Gobeyond L4 SBAS
Gobeyond L4 SBAS
Gobeyond L4 SBAS
UNIT 1 BE EXTREME!
Unit 1, Page 6, Exercise 3a Unit 1, Page 6, Exercise 6a
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a base jumping wind
b free running ski
c skydiving dive
d rock climbing
e windsurfing Unit 1, Page 7, Exercise 6b
f skateboarding Track 1.05 / gobeyond_L4_1_05_SB.mp3
1 extreme
Unit 1, Page 6, Exercise 3b 2 climb
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1 I started about two years ago. I’d done some sailing 4 equipment
before, so it didn’t take me long to learn. The board is 5 free
about two to three meters long, and it’s very easy to 6 hill
lose control. You need to have good balance. 7 ice
8 bungee
2 You need to be strong both physically and mentally. It 9 cliff
can be dangerous, so you need to train and you need to 10 sky
have the right equipment. If you want to learn, there are
a lot of indoor gyms with climbing walls where you can Unit 1, Page 7, Exercise 8
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The first thing you have to do is carry your board up to
3 It’s all about freedom. There are no rules and no the top of an active volcano.
equipment. Well, you need good shoes because you’re You put on your safety goggles, an orange jump suit,
going to be running, climbing, swinging, and jumping. and knee and elbow pads, and then you’re off, flying
down the side of the volcano.
4 It’s 60 seconds of free fall when you feel like you’re The extreme sport of volcano boarding, also known
on top of the world and you’re flying. Then there’s five as volcano surfing, is attracting thousands of tourists
minutes after you open the chute. It’s the ultimate to Cerro Negro in western Nicaragua. Located at 728
adrenaline rush. meters above sea level, Cerro Negro is one of Central
America’s youngest volcanoes.
5 Basically, we climb to the tops of buildings, bridges, Boarders have to wear protective clothing and use
cliffs – anything that’s tall. And jump off. People think specially constructed boards because of the heat of the
we’re crazy. They’re probably right. volcano.
6 It can be dangerous especially if you’re learning a Michael Smith: This was a very exciting trip. Going
new trick and you fall off the board. So you have to be down the mountain was like an
prepared for scrapes, cuts, bruises – you know. adrenaline rush. You know, you have
the … you try to control your speed but,
Unit 1, Page 6, Exercise 5 you know, it’s hard to control the boards
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Boy: Bungee jumping is jumping from a tall structure it, but it’s really fun, um … something
while connected to a large elastic cord. that everybody should really try.
Girl: Tower running is racing up staircases inside
skyscrapers or other tall structures. This unique sport is for experienced boarders and for
Boy: Free diving is diving underwater without any people with no experience at all. They’re given a few
equipment. tips, and then they’re surfing down the side of the
Girl: Ice climbing is climbing frozen waterfalls, cliffs, volcano, reaching speeds of up to 80 kilometers per
and rocks covered with ice. hour.
Boy: Bodysurfing is riding a wave without using a
board. In the first four years, the sport attracted over 10,000
Girl: Snowboarding is traveling down a snow-covered participants. They all wanted to experience what’s been
hill while standing on a board. called “the ultimate adrenaline rush.”
Unit 6, Page 65, Exercise 4 Troy: Uh, Renee, I have some bad news. Somebody
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book in it.
Pete: Mom, I heard someone downstairs. Maybe it’s a Renee: Troy! I told you to take care of it! How could you
burglar. be so careless?
Mom: You couldn’t have heard a burglar. There are never Troy: I’m sorry. It was right next to me, but I
any burglaries in this part of town. You must have obviously wasn’t careful enough.
imagined it. Renee: Oh well, these things happen.
Pete: I didn’t! There it is again.
Mom: Anything could have made that noise. The wind,
for example.
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Pete: But it’s not windy at all.
Mom: OK, let’s go and take a look. It’s an owl! But how Troy: It wasn’t my fault.
did it get in? Renee: You should have taken an earlier bus.
Pete: I’m not sure, but I might have left the window Renee: I’m tired of your excuses.
open. Renee: You could have sent a message.
Mom: If you did, it must have gotten in through it. Troy: It won’t happen again.
There’s no other way into the house. Renee: I shouldn’t have shouted.
Pete: The question is, how do we get it out again? Renee: I told you to take care of it!
Renee: How could you be so careless?
Unit 7, Page 72, Exercise 6 Hannah’s mom, dad, and brother, Joseph, discussed the
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half the money to charity. They eventually found a new
1 open a bank account house a few blocks away that was almost exactly half
2 get into debt the size of the family’s current home and half the price.
3 pay fees After moving in, they had regular meetings to decide
4 make a profit what to do with the $800,000 they’d made on the sale.
5 have an income
6 take a loss Unit 7, Page 75, Exercise 1
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Unit 7, Page 73, Exercise 7a Ben: Can you lend me $10?
Track 2.44 / gobeyond_L4_2_44_SB.mp3 Matt: If I lend it to you, will I ever see you again?
Ben: Of course you will. What are you talking about?
You will hear five different people talking about
Matt: There’s a saying that if you lend someone
smartphones and the internet. Match the speakers to
money, and never see that person again, then
the attitudes (a-h). You won’t use two of the answers. it’s worth the money.
Ben: What does that mean?
not Matt: Well, for example, if I lent you $10 and you
note never gave it back, then I’d know you weren’t
a real friend. It cost me $10, but I discovered
Unit 7, Page 73, Exercise 7b something important. It’s a saying. Like –
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1 profit
2 loss
3 donate
4 owe
Mark: We were on vacation in Mexico. I think I was Unit 7, Page 77, Exercise 4
about 10. We were staying at a resort. You Track 2.52 / gobeyond_L4_2_52_SB.mp3
know the kind of place – endless beaches 1 If I hadn’t gone away on the weekend, I would’ve
and a lot of sun. The hotel had some tennis stayed at home.
courts, and my uncle, who was on vacation 2 If I’d stayed at home, I could’ve studied more.
with us, said he’d teach me to play tennis. I 3 If I’d studied more, I wouldn’t have failed my history
wasn’t into tennis, but I was bored, so I said exam.
OK. I was pretty hopeless at playing at first. 4 If I hadn’t failed my exam, Dad wouldn’t have been
But my uncle was patient. I think he could see
angry.
that I had potential. Anyway, I’m really grateful
5 If Dad hadn’t been angry, we might’ve gone to the
for what my uncle did. I grew to love the game.
I don’t think I would’ve become a professional game.
tennis player if he hadn’t taught me to play on 6 I would’ve been very happy if we’d gone to the game.
that vacation.
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my fault. In those days, when I saw a red Clerk: Next in line. How can I help you today?
light, I used to ignore it. I mean, nothing could Don: I’d like to send two letters to Brazil. Can you
happen to me, could it? Well, it was a busy tell me how much it would cost?
intersection. I went through this red light, and Clerk: You can send them by first-class international
… All I remember is lying motionless on the mail. That’s only $1.15, but it could take up to
street, and I couldn’t see anything and … I felt two weeks to get there.
so helpless, you know? I was in the hospital Don: That’s OK. Can I have two stamps, please?
for about a month, and then in physical Clerk: OK, here are two Global Forever stamps. And
therapy for six months. I was lucky. I’m OK that will be $2.30.
now, although Mom says I’m more forgetful Don: Thanks.
than I used to be. I don’t know if that’s true,
but I’m definitely more careful than I used to Clerk: Next, please.
PROGRESS CHECK UNITS 7 AND 8, Page 93, So we stopped being friends. It was a sad
time. My friends tried to make me feel better.
Listen They said that people come in and go out of
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your life for a reason, or they’re just there for
You will hear a message recorded by Jessica for a short time. Also, they said that friendships
Jasmine, her former best friend. For each question, don’t always last your whole life because so
choose A, B, or C. many changes happen to you.
This moment was a turning point for me.
Jessica: Friendships are hard work. If you don’t do all When you have some quiet time, you have a
you can to make them succeed, then you’ll lot of time to think. And when I thought about
end up alone. I know because that’s what
what had happened, I soon realized that if
happened to me. If I could turn back the
someone gives you their friendship, then
clock, then I would; but sometimes you only
you’ve got to change and adapt to them and
appreciate how important people are when
you lose them. the changes in their life.
Now I know friendships can last because my No one can be the same person all their
grandmother has had a best friend for 50 life unless they want to be alone. So, um
years. My uncle has known his best friend, … Jasmine, if you’re listening to this, I’m
Xavier, for 40 years. I mean … they’ve had really sorry for upsetting you. And I apologize
their arguments, sure, but they’ve always for calling Caleb rude and boring. If only I’d
been able to get over their disagreements known then what I know now, we’d still be
and put their friendship first. friends. I told you I couldn’t change, but I can
change. I have changed. So, I hope that one
Anyway, I wanted to tell you about my day you’ll forgive me for being such an idiot.
experience. Maybe if I share my story with
you, then you’ll learn something from it and it
won’t all have been a waste of time.
Unit 10, Page 105, Exercise 7 Unit 10, Page 107, Exercise 1
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Mercury = What are you doing this summer?
Venus Ann: I’m flying to Mars with my sister. The flight
Earth leaves next Tuesday. I’m really excited.
Mars Jon: What are you going to do on Mars?
Jupiter Ann: According to my space travel app, the weather’s
Saturn going to be really good, so we’ll definitely climb
Uranus Olympus Mons, and we’ll probably visit Phobos
Neptune and Deimos. I’ll call you when we get there.
Jon: You won’t be able to use your phone on Mars.
Unit 10, Page 106, Reading And you’re likely to need a good book. We went
Track 3.30 / gobeyond_L4_3_30_SB.mp3 to Mars last year. It’s really boring.
Your flight leaves in 15 years!
What are you doing in 15 years? If you don’t have any
plans and you enjoy travel and adventure, you might
want to consider a trip to Mars. The man who’s going to
get you there is Elon Musk, the billionaire founder and
CEO of SpaceX, the private spaceflight company.
Speaker 2
Male Teen 1: I can’t decide. One friend told me that
I should go for the new 64-gigabyte
tablet because it has more space and
the brand is fashionable. Another friend
said I should wait because another
even better tablet is coming out next
month that is ultracool. And then I went
online and found this tech site that
recommended a brand I’d never heard
of before, saying their tablet was the
best value for the money. What would
you suggest?
The school was not far away. It was on the other side I finished my coffee and left the dining room quickly.
of a hill. The distance by road was about one and a half
miles, but I knew a shorter way. I could walk over the top I did not see the tall, slim man, but I heard him. He was
of the hill in fifteen minutes. There was a path that ran in the garden of the boarding house. As I had guessed,
through the forest on the hill. he was a singer. He was practicing his singing. He was
singing “La donna é mobile” – a song from Verdi’s
I came back along this forest path late one evening. opera Rigoletto.
It was the last day of the school year. Tomorrow, the
students’ vacation would begin. I had stayed late at the The singer had a very good, strong voice. Maybe it was
school because I had been writing reports. too good. Why was he in a simple boarding house in
Brownville and singing in this way? I walked away quickly.
Suddenly I heard voices. One was a woman’s voice, ____
and she sounded angry. The second voice belonged to When I returned to the boarding house later, I saw the
a man. It was a deep and musical voice – the voice of older sister. She was standing in the garden with the
a singer. I could not see who was speaking, but I could singer. He was dressed in black clothes. His back was
hear the words clearly. turned toward me, so I could not see his face.
“Don’t threaten me!” The man said. “You can do The singer was talking easily to the young woman. I
nothing. Don’t try to change anything, or you will both guessed that they knew each other well. When I came
suffer.” into the garden, he stopped talking and turned around.
He looked straight at my face.
“What do you mean?” said the woman’s voice angrily. It
was a cultivated voice – she spoke clearly and well. “Do The man was not young. I guessed that he was about
you mean that you’ll murder us?” 50 years old. His face was extremely handsome. His
hair was thick and black – as black as the clothes that
“Mr. Benning takes very good care of the two girls,” the The Archbishop looked at the stone and the sword.
landlady went on. “He spends a lot of money on them, Words were written on the stone in gold letters:
and on himself. But maybe he’s spending their father’s THE MAN WHO PULLS THIS SWORD FROM THE STONE
money.” IS THE TRUE KING OF ALL BRITAIN.
It was now my summer vacation; I did not have to go Then one by one, the men tried to pull the sword from
back to the school for several weeks. I walked on the the stone. All the knights of Winchester tried, but they
hills and enjoyed the views and the fresh air. I often all failed. The sword did not move.
met Richard Benning and the two girls walking on the
hills too. They seemed to be very happy together. Then I “The true king is not here today,” said the Archbishop.
remembered the strange words that I had heard one of “I will send messages through all the lands of Britain.
the sisters say. “Do you mean that you’ll murder us?” Soon, everyone will know about this sword. Anyone who
Why had Eva Maynard said this? wants to pull the sword out of the stone must come
here at Christmas. On New Year’s Day, we will have a
For a short time, I forgot those frightening words. Then contest. We will see who can draw the sword from the
one morning, the people of Brownville were all talking stone.”
about a tragedy. Something terrible had happened in _____
their town. Pauline Maynard, the older sister, had died.
Many people came to the boarding house to say a few All the knights of Britain came to gather at Winchester.
kind words. They put their tents in the fields near the cathedral. It
was winter and very cold, so the men lit fires to keep
I went into the sitting room. Eva Maynard was standing warm.
beside the body of her dead sister and she was
weeping. Pauline Maynard was lying in a wooden coffin.
Her face was extremely pale. She looked as if she were
asleep. A crowd of people stood in the doorway of the
sitting room and stared at the scene.
Suddenly, Richard Benning pushed his way through the
crowd and entered the room. He tried to hold Eva’s
Kay stopped his horse. Then he put his hand on his “Arthur. You must know the truth,” said Sir Ector. “I am
sheath and felt for his sword, but the sheath was empty. not your father. Merlin the magician brought you to me
“I have forgotten my sword,” he said to Arthur. “I helped more than fifteen summers ago when you were only a
father to put on his armor, but I forgot to put my own few days old. ‘Take this child into your home,’ Merlin told
sword in my sheath.” me. ‘The boy’s name is Arthur. Take care of him. Arthur
and Kay will be brothers.’ ”
“I will ride back to our tent,” said Arthur. “The knights
are gathering near the cathedral. Go there. I will fetch When they heard these words, everyone knelt down.
your sword and bring it to you.” Arthur was astonished and could not speak.
Three months passed. At the beginning of spring, Arthur
“Ride quickly,” said Kay. was crowned king in Winchester Cathedral. When the
Archbishop put the crown on his head, all the people
So Arthur rode his horse back across the field. Then, in shouted, “LONG LIVE THE KING!”
the middle of the field, he saw the stone and the sword.
The bright sunshine shone on the sword. Extra reading, King Arthur and the Knights of
the Round Table, Page 119, Exercise 5
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borrow it for my brother Kay.” Then the young man pulled Merlin the Magician came to Arthur. “Sire, you will fight
the sword from the stone and took it to his brother. many battles,” he said. “You will need a new sword.”
_____
Arthur did not know why the sword was in the stone. But “But I have a sword,” Arthur replied.
Kay knew about the sword and the other knights knew
too. They all gathered around Kay and Arthur. “The sword that came from the stone is not for fighting,”
said Merlin. “That sword is a sign that you are king. It is
“Who gave you this sword?” asked a knight. “What are the Sword of Right. Now you need a sword for a battle.
you doing with it?” Your new sword will be the Sword of Might. It will be a
powerful, fighting sword. You must not use this sword
“Arthur, this sword does not belong to you,” said Sir because you are angry. You must use it to do good. You
Ector. “Put the sword back in the stone. The sword must defend the weak against the strong. You must
belongs to the true king.” fight against evil and defend your land.”
All the knights watched as Arthur put the sword back Merlin took Arthur to the lands in the west. They
into the stone. traveled for many days. They went through great forests
and passed the dark castle at Tintagel where Arthur was
“Kay,” said Sir Ector. “Draw the sword from the stone.” born. They rode onto high, bare hills and came near to
the sea.
So Kay put his hand around the handle of the sword and
pulled, but the sword did not move. Then all the other
Knights tried to pull the sword out of the stone, but it
did not move.
The boat was empty, and it had no sails or oars. There “How shall I know that day?” asked Arthur.
was no wind, but the boat moved slowly across the
water until it stopped at Arthur’s feet. Then Arthur “You will know that day when you come to this lake
stepped inside. The boat began to move toward the again,” Merlin answered. “Now, it is time for battle.”
middle of the lake.
A hand and arm rose out of the water. The arm was
covered in fine white cloth. The hand held a great sword.
Arthur reached out and took the sword in his own hand.
As he held the sword, a voice whispered the name,
“EXCALIBUR!” Then the arm disappeared under the
water.
Unit 5 Page 53
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[A] I think going to museums is boring.
[B] Really? I think going to museums is fascinating.
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[A] You can’t sing very well, can you?
[B] No, I can’t.
Well, actually I can.