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Cambridge University Press978-1-107-60353-0 – face2face Pre-intermediateNicholas Tims With Chris Redston and Gillie CunninghamExcerptMore information
4 A group of school children made predictions about the future. Rewrite these sentences using might.
5B Never too old
Collocations (2) VOCABULARY 5.2
1 a Match the beginnings of sentences 1–8 to endings a–h.
1 I’m sure you’ll have a abroad at the moment.
2 Pam and Edgar are living b a course in acting.
3 My father loves taking c how to use the internet.
4 My grandfather writes d a great time in Italy.
5 My daughter wants to do e house and get a smaller place.
6 Our grandmother wants to learn f a blog about life in his 70s.
7 Before university, we spent g photos with his new camera.
8 When we retire, we’re going to move h a year travelling around the world.
b Find these words/phrases in 1a. Then write the infi nitive form of the verb.
1 a great time 5 a course
2 abroad 6 how to do something
3 photos 7 time doing something
4 a blog 8 house
What our future might be like
5 Complete Louis’s plans with might and these verbs.
get save be fail look for live be have to
In June, I leave university. I 1 might get a fl at with a friend or I 2 some money and live with my parents for a few months. I 3 a job in England fi rst but I 4 abroad for a few years. Of course, my fi nal exams 5 really hard and I 6 some of them. Then I 7 stay here until September and take them again.
1 “Perhaps my home will be under the sea.” Simon, aged 12
My home might be under the sea.
2 “Perhaps we’ll fi nd life on other planets.” Sacha, aged 8
3 “Perhaps the Earth will be too crowded.” Rich, aged 14
4 “Perhaps most people will live to be over 100.” Kay, aged 13
5 “Perhaps animals like tigers and gorillas won’t exist.” Elodie, aged 10
6 “Perhaps my sister and I will be good friends.” Louise, aged 16
4 Read about fi ve people’s plans. Then fi ll in the gaps.
1 Lorna is thinking of early.
2 She’s looking forward to more time with her husband.
3 She’s planning to a new language.
4 Cass and Jamie are planning to a big family.
5 They’re looking forward to their fi rst child.
6 Cass would like to in a big house.
7 Sue isn’t looking forward to .
8 Sue is sure she will bored.
9 Roger is hoping to soon.
10 They’re thinking of a house in France.
LORNA I might retire early. I don’t know. I’m 55 now and my husband retired last year. He spends most of his time in the garden. I’d really like to be there with him. I’m defi nitely going to learn a new language. I hate going abroad and speaking English.
CASS I’m only 26, so I’m not going to retire soon! Jamie and I are going to have a baby next year and we’re really excited about that. We want to have a big family and live in a big house. Then, when I retire, my children and grandchildren will all be able to stay.
ROGER I asked my boss at work recently and I might be able to retire next year. We might buy a house in France. I’d like to live there one day.
SUE Well, Roger and I don’t agree about this. I love work and I don’t want to retire! I know I won’t have anything to do.
1 Read the article. Choose the correct prepositions.
5C Conservation worksVOCABULARYAND SKILLS
3 Read the article again and answer the questions.
1 When did the giant lemur become extinct?
2 Why did many species of lemur become extinct?
3 How do the projects try to protect lemurs?
4 What good news does the writer have about the
bamboo lemur?
5 What does it cost someone to do a two-week lemur
conservation project in Madagascar?
When I was three, my family went 1on/in a trip 2at/to London Zoo. My dad still tells the story of the fi rst animal we saw that day. Nobody knew what it was, until, he says, I suddenly screamed “They’re lemurs!” Where, at just three, did I learn lemur? We still have no idea.
Last month I fi nally got a chance to spend time 3on/with these animals – 30 years after surprising my parents in that zoo. I fl ew 4to/in the island of Madagascar, the home of the lemur. I was visiting a wildlife-conservation project.
When people fi rst arrived on the island, 2,000 years ago, there were hundreds of difference species of lemur. They included the giant lemur – as big as a gorilla, weighing 200 kg. But people hunted the animals and cut down large areas of the lemurs’ forests. The giant lemur became extinct in only a few years. Many other species died for similar reasons. And they are still dying.
Now, there are 70 species of the animal, from the tiny 28 g mouse lemur to the famous ring-tailed lemur I probably saw in that zoo. They now live in an area of 6,000 km2 – just 10% of the island. Fortunately, the country is trying to protect the lemur. Volunteers are working on a variety of projects: from talking to schools 5to/about the environment to actually
Learning to live with the lemur
2 Write the correct numbers.
1 The number of species of lemur now:
2 The weight of the giant lemur: kilograms
3 How long a ring-tailed lemur can live for: years
4 When the writer fi rst saw a real lemur: years ago
5 The cost per person for the project: £
6 When people fi rst came to Madagascar: years
ago
7 The number of volunteers on the next project:
8 The weight of a mouse lemur: grams
9 The size of Madagascar: km2
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counting the number of male and female lemurs in the forests. And the projects are a success. While I was there, I heard stories 6about/around the discovery of a new population of bamboo lemurs – the most unusual species on the island. Scientists previously believed there were only 150 of them left.
The charity is looking 7for/of 20 volunteers for a project next January. You have to pay 8on/for your fl ights and also £500 for a two-week project. They spend the money 9on/with schools and clean water – Madagascar isn’t a rich country. Accommodation and meals are free.
The ring-tailed lemur lives in large groups, for up to 20 years.