CONTENTS
UNIT 28 Lesson 1 Start the day right 2
Lesson 2 Potential client 6
Lesson 3 He’s famous 10
UNIT 29 Lesson 1 New tenants 14
Lesson 2 Life is tough 18
Lesson 3 Home news 22
UNIT 30 Lesson 1 End of term 26
Lesson 2 You’re my hero 30
Lesson 3 The 2 a.m. rush 34
UNIT 31 Lesson 1 Breakfast for your brain 38 Lesson 2 No sense of color 42
Lesson 3 Pastimes 46
UNIT 32 Lesson 1 What day is it? 50
Lesson 2 Disasters 54
Lesson 3 Interruptions 58
UNIT 33 Lesson 1 Good things come in small
packages 62
Lesson 2 Run, Richard, run! 66
Lesson 3 The rules of the game 70
UNIT 34 Lesson 1 A new man! 74
Lesson 2 Strange customs 78
Lesson 3 Four Seasons Guide to
Massachusetts 82
UNIT 35 Lesson 1 You’re impossible! 86
Lesson 2 The Jersey devil 90
Lesson 3 First impressions 94
UNIT 36 Lesson 1 Parking downtown 98
Lesson 2 Yvonne! 102
Lesson 3 Try groveling 106
Self-Tests 110
Answers to Self-Tests 128
Transcriptions 130
Answers to Situational Questions 134
Irregular Verb Table 136
Index ' 138
Pronunciation Symbols Inside back cover
Abbreviations Inside back cover
LESSON 1
GRAMMAR: NOUNS
In this lesson you’re going to learn about
• the basic uses of countable and uncountable nouns
SPEAKING
In this lesson you’re going to practice
• telling us what you usually have for breakfast
• telling us how you’re going to spend the day
LESSON 2
GRAMMAR: A / AN: SINGULAR AND PLURAL NOUNS
In this lesson you’re going to learn about
• the use of a / an + singular countable noun and the use of some or zero + plural countable nouns
SPEAKING
In this lesson you’re going to practice
• talking about horoscopes and telling us what kind of person you think you are
LESSON 3
GRAMMAR: PERSONAL PRONOUNS
In this lesson you’re going to learn about
• subject and object pronouns and their uses
SPEAKING
In this lesson you’re going to practice
• talking about any famous person you know about and admire
• arguing whether or not it’s nice to be famous