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Miguel: What are you doing? Texting?

Maria: No. I have this neat thing on my cell phone – it sends you facts about the world
every day. Look. It's cool.

Miguel: Huh . . . where did you get it?

Maria: I forget. Something I got from a magazine ad. See, it's called, "Did you know . . . ?"
It's really useful. Look – here's today's "Did you know . . . ?" Did you know the highest
mountain in the world is Mount Everest in Asia? How high is it? It's 8,850 meters!

Miguel: But, I knew that . . .

Maria: That Everest is 8,850 meters high?

Miguel: Well, no – not that. How high is that in feet, anyway?

Maria: It's 29,035 feet. And yesterday's was, wait a second . . . OK, did you know the Nile
River in Africa is the longest river in the world? It's 6,695 kilometers long – that's 4,160
miles.

Miguel: Well, everyone knows the Nile is the longest river.

Maria: OK – well, how about this? Did you know the largest ocean is the Pacific?

Miguel: Yeah.

Maria: It covers one third of the Earth! The deepest part is about 11,000 meters deep.
Miguel: Wow! That's . . . um that's about 36,000 feet deep. That's pretty far down. I didn't
know that. Cool. What else?
Maria: Um, did you know the largest desert is the Sahara in Africa?
Miguel: How large is it?
Maria: It's about 9.1 million square kilometers . . . or 3.5 million square miles. And this one
. . . how big is the largest rain forest? The Amazon Rain Forest in South America covers
about 4 million square kilometers. That's 1.5 million square miles.
Miguel: Huh. Interesting.
Maria: And the most active volcano is probably Kilauea on the island of Hawai'i. It has
been active since 1983, and it still erupts every day!
Miguel: Wow. It erupts every day? Neat. Let's check it out online. And how do you get that
thing on your phone again? I want to get it – it's great.
bay – bahia- part of the coast where the land curves in so that the sea is surrounded by land on
three sides
cliff (acantilado)– high area of rock with a very steep side, often on a coast
geyser (géiser) – a hole in the ground from which hot water and steam are sent out
peninsula – a long piece of land that sticks out from a larger area of land into the sea or lake
sand dune (duna de arena) – a small hill of sand made by the wind on the coast or in a desert
waterfall (cascada) – water from a river or stream dropping from a higher to lower point,
sometimes from a great height
Being a supportive listener –ser un oyente comprensivo
Welcome to travel talk I’m your host Ray Martin my guest today is travel writer Jill Rya, Jill has
traveled around the world many time a new book is called a Traveller’s Tales Jill welcome to travel
talk thank you it’s great to be here.

Bienvenido a la charla de viajes. Soy tu anfitrión Ray Martin. Mi invitado hoy es la escritora de
viajes Jill Ryan. Jill ha viajado por el mundo muchas veces, un nuevo libro se llama Traveller’s Tales.
Jill bienvenido a la charla de viajes.
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Unit 3 Lesson A Human wonders

3 About you Activity B

Use your own ideas. Here are some examples.

Where's the cheapest place to go shopping around here?

Some of the cheapest stores are downtown. You get the best bargains there,
especially in the outdoor markets.
And where's the worst place to go shopping?
The mall has the most expensive stores in this city, so for me, that's the worst place
to go.
Which neighborhood has the most restaurants?
The West Village has the most restaurants. They're also the best.
What's the quietest neighborhood in your city?
Forest Valley may be the quietest. It doesn't have a lot of traffic and there's not
much to do there at all.
What's the most amazing building you've ever seen?
The Guggenheim museum is the most beautiful building I've ever seen. It's an
incredible building.
Which neighborhood has the most traffic?
Fifth Avenue has the most traffic. The worst times are 8 - 10:00 a.m. It's impossible
to drive down there then. It's quicker to walk.
What's the most amazing city you've ever visited?
The most amazing city I've ever visited is Prague. It's probably the most beautiful
place I've ever been in my life.
Where can you buy the most delicious pastries in your city?
Ana's Bakery sells the most delicious pastries. They also have the best bread and
cakes.
1. I went to know the famous Hacienda Napoles, of the most famous drug trafficker in the
history, Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria
2. I stayed in the room with my cousin who accompanied me on the trip, the best room in
the hotel.
3. I saw the most beautiful wild animals, something that since I was a child I wanted to
know.
4. I met the best people in the world, the people of Medellin Colombia, wonderful people,
kind and collaborators.
5. I ate the famous Bandeja Paisa, a typical dish from Medellin and one of the tastiest
meals I have ever eaten.
6. I visited an uncle and some cuisins who live in Medellin before returning to my town.
2. Use your own ideas. Here are some examples.
3. I went to Costa Rica last year. They have the most amazing beaches.
4. I stayed in a room with the best ocean views.
5. I saw the most incredible animals in the rainforest.
6. I met the friendliest people from Australia at my hotel.
7. I ate the most delicious seafood at a local restaurant.
8. I visited the most beautiful islands and national parks.
Amazing Antarctica

1 Antarctica is the coldest, windiest, and driest continent on Earth. It's the fifth largest of the world's
seven continents. A layer of ice almost 5 kilometers (3 miles) thick covers the island in some places. In
fact, 90% of the world's ice is in Antarctica.

2 The weather in Antarctica is the coldest on Earth. The lowest temperature ever recorded, -89.2
degrees Celsius (-128.6 degrees Fahrenheit), was in 1983 at the Vostok Station, an old Russian research
base. At the South Pole, the temperature varies from -35 degrees Celsius (-31 degrees Fahrenheit) in
the midsummer to -70 degrees Celsius (-94 degrees Fahrenheit) in the midwinter.

3 Antarctica is not only the world's coldest continent but also the driest place on Earth. Sometimes
called the world's largest desert, it gets about the same amount of rain each year as the Sahara.
Antarctic winds are the strongest on the planet, reaching up to 320 kilometers (199 miles) per hour.

4 Located at the South Pole, Antarctica is the farthest south of any continent. The South Pole gets six
months of nonstop daylight from September through March. Then it gets six months of nonstop
darkness. And because it's so far south, Antarctica covers the most time zones – all of them!

5 Explorers first visited Antarctica in 1821. Then in 1899, a Norwegian explorer set up a research station
on Antarctica, and for the first time, people could live there. Now there are about 60 research bases
there, set up by many different countries. The population of Antarctica grows from about 1,000 in the
winter to about 4,000 during the summer. It has the smallest population of any continent
What is the history of the place?
Hacienda Napoles, owned by the largest grug trafficker in the world, Pablo Escabar, built an Africa
on his farm. Colombia carry out domain extinction and is now a tourist sire.
How many people live there?
Is the place only to visit, it is not to live there.
What is the climate like?
Medellin has always had a plaesant climate, between 25 and 30 degrees centigrade and it is the
climate that I like.
What are some popular places to visit?
in Colombia I have visited the beaches of Cartagena, Santa Marta an the Hacienda Napoles.
What does the place look like?
The Hacienda Napoles, is a wonderfully amagzin place, we can find in addition to the variety of
animals are also oyher diversions.

Unit 3 Lesson D Is that a fact?

2 The dry facts Activity C

Use your own ideas. Here are some examples.

The Dutch built Cape Town, South Africa's second largest city, in 1652 as a supply station
for passing ships.

The city's population, one of the most multicultural in the world, is about 3.5 million
people.

The climate, wet and windy in winter and hot and sunny in summer, is similar to California
and the Mediterranean.

The city, famous for its harbor and Table Mountain, attracts tourists from all over the
world.

Many of these tourists visit Table Mountain National Park, one of the richest areas for plant
diversity in the world.

The city's historic buildings, known for their Cape Dutch style, combine Dutch, German,
French, and Indonesian architecture.