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Unit 6

Lessons 3 and 4 

 

Geographical features

 

VOCABULARY: Geographical features

1 Match the pictures with the words from the box.

1  2  3  4

waterfall         glacier     plain    canyon   

Answers

1 plain

2 waterfall

3 glacier

4 canyon

 

2 Read and complete the first part of Dalia Husseini’s email about her trip to the Canadian Rockies with the words from the box.

waterfall   scenery  route   journey  mountain range   highlight

 

 

Dear Rana,

Iʼve been here for two days now and I have seen some wonderful (1) scenery . Iʼm on a train called The Rocky Express with my family. Weʼre crossing the Rockies, the spectacular (2) …………… in the west of Canada. Weʼre following the (3) …………… of the Fraser River and my dad has been able to go salmon fishing there. The (4) …………… of the (5) ………….. for me so far though has been the (6) …………… called Pyramid Falls. It is spectacular!

Answers

1 range

2 mountain range

3 route

4 highlight

5 journey

6 waterfall

 

GRAMMAR: will / won’t and shall

3 Read and complete the second part of Dalia’s email. Use the verbs in the box with the future form will / won’t or shall for suggestions. Check the meaning of any words in the box you don’t know.

stay   see   meet    not have    not believe    hire    call

 

Tomorrow we (1) will see the Albreda Glacier. Then it’s Jasper National Park and we (2) …………. there for one night. My parents have already made the hotel reservation. Then we (3) …………. a car to go to Calgary. My mother wanted to go to Toronto, but we (4) ………….. time. It’s too far. I’m going home next week. (5) ………….. I you when I get home? We (6) …………. so that I show you my photographs. You (7) ……………… how many bears we have seen! See you soon Dalia

Answers

1 will see

2 will stay

3 will hire

4 won’t have

5 Shall/call

6 shall meet

7 won’t believe

 

SPEAKING

4 In pairs, imagine you are planning a trip from Vancouver to Toronto. Make dialogues. Use the words and phrases in the box below.

fly     go by train     go by coach     hire a car     take the ferry   drive     slow     expensive      uncomfortable

Toronto    Malaysia

A: How shall we get there?

B: Shall we go by train?

A: No, that’s too slow. Let’s fly.

Suggested answers

  1. How shall we get there?
  2. Shall we go by train?
  1. No, that’s too slow. Let’s fly.
  2. How shall we travel through Canada?
  1. Shall we hire a car?
  2. No, that’s too expensive. Let’s go by train.

 

5 Imagine you are going to Malaysia on holiday. Make some plans. Note down your answers to the following questions:

1 How will you travel there?

2 How long will it take to get there?

3 What will you do there?

4 What will the weather be like?

5 What food will you eat?

6 What will you do when you get back?

Students’ own answers

 

6 In pairs, ask and answer the questions in exercise 5.

 A: How will you travel to Malaysia?

B: I’ll go by plane.

Suggested answers

1 A: How will you travel to Malaysia?

B: I’ll go by plane.

 

2 A: How long will it take to get there?

B: It’ll take a few hours to get there.

 

3 A: What will you do there?

B: I will visit the Crystal Mosque and take lots of photographs.

 

4 A: What will the weather be like?

B: It will be very sunny.

 

5 A: What food will you eat?

B: I’ll eat Malaysian chicken.

 

6 A: What will you do when you get back?

B: I’ll show you my photographs.

 

7 In a group, decide what you will take on your trip. You can choose words from the box below and think of your own items, too. Use Shall we …, Let’s … and How about …

guidebook     towel    suncream     money    passport    skis    insect repellent    mosquito net    warm jacket     suitcase    bed     waterproof coat     map of England     tent     shorts

 

 

 

A: Shall we take a guidebook?

B: Yes, that sounds like a good idea.

C: How about checking online for tourist attractions there first?

Suggested answers

A: Shall we take a guidebook?

B: Yes, that sounds a great idea.

C: How about checking online for tourist attractions there first?

A: Yes, let’s do that!

B: Look! We can go to Pulau Tioman. It’s a beautiful island in Malaysia.

A: That’s a great idea! Shall we take warm jackets?

C: No. It will be very sunny. Shall we take the suncream?

B: Yes, that’s a very good idea!

 

QUOTATION

 Read the quotation. Do you agree with it? Why/Why not? Translate the quotation into Arabic.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

Laozi, Philosopher

رحلة الألف ميل تبدأ بخطوة

 

 

 

 

Unit 6

Activity Book

Page 36

4 Complete the dialogues with will, won’t or shall.

1 Adel: What (1) ……….. we give Mum for Mother’s Day?

Dad: How about buying her some flowers? I (2) ………… buy them from the market at the weekend.

2 Jameel: Oh dear, this box is really heavy! I can’t carry it on my own. Badria: (3) ………….. I help you? Jameel: That’s really kind of you, but I don’t think you (4) ……………. be able to carry it either.

3 Labib: (5) ………… we go to the park now? Jihad: Sorry, I ………….. (6) be able to – I’ve got too much homework to finish.

4 Nada: Do you think you (7) …………… travel around the world when you finish school? Randa: No, I (8) ……………. – because I ………………. (9) be at university, studying to be an English teacher!

Exercise 4

1 shall

2 will

3 Shall

4 will

5 Shall

6 won’t

7 will

8 won’t

9 will

 

VOCABULARY

5 Answer the questions in your own words.

1 What is the difference between a waterfall and a glacier?

A waterfall is a river flowing down a steep cliff, and a glacier is a frozen river of ice.

2 Which one is flatter – a mountain or a plain?

3 What’s the difference between a mountain and a mountain range?

4 Which item would you take on a holiday in the snow – skis or shorts?

5 What’s the difference between an insect repellent and a mosquito net?

Exercise 5

Example answers:

1 A waterfall is a river flowing down a steep cliff, and a glacier is a frozen river of ice.

2 A plain is flatter than a mountain.

3 A mountain is just one mountain, and a mountain range is several mountains connected together.

4 I would take skis on a holiday in the snow.

5 You spray or apply an insect repellent to your body, and you cover your bed with a mosquito net.

 

 

AB 36

 

6 Complete the sentences about planning trips with the words from the box.

 

shorts           ferry            guidebook         passport     skis        suitcase           tent             towel           waterproof

 

1 If you want to swim in the sea, you must bring your swimming costume and a ............ to dry yourself with after your swim.

2 It’s a good idea to keep valuables like money and your ............... in a safe place when you travel.

3 If you go to England, you should take a .................... coat – it rains a lot.

4 At the mountain resort, you can hire ............... and a warm jacket for a skiing holiday.

5 Let’s go camping. I’d love to sleep in a .................... under the stars.

6 It’s useful to have a ............... when you travel in a foreign country.

7 What have you packed in your ............... for your trip? I hope you’ve packed lots of suncream!

8 How are you going to travel to the island? Are you going to take the .............. across the sea?

Exercise 6

1 towel

2 passport

3 waterproof

4 skis

5 tent

6 guidebook

7 suitcase

8 ferry