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How long have you been living here?
I've been living in Mexico City for five years. I came here to go to school
originally. It's a great place to live.

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Have you ever lived in another country?
No, I haven't. But my brother has. He's been living in Bogota, Colombia, for
almost a year now. I'm going to visit him later this year.
What kind of music are you listening to currently?
Well, of course I love Latin music. I'm listening to a lot of Latin pop right
now. I like to listen to music when I paint.

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What's your favorite way of spending an evening? What do you do?
I like to go out with my friends - we go and eat someplace and then go
performing all night!
When did you last buy yourself a treat?
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What did you do for your last birthday?
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Melida Cortez, a graduate
student in our English What's the nicest thing anyone has ever done for you?
Department. Also a talented Actually, about six months ago, I was complaining to my dad that I didn't
know how to drive, so he paid for some driving lessons. I was thrilled.
artist, she spends her free
time painting, and she started Who or what is the greatest love of your life?
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a sculpture class last month. Oh, chocolate! I can't get through the day without some.
She hopes one day to have an What were you doing at this time yesterday?
exhibition of her work. I was sitting on a bus. We were stuck in traffic for an hour!
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A Do you know someone that other people should get to know? Tell the class about him or her.
"You really should get to know my friend Frank. He's . . . "

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it out C Choose the best verb form to complete the questions. Use the interview above to help you.
Then ask and answer the questions with a partner.
1. What book do you read I are you reading currently?
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3. Have you ever been living I lived in the United States?
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Simple verbs are for completed actions Continuous verbs are for ongoing actions or
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Present What kind of music do you listen to? What kind of music are you listening to currently?

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I love Latin music. I listen to it a lot. I'm listening to a lot of Latin pop right now.
Present Have you ever lived in another country? How long have you been living here?
Perfect No, I've never lived anywhere else. I've been living here for five years.
Past What did you do for your last birthday? What were you doing at this time yesterday?
I went home and had a big party. I was sitting on a bus.

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A Complete the conversations. Use the simple or continuous form Use the simple past for completed
of the verb in the present, present perfect, or past. Sometimes events, not the past continuous.
more than one answer is possible. Then practice. My birthday was great. My friends
came to visit.
1. A What _�h�a_ve�_you been doing (do) for fun lately? (NOT My friends m:,e (Omir,9 to visit.)

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B Well, I been taking (take) kickboxing classes for the past
few months. It's a lot of fun, and I got (get) in pretty good shape.

2. A Who's the most interesting person you know?

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We were both waiting (wait) in line for ice cream.

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I been (be) really busy at work, so I haven't had time.

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but I have not (not find) anything yet.
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How long have you been learning English? Why are you learning English?
What do you like to do in your English class? What did you do in your last class?
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(have, do, are, did) and you. Then ask and answer the questions with a partner.
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Pay attention to your pronunciation of the auxiliary verbs and you.
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1. Where did Dan live before he moved to Seoul? 3. How did he get his job there?
Tokyo The salespeople was looking at jobs ads
2. Why did he want to go to South Korea?
Because his mothers is Korean, and he always4. What did his new company offer him?
To transfer he to seoul and pay for his Korea
was interested in the culture and everything
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Dan Anderson was born in the U.S.A. He's now living in South Korea.
We asked him, "How did you end up living in Seoul?"
Dan: Well, it's a long story! Before I came I looked at the ad, and I remember
here, I spent three years working for a thinking, "Should I bother to apply?" But

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small company in Tokyo while I finished I decided to go for it, even though I didn't
doing my master's in business. To be expect to get it, and to make a long story
honest, I wasn't planning on leaving or short, I got the job!
anything. But one day, I happened to be in The company offered to transfer me to
the office, and one of the salespeople was Seoul, and they agreed to pay for
looking at job ads online. my Korean language lessons. I
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Korea someday - you see, my mother's later. And the rest is history.
South Korean, and I've always been I mean, I miss living in
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- and anyway, he leaned over and said, it both ways, I guess.
"Dan, this seems to be the perfect job for Actually, I can't imagine
you. Check this out." living anywhere else now!
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happen (to be) spend (three years working) end up (living)
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considering going i miss living in
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Use Dan's story to help you.
to study (study) electronics, but I ended up ____
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miss mind spend (time) I spent three years working in Tokyo.
Verb + particle I preposition + verb + -Ing: end up How did you end up living here?

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keep on think about plan on I wasn't planning on leaving Japan.
Verb+ to+ verb: agree decide happen offer They agreed to pay for Korean lessons.
seem intend expect I didn't expect to get the job.
Verb+ -Ing or to+ verb with the same meaning: Should I bother applying?
begin bother continue start like love hate Should I bother to apply?
Verb+ -Ing or to+ verb with a different meaning: I stopped talking to him. 01/e don't talk now.)

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remember stop try I stopped to talk to him. (I stopped walking.)

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verbs given. Then practice with a partner. Begin, bother, continue, like, love,
and hate are followed more often
1. A How did you end up studyin9 (study) here?

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by to+ verb. Start is followed
B My friend recommended this school. I remember more often by verb + -ing.
____ (think) his English was good, so I decided
thinking
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to sign up(sign up) for this class. How about you?
A Well, I wasn't planning on learning (learn) English, Don't use to+ verb after these verbs.
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but my company offered to pay (pay) for my classes. !\
I considered applying. (NOT ... �)
I agreed to come (come), and here I am! I want to
keep on taking (take) classes if I can. '" I don't mind working hard. (NOT ... ttt"Wttt'i<)
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B Well, it depends. I just started working (work) in a new job, so I don't expect getting (get)
much vacation time. I intend to take (take) a couple of long weekends off, though. You have
to stop working (work) occasionally! Anyway, I love to surf (surf), so I hope I can spend a
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Why did you stop doing that?

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expect to see next week are considering doing soon
happened to run into recently can't imagine doing in the future
intended to see but didn't finished doing rece11lly
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A Think of a time when you got lost. What happened? Tell the class.

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B '4J)) 1.01 Listen. How did Mateo and Bryan get lost?

Mateo Remember that time we were hiking

in Utah?

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Bryan When we got lost? That was funny.
Kim Why? What happened?
Mateo We were on this trail, and it was
getting dark. Then Bryan says,
"Where are we?"

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Bryan Yeah, we couldn't see a thing, and we
walked off the trail. It was that bad.
Mateo Yeah, there were all these trees
around us, and we were so lost.And
we're thinking, "Oh, no." And we're
both getting kind of scared. We just
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Mateo And Bryan says, "Should we jog a
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the same thing. Let's go."
Bryan So we started jogging, ...
Mateo And we said to each other, "We've
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present continuous to make the story more dramatic.Then listen and check your answers.
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look is starting
seehis face was white, and he was starting to run fast.
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We were on this trail, ...

There were all these trees ...

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getting trashed, I went around putting tuna inside all the curtain rods and so like weeks went by a
and they couldn’t figure out why the house smelled like festering death. They caught me eating tu
Listening and strategies A lucky escape
A You're going to hear a story about a skiing accident. Aaron was skiing with friends when one
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of them fell down the mountain. Circle four questions you want to ask Aaron.
1. Where were you skiing? 5. Did you get help? How?
2. How far did your friend fall? 1200 feet 6. Did he have to go to the hospital? yes, in a helicopter
7. When did this happen? four months ago
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4. How badly was he hurt? 8. Is he OK now? yes

B 114>» 1.09 Listen. Write answers to the questions you chose. Then share answers with a partner.
Can you remember the entire story together?
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A What kinds of competitions are there on TV shows?
Do you ever watch them?
Read the quotes in a news story
first. They often give you a quick
B Read the article. What was Christine Ha's disadvantage in the
summary of the article.
MasterChef competition? What advantage did she have?

Blind Chef Christine Ha "I couldn't sec what anyone else was doing, I was solely

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Crowned "MasterChef" advantage," she said. "When I came out of it. it was the most
stressful. intense experience of my lifc, it was amazing.··
From the moment she took those first tentative steps onto
the national stage, amateur chef Christine Ha captured Ha lost nearly all of her eyesight about five years ago after
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During the season 3 ··MasterChef" finale. Ha won the title,
$250.000, and a cookbook deal. beating out about I 00 other '·When I lost my vision. there was one time I tried to make
home chefs. But that's not what makes her so inspiring. Ha is a peanut butter and jelly sandwich," she said. "I recall
blind the first blind contestant on the show. getting it all over the counter. I just started crying and was
wondering if I would ever cook again."
"I think there are a lot of people who completely
discounted me," Ha said. "People will say, 'What is she But she did more than pick herself up off the
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home for years without how the producers of "MasterChef"
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prove to everyone else I can .. , just want people to realize that they have
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Texas. managed to whip up challenges to really achieve what you want and
culinary masterpieces with prove yourself to the world. Everyone is very
only her senses of taste, smell, capable. Much more capable than they think
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Circle a orb. Then compare with a partner.

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2. a cookbook deal 6. pick herself up
a. the chance to publish her own cookbook a. stand up after falling down
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a. reduced the price a. beat or solve a problem
b. did not consider seriously b. climb over something that's in the way
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article? Because of even if she has that problem, she demonstrated that she was better than
the other people that could see. yep, she stole my heart :c
2. After losing her vision, what did Ha try to do in the kitchen? In what way is this anecdote significant?
A peanut butter and jelly sadwich, that she never gives up
3. What do you think Ha means by "people have it in themselves"? Do you agree with her view?

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A •>» 1.10 Listen to a podcast about Bethany Hamilton. Complete the sentences with the correct
information. Choose a, b, or c.

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1. As a child, Bethany surfed almost every day with _b_.
a. her parents b. her friend Alana c. Alana's father
a after the shark attack.
2. Bethany decided to return to surfing __
a. a couple of weeks b. a month c. three months
3. Bethany managed to stay on her surfboard because __
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4. In the World Junior Championship, Bethany took __
a. first b. second c. fifth
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someone help you? How did you feel afterward?
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When I was in high .school, chemistry was a required subject. 1 _L�--r-· Set the general time or place.
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One day. the teacher asked us to give a speech about �-�· Set the particular time or place.
chemistry in our every day lives....
On the day of the speech. I was extremely nervous.
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It was a big challenge for me to make that speech, but it • End the story and, if possible,
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1 Write down the form(s) of the verbs that can follow the verbs below. Then complete the mottoes. Use
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1. agree ----=-to=---+--------'----'ve=-r-=b__ to lend
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bother _____
verb+ing _ don't bother starting (start) it!"
3. verb+ing
stop ______ _ "Never stop doing (do) the things you
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enjoy _______ enjoy to do (do)."
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keep on ______ "Keep on triying (try) until you find success."
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to+verb _ "Consider to take (take) every opportunity you get in life."
6. seem ______
to+verb _ "Things aren't always what they seem to be (be)."
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them. Then make up your own motto for each verb.

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