Unit map
►Vocabulary
Cities: People, Places, Means of
transport, City problems
Collocations: verb + noun
Holiday activities
Holiday accommodation
►Word Skills
Verb patterns
►Grammar
The third conditional
Participle and infinitive clauses
Pronunciation
Contractions
Listening
Travel solutions
Reading
Cities in the future
Speaking
Guided conversation
Pronunciation
Falling and rising intonation on reply questions and question tags
Writing
A formal letter
Culture
The Mekong River
Vocabulary Builder
page 112
Grammar Builder and Reference
pages 126, 127, 128
I can talk about cities and travel.
1 SPEAKING Do you love living in a city? What do you think are the benefits of living in a big city?
2 Work in pairs. Match the photos A-E with the cities and the countries. What do the countries have in common?
Cities Bangkok Hanoi Jakarta Manila Bandar Seri Begawan
Countries Brunei Indonesia Thailand the Philippines Vietnam
Photo D-Ha Noi - Vietnam
3 Work in pairs. Check the meaning of the following words. Identify the words that are in the wrong groups.
People commuter immigrant resident street vendor temple visitor
Places antenna tower boulevard bus stop car park city hall lake
monument mosque pagoda park skyscraper stadium theatre
Means of transport hustle pedicab taxi tram tube tuk-tuk
City problems air pollution fountain noise pollution
overpopulation traffic jams
4 Which words in exercise 3 can you use to describe the photos A-E?
5 Complete the following sentences using the vocabulary in exercise 3. Check your answers with your partner's.
1 Kuala Lumpur Tower is the world's 7th tallest tower with an_______________ at the top.
2 The first two lines for _______________were built in Ha Noi in 1901, Line 1 leading to Bach Mai and Line 2 to Giay Village
3 Many tourists love to visit an Islamic _______________to see the difference between it and a pagoda.
4 In front of the city hall is a garden with a_______________ in the middle.
5 Baiyoke Tower II is an 88-storey_______________ in Bangkok.
6 Most city dwellers want to escape the bustle of the_______________and city for the weekend.
7 The tube is overcrowded with_______________ who travel a long way to work every day.
8 Thong Nhat, a multi-purpose_______________ located in District 10 in Ho Chi Minh City, has a capacity of 15,000.
→ Vocabulary Builder Travel problems: page 112
RECYCLE! The passive
1 We form the passive with the verb be and the past participle of the verb.
This cruise ship was built ten years ago by Hyundai.
2 We use a passive infinitive after certain verbs. We use a passive base form (infinitive without to) after modal verbs.
The passengers needed to be rescued by the emergency services.
All passports must be shown at the departure gate.
3 When we want to say who or what performed the action in a passive sentence, we use by.
6 Read the Recycle! box. Complete the questions using the passive and the verb in the brackets.
1 Where _______________ Wat Arun _______________ ? (locate)
2 Why _______________ Wat Arun _______________ the 'Temple of Dawn'? (call)
3 What_______________ in bread to make difference to banh mi? (can/fill)
4 Why_______________ vegetables_______________ to banh mi? (add)
5 When_______________ the buses_______________ with passengers? (pack)
6 Which opportunities_______________to the man's family? (can/offer)
