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Pag. 33 Ex. 7 / 9 7 a) Put the verbs in brackets in the Past Perfect or Past Simple. 2 we hadn’t thoughts (not think) of going to Brazil until we heard (hear) about Ed Stafford's adventure. 3 I wend (go) to the shop to get some bread, but they had sold out (sell out). 4 The meeting had finished (finish) by the time I got (get) there. 5 I invited (invite) Florence to dinner, but she had arranged (already arrange) to do something else. 6 When I got get) to the airport, I realized that I had forgotten (forget) my passport 7 Erica asked (ask) me to go to Spain with her, but I had already booked (already book) a holiday in Italy. 8 I saw (see) Trevor Robertson when I was (be) in town yesterday. I hadn’t seen (not see) him for ten years!

9 C) Listen and check your answers. BIG RIVER MAN

Martin Strel - or Big River Man, as he is often called – is a long-distance swimmer from Slovenia. Martin 1taught (teach) himself to swim when he was six, and in 1997 he 2 became (become) the first man to swim from Africa to Europe by crossing the Mediterranean Sea. Seven people 3 had already tried (already try) to complete this swim without success. In 2002 Strel 4 swam (swim) the length of the Mississippi, which 5 took (take) him 68 days. The year before that he 6 had broken (break) the world non-stop record by swimming for 84 hours and

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minutes without stopping. But he's probably best known as the

man who 7 swam (swim) the length of the Amazon in

2007,

something nobody 8

had ever done (ever do) before. He 9 travelled (travel) 5,268 km and 10 swam (swim) for over

10

hours a day. By the time he 11 arrived (arrive) at Belem, in

Brazil, he 12 had been (be) in the water for 66 days. He now runs an adventure swimming holiday company with his son in Slovenia.

Pag. 34 Ex. 2 1 In which two places can you see the Museum of Bad Art? In Massachusetts, USA, and online. 2 Who was Imelda Marcos and how many shoes did she have? Imelda Marcos was the wife of the President of the Philippines. She had over 3,000 pairs of shoes. 3 How can you explore the Cancun Underwater Museum? you can dive or snorkel to explore the museum, or you can hire a glass-bottomed boat. 4 Why is the Miniatur Wunderland 'huge and tiny at the same time'? Because it is a very large museum with hundreds of trains and thousands of people, but all of the things in the museum are very small. 5 What can you see at the Hamburger Museum? Burger-shaped biscuit jars, clocks, hats, music, boxes, pencil holders, children’s toys a bed shaped like a giant cheeseburger, a hamburger-shaped Harley-Davidson motorbike. TOMAS JUBENCIO ANTICONA CUEVA 1 a cottage, a detached house, a terraced house 2 a garage, a loft, a study, a roof, stairs 3 in the country, in the suburbs, in a quiet/lively/ friendly neighbourhood, in a residential area, on the ground/first/top floor

Which do you like best? Why? I like, because the hotel has a new apartment with two double bedrooms, bathroom, kitchen, living room, electric central heating, air conditioning, balcony with river views.

HOTWELLS Spacious flat on top floor of new apartment block

Which place do they want to see again? Why? Tim and Jo want to see the terraced house in Bishopston again, because it is very similar to where they live now and all their furniture will fit OK. It's also less expensive than the Redland house. It also has a lovely back garden and a new kitchen.