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STUDENT'S BOOK I ADVANCED
PAUL DUMMETT
JOHN HUGHES
HELEN STEPHENSON
SECOND EDITION
GEOGRAPHIC LE AR NIN G Australia · Brazil · Mexico · Singapore · United Kingdom · Unted States
NATIONAL
Contents
Unit
1
Lessons for life
pages 9-20
Grammar time phrases the continuous aspect
Vocabulary
personality and identity
wordbuilding: binomial pairs
word focus: life
VIDEO: Arctic wisdom page 18 � REVIEW page 20
2
More than a job
pages 21-32
perfectforms passiveforms
wordbuilding: phrasal verb get
idioms: safety word focus: foot/feet personal qualities
VIDEO: ClimbingYosemite page 30 � REVIEW page 32
3 qualifiers intensifying adverbs
Design for life
pages 33--44
VIDEO: Astory ofsolutions page 42 �
4 Innovation
pages 45-56 future probability past modals
describing towns adverb+ adJective collocations
word focus: ground
REVIEW page 44
wordbuilding: -able phrasal verbcome word focus: give
VIDEO: This man riskedit all page 54 � REVIEW page 56
5
The magic of travel pages 57-68 emphatic structures avoiding repetition repeated word pairs
wordbuilding: synonyms word focus: matter
Real life (functions) Pronunciation
getting toknow people linking in word pairs
presentingyourself
word stress
expressingopinions
making a short pitch speaking skill: making key points
telling an anecdote speaking skill: linking events
VIDEO: On the road: AndrewMcCarthy page 66 � REVIEW page 68
6
Body matters
pages 69-80
phrasal verbs verbpatterns
wordbuilding: compound words injuries
idioms: health
word focus: face
VIDEO: The artofparkour page 78 � REVIEW page 80
discussing proposals
speaking skill: proposing and concedinga point merged words in everyday phrases
quite, fairlyand pretty stressinintensifying adverbs linking vowelsounds (intrusion) weak forms in past modals word stress
do, does and did stress in short responses long sounds
stress in two-syllable verbs toning down negative statements
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!..istening
-:o speakerstalk about 'Tlportant lessons in life
a :alk by asociologist about understanding what makes oeople who they are
Reading
an article about the lessons we learn from the past
an article about the language of Shakespeare
Critical thinking purpose
Speaking
your favourite saying situations in your life call my bluff
Writing
taking notes
writing skill: using abbreviations
:a k aboutthe livelihood of azakh nomads
- 'l:erview with a firefighter
�nption of a photograph
-:erv1ew with an architect a:iout small homes
an article about the Moken people of Myanmar
an article about rock climbing in Yosemite
--::s report about bionic bee, parts
-:e'V1ew about the
-s:::: 'at1on for inventions
an article abouttwo towns with individual characters
an article about the architect Zaha Hadid
analysing language
summarizing
an article aboutthe future of bendable technology
an article about a social entrepreneur
e:-::·act from a talk by a travel
r-a "lterv1ew aboutholidays
ii..-<nownplaces
a travel biog about different approaches to travelling
an articleabout travel in graphicnovels
.2csat1on between two csabouthealth and -'Se
-=-· ew with an ultrarunner : sports injuries
an article about different exercise regimes
an article about beauty
findingcounter arguments
more than ajob safety features your comfort zone
a coveringletter or email
writingskill: fixed expressions
your hometown a bit of luxury how spaces affect you
anopinion essay
writingskill: discourse markers
future solutions how people managed in the past a social business
a proposal
writingskill: making recommendations
evaluatingsources
how you travel a mystery tour knowing places
a review
writing skill: using descriptive words
author influence
exercise trends describing an injury does beauty sell?
a formal report
writing skill: avoiding repetition
3
Unit
Digital media
pages 81-92
Grammar
passive reporting verbs nominalization
Vocabulary
wordbuilding: verb prefix out idioms: business buzz words word focus: break
VIDEO: Talking dictionaries page 90 .,. REVIEW page 92
8
The music in us pages 93-104
the adverbjust purpose and result themes of songs idioms: music word focus: hit
VIDEO: A biopic page 102 11>- REVIEW page 104
9
Window on the past pages 105-116
linking words present and perfect participles
wordbuilding: verb+ preposition crime and punishment word focus: board
VIDEO: Collecting the past page 114 II>- REVIEW page 116
10 Social living pages 117-128
adverbs and adverbial phrases negative adverbials and inversion being a good member of society having fun word focus: free
VIDEO: Initiation with ants page 126 II>- REVIEW page 128
11 Reason and emotion pages 129-140
unreal past forms conditionals and inversion feelings
wordbuilding: heteronyms word focus: beyond
VIDEO: Madeline the robot tamer page 138 .,. REVIEW page 140
12 Mother nature pages 141-152
approximation and vague language would
wordbuilding: adverb+ adjective collocations
idioms: adjective collocations word focus: move
Real life (functions) Pronunciation
making a podcast new words speaking skill: hedging language
your favourite music speaking skill: responding to questions
expressions withjust intonation to express uncertainty
checking, confirming and clarifying
silent letters
making conversation speaking skill: showing interest
sentence stress intonation and elision
recognizing feelings
heteronyms adjectives ending in-ed
a debate speaking skill: interrupting
intonation in interruptions
VIDEO: Three years and 6,000 miles on a horse page 150 II>- REVIEW page 152
COMMUNICATION ACTIVITIES page 153 .,. GRAMMAR SUMMARY page 156 .,. AUDIOSCRIPTS page 180
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Reading
a study ofglobal facts about selfies
an article about a day at ahackers' conference
an interview with a musician about cultural influences a review ofa documentary about Bob Marley
Critical thinking
identifyingpersonal opinion
Speaking
theimpact ofdigital media brands
Writing
a news report
writingskill: cautious language
identifying key points
attitudes to security themes of songs how to relax a charityconcert
an article about what personal lettersreveal aboutour past a story abouthidden treasure
-:-aradio
-"'aooutethnic
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:::c�:the importance
=, a photographer
-:-c:::igraphingpeople
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an article aboutant society
an articleabout the Hadza of Tanzania
unansweredquestions
an important pastevent a case offraud historical irony
a description writingskill: parallel structures
an article about understanding emotions
anarticleabout artificial intelligence in the future
reading betweenthe lines
being agood member of society social games feelingfree
describing a past event writing skill: sequencing events
a discursive essay writing skill: referring to evidence
analysing structure
modernlife mind games technology and occupations
an email message writing skill: avoiding misunderstandings
an article about the different perspectives importance of geoliteracy
an article about how wildlife are movinginto ourcities
natural and man-made features
events in nature
the animal and human worlds
a letter to a newspaper writing skill: persuasivelanguage
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Find
Unit 2 ClimbingYosemite
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out how Jimmy Chin made a career out of mountaineer photography.
Unit 3 A story of solutions
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Find out about how an architecture company made an impact on a small town in the USA.
Unit 8 A biopic
Learn about the inspiration behind the making of the biopic Marley.
Unit 1 Arctic wisdom
Unit 5 On the road: Andr McCar
Learn how a travel experience changed the life of travel writer Andrew McCarthy.
Unit 10 Initiation with ants
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Find out about an unusual ceremony in the Amazonian jungle in Brazil.
. Find out about the impact of an
Unit 6 Theart ofparkour
-c-: Sanga Moses took a risk to �=social enterprise in Uganda.
Unit 7 Talkingdictionaries
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Learn about a project which is helping to preserve dying languages.
Unit 12 Threeyearsand 6,000 miles onahorse
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Unit 9 Collectingthe
past
1a Learningfromthepast
Reading
1 Workinpairs.Readthequotation.
Doyouthinkthisisgoodadvice?Isiteasy tofollow?Discusswithyourpartner. Learnfromthemistakesofothers.Youcan't livelongenoughtomakethemallyourself.
EleanorRoosevelt, Diplomat
2 Readthearticle.Matchtheperson(1-2) withthetypeoflessontheytaught(a-c). Thereisoneextratypeoflesson.
1 Confucius
2 NelsonMandela
a alessonthatisdifficulttofollow b alessonthathasbeenmisinterpreted c alessonthathasbeenforgotten
LEARNING
3 Readthearticleagain.Accordingtothearticle,arethe sentencestrue(T)orfalse(F)?
1 Sometimespeopledon'twanttofollowthelessonsof thepast.T
2 AlotofChinesepeoplefeelthattheirsocietyisnot interestedinthepast.�\
3 China'srapiddevelopmenthasbeguntoslowdown.f
4 Mandelawasnotopposedtoviolenceinprinciple.F
5 NelsonMandelawantedthetwosidesj!tSouthAfricato forgetwhathadhappenedinthepast.1- . _
6 Thewritersuggeststhatmostpeoplearetooselfish:.t\
4 Findwordsorexpressionsinthearticlewiththesemeanings.
1 showtherightdirection(para1)p:i1ht�iiJC<.j
2 periodofsignificantgrowth(para2)cCeMl?o�
3 dosomethingasaresultofinfor�onora 6ic (para3)
4 workhardtowardsagoal(p�a"?i� �
5 copysomeone'sbehaviour(para4)�t I)-��"'t>le,
Whydoweneverseemtolearnfromthepast?Themistakes orcorrectactionsofothersshouldpointthewayforus
governmenthasbecomeworriedthatpeoplearebecoming moreselfishandindividualistic.ManyChinesehavebeen sayingforsometimethatthetraditionalvaluesinsocietyof harmony,respectandhardworkhavebeenlost.Accordingly, ..l1fewyearsagothegovernmentfocusedattentionagainon theteachingsofConfucius. inthefuture.Buteitherweforgettheselessonsorwefail tofollowthemor,insomecases,wedeliberatelychoose toignorethem.Ofallthelessonsthatwehavetolearn, perhapsthemostdifficultishownottobeselfishorthink onlyofourselves.
InChina,thegovernmentistryingtoremindpeopleof thelessonsgivenbyConfucius,theancientphilosopher. BecauseofChina'seconomicboomJnrecentyears,the
_Priortothe1990s,Confucianismhadnotbeenfashionable, butinacountrywhichis_currentlydevelopingatadizzying speed,histeachingsofferasenseofstabilityandorder.
];Jowadays,peopleoftentalkaboutConfucius'ideaofa 'harmonioussociety',eveniftheydonotalwaysactonit.
Sometimesitisdifficulttolearnlessonsbecausethe standardsofthe'teacher'aresohigh.Thisiscertainlythe casewithNelsonMandela,whotriedtospreadthemes§age freconciliationtotwosidesinSouthAfricawhohated anddistruste eac o er eeply.Mandelahadalwaysbeen committedtopeace,andwhilehewaslivinginprison,he decidedthattheonlywaytounitehisdividedcountrywas ifthetwosidescouldtalkaboutwhathadhappenedinthe pastapdbegintorebuildsomemeasurofJr_ys�llthose whostriveforpeacelciiowthatinthelongtermtheywill havetobeginadialoguewiththeirenemy.Yetfewareable tofollowtheexamplesetbyMandela,becauseitrequires suchahighdegreeofunselfishness.Itseemsthatheeding thiswarning-nottobeselfish-isperhapsthehardest lessonofallforpeopletolearn.
dizzying (adj) /'d1ziuJ/very fast and confusing reconciliation (n) /,rek(:i)ns1h'e1J(:i)n/ making peace and re-establishing relations
10 readinglessonsin life • grammar time phrases • speakingyour favourite saying
F R O M
T H E P A S T
Vocabulary and listening personality and identity
1 Workinpairs. Lookatthephoto and caption. Discuss the questions.
1 Whyisthepainter puttinghis hands up?
2 Whatimpression ofthepainterdo yougetfromhis self-portrait?
2 Look attheexpressionstodescribe people. Answer thequestions.
a control freak a dreamer a driven person a family person a free spirit a joker the life and soul of the party an outgoing type
1 What doyou thinkeachexpression means?
2 Whichexpressions doyouthinkare positive,negativeorneutral?
3 Giveanexampleofsomeoneyou know who fitseach description.
3 Lookat these factors whichcan givepeople information aboutyou. Which doyouthink arethemostsignificant?
Number themin order (1-8) of importance.
a your friends
b your work
c yourage
d yourcharacter
e your lifeexperiences
f your interests/hobbies
g your background
h your beliefsand values
4 aJ1lListentoasociologistdescribinghowwedefineourselves. Tick (.1) the factorsin Exercise 3that hementions. Which is the most important,according tohim?
5 IJDListentothe talkagain. Choosethecorrectoption to completethesentences.
1 The speaker thinksthequestion 'What doyoudo?' can sound aggressive I judgmental asaconversationstarter.
2 Sallyhasbeendefined byher background because she didn't growup in the city I a nonnalfamily.
3 Sarahhasdedicatedherlifetohelpingpeople who are ill I live in poor countries.
4 Themostimportant thingforJohn abouthis workis the challenge I security.
5 Jackhasn'tbeen in arelationship sincehe was 34 I 25.
6 Arme wantsschoolchildrentoeat better I more vegetarian food.
12 vocabulary and listening personality and identity • wordbuilding binomial pairs • pronunciation linking in word pairs • grammar the continuous aspect • speaking situations in your life
1b Whatmakesuswhoweare? ..'•ix•.......�:.j/f[lf -���?�: ;, {
Reading
1 Work inpairs. Discuss thequestions.
1 Who are the mostfamous writers inyour country's history? What didthey write?
2 What Shakespeareplaysor characterscanyou name?What doyou knowaboutthem?
2 Readthearticle.Accordingto theauthor,whyare Shakespeare'splaysstillsopopulartoday?
3 Readthe article againandanswer thequestions.
1 What adjective describeswhatEnglandwas likeinShakespeare's time? (para 1)
2 What newelementdidShakespearebring to playwriting,accordingto Bloom?
3 Why doesHamletfindit difficult tomakea decision?
4 In Romeo and Juliet, what is thenurse'sattitude to relationships?
5 WhichadverbmeansthatShakespearewasgood atexpressingideasin justafewwords? (para 4)
6 What verb tellsyou thatShakespearecreated new wordsandexpressions? (para 4)
4 Look at theexpressionsinitalics inparagraph4. Usethemtoreplacethewordsin bold below.
1 Ineeda newjacket. Thisoneis past itsbest.
2 I'm24. Ihavemoneyandauniversity degree. I can do anything I want to.
3 Hesaidthat oneoftheshopsintown would havetherightbattery,butit turned outtobe a search for something that couldn't be found.
4 What the critics sayis not significant. What matters is whetherthepublic likethe film.
5 Everyonesaysit's an obvious result that Johannawillwin, but I'm not socertain.
6 There's nopointtellingherhe'snogood. You can't see the faults in the person you love.
7 Theteacher gotustoplay agameto help people relax at the start.
8 After six differentjobs, I'mwithmy first companyagain. I've arrived back at the starting point.
Critical thinking purpose
5 Which option(s) (a--d) describestheauthor's main purposeforwritingthisarticle? Underline the sentencesin the article that tell youthis.
a to reviewHarold Bloom's book
b toexplain why Shakespeareis popular today
c toexamineifShakespeare'sreputationisjustified d toexamine Shakespeare'scontributionto modem-dayEnglish
6 Didthe author stateher purpose at anypoint?
Inwhichofthesewritingtypesdo youthinkitis importantforanauthortobeginbystatingthe reasonfor writing?
• a description • a business report
• ajobapplication
• apersonalletter
7 Do youthinktheauthor achievedher purpose? Why? / Why not?
Word focus life
8 Lookat thearticleagain. Find words or expressions withtheword life that mean:
1 realistic (para2)
2 for allone's life(para2)
3 witha 'big'personality (para3)
9 Workin pairs. Look attheexpressionswith life in bold. Discusswhat they mean.
1 IsoldmyoldCitroen2CV car lastyearfor £300. NowI'vejust readthat they've become really valuable! That's the story of my life.
2 Workstressisjust a fact of life thesedaysyouhave tolearn todealwithit.
3 Therewerepeopleattheconferencefromall walks of life -writers,students,businesspeople.
4 Mysonwas worried aboutgoing touniversity, but nowhe's having the time of his life.
5 Thanks for driving metothestation-it was a reallife-saver. I'd havemissedmy train.
10 Work ingroups. Eachthinkofa personalexample for two of theexpressionsinExercises8 and 9. Not doing well in exams has been the story ofmy life!
Speaking my life
11 Work in two groups of three. Playthegame Call my bluffusingwordscoinedbyShakespeare.
GroupA: Turntopage 153.
Group B: Turntopage 154.
• Foreachword, rewritethetruedefinitioninyour own words,thenwritetwo false definitions. Write example sentences for each definition.
• GroupAreadsthethreedefinitionsofthefirstword. GroupBmustguesswhichisthetruedefinition.
• Group Bthenreadsthedefinitionsof their first word for GroupAtoguessthetrueone.
• Thenrepeatthisprocedurewiththeotherwords.
12 Think of an aspect of your life. Choose aword related to this, and find theEnglishword. Then play Call my bluff with that word.
14 reading thelanguage of Shakespeare • critical thinking purpose • wordfocus life • speaking call my bluff
1c Immortalwords
�WORDBUILDING binomia'. pe:rs
:=e.-..ain pairsofwordsinEnglish are irreversible, i.e. they c:. ::ays appear inthesameorder.
-:xkand roll (neverref.Iandrock), law and order
=-:::,furtherpractice,see Workbookpage 7and 11.
5 :::...ook at the wordbuildingbox. Choosethe correct �ormoftheseirreversiblewordpairs (a-b).
a Hepicksup pieces and bits I bits and pieces of work as and when I when and as he can.
i:> It seemsthatwhatdefines people first and foremost Iforemost andfirst isexperience.
7 Complete the wordpairsusingthesewords. Discuss what youthinkeachphrase means.
fro games sweet then large wide pains quiet sound
1 Ineed peace and to concentrate.
2 Theyallcamebackfromtheircanoeingtrip safe and .Noonewasinjured, butmost ofthem hadafewachesand
3 Trynot togivealongtalk.Byand it'sbetterto keepit short and
-! People comefrom far and tosee Stonehenge. There arebusloadsof tourists comingto and all day.
:> Youthinkmyjobisall fun and butactuallynow and wedosome serious work too!
B Pronunciation linking in word pairs
ll:fil1Listen tothe wordpairsinExercise 7. Notice a) how thewordsarelinked and b) the pronunciation of and inthe word pairs. Then practise reading the sentences.
Grammar the continuous aspect
)l,, THE CONTINUOUS ASPECT
Present continuous
i ... you fee/as ifpeople are alwaysjudging you
2 It's now becoming a national movement.
Present perfect continuous
3 He has beensaying that since hewas 35.
Past continuous
4 When his children wereborn, he was working as a carpet salesman.
Past perfect continuous
5 Atonepoint, he hadbeen intending to leave the company ...
Future continuous
5 In a fewyears, he won'tbemoving about anymore.
-=or further information andpractice,see page 156.
9 Look at the grammarbox.Whichverbform in bold describes something which:
a isacurrenttrend?
b weexpecttobehappening(nowor)inthefuture?
c started inthepastandisstillcontinuing?
d isthebackgroundtoanothermoreimportant eventinthepast?
e wasinprogressup toapoint inthepast?
f happensregularlyandisirritating?
10 Work in pairs.Whatisthedifferencein meaning, if any, benveen these verb forms?
1 What do you do I are you doing?
2 Myhusband is always phoning I always phones meatwork.
3 I've been reading I I've read thebookyougaveme.
4 WhenI left school, I was working I worked ata restaurantat weekends.
5 Thistimenext week, I'll be sitting I I'll sit ona beachin the Bahamas.
6 He had been working I had worked asa nurse before hebecame aparamedic.
7 She was living I had been living I lived in Germanybefore shemoved to this country.
8 Californiaiseight hours behindus.Anne-Marie will be going I usually goes tobednow.
11 Completethesentencesusing theappropriate continuous form oftheverbs.
1 Marlon'safantastic footballplayer,isn'the? I (watch) himplaying theother day. Iexpectinafewyearshe (play) professionally. Apparently,someclubs (already/ watch)him.
2 Katjaissuchagreat friend. LastweekI (feel) reallyfedupabout workandshe gavemesomechocolatesthatshe (save) foraspecial occasion.
3 Marta (get)veryeccentric. Shekeepsbudgerigarsandrecently she's startedlettingthemout oftheircages;sothey (fly) alloverthehouse.I (sit)inherkitchentheother dayandoneflewdownandlandedonthetable.
Speaking my life
12 Think of examples ofthe following things. Then workin pairs andtake turnsto tell eachother your ideasand ask follow-up questions.
• ahabitof other people that irritates you
• two thingsthat youimagine people youknow willbedoingright now
• a situationthat you hope istemporary
• somethingyou haven'tfinishedbut keep meaningto
• something you hadbeen intendingtodobut then changed yourmind
?
• /ordbuilding binomial pairs
Unit 1 Lessons for life
my life YOUR FAVOURITE SAYING !Jo,, TAKING NOTES SITUATIONS IN YOUR LIFE CALL MY BLUFF GETIINGTO KNOW PEOPLE 13
