B2+

Student’s Book
David Spencer

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 Contents
Reading
1
Quirkology – human
behaviour
Social research experiment
p6 Fraternities and sororities
2
The best age to learn to
drive
Electric cars: customising
p18 sounds
Using public transport: an
opinion
Two blogs: legal ages
Gateway to Exams 1–2 p30
3
Daniel Tammet –
Understanding Asperger’s
syndrome
p32 Improving memory and
language learning
The Curious Incident of the
Dog in the Night-time by
Mark Haddon
Inception: A film review
4
The science of ageing
Superhero origins
Genetically modified food
p44
Gateway to Exams 3–4 p56
5
Feeding ducks in the park
Smoking outdoors
Nineteen Eighty-Four by
p58 George Orwell
Child curfews
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Vocabulary
Sociology, psychology, etc
Body idioms and human
interaction
Word formation – suffixes
Similes
Ways of talking
Compound nouns
connected with car travel
Phrasal verbs – rules and
laws
Collocations with take, make
and do
Describing mental processes
Phrasal verbs – the mind
Word formation – prefixes
Scientific procedures and
research
Compound nouns and
adjectives
Causes, reasons and results
People with power
Minor offences and
punishment
Prepositional phrases
Formal register
Grammar
Past tenses International cultural knowledge:
Social life in U.S. universities
Present and past habits
International cultural knowledge:
Rush Week
Modal verbs – obligation, Science, technology and the
permission, prohibition, environment: Electric cars
advice and criticism
Modal verbs – speculation,
deduction, possibility and
probability
Modal verbs – might
Verb + -ing form and Literature: The Curious Incident of
infinitive the Dog in the Night-time by Mark
Haddon
Verb + object + -ing form
and infinitive
Conditionals and mixed Science and history: The birth of
conditionals superheroes
Inverted conditionals Popular culture/Science: Science
Other conditional structures
and pseudo-science
Advanced future forms
Cleft sentences Language and literature:
Nineteen Eighty-Four by
Other ways of adding
George Orwell
emphasis
Vague language
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Listening Writing Speaking Exam success
e: Rush week Present and past personal Personal interview Reading: Scanning for key words – multiple
interview questions practice matching
Chavs
e: Writing a story: useful Vocabulary: Word formation
Personal interviews
linguistic devices
– creating a good Listening: True/False/Not given
impression
Writing: Narrative
Ways of talking

Summary: The history of Opinion essay Discussing photos 1: Use of English: Multiple-choice cloze
the electric car Useful language
Paragraph plans Listening: Multiple choice
The world’s most
Speaking: Discussing photos
dangerous road
Writing: Opinion essays

f Commuting activities:
k Multiple matching
How the Internet affects
thinking strategies
Preparing and structuring Talking about savants Reading: Multiple choice
a presentation
Describing a scene Listening: Multiple matching
A detailed film review
Presentations 1 Speaking: Giving a presentation
Writing: A review/opinion

Superheroes and science A for-and-against essay Talking about statistics Reading: Missing paragraphs
Podcast: Using DNA Grammar: Sentence transformations
e
Speaking: Stimulus-based discussions
Writing: Arguing an opinion

Concepts from Nineteen Emphatic sentences Roleplays 1: Asking for and Reading: True/False/Not given
Eighty-Four giving advice
A letter of complaint Use of English: Open cloze
CCTV and music videos
Speaking: Roleplays
Writing: Formal register in complaints

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 Reading Vocabulary Grammar

6
Problem neighbours Types of house and places in
the home
Buying, selling and renting
p70 accommodation
Idiomatic expressions with
Reporting structures
Impersonal reporting
structures
History: The life of a servant in
Victorian England
Isabella Beeton’s Book of
Household Management

home
Describing cities and towns

Gateway to Exams 5–6 p82

7
The changing face of Advertising and selling Passives, passive infinitives International cultural knowledge:
advertising and passive gerunds Enough already by Bill Bryson
Word formation – revision
Neuromarketing and extension Passives with verbs with two
p84 Consumerism and choice Describing clothes and
fashions
objects
Causatives
Determiners and quantifiers

8
Birdy’s miraculous flight: Compound adjectives – Participle clauses Literature: Slam by Nick Hornby
Ewa Wisnierska the body
Making and modifying
Skateboarding and Tony Words with more than one comparisons
p96 Hawk
The key to happiness
meaning
Metaphors – happiness and
sadness

Gateway to Exams 7–8 p108

9
Apprenticeships Life and career Articles Science/Economics: Career
developments changes
Jobs of the future Prepositions in relative
Verb–noun collocations clauses Science and technology: Future
Interview tips
p110 Interviews
challenges

10
Accents and translations Communication/ Gerunds and infinitives Literature: Paperboy by
communication breakdown Christopher Fowler
The future of handwriting Whatever, wherever, whoever,
Phrasal verbs – etc Literature: Teenagers and reading
p122 communication
Internationally popular
Ellipsis

English words

Gateway to Exams 9–10 p134

 Grammar Reference 136  Grammar index 145

 Word formation 146  Exam success 148

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 Listening Writing Speaking Exam success
Mukesh Ambani’s home: An article: Describing a Talking about neighbours Use of English: Multiple-choice cloze
Features and location place
Managing the home Listening: Completing sentences
Ways to involve the reader
Discussing photos 2 Speaking: Discussions connected to photos
Using comment adverbs Writing: Using a range of vocabulary
and adverbials

e: Environmentally friendly A report: Advertising and Comparing Reading: Multiple choice

products teenagers advertisements:
Use of English: Word-formation cloze
Collaboration and
Formal language and
negotiation Speaking: Collaborative tasks
expressions
Writing: Formal reports

Memorable moments Opinion and For-and- Discussions based on Use of English: Sentence transformation
against essays visual stimuli
Listening: Multiple matching
The pros and cons of
Speaking: Discussions based on visual stimuli
outdoor activities
Writing: Justifying and explaining arguments

Dos and don’ts in job A covering letter Roleplays 2 Reading: Multiple matching
interviews
Making generalizations Listening: Short comprehension answers
Speaking: Natural responses
Writing: Choosing the style and content

Teenagers and reading A competition entry Talking about the Reading: Checking instructions
importance of
Doing crosswords: Avoiding repetition Use of English: Open cloze
handwriting
g An interview
Listening: Completing gaps in a text
Opinions about reading
Speaking: Talking about experiences
Discussing language and
learning environments Writing: Making your entry interesting
Presentations 2: Personal
topics

 Writing bank 155  Additional activities 163

 Irregular verbs 167

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