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These three charts show what three different people chose as their favourite things in life.
What kind of person do you think each of A-C is? Talk about the person's
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Which person do you think you would get on with best? Why?
First listen to an example on the recording, which starts but does not finish the task.
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How much do you agree or disagree with each other?
How different are your own charts?
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bThe two boxers climbed into the and prepared to fight.
cThe hotel has a private tennis behind the gardens.
dThe football fans cheered as the national team ran out on to the
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aIn the club children under 12 are to use the billiard equipment.
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dThe club secretary sent us a
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aI'm going out tonight: I've got a with Marco.
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Which verb could you use for the action of
knit sew stitch weave
Which verb could you use for the action of
1putting a button back on a shirt?
2making a carpet?
3making a jersey?
4 mending a tear in material?
disting uish glance glimpse |
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Which verb could you use for the action of
1 looking quickly through a magazine?
2looking hard at your face in the mirror?
3becoming aware of someone?
4seeing for only a moment an animal running through trees?
5carefully watching a laboratory rat perform an experiment?
6seeing the difference between two people who look very similar?
7knowing someone because you have seen them before?
8using something about someone's appearance to say who they are?
Sort the words into two lists: GET LARGER and GET SMALLER.
decrease expand extend increase lower raise reduce shrink
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6 Fortunately, the number of people finding jobs at the moment is
7 Marriage is less popular than it used to be: the number of people getting married has
noticeably.
8 After the hotels their prices by
50%, the number of visitors fell sharply.
Putting something right
You went to the opening of a new disco in your town last week. Read the review of the disco.
published in a local newspaper, together with the notes gou made disagreeing with the writer.
Write a letter to the editor of the newspaper, defending the disco and explaining your point
of view. Write 120-180 words in an appropriate style.
Remember to do a paragraph plan before you start to write.
After writing, check that
•you have included all the relevant points
•you have used your own words as much as possible
•you have organised your ideas clearly in paragraphs
•you have written in an appropriately polite but forceful way which will impress the editor of the newspaper
•you have begun and ended your letter in an appropriate way
•you haven't made any grammar, spelling or punctuation mistakes
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Improving your mind
Brain power
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3The lecture was so boring I fell asleep - I couldn't help it.
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Igor denied that |
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6Everybody makes mistakes sometimes. Sometimes you can't avoid
mistakes.
7Sabine really hates people who boast about their cars.
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9Clara wants to continue with her business studies. Clara wants to carry
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10Joel might visit a psychiatrist.
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Dreams in everyday life
Ask as many people as you can (at least ten) to complete the questionnaire. If you ask your
classmates, ask the questions in English. But if you ask other people, your family for example, you may translate the questions into your language. Make a note of everybody's answers.
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I m p r o v i n g |
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Look at all the information you have collected and summarise it in a report called 'Dreams in
everyday life' (120-180 words).
Use some of these headings in your report:
Introduction Frequency Causes Types
Importance Conclusion
If possible, exchange reports with some classmates. Do you all reach similar
conclusions?
Phrasal verbs
Complete each sentence by writing in the missing part of the phrasal verb.
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7As long as you stay calm, you'll through all your exams easily.
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The happiest days of your life?
Studying abroad
What do you think are the advantages and disadvantages of studying abroad?
Using the symbols in the key, mark each of the points below according to your point of view. What are your reasons?
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+ = advantage
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?= possible advantage or disadvantage
•being away from your family
•living in new accommodation
•meeting new people
•eating different food
•getting a better qualification
•seeing different scenery
•getting to know a different culture
•going out in a different city
Listen to part of a talk Vanessa gave to some students about her experiences of studying
abroad. For questions 1-12 complete the notes, which summarise the content of her talk. Write a word or short phrase in each gap.
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'wish' / 'if only'
Some of these sentences are grammatically correct, but others are not. Check for mistakes and make any necessary corrections.
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4If only we would have more mathematics classes this term.
5Jake wished he hadn't missed his music lesson.
6Most people today wish they earn more money.
7I wish Anita didn't keep interrupting the teacher in yesterday's biology class.
8Mr Blake wishes he didn't have to cancel next week's school trip.
9I wish you wouldn't tease the younger children.
10If only Jola has passed all her exams when she left school.
Prepositional phrases
by or on?
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1refer to something blocking a road or path?
2show you want to express something in a different (usually simpler) way?
3emphasise that something really is true?
4 suggest that something is partly true?
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Unwillingly to school?
Which of these statements do you most agree with? Which do you disagree with? Why?
Listen to Ken and Jane discussing the last statement. Who do you agree with more? Why?
Express your own opinions on the statements. Remember to use the language and skills you
practised on page 64 of the Coursebook.
Record your opinions on a blank cassette. Listen to them and think how you could improve what you say. Then record everything again.
If possible, compare your opinions with those of a classmate. Do you have the same opinions?
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Great exhibitions
Word linking
Are the museums in your country free, or do you have to pay to visit them? Do you think
museums should be Jree, or that people should have to pay to get in?
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Listen to what Mark words.
Each of the ten missing words is linked to the word before it by sound. In each case, which of the six ways of linking words by sound shown in the
Coursebook on page 151 is used?
Practise repeating what Mark said, paying special attention to your word linking. Copy as
closely as you can the sounds you hear. If possible, record yourself and listen to yourself speaking. How close is your version to Mark's?
Comparatives and
superlatives (revision)
Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between two and five words, including the word given.
1There isn't a more famous wax museum than Madame Tussaud's.
famous
Madame Tussaud's ..is.the most famous
wax museum in the world.
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3You won't see a better collection of ancient Greek art than in the National Archaeological Museum in Athens.
place
The National Archaeological Museum in Athens
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Greek art.
4 Ms Clark is a better teacher than Professor Collins.
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6The old art gallery is half the size of the new one. big
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9Brian was the most badly behaved child on the trip to the Science Museum.
behaved
All the children behaved badly on the trip to the Science Museum, but
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10My opinion of the art exhibition is different from yours.
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My opinion of the art exhibition yours.
About a million dollars' worth
In what ways do museums need to protect their exhibits? How can they do this? Has there been
a recent news story of a theft of an exhibit from a museum, or any other damage caused to an exhibit?
In this extract from a thriller, the main character, Arthur, is being involved in a plot to
steal exhibits from the Treasury of Topkapi Palace, Istanbul (the palace of the Sultans of the old Ottoman Empire, and now a famous museum). Read
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* = another name (used by foreigners) for the palace
The book from which this extract comes was made into a successful film called 'Topkapi', starring Peter Ustinov and Melina Mercouri. Try to see it if you can!
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Draw in pencil on your map the route the plotters will take to the roof of the Treasury
museum. The start has been done for you.
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