unit ‘A pescribe the picture. Which activities are good for you? Which ones aren‘t? Bo you ever do any of the things in the picture? Which ones? 45 www. irlanguage.comBreathe deeply. 4 Vocabulary Parts of the body Bo) Label the pi th the correct words. Then listen and check your answers. [e.arm d.finger —g. head j. mouth _m. shoulder | | bear ©. footifest) heknee k.neck stomach c.eye f. hand i leg. nose, wrist 2 3 B Pair work Point to a part of your body. Your partner names it, Take turns. “That's your arm. And those are your ears.” 2 Language in context Yoga for beginners A. ©) Match the exercises with the yoga pictures in Exercise 1. Listen and check your answers. ee fc Repeat on the ©. __Stand up. Hold your foot carefully on your other side. Place your stomach in. Keep your left leg. Stretch your left foot carefully on your back and neck straight. ‘arms over your head. right leg. Stretch your Relax your arms. Lower your arms and Hold for 30 seconds. Breathe slowly foot slowly. and deeply. © B what about your Lo you do yoga’ It not, would you like to try it” Why or why note www. irlanguage.comunit 3 Grammar «) Cree Breathe slowly and deeply. Don’t breathe quickly Adjective Stretch your arms. Don’t relax your arms. slow Hold for 30 seconds Don’t hold your breath, careful Kepeat on the other side. fepeat onthe otherside. | deep noisy ‘A complete these exercise tips with the correct imperative form. Then compare with a partner. '/do drink eat exercise find stretch 1 too much the first day! 7 some water. 2 your bouy for afew minutes. 5. a big meal before you exercise. 3 ___a place with a lot of space. 6 wwice a week. B Circle the correct adverbs. Then compare with a partner. 1, Walk quickly / slowly for 20 minutes every day. Eat quickly / slowly at every meal. Breathe heavily / deeply when you exercise. Sit quietly / noisily for a few minutes each day. ‘Stietch carefully / heavily every morning. 4 Pronunciation Reduction of and ») Listen and repeat. Notice how and is pronounced /an/ before some consonant sounds fen/ fanf Breathe slowly and deeply. _ Keep your back and neck straight. 5 Speaking Lower your arms slowly. Pair work Make sentences with the words below. Your partner does the actions. Take turns. “Point to your nose slowly.” ‘Stretch arms: Lower hand ae Point to- head eatetully wi ——— yours ie quickly. ues lst_/totve anit ie nose pan do. 6 Keep talking! Go to page 135 for more practice. Jean give and follow instructions. 47 www.irlanguage.comI'm not feeling well. 41 Health problems ©) Listen, Then act out a health problem. Your partner guesses it. a backache acold acough an earache Se) a the flu a headache a sore throat a stomachache a toothache “Do you have a cold?” 2 Interactions (itu maui mie A.) Usten to the conversation. What's wrong with Margaret? Then practice the conversation, Hey, Margaret. How are you? Margaret: | have a headache. | think Id ¥'m nt feeling well lke to go home and rest, ‘Oh? What's wrong? Debbie: That's fine. Take it easy. B %)) Usten to the expressions. Inen practice the conversation again with the new expressions, rm not feeling well. Take it easy. | don't feel so good. Get well soon. I feel awful | hope you feel better. 48 www.irlanguage.comunit 3 Listening What's wrong? ‘A. 4) Listen to four phone conversations. Number the pictures from 1 to 4. B +) Listen again. How does each caller wish the person well? Write the expression. ae 3 2 4. 4& Speaking We're not feeling well. —e] » Class activity Role-play these situations. Then change roles. Group A: Walk around the class and ask people in Group B how they feel Use expressions from Exercise 2. Group B: Imagine you have a health problem. Tell the people in Group A about it. Use expressions from Exercise 2. jow are you? don’t feel so good. ‘A: Oh? What's wrong? B: | have a stomachache. rm sorry to hear that. | hope you feel better. ___Ican say how | feel Toan wish someone well www.irlanguage.comHow healthy are you? 4 Vocabulary Healthy habits A“) Complete the phrases with the correct verbs. Then listen and check your answers. eat eat exercise get go_fift protect wash | a balanced diet your hands your skin b 8, h 8. for a walk daily ‘enough sleep ‘a good breakfast B Pair work Which of the healthy habits in Part A do you have? Tell your partner. 2 Conversation | don't have much energy. A ©) listen and practice. Laura: What's wrong, Hal? Are you OK? Hal: On, hi, Laura. | don’t know, | just don't have much energy. laura: Hmm. Do you eat breakfast every day? Hal: Sure. And | exercise. | lift weights at my gym. Laura: And how often do you go there? Hal: Three or four days a week Laura: That's not bad. How long do you spend there? Hal: Oh, about an hour a day. laura: That’s good. And how much sleep do you get? Hal: Quite a bit, about ten hours a night. Laura: Ten hours? That's why you don’t have any energy. | think that’s too much sleep! B ) Listen to the rest of the conversation. What else does Laura ask about? www. irlanguage.com ~_|unit 3 Grammar. How often do you go to the gym? How healthy are your eating habits? Three or four daysa week Somewhat healthy. How long do you spend at the gym? How many meals do you eat a day? About an hour. Five small meals. How well do you follow your diet? How much sleep do you get? Not very well. Quite a bit. A Complete the questions with a How question. Then compare with a partner. 1 do you protect your skin from the sun? a. Extremely well. b. Pretty well. ¢. Not very well 2 ____are your eating habits? a. Very healthy. b. Quite healthy, Not healthy at all. 3 coffee do you drink in a week? a. Alot. —b. Quite abit. Not much. 4 do you eat red meat? a. Every day. —_b, Several times a week. c. Never. 5. _ do you spend on the computer every week? a. 40 hours. —b. 20 hours. ¢, Five hours. a times a day do you wash your hands? a. About six times. b, About three times. ¢. Once. B Pair work Ask and answer the questions in Part A. Circle your partner's answers. : How well do you protect your skin from the sun? B: Not very well, | sometimes wear a hat, but | rarely use sunscreen. 4 Speaking Good question! A Group work Look at the pictures. How many different How questions can you make for each picture? Ask the questions. How many times a week do you lift weights? Never. | go to the gym once a week, but | don't lift weights. : How long do you spend at the gym? B How healthy do you think you are? 5 Keep talking ——— Jean ask and talk about healthy habits. @ 31 www.irlanguage.comDon't stress out! 41 Reading -) A Read the article. Write the correct headings above the paragraphs. | Communicate Breathe DoNothing Move! Laugh Get Organized _ eee eee en ee Xe) ac ky reer erat reg RreeeerUint rs te einen oar au reer eee tare mar ersten Cc manage stress. Try one or more of these tips the next time ‘Take a deep breath. Breathe slowly and deeply every time you begin to feel stress. Make this a habit, and you can often stop a litle stress from becoming alot of stress. a “Make a“to do" list, and decide what you need to do right away and what can easily wait. Clean up your study or work space. Do the same with your computer desktop. 3. Go for a wien. Run, Ride your bieyele, Do aerobics. Hike up a mountain. Ie docosit really matter what you do, Just do something that you enjoy. Bp Have a problem? Don't keep it inside. Tato a friend, a family member, or even your cat. Donit want to talk? Wiite it down in a stress journal See a funny movie. Tell some jokes. Watch some silly pet videos on the Internet. Laughter ~ yours or someone clse’s is often the best medicine. 6. ‘That's right... nothing! Close the door. No TV, computer, tor phone. Sit down and take a break from life. Close your yes and feel the stress... disappear B Read the article again. Write the tip number next to what each person does to manage stress. Jill: | watch my favorite TV show, and | laugh and laugh. Rachid: | go jogging, It makes me feel better. Paul: | just sit quietly. That's all 1 do! Valerie: | clean my house and put everything away. Ming: | stop and breathe deeply. Eduardo: | call a good friend and talk for a while C Pair wore Which tips in Part A do you think work? Tell your partner. www.irlanguage.comunit 2 Listening It works for me! A.) Listen to four people talk about how they manage stress. What do they do? Number the pictures from 1 to 4. There are two extra items, ame Oo | Oo B )) Listen again. What else do the people do to manage stress? write the activities. A Think about how you manage stress. Answer the questions. ‘= How much stress do you feel? ‘© What makes you stressed? ‘© How well do you manage stress? + What do you do? How | Manage Stress Idon't often feel stressed, but Mondays are sometimes difficult. B wite a paragraph about how you manage stress. Va a full-time student, but | have Use the model and your answers in Part A to part-time job on Mondays. Here are help you, afew ways | manage stress on C Pair work Share your writing. Do the same Mondays. | eat a good breakfast and things stress you out? lift weights. Then | go to school early and talk with friends. It really helps. 4 Speaking Living with stress Pair work Imagine you are one of these people. Ask your partner for tips to help you manage your stress. + A mother with two young children and no time _» A soccer player before a big game A young man before his wedding = A student before a big test ‘A: I'm very tired, and my children never stop. What can | do? B: Talk to your friends and find out what they do. le www.irlanguage.comWrap-up 41 Quick pair review Lesson A Test your partner! Say the name of a sport. Can your partner say what parts of the body you use for the sport? Take turns. You have one minute. ‘A: Soccer. B: Legs, feet, head... Lesson B Brainstorm! Make a list of ways to say how you feel and ways to wish someone well. You have two minutes. Lesson € Do you remember? Complete the questions with much, well, healthy, many, and tong. You have one minute. 1. How apples do you eat a week? 2. How stress do you have at work? 3, How do you work on Saturdays? 4. How is your lifestyle? 5. How do you manage stress? Lesson D Guess! Act out a way to manage stress. Can your partner guess what itis? Take turns. You have one minute, ‘A: Are you exercising? B: Yes, Lam. 2 In the real world ‘What other ways can you manage stress? Go online and find three ideas in English ‘Then write about them, Three Ways to Manage Stress Turn off your computer and your phone for an hour. Then turn on some relaxing music. Open a good boo!unit ‘A Match the popular TV shows with the years they started, Check your answers on page 64. a 1958 b. 1960. 1976 d. 1981 e, :1994f. 2002 | B can you name a show for each decade from your country? Do you watch the shows now? | 55 www.irlanguage.com! love watching game shows 41 Vocabulary Types of TV shows ‘A 4)) Match the TV shows and the pictures. Then listen and check your answers. a. acartoon d. agameshow g. a sitcom b. adocumentary @. the news h, a soap opera ©. adrama f. arealityshow i, a talk show jir work What was the last show you watched on TV? What type of show was it? Tell your partner. “I watched a cartoon with my son. It was 2 Language in context TV preferences A ) Listen to four people talk about their TV preferences. Who doesn’t watch TV very much? | watch a lot of IV. | really enjoy baseball. 1 don’t like reality shows at all. | love to ‘And I hope to get a big new TV soon. watch documentaries and game shows. = Jessica = Gustavo | love soap operas. My favorite is Qur Life. | hardly ever watch TV. | prefer to listen to I ike seeing my favorite actors the radio, | hate to miss the news. ~ Lucas ~ Minchwa B Which person in Part A are you similar to? 56 www.irlanguage.comunit 3 Grammar «) GRE Verb + infinitive Verb + infinitive or gerund Ihope to get a big TV. ike to see / seeing my favorite actors. Iwant to see every baseball game, | Nove to watch / watching game shows. | prefer to listen listening to the radio. Percesuee hate to miss / missing the news. Lenjoy watching football games. I dislike watching TV. A Gircle the correct verb forms. if both forms are correct, circle both. ‘Then practice with a partner. 1. A: What types of TV shows do you like to watch / watching late at night? B: Actually, | dislike to watch / watching TV at night. | prefer to be / being online. 2. A: What do you want to watch / watching on TV tonight? A reality show? B: | hate to watch / watching those shows. | enjoy to watch / watching dramas. 3. A: Do you want to see / seeing a movie tonight? B: No, not tonight. My favorite TV show is on, and | hate to miss / missing it. B Complete the questions with a correct form of the verb. Then compare with a partner. 1. Do vou enioy _____ (watch) cartoons on TV? 2. What do you want (watch) on TV this weekend? 3. Do you like (guess) the answers on game shows? 4, What types of TV shows do you dislike (watch)? C Pair work Ask and answer the questions in Part B. Answer with your own information. 4 Speaking TV talk A Add one more thing to the chart. enjoys watching documentaries wants to buy a new TV hopes to meet a famous actress or actor hates missing soap operas B Class activity Find classmates for each sentence. Write their names. ‘A: Do you enjoy watching documentaries? B: Yes, Ido. 5 Keep talking! Go to page 137 for more practice. f.can talk about types of TV shows ike, www.irlanguage.comI don't really agree. ‘11 Interactions A took at the picture. What are the people doing? Do you think they like the TV show? B ) Listen to the conversation. Why doesn't Vasco like talk shows? Then practice the conversation. Fred: Let's see what’s on TV. . ...0h, no! Fred: Really? | disagree. | think some of | don’t like this talk show at all. 1 them are pretty interesting, think it’s terrible, Vasco: | don't think any talk shows are Vasco: | agree. Actually, | hate all talk interesting. shows. | think they're really boring, Fred: Well, would you like to watch something else? ©) Listen to the expressions. then practice the conversation again with the new expressions | agree. | disagree, | agree with you. | don’t really agree | think so, too. Vm afraid | disagree. D complete each response with one of the expressions from Part C, Then practice with a partner. 1. Az Most TV sitcoms are funny. | never laugh at them. 2. A: Reality shows are great | watch them all the time. 3. A: Game shows are exciting | think they‘te boring 4. A: I's good to watch the news. ___I watch it every night 5. A: Cartoons are just for children. B: They're for adults, too. 58 www.irlanguage.comunit 2 Listening What else is on? A.) Listen to Dan and Amy discuss what is on TV, Number the TV shows from 1 to 5. (There is one extra picture.) B +) Listen again. Look at Amy's opinion of each show. Write Dan’s opinion, ‘Amy's opinions: Oan’s opinions: 1, boring I 2. great % 3 3. interesting 3. 4, exciting 4 7 5. fantastic 5. anguage wiabouler 3 Speaking My opinion A Check (V) the statements you agree with. Then make the statements you disagree with true for you. exciting Cibocumentaries are bering: Ci Talk shows are very interesting. CAI sports programs are exciting. ©) Most sitcoms are very funny. Citrs important to watch the TV news Ci Reality shows are boring. B Group work Share your ideas. ‘A: In my opinion, documentaries are exciting. 1 don’t really agree. | think they're pretty boring. : What about talk shows? | think they're very interesting. A: F agree with you. Jean agree and disayrae with an opinion www.irlanguage.comI'm recording a documentary. 41 Vocabulary Television 4) Match the words and the definitinne Then listen and check yoni answers 1. Loften record my favorite show. _¢ a. to play a show at high speed 2. | usually fast-forward through the boring b. to not watch something parts of shows. __ c. to store a show to watch it later 3. | always skip the sad parts of movies. _____q._advertisements for products 4, | watch reruns of old sitcoms. __ €. a nonprofit TY network 5. I never lose the remote control, _ f. a service that sends TV shows to 6. Most commercials are funny. __ homes through a dish 7. You can learn a lot from public TV. __ . repeat showings of a TV show 8. I think satellite TV is great. __ h. a device used to control a TV from a distance B Pair work Which sentences in Part A describe your opinions or habits? Tell your partner. A: [often record my favorite show. B: Really? I never record my favorite show. 2 Conversation I'm going away this weekend. A.) Listen and practice. Nora: i, Zack. How are you? Zack: Oh, hi, Nora. 'm fine. Actually I'm going away this ‘weekend, so | want to record some TV shows. Nora: Really? Which shows? Zack: On Friday night, I'm recording the soccer game. ‘The Hawks are playing the Lions, Nora: Oh, I'm watching that at Lisa's. She's having a soccer party. She has satellite TV now. Zack: Well, Ym watching it on Sunday night. That way | can fast-forward and skip the commercials. Nora: Good idea. | hate watching commercials. So what else are you recording? Zack: On Saturday, 'm recording a documentary on Channel 11 called TV's Dead. B 4)) Listen to the rest of the conversation. What is Nora watching on TV this weekend? www.irlanguage.comunit 3 Grammar «) erence ecu i'm recording the soccer game. Is Zack watching the game on Sunday? I'm not recording the sitcom. ‘Yes, he is. No, he’s not. / No, he isn’t. She's having a soccer party this week. ‘Are they watching the game on Sunday? She's not visiting her family. Yes,theyare, No, they're not./ No, they aren’ ‘They're playing the Lions this weekend. What else are you recording on Friday? They're not playing the Sharks, I'm also recording a movie. ‘A complete these conversations with the present continuous form of the verbs. ‘Then practice with a partner. 1. As What you___ (do) this weekend? you (go) anywhere? B: No, (tay) home all weekend. Some friends - (come) over to watch a basketball game. The Tigers (play). 2A |__________Gget) satelite TV on Wednesday - finally! What you (do) on Friday? Do you want to come over? B: I'd love to, but | can’t. Joe and | (visit) his parents this weekend. We (leave) on Friday after work. B What are you doing this weekend? Use these verbs to write about your weekend plans. Then tell your partner. 1. (meet) 3. (play) 2. (watch) —_ 4, (go out) 4 Pronunciation Sentence stress @) Listen and repeat. Notice how the important words in a sentence are stressed. I'm going to Colombia on Monday. She's staying home this weekend. 5 Speaking What are you recording? A Imagine you're going away next week, and you can’t watch TV. Decide where you're going and make a list of five shows you are recording, B Class activity Compare lists. Is anyone recording the same shows? Find classmates with a similar is. /'m visiting my mother next Tuesday, so I'm recording . Me, too. love... , and I'm recording 6 Keep talking! Go to page 138 for more practice. Joan deserve ttre plane 61 www.irlanguage.comPopular TV 4 Reading «) A Read the article, Match the headings and the descriptions of the reality shows. a. Improvement shows _b. Game-style shows & Documentary-style shows In this type of reality show, contestants try to win a prize. The prize is often - money or, in some ee Each week, one person leaves the show until there is only one the winner. Sometimes the contestants vote on who stays or ‘E022, sometimes the TV viewers at home vote, and other times the show's judges ‘choose. One example is Top Chet. In this show, contestants cook dishes for the “host and the three judges. The winner usually receives money, a trip, and an article in 8 food magazine. _] his type of realty show looks lke @ soap opera, but itis about one or more real people and their daily lives. Some of these shows are about people on the job, such as police officers, firefighters, or hospital workers. Others are about regular people in unusual situations, and some even follow famaus people. One example of this type was The Osbournes. This show was about the daily life of British singer Ozzy Osbourne and his family. In these types of shows, there is no prize money and no winner. ‘These shows are about @ person or people who need a change. Other people help this person in one area, such as home, style, health, or relationships. An ‘example of this is What Not to Wear. On this show, two hosts give fashion advice to someone wio needs a new “look.” The hosts go to the person's closet and throw away clothes that they don't like. The person then receives money and a trip to New York City to shop for new clothes, B kead the article again. Look at the questions. heck (V7) the correct answers, Which stow...? Top Chef The Gshournes What Not to Wear gives money gives a trip has celebrities is about fashion is like @ soap opera C Find the words in bold in the article. What do they mean? Match the definitions and the correct word. ‘Apperson / People who... a. presents a TV show c. watch a television program b. participate in a competition d. decide who wins or loses D Pair work imagine you can be on one type of reality show, Which would you choose? Why? Tell your partner. www.irlanguage.comunit 2 Listening Favorite shows back home A.) Listen to three students talk about their favorite TV shows in their countries. What type of show does each like? Write it in the chart. Valerie the models the end of each show Young:ho the costumes the actors, Claudia ‘the teenagers the stories B 4) Listen again. What is their favorite thing about the show? Circle the correct answers My Favorite TV Show 3 Writing My favorite TV show [ike to watch shereslicy show “Project Runway.” The contestants th favorite TV show. th ‘A Think of your favorite TV show. Answer the questions. "aes Tails ont * What type of show is it? receives money and an article in a ‘+ What happens on the show? fashion magazine. | enjoy watching * Why do you enjoy watching it? the show because the clothes are fantastic, but sometimes | ‘© Is there anything you don’t like about it? disagree with the judges, B Write a paragraph about your favorite TV show. Use the ‘model and your answers in Fart A to help you. C Group work share your writing, Do you agree with each other’s opinions? 4 Speaking Reality shows A Group work Read about these reality shows. Which ones sound interesting? Why? The Amazing Race How Clean Is Your House? the US. the UK. Pairs race one another around Teens compete in a talent Two cleaners visit homes and the world, The winners receive a shaw. It’s famous for the saying clean them up. They share their million dollars. “Dream. Believe. Survive.” ‘top cleaning tips. your country? Why or why not? B bo you ever watch similar shows “watch a show similar to StarStruck. | don’t really tke it, but J always watch it!” a www.irlanguage.comWrap-up 4 Quick pair review Lesson A Brainstorm! Make a list of types of TV shows. How many do you remember? You have one minute. Lesson B Do you remember? Write A for expressions that show you agree with an opinion. Write D for expressions that show you disagree. You have one minute. 1. Idisagree. 4, | don’t really agree. 2. I think so, too, 5, I'm afraid | disagree. 3. agree. 6. | agree with you. Lesson C Find out! what are three things both you and your partner are doing rnext week? Take turns. You and your partner have two minutes. ‘A: I'm watching a baseball game next week. Are you? 8: Yes, am. Lesson D Guess! Describe your favorite TV show, but don't say its name. Can your partner guess the name and the type of show itis? Take turns. You and your partner have two minutes A: In this TV show, celebrities dance with professional dancers. Is it a reality show? A: Yes, itis. fs it Dancing with the Stars? A Yes, it is. 2 In the real world What new shows are on TV this year? Look at a TV schedule or go online and find information about a new TV show in English. Then write about it ‘+ What's the name of the TV show? ‘© What type of TV show is it? ‘© What's it about? ‘© When is it on? ANew TV Show “Three Rivers” is a drama. It's about a hospital...