More than 500,000 people live there. The city has an international airport. It is the third largest in the UK. It welcomes 20 million people every year. The city has got a modern on-street transport system, the Metrolink. Manchester communicates with the world with two TV stations and six radio stations.
B Manchester has more than 12,000 sports clubs. Ten million people play or watch sport there, more than in any other city of Britain. Manchester United, the wold’s most famous football club, has more international fans than any other club.
C Young people think that Manchester is the centre for music, fashion and style. There are two symphony orchestras, more than fifty museums and galleries. Two million people visit Manchester’s museums and galleries a year. There are a lot of other attractions with something for everyone.
D Manchester is one of the UK’s most popular university cities. The city has taught the world for many years. More than twenty Nobel Prize winners came from Manchester.
Раздел 2. Грамматика и лексика
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The aim of the activities in this section is to 5) (familiarise) students with popular images and symbols in the target culture. A secondary aim is to help students (6) (identify) and compare the images and symbols in British and American culture, and then to contrast these with the images and symbols in their own.
Some activities focus on places and people associated with the culture, some allow the learner to 7) (explore) the cultural 8) (references) in popular songs.