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 Activities 1

What's the book about?

1 Look at the picture on the front of this book. Which country is this
story about? How do you know?

I Italy Japan Mexico England Brazil Russia I

2 What do you know about the Amazon? Which of these words are
going to be in this book? Write .I or >C.

shop

village dark

cold

Indian taxi

green

train

- What happens first?

Look at the pictures on pages 1 and 2, and the words in italics. What do
you think? Which is the right word?

1 The two young men are friends I brothers.

2 They are English I American.
3 They race motorcycles I cars.
4 They are going to race across a rver Ijungle.
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 Amazon Rally

C ook, Brian! Those are our motorcycles!' David says.

L David and Brian are at Heathrow Airport in London. They
are motorcycle racers from Enfield, a small town in England.
They usually race in England,
and in European countries, but
this time they are going to Brazil.
Racers from many countries are
going there, roo. They are all going
to race across the Amazon jungle.
Brian is reading a newspaper.

motorcycle /'m1101;i,sa1k11l/ (n) I am going to go to France on the back of my friend's

motorcycle.
race /re1,/ (v/n) Twenty people raced down the street and I arriVt!d first.
jungle /1d3A1J9111/ (n) It rains every day in the jungle.
 'Listen to this, David!' he says. 'There's a problem in the Amazon.
The Indians are very angry because miners are going into the jungle.
The miners are caking their homes.'
Bur David isn't listening to Brian. 'The race is going to be good,'
he says.
'Yes ... and difficuJt, David.'
Two days Later, the racers are in Brasilia. Brian and David are there,
too. A lot of people come and watch. It is a beautiful, sunny morning.
There is a lot of noise. People are talking to the racers.
Photographers are taking pictures.

miner /'mam:>/ {n) Her brothers are miners and they never see the sun.

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 Amazon It-lily

'The race is going to start,' a young man

says. 'Listen.'
'Good morning!' a man says. This is the
start of the Amazon Rally. Forty-two people
are going to race from here to Manaus.'
'Are you OK, Brian?' David asks . .

'No,' Brian answers. 'I've got a problem. Look! Oil is leaking from
the engine of my motorcycle.'
'Where's that glue for oil leaks?' Brian asks.

rally /'rreli/ (n} People in the rally drive across the Sahara for days.
oil /orl/ (n) Can you put some oil in the car, please?
leak ni:k/ (v/n) Why is there water on the floor? What is leaking?
engine /'end31n/ (n) There is a problem with the engine in my cdr.
glue /glu1/ (n) The children are making hats from newspaper. Have you got any glue?

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 The racers are purring on their helmets.
'Here, try chis,' David says. He gives Brian some glue Brian puts .

some glue on his engine, but it comes our very slowly.

'Quickly, Brian! The race is going co scare,' David says.
But oil is leaking from Brian's engine.
'Quickly!' David says again.
The oil scops. Brian puts on his
helmet and gees on his mocorcycle.

helmet /'helmn/ (n) We are going Into town on our bicycles. Where are the helmets?

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 Amazon Rally

The engines of the motorcycles make a lot of noise.

'The race is starring,' David says.
'Let's go!' Brian says.
The Amazon Rally stares!
The first day is OK. The roads are good. The racers see many small
towns and villages. People stand near the road and watch them.

village /'v1ltd3' (n) We live in a small village near a big town.

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 On the second day, che roads are nor very good. Two lcalians,
Luigi and Enrico, are in first and second place.
On the third day, the racers are in the jungle. The roads are very
bad. The Brazilians are in first and second place now. Then come
Luigi and Enrico. David and Brian are behind the cwo ltalians.
The race always scops lace in the afternoon.
'Those Brazilians are very good, and they know the road,' Brian
says chat evening.
'The Brazilians aren't a problem. The rain is our big problem.
Look!' David answers.

secondJ'�ckand/ The first film was good, but I didn't like the second film.
third 19:l:dt The third bedroom on this floor is very small

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Day4
This is our second day in the jungle.

A difficult day! The rain never stops and

the road is very bad. There are trees across

the roads. Sometimes we can't stay on our

motorcycles.

I am first in the race now, and David is

second. The two Italians are behind us. We are

happy about that.

\
It is seven o'clock now and it is very dark.

The days are very hot in the jungle, but the

nights are beautiful.

David is in bed. I am going to bed, too.

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 Activities 2

mll Were you right?

Look again at Activity 1.2 on page ii. Are your answers right? Then put
these words in the sentences.

Brian and 1 .. . .
.. �0.Y.i.9.. .. . are from England. They are in
. 2 . • ... .... ....
..

for a motorcycle 3 .••.• .. . ....

.. ... • Before rhe race, Brian has a
.
c
4 ............... . rrorn L: engme. D avJ'd
LuS gives h'tm some 5 .. ...............
•

The race goes from Brasilia co 6 and takes them

. •• .• ....... ••••••

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. . .
L l
across ULe . . .. .. .. . . ... . Ic 1s very 8 .................... nere
� rn the everung
and the days are very 9 •• . . .• ... .. •••. . .. .. •

llEB What more did you learn?

Finish the sentences with words on the right.

1 Forty-two people ........ . A many small towns and

..
. \
.
.
.

2 The racers see villages.

3 On the second day

l,
B make a lot of noise.
4 The roads C two Italians are in front of
5 The engines of the the Englishmen.
..
motorcycles D are going to race.
·· ·
·· ········ ··
··

E are not very good.

1 The Brazilians A the days are very hot.

2 Rain B know the road.

3 Luigi and Enrico c is a big problem.
4 In the jungle D at seven o'clock.

s It is very dark E are Italians.

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Language in use 'Forty-two people are
Look at the sentence on the right. Then going to race from here
put the right word in the sentences. to Manaus.'
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in on from near across to

1 David and Brian are . ..fr�. Enfield.

2 They u�ually race England.

3 They are going to race the jungle.

4 In Brasilia, people talk the racers.

5 Oil is leaking .. . . Brian's engine.

6 Brian puts some glue the leak.

7 People stand .... .... .

. .. . .. the road and watch the racers.

8 The roads are bad. There are trees ................ the roads.

9 It is their second day the jungle.

1O Brian writes about his day Then he goes . bed .

What's next?
What problems are Brian and David going to have in the race? What do
you think? Talk to your friends and write answers here.

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 !

The race starts very early on the third day in the jungle.
In the afternoon Brian and David stop. The jungle is very
beautiful, but they aren't looking at it. They are looking for rhe town
of Una-Una.
'Where are we now?' Brian asks.
'I don't know.'
'Is this the road to Una-Una?'
'I don't know,' David says again.
'Where are the racers?' Brian asks.
'Can you hear chem?'
They srop their engines and listen. 1
The jungle is quiet. Then they hear J
a noise.
'Listen, David!' Brian says.
'What is it?' David asks.
'le isn't a motorcycle,' Brian
answers.

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Suddenly they see some men. They are walking ro Brian and David.
'Look at those men, David!' Brian says.
'Who are they?' David asks.
'They aren't racers, David. They're ... Indians!'
The Indians come and talk to Brian and David.
Bur the C\yo young men can't understand them.
'These Indians are very angry, Brian. Bue why?'
'I don't know. I can't understand chem.'
'We've got a problem, Brian,' David says.
The Indians cake rhe rwo young men ro
an Indian village. A woman with blue eyes
comes and talks to Brian and David.
Her name's Astrid and she's German.
She lives in the jungle because she's
working there wirh the Indians.
'Who are you?' the woman asks.
Tm Brian, and this is my 1

friend David.'

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 'Why are rhe Indians angry?' David asks.
'Are you miners? The miners wam this place. Sometimes they
come here and they kill the Indians,' Astrid says.
'We aren't miners. We're mororcycle racers,' David says. 'We want
to go co Una-Una.'
Astrid talks ro Maoni, the Indian chief. Maoni listens and talks ro
his men. They aren'r angry now.
'The miners are coming to the village,' Astrid says. 'Chief Maoni
knows that. They're going to kill his men.'
'Let's get the police, Astrid,' Brian says.
'How? There's no time.'
'l can go to Una-Una. There's a police station there,' Brian says.
'But you don't know the road to Una-Una,' David says.
Astrid and Chief Maoni talk again.
'Camak is going ro go to Una-Una with you romorrow. He's Chief
Maoni's son, and he knows the road,' Astrid says.

kill /k11/ (v} The animals killed two people because they had no food.
chief /!fi:f/ (n} We talked to the chief about his people's problems.

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At seven o' dock in the morning, Brian and Caruak get on

Brian's motorcycle. Camak isn't very happy. He doesn't know about
motorcycles.
The Indians watch them. Brian st�rrs the engine, and Camak gets
off the mororcycle quickly. The Indians run co the trees.
Astrid talks ro Caruak. Then he
gets on the motorcycle again. The
Indians watch from the trees.
Brian starts the engine again.
'Go!' David says.
Brian and Caruak rake the road
to Una-Una.
It is difficulc in the jungle. Bur
Brian is a good racer and Caruak
knows the road. He knows every
river and tree in the jungle.

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Activities 3

Were you right?

I
Look again at your answers to Activity 2.4. Then finish these sentences.

1 Brian and David look for the road to Una-Una, but they

2 Some Indians talk to them, but Brian and David

3 Brian and David aren't miners, but the Indians

4 The miners are coming to the village and they

5 Brian and David want to get the police, but they

What more did you Learn?

What comes first? Write the numbers, 1-5.

8 A Brian and David stop in the jungle.

Q B They hear about the Indians' problems.

0 C They meet a German woman.

Q D Some Indians take Brian and David to their village.

Q E Brian and Caruak go to Una-Una.

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language in use
They are looking for
Look at the sentence on the right. Then
the town of Una-Una.
write sentences about the pictures.

Astrid ' I" Chief M aoni Brian

(talk) to Brian and
David. (smile) at Astrid. (start) his motorcycle.

Caruak An Indian Caruak

(sit)
(watch) Brian. (run) to the trees. on the motorcycle.

What's next?
What do you think? Circle the right answer.

1 Brian is going to have a problem with . . . .

a his helmet b his engine c the police
2 Caruak is going to stop the oil leak with ... .
a a fruit b glue c water
3 The police are going to go to ....
a Manaus b Brasilia c the Indian village
4 The Indian chief is going to give ... to Brian and David.
a knives b Indian names c hats
5 Brian and David are going to arrive in Manaus ... Enrico and Luigi.
a before b after c with
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 Early in the afternoon, they come
ro a big river. Brian looks in l"lis road
book. They are near Una-Una now.
Then Brian looks at the engine.
'Oh, no! Oil is leaking from the
engine again!' he thinks. He stops
rhe motorcycle.
'I haven't got any glue? Where's
David's glue?' he thinks. 'This time
I've got a big problem!'
Caruak looks at the oil. Then he
walks to a tree and rakes a green fruit. He puts t he fruit on t:he hot
engine. The leak stops.
'That's very good,' Brian says. 'Thank you, Caruak. Let's go.'
They start: to drive again. The oil often leaks from the engine, but
Caruak stops it with the green fruit every rime. They arrive in Una­
Una in rhe evening.
They meet Captain Silva at the police station, and Brian ralks to
him.

captain /'krept<m/ (n) I can see ten footballers, but where is the captain?

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'The miners are coming, Captain. They're going to kill the

Indians,' Brian says.
'You're right, young man. We don't have much time!' Captain Silva
talks co a policeman. 'Lee's go co the Indian village. I want cwency
men. Quickly!'
They ge� co the Indian village lace in the afternoon.
'Lee's wait for the miners,' Captain Silva says. 'Go behind the rrees.'
Ir's night again. They are all waiting for the miners.
'Look!' Captain Silva says. 'They're coming.'
The miners are coming from the jungle. They're moving very
quietly. There are a lot of miners in the village now. They are
looking for the Indians.
The village is quiet.
Then Captain Silva says, 'This is Captain Silva. Don't move!'
The miners run, and the Indians run, coo. They make a loc of noise.
Two miners find David and catch him.
'They're going co kill me,' David chinks.

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 But then rwo policemen run to him. 'Stop!' they say. 'We're
policemen.'
In the morning, Chief Maoni and his people are very happy. A lot
of Indians are dancing.
Chief Maoni has rwo beautiful necl<laces in his hands. He smiles
and gives a red necklace to David.
'Jaguari,' he says.
'He's giving you an Indian name,' Ascrid says. 'jaguari is a small
Jaguar. '
.

Then Chief Maoni gives a black necklace to Brian.

"
( iv.i.
""anaue, ' he says.
'Quick runner,' Astrid says.
Brian gives his helmet to Caruak.
'Champion,' he says.
They all smile.

necklace i'nekl;l,/ (n) That is a beautiful necklace! Was it expensive?

jaguar /'d3a;yju;if (n) Jaguars live near the river, but we never see them.
champion f'tf:cmpi;in/ (n) He always arrives first. He is the championI

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Captain Silva rakes Brian and David

to Manaus. The racers are there.
There are photographers, too.
They are taking picrures of the
champions - Luigi and Enrico, the
rwo Iralians,
'Brian? David? Hello!' Enrico says.
'Look We're rhe champions,'
Luigi says.
'Congratulations!' Brian and
David say.
'Are you OK?' Enrico asks.
'Now we are,' Brian says.
Brian and David ralk to Enrico and Luigi about rhe Indians and
che miners .

'You're champions, coo,' Luigi says.

'Yes, they're champions of a very important race,' Cap t ain Silva says.
Brian and David look at their Indian necklaces.
'Congratulations, Manaue!' David says to his friend.
'Congrarularions, Jaguari!' Brian says.

congratulations /l..;m,gm:1fu'lc1J:mz/ You are eighty years old today? Congratulations!

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- Work with a friend.
�tudent I A: You are Brian. You are at the police station with Caruak. Talk to
Captain Silva about the problem at the village.

\Student IB: You are Captain Silva. Listen to Brian. Ask questions. What are
you going to do?

- Work with three friends.

fstudents a d I
A n B: You are Enrico and Luigi. Talk to Brian and [Link]
them about the race and their problems.

�udents and D:\

C You are Brian and David. Give Enrico and Luigi your
congratulations. Answer their questions.

Write about it _______;______ ______ ____

_ ___..

You are Brian. Write about Day 5 of the race. Put these words in the
sentences.
interesting hot champions �
miners

necklaces Manaus beautiful �

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\ Day 5
We are in
2
1 . . ...
now. It is a
town on the river,
but it is
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....

very J
Enrico and Luigi are the
4 .. . . . .
of the . ····· ..

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very s
for
them. But David and
I are happy for
. Chief Maoni
and his people 6
. The
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didn't kill them. And
now w e
can g o back t o Englan
d with our
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and our new Indian
names We
had a very 9 ········· ·
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.
.. .. time in Brazf
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 The Amazon

0 What do you know about the Amazon? Work with two or three
students and find the answers to these questions. look at books or the
Internet.

a How long is the Amazon River?

b Which countries does the Amazon River run across?

c Name three important towns on the Amazon River.

d Which of these animals live in or near the Amazon?

e How many Indians live in the Amazon jungle?

f What problems are there for the people and animals in the jungle?

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 Project The Amazon

Q Talk to your friends about their answers. What can they teach you
about the Amazon? Write here.

�o+es

Now write about the Amazon River and the Amazon jungle.

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 British English
Original
Bnan an d David are on a motorcycle rally in the Amazon

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jungle. It is a dirficult race. The roads are not very good
and there 1s a lot of ram. But those are not the only
problems 1n the 1ungle

Level 2
level 3 1200 headwords Pre-intermediate
level 4 1700 headwords Intermediate

Cover illustratJon by Jeslis Alonso

ISBN 978-1-4058-5199-2
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