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Pag.12 n^°1

Read the text and answer the questions.

1.There are over 10,000 camps in the USA.

2.I have to be 8 to 16 years old to work in a camp.

3.You can apply for a job if you are over 16 years old

4.You start working in November and you are free from mid-June until August.

Ex.2

Scan the adverts and find words for each heading.

Competitive sports:

Fencing,football,rugby,basketball,cycling,gymnastics,volleyball,baseball,rowing,roller blading,skating,soccer,hockey

Arts and crafts:

Music,dance,singing,drawing,painting,photography,ceramics,sculpture

Water sports and activities:

Kayaking,surfing,swimming,water-skiing,windsurfing,canoing,diving,scuba diving

Outdoor and adventure activities:

astronomy,fishing,riding,sailing,trekking,hiking

Ex.3a Read the summer camp job adverts. Which job should these students apply for?

1.Swallow nature camp

2.High Mountains summer camp

3.Ocean summer camp

4. Jarrold theatre arts and sports camp

Ex.3b Read the adverts again. Choose  the camp you would like to work in.

I would like to work in swallow nature camp because I love nature and animals.

Pag.15 ex.1 Read the article on page 14 and match the headings with the paragraphs.

Learning new things=4

Volunteering=3

Costs?=5

Time off=1

Work skills=8

Life changing=7

Travelling=2

Keeping in touch=6

Ex.2 Read the article again. Circle T(True) or F(False). Correct the false sentences.

2.F Each year about between 200,000 and 250,000 young people do a gap year.

3 F Tessa liked teaching English in the Andes.

4 T

5 T

6 F  The skills you learn during a gap year are very useful for  the future job.

Ex.3 What did these people do in their gap year?

-In  his gap year Tim decided to study languages instead.

-Adrienne travelled with three friends to Thailand, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand and the USA.

-Tessa taught English in the Andes.

-Prince William worked on a community project in southern Chile.

-Prince Harry helped build a school in South Africa.

-Chloe learnt to cook  and a language.

Ex.4a .Think of all the reasons why students take a gap year.

-To learn a new language

-To get a job

-To have new skills

-To communicate

-To meet new people

-To plan your budget

-To organize your time

-To fun

Ex.4b. What would you do in a gap year? Why?

In a gap year I would like learning new languages and meeting new people because I think that to learn new languages is very important for my future and for my future job.

Ex.8 Write an email to a friend about your gap year. Use your notes from exercise 7a.

Hi, Giulia. How are you? Where are you?

I’m  in Australia, it is my gap year. It’s fantastic, I’m learning new languages and  I can learn new skills here, like to cook.  I have been in New Zealand  and  in the USA. My best experience was a hiking excursions and my worst experience was a trip in  Indonesia.

Write soon,Bye.

Pag.16 ex.1aThink about your answers to these questions.

1. No, I can’t.

2. No, I haven’t.

3.I like pop music.

Ex.2 Put these words under the correct heading. Then listen and check.

Instrument: guitar, trumpet , keyboards, cello, saxophone, acoustic guitar, bass guitar, piano

Musician: saxophonist, drummer

Recording: album, lead singer, single, piano

Ex.3 Read the text on pag 17. Circle T(TRUE) or F(FALSE) for each sentence.

1.F

2.T

3.F

4.T

5.T

6.T

Ex.4

Bands:  Queen, Red Hot Chili Peppers

Singers: Amelle Berrabah, Brian May

Performance: rock concert

Music business: demo tape

Ex.6 Circle the correct words.

1.A already

    B just

2.just

3.yet

4.alredy

5.already

6.just

Ex.7a Make notes about  the following.

-Something you have just done:

I have just had a coffee

-Something you have already done today

I have already studied History today

-Something you need to do, but you haven’t  done yet:

I haven’t visited Australia yet.

Pag.18 ex.8a

1 mp3 player

2 swiss  army knife

3 sewing kit

4 money belt

5 torch

6 alarm clock

7 eye mask

8 notebook and pen

9 lock

10 paperback

11 ear plugs

12 camcorder

Pag. 23 ex.1 Look at the photos on page 22 and answer the questions.

1 No, I haven’t

2 Yes, I would. I would like to go there because is a fantastic city with many entertainment, but for me it is too chaotic.

Ex.2 Read the article and answer the questions.

1 You can find some expensive shops in Bloomingdales or in Macy’s or in the Greenwich Village.

2 You can get fresh air and see some animals in Central Park or in the New York Aquarium.

3 You can see a painting on a ceiling at Grand Central Station.

4 You can see an enormous present from France on the Staten Island Ferry.

5 You can look at some penguins  in the New York Aquarium.

6 You can learn about the history of the US population in the museum on Ellis Island.

7 You can travel for free and see the sights in the Empire State Building.

8 You can listen to musicians in the open air in Washington Square.

Ex.5a

1 DAY

Bloomingdales, Macy’s, New York Aquarium

2 DAY

Empire State Building, Greenwich Village, Washington Square.

Ex.6

Venezia’s parks

Venezia is full of parks. There are Parco della Laguna, Dune degli Alberoni .  They are big and full of flowers. You can hike and it’s fantastic for who loves nature.

There are museums, too. Like Museo Correr. There are the empress Elisabeth’s rooms and it is very interesting.

There are many restaurants like Ristorante Riviera. Here you can have fish.