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Grammar 1B ‘ Present perfect simple, present perfect Grammar 2A | continuous and past simple Adjective order | Choose the correct verb form to complete the sentences. Choose the correct option to complete the phrases: CHEN Circle the correct answer. the correct answer 1 I Sharks ed /bave lived /Seetemmlting inthe sea for 1a grey rough / roughgreyrAtlantic sea | 4 ae 2 an oldsrounabsilwer / old silver round compass | a inn been being 3 an ancient strange / a stramgesaneient sea mySterY on eure child. 4 a.green small glass / smallggreemegiass / small lass grees + When degmmdastaminad 2° you last scum /bave you last been saimaning in the sea? 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Gircle the correct answer. 4 Hannibal crossed the suaseesapped / rolling mountains with his elephants. 2 The Amazon is a very dense / bmaadgiver. 3 Teome from a town in the south-east of Australia d surrounded by malingy/ high hills ‘Mount Kilimanjaro is a broad /éigbenountain in Kenya Antarctica is actually a very dey » The hills in many Mediterranean cov dart dry. 7 Throughout the mid-west of the USA you see mile | _ after mile of rivers / fields of corn. $F Up t0 50 per cent of al species of animals and plants live in the grassyforests / reimforest. d desert. ies are quite + Tthought we were going to crash, © + Tm going for another job interview tomorrow 3 When Sam had his accident 0 + Pull itin really slowly e 5 When your application landed on my desk + Tknew you were the right person for the job, he landed up in bed fora week. « butin the end we landed safely. 4 and I'm really hoping to land this one as I need the money. «and ll help you land it Vocabulary 3A The sea Complete the sentences about the sea with the words in. the box. There are two extra words you do not need. currents dive jellyfish sands snorkel tide seaweed There are probably around 2,000 different species of (1) 22\1¥ 0 __ in our seas, but of these only around 100 are dangerous to humans. jellyfish can move or swim, and even (2) WW@ opening and closing its bel (abit like an umbrella), much of ts movement is dictated by the oon 0 oe one) Sans — a ae pry od white seabird (7) 5 apiece of equipment witha tube that fis into your ‘mouth so that you can breathe while swimming under water (7) © 6 large expensive boat that is used for racing or sailing (5) '§agreen or brown plant that grows in the sea (7) 49 the way that the level of the sea regularly rises and falls during the day (4) DF sx20¢ movement of water in one direction (7) 2 the empty shells of sea animals (9) | 4 large ship that carries oil or petrol (6) _ 7 aline of water that rises up on the surface of the sea (4) n't know you came from the same Yond 3s Maya, the Sea ae) Iholds a lot of 2) 20° ___ : ite a(n) (3) GTOMONE Ie must have been 4 0 the country. moving from the city Due! home, a eat 8000 derision whole ; Iwas spending my (6) — Thad a(n) (4) = Iewasn’t a(n) (5) — a screen. amazing, “The view is (7) — T've learned to live without electricity which hasn 25 (8) Pronunciation 1 Spoken forms 9 1.06 Listen and circle the word you hear in each sentence 1 Didja @ ~~ Doncha 2 gotta gonna of gimme gonna didya kinda Didja 5 gotta 6 Doncha™ Pronunciation 2 Sounds 1 Before listening, put the words in the box in the group depending on their sounds, allowed cry day fear feel grey guide key loud night now pier sea take the correct answer to test your knowledge ; dolphins have often appeared as ‘These dolphins live in every ocean pper ae the Aretic and ... oceans. 4 food (B) good luck © bad luck (@ Antarctic Mediterranean ¢ Dolphins are marine .. 7 The dolphin’s greatest enemies are (@) mammals shellfish © fish @) humans sharks © tuna 5 They belong to cetacvens, a group which also includes ... 2 Read the first two paragraphs of the article to che a sharks pat" @) whales jellyfish Jeet SS The messengers of Poseidon 4, Sea creatures have always played an important role in human culture, especially dolphins. Because of their intelligence and friendly attitude, dolphins have often appeared in different mythologies is bringersof good luck. They are common in Greek mythology and were the messengers,of Poseidon, the Greek god of Dolphins are marincamammals/and belong to cetaceans, a group of mammals which also includes whales, There are almost 40 species of dolphin and one of the best known is the(bottlenose dolphin which lives in every ocean of the world except the Aretic and the Antarétic oceans. Dolphins don't have many enemies. In fact, their greatest threat comes: from humans. ootovetiad One of the world’s most controversial dolphin experts is Richard (Ric) O’Barry. In the 1960s O’Barry worked at the Miami Seaquarium in the US where he trained dolphins. He then éptured andatraimed five dolphins for a television series ealled Flipper which became a huge success around the world. The series told the story of a bottlenose dolphin called Flipper, the friend of a park warden and his two young sons. “The part of Flipper wakcplayed at different times by the five dolphins, one of which was called Kathy. It was when Kathy died that O'Barry’s attitude to dolphins changed. He decided it was wrong to train dolphins in captivity and started to campaign against the dolphin industry, Ironically, it was the success of Flipper that led to the opening of parks around the world, encouraging the capture of dolphins, In 1989 Ric O’Barry founded The Dolphin Project to study Atlantic bottlenose a Since then the organisation has studied over 850 different d dolphins. O'Barry has also written several books to raise captivity including Bebind the Dolphin Smile and To Free a Dolphin (2000). He has 4. his attisude changes when Kathy dies. Inatas wod the jppidg PONTE Pies questions. find information about it on the internet ‘Do you read comments posted by people who have been there? Yes 3 Do people's comments affect your choice of places Mogor 81 brecer to be guided by ©: a Be crrroonts posted St Navel sarees and write the name of the section each comment is from. When to visit Arriving & departing Whar to do Where to eat Getting around +0 dO for ‘La Quinta’ (Fifth Avenue). It's the mai street and a good place for restaurants too. pedestrian walkway which makes it a s undoubtedly the best place to s p Getting aro H's not a large town and you'll probabyepend most ‘of your time around the beach area anyway. You can Welk almost anywhere and the taxis are very reasonably priced. A lot of the locals use colectivos to get to other resorts in the area. These are passenger vans and they ‘stop at the major hotels. 3 Altiving and deporting The best way is arguabifto take the bus. I's certainly the tioned, there's space for luggage dit wil leave you at the Playa bus station conveniently d on 5th Ave and Juarez. You can also buy chers for taxi rides inside the airport terminal building. you visit a place or restaurant for the first time, ‘much rain, There are a fot of tourists at Eastor, 5 whee to eat I you want to try the local cuisine then you should

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