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UNIT 1 LISTENING 1
ACTIVATE YOUR KNOWLEDGE Exercise 1 page 18
page 15 a strange
Answers will vary. b bridge
c rocks
WATCH AND LISTEN d recognize
Exercise 1 page 16 e cave
1 Italy f ancient
2 Answers will vary. g apartment
3 Answers will vary. h capital
Exercise 2 page 16 Exercise 2 page 19
Answers will vary. Answers will vary.
Exercise 3 page 16 Exercise 3 page 19
1 F; Venice has many beautiful churches. Photo a: cave, rock, strange, ancient
2 T Photo b: strange, rock, ancient
3 F; Most of the islands between the canals are little. Photo c: bridge
4 F; Today, Venice is important for tourists. Photo d: bridge, strange
5 T Exercises 4–5 page 20
6 F; The Grand Canal is the biggest canal in Venice.
/eɪ/ /ɒ/ /ɪ/ /ʌ/
7 T
8 F; Another name for Venice is “The City of Bridges.” place hot quick up
cave rock bridge hundreds
Exercise 4 page 17
strange long built under
1 a lot of canals
ancient
2 cars
say
3 gondola
4 stilts Exercise 7 page 21
5 gold 1 c
6 stone 2 b
Exercise 5 page 17 Exercise 8 page 21
1 117, 400 1 Tunisia
2 two 2 700
3 300 3 220
4 one 4 Turkey
5 15 5 8,000
Exercise 6 page 17 6 Florence, Italy
Answers will vary. 7 1345
8 Azerbaijan
Exercise 7 page 17
9 30
Answers will vary.
10 2,000
Exercise 8 page 17
Exercise 9 page 21
1 yes
Answers will vary.
2 no
3 at Ca’ d’Oro Palace
4 ¤20 per person
5 Possible answer: It is warmer during those months.
6 Possible answer: They want to keep people safe.
LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT Exercise 3 page 26
b
Exercise 1 page 22
1 changed Exercise 4 page 26
2 went Advantages: lots of gardens, walking paths, trees, and
3 made animals; trees help clean the city air; parks give people
4 was, destroyed places to walk, so they are healthier; near mountains and
5 decided, needed, built ocean; makes Vancouver a healthy city
6 put Disadvantages: not much room for new buildings and
7 formed homes; makes Vancouver expensive; crowded; very bad
traffic; animals can be a problem
Exercise 2 page 23
Exercise 5 page 26
simple past verbs: regular simple past verbs: 2 In fact, F
(add -ed) irregular 3 As we know, F
changed went 4 I think, O
destroyed made 5 I personally feel, O
decided was 6 In my opinion, O
needed built Exercise 6 page 27
formed put The tense often used to give facts is the simple present.
Exercise 3 page 23 Exercise 7 page 27
Answers will vary. Fact: Obviously; In fact; As we know
Opinion: I think; I personally feel; In my opinion; It seems
Exercise 5 page 24
to me
a cheap
b rural Exercise 8 page 28
c ancient 1 O
d expensive 2 F
e crowded 3 F
f modern 4 O
g urban Exercises 9–10 page 28
h popular Answers will vary.
Exercise 6 page 24
expensive
CRITICAL THINKING
Exercise 1 page 29
Exercise 7 page 24
1 urban Possible answers:
2 popular plan for presentation information
3 rural 1 introduction and Stanley Park / British Columbia,
4 expensive general facts Canada / Vancouver
LISTENING 2 Name of place /
country / location
Exercise 1 page 25
a field 2 facts 1800s Europeans came
b area How old? / Who city got land from national
c modern made it / Other government
d lake events?
e traffic 3 opinion (positives) third largest urban park in
f urban Interesting / North America
g woods Beautiful? Why visit? many gardens, walking paths,
h located trees, and animals: bald eagles,
coyotes, and seals; ancient
Exercise 2 page 25
trees; Beaver Lake
Possible answers: The photo shows an urban area. There
are lakes and woods. It is a modern city. The woods are
located next to the city. The lecture will be about this city.
4 opinion (negatives) less space to build houses and UNIT 2
Expensive / Too apartments ACTIVATE YOUR KNOWLEDGE
crowded? Problems? expensive city page 37
very bad traffic 1 This festival is from India. It is also held in many other
wild animals in the parks can be countries around the world.
a problem 2 Answers will vary.
5 summary being close to nature and 3 Answers will vary.
Good? Go or not? having a healthy city
WATCH AND LISTEN
PREPARATION FOR SPEAKING Exercises 1–2 page 38
Exercise 2 page 31 Answers will vary.
1 d Exercise 3 page 38
2 a 1 city
3 b 2 year
4 c 3 11°F
Exercise 3 page 32 4 seven
1 I’d like to tell you about 5 200
2 First of all 6 January
3 I’d also like to talk about Exercise 4 page 39
4 Finally, – Siberian temperatures are bitter in the winter.
Exercise 4 page 32 – People build a mini ice city.
First ‿ of‿ all, let’s look ‿ at some‿ of the advantages. – The city is built out of ice and snow.
– More than one million visitors are expected to come.
Exercise 6 page 32 – There are ice slides.
1 I’d like to give some‿ information ‿ about … – The end date is not certain.
2 Now let’s talk ‿ about …
3 The next topic ‿ is … Exercise 5 page 39
4 Finally, let’s look ‿ at … 1 c
2 a
ON CAMPUS 3 d
4 b
Exercises 2–3 page 34
Suggested answers: Exercises 6–7 page 39
Answers will vary.
A Place B What students can do there
Administration pay tuition LISTENING 1
building get information about the Exercise 1 page 40
university 1 b
University Square take a break 2 a
meet friends 3 a
sit in the sun 4 a
5 b
Smith Library work with a study group
6 a
study alone
7 a
use computers/printers
Exercise 2 page 41
Student Union bookstore: buy books
a activity, culture, band, entertainment, enjoy
cafeteria: eat
b activity, traditional, culture, enjoy, entertainment
Career Center find out about jobs on campus c lecture, enjoy
prepare for interviews
Exercise 3 page 41
Browning Gym swim, play basketball, use exercise 1 c
machines 2 b
take classes in yoga and dance 3 a
Exercise 4 page 41 LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
Answers will vary.
Exercise 1 page 45
Exercise 5 page 41 1 learning
1 Date: The festival is in April and May 2 to hold, holding
2 Activities: You can see art, and you can try cooking. 3 to visit, visiting
Exercise 6 page 42 4 to watch
1 U.K. 5 to go
2 October 6 watching
3 art 7 to visit
4 gravity 8 to sell, selling
5 lecture Exercise 2 page 45
6 October 1 to learn/learning
7 music 2 to go
8 museums 3 to attend/attending
9 January 4 to go
10 February 5 talking about
11 sports 6 going
12 dancing 7 to visit/visiting
13 fashion 8 to go/going
Exercise 7 page 42 9 to invite/inviting
1 F; The festival of Ideas is for anyone interested in art Exercise 4 page 46
and science. go to: a festival, a concert, a celebration, college, an
2 T event, a lecture, a party
3 F; At the Iceland Airwaves festival, bands from all over take: a photo, a video, part, your time, place, care
the world play. have: a good time, a celebration, a party, fun, a problem,
4 F; Organizers started holding the Iceland Airwaves an event
festival in 1999.
5 T Exercise 5 page 46
6 T 1 take
2 go to
Exercise 11 page 43 3 take
interesting, event, come 4 Have
Exercise 12 page 43 5 have
The important words are stressed: It is an interesting Exercise 6 page 46
event to come to. 1 event
Exercise 13 page 43 2 your time
1 So, what kinds of things do people learn? 3 concerts
2 Are there any things you don’t like about it? 4 party/celebration
3 Do you have many people here from other countries?
LISTENING 2
Exercise 15 page 44
2 What activities do you do in your free time? Exercise 1 page 47
3 Do you have any hobbies? a dish
4 Can you describe your last weekend? b firework
c parade
d celebrate
e gift
f costume
g decorate
Exercise 2 page 47
a fireworks, celebrate
b parade, celebrate, costume
c costumes
d decorations, celebrate, dish
Exercise 2 page 47 Exercise 3 page 53
Answers will vary. 1 You should
Exercise 4 page 48 2 Why not
1 Thanksgiving 3 Should we
2 Family 4 How about
3 American foods 5 I’d suggest
4 Food 6 Can we think about
5 Canada Exercise 4 page 54
6 U.S. 1 Should
7 Pumpkin pie 2 How about / Can we think about
8 stuffing 3 should
9 Decorations 4 how about / can we think about
10 fall colors 5 should/would you suggest
11 Activities Exercise 6 page 54
12 Canada no: I am not sure if that is a good idea; I might want to
13 U.S. see other things.
14 reasons for holiday yes: Yeah. It’s fantastic; OK. Good idea; Yeah, that sounds
Exercise 5 page 49 good; Yeah, I’d love to! That’s a great idea!; Sure! That
1 T sounds good.
2 F; In the eastern U.S., sometimes oysters are used in
the stuffing. ON CAMPUS
3 F; Canadian turkey stuffing is often made from bread Exercise 1 page 56
or rice. Answers will vary.
4 T
Exercise 2 page 56
5 F; Potatoes, corn, and cranberries are traditional foods
Conversation 1: home town/country, weather, classes
from the Americas.
The students are studying the same major.
Exercise 6 page 49 Conversation 2: transportation, sports
1 like The students are both interested in soccer.
2 such as
Exercise 3 page 56
3 For example
1 What about you?
4 for instance
2 How is it different?
Exercise 7 page 49 3 What classes are you in?
1 such as, like 4 How do you like it so far?
2 for instance, for example 5 What’s that like?
Exercise 8 page 49 Exercise 4 page 57
Answers will vary. Answers will vary.
CRITICAL THINKING UNIT 3
Exercises 2–3 pages 51–52 ACTIVATE YOUR KNOWLEDGE
Answers will vary. page 59
PREPARATION FOR SPEAKING 1–2 Answers will vary.
3 Possible answers: researching an illness online; text
Exercise 1 page 53 messaging; streaming video
1 You should try it. 4 Possible answers: Disadvantages could include: the
2 How about starting with cake? dangers of using a mobile phone and not paying
3 Why not try it yourself? attention, e.g. driving, crossing roads, being mugged;
Exercise 2 page 53 spending too much time at a computer, e.g., could
2, 4, 5, 6 harm eyesight, posture; addiction to social media sites
or online gaming; security issues.
WATCH AND LISTEN Exercise 6 page 63
/s/: suit, disabled
Exercise 1 page 60 /ʃ/: fish, pollution
Answers will vary. /tʃ/: kitchen
Exercise 2 page 60 Exercise 7 page 64
Answers will vary. /s/: sort, robots, accident
Exercise 3 page 60 /ʃ/: station, short, wish, ocean
1 changes /tʃ/: which, match, cheap
2 bottom Exercise 8 page 64
3 Most 1 sorts
4 suddenly 2 cheap
5 engineers 3 wash
6 broken 4 sea
7 weeks 5 shave
8 ship
Exercise 9 page 64
Exercise 4 page 61 Answers will vary.
a 2
b 5 Exercise 10 page 64
c 3 1 robots
d 1 2 cheaper
e 4 3 disabled
4 accidents
Exercise 5 page 61 5 suit
1 volcanic activity 6 at home
2 nearly 10 years ago 7 luxury
3 between Taiwan and the Philippines 8 information collection
4 heavy rocks 9 find out about
5 a special ship called the Wave Sentinel
Exercise 12 page 65
Exercise 6 page 61 1 expensive
b 2 robots
Exercises 7–8 page 61 3 accident
Answers will vary. 4 robotic fish