Welcome to Sydney… Australia

1 Read the title and the subheadings. What can someone do in Sydney?
Read through and check.
Welcome to Sydney, Australia ...
There's no place in the world like it!
Here are our TOP FIVE suggestions for a truly unforgettable
experience…
1 DO THE SYDNEY HARBOUR BRIDGE CLIMB
No visit to Sydney would be complete without seeing the famous Harbour Bridge & Opera House. But for those of you who like a bit more 1) ............................... (excite) , how about climbing the Harbour Bridge's arch – the largest in the world! Climbs take 3,5 hours.
excitement

TAKE A SCENIC SEAPLANE FLIGHT
Why not splash out on a seaplane tour for breathtaking views of the city and the islands in Sydney's 2) ............ (beauty) natural harbour? As well as getting the chance to take some spectacular photographs (look out for Shark Island, shaped like a shark! , your experienced pilot will give a detailed commentary throughout the flight.
3 GO ON A SYDNEY CYCLING TOUR
On this fun bike tour, you'll see over thirty city 3) ........ (attract) including the Royal Botanic Gardens and Chinatown. In the afternoon, you'll take a ferry ride to see the city skyline. If you're 4) ........ (luck) , you may even catch the glimpse of endangered penguins or migrating humpback whales!
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4 HAVE A SURFING LESSON ON BONDI BEACH
What better place to learn to surf than on this 5) ........ (fame) one-kilometre-long beach? The two-hour group lesson will teach you how to understand surfing conditions and to practise your technique before you get into the water. Or if you don't fancy surfing, you could always go rollerblading or 6) …....
(skateboard) or simply relax in a trendy café.
5 GO ON AN ECO-TOUR IN THE BLUE MOUNTAINS
Leave the hustle and bustle of the city and head 7) ....... (approximate) 50 km west of Sydney for the 8) ........ (wonder) Blue Mountains. This two-day tour starts with breakfast with koala bears, followed by visits to ancient aboriginal sites and a ride on the world’s steepest railway.
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Form the derivatives
Fame
Large
Attract
Beauty
Nature
Surf
Approximate
Wonder
Aborigine
Excite
Famous
Largest
Attraction
Beautiful
Natural
Surfing
Approximately
Wonderful
Aboriginal
Exciting

Shark Island
Chinatown
A pilot
A ferry ride
one-kilometre-long beach
koala bears
3 a Say why the following are mentioned in the text:

Shark Island is used in the text because you can take spectacular photographs of it as is shaped like a shark.
Chinatown - you will see it during the cycling tour;
(Китайский квартал – вы увидите его во время велосипедного тура)
a pilot - the seaplane flight has an experienced pilot;
(пилот – на полете на гидросамолете есть опытный пилот)
a ferry ride - during the cycling tour, you will ride on a ferry boat; (поездка на пароме – во время велосипедного тура, вы поедете на пароме)
one-kilometre long beach - the distance of Bondi Beach;
(пляж длиной в один километр – протяженность пляжа Бонди)
koala bears - you may see them in the Blue Mountains tour.
(Коалы – вы можете увидеть их во время тура в Голубые горы)

arch an upwardly curved construction;
splash out spend a lot of money;
spectacular amazing;
commentary an explanation of what is happening
at the moment;
skyline different levels of the tops buildings
against the sky;
catch a glimpse look briefly at something;
migrating travelling from one place to another
place for warmer weather at a particular time of the year;
technique skills;
hustle and bustle rush and noise and activity;
head go towards
4 Explain the following words

Arch – арка, свод.
Splash out – транжирить деньги, тратить на что-либо дорогое.
Seaplane – гидросамолет.
Breathtaking view - захватывающий пейзаж (вид)
Spectacular – зрелищный, захватывающий
Catch a glimpse - увидеть что-л. (на мгновение)
Humpback whale — горбач, горбатый кит
The hustle and bustle - толкотня и суматоха
Steep – крутой обрыв, пропасть
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