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Exercise 14. Free discussion.

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  6. B) Write down a short summary based on the results of the discussion.
  7. B) Write down a short summary based on the results of the discussion.

A) Answer the following questions. Give your opinion and justify it.

1) Why do such success stories about GM products strike fear into some hearts? 2) Do you think GM technologies pose a threat to the environment?

3) Do you share the opinion that GM technologies are the effective means to solve food supply problems for poor countries?

B) Write down a short summary based on the results of the discussion.

Exercise 15. Role play “Granting a License to GMF Growing”.

Turn to page 110 to choose your role and get ready to present it.

Unit 11. Economy and Environment.

Climate Change

Lead-in

Exercise 1. Starting up: Work in two groups, make up a list of the human activities that might cause CO2 emissions.

 

Vocabulary and Listening

Exercise 2. You are going to listen to the report on the problem of wetlands. Match the English words and phrases from the report with their Russian equivalents:

1. coincident высушивать
2. to apportion blame излучение, выделение
3. peaty weatland распределять, разделять вину
4. to preserve грешник, преступник
5. emission совпадающий
6. a culprit подвергать, выставлять
7. oxidative effect привычная статистика
8. to drain парниковые газы
9. to desiccate торфяное болото
10. greenhouse gases осушать
11. to ex­pose эффект окисления
12. conventional figure сохранять

Exercise 3. Listen to the report on wetlands and answer the following questions (“The Economist”, November 7th 2009):

1. What amount of CO2 do wetlands emit a year? Is human activity influence the process of draining the wetlands?

2. What two reports are considered in this article?

3. Which countries are mentioned here as guilty for these emissions?

4. What amount of man-made CO2 emissions does tree-felling cause?

5. Should people preserve bogs as well as forests?

6. What trees are recommended to grow in the marshlands?

7. What does the report by McKinsey suggest?

 

Exercise 4. Listen to the report again and fill in the gaps in the script using the target vocabulary (Exercise 2):


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