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Write translations and try to remember the words.

Gagarin. What was he famous for? What happened to him in the end?

IJ Listen again and complete the notes. You sometimes have to write more than one word.

Gagarin was born in a smafl l _ in Russia ealled l<lushino.

I-le worked as a 2in the Soviet Air Foree.

The Soviets those Gagarin and 3_ other cosmonauts

for their space programme.

Yuri's main strengths were his 'bright mind' and 4_

The flight took place on April 12th, s__.Yuri was

6years old at the time.

I-le took 7 to complete the flight. I-le had to eject

from the spacecraft at an altitude of s____

After the flight Yuri became a worldwide 9 and visited many countries. I-le also became Deputy Training 10

In March Jq6g Yuri was 11 during a routine training

flight.

__ in their marriage.

4 My life has its ups and, but ingeneral I'm quite happy.

5 The streets of the city were extremely dangerous because of the lack of law and_

6 We arrived safe andafter a three-day journey through the mountains.

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I- le is buried in the walls of the 12 In Red Square.

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guess the meaning of any words that you don't know. Then check in your dictionary.

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1 READING

a Read the text and number the paragraphs in the correct order.

b Read the text again and mark the sentences T (True), F (False), or DS (Doesn't say).

1 Clive spent a year and a half in the South

of France. L

2 Clive earned $250,000 a year.

3 He didn't have enough money to stay in France.

4 He enjoyed the peace and quiet in France. _ 5 When he split up with his girlfriend

Clive started looking for a new job.

6 He didn't have to apply for his new job in London.

7 Clive bought his house in London.

8 He is very happy living and working in London.

c Look at the highlighted phrasal verbs and verb phrases. What do you think they mean? Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words.

1 Do you think you and your boyfriend will .Jplit

fil!. if you go abroad and he stays here?

2 My brother all sport when he started getting back pains.

3 We the chance to see U2 in concert because we were away on holiday at the time.

4 My brother isn't very responsible with money. He often his monthly salary injust two weeks.

5 Jessica is _the position of Human Resources manager next month.

6 When Emily's company asked for volunteers to open an office in Barcelona, she ____

7 I about my boss when he started listening to our complaints.

8 The chairperson alwaysthe decisions made in a meeting before it finishes.

Everyone makes mistakes

CIJ He now lives in a one-bedroom flat just off Sloane Street in the very heart ofLondon. He can step out of his door straight into the city. He still visits his house in France at weekends,

but he is much happier in his new life. His London job is not as stressful as his Manhattan job was, but he describes it as

'fantastic fun'. He 's_q up his decision to go back to work in the following words: 'I just wanted the challenge again.'

CD Secondly, he found it hard to get used to the pace of life. He had been used to life in the big city in a corporate environment with three or four things going on all the time.

In France, with nothing to do in the evenings, he found himself going to bed at 9.00 p.m. every night which eventually became tedious. He started feeling that he might be '. ssi11g ·o o.n something.

CD At the age of 40, Clive Cooke decided to:ifv:.. P,his

high-pressure job in Manhattan and retire to the south of France. He sold his house for $250,000, loaded all his furniture onto a ship, and moved to a village between Cannes and Nice with his girlfriend at the time. Yet 18 months later he was back in the big city and working again, this time in London, 'taking _up another management position. So, what went wrong? What made

Clive c.hange h!..mfu¢?

LE Finally, Clive. Pit up with his girlfriend. They found that spending 24 hours together with nothing more to do than sunbathe at the side of the pool was very different from the

stimulating life they had led in Manhattan. And being alone with no one to talk to in a beautiful house in the countryside was not the retirement Clive had planned. So when he received a call from a colleague offering him the job in London, he }umped at the''.

:cha.nee.........

CD The first problem was a financial one. Clive could not believe how fast his money disappeared when he did not have a regular salary. In the end he' w!t?,roug, about three times

more than he had planned, and he realized he would have to sit down and budget his money better if he wanted it to last.

2 VOCAB U LARY towns and cities

a Match a word in list A to a word in list B to make words connected to towns and cities.

c Complete the adjectives to describe a city.

1 In a cosmop_olitan city you can find people from many different cultures.

2 Many families are leaving the area because it's become

A financial cable law city pedestrian

concert old football cycle taxi

so r

__ __

3 There are a lot of factories where I live, so the town

B car hall 4stFi€t stadium courts street centre rank town lane

-financial district 6

2 7

3 8

4 9

5 10

b Complete the puzzle.

1 the noun from poor

2 a long line of cars that moves very slowly or doesn't move at all

3 when the air is dirty and dangerous

4 people who live by asking others for money

5 an area of the city where living conditions are very bad

6 a situation where too many people live in one place 7 people who sleep on the street because they have

nowhere to live

8 places of interest visited by tourists

is quite i. __

4 My parents are from a very ptown where the people are very old-fashioned.

5 Barcelona is a v city with an exciting nightlife.

6 Bangalore is now a very p city because of all

the traffic emissions.

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3 P R ON U N CIATI ON multi-syllable nouns

a Circle the word with different word stress.

1 cathedral (§) historic pollution

2 provincial gallery synagogue neighbourhood

3 entertainment isolation overcrowded majority

4 pedestrian adolescent community industrial 5 outskirts suburbs statue perform

b Practise saying the words in a.

4 G RAM MAR uncountable and plural nouns

a Circle the correct answer.

1 We're trying to find a cheap accommodation I

ome cheap accommodatioiVin London.

2 My grandmother suffers from bad health I a bad health. 3.We've bought a new furniture I some new furniture

for the living room.

4 Please can you give me some advice I an advice? 5 I'd like a bread I some bread, please.

6 We lost a luggage I a piece ofluggage on the way back from Singapore.

7 You need to get a new clothes I some new clothes for the summer.

8 My girlfriend gave me a pyjamas I a pair of pyjamas for my birthday.

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b Complete the sentences with is or are.

1 The traffic _k terrible in the rush hour in the city centre.

2 My clothes absolutely soaking. I got caught in a thunderstorm.

3 The new research into sleep patterns _fascinating.

4 Do you think my belongingssafe in the hotel room?

5 The outskirts of the townquite run down and a bit depressing.

6 The good news that we're getting married in the spring!

7 Politics really fascinating -particularly for politicians!

8 The flight crew on this plane all very young.

9 The staff at the hotel always really polite and helpful.

10 John's climbing equipment very heavy.

Ican hardly pick it up.

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More Words to Learn

Write translations and try to remember the words.

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5 M I N I G RA M MA R have something done

Rewrite the sentences with have something done.

1 Someone painted my brother's house. My brother had his house painted

2 Someone is going to mend my jacket.

I'm__

3 Someone cuts my boyfriend's hair every month.

My boyfriend every month.

4 A mechanic has repaired my car.

5 S omeone will clean my carpets in the s pring.

I'll in the spring.

6 Some men are building a wall arow1d my neighbour's garden.

My neighbours are__ around their garden.

7 Someone cleans Oliver's flat once a week.

big cities. Match the cities to the speakers.

A Buenos Aires D Speaker 1

B Vancouver D Speaker 2

C Prague D Speaker 3

IJ Listen again and match the cities above (A-C) to their main features.

l its history and culture

2 its natural beauty

3 its buildings

4 its music

5.. its lifestyle

6 its European 'feel'

a Listen again with the tapescript on p.78 and try

to guess the meaning of any words that you don't

know. Then check in your dictionary.

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Oliver _ once a week.

8 A company is redesigning our garden.

We are

__

G RAM MAR quantifiers: all/ every, etc.

Right (.t) or wrong (x)? Correct the wrong phrases.

1 l've taken all shopping into the kitchen, OK? )(all the shoJWiflg_

2 Everybody were very friendly. ___

3 All went wrong at my job interview.__

4 On Wednesday I worked all day. ___

5 All the men love cars._

6 We go swimming every morning during the week. ___

7 The most people enjoy going on holiday.__

8 Every rooms in this hotel has a big bathroom. _ _

Complete the dialogues with no, any, or none.

1 A Can I have a biscuit?

B Sorry, I don't have · 2 A What did you buy?

B Nothing. There were _shoes I liked or that I could afford. 3 A How much homework have you done?

B. I don't feel like it right now.

4 A I fancy an omelette for dinner.

B Oh dear. There aren't eggs. 5 A Do you like any of these sofas?

B No, of them. I think they're all horrible.

6 A How about a sandwich?

B There's bread. Do you want me to go and get some? 7 A When can you come?

Bday you like. I'm free all week. Complete the sentences with a word from the list. both either neither nor

1 Both my brother and my sister have children.

2 my boss nor my colleagues laughed at my joke.

3 We'd like to go to Greece or Portugal for our holiday this year.

4 Neither my boyfriend I eat meat.

5 my daughters are at university.

6 I can't decide between the two paintings. I likeof them. 7of my brothers visits me very often.

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