McCarthy M O Dell F - English Vocabulary in Use Upper-Intermediate - 2017

280 Pages·2018·24.7 MB·English

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Contents
Thanks
31 Travel
Enhanced ebook
32 Holidays
Introduction
33 Scienceandtechnology
34 Computers
Effective vocabulary learning
35 CommunicationsandtheInternet
1 Learningvocabulary
36 Socialmedia
2 Organisingavocabularynotebook
37 Thepressandthemedia
3 Usingyourdictionary
38 Politicsandpublicinstitutions
4 Guessingandexplainingmeaning
39 Crime
Topics
40 Money
5 Countries,nationalitiesand
41 Describingobjects
languages
6 Theweather
Feelings and actions
7 Describingpeople:appearance
42 Beliefandopinion
8 Describingpeople:personality
43 Pleasantandunpleasantfeelings
9 Idiomsdescribingpeople
44 Like,dislikeanddesire
10 Relationships
45 Speaking
11 Athome
46 Thesixsenses
12 Everydayminorproblems
47 Whatyourbodydoes
13 Globalproblems
48 Praisingandcriticising
14 Education
49 Emotionsandmoods
15 Highereducation
50 Commentingonproblematic
16 Work situations
17 Business
Basic concepts
18 Sport
51 Number,quantity,degreeand
19 Artandliterature
intensity
20 Theatreandcinema
52 Numbersandshapes
21 Music
53 Time
22 Food
54 Distancesanddimensions
23 Physicalgeography
55 Obligation,need,possibilityand
24 Environmentalproblems probability
25 Towns 56 Soundandlight
26 Thenaturalworld 57 Possessionandgiving
27 Clothes 58 Movementandspeed
28 Healthandmedicine 59 Texture,brightness,weight
anddensity
29 Medicineandtechnology
60 Success,failureanddifficulty
30 Healthandlifestyle
English Vocabulary in Use Upper-intermediate 3
Connecting and linking words Counting people and things
61 Time:connectingwordsand 83 Uncountablenouns
expressions
84 Wordsthatonlyoccurintheplural
62 Condition
85 Countableanduncountablenouns
63 Cause,reason,purposeand withdifferentmeanings
result
86 Makinguncountablenouns
64 Concessionandcontrast countable
65 Addition 87 Collectivenouns
66 Referringwords 88 Containersandcontents
67 Discoursemarkersinspoken
English Phrasal verbs and verb-based
expressions
68 Linkingwordsinwriting
89 Expressionswithdoandmake
69 Talkingandcommunicating
90 Expressionswithbringandtake
Word formation 91 Expressionswithget
70 Suffixes 92 Expressionswithsetandput
71 Prefixes 93 Expressionswithcomeandgo
72 Roots 94 Expressionswithothercommon
verbs
73 Abstractnouns
74 Compoundadjectives
Varieties and styles
75 Compoundnouns1:noun+noun
95 Formalandinformalwords1
76 Compoundnouns2:
96 Formalandinformalwords2
verb+preposition
97 Similes
77 Binomials
98 Proverbs
78 Abbreviationsandacronyms
99 Thelanguageofsignsandnotices
79 Multi-wordexpressions
100 HeadlineEnglish
Words and pronunciation 101 USEnglish
80 Wordscommonlymispronounced
81 Onomatopoeicwords Answer key
82 Homophonesandhomographs Phonemic symbols
Index
Acknowledgements
4 English Vocabulary in Use Upper-intermediate
Thanks
SabinaOstrowskawrotetwonewunitsfortheFourthEdition:Unit15,HigherEducation,andUnit36,
SocialMedia.ThepublisherswouldliketothankSabinaforhercontributiontothisnewedition.
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Using the ebook
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English Vocabulary in Use Upper-intermediate 5
Introduction
To the student
Thisbookhasbeenwrittentohelpyoulearnnewvocabulary.Youalreadyknowalargenumber
ofEnglishwords,buttoexpressyourselfmorefullyandinamoresophisticatedwayattheupper-
intermediatelevel,youwillideallyneedabout4,000words,soincreasingyourvocabularyisvery
importantforyourgeneralprogressinEnglish.Inthisbook,thereareover2,500newwordsand
phrasesforyoutolearn.Youwillfindthemontheleft-handpageofeachunit.Everynewwordor
phraseisusedinasentence,orinaconversation,orisinatable,orhasapicturewithit,orhas
someexplanationofwhatitmeans.Ontheright-handpagethereareexercisesandotheractivities
tohelpyoupractiseusingthewordsandtohelpyoutorememberthem.Thebookhasbeenwritten
sothatyoucanuseityourself,withoutateacher.Youcandotheunitsinanyorderyoulike,butwe
believeitisagoodideaifyoudoUnits1to4first,astheywillhelpyoutoworkwiththerestofthe
bookinthebestpossibleway.
TheAnswerkeyattheendofthebookisforyoutocheckyouranswerstotheexercisesafteryoudo
them.TheAnswerkeysometimeshasmorethanoneanswer.Thisisbecauseoftenthereisnotjust
onecorrectwayofsayingsomething.Whereyouareaskedtotalkaboutyourself,intheOvertoyou
exercises,wedonotgenerallyprovideanswers,sincethisisyouropportunitytoworkcompletely
independentlyandinaverypersonalway,soeveryone’sanswerswillbeverydifferent.
TheIndexattheendofthebookhasalltheimportantwordsandphrasesfromtheleft-hand
pages.TheIndexalsotellsyouhowtopronouncewords.Thereisatableofphonemicsymbolsto
helpyouunderstandthepronunciationonpage258.
Youshouldalsohaveadictionarywithyouwhenyouusethebook.Youcanuseapaper
dictionaryoranelectronicone,oryoucangotoCambridgeDictionariesOnlineat
http://dictionary.cambridge.org.Accesstoadictionaryisusefulbecausesometimesyoumay
wanttocheckthemeaningofsomething,orfindawordinyourownlanguagetohelpyou
remembertheEnglishword.Sometimes,youwillalsoneedadictionaryfortheexercises;we
tellyouwhenthisisso.
Tolearnalotofvocabulary,youhavetodotwothings:
1 Studyeachunitofthebookcarefullyanddoalltheexercises.CheckyouranswersintheAnswer
key.Repeattheunitsafteramonth,andthenagainafterthreemonths,andseehowmuchyou
havelearntandhowmuchyouhaveforgotten.
2 Developwaysofyourowntostudyandlearnnewwordsandphraseswhicharenotinthis
book.Forexample,everytimeyouseeorhearaninterestingphrase,writeitinanotebook,and
writewhosaiditorwroteit,andinwhatsituation,aswellaswhatitmeans.Makingnotesof
thesituationswordsareusedinwillhelpyoutorememberthemandtousethemattheright
moment.
Wehopeyoulikethisbook.Whenyouhavefinishedit,youcangotothenextbookintheseries,
EnglishVocabularyinUseAdvanced.Alongwiththisbook,youcanalsousethemorespecialised
titles:EnglishIdiomsinUse,EnglishPhrasalVerbsinUseandEnglishCollocationsinUse,allof
whichareavailableatintermediateandadvancedlevels.
Findoutmoreathttp://www.cambridge.org/elt
6 English Vocabulary in Use Upper-intermediate
To the teacher
Thisbookcanbeusedinclassorasaself-studybook.Itisintendedtotakelearnersfroma
lower-intermediatelevelofvocabularytoanupper-intermediatelevel.Thevocabularyhasbeen
chosenforitsusefulnessineverydaysituations,andweconsultedtheCambridgeInternational
Corpus(nowknownastheCambridgeEnglishCorpus),awrittenandspokencorpusofpresent-
dayEnglish,includingahugelearnercorpus,tohelpusdecideonthewordsandphrasestobe
includedforstudentsatB2(CEFR)level.Thenewvocabulary(onaverage25–30itemsperunit)is
presentedwithillustrationsandexplanationsontheleft-handpage,andthereareexercisesand
activitiesontheright-handpage.ThereisanAnswerkeyandanIndexwithpronunciationforthe
targetvocabulary.TheAnswerkeyattheendofthebookisforstudentstochecktheiranswersto
theexercisesaftertheydothem.
Thebookfocusesnotjustonsinglewords,butonusefulphrasesandcollocations,andthe
vocabularyisillustratedinnaturalcontexts.Thebookisorganisedaroundeverydaytopics,but
alsohasunitsdevotedtobasicconceptssuchastime,numberandmovement,linkingwords,
wordformation,multi-wordexpressions,pronunciationandvarietiesandstyle,aswellasaset
ofinitialunitsconcernedwithwaysoflearningvocabulary.Typicalerrorsareindicatedwhere
appropriate,basedoninformationfromtheCambridgeLearnerCorpus,andthemosttypical
meaningsandusesarefocusedonforeachitem.Theunitsinthebookcanbeusedinany
orderyoulike,butwewouldadvisedoingtheinitialunits(Units1to4)first,astheselaythe
foundationsfortherestofthebook.
Theright-handpagesofferavarietyofdifferenttypesofactivities,withsometraditionalones
suchasgap-filling,butalsomoreopen-endedonesandpersonalisedactivitieswhichenable
learnerstotalkabouttheirownlives.Althoughtheactivitiesandexercisesaredesignedforself-
study,theycaneasilybeadaptedforpairwork,groupworkorwhole-classactivitiesintheusual
way.TheAnswerkeysometimesgivesalternativeanswerstotheexercises.Thisisbecauseoften
thereisnotjustonecorrectwayofsayingsomething.Wherestudentsareaskedtotalkabout
themselves,inthe Overtoyou exercises,wedonotgenerallyprovideanswers,sincethese
exercisesgivelearnerstheopportunitytoworkcompletelyindependentlyandinaverypersonal
way,soeveryone’sanswerswillbeverydifferent.
Whenthelearnershaveworkedthroughagroupofunits,itisagoodideatorepeatsomeof
thework(forexample,theexercises)andtoexpandonthemeaninganduseofkeywordsand
phrasesbyextradiscussioninclass,andfindotherexamplesofthekeyitemsinothertextsand
situations.Thiscanbedoneatintervalsofonetothreemonthsafterfirstworkingonaunit.This
isimportant,sinceitisusuallythecasethatlearnersneedfivetosevenexposurestoawordor
phrasebeforetheycanreallybegintoknowit,andnosinglebookcandoenoughtoensurethat
wordsarealwayslearntfirsttime.
Whenyourstudentshavefinishedalltheunitsinthisbook,theywillbereadytomoveontothe
higher-levelbooksinthisseries:EnglishVocabularyinUseAdvanced,andtheadvancedlevelsof
EnglishIdiomsinUse,EnglishPhrasalVerbsinUseandEnglishCollocationsinUse,bythesame
authorsasthisbook.
Findmoreresourcesforteachersathttp://www.cambridge.org/elt
Wehopeyouenjoyusingthebook.
English Vocabulary in Use Upper-intermediate 7
1
Study Learning vocabulary
unit
What do you need to learn?
A
DidyouknowthatthereareoverhalfamillionwordsinEnglishbutthattheaveragenativespeaker
onlyusesabout5,000ineverydayspeech?Youalreadyknowmanyofthose5,000words.Thisbook
willhelpyoutolearnmanyofthosethatyoudonotyetknowanditwillhelpyoutousethem
appropriatelyandaccurately.
What does knowing a new word mean?
B
Itisnotenoughjusttoknowthemeaningofaword.Youalsoneedtoknow:
– whichwordsitisusuallyusedwith;
– itsgrammaticalcharacteristics;
– howitispronounced;
– whetheritisformal,informalorneutral.
Sowhenyoulearnawordyoushouldmakesurethatyou:
• Learnnewwordsinphrasesnotinisolation.
• Noticehowwordscommonlygotogether.Thesearecalledcollocationsandinclude:
adjectives+nouns,e.g.richvocabulary,classicalmusic,commonsense;
verbs+nouns,e.g.toexpressanopinion,totakesides;
nounsinphrases,e.g.intouchwith,atrainset,asenseofhumour;
words+prepositions,e.g.atalossforwords,inparticular.
• Noticespecialgrammaticalcharacteristicsofnewwords.Forexample,noteirregularverbs,
e.g. undertake,undertook, undertaken;uncountablenouns,
e.g.luggage;ornounsthatareonlyusedintheplural,e.g.scissors.
• Noticeanyspecialpronunciationproblemswithnewwords.
• Checkifthewordisparticularlyformalorinformalincharacter,inotherwordsifithasa
particularregister.
How can you help yourself to memorise words?
C
Researchsuggeststhatsomestudents
finditeasiertolearnwordsifthey
(a)learnthemingroupsand(b)makeuse
ofpictures,asshownhere.
Youcangroupwordsinanywayyoulike–
topic,grammaticalfeature,wordroot,and
soon.Theunittitlesinthisbookmightgive
yousomeideas.
How can you help yourself learn more words?
D
Thisbookwillhelpyoutolearnvocabularyinasystematicway.However,youcanalsohelpyourself
tolearnmorewordsandexpressionsbyreadingandlisteningtoasmuchEnglishaspossible.Here
aresomeideasaboutthingsyoucanreadorlistento:
YouTube
academicor
websites audiobooks
magazines TV professional referencematerial
literature
(dictionaries,
recipes
radio,e.g. encyclopedias)
newspapers
BBCWorld
Service
poetry songs
fiction conversations
withnative
speakers
blogs films tweets
podcasts sportsreports
8 EnglishVocabularyinUseUpper-intermediate
1
Exercises Study
unit
1.1 Herearesomeaspectsofgrammartobeawareofwhenlearningnewvocabulary.
Givetwoexamplesofwordsthatreflectthisaspectofgrammar.
scissors
1 anounonlyusedintheplural
2 anuncountablenoun
3 anirregularverb
4 anounwithanirregularplural
1.2 Whataspectofpronunciationshouldyounoticeaboutthefollowingwords?
1 subtle the b is silent 3 chemistry 6 photograph/photographer/
(not pronounced) 4 answer photographic
2 catastrophe 5 arecord/torecord
1.3 Readthetext.Usewordsfromtheboxtocompleteeach‘collocationsfork’.
Englishhasaremarkablerangeofwords.Thankstoperiodsofcontactwithforeignlanguagesand
itsreadinesstocoinnewwordsoutofoldelements,Englishhasaparticularlylargevocabulary.
Forexample,aswellaskingly(fromAnglo-Saxon)wefindroyal(fromFrench)andregal(fromLatin).
Therearemanysuchsetsofwords,whichmakeitpossibletoexpresssubtleshadesofmeaning.
coincidence difference family likeness palace aphrase
range shade suggestion aterm welcome newwords
range
1 aremarkable likeness 2 tocoin 3 aroyal 4 asubtle
coincidence
1.4
Writeibythewordsthatareinformalandfbythosethatareformal.
1 guys i 4 toalight(fromabus) 7 tobugsomeone
2 aminor 5 tofeelgutted 8 tozoneout
3 Awesome! 6 afelon
1.5
Astudentlearnteachofthesesetsofwordsasagroup.Whatistheunifyingfactorfor
eachgroup?Canyouaddonemorewordtoeachgroup?
royalty - duke
1 king,queen,prince,princess
2 sunshade,shady,shadow,shade,toshadow,shadowy
3 articulate,communicate,convey,express,putacross
4 noun,verb,adjective,adverb
5 subtle,comb,lamb,crumb,debt,plumber
1.6
Drawapicturetohelpyouremembereachofthefollowingvocabularyitems.
1 circle 2 tocoinnewwords 3 screwdriver 4 todrip
1.7
Over to you
LookatthesuggestionsinD.Canyouthinkofanyotherideastoaddtothelist?Thinkabouttheways
oflearningvocabularythatyouusenow,andthinkaboutwaysyoucouldusemoreinthefuture.
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