CONTENTS MAP OF THE LESSONS 4 INTRODUCTION 6 READING AND USE OF ENGLISH PART 1 8 Face to face 8 Searching for solutions 10 READING AND USE OF ENGLISH PART 2 12 Flora and fauna 12 READING AND USE OF ENGLISH PART 3 14 Extreme conditions 14 Splash out or save up? 16 READING AND USE OF ENGLISH PART 4 18 Making it big! 18 READING AND USE OF ENGLISH PART 5 20 Disaster zone 20 READING AND USE OF ENGLISH PART 6 22 Going plastic-free 22 Video game craze 24 READING AND USE OF ENGLISH PART 7 26 Outside your comfort zone 26 In the workplace 28 WRITING PART 1 30 Culture club 30 How well do you know yourself? 32 Setting off 34 WRITING PART 2 36 Getting away from it all 36 Peer pressure 38 Technophile or technophobe? 40 Feel the beat! 42 Health goals 44 Fitness fanatics 46 What happened next? 48 Ambition and betrayal 50 SPEAKING PART 1 52 You’ve got style! 52 Mmm, that looks delicious! 54 SPEAKING PART 2 56 Training for success 56 Building blocks 58 SPEAKING PART 3 60 Park and ride 60 Catch some zz! 62 A helping hand 64 SPEAKING PART 4 66 Home is where the heart is 66 Festival fun 68 Fair trade 70 ANSWERS 72