CONTENTS
1 No place like home рб The tense system Simple, continuous, perfect Active and passive p8 Spoken English Informal language Been here two days. It’s kind of boring. p8 Compound words lifestyle, home town, house-proud pl3 A home from home - two people describe their experiences of living abroad (jigsaw) p 10
% 2 Been there, done that! pi6 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. pl8 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
I Stop and check 1 Teacher’s Book pi64 j
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 Future forms will, going to, shall is staying leaves will be doing will have done p45 Spoken English The word thing How are things? The thing is, ... p49 Hot verbs - take, put take years to do sth put pressure on sb Take your time. The shop takes on extra staff. Put your cigarette out. p51 ‘Nobody listens to us’ - a group of young adults are canvassed for their opinions on social issues and their ambitions p48
6 Making it big p54 Expressions of quantity a few, a little, plenty of, hardly any p55 Spoken English Informal expressions of quantity-loads of, masses of p56 Words with variable stress 'export and ex'port refuse and 'refuse p60 A profile of two famous brands - Starbucks and Apple Macintosh (jigsaw) p58
‘Things I miss from home’ -people describe what they miss when they travel abroad pl4
Exchanging information about people who live abroad plO Discussion - the pros and cons of living abroad pi 1
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
An 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 pl8
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 pi 12
The 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. pi 15
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
