1. Answer the questions
a) What animals like to dig?
b) What is the view from a window in your home?
c) What are some reasons people dig holes?
b) What is the view from a window in your home?
c) What are some reasons people dig holes?
2. Read the sentences and fill in the blanks with the correct words: dig, holes, discovered, deep, main, native, view
1. Miners make holes in the ground around Coober Pedy. They _________ in the ground.
2. The Berbers like far down in the ground. They live __________ in the ground.
3. In 1915, miners __________ opals in Coober Pedy. They found opals there.
4. The Aboriginal people were born in Australia. They are the __________ people.
5. There are many reasons why people live underground. The weather is the most important reason. It is the __________ reason.
5. The people underground can’t see other things outside. They do not have a __________.
6. The people live in openings in the ground. They live in __________.
2. The Berbers like far down in the ground. They live __________ in the ground.
3. In 1915, miners __________ opals in Coober Pedy. They found opals there.
4. The Aboriginal people were born in Australia. They are the __________ people.
5. There are many reasons why people live underground. The weather is the most important reason. It is the __________ reason.
5. The people underground can’t see other things outside. They do not have a __________.
6. The people live in openings in the ground. They live in __________.
3. Click here, Listen to the audio and answer the following questions by completing the formula below:
1. Where is Coober Pedy?
2. How many people live in Coober Pedy?
3. What are the native people of Australia called?
4. What did the miners discover in 1915?
5. How many holes ate there in the Sahara desert?
6. What is the name of the city Japan is planning to build?
2. How many people live in Coober Pedy?
3. What are the native people of Australia called?
4. What did the miners discover in 1915?
5. How many holes ate there in the Sahara desert?
6. What is the name of the city Japan is planning to build?
4. Complete the sentences about people who live under the ground.
1. Miners dig ____________________________________________.
2. Coober Pedy __________________________________________.
3. One reason people live underground _______________________.
4. Another place people live underground _____________________.
5. In the future __________________________________________.
2. Coober Pedy __________________________________________.
3. One reason people live underground _______________________.
4. Another place people live underground _____________________.
5. In the future __________________________________________.
5. Video. Watch the video and decide whether you want to live in such a place under the ground.
6. Discuss the answers to these questions:
1.Would you like to live underground? What would be the best thing? What would be the worst thing?
2.What do you think about Japan’s underground city?
3.Where are some other unusual places people live?
2.What do you think about Japan’s underground city?
3.Where are some other unusual places people live?