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POLAND’SMASURIANLAKEDISTRICT-(3-1-A)-The”landofathousandlakes”

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(Music). o, etoStudioClassroom.MynameisSteve.Thanksforjoiningustoday.997.998...Oh,hi,everyone.MynameisHazel.999.Hazel,Hazel,whatareyou ngnow?Oh,well,I’mcountingthelakes.1,000!Aw,that’salotoflakes.Oh,yes,itis,becausetodaywe’re travelling to Poland’s Masurian Lake District.It’s the land of a thousandlakes.1,001.1,002.No,there’smorethanathousandlakeshere.Maybeeven2,000.Well,andthat’swhyMasuriaisPoland’sbiggestwaterattraction.Soundsgreat!Iwanttogothere.Allright.Whydon’tweallturntopage20andtraveltogethertoPoland.Yeah,let’sgotothelandofathousandlakes,andmaybeafewmore.(Music).Poland’sMasurianLakeDistrict.The”landofathousandlakes”.ThoughtsofPolandmightproduceimagesoflakesofice,notsunnylakesidevacations.YetforyearsEuropeanshaveenjoyedspendingtheirholidaysinPoland’sMasurianLakeDistrict.Locatedinthenortheasternpartofthecountry,Masuriacoversnearly52,000squarekilometers.Stunning sfilltheregionandarehometomanyrarents.Butthearea’swateristhebiggestattraction.Thousandstraveltothis”landofathousandlakes”eachsummer.Inspiteofitsnickname,thereareactuallymorethan2,000lakesintheregion.(Music). o,etoStudioClassroom.MynameisLinda.AndmynameisKaylah.Andtodaywe

aretalkingaboutoneofmyfavoritetopics,TRAVELING.JoinusinyourStudioClassroommagazinepage20wherewecanlookatPoland’sMasurianLakeDistrict.Right.Andweseethatuh,thislakedistrictiscalledthe”landofathousandlakes.”ItlsusaboutwhatisinthisareaofPoland.Andifwestartourarticle,weseethatifyouthinkaboutPoland,youmightproduceimagesoflakesandice...oflakesofice,notsunnylakesidevacations.Sowhatare”images”?Whenwetalkaboutproducing”images”inyourmind,we’rejusttalkingaboutamentalpicture.Sowhenyouthinkaboutsomething,whatdoyoupicture?Doyoupicturemaybesnowymountainsoranopenfield?Herewe’retalkingaboutPoland,alotofpeoplepicturelakesofice.Soit’sjustwhattheythinkof.Theydon’tthinkoflakesidevacations.Ortheydon’tthinkof”sunny”lakesidevacationslikewethinkofmaybewhenwethinkofthesouthernpartofthe...oftheglobeortheworldwherethere’ssunallyearround.OftenIthinkwhenpeoplethinkofPoland,youknow,it’sinthenorthernpartofEurope,sowemightthinkthatit’sprettycoldthere.Butactually,it’squitesunnyduringthesummertime.Soformostofusaroundtheworldwearen’t...wedon’tknowaboutthisarea.Butitsaysinourarticlethatforyears,Europeans,orthepeoplethatliveinEurope,haveenjoyedspendingtheirholidaysinPoland’sMasurianLakeDistrict.And”holidays”hereisjustanotherwordforvacations.That’sright.Youcanenjoyavacationbythelake.Thatwouldbea”lakeside”vacation,justmeaningyou’rebesidethewater,enjoyingthewateractivitiesandotherthingsthatareinthearea.Well,thislakeislocatedin

thenortheasternpartofthecountry.Masuriacoversnearly52,000squarekilometers.Nowthat’saverylargearea.Itcertainlyis.Andweseethatit’sinside,orinthenortheasternpartofthecountry.Nowifwesee...usethispreposition,”in”thenortheasternpartofthecountry,weknowthatit’sinsidethecountry.Ifwesayace,alocationisnortheastofacountry,thenit’soutsideof.Sowecanseethattheselittlewords,theselittleprepositionsreallychangethemeaningofalocation,dependinguponhowweuseitinthesentence.Wegoontoseethatstunningsfilledtheregion.”Stunning”herejustmeansbeautiful.Youknow,youlookatthemandyouarejustsoimpressedbytheirbeauty.That’sright.It’sextremebeauty,itisstunning.Stunningsfilltheregionandarehometomanyrarents.Soweseethat...we’reassumingthere’salotofwater,thesearelakesidevacationsandlotsofs.Sothisisaverynaturalareawithvery...withalotofrarents.Butthearea’swaterisstillthebiggestattraction.Soweseethatthewateristhebiggestattraction.”Attraction”heremeansdraw.That’swhatmakespeoplecometothisarea.EventhoughMasuriahasalotofstunning s,thesebeautiful sandalotofrarents...Now”rare”meansthattheyarenotverycommonnts.Theyalsohavepeople...alotofpeoplegotothisareatoseethem.Butthebiggestreason,orthebiggestattraction,ordraw,forpeopleisthewater.Infact,thousandscomehere.Don’tthey,Kaylah?That’sright.Thousandstraveltothislandofathousandlakeseachsummer,whichisveryexciting.Nowwethinkaboutgoingtoawaterce,somewherewecanenjoythewaterorlake.Andwethinkmaybesometimesthey’rekindofsmall.Buttalkingaboutalandofathousandlakes,I’mgoingtoassumeit’saverylargeareaofwater,alotofoutdooractivitiesthatyoucando.Right.Soathousandlakesinanareaof52,000kilometers,thatisalotoflakesandalotofwater.Soweknowthatthisareaisvery,verypopularfortheirwateractivities,right?Andthey’rein...thesebodiesofwaterorlakesarein...amongallofthesthatwe’vetalkedabout.Andofcourse,becauseofallthewater,it’saverygreenarea,especiallyinthesummertime.Sopeoplewanttogetoutandenjoythesunalongsidethelake.Nowweseethatinspiteofitsnickname...soMasuriahasanickname.Whatisitagain,Kaylah?Alandofathousandlakes.Anda”nickname”isjustaninformaloracasualwayofcallingsomeone.Soifyouhaveanicknameathome,maybeyourmomcallsyousomethingcute,maybethatshecallsyouhoneyorbabyorbooorsomethinglikethat.It’sjustanaffectionatetermoranothernameforsomething.Sohaveyoueverhadanickname?Ihavehadquiteafewnicknames.Nowyoudon’thavetosaywhattheyare.Andsometimesanicknameisalsoanothername,forexample,ashorternameofyourrealname.Soforexample,likemyhusband’snameisDavid,buthisnicknameisDave.Everybodycallshimthat,butit’snothisrealgivennamethathisparentslegallynamedhim.Sowesay...weseethatinspiteofitsnickname,this...thereareactuallymorethan2,000lakesinthisregion.Notjust1,000,butthereare2,000lakesinthisarea.Whichmakesitsoundlikeithasevenmorewater,amoreimpressiveareatogovisit,togetoutinthesunshine,toenjoynature,toenjoytheandtheveryrarents,buttoreallytakeinandenjoythewater.Thisissomecethatmaybewe’venotthoughtoftogoonvacationbecausewethinkofitasbeingcold.Butwe’regoingtolearnthatthisisagreatlocationtotake

yourvacations.Well,we’reoutoftime.Butbeforewegotothebreak,let’stakealookatsomeofthebeautifulpicturesfromPoland.(Music).

(Music).OK.We’rebackfrombreak,everybody. e.Ihopeyouhadagoodbreak.Idid.1,999...2,000lakes.Wow!That’salotoflakes.DidyouknowMasuriahasmorethan2,000lakes?Well,Hazel,that’snotall.Italsohasstunning sandrarents.Howdoyouknow?Whileyouwerecountingthelakes,Iwaslisteningtothelesson.Oh,sowhatelsedidyoufindout?ThatMasuriahasmorethan2,000lakes.Thatwasinthelesson?Yes,itwas.SoIdidn’tneedtocountallthoselakes?Nope.Youjustneedtolistentothelesson.Allright,thistimeI’lllisten.Wherearewe?Hazel,we’reonlinetwo.Let’scontinuetoday’slessonnowintheright-handcolumn.(Music).Poland’sMasurianLakeDistrict.Mostofthemareconnectedbyriversandcs,creatinga ingworldofwater.Thelakeswereformedbymeltingiceblocksleftbehindbythearea’slastglaciers.Today,watercovers15percentofthearea,and covers30percent.Thecombinationcreatesaperfectenvironmentforwildanimals,includingbeavers,eagles,moose,bisonandmore.ItalsomakesMasuria’sLakeDistrictoneofthetopvacationspotsinCentralEurope.(Music).So eback,everybody.Wesee...wesawbeforethatwesawallthesebeautifulpicturesthatthereareactuallymorethan2,000lakesinthisarea.Andnow...wegoontoreadthatmostofthemareconnectedbyriversandcs.Sosomethingisconnected,itmeansthey’rejoinedtogether.Sowehaveriversinbetweensomeoftheselakes,andwealsohavecs.What’sa”c”,Kaylah?A”c”isalongstretchofwaterthatisman-made-soitisnotnatural,manputitthere-thatconnectstwolargebodiesofwater.Soherewe’rethinkingabouttwolakes.Theywouldbeconnectedbyac,alongstretchofwaterthatyoucaneithermovewaterorboatsalong,butamanputitthere,soarivernaturallyconnectsthetwolakes.Butacwouldaman-madewayofcreatingapassage.Right.AndIthinkwecansaythatprobablyoneofthemostfamouscsintheworldisthePanamaC.ThisisthecountryinsouthoftheUnitedStates,intheLatinAmericaregion,inthecountryofPanamathatconnectsthetwooceans.Andtheyuseittopassshipsthroughsotheydon’thavetogoallthewayaround.Thatisprobablyoneofthemostfamouscsintheentireworld.Buttheseriversandcsconnectingalltheselakestogethercreatea ingworldofwater.A ingworldofwater.Wehave3Wshere,butit’skindofafunphrase,a ingworldofsomething.That’sright.Whenwetalkaboutsomethingbeinga ingworld,thatmeansit’ssomethingweareattractedto,somethingwewouldgoto.Whenyouvisitsomeone’shome,theysay,” etomyhome,”it’ssayingyouareinvitedin.Itissomethingthatyouwouldbeattractedtogodo.Sothis ingworldofwateris...isattractingyoutocomeexperienceit,whileatthesametime,beingafunlitionwiththe3Ws.That’sright.Andweseeherethatuh,wehavealittlehistoryabouthowtheselakeswereactuallymade.Theywereformedbymeltingiceblocksleftbehindthearea’slastglaciers.Wehavesomeinterestingwordsinthesesentences.Sothelakeswereformedby,orweremadeby,melting

iceblocks.Soifsomethingmelts,whatdoesitdo?Whensomething”melts,”itgoesfromasolidstatetoaliquidstate.Mostusuallywethinkabouticemelting.Itissolidwater,andit esliquidwater.Otherthingsthatwouldmelt,youwouldsaychocolatemelts.Chocolateisasolidpieceofsweet.Butifyouheatitup,itwouldmelttoarunny,aliquidformofchocolate.It’sOK.Ilikechocolatenomatterwhatformit’sin.OK.ButinMasuria,weseethatthesewereleftbehindbythearea’slast”glaciers.”Nowthisword...thiswordisaveryinterestingword.There’resomeglaciersstillleftintheworldtoday.Mostlywethinkaroundthefarnorthorthefarsouthernpartoftheworld,inAntarcticaorintheArctic.Theyarelarge...very,very,verylargepiecesorareasofice,andtheymove.Somany,manythousandsofyearsago,theyactuallycamedownintothisareaofEurope,intothenorthernpartoftheUnitedStatesandallaroundthenortharea.Andwhentheystartedmelting,whenitstartedgettingwarmer,andsomeoftheselakeswereformedfromthoseglaciers.That’sright.Andwedostill,asyousaid,wedohaveglacierstoday.Andyousaidthey’removing;butitisagoodreminder,they’removingveryslowly.Thesearenotlargeflyingpiecesofice.They’reslowlymoving,whichishowtheselakeswerecreated.Well,today,watercovers15percentofthearea,and coversover...covers30percent.So45percentofthisareaisallnaturalenvironments.Yeah,that’swonderful.Soyoucanseethatifyougothere,ifyouwanttogetawayfromthecity,if...youknow,sometimesalotofusliveinalargecity,andwewanttogetawayintoaquietce,maybeamorenaturalarea.With covering30percentandlakescovering15percentofanarea,youknow,you’reoutinnature.Soifyouappreciatenature,really,it’sagoodcetogo.Andwesay...wecanalsoseethatthecombinationisaperfectenvironmentforwildanimals.Whatcombination?Whatiscombinationthey’retalkingabout?A”combination”isamixoftwoormorethings.Sowhenyouputthemtogether,they’reconsideredacombination.Hereourcombinationistheareaandthewaterarea.Soputtingthesetwotogethercreatesacombinationofanenvironmentthat’sperfectforwildanimals.Andthoseincludebeavers,eagles,moose,bisonandmore.Right.Sothesearethekindofwildanimalsthatyoucanfindinthisarea,orthisenvironment,itsays.”Thisenvironment”heremeanstheconditionsthatareveryperfectforthesekindofwildanimalstolivein.Ifyouhaveyourmagazinewithyou,ifyoulookonpage21ofyourmagazine,you’llseepicturesoftheeaglesandthebeaversthatliveinthewater,actuallyaroundthewater’sedgeandmakeactuallyhomesinthewater.That’swhatbeaversdo.Theeagles,andthemooseandbisonandthereareevenmoreanimalsinthis.ThisalsomakesthislakedistrictoneofthetopvacationspotsinCentralEurope.Whatisaspot?Ithoughtaspotwaslikesomethingthatmadeyoudirty.Oh,aspot.Whenwetalkaboutavacationspot,itisalocation.Soaspotisacasualwayofsayinglocation.Soit’satopvacationspotforpeopleinCentralEurope.Well,wearegoingtotalkalotmoreaboutthisMasurianLakeDistrictandallithastooffer.Butitistimeforustogo.Althoughbeforewego,let’svisittheChatRoom.Hey,Rachel,doyouknowwherethecis?Thec?Whichc,thePanamaC?No,notthePanamaC.I’mthinkingofadoptingadog,andthenewspapersaysIcangodowntothe”c”toseewhat’savailable.Oh,youmeanthe”kennel,”notthe

c.Thekennel?Yes,that’showthatwordshouldbepronounced.WhenIheardyousay”c,”Ithoughtyouweretalkingaboutaman-madewaterway