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• HELP WITH VOCABULARY
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• Guessing meaning from context
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a Look at the words in blue in the article. What parts of speech
• are they? Do you know a similar word in your language or another
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• language you know?
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• b Choose the correct meanings, a or b. What information in the
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• article helped you decide?
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• 1 wandered a walked around slowly b walked around quickly
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• 2 well-known a common b famous
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• 3 bizarre a expensive b strange
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• 4 highlight a most interesting part b biggest part
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• 5 appear a want b seem
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• parts of a train that b the people who
• 6 carriages a
• people travel in drive trains • HELP WITH LISTENING
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• Linking (2): / w/, /j/ and /r/ sounds
• 7 peckish a a bit thirsty b a bit hungry •
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• 8 set up a started b bought • • \'lklen a word ends in a vowel sound and the
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• c Work in pairs. Look at the words in pink in the article. What • next word also starts with a vowel sound,
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• • we often link these words with a / w/, / j!
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• part of speech are they? Can you guess what they mean? •
• or /r/ sound.
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• d Check in i!NttJ:tl!f!1aif• p136. •
• word ends in linking sound
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• / u:/ / au/ / au/ / w/
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Listening and Speaking •
• / I/ / i:/ / al/ /j /
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a Work in groups. Where can you go for a free day out in the •
• /a/ /3:/ / J:/ /ea/ /r/
town or city you're in now? •
b &36 Listen to a radio programme about free days out in a &37 Listen to these sentences from
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London. Put these things in the order they are discussed. the radio programme. Notice the linking
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• radio and TV programmes • a trial at the Old Bailey •
• To~;wP. lot of people, London appears to
• city farms • downloadable walking tours •
• be~;j;P very~/jf..-expensive city to visit.
• the Houses of Parliament • museums and art galleries •
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• Ther~;rP,r~rf-P.Ctually~/jfP lot of things
• free music •
• you can do~;w~n the city for free .
c Listen again. Tick the true sentences. Correct the false ones. •
• My favourite is the tour~;r1--of .
1 It's free to visit the British Museum. •
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• the~;j;-area~;r;-around London Bridge .
2 You need to take a map when you follow a downloadable walking tour. •
• And you can also go~;w;-and see~;j;P
3 You can see free opera at lunchtime on Sundays. • radio~;w1--or TV programme being recorded .
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4 You can get tickets online to see a TV programme being recorded. •
• b Look at Audio Script Bas p160 .
5 You can go on a tour of the Houses of Parliament for free. •
• Listen to the programme again and notice
6 You need some ID to get into the Old Bailey. •
• the linking sounds .
7 You can't feed the animals at city farms.
a Think of a free time activity you've done
d Work in pairs. Compare answers. Which of the free activities
recently. Choose one of these ideas or your
discussed on the programme would you like to do? Why?
own. Then make notes on what happened
that day.
a museum an art gallery
the cinema the theatre the zoo
the countryside the beach a party
a sports event visiting friends

b Work in groups. Take turns to tell each
other about your free time activity. Try to talk
for at least one minute. Which was the most
interesting story, do you think?