KEY PHRASES Complete the useful phrases with the words below. Underline them in the sample.

page          recommend          set          tells          twists

Describing stories

It's (1) ______________ in (place and / or time).

It (2) ______________ the story of (character).

There are lots of (3) ______________ and turns.

It’s a real (4) ______________-turner.

I would definitely (5) ______________ it.

complete the following dialogues with the words and phrases below: long weekend, brochures, high season, travel agent's, tourists, break, abroad

1. Have you decided where you 're going on holiday this year?

> No, no yet. I might call in at the ... on the way home and pick up a few...

2. I'm really fed up with work at the moment. I need a....

>why don't you take next Friday off and have a .... in Paris or Amsterdam?

3. Are you going to Wales again this year?

> Not likely! I'm going somewhere... where I can be sure of some sun.

4. I fancy a few days in Venice this summer.

> In August? Right in the middle of the...! You must be crazy. The place'll be absolutely full of ....

KEY PHRASES Complete the useful phrases with the words below and find them in the text in exercise 3.

1 Introducing your opinions

I (strongly) believe that

In my ¹___________ / ²___________

It ³___________ to me that

As I ⁴___________,

2 Introducing other people's opinions

It is a ⁵___________ held view that

It is often ⁶___________ that

It is a ⁷___________ belief that

3 Making an additional point

⁸___________is more,

Moreover,

Furthermore,

4 Introducing proposals and solutions

One ⁹___________ might be to

What ¹⁰___________ (instead) is that

I ¹¹___________strongly recommend that

5 Concluding

To ¹²___________up,

In ¹³___________,

To conclude,

• Complete the sentences with the words and phrases in the box. You don’t need to change the form of the words and phrases.

(cockpit motorists / overtaking runway/ commuter diesel/ jet lag departure lounge)

1, The _______________ at Qamdo Bamda Airport in Tibet is 5.5 kilometers long; it needs to be this length to allow planes to accelerate enough to take off at high altitude.

2, A ______________ is the area of a plane where the pilot and co-pilot seat, and is also known as the flight deck.

3, It is estimated that there will be about 2 billion ______________ in the world by 2035.

4, Research shows the average American ______________ spends 142 hours every year stuck in traffic.

5, Vehicles running on ______________ are believed to be more harmful to the environment and members of the public than petrol vehicles.

6, Dangerous ___________ is the most common cause of car accidents worldwide.

7, The first-ever beach ________________ has been planned in Barbados, where passengers can check-in, pick up their boarding passes and relax until their flight.

Complete the sentences with the words and phrases below.

1 When she changed jobs, she took a large cut in __________

2 If he meets his sales targets, he receives a £5,000 __________

3 Some weeks, she has to work three eight-hour __________ in two days.

4 As a teacher, she gets thirteen weeks'__________ a year, including six weeks in the summer.

5 He's been off work since the accident, but he'll receive __________ until he's well enough to go back.

6 He's been doing a lot of __________ recently to earn some extra money for his holiday.

7 I used to earn more than you, but I haven't had a __________ for three years.

8 The company is sending all its employees on a __________ to improve their customer

service skills.

9 He enjoys the practical aspects of his job, but he hates sitting at his desk doing the __________

10 It's an interesting job, but he's finding it exhausting because of the huge__________

3. Complete the phrases for describing a photo with the words below. You need to use some words more than once. Then listen again and check.

(Hoàn thành các cụm từ dùng để mô tả bức tranh với các từ bên dưới. Bạn cần sử dụng một vài từ nhiều hơn một lần. Sau đó nghe lại và kiểm tra.)

Describing a photo

The photo (1) _____ 

(2) _____ the foreground/ background

(3) _____ the top left corner/ bottom right corner

(4) _____ the top I bottom

(5) _____ the left/ right

(6) _____ the centre

It (7) _____ like a …

It (8) _____ as if they’re …

It (9) _____ to be…

6. Complete the phrases with the words below.

(Cụm từ khoá. Hoàn thành các cụm từ với các từ bên dưới.)

broken       come         exchange           happy          manager         money       problem       repair        something         stopped         work      write

Making a complaint

There's a (1) _____ with...

There's (2) _____ wrong with...

It doesn't (3) _____.

It has (4) _____ working.

It's (5) _____

The (dial) has (6) _____ off.

Can I have my (7) _____ back, please?

Can I (8) _____ it, please?

Can you (9) _____ it?

I'm not (10) _____ about that.

Can I see the (11) _____, please?

I'm going to (12) _____ to (customer services).