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45.7 Some possible answers:
The most picturesque parts of Cambridge are beside the river.
Cambridge is one of England's most historic towns.
The town could hardly be called spacious as most of its streets are very narrow.
Some of the eighteenth century buildings are particularly elegant.
The most magnificent building in the town, in my opinion, is the Pepys Library.
The town is at its most atmospheric on the day of a student graduation.
Tourists often find Cambridge's narrow lanes very quaint.
Cambridge is very lively at night because so many young people live there.
The city centre is quite hectic at weekends.
When the university is on vacation the town can suddenly seem quite deserted.
The market is particularly bustling on Saturdays.
The shops are always very crowded in the weeks before Christmas.
The shopping centre always seems to be packed with people.
We are lucky in that nowhere in the town is filthy; everywhere is quite clean.
Some of the suburbs have become quite run-down in recent years.
The old buildings in Cambridge are generally not allowed to become shabby but are kept in good
repair.

Unit 46

4 1 mammal
2 crocodile
3 poplar and birch are deciduous; the yew is evergreen
4 pollen
5 hedgehog, tortoise and bear
6 slhe loves me, slhe loves me not
7 cheetah
8 dove
9 rose, thistle, maple leaf and kiwi bird
10 breathing
11 An endangered species is any species which is in danger of dying out or becoming extinct,
e.g. some breeds of tiger or whale.
12 The dinosaur is extinct; the emu is still in existence and the phoenix was a mythical creature
not a real one.
13 snowdrop, daisy and lily of the valley; parrot, pigeon and seagull.
14 Your answer to this question depends, of course, on where you come from.

Possible answers:
prickly hedgehog flowing mane sweet-smelling petals noble eagle
sturdy oak graceful willow wriggly worm rough bark

4 thrivelgrow 7 bud 10 bat; fish
2 claws; trunklbark 5 hoof 8 thorns 11 bee; snail
3 blossom/flower 6 stalks 9 twigs 12 harvested
Notice how people are compared to animals in sentences 10 and 11. This is quite common.

46.4 The words underlined below are worth learning. You can use them when talking about other
animals too.
camel A mammal of the family, Camelidae, (2 species): the Bactrian, from cold deserts in
Central Asia and domesticated elsewhere, and the dromedary; eats any vegetation; drinks salt
water if necessary; closes slit-like nostrils to exclude sand; humps are stores of energy-rich fats.
The two species may interbreed: the offspring has one hump; the males are usually srerile while
the females are fertile.

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