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G comparatives and superlatives What’s the
V transportation best way to get Probably the
P /J/, /d3/, and /tJ7, linking around New York
City? subway although
taxis are more
comfortable.
Race across Miami

1 V O C A B U L A R Y & S P E A K IN G 3 R E A D IN G & LIS TE N IN G
transportation
a You are going to read about a race that the car show Top
a In pairs, can you think of four different forms of Gear organized across the US state of Florida. Read the
public transportation in towns and cities in your introduction and answer the questions.
country? 1 Where do they have to go from? Where to?
2 What are the three methods of transportation?
b > - p.155 Vocabulary Bank Transportation.
3 Which one do you think will be the fastest? Why?
4 In what order do you think the other two will arrive? Why?
2 P R O N U N C IA T IO N /J/, /d3/, and /tJ7

a 2 4))) Look at the pictures. What are the words
and sounds? Listen and repeat.

What’s the fastest way

On Top Gear, a very popular TV series about cars and driving,
b Write three words from the list in each column. they decided to organize a race across Florida to find the
quickest way to cross a busy state. The idea was to start from
adventure bridge catch crash dangerous
Miami, in the southwestern part of the tip of Florida, and to
each rush station traffic jam
finish the race at the southern-most point of the US, Key West,
a trip of 160 miles. Three possible form s of transportation
c 2 5))) Listen and check. Practice saying the words.
were chosen: a motorboat, a car, and a combination of
d Look at the words in the columns. What are the transportation. One of the show’s hosts, Rutledge Wood, took
typical spellings for these sounds? Go to the the motorboat and his colleague Adam Ferrera took the car
Sound Bank p.167 and check. (a 2010 Lotus Evora). Tanner Foust took different kinds of

transportation. His trip involved getting a taxi to the airport
e 2 6))) Listen to the pairs of words. Can you hear
where he flew in a seaplane. Then he rented a scooter.
the difference? Practice saying them.
They set off from Jones Boat Yard on the Miami River...
/tJ7 and /d3/
1 a cheap b jeep
2 a chain b jane
3 a choke b joke

/J7 and /tfl
4 a ship b chip
5 a shoes b choose
6 a wash b watch

2»7))) Listen andt^ircj^the word you hear.

g 2 8))) Listen and write five sentences.

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