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Unit 12
Off the beaten track Reading

Warmer
Ask: Do you like visiting foreign 12 OFF THE BEATEN OBJECTIVES
countries? If you could go anywhere
in the world, where would you go? TRACK FUNCTIONS:
speaking persuasively
Give students three minutes to GRAMMAR:
agree in pairs on a list of the five passive report structures; the passive:
verbs with two objects
most exciting places in the world. VOCABULARY:
Nominate students to share their lists Watch the video and think: geographical features; verb + noun
collocations
with the rest of the class. 31 how important is tourism where you live?
A C
31 Get ing
Play the video and discuss the
question with your class.

1 Put a copy of the four photos up
on the board and do the exercise
as a class before students open
their books. B D
2 Set a three-minute time limit and
tell students to read quickly and
not worry about understanding
every word, but just focus
on checking their answer to
Exercise 1.
A The Dead Sea – Jordan B The
Mirador Basin and Tikal National
Park – Guatemala C The Chacaltaya REAdING 4 SPEAKING Work in pairs and discuss
SPEAKING
Glacier – The Andes (Bolivia) D The the questions.
Nazca Lines – Peru The Chacaltaya 1 Look at the photos. What do they show? In which parts of the 1 What can be done to stop these
world can they be found? Which do you think don’t exist anymore?
Glacier doesn’t exist anymore. places and other amazing places
2 Read the article quickly to check your ideas. from disappearing?
2 Can you think of any places in your
3 12.01 Check/clarify: 3 12.01 Read and listen to the article again. Answer the questions. own country which are in danger
of disappearing?
glacier, summit, inject, carbon 1 What is happening to many beautiful and ancient destinations 3 Which of the places in the article
around the world?
dioxide gas, ruins, Mayan 2 What was the Chacaltaya Glacier’s claim to fame? would you most like to visit? Why?
civilization, pyramids, Peruvian, 3 What caused the Chacaltaya Glacier to disappear so quickly? Do you think you should?
archaeologist, chalk, litter, 4 What was important about Sir Alfred Maudslay’s trip to Tikal? 4 Do you think there are other places
in the world where tourism should
vandalism, scrolls. 5 What is happening to the forests around the Mayan ruins of Tikal? be limited?
6 What might help protect the Nazca lines?
Before students read the article 7 What part does tourism play in the destruction of the Nazca Lines?
again, get them to read the 8 Why is the Dead Sea shrinking so rapidly?
questions through. Ask them to 110
underline the parts of the article
that gave them their answers.
1 They’re gradually being ruined 5 The area is (said to be) losing 100,000 acres a year. 6 barriers on the road that
by global warming and man-made runs through them 7 Tourism has brought litter and vandalism. 8 because people
disasters. 2 It was the highest ski use water from the River Jordan
run in the world. 3 climate change 4 You could put students into small groups to discuss the questions and assign
4 He took the first photographs of the quieter student the role of group secretary. Make sure all students are
the ancient Mayan city.
contributing to the discussion and encourage quieter students to voice their
opinions, too.
Objectives Resources for this unit

All available online
Functions and speaking Speaking persuasively
Grammar Passive report structures; the passive: verbs Videos Worksheets
with two objects ● Get ing: How important is tourism ● Grammar and vocabulary: Basic, Standard
Vocabulary Geographical features; verb + noun where you live? and Extension Worksheets
collocations ● Grammar video!: The passive: verbs with ● Project: Endangered animals
Values Human activity and the natural world two objects ● Communication: More to explore
Literature The Lost World Tests ● Grammar presentation: Passive report
● Unit, extension and skills test 12 structures
● Final test ● Literature Worksheets: The Time Machine
● Get ing and Grammar video! video
Worksheets

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