≤059 Unit 6 Vocabulary 1


C Listen and tick the words and phrases as you hear them. Voice: Hello, I’m Ubaid. I come from Cairo, which, as you probably know, is the capital of my country – Egypt. It’s a huge city – one of the biggest and busiest in the world. I have lived here all my life and I love it. Some of the most famous attractions in the world are in Cairo, and it is a very popular tourist destination.


Voice: Hi. My name’s Gülay, and I come from a small town on the south coast of Turkey called Fethiye. Not long ago, Fethiye was a little fishing village, but now it is a popular seaside resort. During the summer months, hundreds of thousands of tourists visit and it is very lively.


Voice: Hello. My name is Cinzia. I live in a tiny village called Savoca. It is in Sicily, which is an island off the south coast of Italy. Savoca is in the mountains and it’s very rural – most people are farmers. It is quiet, but very beautiful.


Voice: Hello there. I’m Mohammad, and I’m from Libya. I live in Benghazi, which is a large port on the north coast. Benghazi is Libya’s second city, and it is an important economic centre. It is growing bigger all the time, but it is a very exciting place to live.


≤060 Unit 6 Vocabulary 2


Pronunciation check The ~est at the end of superlatives is pronounced /ist/. The /t/ is not pronounced clearly in fast natural speech, especially when the following noun begins with a consonant.


Listen and practise these phrases. 1 the biggest city 2 the tallest building 3 the busiest street The /t/ at the end of most is not pronounced clearly in fast natural speech, especially when the following adjective begins with a consonant. Listen and practise these phrases. 1 most beautiful 2 most congested


≤061 Unit 6 Listening 1


A Listen and match the extracts with the maps. 1 Voice: The south of England is a very popular part of the world for students to come to learn English. London is, of course, the most popular destination. Hundreds of thousands of students study at one of the capital’s many language schools every year. Brighton is a busy city on the south coast. It, too, has a large


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number of schools, and many attractions that young visitors can enjoy. Brighton is about an hour away from London by train. Eastbourne and Hastings are smaller seaside towns to the east of Brighton. Hastings is the larger of the two, and has a few more study options. Another seaside resort – this time further west – is Bournemouth. Bournemouth is a large town with several popular schools, and a busy student scene. For a quieter stay, students come to the Isle of Wight, an island just off the south coast. A ferry service connects the island with the mainland. Inland, the best option is Tunbridge Wells, a small but historic town between the coast and London. Students like to stay in Tunbridge Wells because it is quieter than London, but close enough to London to visit easily.


2 Voice: Andalusia is the largest region in Spain, stretching from the border with Portugal in the west, to the south-east coast of Almeria. Most tourists come to Andalusia for the sandy beaches and history, and know very little about the fantastic sights that the region offers. Seville and Cordoba are both historic cities with much to see, but Granada is perhaps the most impressive of the bigger cities. It is only an hour from the coast, and is the home of the Alhambra Palace, one of the most famous buildings in Europe. The palace was built over 800 years ago, but remains largely in one piece. Ronda is a smaller town, but the Roman aqueduct brings visitors from all over the world. Ronda is a pretty town, and the viaduct is one of the most important examples of Roman architecture in Spain. Andalusia also offers other forms of relaxation and adventure. South of Granada is the Sierra Nevada, a mountain range that offers some of the best skiing in western Europe. Many skiers stay in Granada and drive up into the mountains each day, but the mountain range now has a number of resorts with excellent accommodation. Much of the north of Andalusia is forest, and much of that is national park. The area also has some of the largest lakes in the country. Cazorla is probably the most popular village from which you can explore the forest and lakes by car or on foot.


3 Voice: Hi, Leo speaking. Hi, Tony. Didn’t you bring a map with you? Oh, well, never mind – it’s very easy. Come out of the station and walk straight down Queen’s Road. Yeah, straight down – don’t turn left or right. Walk past the cinema on the right, and then after three or four minutes, you’ll come to a crossroads with a small clock tower in the middle of it. Turn right at the clock tower and walk up the hill. Take the third on the left – there’s a taxi rank on the corner. No, on the left – the third turning. My apartment is on the right, about a hundred metres up the road.


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