(ee ee STARTER 11 What isthe capital city f your country? What i the population sian old or modern city? 2. Write down two things that you like about your capital and two things that you dont ike. WORLD TRAVEL What’ it like? 1 Read about Todd Bridges. 2 What do you know about the thee ities in the 3 HED Listen to what Todd says about Melbourne, Dubai, and Paris. Write the adjectives he uses for each city: Compare witha partner [Melbourne | Dubai Paris be beaatia | Ennue 11 Match the questions and answers. ies beautiful Do you like Pars? | Yes, Ido. ‘Whats Pars ie? | It as lots of eld buildings No, dont 2 Which question in means: Tell me about Paris. | D> Grammar Reference 619. 5 4 Work witha partner, Ask and answer questions about the places Todd visited. Pree a successful tennis player. He comes from Chic but he raves allover the world playin ten Pu PIC UEULs SE 42 Unit 6 + The best in the worldCTIC % Chicago like? sce asking Todd shout Chicago, Complete the ins with is oF are and the correct words from the therestauants the people the weather therightife the bllings ou What ‘the weather like? odd Well, Chicago's called “the windy city” and it really can be windy! You What Tike? Todd They/re very interesting. You meet people from allover the world You What______ lke? “Todd A lot of them are very very tall The Sears Tower is 110 stories high, You What ke? “Todd They're very good. You can find food from every country inthe world You What ike? ‘Todd Oh, i's wonderful. There's lots to do in Chicago. Listen and check. Practice witha partner li and answer the same questions about the town or city BIG, BIGGER, BIGGEST! Comparatives and superlatives Read the second part of the conversation with Todd, He compares the places he visited last year. Can you complete any ofthe sentences? 4 Melbourne was interesting, but for me, | Paris was interesting | Melbourne, and in some ways Dubai was the | Interesting of all because it was so different ‘any other place I know. It was also the | driest, and ___ modern. It was hot in Melbourne but not hot ___in Dubai. Dubai was hotter! Melbourne Is older __— Dubai but not _ old ___ Paris. Paris was oldest city T visited, butt hhas some great modern buildings, too. It was the romantic place. I loved it Listen and check. Unit 6 + The best the world 43PRACTICE Comparing four capital cities re | Match the cities and the photographs. Of which countries are these 1 What are the comparative and the capital ities? “areata [Washington 6 Tolyo Stohoim Bestia 2 small busy a ld noisy near ary & big beautiful hot interesting wet exciting 2 These adjectives re ireguia. What are the comparative ad sperative forms? fer good bad | 3. Adjectives also combine with as 25 Dba ist as cosmopolitan as chicago. D> Grammar Reference 62 p.145 2 GERD Listen and repeat the sentences Inatar San ‘This summers hotter than lst. ewasnt as ht as this lst year, 3. Practice these sentences witha partner. Ie as war today a eas yesterday. But i warmer than twas ast week Total as you, but Im taller than A. My cars mare expensive than Job's uti ta expensive as nas (GHBD Listen and check 4 Learn this poem by hear. Good, batter, best. Never, never rest il your good is better, ‘And your better best. 2. Work with a partner Student A Go to page 119 and read about Tokyo and Washington. Student B Go to page 121 and read about Stockholm and Brasilia. 44 Unit + The best in the worldrsations ck with a partner and continue these A I moved to a new apartment last wee B Rally? What’ it ike? A Well is bigger_than my old one butt isn’t as modern, and [A | hear Sandy and Al broke up. BB Yeah. Sandy has a new boyfriend. ‘A Really? What's he like? BB Wel, he’s than Aland A We have a new teacher, 1 Really? What's she like? ‘A Well I think she's the cacher we've ever had AA Did you get a new car? BB Well its secondhand, but its new A What’ it like? B well its than my old car outa conversation for the class. conversation is the longest? G9 Listen and compare, Repeat the + the sentences, es more older than he looks ‘ura as tall than her mother. does Las Vegas like?” “Ie's really leciting” [Tans in Tokyo are more crowded that Washington, D.C Baavard is one of oldest universities in Dporth America, “This is more hard than I expected. “Who is the most rich person in the Deri? {Seerything is more cheap in my LISTENING AND SPEAKING Living in another country What do you know about Sweden? What isthe country lke? What are the people like? Discuss these statements about Sweden. Do you think they are true (7) or false (X)? 1. In winter there is only one hour of daylight. 2. Swedish people look forward to winter, 3. The houses ae cold in winter, 4. In Sweden, it gets much hotter in summer than in New York or Washington, D.C. In parts of Sweden the sun never sets from May to July ‘6. Many people in the United States work longer hours than people in Sweden, 7. Swedes always start work cary in the motning, 8. Country cottages in Sweden are usually ery laxurious, 9. All houses have a sauna, 10. ‘The whole family likes to sit in the sauna together You are going to listen to Jane talking to her friend about her in Sweden, Jane comes from the United States, but three years ago she macried a Swede and went to live and work in Stockholm, Listen and check your answers to Exercise I Compare your country with what you learn about Sweden, ln my country it gets dark at tive o'clock im winter, and i's much warmer ‘than n Sweden, Unit 6 + The best nthe world 45