B4

I think Alaska is a fantastic place, though lots of people may disagree with me. It is the 49th and the biggest state of the USA.

BIG

B5

One of the nicknames of Alaska is the Land of the Midnight Sun. It is called / was called that because in the summer the Sun does not disappear from the sky.

CALL

B6

I’ve been to Alaska only once. It happened two years ago and I’m determined to go there again one day.

HAPPEN

B7

I went there for the Ecology Conference. No, I’m not an ecologist myself – I work as a reporter for some magazines and I needed to write an article about it.

I

B8

When our plane landed in Juneau, the capital of Alaska, it was snowing hard.

SNOW

B9

A tourist from Europe, sitting next to me, said that that kind of weather was typical for the season. It was his fourth visit to Alaska and, he hoped, not the last one.

FOUR

B10

“I have been / ‘ve been to many tourist destinations,” he told me, “but Alaska is my favourite.”

BE

B11

When I asked him why, he did not give / didn't give me a definite answer.

NOT/GIVE

B12

“You will see / ‘ll see very soon,” he said and smiled.

SEE