Meanings into Words

Intermediate

An integrated course for students of English

Student's Book

Adrian Doff Christopher Jones and Keith Mitchell

Cambridge

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© Cambridge University Press 1983

This book is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and to the provisions of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press.

First published 1983

Twentieth printing 2001

Printed in the United Kingdom at the University Press, Cambridge

ISBN 0 521 28283 7 Student's Book

ISBN 0 521 28286 1 Teacher's Book

ISBN 0 521 28284 5 Workbook

ISBN 0 521 28285 3 Test Boook

ISBN 0 521 23887 0 Cassette (Student's Book)

ISBN 0 521 23888 9 Cassette (Drills)

Contents

Introduction

Acknowledgements

1. Places

There is/are; has/has got; location prepositions; have something done; non- defining relative clauses.

2. Decisions and intentions

I'll; shall we?; going to/planning to/intending to/thinking of doing; Present Continuous.

3. Jobs and routine

Present Simple active and passive; frequency adverbs and phrases; compound noun phrases.

4. Direction Direction prepositions; sequence adverbs; street directions.

Activities

5. Past events

Past Simple active and passive; sequence expressions; past time expressions.

6. Talking about now

Present Continuous active and passive; there + Present Continuous.

Activities

7. Requests and offers

Requests and requests for permission; offers and offers of permission; reporting requests and offers.

8. Recent actions and activities

Present Perfect and Past tenses; Present Perfect and Present tenses; Present Perfect Continuous and Simple.

Activities

9. Comparison

Comparison of adjectives and adverbs; comparisons involving two verbs; superlatives.

10. The past and the present

Used to; remember; would; not any more/longer; Present Perfect active and passive; time comparison.

Activities

11. Likes and dislikes

'Like' and 'dislike' verbs; active and passive gerund forms; prefer; like doing/like to do.

12. Events and circumstances

Past Continuous and Past Simple; Present Perfect and Past tenses; see/hear someone do/doing.

Activities

13. Leisure activities and skills

Go + -ing; do; expressions of quantity; 'skill' expressions.

14. Advice

Basic advice structures; try doing; reporting advice; if/in case/so that; predictions with 'might'.

Activities

15. Origin and duration

'Origin' structures; 'duration' structures; 'since' with clauses; negative origin and duration.

16. Location

In/on/at; phrases indicating precise location; geographical location.

Activities

17. Similarities and differences

I do too/I don't either/So do I/Nor do I; myself; both/neither/either; both ... and .../neither ... nor ...; whereas.

18. Obligation

Modals of obligation and permission; 'make' and 'let'; 'freedom of choice' structures.

Activities

19. Prediction

Probably/certainly; may/might/could; I expect/I should think/I doubt if; 'if' and 'unless'; 'will' and 'going to'; 'will be doing' and 'will have done'.

20. Objects

Compound noun phrases; 'with' for describing features; defining relative clauses; use for ... -ing.

Activities

21. Degree

Too/not enough + infinitive; so/such ... that...

22. Setting a scene

Past Continuous structures; Past Simple; participle structures; Past Perfect Simple.

Activities

23. Criticising

Should/shouldn't + infinitive forms; if + Past tense; if + Past Perfect tense; keeps doing/is always doing.

24. Explanations

Because/in order to/so that; 'general purpose' structures; cause and effect structures; although/even though/in spite of/despite; because of.

Activities

Listening texts

Drills

Introduction

This is the first of the two Meanings into Words Student's Books. It contains 24 units, each of which is based on a major functional or notional area of English. Each unit includes:

• Presentation material which introduces key language items.

• Intensive controlled practice.

• Freer communicative practice and writing activities.

• Listening and reading passages.

• A Language Summary which lists the main points covered in the unit.

After every two units (starting at Unit 4) there is an Activities page. These activities give an opportunity to combine and extend the language learnt in earlier units.

Meanings into Words Intermediate Student's Book is accompanied by:

• A Workbook which contains extra written practice of the language taught in each unit.

• A Test Book which contains six Progress Tests and a Final Achievement Test.

• Drills (on cassette) which give intensive manipulation practice of key structures introduced in the unit, for use in the language laboratory.

• A Teacher's Book which includes a general description of the course as well as detailed teaching notes on each unit.

A Cassette of all recorded material in the Student's Book.

Acknowledgements

The authors and publishers would like to express their thanks and appreciation to the following institutions for their invaluable assistance in testing the course material and helping the authors to make many necessary improvements: The Bell College, Saffron Walden; The Bell School, Cambridge; The Bell School, Norwich; NATO, Brussels, Belgium; The Newnham Language Centre, Cambridge; The Studio School of English, Cambridge; The University of Lyon, France. Parts of the material have also been tested by the authors at the British Council, Beirut and Stevenson College, Edinburgh.

The authors would like to give special thanks to David Jolly and David Scarbrough, whose wide-ranging ideas about communicative language learning have contributed much to the development of this course. They would also like to thank the following people for their contributions to the recorded material: Carolyn Becket, Gregor Graham, Josephine Jones, Sheena McDonald, Patrick Rayner and Doreen Taylor.

The authors and publishers are grateful to the following for permission to reproduce photographs, illustrations and texts: The British Tourist Authority (photographs on pp. 6, 13, 41, 70); British Airports Authority (photograph on p. 17); Ronelle's Discotheque, Cambridge (photograph on p. 17); The Sunday Times (article on p. 20); Gerald Duckworth & Co. Ltd (illustration on pp. 24 and 181 from Inventions by Heath Robinson); Private.Eye (passage and illustration on p. 49); Richard and Sally Greenhill (photographs on p. 63 - nurse and policeman, 73, 74, 79, 93 - bottom left and top right, 101, 140 — top left, bottom left and top right, 159- left and right); David Lewis (miner on p. 63); Dona Haycraft (teacher on p. 63); Chefaro Proprietaries Ltd (Bergasol advert on p. 64); Bryan and Cherry Alexander ^r (photographs on p. 67); The Mansell Collection Ltd (illustrations on p. 68); Barnaby's Picture Library (photographs on pp.93 - top middle, 140 — bottom right and middle left, 174); Sylvester Jacobs (photograph on p. 93 - top left); Space Frontiers Ltd (photograph on p. 95); Hodder and Stoughton Educational (article on p. 126); Cambridge Evening News (photograph on p. 140 - middle right); Hamlyn Paperbacks (article on p. 141); The Guardian (article and photograph on pp. 155 and 156); John Walmsley (photograph on p. 159 - middle); John Topham Picture Library (photographs on pp. 169 and 170); The Scottish Health Education Group (poster on p. 172); The Samaritans (advert on p. 173); Shelter National Campaign for the Homeless (advert on p. 173); Spokes and Jerry Neville (cartoon on p. 177); Mercedes-Benz, Levi Strauss & Co., London Transport and Diner's Club (p. 115).

The photographs on pp. 2, 3,14,17 — office, hotel, theatre and hospital, 59, 63 — lorry driver, 93 - bottom right, were taken by Nigel Luckhurst. The illustrations on pp. 1, 2, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27, 59, 60, 113,114, 123, 139, 143, 144, 160 and 165 were drawn by Chris Evans; on pp. 4, 11, 16,19, 33, 71, 98 and 159 by John Walsh; on pp. 9, 31, 44, 51, 53, 76, 87, 91, 106, 108,121, 130, 137,145, 146, 166 and 179 by Dave Parkins; on pp. 38 and 39 by Brian Warwick; on p. 47 by William Le Fever; on pp. 116,118,125 and 135 by Reg Piggott.

Book designed by Peter Ducker mstd

Unit 1. Places