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UNIT 9

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Overview

Watch the video podcast. Whose comments do you most agree with?

Look at the people below and read the sentences. Then watch the podcast from 0:10-1:11 again and

write true or false (T/F) next to each sentence.

1 He grew up on a farm.

2 Now she’s older, she loves London more than the countryside.

3 He likes the quiet and fresh air of the countryside.

4 She comes from Hertfordshire and lives near the countryside.

5 She enjoys camping and weekends in London.

6 He’s lived in the countryside for thirteen years and enjoys

growing vegetables.

Glossary: grow up (in/on a place) = live there as a child

Read the words in the box and check the animal words you don’t know in your dictionary. Then

watch the podcast from 1:12-3:10 and tick the words you hear. There are three extra words.

wildlife

sharks

cows

big cats

spiders

whales

dog

horses

monkeys

guinea pigs

scorpions

birds

snakes

foxes

Glossary: big cats = lions and tigers

Watch the podcast again and practise saying the words in Ex 2A aloud.

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Dotheyikewldfe?Look at the people below and read their answers. Then watch the video

podcast from 1:12-2:12 again and delete the wrong word in italics.

1 I’m an animal lover. I’m a

vegetarian as well/also .

2 Since I was a little girl, I’ve always

really liked/loved foxes for some

reason.

3 I enjoy sort of very exotic

wildlife/animals that I haven’t

seen before.

4 I like watching/seeing them on

the telly .

5 I think animals are living beings –

and must/should be treated with

respect .

6 I like big tigers/cats . They’re very

graceful , they’re very beautiful.

Vocabulary

Match the deinitions to the underlined words in Ex 3.

1 things which are living/alive

living beings

2 something/someone that moves beautifully

__________

3 to behave in a respectful way to something/someone

__________

4 strange or unusual, often from a foreign country

__________

5 television

__________

Look at the people below and read the things they say. Then watch the video podcast from 1:12-3:10

and match people A-D to the correct sentences.

1 He enjoys things he doesn’t see every day.

2 He’s frightened of snakes and scorpions because they’re very dangerous.

3 He quite likes large snakes. A friend of his used to keep them.

4 She loves her nephew and niece’s guinea pig.

5 He doesn’t remember being frightened of any animals when he was a child.

6 She doesn’t like spiders.

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The way we speak

Whatarethey ightenedof?Look at the people below and read their answers. Then watch the

video podcast from 2:12-3:10 and complete their answers with one word in spaces 1-6.

I am very 1 scared of spiders. And even though in

Australia, we get some very small but very dangerous

spiders – I’m 2 ________ of very big spiders.

I don’t particularly like horses because they’re big,

and they 3 ____________ our dog.

I’m not really 4 ______________ of any animals. I

love them all.

I’m quite 5 _____________of sharks. I don’t really

like the sea and so whales and animals such as

that, I don’t really like. I suppose because it’s the

unknown. I just ind it quite 6 ___________.

Glossary: scared = frightened; scary = frightening; the unknown = you don’t know anything about it

Personalisation

Write your answers to the questions.

1 Do you prefer the countryside or the city? Which person in the podcast do you most

agree with?

___________________________________________________________________

2 Do you like wildlife? Which person are you most like?

___________________________________________________________________

3 Which of the animals from the podcast are you frightened of ?

___________________________________________________________________

Fun FACTs

In the UK, people spend more on their pets than they do on holidays.

To ind out more, go to the BBC link below:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/ 1 /hi/business/7283395.stm

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