Day 1, 2 hours — Book. Focus 2
Retell the texts on page 90
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Day 2. 1 hour—Unit 4
pages 91-92
1 SPEAKING Discuss the questions.
1 Have you ever given or received a present like the
ones in the photos?
Yes, I have. I’ve received perfume and flowers before. I’ve also given a tablet as a birthday present.
2 What is the best or worst present you’ve ever received?
The best present I’ve ever received was a game console because I really enjoyed playing on it. The worst present was face cream because I didn’t need it.
2 3.21 Listen to a radio interview about buying
presents. Which presents A–H are suggested for the
three people below?
1 Isabelle’s mum: a bunch of flowers
2 Alexander’s girlfriend: a friendship bracelet, perfume
3 Charlotte’s classmate: tablet
3 Read statements 1–5 in Exercise 4. Match the
underlined words and phrases with the words and
phrases below.
can buy — can afford
cheer her up — make her feel happier
is a question of — depends on
classmates — people in her class
it isn’t the value of the present that matters — it’s the thought that counts
4 3.21 Listen to the radio interview again. Write
A (Amy), I (Isabelle) or Ch (Charlotte).
Who …
1 A — doesn’t think the ability to choose good presents is a matter of personality.
2 A — thinks that both men and women are capable of buying good presents.
3 I — thinks her mother is upset about being forty, so she wants to make her feel happier.
4 Ch — wants to buy a nice expensive gift for one of her school friends.
5 A — concludes that a successful present doesn’t have to cost a lot of money.
5 Complete the advice with the verbs in the box. Which
piece of advice is NOT given in the interview? Which
is best?
Be Collect Do Don’t spend Keep Spend
1 Do some research.
2 Spend time thinking about the person.
3 Be careful when buying women’s toiletries.
4 Don’t spend lots of money. It isn’t necessary.
5 Keep the receipt so you can take the present back.
6 Collect money from friends to buy something really good.
6 SPEAKING Tell your partner about the last time you
bought a present for somebody. I bought him a tablet.
1 Who was it for? It was for my friend.
2 What was the occasion? The occasion was his birthday.
3 What did you buy? I bought him a tablet.
4 Why did you buy it? I bought it because he wanted a new one.
5 Where did you buy it? I bought it in an electronics shop.
6 How much did it cost? It cost about $200.
1 It was for my friend.
2 The occasion was his birthday.
3 I bought him a tablet.
4 I bought it because he wanted a new one.
5 I bought it in an electronics shop.
6 It cost about $200.
7 3.22 Listen to the words and identify the silent
letter in each case.
1 receipt psychology 4 i s land ai s le
2 w rite w rong 5 k now k nife
3 de b t dou b t 6 lis t en cas t le
receipt – p
psychology – p
write – w
wrong – w
debt – b
doubt – b
island – s
aisle – s
know – k
knife – k
listen – t
castle – t
1 SPEAKING Discuss the questions.
1 How often do you shop online?
I shop online sometimes.
2 Which of the following have you bought online in the last three months? books clothes music technology tickets
I have bought clothes and tickets in the last three months.
3 What would you never buy online? Why?
I would never buy food online because I want to see it in person.
2 3.24 Complete the information about Amazon
with the numbers in the box. Then listen and check.
2 5 100 600 45,000 341,000
Amazon employs 341,000 people and 2 robots.
Every employee spends 5 days a year on complaints.
100 items are shipped every second.
A new book is added every 600 minutes.
Drones fly up to 45,000 metres high.
Amazon’s logo has a smile that goes from A to Z.
It shows that the company is ready to deliver
anything to anywhere in the world.
AMAZON IN NUMBERS
Amazon employs 1 341,000 people and 2
robots.
Every employee at Amazon has to spend
3 days a year dealing with customers’
complaints (including Jeff Bezos, the Company Director).
At Amazon 4 items are shipped every second.
One new book is added to Amazon’s site every
5 minutes.
Amazon delivery drones fl y at up to metres 6
high and up to 100 kilometres per hour.
3 Complete the headings in the text with the words in
the box. Then read the text and check your answers.
biological company future helicopter
space technology
1 biological company
2 future helicopter
3 space technology
4 Read the text again. For questions 1–5, choose the
correct answer, A, B, C or D.
1 Miguel Bezos adopted Jeff
A when he was a baby.
B when he was a teenager.
C when he was four years old.
D when he was ten years old.
2 Jeff Bezos started Amazon because
A he was a university graduate.
B he wanted to leave New York.
C he had a well-paid job.
D he saw that the Internet was growing.
3 The name Cadabra wasn’t used because
A it means ‘dead body’.
B it’s diffi cult to pronounce correctly.
C another online site had a similar name.
D it didn’t go to the top of website lists.
4 Bezos’s company Blue Origin
A is producing drones to deliver orders.
B is building a human space station.
C is developing space travel for everyone.
D is selling space travel on Amazon.
5 At Amazon Go
A you pay at a checkout desk.
B you don’t have to pay.
C you use your smartphone to pay.
D you can only use cash.
1 C — when he was four years old.
2 D — he saw that the Internet was growing.
3 D — it didn’t go to the top of website lists.
4 C — developing space travel for everyone.
5 C — you use your smartphone to pay.
Day 3, 1 hour — Book Focus 2 , students’ book.
page 89
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Day 4. 2 hours –
page 93
- biological
- technology
- company
- helicopter
- space
- future
7 SPEAKING Discuss the questions.
1 How many online shopping stores can you think of?
Amazon, eBay, AliExpress, Wildberries.
2 Do you like the idea of Amazon Go? Why?/Why not?
Yes, because it is fast and has no queues.
3 What do you think the future is for the following forms of payment: cash; debit/credit card;
smartphone?
I think smartphones will be the only way to pay.
8 SPEAKING Complete the sentences with the words
in the box to make them true for you. Then compare
your sentences with a partner.
billionaire brother businessperson company
customer director employee entrepreneur
immigrant passenger schoolboy sister
stepfather teenager unicyclist wife
1 I was/I am a(n) I am a teenager.
2 I will possibly be a(n) I will be a programmer.
3 I will never be a(n) I will never be a unicyclist.
Listening materials are here
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