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threatening risking
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In the last hundred years, cars have revolutionised the way we travel '
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in the environment'
very usefuL when discussing modern technology, or changes
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a0vertheLast300years.'.1..'theyhavedoneveryLittLefortheenvironment.
horse'
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2 " the car has replaced the
b Since 1900...
has developed dramaticaLLy'
c Since the invention ofthe teLephone, ... 3 .'. the Internethas
4 "' technoLogy completeLy changed our [ives'
d Since wortd teaders met at Rio, '.,
5 "' communication has got cheaper and quicker'
e Recently...
6 "' I've started cycling to work'
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CDs have replaced LPs.
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how to use a computer
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technoLogy, or events in Your d I've become very-interested in "green" issues'
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the ground or
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Why Ao people Love cars so much?
because they are convenient means
oftransport - or do theY have other
Is
it
qualities? (Think about car adverts.)
Do a survey
in your class to find out.
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Is it possibLe to "use cars [ess"?
In groups, discuss these ideas :
o provide good pubLic transPort
o make it difficuLt for car users
metals, oi[)
or plants)
(eg. expensive Parking)
o cut down the need forjourneYs
(eg. new tech no[ogY)
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The article tatks about damage to the environment even
more possibLe soLutions to this problem.
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Who shouLd solve these probLems
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if we don't use cars much. Discuss one or
governments or individuals? WouLd you ratherjoin a poLiticaL
campaign, or do something aboutityourself, instead?
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Before you Listen, think abouttropicalrainforests. Where are they?
What are they tike? Why are they in the news?
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Now fisten to Rebecca Walker, who has made
severaI TV programmes about the destruction of the
rainforests. Which ofthese sentences are true (T)
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and which are false (F)?
a
The "candpy" of the forest
b
c
d
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m ea
ns the tops
of
the trees.
25% of at[ animal and pLant species live in the
rainforest.
Th ere are more than 4,000 types of tree.
We get medicines from plants in the rainforest.
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f
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sometimes
T
to te[
since
1945.
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in" oxygen,
Like
humans.
us whi
6,000 years t
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remains. Hov
argument?
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what can
destruction o
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3 Look at the six points below. Rebecca mentions
three ofthem. Which ones? Listen again and identifo
them, and then explain each one.
which are the
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or "green" iss
is the most im
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beautv for visitors
danger of climate change
o fuLlof dangerous animaLs
o good pLace to get wood
o home of natjve Amerindian people
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tl
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down a[[you
treatment for AIDS has been discovered in
the rainforest.
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rainforest. B
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. acid rain
. species in d
. destruction
important for medicalscience
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.
destruction
pesticides
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and they disapy
Key Langua
Look at this sentence from the tape.
"We must stop now, or
There are severaL forms which mean the same:
"We must stop now; otherwise it will be too [ate."
"We must stop now; if not, it witl be too [ate."
"We must stop now;
if
we don't,
"Ifwe don't stop now, it wi[[
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be
it wi[[
be
too [ate."
too [ate."
Can you remember a sentence from the tape
which includes the word, otherwise?
it wi[
be too late."
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a
If we don't change our atlitude, there
Rewrite these sentences cutting out
and, using oth e rwi se/or.
b
c
d
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wi[[ be an ecologica I disaster.
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Ifwe don'tsavethese animaLs, our
about the ra'inf,
green issue.
gra ndchildren wi[L bla me us.
If we don't use energy more carefulLy,
poLlution wi[[ continue to increase.
If we don't respectthe Earth, itwi[Ldie.
If we don't thin k about the future,
we won't have one.
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Thin k ofa t
that you know.
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that [ive there.
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Where are they?
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n
.ts
fr
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in Brazilwant to cut down the forest to make room for
agricuLture. Tourists want to keep the forest so that they can see the
wiLdtife. In groups, prepare the arguments on each side, and then
talk about the issue in class.
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Farmers
in Britain think that
countries shouLd preserve their
Many peopte
tropical
z
ninforest. But those countries
jn Britain have cut
down aIyour forest. You have no right
to te[[ us what to do." ]t is true that
sometimes say: "You
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6,000 years ago, Britain was covered
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forest, and now only a tiny area
remains. How do you feel about this
in
argument?
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What can you do
d
to prevent the
fr
destruction of the rainforest? Make
a ljst ofideas, then discuss and decide
which are the most usefu[.
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Here is a
short
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List of environmental
or "green" issues. Which do you
think
js
the most important? Exptain your
choice to the class.
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.
.
.
.
.
Which
point in Question
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climate change - gtobal warming, or "the greenhouse effect"
acid rain
species in danger of extinction (eg. the rhino, the elephant, the tiger)
destruction ofthe rainforest
destruction of the countryside
pesticides and other poLlution in food
10 Itissadwhenananimalorplantspeciesbecomesextinct.Butwedon'tfeel
and fhey disappeared millions of yea rs ago. Does
ng out
'f
tlritc
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about
it
Oesign a T-shjrt with a message
about the rainforest or about another
green issue.
12 think of a beautiful naturalplace
thatyou know. Write a description,
including the pLants and animaLs
that Live there.
it
rea
lly matter if we
Lose a
bad aboutthe dinosaurs
few more species?
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Present perfect
Second con
0n page 59 we saw how we can use the present perfect to talk about something which started in the past
and continues'in the present. We use the present simpte to refer to situations now. compare:
We use the seco
atways expect tl
Cor use
in Bitain hos gtown dramaticolly over the plst 25 years. (present perfect)
There ore now over 20
nilLion
cars on
If I
Bitain's roods. (present sinpLe)
won the
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The present perfect is formed by the ouxr liory verb have/hos + past participle
Be careful - there are many irregular past participles!
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In pairs, write the past participte of the fottowing
Example:
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verb.
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Here is a recent report on raiI trave[. In each sentence, choose the best tense for the verb: present perfect
or present simple.
Look at each p
Example:
Train use in Brilain decreoses/@@j@@@@ significantty over the past 20 years. Today many more
people have/have had cars, and not as many use/hove used the train. The rail industry has a&o
chonged/atso changes.Iwenly years ago there was onty one rail operator - now lhere are/hove been
over 20. Although numbers of passengers go down/have gone down since 1980, fares rise/hove isen
faster than i nflation. The situation that foces/h as faced the government today is very serious.
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The word square below has eight words or terms from the unit on Green Issues (took at pages 58-61
you). See if you can find them. Can you remember what they mean?
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