Top Notch 1 - Unit 1

(1)

PEARSON

-

Longman

(2)

Getting Acquainted

why

are

you

studying

EngJisJ1?

O

to ger to

know

peop

l

e w/10

clon·

t

speak my Ianguage

O

ofher:

PleaSe

complete

the

fO!m.

Title:

r

Mr.

r

Mrs.

r

_Last/_Fa_{mily Name}

(

Flrst/Given Name

{

Nationality

r

Occupation

O

tu

trut

•t'/

Did You Know?

In 2016, there wlll be 2 blllion Engllsh speakers

around the World . ...from fnglish Nert (British Coundl)

r

M

s.

r

Miss

A Pair work

Why are you studying

Eng

l

i

s

h?

Compare

r

easons

with

a partner.

B Class survey

How rnany s

t

udents

in you

r class

are studying

Engl

ish

...

.

...

.

...

to do business?

...

..

to get to know

peo

ple?

..

.

..

.

.. to study?

..

....

..

to travel?

(3)

C

@

Photo

story

Read

a

nd

listen

to

peo

ple getti

n

g

to

know

each other.

Susan: 1'11 bet this is your dad. Cara: Yes., it is. Dad, J'p.Jj~i:

¡q

jr¡tr9~4.:;e,xq4

t<l

my friend, Susan Grant.

Sam:

Jt.\

i! ,P.ll/1JS)Jfl/ .19 .r1:'l/l/t,:{<¡LJ, Susan. Samuel Pike.

Susan: ,Cir.!!~t

!Q

,n:i~~t.XQ4, too. But please, !!l'~'Y9."!!.c,aJI~ ,n:i,: by my nickname, Suzy.

Sam: And j4s,t,c~ll ,n:i~ Sam. So, what do you do, Suzy?

Susan: l'm a photograph er .. . Oh, l'm sorry. There's my husband ... Ted, over here!

D Focus on language

Look at the ,u,r¡tj~rJi.n,~tj expressions in the Photo Story. With a partner, find:

1

two expressions you can use when you introduce people. 2 three expressions you can use when you meet someone.

3 three expressions you can use when you don't want to be formal.

E

Complete your response to each person.

GIVEN NAME lftr¡: GIVENNAME

fAMILY NAME Ri!>!fra fAMILY NAME

OCCUPATION

s:

i

o9et

OCCUPATION

---

--Ted: Sorry l'm late.

Susan: Ted, .tbls,i~ Cara's dad. Ted: Oh, ,hJJY>! !1lCJ'!,lP.T~t:t<l4 ,

Mr. Pike!

Sam: Likewise. But pJ~a.st'

.

e~~

.n:i~

5am.

~

~ Formal titles

Men

Mr. Women _Ms.₍_marr_ie_{d or}_single) Mrs. (married)

Miss (single)

Use titles with family names not given names. ' Ms. Grant NOT Ms. 51:lzy

Naomi

Watts

ae-tress

~

..

1 Nice to meet you, too, ... . 2 Good to meet you, too, ... .

a Mr.

J

e

r

ry

a

Ms. Watts

b Mr. Rivera b Ms. Naomi

e Ms. Rivera e Mr. Watts

F Role play

Imagine your partner is a famous person.

Introduce your partner to the class. Use formal titles. , , l'd like you to mee! Jerry Rivera. Mr. Rivera is a singer.,,

(4)

---GOAL

Me et someone new

CONVERSATION MODEL

A

@ Read and listen to people meeting someone new.

A:

Who's that?

B:

Over there? 1 think she's new.

A:

Well, let's say helio.

B:

Good morning. l'm Alex, and this is Lauren.

C:

Hi. My name's Kathryn Gao. But everyone

calls me Kate.

A:

Great to meet you, Kate. Where are you from?

C: NewYork.

B

@

Rhythm

and intonation

Listen again and re¡peat. Then practice the Conversation Model

with two partners.

GRAMMAR

lnformation

questions

with

Q.g:

Review

Who's

your teacher?

Who are

t

h

ey?

Where's

she from?

What

city are

you from?

She's Ms.

Nieto

Th

ey're

my c

la

ssmates

.

She's

from

Argentina.

We'

re

from

Los

Angeles.

Contractions Who's =Who is Where's = Where is What's =What is l'm=lam he's= he is she's = she is it's = it is

you're = you are we're = we are they're = they are

Whal's

hi

s

e-ma

i

l

address?

What

are

t

h

e

i

r

names

?

lt's

ted@kr.com

[s

ay

"

ted at k-r-dot-com

"J

Andrea

and Steven

~·

_.,

_.

• ·•:1,1, .... ,.. •

He

'

s

twenty-six.

How old is

your brother?

How

old are

t

h

ey?

She's

twelve

,

and her

l

i

ttle

sister

is

e

i

ght.

• lnformation questions with bf:

1

usoge and form <I

~

• Possessive nouns and adjectives ~

(review) )

A Grammar practice

Complete the conversations. Use contractions of the verb be when possible.

A: .

.

that over there?

B:

Oh, that'

s

Ha

sna

.

..

.

..

.

..

.

from Lebanon.

A: . .. .. ... .. . .. she? She looks very young. B: 1 think ... twenty-five.

2 A: Your new neighbor seems nice . ... his name? B: His ... Ricardo.

A: .... . . he trom? B: Guatemala.

(5)

3 A: ... ... they?

B: 1 think .. new students.

A

: .

...

their names? B: Mieko and Rika.

4 A: lt was nice to meet your brothe rs. . . .. .. . .. .. . .. .. .. .. .. . . they?

B: Greg's only fourteen. But my older brother, David, is twenty-eight.

A:

.

...

.

..

David's occupation? B: ... a lawyer.

5 A:

1'

11

call you sometime . ... ... your

phone number?

B:

.

..

.

..

.

555-0296

..

.

...

.

yours? A:

555 -

8747.

6 A: ... .... your e-mail address?

1'11

send you a note .

B:

.

....

.

..

choi23@kr.com.

A: K -r -dot -com? That's interesting. . ... you from?

B: Pusan, Korea. l'm here on business.

B Grammar

practice

Write at least four information questions for your partner.

Ideas

Who ... ?

What. .. ?

Where ...

?

Howold ... ?

C Pair work

Now ask and answer your questions.

NOWYOU CAN

A Role play

With two partners, personalize the Conversation

Model. One of you is new to your class, office, or

neighborhood. Meet that person. Then change roles.

,..tf

A: Who ... . ? ,

B: Over there? 1 th1nk . . new.

~

A: Well, let's say helio.

,.¿' // '/" '

B: ... l'm ... .... , and this is C: ... . My name's ... .

A: .... . Where are you from? C: ... .

Be sure to recycle thls language.

!ntrQ<l\lce peQp!e Thisis - · l'd like you to meet - . l'd like to introduce you to_ . Creet peQple Great to meet you. lt's a pleasure to meetyou.

How nice to meet you!

B Change

partners

Practice the conversation again.

Meet other people.

· --..:11.1

Shi~ tQ infQrm¡ility

Everyone calls me _ .

Just call me _ . Please call me _ .

(6)

---GOAL

1 den ti fy and describe people

GRAMMAR

Modification with adjectives:

Review

Posltive adjectives

beautiful great excellent

Adjeclives

describe

nouns

and

pronouns.

They

can

go

atte

r

lhe

verb be or

befo

r

e a nou

n

.

A

l

ejand

ro S

an

z

is

handsome

.

H

e'

s

a

handsome

singer

fro

m

Sp

a

i

n.

To

n

y

L

eung and Go

n

g

Li

are

famous

.

Th

ey're

famous

actors

fro

m C

hi

n

a

.

Use

an article

before

an adjective

that modif

i

es a singular

noun

.

H

e'

s

a

great mus

i

c

i

an.

NO

T

M~reat

-

flll:lsiGiafl

.

famous handsome wonderful

fantastic terrific

A Grammar practice

O

n a

se

pa

r

a

t

e

shee

t

o

f

pa

p

er

,

combine each

p

a

i

r

o

f

sentences.

Ju

a

n L

u

is

Guer

ra

is

a s

i

n

g

e

r.

He's

fa

n

ta

s

t

ic.

2 P

ené

l

ope Cruz

is

an actress

.

She

'

s bea

u

t

if

u

l.

3 Z

ho

n

g

Bi

ao

is

a

n

a

r

tist.

H

e

'

s excellent.

Amy Tan is a writer. She's wonderful.

5J...e'f a wo11derfvl writer.

4 A

l

ice

Wat

e

rs

is

a c

he

f.

S

h

e

'

s

fam

ou

s

.

5 Er

ic

C

l

apton an

d

Jeff

B

ec

k

a

r

e mus

i

cia

n

s.

T

h

ey

'

re g

r

ea

t.

B

Now wr

i

te th

r

ee sentences

a

bo

ut

o

th

er

fam

ous

pe

ople

.

CONVERSATION MODEL

A

@

R

ea

d

and

l

is

t

en to so

m

eone

i

d

e

n

tify an

d

escr

ib

e a person

.

A:

H

ey

.

Who

'

s John Maye

r?

B

:

You don

'

t

k

now

?

F

o

r rea

l?

A:

N

o.

I

s he famous?

B

:

H

e

sure

is.

He's

a g

re

at

mus

i

cian.

A:

Whe

re

'

s he

fr

o

m?

B

:

T

he Un

it

e

d S

tates

.

B

@

Rhythm and intonation

Lis

t

en

a

g

a

i

n and

re

p

e

a

t.

T

hen p

ractice

the

C

o

n

v

er

s

at

ion

Mo

d

e

l

wi

th a

p

artne

r.

GRAMMAR

~

/ QQ

questions

and short answers with

!Jg:

Review

Are

y

o

u

o

ur

t

ea

c

h

e

r?

Is

she Chines

e

?

Is

y

o

ur n

i

ck

n

a

me Jos

h?

Ye

s,

1 am

.

Yes,

s

h

e

is

.

Y

e

s

,

i

t

is

.

No,

l'm not.

No, s

h

e

isn

'

t.

[N

o, s

h

e

'

s not

.]

N

o

,

it isn

'

t.

[N

o

,

it'

s not.

]

No, we

aren'!.

[

No, w

e

'

re not.

]

Be careful!

Yes, 1 am. NOT )(es;-fm~

Yes, she

i

s

.

NOT

~r.She!s:

Are

y

o

u and

To

m

st

uden

ts

?

Are

they

fa

mo

u

s

?

Ye

s, w

e

are

.

Y

es,

t

hey

are

.

No, they

aren

'

!.

[No,

th

e

y

'

re not.

]

•fu/ lli2 questions: usoge ond

/orm • Common errors

(7)

A Find the grammar

Find two informat ion questions and one ~ / .Q.Q question with

~ in the Conversation Model on page 6.

B Grammar

practice

Complete the questions and answers. Use contractions when possible.

A: .

.

your father a teacher?

B: Yes,

2 A: ... your son an athlete?

B: No, .... . . .. an

artist.

3 A: .. this your new address?

B: Yes,.

4 A: Who

B:

No, ... . the U.K.

... those new students? . ... from Canada?

...• 1 think .. from

5 A: That's a nice hat! . . .. new?

B:

No,

6 A: ... . you a musician?

B: Yes,. . . ... a violinist.

PRONUNCIATION

lntonation of

questions

A

~

Use rising intonation in~/ .Q.Q questions. Use falling intonat ion in informat ion

questions. Read and listen. Then listen again and repeat.

-

-1 Is this his e-mail address? 3 What's his e-mail address?

-2 Are they from Canada? 4 Where are they from?

-B Pair work Write three

~ / IlQ questions and three information questions with be. Then take turns practicing questiorn intonation.

NOWYOU CA

ldentify and describe people

B Pair work Use the

information .about the people. Change the Conversation Model to

practice asking for and providing informat ion

about each person. Use your own adjective.

Then change roles.

A:

Hey. Who's ... ?

B:

You don't know? For real?

A:

No. Is ... . famous?

B:

.

sure is.

A:

Where ... from?

B:

.

. .

C Change

partners

Practice the

conversat

i

on again.

Ta

l

k

about

other famous people.

Your own famous person

first name

l

ast name ..

.

occupation ..

country ... ... ... .

(8)

GOAL

BEFORE YOU LISTEN

A

@

vocabulary

• Personal

information

Read and listen. Then listen again and repeat.

nationality He is originally from India, but his nationality is

Canadian. He has a Canadian passport.

bi rthplace l'm from Mexico City, but it isn't my birthplace.

1 was born in a beautiful small town called Patzcuaro.

~

e

.

v::.:J/

ountries and nationalitíes

Country . .

l'm from Ja an ~at,onahty

She's from ~hi~a I m !ªPª!1ese.

She's from Canada

f

~e.s Chtne~e.

They're from Ar · . es Canad,an.

He's from the

u

ient,na. Th;y'r~ ~rgentinean.

w ,

· ·

Hes Brrt,sh

e re from Turkey. We're Turki~h

Se _{e page}₁₂₂_{for a more complete} ·

list.

hometown She was born in Seoul, but her hometown is Pusan.

She grew up there.

B Pair work

Ask your partner questions, using the Vocabulary.

, , What's your birthplace? , ,

LISTENING COMPREHENSION

A

@

usten for details

Listen to each conversation and write each person's nationality

and occupation. Then check~ or Il.Q to indicate whether the person has a nickname .

•

Nationality Occupation Nickname?

1 Oyes Ono

2 Oyes O no

3 Oyes O no

4 Oyes On o

an interpreter a graphic designe,

B

@

infer information

Now listen to each conversation again and

complete

each

statement.

He grew up in 3 She's originally from ..

a Ankara

b

London e lzmir

a

Buenos Aires

b

Montevideo

2 Her birthplace is ... 4 His hometown is

a Osaka

b

Tokyo e Seoul a Chicago b Toronto

e Santiago

(9)

NOWYOU CAN

Provide personal information

Partner A:

Look at the top of the page.

Partner B:

Turn your boo

k

and

l

ook at th_e bottom o_f the page.

As

k i

nfo

r

mation

q

uest

i

ons with be an

d

wnte the m

1 s

s

1ng

p

ersona

l i

nfo

r

mation.

Name: Richard Anderson Nlckname : Rick

Occupatl on: ... . Natlona llty: British Birthplace:

Age: .... .

E-mail: randy@umail.com.uk

Name:

Occupatlon: manager

Age: ... . Natlona 'llty: Japanese Hometown: Kyoto E-mail: ... . · · :1111w-3 oq,e:leJel/ll :uMo¡awoH · ··· ··· ·· · :a6y ue¡anzauaA :.<11111uo1111N · · · :uo111!dn>>o o:led :aw11u1p1N

JO)Sed O:lSpUl!J~ :aWIIN

· · :1111w-3 aWOlj :uMo¡aWOH ue1¡e¡¡ :.<11111uo1111N ··· ··· :a6y Ja¡pM :uo1111dn»o · :aWl!N

¿¡e4¡ 11ads no,{ op Mo . se' ¿1e4¡ ieadai no,{ p¡no~ ·>f pueuiapu n l,uop no,<

J

I

lf you don't understand ask· Cou/d you repeat that' , . How do you spe/1 that?

Name: lucia Alberti

Occupation : .. Age: 26

Natlonallty: .. . Homet own: .. .

E-mail: alberti.lucia@inet.com.it

Name: ... .

Nlckname : ... .

Occupatlon: graphic designer Nationallty:

Age:

3

1

Homet own:

E-mail: fp52@vmail.com.ve

df·woY1aun@eJ140J :1111w-3 · · · :uMotaWOH · · :41111uo11•N z¡, :a6v · :uo1111dn»o eJ!lJO O~lll :aWl!N · · · :1111w-3 vZ :a6y ¡oodJaAn :a>111d111-11s · · · :41111uo1111N ia4deJ60¡04d :uo1111dn»o · · · · :aWl!U>t>!N ··:aWl!N

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GOAL

BEFORE YOU READ

A Warm-up

In your lite, where do you see or hear English?

B Preview

Before you read, search for the word English in the article. Then answer this question: How does each person use English?

•d#ii•i@+

@

Source: Authentic interviews of real people

MEET ln1ciA MARQUES. She works as a financia! manager for a

Swedish automot ive company in Curitiba, Brazil, where she was born and raised. She is single and lives with her parents. "I use English every day," Ms. Marques says. "We use it in most of our e-mails and meetings and for calls to Sweden, the U.S., and France." In her free time, she likes to watch DVDs in English. "lt's good for my pronunciation," she says.

TH1s 1s VuAN VoNG )ING, his wife, Zheng Yang, and their son, Yuan Bao. They live in Beijing, China. Mr. Yuan, a manager, is originally from Weihai, a small seaside city in Shandong Province. His wife is a teacher, and their son is a middle-school student. "Our company provides tour guides to foreign businesspeople who visit China, so English is very important for my work," he says. At home, Mr. Yuan enjoys watching English-language TV and listening to English -language radio.

MEET MARcus STOLZE, an information technology researcher.

Mr. Stolze lives with his wife, Thérese, and children, Lena and Jan, in Rüti, a small town in Switzerland. Mr. Stolze is originally from Brilon, Germany. Thérese is an English teacher and speaks four languages. Their children are also multilingual. "At work, we use English a lot because we communicate with people who speak many different languages," he says. "Also, most good books on computing are in English," he adds.

(11)

A lnfer information

Complete each statement.

1 . are in English at Ms. Marques's company

in Brazil.

a

E-mails

b

Meetings e Phone calls d E-mails, meetings, and calls 2 In his work, Mr. Yuan uses English

a to teach classes e to watch TV

b

to help businesspeople

d

to listen to the radio 3 Mr. Stolze probably uses English with people

from ... .

a the United States

b

Switzerland

e the United Kingdom

d

all over the world

B Sean for facts

Complete the information about the people.

Ms. Marques Mr. Yuan

Occupation

Lives in .. .

Hometown

Married? Oyes Ono Oyes Ono

Mr. Stolze

Oyes Ono

On your AetiveBook Self-Study Disc:

Extra Readlng Comprehenslon Questlons

NOWYOU CA

Introduce someone to a group

A

Read the information about each person. Then complete the two paragraphs below.

Name: E.velyne Hsu

Nickname: E.tfie

Occupatlon: o-tti~e assistant Hometown: c.tlia-yi, 1"aiwan

Birthplace: so.me Age: 27

Favorite actor: 1"ony L.eUO<j Favorite sport: swimmin9

Other: lives in K11ohs1un9

This is .. ... ... , but everyone calls her ... . She's ... years old and she's an ... .... .. ... . Ms ... lives in ... ... , but she is originally from a city called ... .. . Her favorite actor is ... ... , and her favorite sport is

B Notepadding

lnterview a classmate. Write his or her personal information on the notepad.

Name: _ Nickname: Occupation: Hometown: Birthplace: Age:

-Favorite actor: Favorite sport: Nama: José Antonio Ménd N·. L ez rW\nama: Tonio

Occupatlon: morl<.et researcher Hometown: Celanova. a sma/1

town in Spoin

(Birthin A/rico) place: &¡uatorial Guinea Aga:

'18

Othar: /ives in New York. has two children

Meet ... ... ... . He's a ... ... ... , and he lives in

... . Everyone calls him ... . He's originally from ... , but actually he was born in ... . Mr. Méndez is .... .. years old, and he has

C Group work

Introduce your partner to you r classmates.

$

Be sure to recycle thls language. Thisis -·

l'd like you to meet _.

l'd like to introduce you to _.

Everyone calls her/ him _ .

His / her nickname is _.

_ is originally from _. His / her hometown is _ . His / her favorite _ is _.

(12)

---

---Review

A

~

Listening

comprehension

Listen to the conversations. Then listen

again and write each person's occupation and nationality.

11mm

H ... 11•1

.,

..

,

1 George Detcheverry 2 Sonia Pereira 3 Mark Zaleski

4 Marjorie Baxter

B

Complete each statement.

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e

,

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grammar . vocabulary . listening reading • speaking • pronuncíation

1

1 p

F

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olish

_h

_Australian

Brazilian

1

1 We're from (China/ Chinese).

2 He's (Australia / Australian).

5 We're from Uapan / Japanese).

6 They're (Chile/ Chilean).

3 She's from (ltaly / ltalian).

4 My friend is (Uruguay/ Uruguayan).

7 My neighbors are from (Korea / Korean).

8 We're (Mexico / Mexican).

C

Complete each conversation in your own way. (You don't need to give real informat ion.) "What city are you from ?"

(®

....

.

..

.

2 "What's your e-mail address?"

(®

...

.

... .

3 "Are you a teacher?"

(®

..

...

.

...

.

...

.

4

(®

.

...

.

...

.

....

...

....

...

....

..

...

.

?

"l'm from Canada."

5 (®

....

...

....

...

....

...

....

.

..

?

"l'm a graphic designer." 6

(®

...

.

...

.

"Great to meet you, too."

O Writing

On a separate sheet of paper, write a short description of the classmate you interviewed on page 11. lnclude the following information.

• first and last name

• age

• occupation

• hometown

• birthplace

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• Capitalízation

• Guidance far Exercise D

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Top Notch Pop

"lt's Nice to Meet You" Lyrícs p. 149

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real name: Enrique Martín Morales

occupatlon: singc.r and actor

marital status: single birth date: December4 , 1971

blrthplace: Sanjuan , Puerto Rico

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favorite fOod: Cuban and ltalian

tavorlte actor: Robert De Niro