= speakout 2° Advanced Plus Workbook with key [BI BIC) Richard Storton CONTENTS GAME-CHANGERS LEARNING 1. VOCABULARY | transformation VOCABULARY | learning LISTENING | game-changing technologies LISTENING | creative activities GRAMMAR | verb patterns GRAMMAR | if and related expressions VOCABULARY PLUS| prepositional phrases after VOCABULARY PLUS| idioms: feelings nouns 22 VOCABULARY | collocations: education 1.2 VOCABULARY | adjectives: needing and giving READING | Forest schools READING | Social enterprise GRAMMAR | nominal relative clauses GRAMMAR | continuous and perfect aspect WRITING | taking notes; writing a summary 1. WRITING | an article 23 VOCABULARY | creativity VOCABULARY | collocations FUNCTION | leading a discussion FUNCTION | presenting survey results LEARN TO | manage interaction LEARN TO | chunk language Review 1 Page 15 3 PROSPECTS Page 19 L1 7 INFLUENCE Page 25 3.1 VOCABULARY | job hunting VOCABULARY | influence _ READING | And how did you hear about this job? LISTENING | role models _ GRAMMAR | expressing modality GRAMMAR | participle clauses WRITING | a cover email; learn to improve use of I VOCABULARY PLUS | three-part multi-word verbs formal language 4.2 VOCABULARY | social media 3.2 VOCABULARY | honesty READING | Machines making the media | LISTENING | work experience GRAMMAR |introductory it and there GRAMMAR | passives i WRITING | a report; learn to use useful phrases _ VOCABULARY PLUS | metaphors 43 VOCABULARY | persuasion 3.3 VOCABULARY | political collocations FUNCTION | persuasive techniques in presentations FUNCTION | evading a question LEARN TO | use adjective alliteration | LEARN TO | control the agenda Review 2 Page 30 6 CULTURES Page 39 5.1 LISTENING | healthy bodies 6.1 VOCABULARY | cities GRAMMAR | noun phrases READING | Where are we going to live next? VOCABULARY | collocations GRAMMAR | concession clauses VOCABULARY PLUS | compounds VOCABULARY PLUS | binomials 5.2 VOCABULARY | fashion and looks 6.2 LISTENING |a role in the film industry READING | Me, my selfie and | | VOCABULARY | summarising verbs GRAMMAR | fronting, headers and tails GRAMMAR | indirect speech WRITING | a description; learn to use fronting WRITING | synthesising from different sources (5.3 VOCABULARY | well-being 6. VOCABULARY | conventions FUNCTION | informal turn-taking FUNCTION | talk about customs LEARN TO| justify your position LEARN TO | question generalisations Review 3 Page 45 CONTENTS CLASSICS Page 49 CHOICE 7.1 VOCABULARY| idioms for choices LISTENING | test screenings LISTENING | making key decisions GRAMMAR | subjunctive GRAMMAR | understanding complex sentences WRITING | a review; learn to edit a complex text VOCABULARY PLUS| connotation 7.2 VOCABULARY | ways of reading READING | Neither rhyme nor reason READING | Storytelling and reading GRAMMAR | adverbials GRAMMAR | prepositional phrases VOCABULARY PLUS | adverb-adjective collocations WRITING | for and against essay; learn to write an 7.3 VOCABULARY | travel introduction and conclusion FUNCTION| telling anecdotes emg VOCABULARY | wildlife LEARN TO | use ellipsis FUNCTION| giving opinions LEARN TO | hedge an option Review 4 Page 60 AUDIO SCRIPTS Page 64 ANSWER KEY Page 70 VOCABULA Ẹ > Listen again and complete the sentences with the exact words you TRANSFORMATION hear.
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Match the underlined words from the recording with the definitions a)-f). LISTENING k Read the audio script on page 64 to help you.1 Listen to an extract from a lecture on game- 1 Working in the field of aerial robotics, changing technologies. Complete the table as you listen. he has designed a prototype for a flying robot.
Designer What is it? How does it work? 2. another layer of plastic with protuberances and a final, smooth Talib Alhinai | layer of plastic. reducing the incidence of workplace accidents. 4 He anda team based at MIT have been developing lightweight, efficient Solveiga Pakštaitẻ and malleable solar conductors.
when bumps become detectable this indicates that the food product has gone bad. areas of the developing world which are currently energy deficient. a) able to to be shaped without breaking b) a rate of occurrence c) able to be discovered or noticed d) something from which copies are made e) not having enough of something f) something that sticks out from something else GRAMMAR = NcTe Ea VERB PATTERNS PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES AFTER NOUNS * Find and correct the mistakes in sentences 1-8. There : Complete the sentences with the nouns in the box are two mistakes in each sentence.
and the correct preposition. 1 Have you ever considered to apply for a position in aim. consequence course hesitation hope their research unit? If you're ready dedicate the time implications motivation necessity passion | to it, it’s a worthwhile role. risk success talent 2 Did you manage finding that article on renewable 1 One the government's recent policy energy studies? | mean print it off for you last week.
change is that many academics can’t continue funding their research. 3 | regret telling you that unfortunately your 2 She's always had a cycling, so she application has failed this time. You could consider jumped at the opportunity to do the Tour de France to reapply next year. 3 He certainly shows a fundraising — 4 Despite a setback he went on studying at the since we took him on, our donations have increased University of Gothenburg, where his research fourfold.
leading to a major breakthrough in geophysics. 4 Alain lost weight and discovered a love of running in the taking part in a six-week sports 5 She's considered being one of the leading challenge at work. professionals in her field. | can’t help to wonder just 5 | wonder what her changing jobs was? how she manages to do so much.
| always thought she enjoyed her role. 6 There's no getting me to do 6 After their first failure, they needed coming up with something like that! It’s much too risky! an alternative approach. Eventually, they decided 7 The our campaign is to raise launch a more compact drone. awareness about the issue of child poverty.
8 | would have absolutely no 7 It’s always been my goal doing something like this. recommending his book- it’s unbelievably inspiring. You can’t blame me for try something different at 9 Despite knowing the working in this point in life. the area, a huge number of medical professionals volunteered to help out.
8 Investors had committed spending several million 10 The their report were wide-ranging. on the pilot project. Sadly, it has a long way going They signalled a paradigm shift in thinking. before it's commercially viable.
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es ~ VOCABULARY ADJECTIVES: NEEDING AND GIVING Every so often, a new buzzword takes the business world by storm.A paradigm shift in how things are done, or a whole new lexicon of abstruse Complete the sentences with the terms to tie the novice's head in knots. In recent years, one such concept adjectives in the box. that has gained considerable traction is social enterprise. Social enterprises are businesses which champion the honourable intention of changing altruistic compassionate | destitute hardup lavish the world for the better.
By selling goods and services in the open market, on welfare philanthropic | social enterprises generate profits which are then reinvested in the local, unstinting vulnerable | or indeed global, community. The aim is to tackle social problems, improve opportunities and address inequality, among others. Evidently, the best 1 She was renowned as one of the way to secure the financial support and ongoing allegiance of millennial | most individuals consumers is to care. in the country— her annual donations surpassed those of Putting this cynicism aside, is social enterprise actually something which many organisations.
makes a difference? High-profile social enterprises like Toms, which has 2 After months of living on the grown in scope since its inception, have donated over 75 million pairs of | streets, he was extremely new shoes to needy children around the globe, using a onefor-one business - and in need of basis. For every pair of shoes sold, one is donated, enabling children to medical attention. have improved health and safer access to education. With a decent pair of 3.
We were always taught to be shoes, they can avoid any potential injuries on the walk to school - where | towards others, and possession of a pait can be an entry requirement. But there is also an array of to value what privileges we had. other, smaller, initiatives which are doing their bit to build a better future. } 4 After the family business failed, they were left completely Companies like Tarjimly run by Atif Javed, an MIT graduate, are making a | difference too.
Tarjimly instantly connects refugees, NGOs and immigrants | 5 I'ma bit this month, in need of essential translation services ~ such as medical or legal aid - to i but once my next payment comes translators around the world. While this service goes some way to addressing through I'll be a bit more flush.