Unit Topic Countries Vocabulary page // 7 // 1a Two ordinary days Daily routines UK and USA Cultural differences 8 // 1b Home swap Houses UK and USA Facilities in a house 10 // 1c Modern families Families UK, USA and Australia Family members 12 // 1d What’s in your basket? Food shopping UK and USA Food 14 // 1e Time out Leisure activities USA Leisure activities 16 // 1f English everywhere: South Africa 18 // ig Language & Culture: Diana’s day 20 // // 21 // 2a Four nations British national identity UK National symbols 22 // 2b British Islands The geography of the smaller British islands UK Features of a landscape 24 // 2c The seven natural wonders of America Natural wonders of America USA and Canada Adjectives of measurements 26 // 2d Climate extremes Extreme weather Australia and USA Weather and natural disasters 28 // 2e Town... and country Urban and rural lifestyles UK The city 30 // 2f Soundtrack: A world of music 32 // 2g Language & Culture: Old or new, big or small, Oxford’s got it all! 34 // // 35 // 3a England: a historical tour English history England and Scotland Historical events 36 // 3b Britain’s colonial past British colonialism Britain, Ireland, India, Singapore, Hong Kong, USA, West Africa, West Indies Wordbuilding 38 // 3c The British at war British history UK Military words 40 // 3d History at the movies American history USA Historical events 42 // 3e The USA: making the news in the 20th century American history USA Historical events 44 // 3f English everywhere: Jamaica 46 // 3g Language & Culture: A short history of Australia 48 // // 49 // 4a UK parliament: tradition... and change British politics UK Politics 50 // 4b The ups and downs of the British monarchy The British monarchy UK Monarchy 52 // 4c The land of the free The US Constitution USA Historical documents 54 //
4d US law: show business... and big business The US legal system USA Crime 56 // 4e National celebrations National days Scotland, Ireland, USA and England National celebrations: food, drink, songs 58 // 4f Soundtrack: Protest songs 60 // 4g Language & Culture: The US government 62 // Unit Topic Countries Vocabulary page // 63 // 5a Too much too young? Educating very young children UK Education and exams 64 // 5b Students at home... and abroad Higher education UK Education and exams 66 // 5c High school culture Belonging to cliques and being popular at school USA and Canada Aspects of American high school life 68 // 5d Cyber High On-line education USA Words connected to studying 70 // 5e Star pupils Specialist performing arts schools UK and USA Performing arts 72 // 5f English everywhere: Canada and Wales 74 // 5g Language & Culture: Choices, choices... 76 // 6a Overworked and underpaid Working life in hospitals UK and USA Employment/Hospitals 78 // 6b Downshifting Escaping from a stressful lifestyle UK Words connected with breadmaking 80 // 6c The global supermarket Supermarkets as business USA, UK and Kenya Business/ Food cultivation 82 // 6d When the tourists stayed away Crisis in the tourism industry UK and USA Tourist attractions 84 // 6e UK + EU = OK? The UK’s relationship with the EU UK Metric and imperial measurements 86 // 6f Soundtrack: The music business 88 // 6g Language & Culture: Business letters 90 // III 1 // 91 // 7a The Friendly Games The Commonwealth Games Britain and its ex-colonies Names of countries/Sports 92 // 7b Extreme sports Extreme sports Australia Sports equipment 94 // 7c Mall rats Leisure time spent in shopping malls Usa and UK Leisure facilities 96 // 7d Popular television Reality TV programmes and soaps UK Words connected with television 98 // 7e Holidays Holidays UK and USA Types of holidays 100 //
7f English everywhere: Australia 102 // 7g Language & Culture: Fitz Gym 104 // 8a A child could do that Modern art Scotland Art 106 // 8b The Lord of the Rings The Lord of the Rings and other epic myths UK Literature and myth 108 // 8c West End musicals Musicals in London theatres UK The theatre 110 // 8d Hollywood kids Child stars of Hollywood films USA Film stars 112 // 8e Dancing in the streets Breakdancing USA Movement 114 // 8f Soundtrack: Cinema music 116 // 8g Language & Culture: 1 capture the castle 118 // Unit Topic Countries Vocabulary page 119 // 9a The UK press UK tabloid and broadsheet newspapers UK Heat and hot weather 120 // 9b Texting Sending text messages UK Telecommunications/ The language of text messages 122 // 9c Internet innovations New internet technology USA Telecommunications/ Computers 124 // 9d Internet cheats Internet plagiarism by students USA and UK Wordbuilding 126 // 9e Language change How new technology has affected the English language World Internet/The language of text messages 128 // 9f English everywhere: The Republic of Ireland 130 // 9g Language & Culture: The networked home 132 // 10a Positive discrimination Positive discrimination in education UK Education/Discrimination 134 // 10b Immigration Citizenship USA and UK Immigration and citizenship 136 // 10c Globalisation Globalisation and the anti-globalisation movement USA and world Protest/Marketing and advertising 138 // 10d Working mothers Working mothers, the birthrate and childcare USA, UK and Australia Children and childcare 140 // 10e Caring for the elderly Institutions for old people UK Care of the elderly 142 // 10f Soundtrack: Changing societies 144 // 10g Language & Culture: The Saga story 146 // // 147 // 11a William Shakespeare Henry, England and Saint George (from Henry V) 148 //
11b William Wordsworth Composed upon Westminster Bridge, Sept. 3. 1802 I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud 149 149 // 11c Jane Austen Emma passes judgement (from Emma) 150 // 11d James Fenimore Cooper Magua demands justice (from The Last of the Mohicans) 151 // lie Harriet Beecher Stowe Property and possessions (from Uncle Tom’s Cabin) 152 // 11f Charles Dickens An English lesson at Dotheboys (from Nicholas Nicklebý) 153 // 11g George Bernard Shaw Eliza enters society (from Pygmalion) 154 // 11h Wilfred Owen Parable of the Old Man and the Young 155 // 11? Virginia Woolf Shakespeare’s sister (from A Room of One’s Own) 156 // 11? John Steinbeck A crime that goes beyond denunciation (from The Grapes of Wrath) 157 // 11k Dylan Thomas Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night 158 // 11l Zadie Smith A clash of cultures (from White Teeth) 159