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(find) 665 pages of an old book while she

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(/ook) through a trunk in

her attic. The book

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(be) the original manuscript of

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Put the verbs into and irregular verbs.

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arriaed by ship Yot"gos was working in his f.eld. Wile he ztsas walking through the

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old statue of the Egyptian

a'rchaeohgists

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King Taharqa. honse, the

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use the past simple to taik about completed actions in the past use the past continuous to talk about an

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3 \4hich of these things can volr see in the picture on page 33? armchair carpet coffee table curtains larnp mirror shelf

sola r,r all ra indor,r 3 \Ahich things do,vou \A/here are they?

have in your house?

Reoding 1 & 2.34 Read

and listen to an exrracr from of Dor.ian Gnzy. What was

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in pairs. Choose two of these

,::rions and then discuss them.

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Have you read this book? \trrould you like to? Dorian makes a wish by saying: 'l r ish that I could always be voung. I wish

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:hat picture could grow old instead of me.' ],\buld you make the same wish as Dorian?

huge (acljective)

cruel (adjectivel

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soul (noun)

Do vou think people are too concerned '.' ith being young in today's society? '\bur personality is u'ritten on your face.' I.\hat does this quote mean? Do you agree

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Fronune

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causing pain to people

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extremely large

the spiritual pad of a person

wit (nour) - the ability to use words in a clever way that makes people laugh

wrrTrng ? Read the opening sentences from four short stories.

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Choose one of the sentences and continue the story. Write two or three

more sentences.

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Oscar Wilde was an lrish writer of plays, poetry and

3 Work in pairs. Swap your stories and add another sentence to your partner's story. Then retlrrn the story to volrr

wit and commentary on the

partnef.

society of Victorian London.

novels. He was famous for his

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t# ,,l,i Cornplete the instructions u-ith the r,vords in tl-re box. Then listen ancl cl-reck \rour ans\\'ers. d$

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recortl plrler video cassette ...--.Do vou have anv of these things at horne?

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watch

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in pairs and describe the

difFererrces bcru ecrr tlrc picnrrcs.

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questions.

* \\'hat kincl of nrusic do vou like? * \,\here do vou usually listen to music? At *

home, at u-ork, on the br-rs etc? Do vou listen to rnusic rvhile vou are

u.orking or studr,'ing? \41hat kind of tnusic?

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\4rork in pairs. X"Iake a simiiar set of instructions for a CD or tr{Pl plaver.

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to listen to masic on uinyl Vinyl records used to be popular. They didn't ase to baz;e CDs. People used

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to taLkabout regular actions

in the past which don't happen now use used to to talk about siruations in the past vrhich arent rue now the negative ol used to is didn't use to

? Look at the picture below and rewrite the sentences wid'L used to. In those days farnilies were bigger. ln those days families used to be bigger. t Most women were housewives. z People didn't have lots of things. : Most families didn't have a television. + Some families had a radio in the living IOOm.

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Make questions with did and use ro. Add two more questions.

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listen to?

go to school? have long - hair?

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G - lnglish we can use the phrase the nineties :- Cescribe the years from 1990 to 1999.

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.> at univeraity lri ft]€ fiineries. - nformal writing we can write the g1s. --e years 2000 to 2010 are sometimes called

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words.

,mplete t-he sentences r.rith tJre correct .: -'ades.

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Mv brother used to olav the suirar. I didn't use to listen to classical music.

In connected speech, usedto is pronounced /jurste/.

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Listen to the composer Anclv Price talking about horv he uses rnusic in

I was feeling cheerfrrl todat because ... ... makes me feel very calm. Last u.eek I u''as miserable because ... I'm frightened of ... ... makes rne sleepy.

filnrs and TV programr.nes. Tick

I'm alu'ays anxious when "..

angry bored excited happy relaxed sad scared tense

Complete the sentences in exercise thev are true fcrr you.

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e & i,JI I-isten ro four short pieces music. F{ow cio they make you feel?

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Listen again and choose the correct

ans\\.ers.

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has always been an

important paft of film and television. lf you want an audience to feel scared / angry

then use violins, played very quickly and on a high note.

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Gentle music on a guitar, piano or violin is

Ilnasine one clf the short pieces of rnusic is part of a scene frorn a fihn. Listen again and answer the cluestions.

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angry calm excited happy sad safe scared tense

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f-eelings he mentions.

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good for love scenes / death scenes. Choral music (people singing) can make an

\A'here is the scene? \Arho is in the scene?

audience feel fense / sad. When the character of Robin Hood appears

Hou'do they feel? What is happening?

in the programme you can hear trumpets guitars

\Vork in pairs and tell each other about dre scene you irnagined.

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The orchestra used to play / usually plays in

front of a large screen showing the film.

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thinks British people are verv

l.etl of violence in videos.

people in I'our colultrv \\orrY about Dci vou thinli it is a problemi

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T rgree. Absolutely.

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disagree but ...

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An inten'ieu.situation, perhaps on television or on raclio. -\ couple deciding u.hat to rent at a D\iD shop. Tro frientls corning or-rt of the cinema. A te acl-rer giving his opinions about films to a cl:rss. l-isten aq'ajn and ans\.\.er the questions.

Conr-ersrrtion I : Did thev both like the filmi Conr crsrtion l: \\h:rt kinds of films do thel' talk about? Conversation -l: \\l-rat kind of film cloes the \vorrran \\ ant to \ce:

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Negative

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I/You/We/They

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have already eaten.

haven't eaten yet.

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He,/She/It hasn't

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eaten yet?

has

already eaten.

Question eaten yet?

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Use already with the present perfect to emphasise that something has happened before now.

The structure is au-xiliary + already + past participle. It is usually used in affirmative sentences. I'ue alread.y been to the bank. I'ae alread.y checked oar account. Useyer with the present perfect to talk about something that has not happened, but will probably happen soon. rJse yet in negatives and questions . Yet goes at the end of the sentence. The money hasn't gone into my acclant yet. Haae you paid the bills yet?

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Presenl perfect with for ond since I t z 3 +

Cornplete the sentences with.for or

since.

I've had this job She's

lnown

him

\trre've r'vanted chilclren

I've liked travelling

20 years. ages.

I n-ent on my first school

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I've been u,orkinc- here

a

long timc.

They haven't had anything to eat \Ve've

the same I haven't seen her l.racl

6am.

TV

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trip.

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Complete the text r.ith dre present perfect or the past simple

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Microu'aves (1) (1le) a popular time saver fbr (prcdtrce) the I'ears. A.n American companv (2) first microwave in 1917 - it u-as almost 1.8 rnetres talll Fatnilies (l) Qzsc) srnaller modern microwaves since the 1970s. But many people don't think it is safe. So, is micros,.aved

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food fbr dre right lengdr of time. -Nficrov'aves (5)

(}e)particrrlar:1vpopularsinceconrpanies(6)-(.rrazz,)

proclucing {reezer to rlicror.yave 'ready-rneals' in tl-re late 1980s. -

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of microu''ave ready rneals for years. But a report in 2008 (8) (say) British people are no\4, starting - to etr lnore healthilr'.

Present perfect with yef ond already \tririte the dialog'ues. Use nlrendl,

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the electricity bill? / the u.ater bil1. r've / not hear / about that loan. I / call / the bank / ru.ice about it. rve / spend / all our nroney for this mondr. oh dear, / vou / check / tl.re lottery ticket? our / railw'ay sh:rres / rnake / a profit. good / but the rvater shares / r'rot irnprove. A: you / have / the letter about your inheritance? B: no, the solicitor / not send / anything.

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Past passive

say

who did the action we can use

The building was ilesigned in

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I was

You/We/They

You/We/They

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wefe

He/She/It is

He/ She/It was

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agent.

Jamous at'chitect.

We use the passive u'hen we clo not know who did the action (the agent), or it is not important. M1t bag was stolen. (=I don't know w-ho stole it) A botnb was leji in the statiott. (= we don't know u'ho left the bomb) Language note: the passive is more frequent in formal speech and

Form the passive with the verb

t0 be + past

participle.

writing.

Use the active voice to focus on the agent. (the person or thing

who does the action)

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artiuc

ucrb

clesignerl the

objcrt

building.

LIse the passive voice to focus on the action' The buildingwas designed in 2005.

Finst ecndirisncN

+

present sirnple

will/can/might

lJse uill, might or can tn the rlain clause: . uill: the speaker thinks it's likely that the sinradon will happen . m.ight: the speaker is not sure that the situation will happen o can: the speaker is not sure if it u'i1l happen or not

(not) + verb

The

I/you,

etc.

Use the first conditional to talk about a possible future situation. lf ir is bad weathe4 I'll watch TV But if it's sunny, I'll go to the be ach

If

zf clause can

be the first or second clause in the sentence'

we take the train, we'll

en1o1,

the.jottnzey more.

We'll enio1, the joutney tnore if ue take the truitt.

Seesnd eonditionsl zlf

Main clause

clause

If

+ past simple

I / you, etc. / could (not)

wo'uld +

verb

Use the second conditional to talk about an unreal {irture sinration. It is unlikely or almost impossible that the situaticin will happen.

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If I didn't ha"te t0 wlrk, I'd go ro the bench today. (But I have to work so I won't go to dre beach) If I had lots of m.on.ey, I could fi'aael round the worltl. (I don't have lots of money and it's unlikely that I rvill have lots of money in dre future) Language note: we someiimes say If I were instead of /f / was- Both verbs are correct. Were is especially common in the expression lf I were you

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siropping centre. 30 St Mary Are in London / call / 'the Gherkin' / Londoners. Sydney Opera House / b:utld / to look like a ship. The Guggenheim N{useum in Bilbao / often / compare / to a fish or water. The Petronas Towers in I(uala Lumpur / occupv / international

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The r-rewJeu'ish Museum in Berlin,/ design / the architect

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The Pompidou Centre in Paris / name / after a French

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companies.

Daniel Libeskind. president.

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Rewrite these sentences with the passive so tl-rey mean the same.

\4 e sol.l our flrt last week. Ow'.flnt uas sold last ueek. t Somebody built the flats in the 1980s. 2 The1. call tlre br"rilding Hrmtingdon House . 3 Restaurants and caf6s surrouncl the building. + They painted the walls in our flat u.hite. 5 We put in a neu'' kitchen last year.

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him if

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to the top of the tower.

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(not work) again,

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(not rell)

I

(contplain) to the companl,'.

time.

Second condifional I Cornplete the conr-ersation with the correct form of the

n'Iatch the conditional sentences.

second conditional.

A: What would you do (1) B: \4rel1, if I were in your shoes, (2)

1

@'

/

you

/

be')

(I

/

go)

on

2

a

long trip.

I'd take a month's holidav tomorro$' / my boss / gi-oe / me) time off . B: If I hacl the choice, I think - (.1) C:

Yes,

(3)

in Neu. Zealantl, or Peru. C: Yes, I'm sure I'd fbrget all my problerns (5) I / do) something like that.

-*, *--

Arnerica,

a

(I / go / walking)

5

6

---*--**

If we v'ent on the bus, Ifu'e take the credit card,

b c

(# 4

B:Perhapsyiq. A: \\bv.. Her hair wrs much longer then, and so cu'rly.

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4 A: \\'rhet does tl-re suspect look like? A: I can't hcar you. \Aftat does the suspect look like?

B: Tl-re suspect is a v'l.rite, older A: Anlthing else? B:

man.

A: B:

Just a seconcl ... yes. He's got g;rey hair and a moustache. \Vhat kind ofcar does he drive? An old u.hite \iolvo.

A:

Tl-ranks.

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Pilar is my Spanish neighbour. Shek on v:rcation in -Nlexico, and I've got her cat and her plants.

2 3 4

OK, I{ans. Ilans ancl I aren't really friends. He's more of an acquaintance. IIe's director of the German department. l(en is a colleagle of mine at tl-re universiqr He teaches French, and I teach (]erman. I take a computer class in the cven:ing. Solia is my classmate.

@ws -I-he

theory of Six Degrees of Separation u.orks like this. Imag;ir-re you and John are collcagucs.

Ptia,atc-'ti

A: B:

C:

\trrhatareyoudoing? So, rvhat do you do? Excuse me, u.e're trying to u'ork.

E:

How's it going?

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Six months nclr'l'. She looks

&r.ta D: You're not listeningl

tlow old

is she?

B: A:

John is narriecl to .N{an', but you don't knov- her pcrsonalll-. So you ar.rd Mary have one degree of separation. Mary has a siste r, Jane. Jane and you havc tlr.o degrees of separation.Jane's neighbour, let'.s call l-rim Robert, rvorks for a big hotel ir-r the city centre. You antl liobert,Jane's ncig;hbour, have three degrees ofseparation. Iiobert doesn't or.n the l-rotel. He works for l'[r. Srrith, the president. You and Mr Smidr ... fbur degrees of separatior"r. Nl[r Srnith, because hct an owner of a big expensive l-rotel, he'.s often in touch with irnportant pcoplc. He's iriends t'ith dre Anb:rssador for cxample. So you :rncl the Ambassaclor h:rr.e five deg;rees of separation. Ard wel1, the Ambassador goes to New Yolk three times a year, and he knows the Secretary Gcncral of the United Natiorrs. So, if you make all the right connections it means that t-ou and the Secrctary General of the United Nations have six degrees of separation.

1 A: Hello. B: Hello. A: First time hcre? B: Sorrvi A: I said, is this vour

first tirnc hele? At the

conference.

B: Yes.Yes. A: \Vell, hcllo. -N{v narne's Georgc. B: Hi Georg;e. Nice to meet you.

Unit 2

& t.tr Zao Shen is the gocl of thc kitchcn. He is a figure in Chinese mvdrology. He *'atches farnilies ancl tells the othcr gods if a fan'fly is goocl or bed. He hls dre pou'er to make families rich or poor. Zao Shen also protects the home from evil spirits. Many hornes in China, Tairvan and Southeast Asia have a picture ofZao Shen in tl-re kitchen.

& r.zo Human beings need water to live. A hurnan being can live lbr weeks wjthout fbod, but onlr' a fc*- days r.vithout rvatel. \Ye o{ten hcar that orir bodv is twr-r thirds u'atcr, but rvhat cxactly does v'ater do to help the hurnan body? \,\'rater helps to protect impoltant p:rrts of the bod_v, such :rs the cyes. The brain is 75% lvater'. \\,'e also need s'ater to breathe, and to kecp our bodv temperature normal. \drater carries nutrients lnd orl.gen to all parts ofthe body. Blood is, in fact,92ok water. In addition, r.vater helps to conver:t lbod into energl'and removes waste from the bod1.. It is also ver--l- good for a person'.s sLin. Even the trones in our body arc made up of 22% v,ater. The hurnan bodv gets \4.ater not only fi'on v.ater itsclfbut also from other drinks and food. \Vater is a rnajor part of rnany foods, p',rrticularll fruit and r-egetables, vhich may contain from 85 to 9,5% n'ater. Becalrse the :rmount of $-ater u'e need mlv change u'ith clirnete, level of acti\.ity, diet and othcr fictors, therc is no onc recornmendation for hov, rnuch dailv u'ater you need to drink. Hov'ever, adults tyrically need at lcast two litres (eight cups) ofu.ater: a da1-,lrom all sources.

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2 A: C)l-r, look at the tirne. It'.s gctting- late. B: \d,hrt time is it? A: Elevcn o'clock. And I have a class

I A: B:

B: A: B:

Yes.

Thanks for everything. No problern.

A: B: A: A:

A: B:

Goodnigl-rt. Bye.

B:

tonlorros'. Oh. \Ve11, C)K

tl.rer.r.

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3 A: And this is frorn ne. B: Awll'.

B:

A: B: A:

Oh rny... It'.s a dogl Isi-r't that great? Er, 1'g5. A dog. Thankyou verymuch. You're welcorne. Happv birthday.

&r,rq 4 A:

IIelio? Oh hi, listcn I'ni on the train. It's not a good tirne rigl-rt nor'. ..

B: Hey! A: \lrait a minute

. .. Oh, I'm sorry I didn't you and ... That's all right. Here, let me help you v'ith your bag. No. itl fine.

see

B:

A: B:

C:

Good evening. Hello. It's a table for two, please. We've got a resen'ation.

Namci

M - double ()-I{-E. Ah, yes. Just this u'ay-. Nov., u.hat would you like to order? -Vloore, thatt

I'11 have dre fish. Just a ninute. I haven't seen everydring on the menu yet.

C:

Sorry., theu can u'e h:rve another minute to decide?

A:

C)f course.

@t"za 2 A: B:

Here you go. Anyd-ring to drink? Sor4', I think there's a mrstake here.

A:

rvanted a hamburger, not a hot dog. OK, sorry. Just a mir.rutc. One hamburger', please.

B: Thanks. A: Arything to ddnk? B: Uh... A diet Coke, please.

A: B:

Small, mediurn or large? Small, please.

I

&

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3 A: -\{ore coffeel B: N-.o thanks, I'm Fne. A: Did rou enjoy 1'our lrreakfast? B: lt u,.as Iovelr,, tlranks. A: Goocl. B: Cotrld T have the biil? A: lbu har,c to pav over there for the buftet sen icc.

B:

Sorrv, where?

A: B:

Over therc, nert to the plants and the cxit sign. ( )h. I cee it. Thinl,. agrrin.

A:

Yru're v'elcorle.

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Nlo. Iran

'-[\pical traditionrl Persian tbod. It consists of ricc and rninccd Iirnb, Lebebs and chickens rnd dried fruit.

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2

()ianfranco, ltelv Pizza. (J{ course notPizza Hut but Napoli pizza. les, pizza, lasaene ancl past:r.

&

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3

L,lenr, Borsch

-

it's r-cry

rntcrcsting it! like

a

salacl. But it'.s boi]ed in s'rtcr, I clon't lcrou; u.ith beetroot, ri,itl-r onion, potato, rvith rreat, or rra,vbe l'idr chickcn, or rral'be witl-r rurke1'. \i:al-r rnd itls velv tast1, realh..

@ 4

t.eo N'larlies, Genn:rnv

A schnitzel tlish.

It'.s

kind of a ncat, it's fiied

and you most often have it r.vitl-r French frics and salad or potato salad l.hich is r:rther lrl'icrl,,f f ,crntntt f,,,,J rtqrtin.

& 5

r.rr ,\'Iatt,

LTS

ne think of homc.'lhere are ccrtain cancll. brencls that wl-rer-rer.er I scc therri thel' rcrlind me of rny childhood and thev remincl nre of grou.ing up in the United Candy rnakes

Strtes-

&r.v 6

Sonia, Spain

tortilla rnakcs me think of homc antl vcry tvpical lnsu.er but I thinl< it is a verv simple dish v.hich is macle h'orr eglgs and potatocs ancl itl rnade like anr- otlrer Spanisl-r

that's

a

tortilla.

Unit 3

&

t.ra

In

1877. Thomas Eclison made or-re of thc first evcr sounc[ recordings. Edrson prcdicted tl-rat sound recordii-rgs u.ould be used fbr oflice

dictati on, speaking books, eclucation, talLing clocl