Unit 5
Pp 58 - 52
The world in our
hands
UNIT OBJECTIVES
• Listening Section 1: note completion and table
completion
• Vocabulary: nature, the environment and the
countryside; tourist and tourism; words and
phrases related to environmental change
• Reading Section 2: introduction to matchinginformation tasks; matching features; summary
completion
• Speaking Parts 2 and 3: preparing notes for Part
2; using adjectives to improve vocabulary scores;
generalising in Part 3
• Pronunciation:
using
sentence
stress
for
emphasis
• Writing
Task
1:
describing
diagrams;
paragraphing; sequencing
• Key grammar: the passive
In Vietnam?
Causes
?
Solution
s?
2. Match these sentence halves to
form four ways of protecting the
environment. Which do you think is
the most urgent?
1. Driving cars with zero emissions
2. Nature reserves are a way
3. Switching to renewable energy
4. Wildlife conservation programmes
a. are essential for protecting endangered species.
b. will reduce our dependence on fossil fuels.
c. will cut the quantity of greenhouse gases which are
re lease into the atmosphere.
d. of protecting natural habitats.
Listening
Section 1
1
Work in pairs. You are going to hear a man who is interested in
protecting the environment talking to a travel agent about ecoholidays . Before you listen, discuss these questions.
ecological
Holiday
Ecoholiday
bad for
Little damage
Environment
Listening
Section 1
2
Work in pairs. Look at Questions 1-6 and decide what type of
information you need to fill each gap.
Listening
Section 1
SB 148
2/two weeks
1,750
discount
(travel) insurance during
holiday
vegetarian
meals on
plane
visa
Listening
Section 1
Listening
Section 1
SB 148
tree
local
family
school
car
Listening
Section 1
6
Work in pairs
1
Vocabulary
Nature, the environment or the
countryside?
Tourist or tourism
ELTS candidates often confuse nature, the environment and
the countryside, and tourist and tourism. Match the words (15) with their definitions from CALD (a-e).
1. nature
2. the environment
3. countryside
4. tourism
5. tourist
a. (U) land where there are no towns or
cities
b. (U) all the things in the world which exist
naturally and were not created by people
c. (U) the land, water and air that animals
and plants live in. It is usually used when
talking about the way people use or damage
the natural world.
d. (C) someone who visits a place for
pleasure and interest, usually while they are
on holiday
e. (U) the business of providing services
such as transport, places to stay or
entertainment for people who are on holiday
Vocabulary
Nature, the environment or the
countryside?
Tourist or tourism
3
@ Four of these sentences contain a mistake made by IELTS
candidates in the exam. Find and correct the mistakes.
-----------
environment
------------ tourism
√
-----------
countryside
Reading
Section 2
1
Work in pairs. You are going to read an article about a form of
renewable energy. Before you read, look at the title and the
subheading and answer these questions.
- Producing solar energy in the
Sahara Desert to satisfy
Europe’s energy needs.
-
Reading
Section 2
2
Now read the article quite quickly to find three problems with
producing electricity in the Sahara.
dust
expensive
building installation
remote terrain
needs for cables
under Mediterranean
needs for new
electrical grids
convincing governments
and company
Reading
Section 2
NO
YES
3
Read the instructions for Questions 1-5 below and answer these
questions. Then underline the key ideas in Questions 1-5.
Reading
Section 2
E
Reading
Section 2
E
B
Reading
Section 2
E
B
G
Reading
Section 2
E
B
G
A
Reading
Section 2
E
B
G
A
E
Reading
Section 2
D
F
E
G
B
E
F