Exercise 7a CD1 Track 49
InterYiewar. Thank you for taitong to us today. Mrs Magurę. Now. we know ytm have a loi of pr oblems with cars oulsćio your schód. Coubi you expiain a bit moce ahout rt?
w oman: Odarty. Guta sm*iy. tlicre*s loo much traltic out$<łe the schód
9very morning arnj every aftemoon. Parents dnve ther chtcten to schód - nghl up 1o ttw gotus Tliore «n’l enough space to park so they just stop in tt>e ruad as near 10 ihe schoot as tney can get. It’s very dangerous for the students who aro trytng ro cross ihe road. But that tani the ody thing its vwy udioaiOiy, The ar is poiuted bououso of the iraffic H's disgusting
Exercise 7b CD1 Track 50
lnterviewer So, what is the sdution? What woułd you ikc to do ahout rt?
woman: WoR, wc nood a Mggor car park. Thats probabty U* eas*est thing.
But I ulsu t«ve son^e morę ideas. I d fcke to have two nr tnroo echod buses to bring the student* to schód - that s butler Wian al these cars everywhere And 1’d ulso Ike moro Student $ to cycle to schód And ot course. I U»nk mora of our students shoufd walk to scltod. Wtren I was ther age. I waikod evorywncr d
Exercise 4 CD 1 Track 54
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make an appomtmoof with |
12 |
make breakfast |
2 |
do your hest |
make lunch | |
3 |
do a course |
make dmner | |
doastiDjed |
mÄ…ko a med | ||
4 |
mukc a cup of coffee |
13 |
mÄ…ko o mos8 |
5 |
make a decision |
14 |
make a m>slakc |
6 |
make a d<fference |
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makeanoise |
7 |
do an exam |
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donothing |
do atest |
17 |
do serre shoppng | |
8 |
do some exerctse |
18 |
do some work |
9 |
make fnends with |
19 |
do 55omoono a favour |
10 |
do your homework |
20 |
mttfm iiKMiey |
11 |
do txxisewofk |
Exercise 1 CD1 Track 51
Aroerfcan cirtes: Los Angeles
Los Angeles is much morę than a city. H$ a larg© area in ttxi stele of Caftfomia. on the west coast of tho USA. it rciuoos Hotywood. Beverty Hlis and C>soeyiand. H is. of course. the homc of American Mms. but film-making i$n’t Los Angdns' ody tedustry. It's aśao lite busiest pod in the USA.
Another mafy ndustry is kxnsm. Every year LA wełcomes about 24 rmihon sigtitseers. The ‘lounst trat* usually ncWw the famous Hotywood sign. the Chincse theatre (the place where ceieOrmee teeve the* hund und kmipnnis in Ute pavement) and tho Kodak thoatm (tho homo of the Ośca* ceremottes). Tourists can vis»t Uniyorsai Stucbos und sec the sets of many famous fifms. oW and oew. Tounsts ateo lewo Ihe tlteme parks and the wonderful beaches.
Un fortunat ety. the locotion ol LA cui cuuse serious probiems Cairfómta scar oHrtdHiake £one and 111994 there was a uery big oarthQi*akn In LA. Many bufckngs. bodyes and roads weie nd strong enough. and they collupsed. About sixty peopie cfced. Soenttsts proefret anornor eafihquake soon.
The weattief can be a problem, loo. Somettnes n the autumn Cd tomki oxponenoe$ exlremefy strong wnds. These can sproad tumbie ftres because ihe ground *$ very <1ry aftor tho long hot summer. This fiappened in 2007 and many peopie it LA lost thcir hor nos.
Exercise 3 CD1 Track 52
Hefc) and welcome to City Watch Today v/o vteit Los Angeles on the west coast of the USA. Let'$ ftnd out morÄ™ ahout the sights of the famous city - home to the stars.
One of the most popular sighls h Hotywood rs Grauman s Cdnese Thnatro The beautiful dd buRcfcng * one ot the most famous dnemas in the wortd. It opened in 1927. and »t's where odebnties go to wutch il^ear idits lor the first tme. You can boy tickds lor a tour of the theatre. but it*s not $o easy to see a frim there - ytxj rwve to bu a cctebntyf
Grauman s Chinosn Thoatm te especiaf/ famous because of the pavement n front d It. MorÄ™ than two hunckcd cetebcities have teft then pnnts there. and rt s yeot tun e*amining them. There are a few surpnsos. too. tf you go thore. you*l aiso see the prints of three famous horses, alongside the famous pcopW
Ouisidi; n>e ifieatre there are usoalły stceet pedormers - octors dro6sod if) as characters from famous ftinns, The Street pertormers aru hjn to watch. and you can take photos ol thom - if you ^x<y. of course.
The Walk of Famo goes past Itie Chinese Theatre. It*s qurte a long wafc - noody six kilometr es in length. AJong the way there aro utxxjt two and a Å‚idf Hxmsand stara in
Exercise 8a CD2 Track 5
Mrs R: Metlo John. I haN.«n*t seer y<xi fry yoars In fact, not .<unceyou were tent
John: Oh. hi. Mrs Robert*.
Mrs R: Whut scfwofduyougotonow?
John: I go to Oaktancfs it s not tar from home
M rs R: Oh. when cW you start there?
John: About five yenrs ago. I think. I was eteven. Yes. frve years ago.
Mrs R: l sm*x>se you get the bus to schód?
John: Wel. I did, txit al my fnends cycte. so I staded cyd»^9. loo - about a
month ago It^s grrrat I kke the exerOSe
Mrs R: That’$ good. Do you do any othor sport, npad from the cycling?
John: Yes. i staded piayv»g baskctbal last summer and I iove it I ptay 4 every
weuketxl.
Mrs R: And, whnfftymr favourite subject at schód?
John: It s Spunisfv i ruaily like it. I ody started study^g it six months ago
Mrs R: And I nemember you cdioctrxf oW comics Is Ihat nght? Do you sti do
mat?
John: Yes. I started cdleamg oormes when I was s(M)nufxl i siiilrio it. I started
sofcng thom List yoar Tve madÄ™ some money from them. actualty.
Mrs R: Isee. soyourea businessman nowi Weil. rt'snicu toscoyouugain.
Rease say hdio to your pirents.
John: Yos, i wRi.
Mrs R: Bye. now.
John: Bye
Exerci$6 5 and 6 CD2Track9
1 Actuaty. I don*t think we have any. There arc uhvays so many itlle iobs to do. Tds momlng I hart to rapair the radio because it didn l work and another astrondv.it wanted to tdk to his famty. In the evemng we sometmes have a bttie bit of tme to retax but wo ro so nrod we ustany tai asteep.
2 It depends where wo oru in tłx? space sta bon. In some areas we dont need anything speoal but when we re working outs»do wo ołwiousły need helmets and space smls. We ai gol a bkie unrtorm v/ticn wc K?ft bul we ody weer them when we no on a wieo bnk to 6adh.