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Sue Elliott and Amanda ThomasCAMBRIDGE
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thereafter.MAP OF THE UNITS1 Mark's class teacher wants all her students to find e-pals on the internet
~ students they can write to in schools in other countries. Read what Mark
says about himself.
Hi everyone! My nami’s Mark and I've just had my vith birthday. tm living in France at the
moment, but {im originally from Canada - we moved here two years ago when | started at
Tigh tchool. fm not great at maths, but | still enjoy it - although what | like best is art
Hove drawing at home, and using my computer in my room for playing games or contacting
friends. [enjoy writing songs on my guitar, too. A like to perform with my friends one day!
{im not keen on doing sport, though ~ lots of my friends play football, but not me. fm quite
2 tidy person - | haven't got many books, but {always put them away on the shelves, And
people say I'm very friendly, too! | always chat to people when | take our dog for a wall,
2 Complete the information about Mark.
3. Look at the pictures below. Which is Mark's room, do you think - A or B?
Give reasons for your answer,
I think .., is Mark’s room, because ... I don't think it's .. because ...
4 Read information about three possible e-pals for Mark. Underline details which
match Mark's description in Exercise 1.
1 Tom likes sending emails and playing computer games, and wants to talk about sport
with his e-pal. He'd also like to find someone who loves reading lots of different books.
2 Cris is looking for someone who's lived in ai different country, He'd also like his e-pal to
have similar interests to his of writing music and being a member of a band.
3. Sam wants to write to someone who's just changed schools, as he has. He also wants
to find someone who is friendly and likes animals
BE on: reapmc‘The teacher of the Canadian class below wants her students to find
¢-pals to write to in a school in Australia.
Bolow there are descriptions of eight Australian e-pals.
Decide which e-pal would be the most suitable for the following class members.
For questions 1-5, mark the correct letter (A-H) on your answer sheet.
A. Hello! I'm Sacha and I live right near the sea, 50
windsurfing’ very popular here, but I prefer more
creative activities. I really enjoy art at school, and I can
send you some pictures T've done. I keep animals at
home, too - I've got six rabbits!
C Hil I'm Alex, and | haven't been in Australia long —
Iwas brought up in the US. We're living in the city
centre now but | miss the open spaces around our
farm where we lived before. | still find time for my
hobby, though — building smell remote-control cars
and driving them through the park.
E I'mcalled Charlie, and | love singing in front of an
audience! I'm always in all the musicals at my school
~ see our website! I'd love to hear some of your music
too! My other interests are swimming and sailing -
my home’s near a beach so | spend every weekend
there.
G I'm Matty and I've always lived in the same house, so my
room's ful of things 've drawn or built! enjoy making
models of radio-controlled cars and then driving them in
the garden. It's helped my science studies a lot - that's my
favourite subject now!
B Hi im Jude, and Ive just arrived in Australia, so! spend
a lot of time watching TV, especialy music and drema
programmes. Ive got a good singing voice, and I've even
recorded songs myseif! Listen to them on our school website!
'D My name's Bailey, and I'm really interested in cooking -
ve got lots of recipes I can share with you. I also enjoy
being on stage. I've been in lots of plays and even one or
‘two on television, so write to me if those are your interests
too.
F 'mJo and I really enjoy school. 'm good at volleyball
and tennis, and I'm in the school team. | enjoy reading
100, especially anything written by people my age. At the
moment I'm spending lots of time doing cartoons, too. Il
send you some!
‘Ht Hi, I'm Ray and I ove where I'm studying now I came
here from my primary school last year. There's lots
mote chance to study biology, which [like. [belong to a
cookery club and Ilove animals too —I've got a dog and
a caterbomel
| 7)LISTENING
1 Put the words about places in a school under the
best heading.
“history office tennis courts swimming pool
maths canteen biology hall reception
languages geography science lab
football pith library IT
2 Work in pairs. Use the words in Exercise 1
to describe your school.
(C2 Listen to Sarah talking about her first
school. Decide if she liked (©) or disliked (®)
each place. Tick (7) the correct boxes.
4. Listen to Sarah again. Are these sentences correct
or incorrect?
1 Sarah enjoyed lessons in the science lab.
2. Sarah's classroom was painted a dark colour.
3 If Sarah worked hard, sho could go for a swim in
the summer.
5. Match the verbs in the box with the phrases about
being at school.
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