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LESSON 1.4
EXERCISE 6A (P.13)
COUNSELLOR B
Summary of your conversation with Paul.
Problems
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His flatmates do not understand his problems. Law
students are very competitive. He must study hard in
the evenings to keep up with the other students. He
has no time to socialise.
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He does not like Martin. Martin’s habit of putting
notices everywhere about cleaning the flat annoy
him. He thinks Martin is too ‘bossy’.
•
He thinks the flat is too untidy, but it’s not his fault.
Solutions
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Flatmates should not play music in the sitting room
after midnight.
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The other flatmates should talk to Martin and ask
him to be more ‘relaxed’.
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They should pay someone to clean the flat once a week.
Martin’s communication style
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He is polite, but does not have time to talk much to
his flatmates: ‘I must focus on my studies this year.
It’s very important for me to do well.’
LESSON 2.3
EXERCISE 10A (P.21)
STUDENT B
The volcano on the Indonesian island of Krakatoa
erupted in 1883 and killed over 36,000 people.
Most of those who died were drowned by a tsunami
caused by the eruption. It erupted with 13,000 times
the power of the Hiroshima nuclear bomb. The sound
of the explosion is thought to be one of the loudest
on record. People as far away as the eastern coast
of Africa and Western Australia reported hearing
the explosion. A new island at the site was seen in
1927 and was called Anak (Child of) Krakatau. Anak
Krakatau has erupted in most years since then.
LESSON 2.4
EXERCISE 5A (P.23)
STUDENT B: LOCAL RESIDENT 1
You are a local resident.
You are very much in favour of the wind farm.
You live in the area and own some of the land needed
for the wind farm. You represent a number of farmers.
You will receive money because the wind farm will be
built on your land.
You think:
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wind farms are beautiful structures.
•
the wind farm will attract visitors to the area. It will be
the biggest in the country.
•
the wind farm will provide cheap power for the local
community.
•
building the wind farm will create jobs for local people.
•
the wind farm will attract international interest and
publicity.
You want to know what the disadvantages of the wind
farm would be.
LESSON 5.1
EXERCISE 11A (P.47)
STUDENT B
Read this quote from a car manufacturer. Discuss the
points in it with your group.
‘A lot of people talk about understanding why
crashes happen and educating people to stop them
happening, but I don’t agree with that. It just isn’t
possible to change people’s behaviour – put some
people behind the steering wheel of a car and
you’ve got an accident waiting to happen. A car
is a dangerous machine for everyone – the driver,
passengers in the car and other road users, I mean
other drivers, cyclists and pedestrians. I’m a great
believer in using technology to solve problems, and
we can certainly make cars safer. For example, we
can have automatic speed limiters in cars so that the
driver can’t go above, say, 100km per hour. You can
get better computer systems – we’re trying to look
at a system where the car senses how close it is to
other vehicles, and it increases the distance. Another
possibility might be making cars softer with external
airbags to protect people both inside and outside
the car if there’s a crash. So, you see, there are lots of
options. Engineering is the way to solve this problem.’
