Listening exercise, page 90
s promised, here goes the listening exercise from page 90 in the Student's book.
Key
a. picture matching: (up to down, left to right) 2, 4, 1, 7, 6, 9, 8, 3, 5
b. 1. That many areas of London used to be villages. You should get to know the area you are in rather than trying to get to know the whole of London.
2. Go to the British Museum
3. The Houses of Parliament
4. It is hidden between other buildings so you walk round a corner and suddenly find it.
5. The bridges and the London Eye.
6. Because it's completely deserted.
7. Because it's air conditioned and there is a lot of water.
8. It reminds him of his childhood
9. They are the only birds that sing at night. They sing in the enclosed gardens in residential squares.
c. Extracts from the Interview: humble, hidden-away, ashamed, queuing, feeding
Now, here go the solutions for the grammar, vocabulary, and reading comprehension exercises on pages 98 and 99:
Grammar: 1b, 2a, 3b, 4b, 5a, 6c, 7c, 8a, 9c, 10c.
Vocabulary:
a. provincial, poverty, government, genetics, scientific
b. quiet, sound, forwards, twice, pieces
c. do, made, do, made, do
d. harbour, cable car, landmark, square, genetics.
Reading comprehension: 1b, 2f, 3d, 4e, 5c, 6a
And finally a hilarious lil' joke I found out there in a forum:
A bus stops and 2 men get on. They sit down and engage in an animated conversation. The lady sitting next to them ignores them at first, but her attention is galvanized when she hears one of them say the following:
'Emma come first.
Den I come.
Den two asses come together.
I come once-a-more! .
Two asses, they come together again.
I come again and pee twice.
Then I come one lasta time.'
The lady can't take this any more, 'You foul-mouthed sex obsessed pig,' she retorted indignantly. 'In this country. we don't speak aloud in Public places about our sex lives.
'Hey, coola down lady,' said the man. 'Who talkin'abouta sex? I'm a justa tellin' my frienda how to spell ' Mississippi '.
hahahahahah!
