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VOCABULARY stages of life a Match the phrases and photos. He's / She's... a baby beibi atoddler “india a child ifard a pre-teen pri: 'tim ateenager “lincid3s in his £ her early twenties (= 20-23) in his / her mid-thirties (= 34-36) in his / her late forties (= 47-49) retired /r'tarad The word middle-aged means different things to different people, but usually refers to a person in their forties or fifties. old and elderly mean the same thing, but elderly is more polite. lt is not considered polite to call a person old, especially to their face. b Listen and check. c Which stage of life do you associate with...? * being forgetful * being cheeky 'lfiki * being moody * being naughty Uno:1i * crying a lot * getting a mortgage * going clubbing * having tantrums 'Leentromz * listening to pop music * playing games * settling down * watching cartoons * wearing jeans q think it can be any age. l'm forgetful, too! d Think of people you know who are in three of the different stages of life in a. Tell your partner about them. l used to have What were long hair, and you like asa |playedina teenager? rock group. 2 READING a Look atthe cartoon and read the information box. At what age do you think someone becomes 'a grown-up"? So you think you're a grown-up? Think again. Are you 29 or older? Then youre officially an adult. Well done. In a research study, 29 was the age atwhich most people thought they Ánally felt like a proper grown-up. But youre a legal adult when youre 18, so that's about 11 years to live through what psychologists call "emerging adulthood', that is, the stage when you don tyet have children, dont live in your own house, and dont carn enough money to be financially independent. Some people say that buying your first house or having your first child represent real adulthood, Cross or don't cross. JD grow up grow up means to become an adult. A grown-up is used, often by children, as an informal word for an adult. Grown-up can also be used as an adjective, b Read the first paragraph of an article about being grown-up. Answer the questions with a partner. 1 How long is the period of 'emerging adulthood'? 2 What are the characteristics of this stage of life? 3 According to the article, what do owning a vacuum cleaner and having a mortgage have in common? c (A Communication A real grown-up? A p.107 B p.111 Read and tell your partner about Carol or Hugo. What do you think are the three things that most show that you are (or aren't) a grown-up? Have as these mean you are a responsible person. Á lew years ago, a bank did a survey to find out the top things that proved you were a grown-up. Number one was having a mortgage and number two was no longer relving on your parents for money. Other things El you grown up yet? included having a pension plan, doing a weekly food shop. and getting married. A less obvious sign was owning a vacuum cleaner] 50 when do you become a real grown-up? We asked two journalists 3 LISTENING a What kinds of things do you think teenagers are better at than adults? Aodapted from The Times 4 SPEAKING a Read the questions and answer for you. Then 1 What is the Mosquito Tone and who can hear it? compare in groups. Did you do the things early or 2 Were both the presenters able to hear ¡t? late? 3 Were you able to hear it? lf yes, how did it make you feel? b (13.2 Listen to Part 1 of a local radio news report and answer the questions. At what age did you...? start nursery school c (03.3 Listen to Part 2 of the news report. Where learn to swim or ride a bicycle is the Mosquito Tone being used? Why? ls find out that Father Christmas wasn't real == everybody in favour of it? get your first mobile phone start going out in the evening with friends use public transport on your own get paid for doing some work d Listen to Part 2 again. What does the interviewee say about these things? 1 how teenage gangs behave in shopping centres 2 what shop owners say about the Mosquito Tone 3 why some people think the Mosquito Tone is unfair to teenagers 4 why the Mosquito Tone doesn't stop the problem 5 how some teenagers are taking advantage of the Mosquito Tone b Now discuss the following questions in groups. What do you think is the best age fo first going on holiday without yo starting to learn a musical instr starting to use social media starting to save money moving out of your parents' home having your first baby retiring e Ifyou were a shop owner, would you use the Mosquito Tone? Why (not)? .. . ... . +... 7 SPEAKING With a partner, do the tasks in each section. Try to use good sentence rhythm. WHEN YOU WERE YOUNGER Talk about the things in the list. Use the correct form of used to. How are you different now? > > a Q had a teddy bear when | was small and | used to take him everywhere. EVENTS IN YOUR LIFE Ask and answer past simple questions. l don't like this place. 1 Where you born? (be) Where you when you a child? (live, be) 2 How old you when you primary school? (be, start) you your first day? (enjoy) What you ? (do) 3 When the first time you abroad? (be, travel) Where you 7? (go) Where were you born? ) [was born in a small town called Morella. e a toy you used to play with a lot a game or sport you used to enjoy what you used to look like and how you used to dress school subjects you used to love / hate a singer / group you used to listen to a lot something you used to be afraid of What I really WT ANUINCIDENT IN YOUR CHILDHOOD wanted was Choose one of the topics below. Think about how old you were, what you were doing at the time, and what happened. Then tell your partner about the incident. Think about a time when... * you hurt yourself quite badly. * your parents caught you being very naughty. * you got lost. * you had a scary experience. * you had a disappointing birthday. * you had a problem at school. * you had a really big argument with your parents. This happened when | was about seven, | was playing with my friends and we were climbing trees... Photo albums 1 VWOCABULARY photography a Look atthe photo in the article. In which city do you think it was taken? b Read the article quickly and check your answer to a. Why are selfies becoming a problem? Adapted from the BBC website The dangerous art of the selfie Jane Wakefield A lot of people have died this year while |! making / taking selfies. In Moscow, a university graduate died after trying to take a selfie while he was hanging from a bridge. In Australia, a very fragile and unstable rock that looks like a wedding cake was closed to the public because too many people were climbing it to take wedding photos of themselves. And in Colorado, USA, officials had to close a park after several people were caught getting a little too close to the wildlife. "We've seen people using selfie sticks to ¿do / take a photo of themselves with the bears ¿in the foreground / in the background. Sometimes they get as close as three metres,' said recreation manager Brandon Ransom. 50 why are some people willing to risk their life to take the ultimate selfie? Lee Thompson's selfie*on top of! in front of the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro went viral. 'People see how pictures like mine spread across the world, and they see a way to make themselves famous for 15 minutes,' he said. c Read the article again andícirclolthe correct highlighted word or phrase, d 0 p.155 Vocabulary Bank Photography e Have you ever taken a dangerous selfie? Do you have any photos of yourself in front of a famous monument? PRONUNCIATION word stress D 3.12 Underline the stress in words 1-7. Listen and check. Practise saying the words. photo photo|graph phottolgralpher photography pholto gralphic photo ge/nic 7 pholto'shop 0 mm ly — Now underline the stressed syllable in the bold words. 1 There's a tree in the back ground. 2 In the fore|ground, there's a girl. 3 You can see a house in the distance, 4 There's a man behind her. 5 In the bottom right-hand cor/ner, there's a dog. 03.13 Listen and check. Practise saying the sentences. (3 Communication Spot the differences A p.107 B p.112 Describe the picture and find the differences. LISTENING In pairs, think about the last photo that you took. Where were you? What was the photo of? Did you use a camera or your phone? Read about Darja Bilyk and look at some photos from her website. Which one...? 1 isa portrait 2 — isalandscape 3 useslight in an interesting way 3 is taken from an unusual angle 5 isastill life Which photo do you like best? 5 GRAMMAR prepositions a Read the description of a photo. With a partner, complete the gaps with a preposition from the list. at(x2) in of(x2) over nextto to I took this photograph when we were flying ' the Great Wall of China - I was going back * the USA after a holiday in Beijing. I was sitting 3 the window, so 1 had a great view. 'm not usually very good * taking photographs, but 'm quite proud * this one. lt was a long flight, and by the time we finally arrived home E Washington, DC, Il was exhausted. But when I look * this photograph, it reminds me É the fantastic trip I had to China. b 0315 Listen and check. c (M p.137 Grammar Bank 3B d Complete 1-10 with a preposition. Then choose four topics and tell your partner about them. 1 a photo you took that you are very proud 2 someone in your family who you really like talking 3 something you're really looking forward at the moment 4 something your country is famous 5 a person who you sometimes argue 6 a beautiful sight that you once flew 7 what you have the walls of your bedroom 8 someone you could rely in a crisis 9 something you usually ask when you eat out 10 somewhere you had to walk a large number of steps LISTENING 8 SPEAKING 1D 3.19 You're going to listen to Chris, Tom, and Kate talking about a holiday photo they really like. Look at the photos. Then listen and match them to speakers 1-3. Were all the photos taken by the speakers? Listen again. Take notes about each person's answers to questions 1-5. 1 Where was the photo taken? Who took it? 2 Who were you with? 3 What was happening, or had just happened? 4 Why do you like the photo? 5 Where do you keep the photo? Think of an interesting photo you took on holiday. Tell a partner about it. Include your answers to 1-5. Show your partner some photos on your phone and tell him or her about them. 7 READING a Look at the list below. How do you usually store the photos you've taken? * on your phone, tablet, etc. * on the internet, e.g. in ¡Cloud or Dropbox * onaseparate hard drive or CD-ROM * onan online photo site * on paper ¿in an album / on the wall b Read the article about storing digital photos and complete 1-5 with a heading from the list. There is one heading you do not need. A Safe in the cloud? B>—Digital cameras vary C Digital files can deteriorate D Photo sites come and go E Technology becomes obsolete F Hard drives don't last forever Read the article again. Match the storage method to the problem it has. 1 jpa files a only last for about five years 2 hard drives b only last for 10 to 20 years 3 CD-ROMs and flash ce are damaged when they're drives copied ¿4 CD-ROM drives a can close down 5 ¡Cloud or Dropbox e may not exist in the future 6 photo sites f can be damaged by storms Match the bold verbs or phrases from the article to their meaning. to store photos 1.08 a to disconnect from the internet to back up photos /.13 b to transfer to another to go offline 1.26 computer to upload a photo 129 tono longer continue to cancel your account to make a copy 1.36 e to keep or preserve (MM Bb Lo — [My] After reading the article, will you do anything differently to protect your photos? In the past, your grandmother probably kept her photos in a box, or in an old album, and sadly, over time, these memories faded or disappeared. But with today's technology, that shouldn't be a problem. Á digital photo lasts forever, right? Actually, think again. 05 Although it is still a good idea to keep all of your photos as digital computer files, there are plenty of things that can damage or even destroy those high-tech memories. 1 Very few people realize this can happen, but if you store your photos as .jpgs (the most common file format), the file will actually 10 deteriorate every time you copy and edit it. Experts disagree about how much damage this can do, but the damage is real. E Your files may be safe on your hard drive, but how long until your hard drive dies? The average lasts just five years. You could back up your photos on a CO-ROM or flash drive, but they don't last forever either 30 15 =about 10-20 years at most, experts say. 3 Let's say all goes well and your CD-ROM or flash drive full of photos lasts for 20 years. By then, will there still be any CD-ROM drives in the world that can read the disc? Will you be able to insert your flash drive into a modern computer? Today's high-tech storage solution is 20 tomorrow's useless floppy disk. 4 40 People talk about saving their photos in a magical place on the internet, like Apple's ¡Cloud, or Dropbox. But this just means they are ina company's data centre on — guess what? — lots of hard drives, which could die or corrupt just as easily as your own. During 25 athunderstorm, a cloud storage centre in the USA was hit, and major sites like Netflix, Pinterest, and Instagram went offline for almost a whole day. Thousands of files were lost. Websites like Flickr and Instagram let yow quickly upload photos and share them with others. But bear in mind that a photo site which is popular now could one day go out of business, taking your photos with it. What's more, if you upload photos to these sites, there is someone other than you who controls your access. While it is generally not in their interest to stop you accessing your files, they can and sometimes do. They can even cancel your account. So what should you do? Experts say you should make lots of copies of your photos and save them in many different ways — on your computer, on a back-up drive, online, and even as traditional printed photos. lt may be too late to save Grandma's photos, but you can still save yours. Glossary floppy disk a flexible disk covered in hard plastic, which used to be used for storing computer data 
