MODULE ONE："Yes,but what is culture?" 2
UNIT 1：Drawing attention to aspects of culture,the meaning of gestures,listening to draw inferences;naming countries and nationalities,word families 2
Culture corner：What is culture,then?Differences between and within cultures 10
UNIT 2：Contrasting customs in different countries,stereotyping people from other cultures,commenting on the importance of features of culture,using prefixes 13
Creative speaking：Making a brief presentation about culture 16
MODULE TWO："How did we manage without computers?" 22
UNIT 3：Discussing the influence of computers and the development of inventions;using varied expressions of time;using a summary to present information 22
Culture corner：Asking questions informal contexts 29
UNIT 4：Sequencing instructions for downloading pictures and programmes 32
Creative speaking：Preparing and delivering a set of instructions 37
MODULE THREE："We're destroying our own planet!" 42
UNIT 5：Making brief notes on environmental issues,questioning and asking for information;drawing inferences and conclusions,noting effects 42
Culture corner：A linear way and/or a circular way：different ways of presenting arguments 48
UNIT 6：Identifying environmental problems and solutions;making comparisons and drawing conclusions 51
Creative speaking：Making a group presentation on the environment 56
MODULE FOUR："News is news...but is it all good?" 60
UNIT 7：Discussing news reports and photos;making complaints;using question tags;listening for facts and figures 60
Culture corner:Cultural tendencies in news reporting 66
UNIT 8：Notetaking about misrepresentation in the media;formulating arguments for and against an issue;pronoun references 68
Creative speaking：...and the good news is...Writing and presenting good news stories 73
MODULE FIVE："What should I do with my money?" 78
UNIT 9：Discussing and taking notes on changes in European currency systems;making genera-lizations to agree or disagree;listening to check the accuracy ofstatements 78
Culture corner：Expressing feelings and emotions in different cultures 85
UNIT 10：Handling expressions used to discuss finance and banking;role playing opening a bank account;listening to complete a form 87
Creative speaking：Role playing：questions from the public to a finance Minister 91
MODULE SIX："It's playing,not winning that's important" 96
UNIT 11：Describing different sports and explaining the rules;notetaking;listening for inference 96
Culture corner：Aspects of competitiveness in different cultures 102
UNIT 12：Understanding and using general idioms which come from different sports;considering ethics in sports;listening for key points 105
Creative speaking：Inventing a game and explaining it 111
MODULE SEVEN："Let me think!" 116
UNIT 13：Giving reasons for likes and dislikes;listening to discriminate answers or to reconstruct a context 116
Culture corner：Puzzles in learning and learning in puzzles—cultural views of classroom events 122
UNIT 14：Making comparisons in different contexts,drawing attention to differences and discussing the relative merits of products 126
Creative speaking：Giving creative solutions to real-life puzzles 131
MODULE EIGHT："How things change!" 136
UNIT 15：Making predictions about changes in society and in one's own life;notetaking on past and predicted changes；using expressions to show degrees of certainty 136
Culture corner：Facing a new situation：changes when living in another country 143
UNIT 16：Describing changes in the past,present and future in vehicle design and household inventions；referring to periods of time；listening for inferences 145
Creative speaking：Changes in homes：memories and predictions 149