3. Complete the phrases for describing a photo with the words below. You need to use some words more than once. Then listen again and check.

(Hoàn thành các cụm từ dùng để mô tả bức tranh với các từ bên dưới. Bạn cần sử dụng một vài từ nhiều hơn một lần. Sau đó nghe lại và kiểm tra.)

Describing a photo

The photo (1) _____ 

(2) _____ the foreground/ background

(3) _____ the top left corner/ bottom right corner

(4) _____ the top I bottom

(5) _____ the left/ right

(6) _____ the centre

It (7) _____ like a …

It (8) _____ as if they’re …

It (9) _____ to be…

Listen to the talk again and complete each gap in the notes with no more than THREE words and/or a number.

TRANG AN SCENIC LANDSCAPE COMPLEX

Quick facts 

- Recognised as the first mixed World Heritage Site in (1) ______________

- Famous for its beautiful landscape and long cultural history

- Consists of (2) ______________

Natural beauty and biodiversity

- Beautiful limestone mountains, valleys, and rivers

- More than (3) _____________ of plants and 200 types of animals

Cultural heritage 

- Caves showing how (4) _____________ lived over a period of 30,000 years

- Hundreds of temples and historic pagodas

Current condition

- The landscape is not changed or damaged by human activities. 

- Most of the site is still kept in its (5) _____________, e.g. the original style of architecture.

Listen to the interview again and complete the table. Use no more than THREE words for each answer.

Choose the best linking words to complete the sentences. Then listen again and check your answers.

1. Photo A is of a room in a hostel, I think, unless/ whereas the second shows a small flat.

2. There are bunk beds in the room in the hostel, but/ when the other room has got a double bed.

3. While/When photo A shows a rather untidy room, the room in photo B is very tidy.

4. The room in the hostel looks quite cosy. However,/ Whereas the furniture looks a bit old and worn out.

5. I like the idea of sharing with other students, although / despite the lack of privacy.

Read the article again and complete each sentence with no more than THREE words.

1. U Minh Thuong National Park is famous for its rare and rich ____________.

2. Waterways surround the ____________ of the national park.

3. It has more than two hundred ____________.

4. You can find nearly 200 types of birds and 32 ____________ there.

5. The best time to visit U Minh Thuong National Park is from _____________.

Read the Recycle! box. Complete the extracts from the dialogues with the verbs in brackets. Use the present perfect or past simple. Listen again and check your answers.

Dialogue 1

a My ankle really hurts. I think I__________ (twist) it.

b Yes, it's a bit swollen. You__________(sprain) it.

Dialogue 2

c I __________ (have) an accident. I__________ (bang) my head.

d I__________ (trip) over the cat and__________ (hit) my head on the corner of a table.

Dialogue 3

e I__________ (hurt) my thumb. I __________ (trap) it in the car door.

f You __________ certainly __________ (bruise) it.

g It's really painful. Do you think I __________ (break) it?

2. Complete the compound nouns in the fact file with the words below. Use a dictionary to help you. Then listen and check your answers.

(Hoàn thành các danh từ ghép trong hồ sơ dữ liệu với các từ bên dươi. Sử dụng từ điển để giúp bạn. Sau đó nghe và kiểm tra bài làm.)

GLOBAL WARMING

Fact file

> The Earth is heating up. The average (1) _____ temperature is 0.75°C higher now than it was 100 years ago.

> When we burn (2) _____ fuels, they give off (3) _____ gases like carbon dioxide (CO2). This causes (4) _____ warming.

> We have cut down over 50% of the Earth's (5) _____ forests in the last 60 years. These are important because they remove CO2 from the atmosphere and add oxygen. They are also home to over half of the world's plant and animal species.

> Some scientists believe that by 2050, about 35% of all plant and animal species could die out because of (6)  _____ change.

> (7) _____levels are rising and the polar (8) _____ caps are melting.

> Scientists say that fossil fuels like coal and gas may run out by the year 3000. So we need to develop alternatives, such as (9) _____ energy and nuclear energy.

Listen to the conversation again and complete the notes below. Use no more than TWO words for each gap.