Get ready to read

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In the heart of the city
Learning tip
Emphasize the point that we often skim a text the fi rst time we 
look at it. We then read parts of it again which are important to 
us. Remind students not to read each text in this unit from the 
fi rst word to the last.
1 Refer students to the words in a and b. Make sure that 
students understand them before they do the exercise. Ask 
students to complete the exercise. 
2–3 Ask students to do the exercises.
4 Make sure that students understand the word fi ttings. Point 
to fi ttings in the classroom, e.g. the lights and light shades, 
electrical sockets. Ask students to do the exercise.
5 Ask students to do the exercise. Check answers.
6 After students have done the exercise, they can check their 
answers in pairs. Students take turns to ask a question (from 
Exercise 5) and to give the answer (from Exercise 6). 
7 Ask students to do the exercise. Put students into pairs to role 
play a conversation between Valeria and her sister.
8 Ask the class if they would like to stay at the hotel. Elicit why 
or why not.
Class bonus
Write the fi rst part of some questions on the board so that 
students have some ideas for their own questions, e.g. Is there 
(parking for cars)? How many (languages are spoken at the 
hotel)? Has the hotel got (a beauty salon)?
Go around the class 
giving help and encouragement as students work.
More activities
1 Ask students to fi nd out some other facts about Egypt like 
those in Get ready to read. Alternatively, ask them to fi nd 
the answers to specifi c questions, e.g. How long is the 
Nile? How many people live in Cairo?
2 Students can go to the Mercure Luxor website at 
www.accorhotels.com. Ask them to fi nd out what sports 
and leisure activities you can do at the hotel.