Contents
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Artists page 5
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Grammar
Vocabulary
Reading and Listening
Speaking and Writing
Culture
Present perfect simple and present perfect continuous; Present simple, present continuous and will; Articles
Art; theatre
Reading: Putting on a play; Yann Arthus-Bertrand’s photography; A youth orchestra Listening: Radio programme about music piracy; Talking about going to a concert
Speaking: Conversation between a musician and music fan about music piracy; Talking about tastes in music; Survey on the arts Writing: A review of a concert
The graffiti artist Banksy; The arts in Britain
The environment; Discourse markers; Compound adjectives; Compound nouns
Speaking: Describing an Reading: Médecins Sans experience Frontières (Doctors Without Writing: A description of a place Borders); Earth Hour; Ellis Island and emigrating to the USA Listening: MSF volunteers; History of immigration to the UK after WWII
Determiners; Narrative tenses: past simple, past Crossing borders continuous, past perfect simple page 17 and past perfect continuous; used to and would Unit 1 Review page 29
Everyday English: Phoning the box office (making a booking)
Unit 2 Review page 30
Case Study: Artists for the planet
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Living in a changing world page 31
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The future (will, be going to, present continuous, present simple); future perfect simple, future continuous and future perfect continuous
Time conjunctions; Modals of Reaching for the speculation stars page 43
Reading: Facts about ageing; Nanotechnology; UK chef Jamie Oliver Listening: Radio programme about the future of Bhutan
Speaking: Talking about getting older; Discussing population tables; Speculating about the future; Expressing opinions Writing: An opinion essay
Changing food culture
Synonyms; Verbs of achievement; The universe
Reading: Science-fiction films and books; The history of human space travel; Professor Brian Cox Listening: The merits of reading science fiction; The effects of a long stay in space; SETI
Speaking: Speculating about the past; Talking about space tourism; Talking about unexplained events; Talking about the importance of space and physics Writing: A story
The Big Bang Theory
Everyday English: Making arrangements
Unit 4 Review page 56
Case Study: The end of the world?
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Higher education page 57
Video: A Chinese artist in Harlem
Ageing; Prefixes of measurement; Types of meal
Unit 3 Review page 55
Question tags; Conditionals (zero, first, second, third, mixed)
Being born into a different culture to your parents’; Extract from West is West
University; Specialists; Life experiences
Video: Mysterious crop circles Reading: University prospectus; A herpetologist and explorer; Erasmus exchange students Listening: Comparing British and American universities; Unusual career paths; Students giving advice to new students
Speaking: Talking about the merits of vocational degrees; Talking about obligations and requirements Writing: A personal statement
University life
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