Christina Latham-Koenig

Clive Oxenden

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1 READING
a Look at the photos \Vith the article. Do they remind you of
any films or TV series that you h ave seen?

b Now read the a rticle and co1nplete it with a past participle

f ro111 the list.
based designed inhabited inspired ew-AeEl
photographed transformed used welcomed

You are standing in

A Highclere Castle near Neivbury in Berksliire, UK
he castle has been 1 01vnecl by the Carnarvon family since 1679, and the
T Earl and Countess Carnarvon c urrently live there. In 2010, film director
Julian Fello,ves, a close friend of the family, 'vas planning a ne,vTV series B Cortlandt Alley 1ve~v York, USA
about an aristocratic family and their servants during the early 20th century. n Holly,vood 's version ofNe\v York City, the giant
While he \Vas staying at Highclere Castle, he realized that it \vould be the
perfect place to set his historical drama, and the castle \Vas ' into
I metropolis is full of secret alleys \vhere crimes take
place, and criminals are chased by the police. In fact
Downton Abbey, the home of the fictional Cra,vley family. The series was a there are hardly any alleys in Ne\v York today at all.
huge success and it has been sold all over the \VOrld. Both the interior and One of the fe\v remaining ones, Cortlandt Alley, has
exterior scenes were s hot in and around the castle itself. been • for almost all the alley scenes in
In the second ·rv series lhe castle is used as a hospital during the First World fi lms and TV series that are set in New York. Films
War. 'Ihese scenes are ' on a real-life event. In 1914, Lady Almina with scenes that >Vere shot there include Crocodile
Carnarvon a llo\ved soldiers who had been wounded to be looked after in the Dundee and Men in Black 3, and TV series I ike Blue
castle. Bloods, Boardwalk Empire, NYPD Blue, a nd Law & Order.
Cio there Go t here
Hlghclere Castle and gt.trdcns arc op on lo the public during 1 houstH'lds of tourists \-Vant to be '- - -
tJ1t? Easter and surnmer holU:htys, o.nd on many Sundays In Cortlandt Alley. It is on the edge o!Chinato>vn.
and publlc holidays from 10.30 tt.m. to 6.00 p.m. \risit the in Manhottt'ln, bet\veen Franklin Street and Canal
Egyptian Gallery wWch contruns rno.ny objects brought Street. In facl il is a perfectly safe place to visit. In real
back from his tmY<?ls by Lady Alm.Ina's husband, the life. il is not • by gangsters. but is the home
fifth Earl of Carnarvon, for perfectly respectable
\~ho famously dl~overed businesses such as the Nc'v
the tomb of the young York Table Tennis Federation
Pharaoh Tutankhamun. Training Center.
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c Christ Cl1ur·ch College c Read the a r ticle again. Ansv;er the questions \Vith A (Highclere
Castle), B (Cortland t Alley), or C (Christ Church College).
Oxford, UK \V h ich place ... ?
1 is not really as it seen1s in filn1s
his \VOnderful 16th-century college, \Vith a
T spectacular t0\"7er, \Vhich \.Vas 1
the famous architect Sir Christopher Wren,
by 2 has a pern1anent exhibition there
3 \vas used for t he san1e thing both in
has an i1nportant connection \.vi th children's real life and on TY
literature. It "vas at Ch rist Church that Charles 4 is \Vhere a fan1ous aut hor nlet a
Dodgson, professor of mathematics, first person v.rho inspired h i1n
met the children of t he Dean (the head of the
5 is one of the few places of its kind
College). He used to tell them stories, and was
a by one of the girls, Alice, to write th at still ex ists
Alice in Wonderland, in 1865, under the pen- 6 is on ly open during holiday periods
na1ne of Le"'' is Car roll. ~1any years later, Christ 7 was built in t he 1SO Os
Church was used as the setting for several film 8 is sorneri rnes nor open because
adaptations of sorne other famous children's people are 'vorki ng there
books, the Harry Potter novels. The first ti1ne
Harry and his friends enter Hog"varts, they walk d Have you seen any of the films or
up t he Christ Church staircase \vhere Professor TY series n1entioned? Which of the
McGonagall is waiting for the1n a t the top. The tl1ree places \vou ld you 111ost Ii ke to
dining room in Hog\.varts is the Christ Church v isit? Why?
Dining Hall. It could not be used for fihning,
because it "vas being used by students a t the time,
so it was recreated in a studio. 2 GRAMMAR passive (all tenses)
Go there
a R ead t he Highclere Castle text again. Underli11e a11 exa111ple of the
Visitors are • th1·0\.lghoul (he year.
present passive, the past passive, the present perfect passive, the
However, as the college is a \vorklng aeademlc
pas t perfect passive, and a p assive infinitive. How do you for111
institution, som~ areas JJlay o<.:<;usionaHy b.e
closed to the public. Opening times: Mo1l<.!uy l<> the passive? What part of the p assive changes \vhen you want to
Saturday: 9 a.m.- 5 p.m., Sti.oday: 2 p.m.- 5 p.m. cl1ange the tense?
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b > p.142 Grammar Bank 6A. Learn more about the p assive and
Glossary practise it.
Earl and Countess titles g iven to Britis h a ristocrats
( people of a high social position)
Hogwarts rhe fictional board i ng school \vhcrc Ha rry
Potte r goes 3 PRONUNCIATION sentence stress
a (3 32 >)) Listen and 'vrite the stressed words in the large pink
rectangles.

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4 VOCABULARY cinema 6 SPEAKING & LISTENING
a Look atso1ne ext racts fron1 the texts in 1. \V hat do you think the a Look at the in1ages fro1n son1e famous fi lms.
hig 1lighte phrases 1nean? \ Vhat kinds of filn1s are they? Have you seen
1 Cortlandt Alley has been used for aln1ost all t he alley scenes in
any of rhern? What are they about? What do
films and 'fV series that a ·e ct in Ne\v York. you think they have in con1111on?
2 T hese scenes ~tre based on a real-life event.
3 Both the interior and exterior scenes ~vere fi in and arou nd t he
castle itself.
b )lo- p.159 Vocabulary Bank Cinema.

c Explain the difference becv.1een these pairs of wore.ls and phrases.

1 a plot and a script
2 a horror filn1 and a th ril le r
3 a musical and a soundtrack
4 the main cast and the extras

5 SPEAKING
a Read the cinen1a intervie>v and think about your ans,vers and
reasons.

INTERVIEW
CAN YOU THINK OF AFILM WHICH ... ?
- was incredibly funny - made you feel good
- had a very sad ending - you've seen several times
- sent you to sleep - made you buy the soundtrack

DO YOU PREFER ... ?

- seeing films at home, or in the cinema
- seeing a) American films
b) other foreign films
c) films from your count ry
- seeing foreign fi lms dubbed or with subtitles
TELL ME ABOUT AREALLY GOOD FILM YOU'VE SEEN THIS YEAR
- What kind of fil m is it?
Is it based on a book or on a real event?
- Where and when is it set?
- Who's in it? Who is it directed by?
- Does it have a good plot?
- Does it have a good soundtrack?
- Why did you like it?

b In pairs, inter viev.1each ocher. Ask for and give as rnuch

in forn1 acion as you can. Do you have sin1ilar tastes?

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b O \Vlook at some photos of Steven Spielberg and e 3 37 >)) O\v listen to the second part of the intervie\v
Dagn1ara \Valko,v icz, \vho \vorked as an interpreter o n a11d check yo ur ans,vers ro b 3 and 4.
on e of his fil ms. In pairs, ans•ver the questions.
f Lis ten again and make n otes u nder the headings bclov.r.
I W here do you think t hey are?
What she had to do during the film
2 W hich Spielberg filin do you think \.vas being nlade?
go to t he film set every day, translate Spielberg's
3 W h at do you think Dagn1ara is doing in the photo on
instructions
the right?
4 Do you think D agmara found Spielberg easy to \\'Ork The worst thing about the job
\Vi th? One especially difficult scene
c 3 36 >)) Listen to the first part of a n in tervievv with What it was like to work with Spielberg
Dagn1ara a n d check yo ur ans,vers to b I and 2.
Being an extra
d Li ten agai n and 1nark the sente nces T (true) or What happened after the film was f inished
F (false).
l When the filn1 con1pany came to K rakc)\v. Oagmara g \\To uld yo u have liked co h ave done Dagn1ara's job?
"vas \VOrk i ng as a teacher. Do you th ink she n1ade the rig ht decision in the e nd?
2 She got a part-rin1e job doing t ranslations fo r then1.
3 There '"'as party at the hotel to celebrate Spie lberg's 7 WRITING
birthday.
4 \ hen she arrived he \vas asked to inter pret .> p.117 Writ ing A film review. \Vrite a revie\v of a film.
Spielberg's speech, because the interp reter \Vas late.
5 Spielberg •vas very pleased •vith the \vay she had done
her job.
u mooa1s or oeouct1on: m1gnt, can't, must
She can't be his
V the body
mother. She must No, she's his
P diphthongs
be his sister. mother. She looks .
very young for
her age.

1 READING & SPEAKING

a A nS\~1 er the questio11s in pairs.
1 Do you have a profile photo of yourself \.Vhich you use
on social networking sites, or on your ID;>
2 W hy did you choose it?
3 \Vhat do you think the photo says about you? Whether it's a photo of you on a night out or of you
with your newborn baby, the image you choose to
b Look a t the four profil e pho tos. \Vhy do you think the
represent you on social networking sites says a lot
people have chosen t hese pho tos?
about you.
c R ead the a rticle a nd con1plete it \vith the head ings Profile pictures on Facebook and similar sit es are the
below. T hen look at the four photos again. Which of visual projection to friends and family of who you are and
t he 12 categories do you think they belong to? what you are like. On Twitter,
A Photo of you as a child where people follow both
B Holiday photo
friends and strangers, profile
pictures are smaller and
C logo of your business or company
perhaps more significant.
D Photo w ith a celebrity They are often the
E Photo with a partner first and only visual
F Photo with your baby or ch ild introduction people
have t o each other.
d Read the article again. Look at the hlghlighted phrases.
So what does your
\Vith a partner, try to vvork o ut thei r n1eaning.
profile photo say
e Think about the profile photos o r 10 card photos of about you?
your fa n1 ily and friends. \Vhich categories do they fit
in? Do you agree with the text? Has the article n1ade
you want to change your profile pictu re? Why (not)?

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2 VOCABULARY the body
According to communications consultant Terry
a 3 38 >)) Look at the four pictures a11d 1is ten. Which one is the th ief?
Prone, t here are 12 categories that cover most
Describe the four pictures with a pa r tner.
types of prof ile pictures.

1 The professionally taken photo

You use social media mainly for business or
career purposes.
2
You want to show what you have achieved
in your family life, and are generally more
int erested in a response f rom women than
from men.
b >- p.160 Vocabulary Bank The body.
3
You see your other half as the most 3 PRONUNCIATION dipht hongs
important t hing in your life, and you see
yo,urself as one half of a couple. a 3 4 1 >)) R ead the inforn1ation about diphthongs. T hen listen and
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4 Having fun with friends repeat t he s ix words and sounds.
Generally young and caref ree, you want t o
project an image of being fun and popular. 1 2
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3
4$ 5 r--1
b.,...
6

5
You are a bit of an escapist and keen t o show ~ tiCI ~ - ~ ~
a different side of yourself from what you do
on a day-to-day basis.
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Th is kind of image says that you don't really
want to grow up and f ace t he f ut ure. You are
nostalgic for your childhood. f) Diphthongs
Diphthongs are a combination of t wo short vowel sounds, e.g. t he /1/
7 Caricature sound and the /;)/ sound said t ogether make t he longer /J;)/ sound.
Using a caricature is a way of saying t hat
your image isn't rigid and that you don't take
yourself too se~ i o u sly. b \Vrite tl1ese ;vords in t he correct colu11111s.
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8 Photo related to y,our name, but not bit e beard eyes face hair mouth nose
actually you {a shop sign, or product label shoulders smile stare t aste throw toes
for example)
You want to be ident ifiable, but you feel your c 3 42 >)) Listen and check. Then practise saying the phrases below.
name is more important than what you look
like. fa ir h air narrO\V shou lders a \.V ide 111outh

9 Photo related to your political beliefs or a bro\\'11 eyes a Roman nose a round face
team that you support d Do t he quiz \¥ith a partner. Ans,ver with my / your / their + a pa rt
You t hink t hat your beliefs and interests are of the body.
more important t han your personalit y.

You t hink t hat showing yourself with awell- WHICH PART(S) OF THE BODY...?
known person will make you seem more
import ant. 1 do you wear a ring on
--- gloves
11 Self-portrait taken with webcam I camera
socks
phone
a cap
Funct ional. It says, 'Look, I don't dress up;
t ake me as I am.' 2 do ballet dancers stand on
3 do foot ballers of t en injure
12 - - -- - -- - - - - -- -- 4 do women put make-up on
You only use social media in a professional
capacity, and you identify more with your 5 do people brush
work role than with your privat e life. 6 do people carry a rucksack on

4 ~ 43 >)) SONG I Got Life Jj

5 GRAMMAR modals of deduction
a Look at the photos of three people. Then in t\vO n1inutes,
n1atch three sentences with each person.
D He /she n1ight be a crin1inal.
D He/ she n1ight not knovv hovv to use t he inter ne t.
D He /she could be a n1odel.
D He / she could be Gern1an o r Sca ndinavian.
D He / she 111ay not have a job.
D He / she n1ay be a rnillionaire.
D His / her ha ir rnust be dyed.
D He J she n1ust be ret ired .
D He J she can't be a business person.

b Cornpare \:Vith a partner. I think he could be a mod:!:J.

c )o- Communication Judging by appearances p.106. Find o u t abou t

the three people. D id you guess correctly?

d Look at the sentences in a a nd ans \ver the questions.

1 'vVhich n1oda l ver bs 111ea n it's possible?
miaht e > p.143 Grammar Bank 68. Learn niore
2 'vVhich n1odal verb n1eans it's ve1y ptobable? about rnodals of deduction and practise
3 Which n1odal verb n1eans it's in1.possible? then1.

6 LISTENING & READING

a In pairs, look at the d Look at the t \VO photos of S usan Boyle in the article.
n1an in the p hoto. Make Do you kno\:v w ho she is? Can you guess why she has
sentences about him using changed her appearance?
rniBht / 1na)' /could (not) be,
rnust be, or can't be and e Read the article once and choose the best sun1111ary.
v.1ords frorn the list. 1 \Ve no\v real ize that it is \:Vrong to judge people by their
appearance.
Italian English
very rich homeless 2 Judging people by appearance can be useful, and is
intellectual hungry often right.
3 If you try to judge people by their appearance, you v.1 ill
b ~ 47 >)) Listen to a won1an usually be \vrong about them.
talking about the nian in f Read the article again and n1ark the sentences T (true)
a and ansvver the questions .
or F (false). Say ':vhy the F ones are false.
l \Vhere \vere the s peaker
and her friend Adriana? 1 Most people pred icted that Susan Boyle \Votdd be
2 \Vhat were they doing successful as a singer.
vvhen they sa\v the n1an? 2 After her appearance on TV, people started sayi ng
3 \Vhat did he look like? that we shou ldn't judge people by their appearance.
4 What did Adriana \vant 3 Scientists think that judgi ng by appearance is an
to do? important skill.
5 What did the speaker do? • 4 It is 1nore important to be able to 111ake quick
judgements about people than it used to be.
c 3 48 >)) \Vhy do you think the speaker stopped
5 When we judge people by their appearance, we are
Adriana? Listen and find out. Who \Vas the nlan?
usually vvrong.
6 Susan Boyle has probably realized that people will
never stop judging her by her appearance.

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hen Susan Boyl e fi r st wal ked onto t he st age most stereotypes are linked t o judging whether a person
of t he Britain's Got Talent TV show people looks d angerous or not. 'In prehi st or ic times, i t was
immediat ely thought t hat she looked like a i m portant to st ay away from people who looked aggressive
47-year-old singl e woman, who lived alone with and domi nant ,' she said.
her cat (which i n fact she was). Nobody thought for a mi nut e
that she had a chance of doi ng well on the show, or coul d One reason why our brains persist i n usi ng stereotypes,
ever become a star. But when she opened her mouth and expert s say, is t hat of t en t hey give us g enerally accurate
started singi ng I Dreamed a Dream, i nformation, even if all the details aren't right.
from t he musi cal Les Miserables, Ms Boyle's ap pearance, for example,
everybody was amazed. After the accurately told us a lot about her,
video of her performance went including her socio-economic level
viral, journalists started tal king and lack of worl dly experience.
about how wrong it i s to stereotype
People's enthusiasm for Susan
people i nto categori es, and how we
Boyle, and for ot her und erdogs who
should l earn, once and for all, ' not to
end up winning, is unlikely to
j udge a book by i ts cover '.
stop us from stereotyping
But social scientists say that people. Thi s maybe one
there are reasons why we of the reasons why,
judge people based on how although Ms Boyle
they look. On a very basic expressed the
level , j udging peop le by hope that
their appearance m eans 'maybe t his
putting them quickly i nto could teach
cat egories. In t he past, them a
being able to do t his was lesson, or set
vitally i m portant, and an example,'
humans developed t he she di d begi n
ability t o judge other t o change
people in seconds. her appearance,
Susan Fiske, a professor weari ng make-up,
of psychology and dying her grey hair,
neurosci ence at and appearing in more
Princeton University, st yli sh clothing.
said t hat traditionally, Adapted from The New York Times

g Find a \¥O rd or phrase in the a r ticle fo r the definitio n s . 11 Ta lk to a partner.

Paragraph 1 l D o yo u t hi nk peop le in your cou ntr y tend to judge
1 _ _ _ \Vas sen t all over the internet other p eople by thei r app earance? In \·vhat way?
2 _ __ __ a by _____ ___ 2 Ho\v i1nportan r do you think ap peara nce is for the
judge a person by h is / her appearance fol lo\vi ng people?
• politic ian s
Paragraph 2
• TV presenters
3 absol utely essential
• b usiness people
Paragraph 3 .
• singers
4 _ __ \v hat social class • doctors
s he is and ho\.v n1uch money she h as Do you th ink it is r igh t that their a ppearance matters?
Paragraph 4 3 On \.vhat occasio ns n1ight you judge someone by their
5 _____ p eople \vho are nor expected to succeed appearan ce=-

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GRAMMAR b 0 the right verb or phrase.

~ a, b, orc. l Arsenal 1von /beat C helsea 2- 0.

2 Can you book a tennis course/ court on Friday?
1 Elliot served, but the ball ___ into tl1e net. 3 Sports players are usually very careful not to Bet injured
a went b was going c had gone /ge tfit before in1portant events.
2 The athlete fel 1at the end of the race when she _ __ 4 Real Madrid scored/ kicked a goal just before half-tin1e.
towards the finishing line. S J do/ BO swi1nn1ing every inorning during the week.
a run b was running c had run
3 l didn't realize that you two before. c Complete the words.
a didn't meet b •vere11't tneeting c hadn't met l Luke is a very cl friend. I've kno'vvn him all my life.
4 A I can't find my glasses anywhere. 2 My wife and J have a lot inc_ __
B then1 when you left home this morning? 3 Gina and I lost t after •ve both changed jobs.
a Did you wear b Were you wearing c Had you worn 4 We met in our first class at university, and we g,..._ __
5 •valk to work, or do you drive? to know each other very quickly.
a Do you use to b Do you usually c Use you to 5 Linda is getting married 11ext 1nonth. Her f 1s
6 When l \vas a child I like vegetables. Italian. He's very nice.
a don't used to b didn't used to c didn't use to d Write words beginning v,rith s for the definitions.
7 do any sport when you were at university? l the 1nusic of a filn1
a Did you use to b Use you to c Did you used to 2 the translation of the dialogue of a filn1
8 Lots of fan1ous fihns in Cortlandt Alley. 3 images often created by computer
a have shot b have been shot c has been shot 4 the most i1nporta11t actor in a fi ln1
9 He's an actor •vho hates about his private life. 5 one part of a film which happens in 011e place
a aski11g b being asking c being asked
e Complete tl1e se11tences with one word.
I 0 Why in Ne•v Zealand?
a is the fihn being 1nade b is the filn1 n1aking 1 I love working at the gyn1. J go every evening.
c is n1aking the fi hn 2 The player \Vas sent for insulting the referee.
11 Many people believe that Colun1bus An1erica . 3 My sister and her boyfriend have split _ __
a didn't really discover b \vasn't really discovered 4 Jane and J ora used to be great friends, but they fell
c weren't really discovered ___ because of a boy they both liked.
12 A I've just rung the doorbell, but there's no answer. 5 Is there anything good TV tonight?
B They in the garden. Have a look.
a can't be b might be c can be PRONUNCIATION
13 He's a bit older than me, so he in his 30s now.
a 1nust be b may be c can't be
a ~ the word with a different sound.
14 A Did you know Ann arid Simon have broken up?
B That true! I saw them together just no,v.
1 !lI\\ score dra'v court couple

a mustn't be b might be c can't be 2

~ tas te lose.: propose nose
l S A Does your sister kno\v Liam?
B She him. I'm not sure.
3
~ face eyes audience course

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a ca11't kno\v b rnay kno'v c can kno'v 4 hair sta re cars parents

VOCABULARY 5 ~-<ff)
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dra ma ar1n war enst

a Write the parts of the body that you use to do these actions. b Underline the stressed syllable.

1 kiss 3 sn1ell 5 bite - - - - l re lfe ree 3 spec!ta jtors 5 co !league

2 stare 4 clap 2 re Jview 4 dijrecltor

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CAN YOU UNDERSTAND THIS TEXT? ·~ CAN YOU UNDERSTAND THESE
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a Read the text. Do you know of any sin1i lar theatrical PEOPLE?
superstitions in your country? What are they? 3 49 >)) In tlte str eet Watch or listen to five people and
b Read the text again and choose a, b, or c. ans,ver the questions.

l Before a perforn1ance, actors often ...

a \vish each other good luck
b \Vish each other bad luck
c touch each others' legs.
2 Whistling in a theatre is considered unlucky because ... Maria Adrian Ryder Helen Liz
a it used to cause problen1s for the scene changers l Maria
b it \vas associated \V ith being out of •vork a prefers doing sport to \Vatching sport
c it confused the actors b started \vatching Formula l because of her father
3 It is bad luck to ... c likes \.Vatching athletics because it's exciting
a rehearse any pa rt of a play \Vithout an audience 2 An old fr iend of Adrian's who \Vas using online
b rehearse a play in fron t of fa rn ily rnen1be rs dating __
c get to the end of a play \Vhen nobody is \Vatching a thought the person looked less attractive in real life
b thought the person looked younger on the internet
c Cl1oose five ne•v \,\1ords or phrases fron1 the text. Check c n1arried the person they n1et on the internet
their 1neaning and pronunciation and try to learn then1. 3 Ryder hasn't cheated by __
a using his phone
b bringing a book to an exan1
c looking at another student's exam
4 Helen likes Dirty Da11cin8 because __
a she loves the soundtrack
b son1e of the actors in it are attractive
A!ong with sports players, theatre professionals ~.;:;,,,o.....
are considered some of the most superstitious c ir rnakes her laugh
people around. These are some of their more 5 Liz chose her profile photo because she looks __ in it.
common beliefs and practices. a attractive b silly c unusual

NOT WISHING "GOOD LUCK'' CAN YOU SAY THIS IN ENGLISH?

Generally. it is considered bad luck to wish someone 'good luck'
in a t heatre. Before a performance, it is traditional for the cast Do the tasks \Vith a partner. Tick (.f) the box if you can do
to get together and prevent bad luck by wishing each ot her then1.
bad luck. English actors used to say to each other 'I hope you Can you ... ?
break a leg', and even today actors and musicians oft en say
'break a leg' to each other instead of 'good luck' before they go 1 0 tell an anecdote about son1eth ing that happened _ ~
on stage. to you using the past sim.ple, past continuous, "J?'
and past perfect '
WHISTLING 2 [J talk about three past and three
It is considered bad luck for an actor to whistle on or off present habits of yours
L describe a film , sayi ng 'vhere is \vas set, ~
stage. Original stage crews were often hired from ships
3
which were in por t. and whose sailors were temporarily
\Vhat it is based on, \vho it \Vas directed by,
unemployed. These sailors. as they did on ships. often used
and \Vhat you thought of it
special whistles to communicate scene changes to each
other. If an actor whistled. this could confuse the sailors into 4 L make deductions about a fan1ous person
changing the set or scenery at the wrong t ime. u ing nii[Jht be, 1nust be and can't be

NOT WITHOUT AN AUDIENCE ·~ Short films Iconic film locations

It is considered bad luck to complete a performance of a play VIDEO Watch and enjoy a film on iTutor.
when there is no audience. For this reason actors never say
t he last line of a play during rehearsals, or some production
compan ies allow a limited number of people (usually f riends.
family, and reviewers) to at tend t he dre ss rehearsals.
G first condit ional and future t ime clauses + when, until, etc. What will you
V education do if you don't pass
P the letter u your exams?
I'll probably
retake them.

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1 VOCABULARY education
a You have two 111inutes. f\ns\.ver as
1 How many wives did
rnany of quest ions 1-8 as you can Ki'nj Henry VIII have?
in 011e 111inute. How n1any did you 2 What is the ca;;ital ofBrazil?
get right?
3 Who wrote David Co;;;;erfteld?
b 2 >)) Now n1atch the questions
with these school subjects. Then 4 How many me.rJ.abJtes are
listen and check. there in a3ljabyte?
D biology who develo;;ed the theory
D chemistry ofrelativity?
D geography
D history What is Sx18 + 4?
D information technology 7 How manx lt?Js does
D literature an insect "have?
D maths
D physics 8 what is water made of?
c > p.161 Voca bulary Bank
Education.

2 PRONUNCIATION & SPEAKING d Intervie\v your partner using the questionnaire.

Ask for more information.
t he letter u
p The letter u
The letter u is usually pronounced /ju/, e.g. uniform or ft,/,
YOUR EDUCATION
e.g. lunch and somet imes /u:/, e.g. true, or fol, e.g. put. • What kind of secondary school I you go to?
• I you like it?
a Put the \Vords in the correct colun111.
• How many pupils I there in each class?
education full lunch music nun pupil put result Do you think it I the right number?
rude rules student study subject true university • How much homework/you usually get?
• I you think it I too much?

~ rn ·t i /ju!/ • I you have t o wear a uniform? I

you like it7 Why (not)?
• I your t eachers too strict or not
strict enough? Why? What kind of
punishments I they use?
• I pupils behave well?
I

• Which subjects I you good and bad at?

b 4 6 >)) Listen a nd check. Pract ise saying the \VOrds.
• Which I your best and worst subjec t ?
Why do \Ve say a university but an umbrella?

c 4 7 >)) Listen and \.Vtite fou r sentences. <;:!!1at kind of secondary school did (do) you go to?
3 LISTENING

areth Malone first made hi s name on TV as a

choirmast er in BBC Two's The Choir, a series
in whi ch he brought together all kinds of
different people who had never sung before ;<..Y.. MALQl\l.i'
and turned them into accomplished singers. ~«., ~,~
Last April, Gareth took on what was cJ'
perhaps an even bi gger challenge.
He became a pri mary school
teacher for a term. His mi ssi on - , .
was t o teach a group of 11-year- ~
old boys from a mixed primary school ~C <Q_O
i n Essex in the south of England. Many of }/OOL fQ~ .
the boys weren't doing very well at school and,
like many other boys jn Bri tai n, they were a long way
behi nd t he gi rl s in reading and wri ting. The result is
Gareth Malone's Extraordinary School for Boys -
a three-part series for BBC Two ...
-••\ . ... . = -- '
a Look at the photos above. \Vhat can you see? No\.v read
about Gareth Malone's Ext1'aardina1y School jar Bo)'S. 4 SPEAKING
In you r country, are boys usually behind girls in
reading and writing? a In groups of three, eacl1 choose one (different) topic
from the list belo\v. Decide if you agree or disagree and
b Bl)) Listen to Part 1 of a radio progran1n1e about the \¥rite dov.rn at least three reasons.
experiment and a11swer t he quest ions. • Boys and girls both learn better in single-sex
1 Ho\v long did Gareth have to teach t he boys? schools.
2 \Vhat \vas his aim? • Schools should let children wear what ever they
3 What three things did he believe \Vere in1portant? want at school.
• Cooking and housework should be taught at school.
c 4 9 l)) Listen to Part 2 . Co1nplete the chart.
• Schools don't teach children t he import ant things
Gareth made 1 t heyneedto knowtobe an adult .
some general • Physical education should be optional.
changes, for
example: • School summer holidays should be shorter.
• Children spend too much t ime at school on maths
2
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• <ti
'-t-T!'--· and IT, and not enough on things like music, art, and
~~:-.. drama.
:r- ...
• Private schools are usually bet ter than st at e
To improve 1 A _ _ _ __ ___ competition schools.
, their language
skills he 2 A _ _ _ __ _ __ 'World Cup' j) Debating a topic: organizing your ideas
' organized: • The t opic I've chosen is ...
3 A , which the
• I completely agre e that ...
boys (and girls) had to bot h write and
partly ag ree
perf orm complet ely disagree
• First of all, (I t hink tha t ...)
d Listen again. Ho'v successful \¥ere rhe rhree activities? • My second point is tha t. ..
• Another import ant point is that ...
e 4) 10 >)) No\v listen to P art 3 to find out what the result
• Finally,. ..
of the experin1ent was. Did the boys' reading in1prove?

f What do you think of Gareth's ideas? Do you thi nk b Explain to the rest of your group \Vhat you th ink about
they are appropriate for girls? Are any of then1 used in your topic. The others in the group should listen. At t he
your country? end, t hey can vote for \¥hether they agree or disagree
with you and say \vhy.
5 GRAMMAR fi rst condit ional and f ut ure time 6 READING & SPEAKING
clauses + when, until, et c. a Re ad the a r ticle once.
a In pairs, a11swer tl1e ques tions. \\That is a ' tiger m o ther ' ?

J \Vhen \Vas the last time yo u did a n exarn ? Did you pass o r fa il?
2 \Vhat's the next exam you are going to do? Ho\v do yo u feel about it?
3 Ho~' do you usually feel before you do an exam?
4 \\ That do you usually do the night before a n exam?
5 Have yo u ever failed an in1por tan t exam you though t you had
passed (or vice versa)?
b 11, 12 J)) Listen to Olivia arid Ton1asz, "vho a re waiting for their
exan1 results , and answer the questions.
I Dothey think they havepassed?
2 When and ho\v \Viii t hey get the resul ts of the exan1?
3 How \Viii they celebrate if they get good results ?
4 \Vhat do they \Vant to do if they get good results?
5 What will they do if they fa il, or if they don't get the results that
they need?

p Exams
Exam result s can be given as marks (usually out of 10 or 100) or
as grades (A, 8, C, et c.). A level marks are given in grades. IELTS =
International English Language Testing System. It is an accept ed
qualifi cation in universities and instit ut ions all over t he world.

c fJ. 13 J)) Listen a nd complete the sentences.

1 T hey \von't give 111e a place unles s _ __ __ __
2 When I' ll take the let ter upstairs and open it.
3 I don't \Va nt to pla n a ny ce le brations until _ _ _ _ _ __
4 If I don't get into Cambridge, _ _ _ _ _ __
5 I'll take the exam again a s s oon a s _ _ _ _ _ __
d f.i 14 J)) Listen to Olivia a nd
To n1asz. W hat gr ades/ n1ar ks
did they get? W hat are they
going t o do?

e >- p.144 Grammar Bank 7A. A lot of people wonder why so many Chi nese
Le arn n1ore about first children are maths geniuses and musical
conditionals and fu t ure tin1e pro digies. Amy Chua expla ins why in her book
clauses, a11d practise then1. Battle Hymn of the Tig er Mother. It is a book which
ca used great controvem among parents when
f Ask and a ns\ver \vith a partner . it was first published. 2 ,

Make full sente nces. Chua marri ed a man who she met at Harvard
University, and when their t wo daughters were
\\That 'viii you do ... ? born she was determined tha t they would be as
• as soon as you get ho n1e successful as she was.
• if you don't pass yo ur Her system had strict rules. Her two
English exan1 daught ers were expected to be number one
• "vhen th is cou rse fi nishes in every su bj ect (except gym and drama) and
• if it ra ins at t he \Veekend 3 . Playing with frien ds and
TV was forbjMen. Music was compulsory.
g >- Communication
Three in a row p.106. The system seemed at fi rst to be working. From
a very early age her daughters Sophia and Lulu
were outs..tanding pup ils and musical prodi gies.

• •
b Read the article again and put the phrases A-H in the
correct places.

A 'They are a mystery to me,' she says

B Later Sophia was even allowed to go to a rap concert
C ask why she didn't get Bn A in maths
D Chua spent much of her daughters' childhood
shouting at them and criticizing every mistake
t hey made
E Born in the Uni tes States to Chinese immigrant
parents
F In fact, she is glad her mother made her learn
G to be at least two years ahead of their classmates in
maths
Tr 'There's no musical ta lent in my family,' she says, 'it's
just hard work'

c Tn pai rs, look at the high liglfilQI words and pl1rases and
,vork out their n1eaning f ron1 the context.

d Read three responses that \Vere posted after the article

\Vas published. Do you agree \Vith any of them?

Wow, what a different way of looking at how to learn!

Amy Chua certainly shows that strict discipline works.
But personally I think thar being positive and encouraging
children is better than being so strict.
J disagree with the idea that children on their own never
At 13 Sophia played a piano solo at the Carnegie Ha ll in
want to work. My son was motivated by himself to succeed
New York, and at 12, Lulu a violi nist, was the leader of a
in music. Jf having strict and pushy parents is what it takes
prestigious orchestra for young people. Chua chose maths to be a child prodigy, then I feel sorry for the child. Yes, they
and music for her daughters, but it seems that they could might be very successful but at what cost? What is the rest of
have excelle in anything. 4 _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
their life going to be like?
Eventually Chua realized that she was pushing her
T agreethat no matter what we do in life, hard work is
daughters too hard . Lulu had always rebelled the most, and
required to be successful. That's a great lesson to learn.
when she was 13 she refused to co-operate at all. After
BUT, it should be accompanied by love and respect for the
a series of violent arguments, Chua decided to give her
child.
daughters a little more freedom, and Lulu immedia tely gave
up violin lessons and took up tennis. 5 .
e Talk to a partner.
Many people have been shocked by the book.
6 . She once sent her daughter Lulu, 1 What do you think of Amy Chua's system?
aged three, into the garden without her coat when it was 2 Were (are) your parents strict about your education?
-6° because she had behaved badly at her first piano lesson. 3 Did they (do they)...?
However, the girls do not seem to resent their mother. • help you with your homework
Sophia said that she herself chose to accept the system, • make you study a certain number of hours every day
and after the book was published she wrote an article • punish you if you didn't (don't) pass exams
defending her mother. Lulu says that although she no longer • let you go out with friends during the week
wants to be a violini st, she still loves playing the violin.
• let you choose your extra activit ies
1 . Soph ia is
• make you do extra activit ies that you didn't (don't)
now studying law at Harvard, and
realty want to do
Lulu is doing wel l at high school
and winning tennis trophies. "*
Interestingly Chua, who was brought ftJ make and let
up in a family of four girls, has no After make and let we use the infinit ive without to.
idea whether she could apply her fvly parents made me work very hard.
Chinese parenting system to boys. They didn't let me go out during the week.
8

Adapted from The Times

G second conditional
If I could
V houses
afford it , I'd move
P sentence stress I wouldn't. I like
out tomorrow.
living with my
parents.

1 GRAMMAR second conditional

a Work \¥ith a partner. Describe the t \¥0
photos, then ans\.ver the questions.
1 \.Vhich of the t\¥0 houses would you prefer
•'. ~
' to live in? \\Thy?
-'. -. 2 \.Vho do you live \¥ith? Do you get on well?
• Do you argue about anything? What ?
b Read the article. How i11any of the people
would like to leave 110111e?

- - Still living at home?

More and more young people in their
20s all over the world are living with their
parents, because it is too expensive
for them to rent or buy a place of their
own. Are you living at home? Are you
happy with it? Post a comment at
#stilllivingathome

c Read the a r ticle again . Who . . . ?

1 is not happy living at home because of
fam ily conflict
2 thinks his/ her parents thin k of him / her as
st ill being a teenager
3 thinks that t he advantage of living at hon1e
is not having to do any \.vork
4 \.VOtdd like to be able to decorate his / her
hon1e in his / her O\.vn taste
d Look at the article again, and ans\;ver the
q uestions.
1 In the llig@igntc phrases, what tense is the
verb after if?
2 W hat tense is the other verb?
3 Do the ph rases refer to a) a situation they
are imagi ning orb) a situation that \viii
probably happen soon?
e >- p.145 Grammar Bank 78. Learn n1ore
about the second conditiona l and prac tise it.
2 PRONUNCIATION & SPEAKING
Comments sent ence stress
Vivienne @Montreal, Canada a 18 l)) Listen and repeat the sentences. Copy the rh ythn1.
ll I Fiau::th e money" I woilld
ove out immediately. A ll I 1 If 1lived on my own, I'd have to pay rent.
want is somewhere that's my 2 Would you leave home if you got a job?
own, where I can do what I 3 Even if 1could afford it, 1wouldn't move out.
want, where I can have my
4 If it were my flat, I'd be happy to do the cleaning.
own furniture and pictures,
w here no one can tell me w hat 5 I'd get on better w ith my parents if I didn't live at home.
to do. 1lfJ f.was..m~ Rface,.J:d4beJ
nappy toao file cleaning and b )ii- Communication Guess the sentence A p.107 B p.111.
things like that, I would look
c Choose three of th e sen tence beginnings belov; and co1nplete
after it. But at the moment it's
then1 in a way 'vh ich is true for you .
just a dream, because I can't
find a job. ... could live any\vhere in n1y tO\Vll o r c ity, I'd live .. .
. . .\von a 'd rearn holiday' in a cornpetitio n, I'd go .. .
. . .cou ld choose any car I liked, I'd have a .. .
Marco @Naples, Italy
I'm perfectly happy living at
home. I rved OJ1..l11Y'. o_wn
I I ... could choose n1y ideal job, I'd be . ..
... had n1ore t in1e, I'd learn ...
I'd bave to pay rent, do the
. .. had to go abroad to \.vork, I'd go to ...
housework, and the cooking.
Here my mother does my d Work w ith a partner. A say your first sentence. T r y to get the
washing, she cleans my room , right rhyrhrn. B ask for n1orc information. T he n say your first
and of course she cooks, and senten ce.
her food is wonderful. I have a
If I could live anywhere in my city, ) ( Why in the old town?
nice room, I have my computer
I'd live in the old town~ 2...--
w here I can watch TV... Why
would I want to leave? Even if
couldAatforC:Lit, .CWouldo:LmoveJ
ou ~ . Not until I get married ...
3 VOCABULARY houses

Andrea @Melbourne, Australia

It isn't that my parents a ren't
good to me, they are. If lh"eyl
were 't I wou d 't ive w·t
tffiem But I just don't feel
independent. I'm 29, but I sofa washing machine lamp
sometimes worry that if I come
back very late after a night out,
I'll find them still awake waiting
up for me. It's never happened,
but it still makes me want to
move out.

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Carlos @Valencia, Spain a With a partner, \.vr ite five \VOrds in each column.
. . -~
·- • , .;• .' I'd love to move out. I get on
~• . .
.

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.
well with my parents, but I b >- p.162 Vocabulary Bank Houses.
...., .· . .
'

:.
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.
think \!Jig etLooAw itlllb ern.eveoJ
fie er 1f la ian111ve a ..DQlile. My c Ans wer t he questions \vith a partner.
mother drives me mad - it isn't What's t he difference be t\veen ... ?
her fault, but she does. And I'd l the outskirts a nd the suburbs 5 a chimney and a fireplace
really like to have a dog, but my
2 a village and a tO\Vn 6 the ground floor and the first floor
mother is allergic to them.
3 a roof and a ceiling 7 '"'oocl and \vooden
4 a balco ny a nd a terrace
4 READING
a Do you kno\v \vhere Tchaikovsky 'vas fron1
and 'vl1at he did?

b Look at the photos ofTchaikovsky's house.

Which do you think s ho,vs .. . ?
a the place '"here he con1posed
b the place >vhere he \vrote letters
c his favourite place
c 22 >)) Read arid listen to the aud io g uide
once to check.

d Read the g uide again. \Vhat is the

connection bet\veen these things and
Tchaikovsky's house?
l Maidanovo
2 'l'he Palhetique sympho ny
3 /\lext:i
4 Li I ies o f the valley
5 Ooroshenko
6 The International Tchaikovsky
Co1npetition
e Look at the filg il1g te \VOrds and first try
to \vork o u t their rneaning fron1 context.
Then match them >Vith definitio ns 1- 8.
1 _ __ _ _ _ __ in good o rder
2 _ __ _ __ __ stay or continue
3 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ having a vie\v of
4 _ _ _ __ _ _ fixed to a 'vall \Vitha
cord
5 - -- - -- -- n1ake srh become
6 - - - - - - - - \vithout a pattern or
decoration
7 _ _ _ _____ s th that is ovvned (by
son1eone)
8 _ _ ____ a piece of furniture
\Vith shelves to keep
books in
f I-lave you ever visited the house \vl1ere a
fan1ous person \¥as born or lived? Where
\vas it? \.Vhat do you especial ly ren1en1ber
about it?

m
5 LISTENING & SPEAKING
t a 4 23 >)) List en to fou r A n1e rica n

s a rchitectu re s tude nts describing their

'drean1 house'. W hich speaker's house is .. . ?
D the n1ost hi-tech
D the n1ost luxurious
D the most eco-friendly
D the most ron1antic
b Listen again a nd 111a ke no tes abou t the
In 1885 Tchaikovsky wrote to a friend, locatio n and special features o f each house.

''fl1cse days I dream of' settling - -P~

in a village not far from l\IoscoV\1

-....--....
,vhere I car1 feel at home.' ~peal'e.r. 2

irst he rented a sm all ho use in the village ofMaidanovo.

F But N1aida novo \.vas too full of tou rists in the stun1ner, and
Tcha ikovsky had too n1any visitors, \.vhen \•vhat he wanted was peace
a nd quiet. Eventually he found the perfect house, in the sm all to\vn ... . _.... . '.
of l{.lin. It \•Vas 85 kilo1netres nor th\vest of Mosco\.v a nd he lived
••
there until his death on 6 November 1893. It is the place where he . - --, .... -)_..._.-:
\Vrote his last m ajor \.vork, his 6th Syrnphony, or the Pathitique as it is .---
sometimes called.
It's a grey \.vooden house \.vith a g reen roof Tchaikovsky's servant
Alexei lived on the grou nd fl oor, and the kitchen a nd dining room .
\Vere On the first floor. rf chaikovsky himself lived On the Second floor.
T he sitting roo1n a nd study, '~;here his pia no is located, is the largest c 24 >)) No\v lis ten to fou r sentences the
room in the house and there is a fireplace a nd a bookcase vvith his students said. \Vhy do the speakers use
music books. His writing desk,. vvhere he wrote letters every morning 1vould?
a fter b reakfast, is at the end of the room. But the place vvhere he
composed 1nusic ,.vas in his bedroom, on a plain,
d Think for a few n1inutes about vvhat your
d rean1 house or flat would be like a nd n1a ke
u npa inted table UYerluuking the garden.
b r ie f notes . Use > p.162 Vocabulary Ban'k
In his final years, Tchaikovsky's great love Houses to 11elp you .
\vas his garden. It vvas not a tidy English-style \Vhcre \VOuld it be?
garden, b ut more like a fo rest. H e adored
\Vhat kind of house or flat \VOtild it be?
flovvers, particularly lilies of the valley, and
\Vhat special fea tures \VOu Id it have?
a fter his death, his brother M odest, vvho had
decided to turn il1e house in~o a m useum, planted e In groups, descr ibe your dream ho uses . Try
thousands of lilies of the valley around the garden. to d escribe your ho use in as m uch de tail as
possible . \ Vhose do you like best ?
I n 1917, after the Bolshevik revolu tion, a n a narch ist named
D oroshenko lived there vvith his family. People say that he fired shots
a t the por trait of Pope Innocent 1h ang i11g in one of the bedrooms. He 6 WRITING
\Vas fi nally arrested in April, and the house becan1e the p ropcrt)l of
the state.
> p.118 Writ ing Describing a house or f lat.
\Vrite a description of your house o r f lat for
Since 1958, t he win ners of the annual International Tchaikovsky a house ren tal vvebsire .
Co1npetition have all been invited to come to K lin to p lay his pia no,
and there is a trad ition that each musician plants a tree in his garden
in the hope that, like his music, it vvill ~ ernaill beautiful for ever. 7 412s l)) SONG If I Could Build fvly
Whole World Around You ~

Jil!t<,,..; m
Boys' night out •

1 ·~ ROB AND PAUL ·~ MAKING SUGGESTIONS

2 VIDEO
VIDEO CATCH UP
a 4 27 >)) \Vatch or listen to Pau l, Rob, and Jenny talking about
\vhar to do after dinner. \ Vhat do Paul and Rob decide to do?
\Vhat excuse does Jenny give? \ Vhat does she do in the end?

a 4 26 >)) \Vatch or listen to Ro b and Pa ul.

\Vhat does Pau l th ink of Jenny?

b \ Vatch or listen again . Mark the sentences

T (true) or F (false). Correct the F sentences.
I Rob used to play pool 'vhen he ,,·as younger. b \Vatch o r listen again. Ans,vcr \Vith P aul, R ob, or Jenny.
2 Rob has a lot of free tin1e. Who suggests ... ?
3 Rob ha<l fai r hair the last ti.n1 e Paul sa\v l D going dancing
hi n1. 2 D doing so1n e exercise
4 Paul thinks Rob has changed a lot. 3 LJ going to a club
5 Jenny's parents gave l:Zob the hirr he's
. 4 '1 goingtoanarcgallery
\vear1ng.
5 LJ stayi ng ac ho111e
6 Rob doesn't \\·anc co keep Jenny \Va iring.
6 ~ going to a gig
-
7 _J 111eeting Kerri

•
c 4 28 >)) Look at son1e extracts fron1 the conversation.
3 • ._ THE MORNING AFTER THE
Can you ren1en1ber any of the n1is ing \vords? \Vatch
VIDEO NIGHT BEFORE
or Ii ten and check.

l Paul What shall we now?

Rob What do you want t o do?
Paul Well. .. I haven't been on a dance floo r for weeks
now. I've got t o move my body. gQJ
dancing!

2 Jenny I'm going running in the morning. Why. ···- i

you join me?
Paul No thanks. I'm not very on ruooiog,
But I've read about this place called Deep Space,
where they play great music. We go
there.

3 Jenny _ _ __ about going to the late snow at

MOMA?
Paul MOMA? What's that?
a 4 30 >)) \Vatch or listen to Rob and Jenny talki ng on the
4 Jenny _ _ --~ ab~ou t staying in and watching a
phone. W hat's the proble1n?
movie on TV?
Paul I'm in ~ew York. I can watch TV anywhere. b Watch or listen again. Con1plete rhe sentences 'vi th
5 Paul I didn't think so. So w_g.go ere? 1- 3 \Vords.
Rob _ _ _ not?
1 Robsays thathe'sfeel ing _ __ __
6 Rob We meet her outside and go 2 Kerri in\•ited Rob and Paul to __
t ogether.
That's a gre
,,,_.a,,,..tc_ _ _ _.
3 Rob says that he can't n1ake
Paul
4 Jenny is upset because ir's an
5 R.ob prorn ises t hat _ ____ again.
0 Verb forms
6 Rob also says that Pau l _____ that after noon .
' Remember to use the infinit ive without to after:
Shall we... We could... Why don't you I we... Let's... 7 Jenny tells Don that Rob is such _ _ _ _ _
Remember to use the gerund after:
c Look at the Social E n glish phrases. Can you
What about... ? How about... 7
remen1ber any of the missing ,,·ords?
-
d Look at t he hig 111glitea expressions for n1aking a11d Social English phrases
responding to suggestions. \\l hich of the \vays of Jenny Where are you C :a
1naking suggestions do you think is the niost en1pl1atic? Rob That's. ""] I'm calling. I'm not going t o make it.
Rob It won't agaJn.
e 4 29 >)) Watch or listen and repeat rhe Illig i iguted
Rob He's t o Boston this af ternoon.
ph rases. C opy the rhythn1 and intonation.
Jenny I mean, . not that I don't like Paul, but ...
f Pracri ·e the dialogues in c ' virh a pa rtner. Don I want ed to have a_ with him before the
meeting.
g aaA In 111all groups. practise niaking suggestion s and Jenny He's ' . a professional.
responding.
d 4 31 >)) \Vatch o r listen and co1nplete the phrases.
You are going to have an e nd-of-te rn1 class party.
You need to d ecide: e Watch or listen again and repeat the phrases. 1-Io\v do
• When ro have it you say them in your language?
• \Vhe re to have it
• W hat ti n1e to have it • Can you ...?
• vVhar food and drink to have LJ use different ways of making suggestions
.--. respond to suggestions
apologize and make an excuse
G reported speech: sentences and questions She said t hat
V shopping, making nouns from verbs
she was going
P the letters ai
to complain.
Did they give
her a refund?

1 GRAMMAR reported speech: sentences and questions

a Look at the home page of a ne\v \vebsite. \Vhat do you th ink you can sell or buy there?

HOME BUYIT SELL IT TELL IT

Welcome! 5,~eet & Sin1plc Engagen1ent Ring

Never Liked It Any wayn• ;, .1 pl.Kc where once
lo' eJ gifts from once fo,cd lo' er.; get a 'l'<:ond
chance ... " \\'ell ' "hen l first 1net him he "·as
ch,1rming ,1nd ~"·eet and funny -
\\'t•',·e all lx-cn there. most of you kno" ho" ' that goes right?
\\'e'\'e all got stori~ to lt'll and tlungs to sell. After a couple of yea rs, things started
I his is .1 place full of mdr\'l.'llou> d<·al>. happening ... I fou nd things that
ind icatl!d he " 'ilS c h ea ling .. ."
l.N tht' ftm bl'gin!
Real i vorld Price: $2,500.00

b 4 32 >)) Liste11 to part of a rad io progran1111e about

this new website. D id you guess right?

c Listen again and ans\ver the quest ions.

1 \.Vhy did Annabel Acton set it up?
2 \Vhat kind of things do people selI on it?
3 \Vhat else do they do apart fro111 sell ing things?
f > p.146 Grammar Bank SA. Learn 1nore
about repo rted sentences and questions, and
d look at three things fron1 the \vebsite and ans\ver the
O \V practise then1.
questions \Vith a partner.
g 35 >)) l n1agine you \Vere stopped in a
I \Vould you like to buy <tny of then1 ? shopping 111a ll last Sat urday by a \V01nan doing
2 \Vh ich break-up do you think \Vas the ' vorst? a survey. Listen and \Vrite do\vn the questions
3 Do you have anything you \vould li ke to sell on the vvcbsire? she asked . T hen vvr itc your ansvvers.
e Look at fou r sentences fro1n rhe \-vebs ite. \Vhat do you th ink \vere h \.Vork in pairs. Take it in tu rns to tell your
the actual \VOrds that the people used \vhen they said these rh ings? partner abou t the survey, vvhat the 'von1an
asked ,vou, a nd \vhat ,vou said .
My fianee told me that he '"a' in love \Vith another \\ On1an.
2 She said that she"d c.: on1e and pick it up. Last Saturday I was in shopping mall
3 I asked if it \Vas ne''· and a woman who was doing a survey
4 I ac;ked her \Vho had given it 10 her.
~
stopped me. She asked me if I usually...

I ' / '111 i n love 1vitha11.other 1vo 111a11.'

2 VOCABULARY & SPEAKING
Wedding dress shopping
sold by \ lari .1 111~
Real World Price: $1 .20 0.0 0 a In pairs, say if you t hink these are the same
Break-up price: $500.00 or different. T hen check \¥ith your teacher.
T he Product: l buy so1nethi ng on li ne and buy son1ething
Never \vorn, still has price tags. on the internet
Selli ng 111<Hching veil and other 2 a chemis t's and a pharinacy
extras.
3 an outlet store and a depart rne nt store
The Story: 4 a shopping centre and a s hopping n1all
T \VO \Veeks before our wedding \Vas
5 a library and a bookshop
supposed to take place. 111y fiance
phoned and told 1n e that he >vas in 6 put on a shirt and tty on. a shirt
love \~1 i th another won1an. T'1n over 7 ltfitsyou and ItsuitS)'OLL.
it no~1 • but selling the dress wi11 help 8 a sale and the sales
111e to 1nove on.
b With your part ner, explain the n1eaning of
the \¥ords in the list.
( BUY IT ]

a bargain a d iscount a p rice tag

a receipt a refund t ake s th back

Apple Macbook pro c Work with a d ifferent partner. Interview

sold by Carl
Real World Price: $850
hin1 / her \¥ith the questionnaire below. Ask
Break-up price: $250 for a nd give as many details as you can.

T he Product:
Everything works fine. A few Shopping - in town or online?
scratches .
................. ............ ............ ... .. ............... .
'
1 What's your favourite shop or website
T he Story:
to buy...?
My ex-girl friend left it here \vhen
she \val ked out. She said that she'd 0 a c lot hes
con1e and pick it up. but she never 0 b s hoes
d id. Her new guy 1nust have a lot of O c boo ks a nd music
money 1 0 d pres ents
0 e food
2 Do you ever shop ...? What do you buy?
BUY IT O a in street ma rkets
O b in su permarkets
O c in s hop pi ng centres or malls
0 d on line
Tiffany heart necklace 3 What do you ... ?
5olcl by EII i~
Real World Price: Sl.400.00 0 a e njoy buying
Break-up price: $650.00 0 b hate buying
4 Do you p refer shopping for c lothes...?
The Story:
I got this truly lovely necklace O a by yourself or with somebody
as a Christn1as present fron1 n1y O b at the beginning of t he season or in
boyfriend Andy. A year later l the sales
went to a party at his office and 1 5 What do you think are the advantages and
saw a g irl wearing the exact sa1ne
disadvantages of buying clothes on line?
neck lace. I asked if it \vas new. and
she yes. it was a present. so l asked
her who had g iven it to her. and she [~_E_rr_a_11_a_d_d_r_e_ss~~~~~~~~~J ~~·~~
said Andy. I du1nped hin1 the next
day.

( BUY IT ]
3 READING d No\v read Clive's top tips. Co1nplete the tips
vvith a heading fro1n the list.
a ln you r country, if people have a problen1 with so1netl1ing they've
DON'T BE TOO SPECIFIC
bought, or with the service in a shop o r restaura n t, do they usually
con1plain? If not, v.1hy not? DON'T LOSE YOUR TEMPER
KNOW WHO YOU ARE WRITING TO
b R ead the article The Kin& of Complainel's. \\l hich of t hese THREATEN ACTION
adject ives (or any others) \Vould you use to describe Clive? '0.' hy? WRITE A LETTER
USE FLATTERY
admirable clever crazy eccentric mean obsessive
e O\V look at the 111igfiligfitea verbs and verb
c \Vhat d oes Clive thin k is the best \vay to con1pla in ? W hat d id he phr ases . \ Vith a partner, try to \VO rk o u t
get as a resu lt of complain ing abou t . . . ? their n1eaning fro n1 the contex t.
1 the s n1e ll of biscuits 3 his \vife's fa ll dur ing a holiday f \:Vl1icl1 tvvo tips do you thin k are the most
2 a friend's fau ky car 4 son1e old stra\vberries in1portant?

. -. . ~ .. .
live Zietman loves complaining - but not shouting in hotel lobbies,

The King of or angrily telling a shop assistant to call the manager, or making
_. a waitress cry. He loves complaining properly and in writing. Over
the Last twenty years he has written over 5,000 letters of complaint.
Complainers His successes include refunded holidays, countless free meals, and
complimentary theatre tickets.
So how has he achieved this? 'Screami ng and
shouti ng i s a complete waste of ti me and is
usually directed at a person who is not in a
posit ion t o do anyt hi ng,' he says. 'I like to write
a polite let ter to the company. People won't want to help
you if you are aggressive, they respond much better to good manners.'
It all started many years ago, on a boring train journey home t o West
London. The t rain passed by the McVitie's biscuit factory, and the smell
of the biscui ts made Clive feel hungry. He wrote a letter to the managi ng
- director to complai n, in a humorous way, about the fumes coming through
the carriage wi ndow. The result? Some free packets of biscuits. But since
then there have been more serious victories as well. On one occasion he
managed to get a Volkswagen Golf GTI wi t hin 24 hours for a friend who
had been complaining for almost a year (without any success)
~~;;;;~...._'1111 about his faulty vehicle. On another occasion he got a
t ravel agent to refund the cost of a holiday worth £2,000,
after Clive's wife Bettina broke her leg when she slipped
in a puddle of water in t heir holiday apart ment in Spain.
These days, t here is almost nothing he won't complain
about. After Clive was served mouldy strawberries on a
0 British Airways flight, he used a courier service to send
the f ruit to t he airli ne's chief executive. To compensate,
BA i nvited hi s daughters, Nina and Zoe, to Heathrow to
personally inspect t he ai rline's catering facilities. 'I just can't
0 bear bad service,' says Clive. 'We have a right to good servi ce, and should
expect i t and demand it. In fact, what irritates me more than anythi ng i s
that, unli ke Americans, we British are hopeless at complai ning.'
So how do Bettina, his wife, and daughters Nina, 22, Zoe, 18, and 12-year-
old son Joe cope with living with Britain's biggest complainer? Surely he
must be a nightmare to live wi th? Has he ever asked Bettina to explain why
a meal she made is badly cooked? 'Oh no, of course
not,' says Clive. It seems there are some things
even he knows you should never complain
about!

Adapted from the Daily Mail website

m
How to complain 4 PRONUNCIATION th e letters ai
successfully: a Say the words aloud, then w rite them in the correct colu1nn.
Clive s top ti ps
1

airline bargain cert ain complain email fair obt ain

hairdresser mount ain paid painting repair
1
Never shout and swear - i t achi eves
nothi ng. Don't si;ioil your m eal or your
holi day by gett i ng i nto an argument
wi t h a wait er or customer services call
centre operator. Make a mental note
of t he circumst ances and write a let ter
later.

2
Don't send emails, or standard, pr i nted- b 4 36 >)) Listen a nd check, and t he n ans\ver the questions.
out complai nt s for ms. Companies l W hat is the pronunciat ion of ai \vhen it is a) stressed b) unstressed?
may not read t hese but t hey probably
will read a let ter. And unless you are 2 How is air us ually pronounced?
part icular ly fond of Vivaldi, don't 3 Is said pronou need /serd/ or /sed/?
waste your time ringi ng a customer
complai nt s li ne! Your letter should be
c (1)37 >)) Lis ten a nd w rite four sentences. Practise saying them.
short and t o t he poi nt and should fit
on one side of A4 paper. A nd t ype it.
Readi ng other people's handwri t i ng i s 5 VOCABULARY making nouns f rom verbs
hard wor k.
a Look at some nouns frorn the article. 'vYhat verbs do they con1e fron1?
3
complaint argument compensat ion
Write to the company's market ing
di rect or or fi nance di rector, as t hey're
probably the least busy. Fi nd t heir name b )ii-- p.163 Vocabulary Bank Word building. D o Part 1.
on the internet, or by phoni ng. Wr it i ng
Dear Sir/ Madam i s l azy. Taki ng t he
ti me to fin d a person's name and titl e 6 LISTENING & SPEAKING
shows i nitiative.
a 4 40 J)) Liste11 to pa rt of a radio consu n1er progra rn 1ne v.1 here
4 people are talking about bad service . What did the people
If your complai nt i s serious enough, con1plain about .. . ?
make it clear you will not hesitate to
l in the taxi 2 in the hotel 3 in the restaurant
change to anot her bank / m obi l e phone
company. Smar t companies know that b Listen again a nd answer the questions.
changi ng an angry customer i nto a
satisfied one wi ll make t he customer 1 Who did each person con1plain to?
m ore loyal. 2 \.Vhat did the people they con1plained to do as a result?

5 c Tal k to a par tne r.

Don't say exactly what you expect to 1 Who's best at complaining in your family? Give examples.
recei ve as compensation. Leave it to t he
company. 2 Can you remember a t ime when you (or someone in your family)
complained ...?
6 • to a t axi driver • to a hotel recept ionist
Use phrases like 'I can only imagine • to a wait er • t o someone else
thi s is an unusual departu re from your Why did you complain? What did you say? What happened?
usual hi gh standards,' and 'I would
love to shop wit h you again if you can d )ii-- Communication I want to speak to the manager A p.107
demonstra te to me t hat you are still as B p.111. Role-play a c us tomer complaining to a shop assis tant and
good as I know you used to be'.
a rest au ra nt ma nager.
Glossar y
lose your t empe r becon1e angry
threaten verb " 'arn that you n1ay punish sb if they
<ln no t <lo w hat vou want
7 WRITING
'
flattery noun saying
111a\'
, tlor 111ca 11
good things ahnuc sh that you
>- p.119 Writing A letter of complaint. Write a letter to con1plain
abour so1nething you bought online.
G gerunds and infinitives
V work Do you like
Yes. I'm an
P word stress your job?
accountant -
I enjoy w orkin g
with numbers.

1 VOCABULARY work 2 PRONUNCIATION & SPEAKING

, word st ress
·~CJ 1 ~ ~~/
fil4 ..
d
--~
.ii
a Underline t he stressed syllable in each word. Use the
phonetics to help you .
1 alpply i ;i'pla1 ..
2 sallairy 'sa:l;iri
3 reidun idant in 'dAnd:>nt /
4 ex ipeirijence /ik\p1;iri;insl
5 olverlt ime /\~uv~ta11n 1
6 perlmalnent " p3:111;:in;:int/
7 qua llijf ijca ltions lk\\·01I f1'ke1Jnz/
8 re isign in 'za1n1
9 re lt ire 1n'ta1;)/
10 t emlporalry / 'ten1pr;iri1

b 4 45 >)) Listen a nd check. Practise saying t he vvords .

c D o you know anybod y wl10 ...

- is applying for a job? W hat kind of job?
- is doing a tem porary job? \ Vhat?
- has a par t-t ime job? \Vhat hours does he / she \¥Ork?
- is self-em ployed? W hat does he / she do?
- has been promoted recently? W hat to?
- \Vets sacked from his / her job, or \Vas made redundant?
Why?
- has just retired? Ho"v old is he / she?
d Think of sonleone you know \Vho has a jo b. Prepare
your answers to the quest ions be low.
a Look at the pictu re story. Match sentences A- J \vit h • What/ do?
pictures 1-9. • Where I work (in an office,
A D She decided t o set up an online business selling at home, etc.)?
• What qualifications I have?
birthday cakes.
• What hours/ work?
B D Her business is doing v ery well. Clare is a success!
C n She w as unemployed, and had t o look for a job.
• I have t o do overtime?
• I get a good salary?
D D They had an argument, and Clare was sacked. • I like the job? Why (not)? o
E ITJ Clare worked for a market ing company. • Would you like t o do his I her job? Why (not)?
F D She applied for a lot of jobs, and sent in CVs.
G D She had a good salary, but she didn't like her boss. e \\Tork in pairs . A intervie\v B about their person's job.
Ask more questions if you can. Then swap.
H D She had some int erv iews, but didn't get the j obs.
I D She had t o work very hard and do overt ime. I'm going t o t ell you abou5 _my l(
~h_at does
cousin. Her name's Corin~ ~do?
b 1J41 >)) Lis ten and check. T hen cover the sentences and
look a t t he pic tu res . Tell t he story fron1 memor y. She's a journalist. She works l
for a local newspaper... ~
c .> p.164 Vocabular y Bank Work.
3 GRAMMAR gerunds and infinitives
a Complete T l1 e rinht job for ) 'Ou questionnaire by
putting the verbs in the correct forn1, the gerund
(e.g. workinB) o r to+ infinitive (e.g. to ivork).

b Read the questionnaire and tick (.I) on ly the

sentences that you strongly agree \.Vith. Discuss
your ans\.vers \vith anor.her student.

c No\v see in \vh ich g ro up(s) you have n1ost ticks,

and go to > Communication The right job for
you p.107. Do you agree \Vith the resu lts?

d Look at the sentences in the q uestio nnaire.

Comple te the rules \Vith the gerund or to +
The right job for you
infinitive. MATCH YOUR PERSONALITY TO THE JOB
1 After son1e verbs,
e.g. eajo)1, don't mind use ... 1 I'd like to work as part of a team. work
2 A fter son1e verbs, 2 I enjoy people with t hei r problems. help
e.g. 1vould lik.e use .. . 3 I don't mind _ __ a very large sa lary. not earn
3 After adjectives use .. .
4 I'm good at to people. listen
4 After preposi tions use .. .
5 As the s ubject of a phrase or
sentence use ... 5 I'm good at quick decisions. make
6 risks doesn't worry me. take
e > p.147 Grammar Bank 88. Learn more about
gerunds a nd infinitives, a11d practise t hem. 7 I'm happy by myself. work
8 I'm not afraid of _ __ large amounts manage
f C hoose five of the circles below of money.
and \vrite sornething in then1.
something you
enjoy doing on 9 I'm good at myself. express
somebody Sunday mornings
you find very 10 I always try my instincts. follow
easy to talk to somet hing you
are planning to 11 It's im portant for me creative. be
do in t he summer 12 I enjoy _ _ improvise
a country
a job you you'd like to 13 complex ca lcu lations is not do
hate doing in visit in th e f ut ure
t he house
difficult for me.
14 I enjoy logical problems. solve
a sport, activity,
or hobby you
15 I find it easy _ _ t heoretical understand
love doing, but never princip les.
have t ime fo r 16 I am able __ space and dista nce. calculate
something somebody you
you're afraid wouldn 't like to go
of doing on holiday with

a job
you'd love
to do

g Work in groups. Tell the o thers about \Vhat you

put in your circles, and anS\ver thei r q uestions.
(I'm .going to tell you about someone I find really I
/1I·
'1//
~Y to talk to. It's my uncle ..
4 READING b Look at the photos and read about t hree products t hat \VCrc
presented on the shO\\', a sauce (A). coffee tables (B), and
a Read the first paragraph of an article about the suitcases for children (C). \ hich product ... ?
TV programme DraBons' Den. Ans,vers the
. I has been very successful alrhough the Dragons didn"t invest in it
q ucst1ons.
2 \Vas presented by a n1usician
l Who arc the ' Dragons'?
3 becan1e successful very c1uicklv
2 What is their ' Den'? ' '
4 has t\VO different fu ncrions
3 How does the progran1111e \VOrk?
S co1nbi11es history \Vith practicality
4 Is t here a si n1 ilar T V progran1n1e in your
6 is sold outside the UK
country? T-l:o\v does it \VOrk?

S o far, the Dragons have agreed

to invest in 110 businesses.
They were very pleased with their
investment in Levi Roots, the
Rastafa rian singer who had t he idea
for Reggae Reggae Sauce. H e came
into the Den w ith a guitar, a couple
of bottles of sauce he had made in
his kitchen - and nothing else. But
the Dragons sensed an opportunity
in the charismatic Levi, and two of them agreed to
invest in his product. Two months later the sauce was
on the shelves of one of Britain's biggest supermarket
chains, and Levi is now running an impressive and
pro ita5Le company.

P aul Sim pson wanted the Dragons to invest in his

handmade coffee tables. They have a wooden base. w hich
Look Like I 4th - century castles, and a glass top. Nobody was
enthusiastic, and t he Dragons rejected
nis idea But Paul hasn't given up. Now
Pete r Jones and Duncan Bannatyne have been Dragons on the he is making a new table, this time
show s ince it started. Deborah Meaden joined in 2006. a replica of Windsor Castle. which
he thinks might be popular with
ragons' Den is a UK TV serie_s, with simil ar tourists. And t hat is wha t makes a

I versio ns in ma ny differen t coun tries. In t he

U K programme, contestants have three
re al entrepreneur - they never give up.
If the Dragons invest in them. there is
m inutes to present th·eir business ideas to five a good chance they w il l be successfuJJ.
very successful bu siness people. These people But if t hey Leave the Den empty-
are nicknamed the 'Dragons', and the intimidating handed, the determination to make i
room where they m.eet the contestants is the on their own is as great as ever.
'Oen' (the dragons' home). The Dragons, wno are
often multi- millionaires, are prepared to invest
money in any business that they believe might be A nd of course the Dragons don't
always get it right. Inventor Rob
Law's product, a suitcase for children
a success. In ret urn, they take a share in the profits.
The contest ants are usually young entrepreneurs, which t hey can also ride on, was
product designers, o r p eopl e w ith a new idea for rejected as 'worthless'. One Dragon
a service. After t he contestants have made their t hought it was no t strong enough, and
presentations, t he Dragons ask them questions another Dragon, who runs a holiday
about the product and its possible mar ket, and company, said she didn't think there
then say if they are prepared to invest or not. If they was a market for the product. A third
are not convinced by the presentation. they say the Dragon simply said 'I meet people like
dreaded words 'I'm out'. you all the time. You think you have
something. but you don't'. However,
today Trunki cases are best-sel lers,
and are sold in 22 different countries.
c Which (if any) of the three products \vould you be 6 SPEAKING
interested / definitely not interested in buying? \Vhy=>
a \Vork \vith a partner. I n1aginc you arc going to appear
d Look ar the high llglite ' vords and phra es \vhich are o n rhe progran1111e. You ca n choose one of the product
all related to business. Try ro 'vork out their n1eaning belo,v, o r you can invent your O\Vl1.
fron1 the context.
a watch a sandwich an app a chair
p Words with different meanings a dessert a pen a lamp a drink a gadget
Sometimes the same word can have two completely
different meanings, e.g. I work in a shop. (= it's my job)
and fv1y laptop doesn' t work. (= it's broken).

e \Vith a partne r, say "·hat the diffe re nce in meaning is

bct,vccn rhe pairs of sentences.
1 Hc's run ni nga business.a11d
He's running a n1arathon.
2 Marion was fire d last \veek. and
'vVhen the n1an fi r ed the gun, everyone screamed.
J There's a m a rket for this product. and
There's a m a rket \Vhere you can buy ,·egetablcs.
4 J Je's set up a company. and
I Je's very good c ompa n y.

5 LISTENING
a 4 49 l)) Look at the photos of t\VO n1ore prod ucts which
were presented on Dra3ons' Den. No\v listen and fi nd
o ut exactly \vhat n1akes t hen1 specia l.

b Present your produce to the cla s together. Spend a fe,v

n1inutes preparing your presentation. Take turns to
g ive the information, and use language fron1 the box to
help you.

p Presenting a product
Good morning. We're going to tell you about our new
product.
It's a... and it's called ...
We think it will be very popular with...
It is completely different from I better than anything else
b Listen again. Do you think rhe Dragon invested in ... ? on the market because...
\Vhy?
a both o f then1 c You also have n1oney to invest in one of the products
b neither of the1n your c lassmates present, so l is ten to their presentations
c one of rhen1 (which?) and decid e \vhich o ne to vote for.

c 4 SO l)) No'v listen to \vhat happened. 'vYcrc you right?

What influenced the Dragons' choice? 7 WRITING
d Do you think either of these products \\'Ou ld be >- p.120 Writing A covering email with your CV Write
successful in your country? \Vhy (no r)? a n accon1panying email to send \virh your CY to apply
for a job.

8 4 s 1 i)) SONG Piano fv1an J'J

lb 1!1f·1• El
GRAMMAR b Q tl1e right \¥Ord.
1 We 1ive in a residential area in/ on the outskirts of Oxford.
Q a,b,orc.
2 The roof / ceilin8 in our flat is very lo'~', so don't hit your head!
1 We'll n1iss the train if we - - -
3 Close the garden Bate/ door or the dog n1ight get out.
a don't hurry b vvon't hurry c didn.' t hurry
4 0 ur flat is in / on the fifth floor of a large block of flats.
2 If you help me with the \:vashing-up, _ __
5 0 n the shelf above the chi1nney /fireplace there are son1e photos.
in five mir1utes.
a we'll finis h b \ve finish c \ve finished c Complete the sentences w it h a nou n n1ade fron1 the bold word .
3 I \von't get into university unless _ _ _ 1 l don't like s hopping in supern1arkets because t here is too
good grades in my A levels. n1uch . choose
a I'll get b I got c l get 2 My flatn1ates and I have an about who does \vhat in the
4 If we bought a house, \.Ve a dog. house. agree
a can have b could have c will have 3 I'm sure the nevv con1pany 'vill be a ___ . s ucceed
5 I'd be sad if n1y brother and his wife _ __ 4 l n1ade a about the service in the hotel. co1nplain
a break up b 'I I break up c broke up 5 We \.vent on a to support the unen1ployed. d e m onstrate
6 If I had a job, I live with 1ny parents. 6 T he governn1ent is planning to raise the age to 70. retire
a won't b wouldn't c didn't 7 If you want to get a job, you need good q ualify
7 Ifl won a lot of n1oney, a big house. 8 My sister has been working as a fo r the ELJ. trans late
a I'd buy b I'll buy c J buy 9 Son1e say that drinking coffee n1ay be good for us. science
8 He said he to his lawyer tomorrow. 10 I \Vant an for vvhat happened yesterday. explai11
a wi II speak b spoke c \vould speak d Co1nplete the rnissing \Vords.
9 J asked Sally if coming to the party.
1 I d id a lot of ov last week - t\vO hours extra every day.
a she is b she \Vas c was she
2 He vvorks n ight s h at the local factory.
10 T l1e little girl that she \.vas lost.
3 It 's only a t job, fron1 March ro Septen1ber.
a told b said us c told us
4 I'd like to s up a small business, n1aking ch ildren's clothes.
11 T he policen1an asked 1newhere _ _ _
5 Le\.vis loves beings , because it means he is his ovvn
a did I live b J \.Vas live c I lived boss anq can choose the hours that he \vorks.
12 Toni's really good at problems.
a solve b solving c to solve
13 clothes online saves a lot of tin1e.
PRONUNCIATION
a Buy ing b To buy c Buy a Q the word vvitl1 a differe11t sound.
14 I wouldn't that car if 1 were you.
a get b getting c to get 1 rn cou ntry study pu pil punished
15 It's really important ___ the receipt.
a keep b to keep c keeping
2 S!J choose roof wooden school

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3 ~ vi iIage primary resign private
VOCABULARY "<>~
4 ~I. paid con1plai n sa le said
a Complete with one word .
~l
1 The UK school year has three _ __ s ~ certain a ttach entrance educa te
2 C hildren under five can go to school.
b Underline the stressed syllable.
3 U K h igh schools are called schools.
4 C hildren who very bad ly at school l se'con dary 3 de li ve ry 5 a lchieve n1ent
n1ay be expelled. 2 un em ployed 4 a pply
5 A school where you study, eat, a nd s leep is
called a school.
CAN YOU UNDERSTAND THIS TEXT?
a Read tl1e blog once. Con1 plcte the main n1essage of the
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VIDEO
CAN YOU UNDERSTAND THESE
PEOPLE?
article in your own 'vords . 4 52 >)) In the s tree t Watch or listen to five peo ple and
ans\ve r the questions.
It is bette r to d o a job that than a job
\Vhich you , but \Vhich _

The importance of
doing what you love Lizzie Ian Simon Joe Simone
1 I~ i zz ie savs
, she learnt better ar school.
When I was growing up, all I wanted to be was an artist. a a 111 ixed b a single-sex c prin1a ry
When I got to high school and could choose what classes
to take, I took every art class that was available. Painting, 2 Ta n likes shopping o n line because _ __
drawing, photography, you name it - I took the class. a it's convenient
Then I took a chemistry class. I LOVED it. It was fun! And b it's cheaper
I was good at it. I started thinking: wouldn't I make more c he doesn't like trying on clothes
money if I went into the sciences instead of being a starving 3 Sin1on was \Vith 'vvhat he sold on eBay.
artist?
a satisfied b deligh ted c disappointed
So I threw away the art school applications and went to study 4 Joe ...vouldlikero _ __
chemistry. College was fu n, and when I graduated with my
a paint tl1e '.Va Ils of his flat
c hemistry degree. I went to graduate school in Washington
DC to do a PhD program in chemistry! It was OK to start b have rnore paintings in his fl at
with, but after the first year, I was completely depressed. I c invite 1nore people to his ho use
hated the program. It was dry and boring. But I didn't know 5 Si1none \vould like to have a job _ _ _
what to do about it.
a in ban king b that's 'veil paid c that's enjoyable
So I quit. I spent the next month fee ling bad about my fa ilure,
unsure what to do next. Finally, I went to a work agency to
get a job. Something - anything - that would pay money. CAN YOU SAY THIS IN ENGLISH?
I got a temporary job filling envelopes at an NGO. One day
D o the tasks "vit h a part11er. Tick (.I) the box if you can do
they needed some graphic design and I volunteered. This
E was the major turning point in my career. Over the next few them.
8 months, they gave me m ore and more design work. What C an you ... ?
lli
E began as a temporary post turned into a permanent job. I
0
~ was finally doing something I loved and I was making money 1 [J describe rhe schools you \vent to (or have been to)
~ doing it. a nd say \vhat you liked or didn't like about then1
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~

~ It's been difficu lt at tim es, but I really love my job. Believe 2 D say \vhat you \viii do a) if you don't pass your
~ me. it is FA R more important that you are happy and get to English exan1 at the end of the course and b) when
~ do what you are passionate about every day and get paid you can speak English fluentl y
~ less for it, than to dread getting up in the morning because
~ you dislike what you do. 3 0 describe your ideal holiday house
<(
4 0 say \vhat you \YO U Id do if a) you 'von a lot o f money
and b) you had more free ti n1e
b Read the blog again and n1 a rk the sentences T (true),
F (false), o r DS (doesn't say).
.5 D report three questions that someone has asked you
to day and \Vhat you ans,vered
l She used ro get very good 1narks fo r a rt at high scho ol.
2 She thought she "vou Id e arn nl ore money \vorking as a •<111 S hort film s Trinity College, Dublin
chen1i st t han being an artist. VIDEO Watch and enjoy a f ilm on iTutor.
3 She enjoyed Graduate school but not college.
4 She lived at home after she quit Gradua te school.
S She \.Vas quire \veil-pa id fo r fill ing envelo pes at the
NGO.
6 She feels passio nate abo uL design.
c C ho ose five ne\V"vords o r phrases fro m rhc text.
C heck thei r meaning a nd pro nunc iatio n a nd try to
learn tl1ern.
G third conditional
V making adjectives and adverbs You were
P sent ence stress really lucky! Yes. If he
hadn't helped me,
I would have missed
t he t rain.

1 READING & SPEAKING

a Answer the questions \vith a partner. Say b Read the beginning of a true story by the
what you would do and why. \.Vriter Bernard Hare, about son1ething
What would you do if... ? that h appened to hirn \.Vhen he \Vas a
student. T hen in pairs, decide what you
1 son1ebody in the street asked you for money
think happe11ed next.
on your way hon1e tonight
2 you were drivi ng hon1e at night and you sa\.v c 5 2 >)) Now listen to what happened.
somebody v.rho had run out of petrol Were you rigl1t?
3 you saw an old man being attacked in the
street by a couple of teenagers d Listen again and answer the questions.
4 you vvere in a queue at a station or airport 1 What did Bernard have to do as soon as he got off the train?
and son1eone asked to go in front of you 2 H o\v did Bernard react?
because he/ she \Vas in a hurry 3 What did the ticket inspector t hen ask hin1 to do?

'
I was living in a student flat in North London, when the
police knocked on my door one night. I thought it was because I
hadn't paid the rent for a few months, so I didn't open the door.
But then I wondered if it was something to do with my mother,
who I knew wasn't very well. There was no phone in the flat and
this was before the days of mobile phones, so I ran down to the
nearest phone box and phoned my dad in Leeds, in the north of
England. He told me that my mum was very ill in hospital and that
I should go home as soon as I could.
When I got to the station I found that I'd missed the last train
to Leeds. There was a train to Peterborough, from where some
local t rains went to Leeds, but I would miss the connection by
about 20 minutes. I decided to get the Peterborough train - I was
so desperate to get home that I thought maybe I could hitchhike
from Peterborough.
'Tickets, please.' I looked up and saw the ticket inspector. He
could see from my eyes that I'd been crying. 'Are you OK?' he
asked. 'Of course I'm OK,' I said. 'You look awful,' he continued.
' Is there anything I can do?' 'You could go away,' I said rudely.
But he didn't. He sat down and said ' If there's a problem, I'm here
to help'. The only thing I could think of was to tell him my story.
When I finished I said, ' So now you know. I'm a bit upset and I
don't feel like talking any more, OK?' 'OK,' he said, fin ally getting
up. ' I'm sorry to hear that, son. I hope you make it home.'
I continued to look out of the window at the dark countryside.
Ten minutes later, the t icket inspector came back.
e After this story was on the BB C, several people \.Vrote in \'v'ith 2 GRAMMAR third conditional
their stories abou t being helped by strangers. A read The students,
B read The an8el. a M atch the sentence halves fron1 t he story.
1 D If t he inspector hadn't stopped the train
to Leeds, . ..
The students 2 D If t he couple hadn't helped Karina, .. .
I was living in South Korea at
the t ime, teaching English. I had
3 D If them.an in the car hadn't stopped, .. .
to leave t he country and return A s he \'v'Ou Id have been a lone without any
again because of problems w ith inoney.
my visa, so I booked a ferry to
B they '"ou ld have had to \.Valk for miles in the
Fukuoka in Japan. I intended to
change some Korean money into cold.
Japanese yen when I got there, C he would have rnissed his connection.
but when I arrived I d iscovered it was a holiday in Japan and all the
banks were c losed. I didn't have a c re dit card, so I walked from the
b Novv look at t he sentences below. Which one
ferry terminal towards the town won dering what I was going to do describes \.vhat re a lly happened? \Vhich one
w ithout any Japanese money. I was feeling lonely and depressed describes how the situation n1ight have been
when suddenly I heard a young couple speaking French. I asked different?
them if they spoke any English, and t hey told me (in good English)
that they were Belg ian students. When I explained my problem, 1 If t he inspector hadn't stopped the t rain, he
they immediately offered to t ake me around the c ity and look fo r would have missed his connection.
somewhere where I could change money. They paid fo r my bus 2 The inspect or stopped the t rain, so he didn't
ticket, and they took me to several places and in t he end we fou nd miss his connection.
a hotel where I was able t o change my cash. They then invited me
to join t hem and their fri ends for the evening. I had a fantastic night c >- p.148 Grammar Bank 9A. Lear n n1ore
and have never forgotten how they changed all their p lans just to about the third conditional and practise it.
help a stranger. - Karina

The angel 3 PRONUNCIATION

It w as a cold Sunday evening in
Manc hester. I was a university sentence st ress
student, and my girlfriend and
a 4>)) Listen and repeat the sen tences. Copy
I had been invited to dinner with
our t utor at his house 30 km
the rhythn1.
away. We decided to go on
my motorbike, but we hadn't 1 If I'd known you were ill, I would have
realized how cold it was, so we come to see you.
hadn't dressed properly, and after ten minutes o n the bike we were 2 If the weather had been better, we
absolutely freezing. When we were about half way there, t he bike
started to make a funny noise and then stopped. We had run out of would have stayed longer.
petrol. We stood at the side of t he road, shivering w ith cold , and not 3 1f 1hadn't stopped to get petrol,
sure what to do. I WOUldn't have been late.
Suddenly a passing car stopped. The driver got out, opened t he 4 We would have missed our flight if it
boot of his car, and took out a can of petrol. He walked up to my hadn't been delayed.
bike, opened the petrol tank, and poured the petrol in. He t hen
closed the tank and got back into his car, w ithout saying a single
b r~s >)) Listen a nd write five third conditional
word, and d rove away. We couldn't believe our luck. We sometimes
sen tences.
wonder if the man who rescued us was an angel. .. - Andy
c >- Communication Guess the conditional
A p.108 8 p.111.
f in pairs, tell each other your s tory. Tell you r partner:
Where it happened
What the problem was
What the stranger(s) did t o help
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g Which of the three stories do you think \.vas a) the n1ost

s urprising b) the n1ost n1oving? Why?

11 I-l ave you ever he lped a st ranger, or been helped by a s trange r?

'vVl1at h.appene<l ?
4 SPEAKING 5 READING & LISTENING
a Read the q uestions and think about your ans,vers. a Think of son1e very successfu l people, e.g. business
l Look at some quotes about luck. Do you think they
people, n1usicians, sports stars. VVh ich of these th rec
are true? things do you think '~' as probably n1ost in1portant in
rnaking thern successful: a) ta lent b) hard \VOrk c) luck?

b Read the article A question of luck? about a book by

'The more Malcoln1 Gladvvell, and ans\ver the questions.

I practise, 1 \.\!hat t hree fac tors docs he think being successful

rea lly depends on?
the luckier 2 \,\l hy is it an advantage for sports players to be born in
I get.' the first 111onths of t he year in son1e countries;>
'
Gary Player, golf player 3 \,\!hat is the 10,000 hours theory?
c 15 6 l)) No'~' listen to t\VO other exan1ples G lad\vell
•
'You've got rnentions, The Beatles and Bill Gates. \Vhat two n1ain
to think lucky. reasons does he give for their extraordinary success?
If you fall into a
lake, check your back
pocket - you might
have caught
a fish.'
Darrell Royal,
American football
coach
'Remember
that sometimes
not getting what
you want is a
wonderful str~7~ d Listen again and ans\ver the questions.
of luck.' _}
The 14th Dalai Lama, \\
THE BEATLES
religious leader 1 \Vhere did they play and bet\veen \Vhich years?
2 \Vhcre did the club owner usually get bands fron1?
'If you have 3 Ho\v n1uch did they have to play?
two fr:ile nds in. your 4 How many tin1es had they performed live by 1964?
lifetime, you are lucky.
Bill GATES
If you have one good 5 \Vhen did his school start a corn puter club?
friend, you are more 6 \Vhy \Vas this unusual?
than lucky.' 7 \Vhat did he and his friends do at \veekends?
Susan Hinton, writer 8 Ho\v n1any hou rs did he spend at the con1puter club
every \Veek?
e \~! hat do you think? Answer these questions \Vith a
partner.
2 Do you consider yourself in general to be a lucky 1 Do you agree that luck and practice are just as
person? Why (not)? important as talent? Ts luck rnore in1portant than
3 Ca n you rernernber a ti rne \vhen you \Vere either very practice or the other \vay around?
lucky or very unlucky? \Vhat happened? 2 Think of sornething you are quire good at or very good
4 Do you kno\v anyone \Vho you think is particularly at. \Vere you lucky to be able to have the opportunity to
lucky or unlucky? \Vhy? start doing it;> How n1any hours do you thi nk you have
spent practising it? Do you think you have spent rnore
b fn groups of three or fou r, discuss your ans,vers. G ive
hours doing it than other people you kno\v?
as n1uch detail as possible.

m
A questi~ 6 VOCABULARY
making adjectives and adverbs
One of these is luck, for example being
lucky ehough t o be in t he right place at
the right time.

•
hat is the question we always ask about successful
a Look at t he bold words in the sentence
above. \Vh ich is a noun and w hich is an
people? We want to know what t hey're like - what kind
adjective? Using the word luck, can you
of personalities they have, or how intelligent they niake ... ?
are, or what kind of lifestyles they have, or what special talents l a negative adjective
they might have been born with. And we assume t hat i t is those 2 a positive adverb
personal qualities that explain how that indi vi dual gets to the top 3 a negative adverb
of hi s or her profession.

But accordi ng to Malcol m Gladwell, in his book Outliers, we

b > p.163 Vocabulary Bank Word building.
Do Part 2.
are asking the wrong questions. He thinks that while talent is
obviously a factor, there are two ot her more important ones that
make a person successful. The first of these factors is luck.
7 WRITING
a R ead the rules for the sente11ce ga1ne.

The sentence game

1 You must write correct sentences with t he
exact number of words given (contractions
count as one word).
2 The sentences must make sense.
3 You must include a form of the word given
(e.g. if the word is luck, you can use lucky,
luckily, etc.).
He begins wit h the example of sports players. In recent research
done on vari ous groups of elite ice hockey players from Canada
b Work in tean1s of three or four. Play the
and t he Czech Republic, one fascinating fact came to light.
sentence ga1ne. You have five n1inutes to
In both countri es, i t was discovered that 40°/0 of the players
in the top teams were born between January and March, 30°/0
'"'rite the follov;ing sentences.
between April and June, 20°;0 between July and September, and I fortune (11 WORDS)
only 10°/0 between October and December. The explanation was 2 comfort (9 WORDS)
si mple. The school year in these countries runs from January
3 luck (7 WORDS)
to December. A boy who is ten on January 2nd will be in the
same class as one whose 10th birthday i s on December 30th . 4 care (6 WORDS)
•
I· The chances are the first boy will be bigger, stronger, and more 5 patience (12 WORDS)
coordinated. He is much more likely than the ot her boy t o be
chosen to play i n junior teams. He will then get better coaching c Your teacher \vill tell you if your sentences
than t he ot hers, and will play many more games, so will also get are correct. The team vvith the 1nost correct
more pract ice. In the beginning his advantage isn't so much that sentences is the \vin ner.
he is more talented, simply that he is older. He was lucky enough
to be born in the fi rst months of t he year. But by t he age of 13 or
14 , with the extra coaching and practice, he really will be better 8 rs g >)) SONG Karma ~
than the others, and far more likely to be successful.

The extra practice i s vital, because the second fac tor t hat
Gladwell believes is of great importance in determi ning whet her
somebody is goi ng to be successful or not is what he calls the
'10,000 hours theory'. Thi s theory, based on studies in many
different fields, says that in order to get to the very top you
need to put i n 10,000 hours of practice, whet her it is playing an
i nstr ument or a sport, or programming a computer.

Adapted from a British newspaper

G quantifiers
- --
V electronic devices, phrasal verbs You look a bit
P ough and augh, linking stressed! Yes, I have
too much work
and not enough
time to do it.

1 GRAMMAR quantifiers 2 PRONUNCIATION ough and augh

a Look ar the illustration. Ho,.v rnany
electronic devices can you sec? Which ones
p ough and augh
Be careful with the letters ough and augh. They can have different
do you have? \Vhat do you use them for? pronunciations.
Try to remember how to pronounce the most common words which
b Circle the correct phrase in 1- 6. have this combination of letters, e.g. although.
1 I used to have a lot off lol ofdi fferent
gadgets, but no'v I use n1y phone for alrnost a \Vrite the \vords in rhe list in the correct colu111n.
everything. although bought brought caught cough daughter
2 I'd like to buy a better computer, but I don't enough laugh thought t hrough tough
have e11ou8h 111011e)1 f 111011e)' e110118h at the
n10111ent.
3 I spend too 1nuclt { too niall)' ti1ne every day u ·~·
~~·
on line. -
4 l only have a Ii rt le / a fe1v fri end s on
Facebook, and 110 / none of rhetn are clo e
fri ends.
5 I never \Vatch TV or fil1ns o n n1y phone
because the screen isn't e11011ali bi[J /
bi[J ellOll[Jfz .
6 11ikc Apple products because of t heir
b 5 14 >)) Listen and check. \Vh ich is the n10St con1mon sound?
design. bur I think they are too/ too 11111clt
Wh ich fo ur \vords finish \vith the sound /f/?
expensive.
c > p .149 Grammar Bank 98. Learn n1ore c 5 15 >)) Listen to sentences 1-5 and practi e saying rhcm.
about quanti fiers and practise then1. I I thoughL I'd brought enough 1n oney \Vith n1 e.
2 My daughter's caught a bad cold.
d Talk ro a partner. Are the seniences in b true
3 I bought it although it \Vas very expensive.
fo r you? Say \vhy (not).
4 \Ve've been t h rough some rough tirn.es.
S I did n't laugh! It \Vas a cough.
you t ype the \vords 'info rmat ion overload' into Google, you \V i ii ~
If i mmediately get an info rrnat io n overload - mo re than 7 mi llion 11t
in 0.05 seconds. Some of thi s info rmat io n is interesting - for example.
you lea rn tha t the phrase 'info rmation overload' was fi rst used in 1970.
actually before the int ernet \Vas invented. But much of the information
is not relevant or useful: obscu re companies and even more obscure
5lo_ggers.

Information overload is one or the biggest irritations in modern life.

There are ne\vS and sports \vebsites to \Vatch. emails that need to be
ans\vered. people who wan t to cha t to you on line. and back in t he real
world. friends. fam ily. and colleagues who also have things to tell you.
At work, in fo rmati on overload is also causing proble1ns. A recent IS:1.J r~e~
has sho,v n that ma ny compan y 1n anagers believe that it has 1n ade t heir
jo bs less satisfying, and has even affected t heir persona l relat io nships
outside \VOrk. Some of them also t hink that it is bad fo r their health.

Clearly there is a problem. It is not only the increase in t he quantity

of information. it is also the fact that it is everywhere. not just in the
home and in the workplace. Many people today do not go any\vhere
3 READING & SPEAKING \Vithout their sma rtphones. There is no escape from the internet.

a Loo k at the title of the article. 'vVhat do you

think it 1neans? R ead the f irst paragraph to
ch eck.

b Now read the \vl1ole article. Choose a, b, or c.

I M any of t he m anagers surveyed think t har
as a result o f i nforn1arion overload .
a t hey have t o ' vork harder
b they enjoy t heir jobs less
c they ar c i ll more ofren
2 Scientists think rhar in forn1atio n overload
n1akes people
a nio rc anx ious b ur n1ore produc tive
b n1ore pro ductive bur less cr eative Scientists have h ighl ighted three big worri es Firstly, informatio n
overload can make people feel anxious: there is too 1nuch to do and
c n1ore stressed and less c reative
not enough time to do it. People end up multitasl<:jn . \vhich can make
3 One olurio n ro info r n1at ion overload them even more stressed. Secondly, information overload can make
\Vould be for people to spend le t in1e people less creative. Research shows that people are more likely to
a searching for info rmat ion be creative if they are allo\ved to focus on one thing for some time.
b u i ng t he i nternct wi thout interruptions. Thi rdly, information overload ca n make people
less productive People who multitask take much lo nger and make
c talk ing on the phone
ma ny more mista kes t han people who do the same t asks o ne after
c R ead the article again and \.vork o ut the another.
111eaning o f t he higlilighred \Vords and phrases
\\/hat can be done about information overload? One solution is
r el ated to the internet and t echno logy. technologica l: there is no\~' a computer program or app you can install
called Freedom. which disconnects you from the \veb at preset times
d D o you u ffer f r o m info rn1 atio n overl oad
The second solution involves \Villpower 6.filt'cruill your mobile phone
in your O\Vn Ii fe? Talk t o you r pa r tncr abo ut
and the internet from time to time. The manager of an IT company puts
ho \v in for 111atio n overload af fect d i f fer ent 'thinking time· into his Schedule. \VhCn all his electrQ.llli: ae.v jces are
parts of your Ii f e. S\vitched o ff so that he isn't d isturbed. This might sound like common
sense. But no\vadays. alth ough \Ve have more information than ever
your work your st udies
before. \Ve do not ahvays have enough common sense.
your social lif e your family li fe
Adapted from a news website
4 VOCABULARY & PRONUNCIATION electronic devices, phrasal verbs, linking

• •

a M atch the \.Vords and pictures.

jID Separable phrasal verbs
0 a mouse [_ a memory stick D a socket Remember t hat many phrasal verbs are
0 a speaker C a plug [II a switch separable, i.e. the object can go bet ween t he
verb and particle (Switch t he TV on.) or after
[ ' a USB cable D a remote control D
,---,
an adaptor t he particle (Switch on the TV.).
0 a keyboard L a screen __. headphones However, if the object is a pronoun, it must go
between the verb and particle, e.g. Switch it
b 5 16 >)) Listen and check. Then rest each other. on. NOT Switch orrit.

A What's ~ ~(words covered) It's a keyboard.

f Ans,ver t he questions \Vith a partner.
c Match the sentences. Give reasons for you r answers.

l 0 l cha nged t he heating fron1 20° to 18°. A I switchecljl_,off 1 1-Ici'v 1nany devices do you have \Vith
2 0 l discon nected n1y iPod fron1 rhe con1purer. B J s witchecljtpn . screens? \Vhich one do you use the n1ost?
3 [ ' l niade rhe Yolu1ne on the ·rv louder. C J t u r necljvto\.vn . 2 Do you prefer to use a keyboard \Vith or
,--..
4 I pressed the 'off' button on the T\l. D I t u rnecljlJ.lp . \Vithout a mouse?
r--

5 ~ I progra1n 1ned the alarn1on111y phone. E I p lu ggecl_jtjn . 3 Do you normally listen to music \Vith
r--
6 L I put niy phone charger inro a socker. F J u np lu ggecl_jr. headphones or \Vith speakers?
7 [] I pressed the 'on' button on n1y laptop. G J setjt fo r 7.30. 4 Ho\v 1nany remote controls do you have?
Do you Lhi n k you have too n1any?
d 5 171)) Listen and check.
5 How n1any pins do plugs in your coun try
c 5 18 1)) Listen and repeat A- G. T ry to link t he words . No\.v cover have? Do you need a travel adaptor if you
J\- G and look at sentences 1- 7. Say A-G from 1ncn1ory. go abroad?
6 Jn your hou e do you usually agree about
\Vhat the ten1perarure should be. or i
son1conc ahvays turning rhe heating or
air conditioning up and do\vn ?

• •
5 LISTENING & SPEAKING
• • .. .
a Look at the book cover and the book rev it:\v
in forn1ation. vVhar do you rhink the book is about?
HO\V do you th ink the three teenagers fee l?

The wise and hilarious story of a family who

discovered that having fewer tools to communicate
with actually led them to communicate more.
hen Susan Maushart first an.n~ unced her intention
W to pul l the plug on her family s entire collect ion
of electronic gadgets for six months her three kids didn't
react at all. Says Maushart, 'Looking back, I can understand
wby. They didn't hear m e.'

• The tit le is a play on word s. Shakespeare's play Richard Ill opens

with the famous phrase 'Now is the winter of our discontent...'

b 5 19 >)) Listen to Part 1 of a radio brea kfast sho\v

\vhcre the guest arc discussi11g the book. Ans\ver
questions 1- 6.
1 \Vhy did Susan Maushart decide to do the experimcnr?
2 \Vas it just her chi ldren \vho vverc spending too n1uch
ti int: using technology?
3 Vv'ho are 'd igi tal in11nigrants' and 'digita l natives'?
4 \Vhat gadgets did Susan Maushart's fan1ily have to
s'vitch off? \\' here?
S \\!hat ,,·ere they allo,,·ed to use?
'
6 I lo\v did she get the children to agree to the
experin1ent?
c 5 20 ))) Listen ro P a rt
2 . In general, \vas tht:
experi 1nent positive or negative? Why?

d Listen again and complete the sentences in your 0\\'11 f D iscuss the questions \Vith a partner.
\VOrds.
1 Have you ever had to live without the internet for
1 At the beginn ing the children con1plainec.l that. ..
a few days or more, e.g. when you were on holiday
2 Later they sta rted to ... somewhere? Did you miss it a lot? Why (not)?
3 Her son started to ... 2 Do you think Susan Maushart's experiment was a
4 Their n1other found it difficult to ... good idea? Why (not)?
5 Another negative thing \\·as rhar. .. 3 If you had to do the experiment , what do you
6 "fhey no\v have ne'v house rules, for example ... think you would miss the most? Why?
e 5 21 l)) No\v listen to Part 3 . What does each guest
say he / she \VOu Id m iss most if they had to do the
ex peri menr?
p Useful language
The thing I'd miss most is ...
I can't live without it because...
1 Sally I need I use it (for)...
I'm addic ted to it...
I depend on it (fo r)...
2 Andrew

3 Jenny
6 WRITING
4 Nick > p.120 Writing A magazine article - advantages and
disadvantages. \.Vrite an article about the advantages
and disadvantages of smart phones.
..
Unex~ected
,
events
-

1 ••
VIDEO
JENNY GETS A SURPRISE 2 ••
VIDEO
INDIRECT QUESTIONS
a 5) 22 >)) Watch or listen. 1--Iovv do you think Jenny and
Rob fee l at tl1e end?

b Watch or listen again. Mark the sente nces T (true) or

F (false). Correct the F sen tences.
l Jenny didn't expect Paul to be there.
2 Paul tells Jenny that Rob is plan ning to stay in e'v
York.
3 Rob arr ives 'vith croissants for breakfast.
4 Rob accuses Paul of ly ing.
5 Rob insists that he's serious about Jenny.
6 Ro b says he 'viii drive Pau l LO Boston.

a 5 23 >)) \Vatch o r listen co Rob and Jenny talking in the

office. D o they resolve their problems?

b \.Vatch or listen again a nd ans,ver the questions.

l \\' hat reason does Rob g ive fo r Paul being in his flat?
2 Ho\v docs Rob kncl\v that Paul is really leaving?
3 \.Vhy doesn't Jenny bel ieve that Rob \Vants to stay in
Nevv York?
4 1\ ccording to Jenny, ho'v did Rob behave \vhen he \Vas
\vi t h Pau l?
5 \\' hat does Jenny thin k about their relationship?
c 5 24 >)) Look at son1e extracts fron1 the conversat ion.
Can you re1ner11ber a ny of the n1issing \Vord s? \Vatch
or listen and check .

1 Jenny Could you me~.by Paul is still in_yQJ,Jr

apartmen t?
Rob Well, he couldn't get a ticket t o Boston ...

2 Jenny Do you if he's go one now?

Rob I bought it! He's leaving this evening.

3 Jenny Look Rob, I'd to Rnow what you rea y

want.
Rob What do you mean?

4 Jenny ,__ _ _.,,,. if

-.J ou'r eaf y want robe.here. I
wonder if...
Rob Jenny, what is it?

5 Don I need a word. y u tell me what you

decided at the last meeting?
Jenny Right away, Don. Rob was just leaving.

d 5 25 >)) \Vatch or listen a nd repeat the ~1igh igim'd

phrases. Copy the rhyth n1 a nd intonation.

e Practise the dialogues inc \Vith a partner.

f Read the information about indirect ·~ ROB GETS SERIOUS
3 VIOEO
questions. Then n1ake questions 1-5 n1ore
indirect by using the beginnings given.

I;() Indirect questions

We often put Can I Could you tell me... ?,
Do you know...?, I'd like to know...,
I I wonder... before a question to make it
less direct. When we do this, the direct
question changes t o an af firma ti ve
sentence, i.e. the word order is subject
+verb, and we don't use do I did in the
present and t he past.
Compare:
Why is Paul in your apartment?
Could you tell me why Paul is still in your !
apartment?
Has he got one now?
Do you know if (or whether) he's got one
now? !
What do you really want? I
I'd like to know what you really want.
Do you really want to be here?
I wonder if (or whether) you really want to
be here.
What did you decide at the last meeting?
Can you t ell me what you decided at the a 5 26 >)) Watch or listen to
last meeting? R o b and Jenny. How d o you
think Jenny will answer Rob's
final questio n?
1 0here's the station?

Excuse n1e, can you tell n1e

b \ Vatch or listen again and con1plete tl1e sentences with 2- 4 words.
?. l Rob is trying to convince Jenny that he _ __ __
2 Jenny says that she's sure that Rob \vants to _ __ __
2 0ha t did he say?
3 Rob says that he loves his _ _ _ __
I'd like to know 4 Jenny and Rob are going to visit _ _ _ __
5 Ro b p rocnises not to forget _ _ _ __
6 Rob asks Jenny co _ _ __
3 ~oes she like me?
c Look at the Soci a l E n glis h p h rases. Can you ren1en1ber any of
I \Yonder
the n1issing vvords?

Social English phrases

4 0your brother coming tonight?
Jenny It's, ] you want to go back.
Do you know _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ __ Rob Of ] I miss London, but I love my life here.
? Rob And I won't fo rget the chocolates this ti me ~--·
Jenny Well, that's a start, I _
5 0hat time does the shop close? Rob i] I proposed t o you?
Could you tell 1ne _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ Jenny Rob, it. It's embarrassing.

d 5 27 l)) \Vatch or listen and co1nplere the phrases.

g M .> Com mu nication Asking politely for
information A p.106 B p.110. e Watch or listen again and repeat the phrases. Ho'v do you say
then1 in your language?

• Can you ...?

D make indirect questions, e.g. beginning with Can you tell me... ?
D discuss a problem
G relative clauses: defining and non-defining Is that the
V compound nouns first Apple
P word stress computer? No, it's
the one t hey
made in 1990.

1 READING c Look at the photo and guess \vhat

the connection is bct\vccn each of
a In pairs, do the quiz. Choose a. b, or c. the things, people, o r places and
Steve Jo bs.
b 5 28 l)) Corn pare \Vith another pair, and
listen and check.

What do you know about

Steve Jobs?

1 He was born in ...

a New York
b Sao Francisco
c Texas
2 At college ...
a he was a star pupil
!.. b .he dropped out
c he was expelled
3 His first job was with a company
which made ...
a video games b TVs c computers
4 The Apple Macintosh was the first
successful computer to use ...
a a mouse
b ·a keyboard
c a USB port
5 In 1986 he co-founded ...
a Pixar
;:: b HandMade Films
c DreamWorks
6 Steve Jobs died of cance r in ...
a 2010 b 2011 c 2012
7 He was years old .
a 46 b 56 c 66
d No-..v read paragraphs 1- 5 and check. 2 GRAMMAR relative clauses
•
.•
a Cover the text. Complete the sentences v.rith ~vho,
1 The Macintosh Classic was the 1vhose, 1vhich, or ~vhere .
personal computer which was made by Apple in 1 The fVIacintosh Classic was the personal con1pu ter
1990. It had a 23 cm monochrome screen and a
____ \vas n1ade by Apple in 1990.
4 megabyte (MB) memory. It was cheaper tnan
earlier Apple computers and very easy to use. It 2 Stephen \ Vozniak is the American con1puter engineer
was their first commercially successful computer. _ ___ founded Apple C omputers 'vvith Steve Jobs
and computer designs becarne the orig ina l
Apple I and Apple II cornputers.
2 Stephen Wozniak is the American
computer eng ineer and programmer whose 3 Mona introduced Steve as her brother at the party
computer designs became the original Apple _ ___ she gave to celebrate rhe publication of her
I and Apple II computers. He and Steve Jobs first novel.
became friends when they were both working
4 Mou ntain Vie\v is the area in California
at Hewlett Packard . They started making
_ ___ Steve Jobs grew up.
computers in Jobs's parents' garage and --
together they founded Apple Computers (now 5 Jonathan Ma k's design, _ ___ used Jobs's silhouet te
Apple Inc.) in 1976. incorporated into the 'bite' of a white Apple logo,
\. =,..
becan1e a worldv.ride inter net sensation .

3 Mona Simpson is Steve Jobs's sister. b Ans\ver the questions in pairs.

Jobs was adopted when he was born, but in the
1 ln \vhich phrase is the relative pronoun (who, that, etc.)
1980s he found his biological mother, who told
not necessary?
him that he had a sister. Mona and Steve met for
2 In •vhich sentence could ,vou leave out the relative
the first time in 1985 (when she was 25 and he
clause, but the sentence \vould still n1ake sense?
was 30) and they became very close. They k~t
t heir relationship secret for a year until Mona c > p.150 Grammar Bank lOA. Lea rn rr1ore abo u t
introduced Steve as her brother at t he party defin ing and no n-defi ning relative clauses, and
practise tl1en1.
which she gave to celebrate the publicatioo of
her first novel, Anywhere But Here. - d Cover the text and look at the pho tos. Can you
remen1bcr the connections with Steve Jobs? Try to use
a relative clause.
4 Mountain View is the area in
California where Steve Jobs grew up. He was
born in San Francisco and was adopted by 3 WRITING
Paul and Clara Jobs. When he was six years
old the family moved to Mountain View, which
a > p.121 Writing A biography. \Vrite a biography of an
interesting or successfu l pe rson you kno\v about .
was becoming a centre for electronics. People
began to cal l the area 'Silicon Valkey' because b :>-Communication Relatives quiz A p.108 B p.112.
silicon is used to manufacture electronic parts. \Vrite qu iz q uestions to ask a partner.

5 Th is is the logo which was designed

by Jonathan Mak, a Chinese design student
from Hong Kong, as a tribute to Steve Jobs
. ...:
when he d ied. The design, which used Jobs's
silhouette incorporated into the 'bite' of a
wh ite Apple logo, became a worldwide internet
sensation . The teenager said that Jobs had
inspired him to become a designer.

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Some of the things which were voted the best in a recent survey of British design icons.

4 LISTENING c Listen again and answer.the questions.

Which icon ... ?
a Look at the p hotos \vhich show four fan1ous
1 is the most recent
exan1ples of British design. \Vhat are th ey?
What do you k n ow a bo u t then1? 2 is the oldest
3 has been used in rnany d ifferent products
b ~31 l)) Novv listen to an exhibit io n audio 4 used different colours to shov.1 differen t products
g u id e about then1. Cornplete sentences 1-4. 5 d idn't n1akc its designer much money
1 Harry Beck \Vas the n1an \vho .. . 6 \Vas the result of something that happened to its designer w hen he
2 Julia Barfield and David Marks are the \vas tra veiling
couple \vho . . . 7 \Vas not expected to be popular
3 r\llen Lane \Vas the n1an vvho . .. 8 n1akes places look nearer than they really arc
4 Peter Blake is the n1an \vho ...
d \ Vhich of the fou r do you fi nd the n10St att ract ive design? What
vvould you consider to be exan1ples o f icon ic design in you r cou ntry?

- -
5 SPEAKING 6 VOCABULARY & PRONUNCIATION
a \Vrite the nan1es of people, th ings, or places in as many compound nouns, word stress
of the circles as you can.
/ ) Compound nouns
b In groups, talk about your people, things, and places. We often put two nouns together, where the first noun
describes the second one, e.g. an album cover(= the
Explai n why you adrnire thern. cover of an album), the Tube map (= the map of the
Tube). Compound nouns can be t wo words, e.g. tourist
attraction or one word, e.g. website.

a famous dead a Match a noun fron1 colun1n A with a noun fron1

person (who) you colurn n B to n1ake con1 pound noun s.
admire
A B

football picture

speed case
sun hall
a famous living
town pitch
person (that)
you admire book mate

class glasses

profile camera

b f5j32 J)) Listen and check . Which th ree are \Vritten

an iconic as one word? \V h ich noun is usual! y stressed n1ore
landmark (that) in con1pound nouns? Practise saying the con1pound
you really like
i1ouns in a \vith the right stress.

c ln pairs, try to ans,ver al l the questions i11 three

n1i11utes \Vith con1pound nouns fron1 Files 1- 10.

a country COMPOUND NOUNS RACE

whose design you 1 Where can you take money out withou t going into a
admire bank?
2 What do you need t o have before you can get on a plane?
3 What might you have to pay if you park in a bus lane?
4 What should you put on when you get into a car?
5 What do you call a long line of cars t hat can't move?
6 What do you need t o book if you want to play t ennis
an everyday object -·
(that) you own that with someone?
you think has a 7 Where do people go if they want to watch a
beautiful design basketball or handball match?
8 What do you call the noise a phone
makes?
9 What kind of books or films are about the
f uture, and often outer space?
.
10 What do you call a school which is paid ~

f l() ...
for by the government?
~'<:S'
11 If you are in a lift and you press G, where ... .....
do you want to go to? ~~
12 What device do you use when you want
to transfer fi les f rom one computer to
another?

a DVD cover,
film poster, or 7 s 33 >)) SONG Greatest Love of All ~
book cover (th at)
you think has
great design
G question tags You were
V crime a detective with
P int onation in question tags Scotland Yard,
weren't you? Yes, I was.

1 VOCABULARY cri me
a Have you heard of Jack the R ipper? \ Vhat d o yo u know
about hirn?

b Match the words and definitions.

det ect ives evidence murder murderer
prove solve suspect s vict ims witnesses

1 ____ noun police officers who in vestigate crin1es

2 _ ___ noun people \.Vho see so n1ethi ng \.Vhich
has happened, and then tell others (e .g. the
police) about it
3 ____ noun people \.Vho are hurt or killed by
son1ebody in a critne
4 ____ noun a person who plans and kills another ONE OF GRE ~ UNSOLVED
person 1
MYSTERIES OF ALL TIME IS
murder
5 ____ noun t he crin1e o f ki lling a person illegally THAT OF JACK THE RIPPER.
a nd deliberately
n the autumn of 1888 a brutal 2 walked the
6 _ ___ noun the facts, signs, etc. which tell you 'vho
commit ted a crime
Idark, foggy streets of London, terrorizing the inhabitants
of the city.
7 ____ noun people who are thought to be guilty of
. The 3 were all women, and the police
a cr1n1e
seemed powerless to stop the murders. There were no
8 ____ (a mystery) verb to find the correct ansvver to 4 to the crimes - so the police had no idea
why something happened what the murderer looked like. Panic and fear among
9 ____ (sth) verb to use facts and evidence to sho'v Londoners was increased by a letter sent to Scotland Yard
son1ething is true by the murderer. In the letter he made fun of the police's
attempts to catch him and promised to kill again. It finished
c 5 34 >)) Lis ten a nd check. P r act ise saying the 'vords. 'Yours truly, Jack the Ripper'. This was the first of many
letters sent to the police. The murders continued - seven
d Read Who was Jack the Ripper? and con1plete the gaps in total. But in November they suddenly stopped, three
w ith word s fro n1 b . months after they had first begun.

e R ead the ar t icle again and fin d the ans wer to these Jack the Ripper was never caught and for more than
questio ns . a century historians, writers, and 5 have
examined the 6 and tried to discover and
1 W here and when d id the 1n u rders ta ke place:> 7 his identity. Hundreds of articles and
2 H ow n1any n1urders \Vere there? books have been written and many films made about the
3 How long did t he 1nurders go on for? murders. But the question, 'Who was Jack the Ripper?'
4 \Vho are the n1ain suspects? has remained unanswered. There have been plenty of
8
, including a doctor, a businessman, a
5 What does Patr icia Corn\vell usually do?
painter, and even a member of the royal family.
6 How did s he try to solve the n1ystery?
The American crime writer Patricia Cornwell trled'to
9 the real-life murder mystery of Jack the
Ripper. After spending a considerable amount of time and
money on her investigation, and analysing DNA samples,
Cornwell thought she had proved who Jack the Ripper
really was. However, other experts disagree with her, and
a new theory has recently been put forward.
2 LISTENING 3 GRAMMAR question tags
a 5 35 >)) O\V listen co the first part of an intervie\v \Vith a reti red a Look at four questio ns from the interv iew
police inspector , \vho is a n expert on Jack the R ipper. Co111plerc a nd complete them \Vith the missing words.
the in forn1atio11 about the su spects. 1 'You \Vere a detective \vith Scotland
Yard, ?'

2 ' It's incredible, - - - -?'

3 'But you don't t h ink she's right,
.?'
4 'There's been another recent theo ry,
.
;:>•

b 5 37 >)) Listen and check. \Vhat's the

differ ence bet ween these q uestions a nd
direct questio ns, e.g. between 1 and Were
you a detective with Scotland Yard?

c > p.151 Grammar Bank 108. Learn more

about questio ns tags and practise them.
Prince Albert, _ _ Maybrick,
Queen Victoria's _ _ _ a cot ton merchant
4 PRONUNCIATION &
SPEAKING
intonation in question tags
a 5 39 >)) Listen and comple te the dialogue
bet\veen a policeman and a suspect.

P Your surname's Jones, ?

S Yes, it is.
P And you're 27, ?
S Yes, that's right.
P You weren't at home last night at 8.00,
- - -?
s No, I wasn't. I was at the theatre.
Walter Sickert, Carl Feigenbaum, P But you don't have any witnesses,
an a_ _ _
- - - ?
5 Yes, I do. My wife was with me.
b 36 >)) Lis te n to the second part of t he inte rvie\v and mark the P Your wife wasn't with you, ?
sente nces T (true) or F (false). S How do you know?
P Because she was with me. At the police
1 Cor n\vcll's evidence is n1ainly scientific.
station. We arrested her yesterday.
2 She rook D A samples fron1 a letter '"rittcn by Sickert.
3 A re lovers \Vere angry \Vi ch Corn\\·elI. b 5 40 >)) Listen and repeat the question tags.
4 T here is evidence chat Sickerc \Vas abroad at the time of son1e of Copy the rhythm and intonation.
the murders.
5 There is a letter that son1e people think Maybrick \v rore c > Communication Just checking A p.108
con fessing to the cr in1es. B p.112. Role -play a police interview.
6 Inspector Morton thin ks t hat Prince Albert \Vas a ser ial ki lier. d \.Vhich detective TY series or fihns are
7 Ca rl Feigenbaum \Vas executed in London for another rnurde r. popu lar in your country at the mornent?
8 T revor Marriott found that Feigenbaun1 had travelled to Londo n D o you enjoy \varching these kinds of
at the ti nie of the murders. programn1es?
9 The Inspector doesn't \va nt to ay \Vho he thinks the murdere r is.
10 He doesn't think the mystery \Viii ever be solved.
•
c Listen again. Say 'vhy the F sente nces a rc false .
•
d Do you know of any fan1ous unsolved crin1es in your country?
5 READING & LISTENING
a D o you enjoy read in g crin1e novels? lf so, ' vh ich ones? If no r, 'vhy
The Case for
not? H ave you read a crin1e story recently? What \Vas it about?
the Defence
b 5 41 >)) Read and listen to Part 1 of a short story. Use the is a short story written
glossa ry to hel p you. T hen answer the questions \Vith a partner. by novelist Graham
Greene. The st ory takes
1 \Vhere did the 111urder rake place? place in England around
2 \Vhat did the prisoner look like? t he time it was w ritten,
3 Ho'v 111anv
, \Vitnesscs sa\v h im? in t he late 1930s, when
4 \Vhy did M rs Salm on go to the 'vindo \v? t he deat h penalty for
murder still exist ed. It
5 \V hen did M r MacDougall sec Adan1s?
was abolished in 1965.
6 Did Mr \Vheeler sec Ach1n1s's face?

The Case for the Defence

BY GRA H A M GREEN E
PART 1
Ir \.Vas the stra ngest rn urder trial I have ever attended. T hey
narned it the Peck ham mu rder in the headlines, a ltho ug h
'North,vood Street, where 1\11 rs .Parker \.vas found mu rdered , was
no t actually in Peckhan1.
The prisoner \.Vas a well- built 111an with bloodshot eyes. An
ugly 111an, one you wou ldn't forger in a hurry - and rhar vvas
an in1porranr point. T he p rosecutio n in tended ro call fo ur
w itnesses \vho had n't forgotte n hi m and vvho had seen hin1
hurrying a\vay frorn the little red ho use in Nort h\.vood Street.
Ar two o'clock in the morni ng M rs Saltno n, \.vho lived at
15 Norrl1\¥ood Street , had been u nable to sleep. She heard a
door shut and so she went to t he \¥indow a nd saw Ada n1s (the
acc used) o n the steps of the victi rn's house. He had just conic
o ur a nd he \.Vas \.Vea ring gloves. Before he moved avvay, he had
looked up - at her •vindow.
Henry i\1acDo ugall, vvho bad been driving hon1e late, nearly
ra n over Adan1s at the corner of Nord1\.vood Street because he
\¥as •valking in the n1iddle of the road, looking d azed. And old
Mr \Xl heeler, >vho lived next door to Mrs Parker, at nun1ber 12,
a nd >vas woken up by a noise and got up and looked out of the
\·vindow, just as Mrs Saln1on had done, sa>v Ada111s's back and,
as he turned, those bloodshot eyes . In Laurel Avenue he had
been seen by yet ano ther \.vitness.

Glossary 1
t rial 1ra1~1. the process '"here a judge lis tens to
ev idence and dec ides if sb is gui lty or innocent
Peckham 'pek,1rn a n ;1 rea in Sou th London
the prosecution rrn"'k.iu:Jn. the l:l\vyer(s) who cry
ro s how t hat s b is guilty of a c ri n1e
PART2 c f5 4 2 J)) N ovv r ead a nd listen to Part 2 .
'I understand,' the ]a\·vyer for the prosecution said, 'that the defence ~rhen answer the ques tions v.rit h a par t ne r.
intends to plead "111 istaken identity". t\dan1s's wife \Vill tell you that 1 Ada111s's defence \Vas 'n1istakcn ident ity'.
he vvas with her at t\.YO in the 111orn ing on February 14. However, \Vhat does t his 1nean?
after you have heard the witnesses for the prosecution and cxan1incd 2 \Vhere did Ada n1s say that he \vas?
carefully the features of the prisoner, I don't think you v.rill be 3 \Vhat did the prosecutio n la•vyer ask
prepared to adn1it the possibility of a n1istake.' M rs Saln1on?
Mrs Sa ln1on \.Yas called again. She \Vas the ideal \.Yitness, 1.v irh her
4 \Vhat three reasons did she give to expla in
slight Scottish accent and her expression of honesty and kindness .
ho\v she had seen 1\ dan1s's face so c learly?
There \Vas no 111a licc in her, and no sense of irnportance. She told
then1 \vhat she had seen and ho\v she had rung the police station. d 5 4 3 J)) R e ad the glossary for Part 3 of
'And do you sec the man here in court?' tl1e s tory, a nd check how the \vords a rc
She looked straight at the big tnan in the dock, 1·vho stared ha rd at pro nounced. Then lis ten ro Part 3 and
her \Vith his bloodshot eyes, \Vithout en1o rion . ans1.ver the q uestions vvit h a pa r t ne r.
'Yes,' she said, 'there he is.' Glossary 3
'You are quite certain?' swear "q:,, to n1ake a publ ic pro n1ise th at oon1erhi ng
She said sirnply, 'I could n't be 1nistaken, sir.' 1s tr ue
case kl'1v so111erh ing ch;H is being officially
'Thank you, Mrs Sal1non.' inves tiga ted hy the police. e.g. a tn u rdc r case
The lavvyer for the defence began to cross-exan1ine Nl rs Saln1on. alib i a:l~ha1 ev idence that proves s b was in a d ifferent
'No1v, Mrs Sa I111on, you 111ust ren1en1ber that a 111an's life 1nay place a t the tin1e th ar a c ri n1e \vas con1111itted
be acquitted hi ,,'k\\ 1t1d to be declared no t gu il cy o f
depend on your evidence.' .
a cr1111e
'I do ren1en1ber it , sir.'
' Is your eyesig ht good?'
'I have never had to \.Year spectacles, sir.'
'You're fi fry-five years old, a ren't you?'
'Fifty-six, sir.'
'A nd the 111a n you savv \Vas on the other side of the road, is that right?'
' Yes, sir, he \vas.'
'And it vvas two o'clock in the 1norni ng. You niusr have rema rkable
I eyes, Mrs Salinon?'
'No, sir. T here \Vas nloon light, and 1vhen the 111an looked up, he
had the larnpl ight on his face.'
'And you have no doubt whatever that the n1a 11 you Sa\v is the
prisoner?'
'None 1vha rever, sir. Ir isn't a face you ca n easily fo rget .'
Glossary 2
the defence d1 fl'n' ch e hnvyer(s) who rry ro sho1v
tha t sh is not gu ilty of a c rin1e
rf'o<-J plead (guilty) rli:d to say in court that you are
gui lty (o r not g uilty) of a c ri 111e 1 \Vho \Vas the 111an at the back of the court ?
cou rt k,,:t rhc place " 'here c rirnes are judged
doc k dnk. the place in a courr where a perso n who is 2 Ho1v \Vas he d ressed:>
acc used si rs or s ta nds J W hat d id t he defence J<1,vyer say to Mrs
c ross-exam ine krn' 1y /;e1nin co qu estion a w irncss
carefully about a nswe rs they have a lready give n Salrno n?
4 \\Thar \Vas the 1nan's alibi?
5 \\Thy 1vas the n1a n acquitted?
6 \Vhy 1vas there a big c ro,vd outside the
CO LI r t?

7 Why d id the brothers refuse to leave by the

back e nt ra nce?
8 \Vhat ha ppened to one of t he brothers?
9 Why docs the wr iter as k t he quest io n at t he
end, if you 1ver e M rs Salrnon, could y ou sleep
a l niaht?

e Do you like the ' vay rhe s to ry ends ?

Why (not)?
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GRAMMAR VOCABULARY
~a,b,orc. a Co111plete the sentences with a word formed from the b o ld word.
1 If you here on time, we wouldn't 1 I got to the airport late, but the flight was delayed. luck
have missed the start of the fi lm. 2 He's with his work. It's always full of mistakes. care
a were b had been c would have been 3 This sofa is really . It's much too 11ard. comfort
2 What if that man hadn't helped you? 4 I found a great jacket online, but it was sold out. for t u n a t e
a you would do b you would have done 5 D on't be so ! The b us will be here soon. patien ce
c would you have done
b Complete with a verb.
3 If she me that she was arriving this
nlorning, I would have gone to the airport I It was too hot in the room, so I t he heating down a bit.
to pick her up. 2 I need to nly alarm for 5.30 as I have an early flight .
a told b would tell c had told 3 It's al,vays a good idea to your computer during a storm.
4 I would have finished the exam ifl _ __ 4 Could you up the volun1e? I can't hear very well.
about another ten minutes. 5 If you're not watching the TV, please it off.
a would have had b had had c Complete with the right words.
c would have
l you use it to change the TV channel r c_ _ _
5 T'm afraid there's _ __ time left.
2 you use this on a computer to write k~--
a no b none c any
3 you use this to transfer files or photos m st_ _ _
6 There are good programmes on
tonight. I don't know what to watch. 4 you use these to listen to music, e.g. on a plane h s
5 you use this to move the cursor on a computer m _ _ _
a lots of b a lot c plenty
7 Is there in the car for me too? d Complete the compound nouns.
a room enough b enough room 1 football p 3 ground fl_ _ 5 speedc_ __
c too much room 2 pr picture 4 petrols_ __
8 Most people have close friends.
e Complete tl1e missi11g words.
a very little b very few c not much
9 Is he the man you met at the party? 1 The d was convinced that the man's alibi was false .
a - b whose c which 2 I'm sure he's guilty, but I can't p r it.
10 Is that the wom an ___ husband is a 3 Jack the Ripper's v were all won1en.
famous writer? 4 The police are convinced they will be able to s the mystery.
a who b that c whose 5 Walter Sickert was a s in the Jack the Ripper case.
11 The Mona Lisa, was painted in about
1510, is the Louvre in Paris.
PRONUNCIATION
a which b what c that
12 I'm very fo nd of Susan, I used to a ~ the word with a different sound.
share a flat with at university. 1 ~" daughter bought caught through

13
a who b - c that
They're very rich, ? 2 rn luck tough although enough

14
a are they b aren't they c isn't it
Your brother's been to New 3 t charge plug gadget programme
Zealand, _ __ ?
a wasn't he b isn't he c hasn't he
4 <:ii keyboard speaker headphones screen

15 You won't be late, ? 5 ~ murder t urn perfect careful

a will you b \von't you c are you
b Underline the stressed syllable .
1 comforltalble 2 a ldapltor 3 calble 4 witlness 5 e lvildence
CAN YOU UNDERSTAND THIS TEXT? -~ CAN YOU UNDERSTAND THESE
VIDEO

a Read the article once. Tl1e read it agai11 with the PEOPLE?
glossary and mark the sentences T (true), F (false), or (s 44 >)) In the str eet Watch or listen to five people and
DS (doesn't say). answer the questions.
1 T he boy was on the Isle of Wight to attend the festival. ij -
2 Bob Dylan and the boy had communication proble111s.
3 There was a beautiful vie"v from the kitcl1en.
4 T he boy liked the song which the Arnerica11 sang to him.
5 Some years later the boy committed a crime.
Lizzie Harry Sean Isobel Giles
6 He was very inoved \.Vhen he heard North Country Blues.
7 Bob Dylan taught him to r ead and write. 1 Lizzie helped someone who _ __
a wasn't feeling \veil
b Choose five ne\v words or phrases fron1 the text. Check b didn't have enough 111oney for a taxi
their meaning and pronunciation and try to learn them. c couldn't find the right platfor1n
2 Harry couldn't live without her 1nobile phone

The ICON and the GYPSY '

because _ __
a she uses the maps on it
I was a young Gypsy boy trying to grow up b it has a lot of apps
in the 1960s in a country which was very
hostile to our lifestyle, and with no
c it's useful in an emergency
access to education, and no chance 3 Sean guess who the murderer is.
to listen to music, or to attend festivals. a can usually b likes to try to c doesn't try to
By chance my fam ily were on the Isle of
4 Isobel's favourite thing about Alexander McQueen's
Wight during the fa mous 1969 music festival.
I was knocking on doors, trying to sell our
clothes is _ __
home-made cloth es pegs. One day I came to a very large house. a they are reasonably priced
somewhere in the middle of the island. A very charm ing American b the different designs and materials
invited me in. He gave me orange j uice and asked me a lot of
c that they are based on designs from the past
questions about my life . He couldn't understand what I was
saying very well because of my accent. and I couldn't understand 5 Giles thinks he's lucky because he _ __
him much either - he talked very quietly. I sat at his large wooden a caugl1t a flight fro1n Australia at the last 111inute
kitchen table and told him all about Gypsy life. how hard it could b is generally happy
be, but also the fun we had. c once won some money on the lottery
I must have been there fo r most of the morning and he got me
to sing a couple of the Gypsy songs I knew. Before I left he played
me a song on his guitar and gave me a record, which he said was
his. and had the song on. But I didn't have a record player. and I
CAN YOU SAY THIS IN ENGLISH?
soon lost the record.
Do the tasks \Vitl1 a partner. Tick (.t') the box if you can do
I had no idea who he was and I forgot about him until I was
in my early twenties. Unfortunately I had got into some trouble
them.
and was in Brixton prison fo r burglary. My sentence was for two Can you ... ?
years. We had a vicar who used to visit twice a week and because
we were bored we would sometimes attend his sessions. At one 1 D co111plete these three sentences:
of the sessions he played some music on an old record player and If you 11ad told me about the party earlier, ...
as soon as I heard it I recognized the singer. He told me it was I would have bought those shoes if. ..
a man called Bob Dylan and said that if I liked it. he would bring
more of his records to the next meeting. The fol lowing week I wouldn't have been so angry if ...
I spent hours transfixed as I listened to the records. One song 2 D describe something that you do too much, and
stood out - North Country Blues - it was the song he had sung to something that you don't do enough
me in the kitchen on the Isle of Wight all those years ago. When
the song had finished, I cried - all the troubles and hardship I had 3 D talk about a gadget that you use and why it is useful
lived with just poured out of me.
Those sessions with the vicar became my education. With his
4 D describe a person that you admire (who they are f
what you know about them/ why you admire
guidance and Dylan's poetry a world opened up to me. He taught
me to read and write, and by th e time my prison sentence came tben1)
to an end I had started a journey that transformed my life. With 5 D checkfivethingsyou think you know
the vicar's support I went to college and became a carpenter - I about your partner using questions tags
didn't look back.
Gypsy a 1n e n1ber o f a race of people who spen<l the ir lives -~ Short films The Hound of the Baskervilles
travelli ng a round from p lace to place, living in ca ravans VIDEO Watch and enjoy a film on iTutor.
-----i Isle of Wight a s1n a ll island off rhc sourh coasr of Engla nd
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18 PERSONALITY Students A+B 28 ARE YOU HUNGRY?

R ead the e xplan atio n and con1.par e \·Vith a partner. Do you agr ee \.Vit h Student A
you r res ults? a Ask B your q uestions. He / she n1uSt
respond \Vith the phrase in brackets.
The activity you have just done is a personality test. The f irst adjective
you w rote down is how you see yourself, t he second is how ot her people
see you, and the third is w hat you are really like. 1 Is the water cold? (Yes, it 's freezing.)
2 Was the film good? (Yes, it w as fant astic.)
3 Were you t ire d af ter the exam? (Yes, I was
exhausted.)
PEl HOW AWFUL! HOW FANTASTIC! Student A
4 Was t he room dirty? (Yes, it w as filthy.)
a Re ad you r sen tences 1- 9 to B. B niust react \vith a ph rase, e.g. 5 Is it a big house? (Yes, it's enormous.)
You're k iddin3, Oh no! etc. 6 Were you surprised? (Yes, I was amazed.)
1 T collect old E nglish tea c ups. 7 Are you sure? (Yes, I'm positive.)
2 T spilled sorn e coffee o n rny laptop last n igh t and no\v it doesn't
\VOrk. b R espond to B 's q uestions. S ay Yes, it's . .. /
3 T'1n goin g to Ne\.v York next \veeke nd. I '1ri. . ., etc . + the strong for111 of the adjective
4 Son1eone sto le n1y bike yesterday. '~1 hich B used in the q uestio n. Ren1e n1ber to
stress the strong adjective.
5 My dog can ope n the kitchen d oor by hin1self.
6 My fa the r's going to be intervie\ved o n T V ton101TO\V. Are you afraid of flying!]_ 0es, I'm terrified.
7 My grandn1other's just bought a sports car.
c Repeat the exercise. Try to res pond as
8 My paren ts met \Vhen they \vere only 15.
quickly as possible .
9 I've just \VOn €2,000 in the lot tery!
b Lis ten to B 's sentences a nd re act \Vith a phrase .
3A l'M A TOURIST - CAN YOU
c Tell B son1e real (or inven ted ) ne\vS abou t you fo r B to react. HELP ME? Student A
R eact to B 's ne\vs.
a T h ink of the to\vn / city where you arc,
or the nearest big to\vn. Yo u are a fo reig n
2A SPENDER OR SAVER? Students A+B to u rist and you a re planni11g to get a ro u nd
using public transpor t. Ask B q uestions 1-5 .
C heck you r results, the n compare w ith a par t ner. D o you ag ree \Vith
Get as much in fo r n1arion from B as you can.
you r results?
1 What kind of public transport is th ere?
Mostly 'a' answers
2 What's t he best way for me t o get around
You can't be t rust ed w ith your own money! You defi nitely need
the cit y?
someone to help you to manage yo ur fin ances better. W hy not speak to
3 Can I hire a bike? Are there any cycle lanes?
an o rganized friend about how t o plan? This w ill help you t o make your
money go fur t her and stop you get t ing into debt. 4 Is it easy to find taxis? How expensive are
they?
Mostly 'b' answers 5 What's t he best way t o get to the airport
A lthough you underst and how t o manage yo ur money, sometim es from the town centre? How long does it
you need to be a bit more organized. Tr y sett ing you rself a w eekly o r take?
monthly budget, t hen keep to it . You w ill t hen know how m uch money
you have, what you spend it o n, and how much you can save.
b $\.vap ro les . Bis a fo reign to urist in the
Mostly 'c' answers tow n, who has h ired a car. You live in the
Congr at ulat ions! It sounds like you really know what you are doing tow n . AnS\·v er B 's q uestions and give as
wh en it com es to managing your rnon ey. You know how im portant it is n1uch infor mation as you can.
to keep track o f your spending and are responsible w ith your money.

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PE3 COULD YOU DO ME A FAVOUR? 48 THE BIG DAY Students A+B

Students A+B Read a nevvspaper ar ticle about vvhat happened at H eid i
a Look at the verb phrases belo\¥. Choose two things you and Freddie's wedding. Do you th ink they behaved \veil or
vvott!d like son1ebody to do for you. "fhi nk about any bad ly? \Vhy?
details, e.g. \Vhar kind of dog it is, ho\v 111uch n1oney
you need, ere . News online
• look after (your chi ldren, you r dog for the \veekend,
you flat \Vhile you're a\vay, etc.) Mother-in-law from hell ...
• le11d you (so1ne n1oney, their car, etc.) What happened next ...
• give you a lift (home, co the tovvn centre, ere.)
By NEWS ONLINE Reporter
• help you (\vith a problem, \Vith your horne,vork, to
paint your flat, to choose son1e ne\v clothes, etc.) esterday Heidi Withers married Freddie Bourne
in a £25,000 ceremony at St Mary the Virgin
b Ask as n1any other students as possible. Be polite Church in Berkeley, Gloucestershire. It was
(Could you do 1ne a bisfavour? Would you niind ... ? Do followed by a reception at 900-year-old Berkeley
you think you could . ..?) and explain why you want the Castle. However, there was no sign of Carolyn,
favour. Ho\v n1any people agree to help you? Freddie's stepmother, the woman who was ridiculed
for the email she sent Heidi. She and her husband
Edward, Freddie's father, were not invited.

4A GUESS THE SENTENCE Student A

a Look at sentences 1-6 and think of the correct forn1 of
be able to + a verb. Don't w rite a11y tl1ing yet!
1 I'n1 sorry l \VOn't ________ _ to your
party next \veekend.
2 It vvas August, but we ______ _ _ _ a hotel
vvi thout any proble1n s.
3 r used to a little Japanese, but I can't 110\V.
4 I love in bed late at the 'veekend.
S 'vVill you _ __ _ _ __ the v.rork before Saturday?
6 I've never fish well.
b Read you r sentence 1 to B. If it isn't right, try again
u nti l B tells you, 'Thar's right'. Then \Vrire ir in.
Heidi arrived almost 25 minutes late for the ceremony,
Continue \Vith 2-6 .
which was due to begin at 2.45 p.m. Perhaps, as
Carolyn suggested was her habit, she had been in bed
c No'v listen to B say sentence 7. I fi t's th e san1e as your
until the last possible minute. She arrived at the church
sentence 7 beJo,v, say •' r hat's right'. lf not, say 'Try with security guards holding umbrellas to prevent
again' until B gets it right. Continue \Vith 8- 12. onlookers from catching sight of her, and with her head
7 lt n1ust be fantastic co be able to speak a lot of languages. covered. This is a well-known tactic for celebrities, but
for a 29-year- old secretary it seemed , in the words of
8 I vvon't be able to see you tonight. I'm coo busy. one onlooker, 'a bit ridiculous'.
9 My grandn1other ca n't \·valk very \Vell, but luckily vve
Edward and Carolyn admitted being disappointed at
w ere able to park just outside the restaurant. not receiving an invitation. They spent the weekend
10 They haven't bee11 able to fin d a fla t yet. l'hey're on a walking holiday w ith friends. They have had no
sti 11 looki ng. contact with the couple since the saga began, and did
11 You should be able to d o this exercise. It's very easy. not even know the date of the wedding.
12 \Ve really enjoy being able to eat outside in the su1nn1er.
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SA OTHER SPORTING SUPERSTITIONS Student A 68 JUDGING BY APPEARANCES

a Read a bout Tiger Woods a nd Kolo Toure. Students A+B
Dominic McVey, born in 1985, is a
TIOER WOODS always wears
British ent repreneur f rom London,
a red shirt on t he last day of a golf
w ho set up a business at t he age of
tournament. It's a routine he has
13 im porting m icro-scoot ers f rom t he
followed since he was eight and
Unite d States. He was a millionaire
he believes it makes him play more
by t he age of 15. His business
agg ress ively.
interest s now include websit e
publishing and f ashion.
When KOLO TOURE played for Arsenal, he
always insisted on being the last player to leave Mira Sorvino is an Am erican
the dre ssing room after the half-time break. act ress of Italian descen t. She
This was never usually a problem. However, in won an Oscar as best supporting
one mat ch when William Gallas, his teammate, actress in 1995 for her ro le in
was injured and needed treatment at half-time Woody Allen's Mighty Aphrodite.
during a match, Toure stayed in the dressing Befo re becoming an actress she
room until Gallas had been treated. This meant stu died Chinese at Harvard Universit y,
t hat Arsenal had to start the second half with w here she g raduated magna cum
only nine players. laude (w ith great honour).

Olga Rutterschmidt , an 80-year-old Calif ornia

b Now cover the text and tell B about their superstitions fron1 n1en1o ry. woman, and her f riend Helen Golay w ere convicted
in 2008 of m urdering t wo homeless men. They
c Listen to B telling yo u abo ut Laurent Blanc and Alexander \\lu rz's commit t ed t he murders to collec t millions of dollars
superstitions. f rom the men's life insurance policies.

d Toget her decide vvhich supers tition you thin k is a) the stranges t
b) the most impractical. 7A THREE IN A ROW
Students A+B
PES ASKING POLITELY FOR INFORMATION Play the game in sn1all gro ups.
Student A One team is X and one is 0 . Choose a square
a You are a tourist in B 's to\vn. You w ant to as k B, w ho you have in turn. Finish the sentence so t hat it is
g rammati cally correct and makes sense. If you
stopped in the street, questio ns 1- 5 and you \vant to be ver y
are rig ht, put your X or O in t he square. The first
polite. Rew r ite 2- 5 as indirect questions. t eam to get 'three in a row' is t he winner.
1 Do shops o pen on Sundays?
Could you tell n1e if shops open on Sundays? I'll leave 1·won't get
2 ls there a post office near here? Unless we
home married
Do yo u kno>v _ _ __ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ ? hurry...
when ... until...
3 W hat t in1e do banks close here?
Could you tell nle _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ __ _ _ _ ? I'll give you When I
4 Where's the raihvay statio n? the money If I see can speak
D o you kno\v _ __ _ _ _ _ __ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ? as soon him... English
as... fluently...
5 D oes the nun1ber 21 bus go to the city centre?
Could yo u tell me _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ?
As soon You'll never
He'li lose
b Ask B yo ur indirect questio ns 1- 5. A h.vays begin Excuse me. as he gets be rich
his job if. ..
here... unless...
c Now B is a tourist, and is going to stop you in the street and ask you
son1e questions. Answer politely w ith the necessary inforn1ation.
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Student A Student A
a Look at sentences 1- 6 and think of the Look at t he s it uatio ns and role-play the conversatio ns. Spend a fe,v
111issing verb phrase (l±l = positive, minutes pre pa r ing \Vhat yo u a re going to s ay.
E = negative). Don 't write a n y thin g yet!
1 I'd cook dinner every day if I _ _ __ _ 1 You're a customer. You bought somet hing in a clothes shop in t he
sales yest erday (decide w hat) and t here's a problem (decide what).
earlier from \Vork. [±] Go back t o the shop. B is the shop assistant. You'd like to change
2 If \Ve ch is sun1 n1er, n1aybe we it for another ident ical one. If you can't, you'd like a ref und.
could afford co get a ne~' car. C::.I
3 I think yo u more if you saw You st a rt. ~xcuse me. I bought ...
the o riginal version. :±l
You're t he manager of a restaurant. Your normal chef is off this
4 I'd see n1y grandparents more often if
they . :±1 2 week, and you have a temporary chef who is not very good. One
of t he waiters has had a problem with a cust omer, who would
S T the f ish if I \Vere you. le isn't like to speak to you. When cust omers complain you usually offer
usually very good here. R them a f ree drink or a cof fee. If it 's absolut ely necessary, you
might give a 10% discount on t heir bill, but you would pref er not
6 I if the \Vater \vas a bit
t o. B is t he cust omer.
war mer.[±]
b R ead yo ur sentence 1 to B. lf it isn't right, B w ill start.
try again until B tells yo u 'T hat's right'.
Then w rite it in. Continue w ith 2-6.
BB THE RIGHT JOB FOR YOU Students A+B
c Liste n to B say sentence 7. If it's the s an1e
as your sentence 7 below, say 'That 's right'. In \vhicb gro up(s) do yo u have mos t tic ks? R ead the appropr iate
I f no t, s ay ' Tr y again' until B ge ts it rig ht. paragraph co fi nd o ut whicl1 jobs \.VOu Id su it yo u. Would yo u like co
C o nt in ue w ith 8- 12. do any of chem?

7 "fhe house would look better if you painted If you have most ticks in 1-4, the best job for you would
•
It. be in the 'caring professions'. If you are good at science, you
8 If I met my ex in the street, 1wouldn't s ay could consider a career in medicine, for example becoming
h ello to him. a doctor or nurse. Alternatively, teaching or social work are
9 If it wasn't s o late, I'd stay a bit lo nger. areas which would suit your personality.
10 T he flig ht would be more comfortable if
\ VC 'vere in business class.
I t ost ticks in ;;;,· .... you should consider a job
involving numbers, for example becoming an accountant or
11 I \VOtildn't 1nind the \Vinter so much if it
working in the stock market. The world of business would also
didn't get dar k so early. probably appeal to you, especia lly sa les or marketing.
12 Jfl had n1ore n1oney, I'd b uy a h o us e with a
beau t i fu I garden . ff you have most ticks in 9-12, you need a creative job.
Depending on your specific talents you might enjoy a job in
the world of music, art, or literature. Areas that would suit you
include publishing, journalism, graphic design, fashion, or the
music industry.

If you have most ticks in 13-16, you have an analytical

mind. You would suit a job in computer science or engineering.
You also have good spatial sense which would make
architecture and related jobs another possibil ity.

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9A GUESS THE CONDITIONAL lOA RELATIVES QUIZ Student A
St udent A a Con1 plete the questions \v ith a relative clause to describe the bol d
a Look at sentences 1-6 and think of the words. Star t the clause vvith who, 1.vhich, that, 1vhose, or ~vhere, or
n1issing verb or verb phrase ( + =positive, no relative pronoun vvhen there is a ne\v subject.
1- l = negat ive) . Don't w rite any thi11g yet!
1 a pedestrian What do you call someone...?
1 \\le - -- - the hotel if,ve had n't had
2 a loan What do you call some money...?
satnav.1- 1 3 f ans What do you call people ...?
2 If I that it 'vas vour birthdav, I
J '
4 a boarding school What do you call a place...?
\vould have bought you son1et hing. l±J 5 a coach What do you call th e person ...?
3 If I about the concert earlier, I 6 traffic lights What do you call t he things ...?
vvould have been able to get a ticket. I±] 7 football pitch What do you call t he place...?
4 T he cat vvouldn't have got in if you 8 selfish What do you call somebody...?
_ _ __ the \Vindo\v open. G 9 a cash machine What do you call a t hing...?
5 If our best player had n't been sent off, vve
the 111atch . I±:] b Ask B you r q uestions .

6 I \VOtddn't have recognized her if you c Ans,ver B 's q uestions.

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b Read your sentence 1 to B. lf it isn't right, 108 JUST CHECKING St udent A
try agai n until B tells you 'That's right'.
Then \vrite it in. Continue \vith 2- 6. a Yo u are a. p olice inspector. B is a s uspect in a crime. Ask B the
quest io11s belo\v, but don't write a n y t hing dow n . Try to
c Listen to B say sentence 7. If it's the sa1ne re member B 's ans\vers .
as you r sentence 7 belo,v, say 'That's right'.
Tf not, say 'Try again' until B gets it right. • What 's your name?
Conti nue \·Vith 8- 12 . • Where do you live?
• How old are you?
7 r wouldn't have been so angry if you had
• Where were you born?
told n1e the truth right frorn the start.
• Are you married?
8 If I hadn't gone to that parry that night, I • What do you do?
wouldn' t have nle t n1y •vife. • What car do you drive?
9 If \Ve hadn't taken a taxi, •ve would h ave • How long have you lived in this town?
missed the train . • What did you do last night?
• Where were you at 7.00 this morning?
10 Ifl'd kno\vn that progran11n e \Vas o n last
night, I w ould h ave wat cl1e d it.
b No\·Vcheck the infor mation \.v ith B us ing a q uestion tag.
11 I \.Vould h ave gone out \Vith you last night
if I hadn't had to •vork la re. 0our name is Tom Gibson, isn't it?
12 Ifl h a d l is t e n e d to n1y friends, I \VOtild 0 ou live in New York, don't you?
never have n1arriecl Jan1es.
c Change roles . No\V you are the suspect and B is the police
inspector. Ans,ver B 's questions . You can invent the information
if you \~'ant to.

d B will no\v check the infor n1ation he / she has . Just say, 'Yes, that's
right' or 'No, that's \Vrong' and correct the \Vrong inforn1ation.

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FANTASTIC! Student B Student B
a Listen to A's sentences and react with a a ~f hink of thetO\Vn / city \vhere you are, or the nearest big town .
phrase, e .g. You're kiddi-n&, Oh no! ere. A is a foreign tourist \Vho is planning to get aro und usin g public
trans port. You live in the town. Ans\ver A's questions a nd give as
b Read you r sen te nces 1- 9 for A to react. n1u ch information as you can.
1 r failed rny driving test yesterd ay.
b Swap roles. You are a foreign to urist in the town. You have hi re d
2 f lost 1ny \Vallet on the \Vay tO Class.
a car. Ask A questions 1- 5. Get as 111uch inforn1ation fron1 A as
3 r rnet George Clooney at a party last \Veek.
yo u can.
4 I t h in k r sa\V a ghost last night.
5 I \von a salsa co111petition last \veekend. l What t ime is the rush hour in t his town?
6 I'n1 going co be o n a ne\v ed itio n o f Big 2 Where are there often t raffic jams?
Broth er. 3 What's t he speed limit in t he town? Are t he re speed cameras
7 l'vl y dog died yesterday. anywhere?
8 My grandfather h as a black belt in karate . 4 What will happen if I pa rk s omewhere illegal?
9 My uncle is 104. 5 Where's the nearest t ourist attraction outside the city? How long
does it take t o drive there from here?
c l 'ell A some real (or invented) ne\vs about
you fo r A ro react. R eact to A's news.

4A GUESS THE SENTENCE

28 ARE YOU HUNGRY? St udent B Student B
a R esp o n d to A's questions. Say Yes, it's .. . / a Look at sente11ces 7-12 an.d th ink o f the correct forn1 o f
l 'rn ... , etc. + the strong fo rm of the adjective be able to+ a verb. Don't write a11ything yet!
w hich A used in t he question. R emember to
7 Tt rnus t b e fantastic to _ _ _ __ _ _ a lot of languages.
str ess the strong adjective .
8 I \von't you to n ight. T'rn too busy.
/s the water cold.!.l 0 es, it's freezing.
9 My grand rnother can't \Valk very \VelI, but lucki ly \ve
b Ask A yo u r q uestions. He / she n1ust _ _ _ _ __ _ just outside the restaurant.
respond "'' it h the phrase in brackets. 10 They haven't _ _ _ _ _ _ _ a flat yet. They're st ill looking.
11 You should _ _ _ _ _ _ _ this exercise. Tt's very easy.
l Are you afraid of flying? (Yes, I'm terrified.)
12 \Ve really enjoy _ _ _ _ _ _ _ o utside in the summer.
2 Is the soup hot? (Yes, it's boiling.)
3 Was the teacher angry? (Yes, he I she was b N ow listen to A say sentence l. If it's the same as your sentence 1
furious.) belo,v, say 'That's right'. If not, say 'Try again' until A gets it right.
4 Is the bedroom small? (Yes, it's tiny.) Continue with 2-6 .
5 Are the children hungry? (Yes, they're 1 J'rn sorry T\von't b e able to come to you r party next "''eekend .
starving.) 2 rr \Vas August, but \Ve \Vere able t o find a hotel without a ny
6 Is t he chocolate cake nice? (Yes, it's problen1s.
delicious.)
3 l used to be a ble to unders tand a little Japanese, but I can't no\V.
7 Was she happy with the present? (Yes, she
4 l love b e ing able to s tay in bed late at the \veekend.
was delighted.)
5 Will yo u b e able t o finis h the \vork before Saturday?
c Repea t th e exercise. Try to respond as 6 I've never b een able to cook fis h \Veil.
gu ickly as possible. c Re ad yo ur sentence 7 to A. If it isn't right. try again until A tells
you, 'Thar 's right'. Then vvrite it in. Continue with 8-12.

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Student B INFORMATION Student B
a Read about Lau rent Blanc and Alexander Wurz. a You are a tourist in A's to,~1 n. You \:Yant to
ask A , who you have stopped in the street,
questions 1-5 a nd you want to be very
polite. Rewrite 2- 5 as indirect questions.
1 Do shops close at lunchtime?
Could you tell n1e ifshops close q t lu11chtirne?
2 Is there a cash nlachine near here?
Do you know ?

3 Where's the nearest che1nist's?

Could you tell me ?

4 What tin1e do the buses stop run ning at

night?
Do you kno\v ?

LAURENT BLANC. t he French footba ll captain. kissed the head of s Do banks open on Saturday n1ornings?
t he goalkeeper Fabien Barthez before each game at the 1998 World ?
Could you tell me
Cup. France won, but Blanc was suspended and didn't play in the final.
b A is a tourist, and is going to stop you in the
ALEXANDER WURZ. an Austri an rac ing driver. used to race with street and ask you son1e questions. Answer
odd-coloured shoes, the left one red and the right one blue. It came
politely with the necessary infor mation.
about when he lost a shoe before a big race and had to borrow one
of a differe nt colour. After winning t he race. he decided it was a lucky c Ask A your indirect questions 1- 5. Alvvays
omen.
begin Excuse me.

b Now listen to A telling you about T iger \Voods and Kolo Toure's
superst itions.

c Cover tl1e text and tell B about Lau rent Blanc and .Alexander
Wurz's superstitions from n1en1or y.

d Together decide \.vhich supers tition you think is a) the strangest

b) the rnost impractical.

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78 GUESS THE SENTENCE Student B 9A GUESS THE CONDITIONAL
a Look at sentences 7- 12 and think of the n1issing verb phrase (:±: = Student B
pos itive, ..::.. = negative). D on' t write a11y thing yet! a Look at sentences 7-12 and think of the
7 The house \VOu Id look berrer if vou .+ n1issing verb o r verb phrase (+' = positive,
'
~ = 11egacive). Don't write a n y thing yet !
8 lflmetmvex
, inthestreer, I tohi nL Fl
9 If ir , I'd stay a bit longer. G 7 I so angry if you had told rne
10 The flight if \VC \Vere in business class. [+] the truth right fron1 the start. 3

11 I \VOuldn't mind the w inte r so 1nuch if it so earl y. El 8 lf l had n't gone to that p art y that nigh t,
I 111y \v ife. ::::::!
12 TfT had 111ore n1oney, I v,rith a beautifu l garden. !+I
9 If v,re hadn't taken a taxi, \Ve _ _ __ _ t he
b O\V l i te n to A say senten ce 1. Jfit's t h e same as your sentence I
train. I:±]
be]o,v, say 'That's rigl1t'. If not, say 'Try again' u ntil A gets it r ight.
Continue \Vi th 2-6. 10 If I'd kno\vn that progran1n1e \Vas on last
night, I ir. [±)
1 I'd cook dinner every day if I got h o n1e earlier fron1 \VOrk.
2 Tf \Ve didn' t go on hol iday this sun11ner. maybe \Ve cou Id afford 11 I \vith yo u lasr n ight if! hadn't
to ger a ne\v car. h ad to \vork late. E
3 I t h ink yo u would enjoy the film n1ore if yo u sa\.v t he o rig ina l 12 If! - - -- - to 111y fr iends, I \VOti!d never
.
versio n. have 1n ar riccl Jan1es. I:±]
4 T'd see n1y grandparents more often if t hey lived n earer. b L isten to A say sentence 1. If it's the sa n1c
5 I wouldn't have the fish ifI \Vere you. ft isn't usually very good here. as your sentence 1 belo,v, say 'Tl1at 's righ t '.
6 l 'd go s wimming if the \varer \Vas a bit \var1n er. If not, say 'Tr y again· until A gets it right.
Continue \Vith 2-6.
c Read your sentence 7 to A. If ir's no c right, try again until A cells
yo u 'Thac's right'. Then \Vrire ir in. Continue \Vith 8 - 12. 1 \Ve wouldn 't have foun d the horel if \ \IC
hadn't had satnav.
2 If I h ad ren1embered that it \.vas yo ur
BA I WANT TO SPEAK TO THE MANAGER birthday, I \VOtdd have bought you
Student B something.
3 If I'd known about the concert earl ier, T
Look at th e s ituations and role-play the conversations. Spend a fe\v
\VOuld have been ab le to get a ticket.
minutes prepari ng \vhar yo u are going to say.
4 The car \VOuldn't have got in if you h a dn' t
You're a shop assistant in a clothes shop. A is going to come to left the \Vindo'v open.
1 you wit h a problem with something he I she bought in the sales
yesterday. You can't change it for an identical one because there
5 I f our best player hadn't been sent off, \Ve
would have \.VOn the match.
are no more in his I her size.
6 l \vou ldn'r have recog n ized her if you
Try to persuade A t o change it for something else, because you h adn't told m e \Vho she \vas.
don't usually give ref unds during the sales.
c Read you r sen tence 7 to A. If ir isn't righ t,
A \·v iii start. try again until A tells you 'Th at 's rig ht'.
T he n \Vrite ir in. Continue \Vith 8 - 12.
You're a customer in a restaurant. You have just finished your
2 meal and you didn't enjoy it at all (decide what was wrong with
it). You complained to the waiter, but the waiter didn't solve the
problem. You have asked the waiter to call t he manager. Try to
get at least a 50o/o discount on your meal. A is the manager.

Yo11 sta r t. 0ood evening. Are you the manager?

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lOA RELATIVES QUIZ Student B 108 JUST CHECKING Student B

a Complete the questions \virh a relative clause to a You are a suspect in a c rin1e. A is a police inspector.
describe the bold \vords. S tart the clause \Vith 1vho, Ansvver A's questions. You can inven t the in f()r111ation
1vhich, that, ivhose, or 1vhere, or no relative pronoun if you \Vant to.
\vhen t here is a ne\v subject.
b A will 110\·V check the infor1nati on he / she has. Just say,
1 shy What do you call somebody...? 'Yes, t hat's ri ght' or' o, that's \vrong' a nd correct the
2 a memory stick What do you call a thing...? \vrong infor n1ation.
3 a referee What do you call the person ...?
c C han ge roles. Novv you arc a police inspector and A is
4 a cycle lane What do you call the place...? a suspect. Ask A the questions below, bur don't write
5 a murderer What do you call somebody...? anything down. T r y to ren1en1ber A's ans,vers.
6 a receipt Wha t do you call t he piece of paper...?
7 a taxi rank What do you call t he place...? • What 's your name?
8 a colleague Wha t do you call a person ...? • Where do you live?
• How old are you?
9 a scooter What do you call a thing...?
• Where were you born?
• Are you married?
b Ans\ver A's questions. • What do you do?
• What car do you drive?
c Ask A your questions. • How long have you lived in this t own?
• What did you do last nig ht ?
• Where were you at 7.00 t his m orning?

d Now check the in forn1at ion \Vith A us ing a question

tag.
0 our name is John Hatton, isn't it?
0 ou live in New York, don't you?

112
1 A DESCRIPTION OF A PERSON b The con1puter has foun d ~
~ in Sofia's en1ai l. Can you correct
a Read the t \¥0 Facebook n1essages once and anS\·Ver the questions . thern?
1 vVhy has f\ ngela \vrittcn to Sofia?
c Read bo th en1ails again. T hen cover then1
2 Does Sofia recon1111cnd her friend to Angela? and ansvver the c.iuestions fro1n 111cn1ory.
l \),That five 1:±] adjectives d escribe Kasia's
personality?
2 W hat does she like doing in her free tin1c?
Angela Vernon 3 W hat negative things does Sofia say about
Hi Sofia, Kasia?
I hope you're well. 4 Does Sofia thin k Kasi a \viii get on \.Yith
Angela's family?
I'm looking for an au pa ir to look after Mike and Sally, and I
remembered your Polish fri end Kasia, who I met last summer. d Look at the ~i1g llighte&expressions \.Ye use
She said she might be int erested in working in England as an to 111odify adjectives. Put then1 in tl1e correct
au pair, so I t hought I would write and ask her. The thing is, I place in the chart.
don't really know her, so before I write and suggest it, could
you t ell me a bit about her (age, persona lity, etc., and what
she likes doing) so that I can see if she would tit in with the
f amily? Please be honest! Kasia is verv forgetful.
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Angela

Sofia Lugo
Hi Angela, p Useful language: describing a person
Kasia is one of my best friends, so of course I know her He's quite! very, et c. + positive adjective
(e.g. friendly, outgoing, etc.)
vef\]J well. She's 22 and she's just finished economics at
She's a bit + negative adjective (e.g. untidy,
university, but she doesn't have a job yet and I'm sure she shy, etc.)
would be ~ in going to t he UK. Her pa rents are He likes I loves I doesn't mind+ verb + -ing
both doctors, and she has two younger brothers. She gets She's happy to+ infinitive
on very well with them and they are a very close family. He's good with children
Kasia's an intelligent girl and very hard-working. She can at making new friends
be guit shy at fir st, but when she get s to know you she's
1iocrediol Y1 fri endly. She loves children - she often looks after e Tn1agi ne you received Angela's 1nessage asking
her brothers - so she has a lot of experience, and she's also about a fr iend of yours. Write an email to
very ~.
a11s>ver it. Plan \vhat you're going to >vrite
In her free t ime she likes going to t he cinema, listening to using the paragraph headings belo\V. Use
music, and she's also very good at ~ - she always the Useful language box and Vocabulary
has her camera with her. She's fu_c;1lly ~ and happy Bank Personality p.153 to help you.
to do t hings on her own, so you won't have to worry about
t aking her t o places. Paragraph 1 age, family, work I study I
The only problem w ith Kasia is that she's a l:lit ~ ...
she sometimes loses t hings, like her keys, or her phone. Also,
Paragraph 2 personality (good side) I
Paragraph 3 hobbies and interest s
to be honest her English isn't fantastic, but I'm sure she'll
improve very quickly. I think Mike and Sally will love her. Paragraph 4 any negative t hings?
I hope t his helps! Let me know if you need anything else.
f C heck your en1ail for n1ist akes (gran1 n1ar,
Love, vocabulary, punctuation, and spelling).
Sofia
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Writing 113
2 AN INFORMAL EMAIL From: Kasia [[email protected]]
To: Ang ela [ang [email protected]]
a Kasia went to Britain and stayed for six 111onths Subject: Thanks
\.vith a couple, Angela an<l :rvfatt, \Vorking as an au
Hi Angela,
pair. J\ fte r going back to Poland, she sent then1
an emai l. Look at the list of things she says in her I'm really sorry for not writing earlier, bu t ~ very busy since I
en1ail. N u1nber then1 in a logical order 1-6. got back!

D S he pron1ises to send so1ne photos. Thanks for a wonderful six months. I loved being in Chichester,
and I had a great time. I also think my .e.Qgli@ got a bit better.. .
D S he thanks them for her s tay and says ho\v
liQQ! you think?
n1uch she enjoyed it.
It was so nice to look after Mike and Sally. I thought they were
D S he ta!ks about 'vhat she's been doing recently.
adorable, and I think we had a fan tastic time together. I have
D She apologizes for not vvriting before. really good memori es - fo r example ou r ~ to th e Isle of W ight
D She thanks then1 again and invites the1n to stay. and the zoo there!
D She talks about the nice things that happened I've been a bit stressed the se last few weeks, because I've
vvhen she was \Vith then1. started working at a restaurant, w hile I look for a proper job.
~ a waitress is very hard work, but I can now afford to ren t a flat
b Now read K asia's e1nail and check your answers
with Sofia and two other friends, and I'm saving ~ a car!
toa.
I've also spent a lot of time with my family - my brothers have
c Correct eight 111.is takes in the en1a il (~, changed so much over th e past six months!
~, .jlW-~ and ~.) I've had severa l ~ from Mike and Sally since I've been
back! Please tell them from me that I miss them and that
p Useful language: informal emails ~ them some photos very soon .
Beginnings That's all for now. Thanks again for everything . And I hope you
Hi+ name (or Dear + name if you want t o be a bit know you're welcome in Gdansk at any time - my family would
more formal)
love to meet you. Summer here is usually lovely.
Sorry for not writing earlier, but. ..
Thank you I Thanks (so much) for (your letter, Hope to hear from you soon. Give my regards to Matt!
having me to stay, etc.) ... Best wishes,
It was great to hear from you ...
Kasi a
Endings PS I've attached a photo I took of me with the kids. I hope you
That's all for now. like it !
Hope to hear from you soon. I Looking forward to
hearing from you soon.
(Give my) regards I love to ...
Best wishes I Love (from)
PS (when you want to add a short message at the
end of an email) I've attached a photo...

d In1agine you have son1e British fr iends in the

UK, and you stayed \v ith then1 for a week last
m o nth. Write an en1ai l to say thank you. Plan
w hat you're going to say. Use 1- 6 in a and the
Useft1l lan guage box to help you.
e Check you r ema il for mistakes (gran1n1ar,
vocabulary, punctuation, and s pelling).

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114
3 AN ARTICLE FOR A MAGAZINE
a Look at the four forn1s of public transport in London. Transport in London
\Vhich one do you think is probably... ?
• the n1ost expensive London Underground (The Tube)
• the healthiest This is the quickest way to get 1around the city and
• the best if you wan t to see the sights of London t here are many underground station s all over Lo ndon.
• the safest to use late at night The cheapest way to use the underground is to get an
Oyster card. This is Like a phone card . You put money
on it , and t hen top it up when you need to, and t h en
you use it every tim e you get 2 or 3_ _ __
the Tube. You can buy Oyster cards at t ube stations and
in newsagents.

Buses
Th ey can be qu icker tha n t he underground if t her e isn't
too much t raffic. The easiest way to use t he buses, l ike
t h e undergrou nd, is to ju st use your Oyster card. You
ca n also buy t ickets f rom machines 4 bus
stops. On some bu ses you can buy a t icket w ith cash
b Read an article fron1 an on line n1agazine for foreign when you get 5 t he bus. Some of the bu ses
students about public transport in London and cl1eck operat e 24 hour s a day, so you can al so use them Late
you r anssvcrs to a. Then ansv,rer these questions fron1 at night Travelling 6 a dou bl e-decker bus is
n1en1or y. also a good way to see London .
1 \Vhat can you use an Oyster card fo r? Bikes
2 \Vhy are the bikes you can hire called 'Boris Bikes'? Bikes are now more popul ar t han ever in Lon don,
1 \Vhat's the difference bet\veen a black taxi and a especial ly 7 tourists and peopl e who want
1ni ni-cab? to be fit. Th ere are quite a Lot o f cycle l anes, and bikes
c Read the article again and complete the gaps \vith a that you can hire, nicknamed ' Boris Bikes' af ter Boris
preposition fron1 the list. Joh nson, t he mayor of London. You can u se your cr edit
ca rd to hire a bike, and th e first 30 m inutes are f ree.
around at in next to of f on (x2) on the top of with
Taxis and Mini-cabs
p Useful language: transport in your town
London's bl ack taxis are expensive, but they are
com fortabl e and th e t axi drivers kn ow London very
You can buy Oyster cards at tube stat ions.
wel l. You normal ly tell t he driver where you want t o
You must have a ticket or card before you get on a bus.
(You= people in general) go before you gets the taxi. M ini-cabs are
norma l cars which work for a company, and w hich you
Comparatives and superlatives
have to phone. They are m u ch cheaper, but make sure
Buses aren't as quick as trams.
Cycling is the cheapest way to get around. you use a Licensed company. Taxis o r m ini- cabs are
probably the safest way t o travel Late 9 night .

d Write an article about transport in your nearest tO\vn or

city for foreign students. Plan \vhat headings you're going
to use, and what to say about each forn1 of transport.

e Check your article for mistakes (gra1n1nar,

vocabulary, pu11ctuation, and spelling).

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Writing 115
4 TELLING A STORY
a A n1agazine asked its readers to send in
stor ies of a ti n1e they got lost . .Read the s tory
DISASTROUS JOURNEYS!
once. \Vhy did Begona and her hus band get We asked you to tell us about a time you got lost.
lost? W hat else \vent "vro11g? Begoiia from Spain wrote to us ...

b R ead the s tor y again and con1plete it \Vith a

connect ing word or phrase fron1 the list. FRANCE

although as soon as because but

instead of so then when Nigra
Lerida0
p Useful language: get t ing lost
We were going in the wrong direction.
We took t he wrong exit I turning.
We t urned right inst ead of left. BALEARIC
We didn't know where we were. ISLANDS
We had to turn round and go back in the
opposite direction. ·-
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Cl. I
0 ' ',\fj_OO 200 300 l<m
I">· I . I
! I If
1
I J )l _ff{
c W rite about a journey where you got lost nt.\jr
100 20!l s
(or invent one) to send to the 111agazine.
Plan what you're going to \\' rite using the
is happened a few years ago. I live in Alicante, in Spain and my
paragraph headings below. Use t he Useful
language to help you. husband and I had rented a house in Galicia for the summer holiday.
We were going to first drive to Tarragona, to stay for a few days
Paragraph 1 When was the journey? Where with some friends, and 1 then drive from Tarragona to Galicia.
were you going? Who with?
Why? The f irst part of the journey was fine. We were using our new satnav
Paragraph 2 How did you get lost? What for t he first time, and it took us right to the door of our friends' house.
happened? Three days later, 2 we continued our journey, we put in the
name of the small town in Galicia, Nigran, which was our final dest ination.
Paragraph 3 What happened in t he end?
We started off, obediently following the instructions, but after a while
d C h eck your s tory for n1istakes (gran1111ar, we realized that 3 driving west towards Lerida, we were going
vocabu lary, punct uation, and spelling). north. In fact, soon we were quite near Andorra. I was sure we were
going in the wrong direction, 4 my husband wanted to do what
~ p.47 t he satnav was telling us - it was his new toy! It was only when we started
seeing mountains that even he admitted this couldn't be the right way. 5_
we stopped, got out an old map, and then turned round! We had wasted
nearly two hours going in the wrong direction!

It was an awful journey 6 as well as gett ing lost, when we were

nearly at our destination we had another problem. We stopped for a
coffe e at a little bar, but 7 we got back onto the motorway
we realized that we had left our dog under the table in the cafe! For the
second t ime that day we had to turn round and go back. Luckily, the
dog was still there! However, 8 t he beginning of our trip was a
disaster, we had a wonderful holiday!

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5 A FILM REVIEW

The Godfather (1972)

The film The Godfather is 1based on the book by Mario Puzo. The fi lm was 2 by Martin
Scorsese. It 3 Marlon Brando as Vito Corleone and Al Pacino as his son, Michael. The film
won three Oscars in 1973 for Best Actor (Marlon Brando), Best Movie, and Best Screenplay.
The film is 4- - - - in New York in the 1940s and 50s. It was fi lmed on 5- - - - in New York
and in Sicily.
The film is about the Corleone fam ily. Vito, 'The Godfather', is head of one of the most powerful
criminal families in America. Don Vito is a fair but ruthless man, who runs his business by doing
favou rs and expecting favours in return . The Corleones get involved in a war with other c riminal
fam ilies, because they don't want to sell drugs . Don Vito is shot and he is seriously injured. While
Don Vito is in hospital, contro l of the fami ly passes to his eldest son, Sonny. Sonny is a hot-head,
and with him in charge, the war between the various families becomes more violent. Don Vi to's
youngest son, Michael, has always stayed outside the fam ily business, but when Don Vito is shot,
he returns home to do what he can to help the fam ily. He also takes his revenge against the people
who are trying to kill his father. In the end, Sonny is shot and Michael becomes the new Godfather.
I strongly 6 The Godfather. It has 7 , drama, an unforgettable 8 _ _ __
and an important message: that violence never really solves anything. The two 9 , The
Godfather II and The Godfather Ill are also good, but the fi rst film is definitely my favourite.

a R e ad the fi lm rev icv.r and con1plete it with the \.VOrds in d Have you seen The Godfather? If yes, do you agree with
tl1e list. the revie\.v? If no, does the revie\v make you \Vant to see it?

action based directed location

sequels set soundtrack stars
recommend p Useful language: describing a film
It was directed I written by... In the end...
It is set in... fvly favourite scene is ...
b Rea d the revie\·Vagain and nun1be r the paragraphs in It is based on the book... I strongly recommend
order 1- 4. It's about... (the film) because...
It stars...
Paragraph 0 The plot

Paragraph 0 The name of the fi lm, the director, e Write a filn1 revie\v about a filn1 you vvo uld
t he stars, and any prizes it won r econ1111end people to buy on DVD or sec at the
Why you recommend t he fi lm cinerna. P lan vvhat you are going to \v rite in the
Paragraph 0
four paragraphs . U se the Useful lan g11age and
Paragraph 0 Where and when it is set Vocabulary Bank Cinemap.159 to help you.
Where it was filmed
I f C l1eck your revie\V for n1is takcs (gran1n1ar,
c Look at paragraph three again. \ Vhat tens e do we use voca bulary, punctuation, and spel ling) .
to tell the story of a filn1 or book?
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Writing 117
6 DESCRIBING A HOUSE OR FLAT d Write a description of your house or flat for
the website. Plan \vhat yo u're going to 'vrite.
a The \.Vebsite Hon1erent.con1 is for people \.vho \Vant to rent out Use the U seful l an guage and Vocabulary
their houses while they are away on holiday. R ead two posts fron1 l\ank Houses p.162 to help you.
the website. \.Vhicl1 one \VOuld you prefer to stay in for a t\.VO-\veek
holiday? Why? Paragraph 1 A brief introducti on. What kind
of house I flat is it? Where is it
b Read about the flat in Budapest again. Underline any adjectives exactly?
\.vhich help to 'sell' the f lat? \Vhat do they 1nean?
Paragraph 2 Describ e the house I flat.
What rooms does it have?
c Now read about the Turkish villa again. ln1prove the description
Does it have any special
by replacing the word nice w ith one of rhe adjectives belo\v. Often characteristics?
there is n1ore than one possibil ity.
Paragraph 3 Describe the neighbourhood.
amazing beautifu l breathtaking lovely ideal How fa r is it f rom places of
luxurious magnificent perfect spacious superb int erest , public t ransport, et c.?
Paragraph 4 Say who t he house fla t is
p Useful language: describing location suitable f or. Are t here any
restrictions?
It is perfectly situat ed in ... '-
walking distance from ...
a (fifteen-minute) walk from ... e Check your description for inistakes
a short drive from ... (gran11nar, vocabulary, punctuation, a11d
The neighbourhood is (safe, friendly, et c.)... spelling) .
It's a (beautiful) area ...
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Beautiful one-bedroom flat in Budapest Beach villa in Ku~adas1, Turkey

Ku$adas1 is a n~ bietJ.(l,UfiU
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The flat is perfectly situated in the
heart of Budapest's 5th district. holiday resort on the
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' • - r.! west coast of Turkey,
It's a cosy 55-square-metre flat . , !I '
• 1' !! 90 km south of Izmir.
on the 11th floor of a new building,
with a lift. It has one large double Our house is nice.
bedroom, a spacious living I It has three double
dining room with a balcony, a bedrooms, a living
modern, well-equipped kitchen, room, a nice kitchen,
and a bathroom. There's a and two bathrooms. All
spectacular view of the Danube from the w indows. The living the rooms have air conditioning, and the bedrooms
room has a big table, which is ideal for having a meal with have their own balconies. There is a nice terrace with
friends, and there is also a large TV. The flat has wooden floors, table and chairs, so you can eat outside. There are
cable television, and W i-fi internet. nice views of the beach and the mountains. The re is
a nice gard en and a communal swimming pool, which
The 5th district is a lively neighbourhood in central Budapest,
we share with the other nearby houses.
w ith plenty of shops and cafes. The flat is walking distance from
Vaci utca, Budapest's main shopping street. It's five minutes The house is near several nice beaches, where you
away from a subway station, so you can visit the city very easily. can do lots of water sports. It's also a short dri ve from
the mountains, where you can go hiking.
The house is ideal for a couple who would like to go sightseeing
in this beautiful town. It's a no-smoking house and no pets are This house is perfect for a fam ily with children or for
allowed. two couples. T he house is not suitable for pets.

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1 A LETTER OF COMPLAINT
a Read the letter of con1plaint . Then answer
the questions.
1 Who is Chris Mason con1plaining to?
2 What item is he con1plaini ng about? \Vhy?
3 \Vho did he contact first?
4 W hat proble n1 did he have \vhen he phoned
to corn plain?
5 In 'vhich paragraph does Chris use flat tery? Sandra Adan1s
H ow.;> H ead ofDepart1nent
b Read it again and con1plete the gaps with a John Leavis Customer Service
'vord f ron1 the list. PO Box 908
Qeaf delivered forwa rd However in stock Swindon May 19th 2013
reference service unhelpful Yours
1 Dear M sAda1ns,
p Useful language: a formal lett er (or email)
Last vVednesday, 25 April, I ordered a coffee mach ine from
You don't know t he person's name
your onlinc store (order 2 #CE437184). Before placing
Start: Dear Sir I fv1adam,
Finish: Yours faithfully, the order I read the conditions carefu lly, and the item was
3_ _ _ _ . Your website says that ite1ns in stock are
You know the person's name
Start: Dear+ fv1r I fv1s I Mrs Garcia, 4 _ _ _ _ in 48 hours.
Finish: Yours sincerely,
Style Tvvo \·veeks passed, and nothing arrived. 5 , I noticed
• Don't use contrac t ions that pay1nent had been taken fro1n n1y credit card. I phoned
• Write I look forward to hearing from you. as
your customer service line, and the person that I spoke to,
the fina l sentence
• Write your f ull name under your signat ure :Becky, was rude and 6 . She said that the item was not

Note: a formal email is exactly the same as in stock, and that she didn't kno"v when they "vould arrive. She
a fo rmal letter, except in an email we don't could not explain why the money had been taken from my card.
write the address or date.
I have bought many things fi·om you over the years, both from
c W rite a letter (or an en1ai l) of con1plaint your l ,ondon shop and the online store, and I have always had
about something you bought onli11e. Plan
good 7 . I can only imagine that th is is a departure
vvhat you're going to write. Use the Useft1l
fro1n your usual high sLandards, a nd I am sure you will be able
language to help you.
to resolve the situation in a satisfactory way.
d Check you r letter or email for mistakes
(gran1111ar, vocabulary, punctuation, and I look 8 _ _ _ _ to hearing from you.
spelling).
9 _ _ __ sincerely,
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Chris JVIason

Writing
8 A COVERING EMAIL WITH YOUR CV 9 A MAGAZINE ARTICLE -
a Look at the job advertisen1ent. \Vh ich job cou ld you ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES
apply for? a Read an art icle for a s tudent niagazine about the
advantages and disadvantages of living w ithout a TV.
We are looking for dedicate , T he con1puter has fou nd ~ (gra1nn1ar,
enthusiastic, and energetic p pie to work vocabulary, punctuation , and spelling). Can you
correct then1?
at the forthcoming Olympic Ga..mes.
There are vacancies in the following areas:
• Administration Living without a
• Hospitality and catering
l most every family today 1 .Q§)@ a TV, in fact probably
•
•
Translation and language services
Medical support
A more t han one, and people everywhere spend hours
watching it. But a few families choose to live without a
All applicants must be appropriat ely qual ified and a TV because they thi nk there are advantages .
B2 level of English is essential. Send your CV and a
The first advantage is that families spend more time 2 ia!!:s
coveri ng email (in English) to:
to each other. Secondly, t hey spend more t i me doi ng
recruitment@theolympicgames7 more creative thi ngs like reading or painting. Thirdly,
they spend more time outdoors, and are usually 3 .D:[email protected].
But on t he ot her hand , t here are al so di sadvantages.
b Ricardo Suarez \vants to apply for a job, and is For example, child ren who don't have a TV may feel
subn1itting his CV. Read the covering en1ail to go \vith 4
~ from 5 ~ school friends, and often won't
it.@ the best phrase in each pair. know what they are talking about. Al so, it i s not t rue that
all TV 6 ~ are bad. There are good ones, li ke
From: Ricardo Suarez [Suarezr@chatchat. com] 7 o u r s, and people who li ve wi thout a TV may
To: [email protected] know less about 8 ~ happening in the world.
Subject: Job application
In conclusion, 9 ~ livi ng without a TV has some
Dear Sir I Madam, advantages, I think today i t's unreali sti c and t hat we
1/
am writing I I'm writing to apply for a job with the should just try to tu rn the TV 10 .Q.!d! when there's nothing
medical support staff at the forthcoming Olympic Games. good on.
I am a qualified physiotherapist and 2 /'ve been working I
I have been working at a Rehabilitation Centre here since
January 2006. 3My English is great I I speak English
fluently (level C1).
4/ enclose I I attach my CV.
5Hope to hear from you soon' I I look forward to hearing
from you.
6 Yours sincerely, I Yours faithfully,
Ricardo Suarez

c Write a covering en1ail (to go with your CV) to apply

for a job in the next Olyn1pics. Plan \vhat you're going
to 'vvrite. Use the Useful la11guage on p. 11 9 to help
b Read the article again. Then cover it and in pairs
you.
ans\ver the questions fron1 memory.
d C h eck your ernail for n1istakes (gran1n1ar, vocabulary, J W hat are the three advantages?
punctuation, and spelling). 2 \Vhat are the t\vo disadvantages?
~ p.81 3 Is the \vriter for or against having a TV?

120
c You are going to \vrite a s in1 ilar article about 10 A BIOGRAPHY
sn1artphones. First \vith a partner, n1ake a list of the
advan tages and disadvantages. a Read a text about Mark Z uckerberg. Then re-\vrite
t he text w ith the extra inforn1ation (sentences A- F) as
·~ ' relative clauses .
"
Mark Zuckerberg,
t he American computer
programmer, was o ne of
Advantages Disadvantages
t he founders of Facehook.
In his teens he began to
write software prog rams
as a hobby. After school
he went to Harvard . While
he was t here he created a
website called Facemash.
d Now decide \vhich are the three biggest advant ages and It was shu t down by t he universi ty, but it inspi red hi m
nun1ber t he n1 1-3 (1 =the biggest). Do the sa1ne '~'ith to create Facehook.
the disadvantages.
He left Harvard and moved to Californ ia w ith Dust in

p Useful language: writing about advant ages and

Mos kovi t z, and t ogether t hey made Facehook an
international success .
disadvantages
In 2012 Zuckerberg marr ied Pri sci lla Chan.
Listing advantages
First I Firstly,... Secondly, ... Thirdly, ...
Listing disadvantages Paragraph 1 A Mark Zuckerberg was born in New York
On the other hand, there are also (some) disadvantages ... in 1984
For instance I For example...
Also, ... Paragraph 2 B He studied comput er science and
sociology at Harvard
Conclusion c Facemash allowed students t o share
In conclusion I To sum up, I think ... phot os
D He launched Facebook f rom his room in
e \Vr ite an article called 'S1na rtphones -A great 2004
invention?' Start the article \Vtth th is introduction. Paragraph 3 E Dust in Moskovitz had been his
roomma t e
Many people today don't just have a mobile phone, they
have a smartphone like an iPhone or a Blackb err y. But is it Paragraph 4 F He had dated Priscilla Chan for nine
a great invention? I t hink t here are both advantages and years
disadvantages.
l i\l[ark Zuckerber8, the A1nerica11 co1nputer pro&rarnrner,
'vVrite three 111ore par agraphs. Plan what you're going ivho i vas bo1·ri iti New York itt 1984, 1vas one of the
to \vrite. Use the Useful langu age to help you. jounders of Facebook.

Paragraph 2 Wri te two or three advantages. b Cover A - F. Read the text agai n a nd try to re n1en1ber
the extra information.
Paragraph 3 Write t wo or three disadvantages.

Paragraph 4 Conclusion - decide if you t hink c Write a short biography of an interesting o r s uccessfu I
smartphones are a great invention or not. p erson you know about . Plan w hat you're going to
\Vrite, a nd try to use some relative clauses.
f C l1eck your a rticle fo r mistakes (gran11nar,
vocabulary, punctuation, and spelling). d C l1eck you r biography for n1istakes (gra n1n1ar,
vocabulary, punctuation, and spelling).
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Writing 121