Page 36 - Full Solutions 2nd Advanced Student Book_Neat
P. 36

Work in pairs.  Lool<  at the adiectives  for describing places.  Find expressions  1-12 in the article on  page 34 and write the
          Divide them into two groups:  positive and negative.  Which  missing preposition.
          adjectives  could go in either group, depending on your
                                                                   l  renowned            7 a stone's throw
          opinion?
                                                                   2 rich                 8 teeming
                                                                   3 reminiscent          9 than ks
                                                                   4 tined               10  wet[  provided
                                                                   5 to date back  -     77 to cater
                                                                   5 ideatty placed  -   72  spoilt     choice
                                                                                -
                                                                   Complete these  expressions  with a preposition.  Use a
                                                                                                 -
          ffi      Compare  and contrast  the two photos using     dictionary.
          adjectives  from  exercise  1. Answer questions 1-4 below.  1 buzzing  wiih        5  to be home
                                                                   2 to ptay host           6 blessed
                                                                   3 steeped                 7 to date
                                                                   4 to hark back           8 to take pride

                                                                   Complete the sentences with expressions  from  exercise  5.
                                                                                 1-
                                                                   a Chettenham  is      to the world-famous  Cheltenham
                                                                     racetracl<.  Every March, the racetrack  2-   to
                                                                     the annual Cheltenham Festiva[, which   3
                                                                     lo 1.902.                            -
                                                                   b The residents of Burford  4       in their town,
                                                                     which  is  5   in history. The Bay Tree Hotel,  which
                                                                     6      from the sixteenth  century, maintains  many
                                                                                                -
                                                                     originaI features such  as stone ftoors and open
                                                                     fi re p la ces.
                                                                   Read the tasl< below.  ln pairs,  choose the two towns  you
           1  Which place would you prefer  to visit? Give reasons.  are  going  to write about  and mal<e notes.  Use the topics in
           2  Which place would  you prefer  to live in? Give reasons.  exercise 2 on page  34 for ideas.
           3  What do you imagine woutd be the advantages  and
                                                                     Write  an article  for an in-ftight magazine  extotting
             disadvantages of tiving somewhere isolated?
                                                                     the virtues of two contrasting towns in your region.
           4 What  do you imagine woutd be the advantages  and
             disadvantages of Iiving somewhere  touristy?
                                                                   Work in pairs. Write your  article (200-250  words).
                                     -..:t:lll,  .:t  i   - -1..   1 Use your notes to write about one town each. Tryto  go
                          ,. ....  ....  ::,ltili'.tlt,  :.ii  .ll,l,-,
           l.   .i..l.ril,.r.:,.ir.,::.riiltl:,.r1,-..,.:.:..,   I tt:,.t.1. , t..t,,
                                               ..  r',rr::.:t.i..r..  l
                                                                     beyond basic vocabulary.
            A dictionary  entry witl often include  information  about
                                                                   2 Swap your  work and make suggestions for improving your
           I prepositions  that  go with that word.  Try to learn the word
                                                                     partner's writing.
           l and the preposition  together as a phrase. Make  a note
                                                                   3 Work together to write the introduction.
            of them  as you come  across them. Writing an exampte
            sentence can hetp to fix  in your memory.              Checl<your  work using the list below.
                                ft
           Read the Study tip, Then complete  this sentence  using
           information from the dictionary entry below.             Have you:
           Chettenham  benefits   excettent transport                  mentioned  a range of attractive features for each
           con nections.
                                                                       written  the  correct  numbel of words?  '
           bene'fit   0"x  /benrfrt/  noun,verb                        gone  beyond basic vocabutary?
             z verb  l-t-  or-tt-) 1  [VN]  to be useful  to sb or improve  their  used the correct  prepositions?
              life in some way:  We slmuld spend  the money  on something
              that will beneflt  everyone.                             checked the spetting and grammar?
             2  [v]  -  (from/by sth)  to be in a better position  because  of sth:
                  better position  because  of sth: Who  exoctLy stand.s to
                  benefit  fr  om thes e changes?

                                                                                                           ,'
                                                                                                     Unit 3  Partners  i 35
   31   32   33   34   35   36   37   38   39   40   41