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SO THEN WHAT HAPPENED?
Part A Storytelling
Unusual and everyday Simple past and past Describing a street scene; Simple past and pastexperiences progressive; time relating past events progressive; time
expressions expressions; vocabulary work; Learner’s Journal
Part B Something’s cooking
Food and food preparation; some/any; a lot of/ Talking about quantities; Jamie Oliver: A chef for the at the baker’s lots of; much/many a service encounter MTV-generation
LOOKING AHEAD
Part A Making plans
Planning for visitors; Future: present Talking about things you plan Future: present progressive,sightseeing progressive, going to to do/things you expect going to or will; vocabulary
and will to happen; declining an work; Learner’s Journalinvitation
Part B Predicting the future
Horoscopes; the weather Future with will/going Making predictions/saying Que sera seraforecast; small talk to; adverbs of manner what is going to happen
OUR CHANGING WORLD
Part A The immigrant experience
Multicultural Leicester; Present perfect and Talking about what happened/ Present perfect; simple immigrant stories simple past has happened past; vocabulary work;
Learner’s Journal
Part B Life in the city
Surprising Leicester; Present perfect Talking about what has been British city defines Indian food progressive; comparison happening; making comparisons; diversity and tolerance
of adjectives agreeing/disagreeing by Warren Hoge
Job requirements and duties
Units 1–4
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PLEASED TO MEET YOU
Part A Daily routines
Habits and routines; Simple present and Talking about your daily Simple present and presentfamily present progressive; routines; describing what is progressive; adverbs of
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Part B People
Physical appearance, Adjectives and adverbs Describing people; introducing The man behind Mr Beancharacter traits; soap of degree yourselfoperas; meeting people
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WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO?
Part A An evening out
Going out in Dublin, Verbs followed by a Expressing likes and dislikes; Verb + to-infinitive;smoking ban; likes and to-infinitive or the making suggestions verb + -ing form; like/don’tdislikes -ing form like; vocabulary work;
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Part B Do’s and don’ts
Restrictions; intercultural Modal auxiliaries Talking about what you can/ Excerpts from An essential awareness; accommodation; must/may do; a service guide for the first-time in a pub encounter traveller to Ireland
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THE WAY THINGS USED TO BE
Part A Then and now
Travelling in Scotland; Past perfect and simple Talking about past time frames Past perfect and simple the Edinburgh Festival; past; used to past; used to; vocabulary changing Glasgow work; Learner’s Journal
Part B A matter of opinion
Discussion topics; hotels Question tags Asking for confirmation; Let’s talk Gaelic, before in Scotland expressing an opinion; it’s too late by Brian
agreeing/disagreeing; a service Wilsonencounter (complaining)
WORKING FOR A LIVING
Part A Good management
Good bosses, bad bosses; -ing form after Giving information about -ing form; phrasal verbs;time management prepositions yourself; explaining how Learner’s Journal
something is done/whatsomething is used for
Part B Arrangements
On the phone; invitations; Future with will Expressing spontaneous Never stop on the motor-driving in Canada; directions decisions; making arrangements; way by Jeffrey Archer
extending an invitation; asking the way
PERSONAL WELL-BEING
Part A Relationships
An advice column; lessons Conditional sentences Talking about possibilities; Conditional sentences;in love (type 1–3); modal asking for and giving advice vocabulary work; Learner’s
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Part B Your health
Alternative medicine; Relative pronouns and Describing people, places Alternative therapiststhe health care system in relative clauses and thingsthe USA
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MADE IN THE USA
Part A Seeing the town
The Boston Marathon, Passive Relating facts and figures Passive sentences;historical Boston, Boston vocabulary work; Learner’s today Journal
Part B Seeing the country
Traveling around America; Verb + object + Asking someone to do I’ll see you down at the car rental to-infinitive something for you; a service mall
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HOLIDAYS DOWN UNDER
Part A Discussing options
Holiday in Australia; Indirect speech Relating what someone said; Indirect speech; Learner’s the Great Ocean Road, making suggestions and JournalByron Bay requests
Part B Getting the facts
Sydney Festival; Australia Phrasal verbs Asking for and giving Global Englishand New Zealand; living informationand working abroad
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Key: Home study/Progress checks
Key: Grammar exercises
Vocabulary: Unit by unit
Vocabulary: A–Z
Geographical names
Other places and names
Classroom language
Phonetic script
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Grammar and exercises
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