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LESSON GRAMMAR/FUNCTION VOCABULARY PRONUNCIATION READING LISTENING/DVD SPEAKING WRITING
UNIT 1 welcome page 7 Video podcast | What’s your name?
1.1 nice to meet you present simple: be greetings; stressed syllables read a general knowledge listen to short conversations showing different ways to introduce people; do a quiz improve your use of capital letters
page 8 countries and nationalities quiz about world facts introduce people
1.2 Travel light this/that, these/those; objects stressed syllables read an article about identify objects
page 10 possessives travelling light
/ðs/, /ðt/, /ðiz/ and
/ðəυz/
1.3 Can i have a coffee? making requests tourist places sentence stress and polite read tourist leaflets listen to conversations in various tourist places; give information for numbers, prices, etc;
page 12 intonation learn to listen for key words; make simple requests
listen to prices and numbers
1.4 Fawlty Towers hotel services; watch an extract from a sitcom about arrival and check in at a hotel complete a hotel registration form;
page 14 phrases for booking in at a hotel a hotel write an email to book a hotel room
UNIT 2 lIfesTyle page 17 Video podcast | What’s your daily routine? Fawlty Towers:
2.1 Join us! present simple: I/you/we/they activities strong and weak forms of read an article about social listen to a conversation between two friends choosing the talk about activities; talk about a group/team
page 18 do you online groups right online group for them
2.2 High flyers present simple: he/she/it daily routines; jobs Present simple verb endings: listen to people describing their jobs; talk about routines; learn how to use linkers: and, but and or
page 20 /s/, /z/ and /z/ listen and identify a variety of jobs describe other people’s routines
2.3 What time does it asking for information the time polite intonation learn to get a speaker to slow down and grade their learn to show you don’t understand;
start? language ask questions at a tourist information centre
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2.4 Chalet Girl household routines; phrases to read a web posting about watch an extract from talk about life at home: likes and dislikes write an internet posting to a penpal describing
page 24 describe life at home pen pals a reality programme about a difficult job yourself
UNIT 3 people page 27 Video podcast | What do you like doing with friends/family? Holiday: Fasten Your Seatbelt:
3.1 Just good friends frequency adverbs: sometimes, usually, personality stressed syllables read a quiz about what listen to people describing their friends describe personality;
page 28 always, often, hardly ever and never; type of friend you are do a quiz and find out what kind of friend you are
modifiers quite, not very, really and very
3.2 Big happy families have/has got family photo contracted forms of read an article about talk about your family improve your use of apostrophe ’s;
page 30 have/has got unusual families write about your family
3.3 Are you free tonight? making arrangements time expressions positive and negative learn to show interest when you listen make arrangements to meet friends
page 32 intonation
3.4 A Celebration in Crete special occasion activities; read an invitation watch an extract talk about a special occasion write an invitation
page 34 phrases to describe special from a documentary about a special occasion
UNIT 4 places page 37 Video podcast | Wheorceca dsioon ysou live?
Francesco’s Mediterranean Voyage:
4.1 Small space, big style there is/are rooms/furniture; /ðeəzə/ and /ðeərə/ listen to a conversation between two people talking about describe your home improve your use of commas;
page 38 prepositions (1) a special flat write an email about your home
4.2 An english village can for possibility places in towns; strong and weak forms of can read an article about a talk about things you can do in towns;
page 40 prepositions (2) and can’t special kind of village describe a favourite place in your town/city
4.3 Can i help you? shopping things to buy; shops polite intonation learn to say no politely in a shop; have a conversation in a shop
page 42 listen to various shopping conversations
4.4 Favourite Places phrases to describe places read a web posting about watch an extract describe your favourite place of all write a blog about your favourite place
page 44 a favourite place from a documentary about some amazing places
UNIT 5 food page 47 Video podcast | What’s your favourite dish? 50 Places To See Before You Die:
5.1 MyFridge.com countable and uncountable nouns; food/drink listen to people talk about food talk about your eating and drinking habits learn to use paragraphs and write a short
page 48 nouns with a/an, some, any report
5.2 41/2 cows how much/many; containers read an article about how talk about diets and lifestyle
page 50 quantifiers much an average person
gets through in a lifetime
5.3 Are you ready to ordering in a restaurant restaurant words fast speech: linking understand fast speech; order a meal in a restaurant
order? listen to a man ordering in a fast food restaurant
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5.4 A Chef in Goa ingredients; read a recipe watch an extract from describe a special dish write a recipe
page 54 phrases for writing a recipe a cookery programme about a famous chef
UNIT 6 The pasT page 57 Video podcast | Did you go out last night? Rick Stein’s Seafood Odyssey:
6.1 Favourite things was/were dates and time phrases strong and weak forms of listen to peple describing famous people’s favourite things talk about people’s favourite things;
page 58 was and were describe your favourite childhood things
6.2 Time twins past simple common verbs (1) past simple regular verbs with read an article about ‘time talk about your life/past events link sentences with because and so and write
page 60 /t/, /d/ and /d/ twins’ your life story
6.3 How was your making conversation weekend activities learn to show interest learn to keep a conversation going; describe a perfect/terrible weekend
weekend? listen to someone describing their weekend
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6.4 Carlos Acosta phrases for interviewing read an essay about a watch an extract from a interview a special person write a profile essay about a special person
page 64 special person documentary about a famous dancer
IRREGULAR VERBS page 127 LANGUAGE BANK page 128 PhOTO BANK page 152 COMMUNICTAhTe ICOulNtur eB AShNowK: page 160 AUDIO SCRIPTS page 167
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CONTENTS
LESSON GRAMMAR/FUNCTION VOCABULARY PRONUNCIATION READING LISTENING/DVD SPEAKING WRITING
UNIT 7 holIdays page 67 Video podcast | how was your last holiday?
7.1 Travel partners comparatives travel stressed syllables listen to people discuss how they like to travel talk about how you like to travel;
page 68 compare places and holidays
7.2 The longest bus ride superlatives places (1) strong and weak forms of the read an article about a plan and talk about a long journey learn to check and correct information;
page 70 long journey write about a holiday
7.3 Can you tell me the giving directions places (2) sentence stress for correcting understand directions; give directions in the street
way? learn to check and correct directions
page 72
7.4 Buenos Aires phrases to describe a town/city read a travel article watch an extract from a travel show describe a town/city you know write a short article about a town/city
page 74 about Buenos Aires
UNIT 8 Now page 77 Video podcast | What was the last film you saw? Holiday 10 Best:
8.1 in the picture present continuous verbs + prepositions weak forms of prepositions read blogs about what talk about taking photos; write a blog entry about what you are doing
page 78 and articles people are doing now talk about what people are doing
8.2 looking good present simple and present appearance listen to a radio programme about ideas of beauty discuss what you know about various film stars;
page 80 continuous describe people’s appearance
8.3 What do you recommending types of film word linking learn to link words to speak faster ask and answer a questionnaire about films;
recommend? ask for and give recommendations
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8.4 Festival Highlights festival activities; phases to read a festival review watch an extract from a documentary describe an event write a review of an event
page 84 describe an event about an English music festival
UNIT 9 TraNsporT page 87 Video podcast | how do you get to work? Inside Out:
9.1 Travel in style articles: a/an, the, no article transport collocations strong and weak forms of a listen to a guide giving a tour around a transport museum talk about types of transport
page 88 and the
9.2 Citybikes can/can’t, have to/don’t have to adjectives (1) strong and weak forms of read an article about talk about ways to travel around towns/cities
page 90 can, can’t, have to and don’t Paris Citybikes
have to
9.3 Sorry i’m late! apologising excuses intonation to show being happy listen to a man talk about his problems getting to work apologise for being late; learn to use linkers and write a story
page 92 or unhappy tell a long story
9.4 Airport phrases to describe and read an email watch an extract from a documentary about deal with problems when flying write an email about an experience at an
page 94 complain about problems a day at heathrow airport airport/on a plane
UNIT 10 The fUTUre page 97 Video podcast | What are your plans for the future? Airport:
10.1 life’s a lottery be going to; plans going to and would read a news story about listen to a radio interview with lottery winners talk about your future plans/wishes
page 98 would like to a lottery win
10.2 Survive! will, might, won’t phrases with get contracted form of will read an extract from a make predictions about situations improve your use of linkers: too, also and as well
page 100 survival instruction book and write a short story
10.3 let’s do something making suggestions adjectives (2) stressed syllables read an article about learn to respond to suggestions; make some suggestions and invite your friends to
page 102 things to do with friends listen to people discussing which activities they want to do join you
10.4 Wild Weather phrases to describe weather watch an extract from a talk about weather and how it makes you feel write a message board notice about your
page 104 documentary about the wettest place in Europe country
UNIT 11 healTh page 107 Video podcast | Do you have a healthy lifestyle? Wild Weather:
11.1 My head hurts should/shouldn’t the body; health consonant clusters read an article about cold listen to a radio programme about colds and flu talk about what to do when you don’t feel well and
page 108 cures around the world give advice; discuss cures for the common cold
11.2 never felt better adverbs of manner common verbs (2) read a quiz about how fit do a quiz about your fitness; learn to use adverbs in stories and how to
page 110 you are talk about healthy weekends make stories more interesting
11.3 Help! offering to help problems read an article about a listen to different scenarios of people needing help and give advice and offer help; thank someone
page 112 social experiment thanking someone
11.4 The optician phrases to describe a problem watch an extract from a sitcom ask for help in a pharmacy write some advice for a health message board
page 114 and to give advice about an unusual shopping experience
UNIT 12 experIeNces page 117 Video podcast | What’s the most exciting thing you’ve done? The Two Ronnies:
12.1 Unforgettable present perfect outdoor activities listen to people talking about their experiences talk about unusual experiences learn to use postcard phrases and write a
page 118 postcard
12.2 Afraid of nothing present perfect and past simple prepositions (3) read an article about a describe movement from one place to another;
page 120 dangerous job talk about past experiences
12.3 Hello, i’ve got a telephoning telephoning expressions sentence stress listen to different scenarios on the phone describe difficult situations/problems;
problem say telephone numbers;
page 122 phone someone about a problem
12.4 Shark Therapy phrases to describe an watch an extract from a documentary describe an exciting/frightening experience write a story about an exciting/frightening
page 124 experience about sharks experience
IRREGULAR VERBS page 127 LANGUAGE BANK page 128 PhOTO BANK page 152 COMMUNICSAhTarIkO TNhe rBapAyN: K page 160 AUDIO SCRIPTS page 167
