Table Of ContentStudent Book
Clive Oxenden
Christina Latham-Koenig
OXFORD
American
English File
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Student Book
Clive Oxenden
Christina Latham-Koenig
OXFORD
UNIVERSITY PRESS
Paul Seligsonand CliveOxenden arethe
originalco-authorsofEnglish File 1(pub. 1996)
and English File2 (pub. 1997).
a Contents _
Grammar Vo<abulary Pronunciation
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4 Food:fuelorpleasure? presenttenses: simpleand foodandrestaurants lulandIu/,understanding
continuous,actionandnon-actionverbs phonetics
8 III Ifyoureallywanllowin, pasttenses:simple,continuous, sports Iorlandlarl
<heat perfect
131
12 Wearefamily futureforms:goingto, family,personality prefixes andsuffixes
presentcontinuous, will eachotherorreflexivepronouns?
16 PRACTICALENGLISH Introductions
17 WRITING Describingaperson
18 REVIEW&CHECK Whatdoyouremember? Whatcanyoudo?
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20 rJ Ka-ching! presentperfectandsimplepast money,phrasalverbs sayingnumbers
24 III Changingyourlife presentperfectcontinuous strongadjectives:exhausted, sentencestress,strongadjectives
amazed,etc.
131
28 Racetothesun comparativesandsuperlatives transportationandtravel stressincompoundnouns
howlong+take
32 PRACTICALENGLISH Intheoffice
33 WRITING Tellingastory
34 REVIEW&CHECK Whatdoyouremember? Whatcanyoudo?
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36 rJ Modernmanners musl,have10,should cellphones sentencestress
(obligation)
40 III Judgingbyappearances must,may,might,can" describingpeople -eigh,-aigh,and-igh
(deduction) lookorlooklike?
131
44 Ifatfirstyoudon't can,could,beableto -ed/-ingadjectives sentencestress
succeed,... (abilityandpossibility) 50
48 PRACTICALENGLISH Rentinganapartment
49 WRITING Aninformalletter
50 REVIEW&CHECK Whatdoyouremember? Whatcanyoudo?
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52 Backtoschool.age35 firstconditionalandfuture education lAior/yu/?
timeclauses+when,until.etc.
III
56 Inanidealworld... secondconditional houses sentencestress
131
60 Stillfriends? usuallyandused10 friendship IsIorIz/?
get
64 PRACTICALENGLISH Avisitfromapopstar
65 WRITING Describingahouseoranapartment
66 REVIEW&CHECK Whatdoyouremember? Whatcanyoudo?
(;rammar Pronunciation
quantifiers nounformation -oughand-ough
72 I] Same planet, different articles: aI an, the, noarticle verbsandadjectives+prepositions sentencestress,the, 18/0r/61 ?
worlds connectors
0
76 Jobswap gerundsandinfinitives work wordstress
80 PRACTICALENGLISH Meetings
81 WRITING Formalleltersandaresume
82 REVIEW&CHECK Whatdoyouremember? Whatcanyoudo?
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84 rJ Loveinthesupermarket reportedspeech:statements, shopping consonantsounds:Ig/,Id:),Ik/,
questions,andcommands IJl)tJI
88 I] Seethemovie...geton passive:be+pastparticiple movies sentencestress
aplane
92 0 Ineedahero relativeclauses:definingand whatpeopledo wordstress
non-defining
96 PRACTICALENGLISH Breakingnews
97 WRITING Amoviereview
&98 REVIEW&_CHECK -Whatd-oyour-emem-ber? W-hatcan-youd-o? -----------
100 rJ Canwemakeourown thirdconditional makingadjedivesandadverbs sentencestress
luck? whotorthot?
104 I] Murdermysteries tagquestions,indirectquestions compoundnouns intonationintagquestions
108 0 Turnitoff phrasalverbs television,phrasalverbs reviewofsounds,linking
112 PRACTICALENGLISH Everythingintheopen
113 WRITING Anarticleforamagazine
114 REVIEW&CHECK Whatdoyouremember? Whatcanyoudo?
116 Communication
l22 Audioscripts
130 GrammarBank
144 VocabularyBank
157 SoundBank
G presenttenses: simple and continuous, adion and non-adion verbs
V food and restaurants
P luland lul, understandingphonetics
Food: fuel or pleasure?
1 READING & SPEAKING We talk to women around the world about their relationship with food.
a What kind offood or dishes do you
1 Isfood apleasureforyou?
associatewith these countries?
2 Whatdoyou normallyeaton atypical day?
The United States China France 3 Doyou evercook?
Italy Japan Mexico 4 Doyou evereat"unhealthy" food? Howdoyou feel aboutit?
5 Areyou tryingto cut down on anythingat the moment?
b ReadtheinterviewswithAliceandJacqueline.
6 Are people's diets in yourcountry gettingbetterorworse?
Match the questionswiththeiranswers.
A D Ithink people are tryingto improve theirdiets, but theyare doingit the
wrongway byfollowingdietsliketheAtkinsdiet. Personally, Idon'tthink it's
very healthyto cut out entiregroupsof foods likecarbohydrates.
BD Notvery often. Idon't havethetime ortalentto cookfull meals.Iusually
heatupafrozen mealorordertakeout.
CD Sometimes Iget fastfood for lunch. I have to admit that I love French fries.
Ifeel terribleaboutitafterward, but Idon'tdo itveryoften.
D D Iusually haveabowl of cereal ortoast for breakfast. Forlunch Ieat ata
restaurant nearmyoffice. I preferJapaneseorIndian food. Iusuallyeatrice
with fish and vegetables, soup, orsushi. Idon'teatmeat, but Ieatalotof fish.
In theevening, Ijust havesomethinglightathome.
ED Iam tryingtocutdown on theamountof fat Ieat. I'malsotryingto eat
more wholewheat bread.
FD Notreally. Ienjoycertain kinds of food, but most mealsarejust fuel to
keep megoingthrough the day.
A D Yes, Icookeveryeveningfor myfamily. Ioften makesoup ortraditional
French disheslikeboeu! bourguignon, which isakind of beef and red wine
stew, and then we havecheeseand salad. Itmayseem alot, but we don'teat
bigservings. What's importantto me isquality, notquantity.
BD Yes, I'm tryingto eat lesschocolate.
CD Ithink people'sdietsare gettingworse and worse. It'svery strange because
we havealotof information nowabout how bad fastfood isforyou. I'mafraid
it'saproblem inalotof countries.
D D Notathome. Ithink mostofthe food Icook ishealthy.Occasionallywhen I
eatoutI havesomethingunhealthy, butitdoesn't worry me.
ED Yes, definitely. Formegood mealswith thefamily make mehappy!
FD I'mverytraditional and I havethree main mealsaday. Forbreakfast, I like
hotchocolate and bread and butterwith honeyorjam. For lunch, Ioften eat in
arestaurantwith mycoworkers. Iusuallyhavevegetablesand meatorfish, but I
love pasta and rice, too. In theafternoon, Ihavefruitwith cookiesorapiece of
chocolate. In the evening, I haveaproper meal with my family.
c Read the interviews again and answer the 2 GRAMMAR present tenses: simple and continuous,
questionsbelow. WriteA(Alice), JUacqueline), action and non-action verbs
or B (both a/them).
Who...? RumikoVasuda isamagazine editorfrom Tokyo. Japan
1 often eats in restaurants
a 1.1 Listento Rwniko
2 eats quite a lot of sweet things
answeringquestions2-6 from
3 eatstake·outfood the interviews. Do you think
4 cooks big meals at home food isfuel orpleasurefor her?
5 enjoys eating Why?
6 feels bad when she eats fast food
b Listen again and answer the
7 is tryingto eat less of something
questions.
8 prefers having good food to having
1 What does she usuallyhave in
a lot of food
the morning?
9 is negative about eating habits in
2 Where does she usually have
her country
lunch and dinner?
3 Why doesn'tshe cookvery
d Matchthe highlighted words orphraseswith
often?
thedefinitions.
4 Doesshe eat or drink anything
______ tohave ameal in arestaurant, unhealthy?
not at home 5 Isshecuttingdownon anything
right now? Why (not)?
2 ______ asweet, thick liquid made by
6 What's currentlyhappening to
bees
theJapanese diet?
3 ______ the quantityyou eat ofa
7 Doesshe think this is a
kind offood during ameal
completelybad thing?
4 ______ to make coldfood hot
5 _____ food you buy from a
restaurant to eat at home
6 ______ substance from animals or c Look at some ofthe things Rumiko said. Circle the correct
plants used for cooking, e.g., form. Then compare with a partnerand saywhy the other
oil, butter,ete. form is wrong.
7 ______ food prepared inaparticular I l don't usuallyhaveII'm nothavingbreakfast.
way, e.g., sushi, lasagna, etc. 2 [used to go to fast-food restaurants,but nowlpreferIl am
8 ______ made from brown flour preferringeatingsomething healthier.
9 ______ aliquid food, often made 3 lam drinkingIl drinkalot ofcoffeeeveryday.
4 Ithink that some Japanese peoplegetIaregettingfatter.
ofvegetables, e.g.)tomatoes,
onions 5 IlikeII'm likingthe fact thatthere are more differentkirids of
food and restaurants now.
10 ______ meatcookedfor alongtime
in liquid, usuallywith 0
d p.l30 GrammarBank 1A. Read therulesanddotheexercises
vegetables
e Make questions with the simple present or present
e Which ofthe two women do you think has the continuous to ask your partner. Ask for more information.
healthierdiet?Why?
WhatI usuallyhave
f Nowintervieweach other with the questions How manycupsof
from 1b. How similarareyour eatinghabits? Where I usuallyha
HowoftenI eatou
I prefer to eatath
Isfood apleasureforyou?
I need to buyany
I you hungry?I
Yes, definitely, Iloveeating.
I currentlytakean
I currentlytryto
3 VOCABULARY food and restaurants 4 PRONUNCIATION /u/ and /u/,
understanding phonetics
a Take the quiz in pairs.
'tt
Can you think o:.;,f.......';"._ .....
ONE red fruit, ONE yellow fruit, ONE green fruit
TWO things that a strict vegetarian doesn't eat
THREE kinds of food that are made from milk
a Look at the sound pictures. How do you
FOUR things people have for breakfast
pronounce them?
FIVE things people eat between meals
b Put the words in the correct column.
SIX vegetables you can put in a salad
cook cookies food fruit good
SEVENthingsthatare usuallyon atable in arestaurant
JUICe mousse soup spoon sugar
,,1.2'
b 0 p.144 Vocabulary Bank Foodandrestaurants. c Listen and check.
c Ask and answer the questions below with a partner. d 0 p.157 Sound Bank. Look at the typical
spellings for lul andlu/.
e Look at the information box. How do phonetic
symbols in a dictionary help you pronounce
words correctly?
A Pronouncingdifficultwords
Some words are difficult to pronouncebecause
1 theyhave asilentsyllableor letter,e.g., vegetables
l'vEd3toblzl
2 some letters are pronounced in an unusual way
e.g., steakIstelkl
3 you aren't sure where the stress is, e.g., dessert
Id,'z"rtl
f '"1.3'" Look at somefood words that are difficult
topronounce.Usethephoneticstopracticesaying
them correctly.Then listen and check.
1 knife Inarfl
fruit Ifrutl
. salmon I'sremonl
~.
5 What's your favorit~~·..? .' ~ 2 sausage l's~sld31
...
a kind of restaurant (French"ltalian,~et.c.}~ ~. lettuce !'lEtosl
b restaurant dish, c take-out food " sugar I'Jugorl
~,~ - "-".: r .. 't' 3 yogurt I'youg"rtl
6 How importan(are these things toxou fn a restaurant?
menu I'menyul
Number 1-4"«(;"the most,important) ~ .
diet l'daIotl
"" I .,. ,,", .
the food~. the service 0 "',
D
the atmqsph,he -the price 0' < • • g 1.4 Listen and repeat the sentences.
cooke~?
7 How do y'94»refer these things to be ", • 1 The first course on the menu is lettucesoup.
(grilled, boilee, etc.) 2 What vegetables would you like with yoursteak?
",
chicken fislii:. eggs pota!oes 3 Doyouwantyogurtorchocolatemoussefordessert?
4 1take two spoonfuls ofsugar in my coffee.
8 If you eat steak, ow do you like it cooked?
S Sausage isn'tverygood for you.
(rare, medium, well- 'Jje) , ••
_ID 6 Would you likesomefruit juice?
5 LISTENING
a Haveyou ever tried English food?
What didyou think ofit?
b 1.5.... Kevin Poulter, an English chef,
has a restaurant in Santiago, thecapital
ofChile.Listentoaninterviewwith him
andnumber the photos 1-5 in the
order he mentions them.
c Listenagainandanswerthequestions.
I Why did he decide to open
arestaurant in Chile?
2 Whydid he call it Frederick's?
3 Whywere Chilean people
surprisedwhen he opened his
restaurant?
4 What English dishes does
he serve in his restaurant?
Arethey popular?
5 Howmanywomen work in
his kitchen? Whydoes he
thinkthere are so few
women in restaurant
kitchens?
6 What is mostdifficultfor him
aboutlife in Chile?
d Whatkindsofrestaurantsarethere
inyourtown?Whatnationalities
dotheyrepresent?Which onesdo
youlike?
6 SPEAKING
a Work in groups ofthree A, B, and C. First read
sentences 1-6 and decide (individually) whether you
agree or disagree. Think about examples you can use to support
yourpoint ofview.
1 Women worry more about their diet than men.
2 Young people today have a worse diet than they did ten years ago.
3 Men cook as a hobby; women cook because they have to.
4 Vegetarians are healthier than people who eat a lot of meat.
5 You can often eat better in cheap restaurants than in expensive ones.
6 Every country thinks that its cooking is the best.
b Now Asay what you think about sentence 1. Band C listen and
then agree or disagreewith A. Then Bsay what you think about
sentence 2, ete. Try to use the expressions in Usefullanguage.
Usefullanguage
For examPI~ 1agree~ 1don't agr~ Ithinkthat'strue. Idon'tthink t~ha~ (I think) itdep~ends.:s...
till.
G pasttenses: simple, continuous, perfect
1
V sports
P /~r/and/~r/
~
If you really want to win, cheat
1 GRAMMAR past tenses: simple, continuous, perfect
a In which sports are there the most cases ofcheating? How do people cheat in these sports?
b Read the article and find out how the people cheated.
Famous (cheating) moments in sport
With a little help from my friends
o
D D
SOCCER TRACK AND FIELD FENCING
Argentinawasplaying England in Fred Lorz, from NewYork,wonthe marathon Baris Onischenko.an army officerfrom
" thequarter-finalsofthe1986 atthe St Louis OlympicGames in 1904. He theSoviet Union,wascompetingagainst
World Cup in Mexico. In the 52nd finished the race in three hours13 minutes. Jim Foxfrom Britain in the 1976Montreal
minutetheArgentinian captain, Diego Olympics. Boriswaswinningand theeledronic
Afterthe race, Fred waswaitingto get his
Maradona, scored agoal. The English scoreboard wasshowinghitafter hitfor him.
medal,and thespectatorswerecheering him
playersprotested, butthe referee jim Fox protested tothe referee. Foxsaid that
loudly. Afice Roosevelt, thedaughterof the
allowed thegoal. However,1Vcameras Boriswasscoring pointswithout hittinghim.
US President, was in the crowd, and some
showedthatMaradona hadscoredthe journaliststooka photo of Fred with her. But Olympicofficialsexamined Boris'ssword and
goalwith his hand! Maradona said the
then suddenlysomebodystartedshouting they madeashockingdiscovery. Boris had
next day, "Itwas partlythe hand of
'lcheater"and soon everybodywasshouting changed the electronic part of his sword. He
Maradona, and partlythe hand of God."
thesamething. Itwastrue. Fred had traveled could turn on the hit light on thescoreboard
later in thegame Maradona scored 18ofthe42 kilometers in somebody'scar! even when he hadn'thit Fox. Boriswent home
anothergoal andArgentinawon 2-1. Fred didn't win thegold medal and hewas the next day, in disgrace. The British
Theywenton to win theWorld Cup. banned from trackand field. newspaperscalled him"Dishonischenko."
c Look at the highlighted verbs in text 1.What three tenses are they? Underline an example
ofeach tense in the other two texts.
d Which ofthe three tenses in c do we use for...?
I completed actions in the past
2 an action in progressat aparticular moment in thepast
3 an action that happened beforethe past timewe are talking about
-
e 0 p.l30 Grammar Bank 1B. Read the rules and do the exercises.
f Cover the texts. In pairs, retell the three stories using the correct tenses.
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Text 1 Text3
England (play) Argentina. Fred Lon(win) themarathon in 1904. BorisOnischenko (compete) against
Maradona (score) agoal. He (wait) togethismedal. Jim Fox.
The English players (protest) but the Thespectators (cheer). Boris (win) but Jim Fox (protest).
referee (allow) the goal. Everybody (start)shouting"cheater." The Olympicofficials (examine)
TheTV cameras(show) thatMarado",n,;...,rrec!:;(travel) 18kmeycar! Baris's sword.
(score) the goal with his hand. They (discover) that he (change) the
electronic part ofhis sword.
2 SPEAKING 3 LISTENING
a You are goingto tell astory. Choose oneofthe a Can you thinkoftwo disadvantages of
topicsbelow and plan whatyou are goingto say. beinga professional soccer referee?
Askyour teacher for anywordsyou need.
b 1.6 You're going to hear an
Tell your partnerabout... interview with a former Champions
League referee from Spain. Listen
atimeyouorsomeoneyou and choose a,b, or c.
knowcheated(onanexam
What was the mostexcitinggame he
orinasportI game)
everrefereed?
Whatwere you I was he I
a His first professional game.
sheI doing?
b Hecan'tchoose justone.
Where? When?
Whydid you I heI sheI c Real Madrid against Barcelona.
cheat? What happened? 2 Whydoes he mention Mauro Silva? JuanAntonioMarin
refereed200leagueand
a Because he was the bestplayer he
50internationalgames
a reallyexcitingsports ever saw.
eventyousaw
b Becausehe was agreat person.
Where andwhenwas it? c Because he was averygood playerand agood person.
Whowas playing?
3 Theworst experience he ever had as areferee was...
What happened?
a when a playerhit him duringagame.
Whywas itso exciting?
b when awoman with achild tried to attack him.
c when a 16-year-old boyattacked him.
4 Whydoeshethinkthereismorecheatingin soccertoday?
atimeyouhadanaccident
a Becausesoccer is bigbusiness.
orgotasportsinjury
b Because the referees are worse.
Whatwereyou doing? How
c Becausethe playersarebetterat cheating.
did theaccident happen?
5 Howdoes hesaythe players cheat?
Whatpartofyourbody did
you hurt?Whathappened a They fall down when nobodyhas touched them.
next? Howlongdid it take b They accept moneyto losegames.
you to recover? c Theytouch theball with their hands.
6 What's the most difficult thing for him about
being a referee?
atimeyou sawormeta
a Players who cheat.
celebrity
b Makingdecisions.
Wherewereyou?What was
c The rules are too complicated.
thecelebritydoing?What
was heI she wearing? Did 7 Does he think fair playstillexists?
you speakto himI her? a Yf?$.
What happened?
b No.
c He doesn'tsay.
c Listen again for more information. Doyou agree with him
b In pairs, tell each otheryourstories. Askfor
that there is more cheatingin soccer (or othersports)
moredetails.
than before? mE
