Unit 8; Cities

What do our cites say about us?

Activity A Answers, p. 147
Possible answers:
1. The city may suit one’s personality because of its
size, things to do, location, character. It may not suit
one’s personality for the same reasons.
2. Students will have different opinions about this
based on personality and previous experience.
3. The city is Paris, France’s capital and largest city.
It is known for museums and monuments, like

the Eiffel Tower.

Activity B Answers, p. 147
Possible answers: The things that are popular show
the people’s interests. For example, if the people are
interested in art, there will be a lot of museums; How

crowded a city is shows how popular or important it is.

Activity D Answers, p 148
Students’ answers may vary. Possible answers:
1. I like how many different restaurants there are. I
dislike how crowded it is.
2. Hong Kong has made the biggest impression on
me. It was a positive impression, because the city is

so vibrant and full of life.

Vocabulary Answers, pp. 149-150
1. region; 2. surroundings; 3. innovation;
4. mobile; 5. agreeable; 6. satisfy; 7. attract;

8. conscientious; 9. hand in hand; 10. tend to


LISTENING 1; 
DO CITIES HAVE PERSONALITIES?
Preview Listening 1 Answer, p. 150
Students’ answers will vary. In the listening,
the argument is made that people with similar

personalities do choose to live in the same place.

Main Idea Answers, p. 150

1. F; 2. T; 3. T; 4. F; 5. T; 6. F

Listen for Details Answers, p. 151

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

What Do You Think? Answers, p. 151
Answers will vary. Possible answers:
1. Yes, because people want to be around 
like-minded thinkers; No, because many 
cities are full of a variety of personalities.
2. Student may talk about a city in their 
native country that is well known for a 

particular industry.


UNDERSTANDING FIGURATIVE MEANING
Activity A Answers, pp. 152-153

2. body; 3. rocket; 4. plant

Activity B Answers, p. 153
1. heart, body; 2. seed, plant;
3. ate, person or animal; 

4. flew, a bird or a plane

Vocabulary Answers, pp. 153-154
2. honor; 3. personality;
4. honest; 5. exciting; 6. exact;
7. give; 8. uncover; 9. modernize;

10. belief

BUENOS AIRES, BEIJING, AND DUBAI
Listen for Main Idea Answers, p. 154

1. c, e; 2. d, f; 3. a, b

Listen for Details Answers, p. 155
1. BA; 2. D; 3. B; 4. BA;

5. B; 6. D; 7. BA; 8. D

Activity A Answers, p. 155
Students’ answers will vary. Possible answers:
1. Beijing, because it is always changing. I 
would never get bored.
2. Students should be able to give reasons 

for their answers.

Activity B Answers, p. 155
Answers will vary. Possible answers:
1. Yes, cities do have personalities and the people
there often have the same personality as the city;
No, there are too many different people living in a
city for it to just have one personality.
2. Students should be able to give reasons and

examples for their answers.

PHRASAL VERBS
Activity A Answers, pp. 156-157
1. a; 2. b; 3. b; 4. a; 5. a;
6. b; 7. b; 8. a; 9. b; 10. a
Sentences with phrasal verbs: 

2, 4, 6, 7, 9

Activity B Answers, p. 157
1. came to; 2. go out; 3. bring up;

4. deal with; 5. turn into

Activity A Answers, p. 159
2. We usually run into her at the gym.
3. Linda and Victor talked it over before class.
4. Hong hasn’t gotten over it yet.
5. Will you look after it while I’m in Sáo Paulo?

6. I didn’t put them away after dinner.

Activity B Answers, p. 159
Answers may vary. Possible answers:
1. I looked them up in my dictionary.
2. I handed it in to the teacher.
3. My teacher pointed it out to us.
4. No, we didn’t go over it.

5. Yes, I talked it over with my partner.

Activity A, B, C Answers, p. 161
Advantages: 
Pretty; Clean; Friendly people; 
Becoming more diverse
Disadvantages: 
A little quiet; Not as much to do as in Boston; 
Fewer cultural activities; Fewer places to eat; 
Fewer creative people