Xixo, a member of the San tribe in the Kalahari Desert, embarks on a journey to return a strange object, a glass bottle, that has disrupted his tribe's way of life. On his journey, he encounters Andrew, a biologist, and Kate, a journalist, whose car is stuck in a tree. Xixo thinks they are gods but helps them get their car down. He later meets them again when he is arrested for killing a goat and they help get him released by passing him off as an environmental expert. Xixo and Andrew then work to rescue Kate when she is captured by anti-government soldiers. The film conveys an environmental message about protecting the planet.

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12.1 Can you ask for permission?
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4Look at the pictures and complete
the sentences with must/musn’t
and these words.
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a You _____________ a mobile in class.
b You _____________ up the stairs.
c You _____________ chewing gum.
d You _____________ on time for lessons.
e You _____________ in pen, not pencil.
f You _____________ your homework on
time.
5Write questions to ask your teacher
for permission.
a You want to go to the toilet.
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b You aren’t sure if you can use a calculator.
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c You want to use a dictionary.
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d You want to borrow a pen.
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e You need to leave the class early to go to
the dentist’s.
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1Match these signs to the rules.
Then circle the correct option.
a You must / mustn’t keep dogs
on a lead. ___
b You must / mustn’t feed the birds. ___
c You must / mustn’t put your litter
in a bin. ___
d You must / mustn’t skateboard. ___
2Unscramble the questions.
a I / window / can / a / open / ?
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b Monday / can / I / in / homework /
hand / my / on / ? _____________________
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c my / listen / CD / can / I / to / ?
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d we / cinema / can / to / tonight / go /
the / ? ________________________________
e have / cola / can / some / I / ?
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f borrow / I / key / can / your / ?
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3Match the questions in Activity 2 with
these answers.
a No, you can’t. We’re going swimming. ____
b Yes, it is hot in here. ____
c Yes, you can, but not too loud. ____
d No, you can’t. Have some water! ____
e You don’t need it. The locker is open. ____
f No, you must give it to me tomorrow. ____
Can I open a window?
Can I go to the toilet?
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4 Complete the word groups.
bottle box bread can carton cheese
chewing gum chocolate crisps ham
honey jar onions packet sugar
tomatoes wrapper
5 Place the rubbish in the correct
recycling containers.
a an onion ____
b a carton of orange juice ____
c a loaf of bread ____
d a packet of crisps ____
e a jar of honey ____
f a box of cereals ____
g a newspaper ____
h a bottle of milk ____
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12.2 Vocabulary
Don t litter!
3 Use the clues to
complete the crossword.
Across
you must throw all your litter here
material that is not needed
another word for amenities
the person in charge of a park
Down
the place where the band
plays in a park
the paper covering a sweet
the opposite of noisy
You mustn’t throw
this on the ground.
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1 Match the words in the two columns.
a skating 1 track
b hunting 2 court
c boating 3 pitch
d climbing 4 rink
e tennis 5 ground
f basketball 6 court
g athletics 7 lake
h football 8 wall
2 Circle the different word and say why.
a packet wrapper orange juice box
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b chocolate soap crisps cereals
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c tomatoes cheese ham plastic
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d bar onions bread honey
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e can jar chewing gum bottle
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f sandwich soft drink milk juice
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food for
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junk food
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12.3 Can you talk about quantities?
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1 Unscramble the names of these
containers and match them to the
pictures.
a a otbetl fo deelomna __________________ __
b a taeckp fo piscsr __________________ __
c a gab fo tooastp __________________ __
d a traocn fo euicj __________________ __
e a raj fo nnioso __________________ __
f a obx fo iusscibt __________________ __
g a iolk fo atmoesot __________________ __
h a bra fo ctohocael __________________ __
2 Use the prompts to make questions.
Write true answers.
a juice / drink a week / ?
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b vegetables / eat every day / ?
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c exercise / do / ?
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d cans of soft drinks / have a day / ?
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e sugar / your father have in his coffee / ?
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tomatoes __________________
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3 Put each thing in the correct box then
write the plural for the countable
items.
a bar of chocolate a bottle of lemonade
a carton of apple juice bread cheese
chocolate crisp ham honey onion
orange juice sugar tomato
4 Complete the gaps with much, many
or a lot (of).
a How ___________ cola do you drink?
Not ___________.
b I don’t eat ___________ tomatoes. I don’t
really like them.
c How ___________ cartons of milk do you
want me to buy? Buy five.
d I buy ___________ chocolate every month.
e You don’t need __________ honey on
your bread.
f We shouldn’t eat ___________ crisps. They
aren’t very healthy.
a bottle of lemonade 6
much
How much juice do you drink a week?
I drink about two litres.
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12.4 Reading and writing
Don t litter!
1 Write the number of each heading in the correct place.
1 Please take your litter home … 5 Help me! I’m an EXPERT!
2 The problems begin 6 My hero
3 An innocent life 7 That’s a strange place to park!
4 Mad and funny but serious too
a ________ The Gods Must Be Crazy is a film from 1980. Not many people know this film, but it is
one of my favourites. It has three crazy stories all mixed up, but it is more than a comedy — it
has a really strong message about the way we live and what we are doing to our planet.
b ________ Xixo lives a peaceful life with his tribal family in the Kalahari Desert. They live together
and they share everything. They hunt and collect their food and anything they need.
c ________One day, a pilot drops a bottle out of his plane and everyone in the tribe thinks it comes
from the gods. They all want it for different uses and become jealous of one other. For the first
time ever, they are unhappy.
d ________ Xixo wants to give the bottle back to the gods. He starts on a journey to the end of
the world, where his gods live. He meets Andrew, a biologist, and Kate, a journalist who is trying
to escape from the city. Xixo thinks they are gods, but their car is stuck in the top of a tree!
e ________ When Xixo is arrested — he is hungry and kills a goat — he meets Andrew and Kate
again. They agree to get him out of prison. They say he is an important environmental scientist.
f ________ At the same time a revolution is happening! A group of anti-racist people are running
away to the desert to escape from the government soldiers. They take Kate as a prisoner, but
Andrew and Xixo eventually find and rescue her. She immediately falls in love with Andrew…
g ________ And what happens to the bottle? Well, you’ll have to watch the film and see! But the
message is clear — when we mess up our world, eventually things go wrong for people too. So
we must all look after our world carefully … and never throw bottles out of aeroplane windows!
2 Find words in each paragraph that mean the same as these.
a important/powerful ____________ d running away ____________
b in the end ____________ e very quickly ____________
c a voyage ____________ f do bad things to/cause problems ____________
3 Put this summary of the film into
the correct order.
a Xixo and Andrew rescue Kate. ____
b Kate falls in love with Andrew. ____
c Andrew gets Xixo out of prison. ____
d Xixo’s tribe starts having problems. ____
e A bottle lands in the Kalihari desert. ____
f Xixo is put in prison. ____
g Xixo decides to solve the problem by taking
the bottle away. ____
h Xixo meets a biologist and a journalist
in a tree. ____
i Kate becomes a prisoner of the soldiers. ____
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12.5 Culture
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The rules of flying
1Security at airports around the world is very
tight now, and there are lots of rules you
must follow when you fly.
How many rules do you know?
2Match the pictures to these rules.
a Children over two must have their own seat. ___
b You must be scanned. ___
c You must fasten your seat belt. ___
d You can’t fly unaccompanied until you are sixteen. ___
e You must obey the crew. ___
f You must have a passport or ID card. ___
g You must report unattended bags. ___
h You mustn’t accept packages from strangers. ___
i You mustn’t take prohibited objects on board. ___
3Complete the rules with these verbs.
Then match them to the pictures.
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a You must ________ anything suspicious. ___
b You must ________ with your bags at all times. ___
c You must ________ the safety instructions. ___
d You can’t ________ on board. ___
e You can only ________ one small bag on board. ___
f You mustn’t ________ jokes about bombs. ___
4Cover the rules. Write what you remember.
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