UNIT 2 Going Places
UNIT 2 Going Places
UNIT 2 Going Places
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O B JE C T IV E S
GOING fu n c t io n s :
gram m ar:
expressing surprise
relative clauses (review);
which to refer to a whole clause;
PLACES
omitting relative pronouns;
reduced relative clauses
vo c a bu la r y: groups o f people;
phrasal verbs (1)
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Refugees Bring New Life to a Village
Q iace is a small village in Calabria, which Riace is now home to between two and
is a very pretty region of Italy, but also three hundred immigrants, who live happily
quite a poor one. Riace once had a population alongside the locals. Most of the women make
of 3,000, but in the 1990s a shortage of jobs handicrafts to sell in local shops, while the men
meant that many of the inhabitants, especially renovate empty houses to rent to tourists. But it
young people, left the village to find work in is not only the refugees who have gained from
other places. The only school closed. There Lucano’s plans: Citta Futura also has 13 local
were no restaurants and very few shops. Many employees, which makes it the biggest employer
houses were empty. Riace was becoming a in the village. And because of the arrival of more
ghost town. But these days it’s a different story, children, the school is open again. Lucano, who
because of one man whose dreams have turned became mayor of Riace in 2004, has managed
Riace into a village with a future. to create jobs and to stop the villagers moving
One day in 1998, Domenico Lucano, a away, while at the same time helping some
teacher from Riace, was driving near the food and accommodation in return for work. The of the poorest and most desperate people in
sea when he saw a refugees also had to learn Italian. the world.
large group of people It was the beginning of a plan. Lucano created Many politicians have visited Riace hoping
on the beach. They an organisation called Citta Futura, or City of the that they can use Lucano’s ideas in their own
were refugees who Future. The idea was simple: Riace desperately towns and cities. The German film director Wim
had arrived by boat to needed more inhabitants and there were plenty Wenders also went there and was inspired to
escape problems in of people in the world looking for a home. The make a short documentary about the village
their countries. Lucano village began to welcome refugees from Somalia, called II Volo (The Flight). Lucano himself
had an idea of how to Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon and other places. was voted third in the 2010 ‘World Mayor'
help these people and how they, in turn, might Lucano used buildings which had been empty for competition, and was praised for his courage
possibly help him save his village. He decided to years to house the new arrivals, and he created and compassion.
welcome them into the village and to give them workshops for them to work in.
1 Read the two statements (A). W h a t is the purpose b on 't invite these people to our village.
of the question (B) that follows each of them? They're poor and will only create problems.
1 A T e e n a g e rs n e v e r w a n t to t r a v e l a n y w h e re w ith th e ir
p a re n ts . It's a bad idea to put people from different
В Does that mean that there has never been a young countries together. They might not get on.
person who liked travelling with their parents?
2 A I'm c o n v in c e d lis te n in g to m u s ic k e e p s y o u h e a lth y . These people can't survive in our village.
В W h at evidence is there that proves you are right? There's ju s t no work for them.
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which to refer to a whole clause 11 _______ are people who come to a different
4 Read the two sentences from the article. W h at does country to live there permanently.
w hich refer to in each sentence?
ИЯПЯИДМЖ1%
1 Riace is a small village in Calabria, which is a very pretty
region of Italy.
2 Citta Futura has 13 local employees, which makes it the
biggest employer in the village.
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L IS T E N IN G
Migration in nature
R E A D IN G VO C ABU LARY
1 Look at the photo and the title o f the Phrasal verbs (1)
blog, and make notes on the following. 1 Complete these sentences from the blog. Use the correct
1 W h e r e d o you think the wom an is?
form of the phrasal verbs from the list, then go back to the
blog to check your answers.
2 W h e r e d o you think she’s from ?
3 W h a t is this blog en try about? put up with bring ab ou t run into turn out
hang out with p ic k u p go through | w ear out
2 Read the blog and check your ideas. 1 You have t o ___________a lot o f new vocabulary.
3 Read the blog again and answer the 2 Being homesick is a phase that you have t o __________—
questions. 3 It's not nice to hear p e o p le criticise you, but you have to
it.
1 W h a t is Becca doing in France?
4 Sometimes you miss the friends you used t o ----------
2 W h y does she say that it 'isn’t a holiday'?
5 Speaking another language all d a y --------- m e ----------
3 W h y is she sometimes tired at the end of
6 Living abroad is ___________to be a great experience for me.
the day?
7 I ___________some p e o p le w h o w anted to leave France.
4 H o w w e re som e o th er foreigners
different from her? 8 Living abroad c a n ___________ some challenges and difficulties.
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2 Which of the phrasal verbs means: Reduced relative clauses
0 make (someone) very tired w e a r out 3 Read these sentences. W here could you put the
1 meet (without having arranged to) words th a t is and w h o is? Then tick the correct
2 learn (informally) box in the rule.
3 tolerate ----------- 1 I’m a student living and studying in France.
4 experience (a difficult situation) 2 The experience gained by living abroad is
5 have a particular result invaluable.
6 spend time with -----------
7 make happen RULE: W h e n relative clauses begin with a relative
pronoun + the auxiliary ve rb be, w e can omit:
3 Answer the questions.
A only the relative pronoun
1 W here do you like to hang out? And who with? В the relative pronoun + the ve rb be.
2 W hat wears you out?
3 Have you ever run into a teacher outside school?
4 Can you think of any habits someone you know has
4 Cross out the words / phrases in italics that can
that you have to put up with? be left out.
5 W hat difficulties does someone have to go through Footballers 1wbo com e from other countries to play
when they leave school and start university? in the U K often have problems. Some of the players
6 Do you think it's possible to pick up new words 2who are playing in the U K now are quite young and
from listening to English-language songs? so they easily feel homesick. A nd then there are things
like food - p eop le 3wbo were brought up on spicy
food or exotic fruit don’t always like typical British
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that they face seem
GRAM M AR to be the weather and the language. The country sthat
they come from might be very hot, which the U K isn't.
Omitting relative pronouns
It isn’t always easy for players 6*w ho come from Brazil
1 Read the two sentences from the blog. W here or Mexico, for example, to adapt to the grey skies and
can you put th a t in each sentence? Is th a t the short winter d a y s 7 that they experience in England.
subject or object of the relative clause? Then A n d not all the foreign players learn English very well -
complete the rule with the words su bject the ones 8who do, tend to find it easier to adapt.
and o b je ct. Ш Ш Ш Е Я Ш Е }
1 It's a phase you have to go through.
2 I concentrate on the nice people I meet.
■ THiNK VALUES
RULE: W h e n the relative pronouns that I which Learning from other cultures
/ who are the 1_______o f a defining relative clause,
th ey can be omitted. But if they are the 2_______ o f 1 Imagine you live in another country. Put the
the defining relative clause, th ey can’t be omitted. things in Becca’s blog (А, В, C, D, E) in order
(1 = the most difficult, 5 = the least difficult).
□
1 You’ll miss the friends who you
1 I'd like //wouldn't like to visit other countries.
used to hang out with.
2 I'd like / /wouldn't like to live in another country.
2 I ran into some people who
3
couldn't wait to leave.
I’ve decided to write about some of the
□ 3
4
I'm interested / I'm not interested in other cultures.
Knowing about other cultures helps / doesn't help
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challenges that living abroad can bring.
You become one of those people
□ 5
me understand my own culture.
/think / /don't think it's good to have people from
who wish they'd stayed at home. □ other countries living in my country.
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you have to pick up.
There's no country in the world
□ Compare your ideas about Exercises 1
and 2 with the class. How similar or different are
Nomadic People
Most of us are used to living in the same place - every day, all year round,
we go ‘home’. But for some people around the world, home is a place that
moves. Here are three groups of people who have a nomadic way of life.
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3 According to the article, which group (or
groups):
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R E A D IN G A N D USE O F EN G LISH
Part 4: Key word transformations ■ в а в ^
1 For questions 1-6 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. Here is an example (0).
3 I got really annoyed by Paul and Dave laughing all the time.
W HICH
Paul and Dave kept laughing,________________________ me.
W R IT IN G
Part 2: An article ш и .ш и и Ц
Where is it?
Why do you wont to go there?
W hat would you do there?
COMPETITION C0MPETITI0
W rite your article in 140-190 words.
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TEST YOURSELF UNITS 1& 2
VO C ABU LARY
1 Complete the sentences with the words in the list. There are four extra words.
refugees turned out wandering puzzled stuck residents guilty
staff rushing go through motorists ran into worn out crawl
1 Sally was -slowly around the shop looking for a present for her mum's birthday.
2 I hadn't seen M arie for ages, but yesterday I her at the cinema.
3 I saw a docum entary about ____ fleeing across borders to escape the war.
4 I'm so happy that I passed my driving test. It was awful and I wouldn't want to that again!
5 You haven't done anything wrong - you don't have to f e e l_____ _______________about anything, O K ?
6 M r Sawyer runs a small business. H e has a _____________________ of four people.
7 They are all lo ca l______________________ M ost o f them live in the streets near us.
8 M y little sister can’t walk yet, but she c a n ............ .............. ...... really fast!
9 I w a s _____________________ by my friend's reaction - 1couldn't understand w hy she laughed.
10 The beginning o f the film was ve ry sad, but it a ll__ :___________________well in the end.
GRAM M AR
2 Complete the sentences. Use the verbs in the list, either with to + infinitive, or with a gerund ( - in g form).
Use two of the verbs twice.
do go live fall
F U N C T IO N A L L A N G U A G E
4 Choose the correct options.
1 A Next week Rebecca's going to run a 15-kilometre race. That's quite a / really distance.
В Yes, it is. A n d she only started running a month ago, too. That's amazing /daring.
2 A I heard that you got 95%. That's O K I phenomenal. W e ll done!
В Thanks. I could hardly believe it. A nd my parents thought it was incredible /quite.
3 A I'm betting /bet you can't say 'G o od morning' in five different languages.
В W e ll, you're right - of course I can /can't.
4 A You can / will never manage to stay off the Internet for tw o days.
В M m, I think you're right, but I dare /can dare you to stop using MY SCORE
email for a week!
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