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LESSONA LESSONB LESSON C LESSOND
News sections Agreeing with an Actions in the Reading: "Citizen
Verb tenses opinion news Journalism"
statements Disagreeing Verb tenses -
Writing: Become a
politely questions citizen journalist

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Warm Up
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A Look at the pictures. How are the people getting their news?

B How do people you know get the news? How do you get the news?

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AS Stories in the

News sections
news

1 Vocabulary
sections. In which news sections can you find the
A Listen to the names of news
with a partner.
pictures? Compare your a n s w e r s

CHealth e Local g Technology /Science iWeather

a Business
Entertainment d Lifestyle f Sports h Travel World

LDETIarA

think you can find the first picture in the Lifestyle section.
B PAIR wORK In which news section can you find these news stories? Discuss your ideas.

the best new applications for phones a meeting among world leaders

last night's soccer sCores a new coffeehouse in your town

2 Language in context In the news

A Read the headlines and the beginning of each story. Match the headlines to the
news sections in Exercise 1A where you can find these stories.
PHOTOS SHOW ANCIENT MARTIAN LAKE
New photos suggest that Mars had a large lake billions of years ago.
Town Recovering from Storm
The town of Jasper is slowly recovering from last week's storm.
OPEN FOR BUSINESS
Hawaii hopes to attract more business travelers.

Jason Parker Debuts New Visual Album at Lucid's

Jason was playing his new songs and videos to an excited audience until 2:00 a.m.

what about you? Are you interested in these stories? Rank them from 1 to 4 in the
order you would read them.
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3 Grammar o Verb tenses

- statements
Simple present: Hawaii hopes to attract more business travelers.
Present continuous: Jasper is
recovering from last week's storm.
Simple past: Mars had a large lake billions of years ago.
Past continuous: Jason was
playing songs all night.
Present perfect: Café Bella has
opened in Pelham.
Future with will: The Winter
Olympics will next begin Monday.
Complete the news stories with the correct forms of the verbs. Then
with a partner. compare
1 The Austin Sun Times hasclosed (close) its doors - for now. The
newspaper (print) its last newspaper last Sunday, but it
(open) again next month as an Internet-only paper. Staff
members
(learn) about digital publishing now, so they
(be) ready next month. Sadly, the
Austin Gazette
(be) now the city's only "paper" newspaper.
Pink
(be) a
playful color, andit
(make) people smile. But last night William Maddox
(not/smile)when he. (stop) afight in his store. "Two
people (argue) for about five minutes over the last pink
T-shirt in my store.
(ask) them to leave and then
(close) the store for the day,' said Maddox.
3
Fifteen-year-old Kate Moore (be) the country's newest
coding champion. Last Tuesday, she.
20 other contestants and (compete) against
and accurate (win) $50,000 for her fast
coding. Kate. (get) everything right.
"No one. (know) how to solve one of the Math
problems, except me! Winning
(mean) a lot to me.
My parents
(watch)"

4Speaking News storiees

A PAIR WORK Think of a story from the
news, or make one up. Complete the chart.
What happened?
What else was
happening at the time?
What has happened since?
What's happening now?

BGROUP wORK Share your stories. What will

happen in the future?
5 Keep talking!
Go to page 123 for more
practice,
B Itotally agree.
and disagreeing
1Interactions Agreeing
Do you agree with
this statement? Why or why not?
A
The best place to get news is online.

can't Carl check the news headlines?

B Listen to the conversation. Why
Then practice the conversation.
news?
Carl Hey, Jim. Catching up on the
Jim Oh, hi, Carl. Yeah, I like to know what's going
on in the world.

Ifeelexactly the same way. Do you read the

Carl
paper every day?
Jim Every day. It's the best way to get the news.
Carl Really? I don't know about that. I get all
my news online. I check the news several
times a day, so I always know what's
TheN

happening8
Jim Online news is OK, butI prefer reading
an actual newspaper. So, what are the
latest headlines online right now?
Carl Let's see... . Oh, no! I can't get online.
guess there's wireless signal here.
no

Say, would you mind sharing your paper?

Jim No problem!

CRead the expressions below. Complete each boxwith a similar expression

from the conversation. Then listen and check your answers.

eeing with an opinion

Disagreeing politely

couldn't agree with you

more. I'm not sure about that.

totally agree. P'm not sure that's really true.

D
PAIR WORK Check (/) the statements you agree with. Then give your opinions
and agree or
disagree with your partner.
It's
important to read the news Social media is a good way
every day.
to get news.
The Internet is a better
way to get There's not enough positive
news than newspapers.

A:I news these days.

think its
B:
important toread the news every day.
totally agree. It's
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important to know whats going on.
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2 Pronunciation Reduced vowel sounds

A OListen and repeat. Notice the reduced vowel sound /a/ in unstressed
syllables.
agree totally even
happening8
B Listen. Underline the reduced vowel sounds. Then practice with a
partner.
signal about magazine travel section television

3 Listening Agree or

disagree
A OListen to Ted and Carrie discuss today's news. What news are they talking about?
Number the pictures from1 to 4.

B Listen again. Does Carrie agree or disagree with Ted? Circle the answers.
agree/ disagree 2 agree/ disagree 3 agree/disagree agree disagree

4Speaking What do you think?

A Check (/) the statements you agree with, and mark an X next to the statements
you disagree with. Then write a supporting sentence for your opinion.

Statement Supporting sentence

News bloggers don't provide real news.

International news stories don't affect me.
It's important to follow local news.

Getting news 24 hours a day is helpful.

Newspapers hurt the environment.
B CLASSAGTIVIM Walk around the class. Share your opinions with your classmates.
Agree or disagree politely.
A:In my opiion, news bloggers don't provide real news. They write opinions, not facts
B:Im not sure that's true. A lot of bloggers are really newspaper writers

ree and disagree with oninions

 Survival stories
1 Vocabulary Actions in the news

A Match the news headlines and the pictures. Then listen and check your answers.

a Shark Attacks Local Surfer e Boat Overturns -

All Swim to Safety
b
Bear Chases Hiker Up Tree Firefighter Rescues Family Cat
Pilot Crashes Plane - No One Hurt g Hiker Survives Week in the Mountains
d Lightning Misses Golfer by One Foot h Fire Threatens Historic Town

B PAIR WORK Use each verb in Part A in a new headline.

"Swimmer Survives Three Days in Ocean

2 Conversation Shark attack!

A Listen to the conversation. How did Wade
stop the shark?
Reporter Wade, what happened?
Wade A sharkattacked me! Can you believe it?
Reporter How are you feeling? Are you OK?
Wade Oh, I feel great! I survived a shark attack. That's pretty cool.

Reporter What were you doing when it happened?

Wade I was riding a killer wave.

Reporter Did you actually see the shark?

Wade Not at first. But then I fell off
my board. The shark
tried to bite me, so hit it with
l my surfboard. A
Heporter
Have you seen your surfboard?
Wade Yeah. It has a big shark bite in it.
porter Amazing! So, what will you do next?
Listen to the rest
of the interview. What will Wade do next? When?
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3 Grammar O Verb tenses -

questions
Wh-questions Yes/no questions
Simple present: When do you plan on surf ing? Do you plan on surfing today?
Present continuous: How are you feeling? Are you feeling OK?

Simple past: What did you see? Did you see the shark?
Past continuous: What were you doing? Were you surfing?
Present perfect: How long have you surfed? Have you surfed for a long time?
Future with will: What will you do next? Will you go back in the water soon?

A Look at the yes / no questions the eporter asked Wade. Complete the questions
with the correct forms of the verbs. Then compare with a partner.

you (go) surfing every day?

anyone (see) the shark before
it attacked you?
3 other people (surf) around you?
you (buy) a new surfboard soon?
you (speak) with your family yet?

6 you (have) any advice for

other surfers?

B Read the answers. Write Wh- questions about the underlined words. Then practice
with a partner.
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Where did she crash the plane She crashed the plane inaforest.
He's been in the desert for a week
The firefighter felt veryproud.
The fire will threaten the town center tonight.
Theywerefishing when the boat overturned.
He's thinking about writing a survivalbook.

4Speaking Tell me about it.

PAIR WORK Role-play a reporter and a survivor of one of the news stories in
Exercise 1. Then change roles.
Student A: Choose a headline from Exercise 1, and read it to your
partner. Answer your partner's questions.
Student B: Ask your partner five questions about
what happened.
Questions
1. Who were you sailing with?
A: Who were you sailing with?
2. How exactly did the boat overturn?
B:I was sailing with some friends. 3. How often do you go sailing?
4. Have you ever. . .
5 Keep talking!
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Ican ask questions and talk about a news story.
 Creating news
Reading n
A Look at the logos of the news websites in the article. Which websites have you
looked at? What other news websites do you know?

B Read the article. Check () the main idea of the article.

Traditional news organizations are upset with citizen journalists.
Technology allows anyoneto be a reporter, anytime and anywhere.

Citizen Journalism
Arpita has just updated her news blog.
The winners of a local election in Mumbai have
just been announced, and she has listed their names on
her blog. On the website of a local
newspaper, Liat has recently posted a "digital story"' a series of
descriptions of a whale rescue. And hundreds of people in the Dominican Republic are tweeting on their cel
photss a
phones to describe a hurricane that is threatening the country.
What do these stories have in common?
Technology is giving people the chance to be news reporters
More than ever before, technology is allowing everyone to share opinions, ideas, stories, photos, and
videos from anywhere in the world. If there is breaking news, you can be sure that someone is reportng
GroundReport, CNN's iReport, and Blufftontoday.com are just a few of the websites where "citizen
journalists" can post their articles, photos, or videos. More and more people are making Youtube chanes
Instagram, or Snapchat profiles that get more than one million views!

They re sharing their personal thoughts and news reports with the world on these websites. And the
increased prevalence of cell phones and cameras has made it even ontent
easier for people to share con
Many media organizations such as CNN now have entire sections of these news stories on ther wes
News editors used to decide what was news. Now
you decide.
There has been some criticism of citizen
journalism, however. For example, there are often msta
these stories, including incorrect facts, spelling, grammar, or even news that is fake! These storiesma
upload
be
as reliable as regular organizations' stories usually
news Moreover, when peopleinstantyu
are.
stories and images, they cannot know how other people will use them later. But itseemsthatne
news byt

people and for the people is here to stay.

C Find the words in bold in

the article. Circle the correct meaning.
breaking news a.
news happening now b. news about problems
prevalence a. lower cost of b. frequent use
criticism a. high costs b. opinions on what's wrong
reliable a. written well b. trustworthy
instantly a. immediately b. done without thinking
DWhat's your opinion about
citizen
agree with the criticisms in the journalism?
Do you think it's a good thing DOy
article? Do you have other ideas?
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2 Listening Photos of the

dayy
A Listen to a TV newscaster discuss
photos that four viewers have sent in.
Number the photos from 1 to 4.

Sale now on

B Listen again. Answer

the questions.
1 When did Rafael take the photograph?
How much of a discount was the store offering?
3 How long does it usually take Yumiko to get home?

4 What did Arlo do when he saw the animal?

C Which stories in Part A interest you? Why? Where

news can you find out more
about them?

3 Writing and speaking Become a citizen journalist

A Complete one of these headlines.
HUGE STORM TO ARRIVE Lightning Misses
Threatens High School Technology Changes
LOCAL TEEN RESCUES IN FOREST Students Ask for
BWrite a short news blog. Use your headline from Part A and the model to help you.

Huge Storm to Arrive Friday

A
huge storm is coming on Friday. Everyone is preparing for it. Most
people have already bought food and water..

GROUP WORK Share your news blogs. Ask questions to find out more information
about each story.

discussa news story

Wrap-uup
1 Quick pair review
Lesson A Findout
What are two sections of the news both you and your partner like to read?
You and your partner have one minute.
A:I read the World section ofthe newspaper. Do you?
B: No. I don't. I read the Travel section. Do you?
A: Yes.Ido.

Lesson B Doyou remember?

Write A for expressions that show agreeing with an opinion and D for expressions
that show disagreeing with an opinion. You have one minute.

A_1 Ifeel exactly the same way. 4 1don't know about that.
I couldn't agree with you more. 5 I totally agree.
I'm not sure about that. 6 I'm not sure that's reallytrue.

Lesson C Brainstorm!
Write the question "Where do you shop?" in as many different tenses as you can.
You have two minutes.

Lesson D Guess
Describe something newsworthy for each item, but don't say where it happened. Can
your partner guess the place? Take turns. You and your partner have three minutes.

something you did yesterday

something you do every day

something you will do tomorrow

A: Yesterday l ate at a great café. I had tacos5 and rice arnd beans.
B: Were you at Café Mexicana?

A: Yes,Iwas

In the real world

What is a breaking news story in your area? Go online or read a newspaper, and find
an article in English about it. Then write aboutit
What section did you find the article in?
What happened?

Oil Spill Threatens Animals

The national news reported an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The oil will harm
fish and birds.
2 Communicating
LESSONA LESSONNB LESSONC LESSOND

Reading: "Too
Language-learning Expressing interest Communicate...
tips or not? Much Information
Offering options
Present perfect Verb+ object+ Writing: A
continuous verb conversation
in writing

ET SALADS

COLNTER

Warm Up
A Look at the pictures. What do you think the people are saying?

are going to travel to an English-speaking

country. What do you think
BImagine you
are the most useful English phrases or questions to know? Why?

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 A Language learning
Vocabulary Language-learningtips
A Complete the chart with the correct tips. Then listen and check your answers.

Tips for Successful

To remember vocabulary

Language Learning Make flash cards.

Watch online video clips.
Keep a vocabulary notebook. To increase speaking fluency
Make flash cards.
Talk with native speakers.
Watch movies with subtitles.
Talk to yourself out loud. To improve listening comprehension

B PAIR WORK What's your number one language-learning goal? Which tips in Part A
do you use to reach your goal? Tell your partner.
"My number one goal is to improve my listening comprehension. I often watch online video clipsinErgis

Language in context Improving commmunication skills

A Read this online chat between a teacher and some of his students, What are they discussing?

Group Chat
Mr. Philips, Luisa,Jin, Marcus,Pe
Sa. w
1hope your've been enjoying your vacation. And I hope you haven't forgotten your English!
have you been doing recently to improve your English?
eio M,Philips Hi, everybodyl vebeen reading magazines and comic books in English.

p Excellent
tve been malingvocabularyfash cards.They really work! And lve been keeping a vocabularynole k

Marcus l've been chatting online in English

H Pfps FantasticlHave you been doing anything to improve your speaking?

t it at
Par Thave. Omar and I have been starting conversations with native speakers. We were nervouS a
first, but we've been making new friends that way
irror
Lulsa lve boon hiaving the bestconversations ofall. Ive beentalkingtomyseif outloud in front or a
Marcus Veryfunny!
Mr.Philips Butvery helpful, too. Good job, everyone! 'l see you in class on Monday

3 What about you? Which tips would you like to try? Which would you probably not
want to try? Why?
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3 Grammar n Present perfect continuoUS

Use the present perfect continuous to emphasize the duration Remember: some verbs
of an action that is in progress. How long, are not usually used in the
recently, and lately
are often used with the present perfect continuous. continuous form.
What have you been doing recently? believe like
I've been reading magazines. belong love
How long has he been writing in his notebook? forget need

He's been writing in it for about a month. hate own

Have they been talking to native speakers lately?

hope remember
know Want
Yes, they have. No, they haven't.

A Complete the conversations with the present perfect continuous forms of the verbs.
Then practice with a partner.

you. (do) anything recently to improve your vocabulary?

B Yes,I
.I (keep) a vocabulary notebook.
A How long you . (study) English?
BI (study) English since last year.
A What you. (do) in class lately?

B We (make) vocabulary flash cards.

BPAIR WORK Ask the questions in Part A. Answer with your own information.

Speaking Communicating successfully

A GROUPwORK What have these people been doing lately to improve their English?
What language goals do you think they have been trying to reach?

B CLASSACTIVITY What else can you do to improve your speaking? Learn more vocabulary?
Discuss your ideas and make a class list of tips.
Improve listening comprehension?

EKeeptalking!
Go to page 125 for more practice

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I can give and discuss language-learning tips.
 One possibility is...
Interactions Interests and options
A How good is your English? Rate these areas 1 (good), 2 (fair), or 3 (not very good).

reading writing speaking listening

vocabulary grammar pronunciation idioms
BListen to the conversation. What idiom did Ralph learn?

Then practice the conversation.

Ralph Excuse me. Do you have a minute?

Mr. Hill Of course, Ralph. What's up?

Ralph Well, I'm trying to find way to learn

a

English idioms. Can you help me?

Mr. Hill Well, how about taking one of our

conversation courses? I know
Ms. Davis teaches a lot of idioms.

Ralph OK.
interested in idioms?
Mr. Hill But why are you so
Ralph Oh, a making plans, and
friend and I were
he said, "Let's play it by ear." I asked him
to repeat it, but I still didn't understand.

Mr. Hill I see. Well, "play it by ear" means you don't

make plans ahead of time. You decide what
seems best at the time.

Ralph Oh,I know that now,. I looked it up online.

But that's why I need to learn idioms.

with similar expression from

Read the expressions below. Complete each box
a
C
the conversation. Then listen and check your
answers.

Offering options
Bpressingintorect

One possibility is..

'minterested in.
You might want to consider
I'm looking10r

D PAIRWORK Express interest

in improving your skills in one of the areas in Part A.
Take turns.
Your partner offers course options.
Advanced Grammar Academic Test Prep
Podcasting in Engish
Intermediate Listening Pronunciation Workshop
Vocabulary for Science
 unit
2
2 Pronunciation Unreleased final consonant sounds
A Listen and repeat. Notice how the final sounds /b/, Is/, /d/, /p/,/k/, and /t/ are
not fully pronounced before other consonant sounds.
Film Club Group Discussions Advanced Grammar Travel Blog Writing
Intermediate Conversation Academic Listening Test Prep Course

BListen. Cross out the final sounds that are not fully pronounced. Then practice
with a partner.
Create flash cards. Set realistic goals. Join group discussions.
Read books in English. Memorize verb tenses. Write a blog for practice.

3 Listening Fun classes

A Listen to a man ask about options for English classes. Write the class names.

Class name One interesting thing

BListen again. Write oneinteresting thing about each class. Then circle the class
the man chooses.

Speaking Consider all the options

EBATRWORK Role-play the situation. Then change roles.
Student A: You are a new student at a language school. Student B has been taking classes
at the school for a year. Ask about class options and choose one.

Student B: You have been taking classes at your language school for a year. Student A
is a new student. Help Student A find the right class from the classes below.

Vocabulary for Science Reading for Business Advanced Speaking

Academic Listening
Mon. & Fri., 7:00-8:30 a.m. Wed., 2:00-5:00 p.m. Tue.&Thur., 6:00-8:00 p.m.
Tue. & Thur., 4:00-6:00 p.m.

Practice note-taking and Learn science vocabulary Practice reading notes, Improve your speaking
and academic skills. memos, and reports. skills.
intensive listening.

A: Im interested in a way to improve my reading.

B: One class possibility is Reading for Business. They practice reading memos.

A: Really? 1ldon't know about that.

I can express interests.

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I can offer options.
 Have her message me.
Vocabulary Communicate...or not?
A Label the phrases c (ways to communicate) or A (ways to avoid communicating).
Then listen and check your answers.

answerthe phone
call (someone) back
don't check voice mail
gnore a text

leave (someone) a voice mesage.

let the call go to voice mail.
respond to an email.
screen your calls
turn off the phone.
10 update your status online

B PAIRWORK How do you usually communicate? What things do you sometimes do

to avoid communicating?

update my status online every day. That way my friends know what Im doing"

2 Conversation Where's Beth?

A Listen to the conversation. How has Pete been trying to contact Beth?
Akemi Hello?
Pete Hi, Akemi. It's Pete.
Akemi Oh, hi, Pete. How are things?
Pete Good, thanks. Listen, have you seen Beth? I've left her
a lot of voice messages, but she hasn't returned
my calls.
Akemi That's strange. Maybe she's busy and just isn't checking
her voice mail.

pete She's probably screening her calls. It's too bad, because
I
really need to ask her to
help me with something.
Akemi Have you tried emailing her?

Pete Several times, but s0 far she's ignored my emails -

and my texts.
Akemi That's not like her. You know, I usually see her at the
8ym on Sundays.
Pete Oh, really? Could you ask her to call me back or to
message me
Akemi Sure, I can do that.

BListen to a conversation between Pete and Beth. Why hasn't Beth been
answering her phone? What's Pete planning?

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 unit
2
3 Grammar Verb +
object + verb
Some verbs are commonly followed by an Some verbs are commonly followed by
object and the base form of another verb. an object and an infinitive (to + verb).
Would you let me help? invited you to come.
Please make them be quiet. P'll ask her to help me.
Could you have her message me? Would you tell her to call me?
Please help me call people. Could you remind them to come early?
A Circle the correct forms of the verbs. Then compare with a partner.
You're talking to a friend on the phone and you get 4 An uninvited stranger shows
up at your party.
another call. What do you do? What do you do?
a. Itell the caller call/ to call me back later. a. Tinvite the person come/ to come in.
b. I have my friend call/ to call me back. b. Imake the person leave/to leave.
2 Your grandmother can't input numbers into her 5 Afriend is
cell phone. What do you do?
always phoning you in class. What do
you do?
Ihave
a. someone
input/ to input the numbers a. Iremind my friend call / to call later.
for her.

b. "Let
b. lask
my friend stop/to stop calling.
Isay, me help /to help you." 6 Your sister has been secretly using your phone
Your phone rings in the middle of the night. What to send texts. What do you do0?
do you do0?
a. Imake her pay / to pay for using my phone.
a. llet the call go / to go to voice mail.
b. Ilet her continue /to continue to use
b. lanswer but ask the person call / to call back
my phone.
in the morning.

PAIR WORK Ask and answer the questions in PartA. Make the answers
true for you.

4Speaking Chat about it.

RGROUPWORK questions. Give more information.
Answer the
Do you ever get texts, emails, or calls from companies trying to sell things? What do you do to make them
stop calling?
Has your computer or phone ever stopped working? Did you have someone fix it for you? Who?
Would you let a stranger borrow your phone? Do you ever ask to borrow someone's phone? When?
Have you ever sent an email to the wrong person? Who did you send it to? Did this person respond to your email?
What did he or she say?

I sometimes get calls from companies. I ask them to stop calling"

5 Keep talking!
Go to pages 126-127 for more practice

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Ican talk about ways of communicating.
 Modern communication
1Reading n
A Read the first paragraph of the article. What is "communication overload"?

Cat
TOO MUCH INFORMATION
with each other by voice or text anytime, anywhere. The result
Computers and cell phones let people communicate
too much information! So let me offer these tips. They
could help you manage communication overload.
TIP 1-Stick to a schedule. Do you have a calendar? Use it to schedule study times, meetings, and appointments. But
How about also
read status updates, and check your messages.
also, use it to schedule times to respond to email, Then stick to it!
aside time for no email, no texts, no phone calls, nothing!
using it to schedule quiet time? That is, set
but not for long messages with emotional content.
TIP 2- Text or phone call? Texts a r e great for short messages,
but not when you need to save information about a
Phone calls are fine when you want a m o r e personal touch,
conversation. In those cases, an email or a letter may be better.

phone call. Ifyou don't want to talk,

screen your calls and letthe
TIP 3- Let it ring. You don't have to answer every

a message. Or turn off your phone. The same is true for text messages. It's usually OK to make people
caller leave
wait for your answer.
save an email, create
answered an email, delete it orfile it. Ifyou need to
TIP 4-Keep your in-box empty. Afteryou've and follow it
folders -
for school, for work, for friends. Find a way to organize your messages that works for you,
have a profile on a social network site, like Facebook. Some people
TIP 5- Pick one primary network. Many people place to communicate with people. Keep your
Choose one site as your primary
have profiles on many different sites.
on the other sites, but check
those sites less frequently.
profiles real
are all your"friends" on the site
TIP 6-Choose your friendscarefully. If you belong to a social network site,
or even strangers? Limit the number
of "friends" you
friends and family, or are s o m e just casual acquaintances
don't care about.
welcome into your social network, and you
will limit communication overload from people you

BRead the article. Find the

words in bold. What do they mean? Write the words next
definition.
to the correct
primary 4 save for later.
main
5 information about yourself
Continue to do it
know well 6 subject matter
people you don't
author would probably agree with.
C Check () the statements the
call. Create several email folders.
It's always better to
than onesocial network site. You should always communicate with people.
It's OK to be on more
from communication overload? Why or why not?
D Do you think you suffer
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2
2 Listening Communication preferences
A OListen to four friends describe their favorite method of communicating.
Write the method each person prefers.

Method Why he or she prefers it

Lynn It's fast, cheap, and easy.
She dislikes checking her voice mail.
Alex H e forgets to answer texts.
He cantalkto the person right away.
Anita She can communicate with a lot of people at the same time.
She can see what herfriends are doing.
Dean I t ' s more personal.
UHe can respond to email by phone.

B Listen again. Check () why they prefer their method of communication.

Writing A conversation in writing

A Write an answer to the question "What's the best way to communicate with
people?" Use the model to help you.

B GROUPwORK Pass your answer to the classmate

Ming: The best way to communicate
on your right. Read and respond to your classmate's
answer. Continue to pass, read, and respond to all
with people is to talk in person.
of the answers in your group. Ella:1 don't think so. Sometimes
people are too far away.
CRead the answers and responses. Which way to Justine: Then one possibility is calling
communicate is the best? the person to talk.
Eduardo: I'm not Sure about that....

4Speaking How I communicate

A GROUP WORK Answer the questions. Give more information.
What is your primary way of communicating?
Who do you use it to communicate with?

What do you like about it? ls there anything you

dislike about it?
Has your way of communicating with people changed
in the past year? How?
Do you think you'll still use this method in one year?

Five years? Why or why not?

TUSually use my phone. Italk toeveryone this way.

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BCLASSACTIVITY Take a class survey. What's the most popular way
communicating among your classmates?

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can discuss mycommunication preferences.
Wrap-up
1Quick pair review
Lesson A Test your partner!
say three sentences in the present continuous. Can your partner say them correctly in
the present perfect continuous? Take turns. You and your partner have two minutes.

A: Im reading a good book.

B:Ive been readinga good book lately.
Lesson B Do you remember?
Complete the sentences with the correct phrases to express interest and offer options.
Write the letter of the correct phrase. You have two minutes.

A I'm interested a. getting an English-speaking tutor

BYou might want to consider. b. to understand English recipes.
A I'm looking C. in learning English for travel.
BOne possibility is d. about taking a cooking class in English?
A I'm trying to find a way e. for a way to improve my pronunciation.
How f. getting an English travel magazine

Lesson C Brainstorm
Make a list of ways to communicate and ways to avoid communicating.
You have two minutes.

Lesson D Find out!

Who are two people both you and your partner send instant messages to - or would
like to send messages to? You and your partner have one minute.

A:l send instant messages to my mom. Do you?

B: No. I don't. She doesn't use messaging apps. I send instant messages to my
sister. Do you?
A: Yes, Ido
In the real world
How did your grandparents use to communicate with their friends and family? Talk to
one of your grandparents or an older friend. How did they communicate before there
were computers and cell phones? Write about it.

How My Grandparents Used to Communicate

My grandmother talked to her friends on a phone
in her house. She also wrote thenm letters.