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13A
Massive numbers
The facts
The numbers
1    the population of the Vatican city
2    the number of hairs on your head
3    the world population on 4/07/2000 at 9.40 am
4    the year of the first modern Olympic Games
5    the chances of being killed in a plane crash
6    the biggest recorded crowd at a football match
7    the amount of your brain that is water
8    the distance from the earth to the sun
9    the speed a cheetah can reach when running at top speed
10    the money saved by an airline company in a year by removing one olive from each of their salads in first class
11    the average number of official earthquakes per year
12    the speed that a sneeze leaves your mouth
13    the average number of times a year you blink
14    the height of Mount Everest
15    the chances of being killed by lightning
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6,064,290,130
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1896
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200,000
8,848 m
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148,500,000 km
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I in 2,000,000
50,000
I80km/hr
80%
10,000,000
i Sue Kay and Vaughan Jones, 2001. Published by Macmillan Publishers Limited. This sheet may be photocopied and used within the class.
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13C
It's like talking to a brick wall!
1    Choose the correct alternative to complete the expressions.
1     He never listens to what I'm saying. It's like talking to a        brick wall        ,
a thick hedge   (b) brick wall     c wooden fence
2     The hotel we're staying in is OK, but nothing
to_________________about.
a send a letter home b write home c telephone home
3     He hit the_________________when I told him
cX
□ODE
I'd scratched his car. He was so angry. a wall     b floor     c roof
4    I don't know the people who live____
very well. They only moved in a month or so ago. a next door     b the next door     c at next door
I feel so relaxed here. It really is_________________.
a a house from house     b a house from home     c a home from home
He smokes like a___
a fire     b chimney
He really should give up.
c cooker
Aaarrrgh! If I hear that awful song one more time! It's driving me_________________.
a up the wall     b through the door     c over the roof
We were hoping to go away for a few months, but I couldn't get time off work, so our plans
went out of the_________________.
a letterbox
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b door     c window
We're really good friends. In fact, we got on like a_______
first met.
a burning house     b house on fire     c fire in the house
I feel terrible this morning. We had a night on the_______
a bricks     b slates     c tiles
.from the moment we
last night.
2    Tell  your partner about ...
1     a time when you felt like you were talking to a brick wall.
2     a place you've been which unfortunately was nothing to write home about.
3     a time when you, or someone you know, hit the roof about something.
4     the people who live next door to you.
5     somewhere which is a home from home.
6     someone who smokes like a chimney.
7     something which drives you up the wall.
8     a time when your plans went out of the window.
9     someone you get on with like a house on fire. 10     when you last had a night on the tiles.
i Sue Kay and Vaughan Jones, 2001. Published by Macmillan Publishers Limited. This sheet may be photocopied and used within the class.
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