Listening and Speaking 1 Q: Skills for Success

Unit 3 Student Book Answer Key Second Edition

THE Q CLASSROOM Lecture: Costa Rica

Activity A, p. 42 Land: mountains, the ocean, rainforest, flat
Answers will vary. Possible answers: dry areas, animals, plants
1. I went to Mexico. I visited my aunt in Laws: protect land, environment, plants and
Seoul. animals. 30% of land protected by law.
2. Students may mention famous 2009 –British environmental experts name
cities, landmarks, or types of places Costa Rica greenest* country
such as beaches or stadiums.
3. I would go on this vacation. It is a LISTENING 1
great opportunity to see something PREVIEW THE LISTENING
beautiful. Activity A, p. 45
1. local
Activity B, p. 43 2. desert
Answers may vary. Possible answers: 3. destroy
1. Sophy prefers tourism vacations. 4. pollution
Felix prefers unusual vacations, 5. tourists
where he can see something very 6. dangerous
different from what he sees every 7. insect
day. Activity C, p. 46
2. I agree with Felix. I think it is more Answers will vary.
exciting to see unusual things.
WORK WITH THE LISTENING
PREVIEW THE UNIT Activity A, B, p. 46
Activity A, iQ Online Resource Answers may vary. Possible answers:
Answers will vary. Possible answers, L to R: Petra:
Top row: age=over 2,000 years old !
 No littering. In a park, on a playground. Visitors: 500,000-600,000 every year
 Don’t pick the flowers. In a park. Problems— sandstone is soft, easy to break;
 No campfires. On a beach, in a state wind, rain, too many visitors can destroy
park, in a forest. buildings
Bottom row: Help—planting trees to stop the strong
 No flash photography. At a concert, in a winds
museum.
 Don’t feed the birds. At a zoo, at a Galapagos Islands:
beach, at a park. 19 main islands
 Don’t walk on the grass. At a museum, tourists—175,000/year, from many
at a government building. different places
Activity B, iQ Online Resource Problems: planes, boats carry
Answers will vary. insects*—dangerous* for local plants,
animals
NOTE-TAKING SKILL Help—airlines spray visitors’ clothing and
Activity A, B, p. 44 bags to kill insects
Answers may vary. Sample answer:

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Antarctica: 4. F The Galapagos Islands are home to

1956—first group tourists, 500 visitors/year thousands of plants and animals.
today—50,000/year ! 5. T
Problems—tourist business—pollution*,
changing the land, problems for animals SAY WHAT YOU THINK
Help—special rules—cannot feed animals, Say What You Think, p. 48
move or take plants, must wash boots Answers will vary. Possible answers:
before walking 1. Yes, I was surprised because I’d
never heard about the problems
Activity C, p. 46 before. / No, I wasn’t surprised
Petra, Jordan — Buildings are cut into a because tourists always cause
type of red rock called Nubian damage.
Sandstone.; Buses, cars, wind, rain can 2. Students may suggest limiting the
destroy the buildings. number of tourists, closing sites for
Galapagos Islands — Planes and boats recreation, or raising prices so fewer
sometimes carry insects that don’t people go.
belong. 3. If students are unaware of tourism
Antarctica — Tourist business causes damage to the places in their
pollution, changes the land, and causes countries, suggest that they
problems for animals. research the topic on the Internet
and report back to class the next
Activity D, p. 47 day.
L to R: Antarctica, Petra, the Galapagos
Islands LISTENING SKILL
Activity A, B, p. 49
Activity E, p. 47 Petra, Jordan 2,000 year-old city
1. Petra, Jordan: Visitors can only About 225 kilometers from
walk or ride camels or horses. To stop the capital city, Amman
the desert winds, people are planting Between 500,000 and
many trees around Petra. 600,000 tourists visit each
2. Galapagos Islands: Airlines must year
spray visitors’ clothing and bags with Galapagos 19 main islands—home to
a special liquid to kill insects. Islands thousands of plants and
3. Antarctica: Tourists cannot feed animals
animals. They cannot move or take About 175,000 tourists/year
any plants. They must wash their Antarctica First tourists arrived in 1956
boots before walking into a new area. Only about 500 visitors/year
then
Activity F, p. 47 Today, close to 500,000
1. T
2. F The buildings in Petra are cut into Activity C, p. 50
soft rock. 1. b
3. T 2. c

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3. a 6. They may teach English to children at

4. b a school.
5. b
6. a Activity D, p. 53
1. b
LISTENING 2 2. a
PREVIEW THE LISTENING 3. d
Activity A, p. 51 4. c
1. a
2. b Activity E, p. 54
3. a 1. It doesn’t say.
4. b 2. False
5. a 3. It doesn’t say.
6. a 4. False
7. a 5. It doesn’t say.
8. b
SAY WHAT YOU THINK
Activity C, p. 52 Activity A, p. 54
Answers will vary. Answers will vary. Possible answers:
1. Students may say it sounds exciting
WORK WITH THE LISTENING because you can travel to unusual
Activity A, B, pp. 52-53 places, learn about other cultures,
Answers may vary. Sample answers: and get to help others. They may say
Cusco—population 350,000; near Andes it’s not exciting because it’s work,
Mountains and you may be exposed to poverty
3 hours by train to Machu Picchu * (visit and other troubling situations.
end of first week!) 2. Yes, because I want to help others. /
Trip is from June 13th to July 5th No, I prefer to relax on my
Live with local families vacations.
Volunteer work: help repair local school, 3. Teach children, help the elderly,
may teach English! assist doctors and nurses, plant
trees, clean up polluted areas, build
Activity C, p. 53 houses or schools. Students may
1. Cusco, Peru is a city of about 350,000 also have particular skills they could
people near the Andes Mountains. use to help—engineering, health
2. The volunteers will visit Machu care, construction, etc.
Picchu at the end of the first week.
3. The volunteers will travel to Peru Activity B, p. 54
during June and July. Answers will vary. Possible answers:
4. The group will live with local families 1. Good: you learn about other
and work at a local school. cultures, you gain a better
5. For work, the volunteers will repair understanding of the world.
classrooms at a school. Bad: tourists can cause damage;

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they can carry harmful plants and 3. a

animals. 4. c
2. Students may say that tourists can 5. b
build houses, work in schools or
hospitals, plant trees, or help clean Activity C, p. 59
up pollution. 1. What are you going to do this
weekend?
VOCABULARY SKILL 2. Are you going to study English this
Activity A, p. 55 weekend?
1. amazing 3. What are you going to do during the
2. peaceful next holiday?
3. helpful 4. Where are you going to travel next
4. charming summer?
5. meaningful
6. rising PRONUNCIATION
7. interesting Activity A, p. 60
8. careful Answers will vary.
1. I’m going to take my next vacation
Activity B, p. 56 this summer.
Answers will vary. Adjectives: 2. I’m going to Costa Rica.
1. wonderful 3. I’m going to travel with my family.
2. amazing 4. I’m going to go to the beach.
3. exciting
4. beautiful Activity B., p. 60
Answers will vary.
Activity C, p. 56
Answers will vary. SPEAKING SKILL
Activity A, p. 61
GRAMMAR Answers may vary. Possible answer:
Activity A, p. 58 6 the cost of the trip
1. I’m going to join 2 the first day
2. ’re going to do 5 the flight information
3. ’re going to take 4 the food
4. ’s going to be 1 the schedule of places to visit
5. ’re going to spend 3 the volunteer activities
6. ’s going to teach
7. ’s going to stop Activity B, p. 62
8. ’s going to be Answers will vary.
9. ’m going to write
UNIT ASSIGNMENT
Activity B, p. 59 CONSIDER THE IDEAS
1. e Activity A, iQ Online Resource
2. d 3 activities

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5 cost
4 food
2 lodging
1 schedule

Activity B, iQ Online Resource

Answers will vary. Possible answer:
Tree planting tour in Nepal
14-day tour: March 9 to March 22
Lodging: Kathmandu: Western-style hotel;
during hike, stay in tents
activities: 4 days hiking, camping in
Himalayans; then 3 days planting trees
in small village
food: meat dishes are popular; rice curry is
good
cost: $2,700 includes hotel, meals

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