphone There ___ two hotels near
over there here.
- There isn't an internet cafe. There any trains.
LISTENING./!
-- there a train to __ there any restaurants in
2A Do you like train travel? What's ?
York tonight? the station?
good and what's bad about it? Yes, there is. Yes, there are.
A: I like it because . . . No, there -- No, aren't.
B � 6.2 Listen to the conversations B � 6.3 Listen and check.
and number the places in Exercise lA
in the order you hear them. Two places C SENTENCE STRESS Listen again and underline two or three
are not in the conversations. main stresses in each sentence. Then listen and repeat.
payphone 1 [> page 128 LANGUAGEBANK
C Listen again and underline the
correct alternative. 4A Complete the sentences about a class with There's, There are,
There isn't or There aren't.
1 The weather is cold/bad.
1 --""'Th""'e'-'--re==-= re�_ three students with black shoes.(+)
a,..,
2 The man's phone is dead/broken.
2 one person with a red T-shirt. (+)
3 The internet cafe is/isn't in the
station. 3 a whiteboard. (-)
4 two women in this room. (+)

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4 The restaurants are closed/expensive.
S a book on the teacher's desk. (+)
5 The Charlotte Street Hotel is
full/expensive. 6 any dictionaries. (-)
B Work in pairs. Which sentences are true about your class?
WRITING }
STARTING AND ENDING AN EMAIL
8 A Read the email. Is the email to the man's
manager, friend or someone in his family?

Hi Sue,
I have good news and bad news. There aren't any
trains tonight because the weather's very bad. That's
the bad news. So what's the good news? I'm in a very
good hotel and there's a nice restaurant. too. Yes. it's
expensive, but I have the company credit card.
Give my love to mum. See you at her birthday party
tomorrow.
Take care.
Pete

B Complete the table with phrases for starting and

ending an email.
IIi ValeAtiAa, Best ..isl'les, (x2) Hello,
Take care, Dear Jack, See you soon,
Dear Mr Wilson, Regards,

j to someone close to your manager

5 A Work in pairs. Student A: write questions about I

I (a family member,
partner, friends)
places near the class. Student B: write questions Start j Hi Valentina,
about places near Student A's home.
1 pharmacy? 4 any restaurants? I I
2 internet cafe? 5 cash machine? I
End Best w;,he,,
I
3 a newsagent's? 6 any clothes shops? Best wishes,
B Work in pairs and take turns. Ask and answer the
I
questions.
A: Is there a pharmacy near here? I
B: Yes, there is. It's two minutes from here. Its name is . . .
9 A Work in pairs. Which problems often happen to
you when you travel?
SPEAKING ·,
plane/train/bus is late don't haveyour ticket
6 Work in pairs. Student A: look at the picture on page no planes/trains/buses
151. Student B: look at the picture on page 152.

? A Think of a street in a town you know well. Draw

car has a problem
I L
I ea d I
P h on eisd
__ _ _ _ _ _ __ �
a simple map or picture of the street. Write the
name of five places on the picture.
no wifi
I \ the weather is bad

B Work with other students. Look at their pictures A: When I travel my bus is often late.
and ask questions. B: Yes, buses in the city are very bad.
A: What's the name of this restaurant? B Choose two of the problems above. Write an
B: It's Primo Pizzeria. email to a friend or to your manager. Write about
A: Is it good? your problems.
B: Yes, it's my favourite place for pizza. Is there a
restaurant on your street? C Read other students' emails. Which situation is
really bad?

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A: Yes, here it is. It's . . .
Transport facts
TRANSPORT around the world
1A Write the transport words in the box under
pictures A-H. Travel by -�t=ax�,__ ·
There are pink taxis in
a bus a train a plane a taxi the underground Moscow, Chennai (India),

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a car a bike a motorbike and a lot of other cities.
The pink taxis are for
women only, and the
drivers are women.
In Madagascar. taxi drivers :,.
often stop for petrol and
the passenger pays.

Travel by ___,
--� and

There aren't any trains in

the country of Bhutan in
m Asia. There are buses. but
some villages don't have
buses.
There are a lot of mice in
the London Underground -
about 500,000!
More than half of the
London Underground is
B Work in pairs and answer the questions. not underground.
1 How do you usually come to class?
I come by bus or I sometimes walk.
2 What types of transport do you use every week?
Travel by ______
3 What types of transport do you use on holiday?
Venice. Italy has a secret
4 What types of transport do you never use? road system. and people
usually travel around
Venice by car.
An eleven kilometre section
of the Tianmen Mountain
2A Read the text and complete the headings with Road in Hunan. China has
ninety-nine bends.
words from Exercise lA.
B Write the name of the place and/or transport.
1 It doesn't have any stations. Bhutan
2 It's not a good idea to drink a lot here.
3 These are expensive in bad weather. Travel by ___
4 It's a noisy place to play. In Thailand, there's an airport
5 It's a good thing there are no cats. with a golf course in it.
6 Men don't use these. One airline plans to charge
passengers for using the
7 It's not easy to get to those villages. toilet.
8 That means turning nine times every kilometre!
C Work in pairs and discuss. Which facts are
surprising? Which 'fact' is not true?

...
It's surprising that there ore taxis for women. I think it's
a good idea .
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GRAMMAR .
SPEAKING ·_';�
A/AN, SOME, A LOT OF, NOT ANY
5 A Work in pairs. Student A: turn to page 152.
3A Look at the sentences. Match the words in bold Student B: ask questions to complete the
with pictures A-D. information for Sydney and London.
1 In Thailand, there's an airport with a golf B: Is there a train from the airport to Sydney?
course in it. B A: Yes, there is. It's fifteen dollars.
2 There aren't any trains in the country of Bhutan.
Sydney London
3 Some villages don't have a bus service. (Heathrow)
4 There are a lot of mice in the London Underground.
train I from
m the airport?

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B
underground?
I
B Complete the table with 's, are, isn't or aren't. I airport bus?
+ There a train at four o'clock. I f other
---
some buses this afternoon.
--- information?
a lot of cars.
�
---
- There --- an airport here. i B Change roles. Answer Student A's questions
--- any cars in the centre. ! about Barcelona and Hong Kong.
? there a bus to the airport?
i

---
any
i A: Is there a train from the airport to Barcelona?
--- there taxis?
B: Yes, there is. It's four euros.

C � 6.4 Listen and check.

I

1' train I from the

i Barcelona
!
I Hong Kong

D � 6.5 LINKING Listen again and repeat. Pay €4 HK$100

· airport? I
attention to the linking words.
1

: yes but not from

There's_a . . . There_are some ... There_are_a lot_of ...
There_isn't_an . . . There_aren't_any ... Is there_a . . .
I underground? I the airport no
I
I airport bus? I €6
Are there_any . . .
j HK$40
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� rather
I taxi, €30 taxi HK$300
speakout Tl P �ormation?
When one word finishes with a consonant sound and the
i. ______�
next word starts with a vowel sound, the two words join C What's the best way to go from the airport to the
and sound like one word. Mark the links in these phrases: centre in these four cities?
How much is it? When does it leave?

4A Underline the correct alternative.

1 There's a/an airport.
2 There are some/any stations.
3 There aren't a lot/any taxis.
4 There are a lot/some of motorbikes.
5 There isn't a/an underground.
6 There are any/some buses at night.
7 There aren't some/any problems with cars in the
centre.
8 There are any/a lot of bikes.
B Work alone. Make the sentences true for your
hometown/city or a town/city you know.
C Work in pairs and take turns to ask questions.
Student A: you are a visitor to the town/city.

B: Yes, there are two airports. One is for international

A: Is there an airport?

flights and one is for national flights.

VOCABULARY .1
TRAVEL
1 A Work in pairs. For a long journey do you prefer
bus, train, car or plane? Why?
B Look at the words in the box. Which things can
you see in the photos?
a passenger a ticket machine a gate
a single (ticket) a return (ticket) a bus station
a monthly pass a platform

C Work in pairs. Which words in the box above are

not for travel by plane?

2A Put the actions in order.

a) Get on the bus e)Wait for the bus 4 A � 6.7 Complete the conversation. Then listen
and check.
b) Buy a return ticket f) Go to the gate
A: A ticket 1 ___ Amsterdam, please.
c) Go to the ticket machine g)Get off the bus
B: 2 or return?
d)Show your ticket
A: A return, please.
B Work in pairs. Cover Exercise 2A and take turns B: Leaving today?
to describe the actions. Use linkers. A: Yes.
A: First you go to the ticket machine. B: When do you want to 3 ___ back?
B: Then you ... A: Tomorrow afternoon.
A: After that you . . .
B: OK. That's twenty-nine euros.
A: Sorry? How 4 ___?
FUNCTION . :, B: Twenty-nine euros.
A: What time's the 5___ bus?
BUYING A TICKET
B: There's one at half past two.
3 � 6.6 Listen to the conversation at a bus station A: Right. What time 6___ it arrive in Amsterdam?
and tick the correct answer. B: At quarter past four. Here's your ticket.
1 She wants: A: Thank you. 7 ___ gate is it?
a)a single b) a return c)two returns B: The bus 8___ from gate twenty-four.
2 She wants a ticket for: B Listen again and say the sentences at the
a)today b) tomorrow c)today and tomorrow same time.
3 It costs: C Work in pairs and take turns. Practise the
a)€25 b) €29 c)€39 conversation.
4 It leaves at:
D Write ten key words to help you remember
a) 2.30 b) 2.15 c) 3.30 the conversation. Then practise again.
5 It arrives at:
[> page 128 LANGUAGEBANK
a)3.15 b) 4.15 c)4.45
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LEARN TO ,:\ SPEAKING ':fi,
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CHECK NUMBERS ?A Work in pairs. Student A: look at the information
5 A � 6.8 WORD STRESS FOR CHECKING Listen and
below. Student B: turn to page 153.
underline the stressed syllable in the numbers. Student A: you are at the central bus station in
Bogota, Colombia. It's 8.30a.m. You want to buy
B: The bus leaves from gate twenty-four.
a ticket to Medellin. Ask Student B questions to
A: Sorry? Gate thirty-four? complete your notes.
B: No, gate twenty-four.
A: Thanks a lot.
B Listen again and repeat. ticket: ................. a.�_;v,9.fe_t.o M.:cd_e_{livr ..........................
rr_i��=............... .
� time of first bus:
speak:out Tl P
arrival time:
Use stress to check and correct numbers.
Sorry, f,fty-fiy_f? No, fifty-nine. -�cit_�.= ......... ...... ................. ......................................................

C Work in pairs and take turns. Practise the

conversations. B Change roles. Student A: you work in a ticket
1 A: That's 250 euros. office in the central train station in Istanbul, Turkey.
B: Sorry? 240? Look at the information and answer Student B's
A: No, 250. questions.
2 B: It's bus number 72.
A: Sorry? 72? >»» ISTANBUL TO SOFIA TRAIN SERVICE««<
B: Yes, that's right. 72. TICKET PRICES
3 A: The train leaves at 5 o'clock. Single 90 lira
B: Sorry? 9 o'clock? Return 170 lira
A: No, 5 o'clock. , TIMES
6A Write down three prices, three train times and Departure 10.00p.m.
three bus numbers. Don't show your partner. Arrival 10.SOa.m.
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B Work in pairs and take turns. Student A: read I Platform 6
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your numbers fast. Student B: repeat the numbers
»»> ISTANBUL TO SOFIA TRAIN SERVICE<««
to check.
A: Two dollars and forty cents.
B: Sorry? Ten dollars and forty cents?
A: No, two dollars and forty cents.
DVD VIEW -::t-
1 A What do you know about India? Write the correct 2 A Watch the DVD and check your ideas in
answer a)-h) next to each sentence 1-7. Exercise lB.
1 These are both Indian food. a) B Complete the sentences with the adjectives in
2 It's a big city, but not the capital. the box below.
3 It's the capital.
4 She's famous for her work in India. popular crowded slow dangerous noisy
expensive
5 He's a famous Indian.
6 It's a famous river. 1 A lot of people like it. It's ___,p�o=p=u=la�r__
7 It's a beautiful building. 2 It isn't quiet. It's _____
a) daal 3 It costs a lot. It's _____
b) Delhi 4 It isn't safe. It's _____
c) Mahatma Gandhi 5 It has a lot of people. It's _____
d) Mumbai 6 It isn't fast. It's _____
e) naan C Watch the DVD again and underline the
f) the Ganges adjectives you hear for each type of transport.
g) Mother Teresa 1 trains - crowded, popular, noisy
h) the Taj Mahal 2 bikes - dangerous, fast, slow
B Read the programme information and look at 3 motorbikes - fast, noisy, dangerous
the photos. How do people go to work and school 4 tuk-tuks - popular, fast, noisy
in India? 5 taxis - fast, safe, expensive
O Work in pairs and complete the sentences from

Ill
the DVD with types of transport. Then watch the
B) Visions Of India: DVD again and check your answers.
Rush Hour 1 I like it because I can see a lot of places and
people from the ___.
Each programme in the BBC's Visions Oflndia
2 I live in Delhi, and I go to work by every
shows a different side of this country of one day.
billion people. This programme looks at how
3 There are sometimes bad accidents with lorries
millions of working Indians travel to work and
and ___
school every day.
4 ___ are very popular, but they are also very
noisy.
5 I travel to Mumbai on business a lot. In Mumbai
I usually travel by ___.
speakout a travel survey writeback a travel forum entry
3 A Work in pairs and discuss. How do people in 5A A travel website asks people to write about
your country travel in cities and in the countryside? transport in their town/city. Read the forum entry.
How do they travel to work/to school/to the shops/ How does the writer usually travel?
on holiday?
B � 6.9 Listen to a student describe how people I live in Kobe,Japan and I work in Osaka. I think the
travel in his country and complete the table. best way to travel is by train. I go by theJR train line
in a big city in the countryside every morning. There are sometimes ten trains every
hour. It's about thirty minutes from Kobe to Osaka.
1 by car 1 I have a monthly pass but I think a single ticket is
2 2 about 500 yen.
3 3 In Kobe, people travel by car, but there's a good
4 public transport system, so a lot of people use
5 buses and the underground. A one-day tourist-pass
is 1,000 yen. I live near the centre so I usually walk
everywhere. Kobe is a small city, and it's a good city
C Listen again and tick the key phrases you hear.
for walkers.
PHRASES
I live in [Sao Paulo] but I'm from [the B Which things does the writer write about?
countryside/ ...].
• the best way to travel ,/
There's a good public transport system.
• the number of trains, buses or underground trains
[A lot of/Some people] use [the underground/ • the travel time
buses/ ...].
• the cost of travel
Some people go to work by [bus/bike/ ...].
• cycling
The best way to travel is by [car/underground/ ...].
• walking
People also go by [bus/ ... ].
C Write about transport in your town/city
In [my village/the city], I go everywhere by [car/
or a town/city you know for the travel website.
bike/ ...].
Write 80-100 words. Use the prompts in
Exercise SB to help.
4A Work with a new partner and talk about the
different ways people travel in your country.
Use the key phrases to help.
B Work in groups and tell other
students.
< LOOKBACK
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� PLACES �- � TRAVEL -..
1 A Add the vowels to the places. 3 A Circle eight transport words. 5 Complete the words.
1 _L_nt_g_rn_g_t C_Q_f_g_ 1 You buy a ticket at the ticket
Q p B H I u M
office or at a ticket ma ___.
2 r_st_ _ r_nt
3 ph_rm_cy
(B I u 5 F H N 0 2 The information window is
4 n_ws_g_nt's I A 5 N B D T usually in the bus st ___.
5 p_yph_n_ 3 The people on the bus are
K p L A N E 0
6 c_sh m_ch_n_ pa
E E G J T R R 4 The bus leaves from
7 h_t_l
K z y G z G B a ga ___.
8 c f
E 0 K R E R I 5 The train leaves from
B Work in pairs. Write two a pl__.
things or activities connected T R A E N 0 K 6 A ticket from A to B is
to the places above.
A T R c u u E a si---
internet cafe - a website, write
emails x T R A I N H 7 A ticket from A to B to A is
a re---
C Work in groups. Student A: I w 5 R 5 D K
8 A ticket for four weeks is
say your things or activities. a mo ___ pass.
Other students: guess the place. B Work in groups and take
turns. Student A: draw, mime
A: a website, write emails
B: An internet cafe.
or describe one of the things I i:iiiiiHffit33=ii'
A: That's right.
in Exercise JA. Other students:
guess what it is.
6 A Add words to make
a conversation.
A: It has four wheels. A lot of
A: 1 single I Lisbon, I please.
passengers sit on it.
2A Complete the questions B: A bus?
A single to Lisbon, please.
B: For when?
asked in a hotel with /s there or A: Yes!
A: 2 1 I want I go I tomorrow
Are there.
morning.
1 /s there a swimming B: OK. That's €39.
pool?
A: 3 What time I be I first bus?
2 ______ a restaurant in
the hotel?
4A Find and correct the mistakes B: There's one at 10.40.
in the sentences. A: 'What time I it I arrive I
3 ______ two beds in my
In this book: Lisbon?
room?
of B: At 12.15 .
4 a guided tour
1 A lot/pages don't have photos. A: 5Which gate I be I it?
of the city tomorrow?
5 any cash 2 Some page have six photos. B: It leaves from gate 34.
machines near the hotel? A: 6Thanks I lot.
3 There's an Spanish word on
6 any other
page 6.
B Work in pairs and practise the
hotels near here? conversation.
B Match answers a)-f) with the 4 There aren' t some shoe on
C Work alone and change the
questions above. page 32. numbers in the conversation.
a) No, but the city isn't 5 There isn't any clocks on page 45. D Work with a new partner
very interesting. and take turns to practise the
6 There's apple on page 54.
b) Yes, but they're all full. new conversation. Student A:
c) Yes, but the water is B Work in pairs. Which write the cost, times and gate
very cold. sentences above are true? number. Check any numbers you
d) Yes, but it's closed Change the others to make don't understand.
now. It's open for dinner. them true.
B: OK. That's 52 euros.
e) No, ___. ___ only one C Work in pairs. Write four A: Sorry? 62?
bed. more sentences about the book, B: No, 52.
f) No, but one in but only one true sentence. Use
the hotel. a/an, some, a lot of and not any.

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C Complete the answers above D Work in groups and take turns
with there is/'s, there are, there to read out your sentences.
isn't or there aren't. Which sentences are true?
1 Work in pairs and discuss. When you have a
problem, do you:
• talk to family or friends about it?
• phone or email a lot of people?
• look on the internet for advice?
• think about it alone?

2 Read the text. Match the answers below with _ My prol:>lem is I'm always tired. I work- in a cafe·
problems 1-3. 'from se�en in the .morning ·to six in the evening.
a) How about bikes? Try a cycling holiday. 1 ·c:1rink � lot of coffee at work becaus� I'm tired.
b) It's important to sit down and talk. I never-have brealcfast but I usually have a
'.
c) Change your job! sandwic-n and a cal<e for lunch. I don t often go
.eut in the evenings because I'm tired.
3A Put the words in the correct order to make
questions about the three people.
1 a) Jon I breakfast I Does I have? , Layla!� probl�!!'
Does Jon hove breakfast? . My husband does nothing in the hQuse. I often
b) evenings I go I in I Does I he I out I the? get home after work and there isn't any food in
2 a) buy I the I Layla I food I Does? ii'l<the flat s°o !·always buy foo<al and cook. He says
b) her I home I husband I What I at I does I do? he isn't hungry and he doesn't want a big dinner.
3 a) there I planes I Is I problem I a I with? He wants to sit down and he watches 1V all
b) does I on I holiday I Rob I When I go? evening. I think it's important to have dinner
-together and talk: · '
B Match answers 1-6 with questions la)-3b) above.
1 No, not often. 1 b
2 Yes, she does. Rob's·Rroblem
3 Yes, there is.
- There are a lot of beautiful places in the world
4 No, he doesn't, but he has lunch. but I never see them. My problem is I don't like
5 Nothing. travelling by plime, train, bt>at or car so I never
6 He doesn't. He always stays at home. _ go on holiday.

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CONSOLIDATION 3 >) RROBLtEMS
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3A �C3.1 Listen and match conversations 1-5 with the places 6 A � C3.2 Listen to the sounds
in the box. You do not need to use one of the places. words. Then listen and repeat.
cafe 1 pharmacy cash machine newsagent's payphone Joi /0/

3
internet cafe

B Listen again and underline the correct alternative.

What's the problem? What happens? �
1 The coffee isn't b.Q1/good. She gets a tea/another coffee.
2 The shop never has/doesn't He buys/doesn't buy another this three
have the New York Times. paper.
3 The cash machine doesn't She/Salvatore has some money. B �C3.3 Listen and put the words
have money/is broken. in the box in the correct group. Then
4 Computer number three/five He goes to another computer/ listen again and repeat.
is broken. leaves.
� #tat monthly thirsty
5 He's cold/ill. He buys/doesn't buy something father with think these
for it. together thirteen

/of /9/
this, that three, thanks

? A �C3.4 Listen and circle the

correct pronunciation, a) or b).
1 together a) b)
2 think a) b)
3 these a) b)
SPEAKING :t�;J 4 thirsty a) b)
5 father a) b)
4A Work in pairs. Look at the audio script on page 157. Choose one 6 the a) b)
of the conversations and practise it. 7 thank you a) b)
B Write six to eight keywords to help you remember the 8 three a) b)
conversations. 9 brother a) b)
A: B: 10 month a) b)
Excuse Yeah
B Work in pairs and take turns. Say
problem, coffee, cold Sorry, let me ...
the sentences slowly.
C Role-play the situation. Use the keywords to help. 1 These three brothers are dirty and
thirsty.
S A Work in pairs. Choose a place from Exercise 3A and a new 2 They say thanks for the time
problem. Answer the questions. together.
1 Where are you? 3 There are three big airports in
2 Who are you? South Africa.
3 What's the problem?
C Work in pairs. Say each sentence at
1 newsagent's
the same time. Speak fast.
2 customer and shop assistant
3 I want a newspaper and I only have a €20 note.

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B Role-play a conversation between the two people in the place.
C Work in groups and take turns to listen to other students'
conversations. Where are they? What's the problem?