- Unit One ORIGINS

Lesson 1.1 What’s in a name?

Grammar : The continuous aspect
Vocabulary : Phrases with name
Pronunciation : Unstressed auxiliary verbs

Lesson 1.2 What are you like?

Grammar : Describing habits
Vocabulary : Personality; idioms for people
Pronunciation : stressed/unstressed will/would  

Lesson 1.3 Picture perfect

Function : Speculating
Vocabulary : Images
Pronunciation : Connected speech: linking, elision 

Lesson 1.4 Francesco’s Venice 

- Unit Two OPINION

Lesson 2.1 Words of wisdom

Grammar : Hypothetical conditional: past
Vocabulary : Learning and experience; metaphors
Pronunciation : Double contractions

Lesson 2.2 Changing your mind

Grammar : Verb patterns
Vocabulary : Collocations: opinions
Pronunciation : Word stress

Lesson 2.3 Who do you trust?

Function : introducting opinions
Vocabulary : Idioms of opinion
Pronunciation : Intonation for emphasis

Lesson 2.4 Chess master 

- Unit Three PLACES

Lesson 3.1 Lonely planet

Grammar : Noun phrases
Vocabulary : Landscapes
Pronunciation : Word stress; compound nouns/adjectives

Lesson 3.2 Home from home

Grammar : Relative clauses
Vocabulary : -y adjectives; prefixes
Pronunciation : Long/short vowels

Lesson 3.3 Welcome to perfect city

Function : Making a proposal
Vocabulary : City life
Pronunciation : Shifting stress: suffixes

Lesson 3.4 London 

- Unit Four JUSTICE

Lesson 4.1 Fight for justice

Grammar : Introductory it
Vocabulary : Crime collocations; lexical chunks
Pronunciation : Pauses and chunking

Lesson 4.2 Social issues

Grammar : The perfect aspect
Vocabulary : Social issues
Pronunciation : Stress patterns

Lesson 4.3 Do the right thing

Function : Expressing hypothetical preferences
Vocabulary : Decisions
Pronunciation : Intonation: adding emphasis

Lesson 4.4 The con artist 

- Unit Five SECRETS

Lesson 5.1 Family secrets

Grammar : Modal verbs and related phrases
Vocabulary : Idioms: secrets
Pronunciation : Connected speech: elision

Lesson 5.2 Truth or myth?

Grammar : The passive
Vocabulary : Truth or myth; multi-word verbs
Pronunciation : Stress: multi-word verbs

Lesson 5.3 Tell me no lies

Function : Making a point
Vocabulary : Journalism
Pronunciation : Intonation: appropriacy

Lesson 5.4 Secret island 

- Unit Six TRENDS

Lesson 6.1 Future gazing

Grammar : Future forms
Vocabulary : Predictions
Pronunciation : Connected speech: auxiliary verbs

Lesson 6.2 A global language?

Grammar : Concession clauses
Vocabulary : Language
Pronunciation : Intonation: concession clauses

Lesson 6.3 Trendsetters

Function : Describing cause and effect
Vocabulary : Trends
Pronunciation : Connected speech: swallowed sounds

Lesson 6.4 Tech trends 

- Unit Seven FREEDOM

Lesson 7.1 The great escape

Grammar : Cleft sentences
Vocabulary : Collocations
Pronunciation : Word stress: suffixes

Lesson 7.2 Switching off

Grammar : Participle clauses
Vocabulary : Idioms: relaxing
Pronunciation : Word stress: idioms

Lesson 7.3 Free to make mistakes

Function : Exchanging opinions
Vocabulary : Risk
Pronunciation : Polite tone

Lesson 7.4 Gandhi 

- Unit Eight TIME

Lesson 8.1 History in a box

Grammar : Future in the past
Vocabulary : Time expressions; proverbs
Pronunciation : Rhythm: proverbs

Lesson 8.2 I remember…

Grammar : Elllipsis and substitution
Vocabulary : Memories
Pronunciation : Connected speech

Lesson 8.3 Time savers

Function : Discussing ideas
Vocabulary : Collocations with time
Pronunciation : Word stress: phrases 

Lesson 8.4 Wonders of the universe 

- Unit Nine INSPIRATION

Lesson 9.1 Icons

Grammar : Tenses for unreal situations
Vocabulary : Adjectives: the arts
Pronunciation : Irregular spellings

Lesson 9.2 Feeling inspired

Grammar : Adverbials
Vocabulary : Ideas
Pronunciation : Pronunciation: ‘o’ 

Lesson 9.3 Love it or hate it

Function : Ranting/raving
Vocabulary : Express yourself
Pronunciation : Positive/negative intonation

Lesson 9.4 An unusual philanthropist 

- Unit Ten HORIZONS

Lesson 10.1 On the road

Grammar : Inversion
Vocabulary : Collocations
Pronunciation : Stress/unstress

Lesson 10.2 Dreams come true?

Grammar : Comparative structures
Vocabulary : Ambition
Pronunciation : Intonation: emphasis; rhythm

Lesson 10.3 Making a plan

Function : Negotiating
Vocabulary : Negotiation
Pronunciation : Polite intonation

Lesson 10.4 Wildest dreams