A: It’s my birthday today.. ANN: It’s my birthday today.. With -an Mexican, Canadian, Korean, Russian, Australian, Chilean, or -ian: Brazilian, Indonesian, Egyptian, Peruvian, Venezuelan
Trang 1ợớy Every day
4 | Howabout you?
When you leave someone, usually you both say Goodbye or maybe See you soon or Take care! (informal)
When someone goes to bed, you usually say Good night You can also say Sleep well Don’t say Good night when you arrive somewhere, only when
you leave (at night)
If you ask for something, you often say Please
If someone does something nice for you, you say Thank you or Thanks
| Bless you!
>> Special days
If someone is going to do something difficult (e.g., take an exam or have a job interview), you say Good luck!
If someone has done something special (e.g., done well on an exam, gotten a new job, had a baby) you say Congratulations!
When it is someone’s birthday, you say Happy Birthday (not Congratulations)
On (or just after) January 1st (New Year’s Day), you say Happy New Year
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Choose phrases from page 72 to fit the conversations
1 A: (sneezes) Atchoo! 5 A: It’s my birthday today
2 A:'m taking my driving test today 6 A: How are you?
3 A: I passed my driving test! 7 A: Hello!
What do you say? Choose a phrase from page 72
1 You want to order a sandwich The waiter is reading the newspaper
Excuse me
A child says “Good night” to you
You answer the phone at work It is 10:30 a.m
It is 2 a.m on January 1st You meet a friend on the street
A friend spoke too quickly You didn’t understand
Ann and Bill meet in a cafe Bill usually says the wrong thing
Correct his mistakes
ANN: How are you? BILL: No, thank you A diet soda
BILL: Terrible [have a bad cold and ANN: With ice?
ANN: It’s my birthday today BILL: No, please
BILL: Bless you!
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Africa (not africa) and Spanish (mot spanish)
EP Continents and countries
The names of the continents are marked in blue It is not possible to show all the countries of the world on this page If your country is not included, check its English name with your teacher or ina reference book such as an atlas
North Korea South Korea
Honduras
El Salvador Nicaragua Costa Rica Panama
Adjectives of nationality describe people from different countries, groups, or
regions (e.g., a Brazilian man, a Korean woman, a Mexican family, etc.)
With -an Mexican, Canadian, Korean, Russian, Australian, Chilean,
or -ian: Brazilian, Indonesian, Egyptian, Peruvian, Venezuelan, Italian
With -ish: Spanish, British, Polish, Turkish, Irish, Swedish, Danish
With -ese: Chinese, Portuguese, Japanese, Vietnamese, Taiwanese
Exceptions: French (from France), Dutch (from Holland), Swiss (from
Switzerland), Filipino (from the Philippines), Thai, Greek,
Iraqi, Arab, Israeli
> Languages and people
Words for languages are usually the same as the adjective of nationality:
English, Chinese, Spanish, Japanese, Thai, French, Korean, Portuguese, etc An exception is Arabic (the language)
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You may need to use a reference book to help you with some of these exercises
— it is not possible to include every country and nationality on page 74
In which continents are these places?
1 Mount Everest Asia 4 the Great Barrier Reef 7 the Nile River
2 the Alps 5 the Great Wall 8 Mount Fuji
3 the Amazon River 6 the Andes Mountains 9 the Grand
Canyon Match these capital cities with their countries
6 Washington, D.C f Argentina
8 Buenos Aires h Colombia
9 Rome i the United States
10 Mexico City j Venezuela
Write down in English
1 the name of your country
2 the names of the countries next to your country
3 the word for your language
4 the name for people from your country
Which country is different? (Think of the languages they speak there.)
Write sentences
1 England, Canada, Russia, Australia In England, Canada, and Australia
they speak English, but in Russia they speak Russian
2 Mexico, Brazil, Spain, Panama
3 Italy, Austria, Germany, Switzerland
4 Taiwan, Japan, China, Singapore
What is the adjective for these countries?
1 Cuba Cuban 5 Canada 8 France 11 Vietnam
3 Egypt 7 the Philippines 10 China 13 Chile
4 Brazil
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Se ee Za
Nouns, adjectives, and verbs
lightning -
It’s a sunny day in Tokyo today, but it’s cloudy in Hong Kong
It’s foggy in Vancouver, and it’s snowing / it’s snowy in Ottawa
It’s raining in Sao Paulo, but the sun is shining in Rio de Janeiro
It’s beautiful weather today (not It’s a beautiful weather.)
The weather is awful today
You cannot say: It’s winding/clouding/fogeine/sunning
Other weather words
It is very hot in Mexico — sometimes more than 100 degrees Fahrenheit in
summer
It is very cold in the Arctic — it is often minus 50 degrees Celsius there
It is often wet in Seattle — carry an umbrella when you go sightseeing there
It is very dry in the Sahara — it doesn’t rain much there
A hurricane is an extremely strong wind
A storm is when there is a strong wind and rain together
A thunderstorm is when there is thunder, lightning, rain, and sometimes wind together
Tip: If you are able to see the weather forecast in English on TV, watch it as often as you can
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Match the words and the symbols
1 snow 2 sun 3 rain 4 fog 5 lightning 6 wind 7 clouds
Look at the types of weather in A on page 76 Write them down in order
from your most favorite to your least favorite
Write sentences about the places in the chart
2 Taipei 2 Itis raining in Taipei bebe bee es ee ceeeuceceesessecreseceeeereneueenens
Caracas Số oes daeenone rar eanen sense snnennamane unnennce
“Š&8¿ Scoul "¬“ ố ốc an anennmnnuun semen a
s®% Toronto Ole eee e eect tebe bbb bebe eeueeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeesererere
Complete these sentences with a word from page 76
The sun was ghining this morning
1,
2 Whenit , [take my umbrella
3 Itis beautiful today
4 ÍtIS now; maybe we can go skiing
Š You §€€ before you hear thunder
6 It is dangerous to be in a small boat at sea in a
Are these sentences true about the weather in your country? If not,
correct them
1 It often snows in December
2 It is usually 80 degrees Fahrenheit in summer and 0 degrees Fahrenheit
in winter
There are thunderstorms every day in August
It is very wet in spring
We never have hurricanes
Summer is my favorite season because it is usually hot and dry
Write about the weather where you are today Use as many words as
possible from page 76
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Downtown
- tourist government office building museum _ parking garage library information office
train station bank post office bookstore department store
You can get/take a train at the train station
You can change money at the bank
You can read books and newspapers at the library
You can buy books at a bookstore
You can park your car in/at the parking garage
> Streets and roads
:
“city hall
Asking for help
Where is city hall? How do I get to X street? Is there a public telephone
nearby? Can I park here? Excuse me, I’m looking for the museum
ae People in the city
RL
police officer taxi driver salesclerk librarian bank teller
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PARKING ANY
TIME
no parkin P 5 no entr y bus sto P railroad crossing signal ahead