New Headway Upper Intermediate (4th ed) Student’s Book

170 Pages·2014·58.254 MB·English

by  Liz and John Soars

DVD-ROM
.Fourth edition
New
Upper-Intermediate Student's Book
John and Liz Soars
OXFORD
UNIVERSITY PRESS
CONTENTS LANGUAGE INPUT
UNIT GRAMMAR VOCABULARY READING
~ 1 Home and away! The tense system Compound words Saroo's story
Simple, continuous, perfect, active lifestyle, home town, Lost & found
p6 and passive p6 house-proud p 12 Indian boy finds his mother
Spoken English after 25 years by using
Google Earth p 10
Missing words
Heard about lane and John?
Thought not. p7
~ 2 Been there, Present Perfect Simple and Continuous Hot verbs -make, do Our plastic planet
He's raised thousands of pounds make life easier, do away with A planet poisoned by plastic
got the T-shirt!
for WaterAid. 1 could do with a cup of tea. How plastic is choking
p14 He's been staying in cheap He made the whole story up. p20 our planet and what is
hostels. P 14 at stake pIS
SimpLe and continuous
He works in London.
I'm working in Rome for two
weeks. p16
Spoken English
Filters
J was wearing like a summer
dress. pI7
Adding emphasis
We were staying right in
the centre. p21
~ 3 News and views Narrative tenses Books and films Book at bedtime
Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect, It's a thriller set in London. 1he Clinging Woman
p22 active and passive p22 Has it been made into a film? A short story by the famous
Spoken English Tt stars Johnny Depp. p25 crime writer and author
of psychological thrillers,
Giving and receiving news
Ruth Rendell p26
Did you hear about ... ?
You're kidding!
I don't believe it. p24
The naked truth Questions and negatives Saying the opposite Is Princess Diana living on
Who gave you that? Prefixes the Moon?
p30 Haven't 1 told you before? disbelief incredible, improbable The worlds top conspiracy
Who with? Antonyms in context theories
I don't think you're right. successful/failure Two of the world's most
I hope not. p30 generous/meanness p36 popular conspiracy theories
Spoken English (jigsaw) p34
The question How come?
How come you don't eat meat? p32
~ 5 Looking ahead Future forms Hot verbs - take, put Inspirational teenagers!
will, going to, shall take part in Inspirational teenagers
p38 is staying put to use An article about ambitious,
leaves take your time. talented teenagers who
will be doing The shop takes on extra staff. have made the most of
will have done p38 Put it in your diary. p44 their lives p42
Spoken English
The word thing
How are things?
The thing is,. p4I
~ 6 Hitting the Expressions of quantity Words with variable stress Two famous brands
a few, a little, plenty Dj, 'export and ex'port Apple and Starbucks
big time
hardly any p46 re'fuse and I refuse p52 (jigsaw) pSO
p46 Spoken English
Expressing quantity
loads of, masses of p48
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SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
LISTENING SPEAKING EVERYDAY ENGLISH WRITING
Things I miss from home Test your grammar Casual conversations Informal writing
People describe what they Talking about you and Great to see you! Correcting mistakes plO)
miss when they travel your family using time Don't I know you from somewhere? p 13
abroad p9 expressions
What do you think?
The pros and cons of
living abroad p9
Dreams come true Exchanging information Talking about places Writing a formal letter
People describe their Tany and Maureen It's right on the banks of the river. or email
experience of one of the Wheeler p16 It's a fifteen-minute drive. p21 A letter of complaint p104
activities listed in ''The top Discussion
15 things to do before Things to do before
you die' pI7 you die pl?
What do you think?
Sharing opinions on
an article pI9
Page to screen Discussion Showing interest and surprise Narrative writing 1
Techno fan aunt chooses Speculating about the truth Echo questions Using adverbs in narratives
Kindle over hardback; behind a news story p23 A new boyfriend? I used to go skiing
cinema-goer argues for 3D Exchanging information Reply questions frequently in winter. pl06
over down load p28 Retelling and responding to 'He lives in a castle.' 'Does he?' p29
News bulletin a news story p24
Two news stories on the What do you think?
radio p24 Talking about a short
Book at bedtime story p27
A short story on the Talking about books and
radio p26 films p28
Secrets and lies What do you think? Being polite Linking ideas
People phone in to a Good and bad lies p33 I'm sorry to bother you. Conjunctions
radio programme called Exchanging information Could you possibly change a whenever, so that, even
'Confessions' to talk about Conspiracy theories p34 ten-pound note? p37 though plO?
a past lie or secret and ask
for forgiveness p33
A NEET solution Discussion Over the phone Applying for a job
Three young people talk Future possibilities in your Starting a phone call A CV and covering
about their experience life p40 Ending a phone call letter p 108
of being NEET (Not in What do you think? Roleplay p45
Employment, Education, or Getting rrom NEET to
Training) p41 EEl' (Educated, Employed,
and Trained) - discussing
possible solutions from
around the world p41
Adverts all around! Survey Business expressions Report writing
A radio programme A lifestyle survey p48 Bear with me. A consumer survey
discussing the effectiveness What do you think? I'll em ail the information as an FAO: The Managing
of body advertising p49 Bodyadvertising p49 attachment. pS3 Director pllO
Exchanging information Numbers, fractions, decimals, dates, times,
Famous brands pSO phone numbers, sports scores pS3
Business presentation
Starting a restaurant pS2
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CONTENTS
LANGUAGE INPUT
UNIT GRAMMAR VOCABULARY READING
~ 7 Getting along Modals and related verbs Hot verb -get The generation who refuse to
can, able to, manage to, allowed to. We get on well. grow up
p54 have to, bound to, supposed to pS4 get started, get in touch, The Peter Pan generation
Spoken English get out of doing the An article about the
Declarative questions washing-up p60 generation who refuse to
Your father arranged your marriage? grow up pS8
Questions expressing surprise
You paid how much? pS?
;.
8 How remarkable! Relative clauses Adverb collocations Happy ending in New York
that, who, what, whose, which p62 Adverbs and adjectives Tarzan of Central Park
p62 Participles very cold, absolutely An article about a
the woman standing next to him freezing, quite nice p65 handsome, young man
a game played by Jour people p63 who lived in the treetops
Spoken English for eight years p66
Adding a comment with which
He gave me a lift home, which was
nice. p68
~ 9 The way we were Expressinl habit Homonyms Livinl in the past
She's always borrowing my clothes. fine, match, book The 21st century man who
p70 She'll spend hours staring into space. Homophones lives in Victorian times
My dad would read me a story. /wea/ - where or wear? The 21st century woman
He used to work hard, but now he's /nauzJ - knows or who lives in the 1950s
retired. p70 nose? p76 An article about two
He's a builder. He's used to working people who are passionate
hard. p70 about past eras and give
Spoken English up the advantages of
Adjective intensifiers modern life to pursue
scared stiff, dead easy p73 their obsession p74
~ 10 Over my dead Modal auxiliary verbs in the past Synonyms The Amazinl Vikings
could have been The story of jim and the lion The Vikings
body!
might have done buddies/friends An insight into the
p78 shouldn't have gone delicious/tasty p84 Vikings' way of life, their
needn't have bought p78 discoveries, and eventual
Spoken English fall p82
Expressions with modals
You might as well ...
I couldn't help it. p81
~ 11 It's all Hypothesizing Word pairs Have you ever wondered?
I wish I knew the answer. ups and downs Have you ever wondered?
hypothetical!
I'd rather they hadn't come. pros and cons The answers to some
p86 If only l~ told the truth. p86 ifs or buts important questions in
Spoken English slowly but surely p89 life p90
Expressions with if
If all goes well
If the worst comes to the worst, p88
~ 12 Time flies Articles Hot words - life and time The Isle of Muck
a/an, the, one, zero article p94 get a life, kill time, dead on Where time stands still
p94 Determiners time plOO Paradise or prison? An
each, every, no, none, both, either p95 article aboul a remote
Spoken English Scottish island looking for
Demonstratives new inhabitants p98
I do a bit of this and that.
Whats that song? p96
Tapescripts pl20 Grammar Reference p139 Word list plS3 Extra materials p160
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SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
LISTENING SPEAKING EVERYDAY ENGLISH WRITING
Getting married What do you think? Exaggeration and understatement Arguing your case
An Indian lady talks about 'The pros and cons of I'm crazy about you! For and against
her arranged marriage pS7 arranged marriages pS7 I'm rather fond ofy ou. p61 First of all ... , not only ...
Why young adults still but also pl12
live with their parents p58
Talking about you
Using expressions with
get p60
Extreme temperatures Adding more detail Exclamations Describing places
People describe their Describing pictures p64 What awful music! My favourite part of town
experiences in extreme Role play How strange! ['m a Greenwich Villager, and
weather conditions p68 Interview with Bob What a brilliant idea! proudoJit. pll3
Redman p67 Mmm. It's absolutely delicious! p69
Discussion
Talking about your
experiences of extreme
weather p68
A teacher to remember What do you think? Making your point Writing for talking
People describe a teacher who A teacher to To be honest. An early memory
made a lasting impression on remember p73 It's my firm opinion that. Today 1 want to talk about
them p73 Life in the past p74 Generally speaking, . p77 pl14
A class debate
Preparing and conducting
a debate p77
The story of Jim and the lion The murder game Metaphors and idioms - the body Adding emphasis in writing
Jim, who ran away from his One man drops dead big-headed People of influence
nurse and was eaten by a lion in a country house: a on its last legs What [love about my
- Hilaire Belloc's Cautionary whodunnit game p81 finding my Jeet p8S grandfather is pll6
Tale Jar Children p84 What do you think?
Children's stories p84
Dreaming the perfect dream Talking about you Moans and groans Narrative writing 2
An app deSigned to create Discussing your wish I'm Jed up with ... f Linking words and e~pressions
happier dreams p92 list p88 What a pain! As soon as, Eventually, By this
What do you think? It drives me mad! p93 time, Finally pIl7
Important questions in
life p90
Describing your
dreams p92
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Time of life Time quiz? Linking and commenting Improving style and cohesion
People talk about important Discussing your time Personally, Anyway, HopeJully plOl An architect for our time
moments in their lives p97 management Zaha Hadid: a famous
A poem What do you think? Iraqi-born architect p 118
No time to think p 100 The different ages of
life p97
Is life today too
busy' plOO
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Irregular verbs/Verb patterns pl66 Phonetic symbols pl67
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and away!
Home
The tense system • Informal language • Compound words • Casual conversations
TEST YOUR GRAMMAR AWAY FROM HOME
Tense review and informal language
Which time expressions from the
box can be used with the sentences
m.
below? Make sure the sentences 1 Listen and read 'Tyler's Tweets:
sound natural. Is the style formal or informal?
Where is Tyler from? What does
when I was born never for ages
he find strange in London?
tonight frequently in the 1980s
ages ago the other day
in a fortnight's time recently
during a snowstorm for a year
since 1972 later sometimes
My parents met in Paris.
TiYLER'S lWEETS
2 They travel abroad.
3 They were working in Canada.
4 I was born in Montreal.
Tuesday, September 4, 1:42 p.m.
5 My grandparents have lived in Ireland.
Still sitting in the airport in NYC. Been waiting three hours but seems
6 I wrote to my grandmother.
like FOREVER!
7 My brother's flying to Brazil on business.
8 He's been learning Portuguese. Tuesday. September 4,3:20 p.m
Just boarded the plane for London. My first trip
9 I'll see you.
abroad except for a week in Mexico last year. I'm
2 Talk to a partner about yourself and your going to stay with my buddy Dave for a few days
family using some of the time expressions. in north London before I meet my host family.
My pare"t. ..e t at a party thirty year. ago. Dave lives in a place called 'Chalk Farm'. I don't
get it - a farm in London?
Tell the class some things about each other.
Thursday, September 6.4:35 p,m.
It's fun here but kind of weird. Dave doesn't live on a farm. His folks
have a large apartment in a big old house. They call it a 'flat'. I asked
for the 'bathroom' - they thought I wanted a bath. I'm learning fast.
Friday. September 7 10:30 am.
Dave and I are hanging out together today. We're on a bus! Upstairsi
OMG! Just drove past Buckingham Palace. But they drive on the
WRONG side ofthe road here. Crazy! Also, people say 'cheers' all
the time. Isn't that for making toasts? A guy just said it to me because
I'd let him pass.
Saturday, September 8 7:19 pm.
First night with my host family, the Wilsons. They seem very nice,
but their house is a million·mile walk to the subway! (They call it the
'Tube' here!)
Saturday, September 8, 11 :10 p.m.
Big day tomorrow. We're visiting Shakespeare's hometown. He wrote
plays and stuff hundreds of years ago. He's mega famous.
2 Complete the questions and answers. Then ask and answer
LANGUAGE FOCUS
them with a partner.
1 Name the tenses used in exercises 2 and 5. Why are
1 'Where JL Tyler spending the year?'
they used?
'In London:
2 Informal writing often has lots of colloquial language and
2 'Is this his first trip abroad?'
missing words,
'No, it . He abroad once before.
Still sitting in the airport. = I'm still sitting in the airport.
Last year he to Mexico: kind of weird =f airly strange
3 'Where Dave ?' guy = man
'In north London: 3 Read the tweets and email again.
4 'How long Tyler to stay with Dave?' 1 What do 'my buddy', 'I don't get it', 'hanging out together',
'stuff', and 'mega famous' mean in Tyler's tweets?
'A few days:
2 Find colloquial words in Teresa's email and express them
5 'Why the guy say 'cheers' to Tyler?'
less colloqUially.
'Because he him pass:
3 Find examples in both texts where words are missing.
6 he like his host family?' Which words?
'Yes, he _____ . He _ ____ they're very nice:
~ Grammar Refere"ce p139
7 'What they on Sunday"
'They _ ___ Shakespeare's hometown:
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3 Listen and check your answers.
4 Read Teresa's emai!. Where is she? Is she working or on holiday?
What are some of her likes and dislikes about the place?
5 Form the questions. Ask and answer them with a partner.
1 How long/Teresa/Africa' 5 What/take home?
2 What time/start work? 6 How many/collect already?
3 What/just buy? 7 What/do at the beach?
4 Where/last Sunday? 8 What/sending to her parents?
DD
Listen and check your answers.
From: Teresa Savers <[email protected]>
To: "mum n dad" <[email protected]>
Subject: Hotter and hotter in Tanga!
Hi Mum! Hi Dad!
Thanks for yours - always love news from home. Since
u:_ __
I arrived here last September, it's been getting hotter ....I~~~=--.J
and hotter. Wish we had air conditioning and not just two rubbish fans. Thank
goodness I start work early, 7.00. It's the only cool (no -less hot) time of day in
Tanzania. But hey, I have some cool news. I just bought a bike - well not exactly a
bike, a 'piki-piki', It's a kind of little motorbike, Everyone has one. Great for getting
around. Don't freak, Mum! I'm really careful, 'specially on the bumpy road to school.
Last Sunday a group of us (on our piki-pikis of course!) headed up the coast to a
really awesome beach, Pangani Beach. Incredible white sand, covered with fabulous
shells. Did I tell you? 'Shelling' is a really popular pastime here. I've already collected
hundreds - some are huge, all shades of pink and orange. I'm going to bring a few
home. Anyway, we took a load of picnic stuff and barbecued fish and swam until the
sun went down. The sunsets here are unbelievable - very quick but spectacular. I'm
sending you some photos with this email.
So - that's it for now. Missing you millions. Can't wait to see you.
Love, Teri
PS Hey -I think I hear raindrops on the roof.
PRACTICE
Identifying the tenses
I Complete the tense charts. Use the verb work for the active and make for the passive.
ACTIVE Simple Continuous PASSIVE Simple Continuous
Present he work~ we are workiHg Present they are made it i~ beiHg made
Past she I Past it it
Future they you Future they
Present Perfect we she Present Perfect they
Past Perfect I you Past Perfect it
Future Perfect they will have worked he will have beeH workiHg Future Perfect they will have beeH made
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2 Listen to lines from eight conversations and Talking about you
discuss what the contexts might be.
5 Complete these sentences with your ideas.
Then compare with a partner.
1 At weekends I often ...
2 My parents have never ...
3 I don't think I'll ever ~. .
4 I was saying to a friend just the other day that ...
5 I hate Mondays because ...
6 I'd just arrived home last night when ...
7 I was just getting ready to go out this morning
when ... .
A~ hop a~~i~taHt talkiHg to a ou~tom.r.
8 I've been told that our teacher ...
3 lIB Listen again and identify the tenses. 9 In my very first English lesson I was taught .. .
10 The reason I'm learning English is because .. .
Pre~.Ht COHtiHuou~ Pa~~iv. aHd Pr«""t COHtiHuOU~.
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Listen to the lines in conversations and
Discussing grammar compare your ideas. What are the responses?
4 Compare the meaning in the pairs of sentences. Which
SPOKEN ENGLISH Missing words
tenses are used? Why? Discuss your answers with a partner.
Which words are missing in these lines from conversations?
1 Klaus comes from Berlin.
1 Heard aboutJane and John? Thought not.
Klaus is coming from Berlin.
2 leaving already? What's wrong?
2 What were you doing when the accident happened?
3 Failed again? How many times is that?
What did you do when the accident happened?
4 Sorry I'm late. Been waiting long?
3 I've lived in Singapore for five years.
5 Doing anything interesting this weekend?
I lived in Singapore for five years.
6 like the car! When did you get it?
4 When we arrived, he tidied the flat.
7 Bye Jo! See you later.
When we arrived, he'd tidied the flat.
8 Just coming! Hang on!
5 We'll have dinner at 8.00, shall we?
9 Want a lift? Hop in.
Don't call at 8.00. We'll be having dinner.
10 Seen Jim lately?
6 I didn't teach English very well.
Read the lines aloud to your partner and think of a suitable
I wasn't taught English very well.
response for each one.
7 How much are you paying to have the house painted? om
listen and compare.
How much are you being paid to paint the house?
8 You're very kind. Thank you.
You're being very kind. What do you want? ~ WRITING Informal writing - Correcting mistakes plO3
8 Unit 1 • Home and away!
LISTENING AND SPEAKING
Things I miss from home
1 Have you ever spent time away from home? Where? Did
you have a good time? Write down one thing you missed
from home on a piece of paper, and give it to your teacher.
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1 Listen to people talking about what they miss most
when they are away from home. Where are they from?
Where are they now?
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3 Listen again and complete the chart as you listen.
What they miss Other information
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Margaret
I
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I
J
loe
,
Tetyana
I
and Sem
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j
Shaun
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4 Read some of the lines the people said. Who is speaking? 5 Your teacher will read aloud the things you wrote
Answer the questions. in exercise 1. Guess who wrote them. Whose is
the funniest? Most interesting?
lOver here you're kind of expected to be a salesman.
Where is 'here? What is he selling?
2 It's lovely but it's not really the same. What do you think?
Whats lovely but not the same? The same as what? Work in groups.
3 I keep buying them, but every single one is a disappointment. Think about your country. What would you miss most
What are they? What else is a disappointment? if you lived abroad? Compare ideas.
4 My mom says I miss them more than I miss her. • Make a list of the disadvantages of moving abroad (-).
What does he miss so much and why? For each one, try to find an advantage (+).
- The language barrier, if you don't speak the language.
5 ... once you've been out of the country for more than 15 years.
Which country? What can't you do after 15 years? + It's an opportunity to learn a new language.
Do you know anyone foreign who has come to live in your
6 Up there, the air is quite crisp and clear ...
country? Why? Do they have any problems?
Where is 'there? How is it different from where she lives now?
• Which other countries would you like to live in? Why?
Unit 1 • Home and away! 9