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1 Reading and listening:

Pleasure and guilt
Frequency expressions with
the Present simple
Pleasure
Present Perfect simple
and adverbs
Holidays
Speak: Plan a holiday resort
Food and enjoyment
Comparison of adjectives

It’s a pleasure Exploring words Writing Language in action

Holidays and activities Describing leisure facilities Asking and answering personal questions
Pronunciation: stressed and unstressed words
Pages 4–13
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2 Listening and reading:

Family customs
used to
Celebrations
Present perfect and
Past simple
Traditional roles
Speak: Group consensus
Traditional costumes
Adjective order

Traditions Exploring words Writing Language in action

Food and cooking Describing a public event Invitations
Pronunciation: sentence stress; sounding enthusiastic
Pages 14–23
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3 Reading: Employment
trends
Present continuous for
trends
Teleworking
Present perfect continuous
Unusual jobs
Speak: Short presentations
A zoo keeper
Word order: time and
place words and phrases /
adverbs of manner
Working Exploring words Writing Language in action
Jobs and work Letters and faxes Agreeing and disagreeing
practices
Pronunciation: stress and linking
Pages 24–33
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4 Reading and listening:

Interesting journeys
Past simple and Past
continuous
Exploration
Past perfect
Important firsts
Speak: Survival plans
A balloon trip
Time clauses and
sequencers

Journeys Exploring words Writing Language in action

Air travel Describing an incident Requests
Pronunciation: linking; sounding polite
Pages 34–43
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5 Reading and listening:

Away from home
The future – predictions,
expectations,
Island life
will and going to:
other uses
Taking a year out
Speak: Plan a year out
Living out of town
Articles

arrangements, intentions
Away from it all
Exploring words Writing Language in action
Places Describing places Opinions
Pronunciation: silent letters; linking
Pages 44–53
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6 Listening and reading:

Marriage
Permission, obligation,
prohibition
Arranged marriages
Permission and obligation (2)
Our romance with the car
Speak: Design an ideal car
Friends
Indefinite pronouns

Relationships Exploring words Writing Language in action

Love and marriage Personal letters Permission
Pronunciation: sounding happy to give permission
Pages 54–63

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7 Listening and reading:

What makes you laugh
can, could: ability, possibility,
permission, requests,
Why laughter is the best
medicine
Modal verbs: can, could,
may, might: possibility
National characteristics
Speak and write: Describe
characteristics
Comic actors
Relative clauses (1): who,
which, that

suggestions and uncertainty

Seriously funny
Exploring words Writing Language in action
Body language; extreme Short stories Making suggestions
adjectives Pronunciation: silent letters; sounding enthusiastic
Pages 64–73
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8 Reading and listening:

Modern communications
Reported speech (1):
Statements
Shyness
Reported speech (2):
Questions
Being bilingual
Speak: Plan a lesson
Answerphones
Expressing quantities

Making contact Exploring words Writing Language in action

Telephone language; say, E-mails Making and answering telephone calls
speak, tell; adjectives Pronunciation: strong and weak forms

Pages 74–83
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9 Reading and listening:

Crime and the law
Conditional sentences (1):
zero and first
Noise nuisance
Conditionals (2): second
Murphy’s Law
Speak: Other ‘laws’
Laws of nature
Expressing purpose and
reason

Laws Exploring words Writing Language in action

Crime and the law A personal letter to a friend Asking for and giving reasons
Pronunciation: wh- questions; strong and weak forms
Pages 84–93
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10 Reading and listening:

My idea of home
Passive and active verb
forms
Living underground
Passive verb forms (2)
Modern architecture
Speak: Plan a building
Eviction; the Pompidou
centre
Relative clauses (2):
whose, where, why, when

A roof over Exploring words Writing Language in action

Buildings and materials A letter expressing opinions Checking and correcting
your head
Pronunciation: stress for emphasis
Pages 94–103
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11 Reading and listening:

Eating styles
have and get
Exploring words
Earrings and tattoos
have something done

Writing
Fashions in music
Discussion

Language in action
Fashion models
so and such

Fashions The arts Reviews Apologizing

Pronunciation: giving bad news; sentence stress

Pages 104–113
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12 Listening and reading:

Ambitions
Advice
Exploring words
Women footballers
Conditionals (3): third

Writing
Becoming a success
Speak: A 5-point plan for
being successful
Language in action
Exams
all, both, either, neither
none

Success The language of money Articles Review of functional language

Pages 114–123

Language commentary p.124 Tapescripts p.140 Pronunciation p.150 Interaction and check p.154
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