B (Ш Listen. Underline the word you hear

1 have half 4 park pack

2 feet fit 5 bald bad

3 short shop 6 sleep slip

Speaking and writing

9 Imagine you are on a weekend away. It is Sunday. In pairs, discuss the questions and make a note of the answers.

1 Where are you?

2 Where are you staying?

3 What has the weather been like?

4 What have you done?

10 a Answer the questions about Lara's postcard.

1 Which tense does the writer use to describe what she has done?

2 Which paragraph:

• describes the writer's activities?

• describes her family's activities?

• gives a reason for ending the postcard?

• describes the apartment?

b Write a postcard. Use your notes from Ex. 9.

City Profiles

This week we look at commuters around the world...

Fatima da Costa lives in Patriarca, a suburb in the cast of Sao Paulo, Brazil. She works in the centre of the city, near Pra^a República. Every day Fatima takes an underground train to work in the morning and back home in the evening. She thinks travelling on the Sao Paulo underground system - the Metro - is quick and convenient. But the trains are very crowded in the rush hour and she often can't find a seat.

Jan van Looy works in the main train station in Amsterdam. He works for the Dutch Railways but he doesn't catch a train to work. He cycles from his home in the suburb of Sloterdijk. Cycling is very popular in Amsterdam because the city is flat and the distances are not very great. Jan cycles to work because it is very cheap, but it's quite slow and it's horrible when it rains!

Reading- and listening