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Name Class Date

Unit 1
1
1 Bookman 2 Lizzie123 3 Funnygirl 4 Marcus
5 LlamJones 6 PaulaM 7 Jon2006

2
1 housework 2 football 3 home 4 Sunday(s)
5 brain 6 piano 7 clothes 8 collects

3
1 relax 2 rarely 3 camera 4 likes
5 loves 6 enjoys 7 great

4
1 B 2 A 3 A 4 B 5 B 6 A 7 B 8 A

6
1 hobbies 2 instrument 3 Cool 4 going 5 often
6 every day both: 2, 5

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1
1 Emma 2 Peter 3 Lisa 4 Kate 5 Tom 6 Kate 7 Lisa

2
Ticks: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12

3
1 B 2 A 3 B 4 A 5 B 6 A 7 B

4
1 blue 2 doesn’t like 3 The Dream Boys 4 doesn’t know
5 likes 6 bright 7 before 8 it is expensive

6
1 help 2 try 3 size 4 much 5 take

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Unit 3
1
1 enjoy 2 too much sugar 3 ill 4 helps us to remember
things 5 boil 6 good 7 oil

2
1 F 2 F 3 T 4 T 5 F 6 F 7 T 8 F

3
Ticks: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6

4
1 dessert 2 orange 3 digusting 4 chicken 5 pasta
6 five 7 salty 8 chocolate

6
1 I’d 2 menu 3 drink 4 mineral 5 eat 6 mushroom
7 back

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Unit 4
1
1 Robert 2 Linda 3 Stef 4 Mark 5 Suzanne 6 Jo
7 Robert’s

2
1 A 2 B 3 A 4 B 5 B 6 A 7 A 8 B

3
1 A 2 B 3 B 4 A 5 A 6 A 7 A

4
1 tea 2 Saturday 3 seven 4 grandparents 5 dog
6 kitchen 7 broken 8 brother

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Unit 5
1
2 B 3 D 4 A 5 F 6 G 7 C 8 E

2
1 strange 2 beach 3 foot 4 electricity 5 annoyed
6 stars 7 noisy 8 friends

3
1 e 2 g 3 a 4 h 5 f 6 b 7 d

4
1 four 2 armchair 3 three 4 five 5 two 6 sea
7 rainy 8 books

6
1 going 2 great 3 don’t 4 let’s 5 could 6 sure

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Unit 6
1
2 D 3 E 4 B 5 G 6 F 7 H 8 A

2
now: 2, 5, 6
in the past: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
both: 2, 5

3
1 J 2 A 3 A 4 J 5 J 6 J 7 A

4
1 A 2 B 3 A 4 A 5 A 6 B 7 A 8 B

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Unit 7
1
1 F 2 H 3 G 4 A 5 D 6 B 7 E

2
1 F 2 T 3 F 4 F 5 F 6 T 7 T 8 F

3
Ticks: 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8

4
1 f 2 b 3 d 4 a 5 g 6 h 7 e 8 i

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Unit 8
1
1 badly 2 well 3 won 4 watching 5 bad 6 well
7 lost

2
1 F 2 T 3 F 4 T 5 F 6 T 7 F 8 F

3
1 half marathon 2 brother 3 leg 4 finish 5 diving
6 scared 7 saw amazing fish

4
1 day 2 snowing 3 excited 4 walking 5 body
6 expensive 7 stomach 8 snowboarding

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Unit 9
1
1 K 2 T 3 K 4 T 5 T 6 K 7 T

2
1 F 2 F 3 T 4 T 5 T 6 F 7 F 8 T

3
1 a 2 f 3 h 4 b 5 d 6 g 7 e

4
1 village 2 dark 3 temperature 4 furniture 5 warm
6 spring 7 north 8 forest

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Unit 10
1
1 Spain 2 with friends 3 Spanish 4 Spain 5 Scotland
6 on her own 7 English

2
1 Mike 2 Estefania 3 Mike 4 Estefania 5 Mike
6 Estefania 7 Mike 8 Estefania

3
1 five 2 café 3 loves 4 energy 5 evening 6 hates
7 tonight

4
1 mall 2 grandmother 3 burger 4 football 5 tennis
6 rainy 7 house 8 seven

6
1 like 2 love 3 afraid 4 great 5 shopping

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Unit 11
1
1 believe 2 predictions 3 desks 4 need 5 change
6 connect 7 brains

2
1 F 2 T 3 F 4 F 5 T 6 F 7 T 8 F

3
Ticks: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8

4
1 F 2 F 3 T 4 T 5 F 6 F 7 T

6
1 right 2 shame 3 matter 4 ache 5 Poor 6 soon

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Unit 12
1
1 New York 2 Stonehenge 3 New York 4 the Great Barrier
Reef 5 Stonehenge 6 The Great Barrier Reef 7 New York

2
1 e 2 h 3 a 4 d 5 g 6 b 7 f 8 i

3
1 England 2 sorry 3 weather 4 spider 5 milk
6 phone(s) 7 Lake

4
1 A 2 B 3 A 4 B 5 A 6 A 7 B 8 A

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WRITING AND SPEAKING ASSESSMENT SCALES

The following Assessment Scales are taken from the Cambridge English Language Assessment Handbook for Cambridge English: Key
for Schools. They are a useful tool for assessing your students’ performance in the Speaking and Writing sections of the Think 2nd Edition
Skills Tests.

SPEAKING
Marking
The Speaking section of each Think 2nd Edition Skills Test should be marked out of a total of 20.

Students should be awarded a maximum of five points for each of the following four criteria:
• Grammar and Vocabulary • Pronunciation • Interactive Communication • Global Achievement
A2 Grammar and Vocabulary Pronunciation Interactive Communication Global
Achievement
5 • Shows a good degree of control of simple • Is mostly intelligible, and has • Maintains simple exchanges. • Completes
grammatical forms. some control of phonological • Requires very little prompting and support. all aspects of
• Uses a range of appropriate vocabulary when features at both utterance the task with
talking about everyday situations. and word levels. further detail.

4 Performance shares features of Bands 3 and 5.

3 • Shows sufficient control of simple grammatical • Is mostly intelligible, • Maintains simple exchanges, despite some • Completes
forms. despite limited control of difficulty. most aspects of
• Uses appropriate vocabulary to talk about phonological features. • Requires prompting and support. the task.
everyday situations.
2 Performance shares features of Bands 1 and 3.
1 • Shows only limited control of a few grammatical • Has very limited control of • Has considerable difficulty maintaining • Completes only
forms. phonological features and is simple exchanges. some aspects
• Uses a vocabulary of isolated words and phrases. often unintelligible. • Requires additional prompting and support. of the task.

0 Performance below Band 1.

WRITING
Marking
The Writing section of each Think 2nd Edition Skills Test should be marked out of a total of 20.
Students should be awarded a maximum of five points for each of the following four criteria:
• Content • Communicative Achievement • Organisation • Language
A2 Content Communicative Organisation Language
Achievement
5 • All content is relevant to • The target reader’s attention • The text is well-organised and • A good range of everyday and some less
the task with appropriate is held throughout. coherent, with a variety of linking common lexis (a difficult decision to make; take
expansion. • The format is consistently words (but; and; so) and cohesive photos) is used appropriately.
• The target reader is fully appropriate to the task. devices (However; although; • A range of simple grammatical forms is used with
informed. Anyway). a good degree of control.
4 Performance shares features of Bands 3 and 5.
3 • Most content is relevant • The format is generally • The text is coherent and connected • Everyday vocabulary is used appropriately.
to the task. appropriate for the task. with basic linking words and a • There are some errors with spelling but these do
• Straightforward ideas are limited number of cohesive devices. not impede the meaning.
communicated in generally • There are some punctuation • Simple grammatical forms are used with
appropriate ways. errors but they do not affect reasonable control, although there are some
comprehension. minor errors.
2 Performance shares features of Bands 1 and 3.
1 • The task has been • The format isn’t appropriate • The text is not coherent in parts • Errors impede meaning at times.
misinterpreted and only for the task. with a limited use of linking words. • There is a lack of control, particularly with verb
some content is relevant • The target reader can follow • Sentences are short with little use forms.
to the task. only with difficulty if at all. of referencing pronouns. • There are frequent slips with spelling.
0 Performance below Band 1.

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SKILLS TEST 1 SKILLS TEST 2
Track 01 Track 02
Jon I need a new hobby. I go to school, my teacher Assistant Hi, can I help you? We’ve got some nice shirts
gives me lots of homework, and I always do it. today, and shoes, too.
But I don’t do anything else. My life is always Teen boy Very nice, but I’m looking for a new jacket.
the same. I want to do something that makes
me happy. What do you think, Lisa? Assistant Well, we’ve got a lot over here. Would you
like to look at them?
Lisa Yes, you need to have hobbies! Do you like
food? I like cooking, and that really helps me Teen boy Hmm. How much are they?
relax. I like collecting ideas from around the Assistant These black ones are £50, the blue ones are
world, and making new types of dishes. It £45, and these grey ones are only £40.
gives my brain exercise. Teen boy Not bad. But … they’re not very interesting.
Jon Hmm. Of course, I love eating new things, Have you got any other ones? It’s for my
and cooking sounds like fun, but I’m really hobby.
bad in the kitchen! That’s my problem! I need Assistant What hobby’s that?
someone to teach me how to cook! What
about you, David? Do you have any interests? Teen boy I play guitar in a band. It’s called The Dream
Boys. Do you know it?
David Yes, I love taking photos. I always try to go out
at the weekend with my camera. I rarely stay Assistant I’m sorry, no.
at home. I like walking, and taking photos of Teen boy Well, all my friends in the band look great.
trees or flowers, or things in the street. And They always wear cool, expensive clothes –
it’s good exercise, too. you know, made by famous people. I want to
Jon And who do you go with? look the same.
David Oh, no-one. People usually think I’m a bit Assistant Well, come over here, please. Do you like
weird, but I quite like being on my own. these jackets?
Jon Well, I have a camera on my phone. It’s OK, but Teen boy They look fantastic!
it’s not great. And I can’t stand being on my Assistant What colour jacket do you want?
own for hours. Esme, what do you like doing? Teen boy Have you got any in bright colours?
Esme Well, I like being with friends, but I don’t have Assistant Of course. What size do you take? I don’t
a problem being on my own. I spend a lot of think you take a large.
time writing my blog. I like writing poems, or
stories. Sometimes I just write about how I feel Teen boy I don’t know. Maybe small?
about something. Assistant No, I think you take medium. … Right, we
David Wow. I love reading poems. have this yellow one, and this one is green,
and this orange one.
Esme That’s great, David. Hey, I’ve got an idea!
Teen boy Wow! I love that one! Can I try it on, please?
Jon What?
Assistant This green one? Of course. The changing
Esme Why don’t you write something for my blog! rooms are over there.
About how you don’t have any hobbies, and
how your life is always the same! Teen boy Great. I love it! I’ll take it. How much is it?
Jon Well, I enjoy writing. And I love telling people Assistant The price is on the label. There …
how I feel! Teen boy This is the price?! It’s … it’s very expensive!
Esme And maybe David, you can give me some of Assistant Well, it is a designer jacket.
your photos. And Lisa, you can write about Teen boy I see. Erm, I think I’ll take one of those grey
some of the things you like to cook. And Jon, jackets over there …
you can write about how you feel about them!
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is weird! How is your pasta?
Track 03
Gina I think there’s too much pasta. It hasn’t got
Gina Wow, Paul – this is a really nice café, isn’t it?
enough chocolate on it! It’s OK, but maybe not
Paul Yes, it’s not bad, Gina. Look. Here comes the waiter. good enough for £6!
Waiter Hello. Can I help you?
Gina Yes, we’d like something to drink, and a dessert. SKILLS TEST 4
Waiter Great. Here’s the menu. What would you like to Track 04
drink?
Ben Mum, hi!
Gina A lemonade, please. No, wait – have you got any
Mum Oh, hi Ben.
apple juice?
Ben How are you, Mum? Are you OK?
Waiter Sorry, we haven’t. got any apple juice, but we’ve
got orange juice. Mum Yes, I’m fine thanks. Why?
Gina It’s OK. Some lemonade, then. What about you, Ben Oh, nothing. Can I get you anything? Some
Paul? coffee or a nice cup of tea?
Paul Umm, the same for me, please. Mum I’ve got a cup of tea now – can’t you see it?
Waiter OK, I’ll be right back. Ben Oh yes.
Paul Gina? Er … Is this menu real? Look at the desserts. Mum Ben, why are you being nice to me? Do you
want something?
Gina What do you mean? Oh … grilled chicken ice
cream? Yoghurt with onion? Pasta with chocolate? Ben Do I want something? Why do you say that?
Fried strawberries? That’s disgusting! Is this menu Mum Because you’re not usually so nice.
OK? Ben Actually, well, there is something … Can I go out
Paul I have no idea. Look, here’s the waiter again. on Saturday?
Waiter Hi. Here are your drinks. Mum Why?
Gina Sorry, but we’ve got a problem with this menu. Ben It’s just a party.
The desserts? Mum Oh yes, it’s Patrick’s birthday, isn’t it? I know all
Waiter Ah, yes! We’ve got lots of very exciting desserts about that. It’s at 7 o’clock on Saturday. About
today. 30 people are going to be there. A small party!
Paul Are these real desserts? Ben You know about it?
Waiter Of course! We don’t want to give customers Mum Your sister asked me, too. She would like to go.
boring food! Ben Oh.
Paul OK, then! I’d like the grilled chicken ice cream, Mum But it’s OK. I’m going to say ‘yes’. Of course you
please. can go. You can take your sister.
Gina What? Ben Great! Thanks, Mum!
Waiter And for you? The chocolate pasta is very tasty. Mum But there’s one thing I want to ask you.
Gina Umm …. OK! Ben What?
Waiter I’ll be right back. Mum Can I go out all day tomorrow? I need to visit
Gina Well, that’s a surprise! your grandmother and grandfather.
Paul Yes. Chicken ice cream sounds … interesting! Ben Sure, of course you can.
Gina Well, the waiter was right. This menu isn’t boring! Mum But I would like you to look after the dog.
How much is your ice cream? Ben Yes, OK.
Paul It’s £5. Mum And, I’d like you to clean the kitchen and the
bathroom. They’re very dirty.
Gina Oh! That’s a lot of money. And my pasta is £6.
Look! The strawberries are £7! Ben What?
Waiter OK, here is your pasta, and your ice cream. Enjoy! Mum And can your sister borrow your laptop? Hers is
broken.
Paul Thanks!
Ben My laptop? But, I …
Gina Wow, this is yummy! How is your ice cream?
Mum Do you want to go to that party?
Paul It’s salty!
Ben Yes. OK, Mum.
Gina Do you like it?
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Bea Hi, Mark. Do you want to go to the park?
Mark Oh, no Bea. Sorry, but I don’t feel well.
Bea Why? What’s wrong?
Mark I don’t know. My eyes are tired and I’ve got a
headache. I think I should just stay at home, and
maybe watch films on my laptop or play with my
phone. I think I have to relax more.
Bea Relax? But you do nothing but relax. I never see
you doing any sports or exercise.
Mark Well, that’s not true. I play lots of games.
Bea Yes, but only on your phone or games console.
That’s not really a sport, you know.
Mark OK, but I haven’t got enough time to do real
sports.
Bea Actually, don’t you think you use your phone too
much?
Mark No. It’s the most important thing in my life.
Bea Really? That cheap old thing?
Mark Yes. I have to take it with me everywhere, so I can
check my texts and emails. Also, I use it as an MP3
player, and for reading the news. I even use it as a
torch. It’s got a little light on it. It’s really useful.
Bea A torch? Why do you need a torch?
Mark When I go to bed at night, so I don’t have to
switch on the lights in my bedroom. And, it’s nice
to watch some videos on my phone before I
sleep.
Bea So you go to bed with your phone? And let me
guess – the first thing you see when you wake up
is your phone?
Mark Sure. I use it as an alarm clock. It’s never late.
Bea I think I know what the problem is. You must stop
using your phone so much. That’s why your eyes
are tired!
Mark Do you think so? Or maybe I should just get a
bigger, more expensive phone.
Bea Mark! You shouldn’t be looking at a phone all
day! I’ve got an idea. Come with me to the park,
and leave your phone at home. You’ll feel much
better.
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Ben How do you feel about losing at sport, Anna?
Anna Losing? Well, I’m not competitive – I don’t usually
do sport where I have to lose anything. But last
year, I tried to run a half marathon. That’s more
than 21 kilometres! I really practised a lot. I went
running nearly every day with my brother for
months – when it was cold, or raining or snowing!
But one week before the half marathon, while I
was running, something happened. My leg really
hurt. My parents told me to stop running. But
I didn’t want to. On the day of the race, I was
there, and really excited. I was OK for the first
hour. I was doing really well. But, after about 15
kilometres, I had a really bad pain in my leg. After
that, I ran really slowly and then I walked. Finally,
I walked to the finish, but my time was terrible,
and my leg was hurting so much. I was so upset.
You should always listen to your body!
Ben Yes! You should!
Anna How about you, Ben? How do you feel about
doing something, but failing?
Ben Well, I think it’s important to try things, but not to
worry about winning or losing. I went diving last
summer.
Anna Wow!
Ben Well, I tried to go diving. I went on a course. It
was quite expensive. They took us out on a boat.
It was only a kilometre out to sea, but … I felt
scared.
Anna Scared?
Ben Yes. I didn’t feel safe. I said I had a bad stomach.
All the other people went in the water, but
I stayed in the boat. I was sitting there while
everyone else was swimming. They saw lots of
amazing fish under the water. But I didn’t see
anything. Even now, I feel really bad about it.
Anna OK, but you shouldn’t feel bad.
Ben Yes, but it’s important to try – even if it’s difficult.
Anyway, diving isn’t for me. I want to try
snowboarding next!
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Track 09 Track 10
Emma Hey, everyone! Thanks for listening to my Lizzie Hey, Paul. What are you doing tomorrow after
podcast. Today, I’m going to be interviewing my school?
uncle Tom about an amazing place that he went Paul I don’t know. Why?
to. Now, usually, when I think about somewhere Lizzie Can you help me with something?
I’d like to go, I imagine somewhere nice and
Paul Sure. I’d love to.
sunny. I like warm places and for me, there’s
nothing worse than spending time in cold Lizzie I’ve got a lot of homework from my teacher.
weather. But, Uncle Tom, you went somewhere There’s History, which is easy. And Maths, but
really cold. that’s difficult.
Tom Yes. Freezing, in fact. And completely dark. You Paul Maths? Oh, I just remembered what I’m doing
won’t believe it, but I slept in the coldest hotel tomorrow. I’m going to be at the shopping mall.
in the world. Lizzie Why? Are you going shopping? I can come, too.
Emma Sounds terrible! Paul No, it’s … It’s my grandmother’s birthday.
Tom No, it was amazing. It was in Sweden, in a place Lizzie Really?
called Jukkasjärvi. Paul Umm, yes, and I’m taking her to the burger bar at
Emma Is that a city? Is it nice? five o’clock.
Tom It’s a really small village, and to be honest, I’ve Lizzie To the burger bar?
got no idea how nice it is. It was completely dark Paul Umm, yes. She loves burgers. They’re her
when I was there, because it was in the middle favourite.
of winter. It’s the darkest time of the year, and Lizzie I see. Well, what about after that? Maybe at
the sun never rises. seven? There’s a nice café in the mall. We can
Emma Hmm, are you sure this was a good idea? meet there easily.
Tom Haha, it was fantastic. Well, there’s a lake, or a Paul I’m sorry, I can’t. I’m busy. I’m … I’m playing
river in this village, and every year, when the football at eight.
temperature gets colder and colder, the river Lizzie What? I thought tennis was your favourite sport!
freezes. And they cut blocks of ice from the Paul Umm, yes, tennis is better, but football’s good,
river and build it into a hotel. too.
Emma Only from ice? You mean, all the bedrooms, and Lizzie But it’s going to be rainy tomorrow evening. And
everything? cold!
Tom Yes, and all the furniture. Even the beds and Paul Really? I thought it’s going to be warm and dry …
chairs are made of ice. It’s incredibly beautiful, No problem! I love weather like that …
actually. Lizzie And how can you play after eating a burger?
Emma But isn’t it … too cold to sleep on ice? Paul The burger is going to give me a lot of energy.
Tom Surprisingly, no. You have lots of warm blankets Lizzie Is it? Well, how can you play so late in the
to stop you getting too cold. I think it was the evening?
first, and it’s the biggest ice hotel in the world. Paul I like it. It’s the best part of the day for me.
But you can only see it in the winter. Every
Lizzie Look, Paul. Is any of this true? It all sounds very
spring, when the weather gets warmer, the hotel
strange to me.
melts and disappears, like it was never there.
Paul Sorry, Lizzie. No, I am free tomorrow. It’s just …
Emma Wow. That sounds amazing! How can people I’m not good at Maths. I really, really hate it. I have
get there? Maths homework, too. I have to do it tonight.
Tom Well, it’s in the very far north of Sweden. I took Lizzie OK, well, we can help each other! I can come to
a train there, from Stockholm in the south, and your house tonight.
it’s the furthest place you can travel to by train.
Paul Well … maybe that’s a good idea.
You have to go through miles and miles of
empty forest. You don’t even see small towns. It Lizzie I can help you with your homework, and you can
really felt like the end of the world, but it was an help me with mine.
amazing experience. Paul Yes, all right, then. What time? How about seven?
Lizzie That would be great!
Paul OK. See you later!
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Rob I’m so tired of homework, and studying. My back
hurts from sitting down all day. And my fingers,
too, from typing so much.
Mariana Oh, poor you, but … everyone has homework!
Haven’t you done it yet?
Rob Yes, but we’ve got a big project to do for next
week.
Mariana I had exactly the same as you, but I’ve already
finished it.
Rob OK, you’re always quicker than me. I think I’ll go
and watch some TV. As soon I finish that, I’ll come
back and finish studying.
Mariana No! If you finish your homework first, you’ll feel
much better, and you won’t think about it all the
time.
Rob I don’t want to sit inside all day, though.
Mariana OK, but it’s easy. When you finish your project,
you can do what you want.
Rob I suppose so.
Mariana Think of it like this – in a more positive way – what
will you do if you finish studying?
Rob I’ll go and watch TV, or go to the cinema. And
also, I suppose I’ll get better marks from my
teacher, and pass my exams.
Mariana Exactly. And what will you do when you pass your
exams?
Rob In the future, I’ll get a great job –
Mariana What job?
Rob I don’t want to be a rich businessman or anything.
I want to help people. Not a teacher, but maybe a
doctor – helping people when they’re ill.
Mariana And what will you do when you’re really old?
Rob Well, as soon as I don’t have to work any more,
I’ll stop working, and … I don’t know. I’ll have
more time to travel and spend with my family, and
things like that.
Mariana Yeah, me too. So, you’ll have lots of free time in
about 50 years’ time.
Rob Yes, you’re right. I didn’t think about it like that.
OK, now I really want to finish my homework.
Mariana I always try to do something nice after I’ve
finished working. Tell you what – as soon as you
do that, we’ll go to the cinema!
Rob Good idea!
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Track 12
Man Where’s the best or most unusual place you’ve
ever been to, Valeria?
Valeria Well … My favourite was Japan. I liked China, too.
But the most unusual was England.
Man Why?
Valeria English people say ‘sorry’ all the time – often
when they don’t do anything wrong. If you bump
into an English person in the street, they will say
‘sorry’. Why? And they always talk about the
rain, or how cold it is. Is it because the weather is
always so bad? In England, if it’s hot, it will be on
the front pages of the newspapers!
Man Have you ever eaten English food?
Valeria Yes. I’ve eaten some strange things around the
world. Once, I ate snake in China – and fried
spider in Cambodia! That was really unusual! But
the strangest thing is in the ‘traditional English
breakfast’. I don’t know what it was, exactly.
There were some beans in tomato sauce. But
also something called ‘black pudding’. It wasn’t
a pudding, like a cake. It was black and, maybe
made of blood? I’ll never forget it!
Man Have you tried English tea?
Valeria Sure. English people have it all the time. It’s better
than English coffee, which I don’t like. It was good,
but they put milk in it. That’s really strange for me.
Man Have you travelled to many places in England?
Valeria Yes, I have. I used buses and trains a lot. In
London, if you take a taxi, the drivers always
talk to you. But on buses, or the Underground,
people never talk to each other. On trains, people
often use their phones to call other people and
say ‘I’m on the train!’
Man What’s the best place you’ve been to in England?
Valeria Well, England is special – it’s small, but there are
lots of different things to see. There are great new
museums, and you shouldn’t miss Stonehenge
– some people think it’s 5,000 years old. That’s
amazing. I took a train to the Lake District and
Yorkshire. The people were so nice – completely
different to London – not so busy.
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