3.Other worlds（三单元）

1.c:1. paragraph 7 2. paragraph 6 3. paragraph 3 4. paragraph 2 5. not used 6. paragraph 4 7. paragraph 1 8. paragraph 5

d:2 T 3 F (It was turned down due to lack of independent territory) 4 F (He let his people vote.) 5 T

2.a:2d 3f 4a 5h 6b 7c 8e 9g

b:2 purchase 3 opened 4 take out a loan 5 interest rate 6 economy

3.a:Danny was disappointed most by being refused entry to the Eurovision Song Contest.

b:being refused entry to the Eurovision Song Contest

c:end

d:2 What I would love is to have my face on a stamp.

3 What I found most moving was the section about the death penalty.

4 What's really good news is that some new cars are very economical.

5 What I don't understand is why people spend so much money on computer games.

6 What I don't want to do is to make things difficult.

e:The citizens made the final decision.

f:the citizens

g:beginning

h:2 No, it was Danny Wallace who created Lovely.

3 No, it's the IOU that/which is the official currency of Lovely.

4 No, it was Yuri Gagarin that/who was the first man in space.

5 No, it was Alberto Santos-Dumont that/who was the first person to fly.

6 No, it's the Hulk that/who turns green when he's angry.

4.b:4 1 2 3

c:1a 2b 3a 4c

6.a:2 basically ; beautiful 3 survival 4 unhappiness 5 reflection 6 fictional 7 impressive

b:2 reality 3 construction 4 imaginary 5 horribly 6 dead 7 recording 8 flight 9 freedom 10 constantly

PTIONAL ACTIVITY

7.b:1 because she was too big to get through

2 because she thought it might be poison

3 because she was too small to reach the key on the table

c:2 wander about 3 curious 4 passage 5 slippery 6 longed 7 brightened up 8 ventured

8.a:The purpose of the email is to say thank you for a birthday present. The writer(Kate)is writing to her brother (Chris).

b:2 kidding 3 kids 4 place 5 loads of 6 dead 7 grab a quick bite 8 dash off

c:1 Students' own answers (example beginnings: Hello Chris, All right Chris, Hey!, Yo! etc. Possible endings: See you later, Yours, All the best, Lots of love)

2 The email has a conversational style and uses exclamation marks and brackets. Starting sentences with Well, Anyway, Seriously, So. Leaving out subjects and articles, e.g. bet, must admit, remember. Other phrases, e.g. phew, ages, I can tell you, pretty cool, a bit odd, very, very much, hooray, watch out for, must go now, P.P.S.

3 The writer uses contracted forms.

4 The writer uses brackets to speak directly to the addressee.