Cambridge English Empower A2 READING PLUS

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UToonmany tourists
1 SPEAKING 2 READING
a Put students into pairs and ask them not to read a Ask students to read the article for gist to get a general
the text yet, but to look at the photos and discuss the idea of the places and to say whether or not they would
questions together. Monitor and help as necessary before like to visit any of the places. Put them into pairs to
bringing the class together to check answers. compare answers and give reasons.
Ask students if they know the names of the places in During the feedback phase, you could make one or two
the photos and if they can guess which country they notes about each of the places on the board and see which
are in. Don’t say whether their guesses are correct yet. of the places is the most popular with the class.
Tell students they will need to read the text to find this Possible answers
information, which they will need in order to complete
Yes, because they’re beautiful places
the table on page 2. No, because they have too many tourists already
Answers
1 Macchu Pichu – Peru Note: UNESCO = United Nations Educational, Scientific
Santorini – Greece and Cultural Organization
Pulpit Rock – Norway
Bath – England / UK
BASE jumping is a sport in which people jump from high
Possible answers
places and fall, landing with a parachute. Many BASE
jumpers wear a suit with wings to control their fall. (The
2 Eiffel Tower, Statue of Liberty, Statue of Christ in Rio, Pyramids,
Big Ben, Elephants and Kilimanjaro, Table Mountain, Istanbul first part of the name is written in capitals because it is
skyline originally an acronym from building, antenna, span, and
Earth.)

BETTER READING: READ AND MAKE NOTES

Explain to students that reading and taking notes is a useful skill, especially for people who are going to study in English.
1 Point out that sometimes it is a good idea to make notes in a table as this helps make the differences between different items more
obvious. Ask students to look at the information already given in the table and to see if they notice anything. Ask, Are the notes
written in complete sentences? (no).
Monitor and help as necessary as students work individually to complete the table. Ask for different volunteers to give a small amount
of information so you can involve as many students as you can in the feedback stage.

Answers
Macchu Picchu Santorini Pulpit Rock Bath
1 Country Peru Greece Norway England
2 What’s there? Inca city white buildings, blue sea, rock high above fjord Roman baths, hot springs
volcano
3 A big number 2,500 metres high 10,000 visitors a day 600 metres high built 2,000 years ago
built 600 years ago new 8,000 visitors limit
600 metres above sea level
4 A problem on UNESCO list of places in visitors from cruise ships accidents and emergencies tourists annoy locals
danger
5 The result guide and paths daily limit of 8,000 laws to stop climbers locals give tourist bus a
shower

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b Tell students that the words are in the same order as
they appear in the text. Do the first item together as a
class. Ask students to find the word annoy and ask them
to think about the type of word – is it a noun or a verb,
for example, and to use information in the text to guess
the meaning. Ask for suggestions and help students get
their meaning across. Point out that the first sentence in
the first paragraph is about making people want to visit
places, but this is followed by the word but, suggesting
that the word annoy probably means something negative
(to make angry).
Monitor and help as necessary as students continue in
pairs and ask for volunteers to give answers.
Answers
annoy: adjective, make angry
spectacular: adjective, very beautiful and amazing
enormous: adjective, very big
cruise ships: noun, ships for tourists
laws: noun, rules about what people can and can’t do
open-topped tour bus: noun, a bus with no roof so that tourists
get a better view
hot springs: noun, place where natural hot water comes from
the ground
d Ask students to find the answer the questions and to
decide whether or not they agree with them. Encourage
students to give reasons and help them get their ideas
across.
Possible answers
Lorraine has decided not to go to famous tourist places anymore.
Andy has decided not to tell people about the beautiful place
where he lives.
3 SPEAKING
a Put students into pairs to discuss the questions.
Monitor and encourage them to say more than just ‘yes’
or ‘no’ and explain their answers. Encourage them to ask
their partner follow-up questions.
Ask for different pairs to volunteer to have their
discussions in front of the class. The class listens and votes
on which student asks more follow-up questions

c Read through the instruction and go through item 1 as a

class to demonstrate the activity. Put students into pairs
to continue the activity and monitor and help if necessary.
Ask for volunteers to give answers and see if the class
agrees before feeding back. If there is any disagreement,
encourage students to explain why they have chosen the
answer.
Answers
1 a 2 c 3 b 4 a 5 c

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