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Unit 5: The Hottest Places in the World
Listening Practice 1 (CD1, Track 17)
Mom: Have you __________ your ___________ _____? Kid: _________. Done! Do you want to ________ ___ ____ _________ about the Sahara Desert? Mom: ____ __________. Kid: OK, _______ ___ ________. The Sahara __________ is the hottest place in the world. It is in Northern Africa and _________ 11 countries. It is really _____ ________ because it’s ________ the _________. The desert is the _______ _______ as the United States. Only __ _____ ________ live there like camels, ________, and vipers. And only a few ________ _____ _______ there like _________ and ________ trees. Not many people live there _______ because there isn’t ________ water. There are even huge _______ ________ as high ___180 meters. Mom: That was ______ ____________, but it needs a little more _____________. It might be better to _________ some facts about the _________. Kid: Oh. I ___________ forgot to ________ ________ that. How about ___ I _____ this, Mom? The __________ _____________ in the Sahara desert is _______ 30 degrees, but it can be __ _______ ___ 50 degrees _________ the hot period. Mom: It _______ _______ __________. ________ _______ ___ _________ tomorrow!
Listening Practice 2 (CD1, Track 18)
1) Lisa wants to go to the _________ __________ she _______ ___ ______ some piranhas. They are ______-eating fish. 2) Mark wants to go to Egypt because he wants to see the __________. They are ____________ of _______ old. 3) Kevin wants to ___ ___ __________ because he wants to see bottlenose __________. They are very ________ animals and show great __________ to _________. 4) Max wants to go to ____________ because he wants to see ________ _________. They are very _________ and _______ ____ ________.
Listening Practice 3 (CD1, Track 19)
_________ are many ______ _________ __________ the _________, but today we are only going to talk about two: ________ and ___________. Deserts are large _____ ________ of land. They have _______ ________ ________, and not many people or animals can _________ in them. Some _________ deserts are the Sahara Desert and the Kalahari Desert. ___________ ___________, on the other hand, _________ lots of rain. Rainforests are _______ ____ ________ and _________. The largest one is the Amazon Rainforest. _______ _________ deserts and rainforests are both hot _________, they ________ in _______ ________.
Listening Practice 4 (CD1, Track 20)
Lindsey: Hey, Tim. Wow, you _______ _________. Where did you go _____ _______ ___________? Tim: Hi, Lindsey! I went to the ____________ with my family. Lindsey: ______ ______ ____? Tim: ___ _____ really hot and ________, but we ______ ___ _______ ______. We ________ seven days ___ ___ _________. We went swimming and ___________ ___ _____ ________ for the first five days, and then we spent _____ ______ ____ _____ rainforest. We saw over 500 different kinds of _________ ____ ________. Oh, and one of the birds was _______, so we had to ________ it! Lindsey: Cool. It sounds like you _____ _____ ___ ______. I want to go to the Philippines! Tim: Yeah. It was cool. Oh, and I __________ ____________ _____ ______. Here! Lindsey: Wow, ________! What is this? Tim: The Philippines is ___________ _____ _________ ___________ like corals and ________. It is a ______ __________. I thought it would ________ _______ ___ ______.