10.3

1. The busiest street in Mexico is Madero Avenue. Up to 500,000 people a day walk along the street in downtown Mexico City, the capital of Mexico.

2 The biggest train station in the world is Grand Central Terminal in New York. It has 44 platforms, and covers nearly 2 million square feet.

3 The widest bridge in Canada is the Port Mann Bridge. It’s near Vancouver and it’s 213 feet wide—wide enough for ten lanes of traffic.

4 The longest river in the world is the Nile. It’s 4,258 miles long, and goes through eleven different African countries.

5 The most dangerous place in the world to cross the street is Ho Chi Minh City, in Vietnam. There are five million scooters in this city, as well as cars, trucks, and buses.

6 The tallest building in the world is Burj Khalifa in the United Arab Emirates. It is 2,716.5 feet tall.

9.17

9.17
(script in Student Book on p.122)

H = Host, E = Eddie, S = Sandra

H OK, Eddie, first question for 100 dollars. A whale can make a louder noise than a lion. True or false?

E A whale can make a louder noise than a lion. Uh, true.

H Correct. Blue whales can make a sound of up to 188 decibels, whereas a lion’s roar is never more than 114 decibels. Ro-a-rrrr. Now, for 200 dollars. World War I was shorter than World War II. True or false?

E Uh, I think it’s true.

H Correct. It’s true. World War I lasted four years, from 1914 to 1918, but World War II lasted six years, from 1939 to 1945. Next, for 400 dollars, the American movie industry is bigger than the Indian movie industry.

E I think it’s false. You know, Bollywood and all that is huge. I think it’s false.

H Correct. The Indian movie industry is much bigger than the American one. It produces about 1,000 movies every year, which is double what Hollywood produces. In fact, the US isn’t even the second country that makes the most movies, which is Nigeria. Next, for 800 dollars, in July, Seattle is hotter than Sydney. True or false?

E In July, Seattle is hotter than Sydney. Uh, true.

H Correct. The average temperature in July in Seattle is 75 degrees Fahrenheit, and in Sydney it’s 62 degrees Fahrenheit. Of course, Australia’s in the southern hemisphere, so it’s winter there. Next, for 1,600 dollars, silver is heavier than gold. True or false?

E Uh, true. No, uh, false.

H Do you want to call a friend?

E No, I think it’s false. I remember from science class at school. Gold is heavier than silver.

H Correct. Gold weighs about 10.16 ounces per cubic inch, and silver weighs only 5.53 ounces. That means that gold is almost twice as heavy as silver. OK, for 3,200 dollars, the mountain K2 is more difficult to climb than Mount Everest.

E Uh, true.

H Correct. Thirty percent of the people who try to climb K2 die, usually on the way down, whereas only five percent of the people who try to climb Everest die. OK, Eddie, now for 6,400 dollars, driving in Italy is more dangerous than driving in the US. True or false?

E Uh, I think that’s a trick question. We all think the Italians drive really fast, but maybe they’re good drivers. I think it’s false.

H Good job Eddie! It may be hard to believe, but in fact, out of every100,000 people, six people died because of car accidents in Italy, compared to approximately twelve in the US. And finally, the last
question. Be very careful, Eddie. If you get it right, you win 12,800 dollars, but if you get it wrong, you get nothing. Are you ready?

E Yes, ready.

H OK, for 12,800 dollars, it’s better to exercise in the morning than in the afternoon.

E Uh…uh…

H Quickly, Eddie, your time is almost up.

E I think it’s false, but I’m not sure. I want to call a friend.

H OK, Eddie. So, who do you want to call?

E Sandra.

H Is she your girlfriend?

E Yes, she is.

H OK then. Hello, is this Sandra?

S Yes, it is.

H I’m calling from Quiz Night. Eddie needs some help. You have thirty seconds, Eddie. Here she is.

E Hi. Sandra?

S Yes.

E Listen. It’s the last question. It’s better to exercise in the morning than in the afternoon. True or false? I think it’s false.

S Uh, I think it’s true. I always see people running in the park in the morning…

E Google it. Quickly. On your phone.

S What do I put in?

E That sentence and see what comes up! “It’s better to do exercise in the morning than in the afternoon.” Come on!

S Yes, I’m writing it. Oh sorry, I just got a message.

E Hurry up, Sandra!

H Time’s up, I’m afraid. OK, Eddie. So, true or false?

E Uh. True.

H Final answer?

E Final answer. True.

H I’m sorry, Eddie, it’s false. It’s better to exercise in the afternoon, between 4:00 and 5:00. Eddie, you had 6,400 dollars, but now you go home with…nothing.

E Why did I call Sandra? Why didn’t I call my friend Dave?

9.16

(script in Student Book on p.122)

H = Host, E = Eddie

H Good evening. Welcome to Quiz Night. Our first contestant is Eddie from Washington, D.C. Hi, Eddie. Are you nervous?

E No, not really. I think I’m, uh, ready.

H Well, let’s hope so. The rules are the same as always. I’m going to read you some sentences, and you have ten seconds to say if the sentence is true or false. If you get the first answer right, you win one hundred dollars. Then for each correct answer, you double your money, so if you get the second answer right, you win two hundred dollars, and for the third correct answer, you win four hundred dollars. For eight correct answers, you win twelve thousand eight hundred dollars. But if you get an answer wrong, you lose all the money. Remember, you can also call a friend, so if you’re not sure about one of the answers, you can call your friend
to help you. Is that OK, Eddie?

E Yeah, OK.

9.13

(script in Student Book on p.122)

H = Host, C = contestant

H Question one. What is the population of Canada? Is it approximately a, 27 million, b, 37 million, or c, 57 million?

C I think it’s b, 37 million.
H B is the right answer! Question two. How far is it from New YorkCity to Los Angeles? Is it a, about 1,500 miles, b, about 2,500 miles, or c, about 3,100 miles?

C About 3,100 miles.

H Are you sure?

C Yes. I’m sure.

H C is the right answer! Question three. How many politicians are there in the British Parliament? Is it a 450, b 650, or c 750?

C I think it’s c, 750.

H Final answer?

C Final answer, 750.

H I’m sorry, the right answer is b. There are 650 politicians in the British Parliament.

Fascinating facts about sugar and salt

Fascinating facts about sugar and salt

At different times in history, both sugar and salt were called “white gold” because they were so expensive and difficult to get. But there are many more interesting facts about sugar and salt…

1. Salt is used to make glass, laundry detergent, and paper.

2. Sugar really helps the medicine go down! It’s an important ingredient of many modern medicines.

3. Christopher Columbus introduced sugar to the New World in 1493, on his second voyage.

4. If you put sugar into a vase of flowers, the flowers last longer.

5. If you want to check if an egg is fresh, put it in a cup with water and salt. If the egg floats, it isn’t very fresh.

6. In the UK, there’s a club for people who collect the little packets of sugar you get when you order tea or coffee in a café or restaurant.

7. If your dog or cat has fleas, and they are now living in your rugs, put some salt on the rugs and leave it for 12 hours. This kills all the fleas. 

8. Only 6% of the salt used in the US is used in food; another 17% is used for de-icing roads in the winter months.

9. Sure and sugar are the only two words in the English language that begin with “s-u” and are pronounced “sh.”

10. Scientists use sugar to make different kinds of plastic, e.g., for food packaging.

11. Salt kills some bacteria, and so helps food to last longer, which is why cheese contains a lot.

12. If you eat too much salt (about one gram per kilogram of weight), you can die. This was a method of ritual suicide in ancient China.

9.3

(script in Student Book on p.121)
W = woman, M = man
W We need food for the weekend – can you go to the store on your
way home this evening?
M OK, I guess so. What do we need?
W Let’s see. We need some coffee, we don’t have any.
M OK…coffee…
W And some milk. And some juice.
M Orange juice?
W Yeah. And maybe apple juice, too.
M OK. What else?
W Get a pineapple if they have them.
M One pineapple…
W And some oranges – four or five oranges – and some bananas.
And I want to make a vegetable curry, so get some onions, some
potatoes, some tomatoes…
M Hold on, wait a minute…! Potatoes…
W Yes, two or three big ones. Oh, and forget the tomatoes – we’ve
got some in the refrigerator. And a bottle of soda.
M Coke? Pepsi?
W Any kind is fine. Oh, and some lettuce, I want to make a salad.
M Some lettuce…Do we need any tomatoes?
W No, I said no tomatoes!
M Sorry, yes, you did. Is that everything?
W Yes, I think so. And don’t forget anything!

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8C Video

A haunted castle

Hi, I’m Ned. Welcome to Portchester Castle. Portchester Castle is over one thousand seven hundred years old. It’s near Portsmouth, a city on the south coast of England. The castle is part of English Heritage. English Heritage is a charity, which manages over four hundred old buildings and monuments in England.

With so many old buildings, there are also lots of reports of ghosts. And ghosts are sometimes a problem for staff and visitors at English. Heritage. In fact, some staff members decided to leave their jobs because of the ghosts. I’ve come here to Portchester to find out more about reports of not one, but four ghosts! And many of the ghosts come from different times in Portchester’s long history. Portchester Castle dates back to Roman Britain; the Romans built the original castle here in the year two hundred and ninety. The first ghost report also comes from

Roman times. Visitors report that they see the ghost of a Roman soldier guarding the walls, but they say they don’t feel frightened. In the Middle Ages, Portchester became a favorite castle for the kings and queens of England. During this time, a small monastery was built.

There’s a church here now in place of the monastery. People say that they see a man dressed in black here and they think he is the ghost of a monk from the monastery. Surprisingly, people don’t feel frightened when they see him. They say that he disappears when they look at him.

8.9

(script in Student Book on p.121)

1 We stayed at The Roosevelt Hollywood for two nights. It’s a really nice place — a very elegant, very LA hotel. The service, atmosphere, and room were excellent and we really enjoyed our stay. But we had a really strange experience. On the first night, we woke up at 3:30 in the morning. There was a strange noise outside our door, like someone softly playing a trumpet. To tell you the truth, we were a little bit frightened. Why would someone play the trumpet in the middle of the night? Then we thought that it was probably another guest in the hall, and maybe they were listening to music on their cell phone or something, and we went back to sleep. But on the second night, the same exact thing happened. So we just thought, strange, maybe it’s because it’s an old hotel and the walls are thin. But when we got home, we told the story to a friend, and he told us that The Roosevelt Hollywood is haunted. We looked on the internet, and we read that people say that room 924 has a ghost! And our room was 922, the next room! We sent an email to The Roosevelt Hollywood and told them about it and they sent us some really interesting information about the ghost stories. We’d really like to stay in this fantastic hotel again, but maybe not in room 924!

8.14

(script in Student Book on p.121)

L = Leo, K = Kim, W = waiter

L Hello.

W Good evening, sir, madam. What can I get you?

K How about a coffee? I’m still cold.

W Yes, madam. And you, sir?

L You know, I’m cold, too. I’ll also have a coffee, thanks.

W Here you are!

L Well, here’s to our new house!

K Yes!

W You’re new around here, aren’t you?

L Yes, that’s right.

K We just rented the big house on Darwin Road.

W Which house? The Travers family’s house?

L Yes.

W Oh.

L Is something wrong?

W Who showed you the house?

K Barbara. The old lady who lived there before.

8.12

(script in Student Book on p.121)

B Let’s go upstairs. Follow me…Be careful. The ceiling is very low here.

L It’s a very old house.

B Yes, the house is 300 old. My family lived here for nearly eighty years. There are six bedrooms. This was my father’s bedroom.

K Is there heat in the house?

B Yes, there is. Why do you ask? Are you cold?

K Yes, it’s very cold in here.

L That’s because we’re from California.

B Let’s go and see the other bedrooms.

L Yes, of course.

***

L Well, what do you think, Kim? I love it! Don’t you?

K I’m not sure. There’s something about the house I don’t like.

L Kim, it’s perfect for the kids. Think of the yard. And it’s a real, authentic country house. What do you say?

K I guess so. If you’re sure.

L I am sure! Miss…uh, Barbara. We want it. We want to rent the house.

B Excellent.

L When can we move in?

B As soon as you like.

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7.18 New Year's Eve

1. What year was it?

2. Where were you? 

3. Who were you with?

4. Where did you have dinner?

5. What did you wear?

6. What did you do before midnight?

7. What did you do at midnight?

8. What did you do after midnight?

9. How was the weather?

10. What time did you go to bed?

11. Did you have a good time? 

7.17

F = friend, D = Denisa

F What was your best ever New Year’s Eve? One you always remember?

D Oh, definitely 2014, when I was in Rio.

F Who were you with?

D I was with my boyfriend Marcelo, who’s Brazilian.

F Why was it so special?

D Well, Brazil has special traditions for New Year’s Eve, and they were all new for me. For example, it’s a Brazilian tradition to wear white clothes for New Year’s Eve because white is a symbol of peace, so I wore a beautiful white dress, which Marcelo’s mother bought me. I have a photo somewhere on my phone. Yes, here, look!

F How pretty. So what did you do?

D Uh, let me think. Well, first we had a typical New Year’s Eve dinner with Marcelo’s family. And then, I guess it was about ten, we got a bus to Copacabana.

F What was the atmosphere like there?

D Oh, it was amazing! The streets were already full of people. We went to a show at a place near the beach. It was great, and we danced samba.

F Wow. Were you there at midnight?

D No, no. When we saw it was almost midnight, we went to the beach, and the typical countdown started, you know – ten, nine, eight…Happy New Year! Everywhere we heard the sound of people celebrating, and we watched the wonderful fireworks.

F It sounds great. What did people do when the fireworks finished?

D Most people went to other parties, or they went home.

F And what about you?

D We decided to go to a different beach, a beach called Praia do Arpoador, and we took our first swim of the new year. It was magical.

Celebrities

 

Freshman English 2

彈性

5.2

A = Amy, G = guard, O = organizer, F = friend, J = judge

A 12:30. In a long line outside the Conference Center in Portland.
G Remember, you need ID. You can’t come in if you don’t have ID.
A Here’s my passport.
G Thanks. “Amy Jones.” Yup, that’s you! OK, come in. Next, please!
A 12:45. In the waiting area with 350 other singers!
O1 OK, Amy, sit here and wait until we call your name.
A Thanks.
O1 Are you here for the audition, too?
F No, I’m not. I’m Amy’s friend. Can I wait with her?
O1 Yeah, sure.
F Thanks.
A Let’s sit here. I’m so nervous…
O2 Mike Smith, Pat Jones, Tony Cash, come with me. This way.
A Good luck!
A 4:00. Three hours later! My turn at last!
O2 Amy Jones, Naomi Williams, Justin Elliot? Can you come with me, please? It’s your turn now.
A Oh my goodness! It’s my turn.
F Good luck, Amy! You can do it!
A Excuse me. Can my friend come with me?
O2 No, she can’t. She can wait there. And you can’t take your bag into the audition. Leave it with your friend.
A OK.
A 4:15. In the audition, with three judges. Really nervous!
J Amy…Jones? What’s your song?
A One Day.
J We can’t hear you. Is the microphone on?
A Sorry. Sorry. Can you hear me now?
J Yes, that’s fine.
A My song’s One Day.
J Can you start, please?
A Oh no! I can’t remember the first line.
J Take your time.
A I’m OK now!

The Island of Okinawa

The Island of Okinawa

Okinawa is an island about four hundred miles south of Japan. It is a beautiful island, with wonderful beaches and clear blue water. It also has more centenarians – people who are a hundred years old or more – than anywhere else in the world. What’s more, they seem to age more slowly than other people. According to scientists, people there who are actually seventy often have the bodies of fifty-year olds. Many of them are very healthy all through their lives.

What is their secret? Most people think it is because of their healthy lifestyle. They do not have big meals – they have a cultural habit called hara hachi, which means you always stop eating before you’re full. They usually just have fish and vegetables, especially sweet potatoes, and they eat a lot of seaweed, which is one of the healthiest foods there is.

But diet is not the only reason why they live so long. The Okinawans are very active, and they often work in their garden until they’re eighty or more. Many of them also do t’ai chi or martial arts, every day. They have a good social life. They visit friends or family, and a lot of them belong to community centers. Some play the traditional Okinawan guitar, an instrument similar to a banjo.

The old people of Okinawa are very positive and happy with their lives. They are not stressed, because they are never in a hurry. Their spiritual lives are important to them, especially the women, and many of them meditate every day.

In Okinawa, people say you’re a child until you are fifty-five. And when you reach ninety-seven, your local town holds a special ritual called kajimaya to celebrate the fact that now it is time to be young again, to be free of all responsibilities and to simply enjoy life.

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