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Student Book Clive Oxenden Christina Latham-Koenig OXFORD American English File 3 Student Book Clive Oxenden Christina Latham-Koenig OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS Paul Seligsonand CliveOxenden arethe originalco-authorsofEnglish File 1(pub. 1996) and English File2 (pub. 1997). a Contents _ Grammar Vo<abulary Pronunciation rJ 4 Food:fuelorpleasure? presenttenses: simpleand foodandrestaurants lulandIu/,understanding continuous,actionandnon-actionverbs phonetics 8 III Ifyoureallywanllowin, pasttenses:simple,continuous, sports Iorlandlarl <heat perfect 131 12 Wearefamily futureforms:goingto, family,personality prefixes andsuffixes presentcontinuous, will eachotherorreflexivepronouns? 16 PRACTICALENGLISH Introductions 17 WRITING Describingaperson 18 REVIEW&CHECK Whatdoyouremember? Whatcanyoudo? s _ 20 rJ Ka-ching! presentperfectandsimplepast money,phrasalverbs sayingnumbers 24 III Changingyourlife presentperfectcontinuous strongadjectives:exhausted, sentencestress,strongadjectives amazed,etc. 131 28 Racetothesun comparativesandsuperlatives transportationandtravel stressincompoundnouns howlong+take 32 PRACTICALENGLISH Intheoffice 33 WRITING Tellingastory 34 REVIEW&CHECK Whatdoyouremember? Whatcanyoudo? aC::========================::::::========::::J 36 rJ Modernmanners musl,have10,should cellphones sentencestress (obligation) 40 III Judgingbyappearances must,may,might,can" describingpeople -eigh,-aigh,and-igh (deduction) lookorlooklike? 131 44 Ifatfirstyoudon't can,could,beableto -ed/-ingadjectives sentencestress succeed,... (abilityandpossibility) 50 48 PRACTICALENGLISH Rentinganapartment 49 WRITING Aninformalletter 50 REVIEW&CHECK Whatdoyouremember? Whatcanyoudo? 8 _ rJ 52 Backtoschool.age35 firstconditionalandfuture education lAior/yu/? timeclauses+when,until.etc. III 56 Inanidealworld... secondconditional houses sentencestress 131 60 Stillfriends? usuallyandused10 friendship IsIorIz/? get 64 PRACTICALENGLISH Avisitfromapopstar 65 WRITING Describingahouseoranapartment 66 REVIEW&CHECK Whatdoyouremember? Whatcanyoudo? (;rammar Pronunciation quantifiers nounformation -oughand-ough 72 I] Same planet, different articles: aI an, the, noarticle verbsandadjectives+prepositions sentencestress,the, 18/0r/61 ? worlds connectors 0 76 Jobswap gerundsandinfinitives work wordstress 80 PRACTICALENGLISH Meetings 81 WRITING Formalleltersandaresume 82 REVIEW&CHECK Whatdoyouremember? Whatcanyoudo? a _ 84 rJ Loveinthesupermarket reportedspeech:statements, shopping consonantsounds:Ig/,Id:),Ik/, questions,andcommands IJl)tJI 88 I] Seethemovie...geton passive:be+pastparticiple movies sentencestress aplane 92 0 Ineedahero relativeclauses:definingand whatpeopledo wordstress non-defining 96 PRACTICALENGLISH Breakingnews 97 WRITING Amoviereview &98 REVIEW&_CHECK -Whatd-oyour-emem-ber? W-hatcan-youd-o? ----------- 100 rJ Canwemakeourown thirdconditional makingadjedivesandadverbs sentencestress luck? whotorthot? 104 I] Murdermysteries tagquestions,indirectquestions compoundnouns intonationintagquestions 108 0 Turnitoff phrasalverbs television,phrasalverbs reviewofsounds,linking 112 PRACTICALENGLISH Everythingintheopen 113 WRITING Anarticleforamagazine 114 REVIEW&CHECK Whatdoyouremember? Whatcanyoudo? 116 Communication l22 Audioscripts 130 GrammarBank 144 VocabularyBank 157 SoundBank G presenttenses: simple and continuous, adion and non-adion verbs V food and restaurants P luland lul, understandingphonetics Food: fuel or pleasure? 1 READING & SPEAKING We talk to women around the world about their relationship with food. a What kind offood or dishes do you 1 Isfood apleasureforyou? associatewith these countries? 2 Whatdoyou normallyeaton atypical day? The United States China France 3 Doyou evercook? Italy Japan Mexico 4 Doyou evereat"unhealthy" food? Howdoyou feel aboutit? 5 Areyou tryingto cut down on anythingat the moment? b ReadtheinterviewswithAliceandJacqueline. 6 Are people's diets in yourcountry gettingbetterorworse? Match the questionswiththeiranswers. A D Ithink people are tryingto improve theirdiets, but theyare doingit the wrongway byfollowingdietsliketheAtkinsdiet. Personally, Idon'tthink it's very healthyto cut out entiregroupsof foods likecarbohydrates. BD Notvery often. Idon't havethetime ortalentto cookfull meals.Iusually heatupafrozen mealorordertakeout. CD Sometimes Iget fastfood for lunch. I have to admit that I love French fries. Ifeel terribleaboutitafterward, but Idon'tdo itveryoften. D D Iusually haveabowl of cereal ortoast for breakfast. Forlunch Ieat ata restaurant nearmyoffice. I preferJapaneseorIndian food. Iusuallyeatrice with fish and vegetables, soup, orsushi. Idon'teatmeat, but Ieatalotof fish. In theevening, Ijust havesomethinglightathome. ED Iam tryingtocutdown on theamountof fat Ieat. I'malsotryingto eat more wholewheat bread. FD Notreally. Ienjoycertain kinds of food, but most mealsarejust fuel to keep megoingthrough the day. A D Yes, Icookeveryeveningfor myfamily. Ioften makesoup ortraditional French disheslikeboeu! bourguignon, which isakind of beef and red wine stew, and then we havecheeseand salad. Itmayseem alot, but we don'teat bigservings. What's importantto me isquality, notquantity. BD Yes, I'm tryingto eat lesschocolate. CD Ithink people'sdietsare gettingworse and worse. It'svery strange because we havealotof information nowabout how bad fastfood isforyou. I'mafraid it'saproblem inalotof countries. D D Notathome. Ithink mostofthe food Icook ishealthy.Occasionallywhen I eatoutI havesomethingunhealthy, butitdoesn't worry me. ED Yes, definitely. Formegood mealswith thefamily make mehappy! FD I'mverytraditional and I havethree main mealsaday. Forbreakfast, I like hotchocolate and bread and butterwith honeyorjam. For lunch, Ioften eat in arestaurantwith mycoworkers. Iusuallyhavevegetablesand meatorfish, but I love pasta and rice, too. In theafternoon, Ihavefruitwith cookiesorapiece of chocolate. In the evening, I haveaproper meal with my family. c Read the interviews again and answer the 2 GRAMMAR present tenses: simple and continuous, questionsbelow. WriteA(Alice), JUacqueline), action and non-action verbs or B (both a/them). Who...? RumikoVasuda isamagazine editorfrom Tokyo. Japan 1 often eats in restaurants a 1.1 Listento Rwniko 2 eats quite a lot of sweet things answeringquestions2-6 from 3 eatstake·outfood the interviews. Do you think 4 cooks big meals at home food isfuel orpleasurefor her? 5 enjoys eating Why? 6 feels bad when she eats fast food b Listen again and answer the 7 is tryingto eat less of something questions. 8 prefers having good food to having 1 What does she usuallyhave in a lot of food the morning? 9 is negative about eating habits in 2 Where does she usually have her country lunch and dinner? 3 Why doesn'tshe cookvery d Matchthe highlighted words orphraseswith often? thedefinitions. 4 Doesshe eat or drink anything ______ tohave ameal in arestaurant, unhealthy? not at home 5 Isshecuttingdownon anything right now? Why (not)? 2 ______ asweet, thick liquid made by 6 What's currentlyhappening to bees theJapanese diet? 3 ______ the quantityyou eat ofa 7 Doesshe think this is a kind offood during ameal completelybad thing? 4 ______ to make coldfood hot 5 _____ food you buy from a restaurant to eat at home 6 ______ substance from animals or c Look at some ofthe things Rumiko said. Circle the correct plants used for cooking, e.g., form. Then compare with a partnerand saywhy the other oil, butter,ete. form is wrong. 7 ______ food prepared inaparticular I l don't usuallyhaveII'm nothavingbreakfast. way, e.g., sushi, lasagna, etc. 2 [used to go to fast-food restaurants,but nowlpreferIl am 8 ______ made from brown flour preferringeatingsomething healthier. 9 ______ aliquid food, often made 3 lam drinkingIl drinkalot ofcoffeeeveryday. 4 Ithink that some Japanese peoplegetIaregettingfatter. ofvegetables, e.g.)tomatoes, onions 5 IlikeII'm likingthe fact thatthere are more differentkirids of food and restaurants now. 10 ______ meatcookedfor alongtime in liquid, usuallywith 0 d p.l30 GrammarBank 1A. Read therulesanddotheexercises vegetables e Make questions with the simple present or present e Which ofthe two women do you think has the continuous to ask your partner. Ask for more information. healthierdiet?Why? WhatI usuallyhave f Nowintervieweach other with the questions How manycupsof from 1b. How similarareyour eatinghabits? Where I usuallyha HowoftenI eatou I prefer to eatath Isfood apleasureforyou? I need to buyany I you hungry?I Yes, definitely, Iloveeating. I currentlytakean I currentlytryto 3 VOCABULARY food and restaurants 4 PRONUNCIATION /u/ and /u/, understanding phonetics a Take the quiz in pairs. 'tt Can you think o:.;,f.......';"._ ..... ONE red fruit, ONE yellow fruit, ONE green fruit TWO things that a strict vegetarian doesn't eat THREE kinds of food that are made from milk a Look at the sound pictures. How do you FOUR things people have for breakfast pronounce them? FIVE things people eat between meals b Put the words in the correct column. SIX vegetables you can put in a salad cook cookies food fruit good SEVENthingsthatare usuallyon atable in arestaurant JUICe mousse soup spoon sugar ,,1.2' b 0 p.144 Vocabulary Bank Foodandrestaurants. c Listen and check. c Ask and answer the questions below with a partner. d 0 p.157 Sound Bank. Look at the typical spellings for lul andlu/. e Look at the information box. How do phonetic symbols in a dictionary help you pronounce words correctly? A Pronouncingdifficultwords Some words are difficult to pronouncebecause 1 theyhave asilentsyllableor letter,e.g., vegetables l'vEd3toblzl 2 some letters are pronounced in an unusual way e.g., steakIstelkl 3 you aren't sure where the stress is, e.g., dessert Id,'z"rtl f '"1.3'" Look at somefood words that are difficult topronounce.Usethephoneticstopracticesaying them correctly.Then listen and check. 1 knife Inarfl fruit Ifrutl . salmon I'sremonl ~. 5 What's your favorit~~·..? .' ~ 2 sausage l's~sld31 ... a kind of restaurant (French"ltalian,~et.c.}~ ~. lettuce !'lEtosl b restaurant dish, c take-out food " sugar I'Jugorl ~,~ - "-".: r .. 't' 3 yogurt I'youg"rtl 6 How importan(are these things toxou fn a restaurant? menu I'menyul Number 1-4"«(;"the most,important) ~ . diet l'daIotl "" I .,. ,,", . the food~. the service 0 "', D the atmqsph,he -the price 0' < • • g 1.4 Listen and repeat the sentences. cooke~? 7 How do y'94»refer these things to be ", • 1 The first course on the menu is lettucesoup. (grilled, boilee, etc.) 2 What vegetables would you like with yoursteak? ", chicken fislii:. eggs pota!oes 3 Doyouwantyogurtorchocolatemoussefordessert? 4 1take two spoonfuls ofsugar in my coffee. 8 If you eat steak, ow do you like it cooked? S Sausage isn'tverygood for you. (rare, medium, well- 'Jje) , •• _ID 6 Would you likesomefruit juice? 5 LISTENING a Haveyou ever tried English food? What didyou think ofit? b 1.5.... Kevin Poulter, an English chef, has a restaurant in Santiago, thecapital ofChile.Listentoaninterviewwith him andnumber the photos 1-5 in the order he mentions them. c Listenagainandanswerthequestions. I Why did he decide to open arestaurant in Chile? 2 Whydid he call it Frederick's? 3 Whywere Chilean people surprisedwhen he opened his restaurant? 4 What English dishes does he serve in his restaurant? Arethey popular? 5 Howmanywomen work in his kitchen? Whydoes he thinkthere are so few women in restaurant kitchens? 6 What is mostdifficultfor him aboutlife in Chile? d Whatkindsofrestaurantsarethere inyourtown?Whatnationalities dotheyrepresent?Which onesdo youlike? 6 SPEAKING a Work in groups ofthree A, B, and C. First read sentences 1-6 and decide (individually) whether you agree or disagree. Think about examples you can use to support yourpoint ofview. 1 Women worry more about their diet than men. 2 Young people today have a worse diet than they did ten years ago. 3 Men cook as a hobby; women cook because they have to. 4 Vegetarians are healthier than people who eat a lot of meat. 5 You can often eat better in cheap restaurants than in expensive ones. 6 Every country thinks that its cooking is the best. b Now Asay what you think about sentence 1. Band C listen and then agree or disagreewith A. Then Bsay what you think about sentence 2, ete. Try to use the expressions in Usefullanguage. Usefullanguage For examPI~ 1agree~ 1don't agr~ Ithinkthat'strue. Idon'tthink t~ha~ (I think) itdep~ends.:s... till. G pasttenses: simple, continuous, perfect 1 V sports P /~r/and/~r/ ~ If you really want to win, cheat 1 GRAMMAR past tenses: simple, continuous, perfect a In which sports are there the most cases ofcheating? How do people cheat in these sports? b Read the article and find out how the people cheated. Famous (cheating) moments in sport With a little help from my friends o D D SOCCER TRACK AND FIELD FENCING Argentinawasplaying England in Fred Lorz, from NewYork,wonthe marathon Baris Onischenko.an army officerfrom " thequarter-finalsofthe1986 atthe St Louis OlympicGames in 1904. He theSoviet Union,wascompetingagainst World Cup in Mexico. In the 52nd finished the race in three hours13 minutes. Jim Foxfrom Britain in the 1976Montreal minutetheArgentinian captain, Diego Olympics. Boriswaswinningand theeledronic Afterthe race, Fred waswaitingto get his Maradona, scored agoal. The English scoreboard wasshowinghitafter hitfor him. medal,and thespectatorswerecheering him playersprotested, butthe referee jim Fox protested tothe referee. Foxsaid that loudly. Afice Roosevelt, thedaughterof the allowed thegoal. However,1Vcameras Boriswasscoring pointswithout hittinghim. US President, was in the crowd, and some showedthatMaradona hadscoredthe journaliststooka photo of Fred with her. But Olympicofficialsexamined Boris'ssword and goalwith his hand! Maradona said the then suddenlysomebodystartedshouting they madeashockingdiscovery. Boris had next day, "Itwas partlythe hand of 'lcheater"and soon everybodywasshouting changed the electronic part of his sword. He Maradona, and partlythe hand of God." thesamething. Itwastrue. Fred had traveled could turn on the hit light on thescoreboard later in thegame Maradona scored 18ofthe42 kilometers in somebody'scar! even when he hadn'thit Fox. Boriswent home anothergoal andArgentinawon 2-1. Fred didn't win thegold medal and hewas the next day, in disgrace. The British Theywenton to win theWorld Cup. banned from trackand field. newspaperscalled him"Dishonischenko." c Look at the highlighted verbs in text 1.What three tenses are they? Underline an example ofeach tense in the other two texts. d Which ofthe three tenses in c do we use for...? I completed actions in the past 2 an action in progressat aparticular moment in thepast 3 an action that happened beforethe past timewe are talking about - e 0 p.l30 Grammar Bank 1B. Read the rules and do the exercises. f Cover the texts. In pairs, retell the three stories using the correct tenses. )'I~ext~2~~;;;;;;;;;;;;::;;;;;;;;;;;;' Text 1 Text3 England (play) Argentina. Fred Lon(win) themarathon in 1904. BorisOnischenko (compete) against Maradona (score) agoal. He (wait) togethismedal. Jim Fox. The English players (protest) but the Thespectators (cheer). Boris (win) but Jim Fox (protest). referee (allow) the goal. Everybody (start)shouting"cheater." The Olympicofficials (examine) TheTV cameras(show) thatMarado",n,;...,rrec!:;(travel) 18kmeycar! Baris's sword. (score) the goal with his hand. They (discover) that he (change) the electronic part ofhis sword. 2 SPEAKING 3 LISTENING a You are goingto tell astory. Choose oneofthe a Can you thinkoftwo disadvantages of topicsbelow and plan whatyou are goingto say. beinga professional soccer referee? Askyour teacher for anywordsyou need. b 1.6 You're going to hear an Tell your partnerabout... interview with a former Champions League referee from Spain. Listen atimeyouorsomeoneyou and choose a,b, or c. knowcheated(onanexam What was the mostexcitinggame he orinasportI game) everrefereed? Whatwere you I was he I a His first professional game. sheI doing? b Hecan'tchoose justone. Where? When? Whydid you I heI sheI c Real Madrid against Barcelona. cheat? What happened? 2 Whydoes he mention Mauro Silva? JuanAntonioMarin refereed200leagueand a Because he was the bestplayer he 50internationalgames a reallyexcitingsports ever saw. eventyousaw b Becausehe was agreat person. Where andwhenwas it? c Because he was averygood playerand agood person. Whowas playing? 3 Theworst experience he ever had as areferee was... What happened? a when a playerhit him duringagame. Whywas itso exciting? b when awoman with achild tried to attack him. c when a 16-year-old boyattacked him. 4 Whydoeshethinkthereismorecheatingin soccertoday? atimeyouhadanaccident a Becausesoccer is bigbusiness. orgotasportsinjury b Because the referees are worse. Whatwereyou doing? How c Becausethe playersarebetterat cheating. did theaccident happen? 5 Howdoes hesaythe players cheat? Whatpartofyourbody did you hurt?Whathappened a They fall down when nobodyhas touched them. next? Howlongdid it take b They accept moneyto losegames. you to recover? c Theytouch theball with their hands. 6 What's the most difficult thing for him about being a referee? atimeyou sawormeta a Players who cheat. celebrity b Makingdecisions. Wherewereyou?What was c The rules are too complicated. thecelebritydoing?What was heI she wearing? Did 7 Does he think fair playstillexists? you speakto himI her? a Yf?$. What happened? b No. c He doesn'tsay. c Listen again for more information. Doyou agree with him b In pairs, tell each otheryourstories. Askfor that there is more cheatingin soccer (or othersports) moredetails. than before? mE