Childhood
© talk about adapting to different cultures
© talk about memory @ talk about a-personal memory @ evoke the feelings and moods of a past event
Language focus
Adapting to another culture p7 Remembering p9 Talking about a personal memory p10
Target activity
Describe a childhood memory
Reading
Born everywhere, raised in Britain p6
Childhood memories are fairytales p8
Listening
Memory p8
Childhood memories p10
Speaking
Adapting to another culture
p7
How well do you remember things? p8
Your earliest memory p9
pages
16-25
Self
® talk about personality traits © talk about identity ® understand promotional language
© say how you met someone © use effective introduction strategies
Target activity
Promote yourself
Language focus
Presenting a self-image p 16
Talking about identity P17
Promotional language p 19
Say how you met someone p19
Introduction strategies p20
Reading
Your online self p 16 Dating agencies p 18
Listening
What defines you? p 17 Introducing yourself p20
Speaking
Your online self p16 What defines you as a person? p 17
Writing and Speaking
Say how you met someone p 19
Across cultures
Attitudes to children
Keywords Describing habits and tendencies
EXPLQRESpealtiiig
@ tell an anecdote effectively @ keep people interested in a story
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would
using the -ing form
Vocabulary
Memory
just
Across cultures
Your cards
Keywords Describing skill and
ability
EXPLGREWriting
© write a cover letter ® describe experience and ability
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Verb tenses in narration Phrasal verbs; verbs + prepositions
Vocabulary
self-
Reformulating what you say
pages
26-35
Language and literature
© describe a book © give a personal response ® talk about languages and ways to learn them © describe experiences of language learning © discuss plans and priorities
Language focus
Describe a book and its significance p27 Language learning
p28
Plans and priorities p30
Target activity
A plan to improve your English
Speaking and Reading
Life-changing books p26 Language learning p29
Listening
Farthest North p27 Language learning p28 Plans and’priorities p30
Speaking
Describing books and their significance p27
Across cultures
Attitudes to English
Keywords worth, worthwhile EXPLORESpeaking
© use strategies for
communicating effectively
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Present verb forms Adverbs
Vocabulary
Expressions with language Idioms about speaking
pages
36-45
World
® interpret maps and facts © make comparisons and talk about changes
© talk about diet and nutrition @ discuss changing trends ® talk about result
Target activity
Say how a town or country has changed
Language focus
Differences and changes p37
Interpreting meaning p37
Types of food p38
Chanqes and trends p39
Result p40
Reading
Maps of the world p36 Nutrition transition p39
Listening
Events and changes in Britain p40
Speaking
Maps of the world p37 Interpreting a map p37 Food for a week p38 Technology debate p39
Writing
Maps of the world p37
Across cultures
Restaurants
Keywords get, become EXPLOREWriting
@ write captions @ write economically
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The future
Comparisons involving different verbs and time
Concepts of space
© describe spaces in cities © describe how spaces are used © talk about crime and surveillance
© comment on experiences ® outline problems ® discuss and suggest solutions
Target activity
Plan a city square
Language focus
Describing spaces p47
Legal and illegal activities p49 Commenting on experiences p49 Outlining problems p50
Reading
Post-it cities p46 Surveillance p48
Listening
Post-it city p47 Security p49
Speaking
Talking about spaces p47 Commenting on experiences p49
Across cultures
Privacy
Keyword need
EKPLORESpeaking
© give a presentation with images
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Passive reporting verbs
Vocabulary
Describing places Solutions to problems
pages
56-65
Appearances
© describe appearance and changes to appearance ® discuss photos and images ® talk about aim and intention ® talk about fakes and forgeries ® convince people and express doubt
® conduct a personal interview ® describe someone’s life, achievements and attitudes
Target activity
Interview someone and present a profile
Language focus Reading
Altering physical Thin, pretty and airbrushed
features p57 p56
Aim and intention p57 . The master forger p58 Fakes and forgery p58 Paulo Coelho p60
Reading and Speaking
Fake photos p57
Listening
The camera never lies? p56 John Myatt, the master forger p59
Speaking
Real or fake? p59
Across cultures
Piracy
Keywords aim, purpose EXPLOREWriting
® use written and spoken styles appropriately
® appreciate written and spoken . genres
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Present perfect simple and progressive
Present participle expressions
Vocabulary
New crimes
Verbs with -en and en-
pages
66-75
Health
' © talk about health problems and treatment
® describe and comment on an exhibition or a show ® describe a process or experiment
© discuss implications and significance © discuss an issue
Target activity
Global issues
Language focus
Health problems and treatment p66 Descriptive particles p67
Describing processes and experiments
p68
Discussing issues p70
Reading
Cradle to grave p66 Beware witch doctors p68
Listening
Audio guide p67 Malaria p70
Speaking
An exhibition or a show p67 Mind over matter p69
Speaking and Listening
A caffeine experiment p68
Across cultures
Health campaigns
Keywords consist, include EKPLORESpeaking
® take turns in a discussion © give opinions in an extended conversation
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Passives and participles Referencing and substitution
Vocabulary
Tests
All-purpose nouns
Health problems and treatments
pages
76-85
Brand awareness
© discuss brands © describe effects and influences @ talk about the image and qualities of products © talk about advertising and marketing
® describe an advert © pass on detailed information
Target activity
Sell a product
Language focus
Effects and influences p77
image and qualities p77
Marketing words p78
Describing technology p80
Reading
Viral ads p78
Thq air-powered car p80
Listening
Brands p76 A viral video p79
Speaking
Brand images p77 Describing an advert p79
Across cultures
Megabrands
Keywords effect, affect EKPLOREWriHne
© use advertising language
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Measuring differences whatever
Vocabulary
Multi-word expressions Influence and effect
Icons
© speculate about images and objects
@ interpret and respond to a story © discuss icons © identify critical language in a text
© talk about what something ■ represents
© present arguments and counter-arguments
Target activity
Icons for today
Across cultures
Loan words
Keywords Describing what things represent
EXPLORESpeaking
© give criticism © respond to criticism •
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It's no...
Modifying a sentence
Vocabulary
Uses of suppose
Across cultures
Football rivalries Keyword together EKPIQRiWriiing
© describe an organisation @ present something in the best possible light
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inversion
Vocabulary
Collective nouns for people Collective adjectives
Across cultures
Living 'off-grid’
Keywords Describing similarities and differences
EXPLORESpeaking
© report a point of view © react to a point of view
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Present progressive active and passive
Cleft sentences
Vocabulary
Adverb j adjective collocations
Across cultures
Technology
Keywords sure, certain EKPLOREWriting
© give written advice @ write steps in a process © describe how to do something
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Participle clauses
Vocabulary
Computer icons and collocations knowledge and information
pages
86-95
Language focus
Interpreting and defining p86 Critical language p88 Saying what things and people represent p90
Д sense of belonging
© describe groups and pages membership
96-105 © describe feelings about
belonging
© give opinions emphatically ® explore strategies for analysing authentic texts
s persuade others to take action
Target activity
Prepare a campaign
Language focus
Belonging to a group p97
Talking about membership p97 Being emphatic p99
Climate
© talk about climate change pages @ describe inventions and how 106-115 they work
© discuss proposals © describe an ongoing process © understand imagery in a poem © say if actions are justified © conduct a debate
Target activity
The Doomsday debate
Knowledge and technology
pages
116-125 @ talk about knowledge and
technology
© discuss how to access information
@ describe technological advances
@ talk about how things develop © explain an idea @ deliver a positive message
Target activity
Deliver a confident message
Language focus
Climate change p 106 Active and passive infinitives p 107 Processes p 109 Saying if actions are justified pi 10
Language focus
Talking about knowledge and information p 117 Developments and advances pi 19
Reading
Football p98
Listening
A sense of belonging p97
Listening and Speaking
Joining a group p97
Speaking
Groups p96
Opinions about football p99
Reading
The Sermiiik fjord in Greenland pi 08
2084 p 109
Reading and Speaking
Radical ways to save the planet p 106
Listening
Richard Branson p 106
The Doomsday debate pi 10
Listening and Speaking
Commenting on a poem p 109
Speaking
Proposals to combat climate change pi07
Reading
The end of general knowledge? p116
Hole in the Wall project p118
Listening
The Hole in the Wall project pi 18
Listening and Speaking
The role of technology in obtaining information pi 17
Speaking
Finding out information pi 16
The influence of computer technology p119