| Unit 1 |
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Nice to see you again
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| Vocabulary |
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| Listening and Reading |
- Listening: Three people talking about what is happening in their lives
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| Grammar Focus |
- Present continuous for extended present
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| Pronunciation |
- Stress on important words in sentences
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| Speaking |
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| Writing |
- Write a letter describing what is happening in your life
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| Unit 2 |
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Why women iron
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| Vocabulary |
- Adjectives to describe a person's character
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| Listening and Reading |
- Reading: A review of a book about differences between men and women
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| Grammar Focus |
- Comparative adjectives; as ... as
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| Pronunciation |
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| Speaking |
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| Writing |
- Compare a man and a woman (or a boy and a girl) you know well
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| Unit 3 |
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Living in luxury
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| Vocabulary |
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| Listening and Reading |
- Listening: A conversation about making a reservation for a hotel room
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| Grammar Focus |
- Review: simple present statements and questions
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| Pronunciation |
- Stress in numbers in -teen and -ty
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| Speaking |
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| Writing |
- Write a postcard describing a luxury hotel
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| Unit 4 |
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Allergic reactions
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| Vocabulary |
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| Listening and Reading |
- Reading: A newspaper article about allergies
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| Grammar Focus |
- Adjectives ending in -ed and -ing
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| Pronunciation |
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| Speaking |
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| Writing |
- Describe a bad cold or allergy and what you did to feel better
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| Unit 5 |
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A typical day
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| Vocabulary |
- Verb and noun combinations
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| Listening and Reading |
- Listening: An interview with a man who has an unusual job
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| Grammar Focus |
- Subject and object questions
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| Pronunciation |
- Locating the focus word in questions and answers
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| Speaking |
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| Writing |
- Write an email telling about your typical day
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| Unit 6 |
| It's absolutely true! |
| Vocabulary |
- Adjectives and intensifiers
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| Listening and Reading |
- Listening: A conversation about Carnaval in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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| Grammar Focus |
- Review: simple past vs. past continuous
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| Pronunciation |
- Number of syllables and stress in words
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| Speaking |
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| Writing |
- Write a true story about something that happened to you
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| Unit 7 |
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Eating out
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| Vocabulary |
- Adjectives to describe restaurants and food
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| Listening and Reading |
- Reading: A restaurant review
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| Grammar Focus |
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| Pronunciation |
- Schwa /
/ in
weak syllables, as in polite
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| Speaking |
- Describing and giving opinions about food and restaurants
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| Writing |
- Write a note explaining what menu items to choose and avoid at a restaurant
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| Unit 8 |
| It's a deal! |
| Vocabulary |
- Verb and noun combinations
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| Listening and Reading |
- Reading: An article about prenuptial agreements
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| Grammar Focus |
- Modals: have to/donââ¬â¢t have to, must, canââ¬â¢t for obligation and prohibition
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| Pronunciation |
- have to (hafta) and has to (hasta)
in rapid speech
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| Speaking |
- Expressing obligation, no obligation, and pronunciation
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| Writing |
- Write an informal agreement about rules and obligations
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| Unit 9 |
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The river
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| Vocabulary |
- Phrasal verbs related to tourism
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| Listening and Reading |
- Listening: A conversation between a travel agent and tourist about a river tour
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| Grammar Focus |
- Simple present and present continuous for future
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| Pronunciation |
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| Speaking |
- Describing plans for a trip
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| Writing |
- Write an email telling a friend about plans for a tour
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| Unit 10 |
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On the other hand
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| Vocabulary |
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| Listening and Reading |
- Reading: An article on some differences between left- and right-handed people
- Listening: Two people talking about being left-handed
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| Grammar Focus |
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| Pronunciation |
- can/can't and could/couldn't
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| Speaking |
- Describing abilities and challenges
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| Writing |
- Describe things you could and couldn't do with your non-dominant
hand
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| Unit 11 |
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Trading spaces
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| Vocabulary |
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| Listening and Reading |
- Reading: A summary of a TV program episode
- Listening: People on a TV program reacting to changes in their living room
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| Grammar Focus |
- Present perfect for indefinite past
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| Pronunciation |
- Different pronunciations of letter a
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| Speaking |
- Talking about changes you can see
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| Writing |
- Write a letter describing recent changes in your home or life
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| Unit 12 |
| A soccer fan's website |
| Vocabulary |
- Time expressions with in, on, at, or no preposition
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| Listening and Reading |
- Reading: A soccer fan's web page and travel plans
- Listening: A conversation about travel arrangements
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| Grammar Focus |
- Modals: may, might, could for possibility
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| Pronunciation |
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| Speaking |
- Talking about possible future arrangements
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| Writing |
- Write an email telling a friend about possible future plans
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| Unit 13 |
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Green card
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| Vocabulary |
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| Listening and Reading |
- Reading: An immigration officer's interview notes
- Listening: An immigration officer's interview
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| Grammar Focus |
- Review: present perfect with for and since
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| Pronunciation |
- Strong and weak forms of have and has; contracted has
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| Speaking |
- Talking about how long you have done something
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| Writing |
- Write a report drawing conclusions from two interviews
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| Unit 14 |
| What's that noise? |
| Vocabulary |
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| Listening and Reading |
- Listening: A radio phone-in contest
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| Grammar Focus |
- Modals: must be, might be, can't be for deduction
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| Pronunciation |
- Reduced /t/ in might be, can't be, and must
be
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| Speaking |
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| Writing |
- Describe what someone does at a job without naming the job
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| Unit 15 |
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Mumbai Soap
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| Vocabulary |
- Topics for TV soap operas
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| Listening and Reading |
- Reading: Summaries of three parts of a TV soap opera
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| Grammar Focus |
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| Pronunciation |
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| Speaking |
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| Writing |
- Predict an episode of a soap opera, a news story, or the result of a sports event
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| Unit 16 |
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The message behind the ad
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| Vocabulary |
- Adjectives used in advertisements
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| Listening and Reading |
- Reading: An article giving people's reactions to TV ads
- Listening: A interview with an advertising executive about creating different TV ads
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| Grammar Focus |
- Future real conditional
- (If + simple present + will)
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| Pronunciation |
- Intonation in future real conditional sentences
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| Speaking |
- Talking about future possibilities
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| Writing |
- Propose ideas for an advertisement to sell a product
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| Unit 17 |
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Willpower
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| Vocabulary |
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| Listening and Reading |
- Reading: A quiz to evaluate willpower
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| Grammar Focus |
- Verbs + gerund
- Verbs + infinitive
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| Pronunciation |
- Weak forms of to in infinitives; blended wanna
for want to
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| Speaking |
- Talking about changing habits
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| Writing |
- Write a letter describing recent changes in your work or personal life
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| Unit 18 |
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Wave of the future
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| Vocabulary |
- Words related to new trends
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| Listening and Reading |
- Listening: A conversation about a woman's unusual job and how
she does it
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| Grammar Focus |
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| Pronunciation |
- Blended pronunciation of used to (useta)
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| Speaking |
- Comparing past and present trends
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| Writing |
- Compare your lifestyle with that of your parents when they were your age
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| Unit 19 |
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Made in the U.S.A.
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| Vocabulary |
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| Listening and Reading |
- Listening: Tourists talking about items in a shop on Fisherman's
Wharf
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| Grammar Focus |
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| Pronunciation |
- Syllabic consonants (cotton, metal) with
no vowel sound
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| Speaking |
- Describing where things come from
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| Writing |
- Describe a special item you bought on a trip or that someone gave you
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| Unit 20 |
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At the movies
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| Vocabulary |
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| Listening and Reading |
- Listening: An interview with an author of a book about movie facts
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| Grammar Focus |
- so, too, neither, (not) either
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| Pronunciation |
- Number of syllables and word stress patterns
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| Speaking |
- Talking about favorite movies
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| Writing |
- Describe what kinds of movies you and a friend or relative like
and don't like
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| Unit 21 |
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How polite are you?
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| Vocabulary |
- Phrasal verbs with turn, switch, go
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| Listening and Reading |
- Reading: A quiz to evaluate responses to annoying situations
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| Grammar Focus |
- Modals: Could you, Would you, Would you mind . . .? for polite requests
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| Pronunciation |
- Weak forms and linking: could you, would you
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| Speaking |
- Making or responding to requests
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| Writing |
- Describe an annoying situation and what you did about it
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| Unit 22 |
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The art of crime
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| Vocabulary |
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| Listening and Reading |
- Listening: A story about the theft of a famous painting
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| Grammar Focus |
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| Pronunciation |
- Stress and rhythm in passive sentences
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| Speaking |
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| Writing |
- Write a newspaper article about a real or imaginary crime
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| Unit 23 |
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A balanced life
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| Vocabulary |
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| Listening and Reading |
- Listening: Two people discussing exercise
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| Grammar Focus |
- Review: verbs for likes/dislikes followed by gerund and/or infinitive
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| Pronunciation |
- Consonant clusters (stand, play, sports)
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| Speaking |
- Discussing work and after-work activities
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| Writing |
- Write an email about your efforts to balance work and play
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| Unit 24 |
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Digital age
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| Vocabulary |
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| Listening and Reading |
- Reading: An article about digital TV
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| Grammar Focus |
- Relative clauses with that, which, who, where
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| Pronunciation |
- Stress in nouns and noun phrases
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| Speaking |
- Describing people, places, and things
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| Writing |
- Describe different kinds of technical equipment you would like to have
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| Unit 25 |
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Arranged marriages
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| Vocabulary |
- Wedding party; expressions with get
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| Listening and Reading |
- Listening: Two friends discussing a movie about arranged marriages
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| Grammar Focus |
- It's + adjective/noun + infinitive to express opinion
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| Pronunciation |
- Different pronunciations of /t/ linked to a following word
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| Speaking |
- Talking about relationships
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| Writing |
- Write an email giving advice about a marriage problem
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| Unit 26 |
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Money matters
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| Vocabulary |
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| Listening and Reading |
- Reading: A web page for an online banking service
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| Grammar Focus |
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| Pronunciation |
- Weak pronunciation of object pronouns
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| Speaking |
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| Writing |
- Write a letter explaining how you would spend one million dollars
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| Unit 27 |
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Less is more
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| Vocabulary |
- Waste, use, spend, save + noun
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| Listening and Reading |
- Listening: An interview with an author who gives advice on how to find balance in life
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| Grammar Focus |
- Review: should/shouldn't, could, ought to for advice
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| Pronunciation |
- Reduced forms of should/could/ought to
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| Speaking |
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| Writing |
- Write a letter giving advice to a friend or relative about a problem
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| Unit 28 |
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Celebrate
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| Vocabulary |
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| Listening and Reading |
- Reading: An ad for a contest to celebrate a magazine's 100th
edition
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| Grammar Focus |
- Present unreal conditional
- (If + simple past + would + verb)
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| Pronunciation |
- Contracted and weak forms of would in rapid speech
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| Speaking |
- Talking about imaginary situations
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| Writing |
- Write an invitation to a party
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