Audio Escritura Student and Workbook
Audio Escritura Student and Workbook
Audio Escritura Student and Workbook
Number 2 is a bit more difficult, but the answer is Education: Dutch schools are good. Most students are
China. happy at school. It’s easy to change subjects or repeat
a year.
Number 3 – we all love tapas: those little things to eat
are just delicious. And where are they from? Is it 4 Quick Fun Facts
Mexico? No, it’s Spain. 86% of Dutch people speak English as a second
Number 4 – now, we all know that China and the USA language.
are very important countries for technology, but the 25% of the country is under the sea! The top place in
inventor of Wi-Fi is from… Australia! Thank you the Netherlands is just 323 m high.
Australia for Wi-Fi.
The Dutch are bike crazy! A typical person cycles 900
Number 5 – Sherlock Holmes is the world’s favorite km a year.
detective. But which country is the home of Sherlock
Holmes? That’s right: it’s the UK.
Number 6 – mmmm chocolate! I LOVE chocolate. But T4
where does it come from? The answer is Mexico. A: Welcome to the ‘Where am I?’ quiz show.
Ready? I’m in a big city. It’s hot. I can see
T2 pyramids.
B: You’re in Cairo in Egypt.
1 the USA, American
A: OK, this time we’re in a city in Europe. I
2 China, Chinese can see a big metal tower …
3 Spain, Spanish B: The Eiffel Tower! We’re in Paris!
4 Australia, Australian A: Fantastic. Now, I can see nine big letters:
5 the UK, British H-O-L-L-Y …
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Name: The Netherlands
Population: 17 million
Chloe: Hi, Liam. How are you?
Nationality: Dutch
Liam: Hi Chloe! Fine, thanks – just doing my
Capital city: Amsterdam
homework.
Currency: The euro
Chloe: Right!
2 Meet Thomas
Liam: In fact, I have some questions for you.
Thomas: Hi, I’m Thomas. I’m 13 years old. I’m half
Chloe: What about?
English and half Dutch. This is me and my brother –
Liam: It’s about where you live, New Zealand!
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Doctor: That depends. Some non-identical twins
have got the same color hair or eyes, but
others are very different.
arm, beard, ear, eye, foot/feet, hair, hand, head, leg,
Interviewer: Have you got any interesting examples? mustache, mouth, nose, teeth
Doctor: Yes, I have. Lucy and Maria Aylmer.
Interviewer: OK, what’s special about the Aylmer T16
twins?
long, short, curly, straight
Doctor: Well, their father is white, with blue eyes
and brown hair. But their mother is half
Jamaican, and she’s Black with brown T17
eyes and black hair.
Interviewer: And the girls? A As well as the traditional cheese and
Doctor: Both girls have got long hair, but Lucy is tomato, this unusual pizza from Iceland
fair with long straight hair and she’s got has banana on top.
blue eyes like their dad.
Interviewer: And what about Maria: has she got blue B This chocolate pizza is a popular dessert
eyes? in Brazil.
Doctor: No, she hasn’t. Maria’s got brown eyes
and black curly hair like their mother. C Italy is the home of pizza and there are
They look very different and lots of lots of different toppings. This one is a
people think they are best friends, not
sisters. popular potato pizza.
Interviewer: How fascinating! Now … D In Russia, the Moscow pizza has different
Meatless Mondays help people think about the planet Noah: That’s OK. Is there a shopping center in
and their diet. Meat production is bad for the your town?
environment. For example, farm animals produce more
Ed: Yes, there is – but we call them shopping
gas than all the cars and planes in the world. And did
malls in the USA.
you know that you need 1,600 liters of water to produce
one burger? Also, a diet with a lot of meat is not good Noah: Of course.
for your body. Some people think a diet with more Ed: My favorite place is the Mall of America in
vegetables and some fruit is a very good idea. Minnesota.
Meatless Mondays are now popular in 40 countries. A Noah: What’s good about it?
lot of schools, universities, hospitals and even cities
have Meatless Mondays. The idea to have one day Ed: It has good sports stores, a great game
without meat every week often starts with just one store, and there are restaurants with food
individual. Vancouver student Meghan Little is a vegan: from all over the world.
she doesn’t eat any food from animals. This includes Noah: Is there a movie theater, too?
milk and cheese. Because of Meghan’s work, Mondays
Ed: Yes, and you can see concerts and play
are now meat-free at her school and four other schools
mini golf …
in North Vancouver. With Meatless Mondays, one
person can make a big difference to the lives of their Noah: Really? OK, thanks! Excuse me …
family and friends, and to the planet.
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T19 apple, banana, bread, cheese, chicken, chocolate,
Noah: Hi! Noah Turner here. Today, I’m in coffee, cookie, fish, juice, meat, oil, orange, peas,
London to find out if shopping centers are potato, rice, sandwich, soup, tea, tomato, water
popular with teens. So, come with me.
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Excuse me.
Zoe: Hi!
bakery, bookstore, café, clothing store, food stand,
Noah: You have some shopping bags. Can I
game store, hairdresser’s, movie theater, newsstand,
ask you some questions?
pharmacy, phone store, restaurant, shoe store, sports
Zoe: Sure. store, stationery store, supermarket
Noah: What’s your favorite place to go
shopping?
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Zoe: I like the Westfield Center. It has clothing
stores, shoe stores – everything you want 1 two fifteen
all in one place. And there aren’t any 2 eleven fifty
stores where I live.
3 four o’clock
Noah: Are there any good restaurants?
4 seven thirty
/ˈrestərənts/
5 nine forty
Zoe: Yes, there are. There are some cafés
and food stands. I like the food there 6 nine twenty-five
because it’s healthy – and it isn’t
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expensive.
Noah: Are there other things to do at the
shopping center? Life in a K-pop academy
Zoe: Yes, there’s a movie theater. I usually go K-pop is popular all over the world. K-pop singers and
there with my friends. bands like BTS and Chungha have millions of fans, and
many teenagers want to be the next big star. If they’re
Noah: OK, thanks. Um … excuse me. Can I ask
lucky, they go to a special academy in South Korea.
you some questions about shopping?
They learn to dance and sing – but life for a K-pop
Ed: Um … I’m not from here, I’m from the academy student isn’t easy!
States.
Most students are 8 to 14 years old, so they have tomorrow piano lesson at 6:00 pm,
normal classes during the day. They get up early, homework: English.
sometimes at five o’clock, and have breakfast. They
Flora: Right, that’s good, but where do you add
start school at eight. They study all day, and they don’t
things?
relax between classes. Most students practice, listen to
music or write songs during the breaks. Ross: So you click on ‘New activities’ and it
opens this window here. OK? Then you
They finish school at five o’clock, but they don’t go
write in the activity and say when you
home. They go to the practice rooms until dinner time.
want to do it. Tuesday February 10th:
After dinner, at seven o’clock, they have dancing and Play basketball with Flora. Then you click
singing, and language classes, too. Korean students here, and there it is.
learn English, Chinese and Japanese, and students
Flora: Oh that’s great. It’s really cool. Can you
from other countries learn Korean. K-pop stars often
help me download it?
travel to other countries for concerts, so foreign
languages are important. Ross: Sure – OK, so …
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also makes music videos and puts them on the internet.
She’d like to become a K-pop star one day.
do homework, finish school, get up, go home, go to
T24 bed, go to school, have breakfast, have dinner, have
classes, have lunch, relax, start school
Flora: OK, so let’s think … Monday guitar
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lesson, Tuesday basketball, Thursday
swimming …
Ross: Hi Flora. What’s the matter? Are you OK? chat on my phone, go out on my bike, go shopping, go
swimming, go to the movies, listen to music, meet
Flora: I do so many things, I don’t know what I
friends, play basketball, play sports, play the guitar,
have this evening.
play the piano, play video games, read, sleep, take
Ross: OK. So you do a lot of different activities, photos, watch TV
but you like doing them, right?
Flora: Yes, but I forget things all the time – I
never remember which activity I have Workbook
each day.
Ross: Maybe I can help. I have this new app on
my phone. It helps me organize my life.
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Flora: Do you use it a lot? Does it help? 1 They’re from New Zealand.
Ross: Yes, it does. I use it all the time. It’s 2 I’m from India.
fantastic – I love it! 3 My parents are from Turkey.
Flora: That sounds good. How does it work? 4 We’re in Class 7B.
Ross: OK, so here on the left you have the days 5 Anna is 11.
of the week. And on the right you can see
6 My mother is a doctor.
the activities I have today: go shopping
with Clare, homework: biology and math; 7 You’re in my English class.
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Fabio: Hi. Are you new in this school? Todd: Hi. I’m Todd. Today we ask ‘Which is
America’s Top Teen City?’ So Heather,
Keira: Yes, I am. My name’s Keira.
what’s the answer?
Fabio: Hi. I’m Fabio. Where are you from, Keira?
Heather: Hi Todd – well, the number one city for
Are you English?
teens is … Irvine, California.
Keira: No, I’m not. I’m from Ireland. Fabio –
Todd: OK, so why is Irvine so special?
that’s not an English name.
Heather: Well, parents like Irvine because it’s a
Fabio: No, it isn’t. I’m from England, but my
very clean, safe city. It has great schools
mum and dad…
and lots of jobs.
Keira: Wait – are they Italian?
Todd: OK, but why is Irvine the top teen city?
Fabio: Yes, they are! They’re from Milan.
Heather: There are lots of reasons. Irvine has
some amazing parks, like Orange County
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sports and go up in a big orange balloon
Focus on … PERU – it’s very exciting. But if you like
Country Fact File shopping, go to the Irvine Spectrum
Center. It has lots of great stores and it
Name: Republic of Peru also has some excellent restaurants.
Nationality: Peruvian Todd: Sounds good. Any other
Capital city: Lima recommendations?
Population: 32.9 million Heather: Well Todd, another excellent place for
teens is the Beall Center for Art and
Official languages: Spanish, Quechua and Aymara
Technology. They have a summer camp
Currency: Sol (plural soles) for teens with some really interesting
City life programs like robotics.
Seventy percent of Peruvians live in cities. Eight million Todd: Sounds great. Now…
people live in the capital, Lima. It’s a great place to visit
with beautiful beaches, fantastic restaurants and
interesting museums. Other important cities are
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Arequipa and Callao. My book recommendation
Geography My favorite book is The Rest of the Story by Sarah
Peru is a big country in South America. It’s a very Dessen. It’s the story of a girl named Emma Saylor. Her
beautiful country with mountains and beaches. Its mother, Waverly, is dead and Emma lives in the city
neighbors are Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil, Bolivia and with her father, Matthew, who is a dentist. The family is
Chile. The most important mountains are the Andes. quite rich. Emma doesn’t know her mother’s family but
Two important rivers are the Amazon and the Ucayali. when her father gets married again, she goes to spend
Ubinas is an active volcano! the summer where they live, at North Lake. She meets
her cousins and her grandmother, Mimi, and she works
Places to visit with them in the family business, a small hotel. At the
See the Inca city at Machu Picchu. lake, some people are rich but others, like her mother’s
family, aren’t rich. Emma makes friends with a boy
Visit the pyramids at Pachacamac near Lima.
named Roo and learns secrets about her mother and
Go to beautiful Huascaran National Park. father. This helps her understand who she is.
Peru is a great place for all kinds of adventure sports. This is a story about families and love and it’s a great
book for summer vacation. Sarah Dessen understands
teenagers very well and I like all her books. I
recommend you read it!
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and you cook the food in hot soup in the center.
Nat: Oh that was really difficult!
I love bread and cheese, so it’s no surprise that I also
Gemma: No, it wasn’t. It was easy!! I love this love fondue. My favorite restaurant is the Melting Pot in
game! Sacramento but there are three more Melting Pots in
Nat: Me too! California. And if you’re not in California, there are
another 94 restaurants in the United States, Mexico and
Alex: OK, Gemma, it’s your turn now. OK – I’m Canada. It’s not a problem if you don’t like cheese: you
going to write a name on the paper … can also eat a great chocolate fondue!
and put it on your head. There. OK, now
ask us questions. Why pay to eat in a restaurant and then cook the food
yourself? Because it’s the perfect way to have a good
Gemma: Right, let’s see. Umm Am I a man? time with your friends and family.
Alex: No, you aren’t.
Gemma: Have I got long hair? T35
Nat: I don’t know. What do you think, Alex?
A: Where’s Jesse today?
Alex: I’m not sure.
B: He’s at the Junior Chef Competition.
Gemma: OK, forget that question. What’s my job?
A: Junior Chef – what’s that?
Why am I famous?
B: Well you know they’ve got all these TV
Nat: You can’t ask that! You can only ask
shows like Masterchef and Bake Off?
Yes/No questions.
A: Yes, sure.
Gemma: OK, sorry. Um, Yes/No questions…Umm
Am I an actor? B: Well it’s something similar but the
competition is at Jesse’s school.
Alex: No, you aren’t.
A: What happens?
Gemma: Am I good at sports?
B: So the students are in teams of three with
Nat: Yes, you are.
one adult – Jesse’s with Conor and
Gemma: Oh good – so a woman who’s good at Henry and Henry’s dad. And they have to
sports. Umm, am I a tennis player? plan and cook a meal.
Nat: No, you aren’t. A: Like on the TV show?
Gemma: Mmm – am I a gymnast? B: Yes and no. It’s the same because they
have just 90 minutes to cook and then
Alex: Yes, you are!
people try the food and decide the
Gemma: Oooo, ooo, ooo, am I short? winner…
Nat: Yes, you are. A: So what’s different?
Gemma: Oh, what’s her name? The Olympic B: The idea is to create food that school
champion… Ummm – am I Simone cooks can make later. So it has to be a
Biles? healthy meal with meat or tofu,
Alex & Nat: Yes!!!! vegetables and fruit.
A: OK…
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Amy: Oh, it was terrible. It was so difficult. I got
all the answers wrong.
Ben: I’m sure it wasn’t that bad. Number 3 was 1
quite easy.
Examiner: Now, please tell me if you like doing your
Amy: Number 3? I think I only answered half of hobbies alone or with other people.
that. That was one of the difficult ones.
Candidate: Alone.
And I didn’t have time to finish.
2
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room is the bathroom. We haven’t got a bath, just a
shower. Next to the bathroom is the kitchen. It’s
opposite my parents’ room. There’s a door from the
kitchen directly into the living room, or you can go in Hello. I’m Barbara Scott. What’s your name?
from the hall. The living room is the biggest room in the
How old are you?
house with a big window looking onto the street.