ENGLISH FACTFILE - STUDENT'S BOOK 6 - UNIT 8

Rezolvarea exercitiilor de la  UNIT 8 din manualul de limba engleza pentru clasa a VI-a (anul 5 de studiu) intitulat PATHWAY TO ENGLISH – ENGLISH FACTFILE, Student’s Book 6, Editura Oxford University Press, Autori Alaviana Achim, Ecaterina Comisel, Felicia Dinu, Loretta Mastacan, Ruxandru Popovici si Elena Teodorescu, Editia 1997

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UNIT 8 : PEOPLE AND PLACES

LESSON 1

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Ex.2 / page 68

Romanian people come from Romania.

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Ex.3 / page 68

a). French, Swedish, Spanish, Japanese, Romanian, American

c).

COUNTRY: Germany

ADJECTIVE: German

SENTENCE: The Mercedes is a famous German car.

COUNTRY: France

ADJECTIVE: French

SENTENCE: The Eiffel Tower is a well-known French monument.

COUNTRY: The Netherlands

ADJECTIVE: Dutch

SENTENCE: Black tulips are wonderful Dutch flowers.

COUNTRY: Sweden

ADJECTIVE: Swedish

SENTENCE: Roxette is a Swedish pop group.

COUNTRY: Denmark

ADJECTIVE: Danish

SENTENCE: The Vikings were famous Danish people.

COUNTRY: Spain

ADJECTIVE: Spanish

SENTENCE: Magellan started his voyage round the world from a Spanish port.

COUNTRY: Japan

ADJECTIVE: Japanese

SENTENCE: Karate is a Japanese martial art.

COUNTRY: Portugal

ADJECTIVE: Portuguese

SENTENCE: Lisbon is a well-known Portuguese city.

COUNTRY: Romania

ADJECTIVE: Romanian

SENTENCE: Meat rolled in cabbage is typical Romanian food.

COUNTRY: The United States

ADJECTIVE: American

SENTENCE: Abraham Lincoln was the sixteenth American President.

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Ex.5 / page 69

Mr Clive Rowbury is talking about foreign countries.

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Ex.6 / page 69

COUNTRY: Sweden

CHARACTERISTICS OF ITS FOOD: simple, ordinary

COUNTRY: Spain

CHARACTERISTICS OF ITS FOOD: different (from English food); a lot of fish, seafood, shellfish

COUNTRY: France

CHARACTERISTICS OF ITS FOOD: very well cooked, very nice, delicious

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Ex.7 / page 69

He would like to visit the United States of America because he has never been there and he would like to see a place which seems so familiar because it is on TV and on the news every day.

LESSON 2

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Ex.2 / page 70

a). What one says can’t be true of everybody in each country.

b). Northern Ireland (The Irish); Scotland (The Scots); Wales (The Welsh); England (The English)

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Ex.3 / page 70

England/ London; Wales/ Cardiff; Scotland/ Edinburgh; Northern Ireland/ Belfast

England has the most people (46 million), while Northern Ireland has the least (1.5 million).

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Ex.4 / page 71

b).  a) 4   b) 1   c) 3  d) 2

c). a) Caernarfon.  b) Rocky mountains, grassy hillsides, waterfalls, lakes and Snowdon – the highest peak in the area in Snowdonia.  c) A Scottish woolen skirt (the Scots’ national costume) which is worn by men. d) Every August and September.  e) Six hundred. f) Because it is a famous lake where people hope to see Nessie, the Monster. g) The giant fell in love with a lady giant who lived on a Scottish island and he wanted to bring her across to Ulster. That is why he began building the causeway. h) Five of these: She reads state papers. She signs documents. She receives ambassadors and visitors. She sees the Prime Minister. She tours Britain. She visits hospitals.

LESSON 3

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Ex.1 / page 72

my parents/ my mum/ my dad/ my baby brother/ my sister, Maria

neighbours/ John and Mary Wright/ The Joneses/ The Browns

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Ex.3 / page 72

These are the photos which/ that we took last year/ we admired most.

These are the people who/ that wrote me letters/ visited us last month.

These are the castles which/ that we admired most/ we saw in Ireland.

These are the relatives who/ that visited us last month/ wrote me letters.

These are the places which/ that we saw in Ireland/ we admired most.

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Ex.4 / page 73

b). A musician is someone who works with other musicians to make music.

A hairdresser is someone who cuts people’s hair.

A physicist is someone who studies physics and does research connected with physics.

An astronaut is someone who knows how to fly a spaceship.

A designer is someone who designs things by making drawings of them.

An architect is someone who designs buildings.

A fashion model is someone who shows off the latest styles of clothes.

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Ex.6 / page 73

Charles Frederick Worth was the man who/ that designed Marie Worth’s dresses.

Mr Arnold flew a plane in a film which/ that was called ‘The Military Air Scout.’

‘Manchester Jack’ toured England in a show which/ that made him famous all over the country.

The man who/ that performed the first flying-trapeze act was called Jules Leotard.

The first man who/ that drove a car in England was Edward Thompson.

Christopher Stone presented records which/ that he played on the BBC in London.

LESSON 5

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Ex.1 / page 75

The group stopped outside the room with Square Candies that Look Round and outside the Nut Room.