Upstream Advanced C1 (New Revised Edition)

UNIT 1
Something to
shout about

- People talking
about special
moments in their
lives (multiple
matching)
- An extract from
a radio
programme
about Google
(sentence
completion)

- Three extracts
from three
reviews (crosstext multiple
matching)
- An article about
happiness
(multiple choice)

giving news,
responding to good
and bad news;
comparing and
speculating

letters/emails (1)

celebrations;
career success;
collocations;
words often
confused; idioms;
fixed phrases
with on; phrasal
verbs;
communication:
giving and
responding to
news

gerund/infinitive

UNIT 2
Escape Artists

- Listening to
three different
extracts
(multiple choice)
- Five people
talking about
their favourite
ways of relaxing
(multiple
matching)

- An extract from
an article on
J.R.R. Tolkiens
The Lord of the
Rings
(multiple choice)
- An article about
a hiking holiday
in Tasmania
(gapped text)

expressing positive
and negative
preferences; making
suggestions,
responding
(positively/negatively
) to suggestions;
informal and formal
interrupting;
negotiating,
reaching agreement;
expressing thoughts,
inviting a response,

reviews(1):
books/films/musi
c

pastimes and
hobbies; leisure
activities;
adjectives;
collocations;
idioms; fixed
phrases with at;
phrasal verbs;
communication:
making and
responding to
suggestions;
interrupting

present tenses;
stative verbs;
dependent
prepositions

agreeing and
disagreeing;
responding to news

UNIT 3
People Power

- Peter and Carol

talking about the
news
(multiple choice)
- Part of a radio
talk about
laughter
(sentence
completion)

- An article about
the grandparent/
grandchild
relationship
(multiple choice)
- An extract from
an article about
confidence
building
(multiple
matching)

giving advice,
reacting to advice
given; apologizing,
offering an excuse,
offering to make
amends, accepting
and apology,
rejecting an apology;
comparing and
speculating;
encouraging the
speaker to continue

essays (1)

family;
characteristics;
words often
confused;
collocations;
idioms; fixed
phrases with of;
phrasal verbs;
communication:
apologising

past tenses; used

to/be used to +
ing/would

UNIT 4
Growing
Concerns

- Three different
extracts
(multiple choice)
- A short talk
about a volunteer
helpline
(sentence
completion)
- Five people
talking about
social issues
(multiple
matching)

- Extracts by four
experts
commenting on:
What are some
ways to deal with
the rising
proportion of
elderly people in
the population?
(cross-text
multiple
matching)
- An article about
a day in a
London

discussing problems,
discussing the cause
of a problem,
discussing the result
of a problem,
suggesting solutions;
evaluating;
commiserating

reports

crime and the

law; punishment;
charity; social
issues; workers
in the legal
system; phrasal
verbs; idioms;
fixed phrases
with against;
communication:
discussing
problems and
offering solutions

the passive;
the causative

magistrates
court where
minor offences
are dealt with
(gapped text)

UNIT 5
Our Changing
World

- A radio
discussion about
the pros and cons
of opening a new
fast food
restaurant in a
small town called
Manley (multiple
choice)
- Five people
talking about
technological
devices that they
use (multiple
matching)

- An article about
artificial
intelligence
(multiple choice)
- An article about
American
astronauts of the
1960s (multiple
matching)

sharing opinions,
agreeing and giving
reasons, partially
agreeing, asking
someone to justify
their opinion;
comparing and
assessing;
asking for
clarification

review of writing
tasks (1)

science and
technology;
computers;
collocations;
phrasal verbs;
idioms; fixed
phrases with in;
communication:
sharing opinions

future forms

UNIT 6
A Job Well Done

- Three different
extracts
(multiple choice)
- A firefighter
talking about his
work (sentence
completion)

- Four short texts

about working at
night (cross-text
multiple
matching)
- An article about
todays public
sector working
hours (gapped
text)

polite requests,
introducing a
request, making a
request, granting a
request, denying a
request and offering
an excuse;
discussing,
evaluating and
selecting;
congratulating

proposals

jobs, work and

workplaces;
collocations;
idioms; fixed
phrases with on;
phrasal verbs;
communication:
polite requests

conditionals and
wishes

UNIT 7
Fit for Life

- A radio
interview in
which two people
discuss the sport
of heliskiing
(multiple choice)
- Five people
talking about
sport (multiple
matching)

- A text about
four great
medical
discoveries
(multiple
matching)
- An article about
Pierluigi Collina,
a famous retired
football referee
(multiple choice)

requesting an
appointment,
rearranging an
appointment,
accepting an
appointment,
rejecting an
appointment;
describing,
speculating and
eliminating;
responding
negatively

letters/emails (2)

the human body;

problems;
treatments;
sports; playing
areas;
collocations;
idioms; fixed
phrases with
under; phrasal
verbs;
communication:
making
appointments

inversion; modal
verbs;
dependent
prepositions

UNIT 8
Live and Learn

- Three different
extracts about
three unrelated
topics (multiple
choice)
- A part of a
radio interview
with the
university
lecturer, Dr
Harry Gray
about children
and language
learning
(multiple choice)

- An article by a
student who
graduated from
university with a
first-class degree
(multiple choice)
- An article
written by a
mother whose
child started
reading later
than others
(gapped text)

describing
similarities,
describing
differences;
discussing,
hypothesizing and
selecting; expressing
disbelief

essays (2)

school, college,
university; study
methods;
subjects;
learning;
collocations;
idioms; fixed
phrases with by;
phrasal verbs;
communication:
describing
similarities/
differences

relative clauses

UNIT 9
The Image
Business

- An imageconsultant giving
advice to
students looking
for jobs (sentence
completion)

- An article about
Betty Jackson, a
fashion designer
(gapped text)
- Four short
reviews of a book

expressing likes and

dislikes;
expressing surprise;
reporting
emergences;
discussing;

reviews (2):
events, concerts,
products, etc.

image; looks;
films;
collocations;
idioms; fixed
phrases with
down; phrasal

reported speech;
reporting verbs

UNIT 10
Shop Around

- Some people
talking about
special effects in
films (multiple
matching)

(cross-text
multiple
matching)

evaluating and
selecting; responding
to compliments

- Three different
extracts about
three unrelated
topics (multiple
choice)
- A radio
discussion about
mens shopping
habits (multiple
choice)

- An article about
the advantages
and
disadvantages of
convenience
stores compared
with
supermarkets
(gapped text)
- An article about
young people and
advertising
(multiple choice)

placing an order,
confirming an order;
making a complaint,
answering a
complaint;
discussing,
evaluating and
selecting; making
predictions

verbs;
communication:
expressing
surprise; calling
999
review of
writing tasks (2)

shopping; money;
advertising;
collocations;
idioms; fixed
phrases with
carry; phrasal
verbs;
communication:
placing/
confirming an
order; making/
answering a
complaint

articles and
punctuation