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Interview your partner. Use these ideas if you like. You can also use your own ideas.
You have one minute to think.
You and your partner want to go on holiday together for a week. These are some
places to think about. Study them and choose one. You have one minute to think.

Photo Safari
Work & Travel
Nature Holiday

Holiday in a Small
Village

Tropical Holiday
One of these places is San Marino. Can you guess which one? Listen and Choose
which picture shows San Marino.

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SAN MARINO True, False or Not in Text?
1. San Marino is a small city.
Close your eyes and imagine this: you are a visitor to San A) True B) False C) Not in Text
Marino. It’s a beautiful day in May. This afternoon, you have
2. You don’t need a car to travel from one
some free time. Would you like to take a walk? In one afternoon, side of San Marino to the other.
a person can walk across the whole country. San Marino is
A) True B) False C) Not in Text
very small – only about 50 square kilometers. From east to west,
3. There is no public transport in San
it is no more than 9 kilometers. It’s smaller than many cities. Marino.
What will you hear and see on your walk? Let’s begin at the A) True B) False C) Not in Text
border between San Marino and Italy. Italy is San Marino’s only 4. San Marino is near Italy.
neighbor. San marino is completely inside it. You can see A) True B) False C) Not in Text
farms on much of the land around you. Some of San Marino’s 5. San Marino is a modern place.
farm products are olives and grapes. About two kilometers away,
A) True B) False C) Not in Text
in the center of the country, you can see a mountain. That’s
6. The people of San Marino speak
Mount Titano. There are nine small towns on the mountain. In Italian.
these towns, you’ll see old stone buildings with red roofs.
A) True B) False C) Not in Text
You’ll hear people speak Italian. You may hear other languages
7. There are some Japanese people
as well, such as Spanish, German, French and Japanese. Why?
living in San Marino.
Because you’re not the only visitor to San Marino today. This
A) True B) False C) Not in Text
little country, with a population of about 30,000 people, has
more than 3 million visitors each year. No one really knows 8. San Marino is a popular tourist place.
the number. The government doesn’t stop visitors at the border A) True B) False C) Not in Text
to count them. People come and go from here freely. Why do so 9. History is a main tourist attraction.
many visitors come to San Marino? Some people want to learn A) True B) False C) Not in Text
the history. They want to see the old buildings and find out 10. Tourism has made San Marino a rich
about the past. Others come to buy coins and stamps. People nation.
collect the beautiful and unusual stamps of San Marino. A) True B) False C) Not in Text