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Unit 12 ReviewActivity 1 Weather forecastA Listen to the weather forecast. Supply the missing information. Areas Weather conditions Temperatures Mexico City Mostly cloudy _26_ Buenos Aries Sunny _17_ La Paz Partly sunny _17_ Kingston(Jamaica) Periods of clouds and sun- shine, windy, very humid _32_ Algiers Sunny and breezy _30_ Abidjan Potentially severe thunder storms _26_ Capetown Partly sunny _19_ Dallas Partly sunny _29_Nairobi Partly sunny _23_ Cairo Sunny, hot, humid _36_ Jerusalem Sunny and windy _30_ Teheran Mostly sunny _37_ Berlin Partly sunny, hot, humid _32_ London Partly sunny _25_ Belgrade Sunny and hot _33_ Moscow Rainy, breezy and cool _13_B Now try this: listen to a more authentic version of the weather forecast.Activity 2 National Geographic SocietyThe following passage is about the National Geographic Society. Supply the missing words while listening. The National Geographic Society began 109 years ago. In January, 1888, 33 men gathered at a social club in Washington. The group included scientists, explorers, military officers and teachers. Most of them had traveled widely. They were excited about new discoveries and they believed in the importance of geography -the study of the earth. All of them believed in the idea that travel helped people understand their world and other cultures. So they established the National Geographic Society. The headquarters of the National Geographic-Explorers Hall-is filled with exhibits that use modern technology to explain the world and its environment. Explorers Hall has more than traditional kinds of museum exhibits where visitors look at objects behind glass. It has things for visitors to do. For example, there are television screens showing video picture. But you do not just watch them. You interact with the program by touching the screen to answer questions for example. One of the interactive exhibits is an international weather report. It tells the current weather for all areas of the world. You touch a television screen to see information about the area you are interested in. You can find out the temperature and rain fall and you can see satellite pictures of weather conditions in the area. Several exhibits of the National Geographic include remote control microscopes. You move the microscopes from a distance. Then you see through them for a close look. These exhibits are among the most popular with students. As you walk through Explorers Hall, you can hear visitors calling to each other. Come here, look at this! Such excitement about geography is the purpose of Explorers Hall. Using the tools of modern technology such as satellite pictures and robot microscopes make the subject of geography come alive. Since 1890 the National Geographic Society has supported more than 5500 explorations and research projects. In 1985. researchers supported by the Society found the British passenger ship Titanic on the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. The Societys committee for research and exploration spends more than $4 000 000 a year. It gives money to scientists working in subjects from archeology to zoology. Its support increasingly goes to research that helps protect the Earths natural resources. This includes studies of different kinds of plants and animals that are in danger of dying out. The official record of the Society-a magazine called National Geographic -is sent around the world every month to more than 9 000 000 members of National Geographic. Through the years, the Society has added new ways to spread information to the public. It continues to expand through television programs, books, maps, movies and other educational materials. The educational tools used by the National Geographic Society have changed in the past 100 years. Yet the Societys goal remains the same. It works to increase knowledge and help people understand the complex nature of the world we share. Activity 3 Environmental issues Outline . The most important environment issues A. difficult to make a hierarchy of worry B. rain forests concentrated on most by the campaigning organization . Importance of rain forests A. countries depending on them e.g. people depending on them for their livelihood and the quality of their environment B. the biological richness of the rain forests e.g. more than 60% of the worlds species found in the rain forests C. impact on climatic patternsActivity 4 Learning a language in another countrybarriers to communicationoperating in ones own familiar language; supervise the other thingscomplete attention on the task; spare for anything elsethe information flowing into lifeconcentrate reading books all the way throughActivity 5 Quiz game A Listen to the following radio quiz game. Who are those people in the panel? Supply the missing information. Names Occupation Tim Brown Sportsman and racing driver Maxine Morgan Star of the American cinema David Walker Novelist Laura Dennison Composer and singerB Now listen again. Put a mark beside each question. Put a tick if it is true. If it is false, put a cross. Finally write down who that person is. Questions True or false Questions True or false Alive _ Australian _ A fictional _ American _ character A real person _ A writer _ British _ Anything to do _()_ with peace From Europe _ Famous as an _ entertainer Conclusion: President of the United States, John Kennedy, born in 1917, died on Nov. 22nd, 1963Activity 6 Differences between American education and British educationListen to Mike comparing American education with British education. Supply the missing information. According to Mike: American education . Broad Example: senior high- seven different subjects, such as PE, Social Studies, Mathematics. Quality of educationvarying from state to state, county to county British education 1. Deep / not broad Example 1: A levels in English schools 1st year university in the States Example 2: A levels- 3 or 4 subjectsActivity 7 DisasterA Listen to the following report. Supply the information. Event: Cyclone, worst in the history Time: Monday Place: Bangladeshs south-eastern coast Estimated death toll: More than 100 000 Estimated relief cost: $ 15 millions worth of food, water and shelter Aids offered by other countries: 1. the European Community: $12 million in food and medical supplies 2. Saudi Arabia: 3 plane loads of goods 3. India: $700 000 in aid & 3 helicopters 4. The U.S.: $2 million in medical supplies and more would be made available 5. The British Charity Oxfam: food and water purification tabletsB Now try this: listen to a more authentic version of the report.Activity 8 The hottest year Outline . 1998-the hottest year A. average surface temperature worldwide-0.7 higher than the one at the end of the 19th century B. average temperature- more than 0.5 above the one between 1961 and 1990 C. almost all land areas-having above-average temperatures . Unusual weather events A. severe storms and flooding B. driest period C. extreme heat and warmest period . Prediction and impact A. surface temperatures rising by 2 during the next 100 years B. ice in Antarctica & near the Arctic circle melting C. sea levels rising by about 50 cm by the year 2100 D. more flooding E. small islands disappearingActivity 9 PetsThe following passage is about pets. Supply the missing words while listening. What animals Americans keep as _pets_? Americans keep many kinds of animals as pets including _dogs_, cats, birds, horses, snakes and _fish_. Other pets are not as _common_. Unusual pets can cause _unusual_ problems. A few years ago, police in a Californian city went to investigate _screams_ coming from a house. What they found was _not_ the kind of family fight they expected. The familys large _pig_ was being attacked by _another_ family pet. The most common American pets are dogs and _cats_. Americans now own _more_ cats than dogs. Cats are especially _popular _ with people who live in _ cities _. Cats are easier to care for than dogs. They can live comfortably in _small_ living spaces. Dogs were more popular when there was a lot of _open_ land where they could run and _play_. This year what may be the most popular pets in America are not _real_. They are toys known as Virtual Pets. They are seen on an extremely small _computer_ screen. Each toy shows a picture of a cat, dog, _monkey_ or space creature. The Virtual Pet must be cared for by its _owner_ who pushes buttons on the device to _feed_ it, or clean it. 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