Lesson 2

Listening

3. Listen again and answer the questions.

1. What did Adam do from a boat?

He counted and monitored marine life in different areas.

2. What did Adam do at the end of the day?

He helped to clean up the beach.

3. What happens to some of the turtles’ eggs in Greece?

They are taken by birds or flooded by rain and the sea.

4. Why was the work in Greece often tiring?

Lara had to watch the eggs at night.

5. How do we know that the area Munir worked in was isolated?

Munir took an internal flight to get there.

6. Why wasn’t Munir’s work easy?

The rainforest was very hot, and there were dangerous snakes and insects.

4. Listen again. Find and correct the factual mistakes in the sentences.

1. Volunteers are well paid for their work.

Volunteers are not paid for their work.

2. Few tourists see the fish in the Red Sea.

Most tourists see the fish in the Red Sea.

3. The problem in Greece is that turtles do not lay many eggs.

The problem in Greece is that turtles lay a lot of eggs, but many of them are taken by birds or flooded.

4. Lara did not often see the big turtles when they left the beach.

Lara loved observing the big turtles when they left the beach. / Lara often saw the big turtles when they left the beach

5. Munir worked with wild elephants.

The elephants Munir worked with were from farms or used to carry tourists. / Munir worked with elephants from farms or for tourists. They were not wild.

6. The snakes in the rainforest were not dangerous.

There were a lot of dangerous snakes and insects in the rainforest. / The snakes in the rainforest were dangerous.

Language

5. Listen again and complete these opinions.

1. Adam: I’m sure my work has helped people to understand the impact tourists have on the Red Sea.

2. Lara: In my opinion, it’s a great protect and I’ve learned a lot more about conservation, too.

3. Munir: I don’t think everyone would find life in Thailand easy, but I loved it.

6. Match to make sentences from the recording.

1. While the tourists were lying on the beach, c. Adam was monitoring marine life from a boat.

2. While the tourists were eating in a restaurant, a. team of people helped to clean the beaches.

3. When Lara was on the beach at night, d. many of her friends were sleeping.

4. A spider bit Munir’s hand, b. when he was putting something in his pocket.