world_matters

CONTENTS

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1. Lead-in

1a Look at the photos and choose the names of the cities from the box (There are some extra names).

1b Match the adjectives 1-10 with their opposites (a-j), choose two or three words to describe each city in the photos. e.g. : London/Paris is …

1c What do you know about San Paulo? Guess if the statements are true or false.

Look through “Ten Facts about San Paulo” and check if you were right.

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Ten Facts about

San Paulo

San Paulo and Corinthians are football clubs in the city. They’re famous in South America.

In fact, it’s very noisy. The buses aren’t expensive.

2.Listening

2a Listen to two conversations and answer the questions. Track 01.

2b Listen again and fill in the gaps with the missing words and phrases.

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2c Practise the conversations in Ex. 2.a/b and make similar conversations with your partner.

2d Listen to a TV programme I love my city and match the people with the cities. Track 02.

2e Listen again and decide if the information below is true (T), false (F) or not mentioned (NM).

2f Listen and complete the table. Track 03.

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3. Language skills

Places in the city

3a Write seven places in a city. Combine the words from the boxes 1-2. You can use the words in the box on the right more than once

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3b Match the places in the box with the symbols below.

3c What are the places in the pictures? What objects/facilities can you name?

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3d. Read the article about famous cities from an in-flight magazine. Fill in the missing words.

Famous cities

In all cities there are large buildings, parks, museums and schools, but a lot of cities are famous for other things.

Sydney, city of music and city of beaches.

Sydney1)______ in the southeast of Australia. The population is four million. In Sydney 2)______ an opera house and there are 3)______ lovely beaches. Bondi Beach is famous for surfing. Sydney is a fun city.

3e Fill in a/an or be (in the correct form).

3f. Ask and answer questions with a partner about places in your (area) of the city, using the words from the vocabulary section? Use the model below.

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4. Speaking: On the street

4a Complete the text with the words in the box.

language famous gardens city population students England

CITY FOCUS: CAMBRIDGE

Cambridge is a famous university 1) ________ in the UK. It’s in the east of 2)

________, 80 kilometres north of London. It’s a small city with a 3) ________ of 110,000. Cambridge is a beautiful city, and very green, with many parks and 4)

________. There are 31 colleges in the University of Cambridge – King’s and Trinity are two 5) ________ colleges. There are 17, 000 6) ________ at the university. There are also a lot of English 7) ________ schools in the city.

4d Listen again and choose the best words to complete the sentences.

4e Look at the pictures and expressions below. Translate them into your language.

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