15. Its a wonderful world

Revision a. Nie mam najmniejszego zamiaru iść na studia, bo jestem leniwa. ________________________________________________________________ b. – Och nie! Będzie padało! - Skąd wiesz? - Spójrz na te ciemne chmury nad naszymi głowami. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ c. Proszę mi powiedzieć, czy śniadanie jest wliczone w cenę?

________________________________________________________________ d. Ku mojemu zdziwieniu, hotel okazał się wspaniały. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ e. Przepraszam, ale muszę już iść. Spotkamy się we worek o 10:30?

- Hm. A co powiesz na pierwszą? - Niech będzie. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________

f. Czy to jest ciężkie? Pomogę ci. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ g. Wiesz, powinnaś zrezygnować z jedzenia słodyczy. Prawdopodobnie będziesz miała zepsute zęby.

________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ h. Po tym wszystkim, co menadżer hotelu nam zrobił, powinniśmy anulować rezerwację. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ i. Helen powiedziała, że nie żałuje niczego. Nawet spóźnienia się na spotkanie w piątek o 9:45. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ j. Kiedy on ostatnio posmarował chleb masłem, a potem poszedł do pracy?

________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ k. Mam już serdecznie dość pieczonego mięsa. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ l. Ludzie mówią, że Tom nie miał wczoraj czasu na pomieszanie zupy łyżką. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________

Ex. 1 Match words and pictures.

The universe / space / cosmos the Earth

constellation

the Great Bear (Ursa Major) galaxy

nebula

the Solar System Pluto planet

the Sun

Mars

satellite

aliens

comet

lunar eclipse

Mercury

spaceship Saturn

Neptune

Uranus

the Milky Way

the Moon

Jupiter

star

the Little Bear (Ursa Minor)

northern lights (aurora borealis)

astronaut

Venus

solar eclipse

telescope

Ex. 2 Read the text. Then answer the questions below.

Asteroids, comets and meteors Besides planets and their moons there are several other types of celestial bodies in our solar system. These include asteroids, comets and meteors. Asteroids are also called planetoids or minor planets because they are in a fixed orbit around the sun. Many asteroids are quite small compared to the planets. For example, a probe launched into space by NASA sent back a picture of an asteroid that was merely 30 miles in diameter. An asteroid is like a large boulder orbiting around the sun. Astronomers have identified 26 asteroids larger than 125 miles in diameter and thousands between 50 and 125 miles in diameter. Space probes have taken a closer look at some large asteroids. Meanwhile scientists have estimated that there are millions of asteroids too small to be visible from earth even with the most powerful telescopes. There is a large group of asteroids that orbit the sun between the planets Mars and Jupiter that is called the main belt of asteroids. Scientists don’t yet know why so many asteroids exist in this part of the solar system. Comets also revolve around the sun. While planets have elliptical orbits that are close to being circular, comets have highly elliptical orbits that are long and narrow. This means that at some points in their orbit comets are much closer to the sun than other times. Comets are balls of ice and rocky dust particles that look like giant dirty snowballs. The ice is a mixture of water, ammonia, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide and methane. As it travels through

space a comet has a trailing tail made of gas and particles. The tail of a comet always faces away from the sun due to the solar wind and solar radiation. Because comets have a different shape of orbit, sometimes they collide with a planet, causing an impact crater on the planet. NASA space probes are providing new information about comets. A meteor is often called a shooting star, falling star or even fireball because it appears as a brief bright light travelling in the night sky. A meteor is caused by a small chunk of space material that enters the earth’s atmosphere. Millions of tiny chunks of space rocks, called meteoroids, enter the earth’s atmosphere daily and simply burn up. When a meteoroid does survive its trip through the atmosphere and lands on earth, it is called a meteorite.

1. Another name for asteroids is a. planetoids b. meteors c. meteoroids d. meteorites

2. Which of the following space objects is the smallest? a. asteroid b. planet c. comet d. meteoroid

3. An asteroid belt can be found near planet a. Mercury b. Venus c. Mars d. Neptune

4. Which space object is composed of ice and space dust? a. Earth’s moon b. an asteroid c. a comet d. a meteoroid

5. A non-scientific name for a meteor is a. a flaming star b. a shooting star c. a ball of flame d. a flameball

6. A meteoroid that lands on earth it is called a. an impact crater b. a meteorite c. both a. and b. above d. none of the above

Asia North America

Antarctica

Europe

Africa

South America

Australia and Oceania

CONTINENTS

Ex. 3

Match words and pictures.

the Arctic Ocean the Pacific Ocean

the Indian Ocean the Atlantic Ocean the Southern Ocean (the Antarctic Ocean)

OCEANS

the Antarctic Circle

the Tropic of Cancer

the Tropic of Capricorn

the North Pole

the Equator

the Arctic Circle

the South Pole

Ex. 4 Match words and pictures.

Algeria

Cameroon

Central African Republic (CAR)

Democratic Republic of the Congo Ghana Somalia

Kenya

Libya

Cote d'Ivoire Madagascar

the Republic of South Africa (RSA) Tunisia

Zambia

Egypt Morocco Sudan

Zimbabwe

Chad Ethiopia Nigeria Tanzania

Afghanistan

Bangladesh

Indonesia

Iran

Malaysia

Maldives

Pakistan

Iraq

Philippines

South Korea

Syria

Cambodia Israel Mongolia Russia Taiwan

United Arab Emirates (UAE)

China Japan

Nepal Saudi Arabia Thailand Vietnam

India Kazakhstan

North Korea Singapore Turkey

Australia

Fiji

Melanesia

New Guinea

Micronesia

Polynesia

Samoa

New Zealand

Albania

Armenia

Bosnia and Herzegovina Denmark

Estonia

Greece

Bulgaria

Montenegro Romania

Russia

Switzerland

Ireland

Macedonia

the Netherlands Serbia Turkey

Belgium

Cyprus

France

Iceland

Luxembourg

Belarus

Croatia

Finland

Hungary

Lithuania

Sweden

Austria

Norway Slovakia Ukraine

the Czech Republic

Georgia Italy Malta Poland Slovenia

Germany Latvia Moldova Portugal Spain

the United Kingdom (UK)

Bahamas

Canada

Costa Rica

Greenland Jamaica

Guatemala

Mexico

Nicaragua

Cuba Haiti Panama

United States of America (USA)

Dominican Republic Honduras Puerto Rico

Argentina Ecuador

Bolivia

Brazil

Paraguay Venezuela

Chile Peru

Colombia Uruguay

Ex. 5 Complete each of the following sentences with the correct nationality.

North and South America 1. Roberto is from Mexico. He is ______________________. 2. Julie is from Brazil. She is ______________________. 3. David is from Peru. He is ______________________. 4. Alejandro is from Argentina. He is ______________________. 5. Maria is from Cuba. She is ______________________. 6. Cathy is from the United States of America. She is ______________________. 7. Hugo is from Venezuela. He is ______________________. 8. Lucia is from Colombia. She is ______________________. 9. Ana Luisa is from Chile. She is ______________________. 10. Michel is from Canada. He is ______________________.

Asia 1. Shahin is from Iran. He is ______________________. 2. Billy is from China. He is ______________________. 3. Yoko is from Japan. She is ______________________. 4. Sarah is from Afghanistan. She is ______________________. 5. Mike is from Korea. He is ______________________. 6. Noa is from Israel. She is ______________________. 7. Andy is from Thailand. He is ______________________. 8. Rajiv is from India. He is ______________________. 9. Mohammed is from Indonesia. He is ______________________. 10. Betty is from Turkey. She is ______________________.

11. Amira is from Pakistan. She is ______________________. 12. Joy is from Vietnam. She is ______________________. 13. Omar is from Iraq. He is ______________________.

Europe 1. Robert is from the Netherlands. He is ______________________. 2. Julie is from Romania. She is ______________________. 3. Marek is from Poland. He is ______________________. 4. Jeannette is from Germany. She is ______________________. 5. Julie is from France. She is ______________________. 6. Alissa is from Greece. She is ______________________. 7. Marco is from Italy. He is ______________________. 8. Tatiana is from Russia. She is ______________________. 9. George is from England. He is ______________________. 10. Tomas is from Portugal. He is ______________________. 11. Hans is from Switzerland. He is ______________________. 12. Petr is from the Czech Republic. He is ______________________. 13. Nina is from Latvia. She is ______________________. 14. Teemu is from Finland. He is ______________________. 15. John is from Ireland. He is ______________________. 16. Torben is from Denmark. He is ______________________. 17. Marko is from Croatia. He is ______________________. 18. Vlad is from Bulgaria. He is ______________________. 19. Stephen is from Scotland. He is ______________________. 20. Mathieu is from Belgium. He is ______________________.

21. Tina is from Norway. She is ______________________. 22. Tim is from Wales. He is ______________________. 23. Petra is from Slovakia. She is ______________________. 24. David is from Austria. He is ______________________. 25. Dmitri is from Ukraine. He is ______________________. 26. Miguel is from Spain. He is ______________________.

Africa 1. Layla is from Egypt. She is ______________________. 2. George is from Nigeria. He is ______________________. 3. Lilly is from Kenya. She is ______________________. 4. Martin is from South Africa. He is ______________________. 5. Mohammed is from Morocco. He is ______________________. 6. Tammy is from Ethiopia. She is ______________________. 7. John is from Uganda. He is ______________________. 8. Marc is from Cote d'Ivoire. He is ______________________. 9. Michael is from Tanzania. He is ______________________.

Australia and Oceania 1. Mary is from Australia. She is ______________________. 2. Frank is from New Zealand. He is ______________________. 3. Sam is from Fiji. She is ______________________. 4. Marty is from Samoa. He is ______________________.

Ex. 6 Choose the correct ending to the sentences. 1 Oliver likes Bondi Beach because... a) it's trendy. b) it's cool and everyone has really fit bodies. c) it's full of nightlife. 2 The only thing Oliver doesn't like about Bondi Beach is... a) there are too many surfers in the water. b) there are too many tourists. c) there are sharks and a dangerous current. 3 Alexis enjoyed ... a) going to the beach. b) the wildlife. c) riding camels across the desert. 4 Steven enjoyed... a) bungee jumping. b) driving across the Outback. c) doing a hot air balloon ride at dawn. 5 Steven didn't enjoy... a) being bitten by mosquitoes. b) the Outback because it was empty. c) the heat, it was too much for him.

Ex. 7 Read a read about an island and then answer the questions.

Easter Island One of South America’s mysteries is Easter Island. Easter Island, also called Rapa Nui and Isla de Pascua, 3,600 km west of Chile, is a volcanic island with an interesting and partly unknown history. The island was named by the Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen because he encountered it on Easter Sunday 1722. He was the first European to find the island. The official name of the island, Isla de Pascua, means Easter Island in Spanish. This island is famous because of the approximately 887 huge statues which were found there. The statues consist of heads and complete torsos, the largest of which weighs 84 tons! These monuments, called moai, were carved out of compressed volcanic ash, called tuff, which was found at a quarry at a place called Rano Raraku. Statues are still being found. Some of the monuments were left only half–carved. Nobody knows why Rano Raraku was abandoned. It is thought that the statues were carved by the ancestors of the modern Polynesian inhabitants. But the purpose of the statues and the reason they were abandoned remain mysteries. 1) Who named the island “Easter Island”? A. An explorer

C. The original inhabitants

B. A Dutch explorer

D. Both A and B are correct.

2) Who was Jacob Roggeveen? A. A European who found the island

C. A person who carved many statues

B. An explorer who named the island

D. Both A and B are correct.

3) What are moai? A. Ancestors of the current inhabitants

C. Statues on the island

B. Quarries on the island

D. Volcanic ashes

4) Why isn’t the number of statues known? A. The island is too big to explore.

C. Some statues were taken away.

B. Statues are still being found.

D. None of the above

5) What are the statues made of? A. Volcanic ash

C. Clay

B. Tuff

D. Both A and B are correct.

Ex. 8 Listen to the talk about the Pacific island of Vanuatu. Read the following sentences about the speech. Are they True or False?

1. There is more than one island that makes up the nation of Vanuatu. True False 2. The first European thought Vanuatu was part of Australia. 3. The British began ruling Vanuatu after the French left.

True False True False

4. The people of Vanuatu began pressing for independence just before WW2. True False 5. There is a lot of oil that has been discovered in Vanuatu.

True False

6. Vanuatu's geographic isolation causes problems for the economy. True False 7. Vanuatu is a linguistically rich country. 8. Vanuatu is vulnerable to natural disasters.

True False True False

Ex. 9 Match words and pictures.

Coastal and oceanic landscapes cliff

sea

peninsula

coast / seaside bay / gulf

ocean beach

island

coral reef

port / harbour / haven

Terrain landcapes waterfall desert

tropical forest savannah stream

river lake

volcano

temperate forest plains

cave / cavern

pond

Mountain and glacial landscapes mountain range glacier

fjord

mountain

hills valley

Ex. 10 Translate these sentences into English. a. Z tego, co wiem, Droga Mleczna jest galaktyką, a Mały Wóz to konstelacja. ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ b. W latach 70. Brytyjczycy próbowali podbić kosmos, ale nie mieli pieniędzy. Tymczasem Holendrzy postanowili kupić statek kosmiczny. ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ c. Nie oszukujmy się. Ona nigdy nie była pierwszą Polką, która zdobyła medal. ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ d. Z powodu suszy, nasi przodkowie opuścili kamieniołom i przez wiele lat wędrowali po lasach. ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ e. Dla twojej wiadomości, to ja zrobiłem dziurę w podłodze i poniosę konsekwencje. ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ f. Rose miała tak cudowne oczy, że Jack natychmiast się w niej zakochał. ____________________________________________________________________

g. - Kiedy po raz ostatni oglądałaś gwiazdy? - Szczerze? Nie pamiętam. Robię to raz na ruski rok. ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ h. Kumam, że potrzebowałeś trochę wolnego. Serio, kumam. Ale dwa miesiące? Serio?! ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ i. – Pierwszym człowiekiem w kosmosie był Armstrong. - O czym ty gadasz? To był Gagarin. ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ j. Rodzina Soprano za wszelką cenę chciała wydostać się z więzienia i planowała zemstę na człowieku, który wsadził ich za kratki. ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ k. To był piękny dzien. Ptaszki śpiewały, słoneczko świeciło, a mu siedzieliśmy na trawie i obserwowaliśmy okolicę, pożerając przepyszne pierogi i pijąc bimber. Wkrótce upiliśmy sie i wylądowaliśmy na posterunku. ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________

l. Byliśmy taką piękną parą. Jednak los postanowił inaczej. ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ m. Tony Stark nie wiedział, że bycie Iron Manem jest aż tak trudne. Oczekiwał, że natychmiast zostanie superbohaterem i będzie się wspaniale bawić. ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ n. Był tak deszczowy dzień, że zostaliśmy w domu i przez cały dzień oglądaliśmy seriale. ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ o. Tylko dlatego, że byli w Australii, nie znaczy, że widzieli rafę koralową. ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ p. - Co ci się stało? - Ach, to nic wielkiego. Byłem wczoraj w Karpatach i kiedy wspinałem się na górę, straciłem równowagę i boleśnie upadłem. ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________

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