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WARM - UP Look at the map and answer the following questions.

1.Find the countries nearest to the North Pole. 2.Find the country whose people like hamburgers and pumpkin pie. 3.Find the country whose national emblem has a merlion.

VOCABULARY STUDY 1.diamond-shaped (adj): having the shape of a diamond. E.g: Singapore is a diamond-shaped island. 2. multiracial(adj): including or involving several different races of people: E.g: Singapore is a multiracial country. 3. official (adj): greed to, said, done, etc. by sb who is in a position of authority: E.g: One of the official language of Singapore is English. 4. climate (n): the regular pattern of weather conditions of a particular place: E.g: There’s a variety of climate in Canada.

5. variety (n) (of sth) several different sorts of the same thing. E.g: Canada has a variety of climates. 6. cosmopolitan (adj): containing people of different types or from different countries, and influenced by their culture. E.g: Jamaica is a very cosmopolitan island. 7. ranch (n): a large farm, especially in N America or Australia, where cows, horses, sheep, etc. are bred E.g: a cattle / sheep ranch

Listen to the 3 speakers speaking about their countries and write down the names of the countries. You will be hearing the recording 2 times. SpeakerCountry ABCABC ___________________________ _________________ ______________________ SINGAPORE CANADA THE U.S.A

Listen to the recording again. Tick T for the correct statements and F for the false statements. Speaker A 1.The country has a lot of diamonds. 2.The country is in South Asia. 3.Four official languages are spoken in this country. Speaker B 1.The country is the biggest in the world. 2.The country has different climates nationwide. 3.It is very cold in the north of the country. Speaker C 1.The population of this country is 300 million. 2.Most people live in cosmopolitan cities. 3.Two popular sports are football and basketball. TF