The world of work

Present Simple 1 - he/she/it • Questions and negatives • Jobs • What time is it?

STARTER What are the jobs of the people in your family? Tell the class.

lft' lather is a doctor.

THREE JOBS

Present Simple he/she/it

1 ® Listen and read about All and Bob.

60b is a doctor. I le's English but now he lives

in Australia in the small town of Alice Springs.

He isn't an ordinary doctor, he's a flying doctor.

Every day, from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. he speaks to

people on his radio, then he flies to help them.

He works 16 hours a day non-stop but he loves

his job. He isn't married. He has no free time.

;i , is a scientist. She conies from Cambridge in

England but now she lives in Switzerland. She :nln �1PN��A�1

works three days a week at the Institute of Molecular

Biology in Geneva. She speaks three languages:

English, French, and German. She's married and

has a daughter. She likes skiing in winter and going GRAMMAR SPOT

for walks in summer.

1 Underline all the verbs in the texts. is comes

2 What is the last letter of these verbs?

3 Practise saying the verbs. Read the texts aloud.

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2 Complete the sentences about All and Bob.

I She's a scientist. He's a doctor.

2 Alison comes from England. Bob England, too.

3 She lives in a big city, but he in a town.

4 She three days week. He 16 hours a day

5 He to sick people on his radio. She three languages.

6 She loves her job and he , too.

7 She daughter. He married.

8 She skiing and going walks in her free time. He never free time.

® Listen and check.

PRACTICE

Talking about people

1 Read the information about Philippe.

a barman

France

Paris

in the centre of

Paris

Languages

French, a little

English

a dog (l)

walking his dog,

Playing football

2 "talk about Phillippe.

Philippe is a barman. He comes from France and he ... Paris.

He speaks French and ...

3 Write about a friend or a relative. Talk to a partner about hinm/her.

My friend Anna is a student. She lives in ...

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WHAT DOES SHE DO? PRACTICE

Questions and negatives

Asking about people

1 ® Read and listen. Complete the answers. 1 Read the information

Practise the questions and answers. about Keiko or Mark.

Where does Alison come from? Cambridge. England.

What does she do? She's scientist.

Does she speak French? she does. Keiko Wilson

Does she speak Spanish? she doesn't. Job an interpreter

Country Japan

GRAMMAR SPOT Town New York

Place of work at the United

1 What does she/he do? = What's her/his job? Nations

2 Complete these sentences with the correct form of Languages Japanese, English,

come. and French

Positive Family married to an

She from England. American, two sons

Negative Free time skiing

She from America.

Question

Where she from?

2 'T'alk to a partner.

3 Notice the pronunciation of does and doesn't.

d \znt%

Keiko's an interpreter: She

Does he speak French? Yes he does./No, he doesn't.

comes (romp Japan. She lives ...

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2 Complete the questions and answers.

I Where Bob from? L

England.

2 What he ?

He's a doctor.

3 he fly to help people?

Yes, he

4 he French and (erman?

No, he

Listen and check.

3 Write similar questions about Philippe the barnian. Ask

and answer with a partner.

Where does Philippe come lrom%

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3 Write questions about Keiko or Mark.

• Where/come from?

Where does Keiko come from?

• Where/live?

• What/do?

• Where/work?

• Does he/she speak French/Spanish ... ?

• What ... in his/her free time?

• listen to music?

• How many children ... ?

• a dog?

4 Don't look at the information. Ask and answer questions with your partner.

5 Now ask your partner the same questions about a friend or relative.

Listening and pronunciation

6 ® Listen to the sentences about Philippe, Keiko, and 1%lark. Correct the

wrong sentences.

Philippe cnrnes from Paris.

Philippe lives in London. No, lie doesn't. He lives in Paris.

7 JM 'l'ick (âœ") the sentence you hear.

I I -' Fle likes his job.

â�' She likes her job.

2 â�' She loves walking.

â�' She loves working.

3 â�' i-ie's married.

â�' Lie isn't married.

4 â�' Does she have three children?

â�' Does he have three children?

5 â�' What does he do?

â�' Where does he go?

Mark Konig

Check it

Job a journalist for

the BBC

8 Tick (âœ"1 the correct sentence.

Country England

I â�' She conies from Japan. â�' Dues she has two sons?

Town Moscow

â�' She come from Japan. â�' Does she have two sons?

Place of work in an office

Languages English, Russian, What he do in his free time? h â�' l le doesn't play football.

and German What does lie do in his free time? â�' lie no plays football.

Family married, three Where lives she? 7 â�' She doesn't love Peter.

daughters Where does she live? â�' She doesn't loves Peter.

Free time listening to music Ile isn't married. â�' What's he's address?

Ile doesn't married. \Vliat's his address:'

Unit 3 • The world of work 23

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READING AND LISTENING

Seumas McSporran - the man with

thirteen jobs!

1 Seumas McSporran Jeimas mak'sporan

comes from Scotland. Look at the

photographs of some of the things he

does every day.

The man with thirteen jobs

2 Match a sentence with a photograph.

1 He helps in the shop.

2 He makes breakfast for the hotel

guests.

3 He serves petrol.

4 He delivers the beer to the pub.

5 He collects the post from the boat.

6 He drives the children to school.

7 He delivers the letters.

8 He has a glass of wine.

a- 9 He works as an undertaker.

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eumas McSporran 3 Read about Seumas. Answer the questions.

I Where does Seumas live?

is a very busy man. 2 How old is he?

He is 60 years old and he 3 How many jobs does lie have?

4 What's his wife's name?

has thirteen jobs. He is a postman,

5 What does she do?

a policeman, a fireman, a taxi driver, 6 How many people live on Gigha?

7 How many tourists visit Gigha in summer?

a school-bus driver, a boatman,

8 What does Seumas do in the morning?

an ambulance nlan, an accountant, 9 What do he and Margaret do in the evening?

a petrol attendant, a barman, and 4 Look at the photos. Ask and answer questions with a

an undertaker. Also, he and his partner about times in Seumas's day.

wife, Margaret, have a shop and a What does he do at 6 o'clock?

small hotel.

Seumas lives and works on the island of He gets up and makes breakfast.

Gigha in the west of Scotland. Only 120 people

live on Gigha but in summer 150 tourists cone 5 ® Listen to four conversations from Seumas's day.

by boat every day. After each one answer these questions.

Every weekday Seumas gets up at 6.00 and I Is it morning, afternoon, or evening?

makes breakfast for the hotel guests. At 8.00 he 2 Who are the people? Where are they?

drives the island's children to school. At 9.00 3 What is Seumas's job?

he collects the post from the boat and delivers 6 Complete the conversations.

it to all the houses on the island. He also I A Good . Can I two ice-creams,

delivers the beer to the island's only pub. Then

please?

he helps Margaret in the shop.

B Chocolate or vanilla?

He says: 'Margaret likes being busy, too. We

A One chocolate, one vanilla please.

never have holidays and we don't like watching

B That's . Anything ?

television. In the evenings Margaret makes

supper and I do the accounts. At 10.00 we have A No, thank you.

a Mass of wine and then we go to bed. Perhaps 2 A Only letters for you this , Mrs

our life isn't very exciting, but we like it.' Craig.

B Thank you very much, Mr McSporran. And

's Mrs McSporran this ?

A Oh, she's very well, thank you. She's in the

shop.

3 A A glass of before bed, my dear?

B Oh, yes please.

A you are.

B Thank you, my dear. I'm very this

4 A Hello, Mr McSporran!

B Good , boys and girls. Hurry up, we're late.

A Can I sit here, Mr McSporran?

C No, no, I to sit there.

B Be quiet of you, and SIT DOWN!

Practise the conversations with your partner.

Unit 3 • The world of work 25

VOCABULARY AND

PRONUNCIATION

Jobs

1 L1r vaur dliiau rW and nllltiII

a picture with I lot) ill

column A.

50

A

a A pilot designs buildings. I

b An interpreter delivers letters.

c A nurse looks after people in hospital.

d A barman looks after money.

e An accountant writes for a newspaper.

f A journalist translates things.

g A postman sells things.

h An architect flies planes.

i A shopkeeper serves drinks.

2 Match a job in A with a line in B.

3 Look at the phonetic spelling of some of the words. Practise saving them.

I /ni:s/ 2 'paosmmn/ 3 %o'kaontont/ 4 /'fâ-º)pki:p)/ 5 /'u:kitekt/ 6 /'bu:mon/

4 Memorize the jobs. Close your books. Ask and answer questions with a partner.

What clot'' a pilot do?

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EVERYDAY ENGLISH

What time is it?

1 Look at the clocks. Write the times. Practise saying them.

q 2-

9 3

4

7 6

It's five o'clock. It's half past five.

'n ?

-9

4

7 6 S

It's quarter past five. It's quarter to six.

b 2

.9

8 4

7 6

It's five past five. It's twenty-five past five.

It's twenty to six. It's ten to six.

Listen and check.

2 Look at the times.

It's about three o'clock. It's about five o'clock.

What time is it now? What time does the lesson end?

3 IM Listen and practise the conversat ions.

Conversation 1 Conversation 2

Exc Ilse inc. Can you tell Excuse inc. Can you tell

me the tune, please? Inc the time, please?

Yes, of course. It's I'm sorry, I don't know.

(about) six o'clock. I don't have a watch.

Thanks.

With a partner, draw clocks on a piece of paper. Make more conversations.

Unit 3 • The world of work 27

Take it easy!

Present Simple 2 -1/you/we/they • Leisure activities • Social expressions

STARTER 1 What year is it? What month is it? What day is it today?

2 Say the days of the week. Which days are the weekend?

WEEKDAYS AND WEEKENDS

Present Simple 1/you/we/they

1 Read about Bobbi Brown's weekends. Complete the text with the verbs.

gets up lives is loves works doesn't work interviews starts

I

Bobbi Brown in New Jersey. She thirty-four and for SKY TV in New

York City. But she on weekdays, she only works at weekends. She famous

people for an early morning news programme called The World This Weekend. On

Saturdays and Sundays she at 3.00 in the morning because she work at 6.30!

She her job because it is exciting.

.ice

28 Unit 4 • Take it easy!

Questions and negatives

2 � Now read and listen to what Bobbi says about

her weekdays. 4 IM Read and listen. Complete Bobbi's answers.

Practise the questions and answers.

Where do you work? New York.

Do you like your work? Yes. I

Do you relax at weekends? No. I

Why don't you relax at weekends? I work.

5 Work in pairs. One of you is Bobbi Brown. Ask and

answer questions about your life.

• Where ... you live/work?

• Are ... married?

• Do ... have children?

• What time ... get up/Saturday morning/Monday morning?

• Why ... get up at ... ? Because I ...

• like your work?

• Why ... like it? Because it ...

• like cooking?

• your husband like cooking?

• Who ... you visit on Tuesdays and Thursdays?

• Where ... your father live?

• . go out on Friday evenings? Why not?

L â- My weekends are fast and exciting. My • have a busy life?

weekdays are fast and domestic! I _ two sons,

Dylan, 7, and Dakota, 5. Every morning I one hour

GRAMMAR SPOT

before them, at 6.00, and I to the gym. I _ --

home and I breakfast, then I them to 1 Complete the table for the Present Simple.

I

school. On Mondays I always _ I all the

Positive Negative

food for the week. I often dinner in the evenings,

but not every day because I don't cooking. I work don't work

You

Fortunately, my husband, Don, cooking. On

He/She

Tuesdays and Thursdays I my father. He

It

on the next block. Every afternoon I the kids We

from school. in the evenings Don and I usually , They

but sometimes we friends. We never

on Friday evenings because I work so early 2 Complete the questions and answers.

on Saturdays. Where you work?

55 Where she work?

you work in New York? Yes, I

he work in New York? No. he

3 Complete the text with the correct form of the verbs in

3 Find the words in the text:

the box. Look up new words in your dictionary.

always usually often sometimes never

love relax have like go live start come Po-� Grammar Reference 4.1 and 4.2 p127

visit x2 go shopping pick up go out get up take

buy make cook

Listen again and check. Read the text aloud.

II

Unit 4 • Take it easy! 29

PRACTICE

Talking about you

1 \lake the questions. Then match the questions and answers.

Questions Answers

1 What time do you like your job? a My mother and sisters.

2 Where do you travel to school? b To Spain or Portugal.

3 What do you go on holiday? c After dinner.

4 When do you go to bed? d At 11 o'clock.

5 Who you go out on Friday evenings? e I always relax.

6 Why do you live with? f Because it's interesting.

7 How do you do on Sundays? g By bus.

8 Do do you do your homework? h Yes, I do sometimes.

I Listen and check.

2 Ask and answer the questions with a partner. Give true answers.

3 Tell the class about you and your partner.

1\

r ;Maria gets tip at half past eight. I get up at 8.00 I live with nt), parents and my graâ-ºulnurther.

on weekdays but at 11.00 at weekends. Maria lives with her parents, too.

L

Listening and pronunciation

4 Tick (âœ") the sentence you hear.

I \Vhat does he do on Sundays? 4 â�' W here do you go on Saturday evenings?

â�' \Vhat does she do on Sundays? â�' W hat do you do on Saturday evenings?

2 â�' Do you stay home on "Tuesday evenings? 5 â�' Iread a lot.

â�' Do 1ou stay hone on Thursday evenings? â�' Ieatalot.

3 â�' He lives here. 6 â�' W hy do you like your job?

â�' He leaves here. â�' W hy don't you like your job?

A questionnaire

5 Read the questionnaire on p31. Answer the questions about you. Put âœ" or X in column 1.

6 Ask your teacher the questions, then ask two students. Complete columns 2, 3, and 4.

Yes, I do./Yes, sometimes.

7 t'se the information in the questionnaire. \Vrite about you and your teacher.

I don't get up early on weekdays, but my teacher does. We don't play tennis ...

30 Unit 4 • Take it easy!

A Questionnaire

iOW )DO YOU LIVE ?

Do you...?

Me

I

get up early on weekdays [-]

play tennis â�'

smoke â�'

drink wine â�'

L IMI CKlk TACR KEA E5 WAY

like Chinese food â�'

watch TV a lot â�'

have a big breakfast â�'

have a computer â�'

Positives and negatives

8 Make the sentences opposite.

1 She's French. She isn't French.

2 1 don't like cooking. I like cooking.

3 She doesn't speak Spanish.

4 They want to learn English.

5 We're tired and want to go to bed.

6 Roberto likes watching football on TV, but he doesn't like playing it.

7 1 work at home because I have a computer.

8 Amelia isn't happy because she doesn't have a new car.

9 1 smoke, I drink, and I don't go to bed early.

10 He doesn't smoke, he doesn't drink, and he goes to bed early.

Unit 4 • Take it easy! 31

TOSHI SUZUKI

from Japan

I work for Pentax

cameras, in the export

department. I don't

\. / ' have a lot of free

J* time, but I have one

special hobby - taking photographs,

of course! I like taking photographs

of flowers, especially in spring.

Sometimes, after work, I relax in a

bar near my office with friends. My

friend. Shigeru. likes singing pop

songs in the bar. This has a special

name, 'karaoke'. I don't sing - I'm

too shy!

4 Answer the questions.

1 Do they all play sports? 6 What do Manuela and her friends do in summer?

2 What do Al and Manuela do in winter? 7 Do you know all their jobs?

3 Do Manuela and Toshi like going to bars? 8 Why does Al like autumn?

4 Where is Al's holiday home? 9 Why doesn't Toshi sing in the bar?

5 \N'hen does Toshi like taking photographs of flowers? 10 Which colours are in the texts?

5 There are six mistakes about Al, Manuela, and Toshi. Correct them.

Al comes from Canada. In Manuela comes from Toshi comes from Japan.

winter he plays ice hockey Brazil. She likes sunbathing He has a lot of free time. He

and goes skiing. He has a and sailing in summer. likes taking photographs and

holiday home near the sea. singing pop songs in bars.

6 IM Listen to the conversations. Is it Al, Manuela, or Toshi? Where are they? How

do you know? Discuss with a partner.

What do you think?

• What is your favourite season? Why?

• What do you do in the dif1 'rent seasons?

Unit 4 • Take it easy! 33

VOCABULARY AND SPEAKING

Leisure activities

1 Match the words and pictures. Tick (âœ") the things that you like doing.

1

â�' playing football

â�' dancing

â�' skiing

â�' watching TV

â�' going to the gym

â�' taking photographs

â�' cooking

â�' playing computer

games

â�' sailing

â�' listening to music

â�' swimming

â�' reading

â�' eating in restaurants

â�' going to the cinema

â�' jogging

â�' sunbathing

2 Discuss in groups what you think your teacher likes doing. Choose five activities.

I think he/she likes cooking. No, I think he/she likes eating in restaurants.

Ask your teacher questions to find out who is correct.

Do you like cooking? Do you like eating in restaurants?

3 Tell the other students what you like doing and what you don't like doing from the

list. Ask questions about the activities.

I don't like watching TV, but I like Oh, really? What do you read?

reading very much.

Why don't you like watching TV?

4 Tell the other students things you like doing which are not on the list.

34 Unit 4 • Take it easy!

EVERYDAY ENGLISH

Social expressions

1 Complete the conversations with the expressions.

1 A . The traffic is bad

today. Don't worry.

B Come and sit down. I'm sorry I'm late.

We're on page 25.

2 A

B Yes? I'm sorry,

A Do you have a dictionary? Excuse me.

B I don't. It's at home. That's OK.

A

3 A It's very hot in here. ? Really?

B ? I'm quite cold. Can I open the window?

A OK. It doesn't matter.

4 A

B Can I help you?

A Can I have a film for my camera? Pardon?

B How many exposures? Now I understand!

A Excuse me!

B How many exposures?

What does 'exposures'

A mean?

B How many pictures? 24? 36? 40?

A Ah! ! 40, please.

â-

Listen and check.

2 Practise the conversations with a partner.

Unit 4 • Take it easy! 35

Where do you live?

There is/are • Prepositions • some/any • this/that • Furniture • Directions 1

STARTER 1 Write the words in the correct column.

The living room The kitchen both

an armchair a fridge a television

a coffee table a shelf a plant a stereo

a lamp a cooker a washing machine

a telephone a cupboard a cup a sofa

2 What's in your living room?

Tell a partner.

WHAT'S IN THE LIVING ROOM?

There is/are, prepositions

1 Helen has a new flat. Describe her living room on p37. 3 Ask and answer questions about these things.

a dog a cat a computer

There's a telephone. There are two plants.

a fire a mirror a clock

a rug

2 ® Read and listen. Complete the answers.

Practise the questions and answers.

plants pictures bookshelves

Is there a television? Yes. there lamps newspapers photos

Is there a radio? No, there flowers

Are there any books? Yes, there

How many books are there? There a lot.

Are there any photographs? No, there

GRAMMAR SPOT

4 Look at the picture of Helen's living room.

Complete the tables. Complete the sentences with a preposition.

Positive a television. on under next to in front of

There

some books. I The television is the cupboard.

Negative a radio. 2 The coffee table is the sofa.

There 3 There are some magazines the

any photos.

table.

Question

a television? 4 The television is the stereo.

there

any books? 5 There are two pictures the walls.

6 The cat is the rug the tire.

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36 Unit 5 • Where do you live?

What's in your picture?

1 Work with a partner. Look at the pictures from your teacher.

There's a picture of another living room and lots of things that

go in it. Don't look at you- partner's picture.

I Student A Your picture is not complete. Student B Your picture is complete. Answer Student As

Ask Student B questions and find out where the questions and help him/her complete the picture.

things go. Draw them on your picture.

Where'S the lamp? Where exai tl}'? It's on the table. Next to the hook.

2 ® Look at the complete picture together. Listen to someone

d escr ibi ng it There are jrie mistakes in the descri p tionSa y

Stop!' when you hear a mistake.

C Stop! There aren't three people! There are foâ-ºâ-ºr people!

Unit 5 • Where do you live? 37

WHAT'S IN THE KITCHEN?

some/any, this/that/these/those

1 This is the kitchen in Helen's new flat. Describe it.

2 ® listen and complete the conversation between Helen and her Irlend, Bob.

Helen And this is the kitchen.

Bob Mmm, it's very nice.

Helen Well, it's not very big, but there a of cupboards. And 's

a new fridge, and a cooker. That's new, too.

Bob But what's in all these cupboards?

Helen Well, not a lot. There are some cups, but there aren't any plates. And I have

knives and forks, but I don't have spoons!

Bob Do you have glasses?

Helen No. Sorry.

Bob Never mind. We can drink this champagne from those cups! Cheers!

3 What is there in your kitchen? How is your kitchen different from Helen's?

38 Unit 5 • Where do you live?

GRAMMAR SPOT What's in Pierre's briefcase?

1 What's the difference between the sentences? 4 IM Pierre is a Frenchman on business in

There are two magazines. Boston. Listen to him describe what's in his

There are some magazines. briefs: si. Tick (âœ") the things in it.

2 When do we say some? When do we say any?

There are some cups. â�' a newspaper

There aren't any glasses. a dictionary

Are there any spoons? â�' a sandwich

3 Complete the sentences with this, that, these, or those. pens

n a notebook

keys

a bus ticket

a letter

photos

1 a mobile phone

1 I like champagne. 3 cooker is new.

stamps

i L an address book

2 flowers are lovely. 4 Give me cups. 5 Look in your bag. Ask and answer yurstions about

040P. Grammar Reference 5.3 and S.4 p127 your bags with a partner.

is there a dictionary in your bag?

PRACTICE

Are there any stamps? How many stamps are there?

In our classroom

1 Complete the sentences with some or any. Check it

I In our classroom there are books onthe

6 Tick (âœ") the correct sentence.

floor.

1 â�' There aren't some sandwiches.

2 There aren't plants. â�' There aren't any sandwiches.

3 Are there Spanish students in your class? 2 â�' Do you have some good dictionary?

4 There aren't Chinese students. â�' Do you have a good dictionary?

5 We have dictionaries in the cupboard. 3 â�' I have some photos of my dog.

6 There aren't pens in my bag. â�' I have any photos of my dog.

4 â�' I have lot of books.

2 What is there in your classroom? Describe it.

â�' I have a lot of books.

3 Talk about things in your classroom, using â�' How many students are there in this class?

this/that/these/those. Point to or hold the things. â�' How many of students are there in this class?

6 â�' Next my house there's a park.

This is my favourite pcrr. â�' Next to my house there's a park.

7 â�' Look at this house over there!

â�' Look at that house over there!

These chairs are nice. Those windows are dirty. â�' Henry, that is my mother. Muni, that is Henry.

â�' Henry, this is my mother. Muni, this is Henry.

Unit 5 • Where do you live? 39

READING AND SPEAKING

At home on a plane 6.

1 Write the words in the correct place on the picture. What other things are there on a plane?

steps a cockpit a flight attendant the first class section emergency exit windows door toilet

hl

3 8

I

2 Read about Joanne Ussery and answer the questions.

I How old is she? 4 How many grandsons does she have?

2 Where does she live? 5 Flow nlan)' bedrooms are there?

3 How old is her home? 6 How many toilets are there?

3 Are the sentences true (âœ") or false (X)?

I Joanne loves her home.

2 You need a ticket when you visit her.

3 The bathroom is next to the living room.

4 Joanne sometimes opens the emergency exit doors.

5 There is a photo of the plane in the living room.

6 It's very warm in summer because she doesn't have air conditioning.

7 Her friends love her parties because flight attendants serve the drinks.

8 She doesn't want to buy another plane.

4 Work with a partner. Ask and answer questions about Joanne's home.

Ask about these things:

• a telephone • a dishwasher • toilets • flight attendants • an upstairs bedroom

What do you think?

What do you like about Joanne's home? What don't you like?

40 Unit 5 • Where do you live?

Joanne Ussery, 54, from Mississippi is a big

favourite with her two grandsons because she

lives on a jet plane. Her home is a Boeing 727,

so a visit to grandma is very special.

oanne's front door is at the top of the plane's steps, but you

don't need a ticket or a passport when you visit. There are

three bedrooms, a living room, a modern kitchen, and a

luxury bathroom. The bathroom is in the cockpit, with the

J bath under the windows. Next to this is Joanne's bedroom

in the first class section of the plane. Then there's the living

room with four emergency exit doors, which she opens on

summer evenings. On the wall there's a photo of the plane flying

for Continental Airlines from Florida to the Caribbean. There are

also four toilets, all with No Smoking signs.

'The plane is 27 years old and it's the best home in the world,'

says Joanne. 'it has all the things you want in a home: a

telephone, air conditioning, a cooker, a washing machine, even

a dishwasher. It's always very warm, even in winter, and it's very

big, 42 metres long. My grandchildren love running up and

down. And my friends love parties here, but there aren't any

flight attendants to serve them their drinks!'

The plane cost Joanne just $2,000. 'Next time,' she says, 'I

want a Boeing 747, not a 727, because they have an upstairs and

a downstairs, and I want to go upstairs to bed!'

Unit 5 • Where do you live? 41

LISTENING AND SPEAKING

Homes around the world

1 Match the places and the photos. What do you know about them?

Lisbon â�' Toronto â�' Malibu â�' Samoa

2 ® Listen to some people tram these places. Complete the chart.

a

0

Manola Ray and Elsie

from LISBON from TORONTO

House or flat?

Old or modern?

N

Where?

How many bedrooms?

Live(s) with?

Extra information

3 Talk about where you live.

you live in a house or a flat? How many rooms are there?

L)0

Do you have a garden? lVho do you live with?

4 Write a paragraph about where you live.

42 Unit 5 • Where do you live?

EVERYDAY ENGLISH

Directions 1

1 Look at the street map. Where can you buy these things?

some aspirin a CD a plane ticket a newspaper a book some stamps

hooke*1â-ºop b u .,

('/,i�*ce.ce ( f'. \ piirlc

bunk ve- fac.r•an,t O

super lrc aa,-ke!

)YOU v'

ARE

HERE

rar

part:

r i,. a arc rr

(ravel

agent

bo,,k

I<«r; �xrr

post opTie ee

post box

2 IM Listen to the conversations and complete them. 3 Make more conversations with your

partner. Ask and answer about these

1 A Excuse me! Is a chemist here?

places:

B Yes. It's over

a bookshop

A Thanks. a cinema

a bank

2 A me! Is there a near here? •

a phone box

B Yes. Church Street. Take the first •

a public toilet

right. It's the music shop. a music shop

A Oh yes. Thanks. a supermarket

a bus stop

3 A Excuse me! Is there a near here? a park

B There's a Chinese one in Park Lane the bank, and a swimming pool

there's an Italian one in Church Street next to the • a post box

A Is that one ? a pub

B No. just two minutes, that's all. 4 Talk about where you are. Is there

a chemist near here? Is it far?

4 A Is there a post office near here? What about a bank/a post office/

B Go straight ahead, and it's left, the pub. a supermarket?

A Thanks a lot.

Practise the conversations with a partner.

Unit 5 • Where do you live? 43

Can you speak English?

can/can't/could/couldn't • was/were • Words that sound the same • On the phone

STARTER 1 Where do people speak these languages?

60

French Spanish German Italian Portuguese Japanese English

Thep shecrk French in France and also In Camilla.

2 Which languages can you speak?

1 can speak English and it little Spanislr.:lnrl of

Tell the class.

course, I can speak my language.

WHAT CAN YOU DO?

can/can't

1 IM Match the sentences and pictures. a

Then listen and check.

I He can ski really well.

2 She can use a computer.

3 'Can dogs swim?' 'Yes, they can:

4 'Can you speak Japanese?' 'No, I can't:

5 1 can't spell your name.

6 We can't understand the question.

GRAMMAR SPOT

�"I

1 Say all persons of can and can't.

I can. you can, he ... she ... it ... we. . .

they...

I can't, you ... . etc.

What do you notice?

2 Listen and repeat these sentences.

I can speak French.

= /kin,

Can you speak French?

Yes. I can. _ ken MY Hartle r

No, I can't. = iku:nt Tm- W,stlcth war

3 Say these sentences.

0 • • • • •

We can swim. She can't cook.

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44 Unit 6 • Can you speak English?

2 JIM Listen and complete the sentences What can computers do?

with can or can't + verb.

4 Talk about computers with a partner. What can they

1 I , but I do? What can't they do?

2 He , but he

3 you F ? 'Yes, I They can translate, but they can't speak English.

4 They , but they

5 We and we

6 ' she ?' 'No, she

JMPUTERS

PRACTICE

Can they ... ?

Tina can't cook. Can you?

• translate

1 IM Listen to Tina

and complete the chart. • write poetry

Put âœ" or X.

• speak English

L

Can ... ? Tina you your partner • laugh

drive a car • play chess

• hear

speak French

• check spellings

speak Italian

• feel

cook

• make music

play tennis think

ski • have conversations

swim • fall in love

play the piano

use a computer

2 Complete the chart about you.

3 Complete the chart about your partner.

Ask and answer the questions.

Yes, I can. But not very well.

Tell the class about you and your partner.

01��

Louis can ski, but I can't.

5 What can people do that computers can't do?

Unit 6 • Can you speak English? 45

WHERE WERE YOU YESTERDAY? PRACTICE

was/were, can/could

Talking about you

Real the questions. Cumhlrte the answers. 1 Ask and answer questions with a partner.

Where were you ... ?

ast • at eight o'clock this morning

• at half past six yesterday evening

What day is it today? what day was it yesterday?

• at two o'clock this morning

It's I r was

• at this time yesterday

• at ten o'clock last night

What month is it now? \Vhat month was it last month? • last Saturday evening

It's !T was

2 Complete the conversation, using was, were,

u t'rr'rr't, or couldn't.

Where are you now? \\/here were you yesterday?

I'm in/at ! was in/at

Are you in England? \1'crc you in England in 1999?

I am. I was.

I'm not. I wasn't.

Can you swim? ( ould you swim when you

I can. were five?

I can't. I could.

I couldn't.

Can your teacher speak ( ould your teacher speak

three languages? ( nglish when he/she was seven?

Yes, can. Vcs, could.

No, can't. No. couldn't.

1 Complete the table with the past of to be.

Kim you at Charlotte's party last

Positive Negative

was wasn't Saturday?

were weren't Max Yes, 1

Kim it good?

Max Well, it OK.

Kim there many people?

2 IM Listen and repeat.

iwaz' Max Yes, there

It was Monday yesterday. We were at school. Kim Henry there?

In short answers the pronunciation is different. Max No, he . And where

!wnz.% you? Why you there?

'Was it hot?' 'Yes, it was.'

Kim Oh ... I go because I

iWK!

'Were you tired?' 'Yes, we were.' at Mark's party! It brilliant!

3 What is the past of can?

Positive Negative Listen and check. Listen for the

pronunciation of was and tivere. Practise with

Po-� Grammar Reference 6.1 and 6.2 p128 a partner.

46 Unit 6 • Can you speak English?

Four geniuses!

3 The people in the photos were all geniuses. Who are they?

4 Look at these sentences.

I was born in London in 1973. 1 could read when I was four.

My sister couldn't read until she was seven.

Match lines in A, B, and C and make similar sentences about the four

geniuses.

A B C

Mozart / born in Siberia / 1938 paint / one

Picasso / born in Germany / 1879 dance / two

Nureyev / born in Austria / 1756 play the piano / three

Einstein / born in Spain / 1881 couldn't speak / eight

5 Ask and answer questions with a partner about the geniuses.

117hen was Mozart born?

Where was lie born?

How old was he when lie could ... ?

6 \Vork in groups. Ask and answer questions

about you.

I Where were you born?

2 When were you born?

3 How old were you when you could ...

• walk • talk

• read • swim

• ride a bike • use a computer

• speak a foreign language

Check it

7 Tick (âœ") the correct sentence.

1 â�' I don't can use a computer.

â�' I can't use a computer.

2 â�' Was they at the party?

â�' Were they at the party?

3 â�' I'm sorry. I can't go to the party.

â�' I'm sorry. I no can go to the party.

4 â�' She was no at home.

â�' She wasn't at home.

5 â�' He could play chess when he was five.

â�' He can play chess when he was five.

6 â�' I can to speak English very well.

â�' I can speak English very well.

Unit 6 • Can you speak English? 47

READING AND SPEAKING

Super Kids

1 Look at the children in the photographs. How old are

they? What can they do?

2 Work in two groups.

Group A Read about little Miss Picasso.

Group B Read about the new Mozart.

3 Answer the questions about Alexandra or Lukas.

I Flow old is she/he?

2 Why is she/lie special?

3 Where was she/he born?

4 Where does she/he live io w

\Vho does she/he live with?

6 Does she/lie go to school?

7 What could she/he do when she/he was very young?

8 Does she/he have much free time? Why not?

9 Is she/he poor?

10 Where was she/he last year?

4 Find a partner from the other group. Zcll your partner

about your child, using your answers.

5 \Vhat is the same about Alexandra and Lukas? What is

different? Discuss with your partner.

They are both geniuses.

Alexandra is a painter, and

The New Mozart

Lukas is a pianist.

Ten-year-old Lukas Vondracek is very shy, but

Roleplay every year he travels the world and meets hundreds

of people. Lukas is a brilliant pianist and he gives

6 Work with a partner.

lots of concerts. Last year he was in Washington.

Student A is a journalist.

Chicago, and London. He is sometimes called 'the

Student B is Alexandra or Lukas.

new Mozart'. He says 'I'm shy, but I love giving

Ask and answer questions, using the questions in concerts.

exercise 3 to help You.

Lukas was born in Opava in the Czech Republic

but now he lives with his parents in Vienna, where

Hello, Alexandra! Can I ask

you one or two questions? he practises the piano six hours a day. He goes to

school two days a week. Lukas could play the piano

when he was two and he could read music before

he could read books. Now he can write music, too.

Lukas doesn't just play the piano, he plays football

and ice hockey. He says: 'Mozart was poor and he

couldn't play football, so I'm not like him at all!'

48 Unit 6 • Can you speak English?

Little Miss Picasso

Alexandra Nechita is thirteen and she is called the new

Picasso'. She paints large pictures in cubist style and sells

them for between S10,000 and S80,000.

She was born in Romania but now she lives in Los

Angeles with her family. She could paint very well when

she was only four but her parents couldn't understand

her pictures. Alexandra says: 'I paint how I feel,

sometimes I'm happy and sometimes sad. I can't stop

painting. Every day after school she does her homework,

plays with her little brother, then paints for two or three

hours until bedtime.

Alexandra doesn't spend her money, she saves it:

'We were very poor when we were first in America. We

couldn't buy many things, but now I can buy a big house

for my family and we can travel the world. Last year we

were in London. Paris, and Rome. It was fantastic!'

Unit 6 • Can you speak English? 49

VOCABULARY AND PRONUNCIATION EVERYDAY ENGLISH

Words that sound the same On the phone

1 Look at the sentences. What do you notice about these 1 When you do not know someone's telephone number,

words? you can phone Directory Enquiries. In Britain you ring

I have a black eye. 153 for international numbers. 1-fere are the names and

No, he doesn't know the answer. addresses of some people you want to phone.

2 Find the words in B that have the same pronunciation

WILSON Nancy Wilson

as the words in A.

ASSOCIATES 3112 Erindale Road

PERTH 6034

0 Australia

wear

write Tel:

hear there e-mail: 1

hour n .wilson@connect. com.au

see eye

Heil esonn

by for too

BERLIN

son E

know Franziska Novak e-mail:

Karl Marx Allee 99 nordk@bz_berlin.de

sun

10265 BERLIN Tel/fax:

four I Deutschland 1

0 I

our sea where Avenida Vitoria 713

here S,OPAULO - SP

Brasil

buy right

no 'lel:

their Fax:

two

â- E-mail: ferreira_m @dpret.com.br

3 Correct the two spelling mistakes in each sentence. Mauricio Ferreira

1 I can here you, but I can't sea you.

2 Their are three bedrooms in hour house.

Listen to the operator and answer her

3 I don't no wear Jill lives.

questions. Get Nancy's telephone number.

4 My sun lives near the see.

5 Don't where that hat, by a new one! Operator, I 1{j �� �� � , �I j,11'aquiries. Which

f

6 Know, eye can't come to your party.

7 You were write. Sally and Peter can't come four You

dinner.

Operator ��%��>> .•�, 1� , ( -

8 There daughter could right when she was three. : t 1 1,E �Of

9 1 no my answers are write. You £ 1,'' • l ,I 1 � dI$I

Operator :s,�•: t t .jpleasc?

4 Look at the phonetic symbols. Write the two words with S

the same pronunciation. You

I maul Operator 'ih�•r�'�lr��'r1�' '.t

2 /snn/ You

3 /tu:/ Operator What's the address?

4 /raft/ You

5 /hta/

Recorded message The number you require is

6 /we;)/

2 Work with a partner. Look at the numbers from your

teacher. Ask and answer to get the telephone and fax

numbers of Franziska and Nlauricio.

50 Unit 6 Can you speak English?

3 Read the lines below. They are all from telephone conversations.

What do you think the lines before and/or after are? Discuss with a partner.

I This is Jo.

2 Can I take a message?

3 Great! See you on Sunday at ten, then. Bye! = I will

4 Oh, never mind. Perhaps next time. Bye! an offer or promise

111= help you

5 No, it isn't. I'll just get her.

6 I'll ring back later.

7 There's a party at my house on Saturday. Can you come?

8 Can I speak to the manager, please?

4 Complete the Convertiation, with a line from exercise 3.

I A Hello. 2 A Ilcllo. 3 A (;ood morning. Barclay, Bank,

B Hello. Can I speak to Jo, B Hello. Is that Liz? Watford. How can I help you?

please? A B Good morning. ?

A A I'm afraid Mr Smith isn't in

B Oh! Hi, Jo. This is Pat. Is C Hello, Liz here. his office at the moment.

Sunday still OK for tennis? B Hi, Liz. It's Tom. Listen!

A Yes, that's fine. B Don't worry.

B C Oh sorry, Tom. I can't. It's my A All right. Goodbye.

A Bye! sister's wedding. B Goodbye.

B

C Bye!

T 6.8 Listen and check. Practise the conversations.

Make similar conversations with your partner.

Unit 6 • Can you speak English? 51

Then and now

Past Simple 1- regular verbs • Irregular verbs • Silent letters • Special occasions

STARTER When were your grandparents and great-grandparents born? Where were they born?

Do you know all their names? What were their jobs? If you know, tell the class.

Mattie was never at school. She lived with her mother and

WHEN I WAS YOUNG four sisters. She started work when she was eight. She

worked in the cotton fields from 6.00 in the morning to

Past Simple - regular verbs

10.00 at night. She couldn't read or write but she could

think, and she created poems in her head.

1 ® Read and listen to Mattie Smith's

life now. Complete text A with the

verbs you hear.

Al;lttie Smith is 91 years old. She

alone in Atlanta, Georgia. She her day at

7.30. First she a bath, next she the

house, and then she outside on her verandah

and about her past life. Then she poems

about it.

GRAMMAR SPOT

1 Find examples of the past of is and can in text B.

2 Complete the sentence with live in the correct form.

Now she alone, but when she was a

2 Read and listen to text li about Niattie's life a long child she with her mother and sisters.

time ago. 3 Find the Past Simple of start, work, and create in text B.

How do we form the Past Simple of regular verbs?

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52 Unit 7 • Then and now

3 ® \Vhat is the past form of these verbs? Listen and practise saying them.

look work love learn earn marry die hate want

4 IM Read and listen to Mattie talking about her past life.

Complete the text, using the Past Simple form of the verbs in exercise 3.

troril 6.00 ill the morililit ttâ-ºItll U1.O0 at lIiOht. Sixteen horirs ill the cotton

fields and I oilltt $2 a day. I sure unit job but I the poems in

rritl head. I really to leiwil to rend Grid write. It/hen I it'u s sixteen I

t-luhert, rud soon there were six children, five sons, their ti dauilliteâ-º, Lily. Hubert T t.

•jllst before she iois born. That was sixttt-t1t'e years (it)O. So I after ultl tiinliltl

alone. There uais nti tiâ-ºrtt' for lear•Iliiltj, but illy children, thetl all to read and

write - that was inlhorttiilt to me. Arid when did I learn to read and write? I didn't learn

ullttl I it'as S6, aild Ithtt' I Iiiit'i tllrii hht'lc,� ('I rooII's. I

5 Complete the questions about Mattie.

GRAMMAR SPOT

I When didshe start work? When she was eight years old.

1 Find a question and a negative in the last

2 Where she In the cotton fields.

part of the text about Mattie.

3 Who she with? Her mother and sisters.

2 Look at these questions.

4 How many hours she ? Sixteen hours a day.

Where does she live now?

Where did she live in 1950? 5 How much she ? $2 a day.

Did is the past of do and does. We use 6 Who she Hubert.

did to form a question in the Past Simple. 7 When Hubert ? Sixty-five years ago.

3 We use didn't (= did not) to form the 8 When she to read? She didn't learn until she was 86.

negative.

She didn't learn to read until she ® Listen and check. Practise the questions and answers with

was 86. a partner.

Pp* Grammar Reference 7.2 p129

Unit 7 • Then and now 53

PRACTICE THE END OF THE 20TH CENTURY

Irregular verbs

Talking about you

1 Complete the sentences with did, 1 Look at the list of irregular verbs on p142. Write the Past Simple

was, or tivere. form of the verbs in the box. Which verb isn't irregular?

I Where you born? Where have begin come go do

your mother born? leave get study become

2 When you start school? win lose buy meet

3 When you learn to read

2 ® Listen and repeat the Past Simple forms.

and write?

S

4 Who your first teacher? 3 I[M How old were you in 2000? Simon was twenty-four.

Listen to him and complete the sentences.

5 What your favourite

subject?

6 Where you live when you

What did Simon do?

a child?

7 you live in a house or a Ile school in 191)4.

l f at? 1 le to university \v Iiurc

he graphic design. Then,

2 Stand up! Ask two or three students in 1997, he a job with

the questions in exercise 1.

Saatchi and Saatchi, an advertising

3 Tell the class some of the agency in London. lie his

information you learned. girlfriend, Zoe, in 1998, and the next

year they a flat together.

Enrico was born in ...

What happened

in the world?

France the World Cup in 1998.

Brazil

Politics

Tony Blair Britain's Prime Minister in 1997.

Pronunciation Bill Clinton a lot of problems in his last

years in the White House. Eleven countries in Europe

4 IM The -ed ending of regular (but not Britain) to use the I :uro in 1 999.

vcrbs has three different

pronunciations. Listen to the Famous people

examples. Then put the verbs you Princess Diana in a car crash in Paris in

hear in the correct column. 1997. Millions of people to London for

her funeral.

/d id%

worked lived started Listen again and check.

4 Work with a partner. Ask and answer questions about Simon.

I When/Simon/leave school?

2 What/study at university?

3 When/a job with Saatchi and Saatchi?

4 When/meet Zoe?

5 What/Zoe and Simon do in 1999?

-1.

V

5 What did you do in the last years of the 20th century?

What can you remember? Write about it. 'till the class.

54 Unit 7 • Then and now �, . >r

PRACTICE

When did it happen?

1 Work in small groups. What important dates in the 20th century can you

remember? What happened in the world? What happened in your country?

Make a list of events. Then make questions to ask the other groups.

When did the First World When did the first person

War begin/end? walk on the rrroon?

What did you do?

2 Look at these phrases.

night

Monday morning

week yesterday afternoon

month evening

year

st atefneeR

F

3 Work with a partner. Ask and answer questions with When did yotr last ... ?

Ask another question for more information.

When did you last have a holiday?

Where did you Eo? To Spain.

• have a holiday • go to a party

• see a video • lose something

• go shopping • write a letter

• give someone a kiss • get a present

• take a photograph • have dinner in a restaurant

'fell the class some things you learned about your partner.

Yukio had a holiday last August and she went to Ital):

Check it

4 'l'ick (âœ") the correct sentence.

I â�' He bought some new shoes. 5 â�'I went out yesterday evening.

â�' He buyed some new shoes. â�'I went out last evening.

2 â�' Where did you go yesterday? 6 â�'He studied Frenchat university.

â�' Where you Went yesterday? â�'He studyed Frenchat university.

3 â�' You see lane last week? 7 â�'What had you forbreakfast?

â�' Did you see Jane last week? â�'What did you have for breakfast?

4 â�' Did she get the job? 8 â�'I was in New Yorkthe last week.

â�' Did she got the job? â�'I was in New Yorklast week.

Unit 7 • Then and now 55

READING AND SPEAKING

Two famous firsts

1 Translate these words.

nouns

grocerslavespoliticiantwinswidow (in) tears

verbs

agreebombgrow fightownresignsurvive

2 Look at the photographs and complete these

sentences.

George Washington was the first

Margaret Thatcher was the first

What else do you know about these people'

3 Work in two groups.

Group A Read about George Washington.

Group B Read about Margaret Thatcher.

4 Are the sentences true (âœ") or false (X) about your

person? Correct the false sentences.

I He/She came from a rich family.

2 He/She loved being a politician.

3 He/She worked hard.

4 He/She had a lot of other interests.

5 He/She had a good education.

6 He/She married, but didn't have any children.

7 He/She was in office for eight years.

8 Finally he/she was tired of politics and resigned.

S Find a partner from the other group. Compare

George Washington and Margaret Thatcher, using

your answers.

6 Complete the questions about the other person.

Then ask and answer them with your partner.

About George Washington

I How many lobs did he ...

2 When did he ... President?

3 What did he ... doing in his free time?

4 I)id George and Martha have any ... ?

5 What ... he build?

6 How long ... he President?

About Margaret Thatcher

7 What ... her father's job?

8 \,Vhen did she ... Denis?

9 How many children did they ...

10 How much sleep ... she need?

1 1 When did the terrorists ... her hotel?

12 How long ... she I'rinnc MI niktcr?

What do you think?

Who were famous leaders in your country?

What did they do?

56 Unit 7 • Then and now

He was the first President of the United States. He became President

in 1789, eight years after the American War of Independence.

His early life His later life

George was born in Virginia. His He was Commander-in-Chief of

family owned a big farm and had the army and fought the British in

slaves. George didn't have much the War of Independence. When

education. During his life he had the war ended in 1781 he was

three jobs: he was a farmer, a happy to go back to the farm, but

soldier, and a politician. He loved his country wanted him to be

the life of a farmer. He grew President. Finally, in 1789, he

tobacco and owned horses. He became President, and gave his

worked hard but he also liked name to the new capital city.

dancing and going to the theatre. He started the building of the

In 1759 he married a widow called White House, but he never lived in

Martha Custis. They were happy it. By 1797 he was tired of politics.

together, but didn't have any He went back to his farm and

children. died there two years later.

Margaret Thatcher (1925- )

She was the first woman prime minister in Europe. She became

Prime Minister of Britain in 1979.

Her early life Her later life

She was born above a shop in the She became a politician in 1959,

small English town of Grantham. leader of the Conservative Party in

Her father, Alfred Roberts, was a 1975, and Prime Minister of

grocer. He worked very hard for Britain four years after that. She

little money. Margaret also worked had a strong personality. A lot of

hard, and she went to Oxford people were afraid of her, and she

University, where she studied was called 'The Iron Lady'. In

chemistry. In 1951 she married 1984 Irish terrorists bombed her

Denis Thatcher, a rich hotel, but she survived. She was

businessman. They had twins, a Prime Minister for eleven years.

girl and a boy. The love of her life She finally resigned in 1990, but

was politics. She didn't have much she didn't want to, and

time for other interests. She said she was in tears when she left

she only needed four hours' sleep 10 Downing Street.

a night.

Unit 7 • Then and now 57

VOCABULARY AND EVERYDAY ENGLISH

PRONUNCIATION Special occasions

Spelling and silent letters

1 Look at the list of days. Which are special?

Match the special days with the pictures.

1 'T'here are many silent letters in English

Uo you have the same customs in your country'

words. Here are some words from the

reading texts on p57. Practise saying

them.

bomb /brim/ widow i'widzo/

hard /hu:d/ fought rl:):t/

Cross out the silent letters in these words.

I w,>](k 7 work

2 listen 8 war

3 know 9 island

4 write 10 build

5 eight I 1 resign

6 farm 1 2 daughter

Listen and check. Practise saying

the words.

2 Look at the phonetic spelling of these

words from exercise 1. Write the words.

1 /w3:k/ work

2 /fa:m/

3 /'lisen/

4 /bald/

5 'rait/

6 !'d.): t,)/

3 Write the words. They all have silent

letters.

I /b ):n/

2 /b�):t/

3 /w3:ld/

4 /'a:nsi

5 /naivz/

6 /rntj/

7 /'knbod/

8 ''krismas/

T 7.10 Listen and practise saying

the words.

58 Unit 7 • Then and now

2 Complete the conversations. What are the

birthday

occasions?

Monday

I A Ugh! Work again! 1 hate

wedding day

mornings!

ristmas Day B Me, too. Did you have a nice weekend?

yesterday A Yes. It was brilliant.

evv' ear's Eve

2 Happy to you.

ter Day 1-lappy to you.

Ow I hippy , dear 'Foniniv,

�e�r's Day Happy to you.

3 A Did you get any cards?

lying

B Yes, I did. Listen to this.

S. Day Roses are red. Violets are blue.

You are urn,

And I love you.

A Oooh-er! Do you know who it's from?

B No idea!

4 A Congratulations!

B Oh ... thank you very much.

A When's the happy day?

B Pardon?

A Your day. When is it?

B Oh! We're not sure. Perhaps some time

in lure.

A Its midnight! Happy

everybody!

B Happy _

C Happy -

6 A "Thank goodness! It's

B Yeah. Have a nice weekend!

A Same to you.

Listen and check. Practise the

conversations with a partner.

3 ® Listen and answer.

Unit 7 • Then and now 59

How long ago?

Past Simple 2 - negatives/ago • Which word is different? • What's the date?

STARTER What is the Past Simple of these verbs? Most of them are irregular.

eat drink drive fly listen to make ride take watch wear

FAMOUS INVENTIONS

Past Simple negatives/ago

1 Match the verbs from the Starter

with the photographs.

60 Unit 8 • How long ago?

2 Work in groups. What year was it one hundred years ago?

Ask and answer questions about the things in the pictures.

What did people do? What didn't they do?

Did people drive cars one hundred years ago?

3 Tell the class the things you think people did and didn't do.

We think people drove cars,

but they didn't watch TV

4 Your teacher knows the exact dates when these things were

invented. Ask your teacher about them. Write down the

dates. How many years ago was it?

S When were cars invented?

T I n 1893.

S That's ... years ago.

GRAMMAR SPOT

Write the Past Simple forms.

Present Simple Past Simple

I live in London. I lived in London.

He lives in London.

Do you live in London?

Does she live in London?

I don't live in London.

He doesn't live in London.

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Unit 8 • How long ago? 61

116

PRACTICE

Three inventors

They didn't make the first ieaâ-ºâ-ºs iâ-ºâ-º

1 JIM The dates in the texts are all incorrect. 1923. They â-ºm ule Ihcâ-ºn iâ-ºâ-º 187.3.

Read and listen, and correct the dates.

Jeans Television Aspirin

Two :

kericans, Jacob Davis Felix Hoffmann, a 29-year-old chemist

and Levi Strauss, made the who worked for the German company

first jeans in 1 923. Davis Bayer, invented the drug Aspirin in

bought cloth from Levi's shop. April 1879. He gave the first aspirin to

He told Levi that he had a his father for his arthritis. By 1940 it

special way to make strong was the best-selling painkiller in the

trousers for workmen. The first world, and in 1959 Hic Apollo

jeans were blue. In 1965 jeans astronauts took

became fashionable for women it to the moon.

after they saw them in Vogue The Spanish

magazine. In the 1990s, Calvin philosopher, Jose

Klein earned $12.5 million a Ortega y Gasset,

week from jeans. called the 20th

A Scotsman, John Logie Baird,

century 'The Age

transmitted the first television

of Aspirin'.

picture on 25 November, 1905.

The first thing on television AV

was a boy who worked in the

office next to Baird's workroom

in London. In 1929 Baird sent

pictures from London to

Glasgow. In 1940 he sent

pictures to New York, and also

produced the first colour TV

pictures.

2 Make these sentences negative. Then give the correct answers.

I Two Germans made the first jeans.

Two Germans didn't make the first jeans. Two Americans made them.

2 Davis sold cloth in Levi's shop.

3 \Vomcn saw pictures of jeans in She magazine.

4 Baird sent pictures from London to Paris.

5 Felix Hofman gave the first aspirin to his mother.

h A Spanish philosopher called the 19th century 'The Age of Aspirin'.

lM Listen and check. Practise the stress and intonation.

Did you know that?

3 IM Read and listen to the conversations. Then listen and repeat.

A l)id von know that Marco Polo C Did you know that Napoleon

brought spaghetti back from China? was afraid of cats?

B Really? He didn't! That's incredible! D He wasn't! I don't believe it!

A \Vell, it's true! C Well, it's true!

4 Work with a partner. Look at the lists of

more incredible information from your teacher. Have similar conversations.

62 Unit 8 • How long ago?

VOCABULARY AND PRONUNCIATION

Time expressions Which word is different?

5 Make correct time expressions.

1 Which word is different? Why?

seven o'clock

the morning I orange apple chicken banana

Saturday Chicken is different because it isn't a fruit.

in Sunday evening 2 hamburger sandwich pizza recipe

on night

3 television dishwasher vacuum cleaner washing machine

at September

weekends 4 wrote kissed threw found

summer 5 fax e-mail CD player mobile phone

1994 6 brown green delicious blue

the twentieth century 7 face eye mouth leg

6 Work with a partner. Ask and answer 8 talk speak chat laugh

questions with When ... ? Use a time 9 century clock season month

expression and ago in the answer.

10 funny shy nervous worried

I I fall in love get married get engaged go to a party

2 Look at the phonetic spelling of these words from exercise 1. Practise

saying them.

l f At seven o'clock, I /'resapi/ 6 !'wnrid/

three hours ago. 2 /tfxt/ 7 /di'lifas/

3 /fat/ 8 /'sxnwtd3/

4 /'fAni! 9 /ma'fi:n/

5 'fees' 10 /'sentfari!

When did this terns start? I[M Listen and check.

3 Complete the sentences with a word from exercise 1.

In September, I A Why didn't you at my joke?

two months ago. B Because it wasn't very . That's why!

2 A Hello. Hello. I can't hear you. Who is it?

B It's me, Jonathon ... JONATHON! I'm on my

When did ... ? A Oh, Jonathon! Hi! Sorry, I can't now. I'm in a hurry.

• you get up 3 A Good luck in your exams!

• you have breakfast B Oh, thank you. I always get so before exams.

• you arrive at school 4 A Mmmmm! Did you make this chocolate cake?

B I did. Do you like it?

• you start learning English

A Like it? I love it. It's . Can I have the

• you start at this school

A Come on, Tommy. Say hello to Auntie Mavis. Don't be

• this term start

• you last use a computer

B Hello, Auntie Mavis.

• you learn to ride a bicycle

• your parents get married Listen and check. Practise the conversations.

• you last eat a hamburger

• you last have a coffee break

7 Tell the class about your day so far.

Begin like this.

I got up at seven o'clock, had breakfast,

and left the house at ...

Unit 8 • How long ago? 63

LISTENING AND SPEAKING

How did you two meet?

1 Put the sentences in the correct order. There is more than one answer!

â�' They got married. â�' They chatted for a long time.

â�' They fell in love. â�' They had two children.

m Wilma and Carl met at a party. â�' They kissed.

â�' He invited her to meet his parents. â�' They got engaged.

2 Look at the four people and discuss the questions.

The people are:

• Vincent Banks from America • Per Olafson from Norway

• Debbie Grant from England • Rosa Randeiro from Spain

I Who do you think is who? Why?

2 Who do you think are husband and wife? Why?

3 How do you think they met?

1

3 Read the introductions to the stories of how they met. What do you think

happened next?

IF i lk

LOVE DN THE rNTERNE I

LOVE 17N 30TTLE

Nowadays love on the Internet

is big business. Millions try to Fisherman Vincent Banks from

find true love there every day. Cape Cod in America couldn't

Per Olafson from Bergen in find a wife, so he wrote a letter,

Norway, and Debbie Grant from put it in a bottle and threw it

Banbury in England, looked for into the sea. Ten years later and

love that way ... five thousand miles away in

Spain, Rosa Randeiro found the

bottle on the beach ...

64 Unit 8 • How long ago?

EVERYDAY ENGLISH

4 IM Now listen to them talking. What's the date?

Were \'o,ur ideas correct?

S Answer the questions about Per and

Debbie, and Vincent and Rosa.

I When did they meet?

2 Why does Debbie like to chat on

the Internet?

3 Where was Vincent's letter? What �ofi�.�N1a�1

did it say?

4 Why couldn't Rosa read the letter?

5 Do both couples have children? 1 Write the correct word next to the numbers.

6 Who says these sentences?

fourth twelfthsixth twentieth second thirtieth thirteenth

Write P, D, V, R in the boxes.

thirty-first fifth seventeenth tenth sixteenthfirst third twenty-first

a â�' I'm really quite shy.

â�' I was very shy.

1st 6th 17th

b â�' I find it difficult to talk to

people face to face. 2nd 10th 20th

â�' 1 flew to America and we 3rd 12th 21st

niet face to face. 4th 13th 30th

c â�' I stood on something. 5tIi 16th 31st

â�' I stood there with some

l f owers. Listen and practise saying the ordinals.

d â�' We chatted on the Internet 2 Ask and answer questions with a partner about the months of the year.

for a year.

â�' We wrote every week for six Which is tilt' first IIIONth?

months.

Speaking

We write: 3/4/1999 or 3 April 1999

6 Imagine you are one of the people. We say: 'The third of April, nineteen ninety-nine:

Tell the story of how you met your or 'April the third, nineteen ninety-nine:

husband/wife. Notice how we say these years:

1900 nineteen hundred

7 Look at the questions. Tell a partner 1905 nineteen oh five

about you and your family. 2001 two thousand and one

I Are you married or do you have a

girlfriend/boyfriend? How did you 3 Practise saying these dates:

meet? 1 April 2 March 17 September 19 November 23 June

2 When did your parents or

29/2/76 19/12/83 3/10/99 31/5/2000 15/7/2004

grandparents meet? Where? How?

Listen and check.

4 IM Listen and write the dates you hear.

5 Ask and answer the questions with your partner.

1 What's the date today?

2 When did this school course start? When does it end?

3 When's Christmas I)ay?

4 When's Valentine's Day?

5 When's Mother's I)ay this year?

6 When's American Independence Day?

7 What century is it now?

8 What are the dates of public holidays in your country?

9 When were you born?

10 When's your birthday?

Unit 8 • How long ago? 65

Food you like!

Count and uncount nouns • I like/Yd like • much/many • Food • Polite requests

STARTER t f What's your favourite • fruit? • vegetable? • drink?

Write your answers. Compare them with a partner, then with the class.

FOOD AND DRINK

5

Count and uncount nouns

1 Match the food and drink with the pictures.

2

A B

â�' tea apples

â�' coffee â�' oranges

l wine â�' bananas

â�' beer â�' strawberries

â�' apple juice â�' peas

â�' spaghetti â�' carrots

â�' yoghurt â�' tomatoes

â�' pizza â�' hamburgers

â�' cheese â�' chips

chocolate â�' biscuits

GRAMMAR SPOT

1 Which list in exercise 1 has plural nouns, A or B?

2 Look at the pairs of sentences. What is the difference?

A B

Chocolate is delicious. Strawberries are delicious.

Apple juice is good for you. Apples are good for you.

0 3 Can we count apple juice? Can we count apples?

Op-� Grammar Reference 9.1 p130

66 Unit 9 • Food you like!

2 JEM Listen to Daisy and Torn talking about what

they Ilk,., and don't like. Tick 1âœ"1 the ford and drink in

the lists on p66 that they both like.

Who says these things? Write 1) or T.

â�' I don't like wine but I like beer.

â�' I really like apple juice. It's (l, l 1,_

â�' I quite like peas.

â�' 1 don't like tomatoes very mu, !i.

â�' 1 don't like cheese at all.

3 Talk about the lists of food and drink with a partner.

What do you like? What do you quite like? What don't

you like?

I like .. and I'd like ...

1 IM Read and listen to the conversation.

A Would you like some tea or coffee?

B I'd like a cold drink, please, if that's OK.

A Of course. Would you like some orange juice?

B Yes, please. I'd love some.

A And Would you like a biscuit?

B No, thanks. lust orange juice is fine.

1 Look at the sentences. What is the difference?

A B

Do you like tea? Would you like some tea?

I like biscuits. I'd like a biscuit. (I'd = I would)

Which sentences, A or B, mean Do you want/I want ... ?

2 Look at these sentences.

I'd like some bananas. (plural noun)

I'd like some mineral water. (uncount noun)

We use some with both plural and uncount nouns.

2 Practise the Lom,crs,itim) i in exercise I with .i Imu tnrr.

3 Look at these questions.

Then have similar conversations about other food

Would you like some chips?

and drink.

Can I have some tea?

but Are there any chips?

Is there any tea? Would you like sonic tca?

We use some not any when we request and offer things.

We use any not some in other questions and negatives. No, thanks. I don't like tea very pinch.

P� Grammar Reference 9.2 p130

Unit 9 • Food you like! 67

PRACTICE

Questions and answers

a or some?

3 Choose Would/LDo you like ... ? or III d like ... to,

1 Write a, an, or some. complete the conversations.

I a strawberry 7 apple I â�' Would you like

a cigarette?

2 some fruit 8 rice â�' Do you like

3 Mushroom 9 money No, thanks. I don't smoke.

4 bread 10 dollar 2 â�' Do you like y our teacher?

â�' Would you like

5 milk 1 1 notebook

Yes. She ' s very nice.

6 meat 12 homework

3 â�' Do you like

a drink?

2 Write a, an, or some. â�' Would you like

Yes, please. Some Coke, please.

4 Can I help you?

â�' Yes. I like

a book of stamps, please.

â�' Yes. I'd like

1

What sports do you do?

1 egg â�' Well, I'd like

swimming very much.

â�' Well, I like

6 Excuse me, are you ready to order?

2 eggs â�' Yes. I like

a steak, please.

â�' Yes. I'd like

JIM Listen and check. Practise the

conversations with a partner.

4 I= Listen to the questions and choose the

correct answers.

111

3 (cup of) coflcc I â�' I like all sorts of fruit.

â�' Yes. I'd like some fruit, please.

M.".1 ' 2 â�' I'd like a book by John Grisham.

â�' I like books by John Grisham.

coffee

3 â�' I'd like a new bike.

â�' I like riding my bike.

4 â�' I'd like a cat but not a dog.

vf % â�' I like cats, but I don't like dogs.

c S, 5 â�' I Tike French wine, especially red wine.

â�' We'd like a bottle of French red wine.

5 cake

6 â�' No, thanks. I don't like ice-cream.

â�' I'd like some ice-cream, please.

6 cake Listen and check. Practise the

conversations with your partner.

,

7 ice-cream d o

8 ice-cream

68 Unit 9 • Food you like!

GOING SHOPPING

some/any, much/many

1 What is there in Miss Potts's shop?

Talk about the picture. Use

some/any, and not much/not nutrâ-ºy.

There's some yoghurt.

r0

There aren't any carrots.

C There isn't much co(fi'e.

There aren't many eggs.

GRAMMAR SPOT

1 We use many with count nouns in

questions and negatives.

How many eggs are there?

There aren't many eggs.

2 We use much with uncount nouns

in questions and negatives.

How much coffee is there?

There isn't much coffee.

00* Grammar Reference 9.3 p130 I

2 Ask and answer questions about what

there is in the shop with a partner.

1 'es, there are some,

but there aren't many.

)es, there is some, but there Isn't much.

3 [M Look at Barry's shopping list.

Listen and tick (âœ") the things he buys.

\Vhy doesn't he buy the other things?

THINGS To BOY

orah1e Juke Ckeese Apple-5

M.Ik. P,zza

Coffee Bread

Unit 9 • Food you like! 69

PRACTICE READING AND SPEAKING

Food around the world

much or many?

1 Complete the questions using m uch or rnuny. 1 Which food and drink conies front Your

country? Which foreign food and drink is

1 How people are there in the room?

popular in your country?

2 How money do you have in your pocket?

2 Can you identify any places or nationalities in

3 How cigarettes do VOL] smoke?

the photographs? What else can you see?

4 How petrol is there in the car?

5 How apples do you want? 3 Read the text. Write the correct question

headingtoreach paragraph.

6 How wine is there in the fridge?

WHERE DOES OUR FOOD COME FROM?

2 Choose an answer for each question in exercise 1. WHAT DO WE EAT?

a A kilo. HOW DO WE EAT?

b There are two bottles. 4 Answer the questions.

c Ten a day.

I When did human history start? Was it about

d Just fifty pence.

1 0,000 years ago or was it about 1 million

e Twenty. Nine men and eleven women.

years ago?

f It's full.

2 I)o they eat Much rice in the south of China?

3 Why do the Scandinavians and the

Check it

Portuguese cat a lot of fish?

3 Correct the sentences. -I Why don't the Germans cat much fish?

Which countries have many kinds of

I How much apples do you want? X

sausages?

Now many apples do you want?

6 How many courses are there in China?

2 I don't like an ice-cream.

7 How do people eat in the Middle Fast?

3 Can I have a bread, please?

8 Why can we cat strawberries at an\ tinâ-ºe of

4 I'Ill hungry. I like a sandwich.

the \ear%

5 1 don't have many milk left.

6 I'd like some fruits, please.

Speaking

7 How many money do you have?

8 We have lot of homework today. 5 Work in small groups and discuss these

questions about your country.

Roleplay

I What is a typical breakfast?

4 Work with a partner. Make a shopping list each and 2 What does your family have for breakfast?

roleplay conversations between Miss Potts and a 3 Is lunch or dinner the main meal of the day??

customer. 4 What is a typical main meal?

Writing

6 \'Vrite a paragraph about meals in your country.

70 Unit 9 • Food you like!

FOOD AROUNDWORLD

For 99% of human history, people took their food from the world around them. They

ate all that they could find, and then moved on. Then about 10,000 years ago, or for

1% of human history, people learned to farm the land and control their environment.

In China there is only one course, all the food is

together on the table, and they eat with

I 7 7 The kind of food we eat depends on which part chopsticks.

of the world we live in, or which part of our

country we live in. For example, in the south of In parts of India and the Middle East people use

China they eat rice, but in the north they eat their fingers and bread to pick up the food.

noodles. In Scandinavia, they eat a lot of

herrings, and the Portuguese love sardines. But

in central Europe, away from the sea, people Nowadays it is possible to transport food easily

don't eat so much fish, they eat more meat and

from one part of the world to the other. We can

sausages. In Germany and Poland there are

eat what we like, when we like, at any time of

hundreds of different kinds of sausages.

the year. Our bananas come from the

Caribbean or Africa; our rice comes from India

or the USA; our strawberries come from Chile

In North America, Australia, and Europe there or Spain. Food is very big business. But people

are two or more courses to every meal and in poor countries are still hungry, and people in

people eat with knives and forks. rich countries eat too much.

Unit 9 Food you like! 71

LISTENING AND SPEAKING

My favourite food

1 Look at the photographs of different food. Where is it from?

Which do you like?

J

2 JIM I i\tin .uii nr,itJh (%0i person with their favourite food.

Marian

3 Answer these questions about the people.

Who...?

• travels a lot • prefers vegetables

• likes sweet things • likes food from his own country 16

• had her favourite food on holiday

Sally

4 What's your favourite food? Is it from your country or from another country?

- _a

72 Unit 9 • Food you like!

EVERYDAY ENGLISH

Polite requests

1 What can you see in the photograph?

2 Match the questions and responses.

Would you like some more carrots? Black, no sugar, please. We use Can/Could I ... ?

Could you pass the salt, please? Yes, of course. I'm glad you like it. to ask for things.

Could I have a glass of water, please? Do you want fizzy or still? Can I have a glass of water?

Does anybody want more dessert? Yes, please. They're delicious. Could I have a glass of water?

How would you like your coffee? Yes, of course. Here you are.

This is delicious! Can you give me the recipe? Yes, please. I'd love some. It's delicious. We use Can/Could you ... ?

Do you want help with the washing-up? No, of course not. We have a dishwasher. to ask other people to do

things for us.

Can you give me the recipe?

T 9.- Listen and check. Practise the questions and responses with a partner.

Could you pass the salt?

3 Complete these requests with Can/Could I ... ? or Can/Could you ... ?

have a cheese sandwich, please? 5 lend me some money, please?

tell me the time, please? 6 help me with my homework, please?

take nee to school? 7 borrow your dictionary, please?

see the menu, please?

4 Practise the requests with a partner. Give an answer for each request.

Can I have a cheese sandtivich, please? Yes, of course. That's . 1.75.

JIM Listen and compare your answers.

d Unit 9 • Food you like! 73

e.

Bigger and better!

Comparatives and superlatives • have got • Town and country • Directions 2

STARTER Work with a partner. Who is taller? Who is older? Tell the class.

/'III taller (lilt/ older 111 (1,! \1ooriu. lie's snurllci and vourtger tluiri lilt'.

CITY LIFE Adjective Opposite

Comparative adjectives fast cheap

big slow

dirty friendly

I Match an adjective with its opposite. dangerous clean

Which adjectives describe life in the city? noisy quiet

Which describe life in the country? modern old

2 Make sentences comparing life in the city and country. unfriendly safe

exciting boring

cheaper expensive small

safer

The city is noisier than the country.

The country is dirtier than the city.

more expensive

more exciting

3 JIM Listen and repeat. Be careful with the sound

Vie country is cheaper and safer than the city.

4 What do you think? Tell the class.

I think its safer in the couâ-ºâ-ºtry;

but the city's more exciting.

1 Complete these comparatives. What are the rules?

I'm (old) than you.

Your class is (noisy) than my class.

Your car was (expensive) than my car.

2 What are the comparatives of the adjectives in exercise 1?

3 The comparatives of good and bad are irregular. What are they?

good bad_

Po-â-º Grammar Reference 10.1 p131

74 Unit 10 • Bigger and better!

PRACTICE COUNTRY LIFE

have got

Much more than . .

1 Complete the conversations with the correct form of 1 JJ Niel moved to Seacomhe, a small country town

the adjectives. near the sea. Read and listen to Mel's conversation with

1 A Life in the country is slower than city life. (slow) her friend Tara. Complete it with the correct adjectives.

B Yes, the city's much faster (fast)

T Why did you leave London? You had a job.

2 A New York is London. (safe)

M Yes, but I've got a job here.

B No, it isn't. New York is much

(dangerous) T And you had a flat in London.

3 A Paris is Madrid. (big) M Well, I've got a flat here.

B No, it isn't! It's much (small) T Really? How many bedrooms has

4 A Madrid is Rome. it got?

(expensive) M Three. And it's got a garden.

B No, it isn't. Madrid is much (cheap) It's than my flat in

5 A The buildings in Rome are London and it's

the buildings in New York. (modern) But you haven't got any

B No, they aren't. They're much (old) friends!

6 A The Underground in London is M I've got a lot of friends here. People are

the Metro in Paris. (good) much than in London.

B No: The Underground is much (bad)

T 10.2 Listen and check. Practise with a partner.

No, it isn't. It's much

2 Work with a partner. Compare two towns or cities that than London. Seacombe

you both know. Which do you like better? Why? has got shops, a cinema,

a theatre, and a park. And

the air is and the

streets are

0

GRAMMAR SPOT

1 Have and have got both express possession. We often

use have got in spoken British English.

I have a dog. = I've got a dog. (I've = I have)

He has a car. = He's got a car. (He's = He has)

Do you have a dog? _ Have you got a dog?

Does she have a car? Has she got a car?

They don't have a flat. They haven't got a flat.

It doesn't have a garden. It hasn't got a garden.

2 The past of both have and have got is had.

3 Find examples of have got and had in the conversation.

10* Grammar Reference 10.2 p131

2 Practise the conversation with a partner.

Unit 10 • Bigger and better! 75

PRACTICE THE WORLD'S BEST HOTELS

Superlative adjectives

have/have got

1 Write the sentences again, using the correct 1 Read about the three hotels. :;;,'OVlr!V is"rsr 1,1FJW 7ill

form of have got. 1••111 I .-.AA .

I London has a lot of parks. •t•1 •••r

London's got a lot of parks. •

2 I don't have much money.

I haven'tgot much money.

3 I have a lot of homework tonight.

4 Do you have any homework?

5 Our school has a library, but it doesn't

have any computers.

6 My parents have a new stereo.

7 Does your sister have a boyfriend?

8 I don't have a problem with this exercise.

I've got more than you!

Claridge's 1'hc Nljtli(ijtâ-º in Oriental

2 Work with a partner. You are both multi- London Hong Kong

millionaires. Your teacher has more • 100 years old • 36 years old

information for you. Ask and answer

• 292 rooms • 542 rooms

questions to find out who is richer!

• £315-£2,500 a night • £300-£2,000 a night

Millionaire A Millionaire B • 35 mins Heathrow Airport • 30 mins Chek Lap Kok Airport

• no swimming pool • swimming pool

1\

I've got four Fivc. I've got two

houses. How iu France, one in

rnnrry have Alicuui, are in the The Plaza

you got? Caribbean, and it New York

castle in Scotland.

• 94 years old

• 812 rooms

• £200-f500 a night

• 45 mins Kennedy Airport

• no swimming pool

2 Correct the false sentences. How many correct sentences (âœ") are

there? What do you notice about them?

1 The Mandarin Oriental is cheaper than the Plaza. X

No, it isn't. Its more expensive.

2 The Plaza is the cheapest. /

3 Claridge's is the most expensive hotel.

4 The Mandarin Oriental is older than the Plaza.

5 Claridge's is the oldest hotel.

6 The Plaza is the biggest hotel.

7 The Mandarin Oriental is smaller than Claridge's.

8 The Plaza has got a swimming pool.

9 Claridge's is nearer the airport than the Mandarin.

10 The Mandarin is the nearest to the airport.

1 1 The Plaza is the furthest from the airport.

3 Which is the best hotel in or near your town? What has it got?

76 Unit 10 • Bigger and better! A

GRAMMAR SPOT Talking about your class

1 Complete these superlative sentences. What's the rule? 3 How well do you know the other students in your

The Green Palace is the (cheap) hotel in class? Describe them using these adjectives and others.

New York.

The Four Seasons is the tall small old young intelligent funny

(expensive).

2 Dictionaries often show irregular comparative and I think Roger is the tallest in the class.

C

superlative forms of adjectives. Look at this: He's taller than Carl.

good 'ggod adj. (better. best)

Complete these irregular forms:

bad hied- adj.

far fu: adj.

â-ºâ-º Grammar Reference 10.1 p131

PRACTICE

The biggest and best!

1 Complete the conversations using the superlative form

of the adjective.

I That house is very big.

Yes, it's the biggest house in the village.

2 Claridge's is a very expensive hotel.

Yes, in London.

3 Castle Combe is a very pretty village.

4 Write the name of your favourite film star. Read it to

Yes, in England.

the class. Compare the people. Which film star is the

4 New York is a very cosmopolitan city. most popular in your class?

Yes, in the world.

Check it

5 Tom Hanks is a very popular film star.

Yes, in America. 5 Tick (./)the correct sentence.

6 Miss Smith is a very funny teacher. I â�' Yesterday was more hot than today.

Yes, in our school. â�' Yesterday was hotter than today.

7 Anna is a very intelligent student. 2 â�' She's taller than her brother.

Yes, in the class. â�' She's taller that her brother.

8 This is a very easy exercise. 3 â�' I'm the most young in the class.

Yes, in the book. â�' I'm the youngest in the class.

4 â�' Last week was busier than this week.

T 10.4 Listen and check. â�' Last week was busyer than this week.

2 I Close your books. Listen to the first lines in 5 â�' He hasn't got any sisters.

exercise I and give the answers. â�' He doesn't got any sisters.

6 â�' Do you have any bread?

â�' Do VOL] got any bread?

7 â�' My homework is the baldest in the class.

â�' My homework is the worst in the class.

8 â�' This exercise is the most difficult in the book.

â�' This exercise is most difficult in the book.

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READING AND SPEAKING

Three musical cities

1 Listen to three types of music. What kind of

Music is it? Which music goes with which city?

New Orleans Vienna Liverpool

2 Where are these cities? What do you know about them?

Each sentence is about one of them. Write NO, V, or L.

I â�' Its music, theatre, museums, and parks make it

a popular tourist centre.

2 â�' It stands on the banks of the Mississippi River. L

3 â�' It stands on the banks of the River Danube.

4 â�' It is an important port for travel to Ireland.

5 â�' In 1762, Louis XV gave it to his cousin Carlos of

Spain.

6 â�' Its university, founded in 1365, is one of the

oldest in Europe.

7 â�' It became an important trade centre for siigii,

spices, and slaves.

8 â�' Many Irish immigrants live there.

3 Work in three groups.

Group I Read about New Orleans.

Group 2 Read about Vienna.

Group 3 Read about Liverpool.

Which sentences in exercise 2 are about your city?

New Orleans is the largest city in Louisiana, USA.

4 Answer the questions about your city. It stands on the banks of the Mississippi River and

I How many people live there? is a busy port and tourist centre. Its population of

2 What is the name of its river? about 550,000 is very cosmopolitan, with

immigrants from many countries. Every year

3 Why is it a tourist centre?

people from all over the world visit New Orleans

4 What are some important dates in its history?

to see its famous Mardi Gras carnival.

5 Which famous people lived there?

6 What kind of music is it famous for? I ts ili' or

7 What is world famous about the city?

In 1682 the French named Louisiana after the French

8 Which of these things can you do in the city you King, Louis XIV. They built New Orleans in 1718. In

read about? 1762, Louis XV gave it to his cousin Carlos of Spain.

• go by ship to Ireland Then, in 1800, it became French again until Napoleon

• see Sigmund Freud's house sold it to the USA in 1803. The French Quarter in New

• see a famous carnival Orleans still has many old buildings and excellent

• walk round the French Quarter restaurants.

• listen to a famous orchestra

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• visit the homes of a famous rock group

New Orleans is the home of jazz. Jazz is a mixture of

5 Find partners from the other two groups. Compare the blues, dance songs, and hymns. Black musicians

cities, using your answers. started to play jazz in the late 19th century. Louis

Armstrong and Jelly Roll Morton came from the city.

Your home town New Orleans is most famous for its jazz, but it also has

a philharmonic orchestra.

6 Write some similar information about your city, town,

or village. Tell a partner or the class.

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Vienna, or Wien in German, is the capital of Austria.

It stands on the banks of the River Danube and is the

gateway between east and west Europe. Its music,

theatre, museums, and parks make it a popular tourist

centre. It has a population of over 1,500,000.

Its history

Vienna has a rich history. Its university opened in 1365, and

is one of the oldest in Europe. From 1558 to 1806 it was the

centre of the Holy Roman Empire and it became an important

cultural centre for art and learning in the 18th and 19th

centuries. The famous psychiatrist, Sigmund Freud, lived and

worked there.

Its music

Vienna was the music capital of the world for many

centuries. Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Schubert, and

the Strauss family all came to work here. It is now the home

of one of the world's most famous orchestras, the Vienna

Philharmonic. Its State Opera House is also world famous.

L iverpool

Liverpool is Britain's second biggest port, after London.

It stands on the banks of the River Mersey in north-west

England. It is an important passenger port for travel

to Ireland and many Irish immigrants live there. It has a

population of nearly 500,000.

Its history

King John named Liverpool in 1207. The city grew bigger in

the 18th century, when it became an important trade centre

for sugar, spices, and slaves between Africa, Britain, the

Americas, and the West Indies.

Its music

Liverpool's most famous musicians are the Beatles. In the

1960s this British rock group was popular all over the world.

They had 30 top ten hits. They were all born in Liverpool and

started the group there in 1959. They first played at a night

club called the Cavern and then travelled the world. One of

them, Paul McCartney, is now the richest musician in the

world. Many tourists visit Liverpool to see the homes of

the Beatles.

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