- •Unit 1 ‘The Environment’
- •1. Complete the questionnaire below about your everyday activities. Analyze your answers and decide if you can call yourself a friend of planet Earth.
- •2. Share your analysis with the class to find out who is the most planet-friendly student in your group. Explain your choice.
- •The environment
- •It is not uncommon today to see people picking up and recycling trash left in public recreation areas.
- •Unit 2 ‘Ecological Problems’
- •1. Student a and Student в: your texts deal with air pollution.
- •Air Pollution
- •Water Pollution
- •1. Complete the table with the derivatives of the following words:
- •2. Match the words in Column a and Column b to form collocations. In several cases more than one variant is possible.
- •3. Now use the expressions from Exercise 2 to complete the following sentences. Pay attention to the form of the verb.
- •4. Use the texts and consult a collocations dictionary to complete the word maps below with collocations for the words ‘pollution’, ‘harm’ and ‘waste’.
- •5. Fill in the gaps in the text with suitable words: Top 5 Environmental Issues in Australia
- •Storm clouds on the horizon
- •1. Match the sentences a-c with pictures 1-3.
- •2. Complete the sentences using the future perfect or future continuous.
- •3. Complete the dialogue with verbs in the future continuous or future perfect.
- •1. Work with a partner and discuss the following question.
- •2. Read What can you do to help? about what you can do to help prevent climate change. Talk to a partner or in small groups.
- •What can you do to help? The top tips
- •Unit 3 ‘Working out solutions’
- •1. Answer the following questions about the article.
- •2. Arguments for and against using nuclear power
- •1. Explain or paraphrase the word(s) in italics in the following sentences.
- •2. Match the collocations from paragraphs 4 and 5.
- •3. Complete the following sentences using one of the collocations from Exercise 2.
- •4. Find words in the text that match the definitions below.
- •1. Discuss the questions in small groups.
- •2. Analyse the following survey report and present the results of your analysis to the group.
- •Recycling - How Important Is It Really?
- •In the comprehension check you were asked how you think people should be encouraged to participate in recycling programmes. Discuss your opinion with the class.
- •1. Work with a partner. What benefits of recycling do you remember?
- •2. Match the underlined words with their definitions. You will hear these words in the listening activity.
- •1. Now listen to a talk on recycling and answer the following question.
- •2. Compare with a partner what you understood.
- •3. Listen again and take notes of myths about recycling that the speaker destroys.
- •1. Listen to a radio interview with an animal protection activist and answer the question.
- •2. Compare with a partner what you understood.
- •3. Listen again and take notes of the solutions mentioned.
- •And the environment”
- •Bibliography
1. Discuss the questions in small groups.
How has the article changed your opinion of nuclear energy?
How would you feel if you lived near a nuclear power station? Why (not)?
Which countries have the highest dependence on nuclear energy in the world?
What is your country's energy policy? What percentage of your country's energy is produced by nuclear power? What other forms of energy are used in your country?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of using renewable sources of energy?
/Adapted from Market Leader. Advanced. Teacher’s Book. Iwonna Dubicka, Margaret O’Keeffe/
2. Analyse the following survey report and present the results of your analysis to the group.
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CBS News/New York Times Poll. April 20-24, 2007. N=1,052 adults nationwide. MoE ± 3. 1. "Would you approve or disapprove of building more nuclear power plants to generate electricity?" Approve Disapprove Unsure % % % 4/20-24/07 45 47 8 6/01 51 42 7 2. "Would you approve or disapprove if a nuclear power plant to generate electricity is built in your community?" Approve Disapprove Unsure % % % 4/20-24/07 36 59 5 6/01 40 55 5 3. "Would you be willing or not willing to pay higher taxes on gasoline and other fuels if the money was used for research into renewable sources like solar and wind energy?" Willing Not Willing Unsure % % % 4/20-24/07 64 33 3 4. "What do you think -- is using nuclear power to generate electricity mostly a good idea or mostly a bad idea?" Good Bad Unsure % % % 4/20-24/07 36 58 6 5. "What do you think -- is using renewable energy sources to generate electricity mostly a good idea or mostly a bad idea?" Good Bad Unsure % % % 4/20-24/07 87 9 4 6. "In order to help reduce global warming, would you be willing or not willing to pay more for electricity if it were generated by renewable sources like solar or wind energy?" Willing Not Willing Unsure % % % 4/20-24/07 75 20 5 |
Writing
Write an essay discussing the arguments for and against using nuclear power.
Reading 2 Recycling
PRE-READING TASK
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STRATEGY: Previewing art in the text Looking at the photographs or other art in a text and reading the captions (the words that explain visual materials) is a good way to get an overview of the content. |
Look at the photographs in the text below and make predictions about what the text will say about recycling.
Compare your predictions with others in the class.
READING
Skim the text “The Environment” to find out whether your predictions were accurate.