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Never mind. Rob Not. I'm more of a writer. Rob Oh, you know, interviews, reviews, like that Harry How! How interesting! How awful! How amazing! What a pity! What a good idea! What terrible news! Harry Go , son! How e Watch or listen again and repeat the phrases. How do you say fantastic! Can you? D react to good news, bad news, unexpected news, and interesting news D introduce yourself and other people - D use phrases that give you time to think, e.
Fill in the blanks with phrases A-G. All situations I rich 'Cause he pays for everything 2 cash or credit cards 3 you have to pay for it Girls don't like boys, girls like cars and fflOf e ', Do you think it is? Put them in the correct column. You can worry about the bill next month.
How is or b go straight to a shopping mall and spend it all. Which two are c put all of it in your bank account until you know what different? I'm vt;ry organized and know exactly what I have f Practice saying these sentences.
Let's go shopping for clothes. I have no idea. When I have money, I usually just Can I borrow some money? They can't afford to pay the mortgage. I work in a store. Hopefully your friend will forget about it, too! You speak to your friend and explain the b Compare your answers with a partner.
Say why. Find out if installments. He I She I you a spender or a saver? How many are savers? You can afford it, and it b Listen again and match speakers l-6withA-F. What are they arguing about? Then listen and check. Are they new? I 2 Uust buy them. Do you like them? O They're OK. K Oh, not much. That isn't cheap for a pair of shoes.
Anyway, we can't afford to buy new clothes right now. K Why not? What is it? D The phone bill. D What about it? D But 1 1 1 need the new model. K well,1 12 need some new shoes. Have you ever bou gh! Learn more about the present perfect and simple past, and practice them. Give as much information as you can. Think oftwo people you know personally or John DeJoria, an American billionaire businessman, owns several companies, including John Paul Mitchell Systems, a successful have heard ofwho are very rich.
Did they? However, DeJoria was not always wealthy. He was the second son of immigrant parents and grew up in a b inherit their money who from? Before forming his hair c win it bow? DeJoria's selfmade rise is an inspiring story. How did door. At 10 years old, my brother and I had paper routes. We got he become so rich?
Why is his success surprising? As you got older, you continued to work. Is that right? Doors literally A D He was homeless again. C D An investor didn't give him the money he You've been homeless, haven't you? Once, when I was about 22 years old. The other time was D D He sold encyclopedias from door-to-door.
I wasn't E D He left his wife. So I had left and had F D He was homeless. We had a backer for John Paul Mitchell Systems putting in a half-million dollars. That money was G []] He sold Christmas cards from door-to-door. I never got a penny. So we started with humble beginnings. Do memories of the streets motivate you? It sure makes you very appreciative of what you have in your e Look at the highlighted words and phrases life.
Those who are homeless-like people with kids who are related co money and business. With a partner, homeless-I really have a heart for. So I participate in a lot of try to figure out the meanings from context. What are the biggest problems you've faced in business? Any business you start, be highlighted words and phrases. Then ask and ready for it. The difference between successful people and answer the questions with a partner. How things the unsuccessful people don't want to do.
When 10 doors long have you used it? And we said, "Man 3 If you needed a to lend you money to we made it; it's all downhill now. It took a couple years. How did you feel? What was the first thing you bought yourself at e that point? This is the first time I said I'm going to order off the left ja.
That, to me, was a pretty big deal. Correct the wrong information in these sentences. Where do you think they were taken? What can you see in 1 Jane's son chose the name Adelante Africa, which means each photo? Listen to Part 1. Where did she children's English. What did she decide to do after the trip? What does Jane say about: 6 Two of Jane's children have been helping in Uganda. Then listen again to check. Glossary f Do you know anybody like Jane who does a lot of work for a holiday BritE for vacation charity?
What do they do? A Since B For about 22 years. C For four years. Are the three questions and answers in a about? How lona learnina French? Ask your partner at least three 6 questions about the things he or she has written.
One question must be How lona haveyou Do you write things on it or do Y? U ' c Listen again and repeat the sentences. Copy the just read other people's tweet:! Have you ever taken part in one? Helen Skelton hopes to become the first What did you do? How much money did you raise?
She has never been afraid of a who agreed to kayak down the Amazon for charity. Last year, she became the second woman to Read the introduction and answer the questions. But when Blue Peter decided to do something to 2 What is she hoping to do this year? So they suggested that she kayak 1, miles down the Amazon from Nauta in Peru to c Before you read the texts of Helen's first three phone Almeirim in Brazil.
There are no roads and no towns, had on her trip. Then read and check. Were you right? Did she manage to finish? Phone call l ,, Everything went wrong. I only managed half f Listen again. Then answer the questions. I've been suffering from the heat. I went the wrong way, and I had to paddle against 3 Why didn't she celebrate reaching the halfway point? There e pink 4 What have been driving her crazy this week? I think that if I can do 62 miles a day, t n 6 Why is she starting to feel a little sad?
I can make it. The news 7 How many miles did she do altogether? Was it a positive experience? I was exhausted! It's absolutely boiling. NOT ooilir,g. A Was Lisa's father angcy about the car? B Yes, he was furious! Helen has only been kayaking once before in B Yes, it's really tiny-just a bedroom and a living room. Last week, she arrived at the Amazon in B Yes, I'm terrified! I never fly anywhere. After two days of kayaking, she made the first of her phone calls.
B Yes, it was delicious. B I'm starving! I haven't eaten all day. B It's enormous. It has seven bedrooms. B It was freezing! Minus 20 degrees.
B It was filthy. It took us three hours to clean it. B They're excited. In fact, they want to pay for everything! B It was hilarious. We laughed all the way through. I remember turning the key. I never thought it would happen. How are the strong adjectives paddle once it goes under the surface. It pronounced? Practice the dialogues in pairs. My hands have been giving d Ask and answer with a partner. I now 1 Have you ever been swimming in a place where the water was have them bandaged in white tape.
I listen riders in your country? The problem is heat exhaustion. I've been traveling 62 miles a day, which is my target. But yesterday after ,,, p.
I don't feel like cooking. My wife is unemployed. When bad Luck becomes good Luck! You've had a lot of bad luck in the past-a bad accident and some frightening health problems. Does that keep you from doing things in the future that involve luck, like Max Andrew Samantha Zenobia Skylar buying a lottery ticket? In are also feeling down case you've never heard of Bill Morgan, his story actually c hasn't eaten brownies in a long time begins with some very bad luck.
The accident did not a he doesn't like cooking kill him, but it did leave Bill with a heart condition. When he was given medication for the heart condition, Bill had an b it's cheaper than eating at home allergic reaction that caused a powerful heart attack, which c he can't cook that type of food at home left him clinically dead for 14 minutes. During this a talk to each other a lot b don't like each other at all time, his family was advised to unplug his life support system c don't like each other as much after spending a lot of not once, but twice.
Bill's bad luck was ending and his heartwarming a if it's cheaper than usual b every three months story was just beginning. Lisa said yes. A week later, Morgan a when she was 15 b for people who are sick with cancer bought a scratch-off lottery ticket at his local newsstand.
The news crew thought it Do the tasks with a partner. No one could have predicted what Can you And the best part is, it all 1 D describe your diet and the typical diet in your happened on live TV almost causing another heart attack. Mark the sentences T true , liked when we were children. F false , or DS doesn't say. Bill was in a coma for 14 days. How much did you re-enactment. What did you do with it? Where did you first start learning?
Check their meaning and pronunciation, and try to learn them. Read the public transportation in towns and cities in your introduction and answer the questions. Where to? Listen and repeat.
On Top Gear, a very popular TV series about cars and driving, b Write three words from the list in each column. Practice saying the words. Three possible forms of transportation were chosen: a motorboat, a car, and a combination of d Look at the words in the columns.
What are the transportation. One of the show's hosts, Rutledge Wood, took typical spellings for these sounds? Go to the the motorboat and his colleague Adam Ferrera took the car Sound Bank p. Can you hear transportation. His trip involved getting a taxi to the airport the difference? Practice saying them. Then he rented a scooter. Do you still think your predictions in 3a are right?
His trip began in the Miami River. For the first hour there 1 Dwent much faster in the later part of his trip was a speed limit of 7 miles an hour because of the 2 Ddid something illegal enforced no-wake zone in the river.
Once the boat passed through Biscayne Bay and went under the Rickenbacker 3 Dwent more slowly in the later part of his trip Bridge, he entered open water. Rutledge increased the 4 Dhad to stop for more gas boat's speed to over 90 miles an hour and made up the time 5 Dcouldn't understand the directions spoken by he lost on the Miami River. Approximately 60 miles from theGPS the finish line, Rutledge was ahead of Adam and Tanner, 6 Dwas in the lead for most of the race but he had to stop for gas if he wanted to reach the finish line in Key West.
In the 15 minutes it took to refuel the boat, d Look at the highlighted verbs and verb phrases. Adam passed Rutledge in the car and took the lead.
Once With a partner, figure out their meaning from Rutledge was back on the open water, there were a lot of big waves, but he was able to pass Adam near Seven Mile Bridge just outside of Key West. Unfortunately for both Rutledge and Adam, Tanner flew over both of them in the seaplane at about the same time. Now Tanner was in the best position to win. Each racer was only miles from the finish line in Key West. Who would win? Follow his route on the map. Adam started off OK.
He wasn't driving fast because he was going the speed limit. However, after an hour, Adam decided that he was going too slowly. He increased his speed to 75 miles an hour miles an hour over the speed limit. As Adam passed through a small town, he was stopped by the police!
They were angry that Adam was speeding, and it meant that Adam lost many valuable minutes! This made finding his way to Key West difficult. As Adam finally approached Key West, the traffic was getting worse.
He was worried about getting stuck so close to the finish line. Only three miles to go Now listen to what happened. What order did they arrive in? Are the highlighted phrases right or wrong? I D What's the quicker way to get around Miami? Were your top a. Learn more about comparatives and each activity and why it is dangerous. We link words: 1 when a word ends in a consonant sound and the next word begins with a vowel sound, e.
Try to link the marked words and copy the rhythm. For each group of three things compare them using the bold adjective, i. Riding a motorcycle is more dangerous than driving. Check I' the ones you agree with and put an X next to the ones you disagree with. Think about your reasons. Slow drivers cause more accidents than fast drivers.
A car magazine tested drivers in a driving People who drink and drive should lose simulator. The drivers had to drive in the their driver's license for life. Speed cameras do not stop accidents. Try to use expressions from the box. Do you agree? I with Juan. I think I don't think j you're right. Write a magazine article about transportation in your town or city.
Arizona has shown that the stereotype that 4 What topics do In a men talk about more than women the study, hundreds of college students were fitted b women talk about more than men with recorders, and the total number of words they used during the day was then counted. Then A read the article The results, published in the New Scientist, showed that Men talkjust as much as women and Bread the article women speak about 16, words a day and men speak Gossip with the girls?
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It ensures you get material that learners will enjoy reading and will want to talk about. Texts such as "Could you live without money? They create a desire to communicate. Having created the desire, American English File then helps you to develop learners' communication skills.
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