• A couple of: a few; several; small number
• Windsurfing: the sport of riding on sailboards
• Scuba diving:

1 Getting started B
1. Jill Richardson has always wanted to be an actor.
2. Sonia and Carlos Silva haven’t saved enough money to buy a sailboat.
3. Raquel Garza has never tried surfing before.
4. Hiro Tanaka’s parents have never been to
Europe.

1 Getting started B
Try it out
• I’ve always wanted to (go to ) .
• I’ve never been to .
2 Grammar
• “He is” or “He has”?
• 1. He’s surfed in Hawaii.
• 2. He’s surfing in Hawaii.

2 Grammar A
1. A
I’ve always wanted to try scuba diving.
B Really? Not me. I’ve always been afraid of deep water.
2. A I haven’t done anything fun lately.
B Me neither. I haven’t had any time.
3. A I haven’t seen the new Spider-man movie. I really want to see it.
B We should go! All my friends have seen it, and they loved it.
4. A
I’ve gone windsurfing three or four times this year. It’s fun.
B Can I go with you sometime? I’ve never tried it before.
5. A I want to go to Europe. I’ve never been to Paris.
B Me either. My cousin lives there. He’s invited me several times, but I haven’t had enough money to go.

• Valuable: worth a lot of money
• Flu: (= influenza) an infectious disease which is like a bad cold but more serious
• Appointment: the agreement of a time and place for meeting
• Parasailing:

1. A Have you ever been to Ecuador?
B Yes, I have. I went / was there last year.
2. A Have you ever entered a talent contest?
B No, I haven’t. I’ve always been too shy.

1. A Did you family have a vacation last year?
B Yes, we did . We went to Bangkok in May.
2. A Have you ever seen the Pyramids?
B No, I haven’t
. I’ve always wanted to go to
Egypt.
3. A Did you go away last weekend?
B No, we didn’t
. We stayed home.
4. A Have you ever gone skiing
B Yes, I have . Actually, I’ve gone many times.
Last year I skied in the Andes.

Base form win get speak take find lose have forget fall hurt
3 Building vocabulary B
Simple past won got spoke took found lost had forgot fell hurt
Past participle won gotten spoken taken found
Lost had forgotten fallen hurt

• Durian:
• Audience: the people listening to or watching a performance, speech, television show, etc.
• Drummer: a person who plays a drum
• Photography: art or process of taking photographs
• Injury: physical harm to a living being

1 Conversation strategy B
1. d 2. a 3. c 4.
b
2 Strategy plus
1. A Have you ever gone up in a hot-air balloon?
B
No. I’m scared of heights.
A Are you? Me too. And I get sick on airplanes, too.
B Do you? I’m the same way. I hate flying.

2. A Have you ever performed in front of an audience?
B Yes, I have. Actually, I do it all time.
A Do you? Wow.
B Yeah. I play guitar in a band.
A Do you? I’m impressed.
3. A Have you been to any good restaurants lately?
B Well, I tried that new Turkish restaurant last week.
A Did you? I’ve been there a couple f time, too.
B Have you? Did you like it?

• Blogger: blog user
• Snorkel: (v) action or sport of swimming with a snorkel
(n) a tube with a mouthpiece, used for allowing a swimmer under water to breathe
• Giant: extremely large
• Species: a type; sort
• Tropical: of or found in the tropics
• Wander: move around in an area or go from place to place without any special purpose or destination
• Volcanic: of, from, produced by, or caused by a volcano
• Teem with: (phr.) to be full of
• Iguana: a large lizard of tropical America

• Land: to come or bring down from the air onto a surface, especially of the
Earth or water
• Crystal clear: entirely clear
• Be pleased with (oneself): satisfied with what one has done
• Height: a high position or place
• Fortunately: by good chance; luckily
• Amazingly: causing great surprise or wonder
• Quetzal:

1
C
1. Joshua has snorkeled; has been scuba diving; has wandered over fields and through beaches; and has seen giant tortoises and rare birds.
2. Suzanne was pleased with herself in Athens because she discovered she can read Greek.
3. Joshua has seen turtles, see lions, penguins, fish, iguanas, crabs, tortoises, and birds.
4. The sea is crystal clear, the beaches are incredible, and there are amazing little towns in the mountains.

2 Listening A
2.
ˇ 3. ˇ 5. ˇ
B
1. She’s in the White Mountains.
2. She’s on vacation.
3. The weather’s been cool and rainy.
4. She wanted to try hang-gliding.
5. It’s been very windy.

3 Writing and speaking A
• Our last vacation was , but unfortunately .
• I forgot . Fortunately, .
• I’ve always wanted to and amazingly I got the chance to .

3 Writing and speaking B
• These verbs have three different forms.
be do go see drink sing drive write was/were did went saw drank sang drove wrote been done gone seen drunk sung driven written

eat give fall take break choose speak wake get forget ate gave fell took broke chose spoke woke got forgot eaten given fallen taken broken chosen spoken woken gotten forgotten

• For these verbs, the simple past form is the same as the past participle.
find have hear keep leave make meet read found had heard kept left made met read found had heard kept left made met read

say sell sit tell win bring buy catch teach think said sold sat told won brought bought caught taught thought said sold sat told won brought bought caught taught thought

For these verbs, the base form is the same as the past participle.
become became become come came come run ran run
All forms of these verbs are the same.
cut cut cut hurt put hurt put hurt put