10 DVD EXTRA

ELEMENTARY UNIT 10 4A Match 1–8 with the endings a)–h).

1A Work in pairs. Discuss the questions. 1 From the oceans
2 From a storm
1 What’s your favourite type of weather? Why?
3 Intrepid adventurer Donal MacIntyre is going to
2 How ‘wild’ is the weather where you live?
experience
3 Have you ever visited somewhere with very ‘wild’
4 Bergen, city of rain,
weather?
5 The city is so proud of its rain
B Write the letters in the correct order to make types 6 And crashing down on the roof of the average
of weather. family house every month
1 ofold 7 Benedikte Rasmussen has the unenviable job
2 tew 8 I can’t remember but I think
3 ynria a) on Norway’s western coast.
4 toh b) of presenting the weather.
5 unsyn c) to the clouds.
6 tmosry d) the worst it can get.
7 cldo e) I was quite fed up of rain aer those days.
8 noswy f) is a staggering 18 tonnes of rain.
2 Watch the DVD and choose the correct option,
g) they can it and sell it to the tourists.
h) to a flood.
a), b) or c).
1 The programme is a journey with … around the B Watch the DVD again to check.
planet.
a) people 5A Choose one of the places in the box and find out
b) water the answers to the questions.
c) weather
the hottest place on earth: Death Valley
2 Bergen is the wettest place in … the coldest place on earth: Vostok Station
a) Western Europe. the driest place on earth: Atacama Desert
b) the world. the windiest place on earth: Commonwealth Bay
c) Europe.
• Where is it?
3 The man sells three different types of …
• What’s the maximum/minimum temperature?
a) cans.
• What other interesting information is there about
b) umbrellas.
the place?
c) rain.
4 TV2 is … B Work in groups. Ask and answer questions about
a) a national TV channel. the place you chose.
b) a radio channel. A: Which place did you choose?
c) a local TV channel. B: Vostok Station.
A: Where is it?
3 Watch the DVD again and number the things in the B: It’s in Antarctica.
order they happen.
a) Donal MacIntyre stands on some rocks.
b) We find out how oen it rains in Bergen.
c) We find out what the programme is about.
d) Benedikte Rasmussen tells us about the longest
period of rain in Bergen.
e) Donal MacIntyre visits an umbrella shop.
f) Benedikte Rasmussen gives a weather forecast.

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