lesson A Human wonders

Test your knowledge. can you guess the answers to these questions?
1. Whi ch city hus the tulles! office building in th e world? 2. Where is th0 longest suspcm,lon bridge?
a. Ku ala Lu111pur b. Taipei c. Chi cago n. Juprrn b. Denmark c. Cl1ln;:i

This building This Is the

is 509 meters longest
(1,670 feet) tall. suspension bridge
In the world. It's
1,990 meters t
(6,529 feel) long.

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3. Where is th e largest shopping mall? 4. Where is the bu siest rust-food restaur;rnt in th e world? 1

a. Cana da b. China c. The United Stute s J . Seoul b. Moscow c. Hong Kong t

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This mall This restaur.1nt \

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covers about serves over
1.97 million 40 ,000 people
square meters c.1 ch clay.
(6 .46 million
square feet) .
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5. Wh ich city has the biggest soccer studium in Eu,ope? 6. Whi ch coun t,y l1u s the most touri sm?
a. London b . Dublin c. Barcelona c1 . The United Sta tes b. Spnin c. Fr,111 cc (I
This stadium
has the most
This Is the
most popular (!
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seats. It can hold country with
nearly 100,000 tourists . Eighty
people . million people l
visit every yec1r.

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(il Getting started l
A Look at the pictures. What is the quiz about? Are you good at th ese ki nds of quizzes?

B ~ l)) 1.22 Listen to the quiz . Can you guess the correct answers ? Circle a, b, or c. Then compare with
a partner. Check your answers on the last page of your book.

F,gure [
It out
c Pair work Complete the questions. Then ask and answer them with a partner. Can you guess the
correct answers? Check your answers on the last page of your book. \

1. Wha t' s the _ _ _ __ _ _ (big) train station in th e world?

_ Wh at's the _ _ __ _ _ _ (busy) airport in the world? \
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3 . Where is t he _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (large) building in the world ?
4. Wh at's th e _ __ _ _ __ (expensive) ci ty in th e w orld?

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 Wonders of the world ,C•):Uf ■
fl Grammar Superlatives .. 1)) 1.23
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For short adjectives What's the tallest building in the world?
the + adjective + -est What's the busiest restaurant?
For long adjectives What's the most interesting city in your country?
the + most / least+ adjective What's the least expensive store?
Irregular superlatives What's the best country to visit?
good ► the best; bad ► the worst What's the worst problem in your country?
Superlatives with nouns Which country has the most tourism?
the most+ noun Which stadium has the most seats?

A Complete these questions about your country. Use the The most+ adjective is about
20 times more common than
superlative form of the adjectives or the superlative with nouns. the least+ adjective.
1. What's the larB,est (large) city?
2. Which airport has (flights) every day?
Use -est with short adjectives.
3. What's (fast) way to travel?
What 's the tallest building in your city?
4. What's (beautiful) region ? (NOT What 's the mest toll building in your city?)
5 . Which city has (tourism) ?
6. Where's (famous) monument?
7. What's (good) university?
8. What' s (bad) problem for people?
9 . Which city has (big) population?

About [
you B Pair work Ask and answer the questions.
Do you and your partner agree on the answers?

Q Speaking naturally Linking and deletion with superlatives

Link the final stto vowel sounds and the Delete the final t and link the s to most
sounds / h, l, r, w, y/. consonant sounds.
What's the mo~ nteresting neighborhood?
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What area has the mos(t)-traffic?
What's the talle~
What's the bigge~
ffice building?
otel? --
What's the busies(t) mall or shopping area?
Where 's the bigges(t) s tadium?

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What's the largest library?
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What's the bes(t) sports team?
What's the nicei l iestaurant?
What's the faste~ ay to travel around? What's the mos(t) -
What neighborhood has the mos(t) clubs?
popular dance club?
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What's the oldest university? What's the bes(t) movie theater?
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A .. l)) 1.24 Listen and repeat the questions above. Notice how the final st is linked to vowel sounds and
the sounds /h, I, r, w, y/. However, the final tis deleted before - and thesis linked to - most
consonant sounds.

Ab~~~ [ B Pair work Ask and answer the questions above about your city. Agree on an answer for each
question. Then compare with your classmates.

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