UNIT 5_Smart Skills_ p. 52-55

READING

1. Our compassion for animals should be (A.) focused.
2. Air pollution (C.) has numerous consequences.
3. Performing animals (C.) need to be adopted.
4. To save the rainforests we should (A.) not buy perishable products.
5. Active environmental campaigning should be (A.) taken up by the authorities.

VOCABULARY

Ex. A p. 53

1. Prevent
2. Active
3. Protect
4. Convince
5. Tame
6. Contempt
7. Adopt
8. Extinction
9. Poachers
10. Protest
11. Deprive
12. Respect
13. Discharge
14. Emissions
15. Affects
16. Awareness
17. Warning
18. Recycling
19. Processing
20. Products
21. Goods
22. Existence
23. Donate

Ex. B p. 53

1. Ozone dump
2. Renewable resources
3. Global warming
4. Solar/nuclear energy
5. Chemical waste
6. Environmental issues
7. Acid rain
8. Rubbish layer

Ex. C p. 53

1. People all over the world should by all means try to reverse the environmental damage.
2. To conserve resources, please reuse this carrier bag.
3. Ecologists are fighting hard to preserve the Amazonian rainforest.

Ex. D p. 53

1. TAKE action, measures, a course, a bus, a train, a test, a rest, something for granted, sides.
2. RUN a risk, a campaign, an errand, a car, a house, a business.

GRAMMAR

Ex. A p. 54

1. Ian works hard. He works like a slave.
2. Betty hasn’t seen Jane lately.
3. Jeremy sent a letter to the university asking for further information.
4. It was the less Jane could do to help.
5. Terry is the eldest child in the family.
6. The more you study, the better grades you get.
7. The soldier was badly wounded during the battle.
8. Laura mustn’t speak so rudely to her teachers.
9. The weather is getting worse and worse.
10. This chair is much cheaper than the one we bought.
11. She spoke very politely and let us enter the building.
12. They felt very awkward. They were like fish out of water.

Ex. B p. 55

1. It is widely known that exams are very competitive and sometimes affect students in a negative way.
2. Today, the car industry is considered to be highly profitable.
3. The student was deeply hurt when he saw the results of his exams.
4. I am very worried about him because I haven’t seen him lately. I don’t know what is really going on.
5. Close friends help you talk freely and express your thoughts and worries.
6. He could hardly understand what she was trying to tell him.

Ex. C p. 55

1. I went to New York by car last week.
2. The child ran quickly into his classroom a few minutes ago.
3. Jennifer was born at 11.45 on Monday November 20^th 1996.
4. Dorothy was studying quietly all evening in her room.
5. He often stays home at night.
6. They live in a house in the suburbs.

Ex. D p. 55

1. I don’t drive as fast as you.

I drive slower than you.

2. You have never seen such an intelligent student.

He’s the most intelligent student.

3. Samantha is the best pianist of all.

She is a better pianist than all the others.

She plays the piano better than all.

No one plays the piano better than she does.

4. Mary is very friendly.

Mary behaves in a friendly way.

5. Our jeans look the same.

My jeans are the same as yours.

My jeans are as beautiful as yours.

6. The film you saw yesterday was very bad.

It’s the worst film you could ever watch.

Ex. E p. 55

1. True
2. Constantly
3. Effectively
4. Negative
5. Increasing
6. Apparent
7. Deliberately
8. Good
9. Most
10. More
11. More