Unit 3
Vocabulary
1
1 ripped off 4 brand
2 try on 5 take … back
3 bargain 6 shopping trip
2
1 shopper 4 sweatshop
2 sales 5 auction
3 Second-hand 6 charity shop
3
1 eyeballs
2 bug
3 hand
4 down (in the dumps)
5 cost
4
1 are hooked on
2 feel down (in the dumps)
3 get out of
4 are being bitten by
5 an arm and a leg
5
1 recyclable 4 wasteful
2 Pollution 5 incinerator
3 sustainable
6
1 emissions 4 environmental
2 landfill sites 5 toxic
3 pollution
7
1 Burning rubbish in incinerators creates pollution.
2 Consumption of organic fruit has increased.
3 We use disposable knives and forks only once.
4 Call the manufacturer if you have a complaint.
5 Buying in large quantities can make us really wasteful.
8
1 paid
2 shop / ’re shopping
3 goes
4 emit
5 live
6 get
9
1 where the changing room
2 shopped till we dropped
3 pay in cash
4 a sales assistant
5 is a pollutant
6 tighten your belt
10
1 by 2 on 3 on 4 to 5 in
Grammar
1
1 P; are sold
2 A; accepts
3 P; Will … be taken / Is … going to be taken
4 P; be put
2
1 should be put 3 is being sold
2 could be closed 4 were not liked
3
1 was given a free gift yesterday
2 has just been handed a voucher
3 will be sent the product tomorrow
4 is being offered a new job right now
4 Students’ own answers.
5
1 is said
2 was reported
3 to employ / to be employing
4 to have been / to be
5 is believed
6
1 is said that the shop will be closed soon
2 is considered to be the best restaurant in town
3 has been reported that rubbish is not being collected
4 is believed to be too expensive
5 was thought that the product would be a success
7
1 had / got
2 is having / is getting
3 had
4 having / getting
5 having / getting
6 had
7 has / gets
8
1 ’re / are having the shop painted
2 had their new windows smashed
3 ’m / am getting my hair dyed
4 ’s / has never had her photo taken
5 will have her credit card stolen
6 get the pizza delivered
9
1 had had / got her dress made
2 having / getting my computer upgraded
3 is thought
4 was given
5 will be picked / is going to be picked
6 was / has been reported
10
1 are being closed
2 is said
3 have / get … sent
4 can’t / cannot be bought
5 get / have … cut
6 will be found
Listening
2
1 A 2 C 3 B 4 A 5 C
3 1 start, air
2 one, problems, consumers, UK, away, food, buy
3 accidents, not
4 also, food, greatly
4
1 retail therapy this afternoon
2 I was given a T-shirt
3 I want to take it back and get a bigger size
4 get it exchanged first
5 choose a shirt and tie
6 Shall we meet outside the
shopping centre
7 meet up at the train station
8 I’ll be coming by bus
9 the bus stop to the train station
10 in the café at the shopping centre entrance
11 four-thirty for you
12 See you there
Speaking
1 Possible answers:
1 Wouldn’t you? But you can buy things that are in good condition at a much cheaper price. / No,me neither. I like everything to be new, and I don’t care if it’s more expensive.
2 Is it? I think we all have a responsibility and can help by not throwing away rubbish. / Yeah, I know. I think those green groups that organize ‘clean-ups’ are a bit weird.
3 Yeah, I know. Everyone has the right to good working conditions. / Is it? Isn’t it inevitable when people want cheap clothes and companies want to make a profit?
4 Don’t you? I’m sure everything that can be recycled is recycled. / No, me neither. I heard that a lot of it
ends up in landfills.
2
1 looking at
2 Is there?
3 surprise you
4 would have thought
5 key issues
3, 4, 5, 6 Students’ own answers.
Reading
1 Old cooking oil can be used to generate electricity.
2 Possible answers:
1 It gets thrown away.
2 A food that can be made from another meal instead of throwing it away.
3 Make a weekly menu and only buy what you need.
4 We should feed animals with it.
3
1 F; He / she says that many people are becoming obese, not that almost everyone is.
2 T; They should buy according to what will be sold.
3 F; Some food can be given to animals.
4 F; They won’t lose money by giving food away to people who can’t afford to buy it, but they won’t make any money from it.
4
1 A waist 2 A sight 3 B roles
5
1 catastrophe
2 vegetable(s), fridge, managers, reducing, generate, change
Writing
1
• Email 1 is a reply to Mr Potter, who wrote email 2.
• Email 2 has been written by Mr Potter, the person who receives email 1. It is to his son, Paul and he
tells him about email 1.
2
1 Email 1
2 Email 2
3
1 I am writing with reference to your (previous / recent) email.
2 You had asked for information about / concerning
3 Yours sincerely,
4 Good to hear from you.
5 Get / Keep in touch.
6 Take care,
4, 5, 6 Students’ own answers.
Progress check
Grammar
1
1 was ordered
2 are sold
3 won’t be delivered
4 was being dumped
5 have already been put
2
1 I had clothes bought for me by a personal shopper.
2 Rianne gets her nails painted every week.
3 We have had our car stolen.
4 The company is getting new computers delivered.
5 They haven’t had the machine checked.
3
1 The owners are closing the shop tomorrow.
2 These boxes will be recycled next week.
3 The environment is polluted by smoke from factories.
4 It is said that sugar is bad for you. / Sugar is said to be bad for you.
5 The authorities didn’t give Lia a fine for dumping rubbish
4
1 is said
2 be given
3 have … washed
5 isn’t / won’t be harmed
6 are consumed
Vocabulary
1
1 out 2 on 3 of 4 on 5 off 6 in
2
1 disposable 4 wasteful
2 dump 5 biodegradable
3 environmental 6 pollute
3
1 shop 4 get
2 site 5 shopping
3 Manufacturers
4
1 I’m sorry, but you can only pay in cash / by credit card at this till.
2 It’s tough living from hand to mouth.
3 The sea in this area is full of pollutants.
4 Put the bottles in the recycling bin.
5 Department stores are bigger than ordinary shops.
Listening
1 B
2
1 sustainable 5 incinerators
2 eight / 8 6 China
3 environment 7 eleven / 11
4 landfill sites
Speaking
Students’ own answers.
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