Module 3

English-speaking countries

I live in … Montreal, Canada

Hello! I’m Marie, and I’m from
Montreal in Canada. French
Mumbai, India is the official language in
My name’s Chetna, Montreal but more than half
and I’m 12 years old. of us can speak French and
Mumbai is one of the English. Montreal is a big city
biggest cities in India. with a population of 1.6 million.
12 million people live It’s warm in the summer here,
here! There are some but in the winter it gets very
beautiful historic cold (-12°C is the average
buildings and palaces, but there are also some very temperature in January). It’s difficult to be outside
poor areas. Mumbai is famous for its ‘Bollywood’ in the very cold weather, so lots of people go
shopping in the ‘Underground City’. This is a huge
films and it’s also an important centre for technology.
underground shopping centre. It’s got more than
My favourite place in Mumbai is the Sanjay Gandhi 1,700 shops, 200 restaurants and 30 cinemas.
National Park. It’s 104 km2 and you can find leopards,
snakes and crocodiles there! Inistioge, Republic of Ireland
Hokitika, New Zealand My name’s Dylan,
and I live in a very
Hi, I’m Tamati and
small village called
I live in Hokitika. New Inistioge in the
Zealand has got two Republic of Ireland.
islands: the North The population
Island and the South of Insitioge is just
Island. Hokitika is 260 – so I know all my neighbours! We’ve got
on the South Island. a small museum in the village and an arts centre.
It’s a small town, but My friends and I sometimes go fishing on the River
it’s got an amazing Nore or we take the bus to the city of Kilkenny.
beach. Lots of tourists visit Hokitika because of its It’s quiet and beautiful in my village, but sometimes
gold‑mining history and its beautiful scenery. it’s a bit boring!

Glossary:
poor areas – biedne rejony
gold-mining – wydobywanie złota
scenery – sceneria
average – średni
outside – na zewnątrz
underground – podziemny
fishing – łowienie ryb

1 Przeczytaj tekst. Połącz nazwy miejsc z opisami. 2 Przeczytaj tekst ponownie i zdecyduj,
czy podane zdania są prawdziwe (T),
1 the biggest place a Hokitika czy fałszywe (F).
2 the smallest place b Montreal
1 Technology and films are very  T/F
3 a place where it’s very cold in winter c Mumbai important in Mumbai.
4 a place with a beautiful beach d Inistioge 2 Hokitika is on the North Island. T/F
3 It is always very cold in Montreal. T/F
Check your memory 4 Kilkenny is bigger than Inistioge. T/F

Zakryj tekst i odpowiedz na pytania. My turn

1 Name three animals you can find in Sanjay
Gandhi National Park.
2 Give one reason for tourists to visit Hokitika.
3 What is the official language in Montreal?
4 How does Dylan travel from Inistioge
to Kilkenny?
Opisz wybrane polskie miasto, miasteczko
lub wioskę.
1 How many people live there?
2 Describe an interesting building/park/
place there.
3 Find out one unusual fact about it.