Contents

Contents
Unit
1 Attitude
page 6

Language focus Vocabulary

Overview of continuous & perfect verb forms Spoken stance markers Words with multiple meanings Graffiti Religion Law Bad attitudes WORKBOOK: The Real Thing: well

Reading
Ash, ads and bans Muslim girls risk careers for headscarves

Speaking
Changes in attitudes Advertising techniques Bans & other measures Describing graffiti Controversial issues Bad attitudes

Listening
Smoking ban in Ireland The history of graffiti Opinions on integration vs. segregation

Writing
A letter to a newspaper

Takeaway English / Zoom in

Takeaway English: Turn-taking WORKBOOK: Zoom in: thing

2 Communication
page 14

The future with will Cohesive devices

Mobile phone technology Clothes Communication verbs Attitudes WORKBOOK: The Real Thing: all

Cell, cell, cell a mobile future A dress code Avoiding miscommunication Body language & interviews

Mobile phone use Acceptable & unacceptable phone use What your clothes say about you School uniforms Clothing & labels Communication problems Self-improvement books & courses

Camera phones The history of clothing Communication courses Communication breakdown Non-verbal communication

A guide to mobile phone etiquette An interview guide for young people

Zoom in: take WORKBOOK: Takeaway English: Creating rapport

World English DVD 1: American Graffiti / Extreme Fighting

page 22
TV Guide Bitcherel poem News articles about rage More action, less words Annoying things Role-play: Room 101 Successful relationships Rating personal qualities & characteristics Rage incidents Complaining about products or services Why relationships fail Role-play: Relationship break-ups Body shapes & sizes Workplace legislation Problems with friends & colleagues People & animals People talking about pet hates Room 101 TV programme People talking about their relationships Bitcherel poem A leaflet giving advice Takeaway English: Softening the message WORKBOOK: Zoom in: place

3 Hate
page 24

Adding emphasis Uses of get

Expressing annoyance Personal qualities & characteristics Word-building Words from a poem Anger & annoyance idioms The Real Thing: funny

4 Relationships
page 32

Modal verbs

Relationship problems Breaking up Formal & business language Phrasal verbs The Real Thing: of course & course

The body beautiful? Relationships in the workplace Man and dolphin

A wedding day Breaking up Changing body shapes Problems with friends & colleagues Relationships between people & animals

Agony aunt replies A good relationship guide

Zoom in: turn WORKBOOK: Takeaway English: Making apologies & excuses

World English DVD 2: Rent a Pet

page 40
Collocations with club Teenage problems Words used as nouns & verbs Adjectives & descriptive phrases The Real Thing: whatever Descriptions of clubs Time banks The Silver Ring Thing Las Maras Clubbing holidays From Dusk to Dawn Joining clubs Time banks Teenage problems Evaluating The Silver Ring Thing project Urban gangs Favourite clubs Design a club Club membership An interview with a clubber A discursive essay Takeaway English: Presenting arguments & counter-arguments WORKBOOK: Zoom in: beat

5 Clubs
page 42

Overview of passive forms Distancing devices Quantifiers with & without of

Flashback 1 page 50

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Unit
6 Children
page 54

Language focus Vocabulary

Present & past habits Spoken narrative techniques Formal & less formal verbs Personal characteristics Vocabulary used to create an impact Politically correct language The Real Thing: enough

Reading
Thinking of having children? Tests for prospective parents Effects of family position on character Teen curfews A modern version of a fairy tale

Speaking
Positive & negative aspects of having children Parents & families Family position & personality Childrens free time: past & present Punishments Controlling teenagers Re-telling fairy tales

Listening
Views on parenthood Kids pastimes Radio phone-in on smacking Naughty stories

Writing
A modern version of a fairy tale

Takeaway English / Zoom in

Zoom in: keep WORKBOOK: Takeaway English: Paraphrasing & understatement

World English DVD 3: Lost Boys / Life Goals

page 62
Happiness quotations How to be happy Angelas Ashes Jokes from different countries Happiness is... In hindsight Childhood memories Wish lists Advertising & happiness Laughter & humour Telling jokes Special numbers Coincidences Numerology Codes & secret numbers Ideas of happiness Looking back on life Wishes An interview with a comedian An autobiographical extract Takeaway English: Cheering someone up WORKBOOK: Zoom in: up

7 Happiness
page 64

Regrets The past with present or future meaning

Emotional ups & downs Action verbs Advertising hooks Types of humour The Real Thing: thing

8 Numbers
page 72

Discourse markers Modals in the past

Old-fashioned language Positive & negative characteristics Word-building Codes Compound adjectives The Real Thing: yeah

Numbers in different cultures Its a small online world An amazing coincidence? Numerology can change your life! Number facts

Professions & numbers Six degrees of separation Life path numbers The history of secret codes

A numerology profile

Zoom in: one / it

World English DVD 4: Strictly Ballroom / The Secret of Happiness

page 80
A day tour of Soweto The end of the office? The high-rise shanty town Dome, sea and sand Personal space Holiday activities Tourist trails Office life Working from home You and your desk Improving cities A place to live Buildings & architecture Role-play: A planning meeting Evaluate emergency plans Frank Sinatra Gossip Describing funeral traditions Famous films Alternative endings Saying goodbye Space to be alone Desk psychology Squatting Interview with an architect A tourist trail advertisement A report Takeaway English: Describing dimensions WORKBOOK: Zoom in: over

9 Space
page 82

Giving information about things Inversion after negative expressions

Urban areas Phrasal verbs Architecture Verbs of movement The Real Thing: space

10 The end
page 90

all / every / each Participle clauses

Stance markers Euphemisms Cinema words Text types The Real Thing: Id better / I gotta

Go Bags An obituary Last lines Non-verbal communication Goodbye in different cultures

Sinatras coffin Funeral traditions Film endings Different goodbyes

An obituary Writing an ending

Zoom in: end WORKBOOK: Takeaway English: Dealing with awkward moments

World English DVD 5: The End of the Elephant?

Flashback 2 page 100

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Language Practice Activities page 104 Communication Activities page 1 16 Irregular Verbs page 127
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