a Read the text and answer the questions. Where is a good place to go in Dublin if you want to...? 1 have lunch or dinner 2 see animals 3 buy a present 4 hear stories about famous places have a drink without paying 5 b Look at the highlighted words or phrases in the text and guess their meaning. c Read like to do most. the text again and underline the thing you would Dublin, the friendly city People don't usually think of capital cities as friendly, but there to see if it was true - and it was! Local people greet you like an old friend, they want to know everything about you, and about your day. The tourist guides are really friendly, for example, at the Guinness factory (somewhere you must go) they offer you a free glass of Guinness. The bus drivers on the tour buses (an excellent way to get around Dublin) tell very interesting and amusing stories about all the buildings and monuments they go past. They stop at all the main tourist attractions, for example Phoenix Park, the home to Dublin's zoo, St Patrick's Cathedral, and the main shopping areas (Grafton Street and O'Connell Street). When you want something to eat, the Temple Bar area is the place to go. Even in the restaurants Irish people want you to be happy. They often sit you at tables with other people, jokes when they serve the the food is great and very good value for money, there are lots of things to see and hotels are be happy and friendly with all that? and the waiters tell food to make you laugh. In general, cheap - how can you not McCarthy Coventry Telegraph October 26 2010 Nick