Lesson 2: The largest and the longest

1. Read, say and write.
a) Read about the Lake District.

Is Scafell Pike a lake or a mountain? Scafell Pike is a mountain.

Is Wastwater a lake or a mountain? Wastwater is a lake.

The Lake District in the north-west of England is one of the most popular tourist areas in the country.
It is famous for its beauty, its lakes and its mountains.
• The population of the Lake District is 42,000, but about 15.5 million tourists visit every year.
• The Lake District covers 2,292 km2.
• Scafell Pike (978 metres) is the highest mountain in England.
• Lake Windermere is the largest (14.7 km2) and longest (19.3 km) lake in England.
• Wastwater is the deepest (76 metres) lake in the country.

b) Read again.
Are these sentences true (T) or false (F)?

1. More people visit the Lake District than live there. T
2. Lake Windermere is deeper than Wastwater. F
3. Wastwater is larger than Windermere. F

3. Say and listen. Track 38
a) Look at the picture.

In pairs, who can you see? Where are they? Where are they going?

They can see Nina, Lucy and Elena on a coach. They are going to the Lake District.

b) Listen.

What two things does Miss Jennings want all the students to do?

She wants them to sit down with their seat belts on. she wants them to stay together.

c) Listen again.
Answer the questions.

1. Where are they going first? Lake Windermere.
2. How far is it? 400 kilometres.
3. How long is the journey? About four hours.
4. Where are they going after that? Scafell Pike.

4. Read, say and write.
Read Nina’s e-mail to Reema. Find and correct five mistakes about the trip.

Dear Reema,
I’m writing this on the coach. It’s a long journey to the Lake District – five hours.
First we’re going to a mountain called Scafell Pike and then to Lake Windermere.
Windermere is the deepest lake in England. We left school at 7 o’clock and we get back
at seven this evening. It’s a long day, but I’m really looking forward to it.
I’m hungry, so I’m eating one of the sandwiches Mum made me.
I can have the other one at lunchtime.
OK. I want to stop now and finish the letter on the way back.
Then I can tell you about the day.

1 five hours _ four hours
2 a mountain called Scafell Pike _ Lake Windermere
3 Lake Windermere _ a mountain called Scafell pike
4 deepest _ longest
5 7 _ eight

5. Complete and match.
Complete the questions and match them with the answers. Use these words:

1. How far, c is it from Oxford to the Lake District?
2. How long, a is the journey?
3. How much, b is the coat?
a. Four hours.
b. £18.
c. 400 km.