CONTENTS
The tense system
Simple, continuous, perfect Active and passive p8 Spoken English Informal language Been here two days.
It’s kind of boring. p8
C ompound words lifestyle, home town, house-proud p 13
A home from home - two people describe their experiences of living abroad (jigsaw) plO
2 Been there, done that!
pi 6
Present Perfect
He’s been to Vietnam.
He’s been staying in hostels.
Simple and Continuous He works for IBM.
I'm working with Jim. p 17 Spoken English Being imprecise and stuff like that sort of Fillers
I mean like four in the morning. p24
Hot verbs - make, do make way, do damage I could do with a cup of tea. He made up the whole story. p23
‘Paradise Lost’ - how tourism is destroying the object of its affection pl9
3 What a story!
p26
Narrative tenses
Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect active and passive p26 Spoken English News and responses
Did you read that story about...?
You’re kidding!
I don’t get it. p28 The use of like
It was like really out of the ordinary. p32
Books and films
It’s a thriller set in New York. Has it been made into a film? It stars Harrison Ford. p29
Chapter One of The Blind Assassin, a novel by Margaret Atwood p30
Stop and check 1 Teacher’s Book pl47
4 Nothing but the truth
p34
Questions and negatives
Who gave you that?
Haven’t I told you before?
Who with?
I don’t think you’re right.
I hope not. p35 Spoken English
The question How come?
How come you don’t eat meat? p36
Prefixes
disbelief, incredible, improbable Antonyms in context successful/failure generous/meanness p42
‘Diana and Elvis shot JFK!’ - three of the world’s most popular conspiracy theories (jigsaw) p38
^ 5 An eye to the future
p44
'Nobody listens to us’ - a group of young adults are canvassed for their opinions on social issues and their ambitions p48
Spoken English
The word thing How are things?
The thing is,... p49
Future forms
will, going to, shall is staying leaves
will be doing will have done p45
Hot verbs - rake, put take years to do sth put pressure on sb Take your time.
The shop takes on extra staff. Put your cigarette out. p51
6 Making it big
p54
Expressions of quantity Words with variable stress
a few, a little, plenty of, hardly any p55 'export and ex'port
Spoken English refuse and 'refuse p60
Informal expressions of quantity loads of, masses of p56
A profile of two famous brands - Starbucks and Apple Macintosh (jigsaw) p58
I hings I miss from home’-peopie describe what they miss when they travel abroad pH
Exchanging information about people who live abroad plO Discussion - the pros and cons of living abroad p 11
Applying for a job A CV and a covering letter pi 10
Social expressions Great to see you!
Don't I know you from somewhere? p 15
\n interview with Tashi Wheeler about her travels as a child with her parents, who founded the Lonely Planet guides p24
Information gap and roleplay -Tony and Maureen Wheeler
p 18
Dreams come true - things to do before you die p22
Exclamations
Wow! That’s unbelievable! How amazing!
What a brilliant idea! What rubbish! p25
Informal letters Correcting mistakes p 112
Die money jigsaw - a news item from the BBC’s Radio 4 Today programme p32
Retelling a news story Responding to a news story p28 Talking about your favourite book or film p29
Showing interest and surprise Echo questions A new boyfriend?
Reply questions
'He lives in a castle.’ 'Does he?’ P33
Narrative writing 1 Using adverbs in narratives I used to go skiing frequently in winter, pi 13
My most memorable lie!’ -people confess to untruths p37
Discussion - good and bad lies p37
Exchanging information about conspiracy theories p38
Being polite
I’m sorry to bother you. Could you possibly change a ten-pound note? p43
Linking ideas Conjunctions
whenever, so that, even though pi 14
arranging to meet - three friends decide a time and a place to get together (jigsaw) p52
Future possibilities in your life p47
Exchanging information about people arranging to meet p52
Writing emails Emailing friends
Sorry, can't make next Sat. p 115
Telephone conversations Beginning a call Ending a call Roleplay p53
A lifestyle survey p56 Writing an advert p57 Exchanging information about famous brands p58 A business maze - opening a restaurant p60
Business expressions Bear with me.
I’ll email the information as an attachment.
Numbers, fractions, decimals, dates, time, phone numbers, sports scores p61
A consumer survey Report writing
FAO: The Managing Director p 116
