0 . 0 0 Student's Book Kathy Gude & Michael Duckworth OXFORD I Unit Reading and Vocabulary Grammar 1 Listeningand Speaking 7 l:o",,,,unk~/on Thel~l\~ ThepresentSlmpleaoo <;<;ningthemessage R: M.tcilingh""dio&5:«)mprehen'>ionquesllon~ thepresenlConlln~ L: Telepoonem=se';.~.lcI,ing:HOle-toking Ex2Imtraining:Matej]jngh"adin~10parllgrilphs Ex.1mIl3inilll:M.ldling V, Verb',,ay.,olt.l(J<:okorlr/r> ~, Themea~lnsofwords;Ameri«lnE"gli~handBritishEngli3h F: T,lIungaboutrooming:Askinglorinformali011 Pag~4 4 6 & Z Thebigti",e SUcces$ Thepas!simpleand A!!IC\(Ybreakl ,R:Choosingatitle:Tru~orf,ise:Multiplecboice theJM~1conl,nuous Le fl\!eOff~[>e:Complelingf)()!\.",\ 'Eamlnlnlng:Readinglorspecifi E.umt",'"ing;Multiple-choiceque,lions v-.SyronYffi\:Alljecti"e:\wilh-cdand-irtg; S-o!lftdblte>:II~elhn~ E: S: food:Likesonodislik~:S.~lin8upa,nJ,'lJJ( F: TalkingdboUllikl1anddillikl'S,~PcrW~dingolhm10~gree Page42 42 44 46 5'ThelIVorldahead fJ L: 5eflltnu,Ulmplclion:Trueo,lal~e(anderrorwm.,\T1on) V: woros;Moklng)'Qurslorymorerlll~r61jng Page94 94 96 98 'm'iJiThi 9 Ogtoseethe "nunuiu.allourofLondon ReponedspCC(h I,qudonOdenl ",,"orld R: CompleTinginformation:MIlI(hing l; Mnoun~~l~nt'i;NOINakin~,.\Iulliple-dlokequestions V: Verb,andphldS;TrIlvcInouns:WOrdS s: Planning"holld.!y:l\ooiOngaholiday:lcllinstsomeone'haULahGllddy COIlnec1ed"'i\hloa>'t1 Page108 108 110 112 70.,..ilestones fhelegalage The,OiHllgrdphs. Insttild, think aboul the meaning of [he Ve.rb5 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- P134 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 :-( =-0 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. Presentcontinuous As'p(lrt en<'ou,. ["":}I,'s), CourSe, <-<.Je 1 " ~. 3 something that is happeningat tk moment of 'p"qje.ct ",Vely terM. tU.e S'p'1.nd o.ne les.son a Me-tJ,;":} « ./';t d;/,;/,..,.ent. -n,;S tl'!""'" f. 4 something (hal isonly temporary Wf! 2 SystRMS d' 4->,.;t;":}1 sue), C1eS '01'e'1 «.Je,PN>./'e,. to "Se SY/>1bols a.nd ,"Cons to eCH'7/>T"nicate ot1odet'1 SY/>1bO(S, anrl the clmrt VQ~L/~I:...L-¥9-«.~e~~ng tI,e1. t~ X o$ Sy/>Tbolo$ <Tea'1, eVen i-/'the.; C.O/>1e trOh7 c( d,·-/'.,<'erent cot160Is, excej7t tile« tllo/ c~.ra,n L,<:2P%iqj f/;.,fe the th;":js tl1ey re?reSer.( - I'cr efO/>T?/e., the SiJ"S .rev- t and lJO/>TC", ';U~-'>e55. ~ce. -1erS .,ror C.cPr;;~~5 ~'" :--......._~_:c..,; "r<= Cin<;:'yoa~'3 «dc-tits c~.s »-~ ~,c- -~ I-{~00",<1'd's, c€ 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 ~,.l 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, ~.,..,.~~~~~~-~~-- J!D("~~lnl,." I;;'" ~~:;\~'<: Matching \\'1' When you do amatchingtask, read the information carefullybefore you lislen. Think aboul the kind of ~ " f: ~"--~t wordsyou might hear. Messagefrom: 4------------------------------.- Messagefor: 5 .. ._:>- ~ 1 Numbertocall: 6. . ...__ [ ~. ------....1 ':.'...m.-~~4"~-;. u ~ ~_~~~ eaking !\SKin9 for information 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 4 Student 8 0 vest " pantyhose " drugsiorc Nuw ask your partnerwhat their worns mean. Use the 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?, ,', There areabout 300.000entries in the Oxford'e/fglisl1"""S:<::"\~ Dkriollary. HoweY~.r,therearema1.Jy,sciel1tin~'al~d,techn'icl~,ii\;\:::; 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. <:;:;,;;:,.'., \'r ~ ,,;,.\\iW,W:', What's the longest word,in ~ngl;sh,l '" \. "\\"" Accordi'ng to the OxfordEll1!lish Dic-tioll(ll'J', it..hi'th~ lUlme for alungdiseasecaused by breathingiu dail,gerollS'di.lsl,aJ;ld' ispl1el/mmlolltlralnicros(:Qpicsilicovolcatl~aon.iosi.~. "':"/::~:\\:", .:' , -.'~'::'~":"::~:":~::':'''~;"t What's the mostcommon letter in S"glish7;.',(·, ,\\\, TheLeu.e('e'isusedmore thanany~ther. 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