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978-1-107-59853-9 — American Think Level 4 Student's Book
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STUDENT’S BOOK 4 B2
Herbert Puchta, Jef Stranks & Peter Lewis-Jones
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Herbert Puchta , Jeff Stranks , Peter Lewis-Jones
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CONTENTS
Welcome p 4 A A lucky pilot; Descriptive verbs; Phrasal verbs; Childhood memories; Elements of a story; Talking about past routines B Future plans;
Life plans; Past perfect tenses; Being emphatic: so and such; Extreme adjectives C Conversations; Personality; Using should; Career paths; Decisions;
Permission D A change of lifestyle?; Reporting verbs; Negative adjectives; Another country; Changes; Regrets: I wish … / If only …
FUNCTIONS & SPEAKING GRAMMAR VOCABULARY
Unit 1 Making and accepting a challenge Verbs followed by ininitive or gerund Verbs of movement
Survival Discussing situations and your emotional Diferent meanings of verb + ininitive Adjectives to describe
reactions to them and verb + gerund uncomfortable feelings
p 12
Wordwise: right
Unit 2 Expressing surprise Relative clauses (review) Groups of people
Going places Discussing nomadic peoples which to refer to a whole clause Phrasal verbs (1)
Omiting relative pronouns
p 20 Reduced relative clauses
Review Units 1 & 2 pages 28–29
Unit 3 Emphasizing Quantiiers Costumes and uniforms
he next Discussing the tiger mom style of so and such (review) Bringing up children
parenting do and did for emphasis
generation
p 30
Unit 4 Expressing frustration used to vs. would Personality adjectives
hinking outside Guessing game to practice personality Adverbs and adverbial phrases Common adverbial phrases
adjectives Wordwise: good
the box
p 38
Review Units 3 & 4 pages 46–47
Unit 5 Advice and obligation Obligation, permission, and prohibition (review) Technology (nouns)
Screen time Talking about technology Necessity: didn’t have to / didn’t need to / needn’t have Technology (verbs)
Ability in the past: (could, was/were able to,
p 48 managed to, succeeded in)
Unit 6 Using intensifying comparatives Comparatives Ways of speaking
Bringing people Discussing the use of the Internet for Linkers of contrast Love and relationships
doing good
together Role play: Stuck in an elevator
p 56
Review Units 5 & 6 pages 64–65
Unit 7 Cheering someone up Ways of referring to the future (review) Phrases to talk about the
Always look on the Silver linings game: thinking of optimistic Future continuous future: about to, of to,
solutions Future perfect (period of time) away from
bright side Feelings about future events
p 66
Wordwise: so
Unit 8 Qualifying a response Conditionals (review) Phrasal verbs (2)
Making lists Discussing wonders of the world Mixed conditionals Alternatives to if: suppose,
provided, as long as, otherwise,
p 74 unless
Review Units 7 & 8 pages 82–83
Unit 9 Asking someone politely to change their I wish and If only Life’s ups and downs
Be your own life behavior I would prefer to, I would prefer it if / It’s (about) Work and education
Discussing further education and work time, I’d rather
coach experience
p 84
Unit 10 Making a point Reported speech (review) Sharing news
Spreading the Introducing news Reported questions and requests Reporting verbs
Discussing the ethics of journalism Wordwise: Expressions with
news Interviewing a well-known person way
p 92
Review Units 9 & 10 pages 100–101
Unit 11 Sympathizing about past situations Speculating (past, present, and future) Space idioms
Space and beyond Discussing life in space Cause and efect linkers Adjectives commonly used to
Discussing the greatest movies about space describe movies
p 102
Unit 12 Speaking persuasively Passive report structures Geographical features
More to explore Giving a presentation about human he passive: verbs with two objects Verb + noun collocations
activity and the natural world
p 110
Review Units 11 & 12 pages 118–119
Pronunciation pages 120–121 Get it right! pages 122–126 Speaking activities pages 127–128
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PRONUNCIATION THINK SKILLS
Diphthongs: alternative spellings Train to hink: hinking Reading Article: Sacriice for survival? Article: he ultimate survivor
rationally Photostory: he challenge
Self-esteem: How adventurous Writing An email about an experience
are you? Listening Radio show: Desperate Measures
Phrasal verb stress Train to hink: Distinguishing Reading Article: Refugees bring new life to a village
fact from opinion Blog: From Miami to Mexico City
Values: Learning from other Culture: Nomadic People
cultures Writing An informal email
Listening Radio interview about migration in nature
Adding emphasis with so, such, Train to hink: Changing your Reading Blog: An embarrassing dad
do, or did opinions Book blurb and reviews: For and Against –Tiger Moms
Self-esteem: Developing Literature: About a Boy by Nick Hornby
independence Writing An essay about bringing up children
Listening Radio show about bringing up children in diferent cultures
Pronouncing words with gh Train to hink: Lateral thinking Reading Article: Lion lights Web post: A problem on Answers4U
Values: Appreciating creative Photostory: Writer’s block
solutions Writing A story ending: “hanks, you saved my life!”
Listening Talking heads – being imaginative
he /ə/ sound Train to hink: he PMI strategy Reading Texts: Smart screens? Article: Great success for teenage teachers:
Self-esteem: Learning from When silver surfers get connected Culture: When pictures learned
elderly people to walk and talk: he history of ilm
Writing Instructions
Listening A conversation about watching too much TV
he /tʃ/ sound: negative Train to hink: Exaggeration Reading Blog: he day people started talking Article: An Ice Cold Summer
auxilliaries + you Values: Doing good Literature: A kind of loving by Stan Barstow
Writing An essay about social media
Listening Radio show: Radio romances
Intonation: encouraging someone Train to hink: Learning to Reading Blog: Me, Myself & My Take on the World
see things from a diferent Web page: QUOTATIONSforWORRIERS
perspective Photostory: he contest
Self-esteem: What cheers me up Writing A short story
Listening Radio show: Silver Linings
Weak forms with past modals Train to hink: he “goal-seting” Reading Book review: he Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande Blog: Andrew’s
checklist list blog Culture: he New Seven Wonders of the World
Values: Lists Writing An essay: A Modern Wonder of the World
Listening An interview about why we make lists
he /tən/ word ending Train to hink: Avoiding Reading Presentation: Life and how to live it Quiz: Are you in control?
generalizations Literature: he Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
Self-esteem: Being diplomatic Writing An article for the school magazine
Listening A radio show about life choices
Linking: omission of Train to hink: Identifying the Reading Magazine article: Everybody’s Tweeting Article: Bad news
the /h/ sound source of a piece of news Photostory: he news clip
Values: News or not? Writing A magazine article about an interview with a well-known person
Listening An interview with a foreign correspondent
Sentence stress: modals Train to hink: Spoting lawed Reading Article: hey might not come in peace … Blog: My all-time favorite
for speculation arguments movies about space Culture: Real Humans
Self-esteem: Who we are Writing A report about a problem on a school trip
Listening A talk about the Voyager mission
Flapping t and d Train to hink: Exploring hidden Reading Article: Our undiscovered world Article: Discoverers
messages Literature: he Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle
Values: Human activity and the Writing A short biography
natural world Listening A talk about discovering new species
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