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7c Vocabulary

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mountain

rainforest

lake

river
island
Over to you...

Mention any examples
of these geographical
sea/ocean features you know of.
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A Read the interview quickly and match the questions TIP! Read the text quickly to
a-d with the paragraphs 1-3. There is one extra question. understand the main idea.
Then listen and check your answers.

a. What was the best part of the holiday? c. When did you visit the National Park?
b. Did you see any strange plants in d. Did you and your family enjoy your trip to
Madagascar?
Madagascar? © MM Publications
A trip to

Penny Smith and her family
won a two-week holiday in
Madagascar, the island country
in the Indian Ocean, near
southeast Africa.

1
Y e s , w e did. When w e irs t ar ri v ed, w e s ta y ed at a hot el in
Yes, we did. When we irst arrived, we stayed at a hotel in
the capital city, Antananarivo. We travelled to other places,
the c apital cit y , Antananari v o . W e tr a v elled t o other plac e s ,
oo
. W
s of mountains
y
, and w
w lot
e also spent one da
e
sa
t too. We saw lots of mountains, and we also spent one day
in the Madagascan rainforest. There were lots of lemurs!
in the Madagascan rainforest. There were lots of lemurs!
Madagascar is something else!
2
It was when we went to the Tsingy de Bemaraha National
It was when we went to the Tsingy de Bemaraha National
It w as when w e w ent t o the T singy de B emar aha National
Park. There’s an amazing forest there, the Grand Tsingy.
Park. There’s an amazing forest there, the Grand Tsingy.
This forest doesn’t have trees. It has sharp, tall rocks, and
This forest doesn’t have trees. It has sharp, tall rocks, and
’t
people w
e bec
ause
’t
e bec
ause
go hiking ther
go hiking ther
e didn
people walk on them! We didn’t go hiking there because
people w
alk on them!
alk on them!
people walk on them! We didn’t go hiking there because
W
e didn
W
ent hiking in
w
’
s
v
it’s very dangerous. We found a guide and went hiking in
it
it’s very dangerous. We found a guide and went hiking in
ound a guide and
e f
. W
er
y danger
ous
the Petit Tsingy. We came back so tired!
the Petit Tsingy. We came back so tired!
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