UNIT 6A ANSWERS

 2.GRAMMAR:
f. 1.Seeing  2. visiting. 3. speaking. 4.to go. 5. to look for. 6. having. 7. Discovering  8. to visit
9. being. 10. seeing

GRAMMAR FOCUS 6A
a. 2. to see  3. being   4.riding.  5. to talk
b. 1.d     2. i    3. f    4. a    5. h    6. e    7. b   8. j  9. g   10. c
c. 2. speaking  3. Living/learning   4. to check   5.running   6. being  7. To avoid    8. to leave
9. Spending  10. beating

3. READING:
a. 1. Mexico, Vietnam, Russia
    2. No
    3. Mexico and Vietnam: part of nature; Russia: man-made
b. 1. T   2. F- it's extinct   3. F- the food was superb  4. T   5. F- they were moved there in 1950s from somewhere else  6. T

4. VOCABULARY:
a. Positive

b. 1. special  2. stays in your mind for a long time  3. foreign and interesting
     4.exciting and surprising  5. something you admire  6. only one  7. of every high quality
     8. very surprised  9. almost as though hit by its beauty  10. beautiful and exciting

c.  impressive    stunning     breathtaking
     remarkable    dramatic    memorable
     superb.           exotic
     astonishing     unique

VOCABULARY FOCUS 6A:

a. 1. outskirts  2. feature  3. constructions  4. setting
b. 1.b    2.d   3. c   4.a    5. f    6. e
c. 1. get  2. running  3. turned  4. stopped

PRONUNCIATION: Consonant Groups
a. They are all several consonants pronounced together.
b. approval   discussion  expensive    apply    hungry  transfer  contrast   destroy