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AcrossAndalusia 2

History–AVoyageBegins 4

Geography–VisitaNatureReserve 5

Nature–TheAmazingAgave 6

Trivia·TimetoTalk 7

Nature–TheCaveofWonders 8

Technology–TheGranadaMetro 9

Sports–CarolinaMarín 10

Trivia·TimetoTalk 11

Culture–TheCordobaGuitarFestival 12

Art,MusicandDance–AntonioBanderas 13

LiteratureandFolklore–InLovewithAndalusia 14

Trivia·TimetoTalk 15

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1 Look at the photographs. There is one from each province in Andalusia. Do you recognise any of the places? Tell the class about them.

2 Test your knowledge of Andalusia. Answer the questions.

1 Which provinces have got more than a million people?

2 The Guadalquivir River is in which five provinces?

3 Where are there airports?

4 Which capital cities are by the sea?

5 How many national parks are there in Andalusia? Where are they and

what are their names?

6 Which mountain is over 3,000 metres high?

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Key

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3 Look at the map and the key below. Check your answers to the quiz in Exercise 2.

Linares

Antequera

CadizPop: 116,979

Jerez Airport

HuelvaPop: 144,258

Lepe

Jerez de la Frontera

Doñana National Park

Pop: 1,238,714Cadiz

Pico del Torreon (1,654m)

Algeciras

Malaga Airport

Marbella

Seville Pop: 688,711

Ecija

Terril(1,132m)

Dos Hermanas

Pop: 519,932Huelva

Cerro Bonales(1,055m)

Aracena

CordobaPop: 1,939,887Seville

Cordoba Pop: 325,708

Seville Airport

Pop: 1,641,121Malaga

Tiñosa(1,570m)

Lucena

Pop: 785,240

PozoblancoJaen

Granada

AlmeriaGranada Pop: 232,208

JaenPop: 113,457

Ubeda

Magina(2,167m)

Pop: 709,340Chullo(2,611m)

Pop: 638,099

Pop: 912,075

Mulhacen(3,482m)

Baza

Huercal-Overa

Almeria Pop: 196,851

Malaga Pop: 571,026

Granada Airport

Motril

Sierra Nevada National Park

El Ejido

Almeria AirportTejeda

(2,068m)

Mountain

Airport

National park

Guadalquivir river system

Capital city

Other city

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Christopher Columbus died in

1506. His tomb is in Seville

Cathedral.

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1 Read the text.

2 Who is it? There may be more than one correct answer.

ChristopherColumbus•MartinPinzón •VicentePinzón

1. He influenced sailors to go on the voyage.

2. He sailed to the New World.

3. He was captain of the Pinta.

4. He was captain of the Santa María.

5. He stayed at La Rabida Monastery.

6. His tomb is at the monastery.

In 1491, Christopher Columbus was in Palos de la Frontera. His ships, the Niña, the Pinta and the Santa María, were ready for the voyage to the New World!

But there was a problem. No sailors wanted to go on the trip. Columbus asked three brothers, Martín, Francisco and Vicente Pinzón, for help. The Pinzón brothers were important men in Palos. They were fishermen and sailors, too. They used their influence and in the end, many sailors agreed to go with Columbus. On 3rd August, 1492, they sailed from Palos. Columbus was captain of the Santa María, Martín was captain of the Pinta and Vicente

was captain of the Niña.

Before the voyage, Columbus stayed at La Rabida Monastery, near the city of Huelva. You can see murals of the explorer on the monastery walls. You can see Martín Pinzón’s tomb, too. It’s in a 700-year-old church in the monastery.

Huelva has got many monuments and museums about the famous voyage, and every year thousands of visitors come to see them.

A painting by Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze: The Departure of Columbus from Palos in 1492

A Voyage Begins

< A monument to Columbus in Palos

The Niña, the Pinta and the Santa María

voyage /'dQBb/ viaje (en barco) sailor /'gMoL/ marinero/a tomb /WIl/ tumba

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history

The smallest nature reserve

in Andalusia is the Parque

Natural de la Breña y Marismas

de Barbate in Cadiz.

1 Read the brochure.

2 Complete the sentences with the words below. There are more answers than you need.

mammals•castles•CaveofWater•river•mountains•bike•caves

1. TheCazorla,SegurayLasVillasNatureReserveisinthe... .

2. There are more than fifty types of ... .

3. You can travel in the park on a ... .

4. There are paintings in some of the ... .

5. There are waterfalls next to the ... .

Experience the magic of the Cazorla, Segura y Las Villas Nature Reserve in Jaen. The park is in the mountains, and it has got rivers, lakes and forests. There are many types of birds, reptiles and fish, and 51 species of mammals live here, too.

You can do many activities in the park

including horse riding, mountain climbing

and camping. You can also walk around the

area, ride a bike or travel around in a jeep.

On your tour, visit some of the amazing old

castles or explore the caves. Thousands of

years ago, people lived in some of the caves

and you can see prehistoric cave paintings.

During your stay, you mustn’t miss the music

concert at Cueva del Agua, the “Cave of

Water”. The music is amazing, and the

cave is next to some magnificent waterfalls.

Enjoy your visit!

nature reserve /'mMaL pBhKd/ parque natural mountain climbing /'lPmWLm YoOlBn/

alpinismo, escalada waterfall /'rGWLcGo/ cascada, salto de agua

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geogrAphy

Andalusia has also got many

Spanish fir trees. These trees can

be up to 30 metres tall and can live

for 200 years.

1 Read the text.

2 Match A to B to complete the sentences.

A

1. Spanish explorers were in Mexico

2. Agave plants

3. The plants can live

4. After the flowers grow,

5. The king was angry

6. People use the plants

B

a. for twenty-eight years.

b. because he injured his leg.

c. the plant and the flowers die.

d. come from Mexico.

e. about five hundred years ago.

f. to make rope.

These extraordinary plants grow in Andalusia. They are called agaves and they come from Mexico. Spanish explorers returned to Spain with the plants about five hundred years ago. The agave plant is very sharp and it has got long yellow flowers. Agave plants can live for twenty-eight years. The flowers only grow once, then the plant and the flowers die.

Here is an old story about the agave plant.

A Mexican king walked into an agave plant and injured his leg. The king was very angry. So his men started to destroy all the agave plants in the country. But the king noticed something unusual and stopped his men. There were long fibres inside the plants. The king used the fibres to make strong rope.

From that time, agave plants were popular all over the world.

In some parts of the world, people still use agave plants for rope. They also use them for medicine and for cooking. The plants are beautiful, too. But don’t walk into them!

The Amazing Agave

Rope from an agave plant

sharp /iEU/ puntiagudo/a injure /'BmbL/ herir(se), hacer(se) una herida / daño rope /pNU/ cuerda, soga

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nAtUre

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2 Replace the words in bold in the dialogue with words of your own. Practise the new dialogue with a partner.

1 Complete the dialogue between a tourist and a travel agent. Use the sentences below. Then practise the dialogue.

Thatsoundsveryinteresting.•Yes,please.We’dlikesomeinformationaboutCordoba. What would you like to know?

Travel Agent: Can I help you?

Tourist: What can we do there?

Tourist: (3) ... Thank you.

Travel Agent: (2) ...

Tourist: (1) ...

Travel Agent: You can visit the Mezquita, Cordoba’s Great Mosque. You can see the Festival of the Patios, too.

True or False? Read the sentences and decide.

Trivia

Time to Talk

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Trivia

geogrAphy3. Therearen’tmanytypesofanimalsinthe

Cazorla,SegurayLasVillasNatureReserve.

4. You can see prehistoric paintings in caves in the park.

history1. Christopher Columbus sailed to the New

World from Palos de la Frontera in 1492.

2. MartínandVicentePinzónwerecaptainsontwoofColumbus’ships.

nAtUre 5. Agave plants grow flowers once a year.

6. People make rope and medicine from agave plants.

Time to Talk

Another beautiful cave to

visit is the Bats’ Cave in Cordoba

province. Today, two kinds of bats

live inside, but thousands of years

ago, people lived there. You can still see

drawings they made on the cave walls!

fairy-tale /'cCLpiWMo/ de ensueño / fábulaallow /L'oP/ permitir (la entrada a) complaint /YLl'UoMmW/ queja

1 Read the blog.

2 True or False? Which words in the text gave you the answer?

1. Aracena Castle is 600 years old.

2. The Cave of Wonders has got ten “rooms”.

3. No one knows for certain who first found the cave.

4. The cave opened to visitors more than 100 years ago.

5. The cave guides speak many languages.

6. The tours are less than an hour long.

My Andalusia Trip | Day 5:

Hi, everyone! I’m now in the pretty village of Aracena. There’s a lot to see, including Aracena Castle.

It’s about 800 years old. But my favourite sight here is the Cave of Wonders. It really is amazing!

The cave’s 12 “rooms” are famous for their beautiful rock formations, but that’s not all.

The cave has also got six beautiful lakes. I felt like I was in a mysterious fairy-tale

world!

There are different stories about who first found this cave, but

the story I like is that a boy found it when he was looking for a

lost pig! In 1913, this cave became the first in Spain to allow

visitors. Today, guides give tours in Spanish, but you can wear

headphones to hear explanations in English and other languages.

The tour takes about 45 minutes. My only complaint is that I

wanted more time in the cave!

The Cave of Wonders

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nAtUre

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Granada’s metro was the third

one to open in Andalusia. Seville

opened the first one in 2009, and

Malaga’s opened in 2014.

1 Read the newspaper article.

2 Complete the sentences.

1. In the future, the city believes 11 million people will use the metro ... .

2. Workers started to build the metro in the year ... .

3. Work stopped for years because there were ... .

4. Thecity’smetrodidn’topenuntil....

5. The metro has got only three ... .

6. Themetroisn’thelpful....

Granada Metro Grows in Popularity!

Granada is a beautiful, historic city and it’s got a lot of famous buildings. It has also got a serious traffic problem! But the growing popularity of the city’s metro will help. According to a recent report, more than 2.8 million people used the metro in the first three months of this year. The city expects this number to grow to around 11 million passengers every year.

The metro wasn’t easy to build. Workers started in 2007 and planned to finish in 2012. However, the project stopped in 2011 because of money problems.

Thursday, 18th April 2019The Daily Reporter

Granada metro trams.

A driver on the Granada metro.

Building didn’t begin again until 2014. The Granada metro finally opened on 21st September, 2017. The line is 16 kilometres long and has got 26 stations, but only three are underground. The metro serves Granada and three neighbouring towns.

Granada’s residents are happy with the metro. “It’s great!” says Dr Carla González. “It’s a fast, easy way to get to work!” For tourists, it’s less useful, as it doesn’t go near the Alhambra and many other popular sites. Luckily, the city buses do!

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teChnoLogy

Another woman from

Andalusia to win Olympic

gold is windsurfer Marina Alabau.

She was born in Seville in 1985.

In addition to her 2012 Olympic

medal, Marina’s successes include

winning a world championship and five

European championships.

1 Read the text.

2 Complete Carolina Marín’s fact file.

Sport: Date of Birth: Place of Birth: Coach: Lives in (city): World Championship wins: Olympic Medal and Year: Goal:

fact file

good-looking /ZHX'oHYBn/

atractivo/a, guapo/a youth /qIe/ juvenilattend /L'WCmX/ asistir / ir a

Carolina Marín has got it all! She’s talented, good-looking and a world-class athlete. Her hometown even named a sports arena after her.

Carolina was born in Huelva on 15th June, 1993. She started playing badminton at age eight, and soon began entering competitions. At Spain’s national youth competition, coach Fernando Rivas noticed her extraordinary talent. With her parents’ permission, Carolina moved to Madrid at age 14. There, she attended school, practised hard and competed in local and national competitions.

Carolina is the only woman in the sport to win three world championships – in 2014, 2015 and 2018. And in 2016, she won an Olympic gold medal, the first European female badminton player to achieve this.

Carolina lives in Madrid and travels around the world for competitions, but she never forgets her background. She once said, “It’s great that a girl from Huelva, a far corner of Spain, can suddenly become the best in the world.” Carolina’s goal is to be the greatest badminton player ever. Many people think she already is!

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Carolina Marín

Choose the correct answer.

Carla: It’saman. He’s famous.

Don: (1) ...

Carla: He’s from Camas, Seville.

Don: (2) ...

Carla: No, he isn’t.

Don: (3) ... Give me another clue.

Carla: He’safamousfootballplayer.

Don: (4) ... Is it Sergio Ramos?

Carla: Yes, it is!

teChnoLogy3. The Granada metro took a long time to build

because of… problems. a. environmental b. financial

4. The Granada metro has got … stations. a. 26 b. 18

sports5. Carolina Marín is a top … player. a. tennis b. badminton

6. In 2016, she won a ... medal at the Olympics. a. gold b. silver

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1 Two friends are playing Guess the Person. Complete their dialogue with the sentences below. Then practise the dialogue.

Isheanactor?•Idon’tknow.•Whereishefrom?•Oh,Iknow.

2 Think of another famous person. Replace the words in bold in the dialogue with words of your own. Practise the new dialogue with a partner.

Trivia

nAtUre1. The Cave of Wonders is famous for its … . a. rock formations b. bats

2. The Cave of Wonders opened to visitors in … .

a. 2013 b. 1913

Time to Talk

1 Read the text.

Granada’s International

Festival of Music and Dance

is a three-week event in June and

July. Performance venues include

parks and the historic Alhambra.

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Bob Dylan was once at the Cordoba Guitar Festival. So were Sting, Vicente Amigo, Tomatito and many other well-known guitarists. For guitar players and lovers of guitar music, this festival is the place to be!

The famous Cordoba-born flamenco guitarist and composer Paco Peña started this annual festival in 1981. It takes place for about 10 days in July and now attracts more than 20,000 visitors

2 Answer the questions.

1. When was the first Cordoba Guitar Festival?

2. How long is the festival?

3. How many people attend the festival?

4. Besides rock musicians, what other types of musicians perform?

5. The festival has got other events in addition to concerts. What are they?

6. There are four World Heritage Sites in Cordoba. Name two of them.

exciting /BY'gOWBn/ emocionantesightsee /'gOWgA/ vis itar lugares de

interés turístico narrow /'mDpN/ estrecho/a

every year. It’s an exciting time in the city. There are performances of all kinds of music, from flamenco to classical, jazz and rock. The festival also offers guitar classes, exhibitions, films and lectures. And of course, it’s a great place to meet music lovers from all over the world.

Festival-goers also have time to sightsee. Cordoba has got four World Heritage Sites – more than any other city in the world! These include the ancient mosque called La Mezquita de Cordoba. Another is the Old Town neighbourhood, with lots of shops and lively cafés in its narrow streets.

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The CordobaGuitar Festival

Antonio Banderas

Many other well-known actors

were born in Andalusia, including

Paco León, Verónica Sánchez and

Paz Vega (Seville), Daniel de Levin

(Cordoba), Nerea Camacho (Almeria)

and Esther Arroyo (Cadiz).

1 Read the text.

Antonio Banderas’ first dream wasn’t acting. He loved football and wanted to be a professional football player. But, at the age of 14, he injured his foot and stopped playing.

Antonio decided to study drama in Malaga. Then he moved to Madrid to find work as an actor, but work was hard to find. At first, he worked in

a restaurant, and sometimes he was a model. He joined the National Theatre of Spain, and a famous film director discovered him.

Antonio’s first film in Hollywood was The Mambo Kings, but there was one big problem: he didn’t speak any English! Antonio learned all his words for the film phonetically.

Soon, Antonio was in films with big Hollywood stars such as Tom Hanks, Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt and Madonna.

In 1998, he was Zorro in The Mask of Zorro. Finally, Antonio was a big star.

Name: José Antonio Domínguez Banderas

Date of Birth: 10th August, 1960

Place of Birth: Malaga, Andalusia

Height: 1.74 metres

Family: • Married Melanie Griffith in 1996, divorced in 2015.

• One daughter.

Interests: He loves Real Madrid Football Club.

fact file

2 Choose the correct answer.

1. Antonio’sfirstlovewasacting / football / The Mambo Kings.

2. A famous film director discovered Antonio in Malaga / Hollywood / Madrid.

3. The Mambo Kings was difficult for Antonio because he was in Hollywood / injured his foot / didn’t speak english.

4. Antonio studied acting / fencing / voice for the film The Mask of Zorro.

5. You can see / hear / speak to Antonio in the Shrek films.

Banderas studied with the Olympic fencing team in Spain for the film The Mask of Zorro.

Banderas is the voice of Puss in Boots in the film Shrek.

drama /'XpElL/ arte dramático fencing /'cCmgBn/ esgrima voice /dQg/ voz

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Art, MUsiC And dAnCe

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Chris Stewart from England

is a modern-day writer about

Andalusia. He lives on a farm in

the Alpujarras. He is the author of

the international best-seller Driving

Over Lemons and three other books

about his life there.

People from around the world love Andalusia. They love the beauty and culture of the region. International authors sometimes write about it in their books.

Washington Irving (1783 – 1859) was an American author

and diplomat. He loved history. In 1829, he travelled from Seville to

Granada. Irving’s books Conquest of Granada and Tales of the

Alhambra are about these places and the people of Andalusia.

Today, you can go from Seville to Granada on the Washington

Irving Trail.

Ernest Hemingway (1899 – 1961) was a famous American

author. In 1954, he won the Nobel Prize in Literature. He visited

Malaga in 1923 and experienced the excitement and fervour of

bullfighting. His famous novel Death in the Afternoon is about

bullfighting. Hemingway loved Andalusia and he celebrated his last

birthday there.

Laurie Lee (1914 – 1997) was an English poet and novelist.

Lee loved the Spanish culture, the beauty of the land and the

wonderful weather. As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning

(1969) describes Lee’s trip to Spain. He walked across the country

from Vigo to Granada. In his stories, he talked about the amazing

spirit of the people.

1 Read the text.

In Love with Andalusia

2 Write the following information about each of the people in the text.

• Yearshelived

• Nationality

• Profession/s

• Placeshevisited

• Likesandinterests

• Subject/sofbooks

conquest /'YFnYrCgW/ conquista trail /WpCBo/ camino, ruta bullfighting /'VHocOWBn/ toreo

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LiterAtUre And FoLK Lore

Across ANDALUSIA

Father: Good morning, elaine. (1) ... for a trip this weekend?

elaine: yes, I have. (2) ... to the beach? I love the beach!

Father: (3) ... You go to the beach every weekend.

elaine: OK,I’vegotanotheridea.Let’sgo to the nature reserve in Jaen.

Father: (4) ...

2 Replace the words in bold in the dialogue with words of your own. Practise the new dialogue with a partner.

1 Elaine and her father are making plans for the weekend. Complete their dialogue. Use the sentences below. Then practise the dialogue.

That’sagreatidea!•Idon’tthinkso.•Haveyougotanidea•Whydon’twego

Time to Talk

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Trivia

CULtUre

1. Bob Dylan visited the Cordoba Guitar Festival.

2. The festival lasts one week.

Art, MUsiC And dAnCe

3. Antonio Banderas wanted to be a football player, but now he is an actor.

4. Antonio’sfirstfilminHollywoodwasdifficult for him because it was in English.

LiterAtUre And FoLKLore

5. Washington Irving, Ernest Hemingway and Laurie Lee are from Andalusia.

6. Some of their books are about people and places in Andalusia.

True or False? Read the sentences and decide.

The publisher gratefully acknowledges the following for providing photographs:age fotostock / Alamy Stock Photo: page 11 (cave); Angelo DeVal - Travel Photography / Alamy Stock Photo: page 8 (building); ASAP Creative/Bridgeman Art: page 4 (Columbus’ ships, the painting); Axarquia / Alamy Stock Photo: page 3 (F); Cazorla Tourism: page 5; Columbia/courtesy Everett Collection: page 13 (Zorro); Courtesy Everett Collection: page 14 (Ernest Hemingway); Corel Corp: page 7 (globe); De Agostini/Getty Images: page 7 (Columbus’ ships); EPA: pages 12, 15 (guitar festival); Faith O'Connor / Alamy Stock Photo: page 6 (agave tree); Hafiz Johari / Shutterstock.com: page 10 (main picture); Homer Sykes Archive / Alamy Stock Photo: page 14 (Laurie Lee); Howard Sayer / Alamy Stock Photo: page 2 (C); José Julián Rico Cerdá / Alamy Stock Photo: page 2 (D); Kiev.Victor / Shutterstock.com: page 9 (trains); Marion Kaplan / Alamy Stock Photo: page 4 (Columbus monument); Nicola Campbell / Alamy Stock Photo: page 6 (agave plant); People Picture/Jens Hartmann/Shutterstock: page 13 (Antonio Banderas); Photo 12 / Alamy Stock Photo: page 13 (Antonio Banderas and Puss in Boots); Photos. com / Jupiter Images: pages 4 (map), 10 (notebook); Silvia B. Jakiello / Shutterstock.com: page 2 (B); Shutterstock, Inc.: pages 1 (cave), 2-3 (A, E, G, H, map), 6 (green background, rope), 7 (travel agent scene except globe), 8 (cave), 9 (driver), 11 (friends), 14 (Washington Irving), 15 (father and daughter); Zuma Press / Alamy Stock Photo: pages 1 (top) and 10 (top)

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