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The world

Pronunciation: word stress

la Complete the table. Use the words in the box.

b Write the places. Put in the where necessary.

2a Complete the table. Use the words in the box.

b Choose the correct name.

1Ome-take / Lake Como

2Pacific Ocean / the Pacific Ocean

3Solomon Islands / the Solomon Islands

4Atacama Desert / the Atacama Desert

5Mount McKinley / McKinley Mount

6the Baltic Sea / the Sea Baltic

7the Nile River / the River Nile

3 Read the text. Correct the items

We travelled across Africa -

Ocean Atlantic to3Red Sea. Ле zra "the Sahara desert and 5Nile Rwer.

Next year we want to travel across

6america north. We want to g o m l and 8the Canada. We hope to vis* 9Rockies and 10Superior Lake.

Africa

4Which continent would you like the most? Which places would j to see?

I'd like to visit

(continent), because

The places I'd like to see are

(geographical featm

5Ш iTJtFSiPTills the stress on the ft or second syllable? Put the places ir correct column.

•plete the sentences. Use going to and the cues.

•ash the car / clean the windows

She? '•:-M to wash the car. She isn't going to

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•ad •' watch a DVD

)olf / go skiing

*er / go swimming

play the violin

3 Complete the table.

going to: questions and answers

ирдяия^ддивияни

What are you going to do?

Where are you going to live?

4Look at Bogna's schedule for tomorrow. Ask questions and write answers. Use going to and the cues.

7 a.m. leave home

7.30travel by train to airport

8.45visitors arrive

9 a.m. take visitors to their hotel

9-30 conference starts

12.30 have lunch at Ronaldo's

6 p.m. conference finishes

7 p.m. eat at hotel

1 she / leave home / 7 a.m.

AIs she going to leave home at 7 a.m.?

ВYes, she is.

2 how / she / airport

AHow is she going to travel to the airport"?

ВShe's going to travel by train.

3what time / the visitors / arrive A

В

4conference / start / 9.30 A

В

5where / they / have lunch

A

В

6 she / eat / hotel / evening A

В

1Read the first paragraph of the text.

1 What is the man's name?

2 Where is he from?

3 What is he going to do?

In November, Peter Weiss from Austria is going to take part in the biggest marathon in the world - The New York Marathon. He's going to run over 42 kilometres through the streets of the famous city.

The first New York Marathon was in 1970 and the race is always on the first Sunday in November. This year 37,000 people from all over the world are going to take part. Over 90,000 want to join the race, so Peter is very lucky that he got a place.

The runners start on Staten Island and they finish in Central Park. Peter thinks he's going to take about four or five hours. The fastest men can do it in two hours ten minutes and the fastest women take about two

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and a half hours, but they're the best runners in the world.

Not everybody finishes the race. Peter (was in the Berlin Marathon three years ago, but he didn't finish. This time, he says, he's going to do better.

And why is he going to do it? 'It's very simple,' says Peter, 'Because then I can say "I did it! I ran the New York Marathon." '

2a Read the text. Are the statements true (T) or false (F)?

1_£_ A marathon race is 50 kilometres.

2The Berlin Marathon is the biggest marathon in the *cr»

3The New York Marathon began in 1970.

4There are going to be 90,000 runners this year.

5The race starts on Staten Island.

6The best runners take three hours to finish the race.

7Peter ran in the Berlin Marathon three years ago.

8He didn't finish the Berlin Marathon.

b Correct the false statements.

3 Read the interview. Complete Peter's answers.

4a Put the correct punctuation in the numbers,

b Wn'te the numbers in full. Use the words in the box.

5Complete the text about the New York Marathon. Use facts the text in 1.

The New York Marathon is always on '

шExpressing doubt Review: lessons 25-28

i the halves of the sentences.

lefte the text. Use the verbs in the box.

a big Internet cafe next

;e Shop.

be correct sentences.

•itzerland is in the Europe. tzertand is in Europe.

Лес across the Indian Ocean last year. Serf across Ocean Indian last year.

'$ going have a party.

s fjeirKj to have a party.

joo going to have a drink?' 'Yes, I am.' -3 to have a drink?' 7es, I'm going.'

2a Find four expressions for expressing doubt in the word snake.

«* «*e*e a r e n t s«,y , ^ - o b a b W <

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bWrite the expressions with the correct punctuation.

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3 Complete the conversation. Use the expressions from exercise 2b.

A What are you going to do for your holiday this year?

В Really? Are you going to go to the wedding?

В Great. Are you going to visit any other countries while you're there?

5a What time you are going to arrive? b What time are you going to arrive?

6a The race is more than 22,000 kilometres, b The race is more than 22.000 kilometres.

7a They're going to taking part in a race, b They're going to take part in a race.

8a 'What's wrong?' 'We don't know yet.' b 'What's wrong?' 'We don't sure yet.'