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r 2.3 LISTENING 1 Complete the summary about neighbourhood actions around the world. Use the words below. | galleries Madrid potholes statues tree People try different things to meke their neighbourhoods look more attractive. There are interesting examples in Rome in tly, Toronto in Canada and * a Spain, In Rome, an artist cut sculptures of faces into dead a__"___“stumpsse people would notice them. in the Canadian city, people were getting annoyed by inthe roads, so they planted flowers in the holes to imprave their sppearance. The Spanish capital put lots of white ‘ofa woman around the city. The figure, known asa menine, appeared in an old painting by theartist Diego Velgaquez. The statues were then decorated to advertise local musoums and art 2 Lookat the photos and answer the questions. 1 Whatere the people doing 2. Howdo you think the people in the photos feel? Wh 3 Which photo reminds you of your home the most? Why? 20. Unit2 Ludziewypowindaiasieuenéanym celu mp sbypodaé ‘nformacjelub opisaé svoje doswiadezerie. Suchajac wypowiedz, igh iterc ieniezrozumesr le vee 3 GER Read the strategy and the glossary below. Then listen to the first part of Car's podcast. Answer the question. the speaker's purpose? A To give instructions B To Gescribe his family’s experiences of housework. © Tocomplein about his sister. ‘harmony harmonia, 22008 timetable rozMadzaee 4 Now listen to all of Car's podcast and choose the correct answer:A, B, CorD. 1 How does Car’s family d A One person does al the housework B His parents do all the housework. The family shares all the housework, D His sister dues all the housework. 2. Who had the idea of using a timetable? A Carl's mum. B Cart'sbrother. ¢ Car, D Both of Carl's parents. 3 What was the result of using the timetable? A Thehouse became dirty B Carls sisterdid mare housework, € Carl did more housework D Carl's sister took out the rubbish, 4 Why did Carl's sister stop doing housework? A Because she didn't get her pocket money. B Because she was celebrating her birthday. € Because she got a new video game. D Because she was bored 5 What happens now when Cart’ si housework? A She buys ancth housework? er doesn't do the er video game, B Carl gets more pocket money: Shefolds theclothes. D Carl's sister gets na packet mor 5 Afiend has messaged you to ask ifyou can recommend a new podcast. Listen to Car's podcast again and take some notes. Then use the notes to help you write a short message n Polish to tell yourfriend about Carl’s padcast. Try to summarise the main points of Carl's podcast in up to four sentences. GLOBAL SKILLS sto end sof 1 Lookat photos A and B. Which photo matches the descriptions 1-4 below? WriteA, Bor 1 Awoman who has helped an older weman go somewhere in her car 2 Awoman helping an older woman to carr her cat. — 3 Awoman takin house. — 4 Awoman doing the housework for an older woman. — jopping toan older womanin her 2 List three more ways people can help theirneighbours. 3 Match 1-8 to A-F. Remember the feclings words from the ‘Student Book lesson to help you. ys she Is fed up rassed when |fellin the st Are you wor Th Ifyou ar plans fo te supermark disappointed about the bax about getting good grade: with the potholes on the roads in our neighbourhood. about how to getaraund the city. of ourlocal park, then help us have really annoyed the neighbours, that! nesrly died! inyour exams? mmonoe O4suEne there is no match, 4 GERD Listen othe conversation between the two friends, Make notes about the ways they talk about being a good neighbour. ‘Ways +o be a good neighbour Volunteering 10 lean the park Which of the things you have written in your notes do you thinkis the most important? Why? TE} Listen again then choose the correct answer: A, B orc, 1 When did Mark astsee Zara? A He's never seen her before B Before her family maved house. After her family moved house. 2. Whereis the neighbourhood that Zars's family moved to? A Inadifferent town, B Onthe other side of town Onthesamesi ‘3 Where does Zara say s 2 great place to visit? A Anartgellery. B Amuseum. € Arestaurant 4 How often do Zara’ thepark? A Twice amonth B Oncea week. € Once month, 5 What did Zara clean last enonth? A The playground. B Themuseum. C Shedoesn'tsay. 6 How much money did Zara and her neighbours raise fo the animal charity ast week? A E215 oftown. new neighbours volunteer to clean 7 What does Zora miss A The people she knew. B Thepark. Watering the plants. '& What does Zara think will help her get to know her new neighbours more quickly? A She does B Se € Smiling and sas mher ald neighbourhood? 6 Yourfriend has moved toa different neighbourhood. They ask you for advice on how to help people and improve her new area. Write thema message including advice about what they cando, and what you could do to help them. Use the notes you made in Ex 4 and the conversation between Mark and Zara to help you. unit2 22 q 1 Read John’s report about a place he visited on holiday. 3 Label the photos with the words below. There are two Would he like to livein a turfhouse? Why? / Why not? words which you do not need. animalsking chimneys entrance heating rugs tent wardrobe wood stove When T was visiting Ieeland on holiday last year, swe went inside some turf houses. A turf house is an unusual kind of traditional home because it has turf and grass on the roof! Icelanders lived in turf houses hundreds of years ago, before homes had running ‘water and electricity, The turf and grass on their roofs helped people to keep warm during the extremely cold winter weather. ‘The design of a turf house is clever because it uses materials that were easy for people to find in Iceland. ‘The one we visited was in a museum, There weren't many windows, $0 it was dark inside and there wasn’t uch fresh air. When I noticed thatthe toilet wasn’t inside, [nearly died! Instead, it was in an outhouse ~ ‘you had to walk outside to get to it! an weenie at the aia = aie 4 Read the sentences below and choose the correct answers. ‘bat | wouldn't enjoy myself. Inthe end, T wasn't 1 Insome traditional hemes, people put fresh air / isappoinied ~the turf house was so interesting! csc trngron thar wea bat doing ted Heo Te in how ifs to dark and eu have talk Arama / ward ove wood Sov lr. 4 ‘aturi house, the outhouse / entrance / running water cache 2 Read the report again. Then read the questions and options below. Choose the correct answer: A, Bor C. 1 What wes true about turf houses ia the past? 1 To keep theirhomes warm peaple use A They were warm in winter Be es B Theyhad we Modern houses are cifferent fram € They had grass and turfon the walls. homes because they have lupuries like and electricity. | 2 2 What's good about the design ofa turf house? 1A its light because there ae ots of win | B thas one tole inside and one toilet outs | 3. My home has 6 Now practise the vocabulary on page 98. ‘of materials from the local environment ‘at Goes John say about njoyed seeing the ught there was too much fresh air inside isappointing, 22° unit2 1. Read the comments on the news article about Mrs Ryu's accident in the home. Choose the correct form of the ver to-complete the comments. o ao Poor Mrs Fyul She Hay / was tying on the floor feeling very frightened when the tretgntars “arrived / were arriving, I can’t believe the bot vacuum cleaner “a “ate / was eating her hair. | think she felt embarrassed too. like the idea of a robot doing all tha housework. It could sweep the floor and ‘take the rubbish out for me - amazing! | thought about Mrs Ryu. While the robot “pulled / was pulling hor hair, she *tried / ‘wore trying to stop it.The robot switched off quite quickly. wasn't so bac! e ioe Relax! Robots aren't bad. My dad! designs robots - they can really help people. Yesterday, | had read / was reading about robots helping old people in their homes. My grandma lives alone in a fiat. The other day, sno "dusted / was dusting the sholves when she “ell / was felling on a ug. She broke her toe. She needed a robot! 2 Complete the sentences. Use the past simple or past continuous form of the verbs in brackets. 2 while (visit) iealand, they ___ gol inside a turt house, 2 Frii______¢burnj her han while she = {make} lunch, \decorate) acake when he {finish} doing al the housework. lowe (put up the tent, we (nd) abig holeinit 5 Julia {rot water) the plants while - she gach or herholcay 6 Imfedupwith Donald, Heal whilewe____{watch) the film. 7 When te electricity (goof, 1 iy) my room, 8 Thebeating__________ {not wark} when you (come)home. Pr TN past continuous forms of the verbs below. There is one extra verb which youdo not need. drop. fold lookfor make move notlisten nottakeout putup sweep 1. Stephen dried the dishes while you - ___thefioor. —___you _ the wardrobe when you hit your head? Liss __therubbish becauseshe was playing video games instead. Went when Mum told us how to use the washing machine, While | was lookingup at the chimney, | _—________ny phone, They ___theirtentn the garden when Mum and Dad arrived. twas so dark outside that |______the entrance to the outhouse for ages. Al the clothes when Soroush offered to help him do the housework. Order the words to make sentences. 1 and /on Sunday /itoned my clothes /tock out the rubbish /1 larisse / when /her bedroom / fll over /she 2 wastidying / 3 was sleeping / the -obat / wes cleaning thefloor / the woman / while 4 herhair/ she /woke up /the vacuum cleaner /when / was pulling '5 when /wasironing my clothes /I/ my hand /1/ burned 6 they arrived / the cooker / we / when / were cleaning Complete the mini-conversations with your own ideas. Use the past simple and the past continuous. 1A What were you doing when you burned your hand? BI 2 A Did Fatima cuther finger then she B No,shedidn't. She___. 3A What housework was the boy doing when B He 4A When did the accident at home happen? B Ithappened while! Unit2 23 q page. Whet kind of text isi? Why do you think this? | ablog anowsarticle areview astory social mecia and messaging 2ops to improve thelr area 2 Read the frst paragraph, Which ofthe following do you 2 What happened four years ago? ‘think the text will NOT explain? 3 Why did the author deci¢e not to use the ‘A How to use neighbourhood apus te improve you B How to use social mecia an neighbourhood. © Why the authorstarted online groups in her: ‘messaging appsto improve your 4 id the 5 What did the neighbours learn months? aS 6 Name three ways that the chat groups help the Gay caytese tekst poraz plerwazy, nie probus 2rozurviee kazdego neighbours today. Stowe, Pragcaytal calaSei sprdbul wyctwvycic glowna ny. Taka e tance niu fechrika nosinazwe'skimaing. ea 3 Read the strategy. Finish skimming the online post below. Answer Dring together findout geton giveaway goon setup the questions. 1 Check your answers to Ex 1 and2. are t 2. Why dis the author write the text? 3 What is the author's opinion of sacial media and messaging apps by the end of the text? ey stil the same? Being better ne ema bef ie bey) IF New post from Baljinderk. (Birmingham, UK) 26 Fobruary Digital technology con bring neighbours together in usofi woys Today, there are many opps designed to hojp you 00 « beter neighbour. But you cont need these Roighbourhocd! apne to improve your ares. You can co i with baste social madia and messaging expe that people use

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