Herbert Puchta, Jeff Stranks & Peter Lewis-Jones

Student’s Book 5
 A Grammar what clauses; so / such B Grammar Adverbial phrases; which referring back to clause
Welcome section Vocabulary Personality; making an effort Vocabulary Fame; the environment
Reading Personality quizzes Reading 21st-century heroes – Steve Irwin

Unit Grammar Vocabulary Pronunciation

1 Legend or truth? Deduction and probability Expressions with story

2 Snap judgements Future in the past Making decisions Sounding polite or angry
Vocabulary bank: Decisions

CHECK YOUR PROGRESS

3 Other worlds Cleft sentences review Money

Word building
Vocabulary bank: Money

4 Is it sport? Could, was/were able to, managed to Success and failure

Vocabulary bank: Success and failure

CHECK YOUR PROGRESS

5 Advertising Position of adverbs Advertising

Adjective order Vocabulary bank: Advertising

6 Animal instincts Past perfect tenses review Animal sounds Stress in phrases
Vocabulary bank: Expressions with animals

CHECK YOUR PROGRESS

7 Double lives Reporting verb patterns review Crime

War and peace
Vocabulary bank: War and peace

8 Going it alone Mixed conditionals review More time expressions

Alternatives to if Vocabulary bank: Expressions with time

CHECK YOUR PROGRESS

9 Survival instincts Talking about tendencies Feeling stressed

Coping with stress

10 Inspiration Causative have review Metaphors to describe emotions Stress and intonation
and creation Modal passives (present and past) Vocabulary bank: Emotion metaphors

CHECK YOUR PROGRESS

11 The age wars Future perfect / future Life choices

continuous review Vocabulary bank: Life choices and
Alternative ways of referring to important moments
the future
12 The beauty hunters Past tenses with hypothetical meaning Commonly confused words
Vocabulary bank: Commonly confused words

CHECK YOUR PROGRESS

13 Those were the days Substitution: the ones / so Old and new
Ellipsis Vocabulary bank: Old and new

14 Feeling how Negative inversions Habits and gestures Linking sounds

others feel Hedging and boosting Vocabulary bank: Gestures

CHECK YOUR PROGRESS

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 C Grammar Participle clauses; passive report structures D Grammar Dummy it; didnt need to / needn’t have
Vocabulary Getting involved; reporting verbs Vocabulary Conflicts and solutions; expressing opinions
Reading Education protest Reading Dialogue between two friends

Speaking & Functions Listening Reading Writing

A story or anecdote Radio show: A Likely Story The rise and rise of urban legends Newspaper article
Culture in mind: Mythological
creatures

Interviews Thin-slicing Listening with your eyes Letter of complaint

Important decisions
Video activities: Revision buddies

Talking about virtual worlds Review of Avatar Start your own country Informal email turning
Literature in mind: Alice in down an invitation
Wonderland
Talking about behaviour and attitudes in sports Conversation about cheating Sport in the news Description of an event
in sports (magazine)
Song: Race for the Prize

Designing and presenting a marketing An expert talks about advertising Wearing brand logos Covering letter of
campaign for a product of your choice Culture in mind: Advertising application
techniques

Animal heroes Radio show about Paul the Animals know before Magazine article
Telling a story Octopus
Video activites: Horses!

Talking about a crime story Two women spies Canoe Man A biography
Giving a short talk based on a photo Literature in mind: Call for the Dead

Talking about living alone for a month Teenagers talk about being on My year of moneyless living A leaflet
Discussing which activities to do alone their own
Song: Message in a Bottle

Describing a stressful situation and giving advice A teenager talks about how stress `I cut off my arm to survive´ A report
affected him Culture in mind: Explorer Scott’s diary

Discussing preferences An interview about metaphors What inspires the inspirational? A poem with
Video activites: The photographer metaphors and similes

Talking about life choices People of different ages The Battle of the Generations Formal letter to a
comment on the reading text Literature in mind: Ithaca magazine editor

Discussing beauty and society A talk about beauty Your take on cosmetic surgery Report and article
Song: Ugly

Discussing objects that tell us about our society Radio programme: Our Heritage The People’s Museum A note
Taking part in a discussion to plan a school trip Culture in mind: Museums at the
bottom of the sea

A short presentation Mirroring techniques A fascinating discovery Discursive composition

A class presentation
Video activities: Family problems?
 Welcome section A
Grammar: what clauses; so / such
Vocabulary: personality; making an effort

Read and listen

a Read the text quickly. Which of the people in the pictures do b CD1 T02 Read the text
you think is most likely to be the author? again and listen. Say if the
sentences are T (true) or
F (false).

T here’s something I have to confess. They have

been annoying me for a long time. ‘How can
people take these things seriously?’ I ask myself, every
The writer…
1 did several personality
time I come across one. ‘How can such rubbish be quizzes as he waited
published?’ So what am I talking about? Personality to see the doctor. F
quizzes, of course! You know the sort of thing: ‘How 2 decided he should
charming are you?’, ‘Could you be a better friend?’,
find out more about his
‘Ten questions to find out how sympathetic you are.’
You find them in those glossy magazines they leave subject before writing
lying around in doctors’ waiting rooms. Am I the the article.
only person left in the world who isn’t obsessed 3 did the personality
with mini-questionnaires that promise to tell me all quiz enthusiastically.
about myself?
4 considers himself to
To be honest, until I decided to write this article, be a cheerful person.
I’d never actually done a personality quiz. I just
5 believes personality
instinctively knew that I didn’t like them. So, in
the name of research, I thought I’d better try out a quizzes are for the
couple. I half-heartedly did one that told me I was egotistical.
pretentious and smug (my wife would agree) and I 6 thinks these quizzes
struggled with one to find out how bubbly I am – are badly written.
not at all, apparently (no surprise there either). All
in all the whole experience was such a waste of time 7 has a daughter who
that I promised myself that I’d never do one again. writes personality
Actually it wasn’t a complete waste of time. At least quizzes.
now I know what I’m talking about. And it confirmed 8 believes other people
all I had originally thought. And that is that personality are better judges of
quizzes reflect the fact that we’ve all become so self-
character than these
obsessed that we’ll read any old rubbish, as long as it
allows us to talk about ourselves. But of course, instead quizzes.
of telling us how boring, selfish and unfunny we all are,
these quizzes are designed to make us seem like super c What do you think?
humans – interesting, considerate and witty. That’s why Discuss.
we keep going back for more. 1 Have you ever done any
But I think what really gets me cross about these personality quizzes? What
quizzes is that the authors must have spent all of five kind of questions did they
minutes in their tea break thinking up the questions. ask?
I mean, the questions are so obvious that I think
2 Do you agree with the
my eight-year-old daughter could think up more
meaningful ones. writer that these quizzes
are only for people who
I’ve got some advice for all personality quiz addicts: are self-obsessed?
if you really want to know the ‘true’ you, it’s better
to listen to what others have to say about you. But 3 What do you think is
just one word of warning: be careful – real people the best way to find out
aren’t as kind as glossy magazine writers. You might about yourself?
not always like what they have to say.

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2 what clauses
Rewrite the sentences.
1 The personality quiz said that I was pushy. That really annoyed me.
What really annoyed me was that the personality quiz said that I was pushy .
2 The personality quiz was about something. I don’t really remember it now.
I don’t really remember .
3 These personality quizzes aren’t written by real psychologists. You should remember this.
What .
4 The quiz said something about my relationships. I didn’t really agree with it.
I didn’t agree .
5 The quiz said that I was charming. I really liked that.
What .

3 so / such
Complete the text with so, such or that.
I was 1 so bored the other morning 2 I started reading one of my sister’s teen mags. Most
3 4
of it was silly I started wondering why I’d bothered picking it up in the first place.
But on the back page there was a personality quiz. It was 5 an interesting quiz 6 I
completely forgot the time and was 7 late 8 I had to run all the way to school and got
to my classroom ten minutes into the lesson. The teacher was talking. She gave me 9 a cross look
10
I knew I was in trouble. She asked me for my English homework and I looked in my bag but it
was in 11 a mess 12 it was difficult to find anything. Finally I found it. I pulled it out and
waved it triumphantly over my head. Everyone started laughing. I looked up and there in my hand was my
sister’s teen mag. I was 13 embarrassed.

4 Personality 5 Makin an effort

Use words from the box to talk about the Complete the
people described below. text with the
words in the box.
intellectual witty pushy
sympathetic charming smug
pretentious bubbly hypocritical

1 My uncle Jack knows something about

everything. He’s funny too but when he tells half-heartedly lot lengths
one of his clever jokes he looks really proud of struggle error properly find
himself, like he’s better than the rest of us. It’s
a bit annoying. It was the first time I’d cooked Beef
Wellington and I wanted to do it 1 properly .
Uncle Jack is intellectual...
Well, there’s no point in making a fancy meal
2 Aunt Joan – she’s really sociable and cheerful. 2
, is there?
She knows how to make you feel good about
I must admit I did 3 a bit with the
yourself. Whenever I’ve got a problem, I always
pastry that goes around the meat. I didn’t
talk to her. She’s a great listener. 4
that very easy. I did it by trial and
3 My other uncle, Uncle Tim – I’m not so keen 5
and eventually it worked out all
on him. He’s always telling me what to do and right. Then I went to great 6 to make
then he always does the complete opposite! sure the beef was cooked just right. But all in
He’s always talking about books and films like all it was a success and I got quite a
he’s some sort of expert. I don’t think he knows 7
out of doing it. It was just a shame
anything much really. my guests turned out to be vegetarians!

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 Welcome section B
Grammar: adverbial phrases; which referring back to clause
Vocabulary: fame; the environment

Read and listen

a Read the text quickly. Is the writer a fan of
Steve Irwin?

21st-century heroes
Steve Irwin
On September 4 2006, Australian TV presenter Steve
Irwin died while filming around the Great Barrier Reef. Steve and Terri spent their honeymoon capturing and
Ironically, for a man who had spent his life chasing some filming crocodiles. The video footage of this holiday
of the world’s most deadly animals, Steve wasn’t killed became the material for the first episode of his TV series
by a great white shark or some poisonous snake. He The Crocodile Hunter, which was first shown on Australian
simply swam too close to a stingray, which provoked the TV in 1996. A year later, the show was broadcast on US
creature to pierce him through the heart with its tail. TV and then made its way onto TV screens in more than
News of his death was met with shock around 130 other countries. With a global audience of 500 million
the world. people, Steve was quickly becoming a household name all
Steve had made a name for himself wrestling with over the world.
large crocodiles and snakes on TV, which brought him But most importantly, Steve was also a true
immediate fame as well as a certain amount of notoriety conservationist. He often said that this was the side of his
and controversy. But there was so much more to him job he most cared about. He worked tirelessly to protect
than the loud, over-excited adventurer who shouted endangered species from dying out and campaigned to
‘Crikey’ each time he got too close to the jaws of an bring about an end to illegal poaching. He bought large
angry croc. areas of land in Australia, Fiji and the US to create national
Steve Irwin was brought up surrounded by animals. parks where animals could be protected.
His parents ran a small nature park in Australia and by Steve Irwin was a passionate naturalist and a TV
the age of eight he had already wrestled with his first sensation. He brought the natural world into the living
crocodile and learned how to handle deadly snakes. rooms of millions of children from all corners of the
When he was 29, he took over the family farm and world. He always presented his programmes in a fun and
renamed it ‘Australia Zoo’. interesting way and his enthusiasm was infectious. He
In 1991 Steve met his wife, Terri Raines, an American has inspired a generation of young people to care about
naturalist who was visiting the zoo. According to the the world in which they live. For these reasons and many
couple, it was love at first sight and they were married a others, I believe Steve Irwin should be considered
year later. ‘a 21st-century hero’.

b CD1 T03 Read the text again and listen. Tick (✓) the points c What do you think?
that the writer mentions. Discuss.
1 Steve’s death was a surprise. ✓ 1 Have you ever seen a
2 His funeral was attended by thousands of Australians. programme presented by
3 Not everyone was a fan of Steve Irwin. Steve Irwin? What did you
think?
4 Both Steve’s parents worked with nature.
2 What other TV naturalists
5 Steve was also an academic.
do you know of?
6 Steve cared hugely about saving the planet.
3 Who would you nominate
7 Steve helped awaken the interest of many young people in as a 21st-century hero?
the natural world.
8 Steve’s daughter now has her own TV programme.

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2 Adverbial phrases 4 Fame
Complete the sentences with an adverbial CD1 T04 Complete the poem with the
phrase. words in the box. Then listen and check.
1 Mr Simms is very strict. We are always afraid
when we enter his classroom. household famous big
sensation success name
We enter Mr Simms’ classroom with fear .
2 Mrs Daniels is the music teacher. Her lessons Jonny Foxx was a singing 1 sensation
are always fun. A2 name all over the nation.
Mrs Daniels teaches . Made it 3 on a TV talent show
3 When Mr Moor, the maths teacher, explains Seems now like that was years ago.
things we find it difficult to understand. 4
for his parties and rock star life
We understand Mr Moor’s explanations Forgetting back home he had kids and a wife.
.
Made a 5 for himself as a ladies’ man
4 Ms Chappel teaches History. She’s always very Touring the country in his rock star van.
enthusiastic.
Enjoying 6 wherever he went
Ms Chappel teaches History .
Not thinking twice about the money he spent.
5 Mr Jones’ geography lessons are exciting. We
Tax man would have got him but for his wife
listen to everything he says.
Poison in his tea – the end of his life.
We listen to Mr Jones .
6 Ms Owen is the science teacher. Her lessons
are interesting.
5 The environment
Ms Owen teaches Science . Complete the text with the missing
prepositions.
3 which referrin back to
a clause
Write commas in the sentences where
necessary.
1 It was the hottest summer for 100 years ,
which is worrying a lot of scientists.
2 It’s a fact which worries me too.
3 I wrote an essay about it which won me a
prize at school.
4 I showed my prize to my dad which made him
very proud.
5 He gave me £10 which was very kind of him.
6 I gave the money to a charity which helps Waterworld is set in a future where global
fight climate change. temperatures have gone 1 up so much
7 The charity which has the support of many that the ice caps have completely melted and
famous people sent me a letter of thanks. flooded the world. All land animals have died
2
8 I’ve got the letter which is worth a lot to me and those humans that have
hanging in a frame on my wall. survived now roam the seas in a variety of
makeshift boats. Most of the world’s fuel supply
has been used 3 and a gang of outlaws
known as ‘The Smokers’ search the seas looking
for any barrels of oil they can find. One man
makes it his mission to bring 4 an
5
end to their terror and get rid The
Smokers for good.

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 Welcome section C
Grammar: participle clauses; passive report structures
Vocabulary: getting involved; reporting verbs

Read and listen

a Read the text quickly. Why are the students
unhappy?

bom M any roads in central London were brought

to a standstill today as thousands of
students went on a demonstration 1
nted to protest about government plans to reshape
university education in the UK.
Shouting slogans such as ‘Education for everyone’ up the crowd and fighting broke out. More than
and ‘What price our future?’, 2 students 10 officers were injured and around 50 people
slowly made their way from various locations around were arrested.
the capital to a mass meeting in Trafalgar Square, The main focus of the protest was government
where they were addressed by several leading plans to allow universities to charge students
politicians 3 . Speaking to a crowd of over more to study at them. It is feared that university
100,000, Jim McNutt, head of the National Union education will soon become too expensive
7
of Students, warned that students faced a fight to to afford and that many potential
protect 4 university education and claimed students will be put off by the thought that they
that further education would soon be something will have to spend the early years of their working
only to be enjoyed by the rich. The crowd were also lives repaying huge debts. The government is being
entertained by several local bands. accused of not being honest about how much
The protests were generally peaceful, although there universities will be allowed to increase their annual
were several fights involving small groups of students fees. Many education experts have warned that the
5
. The troublemakers are thought to belong current maximum of just over £3,000 will rise to
to a radical organisation and student leaders were over £10,000. The government have issued a denial,
8
quick to disassociate themselves from them. . However, it is generally believed that a
large increase will soon be announced. And when it
The main trouble broke out when a few protesters
finally is, we can expect to see many more students
tried to deliver a petition 6 to the prime
taking to the streets.
minister’s offices. When they were refused entry
to 10 Downing Street, protesters started throwing In the end, the government decided to increase the maximum
bottles at the police. The police moved in to break tuition fees that universities can charge to £9,000.

b CD1 T05 Complete the text with the phrases c What do you think? Discuss.
below. Then listen and check.
1 Do you agree with the views and
and the police actions of the students?
huge crowds of 2 Who pays for university education
from the opposition parties in your country?
saying that no final decision has been taken yet 3 Have you ever been on a
for ordinary families demonstration? What was it for?
through the streets 1
the future of
signed by more than 1,000 students

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2 Participle clauses
Tick (✓) the correct sentences.
1 Handing out leaflets as they went, the 5 Speaking live on TV, the prime minister promised
protesters marched toward the town hall. ✓ to reconsider the decision.
2 Having travelled from all over the country, 6 Not wanting to be recognised, masks were
the students met up in the capital. worn by protesters.
3 Having thrown a bottle at the police, 7 Sweeping up after the protest, one street
no one was injured. cleaner said he’d never seen such a mess.
4 Watching the demonstration on live TV, 8 Having got what they wanted, the protest
the students sang as they marched. march was called off.

3 Passive report 4 Gettin involved

structures Complete the questions with the correct form
Rewrite the following sentences, of the verbs. Then discuss them.
using passive report structures.
hand be sign do go make
1 Historians think the first
demonstrations took place in ancient Are you a do-gooder?
Rome. Have you ever…
The first demonstrations are thought 1 signed a petition?
to have taken place in ancient Rome .
2 on a demonstration?
2 Many people say that protests don’t
3 out leaflets?
change anything.
4 a donation?
Protests
. 5 sponsored?
3 Experts think that many people have 6 any voluntary work?
lost interest in politics.
Many people 5 Reportin verbs
.
Match the sentences 1–8 with the nouns a–h.
4 Linguists believe the word
1 ‘I’ll definitely pay you back a a claim
demonstration came into popular use
tomorrow. You have my b a promise
in the 19th century.
word.’
The word demonstration c a warning
2 ‘No, I won’t help you. You
d a refusal
never help me.’
. e a denial
3 ‘Come on. I know you can
5 Police say that more than 250 people do it if you try a bit harder.’ f encouragement
were involved in the violence. g a recommendation
4 ‘You should read this book.
More than 250 people It’s really good.’ h advice
5 ‘This is the greatest picture
.
ever painted.’
6 People know that many politicians
6 ‘If your toothache is that
abuse their position of power. bad, you should go to a
Many politicians dentist.’
. 7 ‘Don’t listen to what people
say. It wasn’t me who did it.’
8 ‘Don’t go into that old
building. It’s in danger of
falling down.’

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 Welcome section D
Grammar: dummy it; didn’t need to / needn’t have
Vocabulary: conflicts and solutions; expressing opinions

Read and listen Dylan: Yes, but it’s tricky. He’s not the kind of
person who likes hearing the truth about
a Read the text quickly. Choose the best title himself. And I don’t want him thinking I’m
for it. taking sides.
Sometimes it’s better to just keep quiet. Lucy: The way I see it, you either say something
Friends forever (again). and maybe they’ll work things out, or you say
Best friend or girlfriend? nothing and it’ll definitely be the end.
Dylan: I think you’re right. Thanks, Lucy. It’s good
to talk. I’ll speak to him this lunchtime.
A few hours later
Lucy: Did you speak to Connor?
Dylan: Yes, but I needn’t have. They’d already
made up.
Lucy: So why did you say anything if you didn’t
need to?
Dylan: Well, he didn’t tell me they were back
together until I’d finished telling him what
I thought.
Lucy: What’s up, Dylan? You look like you’ve got Lucy: And?
the weight of the world on your shoulders. Dylan: Now he’s not speaking to me.
Dylan: It’s just Connor and Rebecca. They’ve split
up again.
b CD1 T06 Read the text again and listen.
Lucy: Again? Those two are always falling out. As
Answer the questions. Write Dylan, Lucy
far as I’m concerned, they’re better off apart.
or Connor.
Dylan: Yeah, well I think it might be for good
Who…
this time. I can’t see them sorting things out.
Apparently he told her he doesn’t want her 1 looks like he/she has a big problem?
going out with her friends at night without him. Dylan
Lucy: Well, if you ask me, that’s completely 2 is unsympathetic about the relationship?
unreasonable. I don’t blame her for not
wanting to be with him. 3 doesn’t want his/her partner doing things
Dylan: I know. I think he’s getting really insecure without him/her?
and jealous. The problem is, I think that they 4 thinks Lucy is right?
make a really great couple. It’s difficult to 5 is difficult to talk to?
watch him messing things up. 6 decides to talk to Connor?
Lucy: What are you going to do if they really 7 does Connor fall out with in the end?
do split up? I mean, you can’t be friends with
both of them, can you? He’ll always be asking
you about her and she’ll always be wanting to c What do you think? Discuss.
know what he’s up to. I think you’re going to 1 Which of the characters do you like most?
have to choose between them. Why?
Dylan: Oh, why can’t they just get on together? 2 Do you agree that it’s difficult to be friends
Lucy: Well, you could always say something to with both sides when a relationship breaks up?
him. 3 What advice would you give Dylan now?

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2 Dummy it
Rewrite the sentences, starting with It.
1 Talking to friends is important. 5 Having a whole day with nothing to do is
It’s important to talk to friends. wonderful.
2 Seeing people suffer hurts.
6 Surprising Mum and Dad with a cup of tea in the
morning is nice.
3 Lying in bed until midday feels good.

7 Saying sorry is not always easy.

4 Having a fun day in the countryside doesn’t
cost anything.
8 Waking up in a bad mood is not unusual for me.

3 didn’t need to / needn’t have

Match the two parts of the sentences.
1 We didn’t need to take an umbrella a because he passed it easily.
2 We needn’t have taken an umbrella b because he was a really confident driver.
3 They needn’t have called a doctor c because the interviewers were really nice.
4 They didn’t need to call a doctor d because sun was forecast for the whole day.
5 He needn’t have worried about his driving test e because they’d already said the job was mine.
6 He didn’t need to worry about his driving test f because it didn’t rain all day.
7 I needn’t have worried about the job interview g because the injury wasn’t very serious.
8 I didn’t need to worry about the job interview h because he felt better by the time the
doctor arrived.

4 Conflicts and solutions 5 Expressin opinions

Complete the text with the words in the box. Complete the sentences with the missing
words. Then discuss them.
fall reach get resolve
make taking sort stays far ask mind opinion way thought

My dad works in industrial relations. His main job 1 To my mind , good friends are the most
is to 1 resolve conflicts in the workplace. When important thing in life.
employees 2 out with their employers,
2 I’d have that it’s difficult to
it’s my dad’s job to 3 things out as quickly
remain friends with an ex-boyfriend or
as possible so that both sides can 4 up
girlfriend.
and everyone can get back to work as quickly as
possible. It’s really important that he always 3 As as I’m concerned, family are
5
neutral. He can never be seen to be more important than friends.
6
sides – that would be a disaster. I think 4 If you me, you can only really
he’s pretty good at his job. Obviously sometimes have about three real friends.
both sides 7 stuck and it takes a bit 5 In my , a true friend will never be
longer than it should, but he’s usually able to offended if you speak openly to them.
help them 8 a compromise that keeps 6 The I see it, if we all said what
everyone happy. we thought all the time, no one would have
any friends.

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 Le end or truth?
Deduction and probability
Vocabulary: expressions with story

Read and listen

a Each of the two pictures shows part of a story.
What do you think is happening in each one?

b Read the text quickly to check your ideas.

R ISE AN D R ISE OF
TH E
AN LEGEN DS
URB

[1] So there’s this girl who eats a full view of everyone, they were both food contamination and the Internet.
hamburger from her local fast food eaten by a killer whale. These stories, often incredible, horrific
restaurant. A week later she goes to [2] You might have heard one, if not or funny, are always told as if they
the doctor with a huge lump in her both, of these stories before. They are true and usually happened to ‘a
cheek. After a lengthy investigation, are both classic examples of urban friend of a friend’. However, although
it’s found that she had been bitten legends, and stories like these have occasionally they may really have
by a pregnant cockroach, which become such an integral part of happened, they will usually have been
had been hiding in her hamburger. modern life that A . But just entirely made up. Perhaps the best
She now has hundreds of cockroach in case you have somehow managed definition of an urban legend is that
B
eggs growing in her cheek. You don’t to miss them, let me quickly fill you in. .
believe it? OK, try this one. After [3] Urban legends, or urban myths as [4] People started using the term
the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska, they’re commonly known in the UK, ‘urban legend’ more than seventy
hundreds of oil-soaked seals were are stories that are quickly passed on years ago, but it was only in the 1990s
cleaned and saved at an average cost by word of mouth or electronically. that C . Opinions differ,
of $80,000 per animal. At a special They can be about anything and but many experts believe that the
ceremony, two of the animals were everything, although certain topics ‘alligator’ story was the grandfather
symbolically released back into the will crop up time and again: some of the modern legends. You must
wild while hundreds of people looked favourites are crime and horror, have come across the tale about a
on and cheered. A minute later, in schools and universities, cases of colony of huge alligators that live

12 UNIT 1
 c CD1 T07 Read the text again and listen. Complete e Find words or phrases in the text
the spaces A–F in the text with clauses 1–7. There is with these meanings.
one clause you do not need to use. 1 very good instances (paragraph 2)
1 the term really came into use classic examples
2 academics now discuss the wider implications of 2 through people talking to each
contemporary legends other (paragraph 3)
3 you can always tell whether a story is true or not 3 appear (paragraph 3)
4 there can’t be anyone left who doesn’t know what 4 followed to find the origins of
they are (paragraph 4)
5 we are so ready to believe that a story might be true 5 a lot of different topics
6 they have never been more popular (paragraph 6)
7 it’s a story that’s too good to be true 6 an atmosphere in which many
people feel afraid (paragraph 7)
d Read the text again and answer the questions. 7 generally not very important
1 What examples are given of topics that urban legends (paragraph 7)
are often about? 8 no examples at all (paragraph 7)
2 According to the article, are most urban legends true
or untrue?
3 What is believed by some experts to be the first urban
Discussion box
legend and how did it arise? 1 Which is your favourite and
your least favourite of the urban
4 What can the Internet tell you about urban legends?
legends in the text?
5 Three examples are given of issues the academic
2 Do you know any other urban
conferences discuss. What are they?
legends?
6 What do experts think is more important than whether
3 Do you agree that urban legends
the legends are true or not?
‘reflect the climate of fear in
which many of us live’?

deep down in the sewers underneath machine to overheat and set fire to urban legends tell us about modern
New York City. It can be traced back his bed? Have people really been society and particularly how they
to stories from the 1930s which told killed by lightning while talking on reflect the climate of fear in which
how New Yorkers would bring back the phone during a thunderstorm? many of us live. Experts argue that
baby alligators with them from their You can find the answers to these and whether or not the stories are true is
holidays in Florida, only to flush other questions on the Internet. largely irrelevant. What is interesting
them down the toilet when they got [6] These stories have become is that F and, in some cases,
too big. Despite a number of claims, such a part of our everyday life that we will change our behaviour because
no one has ever been able to provide E
. Ever since it was of it. As an example, the following
any photographic proof. This is hardly founded at the University of Sheffield legend is often quoted: an email warns
surprising when you consider that a in 1982, the International Society for that motorists have been stopping to
baby alligator wouldn’t last a day in Contemporary Legend Research has investigate baby car seats that have
the freezing sewer system of New held an annual conference in North been left beside countryside roads. As
York. America or Europe to discuss the soon as the would-be do-gooder has
[5] These days, the spread of the latest stories and their significance. got out of their car to investigate, they
Internet and, in particular, social Over the years, these meetings have are attacked and beaten by a group of
networking sites, has given urban looked at a wide range of issues men, who drive off in their car leaving
legend tellers an immediate audience – from humanity’s compulsion them for dead. Now, although not
of millions, and D . There for storytelling, to the cautionary one single case of this has ever been
are now even websites dedicated nature of many of the legends, to reported, a lot of people are reluctant
to investigating the truth behind a comparison of urban legends and to stop their car to help people in
the thousands of urban legends traditional fairy tales. distress, for fear that this could happen
circulating in cyberspace. Is it true to them.
[7] Recently, many academics have
that a man died when he fell asleep shown more interest in what current
with his laptop still on, causing the

UNIT 1 13
 2 Grammar
Deduction and probability
a Read the sentences and circle the correct c Discuss the differences between these pairs
option. of sentences.
1 There can’t be anyone who doesn’t 1 a There’s someone at the door.
know them. It must be James.
a it is not possible b it is possible b There’s someone at the door.
c it is not certain It might be James.
2 People might believe a story. 2 a Ask Monica where her brother is – she’ll
know.
a it is certain b it is possible
c it is not possible b Ask Monica where her brother is – she
may know.
3 Certain topics will crop up.
3 a It’s seven o’clock now. My sister will have
a it is not probable b it is possible
arrived in New York.
c it is certain
b It’s seven o’clock now. My sister must
4 They may really have happened.
have arrived in New York.
a it is possible b it is not possible
c it is certain
5 You must have come across this story.
3 Listen
a it is not certain b it is very probable a Look at the pictures of the two stories.
c it is not possible What do you think is happening in each story?
6 The stories will usually have been made up. The pictures aren’t in the correct order.
a it is certain b it is not certain Story 1 Story 2
c it is not possible
True False True False
b Complete the sentences with a modal
verb plus the correct form of the verb
in brackets. There may be more than
one answer.
1 I’m not sure where Natasha is, but she
might/may be (be) outside in the garden.
2 Pete’s got a foreign accent, so he
(not be) from this country.
3 Let’s ask Fred about the homework – he
(know) how to do it.
4 I’m not sure I believe that story! Jose
(make) it up.
5 Alana hung up in the middle of our
conversation. I think I (say)
something she didn’t like.
6 Peter and Thomas know everything about
horror films, so they (watch)
thousands of them.

b CD1 T08 Listen to a radio show. Number

the pictures above in the order they appear.
Then tick (✓) true or false to say if the
stories are true or not.
c Work with a partner and use the pictures
to retell each of the two stories.
14 UNIT 1
4 Vocabulary
Expressions with story
a Match the expressions 1–8 with their definitions a–h.
1 to cut a long story short a something that’s very hard to believe
2 a sob story b something unwanted that frequently happens to you
3 end of story! c the events as he or she describes them (often contradicting
4 it’s the same old story another version)
5 that’s a likely story d a story someone tells you to make you feel sorry for them
6 it’s the story of my life e all that needs to be said about something
7 his or her side of the story f to tell the main facts without the details
8 to make up a story g to invent an excuse
h something negative that has happened many times before

b Read the dialogues and circle the c CD1 T09 Listen and check. Work with
correct words. a partner and practise the dialogues in
1 A: Dad – I thought I might go out with my Exercise 4b.
friends tonight.
Get it ri ht! Turn to page 116.
B: Well, OK, but if you want to go out, you
have to do your homework first –
end of story / a sob story! 5 Speak
2 A: Where’s your homework? Play A Likely Story. Work in pairs.
B: Sorry, Miss, I had to go shopping and Student B: turn to page 125. Student A: read
cook dinner and … well, to cut a long the outline of the urban legend below. You
story short / to make up a story, I didn’t have five minutes to think of more details
have time to do it. for it and make it as convincing as possible.
3 A: I’m sorry I lost your camera, but really it Then you must
was Sally’s fault. tell Student B the story. Student B has
to decide if it is true or not.
B: Well, I’m going to talk to Sally and hear
the story of her life / her side of the This happened in California.
story. A couple were driving their car. Their baby was
with them in the car.
4 A: Let’s go to the cinema.
They stopped for a break. They took the baby
B: Yeah, good idea – but I’m broke, can you out of the car.
buy my ticket? They forgot to put the baby back in the car and
A: Again?! It’s the same old story / End of drove off.
story, isn’t it? Two hours later they found the baby again and
5 A: Sorry I didn’t come last night! it was OK.
B: But why didn’t you phone me? And
please don’t make up a story / cut a
long story short about your phone not
working!
6 A: Where’s your homework?
B: Well, I did it, but then my dog ate it.
A: Oh, right! That’s a likely story /
a sob story!
7 A: So – how did you do in the test?
B: I failed – again! It’s the story of my life /
my side of the story!

UNIT 1 15
 But, so far, no one has brought back any
6 Read and listen B real evidence, though there have been
numerous sightings of giant footprints
a Read the text and match in the snow by mountaineers who have
gone to climb in the area, none more
the pictures A–C with the famous than the man who first climbed
paragraphs 1–3. Mount Everest, Sir Edmund Hillary.
However, to this day, the true nature of

Mythological
this ‘man of the mountains’ remains one
of modern life’s greatest mysteries.

creatures U
[3] nderneath the icy waters of
Scandinavia, a giant octopus
waited. As far back as 1250, the giant
Kraken was being described in ancient
[1]
W hen the fi rst explorers arrived
in Australia, the Aborigines
warned them about the bunyip, a
Norse sagas. This beast was believed to
attack Norwegian fishing boats and drag
them beneath the waves with its huge
horrible creature that lived in deep tentacles. Fishermen in the area faced
waterholes and killed anyone who a dilemma: where there was a Kraken
went near it. There were multiple These days, of course, not too many there were always plenty of fish, but
descriptions of the beast, but they Australians are worried about the could they risk going anywhere near it?
usually involved huge teeth, sharp existence of such a creature. Interestingly The Kraken were said to be so big that
claws and a terrifying scream. The though, most of the descriptions of the they were often mistaken for islands and
early settlers believed the stories bunyip bear a close resemblance to a included on maps of the sea.
and kept as far away from these prehistoric creature called a Diprotodon,
Reports of these monsters were still
waterholes as possible. whose bones have been found in
cropping up as late as the 1850s. The
Australia. Some scientists think that
Kraken has appeared in literature too
A the legend came from the Aborigines
– in a poem by Tennyson and in the
finding such prehistoric bones: when
1953 novel The Kraken Wakes by John
they were shown the remains of some
Wyndham. These days, most biologists
extinct Australian animals, Aborigines
believe stories of the Kraken were based
would often identify them as the bunyip.
on sightings of giant squid, which can
Is it possible that the bunyip was really a
measure as long as 13m.
creature from the past? Or maybe it was
Perhaps they’re right –
just a story that the Aborigines invented
or is there something
to scare away their unwelcome visitors?
even bigger still hiding
I
[2] n the Himalayan mountains of Nepal
and Tibet, some locals call him Meh-
Teh, others know him by the more
under the sea?

familiar name of Yeti. But, whatever the C

name, most agree that a large ape-like
man is living somewhere out there. The
Yeti is perhaps the most famous of all
mythological creatures, and many people
have set out to find him. He is, allegedly,
a shy, hairy animal with thick brown or
black fur and long arms reaching down
to his knees, supposedly living in the
forests of the Tibetan plateau.

b CD1 T10 Read the text again and listen.

Which creature or creatures…
Discussion box
1 lived in water?
1 Do you think that any of these
2 has/have more than one name?
creatures exist(ed)? Explain your
3 wasn’t always described in the same way? reasons.
4 presented the locals with a huge problem? 2 What other mythological
5 has/have been the subject of a massive search? creatures have you heard of?
6 were the people who lived in the area terrified of?

16 UNIT 1
7 Write
a Read the newspaper article. Do you believe the story? What kind of newspaper do you think it
comes from?

However, the doctors were still

left mystified as to how the venom
had entered his body. They found
no snake bites and the boy hadn’t
reported seeing a snake that day.
The only thing he could remember
that was a little strange was
feeling a small prick on his foot
when he had put on his cowboy
boots. It turned out that it had
been George’s birthday that day
and one of his presents had been
a pair of boots that had originally
belonged to his grandfather. When
questioned further, Barbara told
of how both other members of the
family had died 3 overwhelmingly /
in a mysterious way / in
unexplained circumstances while
wearing these boots. There was
DOCTORS at San Antonio Community Hospital managed talk of how the boots had been
last night to save the life of 17-year-old George Brooke from a cursed by a rattlesnake that her
mysterious illness that had 1 dramatically / miraculously / father-in-law had stamped to
tragically already claimed the lives of his father and death while wearing the boots,
grandfather years before. But, as well as preventing the a few days before he died. She
young man from dying, medical experts have also managed had always refused to believe
to solve an age-old mystery that has been haunting the Texan the story. The doctors examined
family for generations. the boots and, 4in a spectacular
George Brooke became ill late on Tuesday night. When his turn of events / incredibly /
mother Barbara saw the symptoms, she immediately feared mysteriously, found the fang of
the worst. His skin turned grey and he began to have problems a rattlesnake embedded in the
breathing. It seemed she was witnessing exactly the same illness sole of the right boot. 5Incredibly
that had taken her husband 20 years earlier and her father- / Finally / Amazingly it still
in-law 20 years before that. The boy was rushed to hospital, contained enough poison to kill
where doctors diagnosed him as suffering from the effects of
For your portfolio
several people. 6 At last / Finally /
snake venom. Although the poisoning was already in the later, Astonishingly, it seems that the
dangerous stages of development, they were 2miraculously / revenge of the snake is over.
luckily / tragically able to administer the antidote in time.

b Read the story again. Which of the three adverbs does not d Look again at the two stories
fit each of the spaces? in Exercise 3 on page 14.
Choose one of them and
c What type of story do you expect from each of these titles? write it as a newspaper
1 Killer snake strikes from beyond the grave. A horror story article. Use the story above
2 Family mystery finally solved. as a model.
3 These boots were made for killing.
4 Teenager survives deadly snake bite.

UNIT 1 17
 2 Snap jud ements
Future in the past
Vocabulary: making decisions

Read and listen

a Which of these two men do you think is the boss?
Explain your reasons.

b Read the text quickly to find the answers

to these questions.
1 What is rapid cognition?
2 Why didn’t Abbie Conant get the job?
3 What does the title ‘Listening with your eyes’ mean?

Listening with your eyes

[1] If, like me, you’re the kind of person who finds it hard [4] Another story looks at the
to make decisions, then Malcolm Gladwell’s Blink might case of Abbie Conant, a brilliant
just be the book you have been waiting for. Because Blink female trombone player, who
is all about rapid cognition – that is, those moments when was invited to audition for the
we make snap judgements, for example, when meeting Munich Philharmonic Orchestra.
someone for the first time or looking at something we’re In order to conduct as fair an audition as possible,
thinking of buying (in other words, the type of thinking the candidates all performed behind a screen and out of
that takes place in the blink of an eye). According to the view of the judges. As soon as they heard her play,
Gladwell, in these situations, our mind takes about two the judges immediately knew that this was the person
seconds to jump to a series of conclusions. who was going to join their orchestra. They had made a
[2] He spends much of the book exploring the snap decision and arrived at the right decision – without
importance of these first couple of seconds when we are having all the information available to them. Interestingly,
faced with having to make a decision, and how our minds when they got all the information, they weren’t so
jump to conclusions. He analyses exactly what goes on happy with their snap judgement. They had been under
in our heads when we make split-second decisions and the impression that Abbie was a man and, when it
compares this to the thought processes involved when we was revealed that she was a woman, they immediately
take longer to come to a decision. Interestingly he claims withdrew their job offer. Their prejudice meant they were
that: ‘There are lots of situations – particularly at times unable to capitalise on their decision making.
of high pressure and stress – when haste does not make [5] Of course, there are occasions when we jump to
waste, when our snap judgments* and first impressions the wrong conclusion, and this is an area that Gladwell
offer a much better means of making sense of the world.’ also explores in an interesting section on what it means
[3] What makes Blink a really interesting read is the to be tall. In his research, Gladwell discovered that
number of stories that Gladwell includes to support almost all the CEOs of the top companies in the US
his theories. One such story involves doctors in the are tall. There is no actual correlation between height
Emergency Room at Cook County Hospital in Chicago. and intelligence, or height and judgement, or height and
A few years ago they were told to change the way they the ability to motivate and lead people. But, for some
diagnosed heart attacks. From then on they would collect reason, corporations overwhelmingly choose tall people
less information on their patients. Instead of asking for for leadership roles. This, he claims, is an example of bad
information such as the patient’s age and weight and rapid cognition. There is something going on in the first
medical history, they were going to focus only on the few seconds of meeting a tall person which makes us think
patient’s blood pressure. At first the doctors were of that person as an effective leader. Unfortunately, this
sceptical – like most people, they believed that more stops us from making an informed decision.
information is always better. But amazingly, from less [6] All in all, Blink is a fascinating study on an activity that
information, they were found to be much better able to we all do several times a day. And, although I didn’t agree
make the correct instant decision. Cook County is now with all his conclusions, Gladwell certainly had me thinking.
one of the best places in the United States at diagnosing Read it and make better decisions. Guaranteed!
chest pain. * judgment – US spelling
judgement – GB spelling

18 UNIT 2
c CD1 T11 Read the text again and listen. 3 Grammar
Answer the questions. Future in the past
1 What examples of successful snap
a Look at these examples then complete
judgements does the writer give?
the rule.
2 How were doctors at Cook County Hospital
able to make better diagnoses? Instead of asking for information such as the
patient’s age … they were going to focus only on
3 What does the story of Abbie Conant tell the patient’s blood pressure.
us? This was the person who was going to join their
4 What example of making bad snap orchestra.
judgements does Gladwell offer? From then on they would collect less
5 Did the reviewer like the book? Why/ information on their patients …
Why not?
RULE: When we talk about the future, we can
d Find words and expressions in the text that use am/is/are going to (for plans, intentions
mean: and processes) or will (for predictions).
1 quick (paragraph 1) When we want to talk about the future as
seen from a time in the past, we can use
rapid 1
/2 going to or 3 .
2 studies in detail (paragraph 2)
3 immediate (paragraph 2)
b Complete the following sentences with the
4 ideas which explain an opinion (paragraph 3)
correct form of the future in the past: was/
5 a short performance that an actor, musician, were going to or would. Sometimes there is
etc. gives to show their ability and suitability more than one answer.
for a play, position in an orchestra, etc.
1 The computer company announced that
(paragraph 4)
the new software was going to be released/
6 shown (paragraph 4) would be released (release) in the first half
7 took away (paragraph 4) of next year.
8 make the most of (paragraph 4) 2 Phil and Paul knew the job
9 relationship (paragraph 5) (not/be) easy, but they
didn’t expect it to be that hard.
3 The local people thought it
Discussion box (be) a shame not to build
1 What other situations can you think of the bridge across the river.
when we often make snap judgements?
4 I decided I (become) a
2 How important do you think first doctor when I was 5.
impressions are?
5 He probably thought there
3 Do you agree that split-second decisions (be) less risk of upsetting
are usually the best ones or are there me if he didn’t tell me personally, so he sent
some decisions that need more thought? me an email.

c We often use was/were going to ... to

2 Listen and speak say that the planned future action didn’t
happen:
a CD1 T12 In Blink, Gladwell talks about I was going to phone you, but I forgot.
‘thin-slicing’. Listen to someone talking
about ‘thin-slicing’ and write a definition of Work with a partner. Talk about things you
the term using your own words. were going to do in the past but didn’t do.
Explain why you didn’t do them.
b CD1 T12 Listen again. What positive and
negative examples are given?

UNIT 2 19
 4 Listen
a CD1 T13
Listen to three people each talking about an important decision in their lives.
Write Hannah, Julia or Lucy under each picture.

1 2 3

b CD1 T13 Listen again. Who...

1 made two decisions (one wrong, one right)? 5 did a lot of research before making a decision?
2 wasn’t expecting to have to make a decision? 6 took a long time to finally decide what to do?
3 was disappointed by the result of her decision? 7 had to make a decision based on first
4 was scared at the thought of making the impressions?
decision? 8 did the opposite to what other people
expected?

5 Vocabulary
Making decisions
a Match the two parts of the sentences.
1 It was a split- a your mind up. We haven’t got all day.
2 Why do you always jump b judgement and it was wrong.
3 Come on. Make c second decision and it saved his life.
4 You ought to weigh up d things over and give me an answer tomorrow?
5 It was a snap e to the wrong conclusion?
6 He spent hours dithering f a decision and you’re not going to like it.
7 Why don’t you mull g the pros and cons before you decide.
8 We’ve come to h over his decision and still made the wrong one.

b Replace the words in brackets with words or phrases from the box.

dither weigh up the pros and cons snap making your mind up
jumping to the wrong conclusion split-second decisions mull things over

Are you good at making 1 split-second decisions (very quick decisions) or do you 2 (hesitate
3
and change your mind) for ages before (coming to a decision)? Most people like to have
enough time to 4 (think about things well) and 5 (consider the advantages and
disadvantages). Don’t let your indecision get in your way. Become a confident decision-maker and learn
to make those all-important 6 (quick) judgements without 7 (making a quick but
incorrect decision). Contact Decision Makers!

c Talk about some decisions that you have made in your life. Try to use some of the expressions
from Exercise 5a.

Vocabulary bank Turn to page 110. Get it ri ht! Turn to page 116.

20 UNIT 2
6 Read and speak
a Read the three scenarios and decide what you would do in each situation.

Scenario 1
It’s 8.30 am on a cold winter morning. You are late
for school and are waiting for a bus. A friend of
your older brother stops and asks you if you want
a lift. You know that your parents have told your
brother never to get into a car with him because
he drives too fast. You look at your watch.
The bus isn’t due for another twenty minutes.
What do you do?

1 Get in the car and let him take you to school.

2 Thank him but say you’re waiting for a friend.
3 Tell him that you’re not allowed in his car.

Scenario 2 a new games console. Th

e
You really want to buy e
ly got £100 and the on
problem is that you’ve on ls
t. A man in the shop tel
you want costs twice tha u have
for the money yo
you he can get you one .
the shop in five minutes
if you meet him outside
What do you do?

1 Meet him and buy

the console.
t you ever met him.
2 Go home and forge
3 Tell the shop mana
ger what happened.

Scenario 3

You are working on your computer whe

n the
following message appears on the scre
en: ‘Your
computer is at serious risk of infectio
n. Click here
immediately to solve the problem.’ Wh
at do you do?
1 Click on the box and follow the instruct
ions.
2 Close the box and carry on wor
king.
3 Phone a friend who knows a lot abo
ut computers
and ask for help.

b Work in a small group. Discuss the consequences of each decision, and decide which is
the best one for each scenario.

UNIT 2 21
 C

7 Speak and listen

a Work with a partner. Look at the three photos, and decide
what they have in common. What is different about each
one? Think about each situation and what is happening.

b CD1 T14 Listen to three interviews. Which of the f Work with a partner. One of you
situations from Exercise 7a is each interview from? is going to interview the other.
Write in the boxes. Before you start, decide if each
Interview 1 situation is formal or informal.
Interview 2
Where will each interview take
place? Think of six possible
Interview 3 questions together. Change roles
c Which phrases are said by an interviewer and which are said for the second activity.
by an interviewee? Mark the phrases I (interviewer) or Ie 1 You are doing a market survey
(interviewee). to find out about people’s
1 Tell us a bit about yourself. I neutral / formal computer use. Find out if they
use computers for work or
2 I don’t really know what to
pleasure, how long they spend
tell you. neutral / formal
on a computer every day, what
3 Let me think a moment. informal / formal type of things they do on their
4 Perhaps you could tell us … informal / neutral computer and any other useful
information.
5 It’s a bit of a long story. informal / formal
2 You are the manager in a
6 Let’s talk a bit, if we may, … informal / formal
pizzeria and you are interviewing
7 Would you mind if I someone for a part-time job
asked you … informal / formal as a waiter/waitress. Find out
8 Just give me a moment, OK? informal / formal what experience they have, their
9 I think I’d have to say … neutral / formal availability, and try to decide if
10 Sure, but make it snappy, OK? informal / neutral they are suitable for the job.

d CD1 T14 Listen again and check your answers.

8 Pronunciation
e Read the phrases in Exercise 7c again. Are they Sounding polite or angry
informal, neutral or formal? Underline the best option
for each one. CD1 T15 Turn to page 124.

22 UNIT 2
Makin waves Video Episode 1

9 Revision buddies b Match expressions 1–6 in Exercise 10a with

meanings a–f.
a Look at the photo and answer the questions.
a I’ve been told
b Let’s start
c To begin with
d Do it!
e Ask me
f I believe I’ve got the correct information

c Complete the dialogues with the

expressions from Exercise 10a.
1 How is Amy feeling? What kind of news do 1 A: you’ve got a new girlfriend.
you think she’s just received?
B: Who told you? It was supposed to be a
2 When is the phone a good way of breaking secret.
bad news?
2 A: Do you mind if I ask you a few questions?
b Watch the episode. How do the others B: Sure, .
help Amy solve her problem? 3 A: Mum, you look a bit tired. Is there
anything I can do for you?
c Mark the sentences T (true) or F (false).
Correct the false sentences. Watch again B: Well, you can stop arguing
and check. with your sister.
4 A: There’s an advert in the paper for a band
1 Amy interviews a teacher who has been at
who are looking for a drummer. What do
the school for a long time.
you think? Shall I phone them?
2 Amy asks the teacher about her hobbies.
B: . It could be your big chance.
3 Lily thinks that Amy is usually more
5 A: that you’re not happy with
organised.
the decision.
4 Jack thinks Amy will like their plan.
B: Absolutely. It’s a disgrace.
d Discuss in pairs. 6 A: I can’t believe how much work we’ve got
to do.
1 Do you think Becky’s reaction is reasonable?
What would you have done? B: Well, . The sooner we start,
the sooner it’s done.
2 Are revision buddies a good idea? Have you
ever had one?
3 What would you give up first if you felt your Improvisation
life was getting too busy? Work in pairs. Prepare a short role play.
Try to use some of the expressions from
0 Everyday En lish Exercise 10a. Then act it out.
Roles: Lily and Mr Jefferies
a Underline the correct words to complete
Situation: Lily is interviewing another teacher
the expressions. Watch again and check.
for the radio series.
1 fire away / over
Basic idea: Mr Jefferies is thinking of applying to
2 for a beginning / start be the new headmaster of the school. Lily
3 I think I’m right in / on saying wants to find out what sort of changes he
4 I hear / listen would make.
5 Let’s get going / to go
6 Go with / for it

UNIT 2 23
 2 Write
a Read the letter below to find e Replace the underlined informal language with the correct
the answer to the question. formal phrase from the box.
What was the attitude of the
express my annoyance discovered dismayed
assistants in the camera shop?
have no objection to would like to point out
it is my opinion wish am not prepared to
For your portfolio

b Read the letter again and match

the descriptions A–C with the
1 I want to report one of your members of staff.
paragraphs.
I wish to report one of your members of staff.
A letter of complaint needs to give:
2 I don’t want to be a part of such a disorganised business
A details of what happened. venture.
B a clear statement as to what is 3 I am writing to tell you I’m cross about your new payment
expected from the person it is structure.
addressed to.
4 I was upset to see you hadn’t carried out my instructions.
C an overall idea of what the
5 I think that you should provide sufficient car parking outside
complaint is all about.
the school.
c Read the letter again. What details 6 I want to say that we have always paid our bills on time.
does the writer give to make her 7 I don’t mind you leaving work at 4 pm as long as you work a
letter convincing? seven-hour day.
d What language does the writer 8 My colleague found out that you don’t have a licence to sell
use to convey to the reader alcohol on the premises.
how she felt and is feeling
f Think of a negative experience you’ve had with a shop
about the situation?
assistant (or make one up). Write a letter of complaint to the
person’s superior. Keep to the structure of the letter below
and use as many phrases from Exercise 12e as you can.

Dear Sir/Madam,
1
I am writing to express my annoyance
at the quality of serv ice offered in you
shop in Cor nmarket Street in Oxford r
. I have been a loyal customer for man
and am deeply disappointed at hav ing y yea rs
to write this letter.
2
I went into the shop on 15 July to buy
a Virtual Focus digital camera. Not
were the assistants totally uninfor med only
about the product, but they were also
unhelpful and rude. They were unable
to answer specific questions and whe
I asked if the camera had vibration con n
trol, one of your staff, Jeremy Baldwin
replied ‘How should I know?’ Later, ,
I was appalled when I overheard him
a colleague: ‘If she doesn’t know any sayi ng to
thing about cameras, why’s she buy
Needless to say, I find this type of attit ing one ?’
ude totally unacceptable.
3
I don’t think I need to explain why I
left your shop immediately and will
buy ing any more products from ther not be
e unless I receive an official apology
sales team in the shop. I would further from the
like to stress that, should I not hear
you, I will write a letter to the editor from
of the Oxford Daily Messenger in the
I can save others from similarly hum hop e that
iliating experiences.
Yours faithfully,
Marianne Crombe

24 UNIT 2
 Grammar 2 Vocabulary
a Underline the correct option to complete a Complete the sentences with one word.
the sentences. 1 No money, no friends, nothing to do – it’s
1 You’re going to travel round the world on the story of my life.
your own? You can be / must be mad! 2 Well, to a long story short,
2 I can’t find my wallet. I must lose / must we didn’t get home until 3 am.
have lost it somewhere. 3 OK, now let’s listen to Jane and we can hear
3 He failed the exam. He can’t have studied / her of the story.
might have studied enough. 4 I don’t believe a word of it! You’re just
4 She’s on television almost every day – you up a story, aren’t you?
must know / must have known who she is. 5 No, you can’t go out tonight!
5 That can be / can’t be Jack. He’s in Spain at of story!
the moment. 6 So you’re saying it was his fault, not yours?
6 But we’ve met five times before – you will It’s always the old story, isn’t
have / can’t have forgotten my name! it? 5
7 It’s strange she isn’t here yet. She might
miss / might have missed the bus. b Read each sentence and decide if the
8 Don’t phone me at 8 tomorrow morning – sentence that follows is T (true) or F (false).
I’ll leave / I’ll have left for school by then. 1 I always prefer making informed decisions.
7 I like to know some facts before I make my
b Circle the correct answer. mind up. T
1 I email you, but I didn’t have time. 2 It was a snap judgement.
a would b was going to I thought about it for some time before I
c were going to decided.
2 He called me to say he late. 3 Let’s mull things over for a while.
a would be b was going to c would We should think about it before deciding.
3 Steve and Alice help me out tonight.
a were going to b would c would to 4 She always jumps to conclusions.
4 I’m sorry I didn’t tell you before – I , She always makes quick but incorrect
but I never got the chance. decisions.
a would b was going to c was going 5 I usually make my mind up quickly.

5 I knew he come – he never does. I don’t think about my decisions for a long
time.
a would b was going to c wouldn’t
6 Dithering won’t get us anywhere.
6 I buy a new computer, but in the end
It’s a good idea for us to think about things
I decided to.
for a long time.
a wouldn’t b was going to 5
c wasn’t going to
7 They asked me if I help them with the
project.
How did you do?
a would b was going c would to Total score
8 I’m sorry if I offended you – I thought you Very Not very
laugh at the joke. 24 good OK good
a was going to b would c weren’t Grammar 12 – 14 8 – 11 less than 8
going to 7 Vocabulary 8 – 10 5–7 less than 5

UNIT 2 25
 3 Other worlds
Cleft sentences review
Vocabulary: money; word building

Read and listen

a What do you think you would need to do if you wanted to start your own country?

b Read the text quickly to see how many of your ideas it talks about.

YESTERDAY the world’s newest For economic advice, Wallace visited the chief cashier
country was born when of the Bank of England. He decided to create a brand new
thousands of people currency, which he called the Interdependent Occupational
gathered in Leicester Unit (IOU). However, you can’t open a bank account or take
Square, London, to out a loan in Lovely. And forget trying to draw out IOUs with
witness its naming a cash card for the simple reason that there aren’t any banks
and to meet the man there. The IOU is part of a much more casual economy, free
they now consider from things such as interest rates. It’s based on the phrase
their king. And ‘time is money’. You basically do something for someone
what is the and they’ll do something later for you.
name of the
new country, I Along the way, Danny also met with several
hear you cry? The disappointments. In one episode Danny travelled to New
world’s newest York to try and get his country recognised by the United
nation is to be Nations. Unfortunately, his request was ultimately turned
called ‘Lovely’. down because of his lack of an independent territory.
Although Danny had bought his flat, he had not purchased
Six months ago, 28-year- the land on which it stands, so officially his headquarters
old Danny Wallace, who earns belonged to the UK. But what disappointed Danny most of
his living as a TV comic and ‘ideas’ all was being refused entry to the Eurovision Song Contest
man, had a great idea. What if he with a song he specially recorded called ‘Stop the mugging
started his own country and invited and start the hugging’. The reason he was given was that,
anyone who wanted to join him to become since his country had no radio or TV station, he could not
a citizen? So, naming himself King Danny I and declaring become a member of the European Broadcasting Union.
his one-bedroom flat in East London an independent
state, he set about taking the necessary steps to make his The final thing Danny had to do was to find a name
dream come true. He documented his progress in his BBC for his country. At his request, citizens sent in thousands of
2 series How To Start Your Own Country, which comes to the suggestions as to what this new country could be called.
end of its six-week run on Wednesday. Ideas ranged from Flatland to Wallaceland, Spexico to
United Kingdan and Dantopia; someone even suggested
Over the six weeks, Danny explored the practicalities calling the country France! But, in the end, the final selection
of forming your own country. The first thing on his agenda came down to just two: Home or Lovely. And it was the
was to hand in his Declaration of Independence to the citizens who made the final decision. Aiming to become
prime minister at Number Ten. With this out of the way, the most democratic democracy in the world, King Danny
he was free to start thinking about things such as writing achieved a world first and let the people decide. Lovely won
a constitution and setting up a government. Then he was the final vote.
off to design his own flag and record his own national
anthem. He even got someone to design possible postage With more than 58,000 citizens, Lovely is officially larger
stamps for Lovely, with his face on them! than the Vatican, San Marino, Monaco and Liechtenstein, but
whether the country will continue to grow will very much
Much of his time was spent travelling the world depend on how busy its creator is. And, as Danny Wallace is
meeting politicians and dignitaries to hear their advice on much in demand for several other TV projects, it might fall to
what it means to govern a country. He also took advice other members of his government to keep things running.
from a cardinal at the Vatican, and from the linguist and But with elections promised every six months, the creation
philosopher Noam Chomsky on the nature of democracy. of the University of Lovely and several sporting events
After a trip to Death Row in the USA and a moving (including a Scalextric Grand Prix) planned over the coming
interview with an inmate, Danny decided against the weeks, there are plenty of activities to keep the citizens of
death penalty for Lovely. Lovely occupied for quite a while yet.
26 UNIT 3
c Read the text and match the questions d CD1 T16 Read the text again and listen.
with the paragraphs. There is one question Mark the statements T (true) or F (false).
you do not need to use. Correct the false statements.
1 So what’s the future for Lovely? 1 Lovely is based in Danny’s home. T
2 How did Lovely get its name? 2 The IOU is not really a very serious
3 Who did he visit to find out about making currency.
laws for his country? 3 Lovely has been officially recognised by
4 What did he have to do to set up the the UN.
country? 4 Danny made the final decision on the
5 How do you apply to be a citizen? naming of his country.
6 What about money in Lovely? 5 Danny might not always be able to
7 How did it all start? devote a lot of time to running Lovely.
8 Did he encounter any problems along
the way?

2 Vocabulary
Money
a Match the words 1–9 from the text with their definitions a–i.
1 purchase a a country’s system of trade and industry, by which its wealth is created
2 take out a loan and used
3 earn a living b a special plastic card that you can use to take money out of a bank

4 economy c to make an arrangement with a bank to keep your money there

5 currency d borrow a sum of money, often from a bank, that has to be paid back

6 cash card e relating to trade, industry and money

7 open an account f do a job to make money to buy the things you need in life
8 economic g a percentage that a bank gets from you when you borrow money

9 interest rate h the money that is used in a particular country at a particular time
i to buy (also a noun – something you buy)

b Complete each sentence, using words from

Exercise 2a. Discussion box
1 The country has recovered from the 1 Does Lovely sound like a fun place?
economic crisis. Would you like to be a citizen there?
2 They all congratulated their mother on the 2 What do you think Danny Wallace’s real
of her new house. reasons were for trying to start his own
3 My sister a bank account when country?
she started university last month. 3 Imagine you could start your own country.
4 Nowadays many students have to What would you call it and what laws
to be able to afford to go to university. would you have?
5 The on the loan we had to 4 Do you think Lovely was successful and still
take out has gone up by four per cent since exists?
last year.
6 An increase in tourism will have a very positive
effect on the .

Vocabulary bank Turn to page 110. Get it ri ht! Turn to page 116.

UNIT 3 27
 3 Grammar Complete the rule with beginning or end.
Cleft sentences with
what and it review RULE: Cleft sentences with it shift the focus of
attention to the information at the of the
a Look at this sentence. Say the sentence. (These sentences are often used to correct
same thing in a different way, information that is wrong.)
without the what construction.
But what disappointed Danny
most of all was being refused
entry to the Eurovision
Song Contest. The subject of the sentence is it, so the verb is always
is/was. You can say:
b Underline the information in It was the Americans who made the first personal
the sentence in Exercise 3a computer, the Altair, in 1975.
that is the main focus of the Not They were the Americans …
sentence.
c Complete the rule with h Correct the information in the sentences. Use an it
beginning or end. cleft and the correct information in brackets.
1 Holland won the World Cup in 2010. (Spain)
RULE: Cleft sentences with No – it was Spain that won the World Cup in 2010.
what shift the focus of attention 2 Bobby Wallace created Lovely. (Danny Wallace)
to the information at the
of the sentence.
3 The pound is the official currency of Lovely. (IOU)
d Rewrite these sentences as cleft
sentences with what. 4 Neil Armstrong was the first man in space. (Yuri Gagarin)
1 Danny Wallace really wanted to
start his own country. 5 The Wright Brothers were the first people to fly. (Alberto
What Danny Wallace really Santos-Dumont)
wanted was to start his own
country. 6 Superman turns green when he’s angry. (The Hulk)
2 I would love to have my face on
a stamp.
3 I found the section about the
death penalty the most moving.
4 Listen
4 Some new cars are very a Make a list of fictional worlds from films you have seen
economical and that’s really or books you have read. Discuss in small groups. Think
good news. about:
5 People spend so much money ● how effective these worlds were.
on computer games – I don’t
● whether you would like to be able to visit them or not.
understand why.
6 I don’t want to make things
difficult.

e Look at this sentence. Say it

without the it construction.
It was the citizens who made the
final decision.

f Underline the information in

the sentence in Exercise 3e
that is the main focus of the
sentence.

28 UNIT 3
b CD1 T17 Listen to someone talking 6 Vocabulary
about the world of Pandora from the Word building
film Avatar. Put the points in the order
they are mentioned. Write 1–4 in the a Look at the sentences from the listening in
boxes. Exercise 4 and write the correct form of the
word in brackets. Use a dictionary if you
Advice to people suffering from
need to.
post-Avatar depression
1 Avatar may be the highest (high) -grossing
A synopsis of the film
film of all time but, for some viewers, it’s all
Examples of what some people are proving to be a little bit too perfect.
saying on the Internet
2 It (basic) tells the story of how
Some features of Pandora this (beauty) place is raided by an
Earth-based mining corporation.
c CD1 T17 Listen to the review again
and circle the correct answers. 3 What follows is a battle for the very
(survive) of Pandora and its people.
1 Many people are unhappy after watching
4 And the reason for their (unhappy)?
Avatar because
a they know they will never be able to 5 … one by a user under the name of Elequin, is
live in a place like Pandora. a (reflect) of the general mood.
b they found the end of the film too 6 … they did a great job in constructing the
depressing. (fiction) world of Pandora.
c they didn’t want it to finish. 7 What’s really (impress) is the
research that went into creating this other
2 Elequin is trying to overcome the
world.
depression by
a talking to other people who feel the b Read about the film Total Recall. Use the
same way. words in the box to form a word that fits
b searching the Internet for more into each space.
information about the film.
construct horrible record trust
c watching the film over and over again.
constant fly real die imagine free
3 As examples of how well-researched
Pandora is, the speaker talks about
a the language and the wildlife found
on the moon.
b the special effects of the film.
c the personalities of the Na’vi people. When your memory is no
longer 1 trustworthy
4 The lesson that the speaker believes
how can you know what
Avatar can teach us is that 2
is any more? On
a we should never take films too Earth Arnold Schwarzenegger
seriously. is a 3 worker who
b we should just accept the imperfect can’t stop dreaming about
world we live in. Mars. A trip to a sinister memory transplant
c we should appreciate and protect the service for an 4 holiday on Mars goes
5
world we live in. wrong and, when he returns, he finds
things are not quite the same. It seems everyone
wants him 6 including his wife, friends
5 Speak and several strangers too. A 7 left by
8
Imagine you were able to visit the moon his ‘other self’ tells him to get a to
Pandora. Which aspects of the moon Mars and join up with the underground
9
would you most want to investigate and fighters. The reality of the situation is
10
learn more about? in question. Who is he? What is real
and what is not?

UNIT 3 29
 Literature in mind
7 Read and listen
a Look at the book cover. c Match these words with the underlined words in the text.
What do you know about 1 get smaller shrink 5 difficult to hold onto
this novel? (or walk on)
2 walk around slowly, in
CD1 T18 a relaxed way 6 wanted very much
b Read the text
and listen. Answer the 3 a little strange 7 became happier
questions. 4 corridor 8 risked doing something that
1 Why didn’t Alice go might be dangerous
through the door to the
d Work in pairs. Answer the questions. Say what you think.
garden immediately?
1 What parts of the text sound like a dream?
2 Why was she not sure
about drinking from the 2 What impression do you get of Alice’s personality?
bottle? 3 Alice describes shrinking as a ‘curious feeling’. Say or write what
3 Why did she sit down you think shrinking would feel like.
and cry? 4 Did Alice manage to get out of the room and into the garden,
do you think? If so, how?

Alice’s Adventures
in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

T
here were doors all round the hall, but they were all locked; see whether it’s marked
and when Alice had been all the way down one side and ‘poison’ or not’ […]
up the other, trying every door, she wondered how she was However, this bottle
ever to get out again. was NOT marked
Suddenly she came upon a little three-legged table, made of ‘poison’, so Alice
solid glass; there was nothing on it except a tiny golden key, and ventured to taste it, and
Alice’s first thought was that it might belong to one of the doors finding it very nice, […]
of the hall; but it did not open any of them. However, she found a she very soon finished
low curtain she had not noticed before, and behind it was a little it off.
door about fifteen inches* high: she tried the little golden key in ‘What a curious
the lock, and to her great delight it fitted! feeling!’ said Alice; ‘I
Alice opened the door and found that it led into a small must be shutting up like
passage, not much larger than a rat-hole: she knelt down and a telescope.’
looked along the passage into the loveliest garden you ever saw. And so it was: she was now only ten inches** high, and her
How she longed to get out of that dark hall, and wander about face brightened up at the thought that she was now the right size
among those beds of bright flowers and those cool fountains, for going through the little door into that lovely garden. First,
but she could not even get her head through the doorway. ‘Oh, however, she waited for a few minutes to see if she was going to
how I wish I could shut up like a telescope!’ thought Alice. ‘I shrink any further. […]
think I could, if I only knew how to begin.’ For, you see, so many After a while, finding that nothing more happened, she decided
unusual things had happened lately, that Alice had begun to think to go into the garden at once; but when she got to the door, she
that very few things indeed were really impossible. found she had forgotten the little golden key, and when she went
There seemed to be no use in waiting by the little door, so she back to the table for it, she found she could not reach it: she could
went back to the table […]: this time she found a little bottle on see it through the glass, and she tried her best to climb up one of
it, […] and round the neck of the bottle was a paper label, with the legs of the table, but it was too slippery; and when she had tired
the words ‘DRINK ME’ beautifully printed on it in large letters. herself out with trying, the poor little thing sat down and cried.
It was all very well to say ‘Drink me,’ but wise little Alice was * about 38 cm ** about 25 cm
not going to do that in a hurry. ‘No, I’ll look first,’ she said, ‘and

30 UNIT 3
8 Write
a Read the email quickly. What is its purpose? c Work with a partner and discuss the
What is the relationship between the questions.
writer and the person she is writing to? 1 The email begins with ‘Hi Chris’ and ends
with ‘Bye for now, Kate’. What other
b Kate uses several informal and colloquial
beginnings or endings can we use in
expressions. Find informal expressions in the
informal emails or letters?
text for the words and expressions below.
2 What kind of language can you find in the
1 I assume bet email that is typical of informal writing?
2 joking Give examples.
3 children 3 What do you notice about the use of
4 home, flat contracted forms?
5 a lot 4 What do you notice about the use of
6 very brackets (…)?
7 get something to eat
8 go quickly, rush

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Hi Chris,
Phew! At last I’ve got round to sitting down and doing what I’ve wanted to do for ages – ‘and what’s that?’ I
hear you cry. Well, write to my favourite brother, of course! (Relax – you’d still be my favourite even if I had
six!!!) Well, bet you can imagine how busy I’ve been – what with enrolling for the right courses at university,
getting hold of the books our tutors want us to read (they’re demanding, I can tell you) and keeping up with my
wild social life (I’m kidding, of course, but I have already made two friends – they’re on the same course as me
and they’re pretty cool!).
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I was in my new place, and had loads of fun choosing an identity and a profession for myself. So, watch out
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woodcutter who lives high up in a tree house in the valley with the white buffaloes? (Won’t tell you who I am,
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your generosity, and the £50 in my account, of course!
Must go now – class starting in 40 mins. Still need to grab a quick bite before I dash off!
Bye for now,
For your portfolio

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me …
P.P.S. One of my two new friends is called Jessica.
She’s really nice and she keeps asking me questions about you. (She wouldn’t if she met you …)

d You have received the following For special fr iend

s only:
invitation from a good friend of yours
Celebrate with me.
who lives in the UK. You would love to I’m 18!!!
Finally!!!
accept the invitation, but unfortunately
you can’t go. Write an email to let your L et’s part y!!!
friend know and give your reasons. Where: in our garden
Add some of your recent news. When: Saturday 14
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UNIT 3 31
 4 Is it sport?
could, was/were able to, managed to
Vocabulary: success and failure

Read and listen

Players and fans get at each other
a Look at the photographs on
these pages and answer the In the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, England and Algeria played out a 0–0
questions. draw in the qualifying group match. As the England players were leaving
1 Which sport is involved in the pitch, many of the travelling England supporters began to boo the
each one? players and started to shout ‘We want our money back!’. An angry Wayne
Rooney, one of the English stars, turned to a camera and said, ironically,
2 Which of the sports
‘Nice to see your home fans boo you. That’s what loyal support is.’
shown requires the most
determination? The next day he apologised to the
fans. ‘Last night, on reflection I said
3 What qualities do you think
things A that came out of
are needed to be a good
frustration of both our performance
sportsperson?
and the result,’ he said. ‘I apologise
b Read the three texts quickly. for any offence caused by my
Which text mentions these actions at the end of the game.’
things? There may be more But many were still not impressed.
than one answer. ‘I took time off work and spent
1 a sportsperson and an a lot of money to come here and
opponent watch England,’ said one fan.
‘They should be able to beat Algeria,
2 spectators
but they didn’t even manage to score a goal. B , and Rooney
3 positive behaviour from was the worst. Of course I can boo them.’
a sportsperson C
Another fan commented, ‘They played really badly, it’s true.
4 an injury But you should never boo your team. Never.’
5 an apology
6 a disappointing
performance Sporting gesture
c CD1 T19Complete the Lance Armstrong’s victory in stage 15 in the 2003 Tour de France was due
spaces A–H in the texts with partly to a sporting gesture from the group of riders surrounding him.
phrases 1–8. Then listen Armstrong fell after colliding with a spectator, but, D , the other
and check. cyclists, including his closest rival, Jan Ullrich, slowed down and waited.
Armstrong was slightly hurt but he was able to carry on.
1 to get along the best
they can Once they were back up to racing pace, Armstrong surged forward to win
the stage by 40 seconds.
2 Not everyone agreed.
Such sporting gestures are a long-held tradition in professional cycling,
3 turned in a nearly
which ironically has been plagued by accusations of cheating through the
flawless performance
use of drugs.
4 what goes around comes
around
5 a few inches above the
knee
6 They were useless
7 instead of seizing their
opportunity
8 in the heat of the moment

32 UNIT 4
‘The Tour de France is special but this type of thing is
normal practice,’ former Tour rider Sean Yates said. Discussion box
‘You’re racing against the same guys day in, day out 1 What is your opinion of what each of
and it’s in everyone’s best interest E .’ the sportspeople in the texts did?
In the 2001 Tour, Armstrong and Ullrich were locked 2 Do people in sport have a responsibility
in a high-speed battle as they plummeted down to act in certain ways and set examples
the descent of the mighty Col de Peyresourde in the for others?
Pyrenees.
But Ullrich misjudged a corner and went off the
road. Rather than taking advantage, Armstrong 2 Grammar
waited to see if his rival was able to continue and could, was/were able to,
then coasted while Ullrich recovered. managed to
And Yates insisted that in cycling, F .
a Read the examples and then complete the
‘They were paying back that gesture,’ he said of
rules with the words in the box.
the cyclists’ act of sportsmanship. ‘If everyone
behaves in the same way, it all evens itself out
general ability specific non-ability
in the end. And it’s best for the sport.’

RULES: We can use could/couldn’t to talk

Rival injured about 1 ability (or non-ability) in the
past, for example:
In January 1994,
When I was a kid, I could stand on my head
Nancy Kerrigan had
but I couldn’t swim.
been practising for After a month in China, I could understand
the US Figure Skating some Chinese but I couldn’t speak a word.
Championships. She
When we talk about ability at 2
was leaving the ice
moments in the past, we can use couldn’t
when a man came
or wasn’t/weren’t able to for 3 ,
up to her and struck
but we have to use was/were able to (or
her on the leg G managed to) for 4 , for example:
with a She couldn’t take part in the competition.
police baton. She or She wasn’t able to take part in the
was in agony and competition.
couldn’t take part He was slightly hurt but he was able to carry
in the competition, which was won by a skater on. (not ‘could carry on’)
called Tonya Harding. Kerrigan recovered in time He managed to win the stage. (not ‘could win’)
to compete for the USA at the Winter Olympics We use managed to for things we were able
in Norway and, in February, Kerrigan joined her to do, but with some difficulty.
teammate Harding at the Olympic Village.
However, in the meantime, Kerrigan’s assailant had b Complete each sentence. There may be more
confessed and told police that he was part of a plot than one possibility.
involving Harding and her ex-husband. Harding 1 I was so scared that I couldn’t / wasn’t able
denied any involvement. She competed in the to move.
Olympic competition, but did not skate as well as 2 We had to stand in the queue for hours but
expected: she finished eighth, while Kerrigan we get tickets in the end.
H
, winning the silver medal. 3 They had more than twenty shots at goal but
Harding later admitted that she had tried to cover score – so we won 1–0!
up the conspiracy to injure Kerrigan, but she always 4 I tried to play tennis for the first time
insisted that she was not involved in planning the yesterday, but I only hit the ball
attack. The US Figure Skating Association banned once!
her for life from their events. Although she hoped to 5 He hurt his ankle and he hasn’t
have a professional career doing ice-skating shows, play football for two weeks.
many skaters refused to share the ice with her. 6 My parents told me that I walk
when I was only ten months old.

UNIT 4 33
 3 Listen
a What does each photo show? What, if
anything, do the two photos have in
common?
b CD1 T20 Listen to the conversation
between Paul and Jenny and answer the
questions.
1 Which sports do they mention during the
conversation?
2 Which of these sentences best represents
the topic of their conversation?
a Sportspeople should try to win at any
cost.
b Cheating in sport is inevitable.
c Cheating in sport may or may not be
acceptable.

c CD1 T20 Listen again. Write J (Jenny) or

P (Paul) in the boxes to show who expresses
these ideas.
1 Winning is the most important thing.
2 All teams try to win and this may involve 4 Vocabulary
breaking the rules. Success and failure
3 Cheating in sport is the worst part of
a Read the sentences. Put the infinitive of the
the game.
underlined verbs into the correct column in
4 It’s basically impossible for the table.
sportspeople to admit to cheating.
1 He hasn’t got any money, so it looks like his
5 There’s a difference between cheating plan to start a business will fall through.
and disagreeing. 2 She was very shy as a child, but she overcame it
6 Sport can be enjoyable despite some and now she’s really sociable.
instances of cheating. 3 I thought it would be impossible for him, but
he pulled it off.
d Tick (✓) the opinion you agree with.
4 I had an interview for the job but I blew it, so I
Compare your view with others in the class.
have to start looking again.
1 I mostly agree with Jenny.
5 I went for an audition, but I messed it up, so I
2 I mostly agree with Paul.
don’t think I’ll get the part.
3 I don’t agree with either of them.
6 The course was great! It fulfilled all my
expectations.
Discussion box 7 She’s very ambitious and she works hard – I
1 Do you agree with Paul that cheating think she’ll make it to the top.
generally occurs in team sports? Give 8 It’s very easy to use an e-book – you can’t go
examples. wrong!
2 Do you believe psychological tactics (for
example, diving to get a penalty, or toilet having a positive having a negative
result result
breaks in tennis) are increasing in today’s
world of sport? Why / Why not? fall through
3 Do you think there is anything that
referees and umpires can do to reduce
cheating in sport? Are there any ways in
which technology might help them?

34 UNIT 4
b Circle the correct words.
1 I followed the map, but I went wrong / 5 No one has ever managed to do this – so I don’t
made it somewhere and got lost. think you can pull it off / blow it either.
2 This is a great chance for you – make sure you 6 Everyone has problems – you just have to fulfil /
don’t blow it / pull it off. overcome them.
3 Congratulations! I didn’t think you could do it, 7 She’s got lots of talent and promise for the future
but you made it / overcame it in the end. – I hope she fulfils / overcomes her potential.
4 Unfortunately, our plan to buy a house fell 8 I’m sure I won’t pass – I really fell through /
through / made it. messed up the exam.

c Complete the sentences with the missing words.

1 When was the last time you really messed 3 What do you need to do if you want to
an exam and what exactly it as a politician in your
wrong? country?
2 When was the last time a plan of yours fell 4 What problems will you have to
and what was it? if you want to succeed in your chosen career?

d Work with a partner. Choose two of the questions from Exercise 4c and talk about them.

Vocabulary bank Turn to page 111.

5 Read and speak

a Complete the quotations from sportspeople with the words in the box.
take the game-winning shot can’t win win or lose play together come second get it right

1 ‘You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don’t play together , the
club won’t be worth a dime.’ (Babe Ruth, baseball player)
2 ‘I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times I’ve been trusted to
and missed. I’ve failed over and over again. And that’s why I succeed.’ (Michael Jordan,
basketball player)
3 ‘If you’re first, you’re first. If you , you’re nothing.’ (Bill Shankly, football manager)
4 ‘Champions keep playing until they .’ (Billie Jean King, tennis player)
5 ‘If you , make the one ahead of you break the record.’ (Jan McKeithen, athlete)
6 ‘Whoever said “It’s not whether you that counts,” probably lost.’ (Martina Navratilova,
tennis player)

b Work with a partner. Discuss the questions.

1 Which of the quotes in Exercise 5a can you most/
least relate to and why?
2 Which of the quotes are relevant for life in general?
Explain why.

c Work with a partner and use your ideas to

complete the sentences.
1 Life without sport is like …
2 Being second is not as good as coming first, but …
3 Champions aren’t made in the gym. Champions are …
4 Football is a wonderful way of …

Get it ri ht! Turn to page 116.

UNIT 4 35
 6 Speak and listen b Read the song lyrics. Which of the
a people in the pictures is the song about
Look at the pictures and answer the
and how does it answer the questions in
questions.
Exercise 6a?
1 How are the two people in each picture
in competition with each other? c CD1 T21 Listen and fill in the gaps.
2 What is the prize?
3 What pressures do they face? Race for the Prize
4 What would they do to win?
by the Flaming Lips
1

Two scientists were racing

1
the good of all mankind
2
Both them side by side
3
determined

4
Locked heated battle
5
the cure that is their prize
6
But it’s dangerous
But they’re determined

7
Theirs is win
If 8 kills them
2 They’re 9 humans
10
wives and children

Upwards to 11 vanguard
Where the pressure is 12 high
Under the microscope
Hope against hope

Forging 13 the future

14
But to sacrifice lives
15
Both them side by side
16
determined

3 4

36 UNIT 4
d Find expressions that mean: e Discuss the questions in groups.
1 next to each other 1 What are these prizes awarded for?
a Oscars
2 fighting each other b The Turner Prize
c The Pulitzer Prize
3 being watched by everyone
d The Nobel Prizes
e The Grammies
4 to die for a cause
2 What other prizes can you think of?
3 How do you feel about turning
traditionally non-competitive areas (acting,
art, journalism, etc.) into competitions?

Did you know?

The Flaming Lips have been on the edge of lead singer Wayne Coyne uses to roll himself
greatness since their formation in 1983. Although across the audience.
they have never really enjoyed mainstream The band’s unique approach to music is probably
success, they have a huge worldwide following best summed up by Zaireeka. This 1997 release
of loyal fans. The band are especially renowned came as a four-CD set and was designed so that
for their elaborate and creative stage shows that, all four CDs should be played simultaneously on
over the years, have featured balloons, puppets, four different sound systems. Unsurprisingly, it
fancy dress, impressive light shows, enormous was never a great commercial success.
fake hands and a large plastic bubble, which

UNIT 4 37
 7 Write
a Read the report quickly and answer the questions.
1 Which sport is involved?
2 Is this the school magazine of Newhaven or Shorthouse? Why do you think so?

A S P W I N N ER
For your portfolio

L A S T G
Last week’s match between Newhaven and Shorthouse was one of the most
closely fought affairs to have been seen for many years. We had expected a
competitive match, but few of us could have imagined anything quite like this.

The first fifteen minutes were but it certainly made a difference, since
comparatively slow, with each team the home side came out on the attack in
sizing up the other. A heavy tackle by the the second half. Only five minutes had
Shorthouse captain on Lewis, however, gone by when Lewis picked up a loose ball,
warmed things up and after that the game slipped past the last Shorthouse player
became much more open and exciting. and smashed in the equaliser. The rest of
Nonetheless, scoring chances were few the second half was non-stop attacking,
and far between until the 28th minute with both teams going close on several
when the Shorthouse centre forward occasions. However, it was only in the last
broke through – all he had to do was put minute that Newhaven sealed their win –
the ball in the net, but incredibly he put Jameson went past the goalkeeper, who
it over the bar. About five minutes later, brought him down and the referee had no
almost the same thing happened again, hesitation in awarding the penalty. The
but this time the player made no mistake: Shorthouse players complained bitterly,
1–0 to Shorthouse and it stayed that way but there was no doubt in anyone else’s
until half-time. mind that it was a penalty, and Jameson
Who knows what Mr Ackroyd said to himself coolly scored from the spot for a
the Newhaven players during the interval, thoroughly deserved 2–1 win.

b Match the underlined words and phrases in d Write a description of one of the three
the text with their meanings 1–8. events. Write 200–250 words.
1 continuous non-stop ● a sports event that you remember well
2 without anxiety ● a musical event that you remember well
3 rare ● an event on the streets of your town that
4 strongly and in an angry way you remember well (for example, a parade
or a demonstration)
5 completed
6 missed Think about these questions before you
7 trying to see how good write:
(they were) ● When did the event take place?
8 scored ● Where did it take place?
c What is the effect of using the underlined ● Who were you with?
words in the text in Exercise 7a? ● What made it so memorable for you?

How many verbs, adjectives and adverbs

can you use to make it as lively and
dramatic as possible?

38 UNIT 4
 Grammar
a Rewrite each sentence, starting with the 2 Vocabulary
word given. a Complete each sentence with one of the
1 The most difficult thing is getting an idea. words in the box.
It’s getting an idea that’s the most difficult
thing. account economic interest
purchase currency
2 I don’t understand why people want to play
computer games. 1 Good morning. I’d like to open an
What account here, please.
3 People wasting their time and money makes 2 Do they use dollars in Jamaica, or is it a
me really angry. different ?
It’s 3 I don’t want to borrow money from the
4 Being careful with your money – that’s the bank – the rate is too high.
important thing. 4 I think the last government’s
What policy led to the crisis.
5 The really interesting bit was the end of the 5 During our flight today, you’ll be able to
film. duty-free goods if you want
to. 4
It
6 I don’t like sitting in front of a computer for
b Read each sentence and mark the
a long time. following sentence (T) true or (F) false.
It’s
1 The course didn’t fulfil my expectations.
7 Virtual worlds will be more and more
I was disappointed by the course. T
common in the future.
2 I took my final History exam and I blew it.
What
I passed the exam.
6
3 I thought I’d mess up my driving test but I
b Cross out any wrong options and tick (✓) didn’t.
the sentences where both options are
I thought I’d fail my driving test.
correct.
4 It looks like our holiday plans are going to
1 When I was younger I could / was able to fall through this year.
read for hours. These days I fall asleep after
There’s a good chance we’ll go on holiday.
ten minutes. ✓
2 We were tired but we could / managed to
5 He was in a band for ten years. They never
finish the race.
really made it to the top.
3 He was too far away and we couldn’t /
His band was really successful for a while.
weren’t able to hear anything he was saying.
4
4 We looked for half an hour and eventually
we could / were able to find a parking space.
How did you do?
5 The film was in Arabic and I wasn’t able to / Total score
couldn’t understand anything.
Very Not very
6 We had a school uniform, but on Fridays we 19 good OK good
could / managed to wear anything.
Grammar 9 – 11 5–8 less than 5
5 Vocabulary 6–8 3–5 less than 3

UNIT 4 39
 5 Advertisin
Position of adverbs Adjective order
Vocabulary: advertising

Read and listen

a Work with a partner. Make a list of at least ten brand logos that you know.

b CD2 T02 Read the text and listen. Answer the questions.
1 Who is completely in favour of wearing clothes with visible brand logos?
2 Who is completely against them?

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Today’s question: Do you wear clothes with visible brand logos?

Question posed by thegreatsimon I rarely wear items with visible logos, but then again I’ve
Ever notice how many logos you see on people never really been into buying from those kinds of stores. I
think it’s a lot more interesting to see a cool shirt and ask
when you’re out and about? Sunglasses, bags,
the person where they got it from, because then you’ve got
T-shirts, shoes: they’re all plastered with brand
an awesome conversation starter.
names. I try to limit this as much as possible. In
RvT
fact, even if I like something, I won’t buy it if the
brand name can be easily noticed. Why should I Well, I remember going through the stage when everything
pay good money to advertise for these people? you wore had to have a brand name or you weren’t ‘cool’ at
Shouldn’t they be paying me, in fact? wdyt? school. But now I just don’t care. Thankfully, I have friends
who accept me for who I am, not for what I wear. I don’t
I don’t consciously think about what logos are showing buy things just for the brand, but I don’t mind advertising
when I buy something. But then, I’m not a big brand slave, the brand if it’s something I really like. There are brands I
I just buy whatever I like. Even when I see someone else tend towards because they have a particular and consistent
with a visible logo, I don’t think ‘Wow, so-and-so loves that style that reflects my taste. In the end, though, I make my
shop. Maybe I should, too!’ Of course, this has a lot to do decisions about what to buy on an economic basis!
with the fact that I’m completely unobservant and don’t minniejones
pay any attention to what people are wearing! lol
julia18 ita with thegreatsimon. I despise visible logos on clothes. If
I wanted to be a human billboard, I would sell ad space. Not
Like a lot of people, I like to show that I spend a lot of that I’m into cheap stuff, but my clothes are about me, not
money on clothes. I want people to know that I care about vice versa.
myself. Showing a brand name symbolises you, in the munsterman
same way that a brand name MP3 player does.
michaelxx This chat is a little pointless, imho. Companies want to
know who’s wearing their products, and when they see a
michaelxx: I can’t figure out why you need to symbolise horde of people walking down the street brandishing their
yourself. Anyway, when everyone has the same thing, are logo, they know they’re on to a winner. It’s competition,
you really symbolising yourself? You end up looking just advertising … business.
like everyone else. That’s why I spend money on tattoos, wildpenny
not on designer products.
blueberryhill meh. Most people make their decision about what to
buy emotionally. That goes for clothes, too. So what’s
the emotion? For some people it’s the desire to feel
comfortable, for others it’s to fit in, and for yet others to
look cool. All of these are OK. Live and let live, all right?
okworld

40 UNIT 5
c Read the text again. Which writer 2 Grammar
says each of these things? Position of adverbs
1 You see logos on products
everywhere you go.
a Read the basic rules (1–6) on the position of
adverbs in sentences. Then match sentences a–f
2 Seeing other people with a brand
with the rules.
logo doesn’t make me want the
same. 1 We often use an adverb to add extra meaning
to an adjective. This is also called qualifying an
3 I choose clothes that I can afford.
adjective. In this case the adverb comes before
4 We should let people wear the the adjective.
clothes they want.
2 When we use an adverb to qualify a verb, it can
5 Discussing this won’t change the go before the verb (but after the verb to be).
situation.
3 Adverbs normally don’t go between a verb and
d Circle the correct preposition. its object.
Then check your answers with the 4 We sometimes put adverbs at the beginning of
underlined words in the text. a sentence to qualify the whole idea of the sentence.
1 to figure up / out / over – to 5 Adverbs can come at the end of clauses when
understand something by thinking they qualify a more complex idea.
carefully 6 Adverbial phrases normally come at the
2 to end up / in / about doing end of clauses.
something – to finally do something, a I don’t consciously think about what logos are
especially without having planned to showing.
3 to be on / up / out to a winner – to b Thankfully, I have friends who accept me
be in an extremely good situation for who I am.
4 to go with / from / for something c I make my decisions about what to buy on
or someone – to be also true for an economic basis.
5 to fit out / in / on – to be accepted d I’m completely unobservant. 1
as part of a group e Most people make their decision about what
e Match these expressions from the to buy emotionally.
text with their meanings. f NOT Read quickly the text.
1 wdyt a I totally agree b Complete the sentences with the adverb in
2 lol b in my humble brackets. There may be more than one answer.
3 ita opinion
a It was a fascinating film. (really)
4 imho c what do you think? It was a really fascinating film.
5 meh d whatever! / I don’t b I didn’t enjoy the meal. (really)
care about this
c Buying something is a personal decision. (clearly)
e laugh out loud
d We thought about it before deciding. (carefully)
e I bought the wrong thing. (unfortunately)
Discussion box f I don’t know the answer. (honestly)
1 Which of the replies in the text did g He showed us the medal he’d won. (proudly)
you think was the best? Which was h She showed me how to do it. (in an interesting way)
the worst? Why?
2 What products, apart from clothes, c Work with a partner. Discuss your answers and
do people buy that have visible brand decide how many correct options there are for
logos? each sentence. Match each sentence from Exercise
3 To what extent are you, or people 2b to a rule in Exercise 2a.
you know, influenced by advertising Get it ri ht! Turn to page 117.
when you decide what to buy?

UNIT 5 41
 3 Vocabulary A B

Advertising
a Match the words with the pictures.
Write A–F in the boxes.
1 hoarding E
2 jingle
3 slogan
C D
4 logos
5 sandwich board
6 TV commercial

b Work with a partner and discuss

these questions.
1 How effective are each of the
types of advertising in Exercise 3a? E F
2 What other forms of advertising
can you think of?
3 Does advertising ever annoy you?
When and why?

Vocabulary bank Turn to page 111.

4 Listen
CD2 T03 An expert on forms of advertising is talking about some relatively new techniques.
Listen and complete the notes.

Three kinds of advertising

1 Niche marketing 2 Crowd-sourcing

group of people.
The name comes from a mixture of the words
A niche is a 1 7
and 8
that an .
So niche marketing tries to ensure It is a technique in which companies get their
be most
advert gets to the people who will customers to write
2 . The Internet can hel p with 9

social networking for them. In this way, a company spends

this. Things like blogs and 10

sites have systems that

3 . on advertising and gets
decide people 11
even more strongly
The information helps companies to to the product.
4 to put on the screen. This
who
means, for example, that someone
5 a lot will get adverts for
6 .
3 Shock advertising
ns that try
An example of this technique is campaig
to get people 12 . Now some companies
ge that will
want to use a very powerful, shocking ima
make the public 13 .
and
However, the technique is also 15very
14

to sof ten
unpleasant, so they often add
the shock a little.
42 UNIT 5
 e Think of some adjectives
5 Grammar that you could use to
Adjective order describe these nouns.
Write a sentence using the
a If we have more than one adjective to qualify a noun, adjectives and noun. Use a
there are some basic guidelines to follow about the order dictionary if you need to.
they come in. Look at the examples and complete the rule. 1 a book
Imagine you have a company that makes beautiful expensive cars. Last week I read an
They used horrible black and white photographs of sick smokers. interesting little book.
2 a programme
RULE: If one adjective gives an opinion and the other
3 a room
one states a fact, the comes first.
4 a building
b Complete the first row of the boxes in Exercise 5c with the 5 a pen
four category titles in the correct order. 6 a jacket
colour material origin shape
6 Speak
c CD2 T04 Listen to the sentences and complete the
a Work in groups of four. You
table.
are designing a marketing
Quality Noun campaign for a product of
your choice. Use the following
gorgeous dark jacket guidelines to help you.
brown
round cakes
● What is your product?
(Use a real one or an
Japanese garden imaginary one.)
● Who is your target
diamond necklace
audience?
elephant ● What market research
would you ideally do before
frame designing your campaign?
● What different types of
d Write the adjectives in the correct order before the nouns. advertising are you going
1 a jacket leather / beautiful to use?
A beautiful leather jacket ● Design the actual adverts
2 a book reference / useful you will use.

3 the cup old / plastic

b Present your ideas to the
rest of the class. Choose a
member of the group to do
4 eyes blue / beautiful
each of the following:
● Introduce your product and
5 your car expensive / sports / German
explain who you think will
be interested in it and why.
6 shoes running / comfortable / Chinese
● Explain the different areas
of the media you will target
7 my shirt white / best / cotton
and why.
● Show any visual adverts you
8 that company advertising / enormous / American
might have and explain the
ideas behind them.
● Act out any TV or radio
commercials you might have.

UNIT 5 43
 7 Read and speak
a Work with a partner. What do you think is being advertised in the pictures?

b CD2 T05 Read and listen to the text and check your ideas.

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Advertising techniques
– creative or intrusive?
It doesn’t matter if your business is big or small – multinational corporation
or local shop, you have to let people know that you’re there and what it
is you have to sell. And that, of course, is where advertising comes in.
It’s everywhere you go – in newspapers and magazines, on TV, radio, in
cinemas, on websites … there’s no escape anywhere.
Methods of getting your advertising message across to the public are
varied and always have been. Sandwich board men were, and in some
places still are, a popular way of producing a portable advert at a reasonably low cost (just the salary of
the man who walks around with the board on him). On the more exotic side are things like sky-writing:
hiring a special, smoke-producing plane to write the name of your product in the sky. It’s quite effective,
but of course, expensive – and very short-lived. Planes are also sometimes used to pull banners bearing
a message across the sky. They’re still reasonably popular – I was lucky enough to be on Copacabana
beach in Rio a while ago, and several of them flew past.
The world of advertising is all about making an impact and getting noticed, and this can lead people to
be very creative and inventive. Take the case of the airline that paid a café to advertise the price of their
flights to Rome in the foam of cappuccino coffee. Or indeed the restaurant in the USA that made large,
fake seashells and placed them on the beach – when curious passers-by opened up a shell, they read the
message ‘Looking for seafood?’ and the restaurant address. Pretty ingenious and maybe quite effective.
And perhaps the best thing you can say about advertising, apart from its
inventiveness, is that it is often amusing too. One of my favourite adverts is
made by as small a business as you can get – a one-man show, a window-
cleaner named Jim. He placed a small card behind the windows that he
cleaned which said: ‘If you can read this, I’ve done a good job’, followed, of
course, by his telephone number.
This approach has been termed ‘guerrilla advertising’ – using very cheap
elements to make a big impact: modern-day sandwich boards, if you like.
And how about this for a variation on sandwich boards? Instead of using
people, you could use … er, cows? That’s what a website in Florida did.
There are those, of course, who feel that advertising is way too intrusive,
who think ‘Can’t we have a cup of coffee or a walk along the beach without
someone trying to sell us something?’ Write and tell me what you think.

c Read the text again. Write T (true), F (false) or N (not in the text).
1 Sandwich board men are an expensive form of advertising. F
2 Jim owns a window-cleaning company that employs several people.
3 ‘Guerrilla advertising’ is a way of advertising effectively without spending a lot of money.
4 The writer of the blog feels that advertising is often too intrusive.

44 UNIT 5
 Discussion box
1 What is the most creative /
most amusing advertisement
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that you know of? Describe it.
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n.
a PR Assistant. Write a list of the general administratio
and willing
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The succ es owledge
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to learn. Expe
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letter? looking the job.
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telling us why you th
c Read through the model letter
and check your answers to
Exercise 8b.

d Choose one of the job adverts

and write a covering letter of
application. Dear Sir/Madam,
I am writing to apply for the job as
PR Assistant
Do you have that was advertised in last night’s
Please find enclosed a copy of my
Evening Standard.
CV. As you will
a way with see, I graduated in adm inistrat ion
University and have spent the last
from Bradford

words? working for a small but dynamic pub

two years
lish ing
house in London. Although I have
enjoyed my
time here and have lear ned many
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I have reached a point where I nee
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creative and motivated people myself at a higher level. I am sure
I can offer you
interested in starting a career in the enthusiasm and ded icat ion to
the task that
advertising. you are look ing for. I am good at
working under
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would enjoy the challenge of usin
g my skills in a
larger env ironment.

Are you I hope you will find my application

of interest.
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UNIT 5 45
 6 Animal instincts
Past perfect tenses review
Vocabulary: animal sounds

Read and listen

a Work with a partner. Write down the names of the five senses. For each sense, try to think of an
animal that has an exceptional ability in this area.

b CD2 T06 Read and listen to the text. Choose the title (1–4) that you think fits best and say why.
1 Lucky escapes 3 How toads help humans
2 As if they had known what was coming 4 Scientific uncertainty about animals

set out to discover toads’ reactions to earthquakes

but to study the effect of the lunar cycle on them.
Now, however, she believes that they might be able
to ‘detect pre-seismic clues, such as the release of
gases and charged particles, and use these
as a form of earthquake early-warning system.’
[4] Whether this discovery will change our
affection for amphibians is debatable, but what
is certain is that toads are not the only creatures
credited with an uncanny power to predict
natural disasters.
[5] The 2004 tsunami, which killed more than
200,000 people, is a case in point. In Thailand,
distressed elephants had been trumpeting all day
before the disaster and many broke their chains
and ran for higher ground before the tsunami was
visible. One, called Ningnong, was giving a ride to
an eight-year-old British tourist at the Thai beach
[1] If there was to be a tribute to the humble resort of Phuket. Suddenly bolting to the hills, it
toad, it would have to contain one new piece saved its own life and the little girl’s. Meanwhile,
of information: the amphibian’s previously breeding flamingos in India abandoned low-lying
undiscovered ability to detect imminent areas to settle on higher ground. And bats in Sri
earthquakes. Incredibly, a scientific study has Lanka, which normally sleep in the day, flitted
suggested that they flee an area just before such around in distress.
seismic activity strikes.
[6] While most of these animal warnings have
[2] The evidence, published yesterday in the been ignored, there are times when they have
Journal of Zoology, centres on a population of been heeded. In 1975, scientists in Haicheng,
breeding toads in Italy. It seems that, a few years China, became worried because the city’s dogs
ago, these creatures had suddenly fled their home had been behaving erratically and the cats had
five days before an earthquake measuring 6.3 become restless and uneasy. Convinced that a
on the Richter Scale struck L’Aquila, an area 46 major disaster was imminent, they demanded the
miles away from their breeding ground. evacuation of the city. The order came five-and-
[3] Quite how the toads sensed the quake is a-half hours before an earthquake hit, causing
unclear, but a full 96 per cent of males scarpered, 2,000 deaths. Without the evacuation, however, it
only to return a day after the danger was over. has been estimated that another 150,000 people
The discovery baffled Dr Rachel Grant, who hadn’t could have perished.

46 UNIT 6
 c Read the text again. Mark the statements T (true) or
F (false). Correct the false statements.
1 Scientists have always known some amphibians
can predict earthquakes. F
2 It is not absolutely clear how toads can predict
natural disasters.
3 2,000 people might have been killed had scientists
not called for the evacuation of Haicheng.
4 China is a country where natural warning signs before
a disaster are not taken seriously.
[7] ‘In China, they have people
5 Dolphins and bats share a similar navigation system.
watching groups of animals, partly
to try and predict such disasters,’ 6 Oscar the cat doesn’t normally seek the
says Professor Daniel Mills, an company of humans.
expert in animal behaviour at
Lincoln University. He stresses d Find the words 1–8 in the text and match each one
that animals have heightened to a definition a–h.
senses which set them apart from 1 tribute (paragraph 1) a before an earthquake
humans. A shark, for instance, can
2 imminent (paragraph 1) b an example which shows
smell a single drop of blood diluted
in 100 litres of water, while 3 breeding ground this is true
kestrels can see ultraviolet light (paragraph 2) c coming, likely to happen
which helps them to detect prey 4 scarpered (paragraph 3) very soon
such as mice. 5 pre-seismic d believed to have
[8] ‘We function in a world with (paragraph 3) e acting in a strange,
five senses,’ he adds. ‘In the same
Discussion box
6 credited with disorganised way
way as we can’t see infrared, there 1 In what other ways do you think humans could
(paragraph 4) f a place where animals
are sounds we can’t hear either. learn from animals?
7 a case in point have their babies
But many animals can. There is 2 Some people are said to have a sixth sense too.
a sense called electro-perception (paragraph 5) g left very quickly
Can you think of examples from real life, or from
that fish and sharks use to form 8 behaving
books erratically
or films? h a show of respect
a picture around them, while (paragraph 6) and admiration
dolphins and bats use sonar to
find their way around.’
[9] Other cases are even more
perplexing. Who could forget Oscar,
the so-called ‘cat of death’ who had
been adopted by a New England
nursing home and who, three years
ago, became a scientifically-studied
phenomenon after it emerged that
he could predict when patients
were about to die? In more than
50 cases, the otherwise unsociable
puss would go and curl up with an
elderly resident two hours before
they passed away. He has never
been wrong. Cases like this and
of pets being able to sense their
owners’ illnesses are still not
properly understood. But what
does seem clear is that our pets are
attempting to alert us to potential
disaster so we can avoid it.

UNIT 6 47
 2 Grammar 3 Listen
Past perfect continuous, past a Where in the photo can you see the
perfect simple and past perfect following?
passive review
a Look at the examples from the text. Which
one is an example of: the past perfect
continuous, the past perfect simple or the
past perfect passive?
1 Oscar had been adopted by a New England
nursing home.
2 In Thailand, distressed elephants had been
trumpeting all day before the disaster.
3 Dr Rachel Grant hadn’t set out to discover
toads’ reactions to earthquakes.

b Complete the text with the correct form

of the past perfect continuous, the past
perfect simple or the past perfect passive.
There may be more than one possibility.
an octopus a German flag
Book review – The Incredible Journey
tentacles a Spanish flag
The Incredible Journey is a story about two dogs tog
CD2 T07 Listen to the radio show and aran
and a cat in Canada who found themselves far from b ada
home. Their owners, the Hunter family, had gone answer the questions. mpu
to live in England for a short time, and so the three as
1 Who was Paul and how did he become
pets 1 had been taken (take) to live on a farm of
famous? mo
owned by a friend, Mr Longridge. The animals did
ictu
not really understand what 2
e ca
(happen), and at fi rst they patiently waited for their 2 Why was he referred to as ‘England’s only nt s
owners to come and get them. Then they began to hero’ of the 2010 World Cup? to.
think that maybe they 3 (forget) ear
by the Hunters. After about two weeks – during er, t
3 How exactly did the prediction trick work?
which time they 4 (treat) well by
we r
Mr Longridge – the animals decided that they had epe
waited long enough. They left the farm and started 4 What was the difference in the reactions ag
to walk back home, following their instincts. But between German and Spanish fans? ed t
they didn’t know that their journey would take them e be
across 400 kilometres! hoto
5 Why was Paul’s reputation in danger during
The story tells us of this amazing journey. When
the final?
they fi nally got home, the animals
5
(travel) for many weeks and
6
(had) many difficult
7 
c Discuss in small groups.
experiences. They (face)
starvation, illness and had been attacked by wild 1 Do you believe Paul was really psychic? How
animals. Of course their owners, who can you explain his success in predicting
8
(tell) that they were missing match winners?
and who 9 (look) for them, were 2 If you had a psychic pet, what would it be
delighted to have them back again. and what would you use it for?
This is a moving story about animal courage
and instincts.

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48 UNIT 6
 4 Vocabulary
Animal sounds
Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in the box.
bleat bark grunt crow roar hiss croak

1 The football coach barked his instructions at the players.

2 They all with laughter when they saw what I was wearing.
3 My father didn’t actually say ‘Yes’, he just .
4 The actors were terrible and the audience their disapproval.
5 Harry just about managed to that he was OK although he had a very sore throat.
6 She won the school tennis championship and about it for weeks.
7 I hate it when she on about how badly everyone treats her.

Vocabulary bank Turn to page 112.

BRAVE LITTLE ZOEY
5 Read and speak MASONVILLE, Colo. – Zoey
the Chihuahua is tiny but when a
a Work in a group of three. Read a different story each and rattlesnake lunged at her owners’
then re-tell the story to your group, using your own words. two-year-old grandson, she became
a real bulldog. Booker West was
tographers splashing his hands in a birdbath in
arance of a his grandparents’ backyard when
adapt their the snake slithered up to the toddler,
mputer and rattled and struck. Five-pound Zoey
as though jumped in the way and took the bites.
of people ‘She got in between Booker and the
more and snake, and that’s when I heard her
ictures. As yipe,’ said Monty Long, the boy’s
e can copy grandfather. The dog was taken to the
nt situation vet’s and for a time it appeared she
might not survive. ‘These little bitty
to. We can
earance – 7KHGROSKLQVZKRVDYHGDÀVKHUPDQ dogs, they just don’t really get credit,’
er, taller or RONNIE Dabal was fishing for tuna in the choppy waters of Puerto Booker’s grandmother Denise Long
Princesa Bay in the Philippines when a sudden storm came upon him told a reporter who interviewed her
we realised and turned his boat upside down. After battling with punishing waves about the case.
epends on for the next 24 hours on top of a piece of styropor, Dabal was losing his
ages used strength when, from out of nowhere, a school of around 30 dolphins
ed to make and a pair of whales came and fl anked him on both sides. The dolphins
e beautiful. started to nudge his tiny life raft towards the direction of land. Dabal
hotos we said he passed out while all this was happening and woke up on the
beach of Barangay where he was fi nally rescued by local residents.

A BIRD HERO
IN Muncie, Indiana, Shannon Conwell and his nine-year-old son had fallen
asleep on the couch after watching a movie. They awoke at three o’clock in
the morning to the sound of the family’s pet Amazon parrot, Peanut, loudly
imitating a smoke alarm. Though the real smoke alarm had been activated,
the family runs both an air conditioner and a humidifier in the house, and
these were drowning out the sound of the smoke alarm. Though Conwell and
his son didn’t hear the alarm, Peanut did and imitated it more loudly so they
would awake. Conwell grabbed his son and his bird and fled the house.

b In what ways are these animals heroes?

c Check the Internet for heroic animal stories. Take notes and tell your stories in groups.
UNIT 6 49
 6 Listen and speak
a Work with a partner. Look at pictures A–F quickly and say what they show.
A B

C D

E F

b CD2 T08 Listen to Karen’s story about her e Think of a story that you have
trip to the USA with her family. Number the experienced or that you have heard.
pictures above 1–6 in the order they appear. It could be:
c CD2 T08 Listen again. Number the boxes ● something that happened at school.
in the order Karen says the phrases. ● something that happened on holiday.
a all of a sudden ● something that happened at home.
b off we went ● something that happened when you
c the machine kind of ate the ticket
were in town.

d he pressed them again and again and again Work in small groups. Tell each other
e would you believe it your story. Note how often each person
uses dramatic storytelling devices. Vote
f that was the amazing thing
on who told the most interesting story.
d Work with a partner. Discuss how the phrases
in Exercise 6c make the story more dramatic. 7 Pronunciation
Stress in phrases
CD2 T09 Turn to page 124.

50 UNIT 6
Makin waves Video Episode 2

8 Horses! b Match expressions 1–6 in Exercise 9a with

meanings a–f.
a Look at the photo and answer the questions.
a Try it.
b Was it a success?
c We’ve reached an agreement.
d I promise you, I know that what I’m
saying is true.
e perhaps
f Actually, this is a better idea

c Complete the dialogues with the

expressions from Exercise 9a.
1 A: , I’ll be at your house by
1 How do you think each of the people feel 9 am.
about the horse? B: And don’t forget to bring the picnic.
2 Are there any animals that you are afraid of?
2 A: I don’t suppose you’ve seen my house
What is it about them that you don’t like? keys ?
b Watch the episode. How does Nick’s attitude B: They are on the kitchen table.
towards horses change over the episode? 3 A: Do you think Anne will like the present?
B: , she’ll adore it. She loves
c Mark the sentences T (true) or F (false).
pink.
Correct the false sentences. Watch again
and check. 4 A: So when do you want my essay?

1 Nick’s looking forward to his next B: Can you hand it to me on Friday

interview. morning? email it to me.
5 A: I’m not sure I really want to go on the
2 Amy wishes she could do the interview.
rollercoaster.
3 Lily agrees to help Nick write the story.
B: Oh come on. . You’ll love it.
4 Hannah has always liked horses.
6 A: So come on. Your driving test.
5 Her secret to dealing with horses ?
is to show them who is in charge.
B: I don’t really want to talk about it.
d Discuss in pairs.
1 What do you think of Hannah’s psychology? 0 Improvisation
2 Which other animals might it work on? Work in pairs. Prepare a short role play.
Which might it not work on? Try to use some of the expressions from
Exercise 9a. Then act it out.
9 Everyday En lish Roles: Amy and zoo keeper
Situation: Amy is doing a show about the new
a Underline the correct word to complete reptile house at the zoo.
the expressions. Watch again and check.
Basic idea: The zoo keeper is trying to
1 That’s settled / done then. persuade Amy to handle a snake. She is not
2 Better still / already too keen on the idea.
3 Give it a go / turn.
4 Why / How did it go?
5 by / with any chance
6 Trust / Hope me.

UNIT 6 51
 Write
a Read the magazine article quickly
to find the answers to these
Goldie’s secret
She showed up on the doorstep of my house in Cornwall.
questions.
No way could I have sent her away. No way, not me anyway.
1 How did the narrator feel when Maybe someone had kicked her out of their car the night
Goldie first came to her house?
For your portfolio

before. ‘We’re moving house.’ ‘No space for her any more
2 What was Goldie’s behaviour with the baby coming.’ ‘We never really wanted her, but what
like in her first few days at the could we have done? She was a present.’ People find all sorts
narrator’s house? of excuses for abandoning an animal. And she was one of the
3 Why did Goldie bolt off to a most beautiful animals I had ever seen, a magnificent golden
farmhouse one day? retriever.
I called her Goldie, which was not the most creative choice
b Work with a partner. Read the of names, I know. Who knows, maybe if I had known what was
article again and discuss the going to happen I would have given her a more dramatic name.
questions. She was so unsettled during those first few days. She hardly
1 How does the writer create a ate anything and had such an air of sadness about her. There
strong opening to the article? was nothing I could do to make her happy, it seemed. Heaven
knows what had happened to her with her previous owners.
2 How does the writer continue
But eventually at the end of the first week she cheered up and
to hold the reader’s attention?
became as loyal and loving as an animal could be. She was
3 What makes the ending always by my side, whether we were out on one of our long
particularly effective? walks or sitting snugly by the fire.
c Read the article again. Find That’s why it was such a shock when she pulled away from
examples of techniques 1–4 which me one day when we were out for a walk. We were a long
help to hold a reader’s attention way from home, when she started barking and getting very
when reading a story. agitated. Eventually I couldn’t hold her any longer and she
raced off down the road and over a ditch towards a farmhouse
1 interesting descriptions and use in the distance, as fast as her legs could carry her.
of vocabulary to describe people, By the time I reached the farm, I was exhausted, red in the
places and animals face and very upset with Goldie. But when I saw her licking
2 direct speech and fussing round the four retriever puppies, my heart melted.
3 building up tension by giving hints ‘We didn’t know what had happened to her,’ said the woman at
as to what might happen later the door. ‘I took her for a walk one day, soon after the puppies
4 interesting psychological insights were born, and she just disappeared.’ ‘She must have tried to
into someone’s thoughts and come back to them and got lost,’ added a boy from behind her.
feelings I must admit I do miss Goldie, but I’ve got Nugget now, and
she looks just like her mother. And I’ve learnt a good lesson:
d Write an article about animals for not to make assumptions about people before you know them.
the magazine. Before you start
writing, think about:
● What is your storyline going to be?
● How can you use techniques 1–4
from Exercise 11c to create an
interesting article?
● How will you create a strong
opening and ending for the article?

52 UNIT 6
 Grammar 2 Vocabulary
a Put the words into the correct order. a Use the words in the box to complete the
1 a / I / green / bought / bag / leather sentences.
I bought a green leather bag. logo hoarding sandwich board
2 an / toy / old / it’s / plastic TV commercials jingle slogan

1 I don’t like watching films on that channel –

3 high-heeled / beautiful / she’s / shoes / there are too many TV commercials .
black / wearing 2 They’ve got a new advertisement with the
: ‘The bank that’s
4 large / dining / round / they’ve / got / made for you’.
table / a 3 We’re designing a new
to put on the company’s paper and bags.
5 Japanese / a / it’s / new / invention 4 The view from our flat has been ruined by an
advertising across the
street.
4
5 I earned money in the summer by wearing a
b Rewrite each sentence with the adverb in
and walking up and
brackets in the correct position. (There
down the streets.
may be more than one possibility.)
6 Their new is really
1 John goes to visit his grandparents. (often) catchy – I find myself humming it all day!
John often goes to visit his grandparents. 5
2 This is a good idea. (really)
b Complete the sentences with the correct
form of an ‘animal sound’ word.
3 Give that book back to me. (immediately) 1 ‘Go to your classrooms immediately,’
bark the headmaster.
4 I did not get the job. (unfortunately) 2 He’s always b on about how bad
his job is. It’s so boring!
5 She looked at me. (in a curious way) 3 When I asked my brother what he was
watching on TV he just g .
4 She r with laughter at the joke.
4
5 Unlike some people, we don’t
c Put the verbs in brackets into the correct
c about our achievements.
form of the past perfect.
4
1 When we got there, we saw that the town
had been destroyed by the tornado.
(destroy)
2 By the time she arrived, I
for an hour. (wait)
3 I had lots of money to spend on my
holiday because I How did you do?
for months before I went. (save)
Total score
4 I was shocked when I saw that my bicycle
Very Not very
. (steal) 21 good OK good
5 We were absolutely exhausted, because we
Grammar 10 – 12 6–9 less than 6
since 6 am. (work)
Vocabulary 7–9 4–6 less than 4
4

UNIT 6 53
 7 Double lives
Reporting verb patterns review
Vocabulary: crime; war and peace

Read and listen

a Read the text quickly. What crimes did
John and Anne Darwin commit?

CANOE MAN
When John Darwin walked into a London
police station one evening in December 2007,
claiming to be suffering from amnesia, few
people could have imagined the web of deceit
that was about to unravel around him. ‘I think
I may be a missing person,’ was one of the first
things he told police.
JOHN DARWIN and his wife Anne were retired and running
a small hotel when she reported him missing in March
2002. John, who was a teacher before becoming a prison sons attended an inquest where an open verdict was recorded,
officer, had apparently disappeared into the sea in a canoe. allowing a death certificate to be issued. Anne received £160,000
He had, in fact, been dropped off at a railway station by his wife in insurance policies plus an £8,000 widow’s pension.
as the first part of an elaborate plan to fake his death and to John Darwin lived rough for a while after faking his death. Then
mislead insurance companies and the police. he stole the identity of someone called John Jones, who died
Before the deception started, John and Anne Darwin had appeared as a baby. He used John Jones’s birth certificate to obtain false
to be happy and wealthy. But in reality they owed a lot of money. documents. Within a month of his disappearance, John returned
In March 2002 they were refused a £20,000 bank loan – just six to their home. To disguise his identity, he grew his hair and a
days before John’s disappearance. straggly beard, and acquired a limp. He was so confident that
Soon after turning up in London more than five years later, he he could outsmart everyone that he continued to walk around,
claimed he had never intended to defraud anyone. However, the disguising himself with a woolly hat.
full scale of the deception was quickly revealed by police and In October 2003, John Darwin obtained a forged passport in the
media inquiries. name of John Jones. He flew to America in 2004 and contacted
Anne Darwin initially denied that she knew her husband was Kelly Steele, a woman he had met while playing online games.
alive, but then a photograph was found of her and her husband He persuaded her to buy a ranch in her name, offering her
smiling happily with an estate agent in Panama. The photograph £25,000 to do this. He later demanded his money back and sent
was dated July 2006, proving she knew he hadn’t died. She her threatening emails. Steele described him as the strangest,
confessed to having communicated with him by email. most frightening man she had ever met.
Anne was accused of six charges of deception and nine of money By December 2007, the game was up. Unbeknown to him, the
laundering. She apologised but stated that her husband had police had started to investigate Anne’s bank accounts in Panama,
forced her to go along with the plan. But the prosecution claimed the UK and Jersey. John Darwin was arrested and taken in for
it was a true criminal partnership. questioning. His wife was in Panama and was tracked down by
After John disappeared, a rescue operation was launched that cost journalists. In March 2008, John admitted that he had faked his
more than £100,000. Six weeks later, his broken canoe washed death, and pleaded guilty to seven charges of deception.
up on the beach. For the next five-and-a-half years, Anne played The couple’s two sons said the news that their father had died in
the role of a grieving widow, hiding the fraud from her sons, the an accident had ‘crushed their world’. Both brothers spoke of their
insurance companies and the police. She and her unsuspecting sense of betrayal at their parents’ actions.

b CD2 T10 Read the text again and listen. Answer the questions.
1 Why did John pretend to have died? 4 How did he disguise himself?
2 How did he pretend to have been killed? 5 Why did he contact Kelly Steele?
3 Who in his family knew his death was fake? 6 How did the Darwins’ two sons feel about
Who didn’t know? their parents’ fraud?

54 UNIT 7
 b Match the two parts of the sentences.
Discussion box 1 Once I forged my mum’s a because she had
1 How does this story make you 2 You can buy really cheap disguised herself
feel? Sad? Angry? Amused? fake really well.
2 Would this story make a good 3 Only a fool would deny b the facts.
film, do you think? Why / c out of their savings.
4 He misled hundreds of
Why not?
people into d as he’d invented some
3 Why do you think crime details on his CV.
5 He was arrested
stories are so popular in
6 No one knew who e she had cheated in
books, in films and on TV?
she was the exam.
7 He defrauded them f you need to outsmart
the other contestants.
2 Vocabulary 8 He admitted to getting
the job by deception g signature to get out
Crime of school early.
9 If you want to win the
a Match the words in the box competition h for fraud.
from the text in Exercise 1 with 10 She confessed that i paying into a non-
definitions 1–10. existent retirement
fund.
outsmart deception j designer sunglasses
defraud deny confess in the market.
disguise forge
fraud fake mislead 3 Grammar
Reporting verb patterns review
1 to obtain an advantage over
someone by acting more a Rewrite the sentences, using the reporting verb in
cleverly, and often by using brackets.
a trick outsmart 1 ‘Please lend us £20,000.’ (ask)
2 to cause someone to believe They asked the bank to lend them £20,000.
something that is not true 2 ‘I sent him an email.’ (confess to)
3 when people hide the truth, She
especially to get an advantage
3 ‘I’ll give you £25,000 to buy the property.’ (offer)
4 not real, but made to look or
He
seem real
4 ‘Come on, Kelly – buy this ranch for me.’ (persuade)
5 to give a new appearance to
a person or thing, especially He
in order to hide its true 5 ‘I faked my own death.’ (admit)
appearance John
6 to admit that you have done 6 ‘I’m sorry that I went through with the plan.’ (apologise for)
something wrong
He
7 to say that something is not true
7 ‘I didn’t know my husband was alive.’ (deny)
8 to take something illegally from
She
a person or company, or to
8 ‘I’m suffering from amnesia.’ (claim)
prevent someone from having
something that is legally theirs He
by deceiving them
b Answer the questions about the sentences in Exercise 3a.
9 to make an illegal copy of
something in order to deceive 1 What pattern follows the verbs claim / offer?
10 the crime of obtaining money 2 What pattern follows the verbs apologise for / deny /
by deceiving people confess to / admit ?
3 What pattern follows the verbs persuade / ask?

UNIT 7 55
 c Match sentences 1–6 with reporting verbs a–f.
1 ‘I’m sorry that I misled you,’ she said. a deny
2 ‘Yes, it’s true – the thief outsmarted me,’ the policeman said. b ask
3 ‘Did you forge the document?’ he said. c admit
4 ‘It’s very easy to deceive people,’ he said. d confess
5 ‘It was me who defrauded the company,’ she said. e apologise
6 ‘I did not disguise myself as a woman,’ he said. f claim

d Rewrite the sentences in Exercise 3c using the reporting verbs.

She apologised for having misled me.

Get it ri ht! Turn to page 117.

Britain declared war on Germany in 1939 after Germany
4 Read had invaded several European countries, and the
following year the British set up the Special Operations
a Read the text quickly. Choose a title (1–3) Executive (SOE). This was an organisation of secret
that you think fits best. agents: people who did not fight in battles, but who went
to help local resistance movements in places occupied
1 How to be a spy by the enemy.
2 Women secret agents The SOE recruited its agents from a wide range of
backgrounds. Often the lives of ordinary civilians
3 Living a double life
were utterly transformed when they were thrown into
the dangerous world of espionage. Many of the agents
b Answer the questions. were young women, chosen because they had one vital
1 Why did Britain declare war on Germany? skill: the ability to speak a European language like
2 Who did the SOE secret agents go to help? a native. They were given false identities to protect
themselves once they had left Britain, and they were
3 Where did the agents work? trained in marksmanship, using
4 What kind of people did the SOE choose explosives, the transmission of
to join them? coded messages, survival in the
wilderness, and how to resist
5 What special ability did many of the interrogation. In short, they
recruits have? learned everything necessary to
6 What five things did they have to learn live a double life behind enemy
lines. But it was a dangerous
about before they started work? job and there were many
casualties amongst the agents.
c Work with a partner. What do you
SOE agents played an
imagine the life of a spy is like? invaluable role right up
Give examples of any real-life or to 1945, when Germany
fictional spies you know about. surrendered and a peace
treaty was signed.
5 Vocabulary
War and peace
Check the text in Exercise 4a for the meanings of the words and expressions in the box.
Complete the text with the words in the box.

declared war invaded fought battles recruited casualties surrendered peace treaty signed

Freedonia and Sylvania lived together peacefully for many years. But then Freedonia 1 invaded
Sylvania, and as a consequence, Sylvania 2 on Freedonia. Sylvania did not have enough
soldiers, so they 3 new ones to go and fight in the 4 . The two countries
5
for many years. Despite the heavy 6 , neither side 7 .
8 9
Finally, after five years of war, a was .

Vocabulary bank Turn to page 112.

56 UNIT 7
6 Listen 7 Speak
a CD2 T11
Listen to the radio programme a Look at the photos and compare them.
about two women, Violette Szabo and Which one would you choose to define
Noor Khan, who worked for the SOE in peace? Why?
France in World War II. Tick (✓) the correct 1
boxes in the table. (Some information is
true of both women.)
Who … Violette Noor
1 was born in Russia?
2 had a parent who was
not British?
3 had a daughter when
she joined the SOE?
4 spent some time in
Paris?
5 arrived in France by 2
parachute?
6 went by the name of
Madeleine?
7 was caught by German
soldiers?
8 shouted ‘Freedom’
before she died?

b CD2 T11
Listen again. Mark the
statements T (true) or F (false). Correct the
false statements.
1 Violette worked in a shop when she was 3
younger.
2 Violette first went to France to try to
find her husband.
3 Violette was captured together with a
French resistance fighter.
4 Violette did not give the Germans
information about her colleagues.
5 Noor was not interested in her own
safety.
6 Noor’s colleagues were arrested just
before she arrived in Paris.
7 Noor received orders to go back to b Work with a partner. Choose one of the
London, but she ignored them. photos and prepare to talk about it for 1–2
8 Noor transmitted false information minutes. Then swap roles and choose a
to the Germans. different photo. Think about:
● what is in the photo and what it makes you
c Imagine you are either Violette or Noor.
think of.
Write a page in your diary.
● whether you like or dislike it and give
reasons why.
● using expressions such as: I think that this
is the best because … / What do you think
about this photo here?

UNIT 7 57
 Literature in mind
c Which of the underlined words in the text means:
8 Read and listen 1 desire, determination will
a 2 keep things in a safe, secret place
Read the background description of this
3 do it in completely the wrong way
book. Would you like to read the book?
4 something that makes a problem (or pain)
Why / Why not?
seem less bad
b Read the extract. How does Smiley feel 5 control; make weaker
after talking to Elsa Fennan? What does 6 serious, sad
he think about while he’s driving? 7 thought
8 try to find out about

Smiley played by Call for the Dead by John le Carré

Sir Alec Guinness
John le Carré is one of Britain’s best spy writers. Many
of his novels have been made into films and TV series.
His most famous character was George Smiley – a
successful spy with MI6 (the British Secret Service),
a very thoughtful man, but very unremarkable. He
appears in many of le Carré’s novels.
Call for the Dead introduced Smiley to the reading
public. In this extract, Smiley and a policeman called
Mendel have been to talk to Elsa Fennan about
the death of her husband, a former Foreign Office
employee. Smiley interviewed Fennan a few days before
his death, for security – now Smiley’s boss is blaming
him for Fennan’s death. But Smiley is sure that Elsa did
not tell him the truth.

A s he drove slowly back tow

ceased to be conscious of
ards London, Smiley
Mendel’s presence. wander in the mist, each
neighbour. Each is alone.
is alone. No tree knows
his
There had been a time wh ’ We know nothing of on
en the mere business of e
a car was a relief to him driving another, nothing, Smiley
; when he had found in the mused. However closely
unreality of a long, solita together, at whatever tim we live
ry journey a palliative to e of day or night we sou
troubled brain, when the his the deepest thoughts in on nd ou t
fatigue of several hours’ e another, we know nothi
had allowed him to forget driving How am I judging Elsa Fe ng.
more sombre cases. nnan? I think I understa
suffering and her frighten nd her
It was one of the subtler ed lies, but what do I kn
landmarks of middle age her? Nothing. ow of
perhaps, that he could no ,
longer thus subdue his mi
needed sterner measures nd. It Mendel was pointing at
now; he even tried on oc a sign-post.
to plan in his head a walk cas ion ‘……that’s where I live.
through a European city Mitcham. Not a bad spo
to record the shops and – Got sick of bachelor’s qu t really.
buildings he would pass, arters. Bought a decent litt
instance, in Berne on a wa for semi-detached down her le
lk from the Munster to the e. For my retirement.’
University. But despite suc ‘Retirement? That’s a lon
h energetic mental exerci g way off.’
the ghosts of time presen se,
t would intrude and drive ‘Yes. Three days. That’s
dreams away. It was An his why I got this job. Nothi
ne who had robbed him no complications. Give it ng to it;
peace, Anne who had on of his to old Mendel, he’ll muck
ce made the present so im it up.’
and taught him the habit portant ‘Well, well. I expect we
of reality, and when she shall both be out of a job
there was nothing. we nt, by Monday.’
He could not believe tha He drove Mendel to Scotl
t Elsa Fennan had killed and Yard* and went on
husband. Her instinct wa her to Cambridge Circus**.
s to defend, to hoard her
treasures of her life, to bu * police headquarters in
ild about herself the sym London
normal existence. There bols of ** fictional MI6 headqu
was no aggression in her arters in London
but the will to preserve. , no will
But who could tell? What
did Hesse write? ‘Strange
to
58 UNIT 7
d CD2 T12 Read the text again and listen. Answer the questions.
1 Why does Smiley try to imagine walking through a European city?
2 Why does Smiley not believe that Elsa killed her husband?
3 Why does Mendel point to a signpost?

e In pairs or small groups, discuss your answers to these questions.

1 How and why is Smiley able to remember ‘shops and buildings’ on a walk in another city?
2 Who is (or was) Anne? Why is she important for Smiley?
3 What does Smiley think about Elsa Fennan?

9 Write
a Read the biography of John le Carré, the author of Call for the Dead, and underline
the important information. Think about the following points to help you.
● his major achievements ● his political views
● his family history ● his most popular books

J OHN LE CARRÉ
is the pseudonym
of David John Moore
many of the people he worked with as the inspiration
for his fiction. His fi rst novel, Call for the Dead, was
published in 1961 and his third novel, The Spy Who
Cornwell, and is one of Came in from the Cold (1963), was an international
the UK’s most respected bestseller. With the success of this novel, le Carré left
espionage writers. He MI6 and concentrated fully on his writing.
was born in 1931 in
Dorset in the UK and He has written over twenty novels of which many,
brought up primarily such as The Constant Gardener and The Russia House,
by his father, having have been turned into successful fi lms.
been abandoned by his As well as being a prolific writer, le Carré is also
mother at the age of widely known for his political views and, in
five. He was educated at particular, his objection to the wars in the Middle
several public schools, East during the 2000s. In 2010, he gave his last TV
where he had difficulty interview, saying that he wished to concentrate more
with the strict discipline. on his writing than being a public figure.
After a university education in Berne and Oxford, he
spent much of the 1950s and 1960s working for MI5 He has been married twice and has four sons. He has
and MI6. It was while he was with the secret service lived by the sea in Cornwall for the last forty years.
agencies that he started writing spy novels, using
For your portfolio

b Read the notes about the Secretary-General of the UN, Ban Ki-moon. Use the information to
write a biography about him.
● Ban Ki-moon, born in Japanese Korea, 1944
● became eighth Secretary-General in 2007
● at 18 spent a few months in San Francisco, met President Kennedy
● studied at Harvard University
● married Yoo Soon-taek in 1971, three children
● entered Korean diplomatic service after university
● first job in Delhi, India
● Foreign minister for Korea from 2004 to 2006
● speaks Korean, English, French and Japanese

UNIT 7 59
 8 Goin it alone
Mixed conditionals review
Alternatives to if
Vocabulary: more time expressions

Read and listen

a Look at the picture and read the headline. What do you think you
will learn about this man? Read the text quickly and check your ideas.

My year of moneyless living

Is it possible to live without spending any cash I was a touch overwhelmed by
whatsoever? After becoming disillusioned with consumer the thought of cooking in the
society, Mark Boyle decided to give it a try. snow, rain and northerly winds of a
[1] I suppose the seeds of my decision to give up money British winter. But, surprisingly, it has become
were sown seven years ago, in my final semester of a one of the joys of my life. While using the stove, I watched
business degree in Ireland, when I stumbled upon a DVD the moon rise in winter and the sun set in summer in the
about Gandhi. He said we should ‘be the change we time it took to prepare my evening meal. Birds in the trees
E
want to see in the world’. A , I hadn’t the faintest became my new source of music. If I still lived
idea what change I wanted to be back then. I spent the in my old house, I wouldn’t have learned so much about
next five years managing organic food companies, but by nature and wildlife.
2007, I realised that even ‘ethical business’ would never [5] Food was the next essential. There are four legs to the
be quite enough. food-for-free table: foraging wild food, growing your own,
[2] I believe the key reason for so many problems in the bartering, and using waste food, F . Most of the
world today is the fact that we no longer directly have year I ate my own crops.
to see the repercussions of our actions. The degrees of [6] What I soon realised is that, in a moneyless world,
separation between the consumer and the consumed everything takes much more time. Hand-washing my
have increased so much that people are completely clothes in a sink of cold water, using laundry liquid made
unaware of the levels of destruction and suffering involved by boiling up some nuts on my rocket stove, can take two
in the production of the food B we buy. The hours, instead of ten minutes using a washing machine.
tool that has enabled this disconnection is money. Finding stuff that’s been thrown away – like the steamer
[3] If we grew our own food, we wouldn’t waste a third of I cook with – takes far longer than popping out to the
it C . If we made our own tables and chairs, we shops to buy one, and sorting out the toilet is a hassle.
wouldn’t throw them out the moment we changed the [7] Cycling the 55-kilometre round trip to the nearest big
interior decor. If we had to clean our own drinking water, town also takes a lot more time and energy than driving
we wouldn’t waste it so freely. As long as money exists, or catching the bus or train, but it’s also an economical
these symptoms will surely persist. So I decided last alternative to my old gym subscription, and I find cycling
November to give it up, D , and reconnect directly much more enjoyable G .
with the things I use and consume. [8] The point is, I’d much rather use my time making my
[4] I got myself a caravan, parked it up on an organic farm own bread outdoors than kill it watching some reality
where I was volunteering and kitted it out not to use TV show H . Where money once provided me
normal electricity. Mobile and laptop would run on solar with my primary sense of security, I now find it in friends
energy; I’d use wood I either cut or scavenged to heat my and the local community. Some of my closest friends are
humble home; cooking would be on a rocket stove. You people I only met because I had to build real relationships
can’t use the rocket stove indoors, so this meant that for with others based on trust and kindness. If I hadn’t given
the next 12 months, I was going to have to cook outside. up money, I would still have friendships based on it.

60 UNIT 8
 2 Speak
Discussion box
Work with a partner. You have to spend
1 Do you think Mark is happier now
one month living alone in a caravan with no
than before? Why / Why not?
money. There are a number of rules:
2 If you met Mark, what three
questions would you ask him? ™ You can only take four things with you to the
caravan from your home (apart from clothes).
3 How easy do you think it would be
for you not to spend any money for ™ You can ask for one thing to be bought for
24 hours? you and given to you each week.
™ You can only keep in contact with two people
while you are there.
b CD2 T13
Fill in the spaces A–H in the Talk about how you would fulfil each of the
text with phrases 1–8. Then listen and above rules. Then discuss what you would do
check. and how you would survive the time there.
1 of which there is loads
2 than using motorised vehicles 3 Grammar
3 for one year initially
4 The trouble was
Mixed conditionals review
5 in a so-called ‘living’ room a Look at the examples from the text. Match
6 as we do today the examples with definitions i–ii.
7 and other stuff 1 If I still lived in my old house, I wouldn’t have
8 around my kitchen learned so much about nature and wildlife.
2 If I hadn’t given up money, I would still have
c Read the text again. Answer the questions. friendships based on it.
1 What events and ideas made Mark decide i Describes how an action in the past affects
to ‘give up money’? the present.
2 How did he learn so much about nature? ii Describes how a general truth affects a past
3 In what four ways did he get food? action.
4 How did he keep fit?
b Rewrite the sentences, using one of the
5 What effect has living without money had
mixed conditional patterns.
on his friendships?
1 I’m feeling lonely today because I didn’t speak
d Circle the best definition for each of the to anyone last night.
words from the text. If I had spoken to someone last night,
1 stumbled upon (paragraph 1) I wouldn’t be feeling lonely today.
found by accident / fell over / bought 2 I didn’t find any wood yesterday, so my home
2 repercussions (paragraph 2) problems / is cold today.
effects / causes 3 I’m not a big reader, so I didn’t bring many
3 persist (paragraph 3) continue / die / be books with me.
responsible 4 My stove is broken, so I didn’t cook any food
4 kitted it out (paragraph 4) threw it away / last night.
damaged it / equipped it 5 I didn’t watch that programme last night
5 scavenged (paragraph 4) found in people’s because I haven’t got a TV.
rubbish / tied together / burned 6 My leg hurts because I fell over last weekend.
6 foraging (paragraph 5) looking for / buying 7 I know how to use this equipment because a
/ growing friend showed me.
7 popping out (paragraph 6) spending / going 8 I’m a bit tired today because I cycled a long
quickly / waiting way yesterday.
8 a hassle (paragraph 6) a pleasure / a bit of
a problem / a quick job

UNIT 8 61
 4 Listen 5 Vocabulary
a Work in a small group. Look at the pictures More time expressions
of different activities. Think of one a Read the sentences from the listening in
advantage and one disadvantage for doing Exercise 4. Circle the correct answer.
each activity on your own.
1 What do you do to empty / fill / make
1 2 the time when you’re alone?
2 … it makes / gives / gets you time and
space to sort things out a bit.
3 I’m killing / murdering / assassinating
time until I see some of my friends again.
4 … my mobile is an absolute must for me
at / in / on all times.
5 In neither / no / not time at all I want to
be with another person.
3 4
6 … find yourself on your own and with
time on your arms / hands / shoulders.
7 I’m afraid our time’s in / out / up for this
week.

b Work with a partner. Where might you

find these notices?

b CD2 T14
Listen to three teenagers talking to us, and we’ll give you time to
about things they like doing on their own do those things that you never
and things they like doing with other people. manage to do
Tick (✓) the activities in Exercise 4a that they
1
talk about. What other activities do they talk
about? Time on Fill in an hour or two
c CD2 T14
Listen again and complete your hands? this weekend,
sentences 1–8 with Hannah, Daniel or Alex. Come and help and make
1 needs to be able to stay in the elderly a child happy
touch with people all the time. 2 3
2 would want to always go on
holiday with other people. TAKE A COURSE
Make time
3 thinks it’s important to use with us and
time alone well. to give blood speak another
– you might language
4 could last about six hours
save a life IN NO TIME AT ALL!
without talking to anyone.
5 thinks you need time alone to
4 5
work out problems.
6 uses time alone to make life
plans.
c Replace the underlined expressions in
Exercise 5b with a phrase from the box.
7 can happily spend hours alone.
8 couldn’t watch football on TV make it possible for you very quickly
on their own. find something to do find the time
have you got nothing to do?
d Work with a partner. Say whether you
are most like Hannah, Daniel or Alex.
Vocabulary bank Turn to page 113.
Explain why.

62 UNIT 8
6 Grammar c Rewrite the sentences so that they include
Alternatives to if the words in brackets. Change the words and
the word order so that the meaning is the
a Look at the examples from the listening same.
text in Exercise 4 and answer the questions. 1 I’ll go to the cinema with you if you promise
1 I really don’t mind it, as long as it isn’t for an to help me with my homework afterwards.
extended period of time. (provided)
2 I’d just have to phone someone, otherwise I’ll go to the cinema with you provided you
I’d go crazy! promise to help me with my homework
3 Suppose I got home after lunch and there afterwards.
was no one there, that’d be OK until about 2 If I don’t get some time to myself I’ll never
eight o’clock. finish this book. (otherwise)
4 Imagine spending a day without seeing 3 I don’t mind being alone if I’ve got a good
anyone, how would you survive? book to read. (as long as)
5 I reckon being alone is never really a bad 4 What would you do if you were abandoned
thing, provided that you’ve got something on a desert island? (suppose)
positive to do. 5 If you had a week’s holiday now, what would
6 I couldn’t go to the cinema on my own you do? (imagine)
unless it was a film I really wanted to see … 6 I would never go on holiday alone if I didn’t
have to. (unless)
i In which of the sentences can you substitute
the underlined expressions with if? d Rewrite sentences 1, 2 and 3 from Exercise 6c
ii How would you rewrite the other sentences using unless.
to include the word if?
e Now rewrite sentences 1 and 2 from Exercise
6c using as long as.

7 Speak
a Do you prefer to do the activities below
alone or with someone else? Write the
numbers 1–8 in the table.
1 listening to music 5 doing exercise
2 reading 6 watching TV
3 going to a rock concert 7 going on holiday
b Circle the correct answers. 4 studying 8 making plans
1 I’ll tell you provided / unless / supposing
you don’t tell anyone else. Best done alone Best done with others
2 Suppose / Otherwise / Unless you could be
an animal. What animal would you be?
3 I won’t speak to you unless / otherwise / as
long as you apologise.
4 Go and see the doctor, imagine /
otherwise / provided it could get worse. b Compare your table with a partner. Take
5 As long as / Imagine / Otherwise you it in turns to talk about your reasons.
weren’t at school today. What would Award yourself a point each time you use a
you do? conditional sentence. Who can get the most
6 You’ll be fine unless / otherwise / as long as points?
you do what I tell you. I don’t mind watching TV with my mum as long
as she doesn’t keep asking me silly questions
Get it ri ht! Turn to page 118. about the programme.

UNIT 8 63
 8 Speak and listen
a You are going to hear a song
called ‘Message in a Bottle’.
Look at the picture and
decide how these words are
connected to the theme of
the song. Use a dictionary if
necessary.

Message in
note shore alone
rescue SOS hope
washed up loneliness

a Bottle
castaway island
lonely home

The note is what he writes and

puts in the bottle. It probably
says something like ‘Help!’.
(The Police)
b CD2 T15
Try and put the
words from Exercise 8a into Just a 1
the song. (You’ll use some An 2 lost at sea,
more than once.) Then listen Another 3
day
and check.
With no one here but me.
c Work with a partner. What More 4
do you think this song is a Than any man could bear.
((a/w 64a illo))
metaphor for? 5
me before I fall into despair.

d Chorus
Using the lyrics to help you,
invent a story explaining who I’ll send an 6 to the world,
this person is and why they I’ll send an 7
to the world,
feel this way. What was the I hope that someone gets my
SOS they sent out? How does Message in a bottle.
the story end?
A year has passed since I wrote my 8 ,
But I should have known this right from the start:
Only 9 can keep me together,
Love can mend your life
But love can break your heart.
Chorus
Walked out this morning,
Don’t believe what I saw:
A hundred billion bottles
10
on the 11
Seems I’m not 12 at being 13
A hundred billion 14
Looking for a 15
Chorus
Sending out an 16

Words and Music by Sting. © 1979 GM Sumner

64 UNIT 8
Did you know?

From the late 1970s to the mid 1980s The Police were one of the biggest
bands in the UK, if not the whole world. Songs like ‘Don’t Stand So Close To
Me’, ‘Roxanne’, ‘Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic’ and ‘Every Breath You
Take’ made the band a household name in many countries. ‘Message In A
Bottle’ is perhaps the most famous song from their second album Reggatta
de Blanc. Although The Police parted ways in 1985, their lead singer Gordon
Sumner (more commonly known as Sting) has gone on to enjoy a highly
successful solo career and is one of the world’s most respected musicians.

UNIT 8 65
 9 Write
a Read the leaflet, then work with a
partner and discuss what it is for.
Make time
What techniques are used to attract
the reader’s interest?
to make friends
b Read the leaflet again. Which of the Gap Year – Open Day
For your portfolio

following are you likely to find in a (Saturday 12 July)

well-written leaflet? Write ✓ (yes)
or ✗ (no) in the boxes. Develop yourself through sharing with
othe rs.
1 very formal language
2 abbreviations Want to take a brea k from studying?
3 rhetorical questions Looking for the experience of a lifetime?
4 formal language Then a gap year might well be the thing
5 catchy slogans for you. It was for these students.
6 encouragement to
do something
7 the writer’s address and
‘I have just returned from the most amazing,
the date of writing
eye-opening five months of my life!
The Dominican Republic is a beautiful country
8 titles, subtitles, bullet with some of the most friendly people
points I have ever met.’
9 lots of adjectives
Ash Thompson, Bristol
10 imperatives
‘Why can’t life be just one gap year after another?
c You are managing a summer ’
project for schoolchildren during Holly Grainger, Southampton
the long summer holidays. The
project includes sport and
recreational activities. This is the If you, like thousands of other students, feel
third year you’ve been doing this the time has come to reward yourself with
a
and you’ve already had plenty of fascinating trip abroad which gives you
a great
happy customers. opportunity to learn another language, mee
t
exciting people from many countries, and
Write a leaflet to explain what spend
your time perhaps more mea ning fully than
the project is about and also to ever,
come to this Gap Year Open Day.
motivate students to find out
more.
Use the model in Exercise 9a to Join us and find out more!
help you. Write 200–250 words.
● Join our video conferencing. We’ll conn
ect you
directly with our project leaders in 12 diffe
rent
countries.
● Talk to students who have just come back
from
their gap years. Let them take you around
the
globe with their stories and photos.
● Take part in our Q and A session. It’s
your chance
to ask the questions you want answering.
● Pick up a brochure deta iling all the proje
cts we
run and how to apply for one of them.

Interested? We’re sure you are.

See you soon.
66 UNIT 8
 Grammar 2 Vocabulary
a Put the verbs in brackets into the a Complete the puzzle by writing a word
correct form. to replace each phrase in italics. Find the
1 She persuaded me to lend her my mystery word.
MP3 player. (lend) 1
I N V A D E D
2
2 They offered the money
3
back. (pay)
4
3 She denied in the test.
5
(cheat)
6

4 I admitted to pass myself 7

off as someone else. (try)

5 They confessed to the car. 1 The army entered the other country to try
(steal) to take it over.
6 He apologised for to the 2 The two presidents signed a written
party late. (get) agreement between the two countries.
5
3 The army needed more soldiers, so they got
b Use the two sentences to write a mixed more people to join.
conditional sentence.
4 The war produced a lot of people who were
1 We lost the match. We’re not the killed or injured.
champions. 5 There was an important fight between two
If we hadn’t lost the match, we’d be the armies here 100 years ago.
champions. 6 In the end, one army admitted defeat.
2 He knows first aid. He saved my life. 7 The war ended when a peace treaty was
3 I missed the plane. I’m not in Hawaii now. agreed on by state leaders.
4 She’s a vegetarian. She wasn’t able to eat 6
anything. b Circle the correct option.
5 I forgot to take an aspirin. I’ve got a 1 I’ve got three months until university starts.
terrible headache. How am I going to empty / fill my time?
4
2 Your time’s out / up. You’ll have to pay
c Rewrite the sentences using the words in another £1 if you want to go on playing.
brackets. 3 Parents must accompany their children at /
1 What would you ask the Queen if you in all times.
could ask her one question? (imagine) 4 Just stay calm. I’ll be with you in no / none
Imagine you could ask the Queen one time.
3
question, what would you ask her?
2 I’ll tell you everything if you promise not
to say who told you. (provided)
3 What would you do if it happened to
you? (suppose)
4 If she doesn’t take this antidote, she’ll How did you do?
die before we get to the hospital. Total score
(otherwise)
Very Not very
5 Only use this if you really have to. (unless) 22 good OK good
4 Grammar 10 – 13 6–9 less than 6
Vocabulary 7–9 4–6 less than 4

UNIT 8 67
 9 Survival instincts
Talking about tendencies
Vocabulary: feeling stressed; coping with stress

Read and listen

a In your own words, define what you b Read the magazine article quickly. How many of
believe a ‘fight or flight’ situation is. your ‘fight or flight’ situations does it mention?

‘I cut off my arm to survive’

A lobster fisherman from Maine in the USA has
told a BBC documentary on human instincts of
the extraordinary lengths he went to in order to
preserve his own life:
Doug Goodale was out at sea on an extremely
stormy day. With his hands feeling clammy and
cold, he was trying to haul lobster pots up from the
sea floor, when he suddenly felt his blood pressure
soar as he became aware that he had got caught in
a winch, and could not free himself. The power of
the winch left him hanging over the side of the boat,
unable to either free himself or climb back aboard.
His forehead started pouring with sweat as he
realised the danger he was in. His mouth dried up.
As the boat was rocked by stormy weather, his
mind started racing and his heart started pounding
like crazy. He believes it was only a last, desperate
instinct for self-preservation that kicked in to save
him. He said: ‘Nobody near you, no help, no radio, Survival instincts are the theme of the first in a
nobody to turn the radio off – that’s it – you’re going series of BBC documentaries starring Professor
to die.’ Robert Winston. These are abilities and reactions
His head felt like it was going to explode. Somehow which are imprinted in us by millions of years of
he managed to haul himself in. ‘I don’t know how to evolution. Even babies have the instinctive ability
explain it to people, but I swear, climbing onto the to spit out bitter-tasting food – which may save
boat I saw my two girls even though, of course, they them from eating something poisonous. And
weren’t there.’ However, he was still trapped in the modern phobias, say scientists, are simply leftovers
winch, bleeding heavily, and with no way of getting from times when spiders and snakes represented
free, his only option was to pick up a knife and cut a genuine threat to life. From the first years of life,
through his right arm. He then managed to pilot his humans develop a finely tuned sense of ‘disgust’
boat back into harbour to get medical help. which can protect them from items which might
Later, when interviewed, he said: ‘My six-year-old spread disease. And the classic fight or flight
tells me: “It doesn’t matter that you’ve only got one response still works, with the first indication of a
arm – you’re here.” Now if you heard that from your threat launching swift brain activity to flood the
kids, wouldn’t you take a knife and do the same?’ body with adrenaline, readying it for action.

68 UNIT 9
 c CD2 T16 Read the text again and listen. Which two of the following points does the article
not raise?
1 A lobster fisherman found himself in a life-threatening situation on board his ship without any help.
2 The fight or flight response enables humans to perform incredible physical actions when threatened.
3 The fight or flight response is an extremely useful resource to have in life-threatening situations.
4 Most of us very rarely find ourselves in extremely dangerous situations these days.
5 The fight or flight response has led psychologists to a number of fascinating insights into the brain.
6 It’s not always meaningful to act out our fight or flight responses in modern life.
7 Sports can help us to get rid of our stress hormones, so we can stay calmer in difficult situations.
8 We can learn to recognise fight or flight responses in ourselves, so we can handle stress better.

Discussion box
1 Describe a time when you were in a fight or
Did you know? flight situation.
Our fight or flight response is one of 2 How does it feel to relive the story? Have
our most important survival instincts, your emotions changed?
designed to protect us from dangers –
the dangers that would once have hidden
in the woods around us, threatening
our physical survival. Hence, at times
when our actual physical survival is
2 Vocabulary
threatened, it is an extremely useful Feeling stressed
response to have. When activated, the
response causes a surge of adrenaline a Match the underlined words and expressions 1–7
and other stress hormones to pump with the definitions a–g.
through our body, giving mothers the 1 hands feel clammy a beats faster and louder
strength to lift cars off their trapped
and cold b gets higher really
children (fight), or people after a
plane crash the stamina to survive the 2 blood pressure soars quickly
hardships of the jungle (flight). 3 forehead starts c damp, the opposite of
But, of course, our lives aren’t usually pouring with sweat warm and dry
so full of such dramatic situations.
4 mouth dries up d becomes wet
The biggest problems in our day-to-
day existence are usually little more 5 mind starts racing e feels too full to think
than annoying brothers and sisters or 6 heart starts pounding properly
teachers who are always picking on us. f thoughts move fast
7 head feels like it’s
In situations like these we will often
going to explode inside your head
feel like running away or punching our
enemy on the nose. The same stress g it becomes difficult
hormones that help us to survive in to talk
life-threatening situations make us
aggressive or over-vigilant, and tend to
b Work with a partner and write a sentence for each
cause us to overreact at other times.
This all leads to a difficult situation in
of the phrases in Exercise 2a.
which our automatic, predictable and When my mind starts racing I find it hard to
unconscious reactions can actually work concentrate on what I’m doing.
against our emotional, psychological
and spiritual survival by causing a build- c We also experience many of these physical
up of stress hormones. symptoms in other non-stressful situations. Make a
By recognising the symptoms, we can list of some with your partner.
begin to take steps to handle the stress
I sweat a lot when I have a hot shower / run too fast /
overload. By learning to recognise the
drink a hot cup of tea.
signals of fight or flight response, we
can avoid reacting excessively to events My mind races when I get a good idea.
and fears that are not life threatening.
Get it ri ht! Turn to page 118.

UNIT 9 69
 3 Grammar
Talking about tendencies
a Look at the examples from the text and answer the questions.
a In situations like these, we will often feel 1 Does sentence a refer to the future or to no
like running away or punching our enemy on specific time?
the nose. 2 Does sentence b talk about something that is always
b The same stress hormones make us aggressive or true or often true?
over-vigilant, and tend to cause us to overreact. 3 Does sentence c refer to an action happening at the
c Your teacher is always picking on you. moment of speaking or to no specific time at all?

b Complete the rule. 4 Listen

a Work with a partner and answer these
RULE: There are a number of ways we can
refer to actions that are often likely to happen.
questions.
These include:
always + the 1 tense: this usually
refers to negative tendencies (but not always).
2
+ infinitive: which in this case
does not have a future reference, and refers to
general tendencies.
3
(not) to: which refers to a
person likely to behave in a certain way.

c Complete the text. Use one word for each gap.

If there’s one thing I really don’t like about school 1 Imagine you are the student in the
it’s when my teacher asks me a question out of the photo. How do you feel?
blue. You know, when she suddenly calls out ‘John,
2 What advice would you give him?
what do you think?’ She usually does it when I’m
trying to talk to Ben about football. My teacher’s 3 Create a dialogue between the student
1
always complaining that I’m talking when I and the person giving advice.
should be listening. Anyway, at times like this my CD2 T17 Listen to Jack talking about
b
mind tends 2 go blank and I 3 his stressful experiences. Tick (✓) the
inevitably forget everything that I’ve ever learned. symptoms which are mentioned.
It’s extremely embarrassing. Unfortunately, my
teacher is always 4 this to me. I don’t tiredness insomnia
know why. The thing is that I tend 5 to depression skin problems
mind answering questions when the teacher asks aching in his colds and flu
for a volunteer. In fact I 6 often be the body headaches
first person with their hand up. The problem is that
panic attacks stomach problems
the teacher 7 not to choose me to answer
these questions. Has she got something against me
c CD2 T17 Listen again and answer the
or am I paranoid?
questions.
d Do you sympathise with John or his teacher? 1 How can a small amount of stress
Why / Why not? actually help you at exam time?
e Work with a partner. Think of a situation when 2 How had Jack managed his work
you felt you were being picked on. Take turns at at school?
giving each other advice. 3 Why did Jack think he was feeling
so bad?
4 What advice did the doctor give Jack?

70 UNIT 9
 5 Vocabulary
Coping with stress
a Match 1–8 with a–h to make expressions b Read the article. Complete the
connected with stress. sentences using expressions from
1 do some a your feet up Exercise 5a.
2 put b exercise c Work with a partner and discuss your
3 don’t c things get on top of you answers to Exercise 5b.
4 take d break
5 don’t be e a deep breath
6 chill f overdo it
7 don’t let g out
8 take a h too hard on yourself

Less stress
Get plenty of sleep Eat properly
Whether you think you have Make sure your diet includes
time or not, always try to keep plenty of fruit and veg. And
your sleep routine as regular as remember, if you’re thirsty
possible. and can’t decide whether to
1 drink water or coffee, then go
Not sure whether you should for a glass of water every time.
stop or not? The answer is: do Caffeine causes more stress.
4
so. Taking short breaks keeps
you fresher for longer and you It’s a fantastic stress-buster. Go
will learn more. Find the time running, skateboarding, play a
to 2 sport, or just take a walk around 6
every now and then. the block. You will feel more
relaxed. If you are starting to lose it,
Time for yourself then it’s time to relax and
Try to leave enough time in your Be positive 7

revision schedule for some fun. 5 You need to:

You will need to put your books Your performance is influenced 8

down and do something you by whether your self-esteem is ™ tell yourself how well you are
enjoy for a while if you want to high or low. Make a quick list of doing.
stay in a good mood. five things you’ve done that you
™ remind yourself that
are proud of. This will put you
Be realistic in a good mood and you will
everything is going to turn
3 out all right.
learn more.
If you try to work too much each ™ stand up straight and smile,
day, you won’t take in the facts you will feel a bit better
you’re revising. straight away.

6 Speak
Work with a partner.
Student A: Look at the picture and imagine you
are the person in it. Describe your situation to
Student B.
Student B: Give your partner advice on how to
deal with their problem. Then turn to page 125.

UNIT 9 71
 7 Read and listen
a Read the text and write the dates under the pictures.

1 2 3

I n January 1912, British explorer Robert Falcon

Scott led an expedition to the Antarctic in an
Friday March 16, 1912
Tragedy all along the line. At lunch, the day re
attempt to be the first man to reach the South
Pole. When they finally arrived they found they yesterday, poor Titus Oates said he couldn’tbefo
had been beaten by a Norwegian party. On the proposed we should leave him in his sleeping-bgoag.on;Thahet
return journey, Scott and his four companions all we could not do, and we induced him to come with us on
died from exhaustion, starvation and cold. Later the afternoon march. In spite of its awful nature for
that year, in the arms of Scott’s frozen body, the him, he struggled on and we made a few mile
rescue team found his journal, outlining the whole he was worse and we knew the end had come.s. At night
disaster. He slept through the night before last, hoping not to
wake; but he woke in the morning – yesterday. It was
Tuesday January 16, 1912 alled us and are first blowing a blizzard. He said, ‘I am just going outs
The Norwegians have forest appointment, and may be some time.’ He went out into the blizzardideandandwe
at the Pole. It is a terrible discompanions. Many have not seen him since then.
I am very sorry for my loyal cussion have we had.
thoughts come and much dis to the Pole, and then We knew that poor Oates was walking to his h, but
Tomorrow we must march on ed we can manage. though we tried to dissuade him, we knew itdeat was the
hasten home with all the speit will be a wearisome act of a brave man. We all hope to meet the end
All the daydreams must go; similar spirit, and assuredly the end is not far. with a
return. I can only write at lunch and then only occasionally.
Wednesday January 17, 1912 y different The cold is intense, −40° at midday.
The Pole. Yes, but under ver ected. We have had
circumstances from those expdisappointment a head
a horrible day – add to our re of −22°, and
wind 4 to 5, with a temperatu Thursday March 29, 1912 gs now.
companions labouring on with col d feet and hands. I do not think we can hope for any better thin ing weaker,
rible enough for We shall stick it to the end, but we are gett
This is an awful place and terhou t the reward of
us to have laboured to it wit e and of course, and the end cannot be far.
priority. Now for the run homdo it. a
desperate It seems a pity, but I do not think I can write more.
struggle. I wonder if we can R. Scott

b CD2 T18 Read the text again and listen. Answer the questions.
1 How did Scott feel when he finally reached the South Pole?
2 How did he feel about the journey home?
3 Describe in your own words the events that led up to Oates’s death.
4 Describe in your own words how Scott felt on March 29.

72 UNIT 9
 c Read the report and proposal and check
Discussion box your answers to Exercise 8b.
1 What other people can you think of who
have sacrificed themselves in the name of
In a study of fi fty college students we found
exploration?
that 72 per cent admitted to feeling some
2 What do you think the men talked about level of stress over the academic year. These
during their final days? levels ranged from ‘feeling mildly stressed
3 What great adventures does mankind still out on occasions’ (45 per cent) to ‘suffering
have to make? from serious stress’ (4 per cent). Further
investigation showed that exams were
clearly the time when most students felt
8 Write under excess pressure. 88 per cent of
those questioned identified this as the most
a Read the task and answer the questions. stressful part of the school year. However,
other causes of anxiety included homework
Task and course work deadlines (52 per cent),
difficult relationships with other students
Imagine you are a student at a college. Write
(18 per cent) and external problems (17
a report for the principal of your college
on the reasons why students sometimes
per cent). Our research also looked into
suffer from stress on their courses. Describe
the symptoms of stress that students most
activities that tend to cause the most anxiety commonly showed. The most frequent was
and the signs of pressure that students most a ‘feeling of panic’. This was felt by 67 per
commonly show. Also include a proposal on cent of students, although it must be said that
what the college could do to help students this feeling varied in degrees of seriousness.
who suffer from stress. Other symptoms that were mentioned
included headaches (32 per cent), colds and
1 Identify the two main sections of the writing
feeling run down (23 per cent) and loss of
task.
sleep (22 per cent).
2 What is the aim of each of these sections? As a consequence of our report, we have
come up with a number of suggestions that
3 What questions would you ask to get
we feel the college could seriously consider
information for this report?
implementing. Firstly we would recommend
4 What information do you think you might that this should be a problem that you actively
find in each part of this task? encourage students to talk about and we
5 What kind of language do you think is would like to see a number of informal
appropriate in this kind of writing task? workshops on the subject. We would also
advise that special after-school clinics should
b Look at the phrases below. Do you be set up for students to visit if they need to.
think they come from the report or Another suggestion would be to produce a
For your portfolio
the proposal? college leaflet detailing things students can
1 Finally, we would like to explore other means do to help themselves. Finally, we would like
of … to explore other means of assessing students
2 We found that … than only by exams.
3 Our research also looked into …
4 As a consequence of our report, we have
come up with a number of suggestions …
d Choose one of the following tasks.
5 Eighty-eight per cent of those questioned
identified this … 1 Write a report on students’ lunchtime
eating habits and make a proposal on how
6 We would recommend …
the school can cater for them better.
7 Further investigation showed …
2 Write a report on students’ favourite free-
8 Another suggestion would be … time activities and make a proposal on what
9 We would also advise … new clubs the school could create.

UNIT 9 73
 0 Inspiration and creation
Causative have review
Modal passives (present and past)
Vocabulary: metaphors to describe emotions

Read and listen

a Work with a partner. Make a list
of ten things that inspire you.
What inspires the
b What do you know about the
people in the photos? Where
do you think they get their
inspirational?
inspiration from? Read the text Where does creativity come from? How do we find our best
quickly to find the answers. ideas, our greatest expressions of intellect and imagination?
What goes on in our minds is as individual as we are – yet it
c CD3 T02 Read the text has the power to define our lives and change the world. From
again and listen. Answer the artists and authors to campaigners and politicians, we ask:
questions. What’s your inspiration? This week, we put the questions to a
1 How does Kevin Warwick react ballerina, a scientist and an R & B artist.
to criticism? Kevin Warwick, Scientist and Professor of
2 Would you say that Kevin Cybernetics at the University of Reading
Warwick is a determined This scientist once attempted to become a human cyborg (a being with both
person? Why / Why not? biological and artificial parts) by having computer chips implanted in his body.
3 How do bright and beautiful I like to read the biographies of people I admire, people I feel have, in their
things help Darcey with big city own way, really achieved something – people like Michael Faraday, Albert
life? Einstein, Captain Scott, Roger Bannister and Stephen Hawking. The same is
true when I see how people deal with severe
4 How did Craig David get
disabilities – the effort they have, or
inspired by Terence Trent had to go through and the problems
D’Arby? they have to overcome drive me
5 What is it about ‘One More forward.
Chance’ that inspires Craig? I find running along the banks
of the River Thames remarkably
d Which person in the text refers inspiring. I can look at nature –
to the following ideas? there’s no noise, just birds, trees
and water – and think deeply about
1 the inspiration one can get what I am trying to achieve. It clears
from learning how other my mind and makes difficult things look
people overcome difficult simple. As a scientist trying to push the
situations in life boundaries, I do sometimes get criticism from journalists, and jealousies,
2 the emotions that are triggered and vendettas from a few other scientists occasionally flare up, with them
saying that what I want to do is not possible, or I’ll never achieve it. But
when we remember certain
these things spur me on to actually achieve. I guess most of all, though,
situations in the past I have a driving force, an impatience, inside me, and it is more a case of
3 how stories about the reining it in. I am not going to go through my life without achieving things in
great minds of mankind can science – no matter what.
influence us positively Darcey Bussell, Prima ballerina
4 the emotional effect colours I am inspired mainly by bright colours and beautiful views. When you live in
can have on people a big city with long winters, I think you need them to revive your enthusiasm
for life. I’ve always painted my walls vivid colours, like bright pink. In my
first flat, I had a bathroom that was painted purple. It made everybody go
‘Woooh!’

74 UNIT 10
 e Find the words in the text and choose the correct
definition.
1 push the boundaries: attack colleagues who are
critical of your work / try to go beyond the limits
2 vendettas flare up: desires for revenge suddenly start
/ brightly coloured ribbons are shown
3 rein in one’s impatience: to force oneself to be more
patient / to enjoy it when someone else is impatient
My mother 4 appal: make someone feel strong feelings of
was into disapproval / interest or attract someone
colours and
loved to mix them. 5 predominantly: good old / mainly
I particularly love red 6 poignant: causing or having a feeling of sadness /
and pink together although causing or having a feeling of happiness
the combination can appal some people. I love
to dress my two daughters in vibrant colours. I
don’t wear enough colour myself, though. I once 2 Grammar
had a wonderful costume made for me that was
red chiffon with wonderful Indian trousers. It
Causative have review
was for the part of Nikiya in La Bayadère. a Look at the sentences and answer the questions.
Craig David, R&B artist I am inspired by people who have had their work
‘One more chance’ whenever needed! criticised but go on to achieve their goals.
When I was growing up, it was predominantly He once attempted to become a human cyborg by
Michael Jackson. The song that was quite having computer chips implanted in his body.
poignant for me was ‘Leave Me Alone’. It was 1 Which sentence talks about something someone
the first record I went out and bought. When wanted another person to do to them?
I saw him perform, and sell all those records
around the world, I thought that was what I 2 Which sentence talks about an unpleasant
would like to do. experience?
My mum was a big Terence Trent D’Arby fan,
and he was the first artist I saw perform live, at
b Complete the rule, using the examples in
the Southampton Guildhall. We were right up Exercise 2a.
at the front and he had the stage presence of
Prince in terms of the dancing, and the voice of RULE: This structure is formed with the verb to
Stevie Wonder. It was amazing! And that first 1
+ object + the 2 of the main verb.
album of his was hugely inspirational. It made We can use this structure:
me want to write and then... nothing happened. a when we ask or pay someone to do something
It showed me, the rise and fall of an artist. for us.
Now, when I am looking for inspiration for a song, b when someone (often not known) does
I’ll often play ‘One More Chance’ by The Notorious something unpleasant to us.
BIG. When I was DJ-ing in the clubs, it was a
song I could throw on when people were getting
bored and drifting towards the bar, and it would c Complete each sentence, using the have something
save me. When I hear it now, I remember how done structure.
hungry I was for success,
1 I went to the hairdresser last week and I
how desperately I
wanted to prove had my hair cut . (my hair / cut)
myself to 2 She hired a painter and she .
the world. (her house / paint)
3 I’ve had lots of headaches recently. I think I should
. (my blood pressure / check)
4 While she was away, my aunt .
(her house / break into)
5 Our neighbour during the
protest march. (her window / smash in)

UNIT 10 75
 3 Listen 4 Vocabulary
a Work with a partner. Look at the pictures and Metaphors to describe
try to work out each metaphor 1–4. emotions
1 2 a Complete the sentences with the
words in the box. Use a dictionary if
you need to.

nervous embarrassed shocked

angry frustrated mad depressed
3 4
disappointed calm happy

1 If you’re banging your head against a

brick wall, then you feel frustrated .
2 If you have butterflies in your
stomach, you feel .
CD3 T03 Listen to the interview and check your 3 If you tell someone you’re on top of
b
the world, you feel .
ideas from Exercise 3a. What do the metaphors
mean? 4 If you’re a bit down in the dumps, you
feel .
c CD3 T03 Listen again and circle the correct 5 If something makes your blood boil,
answers. you are .
1 Why does Jane love metaphors? 6 If someone has got a screw loose, they
a Because they let us experiment with our language. are a bit .
b Because they help us understand grammatical 7 If you don’t know where to put
rules. yourself, you are .
c Because they allow us to invent new words. 8 If you don’t know what has hit you,
2 Which of the following is not a feature of you are .
a metaphor? 9 If you’re really cut up about
a They don’t mean exactly what they say. something, you are .
b They involve a comparison. 10 If you tell someone to keep their
hair on, you want them to keep
c They have to rhyme.
.
3 What does she use the example ‘Your lips are like
cardboard boxes’ to say? b Complete the sentences using the
a Anyone can make up a metaphor. expressions in italics from Exercise 4a.
b Metaphors only really work if we can see a 1 She does the strangest things! I think
connection between the things being compared. she’s got a screw loose .
c A good metaphor comes from the imagination. 2 I was so nervous before the exam! I had
4 According to Jane, how often does a person use a .
metaphor in spoken language? 3 James got dumped by Jenny, and he’s
a Every 10 seconds. about it.
b Every 15 seconds. 4 That man’s always so rude to me! It
really .
c Every 30 seconds.
5 I accidentally dropped ice cream on her
5 Why is Jane interested in the metaphors that we make
brand new dress. It was awful! I didn’t
up ourselves?
.
a Because they can help us understand the person
better. Vocabulary bank Turn to page 113.
b Because they are usually more creative.
c Because they tell us interesting things about our
Get it ri ht! Turn to page 118.
language.

76 UNIT 10
5 Grammar
Modal passives (present
and past)
a Read the sentences from the listening e Complete the text with the words in the box.
text in Exercise 3. Complete the
sentences with the words in the box. be been would will
passed can’t have
scared used accused of made
Paula knew she should 1 have left the
1 If we do, we might be beach a long time ago, but it was the most
not speaking the language properly. beautiful sunset, and she was busy painting it.
Her friend Serena was getting restless, ‘It must
2 A good metaphor is a great example 2
finished by now, surely, Paula?’ she
of how our language should be
asked. But Paula was lost in her creative world,
.
inspired by the deep red sky. ‘A beautiful scene
3 She must have been really like this just 3 be missed, Serena,’ she
by the idea. told her friend. ‘For all we know, this painting
4 A connection can be 4
have been sold in my art gallery
between the things that are being by the end of the month. And then we can go on
compared. holiday!’ Serena eyed her friend’s creative work, and
had to admit it was extremely good; it could have
b Which sentence in Exercise 5a refers to a 5
painted by someone much more
past situation? experienced than her friend. She was convinced
c Use the sentences in Exercise 5a to that Paula 6 be accepted at art college
complete the rule. next year. With luck, she too might have
7
all her graphic design exams by the
end of the year, and would be able to start her own
RULE: We can use modals in the passive
voice by using the modal verb + 1 creative career.
(present) or 2 (past), and the past
participle of the main verb. 6 Listen and speak
CD3 T04 Work with a partner and listen to
d Write the sentences using the passive.
the second part of the interview in Exercise 3.
Do not use the words someone or people.
Student A: Draw the radio presenter’s first
1 (Someone) might break the record soon.
metaphor.
The record might be broken soon. Student B: Draw the radio presenter’s second
2 (People) can send applications by email. metaphor.
Students A & B: Compare your drawings. Discuss
3 (Someone) must win the prize. how Jane Davis invites the radio host to think
differently about a situation that is difficult
4 (People) will not forget his name. for him.
Think of a situation that is difficult for you, for
example, one that makes you feel nervous or angry.
5 (People) should put these things back.
1 Draw a metaphor of how you feel in this
situation.
6 (Someone) might have stolen your purse.
2 Draw a metaphor for how you would like
to feel in this situation.
7 (Someone) must have opened this door.
3 How do your feelings about the difficult
situation change when you move qualities from
8 (Someone) should have invited her to the second picture into the first? Discuss with
the party. a partner.

UNIT 10 77
 7 Speak and listen
a A band called Liverpool Hotel has
recorded a CD called Rainbow’s End.
Here are three possible covers for the CD.
Describe each one. Which one do you
like best?

b CD3 T05 Listen to the three members

of the band discussing the covers. Which
one do they choose?
c CD3 T05
Listen again and complete
the sentences with the phrases in
the box.

I mean I’d have thought

though we’re going round in circles
tell you what the thing is
to tell you the truth on the other hand
to be honest exactly
d Which phrases are used:
1 let’s just 1 to make a suggestion? tell you what ...
kind of spread them out – like … this … and 2 to introduce a contrasting idea?
then we can …
3 to try to get the conversation back to the
2 Not bad, I really don’t like this one, main topic?
.
4 to give an opinion?
3 I thought it was quite nice –
5 to add the idea of contrast after stating a
, it’s not
fact or opinion?
my favourite but it’s not too bad.
6 to introduce and soften a negative fact or
4 True. But
opinion?
is it so important to have a picture that’s
got something to do with the band name? 7 to agree with what someone has said?
5 it was e Work in a small group. Imagine that you are
vital. It’s our first CD, after all, so we need starting up a new school magazine. Choose
to … a picture for the front cover. Use the
6 , we’ve phrases from Exercise 7c when appropriate.
got to choose the one that really says
something about us as a band, don’t you f Work in a small group. Imagine that you are
reckon? organising a lottery at your school to raise
money for charity. Choose one of these
7 OK, well, ,
things as first prize.
I don’t think any of these say much
about us. ● free cinema tickets for two people for three
months
8 – just
like our songs! That’s what’s so good ● free daily meals at a fast-food restaurant for
about it! two people for three months
9 I think ● free travel on buses in your town for two
a bit here, aren’t we? people for a month
10 Well, ,
no, I don’t think it is entirely. 8 Pronunciation
Stress and intonation
CD3 T06 Turn to page 124.

78 UNIT 10
Makin waves Video Episode 3

9 The photo rapher b Match expressions 1–6 in Exercise 10a with

meanings a–f.
a Look at the photo and answer the questions.
a Here’s an idea
b What a really good
c I really don’t understand why not
d Incidentally
e I don’t want you to misunderstand me
f I’ve got to leave now.

c Complete the dialogues with the

expressions from Exercise 10a.
1 A: I don’t think I’m going to go to the end
1 Why do you think Jack is taking photos? of school party.
2 Have you ever won a competition? What B: ? It’s going to be great.
was it for and what did you win?
2 A: It’s top secret. Don’t tell anyone.
b Watch the episode. How is Jack going to B: , help me with my
spend his summer holidays? homework and I won’t say a word.
3 A: So I met the Prince and had dinner with
c Mark the sentences T (true) or F (false). him.
Correct the false sentences. Watch again
B: Wow. story. You must have
and check.
been excited.
1 Jack’s dad has arranged for him to work
4 A: Bye, Mum. See you after school.
at a bank for the summer holidays.
B: See you. , I’ve got to go out
2 Amy understands why he doesn’t
this evening so dinner will be early. Don’t
want to try and win. be late.
3 Jack thinks it would be irresponsible 5 A: Sam told me you aren’t coming camping
to try and win the prize. with us next week.
4 Jack’s dad wishes he’d had a similar B: That’s right. I’d really like to
opportunity when he was young. go. It’s just that I can’t afford it.
d Discuss in pairs. 6 A: Are you sure you don’t want a cup of
tea?
1 Do you think Jack made the right decision?
Why / Why not? B: No, thanks. . I need to get
home.
2 Is summer work experience something
young people do where you live?
Improvisation
0 Everyday En lish Work in pairs. Prepare a short role play.
Try to use some of the expressions from
a Underline the correct words to complete Exercise 10a. Then act it out.
the expressions. Watch again and check.
Roles: Lily and Nick
1 By / For the way
Situation: The reporters are talking about their
2 I must be on / off. holiday plans.
3 That’s any / some (prize) Basic idea: Nick has been offered some work
4 Why on earth / planet not? experience with the local newspaper but
5 Don’t get / have me wrong he doesn’t want to do it. He just wants to
6 Tell / Say you what
have fun.

UNIT 10 79
 2 Write
a Read the extract from a book on learning. What metaphors do the authors mention?

ny learning experience provides a valuable art of learning and life. But juggling
A opportunity to revisit fundamental principles of offers something special. We chose
For your portfolio

growth and change. Over the past 25 juggling as the focus of our book
years, we have complemented because learning anything involves
our academic research into keeping a number of things
the brain and learning ‘up in the air’ at the same
with practical tests. time, because ‘dropping
We’ve challenged the balls’ provides an
ourselves ideal metaphor for
continuously to gracefully coping
learn new things with mistakes,
– particularly which we consider
things for which one of life’s
we’d been told, most important
as children, we abilities. Juggling
had little or no also provides a
talent. We’ve sense of inner
learned many quiet in the midst
new skills such as of activity, a special
singing, swimming, experience of mind
ballroom dancing, and body in harmony.
tennis, languages, martial And juggling’s essential
arts, drawing and juggling. light-heartedness encourages
easy access to the fundamental
Any one of these subjects could human learning modality of play.
provide a fertile metaphor for exploring the

b The authors say that a number of skills they learned could be used d Decide on one of
as metaphors for learning. Work with a partner to create similes or the words or phrases
metaphors using the skills 1–5 from the text in Exercise 12a. from Exercise 12c. Each
1 Swimming: Learning is like swimming – as soon as you stop it there member of the group
is the danger that you drown. now writes down as
many metaphors or
2 Ballroom dancing:
similes for that word
.
or phrase as they can.
3 Tennis: Write each one on a
. separate piece of paper.
4 Languages:
Freedom is choosing your
. own paths.
5 Martial arts: Freedom is walking on a
. tightrope without a net.

c Work in a small group. Make a list of words or phrases which e Discuss which you
might give interesting stimuli for creating metaphors, for example: think are the strongest
freedom, love, friendship, going to university, studying for a test, metaphors and similes.
reading. Arrange them to form
a poem.

80 UNIT 10
 Grammar 2 Vocabulary
a Rewrite the sentences using the words in a Circle the correct option.
brackets. 1 I’m tired – I’m going to take / make a
1 He’s often late. (tends) break for ten minutes.
He tends to be late. 2 I was so scared, my heart began to
2 Some people often go to the doctor with the pound / pour.
smallest problem. (will) 3 He knows he made a mistake, so don’t be
too hard / heavy on him.
3 He tells me what to do. (always) 4 He was trapped, and his mind started to
run / race to find a way out.
5 You’re exhausted! I think you’ve been
4 Many teenagers don’t eat healthy food. (tend)
overdoing / undoing things at work.
6 Go on, take a break! Put your feet / legs
5 My father’s always telling the same old jokes! up for a few minutes.
(will)
7 It’s been a terrible day – everything really
got on top of / on head of me.
4 6

b Rewrite each sentence, beginning with the b Complete by writing one or more words
word given. in each space.
1 His photograph was taken. 1 I was so surprised! I didn’t know what
He had his photograph taken. had hit me.
2 My dad’s car is being repaired at the garage. 2 I’m really nervous! I have
in my stomach.
My dad
3 I’m so angry! This kind of thing really
3 Our car was stolen last weekend.
makes my blood .
We
4 I think he’s a bit mad, you know? I reckon
4 The doctors took her appendix out. he’s got a screw or
She something.
5 Someone is going to decorate their kitchen. 5 Calm down! Don’t get so angry! Just keep
They your on, OK?
4 6 She was so happy, you know, on top
.
c Complete with the correct form of the verb
7 This is a waste of my time! I feel
in brackets.
like I’m banging my head against
1 His new CD will be released next month. . 6
(release)
2 A new library might in a few
years’ time. (build)
3 The completed form must
before the end of this month. (send) How did you do?
4 I didn’t know about this – I think I should
Total score
about it. (tell)
5 I’m really sorry to tell you this, but your Very Not very
24 good OK good
computer can’t . (fix)
Grammar 10 – 12 6–9 less than 6
4
Vocabulary 10 – 12 6–9 less than 6

UNIT 10 81
 The a e wars
Future perfect / future continuous review
Alternative ways of referring to the future
Vocabulary: life choices

Read and listen

a Look at the photos and title of the article. What do you
think the age wars might be?

b CD3 T07 Read the text and put the paragraphs in order.
Listen to check.

THE BATTLE OF THE GENERATIONS

58-year-old Gerry enjoys a leisurely Friday she be able to afford one? Besides, with the
morning breakfast as he sips his tea and browses overpopulation of the world, maybe it would be
the newspaper for property prices overseas. He’s in better just to have one child. On the way home
no hurry to get to work. As a senior partner in the from college she reads an article in the paper
company he joined straight from university nearly about the latest war over oil and starts feeling bad
40 years ago, no one’s going to mind if he arrives that her child, when it finally comes, will be living
an hour or two late. in a world that’s probably on its last legs.
Gerry never had to lose sleep over paying She checks her diary: oh no, her parents
for further education. It was all free in his day. are coming over at the weekend. More lectures
Furthermore, the house that he bought for around from her dad about doing something sensible at
£20,000 back in the 1970s is worth over a million university, by which he means something that
now. These days his only concern is the news will get her a good job and make her money. Just
that a local politician has put forward a plan to because he helps her with the rent, he thinks he
build cheap accommodation in the fields outside has the right to interfere with her life. Welcome to
the village. He’ll certainly not be voting for that the age wars!
fellow in the coming elections. Mind you, he’ll On the bus, Josephine starts worrying about
have bought a villa in Marbella by the time he her future. She’s starting a course in Conservation
retires. Yes, he’ll be all right. He’ll be living a life at university in September. She loves nature and
of luxury on the beaches of southern Spain when wants to work in that field, but she knows the
he’s 65. jobs aren’t well-paid. How is she ever going to pay
Gerry has no such concerns as he climbs into back the university loan? And of course, one day
his big four-wheel drive and does the half mile far in the future, she’d like to own a house. She
down to the local station to catch the train to doesn’t know much about the property market but
work. He’ll get a taxi at the other end too. He’s she does know that house prices are crazy. She’ll
worked hard and won’t have some green activist probably be 60 before she’ll have saved enough
telling him how to lead his life. money to buy one! She’s sure she’s too young to
Gerry puts on his coat to leave the office. His have to worry about these things.
secretary reminds him that he’s seeing Josephine 50 miles away from Gerry in his leafy suburban
the next day. Josephine, his 18-year-old daughter house, Josephine grabs a pot of yogurt as she
with all her wonderful ideas on how to save the rushes out of her one-bedroom rented fl at in a
world. He sighs to himself: when will that girl grotty part of London and runs down the street
start taking her future seriously? to catch the bus to college. Not that she’d take
Josephine finds herself daydreaming at college the car even if she could afford one. Besides
about having children. She’s in no hurry but she the ridiculous cost of getting into and parking
knows she would love to settle down and have in Central London, she’s concerned about global
children one day. She’d love a big family but will warming and doesn’t want her exhaust fumes
contributing to the problem.

82 UNIT 11
 Discussion box
1 How have Josephine and her father’s lives
been different?
2 Do you agree that Josephine is too young to
be thinking about things like house prices?
What should she be thinking about, in your
opinion?
3 Which generation do you think is winning
the ‘war’?
4 What are the biggest differences between
you and your parents?

2 Grammar
c Read the short profile of Gerry. Find and Future perfect / future
correct four factual mistakes. continuous review
Gerry’s in his early fifties. He has a good life.
a Look at the sentences from the text. Which
He’s a partner in the company he’s been working
are examples of the future continuous and
in for nearly thirty years. He lives in a big house in
which are examples of the future perfect?
a desirable suburb of London and drives a big car.
He is looking forward to his retirement, which 1 He’ll be living a life of luxury on the beaches
he plans to spend living in a villa he wants to buy of southern Spain when he’s 65.
in Greece. 2 He’ll have bought a villa in Marbella by the time
Gerry feels he’s entitled to his lifestyle. He has he retires.
worked hard all his life and feels he deserves 3 She’ll probably be 60 before she’ll have saved
a little luxury. He’s not really concerned about enough money to buy a house!
problems such as the environment or how young 4 Her child will be living in a world that’s
people are supposed to afford houses. In fact, his probably on its last legs.
only real worry in life is his daughter Josephine.
He wishes she would start a family soon. b Complete the sentences using the verb in
brackets in the future continuous or future
d Write a short profile of Josephine. Use the perfect tense.
passage about Gerry as a model. 1 You can have the newspaper in ten minutes.
I ’ll have finished (finish) it by then.
e Circle the best definition for each of the
2 I’ll be in Chile this time next year. I
words from the text.
(finish) university and I (travel)
1 browse (paragraph 1) read quickly / around the world.
read at leisure 3 After my parents have seen this report card
2 suburban (paragraph 7) in the city centre / I (not go) on holiday with you.
outside the city centre 4 She (have) the baby by then
3 grotty (paragraph 8) elegant / dirty and in bad and they (try) to get used to life
condition without sleep.
4 exhaust fumes (paragraph 8) the smoke that 5 We have to meet up this year. Otherwise we
comes out of a car / transport habits (not see) each other for five years.
5 lose sleep over (paragraph 2) worry about / 6 This time next week we (move)
work hard for and we (live) in our new house.
6 retire (paragraph 2) stop working / change jobs 7 A: They (arrive) by now. Shall I give
7 daydream (paragraph 5) sleep during the day / them a call?
get lost in a world of thoughts B: No, it’s too late. They (sleep).
8 on its last legs (paragraph 5) in a bad 8 A: Do you think you (drive) next
condition / recovering from an illness month?
B: No. I (not pass) my test by then.

UNIT 11 83
 3 Listen 4 Grammar
a Work with a partner. Can you remember the problems Alternative ways of
in Exercise 1 that Gerry and Josephine have? referring to the future
1 I’m about to finish my
b CD3 T08 Listen to six people giving their opinions engineering course at
about the article and tick (✓) what generation they’re university in a few weeks.
from.
2 I’m off to a conference in
from between from London next week.
Gerry’s the Josephine’s 3 My dad is due to retire next year.
generation generations generation
4 I know my opinions are bound
Speaker one to make others angry.
Speaker two 5 I’m 17 and I’m supposed to go to
Speaker three university next year.
Speaker four 6 I’m seriously thinking of
Speaker five moving abroad.
Speaker six
a Look at the examples in Exercise
4 from the listening. All these
c CD3 T08 Listen again and mark the statements
sentences refer to the future.
T (true) or F (false). Correct the false statements. Which sentence talks about:
Speaker one thinks: a a future expectation: things
1 we are all responsible for our own that are generally expected
personal happiness. to happen sometime in the
2 global warming could stop him achieving all future (x2)
the things he wants. b future travel plans
Speaker two thinks: c a prediction of a certain future
3 her generation isn’t to blame for the problems (as the speaker sees it)
in the world. d the very immediate future
4 it’s too late to make any difference now. e a possible future event that is
Speaker three thinks: being considered in the present?
5 her parents should have been more careful
RULE: There are several other ways
with money.
of referring to the future besides
6 you need a lot of money to be happy. will and going to. Expressions such as
Speaker four thinks: about to, off to, due to, bound to,
supposed to and thinking of used
7 he’s had a good life.
with the verb to be can all be used
8 he should feel bad about his lifestyle. to refer to different types of future.
Speaker five thinks: Of course, if we use these
9 it’s important to think about your future life
expressions with was and were, then
we create other possible ways of
while you are still at school.
talking about the future in the past.
10 finding a good job as soon as you leave (see Unit 2)
university is not very important. I was supposed to arrive at ten but
Speaker six thinks: the train was late.
11 the age war is something that doesn’t really They were off on holiday, so they
affect his family. didn’t have time to chat.
12 he will have to move to another country if he You could tell from the way they
were playing that they were bound
wants to get a good job.
to win.

Get it ri ht! Turn to page 118.

84 UNIT 11
b Circle the correct answers. b Use expressions from Exercise 5a
1 We’re off to / bound to / thinking of Spain on holiday to complete the texts. You may
tomorrow. I can’t wait. have to change the verb form.
2 Their plane was about to / due to / off to land at two
I finish school next yea
the real decisions start,r Iansudppthose
but it’s been delayed. en
3 I was about to / thinking of / supposed to changing my
career but I’ve decided against it.
I want to go to university but I .
want to take a year off
1
4 Tomorrow’s a holiday so it’s due to / about to / bound the world first. My dad thaninkd ssee
to rain. it’s a terrible idea and
5 We were supposed to / off to / thinking of be going just wants me to find amynicmu m
e man,
out tonight but Jane’s not feeling too well. get married and 2
as
6 Susie looks so sad, as if she’s off to / about to / soon as possible. She also want s
thinking of start crying. me to 3
soon because she
wants grandchildren. Sh
7 I’m bound to / supposed to / about to give him an
answer tomorrow but I still haven’t decided. have to wait on that one.e’ll just
8 I was about to / off to / bound to leave when he
phoned. st admire
I think the person I mo
cle. He
in our family is my un
5 Vocabulary 4 at an early e and
ag
rsity. He’s
didn’t even go to unive
Life choices about three times
also 5
ment but
a Match the verbs 1–8 with the words a–h to make – he’s a teacher at the mo
t doing
meaningful expressions. There may be more than is already talking abou
’s also
one possibility. Then match four expressions to something dif ferent. He
been saving
pictures A–D below. really smar t too. He’s
16 so he’ll be
money since he was
1 settle a a family 6 – probably when
able to
2 take b school this is
he’s about 55. I’m sure
wa nts to do.
3 pay off c college/university something he really
4 take d early retirement
5 start e career
Vocabulary bank Turn to page 114.
6 change f a year off
7 drop out of g student loan
6 Speak
8 leave h down
a Work with a partner. Who do you
A B
think is asking each question? Who
are they asking and why?
1 ‘So what age do you plan to
retire, then? What on earth will
you do with all that free time?’
2 ‘Do you think you will have your
own house or flat one day?’
3 ‘Would you like to change career
sometime in your life? What
C D
would your new job be?’

b Imagine what your grandmother

or grandfather was like when
they were the age you are now.
How do you think their answers
would be different?

UNIT 11 85
 Literature in mind
7 Read and listen
a Look at the photo, read the text on the
right and the title of the poem. What
do you think the poem will be about?

ITHACA is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea. It was the

home of the legendary Greek king, Odysseus, who took

Ithaca
an army to fight in the Trojan War and took ten years to
sail back to his home and his family. On the way home,
Odysseus confronted many enemies, including the one-eyed
When you start your journey to Ithaca, Cyclops, Poseidon (the Greek god of the sea) and the giant
hope that the road is long, Lestrygonians, who ate many of his men. The great poet
and full of adventure, and full of knowledge. Homer wrote The Odyssey about Odysseus’s journey home.
The Lestrygonians and the Cyclops, Now, in English, ‘odyssey’ means a great, epic journey.
the angry Poseidon – don’t be afraid of them:
you won’t find things like them on your way,
if your thoughts are high, if a fine b Read the poem. What things does the poet
emotion touches your spirit and your body. say you should do on ‘your journey to Ithaca’?
The Lestrygonians and the Cyclops, What things should you not do?
the fierce Poseidon – you won’t meet them,
if you don’t carry them inside you, c CD3 T09 Read the poem again and listen.
if you don’t set them up in front of yourself. Answer the questions.
So, hope that the journey is long, 1 How is it possible to avoid meeting the
that there are many summer evenings, Lestrygonians, the Cyclops, and Poseidon?
that you will enter ports you have seen for the first time
with such pleasure, and such joy! 2 Why should you stop at markets and visit
Stop at Phoenician markets Egyptian cities?
and buy fine things: 3 Why is it better not to hurry on your journey
mother-of-pearl and corals, amber and ebony, to Ithaca?
and wonderful perfumes of all kinds.
Buy as many wonderful perfumes as you can; 4 Why has Ithaca, when you arrive there, got
visit hundreds of Egyptian cities, ‘nothing to give you now’?
to learn, and go on learning, from the people who
have knowledge. d In pairs or small groups, discuss your answers
Always keep Ithaca in your mind. to the question. Which of these sayings is
To arrive there is your final goal. closest to the message of the poem?
But do not hurry the voyage at all. 1 It is better to travel hopefully than to arrive.
It is better to let the voyage last for many long years; (R. L. Stevenson)
so that you are old when you reach the island,
and rich with all the things you have gained on the way, 2 Life is a journey and not a destination. (Buddhist
not expecting that Ithaca will give you riches. saying)
Ithaca has given you a beautiful voyage. 3 You must be the change you wish to see in the
Without her you would not have taken the road. world. (Mahatma Gandhi)
But she has nothing to give you now.
4 The journey is the reward. (Taoist saying)
And if you think she is poor, Ithaca has not cheated you.
With all the wisdom you have gained, with all the experience, 5 The longest journey starts with a single step.
you must surely understand now what Ithacas mean. (Proverb)
C. P. Cavafy 6 Live as if you will die tomorrow, but learn as if
you will live forever. (Mahatma Gandhi)

86 UNIT 11
8 Write
A reader wrote a response to the editor of the magazine which published the article
The Battle of the Generations in Exercise 1.

Dear Sir,
I was intrigued by your article entitled The Battle of the Generations, and feel I would like to reply to some
of the ideas put forward in it. As a student in my early 20s, I was happy to see that someone is taking the
problems my generation are facing seriously, although I disagree that all elderly people are as smug and
selfish as the (fictional?) Gerry in the article.
One of the things that was mentioned is the question of housing. It is clear that prices in this country are
excessively high and that first-time buyers (as I hope to be soon) will have great difficulty in entering the
market. The obvious solution, or part of it at least, would be to increase taxation on second homes to a point
that makes them simply prohibitive. However, this would make the government unpopular, and therefore
no government is ever likely to take the risk. This is a great shame, in my view.
A further point that the article raises is that of students needing to provide their own funding for university
education. As I am currently struggling to save some money for university, I have to say that this makes little
sense: people are denied the benefits of higher education (benefits not only for themselves but also for the
country in general) when we continue to spend enormous amounts of money on the armed forces. A return
to the basic system of providing education for anyone who wants it can only be a good thing.
Finally, it is suggested that older members of society do not show concern for environmental issues. My own
experience – looking around me and talking to people of various ages, my parents and my friends’ parents
included – indicates that there is absolutely no relationship between attitudes to the environment and the
age of the person concerned. It is specifically the environment which I believe illustrates most clearly the
need for people of all ages to put aside their differences – whether sex, colour, race or religion – and work
together for the benefit of everyone here now, and of future generations. Otherwise there may well be no
future generations.
Yours faithfully,
Althea Graves

a Read the letter and answer the questions. c Read the letter again and find more
1 Is the person who wrote the letter a examples of the parts of speech mentioned
younger or an older person? in Exercise 8b.
2 How does the writer suggest the problem d Here are three very short letters in a
of housing costs could be dealt with? magazine. Choose one of them and write
3 What does the writer say about how a reply to the editor of the magazine,
governments spend money raised through agreeing or disagreeing with the opinion
taxes? stated. Write 200–250 words.
4 What does the writer consider to be the 1 Dear Sir,
For your portfolio
biggest problem that everyone is facing? People who live in cities should not be
allowed to have dogs.
b Look at the first sentence of the letter Yours faithfully,
again. Ivor Cox
I was intrigued by your article entitled The 2 Dear Sir,
Battle of the Generations and feel I would like
No more money should be spent on guns
to reply to some of the ideas put forward in it.
or the army.
Underline the following grammar points in Yours faithfully,
the sentence. James Mason
1 the passive voice 3 Dear Sir,
2 a past participle used as an adjective after I believe the age for driving should be raised
a noun to 21.
Yours faithfully,
Mrs A Jones

UNIT 11 87
 2 The beauty hunters
Past tenses with hypothetical meaning
Vocabulary: commonly confused words

Read and speak

a Look at the headline of the article below. What do you think it means?

b Now read the article to check your answer. What do you think of the ‘loyalty card’ scheme?

‘Holidays for plastic surgery’ firm criticised

BRITAIN’S largest provider of cosmetic surgery was Transform carries out 25,000
yesterday attacked by leading plastic surgeons for procedures a year in 17 clinics
offering patients holiday vouchers worth up to £200 nationwide. Its marketing
and a ‘loyalty card’ for repeat operations. director, Liz Dale, denied
The Transform medical group is offering Easyholidays vouchers that the company was doing
to customers who book any surgical procedure in May or June. anything other than helping
It is also launching a Transformations privilege card, which to make holidays more
works like a supermarket loyalty card, with patients gaining affordable. ‘Often when people
10% off the cost of subsequent non-surgical procedures such as have had a makeover and feel
wrinkle filler injections, and 5% off future operations. great, the next thing they
want is to go on holiday,’ she said. ‘It’s a big decision to have
The offers were condemned yesterday by the British
cosmetic surgery. But if people are going to do it anyway, we’re
Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons as ‘absurd marketing
looking at something to persuade them to come to Transform.’
gimmicks’ which enticed patients in a way that underestimated
the risk involved. Adam Searle, its president, said: ‘I find Easyholidays admitted it had sold the vouchers to the group,
it appalling that any reputable medical practitioner could but denied it had ‘teamed up’ with Transform. By the end of
sanction these kinds of promotions, which offer incentives to the day, the Easyholidays logo had been removed from
book more and more surgical procedures each time.’ Transform’s website.

www.cambridge.org/elt/englishinmin

2 Read and listen As more and more people can

afford cosmetic surgery, many
a Read the blog and match the summaries A–F with the feel they don’t want to accept
paragraphs. There is one summary you do not need to use. nature’s imperfections any longer.
But is cosmetic surgery a sensible
A It takes time to develop one’s self esteem
decision? Follow our debate on…
B It’s often a waste of public money
C It needs more research
D The knife that changed my life
E Those doctors are morally wrong
F Plastic surgery is harmless

Did you know?

Plastic surgery is the name given to any medical procedure that is
done to reconstruct body features or skin that has been damaged
as the result of an accident or disease. Cosmetic surgery, or
aesthetic plastic surgery, as it’s also known, is the use of plastic
surgery when there is no medical need. There were over 36,000
plastic surgery operations in the UK in 2009. A recent survey
shows that 42 per cent of teenagers in the UK are seriously
considering cosmetic surgery.

88 UNIT 12
 b CD3 T10 Read the texts again. Which mentions the following?
There may be more than one text for each answer. Listen and Discussion box
check your answers. Be careful, one of the answers does not go 1 Do you agree that plastic
with any of the texts! surgery should be carried out
1 Cosmetic surgery can often go wrong. for medical purposes only?
Why / Why not?
2 Cosmetic surgery can have really positive effects on people’s lives.
2 Do you agree we live in
3 Once people start having cosmetic surgery it may be difficult
a ‘quick fix’ society? Give
to stop.
reasons for your opinions.
4 There are more important uses for medical science.
3 Which famous people do
5 We live in a day and age when problems need to be mended you admire who do not look
immediately. stunning and immaculate?
6 It’s silly to try and stop progress.
7 Cosmetic surgery is a blessing for people in certain serious situations.
8 The whole industry is really just about money.

c Match the words 1–8 from the texts in Exercises 1 and 2a with the definitions a–h.
1 to underestimate a a system of accepted beliefs of what is morally acceptable
2 an incentive b to fail to understand the real cost, size, difficulty, etc. of something
3 frown lines c to persuade someone to do something by offering them something nice
4 to opt d group of people you know (well)
5 ethics e something with no real value that is used to try and persuade someone
to buy something
6 gimmick f something a person gets which encourages them to do something
7 entice g to make a choice for one thing or possibility in preference to any others
8 a social circle h lines above your eyes that you get when you are frequently annoyed or worried

nmind

The great message board: your take on cosmetic surgery

1>> Well I’m someone who, if I had the money, would 4>> We see many actresses and models in the papers
stand naked in front of the doctors and say ‘Start who undergo major ‘aesthetic surgery’, as some
from the top and work down!’ Some may think that people wrongly call it, and are soon planning their
I have real problems with how I look, I don’t, I just QH[WYLVLWWRWKHFOLQLF,ZRUU\DERXWWKHVXUJHRQV
think that medicine and surgery have come a long who are willing to continue operating on these
way and, as doctors are able to make you feel better women – where are their medical ethics? If only those
about how you look, why not go for it? I’ve already had surgeons would save their skills for people who are
treatment for frown lines and when they come back I seriously ill and need an operation! But of course for
will be going back for more. It makes me feel better, the surgeons that would mean losing big income.
and harms no one. So, in my opinion, if you can afford Gill72
it and want it, go for it. And, in fact, I wish a lot more
people would go for it, then it would become cheaper. 5>> Due to a problem with the eyelid, one of my
Elsie324 eyes was in an almost permanently closed position.
I was very sensitive about it. I had cosmetic surgery
2>> It’s an individual’s choice and if you want to have done a couple of weeks ago, and although the lid
it done, and you have the money, then take my advice is not entirely in the position I was hoping for, it is
and get it done. However, having it done on the National DERYHWKHSXSLODQGP\¿HOGRIYLVLRQKDVLPSURYHG
Health Service should only be possible if it is for VLJQL¿FDQWO\$VDUHVXOW,¶YHKDGPDQ\FRPSOLPHQWV
‘medical’ reasons, which can include psychological ones. at work and in my social circle. The people that know
It’s time we started to spend NHS money on people who me have noticed a great boost in my ego and my
really need it, and there are plenty of them around! FRQ¿GHQFHOHYHOKDVULVHQZKLFKLVZKDW,ZDVKRSLQJ
ps_mho_anne to gain.
The whole point of having cosmetic surgery is to be
3>> It seems to me that some elements of the able to feel good about yourself. I only wish I’d had
FRVPHWLFVXUJHU\LVVXHVDUHV\PEROLFRIWKHµTXLFN¿[¶ it done sooner! I’d advise anyone in my situation to
society we live in. I’d rather people took self-esteem have it done.
courses or went for counselling to help them learn sohappyNOW
to love those bits of their body that they don’t like.
What they do instead is opt to go under the knife. And
that’s plain wrong!
Challenger32 UNIT 12 89
 3 Grammar c Rewrite the sentences, using the
Past tenses with hypothetical meaning word (or words) in brackets.
1 Your jacket is really old. (It’s time)
a Look at these sentences from the texts on pages 88
and 89, and then answer the questions. It’s time you bought a new jacket.
2 Don’t interrupt while I’m speaking. (I’d
a I wish a lot more people would go for it, then it
rather)
would become cheaper.
b It’s time we started to spend NHS money on people 3 Why don’t you ever listen to what
who really need it. I say! (wish)
c I’d rather people took self-esteem courses or went 4 We don’t even know his name.
for counselling to help them... (If only)
d If only those surgeons would save their skills for 5 Come on. We’ve got to make a
people who are seriously ill and need an operation! decision. (It’s time)
e I had cosmetic surgery done a couple of weeks ago. 6 I never seem to have enough time.
(wish)
1 Which one refers to a past event?
7 Please don’t drive so fast. (I’d rather)
2 What time do the others refer to?
8 Why can’t I make her understand?
b The past tense can be used with different (If only)
expressions to talk about hypothetical present
situations. These expressions include: wish, if only, d Work with a partner. Look at the
it’s time and would rather/sooner. conversation.
A: I’ve been studying so hard recently
Complete the rule with words from the box.
that I haven’t even been able to go
to the cinema.
annoyance emphasise change preference desire
B: It’s time you put down your books
and had some fun.
RULE: Wish / If only + past tense are used to express a
1 A: I know, but I’ve got an important
or regret about a present action or situation.
exam next week.
If only my nose wasn’t so big.
B: OK, but if you don’t relax, …
They are used with could to talk about (lack of) ability/
permission. Student A: Read one of the statements
He wishes he could afford a nose job. from the list below to Student B.
They are often used with would to express 2 at Student B: Reply using one of the
the situation. expressions from Exercise 3b.
I wish you wouldn’t talk to me like that. 1 My best friend keeps complaining
It’s time + subject + past tense is used to suggest that that I never have time for him/her.
someone should take action to 3 a present 2 None of my friends seem to be
situation. available when I phone them, but
It’s time you stopped worrying about your looks and got they expect me to help them
on with life. whenever they want.
It’s time can be used with other patterns:
3 There is a problem with my
It’s time to stop worrying about your looks and get on
computer – I have lost lots of files
with life. (infinitive + present)
recently.
It’s time for you to stop worrying about your looks ... (for
+ subject + infinitive) 4 My parents don’t allow me to use
We can 4 this expression by using about or high.
the phone after 8 pm in the evening.
It’s high/about time you stopped worrying about your 5 My brother constantly takes things
looks and got on with life. from my room without asking.
Would rather/sooner + subject + past simple is used to Swap roles when you have
express a 5 for a hypothetical situation or event completed all five conversations.
over a real one.
I’d rather/sooner she spent the money for her nose job
on a holiday in Indonesia for all of us.

90 UNIT 12 2
 1 2 3

4 Listen and speak

a CD3 T11 Look at the
photographs. Which part of
the world do you think each
of these people comes from?
Are they beautiful in their
cultures? Listen to the first part
of Natasha’s talk about ‘Beauty’
and check your ideas.

b CD3 T12 Listen to the 5 Vocabulary

second part of Natasha’s talk. Commonly confused words
Mark the statements T (true)
or F (false). Correct the false a Read these sentences from the texts on pages 88 and 89
statements. and the listening on this page. Circle the correct word.
1 Facial symmetry is more 1 It seems that the culture that you’re from
important in some affects / effects what you see as beautiful.
cultures than in others. 2 Cosmetic surgery can have really positive
affects / effects on people’s lives.
2 Babies spend a lot of time 3 But is cosmetic surgery a sensitive / sensible decision?
looking at faces they like. 4 I was very sensitive / sensible about my half-closed eyelid.
5 I’d advise / advice anyone in my situation to have it done.
3 Experiments with babies
6 Take my advise / advice and get it done.
have shown that they
prefer symmetrical faces 7 I found a few things that have raised / risen my awareness of
to non-symmetrical ones. what beauty is.
8 My confidence level has raised / risen, which is what I was
4 Babies usually have the hoping to gain.
same ideas as adults
b Complete each sentence with a word from the box.
about what is beautiful.
ensure lose insure prosecute
5 Babies learn what is loose lie persecuted lay
beautiful from their parents.
1 The skin on her face was getting loose .
6 Our ideas of beauty depend on 2 Get a nose job – what have you got to ?
what culture we come from. 3 I’m really tired. I’m going to down for half an
hour.
c Work with a partner and 4 My chickens don’t many eggs.
discuss these questions. 5 If you have very valuable things in your house, you should
them.
1 Which of the people in the
photographs would you 6 Save your work regularly to that you don’t
describe as ‘beautiful’? lose anything.
2 Did anything in Natasha’s talk 7 Ever since the news broke about the corruption in
surprise you? If so, what was it? his company, he has been by the media.
3 How important do you think 8 We all shoplifters.
ideas of beauty are in your
c Discuss with your class and teacher any other pairs of
country and culture?
words that can be confusing.

Vocabulary bank Turn to page 114.

Get it ri ht! Turn to page 119.

UNIT 12 91
 6 Listen and speak
a CD3 T13 Listen to the song. What is its main message?
1 What’s inside us is more important than how we look.
2 A true friend won’t care about how you look.
3 Life is difficult if you aren’t good-looking.

Ugly – The Sugababes

When I was eight, they said I was strange
I noticed that my eyes and hair weren’t the same
I asked my mum and dad if I was OK
They said you’re more beautiful
And that’s the way they show that they wish
that they had your laugh
So my confidence was up for a time
I got real comfortable with my own ways
I knew that they were only jealous ’cos

Chorus
People are all the same
And we only get judged by what we do
My personality reflects me
And if I’m ugly then
So are you, so are you

There was a time when I felt like I cared

That I was smaller than everyone there
Friends made me feel like life was unfair
And I did things that made me ashamed
Cos I didn’t know my ideas would change
I grew bigger than them in more ways
But there will always be the one who will say
Something mean to make them feel great

Chorus

Everybody talks bad about somebody

And never realises how it affects somebody
And you bet it won’t be forgotten
Envy is the only thing it could be ’cos

92 UNIT
UNIT1212
b CD3 T13 Listen again and correct d Complete the sentences with words from the table
the underlined words. in Exercise 6c.
c Complete the table. Use the song to 1 The beauty industry puts too much pressure
check your answers. on young girls to look good.
2 Self- is far more important than good
adjective noun looks.
strangeness 3 Boys generally feel more with the way
beauty they look than girls.
confident 4 You should never feel of how you look.
comfort 5 makes people say the meanest things
jealousy sometimes.
ugliness
e Discuss the sentences in Exercise 6d.
shame
envious

Did you know...?

The Sugababes are named in the Guinness Book of Records as the most successful all-female
group of the 21st century so far. With six number-one singles amongst a total of 18 top-ten hits
the band are rarely out of the UK charts. The band was formed in 1998 when original members
Keisha Buchanan, Siobhán Donaghy and Mutya Buena were brought together by manager Ron
Tom. Tom had already enjoyed huge success looking after another girl band All Saints and it
was no surprise when the girls hit the charts with their debut single. Since their formation, the
Sugababes have seen a number of changes to their line-up and the band these days contains
none of the original members. The hits, however, don’t stop coming.

UNIT 12 93
 7 Write b You attended a meeting with some of your
classmates to discuss a project your class had
a Work with a partner and discuss the done on the topic Art in London. Read the
differences between a report and an following notes you made in the meeting and
article. Read the descriptions of reports then choose one of the tasks below.
and articles in 1–8 and write the numbers in ● Visits to museums/galleries: 3 groups – Tate
the table.
Britain, Tate Modern and the British Museum,
For your portfolio

1 a piece of writing on a particular subject in a positive feedback, especially from Tate Modern
newspaper or magazine group.
2 to inform, interest and/or entertain the ● Internet research: did not go as well as hoped,
readers computer lab not always accessible, problems
3 entertaining, containing lots of adjectives, with other groups wanting to use lab at the
direct quotes if possible, and also narrative same time, talk to head teacher about this?
bits ● Communication among students: good in
4 to inform about a situation or event, often principle, towards the end of the project time
in order to judge the quality of it, and to pressure felt, next time special meetings where
draw conclusions from it problems can be discussed?
5 clear and precise title specifying what it is ● Website for publication of project outcomes:
about, subtitles, date of writing, indication deadline too tight, all the groups behind their
who wrote it schedule, set more realistic new deadline?
6 columns as in a magazine, catchy headline, ● General: great for students and teachers
could contain visuals to cooperate outside normal lessons, good
7 a written statement containing a precise opportunity to get to know each other better!
description of a situation or an event 1 A report for the school principal outlining the
8 neutral or formal, must be clear and good and the bad features of the project and
unambiguous in its message recommending whether any changes should be
made if a similar project were to be done again
report article in the future. (200–250 words)
What is it? 2 An article for the school magazine to give
What is its main purpose? other students at your school the opportunity
What is its layout / visual to learn about the project and also read your
appearance? personal opinion on the project. (200–250
What is its style? words)

94 UNIT 12
 Grammar c Rewrite the sentences.
a Put the verb in the correct tense. 1 It’s a shame I didn’t study harder at school.
Choose the future perfect or the If only I had studied harder at school.
future continuous. 2 My sister keeps taking my clothes without asking. It
1 This time next week, I really annoys me.
will have finished (finish) all I wish
my exams and I’ll be free for the 3 Let’s give our money to charity this year instead of
summer holidays. going on holiday.
2 I (do) a test I’d rather we
from 9 am to 10 am, so don’t 4 Why don’t you stop complaining and do something?
phone my mobile then.
It’s time
3 When I finish this one, I
3
(read) three
books this week. 2 Vocabulary
4 I (fix) my bike
this Sunday morning if you want a Match the two parts of the sentences.
to come round and help me. 1 My older brother took a off my university loans.
5 We (leave) for 2 It took me five years b a family until I’m at
the party around 9 pm so if you to pay least 30.
want a lift, get here before then. 3 I’m not going to start c down yet.
6 Phone me at 6 pm. I 4 I don’t feel I’m ready d a year off before
(find) the to settle university.
problem by then and I’ll tell you 5 I really regret dropping e out of school so early.
how much it’ll be to fix it.
4
5 b Circle the correct options.
b Underline the correct option to 1 The university has raised / risen its fees again.
complete the sentences. 2 Be careful what you say to him. He’s quite sensible /
1 We’re supposed to / about to get sensitive about the whole thing.
the results on Tuesday. I’m really 3 The exact effect / affect of the war on the people
nervous. will never be known.
2 He’s getting really angry and is 4 Have you got any advise / advice on what internet
about to / due to lose his temper. provider I should use?
3 The final’s due to / bound to take 5 Ask her. She can only say ‘no’. I mean, what have you
place in the new stadium – if it’s got to lose / loose?
finished on time. 4
4 I’m just off to / supposed to the
shops. I won’t be long.
5 I’m thinking of taking / bound to
take a year off to travel around
Europe before university, but I’m
not sure yet. How did you do?
6 Knowing my luck, I’m thinking of Total score
failing / bound to fail my driving Very Not very
test again. 21 good OK good
5 Grammar 10 – 13 6–9 less than 6
Vocabulary 6–8 3–5 less than 3

UNIT 12 95
 3 Those were the days
Substitution: the ones / so
Ellipsis A
Vocabulary: old and new

Read and listen

a Look at the items in the photos. Decide what
type of museum each of these objects might
B
be found in and why they would be there.
The skeleton might be of a dinosaur. Maybe it’s in
a wildlife museum.

b Read the text. Match paragraphs 2, 3 and 4

with three of the pictures A–F. C

The People’s
Museum
[1] Museums are places where we can THE TITANIC DESIGNS
observe and contrast the artefacts of the [2] The Titanic was the world’s largest ship and offered her
past with those that we see and use today. passengers luxury and elegance like they had never seen before. The
They therefore hold an important place in design of the Titanic was revolutionary, and many people described
society. Unfortunately, many people view her as ‘unsinkable’. It was a great day of celebration when the great
them as dull, boring palaces of the past, full ship sailed from Belfast on 2 April 1912. Twelve days later she lay at
of objects that no one is interested in. the bottom of the north Atlantic Ocean. She had hit an iceberg and had
The People’s Museum decided to try and sunk, causing 1,500 people to lose their lives.
change this. In a unique TV experiment, a What the expert says: The Titanic was designed by Harland & Wolff
group of reporters created a virtual museum in Belfast. The drawings are extremely beautiful and can be considered
which would house a selection of important works of art in their own right. We must not underestimate the
historical objects. Various items were importance of these designs as they perform an essential function: that
presented on the show every week. Viewers of reminding us of the human cost when we get things wrong.
were asked to vote for their favourite exhibit
and thousands did so. The winning objects
TOM BOARDMAN’S UKULELE
[3] Thomas Boardman joined the army in October 1939 and was sent
were then ‘displayed’ in an online museum.
to Singapore. In 1942 he was captured by the Japanese and taken to
Most of the artefacts were taken from small
Changi Prisoner of War Camp where he spent the rest of the war. The
regional museums, since these are the ones
conditions in the camp were appalling, with punishing work and little
where much of the UK’s regional identity
food or water. Many prisoners died of diseases, and many were simply
can be found. The end result is a fascinating
worked to death.
insight into British history through the eyes
Thomas Boardman, however, had an idea on how to keep his own
of its people. The whole idea was to restore
and other’s spirits up. He made a ukulele from any bits and pieces he
interest in museums and what we can learn
could find. It took him nearly two months but he did a wonderful job.
from the past. Has the People’s Museum
It even has the same strings today as those he fixed onto it over 60
done this? We certainly think so.
years ago.
The overall winning artefact was the
What the expert says: Tom’s ukulele brought hope to all the
Spitfire – the iconic British WW2 plane. But
prisoners in the camp. It is a reminder to all of us of the strength of the
there were many other objects with an
human spirit. Will the public understand the importance of this object? I
important place in our history. Here are
certainly think so.
some of the other popular choices.

96 UNIT 13
 c CD3 T14Read the text again and listen. 2 Grammar
Find words or phrases in the text which
mean the following.
Substitution: the ones / so
1 an object (e.g. a tool) that is of historical a We often use words to replace, or
interest (paragraph 1) substitute, other words or ideas. What do
the words in bold in each sentence refer to?
2 boring (paragraph 1)
3 objects found in a museum (paragraph 1) 1 We can contrast the artefacts of the past
with those we see and use today. artefacts
4 very famous or popular (paragraph 1)
2 Most of the artefacts were taken from small
5 great comfort (paragraph 2)
regional museums, since these are the ones
6 someone who studies the weather (paragraph 4) where much of the UK’s regional identity can
7 one of a kind (paragraph 4) be found.
8 completely changed (paragraph 4) 3 They perform an essential function: that of
reminding us of the human cost when we get
D things wrong.
4 Viewers were asked to vote for their favourite
exhibit and thousands did so.
5 The whole idea was to restore interest in
museums. Has the People’s Museum done
this? We certainly think so.
6 Will the public understand the importance
of this object? I certainly think so.
E

b Match the sentences in Exercise 2a with the

rules a, b and c.
a We can use do / did + so instead of a verb
phrase – this is quite formal. We often use
F think so or hope so – again, so replaces
a verb phrase.
b In more informal English, for example when
we speak, we can use (the) one / (the) ones
instead of the noun.
c In formal contexts such as letters or reports,
we can use that / those instead of a noun.
That can’t be used for people; those can be.

GALTON’S FINGERPRINT KIT

c Rephrase the underlined parts of these
[4] Francis Galton was a Victorian scientist who was
obsessed with collecting and recording data. He might not sentences. Sometimes there is more than
be well remembered today, but in his time Francis Galton one possibility.
was well known as an expert in many things. He was a 1 The technology they use is very different
geographer, a meteorologist, and a tropical explorer. He was from the technology used in the past.
also responsible for creating the first ever weather map.
But probably his greatest contribution to society was The technology they use is very different
from that / the one used in the past.
the discovery that all human fingerprints are unique and
therefore can be used to identify one person from another. 2 I don’t think the museums in London are as
His fingerprint techniques revolutionised policing and aided interesting as the museums in Rome.
the capture and convictions of thousands of criminals. 3 I want to go there and no one is going to
What the expert says: Sir Francis Galton made a prevent me from going there.
simple but incredible discovery that changed crime detection
forever. He himself collected over 8,000 sets of fingerprints, 4 ‘Will James come with us?’ ‘No, I don’t think
including those of the then prime minster, William Gladstone. James will come with us.’

UNIT 13 97
 3 Speak b In each spoken reply, one option is
wrong (W), one is possible (P), one is
Work in groups of four. The following four places
the best (B). Say which is which.
have been suggested for a school trip. Each student
takes one of the places and argues why this should 1 A: Can you tell me how old it is?
be chosen. Afterwards take a vote to decide. B: Yes, I a can. B
● a science museum ● a chocolate factory b can tell. W
● an art gallery ● a national sporting event c can tell you. P
2 A: Are the tomatoes off ?

4 Listen B: They a might be off.

b might be.
a CD3 T15
Listen to a programme called Our c might.
Heritage. What is the aim of the programme? 3 A: Did you vote for the book?
B: No, but if I’d known who to
ring, I a would.
b would have.
c would have voted.
4 A: Do you want to go to
the cinema?
B: Yes, I’d a love to.
b Listen again and complete the notes in the table. b love.
c love to go to the
Object one Object two Object three cinema.
Name of object:
5 A: Would you like to go for a walk?
B: No, thanks, I don’t
When was it
made? a want.
b want to.
Two reasons for
c want to go for
suggesting it:
a walk.
c If you could choose one of the three objects on
c Rewrite the dialogues. Leave out
the programme to go into the collection, which one
what you can in the answers.
would you choose?
1 A: Do you want to go out tonight?
B: Yes, I’d love to go out tonight.
5 Grammar 2 A: Do you think John has arrived?
Ellipsis B: I’m not sure, but he might have
arrived.
a Ellipsis means ‘leaving words out’. This happens quite
often in spoken English. Sentences 1–5 are things that 3 A: I don’t want to go to the party.
people said in the programme. They are all shortened B: Why don’t you want to go?
using ellipsis. What was left out? Choose the words A: Sally might be there.
which were left out from a–e and match them with 1–5. B: No, I don’t think she will be there.
1 want to say anything else about it? a did you
Get it ri ht! Turn to page 119.
2 not seen one of those for years. b It’s
3 Why choose a bag of frozen peas? c Do you
4 good to have you here d they were
5 Yes, great times. e I’ve

This kind of ellipsis is something that is mostly done in

informal, conversational situations.

98 UNIT 13
6 Vocabulary
Old and new
a Sentences 1–6 refer to things from the listening in Exercise 4. Can you remember what they are?
1 So the items suggested can be more or less contemporary, or they can be a little old-fashioned too.
– items brought on to the show
2 I know they aren’t quite obsolete yet …
3 The style in which he writes is very outdated.
4 It’s certainly a novel idea!
5 It meant that we didn’t have to worry about food being out-of-date.
6 If you want all the up-to-date information on our show, don’t forget to visit our website.

b Complete the definitions in the table with adjectives from sentences 1–6 in Exercise 6a.

old new
outdated – old-fashioned so not as good or contemporary – has a modern, ‘today’ feel to
useful as something modern; for example, machinery / it, existing or happening now; for example, music /
weapons / ideas literature / art / fashion
1 4
– not modern, belonging to or – new and original, not like anything
typical of a time in the past; for example, clothes / seen or heard of before, for example, ideas and
ideas / furniture suggestions
2 5
– describes food that is old and not – modern, recent, or containing the
now safe to eat; describes information that is old and latest information; for example, database and news
not useful or correct; describes clothes, colours, styles reports
that are old and not fashionable
3
– not in use any more, having been
replaced by something newer and better or more
fashionable

c Work with a partner and discuss these questions. 7 Speak

1 Do you think your parents are old-fashioned?
a Work in small groups. Together, your
2 Name three things that you think will be obsolete group chooses three items for Our
ten years from now. Explain your reasons. Heritage and gives reasons why they
3 What novel uses for old clothes can you think of? have been chosen.
4 What are the dangers of eating out-of-date food?
5 Which contemporary film stars do you like best? b Present your suggestions to your class.

d Replace the words in italics in the sentences with c When everyone has presented their
a word from the box. You may need to change ideas, your class will vote together
the words or add a word. on the five best items to go into the
collection.
update renovate restore renew

1 The museum was really old, so they repaired and

improved it completely.
2 The painting was in such bad condition that they
were lucky to get it back to its previous condition.
3 That’s the news so far – we’ll give you the latest
information during the rest of the day.
4 My library membership has run out – I’ll have to
get a new version of it.

Vocabulary bank Turn to page 115.

UNIT 13 99
 8 Read and listen
a Read the text and answer the questions with shipwreck A, shipwreck B or shipwreck C.
According to the text, which shipwreck(s):
1 was/were found accidentally? 4 has/have the most valuable cargo?
2 is/are still under water? 5 date(s) back to the 19th century?
3 was/were found on land? 6 was/were found by people working on
a fuel transportation system?

Museums at the
bottom of the sea
A shipwreck is a special kind of archaeological site
as it is a time capsule representing the particular
moment in history when the ship was lost.
Many wrecks hold important archaeological
information about the circumstances surrounding the
wreck, the lives of the people on board, the cargo and
the construction and technology of the vessel.
Often, the key to solving a shipwreck mystery starts
in the library, because that is where clues can be
found. Old newspaper stories of the wreck provide
the essential details of the five Ws – who, what, analysed pictures of the wrecks and determined that
when, where, and why. With this information, we can they could be of a high historical value.
then find other records such as ship registration and [B] Another find wasn’t even made underwater, but
government wreck reports. But sometimes it is pure covered in the sand of a rather crowded beach in
luck, and important finds are made by coincidence. New Zealand. There, people uncovered a waka (a
[A] Very recently, for example, a dozen centuries-old Maori canoe) that was more than a thousand years
shipwrecks – some of them unusually well-preserved old, and some Maori fish traps. Not far from that,
– were found in the Baltic Sea by a gas company the submerged remains of wharves, and other
building an underwater pipeline between Russia and structures that had been covered by water for a
Germany. The oldest wreck probably dates back to long time, were found. Archaeologists are excited
medieval times and could be up to 800 years old, about such findings – they help us understand the
while the others are likely to be from the 17th to lives and the cultures of the past, and preserve
19th centuries. Swedish marine archaeology experts them for the people of tomorrow.

b CD3 T16 Read the text again and listen. Match the words with
their definitions. Discussion box
1 cargo a a sign or some information which helps you to find 1 Which of these treasures
2 vessel the answer to a problem, question or mystery would be most interesting
3 clue b a large amount of something for you? Why?
4 submerged c ship 2 Do you know of any other
5 wharf d under the surface of the sea shipwrecks?
6 bounty e the goods carried by a ship 3 If you were a diver, would
f an area like a wide wall built near the edge of you be interested in wreck
the sea or a river where ships can be tied and diving? Give your reasons.
goods unloaded

100 UNIT 13
 3 You can’t take photos.
Don’t touch the things in the museum.
There’s a good shop on your way out.
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Hi Oliver,
I called / have called round to see
if you
wanted to come into town this afte
[C] The story of the SS rnoon.
Dave and I are going / will go CD sho
Central America, found pping
and we’ll probably go to the cinema
by a professional team to see
the late / latest Bond film later (pro
of explorers, is both an vided /
unless we’ve still got enough money,
interesting bit of history of
course). I tried to call / calling you
and a fascinating piece r mobile
but I didn’t / wasn’t manage to get
of the present. With the through.
vessel’s discovery and Any way, if you do want to come with
us, give
excavation, we in the 21st me a call on my mobile as soon as
5 you can.
century have a unique 9 Write
opportunity to make a
physical connection with a Read the notes. Where do you think you might find each one?
the 19th century. Not only
were everyday artefacts b Look back at the notices and answer the questions about each one.
from the side-wheeler
steamship recovered, 1 Find and correct four spelling mistakes in note 1.
but Gold Rush bounty 2 Rewrite note 2 to make it less formal.
– gold dust, coins, and 3 Rewrite note 3 to make it more formal.
bars – was found in great 4 Which sentence is unnecessary in note 4?
quantities. The treasure
tells fascinating tales of 5 Circle the correct options in note 5. What essential piece of
the 1850s that marked information is missing?
an extraordinary growth
period for America. c Read these guidelines for note writing. Which one do you think is
not correct?
1 Keep your notes short. Do not include irrelevant information.
2 Make sure you include all the vital information.
3 Check your spelling and punctuation.
For your portfolio

4 Always use blue or black ink when you write a note.

5 Use language that is appropriate to your target audience.
6 An attractive layout will help your note to be seen and read.

d Write notes for these situations.

1 You want to sell your laptop. Write a note to advertise it on the school
noticeboard.
2 You have just passed your driving test. Write a note to thank your
driving instructor.
3 You called at your friend’s house to return some DVDs she lent you.
She is not in. Write a note to leave on her door explaining what you
have done with the films.
4 You are planning to put on a school play. Write a note looking for students
who are interested in being in it or helping out with the production.

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 4 Feelin how others feel
Negative inversions
Hedging and boosting
Vocabulary: habits and gestures

Read and listen

a Read this short text. Then answer the question below. b Find out what percentage of
Imagine two people, let’s call them Mr A and Mr B, have stayed your class think Mr A / Mr B
at the same hotel, and both need a taxi to go to the airport. As was more upset. Then read
there is only one taxi available, they decide to share the ride. and compare your class vote
Their planes were scheduled to depart at the same time, but with what psychologists
due to the fact that their taxi got stuck in a traffic jam they found out in experiments
arrived thirty minutes late, and both missed their flights. Mr A with mirror neurons.
was told that his plane had left on time, whereas Mr B learnt c Scan the text and answer
that his plane was delayed and just left five minutes before he the question:
arrived at the airport.
What are mirror neurons and
Who was more upset, Mr A or Mr B? what do they allow us to do?

A fascinating discovery
[A] You have surely noticed how, when we are with someone who [C] In the second stage of the experiment a control group was
beams with positive energy, this seems to rub off, so that we start wired up, and again filmed during the experiment, but this time,
feeling the same kind of energy developing in ourselves, even if we rather than being given a bottle and being asked to smell the liquid
were a bit tired only a few minutes previously. We rarely feel very in it, participants were shown the film of the people from the first
energetic when we are with someone who yawns all the time. It round of the experiment at the moment that they opened the bottle
frequently happens in such situations that we start yawning too. and reacted to the nasty smell they were exposed to. From this, the
This is something we’ve all undoubtedly seen happen. But it was researchers made a fascinating discovery – when they compared
only a few years ago that a scientific explanation was found as the brain scans of the people who had actually experienced the
to why such phenomena actually work the way they do, and this smell with those of the people who had just watched, they couldn’t
explanation has far-reaching consequences for understanding the tell any difference whatsoever as far as their cerebral activity
process of how we learn when we are young and how empathy, the was concerned. It turns out that whether we perform a certain
ability to ‘put ourselves in other people’s shoes’, works. action, or whether we watch someone else perform an action, the
[B] The explanation is a group of special neurons in our brains. same neurons fire in our brain – that’s why they are called ‘mirror
Neuroscientists found them when they wired electrodes to the neurons’. They appear in our brain’s centre for empathy. And here’s
heads of a group of volunteers who took part in an experiment, something interesting: not only do they fire when we feel pain, but
so that they could watch their cerebral activity with the help of also when we process language, which suggests that the ability to
magnetic resonance imaging. They also filmed the participants empathise is important in successful language learning.
during the experiment, without them knowing. They gave each [D] Mirror neurons are responsible for the fact that we feel
participant a closed bottle that contained some kind of liquid, and sadness not only when sad things happen to us, but bizarrely
asked them to open the bottles and smell it. The liquid had a very also when we are actually very happy, for example when we go to
nasty odour, and of course that triggered off – as seen on the the cinema with a friend to watch a film. There is a sad scene in
videos that were shot – the film, as for example in Twilight when Jacob gets killed shortly
immediate reactions from after Bella realises that she has fallen in love with him, and as we
the participants who watch Bella’s sadness we feel as if the sad event has happened
pulled faces in disgust. to us rather than her.
The scientists also noticed [E] When we are infants or toddlers, it’s mirror neurons that
significant activity in the help us to learn... anything from movements, to language, and
participants’ brains – to the complex exchange of ideas we call culture. Rarely do
certain neurons started to we learn anything when we are young without imitating others,
fire immediately. but mirror neurons unquestionably play an important role in

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d CD3 T17
Read the text again and listen. Match the
statements 1–5 with the paragraphs A–E. RULE: We can bring 1 positive /
negative adverbs and adverbial
1 A scientific experiment shows physiological and cerebral phrases to the 2beginning / end of
changes in people who smell an unpleasant odour. a sentence to make it 3 more /
2 Brain activity remains the same whether someone is less emphatic. If we do this,
involved in an activity or watches someone else then the rest of the sentence
doing the activity. follows the pattern of a 4 normal
statement / question. This is
3 Mirror neurons have wide-ranging effects on the
much more commonly found in
behaviour of children and adults. 5
written / spoken English. Some
4 Research explains how everyday phenomena have far- of the adverbs and adverbial
reaching consequences for learning and social skills. phrases commonly used include:
5 These special nerve cells are the reason why we never, rarely, not only … but also,
often feel the feelings of others. under no circumstances, on no
account, no sooner … than.
e Find words or phrases in the text with these meanings.
1 the ability to imagine what it would be like to be in another b Circle the correct answer in
person’s situation [para. A] empathy each statement.
2 processes in the brain [para. B] 1 Never psychology has /
has psychology been so popular.
3 a smell [para. B]
2 You will / Will you rarely find a
4 experience something harmful or unpleasant [para. C]
more interesting article on this
5 unusually (para. D) subject.
6 connected with thinking [para. E] 3 On no account you should /
should you make fun of them.
2 Grammar 4 No sooner the documentary had
/ had the documentary finished
Negative inversions than I wanted to tell my friends
a Look at the examples from the text. Underline the about it.
correct option to complete the rule. 5 Under no circumstances I can /
can I recommend this film.
Not only do they fire when we feel pain, but also when we
process language.
Rarely do we learn anything when we are young without c Rewrite the sentences using the
imitating others. word in brackets at the beginning
No sooner do they notice mood swings in others, than of the sentence.
people’s emotions actually change.
1 He finished the book, and
immediately started the next one.
(No sooner … than)
No sooner had he finished the
the cognitive and emotional processes of adults too. They seem
to be responsible for the fact that some people have a high level book than he started the next one.
of empathy with others. No sooner do they notice mood swings in 2 I had never heard about the
others, than people’s emotions actually change. People with a lot of existence of mirror neurons
empathy are also good at predicting other people’s decisions and before. (Never before)
actions. Mirror neurons appear also to be behind the tendency to
do what others do. Watch two people who have good rapport with 3 Some people know exactly how
each other: they often ‘mirror’ each other’s body language, without others feel, and what they are
noticing. They might, for example, be involved in a conversation and thinking, too. (Not only … but also)
both be leaning slightly forward. One of them leans back, and then 4 You mustn’t make jokes about
the other does exactly the same. Just think about yourself for a this when you talk to her. (On no
moment. You may sometimes feel that urge to cough in the cinema account)
when someone else does – difficult to avoid? Well, now at least you
understand why… 5 Jo knows a lot about psychology
and she’s a very good listener.
(Not only … but also)

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 CD3 T17

3 Listen
CD3 T18 Listen to an expert talking about human communication skills. Complete the sentences.
1 Building rapport with another person is about 4 Mirroring can help to build very good rapport
giving them the feeling that you are on the with another person, so it is your
same as them. not to misuse the other
2 Mirroring is a technique in which you person’s trust.
imitate a person’s micro-behaviour, such as 5 If doctors use the techniques in their
and gestures. communication, they can better understand
3 When using the technique one should not a patient’s real .
with mirroring, but do it
gently and respectfully.

4 Vocabulary
Habits and gestures
a Match the words and the pictures.

blink bite your nails rub your forehead fiddle with your hair
stroke your chin yawn fold your hands behind your head
tilt your head rub your hands together cough 2

1 2 3 4 5

6 7 8 9 10

b Which action(s) in Exercise 4a do people c Work with a partner. Answer the questions
sometimes do in the following situations: about the actions in Exercise 4a.
1 when they’re nervous? 1 Which actions can we sometimes control/
2 when they don’t like what’s happening? sometimes not control?
3 when they’re thinking hard? 2 Do you think any of the actions are done
4 when they’re tired? more by men than women (and vice versa)?
5 when they’re upset? 3 Which things (if any) are not polite in your
country/culture?

Vocabulary bank Turn to page 115.

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5 Grammar
Hedging and boosting
Remember that adverbs usually come:
a Look at the sentences from the text in after the verb to be (This is undoubtedly …)
Exercise 1. In two of these sentences, the before other verbs (It definitely needs to …)
speaker makes a claim very assertively. In
between auxiliaries and participles (This has
the other two, the speaker makes a claim
unquestionably been …)
more cautiously. Which are which?
between infinitives, participles and auxiliaries
1 This is something we’ve all undoubtedly seen (This has undoubtedly been … / This will
happen. undoubtedly be …)
2 Mirror neurons appear also to be behind
the tendency to do what others do.
3 They seem to be responsible for the fact 6 Listen and speak
that some people have a high level of
empathy with others. CD3 T19 Listen to an example of what
4 … but mirror neurons unquestionably play you are going to do. Then work with a
an important role in the cognitive and partner.
emotional processes of adults too. Student A: Use hedging phrases to report
(seriously or jokingly) about one of the
b Complete the rules with direct, formal and headlines in the list.
avoid.
Student B: Listen, and then use boosting
phrases to comment on the importance of
RULES: We often want to 1 making
statements that are too strong, for example, the new research. Then change roles.
when we present ideas about something
that we are still working on. In these situations,
we can use a technique called hedging. Instead
Neurons discovered
of this is we can say ‘this seems to be …’, ‘this that explain snoring
appears to be …’, ‘this is believed to be …’, and
‘this is thought to be …’.
New fuel found that
When we do want to make a more
2
statement, we can use a can replace petrol
technique called boosting. Instead of

Women now own

this is … we can say ‘this is undoubtedly /
unquestionably / definitely …’.
These structures are especially common in 46 per cent of
businesses in the USA
3
written texts.

c Rewrite the sentences, using the word in are Men have genes that make
p
families
Brain waves that worried
brackets. debating th e ne w
w ith ch ild re n will not
them good at finding their way,
fears of rese
arch p their brains
1 It is the most important discovery of the in g a re po rt develo gh.
say scientists
confirm well enou
century. (definitely) r of
on a numbe
It is definitely the most important discovery H SAYS
RESEARC S I O N
Scien
ti
rove sts
of the century.
AT T E L E VI p
2 This is an area that is worth investigating. (seem) TH laugh that
S
3 Some great advances have been made. (appear) DESTROY exten ter
LLS d
4 Understanding more about how the brain works BRAIN CE expe s life
ctan cy
can be useful. (undoubtedly)
5 Scientists have made enormous progress in this
A: It appears scientists have found...
area. (believed)
B: Really?
Get it ri ht! Turn to page 119. A: Yes. The human brain seems to have...
B: Amazing! This research is undoubtedly...

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 7 Listen and speak
a CD3 T20 Listen to Marco giving a short
presentation to his class about the city of
Brasília. Number the pictures in the order
Marco mentions them.

A D

c Write the letter in the boxes of the phrase

or phrases a–i in Exercise 7b that Marco
uses to:
1 begin his talk.
2 end his talk.
3 return to something he was saying
before.
4 begin a new point.
5 give himself time to think.
6 add an extra point to what he is saying.
7 emphasise something he was saying.

d Prepare to give a short talk on one of the

B subjects in the box to your class. The talk
should be one or two minutes.
b CD3 T20 Listen again and number the
phrases in the order you hear them. a famous town a famous person
a Anyway, … a famous team a famous building
b by the way, …
Make notes but do not write down exactly
c Can you just bear with me …?
what you’re going to say. Use phrases from
d in fact, … Exercise 7b to help your listeners follow
e To sum up, … what you say.
f as a matter of interest, …
e Give your talk to others in your class.
g The first thing I want to say …
h Now, … 1
8 Pronunciation
i So, as I was saying …
Linking sounds
CD3 T21 Turn to page 124.

106 UNIT 14
Makin waves Video Episode 4

9 Family problems? b Match expressions 1–6 in Exercise 10a with

meanings a–f.
a Look at the photo and answer the questions.
a It’s not so important (but I’d still like
to know)
b You won’t believe (what he did)
c That’s a really inappropriate thing to
say/do.
d Think about it.
e Please be patient.
f That makes sense (and I hadn’t really
thought about it).

c Complete the dialogues with the

expressions from Exercise 10a.
1 Where do you think Nick and Lily are going? 1 A: You’ve got loads of meat for the barbecue
but what if anyone’s a vegetarian?
2 Do you have brothers or sisters? If yes, what
are the things you fight about most? B: . I’ll make some mushroom
kebabs.
b Watch the episode. Who helps show Lily 2 A: So you’re all ready for the party.
the mistake she is making? , who’s coming?
c Mark the sentences T (true) or F (false). B: The usual crowd. Why?
Correct the false sentences. Watch again 3 A: Have you got that new book by Stephen
and check. King in the shop?
1 Lily and Nick are preparing a presentation B: I’m not sure. and I’ll check
about Fairbank Radio. on the computer.
2 Nick’s sister, Sarah, is not happy 4 A: You won’t believe what Bob’s done!
with him. asked Ruby out.
3 Sarah is happy that Lily is going to talk B: But she’s got a boyfriend, hasn’t she?
to Nick. A: Yes. My brother!
4 Lily decides to not say anything to Nick. B: .
5 Nick has been planning to ask Lily out. A: I know it is. I’m furious with him.

d Discuss in pairs.
1 Do you think Nick made the right decision?
Improvisation
2 Was Lily right to get involved? Work in pairs. Prepare a short role play.
Try to use some of the expressions from
Exercise 10a. Then act it out.
0 Everyday En lish
Roles: Nick and Lily
a Underline the correct words to complete Situation: The reporters are planning their
the expressions. Watch again to check. presentation about the school radio for
1 Bear / Make with me. new pupils.
2 Good point / reason. Basic idea: Lily is furious because Amy has just
said she won’t be at the presentation. Nick
3 Just as a thing / matter of interest knows the real reason for this: it’s because
4 He’s only / just gone and Amy wants to make a surprise appearance
5 That’s so off / out of order. and thank Lily for all her hard work. Nick
wants to keep this a secret.
6 Work / Think it out.
UNIT 14 107
 2 Write
a Read the title of the composition in Exercise 12b and make a list of the arguments you expect to see.

b Read the composition quickly and check your answers. Which of the statements do you agree with?

Medicine
For your portfolio

Should there be an international ban on animal testing?

Imagine the following scenario. for conducting tests on monkeys However, there are still plenty of
You are, and have been for many and rats without really taking people who would like to see a
years now, a staunch defender into consideration how much veto on all animal cruelty.
of animal rights. Clearly you are their work improves the quality There is no doubt that this is a
firmly against any kind of animal of our lives. complex issue and it has divided
experimentation for scientific On the other hand, animals both scientific and public opinion
research. Then one day your are living creatures and for many years now. Indeed
doctor tells you that unless you undeniably have their own rights it is probably one of the most
undergo an immediate heart to life. They are, unfortunately, controversial issues of our times.
transplant, you will die. They far too often used in research Perhaps because there are so
perform a successful operation that is completely unnecessary many convincing arguments on
and you are given plenty more and does nothing for the general both sides, I find it hard to know
years of healthy living. How good of mankind. I include in exactly where my own feelings
do you feel knowing that you this category cosmetic products lie. Although I could clearly
are only alive because of a and cigarettes. I believe it is support a stop to pointless
technology that was developed becoming more and more testing, I am not sure if I could
through extensive use of animal difficult to defend this practice. go along with a total ban.
experimentation?
This, of course, is perhaps
the most convincing argument
in defence of the use of animals
in scientific research and it is,
clearly, a hard one to refute.
Even if we are not so unlucky as
to need such major surgery, we
all reap the benefits of medical
advances. Most of these would
take years longer or even never
happen at all if it was not for
animal testing. It is very easy to
stand up and criticise scientists

c Work with a partner and discuss the questions.

1 How effective do you think the use of the dilemma in the introduction is? What other attention-
grabbing ways of introducing the topic can you think of?
2 Underline the expressions the writer uses to try and present a balance of opinions.
3 How does the writer order the paragraphs?

d Choose a title from 1–5 and write a composition.

1 Should there be an international ban on animal testing?
2 Do zoos still have a place in today’s world?
3 Should pet owners have to pay a licence?
4 National parks for animals, or land for people – which is more important?
5 Is violence sometimes caused by imitation of the violence in video games or on TV?

108 UNIT 14
 Grammar 2 Vocabulary
a Rephrase the underlined parts of these a Complete the sentences with the words
sentences. in the box.
1 He always said he would win the race and
novel out-of-date obsolete renovated
yesterday he won it.
He always said he would win the race 1 I can’t believe you still listen to CDs. That
and yesterday he did so. technology is almost obsolete .
2 ‘Is he French?’ ‘No, I don’t think he’s 2 That’s a idea. It’s very
French.’ original.
3 I like the beaches in Bali better than the 3 We got the house really cheaply because it
beaches in Australia. needs to be quite a bit.
4 His paintings of nature are better than his 4 Don’t eat that yogurt. It’s .
paintings of people.
3
5 I wanted to visit him in hospital but his
b Complete the puzzle and find the mystery
mother stopped me from visiting him
word.
there.
1
6 The police do an important job: the job Y A W N S
2
of keeping law and order on the streets.
3

5
4

b Rewrite the sentences. 5

1 I had just sat down when the phone rang. 6

No sooner had I sat down than the

phone rang. 1 You can tell when my baby brother is tired
because he .
2 Please don’t tell him where I am under
any circumstances. 2 I know you’re worried, but don’t your
nails.
Under no circumstances
3 Don’t your eyes. You’ll make them sore.
3 I’ve never heard such rubbish. 4 You should see a doctor. That’s a nasty
you’ve got there.
Never
5 The sunlight was really strong when I came
4 He was late to my party and he forgot to
out of the room – it made me .
bring any music too.
6 I wish you wouldn’t with your hair
Not only
when I’m speaking to you.
5
5 I rarely get up before midday on a
Sunday.
Rarely

6 We were not allowed to go into the

woods on any account. How did you do?
On no account Total score
Very Not very
5 18 good OK good
Grammar 8 – 10 5–7 less than 5
Vocabulary 6–8 3–5 less than 3

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 Vocabulary bank
Unit 3 Money
1 to economise = to try to save money by
reducing the amount of money you spend
Sorry, no more going out to eat in fancy
restaurants – we have to economise.
2 to tighten (your) belt = to spend less money
than you did before, because you have
less money
After I lost my job, I had to tighten my
belt a lot – I stopped going to the cinema,
for example.
Unit 2 Decisions 3 interest = money that you earn from keeping
your money in an account in a bank, or money
1 a dilemma = a situation in which a difficult choice
that the bank charges you for borrowing
has to be made between two different things you
money
could do
He put his money in a special account and last
Should I go to university, or should I stay at home
year it earned 7% interest.
and look after my mother? It’s a real dilemma.
4 income = money that is earned from doing
2 decisive/indecisive = able / not able to make
work or from interest
decisions quickly and confidently
The government has promised to help people
He’s a good player, but he needs to be more decisive
on low incomes.
in front of goal.
5 to make ends meet = to have just enough
3 to be in two minds = uncertain which decision
money to pay for the things that you need
to take
They don’t earn much money and they’ve got
I like the black shirt, but maybe the white one looks
four kids, so it’s difficult for them to make
better. I’m in two minds about which one to wear.
ends meet.
4 to waver = to be unable to decide what to choose,
6 a (small) fortune = a lot of money
or to keep choosing one way and then the other
I love going to the cinema, but these days it
I don’t know what to do tonight – I’m wavering
costs a small fortune.
between staying home and going to the cinema.
7 a rip-off [informal] = something that is not
5 (to come to / to reach) a compromise = an agreement
worth what you pay for it
in an argument, arrived at by people reducing their
demands or changing their opinion in order to agree £300? For a shirt? That’s a complete rip-off.
The workers wanted a 10% pay rise, but the 8 to rip (somebody) off [informal] = to cheat
company only offered 6%. In the end, they came to someone by making them pay too much
a compromise of 7.5%. money for something
6 a verdict = a decision or opinion made after judging He paid much less for his ticket than I did! I
the facts, especially at the end of a trial think they ripped me off.
Many people thought he was innocent, but the
jury’s verdict was that he was guilty.
7 the crunch = a difficult situation which forces you to
make a decision or do something
The crunch came when she had to choose between
staying in Britain and going to live abroad.
8 to determine [often passive] = to control or
influence something directly, or to decide what will
happen
Your health is partly determined by what you eat.

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Unit 4 Success and failure
1 to stick at it [informal] = to continue to try, not to give up
You’ll never learn to play the piano if you’re not
prepared to stick at it.
2 to get there in the end [informal] = to succeed
It wasn’t easy to become a doctor: it took a lot of hard
work, but I got there in the end.
3 to come to nothing = to fail
He studied for years to try to get into university, but it all
came to nothing.
4 to flop / a flop [informal] = to be unsuccessful / a failure
The band’s first album sold quite well, but the second one was a flop.
5 (to be / to do something) in vain = unsuccessful/unsuccessfully
The doctors did everything they could, but their efforts were in vain – she died last night.
6 to come through = to manage to get to the end of a difficult or dangerous situation
Last year was very difficult for the company, but we came through and now business is looking good.
7 (do something) against (all) the odds = to do or achieve something despite a lot of problems and although
success was not likely
She was very ill and weak as a child, but against all the odds, she became a great sportswoman.
8 to triumph / a triumph = (to have) great success or a great victory
The film was a triumph – it won six Oscars.

Unit 5 Advertising
1 to market (something) = to make things available
in a way which encourages people to buy more
of them, for example by advertising
The phones sold well – partly because they’re
good quality, partly because they were cleverly
marketed.
2 marketing = the business of encouraging people
to buy a product or service
The marketing department of our company
has got some great ideas for advertising our
new design.
3 an advertising campaign = a series or programme
of advertisements by a company
Their advertising campaign was very striking
6 a promotion = activities to advertise something
because it used old people, not young ones.
There was a sales promotion in the supermarket
4 propaganda [usually negative] = information that today – they were giving away bars of chocolate.
is broadcast or published with the intention of
7 hard sell / soft sell = an aggressive / gentle way of
influencing people’s opinions (often their political
trying to sell something to someone
opinions)
The salesman really wanted me to buy the car –
I think this newspaper just publishes propaganda
he took a very hard-sell approach.
for the government.
8 cold calling = telephoning or visiting a possible
5 junk mail = mail or emails advertising products or
customer to try to sell them something without
services, sent to people although they have not
being asked to do so
asked for it
I get so many phone calls from banks and phone
Every day, I get loads of junk mail in my inbox – I
companies every day – all this cold calling really
just delete it all.
annoys me!

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 Unit 6 Expressions with animals
1 at a snail’s pace [informal] = very slowly
The roads were full of traffic, so we travelled at a
snail’s pace for about an hour.
2 a dog’s life = a very unhappy and unpleasant life
He’s got a horrible job, lives in a really small flat
on his own – it’s a dog’s life.
3 to chicken out [informal] = to decide not to do
something because you’re scared
I wanted to do the bungee jumping, but at the
last moment I chickened out and didn’t do it.
4 to rabbit on (about something) [informal] = to
continue talking about something which is not
interesting to the listener
He’s crazy about football! He’s always rabbiting on about his favourite team.
5 fishy [informal] = dishonest, suspicious
He said he was at home, but someone saw him at the cinema – there’s something fishy going on here!
6 to put the cart before the horse = to do things in the wrong order
You’re deciding what to wear to the party? But you haven’t been invited yet! That’s putting the cart
before the horse.
7 to parrot = to repeat exactly what another person says/said, often without understanding it
He never has any ideas of his own – he just parrots everything that Sarah says.
8 to be like sheep = to do the same thing that everybody else does.
One person buys a shirt from that shop, and then everyone starts wearing the same one. They’re like sheep.

Unit 7 War and peace

1 (a) conflict = fighting between two or more groups
of people or countries
We wish to avoid conflict between our countries
if at all possible.
2 warfare = the activity of fighting a war, often
including the weapons and methods that are used
Chemical warfare probably began in the First
World War, when gas was used.
3 a peace treaty = a written agreement between
two or more countries, in order to end a war (or
not start one)
We can only hope that a peace treaty will be signed soon, and the war can stop.
4 hostilities [formal] = fighting in a war
The 1973 Paris Peace Accords ended hostilities in the Vietnam War.
5 no-man’s-land = a piece of land which no one controls, such as land between two countries’ borders in a war
They were trapped in the no-man’s-land between the two warring countries.
6 a peacekeeping force = soldiers sent to an area to try to prevent fighting
The United Nations say they are going to send a peacekeeping force to stop war breaking out.
7 non-violent = trying to change a political situation without using fighting and physical force
Martin Luther King tried to get equality for Afro-Americans in the USA by non-violent means.
8 a ceasefire = an agreement between two armies to stop fighting in order to allow discussions about peace
A ceasefire was agreed last week, but it only lasted two days before fighting broke out again.

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Unit 8 Expressions with time
1 (to take) one thing at a time = to do or deal with
one thing before starting to do or deal with
another
There are lots of problems for us here, but let’s
take one thing at a time.
2 in the nick of time = at the last possible moment
The bus left at 10 and we got there at 9.59 – in
the nick of time!
3 an all-time high/low = the highest/lowest level
ever
Last year, 12 million passengers went through the
airport. This is an all-time high.
4 time after time = again and again; repeatedly
I’ve told you time after time that you’re not
allowed to use my things without asking me first! Unit 10 Emotion metaphors
5 long-time = describes someone who has been in 1 to be over the moon = very pleased,
a particular position for a long period extremely happy
I met Graham many years ago – he’s a long-time My younger brother was over the moon when
friend of mine. he got a new bike for his birthday.
6 ahead of time = earlier than planned or necessary 2 to have a whale of a time = to enjoy oneself
We got to the theatre ahead of time, so we had very much
to wait around for almost 40 minutes before the The kids had never been to the beach before –
play started. they had a whale of a time splashing in the sea.
7 to play for time = to delay until you are ready 3 to get under someone’s skin = to annoy
I don’t know what to do! I think I’m going to someone a lot
play for time and tell her I’ll give her an answer Harry’s always complaining and criticising – he
tomorrow. really gets under my skin sometimes.
8 all the time in the world = a lot of time available 4 to drive someone up the wall = to make
OK, tell me what your problem is. And there’s no someone very angry
hurry – I’ve got all the time in the world. Our neighbours make so much noise – it drives
9 (And) about time too. = said when something me up the wall when they play loud music.
happens that you think should have happened 5 to be over the top / OTT = very extreme, very
much sooner unsuitable, very uncontrolled
‘So Ben’s finally found a job.’ ‘Yes, and about time I just said I didn’t like his trainers, and he started
too. I’m tired of seeing him do nothing all day!’ shouting at me! It was a bit over the top, really.
10 to do time [informal] = to spend a period of time 6 to be out of order = If something someone says
in prison or does is out of order, it is unpleasant or not
They robbed a bank in New York, and now suitable and it is likely to upset or offend people.
they’re doing time. He came round for dinner at my house with my
parents, and started swearing! I mean, he was
really out of order.
7 to be taken aback = very shocked or surprised
When the teacher said my poem was excellent,
I was really taken aback – she hated all my
other poems!
8 to be dead on your feet = extremely tired
We’ve been walking round town for three hours
now! I’m dead on my feet. Let’s go and sit down
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 Unit 11 Life choices and important moments
1 to leave home = to stop living at your parents’ home
It’s incredible – he’s twenty-five and he still hasn’t left home!
2 to get engaged = to formally agree to get married
They got engaged last week. The wedding’s next year.
3 to get divorced = to formally end a marriage
They were only married for a year before they got divorced.
4 to be at a crossroads = to be at a stage in your life when you
have to make a very important decision
Should I study medicine, or join the army? I feel like I’m at
a crossroads.
5 to make a new start = to completely change how or where you live
I’m tired of working in an office. I want to make a new start – perhaps I’ll go to university again!
6 to emigrate = to go to live permanently in another country
When my uncle was 19, he couldn’t find work in England, so he emigrated to Canada.
7 a mid-life crisis = a feeling of unhappiness or disappointment that some people experience at about 40 years
old and that can sometimes lead them to make important changes in their life
My dad’s really down in the dumps these days. I think perhaps he’s having a mid-life crisis.
8 to be made redundant = to lose your job because your employer no longer needs you
When the factory started losing money, my mum was made redundant, along with 50 other people.

Unit 12 Commonly confused words

1 to accept = to say ‘Yes’, to agree / except = 6 disinterested = impartial; not taking one side or
not including the other / uninterested = not interested
He asked her to marry him, and she accepted. The referee of a football match has to be
Everyone was at the party except Sonia – she was ill. disinterested.
2 bare = uncovered, with no clothes or shoes on / I asked the children if they wanted to play a
to bear = to accept or tolerate, especially game, but they were completely uninterested.
something unpleasant 7 principal = first in order of importance /
I love walking in the grass in bare feet. a principle = a main, basic idea
I can’t bear seeing animals in pain. Smoking is the principal cause of lung cancer.
3 to break = to make something stop working / to One of the principles of a democracy is that
brake = to make something go slower or stop men and women have equal rights.
I think I broke my watch when I dropped it.
The roads are wet, so brake carefully, OK?
4 to complement = to make something else
seem better when combined with it / to
compliment = to say something nice to
someone
The music complemented that scene in
the film perfectly.
She complimented him on his wonderful
cooking.
5 a desert = a place with sand or rocks and
little or no water / (a) dessert = sweet
food eaten at the end of a meal
They were lost in the desert for a week.
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Unit 13 Old and new Unit 14 Gestures
1 to be in (your) prime = to be at the time 1 to wink = to close one eye for a short time as a way of
in your life when you are best, most greeting someone or showing friendliness, or of showing
active or successful that you aren’t serious about something you’ve said
She’s singing better than ever before – For a moment I thought he was being serious, but then he
she’s really in her prime now as an artist. winked at me.
2 to be past (your) prime = no longer in 2 to raise an eyebrow = to lift an eyebrow slightly, showing
your prime that you are surprised
Of course he’s still a good player, but When he heard the news, he raised an eyebrow for a
he’s 35 now, so he’s past his prime. moment, but then recovered his poise.
3 antique [adj.] = made in an earlier period 3 to snap (your) fingers = to make a noise using your second
and valued for being beautiful, rare or of finger and your thumb
high quality She snapped her fingers and everyone stopped talking.
My father collects antique furniture – he 4 to shake (your) fist = to hold your closed hand in the air and
loves looking around in antique markets! move it forcefully backwards and forwards, to show that
4 an antique = a thing that is antique you are angry
This ring could be worth a lot of money He shook his fist at another driver who pulled out in front
– I think it’s an antique. of him without looking.
5 decrepit = in very bad condition 5 to wrinkle (your) nose = to tighten the muscles in your nose
because of being old, or not having to show that you dislike or disapprove of something
been cared for She wrinkled her nose at the awful smell coming from
The car was completely decrepit – I the kitchen.
don’t think anyone had driven it for 6 to give (something) the thumbs up/down = to put your
about five years! thumb up or down in the air, to show approval/disapproval
We went to the new club last night –and I give it the
thumbs up! I had a brilliant time!
7 to shrug (your) shoulders = to raise your shoulders slightly
to show that you don’t care, you don’t know or you can’t
do anything
I asked him what he wanted for dinner, but he just
shrugged his shoulders.
8 to cross (your) fingers = to put your second finger over your
first finger, hoping for good luck
6 current = of the present time/moment I’m going to cross my fingers and hope that everything is
Who’s the current world-record holder OK in the end.
for 100 metres? Is it still Usain Bolt?
7 cutting edge = very modern and with all
the newest features
This laptop is cutting-edge technology
– there’s nothing better on the market.
8 state-of-the-art = very modern and
using the most recent ideas and
methods
This camera is totally state-of-the-art
– it’s got every feature that you can
possibly get.
9 latest = being the newest or most recent
or modern
Have you seen his latest film? It only
came out last week, and everyone’s
talking about it.

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Unit Unit 3
story, storey or history? economy, economic, economics or
● A story (plural: stories) is a description of real economical?
or fictional events. ● economy (noun) the system of business and
My dad used to tell us stories about monsters. money in a country
● A storey (plural: storeys) is a floor of a building. Tourism is important for the local economy.
It’s a two-storey house with a small garden. ● economic (adjective) relating to business
● History is (the study of) past times and events. and money
It is usually used as an uncountable noun. It’s difficult to find a job in the current
The Odyssey has been popular throughout economic situation. Not economical
history. situation
● economics (noun) the study of business
Complete the sentences with one of the and money
words above. He’s planning to study economics at
university.
1 There are three storeys of car parking
● economical (adjective) not needing or using
above the offices.
a lot of money
2 It’s a love set in an IT call centre. The bus is definitely the most economical
3 We studied ancient Greek and Egyptian way of getting around the city.
.
Complete the sentences with one of the
Unit 2 words above.
1 The most economical option is to stay in a
decide and decision youth hostel.
● decide (not) to do something 2 China has experienced amazing
She decided not to tell her parents. growth in recent years.
● decide whether/which/who/what/how 3 The political crisis is having an effect on the
We haven’t decided what to call it yet. country’s .
● decide on something – make a choice
4 She teaches politics and at a high
We looked at several restaurants and finally
school.
decided on an Italian place.
● a decision to do something
The decision to leave wasn’t an easy one. Unit 4
● a decision about something
He hasn’t made any decisions about his sport or sports?
future yet.
● Sport is a noun.
My favourite sport is tennis.
Are these sentences correct? Put a tick (✓) ● The usual adjective form before another noun
or a cross (✗). Correct any errors. is sports.
1 We all have to make decisions what we eat. a sports centre, a sports shop, sports facilities
✗ decisions about what we eat ● You can also use sporting before some nouns.
2 She decided stay in Paris for the summer. a sporting event, a sporting hero
3 Work experience can help you decide ● You can describe a person who does a lot of
whether a particular career is right for you. sport or exercise as sporty.
Sporty types will love all the outdoor
4 The manager defended his decision of
activities available. Not sportive types
dropping the striker.
5 Have you decided for a date for the party?

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 Underline the correct words to complete Complete the sentences with the past simple
the text. or past participle form of the verb in brackets.
The college has some great 1sport / sports 1 When we arrived, we found out the concert
facilities. At the campus 2sportive / sports centre, had been cancelled (cancel).
there are coaching sessions in many different 2 By late afternoon, the fire had
3
sport / sports. And if you’re not naturally a (spread) to the edge of the town.
4
sportish / sporty sort of person, then there are
3 The researchers (develop) a new
taster sessions that let you try out a new 5sport
technique for measuring earthquakes.
/ sporting every week. 6Sporty / Sports fans are
catered for too, with trips organised to many major 4 I knew I’d (write) his number down
7
sport / sporting events. somewhere.

Unit 5 Unit 7
Adverb position: also, still and even Offers and invitations
Make sure you know where to put these three ● offer + (sb) + sth
adverbs in a sentence. The centre offers a wide range of courses.
● subject + be + also/still/even + noun/adjective Not proposes a wide range of courses
Shop layout is also important in selling ● offer + to do sth
products. She offered to give us a lift to the airport.
● subject + also/still/even + main verb ● invite + sb + to sth / to do sth
Most of us still prefer to try on new clothes. He invited me to the cinema.
● subject + modal/auxiliary + also/still/even + Not invited me at the cinema
main verb They invited us to visit their offices.
I don’t even know what brand my laptop is. Not They offered/proposed us …
But We also/still/even have to pay for
parking. Are these sentences correct? Put a tick (✓) or
a cross (✗). Correct any errors.
Put the adverb in the correct place in the 1 The company has offered to him a job in
sentence. Rome. ✗ the company has offered him
1 Some adverts can be fun or amusing. also 2 They proposed to find us alternative
Some adverts can also be fun or amusing. accommodation.
2 The song is known as the music from the cola 3 The dancers invited members of the audience
advert. still up onto the stage.
3 Tennis players have brand logos on their 4 My mother invited all my cousins at the
socks. even wedding.
5 The airline offered them £50 in compensation
Unit 6 for the lost bag.
6 They’ve proposed me a job interview next
Spelling: past participles Thursday.
● Look out for irregular past participles:
choose – chose – chosen cost – cost – cost
spread – spread – spread set – set – set
throw – threw – thrown fall – fell – fallen
● Double final consonant:
cancel – cancelled occur – occurred
equip – equipped write – written
● Single final consonant:
appeal – appealed happen – happened
develop – developed target – targeted
Note: Double letters in past participles are not
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 Unit 8 Unit 0
Unless, except and apart from Emotions: adjectives and nouns
These all introduce something that is not ● Something can be disappointing, interesting,
included, not allowed or not possible. impressive, stressful, satisfactory or
● Unless is followed by a clause. satisfying.
Children are not permitted unless they are Moving house is always stressful.
accompanied by an adult. ● A person can feel disappointed, interested,
● Except (for) and apart from can be followed impressed, stressed or satisfied.
by a noun or a prepositional phrase. Local people don’t seem to be very
It opens at 9 am every day except on a interested in the project. Not interesting
Sunday. in …
The beach was almost empty apart from a ● Disappointment, interest, stress and
few early morning runners. satisfaction are all nouns to describe these
emotions.
Underline the correct words to complete the The players couldn’t hide their
sentences. disappointment.
1 It’s quite difficult to get around unless /
except you have your own car.
Complete the words in the sentences with the
correct ending.
2 She was dressed all in black unless / apart
from her shoes, which were red. 1 I think the most impressive part of the building
was the huge domed roof.
3 She wouldn’t miss the meeting unless / except
she had a very good reason. 2 How well do you cope with stress
situations?
4 Tours run all year round, unless / except
during the rainy season. 3 They weren’t very impress by the exhibition
and didn’t stay long.
4 It’s difficult to recover from such a big
Unit 9 disappoint .

Start
● start + doing/ to do
Unit
You can use either a gerund or an infinitive
after the verb start. think + of/about
His heart started pounding / to pound. ● If you are thinking about something, you
● After starting, you can only use an infinitive. are having thoughts and ideas about it.
By that time, it was starting to rain. I’ve been thinking about my family a lot
● start + by + doing – it is the first thing you lately and feeling rather homesick.
do as part of a process ● If you think of something, a new idea
I’ll start by outlining the main problems. comes into your mind.
● start + with + noun Can you think of something to get Mark
The film starts with a dramatic car chase. for his birthday?
● You can say you are thinking about / of
Underline five errors in the text and correct them. doing something, to talk about plans for
the future.
You start the day by a presentation that’s
I’m thinking about buying a new car.
recorded and played back. As you watch your own
Are you thinking of going to college next
performance, you start notice phrases that you
year?
keep repeating. You then get into groups and you
start with identifying these features and to talk
about how to eliminate them. By lunchtime, you can
see that everyone’s already starting improving their
presentation style.
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 Underline the correct prepositions to Unit 3
complete the conversation.
Sam: What’s the matter? You look a bit down.
Formal and informal language
Joe: I was just thinking 1 about/ for what I’m
going to do for my birthday. It’s all getting Make sure you choose the most appropriate
too stressful. I was thinking 2on / of having words for the context.
a party, but my dad said no to that. Can you informal: The kids are out playing in the garden.
think 3 about / of something else to do? neutral/formal: The film is not recommended
Sam: Have you thought 4to / about going to for children under 12.
the beach? informal: He’s always moaning about his boss.
neutral/formal: You should report any problems
Joe: Mm, that’s a good idea. I’ll think 5 on / about
to your manager.
it.
neutral: How many people attended the
conference?
Unit 2 very formal/legal: There is a cancellation charge
for all persons named on the booking form.
More commonly confused words
● I’ve brought you some flowers. (= bring) Are these sentences appropriate in informal
I bought them in a lovely little florist’s. (= buy) (I), neutral (N) or formal (F) contexts?
● We visited some of the city’s most famous 1 Below are the regulations regarding children
sights. (= a thing worth seeing) and young persons. F
The houses are built on the site of a former 2 I’ll have a chat with my boss about it tomorrow.
factory. (= a place/location)
3 You must send a report to your manager
● She read the poem aloud to her sister. (= not
every Friday.
silently)
We’re not allowed to wear trainers to 4 How old are Ethan’s kids now?
school. (= permitted)
● How many tickets do you require? (= need) Unit 4
We requested seats near the front. (= asked
for) Seem
● seem + infinitive
Underline the correct words to complete
No one seemed to have noticed the changes.
the sentences.
● seem + as if / as though + clause
1 Reading allowed / aloud sometimes makes me It seemed as though he was hiding
feel nervous. something.
2 Make sure you require / request a room with It seemed as if we’d been waiting for hours.
a sea view when you book. ● seem + adjective
3 The police rushed to the crash site / sight. The first explanation seems unlikely.
4 Have you bought / brought your camera with ● seem + like + noun phrase
you? From what I’ve seen, Bristol seems like a
nice place to live.
5 This year, I bought / brought all my birthday
● it seems to me …
presents online.
It seems to me that people should always
6 Drivers are required / requested by law to take responsibility for their actions.
wear seatbelts. It seemed quite interesting to me.
7 Smoking is not allowed / aloud in this
restaurant. Use the constructions above to make sentences.
You may need to change the word order.
1 The new teacher / seem / very enthusiastic.
The new teacher seems very enthusiastic.
2 It / seem / the whole school was at the party.
3 The bedrooms / seem / to me / cold.
4 His parents / seem / really kind people.

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 Writin bank
Formal letters/emails

Model letter
a Read the model letter. What is the writer’s main complaint?

Starting the letter Dear Sirs Giving opinions

/ email I am writing to comment on the article in your magazine last week about ‘English plus Tourism’ I would have
Dear Sir or Madam packages sold through IQ language programmes. Whereas you seem to have a positive impression thought that … / To
/ Dear Mr / Ms / my mind … / From
of what IQ have to offer, it is my opinion that their packages leave a lot to be desired. my point of view …
Mrs [X]
I bought a package with IQ last year, and found that the gap between what was offered and what
I received to be substantial. For example, the package stated that I would be met at London airport
Opening phrases and taken ‘speedily to Bulgrove College’, (the location of the language course). My plane landed at
I am writing in 2 pm but I didn’t arrive at Bulgrove until 10 pm. This, in my opinion, is an interesting definition of the
response to ... / The word ‘speedily’.
reason I am writing Making points clear
As far as accommodation at the college was concerned, it was not up to the standard suggested
is to … I am writing I wish to make
with reference to in the advert. My room was tiny, and the ‘en-suite’ bathroom had no heating – something that it clear … / It’s
/ with regard to / I would have thought is essential during an English winter. The writing desk was very small, which important to say
concerning made working in the evening less comfortable than it could have been. Moreover, the promised wi-fi that …
connection in the room often didn’t work. Naturally, I complained; but the Bulgrove staff appeared
indifferent, and certainly no action was taken.
Referring to a new
I would like to point out that the teaching I received was excellent. The main objective of the
topic Finishing the letter
With regard to [X], trip was to learn more English, and mine unquestionably improved. On the other hand, I spent two
/ email
… / Where … weeks in poor and cramped accommodation which simply was not worth the money charged.
Yours sincerely (if
On my return home, I wrote to IQ and raised these points. Not surprisingly, they have never you begin the letter
bothered to reply. using the person’s
Closing phrases Overall, my experience leads me to suggest to your readers that they think twice before signing up name, for example,
I would like to end for an IQ course. Dear Mr Smith) /
by saying … / May I Yours faithfully Yours faithfully (if
close by [saying] …. you begin the letter
P. Mendonça with, for example,
Dear Sirs)

b Look at the phrases in the boxes. Rewrite each of the underlined phrases in the letter with an
expression from the relevant box.

Style tips for formal letters/emails

● Use the full forms of verbs (for example, is not rather than isn’t, cannot rather than can’t, etc.)
● Use a wide range of grammatical structures if you can. Be as impressive as possible!
● Use formal register (for example, Furthermore / However / Naturally / a further opportunity /
enormous experience / we have no objection to … / We would be delighted to …)
● Avoid the use of phrasal verbs, for example use discover rather than find out
● When criticising, avoid bold statements and use hedging words like tend / may / seem / appear (for
example, instead of He didn’t realise this, you can say He appears not to have realised this.)
● Use boosting devices to make your own points stronger (for example, It is undoubtedly the case that … /
This is unquestionably …)

2 Task
You read a negative magazine review of a film that you enjoyed. You also feel the review includes
incorrect information. Write a letter to the magazine to say how and why you disagree with the
review. Write between 200 and 250 words.

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Informal letters/emails

Model letter
a Read the model letter. What are the writer’s plans? b Write the words / phrases in
the box in the correct column.
Keep in touch
Hi Paolo, I reckon
Just thought I’d drop you a quick line since I haven’t been in touch Let me know how you are
for a while. Take care
Guess what? I’ve decided to take a year off between school and How’s life?
university (a ‘gap year’ is what they call it here) so I can see a Sorry I haven’t written
bit of the world before I head back to more studying! I wasn’t for a while
sure that my parents would back me up, but in fact they’re right
behind me. Mind you, they’re pretty keen that I should use the
time constructively. Starting the Dear [X] / Hello [X] /
So here’s what I think I’ll do. I’ll spend three or four months letter / email Hi [X]
working – you know, any old job that pays reasonably well.
1
Actually, I’ll get more than one job if I can. I’m thinking of maybe Opening / How are things
working in a shop during the day and then doing something in a phrases with you? / Hope you’re well
restaurant in the evenings if I can, washing up or whatever. So I’ll / Just thought I’d drop you a
save up loads and then head off. (quick) line /
What I want to do first is some volunteer work for about six 2
months. I’ve heard of an organisation that sends people to West
Africa to help out on building projects, you know, things where Introducing Guess what? I wanted to tell
you don’t need specialised knowledge, you can just help with topics you that … / Have you heard
muscle power! So I’ll do that for a while, and then take the last about … ?
month or so travelling somewhere.
Which brings me to the ‘somewhere’ bit! I’m thinking of travelling 3
Giving / The way I see
back across Europe and that includes Italy. Any chance of staying opinions it / If you ask me / I’d have
with you for a little while (a couple of weeks or so) next July or thought
August? It’d be great to see you again.
Anyway, when you have a spare moment, let me know if I can Closing Hope to hear from you soon
stay with you. Here’s hoping that all’s well with you – drop me a phrases /4 / Drop me a
line sometime, please, and let me know your news. line sometime soon / Looking
Take care and all the best forward to hearing from
Alex
you / Hope you’re well / 5
/ Send me news
Style tips for informal letters/emails Finishing the 6 / All the best /
letter / email Best wishes / Love / Lots of
● Use simple sentence structure.
love / Cheers
● Use informal register (for example, a bit / pretty [keen]
/ any old [job] / or whatever)
● Use simple linking words (for example, So / Anyway / 2 Task
Actually / you know / Mind you / Then / After
Imagine you are Paolo. Write a
that / Well)
reply to Alex’s letter. Give your
● Use contracted forms (for example, I’ll save …, not I news and reply to the request.
will save …) Write between 200 and 250
● Use phrasal verbs when you can (for example, back me words.
up rather than support me)
● Use vague language (for example, about / or so /
roughly / a bit / or whatever / stuff like that)
● Use brackets when you add some not very important
information (for example, a couple of weeks or so)

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Narratives

Model story Style tips for narratives

● Use the opening paragraph to get the reader’s
a Read the model story. How did the divers attention. Do not just report the facts, but
feel after they had seen the whale shark? describe the setting of the story, and add in
some details that make it easier for the reader
A creature from a dierent world to imagine what the situation was like.
A sharp gust of wind whipped rain into my face. Our tiny ● In the following two or three paragraphs,
boat was ploughing through choppy waves across the Indian describe how the story unfolds. Use adjectives
Ocean and I was absolutely freezing. The further we got from
and adverbs to make your narration more
the shelter of the land, the more I thought how foolish I’d been
to come along on this trip. Why had I been gullible enough to imaginative. Use varied vocabulary and
believe the diving instructor’s promise of ‘almost guaranteed’ sentence structure. Don’t forget to help the
sightings of whale sharks? reader understand the protagonists’ emotions.
The pilot of the boat was a local who didn’t speak a word ● To create tension, change the rhythm of the
of English. He looked almost 60 but, perhaps because of a language by sometimes using long sentences
lifetime on the open sea in the hot sun, was remarkably fit and
and sometimes very short ones. Look at the
strong. I was wondering how he managed to find his way. To
me, it seemed difficult enough to navigate a boat without any extract underlined in the story as an example.
electronic equipment even on a sunny day. But it was a mystery ● In the final paragraph, round off the story.
to me how he could know where he was on a day with hardly Say what the experience meant to you
any visibility at all. He seemed so aware and capable, even personally.
though he seemed to be steering his boat into the middle of
absolutely nowhere.
So at least we were safe. But this was not what we had come b Rewrite these examples. Use the style tips
along for. A look at the other divers’ faces suggested that now above to help you.
they were also doubtful that we’d ever get the chance to see 1 Opening paragraph
a whale shark. None of us spoke. Then suddenly the boatman
Rachel prepared everything for the party.
stopped the engine. He said a few words in his own language to
All the family were coming. That would be
the diving instructor, who immediately jumped up from his seat
and told us to get ready to dive. Despite my doubts, I hurried to nice. The weather was good which was nice.
get my gear on. Regulator open, check the pressure – weights, 2 Following paragraph
tank, flippers, mask. Ready? Okay! The guests arrived and talked to each other.
When I plunged into the grey sea, I was sure I wouldn’t see They ate the food. They listened to music.
anything. But then … there it was! An enormous whale shark, Some guests laughed a lot. Some guests
slowly gliding through the water. I couldn’t believe my eyes – my
were quiet.
first whale shark! What a beautiful sight! I hardly dared breathe,
and the other divers were equally awed. Slowly we approached 3 Paragraph to create tension
this majestic animal … it could have come from a different Rachel had prepared a cake for her
world, it seemed so unreal. It was swimming quite slowly and grandmother and her small baby daughter
we were able to swim with it, looking at the beautiful markings crawled to the table and looked at it and
on its back. I reached out and touched it, stroking its thick skin. put her hand in it and the whole cake
It was amazing how this giant suddenly gained speed – we
collapsed.
watched it disappear, and a few moments later it was gone in
the expanses of the ocean. 4 Final paragraph
Less than an hour later, in the boat on the way back to the The party lasted for six hours. All the food
island, how different the mood among the divers was. We were was eaten. Everyone enjoyed it a lot.
all thrilled by what we had seen, and we were amazed how the
boatman had actually been able to take us right up to a whale
shark. How on earth had he been able to do that? Luck? 2 Task
Coincidence? Instinct? We had no idea, and it didn’t really
matter. What did matter was the fact that we’d all had the most Write a story (200–250 words) about an
exciting diving experience ever! exciting moment in your life.

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WRITING
 Writin bank 4
Notes and notices

Model notes and notices Style tips for notes and notices
● Be brief. If a notice contains a lot of text, it won’t
a Read the model notes/notices. Which
attract many readers.
note might you find:
● Don’t forget to include all the important points.
1 on a fridge door?
There’s no use being brief if you don’t get your
2 on a school notice board message across. The secret of writing an effective
3 in a shop window? note is how to include the essential information as
4 in the ‘classified ads’ section of efficiently as possible.
a newspaper? ● Think about where you are going to display your
note/notice. This might affect the way you write

WANTED
it. In a newspaper you’ll probably have to think
carefully about the number of words you use. If
Sales assis your notice is to put on a wall, you will want to
tants. £6/hr think about using different colours and letter sizes
pt or ft positions
to attract attention.
Apply within
● Check your spelling and grammar. Even though
notes/notices are often fairly informal, bad

Party this Frid ay spelling and grammatical mistakes will create a bad
impression.
lebrate.
let’s ce
It’s the end of term so ● Use a good heading. This is what will attract your
be late
Fun starts at 8 – Don’t readers. It should tell them what to expect.
Sue (secretary)
Book your place with
c We often use abbreviations in notes/notices.
Look back at the model texts and find the
For sale abbreviations for:
Dawes mountain bi 1 part-time
ke. Ex cond
£250 obo 2 excellent condition
Phone 2323 2343 3 as soon as possible
4 or best offer
5 per hour

Jake – Read this!!!!!!! 6 full-time

Bob called about the him asap. 7 football

footie tomorrow. Phone 2 Task

Write notes for the following situations.
1 You are looking for a room to rent in a house.
b Look at these headings and match them
with the types of note/notice. 2 You want to sell your laptop.

1 Wanted a I am selling … 3 You have found a wallet and want to return it.
2 For sale b We want to advise you
3 Lost about a dangerous situation.
4 Found c I have found …
5 Warning d I am looking for …
e I am interested in buying …

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BANK144 123
 Unit 2 Sounding polite or angry
Pronunciation
c Practise saying these phrases. Think about
the stress you use.
a CD1 T15 Listen to the phrases and
choose how you think each speaker will 1 that reminds me
finish their sentences. 2 and before we knew it...
1 Perhaps you could tell me 3 you know what it’s like
a why you’re late again. 4 a few minutes later
b a little bit about yourself. 5 no matter what we did
2 I don’t really know what to tell you, 6 we couldn’t believe our eyes
a I’m very, very disappointed.
b I’ve never really thought about it before. Unit 10 Stress and intonation
3 Just give me a moment, OK. a CD3 T06 Mark the stressed words.
a I’ll be with you as soon as I can. Listen and check.
b You’re not the only person who needs 1 The thing is, …
me, you know. 2 On the other hand, …
4 Would you mind if I asked you 3 Tell you what, …
a not to talk when I’m talking, OK? 4 To be honest, …
b where you bought that lovely coat? 5 To tell you the truth, …

CD1 T15 6 We’re going round in circles.

b Listen and check. Practise saying
each sentence in the same way. b CD3 T06 Listen and repeat the
c Practise saying sentences politely or angrily. phrases. Note how the speaker’s voice
Your partner guesses how you are feeling. goes up or down at the end of the phrase.
1 Perhaps you could tell me why you did that.
Unit 14 Linking sounds
2 I don’t really know what to tell you except
I’m sorry. a CD3 T21 Listen to these phrases being
3 Just give me a moment, OK. I’m busy. said. How are the underlined parts said?
4 Would you mind if I asked you where 1 as it happens …
you’re going? 2 as a matter of interest
3 To sum up …
Unit 6 Stress in phrases 4 So, going back to what I was saying …
a Read the phrases. Which parts do you think 5 can you just bear with me?
are stressed? Underline the stressed words / 6 the first thing I want to say
syllables.
b CD3 T21 Listen again and repeat.
1 again and again and again
2 Off we went. c CD3 T22 Read the phrases aloud. Note
3 Would you believe it? how you join the words together, and try
4 All of a sudden…
to read each phrase without pausing at all.
Then listen and compare.
5 That was the amazing thing.
1 I hope I’ve managed to make it clear.
6 What happened in the end?
2 They designed the city to look like a plane.
b CD2 T09 Listen and check. Then listen 3 There are some great things to do in
again and repeat. our town.
4 This is what I’m going to talk about today.

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 Speaking exercises: Student B

Unit 1, page 15, Exercise 5

Student B: Here is the outline of an urban legend. You have five
minutes to think of more details for it and make it as convincing
as possible. Then you must tell Student A the story. Student A
has to decide if it is true or not.

You saw this in an email.

The planet Mars is moving towards Earth.
In the year 2060 it will be closer to Earth than ever before.
This will change the tides and the electrical charges around Earth.
Aeroplanes will have problems flying, and there will be other
problems too.

Unit 9, page 71, Exercise 6

Student B: Look at the picture and imagine you are the person in it.
Describe your situation to Student A.
Student A: Give your partner advice on how to deal with their
problem.

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 Irregular verbs
Irre ular verbs
Base Past Past set set set
form simple participle show showed shown
shrink shrank shrunk
be was been
shut shut shut
become became become
sow sowed sown
begin began begun
spend spent spent
bite bit bitten
split up split up split up
blow blew blown
stand stood stood
break broke broken
strike struck struck
bring brought brought
swim swam swum
broadcast broadcast broadcast
take took taken
build built built
teach taught taught
buy bought bought
tell told told
catch caught caught
think thought thought
choose chose chosen
throw threw thrown
come came come
try tried tried
cost cost cost
undergo underwent undergone
cut cut cut
understand understood understood
die died died
wake woke woken
do did done
wear wore worn
draw drew drawn
win won won
dream dreamed/dreamt dreamed/dreamt
withdraw withdrew withdrawn
drink drank drunk
drive drove driven
dry dried dried
eat ate eaten
fall fell fallen
feel felt felt
find found found
flee fled fled
forget forgot forgotten
freeze froze frozen Phonetic symbols
get got got
give gave given Consonants Vowels
go went gone /p/ pen // man
grow grew grown /b/ be /ɑ/ father
have had had /t/ two /e/ ten
hear heard heard /d/ do /‰/ thirteen
hide hid hidden /k/ can /ə/ mother
hold held held // good /i/ sit
keep kept kept /f/ five /i/ see
know knew known /v/ very /υ/ book
lay laid laid /m/ make /u/ food
leave left left /n/ nice /ø/ up
lead led led /N/ sing /Å/ hot
learn learned/learnt learned/learnt /s/ see /ɔ/ four
lose lost lost /z/ trousers
make made made /w/ we
meet met met /l/ listen
overcome overcame overcome /r/ right Diphthongs
put put put /j/ you /ei/ great
read read read /h/ he /ai/ fine
rise rose risen /θ/ thing /ɔi/ boy
run ran run /ð/ this /iə/ hear
say said said /ʃ/ she /eə/ chair
see saw seen /tʃ/ cheese /aυ/ town
sell sold sold // usually /əυ/ go
send sent sent /d/ German /υə/ pure

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