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                                                              Read  the two sections  below from the Our schools webpage.
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                                                              Compfete  the sentences  with the words Christchurch or
                             imporlant  to try and  guess  the  Oueenstown.  Underline the words on the webpage which
                                of words that you  do not     Sive Vou  the answert
                              Usually  the context  (the  rest
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                                meaning for  them. Don't use
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                                   to find out the meaning
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                                                                                     :t arr*lli.i*ir
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                                Only use  a  dictionary to
                              loul $uesses:

                         You  decide to read  the
                         homepage  more carefully.
                         You're  not sure about the
                         meaning  of some  of the
                         words.  Find  the words on the
                         homepage  which have  these
                         synonyms  (words  with similar        i**xr**  ffi n6!i*$x  *m  Q***erxw**wssx
                         meaning).  Then  check  the
                                                               lii:?airi:i*;r   l¡i*|:*ils   5:u*l   ]t  lii¡j¡l¡d   ¡l  llrl  :r*r*¡   li  l,*k;:
                         definition  of the words  you         *;L:lli,rr.   lL:;t::!i,:t¡l   ¡!  i.fii:  ililreari!r'a  aliil;:   :i::-je  !,!trli:  nn*  tr  :i
                         found in a dictionary.                t¡-{:,il }titlti:  l*  liirrj;ri'ti:  sl;J¡.  il  i1 Iii..r;l¡t¡}lil":   prtnilr   fa!ili1,  }it¡
                                                               :s r.;.::li  f:¡'l:lLt;  i*l  ll$  tr*iafv   ¡l*   )i:  *:;ireltrl   $**als   traaarsl,j,i¡t   ::
                         a  best  (section  1)
                                                               nlt *ll¡rri   liii*laa.   ir:_lly  rrl¡rlir*i:i   ../l.!rr,  ir'*ll  ;:ir. :!etr  ¡¡*l.r:
                           _....  PskÉ
                         b  easily  (section  2)
                                                              a  The  LSNZ  school in           is  very
                         e  inh  /<crfinn  ?\                                      Qr¿c9-nrta!9n-------- near  a rare.
                                                              b  The LSNZ  school is in  the middle  of  ________________-
                                                              c  More  people  go  on holiday to  ___--____________  than  any other
                         d  selection  (section  3)
                                                                place  in New Zealand.
                                                              d There  are cinemas,   museums  and  galleries
                                                                              theatres,
                                                                                                      in
                         e  succeed  in (section  3)
                                                              e                  is  sunounded  by mountains,
                                                                                                       rivers and forests.
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                                                              f You  can do exciting and  sometimes dangerous sports in
                         f  promise (section  4)
                                                              o                  is  near the  sea.
                                                              ó
                                                              n                  is  a healthy  place  to live and  study
                         Look  at the list  of webpages  on
                         the homepage.  Which  webpage
                         would you read next if you          Focus  on...
                         wanted to find out more  about
                                                             synonyms
                         these  things?
                                                             Find  these words  in the webpages.  Some of the words  have a
                         a  where  vou  can studv
                                                             similar meaning.  Put these  words into  pairs  or  groups  of three.
                                                             +hefe#e*eiafe   lifestyle   located  spectacular
                         b  what you  will  study
                                                             stunning      dedicated qualified  well-known
                                                             situated      famous   p¿{¿dtse-  magnificent
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                                                             üp  p-?¿t-?4h-pt-u&  pasü-2e
                                                             Try  and work  out the meaning  of the  other  words.  Then  check  your
                                                             guesses  in a dictionary.

                                                           ó  Would you prefer  to study in Oueenstown  or Christchurch?
                                                             whv?
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