MEET THE EXPERT
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ENVIRONMENT
1
You are going to watch an interview with Dr
Andrew McGonigle, a scientist who studies volcanoes.
Discuss the questions in pairs.
1
What do you think his job involves?
2
Where do you think he works?
3
What dangers do you think he faces?
2
2
Read the five topics he discusses. Watch the
interview. Put the topics a–e in the order that Andrew
talks about them.
a
Information about the specific volcanoes he works with
b
How volcanoes affect us
c
The problems caused by natural disasters in Italy and
how they work to reduce their impact
d
How they study volcanic gases
e
What his job involves and why he finds it interesting
3
a
Work with a partner and look at the notes below.
Can you remember the missing information?
3
SPORT
1
Work with a partner and discuss the questions.
1
Do you play any sports?
2
Do you prefer team sports or individual sports?
3
In what ways do you think athletes prepare themselves
for competitions, both mentally and physically?
1 Andrew studies volcanoes to understand
them and try to
eruptions.
2 Volcanoes provide an opportunity to study
things which happen at the
the Earth.
3 Volcanoes
us in lots of different
ways.
4 Collecting samples in glass bottles
provides
, but it’s also very
dangerous.
5 They currently use
to
fly into volcanoes and collect data.
6 Both Etna and Stromboli have interesting
ways of
.
7 Stromboli shoots molten rocks a few
into the air.
8 Vesuvius could be the most
in Europe.
9 At the moment, evacuation in the Vesuvius
area takes
.
10 The most important factor in working to
reduce evacuation times is the dialogue
between scientists and
.
3
b
Watch the interview again and complete sentences 1–10.
4
a
Look at the job titles below. Match jobs 1–5 with
descriptions a–e.
1
an agronomist
a
studies the spread of diseases
2
a seismologist
b
studies fossils
3
an epidemiologist
c
studies soil and crops
4
a meteorologist
d
studies the weather
5
a palaeontologist
e
studies earthquakes
4
b
Work with a partner. Which two jobs do you think
would be most interesting? Why?
