American Jetstream

Jane Revell 路 Mary Tomalin 路 Jeremy Harmer 路 Amanda Maris 路 Deborah Friedland

A QUICK TOUR OF ALL FEATURES The brand new 6-level course for ADULT LEARNERS

LET YOU FIRST! encouraging Build students’ confidence by already know them to use the language they

THINKING AND MEMORY Encourage critical thinking and focus on memory tra ining

GRAMMAR IN FOCUS practice Clear gra mmar with meaningful

MOTIVATING TOPICS vok ing Interesting topics, thought-pro ivities photos and personalization act

SPEAKING cus sion Opportunities for stimulating dis

BEYOND THE CLASSROOM out more Lots of extra activities to find about other aspects of a topic

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YOUR ENGLISH FLOW FOCUS ON VOCABULARY Plenty of lexica l practice and consolidation throughout

LANGUAGE IN ACTION VIDEOS with familiar Featuring enganging situations settings characters in visually appealing

REVIEW AND CONSOLIDATION its Review sec tions every two un

CROSS CULTURE tion Short readings that allow reflec ences and discus sion of cultur al dif fer

STORIES Practice in extensive reading with four enjoyable stories

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EVERYTHING YOU NEED Jane Revell, Jeremy Harmer, Mary

CEFR A1-C1 AMERICAN JETSTREAM: our brand new digital age 6-level course for adult learners.

Its carefully balanced pace and challenge offer a learning experience that is fun and motivating, preparing students to use their English effectively in work and life.

• Interesting contemporary topics to get students talking • Balanced syllabus to provide confidence and set realistic expectations • Language in Action pages highlighting visual literacy • Extra online content for individual or classroom use • Workbook with review and practice, progress checks and writing skills development.

Upper-intermediate and Advanced have writing skills development in the Student’s Book.

• Comprehensive and extensive support for both newly-qualified and experienced teachers – in print and online

PLUS Stimulating video with dynamic situations for achievable skill building.

CEFR &

CEFR

EXAM

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JETSTREAM BEGINNER

JETSTREAM ELEMENTARY

JETSTREAM PRE-INTERMEDIATE

A1

A1/A2

A2/B1

Towards Cambridge English: Key (KET)

Cambridge English: Key (KET)

Cambridge English: Preliminary (PET)

IELTS

TOEIC

TOEIC, TOEFL

D FOR ADULT LEARNERS Tomalin, Amanda Maris and Deborah Friedland

Available in 2017

Available in 2017

Available in 2017

EXAMS JETSTREAM INTERMEDIATE

JETSTREAM UPPER INTERMEDIATE

JETSTREAM ADVANCED

B1

B2

C1

Cambridge English: Preliminary (PET)

Cambridge English: First (FCE)

Towards Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE)

IELTS, TOEFL

IELTS, TOEFL

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CEF R LEVEL UNIT OBJECTIVES

PERSONALIS F ROM THE SATION TART

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Amazing lives

UNIT FOCUS

CEFR A1

was / were born; be past simple; there was / there were personal qualities; ordinal numbers; sports FUNCTIONS: talking about personal qualities; asking for and giving opinions GRAMMAR:

VOCABULARY:

Lesson 1 Born in the sky!

You first!

What do you know about these people?

Rihanna Emma Watson

Jackie Chan

Mo Farah

1. Look at the photos. Ask and answer questions about the people.

1. What do these people do?

Honolulu, Hawaii

LISTENING THAT CONNECTS TO THE REAL WORLD

2. Can you guess where they were born?

Mogadishu, Somalia Paris, France

Hong Kong, China St Michael, Barbados No, she wasn’t. She was born in ...

Where was Emma Watson born?

I think she was born in …

2.

2.2 Say the years and guess when the people in Exercise 1 were born. Then listen and check.

1900

1954

1967

1983

1988

1990

2000

2001

2010

2020

3. Now ask and answer questions about you.

GRAMMAR WAS / WERE BORN Where were you / they born?

I was born in Rio. I wasn’t born in Lima.

They were born in London.

They weren’t born in Paris.

Where was he / she born?

He / She was born in Rome.

He / She wasn’t born in Vigo.

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4. Read the true story and answer the questions.

1. What year was Alfie born?

2. Was he born at home or in the air?

3. How old was his mother?

4. Who was Carol Miller?

5. Why were Nicola and Dominic lucky?

He was born in the sky!

ALFIE DELEMERE was born on a plane, 10,000 meters up in the sky! In April 2007, his parents, Nicola (31) and Dominic (28), were on their way from the UK to a Greek island for vacation. Nicola was only six months pregnant, but when they were over Germany, Alfie was born. There were no doctors on board, but luckily, the flight attendant, Carol Miller, was there and there was also a nurse.

Afterwards, Dominic said, “Thank you, everybody for your help in the air and on the ground. And thank you, Carol, for saving our baby’s life.”

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YOU FIRST! 6

Build students’ confidence by involving them and allowing them to use the language they already know. Helps the teacher target the teaching more effectively too!

ESSENTIAL GRAMM AR GRAMMAR 2 5. Complete the table with was / wasn’t or were / weren’t.

BE PAST SIMPLE questions affirmative What _____ Her name her name? _____ Carol.

Who _____ his They _____ parents?

Nicola and Dominic.

7. Complete the sentences with the correct past simple form of be.

1. Alfie ________ born in a hospital. He

negative She _____ a doctor.

They _____ on a train.

________ a big surprise!

2. The plane ________ over Germany at the time.

3. His mom’s name ________ Nicholas.

4. “________ his parents on a plane to Manchester?” “No, they ________.”

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6. Circle all the instances of the past simple form of be in the story in Exercise 4.

What are you like?

6 a.m. – 8 a.m.

You are quiet and independent.You like being alone.

noon – 2 p.m.

You enjoy food and cooking.You are a fantastic cook!

6 p.m. – 8 p.m.

You are excellent at languages and you like traveling.

midnight – 2 a.m.

You are very technical.You do amazing things on computers!

8 a.m. – 10 a.m.

You are really social.You love parties and being with people.

2 p.m. – 4 p.m.

You are very lucky with money and you enjoy buying things.

8 p.m. – 10 p.m.

You are interested in science. Are you an engineer or a doctor?

2 a.m. – 4 a.m.

You are really good at sports. Maybe you run marathons?

10 a.m. – noon You love music. Do you sing or play an instrument?

4 p.m. – 6 p.m.

You are a very warm, friendly person.You have lots of friends.

10 p.m. – midnight You are a natural leader. People listen to your ideas.

4 a.m. – 6 a.m.

People laugh at your jokes because you are a very funny person.

VOCABULARY

Personal qualities

7. Read What are you like? What do you think the words in bold mean?

8. Find the time when you were born. Is the description true for you? If not, find a good description for you.

9. EVERYBODY UP! Find someone who: is good at languages / sudoku

is bad at sports / science

is interested in food / travel

isn’t interested in fashion / art

STUDENTS INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER TO FIND OUT INFORMATION

SPEAKING 10.

GUESS When were other people in your class born?

You’re very social. Maybe you were born between eight and ten o’clock in the morning?

That means you’re a natural leader. Is that true?

No, I wasn’t. I was born at 11 p.m.

E XPLORE ONLINE

No, I’m a drummer in a band!

Find out about other famous people who were born in strange places.

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GRAMMAR IN USE

Clear, concise grammar is introduced gradually, in context with realistic and meaningful practice. There is frequent recycling and review in the review section every two units. At the end of the Student’s Book, there is a full Grammar Reference section.

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5 STIMULATING AND THOUGHTPROVOKING TOPICS

Lesson 2 The first Olympic medals

Two great Olympians 100 years apart

1873

1973

Spyridon “Spyros” Louis (1873–1940) was born in the town of Marousi, near Athens. His parents were very poor. There was a problem in Athens at that time because there wasn’t a central water system. Spyros’s father was a water seller and so he took water into Athens every day with Spyros.The water was very heavy!

It was Spyros’s early preparation as an athlete.

In 1896, Spyros Louis was the winner of the marathon at the first modern Olympic Games. The Games were in Athens, and he was a national hero overnight. In those days, there weren’t gold medals: there were only silver medals for first place and bronze medals for second.

Haile Gebrselassie (1973–) was born in Asella, Arsi Province, Ethiopia. His friends call him “Geb”. He was a runner from a very early age because his parents were farmers. There wasn’t a school near their farm. It was ten kilometers away, and Haile ran to school and back every day!

In 1996, Haile Gebrselassie won a gold medal for the 10,000 meters race in Atlanta. Four years later in Sydney, he was the gold-medal winner for the same event again.

His first marathon was in London in 2002. He was third.

The magazine Runner’s World said Gebrselassie was “the greatest distance runner of all time.”

READING 1. Look at the photos and the title of the article and answer the questions. Why do you think the two men

were famous?

2. Read the article. Were you correct?

3.

Cover the section about Spyros Louis and circle the correct words. Read and check your answers.

1. He was / wasn’t born in 1973.

4. His father was / wasn’t a factory worker.

5. The first modern Olympic Games were / weren’t in Athens.

6. There were / weren’t silver medals at the time.

2. He was / wasn’t Greek.

3. His parents were / weren’t rich.

MEMORY TRAINING

4.

Read about Haile Gebrselassie again. Then cover the article and answer the questions. Read and check your answers.

1. Where is Haile Gebrselassie from?

2. What is his nickname?

3. How many years after Spyros Louis was he born?

4. How far away was his school when he was young?

5. What was his gold medal for in 1996?

6. Where and when was his first marathon?

EXPLORE ONLINE Find out who are the world’s greatest long-distance runners.

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THINKING AND MEMORY 8

Write a short biography about one of them.

ONLINE RESEARCH

Encourage creative and critical thinking with THINK, GUESS and S – similar or different exercises. Focus throughout on memory training as a crucial component in adult learning. The more students exercise their memory in English, the more it will serve them in other aspects of their life.

VOCABULARY

Ordinal numbers 6.

2.3 Read the ordinal numbers. Then listen, check, and repeat.

1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th

first

second

third

fourth

VOCABULARY 8.

2.4

fifth

7. May is the fifth month of the year. Write down the names of the other 11 months. What are their numbers?

sixth

SIMILAR TO YOUR LANGUAGE OR DIF FERENT?

Sports (1)

Complete the sports. Then listen, check, and repeat.

1. _ugby 2. _thletics

3. _oxing 4. _kiing

5. _ycling 6. _olleyball

7. _olf 8. _ymnastics

9. _adminton 10. _ailing

11. _aseball 12. _ockey

9. Match the sports in Exercise 8 with the correct pictures.

10.

GUESS Which of the sports in Exercise 8 are Olympic sports?

GRAMMAR 3

OLYMPIC

11. Complete the table. Look at the article on

page 46 to help you.

How much do you know about the Olympics?

THERE WAS / THERE WERE affirmative negative

1. The year of the first Modern Olympic Games _____ 776BC / 1896 / 1900.

There ________ a problem in Athens.

There ________ only silver medals in 1896.

2. There _____ 9 / 19 / 29 events at the first Modern Games. They included athletics, cycling, gymnastics, swimming and tennis.

3. There _____ 22 / 122 / 522 women in the Games for the first time in 1900 (but there _____ 975 men!).

4. There _____ many sports for women in that year.

Only 4 / 6 / 8 _____ possible. What _____ they?

5. The 2012 Summer Olympics _____ in Beijing / London / Sydney.

6. In that year, there _____ 6 / 16 / 26 sports, and almost 10,000 / 11,000 / 12,000 athletes from 104 / 204 / 304 countries.

7. There _____ Games in 1914, 1940 or 1944. Why not?

There ________ a school near their farm.

There ________ gold medals.

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12. Complete the Olympic Games quiz on

the right with was, wasn’t, were or weren’t.

13.

KNOWLEDGE SKILLS!

2.5 Now answer the questions in the quiz.

Then listen and check.

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MOTIVATING TOPICS

Motivation is key to learning! JETSTREAM has been written to be highly motivating for students, and includes interesting and relevant topics, stimulating and thought-provoking images and lots of personalization activities.

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Lesson 3 All sports for all people You first!

Do you watch the Olympics?

ARTICLE

READ

EDIT

VIEW HISTORY

DONATE

Ludwig Guttmann Dr. Ludwig Guttmann, born in 1899, was the father of the Paralympic Games. He was a German doctor – a neurosurgeon. In 1939, he and his family moved from Germany to the UK. He was director of the Stoke Mandeville Hospital, a specialist center for people with spinal

Pierre de Couber tin

injuries. His dream was to create a competition for people with disabilities.

LISTENING 1

1. Pierre de Coubertin was the father of the modern Olympic Games. Work in groups and try to answer

the questions.

1. What nationality was he?

4. What do the five rings on the Olympic flag mean?

2. When and where was he born?

5. Why are the colors important?

3. What was his philosophy? (See the title of this lesson!)

2.

LOTS OF USEFUL VOCABULARY

2.6 You are going to hear an interview with the author of a book about the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Listen to the first part and check your answers to Exercise 1.

3. Circle the words you hear in the interview. Then listen again and check. athlete

4.

nationality old

peace

poor

rich

running special

sport

understanding world

young

2.7 Listen to the second part of the interview from Exercise 2. Complete the table with the correct years and numbers. Then listen again and check.

Year

Event

Competitors

Countries

1st International Wheelchair Games, Stoke Mandeville Paralympic Games, Rome Paralympic Games, London

SPEAKING

THINK AND GUESS ACTIVITIES TO ENCOURAGE CRITICAL THINKING

5. THINK Talk about the questions.

1. What colors do you hear in the interview?

2. What colors are not in the Olympic flag?

3. What colors are in your national flag?

4. Which of them are “Olympic” colors?

5. Do you think the Olympic Games help world peace and understanding?

6. Do you have a motto?

READING 6. Answer the two questions below. Look at the photos on page 49 and answer the questions. Then read the biography below and find out more about the Paralympic Games.

1. Who was Dr. Ludwig Guttmann?

2. What is his connection with the photos?

7. Now write the questions for these answers.

1. 1899.

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2. Germany. 3. He was a neurosurgeon. 4. To create a competition for disabled people.

Unit 5

SPEAKING 10

There are speaking activities at all stages of a lesson in JETSTREAM. They range from carefully controlled activities in Elementary to listening and reading texts that offer opportunities for more open and stimulating discussion.

LISTENING 2 8.

2.8 Listen and complete the information.

ARTICLE

READ

EDIT

VIEW HISTORY

DONATE

Baroness Grey-Thompson, Paralympic athlete Events Number of medals

Last name Grey-Thompson Real name Carys Davina

gold:

Place of birth Cardiff, Wales

silver:

Year of birth

bronze:

Nickname

Year of first medal

Disability Spina bifida

London Marathon Won six times between Year of last Paralympics Current occupation Works for charity; helps other disabled people

WRITING 9. Complete this short biography of Tanni Grey-Thompson. Use the information from the website in Exercise 8 to help you.

GUIDED WRITING PRACTICE

Cary s Davina Grey-Thomp son has a wheelchair because she was born wi th spina bif ida.

She

_______ in Cardiff in Wales in

1.

very small She has

_______ medals for

5.

_______ between

8.

_______ . Her nickname

2.

_______ because she was a

3.

_______ .

4.

_______ racing events. She also 7._______ the London Marathon

6.

_______ and

9.

_______ .

10.

10. Make a shortlist of famous contemporary Olympic and Paralympic athletes that you know.

• What nationality are these athletes? ______________________________________ • What medals do they have? (For which events?) ______________________________________ • When were their last Games? ______________________________________ 11. Find out more about one of the athletes from your shortlist in Exercise 10. Write a short biography like the one in Exercise 9 and present your athlete to your group.

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BEYOND THE CLASSROOM

The Explore feature offers an opportunity for students to go beyond the page and find out more about some aspect of the topic. They do the research online, make notes, and report back. There is a natural mixed-ability element to this activity.

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Vocabulary PLUS

OPINION ADJECTIVES 1. P

PRONUNCIATION PRACTICE 2.

Say the words and mark the stress. Which words do you know? alright strange interesting easy

awful safe

dangerous different modern difficult horrible beautiful similar nice traditional ugly boring

2.9 Listen, check and repeat.

3. Put a (+) or a (–) - or both if it depends - next to the adjectives in Exercise 1.

4. Find opposite words in Exercise 1.

awf ul – lovely

MODIFIERS really

very

quite

a little These words make an adjective stronger (+) or weaker (–).

5. Match the sentences with the pictures. a) It isn’t windy. b) It’s really windy. c) It’s a little windy. d) It’s very windy. e) It’s quite windy. f) Don’t go out! It isn’t safe!

1

4

2

3

5

6

6. Change the words in italics so the sentences are true for you. Then compare your ideas with a partner.

1. English adjectives are very easy.

HIGHFREQUENCY WORDS AND PHRASES HIGHLIGHTED AND PRACTICED

3. It’s really windy outside today.

4. Skiing is quite dangerous.

2. Golf is a little boring.

SPORTS (2) 7.

8.

o FoCUS ON: play, do, go We play basketball, we do archery and we go fishing.

Can you remember the sports from page 47?

2.10 Write the missing vowels in these sports.

Then listen and check.

1. _rch_ry

2. f_sh_ng 3. p_ng p_ng

4. b_sk_tb_ll 5. d_rts 6. w_nds_rf_ng

Write the correct verb for these sports.

Can you work out the rule?

7. h_rs_b_ck r_d_ng 8. sk_t_ng

swimming ping pong

judo rugby

volleyball gymnastics skiing horseback riding

9. Match the sports in Exercise 8 with the pictures. Which sports are not Olympic sports?

A

B

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C

E

F

G

H

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FOCUS ON VOCABULARY 12

D

JETSTREAM has a high vocabulary input with lots of practice and consolidation throughout. Flexible Vocabulary PLUS pages can be used in a variety of ways and provide an opportunity for vocabulary enrichment.

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Language in Action ASKING FOR AND GIVING OPINIONS

DANA

LOGAN

KATE

LUKE

1. Look at the paintings and discuss the questions.

1. Do you like them?

2. How are they similar? How are they different?

2.

FUN, ENGAGING VIDEO FOR EVERYDAY ENGLISH PRACTICE

2.11 6 Watch or listen to people giving their opinion about the paintings. Are the opinions positive (+), negative (–) or neutral (+/–)?

Conversation 2

Conversation 1 Speaker + – +/–

3.

2.11

a) b) c) d) e) f)

Luke

Kate

Dana

Conversation 3

Logan

Luke

IMAGES TO FACILITATE VISUAL LITERACY

Kate

6 Watch or listen again and complete the opinions.

I agree. It’s full of life. And I _____________ the colors.

It’s a little __________, but I _____________ like it.

Well, it’s __________.

I __________ like it. It’s __________.

I think it’s __________.

I disagree. I really hate it! I think the colors are __________.

4. Now number the opinions in Exercise 3 in the order you hear them (1–6).

Then watch or listen again and check.

5. Act out the conversations in pairs.

6. Find and underline a phrase for agreeing and a phrase for disagreeing in Exercise 3.

7. Mark these opinions positive (+), negative (–) or neutral (+/–).

PRACTICE EVERYDAY FUNCTIONAL LANGUAGE 8.

I don’t know.

I think it’s nice.

I think it’s awful.

It’s horrible!

It’s great!

It’s OK.

I really don’t like it.

I don’t like it.

What do you think of the paintings? Which opinions in Exercise 7 are closest to yours?

9. Take a picture of one of the paintings on this page to show a friend.

Say why you like or don’t like it.

10. In groups of three, find an example of art that you all like and one that you don’t like. Tell the class why.

we don’t say ... we say ...

Nicole Kidman is born in Honolulu.

Nicole Kidman was born in Honolulu.

FOCUS ON COMMON ERRORS

LANGUAGE IN ACTION VIDEOS

one thousand nine hundred ninety nine nineteen ninety nine (1999)

Thank you to help.

Thank you for your help.

I like a lot skiing.

I like skiing a lot.

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Lively video featuring engaging situations with familiar characters in visually appealing settings. Students are exposed to everyday language that they can practice on their own with the accompanying audio.

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UNITS

&

8 REVIEW

REGULAR PRACTICE AND CONSOLIDATION

It’s hot in the kitchen

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TV

shows about food are very popular, and they often have a celebrity chef. The chefs need to be lively and confident

and, of course, their dishes need to be tasty! Here are some famous names.

YOTAM OTTOLENGHI is from the Middle East. He lives in London

REST HIGH-INTE REAL-LIFE STORIES

and cooks Middle Eastern food “with a difference”. He isn’t a vegetarian, but he’s famous for his delicious vegetable dishes.

RACHAEL RAY talks fast and loudly and Americans love her.

A lot of her recipes are very easy, and you can cook them in half an hour. Just put some onions, fish, and lemon in a dish, and that’s dinner!

Top French chef JEAN-CHRISTOPHE NOVELLI wants people to cook healthily. “You can make delicious food without much salt or fat,” he says.

NIGELLA LAWSON is a British chef. Her recipes are delicious and she’s very beautiful, with long dark hair. She’s famous for her love of food. Does the dish need more sugar? Put it in!

MARIO BATALI is a top American chef. He often adds interesting ingredients to traditional Italian recipes, and he is famous for his orange cake with olive oil!

1. Read the article about celebrity chefs. Underline

words and phrases that describe personality and physical appearance.

2. Read the article again and answer the questions.

According to the article, who ...

1. doesn’t think much about calories?

2. cooks healthy food?

3. doesn’t cook just meat and fish?

4. changes traditional dishes?

5. makes easy recipes?

6. is very lively?

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1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

Nigella Lawson / make / very sweet desserts there / be / wonderful food shows / TV Rachael Ray / have / difficult recipes? there / be / olive oil / Mario Batali’s famous orange cake? this easy recipe / not have / flour / in it Novelli / use / butter / in this appetizer?

EXPLORE ONLINE Write four sentences about a celebrity chef in your country.

Use the article to help you.

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REVIEW AND CONSOLIDATION 14

3. Write complete sentences with some or any and the correct form of the verbs.

Review sections every two units contextualize the language through reading or listening texts, allowing students to consolidate and put to use the language acquired. The Workbook provides further practice including a Review Quiz and a Check Your Progress test.

4. Complete the information about food shows with adverbs formed from these adjectives. bad

confident

good

quick

sad

Some TV food shows try to find the best chef. Different people cook every week. Some people are very good cooks but don’t cook 1.________ because they are nervous. After the show, they talk 2.________ about their cooking. “I cooked 3.________ , I don’t feel good about it,” they say. The winner needs to cook 4. ________ and 5.________.

5. Match the photo with the correct type of TV show. comedy show crime drama drama sports program soap opera talent show

6.

________ television do you watch?

What are your favorite types ________? ________ do you watch them?

Are ________ in food shows?

TV

WORLD

THE

a. Complete the article with these phrases. a) they want to see the places in the shows b) probably because they love dance, colorful clothes, and music c) they’re very interested in everyday life in the West

S

2.53 Listen to a short interview about television.

Complete the questions.

1.

2.

3.

4.

c

Cross Culture ACROSS

ome TV shows quickly become very successful all over the world. It’s interesting to look at why this happens. Dancing with the Stars, a British show, is a dance competition for celebrities. People in many countries watch it.

A lot of Brazilians love this show, 1._____.

Soap operas are popular all over the world. A lot of Turkish people love romantic and exciting stories, and Turkey is famous for its excellent soaps. The programs show beautiful places in Turkey. People all over the Middle East watch these soaps and visit Turkey because 2._____.

Friends was an American television show about a group of friends. It was very successful all over the world because it was a happy, funny show. The Chinese, especially, love it because 3. _____. They also love Modern Family, another American TV show.

7. Listen again and give the woman’s answers.

8. Work in pairs. Do a survey about people’s TV habits.

CROSS CULTURAL INTERFACE

1. Write five questions.

2. Ask five students the questions and write down their answers.

3. Tell the class your results.

PREPOSITIONPARK Complete the short text with the correct prepositions for, by, or about.

Yesterday, I bought a cookbook 1. _____ my sister. There was a very good one 2._____ Yotam Ottolenghi, but it was 3._____ vegetarian cooking and my sister likes meat. Rachael Ray’s recipes are easy, so I bought a book 4. _____ her.

FOCUS ON PREPOSITIONS AND THEIR USE

CROSS CULTURE

b. Read the article again and answer the questions.

1. What is Dancing with the Stars?

2. Can you describe Turkish soap operas?

3. Why was Friends successful all over the world?

c Talk about the questions.

1. What TV shows from other countries are popular

in your country?

2. What kind of shows are they?

3. Why do you think they are so popular?

4. Do you like these shows? Why? / Why not?

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A regular feature offering an opportunity to reflect on and discuss cultural differences and similarities worldwide. There is usually a short reading text with a task, often leading to a discussion and a comparison with the students’ own culture.

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JETSTREAM SHORTS

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A " GRATE" idea

One day, Tom had a fantastic idea: a simple, easy way to make money.

Why didn’t anybody think of this before? he thought.

W

hen Tom was only three years old, his father had a heart attack and died. His mother brought up her four children alone in a small apartment on the Lower East Side in Manhattan. Tom’s three sisters were all older. They studied hard

at school and they all went to college. But Tom didn’t do very well in school, so when he was 15, he left school and looked for a job. For the next five years, he did a lot of different jobs. He didn’t like any of them and he never earned much money.

Then one day in Midtown, he stopped to buy a slice of pizza. The woman in front of him took out her wallet to pay. A five-dollar bill fell out and flew down the street. Then it dropped into a grate on the corner.

“Oh, dear!” she said. “I’ve just lost five dollars!”

“Yeah, that was bad luck,” Tom said and smiled at her.

She paid for the pizza and walked away.

“Your bad luck, my good luck!” Tom thought.

He went to the grate. He could see the five-dollar bill, but it was impossible to lift the heavy grate of the cover. Tom thought carefully for several minutes. Then he ran to the supermarket and bought some string, a piece of plastic, and some glue.

“I’m going to get that five dollars” Tom said to himself. He attached the string to the plastic, put some glue on it and dropped it down the grate. He slowly pulled it out again with the five-dollar bill.

Tom knew now that this was the easiest way to get things out of grates. So he often went to Midtown Manhattan. There were always a lot of people there – office workers, shoppers, and tourists. He started to pull things out of the grates.

Soon he had coins, gold rings, necklaces, bracelets, and earrings. He even found several iPods. He took all these things to a pawnshop where they gave him money in exchange for them. He worked seven days a week. On bad days, he got about $25.

But on good days, he got more than $150. “This is the best job I’ve ever had,” he thought.

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Four lively and enjoyable new stories written specifically for JETSTREAM provide practice in extensive reading, where students can read for meaning and pleasure without necessarily studying the text in detail.

One day, Tom saw a man drop his keys down the grate. He went to the man and said, “Hi, would you like me to help you? I can get your keys.” He quickly got the man’s keys out of the grate. “Wow, that’s fantastic! Thank you very much,” the man said and gave Tom $20.

But all this was only the beginning. The most amazing part of Tom’s story came later.

One summer day, a woman stopped to cross the street. She stood just in front of Tom. She was tall and had long, dark hair. She was talking on the phone when suddenly the phone fell out of her hand and dropped into the grate.

“Oh, no!” she cried. Then the lights changed and she ran across the street. Tom looked in the grate and saw the phone. When he looked up again, the woman wasn’t there. He got the phone, but “Who was that woman? How can I find her?”, Tom thought. The phone was still on. He saw a photo of a very attractive young woman. “Wow, she’s beautiful,” Tom thought. “I really must find her.”

There weren’t many names in the contacts list on the phone. Tom sent text messages to all of them. He asked for a name and contact number for the woman. Only one person texted back. “Her name is Elizabeth Lucky.“ “That’s strange. I’ve seen that name before.”

Tom thought. “It’s so unusual. Where have I seen it?”

A few weeks later, it was his dad’s birthday and Tom went to the cemetery. He stood in front of his dad’s grave with flowers in his hand. Then he looked at the gravestone next to his dad’s and saw the name:

His mouth opened in shock. Then he heard a noise behind him.

He turned and saw Elizabeth Lucky! She looked exactly like the photo on the cell phone.

The woman smiled. “Hi, I’m Lizzie,” she said. “That’s my mother’s grave. I come here once a month.”

Tom smiled. “Hi, Lizzie. Hey, you really are lucky! You don’t know me, but I know you. I have your phone. I can explain everything. Would you like to have dinner with me some time?”

“Sure, why not?” Lizzie replied, smiling.

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PRONUNCIATION Online pronunciation exercises focusing on common errors providing extra practice.

CYBER HOMEWORK Extra interactive activities covering listening, reading, grammar, vocabulary and Everyday English conversations, assigned by the teacher, with automatic feedback. Also available in self-study mode.

EXAM PRACTICE Practice papers for Cambridge ESOL, TOEFL, TOEIC and IELTS exam practice also available.

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CLOUD?

JETSTREAM integrates a range of different print and digital media.

JETSTREAM CLOUD brings all these elements together in one easy-to-use solution: Your Student’s Book & Workbook plus an interactive platform packed with learning activities and resources.

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How does it work?

Get your personal access code in your Student’s Book, Workbook or Teacher’s Book. This will unlock all the activities and resources available for your level.

Then go to www.helbling-ezone.com, register (or simply log in if you are already registered for another Helbling product) and enter your personal access code.

What will I find online as a student?

JETSTREAM CLOUD includes: • Cloud Book The interactive version of your Student’s Book & Workbook, where you will be able to access all audio and video with one click or touch of a screen. Simply do the activities, then check your results, or add your own notes.

• Online Training Resources and interactive activities for individual student access.

Includes: · Pronunciation · Exam Practice (Cambridge ESOL, TOEFL, TOEIC and IELTS) · Extra Practice (all exercises from Cyber Homework in self-study mode) • Cyber Homework Interactive activities assigned by the teacher within a virtual classroom. Full results and feedback are automatically given as soon as the deadline fixed by the teacher has expired.

• Projects JETSTREAM Projects which focus on both cultural and global themes, where you can embed other resources such as web links or files and share them with your teacher and class.

Can it be accessed from all devices?

Yes! All the digital content of JETSTREAM CLOUD is compatible with Windows, Mac OS, iOS, Android and Linux.

Does it allow data syncing?

Yes! Simply add notes to the Cloud Book or do any of the activities; all data is saved and you will find the updated version the next time you access your Cloud Book, regardless of the device you choose.

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