eno ENGLISH FOR Uy 21% CENTURY Nina O'Driscoll and Jake Hughes C7 EDUCATION ENGLISH đấtlái FOR THE 21* CENTURY a Level Course Book Nina O'Driscoll and Jake Hughes GARNET EDU ATC ION Contents A B C Talking point Events + Global events 6-7 8-9 10-11 Special days Event management Festivals Vocabulary Grammar Reading and writing + Word families + Present simple with | - The Falles Festival + Dates and does + Writing a description Grammar + Prepositions 21 22-23 24-25 26-28 Talking point Buying power + How consumers make Vocabulary Product reviews Internet shopping Products decisions + Product features Grammar Reading and speaking + Comparative adjectives | - What type of shopper 3Turni.ng 37 and price are you? i Talking point + Describing products points Grammar + Important events 38-39 + little, less; few, Fewer Performance in our lives Turning points 40-41 42-44 53 Vocabulary Timelines Building a career The world Talking ig P point Grammar Reading + Life events « Past simple: Regular and | « A famous architect of work + Great performances irregular Writing in sport, education, + Quantifiers + Asequence of events business, flms and Grammar + Using time markers music 54-55 56-57 58-60 69 High g achievers Talking point results SpPos rts heroes Ethical decisions Vocabulary + The most successful Grammar Reading and writing + Performance and + Cheating scandals company in the world + Modals: can, must, need to, should Vocabulary + Talking about abilit es and requirements 70-71 72-73 74-75 Inside a company Temporary work Your money Vocabulary Grammar Vocabulary | « Company structure + Present simple and + Money and budgets present continuous 85 86-87 88-89 90-92 Advances Talking point Problems & solutions | What’s wrong? + The internet is the Vocabulary Global challenges + Problem solving Grammar Reading and writing biggest advance for + too and (not) enough + Nobel Peace Prize winners mankind this century Grammar with adjectives and 102-107 + Past simple with question nouns Progress tests 1-6 words 108-112 113-120 Activities 121-127 Transcripts Word list English for the 21* Century » Contents D l5 C21 skills 12-15 14-16 17-20 Creative collaboration Plans and arrangements A_ Word families Speaking Grammar B Employability: Finding out aboa ucarteer + Suggestions + Present continuous for future plans C Reading effectively + Spelling rules when adding -ing to D Creative thinking 29-31 E Intercultural communication: Declining invitations Choosing furniture averb Grammar Speaking 33-36 + Superlative adjectives A Learning words in pairs Speaking and writing + Invitations B Cultural differences € Close reading + Making choices 32 + Writing a proposal Smart buys D Criteria Speaking 45-46 + Conversations with sales staff E Qualitative and quantitative Changes research Grammar 47-48 49-52 + Past simple: Negatives and Meeting new friends A Group and individualistic cultures questions Listening and speaking B_ Understanding visual information — timelines 61-62 + Developing a conversation C Collaborating: Planning a team task Timing and plans D Giving yourself time to think Vocabulary E Preparing fora conversation + Deadlines and schedules 63-64 65-68 Grammar Group assignments A Organizing information + begoing to Speaking B_ Improving performance + Requests and offers € Making ethical decisions 76-77 How much are you worth? Vocabulary D The culture of time + Talking about tasks for the team E Assigning tasks Speaking 78-80 möoom>81-84 + ncome A company profile A Organizational charts Reading Reading B Study habits + World income and poverty + Saudi Aramco C Budgets 93-94 Future challenges Speaking and writing D Word relationships Listening + Company information E Doing research + Natural disasters 95-96 97-100 Positive action Risks and benefits Finding the right balance Speaking and listening Role models + Making a difference Future challenges Making a difference English for the 21* Century s Contents Welcome to C21 English for the 21% Century Course Book Units The C21 Course Book has six 12-page units Each unit is divided into five sections A-E which give balanced coverage of vocabulary, grammar and skills input and practice The unit starts with Talking point which introduces the topic It is an opportunity for students to talk about the topic and share information and opinions The objectives for the unit are clearly laid out on the same page C21 skills sp C21 skills cover academic skills, 21* century skills and study skills Each section in a unit has a C21 skills note and there are four C21 skills pages at the end of the unit which give students more in-depth practice of individual skills Additional resources The following additional resources can be found at the back of the book: + Progress tests Audio DVD + Activities front cover The MP3 files can be For mare information + Transcripts C21 website at www.garneteducation.com/C21 + Word list See page 101 for details All the audio material is on the audio DVD in the inside downloaded from the C21 website on the other C21 print and digital components, go to the English for the 21* Century » Introduction Label each photo with the name of a celebration Give reasons for your answers New Year, Dubai American Independence Day Canadian Thanksgiving Day International Folk Festival of Russi, Italy The Harbin Ice and Snow Festival, China (© Listen to people talk about the festivals in Which festivals are they describing? In pairs Read extracts from the descriptions in 2.orn ance sai Match them to the festivals in e®angco» D217 11 1/4 In cities and towns across America, there are parades with patriotic music Today, people celebrate the festival to give thanks for the good things in life dance(s) The New Year starts with a spectacular fireworks display Groups of dancers parade through the streets in colourful national costumes Alot of people wear something red, white and blue, and wave the American flag ‘You can see massive ice sculptures of figures and buildings all over the city A lot of people eat a traditional meal of turkey and pumpkin pie G Find adjectives in with these meanings typical of things in the past very big shawing great love of your country big and really good with lots of colour [5) Which of the festivals in would you like to take part in? Gi aSons INS YUE eae One dance _==-—— dancing @ Complete the table Can og anges you think of other word act — /actress families? English for the 21" Century s Unit Complete the sentences with words from the PROMUNCIATION table in Use the words in brackets a Come tothe Dublin Theatre Festival to see fantastic (>> 1.2 Listen to nine dates Mark the order in which you plays.Meetthe ———— and hear them at special events after the shows (act) Januar—y_ 2" February —_ 23“ March _— 18" June 5™ April _ 22" August 25"December_a_ 9!" May 30" September —_ _ b Atthe festival, you see groups of [> \.2 Listen and repeat the dates, Pay attention to the from different countries Each group does a typical from their country You see lots of pronunciation of the endings of the ordinals, and the different styles of (dance) weak pronunciation of of Note that we say ‘the first of May’ but we write ‘13* May’ ¢ Doyou love folk music? Do you love to Example The first of fov/ May ? This festival of folk music is for you In pairs Swap the names of three friends or family members Ask and answer questions about their birthdays Listen to the country’s best folk and sing along to your favourite (sing) Match these events and the dates the first week of August a American Independence Day b New Year's Eve in UAE July ¢ Canadian Thanksgiving Sth January to end February d The International Folk Festival of Russi, Italy 31* December e The Harbin Ice and Snow Festival, China the second Monday in October Complete the sentences with the missing prepositions a Americans celebrate Thanksgiving the fourth Sunday November b Indian Independence day is 15tt August May ¢ The Toronto International Film Festival takes place September 15% April d Brazilians celebrate Mother's Day the second Sunday e@ The Thais call their mew year Songkran and celebrate it 1a Ask and answer questions about the timing of Prepositions the special days and festivals in and We use on with dates and days Example When is American Independence Day? Examples on Sunday, on the first/last Monday in June Describe your favourite special day or festival We use in with seasons and months Step Make some notes (name, date, what you Examples in spring, in April, in the first week of January can see, what people do/wear, other We use from toto mark starting and finishing times special things) Examples from 24" to 26" July, from July to Septernber Step Take turns to talk about your special day English for the 21" Century » Unit >| Present simple with and does Ø8 Which events you think these two companies organize? anniversary parties arts festivals birthday parties business meetings conferences product launches weddings 70 0 events for all your business needs 8In pairs Pete Hanson is an event planner at Kasima Discuss these points Present simple with and does a_ Do you think he works on his own or in a team? We use the present simple to talk about facts and b What tasks you think he does in his job? ce Do you think he spends most of his time at the routines We add -5 or -es to the verb with he, she or it events or in the office? d_ Do you think he works a typical 9-to-5 working day? Examples He works for2 corporate event company e What kind of person is good at this job? Carla researches venues for all our (© 13 Listen and check your answers to conferences We use don't (do not) in negative sentences with /, you, In pairs Complete these statements with information we and they, and doesn’t (daes not) with he, she and it from the conversation a Pete works asan Examples We don’t organize international conferences b His company organizes Kasima doesn’t organize many weddings in the winter € Histeam_——————————— We use in questions with |, you, we and they, and does d Before events he works W with she, he and it e People who well in party planning are Examples Do you enjoy your job? We use haveVwiith |c , youh, we, and taheyt, and has with he, she, and it The short forms are e and %, Examples | havea lot of work to dotoday He has a meeting this afternoon English for the 21" Century Unit