Unit 7: TrafficP.11
The right side is the wrong side! Do you know that there are many countries in the world where the traffic rule is to keep to the left? Some of these are the United Kingdom, Australia, India, Thailand, and Malaysia. There are different reasons for this. One is that some countries used the same system as the UK. Another is that many people are right-handed!
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The most common traffic problem in cities around the world is traffic jams. São Paulo in Brazil has the world`s worst daily traffic jams. According to reports, the historical congestion record was set on June 1, 201 2, with 295 kilometres of vehicle queues around the city during the evening rush hour. Some other big cities also suffer from serious congestion in the rush hour. The main cause of this traffic problem is the increase of the population in big cities. So the number of people using the roads has risen several times. The second reason is that the roads are narrow and sometimes are not good enough. Also, many road users have no respect for traffic rules. As a result, this problem is getting worse and worse.
Unit 8: FilmsP.23
Nick: Who is your favourite film star, Dad?
Dad: Tom Hanks, of course.
Nick: Tom Hanks? Who is he?
Dad: He is one of the most famous and richest actors in Hollywood.
Nick: Really? Has he won any awards?
Dad: Yes, he has won the Oscar for Best Actor twice.
Nick: Two Oscars? Amazing! He must be very handsome!
Dad: No, he isn`t. He isn`t an attractive actor, compared to other actors in Hollywood. However, most critics say that he is one of the best actors.
Nick: What kind of roles does he often play?
Dad: He often plays serious roles such as a soldier in Saving Private Ryan, or a lawyer who has AIDS in Philadelphia. He also appears in many other entertaining films such as Bachelor Party, The Man With One Red Shoe, etc.
Nick: Can you recommend one of his best films?
Dad: Of course, You`ve Got Mail. It`s one of the biggest comedies of the 1990s.
Unit 9: Festivals Around The WorldP.31
Thanksgiving (also called Turkey Day) is a seasonal holiday held annually to give thanks to God for successful harvests. In the USA the holiday is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November. In Canada it is celebrated on the second Monday of October because the harvest there generally ends earlier. Thanksgiving is traditionally celebrated with a feast among family and friends. Not only adults but children take part in the food preparation. Traditional foods are turkey, stuffing, gravy, sweet potatoes, cornbread, mashed potatoes, and cranberry sauce. After the feast people often do some other activities. Some like to go for a walk. Some take naps. Others play board or card games together. A lot of people take this opportunity to help the less fortunate. They volunteer to cook and serve food to homeless people, spend time with sick people in hospitals or help a needy family.
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Last summer holiday my family went back to the UK and we went to a music festival on the Isle of Wight. It is one of the most famous music festivals in our country, which takes place every June. When we got there, I was impressed by the huge number of people. You know about sixty thousand people went to the event. Wedidn`t stay at a hotel but put up a tent in the camp site. It was lots of fun. We listened to a lot of songs by many bands such as The Killers and The Stone Roses. Guess what? We met Jon Bon Jovi! He`s my dad`s favourite singer. He and his band stirred up the crowd in nearly three hours with the hit songs. We also went to the Bohemian Woods, a beautiful woodland down by the river. There we enjoyed a mix of good music from around the world and escaped the busy and noisy festival for a while.

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Ms Hoa: Oh, hi Mi and Nick. Come in. It`s the first time you`ve come to my house, isn`t it? Mi: Yes, it is. Wow, look! Ms Hoa, those photos on the wall are so beautiful. I can see you among lots of tulips.
Nick: Where did you take the photos? At the Tulip Time Festival in Holland? I`ve been there once.
Ms Hoa: No, these photos were taken at the Tesselaar Tulip Festival in Melbourne, Australia. You know I went to Melbourne last September to visit my son.
Mi: What did you do there, Ms Hoa?
Ms Hoa: There were a lot of interesting activities. Look at these people in traditional Dutch costumes and clogs. I saw them perform Dutch folk dancing. I also enjoyed delicious Dutch food and drinks.
Nick: I saw people in traditional clothes and dancing in the