Unit 6
Lesson 4 and 5
SB page 73 / exercises 5 + 6:
LISTENING
5 Listen to a history teacher talk about Ibn Battuta.
Complete the sentences with the new information.
a. Ibn Battuta joined the Moroccan army when he was___________ years old
. b. The Black Death was a _____________. It killed millions of people.
c. Ibn Battuta went to Malaga because he wanted to see its famous _____________________.
d. The most important city in Andalusia at the time was ._______________
e. Ibn Battuta returned to Tangiers at the end of .________________
The answer:
Audioscript
Teacher: In April 1350, Ibn Battuta was back in Tangiers. He was about 46 years old when he heard that the King of Spain wanted to attack Gibraltar. So he decided to join the Moroccan army to defend it. When he arrived, King Alfonso of Spain and many soldiers on both sides were killed by the Black Death.
Student A: What was the Black Death?
Teacher: It was a very deadly plague. It killed millions of people. But Ibn Battuta went on travelling.
Student B: Sorry, he was in Gibraltar, wasn’t he? Where did he go from there?
Teacher: He went to Malaga to see its magnifi cent mosque. From Malaga, he went on to Granada.
Student C: Sorry, can you spell that, please? Teacher: What? Malaga or Granada? Student C: Both, please.
Teacher: M-A-L-A-G-A and G-R-A-N-A-D-A. Granada was the shining star of Andalusia. At the end of 1350, Ibn Battuta returned to Tangiers.
Answers: a. 46; b. deadly plague; c. mosque; d. Granada; e. 1350
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AB page 60, activity 8
Vocabulary Corner
8 Read the clues 1–8 and write the words horizontally in the puzzle. Then find the hidden expression.
1 To sit or lie in the sun to get tanned
2 Water falling from the sky
3 You build it on the beach near the sea.
4 It is when the sun gives very bright light.
5 To make something by putting stone or sand together
6 It is an activity you do in the sea.
7 To rest after work
8 The hidden expression is: _______________________________________
The answer:
The hidden expression is: Beach holiday
