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Unit 1 - Best friends
1
1 Students’ own answers 2 The photos are of: Mr Bean (Rowan Atkinson),
Jim Carrey (Ace Ventura Pet Detective), Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, Eddy
Murphy (Doctor Doolittle)
2
Students’ own answers
3
1 They are best friends in both extracts. 2 They have generally good
relationships. In both cases one person likes to get the better of his friend
(by tricking him - extract two, or keeping secrets - extract one).
3 Students’ own answers
4
1 Extract one 2 Extract one 3 Extract two 4 Extract two 5 Extract two
6 Extract one 7 Extract two 8 Extract one 9 Extract one 10 Extract two
5
Students’ own answers
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Unit 2 - Breaking news
1
Students’ own answers
2
Berlin Wall: division, destroy the structure, symbol, liberated territory
Elections in South Africa: election, democratically elected, reconciliation
The eclipse: eclipse, rays of light, temperature, the universe
3
1 linked hands and danced 2 were made to destroy the structure itself
3 on top of the Berlin Wall 4 all their lives to put their cross 5 a civil war
6 their new state President did 7 disappear (as the moon covers the face of
the sun) 8 has dropped 9 the star which gives this planet life
4
Students’ own answers
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Unit 3 - City or country
1
Students’ own answers
2
Description of the
property / area
Good / bad things about
where they live
Speaker 1
House in Leeds, ten
minutes from
Headingly Stadium,
the university and
the city centre.
Good location.
Speaker 2
16th Century
thatched cottage, in
small rural village.
House overlooks the
village cricket green.
Small flat on the
outskirts of a city
(‘on the outside of
the city’). House
converted into two
flats. Small garden.
Near trains.
On top of a hill, at
the edge of a village.
Outside a town called
Saffron Walden.
Surrounded by fields
and horses.
Good: Lots to do. Easy
access to cinemas,
restaurants, bars etc.
It’s very exciting – a
good place for students.
Bad: It’s overwhelming
at first.
Good: Wildlife.
Bad: Need to drive
everywhere.
Speaker 3
Speaker 4
Good: Access to
theatres, cafes etc. Lots
to see and do.
Bad: Noisy trains both
during the day, and at
night.
Where they
plan to live in
the future
Not Leeds.
Perhaps
London, or
the country.
In the
country.
Outside the
city.
Good: freedom, fresh air, In the
no noise, no main roads. country.
Relaxation, stress-free
environment, driving
home, walking etc
Bad: ---
3
Students’ own answers
4
Students’ own answers
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Unit 4 - From rags to riches
1
Students’ own answers
2
1 A 2 C 3 B 4 B 5 A 6 A 7 C 8 A 9 A 10 A
4
1e 2c 3a 4d 5b
5
suggested answers:
1 crime story 2 picture A 3 a restaurant in Brazil 4 he gives away a lot of
money 5 He stole the money/he won the money 6 a policeman 7 h will get
caught/go to prison/be taken back to London
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Unit 5 - Favourite films
1
Students’ own answers (Films: Gone With The Wind – Romance, Saving
Private Ryan – War film, For a Few Dollars more – Western, The Shining –
Horror)
2
1 In the 1940s, in a bar in Morocco. 2 Romantic drama (with some comedy,
thriller elements etc) 3 Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman 4 ‘Here’s looking
at you, kid.’ and ‘Play it again, Sam.’ 5 Casablanca 6 The story is set in
French Morocco at the beginning of the Second World War. It is about people
desperate to escape the Nazi regime. Rick owns a bar, and meets his old love
Ilsa, who needs a visa to exit the country with another man. The story is
about the decisions they have to make. 7 Rick and Ilsa.
3
Students check their answers to Ex. 2.
4
Students’ own answers
5
Students’ own answers
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Unit 6 - Dream holidays
1
Students’ own answers
2
Learning about the
world
visiting museums
visiting historical sites
going on day-trips
Practising a skill/activity
relaxation
diving
hiking
sailing
windsurfing
skiing
reading long novels
sleeping a lot
lazing in the sun
people-watching
3
Activities/things to do
Maldives
scuba diving (you can
learn in less than a
week)
hiking or "tramping"
New Zealand
Egypt
see the Pyramids, go
down the River Nile,
visit, souks and temples,
watch the sun go down
while on a camel trek
What does he say about
nature/animals?
the reefs are full of
marine life
magnificent scenery,
mountains, volcanoes,
parks, ancient forests,
lakes
The scenery has
changed little in
thousands of years. A
camel trek is the oldest
desert transport
4
Students’ own answers
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Unit 7 - Cambridge
1
Students’ own answers
2
1 famous 2 colleges 3 style 4 writer 5 men 6 study 7 gowns
8 graduation 9 best 10 career 11 sports 12 river
3
Students check their answers to Ex. 2.
4
1 Students’ own answers 2 The students enjoy ‘the international reputation’,
it’s a ‘nice place to study’, the ‘college structure’, with small colleges so you
can ‘get to know everybody’. It’s ‘fun’ and ‘intense’ studying at Cambridge
University. 3 Students’ own answers 4 Students’ own answers
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Unit 8 - From cradle to grave
1
Students’ own answers (from cradle to grave means ‘from when you are a
baby until you die’)
2
1 d 2 c 3 a 4 j 5 b 6 i 7 f 8 e 9 h 10 g
2b
(a) special moments: 2c, 8e, 9h
(b) things we do all the time: 3a, 4j, 5b, 6i, 7f
(c) a time period: 1d, 10g
3
1 three and a half 2 two hours 3 over twelve 4 two and a half 5 nine
hundred and fifty 6 eight 7 two thousand 8 one hundred and fifty 9 twice
10 £6,809 11 sixty percent 12 two 13 seventy-nine
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Unit 9 - The ideal workplace
1
Students’ own answers
2
1 trust 2 simple 3 uniforms 4 colour 5 symbols 6 choose 7 time 8
process 9 everything 10 suits 11 other 12 away
3
Students’ own answers
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Unit 10 - Icons
1
Students’ own answers
2
1g 2f 3c 4e 5a 6b
3
1 T 2 T 3 F She married Diego Rivera 4 T 5 T 6 F thirteen months 7 F It
was Norma Jeane Mortenson 8 T 9 F thirty-six
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