Life SB Key

Intermediate Students Book
Life Answer Key

Unit 1
belong, is, changes, understand, stand
Opener (page 9)
out, select, can, says, means
2 1 They are two sisters in Brunei.
Present continuous: is getting, s
2 They are praying.
applying, are starting, are wearing
3 They are at a celebration for their
fathers birthday. 1 present simple
2 present continuous
3 a the colours
3 present simple
1a (pages 10 and 11)
5 1 dress 5 are trying
1 Colour gives the schoolboy a sense of 2 is wearing 6 buy
group identity it shows hes from the 3 says 7 dont eat
Quechua community. 4 gets
The Huli villager is putting on face 6

paints in traditional colours, they are
an important part of the festival. Categories Stative verbs
thoughts / mental believe, know,
2 1 a badge of identity; expressing processes mean, suppose,
understand
individuality through decoration;
the senses hear, sound,
sending messages taste
2 a badge of identity: wearing emotions want, love,
need
colourful traditional dress, uniforms possession have, belong,
or sports team colours; expressing contain
individuality through decoration:
face-painting for festivals, wearing
the in colour; sending messages: 7 1 a think b are thinking
using colours in packaging and 2 a come b are coming
labelling brands 3 a love b is loving
4 Present simple: live, plays, do, use, 8 Present simple: at weekends, every day,
need, know, comes, wear, dress, never, always, often, usually
Life Intermediate National Geographic Learning 1

Present continuous: right now, this 2
month, this week, at the moment, this 1 prosperity 5 knowledge
autumn, today 2 luck 6 sadness
3 courage 7 mourning
9 Sample questions:
4 wisdom 8 envy
How often do you buy new clothes /
CDs / magazines? 3 1b 2a 3b 4a 5a 6b 7a
What are you wearing right now?
4 1 anger 4 cold / sadness
Where are you working these days?
2 knowledge 5 green
What do you usually eat for lunch?
3 love
What do you wear at weekends?
Do you usually work long hours? 7 1b 2a 3a 4c 5b 6a 7c
10 Sample answers: 8 Blue Yellow

Routines: cook a meal, decorate your 1 do 5 does
house, do DIY, do housework, go 2 Who 6 Which
online 3 is 7 do
4 is 8 can
Leisure activities: decorate your
house, do DIY, dress up, go online, 10 1 d 2 c 3 b 4 a
go out with friends, go shopping, go
Possible follow-up questions for 58:
to evening classes, go to an exercise
5 What do you enjoy / find difficult
class, learn a new skill, make
about it?
something with your hands, read a
6 Do you find it interesting?
new book, spend time with your
7 Which courses are you doing?
family
8 Which hobbies do you have?
1b (pages 12 and 13)
1c (pages 14 and 15)
1 In many cultures, red is the colour of
2 and 3 c
love, e.g. people give red roses to
show they love someone. 4 1 Russell Hill and Robert Barton are
British anthropologists.
Red is also commonly the colour of
2 Joanna Setchell does research into
anger (red in the face, a red rag to a
African primates / mandrills.
bull).
3 Jonathan Blount is a biologist at the
University of Glasgow.

5 1d 2a 3b 4c thanks for your time
Let me give you my card
6 b
The first pair give the best
7 In species such as the blue-footed
performance. They use courteous,
booby, a completely different colour
positive but formal language (How do
seems to give the male birds the same
you do, Pleased to meet you, I do,
advantage with females.
actually) and use their names. The
8 anthropologist, athlete, biologist, second pair are friendly and polite but
competitor, contestant, opponent, dont use one anothers names and are
primatologist, researcher, scientist too informal (How are you? Great,
Erm, what about you?). Yuvraj talks
1d (page 16)
about himself and does not focus on the
1 Students own ideas other person. Thanks for your time is
not really appropriate here and sounds
2 Dialogue 1
quite rude.
Be punctual, courteous and positive.
Make sure you know the other 4 Allow me to introduce myself.
persons name. Use it! How do you do?
Make the other person the focus of Its a pleasure to meet you.
your attention Its been good talking to you.
Know what you want to say and say it Let me give you my card.
effectively!
1e (page 17)
Dialogue 2
1 a (colour therapy, how to use colour in
Be punctual, courteous and positive.
the workplace)
Know what you want to say and say it
d (Colour it! is completing a project for
effectively!
the redecoration of our hotel; is
3 Allow me to introduce myself involved with the promotion of Young
How do you do. My names Fashion Week)
Its a pleasure to meet you
2a 1 website
why dont I give you my card
2 neutral
its been good talking to you. Lets
3 potential clients
stay in touch
4 to promote the company
Hello, how are you? Im
5 separate sections of text
Im very pleased to meet you
2b 1 website: the layout shows it is a 4 1c 2e 3a 4b 5d 6f
website
5 1 the leader for the Centre for
2 neutral: The tone speaks directly
Traditional Textiles
and personally to the reader (We can
2 She thought it was sad that traditional
offer We help you ) but it also
weaving was disappearing.
has formal written features (In
3 that the younger generation should
addition).
learn to weave
3 potential clients: We can offer
4 One womans husband has started
advice on ; we help you find ;
helping with the sheep.
Testimonials
5 They can make a reasonable amount
4 to promote the company: We are a
of money.
professional colour consultancy with
fifteen years experience; We lead Unit 1 Review (page 20)
the field ; Testimonials
2 1
5 separate sections of text: the texts
Q: What does this championship
have headings and are in separate
mean to you?
boxes.
A: Actually, I dont think / Im not
3 1 with fifteen years experience, thinking too much about it. I am
currently, This year concentrating on what I am doing
2 In addition, also now and the process of building up
3 offer advice, help, lead the field, to it.
working with, advising, reduce stress, 2
completing a project, involved with Q: What influences you during a
the promotion of race?
A: When you hear people cheering
4 1 currently, In addition
your name, it makes it more
2 This year, also
exciting.
1f (pages 18 and 19) 3
Q: Do you train every day?
2 1 weavers 6 shawls
A: At the moment, I am doing a
2 village 7 visitors
bit more than usual. I get Sundays
3 cooked 8 traditions
off and I have gym work as well.
4 farming 9 self-sufficient
5 business

4
Q: How does an important
competition affect your training
routine?
A: The routine doesnt change
before a major championships.
But this time, we are trying
different stuff in the sessions.
5 athlete, biologist, colleague,

competitor, contestant, friend,
manager, mentor, opponent, parent,
researcher, scientist, teacher

Life 2 since the release of Paul Simons
album Graceland.
3 for many years since the 1980s.
Unit 2 4 Zap Mama have had several
international hits.
Opener (page 21)
7 3 is false because we use the past
1 2 play (all the others are people)
simple when an action is finished in the
3 dancer (all the others are types of
past.
performance)
4 act (all the others are people) 8 1 has lived 4 has happened
5 singer (all the others are groups of 2 has become 5 have heard
musicians) 3 have mixed 6 have made
6 clown (all the others are types of 2, 5 and 6 are irregular

performance)
9 1 has grown 4 has also got
2 1 drama, play 2 choir 2 have taken over 5 have started
3 show, musician 3 has become 6 have found
3 1 the theatre 10 For: a couple of days, a few months, a

2 a choir competition while, ages, centuries, some time, years
3 the photo
Since: 1986, I was a child, July, last
2a (pages 22 and 23) Monday, lunchtime, my last holiday,
1 1 charango Cuba the day before yesterday
2 blues USA 11 1 I have lived in this town for three

3 fado Portugal years.
4 taiko drumming Japan 2 I have been in my current job since
5 flamenco Spain 2009.
6 bossa nova Brazil 3 I have known my best friend since
4 1 influences 4 British school.
2 six 5 singer 4 I havent listened to Peter Gabriel
3 Zulu 6 Belgium for ages.

5 I have always wanted to visit Africa.
5 1 Manu Chao has not been successful
6 I have never had a musical
in the English-speaking world
instrument.

12 1 d yet 2 a already 7 1 finishes 4 involves
3 b yet 4 c just 2 agrees 5 refuse
3 pretend 6 help
8 1 doing (use -ing form after enjoy)
2 c
2 Painting (subject of the sentence)
3 Sample answers: 3 to be (use to + infinitive after
Reasons: people dance to fill the time; adjective)
its a way of meeting people and 4 changing (use -ing form after
having a social life imagine)
5 to learn (use to + infinitive after
Effects: it makes them feel young; it
adjective)
seems to change their mood
6 to play (use to + infinitive after learn)
completely; Dancing reminds me Im
7 taking (use -ing form after
alive
preposition)
4 Sample answers: 8 to find (use to + infinitive after seem)
make them feel young: keeping fit
9 1d 2e 3c 4b 5a
meet people: go to classes, join a club
/ sports team 11 1 I really enjoy (+ -ing verb)
have a social life: go out with friends, 2 Im quite keen on (+ -ing verb)
visit friends 3 I hate (+ -ing verb)
change their mood: listen to music, go 4 (-ing verb) makes me feel great.
to the cinema 5 Its not easy (+ to + infinitive)
6 Im learning (+ to + infinitive)
5 1 prepositions
2 adjectives 2c (pages 26 and 27)
6 I cant imagine doing anything else; 2 Sample answer:

theyre learning to do traditional The author describes globalisation in
dances; Dancing seems to change terms of popular culture crossing
their mood; I keep practising; I find it borders we live in different
hard to stop countries, eat food from all over the
world and are interested in the arts of
1 Verb + ing form: adore, imagine,
other cultures.
keep
2 Verb + to + infinitive: learn, seem, 3 1 paragraph 2
want 2 paragraph 5
3 paragraph 3 2 advert 1 4 advert 3
3 advert 1 6 advert 3
4 1 In Japan, people have become
fanatics of flamenco. 3 Do you feel like going out tonight?
2 Lebanese food in New Delhi, pasta Yeah, why not?
and Italian food in Denmark, mutton Whats on?
and vegetarian food in McDonalds in Do you like the sound of that?
India It doesnt really appeal to me!
3 The Barbie doll now comes in Whats it about?
about 30 national varieties. Im not in the mood for anything
4 More than a fifth of all the people in depressing.
the world speak some English. What else is on?
5 In Shanghai the television show What time is it on?
Sesame Street has been redesigned to Wheres it on?
teach Chinese values. Im not keen on him.
5 b and c agree with the text 4 1 really, absolutely

2 really, pretty, very
a does not agree with the text: there
The adjectives in 1 are stronger.
are several examples of globalisation
in everyday life. 5 Group A: absolutely or really
Group B: very, really or pretty.
d does not agree with the text (I have
Really can be used with both sets of
discovered that cultures are as
adjectives.
resourceful, resilient and
Pretty means fairly or moderately.
unpredictable as the people who
compose them) 2e (page 29)
6 1b 2a 3b 4a 2 a and d
7 c 3 Facts: Baz Luhrmann is a film

director whose films include Strictly
9 1 espresso 4 connections
Ballroom, Romeo + Juliet, Moulin
2 culture 5 influences
Rouge! and Australia. Luhrmann has
3 market 6 world
also directed opera. They have had
2d (page 28) box office success in Romeo +
Juliet the actors speak in verse, in
2 1 advert 2 5 advert 3
Moulin Rouge! they sing their lines.
Australia didnt go down so well with 5c 1 They have had box office success,
the critics. even though they are unusual films.
2 I enjoyed Romeo+Juliet but I didnt
Opinions: in my opinion, Luhrmanns
understand all the dialogue.
work just gets better and better his
3 I love epic films. Nevertheless, I
films are usually vibrant, energetic
didnt enjoy this one.
and spectacular unusual I
4 In spite of praising Lurhmanns
thought it was absolutely fantastic
earlier films, the critics did not like
To me, his films have the power of
Australia.
dreams. They take you into thrilling,
5 Ive seen all of the films. However, I
unforgettable worlds.
havent seen any of the operas.
Direct quotes: putting on a show; 6 His last film was absolutely brilliant,
achieving so many of the dreams I so Im looking forward to seeing the
had as a kid from going to the next one.
Oscars to getting a letter from Marlon
2f (pages 30 and 31)
Brando.
3 drum drummer drumstick dance
4 biased, personal, subjective,
informative 4 1 an ancient type of drumming
2 Japan
The profile includes a lot of strong
3 movement of the body
personal opinions, but also some facts.
4 sound, body and mind
5a Column 1: despite 5 They can express their feelings and
Column 2: although energy and feel as if they are outside
Column 3: on the other hand, their body looking in.
nevertheless
5 2,000 years ago: Japanese warriors
Column 4: consequently
used drums to cause fear. The distance
5b The verb form changes after despite; the sound of drums travelled marked
we use the -ing form: despite being village boundaries.
The early 1900s: traditional taiko
We use a comma at the end of the drumming was popular in Japanese-
clause, or immediately after American communities.
However. The mid 1900s: people were losing
interest.

1968: Seiichi Tanaka arrived and 5 1 actor, director
brought a new interest and a new 2 conductor, musician
style of drumming. 3 choreographer, dancer
Now: there are 800 groups across the 4 singer, orchestra
USA and Canada.
8 1 going 4 in
6 1 boat 5 Canada 2 to see 5 by
2 the USA 6 drum 3 Do you 6 about
3 drums 7 body
4 800 8 stick
Unit 2 Review (page 32)
2 1 probably performers
2 summer
3 Osaka, Japan
3 1 Ive lived in Japan for three

months
2 I have / Ive learned some
Japanese
3 One of my favourite pastimes is
going to matsuri.
4 Ive just got home from the Nango
summer jazz festival
5 it was great to sit around in the
sunshine
6 It has been part of Osaka summer
events
7 for about a thousand years
8 and some performances have hardly
changed since then
9 were actually hoping to join the big
procession of boats on the river.
10 I havent been on the river yet, so
Im really looking forward to that.

Life 9 1 past continuous
2 past simple
10 1 I was taking a photo of the hippo

Unit 3
when I dropped my camera in the
Opener (page 33) water.

2 My friend fell out of the raft
1 Sample answers:
because he wasnt holding on.
1 They are going to fetch water.
3 I saw some strange fish when /
2 Every day (the caption says they
while I was diving.
spend five hours a day fetching water).
4 I was having some problems with
3 Presumably, they will use the water
my mask so my brother helped me.
very sparingly, so mostly for drinking
and in cooking food. 11 1 was working 6 swam
2 heard 7 was moving
3 1 70 2 3 3 46 4 10 5 200
3 began 8 caught up
3a (pages 34 and 35) 4 bought 9 got

5 set out 10 spent
4 1T 2F 3T 4T 5F 6F
11 felt
5 1b 2c
12a heard /h[d/, were /w[:/, began
6 1 We were going around a small /bjgn/, bought /bTt/, set /set/,
island. swam /swm/, was /wRz/ (or /wYz/),
2 It jumped into the water about a caught /kTt/, got /gRt/, spent /spent/,
metre away from our boat. felt /felt/
3 The sun was shining in through an
12b fall = fell /fel/; lie = lay /lej/; run =
opening in the roof.
ran /rn/; sink = sank /sKk/; teach =
4 My mom realised pretty quickly
taught /tTt/; tell = told /teld/
that I was missing and she came after
me. 3b (pages 36 and 37)
7 1a 2c 3b 4d 1 1b 2a 3d
8 1 b What were they doing when they 2 1 He was on a secret mission to find
saw the hippo? two missing US nuclear submarines.
2 a What did they do when they saw 2 They jumped for joy at first, but then
the hippo? realised that a lot of people had died on

the wreck, so they stopped work and 9 1 was 5 had sunk
held a memorial service. 2 began 6 hit
3 He felt angry because the wreck of 3 had discovered 7 had already
Titanic had been exploited turned made
into a freak show. 4 felt 8 retired
4 1 b, c, a 2 b, c, a 3 c, a, b 3c (pages 38 and 39)
1 b and c, agreed (had agreed in 2 Sample answers:

interview) 1 He tried to swim out to sea during a
2 b died (had died in interview) storm, realised it was too difficult,
3 a took (had taken in interview); and found it difficult to swim back.
c disappeared (had disappeared in 2 He didnt respect the sea it was a
interview) moment of Catalan bravado to go into
the sea when it was too stormy.
The past perfect simple is used for
3 He has learnt his lesson, feels lucky
things that happened before Ballards
to be alive, and respects the sea now.
discovery.
He does not go swimming when it is
5 1 had changed 3 had belonged dangerous.
2 had died
3 1 two
6 1 before 2 dont have to 2 afraid (guts are intestines this is a
poetic and unusual way of saying that
7 1 had been 4 had disappeared
you feel sick with fear)
2 sank 5 hadnt located
3 stop
3 was 6 had visited
4 it was difficult for me
8 Sample answers: 5 stop swimming
1 The ship hadnt seen it in time. 6 quickly (and on his hands and knees)
2 They hadnt put enough life boats
4 Sample answers:
on the ship.
1 The first decision was to go
3 People had turned the site into a
swimming despite the storm. The
freak show.
consequence was that he had to fight
4 They had decided it was a romantic
against the sea and swallowed lots of
place.
seawater and sand. The second
5 He had decided to make a film
decision was to turn back. The
about the disaster.
consequence was that he was hit by
waves and caught in the surf zone, and 3d (page 40)
he couldnt get back. The third
2 A is more likely (empty cage; having a
decision was to give up fighting
bath)
against the sea. The consequence was
that he was carried to the shore and 3 Story 2 matches the photo.
survived. A photo for Story 1 might show two
2 He speaks about the sea as if it were a fish splashing in some water in a sink.
person. The feelings he expresses are
4 Did I ever tell you about the time
very intense and romantic.
After we saw
3 He is asking for forgiveness
a couple of weeks later,
because man is responsible for the
During the night,
lack of fish, through overfishing and
I remember once, a couple of years
pollution.
ago,
4 Students own opinions.
Anyway, after a few days,
5 1 T (It was dangerous on the day in one day,
the article.) all of a sudden
2 T (Enric says that the sea has immediately
almost killed him a couple of times, the next thing was,
and admits that it was his fault. He
5 The first story is true. It happened to
also admits to Catalan bravado. It
the author. The lid partially covered
implies he is a risk taker.)
the tank but the fish had knocked it
3 T (He says he was feeling lucky to
off anyway. Both fish survived and
be alive.)
were lucky not to have been eaten by
4 T (He still swims in the sea.)
the family cat!
5 T (He says he has not been to the sea
when she does not want him.) 3e (page 41)
6 1 I got into the pool. 1 Sample answers:

2 The weather didnt get better. Personal blogs: what theyve been
3 I couldnt get to the shore. doing, photos, thoughts and feelings,
4 I wasnt getting any closer to the interests, travel, personal opinions
land. Professional blogs: advice and tips,
5 We get so much from nature. information about a company or
6 Id got out (of) that dangerous product, feedback on meetings or
situation. conferences
2 1 What happened to the writers (The correct information is underlined
family last weekend. in the script extract below):
2 The things you take to the beach:
00.4201.19
towels, swimming costumes,
Sometimes theres enough water for
sunglasses, etc.
everyone, and sometimes there isnt.
3 The writers three children.
The people of New Delhi need about
3 c, d, b, f, e, g, a one billion gallons of water a day.
Theyre surviving on 25 per cent of
4a a ran = rushed
that. Even in the richer areas, youll
b started to shine = came out
find busy shopping centres, well-
e got = jumped
dressed shoppers, expensive
f picked up = grabbed
restaurants, and the same community
g went = headed
water tankers.
The verbs in the blog are more 01.2102.05
dramatic and interesting.

4b 1 raining = pouring with rain
But it doesnt replace the water thats
2 full of people = packed
used every year. So the question
3 looking = staring
remains: is there an answer to Indias
4 arrived = washed up
water problem? Some leaders think that
5 holding = clutching
the answer lies in a series of new dams.
4c 1 raced 4 scrambled However, many people disagree with
2 exhausted 5 wandered this proposal. They believe that Indias
3 boiling 6 collapsed existing dams have contributed to the
water shortage by drying up riverbeds,
fields and wells.
3 1 drinking
5 d, b, a, c
2 washing animals
3 washing clothes 6 1 smog 4 reservoirs
4 irrigating crops 2 well 5 small-scale
5 washing themselves 3 riverbeds
4 1T 2T 3F 4F 5T 6F 7F 8F

2 1, 2, 3, 9, 10, 12, 13, 15 and 16 are

correct.
4 had just passed 8 were watching
6 had gone by 11 was setting
7 hadnt managed 14 had just got
up
3 lake, marina , ocean, pool, reservoir,

river, sea, stream, waterfall
4 Students own answers

Life Speaker 2
a train driver
b accountant
Unit 4 c train driver: in charge,
responsible for passengers;
Opener (page 45)
accountant: routine, secure
3 Sample answers:
Speaker 3
Ballerina: demanding, glamorous,
a a footballer
stressful
b nurse
Film star: exciting, glamorous, well-
c footballer; glamorous, well-paid,
paid
famous; nurse: badly paid,
Fire fighter: dangerous, dirty,
stressful, rewarding
demanding, responsible, satisfying
Footballer: exciting, glamorous, 4a (pages 46 and 47)
rewarding, well-paid 3 1 an accountant

Pilot: dangerous, demanding, 2 a senior technician
responsible, well-paid 3 Hyundai
Police officer: dangerous, demanding, 4 a farmer; self-employed
responsible, secure 5 a manager
Rock star: exciting, glamorous, well- 6 Nokia
paid
Scientist: demanding, rewarding, 4 1 Morten Andersen
satisfying 2 Meena Shekaran
Train driver: responsible, routine, 3 Kashinath Manna
secure, badly paid 4 Tamil Selvan
Vet: dirty, responsible, rewarding, 6 (See answer key to Exercise 7)

satisfying, secure
7 Ill be fine (Meena 100% sure)
4 Speaker 1
a a superhero or fireman (fire Selvan might soon own one of the
fighter) cars he makes (the author of the
b office worker article not 100% sure)
c fireman: exciting, satisfying, India will be the worlds third largest

dangerous, dirty, demanding car market (industry experts 100%
sure)
some farmers may have to give up 4b (pages 48 and 49)
their land (the press not 100%
2 1 works
sure)
2 a nurse
Their future could be very difficult 3 has a job
(the author of the article not 100% 4 leave work
sure) 5 graduated from university
6 stay in Kabul
The road will certainly bring lots of
jobs. (Morten Andersen 100% 3 1 Devi isnt going to stay in this job
sure) forever.
2 Devi is taking an exam next month.
8 1 wont 4 mightnt
3 Elisabeth is going to start her own
2 may not 5 will
business.
3 will 6 may not
4 Elisabeth is meeting the bank
9 In each case, might, may or could are manager on Wednesday.
used when the speaker is not sure. 5 Saheras friend is going to study in
Will is used when they are sure. the United States.
6 Saheras friend is leaving Kabul next
10 2 Tamil Selvan will probably buy a
week.
car.
3 Kashinath Mannas life might not 4 Devi and Elisabeth have decided what
change. to do. Sahera hasnt decided yet.
4 The Nokia factory will probably
5 1 Im not going to stay in this job
expand.
forever.
5 Job opportunities might increase.
2 Im taking the entrance exam next
6 Travelling around will certainly be
month.
easier.
3 I suppose Ill tell him soon.
7 Peoples standard of living will
certainly improve. 6
2
11 1 work 5 work
Im going to take
2 job 6 work
going to start
3 work 7 jobs
Ill get
4 work 8 work
Im meeting
Ill take

3 In an economic crisis there are fewer
are going to work jobs and more unemployment, wages
is going to continue are generally lower, and sometimes
going to stay prices are also higher so people can buy
Ill take less and spend less money on luxuries
shes leaving such as holidays.
7 1c 2b 3a 2 1d 2c 3a 4b
8 1 Im taking 3 1d 2e 3a 4f 5b 6g 7c
2 Im starting
4 1 F (72 per cent are between the ages of
3 Im going to do
16 and 64.)
4 Im going to manage
2 T (Each year about ten million rural
5 they are going to do
Chinese move to the cities.)
6 Im going to be
3 F (The next step is to develop higher
7 Ill have
education. Many people are looking for
9 1 Im going to take a year off. better training.)
2 Ill help you. 4 F (In a Chinese factory town, there
3 Yeah, shes getting married next are many private courses: English
month. classes, typing classes, technical
4 Are you going to take it? classes.)
5 Yes, Im going to my first class 5 T (The nation has become successful
tonight. by making products for overseas
6 Ill open it. consumers.)
11 1 pass an exam 3 do a training 5 Nobody in the developed world should

course criticise China without taking a look in
2 fail an exam 4 pass an exam the mirror. This refers to the fact that it
is hypocritical to criticise China for
rushing to industrialise and for
1 Sample answers: polluting the environment because this
In an economic boom more jobs are is exactly what all developed countries
available, wages are better and people have done in the past. People in
have more money, so they spend and developed countries are also
buy more. responsible for the problems because

they buy most of the products that 3 a degree in a relevant subject, 12
China produces. years experience in film production,
excellent database and research skills
Theres nothing foreign about the
4 should be organised and independent,
materialistic dreams of the average
able to meet strict deadlines, good at
Chinese worker. This implies that
working under pressure
having materialistic dreams is
common to all people on Earth, 2 methodical, conscientious,
including Chinese people. hardworking, self-confident
6 1P 2 both 3N 4 1 Yes 2 No 3 Smart clothes, a suit
7 c 5 is it all right if I give you as my

referee?
9 Sample answers:
Im not sure about that.
1D 5C/S
do you mind helping me with my CV?
2C/S 6C
Of course not.
3D/C 7D
Will you be able to do it today?
4D 8D/C
Yes, I will.
10 Money: paid holiday, pay rises, can you have a look at my covering
salary, bonuses, discounts on letter too?
company products, wages Would it be OK to borrow your suit?
Hours: long hours, flexi-time, Sure, no problem.
overtime, clocking on and off, part-
7b 1 e 2 d 3 c 4 a 5 b 6 f
time
Benefits: paid holiday, pension 4e (page 53)
scheme, bonuses, company car,
2 The letter includes all the information.
discounts on company products, free
In an email, you need not include your
language classes, health insurance
address or that of the person you are
4d (page 52) writing to.
1 1 assisting the Research Coordinator, 4a concise sentences: I will graduate in

managing film production materials, Digital Media this month from
dealing with queries Manchester University.
2 15 June
formal phrases to begin sentences: I
am writing in reply to ; I consider
myself to be ; I am available for
interview ; I enclose my CV; I look
forward to hearing from you.
no contractions: I am writing ; I
have worked ; I will
standard phrases to open and close

the letter: Dear Sir; Yours faithfully
4b 1 I shall finish my degree soon.

2 I look forward to hearing from you.
3 I am writing in reply to your
advertisement in the newspaper.
4 I enclose my CV, which gives my
contact details.
5 I am available from the start of
August.
4 1a 2b 3a 4a 5b 6a
5 1c 2b 3a
6 1 share 4 move
2 caught 5 aware
3 support
2 1 will 6 to
2 might 7 not
3 m 8 going
4 will 9 wont
5 ll 10 getting
7 1b 2a 3c 4d

Life 2 Congo and Gabon
3 working on a project
4 on foot and by boat
Unit 5 5 fifteen months
Opener (page 57) 2 1d 2b 3a 4c 5e
1 Sample answers: 3 1 F (Fay has worked on several major
1 It looks like a wildlife holiday in conservation projects in Africa and
Antarctica. America)
2 No, its probably a once in a 2 F (he hasnt slept in a bed more
lifetime trip. It must be very than 50 times in the last ten years)
expensive. Conditions would be 3 F (his injuries werent life-
difficult and it might be dangerous. threatening)
3 Students own answers. 4 T (His most recent pair of sandals

lasted 2,000 kilometres before they
2 being on planes 3
fell apart)
business trips 3
5 T (elephant deaths fell
day trips 2
significantly; in Gabon, the
delays 3
government has created thirteen new
luggage 1
national parks)
planning 2
a round-the-world trip 1 5 1 present perfect 2 past simple
taking local buses and trains 1 6 Present perfect verbs: Hes lived; Fay
travelling for work 3 has worked; Hes counted; Hes
weekends away 2 walked; he hasnt slept; hes had; has
3 1 Just take a small backpack with the drawn and made; has created
essentials. Past simple verbs: he survived; he

2 The key to a good trip is good came; (it) attacked; his injuries
planning. Dont leave anything to werent; he nearly died; lasted; fell;
chance! started
3 Once you start your journey, take
your watch off and relax. Different forms: drew / drawn; came /
come; werent / not been; fell / fallen
7 1 have also flown 4 didnt have
1 1 over 3,000 kilometres
2 has done 5 filled Australia: vibrant city, tropical beach,
3 once spent 6 has used unspoilt coastline
New Zealand: unspoilt coastline,
8b Present perfect: for (six years), in the
peaceful setting
last ten years
3 1 cruises 3 bush camp holidays
Past simple: a few years ago, on one
2 safaris 4 cultural holidays
occasion, for
5 have been flocking, has been growing,
have been promoting, has been
1 A: vibrant city travelling
B: peaceful setting, unspoilt coastline
6 1 has / have + been + -ing form of the
C: busy street, crowded market
main verb
D: peaceful setting, exotic scenery
2 actions you cant use a continuous
2 Sample answers: form to describe a state
USA: vibrant city, busy street 3 activities which are continuing (or
Caribbean: tropical beach, exotic which continued until recently)
scenery, relaxing surroundings
7 have visited, has filled, have sold, has
Central America: crowded market,
doubled
exotic scenery, remote village
UK: vibrant city, busy street 1 present perfect simple
Central Europe: vibrant city, busy 2 present perfect continuous
street 3 present perfect simple
Spain: vibrant city, crowded market,
8 1e 2a 3b 4c 5f 6d
safe resort
2 Ive been lying by the pool Ive
Egypt: safe resort, relaxing
finished my book.
surroundings
3 Weve been looking for cheap deals
Kenya: exotic scenery, remote
we havent found one.
village
4 Weve been touring European cities
South Africa: vibrant city, unspoilt
weve seen dozens of churches.
coastline, exotic scenery, remote
5 Weve been following the coast
village
path weve walked ten kilometres.
Antarctica: peaceful setting
6 Weve been visiting local markets
China: vibrant city, exotic scenery,
weve spent a fortune.
peaceful setting

9 1 Matt 5 Rose Advantages: provides money and jobs
2 Matt 6 Matt for local people; makes sure that
3 Lucy 7 Paul places are protected; improves local
4 Rose 8 Paul infrastructure
10 1 have you been coming Disadvantages: overcrowding;

2 have you been pollution; too much development and
3 have you been construction; natural places can be
4 did that take spoilt; increased prices, particularly
house prices, can affect local people
11 1 Present perfect continuous because
it is an incomplete action which is 2 Sample answers:
repeated over a period of time. 1 air pollution, carbon emissions and
2 Present perfect simple because it is climate change, noise pollution
incomplete but it is a state verb. 2 conservation or damage to wildlife
3 Present perfect continuous because 3 pollution, litter
it is an incomplete action which is 4 overcrowding and over-
repeated over a period of time. development, loss of natural habitats
4 Past simple because it is a finished
3 c
past action.
4 1 cruise holidays 4 construction
12 Sample answers:
2 wildlife 5 low-cost
1 How long did you stay / were you
flights
there?
3 litter 6 climate change
2 How long have you been waiting?
3 How long have you been in the 5 1 They dump waste in the oceans.
country? 2 expeditions to collect rubbish on
4 How long have you been doing the Everest
course? 3 People can take several short
5 How long have you had it? holidays every year.
6 How long have you been 4 yes rail travel and eco-tourism
travelling?
6 1 impact 4 habitats
5c (pages 62 and 63) 2 rubbish / waste 5 greener
3 population 6 pollute
1 Sample answers:
7 1N 2T 3N 4F 5T

9 Very green: recycling household Im afraid the luggage has gone to
waste; saving water; switching off Rome. G
lights and electrical appliances; Dont worry, well arrange everything.
travelling by bike etc.; using eco- G
friendly cleaning products Ill ask the hotel to send for a doctor. G
Not so green: travelling by car; 4 1 The tour guide will arrange for the
buying out-of-season food; flying to luggage to be sent directly to the hotel
distant holiday destinations; when it arrives at the airport the next
upgrading mobile phones etc. morning. But the tourists will have no
frequently summer clothes to wear until then.
2 The hotel will arrange for a doctor
5d (page 64)
to see Mrs Jones.
1 Sample answer:
5a 1 strongly stressed
A tour guide can probably help with
2 weakly stressed
car hire, flight delays, food poisoning,
hotel rooms, infectious diseases, train 5e (page 65)
timetables, travel sickness
1 1 Shes come from Bangkok and shes
2 1c 2f in Sydney.
2 friends (she says my uncle)
3 I wonder if you could help us? T
3 The people are fantastic and she
Is anything wrong? G
loves Oz.
Can I help? G
4 She has been surfing, she has seen
Our luggage hasnt arrived. T
the Opera House, and shes been on a
Which flight were you on? G
boat trip.
How did that happen? T
Do you know where our bags have 2a abbreviations: cos (not because);
gone to? T pics (not pictures)
Whens the next flight? T
comments in brackets: (fell off every
Its about my wife. T
time!); (wow!)
The hotel hasnt provided mosquito
nets. T contractions: havent
How long has she been feeling like
exclamation marks: wow!
this? G
Is there anything you can do? T

informal expressions: out of this 5f (pages 66 and 67)
world
3 We see a lizard, an elephant, an owl, a
listing items: been surfing seen the gorilla
Opera House been on a boat
4 a5 b3 c1 d7 e4 f6 g2
missing out words: (see below)
5 1 The team starts on the expedition in
2b I finally made it to Sydney after an September.
18-hour delay in Bangkok! 2 They will travel 2,000 kilometres.
3 This rain forest covers 150,000
2c (The) weather here (is) glorious,
square kilometres.
(the) beaches (are) out of this world
4 A quarter of the worlds rain forests
(I) have: been surfing (I) fell off are in the Congo Basin.
every time!), (Ive) seen (and Ive) 5 Half the wild plants and animals in
been on Africa are in the Congo Basin.
6 They have been travelling for eight
No (I havent seen) kangaroos or
months.
koalas yet cos (because I) havent
7 They can see 70 or 80 kilometres in
(I got / received a) text from my every direction.
uncle in Brisbane (he) has 8 They can see 360 degrees around.
9 The river is a few hundred metres
(My) new pictures (are) up on Flickr
wide.
2d Sample answers: 10 Theyd been in the woods for 15
1 Weather sunny and very hot months.
sometimes.
6 1 aim, record 4 challenge, rise
2 Been touring typical places
2 desperate, gem 5 logging
exhausting!
3 collect
3 People here very kind and have
helped a lot. Unit 5 Review (page 68)
4 Took some photos of koalas so
cute! 2 1 have faced
5 Not heard from Anton yet. 2 left
6 Getting bus up to Brisbane cos 3 has devastated
flying expensive. 4 have declined

5 changed
6 have rescued
7 have been encouraging
8 have been working
4 1 plane (the others are adjectives to

describe places)
2 peaceful (the others are types of
holiday)
3 fly (the others are aspects of
holidays)
4 ticket (the others are nouns
describing types of rubbish)
5 seaside (the others are nouns
describing travel)
6 d, g, a, h, c, e, b, f

Life 3 the diameter, thickness of crust,
ingredients and application of
ingredients
Unit 6
4 1 cant, mustnt, must, has to, should
Opener (page 69) and dont have to are in the news

item.
1 Top row left to right: cheese, peanuts,
2 these food products had to meet
popcorn, prawn, avocado;
very strict criteria.
bottom row left to right: cheese 3 should and dont have to
snacks, fried egg, chocolate, bagel,

5 2 People with nut allergies mustnt
steak, pasta
eat the product.
2 1 avocado (89) 7 peanuts (21) 3 You shouldnt exceed the
2 shrimp (75) 8 fried egg (18) recommended daily intake of salt.
3 popcorn (69) 9 cheese (17) 4 You are not allowed to sell the
4 pasta (50) 10 chocolate items in the multipack separately.
(10) 5 You have to heat thoroughly before
5 steak (44) 11 cheese snacks serving.
(4) 6 Diabetics shouldnt eat this
6 bagel (23) product.
3 1 It gives food a number based on its 7 1 Youre not allowed to take durian
nutritional value. on buses in Singapore.
2 To make it easier to see which 2 You should avoid using raw eggs in
foods are good for you. mayonnaise.
3 On the shelves at large 3 Only qualified chefs are allowed to
supermarkets. prepare it.

4 You have to ferment it first.
5 You mustnt eat them in the
2 1 because it has become a European summer.
Union-certified food and drink product 6 You dont have to peel potatoes
2 Scottish Farmed Salmon, Spanish before you boil them.
Melon from la Mancha and English 7 Red beans must be boiled for
Blue Stilton cheese fifteen minutes.
8 You can eat raw steak.

6b (pages 72 and 73) 1 as soon as 5 when
4 before 6 unless
2 It consists of imagining you are
eating a specific food, so that you 9 Sample answers:
want to eat the food less. avoid fatty food / heavy meals at
night / snacks between meals
3 1T 2T 3T 4F 5T 6T
change bad habits
4 1e 2f 3d 4c 5a 6b cut down on computer and TV time /
fatty food / snacks
6 1 if + present simple, will + infinitive
between meals
without to
cut out fatty food / junk food / snacks
2 at the start or in the middle, joining
between meals
two clauses
give up smoking / bad habits / junk
3 when if is used at the start
food
4 the present or future
learn relaxation techniques / a new
5 if you imagine eating a specific
sport
food, your interest in that food will
reduce computer and TV time / stress
drop. (generally true)
take up an outdoor activity / a new
if you are less interested in that
sport
food, youll eat less of it. (generally
true) 10 Sample answers:
if you force yourself to think about If you cut down on fatty food, youll
chewing and actually swallowing lose weight.
food, youll reduce your craving. If you give up smoking, youll live
(future possibilities) longer.
If you reduce stress, youll feel more
7 1 believe, will be
relaxed.
2 will need, want
If you take up a new sport, youll get
3 dont buy, wont be able
fit.
4 find, will you let
If you cut out snacks, youll improve
5 go, we will
your appetite.
6 will give up, do
7 dont try, will never know 6c (pages 74 and 75)
8 will you do, doesnt work
2 daily life
8 Both options are possible in sentences
3 1 chocolate 4 food and drink
2, 3, 7 and 8.
2 drug 5 sleep cycle 8 However: people dont think twice
3 energy about their caffeine intake contrasts
with it raises blood pressure.
4 Beneficial effects:
makes you less tired On the other hand: many canned
makes you more alert energy drinks sold in the USA carry
relieves pain warnings contrasts with research
reduces asthma symptoms suggests that caffeine may have
increases reaction speed benefits.
Harmful effects: Despite this: Studies have shown it

is mood-altering helps relieve pain contrasts with a
is habit-forming study in Ireland recommended that
raises blood pressure increases the children shouldnt drink energy
risk of heart disease drinks.
5 1 They have changed from a schedule 11 1 close 4 day

built around the sun to an indoor job 2 today 5 night
timed by a clock. 3 all 6 on
2 electric light and caffeinated food
6d (page 76)
3 The human body will not function
at its best, physically, mentally, or 2 1a 2f 3g 4b 5d 6c 7h 8e
emotionally.
3 1W 6W
4 People have to use caffeine to help
2W 7C
them stay awake, but then they dont
3C 8W
get enough sleep, so they are tired,
4C 9C
and they need more caffeine to help
5C 10 W
them stay awake.
11 W
7 1 however, on the other hand, despite
5 plantain fritters: plantain is a type of
this
savoury banana you eat as a
2 so, one result (of this concern) is
vegetable; a fritter is a fried dish.
that
akkra: its made from a kind of bean
3 consequently, therefore
called black-eyed peas
ackee and saltfish: ackees a kind of
fruit thats traditionally served with

saltfish its a bit like fresh cod. It result in: cause = restaurant closes;
doesnt taste salty when its cooked. consequence = many people eating
goat curry: its like lamb, but the snacks and sandwiches
flavours a bit stronger.
therefore: cause = food is not
6 Both diners start with akkra. One nutritious; consequence = staff health
diner chooses ackee and saltfish. The and productivity could suffer
other chooses goat curry.
3b 1 Consequently / Therefore
7a 1 interesting 3 traditionally 2 lead to / result in
2 savoury 4 vegetables 3 Consequently / Therefore
4 means
7b chocolate natural restaurant
5 lead to / result in
separately technique
6 so / thus
6e (page 77)
1c
3 The video shows all these except
2 1 to close the staff restaurant catching fish.
2 Staff will have to travel into the
4 1F 2F 3F 4T 5T 6F 7F 8F
nearest town at lunchtime. This could
lead to time-keeping and punctuality (See also the underlined phrases in the
issues. video script.)
3 Staff will eat snacks and 00.1600.52 Here, no product has a
sandwiches, which are not healthy. higher price than the one thats the
Health and productivity could suffer. most dangerous the puffer fish, or
4 How will the closure of the fugu. fugu appears on more than 80
restaurant affect the policy that staff menus
are not allowed to eat at their work 00.5501.18 1,000 times stronger
stations? than cyanide!
Will there be provision for a kitchen
or food area? 01.4001.55 Itll be fine, dont worry.
5 a meeting to discuss the issues Ive been doing this for 53 years. I took
the exam in 1949 and passed. This is
3a lead to: cause = staff have to travel
my fugu chef licence.
into town; consequence = time-
01.5602.39
keeping and punctuality issues

Fugu chefs had to get licences for 6 will absorb 13 will eat
preparing and serving puffer fish. 7 Am I allowed to 14 Do I have to
Even with more regulations, fugu
4 cut down on / reduce
killed 2,500 Japanese people between
cut out / give up
1945 and 1975.
learn / take up
Regulations and education have cut
the number of deaths to only three 5 Sample answers:
annually, but many diners still get If you cut out fatty food you will
sick. reduce the risk of heart disease.
02.4002.49 About 70 per cent of If you cut down on junk food you
the poisonings happen in private wont have high blood pressure.
homes where people catch and If you give up living by the clock you
prepare fugu on their own and get will reduce stress.
poisoned. Thats most common. If you give up bad habits like drinking
caffeine you will reduce tiredness.
5 1 Hes studying fugu poison; he
hopes to develop an anti-toxin. 7 b
2 1 milligram. It paralyses peoples
nerves and lungs so they cant move
or breathe.
3 They need to use a respirator which
can breathe for them.
4 about half of the fish: the heart and
gills
6 1 puffer fish 5 licence

2 120 6 eight
3 dying 7 fin
4 fine 8 breathe
1 1 show 8 must
2 Must 9 will stick
3 have to 10 (both correct)
4 will be 11 mustnt
5 (both correct) 12 cant
Life 8 You can put up a ger more quickly
than a brick house.
8 cleanliness and dirt: 4

Unit 7
housework: 4
Opener (page 81) maintenance: 2

neighbours: 3
2 1 d, f 2 c, e 3 a, b
noise: 3
7a (pages 82 and 83) price: 1, 2

size: none
3 a1 b5 c4 d2 e3
space: none
4 1 bad weather 5 house
9a As is weak
2 more basic 6 your house
3 shelter 7 design 9b a 3 b 1 c 2 d 4 e 3 f 3
4 brick or stone 8 cities

5 1 are getting smaller and smaller
2 1 atmosphere 5 built-up
2 The colder , the warmer
2 public transport 6 skyscrapers
3 better / best
3 financial 7 residents
6 1 add -er (warmer, faster, etc.) 4 modern 8 neighbourhoods
2 change -y to -i and add -er (easier, All the sentences are true.
friendlier, etc.)
4 1 It was a pristine wilderness, then
7 1 Modern houses are less appropriate there were farms here.
for local conditions. 2 The people were probably farmers.
2 A cave house is not as small as you 3 You could see forests, marshes and
think. grassland, sandy beaches along the
3 An igloo is not as cold inside as you coasts and fresh-water streams.
might think.
5 1 Eric Sanderson created the top
4 New houses are getting more and
images a visualisation of New York
more expensive every year.
as the pristine wilderness it would have
5 My flat is the best in the block.
been hundreds of years ago.
6 This house is the oldest (house).
2 He wants the people living in New
7 A house on stilts survives more
York to know what natural potential
easily in floods.
the city has.

3 It reminded him that 300 years ago 6 What used to be in the area where
beavers were common in New York. Fifth Avenue is now?
So, it symbolised the New York that
10 1 moved
he was trying to recreate with the map.
2 used to / would stand
6 Past habits: beavers, bears and 3 were
turkeys would roam freely 4 were
5 used to / would run
Past states: beavers used to be
6 didnt go
common in the area; what the area
7 didnt (use to) own
used to look like; There used to be
8 used to / would take
sandy beaches; see what used to be
9 used to / would have
there; Murray used to have a farm
10 used to / would go
here
11 was
7 Single past actions use the past 12 was / used to be
simple. Some examples are:
Sandersons project resulted in a 3-D
computer model of the area; the 1 1 Atlantic Ocean 3 city
British troops landed near here; Mrs 2 islands 4 languages
Murray offered the British officers
2 c
tea while George Washingtons
troops slipped past them. 3 a3 b2 c5 d4
8 1 b (past habits) 4 1 They are graceful; they parade

2, 3, 4 a (past states) through the town on holidays.
2 Its large and elegant with fountains
9 1 New York used to be a lot greener
and stone benches.
than it is now.
3 Its small and immaculate.
2 There used to be a lot of forest and
4 Men meet there to swap stories and
natural landscapes.
have a drink.
3 The early residents didnt use to
live in a large city. 5 1 a town where the main industry is
4 People used to hunt beavers for producing coffee
their skins. 2 behaving in a way that is polite and
5 (used to is not possible here it is a friendly
single action)

3 water that comes through pipes and 2 1 in the town centre
from taps 2 to rent
4 the man she loved during her life 3 two bedrooms
5 the islands where their distant 4 a lift
ancestors once lived 5 doesnt mind the age of the
6 to tell stories to one another property
7 the news passed quickly from one 6 doesnt need a garage
person to another
3 I think Id rather rent than buy, for
8 an art, craft or skill that very few
now anyway.
people can do
Id prefer something small, but not
7 Sample answers: too small.
1 Theres a dreamy atmosphere to So, two bedrooms, and preferably
Adjuntas; the large, elegant square, with a lift.
with its fountains and stone benches. Would you rather look at new places
2 Opened in 1998; Lala Echevarria, or older ones?
an 85-year-old great-great- To be honest, I prefer towns to
grandmother; they had thirteen villages.
children and shared 44 years before I must say I prefer living here.
he died in 1983. I havent got a car, I prefer to walk, or
3 The shop filled with working-class cycle.
men clapping, tapping and nodding to
4 to rent: shes just started a new job
the music.
two bedrooms: wants something small
7d (page 88) but expects friends to stay
a lift: doesnt want to carry her bike
1 Sample answers:
upstairs
Cost (rent, bills); location (Is it far
age unimportant: just getting an idea of
from work or school? Is it near the
what things are like
city centre and other facilities you
towns: likes her privacy
use? Is it on a bus route or train line?);
no garage: no car
appearance (Is the property in good
condition? Is it attractive and 5c Sample questions:
appealing?); size and number of Do you prefer staying in or going out?
rooms; features (A garden? A garage? Would you rather watch a film or listen
A balcony? Central heating?) to music this evening?

Do you prefer Indian food or Chinese 5 1 As theres so much to do within
food? walking distance
Would you prefer to have no 2 there are great parks (like
homework or lots of homework? Greenfields)
7e (page 89) 6 1 As 4 like

2 like 5 Like
1 b (there are a lot of strong, positive
3 as 6 like
adjectives)
2 streets and buildings: historic,
picturesque, gorgeous 4 1 main 4 began
shops: fascinating old shops 2 built 5 immigrants
facilities: so much to do within 3 neighbourhood 6 mainly
walking distance; variety of bars,
5 1 the director of the Spanish Choir of
restaurants, gyms; great parks, an
San Francisco
excellent public library and good
2 by raising money to help them after
schools
natural disasters
local residents: a real sense of
3 peace in Central America
community; a mix of original
4 fairness in the community, and the
residents and new arrivals
environment
atmosphere: a lot of charm; like living
5 Saint Peters
in a village
6 their interest in their families and
3a a 1 b none c 4 d 3 e 2 their traditions
3b The paragraph on bad points 6 1c 2e 3a 4f 5d 6b

should not be first or last. It could
come as the second paragraph, but
would be best as the penultimate 1 It shows a man playing golf on top of a
paragraph. skyscraper.
4 1 It is similar to 2 I am 2 1 the craziest

Other examples in the text: 2 more carefully
1 its almost like living in a village. 3 as high as
2 perfect both as a place to live and a 4 more dangerous
place to visit 5 better
6 as often as
7 the most dedicated
8 closer and closer
3 1 was
2 would / used to play
3 used to live / lived
4 used to be
5 was / used to be
6 didnt use to take / didnt take
7 didnt use to mind
8 complained
9 made
4 1 central heating (the others are parts

of a house)
2 run-down (the others are nouns)
3 fireplace (the others are places
outside a house)
4 residents (the others are adjectives
to describe places)
5 double glazing (the others are
places outside a house)
6 1 I prefer 4 living
2 go 5 Id rather
3 I prefer 6 Id prefer
1b 2e 3c 4f 5a 6d

Life 4 1 F (they are completely natural)
2T 3T 4T
5 F (they cant move and chase after
Unit 8 things)
6T
Opener (page 93)
5 1 The result of particles in the Earths
2 1 the flamingoes
atmosphere colliding with each other.
2 that they form this shape
2 To keep their eggs away from
3 similar trick photography
predators like ants on the ground.
4 the photograph
3 They attract them by looking like
5 the photographer
something else like water drops, for
6 the flamingoes
example.
3 1 A flock of birds in the shape of a

6 1 b (cant + infinitive)
flamingo
2 a (must + infinitive)
2 She thinks it has been changed to
3 c (might + infinitive)
make the bird shape.
4 d (may not + infinitive)
3 The man
7
1
2 1 Nitrogen / oxygen, atmosphere they cant be natural.
2 butterflies / flies, insect they must be man-made
3 Radiation must be projecting disco lights
4 Ants / beetles they might have a religious
5 stem significance
6 Particles they could be a form of radiation.
7 Predators, species
2
8 spikes
This might be a painting
3 Clip 1: atmosphere, nitrogen, oxygen, Or it might be protecting the ball
particles, radiation They must have a reason
Clip 2: ants, butterflies, predators, may choose this spot
stem
3
Clip 3: ants, beetles, flies, insect,
That cant be true
spikes
may not seem logical

They must use a very special 8 They were made by moving stones
technique, and revealing the white ground
they cant move underneath.
the insect must get a nasty
4 1 in the late 1920s
surprise
2 an astronomical calendar; ancient
it can eat it
Inca roads or irrigation systems;
8 1 cant be 4 cant mean landing strips for aliens
2 (both correct) 5 may be 3 Because Peru was so dry that the
3 (both correct) emergence of water from the ground
seemed sacred.
9 1c 2d 3b 4a
4 The Nasca lines may have been part
looks as if = looks as though of a long tradition of ceremonial
10 1 look activities connected to water and
2 looks like religious beliefs.
3 looks as though / if 6 1 The Nasca people couldnt have

4 look seen them
5 look as though / if 2 the lines must have been part of an
6 look astronomical calendar
8b (pages 96 and 97) 3 they might have been ancient Inca

roads
1 1 ancient 4 century 4 they could have been landing strips
2 period 5 sacred for alien spacecraft!
3 prehistoric 6 society 5 Water must have had an incredible
2 1 enormous drawings on the ground significance
2 in the Nasca desert in southern Peru 6 This must have seemed an
3 huge the biggest is about 200 astonishing phenomenon
metres across 7 the same group of people cant have
4 geometric shapes; animal shapes created them
such as a spider, birds, a monkey, and 8 Nasca lines may have been part of a
a dog; human figures long tradition
5 hundreds 7 1 Sentences 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 8 (from

6 about 500 square kilometres answer key above)
7 about 2,000 years old 2 Sentences 2, 5 and 6

3 Sentences 1, 5, 6 and 7 4 ensure 8 log
10 Have is an auxiliary verb. It is 5 Sample answers:

pronounced /hYv/ in these sentences. 1 claims / theories
2 human
3 envelopes
1 a Earhart ran out of fuel and crashed 4 give a DNA sample
in the Pacific Ocean. (official theory)
6 1F 2O 3O 4F 5O 6F
b Earhart could have landed on a
different island, called Nikumaroro, 7 Sample answers:
and subsequently died since the A new project aims to create a
island is uninhabited. genetic profile (fact)
c Earhart was captured while on a Justin Longs family is partially
secret mission to the Japanese- funding the DNA project (fact)
controlled Marshall Islands in the claims that a bone found on the
North Pacific and eventually returned South Pacific island of Nikumaroro is
to the USA with a new identity. Earharts. (opinion)
which they believed might have
2 1 the theory that Earhart landed on
been from one of Earharts fingers.
Nikumaroro
(opinion)
2 DNA sampling
3 It will prove where Earhart 8d (page 100)
crashed.
1 1b 2a 3b
3 1 His family is partially funding the
2 Story 1:
DNA project.
1 Sheep are reflecting the sun back
2 No hair samples from Earhart are
into the atmosphere because they
known.
are white.
3 About 99 per cent of the genome is
2 No
identical among all humans, so the
3 April 1st
team needs to have enough material
to show that the DNA belongs to Story 2:
Earhart and nobody else. 1 Blue 20 euro notes are forged
2 Yes
4 1 funding 5 assumption
3 April 1st
2 reveal 6 profile
3 archive 7 identical
Story 3: heavy rain may have left it exposed
1 Petrol prices have halved, so the on the surface.
girl has filled her dads car with
2c The main events are in chronological
petrol but its a diesel car.
sequence.
2 Yes
Background information is inserted
3 April 1st
after the main event.
3 1 Oh yeah?
3a accidentally = by mistake
2 Come off it!
unfortunately = we are sorry to say
3 Youre having me on!
temporarily = for a short time
4 That cant be right!
immediately = at once
5 You must be joking!
apparently = it seems that
6 Are you sure?
7 They must have made a mistake. 3b 1 Quickly 4 Rapidly
8 Really?
2 (both correct) 5 sadly
9 Are you serious?
3 amazingly 6 Slowly
8e (page 101)
3c 3 Internet services were gradually
1 It is a true story.
restored across the region.
2a 1 A woman accidentally cut through This could go after temporarily
an underground cable. affected.
2 an elderly Georgian woman
6 Hopefully, the police will release the
3 in Georgia
woman because of her age.
2b 1 She was digging for metal when This could go after three years in
her spade damaged the fibre-optic prison.
cable.
2 Internet services to Armenia were
cut off. A monitoring system detected 3 driving, hiking in the rain forest,
the damage. A security team went to holding bees, working with a beehive,
the spot. The woman was arrested. putting his hand in a beehive
3 The woman was digging for metal.
4 1 over 30 years
Georgia provides 90 per cent of
2 deep in the rain forest of Panama
Armenias Internet. The cable is
3 300
protected, but apparently landslides or

4 The killer bee has better skills and all plants reproduce. Without the
is using up the resources needed by native bees, Roubik was worried that
the native bees. the rain forests couldnt survive. To
5 They pollinate plants and provide understand the true effects of the
food. killer bees, Roubik must study them
6 all sorts of places, from high in the up close.
tops of trees to underground holes Unit 8 Review (page 104)
7 to improve the honey production of
1 b, e 2 a, f 3 c, d
native bees
a must d cant have
8 The bees escaped and spread across
b cant e might
the continent.
c might have f must
5 1T 2F 3F 4T 5T 6T 7F 8F
4 1 oxygen, nitrogen
(See also the underlined phrases in
2 flies, ants, butterflies
the video script.)
3 ancient, prehistoric
Part 2
4 theory, facts
03.0603.34
5 Sample answers:
People were worried about how the 1 when you change aspects of a photo
bees would affect the environment. when editing
By 1982, this powerful foreign bee 2 the part of a plant that the leaves are
had crossed almost the entire South attached to
American continent. It was starting to 3 things that stick to other things, e.g.
make its home in Panama. glue, jam
4 Arctic tern and salmon
03.3504.06 According to Roubik, the 5 They move water to places where it
newspapers and television mostly is needed.
talked only of a group of killer bees. 6 a collection of documents
He says that they invented this story 7 detectives, archaeologists
for excitement, but they didnt really 8 no
discuss the important story. The 9 discoveries
biggest danger was not to man, but to 10 digging
the future of the Latin American rain
6 youre joking; come off it; hold on;
forests. Native bees are pollinators
that cant be right; you cant be
that play an important role in making
serious; are you sure?
Life the + plural countable noun: policemen,
interactive voice menus, payments,
Afghan people
Unit 9
the + uncountable noun: Afghan
Opener (page 105) National Police, economy, cash
2 1 new phone, his mum zero article + plural countable noun:
2 video games people, mobile phones, (big) towns,
3 jewellery cities, things, bills, goods, mobiles,

(salary) payments
zero article + uncountable noun: mobile
4 Tick the following: 2, 3, 4
technology, personal banking,
5 Sentences 2 and 5 are correct. technology, mobile banking, cash
1 There are approximately five

9 8 their (salaries)
billion mobile phones
3 you can talk to your mobile. 10 1 a 5 your
4 A new mobile banking scheme has 2 your, a 6 , an
started in Afghanistan. 3 the 7 all
6 The Afghan National Police 4 their 8 each
7 receive their salaries on their

mobiles.
8 Each police officer gets a text 2 1 Laura Morelli
message 2 She is a shopping expert.

3 hand-made crafts or fair-trade
7 1c 2b 3d 4a products
8 a/an + singular noun: bank account, 3 1D 2A 3C 4E

example, (good) place, payment, text
message 4 1 main verb: are bought
2 main verb: have been made
the + singular countable noun: list, 3 main verb: can be ordered
mobile phone network, (new) system,
way, bank Information about who or what does
the action is not given in the
sentences.

5 1 This eco-basketball has been 9c (pages 110 and 111)
produced
2 a
2 profits are donated
3 have been grown free from 3 1 The main people are Andrew
chemical pesticides McCarthy, the writer, Sam, his eight-
4 Water-recycling methods are being year-old son, and Mohamed, a friend
introduced who owns a shop in New York. They
5 Profits from these flowers will be go to Morocco to bargain for and buy
used to support school projects things in the suq.
6 cowboy boots are based on an 2 He buys a tall, cobalt blue, tear-
original design shaped vial for 200 dirham ($24) and
7 but have been decorated with an an ornate box for 1,300 dirham.
explosion of colour 3 the box
8 Turquoise was being mined when
4 1 freshly-squeezed orange juice
the Spanish arrived
2 world-famous market
6 be + the past participle form of the 3 lethal-looking swords
main verb 4 soft hand-dyed fabrics
5 large camel bones
7 1 is paid
6 massive copper lamps
2 are taken
7 tall, cobalt blue, tear-shaped vial
3 have been weighed
8 old perfume bottle
4 get
9 bright yellow, Moroccan mens
5 are using
slippers
6 are being reviewed
7 will be contracted 5 1 The first thing you say is Too
8 can be packed and sold much bezaf and then walk away.
2 When you see something you like,
8 1 have been sold
maybe a lamp, you ask about
2 has been adapted
something else instead. Then, as you
3 has been translated
walk out, you ask, And how much is
4 was nominated
that lamp?
5 is worn
3 Dont always give an offer. Make
6 was viewed
them continue to lower the price
7 were downloaded
4 Wear something Moroccan.
8 was bought

6 Sam followed advice 2, 3 and 4. It as long as shes got the receipt,
was effective because he bought the Can you gift-wrap it for me?
box at half the original price. we dont actually do gift-wrapping,
do you have the reference number or
9d (page 112)
the model name?
1 Conversation 1 Yes, its Byunk. The number is 00 389
1 a jewellers 276.
2 a silver chain let me see if its in stock.
3 yes The website said available
What about delivery? How much do
Conversation 2
you charge for delivery?
1 a furniture shop
Can you tell me your postcode? The
2 a sofa
charges go by area.
3 yes
how do I get to the tills, sorry?
2 Can I have a look at this silver chain? Just follow the yellow arrows.
C
9e (page 113)
Its in the sale actually, its got 20 per
cent off. A 1 The information tells the buyer
I was looking for something more everything they need to know about the
delicate. C item in order to decide if they want to
Can she return it if she doesnt like it? buy it and how much money to offer. It
C also gives the practical details they
Excuse me, are you on the living need for payment.
room section? C
2 no information about the seller
Do you have the reference number or
condition used, some marks, good
the model name? A
condition
Let me see if its in stock. A
description orange, hand-woven
How much do you charge for
deep pile round wool rug, 250cm
delivery? C
payment Paypal, cash
You can pay by card or in cash. A
postage free local pick up
3 Can she return it if she doesnt like it, starting price 10
though? reason for selling moving to a new
Yes, she can exchange it within ten house
days.
3a It was a gift from my parents.
New house is in the country, so we 3 a bar of chocolate: cocoa beans
are going to have rustic themed Ghana
decor. a pair of jeans: cotton Egypt
Its such a shame to throw it away, so a sandwich: wheat Canada
I hope that I can get a sale rather than jewellery: gold South Africa
have to take it for recycling. mobile phone batteries: lithium Chile
perfume: flowers south of France
3b 1, 3 and 5 are relevant
1: after This rug is in used 6 bank account, bank card, bank
condition. statement, bank transfer, credit card,
3: after otherwise it is in good credit statement, debit card, debit
condition statement, savings account
5: after Local pick up preferred.
7 The website said available this
9f (pages 114 and 115) morning. What about delivery? We
dont actually do gift-wrapping. Let me
3 1 a metal table
see if its in stock. Have you got the
2 eggs
receipt? Can she return it if she doesnt
3 birds in cages
like it?
4 kaftans
5 dates and apricots
6 a man carrying vegetables
7 carpets
8 a donkey
4 1c 2c 3a 4b 5b 6a
5 1 a, b, e, g
2c 3d 4f 5h 6i
2 1 The 7a 13 the
2 8 The 14
3 9 the 15 A
4 each 10 16 the
5a 11 every 17 a
6 their 12 a 18 a

Life it can move, twist and bend like a real
limb.
5 1
Unit 10
1 a TV series
Opener (page 117) 2 a woman

3 a process
2 Problems mentioned: carrying your
4 things
food in a heavy backpack; high
5 people
temperatures; going up massive sand
6 a time
dunes; very long distance to run;
2 that and which
running with little or no sleep
3 4a
3 1 52 and 47
6 essential
2 Steve Holman is running 200
kilometres, Leslie Antonis ran 160 7 which suggests that this bionic future is
kilometres, a regular marathon is 42 already here
kilometres. whose arm was amputated in a traffic
3 Students own answers accident

who has had a full face transplant
10a (pages 118 and 119)
which actually grows human organs
1 The main character in the Terminator who injured her arm
films, played by Arnold where they specialise in bionics
Schwarzenegger, was a cyborg, a which fits onto her shoulder
mixture of man and machine. that we take for granted

who have lost the use of a limb
2 bionic devices
when the blind can see
face transplants
growing new organs 8 1 who 4 when
2 who 5 where
3 1c 2f 3d 4a 5e 6b
3 which 6 whose
4 Sample answers:
11 1 injured 5 hurt
A bionic limb can perform more
2 heal 6 treatment
functions than a traditional artificial
3 appointment 7 monitoring
limb, e.g. lifting and holding things;
4 cure 8 painful

10b (pages 120 and 121) Could and might express uncertainty,
would is a more certain consequence.
1 1F 2T 3T 4T
9 The speaker uses the first conditional
2 1 a thousand-year process to make
because the condition is real the
Mars green and inhabitable
speaker is making a serious
2 to show that over time the planet
prediction about the future.
will become greener with life on it
3 They are domes for gardens and 10 1 had, would be
habitations. 2 would take
3 Would be
3 1c 2a 3b 4d
4 would happen, melted
4 1 600 years 5 would change, increased
2 releasing carbon dioxide 6 would learn
3 It would provide more land for us,
1 It might begin with a series of
and we might learn to manage Earth
eighteen-month survey missions.
better.
2 It would take six months.
6 1 If + past simple (warmed), would + 3 Yes, it would.
infinitive (grow) 4 It would release carbon dioxide.
2 If + past simple (was), would (not) + 5 The temperature would go up.
infinitive (be) 6 We would learn to manage our
limited Earth better.
7 1 the present or the future
2 improbable 10c (pages 122 and 123)
8 If we tried to, could we really 1 b

transform the frozen surface Mars
2 Student A
?
1 Diane Van Deren
If we warmed it up and threw in some
2 Yukon Arctic Ultra
seeds, plants would grow there.
3 February 2009
If we transformed Mars, we might
4 700 kilometres
learn to manage our limited Earth
5 11 days
better.
6 frozen fruit and nut bars
If I was an astronaut, I wouldnt be
keen on that six-month journey! Student B
1 John Dau

2 Sudan 10d (page 124)
3 1987
1 Allergic reactions: food poisoning,
4 1,600 kilometres
insect bites, wasp and bee stings
5 14 years
6 grass and mud Cuts and bruises: blades and knives,
falling off something, falling over,
5 Diane
tripping up
1 Following an operation, she
realised she could run for hours Sprains and breaks: falling off
so she started doing something, falling over, tripping up
ultramarathons.
3 Cuts and bruises: That looks nasty!
2 choice
Its nothing. It might need stitches.
3 She has given herself purpose
in life. Allergic reactions: Ive been stung. It
4 She is an inspiration for others. looks a bit swollen. Its painful. I feel
a bit sick.
John
1 He was escaping from soldiers Sprains and breaks: It hurts when I
sent to destroy his village. move it. Its just a sprain. You might
2 necessity have broken something.
3 He has survived and had an
4 1 Youd better wash it straightaway. If
opportunity to get educated in the
I were you, Id go down to A&E. I
USA.
would keep an eye on it.
4 He took care of younger
2 You should put some antihistamine
children.
cream on it.
6 Students own ideas 3 It might be worth getting it X-rayed. I
wouldnt just ignore it. Why dont you
8 1b 2a 3b 4c
go and see Rosana?
9 1 happens
5a When weakly stressed, and is
2 started (as a hobby or sport)
pronounced /Yn(d)/
3 remove
4 left (the ground in a plane) 5c Day and night, doctors and nurses,
5 deprived him of it eyes and ears, food and drink, fruit and
6 accepted nuts, hands and knees, mind and body,
rich and famous

10e (page 125) In fact, to be honest, actually
Before I forget, Incidentally, By the
1 Sample answers:
way
car trouble: mechanic, friend Anyway, Well, So
All the same, Even so, However, The
difficulties at work: manager,
thing is
colleague, personnel department
5b 1 In fact / Actually
money worries: bank manager,
2 of course
financial advisor, parent
3 Before I forget / Incidentally / By
personal problems: partner, close the way
friend, counsellor, psychiatrist 4 Anyway / Well
5 All the same / Even so
relationship dilemmas: close friend,
counsellor, psychiatrist 10f (pages 126 and 127)
2 c 3 The people do all the activities except

sailing and flying
3 Its informal because it uses informal
expressions (Hi there, Thanks so 4 1b 2c 3a
much , I bet you wish you were me,
5 1 lack of oxygen
The things is, By the way) and
2 native Tibetans
abbreviations (Ive got, Its, Id).
3
4 Sample answers: a make fire
I would advise Kate to go, it would be b use it to keep warm
a wonderful opportunity, and she c take it with them
would get some good experience that 4 It may prove that people are
might help her to get a better job genetically adapted to high altitudes.
when she comes back.
6 1 breath 4 survival, intense
I would advise her not to go. She 2 strategy 5 tools, needles
might not be able to find a job when 3 prospect
she comes back. Jobs are difficult to
find at the moment.
5a Clearly, naturally, obviously, of 4 an adrenalin junkie = somebody who

loves doing exciting things (e.g. base
course
jumping, bungee jumping)
bravery = when you dare to do
something dangerous or difficult (e.g.
a soldier who risks his life to save
someone)
a dangerous place = a place where
you could be injured or die (e.g. a
remote jungle, the Arctic)
extreme sports = sports that involve
danger (e.g. ski jumping, sky diving,
cliff diving)
a life threatening situation = a
situation in which somebody might
die (many examples)
5 1 plane (others are places you stay)

2 heal (others are treatments / tests)
3 mirror (the others are types or parts
of plants)
4 pain (the others are medical jobs)
7 Sample answers:
1 get (broken bone)
2 phone (serious allergy)
3 going (sprain)
4 taking (bee sting)
5 put (cut, bite, sting)

Life young people leaving to live and work
in cities.
2 1 Funai released photos of an

Unit 11
uncontacted Amazonian tribe and
Opener (page 129) said that the tribe was under threat
because of logging.
1 It could appear on the front page or in
2 Survival International said that the
the world news section.
photos were genuine and that the tribe
It is more likely to appear in a colour
now lived without contact with the
supplement or in a features section.
outside world.
2 Sample answers: 3 The Peruvian government suggested
1 I always know whats happening in that the story was no more than a
the world / I dont buy a newspaper. strategy by groups opposed to
2 depressing / boring. development of the areas resources. It
3 it probably isnt all true. later agreed to work with the Brazilian
4 I dont like sport. authorities to stop illegal logging in the

area.
3 1 I can keep up with business news.
4 The BBC showed unseen footage of
2 depressing.
the tribe in a documentary.
3 celebrities often say they are
misquoted by journalists. 3 1 Some people asked if the tribe was
4 Im not that interested in sport. truly uncontacted; the NGO Survival

International said that they were
11a (pages 130 and 131)
confident that the photos were genuine;
1 1 The photo shows members of an the Peruvian government suggested
uncontacted tribe deep in the that the story was no more than a
Amazon basin. strategy
2 Parts of the Amazon basin, remote 2 The images went viral. Survival
islands in the Indian Ocean, New Internationals website had over a
Guinea in the Pacific. million hits in three days. The images
3 Threats include the destruction of provoked a worldwide reaction on
the local environment for logging or Facebook, YouTube and Vimeo.
mineral exploitation, contact with Three days later, the Peruvian
diseases they have no immunity to, government announced that they
would work with the Brazilian
authorities to stop illegal logging in The story is no more than a strategy by
the area. groups opposed to development of the
areas resources.
4 b, c and d
The images spread across the world
5 1 is 2 Is 3 We
within minutes.
6 The Survival International
Why has nobody done anything to
spokesman explained that his
save these tribes?
organisation wasnt suggesting that
the tribe had never had any contact We will work with the Brazilian
with the outside world but that they authorities to stop illegal logging in the
now lived without it. area.
The Peruvian government suggested One image has had more impact than
that the story was no more than a one thousand reports.
strategy by groups opposed to
8 1 c A Funai spokesperson said /
development of the areas resources.
announced that they had taken the
Survival International said the images photos to show that these people
had spread across the world within existed.
minutes. 2 b / c / d A spokesperson asked how
many tribes like this (those) there were.
A typical post asked why nobody had
3 a A language expert said / argued that
done anything to save these tribes.
the term uncontacted was more of a
The Peruvian government announced media word than a scientific term.
that they would work with the 4 b An anonymous poster asked if /
Brazilian authorities to stop illegal whether unseen tribes existed.
logging in the area. 5 d A Peruvian government official
said / agreed that everyone had heard
As a Funai spokesperson said later,
of them, but (said that) there was no
one image had had more impact than
evidence.
one thousand reports.
6 c A Funai spokesperson said that if
7 My organisation isnt suggesting that we didnt save these (those) tribes,
the tribe has never had any contact this would happen to all of us.
with the outside world but that they
9 1 had made 7 needed
now live without it.
2 had helped 8 didnt have
3 had followed 9 wasnt marked 3 Amy invited Jared to come and watch
4 had 10 would take the film on their new flat screen TV.
5 didnt kill 11 was 4 Dinah told Amy to plug in the battery
6 had died 12 could stop charger first.
5 Jared offered to put the photos on the
11b (pages x and x)
computer for Dinah.
1 1 Twitter 4 broadband 6 Amy promised to switch it off when
2 texting 5 Skype she was finished.
3 Flickr 6 blog
12 I didnt realise Twitter could be useful
4 1 headline 5 3 headline 1 for anything!
2 headline 3 4 headline 2 I thought it was today.
I wondered if you had.
5 1c 2b 3a 4b
I didnt think that you could do that.
7 1 The journalist asks her Twitter I know who you mean.
followers to suggest things to do.
11c (pages 134 and 135)
2 The blog reminds readers not to use
telescopes. 2 the printing press = a machine invented
3 The company told people not to 500 years ago for printing books
turn up for work. connecting tools = types of digital
4 The politician invited aliens to meet technology that allow us to
him. communicate with others
digital communication =
8 and 9
communicating through technology
b The verb form is to + infinitive.
social networking = communicating
10 Sample answers: with friends, family and others by
1 Could you suggest things to do? means of websites
2 Remember not to use telescopes. digital media / new media = means of
3 Dont turn up for work. digital communication
4 Would you like to meet me?
3 1b 2a 3b 4a
11 1 Dinah reminded Amy to turn off
4 1 can change
her mobile.
2 might not have
2 Jared asked Dinah to set up her
3 have not started
email account.

5 1 communication is fundamental Could I speak to Jess Parker, please?
to our relationships and so it follows Can I take a message?
that a change in the way we Its about the apartment.
communicate will change those Im returning her call.
relationships. Im on 96235601.
2 its a relationship without any Whos calling?
real responsibility which you can turn Ill try and call you later.
off at any moment. So does it make Ill let her know that you rang.
sense to talk about a YouTube Shell get back to you.
community?
3 Tony:
3 Its pretty amazing that I have this
1
little box sitting on my desk through
3 2 The woman says that Roger
which I can talk to any one of a
didnt leave his number but
billion people. And yet do any of us
he did.
really use it for all the potential thats
there? Jess:
1
7 The last time communication
2 2 The callers name was Roger
technology had such a wide-ranging
not Simon.
impact was (a)
It has been viewed millions of times 5b 1 Could you give me your name /
(a) number / address, please?
Its the tragedy of our times (b) 2 Can I leave my name / number /
address ?
8 1e 2d 3a 4c 5b
3 Could you ask him/her to call me
11d (page 136) back / get in touch / give me a ring?
4 Can I make an appointment?
1 For: Tony Price
5 Can I call round?
From: Roger
Message: Hes calling about the 11e (page 137)
apartment for rent in the town centre.
1 1 Ms Macy mentioned that a woman
For: Jess Parker had seen her cat through her window
From: Roger Lee on Street View.
Message: Hes returning her call.
2 This is a message for Tony Price.

Mr Ross was worried that house this information is already widely
numbers or peoples faces would be available. Mr and Mrs Lund said that
visible. burglars dont need Street View to
2 Ms Falco made the point that the carry out burglaries. There was general
same satellite information is already agreement with this view. Some
available elsewhere on the Internet. questions were asked about the idea.
Mr and Mrs Lund thought that the Somebody asked if a street could opt
information wouldnt make burglary out of Street View. Another resident
more likely. asked if we were covered by any
3 Ms Falco was to investigate the privacy laws. Someone asked what the
situation (contact Google, other legal situation was.
residents associations, etc.) and get
Ms Falco agreed to investigate by
back to the other residents.
contacting Google, other residents
2a 1 It refers to part 1.1. associations, and so on. She said that
2 The notes use key words and she would get back to us.
symbols. In the report the writer uses
11f (pages 138 and 139)
full sentences and reported speech.
3 1
2b Sample answers:
1 to ski across Antarctica.
1 The next meeting will be on the 2nd
2 to find out more about themselves
November.
3 extreme cold and wind, pulling
2 Mr and Mrs Watts will be absent.
heavy loads
3 They will phone on Thursday or
2 The women wrote an online journal
Friday.
on an Internet site.
4 The second item on the agenda was
street lights. 4 a3 b1 c7 d4 e6 f8 g5 h2
5 What is the address?
5 1T 2T 3F 4F 5F 6F 7T 8T
6 Ask at the library, town hall, and so
on. (see also the underlined phrases in the
7 This is not a big problem. In video script.)
addition, its easy to solve.
00.0100.30 They were two women
3 Sample answers: with one goal. Liv Arnesen and Ann
Ms Falco said that satellite image Bancroft dreamed of becoming the
websites provide more detail and that

first women in history to ski across health issue (i.e. there is still cause
Antarctica. for concern)

3 asked, suggested, told, reminded, said,
a book, No Horizon is So Far, in said
which they shared their reasons for
Are there any health risks?
exploring the planet.
Overuse of mobiles is dangerous.

Limit the time and frequency of your
00.4401.23 Sometimes they had
mobile calls.
to use their food to warm their
Dont allow your children to use
fingers, to get the blood moving
mobiles.
again. During their adventure, Liv
The danger to young people has
and Ann shared their story with
become a mental health issue.
people from a hundred and fifty
Vulnerable young people are
countries through an online journal.
becoming addicted to the online world
01.2401.41 Ann I think the thing

thats fabulous about opening the
story up to others, is it comes back. 5 1 features
And its not just remarking on what 2 politics and society
were doing. What we ended up 3 business
getting were other peoples dreams. 4 sports pages
5 national news
6 1e 2d 3b 4a 5f 6c
6 comment and analysis
Unit 11 Review (page 140) 7 entertainment
2 The news item supports statement 2, 8 world news
but it contradicts statements 1 and 3.

7 1e No, Im sorry, he isnt.
1 there is still no definitive evidence 2c Yes, sure.
of this. 3b OK, do you want him to call
2 governments reminded parents you?
not to allow their children to use 4d Right, Ill tell him.
mobiles. 5a Bye
3 the danger to young people had

become a mental, not a physical,

Life Beths story: bones, tusks, mammoth,
mummies, remote, deserted, eaten
alive, bite, go mad
Unit 12
6 1 She was with local trackers and
Opener (page 141) guides.

2 a lot of screaming and shouting
1 The fisherman ties a snare or puts a
3 They had placed their camp on an
ring around the cormorants throat.
elephant path.
This means that it can swallow small
4 It was flattened.
fish but not big fish. As a result, the
5 mammoth bones, tusks and
fisherman is able to force the
mummies
cormorant to cough up any big fish it
6 It was remote and deserted.
has caught when it returns to the
7 There were millions of mosquitoes.
boat.
8 They put mosquito nets over their
3 1 No, but its easier at night. heads.
2 They are very fast. They can catch

7 1 Emma 4 Emma
fish more quickly than me.
2 Beth 5 Beth
3 I put a ring around their neck to
3 Beth 6 Emma
stop them swallowing the bigger fish.
4 No they know that if they stay 9 1c 2c 3d 4a 5a 6b
with me, they have an easy life. 10 1 shouldnt have eaten

5 All my life. 2 couldnt have felt
12a (pages 142 and 143) 3 should have had

4 should have taken
3 1 Emma is a wildlife researcher, and
5 could have died
Beth is a biologist.
2 Emma goes to places with tough 12b (pages 144 and 145)
conditions such as the African forest. 1 Sample answers:

Beth often goes to Siberia. 1 It is cold, hostile, remote,
3 Suggested ideas: Africa heat, inhospitable, and in winter it is dark. In
insects, wild animals; Siberia cold, summer, the days are very long but it is
wild animals still very cold and covered in snow.
5 Emmas story: eye-opener, 2 Challenges include travelling long
trumpeting, steps, flattened distances across snow, keeping warm,

finding their route without roads, 8 2 The men wouldnt have been
carrying food, polar bears. exhausted if dogs had pulled their
3 Traditionally, they lived in igloos, sledges.
hunted seals and fish with harpoons, 3 The sledges wouldnt have been
wore sealskins and snow shoes, and heavy if the men had only taken
travelled long distances seeking food. essential items.
Today, few follow this traditional 4 The men wouldnt have got scurvy
lifestyle. if they had eaten Inuit food.
5 They wouldnt have become ill if
2 1 to find the Northwest Passage from
they had known their canned food
the Atlantic to Asia
was poisonous.
2 Most journeys ended in failure and
6 They wouldnt have got stuck in the
tragedy.
ice if they had asked local people.
3 brave and foolish
7 The expeditions would have been
3 1F 2F 3T 4T 5T successful if they had followed local
customs.
5 1 If + had + past participle (past
perfect form), would + have + past 9 1 b If we had planned everything
participle better, the holiday wouldnt have
2 would(nt) + have + past participle, been a disaster.
if + had(nt) + past participle (past 2 c We wouldnt have got lost if
perfect form) we had known how to read the road
signs.
6 1 a No b No
3 e We would have been able to
2 a Yes b Yes
ask for help if we had taken a phrase
7 British explorers could have avoided book.
starvation, frostbite and even death if 4 d If the local people hadnt given
they had copied the survival us directions, we wouldnt have found
techniques of the local Inuit people. our way back to the main road.
5 a If we had remembered to check
If the explorers had worn sealskin
the museum opening times, we
and furs like the Inuit, they wouldnt
wouldnt have got there too late.
have suffered from frostbite
6 f We could have got into the
Could is used in the first example to museum if we had dressed in
express possibility. appropriate clothes.

12c (pages 146 and 147) 4 Insert after: The samurai have
inspired hundreds of films, video
2 Sample answers:
games, comic books, and TV dramas.
Combat is a type of fighting; soldiers
fight their enemies; opponents are 7 1a 2b 3b 4b
enemies; a sword is a weapon;
8 1 didnt work as expected
generals lead armies
2 continue
3 1 They were the elite warrior class. 3 rising / increasing
2 Japan 4 became silent
3 from the tenth century to the 5 carry out
nineteenth century 6 make an attempt / try
4 They were employed by wealthy
12d (page 148)
landowners to fight, and went into
battle on horseback. They also 4 1
challenged opponents to ritualised 1 One of the speakers doesnt eat
combat, trained for hand-to-hand meat.
combat, socialised with artists, and 2 One of the speakers broke a
practised calligraphy, flower tray of good glasses.
arranging and the tea ceremony. 3 One of the speakers is late
because the bus was late.
4 1T 2F 3T 4F 5T
2
5 1 appeal 5 savage
1b 2a 3c
2 overcoming 6 unarmed
3 fierce 7 threat 3
4 battle-weary 8 lone 1 The guest eats the vegetables and
leaves the meat.
6 1 Insert after: Our message here is
2 The person who didnt break the
that if you try hard, at kendo or
glasses apologises.
anything else, you will enjoy life.
3 The person who is late
2 Insert after: the wealthy
apologises.
landowners might not have decided to
employ private soldiers and the 5 The expressions in 1 are quite formal
samurai might never have existed. and less likely to be used with friends
3 Insert after: went to the theatre. or family.

The expressions in 2 are very 4 A
informal and could sound rude. 1 fish (sometimes octopus)
2 from two sharp spines on its fins
The expressions in 3 are quite
3 a fierce predator, travels in packs
neutral.
B
12e (page 149) 4 camouflage, releasing ink, fast
movement
2 and 3
5 fish, prawns, crabs
Take a small gift for your hosts.
Show an interest in British and Irish 5 1 in a giant aquarium tank
culture. 2 why sharks were dying
Take some photos from home so you 3 The octopus was killing them.
can talk about the photos to your 4 because they usually only eat small
hosts. creatures
Dont behave like a tourist normal 5 arms and beak
life is what you are there to
6 1 fierce
experience!
2 predator
Be punctual, polite and sociable.
3 tank
5a All these things are fine, so they 4 bodies
have been checked. 5 welfare
6 creature
5b them = families in Britain and
7 kill
Ireland
8 responsible
5c these things = they
in their home = there
a gift from a guest = the same 2 It won the prize because of the patience
Your stay = It and dedication of the photographer and
British and Irish = their the appearance of the snow leopard.
the photos = them
1 had been
Taking the photos = This
2 wouldnt have got
a tourist = one
3 could have frozen
Normal life is = Thats
4 wouldnt have been able
12f (pages 150 and 151) 5 would have turned out
3 The octopus kills the sharks. 6 hadnt gone

3 1 If his father hadnt given him a
camera, he might not have become a
photographer.
2 He might not have found the snow
leopard (because its very hard to
find)
3 He should have moved up the
mountain earlier.
4 If National Geographic hadnt
commissioned the assignment, Steve
wouldnt / mightnt have got this
photo / won the prize.
4 1 igloo, tent
2 backpack, suitcase
3 hammock, sleeping bag
4 guide, healer
5 canned food, dried food
6 1 Dont worry about it

2 Well, dont blame me
3 No, its my fault.
4 Its not your fault.

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Life Answer Key

The Huli villager is putting on face 6

Life Intermediate National Geographic Learning 1

10 Sample answers: 8 Blue Yellow

Life Intermediate National Geographic Learning 2

Life Intermediate National Geographic Learning 4

5 athlete, biologist, colleague,

Life Intermediate National Geographic Learning 5

musicians) 3 have mixed 6 have made

6 clown (all the others are types of 2, 5 and 6 are irregular

3 1 the theatre 10 For: a couple of days, a few months, a

1 1 charango Cuba the day before yesterday

2 blues USA 11 1 I have lived in this town for three

4 1 influences 4 British school.

2 six 5 singer 4 I havent listened to Peter Gabriel

3 Zulu 6 Belgium for ages.

Life Intermediate National Geographic Learning 6

6 I cant imagine doing anything else; 2 Sample answer:

5 b and c agree with the text 4 1 really, absolutely

7 c 3 Facts: Baz Luhrmann is a film

Life Intermediate National Geographic Learning 9

Unit 2 Review (page 32)

3 1 Ive lived in Japan for three

Life Intermediate National Geographic Learning 10

10 1 I was taking a photo of the hippo

Opener (page 33) water.

3a (pages 34 and 35) 4 bought 9 got

saw the hippo? two missing US nuclear submarines.

the hippo? realised that a lot of people had died on

Life Intermediate National Geographic Learning 11

4 1 b, c, a 2 b, c, a 3 c, a, b 3c (pages 38 and 39)

1 b and c, agreed (had agreed in 2 Sample answers:

6 1 I got into the pool. 1 Sample answers:

Life Intermediate National Geographic Learning 14

2 1, 2, 3, 9, 10, 12, 13, 15 and 16 are

3 lake, marina , ocean, pool, reservoir,

4 Students own answers

Life Intermediate National Geographic Learning 15

rewarding, well-paid 3 1 an accountant

satisfying 2 Meena Shekaran

Train driver: responsible, routine, 3 Kashinath Manna

secure, badly paid 4 Tamil Selvan

Vet: dirty, responsible, rewarding, 6 (See answer key to Exercise 7)

fighter) cars he makes (the author of the

b office worker article not 100% sure)

c fireman: exciting, satisfying, India will be the worlds third largest

Life Intermediate National Geographic Learning 17

11 1 pass an exam 3 do a training 5 Nobody in the developed world should

Life Intermediate National Geographic Learning 18

6 1P 2 both 3N 4 1 Yes 2 No 3 Smart clothes, a suit

7 c 5 is it all right if I give you as my

1 1 assisting the Research Coordinator, 4a concise sentences: I will graduate in

standard phrases to open and close

4b 1 I shall finish my degree soon.

4f (pages 54 and 55)

Unit 4 Review (page 56)

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Opener (page 57) 2 1d 2b 3a 4c 5e

1 Sample answers: 3 1 F (Fay has worked on several major

1 It looks like a wildlife holiday in conservation projects in Africa and

2 No, its probably a once in a 2 F (he hasnt slept in a bed more

expensive. Conditions would be 3 F (his injuries werent life-