Past simple: wos and were, regular and irregular veras Vocabulary: Years, decades and Reading: An ordinary ie... an Listening: A true story Real life: Dates and other past time phrases Task: Tell your life story YVvVYVY Past simple: was and were @D think of a famous person for each of the following. Compare answers with other students. + scientist + political leader + artist + comedian + writer * composer a QED Work in pairs. How many questions can you answer about the famous people in the photos? b Listen and check. What else did youlearn? 1 Notice the past forms of be. | Kennedy wos president of the USA for three years. The Beatles were schoo! friends. Beethoven wasn’t born deaf Lourei and Hardy weren't singers 2 Complete the gaps. helsherit was youlweithey ' heishest yourweithey P heishert? | \ youlweithey? Read Language summary A on page 154. 60 LEGENDS 1 John F Kennedy was President of the United States in a the 1950s b the 1960s ¢ the 1970s 2 The scientist Marie Curie was born in a Paris b Warsaw ¢ Geneva 3 Laurel and Hardy were: a singers b businessmen 4 The Beatles were originally from a London b Manchester Liverpool comedians Practice 41 Write seven sentences about the people in the photos. Marie Curie wosw't French, she was Polish Pronunciation D Listen and write down the ten sentences. 2. Notice the weak forms of was and were and the pronunciation of wasn’t and weren't foal Iwal He was born in New York, Where were you born? wont) wang He wosn't French, They weren’t from London, 3 Listen again and practise the sentences,5 The composer Beethoven was: a blind b deaf ¢ both The Chinese communist leader Mao Ze Dong was born: a in 1793, b in 1893 ¢ in 1993 HEIR TIME 7 Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky and Chekhov were a Russian composers b Russian writers © Russian ballet dancers Galileo was: a an italian mathematician and scientist b an Italian opera singer © agreat Italian footballer a complete the questions with was or were 1 Where your parents born? 2 How old your parents when you bom? 3. Where you bora - at home or in hospital? 4 What time of day you born? 5 What day of the week you bom on? 6 What your Favourite food when you ele? 7 Who —— your best friend when you young? 8 What the name of your first teacher at school? 9. you frightened of anything when you a small child? E Work in pairs, Ask and snswer the questions Vocabulary Years, decades and centuries 1 Listen and circle the year you hear. 2 GOB) 2001 d 1989/1999 g 1804/ 1904 b 1984/1985 1978/1878 h 1917/1970 © 1919/1990 1 1914/1940 i 2020/ 2030 Pronunciation 1 Listen again. Notice the stress two thousand and stx atone nineteen ninety 2 Listen again and practise saying the dates, / Check the words in bold in a bilingual dictionary. Work in pairs. How many sentences below can you complete? Listen and check. The Beatles wore fst popular... inthe 29608. Napoleon {was Emperor of France Bill Clinton was President ofthe USA William Shakespeare was born The Russion Revolution wos The first landing on the moon vos The Second World War was Mozart was born Madonna's first hit single was Leonardo da Vinci was born b i from 1804 to 1215, in1917 from 1939 to 1945, in 1969 inthe eighteenth century ithe 1960s inthe fifteenth century inthe 90s inthe sixteenth century inthe 90s 3 Use another phrase to say these. 0 1970-1979 tie wineteen-ceventics b 1930-1939 © 1960-1969 4 1920-1929 © 1600-1699 Q Work in pairs. write five sentences lie the ones in exercise 2 about famous people in your country. D> Read Language summary C on page 155 61module 7 Extraordinary lives Reading Tim Berners-Lee invented something very important. Do you know what it was? DD Check the meaning of the words and phrases in the box. ordinary surprising tobecome | tobe interested in to graduate anetwork todecide to be linked 3 Read the text. Then complete the fact fle at the bottom of the text. Language focus 2 Past simple: regular and irregular verbs Look back at the text about Tim Berners-Lee. Find two sentences about his life now and four sentences about his life in the past. 2 Underline the verbs in the sentences about his life in the past. Are they regular or irregular? 1 Regular verbs 1 Find the past form of these verbs in the text invent study ‘work graduate love decide bb How do we form the Past simple of regular verbs? 2 Irregular verbs Find the past form of these verbs In the text. have make 20 get leave write (fee > Read Language summary B on page 154. 62 Anvordinany life). an amazing idea Tim Berners-Lee looks very ordinary. He's about fifty years old and has brown heir. He wes born in England but now lives in Massachusetts in the USA, But in 1989 Tim Ny had a very important ANN idea, He invented the NAN ilk world wide web (www). ‘Tim wentto school in London. Both his parents worked with computers so it isn't surprising that he loved computers from an early age. When he was eighteen, he left school and went to Oxford University where he studied physics. At Oxford, he became more and more interested in computers, and he made his first computer from an old television. He graduated in 1976 and got a job with a computer company in Dorset, England. In 1989, he went to work in Switzerland where he first had the idea of an international information network linked by computer. He decided to call it the world wide web, and he also decided to make his ideas free to everyone - that is why today we do not pay to use the Internet. In 1994 he went to live in the United States where he now works, In 1986 he wrote an article in the New York Times where he said, ‘The web is a universe of information and it is for everyone’ Today his idea of a web, where people from all over the world can exchange information, is real Gene His important idea Place of birth Place(s) of study Placels) of work Personal details Now lives in {——Practice 7 vsevepomoome AMARA Zo Yet Baars telephone and the radio? sentences about Tim Berners-Lee a born England He was born in Englanct 'b_ go to school / London any schoolchildren learn that the Scotsman Alexander Graham Bell € when / 18 / go to Oxford University 1 (invent) the telephone in 1876, But the real invents at university / become / interested in (2) ___ (be) Antonio Meveci, a poor Italian American, He computers B) (share) a workshop with Bell in the 1860s, and e make J his first computer from a @ (make) a ‘talking telegraph’ for his wife who was ill in bed, so that she (5) (can) call him when she (6) (vant) something. But Meucci never (7) (take) his idea to the Patent Office, because he was t00 poor to pay the $250 that he (8) (need). So on February 14th 1876 Alexander Graham B ) — (take) the invention to the Patent Office instead. Just two £ graduate / 1976 9 get a job / computer company / Englond h go / Switzerland / 1989 jours later another inventor, Elisha Gray (10) (arrive) with the Work in pairs. Close your books and ours ater anoth tor Elisha Gray (10) he tell your partner six things you remember about Tim's life same idea ~ too late! 8 @D Use your mini-dictionary to find the Past simple forms of these verbs. Which are regularirregular? 8 HED 0 youknow who inverted thoretepnone the radi? Listen and read toting youere comes © Complete the text with the Past simple forms. Listen again and check. Pronunciation 1 ELD Look at the tapescript on page 169. Listen and count the number of syllables you hear. worked 4 studied 2 Ac the time, nobody (11) (believe) that the telephone was an important invention, Bell’s father-in-law, also a scientist, (12) (describe) the invention as ‘a beautiful toy’. And it was 2002 before the US Congress (13) (decide) that Meucei was the true inventor of the telephone! 2. Notice that only verbs that end in the sounds jt! or /d/ have an one knows char the Ia Bure ian Marconi (14) (inven) the the sov radio, right? Wrong. Actually, Guglielmo Marconi (15) — (steal) ‘xtra syle nthe Past imple. his reat ide from Nikola Tesla,a Croatian scientist, Tesla a ue (16) —______ (write) an article in 1893 and io it he (17) (describe) his imporcant new invention = the radio. 3 Listen to eight pairs of But just rwo years later, Marconi (18) —____ (ake) the idea co the US See ee nd ipa hear Patent Office and soon (19) (begin) to sel it. In 1909 he even eel anal (20) ___ (win) 2 Nobel Prize for is invention In 1943 Nikola Tesla (21) (ie) in New York, a poor man. 4 Look atthe tapescript on page “That year, the US Congress (22) (decide) that Nikola Tesla 169. Listen again and practise the Past simple sentences. was ‘the true father of the radio’ 63SJ module 7 Extraordinary lives Listening A true story You are going to hear the true story of how David Platonoff's Russian grandmother came to live in London. Look at the photos and discuss these questions. Which country do you think they show and which period? What kind of life do you think David's grandmother had in Russia? 2D 2 @D EBD Read the statements below and check the words inbold, Then listen and mark the statements true or false b Listen again and read the tapescript on page 169. What is your reaction to the story? ‘3, What do you know about the lives of your grandparents? Do you know any other older people who had an interesting life? What happened to them? Part 1 1. David's grandparents met in Moscow. 2 His grandmother's family were rich. 3. His grandmother was a servant gir. 4 The family carne to London during the First. World War, 5 When they arrived in London, they decided. they bad too many servants. Part 2 1 The family took David's grandmother for a walk in the centre of London. They told her to. wait for them and then went away. 3 They never came back for her. 4 His grandmother was twenty years old 5. She spoke good English Part 3 1. Some English people found her. 2 They took her to the Russian community in cast London 3 There she met David’s grandfather 4 He was eighteen years old 5 They got married and had three children, Real life Dates and other past time phrases 4a Practise saying the months on the calendars below. iy ) FEBRUARY JANUARY 1 2 ° ‘ ‘MARCH APRIL 3 5 6 ° MAY w 7 ~=©10 Q ° JULY 12 ° SEPTEMBER 20° @ NOVEMBER DECEMBER 22. ~=sO31 bb Match the dates with the ordinal numbers in the box. AUGUST 15 OCTOBER 21 o [ee third the twenty-first the second the fst | the twelfth the ith the tenth the thirtyfirst the twenty-second | the fifteenth the seventh the twentiet > Read Language summary € on page 155.module 7 Extraordinary lives your life story Task: speaking Preparation: listening 4 Either Draw six simple pictures for different times in your life and think about what to say about each picture 4 Marlene is a singer, from Swansea in Wales. Look at the pictures showing her life story. What can you see? Or Make nates about six important ‘events in your life story. > Useful language Ask your teacher about any important words or phrases you need. 2 Work in pairs. Tell each other about “ Your life story using your pictures! notes to help you. Choose three things to tell the class about your partner's le story. LUSTRE Titi rertcs 1 was born in (1987) Iwent to school in (Warsaw), As a child | loved (playing tennis}. When | was (thirteen), | became | interested in (photography) Heft school when | was (seventeen) | studied (maths) at university | graduated in (2002) | got a job with (a arge company). | went to workin (Tokyo). | got married in (1999) In (1995) | started work (as a receptionist Follow up: writing Listen to Marlene talking about her life. Which picture Wirte your biography, but donot write relates to each extract? y ne your name on it. Put your biographies on | Extract A= picture] Extract C= picture] Extract E= picture} the wall ora desk, Read other students? Extract B= picture] Extract D= picture] Extract F= picture) biographies and guess whose they are. 66Finding grammar in a dictionary (2) 1 GBD You can use your mini- dictionary to find the past forms of verbs. buy fai) verb buys, buying Bough have sought you buy samething yo give sameoree money and they sve you the thing in eturn 2 GD Find the past form of these verbs. see open live read study play know 3 Match A and B te make rules for the spellings of regular past forms. stop 3 Most verbs (e.g. open) bv Verbs that end ine (e-g-Jve) C1 ¢ Verbs that end in 2 consonant + vowel + consonant (ea. stop) L] 4 Verbs that end with a vowel + ¥ (es. oy) Verbs that end with a consonant + (eg. study) D) take ’d: take ‘ed’ change the 'y to ‘ed’ double the final consonant and add ‘ed’ 4 Write past forms. Then check in your mini-dictionary. watch try hate cook travet dose finish stay Pronunciation spot The sounds /o:/ and /3:/ (GEAED Listen and notice the unds j>y/ and /3i. /3i) walk, born, August :| first, birthday, work 1b Which sounds are these? jaughter gicl_moming learn third law quarter Turkey « Listen and check. Then practise the words. 1 was and were C1 2 Do you remember the famous people in the photos on page 60? Complete the questions with was, were, wasn’t or weren't. 1 There _were four English men. who _ they? 2 There ‘one woman. She a writer, What her job? 3 How many politicians there? } 4 there anyone from Russia? 5 There any Italian composers but there one from Germany, Who ___he? i b Now write the answers. > Need to check? Language focus 1, pages 60 and 61. 2 Dates ‘Write the dates, years, decades or centuries. 2 The Athens Olympic Games were in two thousand and four (2004) b Mahetme Gandhi lived from (1869-1948) € The film director Steven Spielberg was born (1946) 4 Christmas Day is on 25/12) © The American comedy Friends was popularin (1980-2000) ' f The economist Karl Marx ved in (1800-1900) D> Need to check? Vocabulary, page 61 and Real life, page 64. 3 Past simple C) Write the past form of the verbs. 2 arrive ayvived eheve i get — bg fi want i decide © make 9 become __ k tke d begin _ h leave | die — D Need to check? Language summary B, page 154. 4 Past time phrases 0) Put a word from the box in the correct place in the sentences. were ago last when yesterday in on svhen 2 {went to S40 Pacio "Iwas twenty b The concert stated half an hour. € | telephoned Jim morning, «We were in clas together year «She came to Spain 2003 4 We took the photograph when we on holiday. \ 9 My birthday is May 16th, | > Need to check? Language summaries Cand D, page 155. Look back at the areas you have practised. Tick the ones you feel confident about. Wow try the MINI-CHECK on page 161 ta check what you know! dl led wl 67Fact or fiction? Past simple negative forms and questions Vocabulary: Describing films Reading: Film fects! Listening: The author behind the legend > Task: Interview other students about arts and entertainment Real life: Arranging a night out Vocabulary Describing films 4 took atthe photos from films. Which fim + acartoon? + amusical? + alovestory? + ascience fiction film? + acomedy? + anaction film? + ahorrorfilm? + ahistorical film? a GD Which adjective(s} describes each type of film? Compare answers with other students. sad tightening exciting violent interesting romantic funny enjoyable boring silly Pronunciation Listen to the adjectives and put | eee in the correct column according to the stress, Practise saying the adjectives. COO Sy 1885 The Lumiére brothers showed the first film in a Paris ca 1927 The first talking film The Jazz Singer appeared. It was al the first musical film. Other popular musicals include ‘Singing in the Rain, West Side Story and Grease. 1937 Walt Disney made the first full-length cartoon Snow White and the Seven Owarts 1977 The first Star Wars film appeared. 1998 Toy Story wes the first film made by computer: Reading 1 Check the meaning of the words in bold below. Wolk Disney made his first long film in 19_ Titanic cost $ million to make. Charlie Chaplin was born in In they make about 850 films every year. — ot b Work in pairs. Say the name of a film (or TV programme) and your partner says which adjective(s) describes it Ge) Ge S CFuriny and romantic) an NS 68 Titanic won, Oscars, ‘Cameron Diaz earned 5, Toy Story appeared in 19 The average Lebanese person goes to the cinema —__- times every year. 9 There are flims of the story of Robin Hood 10 The Lumiére brothers showed the first film in a in Paris. for her last film, b Reading race. Work in small groups. Read the text and complete the sentences. Who is first to find the answers? 2 Which ims inthe text have you seen? Were they good?1997 film Titanie, starring Kate Winslet and Leonardo prio, was the most expensive film ever. It cost $200 sllion to make. But it was also the most successful. It jade $1,750 million and won eleven Oscars! CYTE eT ‘Arnold Schwarzenegger is probably the best-pald stor in the world ~ he earned $30 million for his last movie, Cameron Diaz and Julia Roberts are the best-paid actresses ~ both earned $20 million for their last films. Favourite stories Some of the most popular stories for fiims are: Alice in Wonderland (19 films mede) Dracula (15 films made) Frankenstein (14 flms made) Robin Hood (20 films made) Romeo and Juliet (32 films) TPT TTT TEES Charlie Chaplin was the most famous star of the silent movies. He wes born in 1889 ‘and acted in 94 films before he died in (977. TOOT They make many more films in Bollywood (Mumbai, in tadia} than in Hollywood. Every year the Indians make about 850 new films — the Americans only make about S80 The Lebanese go to the cinema the mast. The average person in the Leb thirty-five times every year. The average American goes just four ti 1on goes very year!Language focus 1 Past simple negative forms @D Use your mini-dictionary to find the Past. simple of these verbs. Which are irregular? sleep create Tallow give find rink fallin love 2 There are mistakes in the descriptions of the films in the photos. Can you find them? Then listen and check. Dracula was a vampire who lived in a castle in Poland. He always slept during the day, but at night he became a vampire and drank vodka, (2 mistakes) BD Alice followed a white cat down a hole and had lots of adventures. (1 mistake) BED Robin Hood lived in a forest in China. He took money from rich people and gave it to his girlfriend, Maid Marion. (2 mistakes) BE) 0: Frankenstein created a monster. The monster was very handsome and people loved it 1 (2 mistakes) | BED Fomeo and Juliet were forty years old. Their families hated each other, but Romeo and Juliet | fellin love and got married. Their families were very pleased and Romeo and Juliet lived i happily together. (@ mistakes) 3 Complete the gaps Dracula didw't tive in Poland, he in ‘Transylvania. He vodko, he _—_____— boos. ‘We make the Past simple negative with didn’t ( did not) + verb. He dian’ live in Poland. (NOT: He-aldn’t ved.) He didn't drink voako. > Read Language summary Aon page 155. 70Practice Write sentences correcting the mistakes about the other films. Use the words and phrases in the box to help you. rabbit poor ugly to be frightened of angry kill themseives 2 2 The picture shows a scene from Romeo and Juliet 500 years ago, but there are twelve mistakes. Can you find thera? b Make sentences using the verbs in the box. 3 & Put these verbs in the correct form to make oa sentences true for you. wear ride use listento have eat read drink 1 (go) to the cinema last weekend. People didn’t have yollerblades Sco years ago. 2 T (watch) TV last night. 3 I (rent) a video last weekend, ¢ @@EED Listen and check your answers 4-1 (Gee) the news yesterday. 5. 1 Gisten to) the ratio this morning, pronuiéiation 6 I (read) in bed last night. 7 1play) computer games yesterday. Listen and notice the stress in negative 8 I (buy) a new CD last week sentences. 9 (buy) a newspaper this moming, 10-1 isten) to music on my way to schoo eee ‘They didn't have rollerblades. Listen again and practise the negative sentences. b Compare your sentences with other students. (Tent to the cinema“ Me too. didn't >) \Tastweekend. 7 Covatch TV lastnight 2 ee n7 JOrDaRINGS 4 CR eee Ce een ey 2001, 2002 and 2003.'They are based on the ee erect eee eea tc ree Cie neenem eres te erate eee Cd Ce Le) make, and, in all, more than 20,000 actors Perec een ee ttn) Ce ear C en oa er eee teees Uo ee ores rere cre Listening The author behind the legend 1 @ Did you th other students. see any of the Lord of the Ri them? films? Ifso. 2 Read the text abov * Rings fil Qa You are going to hear a radio programme > about JRR Tolkien, the author of the Lord ks, Read the statements on the right ab b G@EEED Listen and mark the statements true (V) or false (x) © The Gnal film The Return of the King won 11 Oscars. In some cou tries, fans queued for three Res oars ON canoe near oat es ee Sere ets preaecete ever eet eet com Tee 1 ey eae ney Serr Tolkien had 2 hap His parents died when he was He was very interested in a professor at Cambridge University: ‘world for his like his stories The Lord of the Rings books first appeared in 1974 nly chile He saw the re he died, His family made a lot of money fiom the film His great-grandson acted in one of the films. » liked his storiesLanguage focus 2 Past simple questions Put the interviewer's questions in the correct order. ‘Then look at the tapescript on page 170 and check. 1 have / did / a happy childhood / he? Did he have @ happy chitaood? start writing / did / at a young age / he? ‘0 famous writer / how / become / he / did? Tolkien / die / did / when? he / did / the films of his books / see? moke did /a lot of money / his family? 1 We form Past simple questions with did + verb. Did Tolkien have @ happy childhood? Did he see the films of his books? When dice die? (NOT Wher-di-he-died?) Notice the short answers. Did his family make o lot of money? Yes, they did. ‘No, they didn't > Read Language summary B on page 155. Practice 1 2 GD Puta tick () next to the things you did when you were ten years old and a cross (X) next to the things you didn’t do ike sport {90 abroad for your holidays wear fashionable clothes play out in the street ride a bicycle play o musical instrument ‘work hard at school drink tea and coffee 9 read a lot 10 watch o lot of TV 11 tike rock music 12 have o mobile phone b Work in pairs. Ask your partner about these things. yo — /elttenyen (Sour sani) (an) nah vo) Coemember M4 NS va NX like sport? NE - 7S ¢ Tell the class about your partner. 2D Anna is asking Helena about her weekend Write the questions in A. Then match them with the answers in 8. ‘Where / go? Where did you go? ‘Who / go with? How / get there? Why / 90 there? ‘What / think of i? ‘What / do there? ‘When j come back? ‘We went to the old town, and to a club in the evening, By plane. Because someone told us about it. We went to Prague. Early this morning! Iwas fantastic. With my friend, Work in pairs. Ask your partner about an interesting place he/she visited recently Write sentences about your partner. Alain went to madrid Last month for a holiday He went with his facili, He wens there by ear They went because they Whe cities “They visited the old town and went to a concert “They came back three weeles ago, ‘They loved Madrid! 73Future intentions: goin ‘Suggestions and offers Vocabulary and speaking: Going out and staying in Task: Plan a weekend away Real life: Talk about the weather would like to and want to Language focus 1 Future intentions: going to, would like to and want to Look at the photos. In which can you see people who are + ata wedding? + relaxing at home? + at the hairdresser’s? + having a barbecue? + ata swimming pool? + going for a walk? + dancing ina club? + having a family meal? 2 Listen to six people talking about their plans for the weekend and complete the table. Name | plans for Saturday | plans for Sunday Neela | Saturday night chub with friends Pri | Megan Anna Sharit | b Listen and compiete the sentences 1 On Saturday night I'm going out with @ - of friends. 2 On Sunday I'm going to with my grandparents, 3. The whole family are going to there because it's my grandmother's 4 I'm not going to this weekend. 5 Twant to ___ the ___1'm reading. 6 Its my boyfriend's birthday and I want to hhim a digital Yl like to go away somewhere 8 On Sunday afternoon I'm going toa 9 This weekend? Nothing special. On Saturday afternoon | want to the 1042 To talk about future intentions, we often use be going to + verb. @'m going to have lunch with my grandparents Q rm not going to do much this weekend. @ are you going to watch the football tonight? bb With the verb go we usually use be + going to-go, ’m going out with a group of fiends. 2 We can use other verbs to talk about future intentions, too. a. want to + ver’ J want to finish my book. bb would like to + verb 1 ike to do something withthe children, > Read Language summaries A and 8 on pages 157 and 158, Practice Write sentences about the people in exercise 2a using going to On Saturday Phits going to stay at home and relax 2 What are the people in the pictures going to do? 3 Complete the questions with are, do or would. Then listen and check 4 __Are__ you going straight home after this lesson? If not, where you going? b you going to do any homework tonight? Whet you going to do? < you want to watch TV this evening? you want to watch anything special? 4 you going to have a busy weekend? What you like to do? € you going out anywhere this week? Ifso, where you going? § Are there any films that you like to see at the moment? Which ones? g¢ you wont to buy anything special in the next few weeks? What? h you want t0 go on holiday this year? Where you like to 90? Pronunciation 1 Listen and notice that 10 has a weak pronunciation in the middle of a sentence fe Are you going to have a busy weekend? ff ‘what do you want t0 do? 2 Listen to recording 3 again and repeat. ) senate 4 Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions in exercise 3.a module 12 A weekend away Task: Plan a weekend away Preparatio listening : reading and @D Check the meaning of the ‘words in bold, Which of the things in the box can you see in the photos? a magnificent cathedral_a castle beautiful views salling cliffs and beaches Bass traditional live music a golf course alake with anisland _alively bar | Read the descriptions of three places and answer the questions @ Which photos go with each place? bb Which of the things in exercise 1 can you find in each place? ¢ Which would you most like to visit? 3 Three friends are planning a weekend away, Listen and circle the correct information i They decide to go to (1) the Isle of Wight, (2) Canterbury and Leeds Castle | (3) Dubin, because (1) It's not t00 far. (2)it’s really beautiful. @) there's something for everyone ¢ They are going to travet by | (1) ferry. (@) train. (3) plane. d- Allof them like | (1) aities 2) walking (3) going out in the evening © On Friday evening they are going to leave at (1) 6.00. (2) 8.00. (3) 10.00. i {They are going to come back on Sunday evening at (36.00, (28.00. (3) 1000 9 They are going to stay in (yacalege. @OBEB, (shor A, GERD 00k at the tapescript on page 173. Listen and practise the sentences. \108The Isle of Wight Just two and a half hours'journey frorn London, the Isle of Wight is perfect for a weekend break, with its three hundred and eighty square kilometres of farmland, cliffs and beaches. You can stay in a B&B at Freshwater Bay and go for long walks along the cliff paths, and beaches. Or hite a bicycle and ride around the island, stopping at Carisbrooke Castle with its magnificent views over the island, If you want something more exciting, try a one-day paragliding course or go sailing: the Isle of Wight is a paradise for sailors. For children, there is a steam, railway which starts from Ryde on the north coast. In the evenings you can relax after a good day's walking in one of the ‘many excellent fish restaurants. nterbury and Leeds Castle With its magnificent cathedral, many museums and old city walls, Canterbury is one of the most historic and beautiful cities in the country. You can stay at a hotel or a B&B and spend your day visiting the nine hundred-year-old cathecral and shopping. Or visit nearby Leeds Castle, which is situated on two islands in the middle of a small lake and is one of the loveliest castles in the country. It was first built in the ninth century and later became the home of King Henry VII Today it is a favourite with visitors, with beautiful parks to walk in, as well as gardens, a golf course, a museum, and, in summer, outdoor concerts. | Dublin Dublin, the capital city of the Republic of Ireland, is situated on the east coast, on the River Liffey, and has an international airport with cheap, frequent flights from London. It’s lively and cosmopolitan city, and if you walk along the famous O'Connell Street you will find exciting shops, bars and restaurants. If you like sightseeing, you can also visit the famous Dublin Castle, Trinity College and Phoenix Park, one of the largest city parks in the world. In the evening you can listen to traditional Irish music in the bars and you can by the most popular drink in Ireland: Guinness, a black beer. Close by the city there are lovely beaches, and just over an hour away are the Wicklow Mountains for walks and beautiful views. And you will have no problems finding good accommodation: Dublin is famous for its excellent B&Bs. Task: speaking 4, Youare going to plan a weekend away with some other students. Make a lst of possible places to visit. 2 Work in groups and decide where you would like to go. Think about the following things. how to travel where to stay what to do there when to leave / get hore D Useful language b Plan how you will describe your weekend away to other students. Ask your teacher for any words or phrases you need, & Work in new groups. Tell the ‘group what you have planned. — (We're going 0 beauty \ we want to visit ~S 'b which weekend away sounds the most interesting? WME etcy Where to go 11d realy lke to go to 1s afong way / not too far. Ittakes about two hours to get there. How to travel We can fly, What time shall we leave? What time do we want to get home? What to do What can we do there? Let's visit the museum. We like to Where to stay Where shall we stay? Hil book a B&B. 109)Real life Talk about the weather How many seasons are there in your ‘country? Which seasons are January, April, July and October in? Da Match the phrases and pictures Ws cloudy, WSsunny. t's windy. | Its snowing. itsaining, ts cold Iesfoggy. It's hot. tes wet cool Wesicy, b G@HBRD Listen and check, then repeat. 110 ‘The hottest place in the world is El Azizia in Libya. In 1922 it had the highest temperature ever - 58°C. Chicago in the north of the United States is called “the Windy City’. Florida in the south, is known as ‘the Sunny State’, It never snows in Brazil The wettest place in the world is Mawsynram. in India, which has around 1.2 m of rain every year! ) On July 21st 1983 Vostok in Antarctica had a axe = temperature of -89°C, the coldest, temperature ever recorded. Countries near the Equator, like Malaysia and. the Philippines, have only twa seasons ayear, the wet season and the dry season. 3 GW kead the factfile, Why are these places mentioned? [lean chicago Aion Malaysia Mawayeram — Vostok 4? ‘GED Listen to Sumalee from Bangkok in Thailand and Cathy from Vancouver in Canada talking about the weather in their countries. Which of these statements are true? Thailand Thailand has three seasons. The cool season is in April and May. The roiny season is from June to October. When it rains, it usually lasts for about four hours. Bangkok gets very hot in April The coldest days are in December. Canada 1 In the north of Canada, there's snow for around eight months of the year. ‘The winters in Vancouver are very bad, It’s often cloudy and wet in Vancouver in the winter, but it isn’t very cold 4 The summers in Vancouver aren't very sunny and warm. bb Listen again and correct the statements that are false, 5 Either Write a paragraph about the weather in your country Iw... here are ... Seasons. From ... to... it's From... to its The average tenvperature in my city is about .. W'S very on winter) avd... bv (Stanunner). Or Tell other students about the weather in your country,— MODULE 13 Learning for the future m Infictive of purpose ‘might and will Vocabulary and speaking: education and careers listening: My career Reading: Easy English? Task: Find the right course Real life: Applying for a course VV¥VYVVY Vocabulary and speaking Education and careers 4] 2 GHD Which of these subjects dovdid you study at school or university? Can you add any other subjects to the list? [polities management science history literature business studies languages economics law design medicine Information technology geogranhy maths engineering 'b Which of the subjects interest you mostieast? Pronunciation 1 Listen and notice the pronunciation of the subjects. Which letters are silent? 2. Listen again and mark the stress. Then practise the words 2 GD Putthe phrases in the three categories below. (Some can go in more than one column.) do. (ousiness studies) course pass/fail an exam choose a career get a degree 0 to primaryisecondary school take an exam have an interview get into university apply for a job/e course train to be (a chef earn money be unemployed school [university ‘work take an exam 12Work in pairs. Discuss the questions ‘When did you start primary school? When did you go to secondary school? Which did/do you like best? Why? What were/are your best subjects at school? Which were/are your worst? Are you doing any courses at the moment (apart from this one)? Is there anything that you would really like to study? Are you taking any exams this year? Do you think you will pass or fail? Why? Is it difficult to get into university and get a degree in your country? Which courses are the most difficult to get on? What other kinds of training do people do? Where do they do this? What are the good/bad things about the education system in your country, do you think? Is it important to learn foreign languages in your country? Which languages do most people learn? At what ‘age do they start? Is it easy or difficult to get a job at the moment? Are many people unemployed? Which careers are most popular with young people? Why are they popular, do you think? Ifyou apply for @ job in your country, do have an interview? What happens? Which careers are most popwar with men/women? Which professions earn the most money? Is money important co you in choosing o career? ‘What eise do you look for in a career? Do you have an ‘deal job’? /ou normally istenir My career Listen to four people talking about their careers. Which subjects and jobs did each person mention? will, 28 vee a Work in pairs. Who failed oll his exams at school? leamt French at primary school? worked for a big finance company? wants to do a career that is very difficult to get into? fs going to Lisbon soon? stopped work for a few years? worked as a van driver? owns his own company now? writes for his schoo! magazine? is training to be a teacher? p Listen again and check. 113IE English is an important global language, but that doesn’t mean it’s easy to learn. Many experts have cried to make English easier for students to learn — but they weren’t always successful In 1930, Professor CK Ogden of Cambridge University invented Basie English. It had only 850 words (and just eighteen verbs) and Ogden said most people could learn it in just thirty hours. The problem was that people who learned Basic English could write and say simple messages, but they couldn’t understand the answers in ‘real’ English! It was also impossible to explain a word if ic wasn’t in che Basic English word list. For example, if you wanted awater melon, you asked for ‘a large green fruit with che form of an egg, which has a sweet red inside and a good taste’! ESIRE Zachrisson, a university professor in Sweden, decided that the biggest problem for learners of English was spelling, so he invented 2 language called Anglic was similar to English, but with much simpler spelling, ‘Father’ became ‘faadher, ‘new’ became ‘nue’ and ‘years’ became ‘yeer’ Unfortunately for some students of English, Anglic never became popular. en easier isthe language which ships’ captains use: it’s called ‘Seaspeak’, Seaspeak uses a few simple phrases for every possible sicuation. In Seaspeak, for example you don't say, ‘I’m sorry what did you say?” or ‘I didn’t understand, can you repeat that? ... is juse, ‘Say again.” No more grammar! HEX In the age of international communication through the Internet who knows? ... a new form of English might appear. A large number of the world’s ¢-mails are in English and include examples of ‘NetL.ingo’ like OIC, (Ob, Isee) and TTYL (Talk to you later). In another fifty years, English as we kaow it might not exist we will probably all speak fluent Internetish!mas module 13 Learning for the future { Language focus 2 Task: Find the right might and will course Read the statements. Do you agree? Compare answers with a partner. Preparation: reading 1 People won't learn Latin any more in a few years. and speaking 2 Inc few years, everyone will speak English 3. English might not be the global language in a hundred years’ time Read the college brochure ~ it might be Chinese instead. and answer the questions. 4 In the next hundred years many smaller languages will disappear. ¢. Which careens) does each course train you for? 1b Which courses are full-time, which are part-time and which 1. Look at the verbs in bold in the sentences above. Which verb(s) ‘are both? Which courses last for means thatthe speaker: too yeors? 2 is sure this wil happen? ¢ that maybe this wil not happen? b thinks that maybe tis will happen? dis sure that this willnot happen? 2. ative students, Too, over 2 Notice these short forms and Gaby want to choose a They'l! (= will) disappear. They won't (= will not) disoppeor. course. Work in groups of three. Student A; Read about Take on | > Read Language summary 8 on page 158. page 141 | Student 8: Read about Oliver on page 148, { Practice Student C: Read about Gaby on page 145. | 1 complete the sentences with might (not) oF wil b Tell the group about your | Ina few years time everyone know how to use the Intemet. student and what they want to : Inthe future people {90 to school or university. They study. Listen to your partners and | _ study ot home using their computer. make notes about each student. ¢ Tom isnt sure what he wants to do when he leaves school. He go to university, or he travel abrood for a year 4 Why not do a course in japanese? You never know = you Task: speaking need to speak it one day. € Denise doesn’t like her teacher. She thinks she change her 4 Work individually, Read the | class soon. brochure again. Decide which | £ Some teachers are worried that computers _ take their jobs, courses are suitable for each i one day. person | 2 Complete the sentences for you using the ideas in the box bb Which do you think each person « will choose? Why? Tereerand education holidays and travel’ Being rich | marioge snd dren _Speaiigenisn,cthertnngs | 2 Workin gous ad conpae ideas. Try to agree on the best © Next winter L might ‘might never course for exch person, e || b Next summer! think Ill... f Tl definitely never | © Next year hope I'l 9 One day I hope Il. D> Useful language d_ Inten years’ ime I might... lh When I'm sixty-five I'l probably . 3 GED Listen to the three students talking about the ‘course they chose. Did they Pronunciation choose the same one as you? 1 GREED Listen to ten sentences. Write Pif they ore in the present ‘nd F if they are in the future, 2 Listen again and practise the pronunciation of I'll and won't. Which of the courses would you like / not like to do? Why? 116LEISURE AND TOURISM CHILDCARE PERFORMING ARTS. esting inacareer For people interested in working _ Includes music, dance and drama ies with pre-schoo! chilaren in in the first year. In the second ing and promotion nurseries or in private home. year students can choose special omer arvice includ technology * child development singing s one-year, full-time. _* health and safety * directing years old. * career options + marketing subjects such 2s: This is a one-year fulltime Students must be at feast 16 at INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY —cowse, 18 hours a week, or a the time of entry. The course is For people who need to use two-year part-time course two years, fulltime computers to work in business or (Monday, Tuesday Thursday dustry Includes 6.30-8.30 pm) FASHION DESIGN + using information technology for A.course to help you find work in business Ourposes SPORTS STUDIES fashion and the media. Includes: * programming and software or people who wor S a six-month part-time work in sports centres, various days) or a one: i lke to * clothes design wimming —_* using computer software * photography This is a one-year full-time course: (15 hours a week) open to people over 16 years, or @ two-year part time course (Monday and inesday 9.00 am-~4,00 pm) Tris full-time course, twenty hours a week time open to people over 16 years of age, or a four art-time This is 2 two-year f IMac eketcd Explaining your ideas Ithink the best course for (Gaby) is (Oliver) willimight choose because he likes (Taka) might enjoy the course. Agreeing and disagreeing Yes, you're right. |agree with you. I don't agree because Yes, but Nee 117