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CONTENTS
Map of the book 4
Introduction 8
UNITl People 14
UNIT2 Seasons 32
UNIT3 Lifestyle 50
UNIT4 Places 68
UNITS Sport 86
UN IT l 0 Transport 176
Glossary 194
Acknowledgements 207
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• Sooject-veroagreement
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as the vocabulary needed to comprehend the text itself.
READ!NG 2 I Preseots a second text which providesa different angle on the topic in a
differentgenre. It is a model textforthe writing task.
LANGUAGE I
Practises the vocabulary andgrammar from the Readings in
DEVELOPMENT preparation for the writing task.
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Uses the sk,lls and language learnt over the courseof the un,t to draft and
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writing. Checklists help learners to ed,t their work.
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Work with apartner. Ask and answer the questions below.
l What is your full name?
2 Where do you live?
3 Do you have a job? What do you do?
4 Do you study? What do you study?
5 What do you do in your free time?
WATCH AND LISTEN
PREPARING TO WATCH
1 Match the places (1-6) to the correct countries (a-f).
UNDERSTANDING
KEY VOCABULARY 1 New Delhi a Italy
2 New York b South Africa
3 The Cape Peninsula c United St at es _
4 Cairo d Mexico
5 Milan e India
6 Mexico City f Egypt
WHILE WATCHING
LISTENING FOR KEY
2 0You are going to watch a video about people around the world.
Watch and complete the table with theinformationyouhear.
INFORMATION
name job place
l O Watch the video again. Complete the sentences below with thecorrect
adjectives from the box.
DISCUSSION
4 Work with a partner. Ask and answer the questions below.
1 Which person in the video has the most interesting job?
2 What job would you like to do in the future?
3 Where would you like to live in the future?
P_R_E_V-IE-W-IN_G
I PREPARING TO READ
_, 1 Look at the text.Circle the correct answers to the questions below.
1 What is the text about?
a a sport b a young man c a family
2 Where is the text from?
c awebpa.ge
UNDERSTANDING
I a a book b a magazine
2 Read the sentences (1-4 ) below and write the words from thebox in
the gaps.
KEY VOCABULARY
1 Lo nd on is a very big _
2 I speak three : Turkish, Arabic and English.
3 M orocco is a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ in No rt h Afr ica.
4 My date of is 7Jul y 1993.
WHILE READING
3 Read the text and write the words from the box in the gaps (1-4).
SKIMMING
SCANNING TO FIND
INFORMATION
I My hobbies and interests My address My life
4 Read the text again. Circle the correct words to make true sentences.
1 Amir is from Pakistan/ the United Kingdom.
Myfamily
Amir Khan is a< 1> boxer / tiocher. He is from <1> Bohon / Manchester
in the United Kingdom. His date of binh is 8 December
(ll 1986 / 1996. His brothers' name is <•> Horoon / Shah.
DISCUSSION
6 Wo rk with apartner. Ask and answer the q uestio ns (1-6) below.
1 What is your name?
2 Where are you from?
3 What is your date of birth?
4 What are your brothers' and sisters' names?
5 What languages do you speak?
6 How tall are you?
Friendfile
MY PROFILE
Amir Khan
(My personal information )
First name: Amir
Last name: Khan
Date of birth: 8 December 1986
City: Bolton
Country: United Kingdom
Languages: English, Urdu, Punjabi
Job: Boxer
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Email: info@amirs fans.co.uk
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(2 ) I'm Amir Khan. My mother and
father are from Pakistan. I speak
Mother: Falak
three languages: English, Urdu and
Father: Shah
Punjabi. I am a boxer. I have won
Brother: Haroon
many boxing matches. My brother's
[ 3 l name is Haroon. He is a boxer
too. I like reading, swimming and
Hobbies: swimming, football watching football.
Favourite football club:
Bolton Wanderers
Favourite sportsman:
Muhammad Ali
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READING 2
PREPARING TO READ
1 Look at the text. Circle the co rrect options (a-c).
PREVIEWING
1 The photo is of
a a typical man. b an unusual man. c an English man.
2 The text is about
a a racing car d river. b a boxer. c a very tall man.
3 The text is from
a a book. b a magazine. c a web page.
Previewing
Previewing means looking atatextbefore youread it. When we preview atext,
welook at the textand think about thequestions below.
• Are there photographs?
• Whatis in the photographs?
• What Isthe titleof the text?
• Where 1s the text from?(abook? amagazine? a web page?)
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2 Check the meaning of the bold words in the sentences{1-6) below. Use
UNDERSTANDING
the glossary on page194 to help you.
KEY VOCABULARY
1 My siste r is188 cm . She isvery ta ll1
2 My brother is a student. He livesin Londo n.
3 My father is a teacher. He works in a school.
4 Meltem loves clothes and shoe s.
S Chaiwat's height is169 cm.
6 Khalid's father is a fa rmer.
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1 Sultan Kosen from Turkey
.
2 He in Mardin in Turkey.
3 He lives with his _
4 Sultan a typical farmer.
S His hobby watching TV.
6 Sultan Turkish andEnglish.
DISCUSSION
5 Work with apartner. Ask and answer the questions (1- 3) below.
1 Where do you live'
@ LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
1 Read the sentences (1- 7)and write the bold words in the correct places in
the table below.
1 Marika Diana is from Italy.
2 Sultan Kosen lives on a farm.
3 My brother is a student.
4 Faisa'sl mother works in London.
S London is a big city.
6 Amir Khan is a boxer.
7 Sultan's clothes and shoes are very big.
nouns verbs
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3 Read the sentences (1-6) and write the words from the box in the gaps.
FAMILY VOCABULARY
4 Write the words from the box in the correct places in the table below.
male female
(1)
grandmother
(l)
father
(l)
son
t•l
sister
(I)
aunt
CRITICAL THINKING
At the end of this unit, you will write descriptive sentences. Look at this
unit's writing task in the box below.
A family tree
A family tree shows the relationsih
ps in a family.
Khalifa Laila
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Alia Aysha
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Abdullah
1 Work with a partner. Ask and answer the questions (1-8) about the
UNDERSTAND
family tree.
1 Who is Samira's brother?
2 Who isFatima's mother?
3 Who is Ahmed's grandmother?
4 Who are Abdullah's aunts?
5 Who are Khalifa's daughters?
6 Who is Aysha's son?
7 Who is Mouza's grandfather?
8 Who are Khaled's sisters?
3 Work with a partne.r Ask and answer questions like the questions in
Exercise 1about your family trees.
• The verb be
The verb be has three forms in the Present simple tense: am, is, are.After /, we
use am. After you. weor they, we use are.After he,she or it,we use is.
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Yo1.< <U"e. swcle.nt.. We. <U"e. swcle.nts. The.\j <U"e. swcle.nt.s.
J1.<nl:o i,s swd,e.nt.. She. i,s swcle.nt. M!I si-ste.r i,s swcle.nt.
Ami,r i,s boxer. S1.<l.tan i,s f=e.r. M!j 9ro..nd,fiune.r i,s d.oc.t-Or.
Lond,on i,s big ci¾- It i,s big f<U'm. H s nCUYle. i,s Tom.
Ange.14. o..nd, Otf:.cl,vw <U"e. ll;Q..(.i,o..n. The.\j <U"e. lto..l.iAn.
1 Read the texts (A and B) and write am,is or are in the gaps.
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Busan (JJ inSouth Korea. Ilive with
mJ mother, my father anJ"')'sister.MJ mother
anJ father f•J _________ from Seoul.MJ sister
(sJ HaniS. her,J_ _ _ 1 7S.h e
(1J_ _ _ a stutlent. Herhohhic.s /aJ _
Personal pronouns
We use personal pronouns before a verb. Personal pronouns are I.you, he.she,it,
we and they.The pronouns he. she. it, and they can also replace nouns.
I IA.Ill Min Lu.
Fo..iscu. i,s 2.b. He. i,s Z.<:.. [He = Faisal]
Ho..n i-s sw<le.nt. She. i-s swd,e,nt. [She = Hani]
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[It= Busan]
We, ue. from AL Ai.I'\.
Mi.I'\ o..nci Ho..n ue. from S14so..n. Th ue. from Sl4so..n.
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she
he
they
3 Read the sentences{1-4 ) below and write the words from the box in
the gaps.
He She It They
4 Read the sentences (1-S) below and write the words from the box in
the gaps.
Punctuation
The first word in a sentence begins with a copital letter(A. B,CJ. A sentence ends
with a fullstop(.).
TeMhers work scllooLs.
For some words. the first letter is always a capital letter.
names of people:M!j brot11er's Mme. i6 Orl1o.n.
names of places: lsto..nb«L i6 o.. b¼J c.i.f:!j i.n Tv.rkeg.
the pronoun I: I 110..ve. two si-61:us.
2 Correct the punctuation in the sentences (1-10) belo w. Add capital letters
and full stops.
1 my name is mohammed
2 i am from kuwait
3 iam19
4 my father'sname is asif
5 he is a teacher
6 he has two sons
7 my brother's name is faran
8 faran is a doctor
9 helives in canada
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1 Look at the family tree you drew in the Critical Thinking section.
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Choose somebody from your family tree to write about.
1 First name
2 Last name
3 Date of birth
4 City
5 Country
6 Languages
7 Job
8 Family
A I B C
Turkish.
speaks English.
Arabic and English.
TASK CHECKLIST
Does the nrst word in your sentences begin with acapital letter?
Are the personal pronouns he and she before the verb is?
Are the personal pronouns we and rhey before the verb are?
OBJECTIVES REVIEW
6 Check yourobjectives.
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watch and understand a
video about people and very not very
their jobs well well
write descriptive
very not very
sentences
well well
WORDLIST
UNIT VOCABULARY
aunt (n) farmer (n) son (n)
beautiful (adj) grandfather (n) tall (adj)
brother (n) grandmother (n) teacher (n)
clothes (n) height (n) uncle (n)
daughter (n) interesting (adj) work (v)
different (adj) live (v) young (adj)
famous (adj) shoe (n)
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Work with a partner. Look at the words for seasons in the bo x and
answer the questions below.
PREPARING TO WATCH
1 You aregoingto watch a video about weather. Before you wat,ch match
UNDERSTANDING
the words in the box to the correct photographs (1-3).
KEY VOCABULARY
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WHILE WATCHING
USING VISUALS TO 2 0 Watch the first part of a videoabout weather and circle the correct
option (a-<).
PREDICT CONTENT
A blizzard is a kind of
a forest
b storm
c mountain
40 Watch the first part of the video again and check your answers.
50 Watch the next part of the videoand write true (T) or false (F) next to
the statements (1-6) below.
1 The big white cloud is a blizzard.
2 There is a lot of snow in the mountains and forests.
3 The man's car is not very good.
4 The car stops neara city.
5 The man eats apples in the car.
6 A policeman finds the man.
DISCUSSION
6 Work with a partner. Use the information in Exercise 5 to answer the
questions.
PREPARING TO READ
1 Loo k at the words in bold and match sentences CT-4) to sentences (a- d).
UNDERSTANDING
Use the glossary on page194 to help you.
KEY VOCABULARY
1 Two plus two is four. a It is not difficult.
2 Sara is happy. b It is warm in summe r.
3 '2 + 2 = 4·is easy. c She is not sad.
4 Canada is cold in winter. d Two minus two is zero.
1 twe nty-o ne a 55
2 eleven b 18
3 eighteen c 2012
4 fifty-five d 42
5 forty-two e 21
6 two thousand and twelve f 11
7 fifty g 50
3 Look at the graph , photographs and headings in the text on the opposite
PREVIEWING
page and write true (T) or false (F) next to the statements (1-4 ) belo w.
1 Yakutsk is a cit y.
2 Winter is very cold in Yakutsk.
3 Summer is very cold in Yakutsk .
4 Svetlana has a cafe in Moscow.
WHILE READING
6 Match the facts (1-6) to the correct numbers (a- f).
SCANNING TO
FIND INFORMATION 1 the average temperature in summer a -42 ·c
2 the writer went to Yakutsk b 2012
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4 Daria's age d - 55' C
5 the temperature when kindergartens and schools are closed e +20 ·c
6 the average temperature in spring and autumn f - 21·c
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READING 2
I PREPARING TO READ
- P-_R_EVI- EW-I N_G _. 1 Look at the texts. Circle the correct answers (a-c) to the questions (1-3).
1 Wh ere are the texts from?
a a book b a magazine c a web page
2 Which text is about the weather in Cuba now?
a Text A b Text B c Text C
3 Which texts are about typical weather in Cuba?
a Texts A and B b Texts Band C c Texts A and C
2 Read the sentences (1-4) below and write the words from the box in
UNDERSTANDING
the gaps.
KEY VOCABULARY
wind speed rainfall climate temperature
3Write the words from the box in the gaps in Text B opposit e. Use the
wordlist on page194 to help you.
a WWW.CUBAWEATHER.ORG
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sunny and
(I) and cloudy ( 4)
rt WWW.CUBAWEATHER.ORG
DISCUSSION
S Work with apartner. Ask and answer the questions b elow.
1 Is the climate in Cuba good?
2 What are the seasons in Cuba?
3 Is the climate in your country good?
4 What are the seasons in your country?
5 Where can you find facts about climate in your country?
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below .
1 The cafois warm.
2 Life is difficult.
3 The climate is good.
4 Summers are hot.
5 Wintersare cold.
2 Read the sentences (1- 5)below and write the words from the box in
the gaps.
• Noun phrases
One type of noun phrase is an adjective • anoun.
noun phrases: He. i.s o.. WI. mo..n. Thi.s i,s o.. GOt.ci room. Spcti.n 11M o.. 9ood.
c.umcu:e. Eg!:jpt 11M d.r!:j we.o..tl1er. The. o..ver e. ro.i.!\foJL i..s 2. mm.
3 Make a noun phrase from the bold words in each sentence (1-4) and write
it in the gaps to make a new sentence.
1 Svetl ana's cafe is warm.
Svetlana hasa _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___ _
2 Lif e is difficult in winter.
People havea in
winter.
3 In Cuba, the climate is good.
Cubahas_a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
4 Summers are warm in Mongolia.
Mongo l ia has _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___
4 Work with apartner. Correct the mistakesin the sentences (1-5) below.
1 Cuba has aclimate good.
Understand a table
A table shows facts and numbers. It is easy to see facts andnumbers in a table.
Decimal numbers have a full stop in them - for example,1.1, 1.7, 2.7. When we say
decimal numbers, we use the word point.
1.1 one. poi.nt one. 1.7 one. poi..nt se.ve.n 2.7 two poi.nt se.ve.n
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1 Work with a partne.rLookat the table. Ask and answer the questions
(1-5) belo w.
1 Is it rainy in February?
2 Is it dry in August?
3 Is it cold in April?
4 Is i t cold in October?
5 Is summer rainy or dry?
2 Read the text below and write information from the table in the gaps.
APPLY
Prepositions
lhe words at,in, from and to are examples of prepositions.
2 Read the sentences (1- 5)below and write the preposit io ns from the box
in the gaps.
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Aprepositional phrase is a preposition • a noun.
One typeof prepositional phrase is a preposition + a noun for a place.
where: M!j brother Li,ve.s i.n Ab1,1 t>ho.,bi, M!j si-ste.r i,s o.. swd.enl; i.n
T Pe.i-. I o..m from Anl::o..ro...
I Punctuation
Capital letters
For the following types of words. the first letter is always a capital letter.
Jan r_ Ju
F_b a_y A_g_s_
Ma _ Se _ t e e_
Ap J O_ t_ ber
M No_ e er
J_ n _ Oe_e er
2 Co
rrect the punctuation in the sentences below. Add capital lette rs,
commas and full stops.
1 in january the weather is cold in russia
2 the average tempera ture is 21•C in july
3 in the monsoon season the average rainfall is 315 mm in bangalore
in ind ia
4 the weather is sunny on tuesday
5 sultan lives in sharjah in the united arab emirates
WRITING TASK
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A 8 C D
average average
seasons months
temperatures ('C) rainfall (mm)
5 Write the average rainfall for each season in col umn D. Use the internet
to help you find information.
6 Look at the Critical Thinking section and read the text about
WRITE A FIRST
Ulaanbaatar again.
DRAFT
7 Write information about your city in the gaps below.
__ _ _____ _ _ (your city) isin _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
(your country). _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (your city) has
________ _ _ (numb er ) seasons. The seasons are
_________ _ an_d _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
TASK CHECKLIST
Do the names for your city. country and months have capital
letters?
Does the first word in your sentences begins with a capital letter?
OBJECTIVES REVIEW
11 Check your objec tives.
I can ...
WORDLIST
UNIT VOCABULARY
autumn (n) easy (adj) summer (n)
cloudy (adj) happy (adj) sunny (adj)
cold(adj) rainy (adj) temperature (n)
dangerous (adj) sad(adj) warm (adj)
difficult (adj) safe (adj) windy (adj)
dry (adj) spring(n) winter (n)
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Watch and understand a video about a mining town in
Watch and listen
Australia
Academic writing skills Spelt Present simple third person singular verbs
Write facts
UNLc.'>CK YOUR KNOWLEDGE
1 Write the words in the box next to the correct prepositional
phrases {l-4).
l i
n
a cafe
2 n
i
your room
3 in a shop
4 in an office
PREPARING TO WATCH
1 Check the meanings of the words in the picture. Use a dictionary to
UNDERSTANDING
help you.
KEY VOCABULARY
Australian desert
dust
miners
underground
rock
machine
2 Read the sentences (1-6) below and write the words from the box in
the gaps.
WHILE WATCHING
3 You are going to watch a video about lifein a town in the Australian
UNDERSTANDING
desert . Before you watch,read the statements (l-6) below and write
MAIN IDEAS
true(T)or false (F) in column A.
A B
statement before after
watching watching
5 0 Watch again. Write the numbers from the box next to the correct
LISTENING FOR
facts. There are three extranumbers which you do not need.
KEY INFORMATION
42 55 '95 3,000 5,000 50,000
DISCUSSION
6 Work with apartner. Askand answer the questions below.
l Would you like to live in CooberPedy?
2 Do you like the undergr0und houses?
3 Is life in Coober Pedy different from lifein y0ur town or city?
PREPARING TO READ
PREVIEWING 1 Which things in the box can you see in the text and the photographs?
Circle the words. Use a dict ionary to help you.
2 Read sentences (1-8) below and write the words from the box in the gaps.
UNDERSTANDING
KEY VOCABULARY
different traditional imagine hunt
amazing lifestyle jungle cook
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t /
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Price UK £10.99
l hunt animals in
I
the jungle
2 travels15,000km
3 cook
5 have no cars
READING 2
PREPARING TO READ
1 Write the words from the box in the correct places in the table below.
UNDERSTANDING
Use the glossary on page195 to help you.
KEY VOCABULARY
2 Look at the timetable and the text on the next page. Write true (T) or
PREVIEWING
false (F) next to the statements (1- 3).
1 The timetable is for an Engineering student.
2 The timetable and the text are from a website.
3 The text and the timetable are about Abdullah Taha.
ToJlo.
Ab<iMl,lq,h ToJlo. i..s 0... swcLe.nt i.rl 0111 dM$. Thi,s i..s hi..s ti..rne.Wt.e.
Abd»-1,lq,h swcLi.e.s Enai.rle.ui.rla o.t <AiKo t.lni..ve.rsi.w. Abd»-1,lq,h to...ke.s
fwe. co1,1rs e.s. Theu o...re. P1111su-s, Mo.ti-ls, Enali-511, Enai.rle.ui.rla o.ncL
Aro..bi.c. Hi..storu. Hi,s fo..vo1,1ri,te, SCAbie.c.ts o...re. Phusu-s o.ncL Mo.ti-ls.
Abd»-1,lq,h i,s o. se.ri..oos sw cLe.nt . He. oets UP o.t b (I.Ill e.ve.r,u t iw.
He. swcLi..e.s e.ve.r11 e.ve.ni.rlo. He. hM rno..n11 ci.Mse.s. se.rni.rlo...rs o..ncL
lec.wre.s e.ve.r1,1 wed: .
In ti-le. e.ve.ni.rl• Abd»-1,lq,h wd,i.e.s i.rl ti-le. li,bro.ru. In hi,s fre.e. ti-me.,
Abd»-1,lq,h re.to...., e.s wi..t11 fr i..e.ncLs, So!!!eti..rne.s, AbcLvUOJ1 goe.s to ti-le.
, ; e.rno.., At>dµLW1 Lil:e.s W i<!)g_P.hoi:Qsr hs. He. i,s i-n tt,e. t.lni,vers
Co.mer" Cwb.
DISCUSSION
4 Work with a partner. Ask and answer the questionsbe low.
1 Do you go to university?
2 Do you get up late or early? ,7
3 Iys o ur lifestyle the same as o_rdi_fferent from bd,ullahs.
4 Do you relaxwith friends o r family ,n the evening.
s Are you in a club?
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@ LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
• Collocations
A pair or small groupof words which are often used together isa co/location.
One typeof collocation is a verb + a noun or a verb + a noun phrase.
I 11 ve. breoJ::fo.st [have + breakfast]. Du-Jv.ng d. Cl'lv.ng-Hee.
p vi.<!ec ga.me.s [play + video games]. Abd..v.u.oJ.1 stv.dl.e.s l'--M.!:ns
[study + Maths].
Another type of collocation is a verb+ a prepositional phrase.
Abd..v.u.oJ.1 goes to 1:11e. ci.ne.m [goes + to the cinema]. Abd..v.u.oJ.1 st:«<.Ue.s
i.l'\ 1:11e. t.ibrd.1'9 [studies + in the library). Abd..v.u.oJ.1 r e.s wi»I f,-i.e.nd.s
[relaxes + with friends).
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V ONLINE 1 Match the sentence halves.
l Eun Jung studies a coffee for breakfast.
2 Asif gets up b Maths at CambridgeUniversity.
3 Melody and Ginger take c early.
4 In the morning, I have d to the cinema every Saturday.
5 My friends go e the bus every morning.
2 Read the sentences (1-10) below and write the verbs from the box in
the gaps.
Arts and
subject Business Science Languages
Humanities
Maths
Physics
Literature
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English
Economics
Biology
History
Management
Arabic
Geography
Chemistry
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Art and Design
1 Work with a partner. Ask and answer the quest ion s(1- 8) belo w.
REMEMBER
1 What is your name and surname1
2 Where do you go to school/university?
3 What subjects do you study?
4 When do you get up?
S When are your classes?
6 When do you have lunch?
7 When do you go to the library?
8 When do you relax with friends?
Subjecrs: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Day I : Day 2: Day 3: Day 4: Day S:
morning
lw1ch
afternoon
evening
WRITING
A sentence can have an object.The object isa pronoun, a noun or a noun phrase.
The object is after the verb.
object: Li, Mei, w..ts her L«nc.11. M!j 9 ro..nd.fo..tl1er re.0-<is o.. ne.wspo.per.
M!j si-ster cooks d..i,nner.
1 Read the sentences belo w. Put a t ick ( ) if the bold word or phraseis ? UNl«K
(, O N LIN E
anobject.
1 Kombai life is very diff erent .
2 Att ila does his homework in the morning.
3 Every morning, I have a shower.
4 Somle k stud ies M ath s.
S Ay has orange juice and co ff ee in the morning.
6 Kombai men hunt in the jungle.
7 My teacher asks questions.
8 M ilena Telak works in Coober Pedy.
2 Wo rk with apar tner. Correct the mistakesin the sentences (1- 5) below.
1 The Kombai meat eat.
2 Kombai men animals hunt .
3 Boo ks Rebecca M oore writ es.
4 Abdullahin the library readsbo oks.
5 M el ody d rinks in the m o rning coffee.
Noree n(1J is/ ore a student in my class. This c>l is / ore her timetable.
She Ill study/ studies English at university. She1•1get up I gets up
at 6 am.She(ll hove/ hos breakfast at 6.30 am. On Mondays and
Wednesdays. Noreen (6l have/ has a study group at 11 a m. She
m hove/ hos lunch at 12.30 pm every day.She!3I study/ studies
in the lib raryfrom 3 to 6 pm. SheC9J go/ goes to the cinema with
friends on Sundays. Noreen (lO) is/ are a serious student.
Time expressions
nme expressions say when or how ofte n something happens. One type of time
expressio n is every+ a noun for time.
I re.o..c:l. (A; bool: e.ve.r!l we.ek. SJ1e. 11M £ngU,sl1 cl4.ss e.ve.r!j Wed.ne.sM..!j
oon. Th&!j footbo..U, e.ve.r!l morni.ng.
Another typeof time expression is a prepositional phrase for time. The type of
phrase that follows the preposition shows which preposition to use.
• at + clock time: 10 o.ro, 3 pm
• in + part of the day: i.n the. momi.ng, i.n 1:11e. o.,ftemoon, i.n tne. e.ve.ni.ng
• on+ day of the week: on Mo , on Tl.(e.5M.¾jS
• on + day of the week + part of the day: on MonM.¾J momi.ng, on Tl,(fl.SM.¾j
(A;ftunoon, on Fr e.vwi.ng, on $1.( r.i.gl1!;
Spelling
In the alphabet. the vowels are a. e,i. o and u.The other letters are consonants.
To make the third person singular form of averb in the Present simple, we need
to follow spelling rules.
• We add -s if the verb ends in a consonant (e.g. read reads) or a consonant
sound (e.g. write writes).
• We replace -y with -ies if the verb ends in a consonant+ -y (e.g. stu dy
studies)
• We add -es if the verb ends in a vowel(e.g. go goes)
• We add -s if the verb ends in a vowel + -y (e.g. say says)
1 Write the third person singular form of the Present simple verb.
getup
sell
go
study
pay
have
2 Put the letters in the correct order to make the names of subject s.
Use the glossary on page 19S to help you.
1 ahtms M._ _ _ _ _ 5 ryshito H _
2 snegihl . 6loio
gy B. _
3 siphcsy p_ _ _ _ 7 grgephyoa G _
4 regeingnine
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I 3 Write four sentences about his/ her school or university timetable.
4 Write two sentences about his/her evenings and free time.
.., 4 Use the task checklist to review your sentences.
TASK CHECKLIST
OBJECTIVES REVIEW
6 Check your objectives.
I can ...
watch and understand
a video about a mining very not very
town in Austraila well well
WORDLIST
UNIT VOCABULARY
afternoon (n) Engineering (n) morning(n)
Art (n) evening (n) Physics (n)
Biology (n) Friday (n) Science (n)
Business (n) 1.oeography (n) study (v)
cafe (n) History (n) Tuesday (n)
car (n) Humanities (n) TV (n)
Chemistry (n) late (adj) village (n)
cook (v) Literature (n) watch (n)
different (adj) Management (n) Wednesday (n)
early (adj) Maths (n) work (nand v)
Economics (n) Monday (n)
Academic writingskills Use capital letters for city and country names
Write facts
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PREPARING TO WATCH
1 Write the words from the box in the gaps.
UNDERSTANDING
KEY VOCABULARY
mountains capital city tower races cheese Tourists
70 WATCH ANOllSTEN
PLACES UNIT 4
WHILE WATCHING
3 G Watch the video. Check your answers to the quiz in Exercise 2. UNDERSTANDING
MAIN IDEAS
4 G Watch again. Circle the numbers you hear.
LISTENING FOR
3 20 350 450 3,000 ,30 000 60.000 KEY INFORMATION
6,000,000 ,35000 ,000
S Read the sentences 0-5) below and write the circled numbers from
Exercise 4 in the gaps.
1 There are colours in the French flag.
2 There are many tourists in Paris. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ tourists visit the
Eiffel Tower every year.
3 There are works of art in the Louvre.
4 There are different kinds of bread in France.
5 There are different kinds of cheese in France.
DISCUSSION
6 Work with apartner. Ask and answer the questions (1-4) below.
1 What is the capital city of your country?
2 Are there many tourists in the capital city of your country?
3 What kinds of food are popular in your country?
4 Are there anymountains in your country?
I PREPARING TO READ
U_N_D_ERS_T._'A_N_D-_IN_G , 1 M at c h the words (1- 7) to their definit ions (a- g).
2 Read the sen tences (1- 6) bel ow and write the words from the box
in the gaps. Use the glossary on page 196 to help yo u.
3 Look at the texts and the picture. Read the quest ion s(1- 3) and circle
PREVIEWING
the correct answers (a-c ).
l W hat is the bo ok about?
a the history of the world
b the history o f China
c the histo ry of maps
2 The price of the book is:
a $16.75
b £16.75
C €16.7 5
3 The picture shows
a a m ode rn map of the world
b an ancient map of the world
c a photograph of the world
Feedback I HelpIClose
A World History
of Maps
by J. Armour
Add to Basket
***.*
Price : from £16.75 f' igu, c 4.3:Wo,ld Mapby Muha.mmad al-l drisi, 1154
5 Scan the texts again and find the continents and countries that are
mentioned. Circle them in the table below.
continents countries
Asia M exico
Australia Spain
Euro pe Norway
Africa M alaysia
America China
6 Read part of Chapter 4.2. Write true (T) or false (F) next to the
statements (1-5) below.
1 Muhammad al-ldrisi was Algerian.
2 Tabula Rogerianais the Arabic name of Al-ldrisi's map.
3 America is not on the map.
4 India is on the map.
S There are lakeson the map.
READING 2
PREPARING TO READ
1 Circle the wordin each group that is different. Use a dictionaryto
UNDERSTANDING
help you. KEY VOCABULARY
1 lake river sea France
2 shop road school factory
3 ocean airport harbour train station
4 dive drive surf swim
Readingfor mainideas
Many textshave paragraphs. A paragraph ispart ofa Ieng text.Each paragraph
hasonetoptc:ormain idea When we read forthemain ideas in atext, weread
each paragraph to find:
• the top,cle.g family, weather, university).
• the im t Information aboutthe topic(e.g. thenumber of brothers and
sistersa pel'$Oll has;theaverage rainfall in summer; thereasona student wants
to stJ.i(ly).
AL-l :s 1114p '!:he world. i.5 ulted.. the Tabula. Rogeri,a,na, m w:rope.
The.: 16 c.rt ArAl,i;c,. tli.5 !PIA.p helpe.d, people l:.m.vel. ft'Ol'II GOt.tn to
GOt.t
DISCUSSION
S Work with a partner. Ask and answer the questions (1-5) below.
1 Where is your country?
2 What is the population of your country?
3 What is the capitalcity of your country?
4 What languages do people speak in your country?
S What are important businesses in your country?
Planning
Before you write,put your sentences in a logical order. This means putting the
topics you write about in order of importance.
1 Put the topics in the box in alogicalorder. Write them in column A of the
CREATE
table below.
A ' B
the topic key words for the topic
2
3
10
Classifying
Classifying meansputting words intogroups. Each group has a topic. Classifying
helps you to plan your writing.
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2 Think of key words for your country. Write the key words for each topic
APPLY
in column B of the table above.
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PLACES uNI' ,;
WRITING
2 Rea d the sentences (1-8) be low. Put a tick if they are correct and a cross if
they are wrong.
1 There are many kinds of bread in Russia.
2 There is a deserts in Egypt .
3 There is many parks in London.
4 In Thailand, the re are many islands.
5 There have many peo ple in Jakarta .
6 There are in Ista nbul many brid ges.
7 They are many famous monuments in Rome.
8 Is a famo us museum in my city.
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Determiners: articles
We use articles befo re a noun or before an adjective + noun. There are four
articles:a,an, theand the zero article.
We use the before the names of:
• rivers - !:tie. twu D=be., !:tie. twu Nile., !:tie. riHu ThM1es
• seas - the. North Seo., the. Me.i.i.ten-o..neo..n Seo., the. Sl.o.d: Seo.
• oceans - the. Po..ci,fi.c. Oce.o..n, the. Atlo..nti.c. Oce.o..n, the. lnd.iM Oce.o..n
• many famous places- the. Gouita Towu, the. £.t,ffet. Towu, the. Towu of
London
• ·un ited' countries - !:tie. IAnite<i Aro.I> £.mil-o..tes, the. IAnite<i Kil'lgdom, the.
IAnite<i Sta.tes of Amui.co.
• groups of islands- the. Pl1iilppmes, the. Mol.d.i,res, the. Azores
• groups of mountains - th e. Al'l<les, t.he. Alp$, the. Hi.ma.l.o.!jM
4 Read the sentences (1- 6) below and write the or O(fo r zeroarticle)in
the gaps.
1 My family comes from Chile.
2 Chile is in South America.
3 We live near _ _ Pacific Ocean.
4 Andesare the highest mount ains in my country.
5 My sister lives in United States.
6 She wo rks in Chicago.
Capital letters
The first letter of the name of acity.the name of acountry and theadjective for
anationality is always acapital letter.
1 Look at the country names and write vowels in the gaps to make the
correct nationality names.
country nationality
China Ch n_s _
India _ nd_ n
Egypt _gypt n
Saudi Arabia s d_
Algeria _ lg_ r_ n
Japan J_ p n_s _
Thailand Th
Turkey T_ rL sh
Canada C n_d_ n
Chile Ch_ l n
2 Correct the punctuation in the sentences (l- 5)below. Add capital lett ers
and full stops.
1 i come from abu dhabi
2 there are many beautiful fountainsin rome
3 the climate is good in the maldives
4 there are four main islands in japan
5 chickenis very popular in malaysia
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1 Read the list of topics and key words you wrote for your country in the
WRITE A FIRST
CriticalThinking section.
DRAFT
2 Write two sentences for each topic. Use the key words to help you.
The. co..piMu of ml:! co1mtrl:I v., Be1-n9Jc:ol::. The.re. v., e1- f(I.Jl)ous muswm
i. r'1 Be1-n9Jc:ok c lled the. NG\.ti.onll..L Muswm.
The. popu!,o..lion of Tho.L14.n<l.. s 70,000,000. The.re. (I.re, mel-nl:I !:10un9
pe.opte. i.r'I ml:! countrl:I.
3 Use the task checklist to review your sentences.
EDIT
TASK CHECKLIST
Did you use the before the names of rivers, seas. o ceans, some
countries and famousplaces?
Did you use the no article (the zero article) befo re the names of
continents. some countries and cities?
OBJECTIVES REVIEW
S Check your ob jectives.
I can ...
WORDLIST
UNIT VOCABULARY
bank (n) fish (n)
forest (n)
I river (n)
beach (n) road (n)
bridge (n) fountain (n) school (n)
capitalcity (n) hill(n) sea (n)
cliff (n) library (n) shop (n)
desert (n) monument (n) train station(n)
factory (n) mountain (n) university (n)
farm (n) museum (n) valley (n)
field (n) park (n)
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UNL<.'>CK YOUR KNOWLEDGE
Write the sports from the wordbox in the correct column of the table.
Use the glossary on page197 to help you.
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WATCH AND LISTEN
PREPARING TO WATCH
USING VISUALS TO
1 0 Watch the video. Circle the things you see.
PREDICT CONTENT
a busy city a forest pensioners morning tourists
night a teacher young men in traditional clothes
young men in modern clothes an ancient painting
WHILE WATCHING
30 Watch again. Circle the correct answer (a-c}.
UNDERSTANDING
MAIN IDEAS 1 Why are sport and exercise popular in China?
a because team games are popular
b because health is important
c because famous people do sport and exercise
2 Why are Tai-chi and Kung-fu popular in China?
a because football is not popular
b because people learn Tai-chi and Kung-fu at school
c because Tai-chi and Kung-fu are part of Chinese culture
and history
4 G Watch again. Write words from Exercise 2 in the gaps (1-5). UNDERSTANDING
DETAIL
DISCUSSION
6 Work with a partner. Ask and answer the questions below.
1 Why do people do martial arts like Tai-chi?
2 Can yoube fit and healthy and not do sport? How?
PREPARING TO READ
1 Match the opposites.
UNDERSTANDING
KEY VOCABULARY l national a fast
2 excit ing b local
3 slow c boring
2 Write the words from the box in the gaps. Use a dictionary to help you.
3 What are the top five favourite sports in the world? Write your
USING YOUR
ideasbelow.
KNOWLEDGE TO
PREDICT CONTENT l
2
3
4
5 _ _ _ _ _ _
WHILE READING
5 Read the text.Match the sports in the box to the correct paragraphs (1- 5).
READING FOR
MAIN IDEAS
Field hockey Motor racing Cricket Tennis Football
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DISCUSSION
7 Work with apartner. Ask and answer the questions (1-3) belo w.
1 What other sports are popular?
2 What are the most popular sports in your country?
3 What is your favourite sport?
READING 2
PREPARING TO READ
1 Circle the three correct answers.
SCANNING TO
PREDICT CONTENT We use capital letters with ...
a nouns
b names of people
c the first word in a sentence
d names of sports
e names of places
2 Scan the text on the opposite page quickly. Find the names of six famous
sportsmen from Brazil. Look for the capital letters to find the names.
WHILE READING
s Read the text. Write (F) for football, (C) for capoeira or (MR) for motor
READING FOR
racing next to the statements below.
DETAIL
1 People play it on the beach.
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2 People do it in the park. (, ONLINE
3 You can watch it in Sao Paulo at lnterlagos Speedway.
4 People from other countriescome to Brazil to learn this sport.
5 Brazilians play this game in their free time.
6 Write words from the text in thegaps.
Capoeira isa
Watch,
learn!
Football is very important in Brazil. People play Peopledocapoeira ingroups. You canwatch
football everywhere, and everybody plays. capoeira groups in the park or in thestreet.
Adults and children play footba·11 1n their free People come from around the world to Brazil to
time. They usually play on football fields, but learn it. Why not learn capoeira when you are
sometimes they play football on the beach or in Brazil?
in the street. Brazil has many world-famous
Motor racing is also popular. Pique!, Senna and
footballers, like Pele, Kaka, and Ronaldinho. In
Massa are famous Formula 1 drivers from Brazil.
total, there are over 13 million players and 29,208
Many Brazilians like motor racing and watch it on
football clubs. If you want to watch a football
television. In November, youcan watch Formula 1
match, youcanbuy tickets from any tourist office. Grand Prix live inSao Paulo at lnterlagos
Football is not the only popular sport in Brazil. Speedway. At other times of the year, youcan
Capoeira is animportant part of Brazilian culture. watch Stock Car Brasil. Youcanbuy tickets for
II is a mix of martial arts, exercise and music. motor-racing events online.
1
READING 2 ?
DISCUSSION
7 Work with apartner. Ask and answer the questions below.
1 What sports do people watch on TV in your country?
2 Is it better to watch sport liveor on TV? Why?
3 Which of these activities are good ways to exercise?
a horse riding
b doing housework
c walking
d cooking
e looking after children
f shopp ing
g swimming
@ LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
• Sports collocations
One type of collocation is a verb + a noun or noun phrase. Use the verbs d,o play
and go with nouns for sport and exe rcise.
Usedo with martial arts andsport or exercise you do alone.
I d.o K.l(ng-f\A. We, d.o e-l<erci-5e, for one, no r e.verH morning.
Mei, d.oes 1((1.1",ue..
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1 Write t he verbs from the box in the gaps. Use the glossary on page197 (,, ONLINE
to he lp you understand the words in bo ld.
• Prepositions
The words in,on and at are examples of prepositions.We use prepositions with
particular nouns.
Ad.lAlts o.nci cl1i.u:lre11 ,footboJ.L in tl1eu free, ti.me,.
Th s <AL41 on ,footboJ1, fi.w!s, b«t. sometin>es t:n footbo.U.
on the, beo..cl1 or in the, strm.
People, d..o Cll.p()W'(l. in groops.
We, wcudi footbo.U. on tete.vi6ion.
We h(l.ve, o..nuv,ci.Ls on oor fo.m,.
3 Write the nouns in bold in Exercise 2in the correct column below.
on+ noun in+ noun
• Adjectives
Adjectives describe qualities. Write adjectives:
• before a noun, e.g.good. c.tunm, pop!,(W sport., fo.n,oos er.
• after is/are(not). e.g. FootbaJ.t i.$ e.>Cci.ti.ng. Tenn s i.$ pop!,(W m m9 coonb-9.
Cri.c:l:et ers o.re. t.
hard
exciting
dangerous
expensive
diffi cult
popular
famous
CRITICAL THINKING
At the end of this unit, you will write facts.Look at this unit's writ ing task in
the box below.
Ideas maps
An ideas mapcan help youremember new vocabulary and new information.
Anideasmap of Reading1 The World's top five sports is below.
REMEMBER
1
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motcr r<I.W'\9
Can you use the ideas map to remember the main id eas of
the text?
WRITING
1 Circle the option that is true for you or your country. 4")UNl.«K
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1 I om/ om not abig fan of sports.
2 Kung-fu is/ is not p opula r in my country.
3 I think football is exciting/ boring.
4 I think motor racing is safe/ dangerous.
5 Tickets for football are cheap/ expensive in my country.
6 It is easy/ difficult to buy tickets for football in my country.
7 Horse riding is I is not expensive in my country.
4 Write (T) for time or (P) for place next to the prepositional phrases in
Exercise 3.
S I do exercise in Monday.
Commas
Write commas(,) in a sentence. Commas separate parts of a sentence or things in
alist. Use acomma:
• after aprepositional phrase at the beginning of asentence
• between two nouns in a list.
In summer, we. 90 swi.mmi-ng. In tl,e, e.veni-ngs, I wo..1:c.11 TV.
F<l.i,siu s fool:.b , te.nni.s, bMl:e.l:b mc:l bMeb . He. goe.s to tl,e,
99m on MonM-9, We.c:lne.sM-9, The.<rsM-9 mc:l So..t!ArM-9.
SPELLING
2 Put the letters in the correct order to make the names of sports. Use the
glossary on page 197 to help you.
l oftoblal f _
2 sekbatallb b _
3 insnte
h
4 yehcko
5 selbalba b. _
l Put the lette rs in the correct order to make the names of countries.
l ketury T
2 iatwan T
3 inach
4 pajan J
5 razibl B
6 ilehc
7 ostuh okera s
8 edtinu baar irmetsae u
PLAN 1 Look at the examples of ideas maps in the Critical thinking section.
Make an ideas map for a popular sport in your country.
EDIT
I 7 Write a sentence about the price of tickets for your sport
(e.g. expensive, cheap).
4 Use the task chec klist to review your sentences.
OBJECTIVES REVIEW
6 Check your objectives.
I can ...
watch and understand a
video about Tai-chi and very not very
Kung-fu well well
use my knowledge
very not very
to understand a text
well well
WORDLIST
UNITVOCABULARY
baseball (n)
basketball (n)
I famous
fan(n)
(adj) national (adj)
online (adj)
boring(adj) ho rse riding(n) player (n)
cheap (adj) ice skating(n) rugby (n)
competition (n) jogging (n) squash (n)
exciting (adj) judo (n) team game (n)
exercise (n) karate (n) tennis (n)
expensive (adj) martial art (n) ticket (n)
PREPARING TO WATCH
1 Write the words in the gaps. Use the glossary on page198 to help you.
UNDERSTANDING
KEY VOCABULARY
symbol cook deliver lunch kitchen paint
WHILE WATCHING
20 Watch the video about the 'dabbawallaso·f Mumbai and circle the
UNDERSTANDING
correct options (a-c).
MAIN IDEAS
1 Mumbai is
a a busy city.
b a quiet city.
c asmall city.
2 Dabbawallas deliver lunch
a to schools.
b to offices.
c tohomes.
3 Dabbawallas deliver food by
a train andbicycle.
b bicycle only.
c car and motorbike.
3 0 Watch again and circle the correct words in the notes below.
LISTENING FOR
KEY INFORMATION
Vt<ieo - D(l.bb1A.Wo.Uo..$
In M1,m1bo..i, - 2.00,000 co daJ,bQ.1,J(JJJ,as I workers
· Ct> Cooks / [)abbQ.1,Jallas p1Ah L1,mcl1e.s i.n ti,ffi,n MS
Ti,,ffi,n MS m b«s I train sw.ti-on
D(l.bb1A.Wo.Uo..$ <•> write. names I paint symbols on
ti,ffi,n MS
<5> 4,000 / 5,000 M.hb1A.Wo.Uo..$ i.n M1.<mbo..i,
DISCUSSION
4 Work with apartner, Ask and answer the questions below.
1 Is the dabbawallas' job easy or difficult?
2 Do people deliver food to offices and homes in your country?
What kind of food do they deliver?
2 Match the sentences. Usea dictionary to help you understand the words
UNDERSTANDING
in bold.
KEY VOCABULARY
1 My mother teaches at a university. a His salary is $120,000 a year.
2 Faisal is an employer. b She has a lot of experience.
3 My sister is a good software engineer. c She trains teachers.
4 Pankaj is an architect in Los Angeles. d His company has 200
workers.
3 Read the sentences (1-6) below and write the words from the box
in the gaps. Use the glossary on page 198 to help you.
WHILEREADING
4 Scan the texts. Write words from the texts in the gaps.
SCANNING TO
FIND INFORMATION text A texts textC
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1 What is the job? (1) pi!c!-, (2.)
a
f' YOUR SEARCH
ARE A<S): Medicine Renji Hospital
J OB(S) : Renji Hospital is part of Shanghai Jiao Tong
B Email me jobs like this University School of Medicine. We train and teach
doctors and nurses.
RSSFeeds
Wearelooking for a nurse to work at the hospital
LOCATION Q China }
and train student nurses. You have to work ear1y
SALARY FROM a t:trt. i morn ings andlate nights.
SALARY TO a ff;/ _J Applicants must have 10 years· experience. They
must also speak fluent Chinese and English.
SALARY: CNY 16,800 per month
TYPE: Full-time Qnc lud ing weekends)
READING FOR DETAIL S Read the texts again. Write true (T) or false (F) next to the statements
(1- 6) below.
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v ONUNE 1 The pilot at FlyHigh must speak three language.s
2 The teacher at Kitahiroshima Primary School has to teach grade 12.
3 The nurse at Renji Hospital must have 10 years' e xperience.
' 4 Teachers at Kitahiroshima Primary School are friendly.
5 Pilots at FlyHigh have to work nights.
6 The nurse at Ren ji Hosp it al must speak two languages.
7 Read the definitions (1-4) below and write the words from the box in
Exercise 6 in the gaps.
1 :asicnthat doctors and nurses study
2 :teaching and learning
3 :aplace
4 :a
person that wants a job
DISCUSSION
8 Work with apartner. Ask and answer the questions below.
1 What jobs do people in your family do?
2 Doyouhaveajob?Why/Whynot'
3 Where can you find information about jobs?
4 Which jobs are the most difficult? Why?
READING 2
PREPARING TO READ
1 Read the sentences (1-7) below and write the words and phrases from the
UNDERSTANDING
box in the gaps.Use a dictionary to help you.
KEY VOCABULARY
soon fitness instruct or great apply
long hours gym link
WHILE READING
2 Scan the texts on the next page. Write the correct jobs in the gaps.
SCANNING TO
1 The email to <;ag is about a job as a _ FIND INFORMATION
2The email to Erik is about a job as a _
3 The email to Daria is about a job as a _ ") UNLOCK
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3 Scan the texts again. Write the correct city or town in the gaps.
1 Thejo b for <;ag is in _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___ ____
2 Thejo b for Erik is in
3 The job for Daria is in
4 Scan the texts again. Write the correct number(s) in the gaps.
1 Daria must teach grades to _
2 There are students in a fitness class at the gym.
3 The salary for Erik's jo b is ( m
prn.
5 Read the texts again. Write (C) for <;ag, (E) for Erik or (D) for Daria next to
READING FOR
the statements (1-5) below.
DETAIL
1 He/She must be good with people.
2 He/She has to be fluent in three language.s
3 He/She must have two years' experience.
4 He/She has to get up early.
5 He/She must work longhours.
QaQ!
I have found a great job for you.It's for a full-time frtness instructor. The jobis at David
Allen's IrishGymin Manchester.
You have toget upearly in the morning. There are12students in each group. You
have to be very friendly andgood wtth people. The wages are very good - they pay
£28anhour. Youdon't have to work onFriday or Saturday.
I think you'll like this job. Here's the link: www.ukjobs.eo.uk/Rtness-instructor
Apply soon!
Karel
Erik,
I have found a greatjob for you. It'sin Oslo-here's the link:wwwitcompnm,org/jobs
I know thiscompany.
The job is for a software engineer. It's full-time. They pay.£4,150 per month!
You must have a university degree(in computer science!) and you have to have 2years'
experience. It alsosays that you must speak Norwegian. You don't have to speak fluent
Norwegian - so it'sOK for you.
Please apply soon!
Love,
Momx
akhrorova..dasha4!>hotmall.com
olly _murgatroyd gmail.com
Do you want a job In a great country?
Dear Daria,
I hope you're well. I have a great job for you. I think you'll like it - it's in South Korea!
I know you love Korean movies, especially movies with Cha Tae-hyun.
The job is in Yeonggwang. It's a small town in the south of the country.
The job is at a high school. You have to teach English and French to grades 10 to 12.
You speak fluent English and French (and Russian!)
You don't have to speak Korean so this is a great Job for you. You have to work long
hours. But you are a very serious teacher. I know you work hard.
Here's the link: www.skoreaiobs,com/Educatjon/HS/Languages
Good luck!
DISCUSSION
6 Work with apartner. Ask and answer me quesrions below.
l What jobs are popular with young people in your country?
2 What job(s) would you like to do?
3 What job(s) would you not like to do?
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VOCABULARY FORJOBS
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1 Make sentences about jobs. Write the verb phrases from the box in the V ONLINE
correct places in column B of the table.
I
A B C
. Job s activities locations
l A vet
2 A manager
3 A doctor
5 An accountant in a company.
6 A chef
8 A flight attendant
2 Write the prepositional phrases from the box in the correct places in
column C of the table. Remember to write the full stop.
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' REAOINGANO WRITING SKIU,S 1 LANGUAGE DEVELOPMEN T
Adjective phrases
An adjective phrase describes the subjec t of the se nte nce . The adjective phrase is
after a form of the verb to be.
One type of adjective phrase is very• an adjective.
Pi.lots ho..ve. l:o be. Ve.I'!:! i.nte.U¼e.nt.. N«rse.s m«st be. Ve.I'!:! l:i.nd..
3 Read the sentences{1- 10) and circle the best words and phrases.
1 A fireman has to be smart I fit and strong.
2 A primary school teacher has to be good with food / kind and patient.
3 A fireman doesn't have to be good with people I fit andhealthy.
4 A doctor must be very intelligent I very fit and strong.
5 A nu rse does n't have to be good with computers/ good with people.
6 A software engineer has to be good at Maths / kind and patient.
7 A flight attendant has to be polite and friend ly / creative.
8 A film d irec to r must be very creative I politeond frien dly.
9 An actor doesn't have to be beautiful I creative.
10 A chef has to be goad with food / smart.
CRITICAL THINKING
At the end of this unit, you will wr ite se nte nce s. Look at th is u nit's writing
task in the box below.
Questionnaires
A questionnaire isa list of questions. We usequestionnaires to discover new
Information.
One kind of questionnaire is a Likert scale. In a Ukert scale, you read a statement
then circle the answer that istrue for you.
1 Read the statements and circle the answer that is true for you.
1 = strongly disagree
2 =disagree
3 = neither agree nor disagree
4 =agree
5 = strongly agree
J, 11cuse iliCcJb be be ki:..., d:: ocad:, l.etpfuct. A nlAtse. mtA.st be kind., o..nd..
helpfv.L.
We use have to + infinitive for /,you, we and they.
Mo..no.gers ho..ve. t-0 be. good, wi.U1 pe.opt.e.. Th h o.ve.to l>e. good. wi.U1
pe.opt.e..
We use has to + infinitive for he.she and it.
A mo..no.ger ho.s to be. goO<L wi.U1 peopLe.. He ho.s to l>e. 900<L wi.U1 peopte..
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1 A bu ilder musts be strong andhealthy.
2 Fireman have wo rk long hours.
3 A manager have to be help ful.
4 Teachersmust patient.
5 A software engineer must to be good at Maths.
6 Vets have good with animals.
7 An architect must to creative.
8 An actor must to play a character in a movie.
have to
We can use do not have to/ does not have to + infinitive to say that something
is not necessary.
We use do not have to + infinitive for /, you. we and they.
Ac.tors d,o not ho..ve. to l>e. 9000. wi,U, compv.ters.
We use doesnot have to + infinitive for he. she and it.
A fU.m <ii.re.ct-Or Mes not ho.ve. to l>e good, o.t, Mc,.t,hs.
New sentence: •
3 Jo in each pair of sentence s (l-4) below to make one sentence with and.
1 Applica nts must be smart. Applicants must be polite .
Contractions
We can join two words with anapostrophe ('). The jo ined wordiscalled a
contraction.
I (1.,11> d.oci:or. I'm d.oci:or.
Phi¼> s <A-n engixle.er. Pl1Ui,p's n engi,ne.er.
Theii Me o..Ychi,te.c.ts. Theire C1Xci1i,te.c.ts.
One kind of contraction is do not don't and does not doesn't.
Yo1,1 d,o not h ve, to be goO<L M s. Yo1,1 d.on't h ve, to be good,
M ths.
She d.oes not h ve, to be, strong. She d.oesn't ho.ve, to be strong.
We do not usually usecontractions in academic writing. We can use contractions
in emails to friends.
WRITING TASK
I hope you're well. I have a great job for you. I think you'll like it - It's in
__ _ _____ _ _ _ (write the name of country)!
The job is in _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (write the name of the
c ity /tow n. ) It _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
TASK CHECKLIST
Do yo ur sentences use must and have to to say that something
is necessary?
Do your sente nces usedo/ does nothave to to say that
somet hing is not necessary?
Do your sentences use adjecti ve phrases to describe a job
appl icant ?
OBJECTIVES REVIEW
4 Check your objectives.
I can ...
watch andunderstand
a video about the very not very
dabbawallas of Mumbai well well
WORDLIST
UNIT VOCABULARY
bicycle (n) healthy (adj) medicine (n)
building(n) hospital (n) nurse (n)
cook(n) kitchen(n) paint (v)
friendly (adj) lunch (n) software (n)
great (adj) manager(n) soon(adv)
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Watch and understand a video about Shanghai
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Work with a partner. Ask and answer the questions below.
1 Do you live in a house or an apartment?
2 Do youlike tallbuildings? Why/ Why not?
J Are there any tall buildings in your city?
WATCH AND LISTEN
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KNOWLEDGE TO
USING YOUR
PREDICT CONTENT
PREPARING TO WATCH
1 You are going to watch a video about Shanghai. Before you watch. circle
c a bigcity in Vietnam.
a the
capitalcity of a 8 million.
b 14 million.
c 23million.
China
2 Check the meanings of the words in the table below. Use the glossary on
UNDERSTANDING
page 198 to help you.
KEY VOCABULARY
A 8
see hear
swimming pool
restau
rants
shopping mall
traffic
park
offices
leisure centre
shop
lights
apartments
WHILE WATCHING
4 g Watch the video with sound. Check your answers to Exercise 1. UNDERSTANDING
MAIN IDEAS
S G Watch again. Put a tick { ) next to things you he.ar in column 8.
LISTENING FOR KEY
INFORMATION
DISCUSSION
6 Work with a partner. Ask and answer the questions below.
1 Is your city bigger or smaller than Shanghai?
2 Is your city busier or quieter than Shanghai?
3 Is therea shopping mall or leisure centre near your home?
PREPARING TO READ
1 Write the words from the box in the correct places in the table below.
UNDERSTANDING
Use the glossary on page 198 to help you. For some words, more than one
KEY VOCABULARY
answer is p ossible.
WHILE READING
3 Read the text and tick the boxes in the table below.
SCANNING TO
FIND INFORMATION windows are has a small
rooms are
different has glass walls garden on the
narrow
shapes roof
Japanese steep
roof house
Vietnamese
'garden ho me'
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READING I
HOMES AND BUILDINGS u;,111 I
Architec'ts World: What are AW: What do you think about 'green· AW: What are popular
your favourite home designs? homes? buildingmaterials?
Michael Chan: I like Japanese MC: It isveryimportant tobuildhouses MC: WOOd isverypopular.
designs. Many people in Japan that areenvironmentally friendly. My It keeps your house warm
bufldhouses withunusual favourite green house is inS8igon. Vietnam. inwinter. Many architects
shapes. For example, thesteep It isa·garden home·<seephotocentre use wooo, metal andglass.
roof house<see photoabove). above). Thishouse isin themiddle ofa busy Sometimes they use unusual
Thishouse isverytalland has citybut there areplants everywhere. From buildingmaterials. For
asteeproof. The windows on thestreet, people see a tallgarden. Butin example, one arehitect from
the roof are different shapes fact it isa house. Thereareplants andtrees Amsterdam putmirrors on
and sizes.Inside thehouse, the infront of theglass walls.Thereis alsoa every wallof the house (See
rooms areverynarrowandthe smallgardenon topof theroof. Youcan photoabove). Otherarehitects
ceilingsareveryhigh. ttissimple put chairsanda table there and enjoytea designhouses withglassor
andverysmallinside. withyour family. evenplastic walls.
4 Read the interview again. Write true (T) or false (F) next to the
READING FOR
statements (1- 6) below.
DETAIL
1 Professor Chan's favourite home designs are Korean.
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3 Professor Chan says it isimportant to build more homes in Vietnam.
4 The 'garden home' is in the centre of abigcity.
S Woodis more popular than plastic .
6 In Amsterdam,many architects put mirrors on the walls.
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READING 2
2 Read the sentences (1- 5)below and write the words from the box in the
UNDERSTANDING
gaps.Use the glossary on page198 to help you.
KEY VOCABULARY
WHILE READING
3 Scan the text. Write words from the text in the gaps in the table below.
SCANNING TO
FINDINFORMATION Shanghai
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Center
(\)
city Shanghai Taipei
height (m) (l) (l) 829
numbe r of (<)
101 163
floors
I Skyscrapers
What are skyscrapers?
Skyscrapers are very tall buildings. They areusually more than 300 metres tall.
You can see skyscrapers in cities around the world. Many countries build skyscrapers
to attract tourists. There aremany skyscrapers in Asia, theGulf, America andEurope.
Inside a skyscraper, there are offices, shops, restaurants and apartments.
What is inside a
skyscraper?
The Burj Khalifa has 163 floors.
This is more thanTaipei 101 or the
World Financial Center. They have
101 floors each. All skyscrapers
havelifts. Taipei 101 hasmore lifts
than the BurjKhailfa or the World
Financial Center. It has61 lifts.
The Burj Khalifa has 57 liftsbut
the World Financial Center has
only 31. Many skyscrapers also
have shopping centres or malls
inside them. A lot of people come
shopping everyday.
4 Match the buildings in the box to the pronouns in boldin the sentences
UNDERSTANDING
(1-4) below.
DISCOURSE
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VOCABULARY FOR BUILDINGS
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in the gaps.
ADJECTIVES
3 Match the adjectives (1-6) to their opposites (a- f).
1 big a ugly
2 wide b cheap
3 tradit ional c narrow
4 old d small
5 expensive e modern
6 beautiful f new
Comparison of data
Data are facts or information about something. Data are often numbers.
If we compare the facts orinformation about two or more things. we make a
comparison of data.
1 Read the data in Table 7.1belo w. Write the words from the box in
UNDERSTAND
the gaps (1- 3).
The
country USA UK Turkey
Phiilppines
(1)
Kansas City Gatesnead Istanbul Manila
(2)
1922 1986 2005 2006
lll
223,000m 2 194J,00m 2 420,000m2 407,1012m
number of
floors 1 2 6 6
number of
shops 92 340 343 780
number of
restaurants 48 25 48 300
number of
cinemas 12 12 12 11
2 Work with apartner. Choose two shopping malls from Table 7.1. Ask and
ANALYZE
answer the questio ns 0- 8). Write your answers on the lines belo w.
1 Which mall is more modern?
3 Which mallisbigger?
Comparing quantities
We can compare quantities with more + a noun or a noun phrase + than.This
phrase comes after the subject and the verb.
To..i,pei, 101 11M more. li,fts tha.n the. S11a.ngl1o.i, World. Fi-na.ncio..l. Cenw.
Sl::gscr e.rs cost more. mon tha.n otl1e.r 1>1.1wUn9s.
The. lzmo..i!ovo Hotel i,n Moscow ho.:; more. rooms tha.n the. HUton
Ne.w Yori::.
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1 The Burj Khalifa / more/ floors/ Taipei 101/ has/ than/ .
2 visito rs/ than/ has/The Louvre museum/ the British Museum/ more/.
Comparative adjectives
Adjectives have three forms when we make comp arisons. We use syllables to
choose the correct form. A syllable is a word or part of a word with one
vowel sound.
Adjectives with oneor two syllables: small.old,wide.narrow. quiet
Weadd -(e)r + than.
It s smo.lLer l:n«.n Tlti.pei, 101. It i,:; ol.d,e.r l:n«.n l:ne. Metro Centre.. It s wi-
<:le.r l:n«.n o.. !:\jpi.c.oJ. Jo..p«.ne.se. 110!.<se.. YotAr room s no..rrow e.r l:n«.n mH
room. MH town s qtA l:n«.n Loncion.
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Do not repeat than + noun phrase after a comparison:
To.i,pei, 101 i.s ta.il but tne. B1,1rj Kh(ili,f i.s Wle.l 1::h . "N:i:yci 101.
New sentence:
ToJ,pei, 101 i.s ta.il wt '
tne. Burj Khcili,f i.s t-1.1.U.er.
2 The Istanbul Cevahir has more cinemas than the SM Mall of Asia.The
SM Mall of Asia has more shops than the Ist anbul Cevahir.
3 The Metro Centre is more modern than the Country Club Plaza. The
Country Club Plaza is bigger than the Metro Centre.
4 The SM Mall of Asia is bigger than the Country Club Plaza. The Country
Club Plaza is older than the SM Mall of Asia.
1 Read the text below and correct the underlinedwords. Correct the
spelling and/or add any missingcapital letters.
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I Write a comparison of two buildings.
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TASK CHECKLIST
OBJECTIVES REVIEW
5 Check yourobject ives.
I can ...
WORDLIST
UNIT VOCABULARY
apartment (n) park(n)
ceiling (n) plastic (n)
floor (= level of a building) (n) restaurant (n)
garden (n) roof (n)
glass(n) room (n)
leisure centre (n) shop (n)
lift (n) shopping mall (n)
light (n) swimming pool (n)
mirror (n) tall{adj)
modern (adj) traffic (n)
office(n) wall (n)
open (v) , window(n)
PREPARING TO WATCH
1 Match the nouns to the definitions. Use the photos and the glossary on
UNDERSTANDING
page199 to help you.
KEY VOCABULARY
1 chef a a sweet, brown food
2 market b aplace where you can buy and eat food
3 restaurant c a place where people buy or sell things
4 chocolate d someone whose job is to cook food
2 Read the sentences {1-4) below and write the nouns from Exercise 1 in
the gaps.
1 My clad is a .Hmakes delicious pi zzas.
2 I like eating _
3 There is a new i mtown. You can eat Mexican
food there.
4 I go to the every day to buy fruit and vegetables.
WHILE WATCHING
3 0 You are goingto watch a video about Mexican food. Watch the
UNDERSTANDING
whole video.read the statements {1-6) below and write true (T) or
MAIN IDEAS
false (F).
1 Chocolate comes from Mexico.
2 Martha Ortiz isa chef.
3 Martha isopeninga new shop.
4 Victor Zapatero is a chef.
5 Mole is a sauce from Argentina.
6 Martha puts chocolate in the mole sauce.
50 Watch the whole video again. Choose the correct answers (a, b or c).
1 Martha Ortiz lives in _ _ .
a Mexico City b Guadalajara c Monterrey
2 Martha is going to .
a a clothes shop b the supermarket c amarket
3 Martha what she wants.
a doesn't find b finds c can't find
DISCUSSION
6 Work with apartner. Ask and answer the questions below.
l What food do youusually eat with your family?
2 Can you cook? What food do you enjoy cooking?
3 What different restaurants are there in your town? Do you go to any
of them? Which is your favourite?
UNDERSTANDING
I 3 The texts come from aninternational/ Asian history of tea.
2 Write the words from the box in the gaps. Use a dictionary to help you.
KEY VOCABULARY
leaves prepare guests tastes pull pour kettle
WHILE READING
Skimming
If youlook for themain topic andidea of a text, you are skimming. When you skim,
donotread every word. Read the nouns, verbs. adjectives and question words.
SKIMMING
3 Read the blue words in the texts. Write true (T) or false (F) next to the
statements below.
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2 Tea is popular in many countr ies.
3 There is one kind of tea.
4 Every count ry prepares and drinks tea in a different way.
4 Scan the t ext . Write the names of the correct countries from the texts
SCANNING TO
in the gaps.
FIND INFORMATION
1 People in _______________ drink teh tarik.
2 In _ _ _ _ _ _ _• people prepare tea in a samovar.
3 People prepare tea for many hours in
4Some people in _ _ _ _ _ _ _ drink tea with sugar or jam.
5 People preparetea with two kettles in _ _ _ _ _ _ _
6 Touristslike watching tea sellers prepare tea in _ _ _ _ _ _ _
READING 2
PREPARING TO READ
1 Look at the text and the photographs on the opp osite page. Circle the
PREVIEWING
correct optio n.
I 1 The text is from a website for tourists I students.
2 The text is abou t di ff eren t kinds of food / things to do in Melbourne.
2 Match the words in the box to the correct photographs (1-4). Use the
UNDERSTANDING
glossary on page199 to help you.
KEY VOCABULARY
rice pineapple mushroom cabbage
2 _ 3 _ 4 _
l Wr i te t he words andphrases from the box in the gaps. Use the glossary
on page 199 to help you.
S_C_A_N_N_I_N_G_T_O
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4 Scan the text. Write true (T) or fa lse (F) next to the statements (1- 7)below.
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I 5 Read the text and answer the questio ns.
1 Where is kabsa a very popular dish?
DETAIL
DISCUSSIO N
6 Work with a partner. Ask and answer the questions below.
1 What is your favourite meal: breakfast, lunch or dinner?Why?
2 What food don't youlike? Why?
3 What is the national food in your country?
4 Do young and old people ear different kinds of food in your country?
Why/ Whynot?
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1 Write the words from the box under the correct photographs.
Use a dictionaryto help you.
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2 Read the sentences (1-12) below. Put a tick ( ) if they are correct and a
cross (X) if they are wrong.
1 Honeys are sweet.
2 Onions are popular in European cuisine.
3 Milks are good for children.
4 Chillis are spicy.
5 Dates are served with coffee in Saudi Arabia.
6 Potatoes are in many kinds of soup.
7 Spices taste good in food.
8 Butters are served with bread .
9 Yoghurts are served with many Middle Eastern dishes.
10 Coconuts have milk.
11 Almonds are popular in sweet dishes
12 Waters are served in a glass.
CRITICAL THINKING
UNDERSTAND At the end of this unit, you will write descriptive sentences . Look at this
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Brainstorming
If youplanor create ideas in a group you are brainstorming.Students can work1n
small groups to create a list of words about a topic.
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the gaps.
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kinds of soup and sauce. Meat and fish dishes are
very popular. French cuisine is also famous for its
different kinds of bread and cheese. Two popular
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3 Work in small groups. Brainstorm the food in two popular dishes from
your country.
Remember: uncountable nouns must havea singular verb form (see Language
Development, page150).
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1 Turkish chefs prepareJ prepares small dishes called meze .
2 Emirati cuisine useJ uses a lot of fish.
3 A famous dish in Japan isJ ore sushi.
4 Fish is/ ore popular in many restaurants in Ist anbul.
5 Chinese food is / are served with rice and vegetable.s
6 Two popular rice dishes in Thailand is I are called 'khao mok kai' and
'khao na pet'.
2 Read the sentences (1-6) below. Put a tick ( ) if they are correct and a
cross ()() if they are wrong. Use a dictionary to help you.
1 Egyptian restaurants serves falafel with cucumber sauce.
2 Hummus is served with bread.
3 Nigerian chefs prepares pepper soup with fish or meat.
4 Hamburgers is served in bread.
5 Pineapples and mangoes are sweet.
6 French onion soup are delicious.
3 Correct the wrong sentences in Exercise 2.
Some means 'more than one' before acountable noun. Som e means ·a (small) part
of' before anuncountable noun.
Some- d U6 o.re, served. wi!n !:he, <Z,Offee.. Che.fs pre.po.re, !:he, fuh wi!n
some, lemons.
AU some, hone\! to !:he, d..i.sh. £n9Li-sh people d.ri.nl: tee.. wikh some, mUk.
SPELLING
1 Look at the words below. Write a,e,i, o or u to spell adjectives for food
and drink.
1 I love sw t foods like dates .
2 I prefer to eat s _ v _ ry foods with more salt than sugar.
3 My mother's cakes are always d _ I _ c s!
4 I don't like green chillis. They are too sp _ cy.
S I try to eat h lthy foods like vegetables and fruit.
6 Kabso is so t _ st y. I always want more.
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(which?) cuisine
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you find many diff erent kinds of _
(what kinds of food?).
(what kind of dishes?) are
very popular. _ _ _ _ _ ___ ____ _ (which?) fo od is
also fam ous for (what kind of
food or what kind of dishes?).
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UNIT VOCABULARY
apple (n) I market (n)
banana (n) meat (n)
bread (n) mushroom (n)
carrot (n) orange (n)
chef (n) pepper (n)
chocolate(n) potato (n)
dish (n) prepare (v)
egg(n) rice (n)
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UNIT9 1S9
WATCH AND LISTEN
PREPARING TO WATCH
1 Work in small groups. You aregoing to watch a video about wildlife in
USING YOUR
South Africa. Before you watch, write the names of three animals you
KNOWLEDGE TO
think you will see.
PREDICT CONTENT
1
2 _
3 _ _ _ _ _ _
20 Watch the video with no sound. What animals can you see?
4 Read the definitions 0-6) below and write the words from the box
in the gaps.
1 _ _ _ _ _ _ : a group of plants or animals that are all similar
2 : very strong
3 : different from typical things
4 : when many different kinds of people or things are
in one place
5 :
aplant with small green or yellow leaves found in
gardens and fields
6 :land in Africa with no people or cities
WHILE WATCHING
5 0 Watch the video with sound and make notes. Write the adjectives
LISTENING FOR KEY
you hear for each animal in column A.
INFORMATION
A B
animals adjectives numbers
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springboks
rhinos
penguins
6 Q Watch again. Write the numbers youhear for rhinos and penguins in
column B.
7 Match the n1:1mbers in your notes to the information below. There are
many numbers in the video.Make sure youhave the correct number for
each answer.
a -------=the number of animals on a beach in Cape Town
b - the speed of an animal in kilometres per
hour (kph)
c =an animal's weight in kilograms (kg)
DISCUSSION
8 Work with apartner. Ask and answer the questions (1-3) below.
1 Do youhave a favourite animal?
2 What animal(s) are popular in your country?
3 Do youhave apet at home (e.g. acat, some fish)?
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Look at the text and the photographs on the opposite page. Circle the
correct words.
UNDERSTANDING
, 2
1 The text is for school children/ university students.
2 The text is about typical/ unusual kinds of animals.
Read the sentences (1-7) and write the words from the box in the gaps.
Use the glossary on page 200 to help you.
KEY VOCABULARY
WHILE READING
3 Read only thefi;gi,fighte d topic sentences in the text.Circle the correct
READING FOR
answer (a-c).
M AIN IDEAS
The main topic of the text is
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a animals in Australia
b birds in New Zealand
c unusual animals around the world
Introd
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T here are abou t 10 million different kinds of anin1al on eart h and they come in all shapes
and sizes. This book is a simele intrQ<luction to the huoe variety in the animal kinod m,
It features some of the most unusual animals in the world and includ es key data on each
species and their habits in the wild.
PREPARING TO READ
1 Match the sentence halves.Use the glossaryon page 200 to help you
UNDERSTANDING
understand the words in bo ld.
KEY VOCABULARY
1 The average healthy personcan a fish in rivers.
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I 7 Squid live in the seaand have
8 People are the most
g have wings.
h bears are called cubs.
2 Lo ok at the title of a magazine article. Which animals do you thin k are the
KNOWLEDGE world 's fastest hunters?
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4 Scan the three texts. Write the information from the texts in the
table below.
FIND INFORMATION
lstiophorus
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scientific name
jubatus /stio pho rus peregrinus
platy pte rus
common name
size(cm)
weight (kg)
lifespan (years)
speed(kph)
habitat
prey
S There are six paragraphsin the three texts. In one paragraph.the topic
UNDERSTANDING
sentence is the second sentence. Which paragraph?
DISCOURSE
a
Cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) are the fa stest anima ls on land.
Th ey con run at 112 kph.They a re smaller than lion s and
leop a rd s.The overage cheetah is 66 cm to 99 cm high and
weighs between 35 and 72 kg. Cheetahs live for about 12
years. Fem ale c hee ta h s usually look o fter their cubs alone.
They usually have between two and four cubs.
Cheetahs use their speed to catch their prey.They hunt
gazelles and zebras.In the past,cheetahs lived in Asia. the
Midd le East and Africa . Now,most cheetahs live in Ea st Africa
but there ore a small number of cheetahs in Iro n .
Sharks may be the mos t dangerous animal in the sea, but they
ore not the fastest swimmers. The fastest swimmersore sailfish.
There are two kinds of sailfish. Atlantic sailfish (lstiophorus
albicans) livein the Atlantic Ocean. and Inda-Pacific sailfish
(lstiophorus platypterus) live in the Indian Ocean and the
Pacific Ocean.
Sailfish con swim at l 09 kph.Sailfish hunt other fish and squid.
They often hunt in groups.Th e biggest sailfish o re 3 m lo ng a n d
weigh 90 kg.The overage sailfish is usually smaller than this.
They live for about four years.
1 Read the sentences (1-6) below and correct the mistakes in the
underlinedparts.
l A wolf can talks to othe r wolves.
1 Read the data in Table 9.1. Use a d ict io nary to help you understand the
ANALYZE
words in bold.
Ailuropodo Ursus
sdentific name Ursus orctos
melonoleuco moritimus
running speed
12-15 35-40 40-45
(kph)
fish, nuts,
diet bamboo seals
fruit
2 Work with a partner. Ask and answer the questions (1- 7) below.
1 Which type of bear is the biggest?
2 Which type of bear is the heaviest?
3 Which type of bear is the fastest?
4 Which type of bear can live the longest?
5 Whic h type of bear has the most varied die t1
6 Whic h type of bear has the biggest population?
7 Which type of bear is the most endangered?
3 Look at Table 9.1 again. Write the information from the table in the
gaps below.
Polar bears (Ursus moritimus) may be the biggest bears, bUl they
are not the fastest runners.The fastest running bear is the brown bear
(Ursus orctos).The brown bear can run at about<•> _
10 45 kph.The average brown bear is < >1 _
to (ll cm high and weighs between
<•> and (Sl kg. Brown bears live
for about <6> 10
l P years.There
are about <•> brown bears in the world today.
Brown bears live on <•> and fruit.They also hum
<••> in rivers. Brown bears live in many parts of
the world.They live in Europe, Asia and North America. Most brown
bears live in Canada and Alaska.
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Superlative adjectives have three forms.We usesyllables to choose thecorrect
form. A syllable is a word or part of a word with one vowel sound.
Adjectives with one or two syllables: small. strange.
Writethe + adjective + -est or -st.
The. smo..tt%t o..nixr>o..L i,n t11e. world, Li,ve,s i,n Asw.,. Ma.n9 of tl1e.
str(l.j'lgest a.nixr>o..Ls i,n tl1e. world, li,ve, i.n A14sl;r(U,i,Q.,_
Adjectives with two syllables that end consonant + -y: deadly, friendly.
Write the + adjective + -rest (replace the -y with -i and add -est).
Sha.rl:'s a.re. t11e. <iu dt.i,e,st a.nixr>o..L i,n tl1e. sea.. Dotphi-ns a.re. tl1e.
fri,e,n<!t.i,e.st a.nixr>o..L i-n tl1e. sea..
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5 snake/ sea snake/ most/ The/ venomous/ the/ is/ the/ in/
world/.
2 Read the sentences below. Put a tick ( ) if they are correct and a
cross (X) if they are wrong.
1 Cheetahs in the world are the fastest animal.
SPELLING
1 Put the letters in the correct order to make the names of animals. Use
the definitions to help you.
1 tba An animal like a mouse with wings which flies at
night.
2 ebe _ A yellow and black insect which makes honey.
3 nilo , _ A large animal of the cat family which lives in
Africa.
4 re-b- - - - - A large.strong animal with the Latin name Ursus.
5 rdib. _ An animal which has wings and feathers.
6 lfow_ _ _ _ A wild animal of the dog family.
7 kasr - - - A large fish with sharp teeth.
8 sicen - - - A small animal with six legs.
9 nolfc_ _ _ _ _ A fast bird which can be trained to hunt other
birds.
10 redisp _ A small animal with eight legs which catches
insects in a web.
PUNCTUATION
2 Correct the sentences (1-6) below. Add capital letters and full stops.
1 many venomous spiders live in australia
WRITING TASK
1 Read the text about the brown bear in Exercise 3 of the Critical Thinking
PLAN
section again.
2 You are going to write facts about a bear. Choose the panda bearor the
polar bear.
4 Look at your sentences in Exercise 3 and the data in Table 9.1 in the Critical
Thinking sect ion.
1 Write two sentences with comparative ad jectives.
2 Write one or two sentences with superlative adjectives.
s Put your sentences from Exercises 3 and 4 in a pa.ragraph. Make the topic WRITE A FIRST
sentence the first sentence in the paragraph.
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8 Check your objectives.
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video about wildlife in very not very
South Africa well well
write a descriptive
very not very
paragraph
well well
WOR0LIST
UNIT VOCABULARY
bear (n) lay eggs (v) strange (adj)
bird (n) long (adj) unusual (adj)
catch (v) rhino (n) weigh (v)
cub(n) run (v) wing(n)
grass (n) snake (n) wolf (n)
hunt (v) spider (n) zebra (n)
insect (n) squid (n)
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Work with a partner. Ask and answer the questions (l-4) below.
l How do you usually travel to school or university?
2 Do you use public transport like trains or buses? Why?/ Why not?
3 Which kind of transport is the safest?
4 Which kind of transport is the most dangerous?
WATCH AND LISTEN
PREPARING TO WATCH
1 You are going to watch a video about transport in Tokyo. Before you
USING VISUALS TO
watch. look at Figures10.l and 10.2 below and answer the questions (1-4).
PREDICT CONTENT
Use a dictionary to help you understand the words in bold.
1 What is the most popular form of transport in Tok.yo?
2 What are the two forms of public transport?
3 What are the two forms of private transport?
4 What is the distance of the commute between Tokyo and Sapporo?
■ Metro ■Bus
■ Taxi ■Private car
Figure10.1: Popular forms of
transport in Tokyo
WHILE WATCHING
20 Watch the video and take notes in the table below. Write the words
LISTENING FOR KEY
for transport yousee and hear the speaker say in column A.
INFORMATION
A B
transport numbers
4 Work with a partner. Write true (T) or false (F) next to the statements (1-5)
below. Use your notes in the table to help you.
1 13 million people take taxis every day.
2 Th.ere are 50,000 taxis in Tokyo.
3 The Shinkansen bullet train travels at up to 300 kph.
4 Not many people commute from Sapporo to Tokyo.
5 10 million passengers travel to Tokyo by train every year.
S Work with a partner. Read the questions (1- 3)below and circle the
MAKING
best answers.
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1 Why is the metro a popular form of transport in bigcities like Tokyo,
Moscow and London?
a because it isnever late
b because there is alot of traffic on the roads
2 Why do people fly from Sapporo to Tokyo every day?
a because they like flying
b because houses in Tokyo are very expensive
3 Why do people use mobile phones to check in for their flight?
a because it is faster
b because it is cheaper
PREPARING TO READ
1 Work with a partner. Look at the text on the opposite page and answer
PREVIEWING
the questions below.
I 1 What is the name of this type of text?
2 Why do people write this typeof text?
2 Work with apartner. Ask and answer the questions (l- 5)below.
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KNOWLEDGE 1 Whereis Bangkok? 4 Have you seen Bangkok in films?
2 Is it abig city or asmall town? 5 What is the traffic like in
3 Have you ever been to Bangkok? Bangkok?
WHILE READING
3 Skim the t ext. What information is the questionnaire trying to get?
SKIMMING
Circle the correct topics (1- 6) below.
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2 how people travel in Bangkok
3 the cost of transport in Bangkok
4 popular forms of transport in Bangkok
5 how Thai people in Bangkok travel on hol iday
6 what forms of transport people own
4 Scan the t ext . Write the words for transportfrom the text in the correct
SCAN N ING TO
places in the table below.
FINO INFORMATION
land transport water transport air transport
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We are a group of Engineering students from Australia. This summer, we are studying at
Bangkok University of Science and Technology (BUST). We would like to find out:
1 How people in Bangkok travel.
2 How people feel about transport in Bangkok.
Please answer the questions below. Thes urve takes about five minutes to complete.
A. About you 84 Tick (v') all the boxes that are true for you.
Tick (v') the correct boxes to answer the questions. Which type or types of transport do youown?
A1 Age: How old are you? lowna
D 14-17 D 18-11 □12- 31 o bicycle o car o motorbike
□ 31-53 □older than 53 Dother (please write): _
"2 Gcndet: I am DMale D Female What means of tnnspon do you use when you go
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on holiday?
"3 0ccupa,ion,: Wha1 do you do?
Dtrain Dplane Dcar Dferry
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□work C.Opinion
B. Travel C1 Tick (v') the correct answers.
Tick (v') the correct boxes to answer the questions. Read the statemems below. Do you agree or
disagree with them?
81 How long is your journey 10 work or school?
D5-15 minutes D 45-60 minutes Table 2
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1 Look at the text and the visuals on the opposite page and answer the
PREVIEWING
questions (1-3) below. Circle the correct option (a-c).
1 What type of text is it?
a a newspaper article
b a university report
c a letter to the write r's family
2 What is the main topic of this text?
a culture b food c transport
3 Who wrote this text?
a a student b a professor c a journalist
2 Read the sentences (1- 7)and write the words from the box in the gaps.
UNDERSTANDING
Use the glossary on page 200 to help you.
KEY VOCABULARY
WHILE READING
3 Scan the text. Write thecorrect numbers in the gaps on the pie chart
SCANNING TO
(Figure 1.)
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bus , _ %
Figure 1: Means of
transport in Bangkok
by popularity
4 Read the text again and answer the questions (1- 5)below.
READING FOR
DETAIL 1 How many people live in Bangkok?
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5 How many people are late to work or school because of traffic jams?
S Write the words and phrases from the box in the gaps below. Use the
UNDERSTANDING
words in bold to help you choose the answers.
DISCOURSE
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Quantifiers tellus the answer to the question How many? We use quantifiers
before a noun. For small numbers. we usea few,not many and some.For bigger
numbers, we use many,a lot of and most.
A few peopt.e. to.ke 1:1.d,-wks U1 S<M19lcolc.
Not mAAg peopl,e w..l::e xi,s U1 Tolcgo.
Some trru,ns o..re verg fo..st.
MAAg peopl,e commtAte from S<4>POro to Tokgo.
The.re o..re o.. U>t of t,o..xi,s U1 Tokgo.
Most peopl.e. U1 Bo..nglcok dri.ve tl1w own c.o..rs.
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1 Read the sentences (1-5) belo w. Circle the quantifier and underl.ine the ONLINE
noun the quantifier refers to.
1 Most people in Bangkok drive their own cars.
2 Some people ride motorbikes.
3 Not many people cycle to work or school.
4 A few people take the river taxi.
S Many people take the SkyTrain.
2 Read the sentences (1- 5) below and write quantifiers in the gaps. Use the
percentages to help you. More than one answer is p ossible.
1 (62%) people in London take the underground to wo rk.
2___ ___ _ (8%) people drive their cars to work in London.
3 Today. (18%) people in London cycle to work.
4 (9%) people in London take the bus to work
S (3%) people in London walk or run to work.
4 Read the sentences (1- 5)and write the verbs from the box in the gaps.
1 David _ _ _ ___ _ a moto rbike. His mother does not like it.
2 A pilot a plane.
3 Ali can a camel.
4 Alison usually the bus to school.
S Saad prefers to a car.
CRITICAL THINKING
At the end of this unit, you will write a paragraph. Look at this unit's writing
task in the box below.
1 Choose six fo rms of transport that are popular in your city. Write the
UNDERSTAND
words in the cor rect places in the questio nn airebelow.
Travel
Tick (v) the correct boxes to answer
the questions.
1 How long is your journey lO work or 3How often do you use these means of
school? transport?
o 5- 15 minutes Tick (v) the correct answers in Table I.
o I6-45 minutes Tabel I
o 46- 60 minutes
o More than I hour
2 How do you get to work or school?
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4 Read the results again. Write sent ences that are true for your resul ts for
Q uest i on 3.
1 Most stude nt s in my class
2Some students in my class _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
3 A few students in my class _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
WRITING
2 Three of the sentences below have o bjects. Find the ob jects and
underline them.
1 Jamila and Kamilah travel to school by car.
2 Hamdan drives a car to uni versi ty.
3 Some people cycle to work in New York.
4 Many commuters ride a bicycle to work in London.
S Peo pl e in Bangkok prefer to take the SkyTrain.
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l Work with apartner. Correct the mistakes in the sentences {1- 5) below.
1 In Abu Dhabi, commuters travel by car to work .
2 Not many people in Ankara t ravel to work by a taxi.
3 Commuters in Seoul take the metro work.
4 Most students to school a motorbike ride.
S Some students in Paris drives to university.
5 Read the pairs of sentences (1-5)below and write the correct pronouns in
the gaps.
1 Many commuters travel by plane. is an expensive form of
transport.
2 Many commuters in HongKong take the ferry to work. is cheap
and efficient.
3 Students in Sharjah do not cycle to university. drive there.
4 In Saigon, families often ride a motorbike to work and school.
travel together.
5 Most people in Moscow travel by metro. is the busiest
underground in the world .
Error correction
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■ bus
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WRITING TASK
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Write a paragraph about transport in your city. (, ONLINE
1 Look at the results of your survey and your pie charts from the Critical
PLAN
Thinking section.
2 You are going to use the resul ts to write about transport in your city.
Write the name of the city in the ti tle for your paragraph and the titlesof
your pie chart s.
1 Transport in _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ; Report
2 Figure 1: Average travel times in _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
3 Figure 2:Popular means of transport for students in
3 Write your introduction. Write answers that are true for your report in
the gaps below.
This report shows the results of a survey about transport
in _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (name of your city). Over
___ _ _ _ _ _ (population of your city) people live
in the city. Figure 1shows average travel timesin
(name of your city ). Figure 2 shows the popular
means of transport in _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (name of your city).
TASK CHECKLIST
7 Work with apartner. Check your partner's paragraph. Use error correction
codes to mark it.
OBJECTIVES REVIEW
8 Check your objectives.
I can ...
watch and understand a
video about transport in very not very
Tokyo well well
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aunt /o:m / (n) thesister of your father or mother.or the wifeof youruncle
interesting /m.t roS.IIIJI (adj) someone or something thatis interesitngkeeps yoor attention
because they are unusual. exciting,or have lots of ideas
shoe /fu:/ (n) a strongcovering fot the foo1. often madeof leather
son /s,.nl (n) your male child
tall /t :1/ (adj) havinga greater than ave,age he,ght
teacher /t i:tf ol (n) someone whose job Is to teach in a school. college. etc.
uncte IA1Jkol/ (n) the brotherof your mother or father. or the husband of your aunt
work / w3:k/ (v) to do a job , es cially the job you do to earn money
young / j AQI (adj) havinglivedor existed for onlya shott timeandnot otd
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autumn fa:t M t/ (n) the seasonof theyearbetweensummer and winter,when leaves
fall from the trees
cloudy / klaudi/ (adj) When it is cloudy. thereare clouds in the sky.
cold /koulcl/ (adj) havinga tow temperature
dangerous /cle md3orosl (adj) If someoneor something is dangerous. theycould harm you.
difficult /cl1f1koh/ (adj) when somethingis noteasy to do orunderstand
dry /d ra1/ (adj) withno or not much rain
easy /i:zi/ (adj) not difficult
happy / hropi/ (adj) feeling_. showingor causingpleasure
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Dennition
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afternoon /o:fl M u:n/ (n) the time between the middle of the day and the evening
Art /0:1/ (n) the makingor study of paintings.d rawings,etc. or the objects
created
Biolog y /ba1'o lod3i/ (n) the scientific studyof livingthings
Susiness /b,z n,s/ (n) the activityof buyingand selling goods and services
cafe /krefc,/ (n) a small restaurant where youcan boy drinksandlightmeals
car /ko:/ (n) a road vehicle with anengine.(our wheels. and seats for a small
number of le
Chemistry /ke1m s1ri/ (n) the scientific studyof substancesand the different ways in which
they reactor combine with othe rsubstances
cook /kuk/ (v) to prepare foodandusually heat it
different /d1foron1/ (ad1) not the same
early /:i:li/ (ad» before the usual t ime or the time that was arranged
Economics / iko nom1ks/ (n) the •tudy or the wayin which trade, Industryand money are
organized
Engineering /cnd31•ni r10/ (n) the work of an enginee.ror the study of this work
evening / i:vn11)1 (n) the part o( the day between the afternoon and the night
Friday / f ra,dct/ (n) the day of the week after Thursday and beforeSaturday
Geography /d 3io9 rof i/ (n) the studyof the physicalsurfaceor the Earth andall regionsof the
world
History / h1s1ari/ (n) the studyof events in the past
Humaniiies / hju ma:no1iz/ (n) subjects that you study which are not connected with science,such
asliteratureandhistory
late /lcll / (adj) happeningorarrivingafter the planned. expected. usual or
necessary time
literature /h1ro1Jo/ (n) book•. poems. etc. thatarecon,idered to be art
Management /mren1d3mon1/ (n) the control and organizationof something
Maths /ma:Os/ (n) theStudy or numbers. •hapes and space using reason and usuallya
specialsystem of symbols and rules fororganizingthem
Monday lmAnde1/ (n) the day of the week after Sunday and before Tue.day
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speech
Definition
morning / mo:n,o / (n) the nrsthalf of the day.from the time when the sun rises or you
wake upuntil the middleof the day
Physics tr,z,ks/ (n) the sclent lncstudy of matter and energy and the effect that they
have on eachother
Science /sa • nts/ {n) the studyand knowledge of the structureand behaviourof natural
things in anorganizedway
study /SIAd i/ (v) to learn about a subject. especially on an educational course or by
readingbooks
Tuesday /t f u1,de1/ (n) the day of the week after Monday and beforeWednesday
TV /1i:vi: / (n) television
village /v1hd 3' {n) a placewhere people live in the countryside that includes buildings
such as shops but is smaller than a town
watch /wo1J/ {n) a smalldock which is worn ona strap al'OUnd thewrist
Wednesday / wcnzdc1/ {n) the day of the week after Tuesday and before Thursday
work / w3:k/ (v) 10 do a job.especially the job youdo to earn money
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bank /baook/ {n) anorganizaitonorplace whe<e youc-an bor<ow money. save money.
etc.
beach /b i:tJ/ {n) anareaof sand o, small stones next to thesea
bridge /b rid3' {n) a structure thatisbuilt over ariver. road. rallway. et c. to allow
people and vehicles to cross from oneside to the other
capital city /krepn Isnit (n) the mostimportant cityin a country or suite, where the
government is based
cliff /khf/ (n) a higharea of rock with a very steep side.oftenon a coast
desert /dcza1/ {n) a large, hot.dryarea of land with very fewplants
factory /fa:kt ri/ (n) a building or set of buildingswhere large amountsof goods are
madeusing mach
ines
farm / fo:m / {n) anarea of land with nelds and buildings. used for growingcrops
and/or keeping animalsas a business
field /li:l d/ (n) an area of land used for growingcropsor keepinganimals
fish /ftJ / (n) ananimal that livesonly in water and swims using its tail and fins
forest lforis1/ {n) a large area of trees growingclosely together
founta
in /faun11n/ (n) a struch.1re that forces water upinto the air as a decoration
hill /lu ll {n) a raised area of lan
, d smaller thana moo-ntain
library /la,brari/ (n) aroom or buitding thatcontains a collection of books and other
written material that you canreador borrow
monument /monjaman1/ {n) an old build,ngor place that is Important in history
mountain /maun11n/ {n) a raised partof the Eart h's surface. much larger than a hill, the top of
whichmight be covered lnsnow
museum /mju:zi:am/ (n) a building where youcanlook at important objects connected with
art. histOf')' or science
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baseball /hc 1s bo:I/ (n) a game in which two teams try to winpointsby hittingaballand
runningaround four fixed points
basketball /bo:sk11bo:I/ (n) a gamein which two teams try to scote pointsby throwinga ball
th rough a high net.or the ballused in this game
boring /bo:no/ (adD not intee
r stingOt exciting
cheap /tJ i:p/ (adj) costing httlemoney or less thanisusual or expected
competiiton /kompot1fon/ (n) an organited eventin which people try to win a prize bybeingthe
best.fastest. etc.
exciitng /i ks,11110/ (adij making you feelvery happyand enthusiasitc
exercise /e ksosa1z/ (n} physicalactivity that you do to make your body strongandhealthy
expensive /iks pcnts1v/ (adD ( Ostinga lot of money
famous /fc1mos/ (ad» known and recognized by many people
fan / fren/ (n) someone whoadmiresand supports a p<i<son . spo,rt spons team. et( .
horse riding /ho : s ra 1d10/ (n) the sport0< activity of riding ahorse
ice skating /a1s kc111
0/ (n) the activity or sport of movingacross ice usingice skates
jogging /d3 09 10/ (n) when you jog
judo /d311:d oo/ (n) asport fromJapan Inwhich twopeople tty to throw each other to
the ground
karate / koro:ti/ (n) a sport fromJapan in which peoplefight with the hands or feet
maritalart / mo:Jolo:1/ (n) a sport that is a traditionalJapanese or Chinese formof fighitngor
defendingyourself
national / nref onol/ (adj) relating to or typical of a whole country and its people
online / onlam/ (adj) describesproducts, services or information that can bebought or
used on the Internet
player / ple13' (n) someone who takes part in a game or sport
squash / skwoJ/ (n) a sport Inwhi(h two people hit a small rubber ball against the four
wallsof a room
team game / t i:m gc1m/ (n) a sport played bya group of people against another groupof
players
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tennis Items/ (n) a sport in which twoor four peoplehit a small ball to eachother
over a net
ticket lt1k11/ (n) a small pieceof paper thatshows you have paid to do someth ing:
for example. travel on a bus, watch a film,etc.
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bicycle /ba1s1k3U (n) a two•wheeled vehicle that yousit on and moveby turningthe twO
pedals
building /b1ld10/ (n) a structure with wallsand a roof such asa houseor facto,y. or the
businessof making these
cook lkukl {n) someone who prepares and cooks food
friendly /frc ndli/ (adj) behavingin a pleasant. kindway to wards someone
great /9 re11/ (adj) verygood
healthy /hcl8i/ (adj) good for your health
hospital /hosp1t3U (n) a placewhere ill or injuredpeople go tobe treated bydoctors and
mJises
kitchen lkotf rnl {n) a room wherefood is kept. prepared andcooked and where the
dishes are washed
lunch ,11 ntfl (n) a meal that is eaten in the middle of the day
managre lma:n1d33/ (n) someone in controlof anoffice, shop. team,etc.
medicine /rneds311/ (n) treatment for illnessor injury. or theStudy of this
nurse / n3:SI (n) someone whose jobis to care for illandinjured people
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apartmem /3po:trn3ntl (n) a set of rooms for living in. especiallyon one noor of a building
ceiling ls i:hol (n) thesurface of a,oom which youcan seewhen youlook above you
noor lfb :I (n) a particular level of a building
garden lgo:d3 n/ {n) a pieceof land belongingto a house. where nowersandother
plants are grown
glass /glo: s/ (n) a hard transpafentsubstance that objects such as windows and
bottles are madeof
leisure centre /lc3osc nto/ (n) a building with a swimmingpool and placeswhereyou can play
sports
lift /lo h i (n) a m achine thatcarriespeopte up and downin tallbuildings
light naul (n) a piece of equipment which produces light.such asa lampor a light
bulb
mirror lrnof3i {n) a pie-<e of glass with a shin y metallic mateiralonooe side which
produces animage of anythingthat isin front of it
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apple /repol/ (n) ahatd, ,ound fruit thathas a greenor red skin andis white Inside
banana /bo no:M/ (n) a tongcurved fruit with a yellow skin
bread /bred/ (n) a basic food made by mixingflour. water and sometimes yeast
carrot / k>.erot / (n) a long, thinorangevegetable thatgrowsin the ground
cheese /tfi: '1./ (n) a food made from milk. which caneither be rm or soft and is
usually yellow or white in colour
chef /Jcf / (n) a skilledand trained cook whoworks in a hot or restau1ont,
especially themost important cook
chocolate / tJoklot/ (n) a swee1. brown food that is usually sold in a block
d ish /do JI (n) food preparedin a particularway as partof a meal
egg /cg / (n) anoval object with a hardshell which is produced by female birds.
especially chickens. and which is eaten asfood
sh /foJ / (n) ananimalthat livesonly in water and swims using its tailand fins
mango / mreogool (n) a tropica
l fruit thathas a green skinandis orange inside
meat / mi:1/ (n) muscles and other soft partsof animals. used as food
mushroom / m, J ru: m/ (n) a typeof fungus with a short stemand a round top.some types of
whichcan beeaten
orange / o rond:;/ (n) around, sweet fruit with a thick skin and a centre thatisdivided
Into many equal parts
pepper
:= Pronunciation
/pep:,/
:: (:
(n)
Definition
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complete /k mpli:1/ (v) to write all thedetails asked foron a form0( other document
full / fol/ (adj) co ntaininga lot of thingsor people or a lot of something
Every morning. about 200 million people The man on the bicycle is a 'dabbawalal'.
in China do Tai-chi. It is popular with A dabbawalla takes food to people in
women and men. Tai-chi isa good kind o ffices.
of exercise for old people. It is good for More than 200,000 workers in Mumbai
the body and for the mind. It is healthy want home-cookedfood.Dabbawallas
and relaxing. Tai-chi is from China. It is take food from smallkitchens like this and
hundreds of years old. Tai-chi is a·soft• deliver it to businesses and offices in the
martial art. That means it is slow and calm. city.Cooks put the foodinto a tiffin tin -
There are also' hard'martial arts. These aspecial type of lunchbox.
men are doing Shaolin Kung-fu. Shaolin The dabbawallas take the tiffin tins to the
Kung-fu is over 1,500 years old. Shaolin train station.
Kung-fu is fast and dangerous. You have
to be very fit and strong to do 'hard' The dabbawallas put the tins in coloured
martial arts. bags or they paint symbols on the tins.
The colours and symbols show them
The man in the brown clothes is Master where to take each lunch. They put the
Li-Yu. He teaches Shaolin Kung-fu to 30 lunches on the correct trains so they go
young students. The students practise to the correct person.
every day. They work hard. The students
are young. The dabbawallas go by train, bicycle and
on foot to deliver the lunches. There are
Li-Yu: Kung-fu is difficult. You must practise about 5,000 dabbawallas in Mumbai. The
every move many times. dabbawallas work very well. There is only
Narrator: Sports like football and one mistake in every 8 million deliveries.
basketball are also popular in China. But
martial arts like Tai-chi and Kung-fu are
part of Chinese culture and history.
This is Shanghai. In 1990, around 14 million Mexico has many big cities. The biggest is
people livedhere. Now. there are more Mexico City.
than 23 million! It is important to build Food is very important to the people of
more homes here - and fast! These Mexico. The first chocolate came from
men work at night. They are building Mexico.
apartments.
Martha Ortiz lives in Mexico City. She is a
This is Vincent Lo. He is from Hong Kong. chef.Martha is opening a new restaurant.
Vincent's company makes buildings in There is lots of work to do. Victo r
every part of China. Today Vincent is Zapatero is helping Martha with the
lookingat a new project in Shanghai. design of the restaurant.
Vincent: Over here, we'll have a swimming Martha is going to a market. She needs
pool and a leisure centre. to buy food for the first night of the
This is the view. Over there is a park and a restaurant. She finds what she wants.
lake. And here are offices. She enjoys making the food. Martha is
making a famous Mexican sauce. It is
Narrator: Vincent's company built
Xintiandi. Xintiandi means 'New heaven called mole. Martha uses chocolate to
and earth'. It is a new part of Shanghai. make mole.
The man with Vincent is Ben Wood.He Everything is ready. Martha can now enjoy
is an architect.He works for Vincent's the first night of her new restaurant.
company. People like Vincent andBen
are working all over China to build similar
places to live.
Many tourists come to South Africa from The Shinkansen bullet train is a very fast
other countries. They come to see the way to get to Tokyo. The trains travel at
wildli fe. Lions and elephants are the most up to 300 kilometres per hour. They are
popular animals.But there are many other very efficient. They are almost never late.
interesting animalsin South Africa.
Another popular way to commute to
Here is one of them. The rhino is one of Tokyo is by plane. The flight between
the most powerful animals in the world. Tokyo and Sapporo, in Nor th Japan, is the
This rhino isalmost 2,000 kilograms. busiest in the world. More than10 million
But he can run at 40 kilometres per hour. passengers take this journey every year.
It is not the fastest animal in the world.
But it can be one of the most dangerous. You can check in with your mobile phone.
South Africa also has a diverse sea life . A modern and efficient transport system
There are more than 11,000 species of is a very important part of everyday lifein
plants and animals in or near South Tokyo.
Africa's oceans.