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1. Early morning. Because 4 when other people are
asleep, and the light is beautiful.
2 It depends. Because 5 !
3 May, Because the world is pale green, and asparagus is in
season!
4 Autumn. Because the leaves afe red and yellow, and it's a
time for lots of wonderful fruit and vegetables. 6 !
5 Easter Sunday. Because I love chocolate, and I always have a
lot of Easter eggs!
asparagus Easter egg New Year resolut ions promi""" r
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3 LISTENING
a 3 33 »)) Li ~!('n 10 Martin answering the questions in
Fal'Ouri/e Times, Complete colu Illn I, b Itl pairs, :1st.: and answer ahoul each :ICli\'il)"
\ V hat's yo u r ravou r ite . .. ?
tim eof day:
2 W hy? A Do you like reading? -1 ~ Yes. I love it,
1 VOCABULARY music
a 3 35 ») Lis ten and Ilumberrhe kind s of lll us ic 1- 9. Ca n you name an)' mhe r kinds of music in Engl is h?
C hip hop rock classical La tin jaa reggae D blues ~ heavy mel al D R&H
b What kind o f mus ic do I don't you like? ~ike rock, but I don't like R&8.
2 Where are they from? Match the singers 3 Whose music do you hea r in the
these people famou s for? and bands to their countries. soundtrack of these films I shows?
•b Beyonce
Louis Arms trong
•b D Cold pi.,
D Rihanna
1 Germany •b We Will Rock You
This Is It
, jay-Z , D Placido Domingo
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3
Ireland
Britain
, Yellow Submarine
d Yehudi Menuhin d Amadeus
e Queen d D Black Eyed Peas 4 Barbados e Mamma Mia!
f Bob Marley e D U2 5 Spain
f D Fools Garden • the USA
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CAN YOU UNDERSTAND THIS TEXT? Cl CAN YOU UNDERSTAND THESE
a Read rhe text and answer the question s. PEOPLE?
Where is a good place to go in Dublin if yOll want to... ? (3) 42») In t h e street Watch or listen to five people
I have lu nch or dinner a nd answer the questions.
2 sce animal s
3 buy a present
4 hea r stories aboll! fa mOlLS places
5 have a drink wit hout paying
b Look at the highlighted words or phrases in the text Atison and Ben Tiffany Joel Anya
and guess their meanin g. \Vhich sentence is true?
c Read the text again and underline the r hin g you would a Ben can't play a lUusical instrument.
liketodomosr. b Alison can play the guitar well.
c Ben ca n play the guita r, but nOt very well.
2 Tiffany _ __
Dublin - thefriendly city a h:ls noi sy neighbours
b doesn't have noisy neighbours •
eople don't usually think of capital cities as friendly. but
P people told me that Dublin is the exception, so [went
[~e re to see if it was true - and it was! local people greet you
c is the noisy neighbour
3 Joel's favourite month is May because the weather
is _ __
like an old friend, they want to know everything about you,
and about your day. The tourist guides are really friendly: for a hot b nice c sunny
example. at the Guinness fa ctory (somewhere you must go) 4 Ben doesn't like _ _ __
they offer you a free glass of Guinness. The bus drivers on a classical music b heavy metal c rock music
the tour buses (an excellent way to get around Dublin) tell 5 At the moment Anya is reading _ _ __
ve ry interesting and amusing stories about all the buildings
a a romantic novel b a biography c a trilogy
and monuments they go past. They stop at all the main
tourist attractions, for example Phoenix Park, the home to
Dublin's zoo, St Patrick's Cathedral. and the main shopping CAN YOU SAY THIS IN ENGLISH?
areas (Grafton Street and O'Connell Street). When you want
something to eat, the Temple Bar area is the place to go. Even Do the tasks with a partner. Tick (.I ) t he box if you can
in the re staurants Irish people want you to be happy. They do them.
often sit you at tables with other people, and the waiters tell Can you .. ,?
jokes when they serve the food to make you laugh . In general,
the food is great and very good value for money. there are
D say twO things you ca n do well. and twO things you
ca n't do (e.g. cook)
lots of things to see, and hotels are cheap - how can you not
be happy and friendly with all that? 2 say th ree Ih ings you can or can't do i n class (e.g. use
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3 D say what kind of books you usually read, and what
you arc reading at the moment
4 ask your partner quest ions wi th the words below
. tired? Why?
... like watching SpOrt on TV? Which sports?
... e njoying YOUT Engl ish classes?
... play a mu sical instrument? Which onc?