Upper Intermediate SB Unit 5
Upper Intermediate SB Unit 5
Upper Intermediate SB Unit 5
5A
Keeping koi
QUICK REVIEW
Think of four interesting or
surprising things about you or
people you know. Work in pairs.
Take turns to tell each other these
things and say youre surprised
or not surprised. Ask follow-up
questions. A My brother cant
ride a bike. B Youre kidding!
Why didnt he learn?
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Vocabulary Animals
Vocabulary animals
Grammar ways of comparing
Review saying youre surprised or not surprised
a big difference
a small difference
almost as much as
no difference
as beautiful as
TIP! We can also use much/a lot with comparatives to talk about a big
difference and a bit/a little to talk about a small difference.
R5.1
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Get ready
Get it right!
8 a) Work in pairs. Choose two places,
two people or two things that you
both know well (cities, actors,
actresses, bands, restaurants, etc.).
b) Work on your own. Write five
sentences comparing the places,
people or things you and your partner
chose in 8a). Use language from 3.
Tokyo isnt any more expensive than
London.
I think Reese Witherspoon is a far
better actress than Cameron Diaz.
5B
QUICK REVIEW
Write three true and three false sentences comparing yourself to
how you were five years ago. Work in pairs. Take turns to say your
sentences. Guess if your partners sentences are true or false:
A Im nowhere near as fit as I was five years ago. B I think thats false.
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Emmas daughter
Emmas husbands job
Emmas familys holiday
the Eden Project
parking problems
a TV documentary
someones birthday
travel arrangements
R5.2 Listen again. Fill in the gaps in these sentences with two words.
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Shes been working really hard and I think shes going to pass them all.
Were staying in a
in Padstow for a week.
Were going to take Katy to the
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Oh, Im sure hell have a
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No, dont worry, Ill take a
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Its on BBC2 and it starts at
.
Actually, well be driving through
so we can pick you
up on the way.
Just think, this time
well be walking around the Eden
Project together!
R5.3
EMMA
PAUL
EMMA
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EMMA
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FUTURE CONTINUOUS
the environment
peoples lifestyles
travel and transport
scientific advances
b) Tell the class two things that your group agreed about.
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5C
QUICK REVIEW
Work in pairs. Student A, write eight words connected to plants and gardens.
Student B, write eight words connected to animals. Take turns to define
the words on your list. Your partner guesses the words: A Theyre part
of a tree. B Leaves? A No, theyre underground. B Oh, you mean roots.
Queen Elizabeth I
Listening
1 Work in groups. Discuss these questions.
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Michael Jordan
Napoleon Bonaparte
3 a)
Ancient Egyptians
the perfume museum in Paris
ingredients in perfumes
how to choose a perfume
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Roman feasts
becoming a perfumer
men and perfumes
how to look after perfume
Tutankhamun
Coco Chanel
Homophones are words that sound the same, but have different
spellings and different meanings (their/there, would/wood, etc.).
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flu
through
pear
wore
sent
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flew
threw
pair
war
scent
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new
there
wear
weather
buy
b) knew
b) their
b) where
b) whether
b) by
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Central Asia
valleys
Turkey
the 11th
century
in Holland
the thieves
in 1634
the bulbs
sold their homes
tulip
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tulips
tulips
Central Asia
the time of the
Ottoman Empire
in Germany
the bulbs
in 1594
the people
became tulip growers
colour
type of bottle/packaging
how it will be advertised
which celebrity youd like
to advertise it
TULIPS
Tulips were originally wild flowers 1which
grew in the valleys in Central Asia. 2They
were first cultivated in Turkey in the
11th century, 3where they were highly
valued for their beauty. They became
the symbol of the Ottoman Empire and
can be found in many works of art from
4that period.
Tulips were first cultivated in Western Europe in the 16th
century by a Dutch botanist called Carolus Clusius. He had
been living in Germany for some years, but in 1594 he
returned to Holland and became head of a botanical
garden 5there. However, he charged so much for the bulbs
that thieves broke in and stole 6them. More and more
people wanted to buy tulips and in 1634 Tulipmania began.
7At that time people would pay a fortune for tulip bulbs
in one instance three of 8them were sold for the equivalent
of 75,000 at todays prices. By 1636 ordinary people were
selling their homes to become tulip growers. However, the
more people 9did so, the less valuable the flowers became.
In 1637 Tulipmania ended and most traders lost everything.
Holland now produces three billion tulip bulbs each year
in hundreds of different colours, but they still cant grow a
truly black tulip. To produce a black 10one is the dream of
tulip growers everywhere.
ROSES
According to fossil records, roses
are over 35 million years old and
11they were first cultivated in China about
5,000 years ago. A Chinese emperor in
the 6th century BC apparently had over
600 books on roses in 12his library, and
oil was extracted from 13those grown in
his gardens. However, only the highest
members of society were allowed to use
14it. If anyone else was found with even a
small amount, they were sentenced to death.
Roses were also popular with the Romans,
15who used their petals as medicine, a
source of perfume and as confetti at
weddings.
Cultivated roses were only introduced
to Western Europe in the 18th century. Napoleons
wife, Josephine, started a botanical garden near Paris,
16where she collected all the known varieties of rose and
encouraged the breeding of new ones. This led to the flowers
becoming increasingly popular, and in Britain 17at that time
roses became so valuable that 18they were often used as
currency in local markets.
All roses in Europe used to be pink or white until the first
red 19ones arrived from China 200 years ago. 20These now
symbolise love and are the worlds most common cut flower.
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REAL WORLD REAL WORLD REAL WORLD REAL WORLD REAL WORLD REAL WORLD REAL WORLD REAL WORLD
5D Ecological footprints
QUICK REVIEW
Write four pairs of homophones (flu, flew, etc.). Write sentences for each
homophone: Ive got the flu. He flew to Rome. Work in pairs. Take turns to say
your pairs of sentences. Your partner spells the homophone in each sentence.
moral
damaging
ethical
legal
disturbing
sustainable
wasteful
justifiable
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5 Review
1 a) Tick the true sentences.
Change the animals in the false
sentences. V5.1
leopard
1 A tiger has spots and large claws.
2 A parrot is a mammal that lives
underwater.
3 A bear is an insect with wings.
4 A rabbit has fur and lives
underground.
5 A bee makes honey and can
sting you.
6 A shark is often kept as a pet.
7 A snake makes a web out of silk.
8 An eagle builds a nest to lay
its eggs in.
b) Work in pairs. Compare
answers. Then write definitions
for the animals that did not
match the definitions in 1a).
A tiger has stripes and a long tail.
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public transport
the fast-food industry
low-cost airlines
recycling
factory farming
renewable energy
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Progress Portfolio
a) Tick the things you can do
in English.
I can talk about animals, plants and gardens.
I can compare two or more people or
things in different ways.
I can talk in detail about different aspects
of the future.
I can understand back referencing in a text.
I can understand the important points
of a lecture.
I can take part in a discussion and
respond to other peoples ideas.
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