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First published 2008 Reprinted 2008 (twice) Produced by Pearson Education Asia Limited, Hong Kong CTPS/03 ISBN 978-962 -0r-937 6-7 Publisher: Simon Campbell Senior Editor: Howard Cheung Project Editor: Jessica Balde Editor: IeffZroback Designers: Iunko Funaki, Tonic Ng Illustrators: Balic Choy, Bernd Wong Audio Production: David Pope and Sky Productions For permission to use copyrighted images, we would like to thank @ Laureen Morgane/zefalCorbis (pp. 4 L and 9), Chris Stowers @ Dorling Kindersley (pp 5 TR and I2), @ Ariel Skelley/Corbis (p. 15), Yellow Dog Productions/Getty Images (p. 23), Andy Crawford @ Dorling Kindersley (p. 26), Benelux/zefalCorbis (p. 29), @ Mika/zefalCorbis (p. 32), Philip Dowell @ Dorling Kindersley (p 35), @ LarryWilliams/zefalCorbis (p. 37), Dorling Kindersley @ Rowan Greenwood (p. 40), @ Lori Adamski Peek/Getty Images (p. a3), @ Patrickward/Corbis (p. 44 R), Linda\Vhitwam @ Dorling Kindersley (p 48), Demetrio Carrasco @ Rough Guides (p 51 L), @ Catherine Karnow/Corbis (pp. 5I R and 52 R), @ GrantV Faint/Getty Images (p. 52 L), @ Stephane Cardinale/People Avenue/Corbis (p. 5a), @ Iohn Eder/Getty Images (p 57), @ Nancy KaszermanlZUMA/Corbis (p. 62 L), @ FrankTrapper/Corbis (p. 62 R), @ RichardT. 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Iason Renshaw The Publishers would also like to thank the following teachers for their suggestions and comments on this course: Tara Cameron, Rosanne Cerello, Nancy Chan, Chang Li Ping, foy Chao, Jessie Chen, fosephine Chen, ChiangYing-hsueh, Claire Cho, Cindy Chuang, Linda Chuang, Chueh Shiu-wen, Mark de Boer, Mieko Hayashida, Diana Ho, Lulu Hsu, Eunice Jung, Hye Ri Kim, Iake Kimball, Iosie Lai, Carol Lee, Elaine Lee, Melody Lee, Peggy Li, Esther Lim, Moon Jeong Lim, Iasmin Lin, Martin Lin, Catherine Littlehale Oki, Linda Liu, Tammy Liu, Goldie Luk, Ma Li-ling, Chizuko Matsushita, Geordie McGarty, Yasuyo Mito, Eunice Izumi Miyashita, Mari Nakamura, Yannick O'Neill, Coco Pan, Hannah Park, Karen Peng, Zanne Schultz, Kaj Schwermer, MiYeon Shin, Giant Shu, Dean Stafford, Hyunju Suh, TanYung-hui, Devon Thagard, John and Charlie van Goch, Annie Wang, Wang Shu-ling, Wu Lien-chun, Sabrina Wu, Yeh Shihfen, Tom Yeh, Laura Yoshida and Yunji Yun. The publisher's policy is to use paper manufactured from sustainable lorests I I p.B Science and Nature Lecture on global warming &l \i Sports and Leisure fx r, '" iWffi Review ry TL;'d;,r: ila'r rlahrrfinn< i Culture and People Radio program discussing birthday traditions and history K" llllzrrlzchaat Dialogue about planning a festival -ff I l__- Worksheet 2 U] Lecture on the Grand Canyon q &{ ,8 Geography and Nature r: ]i:.:r:tr:r:1, : .i l.r,.l ,rl: ,: il.'r r' , rr:1. i rr:rr 'i : lltlnrlzcheot p.41 |ll Sports and Leisure Dialogue about a student's vacation p.47 lAtnrksheet W Review p,48 Theme: Movies Culture and People Lecture on Hollywood and Bollywood Worksheet p. 55 Culture and People Phone conversation about movie tickets ,pi ,56i,l Worksheet p.61 Review 4 p.62 l,: ffii History and Geography Lecture on Atlantis Worksheet p.69 at:ta:t:al :t:r:rtrr:iil lt fr \ ,,.,.i',1 History and People .!.dtint!fu !.h'$ leuiA:r l ,a:nd,.lgffett,.,'.',.'., 'l' ' .'':,.1' ;'.' Presentation on Stonehenge 11p1,,,70;,. T Worksheet p. 75 Review 5 p.76 Theme: News and Current Affairs fj Worksheet Class report on online news p. 83 Culture and People ,,l.,:De{id.]ngi.!f.'e',',, l:,,,r'r,,, ',,.Sp.ea.kei :,i.i, iU,ie,,,ot: ',,,t1h5,U:iel,',,,'' :,:,',.,, .,.,,,,,.,,, Dialogue about news stories p.89 Worksheet Review 5 p. 90 CD Script p.92 Finding the main ideas (11 Listening for repeated key words can help you find the main idea of a listening passage. While listening and taking notes, you can add stans or manks next to the wonds you hean more than once. Howeven, mark only the nepeated content words such as key nouns, venbs, adjectives and adverbs, but notfunction words like articles la, an, thel,conjunctions land, or because,4etc.j and prepositions lof in, at, etc.]. You will need to learn to pay less attention to these than to repeated content words. You should also pay attention to diffenent wond forms such as /ose, /ost, losrng and high, highea height, heighten. To pnepane students fon this unit, write weather, warm and warmer on the boand. Have students listen to Tnack 2 from Unit 1 and raise their hands each time thev hean the words or fonms of the wotds fAnswens: weathen x 3, wanm x 1, wanmer x 3J. A Globol worming is cousing seo Ievels to become higher ond higher. This could result in people who live on islonds losing their homes. There clre mony islonds in the oceons thot don't hove mountoins, so seo Ievels don't need to get much higher before these islands ore lost. This mqkes globol worming o very big problem for countries thot ore mode up mostly of low islonds, such os Fiji ond the Solomon Islonds. 1. globol worming (twice) 4. islonds (five times) 2. seo levels (twice) 5. losing/lost (twice) 3. higher (three times) Globol worming is moking seq levels higher, so people who live on islqnds could lose their homes. 1. Become higher. 3. Islonds thot do not hove mountoins. 2. People who live on islonds. 4. Countries mode up mostly of low islonds. @ o A 1. If temperotures continue to rise, mony onimol species could become extinct. 2. Would higher seo levels meon some countries will become smoller? 3. Glociers oround the world ore melting becouse of the wormer climote. 4. Reducing greenhouse goses will help us to slow down globol worming. 1. temperotures, rise, onimol species, extinct 2. higher, seo levels, some, countries, smoller 3. glociers, melting, wormer, climote 4. reducing, greenhouse goses, slow down, globol worming [...]... dialogue and write the answers 1 Who qre lost? 2 Where ore they lost? 3 When did Gino's dod leorn whot to do if he wos ever lost? Why is it hord to see which woy is downhill? How con they tell which woy is downhill? @ Listen the statements write the contracted to and words 1 4 2 5 3 6 Photocopiable rOPearson Education Asia Limited2008 Boost! Listening 2 Llsten to the lecture and take notes on a separatepiece... the lecture and write the word that showsthe contrast Ideq 1 Word thqt shows the controst ldea 2 young people'sbirthdoy porties oldestperson's birthdoy porties 1 very lorge fomily closest fomily members 2 closest fomily members hugeporty 3 Photocopiable @ Pearson Education Asia Limited2008 Boost! Listening 2 Making inferences (1):Who and what youmust make state who is doingonwilldo what.Inthis case,... word you hear to and 1 nightimightlright 3 knows / goes / shows 2 youlwho/do 4 bell / yell / well Photocopiable O Pearson Education Asia Limited2008 Boost! 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Cindy: Alqn: Mr Lee: exchonge student I alot of good ideos for porty gomes huge collection of music from oround world Ken's mom: mode cheesebolls for closs Picnic Alon: con point well 1 Mr Lee 2 Alan 1.c 2. b 1 nisht 2 who Mondy: o o O 3 Mondy mom 4 Ken's 3 knows 4 well International Festival lMhatforei$n countries lrave your you,l:rwisited? 0 isculss ,,6h5tfi{€f5" inferences [1J:Who and what l\flaking... for worksheet (fr) at www.boostskiflsseries,com Ee Dote: Closs: Listen the dialogue to and complete table the @ Person Detqils obout the person Mondy Mr Lee Ken'smom Alon @ write the answers 1 Who might be the Df? 2 Who might moke the decorotions? 3 Who might orgonize the octivities? 4 Who might prepore the food? @ Circle bestanswer the Whot con we nof infer qbout Mr Lee? 2 Whot con we not infer obout... their full forrn 1 we're _ we are 2 Where'e - 3 I'll - lwill 4 shouldn't, - should Whereis Birthdry Parties Findingthe main ideas [2) is the Usually, speaker theinmainideain the fonmof a question intnoduce speakens Sometimes what thinkabout but to an expecting answen the question, lustwantsto makelistenens not peally passage, and the questions introduce mainideaof a listening can wouldbe.These theinanswer . statements and write the key words. 1 2 3 4 Photocopiable @ Pearson Education Asia Limited 20 08 Boost! Listening 2 Listening for details:Who, when, where, why and how Listening fon details can be. to the statements and write the contracted words. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Photocopiable rO Pearson Education Asia Limited 20 08 Boost! Listening 2 Llsten to the lecture and take notes on a separate. go to pages 7 0 -7 2.