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Student's Book OXFORD ACKNOWLEDGMENTS UNIVERSITY PRESS The publishers would like to thank the following for permission to reproduce Great Clarendon Street, Oxford 0x2 6dp photographs: Ford Motor Company Ltd; Chiysler Jeep Imports Ltd; Renault UK; Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. Anglepoise Ltd; Mothercare; Duncan Davis Photographer It furthers the University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, Stills photography by: Rob Judges; Emily Anderson and education by publishing worldwide in Additional photography by: Peter Viney Oxford New York Studio photography by: Mark Mason Auckland Cape Town Dar es Salaam Hong Kong Karachi Authors’ acknowledgment: Video materials are produced by the combined Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Nairobi efforts of many people. The authors would like to thank Steve Steen and Jim New Delhi Shanghai Taipei Toronto Sweeney, whose acting inspired many of these stories. We would also like to With offices in thank Robert Maidment, who was the Executive Producer and Director; Argentina Austria Brazil Chile Czech Republic France Greece Stephen Marsh, the Producer; Martyn Hobbs, the Script Editor; Jon Fletcher Guatemala Hungaiy Italy Japan Poland Portugal Singapore and Rob Hancock, the Student’s Book designers and Timothy Blakey and South Korea Switzerland Thailand Turkey Ukraine Vietnam Louis Harrison, the Student’s Book editors. oxford and oxford English are registered trade marks of Oxford University Press in the UK and in certain other countries Oxford University Press publish two more series by Peter Viney and Karen Viney which have a parallel syllabus with English Channel. © Oxford University Press 1999 Grapevine Video features the same actors, Jim Sweeney and Steve The moral rights of the author have been asserted Steen, in eight comedy vignettes which include more stories about Database right Oxford University Press (maker) Inspector Grant and Dennis Cook. 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Oxford University Press disclaims any responsibility for the content ISBN-13:978 0 19 459095 2 Student’s Book ISBN-13:978 019 459096 9 Teacher’s Book ISBN-13:978 0194590846 vhs pal Cassette 1 ISBN-13:978 019 459085 3 VHS SEC am Cassette 1 ISBN-13:978 019 459086 0 vhs ntsc Cassette 1 ISBN-13: 978 019 459088 4 vhs pal Video Cassette 2 ISBN-13: 978 019 4590891 vhs sec am Video Cassette 2 ISBN-13: 978 0194590907 vhs ntsc Video Cassette 2 ISBN-13: 978 0194595155 DVD ISBN-10:019 459095 x Student’s Book ISBN-10:019 459096 8 Teacher’s Book ISBN-10:019 459084 4 vhs pal Cassette 1 ISBN-10:019 459085 2 vhs secam Cassette 1 ISBN-10:019 459086 0 vhs ntsc Cassette 1 ISBN-10: 019 459088 7 vhs pal Video Cassette 2 ISBN-10: 019 459089 5 vhs secam Video Cassette 2 ISBN-10: 019 459090 9 vhs ntsc Video Cassette 2 ISBN-10: 019 459515 3 DVD Printed in China Video Page Anywhere, Anytime Future simple; other uses of will, shall; revision of Present simple and Past simple Vocabulary: cars; two-word verbs (1) job titles; dear The N.A.I.L. files 12 Past continuous; Past continuous and Past simple: while, when; certainty Vocabulary: equipment; international words; past tense of irregular verbs An English Country Garden n a 20 Present perfect; been, gone; yet, already; before, ever; for, since; Present perfect or Past simple; emphasis; past participles of irregular verbs Vocabulary: plants; word map; pond display; plurals - words ending in// ves; past participles Going, Going, Gone Comparison (1): shorter adjectives and longer adjectives; superlative and comparative; as ... as; more, less; degrees of comparison; let’s; the pronunciation and emphasis Vocabulary: prices and value; buy, sell, pay, bid; choosing the right words; long and short adjectives Oakwood Avenue: Baby love 36 Auxiliary verbs and modal verbs; obligation: have to / have got to; obligation and prohibition: must, mustn’t; must or have to; had to; comparison (2) Vocabulary: babies; looking after babies, pets and animals; two-word verbs (2) DXH Dennis Cook's Money Worries 44 should, shouldn’t; need; for, since; adjectives and nouns: twenty pounds, a twenty-pound note; past participles; Why? / Because Vocabulary: cash dispensers; containers; machines Weather Report I when, as soon as, before, after, while, until; if (conditional sentences); until; during, before, after, until Vocabulary: points of the compass; nouns, verbs and adjectives for weather; temperatures; Roger’s pr r Inspector Grant: Bodyguards Active and passive; made of/ made in; present and past passives; passives: will, might Vocabulary: in the office; fruit; room service; spelling Transcripts Before you watch After you watch Read the text, and answer the questions. Bob’s Cars is a private hire company. Taxis can stop for B ob’s Cars customers in the street, but “Anywhere-Anytime” private hire cars cannot. PRIVATE HIRE • WEDDINGS Customers usually telephone AIRPORTS the private hire company for 0701-345345 i a car first. Gordon and Lindy are both drivers for Bob's Cars. Gordon drives a Daimler Limousine and Lindy drives an old red saloon car. 1 What’s the difference between a private hire car and a taxi? 2 Do you have this difference in your town? 3 What’s the phone number of Bob’s Cars? Ask and answer these questions. 4 Which driver does weddings? 1 Which one is Max Hoffman? 5 Which driver does airports? 2 Which one is Simon Fawley? Watch Anywhere, Anytime. 3 Who did Lindy think was Simon Fawley? O Video 1 • Anywhere, Anytime tjwm SECTION 1 00:00 to 01:40 (from the beginning to Lindy: It broke down. Again.) Before you watch After you watch Complete the sentences with Lindy, Bob or Simon. 1 Ask and answer these questions. _______is the owner of the company. 1 Why won’t Gordon make the coffee? 2 When did Simon order the car? _______is a worried customer. Why is Simon worried? _______is one of Bob’s drivers. Why is Lindy late? While you watch Match the sentences with their meanings. SENTENCE MEANING Who says it? Write B for Bob, S for Simon or L for Lindy. 1 Will you come in here A The speaker doesn't know Will you come in here and make the coffee? and make the coffee? the answer but wants the listener ... When will it be here? to feel better. This is a part of 2 When will it be here? an apology. It won't be long, sir. 3 It won't be long, sir. B This is a prediction about the It'll be there soon. I promise. I'm terribly sorry. future. It isn't very accurate. I'll be there soon. 4 It'll be there soon. C This is a request. It sounds like I'll be there in two minutes. I promise. a command. Watch section 1. 5 I'll be there soon. D This is an accurate prediction. 6 I'll be there in two E This is a promise. minutes. F This is a question about t- SECTION 2 01:41 to 03:08 (from Lindy: Sorry... to the man is in the road, alone) Before you watch Lindy makes a mistake. Match the sentences to the pictures. 1 Lindy’s on her way to pick up Simon. 2 She picks up the wrong man. 3 Simon sees the mistake. 4 She’s going to stop the car. 5 She throws the briefcase out of the window. 6 She leaves the man behind. Watch section 2. Video 1 • Anywhere, Anytime ■ m After you watch s Simon saying? Simon's words: etters in the spaces. A It's too late. I can't wait any more! ~ r : I e-play the conversation. I'll phone another company. Bob: Bob's Cars. Anywhere, Anytime. And how can 1 help you? B Thank you. Simon: Bob: 1 don't understand, sir. C Are you absolutely sure? Simon: Bob: Don't do that. D It's Simon Fawley... again! Simon: Your driver picked up the wrong person! I'm still waiting! I'll miss Bob: Let me speak to the driver. my appointment! Simon: Bob: Yes, 1 will. E Will you ask her to come Simon: back and pick me up? Bob: No, 1 promise. You won't be late. Simon: F Why not? Your driver will Bob: We'll get you there on time. be miles away by now! Simon: G Are you sure I won't be late? SECTION 3 03:09 to 04:00 (from Bob: Gordon!to ... speak to you later.) Before you watch While you watch These are the instructions 1 Listen to the pronunciation of these words: for Gordon's job. Complete the • chauffeur sentences with words from the • schedule box. Then say the sentences • Grosvenor House aloud. 2 Look at the sentences in Before you watch. until outside to Listen. Bob is giving the instructions. at back into e.g. 1 Pick him up_______ You’ll pick him up at eleven o'clock. 11 o’clock at Grosvenor Notice the stress is on the verb, and You'll is difficult to hear. House. Watch section 3. 2 Drive him_______the city centre for lunch. 3 Wait for him_______the shops. After you watch 4 Drive him_______the TV studios. Use the sentences in Before you watch, and role-play Bob. 5 Wait outside_______ten. Give the instructions as complete sentences, starting with You'll.... Remember that the stress is on the verb. 6 Drive him_______to the hotel. mmmm Video 1 • Anywhere, Anytime BSSW88BB SECTION 4 04:01 to 07:27 (from Lindy's car arrives ... to the end) Before you watch After you watch Compare Gordon and Lindy. Write sentences, e.g. Her car is filthy. His car is clean. 1 She never polishes her car. 2 She’s always busy. 3 She gets all the rotten jobs. 4 He usually gets big tips. 5 He always looks smart. 6 He knows a lot about cars. While you watch Read the dictionary definition. 1 Lindy is worried about three things about the airport job oatronize (also patronise) / 'paetranaiz; - the state of the car, the kids, her tip. What does she say? US ‘pert-/verb [T] 1 to treat somebody m a friendly Write three sentences. way but as if you were better than him/ er ... 2 Number these sentences in order from 1 to 7. patronizing (also patronising) adj .. . I really hate that p a i r " f hers~ □ She tried to start □ She opened the bonnet of the car. □ There was a problem and the car didn't start. □ There was a loud explosion. Gordon says these things. Listen for stress and intonation. 3 Ask and answer Are they patronizing? these questions- • Yes, well, I'm a chauffeur, dear. You're a cab driver. • You won't ever get the good jobs, Lindy. You don't look smart. • What are you looking for? You don't know anything about engines, dear. • Well, I am a professional. • All right, dear. Try it aga - iVatcb Anywhere, Anytime again yyafch section 4. Write an imaginary schedule for Lindy. Tell her about the schedule. Role-play the conve-satic - Do the same for Gordon and the limousire Video 1 • Anywhere, Anytime Vocabulary Cars Put the words into the boxes. Job titles hatchback There are often two words for the same job. One is 'superior' - it engine (engine/motor) sounds better! Superior job titles are becoming more frequent. bumper (fender) number plate (license plate) BASIC SUPERIOR driver chauffeur Note: In American English, some of the words are cook chef different. The American words are in (brackets). head waiter maitre de (= maitre de table) Two-word verbs (1) laundry (man, hotels) valet cleaner (hotels) housekeeper These are examples of two-word verbs. secretary perconal assistant Max is getting into the car. manager executive The driver is picking him up. sales representative sales executive plumber heating engineer electrician electrical engineer dustman refuse disposal operative Note: the first four superior titles are from the French language. dear Gordon is patronizing. Which of these things are patronizing in your language? Are there any other things? • There are two forms of you. You can use them in Max is getting out of the car. patronizing ways. The driver is dropping him off. • There are words like dear, love, darling. These are patronizing in the wrong situation. Some two-word verbs are separable. You can put a word between the two parts of the verb. • The way people smile and speak and use their body pick him up / pick Max up / pick up Max language can be patronizing. drop them off / drop Max off / drop o ff the passengers • Being very polite, too polite for the situation, is Other two-word verbs are inseparable. You keep the two patronizing. parts of the verb together. • The choice of name - first name, or family name get out of the car / get into the car / the car broke down without a title - can be patronizing. It was a bad day for Bob's Cars. 1 Make sentences about each picture. 2 Role-play. Choose a character: Gordon, Lindy, Max or Simon, and tell your story to Bob. o Video 1 • Anywhere, Anytime Exercises Exercise 3 Read Mrs Anderson's booking form. Here are the answers to some questions. What are the questions? 01: B ob’s Cars “Anywhere •Anytime A: Their flight will arrive at twenty-five past two. 0701^ -34534A5C 02: j i n-MC> - A: The flight will arrive at Terminal 2. Driver: Customer’s name: Md* I*#™" guftj by > e*c AN^l 03: ivMli'sh Television} A: He'll meet them at the airport information desk. Otf Centre/TV studio/ bob's cars Destination: Hotel tour booking} 0701-345345 04: Pick-up time/place: n.oo 6<rosvenor House A: He'll meet them at about three o'clock. 05: A: There'll be four passengers. w r------*—-------- Number of passengers: one 0 6 :________________________ AfRPORT DETAILS (wherel B ob’s Cars A: He'll take them to Bellford. «4 ^ „ Airport: n/a i t-mi-pira 07: n/a Plight nvunber. 0701-345345 A: Gordon will carry their bags to the car. Airline: n/a Driver: Gordon From: n/d Customer’s name- Mrs Anderson 0 8 :_________________________ Arrival Time: Destination- A: Yes. Mrs Anderson will give him two pounds. _g Harrow WgVj B’tllforrl Note: All airport pick-ups are Pick-up time/place: approximately 30 minutes after Information desk, LHP--2 Exercise 4 wait for delayed flyhts. We mil- . >5.00 approximately one hour after the agreed pick-up Drop-off time: English Channel TV are telephoning Bob's Cars. Complete N_u_m_b_er_ o_f p_i_ck_ n_p c one_____________ the conversation, then role-play it. Number of passengers: four (one adult + three Bob: Bob's Cars. Anywhere, Anytime. How can I help you? children) ECTV: This is English Channel TV. f^ ^ g ^ M ^ L S jwhere appjic;) hi,, i- We want to book a limousine. port' London Heathrow Terminal 2 Bob: When for? Might number: 77m ________________ ECTV:________________________ Airline: . Turkish Airlines From: Bob: OK. What time will you need it? Istanbul Arrival T_im__,-_______<4.25 _________ ECTV:____________________________ Note: All airport pick-ups are at the airport information desk, Bob: That's fine. Who's it for? approximately 30 minutes after the flight arrival time. We will wait for delayedf lights. We will charge for waiting time from ECTV:______ one hour after the agreed pick-up time. Bob: The film director? I remember him Exercise 1 from last year. How long will you Find this information from the booking forms. need the car for? 1 Who is paying for the limo? ECTV:_____________________________ 2 What does the abbreviation LHR mean? Bob: That's fine. Shall we pick him up at your studios? 3 What's Mrs Anderson’s flight number? ECTV: Bob: Oh, right. At Grosvenor House. Have you got a 4 Where is she travelling from? schedule for the day? 5 What happens if the flight is delayed? ECTV:________________________________________________ Exercise 2_______________ Bob: Right. No problem. We'll pick him up at the right time. Read Max Hoffman's booking form. Ask and answer these questions. Exercise 5___________________________________ 1 What time will she pick up Max Hoffman? Mrs Anderson is phoning Bob's Cars from her hotel in 2 Where will she pick him up? Istanbul. She's booking a car to pick her up. Role-play 3 Where will she take him? the conversation. 4 What time will she drop him off? Exercise 6___________________________________ 5 Where will she drop him off? What's your schedule for tomorrow (or your next free day)? 6 How many passengers will there be? Make notes. Ask your partner about their schedule.