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Pre-Intermediate Student's Book

Jayne Wildman
O X FO RD Fiona Beddall
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Pre-Intermediate Student's Book

O X FO RD Jayne W ildman Fiona Beddall

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Unit A Reading and vocabulary B Gram mar and listening

p4 Everyday life p6 Around the world

1
Our world
Reading Life in a day
Strategy Scanning for specific information
Vocabulary insight Adjectives + prepositions: feelings
Grammar Present simple and present continuous
Listening Volunteer projects

Vocabulary insight Compound nouns: everyday objects

Vocabulary insight 1 p14 Using a dictionary: parts of speech Review 1 p15

p16 Ghost towns p18 The kindness of strangers

2
Places
Reading Ghost towns: then and now
Strategy Identifying paraphrase
Vocabulary insight Antonyms: describing places
Grammar Past simple and past continuous
Listening A happy ending

Vocabulary Places in town

Vocabulary insight 2 p26 Using a dictionary: synonyms and antonyms Review 2 p27 Cum ulative review Units 1-2 p28

p30 In m y fridge p32 Burger or broccoli?

Reading Food for thought: the good, the bad and the really ugly Grammar Determiners: a lot of, a little, a few, some, any,

3
Choices
Vocabulary Life cycle of food
Vocabulary insight Compound nouns and adjectives
much and many
j Listening Eating habits in the UK

Vocabulary insight 3 p40 Recording vocabulary Review 3 p41

p42 M oving house p44 A room of m y own

4
M y space
Reading The 1940s house
Vocabulary insight Adverbs of manner and comment
Vocabulary insight Compound adjectives
Grammar Comparative and superlative adjectives
(not) as... as, too, enough
: ] Listening The best room in the house

Vocabulary insight 4 p52 Phrasal verbs: literal and non-literal meanings Review 4 p53 Cumulative review Units 1-4 p54

p56 Taking risks p58 Too young, too old?

5
No limits
Reading Blame your brain
Strategy Understanding pronoun referencing
Vocabulary insight Adjective suffixes: -ing and -ed
Grammar Present perfect and past simple
Present perfect with already,just and yef
Listening At the top of the world
Vocabulary insight Noun suffixes: -merit and -ion

Vocabulary insight 5 p66 Phrasal verbs: understanding the particle Review 5 p67

p68 A hard lesson p70 Hungry to learn

6
Roads to
Reading W ar zones
Vocabulary insight Collocations: crime
Vocabulary insight Negative prefixes: un-, im-, ir- and il-
Grammar will and going to
First conditional
Listening 1want to be a teacher
education

Vocabulary insight 6 p78 Using a dictionary: verb and noun collocations Review 6 p79 Cumulative review Units 1-6 p80

p82 Big and small p84 Be an entrepreneur

7
Progress?
Reading Going global
Vocabulary Statistics
Vocabulary insight Nouns with two meanings
Grammar must, mustn't, have to, don't have to
Listening How to catch a dream

Vocabulary insight 7 p92 Using a dictionary: words with more than one meaning Review 7 p93

p94 Against all odds p96 Foul play

8
Achieve
Reading Success stories
Vocabulary insight Verbs + prepositions: success
Vocabulary insight Suffixes: -ant, -ent, -ance, -ence
Grammar Past perfect
Listening Don't believe your ears

Vocabulary insight 8 p104 Using a dictionary: dependent prepositions Review 8 p105 Cumulative review Units 1-8 p106

p 108lnthenew s p110 Multitasking

9 Reading What's in the news?

Vocabulary The press
Vocabulary insight Collocations: the media
Grammar Reported speech
say and tell
Listening A multifunctional device
Listening To multitask or not to multitask?

Vocabulary insight 9 p118 Using a dictionary: easily-confused words Review 9 p119

p120 Make a difference p122 W here does it come from?

10
M ade in ...
Reading The story of your T-shirt
Strategy Understanding the purpose of a text
Vocabulary insight Phrasal verbs: buying and selling clothes
Grammar The passive: present simple, past simple and
present perfect
Listening How much do you know ab o u t... ?
Vocabulary insight Compound nouns

Vocabulary insight 10 p130 Word families Review 10 p131 Cumulative review Units 1-10 p132
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C Listening, speaking and vocabulary D Culture, vocabulary and grammar E Writing

p8 New friends p10 Immigration p12 An informal letter

Listening Couch surfers Reading Around the world on the Number 7train Strategy Preparing to write
Vocabulary insight Collocations with make and do Vocabulary insight Phrasal verbs with get
Everyday English Asking for personal information Grammar Articles Talking about similarities and
differences

Vocabulary bank p134 Routines, Free-time activities

p20 Getting around p22 Naming places p24 A travel blog

Listening An unusual traveller Reading What's in a name? Strategy Avoiding repetition
Vocabulary The senses Vocabulary insight Verbs + prepositions
Everyday English Asking for and giving directions Grammar while, as and when Vocabulary insight Collocations:
descriptive adjectives

Vocabulary bank p135 Geographical features, Prepositions of movement

p34 Eating out p36 Notes from a big country p38 Short texts: notes, invitations,
Listening Vending machines Reading Junk Food Heaven adverts and announcements
Strategy Listening for key words and phrases Vocabulary insight Containers Strategy Thinking about purpose
Gram m ar Indefinite pronouns and adverbs: some-, Grammar Relative pronouns and adverbs
any-, no-, every- Abbreviations
Everyday English Inviting

Vocabulary bank p136 Food and nutrition, Food adjectives

p46 House rules p48 Historic homes p50 An email: description of

Listening Whose house is it anyway? Reading A house with a history a room
Vocabulary insight Collocations: household chores Strategy Predicting content Strategy Writing opening sentences
Everyday English Asking permission Vocabulary insight Phrasal verbs
Grammar Verbs + infinitive or -ing form Vocabulary insight Adverbs of degree

Vocabulary bank p137 Houses and homes, Parts of a house

p60 Fears and phobias p62 Antarctic adventure p64 A letter: description of a person
Listening The fear factor Reading Eyewitness account: Scott's Hut Strategy Paragraphs and topic
Vocabulary insight Base and strong adjectives Vocabulary insight Phrasal verbs: stages in a sentences
Everyday English Describing a photo journey
Grammar Present perfect with for and since Expressing addition

Vocabulary bank p138 Generations, Personality adjectives

p72 The best things in life p74 Life goals p76 A for and against essay
Listening Playing games Reading The Geography Lesson Strategy Brainstorming ideas
Strategy Taking notes Vocabulary Adjectives in poems
Gram m ar Zero conditional Grammar Expressing probability: Expressing contrast
Everyday English Making offers and suggestions

Vocabulary bank p139 School: bad behaviour, School: compound nouns

p86 Silicon Valley p88 The English language p90 A formal email
Listening Bright ideas Reading All you need to know about English Strategy Using the correct register
Strategy Listening for statistics Vocabulary Language
Vocabulary Business Grammar Second conditional Expressing reason and result
Everyday English Asking for and giving advice 1wish ...

Vocabulary bank p140 Country facts, Electronic devices: compound nouns

p98 The greatest plOO The British honours system p102 An opinion essay
Listening What's the greatest achievement in Reading Two points of view Strategy Selecting ideas
human history? Strategy Identifying facts and opinions
Vocabulary insight Collocations: achievement Vocabulary State and society Introducing examples and conclusions
Everyday English Expressing and justifying opinions Grammar used to

Vocabulary bank p141 Sport: places, Sport: compound nouns

p112 Behind the scenes p114 The BBC story p116 A film review
Listening Inflatable crowds Reading A short history of the BBC Strategy Writing endings
Strategy Listening for main ideas Vocabulary Types of TV programme
Vocabulary Films Grammar Question tags Vocabulary Describing films
Everyday English Giving and reacting to news

Vocabulary bank p142 Parts of a newspaper, Film genres

p124 Protest p126 Eyes in the sky p128 Describing a process

Listening Blood phones Reading The big picture Strategy Checking your writing:
Vocabulary Environment Vocabulary insight Adjective suffixes: Yu/ and -less spelling and punctuation
Everyday English Persuading, agreeing and Grammar The passive: future
disagreeing Expressing sequence

Vocabulary bank p143 Materials, Protest verb phrases

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Our world
— A —
Reading and vocabulary Everyday life

LIFE in a DAY
1 SPEAKING Which of these things are most important
to you? Which are least important? Number them
1 (most important) to 7 (least important).
education family : free time friends: happiness
■ health ■ success
W h a t do you love? W h a t do you fear? W h a t ’s in
2 Read the article about a film called Life in a Day. y o u r p o ck et? These are the questions from the film Life
What things are important to people in the film? in a Day. D irector Kevin Macdonald asked people around
the w orld to answer the questions and send in a video
STRATEGY 5 clip from a typical day. H e was interested in creating a

Scan n in g for specific inform ation picture o f the world, a digital time capsule for the future.
O n 24 July 2 0 10, people from Africa, Europe, America,
If you need to find specific information in a text, like
Antarctica and Asia recorded events on their mobile
a name or a number, you do not need to read every
phones and digital cameras and uploaded the results
word. You can quickly scan the text for key words.
io onto YouTube. Altogether there w ere 8 1,000 video clips,
To scan a text:
o r 4,500 hours o f footage. It to o k Macdonald and a team
decide what information you want to find: a number,
o f researchers seven weeks to make them into a film.
a date, a time, a name.
move your eyes quickly down the page until you find The film starts at midnight.The m oon is high in the sky,
the information. elephants are bathing in a river in Africa and a baby is
■ do not read whole sentences until you have found is sleeping. A t th e same time, in other parts o f the world,
your answer people are getting up, brushing their teeth and making
breakfast. In the next minutes o f the film, which is one and
3 Read the strategy. Scan the article to complete a half hours long, w e watch everyday routines from more
sentences 1-7. You will find the information in than 140 different countries and see the connections
paragraphs 1 and 2. 20 between them. In one scene an American girl is playing
1 The film is by a director called with her hula hoop, in another a child is working as a
2 People recorded their day on shoeshine in Peru. O n e looks privileged, the other is poor;
July 2010. but then the shoeshine boy shows us his favourite thing -
3 They sent in ............................................. video clips. his laptop. He's very proud o f it because he earned the
4 There w ere..................................... hours of footage. 25 money to pay for it.
5 It took...................................weeks to make the film.
'W e all care about the same things,' says the director and
6 I he film is minutes long.
in some ways he’s right. Family and friends are the things
7 There a re .................................. countries in the film.
most people love and many o f them are keen on sports,
like football. But then one man says he loves his cat and
4 Read the article. Are the sentences true (T), false (F)
3o another loves his fridge because it doesn’t talk back!
or not given (NG)? Correct the false ones.
Monsters, dogs and death are the things most people fear
1 People recorded short video clips of a special day.
O n e young girl is anxious about growing up and a man
2 The film begins at the start of a new day.
3 People in the film have friends in other countries. in Antarctica says,Tm afraid o f losing this place/ But when

4 I he director thinks we worry about different things. asked,'W h a t’s in your pocket?', the answers are surprising.

5 People in the film don't have typical things in their 35 W e don't see an ID card, a shopping list, o r a bus ticket.

pockets. Instead, one person has a gun, then another shows us

6 I he man with em pty pockets feels ashamed because car keys for his Lamborghini. A po orer man says he has
he hasn't got any money. nothing. He's not ashamed o f his poverty because he
7 The young woman is happy with her life. adds,'But w e are alive.’
8 Most people want to be rich and famous. 40 The film ends just before midnight, with a young woman
in her car It's raining outside and she's fed up with her
life. She was excited about Life in a Day, but her day was
to o boring to film. 'I just w ant people to know that I’m
here,’ she says.‘W h a t she really wants is to be different, to
45 matter;’ says Macdonald. In Life in a Day, that's w hat most
people want.

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V ocab ulary: adjectives + prepositions: feelings; compound nouns: everyday Sp eaking : discussing everyday life, travel and immigration;
1 A
objects; collocations: make and do; phrasal verbs: get persuading; asking for personal information
G ram m ar: present simple and continuous; articles W riting : an informal letter

5 SPEAKING Work in pairs. Discuss the questions

from the film.
■ W hat do you love?
■ W hat do you fear?
■ What's in your pocket?
Work with another pair and compare your answers.
The director of Life in a Day thinks people are very
similar. Is he right? Are your answers similar or
different?

nsight Adjectives + prepositions: feelings

6 Study the highlighted adjectives in questions 1-8.

Scan the article to find the missing prepositions.
Complete the questions. Then work in pairs and
answer the questions.
1 Which sports are you interested.......................?
2 Which possessions or achievements are you
proud.......................?
3 Which school subjects are you keen ?
4 W hat do you get anxious .....?
5 W hat are you afraid .?
6 W hat things might people feel ashamed....................
7 W hat do you get fed u p ....................... ?
8 W hat do you get excited ..........?

nsight Compound nouns: everyday objects

7 A compound noun is a word or phrase that has two or

more parts that combine to make a single meaning,
for example, ca rpark. Find compound nouns in the
article to match definitions 1-6.
1 a portable machine with a keyboard
2 a thing you use to open the door of a car
3 a piece of paper that lets you travel from one place
to another
4 a note of the things you want to buy
5 a document that shows who you are
6 a portable machine that lets you call people

8 Make ten compound nouns with the words below.

ring
computer
game
parking credit
centre card
shopping concert
ticket bag
birthday
program
key
board

9 SPEAKING Work in groups. Imagine you are filming

a video clip for Life in a Day. What part of your day
are you filming and why?

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1 B ■ G ram m ar and listening Around th e w orld

PROFILE: VOLUNTEER AFRICA

Eighteen-year-old Peter H anson is w orking for V olunteer Africa
for a m onth. He's building a n ew sch o o l in a village in Tanzania
with four other volu n teers. 'At th e m om ent, w e're talking to
him about the project.

W hat do you th in k o f T anzania? 5Are you w orking on

It's a n in terestin g place! 2I like it h e re b e c a u se p e o p le are th e school today?
friendly, b u t it’s very different from hom e. The village W ell, I'm n o t w o rk in g right
d o e s n ’t have electricity o r ru n n in g w ater, so w e cook n o w b e c a u s e it’s o n e o’clock.
over a fire a n d carry w a te r fro m a river. Life is h ard . This a fte rn o o n I’m lea rn in g
Swahili!
3W hat do you do every day?
I get up at 7.00 a.m . b e c au se l alw ays start w ork early. It’s W hat a re you d o in g th is w eek?
a difficult job, especially w h e n it’s hot, a n d 4it’s very hot 6W e’re p a in tin g a c la ssro o m on T hursday, b u t we
in th e sum m er. W e often finish at 12.30 p.m . a n d w e d o n ’t a r e n ’t w orking this F riday b e c a u s e th e sch o o l is
usually w ork in th e afternoons. However, l som etim es o p e n in g . W e’re o rg an izin g a p a rty a n d w e ’re very
teach English to th e children in th e village, o r w e play a excited a b o u t it!
gam e of football in th e evening. I'm never bored.

1 SPEAKING Look at the photos and the map. Where is Tanzania? What are the people doing?

2 Read the profile from a magazine. How does Peter describe these things?
life in the village the work the weather the people

Present sim ple an d present continuous

3 Read the profile again. Match sentences 1-6 in the profile to rules a-f.
We use the present simple:
a to talk about routines or habits, especially with adverbs of frequency such as always, often, etc.
and time expressions such as everyday.
b to talk about facts and general truths.
c with verbs that describe states: believe, hate, know, like, love, need, prefer, understand, want.

We use the present continuous:

d to talk about actions that are happening now.
e to talk about actions that are happening around now.
f to talk about planned future arrangements.

Reference and practice 1.1 Workbook page 104

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Make questions. Then work in pairs and answer the

questions.
Peter / build / a school on his own?
2 he /always /w o rk /in the mornings?

Every year thousands of young people 3 w h a t/ h e / d o / a t the moment?

4 the children / sometimes / learn English /
1 [take] time out from their
in the afternoons?
work or studies and travel abroad. Some of them
5 Peter / paint classrooms / every day?
2 (not stay] in hotels and they
6 w h a t/ P e te r/ d o / th is Friday?
3 (not lie) on the beach and
sunbathe. Instead, they 4 [help)
5 Complete the text about voluntourism with the
people in developing countries with local projects.
correct form of the verbs in brackets.
This new way of travel is called ‘voluntourism’.

According to a recent travel survey, 2 5 % of 6 1.01 SPEAKING Work in pairs. Look at photos
young people are interested in voluntourism. 1 and 2. What are the people doing? What type of
Organizations like BUNAC and Raleigh International
projects are they working on? Listen to the podcasts
and check your answers.
5 [match] people to
projects around the world. These organizations
7 1.01 Listen again and complete the information
6 (make) a big difference in
about Josep and Rosie in the table.
countries where children 7 (not go)
to school, or people 8 (not have) Josep Rosie My project
access to medical facilities. Volunteers often Name of Sea Turtle
9 (build) new schools and project
medical centres in Africa and Asia. Location dosta R-ica
South America is a very popular destination, too, Number of seven
and right now hundreds of volunteers people
10...................................(work] there. Eighteen-year- Duration one month
old Maria Black is a volunteer from the UK. At the to.oo p.m. -
Working
moment, she 11 (teach) hours i.oo a.m.
English in Chile. ‘At the end of this week I
Difficulties no clean water
12...................................[fly] home, but more
Benefits learning a new
volunteers 13 (arrive) tomorrow.
language
It’s a great experience, so I
(want) Current collecting
activity rubbish
to volunteer again next
summer. You see the
8 SPEAKING Work in pairs. Look at the advert. Then
world, learn about
read the instructions.
different cultures and
help people, too.’ Student A
Imagine you are a volunteer on one of the projects
below. Complete the table in exercise 7 for your project,
then phone your friend. Ask them to join you.
Student B
Your friend is on a volunteer project and wants you to join
them. You need to know more about the project before
you decide. Use the ideas in exercise 7 to help you.

/
Volunteers wanted!
• Health First: Build a medical centre in India.
• Monkey Business: Protect orang-utans in Borneo.
• One World: Teach children English in Tibet.
Want to help? Call: 01614960735

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1 C " Listening, speaking and vocabulary New friends

ı SPEAKING Work in pairs. Answer the questions.

1 How often do you go on holiday?
2 W ho do you go with?
3 Where do you usually stay?
in a hotel with family or friends
on a campsite in a hostel

2 1.02 Study the dictionary entries. Then

listen to the introduction to a radio programme.
What do you think a 'couch surfer' is? waves w h ° rid« o r

3 1.03 PagePS 2 (^formoO a pe on whn ° P/ ture

time usingjhe Internet P ho pends a ,ot of
1 W hat is the speaker's main purpose?
Listen to the radio programme and answer the questions.
a to say thank you to couch surfers b to warn people about staying with strangers
c to explain the benefits of couch surfing
2 How do couch surfers usually thank people?
a they pay for their accommodation b they give people a small gift c they pay for meals
3 How does Lucas describe most couch surfers?
a they are mostly older people b they are mostly younger people
c they are mostly people with families
4 Where are the members o f www.couchsurfing.com from?
a Europe and South America b the USA and Canada c all over the world
5 W hat is the most important thing for couch surfers?
a to travel cheaply b to experience new cultures c to volunteer for local projects
6 Where is Mika staying right now?
a Canada b Alaska c Australia
7 W hat are couch surfers not doing?
a changing people b changing the world c changing cultures

insight Collocations with m ake and do

4 A collocation is a group of words that are often used together. Study the examples in the
table. Then add these words from the radio programme.
a choice friends the housework a meal a sport your best good (noun) a difference

m ake do
a mistake homework

a phone call exercise

a journey (someone) a favour
an excuse a crossword
a mess your hair

5 Complete the sentences with the correct form of collocations in exercise 4.

1 Couch surfers aren't usually shy.They don't find it difficult t o ............................................................
2 Tom wasn't good at cooking, so he didn't....................................................................for the family.
3 'Can I borrow your mobile? I need t o ..................................................................................................
4 The ice hockey t e a m ..................................................................., but they still didn't play very well.
5 'Can you and close the window ? It's very cold in here!'
6 Mike and caught the wrong bus. That's w hy he's late.
7 W e usually................................................................... after school on Friday.This week it's football.
8 You can by working as a volunteer

6 SPEAKING Work in pairs. Discuss the questions.

1 W hat are the benefits of couch surfing? Is it a good w ay to make friends?
2 W hat are the difficulties? Is it a good idea to stay with strangers?
3 Which do you think is better? Why?
to travel cheaply and experience more
to travel comfortably and experience less

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Asking fo r personal in fo rm a tio n

7 SPEAKING Look at the photo and

answer the questions.
1 Where are they?
2 Do they know each other?
3 W hat are they talking about?
4 How do they feel?

8 [vl 1.04 Listen to the dialogue.

Where is Gina from? Does she like
London?

9 1.04 Complete the phrases from the

dialogue.Then listen again and check.

Asking for personal inform ation Reacting

How do y o u 1............................................. ? Me neither
2............................................. are you from? Really?
What's i t 3............................................ there? It's very different from ....
W hat do you think4.................................... ? Actually, I love it.
W hat do you d o 5........................................ ? I usually....
Are y o u 6..................................................... ? Yes, I am. That sounds great.

10 1.05 Complete the dialogue with the phrases below. Then listen and check.
I'm not bad. I've got one sister. ı No, she doesn't. I spend time at the skatepark.
M e too! W e’re in the same class.

Dan So, how do you knowCarly?

Amy 1 W hat about you?
Dan 1play football with her brother, Marc.
Amy Have you got any brothers or sisters?
Dan 2 She’s older than me.
Amy Does she go to our school, too?
Dan 3..........................................................She works in the library cafe.
Amy Really? I sometimes go there with my friends. W hat do you do after school?
Dan 4
Amy Are you good at skateboarding?
Dan 5 .W hy don't you come along?
Amy No thanks, I’m not keen on it, but I'm good at bowling.
Dan 6 Let's go bowling on Saturday then.

11 Read the dialogue again. Underline two questions which ask about free-time activities and
one question which asks about family and friends.

12 SPEAKING Work in pairs. Prepare a dialogue. Use the dialogue in exercise 10 to help you.
You are at a friend's party when you meet a new person.
■ Find out how they know your friend.
Explain how you know them.
Ask about their family.
Ask about their free-time activities.
Find something you both enjoy.

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1 D ■ Culture, vocabulary and grammar

■hi \ ■
— M H H n a i w ’l

1 SPEAKING W o rk in p a irs . A n s w e r th e q u e s tio n s .

1 How do you travel to school in the morning?
2 W hat type of people do you meet?
3 W hat do you see? W hich language(s) do you hear?
4 W hat do you do during your journey?

2 Read th e a rtic le a b o u t th e N u m b e r 7 tr a in . H o w is
M a n u e la 's jo u r n e y s im ila r to y o u r o w n ? H o w is it
d iffe re n t?

3 Read th e a rtic le a g a in a n d c o m p le te t h e sentences.

Use th re e w o rd s in each se n te n ce .
1 Manuela is on the train because she is
It’s 8.15 in the morning and Manuela G arcia is
2 The train is special because every station is like on her w a y to college in New York City. S h e ’s
sitting on the Number 7 train and she’s doing her
3 In 1917, people moved to Queens because there homework, but she hasn’t got much space. Two
s Chinese wom en are sitting next to her - they're
4 People came to N ew York because they wanted to laughing and chatting in Cantonese. A young man
fin d ........................................................................... is on the other side - he's listening to Shakira
5 Tomas Garcia worked hard, started saving and on his M P3 player and eating som e tacos. Then
an old wom an gets on the train and sits down
6 The people in Tomas's bakery are from Mexico, io nearby - she's wearing a sari and she's reading a
book in Hindi. At Ja ck s o n Heights, the old woman
gets off. It's raining outside and Manuela can see
insight P hrasal v e rb s w ith g e t
Indian and Pakistani shops in the street below.
4 S tu d y th e h ig h lig h te d p h ra s a l v e rb s in th e a rtic le .
W elcom e to the International Express, the most
Read th e s e n te n ce s a n d re p la c e t h e w o rd s in ita lic s
is international train journey in the world. Every day,
w it h th e c o rre c t fo r m o f a p h ra s a l v e rb .
som e of N ew York’s three million immigrants take
1 I don't have a good relationship with my sister W e the Num ber 7 train from Q ueens to Manhattan
argue all the time. and each stop is like a different country- G et off
2 It was eight o'clock when the train arrived a t Jackson at Flushing station and experience China, go to
Heights.
20 Corona and you’re in Mexico; the next stop is
3 It's always good to escape at the weekend and go
India at Ja ck s o n Heights. M any immigrants are
somewhere new.
from Latin America, Eastern Europe, Africa or
4 We're almost in the town centre. Let's leave at the
Asia. If you listen carefully, you can hear more
next stop.
than 100 different languages.
5 In 1900, immigrant children had to deal with a difficult
childhood. Many worked to help their families. 25 S o w hy is this train so popular? A hundred years
6 Quick! Climb onto the bus. It's leaving soon! ago, most immigrants lived in Manhattan, but by
1910 Manhattan w as overcrowded and life was
5 SPEAKING W o rk in p a irs. A n s w e r th e q u e s tio n s . very difficult. Then, in 1917, things improved,
1 Are there any stops on the Number 7 route you’d like thanks to a new train to a suburb called Queens.
to get off at and explore? W hy / why not? Immigrants moved out of the city b ecause there
2 Which languages and cultures can you find in w as more sp ace in Queens, but they could still
your country? get to work in Manhattan.

F a s t F a c t s

N ew York population: about 8.2 million

Num ber of im m igrants: over 2.9 million
1910: 7 5 % of immigrants were from 5 countries
2010: 66 % of immigrants were from 25 countries

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6 Match sentences 1-6 to rules a-f. Then find more

examples in the text.
1 I got on a train at Queens.
2 I got on a train at Queens. The train went to Manhattan.
3 It was the Number 1 train.
4 There are 8.2 million people in New York.
5 Immigrants com e from many different countries.
6 Tomas Garcia is a baker. He’s also an immigrant.

We use a / a n when:
a we talk about something or someone for the first time,
b we say what someone's job is, or when w e describe
what someone or something is.

W e use the when:

c we talk about a person or thing that was mentioned
T h ese first immigrants cam e to N ew York to
before.
escap e poverty and war, and to have a better
d there is only one person or thing.
35 life. Today, people com e for the sam e reasons.
M anuela G arcia's family is typical. Her father, W e use no article when:

Tomas, cam e from M exico in 1986 and sold tacos e we talk about something in general.
f we use names of people, continents, countries or cities.
from a small food stall next to Corona station.
Tomas got through hard times, saved his money Reference and practice 12 . Workbook page 105
40 and bought a bakery. Today the jukebox there
plays Mexican songs and a satellite TV shows 7 Read the extract from an online encyclopaedia and
Mexican TV programmes. ‘W e're proud of our choose a / an, the or 0 (= no article).
culture, but the bakery is not just for M exicans,'
says Tomas. ‘W e have Polish and Turkish
45 custom ers, too. W e all get on with each other.'
Ellis Island is 1an / the island in 2the / 0 New York
The train speeds past LaGuardia airport as the
Harbour. It's 3the / a tiny place, but between 1892
rain stops and the sun com es out. M anuela looks and 1954, more than twelve million people arrived at
out of the window and w atches the planes take 4a / the island. 5The / 0 people were immigrants
off. People are getting a w a y to experience the and they came to the United States from all over
so world. M anuela smiles. S h e doesn't need to go to 6the / 0 world. Fifteen-year-old Annie Moore and her
faraw ay countries - the world is right there on the two younger brothers, Anthony and Phillip, were the
Num ber 7 train. first immigrants to go there on 1 January 1892.
70 / The children were from Ireland and, after
8a / 0 long journey across 9the / 0 Atlantic Ocean, they
all hoped for 10the / a better future.
Today, ” the / 0 visitors come to Ellis Island to learn
about 12the / a history of their country and find out
about their families. Over 40% of all US citizens have
ancestors who first arrived in America at 13the / 0 island!

8 SPEAKING Complete the questions with a / an, the

or 0 (= no article). Then work in pairs and answer the
questions.
1 Do you en joy....................................holidays abroad?
2 Are you interested in other cultures?
3 Have you g o t................. penfriend in another country?
4 Do you think it's difficult to live in ................................
new place?
5 W hat do you think are................................. difficulties?
6 is immigration important issue in your
country? W h y / w hy not?

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1 E ■ Writing An letter

What’s new?
Every year, thousands of students go on our exchange programmes
all over the world. This month, we want to hear from YOU, so
send us a letter about your experiences of being on an exchange
programme. We want to know what you are learning: what's
different, what's similar and what's new. Check out this page for
the best two letters next month!

1 SPEAKING Work in pairs. Look at the photo and read the magazine advert. Would you like to
go on an exchange programme? Why / why not?

STRATEGY

Prep aring to w rite

Before you write, think carefully about the task.
Think about:
■ w ho you are writing to.
■ the type of composition: e.g. a formal or informal letter / email, a blog entry, a report, an opinion
essay, a review.
the things you w ant to include.
Prepare a paragraph plan and make short notes for each paragraph.

2 Read the strategy. Then imagine you are writing to X-change Magazine. Answer the questions.
1 W hat type of composition do you have to write?
2 W hat do you need to include?
3 Which four things from the list below would you like to write about?
the people everyday routines free-time activities the weather
■ the food ■ school life ■ the language
4 Read letters A and B on page 13. Which things in question 3 do they mention?

3 Read letters A and B again and complete the table.

Letter A Letter B
Where are the writers from?
Where are they staying?
Do they like their host families?
Which things are different?
Which things are similar?

W hat activities are they doing today / at the weekend?

W hat do they think of the programme?

Talking a b o u t sim ilarities and differences

4 Study the highlighted words in letters A and B. Which words are used to talk about
1 similarities? 2 differences?

5 Complete the sentences. Then compare your answers with a partner.

1 The weather in my town is different from
2 Food in my country is similar to
3 M y town is ......................................................... , in contrast t o .......................................
4 Subjects in my school are the same a s .............................................................................
5 M y best friend and I have a lot in common a n d ..............................................................
6 W e b o th ................................... ..............................................................................
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32 King Street
0 Calle M arina 32 London N12 44T
08605 Barcelona United Kingdom
Spain
23 August 2013
23 A ugust 2013
D ear X-change, Hi X-change,

This is my first letter from London! My host family are

I'm on an exchange program m e in Barcelona and it's
nice, but their daughter Helen is quite shy -- unlike
great! My host family is lovely and I'm already best
me! We have nothing in common.
friends with their son, Felipe. We have a lot in common:
we re both keen on football and neither o f us likes maths! A lot of things are different here. London is an
interesting city, but it's expensive and the people
M any things are similar. School starts at the sam e time
are different from people in Australia - they're not as
and the subjects are like the subjects 1 study at hom e. I'm
friendly. Everyday life is different, too. Mealtimes are
not feeling hom esick at the m om ent because people are
very friendly. quite early and we don't go out in the evening. We
usually watch TV.
Other things are different. It’s warm and sunny,
Other things are the same. Food is the same as the
in contrast to England, where it rains all the tim e1
food at home. School is similar to Australian schools,
M ealtim es are different, too. We always eat late, at nine
too. People are curious about Australia and they often
o clock, and we often have paella (it’s typical Spanish
ask me questions. I've made some friends here and we
food). O f course, the language is not the same and I am
usually play basketball at break time - it's just like
som enm es asham ed o f my Spanish, but Felipe helps me.
home.
It s Saturday today so I'm not going to school. I'm going
Right now I'm feeling homesick - I'm fed up with the
to the beach with Felipe, then I ’m watching Barcelona FC
rain. But this weekend we're going to the Science
play at Cam p Non stadium. The X-change program m e is
Museum and I'm excited about that! It's a challenge
a great way t0 see the world, m ake new friends and learn
a new language! to live in a new country, but it's also a great
opportunity to try new things.
Yours,
Yours,
Conrad
Jenni

Task Imagine you are on a student exchange Paragraph 3: Say which things are similar.
programme. Reply to the advert in X-change Paragraph 4: Say what you are doing today / at the
Magazine. weekend. Then give your opinion about
the X-change programme.
Ideas Answer the questions and make notes.
1 Which country are you visiting and what type of ■ W rite Write a letter to the magazine. Use the
family are you staying with? paragraph plan to help you.
2 Look at the four topics you chose in exercise 2. Make
notes about the similarities and differences.
■ Check Check the following points.
3 W hat do you think about the X-change programme? ■ Have you included the address and the date? Have
you signed your letter?
Plan Decide which ideas you are going to use and ■ Have you included all the information asked for in
match them to these paragraphs. the task? Have you used a variety of expressions to
Paragraph 1: Say where you are and describe the host describe similarities and differences?
family. ■ Have you checked spelling, grammar and
Paragraph 2: Say which things are different. punctuation?

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Vocabulary insight 1 Using a dictionary: parts of speech

1 Work in pairs. Read the statements and choose 3 Read the dictionary entry again and answer the
the ones that are true for you. Then compare your questions.
answers with a partner. 1 W hat part of speech is make ?
1 I use a dictionary only at school. 2 W hat is the past tense form of make ?
2 I use a dictionary only at home. 3 How many meanings of make are there?
3 I use a dictionary at school and at home. 4 W hat examples are there for the meaning 'cause?
4 I prefer to use an online dictionary. 5 W hat information about make does the h elp section
5 I have a dictionary app on my phone. give you?
6 I check every word that I don't know.
7 I check the meaning of new words after I have STRATEGY
finished reading. Identifying parts o f speech
8 I never check the meaning of new words. All words belong to categories called parts of speech.
Most dictionaries use abbreviations to show what part
STRATEGY
of speech a word is. Study the definitions of the most
Using a d ictio n ary common parts of speech below. The abbreviations are
A dictionary entry gives you more information about given in brackets.
a new word than just its meaning. This additional
1 noun (n) = a word that names a person, a thing or
information can help you to learn how to spell the word,
an idea
how to pronounce it and how to use it in a sentence.
2 verb (v) = a word that refers to an action or a state
3 adjective (adj) = a word that describes a noun
2 Read the strategy above. Then study the extract 4 adverb (adv) = a word that describes a verb, an
from a dictionary entry for m ake. What information adjective or another adverb
does it give you? Match the words below to parts of 5 pronoun (pron) = a word that is used instead of
the entry 1-8. a noun
headword example sentence part of speech 6 preposition (prep) = a word that shows the position of
definition pronunciation and stress collocations something, the time when something happens, etc.
extra information about how to use the word 7 conjunction (conj) = a word that joins tw o phrases
grammar related to the word or sentences

4 Read the strategy above. Then study the words

% m a k e 1/meik/ verb [T] (pt, pp made /meid/) below. What parts of speech are they? Add them to
_ ►create ^ 1 to produce o r create sth: to make bread categories 1-7 in the strategy. Use a dictionary to
♦ Tftis model is made o f steel, and that one is made
o u t o f used matches. * Cheese is made from milk. check your answers.
• Those cars are made in Slovakia. * Shall I make
you a sandwich/make a sandwich for you? * to make and at bus ticket but car keys do excited
breakfast ♦ to make a hole in something • to make a
law/rule * to make a movie
get in laptop often on proud really she
>p e r f o r m a c t io n 2 [used with nouns] to perform a shopping them understand usually
certain action: to make a mistake/noise * to make a
---guess/comment/statement/suggestion ♦ to make pro­
E -
gress * I've made an appointment to see the doctor. 5 Find the words im m ig ra te , im m ig ra n t and
im m ig ra tio n in a dictionary. Are the following
m HELP Make can be used like this with a number
of different nouns. Often there is a verb with a
similar form, for example make a decision =
statements true (T) or false (F)? Correct the
decide. But if you use ‘make’ + noun, you can false ones.
use an adjective with it: He made the right deci­
sion. * They made a generous offer.
1 Immigrate is an adjective.
►c a u s e 3 to cause a particular effect, feeling, situ­
ation, etc: The film made me cry. * Flying makes him 2 Immigrate is often used with the prepositions to
nervous. * Her remarks made the situation worse.
and from.
♦ I 'll make i t clear to him th a t we w on’t pay. ♦ Make
sure you lock the car. ♦ You d o n ’t need to know much 3 Immigrate has an irregular past tense form.
~ o f a language to make yourself understood. ♦to make
troubie/a mess/a noise
►b e c o m e 4 to make sb/sth become sth; to have the
right qualities to become sth: She was made (= given
4 im m igrant is a conjunction.
the job of) President. * You can borrow some money 5 Im m igrant can also be spelled imigrant.
this time, b u t d o n 't make a h a b it o f it. * Karen
explains things very clearly—she’d make a good teach­ 6 Im m igrant has three meanings.
er. 5 to become sth; to achieve sth: I'm hoping to
make head o f the department by the time I'm thirty. _
7 Immigration is a noun.
8 Immigration doesn't have a plural form.

Vocabulary insight 1 Dictionary entry from Oxford Wordpower Dictionary, 4th edition
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Review 1
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V o cabu lary G ram m ar

1 Complete the sentences with the words below. 5 Complete the profile with the present simple or
anxious ashamed excited keen proud present continuous form of the verbs in brackets.

1 Mark's........................................... .............on football.

He's in the school team.
2 They’r e ................................... .. of their son.
He’s at Oxford University. Eighteen-year-old Becky Greenberg is working for
3 Do you g e t................................... .................... about Volunteer Asia for a m onth . 1
going to rock concerts? (she / help) to look after old and sick animals
4 Are y o u ......................................... ..................... about at an elephant camp in Thailand. We asked her
the history exam tomorrow? about the project.
5 Emma is .. .... of
making her little sister cry. W hat 2 (you / do) every day?
Marks /5 3 (I / get up) very early to give
the elephants breakfast. 4
2 Match the words in A to the words in B to make (elephants / need) a lot of food, so this can take quite
compound nouns. Then complete the sentences. a long time.
A bus car credit parking shopping
How much food 5 (an elephant /
B card keys list ticket ticket
eat)?
1 You can buy a from the driver. At least 100 kg a day. B u t6
2 You can pay in cash or b y ............................................ (one elephant / not have) all that for breakfast!
3 W ell have to walk if you can't find th e ......................... O ur elephants have three m eals a day.
4 Do you write a .................................................. before 7 (they / eat) lunch at the
you go to the supermarket to buy food? m om ent.
5 You'll get a .......................................................... if you
leave your car there. 8 ................................. (the elephants / go out)
Marks /5 today?
Yes, 9 (we / take) them to the
3 Complete the text with the correct form of make or do. river this afternoon. 10 (it / get)
very hot after lunch a n d 11
O ne fa m ily, six continen ts, tw e lv e good (they / love) playing in the w ater
deeds
Jackson Lewis came home one day last year and Marks /11
asked his father,'Why aren’t we doing more to
1 a difference in the world?'His father's 6 Complete the text with a /a r t, the or 0 (= no article).
answer was to take Jackson and his brother on a trip
to 2 good in the world. Right now,they're 1 New York City is located at the mouth of
on a journey through twelve different countries. In 2 Hudson River o n 3 east coast of
every place they visit, th e y 3 their best 4 USA. But there was a time when
to help people in need. Sometimes they look after 5 city did not exist. The Italian explorer Da
children, sometimes they 4 meals and
Verrazzano was the first European to visit the area,
sometimes they teach English. Wherever they go,
but it w a s 6 Englishman who first landed
th e y 5 ................friends with a lot of different people.
there. Henry Hudson was 7 English sailor,
but he was working fo r 8 Dutch East India
Marks /5
Company at the time. He bought 9 animal
4 Complete each sentence with one word. skins from the Native Americans there and he took
10 skins back to Holland. Soon after that, the
1 W e w ent by taxi, so we g o t...........................................
the station on time. Dutch built 11 town in the area. They called it
2 I'm really stressed and I need to get ........................, New Amsterdam. In 1664, the British took ,2
so I'm going on holiday next week. town and gave i t 13 new name: New York.
3 She got The train and walked home. Since then , 14 town has become one of the
4 It's going to be difficult to get most important cities in the world.
tomorrow - fve got exams all day.
5 She paid the driver when she g o t ................. the bus. Marks 714
Marks /5 Total

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