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~ @t¥112''r(Ni"f,lll!l phrasal verbs Flags can tell a story. The red and white stripes on the U.S. flag, for example, represent the 13 original colonies* and the stars represent the 50 states. Use the internet to find out. http://flagspot.netlflags/ http://flagspot.netlflags/sites.html#maj For flags and anthems http://www-math.mit.edu/-igorvp/FlagsAnthems/ flagsanths.html Discuss these questions in pairs. Do you know the history of your country''s flag? Does it tell a story? The world flag database http://www.flags.ndirect.co.uk! A Tour of U.N. Headquarters Choose the correct word to complete sentences you might hear a tour guide say. Then use the numbers next to the correct words to answer the question below. A We have to wake on (1) / up (13) early for our tour tomorrow. B Please check in (7) / out (12) at the security gate before entering the United Nations. C Everyone stand up (9) / down (2), please. It''s time to begin the tour. D Be careful, please -I don''t want anyone to fall down (4) / off (8) the stairs>. E If you can''t hear me, let me know and I''ll try to speak down (2) / up (4). F This is where the General Assembly meets. If you like, you can sit moment. G Sometimes countries don''t follow in (5) / down (13) and rest for a on (3) / through (10) on their promises to other countries. H The United Nations can help when communications break in (6) / down (7). Write the correct number from each sentence in the gaps below. 00000000 ABC D E F G H Use the key below to answer the question: What do the olive branches* on the United Nations flag represent? The olive branches represent 00000 C KEY 13 = e 12 = t 7=a 6=b 9=p 8=r 4=c 5=e A 1=0 3=g H D F 2=s 10 = d VOCABULARY CHECK LIST What is it in your language? Find out! headquarter security )( ( territory ( colony )( )( ) ( official olive branch ) stairs )( ) http://www.un.org/english/ TIMESAVER NEW yORK C MARY GLASGOW MAGAZINES. AN IMPRINT OF SCHOLASTICINC C T1MESAVER NEW YORK functional language: shopping I eating out I asking for information I buying tickets Grand Central Terminal Grand Central Terminal is the largest railway station in the world. It has 67 tracks* and 44 platforms*, and it covers 30,700 square metres­ more than any other train station. The main entrance is located at 42nd Street and Park Avenue South. Trains have used 42nd Street for more than 100 years, but the current Grand Central Terminal was finished in 1913. It''s a very beautiful building. The Grand Concourse is the heart of Grand Central Terminal. More people visit Grand Central each year than any other New York City landmark*. At least half a million people passthrough Grand Central Terminal each day on their way to work or shop in the city, or to travel to other towns along the east coast of the USA. The ceiling* of the Grand Concourse is painted with different constellations*. The design is made up of 2,500 stars. Discuss these questions in pairs. What''s the biggest train station near your town? Do you often travel by train? What are some of the advantages* of train travel? What are the disadvantages*? Grand Central Terminal is much more than a train station. It''s made up of news-stands*, more than 40 stores D, and many different kinds of restaurants. The most famous of its restaurants is The Oyster* Bar. It has been open for more than 90 years and has served oysters to many celebrities*. Station Role-Play Match each dialogue to the correct picture from the station. Put the phrases in order and write them next to each picture. Then practise speaking in pairs. That''ll be $20.50, please. Enjoy your trip. A table for two, please. One-way D or round-tripD? How many are in your party? I''d like a ticket to Fairfield, please. Non-smoking, please. Round-trip, please. Would you like smoking or non-smoking? Yes. I''m looking for a guide to New York shows. No, but there is a tour you can take that explains the history of the station. I''d like the guide to both movies and theatre, please. I have two. One has a movie schedule and the other has both movies and theatre. Which one would you like? Are you looking for a specific publication? '': T1MESAVER NEWYORK e MARYGLASGOWMAGAZINES. AN IMPRINT OF SCHOLASTIC INC. Yes, it does. It also explains the recent restoration* of the ceiling. Do you have information about Grand Central''s history? Does the tour explain the constellations on the ceiling of the Grand Concourse? TIMESA VER NEW YORK functional language: shopping / eating out / asking for information / buying tickets [ J Work in pairs. Choose one of the locations and write a new dialogue. Then perform it for the class. Can the other students guess where you are? VOCABULARY CHECK LIST What is it in your language? Find out! track ceiling ) ( ( platform constellation )( ) ( )( )( advantage )( U ) US-UK ) store = shop one-way = single round-trip = return restoration celebrity news-stand landmark ( ) ( )( ( disadvantage oyster ) TIMESAVER NEW YORK 0 MARY GLASGOW MAGAZINES, AN IMPRINT OF SCHOLASTIC INC. U T1MESAVER NEWYORK adverbs of frequency / garden vocabulary Community Gardens There isn''t a lot of open space* in New York City, but New Yorkers still like to have somewhere to garden. There are many community gardening programmes in the city, organized by neighbourhoods*, schools, churches or community centres*. Gardeners get a small area of their own and can plant whatever they want. Some gardens are also decorated with large sculptures* and there are benches* where gardeners can sit and relax. Sometimes schoolchildren work in a garden with their teachers and learn about different plants and flowers. Discuss these questions in pairs. Do you have a garden, plants or flowers at your house? Describe a garden that you know. What are your favourite flowers and vegetables? A-maze-ing Gardens Read the paragraph. Then choose the correct word in the garden maze* to complete each sentence. Take the letters next to the correct word to find the British-English word for a popular garden vegetable in America, the zucchini. You can write your answer in the US-UK vocabulary on page 51. The correct answers lead you through the maze to the exit. Hi! I''m Grady Greenthumb. Welcome to my garden. I work in my garden seven days a week, even when it''s raining. Every day there is something to do. Every four weeks I plant new seeds* so that I always have flowers and vegetables growing. I get all my vegetables from the garden so I don''t buy them at the supermarket. I water my plants quite a lot, at least a few times a week. The first thing I do in the morning is remove weeds*. There are weeds growing constantly! Every Saturday, I sell some of my vegetables at the Greenmarket D. When everything is blooming*, I pick flowers for a bouquet», but not always. And every night I put all my gardening tools in the shed*. • TIMESAVER NEW YORK © MARYGLASGOWMAGAZINES. AN IMPRINTOF SCHOLASTIC INC. TlMESA VER NEW YORK adverbs of frequency I garden vocabulary 4... ENTRANCE The weeds VOCABULARY CHECK LIST open space sculpture What is it in your language? Find out! seed - bouquet , , D US-UK Greenmarket = a market where farmers sell fruit and vegetables directly to customers zucchini = TlMESAVER NEW YORK © MARY GLASGOW MAGAZINES, AN IMPRINT OF SCHOLASTIC INC. fijU¥!''2t(M"f,lftt past simple and past continuous Manhattan History A lot is known about New York, the modern city, but the history of the island of Manhattan is harder to imagine*. It''s difficult to imagine Manhattan without skyscrapers* or taxi cabs and with very few inhabitants*. But of course, that''s the way it was long ago. Did you know Broadway was originally an Indian trail*? You may be surprised at what else you find out.... Look at the pictures. What is happening? Write your ideas in the space below each picture. Now read the information on the next page. Is it the same as your picture-story? TIMESAVER NEW YORK © MARY GLASGOW MAGAZINES, AN IMPRINT OF SCHOLASTIC INC.