AIMS:
1. TO LEARN SOME NEW VOCABULARY USED TO TALK
ABOUT TRAVEL, EXPLORATION AND EXTREME SPORTS
2. TO LEARN HOW TO DEAL WITH DIFFICULT WORDS IN
A TEXT
Adventure
Key Words
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ancient buildings
a scientific expedition
a polar region
a cruise
climbing
explore
a rainforest
a desert
another planet
a desert island
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famous museums
cities around the world
a volcano
sailing
skiing
diving
canoeing
parachuting
a trek
a round-the-world trip
Key Words
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ancient buildings = drevne
gradjevine
a scientific expedition = naučna
ekspedicija
a polar region = polarna
oblast
a cruise = krstarenje
climbing = penjanje,
planinarenje
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explore = istraživati
a rainforest = tropska šuma
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a desert = pustinja
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a desert island = pusto
ostrvo
famous museums = poznati
muzeji
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sailing = jedrenje
diving = ronjenje
canoeing = vožnja kanuom
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parachuting = padobranstvo
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a trek = pešačenje
a round-the-world trip = put
oko sveta
Add these words to the Key Words:
ancient buildings, a scientific expedition, a polar region,
a cruise, climbing
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Explore: a rainforest, a desert, another planet, a
desert island
Visit: famous museums, cities around the world, a
volcano
Go: sailing, skiing, diving, canoeing, parachuting
Go on: a safari, a trek, a round-the world trip
Answers:
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Explore: a rainforest, a desert, another planet, a
desert island, a polar region
Visit: famous museums, cities around the world, a
volcano, ancient buildings
Go: sailing, skiing, diving, canoeing, parachuting,
climbing
Go on: a safari, a trek, a round-the world trip,
a scientific expedition, a cruise
Dealing with difficult words
Read the sentence the word is in and decide what
kind of word it is.
 Read the paragraph the word is in and try to work
out the meaning from the context. Is the word similar
to a Serbian word?
e.g. volcano, expedition, rapid...
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The Race to the Pole
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shocked and sad = devastated (adj.)
angrily and unhappily = bitterly (adv.)
a journey organised for a special purpose = expedition
(noun)
difficult and dangerous = desperate (adj.)
a place where things are stored = depot (noun)
in a good mood = cheerful (adj.)
something you want to achieve = ambition (noun)
courage and strength = spirit (noun)
extraordinary = remarkable (adj.)
frozen fingers and toes = frostbite (noun)
Read the sentences carefully and try to work out the
meanings of the words in bold.
1. The most abundant element in the universe is hydrogen,
which makes up about 3/4 of all matter.
2. The electrons that interact with each other are valence
electrons, the ones in the outermost electron shell of an
atom.
3. Lithium, at the top of Group 1, has the highest melting point
in the group. The melting points then decrease as you go
down the group.
4. Mercury is the only metal which is liquid at room
temperature.
5. A substance that loses electrons becomes positively charged.
6. In a chemical formula, the ratio of atoms in the compound is
shown by numbers called subscripts.
7. Metallurgy is the science of extracting metals from their
ores.
8. A neutral atom becomes an ion either by losing an electron
(cation) or by gaining an electron (anion).
9. Car exhaust gases are highly toxic because of their carbon
monoxide content.
10. When plants produce carbohydrates by photosynthesis,
oxygen is released as a by-product.
Questionnaire - How Adventurous
Are YOU?
1- What would be your ideal
summer holiday?
a)
three weeks trekking through the
Amazon looking for a lost tribe
b)
going on an organised cruise
around the Mediterranean with
your mum
c)
climbing the north face of
Everest on your own and with no
oxygen
d)
going camping on a Scottish
island with a group of friends
2- What would you do if someone
offered to take you bungee
jumping off a very high bridge?
a)
go along and watch the other
people
b)
be the first to jump off the
bridge
c)
watch the other people and then
try to jump yourself
d)
turn pale and say you suffer
from vertigo
3- Which of these hobbies
would you most like to
take up?
a)
stamp collecting
b)
bull-fighting
c)
snowrafting
d)
gardening
4- If you saw some tasty-looking red
and white mushrooms in the
woods in the autumn, what would
you do?
a)
go home and make a big omelette
for your family and yourself
b)
take one of them to the science
teacher at school to find out what
they are
c)
get a book out of the library and
make sure they are safe to eat
d)
give one of the mushrooms to your
dog to see if he/she eats it
5- If you had the opportunity to
travel around the States for
four weeks how would you
prefer to go?
a)
b)
c)
d)
in a rented car with a group
of your friends
hitch-hiking and getting
buses on your own
travelling around by
aeroplane with your family
going on an organised
coach trip with your
grandmother
6- What would you do if you
discovered a deep cave
when out walking on your
own?
a)
b)
c)
d)
tell your friends about it
when you got back home
tell the local natural history
society about the cave
go into the cave as far as
possible even though you
can’t see very well
go back home and get a
torch and rope to explore
the cave properly
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1- a - 3 points b - 0 points c - 5 points d - 1 point
2- a - 0 points b - 5 points c - 3 points d - 0 points
3- a - 0 points b - 5 points c - 3 points d - 0 points
4- a - 0 points b - 3 points c - 3 points d - 0 points
5- a - 2 points b - 5 points c - 1 point d - 0 points
6- a - 0 points b - 0 points c - 3points d - 5 points
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25-28 points – you are very adventurous, but a bit
crazy!
17-24 points – you are an adventurous person
10 -16 points – you are not very adventurous
under 9 points – you are not at all adventurous!