Cutting Edge Upper-Int Unit 1

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1a Read
A-F above.Think
of at teasttwo thingsto say,about
eachone.
b Workin pairs.Teltyour thethingsyouhavewritten.

partnerabout
Yourpartnercanaskyouquestions.
2a 6i t.1 Listento sixspeakers.which

itemfromexercise
1adoes
eachspeakertatk
about?
Listenagain.Which mentions
speaker thetopicsin the box?
Whatdotheysayaboutthem?
workingon a fiLm
3 l0d 1.2 Listenand completethe extractsfrom the recording.
1 We_ thereeverysumrner
for ourhoL.days.
_ it.
2 Nornally it'sfinebecause_ onprogramnes
late...Butat themoment _ a filn.
3 t wasnryfirstjob,but thinkKathy_ differentjobs
beforethat.
threeor four vears.
5 Somehow touch.
6 think we aboutfiveyears.
7 We were to eachotherandwe just
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Reading
Workin pairsanddiscuss the questionsbetowthat
arer€Levanttoyou,
. Wouldyouliketo havea brotheror sister?Why?
. Whataretheadvanta8es of being
anontychitd?
. Howcloseisyourrelatlonship withyoursibting(s)?
. Areyousirnilarto eachother?n whatways?
. AreyoLrctoser
to onesibtingthan the other(s)?
Whichoneandwhy?
. Areyoucompetltive withyoursibting(s)?
lfyes, Venusand Serena Williams
grveexamPles.
Workin pairsandLookatthe photos.What

doyou
know(orcanyouguess) aboutthepeople?
Readthearticleandanswerthequestions.
Whichfamous sibLings...
1 arefriends despite
theirrivalry?
2 havecontinued theirrivatryintootdage?
3 havetakenlegalaction against eachother?
4 caused problems intheirlocaIcomnrunity becalse
of theirrivatry?
5 oftencompeted againsteachotherin impotant
compet tionsl
6 oftencriticiseeachotherin the firedia?
Read
thearticleagain.Complete
thesentences
beLow. Formost people,the longestrelationship they will
1 TheaLrthor of the articlefeltcompetitive
towards haveis with theirsibling.lt's a shame,then,that we
nerstster Decause ,., can't choosethem.As children,my youngersister
2 n herautobiography, I oanFontaineboasted
that and I werealwayscompetingwith eacholher
s h eh a d . . . I wasjealousof her looksand shefelt threatened
3 A lot of people werewatching whenOliviade by my academicsuccess.But our valrywas nothing
Havitland... comparedto that of somefamoussiblings.
4 NoelCatlagher onceattacked hisbrother
Decause... Take1940smovestarsO iva de Havilland andJoan
-he
5 TheDasste- brotfers st.rredseparale.o'rpdrie( Fo_tdre. conpe iivc.aario.rg'] p berweelrlese
s sterss thestuffof Holwvoodegend.'l married first,
6 Somepeop[e ir Herzogenaurach
refused
to wo_t'e Os.a belqFO.v'ado. Aro irI diei's., s1el
socialise
witheachotherbecause ... .,ldoLbtedlybe ri\^gllbecdLse
I beatl-erto t. Joa1 w ote
7 Thewilliams sisters
arebestfriendsdespite
the n herautobography. Thekrvalrybecameverypubic
factthat... n 1946whenOlivlawonan OscanJoanwasasked
I Weknowthe authorofthe articleisstilt to presentthe awardbut O iviarefLtsed to evenshake
cornpetitivetowardshersisterbecause
.,. herhand.'Theyjustdon'thavemuch a common,'
commented onepersonat thetime.Now n thelr90s,the
sistersapparently sUlloatheeachotherl
Workin groupsanddiscuss the qu€stions
below.
Morerecently, the rivalrybetweenrockstarsNoeland
. Whichcaseofsibling doyouthinkisthe
rivalry LiamGa agherhashitthe news.As partof ihe band
mostextreme?Why? Oasis,theycreatedsomememorabemusic,but
. Whichslblings'achievements arethemost wheneverthey areinterviewed, the brothers cannotresist
impressive? puttingeacholherdown.'Thereareonlyiv/othings
' Doyouknowanyother wrongwrthLiam,'Noeloacesaid,'eveMhng hesays
examples of serious andeveMhng hedoes.'Whlethe brothers wereworkrng
sibtingrivatry? on theirsecondalbum,Liamnvitedsomefriendsto the
studo fora party.Noe waslryingio workandendedup
attacking Lanrwitha cricketbat.By2011,the brothers
hadstoppedworkingtogeiherandweresuingeachother
- a sorrystuationfor anybrothers io be in.
Listening
andvocabutary
i:lriondr[rin
la work in pairs.Which characteristics

belowdolqt
de5cribethe behaviour ofa goodfriend?
'I You
cantrustthem,
2 Theyatways tett youthe truth.
3 Theysometimes lie toyou.
4 Theyafefun to bewith.
5 Theygossipaboutyoubehindyou. back.
6 Youcanconfidein themaboutyourproblems.
7 Theyatways keeptheirpromis€s.
b Workin groups.Think
of two morecharacteristics
ofa goodfriend.Which
doyouthinkisthe most
importantcharacteristic
in a friend?
Za rl 0r1.4Workin pairs.Youaregoingto listento three

conversations,Listento Mazconfiding
in Anna,and
answer the questions.
1 WhoisBen?
2 WhatproblemdoesMazhave?
3 Wha do welea-1abourl4azard Bera. people?
4 WhatdoesAnnapromise at theendofthe
conversation?
b rl !r 1.5ListentoJoetalkingto oneof thewomen Language

focus2
fromthe previous conversation,
andanswerthe L!sesof auxi{,iary
verhs
quest|ons,
1 WhoisJoetalkingto? 1 Complete sentencesi-7 fromthe conversations
2 Whataretheydjscussing? with the endings
or responsesin the box.
3 Whatisthelrattitudetowards
thesituation?
4 WhatdoesJoe proniseattheend? Hesaysheis. wiLLyou? lknowshewilt.
isnl it? oh, areyou?
r00r1,6tistentoJoetalkingtosomeone we do havea goodtime iogether.
eLse,
and
answerthe questions,
Youdon't thlnk he'sinterested?He say! rhet!
1 Whoisloe tatkingto? I do lovehim,and_
2 Whatisthesuprise thatlsmentioned? Youwon't sayanythingto anyone,
3 WhatdoesJoe try to do in the conversation Haveyou seenBenand Mazat a[[?
andwhy? l'm planninga bit of a sLrrprise
for her.
4 Howdoestheotherperson respond? Its goingto costyoua fortune,
She'lllilethis,
Iistento atlthreeconversations
again.Summarise
the situationbetweenthe fourfriends. 2 6i 1.2Listen
andcheck.
Workin pairsanddiscuss
the questions.
' Doyouhavesympathy for Benor Maz? 1 Und€rtinethe auxiLiaries inthe endings/responses
' AreAnnaandloe goodfriends in th€ box in exercise1.
to BenandMaz?
' Shouldtheysayor doanything? 2 which auxiliariesin exercise1 are usedto...
. Whatdoyouthinkwill happen between Ben 1 form tag questions?
andMaz?
4 torm a shortanswertoquestions?
5 avoidrepeatingwordsorsentences?
I ReadStudy 2, page 192
Task
Keepa conversation
going
$"$[il
Speaking 4 Areanyofthe phrases

in the boxin exercise
3
inappropriate
for anyofthe situations?
Civeoneor
Responding
to how peoplefeel two exampLes,
andexpLainwhy.
1 Lookat the Dhoto.Workin Dairsanddiscuss.Whodo

you turn to if you needa sympath€ticlistener?Why?
t 6d ,.ra,,","n,o fiu. rhrases
saidin two diflerent
way!. Whichsoundsmoresympathetic,a or b?
6i1 1.tg Listento threeshort conversations
ano
answerthe questions. z 6i r.rs r"t"n to *'" phrases
b€inssaidi; a
symp.thetlcway.Repeatthe phrasesfromerercise3,
'| Whatisthe person's problem in eachcase? payingattentionto th€ intonation.
2 lsthe listenerverysympathetic, reasonabty
sympathetic or notverysympathetic?
3 what suggestion{s) doeshe/shemake? Workin pairs.Chooseoneofthe situations
in
3 andprepare
exercise a conversation
similartothe
Checkyou understand the phrases in the box.Then onesyou listened
to.
readsituations1-7 belowandchooseoneor two
appropriateresponsesin the boxfor each. Actout yourconversationfor the class.The
others
listenandsaywhichsituationyouareactingoutand
Youmustbereallywonied. Thatsounds
a$4ull whetheror notthe listeneris sympathetic.
Don'ttakeanynoticeofhim/her. Howannoying!
Don'tworry,it doesn'tmatter. Cheerupl
Trynot to worryaboutit. Nevermind. Writing
Justignorehim/her/it/them. Catmdown!
Theres no pointin gettingupset. Planninganddraftinga biography
A visitofto yourhouse;sembarrassed because he's 1 a Workin pai6anddiscuss.What stepsdoyougo

spiLtedhisdrink. throughwhenyouwrite5omething in Engtish,for
A childtetlsyouthat hisbestfriendsaidsomething exampte of a famousperson?
a biography
unkindto him.
Yourbestfriendphones because she'shada rolv Tumto page133andreadthe'Fivestepstobetter
with herboyfriend. writing'.whichid€asdoyoufind us€ful?
4 Yourfriendis in tearsat the endof a sadfitm.
vou'lriendisworriedbecause hismorherisBoing
intohospitat.
6 Everyore is laughing
aryourfriend.newhai-style.
7 Yourfriendistoo scaredto goto thedentistby herself

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b Workin pairs.Teltyour thethingsyouhavewritten.

2a 6i t.1 Listento sixspeakers.which

3 l0d 1.2 Listenand completethe extractsfrom the recording.

-ff 8 t sweetln the photoon Facebook.

Workin pairsandLookatthe photos.What

la work in pairs.Which characteristics

Za rl 0r1.4Workin pairs.Youaregoingto listento three

b rl !r 1.5ListentoJoetalkingto oneof thewomen Language

Speaking 4 Areanyofthe phrases

1 Lookat the Dhoto.Workin Dairsanddiscuss.Whodo

A visitofto yourhouse;sembarrassed because he's 1 a Workin pai6anddiscuss.What stepsdoyougo

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