English Without End

Last year was a record-breaking year for tourism, and once again France has topped the charts . Which country is the second most visited ? Which countries'  numbers only keep rising ? Which country is becoming more and more popular? Which countries have climbed up places ? Which country continues to rank as the most popular country to visit in Southeast Asia? For some help, you can check your textbook (p. 140) . Remember that you can modify comparisons in three ways: - A big difference - A small difference - No difference Don't sweat! This exercise is nowhere near as difficult as it may seem at first glance.

Page 20, exercise f: 1.  a. eerie b. deafening c. hammered d. whining e. gurgling f. roar g. thump h. whisper i. decibels 2. roar: dull whisper: soft thump: dull 3.  absorb sound (vb.) ambient soung (adj.) a scraping sound (adj.) background noise (noun, making a compound noun) EXPRESSING PREFERENCES: Exercise 1 Exercise 2 Exercise 3 Exercise 4 The More Education Republicans Have, the Less They Tend to Believe in Climate Change , an  exhaustive scientific report unveiled this month (The New York Times)