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Diversicus is preparing to go on their new world tour. | = Today a flim director is asking about Ife in the circus Rose 63 Who says it? Listen and say the name. © Ploy the describing game. (Lily.) (Ghe'san acrobat. she's Pablo's mum. She's Mare’ sister, 44 Describing people Hello, 'm the circus strongman and need to eat five big meals a day, I'm going to show the people making the film around Diversicus. Can I bring them to In Diversicus, food Is very important. Allthe acrobats work very hard and they need to eat correctly, Here's Ivan. He's the strongest man jess in the circus. He can lft a tractor. bh, Tve got an idea. Why don't we make a video, too? No, I can't, actually ... ean Yeah, it looks fun. Let's go and get eee pull atractor with my teeth! your camera and tall the girls. ‘And my wife makes... meavery happy man, Here are May and Fred, the designers. ‘May makes cll the ‘amazing costumes. Excellent, Grandpa! Now let's Vt. My hi he ear earenons one go and see the acrobats. make all the costumes together. And here are our amazing acrobats. Last year, Lily flew in the shows! Here we have four of the most brillant children in the worid. You should use some of their film, = Et, no, actually, You really shouldn't. || No, I didn't, actually. Ijumped ‘nd Mare caught me. §} Listen and say yes or no. Revision oflevel3 5 What do you do in the school holidays? Where would you like to go on a trip? In this unit I will: @® Prepare o year planner. @ Plan my holidays with a partner. FA @® suo.est ond iscussoptions GB. Present ourhotiday plonner tothe cass. for different holidays. eres @ €B{B Listen. which countries do they talk about? Diversicus is in Dubai. The children are in the classroom. Theyre talking to Miguel about this year’s tour. September] October [J November [f December Dubai HT ZB say the chant. Tell your friend about something that happens in each month. In January, it’s cold. 1 wear a coat. In February, it’s my sister's birthday. ‘Months and ordinal numbers That might be difficult because Actually, Ivan, Dubai's got thereisn’t any ‘on excellent ski centte. snow in Dubai What are There's only sand. you going to No, don't worry, van. It’s inside! Idon't know. I might not enjoy it. You may need your sunglasses | because the snow might be bright. Tm wortied too. I don't know howto ski But it might be fun - we can all go together, ve gota larger jacket here. It's our biggest one. fg Yes, 1 think so. ‘This might be better. Thot looks better! 7 Eh wie thax a Oh dear, Ithink it might be Ivan, SY OK. Let’s try re fl pence aggin-ae” — Letsaligo W no,1mOK. think through, youready2 | together. might go by t's only me! Ivan, Ithink you might i Imay have a larger reed some bigger ones! JM pairon the shel. Yes, Dad. Itsivan, BQ Listen and say the number. ‘Story: might/may in context Describe the holiday photo. Then read the messai Hi Emma! I con't wait for you to come next August! You might need to bring lots of different things because we aren't sure what we're going to do when you're here. It might be hot and Mum loves going to the beach, so you may need a beach towel and your swimsuit. Dad prefers ‘0 go camping in the mouniains, so you may need « pair of strong boots. It might be cold in the ‘mountains, so you might need a warm coar, too. | don't mind what we do, because | enjoy going to the beach and | love camping, So, we might go to the mountains or we might go to the beach, bur Im sure we're going to have @ lot of fun together. @ ® crammar spotlight It might be hot. You may need a pair of strong boots. Read the message to Emma again and complete the sentences. Use 1, 2, 3 or 4 words. 1 Emma and 4 She might need a towel for the beach. because 2. Inthe mountains, the weather Hescoleiinithetrnbantaine : 5 They tothe 2 Emma apair mountains or the beach. of strong boots for camping in the mountains. Imagine you’re going to go camping or to the beach or to the sports centre. Say what you may or might do or see. ete T'm going to go to the beach. Imight make o sandcastle. Prepare your year planner. © Put family ond school dates on your planner. Discuss with a partner. What's happening ) {It’s my grandma's birthday. it’s on in January? 15th January. We might have a party, We may have a school sports day in { That's a good June. Why don’t you include that? _) | idea. Thanks. diary Atty took ricniney | 9 We're all going on a journey. We're all going on a journey. (x2) We're in the car on the ‘matory Giving Frank a lift to the station. (x2) Chorus Isee a taxi on the road and there's lots of *traf Isee an ‘ambulance and a °bicyele, (x2) Chorus There's my train at the *railway station. There are ‘passengers on the 4 Chorus (x2) How do you usually get to school? © Play a game with a partner. Guess the word. \ 1's when there are a lot of Traffic. 7 cars and lorries on the roa —s 10 | Journeys pra |§%, Listen. Why is the shopping centre in Dubai special? Copy and complete the gram box. Listen and check. all every some ‘any _leverywhere ‘anywhere nowhere Ask and answer. ae QUICK QuIz who lives in Dubai? Lo you know anyone who Fi 2 Is there anywhere near here youcan ...? 3 > Con you tell me anything about ... ? 4 Is there anyone in your family who Suggest and discuss options for different holidays. ‘© Work with your Mission pertner. Compare your yeor planners. © Find dates when you're both free. © Discuss and choose holidays together. ‘We're both free the first weekend ) ( Ithink everyone mighthave the in December. Shall we go skiing? | sameidea, sot might be very busy. Let'sgoonabicycle ) { That's. great idea! trip before Easter! Tlove cycling! enre es ae Indefinite pronouns 11 What’s the climate like? EBB woich the video. Is the weather in your country the same all year? BS Listen and read. Match the photos to the climate zones. Why are there deserts in sorne countries and rainforests in other countries? It's always very cold at the North Pole and South Pole, even in summer. Why ist‘ it very cold all year where you live? Different ploces have different climates. Climate describes the usual weather of a place over many yeors and it influences the plants and cnimals that we find there There are three main climate zones: ivouen TEMPERATE RETROPICAL polar, temperate and tropical Polar climates are cold all year and there is always snow and ice. In winter the temperatures can be as low ‘as -50°C and i's dark all the time. In summer there is sun nearly all day, but is very ‘weak, so it's sill cold Temperate climates usually have winters that aren't very cold and summers that aren't very hot. Countries in the emperate climate zone have four seasons: winter, spring, summer and autumn. Tropical climates are hot and humid all year. Countries near the equator are in the tropical climate zone. They don't have four seasons: they only have rainy and dry seosons. Read the text again and answer the questions. 1 Which climate zone has rainy ond dry seasons? 2 When is it dark all day in the polar climate zone? 3 To see autumn, which climate zone should you visit? 12. Leom cheut climates and climate zones @& Listen and read. answer the questions. but when It gete too hot to Decause tnev'e cooler than dork colours "Theyre alsotong Outside, people stay at home CGprtce: peop ams eng? etg0tothe ai'conationee | tegs fem the sun ane the sand. SePINGcenites, 1 How are your summer clothes different from the clothes in the photo? 2 Why do people in Dubai spend a lot of time ‘The tallest building inside? in the world, Bur} Khalifa, is in Dubai. Its 828 meves tall 3 Do you wish you lived in Dubai? Explain your ‘and it contains flats, reasons to a partner. hotel, c. gym, offices and shops. ce STAGE 3 Plan your holidays. Let's travel by train.) (1's quicker than going by car. © Decide what you need to pack for each holiday. We need to pack | { ves. We need to pack warm coats, too. curbike helmets. ) | It’s cold in the mountains in March. © Write your final holiday plans in your year planner. Actity ook J monet Learn aboutthe Arabian Desert 13 €B answer the questions. 1 Look at the text. What type of book would you find it in? How do you know? 2 Read the title and the sub-headings. What do you think the text is about? 2 THE LION OF THE SEAS Name: Ahmad Ibn Majid Occupation: Sailor, writer and poet Year of birth: Around 1430 Place of birth: julfar Year of death: Around 1500 Julfar Today ‘Today Julfar is called Ras Al Khaimah. Ras Al Khaimah is nearly two hours’ journey by motorway from Dubai. When Ahmad Ibn Majid was a boy, it was an important port. Barly Life Ahmad Ibn Majid was the son of a famous scilor and he loved the seu. He liked watching the boats coming end going and he enjoyed talking to anyone who arrived by sea. He wanted to be a sailor, too. His father taught him the art of navigation, Ahmad Ibn Majid ‘was very brave and confident. When he was 17, he could navigate a ship by himself. Ahmad Ibn Majid: The Sailor He studied the stars carefully and their position helped him to navigate ships. Other sailors called him ‘The Shooting Star’. Soon he could soil from Julfar to Kast Africa, India and to many other distant } locations. He understood about winds and tides, and the effect of the moon on che tides, and he could navigate through the roughest seas. VA Texttype:A children’s encyclopedia entry Ahmad Ibn Majid: The Writer The sec, however, was not his only interest. He liked writing, too. He wrote 40 books about the sea, the stars and sea routes. He also wrote poctry. ‘Soon he was famous and everyone talked about him. Ahmad Ibn Majid and Vasco da Gama Vesco da Gama, the fomous Portuguese explorer, wanted to sail from Portugal to India, but no-one knew the sca route from Europe to India ot that time Vasco da Gama Vasco da Game asked Ahmed Tbn Majid to help him. With his help, Vesco da Gama found the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa, sailed across the Indian Ocean end reached India, ‘The route that Ahmad Tha Majid helped Vasco da Gama to find Why we remember him Hundreds of years after he died, we still remember Ahmad Ibn Majid and his navigational skills. He's called ‘The Lion of the Seas. His books are in the National Library in Paris. Why do you think Ahmad Ibn Majid was called ‘The Shooting Star’ in his lifetime? Why do you think he’s now called ‘The Lion of the Seas’? Discuss in groups. ©} think of a time when you were brave. What happened? Tell a partner. ‘Social and emotional skl:Selt-confidence and bravery 15 Look at the picture and choose the correct answet 1 Who are the people? A boy and his uncle. | Aboy and his school friend. / Two brothers. 2 Where are they going? To the beach. | To an office. | To the railway station. Now read the instructions. Are you right? David is going with his Uncle Frank to the railway station today. David is asking Uncle Frank some questions about the journey. What does Uncle Frank say? Read and complete David’s questions about the journey. far isit to the station? 4 there usually a lot of passengers? _-— are we going to get there? 5 people take bicycles on a train? _—... platform is ourtrainon? «6 IFT’ hungry, can we buy food? a---o What kind of information does each answer need? Circle your answer, number atime phrase ayes/noonswer a place Now match David’s questions with a reply. In about five minutes. It’s only about two miles from here. It’s number one, near the drinks machine. Read all the choices before you choose an ‘answer, In the exam there are two answers that you will not use. Yes, they can - with a special ticket. neoeoQ There’s a nice cofé opposite the ticket office. No, there aren't. October's a quiet month. missi@n This yearwe're goingto | fiery | goon three holidays. ages NF ‘We're going to leave on 24th March, We're going to go by train. We're going to take our bicycles, helmets and warm coats, In which month is Diversicus going to be in England? What wos the problem with Ivan’s jacket? What does Emma need to take with her on holidou? What are the three main types of climate zones? What's different about people who are nomads? What name did sailors give to Ahmad Ibn Majid? ee (2) Our beautiful planet S QB wotch the video. Ask and answer. What animals and plants can you see where you live? What activities do you like doing outside? In this unit I will: @® cescrivemy preparation @)_ Write ideas about how to and first day, protect an endangered species. @ cescrive what hoppened Role play an interview with with some animals, an explorer. @ |§3 Listen. Where are the class going to camp? Name two places. Diversicus is in Sydney in Australia. The children are having a geography lesson The Australian Environment ag Say the chant. ERB Play the spetting game. Number one: E- 1 environment Thenatural world 19 We left here aiter schoo! last Friday and we got. to the beach at eight o'clock in the evening. Yeah, When core you ging to tell us about it? ‘You came back two days ago ‘and we don't know anything ‘about your trip. Yes, it took five anda half hours. Jim forgot hs pyjamas, so we had to She bought stamps and postcards look for somewhere which sold them. ag 24 then she began to write them! weieresbut If = she spent an y hour writing eh them before she Yeoh, that wasn’t sent them! the problem. Su-tin rion found out there was a Sj Postoficein tan, [Ee] tewes dork when we began to put up te tents Pablo was outside, ‘wasinside my tent. Suddenly, I heard a — but didn't go anc tell Miguel. explored by myself. too. Jenny ran into him. They fel, over and the tent came down. ‘A kangaroo appeared behind tree and fran away fromit. ie Were ae 0K? Well, we didn’t break anything. We only cut our knees and elbows. The next doy Poblo andI lostaday. We stayed on the Miguel repaired the ne beach and Jim I'Ves, but the other tent, buthe wasn’t pleased with them, A. okedatterus. days were great. We . Ane seulotsof amazing A be surprised tovaly kangaroos BE Listen and complete. Use two words. Then say the sentence. 20 Story: Past simple review: reqular ond irregular verbs; agoin context Lange roti Q) B Look at the photo. What do you think Frank did on holiday? Complete the text with the words from the box. got camped stones met could caves visit Well, here we are in Australia. We got _ here ‘a week ago. On the first day, we ? my dad's cousin and we explored some interesting 3 near a beach. We went on a boot with a glass floor, so we see lots of ‘amazing creatures. ‘Three days ago, we visited the Great Sandy Desert. We § ina big tent, but there were lots of & ‘on the ground. We didn't #. Uluru, the huge rock in the middle of Australia, Did you go away last month? We didn’t visit Uluru. Did you go away last month? We got here a week ago, Choose where to explore and start your explorer’s diary. © Write about your trip preparation. Describe your first day, in the desert two days ago. We made a fire to keep warm ® Talk to another explorer. missi@n t | | | packed my hat and a blanket. gets cold at night. I arrived | | | | | ‘Acts Boo a | ple Post simplereview: regular ond regular verbsiago 22 mB That was a ‘dinosaur, But it's now extinct. & All there is on this dry land Are its huge footprints *Butterflies and “beetles, “Eagles in the air, °Camels in the desert — Creatures everywhere! Tm a special “tortoise With black ’swans in the stream. Look after cur environment. Don't let us be extinct! Chorus ... everywhere! Creatures everywhere! Tim just an ®ectopus Living in the sea, Keep the ocean clean. Don't let us be extinct! Chorus ... everywhere! .. Creatures everywhere! (x2) Read and guess. Then write a description of a creature. This creature is an insect. It’s usually small and beautiful. I's got four wings and six legs. It likes flying around flowers Play the definition guessing game. Use your description from Activity 2. Let’s talk about animals, fhere do you see animal ere €B Look at the pictures. what are the problems? Listen and check. There's too much plastic. There are too many cars. The land is too dry. There isn't enough water. There aren’t enough trees. The air isn’t clean enough. Ask and answer. What do you do too much? What don’t you do enough? What have you got too much/many of? What haven't you got enough of? Tdon't tidy my bedroom enough.) (ve got too many old toys. 7 Describe what happened with some animals. © Write about your day and tell a story about some onimals. © Discuss.in groups. iary How was your day? I walked too neara snake. It was scary. ighigiee nce! | POS di tooandenough | 23 Save our world EBBD watch the video. bout 65 million years ogo, Earth lost half of allits animals. Many people believe that a meteorite hit the planet and this caused the extinction of so many animals Extinction happens when the last member of a species dies. Dinosaurs probobly became extinct because of this natural disaster, but other animals are now extinct because of humans. One example is the dodo. Dodos lived on on istand. When humans crrived, they hunted the birds and their dogs ate the Today, we try harder to protect animals, but many ore still endangered. This means that there aren't many af them alive, so they might become extinct in the future. 2 Why are animals endangered? 24 Learn aboutendangered animals dodos’ eggs. Soon there were no more dodos. B®) Listen and read. answer the questions. The list of endangered animals is very long and it includes polar bears, gorillas, rhinos and elephants. ae Animals become endangered for many reasons, Pollution and climate change are serious problems for all living things, but there are other reasons why so many animals are endangered. Hunters kil, animals for their beautiful fur and some even kill them for sport. Humans cut down forests and change rivers to build cities and roads. This changes the animals’ habitats and the animals lose their homes and food. These actions put animals in danger of extinction. We must remember that we share our planet. It doesn’t belong to us. 1 What's the difference between extinct and endangered? © Look at the photos. How can we help? What other ways can you think of &, Listen and read. Write true or false. Correct the false statements. Jas more venomous species ‘than any other country in the: “and jellyfish inthe oceans. The people in Australia work Ir walked on four legs, but hard today to protect their it could else hop on cw tunusual and special animals. legs, le was the largest ‘They don't want more animals carnivorous marsupial on to become extinct, lee the Earth. A earnivorous animal Australie has lots of unusual Tasmanian tiger. The last is an animal chat eats meat. tonimals and many of them time anyone saw this amazing The Tasmanian tiger hunted conly live there, and nowhere animal was nearly 100 years at night. Unfortunately, ago. Iewas a very strange Tasmanian tigers attacked ‘animal, Ichad a dog's body, _sheep, so farmers hunted them morsupials animals that a wolfs head, a kangaroo's tnd now experts believe carry their babies in a pouch. pouch and stripes like a tiger. that they're extinct. Marsupials carry their babies ina pouch, The Tasmanian tiger had a head like a dog. Itwalked on four legs, but it could also hop like a kangaroo on two legs. Ithunted during the doy. People killed the animals because they had beautiful fur. The Tasmanian tiger is endangered. ef-s Write ideas about how to protect an endangered animal. © Do research about an endangered animal where you're exploring. | © Find out weysto protec ths animel nd wrt ideas. | | The Western Swamp Tortoise is endangered, We need to put more plants in the water where they live. Insects come when there are plants and the tortoises eat the insects. jary ‘etvty 800% page 18 eel = B what do you do when you lose something? Who helps you find it? Where do you think Dad finds his glasses in Amy’s poem? Read and find out. & WHEN DAD LOST HIS GLASSES (On the first day of March we arrived on a plane In Sydney, Australia, where there's not so much rain. It was too hot for me and too hot for my dad And Mum said, ‘This weather's the hottest we've had!” Yes, the sin was so high and the sky was so bine ‘And the air was so hot. Oh, what conld we do? ‘Let's go somewhere else,’ I said, ‘go somewhere cold, To the lovely Blue Mountains where they say there is gold.’ So we drove in the car on the very next day ©) To the mountains thet Mum said were not for away <_) And the caves that were dark and so quiet and cold — Full of beautiful things, some new and some old. We walked and we talked in these Jenolan Caves, Mum, Dad and |, and our guide, Mr Graves. “This is limestone, he said, with his hand to the wall, ‘And it makes all these shapes, so big and so tall” Look ar this’ said our guide, ‘look up there, look at that! Here's one like a hill! There's one like a hat! Over time these things formed from the water that fll. Do you like them? They've all got some stories to tell.’ ‘We had « good time in these interesting caves Until Dad said, ‘My glasses! My gla- ... Mr Graves! We looked for them here and we looked for them there And Dad said, ‘But when did I lose them? And where? But the torch on my helmet helped me to see, So [looked in the dark that was all around me And I said to my dad, ‘They're on top of your head!” He put them back on and his face was bright red. Answer the questions with a partner. Choose words from the box. | angry surprised tired excited pleased interested worried thirsty How did Amy and her parents feel when they arrived and it was very hot? How did they feel when they saw the shapes in the caves? How did Amy's dad feel when he couldn't find his glasses? How did he feel when he realised they were on his head? rue Social and emotional skill Showing awareness of how others feel 27 Look at the picture. What kind of activities do you think the children did on their trip? EY Complete the notes with Look at the notes. What kind *3* the words in the box. of information is missing for Listen and check. each space? ; [ enoum 3) aname anumber | Wane tee ‘3 __anumber | lor 6 Desert School trip School trip Place: Ocean and ese" World Place: Ocean and World 1 Class: 1 Class: 2 Name of teacher: Mr 3 First day: fed the 4 Everyone had to: write a 5 Last day; children visited a 2 Name of teacher: Mr 3 First day: fed the 4 Everyone had to: write @ 5 Last day: children visited a Listen and write the surnames of these children on the trip. 1 Dan 2 Alice ©) Ce lhe CS © Practise spelling with a friend. Moke sure you know the letters of the alphabet and always check your spelling. 3 Lily Sanimal words 5 surnames 5 environment words diary what did you do i) nn | on your first night? Korot tse (Did you see any interesting onima eg ci SE eae) ris you wrote about how to pr Eons ee oe aamtaat Bieta ty Did you find out about any endangered animals? How can we help them? Which subject was Miguel teaching the children? Which animal was outside Jenny's tent? Where did Frank and his family go on their first day in Australia? Name three animals that are endangered. Why do people think Tasmanian tigers are extinct? Who lost his glasses in the Jenolan Caves? Be e (3) Let’s celebrate! Watch the video. Ask and answer. Do you celebrate any festivals where you live? What do you do to celebrate? In this unit I will: @ wie questonsobouronersius. @ seseorcho cours mos and write quiz questions. Write quiz questions about experiences in my group. BE Listen. which country won the men’s beach volleyball? Which country won the women’s cycling road race? Diversicus is in Brazil, This morning, Ivan | and the children are on the beach. stadium, £216) say the chant. BBS Listen and say yes or no. I've token Jim's queen, PBN bu we novert nah Excelent oe ~ 7 Well done! ‘Oh dear She cantakemykingnow. |_| toget the 1 Bie lost the gome, Where's Ivan? volleybol a How many ice creams = || = have you bought? 4“ ve bought four : r, for you and 1 they’ve made this, ‘ttle’ one for me, j HOW mony balls of ice cream icone er Me: have they putin that? It’s huge! He's lifted the ice cream cart! Look what Ivan’s done! He's carried Tell us, Ivan, huge rocks, What other What else has he's pushed strange Te lifted a he done? little cars and he's pulled a things have sofa with four you lifted? a People on it! 2 plane! But you've done stranger ethige than that Yes, 've seen a photo of that. Yes - the biggest en King Ivan, have , street party in the jou ever lifted a castle? Ye heard world! Hos anyone 4 ‘ornivol nex 2 Conran costume to wear that right? 22 Yes,Thave.'mgoing abe ting= Wie Don'tbe sily. OF course I haven't. = Hos oithecratle No-one can lift a castle. Listen and say the number. 32 | Story: Present perfect for experience in context Look at the pictures. Talk about them. le the words to complete the questions in the advert. Have you ever eatenjeat block beans? Have you ever spent/spend the day at the beach? Have you ever have/had mango ice cream? Have you ever swum/swim in the sea? Have you ever drink/drunk juice out of a coconut? Have you ever go/gone to the market to buy food? Have you ever danced/dance sambc? Have you ever be/been to a carnival? Grammar spotlight Have you ever eaten black beans? Have you ever danced samba? EVES) Ask and answer the questions in the advert. Write about your friend. Joti has eaten black beans, but he hasn't Write questions about Diversicus. Have the Friendly family In groups, write three Yes/No been to Australia? questions and answers about the Yes, they have. characters. Na they hover Use the present perfect, Has iran piled plane? a © Yes he has. * i missi@n © Notehosnt ware sensy ok Present perfect forexperience 33 Listen and match. Then sing the song and do the actions. At the 'festival, 2Musicians who *rock Join in the music — Hip-hop or “pop! W At the festival! At the Sconcert Wave your °flags! v, Play your instruments! } Don't be sad! A At the concert! | *Whistle a “tune! Hit the drums! Let’s meet on "stage With our mums! At the concert! Lily can swing To Mum's ® violin. Zoe can sing With Su-Lin. Play the memory game. Let's talk about music. What type of music do. Mrs Friendly’s playing the guitar. you like? No, st 34 Music ond festivals | roe ©) Listen and look. What does Jim want to see? oct | Nov | pec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | may| jun Last year | Russia | China | indonesia |india | Greece |Turkey Spain |USA| Mexico This year | Dubai [Australia [Brazil 0? ~~? ? > 7 ima is Te already taken more than 100 photos. Thaven'tseen the We've just finished in pyramids yet. Brazil, Where have they been? Ask and answer about [ty South Korea Greece Turkey Ecuador Spain Russia Mexico Portugal Indonesia Have they been to Russia yet?) (Yes, they've already been there. Have theybeen oa uel Write quiz questions about experiences in your group. © Talk about your experiences and choose three. Has anyone ever been skiing?) (Yes, Ihave. Let's choose that. © Foreach experience, write three present perfect sentences about your group. Only one sentence is correct. 1 Skiing a Pablo has been skiing b Julia and Sam have been skiing. ¢ Everyone in our group has been skiing. diary etity Book ages Present perfect with just, already, yet 35 Making music history a BEd Listen and name the instruments. ©) Listen and read. Then order the photos from the oldest instrument (1) to the most modern (4). ie guitar is one ofthe Guitars sometimes had pairs most popular musical _of strings like the lute, but instruments in the world. _the guitar changed over time Many different cultures have _ to use single strings. People played instruments like the used guitars with six single guitar for over 3,000 years. strings for the first time in The oldest instrument that _the 1600s in Italy, but the wwe can see today comes ‘most important change from Ancient Egypt. You can happened in the 1850s. seethis guitar ina museum The Spanish guitar maker in Cairo. It belonged to a Antonio Torres Jurado made wget who sang for the the guitar’s body bigger. His Egyptian queen Hatshepsut. idea made the sound of the This type of guitar had guitar louder and better. a long neck and only Most of today's classical three strings. guitars follow his design. The lute is also an ancient The first electric guitars instrument similar to a ‘appeared in the 1930s. The guitar, but it has a short electric guitar has a solid neck and a body like half body and can make many apear. It usually had more different sounds. We also strings than aguitarand —_ find them in many different they were in pairs. From shapes and sizes. Some 1100-1500, travelling singers electric guitars don’t look and story tellers played the like guitars at allt lute to accompany their songs. 36 | Learn about the history of musical instruments | Read the text. When and how do you listen to music? What music do people in your family like? What festivals with music are there in your country? © Listen to Litiana talking about music at the Rio Carnival. © Make your own Brazilian instruments. 5 Samba musicians use guitars and trumpets / Read and choose the correct words. 1 Brozil celebrates carnival in February or March / December or January. 2 Carnival happens only in Rio de Janeiro | all over Brazil 2. People celebrate carnival at home / in the streets. Samba music came from Africa / America drums. Use materials that you have at home Research a country’s music and write quiz questions. © Choose a country and reseorch —_@ Write three quiz questions. Give its music. three possible answers (only one of which is correct). diary poe 30 Let’s find out about music i Lsematoe Bolen cra uc [ 37 38 © which sports peopte do you like? How do you think their life changed when they became famous? & THE LOCAL FOOTBALL HERO My name is Rebeca and |’m 11. I'm from beautiful Brozill But my femily live in a poor area, and life isn't easy. My parents work hord 30 my brother and I can go to school, and we always como straight home after school to help with the housework. But | have @ passion ... football And | want to tall you how football has chonged my life My dad wanted my big brother to be a professional foctbell player, but he didn't like training, | loved football end when | played [felt happy and | forgot about everything around me. My mum said, ‘Football isn't for gitls’ The boys at school didn't want to play with @ girl either, but whan they sow I was good, they picked me for their team. ‘One day a teacher told me about « footbell team just for girls. They were ‘omazing, They told me that they were preparing for o competion in March. | really wanted to be part of the teom ond | decided to try my hardest @ When | told my dad and brother, they were very happy. My mum sill didnt ike the idea ‘isn't going to be easy for you because football is a boy's sport’ she said. But she said nothing after that, and my dad ond brother trained with me every day for six months. Finolly, in February the coach told us which players were in the team for the competition. When I heard my name, | jumped in the cir and | screamed with excitement. Our team travelled fo Rio de Janeiro in March and we won the competition ~ it was ‘amazing! Since then we've won a lot more matches, but more importanily, ve mode lots of new friends and I've become more confident cbout myself. When | get older, | want to be a professional football ployer. Lots of my football idols have leerat English. For me, i's important to speak English jus lie them and study hard 30 | con travel round the world and talk to people from different countries. That's now my biggest dream in life Answer the questions. 1. How did foatball make Rebeca fee!? 2 What sport or activity makes you feel the same as Rebeca? Why? Rebeca practised a lot to achieve her dreams, even though it was difficult. Do you have a dream? Is it easy to achieve it? ‘Social and emotional skill: Resilience and perseverance [ 39 GB Look atthe pictures. Where (> —areseeadumina music sho might you see these things? violin drum puzzle book BEB Listen. which object in Activity 1 is Aunt Helen talking about? How do you know? ©} what might you find in these places? Picture. ll, gras Listen and match a picture | 1" (he exam. there ore two A-D with each word ‘extra pictures, but you will iv 1 hear something about all of th Activity 1. Which letter pictures. Use the second listening didn’t you use? Why? to check your final choices. We're The aes Samba Stars! diary poge 30 What game were Ivan, Pablo and Jenny playing on the beach? ‘What hasn't Ivan lifted before? Name three things you can do in Brazil, Where's the oldest type of guitar from? In which months does Brazil celebrate carnival? ‘Who didn’t think Rebeca should play footbell? Review «e © Units 1-3 Watch the video and do the quiz. BAB copy the tabte. risten to Katy and George and complete the birthdays. Then listen again and complete the notes. mn What did they do on their — Nome Birthday igst birthday? ih. Katy | 14th Apa | went 10 with her George played in (ie Emma went inthe ‘Michael broke in Work with a partner, Play the game. Take it in turns. © Student A: Choose two pictures for your partner. Say one thing that is the same about the two things. © Student B: Say one thing thatis different about the two things. Swan and eagle! They can both fly.) (“Aswan lives on water, but an eagle lives on and. 42 | Consolidation of units 1-2 Read the interview. Then read and correct the sentences. 1 David hes swum in a lake. 2. David doesn’t know anyone who has swum in the seo. 3. David’s mum thinks David is old enough to go toa festival 4. David hos sent only one postcard. He thinks they're too expensive. 5 David has been toa desert. OB Now write your own interview for a friend. Think of six questions and then ask and answer. © Write questions about transport, animals, music/festivals and competitions. © Start your questions with: Have you ever... ? © Write your questions. ask your friend and write their answers. Consolidation of units1-3 43 4) Time of our lives RBG watch the video. ask and answer. Where can you see clocks? Do you clways get up and goto bed at the same time? Ailes (S) Pec) ne car Zi In this unit I will: ©) vecide onthe settingand GQ) describe how the problem is solved. “= characters for a story al @ vescrivec probiem. Finish and read the stories. ® BS. listen. why is Rose worried? Diversicus has just arrived in Colombia. It's time to prepare lunch, but there’s a problem SS (Se Smoke sure 2B sou the chant. BS. who says it? Listen and say the name. | Ver forote promiesond runs 45 PWR Um sorry lunch isa little late today, but we were driving along the road when we had a problem, ey You know why we'relate, Ben. And The roed? We were driving ow you can explain everything! along a path in the jungle, Dad! 4 a Why id Ben thought vouget vwehad here tote? enough 2 What were timetodrive fi 2 you doing? | we had lots of time. We through the We did! We were early! were travelling happily jungle. But while we were down the motorwey Griving olong the path, [ga wen dadsow ana ROM REED ANE wer encte one” to the jungle. = =] then... the ture burst. 1) = FEB were you driving fost, Ben a The bus was No, he wasn’t. He was comazing. driving slovrly and carefully. T've never ‘enything tke belore. SD m0 repeiring the tyre Biba siesobesornes nthe ut SS middle of the junglet ‘oo Marc, fetch @ new tyre and go with Bento ps home from the jungle, please Be Be Wewere lucky we | ie we were trvelng, Sepa Andwe wore studying s foron 0nd Mum wes playing her violin, _ exom! SE ; ¢ Py P) Tin, Sehmy— sow Ie your ree SMS tum to study forthe exam. § &}, Listen and complete. Use two words. Then say the sentence. 46 | stry: Past comtnuousin context | ac cuces ©B what do you have to do before you can ride the bike in the photo? Complete the text using the correct words from the list below. Last weekend Mum * asked my older sister and me to clean and repair our bikes. ($0 Both bikes had small holes in the tyres XQ) so we couldn't cycle to the park, wile 1? cleoning my bike, my sister was ® ‘cartoons on TV! | wes getting hot and angry when Mum came out to help me. She brought me some juice (* which drank * | wos repairing the tyre. Mum and I were ready to go. We $ getting on our bikes when my sister @) ‘out to join us. She couldn't come because her bike wasn't ready! 1 ask asking asked while who why 2 1s was were 5 are wos were 3 watched watching watches 6 came come comes Grammar spotlight While Iwas cleaning my bike, when Mum came out. my sister was watching TV. Lwasgetting hot, Choose words from your teacher’s lists. Make sentences and act them out. i : {You were hopping when you fll over. \ Plan your mystery story. | © In groups, choose your setting. Think about your characters. | Choose c title. Give your plan to your teacher for another group. |The story takes place in the colourful cty Cartagena de Inds. | | Sally, Lily, Pedro and Marco are four friends who met while Our title: What was Pedro doing at the Clock Tower? Activa Book pages ome «7 We were waiting for the bus At five past two, We were waiting for the bus At 2ten past two, The bus didn’t come, The bus didn’t come. At 3quarter past two. .. At ‘twenty past two. ~. At ‘twenty-five past two. .. At “twenty-five to three. _. At twenty to three. ~ At ®quarter to three. .. At Sten to three. At five to three. We arrived at the bus stop late. We arrived at five past two. We arrived at the bus stop late. The bus left at two. ive questions about yesterday. 5 Wi yore you doing at SS twenty-five to eight in the inthe morning inthe afternoon morning? intheevening atnight 2. What was your mum doing © Ask and answer your questions with a partner. What were you doing Twas getting | at twenty-five to eight dressed. ) in the morning? =e | How long does ittake you to get to school? What time do you usually arrive? (We arrived at five past four) + We've been here since five past four. (Now it’s twenty past four.) Weve lentes re quarter ofan hour. Write the questions. 1 How long/you / be/ at this school? % How long / you / have / your shoes? 2 How long// you / live / here? 5 How long / you / know / your teacher? 3 How long/you / study / English? 6 Howlong/you/...? Ask and answer the questions from Activity 2 with a partner. How longhave you ) {I've been here for four years. beenatthis school? | | I've been here since Iwas five. Describe a problem for the mystery story. © In groups, read the setting, characters and title of the story you have. © Think ofa problem and write the ‘build-up’ part of the story. © Give the story to your teacher for another group. The four friends were going to meet at eleven o'clock. Sally, Lily and Marco arrived at eleven o'clock at the Barrio de Getsemans, but Pedro A little later, Sally said, ‘How long have we waited for? We've "Whet can we do now? Pedro doesn’t have a phone, said Lily diary age sa Time zones Watch the video. ‘As Earth turns in space, the sun shines on only part of he planet, When it’s day vihere you lve, its night time on the other side of the world. This means that when you're eating your breakfast, ather children are going fo bed. I's different time in heir country because the world has different time zones. nes oF Nes oF pe Greenanicn SOMATOR Amap of the world has lots of lines on it Lines of latitude go around Earth. They show us the distance from the equator, the line that goes round the midcle, Lines of longitude go up and down, dividing Earth like pieces of an orange. 2 Listen and read. Answer the questions. The Greenwich Meridian is a very important line of longitude which passes through London in the UK. It raditionally sets the time forall the clocks around the world, The time on this line of longitude is Greenwich Mean Time (GMI Ifyou live to the east of the Greenwich Meridian, ifs later than in London. Ifyou live to the west i's earlier, Large countries like the USA have three or more fime zones, but ‘most countries have one, so the time is the same everywhere in that couniry. Before you phone a friend, check what fime itis in their country. You might call them at 3.00 in the morning and no-one wants to talk then! 1 Exploin the difference between lines of latitude and lines of longitude. 2 IsNew York to the west or to the east of the Greenwich Meridian? 3 Isthe time in New York earlier or later than GMT? 50 Learn about time zones Look at the photos and read. What are they celebrating? What do the GMT labels mean? GMT-5 hours GMT +2 hours GMT + 10 hours New York, the USA Athens, Greece Sydney, Australia, I's 31st December, a special celebration in many parts of the world. It's a time when we hope for the future. Each country has its own traditions at this time. §} Listen to the children talking about celebrations “ in their countries. Write K (Ken), M (Maria) or D (Dom). z eats 12 pieces of fruit. 4 ‘watches fireworks on the bridge. 2 hasa party atthe beach. 5 puts a vegetable on their door. 3 might get money for singing. 6 puts an extra plate on the table, © How do you celebrate New Year? Talk with a partner. Find out when and how people celebrate Chinese New Year. Use the internet to help you. eee. | Continue the story. © In groups, read the ‘build-up' part of the story and decide how to solve ‘the problem. © Write the ‘resolution’ and give the story to your teacher for another group. Sally said, ‘I know what happened! Pedro hasnt changed the time to Colombian time? diary ht. Let’ ‘You're Petty Book gp to the Clock Tower. I think he's there!’ sald Marco. Learn about Now Yeor celebrations around theworld 51 Look at the pictures. What is the setting for the story? Why do we need to protect this place? How can we do this? & THE LEGEND OF MOTHER MOUNTAIN omewhere deep in the rainforests and mountains of Colombia there’ a very special woman. You may never see her, but she’s there all che same, She wears a dress made of leaves. She’s got no shoes on her feet and she has a ring of wild flowers on her head. Her name is Mother Mountain. Her job is to look after nature and the environment, and to make suze that no-one herms it, The animals mountains love her. She's their friend, and chey know that they're safe with her. Ty) Immediately the man fell to the ground in a deep sk f the rainforests and ‘One day a man came to the forest to cut down some trees. As he was swinging his ‘axe at a tree, Mother Mountain suddenly appeared from nowhere and caught his axe in her strong hands. The man turned and looked at her in amazement. ‘Why have you come into the rainforest?” Mother Mountain asked. “To cut wood to burn for our fires the man said. ‘You can’t cut down my trees? Mother Mountain said. Slowly her green eyes turned red as she said: “The environment is important for you and Go to sleep now. Then wake up and see!” p. The tree moved in the wind. Ie seemed to be saying “Thank you, Mother Mountain’ 52 Texttype: legend A few minutes later, another man can 1¢ into the forest. Hee didn't see the man asleep on the ground, but he saw a bear. As he was getting ready to catch it with a ner, Mother Mountain suddenly appeared from nowhere and caught the net in her strong hands. ‘Why have you come into the forest?” she asked. “To get meat for my children to eat, the man said. "You can't kill my animals, Mother Mountain said. Slowly her green eyes turned red and she said: “The environment is important for you and mel Go w sleep now. Then wake up and see!” The mon fell to the ground in a deep sleep. The bear touched Mother Mountain and made a soft noise. It seemed to be saying “Thank you, Mother Mountain.’ ~ ’ The two men slept for several hours. Then they woke up from their deep sleep and they looked round. They didn’t se2 Mother Mountain. She wasn’t there They only saw’ how beantifial the forest and its animals were. They walked home together, promising never to cut down a tree or hurt ‘an animal ever again Why are the men never going to cut down a tree or hurt an animal again? Do you do anything to look after nature and natural places? In groups of five, act out the story. Decide who’s going to be Mother Mountain, the two men, the tree and the bear. Social end emotional skill: Understanding how actions con affect the environment | 53 Michael was doing one of these activities yesterday at 5 p. What are the different activities? BEX Listen and say the order you hear the activities. ©BE Look at the pictures carefully. Then listen and read the question and the conversation. Answer the question. Where was Mum waiting for Michael? Michael: I left schoo! late because Mr March told us to tidy the playground. Can we still go to the cinema? Mum: Well, only if there's a later time for thefilm .. Michael: Ican find out on my tablet. Yes! Ateight o'clock. Mum: Ok, osit’s Friday, but we need a bus back here to the bus station after the film. Let’s look at the times. Remember to choose your onswer when each part of the conversation finishes. You always listen again so you can check your answer. Sr mission rae diary Atty Bok Lily and Marco arrived at the Clock Tower and they saw pees Hi Pedro! the friends said ‘ed for half ar !' Pedro said. hanged your watch to Colombian time!” Saly said ck here, - Pedra said. They all laughed. THE END, story is Why was the Friendly fomily late for lunch at Diversicus? What did Jim and Jenny need to study for? Why did the girl have to repair her bike? What's the name of the line that goes round the middle of our planet? In which country do people eat 12 gropes at New Year? —__ What does Mother Mountain wear? Watch the video. Ask and answer. Does it snow where you live? What do you like doing when the weather is cold? RRR ec Las In this unit I will: Research winter weather @© wite some trovelodviee ina different country, 1 ® oravomapwitnweatrrsymbols. KG Actoute Tvweathereport 6) 4 Listen. in which months is the temperature usually coldest? Diversicus is in Patagonia in the south of Argentina. t's a cold, foggy da 2B soy the chant. Ask and answer questions about the weather where you live. (erates ) the weather) {It’s worm ae) sunny, but like here in (erates ) ae) ‘ore sometimes storms. | aed =: 26 iguel’s given us @ group or todo about animals and their ‘environment in Patagonic. Tllwrite about the penguins, Tl use the photos which I took yesterday, Different animals appear in different seasons. You can't see als at the same time. And I'l make a video of the whales and dolphins from the film which T got yesterday. EW) You've both chosen the easiest ones! Tilhove to search for information online. Actually, Jim, we can’t. We haven't got wifi her There won't be much information here, so —- let’s go to the End of the Viorid Museum. So, well goto Theres cn excelent library thece, the museum Es hac ‘and after that lunch! Wow, what a briliant ramet I'm sure Ivon will want to come. Till collect information about the % environment. What will you do, Jim? pag Mi tu find out about sea birds, butt SS won't write aaout penguins, Jenny. What a huge plate of seafood! We won'tfinish all ofthat! Twill Icon eat more ‘And we'll helo you, so you finish faster. than penguin! B43 Listen and say the number. 58 | Story wilinontin context, 1 es ene Look at the ‘tures. What Read. Answer the questions. = i e What’ Sarah ond Mrand Mrs Hill are old and they're part of our be brother dat “Help ot Home’ programme. Who con help? ~ Robert Pil feed their cat. 3 Will Katy make them Sarah t4y brother and Twill do their shopping for them, some soup? Katy rll moke them a sandwich, 4 What’ll Harry do? Horry il water their garden. 5 Who'll chat with Excellent, Who wants to sit and chat Mrond Mrs Hill? with them? And what time will you go? Becsorse . 6 What won't they Betty anc 1 wil sitand talk to them after school. We talk about? won't talk about footboll because Mrs Hill hates it Senne Pllwatertheirgarden. Wewon’t talk about football. What time will you go? How will you help? Write three sentences. oe Ti tidy their bedroom. | Research winter weather in a different country. (Tthinkit’s | © In groups, choose a country that isn’t your own. foggy and cold. | | | © Research the weather in winter. page ss | willjwon't 59 My friend's made a ‘snowman, Thaver't got my 2gloves. My hands are in my pockets. Thave to stand and watch. 7 He's ‘skiing down the mountain. She's riding on her Ssledge. He's making lots of *snowballls. To throw them at his friend. He's carrying his ’snowboard. He's going to the top. ®Snowboarding isn't easy — Thope that she can stop. The temperature has dropped a lot. They've put their ice skates on. They're skating very fast now. They're on. the icy “pond. F_LiPa BB isten and write the words. © Play « miming game. Aa) throwing a Aa) (Kwihat om I doing? “e = (Whatdo yout odoinwiner you like to do in winter 60 | Inwinter 1) 2H) Listen and choose the correct picture. o What clothes do George and ae eet about? (te ; 2 What have George and his parents eel to a Ed = ree ns e Su at is The weather's really cold, so we have to wear warm clothes. Today we couldn't go skiing because it was foggy. Match to make correct sentences. Write the sentences. 1 There wasa bad storm, a because there was a lat of snow. 2 ‘They were wearing warm clothes... b so we could go sledging. 3 Itsnowed heavily, ... © sowecouldn’t play in the park. i Draw a map with weather symbols. ® In groups, draw a map of the country you chose Draw the weather symbols on your mop for a day in winter. ‘The weather in the north is foggy) ( 1t’s snowy in the east because missi@n ond cold because it’s near the sea. ) | there ore mountains. diary atv Book Niemen aia ogee Conjunctions: socnd becouse 61 You know that the equator is cn imaginary line that goes around Earth. It divides Earth into two hemispheres: the northern and southern hemispheres, Earth's axis is anotherimaginary line. It passes through the centre of Earth between f the North Pole and the South Pole. You can seein the diagrams that Eorth’s axis. isntvertical.Itilts to one side. Earth travels ccround the sun in one year (365 days). Asit travels, different places on Earth ore dloser to the sun, This is why there ore different seasons. Look at the picture of Earth in December. The North Pole tilts away from the sun. This ‘means that the northern hemisphere wil be colder in December, The South Pole tilts towards the sun in December, so that’s when the southern hemisphere is warmer. This is. why it’s winter in the northern hemisphere when it's summer in the southern hemisphere. Find the equatorin the diagrams. why don't countries on the equator have the four seasons? They're at the centre of Earth, so they have the same amount of sunlight ll year, 5 ©. Listen and think. Is it the northern or southern hemisphere? | feos 62 Learn about why we hove seasons GX Listen and read about the different seasons in Argentina. Answer the questions. ‘Argentina is a very large ‘Antarctica, so its very cold all year— cold enough ‘country in South America. I's for penguins ~ because i's never near the sun. Inthe southern embphere, iy gaany countries we can say go singin winter 30 winter begins in June and ghd love swimming inthe sein sume You con gummerbeginsin December. 46 those actives in Argentin Buin any Season. Homere. I sn cod in wits NW? The Andes ithe ngest mourn range in * jenting because it MAS the world and 4,000 kilometres of itis on the border differenc climate zones. between Chile and Argentina, Argentina also has Lets took ac owo examples. The north of Argentina almost §,000 kilometres of coost from norch co Isnear the equator and it has a ropical climate. south. e's no problem to go skiing in summer and There are lots of rainforests and there are high swim inthe sea in winter. You only have to choose temperatures all year. even in winter. The south _the correct place! of Argentina has a polar climate. I's close to 1 Whyare the seasons different & Con you only find penguins in winter? in various parts of Argentina? 5 What's special obout the Andes? 2 Where are the rainforests? 6 Are the Andes in Argentina longer than 3. Whereis the polar climate zone in the coast? Argentina? Make a poster about the seasons in your country. Use your poster to describe the things you like i 3 best about each season. | Write some travel advice. © In your group, think about the weather and prepare travel ach It’s snowy in the mountains. You can go skiing! Be careful, there will be ice on the road. | diary J rcewvity soot wa age 56 | | | | | i eam aboutclimatein Argentina 63 Literature EB Look at the picture. Name three activities that you can do when it snows. Have you got a favourite snow activity? 8 TOMAS AND THE SNOWMAN ‘Tomés and Valentin were bn thers. They lived in a small town in Patagonia in Argentina. Tomés was five and Valentin was nine, so they often wanted to do different things. One day in winter it snowed so much that the hill behind the boys’ house became white. Tomés wanted to make a snowman, but Valentin wanted to go snowboarding, ‘Will you help your brother make a snowman?” ‘Yes! Valentin said, ‘Tl help Tomas make a snowman.” ‘Tomds and Valentin made a snowman. They called it El Viejo, the old man. It had a scarf around its neck, stones for its eyes and mouth, a carror for its nose and sticks for its arms. ‘I like him) Tomas said, ‘T like him! Let’s make friend for jm! T'll get some more sticks and stones from under the trees over there!” Tomés ran to the trees singing, ‘Snowman, snowman, lovely, lovely snowman! Valentin kicked the snow and said to himself, ‘I don’t want to make another snowman. I want to go snowboarding? But what could he do? Then he had en idea. ‘I'll knock El Viejo down,’ he thought, ‘but I'll tell Tomas that the snowman has gone away. Then ‘Tomés will want to go back home and play a different geme. And I can go snowboarding!” 64 | Text type: Areatiite story 1e boys’ mum osked.

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