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Introduction Grammar and practice p64
1 Possible answers Past time
a While the styles of food are very different, the
1 Key
photos show groups of people enjoying food
a past perfect c present perfect
together. Photo 1 shows Asian children eating
b past simple d past continuous
typically Western food, while photo 2 shows
Westerners enjoying a Japanese meal.
2 Key
Similarly, the forms of transport are different,
a past perfect c past simple
but photo 3 shows traffic congestion in an
b present perfect d past continuous
Asian city, which is often associated with
western capitals like London, and photo 4
3 Key
shows a bicycle rickshaw in a western city,
1 a past simple
probably London, where this typically Asian
b past perfect
form of transport has been adopted.
In sentence a, the play started just as they
d Travelling to other countries can be an
arrived. In sentence b, the play started before
opportunity to learn about the people,
they arrived at the theatre.
languages, customs and environment of
2 a present perfect simple
another place. This can lead to a broader view
b present perfect continuous
of the world and a better understand of your
In sentence a, the presents were bought at an
own place in it.
unspecified time in the past. In sentence b, the
speaker has just returned from buying them and
might even be carrying shopping bags.
3 a past continuous
Reading p62
b past simple
3 Key
In sentence a, the speaker was in the act of
1 F 3 E 5 G 7 B crossing the road. In sentence b, the speaker had
2 H 4 A 6 D finished crossing the road before he/she saw
Adam.
Extra sentence: C
4 a past simple
4 Key
b past continuous
In sentence a, she finished filing it out. In
a When he woke up and saw that there were
sentence b, it s not clear if she has finished filing
different people on the plane.
it out or not.
b She had probably got off.
c He had escaped from the airport.
5 a past simple
b present perfect
In sentence a, he doesn t work for a travel agency
Phrasal verbs: travel
anymore. In sentence b, he still works as a travel
5 Key
agent.
a 3 c 1 e 7 g 4
b 5 d 6 f 2
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4 Key
Exam techniques p66
1 had just had 7 had made
Use of English Part 2
2 was working 8 refused
3 lived 9 held
4 heard 10 dropped
Dos and Don ts
5 was sitting 11 looked
1 Key
6 was going 12 missed
1 made 6 to 11 after
2 of 7 in 12 what
Participle clauses
3 us 8 any 13 for
5 Key 4 had 9 a 14 had
5 it 10 although 15 were
a Settling into my seat
b Not knowing what else to do
c Having rung Georgina
6 Key
Vocabulary p67
1 b 2 a, c
Lead in
7 Key
1 Key
a As/When I settled into my seat
impolite, disrespectful, inadvisable, uneducated,
b As/Since I didn t know what else to do
indecent, inconsiderate
c When/After I had rung Georgina
8 Key
Negative adjectives
a But, not recognising the man immediately, he
3 Key
said nothing.
immature, dishonest, impossible, inadequate,
b Opening his mouth to ask him what he
illogical, unavailable, irrational
wanted, Michael suddenly realised who the
1 l 3 p
man was.
2 m 4 r
c Not having seen his brother since he
emigrated to Canada over twenty years ago,
4 Key
Michael hadn t recognised him earlier.
inappropriate disobedient
d Having grown a beard, his brother looked
uncomfortable impatient
quite different.
incorrect immoral
e Being so pleased to see his brother Patrick,
inexpensive irresponsible
Michael threw his arms around him and
unimportant unsuccessful
hugged him tightly.
illegal unsuitable
Key word transformations
5 Key
9 Key
a unsuitable e irresponsible
1 has been unemployed for
b disobedient f inexpensive
2 when he had peeled/finished peeling
c impatient g unsuccessful
3 not seen Sandra since last
d illegal h inappropriate
4 leave until she had locked
5 is/has been ages since I enjoyed
6 been nobody/no one sitting
7 was surprisingly easy to
Exam techniques p68
8 couldn t wait to get
9 took Georgina a long time
Listening Part 4
10 from feeling tired
Dos and Don ts
Key
1 C 3 A 5 B 7 B
2 C 4 B 6 A
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would kick the dog to chase it away from
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the tables  so in the middle of all this
Man A restaurant I ll certainly never forget is
you had this incredible noise. And the
one that I used to go to when I was
owner s family lived, really, at the back
working in a small town in north-east
of the restaurant. Their house, such as
Thailand. That was some time ago now 
it was, was just a couple of tables at
the late 80s?  can t remember. Anyway, it
the back of the room. And so
doesn t matter. It was possibly the best
occasionally you d hear the voice of the
restaurant in town, in terms of the
wife shouting down the restaurant to her
quality of the cooking. It was called
husband, and the baby crying  so there
Number One for that reason. It was
were occasionally little bits of domestic
really THE restaurant in town. Everyone
pandemonium going on at the back as
went there, particularly the government
well. In some ways, looking back, it seems
officials. It was actually quite
like a scene out of hell  the flames and
inappropriate to call it Number One
the noise and the dirt and the general sort
because when you went into the
of chaos. And yet ironically that in itself is
restaurant the first impression you got
a sort of appropriate description because
was of a place that was amazingly noisy
the food, when you did get it, was
and incredibly filthy. The building itself
absolutely out of this world. It wasn t just
was pretty ramshackle  the roof was just
good, it was absolutely delicious.
corrugate iron, rusty and very dirty, and
the floor was just bare concrete, and I
don t think it had really been given a good
clean for years and years. And with all the
fat and the cooking over the years there
Vocabulary p69
was fat and grease and dust and cobwebs
and heaven knows just everywhere. It was
Lead in
an incredibly dirty place. The chairs and
tables were just, well, basic wood, and in
1 Key
the case of the tables there was a plastic
a It is unacceptable not to finish your serving of
top so they could be wiped clean, but
rice.
hygienically, well, nothing very wonderful.
And all the cooking was done in one
corner, and the kitchen wasn t at all
Confusing words
separate. The cooking corner  it wasn t
2 Key
really a kitchen  was actually a part
dishes (plates is the crockery that food is served
of the restaurant, and so you had all the
in)
cooks there, about three or four of them,
crowded into this one area with the stoves pair (pair is used to talk about two things which
and the fires burning up so high that the
are specifically used together, e.g. a left and right
area was incredibly hot. And the cooks
shoe make a pair; couple simply means two of
were all, because it was so hot, just
something)
dressed in shorts and T-shirts. They were
raises (rises means to get higher, rather than
all men the cooks, and again the T-shirts
move something up)
weren t particularly clean either. And the
whole atmosphere was just one of chaos
3 Key
and noise  you had the cooks in the
a recipe e savoury
corner chopping away and banging pots
b fast f cook
and pans about and the flames roaring up.
c junk g menu, list
The waiters would be shouting orders to
the cooks, and the cooks would be d tap, still
shouting back at the waiters to hurry up
or get this done, or the food was ready for
Extreme adjectives
number 1 or number 2 table. There would
be the sound of chopping  it was a Thai 4 Key
restaurant so everything was freshly
tiny
cooked, all the vegetables were freshly
cooked, and the meat was chopped and
5 Key
cooked right there. And now and again
hilarious  funny
you d get a yelp from one of the dogs that
boiling  hot
was sniffing around picking bits off the
delicious  tasty
floor, and occasionally one of the diners
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different. You know what it s like  when
amazed  impressed/surprised
you ve lived all your life in one place it
filthy  dirty
gets a bit  samey
. I can t say I know much
huge  big/large
about Spain or the people yet, though. I m
terrified  scared/afraid/frightened
working here as an au pair, and I ve got
delighted  happy/pleased
three children to look after, all under six.
freezing  cold
So, even when I have some free time, I
exhausted  tired
don t have much energy to go out. I don t
spotless  clean
speak much Spanish yet either because
furious  angry
everyone I meet wants to practice their
English. What can you do?
6 Key
Speaker 3 I was a bit tired when I arrived  I couldn t
a boiling d angry, hilarious
sleep on the plane unfortunately. John
b small e delighted picked me up at the airport and took me
to the office. We had a short meeting
c spotless f delicious
to sort out the finances, and then I took
a taxi straight to the hotel. It s a great
place. I m on the thirty-first floor, so I ve
got a pretty good view of the city centre.
Listening p70
The White House is just a few blocks away,
apparently. And it s got all the usual stuff:
air-conditioning, satellite TV. You wouldn t
Think ahead
believe the bed thought, it s absolutely
huge.
1 Possible answers
Speaker 4 I d been to Norway on holiday on several
Other reasons for going to other countries
occasions but, ironically, I met Thomas
include: to experience another culture; to get a
when I was in the States, having an
suntan; to see the landscape and wildlife; to
operation. He was working as a nurse in
teach a language or another skill; to see or
the same hospital. We kept in touch after I
participate in a sporting event.
came home, and then I cam over to
Norway again the following summer. We
Multiple matching got engaged almost immediately and
had a church wedding a few months
2 Key
later. We ll actually be celebrating our
a b
second anniversary this October. I ve never
Speaker 1 Australia Speaker 1 positive regretted coming here and I don t think
Speaker 2 Spain Speaker 2 negative we d ever consider moving. The lifestyle is
better  it s much less stressful. Maybe the
Speaker 3 USA Speaker 3 positive
people are a bit cold at first, but once you
Speaker 4 Norway Speaker 4 positive
get to know them they re really nice.
Speaker 5 France Speaker 5 positive
Speaker 5 I did it at school but the teaching methods
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were so old-fashioned that I never got
Speaker 1 I ve been in Australia for a month now very far with it. I remember I had a pen-
and I ve really enjoyed it. It s just so friend when I was sixteen and went over
different. My sister keeps telling me I to France for a month and couldn t even
should consider moving out here but I m ask the way. Yet I could read poetry in
not sure. Obviously it would be nice to be French. How ridiculous is that! So this
able to see more of her. This is the first time round I decided the only way to
time I ve seen her in five years. I don t really get to grips with it was to go to
get to see here that often just because it s the country and spend a few months
so expensive to get here. I can t really there. I didn t bother with classes because
imagine what it would be like to actually I didn t want any formal teaching. I just
live here in a permanent basis. Sydney s a really wanted to surround myself with
lovely city but I m not sure if I d want to French and immerse myself in it. And it
settle down here. I think I d miss being so worked. I m much more fluent now than I
far away from Europe. But who knows? was.
Speaker 2 Why did I come to Spain? Well, as far as
my parents are concerned I cam here to
learn Spanish. The real reason though
was that I fancied something a bit
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c Yes. Agnés doesn t use formal phrases like
4 Key
 Dear &  and  Yours faithfully .
Speaker 1 F Speaker 4 A
Speaker 2 E Speaker 5 D
Speaker 3 C Creating interest
The extra statement is B.
3 Key
1 d 3 e 5 b
Phrasal verbs with look
2 c 4 a
5 Key
4 Key
a 7d 6g 3
interest in the other person: b, d
b 5 e 1
making the letter more descriptive: a, c, e
c 4 f 2
5 Key
1 briskly
2 crowds of
Speaking p71
3 cheering
4 scarlet and black
Possible answers
5 shiny
As a volunteer on an archaeological dig, you 6 enormous
could learn about the people who lived in a
country in the past and how the history of the
Think, plan, write
country was shaped.
6 Key
From doing voluntary work you could learn
a The letter should start with  Hi or  Hello and
about the problems that people in that country
go on to ask how your friend is.
face while meeting lots of the locals on a
b Include information about where, when and
personal level.
why the festival takes place. Describe some
By having a holiday, especially a relaxing one,
features and tell your friend about parts you
you could probably learn only about the beaches
think they would find interesting.
and climate, and about what facilities are
available for tourists.
From learning a language you could learn a lot
about the culture and be able to participate in it,
Overview p74
as well as discovering the country s literature.
On a backpacking holiday you could learn about
1 Key
the geography of a country and find out about
1 were 6 with
the natural environment.
2 where 7 to
3 as 8 as
4 who/that 9 well
5 the 10 of
Writing p72
2 Key
Informal letter
a
1 Key 1 hadn t rung 5 found
2 got 6 was lying
a The letter will be read by your pen-friend.
3 rushed 7 had packed
b The purpose is to describe a festival you know.
4 had left
c The tone should be friendly.
b
2 Key
1 have ever ridden
2 sat
a Yes. The letter describes a festival in Agnés s
3 seemed
home town.
b Yes. Agnés uses a familiar tone, contractions,
and phrases such as  Drop me a line .
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3 Key
1 happened 4 was listening
a up e off
2 was travelling 5 was lying
b over f off/out
3 was driving 6 had crashed
c up g forward
d in, round h after
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