Speakout Advanced, 2nd. BBC Interviews-Worksheets PDF [PDF]

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OVERVIEW: Watch the video. Whose family do you identify with most?

Andrea

Read Andrea’s introduction. Then watch the video from 0:00 to 0:27 and underline the correct alternatives. Hi. My name is Andrea. I 1live/am living and work in London 2but/though most of my family live in Brazil. I get on well 3to/with my sister when I 4’ll see/see her but that’s only 5once/twice a year. Do you 6pass/spend much time with your family?

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Do you spend much time with your family? Look at the people in the pictures and read extracts from their answers. Then watch the video from 0:27 to 1:16 and match the people to their answers.

1 I try to, yeah. I try and spend as much time as possible.

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2 Spend quite a bit of time with my family. Obviously, less now since I le home and le university.

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3 I don’t, no. We’re geographically quite spread out.

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4 Yeah, I do. I go to school in Toronto and they live there and I see them on weekends and whenever I can really.

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5 Probably not as much as I could because the kids are busy, and, er, I don’t have any parents any more. And my husband’s family live a fair way away, so probably not as much as we’d like to.

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A Nick

B Dianne

C Tomas

D Tim

E Robin

Glossary: a fair way away = quite a long way from where the speaker is geographically spread out = (living) in different places all over the country/world © Pearson Education Limited 2016

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INTERVIEWS EXTRA Have they inherited any family characteristics? Look at the people in Exercise 2 again and read their paraphrased answers below. Then watch the video from 1:16 to 2:55. Write true (T) or false (F) next to each answer. 1 Nick: People oen say he looks and sounds like his mum, though he doesn’t understand why. _____ F 2 Dianne: She might have inherited some good things from her family, like a fairly good personality and being fun to be around. _____ 3 Robin: She doesn’t take things as seriously as her family, or value spending time with them. _____ 4 Tim: He’s physically quite slender and short like his dad, though he has a very different personality. _____ 5 Tomas: He’s bubbly and chatty like his mum but is more like his dad when he’s in a bad mood. _____ Glossary: bubbly = very lively slender = slim

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Do you know much about your family history? Watch the video from 2:57 to 4:23 and number the countries they mention in the order you hear them, 1–10. Scotland

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Canada Ireland Spain France Argentina Scotland Liberia Barbados Zimbabwe

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Read sentences 1–3 and watch the video from 2:57 to 4:23 again. Tick the sentence which best summarises what the people say. 1 In general, they know a reasonable amount about their family histories. 2 On the whole, they wish they knew more about their family histories. 3 Most of the speakers only knew about the first and second generations in their family histories.

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INTERVIEWS EXTRA Does your family history play a part in your sense of who you are? Look at the people below and read their answers. Then watch the video from 4:23 to 5:20 and underline the words you hear.

A

B Andrew

Maureen

Yes, very much so. And part of that is that I was brought

Definitely, because family is a big part of 3me/myself um,

up in Latin America, speaking Spanish to my friends and

and, we just try to keep those connections 4up/going.

English to my parents. So, in 1a/some sense, I was brought up ‘between two 2countries/cultures’ and that, at the end, is part of who I am.

C

D Nick

Tim

I 5guess/suppose it’s a difficult balance in my head to see

Er, no, not really at all. Erm, I le home when I was about

what’s, how much is me and how much is my family. And

sixteen or seventeen so I think my sense of 8identity/

knowing about my family 6origins/history and knowing what

who I am has been very much formed by my own 9belief/

I have inherited, which I’m sure there’s lots and lots

believe systems and my own lifestyle rather than being

of habits that I must/might have inherited, but I feel a lot

particularly 10focussed on/keyed into anything to do with my

of it’s ‘me’ but it probably isn’t.

parents or my grandparents.

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INTERVIEWS EXTRA THE WAY WE SPEAK: Watch the video of Tomas from 2:24 to 2:44 and notice how he uses kind of. Then watch again and write kind of in spaces 1–10 where you hear it. Yeah, definitely. I think, 1_____________ from my mum I’ve got the 2_____________ bubbliness and chattiness – she’s 3_____________ very much like that. And, er, _____________ most of the time I’m like that, but then when I’m in a

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_____________ bad mood I get the dad side. And that’s er, he’s 6_____________,

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my mum used to call him ‘a volcano’ because he 7_____________ just ‘erupts’. He’s really 8_____________ peaceful most of the time but then when you really make him _____________ angry he’ll erupt and that’s 10_____________ how it is with me.

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Glossary: kind of = informal spoken English: oen used when describing things in a vague way, usually with very little extra meaning

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PERSONALISATION: Write a paragraph about your family using Andrea’s questions and language from the video to help. • How much time do you spend with your family? • Have you inherited any family characteristics? • How much do you know about your family history? • Does your family history play a part in your sense of who you are? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________

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OVERVIEW: Watch the video. Whose advice do you most agree with? Look at the summary statements below. Then watch Natalie’s introduction to the video from 0:00 to 0:32 and tick the correct answers: a), b) or c).

Natalie

1 Natalie is a _____ person. a) public b) political c) private ✓

3 If she wants advice, she asks her _____. a) friends b) sister c) brother

2 She _____ asks people for advice. a) frequently b) occasionally c) never

4 He’s able to _____. a) assess situations clearly b) see long distances c) listen carefully?

Are you the kind of person who asks other people for advice? Look at the people below and read their answers. Then watch the video from 0:32 to 2:17 and match the people to their answers.

1 I probably ask people for advice less than my friends but, I like to figure things out for myself.

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2 Yes, I think there is a great deal of wisdom with a multitude of counsellors. So, yes, very much: asking my parents my sisters …

A _____

3 I think I would ask more advice on practical or technical things. But otherwise I don’t really like people to give me advice on my life, personal/emotional life, unless I have a special problem. But there are always people who tend to give you advice nonetheless.

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4 If I want to start a new project, make a big change in my life, make a big purchase or anything that’s really a large investment in either time, or energy, or money, then I like to ask people’s advice. But ultimately, I always like to have the last word.

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5 I oen ask people for advice when I’m at work and oen consult with my friends for different pieces of advice: what I should do, when I should do it, if I should do it at all!

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A Ethan

B Chanté

C Wayne

D Sophie

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3B Match the words/phrases from the extracts 1–5 in Exercise 2A to the definitions a)–f) below.

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1 figure things out for myself

a) in the end

2 multitude of counsellors

b) whether you ask (for advice) or not

3 tend

c) a wide variety of people giving advice

4 nonetheless

d) make the final decision

5 ultimately

e) find a way to solve my own problems

6 have the last word

f) are likely to

What’s the best or worst advice you’ve ever been given? Look at the people below and read summaries of their answers 1–6. Then watch the video from 2:17 to 3:48 and match the people to their answers.

1 He should start his own business.

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2 If you can regain a love of what you do, you’ll be able to really enjoy it.

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3 Always take a pad of paper with you for sketching things in.

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4 Behave like everyone else and don’t try to be different.

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5 If you make an effort and work hard, you’ll have good opportunities.

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6 Believe in yourself and make your own decisions.

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A Greg

B Jen

C Ed

D Sophie

E Ethan

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INTERVIEWS EXTRA What would be your best advice for living a happy life? Look at the people below and their answers. Then watch the video from 3:50 to 4:54 and underline the correct alternatives.

1 I would encourage you trying/to try and laugh

2 Er, to not/not to focus on yourself.

and to smile/smile every day.

3 To do something that you really enjoy to make/doing,

4 Just listen to/listening your heart, I guess. Like, do

I think. Whatever it is, um, if you enjoy doing/to do it er,

what you feel in every moment and try to live life

you will also be successful in it and er, you’ll have a

appropriately/accordingly.

very nice life.

5 Erm, take some time off/out to think about what, what’s

6 Just do whatever/what you feel’s right for you. Don’t live

really, really important to you, who’s really important to

how society might decide, but just do what/whatever

you, and then follow/act on it.

you believe in.

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INTERVIEWS EXTRA THE WAY WE SPEAK: Watch the video from 0:32 to 1:21 again and notice how the people listed below give emphasis to their opinions. Then watch again and complete the extracts. 1 Pedro: I do, actually , as a _____________ _____________ fact. All the time. 2 Ethan: Very _____________ _____________. Yes. I think there is a great deal of wisdom with a multitude of counsellors. So, yes, _____________ _____________: ah, asking my parents, um, my sisters … 3 Greg: No, I _____________ _____________ so. _____________ really. I tend to keep myself to myself so I don’t really need too much advice most of the time. If it’s good advice, _____________ obviously take it into consideration. 4 Ed: Very, _____________ much _____________ _____________, no. I’m one that likes to, likes to do things myself, find out information myself. Glossary: keep (myself/herself etc) to (myself ) = be private/not get involved much with other people take it into consideration = think about/consider it

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PERSONALISATION: Write a paragraph about your attitudes to giving and taking advice. Use Natalie’s questions and language from the video in your answer. • Are you the kind of person who asks other people for advice? • What’s the best or worst advice you’ve ever been given? • Is there a piece of advice that you really regret taking? • What would be your best advice for living a happy life? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________

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OVERVIEW: Watch the video. Have you been to any of the places the people mention? Read and complete Andrea’s introduction with the words from the box. Then watch the video from 0:00 to 0:35 and check your answers. home

miss

planned

travelling

where

be

since

so

Andrea

Hi. I love travelling around my 1 home country of Brazil and 2_____________ settling in London I 3_____________ being there. But I’ve found this little café near 4_____________ I live where lots of Brazilians go at the weekend 5_____________ I spend lots of time there. Today I’m going to 6_____________ talking to people about 7_____________ and their favourite places. Do you have any holidays or trips 8_____________?

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Tell us about travelling and your favourite places. Look at the people below and read extracts from their answers. Then watch the video from 0:36 to 5:33 and match the people to their answers. There are TWO answers for each person.

A Eva

B John

C Roz

D James

E Meg

1 I suppose my most regular haunt is probably Lord’s Cricket Ground, where I spend, according to my wife, far too much time.

B _____

2 At the moment I’m living in Hackney, so in East London, and it’s, there’s a really brilliant market, it’s called the Broadway Market.

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3 There’s actually a place called Fleet River Bakery. It’s quite near my university and it’s one of those places in London you can go and feel like you’re not in London …

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4 Maybe my nana’s house in Melbourne.

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5 I’ve got some friends who live in Beijing.

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6 I really like to go to places where I’ve been as a child, so um, we always went to the north sea of the, of the part of Germany, Büsum.

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7 My favourite place to go on holiday is probably still Corfu – a little place called Ayastefanos …

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8 Erm, I’m going to Center Parcs next week with some friends from uni.

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9 One of my favourite places to visit in London, er, would be Primrose Hill.

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10 I’m here from Australia so we’re here on a working holiday at the moment …

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INTERVIEWS EXTRA Read the list of places below. Then watch the video from 0:36 to 3:38 and tick the places each time you hear them. Which places are mentioned three times? Singapore ✓ Scotland South Wales Sydney China Australia New York

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Hampstead Heath Kuala Lumpar St Petersburg Barbados Spain Trinidad and Tobago Canada

Do you have any holidays or trips planned? Look at the time phrases 1–8. Then watch the video from 0:36 to 12:40 and write the name of the place the people plan to visit next to each time phrase. 1 In about six weeks

Barbados __________________________

2 This summer

__________________________

3 Probably August

__________________________

4 Next week

__________________________

5 In about a month’s time

__________________________

6 In a few months’ time

__________________________

7 Next year

__________________________

8 In August

__________________________

Do they have a favourite place? Look at the people below and read why they like places 1–6. Then watch the video from 1:56 to 3:38 and write true (T) or false (F) next to each reason.

1 He likes Trinidad and Tobago F because it’s very lively. _____

2 She doesn’t have a favourite place because she likes to explore new places. _____

3 He goes to South Wales several times a year to see old friends he used to know. _____

4 One of the places she sometimes visits in London is Hampstead Heath. _____

5 She oen goes to Melbourne because her grandparents and sisters live there. _____

6 His favourite place is a secluded beach near Sydney where he used to go to relax and get away from it all. _____

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INTERVIEWS EXTRA Do you have a regular haunt that you like to visit? Look at the people below and read their answers. Then watch the video from 3:40 to 5:33 and cross out the incorrect answers: a), b) or c).

Eva

Lee

1 Broadway Market has lots of _____.

Iris

a) serves good coffee b) is relaxing c) is easy for her to get to

a) tea b) coffee c) staff

a) art b) flowers c) music

James

4 Primrose Hill _____. a) has places to sit b) a good view c) a bookshop

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3 She likes the café because it _____.

2 Kaffeine has very good _____.

Roz

5 Fleet River Bakery is _____. a) full of tourists b) cosy and relaxed c) hidden

THE WAY WE SPEAK: Watch the video from 3:40 to 5:33 again and notice how the people describe the places using the word just. Complete the gaps with just if you hear it. 1 Eva: It’s every Saturday and it’s 1 just amazing – so there’s lots of art people, lots of music people, it’s really … good food. It’s 2_____________ a really, really nice place to be on a Saturday, and 3_____________ to relax. 2 Lee: And it always 4_____________ feels like a really comfortable place 5_____________ to sit around, chat with friends, or even go there and 6_____________ do some work. 3 James: … there are a few benches on the top of that hill and, er, 7_____________ to go there in the evenings and relax, maybe read a book and er, 8_____________ take in, take in the view. 4 Roz: … so I quite like it because it’s um, kind of ‘olde worlde’ and it’s got a, um, log fire and you can 9_____________ get away from it all and meet your friends and it’s 10_____________ nice. Glossary: take in = absorb olde worlde = old fashioned spelling of ‘old world’ to describe an attractive, old, traditional place log fire = fire made with wood

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INTERVIEWS EXTRA PERSONALISATION: Write a paragraph about your holiday plans and favourite places. Use Andrea’s questions and language from the video in your answer. • Do you have any holidays or trips planned? • Do you have a favourite place? • Would you recommend it? Why? • Do you have a regular haunt that you like to visit? Why? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________

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OVERVIEW: Watch the video. Do you share similar concerns to the people being interviewed? Watch Natalie’s introduction to the video from 0:00 to 0:33 and complete each space with ONE word. Hi. 1 I’ve never had to call the police but a friend of 2_____________ has had

Natalie

to call them a few times about a 3_____________ neighbour. I was once stopped by the police on my 4_____________ home from a party because of a 5_____________ headlight but that’s _____________ it. How about you? Have you ever had 7_____________ to contact the police?

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Look at the people and read the extract summaries 1–7. Then watch the video from 0:34 to 5:01 and match the people to the correct summaries.

A

B

C

D

E

F

1 She sometimes drives over the speed limit.

_____ B

2 She’s concerned about employment for young people.

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3 He’s broken the copyright laws for downloading music from the internet.

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4 She thinks museums in Canada should be free, as they are in the UK.

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5 His father had to call the police once because of an attempted break-in.

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6 Legal issues to do mostly with refugees and asylum seekers have concerned him in recent years.

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Nick

Isobella

Tomas

Robin

Karen

Tim

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Have they ever had reason to contact the police? Have they ever broken the law? Look at the people in Exercise 3 and read the statements about them. Then watch the video from 0:34 to 2:42 and tick the correct statement, a) or b). 1 a) Nick contacted the police about a missing hi-fi player. ✓ b) Nick dialled 999 because he couldn’t find his hi-fi player. 2 a) Isabella was hit by a firework in the street in Scotland. b) Isabella was hit by some boys in the street many years ago. 3 a) Robin definitely remembers calling the police because of noisy neighbours. b) Robin thinks she probably called the police because of loud parties nearby. 4 a) Karen has never had to call the police. b) Karen has never broken the law. 5 a) Tim was arrested for carrying illegal arms. b) Tim was arrested for protesting against the sale of arms. Glossary: an infringement = something that’s against the law arms = weapons

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What legal or social issues concern you the most? If you could introduce a law in your country or community what would it be? Watch the video from 2:44 to 5:01 and complete extracts A–F with the words in the box. erosion tuition

harmony worried

getting capitalist

A Well, I’m, I’m very concerned really about the 1 erosion of rights for people who are, erm, in need of more help. Sort of, people with, I suppose, 2 ‘_____________ needs’ I’m talking about.

D I suppose what concerns me most is this question of getting a 7 _____________ between what you need to do to have a society and a community that cares for its weaker members … and at the same time provides individual 8_____________.

justice balance

control homeless freedom

special

B

C

But I think people now may be put off by the um, the rise in 3_____________ fees and it’s something that a lot of young people in England are very 4 _____________ about.

D

There’s a big 5_____________ issue in Toronto, so that’s a social issue that concerns me. Um, legal issues not really, we, I think, have a pretty good 6 _____________ system.

E

Probably the same as in most countries. But it’s young people 9 _____________ work, and the right sort of work, um, social 10 _____________.

Uh, dismantling of border 11 _____________, the free movement of people? Erm, yeah, those sorts of things, really. Complete overhaul and dismantling of, of 12 _____________ state system.

Glossary: dismantle = gradually put an end to a system/organisation overhaul = repair and reform a system

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INTERVIEWS EXTRA THE WAY WE SPEAK: Look at the people below and watch the video from 0:34 to 1.39 again. Notice how people repeat themselves in natural speech and delete the words you DON’T hear. Just once, um, when 1I was/I was at university. A hi-fi went missing 2and er,/and we phoned up, not 999, but phoned up the,/er, phoned up the local police officer and

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there was/there was very little 5they could,/they could do,

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really. 6We never,/we never got it back. Uh, so that was 7the one,/the one occasion. A

No/no, 9not really/not really. I mean I probably, maybe with

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neighbours 10having/um, having loud parties.

B Glossary: 999 = the emergency number in the UK for police, fire and ambulance

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PERSONALISATION: Write a paragraph about your own experience and concerns. Use Natalie’s questions and language from the video in your answer. • Have you ever had reason to contact the police? What was the outcome? • What legal or social issues concern you the most? Why? • If you could introduce a law in your country or community, what would it be? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________

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OVERVIEW: Watch the video. Whose opinions do you agree with most?

Andrea

Read and complete Andrea’s introduction with the words from the box. Then watch the video from 0:00 to 0:27 and check your answers. open

at

about

from

for

bit

wouldn’t

I’m a really 1 open person. I don’t keep secrets 2_____________ my friends or family. I suppose I have things I 3_____________ tell everyone, things I’m a 4_____________ embarrassed _____________, but that’s true 6_____________ most people.

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Are you good 7_____________ keeping secrets?

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Are you good at keeping secrets? Look at the people below and watch the video from 0:27 to 1:44. Circle the correct answer for each person: Yes, No or It depends.

A

B

D

Eva

Keiko

Tomas

Edwin

Yes/No/It depends

Yes/No/It depends

Yes/No/It depends

Yes/No/It depends

E

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C

F

G

H

Lee

Roz

John

Meg

Yes/No/It depends

Yes/No/It depends

Yes/No/It depends

Yes/No/It depends

Look at the people above again. Read the statements below and write the name of the person it refers to. 1 She thinks the fact that she’s Canadian explains why she isn’t very good at keeping secrets.

Lee _____________

2 He needs to be able to keep secrets for professional reasons.

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3 He says it depends on the person with the secret.

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4 People probably wouldn’t confide in her so much if she wasn’t good at keeping secrets.

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5 She finds it hard to keep secrets because she’s very open herself and likes to gossip.

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6 He thinks it depends how important the secret is and what it’s about.

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Glossary: confide in = to tell a person you trust about personal things

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INTERVIEWS EXTRA Is it ever a good thing to keep a secret from someone? Read sentences 1–3 and watch the video from 1:44 to 3:14. Tick the sentence which best summarises what the people say. 1 In general, they think that it would be dishonest to keep a secret from someone, especially if you’ve promised not to tell anyone the secret. 2 On the whole, they think that it’s definitely not a good idea to keep a secret from someone as you can never know what the impact of that decision will be. 3 Most of the speakers think it would be necessary to keep a secret from someone if it would hurt their feelings or harm them in some way. Look at the people below and watch the video from 1:44 to 3:14 again. Cross out the incorrect words in their answers.

1 I think it’s absolutely 1essential/necessary sometimes to keep secrets from people. Erm, I wouldn’t like to overdo it, I wouldn’t like to be too secretive/private but occasionally, yes, you need to.

2

John

2 I’m the kind of person who, if I think it’s better for the other person not to know, then I will keep the secret, 3although/however er, a lot of people will say that’s being 4dishonourable/dishonest. But er, I, I think deep down, I’m quite an honest person, I always try and be 5practical/pragmatic, and sometimes to be sensible/pragmatic you have to keep secrets.

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Tomas

3 I think it is, because um, in the past there’s been times when I’ve 7

exposed/revealed too much because I thought that keeping secrets wasn’t a

good idea but that can lead to 8harm/hurt feelings, so I do think that sometimes it’s necessary to, because if the person doesn’t know, it doesn’t really/necessarily hurt them. So, keeping a secret can be good.

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Do they have a secret talent that their friends or family don’t know about? Look at the people from Exercise 3 and the statements below. Then watch the video from 3:15 to 4:38 and use a name from the box to complete each statement. Tomas

Keiko

Eva

Edwin

Lee

John

1 _____________ thinks she can sing but her family and friends don’t believe her. Lee 2 _____________ used to be in the Malaysian women’s rugby team. 3 _____________ has always liked cooking but kept it a secret because when he was at school, boys didn’t learn how to cook. 4 _____________ thinks that he’s too old to have any hidden talents le. 5 _____________ tries not to freak people out at parties with his 90 degree thumb. 6 _____________ writes stories but doesn’t think they’re good enough to show to most people. Glossary: freak (someone) out = make someone anxious or afraid

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INTERVIEWS EXTRA THE WAY WE SPEAK: Look at the people in Exercise 3 and watch the video from 0:27 to 1:44 again. Notice how the people respond to Andrea’s question. Complete each extract with TWO words. Eva:

I think I’m very 1 good at keeping secrets, yes.

Keiko: I’d like 2_____________ _____________ so. Tomas: I’d say it 3_____________ _____________ the secret. Edwin: Yeah, I 4_____________ _____________.

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Lee:

No. 5_____________ _____________.

Roz:

I’ve got 6_____________ _____________ I’m not very good at keeping secrets.

John:

Yes, I think I’m 7_____________ _____________ at keeping secrets.

Meg:

Uh, 8_____________ _____________ they are.

PERSONALISATION: Write a paragraph about your attitude to keeping secrets. Use Andrea’s questions and language from the video to help you. • Are you good at keeping secrets? • Is it ever a good thing to keep a secret from someone? • Have you ever got into trouble because you did? • Do you have a secret talent that your friends or family don’t know about? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________

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OVERVIEW: Watch the video. Which opinions do you share with the people here?

Natalie

Watch Natalie’s introduction to the video from 0:00 to 0:30 and complete each space with ONE preposition. I love listening 1 to music and I spend lots 2_____ my free time 3_____ concerts. I try to listen 4_____ new music as well as things that I’ve liked 5

_____ years. And I go to music festivals 6_____ the summer. Today I’m

talking 7_____ people about trends 8_____ music and fashion. Are you interested 9_____ music and fashion?

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Look at the list of types of music in the box. Then watch the video from 0:30 to 3:23 and tick the types you hear. opera ✓ classical country and western hair bands rock

reggae electronic heavy metal acid jazz stage music punk rock soul dubstep club music R&B hip hop indie electro

Glossary: dubstep = UK genre of electronic music with prominent drum and bass patterns hair bands = heavy metal/glam bands (commonly from the 1980s) R&B = rhythm and blues

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Are they interested in music and fashion? Look at the people and read the summaries below. Then watch the video from 0:30 to 2:11 and write true (T) or false (F) next to each summary.

Ethan

Heather

1 He likes old Hollywood style music from the 1920s to the 1940s. _____ F

Louisa

4 She’s more into music and loves going to the Metropolitan Opera whenever possible. _____

2 She much prefers music to fashion and is involved in both listening to music, and singing and playing it. _____

Damian

5 He composes music, designs his own clothes and is a music producer. _____

Lucy

3 She has a fairly eclectic taste in fashion. _____

Vanessa

6 She comes from Oklahoma and grew up loving country and western music. _____

Glossary: eclectic = a mixture of many different things/styles be into something = be very interested in something (inf)

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INTERVIEWS EXTRA Tell me about a music trend or style that you love or hate. Look at the people and read extracts from their answers below. Then watch the video from 2:11 to 3:23 and complete the extracts with phrases a)–h).

A

B Damien

Sara

a) a lot of dubstep recently. It’s a really good I’ve _____ 1

I like the 1980s’ ‘hair bands’ like Metallica, AC/DC, 3_____.

genre that’s, it’s not recent now ‘cause it’s been played out but it started in the early 2000, year 2000 by Skream and Benga 2_____.

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D Tom

Armadeep

At the moment I love this club music that I like 4_____

… he’s been around 6_____ and then you’ve got people

which is, sort of, comes from acid jazz and the 5_____

like Rihanna who bring a character 7_____, like, a good

Ibiza and that, which is a bit ‘old hat’ now possibly …

look to 8_____.

a) been producing b) stuff like that c) to dance to d) as well as e) the music industry f ) who pioneered the genre g) good side of h) since the 1990s Glossary: old hat = old-fashioned (inf)

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INTERVIEWS EXTRA Tell me about a fashion trend that you love or hate. Look at the people below and read answers 1–8. Then watch the video from 3:23 to 4:48 and match the people to their answers. There are TWO extra answers.

A Circe

B Ethan

C

1 She doesn’t like huge baggy pants.

A _____

2 She prefers bright clothes so is not a fan of dark, rocker style clothes.

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3 At the moment, he likes bright, colourful clothes which bring out his personality.

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4 She’s not keen on the current revival of 1980s style clothes, such as skinny jeans, which don’t suit many people.

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5 She likes close-fitting summer dresses that come to her knees and don’t stick out.

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6 He’s a very big fan of formal clothes like suits and tuxedos.

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7 She likes to wear clothes with big colourful patterns and mix them with clothes that normally don’t match.

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Julianna

D Lucy

Glossary: baggy = very loose skinny jeans = very tight jeans stick out = the opposite of lie flat tuxedo (Am Eng) = dinner jacket

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THE WAY WE SPEAK: Look at the people below and read their answers. Notice the words and phrases which oen occur in American English and pay attention to the words in italics. Then watch the video from 1:23 to 2:11 again and cross out the words in italics they DON’T say. A Circe: Well, I really like rock music more than anything. I know it’s becoming really popular right now, electronic music, there’s a lot of DJs – um, people who are 1kind of basing their entire sound just on, 2like, they’re on stage with a laptop, 3you know, I just I don’t get that. I need, 4like, tangible instruments and um, people playing, 5like, just some rock and 6kind of hard stuff. B Vanessa: I just like all different kinds. I’m not really big on, 7like, country and western type music because I come from Oklahoma, 8you know, so that’s really 9kind of prevalent, so I grew up 10like getting sick of it, but I like a lot of like different kinds of things. I’ve been seeing 12like a lot of musicals since I’ve been here.

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INTERVIEWS EXTRA PERSONALISATION: Write a paragraph about your attitudes to music and fashion. Use Natalie’s questions and the language from the video to help you. • Are you interested in music and fashion? Do you have a preference? • Is there a music trend or style that you love or hate? What is it and why? • Is there a fashion trend that you love or hate? What is it and why? ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________

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OVERVIEW: Watch the video. Who do you have the most in common with?

Andrea

Watch Andrea’s introduction to the video from 0:00 to 0:23 and cross out the incorrect answer in each question: a), b) or c). 1 How does Andrea switch off ? a) She goes to the gym. b) She watches TV. c) She goes for a walk. 2 When does she need to relax? a) Every weekend. b) Aer work. c) In the evening. 3 Why does she try to be active? Because … a) she likes to keep fit. b) she’s very keen on fitness. c) she’s very unfit. What do they do to switch off at the end of the day? Read the list of activities and watch the video from 0:23 to 1:23. Tick the activities they mention. go for a walk ✓ run in the park read a book take it easy listen to music do nothing watch TV see a film swim at the beach cycle have a bath surf the net hang out with friends play computer games cook a meal eat out

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What kinds of things in your life make you feel free? Look at the people below and read their answers. Then watch the video from 1:23 to 2:55 and complete the extracts with phrases a)–j). I suppose my life is quite regimented um, so I have to do this thing, and then I have to remember that tomorrow I have to do that other thing. So 1 e) and alive is the unexpected. And 2_____ when you think you’ve got to do a whole lot of things and they’re cancelled or postponed and suddenly you think, ‘I’ve got an aernoon 3_____ do whatever I like.’

A Andrew

When I can give people a voice. People who 4_____: refugees, people 5_____ and the disadvantaged. Uh, that’s why I’ve switched a little bit from my career 6_____ at a daily newspaper to work as a Peace Corps Volunteer.

B Maureen

A few days ago I went to the sea. So, 7_____, looking out into the sea is 8_____ like there’s a lot of, um, a lot of space, that I have a lot of space. C Carlos

Go outdoors, exercise, play golf, cycle. We live near a lake and a beach so we like to be out near either. 9_____, or maybe travel – that, you know, 10_____. D Dianne

a) in which I can b) makes you feel alive c) just to be outdoors d) as a journalist e) what makes me feel really free

f) who are oppressed g) the really wonderful thing is h) I suppose for me i) something that makes me feel j) can’t speak up for themselves

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INTERVIEWS EXTRA In what period of your life have you felt the most free? Look at the people below and read their answers. Then watch the video from 2:58 to 4:02 and tick the correct answer, a) or b). 1 Keiko’s felt the most free at university because … a) it’s the first time she’s ever travelled. b) she’s in a learning environment. 2 Andrew’s felt free at two periods in his life: a) when he was a student and again in his 40s. b) between the ages of eighteen to twenty-three and now, in his 50s. 3 Maureen’s felt most free since she moved to the USA because a) she has been able to enjoy the benefits of the freedom of the press. b) she has been able to write about her experience of being in prison. 4 Michael felt most free when he was a student because a) he loved being at art college. b) he was able to spend his time doing what he wanted. Do you think young people have more freedom now than in the past? Look at the people below and read the summaries of their answers. Then watch the video from 4:03 to 5:30 and match the people to the answers. There is sometimes more than one answer for each person.

A Keiko

B Michael

1 They have more freedom of speech and expression because of access to the internet.

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2 Young people seem to have the freedom to enjoy themselves more.

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3 Teenagers seem to have less freedom because they depend on their parents to drive them around; they don’t go on their own.

_____

4 Nowadays there are young people in their late 20s who have to live with their parents because they can’t afford to rent or buy a home.

_____

5 Young people can travel more easily and cheaply than previous generations could.

_____

C Maureen

6 Technology has given young people all over the world the power to change things, even in countries where there is less freedom of speech. _____

D Dianne

7 There is more freedom for young people in some ways because of advances in technology, which have given them more freedom to travel, and communicate online.

_____

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INTERVIEWS EXTRA THE WAY WE SPEAK: Look at the people and watch the video from 0:23 to 1.23. Notice how they miss out words when they speak. Watch again and cross out the words in italics you don’t hear. A Maureen: I like to read um, non-fiction. I like to read autobiographies 1so I read that a lot. Sometimes 2

though I just like hanging out with friends and 3just like cooking a good meal and just taking it easy.

B Geof: At the end of the day 4I just perhaps read a book … Um, 5at the weekends, I like to go walking. C Carlos: To switch off, I enjoy listening to music a lot, uh, 6I like sort of catching up with friends as well. I also, to really switch off, I, I 7just like to sit down, close my eyes and 8just, I like, do nothing, you know, relax.

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OVERVIEW: Watch the video. Did you do the same things on your last holiday?

Natalie

Read Natalie’s text and the words in the box. Then watch the video from 0:11 to 0:29 and complete the text with the correct words. last

ate

fantastic

had

did

relaxed

I love holidays. 1 Last year I went to Sicily with a friend. We 2_____________ a great time. We 3_____________ on the beach and 4_____________ a lot of local food. The weather was 5_____________. How about you? Where 6_____________ you go on holiday last year?

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Where did they go on holiday last year? Read the countries in the box and watch the video from 0:29 to 1:03. Tick (✓) the ten countries you hear. Italy Brazil

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India Portugal Germany Iceland Russia Wales Mexico ✓ Thailand Sweden Australia Croatia

France

How long was your holiday? Look at the people below and read their answers. Then watch the video from 1:05 to 1:36 and complete the spaces.

1 About two and a half months , actually. A big one!

2 Just _____________ weeks.

3 My holiday was two _____________ long.

4 I was there for one _____________.

5 I stayed for _____________ weeks.

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INTERVIEWS EXTRA What did you do on your holiday? Look at the people below and read their answers. Check new words in your dictionary. Then watch the video again from 1:39 to 2:45 and match the answers to the correct people.

1 On holiday, I sat by the seaside, and I swam. And ate nice food. And visited local villages.

A _____

2 I just relaxed as well. Cooking and reading, and, um, sleeping a lot.

_____

3 I went to Florence to see works of art.

_____

4 I did a lot of sightseeing and I went on lots of boat trips.

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5 We went to see the Taj Mahal. And we ate lots of lovely Indian food. And we visited other nice old buildings.

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6 Well, I travelled around the Mexican countryside and I went to several old Mexican sites.

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B Christine

C Kat

D Eric

E Ruth

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INTERVIEWS EXTRA THE WAY WE SPEAK: Did the people below all have a good time on their holidays? Watch the video again from 2:47 to 3:24 and underline their answers to complete the sentences.

1 I had a lovely/great time.

2 I had a wonderful/brilliant time, yes.

3 It was really/very nice.

4 Yes, it was, it was good/great fun.

5 I had a very nice/wonderful time.

6 We had a very/really good time.

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OVERVIEW: Watch the video. Who do you have the most in common with? Watch Andrea’s introduction on the video from 0:00 to 0:24 and cross out the incorrect words. 1 She is/isn’t a very artistic person. 2 She can/can’t play the guitar very well. 3 She wants to study photography/cinematography.

Do you do anything creative in your life? Look at the people below and read the statements about them. Then watch the video from 0:24 to 1:40 and underline the correct alternatives.

Circe

1 She’s a student of architecture / photographer.

Damien

4 He’s an art student and also makes short films/does T-shirt design.

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Andrea

Heather

2 She used to cook/make her own clothes.

Lucy

5 She draws and dances/ is a choreographer.

Sara

3 She plays bass guitar in a band/ composes music for films.

Tom

6 He makes music videos/ writes poetry.

Is there anything or anyone that really inspires you? Read the answers in the box and watch the video from 1:42 to 3:34. Tick the answers you hear. Caravaggio ✓ Boticelli Van Gogh Andy Warhol Jason Statham Miró Radiohead Joker Oscar Wilde Picasso D.H. Lawrence the three Welsh Thomases Bach Björk Quentin Tarantino

Richard Avedon Carlos Acosta Shakespeare Dylan Thomas

Glossary: Joker = British musician who creates dubstep music the three Welsh Thomases = famous Welsh poets: Edward Thomas (1878–1917), R. S. Thomas (1913–2000) and Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)

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4B Look at the people below and read their answers. Then watch the video from 1:42 to 3:34 again. Complete the answers with the famous people in the box above.

Opera singers and perhaps 1 Caravaggio and even Van 2_____________. A Heather

Maybe 3_____________ Statham. He’s quite, he’s quite funny. He’s a good British actor. I like him.

B Darryl

Yeah, a lot of things: people, fashion; um, 4_____________ Avedon was always a big inspiration to me, um, in photography. 5_____________ and a couple of other painters have always been my ‘go-to’ to get inspired.

C Michele

If you listen to British music, there’s a lot of really good artists coming out these days, and 6_____________ and ASBO are my favourite, um, creative artists right now, at this time.

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I do like D.H. 7_____________ as a poet and I like the Thomases. You know, the three Welsh Thomases – all three of them.

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I would say some musicians like 8_____________ – she inspired me a lot. I really like her crazy style.

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In what ways do the Arts influence your life? Look at the statements about some of the people in Exercise 3. Then watch the video from 3:34 to 4:51 and write true (T) or false (F) next to each statement. 1 Heather: She spends quite a bit of time going to art galleries and concerts, though paintings and sculpture can move her emotionally more than music. 2 Darryl: His experience of doing creative things at school has influenced him and given him the ambition to work in stage management, or as a director. 3 Tom: He thinks that the Arts are the only way to experience the real things in life in a world full of meaningless nonsense. 4 Michele: She is a very expressive and liberated person, so being free is more important than art. © Pearson Education Limited 2016

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INTERVIEWS EXTRA THE WAY WE SPEAK: Read Vanessa’s answer below. Then watch the video from 2:21 to 2:40 and complete each space with ONE word. Notice the phrases she uses which are common to American English. I’ve taken, I was, I’ve 1 been doing, going to 2_____________ here and I’ve taken a course on Victorian literature while I was here and I love a 3_____________ of the different writers back then. And I 4_____________ of have this thing for Oscar Wilde, like he’s hilarious. I love to read his stuff. I don’t know, 5_____________ I don’t try and write like him, but I really do like to, 6_____________, study his writing and 7_____________. So I 8_____________ you could say he inspires me.

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PERSONALISATION: Write a paragraph answering Andrea’s questions. Use language from the video if possible. • Do you do anything creative in your life? • Is there anything or anyone that really inspires you? • In what ways do the Arts influence your life? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________

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OVERVIEW: Watch the video. Who do you most identify with? Watch the video from 0:00 to 0:32. Number the sentences in Natalie’s introduction in the correct order. a) How do you feel about where you are in your life at the moment?

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b) I don’t really think about the future much.

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c) I’m not the kind of person who sets goals in life.

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Natalie

d) Today I’m talking to people about their life and their plans for the future. _____ e) I just ‘go with the flow’ and make impulsive decisions about what to do next.

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How do you feel about where you are in your life at the moment? Look at the people below and read the short extracts from their answers. Then watch the video from 0:32 to 1:58 and match the people to the correct extracts.

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

1 I, er, le daily newspapers, er, about two years ago.

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2 … and um, I think, uh, yeah, it can only get better.

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3 … I can, you know, meet up with my friends, …

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4 … now it’s our time of um, slowing that down a lot …

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5 … reasonably happy about where I am in my life.

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6 I feel pretty happy, um, about my life at the moment.

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7 Um, I know what I’m capable of …

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Keiko

Tomas

Andrew

Maureen

Geof

Carlos

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INTERVIEWS EXTRA Are you the kind of person who makes plans, or do you ‘go with the flow’? Read statements 1–3 and watch the video from 2:00 to 3:20. Tick the statement which best summarises what is said. 1 Some of them like to set shorter term goals or just plan for the important things in life without being too inflexible. 2 On the whole, they prefer to ‘go with the flow’ as they find things work out better and life is more manageable if you make decisions on the spur of the moment. 3 In general, they think that life is so unpredictable that it’s impossible to make definite plans because they usually have to be changed sooner or later. Glossary: on the spur of the moment = suddenly, without any previous planning or thought

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Do you have any long-term goals in your life? Look at the people below and read their answers. Then watch the video from 3:22 to 4:45 and complete the extracts with phrases a)–j).

A

B

C

Keiko

Tomas

Maureen

Uh, long-term goals. I would like to

I’d love to be a professional footballer.

I really hope to, uh, work with an

go back to my mum’s country, to the

Might be a bit late for that now, _____.

organisation that I believe in, uh,

South Pacific, Papua New Guinea, and

But er, I always planned for that. Or

something 5_____, um, an advocate

maybe a manager, maybe to do my

for women and children.

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c) , to my country and erm, yeah, I

think _____.

3

coaching badges and erm, _____.

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E Geof

Carlos

I’ve just, just, erm, completed one long-term goal

I think, uh, my main goal in life is to be happy. Like,

which was doing, 6_____ at, at Birkbeck. Um, I’ve

I was hearing a conversation of a friend. He said,

always been interested in history but 7_____ a

‘Oh yeah, I’ve tried you know, 9_____ but, like, at

computer programmer because that was the way to

the moment what I really want and 10_____ is, I just

find, find work. Erm, so, um,the, the, you know, the

want to be happy. That’s all I want.’

long-term aim of, of 8_____ education was just a, just a real pleasure. a) doing this degree b) I know what I want from my life c) hopefully contribute to d) that deals with human rights e) having a house and having a car

f) giving back is important g) do some football coaching h) I ended up as i) getting that extra bit of j) I’m getting on a bit.

Glossary: get on a bit = getting older Birkbeck = Birkbeck College, part of the University of London

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INTERVIEWS EXTRA THE WAY WE SPEAK: Read the extracts below. Then watch the video from 2:22 to 3:20 and notice some of the features of natural speech in English. Watch again and complete the gaps with a word or phrase. A Tomas: I’m definitely not the 1 sort of person that makes plans, er – my girlfriend will tell you that. She, she’s the one who does all the organising. I’m the one that, kind of, 2_____________ goes with the flow and er, 3

_____________, when there’s an opportunity to do something, fine, I’ll do it. But I’m very bad at 4_____________

being organised and planning. I like to, 5_____________, work on the spur of the moment. B Andrew: I tend to make plans but a certain type of plan: probably six-months to one-year plan. I think that’s, 6

_____________, more or less manageable.

C Maureen: Sometimes I 7_____________ plan; you plan for the big things because you just have to do that. Uh, but this morning I was going to go to Windsor but the weather changed my mind and I said ‘OK, I can do something else.’ And I’m at the Tate Museum and I’m 8_____________ go to Shakespeare’s Globe, so sometimes you go with the flow. Glossary: Tate Museum = the Tate Modern, an art gallery on London’s South Bank Shakespeare’s Globe = the Globe theatre on the South Bank

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PERSONALISATION: Write a paragraph about your own life and plans using Natalie’s questions to help you. • How do you feel about where you are in your life at the moment? • Are you the kind of person who makes plans, or do you ‘go with the flow’? • Do you have any long-term goals in your life? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________

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B Yes C It depends D Yes E No G Yes H It depends

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UNIT 7

A special B tuition, worried C homeless, justice D balance, freedom E getting, harmony F controls, capitalist

6

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1B 2A 3C 4E 8 C 9 D 10 E

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UNIT 5

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3

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4 there was 8 No 10 um, having

5 a) 6 d)

2B 3A 4E

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UNIT 4

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UNIT 6 2 of 9 in

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2 to think 3 depends on 4 believe so 5 I’m terrible 6 to admit 7 pretty good 8 depends what

2 Canada 3 Spain 4 Center Parks 5 Kuala Lumpar 6 Scotland 7 China 8 New York

6

2A 3D 4E

8

Spain and Scotland are mentioned three times

4 John

5 Tomas

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5 a)

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Cross out: 2 quite, 3 I feel, 6 to what, 10 that life

UNIT 9

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3 2 3 4 5 6

2 can

3 cinematography

make her own clothes plays bass guitar in a band does T-shirt design is a choreographer writes poetry

4A

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