Lesson A The natural world
Lesson B The man-made world
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Natural wonders
Look at these pictures. Have you ever visited or seen places like these? Check (√) the boxes and tell a partner about your experiences.
Lesson A The natural world
Lesson B The man-made world
Speaking
A summer job overseas Gustav and Carolina are international students. They are telling Bart about their summer work experience in the United States. Did they enjoy themselves?
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Lesson A The natural world
Lesson B The man-made world
Listening
A report about Greenland Listen again. Circle True or False.
1. Mary’s paper is due next week. 2. Greenland is near Canada. 3. Greenland is part of Canada. 4. Greenland is in the north. 5. Building in Greenland is challenging.
3. coastline
4. harbor
5. hot springs 6. mountain range 9. waterfall
7. cliff 8. volcano
Lesson A The natural world
Lesson B The man-made world
Listening
A report about Greenland Here are some words you will hear in the report. Read them aloud.
True True True True True
False False False False False
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Lesson A The natural world
Lesson B The man-made world
Listening
A report about Greenland Listen again. Circle True or False.
Language Notes Proper names Greenland Other words due thaw Canada harsh Denmark hiking the Arctic Circle settler
Lesson A The natural world
Lesson B The man-made world
Lesson A The natural world
Lesson B The man-made world
Speaking
A summer job overseas
The Great Pyramid of Giza was the tallest structure in the world for more than 4,400 years, until the Eiffel Tower in Paris was built in 1889.
Lesson B The man-made world
Speaking
A summer job overseas Discuss with your partner the positive and negative aspects of city apartment or suburban home.
a glacier
Lesson A The natural world
Lesson B The man-made world
Speaking
A summer job overseas Gustav and Carolina are international students. They are telling Bart about their summer work experience in the United States. Practice the conversation with two people. Bart: So what exactly did you do over the summer? Gustav: We worked as volunteers at Glacier National Park. Bart: I’ve never been there. What’s it like? Gustav: It’s beautiful. There are mountains and lakes … and, of course, glaciers! Bart: How was the job? Gustav: We had to do a lot of physical work. It was kind of hard. Carolina: That’s true, but it was exciting, too! We actually saw bears!
Lesson A The natural world
Lesson B The man-made world
Communication
What in the world? Work alone. Take this quiz.
What is the world’s … 1. busiest harbor? a. Singapore b. Busan (South Korea) c. Hong Kong (China) 3. highest waterfall? a. Tugela Falls (South Africa) b. Angel Falls (Venezuela) c. Sutherland Falls (New Zealand)
Lesson A The natural world
Lesson B The man-made world
Speaking
A summer job overseas Offering another opinion Useful Expressions Offering another opinion That’s very nice, but … Yes, but on the other hand … Even so, … But then again … Yes, that’s quite true, but … Well, you have a point there, but … Maybe …, but don’t you think …
Wow! That does sound exciting. Maybe I should apply. I’ll need a job next summer. Carolina: Sorry, Bart, but you can’t apply to that program. It’s a special program for international students. Bart:
Listening
A report about Greenland Listen to Mary and Blake talking about her paper. Then answer the question.
Mary is writing a report about Greenland’s __. b a. foods b. plants and trees c. people
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Natural wonders Match the adjectives below with the places in these pictures. (Some adjectives can be matched to more than one place.)
a. active __ 8 b. arid __ 2 c. dark __ 1
A: The apartment in the city is expensive. B: Even so, it’s near public transportation. We’ll save a lot of time. A: I don’t think we can afford it. And I really don’t like the small bedrooms. B: But it has a big balcony. Imagine sitting on the balcony and watching the sunset.
6. There aren’t any animals in Greenland. 7. You can do outdoor sports in Greenland.
True True
False False
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The driest place on Earth is Calama, in the Atacama Desert in Chile. No rain has ever been recorded there.
Lesson A The natural world