This lesson is based on a website called 43Things on which people post their ambitions and other visitors to the site offer advice as to how to achieve them. In the first half of the lesson, Sts read and talk about people’s ambitions. In Grammar they focus on the structure verb + infinitive, which is common when talking about ambitions, e.g. / want to climb a mountain , and they learn some common verbs that are followed bv the infinitive. In the second half of the lesson, Sts work on sentence stress and talk about their own ambitions.

Workbook page 69-70

People's first impressions of a new city provide the context for learning common adverbs of manner and modifiers. This lesson starts with Sts reading two blogs based on real interviews with people who went to a new city abroad (Atlanta and Malmo) where they talk about what surprised them when they first arrived. This leads into the grammar focus on formation of adverbs. In Pronunciation, the focus is on word stress in adjectives and adverbs.

Workbook page 67-68

This lesson looks at another use of the future be going to to express predictions (what we think or are sure is going to happen in the future). The lesson starts with Sts discussing fortune-telling and looking at related verb phrases. Then Sts read and listen to a short story about a fortune-teller, which has a “twist” at the end. As they read / listen to the story Sts have to make a series of predictions about the outcome. This leads into grammar, and the pronunciation focus is on oo. In Speaking, Sts use the cards to tell each other's fortunes.

Workbook page 65-66

This lesson is inspired by the popularity of CouchSurfing, a new way of traveling cheaply and of seeing and doing things that traditional tourists would not normally experience. Sts first listen to a radio program to find out what CouchSurfing is. Then, in Grammar they practice be going to for future plans by listening and reading about a teacher who is planning to CouchSurf around the US. Pronunciation focuses on sentence stress ingoing to sentences. In Reading Sts find out how the teacher’s CouchSurfing trip went.

Workbook page 63-64

A reading text about the most dangerous road in the world and other geographical superlatives provides the context to present and practice superlative adjectives and the lexis of places and buildings. The lesson starts with Vocabulary where Sts learn the words for buildings and landmarks in a town or city. In Grammar, Sts make the logical progression from comparatives to superlatives, and look at some “extreme” places in the world, e.g. the busiest station , the longest bridge, etc. Pronunciation focuses on consonant groups, which occur in superlatives, e.g.