8 DVD EXTRA
INTERMEDIATE UNIT 8 4 Complete the sentences with the words in the box.
bind customs isolated remote survive tribe
1 Parts of the crashed plane were later found in a
part of the desert.
2 It will be a very difficult race, but it will
the people together who take
part in it.
3 When you move to a different country, it can take
time to get used to the different .
4 We had a great holiday, we stayed in an
cottage in the mountains.
Very peaceful!
5 The oldest member of the is
seventy-two.
6 You can’t for very long without
access to fresh water.
1A Imagine you are going to live on an island in the
middle of the ocean for a year. You can take three 5 Work in groups. Discuss the questions.
of the following things. What would you take? 1 Do you like visiting quiet places on holiday or do
you prefer busy places?
a book a song a film a personal object
2 What are the advantages and disadvantages of
a gadget a type of food
living somewhere as isolated as Anuta?
3 What’s the most isolated place you’ve ever visited?
B Share your ideas with other students. Did anyone
else choose the same things? 6A Choose one of the places below and find out as
much as you can about it. Use questions 1–5 to
2 Watch the DVD. Tick the things Bruce Parry does. help you.
1 dance • Siberia
2 shake hands with people • Patagonia
3 smile • Easter Island
4 sing a song • the Gobi Desert
5 eat some traditional food • Alaska
6 enter a house on his knees • Mongolia
7 give someone a ‘nose kiss’
1 How big is its population?
8 give someone a gi
2 What is the climate like?
9 go fishing
3 What language do people speak there?
10 go hunting
4 What food do they eat?
3A Decide if the sentences are true (T) or false (F). 5 What is the religion there?
1 Bruce thinks that the best way to experience a
B Work in groups. Ask and answer questions about
culture is to read about it.
the place you chose.
2 It took him four days to reach the island.
A: I chose Easter Island.
3 The sea is very shallow close to the island. B: Where is it?
4 Anuta is one of the Solomon Islands. A: It’s in the Pacific Ocean. It’s Chilean.
5 People speak French there.
6 Bruce only has to shake hands with the
village elder.
7 A ‘nose kiss’ is a Polynesian greeting.
8 During a fish drive, the people force fish into an
area of the sea.
9 The wall is to keep people out of the sea.
10 A boy eats a live fish at the end.
B Watch the DVD again to check.
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