Housemates Dominoes One
Housemates Dominoes One
Housemates Dominoes One
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Dominoes
SE RIE S EDITO R S: BILL B O WLE R A N D S U E P A R M I N TE R
ALISON WATTS
Alison Watts grew up in Canberra, Australia, before moving to Sydney. She then
spent several years working in Japan. She now enjoys the sunshine in Brisbane,
Australia and - when she is not teaching English or writing - she is rock
climbing, hiking, or socializing with friends. Housemates is her first book for
Dominoes.
OXFORD
UNIVERSITY PRESS
BEFORE READING
1 Look at the photos of different places in Australia and match each one with
a sentence.
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2.o i .1J b�d ··sC?utJ-i He�d J�6(id
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. . . . . , . . . . .
'I love playing with my dog, Jake,' I thought. 'But now I'm
going to study at the University of Sydney and I'm going
to live hours away from here, in the big city. How am I
going to live without Jake?'
(>�<2>
Sydney was big! There were a lot more people there than in
Wagga Wagga. I took a taxi to Bondi Beach. What a
beautiful place! There were a lot of nice girls on the beach,
too. I wanted to live there. I soon found a backpackers'
by the beach for the night.
mate friend The next morning, I began looking for my new home in
Bondi 'bonda1 Bondi. I bought a newspaper and looked at the ads, but
beach the land
next to the sea
the flats in Bondi were very expensive. I needed a
2
' o, mate, ' smiled Josh. 'We work . . . sometimes. ' surfing standing
or lying on a flat
'But not often,' laughed Adi. 'We lilce surfing, meeting board when the
sea carries you
girls, and drinking with our friends. ' back to the beach.
J ash and Adi gave me the biggest room. From my pub a building
where people go
window I could see the beach. to have a drink
That night, Josh, Adi, and I went out to a pub. I met lots beer a yellow or
brown drink
of their friends and drank lots of beer. At the pub Josh
talked quietly with one of his friends, Rodney.
'Can you do some work for me later tonight?' asked
Rodney.
'What are you two talking about? ' I asked.
'Oh, nothing, mate, ' said Josh.
We all had a good night, I think. Josh, Adi, and I left the
pub and went back to the sharehouse very late. I went to
bed at once, and I don't remember very much of the night
because of all the beer.
The next morning I was in bed when I heard a noise at the
front door. Someone knocked again and again, and two
people called, 'Hello there! Open up!'
The noise didn't stop, so I went to the front door and
opened it. It was the police!
'Are Joshua Warnick or Adrian Hughes here?' one of the
police officers asked me.
'Yes, they are,' I said. 'Come in.'
Josh and Adi came out and spoke to the police. I went
quickly back to my room. I sat next to my door and
listened.
'Are you boys stealing things again?' one of the police
officers asked.
'Of course not,' Josh answered.
knock to hit Adi are nice guys.' But then I thought again, 'Wait a
strongly
minute. At the pub Rodney and Josh talked about doing
police men and
women who stop some work later that night. Oh, no! Josh and Adi aren't nice
people doing bad
things guys. They're stealing things from people's houses.'
steal (past stole) 'We'd like to look through your flat,' one of the police
to take something
without asking officers said.
4
'Do you have a search warrant?' Josh asked. search warrant
a paper that the
'Yes we do,' the police officer said. 'Wait here.' police need
before they can
The police went into Josh's and Adi's rooms. Then one of look for things in
someone's house
the officers came into my room. He looked under the bed,
mobile phone a
here and there, and went out again. I went after him into phone that you
can carry with
the front room. you
True False
a Chris comes from a country town. � D
b He's going to study at the u n iversity in Sydney. D D
c H e wants to l ive with his Aunty M a rj . D D
d H e fi n d s a flat i n a newspaper. D D
e lie moves i nto a flat with two stu dents. D D
f Josh and Ad i a re n ice to h im. D D
g They go out to a restaurant in the even ing. D D
h The next morn i n g the pol ice arrive at the fl at. D D
The p o l i c e ta ke Josh a n d Ad i away. D D
Chris l ives in the flat after they l eave. D D
WORD WORK
1 Unjumble the letters to write the words under the pictures.
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a KCA P B CAK b C H A BE c G R U S NI F
... . b.�c.k?�Ck ....
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d B U P e RE BE f E M IL O B NE P O H
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2 Find words from Chapter 1 in the surfboard.
GUESS WHAT
What happens in the next chapter? Tick two sentences.
7
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6/l $ 'Edwr�.r� S.t.reet
8
'Come in,' he said. He looked very carefully at my shirt.
'Do you always wear old shirts? ' he asked.
Before I could answer, he suddenly said, 'And where did
you get those dirty shoes?'
Then he smiled and said, 'Would you like some wine?'
'Do you have coke or beer?' I asked.
He left the room, and I sat and waited. There were lots of
art books and pictures in the room.
When Bruce came back, he had a bottle of wine in his
hand. He gave me some, but I didn't drink it.
'What do you think of Picasso's work?' he asked.
'Who's he?' I asked.
wine a red or
'Don't you know?' he said. He looked angry. white drink; when
you drink a lot
'What work do you do?' I asked quickly. I wanted to talk you feel happy
and sleepy
about something different.
art drawings and
'I teach art at the University of Sydney. ' pictures
9
Suddenly he looked at his watch. 'Is that the time?' he
said. He stood up and walked to the door.
'I'm sorry, Chris, but more people are coming to see my
house tonight. Don't call me. I can call you,' he said. He
opened the door and I walked out.
He didn't like me. Was it because I didn't know much
about art? Or I didn't drink wine? Or perhaps he wanted a
housemate with more expensive shoes and shirts.
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That night Mum called me on my mobile phone.
'Hello Chris. Did you find a sharehouse?'
'No, I'm staying at the backpackers' tonight again. Can I
call you tomorrow?'
I didn't want to tell Mum about Josh and Adi.
�00
The next day I saw a new ad in the uni cafe.
10
When we finished talking, I ate my breakfast. lizard a small
green animal with
Suddenly I felt something on my leg under the table. a long tail
What was it? I looked under the table. tongue the long
soft thing in your
'What the-' I cried. There, on my leg, was a big lizard. mouth
e D He fi nds one l izard u n d e r the brea kfast table a n d two on his bed.
4 We l l, d o y o u
6 Don 't b e afra i d '
w a nt t o m o v e i n ?
T hey're o n ly l iz a r d s '
12
WORD WORK
Complete the word puzzle using the definitions.
Which Australian city is the secret word?
GUESS WHAT
What happens in the next chapter? Tick the boxes.
13
(nll.pter )
A Fll.·f14 6f �ir.t� H6�.semll.tes -
14
When I arrived at the backpackers' I found three boxes
from Mum there for me. I opened them quickly, but they
were only things to eat. 'What does Mum think - there
aren't any supermarkets in Sydney?' I couldn't carry the
boxes and my backpack, so I called Fabio. 'Can you help me
move my things?' I asked.
'Yes, of course,' said Fabio.
When we arrived, I looked carefully at Lisa and Karen's
house. 'It's very dirty!' I said.
'Oh, don't worry about that,' said Fabio. 'That's Susan!'
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After only a short time I heard a noise. 'Is someone
knocking on the door?' I thought.
I went to the front door, and opened it. But there was no
one there. Then I went into the front room. Karen, Lisa,
and Fabio were there.
'Hello, Chris. We're playing music. Do you want to
listen?'
'No thanks,' I said. 'I'm going to bed.'
I went to bed, but they didn't stop playing, and I could
hear the music all night. In the end I went to sleep.
The next morning, I got up at six o'clock. Lisa was in the
kitchen before me.
'Do you want some breakfast?' she asked.
'She gets up early,' I thought.
Then she said, 'Good night, Chris,' and went to bed.
Fabio didn't come to class that day. Perhaps he went to
bed at six in the morning, too. After class I felt happy. 'I'm
not going back to the backpackers' ,' I thought.
But when I arrived in my street, I could hear the girls'
music. When I opened the front door, there was lots of
smoke in the house. 'Oh, no! It's a fire!' I thought at first.
But I was wrong. It was cigarette smoke, lots of it. I hate
cigarettes! I opened all the windows, and went to my room.
I called Aunty Marj.
'Can I come for dinner this weekend?' I asked.
<Z>00
fire this is red
and hot, and it Every day when I came home there was cigarette smoke
burns
everywhere. In the kitchen there were lots of rubbish
rubbish things
that you do not bags. And there were lots of empty wine bottles. Only I
want any more
took them out. After a week of this, I was angry. I spoke to
empty with
nothing in the girls.
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'Lisa, Karen, you girls never do any cleaning!' I said
angrily.
'Sorry, Chris. But we
can change. From
tomorrow we're going to
clean every day,' Karen
said.
'And can you play your
music in the day, take
the rubbish out, and
stop smoking all the
time?' I said.
'OK,' Lisa said.
The next evening I
didn't hear any music
when I arrived in the
street. When I opened the front door, there wasn't any
cigarette smoke. I opened the kitchen door. There were no
rubbish bags in front of me. I smiled.
<2>00
The next week was good. But then the music began at
night again, and I couldn't sleep. The cigarette smoke was
bad again. And the house was dirty again, too.
One night I felt hungry. I went into the kitchen, but the
clean to stop
cigarette smoke came in through the kitchen door. I closed something being
dirty
it. And then I saw them! There behind the door were all the
kitchen the room
rubbish bags from that week. in the house
where people
'So Lisa and Karen didn't take the bags out. They put make things to
eat
them behind the kitchen door!' I cried. The bags had lots of
maggot a little
maggots all over them. 'I can't live with maggots!' I said, fat white animal
with no legs that
and I left that night. eats rubbish
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READING CHECK
1 Correct the mistakes in the sentences.
ro.bio
a � l ays in a b a n d with Lisa a n d Kare n .
b Karen a n d Lisa's housemate, S u s a n , is going to u n iversity.
WORD WORK
1 Match the word halves in the smoke to label the pictures.
- .
."...'.JJ• -
4-- ...
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2 Complete Chris's email with words from Activity 1.
TO: mikepalmer@oz.com
FROM: chrispalmer@oz.com
SUBJECT: Hi!
H i M i kel
with two gi rls, but they were terrib lel They're in a a .. bV\D�J .. . . and they
. . .
d i rtyl The house a l ways sme l l s of smoke. One day I thought there was a
Last n i ght I fou n d l ots of r u b b i s h bags behind the kitchen door- a n d there
were g . . .. .. .
. . . . . .. . . . . a l l over them I I moved out. But now I need to fi n d a
new s h a rehouse.
Chris
GUESS WHAT
What happens in the next chapter? Tick a box.
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Saturday morning TV. But I couldn't hear anything
because just then Shan Wen came into the room with the
vacuum cleaner.
'How long are you going to be cleaning for?' I asked.
'Not long,' she said. After some time she finished. Now I
could hear the music again. But then she began cleaning
the TV, the chairs, and the table. This time I couldn't see
the TV because she was in front of it!
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'Of course you can stay. You can meet my new
housemate. We can have a barbecue.'
The next two weeks went very fast. I studied a lot, and I
went to a pub most nights with my mates. I liked Sydney.
000
I met my brother at the train station, and we walked
through the city. He loved Sydney, too. When we arrived
home, Shan Wen was there with the vacuum cleaner.
After she finished cleaning, she went and had a shower.
She had four or five showers every day.
We got the meat from the kitchen for the barbecue. Then
Mike told me about life in Wagga Wagga.
After her shower, Shan Wen came to talk to us. But she
left very quicldy. She looked ill. I went after her.
barbecue when
you cook meat on
an open fire, often 'What's the matter?' I asked.
in a park or
garden 'I don't like meat. Please take it away!' she said.
shower water
'Sorry Mike, no barbecue tonight.' I said to my brother.
comes out of this.
You stand under it Mike and I went to the local pub for dinner.
to clean your
body
000
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The next day, I said goodbye to Mike and went to dinner
with Aunty Marj.
She made me 'bangers and mash' . That's Australian for
sausages and potatoes. I love it, and she knows that. We
had a good dinner. 'Aunty Marj isn't bad,' I thought on the
bus going home.
When I arrived, Shan Wen said, 'Can I talk to you?'
'She's angry about the meat,' I thought.
She handed me a paper and said, 'From tomorrow I want
you to do these things in my house.'
I read the paper. It said:
'This isn't going to be easy,' I thought. But I didn't want potato (plural
potatoes) a
to move back to the backpackers' again. vegetable that is
white with a
'OK, Shan Wen,' I said. 'I can do all this, I think.' brown skin
'Oh . . . but perhaps . . . it's going to be difficult for you. difficult not easy
problem
Perhaps you want to find a different sharehouse?' she said.
something or
Then I understood. She didn't want me to stay. someone that
makes people feel
'Am I the problem this time?' I thought. bad
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READING CHECK
Choose the right words to finish the sentences.
weeks.'
24
WORD WORK
Replace the orange words with the words in the sausages.
a The weather is beautifu l . Let's have a dinner of meat in the garden tomorrow .
.Qg,r.Q��1l�
b I u s u a l ly go to school on the big long car for everybody.
GUESS WHAT
What happens in the next chapter? Tick the boxes.
Yes No
25
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6/ J J Fiet�l1er ·street
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The month went very quickly. Most days, after uni, I went
home to study. But I didn't do much studying. I usually ate
dinner with Sonia. After dinner we usually drank a bottle
of wine, and we tallced for a long time about everything.
non-smoker
someone who But soon I had exams.
doesn't smoke
'This week I must study a lot,' I told her.
exam a student
takes these to see 'Me, too,' she said.
how much he or
she knows But that week wasn't any different Most nights, after
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dinner and some wine, we wanted to talk. We didn't want
to study. I liked Sonia a lot! 'Perhaps she likes me, too?'
I thought.
Soon it was the last day of the first semester, June 28. It
was Sonia's birthday, too. I finished my last exam. It was
difficult, but I did OK, I think. I went to the shops to buy
Sonia a video, Life is Beautiful. Then I went home to make
her a birthday cake. When I heard her open the front
door, I sang 'Happy Birthday'.
I gave her the cake, and she looked very happy.
. After dinner and a bottle of wine, I said, 'Shall we watch semester the
time between
this video?' I gave Life is Beautiful to her. She looked at it, holidays at school
or university; in
but she didn't answer me. Australia a
semester is
'What's the matter?' I asked. 'Are you OK?' usually about four
months
'Thank you. But . . . I can't watch a video tonight. My . . .
birthday the day
my . . . boyfriend's coming home.' when someone
was born
Just then there was a knock at the door.
life what you live
I couldn't move. Sonia went and opened the door. A man cake something
that you eat on
walked in.
someone's
'Garth!' birthday, after
dinner. or with
'Sonia!' tea or coffee
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They kissed and hugged for a long time.
I went to my room. I felt angry.
'Why didn't she tell me about her boyfriend?'
I couldn't sleep. I could hear them in Sonia's room. They
talked and laughed very noisily.
The next morning I was very angry, but I didn't want to
talk to Sonia in front of Garth.
kiss to touch
lovingly with your 'I'm going to buy a newspaper,' Garth said from Sonia's
mouth
room.
hug to take
lovingly in your Then I heard the front door open and close. I ran out of
arms
my room.
marine biologist
someone who 'Why didn't you tell me about him? How long is he
studies animals
that live in the staying?' I asked very quickly.
sea
'I wanted to tell you but . . . he's a marine biologist. He
whale a very big
animal that lives studies whales. He's often away. He 's going back up north
in the sea and
looks like a fish to the Great Barrier Reef in two weeks.'
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The next two days were bad. I talked to Garth, but he
didn't answer. Sonia was very quiet, too.
I couldn't stay in the house with them.
It was the uni holidays, so I went home to Wagga
Wagga.
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I had a great time. I played with Jake, and drank beer with
my brother and my old friends. But I thought about Sonia
a lot. Soon it was time to go back to Sydney.
'Is Garth going to be there?' I thought. I opened the front
door. I couldn't hear anything. No, nobody was home.
I looked in Sonia's room. Garth's bags weren't there! I
felt happy again. I made dinner for Sonia and waited.
When she arrived home, she was happy to see me. We
talked, ate dinner, and laughed. Soon it was past twelve
o'clock at night. We were tired.
'Let's go to bed,' she said.
'OK. Goodnight,' I said.
I went to my room. Then I stopped and thought. 'Does
she want me to go to her room? No, she's got a boyfriend!'
I opened my door. Her door was open.
'Sonia,' I called, 'when is Garth coming back here?'
'In about four weeks, I think,' she answered.
'Oh no!' I thought. 'I love Sonia, but she loves Garth.
Why is life always difficult for me?'
'Goodnight, Sonia,' I said, and I went back into my room
and closed the door.
'I don't want to go back to the backpackers'!' I thought.
And then I went to sleep.
holiday a time
when you don't
work or study
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READING CHECK
Complete the gaps in the summary of this chapter.
too a n d Chris l i kes her when they meet. Chris moves in a n d he is c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . l iving
with S o n i a . H e goes to his cl asses a n d he doesn't often go out to the p u b . In the eve n i n g
talk a lot.
One eve n i ng, it's S o nia's f) . ...... . . . ....... . . C h r i s makes a cake for her a n d gives her a
to bed.
WORD WORK
1 Circle nine more words from Chapter 5 in the word square.
30
2 Match the words from the word square on page 30 with the sentences.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . and . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
GUESS WHAT
In the next chapter Chris goes to live with his Aunty Marj. What happens there?
Tick four boxes.
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I arrived. I put my bags in my room, and we had a Coke. I
didn't like Marj's house. It was an old woman's house.
There were dolls everywhere. She collected clocks, too.
They were in every room of the house. I didn't like that! We
talked all afternoon. We looked at photos of my brother and
me, from when we were children. She told me about her life
when she was young.
'I was a crazy hippy then,' she said. 'Look at this.'
She gave me an old photo. She was in long pants with
flowers on them. She was on the beach with friends, and
she had something in her hand. It was a big cigarette, I
think. This was a very different Aunty Marj for me!
Marj made me dinner, and to finish we ate some of her
apple cake. It's famous in our family, and it was great.
I slept very well in my bed at Aunty Marj's house that
night.
The next day after uni, I went to the uni pub with Fabio,
doll a small toy
and he talked about his holidays. 'I went on a surfing person that a
child plays with
holiday for ten days and I had a great time,' he said. 'I met
collect to have a
people from lots of different countries. I fell in love with number of things
of one kind
Mika, a girl from Japan. She lives in Brisbane so I want to because you are
interested in
move there.' Then I told Fabio about Sonia and her them
boyfriend, Garth. Fabio said, 'You did the right thing!' crazy thinking
differently from
That night, I got home late. Aunty Marj was in bed. I was most people
very quiet, but she heard me and came out of her room. hippy people
who lived in the
'Is she going to be angry?' I thought, but she wasn't. 1 9 60s, had long
hair, and wore
She said, 'Hi Chrissy, your dinner's on the table.' clothes with
flowers on them
'I like staying here,' I thought.
pants trousers
' Marj,' I said.
fall (past fell) in
'Yes, Chrissy?' love with to
begin to love
'Can my friends visit here sometimes?' someone
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'Of course,' she said. 'But you must do the cleaning
sometimes, too.'
'Can I drink beer?'
/\re you going to give me some, too? I love it!' she
laughed.
'Perhaps living with Marj is the best thing to do?' I
thought. 'Perhaps Aunty Marj is going to be the best
housemate for me?'
She didn't steal, I knew that. She cleaned, but not all the
time. And my friends could visit me when they wanted. We
could drink beer, and eat meat here, too. There weren't any
lizards. And Aunty Marj liked watching the cricl{et on TV,
so I could watch it with her.
I couldn't forget about the dolls, the clocks, and her
calling me 'Chrissy' all the time, but I could live with those
small things.
'Can I stay here for a long time?' I asked.
cricket a sport
that teams of
eleven men play
with a wooden
bat and a hard
red ball
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'Of course,' she said. 'It can be difficult to find good
housemates, I know.'
'Yes - very difficult! Did you live in a sharehouse when
you were younger?' I asked.
'Of course!' she said. 'At first I lived with your mum. But
then she fell in love with your dad and moved in with him.'
'Did you live with mum? What did you do?'
'I told you; we were crazy hippies. We were students at
the time, but we didn't study much.' She gave me a photo
to look at.
'And who did you live with after mum?' I asked.
'I moved into a big sharehouse with six people. But I only
stayed there for three months because the building was very
old. I couldn't have a shower or make dinner there,' she said.
'And what did you do when you left that house?' I asked.
'Then I fell in love with a young man.'
'Who? How did you meet him?' I asked quickly. So Aunty
Marj liked men when she was younger! I didn't know that.
She always said bad things about them.
'His name was Sam. He was from South Africa, and he
was beautiful.'
'Were you housemates?' I asked.
'Yes. I moved in with Sam and his mate, Bee. But soon
after I moved in, Bee moved out to Canberra. She went
there to be a school teacher. She met a nice boy in
Canberra, and they had lots of children.'
'And what happened with Sam? Did you live with him for
a long time?'
miss to want
'Well . . . we lived in Sydney for two years, but he missed
something that
his family. He wanted to go back home,' she said. you once had. but
that you don't
'So he left?' have now
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'Yes. But I wanted to be with him, so I went with him to
Durban in South Africa. I loved his family. His sister and
father and I watched the cricket every day.'
'Did you like South Africa?' I asked.
'I loved it. But I missed Sydney. I couldn't get work in
Durban, and it was very far from here, and very expensive
to come back home for holidays.'
'Did you come back to Australia alone?' I asked.
'Yes, I did. Did I do the right thing? I don't know. Sam
wanted me to stay, but . . .' she began, and then she
stopped. She didn't look very happy.
'Do you speak with Sam these days?' I asked.
'No. But after twenty-five years I love him to this day,' she
said, and she looked down.
I was quiet. What could I say?
In the end Marj spoke, 'Oh, I forgot. These are for you.'
She gave me some flowers and a letter.
'They arrived this afternoon.'
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'For me? Who are they from?'
'I don't know, Chrissy. Read the letter!'
I quickly went to my room and opened it.
I began reading.
Hi O.wis,
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READING CHECK
Match the first and second parts of the sentences.
for h i m .
T h e Northern
Territories
Brisbane
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WORD WORK
Write the words and phrases from between the boomerangs in the sentences.
dolls � h ippy
GUESS WHAT
What do you think happens to these people after the story ends? Use the phrases
below to help you.
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1 Read the ads for three sharehouses and match them with the photos.
a 1
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SHARfHOUSf wtth qreat vtews
of the sea. Two 11ni st11dents are look.inq
(or a non-smok.er to share a new flat
near the ltarbot1r. qir/ or tJW OK No
animals.
b 2
,.
A Root-\ wit!-\ oo. .Poo.IMily i\\ oo. biB
1-\ovse i\\ tl-\e '5y.:A\\ey sv.bLwbs.
Goo.v-.:Ae\\ pool to sl-\oo.vei yov.v ow\\
be.:Av-ooiM oo.\\.:A livi\\8 v-ooiM. Gv-eoo.t
.Pov E\\8\is\..\ l oo.\\8V."'-8e stv..:Ae\\ts.
c 3
,.
SYDNEY CENTRE . (juy with oLd hovtSe
if't. quie-t c.ity c.e-ft.tn strut is Loo ki�-13
for sOWt.Wf't.e- to si-win with. No
stude-vtts . SwwrLL hovtSe-, te-f't. mift.vttu
wli!Lk. from shops li!M 1-w!rbour.
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3 Amy is living in a new sharehouse.
Read her letter. Which shareho
use is it?
DeAr Eric.,
I'm livivtg Ll1- liT shlilreJ.wi-(J"e with two 3irls. They're u.m
stu.dev�ts liT� I'm hlilvivtg liT 3reAt time with them.
The jllift is i11- liT 11£-W bu.ildivtg l't.elifr the hlilrbou.r. It's five
mi�u WtiTlk. to the Wlifter liT� te11- mi�u to the shops
liT� the u.l1-iversity.
It's liT blj jllift. There liTre tkru bedrooms liT� liT blj livivtg
room. My bedroo m is the sWLiil llut, bu.t I love it butifi-(J"e you.
C.liTI1- su the hlilrbou.r from the wi�ow. There's liT JliTrdm bu.t
there isK-'t liT pool.
Lots of love
Amy
4 � : �; ::
h o
o f e
ifferent sharehouse ad. You
are living there now. Write a
letter about it
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4Q;n�JJ91:•
Read about the tour of Sydney and complete the sentences on page 43.
harbour.
up it.
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a The tour takes . . .
1 0 two hours. 2 0 a day. 3 0 a week.
2 Read about the tour again and mark the route on the map.
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3 Think of a walking tour in your hometown. Make notes about the things to see and
do on the tour in order.
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5
6
7
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4 Write a description of your tour. Use words from the table to help you organize
your description.
The tour
Where does it begin? ----------.... B e g i n with a visit to .
� N ext . . .
Where does it go next? -----•
�E---....,.� Wa l k through I a l o n g I to I i nto . . .
After that . . .
5 Draw a map of your tour and put some photos with it.
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HotAsem�tes
. ,. .. . . ..
to l i v e .
he can l i v e w i t h ?
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