American English File 1 Workbook ( PDFDrive )

ELem entary, my dear Watso n.
Attributed to Sherlock Ha/mes (but he never said it)

1 GRAMMAR simple past: regular b Complete the questions w ith t he correct form of the
verbs in parentheses.
and irregular

a Read this police reportoComplete the sentences with
thesimple past forrn of theverbs in parentheses.

POlleE REPORT

Bank robbery

We 1 arrived (arrive) at the bank at

9:36 in the evening, and we 2_ _ _ __

(park) our poliee car outside. The bank

'______ (be) alosed and all the

lights '______ (be) off, but we DETECTIVE Where 1 wereyou at about 9:30 yesterday

'_______ (look) through the even ing? (be)

window. We 6_ _ _ _ _ _ (see) a STEVEN POTTER I was at the movies. The movie 2 start ed

at 9:00. (start)

person inside the bank. At first, we O What movie 3 ? (see)

'_______ (not can) see who it SP I can't remember. It wasn't very good.

was, but then he 8_ _ _ _ _ _ (open) O Hmm. Very interesting. And who 4_ _ _ _ _ _ _ to t he
movies with? (go)
the door and carne out - it was Steven

Potter. He 9_ _ _ _ _ _ (not run) SP With my girlfriend.

away - he just walked slowly to his car, D ' _ _ _ _ _ _ _ the movie? (Iike)

and then drove away. The next morning, SP Yes, she thought it was very good.

we 10 ego) to his house o What time 6_ _ _ _ _ _ _ the movie _ _ _ _ _ _7

at 6:00 a.m. We 11 Cfind) (end)

him in bed. He 12 (not SP At about 10:30.

want) to speak to US, but we 13_ _ _ __ O And what 7_ _ _ _ _ _ _ after you left the movies? (do)

SP We went to a restau rant - La Dolce Vita on Main Street.

(take) him to the poliee station. O La Dolce Vita? I know it. Very good spaghetti. What time

•_ _ _ _ _ _ _ the restaurant? (leave)

SP At about 12:00 a.m.

O That 's very late. 9 home af ter that? (go)

SP No, we went to a birthday party at Flanagan's. Then we we nt
home.

o How? 10_ _ _ _ _ _ _ a taxi? (get)

SP No, we got a bus.

O And what t ime II to bed? (gol

SP At about 4:00 a.m. Can I go home now? l'm tired.

o No, I'd like to ask you some more questions...

2 VOCABULARY irregular verbs 4 L1STENING

a Complete rh e base form and past forms of rhese irregular a Listen te a radio imerview wirh a
verbs \Vit h a, e, i, o, or /1.
detective. What does he like mosr ahout his joh?

Base form Past b ,!,144m Listen again and ehoose a, h, o r e.

1 beg.in beg..1Ln Jeremy Downs decided he ~~_iiiiiii
2 c_ me c_ me
3 dr_ nk dr_ nk wamed ro he a dereerive ...
4 dr_ ve dr_ ve
5 g_ ve g_ ve a when he was a ehild.
6 kn w kn_ w
7 p- t p_ t h when he lefr sehoo!.
8 s_ t s_ t
9 sw m sw_ m e when he finished eallege.
10 w_ ke [up] w_ ke [up]
11 w n w_ n 2 His firsr ¡ab in rhe poliee
12 wr_ te wr_ te
was as ...

a a teaeher.

b a poliee offieer.

e a detective.

b Compl ete rhe sentences \Virh rhe simple past form ofrhe 3 Jeremy took a ... to make sure
verbs in rh e box.
he was stro ng and hea lthy
buy find break hear make take can lose meet think
for the jobo

a a law tes t

1 Lasr nighr \Ve heard a noise downsrairs. b a running test

2 They _ _ _ _ _ _ _ the man's daughter \Vas rhe murderer. e physieal fitness

3 T he police officer rh e money in an old bago 4 Jeremy usually works.

4 They their friends ou tsid e rhe restaurant. a outsid e.

S I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ a detect ive story in rhe bookstore. b in an affiee.

6 My \Vi fe het cell phone ta st ni ght. e at the poliee station.

7 The man _ _ _ _ _ _ _ a window and \Venr inro rhe house. 5 He sometimes feeJs ...when he

8 Somebody my laptop when [ \Vas out of is at work.
rhe room.
a bared

9 We \Vete worried because \Ve _ _ _ _ _ _ _ see a police b stressed

car outside OUt ho use. e worried

10 I \Vas rhirsty so I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ a cup afrea .

3 PRONUNCIATION simple past verbs USEFUL WORDS
ANDPHRASES
a Match the verbs with rh e sam e vowel sound.
Learn these words and phrases.
drove could made sa id learned bought had
library l' lalbn:ri l
I came made murd er I' m;;)rd~rl
2 lefr l1obod y I' noubadi l
3 ran secretary I'sEkrdteril
4 saw believe I b,'livl
S spoke kili Ikill
6 took marry I' m<eril
7 heard business partner /'blzn;;)s portndrl

b Lisren and check. Then li sten and repear.

If you want breakfast in bed, s leep in the kitchen.

AlIison Pearson, British writer

1 GRAMMAR there is / there are, some / 2 VOCABULARY the house
any + plural nouns
a Complete the crossword.
a Complete rh e dialogue with rhe correcr form of Clues across ~
there is , there are and, if necessary. a, sorne, or aH)'.

A Hello. I'm interested in the apartment for rento

a Oh, OK l et me tell yau about it. 1 There's ª large

living room and 2 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ small kitchen.

A3 table in the kitchen?
B No, 4 . But 5_ _ _ _ _ __

very niee dining room with atable and sorne chairs.

A That's fine. What about the bedrooms? How many

bedrooms 6 ?

B ' _ _ _ _ _ _ _ three bedrooms and a bathroom.

A • _ _ _ _ _ _ _ shower in the bathroom?
B Yes, 9 _ _ _ _ _ __

A Good. IO _ _ _ _ _ _ _ bookshelves in the

living room? -

B No, I'm 50rry. But 11 cupboards. •

A That's OK. I think ¡t's perfect for USo How much is it? ,
,"
b Wrire [he semen ces in rhe plural using som c or any.

T here's an arrnchair in (he li ving room.

Tltere arcSQwe arm chairs in tite li yin8 roQm
2 ls there a rug downstairs?

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - _?

3 There's a CD Oll the shelf.

n

4 ls there a glass in the cupboard ? Clues down '"

----------------------------------_?

5 There isn't a light in the study.

e ~~the correct formo @' ~

1@ / There'sanieeaparrmenrand 2 it iso't 1there '!t(,,,0

¡so't very expen sive. 3There are 1They are two rOOI11 s, h¿

but ~ there areo't 1they aren't ve ry big. 5 There's l It is -....-: la',
a smal l kitchen and a bathroom. 6 There iso't 1It iso't a
bathtub in the bathrool11, but 7 it's 1there's a ne'" sho",er.
The apartmenr is on rhe 10th floor, so B there's 1it is
a great view of the city. And 9 there's 1it's a very large

balcony with a lotofflowers. 10 They are 1There are

beautiful in rhe sumiller!

b Wrire the room. 4 LlSTENING

I You usually take offyour coat in rhe h~. a Listen ro Mrs. Goodings show
2 You usually take a shower in the b
het house ro Bradley and Joanna, a cauple who are
3 You usually have dinner in (h e d
inrerested in renting it. Check./ the three rooms
r
4 You usua lly use a compurer in [he sr Mrs. Goodings shows the m.
5 You usually park your car in rhe g
6 You usually make lunch in rhe k I barhroom D
2 bedroom D
7 You lI sually warch television in rhe 1 3 dining room D
4 garage D
r S hall D
D
8 You lI sually sleep in rhe b 6 kirchen D
9 You usually sir o ursid e in rhe y D
7 living room

8 study

3 PRONUNCIATION IECI and Irr/; sentence b 41!.tAAm Listen again and write T (true) or F(false).
stress
1 M rs. Goadings always ears in rhe kirehen. L
a ~~ rhe \Vord with a different sound.
2 Joanna doesn 't like the living room.
3 There isn't a washing machine in rhe kitehen. _

El 4 There's a hole in the eeiling ofthe kirehen.

Irf. 1 they 're there dear S Joan na likes rhe windows in rhe li vi ng room.
2 cheers stairs near 6 T here isn'r a TV in rhe living room.
cha lr 3 where wear we're
4 here hair hear 7 There are duee bedrooms upstairs.
~
ear 8 Bradley forgers abour rhe hale in rhe
~ bathroom cei lin g.
cha ir
USEFUL WOROS ANO PHRASES
~
ear Learn these words and phrases.

b Listen and repear (he words. advertisement lredvdr'talzm;;,mtl
dishwasher l 'd IJwaJ;}rl
e Unde rlin e rhe stressed syllable. lovely I"lAvli1
rent In:ntl
1 o~fice a long time ago Id !:JI) tmm d'goul
2 mirrlor Wow! Iwaul
3 culpboard How horrible! Ihau 'h:lfdbll
4 batico:ny Ir's perfeer! hts 'pdrflktl
5 bathltub
6 so~a
7 armichair
8 galrage
9 ceilling

d Listen and check. Then listen and
repear rhe words.

1'm not frightened of death.
I just don't want to be there when it happens.

Woody Al/en, American movie director

1 GRAMMAR there was / there were 2 VOCABULARY prepositions: place

a Co mpl ete rhe texto Use was, were. wasll't, or wercll't. and movement

Complete the sentences with these words.

behind from...to In in front of next to
across f rom out of over under up

1 went on vacation to Brazillast summer, and 1 stayed

in an amazing hotel. My room was great. There

\Vas a large bed, and thefe l _ _ _ _ sorne big

cupboards to put rny clothes in. There 3 _ _ __

a kitchen, but there • a small refrigeratar

full of drinks and snacks. There 5 three

different restaurants to ch oose fram. There " _ _ __

a beautiful swirnming pool in the hoteL and there

_ _ _ _ a long beach nearby. The re 8 _ _ __

any tourists 00 the beach, but there 9 ____ sorne

baby turtles. They were really beautiful!

Ib Complete rhe dialogue wirh a form ofthere \Vas t/¡ere \Vere.

A Did you have a good vacatian?

B Not really. 1 Tlt ere \Vas a problem with my hotel.

A Oh, no. What happened?

B Well, we couldn't swim because 2 _ _ _ _ _ _ __ 1 T here's a family Ilt che dining room.

a swimming pooL And 3 any 2 T he boy is sittin g che girl.

restaurants near the hotel. 3 T hewoma n is rhe mano

A ' ________ a small refrigerator in your room?

B NO, 5 a smalt refrigerator and 4 T here's a ghosr sranding che woman.

5 a television. The only th ing 5 There's a bag rhe table.

in my room was t he bed! 6 A wairer is com in g rhe kirchen.

A Oh. 7 a bathroom? 7 There's a ghost che waiter.

B Ves, but 8 any clean towels. 8 T he wairer is ca rryin g rhe pIares ,he

Everything was very dirty. kirchen rhe rabIes.

A9 any niee people at the hotel? 9 T here's a d ock ch e kicchen door.

B Ves, 10 some great people, but they 10 A ghost is going rhe stairs.

all felt the same as me - very angr y!

3 PRONUNCIATION silent letters

a Crcss out rhe silent letters.

1 ghost 3 white S ho ur 7 builder

2 cupboard 4 know 6 walk 8 wrong

"mmb Listen and repeat. Copy the rhythm.

"mme Listen and underline rhe stressed words.

1 There \Va s a lamp o n rhe table.
2 T here wa sn't a barhrub in rhe barhroom.
3 Was rhere a mitror in rhe bedroom?
4 Th ere \Vete some books on rhe shelf.
5 There weren'r any cupboards in rhe kitchen.
6 Were [h ere any plants in rhe study?

m¡mmd Listen again and repear rhe sentences.

4 READING Maesmawr Hall is a manor house in Powys,
Wales. It was built in 1535 and today is a
Read the rext. Wrire T (tru e) or F (false). 20-bedroom hotel and venue for weddings.
It is famous because people say it is haunted.
I MaesmawT Hall is more rhan 500 years old.
2 Peo ple have seen ghosrs inside and outside rhe hotel. Many guests say that they ha ve seen ghosts. A
3 T he ghosrs are all of reople \Vho lived in rhe house in rhe pasr. businessman who stayed at the hotel said that when
4 Ro bin Drwg 's ghosr sometimes appears as a bul!. he looked out of the window, he saw hundreds of
5 Paranormal invesrigators didn'r rhink rhar Maesmawr Hall Roman soldiers marehing. In faet, in Roman times
there was a road that passed through the grounds
was hallnted. of Maesmawr Hall. Other guests said they saw the
ghosts of the Davies sisters who owned the hotel
5 LlSTENING in the 1900s, and the ghost of an old housekeeper
walking through a wall in the hall. But perhaps most
,!¡mma Listen to [our people talking abollt hotel frightening is the story that the ghost of an evil man
named Robin Drwg haunts the woods around the
room s. Which countries did rhey vi sir? hotel. Some people say that they have seen this ghost
suddenly change into the shape of a bull.
b Listen again. Match the speake rs to th e rooms.
Maesmawr was on a TV show about houses with
D D D DSpeaker 1 ghosts called MostHaunted. The TV show hosts and
Speaker 2 Speaker 3 Speaker 4 investigators from the Mid Wales Para normal (MWP)
reported a lot of strange activity in the hall - seeing
A The room was under the water. balls of light, feeling movements, and hearing unusual
sounds. During the investigation, the floor in one of
B The room had mirrors on the walls and the ceiling. the upstairs rooms moved. The hotel's current owner,
Nigel Humphryson, says he often hears voiees and
e T he room wasn't very comfortable. banging noises that he cannot explain.

O The room was up a tree. So if you're interested in ghosts, why not stay here?
But don't go outside at night unless you 're feeling
USEFUL WORDS AND PHRASES really bravel

Learn these words and phrases.

ghosts 190ustsl hallnted l'h:mt;Jdl
guest Igcstl strange Istremdj
owner /'oun;Jrl In the middle ofthe night
priest Iprist l
brave Ibrelvl 1m O;J mldl ;JV Ó;J 'naltl
fri ghrened /' fraltndl remore control Itlmoot bn'trooll

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lo eat well in England, ha ve breakfast
three times a day.

1 GRAMMAR countable / uncountable nouns; 2 VOCABULARY food

a / an, some / any a Complere rhe crossword.

a Wha r did Sarah and Martin buy when rhey went shopping Clues across-+

yesterday? Write a, an, or sorne in the blanks. 8J

1 some sausages 6 ______ orange '"

2 lertuce 7 ______ pineapple l'

3 eggs 8 _ _ _ _ _ _ potato chips f-

4 carrots 9 ______ cookies r-

5 Jam 10 _ _ _ _ _ _ milk f- ¡¡-

b Wrire rhe sentences in rhe affirmative 0 o r f- .,--- ,,---
S
negative B formo T f-

T here's sorne cheese in the refrigerator. , E f-
A
B T here ¡SU'! al/y cheese in the rejri[J:oeCr1ª"t"-o'r--_ _ _ _ __
- ~ K
2 T here are sorne strawberr ies in OUt garden . -
r:J T here _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ - , >O ~

3 1didn'r have an egg foc breakfast.

G I________________

4 There isn't any sugar in my tea. n

G T here _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ C lues dowl1 ~ -

5 I didn 'r eat any snack s yesrerday. [TI Q J _. . .

G I____________________________

6 T here weren'r any sa nd wiches in rhe kitchen.

G T here _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __

7 1boughr a pineapple ar rhe supermarker.
r:J I ___________________________

8 T here \Vas some bread in rhe cuphoard.
r:J There _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __

e Comp lete rhe dialogue \Virh a, an, some, or ally.

A What do we need to buy for our dinner party? Let's make a listo b Wr ire rhe words in rhe correcr column.

B Well, I want to make 1 _ ª_ lasagne, so we need 2 _ _ __ apples bananas candy carrots chocolate cookies
mushrooms onions oranges peas pineapple
pasta and 3 meat. potatoes potato chips sandwiches strawberries

A Pasta ... and meat. What about toma toes? Are there

• ____ tomatoes in the refrigerator?

B Let's look. There's 5 _ _ _ _ onion, but there aren't

" ____ tomatoes. Put those on the list, too. Vegetables Snacks Fruit

A OK ...tomatoes.ls there 7 _ _ _ _ cheese? ªpples

B Yes, there's 8 _ _ _ _ mozzarella cheese, so that's perfect.

A Let's ha ve 9 salad with the lasagna.

B OK. Then we need to buy 10 _ _ _ _ lettuce.

A What about dessert? 15 there 11 fruit?

B No, there isn't. Let's get 12 strawberries.

3 PRONUNCIATION the letters ea 5 LlSTENING

a ~the word wirh a differemsound. a Listen ro four speakers talking abollt their
favor ite mea l. Complete the mea ls.
1 meat breakfast tea
Speaker 1 roase _ _ _ __
tree
Speaker 2 tikka masa la
2 bread healthy ice cream Speaker 3 hot dog and _ _ _ __

Speaker 4 sweet and sour lOfu and _ _ _ __

b Listen again. Match the speakers lO the sentences.

Speaker 1 D A 1often ea r ir ourside.
Speaker 2 D B J always order ri ce with it.

3 eat great steak Speaker 3 D e l have it at a local re staurant.
Speaker 4
train D O 1eat ir when [ visit my parenrs.

b ~!¡m:m Listen and check. Then USEFUL WORDS AND PHRASES
li ste n and repear che \Vords.

4 READING Learn these words and phrases.
crea m /krim/
a Read rhe anide and match rhe headings dishes IdlJlzl
ro che paragraphs. ingredienrs /m'grididnts/
popcorn /'papbrn/
coconut water popsicles roastcamel sa uce /5;)5/
s\Veet corn /'swit k;)rn /
bRead che artide again. Write T (rrue) (food) ro go I'tou 90ul
or F (false). delicious /dl'hSdS/
vegetar ian /vEd3d'tuidn/
1 T he Bedouin people eat roast
The Bedouin people, who live in the deserts of Africa, sometimes prepare a very big
ca rne! on special occasion s. L meal to celebrate wedding~. The caok uses some eggs, some fish, some chickens, a
sheep, and a camel to prepare it. He stuffs the fish with the eggs, the chickens with
2 T here are seven ingredients in the fish, the sheep with the chickens, and the camel with the sheep. Then he caoks
rhe Bedou in mea!. all the ingredients together in an enormous oven in the ground.

3 FrankEpperson'sdrinkfroze 2 ____
because che wearher \Vas cold .
It was an l1~year~old American boy who invented these.ln 1905, the boy, Frank Epperson,
4 He so ld his firsr ice por when wanted to make a drink. He put so me soda powder in a cup of water and used a stick
he \Vas 29 years cid. to mix it. Then he forgot about t he drink and left it outside. That night it was very cald,
so the mixture froze. Eighteen years later, he made so me more of the frozen mixture
5 According ro rhe anide, you and sold his first one at an amusement park. The British call them "ice pops."

can find CQconur water in all 3

eDeOllnes. Vou can find this liquid in young fru it that is still green. People drank it in South~East
Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean befo re it became popular as a health drink. Today,
6 Coconur water has a lor ofsugar. athletes drink it after playing sports.lt is very good for you as it is low in fats
and sugars. Doctors sometimes use it in an emergency beca use it is similar to
e Guess che meanin g of rhe highlighted human plasma .
words. C heck in ya ur dictionary.

Human beings are 70% water.
With so me people, the rest is collagen.

1 GRAMMAR quantifiers: how much / how many, a lot 0(, etc.

a Complete the questions. T hen complete the sentences.

( - -:=-!i0W mI/eh salt do ~~ sugar ~okies do you eal?

~u put on your food? ~you put in your tea? Notma~

Notmu~ Alot~

He dQesll't tJlIt mI/eh 50ft on his (D ad. 2 He _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ 3 5he _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
i~

~ndY do you buy? ~rcise do you do? (-:;- cups

Notmu~ ~coffee do you drink?

4 He _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___ 5 He _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ 6 5he _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __

bRead the informatio n and write qu estions. How mI/eh sUBar is there jn 011 orª'l:8e ?
Answer: .81 ounees.
FOOO FACTS 2 ?
Answer:About 12 5.
Th ere is .81 ounces of sugar in an orange. 3 ?
There are about 125 calories in a banana. Answer: About 18.
There are about 18 oranges in a carton of orange juice. 4 ?
Answer: .04 ounees.
There is .04 ounces 01 salt in a bowl 01 cereal. 5 ,
Answer: twelve. ,
There are twelve eggs in a carton. 6
There are 16 ounees of jam in ajar. Answer: 16 ounees.

2 VOCABULARY food containers 4 L1STENING

a Unscramble rhe words to make foad containers. a Lisren ro the radio program abour food

I 'la _ jar groups. Complete rhe examples of rhe groups.

2 bxo
3 rneoar
4 gab
5 cpeagka
6 nca
7 rotble

b Complete rhe sentences \Virh a conta iner from a.

She \Vas rhirsty, so she bought a can of soda.

2 Do yau need rhe sc issors ro open rhe _ _ _ _ _ __

ofjuice?

3 He raok rhe of strawberry ¡am out
ofthecupboard.

4 T here is a la rge _ _ _ _ _ _ _ of potato chips 011

rhe table.

5 We always take a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ of water when \Ve

go for a walk.

6 Ken feel s sick because he ate a big _ _ _ _ _ __

of cook ies. 1 carbohydrates: bread, pasta, _____, potaroes
2 fruits and vegetables: apple s, oranges, _ _ _ __
7 1gave her a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ of chocolates ro say
carrors
thank you. 3 protein: meat, _ _ _ __
4 milk and dairy: _____•yogurt
3 PRONUNCIATION IJI and Isl 5 fats and sugars: cake, _____, candy, chips

a ~~the word \Virh a differem sound.

~ 1 sugar salad cereal b ".tAAGJ Lisren again. Fill in rhe blanks wirh

snake one word.

1 Carbohydrates give us _ _ _ __

J)1 2 sure fresh salt 2 Fru its and vegetab les conta in important _ _ _ __

3 Prorein helps our bodies ro and repair.

shower 4 Milk and dairy are im portant for Qur bones
and _ _ _ __
~
3 rice shopping science 5 You shou ld eat far s and sugars _ _ _ _ _ Of
snake _____ a week.

J)1 4 short information center USEFUL WOROS ANO PHRASES

sh o w e r Learn these words and phrases.

"mmb Listen and check. Then listen and go ld Igouldl
repear rhe words. spoon /s pun/
vitam in s /'v alt ~ m ::m z/
e Listen and repear rhe sentences. ffesh IffoJI
spoonful /'spunful/
1 She saw Susan standing outside rhe study. instead of /1I1'stEd 'JV/
2 Shawn said sorry for singing in the shower.
3 Steve puts six spoon s ofsugar on his cereal.
4 Sylvia spends Saturdays in rhe shopping centee.

Imagination is more important than knowLedge.

Albert Einstein, German scientist

1 GRAMMAR comparative adjectives 2 VOCABULARY high numbers

a Wrire the comparative form s of these adjectives in the a 41!.t44m Listen and @ the corren numbers.
correct circle.
1 104 304
bad beautiful cheap dry sad difficult dirty
cold far wet high hungry comfortable thin good 2 586 596

a ne consanant 3 2,670 2,660

= double consonant + -er 4 8,905 9,905

5 11 ,750 12 ,75 0

6 543,830 553,830

7 1,315,000 1,350,000

8 25,460,000 35,460,000

b ,!.t44m Listen and wr ite th e num bers in words.

= more + 125
2 895
worse 3 4,500
4 12,470
5 33,930
6 575,600
7 6,250,000
8 34,800,265

b Wrire sentences using che opposite adjective. 3 PRONUNCIATION /~rI, sentence stress

1 A bi ke is slowe r (ha n a caro a Wrire the \Vords in rhe charro
A ca r _ is-faster ,hall a bike
better bigger cheaper colder dirtier drier easler
2 Lions are smaller rhan tigers. healthier higher slower thinner worse
Tigers
cp i .i\/, :- OO~
3 Brazil is \Verter rhan Argen tina . ~
Argenr ina ~ ~

4 Ja nu ary is ¡o nger rhan Febru ary. tree f ish bird e gg phone bike
February
beuer
5 A laptop is more expensive [han an ¡Podo
An ¡Pod b Listen and repear.

6 Fridays are better rhan Mondays.
M o ndays

7 A stove is hocter [han a refrigeraror.
A refrigeraror

8 Span ish is easier [han Engli sh.
English

e Listen and underline the 5 LlSTENING
stressed \Vords.
Lisren ro a conversation between a couple ralking
A pencil is cheaper than a peno about t\Vo ciries wirh rhe same name. Wrire T (true) or F (false).
2 China is bigger than Japan.
3 The kitchen is dirtier than [he living room. 1 More people live in Birmingham, UKrhan Birmingham, USo L
4 An apple is healthier rhan a cookie.
5 Canada is colder than Mexico. 2 Birmingham, US is bigger than Birmingham, UK.
6 Everest is higher [han Kilimanjaro. 3 Birmingham, US is greener than Birmingham, UK.
4 Birmingham, US is older rhan Birmingham, UK.
,!¡mmd Listen again and repeat rhe 5 Birmingham, US is \Vetter rhan Birmingham, UK.
6 Birmingham , US is hotter rhan Birmingham , UK.
semences. Copy rhe rhyrhm.
USEFUL WOROS ANO PHRASES
4 REAOING
Learn these words and phrases.
a Read rhe semences. Do you rhink rhey are T (rrue) conresrants Ibn'tE:st;;,ntsl
or F (false)? Then read rhe article and check. population Ipopyd'lelJnl
prize Ipralzl
1 T here are fewer car accidenrs on Tax Day. approximate ly Id'proksdmdtlil
2 Elephants remember more rhan win a comperition /wm;;, kamp;;,'lIJnl

other animals. FILE 9
3 South America is bigger rhan

Norrh Amer ica.
4 Margarine is hea lrhier than butter.

b Guess rhe meaning of the highlighted \Vords.
Check the meani ng and pronunciation in
your dictionary.

1 Elephants have brains that are bigger than any 3 When the American Medical Assaciatian studied the

other land mammal. The expression "an elephant never number of people injured in traffic accidents in the US,
forgets" suggests that the bigger an animal's brain is, they got a surprise. They discovered that there we re
the better that animal can remember things. Animal more dangerous car accidents on Tax Day. Tax Day is
researchers discovered that this is actually true for every year around April15. People in the US are busy
elephants! These animals can remember details about around this time!
areas of land as big as 1,200 square miles!
4 Experts have different opinions about margarine
2 There are 12 ca untries in Sauth America including
and butter, and there is a big argument abaut which
Argentina and Brazil. It has an area af 6,888,062 one is better far you. The truth is that margarine taday
square miles and its population is over 371,090,000. is better than it was in the past beca use producers use
North America includes Canada and the US, but it also a different type of vegetable oil. Butter still contains
contains the countries of Ce ntral America. It covers a lot of animal fato Margarine today conta ins less fat
an area of about 95,401,198 square miles, and its which makes it healthier than butter.
population is almost 529 millian. This makes it bigger
than South America.

At a restaurant

1 VOCABULARY ANO REAOING 2 OROERING A MEAL

a Look at rhe menu and answer rhe questions. Complere the d ialogue \Virh one \Vord in
1 Wh ich is rhe best appetizer for somebody on a diet? each blank.
2 What main course can a vegecarian have?
3 Can yOl! have fru it for dessert? A Good evening. Do you have a 1 reservatiotl ?
4 How many types ofcoffee are (here?
5 Do chi ldren pay the same as adults? B Yes, a 2 for two. My name's

laste of Heaven Restaurant Regina Margan.

Il'jl::tl1l~ A Come this 3 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ , please.

A Are you ready to ~ ?

B Yeso The grilled vegetables and the mushroom

risotto, please.

e ' _ _ _ _ _ _ _ like the shrimp cocktail and

then t he roast beef, please.

A What would you 6 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ to drink?

Appetizers e ' _______ water forme.

Ch icken sa up $6.50 ,B A bottle of mineral water, please .
Shrimp cockta il $9.25
Grilled vegetabIes with low-fat cheese (V) $6.75 A or sparkling?

Salads $5.50 B 15 sparkling OK?
57.25
Tossed salad (V) e Yes,sparkling.
Seafood sa lad $19.25
$11.50 A Thank you, madam.
Main courses $16.75
B Thank you.
Roast beef served with roast patatoes an d vegetab les $6 .95
Mushroom risotto wi th Parmesa n cheese (V) $8.50 3 SOCIAL ENGLlSH
Grilled salmon served with French fries and peas $8.25
March rhe sentences 1- 6 ro rhe correct
Desserts $2.75
$2.75 responses a- f.
Fresh ffuit sa lad 52.25
Choco late brownie with erea m 1 \Vhat do you do on your birthday? 0
New York eheeseeake 2 Wou ld you like a desserr? D
3 A decafespresso. D
Beverages 4 Can I use your phone? D
5 Cood news?
leed tea 6 Cou ld \Ve have the bill, please? D
So da D
Coffee (espresso or latte)
a Not fo r me , tha nks.
Today's specials b Yes oI got the job!
c Norhilig spc:cial.
$19.95 (see t he boa rd for th e daily speeials) d Yes, ofcou rse, sir.
e The same for me, please.
25% diseount on eh iLdren's portions f Yes, go ahead.
(V) Suitable for vegeta rians

b Underline rhe \Vords or phrases you don'r kno\V. Use your
dicrionary ro look up rheir meaning and pronunc iarion.

As 500n as there is Life there is danger.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, American writer

1 GRAMMAR superlative adjectives 3 a Callada
b C hina
a Complete rhe chart. e Ru ssia

Adjective Comparative Su perlative 4 a Mumbai
1 cold colder the coldest b Shanghai
2 high e Buenos Aires

3 expensive S a India
4 dry b Ireland
5 dangerous e Brazil
6 hot
7 beautiful 6 a The Sahara Deserr (A frica)
8 int eresting b The Painted Desert (The US)
9 good e The Atacama Deserr (Sourh America)
10 bad
7 a Mandarin C hinese
b Write rhe questions. b English
e Hindi
Whar I small continent I world
8 a The Arcrie
What's the. smallest ¡;:ºlttiufltt ¡Ir tite. wQrld b Alaska
e The Antaretie
2 Whar I big ocean I world
?
3 Whar I large country I \Vorld
2 VOCABULARY places and buildings
4 Whar I populared ciry I world
? a Complete the sentenees \Vith a \Vord in eaeh box.
5 Whar I \Ver place I world
? art department parking police post shopping t own train
6 Whar I dry desert ! world
? gallery hall lot mall office station station store
7 Whar I common native language I \Vorld 1 Where ca n you visir differenr sto res?

8 What I cold place I world ? At a ~/212jJJ8 mall .
2 Where can you see paintings?
e «~the correct answer to rhe questions in b.
? In a n _____________________________
1 a CLfistr® 3 Where can you get a train from?

b Europe ? From a __________________________
e South Ameri ca 4 Where ca n you buy a stamp?

2 a T he Arlanric ? Ata _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
b The Pacific S Where can you talk to a po lice officer?
e T he lndian Ocean Ata _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
6 Where can you buy clothes for all the family?
Ata _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
7 Where can you ¡eave your ear?
Ata _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
8 Where can you spea k to a local politician ?
Inthe _________________

b Complere rhe puzzle. Can yOll find rhe hidden word? 5 REAOING

, a Read rhe texr and wrire T (rrue) or F (fa lse).

1 Ulm Münsrer is rhe world 's biggesr church.
2 You can somerimes see rhe mounrains from

rhe rop of rhe church.
3 Ulm Münsrer was rhe ciry's firsr church.
4 Consrrucrion ofrhe church rook over 500 years.
5 T he church opens every day ar 8 o'c1ock.
6 Ir 's very expensive ro visir Ulm Münsrer.

b Guess rhe mea n ing of rhe hi ghli ghred word s.
C heck in yOllf dicrionary.

lIMIT

THE THE

SKV'S

Ulm Münster in Germany is the tallest church in the world.

The tallest part of the church is the steeple, which is
528 feet high and contains 768 steps. from the rop
of the church there is a view of the city, and on a clear day
you ca n see the Alps.

3 PRONUNCIATION consonant groups Before the Münster was built, Ulm already had a church 1I
outside the city walls. However. the inhabitants of the
Listen and tepear rhe semences. city decided that they wanted a new church in the town
center, and they agreed to pay for the building.
I Ir 's the cheapesr place ro live.
2 lr's rhe highesr mountai n in rhe world. Construction 01 the church began in 1377. but the building 1I
3 He's rhe hea lrhiest person in rhe fami ly. wasn't completed until May 31. 1890. At first. the work 1I
4 Ir's the prettiest rown in rhe counrry. was difficult beca use the heaviest parts fell down and
5 It's rhe mosr difficulr language ro leam. the builders had to repair them. Then construction
6 Ir 's rhe mosr pollu red ciry in rhe area. stopped from 1543 to 1817 far political reasons.
7 They're the mosr arrractive coup le l know.
8 She's rhe mosr intell igenr person in rhe c1ass. Today, tourists can visit the church every day of the
year. In the winter, the church is open from 9 a.m.
to 4:45 p.m. and the church is open in the summer
months from 8 a.m. to 7:45 p.m. Admission to
the church is free, but the price of climbin g the
steeple is €3 tor adults and €2 tor children.

4 LlSTENING

a Lisren ro a radio imerview wirh a travel wrirer. USEFUL WOROS ANO PHRASES
is his book ca ll ed? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
Learn these words and phrases.
"mmb Lisren aga in . Complere rhe senrences.
acc idents I'reksodontsl
1 Uluru is rhe rock in rhe world. fun Irl\nl
region I' rid3dol
2 lr's feer long. alm osr 1';)lmoustl
popular I'popydldrl
3 T he world's highesr warerfa Uis in _ _ _ __ wide (opposit e narrow) Iw,udl
below (opposite aboye) Ib,'loul
4 The rallesr building in rhe world is feer high.

5 T he world's oldesr ciry began in Be .

6 T he world's longesr [rain rrack goes from _ _ _ __

ro Vlad ivosrok.

7 The shortesr runway in rhe world is _ _ _ _ _ feer long.

To traveL hopefuLLy is a better thing than to arrive.
Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish writer

1 GRAMMAR be going to (plans), 2 VOCABULARY vacations

future time expressions a Wrire rhe expressions in rhe correct column.

a Order [he word s ro make senten ces. back home by train a good time on vacation
the sights in a hotel nice meals
1 are I ,here Iyou Ige, I to I How Igoing somebody around your town with a friend

~HUUolllV~a~rLey~o~'~¡8~O~'w'Il~8~t~D Be~tutlihuer~e~_______________? GO backhome

2 to I isn', I He Ia Igoi ng I stay I in I hotel HAVE
SEE
3 show I to IThey're I ci'y I goin g I ,he I me SHOW
STAY
4 good I going I ,ime I have I We're I to I a
b Complere rhe rexr \Virh rhe verbs from a.
5 is I home I to I she I going I When I go

----------------------------------_?

6 no' I sights I going I l'm I see I , he I 'o

b Complete (he sentences. Use che correct form of Boiltg too

1 Are theY 8oi1lB lo leave by rrain? (r hey ¡ leave)

2 We our fri end s rhe ciry. (s how)

3 T hey niee meals in expensive

restaurants. (have)

4 wirh a friend? (you / sray)

5 They _____________ rhe museum. (nar visir)

6 ,he sigh,s? (,hey I see)

7 He a lor of people. (meet)

8 She on vacarian chi s year. (nor go)

e Complete rhe dialogue. Use rhe correct fo rm ofBoiltB too

A So, where 1 areyoll[Joing lo []O (gol on vacaban? Maria i' really happy becau," ,he, going lo '__ilQ.-- on

B 12 (travel) around the US for a few weeks. vacation tomorrow. She's going to 2______________

A Really? Where 3 (stay)? wilh her <DuMn, in Bueno, Aires. They're going lo

B Well, this year I 4 (not/sleep) in hotels.

Instead, I'm going to CouchSurf. , her around !he cily, and ,he,

A CouchSurf? What a great idea! 5 ___________ {travel) going lo ' all !he Mghl'. They're

alone? going lo ' a 101 of nice meal,

B Ves, 1amoMy best friend 6 __________ (drive) to San Diego logelher She, going lo ' by plane,

with some friends. They 7 (spend) all day and ,he, going lo ' in Bueno,

on the beach, and they s (dance) all night.

1don't like that kind of vacation. I 9 _ __________ (meet) a Aires for a week. The second wttk, Maria and her cousins

lot of new people and see a lot of new places . are going lo Iravel lo Ihe eoaM. They're going lo

A Which states 10 ? (visit) • in a holel, and Ihey're going lo

B Virginia first, and then North Carolina, South Carolina, and '_______________ a great time. Maria s going to

Georgia. My CouchSurfing hosts II (show) "_________ baek lo Bueno, Aires befare ,he

me the sights. I l2 ___________ {have) a great time! goes home.

3 PRONUNCIATION sentence stress Traveling by InterRail
a mmtilm Listen and underline rhe srressed words.
Sinee 1972, baekpaekers have enjoyed the freedom to
1 Haw are you goin g to get rhere? explore 30 European eountries thanks to the InterRail pass.
2 W here are you goin g ro sray? Here, InterRail travelers say why they lave InterRail so mueh.
3 We're goi ng ro stay for a week.
4 l'm going ro see rh e sighrs. Angela Bowman, (23, the US)
5 We aren't goi ng ro go by ca ro
6 I'm not goi ng ro stay in a hotel. Route

b ~!¡mm Listen again and repear rhe sente nces. Amsterdam - Hamburg - Berlin - Warsaw - Krakow - Prague
Copy rhe rhyrhm. - Vienna - Budapest - Zag reb - Split - Mostar - Sarajevo -
Belgrade
4 LlSTENING
Ilove InterRail because you can go where you want, when
a ma Listen to fout speakers ralking abour you want! W hen we started our trip, we had an idea of
where we wanted to go, but as we traveled, we got new ideas.
rh eir firsr experience CouchSurfing. Haw many Changing our plans was easy - you can stay an extra night
or two if you like a place, and if you don't like it, you can go
people did not enjoy rhe experience? _ _ _ __ somewhere else. The InterRail pass gives you real freedom.

b Listen aga in and match rhe spea kers Jay Honahan (26, Canada)

ro rhe senten ces A- D. Route

Speaker 1 D Speaker 3 D Amsterdam - Bonn - Stuttgart - Salzburg - Ljubljana - Spli t -
Speaker2 D Speaker4 D Pescara - Bari - Corfu - Igoumenitsa - Patras - Athens

A CouchSurfi ng gave me rhe chance ro make fr iends. One of the best things about InterRail is that you get cheaper,
B CouchSurfing helped me \Virh my work. or even free travel on ferries as well as trains. 1traveled to Split
in Croatia and then took the fe rry to Pescara in ltaly. Then 1
e My hose \Vas also O1y [Ou r g uide co rhe ciry. traveled by InterRail to the south of ltaly and then took the
ferry to the Greek island oF Corfu. It was Fantastic! You also get
D My seco nd experience Co uchSurfing \Vas better discounts on hotel s, tourist attractions, and a lot more.
than rhe firsr.
Sofia Valenzuela (26, Mexico)
5 READING
Route
a Read rhe tex t. Answer rhe questions with A (Angela), Paris - Versailles - Épernay - Blois - Angers - Lyons -
Chamonix - Nice - Monaco - Ventimiglia - Pisa - Florence -
, (Jay), S (Sofía), or T (Tomo). Perugia - Assisi - Rome - Naples

D1 Which person made new fr iend s while rraveling? In six week s, I met so many new, interesting people and
D made friends from all over the world. !t's a cheap way to
2 Who spent very Iinle on accomodarion s? travel too, especially if you take the night trains - I saved
a lot of money on accomodations this way. I really want to
3 Who used hi s or her Inter Rail pass on another D go InterRailing again!
form of rransporrar ion? D
Tomo Nagasaki (21, Japan)
4 Who was traveling abroad foc the first rime?
Route
5 W hich person fo und ir easy [O make new plans D
Inn sbruck - Ven ice - Sienna - lucca - Pisa - Florence -
while travelin g? Cannes - Monaco - Nice - Figueras - Rosas - Barcelona -
Paris - Antwerp
USEFUL WORDS AND PHRASES
This was the first time I' d left Japan, and I loved it. InterRail
Learn these words and phrases. is safe and easy for first-time travelers. 1 got an InterRail
Global Pass so I could take as many trains as I wanted. I
couch IkautJI saw many amazing places, and learned a lot about Europe's
room mate /' rummeltl culture and hi story. I visited over 15 cities in less than a
a host !'J 'houst! month. I'm definitely going to do it again next year!
creare a profi le !kri'elt 'J 'proofaJ!1
recommend (r hin gs ro do) !n:k'J'mwdl
Have a good rrip! Ihrev 'J god 'tnp!
It's free. /Jts 'fril
Things did n'r work out. /OIIJZ 'dldnt w'Jrk autl

Lave cannat save yau from yaur awn fate.

Jim Morrison, singer with The Doors

1 GRAMMAR be going to (predictions)

a Look at the pictures . Write se nte nces using rh ese verbs and be 8oilt8 too

buy change eat have listen lose read take

1 They're8oil'4J ro eat a plzza. 2 VOCABULARV verb phrases

2 some money. C omplete rhe phrases wirh verbs from rhe box.
3 a newspaper.
4 a coffee. be become fall get (x3) llave meet move travel
5 to mu sic.
6 a book. 1 be lucky sornebody new
7 a phoro. to a different country
8 hi s passport. 2 married
3 a lot of money
b Wrire a letre r in the box: A = plan, B = predi ction. 4 in love
S famous
l'rn going to buy so rne sta mps. 0 6 a new job
2 Ir's going ro be cold romorrow. O 7 a surprise
3 Jim's going to study tonight. O 8 ro a new house
4 Our ream is go ing ro lose rhis game. O 9 lta l!.e.
5 There's goi ng to be a storm !ater. O 10
6 1rhink rhar restaurant's goin g ro c1ose. O
7 They're going to buy a new TV. O
8 I'm going to book a flighr online. O

3 PRONUNCIATION the letters 00 íh-e nt\-m-e Peh-ín

a Look at che pa irs oEword s. C heck'/ ch e pa irs w irh ch e tfl,e ~et
sa me soun d and pur an X on che pa irs char are diffe renr. A
In tasseography, the fo rtune-teller uses tea lea ves to
1 choose school ./ predict the future. You drink a cup of tea and leave
a small amount in the bottom of the cupo Then you
2 book 500n X move the tea around the cup three times, cover it with
a saucer, and turn it upside down. Thefortune-teller
3 food moon looks at the shape the tea lea ves make. For example,
a bi rd means that you're going to have good news.
4 good caok
B
5 took spoon
In crystaUomancy, the for tune-teller uses a glass
6 look too ball. She places the ball on the table between you and
her, and looks into it for a long period of time. At
?!mmb Listen and check. Then listen and repear. first, the balllooks dull and e/oudy, but then it e/ears
and images start to appear. The fortune-telle r uses
4 READING these pietures to predict your future. For example,
a nu rse means that you're goi ng to be sick.
a Read rh e texto Ma tch rh e headings ro rh e paragraphs.
C
1 Give me yOllr hand 3 Ho\V do you like yOllr tea?
2 Ler's play card s 4 W hat's ¡ns ide rhe ball? In tarot reading, the fortune-teller uses a special paek
of tarot ca rds to predict the f uture. There are 78 cards
bRead rhe tex t again and w rite T (erue) o r F (fa 1se). in the pack, and there are different ways of using
them. The quickest is to lay three cards on the table
I T he easiesr way ro read ta ro r cards is ro use from left to right. The cards represent the post, the
fo ur card s. present, and the future. The fortune-teller turns over
the cards and says what they mean. For example, the
2 A n image c Ea nurse mean s bad hea lth . sun means that you're going to becomefamous.

3 A srrong hearr line means yau're going to fi nd love. D
4 A shape oEa bi rd Ll1e<lns bad luck.
Chiromancy is also caUed palmistry and it's when
e G uess rhe mea nin g ofrh e highlighted wo rd s. C heck in the fortune-teller studies the /ines on the palm of
your hand to predict your futu re. There are four
yOll r d¡ctio na ry. majar /ines on the hand: the life /ine, the head /ine,
the heart /ine, and the health /ine . For example,
5 LlSTENING a strong heart /ine means that you're going tofind
the right partner and be happy in your life.
a ~!mm Li ste n ro Pete and Amy's co nversatio n

abo ut the psychic U ri Ge ll er. Was hi s trick
w ith the s poo ns rea l?

,!¡mmb Listen aga in and write T (true) or USEFUL WORDS ANO PHRASES

F (fal se). Learn these words and phrases.
soon Is unl
1 A lot o f peo ple watched U ri Ge ller in the pasto be lucky Ibi '1l1kil
2 Pete and A my see a vi deo o f the tri ck. Com e in! I kl1m In l
3 A my doesn't believe rh e rrick ar firsr. get married IgEt 'mreridl
4 Uri doesn't use a norm al spoon. move ro anot her country Imuv tu ;;,nl1o;;,r 'kl1ntril
S Uri doesn'r spea k durin g rhe rrick.
6 To day, U ri doesn't appear in public. ".t4Am I(""t' FILE 10

You can fall in lave at first sight with a place as with a persono

A/ee Waugh, British writer

1 GRAMMAR adverbs (manners and modifiers)

a Complete the senrences with an adverb.

l The Freneh cook perfeet meals. 2 VOCABULARV common adverbs

T heycook perfectly Make adverbs from the adjecrives and complete the sentences.

2 T he Americans are careful drivers. careful good easy hard healthy incredible perfect quiet

They drive In rhe id eal ciry...
3 The British are very polire. 1 ... car drivers drive carefu lly .
2 ...workerswork _ _ _ _ _ _~
T hey speak very 3 ... families ear _______
4 The Brazilians are good at socce r. 4 ... people speak foreign Ianguages _ _ _ _ _ __
5 ...you ca n rravel around _ _ _ _ _ _ _'
T hey play soccer 6 .. ,peopletalk _ _ _ _ _ __
5 The Japanese are very hard workers. 7 ...everybody rrears teurists _______
8 . .. everythin g is _ _ _ _ _ _ _ cheap.
T hey work very
3 PRONUNCIATION word stress
6 The Canadians eat healthy food.
T heyear a Underline the stressed syllable in rh e adverbs. Which three adverb s
are nm stressed 011 the first syllabl e?
7 The Argen tinian s are beautiful dancers.
Theydanee

b ~i~ rhe correcr \Vord.

l My brother dresses casual j0ua1j?
2 Shoji cooks rcal j rcally wel!.
3 It's easy j easily te ride a bike.

4 They walked quick I quickly te the

train stat ion.
5 He's very quiet j quietIy. He never

says anything!
6 Elena's pizzas are incredible j

incredibly.

7 My French i s very bad I badly,

8 Can you speakmore slow j slowly?
9 Mark speaks English good j well.

\O She eats unhealthily I unhealthy.

11 T hey have real j really stressful jobs.

1 beaultilful;ly 4 danlgelrouslly 7 per¡fectlly

2 careifu qly 5 falshiolnalbly 8 po:litelly

3 calsulallly 6 inicreidi!bly 9 unlhea llthilly

b CIíht44m Listen and check. Then listen and repeat rh e adverbs.

4 REAOING b Complete the sentences with words in the box.

a Read rhe texto Match (he headings A-O ro atmosphere culture socializing fascinating
(he paragraphs. hospitality architecture expect

A T he Mexican way oflife Before she wenr ro Mexico Ciry, C hrisrina didn'r know much

B Feeling at home abroad abour Mexican _ _ _ _ _ __

e My first impressions 2 She didn'r the ciry ro be so beau riful.

o Not whar 1expected 3 She was very impressed by rhe in Mex ico Ciry.

1, 4 She liked rhe co lors and rhe wonderful of
rhe ciry.
First impressions
5 The ofthe Mexican peo ple is warm and

of Mexico City we1coming. wirh rheir friends
6 Mexican people like

and family.

Christina Hornick, from the US, carne to Mexico 7 Chrisrina finds rhe Mexican culrure
for the first time three years ago. She now lives in
Mexico City where she is a teacher. e Guess rhe meaning of the highlighred words. C heck wirh

1 _ _ _ _ __ your dicrionary.

You always remember your first impressions of 5 LlSTENING

a new country. When 1 fírst carne to Mexico City. Lisren ro rwo people talking abour where rhey
1 didn't know rnuch about Mexico at a11. 1 didn't
know anything about the culture. 1 didn't think A nswcr the qucsrions.

the food was very different from American food, Speaker 1 Toronto, Canada
and 1 expected the weather to be similar to North 1 \Vhere don't people usually go
Carolina in the US - maybe even warmer! But
when 1 got there, 1 discovered how wrong 1was. on rhe weekends?
2 Ho\V do people normally dress
2 _ _ _ __
It was summer, and it was warm, but not during rhe week?
3 Why is Toronro's nickname
hot. In faet. the temperature was about 70
degrees Fahrenheit. My first impression was "Hollywood North?"

that Mexico City was more beautiful than I Speaker 2 Reykjavik, Iceland
expected. I spent a lot of time looking at the 4 \Vhen do people go ro
incredible architecture. The dty was so colorful
and had a wonderful atmosphere. I saw pink. sw imming pools and hor rubs?
yellow, and red houses. The trees were colorful 5 What are there very few ofin
too with pink and purple flowers.
rhe Icelandic countryside?
3 _ _ _ _ __ 6 How many people are [here ... ?
Mexican people are very friendly. A lot of
Mexicans can speak a little English, and sorne in Reykjavik
speak it very well. 1 speak Spanish pretty well, in rhe second-biggesr ciry
but when 1 make a mistake, my Mexican friends
7 Wharkindofthingsdo
Jcelandic pea pIe make?

don't mind. Mexican people are very hospitable USEFUL WOROS ANO PHRASES
and they love to sodalize - get together, eat.

dance, and play music. At parties, there is often Learn these words and phrases.
a lot of delicious, homemade food to eat. And
there is often very loud music which makes it a foreigner l' brJnJrl
hard to hear people! myth ImlOI
subritles l'sA btaltlzl
4 _ _ _ __ incredible Im'kn;dJbll
Mexico is a great place to live. It has everything- incredibly llI1'krEddblil
friendly people, great public transportation, and dress (well) !'dr"s!
delicious food. In Mexico City, the summers are

warm, and the winters are cool. It's great weather a strong accent Id strJI) 'reksEntl

for long walks in the nearby canyons. Mexico firsr impressions IfJrst Im'pn::Jnzl

has mountains, lakes, beaches, and rivers. It has get dark IgEt 'darkl
many beautiful dties and a fascinating culture. I in genera l 1m "d3EnJr:::l11
lock (your) doors !lak 'dorz!
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - '_ _ stilllove the US, but Mexico feels like home now.

I'd Love to Live Like a poor man, but with Lots of money.
Pablo Picasso, Spanish painter

1 GRAMMAR verb + infinitive 2 VOCABULARY verbs that take the infinitive

a Complete rhe sentences with ta and a verb in Match rhe sentences 1- 8 w ith the sente nces a- h .

rhe box. 1 ['m taking some lesso ns. rn

become cook download go ride spend 2 Our washing maehine is broken. O
stop visit
3 I have a lotof dresses. O
l'd like to [jo on a safar i.
2 My brorher's learn in g _ _ _ _ _ __ 4 I'm playing tennis [Omorrow. O

a mo[Orcycle. 5 That girl is Brazilian so 1ean'r speak to her. O
3 Do you need _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Iess time on
6 We are looking ar hore!s in Miami, Florida. O
your com puter?
4 She wants _ _ _ _ _ _ _ bir in g her nails. 7 I don't have time to do my homework now. O
5 Wou ld you Iike _ _ _ _ _ _ _ New York
8 Ilove Carrie Underwood and her music. O
Ciry?
6 We know all their songs, so we don'r need a J'd like to learn Porruguese.
b 1promise [O do it later.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ the Iyrics. e 1hope [O win rhe match.
7 J'm leavi ng home next momh so 1need [O learn d 1wanr [O get rickers [O her concerr.
e \Ve're planning ro go rhere on vacar ion.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ a mea!. f 1'1I,lea'llillgt~d,ive.
8 Do you want _ _ _ _ _ _ _ a singer? g \Ve need [O buy a new one.
b Write sentences or quesrions wirh \Vould like. h 1decided [O wear the red one.
Use contracrions.
3 PRONUNCIATION sentence stress
he I have very long hair El
a Und erline rhe st ressed word s.
He \Vollldu't like to llave very lQng hair
1 A Would you like to drive a sports car?
rn2 you I c1imb a mountain B Ves, I'd lave too
A Why?
----------~--------------? B Beeause llave cars, and r lave driving.

3 we I ger up earlied±l 2 A Would you like to ride a horse?
B No, r wouldn't.
4 l / Iearn to fly aplane I±l A Why not?
B Beeause rdon't like horses.
5 she I make a short movie El
3 A Do you want to learn to cook?
rn6 they / get married B Ves, I need too
A Why?
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - _? B Beeause r want to live on my own.

b 4[íM4;m Listen a nd check. The n listen and repear

rhe dia logues.

4 LlSTENING 5 READING
a Read rhe texto Answer rhe quesrions \Virh J(Julio),
a Listen ro a TV hose inrerviewing rhree
peopl e abour rhings rhey \Vant ro do wirh eheir ¡ives. K (Kimberley), Y (Yusuke), or G (Greg).
What are eh eir ambirions?
Things I want to do
] Dave
Julio, 25, Brazil
2 Carolina I'd love to be in Times Square in New York City at
midnight on New Year's Evel And I'd like it to be
3 Eddie snowing, too - that's more romantic. People say that
the atmosphere there is amazing. I think it would be
b Li sten again and wrire T (true) or F (false). a great experience.
1 Dave had a bicyclewhen he \Vas younge r.
2 Dave isn'r a fach er. Kimberly, 31, Canada
3 Carolina is planning ro visir Canada \Virh her sister. I want to visit the Amazon rainforest. It's such
4 Carolina enj oys flying. a unique and fascinating place, and I'm really
5 Eddie has ti cket s to see hi s favorite band in concer r. interested in the w ildlife that li ves there. I'd like to
6 Kings ofL eon isn'r rouring (his year. do a trek and go campi ng there for three weeks or
so. I've seen a lot of movies about explorers, and
now I'd like to do something really exciting myself.

Yusuke, 26, Japan
What I want to do is go on a road trip across Europe
with my two best friends. I've been to the US and
Canada, but I've never be en to Europe. I want to see
all the famous tourist sites like the Eiffel Tower,
Big Sen, and the Leaning Tower of Pisa. I read about
them in books whe n I was a chi ld - it wou ld be a
dream come true for me to see them in reallife.

Greg, 34, the US
It's not ve ry original , but I'd like to drive a really
expensive sports car up the coast of California with
my wife next to me in the passenger seat. However,
right now I own a Toyota Coro lla, so I may ha ve to
wait a few years befo re I can achieve my dream!

USEFUL WORDS AND PHRASES Whi ch person became interested in hi s or her O

Learn these words and phrases. dream when he or she \Vas very youn g?

ambitions /rern'b¡Jnzl D2 \Vho wants ro be part ofa rraditional celebration?
recipes I' n;sdpiz/
preferably /'pn:f~udblil 3 Who need s to buy something before he or she can D
seriou s j'sIriJsl
translare f' trrensleltl achieve hi s or her dream ?
be yourse lf Ibi Y;;lr'sdfl
bite your nails /halt y:Jf 'nerlzl 4 \Vhich person wou ld like some advenrure? D
(see a band) ¡ive /Ialvl
stayawa ke /stel J'welk/ b Guess the meaning of the highlighted words. Check
the m ea ning and pronunciation in your dictionary.

I had aLife once...now I have a computer.
Anonymous

1 GRAMMAR articles 2 VOCABULARY The Internet

a Correer rhe mistake in eaeh answer (B). Unscramble rh e words to complete rhe se nrences.

I A Where are rhe children? B They're at the school. 1 All OUt hotel rooms have wi-fi (IW-IF) access.

2 A What do you do? B ['m engin eer. 2 I,'s chea perto _______ (PKSEY) than ' o
make a phone ca llo
3 A \Vhere's rhe juice? B In a refrigerator.

4 A What's thar? B AIDcard. 3 Doyouevershop ______ (NONELl)'
4 You on ly need your userna me and YOUt password to
5 A How oEren do yo u go? B Twice (he week.
_ _ _ _ _ (GOL NI).
6 A What animals do you like? B ¡like rhe dogs.

7 A How did you trave\? B Bya train. 5 Doyouwantto _______ (DLWODNAO)
rhi s fil e?
S A Where did you get rhar? B On Inrernet.

b Complete (h e text \Vith tite, a I an, or - , 6 [ sometimes forget ro include the _ _ _ _ _ __
(TATHCANEMT) in rnyernails.

7 I need to (RA SHEC ROF) some

informarion before J write my reporto

S You can _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (OGLEGO) ,he name of
the restaurant to find out the address.

9 They're going ro _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (PO LUDA) ,heir
vacarion pictures ronight.

3 PRONUNCIATION word stress

a Underline the stressed syl lable in these wotds.

Most peopLe thlnk that 1 tite Internet lS a I ema il network website
good thing. At 2 wark, employees 2 address on line resu lrs
3 document Internet use rname
can use it to search for 3 _ _ __ 4 arrachmenr compurer direcri on s

..informatian and to send and receive 4 _ _ __ .~•';•. b ,!ú:r;m Liste n and check. Then listen and
....emails.At 5 _ _ _ _ hame, 6 _ _ _ _ people ...••
repear the words.

...can use it fer entertainment. Vou can watch ••••..'
-.. .....••••
-----••••••• It is also useful for IO ____ shopping, and youmusic,•••
' ____ music videos, Listen to a

or, play 9 ____ latest computer games online.

.-- ---••• don't have to go to 11
.•'.'. -.•
12
bank if you have

online banking service. However,
• i• there are some dangers because there is 13 _ _ __
.-. .problem with security. 14
computer virus
computer ••
can break your computer and 1$

hackers can stealyour identity. •

4 REAOING

a Read the anicle. When did the World Wide Web begin? _ __

bRead rhe artide again and numb er rhe events in rhe order
th ey happen ed.

D Tim Berners-Lee deve loped a new compmer language.
D Americans opened an agency ro develop new technology.
D Th ey pur the new language on th e Inrerner.

[TI The Ru ssian s sent a satellite into space.

D Th e World Wide \Veb made rhe Internet available ro al!

compurer use rs.

D The net\Vork changed ¡ts name ro the Internet.
O Th e agency deve loped a net\Vork ro conneer compurers.
D Berners-Lee and a colleague used th e new lan guage ro write

a new programo

5 LlSTENING To find out when the World Wide Web began,
we first need to look at the Internet. lhe
"mma Listen ro fout speakers ralking abour haw origins of the Internet go back to the space race

rhey use rhe Internet. Match speakers 1- 4 ro rhe rhing rhey 01 the 1950s. After the Russians sent the satellite

do most oEren. Sputnik into space, Americans wanted to develop
their own technology further, so they set up ARPA
DSpeaker uses a so cial network . - the Advanced Research Projects Agency. lhis
DSpeaker plays gam es. agency found a way of connecting computers,
OSpeaker does a jobo whieh they ealled ARPANET. In 1974, they ehanged
DSpeaker talk s ro family and friend s. its name to the internetwork or Internet for short.

"mmb Listen again and match th e speakers ro the In 1980, a seientist at CERN, the European
Organization for Nuclear Research, wrote a
senren ces A- D. computer program so that he and his colleagues
could share their research. lhe scientist's name
Speaker 1 O Speaker 3 O was lim Berners-Lee, and his software was called
Speaker2 O Speaker4 O ENQUIRE. At lirst, only seientists at CERN eould
use the program, which contained a new computer
A This perso n often puts photos on the Internet. language called hypertext. lhen, in 1991, he and
a colleague wrote a more advanced version of the
B T hi s person likes hi s I her jobo program which made hypertext available over the
Internet. lhis was the beginning of the World Wide
e This persa n uses the Internet to relax. Web, as we know it. lhe first website and web
server was info.cern.ch. loday, there are more
D T hi s perso n saves money becau se ofthe Internet. than 227 million websites containing over
65 billion web pages.
USEFUL WOROS ANO PHRASES
Over two billion people now use the Internet,
Learn these words and phrases. which is nearly a third of the world's population.

advice Idd'valsl ,, • ,~ . l "/ . '. /'
both Ib.ü91
password /' preswdrdl
username /' yuzdrnelml
book (tickets / hotels) Ibukl
lose weight I luz 'weltl
make tran sfers Imelk 'trrensfdrzl
online shopping lonlam 'SopIl)1
pay bilis Ipe! 'bIlzl

FILE 11

Geing heme

1 VOCABULARY Public 3 SOCIAL ENGLlSH

t ransportation Match the words to make phrases.

Complete rhe paragraphs. 1 Ican't 0 a ro aeeept.

1 Youcangetataxiora 1c@Jtataxi O2 Thank you b good rrip.

2 s . People usually give 3 I'd love O e in Rio de Janeiro.
che driver a 3 tc_ _ _ _ __
4 I'm so O d so mucho

2 Befare you get aplane, you have ro S Have a O e bdinc it!
4 eh in online or at rhe airporr.
6 See you O f happy.

T hen you go rhrough security ro rhe 4 READING
5 d area. Fina lly, you
a Read the text abom O'Ha re International A irport.
goroyour 6 gg______
I-+- IO'Hare International Airport
3 You ger a subway ar a subway 7 st_ _ _ __ O·Hare Internationa! Airport is the second·busiest internationa! airport
in the US, and more than 32 miltion passengers pass through it every
Firsr, you ger a B ( • and rhen year. Below you can find different ways of getting to the airport.

you find rhe right 9 pIL_ _ _ _ __ ByeAR
If you're planning to drive to Q'Hare Airport you need to take Interstate 1-190 and
4 You get a 10 b ar a station turn off on Bessie Coleman Orive. The airport is 19 miles from downtown Chicago
and takes about 35 minutes during Quiet times.
or a stop. You can buy a ticket in advance
BY BIKE
or somet ime s you ca n pay Ride your bike to Q'Hare Airport's Parking Lot E. You can leave your bike in a speciaL
rhe II dr·_ _ _ _ __ bike parking area in this parking lot. Then take the Airport Transit System (ATSl to
the terminal buildings.
2 GETTING TO THE AIRPORT
BY TRAIN
Complete rhe conversarions \Virh a sentence in
rhe box. Chicago Transit Authority's Blue Une runs every ten minutes. It takes about an
hour to go from Forest Park to Q'Hare Airport. A one-way ticket costs $2.25.
Can I pay by credit card? 5tudents and senior citizens can ride for a reduced price.
Could you caU me a taxi, please?
BY BUS
Could I have a ticket to Q'Hare Airport, please? SeveraL different bus companies around Chicago operate services to Q'Hare
How much is it? And could I have a receipt? Airport. These buses run 24 hours a day and drop you off in front of the terminal
Now, please. One-way, ptease. buildings. The price for a one-way ticket can be as low as just a few dollars.
Coach, please. To Unian Station.
BYTAXI
1 A 1 COllldyoucallmeataxi.please? There are more than 15 different taxi companies to caU for a ride to Q'Hare Airport
The cost of a taxi from downtown Chicago to the airport is about $45, and the trip
B Ves, of course. Where to? takes about 30 to 45 minutes depending on traffic.

A ,.____________________________ b How did rhe foll ow ing people get ro O ' Hare Airport?

B And when would you like it for? ! D iego made a phone cal!. By taxi
2 Vanessa paid $2.25. By
A ,.____________________________ 3 Samantha went from Forest Park. By
4 Pete went on rhe Interstate. By
2 A '--------------------- S Yos hi exercised. By
e That's $18.50, please.
A Make it $20'·_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ e Underli ne five words or phrases you don't know. Use your dictionary
e Ves, of course. Thank you very much, sir. ro ¡ook up their mean ing and pronunciarion.

3 A 0,_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _
O One-way or round-trip?

A ,.______________________________

O Coach or first class?

A •.____________________________

D That's $18.50.

A '-____________________________

O Yes, of course.

Films should have a beginning, a middle, and an end
- but not necessarily in that order.

1 GRAMMAR present perfect B No, but my brother 6 (see) it. He

a Write the senre nces wirh conrracrio ns. loves John le Carré.
I have nor read Tite Pillars oftite Eartlt.
J haven', read Ibe Pillars oftbe Eartb. A 7 (he/read) Tinker, Taitor, Sotdier, Spy?

2 James has nor seen rhis mov ie before. B Ves, and he a (see) the movie.

3 They have gane to rhe movie thearer tonight. 2 VOCABULARV irregular past participles

4 She has cr ied ar a lor of mov ies. a Wrire rhe simple past forms and past parriciples of
rbese irregu lar verbs in the charro
5 I have boughr all rhe Harry Potter movies.
Infinitive Simple past Past participle
6 They have nor raken any photos. 1 be
2 break was I were been
7 He has inrerviewed a famous actor. 3 do
4 eal
8 \Ve have nor appeared in a movie. 5 fall
6 forget
b Wrire senrences wirb the presenr perfecr. 7 go
B leave
,he I read I Tire Help 9 sing

She's read Tite Hel12 10 speak
11 take
2 we / nm see I this show 12 wear

We haven'tseen litis show b Use past participles from the chan in a ro complere
3 my parenrs / fall asleep rhe senrences.

4 Adam / appear / in a movie 1 Have you ever S!l1/-{j karaoke?

5 1/ nor speak to an actor 2 We've never rhe movie rhearer

6 you / break / rhe camera before rhe end ofa movie.

7 Dawn / nor cry / at a movie 3 My sister has never _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ocropus before.

8 we / nor forget I rhe rickers 4 Has your brother ever yo ur

birthday?

5 Have you ever _ _ _ _ _ _ _ glasses?

6 l've neve r my lego

e Complete rhe dialogue. 7 MYfriend hasn'r _ _ _ _ _ _ _ rhe homework.

A ' Have,vou heard (you / hear) of John le Carré?

B Ves, 12 (read) some of his books.

A Really? Which books 3 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (you / read)

B 14 (read) The Constant Gardener

recently. It was great!

A ' _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (you / see) the movie?

3 PRONUNCIATION sentence stress bRead rhe anide again and choo se a, b, or c.

a Listen and underline che srressed words. 1 Jodi Picoulris ...
a a lawyer.
A Have you read The Millennium Trilogy? b a writer.
B No, I haven't. c a doctor.
A Have you seen the movies?
B Ves, I have. I've seen aHof them. 2 Anna's parents had Anna because...
a they \Va nred anorher child.

b Listen again and repear the sentences. b they wanred to save their daughter.
Copy the ffi;'thm. e rhey \Va nted anorher girl.
3 ...dies ar rh e end ofrhe book.

4 READING a The healrhy sister
b The sisrer who was sick

a Read che anide abour a movie adaptarion of a book. c The brorher
Did fans prefer rh eending in [he boo k or che movie? 4 ... dies at rhe end ofrhe movie.

a The healrhy sister

My Sister's b The sisrer who was sick
Keeper e The brother
5 ... of rhe people \Vho vored didn'r rhink rhe ending \Vas imporranr.
Fans of American author Jodi a 77%
Picoult who have read her novel b 13%
My Sister's Keeper get a big surprise
e 10%
when they see the movie. This is
beca use the movie has a completely 5 LlSTENING
different ending from the book.
a Listen ro a radio programo Who \Vrore the
The novel tells the story of 13-year-old r\Vo books? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __

___.,.-.:_:'1 Anna Fitzgerald who was born to save b S!!oIllm Listen aga in. Write T (true) or F (false).
the life of her older sister, Kate, who
1 Great Expectatiolls was made in 1956.
is very sick. Kate has cancer and Anna goes to hospital 2 The mov ie cr itic is goin g ro talk about t\Vo movies. E.
3 G reat Expectatiolls is a black and \Vhite movie.
many times to give her sister blood and other things to 4 The main characrer in Great Expectations is a girl.
5 The movie is more fri ghtening than rhe book.
keep Kate alive. However, when Anna is 13, she finds out

that Kate needs one of her kidneys, and she decides that

she doesn't want to give it to her. Anna goes to find a

lawyer to help her fight her case in court.

At the end of the book, Anna wins her case so that in 6 The hosr ha s read rhe book The EUBlish Patient.
the future she can make her own decisions about her 7 The aurhar ofThe EnBlish Patient isn't American.
body. Unfortunately, the same day as she wins the 8 The main characrer in Tite EUBlish Patient had a car crash.
case, she is in her lawyer's car when they have a serious 9 The critic says rhar rhe best thing about th e movie is the
accidento Anna is brain -dead after the crash, and the
lawye r gives the doctors permission to use Anna's love srory.
kidney. So in the end, Anna dies and Kate lives. 10 Borh rhe book and rhe movie have \Von imporrant pri zes.

At the end of the movie, befor e th ey know the result USEFUL WORDS ANO PHRASES
of the court case, Kate and Anna's brother, Jesse,
tells the family that Kate doesn't want to hav e any Learn these words and phrases.
more operations. Kate dies and th en Anna's lawyer
visit s the house to tell Anna she ha s won the case. blood Ib lAdl
So, in the movie Kat e dies and Anna lives. appear !;)'Plrl
ar leasr !;)t 'Iist!
A website asked th e people who fall .slee p Ifol a'slipl
have read the book and seen the movie Howabour ... ? !' hao ;)baot!
to vote on the two different endings. order pi zza /'::lfd;)f 'pits;)!
77% said that they hated the new
ending while 13% said they preferr ed
it to th e ending in the book. Ten percent
said that they enjoyed both th e book
and the movie and that th e ending
made no difference to th em.

Iwant to go somewhere I have neve r been, and I'd like to go there with you.
From The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, British writer

1 GRAMMAR present perfect or simple past? 3 VOCABULARV more irregular
past participles
a Co mpl ete th e dialogu es w ith the correct form of the verbs
in parentheses. a Wrire the simple pasr forms and pasr
parriciples of rhese irregul ar verhs in
1 A ---.l::fay~y-09_b_e_elL (you / be) on vacation recently? rhe charro

B Yes, we have. We {gol to the beach in Ju ly.

2 A When (your brother / buy) his motorcyle? Infinitive Simple past Past participte
1 buy bOl/ght bOl/gllt
B Last week. My parents (pay) for it. 2 drink
3 fin d
3A (you I meet) your sister's new roommate? 4 give
B Yes, I (meet) her at a party last month. 5 have
6 hear
4A (you I be) to New York? 7 know
{gol there last year. 8 tose
B Yes, I 9 make

5A (your parents I ever I give) you an expensive present? la meet
B Yes, I (get) a car for my last birthday.
11 pay
6 A Why (he I send) his wife some flowers yesterday? 12 send
B Because he (forget) their anniversary. 13 spend
14 think
b Compl ete th e se ntences with gone or been. 15 wi n

1 Has C iare -Bolle horne? She isn't at her desk.

2 Have you ever to Disneylan d?

3 My sister ¡sn't here becau se she's for a walk.

4 My neighb ors are away because they've on vacarion .

5 You look rano Have you to rhe beach?

6 Ir's lare so rhe children have to bed.

7 The refrigeraror is fu11 becau se we've s ho ppin g.

8 Have yOl! ever to ao Indian resraurant? b Co mpl ete the senrences wit h pasr
paniciples from th e chan in a.
9 My besr friend has neve r abroad.

10 Jane's parents are out. They've ____ to rhe supermarker. ¡'m going to be late. ¡'ve tost rhe car
keys.

2 PRONUNCIATION irregular past participles 2 Have you ever long hair?

3 Debbie and Fernando have a
new hotl se.
a ©rc1$) th e word wirh a differenr vowel sound.

1 23 m4 5 6 4 Kenji ca n't go our because he's _ _ __
up trai n
i c:=:D ph one all hi s mon ey.
saw egg bro ken
f ish known 5 My parent s have never of
tost Ma roon 5.
sp oken
g iven walk come t aken 6 You 've ____ a lar of mi stakes.
wr it t e n caU done made
seen ball left drunk rea d 7 She's sorne mon ey in the street.
dr iven la s t heard gol paid
said 8 He's a lar of water roday
sent
because it's so hor.

b (I!¡t!l:!D Lisre n and check. Then listen and repear rh e words.

4 REAOING b Read the ema il aga in. W here did Jessica ... ?

a Read the emai l. Check U) rhe places Jessica has been too 1 see dancers
2 visir a museu m
_______ Arizona 3 have a relaxing time
______ California 4 take a long wa lk
_ _ _ _ _ _ Colorado 5 see ani mals
_______ New Mex ico
______ Oklahoma 5 LlSTENING
______ Texas
a ".t4d'» Listen ro fou r speakers talki ng about
From: Jessica
To: Brianna differenr places they have been too W here did

Subject: Hi from the us Soulhwest! rhey go? When?

Dear Brianna, W here? W hen?
Thanks for your email telling me all the news from home. I' m Speaker 1
glad everyone is well and that you're not missing me too much! Speaker 2
We're more than half way through our trip around the US Speaker 3
Southwest, and we're having a great time. We've stayed in Speaker 4

four states so far, and now we're in Colorado. We spent three b ,!.t44m Listen agai n. W ho ... ?

days in San Diego, California where we walked on the 3-mile 1 did an ext reme sport Speaker O
2 was in a da ngerou s siruacion Speaker O
long Mission Beach BoardwaJk along the ccean. From San 3 raok pa re in a local ce lebra tion Speaker O
4 wasn'r on vacar ion Speaker O
Diego, we drove to Las Vegas, Nevada where we spent two
USEFUL WOROS ANO PHRASES
days seeing the sights. We even saw a show by Cirque du
Learn these words and phrases.
Soleil-an amazing live music, dancing, and circus show-in
one of Las Vegas's many theaters. Our next stop was Phoenix, recently /'risntlil
Arizona, which we found too hot - it was over 100 degrees romantic Irou'm,entlkl
Fahrenheit during the day. The best part of our visit was the Let's forget ir. /lEts fdr'gEt ¡tI
Musicallnstrument Museum, which has musical instruments TV series Iti 'vi slrizl
from all over the world . From Phoenix we drove to Santa Fe, win (a cup or medal) /wml
New Mexico, where we decided to relax and enjoya spa.
The weather was hot in Santa Fe, but not as hot as Phoenix!
We wanted to stay longer, but it was time for us to drive to
Colorado. And now here we are in Denver. Denver is a beautiful
place with a lot of tall, modern buidlings. We've been to the
Denver Zoo today, but unfortunately, it rained-just our luck.
We have one more day in Denver, and then we're going to
drive to Tulsa. We haven't been to Oklahoma or Texas yet ,
so we're looking forward to the last part of our trip.
1'11 write again when we get to Austin . Until t hen, take care
and give my love to Mom and Dad.
Love,
Joanna

One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,
One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.

From The Fellowship of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien, British author

1 GRAMMAR revlew 9 _____ you ever a famous perso n? (meet)

a Corren the mistakes in the second senrence. 10 Last night my hu sband dinner. (cook)
Those are her children. They is very young.
Tite) are veryyo/1ug 11 [rhink ir tonight. (rain)
12 \Vhar rime you usually _ _ _ _ ro bed
2 Jim ¡ives in rhe city celUer. Your apartmenr is big.
on rhe weekend? (go)
3 1went shop ping yesterday. 1bought a shirt new.
13 My brother _____ soccer right now. (play)
4 That's Sophie. She's rhe sister ofRyan.
14 We ro work yesterday. (not wa lk)

15 \Vhar your daughter today? (do)

16 I_____ never that book, but I'd like to.

(read)

5 We love [h e summer. We go on vacation on August. 2 VOCABULARY review: word groups

6 Tanya is goin g ro lose her jobo S he always is late. a @ theword that is different.
7 I don't like kara oke. I can't ro sing.
8 My brother is late. l'm waiting foc he. Ca nada ~pa ne-SV Turkey C hina
9 \Ve're doing (he housework. We don'r mind clean.
10 Our ya rd is sma l!. There aren't sorne plants. 2 [ran Vietnam Asia Mexico
ti The hotel \Vas fui!. There \Vas a lor of guests.
12 They're very hea lthy. They do n't eat many sugar. 3 taH expe n siv e dark slim
13 I'm 21. l'm more olderthan you.
14 Idon't like crocodiles. They're rhe more dangerous animals. 4 lawyer teacher shower waiter
15 Hannah [ikes lan guages. She speaks Chi nese good.
16 My sister has a good jobo She's engineer. 5 aunt daughrer nlece brother

6 spr1l1g d oudy snowy windy

7 fireplace cupboard sofa kitchen

8 O1l1shroom strawberries omon peas

9 ph ar macy department store bridge shoppin g maU

b Continue rhe se ries.

b Look at the time expressions and complete the sentences 1 one, two, three, fOll r
with the correct form oE the verbs. Use the simpl e presenr, 2 ren , twenty, ________

present conrinuous, simple past, presenr perEect, or 3 Monday, Tuesday, _ _ _ _ _ __
be {Joill{J too 4 first,second , ________

S morning, afternoon , ________
6 once, rwice, ________
7 summ er, fall, _ _ _ _ _ __
8 ¡une, ¡uly, _ _ _ _ _ __
9 second , minute, ________
10 day, week, ________

e Co mplete the phrases \Virh ve rbs.

I listen to 1TI11sic 6 t _ _ _ photos
2 d____ homework
1 We never have pizza for dinn er. (have) 3 s helio 7 h a nQ1 se
4 r a shower
2 Caitlin _____ the dog for a walk twice a day. (take) S g shopping 8 g dressed

3 ____ you _ _ _ _ yourfriend s lastweekend? (see) 9 h two children

4 They _ _ _ _ tomorrow because Jack is sick. (not come) 10 u a computer

5 you ever ro Sourh America? (be)

6 your son ro drive next year? (Iearn)

7 We _ _ _ _ meat every day. (noteat)

8 We _____ a movie next Saturday. (see)

3 PRONUNCIATION revlew: 4 READING
sounds
Read the anide and answer rhe questions.
a ~the word with a differem sound.

i 1 rich dirty big

cpfish
2 bread peas meat

tree 3 safe black f at T HE MOVIE$ in The Lord of the Rings trilogy have had a big impact on
New Zealand. The country has become "Middle Earth" to many of the
~ people who have seen the movies. This comes as no surprise to the
cat movie director Peter Jackson, who is in fact a New Zealander. He chose
his home country because he knew that the vari ety of different landscapes
~ 4 dark day far made New Zealand the best place to shoot the movies.

car Jackson and his team looked over the whole cou ntry for the most beautiful
and most appropriate areas. The rolling hills of Matamata became Hobbiton,
'M' . 5 money model doctor the village w here Silbo Saggins lives, and the volcanic region of Mount
Ruapehu transformed into the fiery Mount Doom, where Sauron first
d ock made the Ring. In total , the team used 150 different locations all over
New Zealand , and they spent 274 days filming.
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Thirty of the locations Jackson used are national parks or conservation
saw sites, so he needed to get special permission to film here. In some cases,
a special team dug up the protected plants and took them to special
~ }o 7 cook f oad good nurseries, where they lived until filming finished. Then the team took them
bul! back to the park and replanted them again. In Queenstown, Jackson used
enormous red rugs to protect the plants in the battle scenes because there
¿ r 8 who do go were up to 1,100 people on set every day.

boot 9 tired th irsty nurse The Lord of the Rings movies have been so popular that the tourist industry
in New Zealand has grown dramatically. Today, tour companies offer
~'" a wide range of tours to different locations of the movie,
including Hobbiton, Mount Ooom , and Edoras.

b ird 1 \Vho direcred Tite Lord ofthe RillBs mov ies?
2 Where is rhe direccor from?
j 10 eat healthy breakfast 3 Why did he choose New Zealand?
4 W hich area did rhey use co creare Mounr Doom?
egg 5 How many different loc<lrions did they use in tota l?
6 Whar was rhe problem wirh sorne oft he locarions?
"'<;;, 7 How did [h ey solve the problem?
8 \Vhich locations from rhe mov ies ca n courisrs visi r roday?
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Sophic T han!.; you! 4 B I' m nOI hungry.
2 A»)) A \V il)' no[?
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Speaker I My hag is ve ry import<t 1ll 1O me A Rc lax! [I'S ,he weekend. Le l's go for:t long
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T hu rsd ay iswit h Kalc. and it 's in room five. filc s and a peno Um, I hal'c my cd l pho ne. O Crear.
Studcnt O K, so Thllrsday is in room ¡lIree. my wallcl, a nd my ke)'s in m)' pocke t, and I A Finis h your salad and we can go.
ami Tuesday in roo m fi\'c? sOlllclimes have a newspaper in my bago B OK . Lc l·s pay [he bill.
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and Thu rsday in room ft vc. Speaker 2 \Vd l. in my bag I hal'e, uh , m)' books 5 A I"rn ¡ired .
3 fo r ¡he day, um, some pens and pe nc ils 10 wrile B 1know. II 'S ver y late.
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BariSta T hat's five doll ars and [wenl )' CCnt s, hal'e my iPOO and my head pho nes 100, so 1ca n B Al 11 : 15 p.m. Thal's anot her hou r 10 w<lil.
picase . Tha nk )'Oll. liSien 10 musie. A An hour!
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Ba ris ta Havc a niee day! Speaker 3 \Vhal's in my bag? \Vd 1. yeah, I wake us up.
hal'C 111)' s un g lasses a nd my camcra. And 1
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have a g uidcbook wirh a map. Oh, a nd 1 hal'e
A Are yo u Russian? a S panis h-English dicrionar)', 100, 10 hclp me Hannah Ilike Ihe parks in Brilain . especiall)'
B No. I'm Turkish. l'm fro rn Is tan bul. une!crs, and , 11Cpeoplc. Hyde Park in Lo ndo n. Thc parks are clea n ami
2 A Whc rc are r o u from ? Speake r 4 1have a di fferent bag ever}' day, some are rea ll}' big, and il 'sgreal lO go fOT a
O \Ve're American. \Vc're frOrll C alifornia . some l imes il 's red ,someri mes i¡'s while, il wal k :tnd seeso m:tny Irees and p!:tm s in [he
depends. BUI 1a lwa)'s havc ¡he same Ihings: some m idd leof a dl Y. There is a lw:tys somelhing
\Ve're on vaca rion in 5 0111 h t\ merica. lissucs, um , lhe ke)'s lO my desk. uh, my wallel of in leres¡i ng 10 see o r do, 100. Some l imes ¡he rc
3 A W hc rc's he from? ls he S pan is h? cou rse, andouh. sometimes a magazine 10 rcad. are fes l ivals whcre yo u can hear musie o r
walc h a 11101' 1e. 13m 1can a lso rclax, <t nd read a
B No, he ¡s n'!. !-Ie's from Mcxico. He's (ro m ;Y B»)) newspapcr o n a Sunday morning.

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4 A M 111111111 , d cliciou s. 15 jI Frcllc h ? ,h in k, bUt hc's s[il Ive ry arl ract ive. He has s hon Lina In Bri¡ain, 1¡hink Illal people are ve r)'
B No, j¡ ¡s n'!. I¡'s l! alian . brown hair and brown eyes.l-le·s an aClOr. frie ndly and 1>olile. Al wo rk, it's rela xed , and
2 She's yo ungand she is n't ve r)' (al l. She's nly colleag ues alwa}'s help me when 1ha\'c a
1 C»)) usua ll)' slim , bUl i[ depe nds. He r ha ir is really q uesl ion o r a proble m . 1a lso really like Ihe
hrow n, but i¡'s blo nd in her musicl' ideos. S he's bu ild ings in Britain : Ihe old buildings are ve ry
R '" Rcccptionisl. E ", Erik America n and she's a s inger. beaUiiful.
R Good morning. Can I help you?
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R OK.\V hat 'syournamc? of peop lc and [here's a 101 of rraffie, es pecial ly
E Erik. He h¡¡ssho n dark hair ¡¡nd d¡¡rk eyes. He's in London . II's diffie u It 10 relax.
R Is tha! Eric \Vit h a C? Ame ric¡¡n and Ilhink he 's 70 ye¡¡rs o ld.
E No, ¡¡ 'S w ith a K. E-R·l -K . 4 S hc's abo lll 54 or 55 now ane! s hc's vc ry la ll ane! Ju Jian"a \V ll al I reall}' like abo ut Brilai n is Ihal
R OK. And how do you spel l yOllr laSI name? s ii111 . S hc has blond hai r, some[imes long an d
E T· A-Y-L-Q-R so mel imes short, a nd g recn eyes. S hc's :t Br il ish ¡t'S real l)' easy 10 meel people fro m all o l'er Ihe
R Can you repeal thal picase? aCI rcss a nd shc's in some of Ihc H arry POllcr world. It 's very imernalio nal, a nd [Ihin k [hal
E Yes, o f cou rse. Sorry. l ....A-Y-L-O -R. m o \' ies. mOSI peo ple are fr¡endl y 10 peo ple from 0 1hc r
R Than ks. Ol\! jusI a fe\\' <llIeSIions. M r. Tar lor. 5 He's a Bril ish singer :tncl mus ician. Hc's about 62 count ries. 1a lso re al l}' like eal ing foOO fTOrll
o r 6 3 now. llhink.l-le's rca llyslim . He h¡¡ssho n di ffc relll pans ofIhe world - in Bril.ai n you c an
\V hcrc arc you (rom ? blo nd ha ir, and blue e)'es. He is :tlso <I n aelo r. rry food from e ve ry eounrry!
E 1'111 [rom Flo rida in Ihe Uni ted S. at es. II hin k il 's diffieu It [O make friends in Brilain .
R Whc rc in Flo rida? 2 C»)) Pcople like [O help and are ver)' poli[e, bUl i[ ca n
E Miami. take a lo ng l ime [Obecome friend s wi,h Ihi[i sh
R Miami. OK. And what's rour add rcss? A I'm borecl. peoplc.
E h 's ISAtk insonRoad. B Mc, tOo.
R What 's yOllr z ip codc ? A I know! Lel's walch a O VO. 3 B»))
E SOf T)'? B Cood idea.
R Thezip code. You know, a numbcr? A \Ve c an w:tlch Ihe new l3atma n mo vie. H '" HOSI, J= James. M = Ma ria, F", Fra n!;;
E Ah. ycs. h 's 33156. B OK .
R 33 156.G rcat. W ha,'s}'ourcmailaddrcss? A Turn onlhcTV. OK , now ..where's lhc mOl'ie? H Goode"eningand we1co melo W/¡at'sYour Job?
E 1¡'serikla)'lo r@ mail.com . 2 A I"m hu ng r)'. And o ur leam lonighl is M:tria. who's a law}'cr...
R And whal's)'our phone number? B Are you?
E My phonenum ber in Miamiis305- l ha¡'s ¡he A Yes, I amo Is Ihe reSlaurant o pen ? M Good e \'e ning.
B No. II is n'¡ . I,'s onl)' five o'clock. H ... am\ Frank, who's an aClOr.
code fo r Florida - 555 -5692 . A Oh. F G 000 el'e n ing.
R 305-555-5692. B Lel'sea ll reeeplion. \Ve can ask fo r some H Andourftrsl gues[[onighlis ..

S:tnd wic hes. J Ja mes.
A Creal idea! Cil'c me Ihe phone.

H Helio, James. OK team , you have o ne minute ro A Arerhosegi rls inyourfamily? H \Vh<lt "bout breakfasrr How ofren do yo u have
breakfasr?
ask James questions abom his job, starting now, J No, Ihey aren'r.They're friends from college.
R 1don't have time because I always gel up late,
Let's have you r first ques tion, A Who's the blond o ne? so... 1har(l1y ever have breakfast.

M James, do you make rhi ngs? J Thar's Rosie. \Ve live in rhe same aparrmenr. H OK , and how ofren do you exercise?
R Oh, I do a 1m ofexercise. I play soccer four
J No. No, 1don'e A \Vho'stheboy?
timesaweek.
F James, doyou have a eollege degree? J He's Ros ie'sboyfriend .1 don'l like him very H Cood. Thar's bener. And how man)' ho urs do

J Yeso1do. much , bUI she doesn't see him o ften. you usually sleep?
A Are rhere any more? R I'm nOI su re.1 go ro bed lale because I'm on my
M Do you speak any foreign languages?
J Yeso Look at rhis onc. computer, so Iguess Isleep for aboul six hours.
J No, 1don'r necd any forc ign languages. H OK. Than kyou, Robbie. And now il 's rime \O
A You lookgreal! And who'slhat sittingnext toyou?
F Ooyouwearau niform? J /-le's my boyfrie nd, Pete. It 's Ihe office pany see what the (Ioctor rhinks. Dr. Atk ins, \Vho's
healthy? Marge? Robbie? Or both ofthem?
J \Vell, il's not really a IIniform, bUl 1wear a from last year. D \Vell , Marge alwa)'s has breakfast and she never
A He's good-Iooking. Does he work wirh you? eats fas l foad. She often exercises and she gels a
whilecoat,yes. 101 of s!cep. So, Marge, you're righ\. You're ve ry
J \Vell, son of. ,. He's Ihe manager! heahhy!
M Ooyou trave1? H And whar aboUl Robbie?
Bl)) O \Vell , Robbieexercises four times a week,
J Uh, Idon't go 10 different cOllntries. bllt Idrive but he often eats fast food and he never has
1" Interviewer, M " Mark breakfasl. He does n'l sleep enough eit her. So
10 people's houses somel imes. I \Vhal do you do, Mark? Robb ie, ),ou're wrong. You aren 'r very healrh)'.
M I'm a raxi dr ive r. H So, rhereyou have ireveryone. A heahhy mom
F Do )'ou carn a lotof mo ney? 1 Doyou work al night or during Ihe day? and an unhealthy son! And that's a ll we have
M I work at night. time for tOda)'. Join us aga in tO morro w at the
J Do I earn a lor of mone)'? Wel l, 1rhink rhe I \Vhal lime do you stan wo rk? same rime fOf W/zo's henll/¡),?
M Al abourseve n o'dock in rhe evening. [SIOp
mone)' is ver)' good. yeso 5 A l))
for a break at abo ut IWO o'd ock and r have
H You on Iy have lime for one more ljuestion, reamo something ro eal. 1 A Let's go ro the swimming pool on rhe weekend.
\Vhar do )'ou have? B OK. Can we go o n Sarurday? I'm bus)' on
M Ooyou wor k wirh o rher people? M A hamburge r or a pina <lnd a soda. I'm really Sunday.
hungry ar rhat t ime. A Yes, but I al ways play tennis in the morning.
J \Vell, J work wilh one other person, bllt my job \Vhalljme do you finish work, Mark? Let 's go in the afternoon.
Migo home at abour six o'dock in the morni ng B OK. 5ee you rhere.
isn't rea lly abour people .. and I go 10 bed immed iatcly. I s leep fOf abour
eigh t hoursand the n Iget up and have breakfast. 2 A I want 10 have lunch in this restaurant. Can I
H T imc is up. OK, Icam. So, wh,lr's Jamcs's job? \Vhal do you do in Ihe afternoon? park here?
Migo 10 thegym for an hour or so, and then I take
ª,Cl)) a shower. After Ihat, I walc h TV o r check my B No, s ir, you can't.
emai lsuntill havedinner. A \Vhat about outside the movie theater?
J" Jessica, M " Max \Vhal lime is t hat? B No pa rking spaces Ihere. A 101of people
J Hi.ArcyouMax? M At six o'dock. Then I ger into my car and srart
work agaill. leave rheir cars outside 1he hospiral. You can
M Yeso Are you Jessica? Do you like your job? pa rk rhere.
M Yes, I I0ve ie A Thanks.
J Yes, 1am. 1 Than k youforyourrime, Mark. 3 A Can you help me wirh my homework?
M You're welcome. B Nor no\\', sorry.
M Nice ro meetyou. Wel l, let's go in and sirdown A Can)'ouhclpmeafrer lunch?
4 Cl)) B No. I'm bus)'.
Do )'ou like sush i? A \\fhen can yOll help me?
H " HOSI , M" Marge, B Afte r di nner. Idon 't have any plans tOnighr.
J Yeso Ilove Japanese foad. It's m)' favorite. R " Robbie, D " De Atkins 4 A Lel'sw ritea postcardroChris. Doyouhave
H Hel io, ami welcome LO W/ro's /-Iea/tIIY?Today we a pen?
M Good. So, Jessica, wha l do )'011 do? B Yeso Here you are.
havc Marge \Vibon and her son, Robbie, w irh A \Vhal abom aSlamp?
J I'm aflighranendant. uso Marge, do youlhink yo u're healrhy? B \Vecanbuyastampinlhestore.
M Um,yes.llhinkso. A OK. Do you know her address?
M Reall)'? Thar's incredible? H And whar aboUl )'Oll, Robb ie? Are you heal thy? B No. Doyou?
R Ofcoursel A No, I do n'!!
J \Vhy? H \Vell, I'm going 10 ask you some q uestions and 5 A OK.Let's goin,
we' re going to find Out Wlzo's healthy? Firsl of B Sorr)'. \Vecan't.
M 13ecallse I'm a pi lot! a ll. Marge. How o ld are you, Marge? A \Vhy nOI? Is your boss here?
M l'm48. B No, r can't hearhim. But il isn't tha t. lt'slhe
J Oh! Yo u're righr. Thar is incredible! Which H OK. So, howoftendoyouea t fast food. Marge? door!
M Never.1 don'tlike jI. A Oh, now [undersrand. You can't o pen it.
airline do you work for? H OK. And how oflen doyou have breakfast? B No! 1don'r know whe re my keys are!
M I alwa)'s have breakfasl. I have acup of lea and
M United . And yOIl? so mecereal. 5 Bl))
H Good. And how often do you doexercise?
J Jet Blue.l love my jobo M I goro rhegymrhreerimes a week. Spea ke r 1 T hcy borh work. so it srarts when
H OK, and how many hoursdo you usually sleep? 1hey !cave home in rhe Illorn ing. I don'l know
M Me too. \Vhar do you do o n rhe wcekends, Jessica? M \Vell, I ger up eady, a nd I alwaysgo ro bed earl)', how many Ihey have - three, four, (¡ve - bUl
lOO. I us ually sleep for about eight hours. they make a terr ible noise. They take the m out
J I meet my friends. \Ve go 10 t he movies or to a H Thar's grear, Marge. And now ir's Robb ie's fOf a wal k in rheeven ing, so it's nice a nd q uier
tur noRobbie, ho\\' old are you? then, but the)' sometimes go out at nighl and
restaurant. How abouryou? R Twenry. the noise Sla rt s again. Ido n't know wh y people
H And how often do you cat fast food? have animals when rhey're never al home.
M I like the movies, too. \Vhal kind of movies do R \Vell.l love pizza a nd hamburgers, and I
someti mes have Fre nch fr ies, so yeah, l eal fas l
you like? lood abo m five times a week.

J I like comedies more than anything.

M Me tOo. \Vho's your favorite actOr?

J Jo hnny Oepp.l love him!

M Yeso he's good, isn'l he? Do you live near the

movie Iheater?

J Yes, there's a movie theater near my house.

M \Vhen do you go there?

J Igo on Saturday even ings.

M Let's go together next Saturday.

J OK.\Vhardo)'ouwanttOsee?

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A" Angie, J'" Jessie

A \Vho'sl hal'

J Thal's my nephew.

A Is Ihat )'ollr sisl'er's son or your brot her's son?

J My brorher's.

A Howold isyour nep hew? He looksyoung,

J He's 13. The pholO is from his binhday last week.

A Ler's see Ihe nexrone.ls rhat yOll r fa m ily, tOo?

J Yes, ir is. Thar's my s isler.

A \vow! She's really ta lL

J Yes, she plays basketball. She's very good.

A Thar's a heau riful beach. \Vhere is ir?

J Ir'sa bcach in Cal ifor nia -I can'r rcmember rhe

name. I love it there!

A Is Ih is California, too?

J No, it isn't. 1I's a music fest ival in Canada.

Speaker 2 h 's really bad. Theydo irevery Friday B O K. \Vair a min ute. [ need a pen. OK. \V h,u's 3 A How (lo yo u usually listen 10 music, \Ve ndy?
and Sarurday nighl. T he lTI us ic srarts al abom your nUlTI ber? B \Vel l, [ don't listen 10 Ihe radio, Ihar's one
eighl o'dock and Ihe n we hea r Ihe cars. T hey Ih ing for sure. I wa nt to hear music, nOI the
park outside my house and soon rhe SHeel is H It's 606-555-4923. voices of rhe annou ncers.
fu ll o f cars. T he problem is rhar rhey don' r sray B Thar's 606-555 -4923 . A \Vhar aboul C Ds?
in Ihe house - rhey go our in rhe ya rd ro da nce, H Yes, rhar's ri ghr. B Wel l, [ have a lor of I hosc, but rhey're in a
too. T hey don't leave unl il about six in Ihe B \Vair a minute, Holly. Don'r go, I lhink Em ily is box in Ihe garage some\\'here. 1usuall)' listen
morn ing. so we don'r sleep all nighr. ro music on m)' lapro p.1 have a good Internet
openi ng the door. Emily? Il 's fo r you. connecrion ar home and ar wor k, and [ ca n
Spea ker 3 They're reall)' n ice people, actua ll)'. E \V har?O h, lhephone. Hel lo? lis ten \O what I wa n!.
H Hi , Em ily. [r·s Holly.
He's a lawyer and she'sa doctor. T he problem 4 A Do)'ou want logo loaconcen wilh me nexl
is whallhey do in Iheir free lime. "fhey bot h E O h, hi, Holly. Ho\\' are you? momh ?
finish wo rk earl)', so they're ho me b), fi ve o'd ock. H I'm fine. liSien. My bag's in yo ur car.
\Veca n'r watch T V or listen roour ow n music E Is il? B OK . \Vho's play ing? I ho pe ir isn'l Juslin
beca use we can'l hear it .T hey play Ihe piano H Yeso A nd 111y keys are in l he bag, and I can't Bieber. You know Idon't like hi m .
and violin a11 even ing. h 's so noisy!
Spea ker 4 I'm so rired righr now. Eve ry rime [go open the doo r of my apa rt me nt. My cell A No, do n'l worry. T hissinger is nOlhing like
ro slcep, he srans ... [ know my neighbors love phone's in my bag too, so I'm call ing from lhe him . A n)'way, ir 'sa woma n.
their son, and he's only thrce monlhs old, bUlI aparrment nex rdoor. Can you give me my bag?
wish he wo uld n'r wa ke up all rhe rime. [ thought E O h, rig hr. Yeso Yes, of course. B Rih anna! G read ['d [ove 10 come.
babiesslt:ep and eal a[[ the rime. He's changed my H Lel's meel in Ihecare near my house. A No, sor ry, it isn'l Ri hanna. ll's Beyoncé.
neighbors' lives, and he'schanged mi ne, lOO! B Oh . Righr. Beyoncé . O K. How much are rhe
E OK.
5 Cl)) ridets?
H T hank s, Emi ly. S A What do you thi nk oft his song, John ?
Tour 1: Butchart G arde n s E No problem.Seeyoui nami nut e.
T hese gardens \Ve re plallled in 1904 by Jen nie H Bye . B [ do n'l kno\\'. [I 'S ve ry differem from he r
Burcharr. \Va lk a rou n(1 rhe ga rde ns o r ta ke a ],oar orhe r songs.
ride ro see rhe beauriful flowers. You can also 6 Bl))
[isren ro bands pl ay many d iffcrent rypcs of music. A [ Iove id [r's really new and origi nal.
T o u r 2: Em ily Carr Housc Speaker 1 My favo rite day oflhe rear is New B Yes, bUl it's slo\V, and il isn't easy ro dance too
T his is rhe ho me offa mous C anad ian w rirer and Yea r's Day.1 a lways feel posiri ve when [ wake A So )'ou do n'l like il?
arrist, Em ily Car ro Take a (Our ofrhe house and up, and [ love srayi ng in bed for an hou r or so, B No, ir's OK. Bur I prefe r her other songs.
see Em ily's pai 111 ings and 01 her bea ut ifu 1wo rk s rhinking abom my plans for rhe next yea r. I [i ke
of art. Listen to slOries abo m the an ist's li fe in the know ing Ihal l ca n fo rgel lhe disaslers of lhe 7 Al))
late 1800's. yea r before and jusr srarr again .
Tour 3: Beacon H ill Park H = Hosl,T = Tom
The park is the biggesl in Victo ria.lt's a ve ry nice Speaker 2 I lol"e wak ing up on rhe fir srday of H Helio, and welco me to what is a very special
place lO visit wilh your fami ly. lt hasa zoo where my su m mer vacalion . ll's wo nde rful going
ch ild ren ca n tOuch anim als and a lorof places tO somewhere new and yo u do n't know an)' lh ing show, because we're going ro find out rhe
play sports Iike len nis and socce r. aboul il . [ don't like packing, rhough, so I always result s ofour 1'011 . Tom Brewer fro m rhe
To ur4: T he Victoria Bug Z oo gel my bags read)' rhe nighr before. T hen I can Discovery Channel is here to lel l us \\' ho the
T his zoo onl y has rwo rooms.lr's slTIa ll because ir enjoyeve ry second of my trip . greatesr American of all rime is. Hel io, Tom.
on ly has in sects! \Valk arou nd w irh a tour guide T H i, rhere.
and see how ve ry sma ll inscc ts li ke an ts live! Speaker 3 My binhday is in the fal l, wh ich is H So, let's [ook al IheTop 5,Tom.
Tour 5: The University ofViclQria probably why I love lh is season. I rry ro go 10 a T All righl. Wdl , number 5 on rhe lisr is, in fac r,
The u nive rsiry was bui h in 1902 . Famoussrudenrs pa rk or Ihe count ryside alleasl once a wcek in Ben Frank li n.
ind ude arti srs and poi iricians. The [ibrary has over Ihe fall 10 sce Ihe beautifu lcolors ofthe Irees. But H OK . I'm nor surprised .
2 m ili ion books. I hate irwhen ir rai nsand rhe leaves gerwel and T ['m noreither. D id )'ou know lhar he was
To ur6: Ha lley Casrle slip pery! rhe ow ner of a newspaper, T/!e PennsyJ,'w!ia
Thiscastle is a beautiful old building wir h an Gazette, ar rhe age of22? O r rhal he wasa n
interesl ing history. T he castle is now pa n ofa S p eaker 4 I hate being inside in the winter. expen swimmer?
college. [1's also famo us because il's Professor especiall)' when ir gers da rk ar fou r o'doc k, so H No, [d id n'( kno\\' Ihal! Ve ry inre resli ng! BUI
Xavier'sschool in l he X-Me/! movies. l"m a lways wa iring fo r spring ro come. l love who is nu mber 4?
Tou r 7: T he Empress Hotel secing rhe ncw s pri ng fl owers o n one of rhose T \Vel l, number 4isGeorge Washington .
T his hOlel is !lear the water and has 477 rooms, 4 Iypical spring da)'s. when il 'scold bUl su nny. [ H Ah, yeso ..George Wash ingto n. Tell us
resl au ranl s, and an indoor sw imm ing pool. [1 is love pholOgraph)', and I ofre n gOout and rake somelhing aboUl him .
fa mous for its afternoo n rea service. picrures of n ees and fl owers. T \VeI [, he was bom in Virginia on Febru ar)' 22,
Tour 8: Art Gallery of G reaterVictoria 1732. He was t he firs r pres ide nr of rhe US . He
T his gallery has many pai nt ings and draw ings by 6 Cl)) died in 1779allhe ageof 67.
Canad ian arrisls. [t also has a 1m ofi mport an r ar¡ H OK . \V ho's nex r?
[ikeaC hinesebellfro m 164 1. 1 A \Vha r ki nd of music do yo u [ike, R aul ~ T Nu mber 3 on the lisl is Mart in LUI he r King, Jr.
B [ don 'r know. [ like all ki nds, rea lly. H Yes, he was an anl az ing persono
6 Al)) A \Vel l, do yo u Iike heavy metal? T T hat's r ight . So [et me rel l yo u abo lll h im . He
B O h, no! T hat's 100 lo ud for me. was bor n o n Jan ua ry 15rh, 1929 in Al lama,
H", Ho lly, B = Berh, E = ElTIily A \Vha t abOll t reggae? Georgia . He was fa mous beca use he was o ne
H Helio, Emi ly. h 's Ho lly. B No. Reggae's roo slow. of lhe leaders ofth e US civ il righls moveme nr .
B I1 isn't Emily. !t's Bet h . ['m Emily's sisle r. A \Vell, what !ÍQ you li ke? He was kil led on Apri l4rh, 1968 . He was on ly
H O h. Helio. Um , is Em i[y rhere? B [usually listen 10 roc k, so Ihal's probably my 3 9 ) ' c a rs o l d.
B No, ['m sorr y. She's tak ing lhe dog fo r" wal k. favo rile. H Yes, Ihal was Iragic. So, Number 2?
H O h. \Ve [l. Ca n you give her a message? T Number 2 is Abraham Li nco[ n, the 121h
B Yes, ofcourse. 2 A Do you have a favor ile C D? presidenr of rhe USo
H Can )'ou rell her 111)' bagis in her car and I nced ir? B Yeso Yeso[ do. [ alwa)'s liSIen tO il in thecar. H Rea lly? Tell us aboUl him .
B O h. Yo ur bago O K. Doesshe hal'e your nu mber? A \Vh ich group is ir by? T \Vell , he was born on February 121h in 1809.
H Idon't know. B \VeI [, it 's nm rea [ly by a group. h 'ssungby He was presidem d ur ing the American C ivil
acto rs. \Var, " nd he was ki[lcd on Apri[ 15Th, 1865. He
A O h. [s it from a movie? was n'lvery old when he died, o nly 56.
B Yeso Ir's rhe sou ndr rack from Mamma Mía! I H OK .. .and now for Ihe moment we've been
[ove ir! wairin g fo ro \V ho is rhe g reatesr American of al l
A [sn'l thal aboul AB BA? ri me? Who is ar rhe top of rhe [isr?
B Yesa nd nO...[r 's a musical, w irh rheso ngs
by A BBA, bUl lhe acrors in rhe moviesi ng
them.
A [ see.

T Well, 1'1 1gi"e you adue. II'sa man .. .he was \Ve wem 10 a fast-food rest aurant and had a M No, thereiSlú . My husband aml [don't walch
born on February 61h . 19 11 and died in 2004, hamburgcr. [1 was delicious! After thal , we T V. We prefer lislening 10 music. Now.. .Iet·s go
He wasan ano r and a US president! dro\'e home. upsla irs.
W hallimed id )'ougel ho me?
H 1knew il! !I 's Ronald Reagan! M \Ved idn't get home thal lale. h was Iwoo'clock J There are four bcdrooms upstai rs, is Ihat righl?
T Thal 's righl . Ronald Reagan is the greatesl in the morni ng, more or less. BIII we had agreal
time. That \Vas Ihe important Ihing. M Yeso Four bedrooms and a balh room.
American of all time. Americans "'Oled for B [s lhis the bath room?
Reagan because jobs were goo<l and sa laries Al)) M Yes, il is. l3eca refu[ Wilh Ihe..
were high when he was pres iden!. S Aargh!t!
H 10m Brewer, Ihank you so l1luch for join ing us. H = I-IOSI, O '" Delective
T My pleasure. H Helio and welcome 10 W/w/ Nexr?, Ihe program J I3rad[ey? Hrad[e)'? W here is he?

7 Bl)) Ihal 100ks:1I loday's career opport unit ies. In M Don'l worry. He's in Ihe kitchen.
IheSludio wilh us is DelectÍ\'e ¡eremy Downs
Speaker 1 I had abad Irip one ...acalion when [ from the Metropolilan Po liee. He's here 10 J Whal?
wamed to ...isit my fami ly back home in C hicago. lell liSabout his joband how he gOl it. Hello,
AOOuI twenly m imites afler lea\'i ng the airport, ¡erem)'. M Do)'ou relllember Ihe hale in Iheceilil1g?
there wasa problem wilh ou rplane. We returne<! O Good morlling. I'erer. } Oh , no! Bradley? Bradley? Are )'OUa[ 1righl ?
1"0 the ai rpon again and wailed five hou rs for H So, td[ usowh)'<l id yo u decide 10 join the po[iee?
anot her p[ane. Final [y, [ arri...ed in Chicago O \Vel l, il TiIllS in m)' family, really. My dad was a 8 Cl))
eight hours laterthan [planned . deteclive, and so was his fath er. [ a[ways knew
thal Ihi s wasw hat [ wanted IOdo. Speaker 1 \V hcn I was in Costa R ica, 1slayed in
Speaker 2 \Ve t ried 10 go on ...acalion 10 Torolllo H \V hal did yo u need ro become adeteclive? a bed-and-breakfasl hotel w ith a di fference. II
one )'ear, bUI il was adisasler. \Ve startcd ou r O FirSI. 1gOl acollege degree in criminal jusIice. was in the middlc of lhc jungle and we cou ld $Ce
tri p late and sropped for lunch in al ow n on Ihe Then 1had 10 gel experienceas a regu lar police monkeys :tnd birds fro m our window. As wc [1
W3)'. \Vhen we we reon Ihe road afte r lunch, o ffi cer. So I \\'o rked as a police officer for as an air-eonel il iOlled bedroom, there was a fu [1
our car started making a SIrange noise and 1\\'0 years. Then I took two (ests - ooe 10 test bathroom wit h a warm-warer shower. \Ve had a
finall)', ji stopped allOgel her. T he car ended up m)' knowledge oft he law and one 10 lest m)' smal l refrigerator and a coffeemak er, 100.
io a garage, aod wecalled a laxi tOtake us home ph)'sical fit ness for the jobo
agai n . H Detective, what do)'ou li ke mOSI abotlt )"ou r job? Speaker 2 Ispent the night in an ice hOIe! when
O \Vd!. yotl fed grearwhen you solve a Ill)'Slcry I was in .he no rth of5wedeo. The lemperalure
Spea ker 3 M)' bad rrip happened wheo I was io a nd find a mil rderer. Thal 's the beSI thing about in Ihe rOOI11 was 23°Fand Iheonly furniture was
co[lege. [ wanted 1"0 go home for the weekend, il. A nd also, ['m usuall)' oursideor talk ing tO a bed made of iceand snow. 1slept in a spccial
so [ wason a train. T he trip was ...ery long - people, so 1do n't spend much time in an office. sleeping bagw ith all m)' clOIheson - 1even wore
abollt seven hours - and 1was almOSI home. \Ve I'm ne\'er bored when I'm working. a hal! h wasn't ...er)' eomfortab[e, reall)'. becausc
slOpl>ed al the lasl stalion before mine, bUl then H Andwhaldon'l ),ou likeaboUlil ? Ihete wasn't even a bathroom!
wedidn'l srart again. The train wasbroken. [n Ihe O h'sa \'e ry stressfu[ jobo I'm usually working o n
end. m)' dad picked me up in hiscar. more than onecaseal a rime, andsomeli mes Speaker 3 Io nce sta)'cd in a very art s)' hotel when
it 's di fficult 10 know whal 10 do fi rsl. And goi ng [ was in Her[in . A[ Io fth e rooms in the hOle [ were
Speaker" Ihad abadexperiencew ilh a blls 10 Ihe $Cene of a murder can be lerrible. BUI completel)' diffe rem. [n the midd[e of my roo m
com panyo nce.1 booked a ticket from Ihe Pon aparl from Ihat, I [ove my job and I reeommend there was a dia mond-shapcd be<] and when [ lay
AUlhorit y Bus Terminal in New York Cil)' tO it 10 ;In)'one who likes finding answers and down, I could sce hundredsof pcople who looked
Newark Airport , but therewerea [Ot of pcople so[\, il1 g prob[ems. jusllike me. T here weren'l an)'cu pOOards. so I
at the bussralion when [arri vecl,and it was H Detecl ive Downs, thank )'OUfor joiningus. put my bags under Ihe hed.
im possible 10 ger on Ihe bus. 1n Ihe end, [ tra\·eled
tot hea irpo rt wirh a businessman in a taxi. He 8 Bl)) Speaker4 I wem 10 Fiji wit h my husban<1 afler
diel n'l ask me for any money. wh ich was nice. wegOI married and we slayed in a really special
M = Mrs. Goodi ngs, } = ¡oanoa. B ., Bradley hOlel. A special e!e...alOr tOok us dow n 10 our
Cl)) M Helio. Good morning. I'm Mrs. Goodi ngs. roo m, which was surrounde<] by fish and Olher
} Hi. I'm ¡o..1nna, and , his is Bradle)'. sea al1 ima [s. There was a large, COl11 fortab[e bed
1= Imer\'iewer, M = Melissa B Hi. in Ihe bedrOOl11 and a library and persona l o ffi ce
I Can you lell us aOOut a memorable night , Melissa? M He[[o. Pleasc come in. So .. Iel's starl , OK?This in the li... ing room. \Ve lo\'ed ir Ihere!
M Well.lel me see. T here are a lot oflhcm.
is the kitchen, as you can see. 9 Al))
actually. BUI yes, rhe re was one particu lar nighl S h 'svcrybig.
this )'car Ihat was memorable. M Yeso T here isn't a dining room, so we eat in here. Speaker I My favorite meal is roasl beef.1t sounds
\Vhcn was il ? bo ring really- jusI a pieceof meal. bUl yo u need
M It was February 14th. J Oh look! The wa[[s are big w indows! You can locook il for the righl amount ofl ime. M)' mom
1 Ya [emi ne's Day? cooks il perfeclly al1d she alwa)'s serves it wil h
M Yeso T hat 'swhy I remember thedate. [t was sce Ihe yard - il 's beaurifu[! roasted pOI atOes and a [ot of other vegetables
Va [emine's Day, bUI I didn'l lla...e a boy friend al B Can I ask you a question, M rs. Good ings? Wh)' - peas, carrot s, broccoli. and beans. Then she
the time. [n fae l, [was w¡t h two friends. pours a sauce e:ll lcd grav)' a[1 o"er it . Dclieious!
\V here were )'ou? did wecome in Ihe backdoor?
M 1was in Miami. There wasaconcert Ihat nighl M \Ve always use Ihe backdoor. There isn'l a rug Speaker 2 Indian food is rea[ly po pular tllcse days,
by m)' favorire singer, Drake, so I lra\'cled 10 and I absolulely love il! \Ve're lucky because we
Miamitosceit. in Ihe ki!"Chen so Iherearen', an)' problemsw il h ha\'e a greal Indi an restaurant clown Ihe SIreel.
\Vhe n did you arrive in Miam i? d irt)'shocs. M)' favorite dish is chicken rik ka masala. which
M The night before Ihe eoneert. B O h. Righ!. is chicken in a sauce made w ilh 10ma1OCS, cream,
J So, whal di<1 yo u do before theconcert? antl spices. I a[\Vays orderspcciallndian bread 10
M \Ve had acaffee aran interestingcoffee shop near J \Vhe re'st hewashingmaehine? eat wit h il.
Ihe beach. T hen we triedlO fi nd Ihe concen. \Ve
clidn't know exanly wherethe theaterwas,sowe M II's in th eeoTller over th ere. Speaker 3 You probabl)' Ihink I'm craz)', bUl one of
dro\'e around for a ver)' long lime. ln Iheend, \Ve my favorile mea[s is a hOI dog and Freneh fries. Yeso
gOt Ihere fi\'e m inutes before 1he concen started. J Oh. yeso [sce il . \V hy is there a ho[c in lhe ceil ing? [know it's not very heahhy, bur [on ly have it aOOUl
\Vas Ihe coneert good? rwicea month. [alwaysbuy i, from thesameslreel
M )'es, il \Vas fantaSlie. o rakesang all our M \Vell, upsla irs is Ihe bathroom . The hole is vendor, and if Ihe wealher's nice, Jsit oUlside in the
fa"'o rile songs. and we danced and sa ng for forwhen you take a shower. You take off you r park 10 eat it.1 put a 101 of mUSlard and relish 011 the
abollt IWO hou rs. clol hes and pUllhem down Ihe ho[e. They land hOI dogo Yum!!!
o id yo u go home after t he eoneert? on the floo r next 10 Ihe wash iog machine.
M No, wedidn't go home right aW;Iy. Wed idn ', Speake r 4 My fa"orile food is C hinese foo<l. and
have di 1111er before it started, so we \Ve rc hung ry. J O h. That 's imeresling! I alwa)'sorder thesa me dish - sweel and sour
tOfu and vegelables. Th is is pieces o fl ofu in a
M Yes ... lt wasm)'idea ... ow... this wa)' please .. 1 sauce made ofsugar.lOmaloes, white vi negar,
want to show )'011 Ihe living room. There. \V hal and soy sauce. Thesauce also has pineapple,
do)'outhink? green peppers, and o ni on in it. [a[ wayse;lI il
wilh riec. I ha\'e it:1I Ihe reSTauranl , a ne!
J O h! T here are big w indows here, lOO. [ lo\'e it! sometimes [ get il 10 go :lnd car ir at hom e.

S Mrs. Goodings, is rhere a te [evision?

9 Bl») R Interesling! fe w d ays in a eil y calle<! Guilin . so lnude
M Yes. but il's colder o\'er Ihere. The ave rage comacl wil h a C hineseguy named Leo. Leo
H = Hos!. M = Miriam was Ihe lX'rfeel host: he ga\'e nlC a bed . he
H I-Iello and we1come 10 lhe progra moO UT firsl le mperature in Birmingham in Ihe US is 73" o rganizcd a dinlle r Ihal olher CouchS urfers
Fwhereas in Birmingham in the UK it 's 55° F. came 10, a nd he s howed me around Iheeil)',1
gueslloday is nutrilion iSI Miriam Shepherd . Thal's le n degreescolde r. lovcd il , a nd ['d recomme nd it 10 anyone!
S hc's he rc lO gi\'c ussomc ad vicc aboul hcalthy R So, why a re yo u tclling me all Ihi s a nyway? Speaker 2 My fi rSI Coueh5 urfing experie nce
caling. Mi ri am, whal do we need 10 e,u 10 be M I'm read ing an a rt ide in Ihe newspa pe r, 1t 's did nOI go \\'ell , 1was in BoslOn - in Ihe Slale
hca hh y? abo u! .. m iSlake thal Ihe)' made in Birmi ng harn. of Massac husett s in the US , and [foune! a
M \Vdl , bas ically. \Ve al! !leed a bal.meed diet. T hal's Birminghal11 in Ihe UK, nOI o urs. co llege sl ude nt who agreed [O hosl me. Fi rSI,
H And wha! cxaClly is a balanced die!? R Whal happcned?
M 1, '5 when you carlhc ri gh! amou m offood from M They maclc an adve rtiseme11l fo r Birm ingham he was lale ,1nd Ihell he did n'l SIOp ta lk ing
cach o rlhe fi ve differem food groups. in Ihe UK, blll lhey used Ihe wro ng pholo. T he)'
H C an ro u lel l us mo re abo Ul thoscgroups. pUl a phol'Oof Birmi ngham in the USon Ihe abo Ul him selfal l nighl , In theend , [ sa id I was
Miriam? adve niscme11l instead ofBirmingham in Ihe UK. lired a nd wen\ lobed. Tite nexI morning, [ left
M Yes, ofcourse. Lel's Slarl with carbohyd ra tes. R o! How funny1 Boslo n and 100k t he trai n 10 New Yor k O ly,
Thcse are Ih ings like bread, past a. rice, a nd M Yes, I tho ughl SO,100! where l11y hosl \Vas an olde r wo man , and 1had a
pOI atoes. \Ve need lO cal a 101 o f carbohyd ra[cs mueh hel le r time.
bccause rhey give us energy. 1Í9Al»)
H O K. \Vhat's neXl? Speaker 3 I'm Canadian, and my firsl
M T he next group is fT uit and vegelables. Things H = Hosr, M = Max
I¡le applcs and o ra nges. a nd peas and C<lrrOI5. H Helio, and wclcomc 10 Ihe !ravcl seCliOIl ofl he CouchSurfing expcrience was in New O rleans
T hcsecont ain im porra m viulln ins. so you need in tite Slale of Lo uisiana in the US . I wallled \O do
local somelh ing from Ihis group al every meal. progra m oO ur gucslloda)' is l ravcl w rile r Max sOllle reSCateh fo r a novel I'm w riti ng, so 1needed
H OK. \V ha¡'s Ihe rhird grou p? Millcr, whose book Superlatil'eSigJlIseame Out 10 meel as many people as possible. My sistcr lold
M Thc thirdgroup is prOlein, whieh is in food like )'eslerday. Max. welcome tO Ihe progra m o meabout thewebsile,so 1de<:idcd IOtry it out. [n
meat and eggs. \Ve need il logrow and 10 re pair M Thank you. G loria. Ihe en<!, 1sta)'c<1\\'ith somconedifferem e\"ery
I.he body. You need roear a 1m offoodsfro m Ihis H So wha l cxaclly is }'our book aboul? nighl , a n<! IgOl a 101 ofideas for my book!
g ro up. bUl nm neccssarily wil h every meal. M \VelJ. it's bas ically aboul Ihe biggest, Ihe besl, Speaker4 r was in Ausl ral ia working when I
H Inlercsling. \V hat's Ihe nexr g ro up. Miriam ? a nd Ihe most beauliful places in Ihe world . found OUI a boU! I he CouchS urfing we bs ite.
M MilI. and dair y. Dairy foods are Ihings like H Can yOl! gi\'e us someexamples? [ wantro tO Irave! around the eoum ry o n
e hcese and yog Urt . This g ro up eontains M Yes, ofeourse. Ler'sslart with Aye rs Roek in weekencls, bUII dicln'l know a nyo ne. A frie nd
ca kiu m, whieh is impo n anl for o ur bones and Aus lra li a.lts o ther name is Uluru, and il's Ihe suggesled look ing al Ihe Co ue hS u rfi ng
leelh . BU! yo u have 10 be a lillle carcful because wo rld's la rgcsI rock. lr's almost 12,000 fcel we bs ite, anel 1'111 ver)' happy thal 1did . 1now
I hey somet imes contain a 1m o ffal . You need to lo ng, 7,920 feet w ide, and 1,1 41 feel high - have fri e nd s a ll over Ausl ralia, and s01l1e o f
eal somet hing from Ihis gro up every day, bUI e no rm ous! Ihe m are going 10 visil me in t he US \\'he n I go
nOI ne<:essari lye\'ery mea!. H )'es, 1see whal }'ou mean . \V hat clse? back next month .
H A nd w hic h is Ihe lasl g rOll p, Mi ria m? M Ho\\' a bOUI Iheworld's highcsl wale rfa ll? Angel
M The las t group is fa lsa nd sugars. These are Falls in Ve nezuela is 3,2 12 feet high. A 101of IÍ Cl»)
found in s nacks, like cake, cook ies, c lndy, a nd Ihe wale r cvaporalt>s before il hits Ihe ground.
c hi ps. Fals and sugars aren 'l very good for you, H \vow! Are Ihe reon ly natural places in your book, P = Pele. A "A my
so o nlyeal a lil lle food from Ihi s grollp - may be or do yo u have a ny man-made sl rllClures? P Amy, do you re me mbe r Uri Gelle r?
o nce o r Iw ice a week. M Yes, we indllde man · made SIruet u res, 100. For A No,rdon't, \V ho is he?
H Tha nk yOll , Miriam . T hal was very hclpful. exa mplc, do }'ou know wh ¡u Ihe lalleSI building P He is a kincl o fpsyehie. He waso n TV a lot in
M M)' pleasure. is right now?
¡.¡ No... ld l us mo re. Ihe paSI a nel he became famolls.
9 Cl») M \Vell, il's Bur i Khal ifa in Dubai in the Unilcd A \Vhal kind of Hick s did hedo?
A ra b Em irales. 11 Slands 2,7 17 feel high. P \Vel l, his mOSI f;lmOUSI rick was bend ing spoons.
M = Michacl. R = Rac hcl H 1ne redible!
M Rac hel.did yo u kn ow Ihal Ihcre a re twocilies M \V har aboUllheoldesl city in Iheworld ? T he rc's a pholO he rc-eome and la ke a look.
H I'l11 nOI sure. Um ...somewhe re in EgYPI? A O h, Ihcre'sa video he re, 100, o n YouTube. Lel's
ea lled Birmingham? M Alm OSI. bUl nOI <Iuile. It's Ale ppo. in Sy ria . Tlle
R Really? 1know , he one in t he St ale of Alabama dl y da res baek 10 600 B.C. and il's Iheoldesl wale h il.
conlinuous ly in habiled dI y in Ihe world . P You see? Al firsl. lhe s poo n looks no rmal .
in Ihe US, but where's Iheorhe r one? H Rea lly? J didn' l kno wthat.
M It 's in Ihe U K. M T he re are al so sorne interesti ng faClS;lbo UI He re, he's tOllch ing il wi[h his finge r " anel now.
R O K, Arel heciliesver)'sma ll ? t rans poralion. For inSlanee, do you know il 's be m .
M Not realty. One bigdifference is Ihe po pulalion. an Ylhinga bo ulthe lo ngesllrain Iri))? A Thal 'sa mazing1
¡.¡ \Vdl , I suppose it's in Russia. P Ae tuaIlY... 1I is n'\.
T lle re a reon ly 243,000 people living in M Thal's righ l. The Tra ns-Sibcrian Ra ilway fro m A \Vhar?
Birlll ing halll in Ihe US, whe reas t he re a re over Moscow lO Vladi\'ostok is 5,77 1 mi les 10 ngand P II 's alriek.
a mi liion in Birming ham in Ihe U K, c rosscs se\'c n d iffc re m ti me 7.oncs, A $ohowdoes he do it ?
R So, Birm ing ham in Ihe UK is bigger Ihen? H Thal's one lo ng t rai n ride! P The spoon is bcnt before he shows il lOus. l-1e's
M \Vell, no. T hea.rea of Birmingham in Ihe U K is M Thar's right. And how abolll pl ane Ir ips? hiding Ihe bcm pan in his ha nd, so Ihal you th ink
63 squa re milesw hile Birmingham in t he US \Vhal 's Ihe s ho rtesl ru nway in 1he world ? il·sanormal spoon. YOlldon't have much lime
co\"c rs 93.8square mi les. H Ru nway? )'ou mean where lhe planes land al to look allhcspoon al al l bccausc he'stalk ingso
R O h,lhal's big. Ihc airpo rt ? mucho \V hal Ite's doing is d istracling }'ou while
M Yes, bUI the re aren't as many people. M T hal's righ!. he's pulling the bcnt spoon slowly OUI ofhis hand.
Birming ham in the U K iSIÚ very g reen. H [have no idea. )'ou ,h ink he's bcnding il but. in facI, he is n't,
R And I he Ame rica n 8irmi ngha 11l is rc,l lI)' green. M \Vell, it'son Ihe heautifu l island ofSaba in l ite A So, I he g u)' is ¡¡ c heate r!
M Yeso A nd Ihere's also a bigdifferenee in age, Caribbcan.T he runwayisonly l, 300feet lo ng P Yes, bUl he's a ve r}' falllou s cheale r.
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v¡l lage as early as the se\'enl h eentury whi le H Th is is fa scinatingslll ff, Max. 1can'l wait 10 P Yes, he does, And 1he mOSI increclible l hing is
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in 13irrni ngharn in Ihe US- S3 inc hes, si milar 10 New York C ityor Washi ngl'On, D.e.
The Slreelsareerowded wilh ears and people,
There a re illIercsl ing ncig hborhoods 10 vis ir, greal
reSlauranl S10 cal al , and a 101 of places lO he,lr
mus ie. 1Ih in k 1110St people sla)' in Ihe d ly because
Ihere isn", 1l1uc h 10 do oUlside ofIhe eity.

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companies. il's normal for men tO wear suits and \\loman over here .. . 1 W hen did yOl! go?
women 10 wear business dOlhes. On lhe weeke nd. S 1wem in 20 10. We sla)'c<1wit.h some friendswho
people dress more casually. T hey wear jea ns or ,il c )))
shorls and T-sh irts, depending o n Ihe \Veal her. are liv ing in Nai rob!. Wh ile we were Ihere, we
Speakc r I 1reall)' couldn 'l livc wi thoUl the wcm onalrip to Tsa\'oEasl, which isanenormous
An imeresling lhingisthal Toront o's nickname Imernel. Ever)' e\'ening after dinner,1spend a fcw naliona l park. Unfornmately, ourear broke
is "Hollywood No nh.~ A 10 1 ofTVancl movie hOttrs on my laplop pla)' inggames online. My dow11 in I.hepark,and Iheguards rook six hours 10
compan ies film rheirshows in Toronto. T hecity is job is ver)' SIressfu l, so il helps me relax. I forget resclle us. l! was rea lly sear)'!
also home tOIhe "Io ronto Imernat ional Pilm Feslival. abo Ul my problems and focus on somcl hing S p eaker 2 l . IllI erviewer, S = Speaker 2
O nly IheCannes Film Festi val in France is higger! diffcrcnt. I 1hink ir's rcall)' good for me. 1 Have yo u ever heenlO South Ameriea?
Speaker 2: Reykjavik, Ice la nd S Yes, I have. I'\'e heen to Braz i1.
Inlceland ,a \'e ry important part oflifei sswim m ing Speaker 2 T he Internet is reall)' importa m for 1 W hen did you go?
and goi ng 10 a hOI lub, wh ich is like a small me hecause Ilive abroad . AI Io(my fam ily and S I \Ve nt Ihere in 2006 on a busi ness Irip. In fa et,
swimming poolwilh hOIW;l!er. Pl'Ople go before (ricn(ls Ih'e in the US, and I'm living in Ihe U K. we \Vere at aeon ference, so il wasn'l ver}' hard
work or on Ihcwccl.:cnd 10 meel w ilh Ihcir friends, Pho ne calls are reall)' expensive, bUl wit h the work . \Ve slayed in a fi \'e,slar hOlel . and Ihe
or some!imes e\'en 10 ha\'e business meelin gs! Int ernel l ca n 5 k)' pe Ihem whene\'er 1wa m 10. company paid for everyt hing.
T hecountryside in Iceland is increclihle. There Wilh 5 kypc l ean even see Iheir faces, so it's Sp eake r 3 1", Int erviewer, S = Speaker 3
arc a lm os! no Irees, and Ihere arevokanoes and mueh hetler Ihan a phone eall. I Have }'ou ever heen 10 Ausrralia?
ficld s of lava, wh ich ,¡re Ihc incredihly hOI Slones S Wel l, 1haven'l been 10 Auslralia, hUI I've heen
Ihal come OUI of lhe volcanoes. You ca n walk fOf Speaker 3 Well , um , I'm a webmasler, so the 10 New Zcaland .
(Iays a nd nOI see anOlher perso n, because there 1nt ernet i5 very imporlanl for my jobo I \\Io rk I When d id )'ou go?
aren', ma ny people in k cland . ln Rcykjav ik, Ihere with d ifferenl websiles, firSI of all creal ing S Iwem wil.h myw ifewhen wegormarricd in 20 11 .
are less t han 250,000 people, and Ihe sccond- thcm and Ihen maki ngsure Ih,1I cvc ryo ne can \Ve slayed in a luxur)' apatullent on lhe hanks of
biggesl eit)' haso nl)' 15,000 . use ¡hem. I also Ir)' 10 make ex isting websites Lake \Vakat iptl, and we had a greal timedoing a
\\Io rk faster. [ cnjoy m )' ¡ob beeause Ilove k)lofd ifferem waler sports. T he besl momem for
Icelandie people are very crealh'e. It 's normal for compu lers and soh'ing problems, me, though, \Vas when we did a bungce jum p from
many people IOmakc Illusic. paim ordraw, ami thcK awarau Bridge. l! was reall)' excil ing!
even wrile books. AIso, many people make their Speak er 4 Yea h, Ispend a 101 oflime on the Speaker 4 1.. Jmerviewer, S = Speaker 4
own d othes, and they look really fashio nable! rnl ernel c\'c ry day. h 's a greal way 10 keep in I Have }'ou ever heen 10 Asia?
lQueh wil h friends and also 10 meel ne\\' I>cople. S Yes, I llave. I've bee n to Thailand .
¡f~B ))) Thcre's one sile I use a lot 10 ¡alk 10 my (riemls, 1 \Vhen d id yOll go?
ttpload phOlO5, and pOSI videos lhall find S 1wcm with m)' f.ltni[)' in 2006. \Ve sla)'cd in
1-1 . Host, D = Dave, C = Ca rolina, E . Edd ie funn y. [ also like looking al m)' (rie nds' profi les a spccial hotel in Ihe jungle, and \\'e slepI in a
loseew h'lIlhey'redoing. Ireehollsc, SU! Ihe mosl amazing part ofou rtrip
H Helio. I'm Jenn y Riehards, and [ 'm on Ihe hap pened when we visil'ed Bangkok. We were
streelsof New York Cily askin g I>cople whal IÚ'A))) luck)' enough 10 be Ihere for Songkran , Ihe T hai
Ihey wam IOdo wit h Ihei r lives. LCI'SSla rt \\Iith New Ycar,sowesaw Ihewalerfeslival. You
Ih is m an over here. Helio. H = Hosl, C ,. C h risropher
H Helio, and wclcome 10 Movie Mudll/$s. [n 1he ,ukno\V, Ihe one where everybody Ihrows waler
D Hi.
H I'm Jenn y R ichards from T V N YC. W har's your studio w it h us today is mov;e c rit ie C hristopher eaeh OIher in 1he Slreel!
Ph il1 ips. We've askoo him toehoose his
n,une? 1\\'0 fa\'orite mov ie adaplalions ofbooks. ~ C )))
D I'm Dave. C hrislo]lher, \\' here are )'OU going 10 SIaTl?
1·1 OK, Dave, we'd like 10 ask you aboul you r C Wel l, it's bccn adiffieult choice bUl 1'111 goinglO New Zea land . Home o fM iddle Ea rth . And ¡he
start \\l it h a very ea rly movie, the 1946 ac1a ptal ion besl way 10 es perie nce it is on our Lord ofllle
ambil ions for rhe fUI u re. \Vhal do you wanlto o(Gretll ExpeCltlliolJs by C harles O ickens. Rirr!Js Edoras lour. The lour leaves C h ri slchurch
do w ilh )'our life? H 1946?Thal is earl)'. al 9 a.m. ami rClurn sal 6 p.m.. bUI we can pick
D We lL uh, wha! I'd really like, um, is.. , C Yes, and as )'OUcan imagi ne, 1he 11l0vie is in you up al Olhcr ccmral cil)' localions, too. The
H Yes? blaek ami while. lt rclls rhe slOry o f a ]loor grotlps aresmal l, and the guides are friend ly and
D I'd rea ll)' like 10 buy a mOlorcyle. I had a lil lle young hoy named Pipwhow ith Ihe help ofa in forma t ivc . You do n', neoo 10 be a Lord oflh e
di rt bikewhen I \Vas )'ounger, hUI 1slopped 11l)'slcrious personobccomes a gentleman.T he Riuos fanl ocnjo)' .he lOu r beeause Ihe seenery is
riding il when [ gOl marr ied a nd had kids. Now. stor), doesn'l ehange mueh in Ihe movie, bUl lhe fam asl ie. Tran sportal ion is in a Land Rover, ami
I'd like 10 Slart again . pholOgraphy makes Ihe almosphere d arker an(1 we take yo u thro ugh the speCl aeul ar mounlains
H Wel l, good luck \\Iith your amhit ion, Dave. morc fri ghleni ng. Il 's an cxecl1cm adapt .ll ion. 01' I he 50ut her tl AIps w here yOl! can see clear
Let's talk 10 someoneelse nO\\l. I·lcllo. What 's H G relll Expeclariolls. OK. [ haven'l see11lhe lakes and blue ri vers, and yo u can brealhe fresh
mov ie, hUI J' ve read rhe book, ofeourse. What's mou m ain air. O ur deslination is Mounl Sunda)',
)'our name? yO tt r 01her Ill ov ie, C h ri slOp h e r ~ Ihe real ·Jife mOltnt ai n Ih al in the mov ie is Edoras,
C C Ho lina. C Wel l, my 01her choice is mo re recent. It 's rile Ihe eapilal c it}' o f Ihe Ro han people. Wh ile you're
1-1 So, \\I hat do yo u wanl 10 do \\1;1h your li fe, E,tOlij!t I'llt;e lll . there, you can use sorne Ihe mosl famotls ilems
from Ihe movie: Aragorn's sword. e imli's axe,
C aro lina ? H Yes, l've seen rhat one a few limes. SUI [don't and Ihe fla g of Rohan. For lunch, there is a lu xur y
C Wel l, ['d lo\'c ro go rr,l\'cling 10 di ffcrcnt places. know anylhing about Ihe book.Tell us more, picn ic, whieh \\'eeal OUlside in rhe open air, Visil
H O h rcal l)'? A ny part icular place? our slo re al , he end of your Irip a nd buy exc lusive
C Yes. l'd rcall)' like IOgo 10 Auslralia w ilh C WeI\' the author is a Sri Lankan·Ca nadian Lord o f lhe Rin gs souve nirs for )'our famil )' and
wri ter namoo Miehael O ndaalje , and his no\'cI friend s back home,
my sislcr. 1have friends Ihere, and ;I 'S a very won an importam prize-the Booker Prize, T he
excit; ng countr)', movie came out in 1996, a nd il's a wonderful The tour runs daily IhroughoUl lhe )'ear, and you
H W hy don'l )'ou, lhe n? adapt alion oflhe book. Jl lells Ihe slory of a ca n bu)' t iekcl s onl ine. The price indudes )'OUI'
C [can't. man in a mililary hospital who has been in a piek up and drop off, your trip in the Land Rover,
H W h)' nOI? plane erash. \Ve also learn somelhing aho ut your guidcd walk10 , he ver}' lOp of Edoras, aoc! )'our
C M)' sister hales n yi ng, and it's a 22· hour night. , he li fe and loves ofhi s nurse. Agai n, !herea re dcl ieious lunch. Tickels cost $ 135 for ad uhs, pcr
H We ll, ma)' be one day yo u ca n go Ihere on )'our a few changes 10 Ihe stor)', but Ihe bes! th ing personoand $94 forc hildren aged 14 and under.
ow n. Good luek with )'our amb;lion, Ca rolina. ahOUllhe mo\'ie is rhecho iee ofaelors, who are
Now, whal ahoUl yo u? \Vhat's yo ur name? pcrfccl fo r their pans. The moviewon a 10lal of So, \V hal are )'Otl wa i!ing for? Book )'our lickels
E ]'m Eddie. nine Oscars. whieh shows jusI how good il is. nO\\l before)'otl miss you r ehanee lO see onc ofl he
H Do )'ou have an)' ambit ions, Eddie? mosl beaUl ifu l Lord oftlle Rill!Js local ions. It 's an
E l'd li ketosee KingsofLeo nlivc, H C hrislopher Phillips, Ihank you fo r joi ning uso experienee )'ott 'lI never forge l.
H Wh)' Kingsof Leon? C T hank yo u for havi ng me. I'\'e enjoyed il.
E They're m)' favorite band ,
H W hy don'l you gel a lickel for Ihei rnCXI eoneen ? ~ B )))
E Yeah , I wa m lO, bUllhc)' aren'l touring Ihis
)'ea L The)" re ma king a Ile\\l albttm . Spca ker I I = IllI erviewer, $ = Speaker I
I H ave yo u ever been ro ¡\ fr ica?

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