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Activity 1a
1) freezing
5) chilly
9) baking/boiling
13) clear
17) frost
2) close
6) snowdrift
10) black ice
14) mild
18) drizzle
3) blizzard
7) shower
11) storm
15) sleet
4) overcast
8) dull
12) damp
16) mist
Activity 1b
bright
stormy
overcast
strong
thick
freezing
blue
light
clear
heavy
grey
storm
mild
 sun / sunshine
 sky / skies
 sky / skies
 wind(s) / breeze(s) / sun
 cloud(s) / fog
 wind(s) / fog
 sky (skies)
 wind(s) / breeze(s) / rain / drizzle
 sky (skies)
 rain / snow / snowfall
 cloud(s) / sky (skies)
 cloud(s) / wind(s) / sky (skies)
 sunshine
Activity 2
1) It has been wet./ It has been rainy./ It has been raining./ They've had /they've been
having a lot of rain.
2) It will be fine./The weather will be good/ The weather will get better./The sun will
shine./ It will be sunny.
3) He doesn't think they're very accurate.
4) He's hoping to go to the seaside.
5) No, it isn't. (Only if the weather is good. And he only said he might.)
6) He says there will be a lot of traffic and it might take a long time to get there.
7) He thinks of just sitting in the garden.
8) Because he realizes his wife will want him to cut the grass if they stay at home.
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Activity 2 (continued)
Radio : But this dull spell will come to an end as the cloud cover gradually moves
away during the day and there'll be bright sunshine towards the end of the
afternoon which normally will continue well into the weekend. So a fine
weekend for sunlovers after all the rain we've been having. And that's the
end of the weather forecast. I'll be back with you again at (Noise of radio being switched off.)
Tony : Morning, Geoff.
Geoff : Morning, Tony. The usual. Do you think it will brighten up for the weekend
?
Tony : They said it would on the forecast. Mind you, these weathermen. They get it
wrong nine times out of ten. Are you planning to go anywhere this weekend
?
Geoff : We thought if the weather was decent we might hop in the car and drive the
kids down to the seaside for the day.
Tony : A lot of people 'll do that, so be careful. You might find it takes you all day
to get there with traffic jams and all that.
Geoff : Yeah, well, we might just sit in the garden instead. No, on second thoughts,
better not. The wife will insist I mow the lawn. She's nagged me about it
every weekend for the past two months !
Activity 3a
1) They say it'll rain tomorrow. (C)
2) Look at that sky. There'll be storms this evening. (C)
3) If this goes on it might freeze. (U)
4) We'll be very lucky if we don't get wet.(C)
5) Turn on the telly, quick ! We might just be in time to catch the weather forecast.
(U)
6) I might be late back tonight because of the heavy snow. (U)
7) It'll be warm and sunny all week. Lovely ! (C)
8) Drive carefully. There might be black ice on the roads. (U)
9) Take some high-factor suncream. It'll be boiling hot in the Sahara. (C)
10) With this thick fog we might drive straight into a ditch ! (U)
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Activity 4a
1) prone to
2) otherwise
3) the earth's crust
4) chop down
5) come into play
6) average
7) trap
8) 8) owing to / due to
9) rain forest
10) pasture
11) at a rate of
12) deal with
13) soil
14) run out
15) acid rain
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Activity 4b
1) Mankind is facing the problems of rising temperatures, the destruction of the
rainforests, acid rain, desertification, pollution, an increase in population, and the
using up of our natural resources.
2) An area of rain forest half the size of the ex-Soviet Union has disappeared in the
last twenty years ; large areas of vegetation have become deserts ; the average
temperature in Paris has risen by 2°C over 100 years ; the amount of carbon dioxide
in the air has increased alarmingly since the last century, and the oceans have
become saturated with carbon dioxide and can't absorb any more.
3) Solar activity, the earth's orbit, movements of the earth's crust, human intervention,
namely : forest clearance and industrial pollution.
4) Because humans cut down trees to clear land for grazing and growing crops, and to
get firewood and building materials.
5) When soil no longer has thick vegetation to protect it, it can't hold water so easily,
becomes drier and is more easily eroded. Both nutrients in the soil and the soil
itself become swept away and the land turns into desert.
6) Because carbon dioxide molecules in the air hold infra-red rays from the sun in the
atmosphere. If there are too many of these molecules, this heat cannot escape into
space at night and so it builds up, causing temperatures to rise.
Grammar questions.
a) We express long - term changes that are taking place now with the present
continuous form. Thus :
Temperatures are rising, rain forests are disappearing, trees are being chopped
down or destroyed by acid rain, deserts are growing, pollution is getting worse, the
population is increasing and our natural resources are running out. Deserts are
growing at the rate of 5 or 6 million hectares a year, and the earth is getting
warmer. Why is all this happening ? ...the surplus that is being produced
b) We express evidence of change with the present perfect. Thus :
2,280,000 square kilometres of rain forest have been destroyed ; the average
temperature has gone up by 2°C ; now another crucial factor has come into play ;
large areas of once luxuriant forest have become arid ;the amount of carbon
dioxide (CO2) in the air has increased considerably ;the oceans have reached
saturation point.
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Activity 4c
1) unfit (for)
2) treat
3) flooded
4) unless
5) ice caps
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6) achieve
7) under way
8) threat
9) melt
10) a great deal
Activity 4d
1) Sick people would not have the drugs and medicines they needed and because rain
forests help produce oxygen and retain water, there would be less of these. They
also absorb carbon dioxide from the air, so amounts of this would go up.
2) If the world got hotter, the polar ice caps would melt and the seas would rise and
flood many parts of the world. There would be less land for food production.
Also hotter temperatures would provoke the extension of deserts into what are now
more temperate regions.
3) Because as well as the results mentioned in the last question, the world's population
is growing and more and more food will be needed in the future. Also as the earth
beomes more and more polluted, it will be more difficult to grow food.
Grammar questions.
a) We express this with will or if/unless + present simple + will. Thus :
we will need to produce more and more food ; unless we do something about
pollution in general, our soil and water will in any case become unfit for growing
food and for drinking ; It will take a long long time to achieve.
b) We express this with would. Thus :
If these disappeared, how would we_ treat people who were ill ? ; Without them we
would have less oxygen and less water ; If temperatures rose by 6°it would be much
harder to produce enough food ;the ice caps would melt and sea-levels would rise.
A lot of the land that we live on and cultivate today would be flooded. ; Rising
temperatures would accelerate the process.
The conditions they are based on are expressed in the simple past.
c) The three ways to express a possible eventuality are :
could, might, and may.
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Activity 5a
1) They are pulling up the road and relaying it. The road is being pulled up and relaid.
2) They are closing the road to lorries. / The road is being closed to lorries.
3) They are restoring several dilapidated old buildings. / Several dilapidated old
buildings are being restored.
4) They are putting new drains in. / New drains are being put in.
5) They are planting some trees. / Some trees are being planted.
6) They are buying up a patch of waste ground. / A patch of waste ground is being
bought up.
7) They are making it into allotments. / It is being made into allotments.
8) They are encouraging people to grow flowers in their front gardens and in window
boxes. / People are being encouraged to grow flowers in their front gardens and
window boxes.
Activity 5b
1) The road has been pulled up and relaid.
2) It has been closed to lorries.
3) Several dilapidated old buildings have been restored.
4) New drains have been put in.
5) Some trees have been planted.
6) A patch of waste ground has been bought up.
7) It's been made into allotments.
8) People have been encouraged to grow flowers in their front gardens and window
boxes.
Activity 6a
If I won the lottery, I'd travel round the world..
If Martians landed on Earth, it would be front page news.
If I didn't trust you, I wouldn't lend you the money.
If pigs could fly, they'd have wings.
If it weren't so far, I'd go there on foot.
If you didn't speak so fast, it would be easier to understand you.
If we had a Mercedes Benz, it'd probably get stolen.
If swallows didn't fly south in winter, they'd die of cold.
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Activity 6b
1) If he had the time, he would take up painting.
2) We would rewire the house ourselves if we knew how to do it.
3) I wouldn't do it if I didn't have to.
4) If you told him, I'm sure he would understand.
5) I wonder what she would say if he forgot her birthday.
6) If I lost my passport, I would go to the police.
7) If you didn't understand, why didn't you ask me to explain ?
8) You wouldn't be late if you left on time.
Activity 7
1) Yes, she has.
2) Because she would prefer a warmer colour scheme than the present one.
3) She will do this when she has enough time and money.
4) She will have to move out of the room.
5) Maureen offers to put her up while she's redecorating and Karl offers to help her
with it.
6) Because she cooked them a meal last Saturday.
7) Yes, she is. Because she says they've done her a lot of good turns and they can stay
at her house in France whenever they are there.
8) She wants the recipe for tarte tatin.
I n the pub.
Maureen : Sheila told you that you could redecorate your room if you wanted to,
didn't she, Nadia ?
Nadia : Yes, that's right.
Maureen : Have you decided if you're going to do it ?
Nadia : Yes, I'm hoping to. I find the present colour scheme a bit cold. I'd like to
warm it up a bit.
Karl : When are you going to start ?
Maureen : Oh, I'll do it when I find the time. And when I've got enough money.
Karl : It's a pity you didn't do it before you moved in. Now you'll have to move
everything out of your room again and sleep somewhere else while you're
doing it.
Nadia : Yeah.
Maureen : That's no problem. If you do it, we'll put you up until you've finished the
work.
Karl : And I'll give you a hand with it when you decide to start.
Nadia : Oh, thanks a lot. That's really lovely of you.
Karl : Well, you cooked us a fantastic meal last Saturday. One good turn
deserves another.
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Nadia : I think you two have done me far more good turns than I've ever done
you. You know that whenever you visit France again, there'll always be
somewhere for you to stay, don't you ?
Maureen : Yes. Thanks. Talking of France and cooking, if you write to your mother
soon, will you ask her for the recipe for that upside-down apple tart you
told me about ? It sounded gorgeous.
Nadia : The tarte tatin ? Sure ! I'll ask her when I next phone her. Then I might
even make it the next time I cook for you.
Karl : Great !
Activity 8a
1) Let me know if you don't get a reply.
2) John's asleep at the moment. When he wakes up, I'll tell him you called.
3) When you get older, your hair will probably go grey.
4) If Nadia stays in England for a long time, she might find a better paid job.
5) If it rains tomorrow, we won't go to the seaside.
6) Tony's changing a barrel in the cellar. When he comes back, he'll serve the
customers.
7) If you don't want to come to the theatre with me, I'll invite someone else.
8) Karl has just bought Maureen a new dress. She'll be very happy when she sees it.