LISTENING
SPEAKING
WRITING
VIDEO
A short text
A talk about a quiz
• Listening Part 3
Talking about yourself
• Speaking Part 1
• Best friends forever
• Shopping in London
An interview about being lost
on a mountain
• Listening Part 4
Seven short conversations
• Listening Part 1
An online comment
• Fun and games
A story (1)
.Writing Part 2
• You made it!
Talking about past
experiences
• Speaking Part 1
Discussing options (1)
• Speaking Part 3
• Sports in Canada
An email (1)
.Writing Part 1
Six short conversations
• Listening Part 2
Describing a picture (1)
• Speaking Part 2
• Amazing architecture
An article (1)
.Writing Part 2
A video call about a
homework project
Discussing a topic (1)
• Speaking Part 4
• Animals in danger
• Only in Australia
Acknowledgements
The authors would like to acknowledge everyone involved in the
first edition and thank everyone who worked on the second edition,
particularly Greg Clarke, Verity Cole and Alyson Maskell.
The authors and publishers are grateful to the following for reviewing
the material during the writing process:
Argentina: Diana Ogando; Italy: Claudia Cantaluppi; Mexico: Cristina
Godard; Spain: Estefanfa Aviles
The authors and publishers acknowledge the following sources
of copyright material and are grateful for the permissions
granted. While every effort has been made, it has not always
been possible to identify the sources of all the material used,
or to trace all copyright holders. If any omissions are brought
to our notice, we will be happy to include the appropriate
acknowledgements on reprinting and in the next update to the
digital edition, as applicable.
Key: U = Unit, LS = Life Skills, C = Culture, EA = Extra Activities,
PE = Prepare for the Exam
Text
U9: Steve Rees, Minddrive, org for the quote by Steve Rees.
Reproduced with permission. Copyright© 2013 All Rights Reserved;
U16: Evan Hara for the text about Evan Hara. Copyright©Evan Hara.
Reproquced with permission of Evan Hara.
Photography
The following images are sourced from Getty Images.
U1: Haberman Collection/Universal Images Group; Michel Gunther/
Biosphoto; Loop Images/Universal Images Group; Rawpixel/iStock/
Getty Images Plus; joe daniel price/Moment; Bojan89/iStock/Getty
Images Plus; tiler84/iStock/Getty Images Plus; flyfloor/iStock/Getty
Images Plus; artJazz/iStock/Getty Images Plus; U2: Klaus Vedfelt/
DigitalVision; Tomwang112/iStock/Getty Images Plus; SeventyFour/
iStock/Getty Images Plus; Vladimir Godnik; herkisi/iStock/Getty
Images Plus; mikeinlondon/iStock Editorial/Getty Images Plus; C1:
mikeinlondon/iStock Editorial/Getty Images Plus; View Pictures/
Universal Images Group; David Crespo/Moment; U3: nycshooter/E+;
Liderina/iStock/Getty Images Plus; Fotosearch; FatCamera/E+; Henry
Lederer/Taxi; Image Source; Alexandre Loureiro/Getty Images Sport;
Clive Brunskill/Getty Images Sport; Jeff Greenberg/Photolibrary; Ole
Graf/Corbis; Lynn Koenig/Moment; U4: Massimo Mei/Moment; Matt
Cardy/Getty Images News; Don Emmert/AFP; Bloomberg; Saeed
Khan/AFP; LS1: lisafx/iStock/Getty Images Plus; targovcom/iStock/
Getty Images Plus; Gang Zhou/E+; Ron Levine/DigitalVision; Hero
Images; US: Ben Pipe Photography/Photolibrary; whitemay/iStock/
Getty Images Plus; Suradech14/iStock/Getty Images Plus; Desiree
Navarro/Wirelmage; MsDancy/iStock/Getty Images Plus; Laurence
Mouton/PhotoAlto Agency RF Collections; U6: Peoplelmages/E+;
Steve Debenport/E+; Sue Barr/Image Source; C2: Claus Andersen/
Getty Images Sport; Eliot J. Schechter/National Hockey League;
Brent Just/Getty Images Sport; Westend61; William Manning/Corbis
Documentary; U7: archivesNet; Olaf Herschbach/EyeEm; Wavebreak
Media Ltd/Getty Images Plus; shironosov/iStock/Getty Images Plus;
Hybrid lmages/Cultu; Jeff Kravitz/AMA2017/FilmMagic, Inc; BJI/
Blue Jean Images; US: karamysh/iStock/Getty Images Plus; Hisham
Ibrahim/The Image Bank; Wojtek Radwanski/AFP; Omar Marques/
Anadolu Agency; Frederick Florin/AFP/Getty Images; LS2: Witthaya/
iStock/Getty Images Plus; Rob Lang/Archive Photos; Juanmrgt/
iStock/Getty Images Plus; Michael Klippfeld/Moment; Rui Almeida
Fotografia/Moment; U9: Adam Berry/Getty Images News; joel-t/iStock
Editorial/Getty Images Plus; Noah Berger/AFP; kenex/DigitalVision
Vectors; Sjo/iStock Unreleased; alexsl/iStock/Getty Images Plus; U10:
Sue Flood/The Image Bank; CraigRJD/E+; boryak/E+; up close with
nature/Moment Open; Yuri Tutov/AFP; Jami Tarris/Photolibrary; Wild
Horizon/Universal Images Group; Franco Banfi/WaterFrame; C3: Tier
Und Naturfotografie J und C Sohns/The Image Bank; kellyvandellen/
iStock/Getty Images Plus;
Vicki Jauron, Babylon and Beyond Photography/Moment; Khanh Ngo
Photography/Moment;
Lloyd Park/Dorling Kindersley; Jeff R Clow/Moment; Lucy von
Held/Blend Images; Jason Magerkorth/iStock/Getty Images Plus;
Canon_Bob/iStock/Getty Images Plus; Coneyl Jay/Stone; Steve
Debenport/E+; U11: Chen Jie/The Beijing NewsNisual China Group;
Juice Images; Rachel Watson/DigitalVision; U12: John Seaton
Callahan/Moment; Arnold Media/Taxi; den-belitsky/iStock/Getty
Images Plus; Marco Bottigelli/AWL Images; sturti/E+; Ken Welsh/
Perspectives; Thomas Trutschel/Photothek; LS3: yuoak/DigitalVision
Vectors; yuoak/DigitalVision Vectors; Ryan Creary/All Canada Photos
Peter Unger/Lonely Planet Images; Nicholas Rigg/Photographer's
Choice RF; Busakorn Pongparnit/Moment; U13: lmagesbybarbara/
E+; subman/E+; Caiaimage/Robert Daly; CoffeeAndMilk/E; Hugh
Threlfall/Alamy Stock Photo; marioaguilar/iStock/Getty Images Plus;
Supersmario/iStock/Getty Images Plus; U14: LauriPatterson/iStock/
Getty Images Plus; Rocky89/iStock/Getty Images Plus; sbossert/
E+; Tetra Images/Brand X Pictures; C4: Henry Lederer/Photodisc;
kali9/iStock/Getty Images Plus; Ana Francisconi/EyeEm; David
Sacks/The Image Bank; LeoPatrizi/E+; U1S: Dado Daniela/Moment;
Federica Grassi/Moment; Phil/Mome; Karen D.Silva; U16: Miguel
Tovar/LatinContent WO; LS4: Pearl Bucknall/Photolibrary; VisitBritain,
Britain on View; Erik Isakson; ColorBlind lmages/lconica; Hill Street
Studios/Blend Images; Photograph taken by Henrik Moschner/
Moment Open; Steve Debenport/iStock/Getty Images Plus; U17:
martin-dm/E+; William King/The Image Bank; Visut Thepkunhanimit/
EyeEm; MOAimage/Moment; Kaz Mori/The Image Bank; Westend61;
U1S: Neil Mockford/Alex Huckle/GC Images; Helios de la Rubia/
Real Madrid; Phil Walter/Getty Images Entertainment; Justin Tallis/.
AFP; Andreas Rentz/Getty Images Entertainment; Michael Stewart/
Wirelmage; Steve Granitz/Wirelmage; Caiaimage/Chris Ryan/OJO+;
Hoxton/Tom Merton; skynesher/iStock/Getty Images Plus; Christian
Vierig/Getty Images Entertainment; CS: Bettmann; Jenny Jones/
Lonely Planet Images; Joey Foley/Wirelmage; Odd Andersen/AFP;
Josiah Kamau/BuzzFoto/FilmMagic; U19: moodboard/Cultura; Hill
Street Studios/Blend Images; Blend Images - KidStock/Brand X
Pictures; Compassionate Eye Foundation/Steven Errico/DigitalVision;
fotokostic/iStock/Getty Images Plus; Sidekick/iStock/Getty Images
Plus; Mikael Vaisanen/Corbis; SolStock/E+; Calvin Chan Wai Meng/
Moment Open; U20: Monty Rakusen/Cultura; Peoplelmages/
DigitalVision; Image Source; AJ_Watt/E+; gbh007/iStock/Getty
Images Plus; MadKruben/iStock/Getty Images Plus; carterdayne/
iStock Editorial/Getty Images Plus; LSS: PT Images; Juanmonino/
iStock/Getty Images Plus; ajr_images/iStock/Getty Images Plus;
Photodisc; Moncherie/iStock/Getty Images Plus; Alys Tomlinson/
Cultura; Mikolette/E+; PE: Jupiterimages/Photolibrary; Ronnie
Kaufman/Larry Hirshowitz/Blend Images; Thomas Barwick/Taxi;
EA: Franck-Boston/iStock/Getty Images Plus; Marc Romanelli/Blend
Images; guruXOOX/iStock/Getty Images Plus.
The following photographs have been sourced from other library/
sources.
U2: Courtesy of Camden Market; Courtesy of Carnaby London;
US: WENN Ltd/Alamy Stock Photo; Marilyn Barbone/Shutterstock;
novkota 1 /Shutterstock; US: Hugh Threlfall/Alamy Stock Photo; WENN
Ltd/Alamy Stock Photo; U11: Reuters/Beawiharta; epa european
pressphoto agency b.v./Alamy Stock Photo; imaginechina/Corbis;
Douglas Peebles Photographyl,A.lamy Stock Photo; Chris Hammond
Photography/Alamy Stock Pho)o; Nicram Sabod/Shutterstock; U1S:
Andrew Palmer/Alamy Stock Photo; U16:©Disney;©Splash News/
Corbis; STAR WARS: The Last JediTM &©Lucasfilm Ltd. LLC.;©
Evan Hara; CS: dpa picture alliance/Alamy Stock Photo.
Front cover photography by suttisukmek/iStock/Getty Images Plus.
Illustration
Martin Sanders (Beehive Illustration); Chris Chalik (The Bright
Agency); Ludovic Salle (Advocate Art).
Audio
The following audio is sourced from Getty Images.
Vitaliy Arkhanhelski/SoundExpress.
URLS
The publisher has made every effort to ensure that the URLs for
external websites referred to in this book are correct and active at the
time of printing. However, the publisher takes no responsibility for the
websites and can make no guarantees that sites will remain live or
that their content is or will remain appropriate.
The publishers are grateful to the following contributors: cover
design and design concept: restless; typesetting: emc design Ltd;
audio recordings: produced by Leon Chambers and recorded at
The SoundHouse Studios, London; Life Skills and Culture sections:
Robert Quinn; Grammar reference section: Louise Hashemi and
Andrew Reid.