English File Student Book Clive Oxenden Christina Latham-Koenig — Paul SeligsonG simple past of be: was | were V word formation: paint -> painter P sentence stress ‘Who was he? He was a famous musician. Who were they? 1 LISTENING a Look at the photo of Mount Rushmore. Who are the men? Match their first names and last names. George Jefferson Thomas Lincoln Theodore Washington Abraham Roosevelt b GA Listen to the tour guide. Check your answers. ¢ (52) Listen. Complete with numbers and dates. a Guide The second head is of Thomas Jefferson. He was president of the United States from 1801. to Tourist 1 When was he born? Guide He was born in in Virginia, His parents were very rich. Tourist 1 Was he the president right after ‘Washington? Guide No, he was the ___ president. ‘Tourist 2 What’ Jefferson famous for? Guide Well he’s famous for writing the Declaration of Independence - that was when he was before he was president ~and for buying the state of Louisiana from Napoleon in 2 GRAMMAR simple past of be: was / were @ Complete the sentences with wasor were. ‘Simple present Simple past The heads are of four They all presidents famous Americans, of the US, The first head on the left He the first Washington, American president. b © p.t30 Grammar Bank 5A. Read the rules and do the exercises. 3 PRONUNCIATION ‘sentence stress a G53) Listen and repeat. Copy the rhythm. FF) He was born in Virginia. His parents were very rich. ) He wasn’t the second president. They weren't all famous. 2) Where was he born’ When was he born? ‘Was he famous? No, he wasn’ Were they good presidents? Yes, they were. b © Communication Three Presidents A p.109 B p.112. Ask and answer about Washington, Lincoln, and Roosevelt. In pairs, ask and answer questions. + When were you born? + Where were you born? + Where was your mother / father Lorn? + Where were your grandparents born?“The statue of in ‘was bor in Mazovia ‘was born in 1412 inP___ in 1810.When hein che vilage of Domnrény ‘was seven years old he was inf___.She was only ‘already a brilantparist He young gr.but she was abo wes a gent compose and is 3 soe nda fous leader iano music s world amous in che war against the English and very popular " 4 READING Look at the four statues. Who are they? Where are theyt Label the photos with the people and cities. Chopin Joan of Arc Nelson Bolivar Warsaw Caracas Paris London b Complete the biographies with the names of the people and the countries they were from. ¢ 54> Listen and check. Cover the texts. What can you remember about the people? 5 VOCABULARY word formation a You can often make the word for a person by adding an ending toa verb or noun. Look at the examples. What letters do you add? “verb = person) [noun > person paint — painter art artist act actor science scientist write writer musician music b Read the texts again and find the words for people from these verbs and nouns. 1 piano (n) 2 compose (v) 3 lead (v) 4 sail (¥) 5 politics (n) Ser eTOae Se = ermonenan, Bafntnefon Cres Be ee erases ee eee ee ‘he Bate of Trail in 1805. yderline the stressed syllable and practice saying e words. Think of a famous statue of a persoa in your town or in the capital of your country. Write a short text about it. Say where itis, who itis, and what the person was famous for. The statue of in He / She was. 6 SPEAKING Who was the top British person of all time? In a BBC survey the winner BB inn curt Other people in the top ten ‘were William Shakespeare, Lord Nelson, John Lennon, and Queen Elizabeth 1. I In groups of three, decide who you think are the top three people of all time from your country. b Tell the class about them. We thik number 1is He / She was a famous. ea aeV past time expressions aes cides We wanted to goto Sydney. N 1 READING a. 683 Read and listen to the true story about Raoul and Emma, Answer the question at the end. A TALE OF TWO SYDNEYS Last April wo Betsh teeragers wanted Emma: was alle worried because che second phne to goto Ausra for ther summer was vey smal, but | ie Want tos anything ro Raoul vacation. But it was a 24-hour trip by Raoul: After only an hour the plane landed. We looked out plane, and tickets were very expensive. the window. It was a very small airport. We walked to the So Raoul Sebastian and Erma Nunn, nfrmation desk and | showed our thts to the woman age 19 looked for cheap tzkets onthe eee Internet. They were lucky, nd they paren bce Relea Le et She locket our et Th nx if? This te ed av inn ext arreTopectnc v0 eee Ee and waited for the plane to leave. Six hours later they landed at ee Oe og 1 big airport and changed phines Do you think they were in Sydney? b Read the story again and number the pictures 1-9. K 8 ¢ gal STs F e i c CSBP List to the end of the story. Where were they? © Communication Sydney p.112 and read about what happened to Emma and Raoul in the end. Is it easy to make a mistake like this?2 GRAMMAR simple pa: Simple present ‘They want to go to Australia. | They I don't want to say anything, | 1 Where do you want to go!__| Where > © p.130 Grammar Bank 5B. Read the rules and do the exercises. Complete the questions with Was / Were or Did 1 they want to go to Australia? ita long trip? they book their tickets at a travel agency? the tickets expensive? 4 5 they check in at Heathrow airport? 6 they change planes three times? 8 the second plane big? —— Emma worried? regular verbs = Look at the (highlighted. verbs in the text and complete the chart, ‘Simple past to goto Aust tw say anything. a 3 PRONUNCIATION -ed endings A Simple past regular verbs end in -ed in ® sentences. -ed can be pronounced in three ways. 58 Listen and repeat the verbs. In which group do you pronounce the ein the -ed? Why? to got Leed=/d) |2-ed=!t/ _|3-ed= hdl arrived booked | wanted changed | checked landed showed looked waited tied walked asked b 59) Listen and repeat Emma and Raou!’s story. 1 They wanted to go to Australia 8 the plane land in Australia? 2 They booked two tickets on the Internet. 10 they stay in Nova Scotia for a long time? 3 They arrived at Heathrow airport. 4 They checked in. 4 $7» Listen and check. Then listen and repeat. Copy the rhythm. 5 They landed ata big airport © Inpairs, ask and answer the questions about Raoul and Emma, i they want to go to Australia? Yes (they did) 4 VOCABULARY & SPEAKING a Number the past time expressions 1-7. yesterday morning, five minutes ago, last November. booked the tickets | a year ago. last night. three days ago. last week, A last April, Nor the last April, last week, Nov the las sel yesterday morning | afternoon | evening BUT lastnight NOT yesterday night 6 They changed planes. 7 They looked out the window. 8 They walked to the information desk. 9 They showed thei tickets to a woman, ¢ Use the pictures in 1b to retell the story from memory. Try to pronounce the simple past verbs correctly. b Stand up and move around the class. Ask Did you...? questions. When somebody answers Yes, I did, write down their name and ask the next question, e.g., Where to? ‘traveled by plane last year Where to? starred learning English along time ago. When? phyed soccer last weekend, With who? studied lastnight What cooted a meal yesterday. —— Wa arrived late for dass today. Wy listened to the radio this morning. What program? invited a friend to dinner last weekend. _____ Who? finished work late last night —— Wy? watched TV lastnight. What program? Yes, | did Bid you wal by plane ast eo?” > Where to? tV go, have, get S as P sentence stress ie Where did you go? 5 ‘We went toa restaurant, 1 VOCABULARY go, have, get 2 READING a Can you remember? Write go, have,or get. a Do women go out together in your country? Where do they g Junch shoppis §P Look at the photos and read the reports. Where do you think the women are? Write Rio de Janeiro, Beijing, or Moscow b © p.150 Vocabulary Bank Go, have, get. «Eig Oinyan, Frederico Mende, Not nae ure CaveIP Sydicaton The magazine Marie Claire asked its women journalists in Rio, Beijing. and Moscow to go out for the evening and then write a report. RL with her friends Nicole and Hujia on a Saturday night. Oy Sea 1“ Twore a black sweater and pants and a lot of makeup. Girt here wore a long dress, People are quite traditional here, but like wearing nice clothes! ‘people want to wear new fashions and have new hair colo 2 Wewent to Piramida, it’s a barand restaurant that’s open 24 hours First | drove to Bar Street, a street with about 50 bars. a day, and it’s the “in” place right now. There's DJ, and we sawa We met inthe Pink Loft. a Thai restaurant. After dinner, lot of interesting people. ‘we went toa tea house because it's a good place to talk. 3 We had coffee and apple pie. Then we had wine. We had typical Thai food, like green curry. Then we had tea. Women here don't drink a lot of alcohol. 4 We talked about Lalis problems with her bojfriend. She was a We talked about our love lives, especially Hujias. she has litle sad, Then some men at the next table started talking to a problem with her boyfriend, We talxed about men, fashio sand they bought us drinks. Men always pay for women’ | and literature. drinks here, 5 Wegota taxi. It an be quite dangerous here at night, and the We went home by car. I didn't drink any alcohol, metro closes at about 12:30. so | could drive 6 We left Piramida at about 1:30, and | got home at 2:00 We left at 12:00, and | got home at about 12:30. Fantastic, 10 points. We had a great time, and Lali was happy again. _It was a very good night. 8 points. © Homey Mrcs/Mare Car Sync 3 b © Match the questions with the women’s answers. Did you have a good time? How did you go home? What did you do? What did you have to eat and drink? What did you wear? What time did you get home? What did you talk about? Uv ou 5 Uv o Read the reports again. Complete the chart with ¥ (= yes) or X (= no). | Sabina wear a dres talkabout ment talkabout clothe? -g0 home by taxi get home after 30? ‘Compare your answers with partner. A ask about Sabina, B ask about Sharon Pies vec aan woreaen 2 6 apa GRAMMAR simple past irregular verbs Look at the reports again and find the past tense of these irregular verbs. wear worl go went = Isol have heed buy oot get gat lene _____left/ drive [drowv/ met /met/ can Tkod/ Gi) Listen and check. Practice saying the verbs, © p.130 Grammar Bank 5C. Read the rules and do the exercises. 4 LISTENING a Look at the third picture in Girls’ Night Out. Where are they? b_GSiV> Listen to Silvia talking about their “gins night out” Listen once. Did they have a good time? How many points, out of 102 ¢ Listen again, Answer questions 1-6 from 2c. 5 SPEAKING & PRONUNCIATION sentence stress a Look at the questions below. What words are missing? b si) Listen and repeat the questions. Copy the rhythm, ¢ ‘Think about the last time you went out with friends. Look at the questions and plan your answers. 4 Interview your partner about their night out. Did they have a good time? How many points out of 102 6 <5) SONG “2 Dancing QueenV irregular verbs P simple past verbs 1 READING a Read the information on the back of the book. What's it about? roa tieth birthday. He had dinner at his house with his wife, Oar em Sea partner, George Smith, and his assistant, Claudia Myers. The next morning when Amanda Travis eigenen te tg ee) HNN b Cover the back of the book and look at the photographs, Can you remember who they are? Who's Amanda? > © She's David's wite. Poe Cod Did you hear anything during the night? No I dda’. Iwas very tired, q black mustache, Amanda, Barbara, Claudia, and George were inthe living room. The lieutenant S86 in. “Mr. Travis died between midnight last night and seven o’clock this. morning,” he [Sai “Somebody in this room killed him:” He looked at them one by one but nobody SBOKE®. “Mrs, Travis, I want to talk to you first. Come into the library with me, please” ‘Amanda Travis followed the lieutenant into the library, and they Sal‘ dovn, “What did your husband do after dinner lastnight?” “When we finished dinner David said he was tired and he went to bed” “Did you go to bed thea?” ‘No, | didn’t. I went for a walk outside.” “What time did you go to bed?” “About a quarter to twelve.” “Was your husband asleep?” “1 don’t know, Lieutenant. We... we SIRBE° in separate rooms.” “Did you hear anything when you were in your room?” 4 “Yes, I HBG David’ bedroom door. It opened. thous 7 twas David. Then it closed again. I 88 in bed for half an hour. Then went to sleep.” : “What time did you getup this morning?” “1 got upat about 7:15. I had breakfist, and at 8:00 1 90K? my husband a cup of coffee. 1 [RM him in bed. He was... dead” “Tell me, Mrs. Travis, did you love your husband?” “David is... was a difficult man.” “But did you love him, Mrs. Travis?” “No, Lieutenant. [hated him.” 138, ce e d Ces ee) Barbara Tavis51 Read and listen to the story. Mark the sentences T (true) oF F (false). Correct the false sentences. 1 Somebody killed Davi at 8:00. 5 Somebody opened and closed David’ door. 2 The lieutenant questioned Amanda inthe living room. 6 Amanda got up at 7:00. 3 David went o bed before Amanda. 7 Amanda didnt love David 44 Amanda and David slept inthe same oom. Look atthe ten BBE irregular verbs in the tory. What are the base forms of the verbs? 1 come ‘© piss irregular verbs and check. PRONUNCIATION simple past verbs 538) Put these irregular verbs in the correct column. Listen and check. => s fae Fought ame could — drove logit sad! Sid baked ~ Sad id et oe et spoke thought took S518) Find and underline nine simple past regular verbs in the story. How do you pronounce them? Listen and check. 3 LISTENING si Listen to the lieutenant question Barbara. Write the information in the chart, Listen again and check. [ Amanda | Barbara George | Claudia ‘What did they do after dinner? | She went for a walk. | What time did they go to bed? 11:4. Did they hear anything? | David's door opened and closed She hated hi Possible motive? 518) Listen to the lieutenant question George. Write the information in the chart. 519) Listen to the lieutenant question Claudia, Write the information in the chart. Compare your chart with a partner. € Who do you think was the murderer? Amanda, Barbara, George, or Claudia? Why? 520) Now listen to what happened. Were you right? SPEAKING © Communication Police interview A p.109 8 p.112. Interview your partner about yesterday. VOCABULARY irregular verbs © p.154 Irregular verbs. Check (v) the irregular verbs you know. Choose three new ones and learn them.Ina gift shop Ly vairev a Ae VOCABULARY shopping a Match the words and pictures. postcards =O batteries memory card T-shirts a mug b In pairs, cover the words and test your partner. BUYING A PRESENT a. G2) Allie is in a gift shop. Cover the conversation and listen. What does she buy? YOUHEAR YOU SAY 2 Can [help you? How much is that T-shirt? its Sorry, how much did you say? ‘And how much are those mugs? 2 "The bigmugs are —__, and the ‘small ones are. Can I have a big mug, please? 3 Sure. you are ele? Do you have birthday cards? Van ew 4 Sorry, we've only got + Oh well, just the mug then, b Listen again. Complete the YOU HEAR phrases. > that’s Here you are. Yes, here. ¢ 2) Listen and repeat the YOU SAY phrases. ‘Thankyou. Copy the rhythm. Bye. d In pairs, role-play the dialogue. Have you got the lish weave Do you have..? _allitle/a litle bit [Bw EEE UK English we've got Have yougot..? abit SOCIAL ENGLISH a 3 Listen, Mark the sentences T (true) or F (false) 1 Mark likes Allie’ dress. 2. Mark breaks the mug. 3 They geta taxi to the restaurant. 4 Allie reserved a table for 8:30 b Why is Allie stressed? USEFUL PHRASES ¢ Who says the USEFUL PHRASES, Wow! You look great. Mark or Allie? Listen again I don't believe it! and check. How do you say No problem. them in your language? Come on, it’s time to go. Relax. EXND MuttinomPee Dg ‘a Read Alex’s questionnaire and report. Which ‘questions does Alex answer in each paragraph? paragraph 1 ‘questions paragraph 2 questions —_ paragraph 3 ‘questions —__ paragraph 4 ‘questions b Plan your report. Answer the questionnaire for your last vacation. Write short notes (not complete sentences). Questionnaire Where did you go for your last vacation? What did you do? Pease tell us your experiences. 1 Where did you go? To Bangkok. 2 When did you go there? Last Angst 3 Who did you go with? My girffriend. 4 How did you get there? By plare - Singapore Airlines. 5 How long did you stay? A week. & Where di you stay? Zn a Smal! hotel rear the Grand Palace. Nice and pretty cheap. 7 What did you do? During the day: walked arcund the city, saw Famous places, took photos. At night: went to restaurants = erry and tea, 8 Did you buy anything? Yes, pottery and a scarf. 2 Did you have a good time? Fantastic - city full of history, special atmosphere, great food. Did you have any problems? Very hot, rained @ fot. 1 1 wene to Bangkok last August with my girfriend. We flew to Bangkok on Singapore Airlines. 2. We stayed for a week in a smal hotel near the Grand Palace. The hotel was nice and not very expensive. 3. During the day we walked around the city. We saw all the famous places like the Grand Palace and the Temple of the Emerald Buddha We took a lot of photos.At night we went to restaurants and had fancasuc curry and green tea. On the weekend, we shopped at the ‘Chatuchak market. We bought some pottery and my girlfriend bought 2 very expensive silk scarf. 4 We had a great time. Bangkok é full of history and has a special atmosphere, and Thai food is wonderful. We only had two problems it was very hot,and it rained a lor. WRITE report about your vacation. Write four paragraphs. Answer questions I-10 in the questionnaire. Read your report carefully. Check spelling, punctuation (CAPITAL letters and periods), and grammar (are the verbs in the past tense?). Attach a photo if you have one.LX Ea CUCL Leg GRAMMAR VOCABULARY a. Circle the correct sentence, aor b 1 people b verb phrases @ Him Susanna, Complete with -er, -o7, Complete with have, go, or get. b HiT Susanna, -ist, or -ian, ae haack 1 a They was presidents of the US. lead er a Ree oan fico a 1 —— aso ime 2 a Where you were born? Dart 3 Trae bb Where were you born? spain gamle re 2 (a Stee Sat a te Oe ae aS b Did the tickets be expensive? ee pace 4. a Theybooked the tickets last Api bb Theybook the tickets last Api © prepositions 5 a They didn't arrive in Australia. ‘Complete the sentences with by, for, in, out, or to. b They didn't arrived in Australia, Me hc hard 4. When does the plane landed? : i we ae A ces 1 We went a walk in the park. 7 a Had hey goodie las it aire it sea b Did they have a good time lst night? ce hae DED Gy te eed Os ne 4 What ime did you get the restaurant? 8 a Theyleaved the restaurant very early. ves (s b Theyleft the restaurant very ery Se 9 a Idida' see anything sleet Ba di cy ening: Gross out the wrong expression 10 a What time did you goto bed? oo Dewees Ghat She called him yesterday / the yesterday. 1 She saw him ago three weeks / three weeks ago. b Write the simple past. 2 What time did you getup yesterday morning / last morning? you ge y ie get got 3. My birthday was lst month / the last month 1 study 4 We watched TV lastnight / yesterday night. Beir 5 The concert was in last April /Iast April. 3 drive % o 4 can b oe PRONUNCIATION 7 think a Underline the word with a different sound. 8 write = ee OW izy V inadsuiee RE kt bong 10 hear i T 2| Ff, wats diet cated [8] G sat awd me =< b Underline the stressed syllable. information “politician musician restaurant ago. somebody D meeWhat can you do? CAN YOU UNDERSTAND THIS TEXT? Read the article once and complete the qi in the simple past. we go have take Taree tO at ee] Ter) | When was the first time you 3 When was the last time you went ue wih a girl? 2 trip? When | wat 1.1 took a gil tom A long time ago! Now tha Im ia school tothe movies. Then we went to a fastfood restaurant cole don't have time to travel | were to Peru with ny aunt. uncle and cousin. We hiked lor. and we saw Machu Plechu, Iwas amazing, I ehovghe | was very adul because iy parents werent en the tip. OF courss,my aune and uncle made us 0 tobed ear! very romande! But | did't hare a serious girlfriend untill was 18. 2 When was the first time you movie? When I was 6.1¢ was a movie called asi Park | went with my dad. He didn relly enjoy iI as_ 4 When was the las: time you seared in partsof che movie. but a party? I hough ie was great! Last Sturdy twas a barbecue ive ten fends. They ivieed people. so there were 20 of us! I eid have enough food, sn the lend we ordered pias Read the article again and answer the questions. 1 Was his first date really romantic? Why (not)? 2 Was he with his father or uncle when he saw his first movie? 3 Did he go to bed early in Peru? 4 Why wasn't the party very good? © Underline any words or expressions you don’t know. Try to ‘guess them from the context. Check your dictionary. Try to learn five new words. stions with a verb CAN YOU HEAR THE DIFFERENCE? a Can you. TATA ced 324” Listen, Circle a or b ‘My mother isa writer ‘My mother was a write. We book tickets on the Internet. ‘We booked tickets on the Internet Where do you study English? Where did you study English? We meet every week. ‘We met every week. They havea lot of money. They had a lot of money. 528) Listen. Circle a or b 1 4 He was bom in the US. He was born in the UK, 2.2 She bought some expensive shoes. She bought some cheap shoes 3 2 He didn't think the movie was very good. He thought the movie was very goo. 42. They went out on Saturday night. They went out on Friday night. 5 2 She got up at 7:00. She got up at 7:30 CAN YOU SAY THIS IN ENGLISH? Yes (V) (say where and when you were born aay five things you did yeserday morning, say five things you did last weekend b Inpairs, choose three questions and ask a partner. Ask for more information. When was the last time you...? + sawa movie in a theater + bought flowers for somebody + went toa party + sent a text message + went away for the weekend + spent a lot of money [A month ago. Where did you go?b © 2 a b G there is there are V houses and furniture P /o/ and fer, sentence stress PMU ea VOCABULARY houses and furniture Order the letters to make three rooms in a house. chitken redboom _ Name two things you usually find in these rooms. © p.151 Vocabulary Bank Apartments and houses. Do parts 1 and 2. LISTENING Read the advertisement and look at the photo. Would you like to live in this house? Why (not)? 64 Larry and Louise want to rent the house. Cover the conversation and listen. Which three rooms in the house do they go into? Listen again and complete the conversation. ‘Well this is the hall. There are six rooms on this floor There's a kitchen, a! a living room, a? library Wow! There’ a i What’ that room? Thats? How many bathrooms are the ‘There's one downstairs and three * Are there any _? No, there aren't. Thi Agent rary, Louise! Larry Louise Agent Larry Agent Louise Agent an old house. Agent Louise This isthe living room. ‘Are those paintings original? Yes, I think 30. Istherea® 2 No, there isnt, sir. But there’ a? Agent Larry Agent And the kitchen ‘There isn't a* Yes, there is. Its over there. You call that a fridge?! Are there any? need a glass of water. Yes. There are some glasses in that” _. Now let’s go upstairs. Agent Louise Agent Louise Agent 62) Larry, Louise, and the real estate agent go upstairs. Listen. What problem is there with one of the bedrooms? Do they decide to rent the house? Is there a tekvision? No, thereisn't SS thorobam Beautiful country house. Very quiet. rive bedrooms, large yard. Tow price.3 GRAMMAR there is / there are 42. Read the dialogue in 2c. Complete the chart. singular plural ‘There’sa piano. | There some glasses in the cupboard. =| There a fridge | There aren't any showers. u aTV? | —__any glasses? > What’s the difference between...? 1 There are four glasses in the cupboard. 2 There are some glasses in the cupboard. © p32 Grammar Bank 6A. Read the rules and do the exercises. PRONUNCIATION /0/ and /er/, sentence stress 6 LISTENING 63) Listen and repeat. Copy the rhythm. 68> On their first night in the house, Larry and Louise go to a local cafe, Listen and answer the questions. 1 What do they have to drink? [ep B Nother are stairs. 2 What does the waitress tell them? a 3 What happens in the end? [A Where’ the bathroom? B Ie’s ups A Is there an elevator? A Wheveare the stairs? B They're over there. In groups of three, role-play the conversation in 2¢ between the realestate agent and Louise and Larry. SPEAKING Complete the questions with is there or are there. In pairs, ask and answer the questions. Jn your house / apartment 1 How many bedrooms 2 How many bathrooms —__? > an office? 4 ayard? 5 a garage? 6 central heating? ‘In your bedroom 7 atv 8 any pictures on the wall? 9 any plants? 10 amirrorz au ay cupboards! 2 ‘a computer? Quickly draw a plan of your living room. Show the room to your partner, “This isthe thing foom. There ae two sofas and a chat.G there was / there were V prepostions of place P silent letters h- LEI 1 VOCABULARY prepositions of place 2 READING a Match the words and pictures. a Look at the photos and read the introduction below. in between Answer the questions. in front of across from 1 Where is Gosforth Hall Hotel? on next to 2 Who is Stephen Bleach? under over 3. What is special about Room 11? behind 4 What did Stephen do? What couldn't he do? How did he fee! before he went to the hotel? Does he believe in g b Do you believe in ghosts? Would you like to spend a night in Room 11 of Gosforth Hall Hotel? Why (not)? Would like to spend a night in this room? HERE ARE MANY old houses and hotels in Bri T people say have ghosts. British newspaper Tins, sent one ofits journalists, Stephen Bleach, to investigate Gosforth Hall Hotel, a small hotel in Cumbria in the north of England, People say that the hotel has the ghost of seventeenth century Catholie priest. The ghost always appears in Room 11 ‘Stephen's job was to spend the night alone in Room 11. He couldn't call or speak to anybody. Before he went to the hotel, “L feel a bit nervous, but I don’t believe in ghosts —_ sree e ram Ovnat Where's the ghost? > ¢ © past Vocabulary Bank Apartments cand houses¢ 65% Read and listen about Stephen's experience. 3 LISTENING Label the three pictures with words from the article. __q_ 6) Listen to Stephen describing what happened Did he see the ghost? b Listen again, Complete his report. Journalist: Stephen Bleach The hotel: Gosforth Hall Hotel The ghost: ‘7th century Catholic priest Did youwakeup during * Yoo /No the night? _| | arrived at Gosforth Hall late in the evening, ifyes, what tine? 2 It was a very dark night, but | could see there Fj ‘was a church with a cemetery next to the Delong seangsieppenaa * Yes / No __ hotel. | checked in, and the receptionist gave it yes, what? Tres ——_andine me the key and showed me to my room. — went oft [eft my things in the room and came id you see the ghost? __* Yes/No downstairs. There weren't many guests. Did you “eet” the ghost?’ Yes / No as There were only three including me. | satin Were you frightened? *Cvey Cate the sitting room, and | taked to the manager, not atall Sara Daniels, about her hotel. | had a drink Would you ike to go back? * Yes / No =| ‘and at 12:00! went upstairs to my room. a Geer 7° Room 11 wes on the top floor. | opened the ‘coor and tumed on the light. It was a very big room, very oid, and yes, it was a bit spooky. 4 GRAMMAR there was / there were ‘There was an old television on a table ~ but a Complete the sentences from the article with was there wasn't a remote control. | turned on the wasn't, were, or weren't 1V. There was a movie on. | was happy to mee ee that it wasn't a horror movie, | decided to sae ‘watch the movie and keep the light on all aoe right. But | was tired after my long tip, and after half an hour, | went to sleep. 55 ____ many guess in the hotel. only three including me. 3 There an old TV on a table. 4 There b © ps2 Grammar Bank 6B. Read the rules and do the exercises 1 remote control 5 SPEAKING © Communication Room 11 p.tt Look at the picture for one minute. Try to remember what's in the room. 4 From memory, correct the information in these sentences. Quickly read the article again to check. There was acemetery behind the hotel ext here were three other guests in the hotel. 3 He talked to one of the guests Room 11 was on the first floor. a Practice saying these words. Gross-out the “silent” letter in each one. 6 PRONUNCIATION silent letters Some English words have a “silent” letter, eg» in cupboard I'kabord/ you don't pronounce the p. The room was very small 6 There was a horror movie on TV. “ane a pen gion haf call know > en he wnt ete Tan heights were se ee pct Ming ten _ nd : {= Do you think Stephen saw the ghost? b 6A Listen and check.G present continuous V verb phrases P verb + ing Nightmare neighbors 1 VOCABULARY & SPEAKING a Read the article about neighbors. Complete the list of problems with these verbs, argue bark cry have move — phy —_ talk watch Love your neighbor? ometimes itéan be difficult! You ean choose your friends but you can't choose your neighbors. “The people who live upstairs, downstairs, and next door can have a very big influence on our lives — and itisn't aways postive The typical problem that people have with their neighbors s that they make a lot of noise. In a newspaper survey these were the top eight problems. + They loudly + They TV late at night. + Their babies —__. “They furniture + They noisy parties. + They ‘a musica instrument. | wath their family. + Their dogs + They b In groups of two or three, answer the questions in the survey. [ Do you have good neighbors? De |/Bo raisin shows or an sparen | ‘What floor do you live on? | ‘Where do your neighbers ive? upstairs [ downstairs) nextdoor() | Do you know your neighbors? ‘Are they friendly? Do they help you? Do they make a lot of noise? What kind of noise? | Do you have any other problems with your neighbors? vi What are they doing? —~, They're having a party. 2. GRAMMAR present continuous a Match the He’ listening to musi entences with apartments 1-8 The 1g a party. She's playing the violin. The dogis barking, They're arguing. He’s watching soccer. ‘They're moving furniture. b_€€8> Cover the sentences and listen. What's happening? Where? ¢ Complete the chart &) The baby’s crying She's playing the violin, They're having a party =) Thebaby _ crying, She the violin. ‘They —_— a party, 7 the baby 2 1 —__ thew 2 —_—apany? d_ 63> Listen and repeat the sentences in the chart. Copy the rhythm. e © p.132 Grammar Bank 6C. Read the rules and do the exercises. £ In pairs, point and ask and answer questions about the people in the apartments. Whats te bedcing? 2 Fe nto the sounds. Write six to say what's happening, He's watehing soccer What are they doing?S PRONUNCIATION verb + -ing Practice saying the words in the six sound pictures. Then put two words from the box in each column. aS smoking going playing “smoking dancing king calling doing moving tiking crying driving & GIP Listen and check. Practice s ¢ GG Listen to a man on a cell phone. Write the six present continuous sentences 4 SPEAKING © Communication They‘re having a party! App.110 B p.113. Describe the pictures and find cight differences,G simple present or present continuous? V places ina city P place names Look! The line is moving fast. Itusually moves slowly. 1 GRAMMAR simple present or present continuous? a Look at the photos of four top tourist attractions in New York City. What are they? Imagine you have one mor ew York City. Which two places would you like to go to? a fo i ae 0 p b 618 Where are Eric and Ana or where are they going? Cover the dialogues and listen, Number the pictures 1-4 1 Ana Wow! This place (be) really busy I know. Everyone (Go) to work right now. 2 Erie Look! The line (move) fast! Lets go! I can't wait to see the statue up close. ‘Ana We're lucky. The guidebook says that the line usually (move) slowly. We'll be on the ferry in a few minutes. 3 Bric Let's go and see the next room. ‘Ana Wait! I (look) at this painting Eric Yes it’s nice, but we (not have) much time, and I (want) to see the Egyptian art. 4 Bric We (go up)! I can't wait to get to the top. ‘Ana Me either. But it’ too bad it (rain). The guidebook — (say) you can see all of Central Park on a clear day. € Listen again, Put the verbs in parentheses into the present j continuous or the simple present. What's the difference between the two tenses? 4. © ps2 Grammar Bank 6D. Read the rules and do the exercises.2 READING 2 Quickly read the guidebook extract about the Circle Line and answer the questions. 1 Where does the boat go? How long are the tips? = What landmark can you see up close? —_ How many passengers can be on each boat? How fast does the boat move? = What time does it open? inthe winter inother seasons —__ 7 How often do the boats leave in the summer? - 8. How can you get tickets? = 9 Can you get tickets on the day you want to go? 10. Where is the ticket office? a The Circle Line Tour ‘The Circle Line sightseeing cruises offer views of New York City from a boat. You can take a three-hour trip and go around the entire island of ‘Manhattan. You can also take a two- hour trip that goes around the bottom of the island. Each boat has room for up to 25 passengers. It moves slowly, ata speed of about 10 miles per hour, $0 you have time to enjoy the sights of ‘New York City. And you also get an up-close view of the Statue of Liberty. “Fines Daily from 9:30 a.m, 4:30 pam. inthe spring, summer, and ESE'Boats leave approximately every hour. In the winter, there is saly one tour at 12:30 p.m. Tette naires olin, ory pone Ante number of s the day from the ket office near the boat ‘Sind Suet and 12th Avenue, but go early Because ou often See to waitin ine Match the highlighted) words and expressions with heir meanings. —— before you go. you can buy them every day = about ‘space (for people or things) people who are traveling ‘Would you like to go on the Circle Line Tour? Why (not)? 3 VOCABULARY places ina city a Is there a building in your town with a very good view? Where is it? What its name? b © p.ts2 Vocabulary Bank Town and city. 4 SPEAKING In pairs, answer these questions. Tourist on Quit to wn 41 Do youlive in avillage, town, or ity? 2. Do many tourists visit? When do they come? 3 Are there any important tourist areas near ‘where you live? 4 Is there. where you live? Write the name. an interesting museum famous street ‘a beautiful square a famous bridge a gocd art gallery ‘ance park ‘anol palace a good department store a.good, cheap hotel a stceet market '5 What are the top three tourist attractions in xyourtown? 5 PRONUNCIATION place names Place names in English are sometimes difficult for visitors to pronounce and understand, a (6H) Listen, What are the eight places? Listen again and repeat the place names. Which place names have an /a/ sound? € Practice saying the place names. 4 © pis7 Sound Bank. Look atthe spellings for /al. 6 <6:18) SONG -] New York, New YorkY 6 \ Onthe street VOCABULARY directions Match the words and pictures. fe con the corner turn left atthe traffic lights turn right a traffic circle {go straight ahead oss (fi {0 past (the station) b In pairs, cover the words and test your partner. ASKING FOR DIRECTIONS a 616) Allie and Mark are trying to find the restaurant, Cover the conversation and listen, Can you mark King Street on the map? _S70U sav Excuse me. Is King Street sr here? Thank you. Excuse me. Can you tll me the way to King Street? Sorry, could you say that again, please? Thank you. SOCIAL ENGLISH a 618) Listen and complete the sentences. 1 Allie I'm sure she said the on the right. 2 Mark I don’t think he knows. He's a 3 Allie Can you soe anywhere to : 4 Mark Do you think you can park in that 2 5 Allie Are you saying | — park? b Do they enjoy their dinner? cert PHRASES ‘Who says the USEFUL PHRASES, Mark or Allie? Listen again and check. How do you say them in your language? YOU HEAR + Sorry, 1___ know. 2 King Street? Its here but I don’t know exactly __.Sorry. b Listen again. Complete the YOU HEAR phrases. Yes. Go straight on. Go thechuchand © S64 Listen and repeat the YOUSAY phrases. then turn ___ at the Copy the rhythm. tlic lighs Ad then! In pairs role py asking for an giving direction, ee A ask for the art gallery and the parking lot, B ask for therright. a the museum and the station. Start where Allie's car is. Yes, g0.. Excuse me Can you tell me the way the at geley? Yes. go Let’s ask that man there Excuse me! We'e lost. You see. I was right. (oppesite Here itis. T'm only joking ELD matizomQuickly read Melanie's postcard. Which postcard is it? Dear Kim, Hope you're OK. We (have) a great vacation here! We (arrive) Four days 490, and we (tay) in a Smal! hotel in the old town. Yesterday morning we (go) to see the castle, and in the afternoon, we (visit) a museum. Right rom we (sit) in a cafe in the main spare. #5 really beavtifi!. There (be) « wonderfil off check = you can See it in the picture. My faverite area is Mala Strana. Z's the old part of Prague and it's Fantastic. There (be) a lot of nice restaurants, and we usiay (go) for a walk. there in the evening. Then we (have) dinner You's realty like Ht See you next week! Love, Melanie PS Matthew sends his fove. MTT ta Kim Williams Bo Park Drive New York, NY SSSO/ us Read the postcard again. Put the verbs in the correct form (simple present, present continuous, or simple past) WRITE a postcard to another student. Imagine you're on vacation in another town or city. Give this information. + Wher + What are you doing? we you right now? + Are you having a good time? + When did you arrive? +Where are you staying? = What did you do yesterday? Check your postcard for mistakes + Say something about the town / city + Say what you usually do in the evening,GRAMMAR Circle the correct sentence, a or b. @ Hi. P'm Susanna, b Hi. I Susanna, 1 a Thereis two tablesin the living room, b There are two tables in the iving room, How many bedrooms are there? b How many bedrooms there are? 3. a Therearent some glasses b Therearen't any ghisses 4a Therewere only three guests, b There was only three guests 5 a How many people there were in the hotel? b How many people were there in the hotel? 6 a We having a great time, b Were having a great time 7 a Theyaren't arguing. b They not arguing, 8 a What you are doing? b What are you doing? 9 a Look! The line moves! b Look! The line is moving! 10 The museum closes at 2:00 con Mondays b ‘The museum is closing at 200 on Mondays OD VOCABULARY verb phrases Match the verbs and phrases. hhave_ dinner book play have uke take a musical instrument a party theater tickets photos word groups Circle the word that is different. ireland Ci I itchen bathroom sha Biamichae) able) eae Dthere behind onder divlligch | ayia 5 supermarket square bank © prepositions Thailnd Spain hall fridge between town hall pharmacy Complete the sentences with of 1 t0, or with, Look at the board. 1 She's arguing her husband, 2 They have their TV __ very lou. 3 live the second floor. 4 The TV isin front ___ the cupboard. 5 The table is next __ the sofa. PRONUNCIATION a Underline the word with a different sound. meet they 1 stairs near 2| AOL shower now know Ae Of floor school aw 4 tc kitchen carpet church 5 theater here the e b Underline the stressed syllable. information supermarket between behind cupboard museumWhat can you do? (CAN YOU UNDERSTAND THIS TEXT? | | F : ; | Our little piece of pop history | Aico Holgate an his aly bought house at 59 tyre [Sven Tonten. On the it mening atl ew hose they were tery surprise Thy looked out the wow and sa some pone | I etrreghs on neue nec crert ie ca ok pictographa Adio etsy cal Peston Then ty aed he age Bi Bah pop pop Ply has song on tae lb Pup fete grt Grove stn te singe JarsCocke) The people wn ame tose hae house were Pu fans But why id Pulp singabout 59 ydhurst Grove hiss the sory. One pleat Jervis Cocke came toa pet tie house He egied wth Bs ox ecient toute he ou Ba ve ont wrosntengry sag soot toons te ee a borne: Bere re other pop some ebolstrect For xml, the Beales rains out Penny Lane aero, But whats unusual Fis that Jarvis Cocker's song gives the number of the house. Berean Andrew end Hs family ae very bapoy that thee Bead the article. Number the sentences in order. & Jarvis wrotea song about the house. 5 Jarvis Cocker went to a party T {© The Holgates found out about the song D Andrew's family bought the house E The owner ofthe house threw Jarvis out, E Jarvis argued with the owner of the house G Andrew's family saw people taking photos of the house, Bead the article again. Mark the sentences T (true) or F (false). 4 There aren't many songs with real addresses. e he liked the house. king photos of his house. 2 Jarvis wrote the song becau 3 Andrew doesn't like people Underline five words you want to learn in the text. Review & CHECK CAN YOU HEAR THE DIFFERENCE? a 619" Listen. Circle a orb. 1 How far is the house from the city? 2 30 miles b 13miles 2 How many bathrooms are there? 2 two b three 3 How old is it? 219 years b 90 years: 4 What day can she see the house? 2 Tuesday Thursday 5 What time can she see the house? 1 at 5:45 b ate:l5 b 620" Listen. Circle a orb. 1a There were five guests atthe hotel, b ‘There were seven guests at the hotel 2a Their neighbors are arguing. Their neighbors are watching TV. 3. Jim isat his friends’ house. b Jimisat arestaurant. 4/4 Maria usually reads in English, Maria doesn't usually read in English 5 a The gallery closes at 4:00 on Sundays. b The gallery closes at 4:00 every afternoon, CAN YOU SAY THIS IN ENGLISH? a Canyoun? Yes (¥) say what rooms there are in your house say what thete is in your bedroom. say what you think people in your family are doing now b Reorder the words to make questions. 1 TVs house are there in many your How 2 on was last TV there night What 2 3 computer there your in a bedroom Is = 4 banks time in the do your open country What 5 you today wearing are What —— ¢_Inpairs, ask and answer the questions.G a/an, some / any ¥ deed gheebie ness nouns na Reena y:y What does your food say about you? 1 VOCABULARY food, countable/uncountable nouns Look at the picture. Write the missing letters. What did Laura have to eat and drink yesterday? _S Sie adan spe b Food words are countable or uncountable, Write the words (1-10) in the correct column. 1 an @ pple 2 a —anana countablenouns | uncountablenouns (singular or plural) | (singular) apple some butter ¢ © p.153 Vocabulary Bank Food. 2 GRAMMAR a/an, some / any a In pairs, ask and answer the questions. 1 How often do you go to the supermarket? 2 Which supermarket do you go to? Why? 3 Do you look at the food other people are buying? Does it say anything about them? b Match the people with the baskets. ak cl ea) SRS nateRead the sentences. Which basket is it? Circle 1, 2, or 3 Look at the sentences and com with some, any, or a/ an. Ue ‘with singular countable nouns, e¢» pineapple Use )) and ‘with plural nouns, eg. vegetables with uncountable nouns, eg. cheese © p.134 Grammar Bank 7A. Read the rules and do the exercises. In pairs, A say #] and =) sentences about the baskets. Bsay which basket it is. Change roles. There are some strawberies_—> = ee ‘Ther ant any milk Z 3 PRONUNCIATION the letters ea "= How is ea pronounced in these words? Put them in the correct column. Baskets 2 and 5 bread breakfast —cat—_—ealth icecream meat peas steak tea as ten and check. Practice saying the words. the most common pronunciation of ea 4 SPEAKING a Make a food diary for yesterday. Write down exactly hat food and drinks you had. Use Vocabulary Bank Food p.153 to help you. some coffee some orange ice two apples b In pairs, A tell B exactly what food you had. B say if you think A is like Fast Food Frank, Healthy Hannah, or Luxury Lucy. Then change roles. 5 LISTENING a Can you make spaghetti bolognese? What do you need to make it? b a ing show. What nine things does Colin use to make spaghetti bolognese? 1 some spaghetti 2 an = 3 some 4a__ 5 some 6 some —__ 7 some a 9 some Listen again and check. Does Belinds like Colin's spaghetti bolognese? In pairs, think of a famous dish from your country. Write the ingredients you need. Tell the classGh V drinks P /ww/,/vi, and Jb how many?, quantifies: @ lot, not much, et How much wate do you dink? >) Not much, CTU ne Clm COMM Re] eg .B 1 PRONUNCIATION /w/, /v, and /b/ 3 GRAMMAR how much / how many?, quantifiers 4 CGSD Listen and repeat ihe soundsand words, Complete the questions with How much ox How mar a - Tice NaI you drake Woo i Se Deen aio dvike witch as rea b- Match the sentences and pictures. 1 [don't drink any water. b G74 Listen and practice the dialogue. 7 Tana eee 'V Would you like a sandwich, Bill? 3 Tanneries B No, thanks, Vicky. Just some bread and butter. A B fc V Whole wheat bread or white bread? ea Eee eo ¢ © p.134 Grammar Bank 7B. Read the rulesand do the exercises. 2 SPEAKING a Read the introduction and the questior b In pairs, interview your partner. Who drinks more water? ‘What do many people take with them everywhere these days? A bag? A cell phone? A credit card? Yes, but also a bottle of water. In magazines today there are many articles telling us that we need to drink lot of water to be healthy and beautiful. a [drink alot of water: (2+ liters) a healthy but boring b I don’ drink much water: (0-1 liter) bb healthy and good € I don’ drink any water: (0) «perfect when youre thirsty a Very often. 'b Only with my meals. a Yes. ¢ Hardly ever. bINo. € | dontt know. a Ony bottled water. b Ony tap water «¢ Bottled water and tap water4 Complete the questions with How much ot How many. ____ cups of coffee milk glasses of wine cups of tea do you 8 ‘© In pairs, ask and answer the questions. Answer with an expression from d or a number. How many cups ofcofee >) _—_— do you drink aday? Listen to Peter Douglas calling CoRETNEGs end yon Jerry Harte and complete the chart. Lisa Hello? Couple 2 Jerry and Sue Peter Hi! Lisa? This is Peter Douglas from Trading Vacations. 1 Where / go? Lisa Oh! Hello! aysar wae | —— Peter Lisa, what are your vacation plans for next week? Eipowi ec there: Lisa Um... I'm going to ' fly to Tokyo with my boyfriend, Jon. oe Peter Great. And where are you going to? _? ae Lisa We're going to * at the Palace Hotel. Peter What are you going to * in Tokyo, Lisa? Lisa We're going to =the stores in Tokyo are fantastic — and in the evening we're going to ® 3 PRONUNCIATION sentence stress dancing and?__a show at the Kabuki Theater. a @ Listen and repeat Peter’s questions Peter Are you going to® the sights, too? in e. Copy the rhythm. Lisa Oh yes, we want to see the Imperial Palace, the Sensoji f ‘Temple, and Ueno Park... b In pairs, use the chart in e to role-play the eter Wal Liss, say good-bye to Tokyo, Because we're going to dialogue between Peter and Jerry i your vacation! tea oe ¢ Underline the examples of (be) going to in the dialogue. 1 What form is the verb after going 10? ‘We're going to go to Norway. 2 Do weuse going toto talk about the past, the present, or the future?4 LISTENING & READING 2 (18> Listen. The two couples are at the airport. Peter is going to tell them where their vacations are. Are they happy? Why (not)? Read the two couples’ vacation diaries for the first three days. Are they happy? MONDAY les raining and ies cold Teday we met the other people at the work ‘amp. They'e friendly, but theyre very erent from us. Dinner was a dbaster — wwe can't cook. TUESDAY ‘Wee got up at 600 and ‘sarted cleaning the river. Inthe afternoon, we panted 20 trees. Is stil ‘ining and all our clothes ‘ae wet and diry. Usa ‘and Jon went to Norway WEDNESDAY This morning the sun came ost!! We had the morning free, ‘sed we went on a boat trip. We stopped working and relaxed! In the afternoon ~ bck to work And ie stareed ining again. MONDAY ‘The hotels OK but there's no view. Inthe morning we went shopping, bue we did't buy anything. Inthe aernoon, we went to the Sensoj Temple and the ‘Asakusa Shrine. ‘TUESDAY ‘We like the food very much: There are so many diferent restaurants. We ‘walked in Ueno Park really beautiful In the Sue and jerry went to Tokyo ‘afernoon, we went to the — “ekyo National Museum ~ incredible. WEDNESDAY “Today was a great day. We saw the sights ~ the Imperial Palace, the Toly Tower: Inthe evening, we went to a famous nightelub, We went to bed at 3 am! ‘= «29 Listen to the end of the show. Did they have a good time? Where are they going to go next year? 1d Listen again. Did they like it? Yes (/) or No (x)? Lisa and Jon Jerry and Sue ework the weather the hotel the food camping goingtobedearly (] _thesights the nightlife the people the people 5 SPEAKING Phy Trading Vacations. Bs psc plan your dea summer vacation, Dei. + where / go? + how / get there? eese! say That'sa good idea. + what / do there? — (OK. Where are we going to go ere Write down your plans. Give them to your teacher. He / She is going to “change your vacation.” ‘© Look at your new vacation. Work with another pair. Ask about their new vacation. Use the questions in a. Ask Are you happy with your new vacation? Why (not)? © x0) SONG 2) La Isla BonitaG be going to (predictions) V verb phrases P Jos, /w/, and /a/ to be very happy. 1 READING & LISTENING b_ GHP Cover the story, Read and listen to the first paragraph only. In pairs, answer the questions. 8 Raa te cage ance phates ‘Then do the same with the other four paragraphs. ao se OOOO Q % It’s written in the cards getmartied fall in love eavel “Come in,” sad a voice. Jane Ross opened the door and went C1 getallot of money into a small room. There was a man sitting behind a table. have a surprise “Good afternoon,” said Jane be lucky 1 want to see Madame Yolanda, move toa new house the fortune tlle.” [meet somebody new ‘Madame Yolenda isn't here today” said the man, "But on't worry. Im going to tel you about your future. What questions do you want to ask?” Jane looked at the fortune teller. She couldn't see him very well because the room was very dark. % 2 SX S co} Q 2 g 2 ns 52 re 1 Who does Jane want to seet 2 Who is going to tell her about her future? Why? 3 Why can’t she see the man very well. na “Well” she said, “I have a problem with my boyfriend. We argue all the time. | don't think he loves me. | want to know if were going to stay together.” “Please choose five cards, but don't lookat them.” SE Jane took five cards. The fortune teller put them on the table face down. He turned over the first card, “ah, this isa good card. This ‘means you're going to be very lucky” “But am 1 going to stay with ny boyfriend?” Jane asked. “Maybe,” said the fortune teller. “We need to look at the other cards first.” 4 What's Jane’s problem? 5 How many cards does she take? 6 What is herfirst card? What does it mean?“mm, a house. new house. You're going to move, very soon, to another country" But my boyfriend works here. He can't move to another county.” “let's look atthe next card” said the fortune teller. He tured ore the thd card, “A heart. You'te going to fal in ove.” Who with?” asked Jane. “Let me concenirate. I can see tall man. HeS very attractive.” “Oh, that’s Jim,” said Jane, who’ im? Your boyfriend?” No, Jims a man | met ata party last month, He an actor, and he says the’ in love with me. twas his idea for me to come to Madame Yolanda.” “Well, the card says that youte going to fallin love with him” “re you sure?” asked Jane. “But what about my boyfriend?” “let's look atthe fourth card,” said the fortune teller. The fortune teller turned over card with two rings. Now | can see everything clearly. You are ging to leave your boyfriend and 10 away with the other man toanother county. You are goirg to get marred.” “Married? But am ! going to be happy with him?” pute going to be very happy Jane looked at her watch. “Oh no, ook atthe time. fm going to be late” ‘She stood up, et $50 on the table, and ran out ofthe room. The fortune teller stood up. He turned on the light. At that moment an cold woman came in, “So, what happened?” she asked. “She believed everything,” said Jim.“ told you, 'm a very good actor!” He gave the wornan $100. “That's Jane's $50 and another $50 from me. Thanks very much, Madame Yolanda.” Madame Yolanda took the money. The fith card was sill onthe table, face down. She turned it over. t was the ship She looked ati for four orfive seconds and then she si “Young man! Don't travel with that gil youre going to..." But the room was empty. 2 GRAMMAR be going to (predictions) Look at these two sentences. Which one isa plan? Which one is a prediction? 1 She's going to be very lucky. 2 She's going to go to Tokyo next week. b © p.34 Grammar Bank 7D. Read the rules and do the exercises. 3 PRONUNCIATION (vi, /u/, and/a/ Put these words from the story in the correct column, Be careful, 00 can be /o/ or /ul, good look love lucky money move put couldn't argue you new young but soon b GAB) Listen and check. ¢ © p.is7 Sound Bank. Look at the typical spellings for these sounds. 4 SPEAKING Role-play fortune telling. ‘A Look atthe ten cards in exercise 1 Secretly, number the cards in a different order. B Choose five numbers. A Predict B's future using those cards, ‘Then change roles. ‘fm going to tell you about your future. Your first cardis a star. You'e going to be famous. Maybe you're goingto be on TV...Y 7 \ IVemcelciie VOCABULARY amenu a Complete the menu, Practicat ENGLISH _— Goat's cheese salad Main courses Desserts ‘Starters Steak and potatoes b What do the (highlighted! words ‘Roast chicken with vegetables mean? How do you pronounce them? ‘Fresh lasagna ¢ Cover the menu. In pairs, try to 2 courses $15.00 remember what's on the menu. 3 courses $22.50 “Homemade vanilla ico eream with hot chocolete sauce Fresh fruit salad Tiramisy ORDERING A MEAL 247 Allie and Mark are having Cover the conversation and listen. a inner. What do they order? You say 2 A. Yes,a table for two. My name's Allie Gray. A. Non-smoking, please. YOU HEAR Good —__. Do you havea reservation? ornon-smoking? 5 Come this » please. “Are you to order? M Yes, Pd like the onion soup and then the steak, please. A. The goat's cheese salad and the lasagna for me, please. 7 M Would you like some wine? ‘A. No, thanks. Just mineral water for me. M OK. A glass of red wine and a bottle of mineral water, please. ‘Thank you, sir. M Thank you. 5 What would you like to SOCIAL ENGLISH 219) Listen and answer the questions. 1 What do they order for dessert / to drink? 2 What does Mark ask Allie? 3. What does she answer? USEFUL PHRASES 4 What does Mark ask the waiter at the end? Tt was delicious. ‘What is there? b What do you think? 1 Why does Mark want Allie to go to the conference? 2 Is Allie going to say yes? T'm not sure. uitfom "Nothing for me, thanks, ‘The same for me, please. Listen again. Complete the YOU HEAR phrases. 218 Listen and repeat the YOU SAY phrases. Copy the rhythm. In groups of three, use the menu to role-play ordering a meal. A is the waiter, B and C are customers. Who says the USEFUL PHRASES, Mark or Allie? Listen again and check. How do you say them in your language? aS = UK English USEnglish sgoat’scheese goat cheese bill check (in a restaurant) Could we have the check, please?Instructions et aa Read the instructions. Complete them with cut or put. 1 First __ two thin pieces of whole wheat bread. Z__ then some cream cheese on one ofthe pecs. some pieces of smoked sanon on the aeam cheese 4 the lemon in hal 5 alittle lemon juice and black pepper on the salmon. Ge now Saat Sercites of breed on cop 7 Finally - eat the sandwich! Its delicioust JWRITE instructions to make your favorite sandwich. “Invent a name or it. Say what ingredients you need (some bread, et.). “Write the instructions. ‘Check your instructions for mistakes.ax Wea CMCC ULL Les GRAMMAR Circle the correct sentence, a or b. @ Hi. I'm Susanna. b Hi.I Susanna, Are there any onions? Arethere an onions? ‘Thece’s a butter in the fridge. ‘There's some butter in the fridge. We don't need some bread. We don't need any bread. How much fruit do you eat a day? How many fruit do you eata day? I drink a lot coffee. I drink a lot of coffee. She doesn’t drink much water. She doesn't drink many water. 1 go to buy my ticket today. 'm going to buy my ticket today. Are they going to get married? Do they going to get married? ‘What you are going to do this summer? b What are you going to do this summer? 10a Isgoing to rain next week. Itsgoing to rain the next weel _ pos gce rece cece rece VOCABULARY a_verb phrases Match the verbs and phrases. get ataxi get meet move stay see 1 ina hotel 2 the sights ina city 3 anew job 4 somebody new 5 ___toanew house b food Circle the word that is different. Ireland Thailand Spain 1 breakfast lunch dessert dinner 2 mushrooms strawberries onions peas 3 orange juice sugar milk water 4 carrots cookies tomatoes potatoes 5 fruit salad ice cream coffee cake ¢ prepositions Complete the sentences with for, in, of, on, or with. Look at the board. 1 Is there any water ___ the fridge? 2 Idrink alot __ coffee. 3 Water is good you. 4 Who are you going to Toronto —_ 5 They're going to go vacation together. PRONUNCIATION |G) key meet ae | aol 1) @ a mest steak 2 & tea bread breakfast | é 'b Underline the stressed syllable. information ‘dessert. menu vegetables banana chocolateWhat can you do? ‘CAN YOU UNDERSTAND THIS TEXT? dangerous for your health! VAT ee ete arent ro cen think that the food you are oxdering is goed for you. But many restaurans serve healthy food, ke fish or sala, with a sauce or dessig that uses a ot of ol fet or sugar. ‘Some food agencies want al esturants to say in their menus exact what ‘Sin each dh how many calories, how much f and what additives. They ‘fink that restaurants dont give ther customers enough information, and ‘Paths new plan could help pecple have a heather det ‘Bu chels are not happy wit this idea. One top chef said, “People are not -sxpid They know that many sauces have butter and cream in them. But ‘Ee put on a menu that a dsh has 1,000 calores, nobody is going to cxter it? However, many doctors agree wit the plan. Brice Ward Professor of esicine, said “People know that cigarettes are bad for them, bacause it +35: you on the pick But when they go toa restaurant, they often have idea if the fod is heathy or not. Food products that have alot of “ebries, fat, and sugar need a heath warning exactly ike cigarettes” Read the article. Circle a, b or 2 Many restaurants... 4 serve heathy food. > only serve fish and salad. « serve healthy food but with unhealthy sauces. 2 Some food agencies want restaurants... 2. to serve heathy food. } togive more information about their dishes. € not to use fat and additives. Chefs think that. 4 people are not going to order their dishes people are stupid. «¢ cream and butter are good for you. + Doctors think that people 4 need more information about cigarettes. need more information about food. «need to stop eating in restaurants. Read the article again. Underline and learn five new ‘words connected with food or cooking. Review & CHECK CAN YOU HEAR THE DIFFERENCE? a 720 Listen, Circle a orb. 1a There's some milk in the fridge. ’b There isnt any milk in the fridge. 2a The woman doesn’t drink much coffe. bb The woman drinks lot of coffee. 3 a She's going to go to Australia b She's going to goto Italy. 4a They're going to go toa restaurant. bb They're going to go to a movie. | 5 a She thinks they're going to get married. b She doesnt think they're going to get married b 73" Listen toa woman shopping Answer the questions. 1 What does she buy? Check (7) the boxes carrots ‘oranges paws ‘onions strawberries tomatoes grapes mushrooms 2 How much does she pay? CAN YOU SAY THIS IN ENGLISH? a Canyou..? Yes(¥) ay five things that there are in your fridge say three healthy things that you eat of drink alot of sy three unhealthy things that you eat or drink alot of b In pairs, ask and answer questions about your plans. Tonight study Englisht What / have for dinner? What / do after dinner? Next weekend I goaway? / stay at home on Saturday night? ‘Tomorrow What time / get up? Where / have lunch? What / do in the evening? ‘xe you ging to study English tonight 2 Next summer goon vacati Where / go?G comparative adjectives V personality adjectives —- idler Sees Stes sCuworas are safer than white car. >> 1 SPEAKING & LISTENING Mosquitoes are more dangerous than sharks. Brown eggs are healthier than white eggs. Cn Coffee is more popular than tea in the UK. Tigers are better swimmers than house cats. Look at the pictures, What can you {An adults shorter in the morning than inthe evering. b In pairs, look at the sentences from The True False White cars are safer than yellow cars. Show. Write T (true) or F (false). ¢ GBP Listen to The True False Show. Check your answers. How much money does Darren win? : = | (4) [al fa | | The Earthis hotter than Mars. ‘The word yes” is more common than the word “no.”2 GRAMMAR comparative adjectives 2 Look at the adjectives in the quiz show sentences. In pai, answer the questions. Using adjectives to compare two things: 1 What two leters do you put atthe end of one-syllableadjecives (eg, short? 2 Why is hor diferent? What happens when an adjective ends in -y2 4 What word do you put in front of long adjectives (eg. popular)? 5 What's the missing word? China is bigger —— Japan. © © p.i36 Grammar Bank 8A. Read the rules and do the exercises. 3 PRONUNCIATION /or/, sentence stress <2) Listenand repeat the comparative ves. Underline the stressed syllable, -er pronounced at the end of a word? B 5 Listen and repeat the eight quiz show sentences from 1b. Copy the rhythm, = © Communi True False Show A p.110 8.113. Write eight quiz sentences. Then play The True False Show. 4 VOCABULARY personality adjectives Match the adjectives of personality with their meaning aggressive careful stylish friendly generous quiet serious 1 a frienily_ person is open and kind 2a person doesn’t make mistakes or have accidents Ba person thinks a lot and doesn't make jokes aa person doesn’t talk a Jot Sa person likes giving people things 6a person dresses well 7an person argues alot and can be violent 5 LISTENING What color is your / your family’s car? Do you like the color? #4) You're going to listen to a radio program about car colors and personality. Listen once and write the colors in the chart. otircar color | your personaly eae | ey ———— (more popular with women than men) 2 (very popular with doctors) > more than normal 4 5 6 (popular with business people) 7 Listen again and complete “your personality” with the adjectives from 4. ink of three people you know who have a cat. What color are their cars? Is their personality the same as in the chart?G superlative adjectives V the weather E consonant Bes Wha’ the coldest place inthe world? peek erst eae \B4 1 READING a Look at the photos. Where do you think the places are? b Read the article and complete each heading with a phrase. The coldest The highest The hottest EXTREME LIVING Welcome to the coldest, highest, and hottest places in the world! —_____ countryin the wort How do people live in Mali, West Africa, where the temperature is often r 22°F (50°C) John Baxter, a journalist in Mali, say, “People get up very barat cavumitbe verld early and they don’t move very much in the afternoon. Surprisingly, they _ta Paz in Bolivia is 4,090 metres above SealleVel|. Itcan be ‘wear-a lot of dothes (usually EOHOM) as this helps them not to get difficult to [aatHE| because there isn't much oxygen. Liz dehydrated. Houses are very hot and don’t have air-conditioning ~ the Tremlett, a travel agent who lives there, says, “When people best place to seep is on the [fGOf!” arrive at El Alto airport, we sometimes need to give them cxygen.” Its aso the worst place to be if you drink too much beer. The next day you fel terible because you get more dehydrated. But La Paz is a very good place to play got Ax this (altitude), when you Hit a golf ball it goes farther than it does at lower altitudes! 2 place in the world Gan you imagine living in a place which i four times colder than your fF@@26F? This is Yakutia in Siberia, where in the winter it soften ~58°F (-50°0 or lower. Valeria Usimenko, a housewife, says, “After a few minutes ouside your JOSE fils wit ice 1 ‘SHOWS alot and theres alwaysa lot of ice and snow on top of the houses The most dangerous time isthe spring—when theice falls it can kill people! The winter i very boring because we can't go out much, Alot of babies are born herein the fll” ¢ Read the article again. Answers these questions 1 Where do people wear a lot of cotton clothes’ _Mali 2 Where is a good place to play golf? =e 3 Where do people sleep on the roof? - 4 Where can you havea problem with your nose? 5 Where do you need to be careful in spring? 6 Where isa bad place to drink a lot of alcoho? —= In pairs, guess the meaning of the [Righlight@d) words. Check with your teacher or a dictionary. € Choose five new words to learn from the article. [Adapied from a magazineGRAMMAR superative adjecives Complete the chart with superlatives from the article, adjective comparative superlative cold colder the coldest high higher a hot hotter dangerous | more dangerous good better bad worse | © p36 Grammar Bank 8B. Read the rules and do the exercises. PRONUNCIATION consonant groups #3 Listen and repeat the adjectives in 2a. 88) Words which have two or three consonants together can be difficult to pronounce. Listen and repeat these superlatives. the most expensive _the most beautiful most crowded. the smallest the driest the fastest the coldest the strongest Complete the questions with superlative adjectives. Then ask and answer the questions with a partner. World Capitals Quiz 11 Whats the _ capital Gtyin the worl? (noisy) ‘Tokyo Madrid Rome ‘2 What's the _ capital city in the work big) ‘2 Buenosslires b Mexico Cty Tokyo 3 What's the __ capital cityin the world? (dry) Nairobi b Lagos Cairo 4 Whats the __ capital ct inthe word? (expensive) london Tokyo c Washington ‘5 What's the __ capital ctyin the world safe) ‘2Copentagen b Canberra ¢ OS. © What's the _ capital ctyin the world? (crowded) 2 Beiing b Bangkok New Deli 4 VOCABULARY the weather a What's the weather like? Match the sentences and pictures. 1 Its raining / wet sunny / dry / hot snowing / cold cloudy. Ws windy. 3 4 5 b What's the weather like where you are today? 5 SPEAKING In pairs or small groups, ask and answer these questions about your country. Bea How well do know your co ys __ What's / wet / place? | What’ / hot / place? ‘What's / windy / place? TEES 6 «47 SONG *) The BestG would like to / like V adventures ‘Sead you tke wo ya pane —~ Would you ike toy a plane? erhepates Cho dont ike fying. 6: eZ 1 READING & SPEAKING ¢ Read paragraphs A-F again. Answer these questions. a Do you like buying presents? Who's the easiest person in your family Which amazing adventure is...2 to buy presents for? Who is the most difficult? + the cheapest + the most expensive b Read thead. Match the Experience presents with paragraphs A- Which do you think is...2 Are you looking for A REALLY SPECIAL PRESENT? eee the most exciting ‘Amazing Adventures are the perfect original present + the most boring Do you know somebody who would lke to drive a rel Ferrari salsa dance, + the most difficult or flyin a baloon? There ore more than 40 “experience presents” to choose from. + the most useful Each Amazing Adventure comes in an attractive box including a beok and video. Which one. + would you like as a present? Why? + would you like to give to someone in your family? Why? FY Do you op star? Now you can record the song of your dreams at | 'a real recording studio, rice $500 | ke singing in the shower? Weuld you like to be a EW Do you like seeing historic cars and planes? Would you like to go back in time and learn to fly an authentic World War Il plane? Price $275 * For people of maximum weight 225 Ibs, ‘maximum height 6'3" Fel Do you like cooking? Would you lke to spend a day with a famous chef and learn new recipes and techniques? Then this is the adventure for you.The day includes a delicious lurch Price $225 | Pe) You lke driving fst, but your car is very slow, Now you too | ‘can drive ts famous alan sports car Price $450 (1 * Minimum age 19, with driver's license £5 Is easy It's fun! Everybody's doing it Wouldnt youlike to learn and be the star of the dance floor? Price $95 [3 Would you lke to have the experience ofa lifetime and 20 Up into the sky in a hot-ar balloon? The fight lasts about ‘one hourard the view is amazing, Price $3752 GRAMMAR would like to / like 2 Look at the dialog the questions. e. In pairs, answer A Would you like to learn to dance salsa? B No, | wouldnt. I don’t like dancing, But Pd like to drive a Ferrari ‘What's the form of the verb after would like? 2 Does Would you like...? mean. 2Do youlike...? b Doyou want...? 3 Whats the difference between like dancing and I lke to dance? © p.i36 Grammar Bank 8C. Read the rales and do the exercises. 3 PRONUNCIATION sentence stress = 48> Listen and repeat the dialogue. Copy the rhythm. A Would you like to learn to fly a plane? B No, I wouldnt. A Why not? B Because I dort lke flying, and I think its dangerous. #3) Listen to this dialogue. Underline the stressed words. A Would you like to drive B ies, 1d love to A Why? B Because I like driving, but my car’s very slow. Ferrari? a pairs, practice the dialogues. in pairs, use the pictures in 1b. Ask Would you like to...? Why (not)? ce ¢ aw 4 LISTENING a Youte going to listen to Russell talking about an “experience present?” Look at the photo. What was the present? Do you think he enjoyed it? b 410) Listen to these sentences. Match them with the pictures 1 We learned how to land, Isat on the floor and waited Then the instructor said, “Jump!” and I jumped. Suddenly the parachute opened, and I floated down. 5 One of the people in my group broke his leg, jten to the interview with Russell. Did he enjoy the jump? Would he like to do it again? Why (not)? 4. Number the sentences 1-9 in the correct order. Listen again and check. He fell very fast. He went up in the plane. He felt fantastic, He jumped. He landed. His parachute opened. THe had some classes. He felt frightened, He waited to jump.G adverbs V common adverbs P adiectives and adverbs SIC Ma mE CHL They drive slowly and work hard \DZ 1 READING & SPEAKING Look at these cities. What countries are they in? Rio, MIAN TokdPs Angeles ae anne! Barcelona Sydney b Imagine you are going to live in one of these cities. Mark them E (easy for me to live in) or D (difficult for me to live in). Compare with a partner. Say why. ¢ Read the article. Where are the three people living? Fill in the blanks with cities from a. 4 Read the article again. Then cover it and try to remember three things about each city. Did anything surprise you? The inside story Three people who live abroad talk about their “new” countries. Ee Safety There is almost no ‘rime here. You can walk safely in the city late at night. And you can leave things in your carand = nobody steals them! Driving | was surprised—people drive Driving People drive carefully, but the big problem is that pretty siowly. People use their cars for there aren't any street names. It’s impossible to find where rec HanE ou eve =eePeODIe you want to go. Even tani drivers don't know! Also traffic walkingon the sre lights are horizontal and they are dificult se, Social if People don't go out during the week because they work very hard. I's normal to, work twelve hours a day, and people usually only have one or ‘wo weeks’ vacation. Work is the most important thing here, ‘more important than family and social life. People People are really nice here. It's easy to talk to them. And in stores the salespeople are very helpful They always say “Have a good day!” a) Have a People They are shy and polite, and they speak very quietly. Friday night, | went out with people from work and we but he sang “My Way’ very loudly and badly. good day!2 GRAMMAR adverbs 3 PRONUNCIATION adjectives and adverbs 2 Look at these sentences. How do you a Underline the stressed syllable in the adjectives. meke an adverb from an adjective? adjectives ‘adverba, adjectives, aggressive aggressiv They are slow drivers. solish siylisly “They are careful drivers. dangerous | dangerously Sivctbs palite politely Be oxy beautiful beautifully “hey drive carefully viet quiety careful carefully Look at the article again. Find and complete completely underline nine verb + adverb phrases. Which adverbs don’t end in -Iy? bb GIB» Listen and check, Repeat the adjectives. < © p36 Grammar Bank 8D. Read the ¢ QW Now listen to the adverbs. Does the stress change? rules and do the exercises. d Practice saying the adverbs. 82 Listen and say what is happening. Use an adverb, 4 SPEAKING They're speaking quiet ain ile. complete with a country or city (not yours). ‘Clothes Appearance is very important. Everybody dresses well, but especialy the men. They are very elegant and wear very They drive dangerously in Bevis offi itis ea 10 They dress very stylishly in. se who the American You can eat very wellin people are here! People in __ talk loudly They love food here, and it isfantastic! But poet pene — =sare changing. Today many people under a ‘ant cook. Supermarkets are naw ful of food TOP eee Bch you can put inthe microwave. When | Pee ee came to live here there weren't any tld’ but now they are everywhere. People here are in love with their cas, they drive very fast. Even the nicest people ‘more aggressive when they drive. b Compare your sentences with other students. Do you agree? © a about in your country or city? How do people...? Sta ay riv Bonce “Ol AY ROS eas English eat =Pits r 8 \ Going h VOCABULARY verb phrases Match the verbs and phrases. Practical ENGLISH ask call checkout pay sign need 1 of a hotel 4 your name 2 for the bill 5 help with your luggege 3 by credit card 6 a taxi (for somebody) b In pairs, test your partner. CHECKING OUT a ae ‘What does he ask for? What two things doesn’t YOU HEAR Good morning, si. Which room itt you have anything from the minibar last night? Here you are. > How you like to pay? * Thank you. OK. you sign here, please? Thank you. you like me to call a taxi for you? you need any help with your luggage? Have a good trip, Mr. Ryder. Good-bye. SOCIAL ENGLISH a G4 Listen. Circle the correct answer. 1 Allie says the traffic is terrible / horrible. 2 Mark gets a taxi / train to the airport. 3 Allie is going to meet Mark at the station / airport. 4 Mark’s flight leaves in 30 / 40 minutes. 5 Allie’ boss said she can / can't go to the conference. b What do you think is going to happen to Mark and Allie in the future? Who says the USEFUL PHRASES, Mark or Allie? Listen again and check. How do you say them in your language? Mark is leaving the hotel. Cover the dialogue and listen ‘the need? Yousay 2 Good morning. Can I have my bill, please? ’'m checking out. Room 425, ‘Yes, a mineral water. American Express™. e b Listen again. Complete the YOU HEAR phrases. No, thanks. No, I’m fine, thanks. ¢ (816) Listen and repeat the YOU SAY “Thank you, f : Copy the rhythm. Good-bye. d In pairs, role-play the dialogue. USEFUL PHRASES “Til call ataxi. Well, thanks for everything *T'l meet you (at the airport). Where can we meet? Could you call me a taxi, please? Sorry I'm late. Have a safe trip! “Til = Iwill (future) MuitiRoM