UNIT 3

What do you know about historical cities?

Have you ever visited Diamantina?

What do you think we can do in Diamantina?

Diamantina is a traditional city of Minas Gerais state, developed because of diamond exploration in the 18th century. The diamonds, found in the area when the colonizers were searching for gold, are the symbol of this city that is also famous for its ancient constructions and live culture.

In order to value the local culture and the tourism potential of Diamantina city, the community association Diamantina Sempre Viva created and developed the event “No Jeito de Ser de Seu Povo 2004” (Our People’s Way of Life 2004). The event promoted the cultural appreciation of the city, rescuing traditional popular manifestations and stimulating the local art craft, with the use of local resources as coconut shells and gold. The event also promoted local environmental conservation, stimulating the creation of ecotourism opportunities and carrying out environmental education. It contemplated people of all ages, entertaining and enchanting through different forms of cultural expressions as cinema, arts expositions, theater, music, gastronomy, religious celebrations, and handicrafts.

The efforts of the association Diamantina Sempre Viva resulted in the development of different local quality products of tourism interest: unique handicrafts of coconut and gold; “Cinema em Praça Pública” (Cinema in Public Square); “Tropeiragem”, which incentives handicraft production and gastronomy; “Lendas em Movimento” (Legends in Movement) for the appreciation of immaterial cultural heritage; “Serestar” for the appreciation of traditional music and musicians; “Caminho de Todos os Santos”, for the appreciation of religious traditions; “Missa Gregoriana” valuing traditional Gregorian songs; “Ecotourism” for the promotion of environmental education and creation of new ecotourism opportunities; “Banquete da Chica” to value the historic woman Chica da Silva, historic costumes and the regional gastronomy.

1. Ancient: Of great age; very old.

2. Environmental: Relating to or being concerned with the ecological impact of

altering the environment.

3. Enchanting: Having the power to enchant; To attract and delight; entrance.

4. Handicrafts: a skilled activity in which something is made in a traditional way

with the hands rather than being produced by machines in a factory, or an object

made by such an activity

5. Efforts: exertion of physical or mental power; something done by exertion or

hard work; struggle, striving.

6. Development: evolution, progress.

7. Heritage: relating to things of historic or cultural value that are worthy of

preservation; inheritance, legacy, tradition.

Match the expressions with their meaning:

Turn left siga em frente

Turn right continue

Straight ahead vire à direita

Continue vire à esquerda

Fill in the words below correctly. (Use the map for orientation.) continue, end, excuse, get, left (2x), next, opposite, right, second, straight on, thank, turn, welcome

1. _________me, how do I _________to the cinema?

2. Go _________.

3. Turn _________at the corner.

4. Then take the _________road on your _________.

5. _________to the _________of the road.

6. _________left there.

7. The cinema is on your _________, _________the castle.

8. _________you very much.

9. You're _________.

Chica da Silva’s House –

Adress: Pça. Lobo de Mesquita, 266, Diamantina.

Open on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday

and Sunday.

You can visit it from 9 am until noon.

Suppose you are in Diamantina city and wants to visit Chica da Silva´s House. Follow

the map and listen the CD to go there! Now answer: What number is Chica da Silva´s

house? __________.

You can access www.googlemaps.com.br and look for Chica da Silva’s house.

Then it can help you to get there!

Here we have a picture of what could be Chica da Silva´s house.

Chica da Silva lived in the 18th century and the houses were quite different from now. Take a look at the pictures below and check. Now, try to solve the crossword based on the pictures.

In pairs, ask and answer the questions with is there or are there and there is or there are. Now, you have to think about your house.

In your house

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1 How many bedrooms____________? ________________________________.

2 How many bathrooms___________? _________________________________.

3 ____________ a study? ___________________________________.

4 ____________ a garden? __________________________________.

5 ____________ a garage? __________________________________.

In your bedroom

6 ____________ a TV? _____________________________________.

7 ____________ any pictures on the wall? ___________________________.

8 ____________ any plants?_______________________________.

9 ____________ a mirror? ________________________________.

10 ___________ a computer? _____________________________.

In Diamantina city we can also practice some sports. For this, we need to learn about some sports, and then we can talk about those that are practised there.

Do you know these sports? Put the number at the right picture and

mark the ones that we can practise in Diamantina:

1-soccer 2-surf

3-basketball

4-tennis

5-hike

6-climbing

7-footbal

8-volleyball

Write under the pictures what the person can or can’t do.

For example:

Peter can’t swim.

John _______________________

Josh_____________________

Anna and Mary _______________________.

Goofy _________________________.

Carlos ______________________.

Fill the gaps with one of the prepositions, or particles, shown below. Discuss your choice of answers with another student. Listen to the song to check your answers.

THIS LOVE(Maroon 5)

<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPpTgCho5ZA> I was so high I did not recognize

The fire burning_________her eyes, (Nor) The chaos that controlled my mind.

(She) Whispered 'goodbye' and she got________a plane; Never _________return again, But always________my heart

<>()<> This love has taken its toll _________me;

She said 'goodbye' too many times_________ And her heart is breaking________front_________me.

I have no choice 'cause I Won't say 'goodbye' anymore.

<>()<>

I tried my best_________feed her appetite, Keep her coming every night.

(It was) So hard__________keep her satisfied; (She) Kept playing love like it was just a game,

Pretending_________feel the same, Then turn around and leave again.

<>()<> This love has taken its toll_________me;

She said 'goodbye' too many times__________ And her heart is breaking________front________me.

I have no choice, 'cause I won't say 'goodbye' anymore.

<>()<> I'll fix these broken things;

(I'll) Repair your broken wings And make sure everything's alright. My pressure ________your hips,

Sinking my fingertips __________every inch_______you,

'Cause I know that's what you want me________do.

Write true or false to the sentences below, according to the song:

( ) Their love seems to be a calm and peaceful love

( ) The guy and the girl have already broken up before

( ) The girl doesn’t have any kind of interest on the Guy

( ) He had decided to be no longer with her.

( ) He decided to look after the girl because he cares about her.

London lies on the river Thames and is the capital of the United Kingdom. With about 7

million inhabitants, it is one of the largest cities in the world.

Lots of tourists visit London every year. There are plenty of museums, theatres and

interesting sights, for example the Tower of London, Tower Bridge, Buckingham

Palace and the Houses of Parliament with their clock tower, Big Ben.

With the comparative and superlative forms of adjectives you can express that

something is better (comparative form) or best (superlative form).

Fill in the correct form of the following adjectives.

1. London is the (large) _________ city in Great Britain.

2. No other British city has as (many) _________ inhabitants as London.

3. The London underground, the tube, is the (old) _________ underground in the

world.

4. The Tower of London is one of the (famous) __________ London sights.

5. Another sight is the London Eye. With its 135 metres, it is (tall) _________ than

any other big wheel in the world.

Use the Comparative and Superlative forms in the box to complete the following text:

more extensive most beautiful

smaller bigger smallest

hotter largest

London and Diamantina

London is __________ than Diamantina. London is the capital of the United Kingdom,

while Diamantina is a small and traditional city of Minas Gerais. London is the

____________ city in Great Britain and Dimantina is not the ___________, but is too

much ___________ than London and than Belo Horizonte (that is the capital of Minas

Gerais). London is very cold while Diamantina is hot and the sun shines all over the

year, so we can say that Diamantina is ___________ than London. The river in London

is _________________ than the river in Diamantina, but in Dimantina we have some of

the _____________________ waterfall of Brazil. They are two pretty cities, but each

one with their qualities. It is good visit both!

Now that you know how to use the comparative and superlative forms, write a

paragraph comparing the city you live to Diamantina. Do not forget to use the

comparative and superlative form