> you don't lie WORLD TRAVEL What's it like? | 1 Read about Todd Bridges. 2 What do you know about the thee cities in the chart below? Where are they? Listen to what Todd says about Melbourne, Dubai, and Pari. Write the adjectives hae uses foreach city, Compare with a partner. [Metbourne bai Par [mew | Emons Match the questions and answers. ies beautiful Yes! do, Ita lots of old buildings. | No.1 don. 2 Which question in means: Tl me about Paris | you ite ari | Deb» rammar Reference 619. 45 What's Paris ike? 4 Work witha partner. Ask and answer questions about the places Todd visited. The best in the world i 2 Unité The best in the wor (eee STARTER > 1 Whats the capital city of your country? What isthe population? I itan el or modern cy? 2. Write down two things that you lke about your capital and two things that See Tike traveling on the subway in Washington, D.C but I don’t like the buses, Theyre too slow BMD) i,9001c] ahs) Perce ioe ‘a successful tennis player. He comes from Chic Pea kc he played in tennis champ! Pulike? ce asking Todd about Chicago. Complete the ns with is oF are and the correct words from the “the restaurants the people the weather the nightlife the buldings ou What ‘the weathr like? Todd Well, Chicago’ 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 like? Todd A lot of them are very, very tall The Sears Tower is 110 stories high You What______liket ‘Todd They're very good. You can find food from every country in the world You What______like? Todd Oh, i’ wonderful. There's lots to do in Chicago. Listen and check. Practice witha partner. and answer the same questions about the town or city G, BIGGER, BIGGEST! CComparatives and superlatives 1 Read the second part of the conversation with Todd. He compares the places he visited last year. Can you complete any of the sentences? 4 ‘Melbourne was interesting, but for me, Paris was interesting Melbourne, and in some ways Dubai was the interesting ofall 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 colder Dubai but not __old Paris. Paris was oldest city T visited, butt has some great modern Buildings, too. It was ‘romantic place. 1 loved it. GRBD Listen and check, Unit 6 + The best in the world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. Ie wasnit as hot as this last 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LISTENING AND SPEAKING Living in another country ck with a partner and continue these [A I moved to.a new apartment last week, B Really? Wha’ it ike? A Well, i's tigger than my old one butt isn't as modern, and [A I hear Sandy and Al broke up. BB Yeah. Sandy has a new boyfriend. A Realy Whats he like? B Wel, he’ than Aland A We have a new teacher. 1S Really? What's she liket ‘& Wel, think she's the cher we've ever had A Did you get a new cart BB Well its secondhand, but it’s new ‘A What's it like? 5 Well i's than my old car conversation forthe class, se conversation i the longest? BJ Listen and compare. Repeat the 1 What do you knov about Sweden? What isthe country lke? Wht are the peopl ike? Discuss these statements about Sweden, Do you think they ae true (oF false (X)? 1. In winter there is only one hour of daylight 2 Swedish people lok forward to winter Bes more older than he loos. 3. The houses ae cold in winter, stall than her mother 4 In Sweden, i gets much hotter in summer than ip New York or Fat does Las Vegas like?” "'s relly Washington, Dc cecsiting! In parts of Sweden the sun never sets fom May to uly. HEeins in Tokyo are more crowded that Many people inthe United States work longer hours than people Washington, DC. in Sweden. Harvard is one of cldest universes in Swedes abray start work eal in the morning Socth Amerie Country cottages in Sceden ate usualy very hexurious SPs is more had thant expected 9. allhouses havea sauna Bio isthe most ich person inthe 10, The whole family likes to sit in the sauna together = Beerything is more cheap in my country. st the sentences ‘You are going to listen to Jane talking to her friend about her life in Sweden, Jane comes from the United States, but three years ago she married a Swede and went to live and sor in Stockholm. Liste and check your answers to Exercise 1. (Compare your country with what you learn about Sweden, In country it gets dark at fe o'clock in winter, and it's much warmer than in Sweden, Unit 6 + The bestin the world 45