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IN THIS UNIT
GRAMMAR
• present perfect simple and
continuous
• indirect questions
VOCABULARY
• local environment
collocations
• the environment
• adverbs
SCENARIO
• agreeing and disagreeing
politely, polite questions
• attending a formal meeting
STUDY SKILLS
• designing a questionnaire
WRITING SKILLS
• writing a questionnaire
Environment
2.1
LOCAL ENVIRONMENT
2
The environment is everything which isn’t me.
Albert Einstein, 1879–1955, German-born physicist
LISTENING AND VOCABULARY
LOCAL ENVIRONMENT COLLOCATIONS
1
Work with a partner and answer the questions.
1
What sort of area do you live in? Choose words from
the box.
urban rural suburban residential traditional
smart inner-city coastal up-and-coming
long-established recently developed
2
How would you describe your area to a visitor?
2
2.1
Listen to three people taking part in a survey
about their local area. Complete the table.
1
2
3
Type of building
Where they live
What they like
Problems
3
Complete collocations 1–20 with the words in the
boxes. Listen again to check.
atmosphere neighbourhood roads house
area fumes environment farm homes
activities
1
detached
2
congested
3
desirable
4
friendly
5
natural
6
wind
7
cultural
8
cosmopolitan
9
traffic
10
second
abandoned residential apartment rush traffic
transport noise renewable environmental open
11
areas
12
spaces
13
connections
14
hour
15
congestion
16
energy
17
issue
18
housing
19
block
20
pollution
