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82 Before New York
What came before the city?
84 Homes around the world

An architect talks about homes
86 Sweet songs and strong coffee

Visit a community in Puerto Rico
90 The town with no wi-fi

A video about an unusual town
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Unit 7p. 81
1 Work in pairs. Look at the photo.
Discuss the questions.
1 What can you see in the photo?
2 Where do you think this photo was
taken?
3 Do you think this is the fish’s natural
Off the Izu peninsula, Honshu, Japan,
habitat, a temporary shelter or a a yellow goby looks at the camera.
permanent home?
EXAMPLE ANSWERS
1 It’s a small tropical fish inside what looks like a soda can.
2 Perhaps in the sea, or perhaps inside a fish tank or aquarium.
3 It could be in any of the three suggested places, but it has
found something to hide in – an old can – which would not
naturally be found in its usual habitat.
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2 Listen to three people talking about different living arrangements. Write the
number of the speaker (1–3) next to the statements that summarize their
comments.
Track 54
a I can’t wait to leave my parents’ house and get some independence.

b My family’s lovely, but I’d like to have my own home and some privacy.
c My flatmates aren’t here much, so it’s just like having my own place really.
d It’s cramped and noisy, but at least you’re never lonely.
e Sharing a flat with friends is not as easy as I thought it would be.
f I love living with my mum and dad and brothers. I won’t leave until I get
married.
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3 Work in groups. Discuss the questions.
1 Which room do you spend most time in at home?

2 How do different family members use different rooms?
3 Do you consider your home a private place, just for family? Or do you
often have friends round?
Students' own ideas
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7a Before New York
Vocabulary in the city
1 Work in pairs. What kind of a place is New York? Try to describe New York
in three words.
EXAMPLE ANSWERS
busy, noisy, world-famous, exciting, crowded, international,
cosmopolitan, dangerous, high-rise, nonstop, an exciting place, a
cosmopolitan city
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2 Complete the sentences with these words. Which sentences do you think are
true of New York?
1 There’s an excellent _______________ system to get you around the city.

2 It’s got an important business and _____________ district.
3 It’s one of the most _____________ places you can live, with few open
spaces.
4 The views from the _____________ are spectacular, especially at night.
5 There’s lots to do, both for tourists and _____________.
6 Some _________________ are more dangerous than others.
7 The _____________ is exciting and lively.
8 The streets divide the city into _____________.
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3 Write sentences about places you know with the words from Exercise 2.
EXAMPLE ANSWERS
In the city centre, the atmosphere in the restaurants is exciting and
cosmopolitan.
There’s an extensive public transport system – there are trams and
buses to all the suburbs.
My capital city has got a new financial district.
The neighbourhoods in the north are crowded and dangerous.
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Reading
4 Work in pairs. Discuss the questions. Then read the article Before New York
and check your ideas.
1 What do you think the area that is now New York was like before the city
was built?
2 What kind of people do you think lived there?
3 What kind of landscapes do you think there were?
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Track 55
Of all the visitors to New York City in recent years, one of the most surprising was
a beaver which appeared one morning in 2007. Although beavers used to be
common in the area in the seventeenth century, and people used to hunt them
for their skins, there haven’t been any for more than two hundred years.
For ecologist Eric Sanderson, the beaver’s appearance was especially interesting.
For ten years, Sanderson has been in charge of a project to show what the area
used to look like before the city changed it completely. As Sanderson says, ‘There
are views in this city where you cannot see, except for a person, another living
thing. Not a tree or a plant. How did a place become like that?’
In fact, long before the skyscrapers came to dominate the view, this place was a
pristine wilderness where animals like beavers, bears and turkeys would move
freely through forests, marshes and grassland. There used to be sandy beaches
along the coasts and ninety kilometres of fresh-water streams.
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Track 55
At the end of Sanderson’s project, he built a 3D computer model of the area.

(See the top photo on the right.) You can pick any spot in modern New York and
see what used to be there. Take Fifth Avenue, for example. A family called
Murray used to have a farm here and in 1782 (during the American War of
Independence) the British soldiers landed near here. ‘I’d like every New Yorker to
know that they live in a place with amazing natural potential – even if you have
to look a little harder to see it,’ says Sanderson.
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5 Read the article again. Answer the questions in your own words.
1 What’s the connection between Eric Sanderson and the image with the
article?
2 What did Sanderson aim to do with his project?
3 Why do you think the appearance of the beaver in 2007 was important
for Sanderson?
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Grammar used to, would and past simple
6 Look at the grammar box and the article. Underline the sentences in the
article with used to and would. Do they refer to past habits and states or to
single actions in the past?
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7 Look at the article again. Find three examples of single actions in the past.
What is the verb form?
8 Look at the grammar box. Match the sentences with used to (1–4) with the
uses (a or b). Then match the sentence with would with its use.
a past state
b past habit (repeated action)
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9 Rewrite the sentences using used to + infinitive where possible.
1 New York was a lot greener than it is now.

2 The early residents didn’t live in a large city.
3 People farmed the land.
4 Farmers hunted wild animals for food.
5 Soldiers fought an important battle on the island.
6 What was in the area where Fifth Avenue is now?
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10 Complete the text with the past simple, used to or would form of the verbs.
In some cases, you can use more than one form.
I remember when I first 1 ______________ (move) to New York from

California with my parents. Every day for the first month, I
2 ___________________________ (stand) in the street and stare up at the
skyscrapers. They 3 _______________ (be) taller than anything I’d ever seen.
The streets 4 ______________ (be) much busier than in California and I
5 ____________________________ (run) from one side to the other holding
my mother’s hand. For the first few months, we
6 _______________________________________ (not / go) further than
four blocks from home. My parents 7 _______________________________
(not / own) a car, so on Sunday mornings we
8 ________________________________ (take) the subway to Central Park.
We 9 _______________________________ (have) breakfast at a lovely deli
and then we 10 ________________________________ (go) skating. The city
11 ________________________ (be) a lot more dangerous and scary then.
See next slide for detailed answers
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11 Complete the sentences with the past simple, used to or would so that they
are true for you. Then work in pairs. Compare your sentences and ask follow-
up questions about three of the sentences.
EXAMPLE ANSWERS
1 Before I worked/studied here, I … .
Before I worked/studied here, I used to have a job in a supermarket.
2 When I was in primary school, I … .
When I was in primary school, I used to / would play with dolls / I’d cry
a lot.
3 Before we moved here, my family … .
Before we moved here, my family lived / used to live in the country.
4 I remember my first holiday. I … .
I remember my first holiday. I went to France and had a fantastic time.
5 Whenever I had exams at school, I … .
Whenever I had exams at school, I used to get really nervous.
6 In my family, at weekends we … .
In my family, at weekends we used to / would often have a picnic in
the countryside.
7 The first time I went to school alone, … .
The first time I went to school alone, I got lost.
8 As a child, I … .
As a child, I used to / would play football in the streets with my
friends all the time.
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Speaking
12 Choose two places from the list. How have the places changed? Make notes
for then and now.
• my street • my school
• my home • my village / my town
• my classroom
my street: then – lots of cars; now – residents only
13 Work in pairs. Tell each other about the places you chose in Exercise 12. Use
used to and would. Decide which places have changed the most and whether
they are better now than they were in the past.
A: There used to be a lot of cars in my street, but now only residents can
park on it.
B: What do visitors do? Can they drive up to your house?
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7b Homes around the world
Listening
1 Look at the
photos of four
homes. What
are they made
of?
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2 Think of a question you’d like to ask each home owner. Then work in pairs.
Tell your partner.
3 Marta Fereira presents the TV series Home Planet. Read the questions (a–e)
that viewers have sent in to the programme’s website. Then listen and match
Marta’s podcast replies (1–5) with the questions. Track 56
1 a Why are you so interested in traditional house design?
b We live in a new house that my dad calls a ‘box’. What do you think of the
design of modern houses?
c Why are some types of house more common in some areas of the world
than in others?
d You mentioned shelters in your last programme. What’s the difference
between a shelter and a home?
e I’d like to stay in a ger, but they look a bit basic. What are they really like?
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4 Listen again and complete the sentences. Track 56
1 Traditional houses usually survive bad _____________ conditions better

than modern ones.
2 Rock homes heat up less quickly than _____________ _____________.
3 You can put up a ger much faster than a _____________ _____________.
4 You can live much more safely above the _____________.
5 Modern houses are getting smaller and _____________.
6 Unfortunately, sometimes _____________ _____________ are also built
badly.
7 Modern houses don’t work as efficiently as ____________ ___________.
5 Which of the homes in the photos would you like to spend time in? Why?
EXAMPLE ANSWERS
The river houses are in a beautiful spot for fishing and going around
in boats; the ger might be fun to put up or take down, can be
moved to other locations and is a great place to socialize; the rock
houses are probably warm and cosy and fascinating to explore.
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Grammar comparison: adverbs
6 Look at the grammar box. Underline the comparative adverbs in the

sentences in Exercise 4.
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7 Read the three sentences. Do they mean the same thing? Do you agree with
the sentences?
1 A brick house heats up more quickly than a rock house.

2 A rock house heats up less quickly than a brick house.
3 A rock house doesn’t heat up as quickly as a brick house.
All three sentences mean the same thing. The audio says:
They [rock homes] heat up less quickly than brick houses.
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8 Complete the text about house sales and rentals in the UK with the
comparative form of the adverbs.
Last year, terraced houses sold 1 __________________ (quickly) than flats,

but one-bedroom flats did 2 __________________ (well) with young buyers.
The number of large houses for rent rose 3 __________________ (fast) than
other types of home. Sales of large flats did 4 __________________ (badly)
than in previous years. So what does this mean for you? You can now rent a
large house 5 __________________ (cheaply) than ever before, but if you’re
trying to sell yours, you probably won’t find a buyer 6 __________________
(easily) as in previous years. Renting it out is a good alternative, so come and
talk to us today.
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9 Write sentences comparing the pairs of things. Then look at your partner’s
sentences. Do you agree?
1 young people / older people (drive carefully)
Older people drive more carefully than young people.
2 girls / boys (do well in exams)
3 children / adults (learn quickly)
4 women / men (work hard)
5 Americans / British people (speak slowly)
6 I / my friends (sing badly)
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Grammar comparison: patterns
10 Look at the grammar box. Which sentences describe change? Which

sentence describes two related things?
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11 Read what two people say about where they live. Underline comparative
patterns similar to the ones in the grammar box.
Josef: As this building gets older, things go wrong more and more often. But
living in a block of flats is really good because I don’t have to worry about
repairs and things. Everyone pays an amount each month, so the greater
the number of residents, the lower the monthly payment is.
Sandra: We’re all students. So for us, the cheaper the place, the better. We
don’t have as much money as people who are working. Rents are getting
higher and higher, but you can still rent more cheaply than buy.
go wrong more and more often

the greater the number of residents, the lower the
monthly payment is
the cheaper the place, the better
getting higher and higher
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12 Complete what two more people say. Use comparative patterns.
fewer, the better

Marcus: Neighbours! The 1 ________________________ (few / good), I say.
In my old flat, I used to have noisy people living right above me and I got
angrier and angrier
2 ________________________ (angry) as the months went by. So I
moved into my own house and life is much quieter now.
Frances: I love having a garden, but it’s a lot of work – so the
the smaller, the better (small / good), I think. As time passes,
3 ________________________
more and more quickly (quickly), until in
the garden gets untidy 4 ________________________
the end I have to do something about it.
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Speaking
13 Work in groups of four. Discuss ways of doing these things. What advice
would you give someone who wanted to do each one?
EXAMPLE ANSWERS
1 learn English more quickly
work harder; concentrate better in class; do your
2 do better in exams homework more carefully or conscientiously
3 live more cheaply eat less often; eat smaller portions; shop more carefully
choose your food more carefully; don’t eat as greedily
4 eat more healthily as you did; cook more and more often
5 spend more wisely plan your weekly shopping more carefully; the less you
go shopping, the less you’ll spend
6 shop more sensibly think more carefully before you buy; the more lists
you use, the less you are likely to spend
A: I think you can learn English more quickly if you go to live in an
English-speaking country.
B: I agree. You won’t learn as quickly if you stay at home. You won’t meet
native English speakers as easily, for example.
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7c Sweet songs and strong
coffee
Reading
1 Think of one word to describe your home town. Tell the class.
Students’ own answers
2 Read the article about a town in Puerto Rico. What is the article mainly
about? Choose the correct option (a–c).
a daily life and work
b festivals and holidays
c people and traditions
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Track 57
There’s a dreamy atmosphere to Adjuntas, a coffee town in the Valley of the Sleeping Giant
high in the mountains of Puerto Rico. And there’s love, the love of the people for their land
and its customs. People here say their families have lived here ‘since forever’. You feel this
love in the streets, with the smell of food cooked at roadside barbecues. You see it in the
beautiful horses that parade through town on holidays. And you feel it as you sit in the
large, elegant square, with its romantic fountains and stone benches.
Several decades ago, this love of the land also led the local people to prevent a mining
development in the surrounding mountains. They used money from the area’s successful
coffee production to provide the money for a national park, El Bosque del Pueblo. The park
opened in 1998 and runs a reforestation programme allowing young and old to plant trees.
‘Learning to manage the forest has been a kind of new life for us,’ said Tinti Deya, a local
resident. ‘It’s another world where we’re like children doing everything for the first time,
except in our case we’re grandmothers.’
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Track 57
Grandmothers are everywhere in Adjuntas and they’re all respectfully addressed as
Dofia. Lala Echevarria, an 85-year-old great-great-grandmother, was born on the
oldest street in town, where she still lives in a small, neat and tidy home. Dofia Lala
grew up before electricity and running water, and remembers when the first car
arrived in Adjuntas. ‘As a child, I used to spend all my time carrying water, finding
firewood, looking after the chickens and the cows,’ she said. ‘There were sixteen of us.
We would wash our clothes in the river and we used to cook on an open fire. At meal
times, we kids would sit on the floor to eat.’ Dofia Lala was working as a maid when
she met and married the love of her life, Mariano the mechanic. They had thirteen
children and shared 44 years before he died in 1983. She shows me the dozens of
photographs of four generations of her family that now fill her tiny home.
People in Adjuntas play old traditional songs in little shops like Lauro Yepez’s place,
where men meet to swap stories and have a drink. When I was there, Tato Ramos, a
local singer, appeared and began to sing in a flamenco style that hasn’t changed for
centuries. The shop quickly filled with working-class men clapping, tapping and
nodding to the music. Ramos improvised songs on topics requested by shop customers.
‘This is a forgotten art,’ said Yepez. ‘People give him a topic and he composes a song,
in proper rhyme.’
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Track 57
Later, I played the recording I’d made for my 88-year-old Spanish father, who has
Alzheimer’s disease. His dark brown eyes shone with recognition. He nodded his head,
smiled, and said, ‘Oh yes, this I remember, this I remember …’
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3 Which paragraph gives information about:
a what life used to be like in Adjuntas?
b a traditional activity that people still do?
c a new activity that people have learned to do?
d what the town looks like?
4 Work in pairs. What can you remember about these things in Adjuntas?
1 the horses 3 Lala Echevarria
2 the town square 4 Tato Ramos
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5 What do you think of Adjuntas as a place to live? Or a place to go on holiday?
Tell your partner and give reasons using information from the article.
Students' own ideas
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Wordbuilding noun ➙ adjective
6 Look at the wordbuilding box. Find the adjectives in the article that are
formed from these nouns.
1 romance (line 10) romantic
2 nation (line 16) national
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7 Complete the sentences with adjectives formed by adding -al or -ic to the
nouns.
energetic and enthusiastic.

1 The farmer never stops working. He’s ____________
costal
2 The ____________ central
part of the island is quite flat and the ____________
part is mountainous.
beneficial
3 Opening the forest park was ____________ for the villagers and the
wildlife.
natural
4 We saw lots of birds in their ____________ habitat.
economic crisis hasn’t affected business.
5 The ____________
historic
6 The ____________ area of the city around the old market is worth
visiting.
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Critical thinking descriptions
8 The writer aims to ‘paint’ a picture of Adjuntas in the reader’s mind. Which
descriptions in the article helped you to build a mental picture of Adjuntas?
Underline words and phrases in the article.
EXAMPLE ANSWERS
a dreamy atmosphere …
a coffee town … high in the mountains of Puerto Rico
the smell of food cooked at roadside barbecues
the beautiful horses that parade through town on holidays
the large, elegant square, with its romantic fountains and stone benches
Grandmothers are everywhere in Adjuntas
Lala Echevarria … still lives in a small, neat and tidy home, … remembers
when the first car arrived in Adjuntas, … used to spend all my time carrying
water, finding firewood, looking after the chickens and the cows, … would
wash our clothes in the river and … used to cook on an open fire
we kids would sit on the floor to eat
the dozens of photographs of four generations of her family
men meet to swap stories and have a drink … working-class men clapping,
tapping and nodding to the music.
His dark brown eyes shone with recognition. He nodded his head, smiled
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9 Work in pairs. Compare the words you have underlined with your partner. Do
you think the writer has been successful in her aims?
EXAMPLE ANSWERS
The writer has been successful. Point out the number and range of
descriptive adjectives (dreamy, elegant, romantic), the way active
verbs are listed to suggest a range of activities or movements
(carrying water, finding firewood, looking after the chickens;
clapping, tapping and nodding) and the way would and used to are
used to evoke nostalgia for a time past.
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Speaking
11 Work in pairs. Choose a place that you both know well and that is attractive
to tourists. Plan and practise a short presentation to persuade people to visit
the destination. Use descriptions that help people to imagine the place. Talk
about:
• the best things to see
• the best things to do
• the best places to eat
12 Work in small groups. Give your presentation. Ask and answer follow-up
questions.
A: … and finally, don’t leave the area without trying the food at the Golden
Lion. It’s delicious and not expensive.
B: Can you tell me what kind of restaurant the Golden Lion is?
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7d To rent or to buy?
Real life stating preferences and giving reasons
1 Work in pairs. Write a checklist of things you should think about when you
are looking for somewhere to live.
EXAMPLE ANSWERS
Cost (rent, bills, local taxes); location and safety (Is it a safe and
popular area? Is it far from work or school? Is it near the city
centre and other facilities you use?); appearance (Is the property in
good condition? Is it attractive and appealing?); local amenities (Is
it near shops, cinema, sports centre, nightlife? Is it on a bus route
or train line?); neighbours (noisy?); size and number of rooms;
features (A garden? A garage? A balcony? Central heating?)
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2 Listen to a conversation at an estate agent’s. Does the woman mention the
things on your checklist? What four things does she specify? Track 58
1 in the town centre 2 to rent 3 two bedrooms 4 a lift
3 Look at the expressions for stating preferences. Listen to the conversation

again. Complete the expressions. Track 58
rent buy
something small
small
a
lift
look at new
older
towns villages
here
walk cycle
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Script Track 58
A = estate agent, C = customer

A: Good morning.
C: Hi, I’m interested in any properties you have in the town centre.
A: OK, and is that to rent or to buy?
C: Oh, it’s to rent. I’ve just started a new job here, so I think I’d rather rent than buy, for now anyway.
A: Right, well we have quite a few flats on our system, from one-bed studios to four-bedroom apartments.
C: I’d prefer something small, but not too small. I imagine I’ll get a lot of friends staying with me. So, two
bedrooms, and preferably with a lift. I cycle a lot and I don’t want to carry my bike up lots of stairs!
A: Well, most of the modern buildings have lifts, but a lot of the properties in the centre are quite old.
Would you rather look at new places or older ones?
C: I don’t mind, at this stage I’m just getting an idea of what things are like here.
A: OK … so you’re new to the area?
C: Yeah, I lived in a little village up near the mountains until recently.
A: Oh, that sounds lovely.
C: To be honest, I prefer towns to villages. The problem with a village is that everyone knows your
business. Maybe I’m unfriendly, but I like the way that in a town you don’t know everyone.
A: Ah yes, I’ve heard a few people say that! To be honest, I prefer living here. I suppose I like my privacy
too. Right, erm, what about garage space? Do you need that?
C: No, I haven’t got a car, I prefer to walk or cycle. It keeps me fit.
A: Of course, you mentioned your bike!
C: Yeah! And anyway, in my experience, driving in town is a nightmare!
A: I know, and it’s getting worse. OK, well, the next thing to consider is your budget and the rental period.
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4 Work in pairs. Can you remember the reasons for the speakers’ preferences?
Compare your ideas. Then check in the audioscript on page 185.
wants to rent – she’s just started a new job

two bedrooms – wants small flat but expects friends to stay
wants a lift – doesn’t want to carry her bike upstairs
prefers towns – likes her privacy
doesn’t want a garage – no car and driving is a nightmare (=
really difficult)
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5 Pronunciation rising and falling intonation
a Listen to this question. Notice how the intonation rises then falls. Track 59
Would you rather live in a town or a village?
b Listen and repeat the questions. Track 60

1 Do you prefer playing football or basketball?
2 Would you rather have tea or coffee?
3 Do you prefer summer or winter?
4 Would you rather go by car or by bike?
5 Do you prefer maths or science?
6 Would you rather eat fish or meat?
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c Work in pairs. Add at least six more pairs of items to the list in Exercise 5b.
Take turns to ask and answer about your preferences.
EXAMPLE ANSWERS
Do you prefer staying in or going out?
Would you rather watch a film or listen to music this evening?
Do you prefer Indian food or Chinese food?
Would you prefer to have no homework or lots of homework?
Do you prefer beach holidays or sightseeing holidays?
Would you rather read a real book or an ebook?
6 Work in groups of three. Where would you rather live? Ask and answer
questions using these ideas. Explain your reasons. Do you think your
preferences will change in the future?
1 In a new house or an old one?
2 In a city or in a village?
3 In a town centre or in the suburbs?
4 At the coast or in the mountains?
5 In a historic area or a new development?
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7e A great place
Writing a description of a place
1 Read the text. Where do you think it’s from? Choose one of the options (a–c).
a a personal blog
b an estate agent’s website
c a tourist information website
b (the text uses typical estate agent words and phrases: charm;
within walking distance; good schools close by; prices are
reasonable)
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1
Sandgate is in the heart of the city and like many other historic city-centre
neighbourhoods, it has a lot of charm. The streets are picturesque, full of fascinating old
shops in gorgeous buildings.
2
As there’s so much to do within walking distance, you won’t need to use a car very often.
There’s the usual variety of bars, restaurants, leisure centres, and so on that you’d expect
in a city. For families, there are great parks (like Greenfields), an excellent public library
and good schools close by.
3
As a person who lives in a city, I know that city people can often have a reputation for
being cold and unfriendly. In Sandgate, however, there’s a real sense of community. The
locals, a mix of older residents and new arrivals, say it’s almost like living in a village.
4
House prices are reasonable for this type of area and, really, Sandgate seems to be
perfect both as a place to live in and a place to visit.
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2 How does the writer describe these things?
streets and buildings: historic; streets are picturesque streets;

gorgeous buildings
shops: fascinating old shops
facilities: variety of bars, restaurants, leisure centres; great parks
(like Greenfields), an excellent public library and good schools
local residents: a real sense of community; a mix of original
residents and new arrivals
atmosphere: a lot of charm; almost like living in a village
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3 Writing skill organizing ideas
a Read the text again. Write the number of the paragraph (1–4) next to the
heading. There is one extra heading.
a What kind of place is Sandgate? paragraph 1
b What are the bad points? (not used)
c Overall opinion? paragraph 4
d What kind of people live there? paragraph 3
e What can you do there? paragraph 2
b Where is the best place in the text to include a paragraph with the extra
heading from Exercise 3a?
The paragraph on ‘What are the bad points?’ should not be first or
last. It could come as the second paragraph, but would be best as
the penultimate paragraph.
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Word focus as and like
4 Look at these two extracts from the text. Choose the correct option. Then
find two more examples of as and like which have these meanings.
1 … and like many other historic city-centre neighbourhoods, it has …

It is similar to / It is many historic city-centre neighbourhoods.
2 As a person who lives in a city, I know …
I am similar to / I am a person who lives in a city.
Other examples in the text: it’s almost like living in a village;
Sandgate seems to be perfect both as a place to live and a
place to visit
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5 Find two other examples of as and like in the text. Match the examples with
these meanings.
1 because because: As there’s so much to do within walking distance
2 for example for example: there are great parks (like Greenfields)
6 Complete the sentences with as and like.

As (having a job, role or use) a life-long resident of my town, I take
1 _____________________________
pride in our community.
like (‘similar to’)
2 I love modern shopping malls _____________________________ this.
as (having a job, role or use) a holiday destination.
3 It’s ideal _____________________________
like (‘similar to’)
4 Our public library is _____________________________ a palace.
5 Like (‘similar to’)
_____________________________ all good cafés, the one in my village
has a great atmosphere.
like (‘for example’)
6 The old buildings _____________________________, the town hall, are
beautiful.
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7 You are going to write a description of your own neighbourhood. Make notes
using the headings in Exercise 3a. Use these words or your own ideas.
8 Decide on the order of the paragraphs in your description. Then write about
150–200 words.
9 Use these questions to check your description.

• Are your ideas clearly organized into paragraphs?
• If you’ve included as or like, have you used them correctly?
• Does your description give the reader a clear picture of your
neighbourhood?
10 Read a description a classmate has written about their neighbourhood.

Would you like to move there or not? Give your reasons.
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7f The town with no wi-fi
Before you watch
1 You’re going to watch a video about a
town in the USA that has no wi-fi or
mobile phones. What would be the
main change in your life if you didn’t
have wi-fi? Would it be good or bad?
Students’ own ideas
Two satellite dishes in the USA
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2 The speakers in the video use American English. Match the American English
terms with similar British English terms.
cell/cellular phone = mobile phone

Congress = Parliament
downtown = city centre
gasoline = petrol
store = shop
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3 Key vocabulary
a Read the sentences. The words in bold are used in the video. Guess the
meaning of the words.
1 Jack built his house to his own design – it’s certainly unique!
2 I’d love to have a telescope to see the stars at night.
3 I can’t call you from the beach because there’s no phone signal.
4 The heavy traffic badly affects the city’s atmosphere.
5 I’ve looked all over the house for the cordless phone, but I can’t find it.
b Match the words in bold in Exercise 3a with these definitions.

2a a piece of equipment that makes distant things seem closer
3b radio waves which are sent or received
1c special and different from any others
4d the air in a certain place or area
5e without a cable or wire attached to it
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While you watch
4 Watch the video. Complete the sentences with the names of the people you
see.
Artie Barkley
1 ____________________ Joyce Nelson
and ____________________ are residents of
the quiet zone (QZ) in Green Bank, West Virginia.
Michael Holstine
2 ____________________ works as the Business Manager of the National
Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) in Green Bank.
Karen O’Neil
3 ____________________ is the Site Director of the National Radio
Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) in Green Bank.
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5 Work in pairs. Discuss the questions.
1 What does quiet zone mean exactly?

2 What does the NRAO do in Green Bank?
1 Quiet Zone (QZ) means no cell phones, etc.
2 NRAO uses a radio telescope in Green Bank for listening for
signals from space.
6 Watch the first part of the video (0.00–0.59) again. Check your ideas from
Exercise 4. What do the people say?
nature
1 Artie Barkley says he just listens to ____________.
protect
2 Michael Holstine says that to ____________ the radio atmosphere,
Congress created the National Radio Quiet zone.
telescope in an area of lots of
3 Karen O’Neil says if you have a radio ____________
radio noise, the signal you’re looking for is destroyed.
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7 Watch the second part of the video (1.00 to the end) again. Answer the
questions.
1 Which ONE of these modern conveniences is it OK to use in Green

Bank?
2 Why would it be difficult to create a new radio quiet zone?
1 diesel engines
2 because you’d have to walk into an area and take things
away from people
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Videoscript The town with no wi-fi
Part 1
0.00–0.24 Artie Barkley, Quiet Zone Resident
What I like best about living in the quiet zone, and it kind of tells the whole story, the quietness.
Some people come here and say, ‘What do you do?’, well I just say I’m doing it right now, you know.
And I say ‘Just listen to nature all around you’.
0.28–0.40 Michael Holstine, Business Manager NRAO
Green Bank, West Virginia is a very unique place. I find it ironic sometimes that we are working with
technology here that’s world class, it’s world leading, but yet no-one here has a cell phone.
0.45–1.02 Karen O’Neil, Site Director NRAO
So a radio telescope works just like an optical telescope, in that if you build it or have it in an area
where there’s a lot of radio noise, the signals that you are trying to look for would be obliterated by
that radio noise in the same way you can’t see the Milky Way in downtown New York City.
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Part 2
1.03–1.39 Michael Holstine
A cell phone on Mars would be the brightest radio object to us in the sky. In order to protect the
radio atmosphere in this area, Congress created the National Radio Quiet Zone, and that’s an area
that’s 13,000 square miles. There’s actually a long list of modern conveniences that we can’t utilize
here, and that generally shouldn’t be utilized in the community. Gasoline engines cause a problem,
we only use diesels on site. Wi-fi modems, cordless telephones, no cellular phones, the automatic
door opener at the local store, no digital cameras.
1.40–1.52 Joyce Nelson, Quiet Zone Resident
I really enjoy it because it’s quiet, it’s peaceful, it’s beautiful. All these electronic technician things
that these kids are sitting pushing buttons on, don’t happen here. Only way you can do that is at
home.
1.55–2.13 Karen O’Neil
It would be very difficult to create a radio quiet zone these days, because in order to create it you
would have to walk into an area and take things away from people. But living here, people have
grown up without it, and they have built their homes and they built everything around the idea that
they will be wired, they won’t have wireless systems.
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After you watch
8 Vocabulary in context
a Watch the clips from the video. Choose the correct meaning of the words
and phrases.
b Answer the questions in your own words. Then work in pairs and compare
your answers.
1 How many world-class sportspeople can you name?
2 Have you ever met anyone who is just like someone you know?
3 What’s life like in your community?
Students’ own answers
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c1 What I like best about living in the quiet zone, and it kind of tells the whole story ...
a is a type that
b generously
c more or less
b2 ... we are working with technology here that’s world class ...
a among the best in the world
b found around the world
c the only example in the world
b3 … a radio telescope works just like an optical telescope …
a better than
b in the same way as
c together with
a4 … and that generally shouldn’t be utilized in the community.
a by people who live here
b inside the NRAO base
c in the shops
c5 ... they’ve built everything around the idea that they will be wired ...
a be continually connected
b be monitored by the NRAO base
c only use technology connected by cables
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9 Work in pairs. Discuss the questions.
1 Do the residents of Green Bank seem happy to live there? Give your
reasons.
2 How would you feel about living in a quiet zone like Green Bank?
EXAMPLE ANSWERS
1 The residents of Green Bank all seem happy. They praise the
peace and quiet or say how amazing it is to work in a high
technology place without using new technology themselves.
2 Students’ own answers
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UNIT 7 REVIEW AND
MEMORY BOOSTER
Grammar
1 Look at the photo of rooftop golf. Then complete the text. Use comparative
forms and patterns of adjectives and adverbs. Use the past simple and used
to form of the verbs.
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I’ve never heard of rooftop golf before. I suppose that as cities get
bigger and bigger (big / big), people live a long way from golf courses.
1 _________________
used to live
When I was a kid I 2 _________________ (live) in a block of flats with a
was
basement car park. During the day, the car park 3 _________________ (be)
used to play
almost empty, so we 4 _________________ (play) football there. Obviously,
better
we played 5 _________________ (well) on a real field and we couldn’t kick
as hard as
the ball 6 _________________ (as / hard / as) when we played outside, but
didn’t mind
we 7 _________________ (not mind). Having the basement meant we could
more often
play 8 _________________ (often). These days in cities, gyms seem to be
more and more popular (more / more / popular).
9 _______________________
I suppose people spend a lot of time sitting at desks or in cars. And
the less active
10 _________________ the less unhealthy
(less / active) they are, 11 _________________
(healthy) they feel. Gyms have taken the place of open spaces in a lot of
cities.
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2 Answer the questions about the text in Exercise 1.
1 What are the advantages and disadvantages of playing football in the

car park?
2 Why are gyms popular in cities?
1 Advantages: they could play more often, it’s convenient

Disadvantages: they couldn’t play as well there as on a field and
they couldn’t kick the ball as hard as when they played outside.
2 People spend a lot of time sitting at desks or in cars and this
means they are less active and feel less healthy.
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3 Write comments about the photo with a comparative form or pattern of the
adverb or adjective. Then compare your sentences with your partner.
1 hit the ball / on a normal golf course (carefully)
2 get / to the edge (close) 1 You have to hit the ball more carefully
than on a normal golf course.
3 practise / want to (often)
2 You get closer and closer to the edge.
4 play / up there (well) 3 You can practise as often as you want to.
5 reach the target / each day (accurately)
6 hit the ball / go (harder / further)
4 You can play better up there. / You can’t play as well up there.
5 Each day you reach the target more accurately.
6 The harder you hit the ball, the further it goes / will go.
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Vocabulary
4 Which is the odd one out in each group? Why?
1 bricks, igloo, wood
2 run-down, skyscrapers, traffic
3 flat, house, neighbourhood
4 built-up, polluted, residents
5 garden, town, village
1 igloo (the others are things that homes are made from)
2 run-down (the others are things you find in cities)
3 neighbourhood (the others are types of home)
4 residents (the others are adjectives which describe cities)
5 garden (the others are places where there are lots of homes)
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5 You are an estate agent with an important house to sell – your own. Make
notes on your home and the area that it’s in. Decide on a price. Then try to
sell your home to one of your classmates.
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Real life
6 Choose the correct option. Then match the two parts of the exchanges.
b 1 A: I’d rather / I prefer to live on my own.
e 2 A: Where would you rather go / to go?
c 3 A: I’d rather / I prefer the country to the coast.
f 4 A: I prefer living / live near my family.
a 5 A: I’d rather / I prefer visit a few more places first.
d6 A: I’d rather / I’d prefer a bigger kitchen.
a B: What’s wrong with this flat?
b B: Are you looking for a flat-share?
c B: I can show you a fantastic beach house.
d B: This flat is nice. Are you going to take it?
e B: I don’t fancy looking around the city centre.
f B: Are you going to live near your work?
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U7 Review-p. 92
7 Work in groups. Ask and answer questions about your preferences. Give
reasons for your answers.
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Bringing the world to the classroom and the classroom to life

84 Homes around the world

86 Sweet songs and strong coffee

90 The town with no wi-fi

a I can’t wait to leave my parents’ house and get some independence.

1 Which room do you spend most time in at home?

1 There’s an excellent _______________ system to get you around the city.

At the end of Sanderson’s project, he built a 3D computer model of the area.

1 New York was a lot greener than it is now.

I remember when I first 1 ______________ (move) to New York from

See next slide for detailed answers

1 Traditional houses usually survive bad _____________ conditions better

6 Look at the grammar box. Underline the comparative adverbs in the

1 A brick house heats up more quickly than a rock house.

Last year, terraced houses sold 1 __________________ (quickly) than flats,

3 children / adults (learn quickly)

4 women / men (work hard)

5 Americans / British people (speak slowly)

6 I / my friends (sing badly)

10 Look at the grammar box. Which sentences describe change? Which

go wrong more and more often

fewer, the better

energetic and enthusiastic.

3 Look at the expressions for stating preferences. Listen to the conversation

A = estate agent, C = customer

wants to rent – she’s just started a new job

Would you rather live in a town or a village?

b Listen and repeat the questions. Track 60

streets and buildings: historic; streets are picturesque streets;

1 … and like many other historic city-centre neighbourhoods, it has …

6 Complete the sentences with as and like.

9 Use these questions to check your description.

10 Read a description a classmate has written about their neighbourhood.

Two satellite dishes in the USA

cell/cellular phone = mobile phone

b Match the words in bold in Exercise 3a with these definitions.

1 What does quiet zone mean exactly?

1 Which ONE of these modern conveniences is it OK to use in Green

2 Why would it be difficult to create a new radio quiet zone?

1 What are the advantages and disadvantages of playing football in the

1 Advantages: they could play more often, it’s convenient

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