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Clive Oxenden

Christina Latham-Koenig Study Link


with Tracy Byrne
New
ENGLISH FILE Intermediate
Workbook
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Clive Oxenden Christina
Latham-Koenig
vrffel^cjf Byrne

New FILE
1 ENGLISH
M Intermediate
Workbook

I'JU] Seligsnn and Clive Oxcndcn are the original co-authors of


English File 1 (pub. 1996) and English File 2 (.pub, 1997). OXfORD
UNIVERSITY PRESS
1
4 Contents
heat 44

1
47
47 Slow down, you move too fast *JJ
Food: fuel or pleasure? If
Same planet different worlds
you really want to win, c
PRACTICAL ENGLISH 50
£k We are family ID Job swap Meetings PRACTICAL
gk Introductions

1
13 ENGLISH

14 54
Ka-ching! dunging 17 Love En the supermarket 57

your life Seethe film...get Oft a plane

PRACTICAL ENGLISH 23 GO
c Race to the tun MM 1 need a hern Breaking news

In the office PRACTICAL ENGLISH

B 24
Modern manners Judging Can we make our own luck? 64

by appearances Murder mysteries 67

33
4Jfc If at first you don't succeed ■■ ■ PDKIKAL ENGLISH Switch K off Everything in the open 70

Renting a Rat PRACTICAL ENGLISH 71

Back to school, aged 35 34 Listening 75

-, B .■
In an ideal world... 37

m Still friends?

A visit from a pop star PRACTICAL ENGLISH


40

43
The two biggest bestsellers in any bookshops are cookbooks and diet books.
The cookbooks tell you how to prepare food and the diet books tell you how not to eat any of ft.
AndyHooncy, U5tiumonst

Food: fuel or pleasure?

1 READING b Match the highlighted words to a


word with a similar meaning below.
a Read the text. Mark the sentences T (True) or F (False).
1 worldwide .global___
1 Americans eat more fruit than any other food.
2 think --------
2 Cocoa drinks are good for your health.
3 now----------------------------------------
3 People ace buying more soy drinks.
4 becoming --------
4 People ate buying less pasta.
5 choose __.-------------
5 Nuts are good for you.
6 a substitute for
7 getiing bigger
8 look after, keep
from danger ----------------

c Complete the sentences with the


highlighted words from the text.
1 Many vegetarians cat soya as an
alternative to. meat.
2 Some people____________that all
ready-cooked meals arc unhealthy,
3 The number of people buying organic
vegetables is____________in many
countries.
4 The UK government is-----------------
Most people believe that health other food and sales of bread,
studying how to encoiiTagt: people to
is very important and because of pasta, and cereals are growing
this, many are trying to eat more much more slowly. People are also change their tiling habits.
healthily. For example, people in becoming more interested in fresh 5 In the US and Europe, many children
the UK are eating less salt and fruit and vegetables and 'farmers'
are____________fetter because of thdr
more low fat margarine and milk; markets' are getting more popular
bad diets. 6
fruit is now America's second- throughout Europe, When they
a change in
favourite snack and Japan is can, people often opt for Jn3tural Many people
currently promoting cocoa goodness', and they're buying more diet because it makes them feel better.
because it is a healthy alternative products that are healthy, like fruit,
7 A balanced diet can help to
to soft drinks like Coca Cola. These salads, and nuts. They are also
changes in eating habits are also buying products that help ID ____________you from illness.
having an effect on the food protect the environment like 8 Unhealthy ealing is now a----------------
market. Global sales are organic vegetables. So it's clear that
problem: not just in the US and
increasing for soy drinks and things in the food world will never
drinkable yoghurts more than any be the same again.
Europe.
2 GRAMMAR present simple and continuous: action 3 VOCABULARY food and restaurants
and non-action verbs a Complete the sentences with a word from the iist.
a Complete the sentences with the present simple or
home-made meal raw spicy *Het chicken
continuous form of the verbs in brackets,
steak takeaway meal frozen
1 She_____£G6£____to the gym three times a week, (go)
1 His Ji'ef is terrible: he eats too many sweet
2 He____________ at home today, (work)
things.
3 _ _ you usually____________late? (get up)
2 Strict vegetarians don't eat____________ OT fish.
4 They____________usually_____________a big meal in
3 ____________ vegetables have more vitamins than
the evening, (not have)
when they are cooked.
5 What____________. you____________tonight? (do)
4 I love______ food hul ! don't have much time
6 t _______going out to restaurants. (love)
to cook.
7 I can't play tennis this weekend: I ____________to the
5 She likes her . welJ done.
mountains with my family, (go)
6 I'm very busy so 1 often just buy a____________
S She___________ low fat products very often, (not buy)
meal and heat it up in the microwave.
9 Could you turn the music down, please?
7 Our biggest____________of the day is usually lunch.
I ____________to watch TV. (try)
8 She doesn't like Mexican food because it is too
10 I____________guilty when [ eat chocolate, (feel)

b Correct any mistakes in the high lighte d phrases. Tick


9 Our typical Sunday lunch is roast _, I
(/) the correct sentences.
especially like the wings,
1 He doesn't have a car at die moment. /
10 We often buy____________ food on Fridays - either
2 I am loving eating out but it's very expensive.
Chinese or Indian
I !n-.r twrry; on!
< you recognize the man in that photo? It's our old b Label the pictures,

maths teacher. _______________________


4 Nowadays people don't mind paying more for healthy
food. ________________________
4 Can you answer the phone? I talk on my mobile.

6 I'm sorry, I don't understand. What doe.i this word


meaning?)'________________________
7 You look worried. What arc you thinking about?
I'm not sure if we're going skiing this weekend.
I t s depending tin ihe weather. _____________
I think thaL people today eat too much unhealthy food.

10 She doesn't come with us tonight because she's tired.

Student's Book p.130 Grammar Bank IA


More Words to Learn
Write translations and try to remember the words.
Word Pronunciation Translation
bowl noun fbsoV
dish noun /dij/ блюдо
fat noun /fat/ жир
honey nouii /■hAiuV мед
portion noun /'fOlfjl/ порция
soup noun /su:p7 суп
stew noun /stjui/ Рагу,жаркое
wholemeal adjective /'haulmiil/ цельнозерновой
eat out verb /i:t aot/ ой вне
Сть
heat up verb /hi:t Ap/ разогреть

LISTENING
i Student's Book p.144 Vocabulary Bank s£8 Listen to a man talking about whether young people
eat more or less healthily titan ten years ago. Tick (/)
what the man says,
4 PRONUNCIATION /us/ or /a/; silent letters 1 Young people today eat healthier food than (hey
a Cirde the word with a different sound. did ten years ago,

2 Young people today eat less healthy food than


they did ten year; ago. □
3 Young people today eat the same food that they
did ten years ago.
b Write the words. | Listen again and marti the sentences T (True) or F
4 /"biskit/
(False), according to the speaker.
5 /'jog at/
1 Young people know more about food now,
6 /'tjbkfct; 2 People were more worried about their
1 ;"ved3l3blz/ vegetables appearance ten years ago. ___
3 Young people try not to eat too much fat
2 f'stetaml ___________
or too many carbohydrates now.
3 /naif/ ------------- 4 Young people eat more fruit and
vegetables now. ___
c Cross out the silent letters in each word in b.
5 Young people ahiwys eat junk food when
Use the phonetics to help you.
they go out. ___
J vegetables A Practise saying the words
Q listen again with the tapescript on p,75 and try to
in a and b. guess the meaning of any words that you don't know.
Then (heck in your dictionary.
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Serious sport is war minus the shooting.
George Orwell, English writer
If you really want to win, cheat
1 GRAMMAR past tenses 2 VOCABULARY sport
Complete the sentences with the correct form of the a Read rhe definitions and write the words.
verbs in brackets. Use the past simple (e.g. / went),
past continuous (e.g. / was going), or past perfect 1 the people who watch a span spectator:
(e.g. [hadgone).
] i was waiting (wait) to pky tennis yesterday when my
partner____ (call) me to say that he
up
_______(not can) come because his car
getL

2 Ireland tennis c_
2 the person who is the leader of a team c_______
________(break down).
3 the person who is in charge of a team c______
(beat)
England_______ 4 what players do before they start
England playing
Ireland________
yesterday. 5 if you do a lot of exercise, you will
half.
6 the place wheTe you plsy tennis
3 We were late. When we .
7 the person who controls
______{win) 1:0 in thefirsr ha!f but e.g. a football match
. (score) two goals in the second S the place where you ski sldsL
9 what professional sports people
MI rive) everyone have to do every day
. (finish) theii lunch and they 10 the place where athletes run
athlc[it:s 1r
. (sit) in the garden having coffee.
4 I b Complete the newspaper report with the correct
_ (run) to the station but the six o'clock
train. form of a verb from the list.
_____(already / leave). The station
get injured play score beat win (x2) draw lose
(be) empty except for three people who
. (wait) for the next train.
5 li
___(start) raining when he_____________
World Cup Latest
(wall;} to work. He.
. (stop) a taxi because Last right, Germany 1 thanks to a penalty taken
he. (not wear) a coat and he . beat . _ Spain 3:2 in their by their captain, Franz.
World Cup qualifying Mullen This was the
(noL have) an umbrella,
match. At half-time, the second consecjti^ match
6 1 liey____________(driveJ to the airport when they
Germans i___________ against Gennany that
suddenly____________(remember} that they
2:0. But Spain ' two goals Spain had *___________.
(not turn off) the central heating. _ (not in the second half and it Spain's goalkeeper, Luis
7 I
Tecognize) many people at my old looked as if they were Gonzalez, ^___________in
school reunion because everyone____________ going to the warm-up before the
(change) a lot in twenty years. *___________2:2. But in game and coutdn't

8 The match _ (already/ start) when we the final minute Germany '___________in the
s__________the match match-
(turn on) the TV. Scotland__________
(lose) 1:0 and they____________(play) very badly.
Student's Bank p. 130 Grammar Bank i Student's Booh p.145 Vocabulary
IB Bank
3 PRONUNCIATION ivJand/31/; word stress
a Circle the words with the h-J sound.

shirt move (Jcone") shorts shout


court knew jporl hole ball

b Circle the words with the fe-J sound.

year world first sports girl


goal word worst courst

c Write the words in the correct group. Use your


dictionary to check.

champion international marathon referee


final celebrity basketball disadvantage
recognition facilities spectators athletics

Stress on Stress tin 2nd Stress on 3rd


1st syllable syllable syllable
champion

d Practise saying the words in a, b, and c.


Olympic athletes had to Seven types of evenT.i took place
Student's Book p.l 58 Sound Bank
be male, of Greek in the stadium, including
nationality, and not slaves.. running, discus, javelin, long
4 READING They promised to compete in an jump, wrestling, and boxing.
honourable way and to follow There was also chariot racing
a Before you read, can you answer questions 1-3? the rules but some athletes still and. horse riding fn the
Read the first paragraph to check. cheated. If caught, they had 10 hippodrome.

Q
1 The Olympic Games are pay a large tine and this money
The Olympic Games
was used to pay for statues of
became a major sports
a 1,000 years old. Zeus, which were located along
event but the Roman Emperor
b 2,000 years old. c the route to the stadium with
Theodosius I finally decided to
(he name of the cheat on each
ban the Olympic Games in 3S3
3,000 years old, base. To get to the stadium, the
AD after more than 1,000 years
2 The Olympic Games started in athletes had Co walk past all the
of existence because he thojgric
statues.
they were a pagan cult.
a Greece. b Italy, c Egypt.
3 The Olympic Games are named after D Unlike the modern
Olympics, which currently
includes 35 sports and nearly
Gradually the site disappeared
and w&s forgotten. However, In
the I9ih century, archaeological
a a god. b a place. c i
400 events , many Of which are work finally
team sports iuth as football and revealed ttie ruins of Olympia
basketball, the ancient Games and, today, visitors can
only included individual events, appreciate Olympia and imagine
trie past glory of the Games.
b Now read paragraphs A-C and match the More Words to Learn
highlighted words to their meaning.
Write translations and try to rememher the words.
1 races OT competitions tvmft.
Word Pronunciation Translation
2 little by little career noun fka'naf карьера
3 money you have to pay when you do cheat noun and /tji:t/ Обман
something illegal ___ обманывать
verb
4 models or figures, usually of a person crowd noun /kraod/ толпа
5 very important and i or large ___ jockey noun /d3Dki/ жокей
6 to prohibit something ___ race noun .'reis; 1
раса
7 people who belong to other people sword noun /ssd/ меч
and work for n<> money
TV commentatoi1 /tc'vi lo.npott^ Тв коментатор
8 a place or location no tin
9 uncovered ___ ban verb /bseo/ запретить
10 a stadium where horse racing protest verb /protest/ протест
lakes place
retire verb /n'taia/ Выходить на
пенсию
c Tick [/) the sentence that best summarizes each
paragraph.
Paragraph A LISTENING
1 Cheating athletes could not compete in the I. Listen to a woman talking about a time when slie
cheated in an exam. Tick (/) what happened.

2 Cheating was strictly punished in the ancient 1 She failed Ihe exam. D
Games. 2 Her friend failed the exam.
3 She and her friend both failed Hie exam.
3 Only a few special people could compete in
[he ancient Games. S3 Listen again and answer flic questions. I
Paragraph B Which subject did she hate the mast?

I The events were very limited in the ancient 7 What was the difference between the chemistry leather

□ and the physics leather?


Games.
3 Who was she sitting next to in the exam?
1 The ancient Games took place in two different
4 Where did he put his answers?
places.
□ 5 What did the teacher do when she saw Ihem?
3 There were fewer events than today and no
team sports. Listen again with the tapescript on p.75 and try to
guess the meaning of any words that you don't know.
Paragraph C
Ttien check in your dictionary.
1 The ancient Games were banned because
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2 It's difficult now to imagine the glory of
the ancient Games.
3 The ancient Games disappeared but people
can visit the ruins today,
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All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.
First file 0/ fln/ia Karenino' byLso Tolstoy, Russian writer
We are family
3
1 VOCABULARY family, personality c Write the opposite adjectives. Use a negative prefix if
a Complete the sentences with a family word. necessary.
5 friendly
1 Your mother's brother is your uncle
6 kind
2 Your grandmother's mother is your____________,
7 patient
3 Your uncle's son is your_________-
8 selfish
4 A girl who has the same mother as you but a different
father is your_____________ 1 clever

5 Your husband's (DT wife's) brother is yam_________^ _ 2 honest

6 Two people who are together are a_____________ 3 talkative

7 Your husband'* (or wife's) mother is your 4 generous

S Your grandfather's grandfather is your _.


2 HOW WORDS WORK each other or
9 Your mother's new husband is your______
reflexive pronouns?
10 A child who doesn't have any brothers or sisters is an
Complete the sentences with each other or a reflexive
pronoun.
b Write an adjective of personality for each comment. 1 I cut _ myself _ when I was cooking last night,
1 I'm going to beat him if it's 2 My father and I never understand______________
the last thing I do* cottipMitive
3 We're going to paint it______________It will be cheaper.
2 'Take your time - I can wait.' 4 My sister and her husband aren't talking to.____________
3 'I don't like working. I prefer to sit 5 He looked at __^________in the mirror as he went in.
and watch TV.1
6 You work too hard, John. You never have any time for
4 'No problem, You can depend on me.' ________
5 '1 really love seeing my mum and we
7 The lights in the office turn_____________off
always give each other a big hug.1
automatically.
6 'I have a list of all the possible 111ms
we can see, where they're on, and
the time they start.' _______ 3 READING
7 'Oh great! A party! I love being a Read the article and mark the sentences T (True) or
wilh my friends.1 _____________ F (False).

8 'I don't want to go to the party. I hate 1 Chris often spends all day in the sea. _£_
meeting new people/ _______ 2 Chris and Kirk don't get on vn;ry well.
9 'I understand exactly how you fed.' ._______ 3 They both spend a lot of time by the seaside. ____
10 'Right John, go and buy the food. '1 This was (he first time that Chris had ever
Maria, tidy the room.1 _____________

been windsurfing-
I Students Book p.l4« Vocabulary Bank 5 Chris is going to carry on windsurfing,
6 Kirk often sees his parents. ___
7 Kirk got better at drawing during the day,
8 Kirk wants to repeat the experience.

b Look at the highlighted words. What do you think


they mean? Check with your dictionary.
nuing our regular jre of My Dad spends most of his free lime
fathers and is, this drawing. He goes on long walks and
week we talk to artist always lakes a sketchbook with him. I
thought it would be interesting to see if I
Chris Dennis and his
had any of his Qlem!
son. Kirk Last weekend On the day we went out we walked
Chris taught Kirk to along the diffs above s beach. We each
draw, and Kirk taught his had a sketchbook and we were drawing
father to wir as we went along.! hadn't done any
drawing since ) was at primary school, so
it was difficult to start with, Dad was
giving me advice all the time, and I did
lots o( drawings but 1 couldn't see any
improvement by the end! My Wlurn said
she liked them, but I think she was just
being kind.
I really enjoyed the experience, but I won't I'll definitely go for a walk with Dad
take up windsurfing - my time is too again, but! don't think I'll take any
pnedous for another big hobby. But I was diawing stuff - I'm never going to be
surpiised at how much t liked IL But the an artist!
best thing about ihe weekend was sharing
time together with my son.

Dad and I are really dose, We get


or Me friends as well as father and son.
But because I'm away at university and I
only see Mum and Dad every two or
three months, we don't have much
chance ID do ihings together.

Like father,
like son
[HiNM We're a very close family-are a
bt of similarities between me and Ki-rk.
and we both like being ouiside. He's
much more active than me, of cotiise -but
he's 20 and I'm 52, so lhafs not surprising! I
spend a lot of time walking on the cliffs by ihe
sea and sometimes I do TOO drawings tn a
day, In the holidays, Kirk is usually in the sea
windsurfing, and he ran spend all day doing
that.
I'^e never been windsurfing, but I Thought
it would be good to. try it. On the day Kirk took
me OUT, it was fairly warm but die sea was
quite rough - not great Conditions, for a
beginner] We went to a beach near Land'*
En<J in Cornwall, i borrowed an old wetsurr
which was a bit small and tighL Kirk swam in
the sea next to me and showed me how to
balance on the board, and haw to keep the
sail vertical. It was exhausting!
4 GRAMMAR future forms
a Compkte the sentences with the correct future form 5 We some friends after work tonight.
of the verbs.
meet (an arrangement)
1 T'jB-gning to. travel aiound the world after my studies. 6 1 _____________on a diet after Christmas.
travel (a plan) go (an intention j
2 I_____________at a friend's house next week because 7 Look at Lhe traffic! I don't think we______________on
they're painting mine, stay (an arrangement) time, arrive (a prediction)
3 I---------------__ the dinner tomorrow. 8 Hasn't he come yet? I________ _ him and see
make (a promise) 4 That what has happened, call (an instant decision)
][ for you?
looks very heavy. 9 ____________ out tonight? we / go (a suggestion)
I/carry {an offer)
b Complete the dialogues with the correct future verb 5 PRONUNCIATION word stress
form of the verbs in brackets. a Underline the stressed syllable in these adjectives.
1 charming 5 moody sociable
2 responsible impatient 9 aggressive
3 imaginative 7 ambitious 10 disorganize
d
4 unfriendly

b Practise th words in
.saying e a.

More Words to Learn


Write translations and try to remember the words.
Word Pronunciation Translation
age gup noun /eid3 gap/
generation noun /djcno'reiJW
kids noun (inf.) /kidz/
shape noun /feip/
close adjective /kbus/
cool adjective (inf.) JkuzV
bite verb /bait/
blame verb /bleini/
1 A I feel quite tired this evening.
make up (after an /meik Ap/
B Don't worry. I____'Itfrmke.___(make) us some
argument) verb
dinner and you can get to bed early.
pinch verb /pint]/
A Thanks. . ___________(11 lay) the table now or
wait until dinner is ready?
2 A t-Iave yon heard from the garage yet? LISTENING
B Oh, 1 don't think the car _______
Listen to a man talking about how position in the
(be) ready
family has affected his and his family's personality.
until Friday, at the earliest. Tick (/) the positions he talks about.
A _____________(I / call) them and check? 1 oldest child 3 youngest child G
3 A Wtiuld you like to play tennis with us tonight? 2 middle child 4 only child

B 1 cart'l -1______________(go) to the cinema. ] Listen again and write the adjectives he uses to
A That's a pity. What__________ _ (you f do) rnot
on Friday evening, then?
4 A Have you organized your summer holidays yet? , nols_
describe each person.
B Yes. We ___________(spend) two weeks touring himself:
Australia, although we don't know the exact dates or
places yet,
, not L
his wife: < h
A Wow - that_______ ______(be) great!
_,notm_
5 A Your exam results are terrible. What______________ his father r_______.___, b___________
(you / do) about it?
Listen again with the tapescript on p.75 and try to guess
B [ promise I____ _______(work) much harder die meaning of any words that you don't know, Then (heck
nest year. in your dictionary.
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Introductions PRACTICAL ENGLISH
I MEETING PEOPLE a take long to find a flat.
b to get back lo the [jflficc
Complete the dialogue.
e what kind of person the new boss will be.
Receptionist Hello, can I ' d lovely restaurant!
help e ioon find out.
f get a coffee?
I'm Bleanor Hope, the new Sales
Manager.
Receptionist Ah y«, Mr Foil's expecting you,
PluaSt! go in.
Mr Fell It's 2____________________ to see you again,
Eleanor.J____________________to Berlin.
Eleanor Thank you, Mr Fell. It's a great city.
Mr Ml

Eleanor
Mr Fell

Eleanor
Katherine

Eleanor
Mr Fell

Eleanor
Is certainly is. You've *____________
Axel Pulz, ray assistant, haven't van?
Yes. Hi, Axel.
And, k-t me s
you to
: Mercer, our European
Marketing Manager.
*___________ do you do?
I low do you do? We've
7____________________
a lot about you.
All good, I hope!
And *____________ is Ann Harris.
She's our new graphic designer.
Great to9__________________ you, Ann.
And you, Did you have a good
la____________________
from Paris?
Eleanor Vfes, 1 did, thank you.

2 SOCIAL ENGLISH useful phrases


Match the sentence halves,
1 1 was wondering [H 4 It won't
2 Well, you'll 5 Why don't we □
3 Whau D 6 I have
3 READING
a Read the first paragraph and complete the
headings witfi verbs from the list.

Be Keep Learn Dress Ask Wark


Take

b Match the sentences lo the headings in a.

People always remember first


impressions. And when you start
a new job the impression you
make can have a major impact
your future success with the
Organisation. So flow Can you
improve your chances of making
a good first impression? Here
are some tips.

positive
notes
appropriately
full days
people's names [
a good
questions _!
attendance record
You probably won't remember everyone's
name by the end of the first day, but you should
learn the names of every member of your team
as soon as possible.

Ask for help or information when you need it.


It's always better to ssi than td make a mistake
and do Something

Q Try tg wear the same sort of clotty as your


colleagues - you shouldn't look too smart or
not smart enough.

0 Unless you have a photographic memory - and


not many of us do - make notes an a LI the
things that you need Lu understand.

Q Especially in the First days and week; of a new


job, get ta work early and oWt Leave before
your colleagues.

fl Show your eithusiasm for being part of the


organization. Try to look happy, even if you're
feeLing stressed!

£] Ifs important to come to work every day. UnLe$s


there's an emergency, or you are definitely not
well enough to woid, you Should try to get to
work every day.
When a man tells you he got rich through hard work, ask him 'Whose?'
Don Marquis, US writer

1 VOCABULARY money
a Complete the sentences with the correct verbs.
1 I don't have any change; can you _kflfiL me two euros? (lend / borrow) (saved / wasted)
2 I____________my money on that book; it was very boring. 3 1 can't

. a new car - Vm broke, ^afford / pay)


_ us too much for our meal, (cost / charged)
________the money I gave you? (owe f pay back)
a lot of money in her new fob. (earns / wins)
_____ some money from the bank to buy a new car.

£5,000. (inherited I invested)

b Complete the advertisement with words from the list.


tax save mortgages take out loans salary cost charge
4 Thu restaurant.

should bank with

South & West pic


5 When can you
6 She___________
7 1 peed to___________
(lend / borrow]
8 When my aunt died I.
OUR ACCOUNT SERVICES

Current account - open a account and get a card you cam


use to ■____ta^<- SUi . cash from
our nwny cash machines or when shopping. And if your company

Why
pays your 2 _..___________directly
into the account, we don't
i _____you anything for
the account DF (or the debit caid. Term Deposit account - if you
want to *_______ money,
why not use our deposit account?
The typical interest rate is 5.25%
and if you keep over €2,000 in
trie account, it won't
5 _________you anything.
OUR FINANCING SERVICES

Personal *_......________- we can


Lend you money for that new ear, a holiday, computer ... up to a maximum oF €5,000.

7___________- do you need to


buy or build a house? We can help you finance your new home at one of the Lowest interest rates on the market.

OUR EXTRA SERVICES

Do you think you pay too much


*___________to the
government every month? Wliy not talk to out specialists - they car help you pay less.
c Complete the sentences with the correct preposition.
] My sister borrowed £500_________
OUT parcnlv

1 Would you lend money-------------


your best friend?
3 Whose turn is it to pay__________
the drinks?
4 1 don't spend much money
_____clothes.
5 You can pay___________cash or
_________credit card.

2 READING
a Read the website and choose the best word(s) for each space.
1 her (his)

makes
2 asks
lets
3 each other another
themselves
4 makes does
5 coin note
6 have join
7 afford pay
8 fill in fill up
9 month
10 wait
becomes
cash earn.
buy Rll

by month monthly wait for waiting

b Read the website again and tick {■/) the best summary.
1 If you're a member of
Trade!>WAl\ you can gel p;ikl
for your skills,
2 If you're a member of TradeSWAPs,
you don't have lo pay as much for
jobs as non-members.
3 If you're a member of TradeSWAPs,
you can cooperate with other
members.

i Student's Book p.147 Vocabulary Bank


What is
Imagine two people, Mark and Laura. Mark is a
qualified plumber, and needs to find an accountant
ID da ' ■"' end-of-yeat accounts. Laura is a

TradeSWAP
qualified accountant, and wants a new bath roam.

The TradeSWAPs website J them get in


touch with ' _________and exchange theit sfcills.

How is TradeSWAPs different from just phoning a professional?


Money is valuable, and we all need more of it; for
holidays or a new car or house. What *_____________
TradeSWAPs different is that it's a 'money-free' system
for the exchange of skills. There's no need far bank
loans, credit cards, or s _ . It's a win-win
situation - Mark gets bh accounts done, and Laura gets a new bathroom, and no money changes hands!

TradeSWAPs Why you should

We want to make your life easier by giving you access


to professional people who want to exchange skills
with you. So ff you have a job that needs doing, you
don't have to wait until you can 7__ it -
you can get it dDne today!

How to join
Just click here and «____________our online form,
which asks for your personal details and a list of your professional skills. You'll need to pay a small
9____________________
subscription, and you get access to
our complete database of fellow professionals. When you need hdp with anything from building work to legal advice, enter your
request and U> an email - if s as simple as that.
J GRAMMAR present perfect and past simple
a Circle the correct answer.
1 My best friend ^inheritedy/ has inherited a lot of
money last month.
2 We have used / used the same bank for the last ten
years and don't want to change.
5 Have you paid I Did you pay back the money yet?
4 ] \tnyV I have taken £100 yul of the cash machine this
morning.
5 Have you ever had / Did you ever have problems with
a friend about money?
(i Pve called /1 called the bank yesterday and they are going to give us the Joan.
7 The company hasn't given / didn't give us a pay rise
last year.
8 When did she borrow / has she borrowed the money
from you?
9 We oiiJy parked / have parked the car an hour ago but
they've charged us for two hours!
I i\ i have never owed / nevier owed money' to the bank.

b Complete rhe dialogues with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
. your camera?
. you.
1 A How long.
(have) B Not long. I.

. it about
two months ago. (buy)

2 A I_________shopping at the new mall on Saturday,


________yon__________there yet? (go, be)
B No, I . . time yet.

you
anything? (not have, buy)

3 A My parents. . each other for 55 years -


since thty were eight years
old! (know)
B Where they

________? (meet)
A At schooL

in the same class, (be)


4 A |im .1 tlfiw More Words to Learn
Write translations and try to remember the words.
Word ' Pronunciation Translation
belongings
toothpaste noun .■■'tu:0peist/
digital TV. Tt .
wealthy adjective
him a fortune, (just /
get, cost)
B Really? I he
_ any money, (think, not have)
€10,000 give away (money, ett.)
you _?He verb /giv s'
on the lottery last week, (not hear, win)
you . give U£ [e.g. smoking) /giv \pf
5 A verb
own verb hunt
set up (e.g. a business] /set Ap/
verb
throw away verb /0K3O s'wei/
your homework yet? {do}
turn up (= appear, /ta:n Ap/
B Yes, ] it this arrive) verb
morning, on the bus to apart Ironi /a'poit fram/
sthool, (do)

Student's Book p.132 Grammar Bank 2A LISTENING


Listen to 3 man answering some questions about
4 PRONUNCIATION numbers a money. Number the questions in the order thai the
Circle and say the correct number. man answers them. A Have you bought anything on
1 i $23.99 iwcniy-ihrte dollars ninety-nine / the Internet

twentythret; point nine nine dollars
2 | 4''4 four and a quarter / s fourth
a
3 | 849 dglit hundred forty and nine i
sight hundred and forty-nine
4 [ 1,500 one thousand five hundred /
u
one thui^mid and five hundred
5 | 6.73 | six point seven three / six point seventy-three
6 | 0.5 | oh five / nought poini live recently? What? B Have you ever been robbed? What □
7 | 2'fr | two haires / two and a half happened?
C Have you ever lent anyone money?
b Write the numbers in words- What happened? D Have you saved up for
1 €7.50 sexsn euros fifty______________ something recently?
2 £999 Why (not)?
E Have you ever lost your wallet / purse?
3 14.5
What happened?
4 *i$ F Have you ever sold anything on the Internet?
5 IV, Why (not)?

6 3,842 Listen again. What are his answers?

www. o u p.conYeltyeng I ishf ile/ i ntermediate


Qnlv I «n change my life. No one can do it for me.
Carol Burnett, US adtess £ comedienne

Changing your life


1 GRAMMAR present perfect continuous with
for/since a Write the words and phrases in the
correct column.
six years 1992 Friday the last three days
ages a long time Christmas J last saw you
months and be was a child
months
for since
sixyair
s
3 A Dinner isn't ready yet.
ou t do)
B What_______________
for ihe last two hours?
A I________ (prepare) the vegetables!

b Complete the dialogues with the correct form of the


verbs in brackets.

4 A He doesn't look very happy.


a No, he___________________ (try) to
1 A Haven't you finished yet?
repair his computer all morning.
fl No. I'm exhausted! I . fclean)
________________________
2 A Have you finished that report? 5 A Why are you moving?
B Not yd. I. . (work) on B We
it for three days. _______________(think) of
______________________
moving for a long lime. This house is too small,
c Circle the correct form. If both forms are possible, c Match the highlighted words to the correct deflnitio
circle them both. rewctrcline
1 How tang have you (known)/ been knowing your 1 satisfying
boyfriend?
2 to have a short sleep
1 She's gone / been going to the same hairdresser for years.
3 without shoes or socks
2 They've worked / been working in that bank since 2003.
1 a person who does something
3 He's slept I been sleeping since thTee o'clock] without being paid
4 How long have yon lived / been living here? 4 investigating
5 They've looked f been looking for a new flat for ages, 5 incredible, very good
6 How long have yotj had / been having your bike? 6 from the country, not the town

^j^ijflj Student's Book p.132 Grammar Bank 28 7 the noun from poor

2 PRONUNCIATION sentence rhythm


MY AFRICAN EXPERIENCE
a Underline the words you would normally stress in
Lucy Milts writes without T-sliirts but their passion
each sentence.
There ai« w many experiences for the game was amazing. For
1 How long has he been teaching here? available !hal I had great fun thousands of Ghanarai children
football is their life, a possible
2 She's been learning Arabic for five years. researching options for my gap
year*. Having always played sports, escape frewn poveriy
3 He's been working as a tourist guide since he Jeft here.
and especially football, I thought The weather was bailing so I
4 They've been travelling around Europe lor two months. teaching children to play football coached early in the morriijig and 1 in
in Ghana (organized by Cap (he evemrig to avoid tile midefey
5 We've been waiting for your phone- call.
Sports Abroad) mounded different sun, but after a while I didn't mird
6 What has she been doing since she moved to Peru? and amazing. llie. heat any more. During (he day I
went hone lo snooze, sunbathe,
7 I've been cleaning the house all morning. Initially I thought that a girl football
coach might not be respected, «read on the balcony, w 1 looted
h Practise saying the sentences in a. bui as won as I got to Ghana I round market! or went to trie
realized that I was vwong. I worked beach,
with the Young Schwcppes Football I loved Gnana because of its hidden
3 READING Qub in Nungui,. a poili died in ine bwuty, aid the warmth and
a Read the article and tick (i/) the best summary, city of Accra. ! coached under-12, friendliness ol die people. Being a
□ under-14 and under-D boys from
per rural families. The training
volunteer is sometimes really hard
because yoj get the Peeling flat
pitch was & dusty patdi of laid, and
D ta*is and goats used to cross the
what you are doins is not enough,
but it is very rewarding both for
pitch during matches! Many of the yourself and for the children you
boys played m bare feet and meet.

1 Lucy went to Gliana to learn how to play football.


2 Lucy went to Ghana to help children and get to

know the country.
3 Lucy went to Ghana because she wants to be a
professional football coach.

b Read the article again and mark the sentences


T (True) or F (False).
1 Lucy was worried about being a female
football coach. jr.
1 She had problems with discipline.
2 The football club she worked with was
well equipped. ' Many students in tfte UK take a year's break between finishing unrvervity ind
stamng work. They <*en iwd abroad during this 'gap year.1
2 She had plenty of free time during the day.
3 The heat was always a problem for her.
4 She was completely happy with her job.
4 VOCABULARY strong 4adjectives
They're f_ More Words to Learn
a Complete the adjective for5 each
She'spicture.
f_ Write translations and iry to remember the words.
6 It's t_____ Word Pronunciation Translation
apes noun feipst

social life noun lair/


tourist guide noun /'tuarisi
the tube (= the London
Underground) tju:b/
noun
deep adjective
Lri:tid/ ill-treated adjective
/'trivial'1
trivial adjective apply
for (a job) vtrb
H*------^ rescue verb
—- /teik Liiim rjf/
take time off verb

LISTENING
1 She's r errified
3 Listen to a woman talking about some of the topics in
2 He's a________ exercise 4 on Student's Booh p.lS. Number the topics
in the order she mentions them.
3 He's*________
A a club she's a member of
b Complete the sentences with a strong adjective. L B something she's learning to do
Can i borrow your coal? I'm freezing ! C (he make of car she drives

2 A Is James's flat big? D a sport she does


E an important possession
B Big? It's____________! It's 300 square metres.
3 The weather's been____________all week] It hasn't L_
stopped raining. F a friend of hers
4 I've been working hard all day, I'm _ Listen again and complete Hie sentences.
5 Can I have another cake? They're_____________ 1 Oxford is good for cycling because the roads are
6 The film was____________! We loved ii.
2 5he likes cross-country skiing because you don't see
5 PRONUNCIATION sounds many 5 She met her frienci from Norway on a
mountaineering
a Match ihe words to the correct sound.
1 tiny d\ 3 grcaL □ 5 exhausted Zl
4 Her most important possession h ___
2 furious ZH 4 boiling Q 6 starving 5 The British Mountaineering Council gives members
a b c d e f
S The problem with her car is that it is

Listen again with the tapescript an p.76 and try to


guess the meaning of any words (hat you don't know.
Then check in your dictionary.
b Practise saying the words in a.
MuLtiROM
I Student's Book p.lS8 Sound Bank

www.oup.com/eit/englishfiie/intennediate
A good traveller has no fixed plan;.
Lao Tzu, Joo&t phibsopber

1 READING
a Read the text and find the answers.
1 Which airline is more expensive, LAB OT AeroSui?
2 What's the cheapest way to get from the airport to
the city centre?
3 What's the best time to travel on a Flota bus?
4 Can you travel intercity on a Micro bus?
5 What are the three disadvantages of travelling by
lorry?
6 Can you get anything to eat on a tren expreso?
7 Why is tten rapido a stTange name for this kind of
train?
b Look at the highlighted words in the text. What do you think they mean? Match them to the correct definition.
1 a place -where traffic can be stopped
by officials checkpoint
2 go down
3 before you travel -----------
4 most important ----------------
5 a thing you can choose ----------
6 things carried by plane, ship, or train
7 arranged to happen at a particular time ----------------
8 there for you to use ------------
Getting around in Bolivia
How you choose to travel in Bolivia largely depends on
how mudi time and money you have - the more money,
the less time you need to spend travelling!
Lloyd Aereo Boliviano (LAS) has frequent and travel the secondary routes. The
flights between many large cities within smallest buses are micros, and they do the
the country, A LABPass allows you foui local routes.
flights between the main cities. If you want to travel very cheaply, you
You ran also fly AeroSur which has a can catch a tide on a lorry tfiomitin), but
better service but higher prices. The main be prepared for a slow and uncomfortable
air terminal is La Pdz El Alto airport. You trip. Some lorries have scheduled
can get a bus or taxi into the centre of La departures and will accept reservations,
Pai - a taxi will cost about £6-SO, the but you can also wait (or one at police to a week in advance. Next, trie express
bus is only about $0,50. checkpoints outside some towns. train, known as ten expreso. These have
first and second class seats, and a dining
Tip! For smaller buses and fatties, car. The third option is the tren idpido
Hotos, the long distance buses, are warmly. The high altitude means that the (the fast train), which isn't fast at all as it
generally newe; r in better condition, and temperature can drop very low at night
stops at every station. The fourth train is
navel the main r&ads, Reserve a ticket in the tren mixto {the mixed wain), which
advance, and plan to travel by night on TRAIN carries, passengers and cargo . Because it
the very long routes so That you can The best train is (he fenabus. not always is so cheap, if irregular, many of the
sleep. Smate buses are called buses available, but it is fast, usually reliable, 3rd poorest tiavdlers use this to jransport
comfortable. You can buy tickets up themselves, their luggage, and their
animals,
2 HOW WORDS WORK howtong + take
Complete the sentences and questions with
words from the list.
Holiday Destinations Survey
We reveal the results from our reader survey of
get (x2) take (x2) took (x2)
takes (i2) long (x2) three popular holiday destinations.

1 In general, die London Underground takes


Why would you choose ...
about five minutes from one slop to the next. Rio de laneiro
Helsinki Wellington
(Brazil)
2 How_______does it_______to get to the centre by
(Finland) (New Zealand)
car?
3 It usually_______him forty minutes on the bus. It's exciting,

4 The train _ a long time to arrive last It's healthy.


Saturday because it was snowing,
5 How_______does it_______you to_______home in It's cheap.
the evening?
It's safe.
6 It_____ me twenty minutes longer to_______to
work, yesterday because of the traffic It's easy to get to.

3 GRAMMAR comparatives and superlatives It's relaxing.

a Correa the mistakes in the highlighted It's sunny.


phrases.
There area lol of
1 1 think tennis is more exciting as golf to watch
tourists.
on TV. more writing than____
2 In the UK toachesare much more cheap
the train. _______________________ b Write sentences with in Formation from the survey.
3 She's wearing the same skin than you.. I Helsink i / exciting / o f the thre e destin a tio ns
Helsinki in the least exciting of the three destinations. 1
4 My mother drives slowHer than my father Wellington / healthy f of the three destinations

5 Do the British work as harder as the 3 Rio de Janeiro / cheap / Helsinki


Americans?_______________________
6 My brother is a bit taller than I - 4 Wellington / not / dangerous I Rio de Janeiro

7 Paulo is most intelligent student in my class. 5 Helsinki / easy to get to t Rio de Janeiro

8 Today is the hotest day of the year. 6 Wellington / relaxing / the three destinations

9 This is the worse restaurant I've ever been to. 7 Wellington /.sunny I Helsinki
10 It was the more boring journey I can 8 Helsinki / not / have / tourists / Wellington

remember,
Student's Book p.132 Grammar Bank 2C
4 VOCABULARY transport and travel More Words to Learn
Complete the sentences and definitions. Write translations and try to remember the words.
1 where you pick up youT suitcase after a flight Word Pronunciation Translation
baggage reclaim Exit (sign) noun /'eksil/
1 where you wait for a train______________ ferry noun /'feri/
2 you get this when you park illegally___________ scenery noun /'simsri/
3 At the check-in desk they give you a boarding security noun /si'kjusrati/
service station noun /'S3TVIS 'steijn/
5 you need this to travel on a train, biiii or plane tunnd noun /■tAnl/

convenient adjective /kan'vkniant/


in cities is often 30 mph in whole adjective /haul/
6 The speed _
the UK. LISTENING
7 what a car needs if it's not diesel.
| Listen to a woman talking about aspects of dangerous
8 the opposite of take off__________ driving. Tick (/) the subjects she talks about.
9 a verb which means go from one place to another' 1 The speed limit for motorways should be lOOkm/h. □
2 Cydisfe area? dangerous as car drivers.
3 Slow drivers tause as many accidents a fast drivers. C
10 the place where you board your plane .
4 Drivers shouldn't use any kind of mobile phone. D
J1 bag£, suitcases, etc--------------------
5 Speed cameras don't stop accidents.
12 you can have a window seat or an_____
.seat ;' listen again and answer Hie questions.
1 Why is it dangerous to talk on the phone?
I Student's Book p.148 Vocabulary Bank 2 Why is it really dangerous to send text rnessages?
3 How do slow drivers cause accidents?
5 PRONUNCIATION sounds 4 What do cyclists often rot do?
a Match the words to the correct sound. 5 Where do some cyclists cycle?
1 cyde, aisle, fine E 5 public, ru&h, luggage ■: Listen again with the tapescript on p.76 and try to guess
2 seal, speed, reclaim □ 6 coach, motorway, road CH the meaning of any words that you don't know. Then check
in your dictionary.
3 fast, park, card □ 7 railway, gate, take off □
MultJROM
4 limit, ticket, trip □ 8 travel, crash, carriage □

b
1

CAN YOU REMEMBER...?


Complete each space with one word.
| Where___________your sister work?
5 /skvuta/
left my
b Write the words. Q When I got home I realized I________
1 Mart/ mobile at work. Q A The
2 /d33:ni/ phone's ringing.
B___________I answer it for you?
3 /helrait1' ______
| ____________you put the car in the garage yet ?
c Practise saying the words in a and b. ] She's___________learning Spanish for three years.
1 His new film wasnt as good___________the last one
I Student's Book p.157 Sound
Bank
vwmoipxam/elVenglishfile/intermediate
In the office PRACTICAL ENGLISH
1 REQUESTS AND PERMISSION 3 READING
a Complete the requests with the correctIX
form of a verb in the list. L«J iuiDW.LUGbiDork.nrg/suruey
help send call take use work.
| This week's question
1 Do you think you could work
B HELEN As I understand it.
this Saturday? What do you
1 Can you give me a________
tomorrow? l_ think of office gossiping is just talking about
someone behind their iwck -
which can't be good. It
3 Could I________your computer this divides people
afternoon? Mine's not working. □ gossip?
A report by the Working AARON Gossip K great and
4 Would you mind .
email about that? n Relations Partnership
recommends that employers
in my office it travels even
quitter than email
should see gossiping at work GRAHAM Gossip is file
n as a good thing, not a waste providing it's not about you!
of time. We asked you what [. □ STEPH A good social.
you think. atmosphere is important.
4 Is it OK if I______
Friday off? However, gossiping can
L nnrnncr people's careers - and
_____me theie'i no way of knowing if
6 Would you mi nil ifs true or not
with this report? [ P JOSEPH In my opinion
_ people are paid to work, not
b Match the requests and responses.
to swap stories.
a I'm sorry, but we really need you. b I'm 1 LUKE I am the only man in
sorry but I need it. What's wrong with art office full of wninen and
yours? the constant boring gossip is
c Sure. What time shall I phone?
d I'm afraid I can't just now. Maybe Joe
—4CIB w
a real problem. They spend
the whole day chatting and I
can help you, e Of Wurst.1 not, f find it hard to wnterltrarte.
Yes, of course. Shall I come in at
ten o'clock;
a Read the text about office 'gossip' (when people talk about other
2 SOCIAL ENGLISH useful phrases people and personal things at work). Tick {</) the people who say
gossip is OK and put a cross [Jt) next to the people who say it's bad.
Complete the dialogues.
1 A Have you found a job? b Complete these sentences with names from the website.
B No, I hnven't s__________looking yet. Srcpli
says thjt office gowip can endanger people's carters.
2 A Do you like The Rockets*.
thinks that women gossip too much,
B Who? I've never h__________of them.
thinks that gossip tan make people separate into groups.
3 A Can 1 speak to Miranda, please?
says that people shouldn't be paid for charting to
B ]__________a minute, HI call her,
each
B thinks that gossip is a very fast way of communicating
5 A H. information.
4 A I'm really tired. thinks that gossip isn't a problem as long as you're not the
. me get you a cup of tea. _ one being talked about.

do you like your new job?


M Nut much. But I haven't been there
long.
When a man opens the car door for his wife it's either a new car cr a new wife.
Duke of Edinburgh husband of Queen Elizabeth II

1 READING
a Read the text. Mark the sentences T (True) or
F (False).
1 Americans arc ruder now than 20 years ago. _L
2 People are ruder in the country than in cities. ____
3 Most people said they speak loudly on their mobile
phones in public places.
4 Many people think that technology h making
us rujtr.

5 People are more stressed now than years ago.


6 On Amtrak trains there is a carriage reserved for
mobile phone users.
b l-ookatthe highlighted words. What do you think they mean? Check with your dictionary.
c Complete the sentences with the highlighted words.
1 A lot of modem technology is designed for individual
use, far example iPods,
2 ___________talking loudly on their mobiles, some
people also interrupt conversations to take a call.
3 Mobile phones are very useful.___________, they can
also be very annoying.
4 We should all improve our manners___________
everyone can live together more happily.
5 Almost everyone has a mobile phone,__________
not everyone uses it every day.
d Underline five other words or phrases. Use your dictionary to look up their meaning and pronunciation.
The fast, high-tech lives of Americans have had a big
effect on American society. Bad manners and behaviour
have become typical in our hurried world, from angry
drivers to loud mobile phone conversations in public.

Many Americans believe that manners manners. Computers, iPflcts, and


have got vrarse and official figures mobile phoies take us away from
confirm this. In a recent survey, nearly face-to-face contact, as well as
70% said that people are ruder than also being very annoying in public
they were 20 or 50 years ago. This « places. 'All of these things result in
true of both large and small towns, a world with more stress, more
although 74% of those living in cities chances (or people to be rude to
said that people have become ruder, each other/ said Peter post an
compared with 67% in rural areas. instructor on business manners.
However, few people believe that But what can we do about it?
they have bad manners themsehres! Some people would like to see a
For example, only 8% in Ihe railway carriage reserved for
questionnaire admit they have ever mobile users, so that the rest of
used their mobiles in public in 3 loud us can travel in peace and quiet.
or annoying way. In fact, one American trail
company, Amtrak, Jia; banned
mobile phones in one carriage of
Many people blame new some trains, which is called a
technology for our changing 'Quiet Car'.
1 GRAMMAR must, have to, should (obligation)
a Circle ihe correct option. If both are possible, circle them both.
Some useful for tourists to
^M You (should),' have to always
carry
an umbrella. British weather
is very changeable and rain is
always a possibility.

A If you want jo ask someone a


question in the street, you. must / A, You shouldn't t don't have to leave A, When talking to British people you
should say 'Excuse me!" to attract a tip in a restaurant but if service shouldn't/ tip n't have to ajk very
their attention. has been good, 10% extfa is a personal questions (like How much
normal amount to leave. do you ewn?) as some people might
^% You must I Should drive on the left!
think this was rude.
A ff you are sightseeing in London,
you must t should buy a Travel card ffi You must /should go for a trip an
which gives you cheaper travel on the London Eye. The tfiew of London
trains, buses, and the London from the lop is magnificent.
Underground.

You mustn't / don't have to


smoke in any public building, it is
prohibited by law.
A You must / have to wear a seatheit
at an times

A You mustn't / don't have to pay to


visit most museums and art galleries.
Entrance is usually free.
b Correct any mistakes irt ihe highlighted phrases. 5 I must stay in bed yeslcrday as 1 didn't feel well.
Tick {/) the correct sentences.
1 My mother is -i mirst and she often <ih»uld work (i You don't have to park here. It's 'no parking.'
weekend*.
shejftm hsi..m work
. Li nil look int.- to tht
2 You should to have a rest. You look exhausted. airport.
3 In the future everyone will must speak English and 8 People mustn't answer their mobiles when they are
Chinese. talking to someone.
4 Do yuu have to wear s suit and tie at work?
i Student's Book p.lJ4 Grammar Bank 3A
3 VOCABULARY mobile phones More Words to Learn
Complete the sentences. Write translations and try to remember the words.
1 If you want to send a message 10 someone, you can Word Pronunciation Translation
_______them. guests noun /gests/

2 When you call somebody and they are already talking, disgusting adjective /dis'g/istin/
the line is e__________or b___________ mad (crazy) adjective /mad/
3 When you finish a phone call you h ______ up. complain (about sth)
4 If you want to call someone, you first have to verb
d__________their number, by pressing some keys. do (sb) a favour verb
/kam'plern/
5 The sound your mobile makes when someone calls you is
/du: a 'feiva/
a r__________t___________.
step
pouron
(a (sb's foot)
drink) verb
6 If you phone someone and they don't answer, you can verb
u _ b___________later, /step DEI/
swallow verb
translate (into) verb
7 You must remember to * _ n --------------your
/trams1 fert/
mobile when you go into a theatre or concert hall.
3 If you call someone and their mobile isn't on v you can
leave a m__________on their v___________m LISTENING
_________________
O Listen to a man talking about using mobiles phones.
9 If you use your phone when you are driving, you must What does he think?
use a 'h__________f__________* phone, 1 Hc doesnpt mind people who use mobiles in public D

10 If you want to dial a number quickly, you can use 2 He hates people who use mobiles in public

sp__________dialling, 13 Listen again and complete the sentences.


t I think you should_________________________from
4 PRONUNCIATION sentence stress, phonetics other people when you're talking an a mobile.
2 It doesn't really_____________Tne, but same people
a Underline the words which you usually stress in these
sentences. find it very_____________
3 As_________________________I know, you mustn't
1 You must tala* your passport or identity card when
you go to Italy, use a mobile___________________________in a tar.
4 Switching off your mobile in dass is just____________
2 We should call the restaurant to book a table.
3 You mustn't park your car on the pavement. 5 I suppose people _
4 Children shouldn't watch more than two hours' but it can be very . . to listen to!
television a day.
Listen again with the tapescript on p.76 and try to
5 Do you really have to work on Saturday? guess the meaning of any words that you don't know.
6 You don't have to be a member to play at this club. Then check in your dictionary.
7 We had to buy a new tar last month. MuMROM

b Write the words,


1 /'msnaz/____manners 4 /"bin/ _________
2 /'rriAsnt/ . ___ 5
3 /'jodm/ ___________ 6

c Practise saying the sentences in a and the words in b.

\ Student's Book p.157 Sound Bank


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Wrth my sunglasses on, I'm Jack Nicholson. Without them, t'm fat and I'm 60,
Jack Nicholson, US ocfpr

Judging by appearances
1 READING

Emoticons
a Read the text. Match each emoticon to the correct
description. Tutu the book to the right to see the
faces!
1 4
=:-) m a 7 (>)
D
The word emoticon conies from a combination of
2 5
B-) a :+) □ two words; emotion and icon and it is a sequence
3
:-){ n □ of characters that is intended to represent a
human face and its appearance or emotion.
a bald e wearing glasses
The basic form contains eyes [: ], perhaps the nose [
b big nose f with a beard
- J, and the mouth, which can be happy [ ) ] or sad [ (
c with a moustache g straight hair
]. PeopLe also add hair, heards, glasses, etc.
d curly hair h with a long beard
depending on the situation. In the West emoticons are
b Match the highlighted words in the text to the written from left to right, so the hair or eyes are
synonyms and descriptions. normalLy first followed by 5 nose and then the mouth.
If you put your head on ore side, towards your Left
replace shouLder, you can recognize them more easily.
1 to substitute
An early example of using text to represent a face
1 put information in a newpaper or on appeared in the New York herald Tribune in 1953 to
TV to make people buy something advertise the film Uti: 'Today - You'Li Laugh :) Vou'll
2 in pJace of, in preference to cry :( You'll love <3 Lit}'.

3 simple People from East Asia often use a style of ernotkons


known as verticons (vertical + icon) or 'kaomoji' in
4 connected with money
Japanese, which literaLLy means 'face Letters'. You can
5 magazines with picture stories recognize these emoticons 'straight on', i.e. without
2 letters, signs, and symbols U5<;d turning your head to one side. The style of these
in writing faces is similar to the styLe in Japanese anime and
manga comic books.
6 the way that something is done
Nowaday5 peopLe often use enioticons in emaiL
c Read the text again and mark the sentences T (True) messages but people shouldn't use emoticoris in more
formal situations. One reason fs because some
or F (False).
programs automatically replace emoticons with
1 EmoLicons represent human emotions. _Z_ images, for example, one man was discussing his
2 Err) oti cons should be read from left to right. department's financial plan by email with his boss. He
wrote 401(k) in his emaiL (k - £1,000), but the
3 You should always draw the nose first, software automaticalLy replaced (k) with a pair of lips
4 A newspaper used symbols as faces in the 1950s. ____ giving a hig kiss, and
thafs what his boss saw
5 'Kaomoji' are Japanese comic books. instead of 401(k)!
6 Asian emoticons are read from right to left
7 Some computer programs auromatkaJty delete
emotkons. ____
fl It's a bad idea to use emoticons in more formal
messages,
2 HOW WORDS WORK look or look b Complete the police descriptions according to the pictures.
like!
Correcl any mistakes in the highlighted
phrases. Tick {/) the correct sentences.
I 1 look my older brother. We're both tall
WANTED!
and dark. look like Our first suspect is male, in his
1 This looks like a nice hotd. __________ L____fofe twenties or *. ________
3 You look happy. Have you had some good thirties, medium 3_________________ (about
news? ,---------------- 1.7 m) and 4___________________
, because he
4 He's 35, but he looks Jike older. ofterr goes to a gym. He has
5___________«_____ hair,
5 That shirt looks awful. Take it off!
and a
7___________________
which is very in colour.
6 What's the matter? You look like worried.
He has a

The other suspect is female, in her

3 VOCABULARY describing people a


Complete the sentences.
1 No, I don't think he's 48, He1* only in his
e arly________forties, around 41 or 42.
2 YOUT hair is over your eyes. You should ask
your hairdresser to cut your f
_____________________________________
5 A What does he 1_ _ like?
B He's tall, with blond hair, and quite good
looking.
4 He had very little hair for years but now
he is totally b____________
mid-10___________________ar possibly youngei,
5 No, we're not fat, but we're boih going on
perhaps 21 or 22. She is "
a diet because we*Te a bit 0 _---------------
{about 1A m) and a bitlI____________________
6 He's in his m____________-fifties -
She has i' ______, «___________
probably ahout 54 or 55. |5__________________
hair that is in colour.
7 When she was young she had red hair,
If you see either of these people, you
but it's completely g____________now
shouldn't approach them because they a
that she's in her sixties. re very dangerous. Please contact your
8 She wears her hair in a pony nearest police station.
t_____________
9 She's very tall and s_____________She
Students Book p.149 Vocabulary Bank
looks like a model.
10 My brother's hair isn't Straight, it's long 4 PRONUNCIATION -eigh, -aigh, and igh
and w_____________ a Circle the word with a different sound.

tight bright
overweight sight . high
eighties might straigh weigh
light neighbour t
b Practise saying the words In a. 5 GRAMMAR must, may, o
might, can't (deduction)
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8 I don't know
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who that man
and try to
over there is remember the
hut he words.
___________
Word
Gina's husband.
Translation
3 It. wig itoun /wig;1
be a Roman
embarrassed adjective
hideous adjective
masculine (opp,
feminine) adjectiv?
plate, but I'm not
proud adjective
4 Thai be the ___________________
vain adjective
/nn'bserest/

make an effort verb


_be renew (a passport)
same man - he looks verb
"hldiw
completely different! /vein/
5 Look. He. verb /ik'&pekl/
the doctor. Open the door. /meik an '
6 I don't know where |iin is.
He____________be at the
LISTENING
gym. He sometimes goes
] Listen to someone describing two famous people and
be(x3) rain answer tile questions. 1 Where is the man from?
there after work. 1 How old is he?
3 Whit does he look like?
b Complete the sentences with must, might / may, or 4 What does he do?
can't and a verb from the list. 5 Where is the woman from?
earn feel have 6 How old is she?
7 What does she look Lite?
1 You've been at the gym all morning. You must be tired!
8 What does she do?
2 It __________today- Those clouds arc quite dark.
□ listen again to died your answers. Who do vou think
3 She _________four children - she's only twenty! Hie two people are?
4 Jane railed her final exams. She____________awful!
Listen again with the tapescript on p.76 and try to
5 I'm not sure where Juana is from. Bui from her accent guess the meaning of any words thai you don't know.
Then check in your dictionary.
I think she________ ____from Peru or maybe Ecuador.
6 lohn's in hospital? That____________true-1 saw him MultiROM
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Richard Ninon, former US President

If at first you don't succeed,...


1 C BAM MAR can, could, be able to b Circle the correct form. If both forms are possible, circle
them both,
Name: Susan Philips Date 1 He (can) j(G able jo) cook really well became he used to
of Btrth: £3/05/71 work in a restaurant.
2 To work for this airline you must can / must be able to speak
English fluently.
3 I'm really sorry I couldn't / wasn't able to come to your
party last Saturday.
4 If it doesn't rain, we can I we'll be able to go to the
Qualifications: mountains tomorrow.
j Degree in German with 5 I've been so busy I haven't could I haven't been able to call
Marketing (1994) ■j
him yet.
Masters in Business
6 I used to can / used to be able to speak a bit of Russian but
Administration (1999)
Work Experience: I've forgotten it now.
j 1939-1991: Trainee and operator with IBM, 7 If we had a bit more money, we could j would be able to buy
London, a 1994-2000: Assistant then Marketing a better car,
Manager,
IBM Beiiin. 8 1 hate not can / not being able to tell my boss what I really
□ 2000-present: Managing Director, DVB think of him!
Marketing Services Ltd, London. 9 He could / was able to talk when he was only eighteen
Other Skills: months old.
□ Intermediate computer programming: 1990 10 Can you / Will you be able tr> help me tomorrow?
Q Typing certificate: 1993
11 I'Ve never could / never been able to dance very well.
Q Spanish - basic certificate: 2001
□ German (fluent) L2 To live in the country you need to can / be able to drive.
D Driving licence:! will be taking my
driving test next month Student's Book p. 134 Grammar Bank K

Hobbies & Interests:


LJSport, especially tennis and badminton
□ Learning languages - I hope to start Russian
classes next October
a Complete the sentences with the correct form 2 PRONUNCIATION sentence rhythm; sounds
of can, could, or be able to.
a Underline the words you would normally stress in these
1 Susan can playhaHmintnn sentences.
2 She . type when she started working 1 She won't be able to come tonight.
for IBM Berlin.
2 I've never been able to play chess well.
4 She 3 She can ski better than me.
She____ speak Italian.
write computer programs 4 We weren't able to find the restaurant.

since at least 1990. 5 111 be able to meet her family on Saturday.


. speak Russian. 6 We can't understand a word he says.
5 She'd like_________
6 She. speak Spanish when she was 7 We could meet in ihe centre of town.
with IBM London, 8 I'd like to be able to travel more often.
7 She___________drive a car very soon.
b Match the highlighted words to sounds 1, 2, and 3.
1

1 He caii. play the piano.


D

D
2 I can't hear whal you're saying. D
3 Where can we $it?
4 My brother can't swim, but I can
5 She'd like to be able to ski, but she can't. LJ
6 What languages can she speak?

c Practise saying the sentences in a and b. ' Students Book p.158 Sound Bank

3 READING
a Read the ten tips about running in a marathon.
Which give advice for before the race? 2=_______
Which give advice fur during ihe race? li------------
b Read the ten tips again and mark ihe sentences T (True) or F (False).
1 If you have an injury, you should stop running. _3L
2 Buy a pair of new running shoes especially u>r
the race. ___
3 You shouldn't run far the day before the race.
4 Spend the day before looking round the city.
3 If you don't have a shower on the day of the races
you may become dehydrated,
5 Have a Test every five miles or five kilometres. ____
6 It's a good idea to start the race fast snd then
slow down. ___
8 You shouldn't cat a lot the day before the race.
9 You should drink ;i little water at regular intervals. —
10 Don't arrive too early for the start of the race.
■ i'J, Split the race into 'chunks' in your
-',v.rtr mind, Concentrate on each five-
mile or five-kilometre section, so that you
feel you are making progress. Instead of
running 26 miles, you just have to run five
miles five timesi

-j'', Run at a steady pace thai you ",/fr


know you can maintain, Don't get boo
excited at the start - if you set off
too fast, you'll suffer later.
YouVe done your training -now ^ '. Have a gentle run Hie cfay before 1
the big race. Two or three miles will not o' > Eat a large balanced dinner in
you have to run the race. Here ■ w &

affect your energy reserves and it will f- preparation for the race. This
are our top ten tips to help you relieve any pre-rece nerves you may be could include protern, carbonydrate,
succeed In any big city feeling. and sortie fat. A nice dessert would be
marathon. fine. No alcohol!
» ', Resist the temptation to spend
j ',1? determined to finish, your ' ■v^r tne whole day before the race A■, Don't drink too much during the
mind needs to be as strong as your sightseeing or shopping. Ift easy to do r race. Vbu should si p water at
body! Don't jive up unless you haw an thas at the big city marathons like London every stop but not too much. Never try
injury. Of New Vbric especially if you go with a glucose supplements if you haven't used
partner, iate it easy ttie day before. them before in training.
o v Check all your gear cajieftjlly tires .
•' or four days before tne race. Ttien 5 Havs a shower the morning of the , Wan how to get to the start of the
4 rt

you'll know you haven't forgotten r marathon, This removes body oiis r race CBrefLilly and arrive at least
anything. Don't wear any new gear, and helps the body stay cool, which is half an hour before so you have time to
especially shoes, important to prevent deriydratfon. warm up properly.
4 VOCABULARY -ed{-ing adjectives More Words to Learn
a Correct the incorrect adjectives, Write translations and try to remember the words.
1 1 didn't know anyone at the party so it was very Word Pronunciation Translation
boring /weiv/
wave noun
2 He was very disappointed when he failed. ____
nwed adjective
3 Working in a shop is very tiring. ___________
determined adjective /dt't3:mind/
4 This match is very excited . ___________
properly adverb
5 She felt very embarrassing by ha mistake.
carry on verb /'kseri oxv
6 I can't go by plane - I'm frightened of flying,
give up (= stop
trying) verb
7 Arc you interesting in foreign films? ___________ improve verb /im'pruiv/
H He felt frustrated because he couldn't speak the manage
scream toverb
(do sth)
/skriim/
vcrli
language. ---------------
/teik
b Circle the correct answer.
take up (a hobby)
1 She didn't know they were planning a party for heT verb
hirthday and was very (surprised;'/ surprising. LISTENING
2 My grandmother gets terribly tired / liring if she does
; Listen and tick (/) the questions that the man
too much. answers.

3 It's very worried / worrying as we haven't heard from n
him since he went to South Africa.
1 Apparently their holiday was very bored / boring. □
2 You must be excited / exciting about your new job.
4 Tell me more about your time in New York - it's very □
interested / interesting,
1 The news today is so depressed / depressing.

1 Can you wok?
5 I felt so embarrassed I embarrassing when I couldn't 2 Have you ever taught anyone to cook?
rememher her name. 3 Are you good at it?
4 When did you start to learn?
5 Wliaf s your favourite recipe book?
6 How did you learn?
7 How often do you cook?
8 Was it easy or difficult to learn?

; Listen again. What are his answers?


5 HOW WORDS WORK so Listen again with the tapescript on p.77 and try to
guess the meaning of any words that you don't know.
Match the sentence halves. Then check in your dictionary.
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1 I was so tired
3 I'm frightened of flying

4 I was so disappointed with the restaurant CAN YOU REMEMBER...?
5 I didn't want to speak to anyone

Complete each space with one word.
6 I was so worried about the exam

a so I always travel by car.


u I've had my car____________three years now.
How____________have you been living in Iran?
b (thai) [ studied until 3.00 n.m.
c (that) I went straight to litd. □
d so 1 took a taxi,
e (that) I never went there again.
T so I turned off my mobile.

D It's the. beautiful city I've ever been to.

Q You___
Q She___
I'd love to be
. touch that! If 5 dangerous.
. be forty! She only looks about thirty,
_______to play a musical instrument
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I HOW TO GET THERE 3 READING

PARIS
Complete the dialogue.
A How do 1 ' gi£____to the Pompidou

\$ to take the metro.


;
B The best w
■ Getting Around
The best way in get around s on foot or it is on fool, particularly to feel the
line 1. A
How many J s by metro, at least until you become atmosphere charge slightly as you go
is it? familiar with Hie bus routes. Free maps Irpm aiiund'tis&nent \a artondiwment.
are available at [he Gare du Noid railway However, driving iri faris is only for the
fl Kive or .six, I can't remember exactly.
station and other metro or train stations, brave or mad. The easiest iwy ro get a
A Do 1 have to * c______lines! Buy i Poris Par AnomSssemen^ ilhe uwi in Paris is 10 find a rank at tram and
B No. It's direct. Parisian A-Z) from any of trie kiosks at large metro stations. The white light on
s metro ententes, This useful liBle twk the roof indicates ifie taxi is free. You
A Where do I get o_______?
lists Every street by tirtondisiemenl don't have in tip tan drivers but they
B At CMlelct. You can walk from there.
{district) and has maps vfltti dear appreciate it if you round up the fane.
A How long doen it61_______f references. And you can always ask the Finally, several companies offer river
B About half an hour. locals for directions, of course. tours down (he Seine. It msy be a tounsty
The Paris metro is easy to use, dean way to get arcuntf but it's still fun.
A How 7 {_______is the metro from here?
and fast Follow sortie far the exit jnd
B About 15 minutes' walk. But I can give enrrespondance to change lines. Buy a II^IK , ^-.____'jr.---------
s camel of ten tickets to save money arid 1
you 9 1
Stamp your ticket in Hie machine before I^ . - _
A Thanks.
rr
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you gel on. The bus is also A great way to


travel witti 3 view, cince yoJ are familiar
2 SOCIAL ENGLISH useful phrases
Match ihe sentences.
with the routes. Remember to stamp
(tompostef) your tkkels in the machirkes

1 So whai do you think of it? E just after ywi get on. Cenlral Paris is

2 Wharfs it like? D
compact and the best way to gel to know Pi:
3 It s a pity there isn't a lift. □
4 It's a long way from your office.
a Read the text and answer ihe questions.
5 ! can't wait to see it.
1 What is the best way to get around Paris when you first arrive?
6 Are you on your own? 2 Where can you gel a free map of the city?
? I'll call you back, 3 Which book should you buy when you arrive?
4 How can you save money on your metro tickets?
a But it's near a metro station. 5 What do you have to do when you get on a bus?
b I like it! I think I'm going to take it. 6 Why is ii good to walk Jround central Pans?
c It*s small but very nice. 7 Does the writer recommend driving in Pads?
d No, I'm with the owner of the flat. 8 How do you know if a taxi is free?
e OK. Speak later. 9 Is ii necessary to give taxi cirivers a tip?
f That's true, but the exercise will be 10 What tan you do on tin? Seine?
good for me.
b Underline five words or phrases you don't know. Use your
g You can come with me tomorrow.
dictionary to look up their meaning and pronunciation.
We don't need no education. Pink
ftoyd, 'Another Brick in the Waff'

Back to school, aged 35


1 1

1
4 5 t 6
1 VOCABULARY education

1
Complete the crossword. 7
| 8

Clues across -»
3 You____to speak a foreign language. 1
7 The study of computers is called
technology- 11 SB
12 ___l_
8 A period of time that the school year
is divided into. H
9 The way of controlling pupils' behaviour.
1 ] The opposite of pass a test I exam.
"Tl6 f 17 IB
|
12 Mark for an exam (fcg. A, S, or C).
14 The person whose job is to teach in
19
w 1
a school.
21
] 6 After primary school you go la_____school.
19 A plan of classes, days, and times.
20 Pupils usually have lo_____homework.
22
1 _

21 Everybody wailed anxiously for the


22 The opposite of a state school.

Clues down +■
2 PRONUNCIATION ; A/or
1 To read or study to prepare for an exam.
a Circle the word with a different sound.
2 Another name for a test,
4 The study of numbers, etc.
5 Schools often have a board for
/ju:/ /ju:/
announcements, marks, etc compnter student much pupil
6 A school which has lcjts of rules is st_____ Innch study number usually
9 University graduate* have a d----- university uniform subject
result
10 The subject in which you study novels, plays,
b Underline the stressed syllable.
and poetry.
1 university 5 behave 8 primary
13 A school where you sleep is a____school.
15 The subject in which you study chemical 2 revise 6 discipline 9 professor
substances. 3 exam 7 secondary 10 religious
17 For example, to copy in a test. 4 uniform
18 The school for very young children (e.g. 1-3 years).
c Practise saying the words in a and b.

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Student's Book p.150 Vocabulary Bank
a Read the article and find the answers to these
questions as quickJy as you can.
1 Is information technology more or less important in
education than before?
more
2 Where does the word 'bios' came from?

3 What is a 'blog1? _
4 What are hlogs used for at universities;

3 READING
5 What does 1WIKI' mean?

The Internet and 6 Who puts the information On this kind of website?
education
ntil quite recently Silicon Valley and Its innovations 7 Why do students need to be careful if they use "Wilds'
had Little effect on teaching and learning. But when they study?
with the rise of the Internet, information tech
no logy is now beginning to have much more
influence on education. Two areas which are becoming
3 What is Wikipedia? _____________________________
more and more significant are 'blogs' and 'wifcis'. b Underline five words or phrases you doii'i know.
J
The word blog' is short for 'weblog'. A bLog is an online Use your dictionary to look up their meaning and
1
diary at 'tog of someone's Life, thoughts, or opinions.
pronunciation.
Anybody car create their own Jb(og' and blogging is
becoming extremely popular - type 'blog' into Google 4 GRAMMAR first conditional and future time
and you'll get OVST 500 million results. For educational clauses + whm, until, etc
purposes, academics, teachers, and students create blogs
a Match the sentence halves.
as personal online study sites: places to work together
and share information and ideas. Seme universities even
1 She won't pass her exams 3]
give their students and staff free space on a server to 2 I'll have to go to a new school
start their owri blogs. 3 She won't start primary school
Tikis' are website* where anyone can add content and 4 I think I'll go on holiday
make changes, so that the site becomes a group creation 5 As soon as 1 get home
- 'wifci' stands for IN hat I Know Is'. These site: can be a
6 Her parents will get her a present
valuable source of information and opinion for students,
though the information may not be totally accurate - a after I finish my exams, b if she
some academics refuse to use them. Perhaps the best- gets good marks, c I'm going to
known wild k the online encyclopaedia, Wikipedia, which do my homework.
has more than one milLion entries in over 100 languages. d unless she revises mtirt;.
Wikipedia is working hard to make sure that its e until she's four years old.
information is compLeteLy accurate, so students will be f when my parents move to Doncask-r.
able to use it with confidence, and there's no doubt that
it is an incredible resource.
b Circle the correct answers. More Words to Learn
1 He'll study history at university (if)/ until he gets good Write translations and try to remember the words.
grades. Word Pronun elation Translation
2 She won't start the class as soon as I until all the pupils nehaviour noun /brheivja/
are quiet. nell noun IbtU

3 I'll probably talk to my teachers before / if I choose my canteen noun /kan'tin/


exam subjects. effective adjective .Vtektiv/

4 We'll have lo wear a uniform when / after we go to slightly adverb /'siartii/


secondary school. do up (your coat) /du: Ap/

5 I won't leave early unless / if the teacher gives me


punish verb /' pA.mJ/
permission.
first of all /fs:st av 3:1/
6 Shell do her homework if / as soon as she gets home.
secondly adverb /'sekandli/
7 He'll be really disappointed if I unless he fails his exams,
finally adverb /'fatnahV
8 She won't go to secondary school until / as soon as
she's 11 years old.
LISTENING
c Complete the sentences with the correct form of the
verbs in brackets. Use the present simple or future Q Listen to a woman talking about schools and education.
{will I won't). Tick {/) the two statements she is responding to.
1 If ] don't write the date in my diary, I 'II forget____ it. 1 Private schools are usually better than
(not write, forget) state schools.
2 All schools should let children wear whatever
.. you _________the exa m again if you
they want,
ynu .-------
3 Girls study better without boys in the cla».
it? (take, fail) _ my homework 4 Boys stJdy better in a mixed class.
31
as soon as this
83 listen again. Complete the reasons she gives,
programme.
__________(do, end) l It's better if all children_________________________
_______very good, she
4 Unless her marks 1 It's
.for the parents.
3 It's.
. study medicine, (be, not be able ro)
for the children to
____home until he_____________at
. in the mornings
5 He________
4 Girts work belter____
university, (not leave, finish)
6 When 1____________my results I____ you
S If there aren't boys. I think girls
immediately, (get, call)
7 I_ ________and see you before I . to than boys.
Girls generally.
England, (come, go)
D Listen again with the tapescript on p.77 and try to guess
8 We _ late unless we_____ the meaning of any words that you don't know. Then check
(be, hurry up) in your dictionary.
9 Until I____________to my teacher I HhdtiROM
what subjects I'm doing, (speak, not know)
mync.
10 You______.______the exam if you_________
(not pass, not Tevise)

I Student's Book p.136 Grammar Bank 4A


Home is a place you grow up wanting to leave and grow old wanting to get back to.
John Ed Peons, US journalist

In an ideal world...
1 GRAMMAR second conditional if you won the lottery?
. you
a Correct any mistakes in the highlighted phrases.
Tick (/) the correct sentences. . this year.
I It she gets Hie job, she'd have to move to France. (retire)
he job__________ 6 We'll be very surprised if they________
2 Pd help you this weekend if I could, bul I can't. (gel married)
-SO
7 If there were more car parks, there____
3 They wouldn't sell their house, even if someone
rs them a million euros. . more
. another
much traffic, (not be)
4 If he doesn't like the job SO much , he wouldn't work 8 You'd meet more people if you_______
so hard, but he loves it. often, (go out)
9 If I have more time next year, I_______
5 I'd save a bil more money if I were yau , language, (learn)
10 [ f l had more time, I____________another language
6 If I could choose my job, IT] be a journalist. but I'm too busy. (learn)

i Students Book p.136 Grammar Batik 4B


7 If [ didn't have small children, Id travel more, but
they're too young at the moment,
2 PRONUNCIATION word and sentence stress
a Underline the stressed syllable.
6 We'd go to the cinema more often, if 1 armchair
we'd have the time. 2 chimney
3 residential
4 detached
5 terraced
6 balcony
7 garage £
cottage 9
inhabitant
1(1 suburbs
11 dishwasher
12 apartment
b Complete the sentences with the correct form of the b Underline the words you would normally stress in
verbs in brackets. Use the first or second these sentences.
conditional. 1 If you went to classes, you'd learn to swim in two
1 If [ didn't need the money. 1 wouldn't nscdl on months.
Samrdays. (not work) 2 I wouldn't work if I didn't need the money.
2 I____________you at the airport if you tell me what 3 If you wftnt to herd earlier, you'd tie-el better.
time the flight arrives, (meet) 4 She'd phone if she couldn't come.
3 [f you're late again, you____________your job. (lose) 5 We'd get there quicker if we took a taxi.
4 ]f she . _ so selfish, she would have more
c Practise saying the words in a and the sentences in
friends, (not be) b.
3 VOCABULARY houses 5 When we arrived we could see smoke coming out of
a Complete the description with words from the list. thech_________
jink centre walls gate garage washbasin 6 We used to live in a t__________house and we could
armchairs village bathroom path dishwasher hear every word the neighbours said. That's why we
shower garden coffee table bedroom*
laier bought a d_________house!
7 She went out onto the h to see what was
happening in the street 8 A
lot of people live in the s_ . and get a bus or
train into the city centre every day.
9 We need to repair the r _ because when it
rains, water comes into one of the bedrooms.
10 We much prefer living in the c_________to living in
the city.

i Students Book p.isi Vocabulary Bank

4 READING
This is a traditional cottage, with thick stone '.., _UB& ,
located in a quiet J____________although it is only a Read the article and tick (/) the correct sentence
40 km from the city 3________________
. It has a large
endings.
1 Grafton New Hall...
4____________all around the house. From the garden
a ha* just been built.
s____________, a wide 6_____
front door, ft doesn't have &
_ leads up to the
7_____________________
but there is
b will be built in the future. □0
C will never be built.
usualfy no problem with parking. Trie living room is small but D
2 The house is unusual because ,,,
comfortable, It is furnished with a sofa, two
a it's so big.
B_________ .. and a 9_____________in the centre of the
b it's so modern.

room, There are laige giass doors that lead into the back
c its design is very strange. □
garden. The kitchen is modem, with a new cooker, fridge,
3 The architects are famous for .,,

and 'o____________It has a double " .
a their country houses in England.
and lots of space for storing dishes, food, etc There is
b their town houses in japan.

also a smalll3 ......... on the ground floor, with a
c winning a competition. □
toilet, l3_____________________, and "____________The main
4 The four wings ...

bathroom, however, is on the first floor, as well as three
15____________________
a are used at different times of day. D
, one double, and two
b have enough room for four families.
c all have natural light. n
b Complete the sentences. 5 The master bedroom is designed ...

a Lo be light all day.
1 I live in a small t own of 100,000 inhabitants.
b to be light in the morning. □
2 John lives on the fourth f_________and there's no Hit.
c to be light in the evening. □
He careful of the si.
6 The furniture needed for Grafton New Hall

front door. You might fall.
a will cost more than the house.
4 We live in a lovely r_______
b will depend on who buys it, □
_s when you go out of the
c will cost less dian the house. □

area. The only problem
is that there's no bus service.
It may loot like a giant starfish, but in Fact it's an artisf's impression of Grafton New Hall, tfie futuristic winner of a Royal
Institute of British Architects competition for a nnodern English country house. It was designed by Ushida Findlay architects,
better known for ultra-modern lown houses in Tokyo. It's on extraordinary building which is unlike any other in England. The
house is designed to look os if it's growing oul of the ground; it is very low, and will be a I moil invisible from a distance.
c Now match the words to their definitions.
1 very rich super-nck
2 very unusual ___________
3 very big
4 very modern ___________
5 impossible to see
6 with very little furniture or decoration ____________
7 with no dividing walls

More Words to Learn


Write translations and try to remember the words.
Word Pronunciation Translation
(paint) brush noun /br\f/
entrance noun /'entrans/
rjatio noun ■"pajtiau..1
shutters rtouit /'jAtSZ/
extraordinary adjective Ak'stcxdnri/
huge adjective /hju:d3/
idea] adjective /ar'dial/
one-storey (house) /WAII 'str»:ri/
adjective
spacious adjective /'speifsa/
surrounded by /ss'ratfitdjd bai/
Iniiue. 'he diFfefences conllnue. The house has loui
wings, and each wing has a different role - sleeping, LISTENING
cooking and eating, relaxing, and entertaining friends,
The wings are designed to be used a! diffetenl times or ] listen to 3 man talking about his dreams. Number the
topics in the order he mentions them,
day, according to the position of the sun. The moin
bedroom faces [he sunrise, this open-plan living spaces A sport I i C travel ' E abilities

will be lit by the midday sun, and the swimming pool B work U D home Zl F cars
area faces tfie sunset, Fl listen again and answer (tie questions.
But so lor Graflon New Hall only exists as architectural 1 Where would he go? Why?
plans end an artist's impression. The house will not be 2 What car would he dioose? Why?
built until someone offers to buy 'I. 1' will cost about £4 3 What sport would he like to be belter at? Why?
milHon Jo build, and will be vety expensive lo furnish. 4 What job would he do? Why?
Haw much money is spent depends on who buys if and
5 What would he learn to do? Why?
whether it ends up as a technology-filled James Bond
1 What kind of house would he buy? When would he
home of □ <fH(nlrnaiist hideaway'. The most likely buyers
go there?
might be Manchester United Footballers, pop srers, '. T
sujKB|§ busine&speopb I Listen again with Hie tapescript on p.77 and by to
guess Hie meaning of any words that you don't know.
Then check in your dictionary.
b Look at the highlighted adjectives. What do you
think they mean? Check wilh your dictionary. MultiROM
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It's easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend,
William Blake, IStb century English poet

1 VOCABULARY friendship
a Complete ihe dialogue with the correct tense of a word or phrase from the list.
keep in touch argue know lose touch stay friends meet get on have in common

A Where did you'_______meet_______f


B At a golf tournament in Spain.
A How long have you 2 __________________
each other?
B For about ten years.
A Why do you think you }______________________________so well?
B Because we have very similar personalities.

B A lot of things, for example we both love playing golf.


A Do you ever 5______________________________?
B Mot much. We usually agree about most things,
A How do you *_________________?
B Usually by email and we phone each other occasionally.
A Have you ever 7_______________________________?
B Only for aboui a month when we bodi changed our email addresses and ftirgol to tell each other!
A Do you think you will always B_______ ______________
?
B Yes, I'm sure we will, I certainly hope so.
b Write the type of relationship after each sentence.

close friends colleagues old friends classmates new friends

1 We always do our homework


together after school. classmates
2 We used to play hockey together but
we don't see each other much now. ______________
3 We only met last month but we get
on very well.
4 We work togedier in the same office. ______________
5 We tell each other all our secrets.

Z G RAMMAR usually and used to


a Correct any mistakes in the highlighted phrases.
Tick (/") the correct sentences.
1 Did you used to wear glasses?
Did you me to wear 1 I didn't use to like Callum but now he's one of my
best friends.

3 I usually go swimming before 1 go to work,

4 He use to be very overweight but then he went on


a diet. Now he's very slim,

5 Did you use to argue with your sister when you


were little;

6 My wife doesn't use to drive to work. She normally walks or goes by bus.

7 Where before you came here?

you usually get home before 8.00?


b Complete the sentences with usually or the
correct form of used to, and the verb in brackets,
] She _Wfd tv gQ (go) to the cinema every week,
but she doesn't haw time now.
(«at out) but now we go to
2 We never
a rL-wtnurant twice a week,
3 We____________(visit) my parents on Sundays if
I'm not working.
4-----------------{you / wear) a uniform when you
went

5 1___
. (go) to the gym three times a
week, but not any more. I'm too busy.
6 He . (not like) children, but now he's
the perfect father.
~): I think a m not
7 A ____________(you / work) late on Fridays? We often use the word 'friendship 1 but what does it really
B No, today was an exception. mean? What is a close friend? We asked two generations,
8 He____________(be) very patient, but now he's male and female, to say what they thought:
really impatient. dose friend is someone you sure how to answer the
get on really wejl with, who question because 1 don't
___(they / go) to die beach a lot when helps you when you have really have any dose friends. I
they were kids? problem^ who gives you know a lot of people but
10 We. advice, and who aEways has mainly through work, and the
(not have) a iong holiday, but
i^iryou. I drdn'tuse to have sort of social occasions when
ibis year we're going to Australia for six weeks! I many dose fiends when 1 we meet are business
was at school or at university dinners, things like that, I think
as 1 was ^ery shyr but now i if you Come from a really
Student's Book p.136 Grammar Bank 4C have several. They are all dose family, which I do, then
women - 1 think it's difficult to friends are a bit superfluoui-
have a dose friend of the The little free time I have I
3 READING opposite set prefer to spend with my
a Match each text to a person A-D. family,
3:1 think a
dose friend is someone who |4 1: Far me
b Read the aTticle again and answer the questions
you've known for a long time, close friends aie the people
with A, B, C, or D.
and who you still get on with, you spend your free time
Who.,. They probably have simiJai With. I go out at weekends
hobbies tn you so you can do With a group of people -there
1 ... thinks that you can't have close friends
things together. I've got three are about seven of us, and I'd
who live far away? dose friends who I was at say they are my dose friends.
2 ... thinks that relatives are more important seconds ry schod with and The/te also people who live
than friends? we often go away together near me. \ don't thinfc you
(without ouf parents of tan have dose friend^ at a
3 ,., has more friends now than before? course). We either go distance, you need lo be able
4 ... thinks that close friends need to have a camping or We stay in youth to see each other often. But I
lot in common? hostds but somewhere we don't dwk you need to be
can RO wdking, pfey football, doing the same things, I
and be outside in the open mean I'm at university but
5 ... thinks that having friend* isn't a air. none of my friends are.
necessity?
6 ... has close friends who enjoy physical
activity?
7 ... doesn't think that women and men can
he close friends?
8 .,. doesn't have the same occupation as their
close friends? ____
4 PRONUNCIATION /s/or/z/ emails do you.
a How is se pronounced in these every day?
sentences? Tkk (/) the correct
column.
□ 2 We


D

r

n

1 I have two very close friends.
a
2 Hc-'s decided to do an intensive
course. □
3 He got a fine because he used his
mobile phone while driving.
4 I'm not sure what the cause of
the accident was, □
5 She used to teach but now she's
an author,

6 Can 1 dose rhe window?



7 Excuse mei Can you help mei
8 T promise I won't cell anyone,
9 The weather is getting worse.
10 Use your dictionaries to help you.

b Practise saying the sentences in a.

i Student's Book p.159 Sound Bank

5 HOW WORDS WORK get


Complete the sentences with the correct form of
get or a phrase with get.
1 Everyone got very excited when they were
watching the match.

very well with our neighbours.


In fact we are good friends now.

I____________the party quite late because I missed


my train, 4 How many
More Words to Learn Q Listen and tick (/) Hie three topics the woman talks about
t a friend she used to have U
Write translations and try to remember the words.
2 an actor she used to like
Word Pronuncmlioii Translation 3 a teacher she used to hate
reply noun and verb fri'plai/
4 a sport she used to play
useful adjective /'jmsfiJ1 5 a machine she used to use a lot
break up (with sb) verb /breil: Ap/
Q listen again and answer the questions.
get in touch with verb /get m UtJ wi6/ 1 When did she and Matilda stop seeing each other?
get rid oF verb /get rid svt 2 When did they lose touch?

get to know verb 3 Why didni she like the French teacher?
/get ts nao/
4 What happened as a result?
m&ke an excuse verb /metk an ik'skjuis/
5 Why did she stop playing squash?
realize verb /"ri:slatz/ 6 Why does stie now prefer tennis?
tend to verb /tend tit Q listen again with Hie tapescript on p.77 and try to guess the
wonder verb /'wAnda/ meaning of any words that you don't know. Then (heck In
your dictionary.

LISTENING MultiROM
5 He's quite shy but when you
. CAN YOU REMEMBER...?
him he's very nice. Complete each space with one word. V * "

6 I went to the Friends Reunited website because 1 I_____._______to wear a uniform when I was at school
Q This ___________be the way out There's an exit sign.
warned to try to_____________.--------with an old
Q______________you be able to come tomorrow?
school friend. Q Vou won't pass your exam ---------------you study harder.

7 1 . my old car and I bought a Q______________you go to their party if they invited you?
0 He_ ___to be very fat but now he's thin.
new one.
8 Can we stop playing now? I'm . very tired.
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A visit front a pop star
PRACTICAL ENGLISH
1 MAKING SUGGESTIONS 3 READING
Correct any mistakes in the highlighted phrases. a Read the text and answer the questions with the name of
Tick {/) the correct sentences. a group or singer.
Ben i What we are going ifi do this evening? Who ...
1 ... only asked for soft drinks? Tite Beatles

Sarah - Shall we to gci out for dinner? 2 ... wanted to spend some time
thinking in silence? _____________
Ben I have a letter idea, -'Let's see a film and then ;J,O 3 ... wanted to listen to music?
Out to dinner._______________________ 4 ... needed to dean some clothes?
Sarah That's a great idea. ■» What film do we see ? 5 .., was worried about their safety?
6 ... wanted to write to somebody?
Ben It's up Lo you. We can choose when we gel there. 7 ... didn't like a certain colour of food?
Sarah 5 Why don't we go to La Brasserie for dinner? 8 ... wanted to play their music in z
special room?

Ben No, we went there last time, h How about go to b Underline five words you doti't know. Use your
that burger place I Jifce?__________________ dictionary to look up [heir meaning and pronunciation.

Sarah I fancy Italian. 7 What about Bon Gusro? ROCK STARS' strange requests
When the Beatles first toured America in 1363 they only
asked for soft drinks backstage. But things haw changed, and rock
Ben Yes, s] | then?. It's expensive but the stars and bands now include long lists of demands in their
food's great. contracts before they agree I D perform.
The bard that started it all were O While flowers, white candles, a
Van Haletira 1980s American heavy CD player, and a TV. Also that
2 SOCIAL ENGLISH useful phrases nod group. Ttie slory goes thai one only Evian mineral water
part of the amtrad asked for A should be supplied. (Jennifer
Complete rhc dialogues with the correct phrase. bowl of MSMs ID be provided but A Lope;)
rh dll the brown sweets lemoned!
1 A What w Q.uld_ you I ifos ? O Champagne, homemade
Since [hen many major artists
desserts, and 12 Huffy towfc
B I think I'll have the steak. have become WEII known for their (Maiiah Carey)
requests. Here are some of our
2 A Have you finished?: tawouiie ones. O Dry-deaning services and lwo
B Yes, I'm ready to leave. Ifrnousines, and Diet Coke (but
O A rehearsal toom to practise in it mLBl be in cam, not bottles).
3 A That cake 1 . good before the show, which should {Elton tohn)
be decorated in Mad leather
B Yes, let's have a piece. with indoor plants. (Jane's © Vodka, red wire, 43 strong
Addiction) beers (which must not be
4 A Do you (hink you c_ American), A& botBes of
favour? O AT armour-plated Mercedes or mineral vntw, i kettle, eight
a BMW. and three leather local postcards with stam^
B It depends what it is! chairs and a sofa in the and eight pairs of wxks.
5 A I only wanl a salad, thanks. dressing room. (Whitney (Colrfplay)
Houston)
B A______y______hungry? Ludtily for concert orgaiiieis not
© A meditation room. (Red
everyone is so demanding, US
6 A Let's go out to dinner tomorrow. Hot Chilli Peppers)
singer Beck only needs rice cakes,
B H______o______. I've got a better idea. Let's go to hummus, water, and yoghurt!
iht cinema, then out to dinner.
There is more to life than increasing its speed.
Mahatma Qaadhi, Indian leader

Slow down, you move too fast


1 GRAMMAR quantifiers c Complete each pair of sentences so that they
a Complete the chart with the underlined expressions.
have the same meaning. Sometimes more than
one expression is possible.
1 I think people spend too much time at work,
2 There weren't any parking spaces outside the supermarket.
3 People eat too fast nowadays.
4 We don't have enough people for a game of football.
5 We only had a little work to do in the office today,
6 Very few companies have a canteen,
7 The weekend just isn't long enough to do everything, 1 There were too .fiat_____people at the psrty.
8 Lots of people go to work without any breakfast. There were nl________maitgh- people at the party.
9 Were Lhere niany people at the restaurant?
10 There's iiq time to stop for lunch - we'll have to eat a
sandwich.
Urge Small I^ss than Mare than 7.eio
quantity quantity you want / you want /
need
htsof too much not any
2 I only have _ . milk left.
L dtm't have . milk left.

b Complete the sentences with expressions from a.


1 The cpr stopped because there was ___UQ_____petrol in
the tank.
2 I think you spend____________time on your computer: it's
3 He has_________
bad for your eyes.
at all. patience with slow drivers
3 There were____________shop assistants and we had to wait
He doesn't have .
ages to be served. 4 Don't drivers, ________patience widi slow
. time to finish the
worry - you have.
exam - more than an hour.
5 You're driving____________fast. Please sloiw down,
6 There weren't____________people in cla.M yesterday - only
five turned up.
4 There ate . biscuits in the tin.
The tin isn't.
___for all the biscuits.
cars on the road
b Write a word from the list next to each definition.
doughnut rough naughty cough draught

1 ____________/kof/ verb to send air out of your mouth with


a loud noise, e.g. when you have a cold
2 ________/nxti/ ad) (for children) badly behaved, not
5 There were very . doing what an adult says
because of the bad weather.
3 _ _ /draifU noun a current of air (e.g. that comes
There weren't tars on the road into a room)
because of the bad weather.
noun a small round cake often with

t a hole in the middlt


adj no] smooth or level (e.g. your hands
■ after too much work)
2
c Focus on the phonetics and practise saying the words in b-

I Student's Book p.157 Sound Bank

lime to finish the job


6 There is too 3 VOCABULARY noun formation
today. a Complete the sentences with a noun formed from a verb
There isn't _ . time to finish the job from the list.
today.
argue inform discuss propose predict
imagine revise survive

1 The discussion went on for hours.


2 A writer needs to have a lot of___________.
3 There wasn't much___________on the notice hoard.
7 He can't buy the watch. He doesn't have 4 Scientists are pessimistic about the. of polar
bears into the 22nd century.
He can't buy the watch. It's for . for the match tomorrow?
him. 5 What's your _
6 I bad an with my boss and she shouted at me,
Student's Book p.138 Grammar Bank 5A
8 The council's.
7 You must do some more___________, The exam is next week!
. fot the new road wasn't popular.
2 PRONUNCIATION -ough and -augh b Complete the sentences with a noun fotmed from the
a Circle the word with a different sound. adjectives in brackets.
1 His decision to leave now is complete____irmdifff___(mad)
2 My____________depends on having a quiet, peaceful home.
S^
(happy)

brought Although bought taught 3 His____________to his brother was quite amazing, (similar)

thought enough through caught 4 The neiv airport is only a____________- the planners
haven't taken a firs&] decision, (possible)
enough tough daughter Idughcd
_______of people oppose the plan.
5 Only a small_____
(minor)
rj She showed great. . during the training course.
(able)
4 READING More Words to Learn
a Look at the text below, Based on the title of the Write translations and try to remember the words.
book, what do you think the book is about?
Word Pronunciation Translation
1 I low to lose weight quickly .■"bitbns:
2 How to cfiok interesting dishes
flavour noun
3 How to live more healthily
global adjective f'gteoW
b liead the text und check your answer
nnj.mii- titljecHve foi'gaenik/

tragic adjective /'trEd^ik/


aim verb .oini
The Slow Down Diet: Eating for Pleasure,
encourage verb /rn'kAnd;}/
Energy, and Weight Loss MKIV .IM: \vrh ta'kriis
by Marc David i iilju:^'

Our modem culture is very interested in doing as much protect verb /pra'tektf
as possible in the least amount of time As a result, most
people rush through life at a speed that makes a healthy
lifestyle impossible. We eat fast on the run, and often
under stress. As a result we not only lose most of the LISTENING
pleasure \ive might get from our food, but also damage
Listen to a man talking about ways of improving our cities.
our health. Many of us come to the end of the day
Number the topics in the order he mentions them.
feeling depressed and overweight.
U
In The Stow Down Diet Maic David presents a new way
to understand our relationship with food, encouraging us
to look lor quality ingredients and tc take pleasure in

eating. He presents an eight-viieek programme that
allows readers to analyze their, own connection to food, □
helping them get rid of old habits and any guilt they may A banning cars from city centres
have. He explains the disadvantages of all 'quick-fi*1 diets 6 car parking
and tells the truth about common myths, such as 'the C improving public transport
right way to lose weight is to eat [ess and eaerdse mone' 0 banning fast food restaurants
instead, he shows us strategies that help both the body
E building more areas for pedestrians
and soul, proving that a fuIF enjoyment of each meal is
the best way to a healthy body. Listen again and complete the sentences,

l I mean you can't ban a particular type of restaurant just

because the___________________________

for
2 People have to take____________
what they eat.

3 The best way to get it is to make


their cars at home.
park in
c Answer the questions. 4 Anyway, there's_____________
t Why is a heaUhy lifestyle difficult for many people? the city centres.
2 Do many people really enjoy their food?
5 It would make the city centre so
3 How do many people feel at the end of the day?
if you could walk around.
2 HDW docs Mare David want us to change our
relationship with food? 6 You could make pedestrian zones, with trees and cafes
4 How long does Ihc programme last? and places______ --------------------and read.
5 Does Marc David believe in strict diets?
Listen again with the typescript on p.78 and try to
6 What does the book say will happen if we really enjoy
guess the meaning of any words that you don't know.
Then check in vour dictionary.
d Look ill the highlighted wemk Whal Jo you think
they mean? Check with your dictionary. MuttiROM

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Men want to be a woman's first I we. Women like to be a man's last romance,
Oscar Wi!dt ftlh century Irish writer

Same planet different worlds

1 GRAMMAR articles: a j an, the, no article 2 PRONUNCIATION the: ifoi or /5i:/


a Complete the sayings with a, an, the, or nothing (-). a Circle the correct pronunciation.
1 Look after _ihs— pennies and the pounds will 1 The office gave me all the information
look after themselves. I needed. ttei
2 ______actions speak louder than_______words. 2 The local council has solved the traffic
3 It's_______ problem in the city centre, l&zl
4 _ time wails for no man. 3 The green top is very pretty, but t
prefer the blue one. f5ai
5 Don't worry - it's not_______end of_______world!
4 He didn't agree with the answer
6 That's______life!
given by the agent. /3a/ /5i:/
b Correct any mistakes in the highlighLed phrases. 5 The university decided to invite all old
Tick (/) the correct sentences. students to the rewninn. !bz! fbvJ
1 She's best boss we've ever had in this office. 6 The conversation was about the new
the bett_________________ neighbours. /6a/ /6i'J

2 He always comes home from the work at about six b Write the underlin ed words in the correct column.
o'clock. ------------------------------ 1 I thought their new bathroom was very nice.
:'. That's a beautiful jacket - 1 especially like the colour. 2 They are going on holiday together in two months' time,
3 Although 1 hate maths, I think it's worth studying.
4 1 left the school when I was !f>- 4 Thanks to the Internet, there are thousands of healthy
5 My sister's doing ii course to become a electrician . diet tips.
5 You'll never climb that mountain without the right
clothes.
6 Have you read the book I gave you ?

7 What cold dayi You would think it was; winter. 1


their thouvht
S Health and happiness arc more important than
bathroom
money._______________________
9 They usually go to the cinema about
twk:e i l i t month . _______________________

10 Did you see the press conference with


a UN president ? _^___________
c Practise saying the sentences in a and b, i
11 We're hoping to visit the Science Museum
the notl Friday.______________________ Student's Book p.157 Sound Bank

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3 READING
a Read the text. Which paragraphs (1-16) The differences
talk about these things?
home interiors U) be I ween women
clothes Q] D D and men
housework
technology
children
cars and driving □ □ Women understand colour. They
seem » know what to wear all
h Read the sentences. Which paragraph in the time. Men just think 'Red is
the text do they correspond to? nice, pink is nice, so why not have
them together?" Men have no
A Men need more CDs than women. ED
opinions about sofas and curtains
B Men are very good at sleeping . Men like IO have all their high-
when something needs to be done. LJ tech stuff (CDs, DVDs, etc.) on
show ro impress :heir friends,
C Men cannot do two things at the
Women like to hide things in
'-.in:.' time. cupboards.
D Men don't have much sense of Men appreciate tfie importance of
colour. D a -47-inch plasma screen television. Woman do not.
Women enjoy planning a wedding.
E Men aren't vain.
A man can choose and buy a pair of shoe* in 90 seconds.
F Women are good at caring Men «n drive without having to look at themselves in the mirror.
for children. D
Women remember ever^ outfit the/ have worn for the past two
G Men are very quick at shopping for decades. Men can't remember what they were wearing yesterday
some things. without looking or the floor next to the bed,

H Men don't understand things


unless you explain them very
carefully.
On being toid that someone has
1 Men don't care about home
bought a new car, women usually
decoration. ask what colour it is - men ask
what make it ii.
LJ
Women notice when the washing
] Women neveT forget important powder is going 10 run out and
dates. D buy some more, tftSft jus: say 'Oh,
we've run out of washing powder.'
c Match the highlighted words in the Women know instinctively what is
text to the correct meaning, dangerous or not recommended
for babies in iheir care, Men,
1 how much there is
generally speaking, do not
of something
13
2 without difficulty ___________ Women remember birthdays, anniversaries,
and appointments effortlessly.
3 a piece of doth that you
13 Men need everting explained IN CAPITAL LETTERS.
use to cover a window
K Men can put an infiniie amount of rubbish in
4 finish, be all used the bin without noticing it is full.
5 a set of clothes that you IS Men have the capacity to sleep through most sounds,
wear together especially the baby crying.
\6 Men cannot watch sports and talk to their wives at the same time.
4 HOW WORDS WORK connectors More Words to Learn
Tick (/) (he correct sentence in each pair. Write translations and try to remember the words.
1 a Men read a Jot of science fiction, whereas women Word Pronunciation Translation
prefer detective novds. gossip noun /'gosrp/
b Women are interested in fashion, whereat today a (linger) nails noun /neilz/
lot of men are too.
SOap noun
2 a lane works very hard. On the other hand, she's
very intelligent. Smooth adjective .'smiEtV

b Janr works very hard. On the other hand, she's sticky adjective /'Sttfci/
not very inteUige nt. d according to /:>'ka:djrj ta/
3 a According to my father, I look like my however /hiiu'eva/
great-grandmother. O
in general /in 'djensral/
b According to the weather, we'll either go out or
on the other hand /r>n 6i 'A&I hatnd/
slay in.
whereas /wear'aw!/
4 a When I woke up it was raining. However, the sun
came out later.
t> When ! woke up it was raining. However, it
LISTENING
rained all day.
5 a My job is really boring, and it's also very well paid. [ ] Listen to a woman comparing men and women's habits in
b My job is really horing, and it's also quite stressful. D two areas of life. What areas are they?

i Listen again and answer the questions. !


5 VOCABULARY verbs and adjectives + What kind of books do men like?
prepositions 2 What novels do they find boring?

Complete the sentences with the correct prepositions. 3 What kind of books doesn't the woman tike?
4 What does her boyfriend JiVe doing?
1 We were thinking of going to Australia on
5 Why isn't she typical?
holiday but now we're worried about, the cost.
Listen again with (he tapescript on p.TB and try la guess
2 Vm not very good _ waiting_______buses - I always (he meaning of any words that you don't know. Then check
get a taxi in the end! in your dictionary,

3 ' Is Sheila's job the same as yours?1 'No, I work _a MuttiKOM


secretary, but she's in accounts.'
4 He's very different--------his wife - she's interested
_____sports but he prefers listening_______music.
5 'What are they talking_______?'Tm not sure, but they
definitely disagree_______each other.'
6 I've written_______my friend and asked_______her help.

7 'Has he always been so bad


used to work___ a bank!'
S She wanted to go to Brazil, but she's afraid .
9 She's going to apply---------a job in the US.
10 'How are they going to pay _ _ their new car? 1
_ the bank.'
_ maths?1 'No. in fact he

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Ogden Nash, USpoel

1 VOCABULARY work

& Write the titles in the correct section of the job


advertisement.
Salary Responsibilities Position Training Qualifications Working Hours Opportunities
b Complete the job advertisement with words from the list.
multinational experience CV m-eharge of part-tune hours promoted earn overtime send in full-time
apply for
c Complete the job
interview.
A Position

Assistant Accounts Manager


~\ l & charge of the accounts for
the departmeirt.
_J This is a : job of 40
Interviewer Are you ■ n nemployed at the moment,
are from 9.00 a.m.
hours per week. The J________________ in a job, or studying?
to 6.00 p.m. but there will also be some Applicant I'm 2 i____________my final year
including evenings and weekends. ' a____________university, hut I also
D Degree in accountancy, Member °f a work part-time for a small company.
professional associfltion. Interviewer What kind of * c____________do you
7] Trainees will get ;
in have with this company?
both accountancy and financial management. Additions! Applicant It's just a51_____________one, for six
study is possible on a *_____________basis of three months, but 1 can 6 r____________when I
hours a week.
want, a* long as I give one week's notice,
Accountants can be permanent Interviewer And what kind of work do you do for this
employees with the company or self-employed, fti thts is
company?
a large 1 ____________company, there are opportunities
Applicant I'm 7 r____________for all its accounting,
to work abroad. You might gets_______________________to
including expenses and salaries.
Department Accounts Manager after one or two years in
Interviewer And do you have any questions for us?
the company.
Applicant Yes. Td like to know if you havi: a
| This varies depending on the age and
qualifications, but a recently qualified accountant would company pension plan and, if so, at what

»_____________between £26,000 and E35,O0O. age your employees normally


8 r____________I'm also interested in any
this position, please
If you would like to to______
____and a covering company health plan you might have ...

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letter to the address below.
2 READING b Mark the sentences T (True) or F (Palse).
a Read the text and lick (/) the advice the writer 1 A lot of people are still excited about their
would give this person. fobs after twenty years,

_JL
UU I've worked in sales and marketing for the
2 Changing your career is harder Than
past 20 years but Cm not happy with tny job.
changing your job, ___
How can I change my career? *\ 9i
3 You should ask yourself why you enjoy
your hobbies.
1 Go back to university to improve your
4 Your hobby will always be your perfect job.
qualifications.
5 You should look at the field you'd like to
2 Think about what you like doing and decide
work in, then the companies, then the job.
what kind of career you would like. □
6 Employers prefer to employ people with
3 Talk to your boss about a different job
qualifications than experience. ___
in tht same company. D
7 People are often afraid of changing their career
»l»fter twenty years in t mplayment, many people because they don't know what will happen.
& The expert suggests changing your job if you
>4r don't like going to work in the morning. They don'i love doing it.
want to be truly excited about their fobs But If s
difficult to change jobs and changing youf career is c Look at the highlighted words. What do you think
even harder, so take time to do it fight. they mean? Check with your dictionary.
You'll need to look at your Rid out all about it. Who
skills' and personal are the key- companies? 3 PRONUNCIATION word stress, sounds a
interests Connecting work After finding potential
to personal interests is the employers, you can start 6temporary
best way to find a thinking about possible
7university
.;ying career. What do jobs.
you really enjoy doing in However, it's very hard to H permanent
your spare time? Is it find full-time employment 9 promotion
saiifng, gardening? Why do in a completely different
you find these aerifies line of work You might 10 experience
enjoyable? Do you like need to go to evening
gardening because you classes for extra 11 resign
can be creative? Is sailing qualifications for your CV 12 scientist
fun because you like But employers prefer
visiting new places? It isn't candidates to have a solid 13 interview
always a good idea to ■ground in the field. 14 retire
make your hrjhbies your You might have to start by
15 apply
career because tfien you'll working part time or even
need to find a new hobby, for free to gain experience. Underline the stressed syjjable.
but knowing why you like Changing careers isn't
1 overtime
youi hobbies is very easy. People often find
important to knowing [hat 'the devil you know is 2 employee
which career you might better than the devil you
3 jnulrinational
enjoy. don't1 and prefer to stay in
When you know the a fob they know. But 1 4 unemplaymerit
abilities you enjoy using think life's too short to 5 psychologist
and have decided which spend a single minute
faid you'd like to work doing something you b Circle the word with a different sound.
in, it's time to get practical. don't love doing.
retire responsible resign scientist

salary contract manager apply

earn experience permanent work

1 overtime bos* psychologic job


accountant permanent actor foil-time 4 GRAMMAR gerunds promise giving /
and infinitives to give you a
a Match the sentence permanent
contract?
halves.
7 She's not very good
c Practise saying the words in a and b. 1 I don't at typing / to type.
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[2 5 including / to include a
letter with your CV,
He's
c Correct any
afraid of
mistakes in the
1 He highlighted
forgot phrases. Tick (/)
the correct
3 She would love D
sentences.
7 Why don't you try
1 She
4 I can't afford EH would to ret
8 Being self-employed like
getting
D
a job
a applying to smaller abroad
companies? ,
b can be hard work, prefera
c to tell the company he bly in
was getting married. the
US.
d getting sacked.
e to get a good job as 2 I've decided to resign
soon as you finish from my job.
university, 3 Don't
f travelling a lot for my accept
work, anythi
g to have more ng -
responsibility. you
h to accept a lower must
salary, go on
lookin
b Circle the correct
g for
answer. your
1 I redly enjoy ideal
job-
(learning)/ to learn new
4 We
skills. spent
2 She regrtts not going / two
not to go to university. month
s to
3 We find it easy intervi
training / to train new ew
employed. all the
candid
4 1 can't ates.
remember
sending in I 5 T
to send in h
e
the
y
application
form.
m
5 He's going to practise u
being / to be s
interviewed.
t
6 Did the company
i imposs More Words to o
n ible tor Learn
c me r
Write translations
r movin e
e g LO and try to remember
a
a the the words, d
s new
e "Word Pronunciation
office. a
Translation
8 To
t contestant noun /kan'testant/
wxrk l
h
at the industry noun /'mdastri/ o
e
comput t
judge noun
er gave .
s marketing noun /"maikrtttj/
her
a
back MP (Member of /cm pi:/
l 1
proble Parliament) noun
a 0
ms.
r sales noun /seuz>
y TV curies noun ■ti:'vi: 'siariiz/ S
h
t pretend verb /pn'tend/ e
o regret (doing) verb /nhgret>
seem verb /si:m/ s
a
o
t
m
t LISTENING e
r
a 0 Listen to a woman t
c describing her sister-in- i
t law's job. m
What's her job? What e
t doesn't she like about s
h it?
e Q lick (/) the things that t
she says. e
r 1 Her sister-in-law has a a
i lot of responsibility. c
g 2 She das to travel a lot. h
h
3 She sometimes has to e
t
spend a long time s
standing, ,
a
p 4 She sometimes works
1 3 Listen again
p at night with the tapeschpt on
l 5 She a I ways works in p.78 and try to
i the same place. guess the meaning of
c 6 She probably earns a any words that you
a good salary. don't know. Then
n 7 She ■sometimes has to check in your
t do exams. dictionary.
s 8 She usually works MultiROM
, with children.
6 He 9
gave up S CAN YOU
to h REMEMBER...?
study JI e
univers Complete each space with
one word.
ity h
after he a | It you don't hurry up,
got the s you______________________catch the tra
job, Q ( f I ______you. I'd buy
7 It's t a bigger flat.
Q Where did you___to live Q My brother's
before you came to London? _________________
Q You'll have to get a taxi. accountant.
Q I don't enjoy______TV,
There are_________________________
The programmes are terrible.
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1 GIVING OPINIONS 3 READING 6 Can you take photographs?
Complete the dialogue-Ann So a Read the advice and answer the questions.
now we need to discuss 5 What should you do in the afternoon?
l
who ws sJisuM.____employ. In my 1 Do you need to buy a map? 7 Do you have to pay for audio guides?
2 What should you visit firsts B What do you have to remember if
5
o_________, the best candidate is 3 When should you see the galleries you borrow one? Why?
Alan. What do you 11 f that most interest you? Why?
Bill Yes, * a_________ b Underline five words you don't know. Use your dictionary
Claire I'm sorry, but I don't to look up their meaning and pronunciation.
4 Where can you have lunch? Li MB
$ 3_________with you. ft P_
Pslris-Royil
r think that kck is more suitable. Musee dn Louvre
Bill Vm not so 7 s____ _.. I agree i

8
w_________Ann.
Ann Why don't we give them both a
sis-month trial? Then we can decide
who to employ permanently.
Claire g T a great idea.

2 SOCIAL ENGLISH Jartfin tits


On a practical note, there are toilets
Porte des Lions
useful phrases located on al! floors, and several shops
selling really good books, guides,
Complete the dialogue. Ann I love postcards, and souvertin, Photography,
V I S I T I N G THE LOUVRE ka
this painting. But ) don't know i tnudt surprisingly, is permitted
special experience, but you need to
about art. know where to start The first thing ID
You can borrow an audio guide tor i tee.
wHhkh is very useful and worth the
BiJ I Neither do I. But I know more than recognize b that iff huge and you
money. You have to leave a credit Card cu
you. can't hope to see everything in a day passport oi similar as security. There are
Ann That1* really 2__________ -so don't try. You get a handy map of several stalls offering audio guides, so you
Hie museum with your entrance ticket need to remember wfikti one you got it
Bill No, it isn't. You know nothing at all.
and it highlights the main attractions, from, as you must return it to the same
ksm Oh no! Don't 3________________round! such as the hiona Lisa, one to get your credit card or passport
back. The Louvre is organized into 'wings'
Bill Why not? * the matter? Yew can't visit the Louvre and not see the with names (Denon, etc) and the audio
Ann I've just seen Claire from the office. Mona Lisa, bul my tip would be to see it guides are at ihe entrance Su aadi wing
1
first - [hough you may liaw to run to (under the glass pyramid},
Bill You re *__________It can't be avoid the crowds! When you've done
Claire. thai use the plan to look fat iJie galleries finally, the easiest way to enter ttie
Louvre s via the Metro entrance, rather
Ann No, I'm sure it's her. that sound most interesting to you, and
..She spend ttie morning visiting them, when than from the street, as the queues are
Bill It's not a big *______ you have plenty of energy. Then have shorter.

knows that we're a couple, some lunch at one of tfie reasonably


Have a wonderful visit} ©
priced cafe, and spend the afternoon
Ann Yes, but she'U teli everyone.
relaxing and finding surprises without
* _____get out of here! looting at your map. The beauly oF any
museum or gafery is ptrsona! discovery.
Bill OK, let's go.
A woman is always buying something,
Ovid, 1st (eptury Roman poet

Love in the supermarket

1 GRAMMAR reported speech: 2 VOCABULARY shopping


statements and questions a Complete the texts with words from the Jtst.
a Circle the correct answer, complain queue bargain customers discount
1 Jane said that she will j(woulj)come chopping with us. manager receipt refund sales shop assistant
trolley till department store
2 He said me / told me thai he was at the shopping
centre.
I buy all my food at my local' supermarket because they i
3 I asked Cindy where she buy* / does she buy her
are very good to their t_____________I always check my
clothes.
a___________while I'm pushing my 4... -----
4 We asked the shop assistant how much it was I was it.
I back to the car, in case 1 have been charged too much, I
5 He told me that he haven't bought / hadn't bought
And the other day I noticed i had paid €3.00 for my
anything.
i coffee when it had a of 20% and should
6 I asked the manager whether / that the shoes were in
have cost G2.40. [ went back and found the person
the sale.
working on the *____________, who had taken my
7 She said that she had to go / must go to the market.
money. They called the person in charge and the
8 They asked me where I worked / did work. f____________said she would give me a *__________
9 I told 1 told them that I may / might be late. for all the €5-00 - so I got my coffee lor free!
10 My boss asked meifl can / if" I could work late last
night. I recently bought a DVD at a large *_______ . it was
on offer in the January "> and I thought it
b Change the direct speech into reported sentences
was a great ■ ■_____________But when I got it home it
and questions.
didn't work, I went back to the electrical department to
12____ _____but there was a long "_____________of
haven't people waiting at the After-Sales Service desk. I found a
bought any dothK H____________and asked her to give me my money
far ages,
j back, but she said that discounted products couldn't be
I returned!
We'll buy
our plane tickets an
the Intemet b Read the definitions and write the words.
1 you can buy your
newspaper here n_______------
1 She said friiflfJ she hadn't bouvkt any clothes
2 a shop which sells meat b----------------
2 I told her_____________________________________
3 two ways of saying a shop
3 She asked me . which sells medicines ch_ . or ph_

4 They said — 4 a large shop which sells


everything d_ . st.
5 The shop assistant asked me
5 a place where there aTC
6 I asked the man___________
many shops together s
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J PRONUNCIATION eonsoWant sounds: /g/r7d#7k/,/j/,/tJ/ a b Read the article again and match the sen tc
lice halves.
Write the words in the chart
1 Fake computer software ...
market chemist's shopping bargain butcher grapes \J
newsagent's vegetable manager guarantee changing ro&m \
queue cheese dishwasher complain Stationer's irnvtl
1 Fake toy* ,,.
agent's chalnstore goods
3 Buying something from a street trader ... Li
4 Money from the sale of fake j>«o Js...
5 take perfume ...
6 Fake cosmetics ... d

bargain newsagent's market shopping changing a means you have no consumer rights.
room b can cause skin problems.
c can be dangerous.
d ohen has a cheap label.
e is Uied ta pay FOT other criminal activity.
f sometimes doesn't work correctly.

c Complete the sentences with words from


b Practise saying the words in a.
1 A.
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the article.
4 READING Me
a Read the article and put the headings in the correct place. isn't authentic.
How can you identify fakes? _ is a problem with your skin.
Why should you avoid buying fakes? . problem is a problem all
What are the most common fakes?
3 A.
over the world.
<\ A ________ . is something which is
much cheaper than usual.
5 A-----------------is the part of a watch that
holds it oti your wrjjt,
(i __________aTe things for saJe.
D > If you are buying CDs or DVDs, be auspicious
of any with poor-qualily baxei no artist or
• Designer dothes, especially famous brands film name cm the disk itself, or no outer
like G JOT and Lacoste, plastic wrapping,
• Watches - tor example, a lake Rolex watch h
If you are unsure about A watcfi, look at the -
will cost as little as S10. takes will often feel and look cheap.
• Perfume and tasmelits - IE h *slimated Ehat
up lo \fM of perfumes and toiletries in the
global marketplace are lakes.
* The goods may be dangerous, from cosmetics
• CDs, DVDs and computer software, such as that an cause rashes to toy; that may cause
accidents.
Toys and sporting goods. * Quality may be low - DVDs may ha** very
poor sound, aid computer software may not
run (wrectly.
1
Be suspicious about bargains. If something s too * A Sot Of fake goods provide money for drug
good to be true, It probably ii! dealer and oBier organized crime.
1
Check labels and packaging for misspellings and * You may be putting people out of jobi
poor-quality logos. Poor-quality labels and because genuine manufatturers cant
Fake goods are a huge global problem. pactajjiiE on perfumes and cosmetics tan often compete willi criminals,
Technology has improved so much that indicate that the contents are not genuine. * Remember lha! if you da deride !a buy
H is easy for criminals to make 1
Take ertra care at street markets or in other someOiins from a streer trader, vcu will have
sophisticated topics of products. situations where il may be more difficult to get no rights, no after-Sales Service, no
in touch witti Hie trader after Ihe purchase. guarantees, and no consumer protection.
5 GRAMMAR reported speech: commands More Words to Learn
Change the direct speech into reported commandJ Write translations and try to remember the words.
and requests.
Word Pronunciation Translation
:o sign the credit card slip.
branch noun /brtKntj/
compensation noun /kDmpcn'seifn/
complaint noun /kam'pieint/
^oods noun /gudz/
Could you
guarantee ttoun /gseran'ti:/
sign the credit card ■■"kt-plnp.-
.agtop (computer)
slip, please?
noun
staff noun /staifl
deliver verb /di'liva/
in stock /m stok/
out of date /aut sv deit/

LISTENING
Listen to a woman answering die questions in the
Shopping questionnaire in exercise 6 on Student's
Booh p.85. Hark the sentences T (True) oi F (False).
1 There ire very few shops near her house.
2 Her favourite shops are shoe shops.
3 She always buys presents from the same shop. _____
4 She often goes to supermarkets.
5 She likes doing her shopping at lob of
different places. ___
6 She prefers shopping by herself.
7 She hates buying books and swimsuits. ___
3 She enjoys shopping in the sales.
9 She can often find something cheap at a
street market.
10 She has sometimes bought theatre tickets online. ____

Listen again with the tapescript on p.7A and try to guess


the meaning of any words that you don't know. Th$n check
in your dictionary
1 He asked me
2 She told me MultiROM

3 He told me _

4 I asked the assistant


5 She told me_____
6 I asked him________
7 He asked me

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A good movie is one which begins with an earthquake or a volcanic eruption
and then works up quickly to some kind of climax.
Sam Cotawyn, US Him producer

See the film...get on a plane


1 GRAMMAR passive: be + past participle a 2 PRONUNCIATION sounds
Write passive sentences using the tense in brackets. 1 3 Write the words next to the correct sound,
The film / direct / fan Dekker (present simple) The film b
script director cinema subtitles dialogue
directed byjaii Dckkt-.r. film trilogy writer island thriller
2 It / show I in cinemas next year (future, will)

3 It rained all the time die film / make / un location


(past continuous)

4 The extras 1 send to / the wrong place (present perfect)

5 Auditions f hold / all day (present continuous)


b Circle the verb with a different -ed sound,
1 /rd/ directed visited based
6 The film / dub I into other languages (future, going to)
2 III helped filmed replaced
3 /d/ dubbed played voted
7 The film ) make/ in France (past simple-:
4 /id/ destroyed attracted nominated

8 (t / base / on a book (present simple) c Practise saying the words in a and b.

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b Citde the correct form, active or passive.

New films events around them. Miriam Leigh

b
The superb soundtrack " composed /

plays / is played the part of was composed by tan Wiliiams who

Active Service Fran^oise, the young mother and the


part of Jean, the resistance fighter,
h
also i: wrote / was written the
soundtrack for last veal's No Return

plays / is played by Ralph Nevile, which ts nominated / was


Active Service is a new film which The film ? starts / is started in 1940 nominated for an Oscar.

i directed / is directed by Simon when France * occupied / was "This film H can see / can be seen at
Carter. It 2 shot / was shot on occupied by the Germans and ' ends cinemas all owerthe country from
location in France and itJ telfs / is / is ended in 1944 with the liberation Saturday and it L5 shouldn't miss /
told the story of two people during of the country by the Allies. The film shouldn't be missed.
10
World War II and how their lii/es has based /has been based
* change / are changed by the tragic largely on the novel by Rupert Harvey,

Students Book p.140 Grammar Bank 6B


3 READING
a Read the article. Hind three
advantages] and three disadvantages
of being an extra.
Advantages:

Disadvantages:

So you want to be a film extra?


b Tick (/) the things which a re true This week we talk to Rob Martin, who has written a book called You
about extras and put a cross (X) Can Be A Movie Extra. He also has a company. The Casting Collective,
next to those which aren't. which was fonned in 1999. His company finds work for 'extras',
1 Hxlras tan meet the star* of people who want to appear in supporting roles in films or on
the films that they're in. 0 television. He now employs 3,000 extras.
Rob says that people who have a more finance in London, but in recenl years
average appearance and don't stand I've seen myself in the films Tomb
out tend to get more work. He told us: Raider, Spy Gome, and Legally Blonde1.

□ 'People who ate covered in tattoos or


are realty fat or reaily tall are only cast in
It all began when 1 fancied doing
something really different and I always
more specific roles.' liked the idea of meeting film stars, I
applied for the role of 'Businessman

2 You can earn a lot of money


□ Working as an extra won't lead to an
Oscai nomination but Rob insists that it
wearing smart clothes' in Tomb Haider
and they obviously liked my pictures
being an extra. is an art form. 'The extras work very
because a month later 1 was on the film
long houis and there's a lot of waiting
3 Htople who Jook 'normal* get set. I only work as an extra for about
around . And then they'll suddenly be
more work than those who ten days a year but that suits me very
required to dance like craiy for a
look different. well. I'm already looking forward to
nightclub scene, and more often than
4 Extras need to be patient. seeing myself in the next Harry Potter
not they'll have to dance without any
fiim!'
5 Extras need to be good-looting. music, which I'm sure is very difficult!'
Another extra, Lucy Wallis, warns people
6 Being an extra is a full-time job-
So. what does it take who want to be extras that the job is
7 Being sin extra can be hard work, d
film zet
to be an eitra? often not very glamorous. 'I was once
paid f 100 to pretend to be dead for
4 Extras don't get the recognition Rob says 'You have to have a good the day, for an episode of the TV
they deserve. sense of humour and you have to be programme London's Burning'
able to get on with people. As an extra
Rob's book, which is packed with tips
c Match the highlighted words and ifs youi job not to annoy the stars,
about the film and TV industry, stresses
phra&es to the correct meaning. who always have a lot of pressure on
that extras have to be prepared for
them.1
] the studio OT place anything, He adds: 'Working as an erxtia
where a film is One of Rob's extras, Nobuko Slater, has doesn't pay very well, but it's unique
appeared as an extra in a number of and it's fun. And although they don't
2 attractive and exciting
big films, but he hasn't given up his day get much thanks for it, the extras are $
3 standing or sitting jab. He said '1 have a full-time job in major factor in a film's success - don't
doing nothing forget that!'
4 normal or typical
5 pieces of useful advice
6 wanted, liked the idea
7 make angry
8 is good or convenient
for
4 VOCABULARY cinema More Words to Learn
Complete the crossword. Write translations and try to remember the words.
'! I Word 1'ri in initiation Translation
film crew noun
4 5 film set noun
/film feru:/
/'film set/
9
guided tour WUH /'gaidid too/
10
I interpreter noun ■nrrrpnLV
nightmare noun 'nailiTic.1
11
m'athtaking tuljectiw /'breGLciknj
12
magnificent adjective /mitg'mfibint/
---- 54
i unforgettable adjective

1 destroy verb ■ di'sii."ii


15
[filmed) on location Sun bo'kv'i1,:

Clues across -» Clues down 4-


LISTENING
1 to record another 1the person who gives listen to a man answering some questions about the
language over the instructions t" the cinema. Number the questions in the order that he
original language actors and technicians answers them.
on a film A Can you think of a film that made you laugh a lot? B Do
4 the story; what
happens in the film 2the part or character you prefer seeing foreign films dubbed
an actor plays or with subtitles?
5 e.g, a DrsicuU Til in
3the voices, music, and C Can vfl" think of a film which made you cry? D
7 a film that continues Have you seen any reaily good films this year? E
the story from an other noises of a film
Can you think of a film which you've seen
earlier film 6 a film with & lot of
several times?
10 e,g, a film with space songs
F Have you ever met a film actor? G Do
ships visiting other 8 filmmakers often use you prefer seeing films on TV, DVD,
planets computers to create or in the cinema7
I I .i film rliat makes you special____
Listen again and answer the questions,
laugh 9 another word for
1 How did he meet a lot of actors?
(the film was) "shot"
12 a film with a lot of 2 When does he prefer to see a film in the cinema?
exciting sequences, e.g. 13 The Lord of the Sings
3 Why dues he prefer to see foreign films with subtitles?
with fast cars or a lot was based____a book
4 Why did he like Manhattan Murder Mysteries?
of people fighting by ]. K. R, Tolkien
5 What country is the film Manchuga from?
14 the actors in a film 14 all the people who 6 Why has he seen Crease so many times?
help to make a film
14 a particular sequence
Listen again with the tapescrtpt on p.78 and try to guess
in a film, usually shot 15 Gone With the Wind
the meaning of any words that you don't know. Then
in the same location was in the 19th
check in your dictionary.
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American Civil War MultiROM
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The real hero h always a hero by mistake; he dreams of being an honest coward like everybody else.
Umberto lea, Italian novelist

I need a hero

1 GRAMMAR relative clauses we


b In which two sentences in a could you leave out the
a Complete the sentences with a relative pronoun
relative pronoun?
from the list. Sometimes more than one answer is
possible. c Add commas to the sentences where necessary. Tick
{/) the sentences which don't need commas,
who which where whose that
1 The footballer, who had always liked Spain,
had decided lo play faT Barcelona. ___
2 Psyche which was directed by Hitchock is my
favourite horror film.
3 The man who lives next door has three
awful dogs,
4 The new stadium which cost millions to build
is already too small.
5 That's the restaurant where I had dinner
last Saturday.
6 My eldest sister whose husband is a lawyer
has an enormous house. —
we stayed last
7 Is she the girl that you used to go out with?
1 Look, This is the hotel
8 The village of Salzbmg where Mozart was
summer,
born gets millions of tourists every year. —
1 We'll buy the car
is the most economical. 9 Sean Cormery who used to play lames Bond is

3 I want to introduce you to a woman____ an active member of the Scottish National Party.

used to work with me at the BBC.


4 R«me is a city__________ history tan be seen
everywhtn:.
5 It's the film____ _____I've seen more times than
any other.
6 I'm going to stay with an old school friend
___husband is in hospital.

family is my cousin.
I hate dogs
___________________
7 The person . ________I get on with hest in my I Student's Book p.140 Grammar Bank 6C

hark (or no reason.


brother is an airline
9 Is "Jim the friend
pilot?
10 What was the name of the restaurant
had that wonderful meal last month?

2 READING b Read the text again and match words in the text to
the correct definition.
a Read die text and number paragraphs A-E in the
correct order. ___death
1 the noun from die
2 & written agreement between
The teenager who changed countries

world history 3 more or less


Tht assassination oi 4 an illness affecting ihe lungs
Fran7 Ferdinand was (he 5 a person who wants his people to
(Erect cause of the First World form an independent country
War, which started the sjunc
year, and which resulted in the 6 a person aged between 13 and 19
deaths of nine million 7 to kill 3 king, queen, or politician
soldias. The war ended in
19IS with ilic Treaty of 8 a group of countries governed by
Versailles, which was very Onecountrv
unfavourable to Germany.
This, in lum, resulted in
Germany going to war again 3 VOCABULARY AND PRONUNCIATION
in ] 939, a war in which
approximately 60,000,000
people around [he world lost
their lives,
p] For example, do you
know who Gayrilo PrinL-ip J_EI History lells us about
was? Probably not, lie was a famous leaders Kings and
Serb, born in Bosnia iu 1894 Queens, but what about the a Write the job for each picture.
and was one of nine children, greal changes which have 1 politician 2 c_
six of whom died when they beer caused by one jsniaII
were very young. Gavrilo's act carried out by a
health was alsc vary bad and relatively unknoiVn person?
he; KiifTerfrd from
tuberculosis Kc studied in I H So why is he so
Belgrade where he spent important? Well, Gavrilo
most of his time wilh Piincip is Ihc boy who, at
nationalists who wanted 3 ihe age of 19, assiLssinnl^
union between Bosnia- Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Her^govina jntd Serbia. He ill Sarajevo in 1914. Fran?
died when he was just 24 Ferdinand was going to be
years old. ihe next Au&tro Hungarian
emperor and ihc nationalists
wanted their country to be
independem from the
einpin;. After shooting and
killing tbe Archduke in his
car, Cavtilo was captured
by the police and sentenced ____ 6 a.
5 v_
to 20 years imprisonment.
Bui ht died in prison of
tuberculosis in !9|8,

LJ3 Tbe Second World


War ended with the Treaty of
Yalta in !<M5 which led lo ihe
division of Eastern Europe,
which eventually !ed to Ihc
conflict in Yugoslavia in the
1990s. Possibly no other
person bus had so much
impact on world history over
Ihc last century titan the
sickly teenager, Gavrilo
Princip.
b Write a word for each definition.
LISTENING
1 a person who works in films and the
Listen to a man talking about the painter William
theatre a ctcr_______ Turner. Complete (he notes
2 a person who is an expert in science S______
3 a person who directs an orchestra c______
Turntr rte was
bom in London in '
4 a person who plays music m__________ ht was
Exhibition at tne
5 a person who tells actors what to do d____________ 2__________________

6 a person who takes pictures with art often of


5_______
a camera p___________ ___, or
Vmi« and
7 a person who presents TV shows p___________
8 a person who makes drawings to
painting*. U ditd in
show how to make things d
London in B
c Write the words in a and b in the chart.
Stress on lit Stress on 2nd Stress on
syllable syllable 3rd syllable Listen again with (he tapescript on p.79 and by to
actor guess Hie meaning of any words tiiat you don't hnow.
Then check in your dtctionary.

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CAN YOU REMEMBER...?


Complete each space with one word.
d Practise saying the words. | There were very_______ people in dass

door and went out.


More Words to Learn
learn? to
Write translations and try to remember the words,
be late.
Word Pronunciation Translation I ait week. Only four or five.
choice noun /t^is/ Q He dosed _
hunger noun /"hAijga/ ] I; Han easy language
insult noun /"msAlt/ O She told the students
3 These photos_______
justice noun /'d3AStis/
poverty noun /'povsti/ Melinda Gates,_______
refuRee noun /refju'dji:/ doe a lot of work for charity.
. taken by my brother-in-law.
status noun /'steitas/
husband founded Microsoft,
racist adjective ^'reisisf
unlit-arable adjective /An'bearabl/
raise (money) verb fiea/
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1 GIVING AND REACTING TO NEWS 3 READING
Complete the dialogue with the correct phrases. a Before you read the text, re;td the sentences and mark
Maureen Hey, Pat, how are you? them T (True) or F (False).

Pat Fine, thanks, And you? Wht?n you write a business email you should ...
1 ... use long sentences.
Maureen Great. Have you. seen Jim lately?
2 ... always use small letters not capitals.
Pat No, hut yciii'l] i rteVeryue.ss whaL I heard
about him last week. 3 ... send 3 business email 'high priority!
Maureen What was that, Llien? 4 ,.. check your spelling and punctuation.
Pat He's moving to IDS Angeles! 5 ... use abbreviations (e,g, a.s.a.p. = as soon
as possible),
Maureen I don'L i
Pat 6 ... include emoricons (e.g. :-o) where possible.
Yes, I know he only started hin new job six 7 ... always use 'Reply to all* when you reply to an
months ago, but apparently he's fallen in email the boss has sent to everybody,
love and is going to marry an American
S ... check you STC sending it to the right person.
actress.
Maureen Ynp're 4_ b Now read the text and check your answers.
Pal No, it's true, 1 . you! I heard \\
from his boss, David Viner.
for writing business emails
Maureen Thai's * _________! I Use correct spelling, grammar, and punctuation Emails with
Pat Ft is, isn't it? But he's giveri in his notice at mistakes are difficult to read and can result in misunderstandings.
work and is leaving at the end of the month, And, it your program has spellcheck, why not use it?

I Donl owertise tlie 'high priority' option. If you do, it will lose its
Z SOCIAL ENGLISH useful phrases power when you really need it ft can also seem quite aggressive.

Complete the sentences with words or phrases Don't write in CAPITAL LETTERS. IF YOU WRITE IN CAPCTALS IT
from the list. SEEMS AS IF YOU Afi£ SHOLTC1NG. This tan be highly annoying
for the person you are writing to.
see you either would he &.1 all
come round felt4ike funny \ When you reply to an email, don't forget to include the original
mail in your reply because the recipient might lot remember
1 A Why did you leave early yesterday?
B 1___felt like getting away from all the noise Don't use 'Reply to all' unless your message really needs to be
and people. seen by each person who received the original message. Mot
everyone is necessarity interested in your reply.
2 A I went to Berlin last year.
In business emails, you shouldn't use abbreviations such as
B Thais_____ ._. Sodi dI!
BTUV (by the way) or emoticons (>)). The recipient rrtight not
3 A You muAt____________for a drink one evening. know what they mean and they are generally not appropriate.
B Thanks. That____________very nice, I Avoid long sentences. Try to keep your sentences to a maximum of
4 A Were you at the match yesterday? I didn't see you 15-20 words. Email is faster than letters and require? a different
there. kind of writing.

I And finally, check ttiat you are sending the email to the right
_ this weekend? penon. A mistake here tan be very embarrassing,
8 No, I decided to sLay in and have a quiet weekend.
B Yes, I was, but I didn't. 5
A So d idn't you go out _
We must believe in luck, for how else can we explain the success of those we don't like?
Jean Cocteau. French writer and artist
I READING

a Before you read the article, guess the answers to these JANUARY 8th everyone is rushing home

questions.
1 What's the most dangerous month of the year in Britain* - the most
a January b March c July dangerous day
2 What's the most dangerous day of the week?
Be careful on January 8th - itS officially the most
.i Sunday b Wednesday c Friday dangerous dag of the year. The insurance company
3 Whith of these days is traditionally considered unlucky? Hyperion has analyzed accident statistics and has
found that there are more insurance claims for
a Tuesday 13th h Thursday 13th c Friday 13th accidents on January &th than on any other day.
4 What's the most dangerous time of day? of the year! ^ for the weekend - while
Thursdays are the safes!
a 8.00 a.m. b 11.00 a.m. C 5.HO p.m. Accidents are certainly more day of (he week.
likely co occur at particular At what time Of day is an
b Read the aTlick and check your answers. times of year. One general accident most likely to
rule \s that more accidents occur? Analysis by the
C Read the article again and match the sentence halves. Health and Safety Authority
happen in winter months,
1 In 2G05, March 3rd GO because risk increases in bad found that people are most
weather. In 2004 and 2005 likely to have an accident at
2 When there's a new Harry Potter book Hyperion found that the worn 11.00 ajn.r whereas the
day was January 6th, with safest time of day is
3 January
293 motoring accidents between 400 and 5.00 a.m, -
4 Fridays are dangerous probably because most
reported to them. March 5nd
people are in be*
5 Friday 13th was statistically the safest
Finally, good news for
day, with only 89 reports. Six
6 Winter is dangerous Harry Potter fans. Doctors
of the ten worst days for
at the John Radtfiffe
motoring were in January.
a fewer children end up in hospital- Hospital in Oxford noted
It's obvious thai icy and
b seems to be really unlucky. that fewer thiidre" arc
snowy conditions are
c because everyone's in a hurry to get home. admitted, to the emergency
dangerous, but some other
d was the safest day of the year. ward on the weekends
statistics are more puzzling.
e because driving condition* are worse. when Harry PoUer books
A British Medical Journal are released. Casualties fell
f is more dangerous than February. report in 2001, for example, by over £0% when the )ast
found that hospital two books went on sale. So
d Match the highlighted words to the correct definition. admissions were always if you want to be really safe,
cist higher than usual on Friday you should read a Harry
1 danger 13th. Potter book in bed, at
But it is not only when around 5.00 on a Thursday
2 probable Friday falls on the 13th that morning, in summer.
3 numbers which give important it is a dangerous day. Four of
information the top ten worst days for
accidents last year were
1 difficult to understand Fridays - perhaps because
> happen, take plate d
people who are hurt
7 hurrying
S a section of a hospital
2 GRAMMAR third conditional 3 PRONUNCIATION word stress; sounds
a Complete the sentences with the correct form of the a Write the words in the correct group. Use your
verbs in brackets. dictionary to check.
1 If I'd known it was going to rain, ] would have taken optimistic opportunity effort unhappy
(take) an umbrella with me. realistic advantage mistake instinct
2 She________________(arrive) home earlier if the
Stress (in Stress oil 2nd Stress on 3rd
traffic hadn't been so bad.
1st syllable syllable syllable
3 Do you think he would have accepted if we anxious
_________(offer) him more money?
4 We_______________(not serve) meat if you'd told us
he was vegetarian.
5 1 don'l think he would have read the book if I b Write the words in the chart.
_______________(not recommend) it last Christims. achieve airport bump careful comfortable
champagne control Fail focus goal lucky
6________________you---------------------{go) to the
over patient pain routine scream seem
party if he had invited you? there vary worry
7 He would never have started the training course if he
___(know) it was going to be so hard.

b Complete the second sentence so that it means the


same as the first.
1 I didn't buy the car because the bank didn't give me
a loan.
If the bank had given me a loan, 1 would havs the achieve
car.
2 We didn't go shopping because we didn't have
enough time.
If we had had more time,_________________________
shopping. c Practise saying the words in a and b.
3 He didn't tome to the cinema because ht wasn't
interested in the film. < Student's Book p.158 Sound Bank
He would have come to the cinema if__________
4 HOW WORDS WORK which or what!
4 I didn't finish the report because I bad so many calls. I Correct any mistakes in the highlighted words,
Tick (/) the correct sentences.
would have finished the report if.
1 Is that the school which you go to?______i^____
2 Why can't we do what I want?___________
3 I've just heard a joke which made me laugh.
5 They moved house because the company closed.
4 I don't understand which they are saying.
If the company hadn't closed,_____
5 He lives in Cardiff, what is in Wales--------
6 We didn't have a barbecue because it was so cold, 6 He works for a company which makes mobile phones.

We would have had a barbecue if


_________________________________________
i Students Book p.142 Grammar Bank 7A
5 VOCABULARY making adjectives and adverbs More Words to Learn
a Write the adjective form of the words in the correct Write translations and try to remember the words.
category.
Word Pronunciation Translation
comfort luck help happiness success cabin crew noun /'kffibm km:/
fortune care heart attack noun /ho:t a'lsekV
1 (+} adjective ending -y: instinct noun .■"mstirjkt/
achieve (a goal) te'tjhv/
1 (+) adjective ending -ate: verb
bump into (sth 1 sb) /bi\mp 'irits/
verb
3 (+) adjective ending -able: convince verb /ksn'vius/
fell asleep verb /toil s'slhp/
4 (+) adjective ending -ful: miss (sb) verb /mis/
press (a button, /pres/
etc.) verb
b Complete the sentences with a positive or negative
adverb made from an adjective in a. vary verb /'vwri/

LISTENING
3 listen to a man talking about the questionnaire about
luck from Student's Book p.lDl exercise 4. What does
he think?
1 He thinks he's generally a lucky person.
2 He thinks he's generally an unlucky person.

listen again and mark the sentences T (True) or F (False).


1 He doesn't agree with the results of the
questionnaire- —
1 He once won i 15 on die lottery. ___
2 He doesn't think he is positive enough.
3 He thinks he needs to meet some new friends.
1 He doesn't believe that people can change
their luck, ____
1 They are the perfect couple. They have been
Listen again with the tapescript on p.79 and try to guess
happily married for 30 years. the meaning of any words that you don't know. Tiien check
in your dictionary.
2 I lost my wallet yesterday,____________, I found it
today! MulliROM

3 He came to see me yesterday, but_______ . I was


out. I'm really sorry I didn't see him.
4 I slept veTy _ on the bed,
5 He picked up the baby very_____________,
fi He completed the marathon____________in three
7 'Can [ caTry VOUT bag for you?" he asked

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Poetry is not (he most importsntihing in life, I'd muth rather lie
in a hot bath reading Agatha Christie and sucking sweets.
Dylan Jhomas, Irish poet

Murder mysteries
1 READING
a Read the text and mark the sentences T (True)
or F (False). Jack The 1
Ripper
immnuuj_______ A

1 More than 40 films have been made


about |;ick.
2 The Lodger was a horror film. ______________________
3 The 1959 film mixed real and invented
|fit The Monies 1
details. ____ Who was Jack the
4 Shertack Holmes wasn't a real person, ____
9
Ripper? That question
5 Johnny Depp played the part oflsck
the Ripper. ___
has interested everyone 1
from police inspectors
6 In real life there were many clues to help
I~MLJIV:
discover Jack's identity. to armchair detectives
for over a century, and HELL
7 Time After 7Yrw showed that Jack the [Upper
was more violent than today's murderers. ____ the film industry is no
8 A TV cowboy showwas based on the Jack exception.*
r the Ripper would be to go fcwck in
Lhtr Hipper story. ___ In 192$, the famous director,

9 The TV documentary about Jack die Ripper Alfred Hitchcock, made his first time to one of the crime scenes
thriller, 7Jte Lodger, which was before a murder occurs. In J979's
gave proof of his identity.
based on the Jack the Ripper Tiime After time, H. C. Welis uses
10 People prefer not to find out the truth. stwyA '959 film generally a time machine to find the
follows the real events but doesn't munkref. And the film makes an
b Read the text again. Find compound nouns
use any real names, and interesting point - thai compared
which mean the following.
introduces en American with today's violence and crime,
1 people who enjoy solving crimes by just sitting at policeman to help solve the lack the Ripper is almost an
home and thinking murder mystery. In 1965, ,4 SWy amateur!
ft) Terror put Jack the Ripper Over iJie years, teteirisbn has
against the fictional detective also taken its inspiration from the
2 a tyjw of Rim, e.g. Dracula, Frankenstein Sherlock Holmes. Holmes Ripper case lor a number o\
ultimately succeeds in finding Jack shows, ranging from the western
Hie Ripper, but had to fare him Omarron 5f«p to science fiction
3 the place where a crime, eTg. a murder, takes place again in Murder By Decree in in Star Trek. Today there are
1979. Even the famous horoor film hundreds of books, articles, films,
producers. Hammer Films, made websites, and guided touri. and
4 a machine which can travel back to the past Or
two movies based on the Ripper, even a recent musical and CD. Bui
into the future One of the biggest recent films : why so much interest? In 20W 3
starred Johnny Depp as a television documentary concluded
policeman searching tot Jack the that, even if someone had proof
5 a kind of novel (or film) about space and fantasy
Ripper in the 2u0i film From fidf. of the Ripper's identity, people
With «> few clues and still would not believe Iftem.
methods of detection at the time. Perhaps in some way we want the
6 a TV programme about real life, e,g, animals,
it seems the only way we might bloody mystery of Jack the Ripper
history, etc.
discover the real identity of lack to remain just that - a mystery.

H) til>rc or TV dramas have been rrede ahouf


^ck fhe Si pper, mjre thar* far an/ ofher murderer.
2 GRAMMAR question tags 3 PRONUNCIATION h!
a Circle the correct answer. A Circle the hi sound in these
words.
1 murd@
1
2 November
3 American
4 painter
5 investigation
6 doctor
7 royal
S policemen

b Write the words.

2 'mis'tjarras/
You live in London,C^on't you>/ aren't you?
f'a'.nssf
1 But you weren't born in London, weren't you I 4
were you?
5 /Itan'lmjur/
2 You moved to London when you were ten,
weren't you I didn't you? c Practise saying the words in a and b.
3 That means you've been living here for twenty years,
ISEflffliP Student's Book p-157 Sound Bank
haven't you / have yon?
4 But you're emigrating to Australia next week, 4 GRAMMAR indirect question; a
won't you ! aren't you? Correct the highlighted phrases,
2 You c&n'i lake your dog with you, cart'i you f can you?
1 Can yon remember where did we leave it ?
5 Your brother will look after your dog, will he I
whefv we left i.t ________
won't he?
2 I wonder why did she go back to the hotel early?
3 Australia's a long way away, doesn't it I isn't it?
6 Your brother's been in prison before, isn't he I
3 Do you know where is the nearest bank ?
hasn't he?
10 I think you d like to call your lawyer now, don't you /
4 Could you tell mo how much does it cost , please!
wouldn't you?

b Complete the question tags. 5 Do you think she knows what does she want to do ?
1 You don't like him much,____da you___?
2 You're 26 years old,________.-----? 6 Can you tell me have we arrived yet t
3 It's; rtally easy,____________?
4 He speaks Spanish,____________?
5 They left yesterday,-----------------?
6 She hasn't finished the test yet,-----------------?
7 He's having lunch with her tomorrow,_______
8 You'll find rtut about the film,_________,—?

Student's Book p.142 Grammar Bank IB


fa Order the words to maks: indirect questions. More Words to Learn
1 you / were / Can I list night / you I where / Write translations and try to remember the words.
at 8.00 p.m. / remember Word Pronunciation Translation
Can you remember where you were at 8.00 p.m._______
fear noun
last night
murderer noun
_____________________________________________
? game noun .■"pa-ink..1

2 has / you I ever I Do / been / know / she t suspect noun


to Greece / if
theory noun
3 if / Can I this train / lell / goes / to Paris / you I me vielirn noun /'viktim/

foggy adjective /Togi/


fictional
adjective
4 me / Could / starts / tell / what / this / film / you / time innocent
adjective
prove verb
who / you I to/ this / pen I Do / belongs / know LISTENING
tdl / you / Could / me I long / he's / how f there / lived ■ Listen to a woman talking about her favourite
detective. Mark the sentences T (True) or F (False),
1 Ruth itendell writes romantic nowli.
2 One of her characters \i Chief Inspector Wtetford. ____
Student's Book p,142 Grammar Bank 7B 3 The detective is married.
4 The detective is about 55 years old. __
5 VOCABULARY compound nouns 5 The detective is jealous of his daughter.
6 The detective doesn'tatways solve the crime. __
Write two words from the list next to each noun to
make compound nouns. 7 Tie detective is a very unusual perton.

boarding city credit golf police railway Listen again and correct Hie false sentences.
shopping strawberry training traffic Q Listen again with the tapestript on p.79 and try to
guess the meaning of any words that you don't know.
police____ Then check in your dictionary.
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I find television very educational. Every time somebody turns on the TV,
I go into the other room and read a book.
Grouctic Marx, US comedian
Switch it off
1 VOCABULARY television 2 GRAMMAR phrasal verbs
Match the programmes to the correct type of TV, a Circle the correct form. If both are possible, circle
them both.
The Lost bland
1 drama series 1 Could you

2 documentary
on theT\^>yi^tiirnthe TVojj) ?

3 sports programme 2 They always go out on Friday evenings / go on Friday

4 cartoon
even ings out.

5 the news
3 I'll pick your sister up / pick up your sisteT at the airport,

6 ctiai show
4 Can you look after my cat / look my cat nfter?

7 reality show 5 Here are your shoes. Put them on / Put on them.

& comedy 6 I get on with my neighbours / get my neighbours on with.

9 soap opera 7 Please switch off all mobiles / switch all mobiles off.

10 quiz show 8 Didn't you hear me? Switch [hem oflfl / Switch off them!

11 film 9 Don't throw these paper* away / throw away these papers.
10 Go away please I Go please away - I'm busy.
Channel l Channel 2
b Complete the sentences with a verb from the list and the
5.30 Tom and ferry 5.30 Want to he Rich? correct pronoun. Be careful with word order,
followed by Bug; Bunny - more contestants try switch off JU1 in set up throw away
6 .0 0 M a i n S t ru t - 10 win the million euro turn up take off look foT ask for
Amanda tells Mike she's prize
1 Please take this form with you. You need to —fill it in—
leaving and Steven hears 6.00 Football File -
and return it to us.
some unexpected news. the latest resnIts and
news with Ian Bartlow 2 I can't hear the radio. Can you please__________ ?
6.10 Big Brother 10 -
only three celebrities 7:00 The World At 3 He wasn't the only person to start the company. In fact, three
remain in the house. Seven -all the latest people_____________,
Which one will you vote information and stories
4 Those shoes have holes in them. I don't know why you don't
for? from around the world

7:00 The Lost Island - 7.30 Laugh a Minute

part 2 of 8. Tli is week's - more humorous 5 A I can't find my glasses.


episode sees the return sketthesfromtrieLAM B I'm sure they're in your room. Go and.
of the mystery woman, team
6 There's nothing on TV. Can I _
8.00 Jonathan Ross - 8.00 Life in 21st
7 I don't need my sweater in here as it's quite warm. Do you
tonight's guests: Tom Century China - a
Cruise and Paul ctaer look at a mind if 1____________?
McCartney growing country 8 They haven't brought the bill yet Can you-----------------1
9.30 Ben Hur with
i Student's Book p.142 Grammar Bank
Charhcm Heston
3 PRONUNCIATION revision of sounds b Tick {</} the things Hugh does now.
a Circle the word with a different sound. 1 He works OLIL.

1 f [Zl
2 He goes out with friends.
smiiiilir.il , 3 He wears smart clothes.
patient chimney crime heard without
4 He has a bath in the morning,
fortunate mystery cookeT out murder through
5 He watches TV in the evening.
rush knife receipt down work. throw
6 He eats at a table. D
residential sink block grow turn think
7 He reads books.
machine thriller chemist's power audience path
8 He drives a car.

b Practise saying the words in a. c Match highlighted phrasal vetbs from


the text to the correct meaning,
i Student's Bool( p.157 Sound Bonk 1 continue
1 arrange to do something
with other people
4 READING
2 reduce, use OT do less
a Read the text. Which definition of roughing it is correct?
3 do physical exercise
1 tt> ISVE a simple life working on the land and growing your own food
4 start, e.g. a new activity
2 to save money by buying cheaper products
2 accept something which is
3 to Lvc in a way that is not very comfortable, usually for a short lime
;mnoying or unpleasant
without complaining ___________
1 ROUGHING IT
'1 want to make people Ihink abo ui how
much they consume itsat is not nctcsssry,'
said Sawder. "I believe it is possible to do t
very thing you normally do while cutting
back. 1 have resized 1 can live without

! 1
(division, a Sofa, electricity, chairs, tables, a
fridge, and a ircczcr.' Before he toi.'k up h is
new life, hi cul down his belongings to jusr a
few clothes, books, and photographs. At
nighl he has a skt'ping bug and a small
cooker, Despite (fie difficulties, Sawyer is
enjoying his challenge. His original p!an
was in live outdoors for six weeks but
decided to carry on. after finding it quits
easy'.
However. Sawyer still hasn't experienced a
British winter outdoors. He admits he i&
nervous, 'It'll be dark when 1 get up and go
TO sleep and it'll be miserable ami wet.' Bui

meets up-with friends for drinks. In a bigger problem might be returning to full-
Hugh Sawyer wakes up at 6.DO a.m.,
short. Sawyer leads tin? typical city life — time city life, 'The real question is what
turns on the radio, gets up, has a wash happens when he finally stops,' said
anil a shave, eats some breakfast, and with one exception. When his colleagues
psychologist John Col lings. 'If lie puts up
return home in the evening, Sawyer goes to
gets an the bus to London. with it for a year, it will be difficult to go
a field Fn the woods near Oxford The i2-
At -work he's always turned out in a good back to the noise of the city.1
year-old has given up every luxury to
Suit, stylish tie, and polished shoes. He
spend a year living outdoors.
regularly works out m the gym and often
5 VOCABULARY phrasal verbs More Words to Learn
a Complete the sentences with a verb from the list. Write translations and try to remember the words.
take warm find give do call Sold turn Word Pronunciation Translation
candle noun /'kamdl/
1 They can't sell their old sofa so they're going to
electricity noun /jfek'tnsati/
it away.
freezer noun /•friizfi/
2 If you don't like the skirt 1 gave you 1 can always
iron noun /'awn/
il back to the shop.
light bulb noun /lait bAlb/
3 Can you _ up the radio? I can only just hear it.
vacuum cleaner /'vffikjtjgm tliina.1
4 I always_______up before 1 go lo [he gym. noun
5 I can't_______up my coat because two buttons are hring up (children) /bnrj Ap/
verb
missing-6 I'm sorry,
. back later. live off [the land) /hv of/
you're busy. I'll.
verb
7 [ can't believe the ticket* for the show are______out.
8 He has to_______out more information before he goes
to the police.
LISTENING

b Replace the underlined phrase with its opposite | Listen to a woman talking about TV and answer the
from the list. questions.
1 How many TVs does stie have?
take oul switch on check in speed dp 2 Where do they usually waUh TV?
pick ap come in
3 Why doesn't her friend have a TV?
1 That box must be very heavy. 4 Which is her favourite channel? Why?
I'll help you JJUI il down. 5 What foreign TV would she like to watch? Why?
2 The soap is starting «TI Channel 1 6 How much TV does she watch during tiie week?
- let's switch it off. 7 Why doesn't she watch TV at the weekend?
3 Our bank account total has -■ Listen again with the tapescript on p,79 and try to guess
changed. Have yon the meaning or any words that you don't know. Then
put any money in recently? check in your dictionary.
4 Have you checked out at
reception yet? MultiROM

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through the back door?
6 1 le asked the taxi driver to CAN YOU REMEMBER...?
slow down.

i Student's Booh p.1S5 Vocabulary Bank


Complete each space with one word.
Q She told me that she____________never been
to France before.
] Out of Africa was directed Sidney Pollack.
Q Valencia,_____________is on the east toast of Spain, is

have bought it.


famous for its oranges.
Q If it had been cheaper, I
Q It's a great film,________
it?
You must_________ . off all electronic devices during
takeoff and landing.
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1 APOLOGIZING 3 READING
Correct the apologies and responses. A Match the t'ammis sights in Paris to their description.
1 I did it without to think, Then read the text and check.

I did it without thinking.___ Louvre Gare d'Orsay Noire Dame Eiffel Ibwcr lie de la CM
Place de la Concorde Egyptian Obelisk
2 I really sorry. 1 It was built for the 1889 World Fair.
2 It used to L>e a railway station hut is now an art museum,
3 This is all right. 3 Paris cathedral.
4 A stone column in the middle of Place de la Concorde.
4 How T could be so stupid? 5 It used to be a fortress and then a royal residence,
6 The square where King Louis XV and Marie-Antoinette were killed.
5 I'm terrible sorry. 7 An island on the Seine.
In 1991, Paris, Banks of the Seine was

The Banks
6 I was fault.

of the Seine
7 I wasn't just concentrating.

8 You don't worry.


added to Unesfo's World Heritage List;
joining sudi famous sites m the Great Wall
cf China gr the Taj Mahal in India, The jrc.i
in Paris extends from Notre Dante in the
2 SOCIAL ENGLISH useful phrases
east to tfie Eiffel Tower in the west Along
Complete the sentences with phrases this long toute you can find many of the
from the list. main treasures of [he French capital. Notre
Dame, (he city's cathedral, is one of the
now or never hopeless at blame me
hear a word confirm your booking must oldest monuments add dates from the This is also (he part of th« route where
have been 12th century. It is located on the He de la Place de la Concorde is situated, with the
Cite, a little island on the Seine that it Egyptian Obelisk in the centre, The square
1 You're late again! Honestly, you're linked with the res! of the city via many was originally designed in the lSth century
bridges, of which the Pont Neuf is the most and its centre held a Guillotine during the
______________arriving on time!
famous and oldest In die middle of the French Revolution, responsible tor the
2 Come on, mate up your mind. It's route there are the two major museums: deaths of the king and queen, among
the Louvre and the Gare d'Onay, a former othere. fhe Egyptian Obelisk comes
train station but now s museum of 19th originally from the temple of Ljsor and has
1 I definitely didn't do iL So if it wasn't me, and 20th century art, The Louvre was hieroglyphics describing the achievements
it---------------------you- originally built to defend the rity from the of the pharaoh Rameses El. Ths end of the
Saxons in the I2(h century and has even Banks ol the Seine route is marked by Ihe
2 It's not my fault. Don't_______________
been a residence for the kings of France, Eiffel Tower. tJmll in 1889 for the World Fair,
3 Sorry, could you say that again? 1 didn't tt is still Ihe number one symbol for Paris.
6 We will by email in
the nest few days.
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Check with youT dictionary.
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I don't agree with that. I mean, compared with ten years ago, there's A lot more information available about the fond we eat, on
TV and in the papers, and I think that nowadays young people know what's healthy and what isn't, much more than they did
before. And I think young people are also more concerned about their appearance than they were ten years ago. They want to
be fit and to look good. This means that diey'rt usually careful not to eat too much fatty food or too many carbohydrates. And
they know that eating fruit and vegetables is good for you and they try to do that. OK, so perhaps they still sometimes eat junk
food, burgers, and chips and things, when they go out, but I think in general they eat more healthily than say ten years ago.

I cheated in a chemistry exam when J was at secondary school. I think I was about 16 or 17 years old. I hated aU ihc- sciences -
chemistry, biology, and physics. J just couldn't understand them. I hated physics the most but I never cheated in the physics
exams because the teacher was really strict and he always watched us really carefully. The chemistry teacher was a lot more
relaxed. She was reading a book while we were doing the exam. I was sitting next to my best friend - lie was very good at
chemistry - and he'd written all the answers on a piece of paper. Then he folded the piece of papeT, put it in his pencil case, and
passed his pencil case to me. But just at that moment, the teacher looked up from heT book and saw my friend giving mL- the

pentd case. She came up to my desk and took the pencil case from me and opened it. When she siiw the answers written on the
piece of paper she got really angry and sent us out of the rooin. Luckily she didn't tell our parents but we failed the exam of
I'm an only child, I don't think I was spoilt, but maybe I was. I don't consider myself to be selfish, but I'm probably not very good
at seeing things from other people's poini of view. Maybe that's because I'm noi very imaginative, J am quilt responsible and
organized though, so probably most of whiit the psychologist says is true for me.
Et - other people in my family - well my wife is a youngest child. I think she's quite affectionate, that's true, but she certainly
isn't lazy - she's one of the most hardworking people I know, and I'd say she's charming but she's not manipulative.
My dad is an oldest cliild and I think it's true thai he is much more responsible than his brother and sister, and I know they
think he was always quite bossy. Actually they still think lit- is.

I've never been very good at saving money. If I can afford something I want, I'll buy it; if I can't, I won't. I can't remember the
last time I really saved up for something.
I lost my wallet a few years ago, It fell out of my pocket in a [rain. It had my credit cards and money in it. Eat somebody found
it and took it to a police station and the police phoned me and I went to get it. It still had all my cards and the money in iL I
was amazed. But the person didn't leave their name HO I cooldn't say Thank you,
I buy loads of things an the Internet, especially books and music The last thing I bought were some chocolates for ray mum's
birthday last month.
Somebody tried lo steal money from me a few years ago. t was walking in ihe city centre late at night coming back from a friend's
house but 1 didn't have any, so he was quite disappointed,
I've never sold anything on the Internet - hut friends of mine use website like eBay all the time to sell things they don't want.
One of my friends even sold his car on the Internet recently.
I haven't lent anybody any money for ages. The last time I did was when I was at school. One of rny friends asked me to lend him
some money It wasn't very much, but he didn't pay me back. We never spoke to each other again.
I think cyclists tati be just as dangerous as car drivers. I'm
a cyclist so I look at other cyclists and 1 see that quite a lot
I have been Cycling for years. 1 love cycling in the summer
of them don't stop at traffic lights and things like that.
when there's plenty of daylight after work. The
Some cyclists think they can do whateitr they want. They
countryside around Oxford is great for cycling - not too
cycle on the pavement and in the middle of the road and
many hilU and nice quiet roads. It's great exercise and also
they zigzag between cars.
really good thinking time.
I've been learning how to cross-country ski f«r a year, I've
done a Jot of downhill skiing bat cross-country is
completely different, I prefer it because there are fewer
I think you should move away from other people when
people around you and you can ski to some realty
you're talking on a mobile - it's good manners. And you
beautiful places. I think somewhere like Scandinavia is the
shouldn't play noisy games OT talk really loudly if you're on
best place to do it.
a bus or a train or somewhere where there are lots of
I have a friend from Norway who lives in the UK and we people nearby. It doesii't really bother me, but some
often go away together at weekends and on holiday. We've people find it very annoying.
been friends for about five yeaTS, I met her on a
As far as I know, you mustn't use a mobile at all in a car,
mountaineering course and we've been good Friends ever
whether you're moving or not, even for text messages -it's
*incc. We have a lot of similar interests.
against the law. So is using your mobile at a petrol station,
My bicycle is a very important possession. I've had it for and you have to turn your mobile off t>n planes too.
about five years and have cycled thousands of kilometres Switching off your mobile in class is just good manners,
on it - it's a good friend! you should definitely do that. It's really annoying for
I belong to the British Mountaineering Council, mainly everyone when someone's phone rings in the middle of
because you get good discounts on equipment and something, and it's even WOTSC if they answer it. And
clothing and also because they do the best insurance for making personal calls in public - well, it depends. I
people who do lots of activities in the mountains, I've suppose people shouldn't do it. but it can be very
been a member since 2004. interesting to listen to!
I drive a BMW. It's not really my sort of car, I mean 1 OK., this famous person I'm going to describe is a man
wouldn't have bought it myself, but it used to be my
parents' and they gave it to me. It's great because it's got
quite a powerful engine so is fun to drive and it's big and he's Spanish, He's probably in his mid-sixties, but I'm
enough to get two bicycles in the back. The main problem not 100% sure - definitely in his sixties though. He's very
with it though is that it costs a fortune to run. I've had it tall and very well built - not exactly fat though. I
for two years now and I really notice how much I've been remember I saw him once in London quite dose up. He
spending on petrol. was wearing a long fur coat and he looked like a big bear.
I definitely agree that drivers shouldn't use any kind of He's got dark curly hair, not very long, Weil, it's probably
a bit grey now. He's a singeT, an opera singer.
The nest person is a woman, and she's British, though
she's married to an American. Actually she's Welsh, and
mobile phone when they are driving. I mean you can't
she goes back to Wales a Jot to visit her family. She's in
really concentrate on the road if you're having a telephone
her thirties I think, probably lalje thirties, and she's got
conversation at the same time. A hands-free mobile might
long, wavy, dark hair and big eyes. She's slim but not very
be OK - I'm not sure, i know that some people try to read
very slim like a model— she's quite curvy. Most people
text messages or even write them while they're- driving. I
think she's beautiful. She's an actress.
think that's crazy. I mean it's really dangerous because they
stop looking at the road and look at their mobiles.
Tni not sure if slow drivers cause more accidents than fast
drivers but they certainly do cause accidents. If someone's
driving really slowly then people get impatient and try to
overtake and this can be very dangerous. Slow drivers
make other driven angry and an angry driver can be a
dangerous driver.
A Can you cook? [f I won a dream holiday in a competition, I'd go to
B Yes> I can. I think I'm quite good at it. Most people Kenya or Tanzania. I've always really wanted to go on
seem to enjoy eating the things I cook for them, bui safari, ever since I saw the elephants in the zoo when 1
you never know, maybe they're just being polite. was five years old.
I first started trying to cook when J left home and went If I could choose any car, I'd get a Ferrari or something
to university, I didn't have much money and it was like that. Not very practical, bat good fun.
much cheaper cooking my own food than eating in the
If 1 could be very good at a sport, I think I'd choose
canteen or in restaurants. tennis. Every week I plsiy my friend Kate, and every week
I lea ml by myself really, by experimenting and she beats me. It drives me mad!
improvising. To be honest, when I first started cooking
Ff 1 could choose my ideal job, I'd be a newsreader on TV.
most of my food was terrible. But I learnt quite fast.
The money's good, and you only have to work for half an
Except at the very beginning, 1 think I've found it quite hour every evening.
easy, mainly because I enjoy cooking and 1 enjoy
If I had mure time> I'd learn how to cook properly, I Jove
eating. But it's not something that everyone can learn
eating but I'm not very good at cooking. I'd like to be abk
to do. I think some peopk are just too impatient to
to cook a really nice dinner Tor my friends when they
learn to cook well.
come round.
If 1 could buy s house in another country, I'd buy a ski
chalet in the Swiss Alps, with enough mom fur all my
family and friends. We could go ihere every Christmas
I disagree with this for three reasons. First of all, I think
-it'd be fantastic.
it's better iT all children look the same - especially for
children who come from poorer families. And secondly, I
think it's easier for the parents, They just have to buy one
set of clothes for their children, And finally, it's much
quicker for the children to get ready in the morning. f used to have a friend called Matilda. We were together at
They don't have to make so many decisions about what to secondary school. When we were 16 she moved because
wear. oi her father's job, but we kept in touch. We used to write
long letters to each other - email didn't exist then, I went
Absolutely, 1 agree with this. First of all, girls work better
to stay with her a couple of times too. We tost touch after
on their own beeaust they're not thinking about boys all
university. I'd love to see her again. We used to be really
the time. Also* if" there are boys in the class they tend to
good friends.
dominate and answer all the questions. IF there aren't
boys, I think girls feel more confident. Finally, I think I used to hate a couple of teachers at school, but 1 suppose
without boys in the class there aren't so many discipline the one 1 hated the moat was my trench teacher. He was
problems because girls generally behave better than boys. really horrible. I don't think he liked children or even
So teachers can concentrate on teaching and nut on teaching. He used to be rude to us and he didn't explain
discipline. things well. I failed French - iL was the only subject t eveT
failed at school.
I used to play a lot of squash, but I recently started
playing tennis and nciw I much prefer it. The problem
with squash is that i t s pretty hard and aggressive and
maybe I'm just not fit enough to play it any more. Also
the friend I used to play with always beat me. The great
thing about tennis is that it's outdoors, and I play doubles
with three friends. It's less competitive and more fun. The
only problem is yuu can't play when it rains.
She loves her job in spite of all the downsides. It totsk her
years and years of studying and exams to get to where she
Personally I think banning fast food restaurants would be
is now, and she's passionately interested in what she does,
a good idea, but 1 don't think you can do that. I mean you
She also spends ages reading articles and keeping up to
can't ban a particular type of restaurant just because the
date, and I think she does some teaching too. Probably
food is unhealthy People have to take personal
her only complaint would be that she doesn't have
responsibility for what they eat, and if people want ro eat
enough time for her son. He's seven years old and of
burgers, you can't stop them.
course she has very little free time for him or lor herself.
Bui banning cars from city centres, that would be great,
that would really make a big difference. We need better
public transport, and the best way to get it is to make
people leave their cai-s at home. Anyway, there's nowhere
Near my bouse there are a lot of small Indian shops
to park in city centres. Some people probably wouldn't
selling vegetables and spice*. I love walking uround them,
like it at first, because everyone uses their cars su much,
looking at everything,
but it would make the city centre so much nicer if you
could walk around without worrying about the traffic. I suppose my favourite shops are delicatessens. I just love
Also you could make pedestrian zones, with trees and food. I don't think I really have favourite shops for buying
cafts, and places to sit and read or just watch the world go clothes, shoes, and books.
by. For presents, it obviously depends what I am buying and
I think that both men and women read novels but they who it's for. I don't have one favourite shop.
I regularly shop at markets, supermarkets, and shopping
centres. I like variety, it makes shopping more interesting,
read different types. Generally men prefer reading [ go shopping when I need to and I generally go on my
science-fiction novels and action-based novels, and own as it's easier.
women prefer to read novels about feelings, emotions, I enjoy buying books and I absolutely bale buying
and personal relationships. 1 think men find that quite swims u its.
boring and prefer something with more action in it. I
Shopping in the sales is a nightmare as everything is in a
know thai personally, I don't really like reading science-
mess and there are thousands of people. I hate iL
fiction novels so I'm the stereotype, I suppose.
I go to street markets sometimes - you tan often find
Well I think generally women like shopping much more
bargains there.
than men and they can spend hours looking around
shops, rtOL making any decisions, just looking at things. 1 have done quite a lot of shopping online, It is so easy. I
However, my boyfriend and I aren't typical at all because have bought flight tickets, films, and books.
he loves shopping, much more than I do, and he can
Actually, I once met several film actors when they were
spend hours walking around all the shops. Whereas I find
it really, really boring.
I'm going to tell you about my sister-in-law, Marjan. She's making a TV film in my home town. I even had a pan
a cardiac surgeon, so she operates on people with heart because they needed extras. I just had to walk up and
down a street. But I think they edited me out of the final
Film!
problems. It's an incredibly responsible job and very What do I prefer, TV, DVD, or cinema? Tt depends on the
tiring. Some of the operations she does last for hours, like film, If it's a film that 1 think I'm really going to like, I'd
heart transplants, and she has to be standing up and rather go to the cinema to see it. If it's just entertainment,
concentrating for all that time, She works really long then I'm happy to wait and rent the DVD when it comes
hours, and she also often ha* to get up in the middle of out or watch it on TV.
the night if a patient of hers has got worse or something.
I normally prefeT seeing foreign films with subtitles, even
She works in one of the big London hospital*, and she if I don't understand the language they're in. I think it's
also has a private clinic. I'm not sure what her salary is as very important to hear the actors' voice and tone,
we don't talk about things like that, but I imagine it's
I've seen several filrm this year but nothing really
quite high.
fantastic
Manhattan Murder Mysteries by Woody Allen made me L
laugh a lot. I thought it was veTy good.
A Could you tell me who your favourite fictional
Msnchuga, a Chilean film, made me cry. detective is?
A film I have seen sevtral Limes is Grease^ ITs my favourite B Yes, my favourite detective's Chief Inspector Wexfdrd
film ever. I have seen it a thousand times and I know the He's the detective in a lot: of the crime novels written
script by heart. by Ruth Ren dell.
A What do you like about him?
II I like the fact that he's a very real character. For
example* he's happily married, which is quite unusual
Someone I admire, is the artist William Turner, who was
for fictional detectives, he's in his mid-fifties, he lives in
born in London in 1775. I don't know very much about
a small village near the coast, and he has two glH)wn-
his life, or what he was iike as a person -1 jusi realty like
up children,
his picture. 1 know that his mother died whtn he was a
chikl, and he didn't reaily go to school very much, but he A Is his family important in the books?
was always good at artj even when he was very young. He B Yes. apart from the murder or crime, part of the stories
had an exhibition al the Royal Academy when he was 15. are always about his family. For example he has two
His paintings are usually very dt-licate images, often of daughters and one of them is an actress, and die other
rivers or lakes or the sea. One day he tied himself to si is jealous of her because she's successful and she's
ship in a storm so that he could really experience the Wexford's favourite.
storm before he painted it. He travelled a lot in Europe
and painted beautiful uilics like Venice and Rome, When A I suppose he always solves the crimes.
he was older, he decided to five a lonely life, painting and B Well yes, of course he does, but what I like about him
travelling on his own. He often refused to sell his is that he doesn't have any incredible powers. He's an
paintings - maybe he already had enough money. He died extremely good listener, he listens to everything; even
in 1851, in London, I think, pieces of silly gossip, which can often give him a clue
which helps him solve the crime. Then he sits at home
and works things out. What I really like about him ji
that he's just an ordinary person who's good at his job.
Well, I did the questionnaire and I scored 18, which
means that I'm 'naturally unlutky' and that I don't attract
good luck'. I'm not sure that's really true, I've alway-s
thought of myself as being quite a lucky person -1 won We have three TVs in our house - <me in the living room,
£50 on the lottery once, which is more than any of my one in the kitchen, and one in our bedroom. But vye
friends have done. It also says that [ 'need a more positive mainly just watch the one in the living room. I have a
and adventurous attitude to lire! I t s true that I'm not wry friend who doesn't have a TV. In fact, he doesn't even
adventurous, but I think I am positive about life. Maybe I have a radio, He says he prefers to read everything in the
should be a bit more open to new experiences, talking to newspaper.
new people', trying new food and so on - but on the other I have five national channels. I don't have satellite or cable
hand, I'm vtTy happy with the friends I have and the fiiod TV. The channel 1 watch most is Channel 4 because I
I eat, I can see that new experiences might be enjoyable, think ii has tlii: most interesting programmes. I don't
but I'm not sure they really make you luckier. In fact, 1 watch any foreign channels islihtmyh I would like to haw
think that some people are just naturally unlucky, and Spanish TV, because 1 would like to be able to practise my
there's not much they tan do about it. Spanish. I don't watch as much TV as ] used to. I
normally walch one hour every evening on weekdays. I
hardly watch any TV at the weekend. There are always
more interesting things to do.
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