Inside English

Low Intermediate Student Book

Unit 1 Me Listening (track01)

1. Listen to Susan talking about the different name that people call her. Which name doesn’t she like

2. Listen again. Match the people (a-f) with the names (1-6) that they call Susan.

a) Her fatherb) Her friendsc) Her old friendsd) Her mothere) Her best friendf) Her boyfriend

1 Sweetheart2 Susan3 Bunny4 Sue-chan5 Sue6 Maggsie

Reading

Discuss these questions in groups

a) What name would you give this baby girl?

b) What names do you like for a boy?

c) How did your parent choose your name?

Reading

1. Read the article and circle the names. Which one do you like most?

Reading

2. Read the article again and match a line from A with a line from B.

Aa)David Bowie + Demi Moore …b)Madonna + David Beckham …c)Leonardo Di Caprio + Lennon Gallagher …

B1 were name after famous people.2 gave their children unusual

names3 named their children after

places.

Reading

1. Read the responses in this conversation. Who or what is A.L.I.C.E.

Reading2. Write the words in the question in 1 in the correct order

Answers on next page

Reading

3. Listen and check your answers to 1 and 2.

1. What does your name mean?2. Where were you born?3. Where did you grow up?4. What do you look like?5. What do you do?6. Do you like your job?7. Can you speak any foreign languages?8. Are you married

Answers

Language Focus

1. Work with a partner. Change the statements below into questions. Then ask the questions

a) You are hungry. Are you hungry?b) You smoke.c) You can play the guitar.d) You’ve been to Tokyo Disneyland.e) You live in Seoul.f) You were born in Singapore.g) You left school in 2002.h) You have 200 CDs.

Language Focus

2. Rewrite these questions in the correct order.

a) you are old How ? How old are you?b) life in Do after believe death you ?c) do much weight you How ?d) you anything ever Have stolen ?e) much earn How you do money ?

3. Work in small groups. In what situations is it appropriate to ask the questions in 2

•In your English class•With your best friends

•In your family•At work•never

Listening

2. What did Sol and Daniel think of the movie?

3. Listen again and complete these sentences.

a) He _____ really _____ now, actually.b) … he always _____ really serious.c) His brothers are actors too but he doesn’t _____ _____ them.d) She doesn’t _____ anything _____ Sandra Lin!

Song

1. Look at the words of the song. On lines a-f and lines g-l there is an extra word. Find the word and cross it out

Song

3. Look at this interpretations of the song and choose the best one.

a) There are going to be a lot of disasters if you stand by me.b) I won’t be able to see very well if you stand by me.c) If you stand by me, I will feel strong. Nothing will worry me.

2. Listen and check your answers to 1

Unit 2 PlaceLook at the three photos and discuss these questions with a partner.

•Which of these places would you most like to live in? Why?•Which of these places would you least like to live in? Why?

Word Focus

1. Look again at the photos. Find examples of six of the items in the box.

high-rise buildings a river a hill a statue a fountain a park a bridge a tower the sea a temple

Listening1. Listen to three people talking about the places in the photos. Match each speaker to a photo. Who likes living in their hometown or city? Who doesn’t?

Listening

2. Listen again and complete these descriptions using the words in the box.

new crowded exciting polluted humid

a) … a city that’s so big and excitingb) … people say it’s too noise and _____c) … it’s too hot and _____d) … it’s a mixture of old and _____e) … the streets are dirty and _____

Language Focus

1. Match the questions from the recording with the best response.

a) What’s the weather like?b) What’s the architecture like?c) What are the people like?d) What are the shops like?

1. It’s mixture of old and new.2. They’re really friendly.3. They’re too expensive.4. It’s hot and humid.

Writing

1. Read this letter from Rick to a friend. How does he feel about the place he is describing?

Reading

1. Read through the information about the three destinations on offer in this vacation contest. List them in order (1= the place you would most like to go to; 3= the place you would least like to go to). Explain your choices to a partner.

Reading

2. Work with a partner. Read the “How to enter” section and do the contest.

Language Focus

1. Complete this description of Spain with the nouns from the box. Could this be a description of your country? Why/ Why not?

cars cigarettes coffee hours meat noise people sleep wine

Language Focus

2. Listen and check your answers to 1. (track08)

3. Match each heading with the correct category.

Use with countable and uncountable nounsUse with countable nounsUse with uncountable nouns

A _____How many?(far) too many(only) a few

B _____How much?(far) too much(only) a little

C _____not enougha lot oflots of

Unit 3 Couples Reading

1. Read the information about these Hollywood couples. How long was each couple married for? What went wrong with their relationship?

Reading

Word Focus

2. Read the information again and answer these questions

a) Which couple were married the shortest/ longest?b) Which couple got married on Christmas Eve?

1. Complete each sentence below with one word. Look at the information above if necessary.

a) The best age to _____ married is twenty-five for women and twenty-seven for men.

b) It is impossible for both partners in a marriage to _____ a career.

c) A couple with children should never _____ up. They should stay together

d) The main reason for getting married is to _____ children.

Writing

Ex: One evening Ross met Jane at a disco. They like each other. To begin with …

1. Look at the stages in Ross and Jane’s relationship. Put the stages in the order that you think is best. Compare your ideas with your partner.

a) They got married.b) They liked each other.c) They dated each other.d) They had children

e) They had a fight.f) They met.g) They split up.h) They fell in love.

2. Work with a partner. Write the story of Ross and Jane.

•Use time phrases from the Language Toolbox.•Use the sentences from 1.•Think about where each of the things happened.

One day/ eveningFirst/ To begin withThen/ Next/ After thatA few weeks laterFinally/ In the end

Listening

1. Listen to the first part of a television game show called Get Personal and check the correct statements.

a) Bobby Brown is the host.b) ROSIE AND David have to answer different questions.c) They get points for giving the same answers.d) Rosie and David can hear one another.e) Rosie and David can hear Bobby Brown.

Listening

2. Write the questions that Bobby Brown asks Rosie. Listen and check your answers.

Listening

3. Listen again and underline the answers (a, b or c) that Rosie gives.

4. Listen to David answering the same questions. Circle a check “ν “if he give the same answer as Rosie and circle an “x” if he give a different answer.

Reading

1. Work with a partner. Look at the pictures of the couples and guess the answers to these questions.

a) Who can only see his love once a year.b) Who built a monument in the memory of his wife?c) Who gave up everything for love?

A John Lennon and Yoko Ono

When John Lennon met Yoko Ono in 1966, he gave up everything for her. He gave up his wife Cynthia, his son Julian and the Beatles. He and Yoko came from very different backgrounds-she was a well-educated artist and poet, and Japanese. He was from a working class family in Liverpool, England. But they fell head over heels in love. He was shot and killed in New York on December 8th, 1980.

B Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal

In the 17th century, Wmperor Shah Jahan built the Taj Mahal in memory of his wife. He was heartbroken when his wife died after nineteen years of marriage. One year after her death, construction of the Taj Mahal began and it took twenty-two years to complete. Six years later Jahan died and was buried with his true love in one of the most romantic buildings in the world.

Reading

1. Work with a partner. Look at the pictures of the couples and guess the answers to these questions.

a) Who can only see his love once a year.b) Who built a monument in the memory of his wife?c) Who gave up everything for love?

C The Cowherd and the Weaver

Once upon a time the Sun God was so delighted with his daughter’s weaving that he allowed her to marry the man she loved- a cowherd. They were so in love that she stopped weaving and he stopped looking after his cows. The sun God became angry and sent the cowherd to the other side of the Milky Way for all time. They are now allowed to see each other only once a year, on the seventh day of the seventh month.

Song1. Underline the best choice to complete the statement.

A person with a suspicious mind believe/ doesn’t believe what you tell her or him.

2. Read the song and put the words in the box in the correct place in the song.

hello dreams word tears trap never dreams again

Suspicious Minds

Song

3. Listen to the song and check your answers. (track 16)

4. Replace the underlined words with words and expressions from the song.

a) I don’t want to leave (verse 1)b) I don’t believe anything you say. (verse 2)c) We can’t continue together with suspicious minds. (chorus)d) You say your friend comes to your house to say hello. (verse 3)e) Please stop crying and believe me. (verse 5)

Unit 4 Fit Word Focus

1. Look at the photos and complete the chart below, using the words in the box.

judo basketball pitch court track and field

Personality Sport Place

1. Cathy Freeman2. David Beckham3. Shaquille O’Neal4. Ryoko Tamura5. Venus Williams

a) _____b) Soccerc) _____d) _____e) Tennis

f) trackf) _____h) courti) dojoj) _____

Listening

1. Listen to two advertising executives talking about the sports stars in the photos. Who do they choose to advertise a new fitness drink?

2. Listen again and complete these sentences with words for the box.

Cathy Freeman David Beckham track and field Shaquille O’Neal tennis Venus Williams judo tennis

a) _____ isn’t as good-looking as _____ .b) _____ is a bit more interesting than _____.c) _____ is more famous than _____ .d) _____ isn’t as exciting as _____ .

Language Focus

1. Put each adjective from the box in the correct column and write the comparative. There are two more adjectives in each column.

Happy successful dad bad strong nice interesting lucky far wet

kind> kinder than

thin> thinner than

sexy.> sexier than

good> better famous> more famous than

Word Focus

1. How do you say the numbers in the box? Listen and repeat. (track 19)

3/4 0.25 0.33 1 ½ 1/8 1/4 1.5 0.125 1/3 0.75

3. How do you say the following numbers? Listen and repeat.

a) Speeds: 205 km/h 128 km/hb) Sums of money: $34 m $24 mc) Big numbers: 6,970,244 21,824,352d) Percentages: 42.3% 28.7%e) Distances: 51.25 km 42.195 kmf) Soccer scores: 3-1 2-0

Reading

1. Who is Tiger Woods? Work in groups and write down at least three facts about him.

2. Write these numbers in their full form and then use them to complete the text about Tiger Woods.

a) 12/30/75= December 30th, 1975b) 1st= ______c) 16= ______d) ¼= _______

e) 04/08/01= ______f) 1 ½= _______g) 50,000,000 = ______h) 1/8 = _________

Reading

3. Listen and read to check your answers

Listening

1. Listen to a radio interview with Paula Horowitz, a big fan of Tiger Woods. Circle the information she tells the interviewer. (track 24)

a) She has a Web site about Tiger Woods.b) She writes to Tiger Woods every day.c) She has a signed photo of Tiger Woods beside her bed.d) She always has a party on Tiger Woods’s birthday.e) She doesn’t like the same food as Tiger Woods.

Language Focus

1. Complete these three comments that Paula Horowitz made about Tiger Woods. Then listen and check your answers. (track 25)

a) I think he’s the ______ wonderful person in the world.b) He’s ______ greatest golfer of all time.c) Tiger Woods is ______ of the richest sports stars on the planet.

Reading Are you dangerously unfit?

Answer the questionnaire below as honestly as you can. Add up your score and compare your answers with a partner.

Reading

Unit 5 Review 1 Speaking

Reading

1. Discuss these questions with a partner. Have you ever been on a blind date? Would you like to go on one?

2. Work with a partner. Geri and Charles went on a blind date for the monthly magazine Feminina and completed questionnaires about themselves. Student A turn to page 67. Student B turn to page 69. Follow the instructions.

Working with a partner. Read Geri’s and Charles’s Feminina magazine reports on their evening and answer the questions below

1.What were their first impressions of one another?2.How do they describe each other’s character?3.How did they think the date went?4.Do you think they’ll see each other again?

Reading

Reading

Writing

1. Read the ad that Charles put in the lonely hearts column of a newspaper six months later. Write the answers to the questions below in the box to create your own ad.

a) What do you do? (student, office worker, etc.)

b) Think of three word to describe yourself.

c) Think of two words to describe the partner of your dreams.

Listening

1. Work with a partner. You are going to hear about the man in the photo. Before you listen, look at the photo and complete the four sentences below using the words in the box.

Listening

Reading

3. Listen again and complete these sentences with comparatives and superlatives.a)He’s probably best-know for playing the character of Aragorn.b)She was ________ ________ than he was, at the time.c)He’s ________ ________ guy I’ve ever met.d)And I guess he’s the ________ ________ too…e)He’s also one of the ________ ________ people I know.f)Okay, so he’s not ________ ________ ________ some actors, but he doesn’t try to be.

1. You are going to read about Viggo Mortensen and his art. Read the article once and decide which of these statements is correct:

a) He has had an exhibition in New York.b) He has had an exhibition in Log Angelesc) He has had an exhibition in New York and Los Angeles ant the same time.

Reading

Reading

Speaking Personnally

2. Read the article again and choose the correct alternatives.

3. Listen and check your answers to 2.

Unit 6 Shop Reading

1. Discuss this question in small group.Do you think it’s easy to buy presents for men or

for women?

2. Read this article about giving and receiving presents. Write T or F next to each of these statements

a) A good present lasts a long time.b) Books make good presents.c) Men usually like wearing bright clothing.

Reading

3. Rearrange the words below to make four statements from the article.a)Books … of time waste a areb)Most … in are interested women gadgets notc)Men … usually silly or colored want socks don’t ties brightlyd)Men … anything like electronic digital or

Word Focus

Language Focus

1. Match words form column A with words from column B to make common phrases such as a bunch of flowers.\

2. Work with a partner. Which things in 1 are common presents in your country? Which things would be very strange or unusual presents?

Language Focus

4. Rewrite each of the sentences below. Add an adverb of frequency to make sentences which you think are true about the person next to you.a)He/ She (usually) spends a lot of money on presents.b)He/ She is (never) on time.c)He/ She goes out on the weekend.d)He/ She has lunch at home during the week.e)He/ She is in bed before 10:00 p.m.

5. Work with a partner. Find out how many of the sentences you wrote are actually ture.For example: Do you always spend a lot of money on presents?

Sound Focus

1. Listen to Jim talking about a time when he bought a present for someone. Circle the correct alternative.

a) It was for my little sister / brother.b) I got it for her fifteenth / sixteenth birthday.c) I bought it in a drugstore / shopping mall.d) I wasn’t sure what clothes suited / fitted here) I got her a shirt / CD.f) I know it wasn’t very exciting / special.g) She got / didn’t get very emotional.

2. Look at the words in 1 which have underlined sounds. Write each one in the correct sound column below.

3. Listen again and check your answers.

Speaking Personally

Think about the last time you went shopping to buy a present for somebody. Choose from the list below the things you want to talk about. Tell your partner about it.

Reading1. Look at these photos of three famous women. Whose clothes do you like best?

Reading

2. Read the captions again. Who is wearing the most expensive…a)dress? b) pants? c) top? d) shoes? e) ring? f) earrings?

Check you answers with a partner.

3. Test your memory? Cover up the photos. Are the statements below true or false? Check your answers and correct the wrong information.

4. Discuss these questions with a partner.

Language Focus

1. Work with a partner. Say whether you agree or disagree with the statements.a) Men can’t stand shopping for clothes.b) Women don’t mind spending hours and hours shopping for clothes.c) Women don’t bother looking at the price tag before they buy.d) Men don’t waste time shopping unless they really need something.e) Men prefer going to the dentist’s to going shopping.

2. Look at the statements in 1. Underline all the phrases that contain a verb in the –ing form.

3. Read interviews with two men about their attitudes to shopping. There are nine verb + -ing mistakes. Correct the mistakes.

Language Focus

4. Listen and check your answers to 3.

Listening

1. You are going to listen to a conversation between Ron and a sales clerk as Ron buys a present for his girlfriend. Before you listen look at the following sentences. Put R for Ron or SC for the sales clerk.

a) Can I help you?b) I’m just looking, thanks.c) What sort of thing are you looking

for?d) What colors do you have?

e) Purple suits people with green eyes.

f) I’ll take it.g) How would you like to pay?h) Here’s your receipt

2. Listen and check your answers.

3. Work with a partner. You are going to read a conversation between Kate (K) and a sales clerk (SC). Kate wants to buy a new cell phone. Complete the conversation with an appropriate word.

Listening

4. Listen to the conversation and check your answers

Unit 7 JobDiscuss these questions with a partner.• Look at the three pairs of hands (1, 2 and 3).

What can they tell you about each person’s age, sex or job?• Do you notice people’s hands when you meet them?

Listening

1. Listen to the three people whose hands are shown here. Match each person with their job.

PeteJoTerry

a midwifea farmera guitarist

2. Listen again and write T or F next to each statement.a) Pete has made loads of money.b) Pete dropped out of school.c) Jo has a very relaxing job.d) Jo works long hourse) Terry has a lot of spare time.f) Terry gets up very early.

3. Are the statements in 2 true for people you know? Choose three statements, change the names, and write about these people.

For example: My uncle, David, works long hours. He’s an office clerk.

Reading

1. Work in small groups. Match each experience with a job.

2. Read the article about bad experiences people have had in their job. Check your answers in 1.

Reading

Language Focus

1. Work with a partner. Look at these two sentences from the article on page 41 and answer the questions.

a) “ I had lot of jobs when I was a student.” (Sally)b) “ I’ve had hundreds of job over the years.” (Rob)Which sentence refers to a finished action?Which sentence refers to a continuous or repeated action up to now?

2. Put these time expressions in the correct column.

Language Focus

3. Complete these sentences with a time expression from 2, or one of your own. Make the sentences true for you. Compare your sentences with a partner.

4. Work with a partner. Make questions using this pattern and answer them.What’s the best or worst _________ you’ve ever ________?

Speaking

1. Complete the sentences below with the name of people in your class. Don’t use a name more than twice. Write one sentence of your own.

2. Ask questions to check if your sentences are true.

Sound Focus

1. Listen and repeat these verbs. In each line, circle the verb where the –ed ending is pronounced differently from the others.

a) traveled changed pointed marriedb) worked parked dropped realizedc) visited pushed waited lifted

2. Write the verbs below in the correct sound group line. Add the verbs form 1.

Listening1. Which of these things are most important for you in a job? Number them

from 1 (most important) to 6 (least important). Compare your answers with your partner.

2. You are going to listen to a hat designer talk about his job. Which of the features above do you think his job offers? Listen and check your answers.

3. Listen again and complete the gaps below.a) I absolutely _____ my job.b) Sometimes we work all night when we’re

really _______.c) I _______ a good salaryd) I ________ in my lunch hour every day.e) One of the most important things to me is

____.f) I have always gotten on very well with my ___.

Word Focus1. Read the advertisement and put the words in bold in the correct column below.

Reading

1. Read this letter of application for the job advertised on page 44. Use the words and expressions in the box to improve the parts of the letter that are underlined

(enclosed) Sir or Madam a new challenge look forward to hearing would like to apply for

Speaking Personally

Think about someone who has an interesting job. Choose from the list below that things you want to talk about. Think about what you will say and the language you will use. Tell your partner about them.

Unit 8 Rich Song1. Work with a partner. Look at the

song, Money. Circle the best word a, b, or c, to complete the lines.

2. Listen to the song and check your answers.

3. How does the singer feel about money? Check the best answer.

a) Money can buy love.b) Love is more important than money.c) Money is the most important thing in

life.

d) 4. Do you agree with any of the sentences in 3?

Discuss with a partner. Give your reasons

Song

Speaking

1. Match these sayings with the meanings below.

2. Do you have other sayings like these in your language? Which of the sayings do you like best?

Sound Focus

Word Focus

1. Look at the underlined words in 1 in Speaking. Listen to the three sounds below and then write each of the underlined words in the correct column.

2. Add the words form the box below to the correct columns. receive save invest make leave lend 3. Listen and check your answers.

1. Use verbs from the table above to complete these sentences.a) A careful person saves money.b) A foolish person _______ it.c) A shopper ______ it.d) A wise person ______ it.e) A bank sometimes _______ it to people.f) A good businessperson _______ it.

Reading

1. Discuss these questions with a partner.• What is the most popular band at the moment in your country?• What sort of music do they play and how many hits have they had?• What sort of future do you think the band has? Will they stay together or

split up? Why?

• 2. Read the magazine article. Circle the best description of the article below.

Ricky Dean is … a) promoting his latest CD. b) explaining why he’s leaving his band. c) talking about his favorite kind of music.

Reading

Reading

3. Read the article again and check the reasons Ricky gives for leaving the band.

a)He didn’t like the other band members.b)He didn’t like his manager.c)He didn’t have any freedom.d)He didn’t make any money.e)The people he met were only interested in his money.f)He wanted to fee independent again.

Listening

Language Focus

1. You are going to listen to Ricky Dean talk about his plans for the future. Before you listen, match each verb in column A with the best phrase from column B.

2. With a partner, check the things in the list above you think Ricky is going to do. Listen and check your answers.

1. Correct the mistakes in these sentences.a) “ I going to carry on singing.”b) “I’m definitely not go to forget my real friends.”c) “What kind of music are you going play?”

Language Focus

2. Answer the questions, using the words in parentheses.What are you going to do….

3. Answer the questions about yourself. Then take it in turns asking and answering the questions with your partner.

Language Focus

1. Complete these sentences from Ricky’s interview.a) My first solo single _________ out tomorrow.b) We _________ a twelve-week tour next month.c) After that I _________ a three-week vacation.

2. Listen and check. Are the events happening now, or in the future?

3. You are extremely rich and famous! Complete the diary below, writing down one or more appointments for each day?

Reading & Listening

1. Read the interview with Kenny Nakamura. Write each question in the correct place

a) What’s the most you’ve spent in one day?b) What is your next big purchase going to be?c) When you go out to dinner, do you always pay?d) What would you really like to have, but can’t afford?e) What do you spend most of your money on?f) Are you careful with money?g) Do you usually carry cash or credit cards?

Reading & Listening

Reading & Listening

Speaking Personally

2. Listen and check your answers.

Look again at the questions in 1 above. Take it in turns to ask and answer them with your partner.

Unit 9 Rules Reading

1. Work with a partner. Have you ever read a “self-help” book? Did it help? What is the most important book you have ever read?

2. Read this letter from Barbara to her friend. She writes about a “self-help” book called The Rules. Who is the book for?

Reading

Reading

3. Look at these statements about Barbara’s letter. Write T or F next to each one.

a)Barbara is sure this is a good book.b)Barbara is a confident woman.c)Barbara is going to try following The Rules with her boyfriend Michael.d)Barbara wants Sal’s advice.

Language Focus

1. Complete these sentences with have to or can’t. Look at Barbara’s letter about The Rules to help you.

a) You have to wear makeup.b) You can’t cut your hair.c) You _____ end telephone conversations first.d) You _____ see him more than twice a week.e) You _____ be too honest about your feelings.f) You _____ call him and you _____ return his calls.g) You always _____ act as if you are confident.

2. Discuss these questions with a partner.a) Do you think it’s possible to find your Mr. or Ms. Right using these rules?b) Would you follow some rules if you knew they would help you “catch”

your ideal partner?c) Can you create your own set of rules that can be used for men and

women? Use have to and can’t.

Word Focus1. Find opposite adjectives (in bold) in Barbara’s letter to compete these

pairs.

2. Listen and check your answers. Underline the stressed part of each word and then practice saying each word.

3. Choose two adjectives in 1 which describe your Mr. or Ms. Right and choose two which describe your Mr. or Ms. Wrong. Add more adjectives if necessary.

Listening

1. Listen to Barbara talking about her relationship with Michael after reading The Rules. Check the correct statements.

a) They got married.b) They split up.c) She’s reading the Joy of Being Married.d) She’s reading the Joy of Being Single.

Listening

2. Listen again and underline the correct alternative.a)Barbara decided to do The Rules because she wanted (1) a long-term relationship (2) a new relationship.b)Barbara (1) was too busy (2) had to say she was too busy to talk to Michael on the phone.c)The real Barbara is (1) warm and friendly (2) cold and hard.d)When Barbara fell in love with Michael, she (1) wanted to (2) didn’t want to continue to follow The Rules.e)When Michael saw the book he was (1) angry (2) happy.f)Now Barbara wants to (1) find a new man (2) stay single.

Language Focus

1. Complete what Barbara said in the previous section. Use words from the box.

3. Use had to, could and couldn’t to complete this account of Jackie Chan’s schooldays. Then listen and check your answers.

Language Focus

4. Work with a partner. Look at the phrases in bold. Discuss in what ways your own schooldays were different from (or similar to) Jackie Chan’s.For example: We could use our own name at school. We couldn’t let our hair grow long.

Reading

1. Makiko is training to be a geisha. Before you read about her, look at the sentences below and decide if you think they are true or false.

2. Read the article and check your ideas in 1.

Reading

Word Focus

Sound Focus

1. Complete these statements using words in bold from the text opposite.

2. Work in small group. Are the statements in 1 true of your country?

1. Match each stress pattern with the correct column of school subjects.

Speaking Personally

Think about your favorite subject in secondary school. Choose from the list the things you want to talk about. Think about what you will say and the language you will need. Tell your partner about the subject.

Unit 10 Review 2 Listening

1. Listen to the introduction about the international company Virgin. Choose the correct explanation for how Virgin got its name.

a) This was the name of one of the people who started the company.b) This was their first experience of business.c) All of them came from the state of Virginia, U.S.A.

2. Look at the line from the introduction. Underline the words that were used. Listen again and check your answers.

Listening

3. Listen to a description of Richard Branson, boss of the Virgin Group and write T or F next to each statement.a)He has broken the Atlantic sea speed record in his powerboat Challenger II.b)He is always looking for ways in which he can employ more people.c)He isn’t going to open any more cheap-flight carriers.d)He’s having a birthday party next week, and everyone is invited.

4. Would you like to have the lifestyle of Richard Branson? Why or why not? Tell your partner

For example: I’d like the money but not the responsibility.

Word Focus

1. Work with a partner. Complete the sentences with a number from the box.

2. 2. Listen again to the description of Richard Branson and check your answers.

3. Work with a partner. Ask and answer these questions.a) When were you born?b) How many people are there in your school/ university/ company?c) What’s the farthest you’ve traveled in a single journey?d) What’s the fastest you’ve ever traveled in a vehicle?

Speaking

1. Read the questions. Prepare one false answer and make the remaining ones true. Work with a partner. Ask and answer the questions. Try not to reveal your false answer. See if you can trick your partner.

2. Tell your partner which of their answers you think is false, and why.

For example: I don’t believe you help with the housework because you like to spend your free time out of the house.

Reading

1. Read about three generations of the Tan family. Who said what? Write F (father), S (son) or GS (grandson) next to each statement.

Reading

Word Focus

1. Look at the word snake. How many different jobs can you find?

Speaking

1. Work together as a class. Write down the names of all the jobs that you’d like to do.

2. Work in small groups. Look at all the jobs you have written down in 1 and discuss the following questions