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10 National Geographic
people
People and jobs
14 International phone
calls
Phone calls from New York
4 Work in pairs.
Hello! Im Meera.
Hi! My names Jared.
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vocabulary jobs grammar a/an listening introductions grammar I + am, you + are
vocabulary the alphabet speaking personal information
1
2
3
4
5
Hi. Im Carolyn. Im a
Hello. Im Alex. Im a
Hi. Im Mireya. Im a
Hi. Im Mattias. Im a
Hello. Im Robert. Im an
.
.
.
.
N A T I O N A L
G E O G R A P H I C
P E O P L E
Mattias Klum
filmmaker
Carolyn Anderson
writer
Robert Ballard
explorer
Mireya Mayor
scientist
Alex Treadway
photographer
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Unit 1Hello
Grammar a/an
Im
Youre
Example: explorer
AN
a + noun with b, c, d,
f,
a filmmaker
an + noun with a, e, i,
o, u
an explorer
Katya.
a student.
10
Work in pairs. Look at the photos on page 10. Practise
the conversations in Exercises 8 and 9.
11
13
Bb
Cc
Dd
Ee
Ff
Gg
Hh
Ii
Jj
Kk
Ll
Mm
Nn
Oo
Pp
Rr
Ss
Uu
Vv
Ww
Xx
Yy
Zz
Tt
1 Im
2 Im
3 Im
4 Im
5 Im
6 Im
photographer.
doctor.
teacher.
artist.
engineer.
driver.
Listening
8
14
You:
Mattias:
.
.3
Mattias
Klum.
You: Oh, 4
a filmmaker!
Mattias: Yes, for National Geographic.
2
3 Shaun / Sean
4 Anna / Ana
15
Work in pairs. Spell your name.
16
Work in pairs. Spell words.
Student A: Turn to page 153.
Student B: Turn to page 157.
Speaking
17
Work in groups. Play a memory game. Introduce
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reading people in the Himalayas vocabulary countries and nationalities pronunciation word stress
grammar he/she/it + is speaking and writing a quiz
Photo 2
Manu
BritishChinaSpanish
the United States
Country
Nationality
Indian
Country
Nationality
Brazil
Canada
Brazillian
Canadian
Chinese
Egyptian
French
German
Egypt
France
Germany
Great Britain
Italy
Japan
Mexico
Oman
Spain
Italian
Japanese
Mexican
Omani
American
Grammar he/she/it + is
HE/SHE/IT + IS
1
This is Manu.
Hes from Jagat.
Jagat is in
Nepal. Manu is
Nepalese.
Photo by Alex
Treadway
He
She
It
is
from India.
Indian.
in India.
Your partner
Name
Country
2
This is Dechen.
Shes from
Ladakh. Ladakh
is in India.
Dechen is Indian.
Photo by Alex
Treadway
Nationality
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Unit 1 Hello
QUICK QUIZ:
Haruko is a writer.
a r o u n d
t h e
TRUE OR
FALSE
w o r l d
WORLDWIDEFILMS
T
HARUKO SAEKI
Filmmaker
Code
Passport Number
GBR
956870043
Surname (1)
01
02
Curry is
from India.
Toshiba is
French.
ALLBRIGHT
Given name(s) (2)
JOHN WILLIAM
Nationality (3)
BRITISH
03
Judo is
American.
People at IRT
Mumbai:
Krishnan Dimri
Writer
d
IT Engineers
04
ITALY
MARINA NERO
12/06/13
MARINA NERO
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PERSONAL INFORMATION
A QUIZ
Flamenco is
from Spain.
PHONE NUMBERS
WRITE
AN IDENTITY BADGE
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vocabulary continents reading phone calls from New York word focus from vocabulary numbers 110
grammar my, your speaking phone numbers
1 Im from Spain.
2 Pizza is from Italy.
3 This phone call is from John.
Af
As
Au
E
N
S
A
A
India is in
Italy is in
Germany is in
Canada is in
Brazil is in
1.14 Write the numbers (110). Then listen and repeat the numbers.
0
Reading
5 Read the article on page 15.
is a student.
is Mexican.
is an artist.
is from Brazil.
is from Canada.
is a doctor.
zero
one
two
three
four
five
six
seven
eight
nine
ten
1.15 Look at the map and listen to the number. Say the country.
10
1.16 Look at the map and listen to the country. Say the number.
12
MY, YOUR
Whats your phone number?
My mobile number is 619 408 713.
Note: we say oh for 0 not zero in phone numbers.
For further information and practice, see page 161.
Speaking
13 Work in pairs. Ask and answer questions.
mobile number
work number
home number
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Unit 1 Hello
G E O G R A P H Y
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PERSONAL INFORMATION
WRITE
AN IDENTITY BADGE
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vocabulary greetings real life personal information (1) pronunciation questions real life meeting people
Good
afternoon.
Good
evening.
Hi.
.
Good
night.
Goodbye.
2
Date
Name
Company
Signature
17.5.2013
Elias Brich
EB Consulting
E Brich
18.5.2013
Suzi Lee
New Start
Suzi Lee
18.5.2013
James Watt
New Start
James Watt
18.5.2013
a
b
c
d
4 Pronunciation questions
a
name
phone
Hello. / Hi.
How are you?
Fine, thanks. / Im OK.
This is X.
Nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you too.
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Whats your
?
Whats your
name?
Whats your surname?
Whats your
number?
Whats your job?
Im Liam. / My names Liam.
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A QUIZ
PHONE NUMBERS
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Unit 1 Hello
1e My ID
Writing an identity badge
1 Look at the ID badge and find:
Washington
VISITOR
2
Name
02 / 08 / 2013
Carolyn Smith
a city
Washington
a continent
North America
a country
a language
English
a name
Carolyn Anderson
a nationality
American
american
cathy newman
Writers
Conference
Brazil
Brazilian
Portuguese
7 /10 /2013
VISITOR
0186693
Date
dublin
sean booth
Lisbon
24 April
Explore
Travel
Director
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PERSONAL INFORMATION
619127039
WRITE
AN IDENTITY BADGE
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Unit 1 Hello
Hi. My name
1
Tom Brooks.
Im 2
photographer.
This 3
my
top ten my
favourite National
Geographic
photos of people
and places.
a man
Photo 1
a woman people
an animal /
animals
Photo 2
Photo 3
Photo 4
Australian.
a photo of a
South Africa.
Photo 5
Photo 6
Photo 7
Photo 8
an animal (n)
/nml/
a man (n)
/mn/
a climber (n)
/klam/
an ocean (n)
/n/
fantastic (adj)
/fntastk/
a river (n)
/rv/
a fisherwoman
(n) /fwmn/
a water buffalo
(n) /wt
bfl/
happy (adj)
/hpi/
a whale (n)
/wel/
a hunter (n)
/hnt/
a woman (n)
/wmn/
Photo 9
Photo 10
Photo 2 is a man.
Yes, I agree.
Nepal / India
China / Mongolia
Mongolia / Nepal
the United States / Canada
Brazil / Bangladesh
Canada / New Zealand
Australia / the United States
South Africa / Namibia
Namibia / Kenya
Kenya / South Africa
a lion (n)
/lan/
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UNIT 1 REVIEW
Grammar
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
youre
hes
hes
shes
shes
its
its
1
3
a / an book
a / an country
a / an explorer
a / an family
5
6
7
8
1 __r_p_
2 S _ _ th _ m _ r _ c _
I CAN
introduce people (be)
use a and an correctly
3 _ fr _ c _
4 _ _ str _ l _ _
I CAN
Vocabulary
1
a / an identity badge
a / an office
a / an passport
a / an phone
Real life
6 Complete the conversation with ad.
. Im from Italy. Im
.
. Shes French. Shes from
.
Joes British. Hes from
. Hes an
.
Im a
. Im from China. Im
.
Enrique is a
. Hes from Mexico. Hes
.
Sandras American. Shes from
. Shes
a
.
a
b
c
d
a:
b:
a:
b:
a:
b:
a:
b:
a:
c:
I CAN
ask for and give personal information
meet and greet people
Speaking
7 Work in groups of three. Practise the conversation
in Exercise 6. Change the underlined words.
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