Work in pairs and discuss the questions. 4. Which ofthe different forms of medi do you use most? ‘shown in the photos 2 Has this changed in recent years? Why? Read the article. Are your habits similar to those described? Work in pairs and compare your habits with your partner's, Recent research has shown that young people now spend more time on the Internet than watching TV. This is partly explained by the fact that the average person surveyed does five other things at the same time as watching TY, including going online to look at websites or to IMGnstant message) their friends. Television remains popular, however, particularly reality shows and soaps. Young people are less likely to watch documentaries or chat shows and tend to get their news online. If they do read a newspaper, their favourite sections are the sports pages, gossip and human interest stories, rather than current alfairs or the business section. Film is also stil very popular, particularly comedies and horror films. In recent years, | tte docudrama, such as Morgan Spariock’s ‘Supersize Me, about McDonald's, has also | become fashionable What vocabulary can you find in the article in exercise 2 connected with diferent media? Complete the table. Computers Internet Television Film Newspapers |Add any other words you know to each category in exercise 3. Then ‘work in pairs and compare your ideas.defining relative clauses give opinions and agree/disagree Work in pairs. Look at the photos from the film ‘Man on Wire. What do you think the film is about? Read the film review and answer the questions. ‘What type of film is it? What isthe film about? Did the critic like the film? Why/Why not? o you think you would enjoy it? Why/Why not? Read the review again and waite true (1) or false () 1. The World Trade Center had just been completed when Petit decided to do his high wire walk. Oo 2 He finaly made his walk between the twin towers six years later. o 3. Hewas already an experienced high wire walker ‘when he made the crossing atthe twin towers.) 4 Petit and his team managed to get permission to walk between the towers. 5 They used a bow and arrow to get the wire across from one tower tothe other 6 Petits team filmed him as he crossed the wire, 7 As soon as he saw the policemen waiting he came off the wire and let them arrest him. MAN ON WIRE A film to make you feel alive 11968 a young Frenchman, Philippe Pei, saw a picture in ‘a newspaper which would change his Ife. He was siting in ‘a dentists waiting room when he saw an artist's impression of the soon-to-be-buit World Trade Canter and decided that one day he would walk on a high wire between the twin towers. Man on Wie is the gripping story of a man who made his {ream happen. The film starts on Tuesday August 7th, 1874, the day when Petit finaly achieved his goal. We see him heading for the twin towers and then, through interviews and flashbacks, we see everything that led up to that day Finally Petit makes his great walk between the The fim fst shows us how Pett made his early high wie towers. There i no sim ofthe orignal wake, 30 fe walks at Notre Dame and Sydney Harbour Bridge, using fim ff Whole thing is shown using photos that were taken eal fia Gaia femme atthe tme, a poignant reminder of how the towers Used to look. He stayed 1,250 feet above the Then the fim almost becomes a crime trilr as we see how ff ground, apparently quite relaxed, for 45 minutes, Petit and his team forged documents, got past securty guards J The policamen whose job it was to arrest Pet, ‘and somehow managed to set up the wre between the towers ff could only stand and watch while he smiled and without anyone seeing them or heering anything laughed at them, There were hundreds of unforeseen dificult; not least how ft What Pett did was, of course, actually a crime, but to get the wire fom the tower where they stood across to the ff. that dogsn't seem as important as the fact that cther tower. They finaly solved this by shooting it across with a ff was a fascinating and inspiring advontixe. A fim to ‘bow and arrow! make you fea avo.Grammar | defining relative clauses EBB a Complete the extracts fom the review with the words inthe box. that when where which wha whose 2 [n3968.a young Frenchman, Philippe Pett, saw a picture ina newspaper ___ would change his lite. 2. Man on Wire's the gripping story of a man. made his dream happen. 3 The film starts on Tuesday August 7th 1974, the day __ Petit finally achieved his goal 44 There were hundreds of unforeseen difficulties; not least how to get the wire from the tower they stood, across to the other tue 5 The whole thing is shown using photos __ were taken at the time. 6 The policemen __job it was to arrest Petit, could only stand and watch while he smiled and laughed. 1b Complete the Active grammar box with the relative pronouns in the box in exercise 3a. Active grammar ‘Man on Wire is the gripping story of a man who made his dream happen. ‘who made his dream happen’ is an example of a defining relative clause; it defines exactly who or what we are talking about. ‘essential information about a person, a place or a thing. We use that or___for people. Weuse or _for things or animals. Weuse for places. We use for possessions. Weuse___ fortime. In spoken English we often use that instead ‘of who or which. The actress that stars in that flm has beautiful eyes We can leave out the pronouns who, which cr that if they are the object of the relative clause. The director was able to use film (which) Petit took in the 70s. see Reference page 33 EBB Aad who, which or where to each sentence. 4 That's the studio the last Bond flm was made. 2. Goldeneye is the name of the house lan Fleming wrote the original stories. r No isthe first Bond book was made into a film. ‘George Lazenby isthe man only playea ond once. Daniel Craig is another actor took the ole. Derby County isthe football tam Bond actor Timothy Dalton support. Rewrite the sentences using a relative pronoun. Make any necessary changes. Daniel Radelffe stars in the Harry Potter films. Daniel Radcliffe isthe actor who stars in the Harty Potter films. 4 The frst Harry Potter film was made in 2001. 2o01s the year. 2 Joanne Rowling's books were tumed into the Harry Potter films. Joanne Rowling isthe author. 3 Most ofthe outdoor scenes were filmed in Scotland. Scotland is the country . ‘4 Wamer Brothers produced the films. Warner Brothers isthe company .. '5 Richard Haris and Michael Gambon have taken the role of Dumbledore Richard Harts and Michael Gambon ae the ators. 6 The ist three films made $1.3 billion. $1.3 billion is the amount of money .. Speaking GBB Workin pairs. Tell your partner about fim you have seen. Describe .. * the type of film, * the main characters. + what happens in the fm. + some scenes you remember.coat mses “ZF LE HERISSON Speaking and listening Work in pairs. Look at the posters and discuss the questions 1 Do you ever watch foreign language films? Why/ Why not? 2 What kind of foreign language films do you like/ dislike? GBB 2 Workin pars. when you watcha foreign language film, do you prefer dubbing or ‘subtitling? Why? b so Listen to three people discussing the same question and compare their ideas to yours. Listen again and answer the questions. Write Sue, Ekaterina or Ben. 4. Who doesn't like the original actors voices being replaced? 12. Who thinks subtitles are too short to cary all the meaning ofthe original? 3 Who thinks that subtitles can be quite inaccurately translated? 4. Who thinks its difficult to concentrate on ‘watching and reading subtitles? 5 Who thinks it may be confusing to have one voice translating the lines of every character? {6 Who thinks that it depends on what you're used 0? ‘Agreeing Asking for an opinion Disagreeing Giving an opinion Saying it may change (according to what happens) How to... give opinions and agree/disagree A ST think guess What do you think? ! What's your opinion? ‘agree actualy. That makes sense. That's tru, but. Vm not sure about that Well, maybe it just depends (on/ whofvhen) ETA) a © + Listen to five statements. Decide if you agree or disagree with them. Bb Listen again and write a response using a phrase from the How to... box in exercise 9, ‘© Work in pairs and discuss your opinions. Read the Lifelong learning box and follow the instructions. Using the media! eat way to improve your English is to interact with the language outside the classroom. Make alist of ‘+ the magazines that you read in English. ‘the books that you have read and enjoyed in English + the websites that you read in English ‘+ the TV programmes that you watch in English, Suyuresy SuopeyT 2 Work in pairs and exchange lists. Ask your partner about ther list. ‘k: What's Australianetwork.com? B: It’s a website where you can download short videos in English, ‘&: What's this book about? 8: it’s about aman who ..2.2 Built to last HET escrive an objec } Listening Speaking EBD a Look at the gadgets (A-D). They all have CHB complete the How to... box wth the prepositions something in common. What do you tink it of for, by and to. might be? 1b Os» Listen toa radio programme about the a gadgets (A-D), Match a gadget to each speaker How to... be an object a). Comparingit : ita kind __ music player. + Julian to something : js similar on mp3. 2 Anna co Itlooks tke an mp3 player. 3 Chris Describing: t's used plying mu 4 foe Itsfunction ips used Joggers. © What do all the gadgets have in common? sa thin saying mus Describing: itsmade___ plastic. Its features ss rectongular/square/circulor Dete Listen again and make a lst ofthe good and bad points of each gadget (A-D). Workin palrs and compare your lists, ERB Work in pairs, Decide which gadget you would ‘Think ofa gadget you or someone you know most lke least tke to have. Explain why. a peepee ai ‘owns. Think about how to describe it using the language in the How to... box in exercise 4. 1b Work in pairs and tell your partner about the gadget,Vocabulary | television GBB a Workin pairs. the words inthe box collocate with television. Does each word go before or after television? channel commercials cial tive on(the) presenter producer programme satellite screen set 1b Put the word in brackets in the correct place, Then complete the en sentences with your own ideas. Completely reliable 1 The est __ television ame ee and built to last 2 Myfavourte television Spucosthng —stedson li ebuokgenlecheilatroe caballo ae ‘gadgets itis completely reliable: it was but to last. 4 television __igital) is Atolevision that was around for King George V's 1937 Coronation and survived better because ‘the Second World War is now thought to be Britain's oldest working set. 5 ~ Isthe most exching_—_ The black-and-white Narconiphone 702 dates back to 1836 ans stil in ttevston (progam) ve cael cme aes eater ee Norte 6 sane nr fe GEC Ws vst lane «© vide the adjectives in the box Pan aston below into positive and negative. The sat is likely to have screened landmark occasions including George W's Coronation Procession, the 1948 London Olympic Games and the Queen's Coronation in 1953, When new, it cost 60 Guineas the equivalent of around £11,000 today, ‘The set has been converted from analogue to digital, ringing it firmly into the twenty-fst century, Jefey Borinsky, a consultant engineer from North London, entered a competion to find the country's oldest TV. He has owned the set orton years He sai: til enjoy watching my Marconiphone occasional, ‘annoying boring entertaining ‘exciting gripping incredible inspiring moving nauseating nonsense unrealistic unwatchable Pronunciation | /n/ and /n/ especially cartoons from the 1930s, which the original owner might also have 0 20 Look othe word ener seen onthe sat. Now itis cgi it can be used for many years to come." How many letter ‘n's are there? Listen to ‘The competion was sa unin May by lin Logie Bai, eleision curator atthe the word being pronounced. How is the National Mecia Museum in Bradford and grandson ofthe inventor of Ty, John last ‘n’ pronounced? Logie Bid. He said:'A smal fraction of re-War televisions stil exist many stopped working or were simply throwm out when @ newer se ave, and we 1b Underline the ‘n’s in all the words ow about 3000 were fst the Landon bombings” in exercise 6c. Which ones are pronounced /n/ and which [9/2 ‘The set wl join a cisplay of teevisions from across the ages a the National Mea Museum, © © sss Listen and check your answers. Repeat the words. Workin pairs. Think of programmes Reading: you have seen which you could describe using the adjectives in EBB Work in pairs. Look atthe photos of televisions and discuss the questions. exercise 6c. I thought it was. 1 When do you tink hey wee made . san Hound it. 12 How are they similar or different from televisions today? EMD Read the atc. what do the numbersin the box eer to? 1948 3,000 1936 0a.EDD) Read the article again and write true (7) false (For not siven (NG). 4 The television is in excellent working order. Oo 2. twas removed from London during the Second World War. Oo 3. Itls possible to use the television to watch digital TV. Oo 4 efiey Borinsky has owned the television since it ‘was made. Oo 5 Jeffrey particularly likes watching old programmes ‘on the set, Qa 6 ain Logie Baird is an inventor. oO 7 The majority of pre-War TVs were destroyed du ‘the War. Q 8 The television will now go to a museum. Oo Grammar | the passive Look at the Active grammar box. Complete the example sentences using the article on page 26 to help you. Then match the rules (A-C) with the sentences (1-3). Active grammar Present Simple It___ thought to be Arita aldest warking set Past Simple It___ made over seven decades ago. Present Perfect Simple The set___ converted {from analogue to digital. ‘Modal verbs Itcan____used for ‘many years to come. |A. We use the active to describe what someone/ something does. A We use the pascive ta deserihe what happens to someone or something. We often use the passive to describe processes: Then the glass is heated ‘and in more formal or written contexts: Itis thought to be. ‘and to avoid saying who is responsible: The washing-up hasn't been done yet! lf we want to say who or what does the action ina passive sentence we often use by. The competition was set up in May by fain Logie Baird, lain Logie Baird set up the competition in May. The competition was set up in May. ‘see Reference page 33 Complete the second sentence so it means the same as the frst. 1 In 1939 people could only receive one channel - the BBC. |na939 only one channel the nc, 2 Inthe 1930s a television was owned for ten torffteen years. Inthe 1930s people a television for ten to fifteen years. 3 Nowadays people replace their television every two to three years. Nowadays a television every two to three years. 4 Allpre-War televisions were made in Britain. The British all pre-War televisions. 5. The Chinese make ninety percent of televisions now. Ninety percent of televisions ‘the Chinese now. 6 In 1936 people could watch the BBC for just two hours a day. 12936 the 88C. {or just two hours a day. ‘Add one missing word to each sentence. 4 Afather and son who made millions of pounds from fake DVDs have jlled for six years. 2 Hundreds of thousands of DVDs were produced workers hired by the gang. 3 The DVDs sold cheaply in pubs and markets. 4 Its estimated the police that the criminals ‘made around £43,000 a day from the operation, 5. The gang members lived a lif until they caught. 6 However, police believe that most of the ‘money the gang made been taken out of the country 7. Is estimated that criminal gangs in the UK ‘make about £300 milion a year from fake DVDs. 8 Police dogs have now trained to find hidden Dvbs. of luxury ‘Os Listen and check your answers to exercise 132. a 82.3 Stories in the news CE Past Simple and Past Continuous describe an important event from your ife Speaking and listening 2 Workin pats and discuss the questions. 1 Do you bebe everything you teed in the ‘news? Why/Why not? 2 ead te opinions below. Do you gre wth them? [Newspapers sometimes try to make news Stories sound worse than they ore. ‘b_O6 Listen to Eben and Rachel 4 discussing question 1 in exercise 12. Look at the opinions in exercise 1a and note down Who agrees with them ~ Eben, Rachel or both. EBB a Complete the newspaper headlines (-6) with the words inthe Box. delivers escapes inherits saves. survives takes = 4 Traffic police officer in Bangkok __ baby Incar 2 lost driver miles 3 Circus monkey _and destoys a restaurant 4 Top chef_____glant lobster from cooking pot 5 Sailor___ four months at sea 6 Cat___ £350,000 house and £100,000 from owner ‘a wrong turn for 5,000 1b Match the headlines (2-6) in exercise 2a with the pictures (A-A). Then workin pairs and describe what you think happened in each situation. Reading EBB a. Read the news stories (A-F) quickly. ‘Match the headlines (1-6) from exercise 2a withthe stories. Arnervous driver who went on a day-trip to Calais ‘Write the letter(s) of the news story/ ‘ended up in Gibraltar after a five-day stories next to the topics (7) below. Mes Bright a recent divorce, was ploning ogo fo 1 restaurants: 8, D 5 food or drink eee ‘to buy some wine for a party to celebrate her 2 travel 6 babies or pts Cane mete 3s She was drving around Cals ima i fe supermarket, she took a wrong tum 3. animals 7 survival and lost her way Without a map, and unable to nee Recent © Work in pairs and compare your answers. ‘and eventually she found herself in Gibraltar‘Ajai lobster, saved from the cooking pot by atop chef, has been retuned to the sea. Chef Anton Gretzky said the was planing to serve the lobster at his expensive restaurant, but decided he couldn't bol such 2 fine creature. An employee ftom the Aquarium Restaurant in Vitoria, Australi, took the lobster, named Billy to the coast to free him, Gretzky said: ‘He has been on this arth much longer than | have” ———_ ‘Amonkey.who escaped from a local circus, ‘cassed €10,000 of damage to a pizzeria ater the ‘owner ofthe restaurant tried to feed ft bread and tulad: The monkey, named Lala, was sitting in the Festaurant bathroutn when the ower found hee ‘The escapee dropped a vase then started ‘throwing paper towels around, and finaly turned fon the water taps and flooded the restaurant in Lehre, Germany. urn, kok ayo en Cpe "nh boat. Aer etn tna stm, nema oocny fox monhs ae Bangkok traffic police helped to deliver another ‘baby yesterday. Sergeant Sakchai Kodayan is ‘one of 130 members of the city trafic police whose special skills include giving first aid to ‘motorists and helping mothers as they give birth, ‘I was drinking a coffee and having a cigarette in a café by the road when a taxi driver shouted for help’ said Sakchai. ‘His passenger ‘was having a baby. It was a boy. The woman said ‘she would call it Sakchai asa way to say thank you.’ Sakchai has so far assisted with the birth t babies in his career. EW read the news stoves agin. Answer the que 4 Where did Mrs Bright want to go? b Why didn’t she ask for directions? ‘2 Why didnt the chef cook the lobster? b What did the chef do with the lobster? ‘Who will look ater Pooker the cat now? ‘What damage did Lala the monkey do? What did Pan Hung Kuk eat forfour months? ‘2 What special skills does Sergeant Sakchal Kodayan have? 'b Why id the taxi driver ask for help? GBB a Look at the table. Complete the collocations (+7) from the news stories with the words in the box. Then match them to the correct definitions (2-8). cause get give return move take (x2) [Collocation Definition 1 __awrongtun |. stop working fora short time Gory) 2___lost (Story) __|b go tolivein the same house 3 inwith someone |e go/give back to tory 4 damage (Story 0) |d help someone when they have an injury 5 tothe sea (story B) |e not know where you are (6 Mist aid (Story F)_|f_drive in the wrong direction| 7 ——a break (story F) |g break something by physically attacking it 1b Work in pairs. Use the phrases (1-7) in the table in exercise 5a to retell the stories. ‘© Work in pairs and discuss the questions. 4. Which stories did you find most interesting/ unbelievable/funny? 2 What interesting stories have you heard/seen/read about recently? Pronunciation | word stress on word endings GBB a ook back at the news stories and complete the table with words ending with the following letters. ee veer [pete divorcee | | bss Listen to the words from exercise 6a, What do you notice about the stress pattern? There is one exception = what is it? © Can you add any other words to the columns in exercise 6a? ssee Pronunciation bank page 163Grammar | Past simple and Past Continuous ‘Read the Active grammar box and answer question 3 ‘b Read rules A and B and find more examples of the Past Continuous in the news stories on pages 28-29. Then answer question 2. Active grammar ‘Mrs Bright was planning to go to France. ‘She was driving around Calais... 1. Do the underlined verbs describe something complete or something temporary and in progress? 'A We use the Past Continuous and Past Simple together to say that something happened in the middle of a longer action. Iwas taking a break in a café by the road when a taxi driver shouted for help. B The Past Continuous is often used to set the scene at the beginning of an article or story This happened about eight years ago when | was studying for my dearee. | was feeling a bit tired and 2 Which verbs are not normally used in the continuous form? see Reference page 33 EBB complete the sentences with the Past Simple or Past Continuous form of the verbs in brackets. They were watching (watch) a film in the cinema so they didn’t realise (not/relise it was snowing (snow) outside. 4. |___ (work) ina school in Prague when |__ (meet) my boyfriend 2 When! (be) a child, |_ (like) swimming. 3. Mysister__ (arrive) ust as1_ (cook) some lunch, 4 |__ know) | wanted to mary him the frst time |__ (meet) him. 5 He ___(not/break) his arm while he _ (lay) rugby. He___ (all) down the stairs. 6 |___(cheek) on the children and both of them —— Gleep) 7. The phone rang while |___ (isten) to my mp3 player and (not/head it 8 I think!___ (Gee) you yesterday in the station, (wear) a blue shirt? EBB complete the story by puting the verbs vers phrases from the box inthe correct place. idn’tknow fell hoping visited was was expecting washaving wasstaying [remember when my litle sister was born. | was ten years old, and | was staying in London with my Parents. knew my mother a baby, but | how soon itwould ative. | was really fora gir. It happened ‘when |atafriend’s house. It was her birthday and so she a party. My grandmother came to collect me, but when she told me the news I was so excited that. [an down the stats, and | and broke my atm. | my mother and sister in hospital, and | had to spend the night there with my arm in plaster too. Speaking and writing Look at the stages for organising a story below. Then identity the four stages inthe story in exercise 9. 4 Setting the scene: who? when? what? where? 2 The main sequence of events: what happened? 3. The big event: usually something unexpected. 4 Result: what happened inthe end. Choose one of the events below. Make notes fon what you were doing, where you were living and what you were hoping for at the time. + someone was born + you received some good news * you received your exam results + something important happened in your country + an important/Interesting event n your life 1b Plan the sequence of your story using the four stages in exercise 10. ‘© Workin groups. Take it in turns to talk about your events,EBB a. Find the odd one outin these phrases. 2 Vocabulary | Inthe news 0 on a) strike ¥ (b) holiday v (©) work x You can go to work, but not go on work. 41 make —(@)ajob ()adiscovery — (@aprofit 2 come into (@) fashion _(b) money (6 movernent 3 win — @ateam —(b) arace (@amatch 4 commit (@)acrime —(b) business. —(Q suicide 5 develop (@) news (b)anidea (Qa product 6 have @ababy ——(b) death (plastic surgery 7 pesform —G@amateh — U)asomny (aplay 8 cause —G@) trouble (W) anaccident_—_(@) time 9 break —G@)aprice ——(b) arecord (9 up with someone 1b Which collocations from exercise 1a can you use to describe the photos (A-D)? ERB Wich cotocatons uses’ and which use no article? Make two lists: EBB on which newspaper pages might you find the collocatons from exercise 1? Choose from the words and phrases in the box. {go on strike, go on holiday = rom news and current affatrs arts section business sect science section sports pages current affairs news and goss EMD complete the sentences with expressions from exercise 1 Use the correct tense. 1 Yesterday The Rolling Stones famous: ! Can't Get No Satisfaction 2 When his father died, Paul Getty ___ billions of dollars 3 Marie Curie___ that changed the world: she found radium. that did the most to make them ‘4 When a food or drinks company takes years to testi forthe international market, it 5 Many ageing celebrities. ‘guarantee everlasting beauty! 6 Inthe UK there is a 45 percent possibility that criminals wll ___after their release from prison. 7, leeon the roads __ yesterday, but luckily no one was hutt. inorder to look young, but it doesn’t GHB a wiite the name of a famous person who. has had plastic surgery ‘won a race recently performs songs on TV. committed a crime. causes trouble regulaty has broken a record, eo Work in pairs and compare your answers. GBB a Workin pairs. Do you enjoy reading or hearing gossip about famous people? ‘Why/Why not? 1b Workin groups. Take it in turns to tell your group a piece of gossip about a famous person (you can make it up if you like) End by giving your opinion on their behaviour, | can’t believe anyone could do that That's a terrible way to behave, don't you think? J feel quite sorry for her... © Take itin turns to give your opinion about each piece of gossip, Look at the How to.. box on page 24 to help you.describe a film Worl pairs and discuss the questions. 4. Which ofthe following makes you want to go and see a filme + advertising + who directed it + what your friends say about it reviews who is starring init 2 Look atthe film posters (A-C). Which film would you prefer to see? Why? Listen to a description ofa film. Which film (A-0)is it about? Listen again and complete the notes. Typeof film [it's afm. ‘Summary of | t's about___ who buys the house plot whereas a child. Her son starts to seein the house and then he suddenly, Characters |The main characters are ‘also a rather spooky. There is Listen to more information about the film in exercise 2 and make notes. Work in pairs and compare. Work in pairs. choose a well-known film you have both seen and prepare to describe it. Make notes using the headings in exercise 2b Sarah Jessica PARKER Work with another pair and tell them about your film, Can they guess which film you are describing?2/ Reference Defining relative clauses A‘clause' is part ofa sentence. A defining relative clause makes it clear who or what we are talking about ina sentence. It gives essential information. The man who lives next door had an accident. Relative clauses begin with relative pronouns: who for people; which for things and animals, and whose for possessions. After place, atea, room, etc. we use where. After time, day, yea, etc. we use when. We don't use what as a relative pronoun. The vase that | broke was very expensive. (NOT: Fhe _vese-what-+broke-was-very-expensive) In tess formal and spoken English we often use that instoad of who or which. The police cought the man that robbed the bank. We can leave out the pronouns wit, which or that if they ae the object ofthe relative clause. The film which | saw was called Heroes. The film | saw was called Heroes. The boy who she met was nice. The bay she met was nice. The passive ‘We make the passive with the verb to be + past participle. James is paid a lot of money. Are you being followed? We were given a new corto dive. She has been told tis before. Inactive sentences, the person (or thing) who does the action comes Fist. The man kissed the baby. In passive sentences, the person (or thing) affected by the ation comes ist andi the main focus. The baby was kissed by the man. The person (or thing) who dd the action soften nat kanown or not the man focus. The programme has been shown since 1959. (The focus is on the programme, not who has shown it.) We use by to include the person (or thing) who did the action ina passive sentence. The Book was written by Faulks The passive offen sounds ‘impetsonat formal English and often in the news. The President was asked to resign. (It isn't important vio asked him to resign) used in Past Simple and Past Continuous The Past Continuous form: was/were + -ing We use the Past Continuous to talk about what was happening at a particular moment inthe past. What were you doing at 10 o'clock last night? ‘We use the Past Simple for complete, finished actions. inthe past. ‘When the Past Simple and Past Continuous are used together, the Past Continuous refers to the longer, background action or situation. The Past Simple refers, to the shorter action or main event that happened to interruptit. 11 was walking through the park when the storm began. ‘We use the Past Continuous for temporary actions and. situations, Iwas living in Barcelona last summer. We use the Past Simple for longer or permanent situations, | lived in Berlin for ten years when | was a child. ‘We do not usually use the continuous form with ‘state’ verbs such as like, want, know and understand. Key vocabulary Internet IM Gnstant messaging) online website Film comedy docu-drama horror film romantic fim thriller Television channel commercial digital documentary reality/chat show ive. presenter producer programme satellite screen soap (television) set Describing films and TV annoying boring entertaining exciting gripping incredible inspiring moving nauseating nonsense unrealistic unwatchable Newspapers arts/business section current a human interest story. sports pages News coltocations goon strike/on holiday make a discovery/a profit ome into fashion/into money. win a race/a competition commit a crime/suicide develop an idea/a product have aduty/plastic surgery cause trouble/an accident perform a song/a play. break a record/a promise see Writing bank page 1542 Review and practice Complete the news st. 3 with the active or passive form of the verbs from the box. Change the tense as necessary. You may use some verbs ‘more than once. ‘announce discover find Kill sell stant ‘Anew service which will find anyone's mobile phone umber has been announced. ‘One thousand people (1) South Attica. The storm (2) of the morning. Zac fron (3) _as the star of a new film, the most expensive ever made. ‘cure for cancer (4) _. Scientists ()_ the breakthrough at 2 conference yesterday ‘The film director Richard Attenborough (6) —__ ‘much of his art collection after claiming that there was no more room on his walls. Yesterday a three-year-old boy successfully (7) _ {an ambulance after he (8)__that his mother had fallen down the stair. ‘ring which once belonged to the opera singer ‘Maria Callas (6) __ in an attic. The new owner 40) ___itonline, wth a reserve price of nearly £109,000. bya freak storm in in the eariy hours MB complete the television guide with the relative 730 11.00 pronouns from the box. In which sentences can you use that? when where which who whose Brothers in Arms: Marion isa lawyer (1)__ brother works with ex-criminal. Now he wants Marion to help im. Has Marlon reached a tene in his career (2) he can take a rid Home Questons:the quiz show (3) _ aks contestants questions about the place (4) _ they were bor, ‘TheYear (5)__ I Made History: Roy Johns speaks to the people (€)____ have been in the news ths year (Guests include Mily Chez a doctor (7) anti-cancer trestment is being tested in Australia, nd Moses Kenui, an athlete (@) __ shocked the world when he broke four athletics records in one year News Restaurant: follows the progress of two restaurants (©) famous chefs have visited. 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