English Unlimited HTL 3, Schulbuch mit Audio-CD und CD-ROM

89 Your environment 07 LANGUAGE SKILLS EXPLORE LOOK AGAIN EXTRAS Mini research project. Use the internet to find a country where one of the events from 9a happened in the last decade. In groups of three, prepare and give a short presentation. You should: state where it happened. explain its consequences (casualties, damage, describe the event. international aid, long-term effects). You’re going to hear Fran and Anthony talking about natural events. Which events in 9a do they talk about? What was the experience like for them? Listen again and discuss the questions. 1 What does Fran say about: her street? the water? moving? her family? 2 What does Anthony say about: the beach? the time of day? the sky? his parents? Which verb A–C from Fran’s story: 1 tells us about a finished action or event in the past? 2 explains the background to a past action or event? 3 tells us that an event happened earlier than another event? 10 a LISTENING 11 TCD 2/11+12 b a GRAMMAR 12 Narrative verb forms Match A–C with the three past tenses on the right. Work in A/B pairs. A, Circle the correct verb forms in Fran’s story. B, do the same in Anthony’s story. b a 13 Matt: (1) Did you have to /Were you having to move to a di erent town? Fran: No, we (2) stayed /were staying because the water then subsided very quickly, and then it was quite soon that we (3) found out / had found out what had happened, that there (4) was being / had been an earthquake, and that it (5) was causing / had caused a tsunami … Matt: Your family probably was very worried about you. Fran: Well, my parents (6) were actually visiting / actually visited me at the time. Anthony: Everyone just le school and we immediately (7) headed /were heading down to the sea. … And as soon as the light (8) started /was starting changing, the birds (9) went / had gone silent. … ere were lots of people on the street who (10) were selling /had sold special sunglasses and other things to watch the eclipse through, and people (11) were walking / had walked around with little bits of card … I remember thinking that it was really odd that the whole town (12) was going / had gone down to the beach in the middle of a working day to see this strange event. In pairs, look at both stories and check your ideas together. b Many people believe that extreme weather conditions can be due to the way we treat our environment. People in the developed world use far too much of the world’s natural resources like drinking water and clean air and produce far too much waste and pollution. What is your opinion? You are going to listen to three people talking on a phone-in programme called Hot Debate . Who are they, and what are their points of view? a LISTENING 14 TCD 2/13 b Our environment I (A) was living in Sri Lanka when the tsunami (B) hit . We found out there (C) had been an earthquake. Past simple (regular ending - ed ) Past progressive ( was / were + ing ) Past perfect ( had + past participle) Grammar reference and practice, p. 158. Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv