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LEVEL 1

Book key

1.1 1 Openanswers(Brazil)

2 Possibleanswers:

 tree3

 village3

 Indian3

 jungle3

 hotandwet3

 dark3

 green3

 rain3

 shop7

 taxi7

 cold7

 train7

1.2 1 friends 2 English 3 motorcycles 4 jungle
2.1 1 David

2 Brazil

3 race

4 leak

5 glue

6 Manaus

7 jungle

8 dark

9 hot

2.2 1 1 D 2 A 3 C 4 E 5 B

2 1 B 2 C 3 E 4 A 5 D

2.3 1 from

2 in

3 across

4 to

5 from

6 on

7 near

8 across/on

9 in

10 to

2.4 Openanswers
3.1Possibleanswers:

1 can’tfindtheroad.

2 can’tunderstandthem.

3 don’tknowthat.

4 aregoingtokilltheIndians.

5 don’tknowtheroad.

3.2 a 1 b 4 c 3 d 2 e 5
3.3 1 istalking

2 isstarting

3 iswatching

4 isrunning

5 issitting

3.4 1 b 2 a 3 c 4 b 5 b

Talkaboutit Openanswers

Writeaboutit

1 Manaus

2 beautiful

3 hot

4 champions

5 happy

6 too

7 miners

8 necklaces

9 interesting

Project

1 a About6,400km.

 b Peru,ColombiaandBrazil.

 c Belém,Obidos,Iquitos.(Manausisonthe

NegroRiver.TheNegrorunsintotheAmazon.)

 d Piranhas,jaguars,snakesandmonkeys.

 e About350,000.

 f Somepossibleanswers:

  Insomeplacestherearenotreesnow,butthe

treesarehomesformanyanimals.

  Animalsmovebecausetherearepeople,roads

andalotofnoise,too.

  Indiansgetillwhennewpeoplearrive.Some

peoplewanttokillthem.

2–3 Openanswers

Discussion activities key

1

2 Suggestedanswers:
 Brian:Hello,I’minBrazil.TheAmazonisbeautiful.

DavidandIaregoingtoraceacrosstheAmazon
jungle.Racersfrommanycountriesaregoingtorace
too.ThereisaproblemintheAmazon:theIndiansare
angrybecausetheminersaregoingintothejungle.

3 Openanswers
4 Suggestedanswers:
 Todaythejungleisbeautifulbutwecanhearsome

noises.Theydonotcomefromthemotorcycles.They
comefromsomemen.Themenaren’tracers.Theyare

Title

Amazon Rally

Author

EduardoAmosand
ElisabethPrescher

Publisher

Pearson

ISBN

978-1-4058-5041-4

Amazon Rally

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Indiansand theyareveryangry.Wecan’tunderstand
theIndiansbutthereisawoman,Astrid.Shesays
thattheIndiansareangrybecausetheythinkBrian
andDavidareminers.Sometimesminerscometothe
villageandtheykilltheIndians.TomorrowCaruakand
BrianaregoingtoUna-Unaandgetthepolice.They
aregoingtocomeandstoptheminers.

5 Suggestedanswers:
 BrianandDavidarethinking,‘TheIndiansaregoingto

killus!’

 ChiefMaoniisthinking,‘Theyareracers;theyaren’t

miners!’

 Astridisthinking,‘ChiefMaoniisn’tgoingtobeangry

withtheracers.’

6–7 Openanswers

Activity worksheet key

1 a page1
 b page16
 c page16
 d page5
 e page2andpage19
 f page16
2 engine
 leak
 helmet
 oil
 rally
 glue
3 a FromEnfield,asmalltowninEngland.
 b (Theyusuallyrace)inEnglandandinEuropeancountries.
 c Helmets.
 d Oilisleakingfromtheengine.
 e Theyseemanysmalltownsandvillages,andpeople

standingontheroadandwatching.

 f Therain.Theroadsarebad.
4 a 3 b 2 c 1 d 5 e 6 f 4

5 a jungle
 b engine
 c Chief
 d leak
6 Brian:doesn’tknowtheroadtoUna-Una
 Caruak:doesn’tlikemotorcycles/stopstheleakwitha

greenfruit/knowstheroadtoUna-Una.

 Astrid:isGerman/isworkingwiththeIndians.

7 a evening.morning
 b DavidBrian
 c CaruakBrian
 d TheminersTheIndians
 e AstridCaruak
8 a 4 b 3 c 1 d 2
9 a (Theytalk)toCaptainSilva.
 b Twenty(policemengotothevillage).
 c (Theycometothevillage)atnight.
 d Two(minerscatchDavid/him).
 e EnricoandLuigi(wintheAmazonRally).
10–11 Openanswers

Progress test key

1 1  7–BrianandDavidaretwomotorcycleracers.
 2 7–Brianreadsthenewspapers.
 3 7–TheIndiansareangrywiththeminers.
 4 3
 5 3
 6 7–ThereisaproblemwiththeengineofBrian’s

motorcycle.

 7 3
 8 7–Ontheseconddayinthejungle.
 9 3
 10 7–Thenightsarebeautiful.
2 Itisthefourththirdinthejungle.BrianandDavid

arelookingfortheroadtoUna-Una.Theystopin
thejungleandtheymeetsomeIndians.TheIndians
aresadbecausesomeracersminerswanttokilltheir
peopleandtaketheirboatshomes.TheIndiansdon’t
knowEnglish,butaFrenchGermanwomantalksto
theboys.Shelivesandworksinthevillage.Brianand
DavidmeetChiefMaoniandhisbrotherson,Caruak.

31 a 2 b 3 c 4 d
4 1 b 2 b 3 a 4 a 5 b