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Speaking & Reading

houses are not mentioned.

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Quantifiers, countable / uncountable Houses, homes, furniture Silent consonants

Present Perfect & Past Simple An advert for a flatmate whole

Renting a room

House the world

1 Look at the pictures and answer the questions.
1 Which is the most similar to houses in your country? 2 Which countries do you think the houses are in? Why?

2 Match the texts (ad) to the houses (18). Four of the

a) A round hut in Cameroon made of mud and straw. It has a steep thatched roof, one door and no windows. It is very dark inside. b) A small house in a southern Spanish town. It has whitewashed walls and a small balcony with flowers. There are wooden blinds to keep the house cool in summer. It is in a quiet backstreet and is very peaceful. c) An apartment in Hong Kong city centre. It is on the 57th floor of a high-rise building. It is very cramped. The windows are tiny and the ceilings very low. d) A traditional English semi-detached house in the suburbs, made of red brick. It is spacious and comfortable and has a large garden. It has five bedrooms, two bathrooms and a loft with a skylight.

Vocabulary & Speaking Homes

1 Find words in the texts and put them into these
categories.
types of houses rooms in a house materials parts of a house

hut

loft

mud

roof

Listening
1 Look at the four bedrooms (14) on page 15. What
adjectives would you use to describe them?
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2 Put these words into the categories. Add some more

of your own.
chalet cellar lounge terrace staircase chimney tin cottage concrete houseboat study

bright, minimalist

2 Connect the four people on page 15 Clara,

Richard, Alex and Beverley to the rooms (14). Give reasons for your choices.

3 Underline any adjectives in the texts. Are they

positive, negative or neutral?
positive negative neutral

Listen to these people talking about their bedrooms and check your ideas.
2.1

spacious

cramped

steep

4 What parts of the room do they mention? What is

their favourite thing?

4 Work in pairs. Take turns describing a house you

know well using the vocabulary above.

5 Listen again. What is the connection between their

room and their personality?

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Language focus Quantifiers (1)

Look at these phrases from Transcript 2.1. The words in bold are used before nouns to express quantity.
3 4 hardly any furniture loads of junk a couple of photos a few things so much stress theres not enough space The quantifier depends on whether the noun is countable or uncountable.

Put these quantifiers into three categories.

a lot of / lots of / loads of ideas / help a little time so / too many cars plenty of money / friends some books / luck (not) enough sugar / eggs a couple of dogs hardly any hair / taxis not much work several people not many doctors a few visitors so / too much sun Countable nouns: a

couple of , so / too much ,

,

, ,

, Uncountable nouns:

Countable and uncountable nouns:

hardly any ,

See Reference Guide, pp. 56. See Workbook, p. 9, exs. 13.

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The Real Thing:

whole

Practice
1 Use the quantifiers (ad) to make correct sentences
about the illustrations (14).
a) too much b) lots of 1 c) very little d) hardly any 2

1 Find examples of the word whole in Transcript 2.1

in the Reference Guide. Listen and check.

3 Underline the correct phrase in the two rules below.

a) Whole refers to a lot of / all of something. b) Whole comes before / after articles, determiners or possessive pronouns.
2.3

Listen to three short dialogues. What are they talking about? What does the whole thing refer to each time? Choose the best option: a or b.
Dialogue 1. Dialogue 2. Dialogue 3. a) the news a) the hotel a) the game b) the story b) the plan b) the surprise

Pronunciation Silent consonants

Do Pronunciation Worksheet 2.

2 Use the quantifiers in the Language focus box to

describe the rooms in your house.

There are lots of plants. Theres not much furniture.

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Design your life

Speaking & Vocabulary Furniture
1 Look at the three rooms below. Do you like them? Tell
your partner why or why not.

Reading
1 Answer the questions.
1 What do you know about IKEA? 2 Do you have any IKEA furniture at home? 3 Why do you think IKEA is so popular?

2 Read the article and check if any of your ideas are

mentioned.

2 Label the furniture in the photos using these words.

Which piece of furniture can you NOT find?
rug parquet bookshelves fireplace blinds coffee table side table cushions cupboards chest of drawers armchair

T he gospel according to

IKEA
It started as a young mans dream in rural Sweden. Now IKEA is the worlds largest furniture retailer with 283 stores in 36 countries and an annual turnover of billions of euros. How do they do it? Daniel Monk went to a superstore to investigate. 1 Firstly, IKEA stores are not really stores at all: in a traditional shop you enter and search for a particular product. At IKEA, you have to do a tour of the whole store until you arrive at the products youre looking for. This is a brilliant trick to get you to spend more money! 2 At IKEA the customer does the work: you shop with little help from the staff, take your furniture home and assemble it yourself. All this helps to keep costs down. Thats great in theory, but dont you just hate flat-pack furniture when you get home and find a few important parts are missing? 3 The IKEA philosophy is optimistic. It encourages you to take control and thats incredibly clever you just need a little imagination. With IKEAs help you can fight the chaos in your home. There are dozens of bookcases, shelving and multi-purpose cupboards, because everything must have its home. Order and classification are at the heart of the IKEA ideology. 4 Judging by their sales figures, that ideology is spreading. Few households in Europe these days contain nothing from IKEA. In some ways, its great: IKEA have made stylish furniture affordable. The danger, of course, is that our homes are all starting to look alike. 5 On the positive side, IKEA is pretty classless. Almost everybody has enough money to shop there, and its popular with one-parent families and single people. So, while traditional British institutions the Crown, Parliament, Marks and Spencer have become less popular, theres plenty of evidence that IKEA will keep going strong.

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3 Read the article again. Match the headings to the

paragraphs (1-5). a) IKEA for all b) Getting around the shop c) Lookalike homes d) Ordering your mess e) Youre on your own

Practice
Circle the correct option in each sentence.
1 Shes not very popular. She has a few / few friends. 2 I can come out tonight after all. Ive got a little / little money left. 3 Can I have some more sugar in my coffee? Its not enough sweet / sweet enough. 4 There werent enough people / people enough to play football yesterday.

4 Decide whether each of the following statements is

true (T) or false (F). Correct the false statements.
1 At IKEA... a) you have to follow a certain route. T b) you can wander around the store as you like. F c) you have to see the whole of the store. 2 Prices are kept low at IKEA because... a) the staff dont give you a lot of help. b) you have to assemble the furniture yourself. c) you have to design the furniture yourself. 3 IKEA specialises in... a) cheap quality furniture that looks stylish. b) containers and boxes for storing things. c) items that help you organise your life. 4 The author likes the fact that... a) IKEA has become so popular. b) all kinds of people shop there. c) you assemble your own furniture. 5 In general, the author... a) is very positive about IKEA and its ideology. b) is quite impressed by IKEAs success. c) likes some things about IKEA and is sceptical about others.

Listening
1 Look at Janines room and describe it.

There are hardly any shelves. Theres not enough space for her books

Language focus Quantifiers (2)

few / little
Read these sentences and complete the rules.
...all you need is a little imagination. ...a few important parts are missing

We use a few with countable / uncountable nouns. We use a little with countable / uncountable nouns.
...Few households contain nothing from IKEA. ...with little help from the staff. and have a negative meaning (like not many / not much or hardly any). and have a positive meaning (like some).

Janine has used IKEA furnishings to transform her room. Listen to her talking about the room and answer the questions. 1 Which of the furniture items on page 16 does she mention? 2 Which does she like / dislike? Why?
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3 Listen again. Complete with the words you hear.

1 2 3 4 5 in fact I think I bought things when I get rugs, itll be just perfect that coffee table ... theres space for it the blinds ... there were different types the bookshelves ... I can fit books on them 6 the chest of drawers ... there are drawers, in fact

enough
Read these sentences and complete the rules.
Most people have enough money to shop in IKEA. IKEA is cheap enough for most people.

Speaking
Discuss in pairs. What would you do to change your room, flat or classroom?

We put enough before nouns / adjectives and after nouns / adjectives and adverbs . See Reference Guide, p. 6; See Workbook, p. 9, ex. 4.

My flats not light enough, so I would paint the walls white and get a few mirrors for decoration. Theres too much
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Refugees

2 You are going to read the story of Sozana and Saranda,

Kosovan refugees. Answer these questions. Then read the article on page 19 and check your answers.
1 What do you know about Kosovo? 2 Which country do you think Sozana and Saranda live in now? 3 What difficulties do you think they have had to face?

3 Choose the correct option (a, b or c) for each sentence.

1 The twins left Pristina with a) very few possessions. b) nothing. c) what they were able to take in 15 minutes. 2 At the refugee camp a) there was loads of food. b) there was hardly any food. c) they had to wait a long time to get food. 3 How many places have the twins lived in the United States? a) two b) three c) four 4 How would you describe their feelings about living in New York? a) They have mixed feelings. b) They love it there and have no regrets. c) They miss home and want to return.

Speaking
1 Look at the photos and answer the questions.
1 Where do you think they were taken? 2 Who lives in these houses and why do you think they are there? 3 What difficulties do you think the people experience every day?

I imagine theyd have to / would find it difficult to Theres probably not enough / very few
2 Work in pairs. Take turns choosing a picture and
describing it for your partner to identify. Use the words in the box to help you.
tents huts thatched leaves plastic sheets roof sticks loads of not much too much / many

4 Put the events of their story into the correct order.

a) b) c) d) e) f) g) go to a refugee camp in Macedonia war breaks out fly to New Jersey live in an apartment in Pristina 1 move to Brooklyn catch a train to Macedonia their uncle finds them a flat in the Bronx

There are loads of small, round huts. They are made from

Reading & Speaking

1 Choose the correct definition.
A refugee is someone who a) leaves his / her country to find work in another country. b) enters another country illegally. c) leaves his / her country because of war, or other threats or dangers.

5 Change the present tense verbs in Exercise 4 to the

past tense and retell the twins story. Add any more information you can remember.

Sozana and Saranda lived in an apartment in Pristina with their family. Then, on April 1st, 1998, war broke out
6 Discuss with your partner.
1 Is this a happy or sad story? 2 Are Sozana and Saranda lucky or unlucky? Why?

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Sozana and Saranda, Kosovo, 17 years old

Language focus Present Perfect & Past Simple

Underline the correct verb tense to complete the rules below. 1 We use the Present Perfect / Past Simple to describe finished time: we say when the action happened.
Then our whole family went to a refugee camp.

2 We use the Present Perfect / Past Simple to describe actions that happened (or didnt happen) at an indefinite time in the past, and which have some present relevance.
Weve made quite a few friends (= we are happy now) weve never been to Manhattan (= we would like to go now)

3 We use the Present Perfect / Past Simple to describe actions which began in the past and continue into the present.
Weve been here for about two years

e lived with our parents and younger sister in an apartment in Pristina. Our older brother was working in America and sent us money each month. The war broke out on April 1st, 1998. One day, about two weeks later, some men came to our house and told us we had 15 minutes to leave. We left quickly, taking nothing, and went into a car park where about 200 other people had gathered. We pushed our way onto a crowded train headed for Macedonia. We finally got there at about 2 oclock in the morning, got off the train and started walking in the rain. We got to Blaca and stayed for five days, sleeping in fields and begging for food. Then our whole family went to a refugee camp. At first we were delighted to see the food there, but it wasnt easy to get. We had to queue for three hours sometimes. After about a month, they put us on a plane to New Jersey because our brother lived there. Three weeks later, our uncle, who lived in New York, came to pick us up. He found an apartment for us in the Bronx and the Immigration Service gave us enough money for clothes, medicine and food for one month. Our father got a job as a plumber. We started school in the Bronx, which was very hard. After three months, we moved here to Brooklyn. Weve been here for about two years and we like it because theres a school for kids like us. Weve learnt a lot of English and this week weve started driving lessons. Although were very close, weve never been to Manhattan, but we would love to go. Weve made quite a few friends recently but miss all our friends back home. But this is our new home now, this is where well stay.

Put these time expressions (from the text) into two categories.
April 1998 never one day three weeks later this week recently at 2 oclock in the morning Finished time: Time up to now: , , , , ,

See Reference Guide, p. 7. See Workbook, p. 10, exs. 57.

Practice
1 Correct these sentences.

Have
1 2 3 4 5 6

seen

Did you see any good films recently? When I have been a child I lived in the capital city. I never heard that joke before. I went to the gym five times so far this week. Ive been to New York last year. I lived here all of my life.

2 Describe your own life using the Past Simple or

Present Perfect tenses. Divide your life into childhood, adolescence and adulthood. Use some of the time expressions above.

07 years I was born in Toronto. I went to school there 714 years When I was eight we moved to Quebec... 1421 years Recently Ive started a course in graphic design

Present Perfect & Past Simple: Try the interactive activity on your CD-ROM.

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Flatmates
Speaking & Vocabulary Renting a flat
1 Is it common to share a flat in your country? What
do you think the positive and negative aspects are?

2 Look at the photos opposite. Which of these things

would be important to you?

3 Match the words (17) to their definitions (ag).

1 roommate 2 tenant 3 landlord 4 estate agent 5 squatter 6 guest 7 flatmate a) a person who lives in an empty building without paying rent b) someone who you pay rent to c) someone you can buy or rent a flat / house from d) a person who you invite to stay in your flat / house e) someone who lives in a flat / house and pays rent f) a person you share a flat / house with (UK) g) a person you share a flat / house with (USA)

Reading & Listening

1 Look at the photos of Ivan and Saskia. What kind of
people are they? What hobbies / interests do you think they have?

4 Write five questions you would ask a potential flatmate.

Do you like pets? Are you a vegetarian?

2 Read the text and check your ideas. 5 Compare in groups. Find the five most important
questions (eliminate the non-essential information).

PROFI LE
Ivan is 23 and is from San Sebastian, in Spain. Saskia is 22 and comes from Rotterdam, in Holland. They share a flat in Edinburgh and are both Erasmus students. Ivan studies Medicine and Saskia Graphic Design. Saskia is obsessed with tidiness and order. She studies a lot at home. Ivan is quite a lazy student, but he enjoys cooking and doing odd jobs around the house. They are not a couple, but they have a lot of interests in common. They both love cats and have two at home. They enjoy yoga and meditation and like quiet New Age music. They both smoke. They dont watch TV much and now they are looking for a new flatmate, preferably of the same age and with similar interests.

Ivan

Saskia

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3 In small groups, make a list of the qualities of a

perfect flatmate and a nightmare flatmate.
perfect flatmate nightmare flatmate

very quiet non-smoker

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listens to loud dance music / heavy metal late at night chain smoker

2.5 Listen to two interviews with potential flatmates, David and Nicola, and answer the questions.

1 What positive or negative qualities do David and Nicola have? Which ones are mentioned on your list? Tick the ones you have in common. Nicola David

smoker

terrible cook
David Nicola

2 Which of the two candidates, David or Nicola, do you think is the most / least suitable? Why? How are they different?

Listen to Ivan and Saskia talking about the person they chose. Were you right?
2.6

6 Read the statements below. Then listen again.

Are they true or false? If false, explain why.
The new flatmate... 1 is quite clean. 2 makes disgusting food for them. 3 doesnt spend much time with them. 4 doesnt care about them smoking. 5 will be leaving in six months.

Writing An advertisement
Write an advertisement for a new flatmate. Include a brief description of
1 the flat, using vocabulary from the unit. 2 the location and nearby facilities such as transport, etc. 3 the kind of flatmate youre looking for.

(Large) room for rent in a (bright, spacious) flat Located in a (lively) area with Suitable for a (single non-smoker) who likes

TAKEAWAY ENGLISH: Renting a room

1 Match the questions (18) to the answers (ah).
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 So, what do you think of the flat? What music are you into? What do you like doing in your free time? Do you mind people smoking? What are you doing at the moment? Are you a clean and organised person? Are you going out with anyone? Is there anything else youd like to say about yourself? a) Im a journalist and Im studying at the same time. b) I love all types, Im not fussy. c) No, Ive just split up with someone. d) Im just a really nice person! e) Most of the time, yes! f) Its great, just what I was looking for. g) Not at all, Im very relaxed about it. h) Im really into cycling and other sports.

2 Work in pairs. Follow the instructions.

Student A: You are looking for a flatmate. Interview Student B using the above questions and some more of your own. Which of the three candidates would you accept as your flatmate? Why? Student B: Read your profiles on page 123 and answer Student As questions three times for each of the three candidates.

I wouldnt choose X because he would always be at home.

Swap roles. Student A: Read your profiles on page 1 18.

Renting a room: Try the interactive activity on your CD-ROM.

Now do Unit Test 2 on your CD-ROM.

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