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<p>Unit10 There's so much to see! Get ready to listen and speak 3 4 2 6 Match each verb (a-e) with a 5 word (1-5). a visit Match the correct word or expression (a-f) to each picture (1-6). 1 guided tour a museum 2 b a castle a street market b buy 2 a seat d a palace e a statue f a monument go 3 souvenirs d go on a 4 sightseeing Tick the places you like to visit when you go on a sightseeing holiday. e book 5 a palace go to Useful language p. 80 A Listening - At a Tourist Focus on Information Office there is/there are 1 James is visiting Hong Kong. He is at a Complete each sentence with There's a, There are, Is there a Tourist Information Office. Listen and complete or Are there any a Is there a market near here? the questions he asks. Then listen and repeat. b large castle in the town. a Are there any good markets here? C good shops? b What do you recommend? d some large parks. C Where's the best place to ? e theatre? d Are there any I can visit near here? f two art galleries. e Is there a I can go on? g monuments worth seeing? h 12th Century bridge. 2 Now listen to the assistant in the Tourist Information Office and match each answer (1-5) with a question (a-e). Class bonus 1 d 2 3 4 5 1 Make a list of interesting things to see in your home town. 2 Work with a partner. Student A: Imagine you work in a Tourist Information Office. Answer your partner's questions. Student B: You are a tourist in your partner's home town. Find out what there is to do. When you have finished, swap roles. 46 Social and Travel</p><p>There's so much to see! Unit 10 B Listening - Planning your visit 1 Listen to Jim and Denise talk about what to do in New Did you know York. Tick the places that they mention. the Statue of Liberty the Metropolitan Museum of Art Central Park People from New York are the Guggenheim Museum the Empire State Building Times Square called New American jazz players in the 1930s called 2 Listen again. Which three places do they decide to go to? a city an apple. Of course, New York was The Big Apple. Many people still use this name today. C Speaking - Deciding what to do Speaking strategy: Making and responding to Speak up! suggestions 4 Imagine you are visiting New York 1 Look at these extracts from Jim and Denise's with a friend. Suggest visiting these conversation. Underline the expressions they use to places. Speak your answers. make suggestions. Example: a Why don't we go to the Statue of Liberty? You say: How about going to the Statue of How about going to the Metropolitan Museum of Art? Liberty? What about going to Central Park? a the Statue of Liberty Let's go there first. b the Guggenheim Museum C the Empire State Building 2 You can use these expressions to respond to a d the Metropolitan Museum of Art suggestion. Match each group of expressions a-c e Central Park to a meaning 1-3. f Times Square a That's a good idea. That sounds great. That's fine with me. b It's up to you. I don't mind. C I'd rather not do that today. I don't really want to do that. I'd rather do something else. 1 I don't agree. 2 You can choose. 3 I agree. 3 Listen again to Jim and Denise's conversation. Tick the expressions from Exercise 2 that you hear. 47</p><p>D Listening - Looking around 1 Bill and Giulia are sightseeing around Sydney, Australia. Listen and number the attractions (1-5) in the order Bill and Giulia mention them. 1 2 Listen again and write the number of the 3 Look at these expressions you can use to correct attraction next to each fact. react to something you see. Listen again and a This is where the first white people arrived in Australia tick the expressions you hear. in 1788. 1 It's great! It's wonderful! How amazing! b You can get a great view from here. It's huge! How beautiful! It's fantastic! C It opened in 1973. d You can go on a guided walking tour. e It's one of the biggest in the world. Focus on adjectives Sound smart 1 Match the opposites. Using stress to respond to suggestions beautiful crowded 1 Listen to these sentences and notice the stress cheap dangerous on the underlined words. quiet boring That's a good idea. I don't mind. relaxing ugly That sounds It's up to you. clean stressful I don't really want to do that. That's fine with me. safe expensive I'd rather do something else. That sounds fun. lively dirty 2 Listen again and repeat. Try to copy the same 2 Write the adjectives in the correct column, Positive or stress. Negative. wonderful terrible awful fantastic marvellous disappointing dreadful great amazing disgusting Positive Negative wonderful terrible 48 Social and Travel</p><p>There's so much to see! Unit10 E Listening - A guided tour Sagrada 1 Look at the map and listen to this tour guide on a tour bus in Barcelona. Which route does the Casa bus take? Gran 2 Listen again and tick True or False for each Catalunya statement. Arc de True False Catedral a Las Ramblas is two kilometres long. b Gaudi only designed the furniture in Casa Battlo. Placa Museu Picasso Parc C Casa Milà was originally a police station. Zoologic d Casa Milà was built in 1910. Castell de Portal e Work on the Sagrada Familia began in 1882. Montjuic Ronda de Litoral de la Pau f Gaudi died before the cathedral was finished. F Speaking - Talking about your experiences Speaking strategy: Describing places you Speak up! know 2 Imagine you are visiting Barcelona. Use the 1 You can use these expressions to describe a place ideas below to talk about the city. Use the you are visiting. adjectives in Focus on to help you. The people are very friendly. It's very quiet. Example: a The food is great. It's quite expensive. You say: The food is OK. It's quite nice. The hotel is a bit disappointing. There's a lot to see. a food b people C night life d prices e hotel f things to see g beach E tra practice Think of an English-speaking country you would like to visit, 3 Think of a place you know well. Describe and find out what you can see and do on holiday there. Watch it, using the words and expressions above a travel programme about it in English on satellite or cable TV. to help you. Listen to a radio programme in English about going on holiday there. Contact the nearest official Tourist Informatin Office and Learning tip ask if they have any video material to watch in English. There may also be lectures you can go to for more information. If possible, record yourself speaking Then listen and think about things you can improve. Is your pronunciation clear? Can you hear any errors? Can-do checklist Tick what you can do. Can do Need more practice I can ask for basic information at a Tourist Information Office. I can make and respond to suggestions. I can ask follow a guided tour. I can talk about places I visit on holiday. 49</p>