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99 Your environment 07 LANGUAGE SKILLS EXPLORE LOOK AGAIN EXTRAS Self-assessment talk about weather and natural events   !! make comparisons   !! talk about environmental problems   !! express opinions and have a discussion   !! use expressions to soften opinions and disagreements   !! write a letter to the editor   !! Look again Unit07 Complete these weather words with vowels. a VOCABULARY 40 Weather Talk in pairs. How did you feel about different kinds of weather when you were a child? Example: A: When I was a child, I was afraid of lightning. B: Really? I thought it was exciting. Which of these expressions mean: 1 a big difference? 2 a small difference? 3 exactly the same? b a GRAMMAR 41 Comparing Choose two famous people. Write sentences to compare them. They could be: sportspeople singers actors politicians Read your sentences to each other. Do you know the people? Do you agree? Example: Lionel Messi is a lot more popular than Cristiano Ronaldo. Complete the sentences with suitable words. 1 E from cars and planes affect the quality of the air that we breathe. 2 Turning off the lights when you leave the room helps not to w energy. 3 If you share a car with friends, you’ll have fun and s fuel. 4 E encourage people to take action. 5 Office staff should only use r paper. 6 Clean air and water are essential to humans and animals, so the increasing p of these resources endangers our survival. 7 Climate change can cause more frequent d in Mediterranean countries. b c VOCABULARY 42 The environment Can you do these things in English? Circle a symbol on each line.  = I can do this well.  = I can do this most of the time. !! = I still need to work on this. 1 cl ds 2 h lst n s 3 l ghtn ng 4 t rn d 5 r nb w 6 sn wfl k 7 t mp r t r 8 th nd rst rm Comparatives a little a bit slightly marginally far a lot as … as not quite just not nearly almost Nur I zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum C des Verlags öbv