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LESSON • OBJECTIVES GRAMMAR VOCABULARY PRONUNCIATION
U1 CONNECTIONS
Personality (p2) question forms feelings intonation in yes/no and wh-
1.1 Talk about reactions and feelings questions
Design and present a meet-up group
Who we are (p6) tense review personality adjectives connected speech: final
Compare, contrast and summarize short noun suffixes consonant and initial vowel
1.2
biographies
Talk about people that have influenced you
Café Hub Keeping it in the family (p10) idioms: family
1.3 give your opinion on the role of inherited ability
in success
UNIT REVIEW (p12) WRITING (p154) Write a formal letter asking for information | KEY SKILL Structuring formal letters
U2 LIFESTYLES
A full life (p14) present perfect and present health and fitness connected speech:
2.1 Talk about health and lifestyle choices perfect progressive present perfect progressive
Plan and conduct a lifestyle survey
Change (p18) used to, would, get used to, adverbs of stance catenation: used to
2.2 Conduct an interview about lifestyle changes be used to adverb + adjective
Debate the impact of smartphones collocations
Café Hub Clean eating (p22) adding emphasis
2.3 give your opinion on food choices
UNIT REVIEW (p24) WRITING (p155) Write an article giving advice | KEY SKILL Using different structures to give advice
U3 SURVIVAL
Staying alive (p26) narrative tenses descriptive verbs dramatic storytelling
3.1 Create a collaborative story techniques
Tell a personal anecdote
Fear and danger (p30) alternatives to if in conditionals phrasal verbs to describe intonation in conditional
Discuss priorities in a survival situation problems sentences
3.2
Talk about fears and offer advice dependent prepositions:
adjectives
Café Hub Don’t look down (p34) shortened idioms
3.3 describe a trip or journey
UNIT REVIEW (p36) WRITING (p156) Write a short story | KEY SKILL Using adverbs to add detail to a story
U4 THE FUTURE
My future (p38) future forms noun + preposition nouns and verbs with the
Talk about future plans and goals collocations same spelling
4.1
Make predictions about the future of work nouns and verbs with the
same spelling
What will life be like? (p42) future perfect, future progressive intensifiers intonation with intensifiers
4.2 Evaluate future predictions and future perfect progressive
Debate a range of transportation proposals
Café Hub The robot revolution (p46) right
4.3 give your opinion on automation in the
workplace
UNIT REVIEW (p48) WRITING (p157) Write a for and against blog post | KEY SKILL Structuring a for and against blog post
U5 CHANGE
Changing environment (p50) the passive voice green vocabulary glottal stops
Summarize a sequence of past events causative have and get
5.1
Evaluate a range of proposals
Changing places (p54) -ing and infinitive forms describing areas of a city words that lose a syllable
Talk about changes in your town or city prefixes
5.2 Evaluate candidates and put together a team
Café Hub Getting into the habit (p58) conditional counterarguments
5.3 discuss ways to help the environment
UNIT REVIEW (p60) WRITING (p158) Write a problem solution article | KEY SKILL Describing problems and solutions
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READING • LISTENING SPEAKING • WRITING
read an online article about everyday heroes discuss how you would react in three different scenarios
KEY SKILL Skimming for the main ideas SPEAKING HUB
listen to three conversations at meet-up groups plan and present an idea for a new meet-up group in your area
read biographies of famous people who overcame challenges research and discuss famous people that overcame great challenges
listen to a radio interview about personality types SPEAKING HUB
KEY SKILL Listening for the main ideas discuss someone influential from your past
watch a video about an Olympic medal winner KEY SKILL Developing and introducing new topics
watch people talking about family traits SPEAKING HUB
debate the influence of practice on ability
read a newspaper article about how to live longer discuss health, fitness and modern lifestyles
listen to radio interviews about lifestyle changes SPEAKING HUB
KEY SKILL Listening for reasons conduct a lifestyle survey and offer advice
listen to a TV interview about quitting the rat race interview your partner about how their life has changed over the last ten years
read a for and against article about the impact of social media SPEAKING HUB
KEY SKILL Identifying assumptions have a debate about the impact of smartphones on personal relationships
watch a video about clean eating KEY SKILL Backchanneling and lexical repetition
watch people talking about food SPEAKING HUB
present your opinion on veganism
read a newspaper article about someone who survived against the odds tell a dramatic survival story
KEY SKILL Following the sequence of a narrative SPEAKING HUB
listen to a radio call-in show about extreme sports tell an anecdote from your personal experience
read an interview with a survival expert discuss how to survive a dangerous situation
listen to an extract from an audiobook about phobias SPEAKING HUB
KEY SKILL Listening for definitions, examples and explanations discuss people’s fears and how to address them
watch a video about climbing a mountain KEY SKILL Backtracking
watch someone telling an anecdote SPEAKING HUB
tell an anecdote about a trip or journey
listen to a podcast about turning points in people’s lives interview your partner about their plans and goals
read a magazine article about the future of work SPEAKING HUB
KEY SKILL Identifying evidence discuss jobs and automation
read a magazine article about predictions in movies discuss predictions from movies and TV
listen to a debate about the future of transportation SPEAKING HUB
KEY SKILL Identifying agreement and disagreement debate transportation options in a city
watch a video about the automation of jobs KEY SKILL Asking for clarification
watch people talking about running a small business SPEAKING HUB
conduct an interview on the use of robots in the workplace
read a magazine article about the reintroduction of wolves in describe changes to an ecosystem
Yellowstone park SPEAKING HUB
KEY SKILL Identifying cause and effect discuss how to make a school more eco-friendly
listen to a radio interview about making a house more eco-friendly
read an article about fast-growing cities discuss key changes in your town or city
listen to a radio interview with Mars One applicants SPEAKING HUB
KEY SKILL Listening for rhetorical questions select the perfect team for a Mars mission
watch a video about how to encourage changes in behavior KEY SKILL Taking the floor
watch people discussing a green issue SPEAKING HUB
prioritize steps we can take to live a greener lifestyle
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LESSON • OBJECTIVES GRAMMAR VOCABULARY PRONUNCIATION
U6 COMING OF AGE
The right method? (p62) obligation, prohibition and education intonation to show interest
6.1 Discuss rules in education permission
Talk about changes to education in your country
Traditions of youth (p66) articles compound adjectives intrusive /j/ sounds
6.2 Discuss age milestones in your country phrases with make and do
Debate the best time to start college
Café Hub A new perspective (p70) emphatic structures
6.3 give your opinion on an aspect of education
UNIT REVIEW (p72) WRITING (p159) Write a report | KEY SKILL Describing data
U7 COMMUNITY
Open spaces (p74) first conditional with different verbs to describe change connected speech in
7.1 Discuss community development projects future forms conditionals
Discuss responses to hypothetical situations unreal conditionals
Make a change (p78) wish and if only three-part phrasal verbs two-stress
7.2 Talk about wishes and regrets compound nouns phrasal verbs
Design and present a community project
Café Hub A shared vision (p82) you know
7.3 give your opinion on a social initiative
UNIT REVIEW (p84) WRITING (p160) Write a formal letter of complaint | KEY SKILL Hedging
U8 MYSTERY
Myths and legends (p86) past modals of deduction word families thought groups
8.1 Speculate about past events
Summarize a cultural story
Who did it? (p90) order of adjectives easily confused verbs adding information
Write and perform a short scene crime
8.2
Speculate about the causes and consequences
of a crime
Café Hub Fact or fiction? (p94) understatement
8.3 discuss how to test an idea
UNIT REVIEW (p96) WRITING (p161) Write a complex essay | KEY SKILL Writing conclusions
U9 BUSINESS
Customers (p98) adjective clauses dependent prepositions: verbs pitch on non-essential
Talk about the risks and benefits of apps adjective clauses
9.1
Make an effective complaint about a product
or service
Products (p102) determiners and quantifiers science connected speech:
Conduct a survey about what influences our advertising determiners and quantifiers
9.2
purchases
Design and present an ad campaign
Café Hub Raising capital (p106) illustrating your argument
9.3 discuss investment opportunities
UNIT REVIEW (p108) WRITING (p162) Write a proposal | KEY SKILL Using discourse markers in formal writing
U10 MEDIA
Reporting the news (p110) reported speech traditional media avoiding interruption
10.1 Give opinions on recent news stories
Intervene appropriately in a discussion
Digital media (p114) reporting verbs social media using intonation to attract and
10.2 Report a conversation adjective + noun collocations keep interest
Plan and create a viral marketing ad
Café Hub Watch on demand (p118) from … to
10.3 give your opinion on streaming services
UNIT REVIEW (p120) WRITING (p163) Write a persuasive essay | KEY SKILL Concession
Irregular Verbs (p121) Grammar Hub (p122) Vocabulary Hub (p142) Communication Hub (p147) Writing (p154) Audio scripts (p164)
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listen to a radio discussion about different school systems design rules for the perfect school
listen to an interview about a new movie SPEAKING HUB
KEY SKILL Pronoun referencing discuss how education has changed in your country
read an article about coming-of-age ceremonies around the world discuss legal milestones in your country
listen to three interviews about age SPEAKING HUB
KEY SKILL Decoding: idioms debate when the best time to start college is
watch a video about a floating school KEY SKILL Using correct register
watch people working on a presentation SPEAKING HUB
give a presentation about education
listen to a talk about regeneration projects discuss the best way to regenerate an area
read a magazine article about a failing restaurant SPEAKING HUB
KEY SKILL Identifying speculation discuss how to address hypothetical situations
read a blog post and comments about regrets discuss your wishes and regrets
KEY SKILL Inferring meaning SPEAKING HUB
listen to an interview about a moneyless society design a community project
watch a video about building your own home in London KEY SKILL Talking on the telephone
watch a video call between two people SPEAKING HUB
debate the merits of an approach to affordable housing
read an online article about unexplained mysteries make deductions about an unexplained mystery
KEY SKILL Decoding: similes and metaphors SPEAKING HUB
listen to a podcast about myths and legends discuss myths and legends
read a scene from a detective story write and perform a scene from a detective story
listen to a lecture about eyewitness testimony SPEAKING HUB
KEY SKILL Following an argument solve a murder mystery
watch a video about an urban myth KEY SKILL Maintaining a conversation
watch people discussing how to escape from a locked room SPEAKING HUB
discuss how to test different urban myths
read an article about the trust economy talk about the risks and benefits of apps you use
listen to a customer complaint SPEAKING HUB
KEY SKILL Fronting practice making complaints
listen to a radio interview about health myths conduct a survey about shopping habits
read an article about a successful entrepreneur SPEAKING HUB
KEY SKILL Topic sentences pitch a product
watch a video about crowdfunding KEY SKILL Reformulating and paraphrasing
watch people discussing ways to raise money for a business SPEAKING HUB
discuss how much to invest in different business ideas
read an article about the death of print discuss recent news stories and your opinions of them
listen to an interview about fake news SPEAKING HUB
KEY SKILL Listening for repair and elaboration discuss fake news, bias and online media
read three fake news stories interview your partner and report their answers
KEY SKILL Substitution SPEAKING HUB
listen to a talk about viral marketing campaigns design a viral marketing campaign
watch a video about streaming services KEY SKILL Circumlocution
watch someone talking about getting a new job SPEAKING HUB
debate the pros and cons of streaming services
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