1 Choose the correct form. 4 Complete the text with the infinitive or the
form of these verbs. In which gap can both f
Sara: _ We had disaster training at school today. Hea? " AE:
'We learned ' to react / reacting to extreme
situations. be have learn leave run save
Jozef: It’s great ?to know/ knowing you're prepared shout stay tell travel walk
for anything then! =
The angel of the beach
iy ec ae ea A ten-year-old girl from England, named Tilly Smit
managed more than 100 people
Isabella: That's fantastic, but you should *be / being Vệ nợ TP TA:
Ì .
prepared for some difficult situations Five tami Gees eat ea
holiday in December, 2004. On the moming after
celebrated Christmas, they felt like *
along the beach. On the way, Tilly noticed some
Matt: | was thinking of become / becoming an
Judy: — The police said the water is still rising and
it’s not safe enough ° to stay / staying on the
second floor.
Adam: We'd better go / to go to your parents’ ofa teunami, which she remembered
Norse thin: about at school.
She startedS_______ "Tsunami, there’s going!
Akiko: 7 To find / Finding survivors in a disaster is less to be a tsunami’, She persuaded her parents likely after three days. | read that somewhere. ¢____back to the hotel as fast as they Carlos: But the rescue team keep ® look / looking She also made them ’?____a security gui
anyway. s__ Japanese, he had some knowledg
experience of tsunamis. The guard then told every¢
on the beach it was too dangerous ? there and that they should '°
immediately. Minutes later, the tsunami hit the coa The tourists in that area were definitely lucky
-ing form after a certain verb? —__ ___ Tilly there! The newspapers at the infinitive after an adjective? — time called her ‘the angel of the beach’.
infinitive after adjective + enough? —__
2 Which of the speakers in Exercise 1 used the ...
-ing form as a subject?
-ing form after a preposi
infinitive after a certain verb? — itive without to after a modal verb’
`...
.. na
ive without to after had better?_——————
infi
3 Complete the sentences with the infinitive or the -ing form of the verbs in brackets.
1 After his presentation about droughts, James went on _— (talk) about wildfires.
2 Itwent on _ (rain) for another week.
3. Iwill never forget (go) back there the day after the avalanche.
4 Ifyou're outside in an earthquake, don't forget __ (find) an open area.
5 | don’t remember ever (see) winds this strong around here before.
6 Luckily, | remembered ____ (bring) the first-aid kit.
7 We stopped __ (rescue) a koala from the wildfire.
8 After 20 years, | stopped —___ (work) as a
volunteer last month.
3© Grammar references 7.1, 7.2 and 7.3, p170 in Student
42 Unit 7 Wild world
filing in the gaps; complete the
stening ssš.‹-:
d the Exam Reminder and choose the correct
What you read is exactly the same as / similar to what you hear.
" What you should write is exactly the same as /
‘similar to what you hear.
Filling in the gaps
| © In tasks where you have to complete gaps, read the sentences carefully to work out what
type of information is missing.
‘© What you hear will have the same meaning as
the Eetances, but will use different words:
“© What you have to write, however, is the exact
__ word or phrase that you hear.
listen and complete the Exam Task.
ve TASK
Complete the sentences
You will hear a girl called Joanna Harvey talking
‘about the recent flooding in her area. For
questions 1-10, complete the sentences with a word or short phrase.
1 Joanna uses the word
her horrible recent experience.
| 2. Joanna explains the situation was made worse
by the combination of the rain and the
to describe
Joanna doscibeshow_— — given out to help keep their houses safe. — — were _ 4 Onthe evening that their house flooded, all of __ the family felt
They were told to leave the house within
People were offered romsin_—— — —_ ùf they had nowhere to stay. The family were most sad about the with the floodwater. Despite the difficult situation of living away Joanna explained that theirhomes, everyone was. they could feel disappearin Peery helped
‘emergency services to remove the water from their house.
10 Now they have returned to the house, the ~ family is the rooms.
Ýerences 7.4 and 7.5, p170-171 in
comparison of adjectives and adverbs; too, enough, so and such
Grammar
1 Write the words in order to complete the
sentences.
1 _____._____________with the search at that time. (dark / continue / was / too / to / It) 2 Thre_——————_ sothe
volunteers really made a difference. (workers / weren't / aid / enough)
3 When we heard the helicopter, we
cried! (so / we /
happy / were / that)
4t have
earthquake practice at school. (good / such / a/ was / to / idea)
5 The police
a disaster. (enough / arrived / avoid / early / to)
61 — my fingers were
turning blue. (so / was / that / cold)
7 The eruption was a re
it 200 km away. (for / hear / loud / us / to / enough) 2 Complete the quiz about natural disasters with
the correct comparative or superlative form of
the adjectives and adverbs in brackets. Do you know any of the answers?
1 To be called a hurricane, cyclone or typhoon, the
winds of a storm have to be _————_____
(fast)
100 km/h. 119 km/h.
2 Inwhich country did
(powerful) earthquake on record happen?
140 km/h.
Chile USA Indonesia
3. Which country has number of active volcanoes? (large)
Japan USA Russia
4 When are hurricanes happen in the Atlantic Ocean: January or October? (likely) to
5 Whatis (common) cause of
wildfires?
people the sun lightning
6 _______(warm) the temperatures, the higher the risk of an avalanche. True or False?
7 What was (large) natural
disaster in history?
an earthquake a flood 8 Which volcano is
Kilimanjaro or Vesuvius?
9 Which continent has wildfires (frequently): Africa or The Americas?
10 The winds in a typhoon are not nearly
(strong) those in a hurricane.
a cyclone
(big):
True or False?
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44 Unit 7 Wild world
JAG Our EriglisHsaesesasededieiesoesncoguidue
1 Replace the words in italics with an idiom using 3 Read the Exam Reminder. What should the
the word in brackets. you write in the gap do?
1 I'm sory, but I'm going to have to put off our Ben SỐ, arrangement today. (RAIN)
REMINDE 2 Jane, your mind is somewhere else today! (cLoups) Checking agreement * When filing in gaps in sentences, make sur
your word ‘agrees’ with the other words in #
3. You'll be in a tricky situation if the teacher finds sentences (for example, singular or plural).
out! (WATER) * Check your answers, looking for clues in the
text.
4 Even though everyone was getting on fine, | could
feel we would have problems later. (GATHERING) 4 Now complete the Exam Task.
5 Why don't you ask Simon? He's the most sensible
and realistic person | know! (EARTH) Open cloze
For questions 1-8, read the text below and thi
of a word which best fits each gap. Use only of word in each gap.
6 I'mreally sorry, | didn't mean to take attention away from you on your birthday. (THUNDER)
Soe eT, A tale of two cities
7 Ifyour sister finds out about your plan, she'll be annoyed with both of us! (WIND) On a hot August day in 79 CE, the people of Herculaneum — a wealthy seaside town near Naples - watched in horror as a column of vol
ash, gas and stone was sent high (1)__ — the by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. The people
nearby Pompeii were buried (2) this hug
boiling hot lava flow. The people of Herculaneu had some warning and it (3) believed thi
many managed to escape, but several hundred were not (4) _ lucky.
8 It’s only the start of the school year, so we're in the
easy period before it gets worse. (STORM)
2 Complete the text with one word or short phrase from each box.
cause gọt lí put safe When the mud and rock cooled, it became solid
and preserved the structures it had covered Many of the ruins of the houses and streets of
90005053116 3 -0F control Herculaneum are in much better condition
space thefire out
(5) those of Pompeii, Many of the upper
A wildfire started in the Cotsfield woods yesterday storeys of buildings are still exactly (6) =
afternoon. Students from a nearby school had to were then and much of the original wood remaif be moved to a’ _ . Luckily, the even though it is, of course, badly burned. The!
firefighters managed to? Behave is even a wooden Roman bed still preserved.
7 out ____. Itdid, however, Although sad, the ruins of Herculaneum (7)
Wir ie ___ to Old Willie, a 200-year-old fascinating. They are something that (8) ___
tree, which will have to be cut down. The wildfire is visitor to the area should miss.
believed to have started when a group of people who were camping there > __ in an area with lots of dry leaves.
Writi TQ sequencing events; using descriptive vocabulary writing a story
`...
) hours later, they arrived where the earthquake had happened.
In beginning, she was a bit nervous and couldn't do her job properly.
x
At the
then, they found the man. time, Andy called the rescue team.
ona that moment, she realised that all her training had been worth it.
Read the task. Choose the correct options.
| Write a story that begins with this sentence:
vs ja had always hoped this moment would come.
-190 words)
1 The character was / wasn't looking forward to. something.
2 You will write about a negative / positive experience.
3 There will / won't be background information
about ‘this moment’.
|Piminute later atlast finally
ready to blast off.
vn began!
as they were counted down:
had begun.
‘on her way to Mars.
ference p189 in Student
‘a while, she found someone underground.
d always hoped this moment would come. (1)
had begun training with the other astronauts, she had never believed
choose her for the space mission. And yet, here she was, on Hermes
Cy, ae a 4
Ỹ „ everything was ready. She double-checked the controls.
‘of her and caught the eye of her co-pilot. He was as excited as she
command centre informed them that conditions were perfect. The
„ time stood still for Maya. She tried to concentrate on
e Blast off! She felt a
eight on her body as the spacecratt lifted into the air. The long journey
Read the Exam Reminder. What word could you use instead of ran? Can you think of any others?
Using descriptive vocabulary
* Ina story, it's important to express your ideas
more vividly by using descriptive vocabulary.
You could use examined instead of looked at, or dashed instead of ran.
Now read and complete the Exam Task. Use the Useful Language on page 87 of your Student's Book and the ideas from Exercise 1.
Writing a story
We're looking for new authors for our website. | Send us a story between 140 and 190 words. Your story must begin with this sentence:
After three long years, Lucy now had a chance to put into practice all that she had learned.
| Your story must include:
* an adventure
* asetback
Read the notes and the model story and complete it with these words.
in the beginning
‘ Notes
| © Begin with the sentence
| given and introduce the
main character.
+ Set the scene and.
describe background details.
* Describe the feelings of the main character.
* Bring the story to an end. |
, the Hermes Ill entered deep space. Far below, Maya at planet Earth, small and blue. She hoped she would see it again;
Unit 7 Wild world 45
8 Media matters
Read [TQ focusing on individual paragraphs; matching prompts to text
2 Now complete the Exam Task.
1 Read the Exam Reminder and number these sentences in the correct order.
A_ Read the first paragraph carefully. — —
Matching prompts to text
You are going to read an article about the
advantages and disadvantages of Instagram
tourism. For questions 1-10, choose from the sections (A-G). The sections may be chosen moi than once.
B_ Read the whole text quickly.
Read the questions, underlining key words.
Focusing on individual paragraphs
* Read the questions first, underlining key words,
* Read each paragraph quickly. If you find a
match with a sentence easily, make a note of it.
In which paragraph does the writer mention ..
examples of useful information tourists can ] fore visiting a place?
* Read the first paragraph more carefully, matching possible sentences to it. Do the Herc meet Calor Viste 5 ae?
same with the other paragraphs. a city that is trying to get its tourists to take fewer photos?
places that are trying to reduce the number of visitors?
that people should take photos, but also have a good time when travelling?
Is it time to
‘unhashtag’? where many tourists get ideas for their next trips nowadays?
examples of poor behaviour by digital
tourists?
that social media can make a big difference to any tourist city?
small businesses not having to pay to be promoted?
1 Whether it’s in Italy, Malaysia or Australia, the story is almost the same: thousands of tourists at every sight, forming ‘selfie queues’ everywhere. In order to get the
‘perfect photo’ to upload to their social media feed, they sometimes behave badly, for example by being rude to
others or breaking local rules. In the worst cases, they have damaged the environment or have even risked injuring themselves to get that special picture.
a tourist spot that can only be visited for a certain time?
what some businesses are doing to encourage people to take photos?
However, as much as the behaviour of some social media users on holiday can spoil other people’s
The behaviour of these wannabe influencers has caused 10 a reaction from tourist spots. The beautiful capital city
of Austria, for instance, has recently been trying to get
its visitors to ‘Unhashtag Vienna’, encouraging them to put down their phones and enjoy ‘the really important,
experience, there are also many positive sides to this
trend. Nowadays, digital tourists can ‘make or break’
any destination. This means that many of the over o1
billion Instagram users, for example, especially from Ì younger generation, choose their next holiday locatiol beautiful and enjoyable moments’ of their holiday. Phrases 30 from the photograph-sharing platform. This can ca like ‘See Vienna, not #Vienna’ and ‘Enjoy the city behind huge increase in tourist numbers in some areas.
your pics’ are displayed in airports and magazines. =
Local shops and restaurants, especially small ones | Vienna is not the only tourist destination to take a brave who cannotafford to spend a lot of money on step against the rise of ‘social media tourism’. The Taj advertisements, are often the ones that benefit the Mahal in India has reduced visiting time in order to keep _ most from appearing for free on social media. Many 20 tourists moving and stop selfie queues. Cities popular with tourists like Venice and Amsterdam are also starting to control the number of visitors that can stay overnight. backgrounds for photosorgiving customers discounts have already noticed this and have made an effort tom their site more ‘instagrammable’ by creating colourful
when they add location hashtags to their photos.
46 Unit 8 Media matters
Vocabulary tie media
Choose the correct option.
4 Did you get the voicemail / attachment | left on your phone yesterday?
2 ve always wanted to be a journalist / camera operator, but I'm not very good with words.
3. That photo you posted of the sunset on the cliff got a lot of likes / selfies.
4. There was an interesting discussion going on in the homepage / chat room last night
5 When | have a problem, | prefer to call the helpline / web chat to make sure I'm talking to a
real person.
6 liked / googled my name the other day. It’s scary how much information about you is online.
7 The user/ follower group | am part of always has interesting tips about photography.
are also a number of advantages for the visitors ves. We have known for a long time that ot0s are excellent souvenirs of our trips, but in the tal age, looking at other people’s feeds can provide
information on tourist sights we are planning Wisit that day, such as the local weather and the size
the queues.
fienna have a point though? After all, of the 95
m photos that are uploaded daily on Instagram,
are taken on holiday. Maybe it is time to stop ig about recording every single moment of our
S. There is no doubt that the world is better when
Te connected to it and it is nice to have something to
a ‘our experiences. However, isn’t it even more
MPortant to enjoy those experiences in the first place?
(n) from the phrase ‘want to be’; a person who
Hobe something
Complete the text with these words.
blogger engines followers headlines
host influencer offline online
profile selfies
Gaining influence
If you're trying to be a digital ' with thousands of 2 , these tips might be
useful:
® Post lots of ® : people love to see
pretty places and food, but they go on your online 4 mainly to see you!
* Try other platforms: you can be the5__—_
of a podcast or a* _ who writes posts about what you like doing. Then link them back to your social media.
® Make search” — __ work for you: choose the hashtags on your photos and the
8 __ of your blogposts carefully so that people can find you more easily.
* Be yourself: the person you are?
shouldn't be very different from who you are
ôin real lites
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