Unit 6. The Physical World

Stuart Redman. English Vocabulary In Use. Pre-Int and Int. Fourth Edition.

Vocabulary

to be covered in/with smth
in the world
on earth
a country of contrasts

Notes

El Azizia in Libya is the hottest place in the world, where temperatures of over3 57 °C (57 degrees Celsius) have been recorded.

The coldest place on earth is probably Vostok in Antarctica, which reached a temperature of minus 89 °C.

The Krubera-Voronja Cave near the Black Sea coast in Georgia, is the deepest cave in the world. It is over 2000 metres deep.

The Beijing–Hangzhou Grand Canal is the longest canal in the world. It is 1,794 kilometres long.

The highest waterfall in the world is the Angel Falls in Venezuela. It is 979 metres high.

Exercises

Ex. 6.1
1. in the north
2. in the north-west
3. in the south-west
4. in the north-east
5. in the north
6. in the north-east
7. in the south

Ex. 6.2
1. surface
2. the coldest place
3. the hottest place
4. cave
5. canal
6. waterfall
7. river
8. ocean
9. planet

Ex. 6.3
1. world
2. covered
3. regions
4. contrasts
5. covers
6. landscapes
7. temperature
8. consists
9. Earth
10. climate
11. distance... distance
12. minus... degrees

Ex. 6.4
1. The lowest temperature was -32,2 degrees Celsius and the highest temperature was 42 degrees Celsius
2. Yes, I do like the climate of my region.
3. Of course, Russia is a huge country. There are a lot of different landscapes.
4. Of cours, there are The Volga-Baltic Way, Kungur Ice Cave, Turmeric. They're famous canals, caves and waterfalls.
5. It's really hot in the summer, but it's not much cold in winter. February is the coldest month. Spring and autumn are the most pleasant seasons.
6. It's has no distance. We have Donetsk-Makeevka aglomiration.

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