CONTENTS                                                                                                                                                                 UNITS 1–6
             Unit                               Grammar                           Vocabulary                        Reading                                                           Listening                         Speaking/                         Scenario                           Study and Writing 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Pronunciation                                                        skills
             1  Communication The continuous aspect;                              Communication                     Great speeches                                                    Opinions on what makes a          Discussing communication          Flat sharing                       Note-taking
             (p6–15)                            state verbs                       Idioms connected with             Leaflet advertising a course                                      good communicator                 Discussing trends (in             Key language: outlining            Structure of talks
                                                The perfect aspect                communication                     in communication skills                                           Introducing the                   communication and                 problems, offering solutions       Note-taking
                                                                                                                    Extracts from You Just Don’t                                      achievements of a well-           research)                         Task: solving communication  Writing and checking emails
                                                                                                                    Understand                                                        known person                                                        problems                           Register 
                                                                                                                                                                                      Part of a radio series                                                                                 Peer checking
             2  Environment                     Present perfect simple and        Local environmental  issues       Newspaper article about                                           Vox pops about where              Information gap: comparing  Sparrow Hill Wind Farm                   Designing a questionnaire
             (p16–25)                           continuous                        Word combinations: global         local environmental issues                                        people live                       the results of two surveys        Key language: agreeing and         Question types
                                                Indirect questions                warming                           Newspaper article about                                           Questions and answers             Discussing changes in one’s       disagreeing politely, polite       Writing a questionnaire
                                                                                  Adverbs                           disappearing Arctic ice                                           about volcanoes                   environment                       questions
                                                                                                                    Extract from A Short History                                      Advice on designing               Preparing a factsheet about       Task: attending a public 
                                                                                                                    of Nearly Everything                                              questionnaires                    volcanoes                         meeting
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Pronunciation: stress in word 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        combinations, contractions
             3  Sport (p26–35)                  Quantifiers; few / little vs a    Idioms connected with             Magazine article about                                            Interview with a karate           Sports quiz                       Who was the greatest?              Understanding essay 
                                                few / a little                    sport                             Charles Miller                                                    teacher                           Discussing sport and games        Key language: emphasis and         questions
                                                Definite and zero articles        Prefix self-                      Leaflet advertising a karate                                      A lecturer giving advice on       Discussing men and women  comparison                                 Understanding key words
                                                                                  Abstract nouns                    club                                                              essay writing                     in sport                          Task: choosing the greatest        Essay writing
                                                                                  Adjectives                        Biographical article about                                                                                                            modern sportsperson                For and against essay
                                                                                                                    Babe Didrikson                                                                                      Pronunciation: the definite                                          Introductions 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        article                                                              Formal expressions 
              REVIEW UNITS 1–3 (p36–37)
             4  Medicine (p38–47)               Plans and arrangements:           Medical terms: people,            Encyclopaedia entries on                                          Talk by a professor about         Assessing what makes a            The Dowling Hospital               Evaluating resources on the 
                                                future continuous, going to,      conditions and treatments         medical breakthroughs                                             issues with medical               good doctor                       Key language: predicting           Internet
                                                present continuous                Illness and medicine              Various types of                                                  treatments                        Discussing medical and            Task: making a difficult           Writing short reports 
                                                Predictions: future perfect,      Dependent prepositions            information about malaria                                         A lecture on using the            ethical issues                    decision                           Making recommendations
                                                will                                                                Newspaper article about the                                       Internet for research             Planning an awareness-
                                                                                                                    first face transplant                                                                               raising day
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Pronunciation: stressed 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        syllables 
             5  Transport (p48–57) Modal verbs (future)                           Transport: methods and            Magazine article on road                                          BBC news report about a           Discussing methods of             A new plan                         Describing graphs, charts 
                                                Modal verbs (past)                problems                          safety                                                            new type of transport             transport                         Key language: persuading,          and tables
                                                                                  Safety features                   Magazine article on                                                                                 Role play: road safety            recommending action                Describing information in a 
                                                                                                                    transport in the future                                                                             Discussing a difficult            Task: making an action plan        table
                                                                                                                    Magazine article on great                                                                           journey                                                              Comparison and contrast
                                                                                                                    train journeys
             6  Literature((p58–67) Narrative tenses: past                        Literature: types of writing,     Website on the Nobel Prize                                        Book group discussion             Talking about books you           A book deal                        Improving listening skills
                                                simple, past continuous,          people in literature              for Literature                                                    Monologues about                  like/dislike                      Key language: proposing,           Predicting from clues
                                                past perfect (simple and          Word sets: light and dark,        Extracts from novels                                              characters in literature          Discussion about childhood  bargaining, talking about                Guessing meaning of words
                                                continuous)                       sounds                            Descriptions of characters in                                     Book extracts                     beliefs and practices             needs/expectations                 A travel blog
                                                used to, would                                                      literature                                                                                                                            Task: negotiating a contract       Adverbs of degree
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Pronunciation: used to
              REVIEW UNITS 4–6 (p68–69)
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                                                                CONTENTS                                                                                                                                                         UNITS 7–12
             Unit                             Grammar                          Vocabulary                       Reading                                                        Listening                        Speaking/                        Scenario                         Study and Writing 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                Pronunciation                                                     skills
             7 Architecture                   The passive (1): revision;       Describing buildings             Personal opinions about                                        Interview with an architect      Discussing and describing        On the horizon                   Identifying fact and opinion
             (p70–79)                         continuous passive and -ing  Idioms with bridge                   buildings                                                                                       buildings                        Key language: talking about      A description of a building
                                              form; general use                Prefixes                         Newspaper article about                                                                         Discussion about space           requirements                     Avoiding repetition: nouns, 
                                              The passive (2): revision;                                        hotels in space                                                                                 hotels                           Task: designing the ground       verbs, clauses
                                              passive infinitive; discourse                                     Magazine article about                                                                          Comparing two bridges            floor of a hotel
                                              uses                                                              famous bridges
                                                                                                                                                                                                                Pronunciation: word stress, 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                stress and intonation
             8 Globalisation                  Verb patterns: verbs that        Word combinations:               Internet message board                                         Podcasts about globalisation Discussing positive and              Supermarket superpower           Summarising
             (p80–89)                         take both the infinitive and     globalisation                    about globalisation                                                                             negative aspects of              Key language: clarifying         Topic sentences 
                                              -ing form                        Abstract nouns                   Magazine article about the                                                                      globalisation                    Task: a TV debate                Paraphrasing
                                              have something done              Word set: the media              power of the Internet                                                                           Comparing good and bad                                            A summary
                                                                                                                Magazine article about                                                                          experiences                                                       Editing to shorten
                                                                                                                global role models
             9 Art (p90–99)                   Ungradable adjectives; use       Art and artists                  Leaflet advertising                                            Conversation about               Discussion: what is art?         The new exhibition               Expanding your vocabulary
                                              of very, really, extremely,      Adverb/adjective                 exhibitions at an art gallery                                  exhibitions and opinions of      Discussing works of art and      Key language: sequencing         Collocations
                                              etc.                             combinations                     Magazine article arguing for                                   them                             art exhibitions                  information, moving to a         An online review
                                              Position of adverbs in the       Order of adjectives before       photography as an art form                                                                      Describing photos and a          new point                        Adverbs
                                              sentence                         a noun                           Three profiles of modern                                                                        work of art                      Task: giving an informal 
                                                                                                                artists                                                                                                                          presentation
                                                                                                                                                                                                                Pronunciation: stress and 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                intonation
             REVIEW UNITS 7–9 (p100–101)
             10 Psychology                    Relative clauses: comment        Working together: verbs          Website about the Belbin                                       Part of a lecture on group       Discussing team roles            Ask Vanessa                      Writing a bibliography, 
             (p102–111)                       clauses, use of prepositions     with particles                   Model                                                          dynamics                         Organising a group activity      Key language: giving advice      referencing
                                              Reduced relative clauses         Idioms with mind                 Leaflet for parents about                                                                       Discussing crime books           Task: an advice phone-in         A discursive essay
                                                                                                                peer pressure                                                                                                                                                     Linking words 
                                                                                                                Website on psychological                                                                        Pronunciation: stress                                             Conclusions
                                                                                                                profiling                                                                                       patterns in adjective-noun 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                pairs
             11 Culture (p112–121)            Reported speech                  Aspects of culture               Website on aspects of                                          Vox pops about one’s own         Time capsule                     Kaleidoscope World               Improving reading skills
                                              Reporting verbs                  Adjectives                       culture                                                        culture                          Comparing two descriptions  Key language: creating an             Chunking
                                                                                                                Extracts from leaflet on                                       Monologue about                  of changing cultures             impact in a presentation         Prefixes and suffixes
                                                                                                                culture shock                                                  experiencing culture shock       Debate on cultural               Task: giving a formal            Linkers
                                                                                                                Two opinions about cultural                                    Description of cultural          differences                      presentation                     A formal letter
                                                                                                                awareness                                                      mistakes                                                                                           Letter layout
                                                                                                                                                                               A radio discussion                                                                                 Formulaic language
             12 Technology                    Conditionals (1): 1st, 2nd,      Technology                       Magazine article on                                            Descriptions of gadgets and  Discussing technology and            Computer crash                   Plagiarism: what it is and 
             (p122–131)                       alternatives to if               Adjectives connected with        pioneers of communication                                      opinions of them                 its benefits                     Key language: reassuring and  how to avoid it
                                              Conditionals (2): 3rd, mixed     technology                       Website FAQs on the Amish                                                                       Debate on the rate of            encouraging                      An article
                                                                               Prefixes expressing              Article from The New                                                                            technological progress           Task: problem-solving            Identifying the writer’s 
                                                                               opposites                        Scientist on fear of                                                                                                             meeting                          position
                                                                                                                technology
             REVIEW UNITS 10–12 (p132–133)
             Language Reference and Extra Practice (p134–157)   •   Communication Activities (p158–174)                                                                         Audioscripts (p175–190)
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