134_8- Speakout Intermediate, 2nd BBC DVD Clips-Worksheets

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 PRE-INTERMEDIATE UNIT 1 
 1 Work in pairs. Discuss the questions. Which of these 
are good (G) and which are bad (B) ways to end a 
relationship? Why? Give reasons.
• in person 
• by text message 
• by email 
• on the phone 
• with a letter 
• posting on a social networking site 
• via a friend
 
 2 Watch the DVD and choose the best sentence to 
summarise the clip, a), b) or c). 
 a) Miranda loves Mike but Mike doesn’t love her. 
 b) Gary and Mike both love Miranda but she doesn’t 
love either of them. 
 c) Miranda loves Mike but realises she’s in love 
with Gary. 
 3 Decide if the sentences below are true (T) or 
false (F). 
 1 Gary’s restaurant is called Gary’s . 
 2 Miranda doesn’t like doughnuts. 
 3 Miranda’s new friend thinks she should break up 
with Mike. 
 4 Stevie thinks Miranda is in love with Mike. 
 5 Miranda is too direct. 
 6 Both her friends think it’s a good idea to write 
Mike a letter. 
 7 Gary is really stressed and needs help. 
 8 Miranda is in love with Gary. 
 4 A Complete the sentences with the words in the box.
bean dash freak manly mean skip 
springs split
1 Please don’t tell my mum what happened, she’ll 
 out! 
 2 I like your beard, it makes you look very 
 . 
 3 Oh no, is that the time? I have to , 
sorry! 
 4 What to mind when you think of 
London? 
 5 I love you so much, you make my heart 
 every time I see you. 
 6 I’m sorry, I don’t love you anymore. I think we 
should up. 
 7 This bag is so comfortable, where 
did you get it? 
 8 I think you should apologise to Mandy, what you 
said was really . 
 B Match words/phrases in Exercise 4A with their 
meanings a)–h). 
 a) miss a beat 
 b) macho, traditionally male 
 c) the fi rst thing you think of 
 d) a big cushion you can sit on 
 e) not kind 
 f) get very angry or lose control 
 h) leave quickly 
 g) fi nish our relationship 
 5 A EITHER choose a famous love story you know 
OR choose one of the love stories below and fi nd 
out as much as you can about it. Use questions 1–4 
to help you. 
 • Pride and Prejudice 
 • Wuthering Heights 
 • Jane Eyre 
 • Antony and Cleopatra
• Romeo and Juliet 
 1 Where is it set? 
 2 Who are the main characters? 
 3 What is the plot of the story?
4 How does it end? 
 B Work in groups. Ask and answer questions about 
the love story you chose.
A: I chose Romeo and Juliet.
B: Where is it set?
A: In Verona, in Italy.
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 PRE-INTERMEDIATE UNIT 2 
 1 Work in pairs. Discuss the questions. 
 1 What are the advantages and disadvantages of 
having a long journey to work/college every day? 
 2 Have you ever had a long commute? 
 3 What’s your favourite way to travel? Why? 
 
 2 Watch the DVD. Match the times 1–3 to the places 
where Justin is a)–c). 
 1 Friday a� ernoon/evening 
 2 six o’clock 
 3 Saturday morning 
 a) boarding the plane 
 b) at home in France 
 c) leaving the o� ce 
 3 Work in pairs. Watch the DVD again and answer 
the questions. 
 1 Which European nationality spends most time 
travelling to/from work? 
 2 What is Justin’s job? 
 3 Which of these is NOT one of the jobs done by the 
group of commuters? 
 • charity manager 
 • IT worker 
 • hotel operator 
 • marketing manager 
 • BT consultant 
 4 Why did Justin and his wife decide to move to 
France? 
 5 How much are the fl ights if he books early? 
 6 How long does it take Justin to drive from 
Toulouse airport to his home? 
 7 How does Justin feel on Saturday morning? 
 4 A Complete the extracts with a word from box A and 
a word from box B.
A
Euro make transformed river takes tra� c
B
commuter jams lifestyle move o� view
 1 Do you feel like you’re wasting time, sitting 
in ? 
 2 But his home is in France. Justin is a 
 . 
 3 The fl ight . There’s 
no time for shopping with these guys. 
 4 So why did you decide to this 
 in the fi rst place? 
 5 That’s the house down there, with the terrace, with 
the . 
 6 We’ve just our . 
 B Watch the DVD again to check. 
 5 A Choose one of the work-related trends/practices 
below and fi nd out as much as you can about it. 
What are the good aspects of each trend/practice? 
Make notes. 
 • telecommuting 
 • fl exitime 
 • pop-up businesses 
 • zero-hours contracts
• call centres 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 B Work in groups. Ask and answer questions about 
the trend/practice you chose.
A: I chose flexitime.
B: What is it?
A: It’s when you work a number of hours each month, 
but you can change the time you start or finish your 
working day. 
 
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 PRE-INTERMEDIATE UNIT 3 
 1 Work in pairs. Discuss the questions. 
 1 What are the most popular things to do/places to 
visit for visitors to your city? 
 2 Do you like doing these things too, or are they 
only for tourists? 
 3 Where do you usually take people who come to 
visit you? 
 2 A Watch the DVD and number the photos in the order 
you see them. 
 B Label the photos with the items in the box.
the view from the cable car
 ‘Samba da mesa’ 
 looking for exotic fruit 
 3 A What do these things refer to in the DVD? 
 1 3.5 
 2 1 
 3 2 
 4 Açaí 
 5 completely free 
 6 Lapa 
 B Watch the DVD again to check. 
 4 Match the words/phrases from the DVD 1–7 with 
their meanings a)–g).
1 common sights 
2 the core 
3 fl avours 
4 get up to 
5 locals 
6 poverty 
7 slums
 a) very poor areas 
 b) the particular taste of food and drink 
 c) people who live in an area 
 d) do something 
 e) things you o� en see 
f ) the situation of being very poor 
g) the centre 
 5 A You can fi nd the things below in Rio de Janeiro. 
What do you think they are? Find out as much as 
you can about them. 
 • churrasco 
 • mate 
 • Santa Teresa 
 • futevôlei 
 B Work in groups. Ask and answer questions about 
the things above. Which of the things would you 
most like to do/taste/visit?
A: I chose futevôlei.
B: What is it?
A: It’s a mixture of football and volleyball. 
A 
B 
C 
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 4 A Complete the extracts with the words in the box.
cracked hang humble matter radical 
replica rudder
 1 Today billions of us can travel across the planet in 
a of hours. 
 2 But that everyday miracle started in a rather 
 way. 
 3 They were trying out this new form 
of transportation.4 Until they’d how to ride the 
wind, … 
 5 Apparently, even I should be able to get the 
 of it. 
 6 And they put a on the back. 
 7 This is an exact of their glider. 
 B Watch the DVD again to check. 
 5 A EITHER think of a recent invention OR choose one 
of the inventions below and fi nd out as much as 
you can about it. Make notes.
 • 3D printing 
 • nanotechnology in computers 
 • piezoelectricity 
 • autonomous vehicles
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 B Work in groups. Ask and answer questions about 
the invention you chose. Which is the most useful? 
Which is your favourite invention?
A: I chose autonomous vehicles.
B: What are they?
A: They’re things like driverless cars.
 
 PRE-INTERMEDIATE UNIT 4 
 1 Work in pairs. Discuss the questions. 
 1 What have been the most important inventions of 
the last twenty years in the following areas? 
 • food 
 • medicine 
 • technology 
 • transport 
 2 What inventions would you like to see in the 
future in these areas? 
 2 Watch the DVD. Tick the things Dallas Campbell 
does. 
 1 drive a car 
 2 put a fl ag in the sand 
 3 measure a distance 
 4 interview an inventor 
 5 open a door 
 6 wear a helmet 
 7 run across a sand dune 
 8 fl y a glider 
 3 A Decide if the sentences are true (T) or false (F). 
 1 The Wright brothers’ invention would allow people 
to travel further. 
 2 The glider was invented a� er the aeroplane. 
 3 They built the glider two years before they tested 
the fi rst aeroplane. 
 4 The wing at the front makes it turn le� and right. 
 5 Dallas fi nds it di� cult to imagine how the Wright 
brothers felt. 
 6 The invention had important consequences. 
 B Watch the DVD again to check. 
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 PRE-INTERMEDIATE UNIT 5 
 1 Match 1–4 with endings a)–d). Which of the facts about 
the Arica–La Paz railway are the most surprising? 
 1 The railway fi rst opened 
 2 It is 440 km 
 3 Its highest point is at 
4 It is now closed to passenger trains 
 a) long. 
 b) but may reopen soon. 
 c) in May 1913. 
 d) 4,257 metres above sea level. 
 2 A Watch the DVD and number the photos in the order 
you see them. 
 B Where is each photo? Choose from the places in 
the box.
Arica the Andes La Paz
 3 A Work in pairs. What do the words/numbers refer to 
in the DVD? 
 1 twice 
 2 45 
 3 30 
 4 3 
 5 3½ 
 6 6½ 
 7 16.4 
 B Watch the DVD again to check. 
 4 A Match the words in the box to things they are used 
to describe. Then watch the DVD again to check.
di� cult embarrassed heroic hot not easy 
relief terrible thin
 1 how Michael Palin feels about his suitcases 
 2 the dinners 
 3 the air in the Andes 
 4 how simple things become in the Andes 
 5 how the passenger is feeling 
 6 getting to La Paz 
 7 what they feel when they arrive in La Paz 
 8 their vehicle
 B Watch the DVD again to check. 
 5 A EITHER choose a train journey you know OR choose 
one of the train journeys below and fi nd out as 
much as you can about it. Use questions 1–3 to 
help you. 
 • Trans-Siberian Express 
 • Orient Express 
 • Glacier Express 
 • California Zephyr 
 1 Where does it start/fi nish? 
 2 How long is the journey? 
 3 What can you see and do? 
 B Work in groups. Ask and answer questions about 
the train journey you chose. Which journey would 
you like to go on? 
A: I chose the Orient Express.
B: Where does it start?
A: In London.
A   
B   
C   
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 PRE-INTERMEDIATE UNIT 6 
 1 Work in pairs. How many of the following things 
can you tell your partner about yourself? 
 1 how many steps you took today 
 2 what your blood pressure is 
 3 how much food you ate today 
 4 how many people you met today 
 5 how much time you spent sitting down today 
 6 how many hours you slept last night 
 2 A Watch the fi rst part of the DVD up to 00:20. 
Which of the points in Exercise 1A does the 
presenter mention? 
 B Watch the DVD in full. Tick the activities you see. 
• cycling 
• playing basketball 
• playing tennis 
• rowing 
• running 
• sleeping 
• swimming 
• walking 
 C Which of the activities do you do regularly/
not at all?
 3 A Work in pairs and answer the questions. 
 1 What two things do we need to fi nd out all the 
information in Exercise 1? 
 2 What does Dr Kevin Fong want to fi nd out? 
 3 Where does he go to fi nd out about the latest 
technology? 
 4 Who has control of monitoring with the latest 
technology and apps? 
 5 Who is Blaine Price? 
 6 How do you wear the sleep monitor? 
 B Watch the DVD again to check. 
 4 Underline the correct alternative. Then watch the 
DVD again to check. 
 1 But he’s not heading/leaving to a hospital. 
 2 Useless/Wireless health and fi tness technology. 
 3 This is a revolution that takes monitoring out of 
doctors’ lives/hands . 
 4 Price is a technology expert with a big box of 
toys/gadgets . 
 5 It can tell you what phase/stage of sleep you’re in. 
 6 This is now very inexpensive/expensive . 
 7 From the luxury/comfort of our own homes, we can 
now measure exactly what our bodies are doing. 
 8 There are now thousands of apps for our 
phones to monitor/track anything and everything 
about us. 
 5 A EITHER choose a fi tness app you know OR choose 
one of the apps below and fi nd out as much as you 
can about it. Use questions 1–4 to help you. 
 • pedometer 
 • running app 
 • calorie counter/food logger 
 • general health 
 1 What is it called? 
 2 What does it measure? 
 3 How exactly do you use it? 
 4 Is it free? If not, how much does it cost? 
 B Work in groups. Ask and answer questions about 
the app you chose. Would you recommend it to 
other people? Do any students use the app you 
found out about?
A: I found out about MapMyRun.
B: What’s that?
A: It’s an app that measures data about running: 
how far, how fast, the route … 
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 PRE-INTERMEDIATE UNIT 7 
 1 Work in pairs. Discuss the questions. 
 1 Have you ever lived abroad? Why did you move 
there? 
 2 If you could live anywhere in the world, where 
would you live? 
 3 Do you know any foreign people who live in your 
country?
4 Where do you think the place in the photo is? 
 
2 Watch the DVD and tick the problems the 
family have. 
 1 Someone is ill. 
 2 They have no money. 
 3 It’s August and the weather is terrible. 
 4 They are homesick. 
 5 The houses are all too small. 
 6 They can’t speak Greek to the taxi drivers. 
 7 Someone tries to rob them. 
 8 Spiro drives very fast. 
 9 They have an accident. 
 3 A Work in pairs and answer the questions. 
 1 Who does Lawrence describe in the following 
ways? 
 a) can’t speak 
 b) can’t hear 
 c) has got a face like a plate of red porridge 
 d) is beginning to look like an Irish washerwoman 
 2 Where does Lawrence’s friend live? 
 3 How does mother describe the idea of ‘just upping 
and leaving’? 
 4 How many houses does the man show them? 
 5 What is the problem with each of them? 
 6 Why are the taxi drivers fi ghting? 
 7 How many languages does Spiro speak? 
 8 How does Gerry feel about the house Spiro 
shows them? 
 B Watch the DVD again to check. 
 4 A Match the phrases with up 1–4 with their 
meanings a)–d). 
 1 put up with 
 2 pack up and go 
 3 sell up 
 4 up and leave 
 a) sell everything 
 b) tolerate 
 c) go suddenly 
 d) organise everything and move 
 B Complete the sentences with the correct form of 
phrases 1–4 from Exercise 4A. 
 1 Halfway through our conversation she just 
   with no explanation! 
 2 I just can’t   that 
noise from next door any longer. I’m going to go 
and say something. 
 3 A� er years living in the same town, Harry decided 
to   and go travelling 
round the world. 
 4 Pop-up stores are an interesting new idea. They 
open in one location, then a� er a week they just 
   to another location. 
 5 A Choose a country that you know and fi nd out 
about it. Use the questions below to help you. 
 1 What is its population? 
2 What is the language?
3 What is the climate like?
4 What is the food like?
5 What places of interest are there? 
 B Work in groups. Ask and answer questions about 
the country you chose. 
A: I chose France.
B: What is its population?
A: Sixty-six million.
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 PRE-INTERMEDIATE UNIT 8 
 1 Work in pairs. Discuss the questions. 
 1 What are fair trade products? 
 2 Do you ever buy fair trade products? 
 3 Which of these products do you buy fair trade?
 bananas beauty products clothes 
chocolate co� ee fl owers sugar 
 4 How easy is it to buy fair trade products in your 
country? 
 2 Watch the DVD and number the things in the order 
you see them. 
 a) men using machines to weave material 
 b) people cutting the soles of shoes from car tyres 
 c) a fi nished shoe 
 d) the presenter talking to Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu 
 e) women spinning cotton 
 3 A Choose the correct answer, a), b) or c). 
 1 The cotton is spun by 
 a) machine. 
 b) hand. 
 c) men. 
 2 The company started … years ago. 
 a) nine 
 b) fi ve 
 c) three 
 3 Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu is on Forbes’s list 
of 100 … women in the world. 
 a) richest 
 b) most successful 
 c) most powerful 
 4 She’s proud of the fact that they provide 
 a) well-paid jobs. 
 b) the best shoes. 
 c) a chance for workers to buy a home. 
 5 People can buy the shoes 
 a) in Ethiopia only. 
 b) online and in shops. 
 c) in Europe only. 
 6 The presenter thinks the company is a good 
thing for 
 a) Ethiopia. 
 b) the shoes market. 
 c) the families of the people who work there. 
 B Watch the DVD again to check. 
 4 Match the extracts 1–8 with the endings a)–h). 
 1 The other part of the process is that they use 
home-spun 
 2 The thing about private- 
 3 Much of that success is down 
 4 Congratulations 
 5 We’re proud that we created job 
 6 We’re doing that by empowering 
 7 We do have fl agship 
 8 It’s helped to reduce the number of people living 
in poverty 
 a) by about a third. 
 b) to one woman. 
 c) sector companies like this … 
 d) cotton fabric. 
 e) stores. 
 f) on that. 
 g) our own people. 
 h) opportunities here. 
 5 A Choose one of the eco-companies below and fi nd 
out as much as you can about it. 
 • Alter Eco 
 • Grounds For Change 
 • AC Propulsion 
 • Earthanol 
 B Work in groups. Ask and answer questions about 
the company you chose. 
A: I chose Grounds For Change.
B: What is it?
A: It specialises in fair trade coffee.
 
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 PRE-INTERMEDIATE UNIT 9 
 1 Work in pairs. Discuss the questions. 
 1 What’s the coldest place you’ve ever visited? 
What’s the hottest? 
 2 Do you prefer snow or rain? 
 3 What’s your favourite type of weather? 
 2 A Watch the DVD and number the photos in the order 
you see them. 
 B What does each photo show? Label the photos with 
the headings in the box.
travelling to see the Northern Lights
a book from Joanna Lumley’s childhood
Joanna Lumley as a little girl
 3 A Work in pairs and answer the questions. 
 1 Where did Joanna Lumley live when she was a 
little girl? 
 2 What were her storybooks full of? 
 3 What four things does she show from her 
suitcase? 
 4 What did she see a picture of in the penguin book? 
 5 How many sled dogs does her guide have? 
 6 Where does she wait to see the Northern Lights? 
 7 How long has she been waiting to see the 
Northern Lights? 
 8 How does she feel a� er she sees them? 
 B Watch the DVD again to check. 
 4 A Match the adjectives from the DVD with the things 
they are used to describe 1–6.
(not) average fairytale magical rippling 
steamy tiny
 1 mountains 
 2 Northern Lights 
 3 heat 
 4 curtain 
 5 penguin 
 6 taxi rank 
 B Watch the DVD again to check. 
 C Match the adjectives from Exercise 4A with their 
meanings 1–6. 
 1 not real, as if in a dream, the way things happen 
in children’s stories 
 2 very enjoyable, in a strange or special way 
 3 very small 
 4 moving in small waves 
 5 hot and humid 
 6 normal 
 5 A EITHER choose a natural wonder you know OR 
choose one of the natural wonders below and fi nd 
out as much as you can about it. Use questions 1–3 
to help you. 
 • Fly Geyser 
 • Great Blue Hole 
 • Door to Hell 
 • Plitvicer Seen 
 1 Where is it? 
 2 What is it, exactly? 
 3 How is it formed? 
 B Work in groups. Ask and answer questions about 
the natural wonder you chose.
A: What’s the Fly Geyser?
B: It’s a man-made geyser in the Nevada Desert. 
 
A 
B 
C 
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 PRE-INTERMEDIATE UNIT 10 
 1 Read the questions and make notes. 
 1 What do you usually have for lunch?
                       
                       
2 What time do you usually have lunch?
                       
                       
3 How long do you take for lunch?
                       
                       
4 Where do you usually go for lunch?5 Do you eat alone or with friends/colleagues?
                       
                       
 2 Watch the DVD and tick the things you see. 
 1 Martha’s family eating together 
 2 Martha going to school 
 3 comments on her blog 
 4 Martha’s family feeding animals 
 5 Martha’s school friends talking 
 6 photos of Martha’s school lunches 
 7 Martha making a model 
 8 some women singing 
 9 some children studying 
 10 some children waving 
 3 A Work in pairs and answer the questions. 
 1 How old is Martha? 
 2 Who is involved in making food in their family? 
 3 Why did she start her own blog? 
 4 When did she decide to use the blog to help others? 
 5 How was the money used? 
 6 How does Martha feel when she fi rst meets the 
children? 
 7 How does she feel a� er a while? 
 8 Who did she have o� ers from for her story? 
 B Watch the DVD again to check. 
 4 A Underline the correct alternative to complete 
the extracts. 
 1 You’ll remember the local council banned/stopped 
 her from posting photographs of her school 
meals on her blog. 
 2 All of the family bake, grow/raise their own 
vegetables and grow/raise sheep. 
 3 We’ve always wanted to do something about 
them, but we’ve never actually been allowed/
bothered to do it. 
 4 And this is what that money went for/towards . 
 5 It has given this community a reason to 
 congratulate/celebrate , and Martha is the centre 
of focus/attention . 
 6 But she managed to put the fi nishing parts/
touches to a kitchen she helped create. 
 B Watch the DVD again to check. 
 5 A EITHER choose an international dish you know well 
OR choose one of the types of lunch food below 
and fi nd out as much as you can about it. Use 
questions 1–5 to help you. 
 • feijoada 
 • kimchi 
 • BLT 
 • borscht 
 1 Where is it from? 
 2 What type of food is it? 
 3 What are the ingredients? 
 4 How do you make it?
5 When do you eat it ?
 B Work in groups. Ask and answer questions about 
the dish you chose. Which of the dishes would you 
like to try? 
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 PRE-INTERMEDIATE UNIT 11 
 1 Work in groups. Do you agree or disagree with the 
statements? 
 1 Video games can make people violent. 
 2 Too much TV is bad for children. 
 3 Families spend less time doing things together 
nowadays. 
 4 Children spend too much time indoors nowadays. 
 
2 Watch the DVD and tick the things you see. 
 1 a man throws a TV in the rubbish 
 2 a girl cries because she can’t play video games 
 3 a classroom 
 4 a camera fi lms a classroom 
 5 children playing football 
 6 people remove screens from homes 
 7 board games 
 8 some boys do push-ups 
 9 parents punishing a child 
 10 a girl paints a picture 
 3 A What do these things refer to in the DVD? 
 1 84 
 2 32 
 3 1 
 4 games 
 5 10 
 6 laughter 
 B Watch the DVD again to check. 
 4 Match 1–8 with a)–h) to make eight collocations 
from the DVD. 
 1 rots 
 2 severely 
 3 hang 
 4 primary 
 5 on the 
 6 in 
 7 get into 
 8 on school 
 5 Match the collocations from Exercise 4A with their 
meanings 1–8. 
 1 a school for children between fi ve and eleven 
years old 
 2 makes them unintelligent 
 3 at the edge of a city 
 4 during Monday to Friday 
 5 wait 
 6 as a substitute or payment for 
 7 become fi t and healthy 
 8 given or allowed only a little at a time 
6 A EITHER choose a gadget you like OR choose one of 
the family gadgets below and fi nd out as much as 
you can about it. Use questions 1–4 to help you. 
 • Teddy the Guardian 
 • FiLip 2 
 • MamaRoo Infant Seat 
 • Dolmio Pepper Hacker 
 1 What is the gadget? 
 2 What does it do? 
 3 Who is it for: kids, parents or everyone? 
 4 Would you use one? Why/Why not?
 B Work in groups. Ask and answer questions about 
the gadget you chose.
A: I chose FiLip 2.
B: What is it?
A: It’s a smart watch for kids. It allows their parents to 
keep track of where they are. a) on
b) their brains
c) shape
d) days
e) outskirts
f) exchange
g) school
h) rationed
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 PRE-INTERMEDIATE UNIT 12 
 1 Work in pairs. Discuss the questions. 
 1 Which of these sports do you like watching? 
 basketball cycling ice hockey 
motorcycle racing skiing surfi ng 
 2 Have you ever done any of these sports? 
 2 Watch the DVD and number the photos in the 
order you see them. What type of racing does each 
photo show?
 3 A Work in pairs. Decide if the sentences are true (T) 
or false (F). 
 1 Lewis Hamilton is popular with journalists. 
 2 The most important thing in Formula 1 racing is 
strength. 
 3 The season starts in March and fi nishes in July. 
 4 Lewis Hamilton started racing remote-controlled 
cars. 
 5 He appeared on a TV programme when he was six. 
 6 He wanted to become a Formula 1 champion 
before he was twenty .
 7 Formula 3 is dangerous. 
 8 He won half of his Formula 3 races. 
 B Watch the DVD again to check. 
 4 Complete the extracts with the words in the box. 
Then watch the DVD again to check.
all ambition place powerful survive track
1 He’s got it . 
 2 In this world, only the fastest . 
 3 It takes in some of the world’s 
richest locations. 
 4 Speed on the , money in the bank, 
fame and glory. 
 5 My cart feels really when I’m in it, 
but imagine being in a Formula 1 car. 
 6 My is to get to Formula 1, defi nitely. 
 5 A EITHER choose a sports personality you know OR 
choose one of the sports personalities below and 
fi nd out fi ve facts about him/her. Use questions 1–4 
to help you. 
 • LeBron James 
 • Manny Pacquiao 
 • Luciana Aymar 
 • Ronda Rousey
• Usain Bolt
1 Who is he/she?
2 Where is he/she from?
3 What is he/she famous for?
4 What are his/her achievements? 
 B Work in groups. Ask and answer questions about 
the sports personality you chose.
A: I chose Luciana Aymar.
B: Who’s she?
A: She’s a hockey player from Argentina. 
 
A 
B 
C 
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ANSWER KEY
UNIT 1 
2 
 c 
 3 
 1 T 2 F 3 T 4 F 5 F 6 F 7 T 
8 T 
 4 A 
 1 freak 2 manly 3 dash 4 springs 
5 skip 6 split 7 bean 8 mean 
 4 B 
 1 f 2 b 3 h 4 c 5 a 6 g 7 d 8 e 
 UNIT 2 
 2 
 1 c 2 a 3 b 
 3 
 1 British 
2 manager of an online business 
3 marketing manager 
4 for a better quality of life 
5 around £38 for a return 
6 one hour 
7 happy 
 4 A 
 1 tra� c jams 
2 Euro commuter 
3 takes o� 
4 make, move 
5 river view 
6 transformed, lifestyle 
 UNIT 3 
 2 A 
A 3 B 2 C 1 
 2 B 
 A ‘Samba da mesa’ 
B looking for exotic fruit
C the view from the cable car 
 3 A 
 1 the length of the cable car in km 
2 it costs $1 for a one-way ticket 
3 the number of free tickets residents 
get a day 
4 a type of berry that the presenter tries 
5 the outdoor gyms are completely free 
6 the place where people go out to play 
 4 
 1 e 2 g 3 b 4 d 5 c 6 f 7 a 
 UNIT 4 
 2 
 2, 3, 5, 6 and 8 
 3A 
 1 T 2 F 3 F 4 F 5 F 6 T 
 4A 
 1 matter 2 humble 3 radical
4 cracked 5 hang 6 rudder 7 replica 
 UNIT 5 
 11 c 2 a 3 d 4 b 
 2 A 
 A 2 B 1 C 3 
 2 B 
 A the Andes B Arica C La Paz 
 3 A 
 1 the number of times a week the train 
makes the journey 
2 the number of cases Michael Palin is 
taking 
3 30 years ago – when the train was built 
4 the number of people working on the 
train 
5 3½ hours a� er leaving the Pacifi c they 
reach 10,000 feet above sea level 
6 the number of hours a� er leaving they 
reach the Bolivian border 
7 their average speed (in miles per hour) 
on the journey 
 4 A
 1 embarrassed 2 hot 3 thin 4 di� cult 
5 terrible 6 not easy 7 relief 8 heroic 
 UNIT 6 
 2 A 
 1, 3, 4 and 6 
 2 B 
 cycling, playing basketball, running, 
sleeping and walking 
 3 A 
 1 a phone and a few apps 
2 if monitoring ourselves will help us lead 
longer and healthier lives 
3 a sports shop 
4 we do 
5 a technology expert
6 as a headband 
 4 
 1 heading 2 Wireless 3 hands 4 toys 
5 phase 6 inexpensive 7 comfort 
8 track 
 UNIT 7 
 2 
 1, 3, 6 and 8 
 3 A 
 1 a Gerry b Leslie c Margo d Mother 
2 Greece/Corfu 
3 madness 
4 ten 
5 none of them have a bathroom 
6 because they want the family’s 
business 
7 two 
8 he likes it 
 4 A 
 1 b 2 d 3 a 4 c 
 4 B 
 1 upped and le� 2 put up with 
3 sell up 4 pack up and go 
 UNIT 8 
 2 
 a 3 b 1 c 5 d 4 e 2 
 3 A 
 1 b 2 a 3 c 4 a 5 b 6 a 
 4 
 1 d 2 c 3 b 4 f 5 h 6 g 7 e 8 a 
 UNIT 9 
 2 A 
 A 2 B 1 C 3 
 2 B 
A a book from Joanna Lumley’s childhood
B Joanna Lumley as a little girl
C travelling to see the Northern Lights 
 3 A 
 1 Malaysia 
2 snow queens
3 some pastels, a drawing book, an old 
travel guide and a story book from her 
childhood 
4 the Northern Lights 
5 eleven 
6 next to a � ord
7 all her life 
8 as happy as can be 
 4 A 
 1 fairytale 2 magical 3 steamy 
4 rippling 5 tiny 6 (not) average 
 4 C 
 1 fairytale 2 magical 3 tiny 4 rippling 
5 steamy 6 average 
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 UNIT 10 
 2 
 1, 4, 6, 7, 8 and 10 
 3 A 
 1 nine 
2 everyone 
3 because she wasn’t impressed with her 
school lunches 
4 a� er a comment on her blog 
5 to feed children and build a proper 
kitchen for a school 
6 overwhelmed 
7 happy 
8 Hollywood, TV companies and 
publishers 
 4 
 1 banned 2 grow, raise 3 bothered 
4 towards 5 celebrate, attention 
6 touches 
 UNIT 11 
 2 
 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8 and 10 
 3 A 
 1 84 percent of children over 5 have a TV 
in their bedroom 
2 at the age of 8, the average child 
watches 32 whole days of TV 
3 the families are given 1 video camera 
to fi lm what happens 
4 they play games and rediscover old 
games 
5 a� er 10 days of the experiment, Jeremy 
talks to the parents 
6 there was more laughter in the house 
 4 
 1 b 2 h 3 a 4 g 5 e 6 f 7 c 8 d 
5 
 1 primary school 
2 rots their brains 
3 on the outskirts 
4 on school days 
5 hang on 
6 in exchange 
7 get into shape 
8 severely rationed 
 UNIT 12 
 2 
 A 2 B 3 C 1 
 A go-karting 
B Formula 3 
C remote-controlled cars 
 3 A 
 1 T 2 F 3 F 4 T 5 F 6 T 7 T 
8 F 
 4 
 1 all 2 survive 3 place 4 track 
5 powerful 6 ambition