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4 Wonderful world Grammar Comparatives | Superlatives
Vocabulary Countries & nationalities | Adjectives
Challenge Make a tourist brochure
Interaction Buying lunch
Writing An article
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READING

1 Match the places below with the photos in the article.

The Colosseum The Statue of Liberty The Lascaux Caves The Great Pyramid Machu Picchu

2 Quickly read the article and check your ideas.
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There are some wonderful places in the world and they need our help. That’s why the 2
international organization UNESCO protects and preserves them as World Heritage Sites.
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A woman is holding a torch and a tablet. The woman is 46 m tall and, at 204 tonnes,
she is much heavier than a normal person. Meet the Statue of Liberty, a gift from France
to the USA. She stands in New York harbour and welcomes visitors to America.
2 There are pyramids from Mexico to India, but the Great Pyramid in Giza, Egypt, is
special. At 137 m, it’s taller than the Statue of Liberty. The Great Pyramid is more
famous than other Egyptian pyramids – but they are all worth a visit!

3 Machu Picchu is an Inca city in the mountains of Peru, over 500 km from the capital 3
city Lima. It isn’t as old as Ancient Rome, but it’s over 500 years old. Every year,
about 1,000,000 tourists travel there and visit its palaces and squares.
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4 In the centre of Rome, Italy you can see an ancient Roman stadium. The Colosseum
is bigger than many modern stadiums. Just imagine it when it was new, nearly 2,000
years ago with its gladiators and wild animals and 50,000 people in the crowd.
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The Lascaux Caves have got beautiful paintings of animals on their walls. And
they are over 17,300 years old! The Lascaux Caves are in the South West of France.
Unfortunately you can’t go inside. Carbon dioxide from visitors damages the paintings. 4

UNESCO stands for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

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