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OUT AND ABOUT UNIT 10

Mum
Mrs_hudson@thinkmail.com

Hi Mum,
It's Day Two and I'm already in love with New York. It's
amazing. The first day, we were pretty tired from the flight,
but we did a bit of sightseeing in the afternoon. We went
to see the Statue of Liberty and I wasn't disappointed. We
had a guided tour and learned all about its history. It really is
a powerful symbol of peace.
Today, we're going to explore Central Park and Manhattan.
In the evening, we're going to watch the New York Jets.
They're playing at MetLife Stadium. It's my first game of
American football and I'm looking forward to it. (I think -
I'm quite nervous!)
The big concert we're playing in is tomorrow and we're
all getting quite excited. Just imagine, I'm going to play
my trombone in Carnegie Hall, probably the most famous
concert hall in the US. Mr Davis is even more excited.
He's going to conduct us in the concert. He keeps telling
us it's his dream come true. His wife's going to record the
performance. She's going to send us all the link so you can
Abigail
see the greatest moment of my musical career so far! There
abi@mymail.com
are going to be bands from all over the world, from about
20 different countries. I can't wait!
Hope you're well and not missing me too much!
Love,
Hi Abigail,
Ryan
Sorry I didn't write yesterday, but it was such a busy day
I just didn't get the time. We played our second volleyball
match of the trip. It was against the under-15 Beijing
champions and they won easily. I also hurt my hand quite
badly. The sports centre where we played was fantastic.
Really modern and much better than ours back home.
TH!NK [532^3 Anyway, I've got ten minutes to write to you quickly, then I'm
going to the bus station to catch a bus to Luanping. I'm so
Appreciating other cultures excited because we're going to visit the Great Wall. It was
probably the one thing I wanted to do most on this trip, after
7 Read and tick ( /) the things you do. playing volleyball, of course! cc) We're going to explore the
Jinshanling section of the wall. It's in the mountains and it's
You are on an exchange trip in a new country
quite a walk to get up to it. But the views are spectacular.
for two weeks. Which of these things would I'm going to take loads of photos. Luanping is about 130 km
you do? away, so we're going to spend the night there. Then we're
□ Make friends with the local children. going back to Beijing for our last day in the city. Our last
match is in the afternoon, but I'm not going to play because
□ Try and find children from your own
of my hand. I can't believe the trip is almost over. China is
country who are also on holiday there. amazing and the Chinese people are so friendly. I want to
| | Try and learn some of the local language. stay longer.
| | Speak your own language (and hope Lots of love,
people understand you). Bettina
| | See if the TV has programmes from your
own country.
□ Read the books you brought from home.
I | Visit the museums.

□ Listen to and buy some music by musicians
from that country.

8 SPEAKING Work in pairs. Decide which of
the things in Exercise 7 are good to help
you find out more about a different culture.
What other things can you think of that are
also good to do?