EX1: Read the text and complete the gaps with the right word from the table: CAR FREE DAY September 22 is a day when humans might damage the ozone layer than on other days Why? It is car free day which is celebrated _by over 100 million people in about 1,500 cities The _event is a day for people to leave their cars at home This means car drivers can help _global warming and perhaps get some exercise instead It is also aimed at encouraging motorists into considering more environmentally friendly alternatives to cars Many cities will close off whole roads to In Europe, the day forms part of European Mobility Week (EMW) It has the theme “clever commuting” The EMW website* states: “European citizens will have the opportunity to enjoy a week of events dedicated to sustainable mobility.” Clever commuting aims “to encourage alternative modes of transport…to reduce _ congestion, transport-related greenhouse gases and improve the _ and quality of life.” Participating this year is particularly important, as it is the year the Kyoto Protocol is implemented health worldwide international locally national more increase habits half bicycles less global cars reduce full traffic Write a similar story about a “nightmare journey” NIGHTMARE JOURNEYS We asked you to tell us about your nightmare journeys Jutta from Germany wrote to us about hers… A nightmare journey I remember was three years ago when I (go) to the airport with my friend We (go) to Mallorca on holiday and we (have) to be at Dresden airport two hours before the flight We (leave) _ home with plenty of time, but when we (get) to the motorway (there, to be) a huge traffic jam! The traffic (not,move) at all We (not, know) what (do) _ It was too late to go another way, so we just (sit) in the car (get) more and more stressed After ten minutes, the traffic (start) _ moving slowly We (decide) _ to leave the motorway and (try) to find another way to the airport, but I wasn’t sure of the way and we (get) _completely lost We (be) sure we (miss) the flight We finally (arrive) _at the airport just thirty minutes before the plane (leave) _ The woman at the checkin-desk said we (can, not) ckeck in our luggage because it was too late, so we had (run) with all our cases to the departure gate Although my friend (fall over) and (hurt) _her leg, we (manage) _ to get to the gate in time and we (catch) _ our flight KEY: A nightmare journey I remember was three years ago when I was going to the airport with my friend We were going to Mallorca on holiday and we had to be at Dresden airport two hours before the flight We left home with plenty of time, but when we were getting to the motorway there was a huge traffic jam! The traffic wasn’t moving at all We didn’t know what to It was too late to go another way, so we just sat in the car getting more and more stressed After ten minutes, the traffic started moving slowly We decided to leave the motorway and tried to find another way to the airport, but I wasn’t sure of the way and we got completely lost We were sure we were going to miss the flight We finally arrived at the airport just thirty minutes before the planewas going to leave The woman at the check-in-desk said we couldn’t ckeck in our luggage because it was too late, so we had to run with all our cases to the departure gate Although my friend fell over and hurt her leg, we managed to get to the gate in time and we caught our flight MY NIGHTMARE JOURNEY Tips for writing Paragraph When was the journey?, Where were you going? Who with? Why? Paragraph What went wrong? What happened? (the flight was delayed, your car broke down, you got lost, you missed your flight, there was a traffic jam, you got a puncture, you gorgot you rpassport, your flight was overbooked) Paragraph What happened in the end? WHY I DIDN’T WANT TO BE A MILLIONAIRE When Lydia Nash _ on the TV programme “Who wants to be a millionaire?” and was enough to win 16,000 pounds, she decided to give all the money This wouldn’t have been _ if she had been rich and famous, but Lydia is a 19-year-old student Lydia gave all the money to a _ which helps orphan children in Thailand and where she also worked as a volunteer for the three years ‘I first visited the orphanage when I was seventeen, and I felt very by what I saw When I got back to England I felt angry- _ around all I could see were people who were 10 _ with money That convinced me to return to Thailand the 11 _ year’ After she 12 the money some of her friends at university thought that maybe she had made the 13 _decision.’ Some people said I should have 14 it for a deposit to buy a house or to pay 15 _ my student loan’ Lydia said ‘That really 16 _ me Students seem to live in an unreal world, where they constantly complain about being poor But there’s an enormous difference between our situation and people who have absolutely 17 money’ With the help of the money Lydia gave them, the charity has 18 finished building ‘Rainbow House’, a new 19 that will house 50 young children, where they will live until they are 20 If Lydia had won a million pounds and not only 16,000 pounds, would she still have given away all the money? She said, ‘Before 21 on the show I thought a lot about what it would be like to have a lot of money and I realized that I wouldn’t like it at all And then, of course, as I had been to the orphanage and had seen all the work that needed to be done, I knew how 22 that money could be It was far more important for the charity than it could ever be for me I definitely think I got more enjoyment out of giving the money away than if I had kept it for 23 .’ wrong has had annoyed following fortunate up away surprising earn no watching previous surprised appeared don’t have ago going useful looking charity won obsessed adopted saved any spent back depressed to go just myself