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Unit Grammar Vocabulary Real life (functions) Pronunciation

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present tenses review friends: nouns and meeting people you weak forms in
the passive phrasal verbs know passive verbs
wordbuilding: forming expressive
adjectives from nouns intonation
Relationships word focus: get
pages 9–20

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past simple and present books and films reacting to stories the letter l
perfect simple wordbuilding: synonyms contracted
past tenses review: word focus: keep negative forms
past continuous, past linking and
Storytelling simple, past perfect assimilation
simple, past perfect
pages 21–32 continuous

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future forms review: wordbuilding: prefixes asking for and offering /r/ and /t/ in
will, going to, wordbuilding: compound technical help American English
about to, present nouns (noun + noun) stress in two
continuous, present useful devices syllable verbs
Science and simple word focus: out of
future continuous and
technology future perfect simple
pages 33–44

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expressions of quantity wordbuilding: suffixes describing likes and weak form of
determiners word focus: cool dislikes disappearing
sounds

Art and
creativity
pages 45–56

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verb + infinitive or -ing? features of a city reaching decisions rhyming words
verbs with -ing and to redevelopment
+ infinitive wordbuilding: adverb +
adjective
Development re- verbs
wordbuilding: prefix re-
pages 57–68 with verbs and nouns
word focus: pick

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not in and out getting around intonation in
negative and tag wordbuilding: phrasal questions
questions verbs with in and out intonation in
word focus: mind sentences with
Alternative two clauses

travel
pages 69–80

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 Listening Reading Critical thinking Speaking Writing
three people talking about an article about identifying the main your friends text type: an
important relationships in changing attitudes in aspect the generation gap informal email (1)
their lives China family influences writing skill:
a radio extract about animal an article about greetings and
friendships immigrant families in endings
New York

a conversation about
different accounts of
Ayrton Senna’s life
an interview with a film
critic
a true story about close reading the film of the book text type: a story
dangerous animals a famous writer or writing skill: using
an article about the filmmaker descriptive words
brothers Grimm narrow escapes
storytelling

three people making an article about balancing arguments global problems text type: short
predictions about the augmented reality overpopulation email requests
future an article about information age writing skill: being
a presentation about appropriate predictions polite
overpopulation technology technological
solutions

a conversation about two
people who do artistic
things in their free time
an extract from a radio
programme about what’s
on in Melbourne
an artist’s opinion about
what art is
an article about analysing contrasts participation in the text type: an online
unusual street art arts review
an article about the an art competition writing skill:
origins of rap music and values personalising your
writing

three speakers talking an article about urban fact or opinion changes in your town text type: an
about different types of development in a happy society opinion essay
development Dubai sensitive writing skill: linking
someone talking about an article about a development words
redevelopment in their city hydropower dam evaluating a
an interview with a project in Laos development
journalist talking about project
social development in
southern India

someone describing their a blog about holidays claims and local knowledge text type: a letter of
stay at an ice hotel at home justifications planning a staycation complaint
an interview about volunteer an extract from a opinions about travel writing skill: formal
vacations travel magazine ideas for an unusual language
about historical hotel
hotels

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 Unit Grammar Vocabulary Real life (functions) Pronunciation

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mixed conditional conservation making your point contractions in
sentences oil conditionals
wish, would rather and wordbuilding: collocations sentence stress
if only related to one word
Natural strong feelings
word focus: better
resources
pages 81–92

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reporting verbs photography reporting what you weak forms in
passive reporting verbs the feel-good factor heard verbs
wordbuilding: forming the schwa
adjectives from verbs
The news word focus: word
pages 93–104

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articles: the or zero careers describing skills, talents linking vowels /w/,
article? wordbuilding: verb (+ and experience /j/ and /r/
relative clauses preposition) + noun difficult words
reduced relative clauses collocations
Talented word focus: long

people
pages 105–116

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habitual actions: raising children: verbs describing traditions /uː/ and /juː/
present tenses, will food and eating habits the letter s
used to, usually, be word focus: common
used to and get used weddings
Customs and to wordbuilding: word pairs

behaviour
pages 117–128

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could, was able to, learning getting clarification contrastive
manage to and wordbuilding: idiomatic sentence stress
succeed in expressions linking in question
future in the past word focus: learn forms
Knowledge
and learning
pages 129–140

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focus adverbs only, just, money negotiating the sounds /ʃ/, /ʧ/,
even domestic help /ʒ/ and /ʤ/
focus adverbs too, as wordbuilding: the + sentence stress in
well, also adjective idiomatic phrases
The economy causative have and get getting things done
word focus: hard
pages 141–152

VIDEO: Japan  page 150    REVIEW page 152

COMMUNICATION ACTIVITIES  page 153    GRAMMAR REFERENCE  page 156    AUDIOSCRIPTS  page 174

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 Listening
an ecologist describing how
we can avoid wasting
natural resources
four people talking about
saving water
a radio news report about
the parents of Chinese
university freshmen
television news report of
four good news stories
a description of a mahout’s
job
two friends discussing an
astronaut’s extraordinary
career
an interview about
Emerging Explorers
an anthropologist’s
explanation of the quote
‘manners maketh man’
an extract from a radio
programme about a tribe
with an unusual diet
a psychologist describing a
situation in which you have
to use your intuition
a talk by a psychologist on
memory
extract from a radio
programme with an
economist giving
definitions of poverty and
wealth
an interview with the author
of The Servant Economy
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Reading Critical thinking Speaking Writing
an article about emotive language how we use water text type: a letter to
Ecuador’s plan to conservation the press
protect resources wishes writing skill: giving
an article about vivid examples
Madagascar’s unique
ecology
an article about an different perspectives the ethics of taking text type: minutes
iconic image photographs from a meeting
an article about the good news stories writing skill:
power of the press reputations impersonal
language
an article about an weighing the a career path text type: an online
extraordinary career evidence personal qualities profile
an article about a women at work writing skill: writing
woman who was in note form
king
an article about sources typical behaviour text type: an
the tiger mother food and eating informal email (2)
approach to habits writing skill: elision
parenting customs in your in informal writing
an article about body country
language wedding traditions
an article about an reinforcing ideas acquiring knowledge text type: an
ethnobotanist memory tests email about a
an article about a why you forgot misunderstanding
parrot types of learner writing skill: linking
contrasting ideas
an article about signposts to key the economy in your text type: a report
Norway’s riches information country writing skill: sub-
an article about an getting things done headings and
alternative economic gift giving and bullet points
model exchange
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