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We're at Loch Ness. Loch Ness is a
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old castle and it's very big, too. Loch Ness
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in the world! It's about 5,000 years old.
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complete now. The stones in the circle
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 COMPETENCES
cultural awareness and expression
digital competence
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Read the text on page 20 and match the Read the email and complete the sentences
pictures to the places. with the phrases from the box.
A 2 Cambridge
Where is i1? My namm icsh.-
B St David's
It's a big town. l'm from Northern lrelandl
C Giant's Causeway
D Loch Ness c 1:

E Stonehenge &r''[
Hello,
Read the text again and decide if the
l'm your e-friend. My name's Jcsh.
sentences are true (T) or false (F).
l'm British, but l'm not from England,

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Cambridge is in Scotland. /
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My town is Coleraine. 2

{.:: 1 Cambridge is an old city. It s near the Giant's Causeway!

2 St David s is a big city. It's
quite old, but it's also modern.
3 St David's is famous for its university.
Where is your town? ls it big? ls it old
r 4 The Giant's Causeway is by the sea.
a or modern?
tft 5 Loch Ness isn't in England.
it 6 The monster is in the castle.
Write soon
Josh
..+j 7 Stonehenge is a city.

8 Stonehenge is very old.

Now answer Josh. Write the name of your city

and answer his questions.
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Josh wants to find out things about Romania.
Choose a town from your country and search
Dialogue 2 for information about it on the internet.

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. Where is the town?
. ls it famous?
. ls it big or small?
tnc . ls it old or modern?
. ls it near a lake or the sea?

ls Then, talk about this town for about a minute

using the information found on the internet.

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