unlt

u 1
O/der, taller, and more famous

Label the thlngs in the plcture wlth the correct words.

l. canal 4. PJ.º7~º- - - - - 6. to o \t,cr

2. b t 1 O0{i 5. su~ ~ -- - - - - - - 7. sk bi 5 cya prr
3. tu n:nd sy 5.\ r-,__,_f_
f'\ _ __ s. st n dLt).
Unit 5 Lesson A 33
 2 Put the word, In lhe corrt'« order ll.1 cnake se1uences
l / than / •
l ~ / the Akash,-l<alkyo 8ndge I fapan / older / The Tt>wer 8rluge l11 Englam
,._-- --
...111.tl~w« 8rl<fa6 mEtta/1llldltJ..c1/de,r tha11 the l\ka.ohH1lk\ o t!rkkw.ltlJap~,="•
a/ shurter / . tm,) ('(1 s'4 1,)
2 the Ere Canal m the Untted Statec; / th m /Is/ lile Murray Cunal 111 Cernad
th: f\'\l\ U)y eo,:-cl 'i D cooo:b Í O 4;? \x1\e.a -\moJhc . ~',e O>~L.1.nJ.k
the Tower Bridge
3 more/ The Sydney H,Hbor Bridge in AustraliJ / Is / than / modern /
in E'ng!and / •
1'rx: ~~~ L\-: c, €:,nd,gc in Qc.ex\. ,o\ca s=:i rca,c_mcdcr n-~ º 4):r loi., r, B 'rd9c
f 2. as 1J.on'g9 che Channel Tunnel between England and France / The Lincoln Tunnel
between New Jersey and New York City / is / not / as / .

""~ 1rrc:cl>? J 1 ,nncl l:cd \f,eo· .t eNc4J Je15C\' ord AJ~ 'ja,t ritlv ,r;, rd a:, \CfJ
o~ f h , ... ,., 1 UO'l'('I e tí C. ''ll'~"ª
1 l
~,-i:'1Tower ~
in Chiña / not /
5. tall / the Sears Tower in the un,ted States / is /itie Jin Mao
as/ as/.
, 1\.-... J¡" f--ioc , ~Jia
~(,e d -~k '
flt'I ,,,,~ na r::i "'~ O') ~º'' ('). ") 4be Sm,~ ,,., u·, ,." .Lb
subway system /
6. the London Underground / people on lt / has / The New York City
more / than / .

Tu ~~ ~º' J; e r \'/ :i. ~ 5'/ feo- kAs o-o,e fc'cpf< ª"' ro Ato h Abr }.a:olc
n
7~~ / large / the Zócalo square in Mexico City / is / The Plaza Mayor in Madrid /
not /.

,reM Aora /vio'JQT ío ~ cx·:k;d rs cd ~ PYSC

exí' ro e:~\~
q:s fnc: :tó cab je.¡ AYc: l)Q

Circle the correct words to complete the paragraphs.

There are many skyscrapers in Hong Kong. Two very tall skyscrapers
are the Bank of China Tower and Central Plaza. Centra l Plaza is Bank of China Tower Central Plazi
more tall than Bank of China Tower. lt also has

more floors tha

1
¿,,,,-----
---..,~-<...~
Bank of China Tower. The Bank

of China Tower i~=- ---il =:..__er Central Plaza. But it looks

more modern / more modern than -entra! Plaza.
4
l. M. Pei created the Bank of China Tower, and Dennis Lau and Ng
Chun Man created Central Plaza. Sorne people say that l. M. Pei ha~
creat ed~e famous buildings than f more than f~mous buildings
--- --- --- -S
Dennis Lau and Ng Chun Man. He has made buildings around the
world. For example, he made the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston
and the pyramid at the Louvre Museum in Paris.

34 Unit 5 Lesson A
 Read .1bo11t the brldgcs. Thc11 wrllc romparlsons whh 1hc words In r.uenlhcses.
Us<' -cr cndlngs or mor, ... than.

The Brooklyn Bridge, New York City The Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco

1. The Brooklyn Bridge is 1,825 meters long. The Golden Cate Bridge is 2,737 meters long.
(is/ long)
The Golden Gate Bridge í5 loneer than the Brooklyn Bridge,
2. The Brooklyíl Bridge is 26 meters wide. The Goldeíl Gate Bridge is 27 meters wide.
(is/ wide)
l'hc Go\(b) Eio\G {1-.í'd.:Jc: í~UJ:idec U-a~~ (brcc}:\yo &,dgc
3. The Brooklyn Bridge opened in 1883. The Goldeíl Gate Bridge opened in 1937.
(is / old)
l:bc l~:<:oo k l't n ~,ird9c "i:'> older iba +be fddro &r-J, Cbud9c
4. The cost to build the Brooklyn Bridge was $15.5 million. The Goldeíl Gate Bridge was
$35 millioíl. (was / expeílsive)

:in:, ~\deo Go~e l.?,ucse l.,t>CO rQ(:)(1!' ('.)(~en~'í"\ /C :\b:.b+be C?;rooh,y..,

5. l~;J°r~§ years to build the Brooklyn Bridge. lt took four years to bulld the Golden
Gate Bridge. (took / time to build)

t"hc ratocis 'v n l,;1 5d9t: ~ce~ rco,c- \ttnc ~o tx>1ld ~h>ti 4k ~eo fl:t!t A.. zd.9,
6. Each day, 145,000 people go Oíl the Brooklyn Bridge. Each day, 118,000 people go
on the Golden Gate Bridge. (has / people Oíl it each day) ·

'\~ Püooihrn G1rd9<'." \-o;:, cm,r: peº\?'' <·0 ~.\ ,ocb d~'I Atnr:- \ hr E>clJe')
óq\-ú ~,dgc
~ Change sentences 1-4 from Exercise 3. Use not as ... as.
l. The Brooklyn Bridge íe not ae tone ae the Golden Gate Bridee.
2.1be Oraool\~n Q 1 ld 9( t ·> rx.~ o , 1 L', .. L ~~__fr..J&m (-d r, e?;, rcb:
C1 o\den CAo1\ e th ,·áS-t f~ n:tl.i~~-~-~1 L◊~ ~ ht f6 r ooJ l / n Pü 1ctJ::
3. 1 'oc
4.Thc C6 tock\-.;. o ~ 1r,f , , p ~ ~""L ~~-~~~.?lJ.L_IJ.LlJJE f:r,rjm W:c:
~ Yl ~

Unit 5 Lesson A 35
 I don't believe it!
1 Complete the conversation. Use expressions for expresslng dlsbelief and
for saylng you don't know. The tirst letter of each word Is glven.
Tyler: Hey, Susana, look at thls.

Susana: What is 1t?

Tyfer: lt's intorma11on about the plazas in Mexico.
There are more plazas in Mexico than anywhere
else in the worldl

Susana: / don't bel/eye itl

1
Tyler: And we're in a very farnous plaza - the Zócalo.
Do you know another narne for it?

, ,.....,e.-----
susana: 1h..._c...... n...u...-- - - i.....d.J.>e_,a.¿__ _
2
Tyler: lt's also called Constitution Plaza.
Susana: That's interesting. But I like the narne Zócalo better. . . . How old is it?

Tyler: 1r ~~ \\ ':! d,...ol.Lln'-'.....\:___ k_._m...,_.t..,_,i,___ _ . But the plaza is older than

3
sorne of the bulldings around it.

susana: s:C:'< r :,bJ

< ?
4
Tyler: Yeah. There used to be different buildings around the plaza, but over the years
people built new buildings in place of sorne of the old ones.

Susana: NQ wod ! 1wonder why the old ones are gone... .

5
Hey, do you know how big the square is?

Tyler: lt says here it's 240 rneters long and 240 rneters wide.

Susana: That's pretty big! Hey, l'rn hungry. Is there a restaurant near the plaza?

--'---- h....,.Q=~=C~ - - a c , ~
Tyler: 1d..._Q....J?.:..._I-\ ! Maybe there are sorne
6
ideas in this book.

t , Complete the conversations with one of the expressions from Exercise l.

More than one answer is posslble.

l. A: Do you know how long the Channel Tunnel is?

B: \ to,,e no edea / \ 'J !':) ,..... dm- 'J._!15..r:x~,,.J. 1 AcY' 1 -1- bqe: o e(, e
2. A: Wow! Did you know the Weihe Grand Bridge is the longest bridge in the world?

B: 1den 1 + b-\ 1r \Je fJ ? ú,t-,? c1 ,:,I" ~ l bla e.uo-y 'il

7>

36 Unit 5 Lesso n 8
 World geography
Complete the puzzle with words for geographlcal features. What's the mystery wordl

2. 3.

6. ______ _ _ _ ___.,
4. 5.

1
R V E R

~ a ·f f\ ~ o" ~ ~ \
\JO\ \ -e i)
.4\ q t) e
oel e o n 6
C{ c':)C'f,

Complete the sentences with words for geographical features.

1. The Nile _ ___,R-=i=ve~r_ _ is 6,650 kilometers long.
2. A de":JC 1 \ is extremely dry and hot.
3. We swam in a small \o fi:C on vacation.
4. The lndian Q ceo n has less water than the Atlantic or Pacific.
5. Maui is a beautiful C:-, la od surrounded by the Pacific Ocean.
6. 1 went to the Amazon '<: Qtl n f d c:-,.\ _ _____ last winter.
The trees and other plants were beautiful, and I saw a lot of animals, but it
really rained a lot!
7. When we went camping last summer, we put up our tent in a_\ bi.o\
___
next to a river. Every morning, we looked up ar the mountains ali around us. lt was great!
8. The most famous u...1Q1cv wL in the United States is Nlagara Falls.
Unit 5 Lesson C 3i
 adjectlves In parentheses.
Complete the text with the correct superlatlve torms of the

(beautiful)
Yosemite National Park is one of the most beautffu/
l
parks ,n the United States, and it's one of .1\c \ o, lf?}
_
aphical
(large) parks in California. There are many interesting geogr
features in Yosemite. Yosemite Valley is \re ccc::d ~.l
ek
,n the
(popular) place to visit in the park. lt's easy to walk a~ound
valley. Tuolumne River is \'ne \cí!}", t (long) river in the
also many
park, and there are many river trips you can take. There are
waterfalls to see in the park. Yosemite Falls is \\-< b,0 \v::,} (high) waterfall.
'5
lt) to see because it's behind rocks.
Chilnualna Falls is one of H::e rro:J df fUN ,)\ (dlfficu
6

January, February, and Marchare :\:re \,

,d-.\.c
7
::J
(wet) months in Yosemite. Spring

is ln:e 'ne~)· (good) season to see waterfalls. Summer is

\ ne te ,Vi e:, ~ (hot) sea son, and it's also the \,e,:> f C) \.
0
(busy)
because it'~ very cold.
season. Ther~ aren't many visitors in the park in the winter

.
Look at the chart. Write sentences with superlative nouns

In tne Caribbean Jth; DaminicanJ

Aruba Cuba _ Republlc
1. /and 180 km 2 110,860 km2 ¡ 48,670 km2
2. people --- f 104,589 - 11,477,459 ~9,794,487

3. rain (each year) t 21.3 inches 52 in ches 54.5 inches

4. official languages- -¡- 2 l1 _

5. TV stations 58

l. Cuba has the most land.

2. l)R n:o:J4 ~
e )~ t-o-s :_\-.- ,- _ _ .t _ _ _ __
1 ~l..!.(oro:i:l...l,__u l n; - - - - --
r(¡. Ll"'fw
3. l''nc Oomrofcnn ~e?o½\ De cm
4. A,u 6 to::i rcl) ~ \be
o:c~ ic~o\ \o·O'~:.LJl".)B~a::>...,..L__ _ __
s. e,_~ Y"\00 ~ be rrod 1\J s\o+ran'"'
38 Unit Lesson C

J
5 Complete the sentences wlth the supcrlatlve íorms of the underllned words.
l. A: Wc're going to Ncw Guinea this year. lt's an cxtremely
!file island.
B: Yes, lt is. But Greenland is tlie larae5t _ __
island m the world.
2. A: This street has a lot of cars. Is there always thls
much trafflc?
B: Yes, First Avenue gets the mo5t traffic in
the city.
3. A: My uncle does research in the Antarctic Desert, and he
says it's really cold.
B: 1know. The Antarctic Desert is \be e c\oe~ desert in the world.
4. A: What a great dayl Let's sit in the sunshine.
B: OK. This is \\:e :ceo;> -:¡ cwi lllwe've had all summer!
5. A: Wow, this is beautiful! We're up so high. What a great view!
B: Did you know Lake Titicaca is one of fu h?.9I\C:0~ lakes in the world?
6. A: l'm going to Japan. Where is a good place to see temples?
B: 1think Kyoto is one ~f tnc beerl places to see temples in Japan.
7. A: l'm ti red of being wet on this vacation ! lt has rained every day on this tri p.
B: Well, May is usually \'oc u.,cU eo\ month in this city.
8. A: How many ~ live in New York?
B: Over 8 million. lt's the city in the United States with \tt t:f'C::)~ OC{> \.e "

Answer the questions with your own information. Write complete sentences and
use superlatives.
Example: The longe$t bridge /'ve ever been on ís the Golclen Gate I3rldge.
l. What's the longest bridge you've ever been on? 1hc. lorr:J-A b lrlejC 11w· 6-:o en fj "<:9calc<n\ Br ~
e½:
2. Whery's the highest place you've ever been? i hc. htQbr::rl f,\,a l'w .-,,e, b:cn ~::> ~h, }\d\ of Ü~ ,
T2,,cd9Q_
3. What's the...most beautiful place you've ever seen ?-th;. ooc~i ba,u \1fül~lacc \\\Jt e'1a, "k m f~
t~ \~ f('ó)(Y
4. Where's the hottest place you've ever been l Dv 0c:, oí Ch 1'.rob1 f:.., \\ir 1:x,H cl Qlcv:e 1 've c:vcr
5. What's the tallest building in your town? lrc ~e 1\t:A b h" ~.J _ . ~• l ""'i,r, r-;, ry veo ~\~ce
6. What's the longest river in your country? \''<'. kv-o~\ "'¡taor r, •n~ ry,.d,e~ ,::, Ür <'r-blQcb
'd v~v l '
7. Which city in your country has the most people? (()¡_e~ }-i,.~~~ (r')l)k"_l~ ~ry
8. Which month gets the most rain in your town? \ur,,.. ...,
•1!"~~ ~~n~~---
Unit 5 Lesson C 39

11
 l:J Natural wonders
Read the artícle. Then write the name of the correct natural wonder under each pícture.

2. \,J O'J AM'ID lt~ :> 3. ~ne 2>och~ r:~

Canada's Seven Wonders
In 2007, the CBC1V and radio stations hada contest to choose the Seven Wonders of Canada.
People sent thelr ideas to a website and voted for their favorites.

People's Choices ~ Votes

Sleeping Giant: This is a long penjpsula in Lake Superior, which mea ns it has water on
177,305
three sides. From across the lake, it looks like a big, sleeping person!
Niagara Falls: These amazing waterfalls are on the border of Canada and the United
States. There are three waterfalls, but the largest and most beautiful is called Horseshoe 81,818
Falls, and most of it is in Canada. __j
Bay of Fundy: This is a large body of water where the Atlantic Ocean meets part of 1
Canada. lt has the highest tldes In the world. The water from the ocean comes in 17 67,670 1

meters higher than when it goes out! 1

Nahanni National Park Reserve: This beautiful national park in northern Ca nada has 64,920 1

rivers, waterfalls, mountafns, forests, birds, fish, and other animals.

1
Northern Lights: These are colorful moving lights in the sky. The best time to see them
61,417
is on very dark, cool nights in March, April, September, and October.
The Rockies: The Canadian Rockies are beautiful, high mountains that have sharp
peaks and wide valleys.They are cool and wet, but the tops have no trees beca use it is 55,630
too cold and rocky for them to grow.
Cabot Trail: This 950-kilometer hiking trail through part of the Ro.ckies has sorne of
the most beautiful views in Canada. lt is named after John Cabot, an ltalian man who 44,073
explored the land in 1497.

2 Read the article again. Then answer the questions.

l. When was th e contest for the Seven Wonders of Canada? 2007

2. Which place had the most votes?

3. Which ocean's water goes into the Bay of Fundy?

4. What are the best months to see the northern lights?

5. How long is the Cabot Trail ?

40 Unit 5 Lesson D