CONTENTS

UNITS 16

Unit

Grammar

Vocabulary

Reading

Listening

Speaking/
Pronunciation

Scenario

1 Communication

The continuous aspect;

state verbs

Communication

Great speeches

Discussing communication

Flat sharing

Idioms connected with

communication

Leaflet advertising a course

in communication skills

Opinions on what makes a

good communicator

(p615)

The perfect aspect

Extracts from You Just Dont

Understand

Introducing the
achievements of a wellknown person

Discussing trends (in

communication and
research)

Part of a radio series

2 Environment

Present perfect simple and

continuous

(p1625)

Indirect questions

Local environmental issues

Word combinations: global
warming
Adverbs

Study and Writing

skills

Note-taking
Structure of talks
Key language: outlining
problems, offering solutions Note-taking
Task: solving communication Writing and checking emails
Register
problems
Peer checking

Sparrow Hill Wind Farm

Newspaper article about

local environmental issues

Vox pops about where

people live

Information gap: comparing

the results of two surveys

Newspaper article about

disappearing Arctic ice

Questions and answers

about volcanoes

Discussing changes in ones

environment

Key language: agreeing and

disagreeing politely, polite
questions

Extract from A Short History

of Nearly Everything

Advice on designing
questionnaires

Preparing a factsheet about

volcanoes

Task: attending a public

meeting

Designing a questionnaire
Question types
Writing a questionnaire

Pronunciation: stress in word

combinations, contractions

3 Sport (p2635)

Quantifiers; few / little vs a

few / a little

Idioms connected with

sport

Magazine article about

Charles Miller

Interview with a karate

teacher

Sports quiz

Who was the greatest?

Discussing sport and games

Definite and zero articles

Prefix self-

Leaflet advertising a karate

club

A lecturer giving advice on

essay writing

Discussing men and women

in sport

Key language: emphasis and

comparison

Abstract nouns
Adjectives

Biographical article about

Babe Didrikson

Medical terms: people,

conditions and treatments

Encyclopaedia entries on
medical breakthroughs

Illness and medicine

Various types of
information about malaria

Task: choosing the greatest

modern sportsperson

Pronunciation: the definite

article

Understanding essay
questions
Understanding key words
Essay writing
For and against essay
Introductions
Formal expressions

Review Units 13 (p3637)

4 Medicine (p3847)

Plans and arrangements:

future continuous, going to,
present continuous
Predictions: future perfect,
will

Dependent prepositions

Newspaper article about the

first face transplant

Talk by a professor about

issues with medical
treatments
A lecture on using the
Internet for research

Assessing what makes a

good doctor

The Dowling Hospital

Key language: predicting

Evaluating resources on the

Internet

Discussing medical and

ethical issues

Task: making a difficult

decision

Writing short reports

Making recommendations

A new plan

Describing graphs, charts

and tables

Planning an awarenessraising day

Pronunciation: stressed
syllables

5 Transport (p4857)

Modal verbs (future)

Modal verbs (past)

Transport: methods and

problems

Magazine article on road

safety

Safety features

Magazine article on
transport in the future

BBC news report about a

new type of transport

Role play: road safety

Magazine article on great

train journeys

6 Literature((p5867)

Narrative tenses: past

simple, past continuous,
past perfect (simple and
continuous)
used to, would

Literature: types of writing,

people in literature

Website on the Nobel Prize

for Literature

Word sets: light and dark,

sounds

Extracts from novels

Descriptions of characters in
literature

Discussing methods of
transport

Book group discussion

Monologues about
characters in literature
Book extracts

Key language: persuading,

recommending action

Discussing a difficult
journey

Task: making an action plan

Talking about books you

like/dislike

A book deal

Discussion about childhood

beliefs and practices
Pronunciation: used to

Key language: proposing,

bargaining, talking about
needs/expectations
Task: negotiating a contract

Describing information in a
table
Comparison and contrast

Improving listening skills

Predicting from clues
Guessing meaning of words
A travel blog
Adverbs of degree

Review Units 46 (p6869)

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Unit

Grammar

Vocabulary

Reading

Listening

Speaking/
Pronunciation

Scenario

Study and Writing

skills

7 Architecture

The passive (1): revision;

continuous passive and -ing
form; general use

Describing buildings

Personal opinions about

buildings

Interview with an architect

Discussing and describing

buildings

On the horizon

Identifying fact and opinion

Key language: talking about

requirements

A description of a building
Avoiding repetition: nouns,
verbs, clauses

(p7079)

The passive (2): revision;

passive infinitive; discourse
uses

Idioms with bridge

Prefixes

Newspaper article about

hotels in space

Discussion about space

hotels

Magazine article about

famous bridges

Comparing two bridges

Task: designing the ground

floor of a hotel

Pronunciation: word stress,

stress and intonation

8 Globalisation
(p8089)

Verb patterns: verbs that

take both the infinitive and
-ing form

Word combinations:
globalisation

Internet message board

about globalisation

Abstract nouns

have something done

Word set: the media

Magazine article about the

power of the Internet

Podcasts about globalisation Discussing positive and

negative aspects of
globalisation
Comparing good and bad
experiences

Magazine article about

global role models

9 Art (p9099)

Ungradable adjectives; use

of very, really, extremely,
etc.

Art and artists

Position of adverbs in the

sentence

Order of adjectives before

a noun

Adverb/adjective
combinations

Leaflet advertising
exhibitions at an art gallery
Magazine article arguing for
photography as an art form

Conversation about
exhibitions and opinions of
them

Key language: clarifying

Task: a TV debate

Discussion: what is art?

The new exhibition

Discussing works of art and

art exhibitions

Key language: sequencing

information, moving to a
new point

Describing photos and a

work of art

Three profiles of modern

artists

Supermarket superpower

Summarising
Topic sentences
Paraphrasing
A summary
Editing to shorten

Expanding your vocabulary

Collocations
An online review
Adverbs

Task: giving an informal

presentation

Pronunciation: stress and

intonation

Review Units 79 (p100101)

10 Psychology
(p102111)

11 Culture (p112121)

Discussing team roles

Ask Vanessa

Organising a group activity

Key language: giving advice

Leaflet for parents about

peer pressure

Discussing crime books

Task: an advice phone-in

Website on psychological
profiling

Pronunciation: stress
patterns in adjective-noun
pairs

A discursive essay
Linking words
Conclusions

Kaleidoscope World

Improving reading skills

Chunking
Prefixes and suffixes
Linkers

Relative clauses: comment

clauses, use of prepositions

Working together: verbs

with particles

Website about the Belbin

Model

Reduced relative clauses

Idioms with mind

Reported speech

Aspects of culture

Reporting verbs

Adjectives

Part of a lecture on group

dynamics

Website on aspects of
culture

Vox pops about ones own

culture

Extracts from leaflet on

culture shock

Monologue about
experiencing culture shock

Two opinions about cultural

awareness

Description of cultural
mistakes

Time capsule

Comparing two descriptions Key language: creating an

of changing cultures
impact in a presentation
Debate on cultural
differences

Task: giving a formal

presentation

Discussing technology and

its benefits

Computer crash

A radio discussion

12 Technology
(p122131)

Conditionals (1): 1st, 2nd,

alternatives to if
Conditionals (2): 3rd, mixed

Technology
Adjectives connected with
technology
Prefixes expressing
opposites

Magazine article on
pioneers of communication

Descriptions of gadgets and

opinions of them

Website FAQs on the Amish

Debate on the rate of

technological progress

Article from The New

Scientist on fear of
technology

Writing a bibliography,
referencing

A formal letter
Letter layout
Formulaic language

Plagiarism: what it is and

Key language: reassuring and how to avoid it
encouraging
An article
Identifying the writers
Task: problem-solving
position
meeting

Review Units 1012 (p132133)

Language Reference and Extra Practice (p134157) Communication Activities (p158174)
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Audioscripts (p175190)
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