This pompous fellow makes all his business calls in public places while standing in the middle of a crowded room. This exasperating person makes trivial phone calls, one after another, after another. Making and taking calls anytime, anywhere is the trademark of this infuriating person. This can be dangerous. Irs really scary to see a delivery truck in the rear view mirror with a distracted driver on a phone behind the wheel.
One phone rings and ten people check to see if irs theirs. Hang on, I think thaYs my phone! Group work Does the article describe any cell phone users you know or have seen? What bad cell phone manners have you seen recently? The dog and his trainer surfed together on the same surfboard between.
Her trainer said, I started teaching her to paint last year, and she caught on qUickly. Adding the paint was the next step.
Maggie earned a fish for every successful brush stroke. The trainer has saved all the paintings. The door unlocked. Which one do you think it is? For the answer, see page Use the present perfect to report a recent event without giving a specific time reference.
Use the simple past to report an event with a specific time reference. I started teaching her to paint last year. Grammar Plus: See page. A Look at the first story on page 44 again. Can you find more examples of the present perfect and the simple past? Why is each tense used? B Complete the news story with the present perfect or past tense form of the verbs in parentheses. Last night at about A.
Police 3 rush to the building immediately, but they 4 be too late. Right after learning of the robbery, the mayor 5 set up a telephone. Three people 6 call so far, but the police are still looking for further information.
They believe it is probable that the thieves 7 left the city. Use the present perfect continuous to describe temporary situations and actions that are not yet completed. The present perfect describes permanent situations and recently completed actions. Can you find another example of the present perfect continuous? Why is this tense used? B Complete the sentences with the present perfect or present perfect continuous form of the verbs in parentheses.
Use the words above. What was it? Listen to an early morning news broadcast. What is each story about? Are the statements true or false? Then correct the false statements to make them true. Hurricane Pauline has trapped some people in their homes. The tourist business in Cancun will be unaffected.
The mother left the house to give her children freedom. The mother agreed to come down from the tree. Ask follow-up questions and add spea mg extra information. How closely do you follow the news? What kind of stories interest you? What do you think was the most important news story in the last few years? When the stunned shark finally let go, Anderson swam to shore, dragging his badly wounded leg behind him. He was pulling himself up on the rocks when another surfer came to his aid and called an ambulance.
In a post-Thanksgiving interview, Anderson said that even though he has had some bad dreams Since the attack, he was looking forward to surfing again soon. Doctors released Anderson on Thanksgiving Day, and he was eating turkey at home with his family that afternoon. Brian Anderson was surfing at a popular spot south of Seaside, Oregon, on the day: before Thanksgiving when he noticed something was grabbing hi s leg.
B Write a brief news story about a recent event. Use the simple past, present perfect, and present perfect continuous tenses to show the order of events. Pair work What do you think happened? Choose two stories. I went to the wrong class. What a relief! Afterwards, we all laughed about it. I had left for work a little earlier than usual. When I got to work, my boss asked to speak to me. I knew he would never believe why I was late.
I volunteered to take care of my nephew. When they finally got home, the apartment, my nephew, and I were a mess! Until my friends from Japan invited me to a sushi restaurant, I had never had sushi in my life. They were really nice about it, though. Use these adverbs with the simple past to describe something that happens at a later time. Afterwards, I Later, I The next day, we laughed about it.
Use these adverbs with the simple past to describe two things that happen at the same time. Use these adverbs with the past perfect to describe something that was true or that happened before another event in the past.
Look at the starting point on page 48 again. Can you fin d the adverbs from the grammar box? Which verb tenses are used after them? B Write two sentences for these situations using the adverbs from the gTammar box. My apartment was robbed last week.
I failed my driving test last week. I really enjoyed my trip to Singapore last month. I was nervous about going to the dentist. Why was Tom fired from his job as a taxi driver? T hese phrases are used to tell a story. Put them in the columns below. The thing you have to know is. It all started when..
What happened was. I forgot to mention that. And in the end. That reminds me of when. The next thing we knew. So later on. To make a long story short.. The other th ing is So finally. Pair work Tell a story about yourself. Use these story ideas and the phrases above. I had always helped my mother cook, so I thought it would be easy. It was about at night. Their mom had asked me to make them a pizza for dinner. It had been in the oven for about fifteen minutes when suddenly I heard a noise outside, and the dog started barking.
As soon as I opened the door and stepped outside, the kids slammed and locked it behind me. It was winter, and I stood outside freezing while they rolled around on the floor laughing hysterically. Meanwhile, the kitchen staI1ed getting smoky, and the smoke detector started buzzing. The pizza was burnt to a crisp. Have I learned any lessons the hard way? I sure have I What happened was I wanted a Monday off from work. Tuesday was a national holiday, and I thought a four-day weekend would be just perfect.
I asked my boss, and he said no. At that company, all employees got their birthday off, so I asked if we could pretend that the Monday was my birthday. He said no. I woke up on the Monday morning fee ling a little defiant, so I called in sick.
I told them I got a terrible sunburn on the weekend. So my fiiends and I went to the beach and stayed there all day. When I woke up the next morning, I had the worst sunbum of my life.
Anyway, to make a long story short, I baby-sit them all the time now, and guess what? Group work Discuss these questions. What would you have done if you were Rita? Which story did you find the most amusing?
Group work Choose one of the topics below, or one of your own, and tell your group an anecdote. Who had the most interesting anecdote? Whose was the funniest? Talk about problems and solutions using time clauses Ex. What do you do in these situations? Tomorrow is a big day - you have a job interview or an exam. You feel angry about something. You are studying or working, and you need to take a break. Can you think of a personal example spea mg for each one? You overheard someone say something really funny.
Someone told you a big secret. You realized something important. Pair work Look at the causes of stress you checked above and these suggestions. Which do you think is the best way to deal with stress? It was pretty crowded, and I had just sat down at the last free table. TIle next tiling I knew, she walked up and. Use these passive tenses for actions where the emphasis is on the object of the action. Use the passive of the present continuous for ongoing actions.
An increasing number of degrees are being offered online. Use the passive of the present perfect for recently completed actions. More music has been downloaded this year than ever before. More computers will be infected by viruses. More health-care sites are going to be used by people from home. Grammar Plus: See paqe. Complete th e sentences with the correct form of the verb in parentheses.
Som etimes more than one answer is possible. More freeware kinds of applications. Nowadays, teen chat rooms by concerned parents. These days, podcasts 7. Soon viruses 8. Listen to Edward, Ting, and Maria talking about how they use the Internet.
Who do you think is the most enthusiastic about the Internet? Put them in the voca u ary columns below. Sometimes more than one answer is possible. B Circle the appropriate connector to com plete the sentences. Pair work Do you think the Internet is a positive or negative influence? Find a partner who has the same opinion. Each pair gets a chance to disagree. In fact, Writing a blog post A blog, short for Web log, is an Internet journal or newsletter.
Blogs are usually written about a specific topic, updated frequently, and intended for the general public to read. A Look at the information about blogs. Then read the post below.
I the things this blog does or includes. Weird Ideas I was surfing the technology blogs this morning to see what unusual gadgets are out there these days. I found aQlQg that rated some new inventions. There sure is some weird stuff! I mean, they have these blankets with sleeves. You can sit in a chair with the blanket over you. I guess a few people might buy them. Maybe the same people who bought electric potato peelers.
Then I started looking at the new electronic gadgets. That just got me depressed. C Group work Take turns reading your blogs and discuss these questions. Whose entry is the most interesting or entertaining? What are some reasons why people write and read blogs? And most are full of misinformation. B Pair work Compare your answers with a partner. Do you think the government should regulate any of these things?
A Where do you find these forms of communication? Put them in the columns. Then add another expressIOn to each category. B Pair work Which of the above are the most useful ways of communicating information? The least useful? Do you find any of them annoying? Use negative questions or tag questions to offer an opinion and invite someone to react. I get e-mail on my cell phone.
A Look at the starting point on page 58 again. Find the two tag questions. Why do they have different endings? B Pair work Turn the statements into negative or tag questions. Then ask and answer the questions. Discuss your answers. They should get rid of those banner ads on the Internet. It would be great if there were fewer billboards.
Teachers should ban text messaging during exams. The are too many channels on TV these days. Miltions of people are aclclictecl to the Internet these clays. B Group work What problems are caused by modern information technology?
Agree on the three most pressing problems and tell the class. What is the report about? Would you like to have one? Never be away from the Internet again with Googler Goggles! These Internet glasses use the latest technology to allow you to enjoy wireless Web access. Finally, someone has invented a universal translator.
It not only gives you directions to any place on earth, it also keeps track of your family and friends. Group work What new gadgets are becoming p opular? Which ones do you like? What new gadgets do you think will come out in the fu ture? Pair work Imagine that a stranger asked you for money to help payoff a frivolous debt. Would you help? Then read the article. She was officially broke. Karyn decided that it was time for a change. She built a website and simply asked people to help her out by sending her a buck or two.
On the site, Karyn honestly explained her situation, Gucci shoes and all. Her website was visited by more than a million people. She was on TV and in newspapers and magazines. She was offered a book deal and a movie contract. And of course, she was able to payoff her credit card debt. She also sold her designer clothes on eBay. In her closet, where the Gucci purses once sat, Karyn kept all the letters that people have sent her.
Imitators have sprung up all over the Net, some with outrageously selfish requests like a BMW or a house. Actually, however, Karyn was not the first person to put up a website asking strangers for money.
Karyn also had thousands of enemies and critics. People sent her hate mail and scolded her on websites. Why was Karyn in financial trouble in June ? What was her main solution to her problem? What else did she do? Why did so many people respond positively to her website?
Do you think Karyn was unethical, or was she simply clever? Pair work How much creativity do these jobs require?
Number them from 1 most creative to 4 least creative. Explain your choices. Inventing new dishes requires a lot of creativity. You never know what might go wrong once the operation starts. Complete the chart With the correct nouns or adJectives. Pair work Which of the above qualities are most important to your job or studies? Discuss with a partner. You can shorten a relative clause by dropping the relative pronoun and the verb be.
You can also drop who I that and change the verb to the gerund. A Look at the starting point on page 62 again. Can you make the reduced relative clauses in Exercise B into full clauses? What verb tenses do the full clauses use? B Rewrite these sentences with reduced relative clauses.
Then compare with a partner. Someone who hopes to be a chef should get the proper training. Anyone who wants to be an actor needs both talent and luck. A person who works as a comedian is always looking for new ways to make people laugh. People who are clever enough to get inside the mind of a criminal would make good detectives.
Anyone who dreams of becoming a champion athlete has to be prepared to do a lot of hard work. Someone who is interested in classical music might be a good musician. A person who is responsible for a large staff has to be able to be creative. C Complete these sentences using your own ideas.
Accepting the status quo bores you. You see mistakes as learning experiences. You often have good ideas, but you prefer to feel them out with friends before taking action. You prefer to stick with the triedand-true, which helps you feel safe, but you may get left behind in later years. A Listen to Samira, Alex, and Naomi talking about their occupations. IIS emng What does each p erson do? Read this composition and decide where the writer changes focus. Write a where two new paragraphs should begin.
Lucy Gomez is the most creative person I know. She started piano lessons when she was only 6 years old. At school, she was always creating interesting projects in her art class. When she was only 12 years old, she won a citywide poetry contest. Her parents were very proud of her. Lucy works as a sitcom writer for a popular TV show now.
She works with a group of writers, and together they have to think of original ideas for stories. They also have to come up with funny dialogue for the actors on their show, because the actors have to play believable characters that will make the audience laugh.
It is not an easy job, but Lucy does it well. She starts work late in the morning and often works until 7 or 8 at night.
Lucy is very curious. She likes to travel and meet new people who have opinions that are different from hers. She usually carries a notebook with her and writes down what she sees and hears. She tells me that these new experiences are a good source of ideas for her work. I always enjoy talking to her and am happy to know someone as knowledgeable and creative as Lucy.
Brainstorm ideas for a composition about someone who is very creative or who is unique or different in an interesting way. Answer these questions to help you. In what ways is this person special or different? How does this affect his or her life? Would you like to be like this person? Are the paragraphs divided where they should be?
Is the focus of each paragraph clear? Is there any additional information that you would like to know that was not included?
Everyday objects A Read about these unusual uses of everyday objects. Have you ever used them in these ways? Who do you talk to when you need to find a solution to an important problem?
When was the last time you analyzed a mistake you made? What did you learn from it? You can use non-defining relative clauses with which to make a comment about an entire sentence. My roommate is a slob, which is why I want to get my own apartment. A Look at the starting point on page 66 again. Find more examples of these grammar patterns and notice how commas are used. B Match these statements with the appropriate non-defining clauses. Then compare with a partner and write two similar statements of your own.
My son made a robot costume for. What inventions or discoveries do you think have had the greatest impact on modern life? B Group work Compare lists with your group. A Look at the pictures. What do you know about these products or services?
How do you think they were developed? Listen to these stories about the invention and development of the products above. Bill Bowerman. The summer heat can be deadly for infants and the elderly. II What modem machine do you think Daisuke Inoue rea mg invented?
Then read the article and check your answer. In , a loyal client asked Inoue to escort him on a company trip, but Inoue could not attend. With this device, Inoue gave birth to the karaoke machine. I am just resourceful. I Simply put things that already exist together. Who would consider patenting something like that? I always say that if her husband were any good at singing, he would be making a living at it. At weddings and company gettogethers, the karaoke comes out and people relax.
It breaks the ice. Daisuke Inoue is also the subject of a movie about his life, called simply, Karaoke. The film was released in Japan and starred a good-looking actor. David McNeill, Sophia University. Would you have the same attitude as Inoue if you invented something p opular and received no compensation? Why do you think karaoke has become so popular around the world? What information surprised you? Both like TV, except that the typical.
Both groups are fairly different, except for the age. Use while, unlike, and in contrast to in order to present contrasting information, especially in writing. Unlike the Japanese, Italians seem to drink a lot of bottled water. In contrast to Italian drivers, Japanese people drive on the left. Use except that , except for , and except for the fact that to show an exception. Both like TV, except that the typical Japanese person watches more of it. Italian and Japanese people are fairly different, except for the age they get married.
Japanese people typically consume less, except for the fact that they drink more tea. Look at the starting point on page 70 again. Notice the sentences that use phrases with except. Which phrase is followed by a clause? How are they different in other places? Workbook B provides additional practice through six-page units covering target grammar, vocabulary, reading, and writing skills from Units of the Student's Book, Level 2.
The Workbook can be used for in-class work or assigned as homework. Passages is a two-level, multi-skills course that takes students of English from the high-intermediate to the advanced level. The Workbook units reinforce and extend the language in the Student's Book, giving special attention to grammar, reading, and writing. Workbook A provides additional practice through six-page units covering target grammar, vocabulary, reading, and writing skills from Units of the Student's Book, Level 2.
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