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Language: Parts of the body, verbs and prepositions ofmovement, Past Simple & Past Continuous, Past Perfect,phrasal verbs: cut off, turn off, take off, noun suffixes II

Read about a determined athlete.

Listen to a phone-in about motorbikes.

Write a narrative.

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Vocabulary activatorChoose and write five parts of the body.Then, listen

and tick your words. Shout Bingo! when you hear all five.The head: ear(s) The body: arm(s)

Match groups of prepositions and sets of pictures 1-4.

over up down round across into

through under past along off onto

Now match verbs and pictures a-l.

climb (x2) crawl crash drive (x2) fall (x2) fly ride run walk

Listen to what happened.Which verbs are irregular in the Past Simple?Bob rode along a cliff, fell off it and fell onto theground.

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UNIT 2 R E A D I N G A N D L I S T E N I N G

ReadingLook at the title of the text and the picture of LanceArmstrong. Imagine what he does.Which of these pieces ofinformation about Lance Armstrong is the text going tomention?a Some of his biggest achievements.b The reason why he is so popular.c His wedding.d His favourite bike model.e His mother’s name.f Details about his cancer treatment.

Read the text and answer the questions.1 Was Lance a successful cyclist before he found out he

had cancer?2 How successful was his fight against cancer?3 What was his biggest achievement after he started

cycling again?

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READING POWERGET THE MAIN IDEA

• Read texts quickly to find out what they’re about.• Don’t try to understand every single word.

Lance Armstrong was born

on September 18, 1971. By

the time he was thirteen,

he had already won a local

triathlon, and at the young age of

seventeen he had a booming

career as a cyclist. By 1991 he

was the US National Amateur

Champion, and he participated in

the 1992 Olympic games.

In his first professional race after

the Olympics, he crossed the

finish line in last place, 27

minutes behind the winner. But

in 1993 he won ten titles and

became the youngest road racing

World Champion ever. In 1995,

Lance became the first US

athlete to win the Clásico San

Sebastian, in Spain – the same

race that he had finished last

three years before!

In 1996, Lance was the number

one cyclist in the world. But in

October he felt really bad when

he was riding his bike: tests

revealed advanced testicular

cancer that had spread to his

lungs and his brain. He was

operated on twice and accepted

to undergo an aggressive form of

chemotherapy. Lance overcame

his negative feelings and

resumed training only five

months after his diagnosis. He

also created the Lance

Armstrong Foundation, to help

other people to survive cancer.

In May, 1998, Lance returned to

professional cycling, and had

other reasons to feel happy: he

had recently become engaged to

Kristin Richard, and they got

married that month.

In 1999, he set himself a

personal goal: winning the Tour

de France, the biggest race in

international cycling. No US

team had ever won this

competition! Riding with

intelligence, aggressiveness and

team strategy, he won the race...

six years in a row!

World champion cyclist, twice

Olympian, role model, cancer

survivor, and now six-time

winner of the Tour De France,

Lance Armstrong is one of the

most famous athletes on the

planet. His unbelievable life is an

example for people all over the

world.

After having won the battle against cancer, Lance Armstrong won the Tour de France… six times!

The cyclist who beat cancer

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Answer the questions.Then,read again and check.1 How old was Lance when he became a professional athlete?2 What was the result of his first professional international race?3 How old was he when he became road racing World

Champion?4 What treatment did he receive for his cancer?5 How many US teams had won the Tour de France

before Lance?6 How famous is Lance?

Look at the repeated words in blue.Which are adjectives,nouns or verbs? Check their meaning.

Choose the correct form.1 Many people consider Lance an aggressive /aggressiveness / aggression rider.2 Lance became a professional athlete when he was veryyoung / younger / youngest.3 Lance’s main objective is to cross the finish / finishing /finished line before anyone else does.4 Lance win / has won / winner many competitions in hiscareer.5 Happiness is a very powerful feel / felt / feeling.6 It feels great to be the win / won / winner of acompetition.7 Most cyclists today are young / younger / youngest thanLance.8 Aggressive / Aggressiveness / Aggression was a big partof Lance’s strategy at the Tour de France.

What do you think of Lance’s decision to rideprofessionally again?I think he’s a hero because…

Listening

What can you see in the photo? Do you have amotorbike? Do you drive fast, slowly or carefully?

Add words to the mindmap about bikes.

You are going to listen to a radio phone-in about motorbikes.Choose six expressions you think you might hear.

terrible noise police officer dangerous crossing the road garage fall off (your bike) look both ways helmets stupid impress someone

Listen and check.

Listen again. Are the sentences True or False? Correct the false ones.1 Ethel thinks there’s a problem with bikes in Longton.2 A bike hit Ethel when she was crossing the road.3 Ethel used to ride a motorbike when she was a teenager.4 None of the teenagers in Longton wear helmets.5 Ethel thinks most teenagers are bored.6 Terry thinks the public transport in the village isn’t very good.

Pronunciation & dictationSENTENCE STRESS

Listen and write the six sentences.

Which words are stressed and why?

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GRAMMAR POWERPAST SIMPLE, PAST CONTINUOUS & PAST PERFECT

Past Simple & Past ContinuousLook at the examples.1 Lance felt really bad when he was riding his bike.2 Lance accepted to undergo an aggressive form of

chemotherapy.• Which verbs are Past Simple / Past Continuous?• Find more examples of both tenses in the text.• Which tense:a) describes an action in progress at a certain time

in the past? b) is a past action that can interrupt another

past action?

Past PerfectLook at the example.3 By the time he was thirteen, he had won a local

triathlon.The Past Perfect describes an action before / at thesame time as / after the main action of the story.

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GRAMMAR POWERUSED TO & WOULD

1 When I was young we used to ride bicycles.2 We’d always ring our bells when we went round a corner.

a) We use used to and would to describe actions or habitswhich are true now / were true in the past.

b) The contraction we’d comes from had / would.

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UNIT 2 L A N G U A G E F O C U S

Grammar PAST SIMPLE, PAST CONTINUOUS & PAST PERFECT

Past Simple

Use: To talk about actions or states in thepast.They can be long or short actions.There is often a specific past time reference:yesterday, last year, in 1999, three weeks ago.

Use: To talk about activity in progress at acertain time in the past.To describe thingshappening in the background in the past.

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have an accidentyesterday?

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visited Utah?

Correct the mistakes in the sentences.1 They climbed up the mountain when they had an accident.

They were climbing up the mountain when they had an accident.2 Was you wearing a helmet?3 Martin cooked during Julie cleaned the flat.4 I not saw that programme on TV last night.5 We were on holiday for two days when he arrived.6 He was cutting off his arm and walking down the mountain.7 They hadn’t gone to Ushuaia last month.8 What did happen next?

Think about it!

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Past Continuous

Past Perfect

pp. 6-8; p. 49, ex. 3 (see Workbook, pp. 16-17)

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UNIT 2

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VocabularyPHRASAL VERBS:SEPARABLE + OBJECT

Look at this sentence.

Lance Armstrong set up a foundation to help cancer survivors.• Different particles change the meaning of the main verb.

Write pairs of sentences with the verbs.

What does the phrasal verb in this sentence mean?When he was climbing, George Mallory, the famous climber,sometimes took off his clothes.

Write two more sentences with took off.1 Mallory sometimes _____ .2 He sometimes _____ .

Complete the sentences with phrasal verbs.

pull out cut off take off turn on turn off put on

1 After school, Mike always _____ his school uniform and _____ his jeans.

2 Please _____ the TV. I’m trying to do my homework and I can’t concentrate.

3 It’s very dark in here. Can you _____ the light, please? 4 The dentist _____ three of Sam’s teeth yesterday!

In two minutes, make a list of things that you can switchon and off. Compare with a partner’s.the lights, the radio…

WORD FORMATION:NOUN SUFFIXES (II): -er, -or, -ist.

Which noun suffixes do we use for people?1 climb__ 3 art _____ 2 act _____ 4 work _____

What is the root of these words: a noun, a verb or both?

Write the person using the following verbs and nouns.Then, fill in the gaps.

rescue hike climb cycle sail run swim sculpt work write

1 Keen _____ often walk over 50 km a day.2 A _____ has to go to sea in all kinds of weather.3 You don’t have to be an expert _____ to go up a mountain.4 The _____ went out in helicopters to look for the

missing people.5 Do you remember which _____ won the marathon

at the last Olympics?6 I think Ann will pass the exam because she’s a

very hard _____ .7 Miguel Indurain was one of the best _____ of all times.

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VOCABULARY POWERLEARN THE GRAMMAR OF PHRASAL VERBS

• Look at these sentences.Which one is wrong and why?a Lance set up a foundation. c Lance set it up.b Lance set the foundation up. d Lance set up it.

• Transitive verbs need an object.The object can separatethe verb and the particle.When the object is a pronoun,it always goes between the verb and the particle.

• Record phrasal verbs together with their oppositemeanings: turn on/off, put on/take off (clothes).

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UNIT 2

WritingA NARRATIVE

Look at this mindmap for an essay about a motorbikeaccident. Cross out the irrelevant ideas.

Look at the essay plan. Add examples from ex. 1 to eachpart of the plan.

Essay plan

1 Opening paragraph: Tells the reader what the story

is going to be about.

The first sentence should

get the reader’s interest.

2 Main body of essay: The following paragraph tells

what happened in detail.

3 Closing paragraph: Explains the reasons for or

the consequences of what

happened.

I only broke my arm. I was lucky: para. 3one of those awful days: para. 1

Read the story. Look at the coloured words in the text.Match a colour with each kind of word.

1 Sequencing words help to put the events in order.2 Time words show when exactly things happened.3 Linkers of reason or purpose explain why

things happened.

Add these words to 1, 2 or 3 in ex. 3.

later finally next as five years ago before on holiday by the time

so as to to

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Motorbikeaccident

one of those awful days

car came rounda corner fast

I only broke myarm. I was lucky.

the police give lessonsin road safety

must drive more slowlyin the future

big cars should be bannedfrom small country roads

wasn´t wearing a helmet

driver helpedme get up

a rainy day

trying to get homefast on my bike

bike skiddedacross the road

It was one of those days that you neverforget… We had a terrible accident at ourhouse last summer. It was a Saturday. Somefriends were visiting me while my parents wereout and we decided to make lunch. We have abarbecue in our garden with a fireplace and anelectric cooker in it. We also keep swimmingitems there.

First, we made some hamburgers and ate them,and then, we went for a swim in the swimmingpool. After that, we went inside in order tolisten to some music. We were having a greattime when suddenly I heard a strange noisefrom the garden. When I looked out of thewindow I saw the barbecue was on fire! I raninto the garden at once. Because the firewasn’t very big, I managed to put it out withwater from the garden hose.

In the end, we could see how the fire hadstarted. A friend of mine had accidentally putsome towels on the cooker. Since he hadn’tchecked that it was off, the towels began toburn. But it all ended happily.

been to see my aunt

too many teenagersride bikes nowadays

road very wet

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WRITING POWERCHOOSE RELEVANT IDEAS

• Once you have brainstormed your ideas, check that they are relevant.

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Match phrases and endings.1 Somebody might woman was injured.2 It look as if the be dead.3 There are eight road was wet.4 There’s a red people in the photo.5 It seems as though a car upside down.

Match the items in the photo and their position.

Useful Languageat the top a the red car at the bottom b earth and grasson the left c the victimon the right d a blanketin the middle e the man on the phonein the foreground f bushesin the background g a police officer

Read ex. 4 and the example. Prepare some sentencesto describe the photo.

Cover the photo. In pairs, describe the scene.

There’s a car upside down at the side of the road.

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You are going to write a story about an accident.Answer these questions to help you to organise your ideas.

1 What kind of accident was it?2 When did it happen?3 Who was there?4 What did they do?5 What happened in the end?6 Why did it happen? or What happened as a result?

Write your story (about 100 words).Use the essay plan in ex. 2 to help you.

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SPEAKING POWERPREPARE WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO SAY

• Think before you start speaking.• Make sure you understand the activity. Look at the

examples and prepare some sentences.

p. 41 (see Workbook, pp. 20-21)

p. 49, ex. 4

Extended Reading & Listening: Go to pp. 90-91

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UNIT 2

.Ranulph Fiennes is a modern-day

explorer who loves livingdangerously. Born in 1944, he livedthe first few years of his life in SouthAfrica. When he was 10, he went toschool in England where hisfavourite hobby was climbing ontothe roof of tall buildings at night.

Fiennes later became an explorerand adventurer. He travelled up theWhite Nile in a hovercraft,parachuted onto the world’s highestglacier in Norway, and canoed along4,000 miles of river water in Canadaand Alaska. In 1979 he began theTransglobe Expedition, a journeyaround the world via the North andSouth Poles. In 1982, he and CharlieBurton became the first men to reachboth Poles overland. More recently,

in 2003, he ran seven marathons inseven days on seven differentcontinents – and he did this after aserious heart operation!

Fiennes’ adventures haveinvolved him in some horrificaccidents. On a training course inthe Brunei jungle, he fell down a hillcovered with thorn bushes andstopped only when part of his earcaught on a thorn. He cut the bushin order to get free, but half his earcame away and it started to bleedheavily. Back at camp, a friendoffered to sew the ear back on butFiennes decided to put band-aids onthe ear instead and took a lot ofpenicillin to stop infection. He thencontinued the course as if nothinghad happened!

On another occasion, Fiennes wastrying to get to the North Pole acrossareas of unstable, breaking ice. Hewas some distance from the othermen in the team. Suddenly the icecracked and Fiennes found himselfup to his neck in freezing water. Heshouted for help but no one heardhim. Every time he tried to crawl outonto the ice, he fell back in again.He began to panic. Just when hethought he was going to die hemanaged to pull himself out. He keptwalking until a member of the teamarrived and quickly cut off hisclothes, boots and gloves. Fiennesknew he was lucky to be alive.

As he says, few people go for a swim in the Arctic Ocean andsurvive to tell the tale!

thorn bush: a small tree with sharp points

P R A C T I C E T E S T

Reading Answer. (8 points)

1 What did Fiennes like doing at school?2 Which ways of travelling on water are mentioned in

paragraph 2?3 How did Fiennes get onto the glacier?4 What happened to Fiennes before he ran the marathons?5 How did Fiennes hurt his ear?6 Why didn’t someone help Fiennes to get out of the water?7 Why did Fiennes begin to panic? 8 How did a member of his team finally help him?

Choose the best title for the text. (2 points)

a Living Dangerously b Jungle Adventure c A Doctor’s Story

ListeningListen to the introduction and choose.

(2 points)

1 This part of the programme is…a) about music. b) a phone-in. c) an interview.

2 The topic is…a) the high number of road accidents.b) the number of cars on the road.c) how to drive in heavy traffic.

Listen and answer True or False. (8 points)

1 Marsha thinks that young people are responsible for most accidents.

2 She thinks no one should drive a car until they’re 25.3 She thinks a lot of people involved in accidents are

drunk or take drugs.4 Kate is eighty years old.5 She thinks she is a good driver.6 She thinks that the bus service where she lives is not so

good.7 She says that the main cause of accidents is bad weather.8 Mark asks Kate about the condition of the roads.

WritingChoose an option.Write the story (75-100 words). (10points)

1 Imagine you were an explorer on an expedition.Write about an accident that you had in the past.Include information about the place, who was with you,and what happened before, during, and after the accident.

2 I’ll never forget the day I saw a terrible accident… Continue the story.

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P R O G R E S S T E S T 1

Match a title and a paragraph extract.There is one extra title.(4 points; 1 each answer)

a Action Man’s Mistake b Learning Abroadc Internet Fan d Happy Ending e Number 1 Language

1 Pablo often chats with keypals in English chat rooms. He surfs to look for facts or he looks up words when he’s doing his homework.

2 Aron had skied for two days, spent a day mountain-bikingand then he set off to climb one of the highest peaks in the national park. Unfortunately, nobody knew he was doing this.

3 Julia thinks the only way to really learn a language is to go to a country where they speak it. She tries to go to England every year before she does her exams and,if she can, she stays with a family.

4 He crawled through a canyon, climbed down a steep cliffand walked over 9 km to the nearest road. Finally, he met other hikers and knew he was safe.

Write four more expressions with make and four with do.(4 points; 0.5 each answer)

Choose the correct preposition. (5 points; 0.5 each answer)

Action-man had a busy day. First, he rode along / througha cliff on his horse.Then he fell on / off his horse onto /across the ground and hurt his arm. He got up again and climbed along / over a rock and by / up a mountain.He flew off / under the mountain on a hang-glider, swaminto / across a river and ran through / under a tunnel.At the end of the day, when he was driving home, hedrove too fast round / over a corner, skidded into / acrossthe road, and finally crashed up / into a wall!

Underline the word that means the same.(3 points; 0.5 each answer)

1 around almost / roughly / over

2 almost nearly / never / many

3 most some / the majority / a few

4 at least a minimum of / more than / approximately

5 more than around / over / below

6 often usually / frequently / always

7 occasionally sometimes / never / rarely

Write the sentences in the correct order. (4 points)

1 lunch / Sundays / Dad / makes / on / always / myMy Dad always makes lunch on Sundays.

2 never / homework / my / morning / the / I / in / do

3 France / holiday / parents / often / go / his / to / on

4 Spanish / in / watch / do / videos / you / sometimes?

5 words / Pablo / looks / the / always / Internet / up / on

Write sentences with the Present Simple or Present Continuous. (5 points)

1 Ana / not go / to / gym / this week.Ana isn’t going to the gym this week.

2 Selim / learn / English / because / want / better job.

3 You / ever / look up / words / dictionary?

4 I / not understand / cassette / very well.

5 Who usually / make / the meals / your house?

6 What / John drink / at the moment?

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Write the verbs in the correct form. Use the Past Simple,Past Continuous or Past Perfect. (7 points; 0.5 each answer)

Is Frank Selak the world’s luckiest man? In 2003, the 74year-old music teacher 1 won €900,000 on the CroationNational Lottery but before that he 2 _____ (have) severalserious accidents. In 1962, he 3 _____ (survive) when atrain 4 _____ (fall) into an icy river and 5 _____ (kill) 17 people. A year later, when he 6 _____(travel) by plane, a door 7 _____ (fly) open and Frank 8 _____ (fall) out but a pile of grass 9 _____ (break) his fall.In 1966 he 10 _____ (ride) in a bus when it also 11 _____(fall) into a river, killing 4 passengers.Twice, when he 12 _____ (drive) his car, it 13 _____ (explode). In 1995, he 14 _____ (jump) out of another car that 15 _____ (go) outof control. He is really lucky to be alive today!

Complete the text with phrasal verbs. Not all the verbs are necessary. (6 points)

look up look at look after look into look for cut off put on put offturn on turn off take off pull out

Every evening when she comes home from school Irenedoes the same thing. She 1 takes off her uniform,2 _____ some comfortable clothes, goes to her room and 3 _____ her computer. She usually 4 _____ her e-mails,plays a few games, and then tries to do her homework.She finds the Internet very useful because she can 5 _____information and new words.When she’s finished, sheusually has something to eat.When her parents go out, she6 _____ her younger sister.They read or play together untilit is time to 7 _____ the lights and go to bed.

Make nouns from these verbs. (1.5 points; 0.25 each answer)

contradict embarrass discuss pronounce improve arrange

Write the person or job. (1.5 points; 0.25 each answer)

art fire sculpt climb act swim

Complete the sentences. (2 points; 0.5 points each answer)

1 The play we saw last night wasn’t very good.The _____ were terrible.

2 I noticed a big _____ in Raul’s English after he had been to Australia.

3 I think Sylvia is going to be an _____ when she grows up. She loves painting.

4 That man is definitely the murderer. His statement is full of _____ .

Write opinion or fact. (3 points; 0.5 points each answer)

1 I really think people who go climbing should tell someone where they are going.

2 The people who speak Mandarin Chinese mostly live in China.

3 As John sees it, his parents are making a mistake.

4 My feeling is that Aron is a very unusual person.

5 The number of bilingual people in the world is higher than I thought.

6 The Internet can be very useful for people who are learning a new language.

Complete the text with these words and phrases.(4 points; 0.5 points each answer)

after that because since then when in order to first in the end

Last year I invited some friends to my house for a party.Everything went wrong. 1 _____, Peter broke a glass andcut his hand. 2 _____ it was bleeding so much, we had totake him to hospital. 3 _____ we got back, there was apower cut so we had no music or lights. 4 _____ Ella felldown the stairs in the dark! So, we lit some candles 5 _____ be able to see. 6 _____ things were all right for awhile but 7 _____ there was no music, people started tofeel bored. 8 _____ everyone went home early and I wentto bed!

Total: 50 points

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YOUR POWER is a highly innovative method for teenagers. It provides learning andskills strategies to achieve true communicative ability. At the same time, it guarantees in-depth coverage of grammar, vocabulary and exam preparation thanks to its wealth of resources, and ensures effective language acquisition through constant recycling.YOUR POWER guarantees a prestigious level of linguistic and communicative competences.YOUR POWER has been reviewed and tested by hundreds of teachers and students in order to ensure that it reflects the quickly changing reality of teenage classes.

Student’s Book FactsCore units with balanced skills work 8Language focus sections 8Practice tests 8Progress tests 4Extended reading & listening sections 16Error analysis sections 16Vocabulary activator 8Pairwork speaking activities 8Songs 4Listening material 130 minsIrregular verb list Included for easy reference Teachers and students consulted +300

Language Booster FactsGrammar Guide with written practicePhrasebook with speaking and listening activitiesWriting Guide with composition templates and model textsVocabulary Guide with word lists

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