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8c Visiting Oceania

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A. Match the opposites. Then listen A. Below is an extract from Russell’s
and check your answers.
diary. Listen, read and tick (4) the
topics that are mentioned.
people weather
animals sports
a large class an old bridge history sights

My Trip to

‘Aotearoa’
a fast car a cheap car
(the Maori name for New Zealand)

Day 1: I arrived in Auckland.
It’s not the capital city (that’s
Wellington!), but it’s larger than
a high bridge a noisy class the capital. I stayed at Uncle Dave’s

house. Aunt Norma is Maori. The
Maori are the native people of New
Zealand. My aunt welcomed me

with a ‘hongi’ (nose rubbing).
an expensive car a small class
Day 2: I went to a farm outside
the city. There were about 14,000

sheep there! There are more sheep
than people in New Zealand. The
a new bridge a slow car population of New Zealand is over
4 million, but there are about 30
million sheep!

a quiet class a low bridge

B. Look at the numbers in the box. Listen and repeat.

265 two hundred and sixty-five

3,789 three thousand, seven hundred
and eighty-nine

2,000,000 two million

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