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A/ee Waugh, British writer

1 GRAMMAR adverbs (manners and modifiers)

a Complete the senrences with an adverb.
l The Freneh cook perfeet meals.
T heycook perfectly
2 T he Americans are careful drivers.
carfully
They drive
3 The British are very polire.
T hey speak very politely
4 The Brazilians are good at socce r.
T hey play soccer well
5 The Japanese are very hard workers.
T hey work very hard
6 The Canadians eat healthy food.
T heyear healtily
7 The Argen tinian s are beautiful dancers. 2 VOCABULARV common adverbs
Theydanee beautifully Make adverbs from the adjecrives and complete the sentences.
b ~i~ rhe correcr \Vord.
careful good easy hard healthy incredible perfect quiet
l My brother dresses casual j0ua1j?
In rhe id eal ciry...
2 Shoji cooks rcal j rcally wel!.
1 ... car drivers drive carefu lly .
3 It's easy j easily te ride a bike.
2 ...workerswork _ _ _ _ _ _~
hard
4 They walked quick I quickly te the
train stat ion. 3 ... families ear _healthily
_ _ _ _ __
5 He's very quiet j quietIy. He never 4 ... people speak foreign Ianguages easily
_ _ _ _ _ __
quietly
5 ...you ca n rravel around _ _ _ _ _ _ _ '
says anything!
6 Elena's pizzas are incredible j 6 .. ,peopletalk _ _ perfectly
_ _ _ __
incredibly. 7 ... everybody rrears teurists _ _well_ _ _ __
7 My French i s very bad I badly, 8 . .. everythin g is _ _ _ _ _ _ _ cheap.
incredibly
8 Can you speakmore slow j slowly?
9 Mark speaks English good j well. 3 PRONUNCIATION word stress
\O She eats unhealthily I unhealthy.
a Underline the stressed syllable in rh e adverbs. Which three adverb s
11 T hey have real j really stressful jobs.
are nm stressed 011 the first syllabl e?
incredibly politely unhealthily

1 beaultilful;ly 4 danlgelrouslly 7 per¡fectlly

2 careifu qly 5 falshiolnalbly 8 po:litelly
3 calsulallly 6 inicreidi!bly 9 unlhea llthilly
b CIíht44m Listen and check. Then li sten and repeat rh e adverbs.
 4 REAOING b Comp lete the se ntences with words in th e box.

a Read rhe texto Match (he headings A-O ro atmosphere culture socializing fascinating
(he paragraphs. hospitality architecture expect
A T he Mexican way oflife Before she wenr ro Mexico Ciry, C hrisrina didn'r know much
B Feeling at home abroad abour Mexican _ culture
_ _ _ _ __
e My first impressions 2 She didn'r expect the ciry ro be so beau riful.
o Not whar 1expected 3 She was very impressed by rhe atmosphere in Mex ico Ciry.
4 She liked rhe co lors and rhe wonderful architecture of
1,
rhe ciry.
First impressions 5 The hospitality ofthe Mexican peo ple is warm and

of Mexico City 6
we1coming.
Mexican people like socializing wirh rheir friends
and family.
Christina Hornick, from the US, carne to Mexico 7 Chrisrina finds rhe Mexican culrure fascinating
for the first time three years ago. She now lives in
e Guess rhe meaning of the highlighred words. C heck wirh
Mexico City where she is a teacher.
your dicrionary.
1not
_ehat
_in_ _ __
expected
You always remember your first impressions of 5 LlSTENING
a new country. When 1 fírst carne to Mexico City.
1 didn't know rnuch about Mexico at a11. 1 didn't Lisren ro rwo people talking abour where rhey
know anything about the culture. 1 didn't think A nswc r the qucsrions.
the food was very different from American food, Speaker 1 Toronto, Canada
and 1 expected the weather to be similar to North 1 \Vhere don't people usually go
Carolina in the US - maybe even warmer! But on rhe weekends?
when 1 got there, 1 discovered how wrong 1 was.
2 Ho\V do people normally dress
2 My
_first
_impressions
_ __ during rhe week?
It was summer, and it was warm, but not 3 Why is Toronro's nickname
hot. In faet. the temperature was about 70 "Hollywood North?"
degrees Fahrenheit. My first impression was
that Mexico City was more beautiful than I
Speaker 2 Reykjavik, Iceland
expected. I spent a lot of time looking at the
4 \Vhen do people go ro
incredible architecture. The dty was so colorful
sw imming pools and hor rubs?
and had a wonderful atmosphere. I saw pink.
yellow, and red houses. The trees were colorful 5 What are there very few ofin
too with pink and purple flowers. rhe Icelandic countryside?
3 __ the_
mexican
__ way_ of life 6 How many people are [here ... ?
in Reykjavik
Mexican people are very friendly. A lot of
in rhe second-biggesr ciry
Mexicans can speak a little English, and sorne
speak it very well. 1 speak Spanish pretty well, 7 Wharkindofthingsdo
but when 1 make a mistake, my Mexican friends Jcelandic pea pIe make?
don't mind. Mexican people are very hospitable
and they love to sodalize - get together, eat. USEFUL WOROS ANO PHRASES
dance, and play music. At parties, there is often Learn these words and phrases.
a lot of delicious, homemade food to eat. And
a foreigner l' brJnJrl
there is often very loud music which makes it
hard to h ear people! myth ImlOI
subritles l'sA btaltlzl
4 _ _at_
Feeling _
home _
abroad
incredible Im'kn;dJbll
Mexico is a great place to live. It has everything-
friendly people, great public transportation, and incredibly llI1'krEddblil
delicious food. In Mexico City, the summers are dress (well) !'dr"s!
warm, and the w inters are cool. It's great weather a strong accent Id strJI) 'reksEntl
for long walks in the nearby canyons. Mexico firsr impressions IfJrst Im'pn::Jnzl
has mountains, lakes, beaches, and rivers. It has get dark IgEt 'darkl
many beautiful dties and a fascinating culture. I in genera l 1m "d3EnJr:::l11
__ stilllove the US, but Mexico feels like home now.

- -------------' lock (your) doors !lak 'dorz!