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Unit12.1 Can you explain why you did something?

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2 Expand these questions.a How long / the coins / be here?

b How long / you / know Mary?

c How long / she / live there?

d How long / they / be going out together?

e How long / we / be in this queue?

f How long / your friend / study Chinese?

5 Complete the dialogue with since or for.PAUL: We haven’t won a game (a)

when, Jim?JIM: Well, let me see ... not (b)

a few months.P: Right. How long have we been playing

(c) ?J: (d) almost seventy-three

minutes now. P: I haven’t seen such an exciting match

(e) Rovers won the lastChampions League cup!

J: (f) when have you supportedRovers, Paul?

P: Umm ...

6 Answer the questions so they are truefor you.How long...a have you known your best friend?

b have you been studying English?

c have you been sitting here today?

d haven’t you eaten anything for?

e have your parents been married?

1Complete the apologies using the information from the pictures.

a I’m sorry I haven’t seen you for weeks, but

b Sorry I haven’t called you since last week,but

c Sorry I haven’t e-mailed you for weeks, but

d Sorry I haven’t been to work, but

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How long have the coins been here?

For twelve years.a

3Match these answers with thequestions in Activity 2.1 For almost 2,000 years. 2 For six months. 3 Nearly half an hour! 4 Since she moved there three years ago.

5 Since last summer when they met onholiday.

6 Since he was very young. His grandfather is Chinese!

4 For or since? Circle the correct option.a Sorry I haven’t called you for / since Saturday.b I don’t know. I haven’t spoken to him

for / since ages.c I’ve stopped smoking. I haven’t had a

cigarette for / since 2003.d They have been sitting in that room

for / since hours.e You haven’t been to my house for / since

months.f We’ve known about that for / since the

meeting last week.

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Unit12Unit12.2 Vocabulary

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1Match the categories to the wordgroups.

a environmentb human rightsc homelessnessd crimee historyf addiction

1 past customs traditions2 drugs alcohol smoking3 pollution contamination protect 4 streets housing no home 5 Oxfam Amnesty International 6 commit robbery murder

4What is the word? The first letter is given.a A non-governmental organisation. Nb H is the study of our past.c P work in politics. d A country with lot of industry is i .

e You are h when you havenowhere to live.

f A c is a volunteer organisationthat works to help people in need.

g H r are basic rights foreveryone, like education, housing, freedom.

3 Unscramble the words.a rachyit begins at home. b We can’t fafdor a new car. c We need to protect the vennoirtemn

. d There is a serious roshgate of

houses.e voptery is a terrible problem

in our society. f We must remember our tasp to

avoid the same mistakes.

2 Circle the correct word.a Poverty / Poor is a serious social problem.b She can’t permit / afford to buy a house.c There are much / many wars in this world.d There is too much / not enough happiness

in the world.e Addictions / Additions can cause many health

problems.f The roofless / homeless are a huge problem

in our cities.

5 Find six words from the unit.Down

1 If you have an addiction, you are ...2 the name of our planet3 the opposite of honest

Across

4 to ... a crime5 another word for areas6 when there isn’t enough of something

3

GO.

Charity

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Unit12Unit12.3 Can you talk about problems and consequences?

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1 Complete these sentences with too much or too many.

a I have things to do.b She has money!c I have books for this

bookcase, don’t I?d They had hand luggage for

the small plane.e You have got energy, but

I haven’t got enough!f There will be guests at the

party if we don’t stop inviting people now.

2 Circle the correct option.a Too much / many governments

abuse human rights.b Some families don’t have

enough / too much clean water.c Some tribal peoples are threatened

with too much / enough progress.d People don’t have enough / have too much

health care in central Africa.e There isn’t enough / too much food in

the refugee camp and people are dying.f Not enough / Too many pesticides are used

in farming, which damages the environment.

3 Complete these sentences with such, such a, so or that.a Poverty is problem that

the government doesn’t know what to do.b He had bad time at home

that he left home with nothing.c The amount of pesticides in the fruit

was high that it was dangerous.d A lot of people live in bad

conditions that they become seriously ill.e Last winter was cold that

some homeless people died in the streets.

4 Complete the dialogue with the wordsbelow.

enough enough so so such such that

TV REPORTER: So, Streetkids helps homelessteenagers who haven’t got (a) education tofind a job?

AID WORKER: Yes, and these teenagers alsohave (b) a badrelationship with their families(c) they can’t liveat home.

TR: Right. How does the relationship withtheir families get (d) badthat they live on the streets?

AW: Well, it’s (e) a shame, butusually it starts with something simplelike an argument. Then the teenagersfeel (f) bad that some ofthem try drugs and alcohol. They don’tget (g) fresh food, and ...

5 Complete these sentences so they aretrue about you!a I have so many

b I have such a that

c I am so that

d I haven’t got enough

too many

enough

such a

friends that I never have

time to see them all!

I have too many things to do!

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Unit1212.4 Reading and writing

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2 Correct the false sentences.a CSF is not a charity.

b It is not only clowns who work for CSF.

c CSF only works in war situations.

d CSF travels to different countries.

e The CSF groups in different countries alwayswork closely together.

f Many groups of CSF began during the 1980s.

CSF is not a normal charity.

How do many charities work?

1 Read the text and put the paragraph headings in the right place.

How did it begin? How do many charities work? How does it work? How is Clowns Sans Frontières organised? What is its philosophy? Where and when did it begin?

a There are many charities all over the world working to help peopleor improve conditions. They try to tell everyone what is happening and make money in a variety ofdifferent ways. Not many of them work like Clowns Sans Frontières (CSF)!

b CSF is an organisation whose idea is to bring laughter and smiles tochildren in countries where there is war or terrible problems. They believe that humour, love andaffection, are the best medicine.

c CSF means ‘clowns without frontiers’. They took their name fromMédicins Sans Frontières — doctors who travel all over the world to help people. In fact, CSF is madeup of groups in many countries, using the same name but working independently, and sometimesgetting together for specific events.

d It started in Croatia in 1992. Tortell Poltrona, a clown from Barcelona,was in Zagreb, the capital of Croatia, performing for children who were victims of war. He saw theterrible effects of war on children and began to organise a group of clowns and performers. His idea grew and many groups appeared during the 1990s — Paris in 1993, Quebec in 1994, then San Francisco in 1995 and many other associations were formed all over the world.

e All sorts of clowns, actors, musicians, jugglers, acrobats and dancersmeet children wherever they are: in the streets, in refugee camps, in hospitals, in schools, in warareas, anywhere that children need psychological and moral support and people are trying to returnto a normal life after a conflict or a disaster or simply because of terrible poverty.

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Unit12Unit12.5 Culture

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Hearts of the stars1Work in pairs. Student A reads 1 and 2. Student B reads 1 and 3.

Tell your partner about what you have read.

2Are these sentences true (T) or false (F)?a Diana spoke to the TV and newspapers

about Angola. b Diana never touched an AIDS victim. c More than six times the number of people

will have HIV in India by 2010.

3 In 1984 a BBC documentaryshowed the terrible situation inEthiopia — there was no rainand the people had no food. Bob Geldof, an Irish singer, organised Live Aid, aninternational concert that raised more than 176 million dollars. Phil Collins, Sting, Mick

Jagger, Elton John, Madonna and many more joined in.However, twenty years after Live Aid one billion people in Africa still have no clean water to drink andevery day thousands die of malaria. Bono is another musician who has used his fame to help others. Heis planning Live Aid 2 and also works closely with many AIDS organisations.Britney Spears, Jude Law and Chris Martin have also worked with Bono to raise money. These well-known singers and actors use their fame to put pressure on western governments to change theirinternational policies.

1 Traditionally ‘being a star’ hasmeant fame and fortune forthe few. And those few haveguarded their ‘piece ofheaven’ very closely. Eccentricbehaviour has always been accepted andnobody has ever expected generosity orsolidarity from these ‘stars’. But what do Richard Gere, Angelina Jolie,Bono, Sting, Madonna and Princess Dianaall have in common? All rich? Yes. Allfamous? Yes. But most importantly, theywork closely with NGOs to tell the worldabout the serious problems caused byAIDS, poverty and war.

d Angelina Jolie first saw landmine victims whenfilming in Cambodia.

e It is very expensive to clear land mines. f Live Aid didn’t make much money. g People in Africa have lots of clean drinking water.

h These people are able to help because they arefamous.

3Many more stars dedicate their time, name and money to lots of different charities.What can you do to help? Discuss with a partner how you can help to fight poverty in the world. Then write your ideas.

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2 In 1997 Princess Diana went to Angola.There she saw the horror caused bylandmines. Diana spoke to the mediaabout the children she had seen with nolegs. Now, there are many internationalcampaigns to stop the use of landmines. Diana wasalso the first ‘star’ to publicly touch an AIDS victim.Angelina Jolie has just been made a citizen ofCambodia, as a result of her fight againstlandmines. Jolie saw the results of landmines whenshe was making Tomb Raider in Cambodia. It costsonly €1.50 to make one square metre of land safefor people to walk or play on.In India, about four million people now have HIV,the virus that causes AIDS. There will be abouttwenty-five million people with HIV/AIDS by theyear 2010. Richard Gere’s charity works togetherwith the Indian people to prevent AIDS.

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