Touchstone  Level 2  Contents and learning outcomes

Language
Learning outcomes
Grammar Vocabulary Pronunciation

Unit 1 • Ask questions to get to know your classmates using • Review of simple present • Review of types of TV Speaking naturally
the simple present and present of be in shows, clothes, food, and • Stress and intonation in
Making • Talk about your favorite things questions and statements weekend activities questions and answers
friends • Use responses with too and either to show what you • Responses with too and Sounds right
either
pages 1–10 have in common • Hard and soft consonants
• Start conversations with people you don’t know Extra practice
• Use actually to give new or surprising information
• Read an article about small talk
• Write a How-to article using correct punctuation

Unit 2 • Talk about your interests with can, like, hate, prefer, • Verb forms after can / can’t, • Interests and hobbies Speaking naturally
be good at, etc. love, like, etc., and • Types of music • Saying lists
Interests • Discuss your taste in music using object pronouns prepositions
Sounds right
pages 11–20 and everyone, nobody, etc. • Object pronouns
• Matching vowel sounds
• Say no in a friendly way • Everybody, everyone,
• Use really / not really to make statements stronger / softer nobody, and no one
• Read an online forum about hobbies Extra practice
• Write online forum posts using linking expressions

Unit 3 • Talk about exercise and how to stay healthy using the • Simple present and present • Ways to stay healthy Speaking naturally
simple present and present continuous continuous • Common health problems • Contrasts
Health • Discuss common health problems using if and when • Joining clauses with if and • Common remedies Sounds right
pages 21–30 • Encourage people to say more when
• Matching vowel sounds
• Use expressions like Really? and Oh! to show surprise Extra practice
• Read an article about staying healthy
• Write questions and answers about health concerns

Checkpoint Units 1–3  pages 31–32

Unit 4 • Talk about gift giving and birthdays using be going to • Future with be going to • Months of the year Speaking naturally
and indirect objects • Indirect objects • Days of the month • Reduction of going to
Celebrations • Talk about how you celebrate special days • Indirect object pronouns • Special days, celebrations, Sounds right
pages 33–42 • Talk about plans using the present continuous or be • Present continuous for the and holidays • Which sound in each group
going to future • Things people do to is different?
• Use “vague” expressions like and everything Extra practice celebrate special days
• Give vague responses like It depends if you’re not sure
• Read an article about traditions around the world
• Write an invitation to a special event

Unit 5 • Talk about growing up and your family background • be born • Time expressions for the Speaking naturally
using the simple past • Review of simple past in past • Reduction of did you
Growing up • Talk about school subjects people studied using most questions and statements • Saying years Sounds right
pages 43–52 (of ), a few (of ), etc. • General and specific use of • School subjects • Hard and soft consonant
• Correct things you say with expressions like Well, determiners sounds
Actually, and No, wait Extra practice
• Use I mean to correct a word or name
• Read an interview about a man’s teenage years
• Write answers to interview questions

Unit 6 • Ask about places with Is there . . . ? and Are there . . . ? • Is there? and Are there? • Places in town Speaking naturally
• Say where places are with next to, between, etc. • Pronouns one and ones • Location expressions • Word stress in compound
Around town • Ask for and give directions • Offers and requests with • Expressions for asking and nouns
pages 53–62 • Offer and ask for help with Can and Could Can and Could giving directions Sounds right
• Check information by repeating words or using Extra practice • Matching vowel sounds
expressions like Excuse me? spelled with a and o
• Ask “echo” questions like It’s where? to check
• Read an online guide to Istanbul
• Write a walking-tour guide

Checkpoint Units 4–6  pages 63–64

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 Contents and learning outcomes LEVEL 2

Interaction Skills Self study

Conversation Vocabulary
Listening Reading Writing Free talk
strategies notebook
• Start a conversation with What’s the question? Improve your skills and How to improve . . . Sally’s party! Webs of words
someone you don’t • Listen to answers and “small talk” your way to • Write an article giving • Group work: Play a game • Use word webs to
know match them with success advice on how to to make small talk at a organize new vocabulary
• Use actually to give or to questions • A magazine article giving improve something party
“correct” information This is a great party! advice • Review of punctuation
• Listen to responses and
match them to
conversation starters;
then listen for more
information
• Say no in a friendly way Interesting hobbies • Read an online forum A message board Common interests I really like to sing!
• Use really and not really • Match conversations • Write a question to post • Group work: Ask and • Link new words together
to make statements about hobbies with on a message board answer questions about in word “chains”
stronger or softer photos; fill in a chart • Link ideas with and, your own hobbies
Favorite websites also, especially, or, but,
• Listen for details as two and because
people talk about a
website

• Encourage people to say Unhealthy habits Rethink your way to great That’s great advice! True or false? Under the weather
more to keep a • Predict what people will health • Write a question asking • Pair work: Ask questions • Write down words you
conversation going say about their habits; • Read an article about advice about a health to guess true and untrue can use with a new word
• Show surprise listen to check improving personal problem, and write information about habits or expression
Coping with stress health replies to your
classmates’ questions
• Match conversations
about relaxing with • Use commas after if and
photos; listen for details when clauses

Checkpoint Units 1–3 pages 31–32

• Use “vague” Celebrations around the Let’s celebrate! Congratulations! A new celebration Calendars
expressions like world • Read an article about • Write an invitation to a • Group work: Create a • Write new vocabulary
and everything • Listen to people talk traditions in different special event, and add a new special day or about special days and
• Give “vague” responses about two festivals, and countries personal note festival, and talk about it celebrations on a
like I don’t know and answer questions • Formal and informal with other groups calendar
Maybe when you’re not Congratulations! ways to begin and end a
sure note or letter
• Listen for details in two
conversations about
invitations, and fill in
the blanks
• Correct things you say I don’t remember Teenage years An interview In the past I hated math!
with expressions like exactly . . . • Read an interview with a • Write interview • Class activity: Ask your • Group new vocabulary in
Well, Actually, and No, • Listen for corrections man who talks about his questions to ask a classmates questions different ways
wait as people talk about teenage years classmate about when about their childhood,
• Use I mean to correct childhood memories he or she was younger, and take notes
yourself when you say A long time ago and reply to a
the wrong word or name classmate’s questions
• Listen for details as a
man talks about his • Link ideas with except
teenage years (for) and apart from

• Repeat key words to Finding your way around 3 days in Istanbul . . . A walking-tour guide Apartment hunting Which way?
check information • Match four sets of • Read a travel website • Write a guide for a • Pair work: Ask and • Draw and label a map to
• Use “checking” directions with the about Istanbul walking tour of your city answer questions about remember directions
expressions to check destinations by or town two apartments, and
information following the map • Expressions for giving choose one to live in
• Use “echo” questions to Tourist information directions
check information • Listen to conversations
at a visitor center, and
predict what each
person says next to
check the information

Checkpoint Units 4–6 pages 63–64

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 Language
Learning outcomes
Grammar Vocabulary Pronunciation

Unit 7 • Talk about getting ready for a trip using infinitives • Infinitives for reasons • Things to do before a trip Speaking naturally
to give reasons • It’s + adjective + to . . . • Things to take on different • Reduction of to
Going away • Give opinions using It’s + adjective + to • Ways to give advice and kinds of trips Sounds right
pages 65–74 • Talk about things to take on a trip make suggestions • Words with and without a
• Give advice and suggestions with should, could, etc. Extra practice silent l
• Respond to suggestions
• Use I guess when you’re not sure
• Read an article about unique hotels
• Write an email about a trip

Unit 8 • Talk about where you keep things at home • Whose . . . ? and possessive • Places where you keep Speaking naturally
• Say who owns things with mine, yours, etc. and whose pronouns things in your home • Reduction of grammatical
At home • Talk about items in the home • Order of adjectives • Home furnishings for words
pages 75–84 • Identify things using adjectives and one / ones • Pronouns one and ones different rooms Sounds right
• Location expressions after • Things you keep in your • Matching vowel sounds
• Use Do you mind . . . ? and Would you mind . . . ? to
pronouns and nouns room
make polite requests
• Agree to requests with expressions like Go right ahead Extra practice
• Read comments on a website about unusual habits
• Write about your evening routine with expressions like
first and as soon as

Unit 9 • Tell anecdotes about things that went wrong using the • Past continuous statements • Parts of the body Speaking naturally
past continuous and simple past • Past continuous questions • Injuries • Fall-rise intonation
Things • Talk about accidents (e.g., I broke my arm.) using the • Reflexive pronouns Sounds right
happen past continuous and myself, yourself, etc.
Extra practice • Simple past verbs with -ed
pages 85–94 • React to show interest with expressions like Oh, no! endings
• Use I bet to show you’re sure or that you understand
• Read anecdotes in an article
• Write an anecdote using when and while

Checkpoint Units 7–9  pages 95–96

Unit 10 • Compare ways of communicating using comparative • Comparative adjectives • Ways of communicating Speaking naturally
adjectives and more, less, and fewer • More, less, fewer • Adjectives • Linking
Communication • Manage phone conversations Extra practice • Phone expressions Sounds right
pages 97–106 • Interrupt and restart a phone conversation • The sounds /s/ or /z/
• Use just to soften what you say
• Read an article about texting
• Write an article giving pros and cons

Unit 11 • Describe people’s appearance using adjectives and • Describing people; have • Adjectives and expressions Speaking naturally
have and have got got to describe people’s • Checking information
Appearances • Identify people using verb + -ing and prepositions • Phrases with verb + -ing appearances
Sounds right
pages • Use expressions like What do you call . . . ? if you can’t and prepositions
• Matching vowel sounds
107–116 remember a word Extra practice
• Use expressions like You mean . . . ? to check or
suggest words and names
• Read an article about fashion
• Write an article about fashion trends

Unit 12 • Make predictions and discuss future plans with will, • Future with will, may, and • Work, study, and life plans Speaking naturally
may, and might might • Occupations • Reduction of will
Looking • Talk about jobs • Present tense verbs with Sounds right
ahead • Discuss future plans using the simple present in if and future meaning
• Stressed and unstressed
pages time clauses Extra practice syllables
117–126 • Make offers and promises with will
• Agree to something using All right and OK
• Read an article about the future
• Write about an invention using First, Second, etc.

Checkpoint Units 10–12  pages 127–128

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 Contents and learning outcomes LEVEL 2

Interaction Skills Self study

Conversation Vocabulary
Listening Reading Writing Free talk
strategies notebook
• Respond to suggestions It’s good to travel. Unique hotel experiences Recommendations Travel smart! Travel items
• Use I guess when you’re • Predict what people are • Read an article about • Write an email about • Role play: Choose a role • When you write down a
not sure going to say about three unusual hotels staying at one of the and give your partner new noun, write notes
traveling, then listen for hotels in the lesson travel advice according about it
the exact words • Format and expressions to the pictures
Recommendations for writing an email
• Match advice about
staying at hotels with
pictures, then listen to a
radio show to check your
answers
• Ask politely for Could you do me a favor? Do you have an unusual Evening routines All about home The ABCs of home
permission to do things • Listen to conversations home habit? • Write a short article • Pair work: Discuss • Write down a word for
with Do you mind . . . ? between roommates, • Read online comments about the evening questions about your something in your home
• Ask someone politely to complete their requests, about people’s unusual routines of your partner homes, and find out for each letter of the
do something with and then check if each home habits • Order events using ways you are alike and alphabet
Would you mind . . . ? person agrees sequence words different
• Agree to requests Evening routines
• Listen to someone
describe his evening
routine, and number
pictures in order
• React to and comment A funny story Every cloud has a silver Anecdotes What was happening? From head to toe
on a story • Listen to an anecdote, lining . . . • Write an anecdote telling • Pair work: Look at a • Draw and label pictures
• Respond with and choose the best • Read a magazine article about a time something picture, and see how to remember new
I bet . . . response featuring anecdotes went wrong much detail you can vocabulary
Happy endings? from readers • Link ideas with when remember about what
and while was happening
• Listen to two anecdotes,
and answer questions
about the details

Checkpoint Units 7–9 pages 95–96

• Interrupt and restart Sorry about that! Why all the interest in The pros and cons Which is better? Phone talk
phone conversations • Listen to three phone texting? • Write a short article • Pair work: Compare pairs • Learn new expressions
• Use just to soften things conversations to infer • Read an online article about the advantages of actions, and discuss by making note of the
you say the reason for each call about texting and disadvantages of which is better and why situations when you can
and for each interruption a means of use them
It can be annoying . . . communication
• Listen to a teenager talk • Structure of an article
about texting; check the comparing pros and
opinions she agrees with cons

• Show you’re trying to Celebrities Fashion statements Fashion trends What’s different? What do they look like?
remember a word or • Listen to descriptions of • Read a blog article about • Write a fashion article • Pair work: Ask and • Use new vocabulary in
name celebrities, and match fashion trends describing the current answer questions to true sentences about
• Use You mean . . . or Do them with their photos “look” determine what’s yourself or people you
you mean . . .? to help What’s in style? • Expressions to describe different about people in know
someone remember new and old trends two pictures, and guess
• Listen to four people
something where they went
answer questions about
current styles, and fill in
a chart

• Make offers and I’ll do it! What will life be like in the A good idea? I might do that. Writers, actors, and artists
promises with I’ll and • Listen to two people future? • Write a short article • Pair work: Interview a • Write new vocabulary in
I won’t planning a party, and • Read an online article about how a future classmate to find out his groups by endings or
• Agree to something with identify what each of with predictions about invention will make our or her future plans topics
All right and OK them says they’ll do the future lives better or worse
A good idea? • List ideas with First,
• Listen to two people Second, Next, and Finally
discussing predictions;
identify who says each
is a good idea and why

Checkpoint Units 10–12 pages 127–128

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UNIT

Things happen
Can
Do! In this unit, you learn how to . . .
Lesson A Lesson B Lesson C Lesson D
• Tell anecdotes about • Talk about accidents • React to show interest with • Read anecdotes in an
things that went wrong (e.g., I broke my arm.) expressions like Oh, no! article
using the past using the past • Use I bet to show you’re • Write an anecdote
continuous and simple continuous and sure or that you using when and while
past myself, yourself, etc. understand

1 2 3

Before you begin . . .

Look at the pictures. Think about a time when one of these things happened
to you. Tell the class about a time when you . . .
• broke something. • lost something.
• forgot something. • damaged something. 85
 Lesson A When things go wrong . . .

Are you having a BAD week?

Actually, yes. I was going to
work on the train Monday
morning, and I was talking to
this woman. I guess I wasn’t
paying attention, and I missed
my stop. I was half an hour late
for a meeting with my new boss.

Sean Davis

Definitely! My friend accidentally

deleted all my music files when
she was using my computer.
Actually, she was trying to help
me – she was downloading stuff
from my phone, and something
went wrong. I spent hours on
the phone with tech support.
Julia Chen

Yeah, kind of. A couple of days

ago, a friend and I were trying to
look cool in front of some girls at
the mall. We weren’t looking,
and we walked right into a glass
door. I was so embarrassed.

Roberto Moreno

1 Getting started
A Look at the illustrations above. What do you think happened to each person?
Do these kinds of things ever happen to you? Tell the class.

B 3.23 Listen and read. Were your guesses about the people correct?

C Can you choose the correct verb forms? Use the interviews above to help you.
Then compare with a partner.
1. Sean missed / was missing his stop because he talked / was talking to a woman on the train.
2. Julia’s friend deleted / was deleting all Julia’s music files when she using / was using her computer.
3. Roberto and his friend tried / were trying to look cool when they walked / were walking into a
glass door.
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2 Grammar Past continuous statements 3.24 Extra practice p. 148

Use the past continuous to set the background for a story or tell about events in
progress in the past. Use the simple past for completed actions in the past.
I was talking to a woman, and I missed my stop. I wasn’t paying attention.
We were trying to look cool, and we walked into a glass door. We weren’t looking.
A friend of mine deleted all my music files when she was using my computer.
When my friend was using my computer, she deleted all my music files. In conversation
The most common verbs in the
Complete the anecdotes with the past continuous or simple past. past continuous are talk, do,
Then close your book. Take turns retelling the anecdotes to a partner. go, say, try, get, and tell.

1. I was having (have) lunch in a café yesterday when the server

accidentally (spill) tomato sauce on my shirt. I guess
he (not / pay) attention. I was upset, but
I (got) my lunch for free.

2. My friend and I were at a barbecue last week. When we

(walk) around the yard, she (trip)
and (fall) into the pond.

3. I (damage) my parents’ car last week.

I (try) to park, and my friend (talk) to
me, and I (hit) a wall. Now I have to pay for the repairs.

4. I was in a chemistry class recently, and a classmate and

I (do) an experiment when something
(go) wrong. I (burn) my hand.

5. Last week I was on the bus, and I (talk) to my girlfriend

on my cell phone. Well, actually, we (have) a long
argument. We (not / get along) at the time. When
I (end) the call, I realized that everyone on the bus
(listen). How embarrassing!

3 Speaking naturally Fall-rise intonation

I was running for a bus last week, and I fell.

When I was going home yesterday, I ran into an old friend.

A 3.25Listen and repeat the sentences above. Notice that the intonation falls and then rises
slightly at the end of the first part of each sentence. This sets the background.

B 3.26 Listen and complete the sentences. Then listen again and repeat.
1. I was reading a book , and I missed my stop.
2. Last night when I was washing , I broke a glass.
3. I was texting , and I tripped and fell on the street.
4. Yesterday when I was using , it suddenly crashed.
About
you C Pair work Think of things that happened to you this week. Tell each other your anecdotes.
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 Lesson B Accidents happen.

1 Building vocabulary
A 3.27 Listen and say the words and sentences. Which words and expressions do you already know?

hand eye head

face thumb I broke my arm.
nose
shoulder
neck

wrist
finger
arm I got a black eye.
elbow

chest
back

hip I sprained my ankle.

leg
knee I cut my finger.

ankle
I hurt my back.
foot
toe

Word
sort B Make true sentences about accidents that happened to you or people you know.
Use the vocabulary above and add other words you know.

break I broke my leg when I was a kid.

sprain

cut

hurt

other My sister got a black eye . . .

About
you C Pair work Take turns telling about the accidents in your chart. Vocabulary notebook p. 94

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2 Building language
A 3.28 Listen. What happened to George? What was he doing
when it happened? Practice the conversation.
Nikki So, how was your ski trip? Did you have a good time?
George Yeah, I guess. I sort of had an accident.
Nikki Oh, really? What happened? Did you hurt yourself?
George Yeah, I broke my leg.
Nikki Oh, no! How did it happen? I mean, what were you doing?
George Well, actually, I was talking on my cell phone. . . .
Nikki While you were skiing? That’s kind of dangerous.
George Yeah, I know. But I was by myself, so I was lucky I had my cell to call for help.

B Complete the questions George’s other friends asked. Use the conversation above to help you.
1. What were / did you doing? 3. Did you hurt yourself / you?
2. How did it happen / was it happening? 4. I don’t enjoy skiing by / with myself. Do you?

3 Grammar Past continuous questions; reflexive pronouns 3.29

Extra practice p. 148

Past continuous Simple past Reflexive pronouns

Were you skiing with a friend? Did you hurt yourself? I myself.
No, I wasn’t. I was by myself. Yes, I did. You yourself.
What were you doing (when you fell)? What did you do? He himself.
I was talking on my cell phone. I called for help. She hurt herself.
We ourselves.
They themselves.
In conversation
A Complete the conversations with reflexive pronouns and 10% of uses of yourself are in the
question How about yourself?
the simple past or past continuous of the verbs given.
Almost 10% of uses of myself are
1. A What’s wrong with your finger? Did you cut ? in the expression by myself.

B Yeah, I accidentally cut with a knife. Common errors

A Oh, you (make) dinner? Don’t use an object pronoun
when the subject and object
2. A My father hurt at the gym. of the verb refer to the same
person.
B That’s too bad. he (lift) weights?
My father hurt himself.
A Yeah. A lot of people hurt on weight machines, I guess. (NOT My father hurt him.)

3. A Hey, where you (get) that black eye?

B Oh, my mom and I had a car accident. But she’s OK.
A Well, that’s good. Uh, so who (drive)?
4. A My sister was hiking by last weekend, and she broke
her ankle. She was in the middle of nowhere.
B Oh, no! So, how she (get) help? Sounds right p. 139
I mean, anyone else (hike) on the trail?

B Pair work Practice the conversations above. Continue them with your own ideas.
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 Lesson C Conversation
strategies
That’s hilarious.

1 Conversation strategy Reacting to a story

A Look at some words from a funny story. Can you guess what happened?
curry phone burnt pan hide hilarious

B 3.30 Listen. What happened to Hugo? How did he “solve” his problem?

Hugo I was at my friend’s house one time. We

were making Thai curry for a bunch of
people . . .
Olivia Oh, I love Thai food.
Hugo And he left me in the kitchen to watch the
curry. Well, my phone rang and I got
talking . . .
Olivia Uh-oh.
Hugo . . . and it all stuck to the bottom of the
pan and burned.
Olivia Oh, no!
Hugo Yeah. It didn’t taste too good. I freaked.
Olivia I bet.
Hugo So I poured the curry into another pan
and added some chili peppers. Then I hid
the burnt pan under the sink.
Olivia Oh, that’s hilarious. I bet no one even
noticed.
Hugo I don’t know. No one said anything, but
they drank a lot of water.

C Notice how Olivia reacts to Hugo’s story. She makes “It all stuck to the bottom of
brief comments on the things he says to show she is the pan and burned.”
listening and interested. Find examples in the “Oh, no!”
conversation.

D Read the story below and the comments on the right. For each part of the story, choose a com-
ment. Practice telling the story and commenting with a partner.
1. I was working as a server at Pierre’s last year. c a. Oh, no! I bet he was upset.
2. Yeah, it’s very fancy with cool art and everything. b. Well, that was lucky.
3. Well, it’s not cheap. Anyway, I was serving coffee to this guy, c. Oh, Pierre’s is nice,
and I spilled it all over his suit! I heard.
4. Yeah – but wait. I found out it was Pierre himself! d. Expensive, huh?
5. Yeah, and he was pretty mad. But he didn’t fire me! e. You’re kidding, the owner?

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2 Strategy plus I bet . . .

You can start a statement You can also use
with I bet . . . when you I bet as a response to
are pretty sure about show you understand
something. a situation.
A I freaked!
I hid the burned pan B I bet.
under the sink.
I bet no one even noticed.
In conversation
Bet is one of the top 600
Read the stories and guess the responses. Then listen
3.31 words. Over 60% of its uses
and write the responses you hear. Practice with a partner. are in the expression I bet . . .

1. A A friend of mine was staying at a hotel one time, and she

was walking back to her room in the dark, and she fell in the pool.
Everyone at the pool café saw her!
B Oh, no! I bet .

2. A One time I fell asleep on the subway, and when I woke up,
the train was at the end of the line. It took an hour to get
back to my stop.
B Oh, I bet .

3. A I was on vacation in London with my parents a few years

ago, and we were flying home. Anyway, we got to the airport,
and I realized my passport was still in the hotel safe.
B Oh, no. I bet .

3 Listening and strategies A funny story

A Listen to the story. Choose the best response each time you hear a pause.
3.32
Check (✓) a or b.
1. a. That’s awful. b. Oh, I bet.
2. a. I bet. b. Nice.
3. a. It’s easy to do. b. That’s good.
4. a. I bet. b. Thank goodness.
5. a. I bet he was pretty upset. b. Good.
About
you B 3.32 Listen to the story again. Write your own comments or responses when you hear the pauses.
1. 4.
2. 5.
3.

C Pair work Take turns retelling the story you just heard, or tell your own story. React with short
comments and respond using I bet.

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 Lesson D Happy endings

1 Reading
A Brainstorm! Make a list of any good things that happened recently. Tell the class.
I passed my final math test.
Reading tip
My friend gave me a ticket to a concert.
As you read a story, pay attention to the
B Read the article. What bad thing happened to each person? time expressions like ten years later, or
last month. They help you follow events.
Did their stories have happy endings?

Every cloud has a silver lining . . .

Gemma Russo, California
Sometimes when things go
wrong, they just go wrong.
But occasionally something
really positive comes out of
a bad situation. Last month, while I was hiking
in a state park, I took a photo of an amazing
sunset over a lake. It was so beautiful that I
decided to text it to my friend Charley right
then and there. Anyway, when I was taking
more photos of the lake, I slipped and dropped
my cell phone in the water. Disaster! I lost all
my photos, and I sprained my ankle. They
couldn’t fix my phone, either. Well, apparently,
Charley secretly sent in my sunset photo to the
local TV station. Today, they chose it for
“Photo of the Month,” and I won a brand new camera! Chin-ho, Daegu
Maybe every cloud does have a silver lining, after all!
A couple of weeks ago,
I was helping a friend
Elena, Texas move his things into my
Ten years ago, my scooter broke apartment. He was out
down when I was riding to of work and needed a
school. I couldn’t afford to fix it, place to stay. While we
so that semester I had to get up were carrying some heavy boxes up the stairs,
at 5:00 a.m. every day to take I hurt my back. It was really bad, so I had to
the bus. One cold, wet morning, go to the emergency room. Anyway, while I
I was feeling really tired and grumpy. But while I was was waiting to see the doctor, I saw an
waiting for the bus, this guy started talking to me, and he advertisement for a computer technician at the
actually made me laugh! It turned out that he was hospital. I called my friend, he got the job, and
studying at the same college. We exchanged phone I got a prescription for painkillers! At least his
numbers, and the rest is history. Ten years later, we’re cloud had a silver lining! Though I do have my
married with two children. Oh, and a new scooter! apartment all to myself again.

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C Read the article on page 92 again. Are the sentences true or false?
Check (✓ ) True (T) or False (F). Correct the false sentences. T F
occasionally
1. Gemma believes that something good always comes out of a bad situation. ✓
2. Gemma won a new camera because she sent her photo to a local TV station.
3. Elena had to take the bus to class because she didn’t have the money to fix her scooter.
4. Elena liked the guy at the bus stop because he was funny.
5. Chin-ho hurt himself when he was trying to help a friend.
6. Chin-ho’s friend moved to a new place when he got the job at the hospital.

2 Listening and speaking Happy endings?

A 3.33 Listen to Gary’s and Pam’s stories. Who lost something? Who got lost?

B 3.33 Listen to the stories again. Answer the questions.

Gary’s story Pam’s story
1. Where was Gary? What was he doing? 1. Where was Pam going?
2. Who did he meet? 2. What was her problem?
3. Why did he forget his briefcase? 3. How did she get help?
4. What did he do when he got to work? 4. How did the woman offer to help?
5. Does this story have a happy ending? 5. Does this story have a happy ending?
Why or why not? Why or why not?

C Pair work Student A: Choose one of the stories above, and retell it to a partner.
Student B: Listen. Did your partner leave out any important details?
Free talk pp. 134 and 136

3 Writing Anecdotes
A Think of a time something went wrong. Write 10 to 12 sentences about it. Make sure your
sentences are in order.

I was walking to work last week. The light changed.

It started to rain. I had to wait for a really long time.
I didn’t have an umbrella. A young man came up to me.
I put a newspaper over my head and ran. He offered to share his umbrella.
I got to the corner. He walked with me all the way to work!
About
you B Read the Help note and the anecdote. What events do the words when and while link?
Then use your notes from above to write your own anecdote.

Last week, I was walking to work when it started to Help note

rain. I didn’t have an umbrella, so I put a newspaper Linking ideas with when and while.
over my head and ran. When I got to the corner, the You can use when or while to link a longer “background” event
light changed, and I had to wait for a really long and another action.
time. While I was waiting, a young man came up to • While emphasizes the length of time an action or event takes.
me and offered to share his umbrella. He walked • When also shows events that happen one after another.
with me all the way to work! It was so nice of him.

C Group work Read your classmates’ anecdotes. Which ones show “every cloud has a silver lining”?
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 Vocabulary notebook From head to toe

In conversation
Learning tip Sketches Take my hand
The top ten body parts
Draw and label pictures to help you remember new vocabulary.
people talk about are:
1. hand 6. arm
2. eye 7. mouth
1 Label the sketch. Use the words in the box. 3. head 8. ear
4. face 9. back
eye 5. leg 10. knee
nose
head
face
neck
shoulder

2 Now make a sketch of a body from head to toe. How many parts of the body can you label?

On your own
Before you go to sleep each night, think
of the name for each part of your body.
Start at your head, and work toward your
toes. Can you think of each word in
English before you fall asleep?

Can
Do! Now I can . . .
I can . . . ? I need to review how to . . .

tell anecdotes about things that went wrong. understand people telling anecdotes and
talk about accidents and what happened. respond.

react with expressions like Oh, no! to show understand the details of a story.
I’m listening to a story. read anecdotes in an article.
use I bet to show I’m sure or as a response write an anecdote about something that
to show I understand. went wrong.

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