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4 CONTENTS Unit Module - Online shopping Functýons - Discussing shopping & shopping habits - Shopping for a gift - Shopping for a gift Our Leisure Time - Keeping fit - Evenings & weekends - Discussing how to keep healthy Explaining the reason for doing things - Describing places and the things you can do in those places Ordering food and drinks in a cafe - The ideal interview - Giving advice and making suggestions (about job interviews) - First day on the job - Talking about work and work obligations 2 Work & Play - You're late! - Past & present - Small ads - Have you heard? - Apologizing to someone - Talking about past and present habits - Finding out information by asking questions. - Scanning to find information in small ads - Relating events in a chronological order - Newsflash - Relating past events & experiences 3 Tell Me The News! - What happened? - Responding to news - Commuting - Discussing and comparing different modes of transportation - Traveling by car - Giving and following directions - Dealing with border controls 4 Getting Around - Unusual ways of traveling - Public transportation - Getting travel information from an agent. - Comparing unusual types of transportation - Using public transportation

5 Language Focus - Present Simple vs. Present Continuous Time expressions ListeningReading CEFR Interaction Spoken, 5 Common European Framework Criteria 0, 2 Spoken Production 6 Writing 4 - Demonstratives Stative Verbs 3, 5, Infinitives of Purpose Quantifiers: a little/ little 5, 4, 6 8, 2 6, 9 5, 6 - Quantifiers: a few / few / a lot of / lots of/ many / several Can /can't, 3, 4 4, 0, 2 3, 6, 2 - Should/shouldn't Have to /don't have to / must / mustn't 2, 5 2 2, 5, 9, 2 3, 7 - Need to /needn't Past Simple - Regular Verbs , 4, 2, 7, 8 - Had to / didn't have to Past Simple - Irregular Verbs 5 2, 3 7, 9, 4 2, 7 - Used to for past habits , 8 - Subject & Object Questions 2 5 0, Conjunctions demonstrating chronology 5 8 4, 2, 8 - Past Continuous When/while/as 2, 9 8 4, 7, 8 - Past Simple vs Past Continuous 2 4, 2, 7, 8 - Superlative Adjectives - Using adverbs of degree with adjectives 3, Imperatives, 7, 8 4 6, Comparative Adjectives 3, Adverbs 9 4, 8 2, 3 7, 2, 7, 8

6 CONTENTS Unit 5 International Travel Module - Getting ready - Airports & planes - Having a great time - Capital of culture - Safety at home - Keeping healthy Functýons - Discussing travel preparations and visas - Understanding travel information on display boards. - Understanding questions asked at customs - Talking about what you have been doing on holiday - Talking about how long you have been doing something - Talking about the sights of Istanbul - Reporting an event - Talking about safety & accidents at home - Giving advice about how to keep healthy 6 Health and Safety - Ask your GP - Out & about - Technology - Describing health problems Discussing health - Persuading someone to go on a trip. - Discussing what to take on a trip - Talking about future possibilities - Describing gadgets and their uses. - Giving advice about cell phones. - Our wonderful world - Discussing our dreams. - Talking about unreal situations. 7The World Around Us - Myths & legends - Extreme weather - Work colleagues - Talking about superstitions. - Telling a story - Understanding simple computer messages - Relating events and explaining choices - Responding to news - Arranging a time and place to meet - Meet the neighbors - Making requests and apologizing 8 People Around Us Appendix - Weddings around the world - Life plans - Talking about future plans - Making and responding to invitations - Talking about future plans

7 Language Focus - Present perfect tense Just/already/yet 4, 5 European Language Portfolio ListeningReading Spoken Interaction Spoken Production Writing 6 - Present perfect tense - Questions & short answers 8, 9 9, 0 3 2, 7, 8 - Present Perfect Continuous For & since 2, 5 7, 2 2, 3, 7 3, 6 - Been & gone 5 6, 7 - Passive voice in the present and past simple tense 5, 4, 2, 7, 8 - Infinitives 2, 5, Infinitives & Gerunds 5 4, st Conditional, 5 4, 8 8, 7,, 2 2, 7, 8 - Relative pronouns, 2 6 0, 2, 2-2nd Conditional, 2 0,, Recycling: st & 2nd Conditionals & Narrative Tenses 2 7, 8, 2 7, 8 - Too & Enough, 2 3, 2 2, 7, 8 - Reported speech - statements, 5 3, 8 7, 8, 9 2, 3 - Reported speech - requests & commands 2, , 2, 7, 8 - Future simple tense 2 7, 8,, 6 - Going To, 5 8, 7

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9 UNIT - OUR LEISURE TIME In this unit you will: Talk about your shopping habits Make simple shopping purchases Talk about how to keep fit Express the reason for doing things Invite someone to join you for an exercise class Describe where you live, and the things you can do there Ask for information about leisure activies Order food and drinks in a cafe In this unit you will also practice the use of: Present Simple Tense Present Continuous Tense Time Expressions Demonstratives Adverbs of Time Infinitives of purpose Quantifiers Can QUESTION: What do you think are the most popular leisure time activities in the USA and the UK?

10 . - ONLINE SHOPPING TO BEGIN Look at the picture and discuss the questions below..where is she? 2.What is she holding in her hand? 3.What do you think she is doing? WHAT S THE WORD? 2 Match the words to the descriptions.. Be crazy about (something)(ph.v.) 2. Bargain (n.) 3. Consumer (n.) 4. Prefer (v.) 5. Expert (n.) a. To like (doing) something more than something else b. A person with special training or knowledge c. To like something very much d. Something that you buy for a very good price, perhaps in a sale. e. A person who buys and uses goods or services. Readýng 3 Amy: Hey Morgan! What're you doing? Morgan: Hey Amy.I'm doing some shopping at the moment. Amy: Where are you? At the mall? Morgan: No, silly! (laughing) I'm in my bedroom.i have my laptop and my credit card ready! Amy: That's sounds boring! You should come to the mall with me, then we can do some real shopping together and have a coffee, too. Morgan: I'm having fun here at home.i'm crazy about shopping online.you can find everything you want, and there are lots of great bargains online. Amy: What kind of things do you buy online? Morgan: Oh, I usually buy clothes, but I sometimes buy things for the house and the garden. Amy: What are you looking for right now? Morgan: I'm looking for a new dress for the party on Saturday. Amy: What party? Morgan: AMY! You've forgotten.it's my birthday on Saturday and I'm having a party. Amy: I'm only joking, Morgan.I remember.honestly!. Do you think Morgan prefers shopping online, or at the mall? Why? 2. What is she looking for online? 3. Can you find another phrase in the text to say, 'At the moment?' TALKING POINT 4 Read the dialog then answer the questions below. Amy and Morgan are talking on the phone. Role play: You are going to role play a similar dialog to the conversation in exercise 3.Underline some of the useful phrases in exercise 2. More than half (62%) of US consumers with Internet access now shop online at least once a month. Student A: You are shopping online at home.you are looking for some new clothes ( and other items) for your summer holiday.your friend calls you to ask what you are doing. Student B: Call your friend and ask what he/she is doing.he/she is shopping online.you think shopping online is very boring.ask a few questions, and suggest going to the mall together to do 'some real shopping.' 8

11 UNIT 8 - THE PEOPLE AROUND US In this unit you will: Make and respond to invitations Arrange the place and time to meet someone Report what people say Respond to news Apologize Talk about future plans In this unit you will also practice the use of: Reported speech - statements -polite requests & commands Future Tenses - Will -Going To QUESTION: How many people do you think speak to their neighbors at least once a day? Guess! 77

12 0. - THE PEOPLE AROUND ME 8. - COLLEAGUES LISTENING 3 Listen to the messages left on Anna s answering machine. Complete the table with who is calling, what their relationship is with Anna, and what each one wants to tell her. Message From Relationship with Anna Subject. TO BEGIN 2. Look at the pictures and talk about the questions below.. What groups of people can you see in each picture? 2. Where are they? What is their relationship? 3. Which of these people would you: a. Go for a coffee with? b. Go to the cinema with? c. Go on holiday with? d. Tell your personal secrets to? 3..Belinda said that she at eight. 2.Brian said that their proposal. 3.Bill Plant said that he in a breakfast meeting with some new clients. WHAT S THE WORD? 2 Match the words to their definitions. TALKING POINT 4 Return Belinda's call, but arrange to meet at a different time and place.. Apologize (v.) 2. Editor (n.) 3. Serious (adj.) 4. Proposal (n.) 5. Briefing (n) a. a plan or suggestion b. The opposite of cheerful c. A short summary or details of an event or plan d. The person who prepares something for printing e. To say that you are sorry for something Useful Language Box Hi, it's me. Thanks for calling. I'm still on for tonight, but can we meet Sure. No problem Most people spend approximately one third of their adult lives at work.the average working week in the USA consists of 40 hours of work.most Americans spend 25 to 30 years of their lives working. When you are sending a text message or , be careful. Many people send it to the person they are talking about instead of the one they are talking to! It could be very embarrassing if you are saying something bad! 78

13 READING 5 Read the story below, and then write an according to the instructions. Last month I applied for a job as an editor in a large publishing company.i am an intelligent person and I had a good chance of getting the job.i wasn't surprised when they called me for an interview.my interview was with the chief editor of the company.he was a serious, middle-aged man.he was very overweight, probably because he sits down most of the time in his job.his name was Bob Miller, and he was very polite and kind.my interview went well, and he said that he would me in the next few days.he said that he liked my confidence and style. Three days later, I was still waiting for an from Mr. Miller.My friend Joy sent me an to ask about the job.while I was replying to her, there was a 'ping' - it was an from Mr. Miller.I read it quickly.it said that I had got the job, but the salary was much lower than I wanted. I wrote a reply to my friend, Joy: I got the job, but the salary is a joke. Fatty Miller must be crazy! I am not going to work for that money!!!! I pressed, 'Send.'Then I felt ill! I had sent the mail to Mr. Miller by mistake. How terrible! What could I do? I was so embarrassed.the money isn't good, but I need the job. I need to Mr. Miller again and apologize. Dear Mr. Miller, Kind regards, TALKING POINT 6 Tell another friend about your interview and the .tell him / her how you feel, and ask for some advice. Talk about the things you said in the interview. Useful Language Box You'll never guess what I did! Oh no! I said that. That's terrible! I told him that. What are you going to do? And he said. Why don't you.? What else can I do? You should. DISCUSSION POINT 7 Pick one of the situations below, then talk to your partner and apologize to him/her. See the Useful Language Box for help. Student A Your colleague worked very hard on a project.he asked you to look at it.you told him, 'It's not very good.mr Plant will not like it.' Now you feel bad about what you said.apologize to him. Student B Your colleague came to work with a new haircut.it looks awful, and you said, 'It looks terrible.it doesn't suit you.i think you should go back to the hairdresser's.' - You now feel bad about what you said, and decide to apologize. Useful Language Box I'm sorry about what I said earlier. I didn't mean it.i was tired/ in a bad mood. I'm sorry that I said Will you forgive me? That's OK.No problem I'm not sure.you hurt my feelings. 79

14 8.2 - MEET THE NEIGHBORS 3 Read the article about two neighbors, then answer the questions below. Betty Granger lives next door to Hilary Brownlow. Betty used to like Frank Sinatra before Hilary moved in next door.but she now hates him, because Hilary plays his music very loudly all day and into the night. Betty put up with the noise for a few weeks, but finally she went to talk to Hilary about the problem. She was calm and polite. TO BEGIN Look at the picture and talk about the questions below.. Where are the two women? 2. What are they doing? 3. What do you think they are arguing about? WHAT S THE WORD? 2 Look up the meaning of the words you don't know in a dictionary, then complete the sentences with the correct words..put up with (ph. v.) 2.disturb (v.) 3.realize (v.) 4.volume (n.) 5.relieved (adj.) a. It's too loud. Please turn down the.. b. I thought I had lost my new phone, but I have just found it.i am so! c. Please don't.. me in my office.i don't want to see anyone today. d. You are late every morning. I will not it any more. You are fired! e. I thought you liked blue. That's why I bought you a blue one.i didn't. that you don't like that color! Sorry! 'I like Frank Sinatra.He sang some great songs, but your music is disturbing everyone.it's too loud,' said Betty. 'Oh, I'm very sorry.i didn't realize,' replied Hilary.'I'll keep the volume down from now on.' Betty thanked Hilary for her understanding and returned to her own house next door.after their meeting, Betty could no longer hear Frank's voice, and she felt relieved. However, that was not the end of the problem.betty could no longer hear Frank, but she could hear the television playing very loudly at all times of the day and night.betty felt like screaming! She went to see Hilary again.this time she asked her not to have the television on so loud.she said that it was disturbing her.hilary promised to keep the volume down.and she did.. for about 5 days.. then she started playing Frank again - very loudly! Betty is so fed up, she is thinking of moving house to escape from Hilary's noise.do you think she should?. Does Betty like Frank Sinatra? 2. What did Hilary say when Betty complained about the loud music? 3. What did Betty ask Hilary to do at their second meeting? TALKING POINT In a recent survey, 22% of people said that noise was the biggest cause of problems between neighbors. 4 a.have you ever had any problems with neighbors? b.what did you do about the problems? / Did you complain? c.were you able to solve the problems? d.describe your neighbors to your partner. e.think about your last conversation with them, and tell your partner about what was said. 80

15 APPENDIX 4 AMERICAN - BRITISH ENGLISH VOCABULARY AMERICAN BRITISH apartment cell phone center check closet color cookie dialog downtown driver s license drugstore / pharmacy eggplant elevator fall favorite fill out fringe faucet game gas license mailbox math mom motorcycle movie movie theater pacifier pants parking lot period program potato chips sidewalk sneakers soccer stove sweater theater trash (can) truck vacation yard zucchini flat mobile phone centre bill cupboard colour biscuit dialogue city centre driving licence chemist s aubergine lift autumn favourite fill in bangs tap match petrol licence letter box maths mom motorbike film cinema dummy trousers carpark full stop programme crisps pavement trainers football cooker jumper theatre rubbish (bin) lorry holiday garden courgette 5

16 APPENDIX 5 SPELLING RULES AMERICAN ENGLISH BRITISH ENGLISH. Words ending in ense Pretense License 2. Words ending in er Center Theater 3. Words ending in ize Memorize Realize 4. Words ending in og Dialog Catalog 5. Words ending in or Color Final l not always doubled with short vowels Traveled Modeling. End in ence Pretence Licence 2. End in re Centre Theatre 3. End in ise or ize Memorise Realise/ realize 4. End in ogue Dialogue Catalogue 5. End in our Colour Final l doubled with short vowels Travelling Modelling 52

17 APPENDIX 6 AMERICAN & BRITISH ENGLISH GRAMMAR There are few real differences in grammar between British English and American English.The main differences are: AMERICAN ENGLISH BRITISH ENGLISH Present perfect tense is used less often. Yet & often are often used with the past simple tense when the British would use the present perfect. I didn t eat yet. I already ate. Present perfect tense is used often Yet & already are used with the present perfect I haven t eaten yet. I ve already eaten. Have is used to express possession. I have a big family. Have got is used to express possession. I have got a big family. 53

18 APPENDIX 7 IRREGULAR VERB LIST Base Form Past Simple Past Participle awake awoke awoken be was, were been beat beat beaten become became become begin began begun bend bent bent bet bet bet bid bid bid bite bit bitten blow blew blown break broke broken bring brought brought build built built burn burned/burnt burned/burnt buy bought bought catch caught caught choose chose chosen come came come cost cost cost cut cut cut dig dug dug do did done draw drew drawn dream dreamed/dreamt dreamed/dreamt drive drove driven drink drank drunk eat ate eaten fall fell fallen feel felt felt fight fought fought find found found fly flew flown forget forgot forgotten forgive forgave forgiven freeze froze frozen Base Form Past Simple Past Participle get got got/gotten give gave given go went gone grow grew grown hang hung hung have had had hear heard heard hide hid hidden hit hit hit hold held held hurt hurt hurt keep kept kept know knew known lay laid laid lead led led learn learned/learnt learned/learnt leave left left lend lent lent let let let lie lay lain lose lost lost make made made mean meant meant meet met met pay paid paid put put put read read read ride rode ridden ring rang rung rise rose risen run ran run say said said see saw seen sell sold sold send sent sent 54

19 Base Form Past Simple Past Participle show showed showed/shown shut shut shut sing sang sung sit sat sat sleep slept slept speak spoke spoken spend spent spent stand stood stood swim swam swum take took taken Base Form Past Simple Past Participle teach taught taught tear tore torn tell told told think thought thought throw threw thrown understand understood understood wake woke woken wear wore worn win won won write wrote written 55

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