Unit /A land of diversity 4 Read the questions and expressions below there are different ways for a speaker to encourage someone else to talk christie uses some of them to find out more about George's tour Listen to the tape again and underline the questions and expressions that Christie uses QUESTIONS EXPRESSIONS Where are you? Where's that? Cool. Good. Yes, that's right What are you doing down there? Really?. Lucky you Mmm, sounds interestina So hows the trip been? And what about ... That surprises /doesn't surprise me What's it really like? What do you think?. Wow! Sounds fantastic Give an example. What happened then? Indeed? Oh I see. Sounds great! Ah hal What other scenery is there? Gosh, Georgel Just as I thought. Such as? spanIc Is that so? 5 In pairs hold a telephone conversation about a place you have visited recently Try to use the expressions above to indicate that you are listening carefully to your partner. I Sit back to back with your partner so you can t see each other. 2 Partner A: Talk about where the place is, what the climate is like, what you thought about the people, and any other interesting things you saw or did Partner B: Encourage your partner to talk by asking questions and making comments 3 Swap roles, Partner B tells Partner A about his/her visit Reading and writing 1 Look at George' s photos below. Then quickly read George s diary. He wrote this part of his diary when he was in San Francisco. Write the day he saw these things under the photos
GEORGES DIARy 12TH-14TH JUNE &r Monday 12th,June sr Arrived early this morning by bus. Went straight to hotel to drop my luggage, shower and shave. Then went exploring. First thing was a ride on a cable car. From top of the hill got a spectacular view of San Francisco Bay and the city. Built in 1873, the cable car system was s invented by Andrew Hallidie, who wanted to find a better form of transport than horse-drawn &T trams. Apparently he'a been shocked when he saw a terrible accident in which a tram's brakes r failed, the conductor could not control the situation and the tram slipped down the hill r dragging the horses with it Had a late lunch at Fishermans Wharf. This is the district where Italian fishermen first sr came to san Francisco in the late 19th century and began the fishing industry. Now it's a c tourist area with lots of shops, sea food restaurants and bakeries. It's also the place to catch the ferry to Angel Island and other places in the Bay Did so much exploring at Fishermans Wharf. Am exhausted and don't feel like doing anything else. Early bed tonight! &r Tuesday 13th,June Teamed up with a couple from my hotel (Peter and Terri)and hired a car. Spent all day driving sr around the city. There's a fascinating drive marked out for tourists. It has blue and white sr signs with seagulls on them to show the way to go. It's a 79km round-trip that takes in all s the famous tourist spots. Stopped many times to admire the view of the city from different angles and take photographs. Now have a really good idea of what the city's like. In evening, went to Chinatown with Peter and Terri. Chinese immigrants settled in this sr area in the 18505. The fronts of the buildings are decorated to look like old buildings in southern China Saw some interesting temples here, a number of markets and a great many S: restaurants. Also art galleries and a museum containing documents, photographs and all sorts of objects about the history of Chinese immigration, but it is closed in the evening Will sr go back during the day Had a delicious meal and then walked down the hill to our hotel st. Wednesday 14th, June &r In morning, took ferry to Angel Island from the port in San Francisco Bay. On the way had a tr good view of the Golden Gate Bridge. From 1882 to 1940 Angel Island was a famous er immigration station where many Chinese people applied for right to live in USA. The cells in &r the station were very small, cold and damp: some did not even have light but the immigrants s had nowhere else to go. Their miserable stay seemed to be punishment rather than justice s and freedom to them. They wrote poems on the walls about their loneliness and mourned their former life in China. In 1940 the civil authorities reformed the system so that many more Chinese people were able to grasp the opportunity of settling in the USA Made me very thoughtful and thankful for my life today 8
Unit 1A land of diversit 2 Read George' s diary carefully and answer the questions in pairs I Why did Andrew Hallidie invent the cable car system? 2 Where did George eat lunch on his first day in San Francisco 3 Why did George hire a car? Why do you think he joined up with Terri and Peter? 4 What three things can visitors do in Chinatown? s What is Angel Island famous for? 3 Read George' s diary again Put the mark "A"in the places where George has left out some words. Discuss your findings with your partner and be prepared to report to the class EXAMPLE: Went straight to hotel- A Went straight to A hotel-(1)went straight to(the) hotel 4 Rewrite the diary entry for Tuesday inserting all the missing words 5 Imagine you are on holiday somewhere. Write an email or a postcard to a friend telling him/her about your trip. You can write about the places mentioned in the Listening and speaking section or you can choose a different place. SUMMING LIP d learning abo I'd like to know more about Words and I found these words useful: expressions I found these expressions useful I hove learned about Structures S exempt les LEARNING TIP A conversation is a two- way activity. The other person in the conversation is just as important as you are. When the other person is talking, you can show you are listening by: o making comments about what they are saying o asking questions o making replies, such as yes, not really, ah huh, mmm using body language(eg looking at the speaker, nodding to show you understand) When it is your turn to talk, you can show respect by making sure the listener understands what you are saying and is interested. You can do this by: o watching the expression on the listener's face(eg do they look puzzled or e noticing how the listener reacts and, if necessary, changing your way of speaking to suit the listener 9
Unit CloNing Warming Up Dolly the sheep A straw berry plant Growing new plants In pairs, look at these pictures and discuss which ones are natural clones and which ones are man-made Think about how they dilLer Pre-readting Twins In pairs discuss what you understand about cloning. Then list the questions you want to find out Share your lists with one another Questions about cloning What is a clone? 2 How is a clone produced? What benefits can humans gain from cloning? 4 What problems may arise when humans are cloned? 6 10
Reading CLONING: WHERE IS IT LEADING us? Cloning has always been with us and is here to stay. It is a way of making an exact copy of another animal or plant. It happens in plants when gardeners take cuttings from growing plants to make new ones. It also happens in animals when twins identical in sex and appearance are produced rom the same original egg. The fact is that these are both examples of natural clones Cloning has two major uses. firstly, gardeners use it all the time to produce commercial 5 quantities of plants. Secondly, it is valuable for research on new plant species and for medical research on animals. Cloning plants is straightforward while cloning animals is very complicated It is a difficult task to undertake. Many attempts to clone mammals failed. But at last the determination and patience of the scientists paid off in 1996 with a breakthrough-the cloning of Dolly the sheep. The procedure works like this: B I Female sheep A provides an egg cell 6 The nucleus from sheep B and the egg cell from sheep A 2 The nucleus is removed from the egg cell re joined using electricity 3 The egg cell is ready for a new nucleus 7 The cell divides and grows into an embryo Female sheep B provides a somatic cell for the clone. 8 The embryo is put into female sheep C, who becomes the The nucleus of this cell contains all the genes needed to carrier of the clone produce a new sheep 9 The lamb is the clone of the donated cell from Sheep B s The nucleus is taken out of the somatic cell which provided the nucleus On the one hand, the whole scientific world followed the progress of the first successful clone, Dolly the sheep. The fact that she seemed to develop normally was very encouraging. Then came