Contents Introduction The thinking behind English Unlimited
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How a unit is organised
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A more detailed look at the features of English Unlimited
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The Self-study Pack
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The e-Portfolio
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The Teacher’s Pack
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Assessing your learners with English Unlimited
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The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEF)
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Teaching notes Unit 1
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Unit 2
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Unit 3
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Unit 4
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Unit 5
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Unit 6
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Unit 7
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Unit 8
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Unit 9
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Unit 10
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Unit 11
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Unit 12
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Unit 13
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Unit 14
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Grammar reference: Answer key
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The thinking behind English Unlimited The aim of English Unlimited is to enable adult learners to communicate effectively in English in real-life situations. To achieve this, English Unlimited is: 1 a practical course 2 an authentic course 3 an international course 4 a flexible course
1 A practical course Each unit of English Unlimited is designed to help learners achieve specific communicative goals. These goals are listed at relevant points throughout the Coursebook. For example, you and your learners will see these goals at the top of the first lesson in Unit 3:
The CEF originated in Europe but is used increasingly widely around the world as a guide for curriculum design and assessment. It can be used with learners of any nationality or first language. What’s the level of the course? The CEF is divided into six main levels, sometimes with ‘plus’ levels in between. This table shows the CEF levels and how they relate to the Cambridge ESOL exams: CEF levels
Cambridge exams
C2
‘Mastery’
CPE
C1
‘Operational proficiency’
CAE
‘Vantage’
FCE
‘Threshold’
PET
A2
‘Waystage’
KET
A1
‘Breakthrough’
B2+ B2 B1+ B1 A2+
3.1 goals express views about different options talk about education and training
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All the goals are of a practical ‘can do’ nature, chosen to enable Upper Intermediate learners to deal with a wide range of situations and topics in English. Of course, a substantial amount of each unit is dedicated to learning vocabulary and grammar – but the goals come first. We’ve identified goals which we think will be useful for Upper Intermediate learners to work on, and then selected and grammar to help them do this. course in vocabulary your free time? Where exactly do the y to spend free time where yougoals live?come from? urses in their time? Thefree goals for the course have been taken from the Common Framework of Reference six evening coursesEuropean in the Markham College brochure.for Languages (CEF), and adapted and supplemented nk could help you to: according to our research into the needs of Upper ectively? Intermediate • entertainlearners. guests? • help other people? part of another culture? • save money? The goals in the Coursebook are based on the CEF goals understand people? but they have been reworded to make them less ‘technical’
and more motivating and accessible for learners and d Don’s conversation. teachers. ns for doing a course together? is themanage CEF? to ey discuss?What Do they The CEF uses ‘Can Do’ statements to describe the abilities ? of learners of English (or any other language) at different ach course that Carrie levels. The focus is on how to do things in the language, rather than on abstract knowledge of the language itself. For example, here are some CEF goals which describe learners’ speaking do it, or isn’t sure? abilities Why? at the end of Upper Intermediate:
● Can understand detailed instructions reliably om the conversation. Find ● Can help along the progress of the work by inviting gs to each sentence A–D. others to join in, say what they think, etc. between two three. ● or Can outline an issue or a problem clearly, speculating s one. about causes or consequences, and weighing oing that! advantages and disadvantages of different approaches mind about it. g a course 4 in First Aid. Introduction ppeal to me. er Cookery or Psychology. gs about that one.
English Unlimited Upper Intermediate is based on ‘Can Do’ statements at the B2 level of the Common European Framework. It takes learners to the C1 or ‘Operational proficiency’ level of competence.
2 An authentic course Because it is based on practical goals, English Unlimited teaches authentic language – that is, the kind of language which is really used by native speakers and proficient non-native speakers of English in everyday situations. An important tool for identifying useful language to include in the course has been the Cambridge International Corpus (CIC). What is the CIC? The CIC is an electronic collection of more than a billion words of real text, both spoken and written, which can be searched by computer to discover the most common words, expressions and structures of the language, and the kinds of situation in which they are used. How has it been used in the course? The CIC has been used throughout English Unlimited to ensure that, as far as possible given the level of the course, learners are taught the most frequent and useful words and expressions for meeting their communicative goals. The CIC has also been used in the preparation of grammar sections, both to select structures to be taught and to identify realistic contexts for presentation. For example, the past perfect simple (Unit 2) is presented in expressions with ‘saying’ and ‘thinking’ verbs (I thought you’d cancelled the meeting), while the structure will be + -ing (Unit 13) is placed in the context of informative talks and presentations (I’ll be talking about three topics).
A further use of the CIC is in the Keyword pages which appear in odd-numbered units. Each Keyword page focuses on one or more of the most frequently used words in English and teaches its most common meanings, as well as useful expressions based around it. How else is English Unlimited an authentic course? In addition to being informed by the CIC, English Unlimited contains a large amount of unscripted audio and video material, recorded using non-actors, both native and non-native speakers. Many other listening texts have been scripted from recordings of real conversations. What are the benefits for learners of using ‘authentic’ listening material? Listening to spontaneous, unscripted speech is the best way to prepare learners for the experience of understanding and communicating in English in the real world. We also find that authentic recordings are more motivating and engaging for learners in general.
3 An international course In what ways is English Unlimited ‘international’? Firstly, English Unlimited is an inclusive course, catering for learners of different backgrounds from all around the world. We have taken care to select topics, texts and tasks which will appeal to a broad range of learners. We’ve tried to avoid topics which learners may find uncomfortable, or simply uninteresting, and we don’t assume a knowledge of a celebrity culture, but focus instead on more universal themes, accessible to all. English is most often used nowadays between non-native speakers from different places. How does the course take this into account? A second strand to the ‘internationalism’ of the course is that it includes features which will help learners become more effective communicators in international contexts. In every even-numbered unit there is an Across cultures page which focuses on a particular topic of cultural interest. The aim of these pages is to increase learners’ awareness of how the values and assumptions of people they communicate with in English might differ from – or be similar to – their own. Learners who have this awareness are likely to be more sensitive and effective communicators in international environments. Listening sections use recordings of speakers with a range of accents in order to familiarise learners with the experience of hearing both native and non-native speakers from a wide variety of places. Regardless of accents, care has been taken to ensure that recordings are of appropriate speed and clarity for learners at this level, and that they are error-free. All non-native speakers are competent users of English and should provide learners with strong and motivating role models to help them progress and achieve greater confidence in English. For the purposes of language production, taught grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation follow a British English model, but by exposing learners to a wide range of accents and models, we are helping to enhance their ability to use English in real international contexts.
4 A flexible course
The next five pages show how a typical unit of English Unlimited is organised. As you’ll see, the first five pages are connected to each other and make up the ‘core’ of the unit. After that, there is the Explore section, two pages of activities which have a topical or linguistic link to the unit, but which can be used separately. On the last page of each unit is the Look again page, comprising review and extension activities, which can be done by learners either in the classroom or for homework. This means that English Unlimited can be adapted not only for lessons of different lengths, but also for shorter and longer courses. For example, just using the ‘core’ of each unit would be suitable for a course of about 50 hours, while using all the material, including the Explore and Look again pages, would give a course length of 80 or 90 hours. The flexibility of English Unlimited is further enhanced by an extensive range of supplementary materials. These include grammar reference and extra practice at the back of the Coursebook, the Teacher’s DVD-ROM containing three extra activities for each unit of the Coursebook, Achievement and Progress tests, and the Self-study Pack, which offers more than 50 hours of additional language and skills practice material in the Workbook and on the Selfstudy DVD-ROM. In the rest of this introduction you’ll find: ● a plan showing how a unit is organised pages 6 to 10 ● more detailed notes on the different sections of the units pages 11 to 15 ● information about the other components of the course pages 16 to 21 ● more detailed information about the CEF page 22 We hope that you and your learners will enjoy using English Unlimited. Alex Tilbury Leslie Anne Hendra David Rea Theresa Clementson
Introduction 5
How a unit is organised
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The course consists of 14 units, each of which has eight pages. 4.1 goals describe landmarks
The first two pages are a single lesson with goals based on the CEF. You can, of course, spread the material over more than one lesson if you want. about 90 minutes
talk about landmarks where you live
Local knowledge VOCABULARY Describing landmarks
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Landmarks 1 a Look at the pictures of well-known landmarks. Can you guess (or do you know): 1
where they are?
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how big they are? 3
The Millennium Spire in Dublin, Ireland, was designed by Ian Ritchie Architects. Officially known as ‘The Monument of Light’, this 120m steel spire is 3m wide at the base but just 15cm wide at the top.
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what they’re made of?
Saigo Takamori was a nineteenth-centu ry Japanese warrior and politician, known as ‘the last true samurai’. This 3.7m bronze statue of Saigo walking his dog was made by Takamora Koun and can be seen in Tokyo’s Ueno Park.
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2 The Angel of the North stands on a hill near the town
of Gateshead in the north of England. Designed by Antony Gormley, this steel construction is 20m tall and has a wingspan of 54m.
Joanna Rajkowska’s Greetings from Jerusalem Avenue is an artificial palm tree in the centre of Warsaw, Poland. It’s about 15m high and is made of steel, plastic and natural bark.
b Match the landmarks with the descriptions. Find answers to the questions in 1a. 2
Work as a class. Compare your ideas about these questions. 1 2 3 4 5 6
Which of the landmarks A–D might be a monument? Which would you describe as a statue? Which would you describe as a sculpture? Which are modern? Which are traditional? Which are abstract? Which are realistic? Which do you think were made: a to commemorate a past event? d to signify an idea? b to celebrate something? e to amuse people? c in honour of somebody? f to make people think?
Well, it’s a kind of abstract sculpture, maybe a monument, ...
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Work in pairs. Cover 2 and describe the landmarks A–D using the highlighted expressions.
LISTENING
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Listen to Cian, Beryl and Dominika. Which landmark A–D does each person talk about? How do they feel about it?
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Listen again and make notes on these topics for each monument.
its location when it was put up
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its meaning or purpose people’s reactions to it
A big impression VOCABULARY History of a landmark
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Do the highlighted expressions in a and b have similar or different meanings? If they differ, explain how. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
What do you think about each of these landmarks? Do you like them? Talk together.
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a It was erected to celebrate the Millennium. It was unveiled at the very end of 1999. It was heavily criticised at first. It caused a lot of controversy. People didn’t know what to make of it. People grew to love it. It became a landmark. People see it as part of the landscape.
b It was put up during the 1990s. It was opened to the public in 2006. It was badly received. It made a big impression on people. People were baffled by it. People warmed to it after a while. It became a tourist attraction. People regard it as an eyesore.
2 a Choose expressions from 1 to complete the description of the Eiffel Tower. In some cases, more than one answer is possible.
At 324 metres high, the Eiffel Tower is the tallest structure in Paris.
Lessons include vocabulary and/or grammar, as well as practice in reading, listening and speaking. Lessons always finish with a communicative speaking task. See pp11–13 for details of language and skills sections.
between 1887 and 1889 It 1 as the entrance arch for the 1889 Exposition Universelle (‘World Fair’). Its designer, Gustave Eiffel, had originally planned to build the tower in Barcelona, but it was decided that his idea would not suit the city. Eiffel therefore took his design to Paris instead, and the Tower 2 on 6 May 1889.
when it was first built. The Tower 3 The newspapers of the day were filled
with angry letters, with many people calling the Tower 4 . Other people 5 it, unsure whether the Tower was intended to be a work of art or a demonstration of engineering. The city planned to allow the Tower to stand for twenty years and then tear it it down, but with time people 6 and and it became both 7 8 . Today, the Tower is widely regarded as a striking piece of structural art. Since its construction, it’s been visited by more than 200 million people.
b Compare your answers in groups. PRONUNCIATION Weak forms
3 a
1.25 Some very common words have weak forms: when they’re not stressed, you can say them with a schwa sound /ə/. Listen and notice the weak forms in this sentence.
It was erected to celebrate the Millennium.
Every unit has a focus on pronunciation. See p12 for details.
Practise saying the sentence.
b Words we usually say as weak forms include: • articles a, an, the • forms of be
• prepositions as, at, for, from, of, to
Look at the other sentences in 1. Write /ə/ above the words you’d probably say as a weak form.
c SPEAKING
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Listen and look at the script on p146 to check. Practise saying the sentences.
4 a Work alone. Choose two or three landmarks in your region or country. For each one, think about these questions. 1 2 3 4 5
What does it look like? How would you describe its style? Why was it built? What do you think it represents? When was it built? Is it popular with local people and tourists? Has its reputation changed over time? What do you think about it? Why?
b Talk in groups. Can you add any more information to each other’s descriptions? Which places would you most like to see?
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4.2 Two voices
The next two pages are another lesson with goals based on the CEF. about 90 minutes
4.2 goals talk about well-known people where you live describe someone’s life and work
1 a Look at the photos and read the captions.
READING
Which six of these things do you think could be mentioned in an article about: Umm Kulthum? Bohumil Hrabal? Prague Cairo radio concerts an accident or suicide real events a huge funeral lyrics an Oscar records a single sentence up to six hours banned books
b Work in two groups.
Umm Kulthum (1904– 1975) was a singer famous in Egypt and throughout the Arabicspeaking world.
Article
Group A – read the article about Umm Kulthum below. Group B – read the article about Bohumil Hrabal on p119. Find out which six things are mentioned in your article.
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Discussion
Umm Kulthum Umm Kulthum was probably the most famous singer of the Arab world in the 20th century. Even today, more than three decades after her death, she is known as ‘the Voice of Egypt’ and ‘the Star of the East’, and her music can often be heard on radio and television. She was born in a village in northern Egypt in around 1904 and showed an extraordinary singing talent from an early age. When she was 12 years old, she started performing in a small group directed by her father. Four years later, she was noticed by Zakariyya Ahmad, a famous musician, who invited her to Cairo. There, she was introduced to the poet Ahmad Rami, who went on to write 137 songs for her. She had her first real success when she began performing at the Arabic Theatre Palace. By 1932, Umm Kulthum had become so popular that she began a long tour of the Middle East, performing in cities such as Damascus, Baghdad, Beirut and Tripoli. Her radio concerts, held on the first Thursday of every month, were famous for emptying the streets of some of the world’s busiest cities as people rushed home to listen. Umm Kulthum’s songs are about the universal themes of love and loss. A typical concert would consist of two or three songs performed over a period of up to six hours. The duration of her songs varied from concert to concert and was based on the interaction between singer and audience. One of her techniques was to repeat a single line of a song’s lyrics again and again, slightly changing the emphasis each time to bring her listeners into a euphoric state. It is said that she never sang a line the same way twice. Umm Kulthum gave her last concert in 1973. She died in Cairo on February 3, 1975. Her funeral was attended by one of the largest gatherings in history – over four million people. In Egypt and the Arab world, she is remembered as one of the greatest singers and musicians who ever lived. Since her death, it is estimated that about a million copies of her records have been sold every year.
2 a Read again. Note down one or two details about each of the six things in your article. b In A/B pairs, tell each other about Umm Kulthum and Bohumil Hrabal. What do you find most interesting about each person?
VOCABULARY Talking about well-known people
SPEAKING
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Match 1–8 with a–h to make sentences from the articles. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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She was probably the most famous She had her first real success when One of her techniques was to He started out as He had his first breakthrough with One of his most famous works is The movie won an Oscar for The first of his collected writings came out in
a b c d e f g h
repeat a single line of a song’s lyrics. Best Foreign Film in 1967. a collection of short stories. singer of the Arab World. 1991. a story written in a single sentence. she began performing at the Arabic Theatre Palace. a poet.
4.2 She’s known as ...
Think of two or three famous writers or performers in your part of the world. Choose expressions from 3 and talk in groups about: • what they’re famous for. • how and why they became famous.
GRAMMAR Using the passive
Well, Jang Nara is famous in South Korea. She had her first breakthrough with the hit song ...
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Read the information about using the passive, and sentences 1–6. Find an example of: a b
present simple passive past simple passive
c d
present perfect passive passive after a modal verb
In English, you usually put the person or thing you want to talk about (the topic) at the beginning of a sentence. New information (the comment) comes after it: topic comment Umm Kulthum was probably the most famous singer of the Arab world in the 20th century.
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Notice how the writer chooses active or passive to keep Umm Kulthum, and things closely related to her, as the topic: 1 2 3 4 5 6
is known as ‘the Voice of Egypt’ and ‘the Star of the East’. can often be heard on radio and television. showed an extraordinary singing talent. started performing in a small group directed by her father. was noticed by Zakariyya Ahmad, a famous musician. have been sold every year.
She Her music She She She A million copies of her records
Grammar reference and practice, p133
There is a Grammar reference and extra grammar practice for every unit at the back of the Coursebook.
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PASSIVE PASSIVE ACTIVE ACTIVE PASSIVE PASSIVE
Find and complete five common passive expressions from the last two paragraphs of the Umm Kulthum article. 1 2 3
The duration of her songs was b that It is s by Her funeral was a
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She is r It is e
as that
3 a Read the profile of Jang Nara from a website for people interested in South Korean
culture. At the moment, all the sentences are active. Decide which should be active and which passive, and rewrite the profile.
Profile
Jang Nara, entertainer (1981 – present)
✱ Jang Nara was born in Seoul in March 1981. People consider her one of the best entertainers in South Korea. ✱ She started out as an actress in her primary school days, when theatre producers invited her to appear in the play Les Misérables. Later, in high school, she modelled in a number of television ads. ✱ Jang had her first real success as a singer in 2001, when a record company released her debut album. They sold 300,000 copies of the album, and the Korean music world awarded her Best New Singer of that year. ✱ At the same time, her acting career continued to develop. Korean TV companies hired her to star in popular sitcoms and dramas, and a Chinese television station also invited her to star in the successful drama My Bratty Princess. She is very popular in China, where they know her as ‘Zhang Na La’. ✱ In addition, people have recognised her for her charity work in different countries. One Chinese charity appointed her a goodwill ambassador, the first foreigner to receive this honour.
b WRITING AND SPEAKING
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Listen to check. Did you have the same ideas?
4 a Choose a person you think should be included on a website for people who are interested in your country, its history and culture, for example: an artist
a successful business person
a scientist
a sportsperson
a leader
Write a profile of the person for the website. Use passive expressions from 1 and 2.
b Read each other’s profiles and ask questions to find out more.
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Introduction
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The last four pages of a unit will take about 45 minutes each.
The fifth page is the heart of the unit, the Target activity. Learners prepare for and carry out an extended task which is designed to combine and activate language taught in earlier lessons in the unit. See p13 for details.
4.3 Target activity
4.3 goals
Describe well-known sights to a visitor TASK LISTENING
talk about landmarks where you live talk about well-known people where you live give information about interesting or important sights
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If you were visiting Beijing or another part of China, what would you like to see? Talk together.
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1.28 Conor is visiting his friend Mei in Beijing. Mei is describing some things to see in the Beijing area. Listen to their conversation. Which one of these sights don’t they talk about?
The ‘Bird’s Nest’ The Forbidden City The Great Wall The Summer Palace The Temple of Heaven
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1 2 3 4 5 TASK VOCABULARY Recalling details
say
Model recordings are used to demonstrate the task.
Listen again. According to Mei, which of the sights:
were built by the Emperor Yongle? have been restored? took fourteen years to build? is outside Beijing? is made entirely of wood?
4 a Complete the sentences 1–6 with the words in the box.
1 2 3 4 5 6
Target activities review goals from the earlier lessons of the unit.
far
read
remember
think
heard
As far as I can remember, it was in the fifteenth century. that it took a million workers fourteen years to complete. They I’m right in saying that you can rent an audio tour. I somewhere that it’s made completely of wood. I that they have English-speaking guides there. I’ve rightly, it’s a two- or three-hour trip by bus. If I
Task vocabulary sections provide learners with useful language for the task.
b Read the script on p146 to check. TASK
5 a Work alone. A friend from abroad is visiting you for a few days. Make a list of interesting things they could see or do during their stay. Think about things: • in your home town
• in the countryside
• in towns and cities nearby
If the people in your class are from the same place, make a list of things to describe to a friend who’s planning to visit another region or country you know about.
Learners are encouraged to take time to prepare ideas and language.
b Plan what to say about the things on your list. 1 2 3
What are they like? What makes them important or interesting? What can you say about their history or reputation? Are there any interesting people or stories connected with them?
Think of what language you can use from 4a.
c Work in A/B pairs. A – tell your friend B about the things on your list. B – you’re the visitor. Listen to A and ask questions to find out more. Then change roles and have another conversation.
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Which of the things you’ve just heard about would you definitely like to see or do? Tell your partner.
Target activities have a clear outcome.
The Explore section is made up of activities which extend and broaden the topics, language and skills taught in the core part of each unit. On the first page is Across cultures or Keyword in alternate units. On the second page is either Explore writing or Explore speaking.
4 EXPLORE Across cultures Special occasions
Even-numbered units have Across cultures pages which give learners the chance to think about and discuss how cultures differ – or are similar – around the world. See p13 for details. LISTENING
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What’s happening in the pictures? How would you describe the atmosphere?
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1.29 Listen to Beryl and Dominika describing the occasions. Who mentions these topics – Beryl, Dominika or both?
fireworks food a kind of doll borrowed items government buildings the community dancing
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Beryl talks about Bonfire Night in England.
VOCABULARY Describing a special occasion
1.29 Listen again. According to the speakers, are these statements true or false?
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Bonfire Night is now usually organised by local councils. Guy Fawkes saved the king’s life. All children love Bonfire Night. Traditionally, Polish weddings are a community occasion. A wedding lasts at least two days. The bride and groom must each wear something borrowed.
Dominika talks about traditional weddings in Poland.
Which of these special occasions would you most like to experience? Why?
5 a Which of these sentences are about Bonfire Night? Which are about weddings in Poland? 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Nowadays, people celebrate it together. In the old days, people used to celebrate it in their back gardens. Traditionally, it’s a celebration for an entire community. The reason we have it is because about 400 years ago, a group of ... It’s quite normal to have another celebration the day after. There’s a lot of laughing, shouting and screaming – and crying as well. There will be a huge bonfire, with a guy sitting on the top. It can be anywhere between two hundred and four hundred people. Almost the whole town or village will turn out. They go on for days on end.
Even-numbered units have Explore writing pages which enable learners to write a range of different text types. See p14 for details.
b Read the script on pp146–7 to check. SPEAKING
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Choose a special occasion from your own or another culture. Think about how to describe: 1 2
what happens and why. the atmosphere.
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how it can vary from place to place. how it’s changed over the years.
Write a few sentences about it using the expressions in 5a.
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4 EXPLOREWriting
Talk about your special occasions in groups.
• If you’re from the same country, say if you disagree with anything. Add any information you think is important or interesting. • If you’re from different countries, ask questions to find out more about the things 1 that interest you.
Goal write an email or letter recommending places to see
Read Gareth’s email to a friend. Where are he and his family going? What are they interested in? 35
Hi Ellie, Can I get a bit of advice from you? You used to live in Japan and know a lot about it, and we’re planning to go there for three weeks in October. Dylan will love Tokyo Disneyland, of course, but Sandrine and I are more interested in culture, history and art. So, can you give us an idea of some of the ‘must-see’ sights? It would help us a lot with our plans. Thanks!
Odd-numbered units have Keyword pages. Each one focuses on a common English word, teaching and practising the main meanings and useful expressions. See p14 for details.
Best wishes, Gareth
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5 EXPLORE
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Keyword as 1 a Complete these sentences with as, such as or like. In two of the sentences, two answers are possible. Of every 100,000 paperclips made in the United States, 19,143 are used poker chips. Unit 5 His simple but modern designs continue to influence younger designers Jonathan Ive. Unit 5 Ian Rankin has been employed a grape-picker, taxman and journalist. Unit 4 She began a long tour of the Middle East, performing in cities Damascus and Baghdad. Unit 4 Nowadays the mine at Wieliczka is a huge underground city. Unit 2
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b Which expression – as, such as or like – can you use: 1 2 3
to describe the identity or purpose of a person or thing? to say two things or people are similar? to give examples? (x2)
2 a Work alone. Complete these sentences with as, such as or like and your own ideas. Make four true • At school I was known ... • I think my friends see me ... • I wouldn’t mind a career ...
Well, I once worked as a zookeeper.
b Listen to each other’s sentences and ask questions to find out more. Can you guess which sentences are false?
Right ... when was that, exactly?
Referring expressions with as
Odd-numbered units have Explore speaking pages dedicated to developing learners’ speaking skills and strategies. See p14 for details. 3 a Keith and Leona work in different departments of a company. Read their emails and put them in order 1–6.
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B
Hi Keith, As you know, I’m putting together the agenda for Monday’s meeting. I was wondering if you had any last-minute points to add? Leona
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Not to worry. I’ll be there, though I might have to miss the afternoon as you suggested. Are the time and venue still as agreed last time (9.30 in Media Room B)? K.
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Nothing to add thanks, but as I mentioned last week, Monday’s pretty busy for me. I can do some rescheduling but would rather not. Any chance of a different day (Tue or Thu)? K.
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Sorry Keith: I did ask about changing the date as promised, but half the sales team are on a training course from Tuesday! So it looks like we’ll have to go ahead on Monday as planned. Hope you can still make it 1 (even if 2.7 to extracts from onlyListen the morning part?) L.
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5 EXPLORESpeaking
two conversations from this unit. In each conversation:
Thanks for your understanding about the date, and yes, the time/venue are unchanged. Here’s the agenda. Could you have a quick look through before I send it round? As you’ll express disagreement in different situations see, it’s pretty full. L.
Goals
make concessions and counter-arguments
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Where are the people?
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What’s the relationship between to the reader’s knowledge? (x2) them? 2 back to the past? (x5)
b 2LookWhat at eight expressions are they doing? with as in the emails. Which refer: 3
conversations. as arranged as I said as you proposed as you’re aware Expressing disagreement a Are you joking? Work in two groups. b I wouldn’t exactly say Group – look at Leona’s c I’mAnot so sure about emails on p120. Write Keith’s emails. Group – lookon. at Keith’s emails on p123. Write Leona’s emails. d Oh,Bcome
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paragraph 4 i giving you new energy j following the customs of long ago
Your emails don’t have to be exactly the same as the originals, but they should have the same meaning. Making a concession Include one two that expressions with as in each email. e I have toor admit f I see what you mean. Making a concession and counter-argument g It’s true that ... but h But even if that’s the case,
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1 JAMES PALOMA
Listen again to check.
JAMES PALOMA
3 a Add more expressions to the groups in 2a.
JAMES PALOMA
Are you serious? That may be so, but How can you say that? I have to disagree with you there. I take your point, but I wonder about that. I’d go along with you there. Maybe you’re right about that.
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Listen to check.
Which of the expressions for disagreeing: 1 2
would you probably not use in formal or professional situations? could you use in any situation?
5 a Work in two groups, A and B. As read the
situations below and your group’s opinions. Bs read the situations and your group’s opinions on
JAMES PALOMA JAMES PALOMA JAMES PALOMA
Well, how about this one? It’s a good size. 1 Ugh ... What? It’s nice and cheerful. Yeah. We could put it in the toilet, perhaps. 2 The horse is nice. No, it isn’t. OK. Have you got any suggestions? Yes, how about this? I love the strong colours. Yeah, they’re very striking, aren’t they? But? 3 the style. For the room, I mean. Hmm, 4 No, it wouldn’t suit the living room, would it?
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Alright, well, I think all three designs have their strengths, but I think this one’s the weakest. Really? I liked that one. Well, 5 it emphasises the idea of ‘forever’ quite well – you know, the idea that you can give flowers any time – the colours are a bit weak. Well, 6 they’re weak. I’d say the colours are low-key and, well, quite elegant. 7 I don’t think they look dynamic enough for our business. I mean, we’re all about colour.
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There’s lots to see in Tokyo. Sensoji Temple’s great. You go through an enormous red gate, then walk along a row of charming little shops to the temple. It’s a busy area, jammed with people. Next, be sure to go to the Kabuki Theatre. It’s advisable to get tickets for one act only as the whole thing can last four hours. And check out the food floors in department stores. They’re fascinating and give you a good idea of the range of Japanese food. Also, for Dylan’s sake, don’t miss the well-stocked Hakuhinkan toy store in Tokyo. 3 Ideally, you should see the cities of Kyoto, Nara and Kamakura as well. In Kyoto, I recommend you visit Ryoanji (Zen rock garden), Kinkakuji (‘Golden Pavilion’) and Kiyomizu Temple. Nearby Nara also has some very impressive ancient buildings and statues. As for Kamakura, it’s a historic city about an hour south of Tokyo. Make sure you see the Great Buddha there (a huge bronze statue) and don’t forget to wash your money at the Zeniarai Benten Shrine. They say if you do, it will double. 4 If you can, try out a mountain onsen (hot spring). They’re wonderfully refreshing. And it’s well worth staying at a ryokan, a traditional inn, where meals are brought to your room on trays. 5 I hope you have a great time! I look forward to hearing all about it later.
Find adjectives in the text to match these meanings.
paragraph 3 f causing you to admire it g very old h important in history
forward to the future? (x1)
2 a a–hexpressions to complete with the two c Use Herethe areexpressions more common as. Which expressions in the emails could they replace?
Hi Gareth, 1 It’s great that you’re off to Japan. I know you’ll love it. I’ve put together a few ideas for you. Of course you’ll discover lots more things while you’re there but this should get you started.
Be sure to ... advisable ... check ... ... miss … should ... recommend ... ... sure ... ... forget ... try ... ... worth
paragraph 2 a extremely large b pleasant, attractive c very crowded d extremely interesting e having a lot of goods
F This all looks fine to me Leona, but I’d put the time and room number at the top. As you probably remember, someone usually goes to the wrong room or turns up late! K.
wishes for the future? the purpose of the email? the countryside? the main city? other cities?
Find and complete these expressions of recommendation: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
sentences, and two false.
• I once worked ... • I really don’t enjoy films ... • I know someone who looks a bit ...
Which paragraph is about: a b c d e
as compared with like
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Now read Ellie’s reply. Which of the things she recommends would you find most interesting?
Lots of love, Ellie
6 a A friend has written to you to ask what to see in a country or city you know well. Make a list of places to recommend. Then think about: 1 2 3
how many paragraphs you’ll need and what to put in each one. how to begin and end your email or letter. what language you’ll need from 4 and 5 to recommend and describe the places.
b Write your email or letter. 7
Exchange emails or letters with a partner. Ask questions about any places that interest you.
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The last page of each unit, Look again, is a series of short classroom activities for reviewing and extending the language from the unit. See p15 for details.
Review activities include vocabulary and grammar from the unit. Spelling and sounds activities help learners make connections between English spellings and how to pronounce them.
4 Look again Review
Extension
VOCABULARY Talking about landmarks
SPELLING AND SOUNDS /m/
1 a Add expressions for talking about landmarks to
4 a Underline the letters which make a /m/ sound.
each group. Then check on pp30–31. 1 2 3 4 5 6
TYPE: a statue, ... APPEARANCE: modern, ... PURPOSE: to celebrate something, ... AGE: it was put up in, ... REACTIONS: people warmed to it, ... REPUTATION: an eyesore, ...
climb column common immediately millennium monument palm summon
b Find words in 4a to match these spelling patterns. 1 2 3
b What can you remember about these landmarks? The Millennium Spire The Angel of the North Greetings from Jerusalem Avenue GRAMMAR Using the passive
2 a Read the mini-biography of the Scottish crime writer, Ian Rankin. Choose the correct option.
Born in 1960, Ian Rankin 1graduated / was graduated from the University of Edinburgh and 2employed / has been employed as a grape-picker, taxman and journalist. He 3moved / was moved to France for six years while developing his career as a novelist, and his first Inspector Rebus novel, Knots and Crosses, 4published / was published in 1987. His books 5have translated / have been translated into 26 languages, and six of them 6have adapted / have been adapted for television. In 2005, Ian Rankin 7awarded / was awarded the Grand Prix de Littérature Policière (France). He now 8lives / is lived in Edinburgh.
b Now write a mini-biography about yourself, including some imaginary details.
c Read each other’s mini-biographies. Guess which details are true and which are imaginary.
CAN YOU REMEMBER? Unit 3 – Work and commitment
3 a Read about the people’s hopes and plans for the next twelve months. Choose the best verbs.
I’d like to 1carry on / keep up exercising every day. I feel so much fitter and more energetic now. 2
I really don’t want to sign up for / take on any more big responsibilities at work. I’m already far too busy as it is. I’m going to try to 3drop out of / give up smoking again. I might try going to a hypnotist. I’ve booked a five-day summer break in Paris. I’d like to 4work on / work towards my French a bit before I go.
b Use the verbs to discuss some of your hopes and
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/m/ is usually spelled just m. You write mm in beginnings such as: imm– comm– and summ– A few spellings of /m/ include silent letters: mb lm mn
Notice activities draw out further useful language from the unit’s reading or listening texts.
Spellcheck. Listen and write twelve words. Then check your spelling on p147. 1.30
NOTICE very, the very
5 a Look at the extract from Cian’s talk about the
Millennium Spire. In which expressions does very: 1 mean: a really? b exact? 2 add emphasis to: a an adjective?
b a noun?
It’s situated in 1the very middle of Dublin on the street called O’Connell Street. It’s essentially just 2a very tall spire or spike that extends above all the buildings that are in Dublin. ... It was erected to celebrate the Millennium so it was unveiled, er, at 3the very end of 1999.
b Work alone. Choose a word to complete 1–4. first/last beginning/end top/bottom best/worst 1 2 3 4
What were you doing at the very of last year? thing you remember What’s the very doing or thinking yesterday? of the Have you ever come at the very class in an exam? singer in Who do you think is the very your country at the moment?
At the end of each unit is a Self-assessment for learners to complete.
c Ask and answer your questions.
Self-assessment Can you do these things in English? Circle a number on each line. 1 = I can’t do this, 5 = I can do this well. describe landmarks
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Can you remember? activities review a language point from the previous unit.
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Johan Vaaler? how people use paperclip the early history of paper 5.2 of the pap the importance
A more detailed look at the features A survey conducted b of English Unlimited 5
Read again. What information does the article give about: 1 2 3 4
Vocabulary English Unlimited provides learners with a wide variety of vocabulary, chosen to meet each unit’s communicative goals. In most units, there are three or four vocabulary sections in the first two lessons and Target activity, and vocabulary is also presented and practised on Keyword, Across cultures, Explore writing and Explore speaking pages. Vocabulary includes: ● words like delighted, mortified, intrigued ● collocations like set goals, get feedback ● stems like I’m in two minds about … ● fixed expressions like It’s tried and tested. The focus on longer items as well as single words will enable learners to express themselves more fluently, naturally and effectively. The course provides a balance of: ● more frequent vocabulary, selected and checked using the Cambridge International Corpus (CIC); ● topical and functional items which learners need in order to achieve particular goals. For example, words like statue and monument are not especially frequent statistically, but are obviously necessary for the fulfilment of goals such as ‘describe landmarks’ and ‘talk about landmarks where you live’. Taught vocabulary is generally drawn from texts which learners have already read or listened to as part of a skills section of a lesson. In other words, vocabulary is placed in clear contexts which help learners work out what it means, and how it’s used.
Grammar Each unit of the course teaches the grammar essential to achieving the communicative goals. The points of the grammar syllabus have been selected and placed in particular units to help learners meet these goals. For example, the passive is focused on in Unit 4 because it’s particularly useful as a way of controlling the topic of short, biographical texts about people’s lives and work. Similarly, past and present participle clauses are taught in Units 5 and 7 as they are very useful for describing physical objects and scenes. Before focusing on grammar explicitly, learners are first exposed to grammar in context through reading and listening texts. Then meaning and form are highlighted using a ‘guided discovery’ approach, which actively involves learners in finding out about the grammar for themselves while also providing plentiful support and opportunities for you to monitor and assist:
GRAMMAR Describing objects – past participle clauses
GRAMMAR Describing objects – past participle clauses
Johan Vaaler? how people use paperclips? the early history of paperclip production? the importance of the paperclip in Norwegian culture?
A survey conducted by ... GRAMMAR 5.2 1 Read the information and exa 1 Read the information and examples in the box. Then answer the questions. Describing 5 Read again. What information article give about: You can describe a noun with does a pastthe participle clause. • According to a survey conducted by Lloyds Bank ... 1 Johan Vaaler? objects – past You a noun wit clause has a similar meaning to a relative clausecan with the describe passive: 2 A past howparticiple people use paperclips? to a survey which was conducted by Lloyds Bank ... 3 • According the early history of paperclip production? participle • According to a survey con 4 There the importance of the paperclip in Norwegian culture? are two kinds of past participle clause: 1 Defining clauses • Of every 100,000 paperclips made in the United States, 17,200 hold clothing A past participle clause has A survey conducted by ... together, ... 2 Non-defining • According to a survey whi 1 Read and examples inin the box.isThen answer the questions. • the Theinformation one many readers will have mind the familiar double U-shaped ‘Gem’ clip, made originally by Gem Manufacturing Ltd. You can describe a noun with a past participle clause. • First patented by Johan Vaaler, the humble paperclip remains indispensable. • According to a survey conducted by Lloyds Bank ... 1 A past Which kind of clause clause,has defianing or non-defi participle similar meaningning: to a relative clause with the passive: a identifies thing or person you’re talking about? • According to which a survey which was conducted by Lloyds Bank ... b adds extra details about the thing or person? There are two kinds of past participle clause: 2 Which kind of clause: 1 a Defi ning always goes after the noun? c is separated from the noun by a comma? • Of 100,000 made in the United States, 17,200 hold clothing b canevery go before or paperclips after the noun? together, ... Look at the descriptions of more design classics. Use past participle clauses 2 Non-defi ning (defi•ning non-defi to rewrite pair is ofthe sentences a single sentence. Theor one many ning) readers will haveeach in mind familiaras double U-shaped ‘Gem’ clip,soy made originally by Gem Manufacturing Ltd. in 1961. It’s made by 1 The famous sauce bottle was designed by Kenji Ekuan • First patented by Johan Vaaler, the humble paperclip remains indispensable. the Kikkoman company.
There are two kinds of past 1 Defining • Of every 100,000 paper together, ... 2 Non-defi ning Thorough controlled practice is provided to2 check learners’ • The one many readers 2 The Boeing 747 was chosen by architect Norman Foster as his favourite 1 Which kind of clause, defi ning orprovide non-defining: initial practice, understanding of the language and ‘building’. It which was first flown in 1969.you’re talking about? a identifies thing or person ‘Gem’ clip, made origin 3 More than fivedetails millionabout cigarette lighters are sold every day. They’re made by Bic. b adds extra the thing or person? 4 Xiaoquan scissors are made first while maintaining and thein Hangzhou, topicChina. ofThey thewerelesson: 2 Zhang Whichdeveloping kind of clause: produced 1663. •nounFirst patented by Johan a always in goes after the noun? c is separated from the by a comma? 5 A Swiss Army knife features 85 tools and weighs a kilo. It’s known as The Giant. Grammar reference and practice, p134
PRONUNCIATION Groups of words 1
b can go before or after the noun?
2 Look at the descriptions of more design classics. Use past participle clauses 2.4 Listen to some answers to 2 above. Notice how the speaker makes the 3 a (defi ning or non-defining) to rewrite each pair of sentences as a single sentence.
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Grammar reference and practice, p134
SPEAKING PRONUNCIATION Groups of
Which kind of clause, defi a identifies which thing o bThey’re adds extra details abou 3 More than fi ve million cigarette lighters are sold every day. made by Bic. Which kind of past participle clause is usually pronounced: 4 Zhang Xiaoquan scissors are made in Hangzhou, China. They were first 2 2Which of clause: 1 in the same as a separatekind group? produced in group 1663. of words as the noun it describes? 5 A Swiss Army knife featurespaying 85 tools and weighs a kilo. It’sof as The Giant. b Practise saying the sentences, attention to the groups words. aknown always goes after the n a In groups, make a listanswers of thingsto for exhibition design classics.makes Consider: a Listen to some 2 an above. Noticeof how the speaker bof words. canthego before or after t sentences easierthings to understand by dividing into groups clothes cars for the home/offi ce them electronics logos packaging sentences easier to understand by dividing them into groups of words. 1 The famous soy sauce bottle was designed by Kenji Ekuan in 1961. It’s made by // The 747 // first flown in 1969 // was chosen by architect Norman Foster // theBoeing Kikkoman company. as favourite ‘building’ // 2 his The Boeing 747 was chosen by architect Norman Foster as his favourite // More than five million lighters made by Bic // are sold every day // ‘building’. It was firstcigarette flown in 1969.
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Lessons end with a//UseThe speaking (or, occasionally, writing Boeing 747 //clauses firsttask flown inverbs 1969 // was chosen by architect Normana Foster // past participle with like: as his favourite ‘building’ // designed invented called known as2produced Look made builtatmanufactured of m // More than five million cigarette lighters made by Bic // are sold language everythe day // descriptions task) which gives blearners the chance to use the of Get into new groups. Tell each other about your ideas. Which kind of past participle clause is usually pronounced: (defi ning or non-defi ning) to the lesson, including grammar, 1 in the the same group of words as thein nounfreer it describes?practice. 2 as a separate group? Design classics words 1 - ‘ball’ vacuum cleaner made by Dyson - dress designed by Versace (Liz Hurley)
b Practise saying the sentences, paying attention to the groups of words.
The famous41soy sauce bo the Kikkoman company. clothes cars things for the home/office electronics logos packaging Grammar reference Use past participle clauses with verbs like: 2 The Boeing 747 was chos designed invented called known as produced made built manufactured ‘building’. In each grammar bsection, you’ll seeabouta your label this ... It was first flow Get into new groups. Tell each other ideas. like 3 More than five million cig 41 4 Zhang Xiaoquan scissors Grammar reference produced in 1663. and practice, p134 5 A Swiss Army knife featur SPEAKING
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4 a In groups, make a list of things for an exhibition of design classics. Consider:
Design classics - ‘ball’ vacuum cleaner made by Dyson - dress designed by Versace (Liz Hurley)
2.4 Listen 3 a reference to some answer … which directsPRONUNCIATION learners to a Grammar section sentences easier to understa at the end of theGroups book, accompanied by extra practice of exercises. words 1 // The Boeing 747 // first flow Grammar reference and practice as his favourite ‘building’ // Each Grammar reference section sets out the meaning, Grammar reference and practice Grammar andfiAND practice 8 CONDITIONALS – PAST ANDof the 9 VERBS WITH ADVERBS // More than ve million cigar form and pronunciation point in reference question, using PRESENT PREPOSITIONS 1ADVERBS AND 8 CONDITIONALS –and PASTa AND 9 VERBS WITH simple language range of examples: Which kind of past participle 8 CONDITIONALS – PAST AND 9 VERBS WITH MEANING MEANING PRESENT PREPOSITIONS 1ADVERBS AND 1 Verbs with prepositions or adverbs are sometimes referred to PRESENT PREPOSITIONS 1 Fact about the past: I didn’t marry Juli. as multi-word verbs. 1 in the same group of word MEANING
Fact about the past: We didn’t have kids. MEANING 1 Imaginary action and result: If I’d married Juli, we could have 1 Fact about the past: Ihad didn’t marry Juli. kids. Fact about the past: IWe didn’t marry Juli. didn’t have kids. This sentence links an imaginary action in the past with an Fact about action the past: We didn’t have kids. Imaginary and result: If I’d married we couldishave imaginary result, also in the past. This kindJuli, of sentence Imaginary action and result: If I’dkids. married Juli, we could have had sometimes called a third conditional. hadaction kids. in the past with an This sentence links an imaginary 2 This sentence links anin imaginary in the past with is an imaginary result, also the past.action This kind of sentence Fact aboutresult, the past: He went China. imaginary also in the past. This to kind of sentence is sometimes called a third conditional. Fact about the present: He’s married. sometimes called a third conditional. 2 Imaginary action and result: If he hadn’t gone to China, he 2 Fact about the past: He went China. might nottobe married. Fact about the past: He to China. present: He’swent married. This sentence links an imaginary action in the past with an Fact about action the present: He’s married. Imaginary and If he hadn’t to China, imaginary result in theresult: present. This kind gone of sentence ishe Imaginary action and result: If he hadn’t gone to China, he might not be married. sometimes called a mixed conditional. might not be married. This sentence links an imaginary action in the past with an This sentence links an imaginary action past with imaginary result in the present. This kindinofthe sentence is an FORM imaginary present. This kind of sentence is sometimesresult calledinathe mixed conditional. sometimes called a mixed conditional. 1 IfFORM + past perfect , modal verb + have + past participle IfFORM I’d married Juli, we could have had kids. 1 (’d = had) 1 If + past perfect , modal verb + have + past participle 2 If + perfect verb + have past participle I’dpast married Juli,, modal we could have had + kids. If verb + infi nitive I’d married Juli,, modal we could have had kids. (’d+ =past had)perfect If (’dhe = hadn’t had) gone to China, he might not be married. 2 If 2 + past perfect , modal verb + infinitive + -ing If + my company hadn’t decided to move, perfect ,to modal verb + infi nitive hepast hadn’t gone China, he might notI’d beprobably married.still be doing the job. If hesame hadn’t gone to China, he might not be married. If + past perfect , modal verb + infinitive + -ing In modern English, many people say ifI’d with would(n’t) If +my past perfect , modal verb + infi nitive +probably -ing company hadn’t decided to move, still have be doing instead ofjob. the past perfect. If mysame company hadn’t decided to move, I’d probably still be doing the If I’dsame have job. married Juli, we could have had kids. the In modern (’d = would)English, many people say if with would(n’t) have In modern English, many people say if with would(n’t) have instead of the past perfect. instead ofmarried the pastJuli, perfect. IfPRONUNCIATION I’d have we could have had kids. If married Juli, we could have had kids. (’dI’d = have would) You usually say a conditional sentence with at least two speech (’d = would) units //...//. PRONUNCIATION //PRONUNCIATION If he hadn’t gone to China // he might not be married // You usually say a conditional sentence with at least two speech You usually units //...//. say a conditional sentence with at least two speech PRACTICE units // If he//...//. hadn’t gone to China // he might not be married // Find and correct one error in each sentence. // If he hadn’t gone to China // he might not be married // 1 If she’d arrived a little earlier, she could got the express PRACTICE train. PRACTICE Find and correct one error in each sentence. 2 I might still working in an cesentence. if I hadn’t won the lottery. Find correct one error in offi each 1 He If and she’d arrived a little earlier, she could got the 3 might had become a landscape gardener if heexpress hadn’t 1 If she’d arrived a little earlier, she could got the express train. been allergic to flowers. train. 2 If I might still working in an offi if couldn’t I hadn’t won 4 he’d locked the window, thece cat havethe getlottery. out. 2 I might still working inaan office if I gardener hadn’t won thehadn’t lottery. 3 become landscape if he 5 He Themight party had would been successful if there hadn’t been a 3 He might had to become a landscape gardener if he hadn’t been powerallergic failure. flowers. been to 4 If If that he’dallergic locked theflowers. window, for theus, catwe’d couldn’t out.bus 6 taxi hadn’t stopped still have standget at the 4 he’d locked the window, the cat couldn’t have get out. 5 If The stopparty in thewould rain. been successful if there hadn’t been a 5 The party would been successful if there hadn’t been a failure. 7 power This soup would have been perfect you hadn’t added that power failure. 6 last If that taxi hadn’t stopped for us, we’d still stand at the bus teaspoon of salt! 6 If thatintaxi hadn’t stopped for us, we’d still stand at the bus the rain. 8 stop If she’d come back for a second interview, we have offered
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We put the pages into this machine. (verb + preposition) MEANING Verbs with prepositions or adverbs sometimes referred to It sticks all the pages together. (verb are + adverb) Verbs with prepositions adverbs are sometimes referred to as multi-word verbs. bothorprepositions In multi-word verbs, and adverbs are as verbs. this machine. (verb + preposition) Wemulti-word put the pages sometimes calledinto particles. We put the into together. this machine. + preposition) It sticks all pages the pages (verb(verb + adverb) You can all often theprepositions meaning aand multi-word verb from It thework pagesout together. (verb +ofadverb) Insticks multi-word verbs, both adverbs are the meaningcalled ofverbs, theparticles. separate verb and preposition orare adverb. In multi-word both prepositions and adverbs sometimes In the examples above, the meanings of put into and stick sometimes called particles. You can often work out thethe meaning of a of multi-word from together are obvious from meanings put, stick,verb into and You can oftenof work out the meaning ofpreposition a multi-word verb from the meaning the separate verb and or adverb. together. the meaning of the separate verb and of preposition or stick adverb. In the examples above, the meanings put into and In the examples above, thethe meanings of put intostick, and stick together are obvious from meanings of put, into and FORM together together.are obvious from the meanings of put, stick, into and The patterns which go with a multi-word verb depend on: together. •FORM whether there’s an object after the verb. •FORM whether the particle is a preposition or an adverb. A The patterns which with abut multi-word verb depend on: preposition has angoobject, an adverb doesn’t. The patterns whichan goobject with aafter multi-word verb depend on: • whether there’s the verb. In this unit there’s there are of multi-word • whether anthree object after thekinds verb. the particle is a common preposition or an adverb. A verb: 1 Pour the the milk into • whether particle ismixing a preposition or an adverb. A preposition has anthe object, butbowl. an adverb doesn’t. (verb with object preposition with object) preposition has an+ object, but an adverb doesn’t. In this unit there are three common 2 We passed through Dresden hours kinds ago. of multi-word verb: In unit there are the three common kinds of multi-word verb: 1 this Pour the milk into mixing bowl. (verb + preposition with object) 1 Pour the into+the mixing bowl. (verbpicked withmilk object preposition with object) 3 She her bag up. (verb with object + adverb) with object + preposition with object) 2 (verb We passed through Dresden hours ago. In verbs with anobject) object and an adverb, you can put 2 multi-word We passed through Dresden hours ago. (verb + preposition with the adverb before or after the object. (verb + preposition with object) 3 She picked her bag up. (verb with object + adverb) She picked up her bag bag.up. (verb She picked her bag up. 3 She picked with object + adverb) In multi-word verbs an object and an etc.), adverb, can put But if the object is a with pronoun (me, it, they, theyou adverb In multi-word verbs with an object and an adverb, you can put the adverb before must go after it. or after the object. the adverb before or after the object. She picked up her bag. She picked her bag up. She picked up it. She picked it up. She picked up herisbag. She(me, picked her bag up.the adverb But if the object a pronoun it, they, etc.), But if go theafter object must it. is a pronoun (me, it, they, etc.), the adverb PRONUNCIATION must go after She picked up it. She picked it up. In multi-word verbs: She picked up it. She picked it up. •PRONUNCIATION prepositions are not usually stressed. •PRONUNCIATION verbs and adverbs are usually stressed. In adverbs multi-word • are verbs: usually stressed more strongly than verbs. In multi-word verbs: • prepositions are not usually stressed. You can use tousually helpstressed. you say multi-word verbs of all • prepositions arerules not usually verbs and these adverbs are stressed. kinds. • verbs and adverbs usuallymore stressed. adverbs are usuallyare stressed strongly than verbs. • adverbs areinto usually stressed more strongly than verbs. Pour the milk the mixing bowl. You can use these rules to help you say multi-word verbs of all We passed Dresden hours ago. You can usethrough these rules to help you say multi-word verbs of all kinds. kinds. She herinto bagthe up.mixing bowl. Pourpicked the milk
b Practise saying the sentence
4 a In groups, make a list of thin
Design classics n - ‘ball’ vacuum cleaner made by Dyso ) - dress designed by Versace (Liz Hurley
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The extra practice exercises can be either done in ago. class as Pour the milk the mixinghours bowl. She picked up into her bag. We passed through Dresden We Dresden hours ago. Shepassed picked through her bag up. the need arises, or set as homework. PRACTICE She picked her bag up.
She picked up her bag. Put the underlined expressions in the correct order. In some She picked up her bag. cases, two answers are possible. PRACTICE
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1 Add flour andexpressions salt, then slowly bowl order. / pour In / into / PRACTICE Put thethe underlined in thethe correct some the stirringexpressions all time.in the correct order. In some Put themilk, underlined cases, two answers arethe possible. 2 Can two you answers help me with this printer? I want to print / this cases, are possible. 1 Add the fl our and salt, then slowly the bowl / pour / into / envelope / an address / onto. 1 Add the flstirring our and salt, slowly the bowl / pour / into / the milk, thethen time. 3 Please over / turnall / the worksheet and look at question 2. the milk, stirring all the time. 2 Can you help me with this printer? I want to print / this 4 Could you from school / pick / the kids / up? I’m stuck at work. 2 Can you help with this printer? I want to print / this an me address onto. 5 Ienvelope forgot to/the agenda //attach / email / this morning’s / to. envelope / an/ turn address onto. 3 Please over / the/ worksheet and look at question 2.
Pronunciation
Listening
There is one pronunciation section in each unit. These sections have both receptive and productive aims: ● to help learners understand natural spoken English; ● to build confidence by isolating and practising specific, manageable features of spoken English; ● to help learners speak more intelligibly. 8.2 Note that although native-speaker voices are used to model Speculation 1 Look at sentences a–d in the table and answer the questions. featuresGRAMMAR of pronunciation, the primary goal of these sections Conditionals – 1 In each sentence, are the speakers describing things that really happened, or past and present are they imagining them? is intelligibility and not (necessarily) achieving a past? native2 Look at the two parts of each sentence. Which parts are about the Which are about the present? 3 Complete the forms with these terms: infinitive, -ing form or past participle. like accent. , modal verb + have + if + had + we could’vewill had kids.be useful a If I’d address married Juli, Pronunciation sections areas which I wouldn’t have gone to China. b If I hadn’t seen the head teacher, modal verbon, + for all Upper Intermediate learners to work regardless c If I hadn’t seen the head teacher, my life would be completely different. of their first language: ‘unmarked’ and contrastive stress, d If my company hadn’t decided to modal verb + be + move, I’d probably still be doing the same job. weak forms, elision, intrusion, dividing speech into groups 2 a Work alone. Use your own ideas to complete the sentences about the people. Jeanetteof prominence. of words, and the use 1 If she hadn’t looked in that newspaper, ... 2 She might not have gone to college if ... Each pronunciationFernando section is based on a short extract 3 He’d probably have asked Juli to marry him if ... 4 If he’d asked her to marry him, ... drawn from a listening sequence. Learners are encouraged Tristan 5 If he’d been away from school that day, ... 6 Hefeature probably wouldn’t be married if ... practise it: to notice a language and then
There is usually at least one major listening section in the first two lessons of each unit, and other listening activities occur frequently on pages such as Target activity, Across cultures and Explore speaking. A wide range of recordings, both authentic and scripted, is used, including monologues, topical conversations between friends and colleagues, conversations in service situations, phone calls and interviews. Authentic recordings are unscripted and feature both native and non-native speakers from a variety of backgrounds. These provide exposure to a range of accents and to features of real spoken English, such as vague language and hesitation devices. 5.1 goals Scripted recordings are based on real-world recordings and corpus data to guarantee the inclusion of natural Images expressions and features of English. They are often used to contextualise functional Picture storylanguage, such as expressions for 1 a Look or at thesignposting page from an art gallery website. What can you guess about: LISTENING discussing solutions a talk. 1 the people in the painting? 2 the relationships between them? Texts are exploited3 using a range of tasks designed to what’s happening? develop specific listening skills, build confidence and And when did you last see your father? prepare learners for less-graded authentic texts. For example, this sequence includes: ● prediction (1a); 5.1 goals ● listening for gist (1b, 2); ● listening for specific information (3); ● an opportunity for learners to respond to the recording in Images a natural way (4).
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PRONUNCIATION Prominent words 1
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// If I’d married JUli // we could’ve had KIDS // // If I hadn’t seen the head TEAcher // I wouldn’t have gone to CHIna // // If I hadn’t seen the head TEAcher // my life would be completely DIFFerent // // If my company hadn’t decided to MOVE // I’d probably still be doing the same JOB //
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example: What do you mean? How did you do that?
You have a producer. 4Is that right?
Key pronunciation areas may be touched upon two or b aThink about these questions. Think of some conditional sentences you could use. pick up course something said rather earlier? c summarise or interpret? three times during the than being ‘one-offs’, b1 ask fordid more detail? What were you doingdat the check that something’s true? When it happen? time? 2 Was it your choice or did it just happen? b Match more expressions with a–d. thereby building learners’ familiarity and confidence. 3 What happened afterwards? How has it affected your life now? You ifmentioned being had a sports producer was ‘repetitive’. In what sense? 4 What somethingthat different happened? Interest is maintained 5 How by do you slightly feel about it now? increasing the level of about turning points groups. Have any of you had similar seem to beyour saying that it’s bestinnot to plan too much. Have I got that experiences? right? challenge on eachYouc Talk occasion. For example, the activity Basically, the producer isn’t very involved in the interview. Am I right? repeat above from Unit 8 asks learners simply to notice and groups of words You and prominence, the below, said something about being offeredwhile a job on pirate radio. activity Tell me more about that. 65 from Unit 11, asks learners toofmake their choices 2 a Work alone. Choose one these topics and prepareown to tell a partner about it. • why you’d make a good radio presenter • why you should get a pay rise about dividing expressions word groups assigning • your feelings aboutinto the media in your country • how youand learned English • how to reduce crime where you live • how to have a good time in your home town prominence: b In pairs, have conversations about your chosen topics. Listen carefully to what your someone important in your life a job or career decision moving to a different place buying selling something an idea you had adviceshe someone 1 a Look ator the highlighted expressions Antonia uses. Which does use to: gave you
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how to divide them into groups of words. which word in each group should be prominent.
4 a On a piece of paper, write down a topic you’d like to be interviewed about and three
Learners can alsob practise the individual sounds they Exchange papers with a partner. Add to your partner’s paper: 1 a question to open the interview. have problems with, using the phonemic chart on the 2 one other question you’d like to ask. Self-study DVD-ROM. Inpartner. addition, e-Portfolio 5 Interview your Use expressionson from 1the to develop the interview and get further details. word list, learners can check their pronunciation of words 6 Change pairs. Tell your new partner what you learned about the person you interviewed. Do you think you got the best out of the person you interviewed? How? and expressions against British and American English recordings. questions you’d like to be asked about it.
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Listen again. What does the commentary suggest about:
the appearance of the little boy? the fact that the little girl is crying? the soldiers outside the door? the expression on the questioner’s face? the soldier standing next to the little girl? the jewel box and open chest?
b Compare your answers, then read the script on p147 to check.
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Units usually have at least one major reading section in the Listen to the audio guide introduction painting. Find answers to the first two lessons. bSmaller reading textsto theare used in some questions in 1a. Target activities canto thebe found in Across 2 andListen audio guide commentary about the peoplecultures in the painting. In and what order do you hear about the people 1–6? Explore writing3 apages. Listen again. What does the commentary suggest about: 1 the appearance of the little boy? A wide range of text types isgirlused, 2 the fact that the little is crying? both printed and 3 the soldiers outside the door? 4 the expression on the questioner’s face?online articles, electronic: newspaper, magazine and 5 the soldier standing next to the little girl? 6 the jewel box and open chest? web postings, brochures, interviews and personal b Compare your answers, then read the script on p147 to check. correspondence.4 What aspects of the painting do you like or dislike? Having listened to the commentary, do you feel differently about the painting? Talk together. Reading texts: 38 ● are drawn from sources around the world in order to appeal to as many learners as possible; ● are authentic, or based on authentic texts, ensuring that learners are exposed to natural language and preparing them for the experience of reading outside the classroom; ● recycle known language in order to build learners’ confidence in reading; ● are slightly above learners’ productive language level, so that learners have opportunities to notice new language; ● provide a context for vocabulary and grammar which is to be taught. 2.1
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Texts are exploited using a range of tasks appropriate for 7.1 goals having a coffee having a bath the level and text type. For example, this walking around the room getting some sleep sequence includes: listening to music thinking about something else for a while meditating to the topic doing housework ● personal orientation of the text (1); going out for a walk talking to yourself 2 Read the article. Which things in 1 can improve your ability to solve problems, ● reading for gist (2); according to the article? Inspiration READING
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Read the caption and look at the site map, which shows the proposed structure of the website. Do you think the site map is logically organised? Would you add or change any pages?
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5 Looklearners at the sentences from and Ramdas’sthe conversation. Which fiveto highlighted In the Task section, areBengiven chance think verbs could be replaced by a verb from the box? about the ideas andswitch theconnect language they want to use before add drop shift 1 I think we should link that page to ‘Portraits’. they begin, meaning that they will bepage.able to focus on 2 I think we should cut the ‘About Us’ 3 If we leave it where it is, no one’ll see it. better to movewhen all that information to the homepage. accuracy as well as45 flIt’s uency they do the task itself: My idea is to stick another page here. TASK VOCABULARY Describing changes
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VOCABULARY 5 a Decide if these pairs of expressions from the article are similar or different in The report in Science also suggests that creativity-based companies might well profit from encouraging their staff to build some slack meaning. If they differ, explain how. Problems and into their days, rather than staying glued to their desks. solutions 1 concentrate on a problem / sort out a problem
For further reading2 practice, the Self-study Pack contains solve a problem / find the answer to a problem 3 give up on a problem come up with a solution 3 Read again. According to /the article: seven Explore reading pages, each of which focuses on a 1 why can interruptions from phones, emails and so on be helpful? 54 2 what did each group of volunteers different real-life reading scenario. at Northwestern University have to do? 3 which group got better results? 4 5
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What do you think about the ideas in the article? Do they match your own experiences of thinking about problems?
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solutionsactivity 1 is The target an extended speaking task, which concentrate on a problem / sort out a problem 2 solve a problem / find the answer to a problem 3 give a problem / come up with a solution recycles some or all ofup onthe goals, vocabulary and 54 grammar of the previous two lessons. It is the conclusion of the first five, topically linked pages of the unit. As part of the task preparation, the Target activity also 6.3 Target activity provides further listening or reading skills development, 6.3 goals and further language Target activity pages have three Design input. a site map Talk together. TASK LISTENING 1 sections. 1 Which websites do you most often visit? Why? What would you say are the characteristics of a well-designed website? Task and23 Task sections have three What thingsreading about websites really annoy you? 6.3listening Target activity 6.3 goals objectives: they provide a model for the task which students Design a site map do laterTASKon, they provide a context for the vocabulary which Talk together. LISTENING 1 1 Which websites do you most often visit? Why? is presented afterwards, and they provide further receptive 2 What would you say are the characteristics of a well-designed website? 6.3 Target activity 3 What things about websites really annoy you? skills development: 6.3 goals meaning. If they differ, explain how.
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Which websites do you most often visit? Why?Ben and Ramdas have just started a What would you say are the characteristics ofsmall a well-designed website? They’re photography business. What things about websites really annoy you?discussing a possible site map for their business’s website.
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You can support your learners during task preparation by encouraging them to look back at the relevant vocabulary and grammar sections from the preceding lessons.
Across cultures More and more people around the world are learning English in order to live, work, study and travel in other countries. The increasingly global nature of business, travel, education and personal relations in today’s world means that intercultural awareness is an area of growing interest and need for learners everywhere. The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEF) identifies intercultural awareness as a key sociolinguistic competence (chapter 5.1.1–3). Learners who are interculturally competent are more sensitive and effective communicators in international situations. To this end, the Across cultures pages are intended to help learners to: ● communicate better with people from a range of cultural backgrounds; ● be more aware of the kinds of differences and similarities that can exist both between and within cultures; ● reflect on aspects of their own and other cultures in an objective, non-judgemental way; ● contribute to an exchange of ideas about cultures by drawing on their own observations and experiences. The course has seven Across cultures pages in evennumbered units (alternating with Keyword). Each looks at a particular topic from an intercultural perspective: Unit
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Aspects of culture Special occasions Ways of communicating Languages Rights and obligations Health and healthcare Recruitment
Across cultures pages are structured like an ordinary lesson. They typically include a brief lead-in, a listening or reading text for further skills development, and some language input to support learners in a final speaking stage where they talk about their own and other cultures. Listening stages usually use authentic recordings of people talking about their own countries and cultures. These are intended to engage learners’ interest and promote discussion, rather than representing the only ‘truth’ about a given culture. Indeed, learners with experience of the same culture are encouraged to agree, disagree and add further information.
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dinner organised by Caitlin’s charity (see the previous page). The Keyword most frequent words in English tend to have a 1 Who works charity? Who works at the1hotel? Conversation put for the 2 How do you think each person feels? Why? number of different meanings and to occur in a range of What’s putb=Compare move oryour place something ideas, then read the Jan script onnoticed p157 to check. about Kelly? 1 a a Theand Listen to fourWhat’s people talking about the disastrous reason? patterns Each odd-numbered unit of the 2 speakersexpressions. use eight expressionsthe with put, all with the same dinner organised by Caitlin’s charity (see the previous page). basic pattern. Find and write them in a table like this. Who works for the charity? Who works at the hotel? course 12has a self-contained Keyword page which focuses Conversation 2 something/someone preposition putHow do you think each person feels? Why?something yourthe ideas, then read the script on p157 to check. put these half guests inHarold a little side roomkey Why’s worried about Rajeev?and on oneb Compare of words, clarifi es its meanings 2 b a Which The speakers use eight expressions with put, with the same expressions are about moving or placing something physically? What kind ofallproblem is it? research, and useful expressions ed by corpus basic pattern. Find and writeas them identifi in a table like this. Which are more abstract? something/someone preposition something put alone. Conversation 3 your opinions or 3 a Work Write four or five sentences expressing practises them. experiences put. put half with the guests in a little side room What Lucia ask Hee-Sun? I think the government should putdoes more money into primary education. The meanings and expressions ofexplain? the keyword are often My husband’s always putting me in really situations. b Which expressions are about moving or embarrassing placing something physically? What won’t Lucia Which are more abstract? b In groups, listen to each other’s sentences and ask questions. illustrated using examples from the current unit and 3 a Work alone. Write four or five sentences expressing your opinions or Why primary in particular? What kind of situations?to check. beducation Read the conversations experiences with put. previous units: I think the government should put more money into primary education. 3.29
You can, of course, set some of the later stages of the writing process as homework if you prefer. In many cases, the goals for these pages refer to both traditional and electronic media (e.g. ‘write a formal letter or email of refusal’), meaning you can choose to ask your learners to write either on paper or on computer if the facilities are available.
Explore speaking
Explore speaking pages occur in odd-numbered units (alternating with Explore writing). My husband’s always putting me in really embarrassing situations. Multi-word verbs with put b In groups, listen to each other’s sentences and ask questions.1–8 in the 2 Which expressions Explore speaking is a complete, free-standing page which 4 a Can you guess the meanings of the multi-word verbs in these sentences? Why primary education in particular? What kind of situations? conversations have a similar purpose aims to equip learners with skills and strategies for to a–c? improving their spoken interaction in a wide range of Multi-word verbs with put do the same sentences. The verbs look same asmy the ones in 4a but have 4 b a Now Can you guess thewith meanings of the multi-word verbs in the these sentences? a theseMaybe it’s none of business but … situations. It addresses real-life, immediate needs of Upper different meanings. It’s aon?difficult situation. 1 Do you mind if I b put the television Intermediate learners, such as: 2 I know I should see a dentist but I keep putting it off. 3 The hotel was full to put menot up for ato few days. c so I asked I’dAbbas prefer answer that. ● using vague expressions to describe categories of things; 4 It’s a very old building but we’ve decided to put in central heating. b Now do the same with these sentences. The verbs look the same as the ones in 4a but have 5 a Cover the sentences in 4a and 4b, then complete 1–8 below. different meanings. 3 a Choose expressions from 2 to complete ● showing different attitudes and feelings; Find someone who: 1 Do you mind if I put the television on? when they’re working. likes to put music these conversations. Different answers I know I should see a dentist but I keep putting it off. This is 2321followed by ● making concessions and counter-arguments; once put a notice incontrolled their neighbourhood. and freer practice: The hotel was full so I asked Abbas to put me up for a few days. when they go to work. 3 always puts a tie 4 It’s a very old building but we’ve decided to put in central heating. aresomething possible. 4 keeps putting important. ● 1speaking tactfully in different situations; 5 a 5Cover theoften sentences in 4a and 4b, then quite puts friends at thecomplete weekend.1–8 below. a lot of practice for a sport every week. 6 puts Find someone who:1 jan Max, have got a moment? a but I heard your brother’s ● giving 7 recently put a new bathroom or kitchen at home. emphasis to you different kinds of information; when they’re working. 1 likes to put music 8 was put a subject by a horrible teacher at school. a notice in their neighbourhood. just closed down. 2 once put max Sure. company ● 3 always puts apeople tie when theyand go try to work. b Talk to different in your class to checking that people understand. Do you put music on when you’re working? 4 keeps putting something important. find at least one person for each 1–8. jan I’m slightly worried about Kelly. . b statement Yes, but If I’m at home, yes. 5 quite often to puts Ask questions findfriends out more. at the weekend. 6 puts a lot of practice for a sport every week. What kind of thing do you listen to? Eachmax ExploreOK speaking page … erm, how doincludes: you mean? 2 a newabathroom Well, happy birthday! how old are or kitchen at home. 7 recently put 8 was put a subject by a horrible teacher at school. ● jan Well I can see that she’s happy in Finance, you? a listening text containing the not target language. The 107 b Talk to different people in your class and try to Do you put music on when you’re working? 1 find at least one person for each statement 1–8.. It’s a secret! but she won’t say why. I don’t want to be nosy b If I’m at home, yes. listening, which generally links to the topic of the unit as Ask questions to find out more. What kind of thing do you listen to? but do youa know going knowlanguage; her 3 a Alistair told me you’re not speaking. a whole, provides clearwhat’s context foron? theYou target better than I do. what’s the problem? 107 ● the listening script on the same page. This enables max Well, 2it’s a bit delicate. Erm … She has to work b Well, . It’s just that he’s sometimes Explore writing learners to see and study right away with Ken but, erm,the theytarget used tolanguage be in a relationship. so opinionated. without having to fl ick to the back of the book; jan Oh, I see. I didn’t know that. Explore writing4pages occur in even-numbered units a Do you know why Jerry was fired? b I do,speaking). but . I promised not to gossip (alternating with Explore 2 about it. This page is dedicated to improving learners’ writing harold So, how are things? 2.19 Listen to some possible answers. Were skills throughba sequence of activities which build towards rajeev Oh, not too bad, you know. Getting along. yours similar? a practical, purposeful writing task. As with Explore harold Rajeev, 3I don’t mean to pry, but is something wrong? You’ve been looking really tired recently. speaking, 4the apage will havegroups. a topical link with the rest of Work in two rajeev Erm, yeah, 4I’d rather not say. Sorry. the unit. Group A – read the six situations on p122. harold No, no, that’s fine. Specifically, Explore will help learners to: Groupwriting B – readpages the six situations on p126. rajeev It’s just, erm ... 5it’s just a personal thing. ● write a range of text types appropriate to the level, e.g. harold OK, no problem. So, did you see the game last In your groups, plan what to say for each situation. an email recommending places to see, a dramatic story, a night? Think of what language you can use from 2. web posting putting forward an argument, a proposal; 3 ● understand genre-specifi c conventions, e.g. the b Get into A/B pairs. Have your conversations. ● activities in which I’m learners the I’m target lucia Hee-Sun! so gladnotice to see you! a bit language language and content of a complaint, the language and in differentconfused. ways, such asthe categorising What’s quickest wayexpressions to get to 5 Go back to your groups. What answers did organisation of a proposal, ways of making a story from here? according Paul’s to their function; dramatic; you get from the people you talked to? hee sun Oh, well, er, go downwhich 125th Street, left into ● controlled practice you exercises buildthen familiarity ● develop confidence in writing by planning and White Avenue, then turn right into Orchard Street. and confidence with the target language; discussing ideas with peers, talking about and improving lucia Right into Orchard ... OK, sorry I can’t stop. Bye. ● a freer practice task, such as a role play, which gives hee-sun Er, 6if you don’t mind me asking, what is the big texts together, and building from shorter to longer texts. learners the chance to use the target language in a realhurry? Each page contains one or more models of the text type life situation. lucia Erm, 7I can’t really talk about it right now. 8It’s learners will produce at the end of the lesson. The sequence kind of complicated. of exercises will usually require learners to: hee-sun Ah. OK. ● read the model texts for meaning; lucia But don’t worry. I’ll be fine. See you. hee-sun Bye. ● notice specific language features in the texts; ● practise using the new language in writing; ● plan 60 a piece of writing, e.g. learners may be asked to generate ideas in pairs or groups, then organise their ideas into paragraphs; ● write their own texts; ● read each other’s texts and respond where possible (either orally or in writing); ● work to improve their own or each other’s texts.
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He asked me to put on a suit jacket to ensure my job offer was for real. Unit 11 I’m not trying to put you off but travel writing has to be something you want to do passionately. Maybe we could put some notices up outside. Unit 8 Well, you’re only a beginner. You just need to put in some practice. Unit 1
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He asked me to put on a suit jacket to ensure my job offer was for real. Unit 11 I’m not trying to put you off but travel writing has to be something you want to do passionately. Maybe we could put some notices up outside. Unit 8 Well, you’re only a beginner. You just need to put in some practice. Unit 1
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Unit 9
Unit 9
Look again
Self-assessment
The Look again page is divided into two columns, Review and Extension. Although some sections can be set as homework, the page is intended as a series of communicative activities for learners to do in class. The Look again page also includes a final Self-assessment for the unit.
Each unit concludes with a Self-assessment box for learners to complete either in class or at home. Many learners find it useful and motivating to reflect on their progress at regular intervals during a course of study. For teachers, the Self-assessment will be a valuable means of gauging learners’ perceptions of how much progress they’ve made, and of areas they need to work on further. Self-assessments can also be useful preparation for oneto-one tutorials in which the learner’s and teacher’s perceptions of progress are compared and discussed.
Review The three Review activities will help learners to recycle language from both the current and previous unit: 1 Vocabulary – provides further communicative practice of a key area of functional or topical language from the unit. 2 Grammar – provides further communicative practice of the key grammar point in the unit. 3 Can you remember? – recycles a key language focus from the preceding unit to help learners reactivate and better retain the language.
Extension The two Extension activities focus on useful aspects of language, extending learners’ knowledge beyond what is taught in the main body of the unit. 4 Spelling and sounds – this section is intended to meet the need of learners and teachers for a systematic approach to English spelling. It takes a ‘sounds to spelling’ approach in the belief that the most useful guide for Upper Intermediate learners is to help them spell words when they hear them. It looks at different spellings of consonants such as /dZ/, /m/ and /g/ (including silent letters and consonant doubling), vowels such as /e/, // and /U/, and vowel digraphs such as /eI/, /e@/ and /@U/. Spelling and sounds will help students to: ● become aware of sound / spelling correlations, helping to improve both spelling and pronunciation; ● learn general rules for spelling in manageable amounts; ● develop accuracy in spelling and therefore confidence in writing; ● revise words encountered in the current and previous units. 5 Notice – this section further exploits reading and listening texts from the unit by briefly looking at and practising a useful and regularly occurring language feature, e.g. nouns linked with and and or (binomials), the uses of very and the very, verbs with off, a set of expressions about planning and spontaneity.
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The Self-study Pack About the Self-study Pack
Explore reading, in even-numbered units, offers practice in reading, understanding and responding to a range of everyday texts, such as news and popular science articles, information websites and emails. As Upper Intermediate learners are expected to be able to deal with quite long and in-depth reading tasks, each Explore reading section is two pages long. This allows for an extended reading task, followed by detailed comprehension, language and exploitation work.
English Unlimited Upper Intermediate Self-study Pack offers a wealth of activities for learners to reinforce what they have learned in class. It has been designed to offer flexibility and depth to your English teaching, whatever the specific needs of your learners. The Workbook and Self-study DVD-ROM provide a wide range of language and skills practice activities to accompany each unit of the Coursebook, so you can: ● set homework tasks based on the Coursebook lessons; 14 ● supplement your lessons with further language and skills EXPLOREReading practice; 8 Look at these threats to life on our planet and answer the questions. ● use authentic video activities in class, or get learners to • Meteorite impact • Viral pandemic • Take-over by robots • Climate change • Nuclear war • Eruption of super-volcano watch in their own time. 1 Which one do you think is most likely to occur during our lifetime? 2 Which one do you think would have the biggest impact on life on our planet? Your learners can: 9 Quickly read the article, in which scientists talk about the major threats to life on our planet. Which two threats in Exercise 8 are not mentioned? ● consolidate their knowledge of language and skills taught in class; What a way to go ● practise and check their pronunciation; ● learn and practise essential speaking skills; ● create tests on specific language areas quickly and easily, Explore writing, in odd-numbered units, gives learners key pointers on structure and language, to enable them which allows learners to focus on either grammar-based to wide range oforder, written texts, or vocabulary-based questions or both from any unit or 1 Put these expressions in produce a logicalachronological from 1 tosuch 5. as a web VOCABULARY posting, a letter to a newspaper or a statistical report. Taken combination of units; Crimes and be arrested go to prison suspected ● check their progress and get feedback on their alongside the Explorebewriting pages in even-numbered level of justice be sentenced be accused units of the Coursebook, this means that there is a dedicated English and any specific areas of difficulty; ● record and listen to themselves speaking in everyday writingwith lesson for every unit ofwords. the course. 2 Complete these news stories crime and justice conversations, using the audio materials. a b The last page (or sometimes two pages) of each unit has a A York mother has been given set of activities that link up directly with the authentic video on the Self-study DVD-ROM. Learners have the chance In the Workbook of £75 for feeding the a1 to watch and listen to real people from around the world, English Unlimited Upper Intermediate Workbook contains: ducks at her local park – but her talking about topics connected to the unit. ● activities which practise and extend the vocabulary daughter was allowedand to carry on, grammar taught in the Coursebook units;English 2 she 1 as under Interview Hidden talents ● further reading and writing skills practice; Twin brothers who were 3 for robbery in 1 Before you watch, think about these questions. was too young to prosecute. ● numerous opportunities in each unit for learners to Do you have a particular skill? How did you learn it? havelife?been released. The twins are 4 Do you useBerlin it in your professional personalise what they are learning to their own interests 2 Watch Clare and Carlos. What skill or talent do each c 80 of them talk Do they use it£5.6m professionally? ofabout? stealing of jewellery and watches, but police and situations. Circle Yes or No. A man from Poland has finally Yes / No Clare’s skill: can’t prove which one was responsible. Carlos’ skill: Yes / No The first three pages of each unit consist of vocabulary won an 18-month legal battle 3 Watch Clare again (0:11–1:03) and answer the and grammar practice activities to consolidate and d questions. Use the glossary to help you. 1 When did she start learning her skill? to clear name. Theinman reinforce what hashis been taught the Coursebook, which What does she do to develop The2 Dutch creator ofheraskill? computer virus 5 3 Name the four types of cake that she makes. wasused in classoforkicking can be either set for his homework. Over to 4 What has been her most difficult cake? Why? that infected computers around the you activities suggest bucket. ways for learners to practise and 4 Complete these extracts from what Clare says. Write one word in each gap. Use the definitions in brackets to neighbour’s help you, and watch world was 6 again if necessary. to 150abouthours personalise the language and skills they have learned in a 1 It’s something that I three years ago now. (started doing) 27 I make money from making birthday cakes. (these words add emphasis) of 3 I think the most difficult service on Thursday. more open way. cake I’ve done is probably ... (until now)
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How will it all end? Below, four scientists talk about their greatest fears and explain how society could be affected. After each one, we estimate the chance of the threat occurring in our lifetime (over the next 70 years), and the danger that it would pose to the human race if it did happen (10 = making humans extinct). Nick Brooks, senior research associate at the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research:
Threat 1 ‘By the end of this century it is likely that greenhouse gases will have doubled and the average global temperature will have risen by at least 2°C. This is hotter than anything the Earth has experienced in the last one and a half million years. In the worst case scenario it could completely alter the climate in many regions of the world. This could lead to global food insecurity and the widespread collapse of existing social systems, causing mass migration and conflict over resources 1 .’ Threat 2
Air Marshal Lord Garden, author of Can Deterrence Last?:
‘In theory, a nuclear war could destroy the human civilisation but in practice I think the time of that danger has probably passed. There are three potential nuclear flashpoints today: the Middle East, India-Pakistan and North Korea. But I like to believe the barriers against using a nuclear weapon remain high because of the way we have developed an international system to restrain nuclear use. The probability of nuclear war on a global scale is low 2 .’
Donald Yeomans, manager of NASA’s Near Earth Object Program Office:
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‘To cause a serious setback to our civilisation, an impactor would have to be around 1.5km wide or larger. We expect an event of this type every million years on average. The dangers associated with such a large impactor include an enormous amount of dust in the atmosphere, which would substantially shut down sunlight for weeks, thus affecting plant life and crops that sustain life. All of these effects are relatively short-term 3 .’ Threat 4
Professor Bill McGuire, director of the Benfield Hazard Research Centre:
‘Approximately every 50,000 years the Earth experiences a super-volcano. More than 1,000 sq km of land can be obliterated, the surrounding continent is coated in ash, and sulphur gases are injected into the atmosphere, reflecting back sunlight for years to come. A super-volcano is 12 times more likely than a large meteorite impact. Places to watch now are those that have erupted in the past, such as Yellowstone in the US and Toba. But, even more worryingly, a supervolcano could also burst out from somewhere that has never erupted before 4 .’
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On the Self-study DVD-ROM The English Unlimited Upper Intermediate Self-study DVD-ROM offers your learners over 300 interactive activities which they can use to practise and consolidate what they have learned in class, while providing a number of easy ways to check their progress at every step of the course.
Just click on the icon for each unit and the learners will find a wide range of engaging and easy-to-use activities, from picture matching and drag-and-drop categorisation to cloze exercises. Learners are also able to record themselves, practising pronunciation or taking part in conversations, and compare their recordings with the original audio. If learners have used their e-Portfolio from the Coursebook, they are able to save their conversation recordings direct to their e-Portfolio.
learners to useful everyday listening texts, such as a lecture, a radio phone-in show and a job interview.
In most language courses, it is rare for learners to get the chance to listen to themselves in conversation, but if there is a microphone available, this can be done easily using the recorded dialogues on the DVD-ROM. Learners listen to the dialogues, take a closer look at the language used, and then have the opportunity to record themselves and play back to hear how they sound in the conversations. If they have installed the e-Portfolio from their Coursebook, they can save this conversation directly to the My work section. Learners can also record and listen to themselves during any exercise, for example, to practise pronunciation. In every unit of the Self-study DVD-ROM, you will also find video, which can be used with the whole class or by the learners themselves outside class, using the last page (or two) of each unit of the Workbook, or just watching them to get extra exposure to real language. At Upper Intermediate level, there are two types of authentic video: � 11 sets of Interviews including topics such as: A holiday to forget, Virtual world and How not to get the job.
Each unit’s activities practise and extend the vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation and Keyword areas focused on in the Coursebook. Learners can also generate tests quickly and easily, using the Quick check test question bank. They can choose which units they want to test and how many questions they want the test to consist of, and Quick check will randomly select from the 700 questions in the bank. �
Learners can also keep track of their progress as they work through the course with the Progress page, which shows which exercises they have attempted and their scores. Learners can therefore quickly see the language areas where they need to do more work and can retry the relevant exercises. In addition to language practice, each unit of the Self-study DVD-ROM also contains Explore speaking and Listening activities. Explore speaking trains learners to notice key speaking skills, such as using stress to show disbelief or expressions such as whatever, anyway and right as discourse markers, and then incorporate these techniques into their own spoken English. Listening activities expose
three short Documentaries, each starring one or two experts in their field discussing engaging topics. The three documentary subjects are: – The sculptors – The human rights lawyer – The Antarctic researcher
These videos on the Self-study DVD-ROM are available in full-screen version with optional subtitles, or inset alongside an onscreen transcription. In the full-screen version, subtitles can be easily toggled on and off, so learners can find extra support for any part of the video if they need it.
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The e-Portfolio The English Unlimited Upper Intermediate e-Portfolio is an interactive DVD-ROM which learners can use as a progress check, a reference tool and a store of written and spoken texts. It contains useful features to help reinforce learning and record and encourage progress. Learners click on one of the four icons on the start-up menu to start using these features.
Self-assessment
My work The My work feature gives learners a convenient repository in which they can build a portfolio of their work as they progress through the course. Divided into Reading and writing and Speaking and listening folders, My work allows learners to import recorded examples of speaking and written work directly from the Self-study Pack or to import documents and files directly from their computer.
The Self-assessment feature allows learners to reflect on their own progress through the course. They do this by choosing a number between one and five to assess how well they feel they can complete each communicative goal from the Coursebook units. This encourages learners to take responsibility for their own progress and also motivates them by giving a visual record of the goals which they feel they are able to achieve. These rankings are recorded and can be revised when learners feel they have made improvements.
Developing a bank of their own written and spoken work provides another opportunity for review over a longer term and can be exceptionally motivating for learners. My work also offers a simple solution for English courses in which the production of coursework counts towards a learner’s end-of-course grade.
Word cards Word list The Word list feature gives learners a comprehensive reference tool for checking the spelling, meaning and pronunciation of the words and expressions presented in the Coursebook. Learners can search by Coursebook unit or by topic group. Clear definitions show how each word or expression is used in the Coursebook, and both British and North American pronunciation guides allow learners to listen and compare with their own pronunciation. The Word list also allows learners to enter and save new information about each word or expression. They can make notes on a word or expression, or add an example sentence which they have heard or read. New words that learners discover for themselves can also easily be added to the list, giving learners the chance to extend and personalise the Word list.
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The Word cards feature encourages the review of words and expressions from the Coursebook. A series of words and expressions can be generated randomly by unit or topic, with the number of ‘cards’ set by the learner. Cards are then dragged and dropped into categories based on how well the learner can recall the word. A learner can check the meaning of the word by turning over the card. There is also the option for learners to include new words which they have added in the Word list. This is a fun and easy-to-use way of reinforcing vocabulary acquisition.
The Teacher’s Pack We understand that no two teachers or classes are alike, and that the role of a Teacher’s Pack accompanying a language course is to cater for as diverse a range of pedagogical needs as possible. The materials in this Teacher’s Pack serve to enhance the flexibility of English Unlimited to meet the needs of teachers who: ● are teaching courses of different lengths; ● want to supplement the Coursebook materials; ● have different class sizes and types; ● are teaching in different parts of the world; ● are addressing different assessment needs; ● want to use video materials in the classroom. English Unlimited Upper Intermediate Teacher’s Pack offers a step-by-step guide to teaching from the Coursebook, more than 50 photocopiable activity worksheets to extend and enrich your lessons and a complete testing suite. The Teacher’s Pack consists of the Teacher’s Book and the Teacher’s DVD-ROM.
In the Teacher’s Book Teacher’s notes In the Teacher’s Book, there are more than 100 pages of teacher’s notes (pp23–126) to accompany the Coursebook material. These notes are a comprehensive and easyto-follow guide to using the English Unlimited Upper Intermediate Coursebook, and have been written with a broad range of class types and teaching styles in mind. Each unit’s notes take you smoothly through the different stages of the Coursebook lessons. Answers are clearly highlighted, and the Individual, Pair and Group work symbols show at a glance what interaction is suggested for each stage. On most pages, there are instructions for alternative activities, clearly boxed, to offer greater variety and interest. There are also suggestions throughout for adapting activities to stronger and weaker classes, multilingual and monolingual classes, and to different class sizes and environments.
On the Teacher’s DVD-ROM A teacher-friendly resource English Unlimited Upper Intermediate Teacher’s DVD-ROM offers a large suite of language and skills practice, assessment and video materials in an easyto-use package. It also contains unit-by-unit PDF files of the Teacher’s Book. It is designed to offer flexibility to teachers who may want to use materials in digital and paper format. So you can: ● display activity worksheets and tests on a screen or whiteboard as well as distributing paper copies to learners. This is useful if you want to: demonstrate an
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Photocopiable activities There are 42 photocopiable activity worksheets on the Teacher’s DVD-ROM (three for each unit), ready to print out and use straight away. These offer extra vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation practice, extra reading and writing work, role plays and games which further activate the language that learners have been introduced to in the Coursebook, and build their fluency, confidence and communication skills. Each activity is accompanied by a page of clear, step-bystep instructions, with answer keys and extra teaching ideas. At the end of each unit of the Teacher’s notes, there is a page to help you find the activities you need, and there are also boxes in the unit notes which suggest when particular activities might be used. Progress and Achievement tests The English Unlimited testing suite consists of 14 unit-byunit Progress tests and three skills-based Achievement tests to motivate your learners and give you and them a clear idea of the progress that they are making. These and other methods of assessment are discussed in detail on pp20–21. Videos The video from each unit of the Self-study Pack is also included on the Teacher’s DVD-ROM, as this is easily adaptable for use in class, either using the video exercises from the Workbook, or just for extra listening practice and class discussion. The 11 Interviews and three Documentaries are each linked topically to the unit, and so they offer extension and consolidation of the work done in the Coursebook, as well as giving learners the chance to listen to authentic, spontaneous speech from a range of native and non-native English speakers. The subtitles toggle on and off, so you can easily show any sections of text which learners find difficult to understand. The book on the disk English Unlimited Upper Intermediate Teacher’s DVDROM also contains the whole Teacher’s Book in PDF format, so that you can print out the unit or section that you want, instead of carrying the book around with you. There are also CEF tables, which show how English Unlimited Upper Intermediate completes CEF level B2 by mapping the relevant ‘can do’ statements from the CEF to specific pages and tasks in the Coursebook.
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Assessing your learners with English Unlimited There are many ways of assessing learner progress through a language course. For this reason English Unlimited offers a range of testing and assessment options, including progress tests, skill-based achievement tests, assessment using the e-Portfolio, self-assessment and continuous assessment.
Tests on the Teacher’s DVD-ROM There are two types of test available as PDFs on the Teacher’s DVD-ROM: Progress and Achievement tests. Progress tests There is one Progress test for each of the 14 units of the course. These assess the learners’ acquisition of language items taught in the main Coursebook material. Each test carries 40 marks and includes questions assessing grammar and vocabulary items taught in the unit. These are not intended to be ‘high stakes’ tests but rather quick checks that will help the teacher and learner judge which language points have been successfully acquired and understood, and which areas individual learners or the whole class may need to study again. We suggest that each test should take no more than 30 minutes in the classroom. Tests can be copied and distributed to each learner and taken in class time. The tests are designed for quick marking with the provided Answer Key. Teachers may choose to mark tests, or, alternatively, learners can mark each other’s work. A mark can be given out of 40. If particular problem areas are identified, learners can be directed to do extra work from the Self-study Pack. Achievement tests There are three Achievement tests, designed to form the basis of formal learner assessment. ● Achievement test 1 can be taken after Unit 4. ● Achievement test 2 can be taken after Unit 9. ● Achievement test 3 can be taken after Unit 14. These tests are based on the four skills: Reading, Listening, Writing and Speaking. Reading tests Each test is based on a short text and we advise allowing no more than 15 minutes for each test. As with the Coursebook and Listening tests, there may be a few unfamiliar items in the text, but the tasks are graded so unknown items should not hinder the learners’ ability to answer the questions. The teacher may mark the tests or it may be acceptable for learners to mark each other’s work. Listening tests The audio tracks for these are found at the end of the three Class Audio CDs. Achievement test 1 is track 31 on CD1; Achievement test 2 is track 29 on CD2; Achievement test 3 is track 37 on CD3.
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We suggest carrying out tests under controlled conditions, with the recording played twice. Each test should take no longer than ten minutes. As with the Coursebook audio, there may be a few unfamiliar language items in the listening text, but tasks are graded to the level of the learner, so unknown items should not hinder the learners’ ability to answer the eight questions. The tests are simple and quick to mark. They can be marked by the teacher or it may be acceptable for learners to mark each other’s work. Writing tests Learners are set a writing task based on themes from the Coursebook and the teacher assesses work using the Writing assessment scales provided. Tasks are designed to simulate purposeful, real-life, communicative pieces of writing. The teacher should endeavour to identify the band the work falls in for each category. This marking scheme can give learners a profile of the strong and weak points of their written work, creating a virtuous circle of improvement through the course. If the tests are to be used under timed conditions in class, 40 minutes should be allowed for the learners to produce their texts – planning and redrafting may be encouraged by the teacher at the outset. Another way is to set the tasks as assessed writing assignments to be done as homework. In these cases, the teacher should interpret the band scales according to the time available and the availability of dictionaries and other reference materials. The option chosen will depend on your learning environment. A timed test may help you assess learners under equal conditions, but can be a rather artificial, pressured environment. Written homework assignments are less controlled, but could be a better way of encouraging learners to work at their writing and feel satisfied with a polished piece of written work. The Explore writing tasks in the Coursebook and Self-study Pack may also be used as assessed assignments and marked using the assessment scales. Speaking tests These are designed to be carried out by an assessor, who may be the learners’ regular teacher or another teacher in the institution. Learners do the tests in pairs. The ideal environment is for the test to take place in a separate room from the rest of the class, who can be engaged in self-study work while the testing is taking place. It is best if seating is set up as a ‘round table’ if possible, rather than the assessor facing both learners across a desk, so as not to suggest an interrogation! Each test takes 14 minutes. The assessor should be familiar with the Speaking assessment scales for the Speaking tests before the test and have a copy of the Mark Sheet for each learner with their names already filled in. Screen the Mark Sheets from the learners.
The assessor will need the Teacher’s Notes, which provide a script of prompts for the test. Each test is in two parts. In the first part (three minutes), the assessor asks the learners in turn a selection of questions from the Notes, based on themes from the Coursebook. The assessor may depart from the script to elicit further responses, maintaining a friendly, encouraging manner. The assessor may begin to note down some marks based on the scales for each learner. In Part 2 (six minutes), learners are provided with prompts for a communicative task, which they carry out between themselves. Learners may need some encouragement, or to have the instructions explained more than once. During this section, the assessor should withdraw eye contact, making it clear that the learners should talk to each other, listen closely and revise the marks from Part 1, gradually completing the grid. In part 3 (five minutes) the assessor asks learners questions related to the task in part 2. The assessor may now make any final necessary adjustments to the learners’ marks. The assessor should not correct learners at any point during the test. Filling in the Mark Sheets Once all four papers of the Achievement tests have been carried out, the teacher can provide marks for each learner. This includes analytical marks for the Speaking and Writing tests, and an average mark out of five for each one; and marks out of eight for the Reading and Listening tests. This gives the learners a snapshot of their performance in the four skills. The learners should be encouraged to reflect on what they found easy or difficult, and given strategies to improve performance in different skills. The marks can be used as the basis for course reports or formal assessment.
Self-assessment Assessment is not just about tests. Self-assessment encourages more reflective and focused learning. English Unlimited offers a number of tools for learner selfassessment: ● Each unit of the Coursebook ends with a self-assessment grid in which learners are encouraged to measure their own progress against the unit goals, which in turn are based on the can-do statements of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. ● Progress with the activities on the Self-study DVD-ROM can be analysed in detail on the Progress screen. ● The Self-study DVD-ROM also contains Quick Check tests, using a bank of 700 multiple-choice questions. Learners select which units they want to be tested on and how long they want the test to be – new tests will be randomly generated each time.
Using the e-Portfolio Portfolio-based assessment is a useful tool for both selfassessment and formal assessment, particularly for teachers seeking an alternative to traditional timed writing tests. The e-Portfolio allows learners to: ● assess their progress against can-do statements and revise their assessments later in the course depending on progress made;
build up a personal e-Portfolio of written work associated with the course. The learner may then select their best work, as an alternative to tests, or at the end of the course to be provided as a Portfolio. This may include word-processed documents, project work and even audio files. Some of the Explore writing tasks may lend themselves well to portfolio work, and in some classrooms, learners may be asked to record personal audio files based around speaking tasks in the Coursebook. The satisfaction of producing a polished spoken text is a rare one in a language course, but if the learner or the centre has access to a microphone, it is relatively easy to do. Written texts and audio in a learner’s e-Portfolio may be assessed using the same analytical scales as the Writing and Speaking Achievement tests. You can find more information about the e-Portfolio on p18. ●
Continuous assessment Finally, some teachers and institutions may prefer to dispense with tests and adopt a form of continuous assessment. This can be demanding on the teacher’s time but perhaps no more so than the marking load created by frequent formal tests. The important thing is to explain the system to learners early in the course, and regularly show them their Mark Sheets to indicate how they are getting on. How actual assessment is carried out may differ between institutions, but here are some guidelines and ideas: ● It is possible to assess learners using the Speaking assessment scales regularly through the course. The Target activities, where learners are involved in more extended discourse, offer an opportunity for this. ● Tell learners when their speaking is being assessed and the teacher can monitor particular groups. ● Learners should be assessed several times during the course or they may rightly feel they were let down by a single bad performance, even if the assessment is not ‘high stakes’. ● An atmosphere of gentle encouragement and striving for improvement should always accompany this kind of assessment. Some learners can get competitive about this, which can have a negative effect on class atmosphere and demotivate less-confident learners. ● The Explore writing tasks can be used for continuous written assessment, using the Writing assessment scales.
A final word Testing and assessment can be a vital tool for teachers and learners in assessing strengths and weaknesses, building awareness and encouraging improvement. But it can be frustrating for a learner to feel that they are being assessed too often, at the expense of actually learning, and whilst there are certainly learners who like being tested, there are many others who certainly don’t! English Unlimited aims to help learners communicate in real-life situations, and the testing and assessment tools provided should be used with that purpose in mind. Testing and assessment should never take precedence over learning, but serve as useful checks on the way to increasing confidence, competence and fluency.
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The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEF) A goals-based course
Where the goals are met
English Unlimited is a practical, goals-based course for adult learners of English. The course goals are taken and adapted from the language-learning goals stated in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEF). The goals of the CEF are divided into a number of scales which describe abilities in different kinds of communication. We’ve chosen the scales which we felt to be the most useful for adult general English learners at Upper Intermediate level. These are:
As you’ll see in the example unit on pp6–10, goals are given for the two lessons at the start of each unit, for the Target activity, and on the Explore speaking and Explore writing pages. They are also listed in the Self-assessment, which learners do at the end of the Look again page. Listening and reading goals are not usually given on the page, as they are addressed repeatedly throughout the course. The CEF tables on the Teacher’s Pack DVD-ROM show which parts of the course deal with the listening and reading goals.
Speaking Describing experience Putting a case Addressing audiences Conversation Informal discussion Formal discussion and meetings Goal-oriented co-operation Transactions to obtain goods and services Information exchange Interviewing and being interviewed Planning Compensating Monitoring and repair Turntaking Co-operating Asking for clarification Writing Creative writing Reports and essays Correspondence Processing text Listening Overall listening comprehension Understanding conversation Listening to announcements and instructions Listening to audio media and recordings Reading Overall reading comprehension Reading correspondence Reading for orientation Reading for information and argument
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Find out more about the CEF You can read about the CEF in detail in Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, teaching, assessment (2001), Council of Europe Modern Languages Division, Strasbourg, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 9780521005319.
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1 set specific goals 2 get feedback 3 concentrate on results 4 possess talent 5 put in a lot of practice 6 build up experience 7 have the will to succeed 8 follow your interests 9 receive training 10 have high self-esteem
Goals: talk about people’s success discuss and evaluate ideas Core language: VOCABULARY VOCABULARY
Routes to success Reacting to ideas
Practice makes perfect? READING 1 Personal introductions. Learners introduce themselves to each other and find out about 1–3. Alternative
Mingle activity. Learners move freely around the room, asking each other the questions. They try to talk to at least five or six other learners in the class. Then they sit down and, in pairs/groups, tell each other what they can remember about the other people in the class.
To round off this stage and introduce the topic of the reading, elicit from the class at least one thing that each learner is good at. Reading for main ideas. Read through the four sentences with the class to familiarise learners with them. Then learners read the article and choose the correct options in the sentences.
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Reading for details. Learners read again to find out about the four topics. 1 Setting particular goals, getting feedback straight away, concentrating equally on technique and results 2 Students should focus on the things that interest them earlier on, in order to get more practice and feedback. 3 Because, in a team with players from a particular calendar year, the January-born players will be older and therefore stronger. 4 They receive more training, practice and feedback, and therefore also have more self-esteem.
Alternative for weaker classes
While going through the answers to this task, ask learners which parts of the article the answers are based on. 1 2 3 4
the last sentence of the second paragraph the last sentence of the third paragraph the first half of the final paragraph the last sentence of the final paragraph
VOCABULARY Routes to success 4 / Presentation. Learners match the verbs with the correct endings to make expressions from the article. Make sure learners realise that the verbs/ endings are set in pairs, so that they only have to choose between two possibilities each time.
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Ask questions to check that learners understand some of the more challenging expressions: • Which word means ‘information about how well (or badly) you did something’? (feedback) • In what ways do people at school or university get feedback? (grades, exam results, written reports, tutorials, etc.) • Which expression means ‘concentrate on things you like or are interested in’? (follow your interests) • Which expression means ‘have a good opinion about yourself or your abilities’? (have high self-esteem) • How do 5 (‘put in a lot of practice’) and 9 (‘receive training’) differ in meaning? (5 is something you do yourself, independently; 9 suggests that you have help from a trainer, coach, instructor, etc.) Memorisation. Learner A chooses expressions from 1–10 at random and says the second part of each expression. Learner B (book closed) listens and replies with the whole expression. Then they swap roles.
SPEAKING 6 Preparation for discussion. Learners read and think about how to answer the questions. Encourage them to think about how they can use the expressions from 4. / Discussion. Learners discuss and compare their answers to the questions. Round-up. Ask a few learners to tell the class about someone they know who’s been very successful (question 2).
I’m not really convinced LISTENING 1 Listening for main ideas. Direct learners’ attention to the picture and explain that they’re going to listen to Jennifer and Derek talking about the article. Read through the three questions, then play recording 1.1. Learners listen and answer the questions. 1 Derek’s started playing golf. He doesn’t enjoy it. 2 Jennifer’s read the article. Derek hasn’t. 3 Jennifer seems to be convinced. Derek isn’t sure.
2 a Listening for details. Play recording 1.1 again. Learners listen again and identify Derek’s attitude to three particular ideas from the article. 1 It’s not a new idea. Also, practice isn’t everything: talent is important, too. 2 He doesn’t understand it and isn’t sure it’s true. 3 It makes sense. He hadn’t thought about it in this way before.
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/ Learners compare, then read script 1.1 on p141 to check and complete their answers.
VOCABULARY Reacting to ideas 3 a / Presentation. Learners match the sentences 1–5 from the conversation with the meanings a–e.
1 Darya C Cian A Hyun-Ae B 2 Darya: both Cian: life outside work Hyun-Ae: both
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1 When she was a child 2 When shopping and in her work as a civil engineer 3 His university and his country 4 A couple of hours 5 Moving from place to place made her skilled at meeting new people. 6 Running a social club for the elderly
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Practice. Learners spend a few minutes planning a personal response to the ideas in the article, choosing expressions from 3. / Learners describe and explain their responses. SPEAKING 5 / Discussion. Learners look at the summaries one by one on p118 and say what they think about the ideas expressed in them. Alternative
‘Carousel’ discussion. Divide the class into five groups and give a copy of one of the summaries to each group. Groups discuss the summary for a few minutes. Then move the summaries round so each group has a new summary to discuss. Repeat until all the groups have had a chance to discuss all five summaries.
Round-up. Elicit different groups’ opinions about each of the summaries. Find out if there’s a consensus opinion across the class or if people have sharply differing opinions. You could use photocopiable activity 1A on the Teacher’s DVD-ROM at this point.
1.2 Goals: talk about things you’re good at describe and evaluate skills Core language: GRAMMAR VOCABULARY PRONUNCIATION
Present perfect simple and progressive Skills Stress
I’ve always been good at … LISTENING 1 Pre-listening discussion. To introduce the listening, briefly look at the pictures A–C in turn. Find out how much experience learners have of each activity, how easy they (would) find it, and why. For example, for Picture A, ask: Has anyone ever been sailing? Are you good at it? Would you like to try it? What skills would you need to be a good sailor? Listening for main ideas. Play recording 1.2. Learners listen and do the matching, then answer the question for all three speakers as a class.
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/ Listening for details. Learners read through 1–6 and tell each other what they can remember about each point. Then play recording 1.2 again. Learners listen to check and complete their answers.
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/ Responding to the text. Learners discuss the question. Round-up. Ask a few pairs/groups to share their opinions with the whole class. GRAMMAR Present perfect simple and progressive 4 / Presentation. Learners read sentences 1–5 and then match them with descriptions a–e in the box below. Draw learners’ attention to the rule that verbs describing states are generally not used in progressive forms. a 2 b 3 c 1 d 5 e 4
5 a Practice. Learners complete the profile using the verbs in brackets in the present perfect simple or progressive. / Learners compare their answers. Then go through the answers as a class, asking learners to explain them, referring to the four categories in the grammar box. 1 ’ve always been (c: ‘be’ is a stative verb, so we use the simple rather than the progressive.) 2 ’ve been doing (e: We could use the simple, but the progressive sounds more natural.) 3 ’ve completed (a) 4 ’ve won (a) 5 ’ve been advertising (e: We could use the simple, but the progressive sounds more natural.) 6 ’ve given up (b) 7 ’ve become (b) 8 ’ve been experimenting (d) Note: Grammar practice
You could do the grammar practice on p131 at this point.
b Learners write a paragraph like Esmeralda’s about things they’re good at. As they write, monitor closely to help learners and check their use of the present perfect simple and progressive.
Alternatives
Optional extra
• Ask learners to write their paragraphs on a sheet of paper, each with a different number – make sure they don’t write their name on it. Collect in the papers and stick them up on the walls of the room. Learners walk around the room, read all the paragraphs, guess who wrote each one, and note down their guesses. Finally, elicit learners’ guesses for each paragraph (Who do you think wrote number 4?) and check (Could the writer of number 4 put their hand up?). • Ask learners to write their paragraphs on a sheet of paper and write their name at the bottom. Collect in the papers and read them aloud one by one to the class, encouraging learners to guess who wrote each one. As a follow-up to either alternative, return the paragraphs to their writers. In pairs/groups, learners read each other’s paragraphs and ask questions to find out as many details as they can (similar to 6a). Then do 6b.
Backs to the board. Divide the class into two or three teams. Teams take turns to nominate one of their members to come to the front of the room and sit with their back to the board so that they can’t see it. You write one of the expressions from 1 on the board. The team must explain the expression to their member at the board and get them to say it. In explaining the expressions, they must not use any of the words which are highlighted in the Coursebook. If they succeed in getting their member to say the expression within one minute, they score a point. After one minute, or if they accidentally use any of the highlighted words, their turn ends and they score nothing. Make sure each team gets an equal number of turns. At the end of the game, the team with the most points wins.
SPEAKING 6 a / Discussion. Learners put away their writing from 5b and tell each other about things they’re good at and what they’ve done. Encourage learners to ask each other questions to find out as many details as they can. Demonstrate by having a more confident learner tell the class about the things they are good at. Ask questions and prompt other learners to ask questions. b / Report. Put learners into new pairs/groups. Learners report what they found out about the people in their previous pair/group in a. You could use photocopiable activity 1B on the Teacher’s DVD-ROM at this point.
Transferable skills VOCABULARY Skills 1 a Presentation. With the whole class, match the groups of expressions 1–3 with the labels a–c. a 3 b 1 c 2
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/ Learners add more expressions to each group. 1 have good eyesight, have a good sense of balance, have quick reflexes 2 have plenty of imagination, have a lot of selfdiscipline, be well organised 3 be able to delegate, be able to manage groups, be sensitive to people’s feelings
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Practice. Learners look at all the expressions and think about which skills Darya, Cian and Hyun-Ae from the Listening have. / Learners compare their ideas.
PRONUNCIATION Stress 3 a Books closed. Write on the board: be good with numbers. Ask: Which words would you usually stress? (good, numbers) Underline the stresses on the board: be good with numbers. Ask: Why do we stress these words? (Because they carry the main meaning of the expression.) / Books open. Learners look at the other expressions in 1 and mark the stresses. They focus on the highlighted expressions only. Language note
The focus here is confined to the highlighted words in the expressions to keep the activity manageable and relatively straightforward. If you wish to look at whole expressions, note that: • be (even though it’s a ‘full’ verb, not an auxiliary, in these expressions) is not usually stressed, and is often said as /bI/; • have in these expressions (as a full verb) would usually be stressed; • other words carrying stress would be nouns and adjectives like plenty, lot, people, feelings, able.
b Play recording 1.3. Learners listen while looking at the script on p141 to check their answers. 1 be strong, have plenty of endurance, be physically f it, have good eyesight, have a good sense of balance, have quick reflexes 2 be good with numbers, be able to think logically, be focused, have a lot of self-discipline, have plenty of imagination, be well organised 3 be a good listener, be an effective communicator, have the ability to compromise, be able to delegate, be able to manage groups, be sensitive to people’s feelings
c Discuss the questions as a class. On the board, make a list of kinds of word which are usually 1) stressed, and 2) not stressed. Ask learners to give a few examples of each kind of word. 1 stressed: nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, question words, ‘not’ (= ‘content words’) 2 not stressed: pronouns, articles, prepositions, conjunctions, modal verbs (= ‘grammar words’)
SPEAKING 4 Write on the board transferable skills. Learners read the extract from a website to find the answers to the two questions.
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1 Skills from one part of your life which you can use in another part of your life. When people use this term, they’re usually thinking about skills which can be transferred to work from outside (e.g. a hobby) or from one kind of work to another (e.g. when you change occupations). 2 Probably yes. The extract implies that everyone must have transferable skills to some degree.
1 Harry doesn’t feel specific gaming qualifications are necessary. He recommends a broad qualification combining sciences and humanities. 2 You can apply for a job as normal (though it’s hard to succeed at this without experience), do work experience (presumably unpaid) or get known to the company by doing games testing. 3 No, though it is helpful. 4 No, though it is helpful. 5 Keep it to yourself. Try to get the game made once you’ve got a position in a games company, or try to make the game yourself.
5 a Preparation for discussion. For each job, learners think about what transferable skills they have. They decide which job they’d be most suited to. Alternative
If necessary, change the selection of jobs to suit the ages, interests and backgrounds of your learners. Write them on the board.
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Discussion. Learners explain their ideas and decide who would be most suited to each job. Remind them to use expressions from 1a and b. Round-up. Ask the class who they chose for each of the six jobs, and why. You could use photocopiable activity 1C on the Teacher’s DVD-ROM at this point.
1.3 Target activity Goals: talk about people’s success describe and evaluate skills give advice about an interest or occupation Core language: TASK VOCABULARY Giving advice 1.1 VOCABULARY Routes to success 1.2 VOCABULARY Skills
Give advice about an interest or occupation TASK LISTENING 1 / Pre-listening discussion. To focus on the context of the listening, learners read the information about VideoJug and discuss the two questions. 2 a / Prediction. Tell learners they’re going to listen to a VideoJug interview with a video game designer. Learners read through the five questions and discuss possible answers. b Listening for detail. Play recording 1.4. Learners listen to find answers to the questions, taking notes if they wish. / Learners compare their answers, then check and complete their answers by listening again and/or reading script 1.4 on pp141–2.
TASK VOCABULARY Giving advice 3 / Presentation. Learners read eight pieces of advice from Harry and match each with a question 1–5 from 2a. 1 question 4 2 question 1 3 question 4 4 question 3 5 question 2 6 question 2 7 question 5 8 question 5
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Practice. Learners write four or five sentences about an interest or occupation using expressions from 3.
Optional extra
Discussion. Put learners in pairs to listen to each other’s sentences from 4 and ask follow-up questions about any points which interest them. If you do this, be sure to put learners into new pairs for the Task below.
TASK 5 a Preparation for interview. Learners tell their partner what the topic of the interview will be. b Learners think of interview questions for their partner on their partner’s chosen topic, and write the questions down. Draw learners’ attention to the list of possible prompts given. c Learners swap interview questions so they can now see the questions they’re going to be asked in the interview. They plan how to answer the questions. Encourage learners to think about how they can use the expressions from 3. You can also remind them to use expressions from VOCABULARY Routes to success and VOCABULARY Skills. 6 a Interview. Learners do two interviews, taking turns to be the interviewer and interviewee. Encourage interviewers to go beyond the questions they thought of in 5b, listening carefully to the answers they get, asking follow-up questions and exploring areas of interest. b Task repetition. In the same pairs, do the interviews again, this time recording them on audio or video. Listen to or watch the interviews as a class. In groups, learners identify the topic of each interview and think of one further question they’d like to ask the interviewee. Alternative
Reporting an interview. If 6b is not feasible, learners get into new pairs and tell each other what topics they asked about in their interviews and what they found out.
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1 Explore Keyword: think Goals: express a variety of meanings with think use common expressions with think Core language: think = have an opinion: I think … think = create an idea: Think of a number. think = consider an action: I’ll think about it. think = cogitate: I’m thinking. Expressions with think: think straight, think highly of, think on my feet, …
Common expressions with think 3 a
/ Presentation. Tell learners that they’ll now look at a number of common expressions with think. Learners focus on the highlighted expressions in 1–10 and try to work out their meanings. After a few minutes, elicit and check learners’ ideas, or give out dictionaries so they can check for themselves. 1 think straight – think in a clear and logical way 2 think aloud – think and say what you’re thinking at the same time 3 think highly of … – have a good opinion of …, respect … 4 not think much of … – have a low opinion of … (the opposite of 3) 5 think back to … – remember, think about the past 6 think ahead to … – plan, think about the future 7 think twice about – think very carefully because you have doubts 8 think long and hard about … – think carefully, for a long time 9 think on one’s feet – make a decision quickly, often while in the middle of an activity 10 think for oneself – make your own decisions, form your own opinions
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/ Prediction. Learners look at the four cartoons and think about what could go in the empty speech bubbles. Ask different pairs/groups to tell the class about their ideas. b / Presentation. Learners find one sentence to go in each cartoon. 1 B (We’re thinking of having a party on Friday. Are you free then?) 2 A (You think too much. Just choose one and let’s go!) 3 C (We really need to think of some ways to save money.) 4 D (So, what do you think of the octopus?)
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/ Learners look again at the sentences in b and work out which patterns go with each meaning. a 2 b 4 c 1, 3
At this point, it might be useful to summarise on the board: 1 have an opinion or believe something: think of, think about 2 create an idea or a solution to a problem: think of 3 consider doing something: think of, think about 4 use your mind to consider a topic: think about Language notes
• Think can also of course be followed by a clause: I think that’s true (meaning 1), I’m thinking maybe we should go (meaning 3). • In meaning 1, think describes a state and is therefore not usually used in the progressive form. In meanings 2–4, think describes an activity and is commonly used in both simple and progressive forms.
2 a Practice. Learners read the questions and decide which meaning of think is being used in each case. They decide which prepositions (of, about or both) can be used. 1 about 2 of/about 3 of/about 4 of
Then learners write two or three questions with think for their classmates, taking care to use the prepositions of and about as appropriate. b / Learners ask and answer all the questions.
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Memorisation. Learner A chooses expressions with think from a in random order and gives definitions. Learner B (book closed) listens to A’s definitions and replies with the expressions. Then they swap roles. 4 Practice. Learners talk about 1–10 one by one, explaining to what extent the sentence is true for them, and why.
Explore speaking Goals: use vague expressions to describe categories of things use vague expressions when you can’t remember a word Core language: Category tags: and so on; and things; et cetera Placeholder words: thingy; whatsit; what’s-his-name
1 Pre-listening discussion. To introduce the context for the listening, draw learners’ attention to the picture. Then discuss the question with the learners and make a list of their ideas on the board. 2 Listening for main ideas. Play recording 1.5. Learners listen to Indra’s friends organising her party and answer the questions. 1 Invitations and food 2 Decorations and a piñata (which can be seen in the picture). They decide against a badge.
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/ Presentation. Learners read the conversation on the right and put the expressions 1–9 into groups according to their function. Elicit learners’ answers, writing the expressions up on the board in three groups. 1 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8 2 a 9 b 5, 7
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b Learners look at the expressions in the box and add them to the same groups as in a. Again, elicit learners’ answers and write the expressions in the correct groups.
be: strong, able to think logically, focused, an effective communicator, able to delegate, able to manage groups, sensitive to people’s feelings, well organised have: good eyesight, plenty of imagination, a good sense of balance, quick reflexes
1 and all that, and whatnot, and stuff, and so forth 2 a what’s-her-name b thingummy Language note
Of the expressions in group 1: • most mean ‘and similar things’, but 8 (and all sorts of things) is rather different. It means ‘and many other things’; • most can be used in a range of different situations (formal/ neutral/informal), but and all that and and stuff are more informal. Some speakers regard and what have you and and whatnot as slightly old-fashioned. Expressions like those in groups 2a and b are only appropriate in informal situations.
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Practice. Learners choose expressions from 3 to complete the conversation. Point out that different answers are possible. / Learners compare their answers. Suggested answers 1 what’s-his-name 2 and that kind of thing 3 and so on 4 and stuff 5 thingy 6 and things
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Learners choose an event from the list or think of their own. b Learners make a list of things they’ll need for their event, thinking about the topics provided (food and drink, equipment, etc.) and any other areas they feel are relevant. Encourage them to use expressions from 3a and 3b where appropriate. Tell learners that they’ll have to report to the class on what they’ve decided. Ask them to make notes of their decisions and decide which member(s) of their groups will present their ideas to the class. 6 Each group reports to the class on what kind of event they’ve planned, what things they’ve decided they’ll need, and why. Alternative
Voting for a proposal. At 5a, ask all the groups to plan the same kind of event, something which you feel will appeal to your particular group of learners. Then at 6, ask learners to vote for their favourite proposal (other than their own).
1 Look again Review VOCABULARY Skills 1 a / Learners put the expressions in the box into two lists. be: good with numbers, physically fit, a good listener have: plenty of endurance, a lot of self-discipline, the ability to compromise
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Grouping dictation. Instead of 1a and b, read all the expressions (without be and have) aloud to the learners, pausing only briefly between each item. Learners listen and note down the expressions in two groups: a be group and a have group.
c Learners choose people to exemplify any five of the skills in a and b. These can be celebrities, family members, friends, colleagues, etc. d / Learners listen to each other’s ideas and ask questions to find out more. Round-up. Ask one person from each group to tell the class who they think is the most interesting or unusual-sounding person they’ve just heard about. GRAMMAR Present perfect simple and progressive 2 a Learners read the paragraph about Remi and choose the correct forms. 1 has released 2 has organised 3 has always had 4 has become 5 has been working
b Learners write a similar paragraph about someone they know. c / Learners read each other’s paragraphs and ask questions to find out more.
Extension SPELLING AND SOUNDS /dZ/ 3 a Write on the board /dZ/. Ask learners what sound this represents (j as in jump). Write on the board: j, g, dg. Explain that these (combinations of) letters can all be used to represent a /dZ/ sound in English words. Learners complete the spellings of the words. jail, manager, injure, gym, jigsaw, journal, budget, subject, logically
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/ Learners find words in a to match each pattern 1–4. 1 jail, journal, injure 2 manager, logically, gym 3 subject, jigsaw 4 budget
Tell learners that the first two statements are useful general rules to bear in mind. The last two statements cover exceptions to these general rules. c Books closed. Play recording 1.6. Learners listen and write down the 12 words, then look at script 1.6 on p142 to check their spelling.
NOTICE good at, good with 4 a Direct learners’ attention to the two sentences or write them on the board. Answer the two questions as a class. 1 good at 2 good with
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/ Learners put the expressions in the box into two lists, according to whether they follow good at or good with. good at: cooking, explaining things, maths, music, sports, writing good with: children, computers, my hands, money, people, words
c Learners move around the room and talk to different people, asking questions like Are you good at maths? Would you say you’re good with money? Their task is to find at least one person who’s good at/with each of the things in b. / Learners sit down and compare their findings. Round-up. Quickly run through the list of things in b and ask learners to shout out people who are good at/ with each thing. Self-assessment To help focus learners on the self-assessment, you could read it through, giving a few examples of the language they have learned in each section (or asking learners to tell you). Then ask them to circle the numbers on each line.
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Unit 1 Extra activities on the Teacher’s DVD-ROM Printable worksheets, activity instructions and answer keys are on your Teacher’s DVD-ROM.
a A beautifully designed message with different fonts, graphics and so on may be unreadable for someone using a different email service. b An email which is full of typos and missing capital letters is difficult to read. Sending such a message shows a lack of respect for the recipient. c Most people already receive far too many emails every day and they regard this kind of message as a major irritant – though they may be too polite to say so! d Not all recipients will have a broadband connection. e Show respect for their time by editing it down to the points you want to address. f Terms like ‘URGENT’, ‘IMPORTANT’ or ‘Hello!’ are not helpful and are used so often that they have little impact. g They can make your message look much more aggressive than you intend. If you want to emphasise a word or phrase, use asterisks or slashes, like *this* or /this/. h They make your emails more difficult to understand, especially for someone with a different first language. i This helps prevent a situation when the original sender receives a reply to a message they can no longer remember! j To many people, they simply appear childish. A good writer can express his or her ideas and feelings without using pictures.
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It sounds logical.
It’s not saying anything new.
I don’t find it very persuasive.
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1 Make sure that all your emails have a clear and specific subject line. 2 Reply quickly. If you don’t have time to write a complete reply straight away, send a short message to say that you are working on a full response. 3 Keep your emails short. When replying to an email, don’t include an entire copy of the other person’s message. 4 Always check your spelling and punctuation carefully before sending. 5 Never forward spam, chain letters, jokes, ‘interesting’ stories, etc. without first asking permission from the person you want to send to. 6 Avoid using ‘emoticons’ such as ‘smilies’ :-). 7 Avoid acronyms like BTW (‘by the way’) and IMO (‘in my opinion’). 8 Don’t use CAPITALS for emphasis. 9 Keep the formatting of your emails (fonts, graphics, etc.) as simple as possible. 10 If you want to attach photos, sound or videos to an email, first send a short message asking if it’s OK to send big files.
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Activity type: Reading and speaking – Exchanging opinions – Individuals / Small groups Aim: To practise using expressions for reacting to ideas Language: Reacting to ideas – Use at any point from 1.1. Preparation: Make one copy of the worksheet for each learner. Fold each worksheet along the line so the expressions at the bottom are hidden while learners read the ‘Mind your netiquette’ article. Time: 25 minutes
Activity type: Writing and speaking – Mingle and report back – Whole class / Pairs Aim: To practise using the present perfect simple and progressive Language: Present perfect simple and progressive – Use at any point from 1.2. Preparation: Copy and cut up enough cards for each learner to have two Simple and two Progressive cards. Keep them in separate piles. Time: 30 minutes
Activity type: Speaking – Pelmanism and guessing game – Pairs Aim: To practise using expressions for describing transferable skills Language: Skills – Use at any point from 1.2. Preparation: Make one copy of the worksheet for every two learners. Cut up each worksheet to make a set of 36 cards. Time: 25 minutes
Unit 1 Self-study Pack In the Workbook Unit 1 of the English Unlimited Upper Intermediate Workbook offers additional ways to practise the vocabulary and grammar taught in the Coursebook. There are also activities which build reading and writing skills and a whole page of listening and speaking tasks to use with the Interview video, giving your learners the opportunity to hear and react to authentic spoken English. • Vocabulary: Routes to success; Reacting to ideas; Skills; Giving advice • Grammar: Present perfect simple and progressive • Explore writing: A covering letter • Interview: Hidden talents – Clare and Carlos
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On the DVD-ROM Unit 1 of the English Unlimited Upper Intermediate Self-study DVD-ROM contains interactive games and activities for your learners to practise and improve their vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation, and also their speaking and listening, with the possibility for learners to record themselves, and a video of authentic spoken English to use with the Workbook. • Vocabulary and grammar: Extra practice activities • Pronunciation: Stress • Explore speaking: Yeah ..., Well ... • Listening: A job interview • Video: Hidden talents
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Goals: describe events in detail deal with misunderstandings describe experiences of things going wrong Core language: VOCABULARY PRONUNCIATION GRAMMAR
Dealing with misunderstandings Contrastive stress Past simple and past perfect simple
Not my day LISTENING 1 Pre-listening discussion. To introduce the topic, write the word misunderstandings on the board. Ask learners what it means (when someone doesn’t understand something correctly). Get the class to give one or two examples of things that are easy to misunderstand, e.g. the time of a meeting, dates, places to meet, names. Don’t go into detail at this point about what misunderstandings learners have experienced. They will talk about this in I was sure I’d … 3a. Now get learners to look at the pictures and discuss the two questions in pairs. 2 Listening for main idea. Learners read the questions. Check they know the meaning of solution (the answer to a problem). Play recording 1.7, pausing between the two conversations for learners to write notes. Conversation 1 1 Pauline thought the meeting was cancelled. It wasn’t. 2 She’ll get a taxi to Rainer’s office and be there in 20 minutes. 3 Rainer, with his colleagues in the meeting Conversation 2 1 The plant’s too big for the room (like a tree). Rainer can’t return it, as it was on sale. 2 Rainer will take it to his office. 3 Rainer’s mother
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Listening for detail. Learners write true or false next to each statement. If necessary, play recording 1.7 again. 1 True
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Responding to the text. Learners talk about what they’d say or do in the two situations.
VOCABULARY Dealing with misunderstandings 5 / Learners complete the two groups of sentences. Note that each group of sentences has its own group of words for matching. Learners are not expected to sort through nine words for each sentence. 1 thought 2 told 3 said 7 if 8 logical 9 option
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6 explains
PRONUNCIATION Contrastive stress 6 a To introduce the idea of contrastive stress, ask Is it [wrong day]? Elicit No, it’s [correct day]. Then say, Oh, right – [correct day]. Ask learners which words in the second and third sentences were stressed the most. Explain that we use this kind of stress to contrast something with previous information. We often use it to correct or clarify information. Play recording 1.8. Learners listen and read an extract from the conversation. b / Learners underline the two words in each of the three sentences that they think are contrasted. Do not go through the answers, as this would pre-empt c. c Play recording 1.9 or write the sentences on the board to check, eliciting which words to underline. 1 your; Chris’s
2 plant; tree
3 normal; special
Learners say the sentences, pronouncing the contrasted words with an extra-strong stress but in a natural way. Note that learners will be using contrastive stress in 7b. SPEAKING 7 a Preparation for role play. Divide learners into A/B pairs. Learners read Situation 1, and think about what expressions from 5 they can use. Remind them to use contrastive stress if they need to correct anything. b Learners have the first conversation. Monitor, give feedback and remind them to use contrastive stress if they haven’t. Repeat the steps in a for Situations 2 and 3, i.e. learners prepare, then have the conversations. You could use photocopiable activity 2A on the Teacher’s DVD-ROM at this point.
I was sure I’d … GRAMMAR Past simple and past perfect simple 1 / Grammar presentation. This section revises two past narrative tenses, both of which learners will have met at previous levels. As with other grammar sections in the course, this one makes use of sentences from the text which learners have just processed for meaning. This ensures that both the sentences and the context are clear. Learners choose which one of the two verb forms in each sentence describes the earlier action or event. 1 had spread 2 had texted 3 ’d received 5 had disappeared 6 had gone
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Draw learners’ attention to the note in the Grammar box about past simple verbs that are frequently followed by the past perfect simple, e.g. I suddenly realised he had gone. I assumed he’d left. I was sure she’d told you. These are useful to remember.
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/ Practice. Learners choose the best options in the story. b Play recording 1.10 to check the answers, pausing when necessary. 1 realised 2 had come 3 was 4 had told 5 got 6 had already left 7 noticed 8 had disappeared 9 remembered 10 had walked 11 ’d taken 12 ’d taken 13 had given 14 came 15 ’d forgotten 16 ’d lost
and movements, and has a long history. A tea master is an expert in this ceremony and can be head of a style or school of tea ceremony.) Pronounce Hideyoshi as four syllables: /hi de jɒ shi/ and Rikyu- as two syllables: /ri kju:/. Learners look at the pictures and read the items, guessing which of the two men does these things. b Listening for main idea. Play recording 1.11. Learners check their prediction ideas.
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Reading for detail. Learners read the paragraph and find out what problems Carl had. He went to the wrong station. He missed his train. Someone stole his bag with important possessions in it. Someone threw water in the window and soaked him.
Then learners read the paragraph again and choose the best options as in 2a.
1 Hideyoshi 2 Rikyuˉ 3 Rikyuˉ 4 Hideyoshi 5 Hideyoshi
2 a Listening for detail. This activity can be done in pairs. Learners read a–h and try to recall the order of the main events of the story. They number them 1–8. b Play recording 1.11 again to check the answers. a 4 b 3 c 6 d 2 e 8 f 5 g 1 h 7
Note: Grammar practice
Alternative for weaker classes
You could do the grammar practice on p132 at this point.
Give the learners time to read a–h, then play recording 2.5 without asking learners to recall the order first. Learners number the order of events.
SPEAKING 3 a Preparation for discussion. Tell learners they are going to talk about a time in their life when something went wrong. They read the topics listed. Give them time to plan what to say, encouraging them to note down a few key words or ideas to help them organise their thoughts. Remind them to think about the order of events and where they can use the past perfect simple. b Discussion. Learners tell each other what happened and ask follow-up questions. 4 Task repetition. Learners get into new pairs and tell each other about the same incidents. This time, they should include any details that their first partner asked about in order to develop the story further. Round-up. Ask a few learners to tell the class what they heard.
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VOCABULARY Adverbs for describing actions 4 / Learners match the pairs of opposite adverbs. 1 carelessly 2 gradually 3 enthusiastically 4 accidentally 5 furiously
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/ Explain that these adverbs all describe how something is done (adverbs of manner). They can go in different positions in the sentence. Learners read the sentences in 4 again to find out where the adverbs can go and match them to positions a–c. a 1, 4 b 3, 5 c 2
Goals: describe events in detail tell a story from your country Core language: VOCABULARY GRAMMAR
3 a Responding to the text. Learners discuss what they think the meaning of the story is – that is, why Rikyuˉ cut down the flowers and what Hideyoshi understood when he saw the single, perfect flower. b Play recording 1.12. Learners listen to Shiori’s interpretation and compare their ideas.
Adverbs for describing actions Past progressive and past perfect progressive
Sen no Rikyuˉ LISTENING 1 a Prediction. To introduce this topic, draw learners’ attention to the pictures. Explain they’re connected with a historical story about two people from Japan in the 1500s. Explain or elicit what a warlord is (a military leader who controls a particular area of a country). Ask if anyone knows about the Japanese tea ceremony. (It’s a slow, peaceful ceremony for the preparation, serving and drinking of tea. The ceremony is done step by step, using special objects
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Learners practise saying one or two of the sentences in three different ways, each time moving the position of the adverbs, e.g. – Carefully he would choose tea bowls and pots and so on. – He would carefully choose tea bowls and pots and so on. – He would choose tea bowls and pots and so on carefully.
SPEAKING 6 a Preparation for story-telling. Divide learners into two groups, A and B. They prepare in their groups how to tell the story of Rikyuˉ and Hideyoshi from their particular character’s point of view. Encourage them to add details (e.g. One day, I was out riding my horse when I saw …) and to choose useful adverbs from 4. b Story-telling. Put learners in A/B pairs. They tell the story to their partner from their character’s point of view.
Significant stories GRAMMAR Past progressive and past perfect progressive 1 / Grammar presentation. This section looks at two more past narrative tenses. Learners match the time lines and their descriptions with the sentences from the story, then write the name of the form underneath description a or b. a past progressive b past perfect progressive
2 a / Practice. To introduce this story, say that it is a traditional Polish folk legend (or folk story) about the discovery of a famous salt mine – part of which is shown in the picture. Explain that because it’s a legend, there are one or two magical elements to the story. Learners write the correct form of the verb in brackets. Alternative
Reading for main idea. Learners read the story to find out where Kinga threw away her ring and where it turned up again. Then learners complete the gaps with the correct form of the verb in brackets.
b Play recording 1.13 to check the answers. 1 was preparing 2 gave 3 was leaving 4 had been living 5 had been travelling 6 reached 7 was shining 8 recognised Note: Grammar practice
You could do the grammar practice on p132 at this point.
SPEAKING 3 a Preparation for story-telling. Get learners to look at the types of story listed. For monolingual classes, learners brainstorm a list of stories from their country or region. Write them on the board. For multilingual classes, learners brainstorm in groups from the same culture and note down their ideas. b Learners choose a story and prepare their ideas. Remind them to think of the order of events and choose from the four narrative tenses in the unit: past simple, past perfect simple, past progressive and past perfect progressive. Encourage them to choose suitable adverbs for describing actions to add detail to their stories. c / Story-telling. Learners tell their stories. The listeners ask follow-up questions. If they know the story someone’s telling, they can add details afterwards. Round-up. Ask a few learners to say what story they heard and whether they liked it. Optional extra
Task repetition and mingle. At the Round-up stage, make a list of all the story topics and write the names of the people who told the story next to the topics. Learners then choose a story they’re interested in, find the storyteller and ask them to tell the story. You could use photocopiable activity 2B on the Teacher’s DVD-ROM at this point.
2.3 Target activity Goals: describe events in detail explain why you’re not satisfied with a service Core language: TASK VOCABULARY Explaining a complaint 2.1 VOCABULARY Dealing with misunderstandings 2.1 PRONUNCIATION Contrastive stress 2.1 GRAMMAR Past simple and past perfect simple 2.2 GRAMMAR Past progressive and past perfect progressive
Make a complaint TASK LISTENING 1 To introduce the topic of making a complaint, tell the class the name of a company or organisation you’ve made a complaint to. Get learners to say which companies or organisations tend to receive a lot of complaints from the public. Don’t go into detail at this point about learners’ own experiences. They will talk about this in 8. / Learners discuss the three questions. 2 Listening for main idea. Give learners the chance to read the task. Then play recording 1.14. a to find out why Maureen was unhappy
3 Listening for detail. Give learners the chance to read Ian’s notes quickly. Explain the answers are between one and three words long. Then play recording 1.14 again while learners complete the notes. 1 7 2 just after 9 3 cold 4 wet 5 £20 6 £10
4 Responding to the text. Learners answer the questions. TASK VOCABULARY Explaining a complaint 5 / Learners match the headings a–c with the groups of sentences 1–3. 1 b 2 a 3 c
TASK 6 a Preparation for role play. Divide the class into two groups, A and B. The groups read their situations and plan together what they will say. This includes selecting useful expressions from 5. Remind learners to use contrastive stress if they need to. b Role play. Put learners into A/B pairs. They talk together to resolve Situation 1. c Learners go back to their groups and report on the details of their conversation. 7 In their groups, learners repeat the preparation and speaking stages in 6a and 6b for Situation 2. Then they report to the group on the details of their second conversation. 8 Personalisation. In small groups, learners describe incidents in which they’ve made a complaint to a company or organisation. The listeners ask questions to find out more.
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Round-up. Get a few learners to tell the class what incidents they heard about from their partners. You could use photocopiable activity 2C on the Teacher’s DVD-ROM at this point.
2 Explore Across cultures: Aspects of culture Goal:
to make learners aware of aspects of culture a visitor or new resident in a country might want to know about
Core language: Generalising and talking about differences: have a tendency to; most people won’t; Generally speaking; tend to; can be; You will typically; There’s a big difference between … and; vary from … to; do things in a slightly different way
LISTENING 1 a To introduce this listening activity, get the class to tell you one or two things they’d like to know before they visited or moved to another country. Write them on the board. In groups, learners brainstorm more topics they’d like to know about. b Learners tell you their additional topics. Write them on the board so they have a class list to refer to in 2 and 6. 2 Listening for main idea. Draw learners’ attention to David’s picture – pronounce David as /dvId/ – and ask them to read the instruction. Play recording 1.15. Learners listen to David talk and note down the topics he mentions from the class list, as well as any other topics he mentions. David talks about: differences between the city and countryside, languages, attitude to foreigners (helping foreigners), relations between Portuguese people (talking, discussions), differences between regions (personality, traditions), weddings, food/meals, coffee.
3 a Listening for detail. Play recording 1.15 again, pausing when necessary for learners to write down one or two details in note form about each of David’s topics. Learners compare their notes in pairs.
Answers can include: – differences between the city and countryside: people usually learn languages in the cities, but not so much in the countryside. – languages: you can use English in the cities; some city people speak English, French, Spanish, maybe Italian and German. Visitors should use simple Portuguese in the countryside. – attitude to foreigners (helping foreigners): everyone will try to help you. – relations between Portuguese people (talking, discussions): used to be friendlier, more open, but not now, especially in big cities. – differences between regions (personality, traditions): families and friends in the north talk a lot and loudly, can be opinionated; people in the south are quieter, calmer, maybe because it’s sometimes too hot to talk much. – weddings: countryside weddings are big, all the family comes, they always have singing; city weddings are more expensive, have smaller groups, sometimes no music. – food/meals: the food’s good, it’s important in daily life, people have 3–6 meals a day, lunch breaks are 30 minutes–2 hours, people go home or to restaurants for lunch. – coffee: it’s important in daily life, it’s like espresso, it keeps you awake after big lunches, people have 3–4 coffees every day. Alternative for weaker classes
Do the first example together and check it. Then play the rest of recording 1.15, pausing between each topic.
b Learners read script 1.15 on pp143–4 to check their ideas. 4 Responding to the text. Learners discuss the questions. Emphasise that this is just one man’s opinion on his culture and that Portuguese learners, if there are any in the class, are free to disagree and contribute their own ideas. VOCABULARY Generalising and talking about differences 5 a / Learners complete the highlighted expressions in the sentences from David’s talk. 1 tendency 2 people 3 speaking 4 tend 5 can 6 typically 7 difference 8 vary 9 different
b Learners choose five or six of the target language expressions and write sentences about a few aspects of their culture. SPEAKING 6 Preparation for talk. Learners prepare an informal talk like David’s, but not as long as his. First of all, they decide what type of audience their talk is for (what are their interests?), then choose three or four aspects of culture from the class list on the board that they’d like to talk about. Remind them to choose expressions from 5a to generalise and talk about differences. 7 Talk. First, learners agree in their groups whether they’d like to accept questions during or at the end of their talks. Then they give their informal talks and answer questions from their listeners. 8 Learners discuss the questions, reflecting on what they’ve heard.
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Round-up. Ask each group to describe one or two of the points they heard about in 7 or discussed in this activity.
Explore writing Goal:
write a dramatic story
Core language: Introducing and finishing a story: I’ve always …; One day … Finishing a story: I still can’t believe …; … since then. Expressing thoughts and feelings: I realised that …; I remember feeling … Describing a period of time: Up till then; All the time; For the first few minutes Sequencing events: Next thing I knew; Finally; Then
1 To introduce the story, get learners to look at the picture and answer the questions. 2 Reading for main idea. Learners read and match the topics with the paragraphs. a 3 b 4 c 1 d 2
3 Reading and responding to the text. Learners read the text again and think of answers to the questions. They compare their ideas with a partner. Possible answers realistic, brave, practical, calm, clear-thinking
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/ Learners look at ways in which Charlie makes his story more dramatic in paragraph 3. 1 “Right, I’m dead.” 2 All the time I was falling and turning, with no control. 3 I briefly saw the ground and a little shack. Then I hit the roof of the shack. I bounced off it, hit a wall and then the ground. I never lost consciousness.
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/ Learners match expressions for introducing and finishing a story. Then they check in the article to see where Charlie uses them. 1 one day, I’ve always … 2 I still can’t believe …, since then
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/ Learners sort the highlighted expressions in Charlie’s story into the three categories. 1 I realised that, I remember feeling 2 Up till then, All the time, For the first few minutes 3 Next thing I knew, Finally, Then
7 a / Preparation for writing. Learners choose one of the topics provided, or think of their own, on the theme ‘What it feels like to …’. They can be true or invented stories. b / The preparation stages 1–3 can be done individually or in pairs. Each person has their own story topic, but the pair could discuss and prepare together, sharing ideas and giving each other suggestions about details to include. They consider how to organise their stories into paragraphs, choose suitable language and decide how to add drama to their stories. Encourage them to make notes. 8 Writing. Learners write their stories alone.
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• Get learners to do the preparation stages in 7a and b. They then write the first paragraph in class, while you monitor and correct, ensuring that they’re on the right track. Learners do the rest at home and hand it in for correction. • In class, learners write a number of key sentences from their story describing main events or thoughts. Encourage them to use ideas or expressions from 4, 5 and 6. Monitor and correct before they take the sentences home to complete the story. They hand it in for correction the next day.
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Learners read a partner’s story and ask follow-up questions before deciding whether the story is real or invented.
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Reading and mingling. Post the stories around the room. Learners read one or two, then go and ask the writers questions to find out more before secretly (they don’t say yet) deciding whether the stories are real or invented. Round-up. Find out who read the different stories and ask them if they think they’re real or invented. The writers confirm. You can also ask for opinions about the various stories.
2 Look again Review VOCABULARY Adverbs for describing actions 1 a Learners think of something for each cue 1–5. b / Learners compare answers and ask each other follow-up questions. Alternative
Guessing game. Learners write down a short note (a few words) for each point 1–5 in mixed-up order. They exchange papers with a partner and guess which notes match which points. Then they ask follow-up questions.
GRAMMAR Past verb forms 2 a Learners read the paragraph about Patti’s important day and answer the question. She’s working as a landscape gardener.
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/ Learners match the highlighted past forms a–c in the description with the definitions 1–3. 1 a 2 c 3 b
c Explain that learners should choose two important days from their life that could involve, for example, an education or work choice, a decision about a friend or relative, or a new hobby or interest they started. Learners write a few sentences using different past forms to describe the important days and the background to them. d / Learners tell each other about their important days and ask follow-up questions. Extension
Get a few learners to summarise what a partner said. They can start like this, for example: This is what Constanza told me. A few years ago when she was looking through a magazine, she found …
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CAN YOU REMEMBER? Unit 1 – Routes to success 3 a / Learners complete the questions. They can either write them out, or just say the sentences. 1 goals 2 training 3 feedback 4 practice 5 experience 6 results 7 talent
b Learners choose a topic and think of answers to the questions in a about their chosen topic. They then tell each other the topic they chose and ask and answer the questions about it.
Extension SPELLING AND SOUNDS /n/ 4 a / Learners underline the letters that make an /n/ sound. This includes silent letters, as in the first example resign. resign, canopy, reign, funniest, know, planned, sign, tendency, beginning, ground
b / Learners match the words in a with the spelling patterns. 1 canopy, tendency, ground 2 funniest, planned, beginning 3 know 4 resign, reign, sign
c / Learners complete the spelling of the words, then check in a dictionary. Alternatively, elicit the spelling of each word and write it on the board. design, funnier, ceremony, knife, foreign, runner, knee, reluctantly
NOTICE Verbs with two objects 5 a / Learners look at a pattern in sentences from a few texts in this unit. They underline both objects of the highlighted verb and answer the question. 1 sent me a text 2 wish her ‘Happy Birthday’ 3 cost me another 20 pounds 4 give you some vouchers Of the two objects, a person comes first.
b / Learners put the words of each sentence in order. They can either write them out or just say the sentences. 1 Could you get me some chocolate? 2 I left you a message on your voice mail. 3 Would you lend me 50 euros? 4 He didn’t even offer me a seat. 5 I owe you a big favour. 6 But you promised me a surprise!
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Learners write a conversation between two people, using their own ideas but trying to include three or four of the verbs with two objects from a and b (just the highlighted verbs, not the whole sentences). d Learners listen and pick out the verbs with two objects. Optional extra
Learners work in two teams. They take turns to give each other one of the highlighted verbs in 5a and b. The other team has to make two different sentences with it as quickly as possible. The team with the most correct sentences wins. For example, send: I sent my friend an email the other day. You’d better send them your application form as soon as possible.
Self-assessment To help focus learners on the self-assessment, read it through and get learners to give you a few examples of the language they have learned in each section. Give an example to start them off if necessary. Then learners circle the numbers on each line.
Unit 2 Extra activities on the Teacher’s DVD-ROM Printable worksheets, activity instructions and answer keys are on your Teacher’s DVD-ROM.
An argument I’ve found a great sofa for the living room. A
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OK, then. Thanks and see you on Friday.
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OK, OK, you win. Let’s go and have a look tomorrow.
Yes, but this sofa’s cheap – only $499.
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But we don’t need a sofa. We need an armchair.
Well, I think that’s quite expensive.
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ThetoMarvell Two tent said he’d arranged for meals be included. Youis the perfect two-person tent for camping argued with hotel staff. Finally, they agreedor tofestivals. It’s compact and light and comes with its own carry bag (3.8kg refund meal money. in carry bag). Quick and easy to put up and take down, it’s made of polyester with a waterproof July 4: No problems! coating. With a roomy front porch for storage and a large sleeping area, the Marvell Two is one of the most tents money July 5: Flight home cancelled. Phoned rep:reliable he said two-person he’d book new flight. Waited two hours, can buy.details. Available in before two striking Poppyagain. Waiting in then rep phoned, gave new flight Just flight,colours: it’s cancelled Red or Grass Green airport five hours now. Very angry. Finally booked own flight (€250!), got home midnight.
Thief used chicken to hide stolen gold A well-known jewellery firm in South Africa reported today that it 1 (prevent) a bizarre attempt by one of its employees to steal gold by hiding it in a cooked chicken. The unusual crime 2 Johannesburg, on Monday.
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That’s true – it’s Lara. But isn’t Lara blonde?
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(appear) at Hillbrow Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday and The suspect 9 was charged with attempted theft and the possession of suspected stolen goods. He will appear in court again next week. According to a police spokesman, the man requested bail, but it was refused. He added that at the moment, detectives 10 (try) to determine who the man’s intended customers were. It is not known how long the man 11 (plan) the crime before he committed it or whether he was the only one involved. Finally, no one has explained how a whole roasted chicken came to be in the jewellery store – and why nobody 12 (notice) it!
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Wedding cake Monday: Cake due this morning. Didn’t arrive. Phoned company: they said hadn’t finished it yet, would arrive Tues. morning (day before wedding). Promised two bottles of champagne as Remember I told compensation. you about that great new tent we bought for the music festival? Well, wait till you hear this. Tuesday: Cake arrived, no champagne. Names First, Katie and I had an awful time figuring out(but howbride’s to putname the tent up and attach on cake were ‘Franz and Silvie’ put instructions in the the front porch. I called Marvell on my mobile, but 1 is Sylvia!), flowers were yellow – you wanted 2 looked before, but I checked again and eventually found the carry case. pink. Called company: they said they’d pick it up, instructions in the tent pocket, not in the carry bag. We started all over again, then promised to deliver new cake Wed. morning (with borrowing a rope from found a rope was missing. I almost went crazy! 3 champagne). You packed cake into box again. struggling with the thing for two someone and finally got the tent up. 4 hours and were tired and angry. The front porch only had room for our food and boots. Wednesday: Champagne arrived, And it leaked when it rained, so some of our food no gotcake. wet.Waiting three days now, very upset. Wedding’s at 6 pm! Called company: they said they’d sent it, don’t worry. it was probably When we got home, I phoned Marvell again to complain. 5 check it and consider compensation if it was faulty, so a faulty tent. 6 Cake arrived during meal. Top layer collapsed when cake was cut! 7 packaging up the horrible wet tent and posting it. But 8 a lot of time and effort. So, what should I do? Demand a full refund? Demand a refund plus more? Let me know what you think. Hi Ethan
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Activity type: Speaking and Pronunciation – Re-ordering – Pairs Aim: To contrast and correct information using contrastive stress Language: Contrastive stress – Use at any point from 2.1. Preparation: Make one copy of the worksheet for every two learners. Cut up each worksheet to make three conversations with ten strips in each conversation. Keep the conversations separate. (Note that the conversations are not printed in the right order on the worksheet.) Time: 30 minutes
Activity type: Speaking – Game – Pairs / Whole class Aim: To complete the sentences in a story with the correct verb forms Language: Past simple and past perfect / Past progressive and past perfect progressive – Use at any point from 2.2. Preparation: Make one copy of the worksheet for every two learners and fold it along the line. Time: 35 minutes
Activity type: Reading and speaking – Role play – Groups/Pairs Aim: To describe an incident in which you had problems and made a complaint Language: Explaining a complaint – Use at any point from 2.3. Preparation: Make one copy of the worksheet for each learner. Cut up each worksheet to make one tent advert and one email for each learner. Keep one copy of the role-play cards for every two learners. Time: 40 minutes
Unit 2 Self-study Pack In the Workbook Unit 2 of the English Unlimited Upper Intermediate Workbook offers additional ways to practise the vocabulary and grammar taught in the Coursebook. There are also activities which build reading and writing skills and a whole page of listening and speaking tasks to use with the Interview video, giving your learners the opportunity to hear and react to authentic spoken English. • Vocabulary: Dealing with misunderstandings; Adverbs for describing actions; Explaining a complaint • Grammar: Past simple and past perfect simple; Past progressive and past perfect progressive • Explore reading: Describing a problem • Interview: A holiday to forget – Emma
On the DVD-ROM Unit 2 of the English Unlimited Upper Intermediate Self-study DVD-ROM contains interactive games and activities for your learners to practise and improve their vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation, and also their speaking and listening, with the possibility for learners to record themselves, and a video of authentic spoken English to use with the Workbook. • Vocabulary and grammar: Extra practice activities • Pronunciation: Contrastive stress • Explore speaking: Using strong stress to show surprise or disbelief • Listening: Making a complaint • Video: A holiday to forget
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Goals: express views about different options talk about education and training Core language: VOCABULARY PRONUNCIATION VOCABULARY
Listening worksheet. Give learners a blank version of the table below to write their notes in, or write it on the board for learners to copy down.
Discussing options Fluent speech 1 – leaving out /t/ Education and training
Doing a course READING AND LISTENING 1 / Pre-reading discussion. To focus on the topic of the reading and listening, learners discuss the three questions. Round-up. Ask a few learners to tell the class about their answers. In a multilingual class, focus on questions 1 and 3 and find out if there are any differences from country to country. Alternative
Introduction with books closed. Put the questions on the board for learners to discuss.
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Listening for main ideas. Play recording 1.16. Learners listen and answer the questions. 1 So they can support each other. They feel slightly lonely because their children have recently left home. 2 They discuss five courses: Bollywood workout, Creative writing, First aid, Malaysian cookery, Psychology. They manage to choose one course: Malaysian cookery.
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Listening for detail. Play recording 1.16 again. Learners listen and make notes about the questions. Suggest that learners organise their notes under five headings, one for each of the five courses which Don and Carrie discuss.
Wants to do it
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She can’t dance. She thinks she’ll look foolish.
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VOCABULARY Discussing options 5 Presentation. Learners find two sentences from 1–8 to match the meaning of each sentence A–D.
Reading for detail. Learners read the brochure and find at least one course which they think could help someone do each of the things listed. / Learners compare their ideas. Suggested answers • communicate more effectively: Creative writing, Psychology • understand part of another culture: Bollywood workout, Malaysian cookery • entertain guests: Malaysian cookery • save money: Car maintenance • help other people: First aid, Psychology • be more creative: Creative writing, Malaysian cookery • get fit: Bollywood workout • understand people: Psychology
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Focus on the B sentences and ask: Which of the three expressions is the strongest? (3 There’s no way I’m doing that!) and Who could you use this expression with? (close friends and family). Optional extra
Disappearing drill. While going through the answers to 5, write all 12 sentences up on the board, scattered about at random. Draw a speech bubble round each sentence. Then drill, pointing at different sentences and asking learners to repeat as a class. Rub out some words from the sentences and continue the drill, asking learners to remember the complete sentences. Slowly rub out more and more words as you drill. Find out if the learners can remember the sentences once they’ve disappeared completely, leaving only the empty speech bubbles.
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Memorisation. Learners cover sentences 1–8 in 5 and try to remember the two expressions which go with A–D. After a minute or so, they uncover 1–8 to check their answers and remind themselves of any expressions they’d forgotten. They repeat until they feel able to remember all the sentences comfortably.
PRONUNCIATION Fluent speech 1 – leaving out /t/ 7 a Presentation. Play recording 1.17 while the learners look at the four example sentences. Point out how the highlighted /t/ sounds disappear. / Learners choose the correct options in the two statements. 1 the end
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b Practice. Learners practise saying the four sentences rapidly and without the /t/ sound, repeating after you or the recording. / Then learners practise in pairs or groups. SPEAKING 8 a Preparation for discussion. Learners look through the brochure again and prepare to have a discussion to choose a course to do together. Encourage them to choose some expressions from 5 which might be useful in the discussion. b Discussion. Learners tell each other how they feel about the different courses. Their goal is to find, if possible, one course they’d all like to do together. Round-up. Ask each group to tell the class whether they found a course they’d all like to do and, if so, which one.
SPEAKING 3 a Preparation for discussion. Learners think about whether they agree with the statements 1–8 in 2 and mark each with a symbol accordingly. b / Discussion. Learners compare and express their opinions about each statement. Round-up. Ask some learners to tell you one or two statements they totally agree (++) or disagree (– –) with. See if the rest of the class feels the same.
3.2 Goals: talk about experiences of education and training describe habits and tendencies in the past and present Core language: VOCABULARY GRAMMAR
You could use photocopiable activity 3A on the Teacher’s DVD-ROM at this point.
Learning choices VOCABULARY Education and training 1 / Presentation. Learners discuss the meanings of the expressions in each group a–d. a distance learning – a way of studying where you learn mostly at home, receiving and sending off work by post or Internet online learning – studying over the Internet; a type of distance learning face-to-face learning – studying in the traditional way, in a room with a teacher and/or fellow students b postgraduate courses – courses for students who have a first degree; such courses can be academic (e.g. a doctorate) or practical (e.g. teaching) evening courses – part-time courses for students who work or have other studies during the day full-time courses – courses which take roughly the same amount of time every week as a regular job c vocational training – training which prepares you for a specific job, e.g. accountancy, nursing apprenticeships – long periods of time when someone does paid work for a skilled person in order to learn that person’s skills and become a professional work experience – a short period of time when someone (often a student) does unpaid work to gain experience d lectures – formal talks on a serious or specialist subject given to a group of people seminars – occasions when a teacher and a group of people meet to study and discuss something coursework – work done at regular times as part of an educational course dissertations – long pieces of writing on a specific subject, done as part of a course at college or university
2 Practice. Learners cover the expressions in 1 and try to complete the statements 1–8, using the first letters to help them remember. Then they look back at 1 to check. 1 apprenticeships 2 vocational training 3 Seminars; lectures 4 Distance learning; face-to-face learning 5 coursework 6 work experience 7 postgraduate courses 8 Evening courses
Work and commitment Habits and tendencies – past and present
Head teacher READING 1 a Prediction. Learners look at the pictures of Babur Ali and his school, and read the first paragraph of the article. They tell each other what they’d like to find out in the rest of the article. b Reading for main ideas. Learners read the rest of the article and try to find out about the things they mentioned in a. Learners tell each other whether they found what they were looking for in the article. 2 Reading for detail. Learners read and find out about 1–8. 1 Because their parents couldn’t afford to send them to school (and/or they’d dropped out). 2 Eight 3 Ten teachers and 650 pupils 4 Teachers are not paid. Things like books and furniture are donated. 5 Three 6 Mostly other pupils from Babur’s fee-paying school 7 Proud of his son, reassured that his teaching won’t have a bad effect on his studies 8 So he can continue teaching while doing his degree.
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/ Responding to text. Learners discuss the questions. Round-up. On the board, write the things which Babur says teachers need to be/do in order to be successful: dedicated, determined, create a positive environment, create goodwill between teachers and students. Elicit further ideas from the learners to create a class list. VOCABULARY Work and commitment 4 a Presentation. Learners complete 1–8 with the verbs in the boxes. b Learners look back in the article to check their answers.
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1 work on 2 work towards 3 keep up 4 carry on 5 take on 6 sign up 7 give up 8 drop out
Point out how: • sign up is often followed by the preposition for; • drop out is often followed by the preposition of; • give up is often followed by an -ing form. Language note
You work on a task; you work towards a particular goal. Carry on means continue; keep up specifically means continue something at a high level. If you sign up, you agree to attend or participate in an organised activity; if you take something on, you agree to be responsible for it. If you drop out of something, you stop attending or participating in it; if you give up an activity, you stop doing it permanently.
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Practice. Play recording 1.18, which consists of eight spoken instructions. Learners listen to the instructions and write down their answers, but not in order. Pause the recording briefly between each instruction to allow learners some thinking and writing time.
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Instead of playing the recording 1.18, give out or display a copy of the script on p144.
SPEAKING 6 / Learners look at each other’s written answers from 5 and try to guess what they mean, using the verbs from 4. Once they’ve found out what an answer means, they ask questions to find out more. Alternative
Demonstration. Before learners begin 6, write down your own answers to the instructions in 5 on the board, scattered about at random. Then ask learners to guess what they mean, encouraging them to use the verbs from 4 and to ask follow-up questions.
They were always asking questions GRAMMAR Habits and tendencies – past and present 1 a Presentation. Direct learners’ attention to the sentences 1–7. Ask: Which are about the present? 2, 4, 7
Then ask: Which are about the past? 1, 3, 5, 6
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2 a / Practice. Learners complete Brianna’s description. Tell them that, in some cases, more than one answer is possible. Do not go through the answers at this stage, as this will pre-empt b.
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/ Learners compare their answers. If their answers differ, they decide whether both answers could be correct or one of them is wrong. Be ready to deal with any queries learners may have at this stage. Round-up. Go through the answers with the class, establishing the range of possible right answers and discussing what might be the most natural-sounding answers in each case. Suggested answers The most natural-sounding answers are underlined – see the Language note below. 1 used to meet / would (’d) meet 2 used to do / would (’d) do 3 used to push / would (’d) push / was always pushing 4 used to suggest / would (’d) suggest / was always suggesting 5 write 6 read / will (’ll) read 7 tell Language note
When talking about habits in the past, you often use used to to start with, followed by a chain of woulds. Using used to all the time sounds rather unnatural. This is why the suggestions for the most natural-sounding answers for 1, 2, 5 and 6 are used to …, would …, would …, would …. In 3 and 4, the best answers are probably with was always -ing, as Brianna is clearly trying to emphasise how good (demanding, inspirational) her tutor was. Note: Grammar practice
You could do the grammar practice on p133 at this point.
SPEAKING 3 a Preparation for discussion. Learners write two or three sentences about each of the three topics. Monitor closely to help the learners and make sure they are using the grammar forms correctly. b / Discussion. Learners put away their sentences and discuss the three topics together. You could use photocopiable activity 3B on the Teacher’s DVD-ROM at this point.
3.3 Target activity Goals: express views about different options talk about experiences of education and training describe habits and tendencies in the past and present describe important mentors in your life Core language: TASK VOCABULARY 3.1 VOCABULARY 3.2 VOCABULARY 3.2 GRAMMAR
TASK VOCABULARY Describing a mentor 4 a / Presentation. Learners use the words in the box to complete Alex’s sentences from the listening. 1 impression 2 so 3 ever 4 never 5 those 6 always 7 positive 8 taught 9 owe Alternative for weaker classes
Describing a mentor Discussing options Work and commitment Habits and tendencies – past and present
Learners look once again at script 1.19 on pp144–5 to check their answers and review the vocabulary expressions in context.
b To consolidate meaning, learners put the sentences from a into three groups.
Decide who to nominate for an award
1 Sentences 2, 3, 5 2 Sentences 4, 6 3 Sentences 1, 7, 8, 9
TASK LISTENING Option: Lead-in
Books closed. Write this definition, adapted from the Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary, on the board: an experienced person who gives help and advice to someone with less experience. Tell learners this is a dictionary definition, and ask: Which word does it define? If necessary, give learners the first few letters to help them guess (mentor). Then ask: Think about your own lives. What kinds of people can be mentors? (Possible answers: teachers, sports coaches, bosses at work, parents, grandparents, (usually older) brothers or sisters, etc.)
1 Pre-listening discussion. To introduce the context of the listening, learners read the notice from a local newspaper. Ask them if they know or have heard of any organisations that offer awards like this. 2 a / Prediction. Refer learners to the pictures of Alex and Bill. Tell them they’re going to listen to Alex talking about Bill, his old driving instructor, who he’s thinking of nominating for a ‘Great Mentor’ award. Learners think of skills and characteristics you probably need to be a good driving instructor. Elicit each pair/group’s ideas onto the board. Make a class list. b Listening for main ideas. Play recording 1.19. Learners make a note of the skills and characteristics Alex mentions. Go back to the list on the board and ask: Did Alex mention any of the things on our list? Which ones? What else did he mention? Alex says that Bill was: patient, calm, quiet, encouraging, motivating, inspiring.
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/ Listening for detail. Play recording 1.19 again. Learners listen and answer the questions. b Learners read script 1.19 on pp144–5 to check their answers. 1 Alex’s parents paid for his lessons as a 17th birthday present. 2 He had about 60 lessons and didn’t pass until he was 18. 3 ‘Terrible’. He made a lot of mistakes, sometimes dangerous ones. 4 Bill would calmly persuade him to continue with his lessons.
TASK 5 a Preparation for description. Learners choose a mentor from their lives to nominate for a ‘Great Mentor’ award. Then they think about the six points listed and prepare to talk about their mentor. Encourage learners to choose expressions from 4a to use in their descriptions. Remind them that they can also use language from VOCABULARY Work and commitment and GRAMMAR Habits and tendencies – past and present. b Description. Learners tell each other about their mentors and ask questions to find out more. 6 a Give each learner in a pair the label A or B, then put the learners into two big groups: all the As together and all the Bs together. Learners tell their groups about their partner’s mentor from 5b, then choose one mentor to nominate for the award. Remind learners that they can use expressions from VOCABULARY Discussing options. Alternative for large classes
Give half the pairs in your class the labels A and B, and the other half C and D. Then put the learners into four groups: A, B, C and D.
b Ask one learner from each group to explain who they chose to nominate, and why.
3 Explore Keyword: use Goals: use expressions with the verb use and the noun use use be used to and get used to to talk about being and becoming accustomed to things Core language: The verb use: use something to/as/for … The noun use: the use of, be in use, make use of, … be used to, get used to
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Prediction. Draw learners’ attention to the picture of Karen and Niklas, and read through the caption with the class. Elicit a few ways in which a tennis ball or a number of tennis balls could be used creatively,
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e.g. they could be painted to make decorations, or stuck together on a board to make a mattress. Then put learners in groups to generate more ideas. b Listening for detail. Play recording 1.20 for learners to listen to Karen and Niklas. Elicit the ideas Karen and Niklas had, then ask the learners if any of their ideas were the same ideas, and what other ideas they had. Karen and Niklas come up with eight ideas: ball games, a cup, a rainwater catcher, a stress ball, a ball for hand exercises, a toy for a cat, a door protector, packing material.
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You use use as + noun to talk about the identity of something. You use use for + an expression describing an action (often an -ing form) to talk about the purpose of something. Compare: I use my mobile phone as a music player. I use it for listening to music.
b Pronunciation. Say a sentence from a, e.g. You could use it as a cup. Ask learners whether use has a /s/ or a /z/ sound. a /z/ sound
Ask learners to repeat the sentence a few times, making sure they use the correct sound. 3 a Practice. Learners think of as many ways as possible for using a bottle. Set a time limit (e.g. five minutes). Encourage them to use the three expressions with the verb use. b Ask each group to tell the class about their ideas. Make a list of all the ideas on the board. Round-up. Go through the ideas on the board one by one, asking learners to vote for their favourite ideas. Each learner can vote twice, for two different ideas. Count the number of votes for each idea and find out which are the class’s favourites.
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The language aim of this stage is to bring the highlighted expressions with the noun use to the learners’ attention as they read through the questions. The meanings of the expressions should be clear from the words which make them up.
b Pronunciation. Say a question from a, e.g. Do you think you made good use of your time at school or college?. Ask learners whether use has a /s/ or a /z/ sound. a /s/ sound
Ask learners to repeat the question a few times, making sure they use the correct sound. 5 Practice. Learners take turns to ask and answer the questions. Round-up. Ask a few pairs to tell the class about an issue on which they disagreed. Ask the rest of the class what they think about these issues. be used to, get used to 6 / Presentation. Learners answer the questions. 1 The present. The time reference is shown by the form of the verb ‘be’ (= ‘is’) and not by ‘used’. 2 It’s normal for him. He doesn’t feel it’s unusual. 3 /s/ Alternative: Jumbled sentence
Books closed. Dictate the following eight words one by one for learners to write down: working Babur hours is long to remarkably used Learners put the words in order to make a sentence from earlier in the unit. Then they open their books and look at 6 to check. Language note
The different pronunciations of use(d) can be summarised as follows: • /z/: use (verb), used (adjective, as in a used car) • /s/: use (noun), I’m / I get used to + noun / -ing form, I used to + infinitive
7 a Practice. Learners write two or three of their own Do you know anyone who … ? questions to add to the list. While learners are writing, monitor closely to make sure they’re using the expressions be used to and get used to correctly. b / Learners ask and answer all the questions. You could use photocopiable activity 3C on the Teacher’s DVD-ROM at this point.
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Gap-fill. Put the questions in 4a on a worksheet, putting gaps in place of the following words in the highlighted expressions: 1 of 2 in, into, out of 3 of, of With books closed, learners complete the expressions. Then they open their books to check their answers.
4 a Noticing. Learners read through the questions and decide how they’d answer them.
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show different attitudes and feelings
Core language: Common adverbial expressions in spoken English: apparently, thankfully, to be honest, …
1 a Listening for main ideas. Read through the four questions. Check that learners remember who Babur Ali (from the article on p24) is. Ask learners to cover the scripts of the two conversations on the right and play recording 1.21. Learners listen and answer the questions.
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/ Learners compare their answers, then read the scripts to check. 1 He’s amazed, impressed. 2 That they should make a donation to his school. 3 A tree branch fell through a neighbour’s living-room window. 4 They weren’t at home because they’d got stuck in traffic.
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/ Learners look at the five expressions in the box and write a meaning for each one in the same style as those in a. Suggested answers unfortunately: “I’m not pleased/happy about this.” hopefully: “I hope (but am not sure) this is true.” to tell you the truth: “This is the truth / my honest opinion.” (similar to ‘Frankly’) actually: “This may be unexpected for you, but …”, “What you said/think is not quite correct.” between you and me: “This is a secret.”, “Don’t tell anyone, but …”
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Ask learners if any of their answers were different, and discuss with them how this affects the meaning of what the people say. 4 a Practice. Give each pair a sheet of paper and guide them through the instructions 1–5. To make sure that all pairs are ready to pass on their sheets of paper at roughly the same time, set a time limit (e.g. two minutes) for writing each line of the conversation. At the end of the activity, ask learners to write one or two lines to conclude the conversation on their sheet of paper. b Pairs perform the conversations on their pieces of paper while the class listens. To conclude, ask learners which was their favourite conversation, and why.
3 Look again Review VOCABULARY Discussing options 1 a / Learners read and find alternative expressions to complete the conversation. 1 I like the sound of Silks Nightclub. I wouldn’t mind going to Silks Nightclub. 2 Silks doesn’t really appeal to me. Silks isn’t really my thing. 3 For me, it’s a choice between Silks or Terence’s Café. I’ve narrowed it down to Silks or Terence’s Café. 4 I can’t make up my mind about Terence’s Café. I’ve got mixed feelings about Terence’s Café.
b Tell learners that they’re going to plan a class party. Ask them to make three lists: possible places to go, things to eat and drink, and things to do. Work with the class to make the three lists on the board. c Help learners plan the party, discussing and choosing options from each list. Each group explains its decisions to the class. GRAMMAR Habits and tendencies – past and present 2 a / Learners read through the paragraph, underlining the verb forms which describe habits and tendencies. Ask learners to explain why these particular forms are used. When I was 21, I had a Volkswagen camper van. I was extremely proud of it, and I was always polishing it. I used to go travelling in it every summer. Sometimes my friends would come with me, and we’d have a great time. But I’m ‘green’ nowadays, so I’m always thinking of ways to help the environment. I go most places by bicycle, and for long-distance journeys I’ll take the bus or train. But to tell you the truth, I still miss my old van.
b Learners read and think about the task, making notes if they wish. Encourage them to think about how they can use the grammar from this section. / Learners discuss their topics together. CAN YOU REMEMBER? Unit 2 – Misunderstandings 3 / Learners complete the conversation. Encourage them to do this without looking back at the expressions on p14 until they’ve finished. You could ask them to compare their answers in pairs before checking against the Coursebook. 1 thought 2 meant 3 said 4 explains 5 if 6 thing 7 option Optional extra
Whole class. Ask pairs of learners to perform the conversation for the whole class. At the end, ask the learners if they’ve ever been involved in misunderstandings similar to those in the conversation.
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Extension SPELLING AND SOUNDS /S/ 4 a Write on the board /S/. Ask learners what sound this represents (sh as in ship). Write on the board: sh, ch, che, s. Explain that these (combinations of) letters can all be used to represent a /S/ sound in English words. / Learners complete the spellings of the words. shout, mushroom, rush, champagne, brochure, crèche, sure, championship, selfish
b Elicit answers to the questions. 1 sh, ch, s 2 sh, ch 3 sh, che The most common spelling is ‘sh’.
c Play recording 1.23. Learners write the words, then check their answers on p145. NOTICE provide, include, cover, … 5 a Learners match 1–6 with a–f. Then they check their answers by looking back and finding the sentences in the Markham College brochure on p23. 1 d 2 a 3 b 4 f 5 c 6 e
Point out the highlighted verbs in 1–6, and ask learners to find two pairs which, in the context of the brochure, have similar meanings (provide/offer and include/cover). b / Learners follow the instructions to write a description of a course on a piece of paper. Tell them that their description will be read by other learners in the class and so should be clearly legible. Encourage them to use the verbs from a and monitor for correct use.
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c Display the descriptions around the room on walls or desks. Learners walk around the room and read all the descriptions. / Learners go back to their pairs/groups from b and tell each other which course (not their own) they’d most like to do, and why. Round-up. Have a class vote to find out which is the most popular course. Self-assessment To help focus learners on the self-assessment, you could read it through, giving a few examples of the language they have learned in each section (or asking learners to tell you). Then ask them to circle the numbers on each line.
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Activity type: Reading, writing, speaking and listening – Dominoes / Writing and performing a conversation – Pairs / Whole class Aim: To practise expressions for discussing and choosing options Language: Discussing options – Use at any point from 3.1. Preparation: Make one copy of the worksheet for every four learners. (To reduce the amount of printing or photocopying required, there are two sets of dominoes on the sheet.) Cut up the worksheet to make two sets of dominoes. Prepare one slip of paper with a situation for conversation-writing if you are going to do the Extension activity. Time: 40 minutes
Activity type: Writing and speaking – Find someone who – Individuals / Class mingle / Groups Aim: To practise using a variety of forms for describing present and past states and habits Language: Habits and tendencies – Past and present – Use at any point from 3.2. Preparation: Make one copy of the worksheet for every learner. Time: 25 minutes
Activity type: Listening and speaking – Bingo / Sentence completion – Whole class / Pairs Aim: To practise common expressions with the noun use Language: Expressions with the noun use – Use at any point from Keyword use, p27. Preparation: Make enough copies of Worksheet 1 to ensure each learner has one bingo card. (Each copy can be cut up to make four bingo cards.) Make one copy of Worksheet 2 for each learner. Time: 20 minutes
Unit 3 Self-study Pack In the Workbook Unit 3 of the English Unlimited Upper Intermediate Workbook offers additional ways to practise the vocabulary and grammar taught in the Coursebook. There are also activities which build reading and writing skills and a whole page of listening and speaking tasks to use with the Interview video, giving your learners the opportunity to hear and react to authentic spoken English. • Vocabulary: Discussing options; Work and commitment; Education and training; Describing a mentor • Grammar: Habits and tendencies – past and present • Explore writing: A letter to a newspaper • Interview: Pass it on – Carlos and Liu
On the DVD-ROM Unit 3 of the English Unlimited Upper Intermediate Self-study DVD-ROM contains interactive games and activities for your learners to practise and improve their vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation, and also their speaking and listening, with the possibility for learners to record themselves, and a video of authentic spoken English to use with the Workbook. • Vocabulary and grammar: Extra practice activities • Pronunciation: Fluent speech – leaving out /t/ • Explore speaking: Question tags • Listening: A radio phone-in • Video: Pass it on
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Cian: C (The Millennium Spire): He didn’t like it at first, but is used to it now. Beryl: A (The Angel of the North): She doesn’t think it’s a wonderful sculpture, but likes it. Dominika: B (Greetings from Jerusalem Avenue): She likes it. D (Saigoˉ Takamori) is not talked about.
Goals: describe landmarks talk about landmarks where you live Core language: VOCABULARY VOCABULARY PRONUNCIATION
Describing landmarks History of a landmark Weak forms
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Millennium Spire 1 on O’Connell Street (main street) in the middle of Dublin, Ireland 2 unveiled at the end of 1999 3 to celebrate the Millennium 4 Controversial and criticised at first, but people are beginning to like it, are more used to it. Angel of the North 1 on a hill by the side of the A1 road, near the city of Gateshead in the north of England 2 during the 1990s 3 to signify an arrival somewhere 4 Everyone says, ‘Look!’ when going past it. Greetings from Jerusalem Avenue (palm tree) 1 on a main street in Warsaw, Poland 2 a few years ago 3 to brighten up a bleak part of the city, surprise people, show them something unexpected 4 Puzzled at first, controversial, but now they love it, look forward to seeing it.
VOCABULARY Describing landmarks 1 a To introduce the topic, write landmark on the board. Get learners to tell you what it means (a building or structure that’s striking and easily recognised, especially one that helps you know where you are). Get them to name a famous landmark in the town or city you’re in, then in a few other major cities, e.g. Paris, New York, Sydney and Cairo. Prediction. Learners look at the pictures and discuss where they think the landmarks are, how big they are, and what they’re made of. b Learners match pictures A–D with descriptions 1–4, and check their predictions. A 3 a) Tokyo (Ueno Park) b) 3.7m high c) bronze B 4 a) Warsaw, Poland b) 15m high c) steel, plastic and natural bark C 1 a) Dublin, Ireland b) 120m high, 3m wide at base, 15cm at top c) steel D 2 a) Gateshead, England b) 20m high, 54m wingspan c) steel
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Responding to the text. Learners express their feelings about the four landmarks.
A big impression VOCABULARY History of a landmark 1 / Learners discuss the meaning of the highlighted expressions. 1 similar meanings 2 different meanings: ‘unveiled’ = uncovered or shown to the public; ‘opened to the public’ = letting people go inside (e.g. a building, a park) 3 similar meanings 4 different meanings: ‘controversy’ = a lot of disagreement and argument; ‘a big impression’ = a strong feeling, usually favourable 5 similar meanings 6 similar meanings (though ‘warmed to’ has more of an idea of ‘liking’ than ‘love’) 7 different meanings: ‘a landmark’ = see VOCABULARY 1a above; ‘a tourist attraction’ = a place many tourists want to go to 8 different meanings: ‘part of the landscape’ = something accepted as normal in its surroundings; ‘an eyesore’ = something that looks ugly compared to the things around it
Practice. Learners describe the pictures using the new language. There’s no need for a personal reaction to the sculptures, as they’ll do that in 6.
LISTENING 4 Listening for main idea. Play recording 1.24. Learners identify which landmark each person talks about (one is not mentioned) and identify the speakers’ feelings. Pronounce Cian /ki:ən/.
Listening for detail. Learners listen to recording 1.24 again and take notes on the four topics for each of the three monuments.
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/ Practice. Learners complete the paragraph, choosing from the highlighted expressions in 1. Explain that because some expressions have similar meanings, sometimes more than one answer is possible. Do the first one together to illustrate this. 1 was put up / was erected
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Learners compare their ideas. Then confirm the answers. 1 was put up / was erected 2 was opened to the public 3 caused a lot of controversy / was heavily criticised / was badly received 4 an eyesore 5 didn’t know what to make of / were baffled by 6 grew to love / warmed to 7 a landmark / a tourist attraction 8 a tourist attraction / a landmark
PRONUNCIATION Weak forms 3 a This section focuses on weak forms, said with a schwa /ə/ sound. If learners are not familiar with the /ə/ sound, say in fast natural speech: I’m going to the bank. Ask them how you pronounced to: /tə/ or /tu:/. In fast natural speech, we say /tə/. Ask them which other word in that sentence has the same sound (the). Play recording 1.25 while learners listen, then say the sentence, focusing on the /ə/ sounds. b Learners read about categories of words which commonly have /ə/ sounds. They mark the words they think would have a weak form in the rest of the sentences in 1. Answers to both columns are provided in script 1.26. Alternatively, you can divide learners into A/B pairs and ask the As to mark the column A sentences and the Bs to mark the column B sentences. They then exchange ideas. c Play recording 1.26. Learners listen and read the script on p146 to check their answers. Note: there are, of course, other schwa sounds in the sentences, e.g. celebrate. However, only those occurring in weak forms are highlighted in the key below. The underlined sounds are weak forms pronounced as /ə/. 1 It was erected to celebrate the Millennium. It was put up during the 1990s. 2 It was unveiled at the very end of 1999. It was opened to the public in 2006. 3 It was heavily criticised at first. It was badly received. 4 It caused a lot of controversy. It made a big impression on people. 5 People didn’t know what to make of it. People were baffled by it. 6 People grew to love it. People warmed to it after a while. 7 It became a landmark. It became a tourist attraction. 8 People see it as part of the landscape. People regard it as an eyesore. Pronunciation note
In the second sentence in item 6 (People warmed to it after a while), to is not pronounced with an /ə/ because it’s followed by a vowel. There’s an intruded /w/ sound between to and it: /tu:wIt/.
SPEAKING 4 a Preparation for discussion. Learners choose two or three landmarks in their region or country, or landmarks they’re familiar with in other countries. They prepare answers for questions 1–5. Encourage them to choose useful expressions
from VOCABULARY Describing landmarks and VOCABULARY History of a landmark. Remind them to use /ə/ when appropriate. b Discussion. In small groups, learners tell each other about their landmarks. They listen and ask questions, contributing more details if they can. Then they answer the follow-up question about which landmarks they’d like to see. Round-up. Get a few learners to tell you what they heard from the other members of their group. Optional extension
Learners write a paragraph at home describing one of the landmarks they talked about and hand it in the next day for correction. They can gather extra information or details about it from the Internet, and include a picture. You could use photocopiable activity 4A on the Teacher’s DVD-ROM at this point.
4.2 Goals: talk about well-known people where you live describe someone’s life and work Core language: VOCABULARY GRAMMAR
Talking about well-known people Using the passive
Two voices READING 1 a Prediction. Learners look at the photos and read the captions. Clarify the meaning of any of the things listed if necessary. Learners guess which expressions might appear in an article about the singer or the writer. b Reading for main idea. Divide learners into A/B groups; each group reads quickly through its particular article for the expressions in a. Umm Kulthum Cairo, radio concerts, a huge funeral, lyrics, records, up to six hours Bohumil Hrabal Prague, an accident or suicide, real events, an Oscar, a single sentence, banned books
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Reading for detail, Preparation for discussion. This task is preparation for b. Learners, still in their groups, note down one or two details about the six things in 1a from their article. Answers depend on learner choice of details. Possible answers Umm Kulthum – Cairo: went there at 16, invited by famous musician, met a poet who wrote 137 songs for her, first success at Arabic Theatre Palace – radio concerts: on first Thursday of every month, everyone rushed home to listen to them – a huge funeral: over 4 million people attended, one of the largest gatherings in history – lyrics: about love and loss, universal themes – records: a million copies sold every year since her death – up to six hours: duration of her concerts, usually two or three songs only
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Bohumil Hrabal – Prague: lived and died in Prague, had a flat there – an accident or suicide: fell from fifth-floor hospital window in 1997, trying to feed pigeons, had a phobia about falling from fifth floor, wrote about it several times – real events: everything he wrote was based on real events, nothing was invented – an Oscar: a film based on his book (Closely Watched Trains) won the Oscar for Best Foreign Film in 1967 – a single sentence: One of his books is one sentence long (Dancing Lessons for the Advanced in Age); it had more editions than his other works. – banned books: His work was banned in his country 1968 to 1975. In 1975, many of his works were published again, but some only published abroad. In 1989, more of the banned books were published.
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Discussion. Learners get into A/B pairs and tell each other about their articles, using their notes from a to help them. Responding to the text. Learners answer the follow-up question in their pairs, or as a class. VOCABULARY Talking about well-known people 3 / Learners match the halves of the sentences. 1 d 2 g 3 a 4 h 5 c 6 f 7 b 8 e
SPEAKING 4 Preparation for discussion. Learners choose two or three famous writers or performers (singers, musicians) to talk about. They plan what to say, using the highlighted expressions in 3 as a guide, adding to and adapting them as necessary, e.g. One of his most famous works is … → One of her most famous songs was … Discussion. In small groups, learners talk about their chosen writers or performers and ask questions to find out more. Round-up. Ask one learner from each group to say who their group talked about. Find out from a few people who they found the most interesting.
the person, their experiences, their abilities, facts about them, etc. So the speaker or writer naturally makes these things the subjects of sentences, choosing either active or passive to do so. 2 / Learners complete the five expressions from the Umm Kulthum article. 1 based 2 said 3 attended 4 regarded 5 estimated
3 a / Practice. Learners read the profile about Jang Nara and decide which sentences should be left active and which should be rewritten with passives. Do the first bullet point with them: • Jang Nara was born in Seoul in March 1981. (OK. The focus is on her.) • People consider her one of the best entertainers in South Korea. (‘People’ is vague and not important, so put the focus on Jang Nara. Elicit: She is considered one of the best entertainers in South Korea.) Learners continue through the rest of the profile. b Play recording 1.27 for learners to compare their ideas. In each case underlined below, Jang Nara or something related to her has become the subject of a sentence. • Jang Nara was born in Seoul in March 1981. She is considered one of the best entertainers in South Korea. • She started out as an actress in her primary school days, when she was invited to appear in the play, Les Misérables. Later, in high school, she modelled in a number of television ads. • Jang had her first real success as a singer in 2001, when her debut album was released. 300,000 copies of the album were sold, and she was awarded Best New Singer of that year. • At the same time, her acting career continued to develop. She was hired to star in popular sitcoms and dramas, and she was also invited by a Chinese television station to star in the successful drama My Bratty Princess. She is very popular in China, where she is known as ‘Zhang Na La’. • In addition, she has been recognised for her charity work in different countries. She was appointed a goodwill ambassador by one Chinese charity, the first foreigner to receive this honour.
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Mingle. In 4, just before the Discussion stage, ask learners to write the names of the people they’re going to talk about on pieces of paper, with their own name at the top. Post them around the room. Learners go round and read them, choose two or three writers or performers they want to hear about, then talk to the learners whose names are at the top. To round up, ask a few learners who they heard about, who was most interesting, and why.
She’s known as … GRAMMAR Using the passive 1 Grammar presentation. In a guided discovery activity, learners read the information in the Grammar box, then look at sentences 1–6 in the box and match a–d with the four passive sentences. a 1 b 5 c 6 d 2
The key to the usage of the passive is that the speaker (or writer) wishes to keep the focus on the main topic:
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You could do the grammar practice on p133 at this point.
WRITING AND SPEAKING 4 a Writing. Learners choose a person to include on a website about their own country like the one Jang Nara is featured on. They prepare a profile like the Jang Nara one, using bullet points. Remind them to choose useful expressions from VOCABULARY Talking about well-known people, and from the highlighted passive expressions in 1 and 2. b / Reading and speaking. Learners exchange profiles and ask questions about them. If they know about the people in other learners’ profiles, they can contribute extra information. You could use photocopiable activity 4B on the Teacher’s DVD-ROM at this point.
4.3 Target activity Goals: talk about landmarks where you live talk about well-known people where you live give information about interesting or important sights Core language: TASK VOCABULARY 4.1 VOCABULARY 4.2 VOCABULARY 4.2 GRAMMAR
Recalling details History of a landmark Talking about well-known people Using the passive
Describe well-known sights to a visitor TASK LISTENING 1 As a warmer, learners answer the question in pairs or as a class. Alternative
Using pictures. Bring in pictures of the five places listed in 2 (e.g. from the Internet). Tell learners they’re all places to see in or around Beijing, China. Write the names of the places on the board. Learners guess which names go with which pictures. Ask them which they’d want to visit if they went to Beijing.
2 Listening for main idea. Play recording 1.28. Learners listen and circle the one place that’s not mentioned. The Summer Palace
3 Listening for detail. Play recording 1.28 again. Learners write the names of the places next to each question. 1 The Forbidden City, The Temple of Heaven 2 The Temple of Heaven, The Great Wall 3 The Forbidden City 4 The Great Wall 5 The Temple of Heaven
TASK VOCABULARY Recalling details 4 a The goal of the target activity is ‘give information about interesting or important sights’. In this vocabulary section, learners focus on the language of recalling details because these expressions often precede the giving of information, especially when the speaker is not totally sure of some details or of where they got the information. / Learners complete the six sentences from the recording with the words. 2 say 3 think 4 heard/read 5 read/heard 6 remember
b Learners read script 1.28 on p146 to check, getting further exposure to the language as well as possible ideas for their own role-play conversation in 5. TASK 5 a Preparation for role play. This is a two-stage preparation. In a, learners make a list of interesting places to see in an area (town, city, region) they know well in their country. Alternatively, they can choose an area in another country which they know about.
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Online research. Learners can do some online research in advance of the Task. Monolingual classes can even be assigned different cities or regions in their country to research. They just need enough information about each sight in their chosen area to answer the questions in 5b.
b In the second preparation stage, learners focus on what to say and how to say it. Remind them to choose useful expressions from TASK VOCABULARY Recalling details, VOCABULARY History of a landmark and VOCABULARY Talking about wellknown people. Point out that the passive will be useful. Give an example or two: The Blue Mosque can be seen from quite far away. Cape Town is known as the jewel of South Africa. The Taj Mahal was built by the emperor Shah Jahan to commemorate his wife. c Role play. Learners take turns being the host (giving information) and being the visitor (asking questions). Learner A gives information first. Optional extra
Learners can change pairs after the first role play. Get the Bs to move to the next pair so they can give information to new A partners.
6 Learners answer the follow-up question. Round-up. Ask a few learners what city or region they heard about and which sights they’d like to visit if they had the chance to go there.
4 Explore Across cultures: Special occasions Goal:
to make learners aware of special occasions in different cultures
Core language: VOCABULARY
Describing a special occasion: Nowadays; In the old days; Traditionally; The reason we … is because; It’s quite normal to; There’s a lot of; There will be; It can be anywhere between … and; turn out; go on for
LISTENING 1 To introduce this topic, ask learners to name a few special occasions. Choose one of them and ask them what kind of atmosphere it has, e.g. cheerful, serious, mysterious. Then get learners to look at the two pictures in pairs and describe the atmosphere of each occasion. Ask for their ideas and get them to explain why they chose that description. 2 Listening for main idea. Tell learners they’re going to listen to two people describing those special occasions. Beryl will be the first speaker. Give learners time to read the expressions listed. Tell them the speakers might use slightly different expressions from these, so they should be alert. Then play recording 1.29. Learners put B for Beryl, D for Dominika or both initials next to the topics they talk about.
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Beryl: fireworks, a kind of doll, government buildings, the community Dominika: food, borrowed items, the community, dancing
3 Listening for detail. Give learners time to read items 1–6. Play recording 1.29 again. Learners mark the statements true or false according to what the speakers say. 1 True 2 False 3 False 4 True 5 True 6 False
4 Responding to the text. Learners answer the question in pairs or as a class. As a follow-up question, ask them how they’d describe the atmosphere of the two occasions now that they’ve heard a bit more about them. VOCABULARY Describing a special occasion 5 a / Learners recall the descriptions, writing B next to sentences describing Bonfire Night and W next to sentences describing weddings in Poland. b Learners read script 1.29 on pp146–7 to check.
there, how to behave, etc. Then explain that this page focuses on recommending things to see and do when they get to a place. Learners read Gareth’s email to answer the two questions, then compare their ideas. They’re going to Japan. Gareth and his wife are interested in culture, history and art. Their son Dylan is interested in Disneyland.
2 Responding to the text. This is a personal opinion question, as learners read Ellie’s email and decide which things they personally would find most interesting if they went to Japan. Learners can compare their ideas afterwards in pairs. Ask a few learners what they chose and why. 3 / Learners match the paragraphs 1–5 in Ellie’s email with the topics a–e. a 5 b 1 c 4 d 2 e 3
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2 It’s advisable to 3 check out 4 don’t miss 5 You should 6 I recommend you 7 Make sure you 8 Don’t forget to 9 try out 10 It’s well worth
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If learners have trouble with recollection tasks, let them look at the script (or even listen again) and mark the sentences as indicated: B for Bonfire Night, W for weddings in Poland.
SPEAKING 6 Preparation for discussion. Learners work alone and gather their ideas. Encourage them to note down their ideas, along with useful expressions from 5a. They can write out a few key sentences using the expressions if they wish. 7 Discussion. Learners talk about their special occasions in groups. There are interactions for both monolingual and multilingual classes suggested in the Coursebook. Optional extra
Learners write out their talk in a paragraph at home and hand it in for correction the next day. Remind them to make use of the expressions in 5a. They also might want to include pictures of their special occasion (e.g. from the Internet).
Explore writing Goal:
write an email or letter recommending places to see
Core language: Recommending: Be sure to; It’s advisable to; Check out; Don’t miss; You should; I recommend you; Make sure you; Don’t forget to; Try out; It’s well worth Adjectives of description: enormous; charming; jammed; fascinating; well-stocked; impressive; ancient; historic; refreshing; traditional
1 Reading for main idea. To introduce the topic, ask learners if they have ever given travel advice to someone. Ask them if they gave the advice face to face, in a letter or email, by text, etc. Find out what kind of things they recommended, e.g. places to go, ways to get there, things to see and do when they get
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/ Learners complete the expressions with two or three words, as in the example.
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6 a Preparation for writing. Learners read the context and begin preparing their ideas, making sure to use points 1–3 as a guideline. b Writing. This can be done either in class or at home. If you wish, learners can start writing in class, for example just the first paragraph, while you monitor and correct. This reassures them that they have made a good start, and they can then finish the email or letter at home and bring it in the next day. 7 Learners exchange emails or letters with a partner and ask questions about it. You could use photocopiable activity 4C on the Teacher’s DVD-ROM at this point.
4 Look again Review VOCABULARY Talking about landmarks 1 a Learners try to recall as many expressions as they can for each category 1–6. If they need help after a while, they can look at VOCABULARY Describing landmarks and VOCABULARY History of a landmark on p30 and p31 respectively. b Learners say what they can remember about the three landmarks. They can use the pictures on p30, but get them to cover the rest of the page.
GRAMMAR Using the passive 2 a / Learners read the mini-biography and choose the correct options. 1 graduated 2 has been employed 3 moved 4 was published 5 have been translated 6 have been adapted 7 was awarded 8 lives
b Writing. Learners prepare to write a mini-biography about themselves, of a similar length to the one in a. Remind learners to include one or two imaginary details in their biography for the guessing activity in c. If you wish, you can give them a list of useful verbs, such as: appoint, attend, award, employ, graduate, grow up, introduce, live, meet, move, offer, promote, recruit, start, travel, win, work. Remind them to choose the active or passive as necessary.
NOTICE very, the very 5 a / Learners look at the difference between very and the very as illustrated in Cian’s sentences and answer the questions on meaning and usage. 1 a 2 2 a 2
b Learners complete questions 1–4. Explain there is more than one possibility for each question, so they can choose whichever word they think makes the most interesting question – and is correct in terms of usage. Possible answers 1 beginning/end 2 first/last/best/worst 3 top/bottom 4 best/worst
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CAN YOU REMEMBER? Unit 3 – Work and commitment 3 a / Learners choose the best options in each person’s hope or plan. 1 carry on 2 take on 3 give up 4 work on
b Learners think of similar sentences regarding their hopes and plans for the next year or so. They can select from any of the verb options in a.
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Self-assessment To help focus learners on the self-assessment, read it through and get learners to give you a few examples of the language they have learned in each section. Give an example to start them off if necessary. Then learners circle the numbers on each line.
SPELLING AND SOUNDS /m/ 4 a / Learners underline the /m/ sound in each word. That includes double and silent letters. climb, column, common, immediately, millennium, monument, palm, summon
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c Play recording 1.30. Learners listen and write the words, then check their spelling in script 1.30 on p147. Alternatively, you can elicit the spelling and write it on the board. autumn, calm, community, impression, estimated, immigration, mummy, summary, thumb, demonstration, recommend, enormous Optional extra
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4A Monument suit the atmosphere of our neighbourhood park best and have deep significance for the people of this area. As you can see, it’s quite a 1modern / traditional sculpture. It’s about two metres high and made of cream and red marble, which is one of the native stones of this area. Because it’s 2realistic / abstract in style, people of all ages will be able to understand and appreciate it. We’ve chosen it to 3
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4C Recommendations Activity type: Speaking – Making recommendations – Individuals/ Mingle Aim: To recommend a particular product, service, shop, etc. Language: Expressions of recommendation – Use any time after Explore writing. Preparation: Make one copy of the worksheet for every four learners. Cut each worksheet up to make a set of four forms. Time: 40 minutes
Unit 4 Self-study Pack In the Workbook Unit 4 of the English Unlimited Upper Intermediate Workbook offers additional ways to practise the vocabulary and grammar taught in the Coursebook. There are also activities which build reading and writing skills and a whole page of listening and speaking tasks to use with the Interview video, giving your learners the opportunity to hear and react to authentic spoken English. • Vocabulary: Describing landmarks; History of a landmark; Talking about well-known people; Recalling details; Describing a special occasion • Grammar: Using the passive • Explore reading: Article: Machu Picchu • Interview: Come to my country – Rezarta and Liu
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Goals: describe and give opinions about images choose something for a room Core language: VOCABULARY VOCABULARY
Describing an image Choosing something for a room
VOCABULARY Describing an image 5 / Presentation. Learners look at the sentences from the audio guide, focusing on the highlighted expressions. They find five pairs of expressions which have a similar meaning. 1 shows – 6 portrays 2 highlight – 5 emphasises 3 can be seen – 4 are visible 7 seems to – 9 appears to 8 implies – 10 suggest
Picture story LISTENING 1 a / Prediction. Learners look at the painting and make guesses about the questions 1–3. Then ask each pair/group to tell the class about their guesses. b Listening for main ideas. Tell learners that they are going to listen to an introduction to the painting from an audio guide on an art-gallery website. Play recording 2.1. Learners listen to find the answers to the questions. 1 There are two groups of people: a family and soldiers. 2 The two groups are on opposing sides in a civil war. 3 The soldiers have occupied the family’s house. They’re questioning the little boy about the whereabouts of his father. (Learners may have made further speculations in 1a which they will be able to check when they listen to recording 2.2.)
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/ Listening for details. Learners read 1–6 and try to remember what the audio guide said about each point. Then play recording 2.2 again. Learners listen and complete their answers. b / Learners compare their answers, then read script 2.2 on p147 to check any details as necessary. 1 His small size, the colour of his hair and his blue suit highlight his (dangerous) innocence. 2 She may be worried about what her brother will say or the prospect of being questioned. 3 They emphasise the fact that the family is helpless. 4 He may be genuinely friendly or trying to trick the boy. 5 It suggests that he feels sorry for the little girl. 6 It suggests that the soldiers are stealing the family’s possessions.
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Ask: Which expressions are more for giving a physical description of an image? (1/6, 3/4) Which are more for giving a personal opinion or interpretation? (2/5, 8/10). (Expressions 7/9 could be used for both purposes.) Optional extra: Peer testing
Learners test each other in pairs. Learner A says sentences 1–10 in random order. Learner B (book closed) listens and reformulates the sentences using the other expression from the pair. For example: More soldiers are visible. → More soldiers can be seen. Then they swap roles.
SPEAKING 6 a Preparation for description. Learners turn to p122 and look at the paintings. They each choose one painting and prepare to describe what it shows, and how they interpret it. Encourage learners to choose expressions from 5 to use in their descriptions. b / Description. Learners listen to each other’s descriptions of the paintings, and say what they think about each other’s interpretations. Round-up. As a class, briefly discuss each of the paintings in turn. Elicit different learners’ interpretations. Alternative
Learners bring to the lesson an image of their choice (a painting, a drawing, a photograph) which they’d like to talk about. Use these images for 6a and 6b instead of the paintings on p122.
I can imagine it in the kitchen LISTENING Optional extra: Personalised lead-in
Books closed. To focus on the topic of the listening, tell the class about: 1) different kinds of pictures you have in different rooms in your home (original paintings or drawings, reproductions, posters, photographs including family photos etc.); 2) how you got them (bought them, received them as gifts, made them yourself, etc.). Then learners discuss the same two topics in pairs/groups.
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2 Listening for details. Play recording 2.3 again. Learners listen and make notes on Paloma and James’s opinions about all four of the posters. / Then learners compare their notes. If there are any differences, resolve them during class feedback or ask learners to check for themselves in script 2.3 on p147. B Interesting, but too dark and depressing, and the shape is wrong: it’s too wide and needs to be squarer. C James suggests the painting is a good size, that it’s cheerful and that the horse is ‘nice’; Paloma hates it. D Strong colours, but style doesn’t suit living room; it would suit the kitchen, though. A Bright, they like the sunlight coming down through clouds, and the shape is OK; it will suit the living room and make it look bigger.
VOCABULARY Choosing something for a room 3 / Presentation. Learners use the words in the boxes to complete the sentences from the conversation. 2 put 3 suit 4 see 5 go 6 look 8 wrong 9 good 10 sure 11 bright/cheerful 12 bigger
c Each group from b explains its proposal. Learners vote for their favourite proposal. You could use photocopiable activity 5A on the Teacher’s DVD-ROM at this point.
5.2 Goals: discuss what makes a good design describe designs and designed objects Core language: VOCABULARY GRAMMAR PRONUNCIATION
Design classics VOCABULARY Discussing design 1 a Look at the pictures of the two products and discuss the questions with the class. Elicit a range of suggested answers, but do not comment on which are right or wrong at this stage. b Learners read the paragraph about Dieter Rams and find answers to the questions in a. The Braun T3 radio is from 1958. The Apple iPod is from 2001. Dieter Rams, designer of the T3, was an important influence on Jonathan Ive, designer of the iPod.
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Point out that we use: • suit to talk about style, fit to talk about size/shape, and go to talk about either style or size/shape: It wouldn’t go in / suit the living room. (= It’s the wrong style.) It wouldn’t go on / fit on that wall. (= It’s the wrong size or shape.) • the expression nice and … to emphasise a positive characteristic: It’s nice and cheerful. We also use it to show that we see a characteristic of something as positive: It’s nice and big. (= It’s big and this is a good thing.)
4 a Practice. Learners look again at the paintings on p122 and think about the questions. They choose expressions from 3 to help explain their answers, making notes if they wish. b / Learners compare their answers. Get feedback from the whole class to find out which were the most and least popular posters. SPEAKING 5 a Decision-making. Learners imagine they’ve been given the task of brightening up the classroom. One of the things they’d like to do is put up a picture. Learners choose a picture to put up in the classroom and decide exactly where it should go. They can choose any picture from the lesson, from the Coursebook, or another picture they know of. Tell learners they must be ready to give reasons for their decisions. Remind them to use the expressions from 3. b Put pairs together to make groups of four. They compare and explain ideas, then decide on one picture and location to propose to the whole class.
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Check learners’ understanding of a few of the more difficult words: • Elicit some possible opposites of innovative/novel (possible answers: old-fashioned, traditional). • Elicit the meaning of obtrusive (too noticeable, difficult to ignore); and hence unobtrusive. • Elicit which words, in the context of Rams’s principles, suggest that everything in a design should be connected, that everything should have the same style (consequent/consistent). Alternative for stronger classes
Learners think of words and expressions which can be used to describe bad design, i.e. which mean the opposite of the target items in 2. They write ‘ten principles of bad design’, a mirror-image of Rams’s principles. Possible words and expressions: unoriginal, tired, ugly, unattractive, obtrusive, distracting, complicated, confusing, goes out of date quickly, inconsistent, bad for the environment.
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READING 4 Check that learners know what is meant by a design classic (a design which is well known and regarded as high quality or special in some way) and elicit a few examples of design classics (e.g. company logos). Reading for main ideas, responding to the text. Learners read and decide whether the paperclip deserves to be called a design classic. / Then they compare and explain their opinions. 5 Reading for details. Learners read again and gather information on the four topics. 1 Norwegian; an inventor; the first man to patent the paperclip, though it didn’t make him any money; there’s a statue of a giant paperclip in memory of him outside Oslo. 2 As a tool; to make into miniature animals and buildings; to clean fingernails, pipes and teeth; as something to fiddle with when stressed; as poker chips; to hold clothes together; as a national symbol. 3 The well-known ‘Gem’ paperclip was first made by Gem Manufacturing Ltd, a British company, though they didn’t patent the idea. A few years later, in 1899, Johan Vaaler took out a patent for his own version of the paperclip in Germany. 4 During the Second World War, Norwegians were forbidden from wearing national symbols, so they used the paperclip as an ‘unofficial’ national symbol. The paperclip suggests the idea of togetherness, of people sticking together.
A survey conducted by … GRAMMAR Describing objects – past participle clauses 1 / Presentation. Learners read the grammar box, then answer the two questions below it. 1 a Defining b Non-defining 2 a Defining b Non-defining c Non-defining Alternative
Books-closed presentation. Write on the board: 1 Of every 100,000 paperclips which are made in the United States, 17,200 hold clothing together. 2 The humble paperclip, which was first patented by Johan Vaaler, remains indispensable. Ask: • What are the underlined parts called? (relative clauses) • Which relative clause could you delete without changing the meaning? Why? (2, because it only adds an extra detail about the paperclip. In 1, the relative clause is necessary because it tells us that the sentence is specifically about paperclips made in the USA.) • What do we call the two kinds of relative clause? (1 defining, 2 non-defining) Now write equivalent sentences with past participle clauses. 1 Of every 100,000 paperclips made in the United States, 17,200 hold clothing together. 2 The humble paperclip, first patented by Johan Vaaler, remains indispensable. (non-defining) or First patented by Johan Vaaler, the humble paperclip remains indispensable.
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PRONUNCIATION Groups of words 1 3 a Play recording 2.4 a few times. Learners listen and at the same time read the two sentences. Point out how the speaker says the words in groups to make the sentences easier to understand. Then focus on the participle clauses in each sentence and elicit answers to the question. 1 Defining 2 Non-defining Alternative for stronger classes
Books closed. Write the sentences on the board (if you wrote them up while looking at the answers to 2, you can use these) and play recording 2.4. Ask learners to: • identify the groups of words and say where the // symbols should go; • explain why the participle clause is sometimes in the same group as the noun it describes, and sometimes separate.
b Learners repeat the sentences together as a class. Listen carefully to make sure they say the words in the groups as shown. Optional extra
Peer drill. For more practice, learners say the other sentences in 2. In pairs, they take turns to point to sentences and say them in groups of words. Suggested answers // The famous soy sauce bottle made by the Kikkoman Company // was designed by Kenjo Ekuan // in 1961. // // Zhang Xiaoquan scissors, // first produced in 1663, // are made in Hangzhou, // China. // // First produced in 1663, // Zhang Xiaoquan scissors // are made in Hangzhou, // China. // // A Swiss Army knife known as The Giant // features 85 tools // and weighs a kilo. //
Point out how: • defining participle clauses are simple: they always go straight after the noun (and in writing have no commas); • non-defining participle clauses can go before or after the noun (and in writing are separated by commas).
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SPEAKING 4 a Decision-making. Learners think of objects or designs to include in an exhibition of design classics. They write a list similar to the example, using past participle clauses. Each learner should make their own copy of the list. b / Report. Put learners into new groups. Learners tell each other which objects and designs they chose in a, and why. Optional extra
Class discussion. As a class, listen to each group’s ideas from 4a and write them on the board. Discuss the various ideas and have a class vote to choose the final six objects or designs. You could use photocopiable activity 5B on the Teacher’s DVD-ROM at this point.
5.3 Target activity Goals: describe and give opinions about images describe designs and designed objects participate in a decision-making discussion Core language: TASK VOCABULARY Getting a consensus 5.1 VOCABULARY Describing an image 5.2 GRAMMAR Describing objects – past participle clauses
Choose a logo TASK LISTENING 1 Pre-listening discussion. To introduce the topic of the listening, ask learners to look at the picture of Callie, Brett and Kim. / Then learners look at logos 1–3 and tell each other which they think is best, and why. Round off with a quick class discussion. Ask learners to summarise what they see as the strengths and weaknesses of each logo. 2 Listening for main ideas. Play recording 2.5. Learners listen and answer the questions. 1 Design 2 2 They’ll ask for the colours to be toned down (made less bright).
3 Listening for details. Play recording 2.5 again. Learners listen and match each statement a–e with one of the designs. a 1 b 1 c 2 d 3 e 3
TASK VOCABULARY Getting a consensus 4 a / Presentation. Learners put expressions from the listening into three groups a–c. a 1, 2, 4, 7 b 6, 8 c 3, 5
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b Learners prepare for the meeting. They look at the three logos, A–C, and think about the questions 1–4 individually. Remind learners that they can talk about the logos using expressions from VOCABULARY Describing an image and GRAMMAR Describing objects – past participle clauses. c Meeting. Learners discuss and choose the most suitable logo. They also decide if they’d like to ask the designer to make any changes to their chosen logo. Tell learners they’ll need to describe and explain their decisions to the class. Encourage them to make use of the expressions in 4a to manage their meeting. 6 Report. Each group explains its decisions to the class. Round-up. The class votes to find the most popular logo. Each learner can give two votes to their favourite design (two hands up) and one vote to their second favourite design (one hand up).
5 Explore Keyword: as Goals: use as to describe the identity or purpose of something use common referring expressions with as Core language: as, like, such as as you know, as promised, as you suggested, …
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This section focuses exclusively on as and like as prepositions (= followed by noun phrases). Both words can also be used as conjunctions (= followed by clauses), but in this case, as and like are both used to describe sameness or similarity: It was a great party – exactly as/like I imagined it! However, the use of like as a conjunction is less formal and some people consider it wrong. The conjunction as can also be used in a similar way to when/while and because: As I came out of the shop, I saw my car pulling away. As we’re so busy, perhaps we should delay the meeting until next week?
2 a Practice. Learners complete the sentences with as / like / such as + their own ideas to make six sentences, four true and two false. Monitor closely during this stage to check correct use of the target expressions and provide assistance as necessary. Possible answers I once worked as a teacher. I really don’t like films such as / like ‘The Ring’. I know someone who looks a bit like Angela Merkel. At school, I was known as ‘Brainbox’. I think my friends see me as a reliable person. I wouldn’t mind a career as a translator.
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Provide each group with a few key expressions, and/or the relevant expressions with as, to help them write their emails.
Explore speaking Goals: express disagreement in different situations make concessions and counter-arguments Core language: Are you joking? I see what you mean. But even if that’s the case, …
1 Listening for main ideas. Tell learners they’re going to listen to extracts from two conversations they’ve already heard in this unit. Play recording 2.7. Learners listen and answer the questions. / Learners check their answers together. Conversation 1 1 In a shop 2 They’re choosing posters for their home. 3 They live together (probably as a couple). Conversation 2 1 In a meeting at work 2 They’re choosing a logo for their company. 3 They’re colleagues.
3 a Reading for main ideas. Learners read and put the chain of emails between Keith and Leona in order. Then they compare their answers. A, C, D, B, F, E
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/ Point out that the expressions in 2a are arranged in three groups according to their function. Learners add the expressions from the box to the correct groups. Group 1: Are you serious?; How can you say that?; I have to disagree with you there; I wonder about that. Group 2: I’d go along with you there; Maybe you’re right about that. Group 3: That may be so, but …; I take your point, but …
b Play recording 2.8, in which learners hear all the expressions in each group. Learners listen and check their answers. Alternatively, learners look at script 2.8 on p147. Optional extra: Focus on form and pronunciation
Write these three expressions on the board: the cost, it’s expensive, what’s the alternative? Play recording 5.8 again, pausing between each sentence so that learners can repeat. Where a sentence is ‘unfinished’ (e.g. I wouldn’t exactly say), learners complete it using one of the expressions on the board. Check that learners stress the sentences correctly and choose the correct expressions to complete the ‘unfinished’ ones. 1 Are you joking? I wouldn’t exactly say it’s expensive. I’m not so sure about the cost. Oh, come on. Are you serious? How can you say that? I have to disagree with you there. I wonder about that. 2 I have to admit that it’s expensive. I see what you mean. I’d go along with that. Maybe you’re right about that. 3 It’s true that it’s expensive but what’s the alternative? But even if that’s the case, what’s the alternative? That may be so, but what’s the alternative? I take your point, but what’s the alternative?
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/ Learners look through all the expressions and answer the questions about appropriacy. 1 Are you joking?; Oh, come on; Are you serious?; How can you say that? 2 The rest
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/ Practice. Tell learners they’re going to prepare for four discussions. Divide learners into two groups, A and B. Learners in Group A read the four situations on the page. Learners in Group B read the four corresponding situations on p121. In their groups (or in smaller sub-groups or pairs), they brainstorm reasons to support their opinions, making notes if they wish. b Put learners into pairs, one person from Group A with one person from Group B. They have the four discussions in turn and try to persuade their partner of their opinion. Encourage them to use expressions from 2a and 3a. Set a time limit for each discussion (e.g. four minutes).
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/ Learners go back to their pairs/groups from 5a. They tell each other about the discussions they had and what conclusions, if any, they reached. You could use photocopiable activity 5C on the Teacher’s DVD-ROM at this point.
5 Look again Review VOCABULARY Choosing something for a room 1 a / Learners choose the correct verbs in 1–6. Then they look back at VOCABULARY Choosing something for a room on p39 to check their answers. 1 look 2 put 3 go 4 see 5 suit 6 feel Alternative: Gapped dictation
Books closed. Write these verbs on the board: feel, go, look, put, see, suit. Read the sentences 1–6 aloud, saying gap 1, gap 2, etc. in place of the verbs. Learners listen and write down the verb which goes in each gap, then check in pairs/groups.
b Learners think of one or two specific items they’d like to have in their homes. They think about how to describe their appearance and where they would put them, using highlighted expressions from a. / Learners tell each other about their ideas. GRAMMAR Past participle clauses 2 a Learners change 1–6 into questions with past participle clauses. To demonstrate, do the first one as a class. Possible answers 1 Do you live in a house built more than a century ago? 2 Do you eat fruit grown in your own garden? 3 Have you still got any presents given to you when you were very young? 4 Have you recently seen a film based on a true story? 5 Are you wearing shoes made in Italy? 6 Do you like raisins covered in chocolate?
Then they think of two more questions for the people in their class with past participle clauses. b Learners move around the room talking to different people. They try to find at least one person who answers ‘yes’ to each question, and ask follow-up questions to get more details. c Learners return to their pairs from a and compare their findings.
CAN YOU REMEMBER? Unit 4 – Recalling details 3 a / Learners look at 1–6 and unscramble the anagrammed words in the underlined expressions. Then they look back at TASK VOCABULARY Recalling details on p34 to check their answers. 1 If I remember rightly 2 I think I’m right in saying that 3 As far as I can remember 4 I read somewhere that 5 I’ve heard that 6 They say that
b Learners think of someone who’s very well known (for good or bad reasons) in their country at the moment. They get ready to say what they know about the person, choosing expressions from a to help them. c / Learners tell each other what they know about the people. Alternatives: Mono- and multilingual classes
• With a monolingual group, brainstorm a list of well-known people at the board. Then learners work alone to think about what they know about the people before talking together and sharing/correcting each other’s ideas. • With a multilingual group, put learners of the same nationalities in the same groups. In their groups, they think of some well-known people from their countries and share what they know about them. Then put the learners into new, mixed-nationality groups so they can find out about well-known people from each other’s countries.
Extension SPELLING AND SOUNDS /g/ 4 a / Learners find and underline the letters or combinations of letters in each group which make the /g/ sound.
NOTICE the with times and places 5 a Write three headings on the board: a) decades or centuries, b) important historical events, c) places in a picture or document. With the class, go through the sentences 1–4 and ask learners to identify expressions with the to go under each heading a–c. a the early 1960s b the English Civil War c the far left, the foreground
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/ Learners think of a few more expressions which could go in each group a–c. Then elicit and write learners’ ideas up on the board, adding suggestions of your own. Possible answers a the First World War (but: the World War One), the Mexican Revolution, the Renaissance, … b the twentieth century, the mid-seventies, the late nineties, … c the right, the bottom, the background, the side, …
c Learners think about how to answer the four questions, including expressions with the like those in a and b. / Learners ask and answer the questions. Round-up. For each question, ask a few pairs/groups to tell the class about their answers. Self-assessment To help focus learners on the self-assessment, you could read it through, giving a few examples of the language they have learned in each section (or asking learners to tell you). Then ask them to circle the numbers on each line.
guide, ghost, bigger, guard, colleague, fog, degree, hugged, dialogue, blogger, global, digging, guarantee, logo, guest, vague The following letters make the /g/ sound: gu, gg, gh, gue, g.
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/ Learners find words in a to exemplify each statement 1–4. 1 fog, degree, global, logo 2 bigger, hugged, blogger, digging 3 guide, guard, guarantee, guest; colleague, dialogue, vague 4 ghost
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Spellcheck. Learners take turns to choose and read aloud any eight words from a and b, while their partner listens (book closed) and writes them down. Then they check their spellings and correct any mistakes.
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5C Argumentative! 2
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young people today
the theatre
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Conversation cards A going to the gym museums baseball Hmm … I wonder about that. There are lots more jobs in the summer – but what about the rest of the year? There’s nothing!
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genetic B junk food high-rise flats Oh, I’m not so sure about that! What about all that money they spent on the leisure centre? engineering That’s for everyone, not just tourists. C banks the Internet If you ask me, tourism’s been a disaster for this town!
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D budget airlines nuclear power global warming Even if that’s the case, the money doesn’t get spent on really worthwhile things. It all goes on facilities for the tourists, making buildings look pretty …
animal going to the E cars Well, that’s true, but there are far more jobs than there used to be.experimentation cinema
taxes
F bottled water dieting boxing Are you serious? There’s nothing in the centre for local people any more. It’s all cafés and hotels.
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G blood sports smoking Perhaps you’re right. Anyway, how was your holiday? Lots of sunshine?
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Activity type: Reading and speaking – Decision-making and presentation – Pairs / Small groups Aim: To practise expressions for choosing things for a room Language: Choosing something for a room – Use at any point from 5.1. Preparation: Make one copy each of Worksheets 1–3 for each pair. Time: 30 minutes
Activity type: Writing and speaking – Generating and presenting ideas – Small groups Aim: To practise describing objects with past participle clauses Language: Describing objects – past participle clauses – Use at any point from 5.2. Preparation: Make one copy of the worksheet for every group of learners. Cut up the worksheet to make a set of nine Object cards and nine People cards. Time: 25 minutes
Activity type: Reading and speaking – Mingle / Forced debate – Pairs / Whole class Aim: To practise expressing disagreement, making concessions and making counter-arguments Language: Expressions for the above – Use at any point from Explore speaking. Preparation: Make one copy of Worksheet 1 for every pair of learners. Cut up the worksheet to make a set of ten Conversation cards. (Note: the Conversation cards are prejumbled, so needn’t be cut up at all if time is short.) Make one copy of Worksheet 2 for the class. Cut up the worksheet to make a set of 40 Topic cards. Time: 30 minutes
Unit 5 Self-study Pack In the Workbook Unit 5 of the English Unlimited Upper Intermediate Workbook offers additional ways to practise the vocabulary and grammar taught in the Coursebook. There are also activities which build reading and writing skills and two whole pages of listening and speaking tasks to use with the Documentary video, giving your learners the opportunity to hear and react to authentic spoken English. • Vocabulary: Describing an image; Choosing something for a room; Discussing design; Getting a consensus • Grammar: Describing objects – past participle clauses • Explore writing: Posting on a website • Documentary: The sculptors
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On the DVD-ROM Unit 5 of the English Unlimited Upper Intermediate Self-study DVD-ROM contains interactive games and activities for your learners to practise and improve their vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation, and also their speaking and listening, with the possibility for learners to record themselves, and a video of authentic spoken English to use with the Workbook. • Vocabulary and grammar: Extra practice activities • Pronunciation: Groups of words • Explore speaking: Agreeing and disagreeing • Listening: An evening-class lecture • Video: Documentary – The sculptors
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1 arrested 2 accused 3 crime 4 sentence 5 fine 6 suspected 7 prison 8 sentenced 9 community 10 law
Goals: talk about crimes and justice justify your point of view Core language: VOCABULARY VOCABULARY
Crimes and justice Justifying your point of view
Is it a crime? READING 1 / Get learners to look at the picture and answer the questions. Then ask for a few of their ideas afterwards. Alternative lead-in
To introduce the topic of ‘virtual reality’, ask learners if they know of or have played any virtual-reality games, such as Second Life, MapleStory, or any game that’s popular where they live. If anyone has, elicit a short description of what such a game is (e.g. a game played online where you create a character who is ‘you’ and you then move through different parts of the online world, meeting others, doing tasks, building a home, etc.). You might like to bring in pictures of MapleStory, Second Life, etc. to show what a ‘world’ can look like, and what ‘digital’ characters can look like. Then get learners to answer the second question in 1: Why do you think people enjoy playing games like this?
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/ Prediction. Learners read the headline of the article and try to predict what the article may be about. b Reading for main idea. Learners read again to check their ideas from a, and to identify the actual crime. a breaking into someone’s computer
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Reading for detail. Learners read and correct the sentences. Explain that in some cases, the correction may be one word and in others, it may be a few words or part of a sentence. Learners can either write their answers down or say them. 1 The man and woman were married to each other virtually. 2 They lived far from each other and never met in real life. 3 The man divorced the woman without warning. (She thought everything was fine.) 4 MapleStory has millions of members and long-term relationships are not uncommon. 5 In the Netherlands, two young people were sentenced to 360 hours of community service for virtual theft.
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/ Responding to the text. Learners discuss the question. Round-up. Ask a few learners to tell you what they discussed. Find out how many others agree.
VOCABULARY Crimes and justice 5 / Learners complete a summary of the article It was a virtual murder with the words in the box. By doing this, they’re completing ten highlighted expressions for talking about crimes and justice.
SPEAKING 6 a Preparation for discussion. Learners think of a crime they’ve heard or read about from one of the categories listed. To practise their new vocabulary and help them to prepare for the next stage, they may wish to write a few key sentences about the crime, choosing suitable expressions from 5. Monitor and correct as they write. Optional extra
In 6a, learners can do some research on the Internet to find out more details about the crime they’ve chosen to discuss. They can write practice sentences at home, which you can correct before they do 6b.
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Discussion. Learners talk about the crimes. They can ask questions to find out more, then answer the follow-up questions about the sentences for the crimes and how they feel about them. Round-up. Find out about the crimes learners discussed, one from each group at least, and ask if they agreed with the sentences – or what they think appropriate sentences would be.
Consequences VOCABULARY Justifying your point of view 1 Learners read the web postings people have written in response to the article It was a virtual murder and answer the question. Sue756 and Mortimer think the woman should go to prison.
2 a Draw learners’ attention to the highlighted expressions 1–3 in the postings. They match those expressions with a–c that have a similar meaning. a 1 (‘Otherwise’ and ‘If not’ typically begin sentences and are capitalised.) b 3 (‘or’ and ‘or not’ typically link sentences and are not capitalised.) c 2 (‘That way’ and ‘Then’ typically begin sentences and are capitalised (unless they follow a conjunction like ‘and’ or ‘but’).)
b Learners choose the correct option in each sentence. 1 or else
2 then
3 Otherwise
4 If not
SPEAKING 3 Discussion. In groups, learners read and discuss each situation on p123 one by one. Remind them to use expressions from 1 and 2, along with expressions from VOCABULARY Crimes and justice. After the discussion, find out if the groups agree about a suitable punishment for each situation.
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Give learners time to think about the situations and perhaps make a few notes before they begin the discussion in groups. You can even do the first situation as a class to get them started, then they can continue in groups. You could use photocopiable activity 6A on the Teacher’s DVD-ROM at this point.
VOCABULARY Reporting points of view 4 a Learners use their notes from 3b (the main arguments on file sharing) as a basis for this activity. In pairs, learners orally summarise the main arguments in the interview with Robin Bland. They begin the arguments with suitable expressions from the box. Draw learners’ attention to the speech-bubble examples so they can see what to do. Alternative for weaker classes
6.2 Goals: talk about media and the Internet report different points of view describe possible consequences of actions
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Core language: VOCABULARY GRAMMAR PRONUNCIATION
In pairs, learners can write out the sentences instead of doing them as controlled oral practice. Then they can compare their ideas with another pair, taking turns to read their sentences aloud.
Reporting points of view Conditional clauses – present and future Groups of words 2
Sharing or stealing? LISTENING 1 As a warmer, learners answer questions 1–3. Afterwards, find out from a few what they discussed and check if other groups felt roughly the same. 2 Listening for main idea. Play recording 2.9 for learners to listen to the radio interview about file sharing. They should mark statements 1–4 True or False. 1 True 2 False 3 True 4 False
3 a Listening for detail. Play recording 2.9 again. Learners listen and note down two or three arguments on each point 1–3. You may need to play the recording twice and/or stop it once or twice to give learners time to catch up. Possible answers 1 – It’s stealing / illegal. – The music industry has lost money because of it. – If people like someone’s music, they should pay for it. 2 – P eople often download things that you can’t buy anyway. – It’s a form of advertising. People use it to listen to something and decide whether to buy it or not. –M usic prices are too high, and that’s damaging sales, not file sharing. – There’s legal file sharing, too. It’s not all illegal. 3 – It’s not their job to police the web. – They don’t want to cut off their own customers. – It takes lots of time and money to find out who’s sharing files illegally. – They don’t want to lose their customers to rivals.
b Learners read script 2.9 on p148 to check. Tell them to add more details to their notes if possible. They will use these notes in 4a. Note that they will have a chance to express their opinions on the issue of file sharing in 5, so it’s not necessary to have a personalresponse task at this point.
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Practice. Having prepared with one partner in a, learners now change partners and try summarising the interview orally, using the expressions in a but trying not to look at their books.
SPEAKING 5 Responding to the text. Learners round off this topic by expressing their opinions about file sharing. Round-up. Find out what the general consensus is in the class. You could use photocopiable activity 6B on the Teacher’s DVD-ROM at this point.
Making a case GRAMMAR Conditional clauses – present and future 1 This is a revision of real and unreal conditionals, which learners will have done at previous levels. They look at the six sentences in the grammar box and discuss the distinction between real and unreal conditionals. All six conditional sentences give the consequences of situations. In the real conditional sentences, 1–4, these are situations which are realistic or likely to happen. In sentences 5 and 6, the unreal conditional shows that a situation is imaginary, unlikely or impossible.
2 a / Draw learners’ attention to the highlighted clauses beginning as long as, unless, even if and provided in sentences 3–6 in the grammar box. Ask them to choose the correct option in each sentence so that each conditional clause still has the same meaning as in 3–6. Sentence 3: but only if Sentence 4: doesn’t happen Sentence 5: Whether or not Sentence 6: but only if
b Learners answer the question as a class. as long as, provided
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Practice. Learners work alone at this stage – they’ll use these sentences as a basis for speaking in 5. They choose one of the options for each sentence beginning and complete the sentences with their own ideas. Explain that their choice of sentence beginning depends on their own opinion or experience, i.e. what’s true for them. Encourage them to use present
and future conditional clauses with if, as long as, unless, even if and provided. Monitor and correct their sentences before they go on to 4 and 5. Note: Grammar practice
You could do the grammar practice on p135 at this point.
PRONUNCIATION Groups of words 2 4 a / Play recording 2.10. Learners read and listen to two ways of dividing a sentence into groups and choose the one that flows more naturally and is easier to follow. The first grouping is more natural and is easier to follow because it separates the main ideas into clear groups. In this case, the groups are divided where the comma is, and also just before the conjunction ‘and’.
b Learners go back to the sentences they wrote in 3 and divide them into groups of words. They might find it useful to read their sentences aloud quietly so they can see if they sound and feel natural. SPEAKING 5 Discussion. Learners read their sentences to each other, being careful to pronounce them in groups of words. They compare and explain their ideas. Alternative
Learners do 5 in pairs. Then they get into new pairs for task repetition. This helps them to improve their fluency and confidence, and they can also try adding more details the second time round.
Round-up. Find out which topic most learners agreed about, and which most of them disagreed about. You could use photocopiable activity 6C on the Teacher’s DVD-ROM at this point.
6.3 Target activity Goals: justify your point of view describe possible consequences of actions suggest changes to a plan or document Core language: TASK VOCABULARY Describing changes 6.1 VOCABULARY Justifying your point of view 6.2 GRAMMAR Conditional clauses – present and future
Design a site map TASK LISTENING 1 / Learners discuss the three questions together. Afterwards, find out from a few what they said. 2 / Learners look at the site map and the photo of the two men, and read the caption. They give their opinions about the organisation of the site map. Even if they are unfamiliar with site maps as such, they can make a judgement about the layout and organisation from a common-sense point of view. Most people are familiar with organisational charts, flow charts or filing systems – and a site map has the same underlying idea: logical organisation with main groups leading to sub-groups.
3 Listening for main idea. Play recording 2.11. Learners identify the pages the two men mention. Portrait advice, Portraits, About us, homepage, Contact us, How to find us, Lanscapes, Weddings
4 Listening for detail. Play recording 2.11. This time, learners mark the suggested changes on the site map, then say whether they think the new site map is better. HOMEPAGE + ABOUT US CONTACT US
HOW TO FIND US PORTRAITS (including pets)
GUESTBOOK
GALLERY
CORPORATE AND EVENTS
PRICE LIST
WEDDINGS
LANDSCAPES
PORTRAIT ADVICE
• ‘About us’ moved to the Home page • ‘How to find us’ as a new sub-heading/branch of ‘Contact us’ • ‘Weddings’ as third branch off ‘Gallery’ • ‘Landscapes’ as fourth branch off ‘Gallery’ • ‘Portrait advice (preparing for a portrait)’ as new subheading of ‘Portraits’]
TASK VOCABULARY Describing changes 5 / Learners match the five words in the box with words of the same meaning in sentences 1–6. Explain that one of the sentences doesn’t have a match. 1 connect 2 drop 3 – 4 shift 5 add 6 switch Language note
Stick and place in this context have a similar meaning to put. Move and shift mean ‘move something from one place to another’. Swap and switch mean two things change places with each other.
TASK 6 a Divide learners into small groups. They choose one of the ideas listed, or think of one of their own, to design a site map for. Then they need to decide together what kind of shop or band (etc.) it is. b Each group member prepares their ideas individually (though they can stay in their group from a) about what kinds of information their chosen site would feature. For example, a shop might have practical pages (location, contact, etc.) as well as pages devoted to their products (e.g. for a gift store: cards, toys, candles, ornaments …). Then each learner draws a quick site map to present to the others in their group. At this stage, they should choose useful expressions from 5 to use in c, and also from VOCABULARY Justifying your point of view on p47. Remind them to use conditionals when possible. c In their groups from a, learners present and compare their site-map designs. They discuss and justify their ideas and consider what changes to make and what the consequences would be. Their project is to make one final site map as a group, based on their discussion about what’s best. They can draw it on a large piece of paper; encourage them to use different colours.
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Each group presents their site map to the others and explains their reasoning. The other groups can suggest further improvements or changes, which the first group can accept or not as they wish.
Across cultures: Ways of communicating to make learners aware of ways of communicating in various situations in different cultures
Core language: VOCABULARY
Habits and customs: If you …, it’s really important that you; It’s increasingly common for; If …; I wouldn’t dream of; If it’s … , then I’ll probably; If it’s …, then I’ll definitely; the proper thing to do; There’s no way I’d; It’s unheard of to; You’re expected to; I’d always
LISTENING 1 / Learners discuss the two questions. Find out from a few learners what they discussed. 2 Listening for main idea. Play recording 2.12. Learners number the topics in the order they’re mentioned. Note that one is not mentioned. 1 being offered a job 2 applying for a job 3 thanking someone for a gift They don’t discuss ‘inviting someone to a party’.
3 a Listening for detail. Give learners time to read the instructions. Explain that they need to answer the questions for each of the three situations mentioned in 2. Then play recording 2.12 again while learners make notes. You can pause at intervals to give them time to catch up. b Learners read script 2.12 on pp148–9 to check. Most appropriate ways of communicating – being offered a job: Liesbeth: in writing / on a piece of paper. Hugo: agrees with Liesbeth, also says a phone call beforehand is common. – applying for a job: Hugo and Liesbeth: online applications. – thanking someone for a gift: Hugo: a phone call or text to a friend. Hugo and Liesbeth: a handwritten letter to older people. Reasons for their ideas – a written job offer: very useful if you’re discussing contracts, you need official documents – job applications online: easier, quicker, especially for sending similar messages to many companies – thanking someone for a gift: older people expect handwritten letters, but for younger people, that custom has almost disappeared
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a 3, 4, 5 b 1, 2 (Note: ‘you’ in sentence 1 is the general ‘you’, not the personal one.)
b Learners add more expressions to the two categories in a.
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and sort the highlighted expressions into two groups.
/ Responding to the text. Learners discuss what people where they live would say about these ways of communicating.
VOCABULARY Habits and customs 5 a / Learners read the sentences from the recording
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a 7, 10 b 6, 8, 9 (Note: ‘you’ in sentence 9 is the general ‘you’, not the personal one.)
SPEAKING 6 a Preparation for discussion. Learners choose four or five of the ten bullet-pointed situations and think about how to answer questions 1–4 about each of their chosen situations. Remind them to choose useful expressions from 5. They can note down their ideas if they wish. b Learners discuss their chosen situations. 7 Learners share their experiences of different ways of communicating in other cultures. This can be through personal experience or from what they’ve read or heard about. Optional extra
In groups, learners write a guide about how to communicate where they live. The intended audience would be new residents in their country. The guide can be in point form and would deal with all the bullet-pointed situations listed under 6a, which would form headings. Remind learners to use the ‘general customs’ expressions from 5. Example: Inviting someone to a wedding 1 If you receive a wedding invitation, it’s really important that you answer in writing. 2 It’s unheard of to respond by text. It’s too informal. 3 You’re expected to respond immediately, as they need to plan the seating, amount of food, etc. Learners then exchange guides with another group, or post them around the room. They read and compare ideas.
Explore writing Goal:
put forward an argument in a web posting
Core language: Stating your intention: This is in response to; I’d like to present; I’d like to reply to; I’d like to have my say about this. Stating your main arguments: It’s important to remember that; Another benefit is; But consider this for a moment; What you might not know is that; Don’t forget that Referring to other people’s views: Psychologists have long recognised that; Many gamers have claimed that; Experts say that; A lot of people have found that Stating your conclusion or final thought: All in all, you have to admit; At the end of the day; To sum up, I believe that
1 Reading for main idea. To introduce the topic, ask if anyone writes or reads web postings and if so, what kind. Learners then read the short posting by RealGuy about virtual gaming (the theme echoes the article on virtual games at the beginning of the unit). Learners discuss the two questions in groups. 2 Learners read Merlynda’s response to RealGuy’s posting and find out how many of her arguments are
the same as the ones they discussed for question 2 in 1. 3 Reading for detail. Learners read Merlynda’s posting again and answer questions 1–3, which focus on her different arguments. 1 There are many kinds of ‘experience’, and virtualreality gaming is one of them. People in virtual worlds interact with people around the world, learn new skills and work together to tackle challenges. All this affects their real life. 2 You won’t be judged on the basis of your real-world age, health, appearance, job or financial status. 3 People present the image they want – an image of their own choice – so they often feel free to express themselves better, make decisions more confidently and become more independent.
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/ Learners identify the purpose or theme of each paragraph. Paragraph 1: to give the reason for her posting and state her attitude. Paragraph 2: first set of benefits of virtual-reality games, focusing on how they contribute to your life experience and what you can learn. Paragraph 3: second set of benefits, focusing on how these games allow you to be yourself and become stronger.
5 a / Learners sort the seven highlighted expressions in the posting into four groups. a 1, 2 b 4, 5 c 3, 6 d 7
b / They now add more expressions to the four groups in a. a 4, 8 b 1, 3, 6 c 5, 9 d 2, 7
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Learners can add more useful expressions to the four groups if they wish, e.g. In conclusion, I’d like to say …; One important point is …; Another point is … . 6 a Preparation for writing. Learners choose one of the three web postings on the right to make an argument against. b They find someone who has chosen the same posting, then plan their responses together. This would include planning their arguments, organising their response into paragraphs, and choosing useful language from 5. Both learners should make notes. c They work alone and write their posting. Alternatively, the writing can be started in class (e.g. the first paragraph) while you monitor and correct, ensuring they’re off to a good start. Then they complete the posting at home and hand it in for correction later. They may want to type it out like a real posting. 7 Put learners into groups. Ideally, each group would have responses to each of the three postings in 6a. Learners read each other’s postings, discuss the arguments and express their opinions.
6 Look again Review VOCABULARY Reporting points of view 1 a Play recording 2.13. Learners complete the sentence beginnings, then check script 2.13 on p148. 1 As far as they’re concerned, … 2 You have people who say that … 3 There’s also the argument that … 4 The music companies will tell you that … 5 A lot of people think that … 6 What they say is that … 7 Many musicians will say that … Alternative
Let learners try completing the sentence beginnings from memory, then play recording 2.13 to check.
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Preparation for discussion. Each pair looks at the four questions and prepares arguments for and against each question, using the expressions in a. They can note down key ideas. c Discussion. Learners get into new pairs and tell their new partner all their arguments from b, adding their own opinions at the end. GRAMMAR Conditional clauses – present and future 2 a Explain that learners should underline the most likely option in each sentence. In some cases, both answers are possible, but one is more likely and makes more sense. 1 as long as 2 Unless 3 provided 4 Even if
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Learners look at the bullet-pointed situations and answer the two questions for each situation. Round-up. Find out the majority opinion on each of the situations. CAN YOU REMEMBER? Unit 5 – Discussing design 3 a / Learners try to remember the synonyms for the highlighted words 1–5. Then they try to remember Rams’s other five principles. They can check afterwards on p40. 1 novel 2 attractive 3 low-key 4 straightforward 5 long-lasting The other principles are: Good design makes a product useful. Good design helps us to understand a product. Good design is purposeful in every detail. Good design is environmentally friendly. Good design is as little design as possible.
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Discussion. In pairs, learners choose two or three objects in the room and decide if they meet Dieter Rams’s principles of good design. Note: objects can include classroom tools and machines, pencils, pens, bags, clothes, shoes, etc. Learners explain their ideas and find out if their partner agrees.
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SPELLING AND SOUNDS // 4 a / In this exercise, learners underline the letters that make an // sound. Encourage them to say the words aloud. otherwise, abrupt, onion, luxury, discuss, government, husband, justice, punishment, sometimes, hunt, suddenly
They then complete the spelling patterns 1–3. 1 // can be spelled u or o. 2 u is the most common spelling. 3 o is most often found before the letters m, n, th and v.
b Learners read the words spelled with ou that also make this sound. c / Learners complete the spelling of the words with o, u or ou and then check in a dictionary. Alternatively, you can elicit the spelling and write it on the board. tough, sponge, puzzled, double, muscle, youngster, glove, humble, cousin, among, southern, stomach
NOTICE Compound adjectives 5 a / Learners match the compound adjectives with expressions 1–8 from the article It was a virtual murder, then check in the article on p46. 2 low-quality science-fiction movies 3 a middle-aged piano teacher 4 a face-to-face meeting 5 a flesh-and-blood crime 6 a role-playing game 7 long-term commitments 8 real-world justice
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Learners test each other in pairs, taking turns to say 1–8 while their partner says the compound adjectives that go with each one: A: a game B: a role-playing game
Self-assessment To help focus learners on the self-assessment, read it through and get learners to give you a few examples of the language they have learned in each section. Give an example to start them off if necessary. Then learners circle the numbers on each line.
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Unit 6 Extra activities on the Teacher’s DVD-ROM Printable worksheets, activity instructions and answer keys are on your Teacher’s DVD-ROM. 6A Let the punishment fit the crime 1
Jason Kent, 16 / Holly Patel, 15 (students)
Crime Vandalism Background Drew graffiti on the fronts of ten buildings along Bridge Street. Broke the glass in two telephone boxes on the same street. Both refuse to apologise or cooperate with police. Previous criminal history Holly: none. Jason: second offence – drew graffiti on a school building a year ago. Sentenced to clean the building and do 50 hours of community service. Extra notes Are young offenders, but can be prosecuted as adults.
6C It’s OK if …
6B Reporter Survey question: Do you think reality TV shows are dangerous? Why? / Why not? 1
These are the results of our talk with 40 people. All of them watch reality TV shows, some they can become famous, which causes unrealistic expectations and can lead to disappointment more regularly than others. Of the people who don’t watch regularly, most of them say that
I was staying in a friend’s flat one summer and needed an internet connection. My computer picked up a wireless signal from another flat in the building, so I secretly used that while I was there. I think it’s OK if you don’t 1 (use) it much. Nicole, Canada
If my boss 2 (ask) me to work overtime, I usually agree, even if I 3 (not get) paid for it. I want to keep up a good relationship with him. Siu Tong, China
whole, they think that it’s a valuable life lesson. There’s also the argument that contestants
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them dangerous. Specifically, what they say is that reality shows encourage people to think
Crime Refusal to pay tax (partial) Background Refused to pay the increase of $356 in local tax, and only paid the same amount as last year. Says her income hasn’t increased since last year. Claims the local government’s services (transport, library, policing, rubbish collection) haven’t improved in the past year. Says they’ve got worse due to budget cuts. Is prepared to go to jail. Previous criminal history None Extra notes Is in good health. Has the money to pay the tax increase. Her attitude and action are supported by her family and community. This could start a trend of non-payment of tax increases.
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Gerald Panera, 46 / Marta Panera, 36 (online sales)
Crime Selling counterfeit goods Background After several customer complaints, police investigated this online business which claims to sell expensive designer goods (sunglasses, bags, shoes, jewellery). When police arrived at the couple’s home, they found $35,000 worth of goods (high-quality fakes) in their basement. They refuse to reveal the source of the goods. It’s suspected they’ve cheated customers out of hundreds of thousands of dollars in the three years they’ve been in business. Previous criminal history None Extra notes None English Unlimited Upper Intermediate Teacher’s Pack
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I sometimes take towels from hotels, especially if they 4 (be) expensive hotels. As far as I’m concerned, it’s included in the room cost. Juliana, Brazil
An acquaintance wanted to break up with her boyfriend, but didn’t have a good reason, so she asked me to pretend to be her new boyfriend, so she could tell him she’d met ‘someone else’. I said I’d do it as long as the whole pretence 5 (end) after a week. Fergus, Ireland
some reality-show fans who say that although a few contestants may be disappointed, on the the shows are not dangerous but are, possibly, ‘a waste of time’. Only a few actually consider understand the nature of the shows and participate in them willingly. Anyway, as far as most
1 Is dependence on one or two main sources of energy a bad idea? Why? Why not?
4 Should children be encouraged to take extra classes after school and at weekends? Explain.
7 When you choose food, should you carefully check the ingredients before you buy? Why? Why not?
10 At university level, which is better for your future development, an allround education or a specialised degree? Explain.
2 Are international events like the Olympics and football World Cup still meaningful? Explain.
5 Is it better to own your own home than to rent it? Explain.
8 Are social networking sites for children and teens a good idea? Give reasons.
11 Is it a good idea for people to have more than one credit or debit card? Give reasons.
3 Should airline travel be restricted to business or emergency trips in order to minimise climate change? Explain.
6 Is it always advisable to put off spending now and save money for your ‘old age’? Why? Why not?
9 Do you think risky competitive sports, like F1 racing, boxing and horseracing, should be stopped? Why? Why not?
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Sam Cassidy, 43 (builder)
Crime Trespass and vandalism Background Was caught by Ms Selina Jones (next-door neighbour) in her garden at 2 am, poisoning her oak tree with chemicals. Ms Jones claims the tree has been unhealthy for two months, suspects Cassidy has poisoned its roots more than once. Cassidy claims the large tree is cutting off his sunlight and spreading roots into his garden. Had discussed this with Ms Jones a number of times, but she refused to take action. Previous criminal history Conviction for speeding five years ago. Extra notes The tree has died.
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watchers are concerned, reality TV shows are light entertainment and shouldn’t be taken
seriously. Some will tell you that people who consider them dangerous are just exaggerating.
George Hagen, 32 (office worker)
Crime Smuggling cigarettes Background Was caught by police selling smuggled cigarettes at a weekend market stall. Had $5,000 worth of black-market cigarettes in a van parked nearby. Previous criminal history One conviction for illegally importing and selling cigarettes two years ago (fine $1,000), one conviction for illegally importing and selling alcohol a year ago (fine $2,000 and three months in prison). Fought briefly with police officers before his arrest. Extra notes Has a regular daytime job, average salary, no debts.
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and loss of confidence. And in that sense, they’re dangerous. On the other hand, you have
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I once found a gold ring beside the washbasin in the ladies’ room of a restaurant. I took it to a waiter. My friend says she 6 (not give) back anything she found, unless the owner was right there. Esin, Turkey
Some of the buyers at my company take kickbacks – a kind of bribe other companies give you if you place a large order with them. (do) that, I’d feel guilty, even If I 7 though I know it’s common. Waylon, USA
A friend of mine has trouble with relationships. He means well, but he’s awkward and tends to say the wrong things or not say the right things. If I 9 (tell) him the truth, it would really hurt his feelings, but unless he 10 (change) his personality, things won’t get better. Mateo, Argentina
I have a first-aid certificate, and people with first-aid training are supposed to stop and help if they see someone in (be) in a hurry, trouble. But if I 8 I might not stop. It would depend on how busy I was. Marie-Thérèse, France
If a child steals a sweet from a shop, I don’t mind, because it’s only a small thing. But if I 11 (see) an adult stealing something of value, I’d probably tell the shop owner. To me, it all depends on how serious the theft is. Yuki, Japan
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6C It’s OK if …
Activity type: Reading and speaking – Reordering a paragraph – Pairs/ Mingle Aim: To get people’s opinions on a survey question and report the results Language: Reporting points of view – Use at any point from 6.2. Preparation: Make one copy of the worksheet for every pair of learners. Time: 40 minutes
Activity type: Speaking – Gap-fill – Individuals/Groups Aim: To talk about conditions under which you will or would do certain things Language: Conditional clauses – present and future – Use at any point from 6.2. Preparation: Make one copy of the worksheet for every learner. Time: 40 minutes
Unit 6 Self-study Pack In the Workbook Unit 6 of the English Unlimited Upper Intermediate Workbook offers additional ways to practise the vocabulary and grammar taught in the Coursebook. There are also activities which build reading and writing skills and a whole page of listening and speaking tasks to use with the Interview video, giving your learners the opportunity to hear and react to authentic spoken English. • Vocabulary: Crimes and justice; Justifying your point of view; Reporting points of view; Describing changes; Habits and customs • Grammar: Conditional clauses – present and future • Explore reading: Article: Ethical hacking • Interview: Virtual world – Qusay and Ekapop
On the DVD-ROM Unit 6 of the English Unlimited Upper Intermediate Self-study DVD-ROM contains interactive games and activities for your learners to practise and improve their vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation, and also their speaking and listening, with the possibility for learners to record themselves, and a video of authentic spoken English to use with the Workbook. • Vocabulary and grammar: Extra practice activities • Pronunciation: Groups of words • Explore speaking: whatever • Listening: Talking about different points of view • Video: Virtual world
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7Inspiration 1.1 7.1
4 Different: mull over = think slowly and carefully about; tackle = attack in an energetic way 5 Different: ignore = behave as if it doesn’t exist; put off = decide to think about it later 6 The same
Goals: talk about how you deal with problems describe experiences of problem-solving Core language: VOCABULARY VOCABULARY
Problems and solutions Problem-solving experiences
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Working it out READING 1 Books closed. Tell the class about two or three things which help you when you’re thinking about problems, e.g. getting some sleep, listening to music. Then ask the class to tell you a few things which they, or people they know, do to help them think about problems. / Learners open their books, look at the list of activities and discuss the questions. 2 Reading for main idea. Learners read the article to find out which of the activities listed in 1 can help you when trying to solve problems. The most important answer is: thinking about something else for a while. The article also gives three examples of activities to help us do this: having a bath, meditating, going out for a walk.
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Reading for detail. Learners read again and answer the questions. / They compare their answers, then check as a class. 1 Because distractions can make it easier to solve a problem when you come back to it. 2 Both groups did a word-association test, but one of the groups did another test in the middle of this. 3 The group which had to do another test 4 These are forms of distraction. 5 Giving their staff time to relax rather than expecting them to work continuously
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2 find out 3 concentrate on; tackle 5 come up with 6 ignore
What we decided to do was … LISTENING 1 a To lead in to the topic of the listening, look as a class at the cover of the magazine Polyglossia, the picture of Hugo and the caption. Encourage learners to think about the magazine title and images on the cover, and ask them to suggest what the magazine might be about and what kind of articles it might include. b Listening for main idea. Play recording 2.14. Learners listen to Hugo and find out what kind of magazine Polyglossia is and what is unusual about it. It’s a magazine with articles in different languages.
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VOCABULARY Problems and solutions 5 a / Presentation. Learners look at the pairs of expressions from the article and say whether they mean similar or different things. If they have different meanings, learners explain the difference. Check answers as a class.
/ Learners do the same with three more pairs of expressions. Check answers as a class. 3
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Listening for details. Give learners time to read questions 1 and 2, then play recording 2.14 again. Learners listen and answer the questions. Learners read script 2.14 on p149 to check and complete their answers. 1 Hugo talks about two of the problems: a finding people to work with him. (Solution: He interviewed different people.) c finding a way to make it appeal to more people. (Solution: They decided to include English-language summaries of each article.) 2 Hugo says he learned two skills: b seeing things from other people’s point of view (‘what I really learned was to put myself in other people’s shoes …’) c being ready to think in new and creative ways (‘… and also thinking outside the box’)
1 Different: concentrate on = think very hard about; sort out = solve (similar to the expressions in 2) 2 The same 3 Different: give up on = stop trying to solve, because it’s too difficult; come up with = think of, create
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SPEAKING 7 / Discussion. Learners ask and answer the questions in 6. Round-up. Ask some pairs/groups to tell the class their answers to questions 2 and 5, about times and places where they find it easiest to solve problems and come up with ideas.
/ Responding to the text. Learners tell each other what they think about the ideas in the article.
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Practice. Learners cover the six pairs of expressions in 5a and 5b and try to complete the questions, using the first letters given to help them. / Learners compare, then uncover 5a and 5b to check.
Point out the idioms in the script (underlined above) which give the answers to question 2. Responding to the text. Round off the listening by briefly discussing the two questions with the class.
VOCABULARY Problem-solving experiences 4 / Presentation. Learners reorder the highlighted text to form key expressions from the interview. 1 The biggest problem was that 2 I found it difficult to 3 It presented us with a problem because 4 What we decided to do was 5 My way of solving this problem was to 6 What I learned was to
SPEAKING 5 Preparation for discussion. Read through the extract from the application form with the class. Learners then plan answers to the questions, choosing useful expressions from 4. 6 a Discussion. Learners tell each other how they’d answer the questions on the application form. b Each group chooses one problem with a particularly interesting solution to tell the class about.
7.2 Goals: talk about where you get ideas describe a scene Core language: VOCABULARY PRONUNCIATION GRAMMAR
Inspiration Fluent speech 2 – the with linking /j/ Describing scenes – present and past participle clauses
Dreamers LISTENING 1 / To focus on the topic of dreams and dreaming, learners discuss the two questions. 2 As a class, look at the pictures of Shelley, Ramanujan and Kekulé and read through the captions. Ask learners which of these people they’ve heard of, and what (if anything) they know about them. 3 Listening for main ideas. Tell learners that they are going to listen to a radio programme about the role of dreams in these three people’s lives. Play recording 2.15. Learners listen and say whether the descriptions of the dreams mention just images, just sounds, or both images and sounds. Images only
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/ Listening for details. Before learners listen for a second time, they look at the list of 15 items and try to match five of them to each person’s story. Play recording 2.15 again. Learners listen to check their answers and make changes as necessary. Mary Shelley: Switzerland, Byron, storms, ghost stories, a monster Srinivasa Ramanujan: Namagiri, a screen, blood, a hand, equations August Kekulé: a chair, a fire, atoms, a snake, a circle
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Learners use the items in a to retell each
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Put learners into groups of three for this stage. Each learner tells one of the stories, while the others listen, make corrections and add details as necessary.
VOCABULARY Inspiration 5 a / Presentation. Learners think of possible ways to complete the six sentences from the radio programme. They do not necessarily have to be the same words used in the recording. Alternative for weaker classes
Give learners the first letter of each word in 5a: 1 c… 2 g… 3 i… 4 g… 5 r… 6 g… .
b Learners look in script 2.15 on pp149–50 to compare their answers. 1 came 2 got 3 inspired 4 get 5 realised 6 give
PRONUNCIATION Fluent speech 2 – the with linking /j/ 6 a Presentation. Play recording 2.16. Learners listen while reading the three example expressions. Ask learners to repeat the three expressions, pointing out how, in the third one, 1) the has a long/i:/ sound, 2) a /j/ sound can be heard between the and the following word idea. Ask learners why this happens. (In expression 3, the word following the (idea) starts with a vowel sound. In the other two expressions, the words following the (famous and shape) start with a consonant, so the is pronounced in the usual way with a schwa /ə/ and there is no linking /j/ sound.) b / Practice. Learners decide how to say the expressions and practise saying them. In each pair, one expression is pronounced with a long /i:/ in the and a linking /j/, while the other is pronounced with the usual schwa /ə/ and no linking /j/. Practise saying the expressions as a class. the with /i:/ and linking /j/ 1 the eighties 2 the east 3 the end 4 the English 5 the inspiration 6 the artist the with /ə/ and no linking /j/ 1 the nineties 2 the west 3 the beginning 4 the Japanese 5 the solution 6 the writer
SPEAKING 7 a Preparation. Learners prepare to talk about good ideas they’ve had and where the ideas came from. Encourage them to choose language from 5a to describe their experiences. Optional extra
Before learners start their preparation, tell them about some good ideas you’ve had in different aspects of your life: your work (e.g. an idea for encouraging learners to use less L1 in class), your free time (e.g. an idea for a holiday), your interests (e.g. an idea for something you cooked recently). Be sure to include a few expressions from 5a. Invite learners to ask you questions to find out more details.
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/ Discussion. Learners tell each other about their experiences, listening and asking questions about aspects which interest them.
I saw atoms dancing … GRAMMAR Describing scenes – present and past participle clauses 1 / Presentation. Learners read the grammar box, then answer the two questions below it. 1 a 1, 3 b 2, 4 2 a present participle
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Books closed. Write on the board: 1 I saw atoms which were dancing before my eyes. 2 There was a red screen which was formed by flowing blood. Ask: • What are the underlined parts called? (relative clauses) • Which words could we delete from the sentences without changing their meaning? (1 which were, 2 which was) Rub out the words and ask: What do we call the underlined parts now? (1 a present participle clause, 2 a past participle clause) Ask: Which clause has an active/passive meaning? (1 active meaning, 2 passive meaning) Write the above descriptions next to each sentence.
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/ Practice. Learners read the story quickly and tell each other whether they think Coleridge’s story is true or not. b Learners read again, choosing the correct participles in 1–7. / Learners compare their answers, then check as a class. 1 inspired 2 connected 3 told 4 written 5 visiting 6 lasting 7 writing 8 used Note: Grammar practice
You could do the grammar practice on p136 at this point.
SPEAKING 3 a Preparation. Put learners into pairs, Learner A and Learner B. Learner As look at the pictures on p121; Bs look at the pictures on p124. They plan how to describe the pictures with present and past participle clauses, using the participles in the box to help them. Alternative for weaker classes
Instead of learners preparing descriptions on their own, divide the class into two groups, A and B. The learners in each group work together to prepare. Then, for 3b, put the learners into A/B pairs.
You could use photocopiable activity 7A on the Teacher’s DVD-ROM at this point.
7.3 Target activity Goals: describe experiences of problem-solving describe a scene participate in a problem-solving discussion Core language: TASK VOCABULARY Discussing possible solutions 7.1 VOCABULARY Problem-solving experiences 7.2 GRAMMAR Describing scenes – present and past participle clauses
Come up with solutions TASK LISTENING Optional lead-in / review of participle clauses
Picture dictation. Put learners into pairs, Learner A and Learner B. Learner A (book open) describes the picture at the top of p58, using participle clauses where possible. Learner B (book closed) listens and draws the picture on a piece of paper according to A’s description, asking questions to get more details and clarify any points which are unclear. When A has finished the description, they compare B’s drawing with the original.
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/ Learners look at the picture, read Case study 1, and answer the questions. Check answers as a class to ensure that learners have grasped the context for the listening that follows. Equipment is disappearing from Chen’s lab. He suspects two workers whom he saw carrying something out of the building and heard talking about selling something. He hasn’t taken any action because he’s not completely sure of his suspicions.
2 Listening for main ideas. Tell learners that they’re going to listen to three students discussing Chen’s problem as part of a course in problem-solving. Give learners time to read through the seven possible solutions to Chen’s problem a–g. Then play recording 2.17. Learners listen and find out which solution the three students decide would be best. b tell his boss about the missing items
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/ Listening for details. Learners tell each other what they can remember about the students’ reasons for rejecting the other six possible solutions in 2. Then play recording 2.17 again. Learners listen to check the students’ reasons for rejecting solutions a and c–g. a Other people need access to the lab. c Supervising the lab is Chen’s job. d It might be illegal. e He can’t be sure who’s responsible for the disappearances. f They could be very upset. g It would take too long.
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Describing images. Learners describe their pictures to each other. 4 Learners look at each other’s pictures and discuss the questions. Round-up. As a class, discuss learners’ ideas as to what the pictures might mean, whether or not they like the pictures, and why.
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/ Responding to the text. Learners say what they think about solution b. Is it the best solution? Would they prefer one of the other solutions? Can they suggest an alternative solution?
Round-up. Ask some pairs/groups to tell the class their opinions. TASK VOCABULARY Discussing possible solutions 5 Presentation. Learners try to complete the expressions for discussing possible solutions in 1–10. / They compare answers, then check script 2.17 on page p150. 1 worth 2 Alternatively 3 option 4 approach 5 something 6 feasible 7 considering 8 tricky 9 practical 10 recommend
TASK 6 a Problem-solving. Learners read Case study 2 on p123 and follow the instructions. They think of possible solutions, discuss the pros and cons of each, and decide which would be best. Encourage learners to use expressions from 5. b Learners do the same with Case study 3 on p123. 7 a Report. In the same groups, learners plan how to tell another group about their discussions in 6a and 6b, using the three questions to guide them. Remind them that they can use expressions from VOCABULARY Problem-solving experiences and GRAMMAR Describing scenes – present and past participle clauses. They decide who will give the report. b Put groups together. Groups listen to each other’s reports and find out whether they had similar or different ideas. Alternative
For 7b, make new groups of one person from each old group. With this alternative, every learner will have to speak as they tell their new group about their old group’s discussions. You could use photocopiable activity 7B on the Teacher’s DVD-ROM at this point.
7 Explore Keyword: come Goal:
use expressions and multi-word verbs with come
Core language: Expressions with come: come in handy; come first; come as a shock; come along well; come to an agreement; … Multi-word verbs with come: come into; come down with; come across; …
Expressions with come 1 / Reading. Learners read the three extracts and decide where they’re from / what the situation is. Compare ideas as a class. Suggested answers A an advertisement for an international food magazine B the politics section of a newspaper C a work email: a negotiator reporting back to his company headquarters
2 a Presentation. Write the partial expressions with come 1–5 on the board. Ask learners to scan the three texts in 1 and find the words for you to complete the five expressions on the board. 1 come in useful 2 came second 3 come as a shock 4 coming along slowly 5 come to an agreement
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/ Learners use the words to make more expressions with the patterns 1–5. Then check as a class. 1 come in handy 2 came first/last 3 come as a disappointment/relief/surprise 4 coming along nicely/quickly/well 5 come to a conclusion / a decision / an end
3 a Practice. To set up the sentence-writing and provide learners with ideas for topics to write about, demonstrate by writing some sentences about yourself on the board and inviting learners to ask you questions about them. For example: • Last year, I did a course in First Aid because I thought it might come in useful some day. • When I was at school, I always came last in geography. • When England got knocked out of the World Cup, it came as a disappointment but not a surprise. • Although I try to study every day, my German is coming along quite slowly. • I always feel a bit depressed when my holidays come to an end. Learners write four or five sentences about their lives now or in the past. Each sentence should include one of the expressions with come. Monitor closely while learners are writing to check that they are using the expressions correctly and provide help as necessary. b / Learners listen to each other’s sentences and ask questions to find out more about any details which interest them. Round-up. Learners get into new pairs/groups and tell their new partners about their conversations with their old partners. Alternative: True / false game
In 3a, learners write five sentences, three true and two false. Then at 3b, learners listen to each other’s sentences and ask questions to try and determine which are the false sentences. If you use this alternative, adapt your demonstration in 3a accordingly.
Multi-word verbs with come 4 / Presentation. Learners look at the seven extracts and try to work out the meanings of the multiword verbs from the contexts. Then they check in a dictionary and/or as a class. Possible answers 1 came out = was published (books, music, films) 2 the bill came to = the cost was 3 come up with = create, think of 4 come up = happened (unexpectedly) 5 came across = found (by accident) 6 comes across as = appears to be 7 come round = visit (someone’s home) 8 came into = inherited (money) 9 come down with = caught (an illness)
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5 a Practice. Learners complete the five questions. 1 come across 2 come out 3 come into 4 come round 5 came to
Then they write two more questions of their own using multi-word verbs from 4. b / Learners ask and answer all the questions. Round-up. Ask learners to tell the class about any particularly interesting questions created by the people in their pair/group. Ask other learners how they’d answer the questions.
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Core language: Expressions for: • prefacing sensitive questions: Maybe it’s none of my business, but; … • signalling sensitive topics: It’s a difficult situation; … • avoiding topics: I’d prefer not to answer that; … Alternative for weaker classes
Books closed. Write two questions on the board: 1 Where are the people? 2 What’s their relationship? Play recording 2.18. Learners listen and answer the questions for each of the three conversations. Conversation 1: At work, in an office; colleagues Conversation 2: In a pub or café; probably friends Conversation 3: On the street; probably friends
1 a Listening for detail. Give learners time to read the questions about the three conversations. Then play recording 2.18. Learners listen and answer the questions. b Learners check their answers by reading the extracts from the conversations on the page. Conversation 1: Kelly’s not happy in the Finance department. She used to be in a relationship with Ken, who also works in the department. Conversation 2: Rajeev looks tired. He doesn’t want to say why, but it’s something ‘personal’. Conversation 3: Lucia asks the way to Paul’s home. She won’t say why she’s in a hurry.
2 Presentation. Divide the board into three columns and write an expression a–c at the top of each column: a Maybe it’s none of my business, but … b It’s a difficult situation. c I’d prefer not to answer that. / Learners read the conversations and say if the highlighted expressions 1–8 have a similar function to a, b or c. Go through the answers as a class, writing each expression in the appropriate column on the board as you proceed. a 1, 3, 6 b 2, 5, 8 c 4, 7
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Books closed. Rub out one word from each of the expressions on the board and replace it with a gap: . In pairs or groups, learners try to remember the whole expressions. Then rub out one more word in each expression, learners try to remember again; rub out one more word, etc. Rub out as many words as you can. To finish, ask learners to tell you the whole expressions and write them up on the board again.
3 a Practice. Learners complete the conversations with expressions from 2. Explain that various answers are possible, although with weaker classes, you may want to tell them which group of expressions corresponds to each gap. / Learners compare their possible answers. b Play recording 2.19. Emphasise that the recording represents just one possible set of answers. Learners listen and compare their answers with the recording. If necessary, learners can also look at script 2.19 on p150. 4 a Role plays. Divide the class into two groups, A and B. Learners in Group A look at the role card on p122. Learners in Group B look at the role card on p126. Working together, either as a single group or as a number of smaller sub-groups, learners decide how to approach each situation and plan what to say. Encourage them to choose language from 2. b Learners get into A/B pairs. They do the six role plays. Learner A should start conversations 1, 3 and 5. Learner B should start conversations 2, 4 and 6. 5 Round-up. Learners return to their groups in 4a and report on their conversations.
7 Look again Review VOCABULARY Problems and solutions 1 a / Learners add the missing words to the sentences using the words in the box. Then learners look back at VOCABULARY Problems and solutions on p54 to check their answers. Alternative: Dictation activity
Books closed. Write the words in the box on the board and dictate sentences 1–7. Learners listen and write down the sentences, adding words from the board to make them complete. Learners then compare sentences before checking as a class. 2 I spent a long time mulling it over. 3 I couldn’t figure out what to do. 4 I couldn’t concentrate on my work. 5 I thought it was best to put off the decision till later. (or: put the decision off) 6 It was so frustrating that I just gave up on it. 7 They promised to sort out the problem straight away. (or: sort the problem out)
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In sentences 5 and 7, the missing words can go in two possible places. See the Grammar reference for Unit 9, Verbs with adverbs and prepositions 1, for an explanation.
b Learners choose two comments which remind them of experiences they’ve had and write brief notes in preparation for talking about them. / Learners tell each other about their experiences. Encourage learners to develop conversations by asking follow-up questions. GRAMMAR Describing scenes – present and past participle clauses 2 a / Learners choose the correct participles. 1 asking 2 designed 3 discovered 4 leaving; carrying
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c Spellcheck. Play recording 2.20. Learners listen to the ten words and write them down. / They compare their spelling of the ten words, then look at script 2.20 on p150 to check. NOTICE he, she and they 5 a / Learners read the extract and think of words or expressions which could go in the gap. Ask learners for their suggestions and write them on the board. Possible answers he / he or she / they
Then learners look at script 2.14 on p149 to find out which word or expression was in fact used (they). Explain that, while in this case the speaker chose to use they, any of the above answers could have been used. b / Learners complete the explanation with the words and expressions in the box. 1 He 2 He or she 3 They 4 He/she / S(he) 5 s(he) / he/she
c / Learners discuss the questions. Round-up. Discuss the questions as a class. If you are teaching a multilingual class, ask learners with different first languages to comment on the second question. Self-assessment To help focus learners on the self-assessment, you could read it through, giving a few examples of the language they have learned in each section (or asking learners to tell you). Then ask them to circle the numbers on each line. You could use photocopiable activity 7C on the Teacher’s DVD-ROM at this point.
Extension SPELLING AND SOUNDS /ɒ/ 4 a / Learners read through the words together and underline the letters in each word which correspond to the sound /ɒ/. Then check as a class, writing the words up on the board and underlining the appropriate parts. Australia, because, cauliflower, conscious, problem, psychology, quality, solve, squash, swap, volunteer, watch
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It’s seven o’clock in the evening and I’m at home – but I’ve just remembered that I arranged to meet a friend an hour ago, at six o’clock.
A friend of a friend lent me a nice camera to use on holiday. Now I’m in the middle of my holiday and the camera’s stopped working. I think it might be broken.
I share a house with two other people. One of them is very clean and tidy, but the other is an enthusiastic cook and is always leaving the kitchen full of dirty pots, pans and plates.
During meetings at work, I’ve noticed that people tend to ignore one of my colleagues. Whatever he says, nobody seems to take any notice.
I’m having dinner with some business partners. I thought they were paying, but the bill has just arrived and it seems they expect everyone to pay for themselves. I’ve left my wallet at my hotel.
I’ve invited two of my oldest friends to dinner at my place. They’ve never met before, they don’t seem to agree about anything, and the atmosphere is really tense.
An old boyfriend of mine recently got engaged, but everyone thinks there’s something strange about his fiancée. His parents have phoned me and asked me to talk to him.
My friend’s asked me to lend him quite a lot of money. I can afford it, but I lent him a smaller amount a few months ago and he seems to have forgotten about it.
I run a little newsagent’s shop. I employ three part-time staff. Recently, small amounts of money have been going missing from the cash register.
My friend’s just bought some perfume for his wife as a tenth anniversary present, but I know she won’t like it. I know, because a long time ago, she was my girlfriend.
My husband/wife very much wants to get a dog. I like animals, but we’re both busy people, and I don’t think we’d have time to look after a dog.
I run a small company. We have a vacancy, and an unemployed friend has asked me if he can apply. He’s not really suitable for the job, but I know his family is having money problems.
My boss is furious with my colleague because he thinks she’s accidentally deleted some important computer files. I’m not sure, but I think maybe I deleted the files by mistake.
I teach English in the marketing department of a big company twice a week. I’ve noticed that their brochures for English-speaking clients are full of mistakes, some of them quite funny.
It’s the afternoon and I’m at work. I’ve suddenly realised that today is my husband’s/ wife’s birthday.
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SPELLCHECK (Unit 2) QUIZ (Unit 2) Talk for one minute. Spell these words in two different ways. What famous tourist attraction is located Tell an interesting story – real or 1 rain / reign in Wieliczka in the south of Poland? legendary – from the history of your 2 no / know country. 3 plane / plain VOCABULARY (Unit 1) VOCABULARY (Unit 1) GRAMMAR (Unit 1) have 30 seconds prepare. means: What are the missing wordsYou in these Thistosentence Which of these sentence endings is more three sentences? ‘That’s too simple.’ likely? Why? (A huge underground salt mine) results. 1 You have to concentrate What’s the missing word? I’m sorry I’m so tired. some practice. picture. 2 You have to put That’s not the 1 I’ve decorated my flat. TASK (Unit 3) SPELLCHECK (Unit 3) QUIZ (Unit 3) 3 You have to build more experience. 2 I’ve been decorating my flat. Talk for one minute. Spell these three words. Who is Babur Ali? What’s special about (Ending 2: The present result (‘I’m so tired’) Describe an important mentor in your life. 1 sugar him? comes from the activity of decorating. 2 distinguish (whole (or complete)) (1 on 2 in 3 up) It doesn’t matter if it’s finished or not.) You have 30 seconds to prepare. 3 moustache VOCABULARY (Unit 2) VOCABULARY (Unit 2) GRAMMAR (Unit 2) (He’s the youngest headmaster in the world. What’s the missing word in this Listen to this list of six adverbs twice. Which of these sentence endings is more When he was very young, he set up and sentence? Make three pairs of adverbs with likely? Why? his own school in India.) This bus to the airport was so late that we opposite meanings. When Mick went back to the managed room, up calling for a taxi. accidentally, deliberately, gradually, 1 his bag disappeared. TASK (Unit 4) SPELLCHECK (Unit 4) QUIZ (Unit 4) enthusiastically, reluctantly, suddenly 2 his bag had disappeared. Talk for one minute. Spell these three words. Which renowned Egyptian singer was (accidentally – deliberately Give advice about what to see and do for 1 immigration known as ‘The Star of the East’? enthusiastically – reluctantly (Ending 2: The bag disappeared before, not someone visiting your region. 2 millennium (ended) gradually – suddenly) after, Mick returned to the room.) 3 column You have 30 seconds to prepare. (Unit 3) VOCABULARY (Unit 3) VOCABULARY GRAMMAR (Unit 3) What are the missing words in these This sentence means: What’s wrong with this sentence? Why? three sentences? ‘I’m not sure about it.’ Before I came to Marseilles, I would live in (Umm Kulthum) the good work. 1 Well done! Keep What’s the missing word? Paris. for another course next about it. 2 I’ve signed I’m in two TASK (Unit 5) SPELLCHECK (Unit 5) QUIZ (Unit 5) year. Talk for one minute. Spell these three words. The paperclip was first patented by of university after just 3 Bill dropped (‘would live’ should be ‘used to live’. ‘Would’ Describe two logos of well-known 1 ghost Johann Vaaler in 1899. Where did Vaaler six months. is only for past habits, not states. ‘Live’ companies where you live. Say what you 2 colleague come from? (1 up 2 up 3 out) (minds) describes a state.) think about them. 3 guarantee
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And there was a man adressing / bdressed in a suit.
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VOCABULARY (Unit 4) VOCABULARY (Unit 4) GRAMMAR (Unit 4) have 30 seconds to prepare. What are the missing wordsYou in these What’s the missing word in this Which of these sentences should be three sentences? sentence? passive? If necessary, change them. as a poet. , the Millennium Spire is 1 Bohumil Hrabal started If I remember 1 The monument put up in (Norway) the 1990s. in 1991. 2 His collected writings came in Dublin, Ireland. 2 It made a big impression on people. TASK (Unit 6) SPELLCHECK (Unit 6) QUIZ (Unit 6) 3 His movie won an Oscar Best 3 It heavily criticised. Talk for one minute. Spell these three words. What is MapleStory? Foreign Film. Describe how the Internet has changed 1 muscle (1 was put up 2 OK people’s working lives. 2 government (1 out 2 out 3 for) (rightly/correctly) 3 was heavily criticised) 3 stomach
You have 30 seconds to prepare. (Unit 5) VOCABULARY (Unit 5) VOCABULARY GRAMMAR (Unit 5) Unlimited Upper Intermediate Teacher’s Pack Photocopiable © Cambridge Listen to this list of six verbs twice. Listen toEnglish this list of six adjectives twice. Make these two sentences into one (It’s aclause. virtual world on the Internet inhabited Make three pairs of verbs with similar Make three pairs of adjectives with sentence. Use a past participle by virtual characters.) meanings. similar meanings. 1 More than five million cigarette lighters emphasise, imply, highlight, portray, show, aesthetic, durable, innovative, long-lasting, are sold every day. TASK (Unit 7) SPELLCHECK (Unit 7) QUIZ (Unit 7) suggest novel, attractive 2 They’re made by Bic. Talk for one minute. Spell these three words. What is ‘a person from Porlock’? (emphasise – highlight (aesthetic – attractive Describe a time in your life when you 1 quality imply – suggest durable – long-lasting (More than five million cigarette lighters made solved a difficult problem. Say what you 2 conscious (It’s a humorous term to describe someone portray – show) innovative – novel) by Bic are sold every day.) learned from this experience. 3 cauliflower who interrupts creative work. It comes from the story of the poet Coleridge, who had an VOCABULARY (Unit 6) VOCABULARY (Unit 6) GRAMMAR (Unit 6) have 30 seconds to prepare. for a poem in a dream, but then forgot What are the missing wordsYou in these What’s the missing word in this Listen to this sentence onceidea only. it because he was interrupted by a visitor three sentences? sentence? Change it into a sentence with the same from the village of Porlock.) 1 A London man has been arrested I always make a note of people’s birthdays meaning, starting with unless. , I forget them! armed robbery. in my diary because We’ll miss the train if we don’t leave soon. six bank robberies. 2 He’s accused 3 If found guilty, he couldEnglish be sentenced Unlimited Upper Intermediate Teacher’s Pack Photocopiable © Cambridge University Press 2011 12 years in prison. (1 for 2 of 3 to) (otherwise) (Unless we leave soon, we’ll miss the train.) VOCABULARY (Unit 7) Is there a missing word in each of these three sentences.? If so, what is it? 1 I need a few days to mull the problem. 2 We need to tackle this problem now. 3 It’s not usually a good idea to put problems.
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Activity type: Speaking – Card quiz – Groups Aim: To review vocabulary, grammar, spelling and topics from Units 1–7 Language: Various – Use at any point from the end of Unit 7. Preparation: Make one copy each of Worksheets 1, 2 and 3 for each group of learners. Cut up Worksheets 1 and 2 to make a set of 42 cards. Shuffle each set of cards. Time: 45 minutes
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Goals: make deductions about the past describe strong feelings Core language: GRAMMAR VOCABULARY
Making deductions about the past Describing strong feelings
One side of the story … LISTENING 1 / Listening for main idea. Draw learners’ attention to the three pictures and let them talk for a minute or so about what they think is going on in each picture and how they think the people are feeling. Play recording 2.21 while learners identify which of the people in each picture is talking. 1 Vic
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Listening for detail. Give learners time to read 1–6, then play recording 2.21 again. Learners note down their answers. They can compare with a partner before you check the answers. 1 To thank him for being a good host 2 When Vic paid the bill, Neil looked embarrassed and the waiter seemed angry. 3 A barbecue; people walking in and out of the house talking and eating 4 She sat with a group of people looking bored, then left early. 5 She looked uncomfortable and tried to smile. 6 She was fine.
This is the first part of the story. Learners will find out what was really going on later (Reading), but first they’ll do some speculation about the three stories in the Grammar section. GRAMMAR Making deductions about the past 3 a / In order to speculate about what was going on in the three stories from recording 2.21, learners look at the language of deduction about past events. They read the sentences and add the four highlighted expressions to the diagram. I’m sure it’s not true: 1 can’t have It’s possible: 3 might have It’s very possible: 6 may well have I’m sure it’s true: 7 must have
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past participle (so the complete form is modal + ‘have’ + past participle)
The use of couldn’t have + past participle to speculate about the past was regarded as grammatically incorrect in the past, and can’t have + past participle was taught as the correct form. However, couldn’t have + past participle is increasingly used and accepted.
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SPEAKING 5 a Learners go back to the pictures at the top of the section and speculate about situations 2 and 3 in the same way as the sentences in 4 speculate about situation 1. Learners choose expressions from 3, based on how certain they feel about their speculations. b Learners compare their ideas with other pairs and find out how many different ideas they had about the two situations. You could use photocopiable activity 8A on the Teacher’s DVD-ROM at this point.
… and the other READING 1 Reading for main idea. To find out what was going on in pictures 1–3 from the Listening, learners read the three postings on the website ‘Cross-cultural misunderstandings’. They identify the reasons why Neil, Daniela and Haneul acted and felt as they did at the time. They can compare answers with a partner before you check the answers. Neil: He was embarrassed because the tip Vic left in the restaurant was too small. Haneul: She was very embarrassed because kissing and hugging is not usually done in public in her country. Daniela: She couldn’t understand why there was no music and dancing at the party. In her own country, parties always have music and dancing.
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Responding to the text. Learners discuss the questions in groups. Find out afterwards what they would have felt and done in those situations.
VOCABULARY Describing strong feelings 3 a / Learners match the six highlighted expressions in the web postings with meanings a–f. They should use the context to help them. a 4 b 1 c 6 d 5 e 3 f 2
To clarify pronunciation, model and drill the six expressions. b / Learners now match six more words with the meanings in a.
Then, as a warmer, learners discuss the questions, looking at the list of suggested turning points. 2 Listening for main idea. Learners look at the pictures. Play recording 2.22 while they listen and identify the important moment that each picture represents. Jeanette’s graduating from college with a degree in law. Fernando’s going to ask his girlfriend to marry him. Tristan’s getting to know an interesting young woman during a flight.
3 Listening for detail. Give learners time to read the three questions. Then play recording 2.22 again, while they note down their answers. Jeanette 1 Her company decided to move. She went back to college instead of going with the company or getting a new job. 2 She got a job with a law firm in Boston. 3 She’s happy about it. Fernando 1 He told his father he wanted to marry Juli. His father didn’t approve. They argued. Fernando decided to ask her anyway. 2 He didn’t ask Juli to marry him. They split up a few months later. He’s still single. 3 He seems unsure about it: ‘I really don’t know. I wish I’d thought about it more carefully.’ Tristan 1 He got the address of a boy in China from his school headmaster. The boys became pen pals. Later, Tristan visited him in China. 2 He married the woman he met on the plane. They have kids. 3 He’s happy about it.
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SPEAKING 4 a Preparation for discussion. Learners think of one or two incidents in their lives when a misunderstanding occurred. They choose from the listed situations or think of their own ideas. Then they use the three bullet points as a guideline for preparation. Encourage them to use expressions from 3 and from the Grammar focus, Making deductions about the past, on p62. b Discussion. Learners tell each other about their incidents. The other members of the group listen and say whether they agree with the speaker’s speculations, possibly adding some speculations of their own. Round-up. Ask someone from each group to describe one or two of the incidents they discussed and say what their speculations were. You could use photocopiable activity 8B on the Teacher’s DVD-ROM at this point.
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VOCABULARY Reflecting on the past 5 a / Learners read the three groups of sentences. They identify the three sentences that came from recording 2.22 and recall who said them. 2 Jeanette 5 Tristan 7 Fernando
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8.2 Goals: say how you feel about past events in your life speculate about consequences of past actions Core language: VOCABULARY GRAMMAR PRONUNCIATION
Reflecting on the past Conditionals – past and present Prominent words 1
Turning points LISTENING 1 To introduce the topic, write on the board: In everyone’s life, there are a number of major turning points. Ask learners what turning points means (= a time when an important change begins to happen).
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All the sentences express regret or lack of regret about the past. Draw learners’ attention to the form used after the highlighted expressions, particularly the use of the past perfect after I wish and If only. 6 Preparation for discussion. Learners think of something they did recently, looking at the listed ideas or using their own. They write a sentence about how they feel now about each thing they did, choosing suitable expressions from 5a. Their ideas and sentences will form the basis for the Speaking task in 7.
SPEAKING 7 Discussion. Learners discuss what they did recently and how they feel about those things now. The listeners can ask questions to find out more, as shown in the speech bubbles. Round-up. Find out who has the fewest regrets in each group.
Speculation GRAMMAR Conditionals – past and present 1 / Learners read the four sentences in the grammar box and answer questions 1–3. 1 They’re imagining them. 2 Both parts of sentences a and b are about the past. In sentences c and d, the ‘If’ clauses are about the past, but the main clauses (the second clauses) are about the present. 3 ‘if’ + ‘had’ + past participle modal verb + ‘have’ + past participle modal verb + infinitive modal verb + ‘be’ + ‘-ing’ form Language note
Sentences a and b are sometimes called third conditionals. In these sentences, an imaginary action in the past is linked with an imaginary result also in the past. Sentences c and d are sometimes called ‘mixed conditionals’. In these sentences, an imaginary action in the past is linked with an imaginary result in the present.
2 a Practice. Learners work alone and complete the sentence beginnings about the three people from recording 2.22 with their own ideas. Alternative for weaker classes
Do the first sentence together, eliciting sentences from the class and writing them on the board. For example: If she hadn’t looked in that newspaper, she wouldn’t have gone to college. / … she wouldn’t be a lawyer. / … she’d still be working at the same company. Then learners continue with the rest of the sentence beginnings.
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PRONUNCIATION Prominent words 1 3 a Play recording 2.23. Learners read and listen to the four sentences and notice that in each group of words (separated with //), one word has an extra-strong stress (the strongly stressed syllable of that word is in capital letters). That is, this word is stressed even more strongly than words that have ordinary sentence stress. The word with extra-strong stress is said to be ‘prominent’. It’s a matter of speaker choice which word to make prominent, but there’s a general guideline – it’s often the last important word (e.g. noun, adjective, verb …) in a group of words. b Practice. Learners practise saying sentences 1–4 in a natural way, being particularly careful to speak
in groups of words and making the marked word prominent. There will be more Pronunciation sections on prominence in Units 11 and 13. This section (Part 1) is to raise learners’ awareness of this pronunciation feature. SPEAKING 4 a Preparation for discussion. Learners think about a turning point in their life that they’d like to tell the others about. They look at the ideas listed or think of one of their own. b Learners use questions 1–5 as guidelines for preparation. Remind them to use expressions from VOCABULARY Reflecting on the past, as well as conditional sentences. They might want to think about which words to make prominent in their conditional sentences. c Discussion. Learners discuss their turning points in groups and find out if any of them had similar experiences. Round-up. Find out which were the most common turning points in the class and which two were the most unusual ones. You could use photocopiable activity 8C on the Teacher’s DVD-ROM at this point.
8.3 Target activity Goals: make deductions about the past speculate about consequences of past actions disagree with speculations about the past Core language: TASK VOCABULARY Disagreeing with speculations 8.1 GRAMMAR Making deductions about the past 8.2 GRAMMAR Conditionals – past and present
Work out what happened TASK LISTENING 1 a Prediction, Listening for main idea. Learners look at the picture, read the caption and say how they think the people are feeling. Play recording 2.24, the first part of Jo and Angela’s conversation. Learners listen and try to guess what the problem is. They compare their ideas. Something – a pet – has disappeared from the flat. The two women can’t find it.
b Listening for main idea. Play recording 2.25. Learners check their ideas from a. A pet cat is missing. It belongs to someone else, who’s away. They’re taking care of it.
2 a Listening for detail. Give learners time to read sentences 1–5. Then play recordings 2.24 and 2.25 again (the whole conversation). Learners note down their answers.
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1 It’s too high for the cat to escape from. 2 The cat could have gone out the front door while they were bringing in their shopping. 3 They would have told Angela and Jo if they’d seen the cat. 4 They fed the cat late last night, and it ate the food. Therefore, it was in the flat during the night, or part of it. 5 Maybe she didn’t notice the cat escaping when she went out to get sugar in the morning. She wasn’t properly awake.
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TASK VOCABULARY Disagreeing with past speculations 3 / Learners put the words in the right order. 1 No, we’d have seen it outside. 2 Yeah, but somebody would’ve seen it on the stairs.
You can use would have / wouldn’t have + past participle to disagree with speculations about the past that you think are unlikely or impossible, explaining why you disagree. 4 a Practice. Learners write a sentence disagreeing with what the first speaker in each exchange says, using would have and their own ideas. b / Learners compare their answers. Possible answers 1 No, she would have called us on her mobile. No, the traffic would have been light at that time. 2 No, you would have noticed that when you got home. No, none of our friends would have taken it. 3 But they would have told us. But they wouldn’t have cancelled it – it was too important. 4 But he would have found them and called me. But somebody would have seen them and told me.
TASK 5 a Preparation for role play. Divide learners into A/B pairs. They read their individual situation cards and underline the key information. Then they plan what to say and how to say it. Encourage them to use the structures from GRAMMAR Making deductions about the past and GRAMMAR Conditionals – past and present. b Role play. Remind learners to use expressions from 3 and 4 during the role play. The pairs do Situation 1. 6 Preparation, Role play. Learners repeat steps 5a and 5b for Situation 2. 7 Learners compare their conclusions about the two situations with another pair. Afterwards, they look at the suggested explanations on p128 and see if they had similar ideas. Round-up. Find out who had similar ideas to the suggested explanations and whether they came up with any other interesting possibilities.
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to make learners aware of the character of and attitudes to language in different cultures Languages: a language; a dialect; an accent; an official language; a regional language; a common language; a mother tongue; a first language; a second language; monolingual; bilingual; multilingual
SPEAKING 1 a As a warmer, learners read the instructions, the words and languages, then try matching each word with the language it came from. b Learners check their ideas on p121, then discuss the two questions. Elicit some of their ideas after a while. alphabet: Greek boss: Dutch cotton: Arabic hamburger: German ketchup: Cantonese marriage: French opera: Italian plaza: Spanish robot: Czech sauna: Finnish shampoo: Hindi ski: Norwegian tsunami: Japanese yoghurt: Turkish
LISTENING 2 a Prediction. Learners look at the pictures and read the captions (note that Sahana is pronounced ‘Shahana’). They discuss what they know about languages in India and the Netherlands. b Listening for main idea. Play recording 2.26. Learners note down answers to the questions. Sahana 1 Many different languages and even more dialects are spoken in India. English is the common language. Hindi is spoken by the majority. 2 A lot of people learn Hindi in school. Liesbeth 1 Dutch, Frisian and English are spoken in the Netherlands. 2 Lots of people learn other languages in school besides Dutch, Frisian and English.
3 a Listening for main idea. Give learners time to read the six questions. Play recording 2.27 while learners identify the three questions that Sahana and Liesbeth answer. Sahana answers questions 1 and 3; Liesbeth answers question 6.
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VOCABULARY Languages 4 / Learners discuss the differences in meaning within each group of three expressions. After a while, elicit their ideas. If more clarification is needed, you can use these dictionary definitions. 1 a language: a system of communication consisting of sounds, words and grammar a dialect: the form of a language that people speak in a particular part of a country, containing some different words and grammar, etc. an accent: the way in which people in a particular area, country or social group pronounce words 2 an official language: the language used by the state. A country may have more than one official language. a regional language: a language spoken in a particular area of a country a common language: a language spoken by the majority of (or all) the people in a country 3 a mother tongue: the language you learn when you’re a baby. a first language: the language you learn first, your mother tongue a second language: the language you acquire after your mother tongue 4 monolingual: speaking or using only one language bilingual: able to use two languages for communication multilingual: able to use more than two languages for communication Note: a mother tongue and a first language are the only two with the same meaning.
SPEAKING 5 a Preparation for talk. Learners look at the questions in 2b and 3a again and choose a few to talk about. They plan what to say and what expressions to use from 4. b Talk. Learners give their talks in pairs, then answer the two follow-up questions. Round-up. Find out what learners discussed, and what facts they thought a visitor might want to know.
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1 He was charged £75 for use of the gym. It should have been free. 2 The clerk was rude and refused to believe him. 3 The manager cancelled the charge, but did not tell the clerk to apologise. 4 He wants them to send him a formal apology and an assurance that the clerk has been disciplined. He also wants them to take steps to ensure that such an incident doesn’t happen again.
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Clarify any points of meaning and pronunciation. For example, an assurance means ‘a promise’. 7 a Learners read the situation. If they wish, they may think of their own. b Preparation for writing. Learners plan how many paragraphs to use, what to say and what language they’ll need from 5 and 6. They can also use expressions from VOCABULARY Describing strong feelings and VOCABULARY Reflecting on the past. c Writing. Learners write their complaints. If you wish, this can be done as homework and brought in the next day. 8 / Learners read a few of each other’s complaints. They comment on how clearly the incidents are described and say what they think of the solutions the writers asked for.
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8 Look again Review VOCABULARY Reflecting on the past 1 a / Learners rewrite the ‘a’ sentences with the new beginnings, keeping the meaning the same. 1 I’m glad I got married. 2 I’m not sorry about leaving college. 3 I wish I’d known my grandfather. 4 If only I hadn’t changed jobs.
b Learners imagine they’re someone well known in their country, past or present, and write five or six sentences expressing regret or lack of regret about what they did or what happened to them. For example, I wish I hadn’t made that album. They shouldn’t say who they are, though, as the sentences will be used in a guessing game in c. c / Learners listen to each other’s sentences and try to guess who the people are. They can add more details about the people afterwards. GRAMMAR Conditionals – past and present 2 a Explain to learners that they will listen to six situations and that you’ll pause between the situations to give them time to write a conditional sentence about each situation. Then play recording 2.28. Alternatively, you can read the situations yourself. b / Learners compare their sentences to see how similar they are. The sort of sentences they might make (although answers depend on their ideas) are, for example: If my alarm clock had gone off, I would have got on that flight. If I’d got on that flight, I might have got food poisoning. If I hadn’t gone to the café, I wouldn’t have seen my exboyfriend / I wouldn’t have had such a bad evening. If Gisela had told me it was her birthday, I wouldn’t have asked her to work late. c Discussion. Learners think of similar situations they have experienced and conditional sentences they can use. They then describe the situations and, if they wish, ask and answer questions about them. Find out afterwards which were the most interesting situations from each group. CAN YOU REMEMBER? Unit 7 – Problem-solving experiences 3 a / Learners complete the paragraph with the five expressions a–e. 1 I found it really difficult to 2 My biggest problem was that 3 My way of solving this problem was to 4 What we decided to do was 5 What I learned was
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b Preparation for discussion. Learners think of problems they had, like Ian’s, in connection with the listed situations. They choose useful expressions from a to describe their situations. c Discussion. Learners describe the problems and say how they solved them.
Extension SPELLING AND SOUNDS /e/ 4 a / Learners underline the letters in each word that make an /e/ sound, then complete the two spelling patterns. speculate, dialect, education, weapon, regret, emigrate, head, instead, investigate, gesture 1 Only e is used at the start of words. 2 e or ea is used in the middle of words.
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NOTICE Expressions with and and or 5 a / This section focuses on word pairs linked with and and or. Learners complete the four sentences from the unit. 1 or 2 and 3 and 4 or
b / Learners complete the eight sentences, using context to help them choose the right expression. 1 sick and tired 2 sooner or later 3 rain or shine 4 clean and tidy 5 trial and error 6 more or less 7 odds and ends 8 black and blue Optional extra
Learners work in pairs and take turns to test each other on all 12 expressions from 5a and 5b. For example, A says: sick; B then gives the whole expression: sick and tired.
Self-assessment To help focus learners on the self-assessment, read it through and get learners to give you a few examples of the language they have learned in each section. Give an example to start them off if necessary. Then learners circle the numbers on each line.
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✂ C Yonaguni Monument There’s something very mysterious five metres below the surface of the sea off the coast of Yonaguni Island in Japan. It’s a huge rock formation which is attached to the natural rock of the sea floor. Discovered in 1987 by a diver, it still causes a great deal of excitement and controversy. Some people believe it’s a natural formation, while others think it shows clear signs of being man-made – perhaps part of the lost continent of Mu. The most mysterious part of the formation is a rectangular platform about 145 x 45 metres and about 25 metres tall. It’s a series of wide steps or terraces, with straight lines and sharp edges, similar to a pyramid. The formation has other interesting features, including an archway, a room, straight walls, pillars and round holes in the rock, perhaps to hold more pillars. They all have strong, definite shapes. It’s been claimed that the Monument could be 10,000 years old, which is twice as old as the Egyptian pyramids.
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Activity type: Reading and speaking – Information gap / Making deductions – Individuals / Small groups Aim: To make deductions about mysterious events in the past Language: Making deductions about the past – Use at any point from 8.1. Preparation: Make one copy of the worksheet for every three learners. Cut up each worksheet to make three stories. Time: 35 minutes
Activity type: Vocabulary – Game – Pairs Aim: To revise adjectives describing strong feelings Language: Describing strong feelings – Use at any point from 8.1. Preparation: Make a copy of the worksheet for every pair of learners. Time: 15 minutes
Bad visibility A truck driver in China was stopped by police when they noticed with amazement that his truck had a cardboard windscreen. There were two eye holes cut into the cardboard so he could see the road, but he spent most of the time driving with his head out of the window in the freezing winter air. His face was blue from the cold. He’d driven 750 km in this way before being caught. He told the police he’d been too busy to fix the windscreen properly. His licence was taken away.
On October 24th, 1901, which was her 46th birthday, Annie Edson Taylor went over the 52-metre-high Niagara Falls in a barrel – the first woman to do so. The barrel was 1.4 metres long and had padding and a small mattress inside. Annie suffered only cuts and bruises, but it took 35 minutes to rescue her and open the barrel. When she got out, she said nobody ought to do that again ever! Her fame, unfortunately, didn’t last long, and she never got rich from her daring stunt.
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Reunited A Scottish couple in their 80s are considering marriage after meeting again after 60 years of separation. Ray and Kathleen first met in their 20s, but split up when Ray decided he didn’t have enough money to support her. They later married other people and raised families. Both their spouses died after many years. Then one day, Ray put an advert in the paper addressed to Kathleen. She saw it and answered. When they met again, they found they still had the same feelings for each other. They have decided they will never be apart again.
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8C No regrets? Activity type: Reading and speaking – Guessing / Information gap – Pairs/ Groups Aim: To express regret or lack of regret about the past Language: Reflecting on the past / Conditionals – past and present – Use at any point from 8.2. Preparation: Make one copy of the worksheet for every four learners. Cut up each worksheet to make a set of four stories. Time: 40 minutes
Unit 8 Self-study Pack In the Workbook Unit 8 of the English Unlimited Upper Intermediate Workbook offers additional ways to practise the vocabulary and grammar taught in the Coursebook. There are also activities which build reading and writing skills and a whole page of listening and speaking tasks to use with the Interview video, giving your learners the opportunity to hear and react to authentic spoken English. • Vocabulary: Making deductions about the past; Describing strong feelings; Reflecting on the past; Disagreeing with speculations; Languages • Grammar: Conditionals – past and present • Explore reading: Article: Immobile on the phone • Interview: Cultural difference – Aurora and Monica
On the DVD-ROM Unit 8 of the English Unlimited Upper Intermediate Self-study DVD-ROM contains interactive games and activities for your learners to practise and improve their vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation, and also their speaking and listening, with the possibility for learners to record themselves, and a video of authentic spoken English to use with the Workbook. • Vocabulary and grammar: Extra practice activities • Pronunciation: Prominent words • Explore speaking: right • Listening: Talking about a turning point • Video: Cultural difference
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Goals: explain how something is made organise a description Core language: GRAMMAR PRONUNCIATION VOCABULARY
Verbs with adverbs and prepositions 1 Stress in multi-word verbs Organising a description
Printing press LISTENING 1 Pre-listening discussion. To introduce the topic of the listening, learners discuss the questions in groups. Follow this stage by eliciting and comparing answers and ideas from different groups in open class. Then tell learners that they’re going to hear a description of how books are made. 2 a / Prediction. Learners look at the pictures and guess the order of the stages A–E. b Listening for main ideas. Play recording 3.1. Learners listen and check their guesses from a, correcting the order of the stages A–E as necessary. 1D
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This is likely to be a discussion point in many classes, as students may be unfamiliar with the idea that words like over can be adverbs as well as prepositions. The best way through these complications, and for students to recognise the underlying rules about word order, is for students to think about the logical meanings of different combinations of words from the sentences and to recognise which make sense and which don’t. It is often possible to grasp the syntax simply by considering the meaning of the sentences, and encouraging students to do this is likely to help more than learning lists of verbs with different ‘patterns’. Some boardwork can help: Sentence 1 into the printing press Sheets of paper go into the printing press Sheets of paper go the printing press into In sentence 1, the printing press is the object of the preposition into, but not the object of the verb: it does not make sense to put the printing press next to the verb. To put it another way, into the printing press makes sense as a single meaning-unit and cannot be changed. Sentence 2 The operator pours ink into the printing press. ink is the object of pours; the printing press is the object of into. Again, into the printing press is a fixed unit. Discussing why The operator pours the printing press into the ink doesn’t make sense could help students with this. Sentence 3 turns the paper Here, the paper is the object of the verb: it is the thing which the press turns. turns over Over is an adverb because it describes the verb: it says how the paper turns. In these cases it makes sense to say either turns the paper over or turns over the paper, so this is why you can change the word order in sentence 3. c / Learners look at all 15 highlighted verbs in the summary and notice the grammar patterns associated with them. They divide them by grammar pattern into three groups of five. For feedback, elicit the three groups onto the board. You could finish off this by asking which sentences can change their word order (those with pattern 3), and writing up the ‘alternatives’ on the board.
Pattern 1: go into, emerge from, pass through, move along, drop into Pattern 2: pour into, print onto, put into, cut into, attach to Pattern 3: turn over, pick up, put together, hold together, cut off Note: Grammar practice
You could do the grammar practice on p137 at this point.
PRONUNCIATION Stress in verbs with adverbs and prepositions 6 a / Presentation. Learners read the two descriptions and choose the correct words. Encourage them to try and work out the answers by saying the sentences in the box in 5b and seeing which stress patterns sound most natural. Then play recording 3.2. Learners listen to check their answers. 1 verb 2 adverb Optional extra
Summarise the ‘hierarchy’ of stress in multi-word verbs by writing on the board: adverb (double underline) verb (underline) preposition (no underline)
b Practice. Drill the four sentences from 5b. Listen carefully to ensure that learners are saying them with the correct stress patterns. 1 The operator pours ink into the printing press. 2 Sheets of paper go into the printing press. 3 The press turns the paper over. The press turns over the paper. SPEAKING 7 Practice (grammar and pronunciation). Learners cover the summary in 5a and summarise the bookmaking process from memory in their own words, using the 15 verbs on the board. They can look at the illustrations in 2a to help them. Alternative for weaker classes
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First of all, … VOCABULARY Organising a description 1 / Presentation. Learners add the expressions in the box to the correct groups 1–5 according to their function.
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Books closed. Give learners a copy of the table in 1a on a handout. Read the expressions in the box aloud. Learners listen and write down each expression in the correct group. Learners compare their answers and look at 1a in their books to check their spelling, then check answers as a class. 1 To start off, …; To begin with, …; The first thing is, … 2 After that, …; Following that, …; Once that’s done, … 3 I’ll explain that in a minute. 4 Earlier I mentioned … 5 And that’s it.
SPEAKING 2 / Prediction. Learners look at the pictures and try to guess how each thing is made. 3 a Preparation for describing a process. Divide the class into two groups. Working together, learners in Group A read the notes about the making of Maldon salt on p127 and follow the instructions to prepare to describe the process. Learners in Group B do the same for glass bottles on p125. Alternative
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9.2 Goals: describe responsibilities and roles in different situations explain how a team or organisation works Core language: VOCABULARY VOCABULARY
Describing responsibilities Describing roles
Responsibilities READING 1 a / Prediction. Learners look at the picture and guess what the five people’s jobs might involve. Then, as a class, compare ideas for each job. b Reading for main ideas. Learners read the article quickly to check their ideas.
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Suggested answers Director: transform the screenplay into a film, communicate ideas to all creative and technical people Director of photography: manage the camera and lighting people so that shots have the ‘look’ which the director wants Camera operator: start/stop the camera, make sure it moves steadily, make sure other equipment doesn’t get into shot Focus puller: keep the camera in focus, assemble/ disassemble the camera Clapper loader: load/unload the camera, get film safely to developers, operate the clapper board
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Optional extra
Learners write up their description of their team or organisation in the form of a page on a company/club/ government/etc. website. You could use photocopiable activity 9B on the Teacher’s DVD-ROM at this point.
Optional extra: Monolingual classes
Ask learners if they know the names of these jobs in their first language. Note: in some countries, the various responsibilities described in the article are divided up differently.
2 a Responding to the text. Learners read again and answer the two questions for each job. Tell learners that although there are no strictly right or wrong answers, they should be ready to justify their views by referring to the text. b / Learners compare their answers, justifying them by referring to specific parts of the article. 3 Round-up. Discuss the question as a class. Ask learners to tell you which information they found the most interesting or unexpected. VOCABULARY Describing responsibilities 4 a Presentation: duties. Learners match 1–5 with a–e, looking back in the article to check if necessary. 1 d 2 c 3 b 4 a 5 e
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Memorisation. Pairs cover the sentence stems 1–5 in a and, looking at a–e, try to remember the complete sentences. They don’t need to use exactly the same expressions, but their sentences should be factually and grammatically accurate and they should try to use a range of expressions for describing responsibilities.
Alternative: Matching slips
Books closed. Provide each pair of learners with the ten expressions in 4a on slips of paper, cut up and shuffled. Learners match the slips to make five sentences, then find and underline the expressions for describing duties. Point out the -ing forms in d and e. Then learners turn the slips of paper 1–5 face down and try to remember the complete sentences.
5 Presentation: hierarchies. Learners choose expressions from the box to replace the highlighted expressions in the two sentences, keeping the meaning the same. 1 answers to, reports to 2 manages, oversees, supervises
SPEAKING 6 a Preparation. Learners think of a team or organisation from their experience and prepare to talk about the two questions. Encourage them to choose language from 4 and 5 to help them with their descriptions.
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Roles LISTENING 1 Listening for main ideas. Play recording 3.3. Learners listen and answer the two questions. 1 Josette writes screenplays. 2 She mentions her roles as: a parent, a teacher, a member of a writer’s guild, a member of a charity, a football supporter.
2 Listening in detail. Learners tell each other any details they remember about each of Josette’s life roles. Play recording 3.3 again. Learners listen to check and add to the details about each of Josette’s roles. Suggested answers Writer: Josette works from home (as does her husband). Parent: She has two young boys. Teacher: She’s teaching her children at home, at least for a few years. Guild member: She’s an active member and represents the guild at events. Charity member: She does voluntary work for the homeless. Football supporter: She’s a lifelong supporter of Crystal Palace FC.
VOCABULARY Describing roles 3 a / Presentation. Learners look at expressions 1–8 from Josette’s talk and provide the next word. b Learners look at script 3.3 on p152 to check their answers. 1 as 2 of 3 of 4 in 5 as 6 to 7 for 8 of
SPEAKING 4 a Preparation. Learners prepare to talk about the three questions. Encourage them to make a list of their life roles and to choose expressions from 3a to help describe them. b / Discussion. Learners tell each other about their answers to the three questions. Round-up. Ask a few learners to tell the class what new information they found out about their partner(s).
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1 I’ll be looking at … main areas; I’ve divided my talk into … parts. 2 Next, I’d like to say something about …; Now let’s take a look at … 3 So, we’ve talked about …; That’s it as far as … is concerned.
Goals: organise a description explain how a team or organisation works give a detailed presentation on a familiar topic Core language: TASK VOCABULARY Organising a talk 9.1 VOCABULARY Organising a description 9.2 VOCABULARY Describing responsibilities
Give a factual talk TASK LISTENING 1 Pre-listening discussion. Learners look at the photo and information about Adam. Discuss the questions as a class. Elicit possible good and bad points about being a travel writer, and find out how many learners in the class would like to do this kind of job. 2 a / Tell learners they’re going to listen to Adam giving a talk to a group of students about his work. Learners think of questions they’d like to ask Adam. Compare ideas as a class. b Listening for main ideas. Play recording 3.4. Learners listen to the introduction to Adam’s talk to find out what four topics he plans to talk about. / In the same pairs/groups as in a, learners check answers together and decide: will Adam be answering any of their questions from a? 1 what it’s like to be a travel writer 2 money 3 how to get into the profession 4 how it’s changing at the moment
3 a Listening for details. Tell learners they’re now going to listen to the next part of Adam’s talk. Give them time to read through the points 1–6 and ask: Which topics (from 2b) are we going to hear about? (1, 2 and 3; not 4.) Play recording 3.5. Learners listen and make notes on the six points. b / Learners compare their notes, then read script 3.5 on p153 to make sure they have all the main points and clear up any areas of misunderstanding. 1 It’s hard work, unglamorous. 2 Twelve hours of visiting various places, then writing up notes in the evening. 3 1) have regular work with a top magazine; 2) write guidebooks. 4 They agree a single sum to include both the writer’s fee and their expenses. 5 $6 after costs, according to one estimate 6 By writing for travel magazines.
Alternative: Board presentation
• Write the three headings on the board: outline, open topic, close topic. As a class, go through the sentences a–f in 4a and write them under the correct headings. • Now go through the expressions in 4b. Ask learners to make whole sentences with the expressions and write them under the correct headings. • Books closed. Rub out two or three key words in each expression. In pairs or groups, learners try to remember the complete expressions.
TASK 5 a Preparation for presentation. Learners choose one of the situations or think of their own topic. b Learners prepare a talk on their chosen topic, following the four steps. Set a clear time limit for this preparation (e.g. 15 minutes) and be on hand to help learners if they have any questions about language. Learners should not write their talks out in full, but encourage them to make notes of key points and useful expressions from 4a and b. Remind them that they may also find useful expressions in VOCABULARY Organising a description and VOCABULARY Describing responsibilities. Alternative: More guided preparation
• Give each learner a blank ‘flowchart’ to help them plan their talk, consisting of five large labelled boxes joined by arrows: Introduction > Topic 1 > Topic 2 > Topic 3 > Topic 4. • In the Introduction box, learners note down the topics they want to include in their talk. Then they write a brief introduction to their talk, choosing appropriate expressions from 4a and b. • In pairs or groups, learners listen to each other’s introductions. They tell each other what questions they’d like answered in the main body of the talk. • In the Topics boxes of the flowchart, learners make notes of key points. At the top of each box, they write an expression for opening the topic. At the bottom of each box, they write an expression for closing the topic.
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Learners practise their talks in groups. Presentations. Learners get into new groups and listen to each other’s talks. After each talk, they ask questions about any points they didn’t follow or would like to hear about in more detail. Round-up. Ask for one or two volunteers to give their talk to the whole class.
TASK VOCABULARY Organising a talk 4 a / Presentation. Learners look at the expressions in a–f from Adam’s talk and match each with a function 1–3. a 1 b 2 c 3 d 2 e 3 f 2
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Keyword: way Goals: use expressions with way to describe methods and styles of doing things use literal and metaphorical expressions with way meaning route
Possible answers 1 quickest / most efficient / most accurate / most discreet 2 innovative / original (or, with article ‘a’ instead of ‘an’: traditional / practical, etc.) 3 calm / friendly / cheerful / ironic 4 unusual / strange / indirect / self-conscious
Core language: way = method: the best way to, an interesting way of, … way = style: in a different way, in the best way possible, … way = route: be in the way, go out of your way, work your way up, …
way = method 1 a / Reading. Learners read through the quotations together and discuss the questions. Round off the discussion by asking a few pairs/groups to tell the class if there were any quotations they disagreed with. Alternative: Round the room
Books closed. Copy each quotation onto a separate piece of paper and stick the pieces of paper on the door, walls, windows, etc. around the room. In their pairs/groups, learners move round the room, reading each quotation in turn. Finally, learners sit down and tell each other which were their favourite quotations.
b Presentation. Elicit answers to the questions and write them on the board. 1 way to + infinitive; way of -ing form The meaning is the same. 2 there’s no way, a million ways, the best way, a way, lots of ways, only one way, the only way, the easiest way
c Practice. Learners complete questions 3–6 with their own ideas. While learners are writing, monitor closely to make sure that they’re using the correct grammar patterns with way. / Learners ask and answer all the questions. Round-up. Choose one or two of the more interesting questions written by learners and discuss briefly as a class. way = style 2 a / Presentation. Learners use the words to complete the expressions with way in sentences 1–4. Then check as a class. 1 fastest 2 imaginative 3 quiet 4 different Optional extra: Contextualisation
Learners try to remember the context of the four sentences (Who said them? What were they talking about?), then look back at the relevant units to find the sentences and check their answers to 2a. Note that all these sentences are to be found in the recording scripts. 1 Adam the travel writer talking about his work (3.5) 2 Dominika talking about the artificial palm tree in the centre of Warsaw (1.24) 3 Alex talking about his driving instructor (1.19) 4 David talking about Portugal (1.15)
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/ Learners think of more words which could go in each sentence (not necessarily keeping the same meaning) and write them down. Note that sentence 1 requires an adjective in the superlative form. Then compare ideas as a class.
c Practice. Play recording 3.6, pausing between each instruction if necessary. Learners listen and write down names/activities in response to the instructions. Alternative for weaker classes
Ask learners to read the instructions instead of listening to them by looking at script 3.6 on p153.
way = route 3 a Presentation. Write the examples 1 and 2 on the board with in the way underlined. Ask learners: a In which sentence is ‘in the way’ physical, i.e. it refers to a real, physical route? (1) b In which sentence is ‘in the way’ abstract, i.e. it refers to an imaginary route? (2: the way refers to the route to the presidency.) Explain that many expressions with way can have either a physical or an abstract meaning, depending on the context. b / Learners decide which expression in each pair is more physical and which more abstract. Then check as a class. The more physical member of each pair is: 1a 2a 3b 4a
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/ Learners match eight more expressions to the correct groups. Again, go through the answers as a class, writing each expression in the appropriate column.
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Checking your listener understands Am I making any sense? Is that clear? Do you follow me? Do you see?
Expressions for: • checking understanding: Do you get what I mean?, … • elaborating: To be precise, … • asking for clarification/repetition: What do you mean by … ?, …
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Tell learners that there are three points Sergio does not at first understand.
b Reading for main ideas. Learners read the conversation on the page. They check their answers to a and find explanations for all six of the points. / Learners compare their answers, then discuss as a class. 1 Caramel is refrigerated so it hardens and can be hand-dipped in melted chocolate. 2 The special ingredient is a secret. 3 It makes the filling slightly harder, like putty. 4 Putty is the soft substance used to hold glass in windows. 5 The special ingredient liquefies when not in contact with oxygen in the air, i.e. when covered in chocolate. 6 Sugar can make it difficult or impossible to taste other flavours.
3 a Presentation. Divide the board into three columns and copy the group headings onto the board. / Learners read the conversation again and match the highlighted expressions 1–8 with the correct groups. Go through the answers as a class, writing each expression in the appropriate column on the board as you proceed. Checking your listener understands 1 Do you get what I mean? 4 Does that make sense?
Adding more detail 6 To be precise, … 8 What I mean is, …
Asking for clarification or repetition 2 What do you mean by … ? 3 What’s … exactly? 5 When you say …, do you mean …? 7 Sorry, did you say … ?
Adding more details To be more specific, … In fact, …
Asking for clarification or repetition Can you go over that again? Can you run that past me again?
4 a Preparation. Learners choose one of the situations given (or think of their own) and plan what to say. Learners should make notes but should not try to plan out what they want to say in full. Encourage learners to choose expressions for Checking your listener understands and Adding more details to use during their explanations. b Practice. Learners listen to each other’s explanations. Emphasise that it’s the responsibility of both learners to make sure the explanations are understood, the speaker by checking understanding and adding more details, the listener by asking for clarification or repetition whenever necessary. Optional extra: Task repetition
Learners change pairs and practise giving their explanations a second time. Learners’ explanations are likely to be significantly more fluent and coherent, allowing them to focus more attention on making sure their partner is following what they say.
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9 Look again Review VOCABULARY Describing responsibilities 1 a / Learners complete the sentences 1–6 with expressions for describing people’s responsibilities. Explain that different answers are possible. 1 is responsible for / ’s main task is / ’s duties include 2 is accountable to / answers to / reports to 3 is in charge of / manages / oversees / supervises 4 up to 5 task / duty / responsibility 6 duties / responsibilities / tasks
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GRAMMAR Verbs with adverbs and prepositions 1 2 a Learners complete the extracts by adding the words in brackets in the correct place. Remind learners that, with some verbs, the adverb can go in two places. As an example, put extract 1 on the board and ask learners what are the two possible places where over can be added: Please don’t turn over the page until I tell you. / turn the page over / Learners compare their answers, then check as a class. 1 Please don’t turn over the page / turn the page over until I tell you to. 2 NOTE: attach a recent photograph to your completed application … 3 The prime minister has put together a new team / put a new team together … 4 Have you seen Neil today? He’s cut off all his hair! / cut all his hair off! 5 Pour the water into a saucepan. Add the tomatoes, green peppers and garlic. 6 Stacey, will you put the milk in the fridge, please?
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Books closed. Spell out the words in the box, pausing briefly between each letter: A–P–P–… . When learners think they know what the word is, they shout it out: appalled! If they’re correct, write the word up on the board.
3 a Learners complete the questions as they wish by choosing words from the box. b / Learners ask and answer their questions.
Extension SPELLING AND SOUNDS /U/ 4 a / Learners read through the words together and underline the letters in each word which correspond to the sound /U/. Then check as a class, writing the words up on the board and underlining the appropriate parts. cookery, could, fully, goods, guidebook, likelihood, pull, push, should, would
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c Spellcheck. Play recording 3.8. Learners listen to the 12 words and write them down. / They compare their spelling of the 12 words, then look at script 3.8 on p153 to check. NOTICE big and high 5 a / Learners choose the correct adjective, big or high, in each sentence. Compare answers as a class, then find the original sentences in the article The Camera Crew on p72 to check. 1 big 2 big- 3 high
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/ Learners choose big or high to complete the topics 1–6. 1 big 2 high 3 high 4 high 5 big 6 high (‘big’ is possible, but ‘high’ is much more common)
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/ Learners choose topics from 1–6 in b to ask each other about. Demonstrate by asking a few learners Can you tell me about … ? + one of the topics and inviting them to ask you questions in return.
Self-assessment To help focus learners on the self-assessment, you could read it through, giving a few examples of the language they have learned in each section (or asking learners to tell you). Then ask them to circle the numbers on each line.
Unit 9 Extra activities on the Teacher’s DVD-ROM Printable worksheets, activity instructions and answer keys are on your Teacher’s DVD-ROM. 9A A cup of tea 3 Chai (Russia) You’ll need: water loose black tea a traditional (non-electric) kettle
9B Organograms 2 A small manufacturing company
Instructions 1 Fill a large kettle with water and boil very thoroughly, for at least five minutes. 2 Pour a little water into a teapot and swirl the water around to warm the teapot. 3 Pour the water away and dry the inside of the teapot with a cloth. 4 Put five teaspoons of tea leaves into the dry teapot, close and leave for a few seconds. 5 Add just one cup of the boiling water to the tea leaves. Tea (Britain) 6 Wait until all the leaves sink to the bottom of the teapot. You now have a very strong tea You’ll need: concentrate called zavarka. Do not drink this! water loose black tea milk sugar 7 Pour a little zavarka into a glass. a kettle a teapot a tea strainer a tea cosy 8 Add some boiling water from the kettle – about ten parts water to one part zavarka. Instructions 9 Serve with sugar and/or slices of lemon, for guests to add according to taste. 1 Boil water in a kettle. 2 Pour some of the water into a teapot and swirl the water around to warm the teapot. 3 Pour the water away. (Russia) 4 Put loose blackChai tea in the teapot – one teaspoon per person and ‘one for the pot’. 5 Pour boiling water a into the teapot. c e b d f Po cha (Tibet) 6 Cover the pot with a tea cosy to keep warm. Leave for five minutes. You’ll need: 7 Pour the tea into mugs through a tea strainer to catch the leaves. water loose black tea milk butter salt 8 Add milk (not cream) to each mug, either before or after the tea is poured. a large pot a strainer a chandong (a Tibetan churn) 9 Serve with a bowl of sugar, for guests to add according to taste. Instructions 1 Boil five or six cups of water in a pot. 2 Turn down the heat and add one tablespoon of loose black tea. 3 Boil the water again for a couple of Pominutes. cha (Tibet) Tea (Britain) 4 Strain the tea leaves out. a c e b d f 5 Pour the tea into a a chandong. b c e d f
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1 Last year, I decided to make a surprise visit to my great-uncle, who I hadn’t seen for a long time, and who’d lived alone in a big, empty house in the middle of the countryside for many years. There were two ways of getting to the nearest village on public transport – you could take the train or there was a bus – but either way was really slow, so I decided to drive. 2
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Design office (creating Drivers Factory new products, improving workers existing products) Producer (the money!) Director (all creative aspects) Director of photography (DP) (recording images; lighting) Learner B
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Unfortunately, after I’d been walking for an hour or so, the sun went in and I could see dark clouds in the distance. It looked like bad weather was on the way, but what could I do? Just then, I met a local farmer coming the other way, driving a small lorry. ‘It’ll be dark soon,’ he said. ‘Maybe you should go back the way you came.’ 4
When I told him that my car was at least an hour away, he sighed heavily, told me to get into the lorry and took me to a nearby hostel. At the end of our journey, I told him my name and asked him if he knew my great-uncle. For a moment he looked surprised, then he just looked at me in a strange way and laughed. Before I could say anything, he’d driven away.
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At first, everything went well. The weather was fine, and on the way I saw lots of beautiful scenery. But when I was about ten kilometres from the village, I had to stop because a huge tree had fallen in my way. I didn’t want to go back, so I decided to park my car at the edge of the forest and walk the rest of the way to the village.
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The hostel was small, and I was the only guest, but the owners, a married couple, were very friendly and went out of their way to make me comfortable. The next morning, they drew a map to show me the quickest way to get to my great-uncle’s village. I was surprised at how far it was – I hadn’t realised the hostel was so far out of my way. 6
After about an hour of walking, I spotted the village and my great-uncle’s house on top of a hill. As I worked my way up the hill – I’d forgotten how steep it was! – I wondered what he’d think when he saw me. At last, I knocked on the big front door, and, to my surprise, a young woman answered. When I told her who I was and who I was looking for, she frowned in a confused way and said, ‘__________________________________ .’
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Activity type: Reading and speaking – Completing descriptions – Groups Aim: To practise describing a process Language: Organising a description – Use at any point from 9.1. Preparation: Make one copy each of Worksheets 1–3 for every three learners. Time: 25 minutes
Activity type: Writing and reading – Drawing game – Individuals/Pairs Aim: To practise describing hierarchies and responsibilities Language: Describing responsibilities – Use at any point from 9.2. Preparation: Make one copy of Worksheet 1 for each learner. Make one copy of Worksheet 2 for each pair of learners. Cut up Worksheet 2 to make two organograms. Time: 30 minutes
Activity type: Reading, speaking and listening – Story-telling – Pairs / Whole class Aim: To practise using expressions with way in a narrative context Language: Expressions with way – Use at any point from Keyword: way, p75. Preparation: Make a copy of the worksheet for each learner. Time: 45 minutes
Unit 9 Self-study Pack In the Workbook Unit 9 of the English Unlimited Upper Intermediate Workbook offers additional ways to practise the vocabulary and grammar taught in the Coursebook. There are also activities which build reading and writing skills and two whole pages of listening and speaking tasks to use with the Documentary video, giving your learners the opportunity to hear and react to authentic spoken English. • Vocabulary: Organising a description; Describing responsibilities; Describing roles; Organising a talk • Grammar: Verbs with adverbs and prepositions 1 • Explore writing: A handover note • Documentary: The human rights lawyer
On the DVD-ROM Unit 9 of the English Unlimited Upper Intermediate Self-study DVD-ROM contains interactive games and activities for your learners to practise and improve their vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation, and also their speaking and listening, with the possibility for learners to record themselves, and a video of authentic spoken English to use with the Workbook. • Vocabulary and grammar: Extra practice activities • Pronunciation: Stress in multi-word verbs • Explore speaking: Answering Yes/No questions without using Yes or No • Listening: A future career? • Video: Documentary – The human rights lawyer
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You could use photocopiable activity 10A on the Teacher’s DVD-ROM at this point.
Learners look at the pictures at the beginning of the unit again and talk about them. They can include some of the ideas they came up with in 1, but they use the new expressions from 2a.
To give learners more to talk about in 3, bring in various pictures (e.g. from the Internet) of machines used in exploration of the Earth and space to add to the four at the beginning of the unit. For instance, pictures of a volcano robot (Dante, Dante II), a weather balloon, an oil or rock drill, a satellite, a radio telescope and so on. Learners discuss what they think people are trying to find, or find out, with each of the machines.
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/ Responding to the text. Learners discuss the questions together. Round-up. Afterwards, ask a few what they discussed and see if there’s a general consensus.
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/ Learners discuss what they think the difference is between the expressions within each pair. After a while, ask for their ideas. If more clarification is needed, you can use these dictionary definitions.
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1 It’s difficult to explore because of the darkness and pressure. That makes ocean research very expensive. Governments tend to spend the money on space exploration instead of ocean exploration. 2 To find evidence of other life forms, to help us look at the Earth with a global perspective, to understand the history of the universe 3 To find new species (including mysterious huge ones), to search for clues to the origin of life, to get new sources of food, drugs and energy
Frontiers VOCABULARY Exploration and discovery 1 / Learners look at the four pictures, read the captions, then discuss what they think people are trying to find, or find out, by using each of the machines. Elicit a few of their ideas afterwards. 2 a / Learners look at the pairs of highlighted expressions and match each one with the most likely ending.
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Reading for detail. As the article is largely an opinion piece, learners focus on identifying what the writer, Frank Pope, thinks.
Core language: VOCABULARY VOCABULARY PRONUNCIATION
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PRONUNCIATION Stress in compounds 3 a Play recording 3.9 while learners listen and underline which word in each compound has the main stress. space probes, the deep ocean, nuclear power, power stations
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/ Based on what they underlined in a, learners answer the two questions. 1 the first
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2 the second
/ Learners decide where the main stress goes in four more compounds.
d Play recording 3.10 so learners can check their answers.
All of them are, or have been, a problem except for tree planting. Farming: Farmers are more worried about paying their bills than conservation and pandas. Lu Zhi implies they’re destroying the pandas’ environment to get more farming land. Government policies: It’s hard to change government attitude and behaviour. Local government worries about jobs and education. Lu Zhi implies it is more concerned about people than pandas and conservation. Logging: They cut down trees and destroy the pandas’ environment. Tree planting: Logging companies have begun to plant trees, benefiting the panda. Road building: It destroys the pandas’ environment. Tourism: It’s increasing, so more roads and facilities are needed for tourists. This causes more habitat destruction. Lu Zhi implies that more tourists will go to see the pandas, which may disturb their lives – unless the nature of tourism changes.
heart disease, global warming, climate change, alternative energy
Then they practise saying all eight compounds, using the correct stress. Learners will have the chance to practise this feature of pronunciation in the Speaking task that follows. At this stage, they may want to check the sentences they wrote in 2 for compounds and make sure they know how to stress them correctly. SPEAKING 4 Put learners into new pairs, that is, with different partners from the one they worked with in 2 above. Each learner says which four things they chose in 2 and explains their choices. Then, as a pair, they make a final list of the four most important things for the human race to do in the next 50 years. Round-up. Each pair tells the class the four things they chose and explains why they chose them. As a class, identify which are the top two or three most popular choices.
3 Reading for detail. Learners read the article again and answer 1–3. 1 She liked field work and wanted to work outside of a lab. The more she learned about pandas, the more she wanted to help them. 2 She thinks you have to understand people’s feelings and the situations they’re in. That helps you come up with solutions. Complaining and scolding doesn’t work. 3 She saw how her professor convinced the government to create a new reserve. After that, the government stopped commercial logging in western China and gave the loggers money to plant trees. She realised things can change.
You could use photocopiable activity 10B on the Teacher’s DVD-ROM at this point.
10.2 Goals: describe important issues and priorities talk about dedicated people and their achievements Core language: GRAMMAR VOCABULARY
Using the -ing form Achievements
Priorities READING 1 / Learners look at the photo of the panda (you can bring in more if you wish) and get them to discuss in groups what words and ideas they associate with that animal, e.g. endangered, cute, eats bamboo, lives in China. Find out their ideas after a while and get them to explain them. 2 a / Prediction. Learners discuss which of the listed things they think are, or have been, a problem for the panda and in what way. b Reading for main idea. Learners read the interview, check their ideas from a and note down what Lu Zhi says or implies about each of the topics.
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/ Responding to the text. Learners discuss the questions. Round-up. Afterwards, find out if they agree with each other and if not, what their reasons are. GRAMMAR Using the -ing form 5 / This is revision and consolidation of the main uses of the -ing form. Learners read the information about the different uses of the -ing form and match each use to a highlighted word 1–6 in Lu Zhi’s interview. a 3 b 2 c 1 d 6 e 5 f 4
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Practice, Preparation for discussion. Learners work alone and complete the sentences with their own ideas. The context is different kinds of issues and priorities. Encourage them to use -ing forms where possible. The sentences will be used as the basis for 7.
Note: Grammar practice
You could do the grammar practice on p138 at this point.
SPEAKING 7 Discussion. Learners read their sentences to each other. Encourage them to just glance at the sentences and say them to each other if possible. They compare their ideas and find out how similar, or different, they are. Round-up. Get someone from each group to summarise the main similarities, and another person from each group to summarise the main differences about priorities in their group. The other groups can listen and ask questions to find out more.
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Life’s work VOCABULARY Achievements 1 / Learners complete the highlighted expressions in the sentences with the words in the box. 1 top 2 made 3 won 4 dedicated 5 used 6 faced 7 changed 8 worked 9 showed 10 greatest
Get learners to identify which expressions are used in the present perfect to summarise various achievements in her life (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7). 2 Practice, Preparation for discussion. Each learner thinks of someone they feel is very dedicated and has achieved a lot. They can get ideas from the four prompts. Once they’ve chosen someone, they gather their ideas and write four or five sentences describing the person’s most important achievements. They choose expressions from 1 that suit their description. These sentences form the basis for discussion in 3. Monitor and correct their sentences before the Speaking. SPEAKING 3 Learners tell each other about the people they chose. The others listen and ask questions to find out more. Afterwards, they decide together what they think each person’s greatest accomplishment was. Then they decide who has probably had the biggest impact on people’s lives today, and explain why. Round-up. Each group reports to the class the results of their discussion and explains their decisions. Alternative
The Speaking task 3 can be done as a mingle, where learners move freely around the class and tell each other about the people they chose. When they sit down, get a few to tell you about one of the people they heard about. Optional extra
As homework, learners can write a small paragraph about the person they chose, in order to get further written practice of the expressions in 1. They may wish to do a little research on the Internet and include a few more details in their paragraph. You could use photocopiable activity 10C on the Teacher’s DVD-ROM at this point.
10.3 Target activity Goals: talk about exploration and discovery talk about dedicated people and their achievements summarise information from different sources Core language: TASK VOCABULARY Giving and comparing sources 10.1 VOCABULARY Exploration and discovery 10.2 VOCABULARY Achievements
Choose a subject for a documentary TASK LISTENING 1 / Learners look at the pictures and share information and ideas. The main objective here is to
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give them a chance to contribute information if they know something and to raise awareness of and interest in the people. 2 Listening for main idea. Play recording 3.11 while learners number the four places in the order Leif Eriksson visited them. Labrador 3
Baffin Island 2
Vinland 4
Norway 1
3 Listening for detail. Give learners a chance to read the six questions. Then play recording 3.11 again while they note down their answers. 1 Around 970 or 975 2 He was blown there by a storm OR he followed the route of an earlier explorer and arrived there. 3 35 4 Very pleasant, with a mild climate, green grass, wild grapes, rivers, salmon 5 About 1020 6 The northern tip of Newfoundland in Canada
TASK VOCABULARY Giving and comparing sources 4 / Learners find an expression in the box that has a similar meaning to each underlined expression in sentences 1–7. They then read script 3.11 on p153 to check their answers. 1 who you ask 2 According to 3 claim 4 mentions 5 make no mention of 6 are in agreement 7 vary Optional extra
At this point, learners can take turns testing each other on the expressions in A/B pairs. Learner A reads sentences 1–7 and B gives the replacement expressions: A Depending on where you look, he was born around 970 or 975. B Depending on who you ask, he was born around 970 or 975. After A has read all seven sentences, B reads the sentences with the expressions in the box and A gives the original expressions: B Depending on who you ask, he was … A Depending on where you look, he was …
TASK 5 a Reading. Explain to learners that they are going to research the other three explorers in the pictures in order to decide which one would make the best subject for a TV documentary: Uemura, Tereshkova or Villas Boas. Divide learners into groups of three and give each learner within each group a letter: A, B or C. Each learner reads their two respective articles about their explorer and makes notes of key points and facts. They should also make notes of any differences in facts, or new details, in the articles. b Preparation for summaries and discussion. Each learner plans how to summarise the main points of their article to their group. They should choose expressions from 4 and they can also use expressions from earlier in the unit: VOCABULARY Exploration and discovery and VOCABULARY Achievements. c Summaries and discussion. In their groups, learners A–C take turns giving summaries of their articles to the other group members. When they’ve
finished, they discuss which one of the three would make the best subject for a TV documentary, make a decision and justify their choice. 6 Each group reports which explorer they decided on, and explains why they chose him or her. Round-up. Find out which was the most popular choice for the documentary. Find out which facts learners felt were most interesting about each of the three explorers.
10 Explore Across cultures: Rights and obligations Goal:
to make learners aware of various rights and obligations in different cultures
Core language: Rights and obligations: have the right to; are obliged to; are expected to; are free to; is our duty to; have the option of; is compulsory to; have the freedom to
LISTENING 1 / Listening for main idea. To introduce the topic, write on the board a right and an obligation. Ask learners to discuss the difference in meaning. Elicit their ideas. If more clarification is needed, you can use these dictionary definitions. right: something that the law allows you to do obligation: something that you do because it is your duty or because you feel you have to
Get learners to look at the pictures and read the captions. Give them time to read the two questions. Then play recording 3.12. 1 Gavin: the right to roam (in England) Hikari: taking care of her apartment building (in Japan) Ryan: voting (in Australia) 2 a Hikari, Ryan b Gavin
2 Listening for detail. Give learners the chance to read the nine questions. Then play recording 3.12 again. The answers are in the same order as the recording. 1 Hikers and walkers can walk on public or privately owned land in the countryside. 2 In people’s gardens or special hunting and fishing areas 3 Close all gates carefully, don’t drop litter, don’t disturb the animals, don’t damage plants. 4 The grounds and pavements around the building and the children’s play area in the back 5 Various common expenses, like stair lights 6 It’s not much trouble, it gives them a chance to chat. 7 About 95% of registered voters 8 You have to explain why not. If your explanation is not good, you may have to pay a small fine. 9 Because election results reflect the wishes of almost everyone, not just a few.
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/ Responding to the text. Learners give their opinions about what the three people said. Get class feedback afterwards to find out what they think. Are the three situations different from what happens in their own country?
VOCABULARY Rights and obligations 4 / Learners sort the expressions from the recording into two groups. rights: 1, 4, 6, 8 obligations: 2, 3, 5, 7
All the expressions are followed by an infinitive without to except for have the option of, which is followed by an -ing form. 5 Practice, Preparation for discussion. Each learner, working alone, chooses four or five of the topics in the list and plans how to answer the questions about them. Encourage them to make notes, choosing useful expressions from 4 for each topic. SPEAKING 6 a Discussion. In groups, learners discuss and compare their ideas from 5. b Learners reflect on how seriously people take these rights and obligations. For instance, people nowadays may be more relaxed about fulfilling certain obligations compared with their parents’ or grandparents’ generation. 7 Learners add information on rights and obligations in other countries or cultures, based on experience or general knowledge.
Explore writing Goal:
write a summary of a text
Note
Learners did a spoken summary in Target activity 10.3, Task 5 on page 82. This is its counterpart, a more concise written summary.
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/ To introduce the topic, learners read the short paragraph about SETI and discuss the questions. 2 a / Prediction. Learners discuss together how a director of the SETI Institute might answer the two questions. b Reading for main idea. Learners quickly read the interview to find the answers to the questions in a. 1 First, make sure it isn’t a hoax by getting an independent confirmation. Then tell the world. 2 Not immediately. First there has to be global consensus about what to say.
3 a Reading for detail. Learners read both summaries. They also read the main article again in detail to check whether the summaries have picked up the main points. They answer the questions. Version B. It’s clear and easy to understand. It presents the main points. It has good linking expressions (‘first’, ‘then’, ‘however’).
b / Learners go through points 1–6 and check whether the summaries in a match or fail to match each point.
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Summary A doesn’t meet any of the points except 3. – It’s not easy to understand for someone who hasn’t read the original. For example, the relationship between the first and second sentences isn’t clear, and it doesn’t use many linking expressions. – It includes unnecessary details (e.g. ‘because the signal isn’t only being sent to California’, ‘some people have a fear of the unknown’), as well as unnecessary words and expressions (‘some kind of’). – It copies words from the original, e.g. most of the first two sentences. There’s an incomplete sentence (‘typical of our twenty-first century world’). Summary B meets all the requirements. It’s easy to understand, even for someone who hasn’t read the original article, includes the main points and doesn’t include unnecessary details or personal opinions. It’s written mostly in the person’s own words and in complete sentences.
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GRAMMAR Uses of the -ing form 2 a Learners read the paragraph. They find nine words that should be -ing forms but aren’t (they’re mistakes) and correct them. Then they compare their answers with a partner. Today, only about 1,600 giant pandas are still living in the wild in central China. Farming, logging and other changes have driven them out of the lowlands where they once lived. Giant pandas weigh up to 115kg and can be almost a metre high at the shoulder. Although people think these slow-moving, black and white animals are charming, they can be dangerous. Pandas usually eat while sitting up. Their large teeth and strong jaws are perfect for crushing the tough bamboo stems. To get enough nutrition, pandas must eat between 9 and 18kg of bamboo every day. This means that more than half their day involves searching for food and eating.
Alternative for weaker classes
Do the first point together as a class. Ask them which summary is easy to understand and why. Then allow them to continue on their own.
4 a Preparation for writing. Learners work alone and reread the article Forget space travel. The ocean is our final frontier on pp78–9. Since they’ve read it before, they should be familiar with the content and vocabulary. Learners make notes of the main points in the article, then compare their ideas with a partner. At this point, they can eliminate points or words that are not necessary and add ones that are. Monitor and make sure they’ve identified most of the main points. Get them to think of how to express the main points in their own words. b Writing. Learners write a summary of the article in about 100 words. Alternative
Learners write their summaries at home and bring them in the next day for 5.
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Learners exchange summaries with a partner and read them, checking they’ve followed the points in 3b. If they feel a little more work is needed, they discuss those points and improve their summaries together. 6 Finally, they compare their summaries with an example summary on p121 to see whether they included the same points. Note that this is an example summary, meaning that learners can create a summary that is worded a bit differently but picks up roughly the same points. It doesn’t have to be exactly the same.
Each group reports to the class the three most interesting answers from the group.
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/ Learners recall the different uses of the -ing form they learned in this unit. After a few minutes, they can check on p81. They then match the (corrected) -ing forms in the paragraph in a with the uses of the -ing form on p81. living: part of a progressive verb form (‘are living’) farming, logging: as the subject in a sentence slow-moving, charming: as adjectives sitting: after a time linker (‘while’) crushing: after prepositions (‘for’, ‘to’) searching, eating: after certain verbs (‘involve’)
CAN YOU REMEMBER? Unit 9 – Describing roles 3 a / Learners read the paragraph about Martine and complete the highlighted expressions with the words in the box. 1 as 2 of 3 as 4 in 5 to 6 for 7 of 8 of
b Writing. Learners write a paragraph similar to the one in a about someone they know or know about (e.g. a famous person). They choose expressions from a which suit their topic. Optional extra
Learners read each other’s paragraphs in pairs and ask questions to find out more. Then they get into new pairs and tell their new partner what their first partner’s paragraph said.
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Extension
Review
SPELLING AND SOUNDS /eI/ 4 a / Learners underline the letters that make an /eI/ sound.
VOCABULARY Exploration and discovery 1 a / Learners complete the underlined words with vowels. 1 done research into 2 exploring 3 searched for 4 locate 5 discovered 6 reached
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Learners ask and answer the six questions. Encourage them to ask follow-up questions.
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alien, complain, obey, failure, they, yesterday, exploration, runway
b / Learners match each word in a with the spelling patterns 1–3.
1 alien 2 complain, failure, exploration 3 obey, they, yesterday, runway
c / Learners complete the spelling, then check in a dictionary. Alternatively, you can elicit the spelling and write the words on the board. ancient, available, education, survey, break, faithful, aid, neighbour, ashtray, brain, essay, railway Optional extra
In pairs, learners take turns to test each other’s spelling of the words in 4a and 4c.
NOTICE Adjectives with something, anybody, etc. 5 a / Learners read the sentence and complete the explanation. They then brainstorm more words like something and anybody. 1 before; after 2 Answers can include: anything, nothing, somebody, nobody, someone, anyone, no one, somewhere, anywhere, nowhere, someplace Language note
The usual spelling of no one is two words with no hyphen.
b Learners change the underlined words in questions 1–3 to extend the total number of questions to six. Possible answers 1 somewhere cheap but good to eat, somewhere fun to visit nearby, somewhere relaxing to be in … 2 somebody interesting to talk to, somebody fascinating to know, somebody knowledgeable about computers 3 something useful to remember when travelling, something funny you heard recently, something important you discovered when learning another language
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/ Learners ask and answer questions 1–3, as well as the three new ones they made.
Self-assessment To help focus learners on the self-assessment, read it through and get learners to give you a few examples of the language they have learned in each section. Give an example to start them off if necessary. Then learners circle the numbers on each line.
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Unit 10 Extra activities on the Teacher’s DVD-ROM Printable worksheets, activity instructions and answer keys are on your Teacher’s DVD-ROM. 10B What’s the benefit?
10A Important ‘firsts’ 2 What did scientists explore / find evidence of in East Africa in the 1970s? a The earliest humans b Dinosaurs c Mammoths (ancient elephants)
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To me, it’s essential for my well-being. I think everyone should have somewhere to think quietly, feel relaxed and keep all their favourite things in.
3 He was the greatest traveller of his age, covering more than 120,000 km between 1325 and 1354 and exploring / scanning parts of Iraq, Iran, Turkey, India, South-East Asia, China, North and West Africa and Eastern Europe, among other places. Who was he? a Prince Henry of Portugal b Marco Polo of the Venetian Republic c Ibn Battuta of Morocco 4 In the 1500s, Admiral Yi Sun-Shin of Korea located / created warships that were covered in iron plates and had spikes on the roof and dragon figureheads that blew out smoke. What were these ships called? a Dragon ships b Turtle ships c Iron ships
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5 What did German physiologist Adolf Fick do research into / detect and finally create in 1888? a The first contact lens b The first set of false teeth c The first bendable artificial leg 6 This person noticed that tram drivers had to look out of their windows in order to see in stormy weather and invented / found evidence of the windscreen wiper in November 1903. Who was it? a Henry Ford, USA b Mary Anderson, USA c Karl Benz, Germany 7 William Speirs Bruce searched for / established the first permanent scientific station in Antarctica during his expedition of 1902–1904. What kind of station was it? a A weather station b A marine research station c A station for astronomical observation
10 What fibre did Polish-American chemist Stephanie Kwolek search for / discover in 1965? It’s five times stronger than steel and is used in body armour, skis, tyres, musical instruments and cables. a Glass fibre b Teflon c Kevlar 11 What international scientific project was founded to find evidence of / map all human genes? a The International Gene Project b The DNA Research Project c The Human Genome Project 12 In 2007, what did a team of Brazilian researchers locate / scan in southern Peru that they claim makes the Amazon River the longest in the world? a A huge waterfall on the river b A new source of the river c An underground lake English Unlimited Upper Intermediate Teacher’s Pack
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10A Important ‘firsts’ Activity type: Speaking – Quiz – Pairs / Groups / Whole class Aim: To complete and take part in a quiz on exploration, discovery and invention Language: Exploration and discovery – Use at any point from 10.1. Preparation: Make one copy of the worksheet for every pair. Time: 35 minutes
I think they’re absolutely crucial for children’s social development. Otherwise, they’ll have a hard time learning how to work with, understand and get along with others.
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We love it because it allows us to get away from things as a family and breathe fresh air and get exercise and that kind of thing.
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It’s really been of benefit to us as a family, because skilled workers charge a lot of money. Not only that, but it’s given me a huge sense of achievement. Once you understand how things work, you can do almost anything!
Although some people avoid it, I think overall it has a positive effect on us. I mean, if we didn’t have it, how would we get through a long working day?
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It’s been a great project for me, because it has enabled me to understand where I come from and taught me a lot about how people used to live, what their customs and entertainments were, what jobs they did and so on. I hope to go on doing it for years to come.
It’s vital for our future security to do this. If we don’t, who on earth can we depend on? The government can’t take care of everyone.
What I enjoy the most is that I get lots of new ideas from them. I know this sounds funny, but they give me the ability to experience other worlds, other possibilities, other lives.
8 In 1930, what did American scientist Clyde Tombaugh find while scanning / detecting the skies? a Halley’s Comet b A possible UFO c Pluto 9 What was Russian spacecraft Luna 2, launched in September 1959, the first spacecraft to reach / find evidence of? a The Moon’s surface b The Mir Space Station c Phobos, one of the moons of Mars
It’s great, because it benefits others and stops me from thinking about myself too much.
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10 I do one every day because I find it improves my mental skills and memory. Also, it’s fun.
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10B What’s the benefit? Activity type: Reading and speaking – Discussing benefits – Individuals/ Mingle Aim: To talk about how important certain aspects of life are to you, and why Language: Describing benefits – Use at any point from 10.1. Preparation: Make one copy of the worksheet for each learner. Time: 30 minutes
10C Some thoughts ✂
1 When you’re feeling exhausted, the best thing is to
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1 Where was the wheel first detected / invented around 3500 BC? a Near Cairo, Egypt b In central China c In Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq)
relax on the sofa and watch a film.
2 If you’re angry with someone and want to calm down, try
breathing deeply ten times before speaking.
3 A good way of setting people at their ease is to
tell a few jokes.
4 You can make a good impression on people by
showing interest in what they say or think.
5 It’s always worthwhile to devote time to
maintaining your friendships.
6 It’s not easy, but it’s extremely rewarding to
raise children.
7 It’s not worth worrying about
tomorrow. Live for today.
8 Ideally, people should avoid 9 Before starting university, every student should
overspending and try to live within their means. get a bit of work experience.
10 Some good advice to a person starting their first job is
‘have confidence and be calm when you find yourself in new situations’.
11 If you want to help others, you might consider
sharing your skills or knowledge at a local school or community centre.
12 The biggest challenge we face today is
creating and maintaining world peace.
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10C Some thoughts Activity type: Writing and speaking – Matching and summarising – Pairs/ Mingle Aim: To write and talk about ‘thoughts for the day’ using the -ing form Language: Using the -ing form – Use at any point from 10.2. Preparation: Make one copy of the worksheet for every pair. Cut up the worksheet to make a set of 24 cards. Mix up all the cards in each set thoroughly. Make an extra copy of the worksheet to use as an answer key. Time: 35 minutes
Unit 10 Self-study Pack In the Workbook Unit 10 of the English Unlimited Upper Intermediate Workbook offers additional ways to practise the vocabulary and grammar taught in the Coursebook. There are also activities which build reading and writing skills and a whole page of listening and speaking tasks to use with the Interview video, giving your learners the opportunity to hear and react to authentic spoken English. • Vocabulary: Exploration and discovery; Describing benefits; Achievements; Giving and comparing sources; Rights and obligations • Grammar: Using the -ing form • Explore reading: Article: Space exploration volunteers wanted • Interview: Environmental issues – Liu and Adriana
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On the DVD-ROM Unit 10 of the English Unlimited Upper Intermediate Self-study DVD-ROM contains interactive games and activities for your learners to practise and improve their vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation, and also their speaking and listening, with the possibility for learners to record themselves, and a video of authentic spoken English to use with the Workbook. • Vocabulary and grammar: Extra practice activities • Pronunciation: Stress in compounds • Explore speaking: anyway • Listening: Dedicated people and their achievements • Video: Environmental issues
11 Questions, questions 11.1
1 Andie says a. ‘Handle’ simply means ‘deal with’ or ‘work with’. ‘Manipulate’ suggests controlling people’s behaviour in a way which is dishonest or immoral. 2 Andie says a. If you ‘get the best out of’ people, you make them behave or perform in the best way possible. If you ‘bring out the worst in’ people, you make them behave badly. Also, ‘get the best out of’ suggests a skill which you can use deliberately, while ‘bring out the worst in’ describes an unconscious effect on other people. 3 Andie says b. ‘Put people on edge’ = ‘make people nervous’; ‘put people at ease’ = ‘make them relaxed’ 4 Andie says a. ‘Clam up’ = ‘stop talking because you are nervous or afraid’
Goals: describe people skills carry out an interview Core language: VOCABULARY VOCABULARY PRONUNCIATION
Expressions with people Interviewing Prominent words 2
Interview with an interviewer LISTENING 1 / Learners discuss the four questions about interviewers in the media. Alternative for monolingual classes
Discuss question 1 as a class and elicit a list of interviewers onto the board. Then put learners in pairs or groups to discuss the remaining three questions.
To round off the discussion, ask some pairs or groups to tell the class their opinions about question 4 (What makes a good interviewer?). 2 a / Prediction. Draw learners’ attention to the photograph of Andie and Antonia and read through the caption. Then give learners time to read through the questions 1–7 and discuss what the answers could be. b Listening for detail. Play recording 3.13. Learners listen and make notes on the answers to the questions. 1 2 3 4
His family were against the idea. He knows how to deal with people. A wide variety, e.g. politicians, listeners, health experts He’s interested in people and their opinions. He’s also interested in current affairs and politics. He enjoys the variety of his work. 5 He does almost no preparation. He quickly decides on an opening question. 6 He simply carries on. He doesn’t give up. 7 He doesn’t have much to do with the actual interview, but may sometimes suggest questions.
3 a Listening for detail. Give learners time to compare their notes in pairs or groups. Then play recording 3.13 again. Learners check their notes and add as much detail as they can. b Learners look at script 3.13 on p154 to check their notes and read any parts of the interview which they found difficult to follow. Monitor closely during this stage and be ready to answer any queries learners may have about the content of the interview. 4 / Discussion. Learners discuss the two questions. Round-up. Identify one or two learners who think they know someone who would make a really good radio interviewer and ask them to tell the class about it. VOCABULARY Expressions with people 5 / Presentation. Learners decide whether Andie said a) or b) in each pair of expressions, and discuss how each pair differs in meaning.
Optional extra
Tell the class about people from your own experience (people you know, people you used to know, people you’ve met), each with a different attribute from 5. For each person, write a simple sentence on the board using an expression from 5: • I used to have a boss who was very good at manipulating people. • My old chemistry teacher really knew how to get the best out of us. Working alone, learners write similar sentences about people from their lives. Then they listen to each other’s sentences in pairs or groups and ask questions to find out more about the people and their attributes.
SPEAKING 6 a Discussion. Learners decide on a list of three or four professions where good people skills are required. They talk about exactly what kind of people skills are required in each case. Encourage them to choose appropriate expressions from 5. b Put pairs together to make groups of four. Learners tell each other about their ideas from a. Alternative for smaller classes
Instead of making groups of four, ask learners to get into new pairs and tell each other about the discussion they had with their previous partner.
Is that right? VOCABULARY Interviewing 1 a Presentation. Write items a–d on the board. As a class, look at the highlighted expressions in the four speech bubbles. Elicit which expressions 1–4 belong under which headings and write them on the board. a1
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/ Learners look at expressions 5–12 and match them with the headings a–d. Then check as a class. Elicit which expressions belong under which headings and write them on the board. a 5, 11
b 6, 12
c 7, 9
d 8, 10
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Language note
Draw learners’ attention to the two useful discourse patterns which are exemplified by the speech bubbles in 1b: • pick up something said earlier then ask for more detail • give a summary or interpretation then check that it’s true.
2 a Practice. Learners choose one of the topics from the list (or a topic of their own) and prepare to talk about it briefly (for no more than a couple of minutes). They may make notes if they wish, but should not write out what they are going to say in full. b Learners listen to each other and use expressions from 1 to develop conversations. Demonstrate this by choosing one of your more confident learners and having a conversation with them on their chosen topic in front of the class. PRONUNCIATION Prominent words 2 3 a Review. Play recording 3.14. Learners listen while reading the sentences, and repeat. Point out how: • the speaker uses groups of words (introduced in Units 5 and 6) to make her speech easier to follow; • she chooses one key word in each group of words to have prominence (introduced in Unit 8). b Practice. Learners look at the other three speech bubbles in 1b and decide how they would divide the speech into groups of words and where they would use prominence. Emphasise that there are no strictly right or wrong answers; the important thing is to make groups of words which belong together logically and give prominence to key words so that your message is easier for people to understand. Possible answers // You SEEM to be saying // that it’s best NOT to plan too much. // Have I got that RIGHT? // // BAsically, // the producer ISn’t very involved in the interview. // Am I RIGHT? // // You said something about being offered a JOB // on pirate RAdio. // Tell me MORE about that. //
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Put pairs together to make groups of four, or put learners into new pairs, to compare the ways in which they’ve used groups of words and prominence.
SPEAKING 4 a Preparation for interview. Tell learners they’re going to be interviewed, but that they will be able to choose what topic they’re interviewed about and what kinds of question they’ll be asked. On a piece of paper, learners write down their chosen topic and three questions they’d like to be asked. b Learners then exchange papers with a partner and add two more questions: one to open the interview and one other. 5 Interview. Learners number the questions in the (provisional) order they’d like to ask them. They interview each other about their chosen topics, using the questions on their papers as starting points and using expressions from 1 to develop the interview, clarify points, get more details, etc.
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Round-up. Learners get into new pairs and report on the interviews they’ve just carried out: what did they learn, and do they think they got the best out of their interviewee? You could use photocopiable activity 11A on the Teacher’s DVD-ROM at this point.
11.2 Goal:
report what people say
Core language: VOCABULARY GRAMMAR
Reporting verbs Patterns after verbs
Unusual behaviour READING 1 a / Pre-reading discussion. Learners imagine they’re giving advice to someone attending their firstever job interview and make a list of ‘dos and don’ts’. b Elicit each pair/group’s ideas and write them on the board to make a class list of ‘dos and don’ts’. As you elicit each point, invite learners to say whether or not they agree with it. If they disagree, ask them to suggest how it should be changed. 2 / Prediction. Ask learners to cover the main part of the article. Learners read the introduction only, then guess what kinds of ‘unusual behaviour’ might be described in the rest of the article. Ask a few pairs/groups to tell the class about their ideas. 3 Reading for main ideas. Learners read the rest of the article. They decide which one (or two or three) of the examples of unusual behaviour they find most difficult to believe. / Learners compare their ideas. 4 a Reading for interpretation. Learners read again and decide which of the applicants (if any) they would describe in the ways listed. b / Learners compare their ideas. Round-up. Read out the suggested answers below, explaining that these represent just one possible way of interpreting the article. Learners listen and say whether or not they agree, and why. Suggested answers desperate to get the job: 7, 8, 9, 10 over-confident: 1, 2, 5, 15 aggressive: 1, 4, 5, 9
SPEAKING 5 / Discussion. Learners discuss the four questions.
Alternative: Mingle and report activity
Divide the class into four groups. Learners move around the class and ask each other questions, learners from group 1 asking question 1, learners from group 2 asking question 2, etc. Then learners sit down with the other people from their group and compare answers. Finally, ask each group to report briefly to the class on the most interesting facts or opinions they heard.
He challenged me to … VOCABULARY Reporting verbs 1 / Presentation. Learners choose verbs from the box to replace the underlined parts of the sentences (= focus on meaning), making changes to the forms of the sentences as necessary (= focus on form). Then they check their answers by looking back in the article and finding the original sentences. 3 She complained (that) she hadn’t had lunch. 4 He promised to have the corporate logo tattooed on his forearm. 5 The therapist advised him to ignore the question I’d just asked. 6 She refused to get out of the chair. 7 She threatened to stay in my office until I hired her. 8 He apologised for the interruption. 9 A candidate thanked me for seeing him. 10 He admitted (that) he didn’t want a job.
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Memorisation. Learner A (book open) says one of the original sentences in 1. Learner B (book closed) gives the equivalent sentence using a verb from the box. Then they swap roles.
GRAMMAR Patterns after verbs 3 / Presentation. Learners read the information in the box. Emphasise that there are no simple rules governing verb patterns, so the patterns associated with each verb simply have to be learned. Two good ways of doing this are: 1) getting into the habit of noticing patterns in things you read (or perhaps hear); 2) checking patterns in dictionaries, particularly when writing. Learners match the sentences they wrote in 1 with the six patterns a–f. a 1, 3, 7 b – c 4, 5 d – e 6 f 2
4 a Learner training. As a class, look at the dictionary entry together and find two more patterns with admit. 1 admit + doing something 2 admit + to + doing something
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/ Learners choose three more verbs from 1. For each verb, they suggest possible patterns, making an example sentence to show each pattern. c Provide learner dictionaries so learners can check their ideas, or invite learners to ask you about any patterns they’re not sure of.
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Practice. Learners choose four stems to complete with their own ideas to make questions for the other people in the class. Monitor closely to ensure that learners are using correct verb patterns. b Learners get into new pairs and ask each other their questions. Note: Grammar practice
You could do the grammar practice on p138 at this point.
SPEAKING 6 a Preparation for anecdotes. Learners prepare to talk about three or four experiences, using the list of situations and the four prompts to guide them. Learners may make notes if they wish, but should not write out their anecdotes in full. Encourage learners to use reporting verbs where possible. b Anecdotes. Learners listen to each other’s anecdotes and decide which is the most interesting. Round-up. The class listens to the most interesting anecdote from each group. You could use photocopiable activity 11B on the Teacher’s DVD-ROM at this point.
11.3 Target activity Goals: carry out an interview report what people say give statistics Core language: TASK VOCABULARY Giving statistics 11.1 VOCABULARY Interviewing 11.2 GRAMMAR Patterns after verbs
Carry out a survey TASK LISTENING 1 Look at the picture of Vicki and read through the caption with the class. / Learners look at the summary of Vicki’s survey and work out what kinds of people she spoke to, and what questions she asked. Then check as a class. Vicki spoke to two main groups of people: people who live locally, and office workers. Possible questions she asked: • (local people) Where do you buy bread? How often do you need cakes for special occasions? • (office workers) Where do you get your lunch? If you don’t get your lunch from us, why not? If we had a lunch delivery service, would you be interested in using it?
2 Listening for main points. Play recording 3.15. Learners listen and put the topics a–e in the order Vicki discusses them. c, b, e, d, a
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3 Listening for details. Play recording 3.15 again. Learners listen and complete the missing information 1–6 in the survey summary. 1 150 2 cheaper 3 two 4 two 5 ten 6 ten
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/ Responding to the text. Learners discuss what Vicki and her colleagues should do next. Round-up. Learners discuss and compare their ideas as a class. TASK VOCABULARY Giving statistics 5 a / Presentation: modifiers, proportions. Learners look at the ten expressions in the box. They decide which five could go in sentence 1, and which five could go in sentence 2. 1 about, almost, exactly, just under, nearly 2 all, almost none, half, most, none Language notes
• The expressions in sentence 1 are for modifying numbers: 150 → almost 150, just over 150, etc. • The expressions in sentence 2 are for describing proportions: nearly all of them, half of them, etc. • You can say almost all, nearly all and almost none, but nearly none sounds rather unnatural.
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/ Presentation: fractions. Learners look at the examples from Vicki’s talk, then think of two ways to say each fraction. one out of four, a quarter (a fourth (AmE)) one out of three, a third two out of three, two-thirds two out of five, two-fifths seven out of ten, seven-tenths
Alternative
Books closed. Write on the board: 3 4 local people said they need cakes for special occasions. Ask, pointing to 34 : How can we say this? (three out of four, three-quarters of / three-fourths of (AmE)) Then put the fractions from 5b on the board one by one, and elicit two ways of saying each one.
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Survey. Put learners into new groups of one person from each old group. Learners take turns to survey the other people in their group and note down their responses. Remind learners they can use expressions from VOCABULARY Interviewing. 8 a Report. Learners get back into their groups from 6. They put their survey results together to make a single set of results. Then they plan a brief presentation of their results for the rest of the class, and decide who will give the presentation. Encourage learners to use expressions as appropriate from 5 and from GRAMMAR Patterns after verbs. Option: Guidance for presenting results
Guide learners to produce fuller and more carefully structured summaries by putting a presentation structure on the board for them to follow: • a brief description of your business idea • how many people you spoke to • question 1 > results • question 2 > results • question 3 > etc. • conclusions from your survey
b Listen to each group’s summary as a class. / Learners discuss which seems to be the most promising business idea. Round-up. Ask a few learners which business idea seems most promising to them, or have a class vote (learners are not allowed to vote for their own group). You could use photocopiable activity 11C on the Teacher’s DVD-ROM at this point.
11 Explore Keywords: up and down Goals: understand the range of meanings of up and down use multi-word verbs with up and down use up and down as verbs and adjectives Core language:
TASK 6 Preparation for survey. Put learners into small groups. Groups choose an idea for a local business from the list, or think of their own. Ask each group to tell the class which idea they’ve chosen, and make sure each group has a different idea. Learners design a survey of five or six questions, similar to Vicki’s. They need to find out: 1) what people’s needs and habits are now in relation to their chosen business idea; 2) whether (or under what circumstances) they’d be interested in using their business. Questions can be yes/no, open or multiple-choice. Make sure that all the learners in a group write down the questions.
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Multi-word verbs with up and down: break up; close down; … Verbal uses of up and down: up the price; down your coffee; … Adjectival uses of up and down: your time’s up; profits are down; …
Meanings 1 a / Learners choose the correct word, up or down, in the sentences 1–6. 1 up 2 up 3 down 4 down 5 down 6 up
b Presentation. Read through the information in the box with the learners. / Learners look again at sentences 1–6 in a and categorise them according to whether up/down has meaning a, b or c.
Alternative: Board presentation
Divide the board into three columns and illustrate each of the meanings as follows: • Meaning a). Draw a simple flight of stairs on the board with a stick man half-way up them and an arrow to show that he’s walking up. Elicit and write on the board: He’s going up the stairs. Elicit and write the opposite: He’s going down the stairs. • Meaning b). Draw a line graph showing something (e.g. the temperature) going up over time, then going down. Draw an arrow to the rising part of the line and elicit: The temperature went up. (= increased) Draw an arrow to the falling part of the line and elicit: The temperature went down. (= decreased) • Meaning c). Take a piece of paper and make a tear in it. Elicit: He/She tore the piece of paper. Then tear the piece of paper into small pieces. Elicit: He/She tore up the piece of paper.
Verbs and adjectives 3 a / Presentation. Learners guess the meanings of the verbs and adjectives up and down in each sentence. 1 increased, improved (must have an object, i.e. you up something) 2 drank completely 3 finished (only used to talk about time, e.g. you can’t say ‘my money’s up’) 4 not working (only used to talk about communications, e.g. you can’t say ‘my car’s down’) 5 higher/lower than before 6 sad/depressed; awake
b Practice. Learners complete the sentences with up and down. 1 up 2 down 3 up 4 down 5 up or down (more natural than ‘down or up’)
a 4 b 3, 6 c 1, 2, 5
Verbs with up and down 2 a / Presentation. Learners replace the underlined parts of the sentences 1–8 with verbs from the box in the correct form. Alternative for stronger classes
Books closed. Give learners the sentences 1–8 on a handout but without the multi-word verbs in the box. Learners try to think of multi-word verbs with up or down to replace the underlined parts of the sentences. 1 cut down on 2 give up 3 broke up 4 set up 5 close down 6 ended up 7 took up 8 turned down Language note
End up is a commonly used multi-word verb, but its meaning (something like: finally be in a particular place or situation) and form can be difficult for learners to grasp. If necessary, provide more examples, e.g.: We got on the wrong train and ended up in Salzburg! (end up + prepositional phrase) I think Mick will end up in prison one day. I tried lots of different jobs and ended up working on a cruise ship. (end up + -ing form) We couldn’t decide where to go on holiday so we ended up staying at home.
b Practice. Give learners a few examples of sentences about your own life over the last five years, each including a multi-word verb from a, e.g. I took up jogging, I turned down a job offer from another school. Learners write sentences about themselves or people they know. As learners are writing, monitor closely to make sure that they are using the multi-word verbs correctly and to assist as required.
Learners ask and answer the questions. Round-up. Discuss the first two or three questions as a class.
Explore speaking Goal:
Topic headers: Audio books, where do they go? Fronted objects: Fiction you put on the right.
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/ Learners read the definition of work experience and discuss the three questions. To round off the discussion, ask learners to tell the class about any work experience they’ve done. 2 a Listening for detail. Use the photograph and caption to introduce Shawna. Give learners time to read through the questions 1–5. Play recording 3.16. Learners listen and answer the questions. b / Learners compare their answers, then read the conversation on the page to make sure all their answers are correct. 1 Put them on the right-hand trolley. 2 Put them on the left-hand trolley. 3 Put them on the third, silver trolley. 4 Give them back to the customer. 5 Put them in the cash drawer.
3 a Presentation. Learners find four sentences in the conversation with the same meaning as those given in the exercise. 1 Fiction you put on the right. 2 Non-fiction you put on the left. 3 Audio books, where do they go? 4 Fines, do I have to handle them too?
Optional extra
Learners write each of their sentences on a separate slip of paper. Collect in the slips of paper, shuffle them and read them out one by one. Learners listen and guess who wrote each sentence. When learners identify the writer of a sentence, give it back to the writer. Continue until all the slips have been returned.
give emphasis to different kinds of information
Core language:
b
/ Learners match the sentences 1–4 with the explanations a and b. a 3 and 4 b 1 and 2
/ Learners listen to or read each other’s sentences and ask questions to find out more.
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Language note
Expressions used to introduce a topic before asking about it are called headers: Audio books, where do they go? Headers are common in spoken English, but are not usually used in writing. We use them to make it easier for our listener to identify the topic, the thing we’re talking or asking about. The movement of an object to the front of a clause is called fronting: Fiction books you put on the right. Again, fronting is common in spoken English. We use fronting when we want to emphasise the object, particularly when making a contrast: Fiction books you put on the right, and non-fiction you put on the left.
4 a Practice. Learners change the sentences to give emphasis to the underlined parts. They use fronting for 1–3 and headers for 4–6. / They compare their answers. b Play recording 3.17. Learners listen to the sentences 1–6 to check their answers from a. They practise saying the sentences using appropriate word groups and stress.
11 Look again Review GRAMMAR Patterns after verbs Optional lead-in: Reverse alphabet dictation
Books closed. Spell the list of reporting verbs backwards and as a continuous string of letters: NETAERHTESUFERESIGOLOPAECNUONNAESIMORPNIA LPMOCTIMDAEGNELLAHC Learners listen and write down the letters. Then they read the letters backwards to find eight reporting verbs and open their books to check.
1 a
1 announced 2 admitted 3 complained 4 challenged 5 threatened 6 apologised 7 promised 8 refusing
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1 The TV you can use, but the DVD player’s not working. 2 Milk you’ll find in the fridge and the sugar’s on the shelf. 3 This door you open with the big key and that door you open with the small key. 4 Yesterday’s newspaper, what did you do with it? 5 This coffee machine, can you tell me how it works? 6 These chairs, where do you want me to put them?
5 a Preparation for role play. Put learners into pairs and label them A and B. Explain the context for the role play: B is going on holiday. While B is away, A is going to stay in their home. B is showing A round the kitchen. Give learners a few minutes to prepare for the role play. Learner A thinks of five or six things they want to ask about B’s kitchen: what’s there, where things are, how to use them. Learner B thinks of things they need to tell A. Encourage learners to think of things to say using sentences and questions like those in 4a. b Role play. Learners have a conversation, imagining they are in B’s kitchen. c Learners reverse roles, prepare for and have another conversation. This time, B is going to stay in A’s home, and the conversation takes place in A’s living room. 6 Round-up. Learners get into new pairs and tell each other what they remember about their previous partner’s kitchen / living room.
/ Learners use the reporting verbs in the box to complete the article. Remind learners that they need to make sure the verbs are in the correct form.
/ Learners underline the patterns after each verb. Go through the answers as a class, writing the verbs and patterns up on the board. 1 announced that he has … (that clause) 2 admitted that he had … (that clause) 3 complained that he was … (that clause) 4 challenged ‘The Correspondent’ to provide … (object + infinitive) 5 threatened to take … (infinitive) 6 apologised to the Prime Minister … (preposition ‘to’ + object) 7 promised to make … (infinitive) 8 refusing to say … (infinitive)
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Books closed. Working together, learners recall what the minister said, using the verbs and patterns on the board to help them.
VOCABULARY Expressions with people 2 a Learners think of people they know (or know about) who match the descriptions 1–6. b / Learners go through the descriptions 1–6 in a one by one, telling each other about the people they thought of. Round-up. They tell each other which of the six people they’ve heard about they’d most like to meet, and why. CAN YOU REMEMBER? Unit 10 – Describing benefits 3 a As a class, look at the expressions in 1–3. Ask learners which word(s) could come next in each case. 1 to (infinitive) 2 to (preposition), for, that 3 on
To check learners’ grasp of these structures, ask them to suggest a few possible sentences about, for example, computers: They allow us to buy things over the Internet. They’re crucial to/for a lot of businesses. They’ve had a positive effect on education.
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b Learners think about the question and write their reasons, using expressions from a. c / Learners listen to each other’s reasons and say whether they agree.
Extension SPELLING AND SOUNDS Stressed /I/ 4 a / Learners read through the words together and identify the three spellings which correspond to the sound /I/. i, y, ui
b
/ Learners identify more spellings which make the sound /I/ in the list of common words. u: busy, business e: England, pretty, women o: women
c Spellcheck. Play recording 3.18. Learners listen to the ten words and write them down. / They compare their spelling of the ten words, then look at script 3.18 on p155 to check. NOTICE Verbs with off 5 a As a class, look at the extract and focus on the highlighted verbs 1 and 2. Ask learners: In which verb does ‘off’ have the meaning of something starting, and in which does it mean something finishing? starting: went off finishing: turned off
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/ Learners complete the questions 1–6 using the verbs in the box. Remind learners that they should use the verbs in the correct form. 1 goes 2 switch/turn off 3 kick off 4 round off 5 cut off 6 broken off 7 call off 8 set
Optional extra
Learners decide which of the verbs in 1–6 have the meaning of something starting/finishing. Starting: 2 Finishing: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6
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Learners discuss the questions in b.
Self-assessment To help focus learners on the self-assessment, you could read it through, giving a few examples of the language they have learned in each section (or asking learners to tell you). Then ask them to circle the numbers on each line.
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Unit 11 Extra activities on the Teacher’s DVD-ROM Printable worksheets, activity instructions and answer keys are on your Teacher’s DVD-ROM.
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1 Talk about a painting or T photograph in your home. What does it show? What do you think of it?
1 Talk about a painting or L photograph in your home. What does it show? What do you think of it?
1 Talk about a painting or L photograph in your home. What does it show? What do you think of it?
2 Talk about a memorable teacher from school. What L was his/her name? What was special about him/her?
2 Talk about a memorable teacher from school. What T was his/her name? What was special about him/her?
2 Talk about a memorable teacher from school. What L was his/her name? What was special about him/her?
3 Talk about a trip to another country. When did you go? L What did you do there?
3 Talk about a trip to another country. When did you go? L What did you do there?
3 Talk about a trip to another country. When did you go? T What did you do there?
4 Talk about a time when you T saw someone important or famous. When and where was it? Did you talk?
4 Talk about a time when you L saw someone important or famous. When and where was it? Did you talk?
4 Talk about a time when you L saw someone important or famous. When and where was it? Did you talk?
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5 Talk about how you spent your last birthday. What did you do? Did you have a good time?
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5 Talk about how you spent your last birthday. What did you do? Did you have a good time?
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6 Talk about something interesting you did last L weekend. Was it planned or spontaneous? Who were you with?
6 Talk about something L interesting you did last weekend. Was it planned or spontaneous? Who were you with?
6 Talk about something T interesting you did last weekend. Was it planned or spontaneous? Who were you with?
7 Talk about a book you love. How many times have you read it? Why do you like it so much?
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7 Talk about a book you love. How many times have you read it? Why do you like it so much?
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8 Talk about something you like doing in your free time. Why do you enjoy it? How often do you do it?
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8 Talk about something you like doing in your free time. Why do you enjoy it? How often do you do it?
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9 Talk about something you’re wearing at the moment. How did you get it? How do you feel about it?
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9 Talk about something you’re wearing at the moment. How did you get it? How do you feel about it?
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5 Talk about how you spent your last birthday. What did you do? Did you have a good time?
7 Talk about a book you love. How many times have you read it? Why do you like it so much? 8 Talk about something you like doing in your free time. Why do you enjoy it? How often do you do it? 9 Talk about something you’re wearing at the moment. How did you get it? How do you feel about it?
10 Talk about your earliest T childhood memory. How old were you? Do you remember how you felt?
10 Talk about your earliest L childhood memory. How old were you? Do you remember how you felt?
10 Talk about your earliest L childhood memory. How old were you? Do you remember how you felt?
11 Talk about your first holiday without your parents. Who L were you with? What did you do?
11 Talk about your first holiday T without your parents. Who were you with? What did you do?
11 Talk about your first holiday L without your parents. Who were you with? What did you do?
12 Talk about your oldest possession. Do you know L exactly how old it is? How did you get it?
12 Talk about your oldest L possession. Do you know exactly how old it is? How did you get it?
12 Talk about your oldest T possession. Do you know exactly how old it is? How did you get it?
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11C A hundred people
11B Auction!
11A Lie detectors
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Reporting verbs 1 She refused gave up, and ran back into the burning house to save her goldfish. 2 Our neighbours apologised us and said they’d let us know next time they were planning a party. 3 After we’d been talking for a few hours, Juan suddenly challenged to a game of chess. 4 Last month, the company announced that it would give a 20% bonus to all its staff. 5 My manager threatened me the sack unless I agreed to work at weekends. 6 Tears ran down the young woman’s face as she admitted to stealing the money. 7 But you promised to me you’d give up smoking! And that was a year ago! 8 Paul thanked to his friends that they organised such a lovely farewell party. 9 It is often complained that governments around the world spend too little on education. 10 I was advised to take up swimming by my doctor after I hurt my back in a car accident.
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about
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all most (a) half, a third, a quarter, etc. one in five, nine out of ten, etc. none
If the world had 100 people … 1 how many would be male? How many would be female? 2 how many would be children (14 or younger)? 3 how many would be from Europe? 4 how many would speak Chinese?
Other verbs 11 It was my aunt who first inspired me to become a poet. 12 If you could give us a few more weeks to finish our designs, that would really help a lot to us. 13 I’d prefer having some lunch before we see the film. 14 I think it would be nice if we paint this room on blue. 15 Three men have been arrested for a series of robberies in north London. 16 If found guilty, they could be sentenced 12 years in prison. 17 While you’re in Kraków, I strongly recommend you to visit the salt mine in Wieliczka. 18 The sons agreed to divide the land into three equal parts – but who would get which part? 19 Can you help me? I’ve been searching on my keys this room for nearly an hour. 20 Maybe you don’t agree with him, but I don’t think you should call him as a liar.
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5 how many would be Muslims? 6 how many would live in cities? 7 how many would have a mobile phone? 8 how many would own a computer? 9 how many would be able to read and write? 10 how many would be dying of starvation? 11 how many would have electricity? 12 how many would have a university education?
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11A Lie detectors
11B Auction!
11C A hundred people
Activity type: Listening and speaking – Interview and guessing game – Whole class Aim: To practise language for developing a topic and getting more details in an interview Language: Interviewing – Use at any point from 11.1. Preparation: Make one copy of the worksheet for the class. Cut up the worksheet to make a set of 36 cards. Time: 45 minutes
Activity type: Reading and error correction – Grammar auction – Groups / Whole class Aim: To raise awareness of grammar patterns after verbs Language: Reporting verbs / Patterns after verbs – Use at any point from 11.2. Preparation: Make one copy of the worksheet for each learner. Time: 35 minutes
Activity type: Speaking – Quiz – Groups Aim: To practise expressions, including vague expressions, for describing numbers and proportions Language: Giving statistics – Use at any point from 11.3. Preparation: Make a copy of the worksheet for each learner. Time: 25 minutes
Unit 11 Self-study Pack In the Workbook Unit 11 of the English Unlimited Upper Intermediate Workbook offers additional ways to practise the vocabulary and grammar taught in the Coursebook. There are also activities which build reading and writing skills and a whole page of listening and speaking tasks to use with the Interview video, giving your learners the opportunity to hear and react to authentic spoken English. • Vocabulary: Expressions with people; Interviewing; Reporting verbs; Giving statistics • Grammar: Patterns after verbs • Explore writing: A report using statistics • Interview: How not to get the job – Raquel and Anna Laura
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On the DVD-ROM Unit 11 of the English Unlimited Upper Intermediate Self-study DVD-ROM contains interactive games and activities for your learners to practise and improve their vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation, and also their speaking and listening, with the possibility for learners to record themselves, and a video of authentic spoken English to use with the Workbook. • Vocabulary and grammar: Extra practice activities • Pronunciation: Prominent words • Explore speaking: absolutely • Listening: After a job interview • Video: How not to get the job
12 Alternatives 12.1
Goals: talk about health treatments express belief and scepticism Core language: VOCABULARY VOCABULARY PRONUNCIATION
Health and treatments Belief and scepticism Fluent speech 3 – It’s and ’s
READING 4 Reading for main idea. Learners work in two groups, A and B, reading separate articles. Each person in the group reads individually and identifies the main arguments in their article. Then they check with someone else in their group. Check the answers by going to Group A, then Group B, rather than having an all-class check.
Placebo?
Group A: Ben Goldacre 1 Homeopathic pills are no better than placebos. (para. 1) 2 The placebo effect works. (para. 2) 3 Homeopaths basically rely on the placebo effect, not on any special power in homeopathic medicine. (paras 2 and 3 – implied and stated) 4 Homeopaths are unethical, they deceive by giving sugar pills to unknowing patients. (para. 4) 5 Some homeopaths endanger their patients by giving them ‘sugar pills’ to prevent them getting serious diseases such as malaria. (para. 5) Group B: Jeanette Winterson 1 Just because we don’t understand it is no reason to dismiss it. (para. 3) 2 People often visit homeopaths as a last resort when nothing’s working, and they improve. (para. 4) 3 Recent discoveries indicate new rules for the behaviour of substances in small quantities. (para. 5) 4 We shouldn’t dismiss millions of people’s testimony that the remedies worked for them. (para. 7)
VOCABULARY Health and treatments 1 / Prediction. To introduce the topic, learners look at the picture and discuss the questions. Then they read the short description to check their ideas. 2 / Learners discuss the differences between the expressions from the short text in 1. After a while, ask for their ideas. If more clarification is needed, you can use these dictionary definitions, along with some examples. 1 an illness = a disease of the body or mind (influenza, measles) symptoms = a physical feeling or problem which shows you have a particular illness (a fever, a cough, red spots) 2 a treatment = something you do to try and cure an illness or injury (taking antibiotics, doing physiotherapy) a remedy = something that makes you better when you are ill (an aspirin, cough medicine) 3 effect = a change, reaction or result that is caused by something (blood pressure is lower, pain disappears) side effects = other effects a drug has on your body in addition to the main effect of the medicine (usually something negative or unwanted, such as an allergic reaction, weight gain, headaches) 4 a medicine = a substance used to cure an illness or injury (cough medicine, penicillin) a placebo = a harmless substance (a sugar pill) given to someone who’s told it’s a real medicine
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Reading for detail. Learners individually read the article again and answer questions 1–3. Then they check with someone in their group. Note: the instruction and questions for Group B are on p129 underneath their article. Group A: Ben 1 four placebo sugar pills a day will clear up an illness quicker than two sugar pills an injection is a more effective treatment for pain than a pill green pills are more effective for stress than red pills brand packaging on painkillers increases pain relief (para. 2) 2 back pain, stress at work, medically unexplained fatigue, most common colds (para. 3) 3 Some homeopaths have given patients sugar pills to protect them against fatal diseases like malaria but have not given basic advice on prevention. Some have given dangerous advice on vaccines. (para. 5) Group B: Jeanette 1 She once had a temperature of 39°C, spots on her throat and delirium. She tried a remedy called Lachesis, made from snake venom. Four hours later, she had no symptoms at all. (para. 1) 2 They say it’s nonsense, without clinical proof or scientific basis, worthless, potentially lethal. (para. 2) They criticise it because it’s so diluted that it must be useless. (para. 5, stated and implied) 3 She’d like to see homeopathy better regulated. She’d like to see homeopaths debating publicly with their critics, as well as initiating more research. (para. 6)
/ Learners look at the list of treatments and answer the questions. Their answers will vary depending on opinion, experience and culture, so flexibility is recommended. Possible answers 1 acupuncture: back pain, headaches, joint pain antibiotics: infections hypnosis: to stop smoking, to reduce stress massage: to reduce stress, to reduce pain painkillers: headaches and other minor pain physiotherapy: after surgery or injury surgery: heart problems, broken bones vaccinations: to prevent diseases like influenza, mumps, rubella, measles, etc. 2 conventional medicine: antibiotics, painkillers, physiotherapy, surgery, vaccinations alternative medicine: acupuncture, hypnosis, massage
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Responding to the text. Then they give their opinions about each writer’s viewpoint. Round-up. Afterwards, find out what the class thinks as a whole, and why.
2 Listening for main idea. Draw learners’ attention to the picture of Fay and tell them to read the caption. Explain they’re going to listen to the introduction to a talk Fay gives, then answer the two questions. Play recording 3.20.
It works for me VOCABULARY Belief and scepticism 1 / Learners sort the sentences as a whole (not just the highlighted expressions) into two groups. Belief: 1, 3, 6, 7, 11 Scepticism: 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 12
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PRONUNCIATION Fluent speech 3 – It’s and ’s 3 a Play recording 3.19 while learners listen to how It’s is pronounced at the beginning of sentences in fast natural speech. b Learners take the A/B roles and practise saying the four short conversations with It’s pronounced as ’s. They’ll have a chance to use this pronunciation focus in 4 (’s worthless because …). SPEAKING 4 Discussion. Learners move freely around the class in a mingle, telling three or four people how they feel about the quotations in 2. They try to find someone who shares most of their ideas. Alternative
This can also be done in groups, where learners exchange ideas and find out who shares most of their ideas.
Round-up. Find out from a number of learners who shared most of their ideas. If you have time, find out the majority reaction to each of the quotations in 2.
12.2 Goals: persuade someone of your point of view tell people what to expect support an argument Core language: GRAMMAR VOCABULARY
will be -ing Supporting an argument
A school with a difference LISTENING 1 To introduce the topic of unconventional schools, get learners to read the descriptions a–g and discuss questions 1 and 2. Find out afterwards how they feel about each description, and why.
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She’s talking to parents who might enrol their children in her school. Some children are also present. It’s an open day, where people can go on tours, see the school and ask questions.
3 Listening for main idea. Explain to learners that they’ll now listen to the main part of Fay’s talk. They should look at the descriptions a–g in 1 again and find out which are true and which are false for Southglen. Play recording 3.21. True: a, f, g False: b, c, d, e
4 a Listening for detail. Give learners time to read questions 1–5, then play recording 3.21 again. Learners note down the answers. b Learners read script 3.21 on p155 to check. 1 Weekly; anyone connected with the school can attend and make a proposal, but only teachers and students can vote. 2 How to spend the school budget, whether to hire a new teacher, how to deal with cases of bullying 3 Because the students take their responsibilities seriously and are capable of making decisions for the good of the school. 4 Try a wide range of subjects, so they can work out what they’re good at or interested in. 5 Work on further projects connected with their studies, make a practical contribution like taking care of the school gardens – and do their homework.
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This use of will be -ing is not the ‘prediction’ use (see Unit 14), nor the use for stating will or intention, but rather the ‘matter of course’ use, i.e. stating something that’s viewed as a natural fact or sequence of facts. It’s often used at the beginning of talks, meetings, courses, flights, etc.
7 a Practice. Learners write one other possible sentence that each speaker a–d in 6 might say, using will be -ing. b / They compare their ideas.
Possible answers a We’ll be starting Unit 12 today. We’ll be revising the past perfect. You’ll be working in groups for the first 20 minutes. b I’ll be showing you a short film about our company and its products. To start, I’ll be presenting the results of our survey. c First, we’ll be hearing from Jane. I’ll be telling you about our scholarship programme. I’ll be summarising the results of our recent questionnaire. d We’ll be flying over Siberia around 3pm. We’ll be taking off shortly. The flight attendants will be serving lunch in an hour. Note: Grammar practice
You could do the grammar practice on p139 at this point.
SPEAKING 8 a Preparation for talk. Learners choose one of the situations 1–3 to prepare a short, informal talk about. b Working alone, learners prepare what to say and how to say it. Encourage them to use will be -ing, especially at the beginning of the talk when they outline to their listeners what they’re going to talk about, and in what order. c / Talk. Learners talk in pairs or small groups. They can take questions afterwards. Then the listeners say which was the most interesting part of each talk. Alternative
If you have a small class of strong learners, they may wish to make their presentations to the whole class. Because this can be time-consuming, it’s only recommended for small classes. You could use photocopiable activities 12A and 12B on the Teacher’s DVD-ROM at this point.
My experience is that … VOCABULARY Supporting an argument 1 / Learners read the instruction, the information and examples 1–3. They decide which of the six extra expressions could replace the highlighted expressions in 1–3. 1 in my experience, I’ve always found that 2 experts have shown that, research suggests that 3 for instance, to give you an example
SPEAKING 2 a Preparation for talk. Learners, in pairs, read through the statements and find one they hold opposite opinions on. If they can’t find one, they can switch pairs or write their own statement which they hold opposite views on. b They now work alone and prepare a short talk in which they present and explain their point of view. They should consider how to outline their talk using will be -ing (I’ll be talking about …), how to organise the talk (which order to present various points in) and what expressions they want to use from 1.
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12.3 Target activity Goals: persuade someone of your point of view make and justify recommendations Core language: TASK VOCABULARY Recommending and justifying 12.2 VOCABULARY Supporting an argument
Present a proposal TASK LISTENING 1 To introduce the topic, write team-building on the board and ask learners if they know what it means, particularly among colleagues in a business context (= various activities that improve team performance by encouraging communication, cooperation and trust within the team). / Learners read the caption, then brainstorm a number of activities they think would be suitable for team-building. After a while, elicit a number of their ideas. 2 Listening for main idea. Give learners time to read the options. Explain that they can tick the options Ji-Sun discusses and circle the one she recommends. Play recording 3.22. She discusses an acting workshop, a camping weekend, learning ballroom dancing, and a treasure hunt. She recommends the treasure hunt.
3 Listening for detail. Play recording 3.22 again. Learners listen and note down the pros and cons of each of the four options Ji-Sun discusses. Acting workshop pros: everyone works together, entertaining, creative cons: not everyone feels comfortable on stage, a few strong personalities could dominate it, everyone may not be equally involved Camping weekend pros: requires group planning, cooperation, sharing practical skills, supplying entertainment cons: might be chilly, people might not like sleeping in a cold tent Ballroom dancing pros: very popular, several people are keen to do it, fun, good for fitness cons: it’s a pair activity, not a team activity Treasure hunt pros: tried-and-tested team-building activity, involves teamwork and cooperation, offers value for money, is ideal for their purpose cons: none
4 Listening for main idea. Play recording 3.23. Learners listen to Bryn’s decision and, afterwards, say whether they agree with him.
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Before playing the recording, learners say which activity they’d choose if they were Ji-Sun’s boss Bryn. Then play recording 3.23. Learners check whether Bryn chooses what they predicted.
TASK VOCABULARY Recommending and justifying 5 a / Learners read the five sentences, look at the highlighted expressions for recommending, and decide which are used to say you’re in favour of an option and which are used to say you’re against an option.
Across cultures: Health and healthcare Goal:
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b / Learners now underline the word or words in sentences 1–5 that introduce the reasons for the recommendations. These expressions are used when justifying recommendations and arguments. With weaker classes, you might want to tell them that there is no introductory expression in one of the sentences (sentence 3). 1 since 2 because 3 – 4 on the grounds that 5 as
Healthcare: have health insurance; cover (medical) treatment; be free of charge; have check-ups; make an appointment at/with; have a high status; be entitled to; have a (formal) manner towards; have access to; discuss (treatment) openly with; have a choice between; treat people; stay in; help out with; provide information about
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Ask learners to make a list of five things they think are important to ensure good health. Allow them to work in pairs or small groups to compare their ideas and find out how many are the same. Get each group to tell you a few of their ideas.
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TASK 6 Preparation for proposal. Stages 6 to 8a are all preparation stages. Learners read the situation and underline the key points. Then they look at the pictures and read about each venue. They may find it useful to underline or make a list of key points. 7 Divide learners into groups of three or four. The groups discuss the pros and cons of each of the four venues, considering the six aspects listed (size, price, etc.). Then they decide which venue they’d recommend and why. 8 a Still in their groups, learners prepare to present their proposal to the other groups. They decide what language to use. Remind them to choose useful expressions from 5 and also from VOCABULARY Supporting an argument. Then learners decide how to divide up their proposal among the group members so each has a chance to talk. b Proposal. Learners listen to the proposals from the other groups. They identify which is the most popular venue in general. Round-up. Ask if anyone would like to change their decision now that they’ve heard the other groups’ arguments. You could use photocopiable activity 12C on the Teacher’s DVD-ROM at this point.
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Learners work in pairs to prepare their lists. Give them a few minutes to do this. b Allow learners to compare their lists with as many other pairs as possible. Have a quick feedback session and write their ideas on the board. 2 Listening for main idea. Learners look at the four pictures and read the names and countries. They’re going to match the speakers to the statements they make. Tell them the statements are not in the same order as the recording and the wording may be slightly different. Give learners a chance to read items 1–8 before you play recording 3.24. Remind learners that they can simply write the first letter of the speaker’s name (i.e. L, R, H or S) beside each statement. 1 Liesbeth 2 Reginald 3 Hugo 4 Sahana 5 Reginald 6 Hugo 7 Liesbeth 8 Sahana
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VOCABULARY Healthcare 4 / Learners complete the highlighted expressions in each section A–C with the words for that section. 1 have 2 cover 3 Are 4 have 5 make 6 have 7 Are 8 have 9 given 10 discuss 11 have 12 treat 13 stay 14 help out 15 provide
SPEAKING 5 Divide learners into three groups, A–C. These correspond with the three sections A–C in 4. Each group discusses the particular set of questions for their group. 6 Learners tell the other groups what they discussed. The others listen and add more information, thoughts or examples if they can. 7 They discuss their experience or knowledge of healthcare in other countries and compare it with healthcare in their own country or culture.
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Possible answers a Proposal for improvements to the café / Improvements to the café b Introduction c Your suggestions / Your proposals / Board proposals d Our suggestions / Our proposals / Staff proposals
write a proposal
Core language: Stating the aim: The purpose of this proposal is to summarise; [The purpose of this proposal is] to present some suggestions Introducing background information: As you know, …; As we understand it, … Giving opinions and reactions: This would certainly …; We do not feel that …; We believe that … Introducing proposals: We also propose that …; Our proposals are …; Would it be possible to … Concluding: We hope that our proposals will be given serious consideration; We look forward to discussing them with you at a convenient time.
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3 Reading for detail. Learners read the proposal again to find reasons for what the staff want and don’t want. Repainting and curtains: will make the café more attractive. New furniture: not necessary as the present furniture’s in good condition and the present small tables encourage a friendlier feeling than long tables would. Plants: not a good use of money. Posters: will brighten up the walls. New dishwashing machine: the present one is of poor quality and doesn’t always clean things thoroughly. New coffee machine: the present one breaks down constantly and takes a long time to get repaired. More salt and pepper shakers: so there’s one set for every table. New uniforms: café staff find their present uniforms uncomfortable and unattractive.
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Learners choose one of the places listed, or think of another one that’s common to the class as a whole. They brainstorm a list of ways in which they think the place could be improved. b Learners write a proposal in pairs. Alternative
Instead of doing 6, each learner chooses a place they know well that could be improved, e.g. a lunchroom at work, a library at college, a changing room at their gym, a station waiting room, etc. Working alone, they make a list of ways in which it could be improved, then write their proposal at home and bring it in the next day. Learners read a few of each other’s proposals (pairs / small groups) and ask more questions about the places. If you wish, ask some of them to tell the class about a partner’s proposal.
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12 Look again Review VOCABULARY Health and treatments 1 a / Learners complete the conversation between a doctor and patient, using the initial letter in each gap to help them remember the expressions. Then they check on p94. 1 symptoms 2 remedy 3 effect 4 illness 5 medicines 6 antibiotic 7 painkiller 8 side effects
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Instead of 1b, photocopy and cut up the lines of the completed conversation. In pairs, learners re-assemble the conversation, read it aloud, then gradually take out one line at a time and try to recall it. Eventually, all the lines will be gone and they’ll reproduce the whole conversation from memory.
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GRAMMAR will be -ing 2 a / Learners complete the short conversations with their own ideas, using will be -ing, e.g. A: Are you working late tonight? B: No, not tonight, but I’ll definitely be working late on Friday. b Learners compare their ideas and see how many different ones they’ve come up with. Extension
In pairs, learners write two or three more short conversations of their own. Then they read them in groups or to the class.
CAN YOU REMEMBER? Unit 11 – Giving statistics 3 a / Learners match the expressions (words) and percentages (numerals). about two-thirds of them: 65% almost none of them: 2% exactly half of them: 50% just over half of them: 51% just under a quarter of them: 23% most of them: 80% nearly all of them: 97% six out of ten: 60%
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Learners look around at the other people in the class and discuss questions 1–5 in pairs, choosing suitable expressions from a, e.g. Well, nearly half of the people / the students / us are male. c Learners compare their answers with another pair and find out if they agree.
Extension SPELLING AND SOUNDS /eə/ 4 a / Learners complete the spelling of the words with the four options. aerobics, repair, software, airline, vegetarian, parent, prepare, chair, airport, aeroplane
b / Learners match each word in a with one of the spelling patterns a–c. a ae, air b a c air, are Language note
In many accents, air and are would also be pronounced with an /r/. Also, in American English, /eə/ is usually just said as /e/.
c / Learners identify more ways of spelling the sound /eə/ in a few exceptions. Five ways: aire, ayer, ear, eir, ere
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NOTICE -ly adverbs 5 a / Learners complete the sentences from various reading and listening texts from this unit. 1 thoroughly 2 publicly 3 potentially 4 seriously 5 independently 6 reasonably 7 strongly 8 constantly
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Optional extra
Write this on the board: Tell me about: 1 a restaurant in your town which … 2 something in your home which … 3 something you think politicians should … 4 someone you think is good at … Learners complete each sentence with their own ideas, including a suitable adverb from 5a. For example: Tell me about a restaurant in your town which is constantly busy and hard to get into. Then they listen to each other’s sentences and ask questions to find out more.
Self-assessment To help focus learners on the self-assessment, read it through and get learners to give you a few examples of the language they have learned in each section. Give an example to start them off if necessary. Then learners circle the numbers on each line.
Unit 12 Extra activities on the Teacher’s DVD-ROM Printable worksheets, activity instructions and answer keys are on your Teacher’s DVD-ROM. 12C Advice columnist
12B Nonsense … or not?
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Chewing gum helps to clean our teeth.
ESP (extrasensory perception) is real. There is a ‘sixth sense’.
People who travel are more openminded than those who don’t.
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English Unlimited Upper Intermediate Teacher’s Pack
I often fly on business (in economy) and am frequently annoyed by the behaviour of small children and babies. The parents let them scream and cry for ages or argue or run around the plane bothering people. I’ve even see kids throw food on the floor. The flight attendants can’t always handle the situation. I find the whole thing really stressful and always get a terrible headache. What’s the correct way to deal with situations like this?
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12A What we’ll be doing is … Activity type: Reading and speaking – Mingle – Pairs / Whole class Aim: To plan the content of a short course Language: will be -ing – Use at any point from 12.2. Preparation: Make one copy of the worksheet for every pair. Time: 40 minutes
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F. Samuel, San Francisco
My wife and I want to go on a week’s holiday to a nice sunny place for our tenth anniversary in August. An island would be great, but is not totally necessary. We’re interested in beaches, snorkelling, taking long walks and buying interesting local arts and crafts. We have a reasonable amount to spend. Where should we go that’s not too crowded – and how should we get there? M. Kim, London
3 I’ve got an old computer that’s a bit out of date but still works OK. What should I do with it? Should I throw it away, and if so, where? Or is there some group or organisation I can give it to? Julio, via email 4
I’ve been invited to a wedding in a month and need advice on what gift to take for the couple. They are ‘green’ – very green! For example, they’ve just bought a small farm, so they’ll be living in the country. They don’t use a car, but prefer bicycles and horses. They’re vegetarian and eat organic food only. They like things made of natural materials and they recycle everything. Can you give me a few ideas? Donnalee,Toronto
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I need to brighten up my living room. The walls are ivory, and the sofa and chairs are beige and brown. I have brown wooden bookshelves and a black TV and TV stand. I’d like to keep those things as they are but add colour to the room somehow. I’m not good at interior décor, so please give me specific advice: what to get and where to get it. Thanks! Kwan, via email
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12B Nonsense … or not? 12C Advice columnist Activity type: Speaking – Board game – Groups / Whole class Aim: To express belief and scepticism about a variety of topics, and say why Language: Belief and scepticism / Supporting an argument – Use at any point from 12.2. Preparation: Make one copy of the worksheet for every three learners. Prepare dice: one for each group. Make three small, different-coloured markers out of paper for each group (or learners can use a small personal item such as a ring, a coin, an eraser, etc.). Time: 35 minutes
Activity type: Reading and speaking – Advising on problems – Groups Aim: To give advice by making recommendations and justifying them Language: Recommending and justifying – Use at any point from 12.3. Preparation: Make one copy of the worksheet for each learner. Time: 45 minutes
Unit 12 Self-study Pack In the Workbook Unit 12 of the English Unlimited Upper Intermediate Workbook offers additional ways to practise the vocabulary and grammar taught in the Coursebook. There are also activities which build reading and writing skills and a whole page of listening and speaking tasks to use with the Interview video, giving your learners the opportunity to hear and react to authentic spoken English. • Vocabulary: Health and treatments; Belief and scepticism; Supporting an argument; Recommending and justifying; Healthcare • Grammar: will be -ing • Explore reading: Article: Laughter • Interview: Alternative treatments – Leo and Anna Laura
On the DVD-ROM Unit 12 of the English Unlimited Upper Intermediate Self-study DVD-ROM contains interactive games and activities for your learners to practise and improve their vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation, and also their speaking and listening, with the possibility for learners to record themselves, and a video of authentic spoken English to use with the Workbook. • Vocabulary and grammar: Extra practice activities • Pronunciation: Fluent speech – It’s and ’s • Explore speaking: now • Listening: A doctor’s recommendations • Video: Alternative treatments
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1 a get everyone’s opinion = find out what people think b organise a petition = collect the signatures of people who agree with a particular opinion 2 a call a meeting = invite people to come together and talk b organise a demonstration = organise for a group of people with the same opinion to come together in a public place to express how they feel about a particular issue 3 a have a word with someone = talk to someone quietly and unofficially b make an official complaint = complain to an organisation in writing 4 a thrash something out = reach an agreement by having a long, maybe difficult conversation b talk something over = discuss a difficult or complicated question slowly and carefully 5 a propose an alternative = suggest a new or different idea b propose a compromise = suggest an agreement in which both sides get something (but not everything) of what they want 6 a take legal advice = ask a lawyer for advice b take legal action = for example, ask a court to stop something, or take someone to court
Goals: describe disagreements and compromises make your case in a disagreement Core language: VOCABULARY VOCABULARY PRONUNCIATION
Disagreement and compromise Making your case Prominent words 3
Living space LISTENING 1 a / Prediction. Learners look at the pictures and guess what the disagreement in Liesbeth’s neighbourhood was about. Ask a few pairs/groups to tell the class about their ideas. b Listening for main idea. Play recording 3.25. Learners listen to find out what the disagreement was about. Some people living at the end of the cul-de-sac wanted the green to be turned into a car park. Other people (for example those with children) disagreed.
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/ Personal reaction. Learners discuss the three questions. Round-up. Ask pairs/groups to explain to the class their views on the second question (Do you agree that the compromise was ‘a good deal all round’?).
VOCABULARY Disagreement and compromise 4 a / Presentation. Learners explain how the expressions in each pair are different (or similar) in meaning.
b Learners say which of the actions in a were taken by Liesbeth or her neighbours. 1a
2a
3–
4a
5b
6–
SPEAKING 5 / Practice. Learners say what they would do in the four situations listed. Encourage learners to use the expressions in 4a as well as their own ideas. Compare ideas as a class. 6 / Anecdote. Give learners a minute or so to think about the questions, then ask them to discuss.
Workspace LISTENING 1 Pre-listening discussion. With the class, look at the photograph of Yousef at work and discuss the two questions. 2 Listening for main ideas. Tell learners that they’re going to listen to a conversation between Yousef and his manager, Leo, about the lack of workspace in the office. Play recording 3.26. Learners listen and answer the questions. Yousef wants his own private office. He doesn’t get what he wants, but Leo suggests an alternative.
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/ Listening for details. Learners tell each other what they can remember about topics 1–3 and start making notes. Play recording 3.26 once again. Learners listen to check their notes and add more details.
b
/ Learners compare their expanded notes, then read script 3.26 on pp156–7 to make sure they’ve grasped all the important points accurately. Suggested answers Yousef’s ideas: • to rent rooms from the company upstairs • to move into the photocopying room and move the photocopier into the corridor, next to the drinks machine Leo’s objections: • Renting rooms will cost money, but the financial situation of the company is not very strong at the moment and his boss (Karin) will not agree. • He’s not sure there’s room in the corridor for the photocopier. • Yousef’s colleagues (Agustin and Rachel) will not be happy if only Yousef gets his own office. What they agree: Leo will give his office to Yousef, Agustin and Rachel; he will move into the photocopying room; the photocopier will move to the corridor or, if there isn’t enough room in the corridor, into the space in the main office which has been vacated by Yousef and his two colleagues.
VOCABULARY Making your case 4 / Presentation. Learners read the three extracts from the conversation and complete them with the expressions in the boxes. 1 I’ve been thinking 2 And besides 3 I’ve thought about that 4 you know 5 I’m afraid 6 in that case 7 But what about 8 That’s no problem 9 In any case
5 Practice. As a class, brainstorm a list of things which managers and employees, or tutors and students, might argue about. Write learners’ ideas up on the board. Then in pairs, learners write a conversation about one of the things from the list on the board, similar to Yousef and Leo’s. They should include some of the expressions from 4. Set a clear time limit for this task, monitoring closely and assisting as necessary. If a pair finishes early, ask them to add a few more lines to their conversation. PRONUNCIATION Prominent words 3 6 a Review. Draw learners’ attention to the extract from Yousef and Leo’s conversation, marked with // to show the groups of words. Remind them that: • proficient users of English divide their speech into groups of words (introduced in Units 5 and 6); • in each group of words, there’s usually one word which is prominent, i.e. it has extra-strong stress (introduced in Units 8 and 11). Play recording 3.27. Learners listen to the extract and underline the prominent word in each word group. They compare their answers in pairs or groups, then check as a class. // I’ve been THINking // would it be POssible // for me to have my own Office // // We just don’t have the ROOM // And beSIDES // it’s not just YOU //
b
Practice. Learners divide the conversation they wrote in 5 into groups of words, and choose the prominent syllable in each word group. Emphasise
that there is not just one possible way of doing this: word groups and prominence are a matter of speaker choice, but word groups should hang together logically, and prominence should be placed on words carrying key or new information. The important thing is to make speech easier for people to understand. Then learners practise reading their conversations aloud. c Put pairs together to make groups of four. Pairs listen to each other’s conversations and answer the questions. Alternative for small classes
Learners perform their conversations in open class.
SPEAKING 7 a Preparation for debates. Label learners A and B. Working alone, learners read the two situations and prepare to have a conversation for each, thinking of reasons to support their point of view. Alternative for weaker classes
Instead of learners preparing for the conversations on their own, divide the class into two groups, A and B. The learners in each group work together to prepare. Then, for 7b, put the learners into A/B pairs.
b
Debates. Learners have the two conversations in their pairs. Their aim is not to ‘win’ the argument but to try to come up with a compromise which both sides are happy with. Encourage them to use expressions from 4. 8 Round-up. For each situation, pairs tell the class what compromises they came up with. Find out which were the most popular and the most creative compromises. You could use photocopiable activity 13A on the Teacher’s DVD-ROM at this point.
13.2 Goal:
talk about dealing with conflict
Core language: GRAMMAR
Verbs with adverbs and prepositions 2
In the middle READING Optional lead-in
Books closed. Dictate the definition of mediate or write it on the board. Ask learners to guess which word the definition describes. Provide a few letters if necessary to help learners guess. After they’ve made a few suggestions, they open their books and look at the dictionary entry to check.
1
/ To introduce the topic of the interview, learners read the dictionary entry for mediate and discuss the two questions. To round off the discussion, ask pairs/groups to tell the class about their ideas for question 2 (skills and qualities of a good mediator).
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/ Prediction. Learners read the statements about professional mediation and predict which are true and which are false. b Reading for detail. Learners read the interview quickly to check their ideas from a. 1 True 2 True 3 False (mediators do not suggest solutions or compromises) 4 False (about two hours is the maximum) 5 True
Pattern 1: go on, break down, sit down Pattern 2: talk over, set up, sort out, keep up Pattern 3: come up with, face up to
2
3 Reading for detail. Learners read again and find reasons for 1–6. They compare answers in pairs/ groups before checking as a class. 1 One set of neighbours didn’t like the mess and noise created by the other’s hobbies, but didn’t express this. 2 Both parties were reasonable people. They just needed to communicate more openly. 3 Because of the fact that the parties in a mediation are different. 4 Mediators become tired. No progress is likely to be made if there’s been no breakthrough. 5 To show what the real problems are and how people are feeling. 6 To help participants see the situation in a more objective way.
SPEAKING 4 / Discussion. Learners discuss the three questions. Round-up. Ask pairs/groups to choose one person in the class who they think would make a good mediator, and explain why.
Let’s talk it over GRAMMAR Verbs with adverbs and prepositions 2
/ Learners find the nine verbs in the interview and notice the grammar patterns associated with them. They divide them by grammar pattern into three groups. For feedback, elicit the three groups onto the board.
/ Learners decide which one of the four sentences is wrong, and try to explain why. Then discuss as a class. Sentence 3 is wrong. When a multi-word verb with an adverb (pattern 2) has a pronoun object (‘it’), the pronoun must go before the adverb. (When the object is a full noun, it can go before or after the adverb.)
3
/ Learners find verbs in 1 with similar meanings to the normal verbs a–f. a face up to b go on c go away d break down e set up f put up with
4 a Practice. Learners read the sentences 1–8 in the quiz and add the missing word to each one. In some sentences, the missing word can go in two different places. Learners compare their answers in pairs or groups, then compare as a class. 2 keep up the pressure / keep the pressure up 3 go away 4 put up with 5 talk over problems / talk problems over 6 goes on 7 face up to 8 sort out a problem / sort a problem out
b Learners answer the quiz, giving each statement a score from 1–4 according to the key above the statements. Note: Grammar practice
You could do the grammar practice on p139 at this point.
Note
This is the second of two grammar sections in this course on multi-word verbs. The first section is in Unit 9.
1 Presentation. Read through the information in the box with the class. Alternative
Write on the board: 1 They hoped the problem would go away. 2 We invite each participant to bring along a supporter. 3 They simply put up with the problem. Ask learners: • what are the multi-word verbs? (1 go away, 2 bring along, 3 put up with) Underline them. • what are the objects of the multi-word verbs? (1 –, 2 a supporter, 3 the problem) Put a box around them. • how else could we say sentence 2? (We invite each participant to bring a supporter along.) Write it down. Add the labels verb (or V), preposition (P), adverb (A), object (O) to show the grammar patterns of the three kinds of multiword verb.
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SPEAKING 5 / Discussion. Learners talk about each of the statements in the quiz in turn, explaining their answers and giving reasons and examples from their own experience. 6 Learners look at the Analysis on p130 and work out which is their main style of conflict management. In the same pairs/groups as 5, they tell each other their result from the Analysis and whether they agree with it. Round-up. Ask learners to tell the class which is their main style of conflict management. Find out which are the most and least common styles in the class. You could use photocopiable activity 13B on the Teacher’s DVD-ROM at this point.
13.3 Target activity Goals: describe disagreements and compromises make your case in a disagreement negotiate a formal agreement Core language: TASK VOCABULARY Negotiating an agreement 13.1 VOCABULARY Making your case 13.2 GRAMMAR Verbs with adverbs and prepositions 2
Negotiate an agreement TASK LISTENING 1 To establish the context for the listening, look at the photograph and read through the caption with the class. Ask a few questions to check they’ve understood the key points: What does Caitlin do? What was the purpose of the event at the hotel? Why is Caitlin meeting Ethan? / Prediction. Learners guess what kind of mistake the hotel might have made. Compare ideas as a class. 2 Listening for main ideas. Give learners time to read the three questions, then play recording 3.28. Learners listen and answer the questions. 1 The hotel wasn’t prepared for enough people. They prepared for 75 guests, when the actual number was 175. 2 They opened a buffet in a side room. 3 Yes
3 a
/ Listening for details. Learners look at the figures a–f and see if they can remember what each figure refers to. Play recording 3.28 again. Learners listen and identify the significance of the figures. b Learners compare their answers, then scan script 3.28 on p157 to check. a the expected number of guests b the real number of guests c the cost of the emergency buffet meal d the cost of the dinner for 75 people e the total compensation offered by the hotel f the proposed discount on the next booking with the hotel
TASK VOCABULARY Negotiating an agreement 4 a / Presentation. Learners complete the expressions in 1–10 using the words from the box. 1 compensated 2 entitled 3 gather 4 have 5 prepared 6 offer 7 agree 8 accept 9 depends 10 be
b
/ Memorisation. Learners write two or three key words to help them remember each sentence in a. Then they cover the sentences and, working together, try to remember them.
Optional extra
When learners are confident that they can remember the sentences reasonably well, they test each other: Learner A (book open) gives two or three key words; Learner B (book closed) listens to the key words and says the complete sentence. Then they swap.
TASK 5 Preparation for negotiation. Divide the class into two groups, A and B. Learners in Group A look at the situation for the Hailey Arts Club on p129. Learners in Group B look at the situation for the Torrington Hotel on p130. The learners in each group read the situation and prepare for the negotiation by thinking about the three questions. 6 a Negotiation. Learners get into pairs of one learner from Group A and one learner from Group B. They negotiate together. Set a time limit (e.g. 15 minutes). The learners’ aim is to reach an agreement within this time, getting the best possible deal for their side. Remind learners that they can use expressions from 4a and VOCABULARY Making your case. b Learners return to their groups from 5 and tell each other what they agreed. Remind learners that they can use appropriate multi-word verbs from GRAMMAR Verbs with adverbs and prepositions 2. They decide who managed to negotiate the best deal. Round-up. Ask each group to tell the class who managed to negotiate the best deal for their side. What were the details of the deal?
13 Explore Keyword: put Goals: use put to talk about moving or placing things use multi-word verbs with put Core language: put + object + prepositional phrase: put things on the tables; put the blame on someone; … Multi-word verbs with put: put something on; put somebody off; …
put = place or move something 1 a Listening for main ideas. Direct learners’ attention to the photograph of Caitlin on p106. Ask learners to remind you: What are Caitlin and Ethan talking about? (Caitlin is negotiating with Ethan for compensation from his hotel.) Why? (Caitlin works for a charity which recently organised a fundraising event at Ethan’s hotel, but the event was not a success because the hotel had not prepared for enough guests.) Play recording 3.29. Learners listen to four people and answer the two questions. b / Learners compare their answers. (Note that question 2 is a matter of personal interpretation, so there are no strictly right or wrong answers.) Then learners read script 3.29 on p157 and decide if they’d like to change any of their answers.
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1 Speakers 1, 3 and 4 work for the hotel. Speaker 2 works for the charity. 2 Suggested answers 1 embarrassed 2 angry, annoyed 3 annoyed, determined 4 anxious, willing to reach a compromise, embarrassed
1 wear, start wearing (mime, e.g. putting on a jacket) 2 make someone feel discouraged, that they don’t want to do something (give an example, e.g. ‘I wanted to take the train, but when I heard the price of the ticket, it really put me off.’) 3 display something on a wall (mime, e.g. putting something on the classroom noticeboard) 4 do (used with words like ‘practice’, ‘work’, ‘effort’)
2 a
/ Presentation. Draw the table on the board with the example sentence. Learners copy and complete the table with seven more expressions from script 3.29 on p157. Go through the answers with the class and complete the table on the board. put
something
preposition
something
put
in
putting put putting
half the guests things the blame pressure
put
her
in
put
her
in
put
a lot of time, money and effort our reputation
into
a little side room the tables us the management (for …) a terrible mood a really difficult situation our catering services
put
on on on
in
danger
b Go through the expressions one by one and ask learners which expressions describe physical movement, and which have a more abstract meaning. Use underlining as shown in the key above to help learners see which parts of the expressions are ‘fixed’ and which are flexible. The first two expressions are about physical movement. The rest are more abstract.
3 a Practice. Demonstrate by giving learners a few examples of sentences describing your own life or opinions, each using an expression with put, e.g. My daughter’s always putting pressure on me to buy her a mobile phone. I need to put more effort into keeping fit. Encourage them to ask questions to find out more about the things described in your sentences. Then learners write four or five sentences of their own. As they are writing, monitor closely to make sure that they are using the expressions correctly and to assist as required. b / Learners listen to one another’s sentences and ask follow-up questions to develop conversations. Multi-word verbs with put 4 a Presentation. As a class, look at the sentences 1–4. Ask learners to suggest what the multi-word verbs mean by, for example, providing synonyms or miming.
b
/ Explain that many of the most common multi-word verbs have two or more distinct meanings. Learners look at the same four multi-word verbs in four new sentences and guess what they mean. 1 switch on, turn on 2 delaying something (which you don’t want to do) 3 have someone as a guest 4 install (a bath, a shower, a new kitchen, new carpets, etc.)
5 a Practice. Learners cover 4a and 4b and complete 1–8. They compare answers, then uncover 4a and 4b to check. 1 on 2 up 3 on 4 off 5 up 6 in 7 in 8 off
b Find someone who. Learners walk around the room talking to different people. Their task is to find at least one person who does each thing 1–8 in a, then to find out more by asking follow-up questions. Demonstrate the activity by asking learners what question they would ask for 1 (When you’re working, do you like to put music on?). Ask a few learners this question. When a learner says yes, ask the rest of the class to suggest possible follow-up questions. / Round-up. Learners tell each other what they found out about other people in the class.
Explore speaking Goal:
use different ways of adding emphasis
Core language: Expressions for adding emphasis: absolutely awful; far too big; what on earth; … Emphatic use of auxiliary verbs: We have tried our best; I do see your point; She did work really hard; …
1 Listening for main ideas. Play recording 3.30. Learners listen to the three conversations and answer the questions. / They compare answers, then check as a class. 1 He thinks the price he’s been quoted is too high. 2 The film he went to see was no good. 3 Ashley got some excellent exam results.
2 a
/ Presentation: emphatic expressions. Learners read and complete the recording scripts on the page with the expressions in the box. b Play recording 3.30 again. Learners listen to check their answers. 1 definitely 2 at all 3 far, far 4 very, very 5 complete 6 total 7 absolutely 8 single 9 on earth 10 terribly
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The answer to 5 is complete, but total would also be possible. The answer to 6 is total, but complete would also be possible.
c
Practice. Put learners into pairs and label them A and B. Learner A (book open) reads sentences from the recording scripts without the emphatic expressions. Learner B (book closed) repeats the sentence, adding an appropriate emphatic expression. A: That’s the best price we can manage. B: That’s definitely the best price we can manage. After a few minutes, learners swap roles so Bs ‘test’ As. 3 a Presentation: emphatic auxiliaries. As a class, look at the two groups of sentences, a and b. Ask learners: Which group is used in the conversations? Why? (Group b, because the speakers want to give extra emphasis to the points they’re making.) b / Learners answer the questions, using the sentences in a to help them. 1 will, can, could, may, might, shall, should, must 2 do (does, did)
Although I’m a very, very big Woody Allen fan, I thought ‘Scoop’ was terribly disappointing. Monitor closely while learners are writing to make sure they are using emphatic expressions and auxiliaries correctly and to provide assistance as required. b / Learners listen to each other’s sentences and ask follow-up questions to develop conversations. Round-up. Ask pairs/groups to tell the class about any sentences they strongly disagreed about. Find out what the rest of the class thinks about the sentence. You could use photocopiable activity 13C on the Teacher’s DVD-ROM at this point.
13 Look again Review VOCABULARY Disagreement and compromise 1 a / Learners complete the expressions 1–8 with verbs, using the first letters to help them.
c
Practice. Put learners into pairs and label them A and B. Learner A (book open) reads sentences from group a in a. Learner B (book closed) repeats the sentence, adding and/or stressing an auxiliary verb to make it more emphatic. A: I like it usually. B: I do like it usually. After a few minutes, learners swap roles so Bs ‘test’ As. 4 Practice. Learners use language from 2 (expressions) and 3 (auxiliaries) to make the sentences more emphatic. Explain that there are different ways of doing this, and hence no strictly right or wrong answers. / Learners compare their ideas, then discuss as a class. Possible answers 2 I absolutely hated my first job. However, I did learn a lot. 3 I’m not very good at cooking at all, but I do make terribly good lasagne. 4 I don’t normally watch horror films, but I would go and see ‘The Descent’. 5 I think it’s far, far better to be happy than famous. 6 For me, voting in elections is a complete waste of time. 7 When I was at school, I found chemistry absolutely impossible. 8 I think I’m far, far more sensible now than I was ten years ago.
5 a Personalisation. Learners alter the emphatic sentences they wrote in 4 so that they are true for them. Learners may alter the sentences as little or as much as they wish. Demonstrate this stage by asking learners to suggest different ways of changing the first two or three sentences and writing their ideas on the board, for example: Although I don’t usually like biographies at all, I did enjoy ‘Bruce Lee: Fighting Spirit’. Although I generally love sports on TV, I don’t like watching golf at all.
1 get 2 call 3 have 4 thrash out 5 organise 6 make 7 propose 8 take
b
/ As a class, look at the picture and read through the situation. Ask learners: What’s the first thing (1–8) you’d do in this situation? Elicit a few possible answers. Then learners continue the discussion in their pairs/ groups, putting the actions 1–8 in a in the order they’d do them. Round-up. Ask one or two pairs/groups to tell the class what they decided. GRAMMAR Verbs with adverbs and prepositions 2 2 a Play recording 3.31. Learners listen to the seven extracts and answer the questions for each one. / Learners compare their ideas in pairs or groups, then check as a class. Possible answers 1 A father talking to his children at home 2 A student inviting a classmate to a party 3 A father at home, talking to his wife about their daughter’s boyfriend 4 A businessman talking to an unhappy client at work 5 A woman gossiping with friends in a café 6 A manager talking to her assistant in a business meeting 7 A father talking to his son at home
b Play recording 3.31 again. Learners listen and note down the multi-word verb in each extract. 1 go away 2 bring … along 3 puts up with 4 sit down 5 going on 6 set … up 7 face up to
c
Learners try to remember and write down the seven extracts, including the verbs.
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CAN YOU REMEMBER? Unit 12 – Belief and scepticism 3 a / Learners put the jumbled words in order to make six expressions. They must use all the words. Alternative: Jumbled dictation
Books closed. Dictate the jumbled words, pausing briefly between each expression. Learners listen and write down the words in the correct order. Then they compare their answers and check as a class. 1 It works for me. 2 It’s tried and tested. 3 There’s no proof that it works. 4 You can see its effects. 5 It’s nothing more than a placebo. 6 It has no scientific basis.
NOTICE Expressions with keep 5 a As a class, look at the extract and focus on the two highlighted expressions. Ask learners to suggest what the missing words could be, then look in script 3.25 on p156 to check. a keep the peace b keep everybody happy
Write these expressions on the board under two headings: a: keep + something b: keep + something/someone + description b / Learners decide which of the highlighted expressions in 1–7 belong under heading a, and which under heading b. a 1 keep a diary; 2 keep my appointments; 4 keep a secret; 7 keep an open mind b 3 keep someone waiting; 5 keeps me up; 6 keep my fingers crossed
b
/ Learners compare and discuss their opinions of the advice for a happier life, using expressions from a. Round-up. Discuss as a class. Find out which points most people agree with and are sceptical about.
Extension SPELLING AND SOUNDS /@U/ 4 a / Learners read through the words together and underline the letters in each word which correspond to the sound /@U/. Then check as a class, writing the words up on the board and underlining the appropriate parts. placebo, negotiate, approach, ocean, download, arrow, hero, homework, bungalow, overseas
b
/ Learners read the patterns 1–3. For each one, they find example words from a. Then check as a class, crossing out the words on the board as you match them to the descriptions. 1 placebo, negotiate, ocean, hero, homework, overseas 2 approach, download 3 arrow, bungalow
c
/ Learners identify the letters which make the /@U/ in the list of words. ou: shoulder, soul oe: toe ough: though au: mauve
d Spellcheck. Play recording 3.32. Learners listen to the 11 words and write them down. / They compare their spelling of the words, then look at script 3.32 on p157 to check.
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up (= awake) in 5 is regarded as an adjective. See Unit 11 Keywords up and down.
c
/ Learners discuss each of the sentences 1–7 in turn, saying which are true for them.
Self-assessment To help focus learners on the self-assessment, you could read it through, giving a few examples of the language they have learned in each section (or asking learners to tell you). Then ask them to circle the numbers on each line.
Unit 13 Extra activities on the Teacher’s DVD-ROM Printable worksheets, activity instructions and answer keys are on your Teacher’s DVD-ROM.
13B The multi-word maze 1 When she joined the team, she brought along lots of fresh ideas.
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She should face up to it: he won’t marry her.
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This is another excellent essay. Keep up the good work!
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This bed’s a bit uncomfortable, but I can put up with it for a night or two.
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You didn’t say it was your birthday! We should have set up a party.
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I think there’s been a misunderstanding. We need to sit down and talk about this.7
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These computer files are a mess. It’s going to take a while to sort them out.
N
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sort out
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We’ve chosen a place for our holiday, but now we need to sort out 9 somewhere to stay.
It’s a very interesting offer, but I’d like to talk it over with my wife first.
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talk over
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S
Whenever I’ve got problems, it really helps to talk them over with someone.
Oh, I’m sorry!
That’s OK, it’s no problem.
Congratulations! You must be happy.
I’m afraid that would be difficult.
Well, that was a waste of time!
This is going to take a long time.
I don’t like that idea.
I’m an idiot!
She visits her mum every day.
Things are worse than we thought.
I’ve got too much to do today.
Can we tidy this desk? It’s a mess.
What are you doing?
The news came as a surprise.
Who was that strange man?
I’d like to thank every one of you.
at all
single
at all
single
complete
terribly
complete
terribly
far
total
far
total
on earth
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on earth
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There’s no point in getting angry. Please sit down.
Sorry, do you have time now? There are a few things we need to talk over.
N
sort
W
go on
The boy walked through the dark forest, whistling to keep his spirits up.
I can’t believe the way she talks to him. Why does he put up with her?
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He couldn’t face up to the fact that his career was over.
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go on
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N
It was a long meeting, but we managed to come up with some good ideas.
I’m not going to face up to this gas bill. I’m sure it must be wrong.
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On behalf of Captain Stapley and the entire CREW
go away
We’ve come up with a plan to reduce our telephone bills.
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Is it all right if we go on the meeting for another 30 minutes?
set up
N
He’s always expecting other people to sort out his problems.
I came up with my first book in 2001.
put up with
sit Wdowngo
We set up our first shop in 1980.
Those bags look heavy. Why don’t you sit them down?
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and I’m your chief FLIGHT attendant.
E
S
They’re sorry they can’t be here, but I’ve brought along their best wishes.
N
If you keep up going left, you’ll see a petrol station on the corner.
W
my name is Andrew WILson
keep up
It took him less than five minutes to come up with the answer.
hEllo,
W
set bring up along
You can’t go on working 4 If you don’t take5a like this. break, you’ll be ill. The war’s been going on for eight years. Most people just want peace.
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Ladies and GENtlemen,
bring along
N
In order to get a refund, be sure to bring along your receipt.
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Why don’t you bring your 2 along to the party?3 boyfriend
If we decide to go on with the project, we’ll need to find at least another $100,000.
N
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Ladies and gentlemen, hello, my name is Andrew Wilson, and I’m your chief flight attendant. On behalf of Captain Stapley and the entire crew, I’d like to welcome you to this Sprite Airlines flight from Paris to Budapest. Our flight time will be two hours and fifteen minutes. Please make sure your seat back and the tray tables in front of you are in their full upright position, and that your seat belt is correctly fastened. Also, we advise you that all electronic equipment including mobile phones and laptop computers must be switched off. Thank you.
S
The village is getting smaller and smaller. All the young people have gone away.
If we keep up this level of spending, we’ll be bankrupt in six months.
Sadly, their marriage broke down after just a year.
Sorry, I’m not putting up with this any longer. Where’s the manager?
S
I’m trying to set up a meeting of all our sales reps. Are you free on Friday?
E
The whole bus was empty – but she sat down next to me!
go away
Would you mind sorting out our cats while we’re away?
W
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She didn’t want to buy a new car at first, but he managed to talk her over.
Negotiations with the union broke down at two o’clock this morning.
E
N
The government’s setting up a special committee to investigate corruption.
break down
You look like you need some time alone. Do you want me to go away? You don’t need antibiotics for a sore throat. Just wait a few days and it’ll go away.
W
Our bus broke down in the middle of nowhere.
N
✂
The company had so many debts that eventually it broke down.
When I got back to my car, I realised my bag had gone away.
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13A Ladies and gentlemen
13B The multi-word maze
Activity type: Speaking and pronunciation – Practising short announcements – Pairs Aim: To practise using word groups and prominence to make announcements more intelligible Language: Groups of words (Units 5 and 6) / Prominence (Units 8, 11 and 13) – Use at any point from 13.1. Preparation: Make one copy of the worksheet and one copy of the suggested answers for each learner. Time: 25 minutes
Activity type: Reading – Identifying mistakes / Maze game – Pairs/Groups Aim: To raise learners’ awareness of the range of meaning of some common multi-word verbs Language: Verbs with adverbs and prepositions 2 – Use at any point from 13.2. Preparation: Make one copy each of Worksheets 1 and 2 for every pair or group of learners. Ensure that each learner has a counter (e.g. a button or a coin). Time: 25 minutes
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13C Snap! Activity type: Reading and reformulating – ‘Snap’ game – Pairs Aim: To practise expressions for adding emphasis to sentences Language: Emphatic expressions – Use at any point from Explore speaking, p108. Preparation: Make one copy of the worksheet for every pair. Cut up the worksheet to make a set of 16 Learner A cards and 16 Learner B cards. Time: 20 minutes
Unit 13 Self-study Pack In the Workbook Unit 13 of the English Unlimited Upper Intermediate Workbook offers additional ways to practise the vocabulary and grammar taught in the Coursebook. There are also activities which build reading and writing skills and a whole page of listening and speaking tasks to use with the Interview video, giving your learners the opportunity to hear and react to authentic spoken English. • Vocabulary: Disagreement and compromise; Making your case; Negotiating an agreement • Grammar: Verbs with adverbs and prepositions 2 • Explore writing: Describing a dispute • Interview: Negotiation styles – Andrés and Di Fan
On the DVD-ROM Unit 13 of the English Unlimited Upper Intermediate Self-study DVD-ROM contains interactive games and activities for your learners to practise and improve their vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation, and also their speaking and listening, with the possibility for learners to record themselves, and a video of authentic spoken English to use with the Workbook. • Vocabulary and grammar: Extra practice activities • Pronunciation: Prominent words • Explore speaking: Apologising to a customer • Listening: Problems at work • Video: Negotiation styles
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SPEAKING 4 Responding to the text. Learners discuss the three questions in groups. Round-up. After a while, find out what their thoughts were and whether they generally agreed with each other.
1.1 14.1
Goals: talk about the future make predictions about the world Core language: VOCABULARY VOCABULARY
Predicting the future Future time expressions
Reading the future
I’d be surprised if …
READING 1 Reading for detail. To introduce the topic, ask learners if they think it’s possible to ‘read’ the future and if so, how. Listen to some of their ideas. Then draw their attention to the picture of Ian Pearson and say they’re going to find out about his unusual job. Learners read the short paragraph and answer the questions.
VOCABULARY Predicting the future 1 / Learners read the three groups of sentences and answer the questions.
He’s a futurologist. He tracks developments in technology and society and makes predictions about what will happen and how it will affect our lives. His skills and attributes: has a strong background in science and engineering, is good at trends analysis, has common sense, has reasonable business insight, knows when to listen to other people, does lots of thinking.
2 a
Prediction. Get learners to cover the text. They look at the six inventions in the list and discuss together how each might work. b Reading for main idea. Learners read through the article to check if their ideas in a were similar to what Ian describes. 1 It’s like a contact lens, but tiny lasers project a picture onto your retina. The picture will be included in your normal vision. 2 Electronic circuits will be printed on your skin. When combined with active contact lenses, you can touch your skin to access the Internet or call a friend and see them in the lens. 3 It looks like jewellery but will connect and dial someone when you say a word because of voice recognition. 4 Solar panels covering 10% of the Sahara desert could supply energy to the rest of Africa and the world using superconducting cables. 5 Self-driving cars would run on electrified rails all over the country. You’ll tell the car where to go and relax while it gets on the rails, then off the rails and drives you to your destination. 6 Probes would collect signals from your brain, put them in a brain model, speed up the thought processes, then put them back into your brain – making you super-intelligent.
3
Reading for detail. Learners read the article again and mark the statements true or false according to what Ian Pearson says. 1 True
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2 False
3 True
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4 False
5 False
6 True
a The expressions in Group A express the most certainty (Ian uses ‘will’ and ‘won’t’ to show he’s quite certain). b The expressions in Group C express the least certainty (Ian’s just expressing possibility). Group B falls somewhere in the middle. Language note
The use of can in sentence 5 does not mean ‘possibility’ but rather ‘ability’ (I can see). In sentence 6, could for possibility is strengthened by very well so it becomes a stronger possibility than the sentences in Group C. Note
The practice for this vocabulary is in 3 and is combined with practice for VOCABULARY Future time expressions.
VOCABULARY Future time expressions 2 a / Learners complete the time expressions 1–4 by finding the missing words in the sentences in 1. The number of words required to complete 1–4 is indicated by the number of gaps. 1 in the future 2 by 2020 4 Further into the future
b
3 in about five years
/ Learners put 1–12 from a into groups a–c, which establishes approximate time frames for the 12 expressions. Learners can then compare their answers in pairs. To some extent, answers will depend on learner opinion, since they may have different perceptions of relatively near or distant time, and this could start a useful class discussion. Suggested answers a 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11 b 6, 8, 10
c 1, 4, 12
Alternative
Instead of 2a and 2b, prepare 12 cards with one expression on each (complete 1–4 yourself). On different coloured cards, write the three headings in 2b. Learners, as a class, sort the 12 cards into three groups under the headings. You can keep the groups of cards on the floor or on the board so they can refer to them in 4 and 5.
c
/ To clarify the differences between a few of the time expressions, learners look at three pairs of sentences. They decide whether the ‘a’ and ‘b’
sentences within each pair mean the same or not. Elicit their ideas, then confirm the answers. 1 They’re different: in 2020 means exactly in that year; by 2020 means not later than 2020. 2 They mean the same. Draw learners’ attention to the apostrophe after ‘years’ in the expression in five years’ time. 3 They’re different: in a few years means after a few years; within a few years means sometime during the next few years.
3
Preparation for discussion. Working alone, learners look at the topics and choose six of them to write predictions about. They write sentences, choosing suitable expressions from 1 and 2a. Monitor and correct before they do the Speaking in 4. You could use photocopiable activity 14A on the Teacher’s DVD-ROM at this point.
SPEAKING 4 Discussion. Learners use the sentences they prepared in 3 as the basis for discussion. They tell each other their predictions and say why they think they’re likely to happen. Then they choose, from among their group’s predictions, which two they think are the most likely and which two are the least likely to come true. 5 Learners tell the other groups which predictions they chose as most and least likely to come true, and why. The class then decides which are the two most and the two least likely predictions from the whole class.
14.2 Goals: talk about the future describe personal hopes and expectations Core language: GRAMMAR PRONUNCIATION
Future progressive and future perfect Fluent speech 4 – double contractions
Yes Man READING 1 a / Prediction. Learners look at the cover of Danny’s book and try to guess from the picture, title and any other clues what it might be about. You might want to mention that the book was made into a popular film starring Jim Carrey, and ask if anyone has seen it. b Reading for main idea. Learners read the short publisher’s ‘blurb’ (= a short description to advertise a product, especially a book) from the back of the book to check their ideas from a, then say how they think this decision could affect Danny’s life. 2 Reading for main idea. Learners read the extract and answer the three questions.
1 He feels angry at first for wasting time. Then he feels excited about the idea of saying ‘Yes’ to everything. 2 For one day 3 He already has some.
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/ Reading for detail. Learners find the six expressions in the extract and discuss what they think the words might mean from the context in which they appear. After they’ve finished discussing the expressions, listen to their ideas. If more clarification is needed, you can use these definitions. 1 dump = to suddenly end a romantic relationship you have been having with someone. be dumped means the other person made the decision. 2 get back into the world outside his house, start meeting people and doing things 3 A rut is a boring routine, where you do the same things all the time and never seem to make progress. Danny wants to escape from that. 4 to make someone have a feeling that they had in the past 5 something that makes things start to happen. Danny wants a ‘kickstart’ to get his life going again. The expression comes from a way of starting a motorbike using a foot lever. 6 never stopping, never getting less extreme
SPEAKING 4 / Responding to the text. Learners discuss the two questions. Round-up. Find out from a few of them what they said. The others can ask them more questions if they wish.
I’ll have published … LISTENING 1 Listening for main idea. Explain to learners that they are going to listen to two people talking about their lives and making predictions about what they think will happen in the future. Learners look at the pictures of Eamonn (/eIm@n/) and Liliya, then read the two questions to find out what to listen for. Play recording 3.33. 1 Liliya likes planning things. Eamonn is more spontaneous. 2 Eamonn: writing, work (his work is writing), home, money Liliya: holidays, flying, work, children
2 Listening for detail. Play recording 3.33 again for learners to identify the three predictions or hopes which each speaker mentions. They note down one or two details about each one.
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Eamonn By that time, I’ll have saved up enough money to buy a place with a sea view. Liliya By the end of the year, I should have earned my helicopter pilot’s licence. In a year or so, I’ll be running my whole department at work. I hope to have brought my children up as happy people.
Alternative for weaker classes
Learners can identify each person’s three predictions or hopes first (question 1), then listen again for the details (question 2). The scripts are short enough to allow for two listenings at this stage. Eamonn 1 hope: He’ll have published another novel. prediction: He and his wife will probably be living in Portugal. prediction: He’ll have saved enough money to buy a house with a sea view. 2 novel: He’ll have published it by the end of next year, ideally a best-seller. Portugal: Maybe they’ll be living in the Algarve (region of Portugal). house with a sea view: He’ll have enough money to buy it in ten years, he’s always wanted that kind of house. Liliya 1 prediction: She should have earned her helicopter pilot’s licence. prediction: She’ll be running her whole department at work. hope: She’ll have brought her children up as happy people. 2 helicopter pilot’s licence: She’ll have it by the end of the year, she’s really excited about it. job: She’ll be running her department in a year or so, it’s the accounting department. her children: She wants them to be emotionally stable and successful, most parents would say the same.
GRAMMAR Future progressive and future perfect 3 a / Learners read the descriptions a and b and match them with sentences 1 and 2 from Eamonn’s talk. a 2 b 1
b /
Learners complete the form of the two structures.
1 will + be + -ing form 2 will + have + past participle
4
/ Explain to learners that they are going to look at other ways of expressing predictions or hopes about the future. Give them time to discuss the difference between each expression and will (which is used to make a confident prediction).
Language note
In Unit 12, learners used will be -ing to let someone know what to expect and to give the impression that the future event is a simple, natural fact. In Unit 14, however, will be -ing is used to express a confident prediction. 1 May expresses possibility and is less certain than will. 2 Hope to expresses a hope for the future, not a prediction. 3 Might is similar to may. 4 Should expresses an expectation about the future. 5 Expect also expresses an expectation about the future.
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/ Learners read script 3.33 on pp157–8 to find more examples of the progressive and perfect forms to talk about the future. There are four.
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You could use photocopiable activity 14B on the Teacher’s DVD-ROM at this point. Note: Grammar practice
You could do the grammar practice on p140 at this point.
PRONUNCIATION Fluent speech 4 – double contractions 6 a Play recording 3.34. Learners listen to and read the two sentences and notice how the speaker uses double contractions for I will have (I’ll’ve). They try saying the sentences with double contractions. Then they answer the question about the pronunciation of will not have. won’t’ve /wəUntəv/
b
Learners practise reading the sentences aloud, using double contractions. Model them if necessary beforehand. 1 She’ll’ve 2 They’ll’ve 3 won’t’ve 4 It’ll’ve 5 won’t’ve
Language note
In fast natural speech, double contractions are often used. They seldom appear in writing, however. Exceptions might be in plays (where the writer wants the actors to use that pronunciation) or novels (where the writer wants the reader to ‘hear’ how the characters talk). People might also use them in text messages to reduce the number of characters used.
SPEAKING 7 Discussion. Give learners a few minutes to gather their thoughts for this Speaking task. They choose from the topics listed and use the sentence beginnings suggested. Learners tell a partner about their predictions, hopes and expectations for the future, and give reasons. 8 Discussion. Learners get into new pairs and tell each other what they learned about their first partner. Then they decide, based on their first partner’s predictions, whether their lives seem more planned or more spontaneous. Round-up. Find out from each pair what they thought of their first partner’s life, then decide whether the class in general tends to have more planned or more spontaneous lives.
14.3 Target activity Goals: talk about the future describe personal hopes and expectations take part in a job interview Core language: TASK VOCABULARY Interview questions 14.1 VOCABULARY Future time expressions 14.2 GRAMMAR Future progressive and future perfect
6 a
Learners return to their original partners from 4 and discuss the people they interviewed (one person each). Then they decide which of the two people they’d offer the job to, and why. b As a follow-up to the task, the class discusses the three questions.
14 Explore
Choose the right candidate
Across cultures: Recruitment
TASK READING 1 a / Prediction. Learners look at the picture and discuss the questions. If you wish, you can bring in more pictures of Antarctic stations (e.g. from the Internet), showing various aspects of life inside the stations. b Reading for main idea. Learners read the advert quickly to check their ideas from a.
Goal:
1 Up to 70 employees 2 Human resources staff, scientists, mechanics, engineers, chef, doctor 3 Skiing, snowboarding, dog sledding, bird and animal watching, photography, films
2 Reading for detail. Learners read the advert again to find key information about the job that’s advertised. These are the points they’d look for in real life if they were reading a job advert. 1 Human Resources Assistant 2 Two years 3 March 1 4 Provides support to the HR manager, handles all issues with total confidentiality, helps to create and maintain employee files, assists the HR manager in matters related to salaries, employee evaluation and training 5 Have a degree and/or professional experience, be good with computers especially Excel and Word, be attentive to detail, be able to work independently, have strong organisational and people skills, be in good health 6 Can contribute significantly to the social life of the station
TASK VOCABULARY Interview questions 3 / Learners read questions 1–8. Then they replace each underlined part with a suitable expression a–h that fits grammatically and makes sense after each highlighted sentence beginning. 1 d 2 h 3 b 4 f 5 c 6 a 7 e 8 g
TASK 4 Preparation for interview. Learners work in pairs to prepare a set of questions to ask another person who will be applying for the job of HR Assistant advertised in 1b. They prepare their questions, choosing from 3 and using their own ideas if they wish. Then, since they themselves will eventually be interviewed, they discuss how they’d answer their own questions. 5 Interview. Learners now get into new pairs and take turns interviewing each other.
to make learners aware of job recruitment in different cultures
Core language: VOCABULARY
Recruitment: CV; objective; experience; references; covering letter; clients; salaries; graduates; psychology; internship experience; interview stage; candidates
READING 1 Reading for detail. Learners read the advice from a website on how to prepare for a job interview abroad. They then discuss what information they’d give, for each point, to people coming for an interview in their country. Ask someone from each group to summarise a few of the points they discussed. LISTENING 2 Listening for main idea. Draw learners’ attention to the pictures of the speakers and the countries they’re from. They will speak in pairs, with Iain and Barbara first, then Lixing (pronounced ‘Lee-shing’) and Cian (pronounced ‘Kee-an’). Play recording 3.35. Learners identify which pairs talk about the seven topics. covering letters: both CVs: both internships: Lixing and Cian interviews: both job advertisements: Iain and Barbara personalities: both salaries: Iain and Barbara
3 a Listening for detail. Explain that learners should listen and note down which country or countries each sentence refers to, according to the speakers. The wording of sentences 1–8 may differ a little from what the speakers say, but the meaning is the same. Give learners a chance to read 1–8, then play recording 3.35 again. b Learners read script 3.35 on p158 to check their ideas. 1 Venezuela 2 Venezuela, Ireland 3 England 4 Venezuela 5 China 6 China 7 Ireland 8 Ireland
VOCABULARY Recruitment 4 a Learners look at the sentences in 3a again. In pairs, they note down one or two useful expressions from each sentence that they think would be useful for talking about recruitment.
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b
Learners compare the useful expressions they chose with another pair, or as a class. They can adjust their list at this point. Possible answers Nouns: CV, a main objective, experience, references, covering letter, clients, salaries, graduates, psychology, internship experience, interview stage, candidates Verbs: include, submit, show, deal with, offer, focus on, sell yourself, observe, interact
You can clarify any aspects of meaning or usage at this point. SPEAKING 5 Reading for main idea. The focus now moves from differences in recruitment between countries to differences in recruitment between professions and organisations (micro-culture). Learners read some advice from the website to find out why it’s a good idea to research a company or organisation before going for an interview there. • to find out about the ‘culture’ within a particular profession or organisation • to find out if there are any guidelines you should follow before your interview at an organisation
6 a Preparation for discussion. Learners prepare to talk about how recruitment is done in a field of work they know about (e.g. one they’re in or would like to be in). They choose topics from 2 (or any others that are particular to that field of work) and note down expressions from 4a that will be useful for their discussion. b Discussion. Learners discuss recruitment in their chosen fields and find out what the main differences are. Round-up. Ask if anyone in the class (or anyone they know) has ever applied for a job in another country and find out what happened. Find out how many learners would like to work in another country one day, and why.
Explore writing Goal:
write a formal letter or email of refusal
Core language: Thanking people or expressing appreciation: We’d like to thank you for …; We were pleased to have the opportunity to …; Many thanks for …; We very much appreciated …; We’d like to take this opportunity to thank you …; We’d like to express our gratitude for … Saying ‘no’: We regret to inform you that …; We are unable to …; I am sorry to say that …; We will not be needing …; Unfortunately, it is not possible to …; We’re sorry to have to tell you that … Referring to possible future contact: Would you mind if we keep your records on file?; We will certainly contact you if …; We have your contact details; We will be sure to get in touch if …; We will let you know if …; I have made a note of your telephone number …
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/ To introduce the topic, get learners to think of various situations in which they might have to write a formal letter or email saying no to something.
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Possible answers • turning down an invitation to give a speech, a seminar or a presentation • refusing to attend a formal event (e.g. a fundraising event, a political meeting, a formal party, a graduation ceremony …) • refusing a job offer, refusing a university place or scholarship, refusing an award
2 Reading for main idea. Learners read the letter and email to find out what the writers are refusing and why. Christopher Pattinson says no to Mr Brackley’s job application because there were many applicants who had much more experience in banking than Mr Brackley. Gudrun Olsen says no to Estelle’s offer to help with preparations for the Community Autumn Festival because she has enough volunteers for that event.
3 a / Learners sort the 12 highlighted expressions in the letter and email into three groups, a–c. a 1, 2, 7, 8 b 3, 4, 9, 10 c 5, 6, 11, 12
b / Learners add more expressions to the three groups in a. a We’d like to take this opportunity to thank you …; We’d like to express our gratitude for … b Unfortunately, it is not possible to …; We’re sorry to have to tell you that … c We will let you know if …; I have made a note of your telephone number …
4 a
Preparation for writing. Working in pairs, learners choose one of the situations to reply to. b Together, they plan a formal letter or email saying no. They use the three points given as a guideline for their planning. 5 Writing. Learners work alone and write their email or letter. If you wish, they can begin in class (doing the first paragraph, for instance) and complete the rest of the letter at home, then bring it in for correction the next day. 6 Learners exchange letters with their partner from 4 (or a different one, if you prefer) and say whether they think it’s clear and polite.
14 Look again Review VOCABULARY Predicting the future 1 a / Learners complete the paragraph with the six expressions. 1 I predict that 2 I’d be surprised if 3 there’s the possibility that 4 could very well 5 the next step could be 6 I can see
b Writing. Learners write a short paragraph like Kimi’s, making predictions about someone they know well. They can choose useful expressions from a. Alternative
The writing stage can be done as homework and brought in the next day for c.
c
Learners read someone else’s paragraph and ask questions about the person. If you prefer, they can read a few paragraphs in small groups and ask each other questions. Round-up. Ask each pair (or group) to choose one person to tell the class about. GRAMMAR Future progressive and future perfect 2 a Learners complete the questions with the future progressive or the future perfect. The time expressions will help them decide which form to choose. They then write two more similar questions of their own. 1 What will you have achieved in a year’s time? 2 What will you be doing at 1.30 pm tomorrow? 3 How many people will you have spoken to by the end of today? 4 What will you be doing at midnight on New Year’s Eve?
b / Learners ask and answer the questions. Round-up. Find out how each pair or group answered one or two of the questions. CAN YOU REMEMBER? Unit 13 – Making your case 3 a / Learners put the lines of the conversation in order. 1 How about going to the cinema tonight? 2 Good idea, but what about the shopping? 3 That’s no problem. We can do it tomorrow. 4 You know I’m working all day tomorrow! 5 So I can do the shopping. In any case, you need an evening off.
b / Learners replace the four expressions in a with four new ones that fit grammatically and make sense. That’s no problem can be replaced by I’ve thought about that. You know can be replaced by I’m afraid. So can be replaced by In that case. In any case can be replaced by And besides.
c
In pairs, learners think of one or two short conversations like the one in a. The context is that they’re friends who have different ideas about what to do this weekend. They include useful expressions from a and b, and practise saying their conversations, taking turns to start. For example: I’ve been thinking, how about having a barbecue this weekend? Nice idea, but we haven’t got a barbecue. I’ve already thought about that. We can borrow the one my parents have. Well, OK, but I’m afraid I’m not very good at cooking. Well, I am, so I’ll do the cooking. And besides, you’ll be busy inside making salad, cutting bread, pouring drinks …
Extension SPELLING AND SOUNDS /Iə/ 4 a / Learners complete the spelling of the words with the four options. earphones, earrings, career, clear, disappear, engineer, period, serious, sincere, sphere
b / Learners look at the words in a and answer the questions about spelling patterns. a ear b e at the end: eer, ear, ere
c Play recording 3.36. Learners write down the words, then check their spelling in script 3.36 on p158. If you wish, you can elicit the spelling and write it on the board. atmosphere, earpiece, gear, hero, interfere, interior, overhear, steer, volunteer, experience
NOTICE Planning and spontaneity 5 a / Learners locate and complete the seven expressions in script 3.33 on pp157–8. 1 circumstances 2 going 3 spur 4 ahead 5 place 6 spontaneously 7 day-to-day
b
/ Learners discuss how people they know, or know of, behave, using the expressions in a. They can add examples of the people’s behaviour, like this: I have a friend who always plans ahead. For instance, she’ll phone me in August and ask me what I’m doing on March 14 next year because she wants to buy tickets for a concert on that date. You could use photocopiable activity 14C on the Teacher’s DVD-ROM at this point.
Self-assessment To help focus learners on the self-assessment, read it through and get learners to give you a few examples of the language they have learned in each section. Give an example to start them off if necessary. Then learners circle the numbers on each line.
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14A Science fiction? Activity type: Reading and speaking – Sentence re-ordering / Discussion – Individuals / Pairs / Whole class Aim: To discuss the timing and likelihood of predictions for the future Language: Future time expressions – Use at any point from 14.1. Preparation: Make one copy of the worksheet for every learner and fold along the line. Time: 35 minutes
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14B Families of the future Activity type: Speaking – Presentation – Groups / Whole class Aim: To make predictions about the future of families and family life Language: Future progressive and future perfect – Use at any point from 14.2. Preparation: Make one copy of the worksheet for the class. Cut up the worksheet to make a set of 12 cards. Time: 40 minutes
14C Review game 2
12 In what ways will the relationships among various family members over the years? (change)
4 Speaking Choose one adjective. Tell a short anecdote
6 Which present-day special occasions ? might families still Which ones will most likely ? (celebrate, disappear)
11 Speaking Talk about whether you think it’s important to preserve endangered species (e.g. pandas, tigers, whales …), and why / why not.
Super-planes will cut travel times by half, and there will even be flying cars.
29 Speaking Talk about a time when you successfully negotiated for compensation (even if it was only a little!).
All edible fish will have disappeared from the ocean.
9 Vocabulary 10 Pronunciation Make sentences Which word has the with three of these main stress in each expressions. compound? in an interesting way nuclear power no way space probe go out of one’s way global warming in the way heart disease 1 Pronunciation 2 Grammar 3 Spelling on the way power station Divide into groups of Put in order from ‘sure Think of three words marine research words. Which would be it’s not true’ to ‘sure it’s each with the sound
There will be one currency used throughout the world.
8 Spelling Write three words for each spelling of /U/. ou oo u
3D TV will be the norm.
5 Vocabulary Say two things you regret and two you don’t regret. Use: I don’t regret … I’m glad … I’m sorry … If only …
11 What languages will people inside and outside the home? What methods of communication will ? they (speak, use)
18 Spelling Write two words for each spelling of stressed /I/. i ui y
5 What kinds of homes will families in? Where will these homes be, in the city or in the country? (live)
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People will take space holidays on the Moon – if they can afford it.
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We will be able to control the weather.
7 Vocabulary Describe various roles in your life using: work as am a member of act as belong to am a supporter of
No one will smoke.
6 Grammar Make a sentence for each multi-word verb. pour into put together turn over hold together pick up
Most people will buy ebooks or audio books instead of paper books.
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10 What will the official age for voting, marriage, leaving school and leaving or to? home Why? (rise, fall)
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We won’t need to eat meals. We’ll take nutritional pills instead.
«START»
Companies will have workers aged from 18 to 75 due to the late retirement age.
prominent? true’. /e/ at the start of the 12 Grammar ending with that 15 Vocabulary 14 Spelling 13 Vocabulary If I’d married Julie, we Complete might have, word your and in the middleMake adjective: I was ___! Complete with your with amust have, Describe family four sentences may of have, (e.g. emigrate, head). withhorrified owncould’ve ideas. had kids. spelling /eI/.couldn’t have,rights and obligations the wordthrilled If I hadn’t moved, my life may well have, fascinated mystified • Eight out of ten people r__lw__ using: spending: would mortified love __. be different. ob__could have, can’t have have the right to a) after a preposition; • Nearly all teenagers __ncient am obliged to b) as subject of a hate __. __d am expected to sentence; • Almost half of the gr__teful am free to c) after a time linker; 22 Speaking 21 Vocabulary 20 Pronunciation 19 Grammar population has __. you f__lure haveDivide the option involve. Talk about how Complete these into of groups of d) after Make a sentence, using feel about alternative n__bour healthcare words with words. your own ideas, for medicine, such vowels. Which would be each of the patterns in 32 Vocabulary 33 Spelling 34 Speaking as homoeopathy, __ns__r__nc__ prominent? square 16. What changesmassage, do you etc. Write two words for TalkWhat aboutmakes whether hypnosis, tr__ __tm__nt a good think will have taken eachch__ck-__p spelling of /I@/. you interviewer think your in your place in your country: ear __pp__ __ntm__nt life is planned or opinion? • in ten years’ time? eer cl__n__c spontaneous. Give you To be successful, • within your lifetime? ere p__t__ __nt examples. have to get people • by the end of the h__sp__t__l talking. century?
4 What kinds of food will families and what kinds will ? Will families be eating meals together? (eat, vanish)
There will be a permanent undersea city.
28 Vocabulary Make sentences with these expressions. put in
9 What form of energy will families to run their home? to What will they conserve energy? (use, do)
27 Spelling Complete with a spelling of /@U/. tobacc__ t__st
3 What size will the typical family or to, and why? How in many generations will a home? (grow, shrink, live)
26 Speaking Talk about a conflict you have sorted out successfully.
8 In 50 years’ time, what changes will place in the way people bring up children, and why? (take)
25 Grammar Make a sentence for each of these verbs. sort out face up to talk over come up with break down
2 What kinds of holidays will families ? How will they differ from present-day holidays? (take)
16 Grammar Complete the patterns. He said __ he had to leave. She asked __ see my résumé. I asked him __ his
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30 Pronunciation Say the sentences using double contractions. It will have stopped raining soon. They will not have decided before tomorrow.
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14C Review game Activity type: Vocabulary, speaking, grammar, spelling and pronunciation – Dice game – Groups Aim: To review language from Units 8–14 Language: Various language taken from across Units 8–14 – Use at the end of Unit 14. Preparation: Make one copy of both pages of the worksheet for every three or four learners and stick them together (short end to short end) to form a board game. You will need a die for each group and a counter for each learner. Time: 40 minutes
Unit 14 Self-study Pack In the Workbook Unit 14 of the English Unlimited Upper Intermediate Workbook offers additional ways to practise the vocabulary and grammar taught in the Coursebook. There are also activities which build reading and writing skills and two whole pages of listening and speaking tasks to use with the Documentary video, giving your learners the opportunity to hear and react to authentic spoken English. • Vocabulary: Predicting the future; Future time expressions; Interview questions; Recruitment • Grammar: Future progressive and future perfect • Explore reading: Article: Threats to life on our planet • Documentary: The Antarctic researcher
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On the DVD-ROM Unit 14 of the English Unlimited Upper Intermediate Self-study DVD-ROM contains interactive games and activities for your learners to practise and improve their vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation, and also their speaking and listening, with the possibility for learners to record themselves, and a video of authentic spoken English to use with the Workbook. • Vocabulary and grammar: Extra practice activities • Pronunciation: Fluent speech – double contractions • Explore speaking: Interrupting people • Listening: Talking about hopes and expectations • Video: Documentary – The Antarctic researcher
Grammar reference – Coursebook pp131–140: Answer key Unit 1 Present perfect simple and progressive 1 Adam has been cycling competitively since he was a teenager. 2 Guess what! I’ve finally joined the sports club. 3 I have an awful feeling that I’ve broken my toe! 4 Mia’s been preparing for her final exams for months. 5 I’m not really crying. I’ve been cutting onions! 6 Sonia’s been married since she was 18. 7 Have you ever thought about becoming a vegetarian? 8 You look exhausted! What have you been doing? 9 Not again! You’ve already watched this film twice. 10 Sorry I didn’t hear the phone. I’ve been working in the garden. 11 Have you finished your coffee? Would you like another? 12 I’ve only seen Ben a couple of times since we left school. Unit 2 Past simple and past perfect simple 1 realised; had lost 2 had decided; was 3 texted; had got 4 loved; had never seen 5 had promised; was 6 told; had found Past progressive and past perfect progressive 1 was just closing up 2 ’d been negotiating 3 was still working 4 was living 5 ’d been living 6 ’d been waiting Unit 3 Habits and tendencies – past and present Suggested answers 1 used to be 2 would also do 3 would do 4 would eat out 5 was always worrying 6 would tell 7 would make 8 was always asking Unit 4 Using the passive 1 are (often) criticised 2 was invited 3 can’t be repaired 4 have been imported 5 has (just) been nominated 6 should be sent 7 Have … been announced 8 was / were informed (American English prefers the singular was for staff, British English prefers were.) Unit 5 Describing objects – past participle clauses 1 made 2 directed 3 grown 4 located 5 imported 6 built 7 taken 8 called
Unit 7 Describing scenes – present and past participle clauses 1 having 2 dedicated 3 used 4 practising 5 attached 6 discussing 7 connected 8 pouring Unit 8 Making deductions about the past 1 must have 2 may well have 3 might have 4 couldn’t have 5 could have 6 must have 7 can’t have 8 may have Conditionals – past and present 1 If she’d arrived a little earlier, she could have got the express train. 2 I might still be working in an office if I hadn’t won the lottery. 3 He might have become a landscape gardener if he hadn’t been allergic to flowers. 4 If he’d locked the window, the cat couldn’t have got out. 5 The party would have been successful if there hadn’t been a power failure. 6 If that taxi hadn’t stopped for us, we’d still be standing at the bus stop in the rain. 7 This soup would have been perfect if you hadn’t added that last teaspoon of salt! 8 If she’d come back for a second interview, we would have offered her the job. 9 She’d have seen everything much better if she’d had her glasses with her. 10 If everyone had come by public transport, we wouldn’t have this parking problem now. Unit 9 Verbs with adverbs and prepositions 1 1 pour the milk into the bowl 2 print an address onto this envelope 3 turn over the worksheet / turn the worksheet over 4 pick up the kids from school / pick the kids up from school 5 attach the agenda to this morning’s email 6 put a lot of money into this project 7 put these two single beds together 8 cut off your finger / cut your finger off
Unit 6 Conditional clauses – present and future 1 is; we’ll think 2 ordered; we’d consider 3 I’d (probably) think; passed 4 win; will be 5 gave; I’d be 6 I’ll turn off; don’t stop In sentences 1, 4 and 6, the people use real conditionals because they are, respectively, confident, optimistic and impatient, and they consider the situations likely to happen. In sentences 2, 3 and 5, the people use unreal conditionals because they are cautious, pessimistic and poorly qualified respectively, so they consider the situations less likely to happen.
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Unit 10 Using the -ing form 1 It’s been raining heavily like this all week, so everything’s wet. 2 I don’t usually find horror films disturbing. They’re just funny. 3 I sometimes feel ill when riding in the back of a car. 4 Excuse me. Would you be interested in completing a questionnaire on your local government? 5 After work, I enjoy relaxing in front of the TV with a cold drink. 6 Because my mother’s French, learning the language has been fairly easy for me. 7 You can do it by pressing the ‘Control’ and the ‘S’ key at the same time. 8 This is an absolutely fascinating book. You must read it! 9 Playing computer games won’t help you pass your exams! 10 His job involves giving presentations around the world. 1 2 3 4 5 6
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Unit 11 Patterns after verbs 1 to go 2 (that) she hadn’t checked 3 to Frank for being 4 (that) TV isn’t / about TV not being 5 Brandon College to a football match 6 everybody for coming / everybody who came 7 to wait 8 you to get rid of / that you get rid of 9 (that) they’re getting married / (that) they’re going to get married 10 to write / (that) you’d write Unit 12 Will be -ing 1 will be meeting 2 will be starting 3 will (also) be presenting 4 will be getting 5 will be bringing 6 will be having 7 will be watching 8 will be joining 9 will be trying out Unit 13 Verbs with adverbs and prepositions 2 1 i (faced up to) 2 d (set it up) 3 l (put up with) 4 b (go away) 5 g (talk them over) 6 h (go on) 7 j (bring her along) 8 a (sit down) 9 e (broken down) 10 f (came up with) 11 c (sorted it out) 12 k (keep up) Unit 14 Future progressive and future perfect 1 may have run out 2 might be working 3 will definitely have told 4 will probably be lying 5 should have had 6 will be waiting 7 expect to be living 8 hope to have spoken
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