New Matrix Pre-Intermediate Student's Book

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Student's Book
Kathy Gude & Michael Duckworth OXFORD
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How much doyou know about langlIages?
1 What languagesdo the peoplein lhe~e counlries
',I speak?
a Belgium
b Argenll1lCl
c Auslrali(l
.~ 2 Which three 01 these longu~ges each havemore than
300million weakersl
a Hifldi
b English
c Chinese
d Spclnish
e Arabic
f French
g Russi~n
3 Howmilny languagesare there in the world?
a 60
b 600
cover 6.000
4 Read the article again and answerthe questions, using
Reading your own words.
What does Maluenndi \hinkwe can do about hiS
Z Look ae the picture in the arti<lcon page 5. Wh"l doe:; it
loneliness)
show?What do you think the article is about? Read the
2 Whal isgoingto happen in Ihe nexl 100years?
article and see if you wer~ right
) Whydo languagesdre?
,\~'{~)"d':'~"'I"lng.... 4 WhalLOn people do to')<lvea langu(Jgd
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..Ir ! ! 5 Whyshould we care when I~nguages die?
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whole paragraph.
5 find verbs 1-6 in the article and match them to their
meanings a···f.
3 Match headings a-f to paragraphs 1-6of the article.
1 change a damagesomethingcompletely
a Whatcommunitiescan do _6_ 2 disappear b becomedifferent
b fhe numberof langudges in danger __ 3 destroy c. \;YI:oket'adiFficult evt:nt
c Thr IClst speaker Df his languilgt __ 4 s\Jrvive d SlOp somelhingdying
d TIle most important reason why languagesare 5 save e stopexisting
dyinRoul __ 6 care be iIlIHe-'5led ''1something
e language~ and natural distlsler) _
6 Choose three of the Ioe . ethree sentences
f What happenswhen languagcsdie _
about the readi!l~•
say, talK, speaK or tell?
7 Complete these sentences with the correct form of say,
talk, speakor telf.
1 He i..lonely becau_'>e he hasnobody to __ to,
2 Heis the Idst and only person in Australia who G:ln
___ his Aboriginal language.
3 'It's S3d,' he __ ,'but there's nothingwe can do
about it now.'
4 Theexper1s __ usthatout of Ihe world's 6,000
languages, 3,000 wi11 disappear in th(> nexl 100years.
8 Complete the sentence~ usingsoy, talk, speakor tell.
___ means '10 knowa language'.
___ means'ID have aconversation with',
___ is used 10Rivc information to someone
___ is used to describe someone's actual words,
9 Choose the correct verb to complete the sentences.
1 Hesaid/ £Old. 'I wanl to dance.'
2 Isaid/ told him thal itwas loo late.
3 What did shesoy/ lell to him?
4 Hespeaks/ talks three languages.
5 She likes 1050eak/ talkabout herself il lot
luerindi (<1 name which means 'R.unning Water') is
ely because he has nobody to talk 10, bul his loneliness
n't chan'ge - h is the Irlst person in the world \,vha can
'. ak his Aboriginal language. 'It's sad,' he says, 'but
re's nothing wecan doaboutit now.' Lookat the pie.tureswhich showdifferent ways of learning
Exper whostudylanguagessay Ihat Ihereare51 other alanguage.
. guages with just one speaker left - 28 of them in
Describe:
slraJia. The~elanguages are so dose 10 dying out that
• who is in the picture.
. ody can g<we Ihem. Th cxp rls tell Us that out of the
, rid's 6,000 languages, 3,000 will disappear in the next • where they are.
'. years, • what they aredoing,
There are many reasons why languages die oul. Which of the activities in the pictures do you do?
metim'esnatural distlstQ(Ssuch as earthquakes, floods or
Which of the activities in the pictures doyou think are most
unicanes suddenly q~troysmall groups of people who
helpful for learningCl language?
.einfarawa.ypla€es. Sometimestheweatherchangesand
:. ere isn't en ugh f~0d, and s0metimes strangers bring Can you thinkof other activities10help learn Cl language?
~ w diseases.
ButdisasteJ:slikethesearenotthebiggestdanger,anddo
:- t tell uswhyl,anguagesarediSclppearingfaster Ihilnever
. fore. The 'Teal problel11 comes from £he big world
.anguages !luch as EngHsh, Spanish, Portuguese and
::rench. T~<day; mainly because of America, English is the
;; -t wm.:ld hU'lguage, and it is very hard fpr smaller
·ngl.lages.to$u!,liv~,
= Thereare lhings,thatsmallcommunitiescan-doto avea
.anguage,buttl\ey-neecltimeand money.First,peopleneed
:;') record the I~nguageand write·itdown, Then theyneed
:1 train t~~l)~(s, and wrile grammar book, dictionaries
and books.f6~','schooJs.
Weshould car~abol.ltlanguagesthatareindangerjusta
.';e should care about-rare plants and animals. ''''Then a
.'lllguage.di.es outit is not like. when a civilisation such as
:_:,e andenrGreeks 01' Egyptians die. They leave behind
_uildings like the:py~ids in Egyptand the Parthenonin
Greece- there isalwayssoJ)'lething toshow that they were
::lere.Butaspokenlan:guageleavesnothingbehind- when
::dies, thereis onlysilence.
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The present simple and the
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present continuous
1 Look at these symbols. can you saywhere theyare used? The present simple and the present contlnllOUS
Uses
1 Lookat th~e uses of the present simpleand
:-) ;-)
pre5enl continuous. Look again at verbs1-8 in
the text and find an extlmple of eal;h of tile
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uses.
Present simple
2 ~1.1 Tanya isgivinga pre~cnli\tion to a class at her 1 som~thins Ihi.lthilpper,s (esulady ~
f:
school. Listen 10the beginnin~of her presentation and
2 something that is permanent or alway,;true
fill in the gaps.
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2 Write sentences in the positive, negative and
what tense is u~d in the fimgap? queslion forms.
What tense isIJsed in the second gap?
Present simple
3 Read the restof Tanya's presentation ami choose the positive _~_--e_--------­
correct form of the verbs. Negative rn~t don't do d pro;~t-t tvert term.
Question ?
Present continuous
Positive She'6 doing a prl?,ject this term.
Negative
Question ?
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,hat do the-~ me-an?
Match 1-6to a-f. 1 We use the present simple, not the present continuous,
1 Pe1ra comes from Hungary. a She's the manager with adverbsof frequency (always, often, usually,
sometimes, rarely, never).
there.
2 Petra is comingfrom b He's doing his Ia/ways usesymbolsin mytextmessages.
John neveruses them.
Hungary. h0mC"IA'ork,
3 Joanna worksat c He prefers reading 2 Thereareanumberof verbs thatwe do notnormally
McDonald's. books. use in the continuous form. Here are someofthe most
4 Joanna isworkingat cl Shewas born common ones:
McOonald's. there. believe belong10 dislike hate have know
5 My brother doesn't e She hasajob like love own need think understand
watch 1V. there fora month.
Jdon't understond whatyOll mean.
6 Mybrother isn't She'son the
watchingTV. train right now.
WhiGh te-n$e?
ne.
pre-$ent $imp\e or the pre~ent GOl1til1uous?
7 Complete the sentences using Ihe present simple or
Underline the corred form of theverbs to complete the present continuous form of the verbs in brackets.
sentences. 1 Mysisler often __ (send) texl messages 10 her
1 let's go to Phol1eland. theyselllore selling mobiles friends.
reall\, cheaplyat the moment. 2 At the moment, I __ (learn) to use anew computer
2 My computer's broken so IuseIom using mv brOlher's program.
until Iget it fixed. 3 Symbols __ (become) more and more mmmon in
3 Ela is Polish. She comesJiscoming from Warsaw. adver1ising.
4 IgetIamgetting moreand moreworried about giving 4 I __ (nOli own)a mobile phoneat the moment.
my presentation tomorrow. S Iusually __ (understand) Ihe symbols Isee in other
S Everysummer MCDonald'sspendlorespending extra countries.
moneyon adverlising ice ((eilm. 6 How manysymbols __ (you / hav~) on your mobile?
6 My {riends design /oredesigning their own website. 7 John never __ (send) me emails or text messages.
11 looks great. 8 Red sometimes __ (mean) 'danger' or'stop'
7 Many peopleore working /work in lhe computer 9 __ (you Jknow) whallhis symbol meanQ
industry. 10 This mobile phone __ (belong) to my sis-Ier.
8 Hey, don't leave without mel IcomeI am coming right
now.
Let's activate
ut$tions and ntga1ives
>€ t-Ghal1ging informa1iol1
Put the words into the correct order to make questions
8 Work with apartner. You are going to interview each
and negative sentences.
other about things that are always true, and things that
1 symbols I more I Me/ common/ becoming'} are true at the moment. First, write some questions10 ask
Are, symbols b~,omin9 more tommon? your partner. u~ these topics to help you.
2 don'tIsymbols IlikeI peopleIsome. • l.anguilgrs
• family
3 am not Iaproject/l Ithisterm / doing. • friends
• books
4 companies/spend / do/ Cl lot of moneyIon advertising? • mu~ic
• sport
5 lookingI you / are / at I the chart? Exampfe
00YOlf speakanylanguages?
6 differentI learning/ you I about I are / symbolsJ
Arcyou slvdyiflg anylangoagesotthemoment?
9 Interview your partner.
-
'Getting the IDessoge
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3 lislen 10 peoplegivir'lg ortaking three messages.
As you listen, mat(h the messages1-3 to what each one is
abouta-d. There is one answer you do notneed.
1 Match the verbs in Ato the nouns in B, a a {)drty __
b an evellll)gout _
A B
c homework _
send amessage
d an apology __
make anumber
leave 5OmeOl1e
Note--la\(ing
dial aphone call
t(J1.J.
phone (If) email 4 listen again and complete the missing
information. You may need to listen twice,
2 Look atthe pictures, which show dilferenlways of
sending and receiving messages. Which ways of sending
~ending mt-5sagt5
messages do you use? Use these words 10 help you.
5 You ,He going to send amessage around the whole class.
'\' mobilephone computer" sign I,wguage
0 • The teacher whispersameS<.iage10 the first sludent.
~ deaf texl message • email
Q fhe first studenl whispers the~lTle message 10 thene-XC
)ludenl,and ~o on.
Listening
• The last student tells (he class what he/she thinksthe
message is,
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carefullybefore you lislen. Think aboul the kind of ~
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wordsyou might hear. Messagefrom: 4------------------------------.-
Messagefor: 5 .. ._:>- ~ 1
Numbertocall: 6. . ...__ [
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eaning of words 10 (;Iv. Read the dialogue. Then listen and fill in the gaps.
erican English and British English sometimes use ..... ., ", '0,
:-"ferent wordsto mean the Same thing. Do you know
Askingquestions and understandingthe answer
"ich of these wordsareAmerican and which are British?
Maria 1 doyou knowwhere the library is?~ >
c'evator ,~ lift 0 bathrobe ~ dressinggown Jane It'sin Burundi Street
Maria 2 ?
Jane B-U-R-U·N-D-I.
Maria 3 ?
Jane Go past theschool, lake the first rightand it's
oppositethe bus station. L~
Maria Sorry thatwas abit fast, 4 _
Could you repeat it more slowly?
~\e p\a'1
11 Workwith a partner. Use the dialogue box in 10to help
you.
StudentA
A~k wilere1h-ebus
.statlqn'i~.
A'S~ SttJ'sent Bto~p'ttU
,thestreet nam~.
QI.J
Read the dialogue. Then listen and fill in the
gaps. Tell Stud:emBthe time,
~_W1l~ ~. ~~!.~~~m~_~~" buttaJkver,y,:q,uief'l¥.
Talking about meaning
Jim 1 'elevator'mean?
Jane I'm not sure. 2 'lift'. J _
_____ what 'bathrobe'1 ?
Jim Yes. 5 'dressinggown'. 12 Work in different pairs. Imagine that one of you is a
stranger in your lawn. Practise similar dialogues to the
one in 11.Ask about:
Work with a partner. You each have three American • the nearest cinema I disco
English words. Use the wordlist on page 141 to find oul • the name of agood doctor/ denlist/ hairdresser
what tlley mean. Du not lell your partner. • interestingsightsto see in your town
StudcntA ." faucel (;' HashIighl billfold
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dialogue box in 710 help you.
Do you know any other British English and American
fnglish words which are different?
'I look al the frequenUy asked questions (FAQ~) on this 2 Read the text and see jf you were right.
web page. Can you guess any of the answers?
How many words are there in ~;rglish?, ,',
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words thllt are not in thedictionary(forcxampl~;:'tbereare:';s:%;
overa million typesof insect). An educated,English sp~a'~,~r
only uses about 30,000 words. <:;:;,;;:,.'.,
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Talkingabout yourcountry
1 Do you know whereyour languagecomes from?
2 Are there anyforeign languages that arevery
imilarto your language?Where do people speak these?
3 Do peopleoutsideyour countryspeak your language?
Why do,people learn English7
Where?
It's tbe top'language for traV'eland tourism, and
4 What foreigll j~nguages do did most people
is,usedin-business-and science. At themoment,
80'p~r,cent of the world's Internetsites arein leama:scrJO' "'0." ;r ~fepast?
English, but thiswili·fall when morecountries 5 \~h;:~ ?-~_2~f:'10 -::-~:,L"SiS usewhen they
,startusing theirownlanguage. r-.::. ...-
6 s': --::-~-: ~: 5;:..::a..--::languageof (he countryyou
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