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OL6(12) – Unit 3 | station 2
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OL6(12) – Unit 3 | station 1
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OL6(11) – Unit 3| Way in (New Zealand)
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general topic: job interview
general topic: shopping dialogue
general topic: comments and statements
2. wordpower: environment
Now, we are discussing about our environment, about pollution and about climate change. Let’s try to get some helpful vocabulary structured:
| Topic | facts |
|---|---|
| problems to be seen – destruction / change of Nature | melting of the polar ice: weather conditions: – hot and dry summers – rising temparatures – bush fires – huge areas of destroyed forests – dead animals – loss of animal habitats – droughts will cause bad harvests – storms – very cold winters pollution of air: – CO2-emissions – smog – air pollution – too much traffic pollution of water: deforestation of the rainforest: – fire clearance of the rainforest – |
| consequences | loss of animal habitats: – some animal species will get extinct loss of quality of life: – spread of diseases natural disasters: – sea level rises, floods |
| reasons | natural reasaons: human influences: – use of traditional energy: nuclear, oil, gas, coal |
| alternatives – what can be done? | awareness: – education – campeigns alternative behaviour: – use green / renewable energies: solar, water, wind – use less plastic – eat less meat and dairy products – save ressources – fly less – use bike or public transport instead of cars, trains, planes etc. – don’t use your car so often politics: |
exercise 1: Copy the vocabulary above.
exercise 2: Do this worksheet (2 pages): https://en.islcollective.com/english-esl-worksheets/vocabulary/environment/environment-vocabulary-practice/80587
1. wordpower: describing pictures
1) general description
Wh-Questions: What, When, Where, Who, (How)?
- It’s a photo / a picture / a painting / a drawing
- It is colored / black and white
- In the picture I can see…
- The picture shows…
- The title of this picture is
- There is…/
- There are…
- It is in/at
- I see…
- This photo was taken by/in…
2) detailed description
Talk about the different areas of the pictures as detailed as possible, but only name the important bits.
- In the upper left-hand corner there are
- At the top there is
- In the upper right-hand corner there is
- On the left …
- On the right …
- In the middle …
- In the bottom left-hand corner …
- In the bottom right hand corner …
- At the bottom …
- In the foreground …
- In the background …
- Out of focus …
- In focus …
3) What are the people doing?
What are the people wearing? What are they doing? Use the Simple Progressive-Form.
- She is wearing…
- They are wearing…
- The person looks happy/sad/young/old…
- The is eating…
- The person is thinking about…
4) What’s your opinion about the picture?
- I don’t like the picture because
- I like picture because…
vocabulary
4. wordpower: comment on the cartoon
When you have described the cartoon it’s time to comment on it. Perhaps a discussion will start. Three tips for your comment:
- Give your personal opinion of the cartoon and explain it
- Do you think it is easy to understand the cartoon?
- Do you agree with the cartoonist’s opinion?
Remember your cartoon that you worked on (see 3. wordpower: analyzing cartoons).
exercise: Now comment on your cartoon. Use the 3 steps and the vocabulary aids below.
| In ein Thema einführen | Now, we are talking about…/discussing…. It’s all about…. This leads us to the question: …. |
| die eigene Meinung | As far as I’m concerned… I think…/ I don’t think… In my opinion… As far as I know… My honest opinion is… I believe that…/ I don’t believe that I’ve never come across the idea that… I’m convinced that… The way I see it… It seems to me that… |
| zustimmen | I agree with… I totally/fully/partly agree with…. Exactly. That’s an important point |
| Protestieren, dagegen sein | I don’t agree with… I wouldn’t say that… I don’t think so…. That can’t be right… I Don’t agree at all… however… It’s hard to say… I’m sorry, but… Can/May I add something? Sorry to interrupt you, but… |
| Abwägen, sich auf Argumente beziehen | I must admit that…. You’re right up to a point… You could be right…. One the one hand it’s true that… but you shouldn’t forget that… I can understand that… but…. One the one hand… on the other hand…. That’s a matter of opinion. |
| Beweise finden / behaupten | As a matter of fact…. That’s why… Opinion among experts is that…. Everybody knows that… |
| Nachfragen | What do you think? What’s your opinion about…? Would you like to say something? What do you mean? What are your ideas? What are you trying to say? |