UPPER NHÀ : HU0H DELLAR STUDENT'S BOOK ANDREW WALKLEY IN THIS UNIT YOU LEARN HOW T talk about habits + describe films, books and music politely disagree with opinions talk about pictures and art tell stories and discuss plots page 6 describe buildings and areas in more detail agree using synonyms show people around your town or city talk about festivals and carnivals + talk about future events in a variety of ways page 14 VIDEO 1: A Chinese artist in Harlem page 22 REVIEW 1: page 23 WRITING 1: Giving advice page 150 talk about a wide range of objects describe what things are for check you understand what people mean + use suffixes and prefixes better + describe problems with things + give advice and express regrets page 24 talk about the government and their policies talk about how the economy is doing respond to complaints discuss social issues ‘comment on news stories describe correlations page 32 VIDEO 2: Wood-powered car page 40 REVIEW 2: page 41 WRITING 2: Letters of complaint page 152 talk about what you do in your free time talk about how fit you are check you heard things correctly talk about sport comment on past events describe accidents and injuries talk about places you have stayed in express opinions and show surprise discuss and deal with accommodation problems better understand idiomatic language talk about culture shock and settling in somewhere talk about your experiences of different weather talk about natural disasters make stories more dramatic talk about issues connected to animals and plants talk about trends use context to understand different meanings of words CRIME AND talk about crimes and what they involve make comments and ask follow-up questions H PUNISHMENT + express varying degrees of certainty talk about prison and punishment talk about trends and statistics page 68 VIDEO 4: The greenhouse effect page 76 REVIEW 4: page 77 WRITING 4: Stories page 156 cà OCABULARY READING LISTENING DEVELOPING CONVERSATIONS + Habits +- Describing films, + Heard it all before + Films andthe cinema + Disagreeing politely + Adjectives and music and books + Aguided tour of an adverbs + Talking about art gallery pictures + Relative clauses + Buildings and areas + Ten days at the: + Driving around + Agreeing using synonyms + Talking about the + Festivals and Venice Carnival Belgrade future carnivals + Places to visit + Explaining purpose - Usefulthings + Lam. Mr Trebus + Asking for things + Explaining and checking using so, ifand to + Word families + Trying to geta refund + should and should + How things go wrong have (should've) + shouldn't) have, + Health and fitness + Sport—you'vegotto + Unusual interests, + Checking what you heard could(n’t) have, = Sport love it + The mad uncle would(n’t) have + Injuries and accidents + The present perfect continuous and simple + Narrative tenses + Weather + Animalsinthenews + Experiences of + Making stories more dramatic + Participle clauses + Plants and trees extreme weather + The different + Plant life meanings of words Contents 3 IN THIS UNIT YOU LEARN HOW T‹ * describe good and bad aspects of working life * explain your feelings about the future + talk about education and starting work * give better presentations page 78 + talk about celebrations and parties you've been to + suggest different times or places to meet + talk about awkward situations + start and end different kinds of conversations page 86 VIDEO 5: The real Indiana Jones page 94 REVIEW 5:page95 WRITING 5: Personal statements page 158 ' TRANSPORT discuss travel experiences talk about problems when renting things + renta car AND TRAVEL express shock and surprise talk about different kinds of driving experience + emphasise how you feel * describe heaith problems in more detail * pass on sympathetic messages + talk about operations + discuss issues connected to health systems. + talk about research and surveys. + tell jokes better VIDEO 6: Wild health page 112 REVIEW6: page 113 WRITING 6: Reports page 160 + describe major life events in more detail + report information you are not 100% sure of + discuss gossip and news about people + complain about annoying habits + discuss ceremonies + talk about values and concepts page 114 + describe problems connected to personal finances and banking + deal with banks + apologise and explain problems in formal settings + use descriptive literary language + express regrets + use financial metaphors ‘explain how to cook things Give approximate meanings * get better at linking ideas together * talk about food programmes and memories of food * discuss food-related stories in the news page 132 + explain why you are phoning + be more formal in business contexts + pronounce email addresses and websites + talk about how companies and markets develop + explain and sell products and services page 140 VIDEO 8: The black diamonds of Provence page 148 REVIEW 8:page 149 WRITING 8: Formal and informal emails page 164 4 rT VOCABULARY READING LISTENING DEVELOPING CONVERSATIONS + Conditionals with + Working life + My first job + How're you finding + ‘Feelings about the future present tenses + Presentations your job? + Conditionals with : + Adying breed past tenses + PISA + The future perfect + Celebrating + From faux pas to + Going out to + Arranging to meet + Question tags + Making mistakes front page news celebrate + Talking about parties + Starting conversations + Uncountable nouns + Problems when + Amazing journeys + Renting.a car « Expressing surprise or shock + Emphatic structures renting + Reporting problems + Driving + Driving in different countries + The past perfect + Life-changing events + Managing conflict + Catching up with + Showing uncertainty simple and + Values and concepts news and gossip continuous + Key life events + be always/constantly around the world -ing, wish and would + Passives + Money problems + The MagicMoneybag + Money-related + Apologising and offering + wish + Metaphor (Part 1) problems explanations + The Magic Moneybag (Part 2) + Adebate about the lottery + Linking words Food and cooking + Food, friends, family + Howdoyoucookit? - Vague language + Patterns after + Prefixes + Food-related news reporting verbs + Food in the news stories + The future + Reasons for phoning + Top ten + I'mjust phoning to.
+ Using would to show formality continuous + Building up a characteristics of + Dream and Achieve + Expressing necessity business successful people and ability + Business collocations + New African entrepreneurs | tama itarenc! woe T6683 lHoNHgHGHNG. pages 184-10 Aust scpts pages 189-212 Contents § IN THIS UNIT YOU LEARN HOW TO: + talk about habits + describe films, books and music + politely disagree with opinions + talk about pictures and art + tell stories and discuss plots SPEAKING Work in pairs. Look at the photo and discuss the questions. + Where do you think the place is? Would you want to read in a place like this? Why? / Why not? + Do you usually take a book with you when you're travelling or do you prefer e-book readers? + What’s the nicest or most unusual place that you've spent time reading in? Change partners.
Tell each other about your other interests and how you spend your free time. Think about TV, music, films, sport and hobbies. Find five things that you have in common. 2 QUESTION OF TASTE LISTENING In Exercise 2, find: 1 two ways we talk about a past habit.
EI Listen to the answers to eight questions such as Do you read much? or Do you watch TV 2 one verb that describes a current habit — it means usually or generally. much? Listen and decide which Do you. much? questions were asked. 3 two other structures we use to talk about current habits.
GRAMMAR 4 phrases that mean always, (not) normally, sometimes and almost never. Check your ideas on page 166 and do Exercise 1. Habits We use the present and past simple and a number of Complete the sentences about your own leisure different structures such as tend to and used to to talk interests. Then find out about your partner.
How about habits. We use words and phrases such as rarely, all much do you have in common? the time and not as much as I'd like to to show how often. all the time. as much as | used to because.
Listen and complete the sentences with the 3 | tend to. at the weekends and now and again |. expressions and structures used to talk about habits. 4 As a rule, | don’t.
, but | will if. 1 Idont during the week, though. My headphones are glued For further practice, see page 166 and do Exercise 2. to my ears! 3 Notas much , because | really love Write five Do you.
much? questions about other it, areas. | guess | might in the Think about: summer. * work 5 | don’t pay much attention to it most of the time. a big game, if there’s one on.
+ study 6 Yeah, | guess so. | usually play football on a + holiday Wednesday and | go running + eating 7 No, ___________. | tend to watch films on + family demand through my TV at home. Then find out about your partner.
Use some of 8 Notas much as | | was addicted to this online game, until my parents banned me. the structures from Exercise 2 in your answer. \ sometimes play for five hours a day! 'VOCABULARY Describing films, music DEVELOPING CONVERSATIONS and books en 5 Disagreeing politely When we describe things, we often use pairs of adjectives You heard the speakers disagree with viewpoints like this: that have similar meanings to emphasise what we mean. We sometimes repeat the same adverb with each adjective.
Yeah, | guess, but, to be honest, I’m not that keen on action movies. It's very moving — just very, very sad. it was all a bit too weird for my liking. It’s great, absolutely amazing.
As | say, it’s not really my kind of thing. The Hunger Games was well-made / not bad, I suppose, 6 Complete the sentences with these words. awful disturbing hilarious uplifting When disagreeing with someone's tastes, instead of saying catchy dull over-the-top weird directly | don't like it or it’s really weird, we often soften our commercial gripping responses by using phrases such as /’m not that keen on, I guess, | suppose, to be honest, for my liking, etc. We also 1 It does nothing for me.
It’s quite boring, quite use a bit to soften negative adjectives. 2 It's one of those tunes that’s very easy to remember Look at three short conversations. Soften B’s —very responses using some of the ideas above. 3 lfs___— -just really, really funny.
1 A: I'm really into 60s music. The Beatles, The Stones, stuff like that. It didn’t do much for me. It's typical big-budget ^ Hollywood — very „ B: Yeah? | don't like it.
It's the kind of stuff my dad listens to. | can’t explain it. It's really strange — really 2 A: Do you like Tarantino? | love his films. Cwnronw It’s Just too much for my liking - really B: He's all right, but I'm not keen on his films.
You can’t stop reading. It's so exciting, so They're very over-the-top. It's good, but it’s quite upsetting — quite 3 A: Have you ever read any Paulo Coelho? His It’s a really inspiring story, really books are fantastic. Don't go and see it! It’s dreadful, absolutely B: I’ve read one.
It was OK, but it didn’t do much for me. Hie PRONUNCIATION PRONUNCIATION 7 [MEI Listen to the sentences from Exercise 6. (EI Listen to the example conversations. Notice when you stress the adverb.