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V verb phrases
P third person -s
Coffee Freeways
American cups of coffee are very big! A I prefer the roads in the US. The freeways
small cup of coffee in the US is like a large are very fast, and in California they have a
cup ofcoffoe in Australia. Ifyou're in a lot of car lanes. It's really easy to drive from
hurry, you go to a drive-through and buy one place to another.
coffee from your car. It's so easy!
Theme Parks
State Parks Theme parks are very popular in the
California has 278 state parks, and they US, and we live near the Great America
are beautiful. On the weekends, I bring my Theme Park.
family to a state park in my area. We explore My children like
the forest, find small animals, and the rides and
enjoy the tall redwood trees. water slides.
Sometimes the
Malls Iines for the
I love shopping, and in the
rides are long,
US, the malls are very big.
but that's OK.
People walk around and shop
We need rest!
for hours. US malls have
many different stores, and the Red Robin
salespeople are friendly Red Robin is
and help you find things. a restaurant
that has great hamburgers.
Fall I don't eat meat, but I like the french
I love the fall weather in
fries and lemonade at Red Robin. I think
the US. A good fall day in
the fried cheese sticks are fantastic, but
California is cool, but not
sometimes they aren't on the menu. Maybe
too cold. I also love the trees.
that's because they aren't very healthy!
They change from green to
yellow, red, and brown.
1 VOCABULARY jobs
a Order the letters to make words for jobs.
1 ACTEHRE T _ _ __
2 ROCAT A _ __
3 T RIEWA w_____
4 AXTI RREDIV T _ _ _ _ D _ _ __
5 PTIREONICEST R _ _ __
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guess the jobs.
4 PRONUNCIATION /'Jr/ 6 READING
a 2 15>)) Listen and repeat the words and sounds. a Read the article. Match each text to a photo. What do
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the three people do?
~ bird nurse thirty her work journalist
~~ /) far/
ur, ir, and er usually = /<Jr/ when they are stressed.
l UNIFORMS ·
b 2 16>)) Listen. Which word doesn't have the /<ir/ sound?
thirsty d irty thirteen tired
FOR OR AGAINST?
2 earn here prefer service
3 Thursday sure t urn Turkey
c Practice saying the sentences.
I prefer Turkish coffee.
Journalists work all over the world.
Shirley is thirty on Thursday.
5 SPEAKING ·
a Complete the phrases with a verb from the list.
do (x3) eat go listen read use ~ watch Three people say what they think ...
1 Our uniform is OK. I like the colors, gray and red. The only
During the u ·J things I don't like are the tie, because it's difficult to put on.
and the skirt, because I prefer pants. I think uniforms are
walk to work / school
a good idea. Everybody looks the same, and it's easy to get
_ _ a computer at work / school
dressed in the morning - I don't need to think about what
_ _ in English to wear.
_ _ in a cafe or restaurant
::Z Our uniform is dark pants and a white nylon top. kind of
_ _ housework
like a nurse's uniform. We can't wear anything over the
On the wccki:nd uniform. so it's cold in the winter. and it gets dirty very
_ _ TV in the morning easily because it's white. I'm not against uniforms, but my
music
to
. uniform just isn't practical!
_ _ housework
homework
13 Our uniform is very simple - a dark blue jacket and pants
and a white Shirt and tie. I like it. it's nice and com orta~
so I'm happy to wear it. And I think it's important that
I
_ _ to the movies
people c.an see where we are when they need help.
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