Developing vocabulary and listening
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15 Four people are giving their opinions on whether we should eat less meat. Listen and match each speaker to a photo (a–d).
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Great students’ tip
Using prefixes Prefixes change the meaning of a word, e.g. dis + appear = disappear . They can help us to work out the type or meaning of a word, e.g. anti means ‘against’, so we can guess antisocial means ‘against society/other people’.
Speaker 1 Speaker 2
Speaker 3 Speaker 4
15 Listen again. Which two speakers think
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we should eat less meat? Speaker 1 Speaker 2
Speaker 3 Speaker 4
Complete the sentences with a prefix from the first box and the correct form of a word from the second box.
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15 Listen again and choose the best answers. 1 Speaker 1 is happy to eat less meat … a to avoid eating insects. b because he eats too much protein. c because it’s better for you. 2 Speaker 2 believes we won’t run out of food because … a technology will find solutions. b we’ll plant more crops. c we’ll learn to drink salt water. 3 Speaker 3 believes … a everyone needs to become vegetarian. b global warming will prevent the world’s population from getting bigger. c we use too many resources on animals. 4 Speaker 4 thinks that … a fish will be important in our future diet. b eating meat is essential for the global economy. c more people should eat meat.
co- • dis- • inter- • mis- • o ver- • pre- • re- • u nder-
act • charge • e at • fill • heat • pilot • qualify • u nderstand
1 The judges her from the Cookery Contest because her recipe wasn’t original. 2 My water bottle is empty. Is there somewhere I can it, please? 3 Remember to the oven for ten minutes before you put the cake in. 4 The waiter the customer’s order and brought him the wrong dish. 5 I always at Chinese restaurants because the food is just so delicious. 6 The waiter forgot to add the drinks so he us $20 for the meal. 7 Mealtimes are an opportunity to listen and with family members. 8 One of the people flying the plane became ill, but luckily the was able to land it.
Read the definition and choose the correct
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word. 1 someone you work with
Vocabulary extension
rework / co-worker / overworked
6 Write the words for the definitions below. (They all begin with mis- or dis-. ) Use the underlined words to help you. 1 the wrong way to behave 2 a mistake in a printed text 3 describing someone who tells lies and isn’t honest 4 to use something for the wrong purpose 5 to break a connection 6 to give someone the wrong information
2 arrange for a different time reorganise / pre-organise / disorganised 3 already cleaned washing / pre-washed / unwashed 4 between different countries intermediate / countryside / international 5 someone who doesn’t do as well as expected overachieve / achievement / underachiever
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