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Unit 3  International relations

Before you watch

1 Complete the table.

I’m Chinese. I’m from Beijing. I speak Chinese.

I’m Spanish. I’m from Spain. I speak .
I’m Egyptian. I’m from Cairo. I .
I’m Brazilian. I’m from . I speak Portuguese.
I’m . I’m New York. I English.
English. London. .
Welsh. Wales. Welsh.
I’m Irish. . I speak Irish.
I’m Italian. Rome. .

2 Watch the video. Which languages from the table does the speaker
talk about?

While you watch

3 Complete the sentences about A) the people in New York, and

B) the people in London, with names in the box.

​David  ​Francesca  ​Helen  ​Juan  ​Maria  ​Michael  Paulo  ​Sofia

A New York
1 ’s grandparents aren’t from New York.
2 ’s mother is from Italy.
3 came to New York when she was a child.
4 speaks Spanish, but he isn’t from Spain.
5 ’s mother and father don’t speak much English.
B London
6 came to London when she was 17.
7 ’s parents are from Wales.
8 only speaks English.

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After you watch

4 Complete the conversations with words and phrases in the box.

Use capital letters where necessary.

he’s  ​introduce  ​is  ​meet  ​
nice  ​Portuguese  ​she’s  ​this  ​
to

1
Maria: Jack, I’d like you to (1) Francesca.
(2) my mother.
Jack: (3) to meet you, Francesca.
2
Maria:  orin, (4)
D is Paulo. (5) my father.
He speaks (6) .
Dorin: Really? That’s great. So do I.
3
Francesca: Let me (7) you to Maria, my daughter. Maria, this
(8)  Lucy.
Maria: Nice (9) meet you, Lucy.
Lucy: And you.

5 Complete the sentences with the missing apostrophes (’).

1 Marias grandparents arent from New York.
2 Francescas mother Sofia, is from Italy.
3 Francescas father Juan, is from Puerto Rico.
4 Marias father is called Paulo.
5 Hes from New York, too.
6 Michaels mother is called Helen.
7 Shes from Ireland.

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