2 b vi There are plenty of good 5 sports centre 3 Make yourself at home restaurants in the town, especially if you 6 terraced houses 4 Be my guest like French food. 7 traffic lights 5 Have a seat 3 f iii I don’t know much about this city, 8 car park 6 Put your feet up but I like the architecture. 9 supermarket B 4 a v All of us love this place because it’s 10 gift shop A2 B5 C1 D3 E4 F6 so friendly. 11 outdoor market 5 g vii If you have enough time, go to the 12 industrial estate 2 1a 2b 3a 4b 5b 6b 7a 8b 9b museum – it’s great. 13 high street 10 a 6 c viii There are too many cars in most big 14 shopping centre cities – I hate traffic! 3 7 e i I’ve got lots of friends in this 8.2 1 It’s no problem. community. 1 2 Not at all. 8 h ii I spent a bit of time in Poland when I 2 j 3 f 4 k 5 b 6 l 7 i 8 e 9 h 10 c 3 That’s all right. was younger. 11 d 12 g 4 It’s fine. 5 It’s nothing. 4 2 6 You really don’t have to. 3 but 4 of 5 6 7 8 to (money) 3a 4b 5b 6a 7b 8a 7 We can sort it out. 9 small 10 11 a (five hours) 12 more 3 13 14 all 15 16 17 a 1 clothing that 5A 2 place where UNIT 9 1 Elise’s neighbours are her parents and 3 person who her brother’s family. Marc’s neighbours 4 name that 9.1 are ‘a couple of cows’ / a farmer. 5 which has 1A 2 Elise likes this situation because they 6 thing that 1 revolution ‘help each other’. Marc likes the 7 who behaves 2 turning point situation because they ‘just love the 8 a place 3 development peace and quiet’. 4 4 spread 3 Elise sees her neighbours every day. 1a 2a 3b 4a 5b 5 advance They work together and they all eat 6 movement together once or twice a week. Marc 5A 7 invention A CouchSurfer is a traveller who arranges never sees his neighbours, apart from 8 foundation to stay on a stranger’s couch. the cows. 9 discovery 4 Elise has lived there all her life. Marc B 10 progress has lived there for ten years. 1 He had nowhere to sleep. 2 He wrote to 1,500 students in Reykjavik, T U R N I N G P O I N T B and he had dozens of replies inviting him D A E B P R O G R E S S 1 perfect 2 family 3 eleven 4 Sunday E C V D E R I O M E I P to stay. 5 normal 6 husband 7 ten 8 Paris V F O U N D A T I O N T 3 The website says CouchSurfing focuses on 9 transport 10 farmhouse 11 online E E L U F C S S G J V E cross-cultural sharing. 12 first L S U A V U A P L I E D 4 1 You type the name of the city. 2 You look C at the profiles of people there and choose O W T V A P D R A G N E P D I S C O V E R Y T X 1a 2b 3b 4b 5b 6a someone. 3 You contact them to see if M E O R E K A A E I I H 6A they are free. 4 They may ask you to meet E D N I U F N D O E O O 2 high street for a coffee first before inviting you to N C I N T I C F R S N E 3 housing estate their home. T M O V E M E N T C L F 4 sports centre 5 You can read what other CouchSurfers say about this person, and there is also a B 5 industrial estate 1 discovery 6 car park system of ‘vouching’, in which other people 2 spread 7 supermarket promise that your host has a good 3 development 8 language school character. 4 progress 9 shopping centre C 5 advances 10 one-way street 1e 2c 3b 4a 5d 6 movement 11 terraced houses 12 outdoor market 6A 7 revolution 1 feature 2 like 3 would 4 best 8 invention 13 gift shop 14 primary school B 2 1 B 2A 3 D 4 C 1c 2c 3b 4a 5b 6c 7a 8a 7 1 housing estate 8.3 3 2 language school 2 If Archduke Ferdinand hadn’t been 3 primary school 1A assassinated, World War I wouldn’t have 1 Help yourself started.