English Unlimited HTL 4/5, Schulbuch mit Audio-CD und CD-ROM

33 Our changing world 03 LANGUAGE SKILLS EXPLORE EXTRAS Sentences 1–3 are about differences and changes. Which words in the box could replace the highlighted words? Do they change the meaning? easily  huge  considerably  significant  dramatic significantly  massive  enormous  far and away  far  marginally 1 There was a vast increase in wealth between 1960 and 1990. 2 The countries of Asia have by far the largest populations. 3 Canada is slightly bigger than the USA, but as the map shows, the USA has a much larger population. Write one or two more sentences based on the maps, like those in 2a. Read out your sentences to a partner. Does he / she agree? Look at the maps again. 1 Imagine a map showing population in 2050. How would it be different? What countries might be bigger or smaller? 2 Imagine a map showing wealth in the year 1500. How would it look? Think about: a LanguagE FoCuS 2 Differences and changes b c a SPEaKIng 3 Listen to two people talking about the map on p. 190. What do they say? Complete the sentences with expressions from the box. indicate about  the significance of  you can see  reveal much about  is apparent  doesn’t necessarily mean  as the maps show  pretty much 1 What do they really     wealth? (Speaker   ) 2 In fact,     , the difference between the rich and poor has got bigger. (Speaker   ) 3 One thing that     from these maps is how little has actually changed. (Speaker   ) 4 I’m actually not really sure what     the maps is. (Speaker   ) 5 That     that they were poor. (Speaker   ) 6 I mean the balance between rich and poor countries has     stayed the same. (Speaker   ) 7 It doesn’t     lifestyle. (Speaker   ) 8 And     if you look at Africa, those countries weren’t wealthy in 1500. (Speaker   ) Listen again and match speakers A and B. In pairs, summarise the main points each speaker makes. a LanguagE FoCuS 4 Interpreting meaning TCD  1/08 b c   North America   Central and South America   India   China   Europe   the Middle East Work in A/B pairs. Student A, look at the map in 10 on p. 36. Student B, look on p. 190. Tell your partner what your map shows. Then let him/ her see the map. b Nur zu Prüfzwec en – Eigentum des Verlags öbv