Unit 7 Journeys

3 55 Listen again. Complete these sentences. 3 Everything is (expensive) at 7a Land, sea, and air the airport stores. 1 The wings of an albatross 4 Your new car is (fast) than 1 Vocabulary extra journey adjectives Listening animals on land, in on Earth. your old one. Match the pairs of adjectives (1–4) with the four the sea, and in the air 2 These beautiful animals are famous for 5 The city is (safe) during the pictures (a–d). their black and white coats, but their lives day. At night it can be dangerous. 2 55 Listen to a nature documentary about 6 Are you (old) than me? 1 short and easy these three animals. Answer the questions with a because of their long journey. 7 I am pretty good at Japanese, but my brother is 2 long and slow number. 3 The ocean around Antarctica . (good) 3 fast and dangerous , 8 Why are your grades from school 4 difficult but safe but for elephant seals it is their home. (bad) than last year? a 4 They can stay under the water , 7 Use the words to make sentences comparing two and only come up for air for a few minutes. things. Use a comparative adjective + than. 1 my brother / short / me Grammar comparative adjectives My brother is shorter than me. 2 walking / slow / cycling 4 Look at the sentences in Exercise 3. Underline

Albatross examples of comparative adjectives.

1 How far does an albatross fly in its lifetime? u SPELL CHECK comparative adjectives kilometers 3 I think / rock climbing / difficult / surfing • Add -er to short adjectives to form the b 2 How long are the wings of an adult albatross? comparative: old ➔ older meters • Add -r to adjectives ending in -e: large ➔ larger 4 giraffes / tall / elephants • Change adjectives ending in -y (after a consonant) to -i, and add -er:

happy ➔ happier • Double the final consonant on some adjectives 5 camping / cheap / staying in a hotel ending with a vowel and a consonant: hot ➔ hotter 6 Canada / big / Iceland c 5 Look at the spell check box. Write the comparative form of these adjectives. Zebra 1 short 3 How many zebras are in the middle of Africa? 7 a taxi / expensive / a public bus 2 easy

3 big 4 How far is their migration? kilometers 4 busy 8 cities / crowded / towns 5 cheap

6 sad

d 7 wet 8 nice 8 56 Listen and check your answers.

6 Complete these sentences with the comparative 9 Pronunciation stressed syllables form of the adjective in parentheses. 56 Elephant seal 1 This laptop is (cheap) than Listen again and underline the stressed syllables in your sentences from Exercise 7. 5 How far can an elephant seal travel on a that one. journey? kilometers 2 I love the summer because it’s My brother is shorter than me. 6 How deep can it dive? meters than winter. (hot)

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A PART OF CENGAGE ALL RIGHTS RESERVED – NOT FOR RESALE Grammar superlative adjectives 5 Complete the sentences with the superlative form of these adjectives. 7b Journey to the seamounts u SPELL CHECK superlative adjectives • Add -est to short adjectives to form the easy far good high Vocabulary ways of traveling superlative: old ➔ oldest large populated short • Add -st to adjectives ending in -e: 1 Complete the sentences with these verbs. Journey to the seamounts large ➔ largest 1 The part of the seamount • Change adjectives ending in -y (after a Las Gemelas is 2,286 meters. 1 drive fly ride sail take travel consonant) to -i, and add -est: 2 The view of seamounts is Seamounts are mountains that you cannot happy ➔ happiest from a submarine. 1 One day I’d like to be a pilot and see above the sea. In the Earth’s oceans, • Double the final consonant on some adjectives 3 There are five oceans in the world and the around the world. ending with a vowel and a consonant: Pacific Ocean is the . there are about 100,000 seamounts that ➔ 2 I can’t a car because I’m hot hottest 4 In the northern hemisphere of the Earth, the only 15. are over a kilometer high, but we don’t know much about them. That’s because the journey day of the year is on 3 I have a new bicycle, so I can 4 Look at the spell check box. Write the superlative 21st December. to these seamounts is often long and difficult. form of these adjectives. to work every day. 5 Shanghai is the city on 4 I always public transportation 2 1 short Earth. There are 18 million people. because the roads in the city center are very 2 easy 6 Neptune is the planet from busy. Las Gemelas is one of the most famous 3 big the Sun. 5 Is it difficult to a boat? places for seamounts. It’s about 500 4 slow 7 Some people think English is the 6 Do you by train or by bus? kilometers off the of Costa Rica. The 5 cheap language to learn, but I highest part of Las Gemelas is 2,286 meters think it’s difficult! Reading mountains under and it’s interesting for scientists because of 6 fast 7 sad the sea life on the sides of the mountains. 6 Vocabulary extra land, sea, and air the sea 8 nice 2 Read the article about seamounts and match the 3 a Write these words in the correct groups. Use a dictionary to help you. topics to the four paragraphs. A group of three scientists—Avi Klapfer, a the location of Las Gemelas Gregory Stone, and Brian Skerry—wanted to airplane bicycle boat car drive b a description of seamounts explore Las Gemelas in a small submarine fly sail ship wheels wings train walk hot air balloon c the deepest parts of Las Gemelas called DeepSee. DeepSee had a lot of d starting the DeepSee journey scientific equipment and recording equipment. At first, as DeepSee took the three men 3 Read the article again. Are the sentences true (T) toward Las Gemelas, they could see fish and or false (F)? coral. This higher part of the seamounts is a land 1 You can see seamounts above the sea. T F perfect home for sea life. 2 About 100,000 seamounts are over a T F kilometer high. 4 3 The journey to the seamounts is usually T F Then they traveled further down and the short and easy. ocean became much darker. They switched on 4 Las Gemelas is an area of seamounts about T F the lights of DeepSee and, finally, they could sea 500 kilometers from the coast of Canada. see the bottom of the seamounts. They could 5 There is sea life on the sides of the Las T F also see the hole of an old volcano. Most Gemelas mountains. seamounts are millions of years old and were 6 Three people went to Las Gemelas T F once volcanoes. Finally, after five hours under in DeepSee. water, Klapfer, Stone, and Skerry returned to 7 The people in DeepSee couldn’t see the T F their ship and began to plan their next journey. air bottom of the seamounts. 8 A lot of seamounts were once volcanoes. T F

b Add at least one word to each of the three groups. Avi Klapfer, Gregory Stone, and Brian Skerry in DeepSee

54 Unit 7 Journeys 55 7c Visit Vietnam! 7d Travel money Vocabulary money 2 A: Hello. Can I ask you something? B: Yes, of course. What’s the problem? 1 Complete the sentences with a verb. A: I can’t get into my bank account online. 1 Hello. I’d like to c one hundred 3 euros into dollars. B: 4 I’ve reset your password for you. 2 I don’t have any money. Could I b Please try again. ten dollars and pay you back next week? A: I can get into my account now. Thanks!

3 Can you l me a coin for this drinks 3 A: Sorry, but I don’t have any money until the machine? I only have bills and it doesn’t take end of the month. 5 them. B: How much? 4 How much did you s on that car? A: Two hundred? It looks really expensive. B: Two hundred! 6 5 Would you like to p by credit card or cash? 4 A: Hi. 7 6 You can b stamps from the post B: How much? office. A: Just a dollar. I want a cup of coffee from the machine. Real life making requests B: 8 Here you are.

2 58 Listen to four requests. Does the other 4 Pronunciation polite intonation person respond with Yes or No? a 59 Listen to the requests. Does the intonation Request 1 friendly and polite, or unfriendly and Request 2 impolite? Request 3 Listening a description of a trip 5 The are in Phu Quoc. 1 Can you help me?  � There are palm trees and the sea is clean and Request 4 2 Could you lend me some money?  � 1 57 Listen to a description of a trip to different . 3 58 Complete the four conversations with these parts of Vietnam. Number the activities below in 3 Can I borrow some money?  � 6 The weather is between October requests and responses (a–h). Then listen again order (1–5). and May and it’s the time of year and check. 4 Could you give me some help?  � a swimming on an for swimming and sunbathing. a Could you help me? b 60 Listen and repeat the four requests from 7 Ha Long is a place and is b a bicycle ride around Ho Chi Minh City b Could you lend me some? Exercise 4a with friendly and polite intonation. with tourists. c riding elephants c Can I borrow some money? 5 Listen and respond responding to requests d traveling and shopping by boat Word focus time d Could you give me some money? e visiting the rock towers of Ha Long Bay e I don’t have any cash. 61 Listen to four requests. Respond with a 3 Match the beginnings of the sentences (1–4) f Sure. polite response. Then compare your response with 57 Listen again. Complete the sentences with with the endings (a–d). 2 g I’m sorry, but I can’t. the model answer that follows. adjectives from the listening. Sometimes you need 1 We like to spend 1 Respond Yes. a comparative or superlative form. h No problem. 2 My life’s so busy! I never have 2 Respond No. 1 Ho Chi Minh City isn’t the capital city of 1 A: Dad, I’m late meeting my friends, so I need Vietnam, but it is the city. 3 You can save a lot of time to get a taxi. 1 3 Respond No. 2 2 Cycling is a good idea because it’s a really 4 They had a great B: . Try asking your mother. Or ask 4 Respond Yes. way to move around the city. your brother. He always has money! 3 The botanical gardens are very a time on vacation with their friends. and peaceful. b time to watch TV or read a book. 4 In the town of My Tho, there are lots of boats and the river is the most part. c if you book your tickets online. d time with our grandparents on the weekend.

56 Unit 7 Journeys 57 7e Writing about journeys Wordbuilding collocations Learning skills draw pictures 1 Dictation my favorite journey Writing a travel blog post u WORDBUILDING collocations 2 Pictures are a good way to learn new language. We often use some nouns and verbs together. Look at these pictures in a learner’s notebook. 62 Listen to a description of a journey. Write 3 Imagine you write a travel blog. Write a short blog These are called collocations. For example: Match the language points (1–3) with the the missing words. pictures (a–c). post (80–100 words) about the journey in these ride a bicycle pictures. My favorite journey is 1 drive a car 1 opposite adjectives to my grandmother’s house. She lives in the Some verbs can have a different meaning when 2 comparative adjectives 2 Travel Blog countryside about away. they collocate with different nouns. 3 3 superlative adjectives There are two roads. One road is , take a taxi (= call or stop a taxi and ride in it but it’s 4 , with somewhere) a 5 . The other road is 6 , and it goes past take a shower (= have a shower) fields with cows and 7 . In take a break (= spend time not working) the spring, the 8 are You can also use different verbs with the same noun beautiful. The road crosses a small bridge and to mean the same thing: tall taller 9 10 , when it’s , go by train = take a train I often stop, take off my shoes and socks, and walk travel by plane = go by plane highest in the river. When I finally arrive, I’m very b 11 from the journey, but my Be careful! Some verb + noun collocations do not higher have the same meaning. 12 always has high 13 and something good to eat. fly a plane ≠ go by plane (the pilot flies the plane, the passengers go by plane) 2 Writing skill so and because drive a taxi ≠ take a taxi (the taxi driver drives the taxi, the passenger takes the taxi) Join the sentences with so or because. c 1 The bus was canceled. We waited for the next 1 Circle the correct option to complete the sentences. one. In two sentences both verbs are correct. The bus was canceled, so we waited for the next one. 1 You can take / travel the subway from one side 2 The flight was canceled. The weather was of the city to the other. It costs two dollars and short long terrible. it goes every ten minutes. 2 Let’s go by / drive by taxi to the city center. It’s quicker. 3 Choose eight new words you learned in Unit 7 of 3 The food was hot and spicy. We drank a liter of 3 I usually travel / drive my car to work, but the Student Book. Write them in your notebook water with our meal. today I’m going by bus. and draw pictures to help you remember them. 4 My sister doesn’t fly / travel by plane. She’s scared of flying. Check! 4 The meeting was long and boring. The 5 Most people travel by / go by plane from 4 What is the connection between the names on managing director spoke for two hours! New York to Boston, but I prefer the train. the left and the numbers on the right? Can you

6 I’m tired. Let’s stop the car and take / have a remember? Check your answers in Unit 7 of the short break. Student Book. 5 The restaurant didn’t take credit cards. I paid 7 My brother is the captain of a ship. He drives / Male saiga antelopes can walk 35 kilometers a day. cash. sails it all over the world. 1 Saiga antelopes a 30 meters 2 Loggerhead turtles b 1,000 years old 8 How old were you when you learned to ride /

go a bicycle? 3 Tree frogs c 35 kilometers 6 The hotel restaurant was closed. We went into 4 Mariana Trench d 11 kilometers the center of town for a meal. 5 James Cameron e 68 new species 6 Ciudad Perdida in f 14,000 kilometers Colombia

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