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5. Answer these questions.

  1. Who or what is William Mercer?

  2. How did Mercer compare the cities?

  3. Where did Zurich come in the results?

  4. Which country did best in the survey?

  5. What particular problem do US cities have, according to the survey?

  6. What problems does London have?

  7. Which city came bottom of the list and why?

  8. Why is the survey unfair, according to Ken Livingstone?

6. Write the opposite meaning of the sentences. Replace the underlined words with the words from the box.

Most beautiful, criminal, dangerous, faster, clearest, little, best, cheapest, exciting , busier, well, unfriendly, fast

1 This city is the ugliest place in the world. - This city is the most beautiful place in the world.

2 Our street is very safe.

3 Here is the list of great cities.

4 I feel badly today.

5 These regions are the most polluted in our country.

6 Honolulu is a very friendly US city.

7 Which are the worst cities to live in?

8 It is the most expensive country of all.

9 A big city is quieter than a small town.

10 Paris has a lot of boring sights.

11 Traffic in London is slower than in Brighton.

12 You drive too slowly.

13 You are more friendly today.

7. Complete the table of countries, nationalities and languages. Then study this information and do exercises after it. Countries, nationalities and languages

country

nationality

language

Argentina

Argentinian

Spanish

Brazil

Portuguese

Britain

British

China

Mandarin, Chinese

Egypt

Egyptian

Arabic

French

French

Germany

German

Greece

Greek

Greek

Israel

Israeli

Hebrew

Italy

Italian

Japanese

Japanese

Korea

Korean

Mexico

Mexican

Spanish

Poland

Polish

Polish

Russia

Russian

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabian

Arabic

Spanish

Spanish

Switzerland

Swiss

Swiss-German, French, Italian

The United States USA

American

English

Turkey

Turkish

8. Underline the main stress in the words in the box and practise saying them.

Brazilian

Arabic

Chinese

Japan

Italian

Germany

Japanese

Austria

Saudi Arabia

Egyptian

Korea

Egypt

9. Make a few sentences with the words from the table above. You may give additional information if you know.

e.g. I come from Argentina, so I am Argentinian and my first language is Spanish. The capital is Buenos Aires, which has a population of more than 10 million people.

10. Answer these questions, using the information from the table above.

  1. What are three countries where the first language is English?

  2. What language is spoken in Brazil?

  3. What are three languages spoken in Switzerland?

  4. What language is spoken in Saudi Arabia?

  5. What nationality are people from Poland?

  6. What language is spoken in Mexico?

  7. Where do people speak Hebrew?

11. Study the information in the box. Write the regions of the world to the countries below.

Europe (e.g. Britain, Spain, etc.)

the Mediterranean (e.g. Italy, Spain, etc.)

the Far East (e.g. China, Japan, etc.)

the Middle East (e.g. Egypt, Iran, etc.)

the Caribbean (e.g. Jamaica, Trinidad, etc.)

South/Latin America (e.g. Brazil, Chile, etc.)

  1. Germany - Europe

  2. Saudi Arabia

  3. Jamaica

  4. Corsica and Sardinia

  5. Japan

  6. Argentina