Someone can…

1.

Read the title and the subheadings. What can someone do in Sydney?
Read through and check.
Someone can …
take
an
in
go
cycling.
surf
Beach.
flyat
a Bondi
seaplane.
climb
aeco-tour
bridge.
the Blue Mountains.

2.

Read and check.
Text 1
Text 2
Text 3
Text 4
Text 5

3.

Read again and fill in the correct derivatives of the words in brackets.
1–
excitement
excite
5–
famous
fame
Text 1
2–
beautiful
beauty
6–
skateboarding
skateboard
Text 2
3–
attractions
attract
7–
approximately
approximate
Text 3
4–
lucky
luck
8–
wonderful
wonder
Text 4
Text 5

4.

Say why the following are mentioned in the text:
Shark
Island
used
the
text
You
may
see
them
inin
the
Blue
The
seaplane
flight
has
an
During
the
cycling
tour,
you
will
You
will
see
itis
during
the
cycling
The distance of Bondi Beach
because
you
take
spectacular
Mountains
tour.
experienced
pilot.
ride
oncan
atour.
ferry
boat.
photographs of it as it is shaped
like a shark.
One-kilometer
A
Koala
ferry
A pilot
bears
ridelong
Shark
Chinatown
Island
beach
Text 1
Text 3
Text 2
Text 4
Text 5

5.

Listen and read the text. What is the author’s purpose?
Text 1
Text 2
Text 3
Text 4
Text 5
The author wants to
promote a holiday to
Australia.

6.

Complete the words with their definitions.
skyline
commentary
splash out
technique
arch
catch a glimpse
spectacular
hustle and bustle
migrating
head
Animals
that
travel
north
and
Different
levels
the tops
upwardly
curved
An An
explanation
of
what
is
Craziness
and
noise
A brief
Spend
look
aSkills
lotat
ofsomething
money
Go
towards
Amazing
south
during
different
buildings
against
theseasons.
sky
construction
happening
at the moment

7.

Does Sydney sound like an interesting city to visit? Tell your partner
giving reasons why.

8.

In small groups, do some research on a town/city in your country and
make a similar leaflet to advise it.