Unit 1: Nice to meet you!
Asking questions
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- 1 Nice to meet you!
- 2 What to wear
- 3 Like this, like that
- 4 The daily grind
- 5 Christmas every day
- 6 Great achievers
- 7 The Titanic
- 8 Travel
- 9 The big wedding
- 10 Sunny's job hunt
- 11 The bucket list
- 12 Moving and migration
- 13 Welcome to BBC Broadcasting House
- 14 New Year, New Project
- 15 From Handel to Hendrix
- 16 What's the weather like?
- 17 The Digital Revolution
- 18 A detective story
- 19 A place to live
- 20 The Cult of Celebrity
- 21 Welcome to your new job
- 22 Beyond the planets
- 23 Great expectations!
- 24 Eco-tourism
- 25 Moving house
- 26 It must be love
- 27 Job hunting success... and failure
- 28 Speeding into the future
- 29 Lost arts
- 30 Tales of survival
Session 5
Enjoy our new drama, 'The Race' and test your knowledge with our weekly quiz
In episode 1 of our new drama you can meet the main character Phil. His life is about to get a lot more exciting! After that, test your skills in our weekly quiz.
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Activity 4
The Race: Video diary
Episode 1
Say hello to Phil – he is not the most experienced sailor in the world!
You can follow his trip by watching his video diaries. Today, he describes the things he needs for his journey...
Watch the video
Phil
One, two. One, two. Is this working? Good.
Hi. I'm Phil. I'm about to sail around the world for the first time in my life. Crazy isn't it?
Now, what's even crazier I have been set the challenge to do it in 80 days. Eight, zero! I've been thinking about some of things I need to take, let me show you.
I have a map. And a compass – north, east, west and south – that's where we're going, south. I also have a satnav. And some food too: non-perishable of course. And some drinking water – very useful! There's plenty of water in the sea but you can't drink it really. Nice and wet.
Speaking of wet, I also have a waterproof jacket. I don't want to get too wet, do I? And, last but not least I have a captain's hat. How do I look?
Now, what other things do you think I might need for such an epic adventure? OK, it's time to set sail. See you later.
Vocabulary: Objects for the trip
map
a plan of an area that shows the positions of things
compass
a piece of equipment for finding which way to go
satnav
a short way to say satellite navigation: Technology that shows you where you are and gives directions
drinking water
water that is safe to drink
waterproof jacket
a coat that keeps you dry
captain's hat
a special hat that only the captain of a ship wears
Next
So, what have you learnt in this Unit? Find out now by testing yourself with our weekly quiz.
Session Vocabulary
map
a plan of an area that shows the positions of thingscompass
a piece of equipment for finding which way to gosatnav
a short way to say satellite navigation: Technology that shows you where you are and gives directionsdrinking water
water that is safe to drinkwaterproof jacket
a coat that keeps you drycaptain's hat
a special hat that only the captain of a ship wears