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TRAVEL  THE  WORLD   UNIT12


          3  Read the article again. What difficulties do
              children in these places face to get to school?
              1  the children of the Inupiat community in Alaska
              2  the children who go to the school in
                Banten, Indonesia
              3  the children who go to Gulu Village
                Primary School, China
              4  the children who go to school in Galle, Sri Lanka
              5  fabricio Oliveira in Brazil
              6  the children who live along Chetla Road in
                Delhi, India

          4   VOCABULARY There are eight highlighted words in
              the article. Match the words with these meanings.     Someone I admire
              Write the words.
              0  from one side to the other        w/de              (1)  My Aunt Priti is a really great woman. She was
              1  people living in houses near you                   born in England in 1980, in a city called Leicester, but
              2  a trip                        _______              now she lives and works in Angola. She went to Angola
              3  do something that can be dangerous                 in 2014.
              4  a group of houses usually in the                    (2)  My aunt is a doctor and she worked at a hospital
                countryside                    _______
                                                                    in Birmingham for a few years. But in 2014, she decided
              5  the things that trains move on
                                                                    to go and work in small villages in Angola because she
              6  very, very small
                                                                    heard thatthey needed doctors. She travels from village
              7  not late                      _______
                                                                    to village to help people. She has a small car that she
          5   SPEAKING Which journey do you think is the most       uses. Sometimes, though, she goes in a very small plane
              difficult? Compare with others in the class.          because the roads aren’t good enough.

                                                                     (3)  Aunt Priti says that she wants to stay there
                                                                    because there is a lot of work to do. She has also met
            Q       WRITING                                         a man there —she told me in an email thatthey are

                                                                    getting married in July next year. Aunt Priti hopes that
                   Someone I admire
                                                                    she can help to teach Angolan people to become doctors
                INPUT Read Javed's essay about 'Someone             in the future. She has learned a lot of Portuguese there,
                I admire'. Answer the questions.                    too -  that can’t be easy!
                1  When and where was his aunt Priti born?           (4)  I  said before that she’s a great woman. Why do
                2  Where does she live now and when did she         I  think that? Well, because she is helping other people
                  move there?
                                                                    and is happy doing that, and because she has learned
                3  How does she travel in her work?
                                                                    a lot about another culture.
                4  What does she want to do in the future?
                5  Why does Javed admire his aunt?
                                                              bC
            2  Find examples in the essay of the word in with      PLAN Think of someone that you admire: a
                these things.
                                                                  famous person; or someone you know in your
                1  a year        3  a city                        own life; or someone you invent.
                2  a month       4  a country                     For the person, think about:

                                                                  •  facts about their life (when they were born, etc.)
                ANALYSE Look at the four paragraphs of Javed's
                                                                    what they do, where and how, when they started
                essay about his aunt. Match the paragraphs with
                the contents.                                       what they want to do in the future
                                                                  •  why you admire them
                Paragraph 1    a what she does and how
                Paragraph 2   b why he admires her                 PRODUCE Write an essay called 'Someone I
                Paragraph 3    c when and where she was born      admire' in about 150 words. Use the example
                Paragraph 4    d why she does these things        essay and language above to help you.
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