• Prepositions
8
Fill in the correct preposition. Check in
Appendix II.
1
Recycling will prevent further
damage
. . . . . . . . the
environment.
2
It is wrong to
experiment
. . . . . . . . animals.
3
Increased traffic leads to an
increase
. . . exhaust
fumes.
4
Consumers need to
insist
. . . . . . . . products that
don’t harm animals.
5
Climate change has been
obvious
. . . . . . . . scientists
for many years.
6
We must protect even tiny insects . . . . .
extinction
.
7
We should
prevent
hunters . . . . . . . killing animals.
8
We all need to
protest
. . . . . . . . global warming.
Everyday English
• Repeating/Confirming
7
Read the newspaper headlines, then use the
table to discuss them.
TOURISM DESTROYING
HIMALAYAS
MALAYSIA TO CLONE
THREATENED TURTLES
DEAD SEABIRDS ALARM SCIENTISTS
9
For questions 1‒8, read the text below and
think of the word that best fits each gap. Use
only one word in each gap. There is an
example at the beginning (0).
Asking for repetition
•
What did you say?
•
(Sorry) could you say that again, please?
•
Could you repeat that, please?
Asking for confirmation
Repeating
•
Did you say
…
?
•
Do you mean to say
that
…
?
•
I said
…
•
What I said was
…
•
I said that
…
From the moment
(0)
.......... enter
the sea as tiny ‘hatchlings’, male
sea turtles never return to land, and
females only leave the water to lay
their eggs.
From the age of about 30, a female returns every
2-4 years to the area
(1)
.......... she herself hatched
– often to the very
(2)
.......... beach. This may
involve a journey of thousands of kilometres. The
turtle crawls onto the beach and digs a hole in the
sand with her back flippers. She lays
(3)
.......... 70
and 200 eggs in the hole, covers the nest with
sand, and then crawls
(4)
.......... to the sea.
After about 2 months, the eggs hatch and the baby
turtles
(5)
.......... several days to dig their way to
the surface. Waiting until night, the hatchlings
emerge from the nest in groups and head for the
sea. They dive into a wave and swim
(6)
.......... a
day or two without stopping, using sea currents to
carry them away from the dangers of land and
shallow waters.
And there certainly are dangers. Apart
(7)
..........
people, various animals dig up the eggs for food,
and 90% of the hatchlings are eaten by a range of
predators including seabirds, crabs and large fish.
To
(8)
.......... matters worse, street lighting near
nesting beaches can confuse hatchlings much that
they actually head away from the sea.
• Key word transformations
6
Complete the sentences using the words in
bold. Use two to five words.
1
It would have been better if you had taken the
early train.
only
If . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . the early train.
2
I didn’t go to the meeting because I didn’t know
about it.
known
If . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . the meeting,
I would have gone.
3
You’d think he owns the place.
though
He behaves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
the place.
4
You shouldn’t have told her my secret.
told
I’d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . her my secret.
5
You ought to have finished the project by now.
time
It’s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . the project.
6
I think you should join an environmental group.
were
If . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , I would
join an environmental group.
GLACIAL LAKEVANISHES
IN SOUTHERN CHILE
900
MONKEYS SEIZED
FROM POACHERS
MODULE 4
17
A: Tourism is destroying the Himalayas.
B: What did you say?
A: I said that the Himalayas are facing problems
because of tourists.
READING & USE OF ENGLISH
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