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2
PEOPLE
1
Discuss these questions.
1
What animation films and TV programmes do you
watch or know?
2
What comics or illustrated books do you remember
from your childhood?
2
2
Watch the interview with Karen Rubins,
a comics artist. In what order does Karen talk about
these topics?
1
Her early interests in comics and art
2
Her stories and her drawing habits
3
Osamu Tezuka
4
Manga today
5
The first manga artist
6
Reasons she loves manga
3
a
Match the sentence halves. Which of the topics in
Exercise 2 are they about?
1
He invented …
2
I’ve drawn comics in all kinds of different genres: …
3
You’re in the story with the characters …
4
I like my stories to have something to say …
5
I really loved drawing …
6
His style is very simple and cartoony …
a
… and something to think about.
b
… and feeling what they feel.
c
… horror, comedy, science fiction, action and
adventure.
d
… manga as we know it.
e
… yet all his stories have a message.
f
… when I was growing up.
3
b
Watch the interview again and check your ideas.
Make more notes as you watch.
4
Discuss these questions.
1
What did you learn about these topics?
a
Karen’s early years
b
Tezuka and manga
c
Karen’s creative habits and work
2
Which stories do you know which ‘have a message’,
or make you feel what ‘the characters are feeling’?
3
In general, who influences you in your life, study,
work and interests?
1
HUMAN PLANET
1
Discuss these questions.
1
What are deserts and jungles? Consider differences
and similarities.
2
What are the interesting or difficult things about
living in those places?
2
Match the words in bold with the explanations
below.
Scientists sometimes
go on
expeditions
to places such as
jungles and
deserts. Before the
trip, there is a lot of
kit
to buy and
preparation
to do.
Every expedition team
includes
a medic
in case people
get ill. This can happen because these new
environments are
challenging
.
1
A nurse or doctor
2
Difficult, and creates problems
3
Things to do before you go on a journey
4
Equipment, the things you need to take on a
journey
5
Trips to other countries to discover new things
3
1
Watch the interview with James Moore,
an expedition medical consultant. Put these topics in
the correct order. What images can you remember
from the topic areas?
1
James’s personal difficulties with life in the jungle
2
Life in the Sinai desert
3
James’s work experience and background
4
Local people
5
Important advice for travellers
6
Differences between the desert and the jungle
7
What people learn from travelling to extreme
environments
4
Watch the interview again and take notes for
each section.
5
Discuss these questions with your partner. Use your
notes to help, and add your own ideas.
1
What different types of work does James do?
2
What information does he give about life in the
desert and in the jungle?
3
What can visitors learn from local people?
4
What advice about preparation does James give?
5
Would you like to go on an expedition to an extreme
environment? Why?/Why not?
