CONTENTS
LESSON 5
THE CUSTOMER'S ALWAYS RIGHT! 41 5 a Say It Clearly!: W-Vowel Link 41 5 b English At Work: Dialogue - Did You Need Some Help? 4 5 c Build Your Vocabulary 42 5 d English Under the Hood:
1. Prepositions of Time, Motion, and Location 43
2. Adjectives Followed by Prepositions 44
3. Verbs Followed by Prepositions 45 5 e Phrasal Verbs for Shopping 46
5 f Real English: Shop Till You Drop! 47 5 g Bring it All Together 47 5 h Listen Up! 49
5 I Why Do They Do That? Service with a
Smile 50
LESSON 6
I HAVE GOT TO HAVE A NEW CAR! 51
6 a Say It Clearly!: Consonant-Vowel Link 51 6 b English At Work: Dialogue - Let's Go
Look at My New Car. 51 6 c Build Your Vocabulary 52 6 d English Under the Hood:
1. Modals of Necessity 53
2. Modals of Advisability 54
3. Negative Modals 54
6 e Phrasal Verbs with come 55 6 f Real English: I Need Some New iWheels! 57 6 g Bring it All Together 57 6 h Listen Up! 59
6 I Why Do They Do That? Americans and
Their Cars 59
LESSON 7
PUSHING THE ENVELOPE 61
7 a Say It Clearly!: Consonant-Consonant
Linking 61
7 b English At Work: Reading - A Brief History of Mail Delivery in the U.S.A. 61 7 c Build Your Vocabulary 62 7 d English Under the Hood:
1. Degrees of Certainty in the Present Tense 63
2. Degrees of Certainty in the Past Tense 64
3. Degrees of Certainty in the Future Tense 65
Phrasal Verbs for Giving and Getting 66 Real English: Keeping in Touch with Friendly Advice 67 Bring it All 7 g Together 68 Listen Up! 70
7 h Why Do They Do That? Benjamin Franklin and the American Work Ethic 70
LESSON 8
YOUR RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES 72
8 a Say It Clearly!: Consonant-Consonant Linking 2 72
8 b English At Work: Dialogue - Do You Know Why I Pulled You Over? 72 8 c Build Your Vocabulary 73 8 d English Under the Hood:
1. The Passive Voice in the Simple Present and Present Continuous Tenses 75
2. The Passive Voice in the Present Perfect and Simple Past Tenses 75
3. The Passive Voice in the Simple Future and Immediate Future Tenses 76 Phrasal Verbs for Criminal Acts 76
8 f Real English: You're Busted! 77 8 g Bring it All Together 78 8 h Listen Up! 80
8 I Why Do They Do That? Some Important
Driver's Responsibilities 80
LESSON 9
THIS IS PARADISE, ISN'T IT? 8
9 a Say It Clearly!: Intonation in Tag
Questions 82
9 b English At Work: Reading - Aloha from Hawaii! 82
9 c Build Your Vocabulary 83 9 d English Under the Hood:
1. Tag Questions 84
2. Negative Questions 86
3. Beginning Sentences with Negative Adverbs 86
9 e Phrasal Verbs with look 87 9 f Real English: Your Island Getaway 88
9 G Bring it All Together 88 9 H Listen Up! 90
9 I Why Do They Do That? Travel in
America 91
LESSON 10
TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL GAME! 92
10 A Say It Clearly!: Intonation in Questions in
Statement Form 92
10 B English At Work: Dialogue-It's a Great Day for Baseball! 92 10 C Build Your Vocabulary 93 10 D English Under the Hood:
1. Reported Speech: Past, Present, and Future 94
2. Using Modals in Reported Speech 95
3. Questions in Statement Form 96 10 E Phrasal Verbs with keep 97
10 F Real English: A Day at the Races 97 10 G Bring it All Together 98 10 H Listen Up! 100 10 I Why Do They Do That? The Super Bowl 100
LESSON 11
SNAIL MAIL JUST WON'T CUT IT! 103
11 A Say It Clearly!: The Vowels in seat and sit 103
11 B English At Work: Reading — A Brief History of the Internet 103
11 C Build Your Vocabulary 104 11 D English Under the Hood:
1. The Present Perfect Tense vs. The Present Perfect Progressive Tense 105
2. The Present Perfect Progressive Tense vs. The Past Perfect Progressive Tense 107
3. The Future Progressive Tense 107 11 E Phrasal Verbs for the Computer 108 11 F Real English: Life Online 109
11 G Bring it All Together no 11 H Listen Up! 112
11 I Why Do They Do That? The Internet Generation 112
LESSON 12
SHE'LL WIN BY A LANDSLIDE! 114
12 A Say It Clearly!: Consonant Clusters 114 12 B English At Work: Reading-America Divided, But Always United 114 12 C Build Your Vocabulary 115 12 D English Under the Hood:
1. The Progressive Form of Modals 116
2. The Use of would rather 117
3. Past Ability 118
12 E Phrasal Verbs for Winning and Losing 118
12 F Real English: Does She Have What it Takes? 119
12 G Bring it All Together 119 12 H Listen Up! 122
12 I Why Do They Do That? Religion in the
U.S. 122
LESSON 13
PRIDE OF OWNERSHIP 124
13 A Say It Clearly!: Reductions with should,
could, and would 124
13 B English At Work: Dialogue — Who Needs Buyer's Remorse? 124 13 C Build Your Vocabulary 125 13 D English Under the Hood:
1. Past Forms of should and shouldn't 126
2. Be supposed to and be to 127
3. Making Suggestions with could 127 13 E Phrasal Verbs for Buying and Selling a
House 128
13 F Real English: Real Estate 129 13 G Bring it All Together 129 13 H Listen Up! 131
13 I Why Do They Do That? The American
Dream of Home Ownership 132
LESSON 14
HIT THE BOOKS! 134
14 A Say It Clearly!: The Preposition to 134 14 B English At Work: Dialogue - He's Always
Been a Good Student! 134 14 C Build Your Vocabulary 135 14 D English Under the Hood:
2. Adjectives Followed by Infinitives and It Plus Infinitive 138
3. Verbs Followed by Nouns or Pronouns Plus Infinitives 139
14 E Phrasal Verbs for School 140 14 F Real English: Life on Campus 140 14 G Bring it All Together 141 14 H Listen Up! 143
14 I Why Do They Do That? American
Teachers 143
LESSON 15
LET'S GET TOGETHER SOMETIME!
145
15 A I Say It Clearly!:The Vowels in pull and
pool 145
15 B English At Work: Dialogue — Who's That Over There? 145 15 C Build Your Vocabulary 147 15 D English Under the Hood:
1. Verbs Followed by Gerunds 149
2. Verbs Followed by Prepositions and Gerunds 149
3. Go plus Gerunds 150
15 E Phrasal Verbs about Relationships 151 15 F Real English: She's a Real Knockout! 152 15 G Bring it All Together 152 15 H Listen Up! 154
15 I Why Do They Do That? Drop by
Anytime! 154
LESSON 16
WATERCOOLER CONVERSATIONS 156
16 A Say It Clearly!: The Vowel Sound in
man 156
16 B i English At Work: Dialogue - What Do You Think About the New Boss? 156 16 C Build Your Vocabulary 157 16 D English Under the Hood:
1. Passive and Past Forms of Infinitives and Gerunds 158
2. Passive Infinitives and Gerunds after need 160
3. Using Possessives to Modify Gerunds 160
16 E Phrasal Verbs with take 161
16 G Bring it All Together 162 16 H Listen Up! 164
16 I Why Do They Do That?
Watercooler Conversations 165
LESSON 17
THIS DIET MAY WORK FOR YOU! 166
17 A Say It Clearly!: Consonant Clusters with /
and r 166
17 B English At Work: Dialogue — What are You Going to Get? 166 17 C Build Your Vocabulary 167 17 D English Under the Hood:
1. The Real Conditional in the Present and Future 168
2. The Unreal Conditional in the Present and Future 169
3. The Past Unreal Conditional 170 17 E Phrasal Verbs about Food 170
17 F Real English: This is Your Cup of Tea 171
17 G Bring it All Together 172
17 H Listen Up! 174
17I Why Do They Do That? Food Manners 174
LESSON 18
GET INTO SHAPE! 177
18 A Say It Clearly!: Linking Reductions with d,
t, s, or z 177
18 B English At Work: Dialogue-Let Us
Design a Fitness Program for You! 177 18 C Build Your Vocabulary 178 18 D English Under the Hood:
1. Implied Conditionals 199
2. Using wish in Conditionals 180
3. Using would to Make Wishes 181
18 E Phrasal Verbs for Health and Fitness 182 18 F Real English: You're the Picture of Health! 183
18 G Bring it All Together 183 18 H Listen Up! 185 18 I Why Do They Do That? The Fitness Craze 186