‘As soon as there is life there is danger. Ralph Waldo Emerson, American writer 1 GRAMMAR superlative adjectives oo a Completethe chart. oe “Adjective ‘Comparative Superlative 4a Mumbai ea ere cobaer ore eeu Shanghai ae {eels © Buenos Aires ene Sa India 3 expensive — : ee Ady © Brazil 'S_dangerous 6 a The Sahara Desert (Africa) 6 hot = b The Arizona Desert (The USA) 7 fea € The Atacama Desert (South America) ai aeunaes Heese aie 7a Mandarin Chinese t = b English Geen resis tearesae| aes oreseteeeat © Hindi 10 bad 8 a The Arctic b Alaska b Write the questions. ‘What / small continent | world ‘What's the smallest continent in the world © The Antarctic 1 Want fagpenen orld 2 VOCABULARY places and buildings —______? a Complete the sentences with a word from each box. 3. What large country | world ? ‘art car department police post railway shopping town 4 What / populated city / world es Hpopalamst iy | : ‘centre gallery hall office park station station store 5 What /wetplace world 1 Where can ou visit different shops? Se Ata shopping centre 6 What | dry desert world 2. Where can you see paintings? nan 7 ‘What common native language / world 3. Where can you geca train fom? From, 8 What cold place | world 4 Where canyoubuya stamp Ata iis © GW the correct answer to the questions inb 5 Where can youalkto policeman? 1 + Gast b Europe 2 Samant a b The Pacific Theta Ocean At ‘Where can you buy clothes for all the family? Ina ‘Where can you leave your car? Ina ‘Where can you speak to alocal politician? Inthe—— | \ b_ Complete the puzzle, Can you find the hidden word? 3 PRONUNCIATION consonant groups Listen and repeat the sentences. It's the cheapest place to live. Ie's the highest mountain in the world, He's the healthiest person in the family. It’s the prettiest village in the country. It’s the most difficult language to learn, It’s the most polluted city in the area ‘They're the most attractive couple I know. ‘She's the most intelligent person in the class. 4 LISTENING 2 FED Liscen 0 aradoinrervew witha rave writer, hhatis his book called? 1b SGIEWDP Listen again. Complete the sentences. ‘Ulu the es Iilometres long. ‘The world’s highest waterfall isin “Thetallesebuilding inthe words ‘The world’s oldest city began in ‘The world’s longest railway goes from co Vladivostok. 7 The shortest runway inthe worlds rock in the world 5 READING Read the text and write T (true) oF F (false). 1 UlmMansteris the world’s biggest church 2 You can sometimes see the mountains from the top of the church as 3 UlmMunster was the city’s first church. 4 Construction ofthe church took over 500 years. 5 The church opens every day at So'lock. 6 Iesvery expensive to visit UlmMinster. 1b Guess the meaning of the ighLght®@ words. Check in your dictionary. LIMIT THE THE metres long. USEFUL WORDS AND PHRASES Learn these words and phrases. accidents /:eksidonts! fun ani region ridgon/ nearly niall popular /"popjola! wide (opposite narrow) /waids below (oppositeabove) ‘lsu!1 GRAMMAR te going to (plans), future time expressions a Order the words to make sentences, 1 are there | you get /t0/ How going How areyougoingtogetthere 2 to/ isn't/ Hea going | stay Jin / hotel show jo They're city | going /the /me 4 good / going /time / have | Wee |t0/ 5 is] home [to she {going | When / go 6 not sights / going /I'm / see | the / 0 'b Complete the sentences. Use the correct form of going to. 1 _Arethey going to leave _by train? (they J leave) 2 We cour friends the city. show) 3 They restaurants, (bave) ___nice meals in expensive 4 with a friend? (you / stay) 5 They the museum, (not visit) 6 the sights? (they | see) 7 He alot of people. (meet) 8 She ‘on holiday this year. (not go) © Complete the dialogue. Use the correct form of going to. ‘A So, where ‘are you going 1 go__(go) on holiday? ie {travel round Europe fora fow weeks. ‘A Really? Where? (stay)? 8 Wel, tisyeari* (not/sleep) in hotels. Instead, m going to CouchSurt ‘A CouchSurF? What a great ideal* (trave) alone? B Yes. lam. My girlfriend (drive) to Marbella ‘with some frends. They” (spend) all day fon the beach and they" ance) all night Idonitke thet kind ofholiday (meet) {ots of new people and see lots of new places. ‘A Which countries 2 (uisit) B Italy first, and then Croatia, Greece, and Turkey. My CouchSurfing hosts (show) me the sights. (have) a great timel To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive, Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish writer 2 VOCABULARY holidays a Write the expressions in the correct column, bbeckhome bytrain agoodtime _onholidey thesights inahotel _nicemeals somebody around yaurtown witha friend back home ‘Maria i really happy because she’s going to* go on holiday tomorrow. She's going to? wit ber covsins mn London, Theyre going 10 hr around the ety and she's going to" all the sights. Theyre going fo’ ots of rice meals together. She's going fo*________by plan, and shes gong to” in London for week. The. second week, Maria and her cousins are going to travel to the coast. Theyre going to ina hotel, and theyre going fo * great time. Maria’ going fo back to London before she goes home.3 PRONUNCIATION sentence stress GIES Listen and underline the stressed words. How are you going to get there? Where are you going to stay? We're going to stay for a week. Pimgoing to see the sights. Wearen’t going to go by car Pm not going to stay ina hotel Travelling by InterRail Since 1972, backpackers have enjoyed the freedom to explore 30 European countries, thanks to the InterRall pass. Here, InterRall travellers say wiry they love InterRail so much. Hannah Kopper (23, England) ‘Amsterdam — Hamburg ~ Berlin ~ Warsaw ~ Krakow ~ Prague § Listen again and repeat the sentences, ‘Copy the rhythm. = Vienna ~ Budapest - Zagreb — Split ~ Mostar ~ Sarajevo ~ Belgrade ove InterRail because you can go where you want, when ‘you want! When we started our journey, we had an idea of where we wanted to go, but as we travelled we got new ideas. Changing our plans was easy - you can stay an extra night or two ifyoutike a place, and if you don't like it you can go somewhere else. The InterRail pass gives you real freedom. Amo Valentjin (29, The Netherlands) LISTENING Listen to four speakers talking about "their first experience of CouchSurfing. How many people did not enjoy the experience? Listen again and match the speakers to “the sentences A-D. Speaker! C] Speaker3. C1 Speaker2 L] Speaker [] ‘A GouchSurfing gave me the chance to make friends B CouchSurfing helped me with my work C My host was also my tourist guide tothe ety 1D My second experience of CouchSurfing was better than the fist. ‘Amsterdam ~ Bonn ~ Stuttgart ~ Salzbura ~ Lubljana ~ Split = Pescara ~ Bar| ~ Corfu ~ laoumenitsa ~ Patras ~ Athens One of the best things about InterRal is that you get cheaper, or even free travel on ferries as wells trains. I travelled to Split, in Croatia and then took the ferry to Pescarain Italy. Then | travelled by InterRail to the south of Italy, and then took the ferry tothe Greck island of Corfu. Itwas fantasti! You also get discounts on hotels, tourist attractions, and lots more. Virginie Gauguet (26, France) READING Read the text. Answer the questions with H (Hannah), A (Arno), V (Virginie), or R (Rory) 1 Which person made new fiends while traveling? [] 2 Who spent verylicte on accommodation? E] 3. Who used their InterRail pass on another form of transport? Who was travelling abroad for the first time? [J] ‘Which person found iteasy to make new plans ‘while travelling? Paris — Versailles - Epemay ~ Blois ~ Angers ~ Lyons ~ ‘Chamonix ~ Nice ~ Manaca ~ Ventimiglia ~ Pisa ~ Florence ~ Perugia ~ Assisi ~ Rome ~ Naples In six weeks I met so many new interesting people and made friends from all over the world, It’s @ cheap way to travel too, especially if you take the night trains ~ I saved allot of money on accommodation this way. Treally want to go InterRailing again! Rory Mitchell (21, Scotland) ——E EE ‘This was the first time I'd left the UK, and [loved it InterRailis safe and easy for first-time travellers. I got an InterRail Global Pass so I could take as many trains as T wanted. I saw many amazing places, and learnt a lot about Europe's culture and history. I visited over 15 cities in less, than a month. Tm definitely going to do it again next year! USEFUL WORDS AND PHRASES Learn these words and phrases. couch /kavti! flatmate /'fletmert! ahost (0 ‘hoost tap fp create a profile /kriett 9 ‘proofatl recommend (things to do) /reks'mend/ Havea good trip! /ov 9 god ‘trip Ie'sfree, fits ‘friLove cannot save you from your own fate. | ee ame WAI 10C€-What’s going to happen? 1 GRAMMAR be going to (predictions) a Lookat the pictures. Write sentences using these verbs and be going to. buy change eat have listen lose read take 1 They're going to cata pizea 2 VOCABULARY verb phrases 2 some mone ace Sage ‘Complete the phrases with the verbs in the box. 4 —___seofes. te become fall get6) have meet move travel 6 abook ee . ee 2 somebody new : aac j sedan toy b_ Write aleterin the box: A = plan, B = predi S geriine 1 T'm going to buy some stamps. 6 inlove 2 les going wo be cold tomorrow. 7 famous 3 Jim's going to study tonight 8 anew job 4 Ourteam is going to lose this match, ° a surprise 5 There's going to bea storm later: 10 house 6 think that restaurant's going to close. 7 They're going to buy a new TV. 8 I'mgoing to book a flight online. Qa a Qa a Qa a aPRONUNCIATION the letters 00 Look at the pairs of words. Tick ¥ the pairs with the same sound and cross x the pairs that are different. 1 choose school 2 book carats x food moon | 7 “4 good ‘cook i = 5 took spoon 5 “6 look to 100 STE Listen and check. Then listen and repeat. READING Read the text. Match the headings to the paragraphs, 1 Giveme your hand 2 Let's play cards 3. How do you like your tea? 4 Whar's inside the ball? Read the text again and write T (crue) or F (false). 1 The easiest way to read Tarot cardsis to use four cards. 2. An image of a nurse means bad health. 3 Astrong Heartline means you're going o find love 4 Ashape of a bird means bad luck. Guess the meaning of the [Bighlightéd words. Check in your dictionary. LISTENING § Listen to Pete and Amy's conversation about the psychic Uri Geller. Was his trick with the spoons real? SGIERGY Listen again and write T (true) or F (false) Alotof people watched Uri Gellerin the past. Pete and Amy seea video of the trick. ‘Amy doesn't believe che erick at first. S Uri doesn't use a normal spoon, Uridoesn't speak during the trick. ‘Today, Uri doesn't appear in public The name behin the method Intasseography, the jortune-teller uses fea leaves to predict the future. You drink a cup of tea and leave ‘a small amount in the bottom of the cup. Then you ‘move the fea round the cup three times, cover it with a SHER, and turn it psideMOWA. The fortune-teller looks at the shape the fea leaves make. For example, a bird means that you're going to have good news. Be ecgie es Incrystallomancy, the fortune-teller uses a glass bali. She places the ball on the table between you and her, and looks into it for a long period of time, At first, the ball looks ull and cloudy, but then it clears ‘and images start to appear. The fortune-teller uses these pictures to predict your future. For example, ‘a nurse means that you're going to be ill. c InTarot reading, the fortune-teller uses a special pack of Tarot cards to predict the future. There are 78 cards in the pack, and there are different ways of using them. The quickest is to lay three cards on the table {from left to right, The cards represent the past, the ‘present, and the future, The fortune-teller turns over the cards and says what they mean. For example, the Sun means that you're going to become famous. D Chiromancy is also called palmistry and it’s when the fortune-teller studies the lines on the [ali of ‘your hand to predict your future. There are four ‘major tines on the hand: the Life line, the Head line, the [HEM#El line, and the Heaith line. For example, astrong Heart line means that you're going to find the right partner and be happy in your life. USEFUL WORDS AND PHRASES Learn these words and phrases. bel 7b Ik Come in! /kam 10 getmarried /get ‘meet move to another country /mu:y (u anada ‘kant SSD GIB rue10