Lesson 2: Special days
1. Read and listen. track 26
a) Listen and answer the questions.
1 Where did Dave go for his school trip?
york.
2. Where is York?
In the north of England.
3 Where were the Vikings from?
Scandinavia.
2. Read and match.
a) Read about the Vikings.
Find words which are the opposite of: 1 north 2 flat 3 brave
We Vikings were great travellers. After the year 800 we sailed all over the world in our boats.
We travelled all over Europe, and lived in Britain, the north of France and Russia.
We sailed into the Mediterranean Sea and visited North Africa and the south of Italy.
We sailed north-west, to Iceland – and we discovered America.
We were very brave sailors and soldiers.
We believed that the world is flat. We didn’t know that it is round! We believed that our
boats can fall over the edge of the world on a foggy day – but we weren’t scared!
b) Match the beginnings and endings of sentences about the Vikings.
1 The Vikings were people from a North Africa. d
2 They travelled all over the world b a foggy day. e
3 They visited c America. a
4 They discovered d Scandinavia. c
5 They weren’t scared of sailing on e in boats. b
3. Listen. Track 27
Why does Dave want to go home?
He wants to go home to talk to Nina.
4. Read, listen and tick (T). Track 28
a) Read the adjectives.
- friendly T.
- warm T.
- interesting T.
- exciting sunny T.
- beautiful T
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