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NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ' CENGAGE LEARNING ** Learning- і r V L i r e ADVANCED Paul Dummett John Hughes Helen Stephenson Contents Unit Language focus Vocabulary Real life (functions) Pronunciation 1 time phrases wordbuilding: suffix -ness presenting yourself linking in idiomatic the perfect aspect idioms: irreversible word speaking skill: keeping phrases pairs going content words word focus: life Lessons for life pages 9-20 V2IDEO: Arctic wisdom page 18 ► REVIEW page 20 the continuous aspect phrasal verb get giving a talk checking specific present and perfect wordbuilding: phrases speaking skill: keeping words participles with do people's attention idioms: health and safety More than a word focus: foot job pages 21-32 VIDEO: Climbing Yosemite page 30 ► REVIEW page 32 3 intensifying adverbs adverb and adjective making stress in emphatic structures collocations recommendations intensifying towns speaking skill: making adverbs wordbuilding: suffix -able a case linking Four walls word focus: wall pages 33-44 VIDEO: Denmark bridge page 42 ► REVIEW page 44 4 past modals phrasal verb come making a short pitch weak forms probability idioms: partitives speaking skill: using long and short wordbuilding: verbs with rhetorical questions vowels two past participles Innovation word focus: give pages 45-56 VIDEO: Ethical Ocean page 54 ► REVIEW page 56 5 substitution wordbuilding: -ing reading aloud intonation in short nominalisation adjectives speaking skill: engaging responses roads and ways your audience enunciation a good read The writer's idioms: rhyming expressions journey word focus: cast pages 57-68 VIDEO: On the road: Andrew McCarthy page 66 ► REVIEW page 68 6 phrasal verbs wordbuilding: off and up discussing proposals linking in idiomatic verb patterns injuries speaking skill: phrases idioms: health conceding a point toning down word focus: face negative Body matters statements pages 69-80 VIDEO: Palestinian free running page 78 ► REVIEW page 80 Listening Reading Critical thinking Speaking Writing a conversation about an article about the developing an your favourite saying a covering letter important lessons in life lessons we learn argument personality types writing skill: fixed a talk by a sociologist about from the past call my bluff expressions defining who you are an article about the language of Shakespeare a speech about the an article about the using contrasts work as a way of life taking notes livelihood of Kazakh Moken people of health and safety writing skill: nomads Myanmar measures abbreviations an interview with a woman an article about rock your comfort zone firefighter climbing in Yosemite a discussion about an an article about two fact or opinion your ideal home an opinion essay unusual building in Utah model towns town planning writing skill: linking an interview with an an article about the how spaces affect devices architect about smal architect Zaha Hadid you homes an extract from a radio an article about finding counter what you can't live describing how programme about an origami engineering arguments without things work innovative transport system an article about a origami ideas writing skill: an interview about the social entrepreneur being on the spot punctuation inspiration for inventions an extract from a talk by a an article about the analysing descriptive a good read a book review travel writer graphic novel language speech bubbles writing skill: an extract from a radio an extract from In describing descriptive words programme about an Patagonia impressions extraordinary journey into the Himalayas a conversation between two an article about identifying aims exercise trends a formal report friends about health and different exercise describing an injury writing skill: linking exercise regimes does beauty sell? adverbs and an interview with an an article about adverbial phrases ultrarunner about sports beauty injuries Unit Language focus Vocabulary Real life (functions) Pronunciation 7 linking words wordbuilding: noun asking for confirmation intonation in subordinate clauses formation and clarification subordinate stories from history speaking skill: prefacing clauses idioms: luck a question and intonation in Stories from word focus: bear seeking clarification questions history pages 81-92 VIDEO: Collecting the past page 90 ► REVIEW page 92 8 passive reporting verbs idioms: business buzz making a podcast word stress expressions with no words speaking skill: hedging wordbuilding: compound language nouns Digital media word focus: break pages 93-104 VIDEO: Talking dictionaries page 102 ► REVIEW page 104 9 the adverb just themes of songs your favourite music word stress: just expressing purpose wordbuilding: negative speaking skill: intonation prefixes responding to difficult to express idioms: music questions uncertainty The music in word focus: hit us pages 105-116 VIDEO: Abiopic page 114 ► REVIEW page 116 10 tag questions wordbuilding: compound making conversation tag questions adverbs adjectives speaking skill: showing intonation and idioms: animal verbs interest elision word focus: free Social living pages 117-128 VIDEO: Initiation with ants page 126 ► REVIEW page 128 11 unreal past idioms: feelings recognising feelings word stress: wishes inversion in conditionals wordbuilding: heteronyms speaking skill: heteronyms word focus: move recognising others' adjectives ending feelings in -ed Reason and emotion pages 129-140 VIDEO: Self-teaching robots page 138 ► REVIEW page 140 12 approximation idioms: adjective a debate quite, fairly and qualifiers collocations speaking skill: pretty wordbuilding: suffix -ity interrupting intonation in word focus: space and interruptions Landscapes room pages 141-152 VIDEO: Canada oil sands page 150 ► REVIEW page 152 COMMUNICATION ACTIVITIES page 153 ► GRAMMAR SUMMARY page 157 ► AUDIOSCRIPTS page 174 Listening Reading Critical thinking Speaking Writing an extract from a radio an article about fact or conjecture stories from history describing a past programme about how Herodotus and the social history event history views Genghis story of the Persian historical irony writing skill: Khan nvasion of Greece sequencing events a radio interview about an a story about hidden archaeological find treasure a talk by a journalist about a photograpner's blog identifying personal blogging an online news digital technology about sinkholes opinions using social media report an interview about social an article about a IT security writing skill: cautious media marketing day at a hacker's language conference an interview with a busker an interview with identifying text types themes of songs a description a talk by a neuroscientist a musician about mood music writing skill: parallel about music therapy music and culture a charity concert structures a review of a documentary about Bob Marley an extract from a radio an article about ant reading between the civic duties a discursive essay programme about ethnic society lines social animals writing skill: critical communities an article about the a conservation thinking in writing an interview with a Hadza of Tanzania project sociologist about citizenship education a short talk by a an article about understanding style modern life an email message photographer about irrational thinking mind games writing skill: photographing people an article about the technology ethics avoiding an interview with a new generation of misunderstandings psychologist about robots understanding emotions three people describe an article about identifying aims special places a speculative letter landscapes they like William Allard's events in nature writing skill: an extract from a radio American West explaining a persuasive programme about the an article about a technique language Japanese poet Basho camera obscura Unit 1 Arctic wisdom Learn how generations pass on their ^ accumulated wisdom in Iqaluit, Unit 12 Canada oil sands Canada. Find out about the impact of the excavation of the oil sands in Canada. Unit 4 Ethical Ocean Learn how David Damberger became a social entrepreneur and what his business does. Unit 2 ClimbingYosemite Unit 5 On the road: Andrew McCarthy Learn how a travel experience changed the life of travel writer Andrew McCarthy. Find out how Jimmy Chin made a career out of mountaineer photography. Unit 10 Initiation with ants Unit 9 A biopic Find out about an unusual ceremony in the Amazonian jungle in Brazil. Learn about the inspiration behind the making of the biopic Marley. Unit 8 Talking dictionaries Unit 3 Denmark bridge Unit 1 Lessons for life FEATURES 1 Work in pairs. Look at the photo and the Tuareg proverbs. What do these tell you about the Tuareg outlook on life? 10 Learning from the Better to walk without knowing where than to sit doing nothing. past In life, it is always possible to reach agreement in the end. The lessons we learn from experience and from others 2 O 1.1 Listen to two people talking about important lessons they have learned in life. Answer the questions. 12 Who do you think 1 What lesson have they tried to follow? you are? 2 What experience illustrated the importance of the lesson? Understanding what 3 Which lesson is similar to one of the Tuareg proverbs? defines who we are 3 5» 1.1 Complete the phrases the speakers use to describe life 14 Immortal words lessons. Then listen and check. The language of 1 The most..................lesson anyone has ever taught me ... Shakespeare 2 That's become a sort of..................principle for me ... 3 It's . me in very good . 18 Arctic wisdom 4 Here's a good rule of . 5 But it's a lot easier . than................... A video about how Inuit 6 I always make a..................of not reacting too quickly to elders pass on their things I disagree with. knowledge 4 Think of an occasion when you learned an important lesson. Describe what happened to your partner. What did you do about it? What principle do you now try to follow? -MJC about YOUR FAVOURITE SAYING PERSONALITY TYPES CALL MY BLUFF PRESENTING YOURSELF A COVERING LETTER