Vocabulary
Conditionals
Wishes and regrets
Writing a report
Latif Nasser TED Talk
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the protection of plants and animals, natural areas, and interesting and important structures and buildings, especially from the damaging effects of human activity

conservation

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If you ______________ (heat) water to 100ºC, it _______________ (boil).

If you heat water to 100ºC, it boils.

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What does "If only/I wish + past perfect" express?

regrets

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Report consists of five paragraphs. What paragraphs?

Purpose

Background

Methods of investigation

Findings

Recommendations

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What substance did they smell when they cut a piece off one fragment?

collagen

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the natural environment in which an animal or plant usually lives

habitat

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If he _____________________ (not/come) to the party, I will be very upset.

If he doesn't come to the party, I will be very upset.

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Make a wish using "I wish...".

Student's answer
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Sentence starters for paragraph Purpose.

The purpose of this report is ...

The report is intended to...

The report will also make...

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What are the two branches that he mentions camels evolved into in South Amercia?

llamas and alpacas

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to change, or to change something, to suit different conditions or uses

adapt

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Rewrite the sentence using UNLESS.

I can’t help her if she doesn’t want to talk to me.

I can’t help her unless she wants to talk to me.

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Express a regret using "If only..."

Student's answer.

300

Sentence starters for paragraph Background .

Students frequently complain about...

It was reported that...

People were of the opinion that...

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What is Rybczynski's Christian name? 

Natalia

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a situation in which something no longer exists

extinction

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Rewrite the sentence. Use the Second Conditional.

She walks to school because she hasn’t got a bike.

She wouldn't walk to schol if she had a bike.

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When we want people to start or stop doing something, how do we express it? 

or

Complete the sentence. 

I wish my classmates ... .

I wish my classmates would stop shouting out answers.

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Sentence starters for paragraph Methods of investigation.

In order to better understand the issues, we...

We then explored a range of...

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The message worth spreading is: A lot of ..... are ....., too. 

A lot of scientists are historians, too. 

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Another way to say: "survival of the strongest"

survival of the fittest

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Complete the Third Conditional sentence.

If I ____________________ (listen) to her, this ______________________ (not / happen).

If I had listened to her, this wouldn't have happened.

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Rewrtie the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first using the word in brackets.

I have to practise for thwe concert but I don't want to.

(I wish)

I wish I didn't have to practise for the concert.
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Sentence starters for paragraph Findings.

Sentence starters for paragraph Recommendations.

It was detected that...

This problem is made worse by the fact that...

To solve this problem we would recommend...

In my opinion, it would be worth...


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Which bone of the camel did they find?

tibia

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