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Objectives

GrammarUse articles: a/an, theExpressions for agreeing and disagreeing

ListeningListen for gist and specific information

ReadingRead to check predictions and for detailed information

Critical thinkingWhat we can learn from past and modern inventions

WritingA composition about an invention

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Before using the book:

Ask the students if they can imagine what life would be like if we didn’t have any of the technological developments of this and the last century – no cars, televisions, computers, etc. Ask if they think life would be better or worse without these inventions.

1 Discuss in pairs

1 Focus attention on the photographs and ask the students to identify the inventions (aeroplane,mobile phone, radio, computer, car).

2 Go through the questions with the class to make sure that everyone understands. Then put the students into pairs and ask them to discuss the questions. Emphasise that they don’t have to

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Listen to three people talk about important inventions and say if they make the same choices as you.

Look at the photographs of modern inventions and discuss these questions.

2 Listen and answer

1 Discuss in pairs

Listen again and complete the table with the information you hear.

3 Listen and complete

4 Discuss

ObjectivesGrammar Use articles a/an, the; expressions for

agreeing and disagreeing

Listening Listen for gist and specific information

Reading Read to check predictions and for

detailed information

Critical thinking What we can learn from past

and modern inventions

Writing A composition about an invention

Discuss the following in pairs.

a Take turns to say what you think about these sentences.

• Air travel damages the environment and should be more expensive.

• People spend too much time talking on their mobile phones.

• The television is more interesting than the radio.

b Listen to your partner. Now agree or disagree with what he/she said

using these words.

a Which invention is the most important

in your life today?

b Which is the least important?

Giving opinionsI think… /In my opinion,… /I’ve always thought that…

AgreeingI agree (with you)./You’re right./Yes, that’s what I think.

Disagreeing(I’m afraid) I don’t agree (with you)./I don’t think that’s right.

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limit their discussion to the inventions shown in the photographs. As they discuss, go round, monitoring and helping with vocabulary and ideas.

3 Ask the pairs to report back to the class on their discussion.

Students’ own answers

2 Listen and answer

1 Tell the students that they are going to listen to three people talking about important inventions.

2 Play the recording or read the tapescript, and

same choice of the most important invention as the students on the cassette did.


T A P E S C R I P T

Interviewer: Hello, everybody.All: Hi.Interviewer: Now you’ve seen the different inventions,

I’d like you to tell me which you think is the most important and give me your reasons. Then, can you also say something about the disadvantages of your choice? Magdi, let’s start with you.

Magdi: OK. In my opinion, the most important invention of the last hundred years is the plane, because it has made the world a smaller place. People can travel to other countries in a very short time. For example, I can get on a plane at Cairo airport and be in London in about four hours. The disadvantage is that planes cause air and noise pollution and we have to do something about that soon.

Interviewer: Thanks, Magdi. Nahla, what about you?Nahla: Mmm … I’m afraid I don’t agree with

Magdi. I think the most important invention of the last hundred years has been the telephone – and particularly the mobile phone. Just think about it. I can put a few numbers into my phone and talk to people anywhere in the world immediately. Or, if I haven’t got much time, I send a text message. In the past, you had to write letters and they took weeks to arrive in a foreign country. The only problem is the cost – international calls can be quite expensive.

Interviewer: Thanks, Nahla. What do you think,

Hussein?Hussein: Well, I agree with both Magdi and Nahla,

but in my opinion the most important invention has been the radio. You just switch it on and you can get news from all over the world in different languages. I’m an English teacher and I often listen to radio programmes in English.

Interviewer: Are there any disadvantages to the radio?Hussein: Well, not many. It can sometimes be

hear clearly unless you have an expensive radio.

Interviewer: OK – thanks a lot for giving me your opinions.

3 Listen and complete

1 Focus attention on the table. Explain that the students are going to listen to the three speakers

through the headings in the left-hand column on the table and point out that the answers have been completed for Magdi. Play the recording or read the tapescript, and ask the students to complete the table for the other two speakers.

2 Check answers with the class.

Answers:Magdi Nahla Hussein

invention plane(given)

telephone/mobilephone

radio

goodpoints

Cairo-Londonin four hours(given)

can talk toanyone,anywherein the world, immediately

can get newsfrom all over the world in differentlanguages

badpoints

pollution(given)

expensive can be hard

station; can be hard to hear

4 Discuss

1 Read through the sentences with the class, and then ask the students to take a minute or two to think about what they could say about each of the sentences. Put the students into pairs and ask them to take turns saying what they think about each sentence.

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the instructions for the second part of the exercise with the class. Ask them to take turns to repeat their comments on the statements in a, this time with their partner agreeing or disagreeing with what is said. Point out that the expression I’m afraid ... when used to disagree has nothing to do with fear; it is a way of making disagreement sound softer and less aggressive. As they work, go round helping and encouraging.

dialogue for the class.


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1 Complete these sentences with words from the listening text

1 Ask the students to think back to what Magdi, Nahla and Hussein said about their chosen inventions in the recording. Ask them to work individually to decide how to complete the sentences.

2 Allow the students to compare their sentences in pairs before playing the recording for them to check their answers.

Answers:b four c time d noise

T A P E S C R I P T

a Air travel has made the world a smaller place.

hours.c You can send people text messages if you don’t have

much time.d Unfortunately, planes cause air and noise pollution.e It can be expensive to make international phone

calls.f Hussein often listens to radio programmes in

English.

2 Complete the sentences with the correct preposition

1 Do the example with the class, then ask them to choose the correct prepositions from the box for the remaining gaps.

2 Check answers with the class by asking different students to read a completed sentence aloud.

Answers:a to (given); in b on; in; inc into; to; in d In; ine from; in

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Modern wonders13131 Complete these sentences with words from the listening text

a Air travel has made the world a smaller place.

b You can fly from Cairo to London in about hours.

c You can send people text messages if you don’t have

much .

d Unfortunately, planes cause air and pollution.

e It can be expensive to make phone calls.

f Hussein often listens to radio programmes in .

g Sometimes it can be difficult to a radio station.

Listen to check your answers.

2 Complete the sentences with the correct preposition

from in into on to

a People can travel to other countries a very short time.

b I can get a plane in Cairo and be London a few hours.

c I can put a few numbers my phone and talk people anywhere

the world immediately.

d the past you had to write letters which took weeks to arrive a foreign

country.

e On the radio, you can get news all over the world different languages.

3 Choose the correct words

a A I think planes are the most important modern invention.

B I agree/don’t agree. They cause air pollution.

b A Air travel is incredible.

B You’re right/I don’t agree. You can go anywhere in a very short time.

c A Mobile phones have made the world a safer place.

B I’m afraid you’re right/I don’t agree. Millions of mobile phones are stolen every day.

d A I agree/In my opinion, text messages are the best way of communicating when you are in hurry.

B You’re right/I don’t agree. A quick phone call is much better.

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Articles: a/an, the with singular nounsLanguage focus

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1 Read and discuss

2 Discuss in pairsWhat is the difference in meaning between these pairs of sentences?

4 DiscussTake turns to talk about these subjects for one minute each.

• the worst film I’ve ever seen

• the best book I’ve ever read

• a job you’d like to do

• a job you’d hate to do

• the moon

• the earth

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Study the box, then find examples of these uses in the sentences a–f from the listening.

a We’re meeting my brother at the airport.

We’re meeting my brother at an airport.

b I lent her a CD last week. She gave me the CD yesterday.

I lent her a CD last week. She gave me a CD yesterday.

c Would you like to see a film tomorrow?

Would you like to see the film tomorrow?

Use a/an…

1 to refer to something for the

first time.

2 to talk about one of many

things.

3 to talk about someone’s job.

Use the…

4 to talk about something that you have

already referred to.

5 when there is only one of something.

6 to refer to an invention.

7 with superlative adjectives.

a In my opinion, the most important invention has been the radio.

b The plane has made the world a smaller place.

c If I haven’t got much time, I send a text message.

d It can sometimes be difficult to find a radio station.

e When you’ve found the station, it’s sometimes difficult to hear.

f I’m an English teacher and I often listen to radio programmes in English.

3 Choose and discussChoose the correct articles. Discuss your choice with a partner.

a My father is a/the doctor. In fact, he’s one of a/thebest doctors in our town. A/The town I’m talking

about is Damietta.

b You shouldn’t look at a/the sun. It can damage

your eyes.

c Yesterday I found a/the mobile phone in the road.

Later, my friend Hussein said he’d lost a/thephone. When I showed him a/the phone that I’d

found, he said it was a/the one he’d lost.

d A/The Nile is a/the longest river in the world.

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3 Choose the correct words

1 Ask the students to work individually to choose

if they need help. Monitor the class as they work, giving help and encouragement where necessary.

2 Check answers by asking one student to read the part of A and another the part of B, choosing the correct word. Use different pairs of students for each item.

Answers:b You’re right. c I don’t agreed In my opinion/ I don’t agree

Language focus

1 Read and discuss

1 Go through the information with the

from the sentences below that match each use described in the boxes. For more on the grammar point being taught here, see Grammar Review page 131.


Answers:b 6; 5 c 1 d 2e 4 f 3

2 Discuss in pairs

1 Read the pairs of sentences aloud to the class and then ask different students to read them. Put the students into pairs and ask them to discuss what the difference in meaning is between the sentences in each pair.


Answers:

airport; in the second there may be more.

sentence; in the second, she may have got a different CD back.

one.

3 Choose and discuss

1 Explain and discuss the example with the class, then ask the students to work individually to choose the correct articles in the remaining sentences.

2 Put the students into pairs to compare and discuss their choices before checking answers with the class.

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Answers:a a (given); the; The b thec a; a; the; the d The; the

4 Discuss1 Go through the topics with the

class and make sure that everyone understands the activity.

2 Give them a few minutes to think about the topics and to decide what they are going to say.

3 Put the students into pairs and ask them to take turns to talk about each of the topics for one minute.

4 Ask the pairs to report back to the class on what they talked about. Make sure they use the correct articles in their talks.


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1 Complete these sentences with a,an or the

1 Remind the students of the rules for articles which they studied in the Student’s Book. Explain and discuss the example with the class, if necessary. Then ask them to complete the other gaps.

2 Check answers with the class by asking different students to read the completed sentences.

Answers:a an (given); A; a; The; the; theb an; thec ad an; a; an; the; ae Thef the

2 Complete the conversation with a, an or the

1 Explain and discuss the example with the class, if necessary. Then ask the students to complete the other gaps.

2 Check answers by asking pairs of students to

role play the conversation, reading out their completed sentences.

Answers:b a c a d a e the f ag the h the i a j the k al a m a n the

3 Write about the following using a, an or the

1 Focus attention on the example and point out how the article aof a banana. Ask the students to write similar

a, an or the.

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a I saw an accident this morning. car crashed into wall.

driver of car was not hurt, but car was very badly damaged.

b We live in old house near to Nile.

c When I leave school, I want to be tourist guide.

d I had interview for job in

office, but they gave job to someone

year older than me.

e mobile phone was invented in 1973.

f My brother is fastest swimmer in our school.

2 Complete the conversation with a, an or the

Yasser I was talking to my grandfather yesterday. He said that when he was young, hardly

anyone had a a television in their homes.

Hadi That’s right. Seventy years ago, most families had b radio, but only

c few rich people could afford d television.

Yasser It was the same with e telephone. My father’s family had f

phone, but they only used it for g most important

reasons, for example to phone h village doctor

or to tell people that i new baby had been born

in j family.

Hadi In those days, very few people travelled by plane. If they

wanted to visit k foreign country, they had

to travel on l ship or m train.

And of course, n ship could take days

or weeks to arrive.

3 Write about the following using a, an or the

a banana banana is sweet yellow fruit that grows in hot countries.

b station

c sun

d nurse

e Sahara Desert

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2 As the students write about the remaining topics, go round checking that they are forming the sentences correctly and using the correct articles. Check answers by asking several students to read out their sentences.

Possible answers: b A station is a place where trains stop so that

passengers can get on or off.c The sun is the star in the sky that gives the earth

warmth and light.d A nurse is trained to look after sick people and often

works in a hospital.e The Sahara Desert is the largest desert in the world.f A submarine is a ship that can travel both on the

surface of the water and under water.

Reading

1 Check your vocabulary

1 Tell the students that all these words will be in the text they are going to read later. Ask them to match the words with their meanings and then check their answers in a dictionary.


Answers:b 1 c 2 d 3 e 5

2 Discuss

1 Tell the students that later they are going to read an article about wonders of the ancient and modern worlds. First, ask them to discuss the questions in pairs.

2 Check answers with the class and see if they can agree on seven modern wonders.

Answers:a The Seven Wonders of the ancient world

were the Great Pyramid at Giza, the lighthouse at Alexandria, the Colossus of Rhodes, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Statue of Zeus at Olympia, the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus and the Mausoleum of Mausoleos at Halicarnassus.

b Students’ own answers.

3 Read and answer

1 Ask the students to read the text quickly just

discussed are mentioned. Discourage them from trying to understand every word of the text. Set a time limit if necessary.


4 Read and complete

1 Encourage the students to read the article more carefully this time. Give them plenty of time

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Discuss these questions in pairs.

a What were the Seven Wonders of the

ancient world?

b What are some of the wonders of the

modern world?

Wonders of the modern worldHundreds of years ago, a list was made of the Seven Wonders of the world. The Lighthouse at Alexandria and the Great Pyramid of Giza were among them. The others were buildings or large statues. But what are the wonders of the modern world? Let’s look at two of the most important wonders which are not buildings.

Thirty years ago, computers were huge, expensive machines which filled rooms. Hardly anyone could buy them because they cost so much. Today, however, there are millions of cheap computers in offices and homes across the world. In some countries, many ordinary people have bought one or more computers, which are connected by the internet to shops, banks and offices. More and more people are shopping, paying their bills, studying and doing many other things by computer.

During the last hundred years, there have also been enormous advances in medical treatment. X-rays, for example, make it possible to see what is happening inside our bodies. Doctors can also replace damaged hearts and lungs. No other science has done more to increase our health and happiness.

There are other wonders that can be added to this list, such as space travel and new ways of farming which produce better food. We will look at these next week.

3 Read and answerRead and find if the article has any of your wonders of the modern world.

Match the words a–e with their meanings 1–5. Check in your dictionary.

a lighthouse 1 joined

b connected 2 paper which says how much you owe for something you have bought

c bill 3 what doctors and nurses do to patients to make them better

d treatment 4 a tower with a bright light that tells ships about dangers at sea

e x-ray 5 a photograph of part of the inside of someone’s body

4 Read and completeRead the article again and complete these sentences.

a In the past, computers were much

more .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . and bigger than

they are now.

b Now computers are so cheap that

many ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . people can buy

them for their homes.

c Doctors can take photographs inside

our bodies using .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..

d If people’s hearts are damaged,

doctors can .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . them.

e Medical advances have helped

to make people healthier and

.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..

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5 Read and completeComplete these sentences with the correct form of cost, buy, pay or spend.

a In the past, computers .. . . . . . . . . . . . a lot of

money.

b I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . two pairs of shoes

yesterday.

c My new mobile phone .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $75.

d My brother .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LE 20,000 for

his car.

e My sister . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LE 10 a week on

magazines.

f I’d left all my money at home, so I

couldn’t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . the bill.

g . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . the driver as you get on

this bus.

cost

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to do it and answer any questions they may have about vocabulary.

2 Put the students into pairs and ask them to complete the sentences together.

3 Check answers with the class by asking different students to read the completed sentences aloud.

Answers:b ordinary c x-raysd replace e happier

5 Read and complete

1 Explain to the class that the verbs cost, buy, pay and spend are all used to talk about money. Tell them that they are all irregular verbs. Elicit the

each verb (pay – paid, cost – cost, buy– bought, spend – spent).

2 Go through the example with the class, then ask the students to choose the correct form of one of the given verbs to complete each sentence.

3 Allow the students to compare their results in pairs before you check answers with the class by asking different students to read a completed sentence aloud.

Answers:b bought c cost d paide spends f pay g Pay

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1 Complete this table with irregular money verbs

1 Remind the students that the money verbs are irregular and point out the example to the class. Then ask the students to work individually to complete the table.


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Present Simple present Present perfect

I pay • I • I’ve

It cost • It • It has

We buy • We • We’ve

You spend • You • You’ve

2 Now complete these conversations with money verbs

a A I like your new blouse. How much did it cost ?B I don’t know. My parents it for me.

b A Guess how much I for these shoes?

B I don’t know. Mine me LE 40.

c A Do you want to come to the cinema?

B Sorry, I can’t. I all my money while I was on holiday.

d A Do you know how much it to fly from Cairo to London?

B I flew there last year, but I can’t remember how much I .

e A Where have you been?

B I’ve been shopping. I bread, fruit, vegetables and meat.

3 Complete the puzzle

a How much did that car cost ? Was it expensive?

b The piece of paper that shows you how much you’ll have to

pay when you want to buy something.

c Join two places or things together.

d Doctors give patients this to make them better.

e The Lighthouse at Alexandria was an ancient one.

f It means to change an old or damaged thing for a new one.

g This shows a doctor that you have broken your arm.

Now write a sentence to explain the word down.

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Answers:Present Simple present Present perfect

It cost It cost It’s cost (It has cost)We buy We bought We’ve boughtYou spend You spent You’ve spent

2 Now complete these conversations with money verbs

1 Go through the example with the class, then ask the students to complete the remaining gaps.

2 Check answers with the class, by asking different pairs to role play A and B in the conversations.

Answers:a did it cost (given); boughtb paid; costc spentd costs; paide bought

3 Complete the puzzle

words in the puzzle. Check answers and make sure they all have the correct word (clearly)running vertically downwards in the boxes before moving on to the second part of the exercise.

2 Go round, helping students with their explanations. Check answers with the class and accept any reasonable explanations of the word clearly.

Answers:

Possible answer: clearly: When something is shown clearly, it is shown

in a way that is easy to see, hear or understand.

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Critical thinking

1 Read and answer1 Read the quote with the class, then put

the students into small groups and ask them to discuss the questions. As they do this, go round encouraging and helping where necessary.

2 Ask the groups to report back to the class on their ideas.

Answers:

enables people to explore the universe beyond their own world.

b The science and technology related to space travel have been used in everyday life: the design of small, lightweight equipment; the development of new materials which can be used for a range of everyday things such as medical equipment, use of solar power, etc.

c disease-resistant crops/more intensive use of land/better irrigation/better understanding of nature

d food that is more nutritious/healthy

2 Read and answer1 Read the questions with the class and

make sure students understand them.

2 Put the students into pairs and ask them to read the text and answer the questions together.

3 Ask the pairs to report back to the class on their ideas.

Answers:b between July and November. The land was

under water then and the farmers could not

the pyramids.c They built ramps up the sides of the pyramids

and pulled the stones up the ramps.d – f Students’ own answers

3 Discuss the future1 Read the questions with the class and make sure

all the students understand them.

2 Put the students into different pairs and ask them to discuss the questions. As they do

this, go round encouraging and helping where necessary.

3 Ask the pairs to report back to the class on their ideas. Accept all reasonable answers.

Possible answers: a space stations, robots, etc.b Humans may need to colonise space. On the other

hand, it will always be very expensive, so not available to the majority of the world’s populations.

c They will realise that we can adapt to changes in climate and population.

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1 Read and answerRead this quotation from “Wonders of the modern world” and answer the questions.

There are other wonders that can be added to this list, such as space travel and new ways of farming which produce better food.

a What do you think makes space travel a

wonder of the modern world?

b How can space travel help ordinary

people?

c What new ways of farming are there that

help produce better food?

d What do you think the writer means by

better food?

3 Discuss the futureDiscuss these questions about the future in different pairs.

a What do you think will be the wonders of

the future world?

b Do you think ordinary people will travel

into or live in space?

c What do you think people in the future

may learn from us today? Use the

following expressions.

• In my opinion, people will think that…

is a wonder of the world.

• I think/don’t think that…

• We can teach people in the future

that…

• People in the future will learn/realise

that…2 Read and answer

Read this text about the pyramids and answer four of the following questions.

a How many pyramids are there? .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

b During what months were the pyramids built? Why? .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

c How did they get the huge pieces of stone up the pyramids? .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

d Why do you think they wanted the pyramid to shine brightly? .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

e What qualities were needed by the people who built the pyramids? .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

f What can we learn from people in the past, like the Ancient Egyptians? .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

more than 90

As everyone knows, the Egyptian pyramids are the tombs of the pharaohs, the country's ancient kings. There are more than 90 pyramids in all. The four sides of each pyramid point in the directions north, south, east and west.

We do not know exactly how they were built, but one thing we know is that they were built without the kind of machines and equipment we use today. Most of the thousands of workers who built the pyramids usually worked on farms, but they could not work in the fields between the months of July and November because the land was under water.

The stone was cut and then taken by boat, or pulled on pieces of wood, to the place where they were going to build the pyramid. They put the first stones of the pyramid under the sand. Then they put more huge pieces of stone on top of each other to make steps. To get the stones as high as they needed, they pulled them up ramps which they had built up the sides of the pyramid. Next, they filled in the steps with smaller pieces of white stone. When the pyramids were finished, their sides shone brightly.

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Communication

1 Prepare to speak

1 Put the students into pairs to talk about the advantages of one of the inventions listed. Encourage different pairs to choose different inventions. Go round helping and encouraging as they discuss.

2 Ask different pairs to report back to the class on their ideas.

2 Read and make notes

1 Go through the instructions with the class and

make sure everyone knows what they have to do.

paragraph of the composition. Ask the students to read it and answer any questions they have about it.

3 Go through the example notes and ask the students to make similar notes for the invention they have chosen. Go round the class helping them as they do this.

3 Give a talk

1 Go through the instructions with the class and then put the students into small groups.

2 Tell them to take turns describing both the happiness and the problems their inventions have brought. After each person has spoken, the group should discuss the invention.

3 Ask a representative from each group to report back to the class on what was discussed and decided.

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1 Prepare to speakYou are going to talk about a modern invention. Discuss the advantages of one of these inventions.

2 Read and make notesRead the first paragraph of a composition you are going to continue. Then make notes about an invention you want to talk about, like this.

Invention: Television

3 Give a talkTell other students your own opinions.

a Describe the happiness and problems that your invention has brought.

b Talk for about one minute, using your notes.

c After each person has spoken, discuss your ideas as a group.

d For each invention, decide whether it has brought more happiness or

more problems.

personal computers

the internet

new medical treatments

electricity

How has it brought happiness?

• It teaches people new things.• It shows them places they will

never visit.• It brings them the latest news.

How has it brought problems?

• People watch things instead ofdoing them.

• It can be bad for your eyes.• Children watch too much television.

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Inventions bring problemsas well as happinessPeople invent things for many reasons. For

example, the telephone was invented so that

people can communicate with each other

when they are not in the same place. The

television was invented to bring people news

and interesting information. The telephone

and the television have brought many

people great happiness. However, they have

also brought problems. For example, the

telephone can make people lazy – they may

telephone friends instead of visiting them.

The television can also make people lazy.

For example, more people now watch sport

on television than go out and do a sport

themselves.

In this composition, I am going to write

about how . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(your invention)

has brought both happiness and problems.

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WORKBOOK page 82

1 Read about mobile phones. How many advantages are described?

1 Focus attention on the text about mobile phones. Ask the students to

many advantages are described.

2 Check the answer with the class. Make sure the students can indicate where the advantages are mentioned in the passage.

Answers:Three advantages: using a mobile in the case of a car breakdown; calling for a taxi to go

what work was set for homework.

2 Read the paragraph again and answer these questions

1 Go through the questions with the class and make sure everyone understands them.

2 Ask the students to read the text again and answer the questions. Check answers with the class.

Answers:a I am going to write about; I will start by

looking at; Now I will move on to b Let’s take the example of; Another

3 Write about the invention you talked about in the Student’s Book

1 Go through the instructions with the class. Point out that they should follow the paragraph plan given in the exercise. Remind them of the notes they made in the Student’s Book exercise.

2 As the students write, go round offering help and encouragement. Make sure they are giving examples to illustrate each of their points and that they use some of the recommended words and expressions.

for the classroom walls. Encourage the students to add illustrations or photos if they wish.


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UNIT13131 Read about mobile phones. How many advantages are described?

2 Read the paragraph again and answer these questions

a Which sentences tell you what the writer is going to write about in each paragraph?

b Which phrases does the writer use to introduce examples of the advantages of mobile phones?

3 Write about the invention you talked about in the Student’s Book

a Write the first sentence of two paragraphs, one about the advantages and one about

the disadvantages.

b Write the paragraphs. Each paragraph should have 50 – 60 words.

• Use the notes you made before you talked to your group.

• Use examples to illustrate each advantage and disadvantage.

• Use the present simple tense when you are giving examples.

• Use some of these words and phrases.

Firstly,… Secondly,… Thirdly,…In my opinion,… I think that…

Let’s take the example of…Another example could be…

just simply

In this composition I am going to write about how the mobile phone has brought both happiness and problems.I will start by looking at some of the advantages of mobile phones. Let’s take the example of a woman who is alone in the car when it breaks down. She has her mobile phone with her, so she won’t have to get out of the car to find a telephone. Another example could be a businessman who goes to a meeting, but feels ill and wants to go home. Because he has his own mobile phone, he canjust ring for a taxi and won’t have to ask to use the office phone. And finally, what about a teenager who doesn’t remember whatthe teacher said was for homework? He or she can simply phone or text his friend to ask.

Now I will move on to the disadvantages…

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Assessment

Target element: articles and vocabulary from the unit

1 It’s a sweet yellow fruit that grows in hot countries.2 It’s a photograph of part of the inside of someone’s body.3 It is connected by the internet to shops, banks

4 It brings news and interesting information but can be bad for your eyes.5 It helps people to communicate with each other when they are not in the same place.

6 It is a tower with a bright light that tells ships about dangers at sea.7 It is a paper which says how much you owe for something you have bought.


a nurse, a television, an aeroplane, a radio, text messages

Sample answers:It is a person who helps people in a hospital.

It can make people lazy and it can be bad for youreyes.It causes air and noise pollution.It brings people news and information. It cansometimes be hard to hear.They are a good way of communicating when you

are in a hurry and they are cheaper than phonecalls.


true false

telephone. False, she can use a mobile phone in the car.

The businessman wants to go home because he does not feel well. True

3 He wants to phone because he cannot go to the meeting. False, he wants to phone for a

taxi.

4 False, he can use his mobile phone.

5 The teenager can phone or text a friend to True

Target element: vocabulary from the unitpay, cost, buy and spend

Sample answers:

Speaking Task

Writing Task

Listening Task

Reading Task

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Documents

Transcript of SB pages 81-85 WB pages 79-82 13